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you CAN GET more practical information on how to play winning chess by study­ Rubinstein (Black) Won ing the games of the great RUBINSTEIN than in Four Crushing Moves! you could obtain from a dozen theoretical text-books. 1 ... RxKtl! By playing over the selections in "Rubin­ stein's Chess Masterpieces," you will see for 2 PxQ yourself how this great strategist developed R.Q7!! his game with accuracy and precision, over­ 3 QxR came his world-renowned opponents with BxBch crushing blows in the middle-game or with superb, polished technique in the end-game, 4 Q-Kt2 There is no beller or more pleasant way of R·HS!! inproving your knowledge of chess. You will 5 Resigns enjoy these games for their entertainment value alone. You will learn how to apply the This startling combination from Ru­ underlying principles of Rubinstein's winning binstein's "Immortal Game" reveals technique to your own games. Complete and his great genius and shows how the thorough annotations explain the intricacies used "blitz-krieg" tac­ of Rubinstein's play, help you to understand tics when given the opportunity. the motives and objectives. CREATIVE GENIUS REVEALED IN GAMES See Page 23 of this new book con­ Rubinstein has added more to taining 100 of Rubinstein's brilliant. and technique than any other master in the instructive games. Just published. past 30 years! His creative genius is revealed Get your copy NOW. in this book. In his victories over Dr. Lasker. , Capablanca, Dr. Alekhine and other outstand­ 192 pages ing masters, he displayed tremendous power, s cloth-bound remarkable ability. A brilliant and finished master of all departments of the game, he is • particularly known as the greatest end-game player of all time! You can learn all there is to know about end-game play from Rubin­ stein's games! EXAMINE THIS BOOK AT OUR RISK This new 192-page cloth-bound book con­ tains the most valuable compilation of games ever brought together in one volume. We are so certain that you will like this book that , we offer you the opportunity to examine it for five days entirely at our risk. Order your copy now. Look it over for yourself. If you don't like the book, send it back within five _ days and we will refund your money without question! SEND NO MONEY You need send no money in advance. Just write your order on, a post-card and mail it 10 the address below. The book will be sent you by return mail. When it arrives, pay the postman $2.50 plus a few cents postal charges"'. Mail your order NOW. *Y OI' call , if )011 with, Jav'C the pMtage by Jending $ 2 . ~ O M. 0, Or .heck ill advancc. Sallie guaran/(e. Published and Sold by HOROWITZ and HARKNESS 250 West 57th Street. , N. Y. LETTERS CHESS MATCHES HODOIES' RECORD Sirs: I thoroughly enjoyed Hodges' article. (See REVIEW June-july ). His recorLi in the cable matches was marvelous. That record Vol. IX, No. 8, October, 1941 alone stamped him as oue of the lending chess OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE players of the world. When I firs t heard or U. S. CH~SS FtlDERA'I'ION him he was known as the Tennessee MOl"pllY and was a contemporary or Showalter who was EDIT OR I. A. HOl'owit~ born about the same time ill Kentucky. MANAGING EDITOR Keuneth Harkness As a se t-oIT against Hodges ' l'ecol'd, and re­ ASSIST ANT EDITOR "l aUhew Green calling a little 8quib in "'Curious Chess Facts" D EPARTMENT EDITORS by Irving Cherne v, it might interest you to Reuben F ine- Game of the )'Ionth know that I have nlayeo against the following V incent L. Eatoll- Problem De partme nt noted niayers. winning the tint game that I Irving Che rne Y- Chess Quiz contested with ea.ch master, namely: "'uker· PHOTOGRAPHER- Raoul ECheverria tOI·t, Steinitz, Lasker, Pill8bury a.nd .\Irrx \Ve iss. WALTER PENN SHIPLEY Published monthly October to l\I ay. hi· monthly Philadelphia, Pa. J une to September, by CHESS REVIE~V, 250 Rival candidate to the title of Dean of West 57th Street., New York, N. Y. T elephone CIrcle 6-8258. American Chess, Octogenarian Shipley is a few years older than Hodges, attributes his longe_ Subscri ptions: One year $3.00: Two years $5.50; Five years $12.50 in the . vity and health to his total abstinence from U. S. Possessions, Canada, Mexico, Central hard liquor. Hodges, on the other h:lnd, feels and South America. Other countries $3.50 per that his moderate indulgence in the Clip that yeat', Re-enteretl as second class matter July cheers has lengthened his life. 26, 1940, at the J)ost office at New York, N. Y. . under the Act of March 3, 1879. On a ~weltcring day last month, Hodges hounded into the CHESS REVIEW olliee. Chip_ per and spry, bringing a gift of autumn roses to our secretary, he breezily recounted his latest activities, bounded out again. Limp and STAY-PUT languid, we couldn't help wondering where he finds all that energy at his age !- Ed.

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An in genious nnd Inte~$ely pr",tlcal new QU IZ STA'"ND A'" RDS'" TOO'" HIG H ? type of pocket chess $et. T he pieces stand Sirs: u p a nd fall down by t hemselves as you open r am a Class B player in the CCLA. On your Or c lose the boa rd. Slots at the s ide for Che8s Quiz in J une·July I made 69 points. took c3ptured men. Closed size 4';''' x 6¥4"' 20 minutes . YOII might stress that the mating move~ mll~t be forcel1, for the re al'e otlwr so· CAT. NO. 233-Latest Model, Stay- ' $2 lutio!ls in which val"l,,"t~ oeCUl". pu t Pocket Chess Set, with zipper 00 These tests are excellent and shOUld be fastene r, comple te with me n ~nd eight ext ra pawns fo r pla y ing continued. YOII s till Ilal'e yOUI" s tandards too chec ke rs . high, don't you'! WALTER !\lEIDEN CHESS EQUIPMENT CO. Grand Haven. Mich. 250 WEST 571h ST., NEW Y ORK, N. Y. Until we can ~ct a better line on the "average" score and time taken to answer the 169 Chess Quiz we are publishing this department without scoring. 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Like all special featu res, it will on ly be continued if interest wa r rant.~. _ Ed. * * * * 170 T he Congress was held i n this bui lding on the campus of Colgat e U n iversity, Hami lton, N, Y . • NE YORK STATE CH ESS CONGR ESS

T IE FOR F IRST I N EXP ERT S' SECTION FINE WINS STATE TITLE About 27 players entered for the State Championship this ycar and the committee had • its hands full deciding what to do a bout it. RESHEVSKY, KASHDAN, D ENKER They ruled to limit the championship section IN TRIPLE TIE FOR SECOND to maste rs with national or jnte l'llatlonal reputations, placed other entries in the " Ex­ perts' Section." By KENNETH HARKNESS Disappointed t hat they were not allowed a crack at the title, the Experts had an excitin g The ]94J Congress of the New York Stale and close conte st which e nded in a tie fo r Chess Associ ation, held in the Student Unioll first prize belween SVEN ALMGREN, of New Building on the campus of Colgate University, York City, and Schoolboy ABRA HAM YA NOF­ H

N E W YORK STAT E CH A MPIONSH IP T O UR NAM EN T_ , --;-_;c-_ _

Players

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172 HAMILTON RESULTS Experb' T ournament \V L D Total

Sven Almgren, N. Y. C. __ ___ 7 1 1 7'h-l "h A. Yanofsky. Winnipeg. :\Ian. __ 1 1 1 •7\f.r: -.,l' h DI'. Bruno Schmidt. Detl'oiL __ 7 2 O , ' . Dr. M. H erzberger, Rochester_5 2 2 6 ·3 DanIel Mayer s, Tucson, Ariz. __' , 4 I 4 ',4·4% M rs. Mary Buln. N . Y. C. _____ 3 5 t 3',4·5% L. R. ChauvcnCl, Esmont, Va._3 5 1 3',HPA! Rogel' j ohnson. Mereel" Pa. __ 3 6 o 3 ·6 Mrs. Gisela Gresser, N. Y. C. __ 2 6 1 2 ',i·6 h I•. Wallet' Stel)hens, N. Y. C. __ O 9 o 0 ·9 '

Ctass A T ournament W L J) Total

Frank Valvo, Albany ______8 1 1 8~ - 1 ~ J ulius Parlos, Corona, L. I. __ 7 2 1 7~ - 21h Paul Rosenzweig, N. Y. C. ____ 7 2 1 71h-21h Steven SIIlIW, Ca~tlle ______7 3 o 7 -3 IJen McGreudy, N. Y. C. __ ___ 5 .\ 1 5~ ·' 1 1h W. 1\1, P. M itchell, Boston ____ 4 5 ] "' lh-5lh J ohn T. West brock, N. Y. C. __ l ., 6 31h·6 1h Arthur Fox, Albany ______2 6 2 3 ·7 Stephen Os1ey, Little ~'alls __ 2 6 2 3 -7 D. F rnnehi Searle, Rome __ ___ 2 6 2 3 ·1 J. W. Barnhart. Bronxville ___ 1 7 2 2 ·8

Clan B T ournament W L D Total

Freueriek Ekst rom, N. Y. C, __ 7 ] I 1~ · 11h Louis Persinger. N. Y. C. __ __7 1 1 7 1,1, ·1\h REUBEN FINE Mrs. N. Roos, N. Y. C. __ : ____ 4 2 3 5\h·31h Ne w York Sta te Champion, 1941 W . Ji'roehllch, Syracuse ______4 3 2 6 ·4 It P. Orand, Ca1.enovln ______3 "' 2 "' ·5 The smiling 27-year-old Internationalist add!! Mrs. C. Nye, Syracuse ______"' 5 0 4 ·5 one more triumph to his Impressive and grow. P. A. l'ertzolT. N. Y. C. ______3 ,I 2 4 ·5 Ing list or successes. Here is his IImll1.ing Geo. i\l\mdt, Hamilton _. __ ___ 3 6 0 3 -6 record' T hos. P. Miller, Avon ______1 5 3 2Y.z · 6~ Hastings. ]936 ______151 P rlr.e Geo. A. Donohue. Hastings __ 2 7 0 2 ·7 Zandvoort. Holland, 1936 ______lst Prize Nottingham. 1936 ___ T led (or 3rd, 4th and 6th Clan C T ou rnament wllh Reshevsky and E.'uwe Amsterdarn . 1936 ______l8t Prize W L J) Total S toc kholm. 1937 ______l8l Prize . 193i ______• ______181 Pr17.e Sid ney, nOlls. Brookvllle ______8 0 ] 8%· ~ George Cheney. Syracuse __ __ 6 2 1 61h·2',i Leningrad. 1937 _. ____ •• ______lst 1'1·I1.e Henry Greenfield. N. Y. C. ___ 6 3 0 6 ·3 Margate, 1937 ______._T led for 1st and 2nd , N. Y. C. __ 5 2 2 G -3 with 'I'icd for 1st, F. Klngsl;lud·Smlth, N. Bruns- Ostend. 1937 ______2nd and wIck ______5 3 1 5 1h·3 'h 31'l1 wIth Keres lind Gmb Slulley Axlnn, Jamaica ______3 3 3 4).la ·41h Semme)'ing-Baden, 1937 ______2nd Prize Geo. Estabrooks, Hamllton ___ 3 6 0 3 ., , AVRO "'ourney, 1938 J acob Zweig, N. Y. C. ______3 6 0 3 ., Tied for llIt and 2nd wilh Keres V. I~. J ohnson. Me rcer, Pa .• ___ 2 7 0 2 ., FIne also won the U. S. Chess Fedoration Mrs. B. Schm id t, DelroiL _____ O 9 0 o ., (formerly Wes te rn Chess Ass'n) tourneys In 1932, '33, '34 (tied ) .- '35. '3 9, '·10 and '41. was second to Reshevsky In U. S. Cha mpionship CO UNTY TEAM CHAM PIONSHIP Toumeys of 1938 and 1940. The county team contest. Class A. WRS won by a team (rom the Woodside Chess Club, re­ presenting Queens County. Awarded custody SPECIAL. CL.ASS RESUL. TS of the Genesee Cu p for 1941, t he victorious In the evening gI"OUP, WlIliam Cogswell, o( tea m Incluued B. Altman, Julius PartoS. David Hamilton, and Gel"lllu King, of Onolda, both R. Glauatone, M rs. Mary Baln and T. T . Robin­ scored 2- 1: whllo Donal!.! Nyc, of Syracuse, son. T he team from Madison County won the and C. W. Young, or Hamilton, tlnlsheu on the Class D secllon. losing end w ith ,\-2. 173 • ed the clock belween Mch move and finished within the time limit. Reshevsky complained that the interruption had arrected his pilly. might cost him the pOint. However. he won the game aCter adjournment. KASH DA N AN D DEN K ER FI N ISH STRONG I nternaUonallSl I sallc 1{ lIshdlln and debonair Manhattan Club pi flyer Al'nold S. Denker play­ ed theil' usual mllstel'l), chess. Kaslldan did not l ose any games, finI shed witll exactly the same scm'e as Reshevsky. Denker lost only one game- to Re ~ h(l\' s ky. llolll of these l)rJze· winners are formol' New York State cham· pi ons. Dcnker was as llght·heal'ted as ever. " ' in, l ose 01' draw, he remaius cheerful and smiling-the most good'nntlll'ed clless·player we have ever k nown. \Vould t hat thel'e were more like him. L tlSt year's Slatc Chaml)ion Robel·t W illman made a splendid showIng, fi nished fifth, only hai r a poIn t beh ind the Ilrize-wi nners. W ill· man started bad l y, lost two and drew one In the first three rouads, then recovered to win six stl'aight, finally lOsing. to Denker in the last rOllnd. - RESH EVSKY and his charming bride. Versatlle Schoolteacher Santasiere finished H e m ad e a $33 m ove. sixth, followed by Drazillall Champion Dr. Wnltel' Cl'UZ and Dl'ooklyn College Champion in tlmc·prC Ssure ovcnlOwcrcd his Op \IOnent and H erbert Seidman who tled... fOI' 7th and 8th. Hewlett lost tllO galllo. Manhattan's Geol'ge Shn lnswit came In 9th, hair a. I)Oint ahend or H arvaru Student CiaI" Re5hevsky's provel'bial good luck deserted ence E. H ewlett, Jr. H arOld EVans, or Bing· him . Ovcl'lookhlg the win against F lue COlt ham ton, was iast but well t down w ith colors him a Ilrobable tie for first vlace. An jJ]. fi)'ing i n his amazing dr aw w it h Reshevsky ! advised ItUelll\)t to win the brilliancy i)rl.w then cost 111m seCO lld 1)l nce. drOI)ped 11 lin to EXCIT I NG FI N ISH ES I N OTHER GROU PS It triple lie with Denker and Kaslni l1 11 . Although t he Chanl])ionslli\) Tournament. with its galax}' of Intel'llational stars. was the Going Inlo Ihe last round with no chancc main atU'action. there \1'el'C some thrilling to tic Flnc's score, Reshc\'Sky was almost battles in the Othel' sections. Space does ccrtaln of 2nd pri7,c. His final gamc was 1I0t permit a detailed aCCO llnt: but the scores with Harohl I~\'anf<, the weakest ])laYOr in speak fOl' themselves. Hel'e al'e a few hIgh· the tOlll'ney. It !leemod to bo a fOregonc con· lights: cluslon thaL he weuld win this game, finIsh B rilliant young CfllHllllan player Abe Yanof· haJr a Ilolnt ahea d of Denker and Ka~hdan, sky w as cl'owded out or the Championsh\J) Against !;;I'nns. Reshevsky obtained an over· Section by the Iflsl·mil1Ule ani val of Resh· IJowerlng IlOsition, won , had an evs k y. He was \I1> of t hi s. hnlf·])olnt gave Rl'!lihoVlik)' the liame score as Denkor nntl • KH8ltllllll. A ~ \l ~ \lal. ncsllovsl,y was frequcl,tly in time· tl'oublc. EXCiting to the spectato!'lI WIIS his Il:ame with Denker In which both \lla)'el's had i7 moves to pb)y in abou t 2lh m inutes! While the)' were l\lnkinJ,;" rapid·tmllsit moves and checking t heir score·sheel s to sa\'e time, D i· recior StelJhens broke in, insisted th1\t they write dowlI their :Ictunl 1I10\·es. Reshe\'sky protested 10udl r, took UI) n l lu

174 • Dr. Bl'uno Schmidt a1ln08t ran away with the E:..:pel·ts' Section, looked as though he were going to fi nIsh with a pel'fect score. He w as finally t hrown fOr two l osses by Almgren and Yanofsky, Mrs, M ary Baln lelt for Florida soon after the tourne), to Join her husband- may be out of tournament chess for some time, Every time we caught sight of Southern Champion Chau venet he was eIther standing on n chait· 01' k neeling on the floor t aking candid shots of the I)layers. Some of the resul ts appear 0 11 these pa ges. Mrs. Gresser, just back f l'om Porto R ico, had a bad col d, felt m iserable. Must have affected her play. She call do better. Direct or Stephens can play better chess than t he r ow of goose·eggs denotes. You can't play and direct a tour nament at the same tJme. Julius Pal'tos sh owed great sport!lmanshlp. He had a good chance or winning t he Class A tournament or dividing first prjze. I n one game he got Into a bad ])ositlon but his opponent put a en prise. Partos said "{ don't want to win that way; 1 ofter you a draw." He needed the money too- hitch­ FRANK J. MARSHALL at H amilton. hiked up to Hamilton from N ew York , He was Vis iting Master. Sidney Ross 1I'0n th e CIMS C Tourney with the fine score or 8%-':4, His f ellow·members Many

Photo or Reuben Fine by finoul 1 ;:Chev~r";n. O t her phQIQg acco",pnllylnJ;' thl ~ "rlle!u \)~. l .ou[" Pcrsingc r and L. R. C h~u\' e1\ct,

For Games fl'om Hamilton Tonrney, see Page l SS.

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(Answers on P,!ge 179) Q4. Check the best reason for avojding pawn- in tile opening: Q1. Complete the following Masters names: (a) The books say it is bad ______: (a ) S iegbert ~ ______; (bl Aklba. ______; (b) Development must be completed firsL __ _ ; (e) Jacques _____ ' ___ _ ; (d) Jackson W. _____ . (e) A pawn more or less is unimportant _____ : (d) It might be It trap ______. Q2. Check the best reason why P -K4 is a good opening move : Q5. Name the openings which begin 1 P-EA, (a) It relerules the Queen and ______; P-K4; 2 Kt·KES and theu continue: (b) It leads to brilliant games ______: (a) 2 . .. K t -KE3 ______: (e) The pawn guards two central points where (b) 2 . .. P-Q3 ______: opposing pieces cannot be posted ______. (e) 2 . .. P-K B 4 ______' ;

Q3. Check the best reason for avoiding au Q6. Write down the opening moves of isol ated pawn: (a) The Scot ch Gambit ______Ca) It spoils the appeal'ance of the board ____ : (b) Evans' Gambit ______(b) There are no pawns on ei ther sjde to (e), 'rile Goring Gambit ______protect it and pieces bave to be used _____ ; (e) An opposing piece can be placed in front Q7. In the positions below, from actual or the pawn from where it cannot be games, t he first move made was a complete driven away ______. surprise. Can you fin u the first move?

• 'White to Pl ay White to Play ":'" "=

(0) ------(b) ------,

White to Play White to"P:.;"I'~Y""~'= ~

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( oj ------(d) 1 6 The Game of the Month

By REUBEN FINE

E,ICh lIIomh Grand MaSIn Fini! expla;,u and alil/O/ain a rerell/I),­ /'[tlFd gtllll e fomidered of grca/C$l (urrenl in/ere" /0 CHESS REVIEW'S

.,,,de'!_ The Game of Ihl! Month for fhi! ;JJ/iC WIU pit/Jed til the 1941 New Y ork SIt/ie Clun COllgreSJ al Halllii/on.

, Drawn games are usually looked down upon has a far belter reply in 5 . . . P·Q84!, for the chess public. The common attitude if then 6 p·K3, Q·R4!; 7 8 ·Q2, Kt·K5 with at by least equalily. is that if anything is worth wh il e it must have Incidentally, Reshevsky almost never pl'e- resulted in a clear_cut decision. This point lJares openings- this game is a rare exception. of view compels editors to omit the scores 5,, : . BxKtch of many really valuable games. And yet it 6 PxB P_B4 is nothing but a prejudice nurtured by a long 7 PxQP KPxP 8 B·Q3 0 .0 tradition. For since chess exerls the attrac_ 9 Kt-K2 P.QKt3 ! tion it docs largely because it is such an ab_ To exchange \Vhlte's dangerous KB. sorbing right, we should judge games not by 10 0·0 B.R3 the outcome or by the superficial briJlianq, 11 BxB KtxB but h), the "blood, sweat and tears" that went So far as In the Botvinnik·Capablanea game. into it. Some games have become famow; The Russian gl'alHlmaster now tried 12 B·Kt2, hecause one side handled hi s part ~o abomin. which Is not as good as the mOl'e chosen because it gives Black the option Of getting ably, wh ile some of the most hard.fought and hi ~ Kt to Qn5 via QKtl , QB3 and QR1, fascinating games on record have remained 12 Q_Q3 ! Q.Bl obscure simply because botb sides played well 12 . . , P·D5 would lock the Q·slde and and a draw resulted. deprive Black of any real counter·chances If any apology is needed for choosing the there (\Vhito [s going t o a dvance in the cen· tcr), while 12 . , . Kt·D2 would be met by 13 present specimen as the game of the month, PxP! , PxP; 14 P·Q8·1, PxP; 15 QxDP, Q·Q4; what I have said above rna)' be considered ]6 QxQ lI"ith the better ending for White one. Both of us made mistakes, but chess (Fine·Stelner, , 19,,0). without mistakes is unthinkable. What reall), 13 B·Kt2 PxP counts is that both players battled courageousl), I Jrad counted o n the opening of t1 ~e QB to the best of their abil ity and produced lots file to give me adequate eounterplay, but this hope proved illusory. Consequently tho Col d· of meat for analysts and lovers of the game blooded 13 , , . P-B5; 14 Q·D2, R-Kl linn if to chew and digest. 15 Kt-Kt3, Kt-K5! was preferablO. NtMZOtNDtAN DEFENSE 14 BPxP Kt·B2 S, Reshevsky R, Fi ne 15 KR.Bl! , , . , WhIte Black l,ooks illogical. but is really a s ubtle mao Kt_KB3 neu"m' designed to get the Dlaek pieces away 1 P.Q4 from theIr best s quares. On 15 P·B3 at once, 2 P.QB4 P.K 3 Black can reply 15 . . . R-K1: 16 Kt·Kt3, Q·R3; ..t. 3 Kt_QB3 • S·Kt5 17 Q·Q2. Kt·K t4 ; ]8 QR·KI, Kt-Q3, when th,." P_Q4 4 P·K3 adl'ance P·K ,j ha s been prel'ented and Dl ack Alw;o' l': cO!lg[(!ered oest. out in the li ght of can get his Kt to the strong square QBi>. til\! prcsent cncountcr this opinion may llilve 15 ".. Q_Q2 to be revised. 16 P.B3 KR_Kl 5 P.QR3! . . . . 17 Kt.Kt3 Kt_K3 First played in the memorable Botv[unik­ Preventing" J8 P·K4, but only for the time Capablancn game a t the AVRO Tournament, being, Soon er or later the Pawn will go ]n~. The idea of the move i~ tY]lically mod­ ,forward and mack will have to look fot' com· ern: to trans]lose into a favorable variation pensation on the Q·side, • which cou](l not be reached In any normal 18 R_K1 manner. The line White is anxious to obtain , , . . is a branch of the Samlsch attack, which Not 18 P -K4?, PxP ; 19 PxP. Kt-D·I, winning begins with ,I P-Q R3 ( thus one move earlier), the Pawn. 8xKICh; ;) Px\3. If mack now continues wilh 18 . . . . QR·Bt 5 ... p.Q,1, we have the text position, but he 19 QR.Q1 . , , . 177 FinA.lly threa.tening the bl'ellk In the ceutez', give up the exchange, but If 35 ' . .. PxP; 36 On the immediate 19 P-K4?, P xP; 20 PxP, KRl, K·Rl; 37 R·j{Ktl , his pie~s are badly Kt-B4; 21 Q-KB3, Kt-RS is vel'y s troll g, tied up. 19 .•. _ Q-R5 36 Kt·Kt4 R_B2 So that If 20 P-K4 at once, 20 ... Q-B7_ 37 Kt.B6eh K_R 1 securing threats on the seventh ra nk, 38 R.QBf RxKt 20 R.Q2 Q_B S At the time 1 was under -tl),e impression 21 Q.Kt1 Q-Kt67 that tlie strongly posted Kt's would hold everY' thing, but agalu I w·a& somewhat too optimistic. I was stli! under the impression that the counler-actlon along the QB fi le was ndeQuate. ,Ho wever, tllere seems to be nothing better S ince It Is not, I should have tried 21 , _ . than giving liP the exchange: White is threat­ KR-Ql , when it 1s s till quite difficult W hite ening R·KKt2 followed by RxP! at an ap­ tor llropriate moment. to advance his KP favorably. 39 PxR ' R_KB f 22 Kt·BS R_B2 23 P.K4 KR-QB1

Here the game Wail a djO urned, whleh gave both of us plenty' of Ume to consider the position at leis ure. As USllal, howevel', t he Interim a nalys is had IUtie or no cOlineetiOIl with the game.

41 P_QR4!! • • • • A most ingenious sealed move. I had ex· pected 41 R (Q2)-K2, Q·Q2; 42 R-K5, K t-B2; 43 R·QBl , R-B2, whell Black's position is quite solid and White can only break through by means of a sacrifice, The great advantages of the move chosen lie In the fact that the square K5 Is kept open for Wbite's Qlleen and that the Bishop Is brought into the game quickly. 29 • . . . , Q_R4 41 . . . . Q·Q2 I did no t repeat Il) oves bere because 1 was 41 ... Q.xP; 4 ~ QxP, opening the diagonal afraid of the attack begillning with 30 Q·B5. (or the Bishop. is obviously bad. After 2:9 , .. . . Q·Kt6; 30 Q-DS Black must resort to a sacrifice on the Q-slde. However, 42 R. KB2 . . . , , wi th exact play, Black could probably have If at once 42 Q-K2, K-Kt2; 43 Q·K5, K t·R5; held the game, so thai there was no good 44 K-Rl, K txBP with a.cle Quu te counterplay. j u stlnc~ ltl ou for the Inferior text, T hus: 29 42 . . . . Kt.B2 • > • Q·Kl6; SO Q-B5, P-Kt3; 31 Q-Kt4, n ·B7! ; 43 R_B2 R·B2 32 Rl'n, Rxn.; 33 Ktxn, QxKt; 34 D·Rl, Q-Q7; Black has made It Impossible for the White :55 }t.KBl. Q·Koch: 36 K-Rl, Q·Q6; 37 R· Queen to get to KS, for H Q-K2 would be KKU, QxRP and Blaek'$ two connect ed passed answerecl by H . , , R-K2. Pa.w ns a.re a sel'lous,threaL 44 R (~f) . QB1 Kt-K1 30 Q.Qf Q.Kt4 3f P.Kt3 P.Kt3 O n 44 ... Kt·K3; 45 Q·K2 would have k nocked me cold. Now t his defense, although i t wea.kells Dlack, is rOt'ced l)ecause of the threat ot P-B1, p·Kn~ 45 B-R3 ! Kt.B3? and P·BS, which would have left me without Missing tbe point to White's last move. any counterchances at all. After 45 . , , K-R t2; 46 Q-K Z, Kt-B3; 47 Q·KS, . 32 P_B4 P·B4 Kt·R5 the Ilositlon was probably still tenable 3S Q.B3 R.Q1 fo\' BlaCk. 34 P_K t4 Kt{K1 ).Kt2 46 R_B8e h K_Kt2 3 ~ PxP Kt{Kt2)xP 47 B.BSc h! ! • • • • After this Black is virtually compelled to A bolt from the blue. On 47 .. . 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Reuben Fine will autograph ·specially bOlllld 48 . . . . Kt.K1 copies of his new bool, "Basic Chess Endings'" 49 B·K5 • • • at a special "Autogra{)hing Party" to be held LoOkS strong, but the Bishop is soon ex· at the home of Dr. Albrecht Bushke, West changed. New Erigllton, Staten Island, on Sunday, Octo­ 49 . . . . Kt·K2 ber 26th from 2 to 5 p. m. TJlis speCial signed 50 R·R8 • • • • edition. eagerly anticipated by chess players, On 50 R(B8)·B2, QxP is hard to counter. will go to those who have ordered the book in advance of publiCation. 50 . . . . Kt.BJ ---- Reshevsky only had about four minutes for the last ten moves. Solution to Chess.o.gram 51 P·RS KtxB The sentence in the Chess-()·gram whichap- 52 QPxB QxQRP peared in the August-September issue reads: What are the values of the ohess pieceS' Now Black has enough threats with his oompared with the pawn? p,ieces to be able to draw. Answer: Opinions dirter but the generapy 53 R(B1).BS R·B1 acceptedcomparatlve values are: QUeen, 10; 53 ... RxP; 54 RxKtch, K-KtZ; 55 Q·K2 Rook, 5; Bishop or Knight, .3; Pawn 1. Some . does not suffice. authorities rate the Bishop at 314 or 3% . 54 P.K6 K.Kt2 , 55 P.K7 R.P ANSWERS TO CHESS QUIZ 56 Q.QS R·B4! Q1. (a) Tarrasch; (b) Rublnstein;'58 K·Kt2, Mieses; (d) Showalter. R·Kt4cll, etc. Q2. Reason (c). 57 R.B2 QS. Reason (c). Q·RS Q4. Reason (b). 57 ... Q·R8ch; 58 K·rtZ, Q·Klch; 59 Q·Kt3, Q5. (a) Petrol[ De(ense; (b) Philidor's De· . QxKP wouJ(l actually have given Black" ex· fense; (e) Greco Counter Gambit. ' cellent winning chances. Q6. (a) 1 P·K4, p·K-l: Z Kt·KB3, Kt·QB3; 3 58 R·K2 R.Kt4ch P·Q4, PxP; 4 B·B4. 59 R_Kt2 RxRch • (b) 1 P-K4, P·K4; 2 Kt·KB3, Kt·QB3; 3 60 KxR QxKP B·B4, B·B4; 4 P·QKt1. 61 QxQP • • • • (c) IP·K4, P·K4; 2 Kl·KB3, Kt·QB3; 3 Drawn P·Q4, PxP; 4 P·BS. Q7. (a) 1 B·BS (Torre·Lasker, Moscow, 1925) Both sides must be content with a draw. On (b) 1 BxKt (Reti-WaJter, Bratislaw; 1925) 61 ... Q·l{7ch; 6Z K·Kt3? Kt·B3; 63 rtxPCll, (c) 1 QxKt (Blackbu)"ne·Schwarts, Berlin, 1881) K·R3; 64 Q·B3, Kt·R4ch; 65 K·Kt4, Q·K3ch (d) 1 R·K8 (Nimzowitch·MarshaU, New York, leads to mate, but 62 K·Ktl (instead of 62 1927) K·Kt3) compels Black to take the draw by Sources of games are given so that inter· 62 ... Q·K8ch; 63 K ·KtZ, Q·K7ch etc. ested students may look up continuations. 179 Condensed from the book of the same title. to be published in January by Horowitz and Harkness. New York. this serial tells the life story of Frank J. Marshall. beloved Mae!?tro of American Chess. Thomas Emery co-operated with Marshall in producing the book. The serial is in seven parts .aJ)d will appear monthy in CHESS REVIEW. This is the first time that a chess book has been re- leased in serial form. prior to publication. • - THE EDITORS

180 - By FRANK J. ARSHALL United States Chess Champion. 1909-1936 '

A reccnt story in LIFE magazine descri bed present my life's work, most of the volume is me as a "preoccupied old gentleman who looks devo ted . A few of the games will appear in like a Sha"kesperean actor, smokes strong ciga rs this seri al condensadon of my autobiography. incessantly and takes a chess board to bed with Needless to say, I hope that these -· saml,les·' him.. $0 he ca n record any plays he may think will whet }·our appetite fo r the book itscl ! "P . CHAPTER I Privately, I resent being called an "old gen. tleman", After aU, I am only 64 and my EARLY Y EARS frien ds tell me that I have never really grown As a chil d I had a natural instinct for chess, up. And the chess board J take to bed wit h me an instinct which has remained with me all my is just one of those little pocket boards. You life. I took to it naturally, like a .luck to can never tell when you will get a good idea water. [or a move. I remember once, in Prlguc ... Although I lea rned chess when I was very but I will get to that la te r. young, let me hasten to add that I was a pe r_ Am I preoccupied? I supposc so. And fectly normal, healthy, anive youngster. Most what am I preoccupied about? Why, chess, of people think of it. chess '· prodigy" as a sma ll, course. My enti re life has been dc\'oted to unpleasan t child with a bulgi ng fo rehead who chess. I have been playing it for o\'er fifty spends all his days with his head bowed over , years. I started when I was ten years old and a chess board. I am still going strong. In all thar ti me I I wasn·t in the least like that. [went to don·t believe a da y has gone by that I have not public school like an y other boy, fought with played at least one game of chess- and I still my brothers the way brothers alwa ys fight, enjoy chess, for its own sake, as much as I ever played baseball, lacrosse and hockey with the did. Such is the fascination of the roya! game . other ki ds. Chess was just one of my activities with it s end l e .~s va riety and limi tl ess possibiL but, from the very first, it held a strange fa s­ ities. cination for me. , My chess career has been rich with exper_ Being born with a chess insrinct is not in iences, some amusing, ~othe r s tragic, all of them any war abnormal or unusual. It is just like interesting. Chess has taken me to the far being born wit h ··card sensc·· or an car for corners of the earlh, has brought me some music. It is true that some people can never fame and a little {orhme, although not too play chess, just as others can never carry a much of the latter. In my travels I have met tu ne, but most of us are born with sufficient thousands of people and made many lasting powers of visualization, logic and analysis to friendshi ps. Chess has ri chl y repaid me in the enable us to play chess. Only a few are able to rea l things of life, the sharing of colorful ex_ devote enollgh ri lllk.. an d stndy to develop the periences with my wife and 50n, the uco.'ot ion necessary knowledg"W and experience which will anJ lo)'alty of old fri end 5, the ,l

181 - without losing a game, but I still get a kick large head. He limped as he walked round . out of seeing a combination work out in a the tables. Near-sighted, he leaned over each friendly game, board and peered at the pieces. Each time he It was my lather who nrst taught me to play came to my board he gave me an encouraging chess. He was of English birth and my mother smile. - of Scotch.lris h descent. I was born on August I tried hard to win my game against St'eihitz l Oth, 1877, at Eighth A venue and 50th Street, but I was too inexperienced. However, my ef_ . When I was eight )'ca rs old, fofts apparently impressed him. After the ex _ my family mo\'ed to Montreal. We lived there hibition was over he complimented me on my for eleven years. game and predicted a great future fo r me. In our home in Montreal, my father played Needless to say, I was tremendously Rattered. chess in the evening with his friends. One Here is the game I played with Steinitz in night, he asked me if I would like to play him that simultaneous exhibition nearly 50 years a game. ago. It is my first recorded game. It would be romantic to say that I won the first game of chess I eYer played but it JUSt wouldn't be true. As a matter of fact, my Game No, 1 father W3S a fairly good player and it was S imultaneous E~ h lblUon by William Stelnltz, quite a long ti me before I was able to wi n a World's Chess Champion, at the Montreal Chess Club, Nov. 13, 1893 game from him. My early games were just like any other games between a beginner and FREN CH DEFENSE an experienced player. Chess instinct in itsel f Stelnlh Marshall was not sufficient when pitted against exper_ White mack ience. 1 still had to learn a great deal about 1 P_K4 P_K3 2 P_Q4 P_Q4 the tactics of the game. The standard Ol)enlng moves of the French My father and I played together two or three Defense. I wa s usually more aggressive than - times a week and my game gradually improved. this. However, I broke loose later, as you wlll In 5ix months we were on about equal term s. Within :I. rear, I was able to give him a Rook. 3 Kt_Q2 Kt_K2 As I look back to those early days, I reali ze us ually played 3 P-K5 aDd today 3 that the hours I spent with my fath er over the llroba bly the most popular third move While. My own reply wall poor_ chess board devefoped strong bonds of com_ Black should play ... P-Q D4 . panionship and affection between us, a rela_ 4 B_Q3 QKt_B3 tionshi p which lasted until the day of his Another poor move. Agnln Black should death . have played P·QD4. Tho text-move blocks tho When I' was about 11 years old, my fath er QB pawn and limits the scope of the Queen. realized that I possessed unusual aptitude for MOI'es llke this are responsible for losing games. the game and decided that I must have stronger competition than he was able to give me. He 5 P-QB3 Kt.Kt3 By no means t he best. 5.,. P-K4 is much introduced. me to the players at rhe Hope better. Then, If 6 PxKP. KtxP threatening the Coffee House, in Montreal. Stiffer opposition Bishop; or If 6 QxQP, K lxP obtains more free­ again develOped my game and berore very dom. If 6 Kt- D3, PxQP ; 7 DPxP (7 PxKP, long I was able to easily beat the coffee house KtxP), PxP and at least Black does not lose a players. pawn. 6 Kt_Kt3 P_K4 I then joined the Montreal Chess Club and 7 Q_K2 B_K3 developed into a strong club player. I spent 8 Kt.B3 B_Q3 7 most of my spare time at the dub. If I wasn't With this move I tl'hHI to lay a trap for playing with another member, I was studying Steinltz and started an entirely unsound com­ master games. My favorite "author" was Paul bination. 8 ... B·K2 Is better but I didn't realtze that my attack was unsound and made Morphy. His brilliant games inspired me. I the text·move willi the delibe rate intention of used to play them over and over again. sacrtflcing a piece! One of my greatest th rills was to play against 9 PxQP BxP world_famous chess masters who visited the 10 PxP 0-011 dub from time to time and gave si multaneous By eastltng at t h is point, Dl aek must lose a piece. J could have avoided this by playing 10 exhibitions. I particularl y remember the time .. . BxKKt. Then, If 11 KtPxB, B-K2. I had when William Steinitz, then champion of the 11 0 such IntentionS. When I castled I hoped world, vi si ted the club. It was in 1893 and I that Stelnih would play 11 PxB, w hereupon' was sixteen }'cars old . would launch a n attack w ith II _ .. R-Kl ; 12 H-K3. Kt-U5. 'fhls aUnck might have justified 1 can see Steinitz now as he appeared to me the sacrlflce of a piece. then- a short, heavy_set, bearded man with a 11 BxKt ! . . - . 182 Steinll.z smlled fL little at my Inexperience as Two days later, I got my name ir:t the papers he upset all my plfLllS with this move, wlllnlllg for the first time-and what a thrill that was! a piece ontrlght and skll,rully avoiding my a t­ Under a portrait of a very solemn and self. tnck. 11 . . . . R_K1 conscious young man, seated beside :'l chess I coutlnued hopefully with my attack, but board, the follo wing item apl>eared in "I.e White's 11th move had already demolished It Monde m,ntre" of Nov. 1 ;'th, 1893. " This portrait Is of a youug chess player 12 S-B2 KtxP whose reputation Is grOwing dally ,among our 13 KtxK t RxKt amateurs. 14 B_K 3 Q _ R ~ ! "This future champion, Fra nk J. Marahall, Apparently I was trying to put over ODe of is the son of A I l'red Marshall of this city and those "swindles" fo r which I later became :is 16 years old. ' Despite his youth, he has ramous ! If White makes the mistake of cast­ proved t hat he is the equal ot our best local ling on the King's side he wll\ be mated. Thus, players. if 15 0-0, RxB; 16 PxR, QxPch ; 17 K·D2, B-Kt6 "He belongs to the Montrtnl Chess Club and mate. the members of th\s. club cons ider him a very strong adversary. His game combines .·apldity .",;M a r"S ha ll a nd originality. By inClination he always pre­ - fers the attA.c k to the defense. "On Monday evening, in a serIes or simul· taneous games agaInst 16 opponents by Mr. Steinitz, the cham"plon of the world, young Marshall played· one .of the boardl!, His or­ iginal and strong defense Mused the Master to say that he had never met an amateur or his age who had given htm so much trouble, Mr. Steinitz predicted a brilUant futut'e for him If 116 continues to play chess." If I continued to play chess? Nothing could have stopped me. There was nothing else I wanted to do. Chess began to absorb my whole life. My head was full of it from morning to night. Gradually, it crowded out every other interest. I knew that J was going to devote my whole life to chess. 15 0·0-0 • • • • Shortly after the Steinitz exhi bition, the I am afraid Stelnil.z saw that one ! He American cham pion H. N. Pillsbury C<'lme to castled on the Queen's sid;:! a nd avoided the Montreal and gave a simultaneous, blindfold , exhibition. I was surptistd to find that he was 15 . . . • Q_Q R5 quite a young ma n-just 21 years old at that Undaunted, I t ransferred my attack to the time. He was extremely likeable and very other s id e or the board. friendly with everyone, [ succeeded in win_ 16 K.Kt1 QR_Q1 ning my game from him, At the time, of 17 P_KB4 - . , - course, it was a major triumph in my life. This simp-ie but strong move Cor cM me to In 1894 I won the championship of the declare my IntentiOns beCore I was ready, Montreal Chess Club and began to look around 17 •. . , B_B 5 18 Q_BS R_QR4 for more worlds to conquer. Fortunately for me, my family returned to New York a couple Offering the exchange. I didn't think he would take my Rook with his Knight, 'but he of years later and r joined the Manhattan and did! Brooklyn Chess Clubs. Jherc I got my first 19 KtxR QxPch taste of master chess, competing wirh players 20 K.B1 Q_RBch like Hermann H elms, C. W . Howell, W, E. 21 B_Ktl QxKt Napier and others. Black has nothing bette!'. His various at­ In 1899 I gained some recognition by my tacks have all been sk!lfuUy parried Rnd his game with Wainwright in the International last attempt has failed, leaving him a Rook down. Now It Is just a maUer Of time. A few Cable Matches. Finally, in the same year, I more moves and White must win. won the championshi p of the Brooklyn Chess 22 Q.K4 B_R7 dub. 2S QxPch K_B1 The period of my chess youth was over. I 24 R_Q4 P_QB3 was ready for bigger things. 25 KR·Q1 Q.B2 26 Q_R8ch Resigns NexI monJh, in ParI 2 0/ Jhh Serial, Mar_ My inexperience made me too Impetuous in this game, I am afraid I must have "under­ Jhall Jells how he Ivan his InlernaJiona/ Splm. estimated' my opponent" ! - Eo, 183 PoliSh ma. t er :'ol ojsche Mendel Najdorf won the Internatlonal Jubilee Tournament or t he CHESS BRIEFS Club "Circule" at Duena s Aires on September 15th wit h the overwhelming score of 14-1. CONCISE - CURRENT CONDEN SED Palest ine Cha mpion M. Czernlsk was a good second with 11~ · 3lh a nd Germa n exile Herma n W orl d ChO\ mpion ALEKHI N E m ade a sur­ Pllulk was third wit h IOlh·'l lh. prise appearance at an Internatio nal TouI'ua­ menl held last month at :\Iunlch, Ger many. Ma tthew Green and He rbert Sei dma n s plit He flew (rom Portugal to take part. Final first prize In the Section A finals of the Mar· results are not In but according to latest shall Chess Cl ub ~ Ull1ll1er \oun mment. H arry reports, S \\'ed!~h maf;t e r G. 81'01,1'1. is lead­ F ajans came In thin!. A. n akst won the B ing with J2 poi nts! Alekh ine Is lied wit h fi nals. F il'st llrl7.e In t he C fin al s was divIded Sweden's K 1,UNDIN with l O'h points , foi· between Donald Sibbett ant! Harold Macor mac. lowe\l by DOGO LJunOW with 9',6 points. O\'el' 50 players competed. Olaf I. Ul vest a d, ClIE:;;S CHARTS analyst, Milt on K aga n, or Brookline. Mass .• 1s now was inducted into the Army Inst May. ServIng Chess ChamlllOIl or New E ngla nd. T ied with tn a tank outfi t, t he dust la id h im low. In A. C. Ma rtin, of ]' .,ovldence, n . I., nt the eud hospital a t Fort Worlh ror two months, he was of the Champlonshlll Tourney held In Boston tra.ns (erred to P ine Caml), N. Y., obta ined his over lIle Labor Day week end, Kagan won dlschal'ge t hts month. U]vestad Is full of ne w Ideas in the ope n lnJts, Is hard at work on an­ the 6·game play·off with I ~ score o{ 4~-3~. The new champion is II student Itt the State alysis ror the third and rounh Issues of CHESS Agricultural at Amherst, Mass . CHARTS, expects to I'e tunl to New YOI'k late Sponsored by George Sturgi~, the annual this month to play 11\ the City of Boston Championship Tournament til Cha m pionship Tourney. scheduled to begin October 15th. Anthony ('.lonnlo is t he winner or this year's Dal e L. Morgan l"etll\ne(l the title of Utah annual Wells Memol'ial Chess Club round­ State Champion In the annual toul'uament at robin tourner. Salt Lak e Clly Augu ~t 3t·September 1. Mor­ Samuel Res he \'lIky, at present residing In I:an scored 1()..2, close ly followed by Ph ilip 80stou, Is now a member of t he Boylston Chess Neff w ith 9'h·2lh and G. ChaplJllis with 9·3. Club with Ilerdquar ters at the Y.M .C. Union. J5·year old "efT was the !;e nsatlon of the tour' nero Arter losing t he fi rst two rounds, he scored 9 'h pOints In the .·ema in ing 10 games.

T he Champion. hi p of Canada Is being de· The Georgia Chen Auociation held its fl rs t cided as this illsue .J::"oes to pre s~. Sponsored annual Stale Tourney August 30·September 1st by the ManitobA. Chess Associa!lon and the at the AUanU~ Bl1lmo)'c Holel. Atlanta, Ga. At. Canadian CheSIl }"'ederalion. the Dominion the opening session Ananta's Mayor Roy Chawplonsh l]) 'l'olll"namcnt is being held at LeCI'aw omcially ~tn]"!I.ld the evcnt by making Winnipeg Octoher 1·1·21. Prizes amounting the fi rst move 011 t he first board. The tourney to $265 w!11 be awarded. Among the prominent was ann oun ced In news]!ape!"l; a nd over the players taking l)R rt are A. Yanofsky ot Winni­ radio throughout the !ILlite. peg. Yerhoff of Regina. Jordon or Moose J a w. J . Edwin \Vood y WOI1 the State Chaml)loll­ Therien or Quebec Cily, Brunet o t Ottawa. shill. A tie ..... ith Alfred Barnard was settled Representallves Crom Ilractically eve.·y prov­ on the Sonnenberger SYlilem. Ince In Camldll will IJartlclpate. Cheas-mlnded \V luuilleg Is making every was the scene of t he invitational every e ftort to ]Iromote t he s uccess at t his " Great Lllkes 'four l1 n ment" held August 22-24. Dia mond Jubilee TOllmey. WlnnllJeg's Mayor The Chess Supporters Cl ub o f Milwaukee have Is the i'lltl"on; t he City Cou nCil Is tenderlll g decided to make It a n annual event. Erich a reception and banquet. Results next month. Marchaud ftnl!lhed first; hllndfold expert G. Koltanowskl was runner·up and Robert IJurkln ended in third p!ace. Over 200 c heu .players attended the omclal house·wllrmlng ]l arty of the i\ lanhattnll Chess Charles Hrisal kopoulos, of CO I" PUS Ch ristl. Club at It s new quarters. 100 Centl'a! Park took first honors In the Texas Chess Associa­ South, on October 8th. T he feature attnlc· t ion's SOllthwestc1"H Open Championship tOUI'­ lion Wi'll< a rnpirl.tranl

Last month, in Ollf LETTERS column, we \\lhite s hould complete h is developme nt first by n 'Q3 auu 0 ·0. Locking t he Q-sll.l e au(j promised (0 begin an Amateur Games Depart­ playing: for a break ou the QKt tile Is sui table ment and invited readers to send in theit only if a counte r·break in the eenter 1 ~ im­ g amc~ for publ ication. The first two received poss ible. afC g iven on these pages, wilh instructive com _ 12 . . . . R_K1 ment by the editori al staff. 13 Kt.K5 • • • • Since t his Kt ca n be d riven out with le nlJ)O GAME NO. 1 ( , . , Kt moves fo llowed by . . . P·B3) the K5 L. A. K E ) I P ~' sends u s the following game squarc is not a good post. 8 ·Q3 was necessary, I)\a yed In the T iler Chess Club Tour nament a t I n a locke d Ilosltlon like this a Kl \\'ould be Bloomfi eld. N. J. H e writes : better t han II B for t he en ding (un cI' 13 0 ·Q3. "Here is a game wit h a lot or 'rau lts. Iml"lic­ Kl-K5 ? : 1-1 DxKt, PxB; 15 K t·Q2). u larl ), by W h ite i n not seeing t he net fixed 13 . . . , Kt.K 5 for hi s Queen. I was r a t her plea sed a bout If the plan I~ to p lay P·1l3 and P·K4. Ihe Kt winnin,g it as J w as somewhat out of jJractice a t K5 will make the execution dl mcult. anti Wulff WitS not." Kt·Q2 would do t h e job. QUEEN'S GAMBIT DeCLI N ED 14 Q· B2 p.B3 M. A. W olff L. A. Kempf 15 Kt.S3 P_QR4 W h ite Black Stra tegiea ll y , . .. P· K~ would be desirable , P.Q4 P.Q4 but tactica lly it would be bad. J5 , .. P·K·1? : 2 P.QB4 Kt.KB3 16 B·Q3, B·B,I; Ii Kt·RI. Black cannot reor. The Il l"oblem on t he second mo,'e Is whether gan i ~ e hi:s piece ~ :so lie t ries a ne w Il lan. \0 surrende r the centet' by . . . " x i> or to de· 16 P-Kt5 PxP fend it I>r . . . P·K3 or . .. p·QII3. Black se· 17 S>

e II good one. 'fherefo)'e , Whit e s hOU ld A common e XUllllJle of faulty t h inking, WIlen play 3 PxP! and if 3 . . . QxP , ., Kt-Qll3, or if ' Vhite made t.his move, he was probably s aying 3 . , , KtxP, ·1 P-K!. In t he laller ca se .[ , . . to h i m ~e tr: Kt·Kt 5 is not playable a s 5 Q·Rlch fo l1 oweu "i\ly opponent wants to pla y P·I' ·I. How can I>y P-Q5 Wi llS a Iliece, I lIre,'e nt II ? I ca n·t. Then how ca n ' tllke 3 . . , . P-K3 advantage of it ? ' see, "11 Iliay Kt·TH a nd 4 P· K3 · . - . then, whe n he I J la )'~ P·K 4. I can go to 11 5 with The old-fash ioned class Ical formation For t he Kl and gain a tempo br attackIng t he White. A.c:a inst this . , , P-Q B4 e qualizes, HOOk. The n, atler I chase h is Kt a way by P _ W hite Ci ln have no good re as on 1'0 1' p re ferring B3, I Ciln get in III Q6 wit h m r Kt a nd pI'obably t he Bisholl locked in to the a ggressive 0 -Kt5. wi n the QKtP," Logical but bnd beca use he failet! to con­ 4 . . . , B.Kt5 sider whut woult! happe n if Black ulu not pla~' 5 B_Q2 , . , , P· K4 . The enUre idea was baseu on Black's W hIte ~t jJJ had an opportunity t o t rans pose responding wit h P-K I but h is o pponent refusc,l the game into a good li ne . Compa re this posi­ to co·ope ratc. ,\ s a reSUl t, the WhIte Kt is tion with t.he Reshevs ky- Fine game iu the OU t of play- a ll dressed u p and no place (0 go Game of t he ;\ Iont h Uella rtme nl. e xcQl1t buck whe re he came from. 5 . , , , 0 -0 Maxim: iXe \'el" make plans which I'equire 6 Kt.B3 QKt _Q2 the CO'Olleral ion of your opponent to in su re 7 P·QR3 S>out the necessity 23 R.Kt3 Kt.BS for the fl'eeing mo,'e P-K~ . Then \Vhite re· T aking adl'antnge of t he pi n on the QD fil e. leases all the jH'eSS Ul'e on t he Bla ek center. mack transfers h is Kt to the s trong outllO>5 t 18' B5, A~ soon as he cun get, , , P-QKt3 in, he 0·0. to be Followed at a more propitious mo­ will at least ach ieve e quality. meut by , . , P-QB4, with the resultant gain of 24 P_QR4 Q_Kl a temJlo, 25 R. B3 R(K2)_QB2 Oy feinting t he tlll'eat . . . Pxl-', the text i~ 26 R-Kl P·B4 designed to compel the first player tn declare Uluck hus alreac!y decided his break is to hi s Intentions in the center. come on tho Q·side so ho can afford to prevent S B·Kt2 . . . . a IJO~~ible White break through, But White calmly i){llores the mate rial lllen- 27 Kt·B3 Q_B l? ace , 28 Kt_Q2 ... , S . . . , p,p 2R n xl tourney of the Ohio State The diagonal QR4-K8 serl'es as an avenue of lJ llil'el ' ~ity Chess Club. It isn't so hot but approach to the Nubian Monarch and White I'll keep on sending you games until you find immediately exploits this advantage, one gool! enough to print,"' S ubscriber Rojas necd make no apology for 14 B.B4 B·B4 his game, He pJayed well. 15 KR_Q l Q.K2 16 Q_Kt5ch Kt_Q2 CATALAN SYSTEM K·1l1 was obdously no better. as Bla ck's L. G. Rojas S. Lazarus Haes of communications would be cut. The White Black KR would be ornamental. 1 P_Q4 P.Q4 17 Kt_K4 . . . . 2 P.QB4 P, K3 3 Kt,QB3 Kt·KB3 Advancing with the lig-ht artillery. 4 P·KKt3 , , . , 17 , . , , P·K4 Directing the conduct of the gllme .Into Am ong other things White threatened B·Q6. hyper· modern channelS. The idea is to fian­ 18 B_KtS Q-K3 chetto the Bishop a nd attack t he opposing center from the wings, And not 18 .. . P-B3: 19 RxP, PxB: 20 Hxl(t, QxR; KtxPch, etc. 4 . , , . P. B3 l-'referabJe for t he ave ntge Jllayer woultl be 19 QR_Bl Resigns t he nnrmal development 4 .. . B·K2 and. Black is tied in a knot. 186 How To Study Recorded Games

By MATTHEW GREEN After some 'study, write your move down. Give not only your move but the plausible Last month's article by J. W. DeArman responses to it, adding as much analysis as showed us that playing over recorded games you think is necessary to substantiate it and can be quite pleasurable. His essay, however, convince your partner. glossed over the point that learning by such Now you are ready to ask Keres what he a method would be sub_conscious and mOfe or would play. If his response coincides with less haphazard. If you prefer to improve you r yours, you will undoubtedly be pleased. If game by conscious effort the fo llowing method this happens move after move, you are wasting is suggested. your time with Keres' games; he should be First you must have some paper, torn into playing over yours. But often his move will strips. Then seat yourself in front of the surprise, puzzle or disappoint you. Where Black pieces. Now why the Black pieces? the move is a surprise, see wherein his move In tournament play more [han 60 per cent of is superior to yours. If you cannot detect the games are won with White and there are the reason, save that slip of paper. Where some very strong players who are so unhappy the move is- obscure, write down a specific with the Black forces that they are psycho_ question aimed at dearing up the move in your logically beaten before they begin a game. mind. Do the same for the moves you con. This pathetic predilection was brought about sider unsatisfactory and disappointing. by unfortunate methods of study. These play_ During the foregoing process, repeated for ers are largely responsible for the erroneous each move of the game, adhere rigidly to the belief that Black must playa passive wait_for_a_ score. If you were actually playing a consul­ mistake game. tation game with Keres, you would not be You will find, by playing Black at the be_ allowed to shift the pieces as an aid to your ginning of your studies, that defensive master th inking. Similarly, in this part of your play is an active, aggressive business of plan_ studies, you must practice mental shifting of ning the counter_attack. Should Black be on the pieces. It the game you are studying the losing side, you will tend to notice and be has notes, disregard them in this first reading. more critical of the loser's plans. When you have finished the game, play it I do not recommend this as a permanent over again and this time move -the pieces feature of your study but only as a method about as much as you like. Play your varia_ for avoiding the prevalent distaste for Black. tions, check your suggestions. Test the ac_ Eventually, as you improve, you will find that curacy and the reasons for your questions. color is an irrelevant consideration. The side What have you accomplished so far? In you then place before you will be determined comparing your ideas with those of the mas_ by your current interest in this or that vari. ter who played the game you have given your ation. own suggestions an acid test. You have re­ Now let us say you have before you some jected many false, perhaps silly notions. You game without annotations. These are, of course, have gained a few new ones, good ones. You harder to study. On the other hand, you have have done some creative thinking. more to gain from them because you have to You may still have a stack of questions that do your own thinking. remain unanswered after you have gone over You have played over the first six or seven the notes. These questions can only be an_ moves. At this point examine the position swered by consulting a stronger player. Where and decide whose game you would rather have. this is impossible, there are a number of an _ It doesn't particularly matter which side you notators who would be glad to give you such choose, but having made your decision, stick a service through the mails. to it. For instance, if the game is between When all your questions have been answered, Keres and Capablanca, decide that you will play the game over again. A good game become Keres' partner in a consultation game can be played and replayed like a record in with the former world champion - or the your music library for there are as many varied other way round if you prefer. If you choose styles of chess games as there are composers Keres, cover up his next move with a slip of of music. paper and imagine that Keres asks you the If you put this conscious effort into the standard question: "What do you suggest we study of recorded games your playing Strength play now?" wil! improve by leaps and bounds. 187 Games from Hamilton Tourney Comments by MATTHEW GREEN

Game No. 1 Won by Fine and the D on K B ~ , he Iliays for the excllll.11ge of Queens with the knowle dge that material T hiS variutlon of the S icilian has had Its ups is to be gained soon. and downs. In ":\Iodern Chess Ol}(!nings" Fine claims that "Z . .. P·K3 Is gl'lulually falling Black's 21s t thl'(late ns KtxD. subseque ntly into discretlll." Nc\'c rthelcss, he has played win Di ng the Q P by D·n l, P·Kt3, B·Kt2. This this line several time s s ince 1939 nntl has tlone threat forces the White D to K4 and the con· more Ihall any other master to establish Its trol of the K D file pro\'es decisive. merits . White ol'erstelilled the lime lim it but has little reason to prolong the agol1)', A s lm ille SICILIAN OeFENSE • but maste rly game, Willman Fine White Black Game No, 2 W on by Fine 1 P.K4 P.QB4 22 8.K4 axB 2 Kt.KB3 P-KS 23 BPxB R_B6 F ine c reate s some new material ror the nh 3 P.B4 Kt.QB3 24 QR_KKtl QR.KBl edition of "i\lO!Ie rn Cheu Openings" with his 4 KI.B3 Kt_QS 25 P.KKt4 R-K6 9th move. White's plan was R-Kl, P.K4 with 5 P.Q3 Kt_K2 26 R_R2 K-R3 the threat of KPxP or P·K5. Salltaslere tells 6 8-K3 Kt ( K2)·B3 27 PxP KxP us that Ret! played 9 QKt·Q2 but that 9 KI·BS 7 P-KKt3 P_KKt3 28 Kt.Kt3c h K ·R3 proved to bo suverlor, Aga!nst 9 QKt·Q2. 8 8-Kt2 B_Kt2 29 P.R5 P· KKt4 Fine's move would have been pointless because 9 Q·Q2 0 -0 30 Kt.R1 R ( K6)·B6 after 9 . . . PxP?, 10 P·K4·K5 winll a piece, 10 P_KR4 P.KR4 31 R ( R2 ).Kt2 R· KKt1 Actually, White's Kt on Q133 could have been 11 B.Kt5 P-B3 32 Kt.B2 KxP utilized latel' (21st move) but the 1) 0sltloll Is 12 8 .64 P-Q3 33 Kt.Kt4 Kt.Kt3 still ravol'able to Black, W hite's 10t h Is weak· 13 KtxKt PxKt 34 A.A2ch Kt·A5 ening as it pel'mlts "'Inc to block the Q tile 14 Kt_K 2 P.K4 35 Kt.B2 A ( Kt1 ).KBl with effectil'ely posted Kts. 15 B_R6 P . B4 1 36 Kt-A1 A(B1).B5 ' Vh ite's 2ht loses at lea s t the exchange, 16 PxP Bw.P 37 Kt.Kt3ch K.Kt3 Kt·QR4 should be I)layed but after 21 , . , 17 B_Q5eh K. R2 38 Kt.K2 A·B7 P·QKt4; 22 I'xP, PxP: 23 Kt·D3, Kt·D4 ; 24 18 BKB KxB 39 AxA Kt-Q5, Q·Q3: 25 R·K3, Kt(D4)·K3 ; n hlck's po­ 19 P.B3 Q.R4 ! White ol'e rslepped sition Is llrosaic b ut powel'(l1l. The fin is h Is 2Q P. R3 QxQeh ti me limit. IlreUr, winning II. ]Iiece. 21 K)(Q K t.K2 ! RETI OPENING Santasiere Until 1936, White's Sl'd move was consid· Fine ered a refutation of the Schlh'enlngcll Defense. While Black In that year, David Polland dlscol'ered t hat 1 Kt.KB3 P-Q4 17 R.Q2 Kt·K3 after 4 Kt·BS, Kt·nS ; 5 p.Q.1, PxP; 6 KtxP, n· 2 P.KKt3 Kt·KB3 18 K.Kt2 Kt·Q5 Kt5; 7 p·B3?, Black could pilly 0 ,0 and P·Q4 ! 3 B,Kt2 8·B4 19 KR.Q1 B.Kt5 with an o l'erwhelmlng game. Artcr 4 P·Q4 , 4 P·B4 p .B3 20 R·Q3 Kt.Q2 PXP; 5 KtxP, Q·R5! also g h'cs Blac k the be tter 5 P.Kt3 p .K 3 21 Kt.K2? Kt.B4 or it. 6 B.Kt2 8.Q3 22 R. K 3 KtxB Fine's 4th move alms at avoiding t he pos· 7 0·0 0 -0 23 RxKt KtxKP sible gambit line 4. , , , Kt·J) S: 5 P·Q4, PxP; 6 8 P·Q3 Q. K2 24 R(B3)·Q3 R,R 9 Kt.B3 P,P 25 RxR B.84 KtxP, D·Kt5: 7 KtxKt (or Hanaue r's move 7 10 P.K4? B.KKt5 p,p Kt·Kt5), KtPxK t : 8 P·K6 or B·QS. 26 P.84 11 QPxP P. K4 27 QxP Kt.B7 The Neophlte might ask If " , , , Kt·Q5 does 12 Q.B2 P.QR4 28 R.KB3 Kt.Q6 ! not violate fun damental precepts by nlol'lng 13 P.KR3 BxKt! 29 Q.Q2 R.K1 the same plcce twice. III this case, othe r con· 14 BxB Kt. A3 30 K. B1 KtxB sldel'fl-lions are much mOre Important. First. 15 QR.Q1 KA. Q1 31 QxKt Q.K5 While's ·3 P·QD·I is not II. developing move, 16 Q.Bt Kt.B4 Aesig"s Second, It Is noll' concede d that P·Q4 fOI' White Is more Important than the .\Iaroczy- 'I'arla· kower Itlea of PI'eventlng Bln ck's P·Q4, Finnlly this is a close gamc whcre ,u;aln of space often Game No.3 W on by Reshevsky justifies a teml){)nll')' loss or time, The move An a,l:".e:res~i\'e l)lnyer, Denkm' re l'els in is best as it pl'events W hite's P·Q4 and be· flashy, s]Jec u!atil'e play. Against Re$hel's ky, cause W hite w!ll find this Kt at Q5 oppressive· however, he shuns a ll comp1icntions and steers ly annoying. ror a "clear" game where he can hold the draw. W hite's nh Is just II. relnt a nd weakens his own K·s lde. Ordinarily, Blac k's Kt at Q5 During the exchanges , beginning with mO\'e could be dis lodged by p ·Qn3 but here this is 20, Heshe\'sky is calm and alert In tenlfic ti me. Im possible. pres sure, Jus t a s the las t Illeee Is to be s wapped o ff, to result (as Denker hopes) in a Black sees weaknesses at W hite's Q3 and drawn Q and P ending, Res he l'sk y JUJU IIS In QD3 (mol'e 19). Aided b)' the Olle n KB file w ilh 29 . . . Q·KI5 tilreutening mute, Tills h, 188 parried, but Reshevsky wJns the QKtP and the It took until the 35th move to prepare the game with his 31st move. break through. Material js won (move 40) Moves 24 to 40 were made in 21h minutes, in· and the c]lampion .is JlOme. eluding interruptions! But wait! Resllevsky; wants to win the brilliaucy prize so he "sacs" the Q (16th move) GRUNFELD DEFENSE for two pieces. At the last moment Evans Denker Reshevsky comes to li fe with 49 Q·B7, exposing the error White Black in ,"Vhite's combination and Reshevsky has to 1 P_Q4 Kt_KB3 28 B·Kt3 Q.Kt4 go all out to draw! 2 Kt_KBS P_KKt3 29 B·Q5? Q.Kt5 3 P_QB4 B_Kt2 30 P_B3 QxRP Game NO.5 Won by Kashdan 4 Kt-B3 P.Q4 31 BxB Q.RSch 5 Q_Kt3 P.B3 32 K_B2 QxPch Kashdan \mrlertakes as fe w risl(s as pos· 6 P_KS 0_0 33 K·KtS p,s sible. A fo rthright and accurate player, he 7 B_Q2 PxP 34 QxBP K.Kt2 tries to avoid complications. He gets a Q side 8 BxP QKt_Q2 35" P-KR4 P.R4 majority of Pawns and wins with them. San 9 0·0 Kt_KtS 36 K.R3 Q.Ktl claims fatigue in this last game of the tour­ 10 B_K2 B_B4 37 P_Kt4 PxPch nament, indicated by his 14th' move. Dlack 11 P.QR4 P.QR4 38 PxP Q.Kt6 would have done better with 9 ... PxP; 12 Kt.K5 a·KS 39 Q.B5 P. R5 gaining compeusalion with the open R file. 1S Q.B2 Kt(Kt3)·Q4 40 QxPch K_R2 ENGLISH OPE NING 14 KtxKt- BxKt 41 P.R5 Q.Kt2 Kashdan Santasiere 15 KR-Ql Q.B2 42 PxPch p,p 16 B.QBS P.B4 43 Q.R5 Q·B6ch White Black 17 PxP QxP 44 K.R4 Q. B7ch 1 P.QB4 P.QB3 22 P·R5 Kt·QKt5 18 Kt.Q3 Q.B2 45 K·Kt5 QxPch 2 P. 1<:4 P.Q4 23 KtxKt BxKt 19 Kt-B4 B.B3 46 K.R4 P·R6 3 KPxP p,p 24 B.R3 BxB 20 BxKt BxB 47 Q.B7ch K·R3 4 P.Q4 Kt. KB3 25 RxB Kt.Q4 21 Kt·Q5 Q.K4 48 Q·Q6 Q.KSch 5 Kt.QB3 p.K3 26 P.Kt3 R.Kt1 22 KtxBch QxKt 49 K· RS Q.B6ch 6 Kt. B3 B.K2 27 R.Kt3 K.B1 23 R.Q4 KR.Ql 50 K. R4 P·R7 7 P_B5 0-0 28 R.B1 K.K2 24 QR.Q1 P.K4 51 P.Kt5ch K.R2 S B.Q3 P.QKt3 29 K.B1 K.Q3 25 RxAch RxR 52 Q.Q1 P.RS(Q) 9 PxP QxP? 30 K.K2 P.Kt4 26 Q.QB5 RxRch Resign-s 10 0 .0 B·R3 31 K.Q3 P_R4 27 BxR Q.Q1 11 P.QR3 R·Bl 32 R·QR1 R.Kt2 12 Kt.QR4 Q.Kt2 33 P-Kt6 PxP 13 P.QKt4! s's 34 PxP P.B4 14 QxB Q.R3? 35 R_R8 P.Kt5 Game No.4 Won by ResheV'sky 15 QxQ KtxQ 36 R.RS Kt.B3 Evans piays a listiess, jnferlor opening, soon 16 P.Kt5 R·B5 37 KxP Kt. K5ch finds himself reduced to the roie of specta.t or, 17 Kt.Kt2 Kt.B2 38 K·Q3 KtxPch watching the U. S. Champion hack awa.y at 18 KtxR PxKt 39 K·B4 K·B3 his position. 19 P.QR4 QKt.Q4 40 R.R6 Kt·K5 20 Kt.K5 P.B6 QUEEN'S GAMBIT DECLINED 41 P·Q5c h K.Q2 21 Kt.B6 B·Q3 42 PxPch Resigns Reshevsky Evans White Black 1 P·Q4 P.Q4 29 Kt·K2 B-Kt4? 2 P.QB4 P.QB3 30 P_B4 B.K2 3 Kt.KB3 Kt.KB3 31 Q.KB3 Kt·Ktl 4 Kt.B3 8.84 32 Kt.B3 Q-R3 5 PxP KtxP 33 B.KB1 Q·B1 6 P.KKt3 P·K3 34 K.R1! K.R1 7 B.Kt2 Kt·Q2 35 P·Q5! BPxP 8 0·0 B.K2 36 PxP p,p 9 R.K1 P.KR3 37 KtxP B.QB4 10 P.K4 KtxKt 38 P.B5 R·K1 ? 11 PxKt B·R2 39 P·Kt4 B·Bl 12 R.Ktl P.QKt3 40 B.Kt5 Q.Kt2 13 P·B4 0 -0 41 P-K6 p,p 14 R.Kt3 Kt-B3 42 PxP R(Q2).K2 15 P.K5 Kt.Kl 43 BxR R,S 16 B.Kt2 Kt.B2 44 R.KB2 B.QB4 17 Kt.Q2 Q_Q2 45 R.K2 R.KB1 18 Kt.K4 QR.Q1 46 QxRch? S,Q 19 R.Q3 Q.Bl 47 P_K7 s,p 20 Q.R4 Kt-R3 48 RxB Q. B3 21 R(Q3)·Ql R.Q2 49 RxKtP Q.B7 ! 22 P.QR3 KR.Q1 50 R.Kt7ch Q,S 23 Q.Kt3 Kt-B2 51 RxKtch K.Kt2 24 R.K2 B.Bl 52 R.Kt7ch K.R1 ". 25 R(K2).Q2 8·K2 53 R_Kt8ch K.Kt2 ...- T"V'''. 26 Q_K3 Q.R3 54 R.Kt7ch K.Rl 27 Q.Kt3 Q.Bl 55 R·Kt8ch K.Kt2 Ed itcr I. A. HOROWITZ poses stiffly with 28 Kt.B3 Kt..R3 56 R_Kt7ch Drawn S IDNEY ROSS, winner of Class C Section. ( 189 Game No, 6 W on by Oenker Young Shalnswit, Quiet an(] serious, has such a proclivity for dl'l\w lng games that he woul(] Denker, ardenl chaml)ion of the SlcHlan De· rather d raw against Alekhlne t han w in from fe nse, aCCel)ts a nd defeats t he much fea red him. \Vi11man is well aware of t he " drawing Richter Attack (White's D·KKt 5 and 0 ·0 ·0 , master's" intention. Goln~ directly Crom the aimed at doubling m a ck's KDP a nd a vigorous o pening to the end ga me (moves 8·13) Shain· attack through the Q HIe o r on the weakened s wlt's wood pus hing vice catches 1.1 1) with him. K side ), Seidman walts for t he proper mo­ The penalty Is IL s narled pos[tlon tangled ment to play Ih:Kt with the plan outlined w ith undeveloped Blshol) S and Rooks . The above. It 9 S xKt, SxS!: 10 QxP, Q·IH!: manner ill which the (ol'mer State champion with R sharp counter attack. This Is not won· a I)awn and then Ihe Rand Pending poss ibl e on Black's 14th move amI the doubled ill self·evident and requires no comment. pawns are forced. SICILIAN DEFENSE Seidman Den ker White mack 1 P. K4 P.QB4 17 P.Kt 5 P. R5 Game No.8 W on by Santasiere 2 Kt· KB3 Kt-QB3 18 Kt.Q4 KtxKt Noted com me nt ator Santaslere goes back to 3 P-Q4 P.P 19 KtxKt P· K4 h is modified but s t ili be loved Orang·Utang 4 KtxP Kt·KB3 20 QR.Kt1 P· B4 ! O l)ening - so·called by Tart llkower arter a 5 Kt.Q B3 P.Q3 21 PxKP QPxP visit to the zoo! The Don Quixote o f t he 6 B. KKt5 P.K3 22 KtxP P· Kt6 chess board ilIustl'a te s the r omantic kind o f 7 Q.Q2 B·K2 23 P:o:P P.P chess he wants us nil to ])Iay. Accepting 8 0 ·0 ·0 0-0 24 P. B3 B. B4 the gambit paw!!, Sehlman forces matters con· 9 P· B4 P.Q R3 25 P. Kt6 RP:o:P Unua1\y anll al a crltlcal point misses the 10 B· K2 B.Q2 26 Q· R6 BxKt probably winning continulttion 20 . .. Kt· 11 Kt· Kt3 R·Bl 27 PxB Q.Q6 Kt3, 21 Q·Q2, Q·03: 22 R·QKtl, Kt·R5. 12 8·83 R· B2 28 RxPch P.R We lack space to give this game the ex· 13 P· Kt4 P. Kt4 29 QxPch R. Kt2 haustive analys is It deaerves. It is as delight· 14 Bx Kt P.B 30 Q.K6ch R(BI ).B2 ful an(] thrilling a game as you would e ver 15 P·K R4 P· Kt5 Resigns want t o see. 16 Kt.K2 P.QR4 RET I O P EN ING Dlack's ffl. r·slghted 12t h move kills an nt· tacks, S uCh fl. move is a product of much Santasiere Seidman experimentation with this li ne a nd not just W hite Black a s pont.'1neous Idea. White could ll!l ve taken 1 Kt.KB3 Kt.KB3 21 QKB Kt.K4 some pNlcautlons on the Q s ide but prefers 2 P.KKt3 P.Q4 22 Q·Q5 Kt·Kt5 to s take all on the aunck. 20 K t PxP would 3 B·Kt2 P· K Kt3 23 Q.Q2 Q.B3 have been a Hule better. Denke r 's 20 , , , 4 P.QKt4 B.Kt2 24 RxP R·Ktl P·B4, sacriflclng a P, cleverly keeps the fil e 5 B· Kt 2 P.QR4 25 R· KB 1 R·K t 8ch close(]. Se!(]mall gets desperate as his Itt· 6 P.Kt 5 P. B3 26 K·K2 R.R tack l)etel'9 out and strives to COllcOCt some· 7 P.QR4?! P. P 27 Bx R Q. B7 ch thing- but the l'e 's nothing len. , P. P Q. Kt3 28 K·Q3 QxBch 9 B.Q4 •• P 29 K.B3 Q.B6 10 Kt·B3 Q.Q2 SO K·Kt2 KbKP 11 Q.Kt1 Kt. B3 31 Q.Q8ch K.Kt2 12 Kt·K5 Q. B4 32 Q.Q4ch P. K4 Game No.7 W on by Willman 13 KbKt P:o:Kt 33 Q:o:Pch K.KtI 14 Q.Kt6 Kt.Q2 ! 34 R.B5! P.8 3 QUEEN'S GAMBIT DECLINED 15 Q:o:B P B.B 35 Q. K6ch K.Kt2 Willman Shainswlt 16 P. K3 B:o:Kt 36 Q.Q7ch K.R3 White Bl ack 17 QKR B:o:Pch ! 37 Q.R3ch K. Kt2 38 R.B7ch K.81 R. R 1S K:o:B Q:o:KBPch ! 1 P.Q4 Kt. KB3 22 R.B 19 K.QI 39 Q.B8 mate P. K3 23 B.P KR.QRI 0-0 2 P.Q B4 20 QKQP B. Kt2? 3 P. KKt3 P.Q4 24 B:o:R ( R8) R.B 4 B. Kt2 P. B4 25 P.QR4 P.P 5 P:o:QP KtxP 26 PxP R. R4 6 Kt. KB3 Kt-QB3 27 K· Kt2 K. K3 7 0·0 Kt·Kt3 28 K·B3 K. B4 8 B.Kt5 P·B3 29 P· K4ch K. Kt4 Game NO.9 W on by Seidman 9 B.K 3 P.P 30 R. R2 K. R4 10 KtxP KbKt 31 P. R3 K. Kt4 Youthfu l Seldma ll . seasoned veteran and 11 Q:o:Kt Q.Q 32 K·K3 P.R4 nat ional mas ter at 19, plays better than h Is 12 BxQ B·Q3 33 R. R3 P.B4 score indicates. (His SI)lI l' kling w in from Dr. 13 Kt· BS P· K4 34 P· R4ch K. B3 Edward Lasker will be g iven in our next 14 Kt· Kt5 8 · Kt1 35 P :o: P K.P Issue.) In t his game D,·. C ruz, champion o f 15 B. K3 P.QR3 36 P· B3 P.Kt 4 Brazil, makes an \II·advlsed exchange (12th 16 8:o:Kt P:o:Kt 37 P:o:P K. P mo ve ) which leads to h is loss of the only open 17 KR·81 B.QS 38 K·Q3 P. R5 file on the board, 12 P·Q5 is better. 18 P·K3 K. K2 39 PxPch K·B5 Utilizing this advantage. Seidman steadily In· 19 B.87 R. R5 40 K. B4 P. K5 creases the pl'eSsUl'e with a P sacrifice whIch 2() P. Kt3 R. R3 ? 4 1 P.P K.P keeps the W hIte K In the center , Ultimately 21 _ BxBch K.B 42 K_Kt4 Ruigns White castles but loses a pleee [lnd the game . 19<1 ALEKH INE'S DEF E NSE Cruz Seidman Hew lett Wins \Vh iL e RIack 1 P_K 4 Kt_KB3 23 0-0 p,p 2 P_KS Kt.Q4 24 B_B4 R_Q3 Brilliancy Prize 3 P.Q B4 Kt_Kt3 25 p,p KtxP As we to press, we learn that the prize 4 P.Q4 P_Q3 26 BxPch K_Kt2 go 5 Kt_KB3 P·Kt3 27 RxKt RxKt fo r the most brill iant game at Hamilton has , B_K 3 B.Kt2 28 R_B7 RxRch been awarded to Clarence E. Hewlett, Jr. for 7 p,p BPxP 29 K,R B_Q3 his effort against Harold Evans. Judges H. M. 8 B_K2 Kt_B3 30 R,P R. KB 1 9 Q_Q2 B_KtS 31 K.Kt1 B_B4 Phillips, Frank J. Marshall and 1. A. Horowitz 10 P_QKtS 0-0 32 R_R 4 BxPch were uoanimous in their selection of this game, 1 1 Kt.B3 P_K 4 33 K.Bi RxBch remi niscent of the famous comest between 12 PxP? p,p 34 K_K2 B_Kt8 Lasker and Bauer. An unimaginative, routine 13 QxQ QRxQ 35 P.KR3 R_B7ch 14 R_QB1 Kt_QS 36 K.K1 RxKtP defense meets swift ~mni s hm en t from an array 15 KtxKt PxKt 37 K_B 1 R.Kt6 of batteries centered on one target-the oppos_ 16 BxB P,B 3B R_K4 B_B4 ing Ki ng. 17 PxP R-Q6 39 P_KR4 P_KR4 18 Kt_Q1 KR.Q1 40 P_QR4 R.Kt5 DUTCH DEFENSE 19 R_B2 B·B1 41 R,R P,R Notes by J. A. Hor owitz 20 P-B5 Kt_Q2 42 P_R5 K_R3 21 B_K 2 R_Q4 Resigns Evans Hewlett, J r. 22 P_QKt4 P_Kt3! Whit e Black 1 P.Q4 P_K3 2 P-K3 P.KB4 3 B.Q3 Kt.KB3 4 Kt_KB3 P-QKt3 5 P·B4 B. Kt2 Ga me No. 10 Won by Reshevsky 6 0·0 B.Q3 7 QKt.Q2 0-0 Not a first rate ga me , it is of inte rest be· 8 Q·B2 cause prevailing opinion cla ims Re shevsky lost. Kt_B 3 9 P.QKt3 One comme ntator guardedly states t hat H ew· · . . . lett, with one pawn plus and a tenable po· 9 P·QR3 t o maintain the K B was jmpol"t ant s ition, had a splen did chan ce bnt m issed h is as Black now obtains absolute control of the opportunity. 'Ne have discovereu no such K5 square . opport unities, F or the P lost (unwillingly, 9 . . . . Kt.QKt5 it is true) Ulack has t wO Bishops a nd a bind 10 Q. Ktl KtxB on the K fi le, 26 Q-R2, has been suggested 11 QxKt Q_K1 by a nother critic, who seems to sense t hat 12 B-Kt2 Q.R4 White has his troubles , This m ight possibly 13 QR_B1 draw; but after 26 , , ' QxQ ; 27 RxQ, B·K3 ; · . . . 28 RxP , (28 R·Q2, E-E5; a nd Bla ck keeps u p Oblivious of im pending disaster. Counter t he pressure) 28 ... RxP ; and W hite, though measures we r e imperative. 13 Kt-K5 Was reo holding on , st ill has to fi ght ha rd to gain lative ly best. e quality. A game in t he old Laske r style. 13 . . . B_K5 14 Q-B3 · . . . SICILIAN DEFENSE Not 14 Q·K2, ExPoh ! Hewlett Reshe vsky 14 . . . . Kt-Kt5 W hite Blac k 15 P.KR3 R_B3 ! 16 P_B5 1 P. K4 P_QB4 21 Q.KB2 Kt.K3 R-Kt3 ! ! 2 Kt_QB3 Kt_QB3 22 B_Q5 R_Bl 17 PxB Kt-K4!! ! 3 P_KKt3 P_KKt3 23 P.QKt4 Q.Q3 18 K·R2 · . , . 4 B_Kt2 B_Kt2 24 BxKtch Q,B If 18 KtxB, K txKtch; 19 K·R l , PxKt; 20 5 KKt.K2 P-K3 25 BxP R(KB1 ).Q1 QxP, Q· Kt 5 ! and ther e is n o defense against 6 P.Q3 K Kt-K2 26 P_Q4 B.QB3 the threat ened . .. R-R3 and . , . RxPch etc. 7 B.K3 Kt_Q5 27 P_KR4 R_K l 18 . . . . KtxKtch 8 Q_Q2 0-0 28 R,P R_Rl ! 19 PxKt R_R3 9 0-0 P-Q3 29 K_R2 R,R Resigns 10 P_KB4 Q_R4 30 B,R R_R1 11 Kt· B1 B.Q2 31 Kt_K3 R,B The prize for the best played game went to 12 Kt_Q5 Kt(K2)-B3 32 P-Q5 B,P San tasiere for his game with Shainswit. This 13 Kt·B3 P_QKt4 33 KtxB R_Q2 will be published next month. 14 Kt_Kt3 Q. Kt3 34 Kt.K3 B,P 15 Kt.Q1 KtxKt 35 R.Q1 R,R 16 RPxKt P-B4 36 KtxR B,P 17 PxP KPxP 37 Q.QKt2 Q_B5 18 P_QKt4 QR. K1 38 Kt·K3 Q. B6 PROBLE M DEPARTMENT 19 PxP p,p 39 Q_R2ch K_Kt2 P rf' ssure ·o( ot her work has made it impos' 20 P-B3 Kt_Q 1 40 Q_K2 Q_Q7 sible f01' Problem E dit or Viucent L . Eaton to Resigns supply u s with copy this m onth.-ED. 19 1 CORRESPONDENCE TOURNAMENT

Mrs. DorothY S. ;\I uil' in Section Z and l.ouis Here a re t he I'esuhs oC games com pletetl P. Vichuicil In Sectio n 12 look like almost this month : certa in ..... inners. <1 lt hough t here Is still a Section I- Linder 1, Mitchell O. mathemlllicni c ha.n ce fo r someone to tie them. Section 2-Mr•. Muir 2, Mee ker O. Rockel and 111'(1wll i n Section 15. and Koch Mra. Mu ir 2, Klein O. and Palnnge (botit undefeated) lll'C fighllog Section 5-Brown Vz . Hamburger Vz. it out to a close finish in their reSllectlve Yaffee 1, Brown O. sections. Section 7-Patle n V2, Hamburger V2. Foul' new ~ec tlon ~ have been formed this month. Section 29 is cOmposed Of til'c noted Section- 9- Marcelll I , Little O. muslclll.ns. Section 100Stetle r " Hays O. Stetler 2, Hardwick O. SECTION 28 Holiff 2, Hays O. 1. H. T. Va n P atten, Seattle, Wash. S ection l1-Glynn 1, Mitchell O. 2. Charles Sechler, Port T ownsend, Walh. Section 12_Mladinich 2, Treend O. 3. A lbert G. H odgson, Ferndale, Mich. Vichulu 2, Mladinich O. 4. Hugh Nola nd, Gallup, New Mexico 5. Ave rill Powers-, Mi lwaukee, Wis . Vlc hulu " Meiden O. Vlchule. 1, T reend O. SECTION 29 Section IS-Palange 2, Hamilton O. t. Bell a Rona, Waeo, TeKu Section 14-Butle r " Fallenback O. 2. Rudo lph KoilICh, N. Y. C., N. Y. Fallenbach 2, Briggs O. 3. llya Lukoff, N. Y. C., N. Y. Smith 1 Vz. Falienbach V2' 4. Nichola. Gabor, Cinci nnati, O. Section 15_Austin 2, Dishaw O. 5. Leo Kahn, Bronx, N. Y. Section 16-Chauvenet " Dr. Paul O. SECTION 30 Section 17-Chauvenet " P. PaulO. 1. Or. W. Alexewi cz, Bi nghamto n, N. Y. P. Paul " Chauvenet O. 2. Ha rold L. Wilcox, Forest Hill., N. Y. Section IS-Smith 2, Kemble O. 3. Rudolph J. Zoudlik, Astor ia, L. I. Kemble " Rona O. 4. Dr. Albrecht Bushke, Staten Island, N. Y. Kemble " Allured O. 5. Chest er Fell, Buffalo, N. Y. Allured 2, Stubblefield O. Allured 1, Kemble 0 S ECTION 31 Section 19- Le.h 1, Parke r O. 1. Hugh Noland, Gallup, New Mexico Section 20--Koc:h 2, Greenfield O. 2. W illiam N. Cook, East Greenw ich, R. t. Koch " Hamilt on O. 3. L.. Borker, Jersey City, N. J. Greenfield 1, Hamil ton O. 4. Sidney Axinn, P hila., Penna. Pala nge 2, Greenfield O. 5. A. H. Kaufman, Cambridge, Mass. Palange 2, Hamilton O. Taylor forfeits all ga mes. Section 22-Bena rdet e 2, Davis O. CORRESPONDENCE AIDS Record the position of each of your Regula t ions of Play cor respondence .games w ith this u nique Entrance Fee- S1.00 Iler section. One device. S ize 814 x 1'. Can be inserted e ntry free to new subscribers and to in ord inary 3.ri ng Binder. Me n can't fa ll (I resent s ubscribers u pon their next re­ out. Simplifies correspondence play. Keep newal. The tournament Is open to all, all yo u r games together. a nd players nlll), enter as many sections , liS the), please. Prizes-Orders ou CHESS REVIEW, $~ . O O fOI' fi rst pl'izc, and $2.00 for second , prize. in Mch section. 'I'hese credits : may be u sed fOr subSC riPtion s or to PUI" chase any books 01' eQ uiimHw t advertised • in CHESS R EVIEW . Sections wlll be comllosetl of five play­ ers. each to Ilia), two games with every other. Comillete scores of games are to be sent to us by t he winne rs, and by the pillyers of t he W hite Illeces in the case . " of draws. Position_r ecorders, with men ____ 10 for $2 T he time lim it fo r replies is 48 hours Move.r ecordin g posta ls ______100 for 75c from the receIpt of a move. Undue tle­ la ys may le8.tI to forfeiture. Auy ques­ tions regartllug rules Itre to be s ub· CHESS EQUIPMENT CO. mlttetl to UB. aud our atlJud!catlon is to 250 We.t 57 th St. New York, N. Y. be acceptetl IlS n ua!.

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