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SECOND BOOK OF CHESS: THE NINE BAD MOVES OF CNESS by Frc(l Reillfdd. 128 pflges, 78 diagrams, published by Sieriing Publishing Co , in 1953 at S2.50.
HE intriguing sllbtitlo.: of HcinfelJ's THE MIKADO, the finest peg_in set available, made of smoothly finished T new book huldlr challenges the tradi· Tsuge wood in a handsome Staunton tion that it is had pSYCh1l1ugy Iv II ;:C a cherry pattern (King height 1"), is a su ncgalil'c,;sUllllding title. perb gift for a real chess friend. It is en The aUlhor is well aware of the import· hanced by a handmade two-tone leather ance of the titl.::, for he writes in hb board and an unfolding case attractively preface (ent itled, "Before You Begin") : 8 R-Rl! N_NS covered in rayon velvet. "Before a player can bc/;:in to improve. When opened (see small photo), the Of Black's e ight mOl'es, fall I' have been hinges slide the top underneath to be. he lHu~t clear away the faults that have wilh Ihis Knight: come the supporting base (as in top ho::en sllO iling: hi s games and depril'ing him 9 Q-K2 B-B7t 11 P_BS! B-84 photo). Closed size is 7Ye" by 5Ye" by 0f well·earned victories. 10 K _ B1 N-QB3 12 N_KNS! 1%". Playing board is 4Y2" square. "~'ly object in writing Ul){)ul the Ninc Beginning II quickly decisive uttac!, on The size of board and men gives ex Bad J\'!oves is to giv(J you a chalICe to Sec the open King Hool, l'ile- fol' extlill ple cellent playing visibility. The design of what is wrong in your pIa )" un d to get rid i2 , , , N- D3 13 Nxlti' ! NxN 1,1 Q- H5 and men is both finely artistic and, with t heir of th e f,1I11ts that hold you back frum ue· m,ne follows, exceptional size, of top quality for play· com ing ,Ill excell ent player. At thc same N_R3 ing purposes. 12. time, YOli arc also learning to recognize 13 Q-RS these faults in ~ ' our adversari es' games, :\ow it is cleat' that Wack's senseless Order by onl",lo):""(.' Ill11111)cr: T ile Mi_ and how to take advantage of lhem! Pawn·grabbing has allowed White to k;ldo No. lSI Surely this is positive, lIOt IH.:g ati,·e!" mount a ferocious attack, A (lelightful But just what are the Nine Bad .\loves'! possibility here is 13 , , , Q- D3 14 XxHP! Price Postpaid This pithy I'olume lists them as follows : KxN 15 B- K:-<' 5 and Black's Queen i~ lrapped, $12.50 I Ncgkeling development of ynllr' pieces, 13 Q-K1 2 Exposing )'our King If) uttack, TRAVEL1NG CHESS SET 3 ~ ' laking tnn many Queen moves in the opening. 4 Grabbing Pawns thollghtle~ s l~' , 5 \'leakening your caslle(1 position, (, Celling pinned, 7 Failing lu guard aga in st ca ptures, 8 Underestimating rou!' "pp"n e nt'~ lhreats. 9 Losin g a w(m game. Certainl), lh e~e subjecls have been wril· len aboul before. but n<::I'c r so ch;arly and e ngH gingl)" Hert is an excerpt "n the 14 NxRP! K,N 16 QxPt!! pxQ sulljec! of weukening the King's j!o~itiun lS BxN P-KN3 17 BxR mate! through thullghtless Pawn.grabbing: Thus White ll'!umphs all the file kindly ope ned for him by Blacl,'~ Pall'n·grab· KtNG'S GAMBIT DECLINED bing expedition, White Black This peg.jn traveling set has a playing 1 P_K4 P-K4 4 B_B4 N_KB3 boar d all of 8" square! Plastic men, %" 2 P-KB4 B_B4 5 N-B3 0-0 high, plug into plywood board which is 3 N-KB3 P-Q3 6 P_Q3 N-N5? A Short Short encased in a leatherette cover: The De Aftel' some excellent opening play A simullaneous in l~nglHnd ga" e Ihis Luxe model (also has compartments at featuring sensible opening mo,'es, Black gem, The key is ~eell fl'om :; QPxP ? each end for captured men) , Standard goes wrong by mOl'ing the ;llre;l(ly deyel· 6 IJ- Bit, Likewise, 1; Px:"\' 7 13- Bit! model is in pasteboard cover (has no The sequel is snappy, compartments). Oiled J\night a second time , Order by catalogue number: 7 R_B1 NxP? PH ILI DOR DEFENSE No. 197_Standard model ______$1.25 \V l'ong Ilgain, 'j'l'IlC, if 8 NxN? Q- H5t J , E. Jones T. Taylor recovers the p ieee very adl'nnlageously No. 199-De Luxe model ------Wliite mack $5.00 1'01' Black, Oul \Vhite has a powerful 1 P-K4 P_K4 6 N,P P_Q4 altel'natil'e- lo make use or the munie r· 2 N-KB3 P-Q3 7 Q_B3 B-K3 OllS open King 'H ook file thllS lll'e~ented MAIL YOUR ORDER TO 3 P_Q4 P-KB3? 8 p,p B,P to him, CHESS REVIEW 4 B_QB4 N-K2 9 Q-B7t B,Q 2S0 West 57th Street, New Yor k 19, N, Y. t _ check; : _ db!. check: § _ dIs. ell. S PxP BPxP 10 BxB mate
CHESS REVIEW, DECEM8ER, 19S4 3S4 CHESS Vol.ll,No.11 REVIEW DECEMBER. 1954
INTERNATIONAL Postal Match Extraordinary An international postal malch on 26 boa rd s has begun between th e iI'1arshali Chess . Clld) of New York City and Ihe Natiullul Chess Cente l" of Londoll. J\1r~. Caroline D. j\Ia r~h all , club SeC I" elary, and John W. Collins, captain. arc directi ng the American s ide. while H. W. R. Kec hI e, manager, and Edga r Browll, captain, are ill charge of the Engli.,h team. Each player is conducting two games simuJ · laneuuslr, one wi th Wh ile and tbe other wit h Black . Headin g the :Marshall Ii ll e-up is USCF Champion A rth\lr Bisgui er, wh()~e oppo nent is.J . A. fuller, English Pustal Cham pion . .Among other plll"ticipants arc Her mann He lms. popularly known as the "dean of America n chess," and Mrs. Gisela K, Gresser, user women's open champion. I Blind Players' World Postal Title T he first world postal championship tournamcnt for blind players was won by H. \'i/. Bonham of England. Americans Honored Dono r H. A. White head prese nts the Gene ral W ill iam Dea n trophy to Dave Peizer fo r the Reuben Fine C. C. of San Francisco for the best t eam showing at the 1954 Annual Tending to bear out the adage that "aU Somona Ch ess Festival. The youthfu l members, 13 to 17 years old, pla yed against things come to hi m who waits," official adult compet ition. Reading le ft to right : George Ko ltanowski, director, Mrs. H. A. FIDE rccognitioll fill ally has arrived for Whitehead, Phil ip Chang, B ~ n Ze il e r, Captain Peizer, H. A. Wh itehead, Gilbert three Americans, Isaac Kashdan of Cali Ramirez, He rbe rt Holden, Ted Eis ~ nstad t and Ed Logwood. The Dean trop hy com· fornia, Arthur W. Dake of Orcgon all d memorates t he genera l's learning to play ch ess while a prisone r of war in Korea. Hermann Helms of New York. T hese three now havc becn designated respec tively as international grandmaster, inter· Ottesen, A. Klein, D. Slulken, R. Haun. Bisguier finished a full point ahead of national master and international judge herst, S. Farrell and B. Reissman. Suc· the field, at 6'12. ¥2. But three others also or referee. cessful i\Tinnewlans, ill addition to Bras· were undefeated : James T. Sherwin of ket and Pedersen. were Dr. G. Koelsche. H. New York, Charles Kalme of Philadelphia, UNITED STATES Fruchtman, W· . Schrocder, Dr. L. KllaplJ, and Norma n T. Whitaker of Shadyside, H. Cove, A. Fi lipovich, Dr. H. Jacbon, Maryland. l n a late fini sh, however, REGIONAL R. ChezUlli . Herrick, G. Proechcl, A. El io t Hearst of New York defeated Hans Bilcy and Nordin. Berliner of Washington, D. C., and de Badgers Trim Gophers spite one loss, to Bisguier, tied for second Overcoln ing a sizable deficit on the first New Annual Event Jl laee at 5Yz·ll/2 wi th Herbert Avram, now half dozen boards, including losses on USCF Champion Arthur B. Bisguier, of of Arlington, Virginia, Sherwi n, and boards I and 2 to Curt Bra."ket and K. .\Icw York, wi th but nne draw scored Robert Sobel of Philadelphia. P edersen respecti,·ely, a 36 player W'is against him, took 0 11 another tit le, East· Kalme and Whitaker, with 5-2, ended consi n team pulled out a narrow yietory ern States Chnm Jli on, in a ncw tournament bracketed wi th Weaver W. Adams of over Minnesota by 19Yz·16Yz. held in West Orange, New Jersey. As a Haynham Centre, Massachusett s, and Wil· Wisconsin winners were G. Ru!z, .\"1. new, annual fixture, thc tournament had liam Lom bardy and Anthony Saidy, both Bohland, O. Francisco, F. Inbusch, D. an impressive entry with fifty players of New York. Arganian, H. Zierke, \'i/. Banerdt, .I . Man· from six states and the District of Bisguier mel Sherwin in the last ro und, gan, -'of. Cohen, .I. Oberg, L. Larsen, W. Columhia. for the one draw to blemish his score. CHESS REVIEW, DECEMBER, 19S4 355 burg, host cit y and runner·u]). Members of the winning team were Hernandez, Stallings, Cleven~e r and Mink. ILLINOIS An unbeatable 7·0 tally won the state title fo r Charles C. Benin in a 1]'3 player Swiss at Peoria. :'II. Turiansky, 6·1, placed ~econd, while P. Tautl'aisas, 5 y:! .IJ/!, was third. Paul roscllcL Dr. 1. Schwartz, Karl H. Wiegmann and DaHiel Fi~ch· hcimer occnpicd fourth to seventh posi. tions in the order named on S.-B. ]Joint s with e{lual game seore5 of 5-2. PUERTO RICO Drawing the first two games and win· ning the next four gave Rafael Cintron Ramns all all but invincible lead over francisco Benitez Fabregas in their 10 game match for the Puerto Rican cham· ALEXANDER LIEPNIEKS pionship. Benitez rallied suflicientl y to \Vin nel' of the Zllidwest Open Tourlla· win the seventh and eighth games, hut mellt and Nebraskan Championship, as bowed to the inevitable when Cintron, RAAPHI JOSEPH PERS ITZ reported in October, page 291. he is fl'om needing only a draw, halved the point III On lhe relationship between chess· Lincoln. Nebraska. the ninth gamc to regain the titlc. IIlay e r~ and horse·players. see Star of Israet, Jlage 370. Tri-State Championships SOUTH CAROLINA Eleven players contested a Swiss tour· Pursuing his successful career, Frank sco re, entitling him to plar fi rst hoard ney for the state cham pionship, which Ferryman of J\'[iddletown, Ohiu, acquired for Fresno in th e Cenll'al California went to R. B. Hayes of Greenville with a the Senior Champiunsh ip
Illinois. The Hamilton P ark Chess Cluh of Chicago trimmed th e Hammond Chess Club by 9·2. C. Voltz. E. Anderson, F. \bbott, \V. Hodes, Stein. J . .l ones, B. Coe, r. WeflH.'f and Hatch pil ed up th e point5 for Hamilton Park as W. Trillks lind E. Ra falski staved ofT rout fo r Hammond with one win apiece.
LOllisi((lUI. Qualifying frOI11 5 sections fo r the New Orleans championship we re Al Wills, A. L. .McAnley, Irene Vi nes, David WlIlsdorf an d Ken Vines. Decisive "ictory via " ham" I'ad io was ga in ed il\ match play by Baton Ruuge over NILtehcl. Gladney, Glfin and Dornier accou nted for 3 points uut of 4, wll ile LOU ISIANA HIGH SCORERS LOU I SI ANA CHAMPION } Iiller drew to save Natchez frul11 total AUred B. Wil ls Rnd "'rs. Ken neth N. "~I"ed Cummings (I'ight) accepts the eel iI)Se. Vines, bearing J{ing and Queen trophies, handsome trophy from A. L . McAuley. were honored ror their performances in Secretary of the Louisiana Chess Asso· Nebmskrt. A ches5 duh with IS members the U. S. "Open." held in New Orleans. ciation, for winning the stllte title (as has been organi7.ed in Chappell, a tl,)WIl of last summer. ·Wills. Louisiana's only told page 292. Odobe)' issue). A student 1.300 in western Nebraska. "Expert" in USCF ratings, placed 23d at Louisiana State Uniyerslty, Cummings, in a rleld of no. .Mrs. Vines was 4th also receil'ed the ceramic chess set and Norl}, Carol;II(I. Overwhelming superiority in the Women's ··Open." declared to be the swivel-top table. motlnted with chess board seen In picture. The Tournament was demonstrated by Bill Adickes wh en the stl'ongest women's chess tou rnament e\'er held in this country. The New took place In Natchitoches on LabOI' Day. he amassed an 18·0 scure in the A.sheville Orleans C. C. donated the trophies In Photos here and at left by John E. Kuhl· Open Tournament. Phil C. Knox, 14·4, 11 special commemoratil'e meeting. man. was second in the double round robin. A touruament devoted to the Pol ish Opening (1 I'.Qr\4) with the su me field and under the salile conditions was also CHESS FOR FUN won by Adickes wilh nearly the same showing. He collected 17 triumphs and AND CHESS FOR BLOOD l u~t un l)" une game, to Knox, again thc by Edward Lasker runner-up. Knox scored 13·5. This delightful book is crammed with telling anecdotes Ohio. At Frem ont the sen io r ruund robin about chcss and chessplayers. There are fascinating was dominated by Francis Ashl ey, 18-2, chapters on Chess Amenities, Checkmating Combina fo llowed by Will iam .Me ng, 15·5. The tions, Endgame Play, Strategic Principles, Master j uni or round rohin WIIS swept by Gary Chess, Tournament Ethics, etc. Witty and instructive. Shilling, 16·0. Charmingly illustrated by :Maximillian Mopp_ Revised and augmented edition. IV ashillgtQI!. The Pierce County Cham· 224 pages, 94 diagrams $2.50 pionship Tournamcnt, held at the Tacoma Yi\·rCA , went as usual t.... the perennial winner, Vernon Holmes of Tacoma. Vic· to r l' upols ca llie in second. The 888t Games of the Most Brilliant Player!
Wisconsin . CHESS Unum' cor respondent KERES' BEST GAMES A. E. Elo and N. Kampars shared pre mier honor's and were declared co·cham· OF CHESS I,ions in lhe Experts' and Class A Cluh by Fred Reinfeld Tournalllent 01 the j\;lilwauk ce Jlunicipal Chess Association. Each pla)'cr scored 9·2. An attractive collection of the 90 most brilliant Third in lhe round robin was Averill games of Paul Keres, considered the greatest Powers, 7'i2.31h, attacking player of our day. The games are fn the i\lil\\'allkee Speed Championship, annotated wi th great care to bring out their II Swiss cven t played a th e I'atc of 10 sec· many beautiful points. The play is unusually onds per move, J. B. Crkavac nosed out rewa rding to students because of its richness of L Buyette on S. R poin ls after both had combinative detail, and the openings adopted posled game scures of 6y:!.1lf:!. have great theoretical value. Revised and aug T wenty.two players, allou ed 45 minutes mented ed ition. , on the clock, essayed i\lilw/tukee's modifi_ 264 pages, 110 diagrams $3.50 cation of the 30·30 time in fn st tOllrlla (Con tinued. page 358) DAVID McKAY COMPANY. Inc .• 55 Fifth Avenue. New York. N. Y. CHESS REVIEW, DECEMBER , 1954 357 men! chess. The first player in uny game FOREIGN 10 exceed his 45 minule lime ration was automati caUy forfeited. This (orm of the Australia game is more hectic than it so unds, and In a powerful round rollin fo r the cham· over·stepping the lime limit is no unusual pi on ~h i l ' of the Melbourne Chess Q ull, occurrence. Going undefeated Ihrough the H. V. Andreassnn emerged first with 10·2. 9 round Swiss, A. Powers registered 6 J. N. Han ks, aft er a llad start, rallied wins and 3 draws to emerge on top. Sec strongly to take second with 8%.3%. ond in the race was R. Abrams, 7.2. BeltJium CANADA Juniors mel juniors in a 44 lloard match British Columbia at Antwerp. and the Belgian juniors pre· The provincial speed title was :::ained by vailed ovcr the team from Holland,27.17. M. Jurse\'skis, 6-2. Runner.up was J . M. Tay lor, S'h.2%. England lIIinollS-Oec. 31.Jan. 2, 1955 A duel between Mrs. R. Bruce and Miss 4th Annual Illinois Open at the De· Ont ario F. Heemskerk of Holland was won handil y catur YMCA, 151 West P rairie S~re e t : 6 Toronto was the scene of the All ·Ameri· by the English wom en's champion to Ihe rd SS Tmt under direction of C. Turner can Estonian Chamllionship in which A. tune of 4·2. This resuh underscores l\I rs. Nearin g; EF $5 plus 51 rating fee for Shilov of :\iontreal and K. Tullu5 of Sea· Bruce's power insofar as her opponent is non·USCF members; S75 guaranteed for brook, N. J., became eo·champions with not only w{)men's ehanl llioll of Holland, a lst prize (11 11 EF go into prize fund) . equal scores of 3·1. E. Viires was third strong chess counlr ~' , hut is a top.l evel Time limit 50 moves in 2 hours. Entries with 2·2. contestant in int ernational women's tour close 7:45 r. M., Dec. 31. lst rd, at 8; naments. 2 rd. Jan. 1; 3 rd. jan. 2. Quebec Write for room re~ervation ($2.50) to The new provi ncial ti tlehQlder is J . France W. H. J ohnson, Decatur Y1I-ICA; for in· Girard, l-l. F. Jobin. pre·tournament fa· III. Roulto'!"ilIe is the new champion of formation to Dr. Max Schlosser, Standard vo rite, lost to Girard in 16 mOVl'S and fin· France, in a tournament held al Mar· Bldg., Dccatur. Illinois. ished sei:ond with 2 ~ 1 ~. seilles. The Ilrcvious champion, Dr. S. C. Minnellota_Feb. 26.27, 1955 Tartakover. however. WIIS absent, as well 58th Minnesota State Championship, 5t. LATIN AMERICA as some of the best French plal'ers en· Paul, lit Downtown YMCA, 9th & Cedar ArtJentina gaged in the international team play at 51. 6 rd 55 Tmt, open to all; 45 moves in Amsterdam. The championship of Argentina for 1954 A pos t·Amsterdam match saw Israel pre· 2 hours: SSO 1st prize guaranteed, special was settled-what were we ~ay in g? -wa s class prizes; EF $7 plus 81 rating fee for vai l 5Y:.!-4Y:.! against the Cude Caissa in unsettled, and for good, in nil unprece· Paris in u double· round e,·cnt. Non·USCr members ($2 refund on com· dented sort of ruckus. pletion of schedule); entries c1 O!ie 8:00 News accounts, on chess, being as un· Holla.d A. M., Feb. 26: bring chC5s clocks and reliable as they are, we Cllllllot vouch in 50me sort of record must have been sets. Write to Dane Smi th, 1283 Wlltson fu ll for the following story. But here made by A. Vinken "" ho has won the Li m· Av., St. Paul. it is so far as it goes. hurg Cham pionship for thc fourteenth For benefit of oUr readers, t hen Items are prln trd If reported by author;;red o"i. TlJirteen players ou t of an unstated time. Clal, a t lint two month, In adVlnCI. total joined in a protest on the offici· ating in the ti tle tournament. "Pedro Iceland Chessboa rds of dlltlnctlon made of fines t Martin," says the .Nelll York Tim es. "who G. S. Gudmundsson SWCllt the national cabinet WoodR. SO lid walnut, !>Oplnr and made one of Ihe best showings against chanlJlion! hi ll tournament with six wins. mnhognny conS lruclion. 20" squnre. $15.00. inquke or . end check or money oroer to the Sovicl tell m when it played here It aly John Rya n, 1609 Spring Av., Jen kintown, PII. earlier this year" rai3ed his voice after "some slipslod judging in th e dosing In a play·off, Nestler won Ihe It alian TWO N E W TOURNAMENT BOOKS moments of a match" and finaily punched Champion~h i p by a score of 4-2 against New Orlean" 1 ~, 187 c"me~ from the 65th the referee. Staldi. U. S. Ope n. $2.00 No Pedro Martin was reported as play. New York, 19$1, 66 games from U. S. Champ. wl lh nOIC" P lu~ H sames from the Evnna ing against the Russian team (!ec page FORSYTH E NOTATION Steiner m RICh. "Ii2. $2.00 99, April issue) , and all eig ht boards As a quick mea ns of taking down 1\ " ' rHe 10: Jaek Spence were fully accounted for in the reports position on 1\ chess boal·d. the Forsythe 208 Sou lh ZS ,\" e lllle. Omaha %. Xebru k ... which we did receive. If this is indic_ Notation Is pr·ob.llbly the best. In essence, you "Scan" the position ative of the story as a whole, we must from left to rIght, starting with the How to Play the White Pieces reserve comment until further news is If you h,\ve trouble. let Fred Relnfeld'a "top" !lne, mack's first rank. as on II new book (JU~1 rlllbll~hed ) help you become received. diagram without squares. "Cse capital an a SKreU !V C opener and a steady whmer. The outcome of the Times story, how· letters Cor' White men, small lellers tor Look for h!~ "Key to the Opening~" In t he ever, is that Martin was han ned from Black, numbers ror vacant squares. book'~ Ian chnfll eT. Your money CheerfullY refunded if you're not satisfied. S2.SO playing for a year. Twelve other masters Thus. the first dl.ll!;ram on fating page S TERLING PUBLISHING CO.. Inc. joined i\'lartin in a protest over the judg. becomes: (A blank rank would be S.) tH' East :n St. Xc.,. York !G. X. 1'. in g, whereupon the Argentine aless Fed· rlbQk ln r pp p2p p p eration called off the nati onal tourna· Ibn p 4 It's a safe bet today that your car.fare, ment, declared the title vacant and sus· • , 3 hus.fare, trolley.fare, or what have you, pended all thirteen protestants. 2 B P P 3 has gone from 5c to ISc. Punching the referee, it seems, makes 2 P 2 N 2 But a 54.75 subscription to CHESS Rr. for an international news slory. 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CHESS REV I!W, DEC EMB ER. 1954 I ~TI Annotated by FRED REINFELD "" HOW < lNE MAN'S OlUGINALlTY is another man's platitude. It is a well 1/ worn truism that we all build on the efforts of earlier generations_ As lime goes on, we become more complacent about our own efforts and fail to realize how much we have learned from our predecessors_ TO BE A Modern players have learned enormously from Emanuel Lasker's psychological chess_ Lasker was the first to see that you must fight not only yo ur opponent's ability, but also his will, his hopes and his fears_ WINNER Lasker's psychological style ended the vogue of the nineteenth century gamhit style_ Yet trends in chess switch restlessly from one extreme to another. By the time of Lasker's death, the reigning chess style called not for a struggle between the gambit style and the Lasker AT CHESS style, 'but for a fusing of the gambit style and the Lasker style! The new book by St. Pet ersburg, 1896 14 N-Q4?! 15 NxN B,N EVANS GAMBIT , NxQBP[ 16 Q-Q3 P-QB4! M. Tehigorin Dr. E. Lasker 17 Q-N3 White Black 1 P-K4 P-K4 4 P-QN4 BxNP FRED 2 N-KB3 N-QB3 5 P-B3 B_B4 3 B_B4 B-B4 6 0-0 P-Q3 7 P_Q4 B_N3 ! REINFELD For many years the standard continuo ation had been 7. PxP 8 PxP, B-N3. In that case nIaek has completely given The best-known writer on chess in up the cent er, and \Vhite's vastly suo the U. S. has written this book es perior mobility may well be worth a pecially for the beginning and in. Pawn. termediate player. It's a wonderful gift for anyone who needs help w ith his game, or for anyone who Tchigorin hopes for 17. . O-O? 18 wants to learn the pleasures of ex_ B-R6, BxKP 19 QxB, PxD 20 NxP or 17 pert chess-playing. Even though P-N3 18 D-N5, followed by 8-86. you are probably we ll advanced Lasker has a resourceful alternative. yourself, Fred Reinfeld'$ 12 basic rules will improve your game, too. 17 . . . . B- K3! Amusing, easily read, and even So lhat. if 18 QxP, K-Q2, Black gets a more easily understOOd, the book (\evastating attack 011 the open King explains and diagrams the twelve Knight file. basic, simple l"lIles for winning play 18 B-N5 Q_Q2 21 B_B4 KR-N1 _five basic rules for opening play, 19 QR_B1 P-B3! 22 Q- B3 0-0-0 two for the middle game, and five 20 PxP 23 KR_K1 P_B5! for endgame play; describes and The virtue of Lasker's pioneering de Taking the sting out of White's con· illustrates the three strongest fense is that Blad! does not give up his templated Q- K 2. White's gambit stands moves in chess-the check, the cap_ hold on the center and therefore does emphatically refuted; Black has the at· turing check, and pawn promotion -plus simplified strategy and the not allow his ollPOnent a sizable plus in tack. The end of the game is unexpect· mobility. edly close a t hand. basic rules and moves of the game, Bl1t-- as lI" e would expect from Lasker 24 Q- K2 B-KB4 With delightful drawings by -his defense has great psychological 25 Q_R2? RxPt! Peter Estin, a rising new star in impact. Tchigorin. the immortal master The documentary proof of Black's suc· the world of cartooning. Get your of flashy gambit play, wants a lil'ely. cess! If noll' 26 KxR, then 26 ... B-H6t Christmas gift copies now! Only complicated game. I nsteud, canny Las· 27 K-Rl, Q- N5 forces mate. $2.75 ker oITer;; Tchigorin the dreary possi· 26 K-R1 RxBP (The general, bility of regaining his Pawn by 8 PxP, Resigns PxP 9 QxQt, NxQ 10 NxP, B-K3. who is Obvious. White can ollly choose between 27 Iy at the mercy Tchigorin tries desperately [or attack. N-K2, D-K5t or 27 B-Q2, Q-Q3. This of this strate_ 8 P-QR4 N-B3 gist, has just is one of the deceptive Lasker games d e m a nded a 9 B_QN5 P_QR3 which m ake chess look ridiculously easy. truce so that he And not 9 . O-O? 10 BxN, PxB 11 can run out and buy it copy 01 P - RS. winning a p ieee. FINEST IN LAID CHESSBOARDS Fred Reinfeld'i 10 BxN PxB 12 PxP N,P Hand-made. nicel)' fi,.,!she(l. 2~ squares new bookl) 11 P-R5 B-R2 13 Q_K2 P- Q4 of eggshell white and Jade green of Arm ~ tr ong Std. Linoleum on :l.l .... Mnite. 'Ii" Lasker's central Pawn position is border. Felt back. Sent 0(1 approval. H.OO. Wherever books are sold sturdier t han ever! Still hoping f Ol" com· Same as ahove hut In 2 pIeces: ~S.OO . Also plications, Tchigo!"!n pa!" ts with a second larger boards. R E. Hawkins, 4650 Cole HANOVER H 0 USE A,,·enuc. Dallas. Texas. Pawn: Garden City. H. Y. CHESS REVI~W, DECEMBER, 1954 359 An outstanding recent game, annotllted by a famOUI International Grandma.ter. by DR. MAX EUWE
INTERNATIONAL SURPRISE loses against a strong, in ternational master, it may W ELL over a hundred players pa rticipated in the not mea n a shock to Ihe chess world. Pilnik loses International Team Tournament, producing col against Bohartirchu k. Prins wi ns from Kotov. Fu lectively some thousa nd ga mes. The weak and the derer wins from Geller. Szabo loses to Minev. Po· strong we re shaken up indiscriminately, like pas rath wins from Szabo. Kl uge r wins from Gligorich. sengers on a plane, readying for a forced landing. When a non-master, however, wins fro m a grand. Hence, side by side with games which might match master or from a very strong mastel', we may truly a struggle for the world's championship, we come speak of a surprise. Larsen wins from Bernstein. upon some representing a difference of two 01' three Doerner from Paol i, De Greiff from Schmid, Cuel· classes hetween the opponents concerned. leI' from Alexander, Minev from Fuderer, Vestol from Gligorich. The greatest of a ll surprises, however, is Omitting the tea m performances and examining doubtless: Aloni defea ts Kotov. And this outcome individual accompl ishments under the magnifying caused Israel to enforce an even brea k with the glass, we observe many resllits. The overwhelming U.S.S. R. tea m-the only match which the Russians majority may be regarded as completely normal. Yet did not win in the Finals! a number of outcomes can he designated as remark abl e. And, fina lly, a few are positively smprising. Aloni, a rather unknown quantity, who manned th e Wh en a grandmaster defeats an evenly matched col fO llrth board for Israel, att ain ed Ihe excellent score league, Ihat is no surprise. Where would our Chal of lP/2 out of 17 (51j:! out of 6 in the preliminaries: lengers' Tonrnament be headed if decisions were 6 ou l of 11 in the finals). Tbe height of his per reached only by way of rare exception! But such an fo rmance is definitely his victory over Kotov, the issue is noteworthy even though incidental and prov game which we are discussing herea ft er. A fine ing little concerning these grandmasters' strengths. piece of work , and the on ly drawhack, in fact, is that Aloni's reputation is not, as yel, a grandmastel·'s. His A bit more remarkable is that Szabo wins from thirtieth mo ve may not, in consequence, be judged Unzicker and loses to Ninev. In general, the Hun as a sacrifice but as the loss of a Pawn. His en su ing garian grand master exhibits considerable ups and blockade oJ Black's forces may not he considered downs in his results, though other grandmasters, too, as a consequent exploiting of th e positional adva n suITeI' from the same evil, albeit to a lesser degree. tages resulting from the Pawn sacrifice but as a sort Consequent ly, it is possible to id ent ify finished chains of stubborn resistance against the th reat of losing. in which eilch " link" has defeated his successor. For And , fi na ll y, the King-s ide attack is seen as a tactical example, Unzicker wins from Alexander, Alexander co-incidence of which Aloni on ly too gratefully ava ils from Sza bo, Szabo fl'om Euwe and Euwe from Un himself. Olll' judgment is, in general, subjective in zicker. World Champion Botvinnik does not fit into supposing that one person ma y indeed have seen such a chain; for in such one must at least win one 01' sensed all this, some other perSall again not. game and lose one. As regards th e first condition, that Botv innik did accomplish, but he did not succeed Such is one way of looking at this ga me. When in losing one. Still, I find the following chain of we apply an objective yardstick to the foll owing interest: BOlvinnik wins from Najdorf, Najdorf from game, however. we must come to a different conchl Pachm an, Pllchm an from Euwe, Euwe from Stahl. sian. It may he seen thai the player of the White herg, Stahl berg from Sza bo; Szabo from Unzicker; pieces has prod uced a performance of the firslrank. Unzicker (almost) from Botvinnik. Tn the course of the game, the player of the Black pieces has, to be SlUe, fa il ed to the extent of having We are concerned here, however, as stated, with rendered himself vulnerable for too long, in the vain surprises. A grandmaster can and may lose against hope that his less seasoned adversary must needs go another grandmaster. Also, when a grandmaster astray in the long run. 360 CHESS REV IEW. DECEM8ER, 195'" KING'S INDIAN DEFENSE 23 .... N_Q2 40 B-Q3! I. Aloni A. Kotov 24 B_R3 B_B2 A refined move. White realizes that 25 B-N4 PxP! Israel U.S.S.R. 40 B--'R4, B-Kl accomplishes nothing and Again, it is Black who comes up with now' tries fOl' the detour:B-R6-N7. '>"'hite Black a surprise. On 26 PxP, there follows: 26 B- Kl 3 N_QB3 40. 1 P-Q4 N-KB3 B-N2 . .. RxN! 27 B:(R, N/5xP 28 BxN, NxB 4 P-K3 This last move, under time pressure, 2 P-QB4 P-KN3 29 Q-B2, NxB 30 QxN, RxN. White U'eats the opening Quite unthe is the decisive mistake. Necessary is 40 26 NxP Q-R2! After that, follows: ~ 'etically with the result that Black does not lose the thread, as might be as· Forced. 1) 41 B-R6, R-B2 42 K-R2: neither If sumed by the uninitiated, but rather soon 26 .... N-N3 side can undertake anything. White's King attempts to approach via B2-K3- Q4, eliminates the advantage of the first Now Black gains a second, strong move. Black can play for a win with . B-K3 square, his QB5. and ... B-Bl. 4 , , , , 0-0 6 KN-K2 P- K4 27 N-N7! 2) 41 B-N5 (the move, presumably, 5 B-Q3 P-Q3 7 0-0 KN-Q2 White serves notice, however, that he feared by Kotov) as White recovers his There is little aggressive potentiality does not inten(1 to go under in a chance Pawn with advantage on 41'R-Nl? in \Vhite's set-up; so Black seizes the less struggle. His Knight heads for K5 42 RxRt or 42 RxP and White wins after initiative. His text move clears his King to establish some counter-balance there 41. P-Q5? 42 .. QxQP! PxB? 43 Bishop's diagonal, prepares for. . p as against Black's Knight at his K5. RxPt! But Black can hold with 41 KB4 and moves the Knight to the Queen 27 . . . . Q- Q2 B-Kl! (very strongly threatening 42 side where it has more work to do, as a R-Nl) ,12 B-R6, R-B2 (on 42 . 'R-Nl , rule, ill this positional variation. 27 . Q-R5 accomplishes nothing in White has ·13 RxP): and, agaIn, neither S P_B4 view of 28 B- K l . side can undertake anything. A good move whereby White forestalls 28 N-R5 N_B5 41 B-R6 R-B2 29 N- B6 the blockading of his King-side (8 Aftel' 41. . R-Ql 42 B-N7, P-Q5 43 P-KB4 and 9 . ,. P-K5). White Is about to achieve his strategi· BxP, White retains by far the best 8 . . . . P_KB4 cal object, but it appears that Black here chances, although Black still has some 9 B-B2 N-QB3 has a tactical refutation at his disposal: play. not 29 .. N-B7 30 KxN, 'R-K6 as Now 9 P-K5 is less inviting; for, 42 R-N8! White gains sufficient material wlth 31 even if Black suceeeds in completing QxH, NxQ 32 KxN; bnt 29 N- B4 to From here on, Black goes down by his Pawn chain (. P- B3 and __ . win White's Queen with 30 ... R-K6- force. 'fhe threat is 43 Q-Q6! (winning a P-Q4), it may be attacked in two places: there is a catch, however: 30 PxN, piece: e.g., 43 ... K-B2 44 P- K6t). at Q4 and at KB4_ 'R- KG 31 QxN! etc. 42 . . . K-82 10 P-QR3 P_QR4 29 . . . . N/K5-Q3 43 Q-N6 11 R-Nl By this move, Black wins a Pawn, as Again, t he gain of a piece is threatened Thus, White succeeds in advancing his by H P-K6t, KxP 45 RxBt. Queen-side, anyway, gaining no positive 30 BxN loses to 30 . R-K6! 43 .... K-Bl advantage, yet widening his pOSSibilities. 30 N-K5 NxN 32 B_B5 P-B3 44 P-K6 Q-K2 11 N_ K2 31 QPxN NxP 33 N-Q4 NxN 34 QxN 44 ... Q-Q3 is met by '15 Q-Q4 and then 12 P-QN4 RPxP Q-B6t (-15. QxKP? 46 Q-R8t, K- B2 13 RPxP PxQP! It is dear that White has considerable com[Jensation for the Pawn. ·17 QxPt, winning Black's Rook-or 46 Black seizes his chance. Q-Nl ,17 :RxBt). 34 . . . . K_Nl 14 PxP P_Q4 Iu this position, the game was ad· The consequence of the preceding Blaek aims to follOW with 35 .. . B- Bl; jom·ned. There is no longer any salva· move. but, first, 34 KR-QNl is better. Pre· tion. sumably, Kotov neglected this try in the 15 P-B5 45 Q-N2! belief that, after 35 'RxRt, RxR 36 R- Nl, Otherwise, White remains with a fixed, ally winning chance is dissipated. Exceptionally fine play: 45. Q- N2, isolated Pawn at Q4. for instance, fails against 46 RxBt, KxR 35 R_N6 KR-Nl 15 _ . . N-KB3! 47 Q-N8t, etc. For Black cannot permit the doubling 45 K_N1 The point of Black's operation: his of Rooks on the Knight file. Knights al'e closer to arriving at K5 than 46 Q-K5 36 R/l-Nl RxR White's are to reaching Black's K4. Again, a threat to win a piece. 37 RxR B-Bl Hence, Black's position is already to be 46 .. P-R4 Black follows his plan, hoping after preferred. Now Black resigns himself to trying exchange of Bishops, to break up the 16 P- N5 a last, end-game chance. After 46 ... blockade and then play for a win. White compelled to defend his center, R- R2 47 B- B8, the win is all too simple. nonetheless gains some counter-balance 38 BxB R,B 47 RxBt QxR 49 Q-B8t K-B2 on the Queen-side. 39 Q-B5 R-Bl 48 QxR QxP 50 QxQt KxQ 16 _ . . . B-K3 'fo return the Pawn definitely does not 51 P_R4 enhance Blaek's winning chances. 17 B_K3 P-N3 l~rom here on, White manages to real Black wishes to provoke a tie-up by ize on his material advantage as follows: P - B6 after which he will maneuver un· 51 K-Q3 56 K-Q4 K-Q3 hindered in the center and on the King 52 K_B2 K-B4 57 B_B8 P-B4t side. 53 K-K3 K-Q3 58 K-Q3 K-K2 18 N-R4 N-K5 54 K-Q3 K-B2 59 B-N7 K-Q3 19 Q-Q3 K-R1 55 K_B3 K- Q2 60 B-R8 K-K3 61 B_86 Resigns Thus, Black can bring his other Knight '.0 bear on K5:. N-KNI-B3. White threatens 62 B-K8 and 63 BxNP K-K2 20 KR_Ql N-N1 22 B-N2 N/l-B3 or, if 61 ... to prevent that threat, 21 B_Bl R_Kl 23 P-R3 then 62 BxQP for a simple, winning end· game . White will not permit 23 . N-N5, of course. t _ check; * _ dbl. check; § _ dls. ch. CHESS REVIEW, DECEMBER, 1954 361 FROM MY CHESS MEMOIRS By Dr. Savielly G. Tartakover II A NEW CONCEPT OF CHESS ATTACK result of my experience and technique, for a greate, ON THE ROAD to achievement, the chief obstacles mastery of the board which would achieve victory lie not in the obstacles themselves but more sharply and justify fond expectations. During the match, in recognizing or undervaluing each. Since each France vs, U. S, S. R., April, 1954, however, my tournament requires, for the older player, a vast games with Keres das~ed my hopes and upset my amount of purely physical effort in addition to the VIeWS. mental, it is clear that the specter of exhaustion is Up to that time, I had never lost a game to even more frightening than that of time pressure. Keres, had indeed won several and I was convinced In this regard, I am reminded of an episode that the vehemence of his attack must fail against the from the ,19.,6 Nottingham Tournament. After Dr. keenness of my strategy. But, indeed, it happened Emanuel Lasker, then 67 years old, had quickly liq quite otherwise in both our games. In the first, with uidated the . center in our game, bringing about a White, I opened with Bird's 1 P·KB4 and lost only draw, he said to me: "With the onset of age, I must because of a youthful optimism. I had secured the always keep in mind the factor of increasing entropy* initiative and forced my opponent to a repetition of of spirit." moves, yet rejected the draw, mistakenly over-esti In answer to my question as to why he used so mating my position and playing for the win- or technical and erudite a term to express simple "wea rather for a loss. riness," he said: "I do so that only those will under stand who want to understand! It is not a matter of OUR SECOND ENCOUNTER, therefore, loomed as simple exhaustion but of many imponderables which a crisis of my chess career, especially as my genial are bound up with a tired mind. Like maintaining opponent not only attained one of his most brilliant too long the tension in the center on the chessboard." victories but, at the sallle time, demolished my hith Apparently, Dr. Lasker had a mechanistic con· erto most successful concept of chess strategy. cept** of the mental process. One could well ask I employed a variation of the Caro·Kann, which how this afTected Ihe factor of "will to win." This 1 considered bomb-proof, which prevailed against factor seems to be the hub of the problem. Other Bogoljubov in the great Tournament of Vienna, 1922, terms might indicate the chief danger of the older and which succeeded even more quickly against players to reside not so much in physical weariness Matanovich at Hastings, 1953-4. But Keres intro or in mental fatigue hut more pertinently in a let· duced new plans of attack which seem to shatter the down of the will. principle of a natural balance between attack and defense. The moral effect of this game was unfor NOW approaching seventy, I was reminded of Dr. tunate for me. For I now see myself compelled to Lasker's words but was confident that I could over change my concepts of chess strategy during the years come the handicap of age. Indeed, I hoped, as a which may still lie ahead.
Paris not so strong as it seems to be. In this April 19, 1954 line. afte!' 5 P - B3., N-QB3 will not CARO·KAN N DEFENSE do. thus: 6 PxP, PxP 7 Q-U4, winning the brash Queen Pawn, P. Ke r es Dr. S. G. Tartakove r In my game against ~Ia ta novic h at Has· 'Vhite Black tings, 1953 · 5~, there occurred 5 P - Q3, 1 P-K4 P- QB3 N-QB3 6 P-KN3, P - K4 7 B-N2, etc" with 2 N_QB3 Black quickly gain ing chances or counter· a ttack. The modern aim is to avoid the imme· T he text move brIngs another piece to diate contl'ol of the center by 2 P-Q·L the King·side, which ou~ht to induce 2 ..•. P_Q4 extl'a caution Oil Black's Imrt. 3 N-KB3 P-Q5 5., .. N-QB3 Black's las t Is not consider ed the bes t. 6 8 _84 P-K4 Safer (and hence not quite safe)) seems The pOint of departure. 5 l'-B3 is Can this be labeled the decisive mis· 3 . . . PxP 4 NxP, B-N5, etc. playable: 5 .. PxP 6 NPxP, N- QB3 7 take of judgment? While White mobilizes 4 QN-K2 P- QB4 P-Q4, PxP S PxP, followed by the cold S his pieces, Black loses time , trying to 5 N-N3 P-K3, and White's Pawn center is build a center barricade or P awns.
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THE ULTRA MODERN IN CHESS OPENINGS Part Three AS WE HAVE SEEN in the preceding discussions, chess modernists have become quite proficient in the technique of viewing the merits and flexibility of an opening stratagem from both White's and Black's (or why not now Black's and White's!) point of view. In effect, they adapt an opening system to their individual needs regardless of whether it ini tially was a defense or an attack. For instance, in the sequence. 1 P·K4, P-QB4 2 N-K B3, P-Q3 3 P Q3, White adopts an (inverted) Old Indian Defense against Black's Sicilian, which now, anti-clockwise, becomes an English with reversed THIS 'VHOLE NEW CLIMATE has colors. brought about two changes in outlook, First, it has wiped out the former, pre· Going a step further, stratagems from diametrically different open valent view that to have the first move ing themes may be pitched against each other in one and the same game. means to have an almost decisive advan· lage. Second, it helps in re'appraising Take these move" 1 P-Q4, N-KB3 2 P-QB4, P-Q3 3 N-QB3, P-K4 4 N some White overtures that previously B3, QN-Q2 5 P-K4, P-B3 6 B-K2, B-K2 7 0-0, 0 -0 8 Q-B2, R-Kl 9 R-Kl, seemed merely bizarre. These probings B-Bl 10 B-Bl, Q-B2. A critical dissection discloses that here, against into new· fashioned maneuvers are not White's regular Queen Pawn Opening, Black is nonchalantly applying a just a speculative whim. They are the grandmaster's salt in live competition as structure from a King Pawn Opening, to wit, the Philidor Defense! In he moves away from the beaten paths in doing so, Black reasons that Hanham Variation of the Philidor (after 1 search of new medIa for "ictory. P-K4, P-K4 2 N-KB3, P-Q3 3 P-Q4, N-Q2) gives him a c,-amped, yet defendable, game even though, with 4 B-QB4, P-QB3, White places his l<~OR DECADES, Ted "Wild Bull" Dunst King Bishop aggressively and has the option of the very restrictive move, pushed his predilection, 1 N-QD3, the "Wild Bull," or mOI'e tamely the Queen's P.QR4,. Therefore, Black concludes that the same Philidor Defense must Knight Opening. It now acquires some work well against White's ~'more timid" Queen Pawn formation. sense when we consider, for example, the following. THE VERY NEWEST OUTLOOK, which White Black 2 P- K4 P_Q5 we have promised to discuss, features a 1 N-QBS P-Q4 S QN_K2 P-QB4 consistent handling of inverted openings by some grandmasters. It almost makes liS think of "Duplicate Chess" (to borrow a term from _Bridge) and is exempJified in the game, Petrosyan-Bisguier, from the first round of the USA-USSR match of last summer. White played. with reo straint, the "reversed inversion" as last discussed (page 337, Noyember). P etrosyan Bisguier White Black 8 N-B4 N_ K1 1 N- KB3 N_KB3 3 B_ N2 B-N2 The third round game between the 2 P_KN3 P_KN3 40-0 0-0 same contestants went just as strikingly. 5 P-Q3 1"01" we now have a K evitz Defense re So far, as diagrammed last time, from Petrosyan Bisguier versed, in comparison to 1 P-Q-1, N-QB3 Prucha-Filip, Prague, 19 48. Here Black White Black 2 P-QD4, P-K4 3 P - Q5, QN-K2 (cr. p. departed. 1 P_QB4 P_QB4 3 B_N2 P-KNS 275, CHESS REVIEW, Sept. 1954). 5 . . . . P-QS! 2 P_KNS N-QBS 4 N-QBS B- N2 5 P_QS! P-QS! 6 P-K4! P-K4! Besides 'l'artakover's "futUre super 7 QN-Q2! QN_Q2! S ee Diagram, next column. move," 1 P - KN3, mentioned last time (p. They broke the symmetry at last with 337, November), we may expect other, PCO references are to location or like open ings in Practical Chess Openings; MCO, in G R-Nl, P-KR4 7 P-KR3, B-Q2 8 P- K3, previously considered "bizarre," moves Modern Chess Op enIngs, 8th edition. Q- Bl. to have their day, And we can expect, 364 CHESS REVIEW, DECEMBER, 195"4 also, a revival of some of the "rusty" TO REALIZE why that position Is inte1' old lines, For example, 1 P-QB3, the esling, It ill imperative that we look at Saragossa Opening, For that seems to some of the more important Hnes of the safeguard at least a transposition into Scotch Game proper. the Colle Variation of the Queen Pawn Game (1 P-QB3, P- QB4 2 P-K3, P-Q4 SCOTCH GAME a P- Q4) and leads to other playable var- White Black iations: 1, N-KB3 2 Q-B2 and 1 , 1 P-K4 P-K4 3 P- Q4 p,p P-K4 2 I'- Q4, 2 N-KB3 N-QB3 4 NxP Q_R5
IN CONCLUSIOK: a practleal hint on how to acquire a better perspective of these reciprocal stratagems and to ac, At this point, 8 B-B4 corresponds to quaint oneself with the reversal of colors the im'erled prototype, The continued and of openings, allalogy would be interesting and ought, Set up the board in the normal way, on extended inference, to give White the sitting in front of the White pieces, Now advantage. replay, the openings, any of the reversed S N-N5 openings discussed in this series, up to the diagram given. Do so in such a way Here, however, White deviated, ang that Y,Oll slart playing with the opposing Black sah'aged the opening with 8 Black pieces. Make White's first mo\'e P-KN3 9 Q- B3. P-KB3 10 N-K4, Q-B3 with the corresponding Black piece. Tllis position is deceptive, well de 11 P-KN4, B-N2 12 B-K3, N-N3 13 Thus, 1 P-QB4, P-K4 2 N- QB3, N-KB3 signed to catcll an unprepared \Vhite 0-0- 0, 0-0, etc, becomes 1, . P-QB4 2 P-Kl, N-QB3 3 player off base. The main plan, and it N-KB3, and so forth. (You omit the may well be called a trap. is to decoy THE PERPLEXING FACT is that, after first White move, from your point of White into defending. He only becomes 2 P-QH3, it is dimcult to find any con view,) 'When you finish the sequence, tied down, to the defense of his King tinuation for Black, in a symmetrical the Black pieces will of COUl'se reflect Pawn which must fall, anyway, ultl· King Pawn Opening which "refutes" White's moves but also show you clearly mately, 01' at the very least, he mnst that move, renders it useless or even the kind of defensive opening theme em make unfavorable exchanges and so gets shows It up as an infe!'jor, weakening ployed by \Vhite. an inferior game. One SUch sample line move. Probably, there is none. After we have our eye thus trained to is 5 Q-Q3, N- B3 6 NxN, QPxN 7 N-Q2, Let us assume, for fnrther comparison, the "upside,down" perspective, we may B-QB4! S P- KN3, Q-'R4 9 B- K2, N-N5 that Black decides to go for a Two easily pel'ceive tbe profound idea con 10 BxN, BxB 11 P-KB3, B-K3 12 Q-B3, Knights' Defense (as White ot course) tained in the following game from the 0-0-0, with advantage to Black. instead of the Scotch Game. The propel' counter for \Vhite is one USCF Championship, 1954. White Black 3 N-QB3 B-B4 which seems to fiy into the face of the 1 P-K4 P-K4 4 N-B3 N-N5 IRREGULAR OPENING danger, paradoxically permitting the ap 2 P_QR3 N-KB3 5 P-Q4 PxP parently dreadful,. QxKP with check. Dr, A. Mengarini M;I,x Pavey 6 N-QR4 White Black Non·paradoxically, the White IH'ocedure may be summed \IP simply as a gambit 1 P-K4 P-K4 counter and. as snch, it amounts almost 2 P-QR3?! to a refutation. 'White can get an advan Accol'ding to dogma, White's last move tage in n number of ways; he gives up is completely senseless. Instead of some the King Pawn for a violent attack. Here useful, attacking move which does some are tll"O sample Jines: (1) 5 N-N5, thing fol' development, White makes a QxKPt 6 B-K2, K-Ql 7 0 - 0, P-QR3 g passive move the way the Patzers play QN-B3, Q-Kl 9 N- Q4; (2) 5 N-QB3, it-though only because they do not B-N5 6 ;\"/4- N5, QxKPt 7 B-K2, BxNt know better, nOI' why. S ;-':xll, Q- Q5 9 B-Q3, KN- K2 10 0-0, P Mengal'ini's concept has a good I'eason QR3 and White's position more than behind it which is borne out by the makes up for the Pawn minus (Keres). course o( the opening. Actually, he now It must be noted, however, that in allows Black to play a White opening these cOllnters. it is most important for Here his best reply, 7 . , . B-N5t, and mel'ely keeps for himself the "nen· \/Y'h!te's ! Here White has the Exchange for a Pawn. Naturally, the latter makes the win harder. Also, ali of White's Pawns are isolated, a facto!' which gives us the discouraging feeling that they cannot be put to use. So White must give some thought as to how to make something of 12 R- B6t! these Pawns. Upsetting Blac!!:'s laborious. defensive There is no reason, however, fol' real set-up; e.g., 12 . K-N2 13 R-B4, B-N7 4 R- B5! 14 R-K4, 8-83 15 'R-KS, B-Q5 16 R-Q6! discollragement. Black has three back· Mate threat! On 4 , .. K- K l 5 K- N7! ! ward Pawns in his own camp (both and .\ihite wins a Pawn no matter where Wh ite cuts Black's King off from the Knight Pawns and the King Pawn) which the menaced Bishop goes. So White's King file with R-K5(t) and R-K4, then policy wins out: the text is another require protection by pieces. Hence, we comfortably moves in to swap do\vn with Black try. see great possibilities for the superior out any worry about a drawn ending. maneuvering qualities of the Rook. 12 K-Q2 15 RxPt K-83 4 K-N1 Luckily, also, the Rook has a lot of 13 R-B4! B_B4 16 R-N6t 5 R-B8t K-R2 scope, the choice of three open files. 14 R-KN4! K- K2 17 RxRP Resigns 6 K- B7! Resigns Here is White's diagnosis: to win on Black is helpless against the coming For now White cuts of!' Black's King the superior mobllity of his Rook, he 'RxP; e.g., 17 . K-N4, 18 R xP. DxR 19 with 7 H-KN8 and 8 R-N4 and obtains a needs to create more open lines, by Kx8, KxP 20 KxP, and White Queens winning Pawn and King ending after 9 P- QB4 and P-KB5. He thus creates easily; likewise, on I S ... B-N'5 19 P-R6, K-B6 and 10 K- B5 and 11 RxP. points of invasion for his King, also. the win is simple. Black then soon finds himself in trou A very delicate and worthwhile end· ble because his Bishop and King are tied game. to the defense of weak Pawns. AT FIRST SIGHT, the next ending looks 1 P-B4! K_B3 easy. W.hJte need only attack the Black On 1. PxPt 2 KxP, White has the Pawn with his Rook and King seemingly MonE DIFFICULT is the advantage of sta nding threat of K-N5 (or K-Q5 after to force a won King and Pawn en ding the Exchange with a Rook added to each P-B5), by giving up the Exchange. Unfortullate side. 2 R_ N5! B-K2 ly, on immediate execution, Black's King 3 P_KB5! assumes the opposition for a draw. White's timing is splendid. Note how th e mobility of his pieces increases, 3 PxPt 4 KxP p,p 5 RxBP B-B3 Now Black's position looks as solid as it did at the beginning. Actually, White has made great progress, Next, he aims [or a check on the sixth rank, forcing Black's King back. 6 P-B4 K-Q3 7 R-QN5 K-B3 The weaker side can put up a lengthy resistance. So the procedure for t _ check; : _ db\' check; § _ dis. eh. 1 R-B7t K_K1 ihe stronger side is to force matters by 366 CH!SS REVJEW, DECEMBER, 1954 t hreatening an exchange of Rooks . The HAVE YOU READ swap is advantageous even if it costs a Pawn. THESE BOOKS BY REINFELD? As Black attaci;s a Rook and threatens :-1- 1'.'5, ,Vhite m ust gain time. 1 R-KB5! K_ N3 2 R-B5! K_R2 3 K- K2 ,Vhite has s olved his problem and also gn illed a whole tempo toward his indi· cated plan o( advancing Queen·side Pawns. His aim is to get a Pawn on QN6. (allow with R- B7. T he lhreat of simpli fication hangs a hyays over Black's ,Vhite's llook bOllnd to do damage head. 0>' the 7th rank". but While's first job 3 P-KN4 6 P-B3 pxPt is to get 10 s hipshape position against 4 P- QN4! K-N2 7 p,p N-R7 B1ack's threats. 5 P- R4! N_ N5 8 P-B4! p , p 1 K_ K1! K,P 9 p,p N-N5 2 K- Q2 On n ... HxP . ' Vhite checks on t he 7th Now ,\lhite is safe and tlll'eatens H- N7, !'ank. forcing R- BZ. He then swaps 2 . . . . P-QR3 Rooks, phecks again all the 7th, and it 3 R- N7 B-Q6 is a ll ove,·, in effect, after he picks up 4 R-QB? ! W INN ING CHESS by trving C hernev and Black's Knight Pawn. Fred Rei nfeld. The secret of winning 'I'he Dishop has a n impossible task, de· ehess lies in proper Ilse of combinative 10 K- B3 N-B3 12 R/5-Q5 N-B3 fending three Pawns. The adl'ance of play-and here is a book which tells you 11 P- N5 N- Q2 13 R_ KS5! Dlack's King Rook Pawn Is fo r ced. bow to recognize the distinctive, basic 4 P-R4 7 R-K6 ! B-B5 pattern fo r every type or combination. 5 P_R4 K-K5 8 R-R6 K-K5 You learn w hen, whe re and how to com· 6 R-K7t K-Q5 9 RxKRP K_ B5 bine on the chessboard. Getting to the The br-mnt iftll man en vcrs of t he Rook very bedl'ocl, of winning chess, the have confiscated the sickly King Rook authors illustrate their discussion with Pawn , ,\Thile is now ready to ndvance h is simple, decisive positions from actual 011'1\ passed Pawn but must keep an eye play. More than 600 diagrams make it on the possibility of K- D6-7 by easy for you to follow the explanat ions ,,- h ich Dlacl, re news h is threats of without usi ng a board and me n. Tbe re· queening his King Pawn. In t hi ~ phase, suIt is a chess book which is easy to read, too , White's 'l1 ook proves agile! easy to un derst and, and one which actu· ally improves your game. Z1 3 pages. $2.95 BOTVINNIK T HE INV INC IB LE. T his Once more, \Vhite wins a t empo by g roup of 62 wonderful games by Mikhail this pinning maneuver. Botvinnik, CHESS CHAl'I-[PION OF THE ,VO]1LD, traces tbe rise of a great mas· 13 ter from his eat'liest stlccess to the 14 R- B5 thr eshol(l of the world title. The Introduc· 15 RxP tion to each game and Its precise notes Now \Vhite alertly s witches plans. I n· combine t o give the reader an instructive stea d of the intended PxP, followed in '"behind·the·scenes" vIew of master chess. t ime by 1'- 1\' 6 a nd H-B7, he for esees lI'in· 220 pages. 190 diagrams. $2.00 n ing the Knight Pnwn by do ubling 'Rooks on the QUeen Knight file. HOW TO PLAY BET TER CHESS. The 15 R-B2 20 K_K2 R-S5 Itey ideas and methods of planning that 16 R/5-N6 R-B2 21 RxPt K_N3 10 R-N 5 res ult in winning chess are clearly pre· 17 P- R5 K- N2 22 P-B5t K_N4 Culling off Blad,'s King (rom ,Vh ite's sented. The topics include: m iddle game 18 R_N5 R-B2 23 P-R6 R-QR5 passed Pnwn_ Dlack m ust seize h is last problems of attack a nd defense ; propel' 19 R/6-N 6 R-S6t 24 P_R7 N_K5 desperate ehnnce for counter·play, tlse of eombinative play ; advantageous 25 K-K3 ! Resigns exploitat ion of positional weaknesses; 10 P-Q5 12 P- R5 K-B6 endgame technique. Particula r attention 11 R_N7 P-Q6 13 R- K7 A very r emarkable fillish; for, if 25 is given to opening theory, the author's X- Q3, \Vhite has 26 P- B6~! with Not 13 P- R6. K-B7 1-t P - 117 ? ?? as special field. 136 pages, 113 diagrams. these possibilities: (1) 26 Nxll? 27 DIad; queens With mate. $2.50 P- B7, a nd the Pawn Queens; (2 ) 26 13 K_B7 KxP 27 R/5- K6. K- K3 28 R- R7 aJtel' 14 P-R6 B-N1 TARRASCH'S BEST GAMES OF CHESS. which \Vhite wi ll win the K nigh t; (3) 15 P-R7! This is a superb collection of 183 mem· 26 K- N3 27 P - B7 ! NxP 28 R/5- N6t. ora ble ma ste rpieces by a great teacber a nd ,Vh ite wins, by doubling Rooks on Very s ly, On 15 8x1'. ,Vhite plays who was also one of the outstanding the Knigh t if need be' 28 K-NZ 2n 16 H-Bit (not 16 ]1xD??). the n picks grandmasters. You will learn Quickly ll- QD6, K- fll? 30 R- BSt and 31 up the Bishop, from the enchanting blend of lucid plan· P- R8{Q), etc. 15 P-K8(Q) t ning, rigorous logic and faultless execu· 16 RxQ B,P lion in TalTasch's games which are 17 R- K6 R~signs models for the aspiring stndent. 400 pages. 189 diagrams. $3.75 H El1E Black has a Pawn for the Ex· Black is he lpl ess against the coming ehange. P ar adl-anced, the Pawn ties Rx1', follow ed by t he Queeninl\' 01' \Vhite's Hoc k Pawn. A very plea~ in g e nding be· down the White K ing. ilioreol'er. Black MA IL YOUR ORDER TO has the threats of. . K-Q6- 7 a nd of . ,;allse of t he agile manell,'ers o r the KxP, followed by the late" ad,'ance of Hook. CH ESS REVIEW the Queen Pawn. 250 West 57th Street, New York 19, N. Y. CHESS REV IEW, DECEMBER, 1954 367 Games played by readers, annotated by one of America's leading masters. by I. A. HOROWITZ PROBLEMATIC VERSUS PRACTICAL This exchange is out of context. It not only stl'engthens Black's Pawn, but it IN THE REALM of the composed problem, it is a significant feature to also opens Black's Queen Knight me express a theme as a whole. A ladder theme, for example, is enhanced a more dangerolls one, since it is a direct when its framework and steps encompass the length of the entire board. apPI'oach to \Vhite's vulnerable Qneen Knight Pawn. A pickaninny gains stature when the thematic Black Pawn exercises all 8 PxN its powers-an advance of one square, an advance of two squares, a cap· 9 0-0-0 Q_R4 ture to the left and a capture to the right. 9 0-0 w!ll not do' because of 10 In over-the-hoard play, however, there is no such prerequisite. The P-K5, Instead, Black quickly musters themes and schemes aren't worth beans. The only measure of success is his forces for a pointed demonstration against the White King, checkmate. The modus operandi is purely subsidiary so long as the final 10 8 - B4 result is victory. A point gained by a combination of heterogeneous, nin But this move seems to solve \Vhite's compoop moves is exactly one point more than a goose egg the attaining problems, The BIshop Is posted aggres of which follows the finest, deepest and prettiest characteristics. sively and defensively. It is all the more remarkable, therefore, that, in the following game, 10 • • . • R-N1 a plan which Black inaugurates on the very first move, courses through Threatening 11 , , . NxP, 11 KR_ K1 complexity and matures sixteen moves later, fulfilled. In the usual Dragon Meeting the threat but permitting Variation of the Sicilian, the defender aspires to exploit pressure from Black a satisfactory follow up, Better is two divergent directions bearing on a vulnerable, single point. They are 11 B-N3 and, If, ,B-K3, 12 K-Nl. the lines of force of the fianchettoed King Bishop and of the Queen Rook. 11 . B-K3! 12 Bx8 To aspire is one thing, however, and to achieve is another. Rarely does For now, If 12 B- N3. BxB. White Is the one add up to the other. Yet, by a chain of fortuitous circumstances compelled to recapture with the Bishop and an alert player, the vast gap is here bridged. And curiously, to boot, Pavv"ll, leaving Black with a somewhat the fianchettoed Bishop does not leave its post. It merely points a finger better Pawn position, At that, 12 B-N3 is better than the text, The absence of at the enemy King, and he topples from his throne. White's King Bishop for the defense of the King is immediately felt. SICILIAN DEFENSE White's last follows through on the 12 . . . . PxB R.y Berres Richard Kujoth previous plan. and, at the same time, 13 P- B4 White Black allows for B-KR6. This maneuver will rid White of any annoyance from Black's 1 P-K4 P_QB4 3 P_Q4 ,PxP King Bishop and even weaken Black's 2 N-K83 P-Q3 4 NxP N_ KB3 5 N-QB3 P-KN3 King·side. The Dragon Variation of the Sicilian, 7 . N- B3 It is double·edged; White controls the Black is observing how closely White center, whlle Black aims for pressure pursues his plan, while he readies for a along the open Queen Bishop file in con· counter on the Queen-side, junction with his fianchettoed King Bishop (. B-KN2), which will in· fluence the complete center diagonal, 6 B-N5 This is something new, Tactically, the threat is 7 BxN, which will leave Black WhIte falters, A good plan, leading with a weak, isolated Queen Pawn. Stra to a free·for·all would begin with 13 tegically, the move initiates the possibll· P-K5, Then, if , .. PxP, Black is tem Ity of castling Queen·side, and Pawn porarily a Pawn to the good, But the storming the other wing, where the nature of his Pawns-isolated and tripled Black Monarch most likely will be, -weigh mightily against him. And, if 13 P- K5, N-Q4, a genera] melee ensues 6 8-N2 in which it is dimcult to appraIse the 7 Q-Q2 chances, they are so rife, t check; t dbl. eheck; § dis. eh. 8 NxN 13 .. RxP!!! ~68 CHESS R!VIEW, DECEMBER, 1954 9 P- QN3 Since White has forsaken the idea of playing P-K4 and developing the Bishop on its original diagonal, the text is as good a way as any of bringi ng Ollt the Queen Bishop. 9 .... N_K5 Unless Black can challenge White's Pawn hold on the center, it will be diffi cult for him to form a constructive plan. One way of doing this is by 8 l\" K2 and an eventual.. P- QB4. Techni· cally, however, this is unenforce ilble, if White refu~es to co·operate. Under the ci rcumstances. the best plan is to play ror the ht'eak P- K4. To do this. Dlack requires reinfOI'cement. 8. . Q- 1'::2, followed by the lI'ithdl·awal. if neces- ~aJ"y . B- Q3, achieves that goal. 10 B-N2 B-N5 Illack, li oll'ever has ideas of his own which he is bent IIpon execllting. He will either double White's Pawns, or else. 11 N-N3 B, N 12 Qx B N- Q7 win the Exchange. \"ihite. on the other hand, has foreseen this possibility 11.1111 allowed it. At West Point, after a simultaneous exhibition, the author (left) learns that th e famed guard and place-ki ck er of the Army team lives up to his name, Chesnauskas. This is it. The concealed, fianchettoed with Black a Pawn plus. but under con Bishop is the source of the strength of stant IJI·eSS\lI·e . E:-:pert opinion. llowel'el', this move. fayors Black 14 K x R Q-N5t .. . P- BS ;; P- IO. P - Q",,·j ti P - QR4. 15 K _ B1 NxP!!! P-:'\57 .:'\- Jt2 also recoI'ers the Pawn for Pat·t and parcel of the whole. It is White. In this line, Black is suppos ed to amazing how this dou ble sacrifice e:-:. enjoy equality. pose~ the White Monarch to a mating 5 P_K3 P-K3 Ile t. 6 BxP B-QN5 16 RxN Q-R6t Blad, has mistaken the line he has 17 K-N1 O-O!!! played for a similar l ine. Curiously. he 13 Q-N4 Resigns nOli" has a lo ~ ing game. He pans with the E:-:change fOI' the It i~ a rare occaSion when castling following combination. turns out to be so powerfu l a play. 13 NxR 14 P- Q5! This is it. "'late a nd Knight are THIS is one of those gamcs in which so threatener!. many things happen at the same time. A 14 .... P_KN3 little courage, a little bluff and a lot of ingeliuity are its ingredicnts. It is indeed dirricult to build substan· tial defense. Bllt 1-1 . . P- BS, eyen QUEE N'S GAMB IT though tenuous, may hold 1111. The text M. Kupsinel C. Carlson moye merely pe rforates the defensive POSition. White Blacl, 15 N- R5 P-B4 1 P-Q4 P-Q4 16 Q_B4 2 N-KB3 N-KB3 7 0-0 3 P_B4 Ine:-:act. Correct is 7 Q- H.jf, N- B3 8 N White misses an oppor t Un ity to wind The Queen's Gambit Accepted, coming K5 . No matter how Black squirms, he I1P in a blaze of glory. 16 P:-:P i~ indi back into favor of late. In the usual lines. will be left with a disadl'alltage, thus: cated. Then. if 16 PxQ 17 P- K7§! reCovers all the material minu.~ and White gains the center. but Black obtain ~ S . .. B- K5 il P-D3. B- Q4 10 DxB, QxB 11 freedom of action. N :-: N. Black IIIlI st remain wi t h a doubled, leaves a pIllS . The te:-:t move gives Black all opportunity to fight back. 4 N_B3 isolated Queen Bishop Pawn. 16 P,N ·1 P- K3 assures the recol"et"Y of the 7 0-0 gambit Pawn. The te:-:t move. on the S N-K2 The wrong way. 16 P - KN4 gives othe r hand, leads to more complicated White transfers this Knight to the a )'easonabl e defense. play. King·side. Another way is 8 Q- K2, fol· 17 Q- R6 R-B2 4 B-B4 lowed by It- Qt. wiih sights trained on a 17 Q- K2 will not do: 18 PxN and Here Black can make an attempt to propitiolls 1'-K-1. 8 Q- N3 is good, too. the threat of 19 D:-:Pt cannot be met. hold the Pawn with 4 . P- B3. Then 5 winning Di~hop for Knigh l. in time. 18 PxP R-K2 20 Q-B6t K_K1 P-K4. P- Q:\' 4 is a wild and wooly affair. S . N-B3 19 Q-N5t K-B1 21 Q-RS mate CHESS REVIEW, DECEMBER, 19 S4 369 44 R_KB4 R_B1 47 RxR P-R6 45 K_K6 P-QR5 48 K-Q6 P-N5 STAR OF ISRAEL 46 K-K7 RxPt 49 K-B5 Resigns So, with the good wishes of team mates and opponents nilke as a send By BRUCE HAYDEN off, Raaphi heads for Paddington station and boards the train to Swindoll. He ar rIves there about the time that crowds, A NEW STAR has risen on the chess firmament. He is tall, dark Raaphi up at Aintree are cheering the horses" Joseph Persilz, the former boy champion of Israel, now a student at racing around the Grand NatIonal track. Raaphi himself breaks into a trot. He Balliol College in Oxford University. has to run all the way from the station At nineteen, he showed he could beat the best with a quick sight to be there on time. and lightning rapidity reminiscent of the legendary, young Capablanca. And the ideas which he hurled at his opponents had the stabbing ferocity HOW he beat the brilliant Alexander, of an AJekhine. still Sui-rollnded by the aurOI'a of his Now turned twenty, Persitz has reached the question mark of his v!ctory over Bronstein, is hIstory. The game is given in the July issue of chess career. Will he go on being just another strong player? This has CHESS REVIEW (p. 218). been the end of so many promising youngsters. Or will he develop into That Grand National evening in Lon a world bflater? Currently, his studies of political economy and philos don, news of the great horse race was pushed out of conversations in the chess ophy take up most of his time, and he has few opportunities to enter clubs by the news of the final victory at the chess arena with the best. But when he meets 'em, he beats 'em. Swindon. I was at a bus stop outside Today, he can be reckoned as one of the strongest players in Britain. one club, talking to the Litlie Man (re· member him?) who was deJ!ghted with the achievement of the former boy PERSITZ the chess player can be said to Pen;itz has played most of his moves (,hamp of JSl'ael. Nearby, a lover of have achieved note when he moved up in!ltantel' and Barrett's clock is doing the tUl'f, doubtless wishing to disCllSS to share newspaper headlines with-a mO!l t of the ticking. After Persitz' last the day's class ic l'ace, asked if we had horse! rnO\'e, the Cambridge champ really got heard the winner of the big event. "Yes," The horse was the winner in the famed down to Home solid thinking, replied the L . M. absorbed In his new Grand National Stakes at Liverpool. the 17 BxQ P_B3 SO R-QB7 R,B hero, "Persltz." 01(\ traditional English event in which 18 KR-K1 B_Q3 31 RxR The racing enthusiast looked s lightly horse3 and riders hurl themselves over K-QS 19 B •. N4f K_B3 32 RxBt K,R startled as if trying to recall a horse by fences and water jumps in a neck or lhat name! nothing eftort to win this classic prize of 20 P-KNS KR-K1 33 R-K2 R-Q8 hOl·se·racing and with newspapers full of 21 K-B2 B_B4 34 K-K4 K-B4 22 BxB K,B 35 K_B5 K-B5 the latest news from the windswept RAAPHI collected a few more scalps be· course. 2S B-Q7 R-K5 36 K,P R-QN8 24 B_B5 fo re settling down to his studies. He It was on Grand National Day in March R-Q5 37 P- N3f K_B6 25 R-K7 B-B3 38 K-Kf' R-N7 won a fine game against Jonathan Pen· of 1954 that the 70th annual match be· rose in the same weel\. Then, in the tween Oxford and Cambridge Universities 26 R,P R-Q7t 39 R-K4 RxRP stndent team tournament at Oslo, he in was scheduled to be played in London. 27 K_BS P-KR4 40 R,P R,P flicted the only defeat on the Soviet It was on this same day, too, that Ox 28 R-K1 P-Q5§ 41 P-BS K,P stal', O . .MOiseyev, who had tied with fordshire and Gloucestersllire counties 29 B-K4 R_K1 42 P-B€o P-R4 Bronstein and Smyslov in the previOllS were to meet in the semi· finals of the 43 P-B7 U.S.S.R. championship. l~inally, back in championship, 75 miles away. Persitz has used only 25 minutes on England at the I1fonl Tournament, he And Persitz was llsted to play in both his clock to play 43 moves. Now hi~ matches! scored a series of wins, scalping Milner· opponent has two, united passed Pawns Darry and the international master He declared his intention to play fast Oil the Queen-side, but Raaphi has n chess, at Grand National pace, in the Fazekas in the process, to make sure of winnel' on KB7. The onlookers ~ta n(\ university match to finish in time to fil'St prize in the penultimate round, aI'ound with suppressed excitement. Bar catch his train to Swindon where he was 'Whereupon he lost his final game! rett's clo{'k is still ticking. Leonard due to face C. H. O'D. Alexander at top board in the county match. Barden is looking up the railway time Some of the breeze and excitement table and has a cab ready to tal,e Haaphl HERE is the game against Penrose. to the railway station. from the Aintree race·course seemed to VIENNA GAME enter the genteel backwater in London'S R. J. Pe rsitz' J. Penrose Eat'ls Court that morning as Persitz placed his long legs beneath the chess White Black boat'd and sat down to play the Cam 1 P-K4 P-K4 5 P-Q3 NxN bridge 'vursity c hampion. 2 N-QB N_KB3 6 PxN B-K2 From the start, he set a cracking pace 3 P_B4 P-Q4 7 N_BS 0-0 of less than 2 minutes foJ' each move. 4 BPxP 8 P-Q4 B-KB4 Black's last is a novelty but the cause SICILIAN DEFENSE of his subsequent troubles, says Persitz, R, J. Persitz J. F. Barrett adding, the idea of exchanging White's White Bluck King Dishop Js superficially attractive 1 P-K4 P-QB4 9 0-0 P-QN4 but renders Black's important move 2 N-KB3 P-QS 10 N,N Q,N (. . P-KB3) practically impossible. 3 P-Q4 p,p 11 B-B3 B-N2 9 B-QS BxB 14 PxP R_Bl 43 .... R-Bl 4 N,P N-KBS 12 P- K5 N-Q4 10 QxB P-QB4 15 Q-.B5 K-R1 5 N-QBS P_QRS 13 NxN pxN Ranphl has a win even though some of 11 0-0 N-BS 16 QR-Q1 N-N5 6 P_B4 P-K3 14 Q-Q4 Q-B5 the onlookers are doubtful. To make sure 12 R- N1 P_QN3 17 N_N5 BxN 7 B_K2 N_BS 15 PxP Q,Q of It, he slows down his rate of play lS B_K3 PxP 18 BxB Q-K1 8 B-K3 Q-B2 16 P-Q7t K,P to two minutes a move! 19 R-B3 370 CHESS REVtEW, DECEMBER, 1954 Now White thl'eatens: 20 R--lH3, P -N3 21 B-I36t, K- NI 22 RxP! OXFORD, 1872 PRAGUE, 1946 mack misplays the Compromised De· Black tries tactics befor e <.:as tling- a fense, omitting the all·important 8 , . mistake, as Najdor f proves. Q-E3. EVANS GAMBIT NIMZO·INDIAN DEFENSE W. Steinitz Gray f-/1. NaJdorf M. Robacek 19 R_ B3 25 QxQ p,p White Blad, White Black p,p 8 N_BS 20 P- BS N-RS 26 R_ KS 1 P-K4 P-K4 7 0 - 0 p,p 1 P-Q4 N-KBS B-R3 p,p 21 R/l-KB1 N-B2 27 R-BS P-KRS 2 N-KBS N_Q B3 8 Q-NS Q-K2? 2 P-QB4 P- KS 9 P-K4! N_QBS p,p 22 B-B6! Q_B1 28 R_ B6 R,R S B-B4 8-B4 9 Nx P B,N 3 B-N5 10 P-Q4 2S Q-RS P,B 29 pxR K_ R2 4 P-QN4 B,P 10 QxB P-BS 4 P_ KS P-B4 11 Q-R4! Q- Bl p,p 24 R-RS Q,R 30 Q-BSt K_R1 S P-B3 B-R4 11 B_RS P_Q3 5 P_QRS BxNt 12 KPxP p,p 31 Q-B4 Resigns 6 P_Q4 p,p 12 B-QS B_Q2 6 PxB P-QN3 13 N-K5 7 B_Q3 N-B3 14 B-BS! Black lllust seel( a dOtlbtful refuge on The winning move. the Qneen·side. FINALLY, his l(a leidoscopic win against 13 KR-Kl 0-0-0 Moiseyev, Wat<.:h those Pawns being sac' 14 QR-Nl! B_KS? rificed to open lines of attack. SICIL.IAN DEFENSE R. J. Persitz 0 , Moiseyev White Black 1 P_K4 P-QB4 13 P-B4 P-KR4 2 N-KBS P_QS 14 P-KS N-Q2 3 P-Q4 p,p 15 B- R3 p,p 4 N,P N-KB3 16 p,p P_KNS 5 N_QBS P_QRS 17 B- 84 8-RS 6 B-K N5 P-KS 18 B,B R,B 7 Q_BS QN-Q2 19 B,N P,B 14 Q,B 17 N-B6t K-B3 8 0-0-0 Q_R4 20 Q-B4 R-R4 15 QxNt K_K2 18 0_0 KR-Kl 9 P-KR4 P-KRS 21 N-K4 K-K2 16 Q-B7t! N-Q2 19 N_N4! B-N4 10 B_Q2 Q-B2 22 KR_B l N,P 15 RxP ! K,R 17 Q-R6t K_Q2 20 Q-Q6t Resigns N_K4 16 Qx Nt K_ Bl 16 B-B6 ma te 11 P-KN4 23 Q-B6t K-K1 For the eoming 21 N- Q5t is murder· R,P 12 Q-N3 N/4xP 24 Q-N7 ous. BAD OEYNHAUSEN, 1922 Blapk's weak Pawns lead. as usual. to trouble. LONDON, 1950 Hal'eir does a i)\arel' get a chance to BLUMENFE LD COUNTER GAMBIT bring his forces into nction so rapidly B. Moritz K. Gilg and with such decisive e ITed as in this White Black bright bit of action. 1 P-Q4 N-KB3 9 Q-Q2 Q-N5 FOUR KNIGHTS' GAME 2 N_KBS P-K3 10 QxN QxQt J. Stone s. Hawes S P-B4 P-B4 11 P, Q B-K2? 4 P-Q5 P_QN4 12 O-O-O! P-QS White Black 5 B_N5 NPxP 13 p,p p,p 1 P_ K4 P-K4 7 N-QS B-N3 25 N-QNS! P,N 28 QxN R-KR4 6 P_ K4 Q-R4t 14 KR_ Kl P_KRS 2 N_KBS N_QBS 8 0_0 P-Q4 26 N-Q6t Q,N 29 Q_Q4 R,P 7 N_B3 NxKP 15 B,B K,B 3 N-BS N_ BS 9 P_K5 N_ K5 27 R,Q K_ K2 SO K-Nl R-QRS 8 B,P N,N 16 B-Q5 Resigns 4 B-N5 N-QS 10 K_R1 Q_R5 S1 Q-N6 Resigns 5 N,P B_B4 11 NxQP?? B_NS 6 B_R4 0-0 12 Q-K1 N-KB6! Resigns POSTSCRIPT: "I was slightly tired. Nevertheless , 1 managed to rise to the situation and to exchange blow for blow, Alexander constantly assur ing and en· couraging me 1 can't refrain fr om adding how much I enjoyed playing Alex· ander; for, apart froril being a very great player, he is a charming and sporting personality." - Persitz, describing his marathon win against British interna· tional master C. H. O'D. Alexander. '"""=-~=;:c~-=--;;:;--:;==-~-=-:;;;--:;C Black's lack of development costs him t check: t db!. check; § dis. eh. a pieee. CHESS REVIEW, DECEMBER , l';JS4 371 Eruertain.ing and instructive games annotated by a famous expert. by HANS KMOCH 13 .. . , PxQP ENGLISH OPENING .~,>. INTERNATIONAL 13 PxK P J4 QNxP, PxP lea ve~ L ilszlo Szabo Ludek Pachman White rree choice of two favorable co n· Hungary Czecho.SloVilklii tl:lllations: B- KN5 nnd 15 B-N4. ARGENTINA, 1954 15 White Black 14 QNxP NxN 1 P_QB4 P_K4 South America Zonal Tournoment 15 PxN N-B3 2 N-QB3 N_QB3 16 B_KN5! Documentory 3 N_B3 P- K N3 16 DxPt and 16 BxN are thl'eatened. This game may not be spectacular as Pachman is a great theoretician, but Dllick cannot escape serious trouble. He a game. It Is, however. as a document here he rUIlS Into all unexpected sur· Is hall(licapped by the exposed position of how time goes. Youngstet Oscal' prise. The usual 3 , , , N - B3 Is prefer· Pallllo, of whom we first henrd only a of 111 3 Klllg Bishop. able. shol't time ago, defeats the leading play· 16 Q-Q3 er or ali South America and wins the 17 BxN p,s 4 P-Q4 lO\lrnament. too. We do not know how 18 R-K4! ,I . B-?\'2 is comparatil'el y sarer. g reat a player Panno may become, but T h is move is stronger than IS BxPt. 5 N-QS! he Is indubitably great a lready. White pl'efers to win the center Pawn, T he surprise-a twist known f rom the SLAV DEFENSE 18 , , , , 8·84 fianchetto defense against the 'Ruy Lopez. (Semi.Mer an Variation) There i s nothing better. I S. B-N3 10 'It-H,I, QxP fails against 20 BxPt, K-N2 5 B-N2 7 B_B4 P-Q3 0, Panno M, Naj dorf 21 Q- Q2. 6 8 -N5! P-B3 8 KNxP Argenti na A rgentina 19 RxP B_KN3 White threatens 9 N-N5; he has a White Black 20 R-Ql fine game. N_B3 1 P-QB4 P-K3 4 N- B3 White has an extra Pawn as well as 8 .... P-QR3 2 N- KB3 P-Q4 5 P_K3 QN-Q2 the SlIperior Pawn formation. It is not 9 P-KR4! P-QB3 6 B-Q3 B_N5 eas)', howe,'er, to make this advantage 3 P-Q' White aims to II.nSWcr 9 P- B4 7 P_QR3 8 - R4 lell ns his nttack has come to a stand which Black wishes to get in, with HI still, A period of maneul'el'lng folloll'8. Detter than 7 BxNt (Euwe- D-N~. A lekhine, 1937 match) . 20 , ' ,. KR-K1 25 RxR RxR 9 , .. P- R3 8 0-0 0-0 21 P_KR4 8- N3 26 K_B1 K-N2 9 Q_B2 B_B2 22 BlIB RPxB 27 P-KN3 P-R4 A weakening and a loss of time. 9 23 R_QB4 R- K2 28 K_N2 B_84 KN- K 2 and 10 ,. 0 - 0 is better. The round u'il) of t his Bishop looks 24 R_K4 QR-K1 29 P-R5! P-N3 10 P_KN3 P_B4 12 N-B3 R_N1 artificial : but White lacks con\'inclng Not 29 . PxP because of 30 N - H4. 11 Nx N PxN 13 Q-Q2 P-B4 means tOI' taking advantage of it. 30 Px P PxP 35 Q_K4 K_N2 10 B_Q2 P_QR3 Again. Black errs, He aims to exchange 31 Q-B4 R- K1 36 P- N3 K_B2 11 KR_ K 1 P_K4 his Queen Bishop, not realizing how 32 ,R_KR1 R-KR1 37 Q- Q3 Q-N5 weak he'll be on the white sq\l ares. His Black needs this advance to free h is 33 RxR KxR 38 Q_B4! Q_B4 position i s critical, anyhow. as he'll have game, He ought to do It, however, In 34 P_R4 Q-Q2 39 P_K N4 Q-N8 u'o\lble castling. the conservative way: 11 ... p"p 12 40 P_Q6§ H is best t ry Is 13. , . Q-D3, threaten· BxP, P- K4 which. in this Instance, has At t his junctU l'e, the game was ad· i ng 14 ... HxP: e.g., 14 It-BI, N-K2 15 no particular drawback, jotH'ned. and Black later resigned. B-~2. 0 - 0 aftel' which neither 16 BxRP 12 BPxP BPxP While w ins w ith 41 Q- Q5 ! Ilor 16 BxDP works since the Queen 13 P-K4! Knight Pawn Is loose. Noll' White's pieces obtain superiol' 14 B-N2 B-N2 activity, Probably Black expected only CZECHO·SLOVliKIA,1954 15 BxB R,S 13 PxP, NxP 14 NxN, BxN with about Eastern European 16 0-0 N_B3 even chances as \Vhlte Is not prepared Zonal Tournament for action against the isoiated Pawn. Theoretician Su rpri sed Tournament winner Pachman, though an expel't on openings, Is taken by sur· prise nnd sufi'ers his only defeat in this ga me, He yields to Szabo, an expert on attncks. The deed is done by the transfer of a "'ell known trick from one val'iation to another. B lack falls to solve lhe unex· pected probl ems with which he is faced and is swept away by a positional at· tack which his opponent cal'l'ies Ollt ::-=- -,;=~:;~:;;:=.~;::=;:~~;:--:;c with admirable verve, t check : ' = db!. check : f = d!., eh. 372 CHESS REVIEW, DECEMBER. \954 Black now threate ns to obtain cou nter· 14 B-Q5 KR-N1 RETI SYSTEM play with 11 N-K5, and 17 P-B3 is Black switch es a ll h is available forces M. Botvinnik G. Stahlbe rg 110 good because of 17. ,N-'R4. But to t he Quee n·s ide. Apparen tly, be hopes Sov.iet Un ion Sweden W hite has a very powerful rejoinder. to get up a n attack there. But that is White Blac k 11 P_K4!! a d ream. 1 P-QB4 15 N-R3 PxRP P- K3 4 N-KB3 B- K2 A little combination, aimed at opening 2 P_ KN3 P_Q4 5 0-0 0-0 'Inas, which blows Black's shaky posl· 3 B_ N2 N_ KB 3 6 P-N3 P- Q5 'on to pIeces. 7 P-K3 N-B3 20 QR_K1 ! 17 PxP B-B3 T he more conse l'vative 7 P -B4 Is K_ B1 18 NxP ! 21 RxN t not necessarily bad. It leads, however, 22 P-R5! 19 Q-Q5 10 much more complicated play after ei· White ma kes his KBS accessible to his l her 8 PltP or 8 P·QN4. Queen, completing the hegemony on the 8 PxP NxP 10 QxN R-N1 whIte squares. Black Is he lpless. II B- N2 NxNt 11 Q-K2 22 . • • . P_N4 25 R_ K6 K_ B2 'From here on, W hite hesitates are. 23 9_81 R-QN1 26 KR_K1 P-B3 markably long time before playing P-Q4, 24 Q-85 R-N1 27 8 -Q2 Resigns a move that most players would make There Is no defense to the double j'lght away. Yet the Queen Pawn Is nel· tbrea t of 28 B-R5 a nd 28 B-B3. As a t her weak on Q2 nor ne eded on Q ~ . SO matter of fact, 27 B-N2 wins even more 16 N-B4 White, it See m3, wants to induce.. p_ effecthely, as Lundi n poIn ts ou t; fo r White t h reatens to win the K ing Pawn QD4 fi rst. aHer whic h P-Q4 serves !o 27 , RxB failS agains t 28 RxBt, fol· and also to post h is K night on KB5 with open t he Queen file and to establish an lowed by mate In two. devastating etlect. a dvanced majority on the Queen·slde, 16 . . . . N-QR4 11 P-QN3 13 QR-Ql Bx B Parrying the threats but a llowing the 12 N_B3 B-N2 14 KxB P_ B3 WEST GERMANY, 1954 fol lowing liquida tion which also t, 15 N_ K4 R_ N2 West Europe Zonal Tour_ament decisive. 15 ... NxN 16 QxN, R- BI, followed by 17 NxN! B. N 19 PxP B-B3 is preferable, swapping , t ba t Positional Combination 18 BxB R.B 20 Bx N! Is, s ince White with more space u nder Experimenting in the opening. Black Here is White's main point. 20 control can use hi s pieces more a ctively. brings his Bishops to the Queen·side QxB loses a piece to 21 Q- Q5. SO Black 16 N_N5 N-Q2 where they perform poorly. White ob· must j'ecapture with the Pawn, and that 17 N- B3 B-B3 lalns the a dvantage and eventually ren° Is poSitionally disastrouB. 18 P-Q4 ders It decisive by means of a simple, 20 . . • . PxB At long last. WhIte cannot postpone yet captivating, com bl natloll of a posi· 21 Q-Q5! this move Indefin itely. tlona l type, Bla ck's P a wn for mation Is destroyed, and his Bis hop is hope lessly Another poin t : W h Ite gets de fi n ite 18. • . . Q-Bl inferior to White's K nig h t. cont rol of Q5. Black's ne xt Is forced. 19 N-Q2 21 P-QB4 This is no longel' simple maneuverIng. RUY LO PEZ 22 RxP B-N3 White threatens 20 B- R3 as that in turn Wolfgang Unzicker Bhend 23 N-R4 Induces .. P - QB4; for 20 .. R-Kl Welt Germany Switzerland The beautiful liquidation has led to a faBs against 21 N- K4. White Black position in which the Knigh t's super· 19 . . . . P- B4 lority over the Bis hop is overwh elming. 1 P_K4 P-K4 4 B_R4 N-B3 A serious positional error. Black must White wins easily against a ny defense . 2 N- KB3 N-QB3 5 0-0 P-QN4 meet the threat at this point with 19 ... , B-N5 P-QR3 68-N3 B_N2 Q- CHESS REVIEW, DECEMBER, 1'H4 373 Or 3~ . N- Ql 35 Nx1', HxN 36 RxN, KING'S INDIAN DEFENSE NEW YORK, 1954 RxP 37 R-QN8, R- R3 38 H-l\'7'i, K-N3 39 F. D. Knuppel Wm. Lombardy K-KJ, with a winning advantage for White mack Manhattan C. C. Rapid \Vhite. 1 P-Q4 N-KB3 3 N_QB3 B_N2 Speed and Greed 35 P- QN4 N_Q6 2 P-QB4 P-KN3 4 P- K4 P-Q3 Although played at 10 seconds a move Black hopes vainly to win a t e mpo. 5 P-B3 and far from faultless, the gamelet is 36 P-B5! An old \'ariation, intl'oduced by Saem· worthwhile with regat'd both to the open· isch. which has become mom popular lng and the finish. White loses owin Conc\usi\-e; for this Pawn cannot ade· only in recent yeal's. to a mixture of speed and greed. quately be stopped, 5 .... 0-0 36 NxNP TWO KNIGHTS' DEFENSE 37 P-B6 R-Q4 5 P-1{.1 6 P-Q5 reverts to the Mario Schroeder Aben Rudy game continuation. 37 . . R- QS loses a piece: 38 P- B7 White Black 6 B-K3 P-K4 N-Q4t 39 K- K2, H-QB8 -10 R-QS, NxP -11 1 P-K4 P_K4 3 B_B4 N-B3 7 P_Q5 P-QR4 R-Q7t. 2 N-KB3 N-QB3 4 N_N5 P-Q4 38 P_B7 R.N Black plans N- R3- B-I, a conven· 5 PxP P_N4 tional manelll'er 39 R-B8t K.R but too slow for this The Ulvestad Variation of whicl] the 40 P-B8(Q)t K-K2 variation. 7 • N- K l in preparation main line consists in the transposition both for 8 ... B-R3 and 8. . P-KB4, is Note that 40 . K- 02 loses B1aclfs to one in the l?ritz Variation ( 5 Rook, an important point in the combin· much bettel': e.g., 8 P-KN4, B-R3 9 N-Q5). U-02 (9 OxB, Q..JR5tl. P-KB4 10 P-KH4? ation. For Blac\, has good drawing 6 B-B1 J ~xNP 11 PxP, Q-B3 12 R-H2, B- K6! chances if, he can keep his King neal' the and Black has the edge. This move was thought once to be the King-side Pawns. refutation of the Ulvestad Variation. 41 Q- B7t ! K-K3 S KN-K2 N-K1 9 P-KN4 P-KB4 6 , . , . N-Q5 Not 41 .. , K- Bl -1 2 Q - Q~t, then ·!3 Q Transposing to the Fritz. The Ulves Q7t and H QxH. Now 9. B-R3 may cause some u'ouble after 10 BxB, Q-RSt 11 N-N3, tad, which is weaker, goes on with 6 42 QxNP N-Q4t 46 P-R5 R-Q7 QxO 12 P-KR4. Yet it still ought to be . ,. NxP 7 BxP. 43 K-B3 R-R4 47 P-R6 P-B4 played. 7 P-QB3 NxP 44 QxKRP RxP 48 Q-N7 P-K5t 8 NxBP 45 P_R4 N_K2 49 K-N2 P-K6 10 NPxP 12 N-N3 B_N3 50 P-R7 Resigns 11 PxP 13 P-KR4! B_B3 An obvious move which. however, has 14 P-R5 B_R5 been ignored by analysts ever since the The main point is that 50 . 1'-K7 Swiss Chess Magazine published an ex fails against 51 Q- IWt! Black has a very sad position, indeed. Yet he ('an put up much bette]' ]·esist· tensil'e analysis of the Fritz Variation, an('e with 14 0-D2: e.g., 15 8-Q3, 1907. The a~sumption seems to be that K-Hl 16 Q-02, B-:;·H . After the text White lo~es too much time. That remains to be seen. "C" UNITED STATES move. White opens the King Rook file, too. wi th added effect. The main line snpposedly offers abont e\'en chances: X PXX. QxN 9 BxPt, K-Ql 15 PxB! NEW YORK, 1954 BxNt (9 D- Q2? 10 OxDt, KxB 11 0-0, 16 K-Q2 Marshall C. C. Ch'p'ship Prelims P.P PxP 12 Q- R4T) 10 0-0, B-N2! 8 KxN Upset 9 PxN PxP "Mlstel' Nobody startles i\1!~tel' Ne\\ 10 axp B_QB4 York St ate." as the winner of this game modestly puts it. State Champion Lom· A bold t!'np. 10 0-N2. instead, bardy treats a diflltnlt variation some· offers Black some chances for attack what nonchalantly ami is tanght in a even nftet' 11 Q-B3t, Q- B3 12 QxQt. hurricane attack before he call say, KxQ. "Fred Knnppel." 10 Q-B3t On 10 B-B6, mack obtains a very strong attack with 10. R-Klt: e.g., 11 BxH, QxBt . Q-K2, 0-H3 ] 3 P-Q3 N-N5. 10 N_B3 17 Q_B2! Bln(,k's main point: the Rook is im· Revealing tlle hopelessness of mack's milne, he hopes, game. There is lIO defense for the at· 11 QxR tacked Pawn: (1) 17 .. , K-N2 18 0-H6t; (2) 17 K-02 18 B-Q3. U-XI 19 Playable but troublesome and, above Q'R- KN1: (3) 1; . . . Q-03 18 1\-K-l, QxP all, ullneeessary. 11 B- BH offers White 19 8-K2. Q-N7 19 QR-KNl: (.I) 17 a fine game the simple way. 1t-03 18 N-I\:.I, nxp 19 B-K2 or N-N5; 11 R-K1t (5) 17 HxP 18 QxPt, N - N2 19 B- K2. 12 BxRt Improved mode l of the Tempo Chess Set, 17 B_ B5 White commits a grave blunder. Cor designed for maximum clarity and ease 18 QxPt N_ N2 rect is 12 K-Bl, and Black who lacks a of play. Walnut and Maple, beautiful 19 B-Q3 eheck with the Bishop. faces a pI'obJem: natural finish, in felt·lined mahogany Now "'hite sets a mating threat to e.g., 12 Q-K2? 13 OxRt! or 12 .. . box. $34.50. Discount to club membe rs. which there is no defense. B- Q2? 13 B-B4t! He must try 12 .. . Descriptive foider sent on request, B-R3. though his clllInees are dim after 19 .... BxBt 13 Q-B6. "Living pi eces for a live game are a 20 K_B2 necessity. I shall continue to use the 12 QxBt T empo Set for all my analysis," Pointing up maCk'S pl'edicament, White 13 K-Q1 Larry Evans scorns the piece. 'faking is just as good, though. White ha~ 110 choice or else mate in Order From two follows. Tempo Chess Set, 9·5 Edgehill T e rrace 20 Q_N4 Troy, New York 21 R-R8t! Resigns t _ check: : _ db!. check: § _ dis. ch. 374 CHESS REVIEW, DECEMBER, 1954 13 B-Nst 10 .••• B-N5 14 P-B3 Q,Q Black worlls to secure his Q5 for his 15 PxB Knight, the only reasonable remedy for \Vllite llas material enough for th, White's pressure along the Queen file. Queen but is lamentably behind In d,· 11 P-KR3! S,N veiopment. 12 PxB N-Q5 15 Q,P 17 N- B3 Q-S6t 13 PxP! p,p 16 R-K1 P-Q6 18 N-K2 N-K5 13 NxKBP loses to 14 PxN as White gets ample return for his Queen. 19 NxP! A neat combination which wins a Pawn and also destroys Black's position. 19 PxN 21 RxB R,R 20 BxN PxB 22 Q- N3t K-B2 2S QxR The combination ;, over, and White has a clear winning advantage. 23 Q-K2 28 K-K2 R_ N2 Resigns 24 Q-Q3 K-B1 29 Q-BSt K-N2 Mate next move is inevitable in tilis 25 R-Q1 R-B1 30 R_QS R-B2 14 R-N1! NxKBP remarkable position. 26 K_B1 R-K1 31 R-NSt K- R3 Combination and counter-combination! 27 Q- Q7 R_Nl 32 Q- KNS R-B4 Bla~k is eager to eliminate this Pawn 33 R-K3! which otherwise soon advances with LOUISIANA, 1954 White·s last is mutlLstronger than 33 great effect. Q-N'I; R-KN4 15 Q- 82 Q- N3 USCF "Open" Championship 33 R-K4 16 B_K3 N_ Q5 One Tempo Too Late Forced, as, Oil 33 . P- K4 and 33 . Black'S point now appears: after 17 Having missed some more accurate R-B3, White has 34 R- R3 mate. BxN, PxB, his Queen Pawn is immune, lines, Black makes a last try to solidify 34 RxR P,R thanks to the possibility of ... B-B4. his endangered position. He needs Olle 35 P_ KR4! 17 RxN! more tempo to succeed-and t his, he The last finesse. \Vh ite threatens 36 But White's point is superior. With doesn't get. A neat combination by White Q-N5i for an easy win in t he ending. this sacrifice of the Exchange, he obtains demolishes Black's position. With a 35 Q,P an inesistible attack. The ensuing part Pawn plus and other advantages, ,"Vhite 36 QxKPt K-N2 wins easily. of the game is sclntillating with many 37 QxPt witty twists. QUEEN'S INDIAN DEFENSE And White ultimately won. 17 P,R A. B. Bisguier A. Turner 18 BxP Q-Q1 White Black 19 N- Q5! 1 P_Q4 N-KB3 3 N_KB3 P-QN3 ..~ FOREIGN ·With this extremely strong move, 2 P-QB4 P-K3 4 P-K3 B_N2 \Vhite threatens to win a piece, and Black 5 B-Q3 B-NSt can do very little about It. RUSSIA, 1954 Another good line Is 5 . P-B4: e.g., 10 . . . . N-K1 6 N-B3, PxP 7 PxP, B-K2 8 0-0, 0-0, 21 st Championship Forced, considering 0) 19 .. NxN? followed probably by 9. . P-Q4 (Bogol Double Achievement 20 RxPt; (2) 19 . . . N-R4? 20 B-K2! (3) yubov~Botvinnik, Nottingham, 1936). A King·side attack makes this game 19 K- R1 ? 20 NxB, QxN 21 Rx:P!! 6 QN- Q2 0 _ 0 8 P-QNS QN_Q2 outstanding. Though it features no ex· KxR 22 Q-N3t, K-Rl 23 Q-N5, U-KN1 7 0-0 P- Q4 9 B_N2 Q-K2 ceptional combinations, it is begun and 2·\ BxN"t. 9 . N-K5, followed possibly by ... pressed home \\"ith fasclnating elan. 20 Q- N3 P-B3 P-KB4 and . .. P-QB3, offers better Black fails with a 110yelty which he Again forced; 20 P- KN3 loses to chances for counter-play. tried before against grandmaster Kotov 21 Q- K5. 10 Q-B21 with a satisfactory result. Youngster 21 B-B4 R- B2 Korchnoj doubles his accomplishment by Threatening to win a Pawn with 11 21 K- Rl loses t o 22 N-B4! the showing what the grandmaster should PxP and also seizing control of K4. With main threat being 23 N-N6t and mate have done. the enSiling exchanges, White has the next. edge. SICILIAN DEFENSE 22 N_ B4! 10 S-Q3 12 NxP N,N 11 P_ K4 PxKP 13 BxN S,S Victor Korchnoj Yefim Geller Anyway) On 22 QxB, White wins 14 QxB P_QB4 White Black the Queen: 23 BxRt, KxB 24 Q- N3t, K And now Black falls into trouble. He 1 P-K4 P_QB4 5 N-QB3 P- Q3 BI 25 N-K6t; and ""hlte threatens to ought to exchange Bishops (14 . .. B-R6 2 N- K83 N_QB3 6 B_ KN5 P_K3 win the Queen now, besides, in the same 15 B-B3, B-N51. 3 P-Q4 p,p 7 Q-Q2 B-K2 way. 15 QR- Q1 N-BS 4 NxP N-B3 8 0 - 0-0 0-0 22 .... B-Q3 9 P_B4 P_K4 15 . PxP loses at once to 16 QxQP. Clearing K2 for the King. There is nothing else to do. 16 Q-R4 KR-Q1 Black's last is an ill-considered at t empt to improve on the usual 9 17 KR-K1 p,p 23 BxRt K,S NxN 10 QxN, Q- R4. 18 NxP Q_ N2 24 Q-N3t K-K2 25 BxPt!! Resigns Black evades the threats of 19 N- B6 10 N-B3! and In N-D5. It is here tbat he needs Stronger by far than 10 NxN, PxN 11 If the Bishop is taken, White mates in the tempo, for 19 .. B-K2; but White PxP (Kotov~Geller, Challengers' Tour one or two moves. A beautiful, finishing s t rikes first, a deadly blow. nament, Switzerland, 1953). touch. CHESS REVIEW, DECEMBER, 1954 375 ODDS and EVANS THE EXCLUDED MIDDLE HEBE White is a Knight ahead, but it might as well pull a disappearing act CHESS is a three-valued logic: win, loss, draw. because Black's Queen Pawn cannot be Over the years, there have been distant grurnb lings stopped. The problem is by Kubbel. th at the d ra w ought to be either demolished or penalized . Why? One coul d answer, in truth, th at the two valued, Aristotel ian "either- or" which dominates our social and political thinking creates a corre sponding anxiety to create the Hero in sport. This same compulsion to have "one and only one" winner also underlies the frenetic attempts to dis cover ironclad " tie-breaking" systems - though by LARRY EVANS wit)' ties 'should be broken is never explained Former U. S. W h ite to P lay and Draw beyond the Iact that a trophy cannot be split in two. Chess Champion Salvation must t herefore lie in stale· A legitimate gripe can be levelled aga inst the mate. so-called "Grandmaster Draw," in which mutual respect (or fear?) inst ills 1 P- R7 K-N2 both opponents with those qua lities so dear to a pacifist's heart. (Com 01' 1 . P- Q7 2 N-N6t! PxN t 3 KxP. pare with TV boxing bouts.) 30 move min im ums can be easily circum· and a dm,," must result. 2 N xP K,P vented by triple repetitions of position. Penalties are futile since both 3 N_R6 P_Q7 players are automatically penalized by the loss of a half-point. Public 4 N-N4 opprobrium is the only and limited remedy- not pu blic slander, as in White threatens 5 N- K3. an editorial in Chess Life some time ago which called Evans, Sh ipman, 4. P-Q8(Q) Reshevsky and Fine "chess cheats" in one breath. Why? Because they Stalemate! consented to draws on occasion in less than twenty moves. The editorial :-"ote that. if Hlack 1)l'olllOtes to a Rook. 5 N xPt leads to a theoretical draw. should have, on that basis, included a roster of world champions. 'Vould that sall'ation we re always so Irritation at the short draw is natu ra l and inevitable; but it mu st be near at hand! remembered thal, in a tournament, one must play at all times "to th e score." There are extenuating circumstances. TO PHOVE that the stalemate resource As chess technique becomes perfect, draws inevi tably will increase. is not only a problem child, her e is an But minor errors shall correspondingly lead more frequently to sudden example from mo(le rn tomnnment play. death. Perhaps, in a hundred years, the dross of the draw will impel Zurich. 1953. Boredom to decree an alteration in the rules; yet certa inly lIotthe abol i Geller tion of th e d ra w. The draw inspires themes 01 bea uty and injects th e unexpected into untold endings. Consider the following, savi ng maneuve r5. "The Magic Square" Oll 2 .. . P - HG 3 ]{- K6. K - N3 4 K - Q7. \\ihite call suppor t his own Pawn to (jueen for a standoff. On 3 . . . P-R7, in this line. While runs to " well-known draw by 4 P- B7 . 1\: - :;-"' 2 r, K- Q7. It" you don't believe lhi~ line draws. you'll h ave to \\'01'" it out for your5eH! 3 K-K5 ! KxP Reshe vsky If 3 . . . P- R6. '\ihite secmes the draw Black to Play and Draw by ·] K- QG. P- H7 5 P - B7 . Heshenky has just made a now·famous 4 K-B4 Oraw "butch:' Gellet·. in Ii hopeless position. 1"01' now 'Vhite call catch the Pawn. pounces upon it. Voila! 1 .. R-B6t! Whit e to P lay and Draw 1 .. . 'HxP allows 2 Hx Pt. T hi s Comj)osition by Ret! has won me 2 K_N2 RxPt many a chiCil en dinner! The material. 3 KxR Stalemate! it is t r ue, is equa l. Yet Black's fleet. Was Reshevsky's face "red" ! passed Pawn cannot be stopped. But it All of which goes to prove- now what must be s topped! How? was it we were trying to prO l'e? 1 K _ N7 P_R5 2 K-B6 K-N3 t _ check; ~ _ db!. check; § _ dis. eh. 376 CHESS REVIEW , DECEMBER , 19H Activities of CHESS REVIEW ponal Chen pl ayer" ga me report. &. ratings, namn of JACK STRALEY BATTELL new pla yers. prlze·wlnner• . selected gamu. Postal Chess Editor tourney I n llru~t l on . &. editoria l ~Dmm.nt. POST AL SCRIPTS 5th Annual C hampionship- 1950 POSTALMIGHTIES! As a result o f ('uH e nt POltal Mo r tern s, Prize Win ners Finals section. 50-Nf 8. hQS 1101" com· Merry Christ mas. Pastalites The following po81(lJitel h,l"c won I'rixes pleted play. and the contenall u therein Once again, we \\'ish YOll a ll the good in 195~ . \9~3 .. nd i9~ · 1 ('.-lIe T Ol".n(lm e nt ~. c heer o r t he sea so n! !;core the following. weighted point Tou rn .. y Play.... Place S(:or'l' tota ls:· If a.ll YO ll r games cannot be winning 52-P W Ba), lor . . lst , -, L. Stolze nberg -1 5.1: W. Hook 37.2; W , ones. may they all be pleasant. exciting 53-P '"OS L Tlmn,,,nn ...... 1sl - Le w l~ .1st , . I. Lltteiner 31 .3; J. Shaw 29 .G5 ; Dr. H . -, and instructive. ,- i\L Coss 25.65: and G. W . Duck endorf and "' J H"lll'l'la ...... 1st 5Y,- ~ Also. nt thl ~ time of stress in the post 53 -P '00 ,- Weaks .. 1st C. l~ . T homas withdrew. " ... 1st 0 -. oftlces. \\'e su ggest you try a "repeat" C H Heuchel·t " Also. H. B. H aye~ Q.ua lifies for the 11'"'3 ,.. OkOlo...... 1st 5Y,--.~ move. I'athe r than file II. time complaint. F' in(lls. the last section of which will be 130 J Cohen .lst ~ 'h-l'h H ...... Ist , for li ny Oll llO nellts whose relllleS run made Ul) and assigned after closing re m C"' -, overdue dUl'lng thelle holidays. H 6.1" Frlcdonl'n ...... 1st , - p-a rts are !lcored for ne)(t JanUary iSllue . 113 C Curt!.t . 1sl , -,. 5 ~ - P I~ro\\' . 1st , as on ly three quallfi ers are IIO W on t he ,- n -. TOURNAMENT NOTES Il st. " Pro9ress Repo..ts far 6th Annual Championshlp-1951 Certificate Winners Golden Kn i9hts Tournaments All a !'esult o f Cll rre llt Postal Mortems, Thc fOnO ~\' l nK J'IO$lnll les have QUnlir!e<1 for "1<:lor), CerlHlcates from 1951. 1~5~, Fi!\a l ~ s eclion. 51·Nf S. hilS now com 4th Annua l Cham pion ~ hip- 1949 1~;;3 ,,,,d 1951 Clau TOll.-n'ln,enls. plet ed play, and the contestants thel'eln Tourney PI~yer. Place S~or e As a res ult or CUI'I'ent Postal Mort em., sCor e the following. weighted poInt ,; 51-C lIj~ P I30 kmu " .. 1-2 -, l~inal s section. ·19-NE 13, has now com· tota ls :* J L Radel' ..... 1-2 ;; -, pleted play, and the contestants ther ein W. G. Arendt 35.3; J. W. O'Reilly 31.9 ; .'i2- C m L Schneid er .lst , -, score the ronowlng. weighted point J . F. Heckm an 31.8: J. l{ !'aemer 30.65: 3·>G n "Petonkc ...... ht 4 If.z -I ~~ ,> l~t :otals: • 53-C , Bokml' ...... , -, :-'1. R lbowski 29.&5; and H. n. Mitchell H While .. . I ~ t 4Yl - l \. O. w. Strahan -12.95; F. J. YerboU 39: and H. F . Wrigh t wlthdre" ·. " )\" Klcin.chmldl .. ht , -, F. H. Weal'er 32.-1; M. E ucher 29.05; Also. W. G. Blau qualifies for the w Rideout ...... 181 3Y2 -:~ '" P ...... 1" 1 , CallL D. W . :\l orrlson 20.6; a nd G. Adams '" " Rokmn -, F inals. We still lIeed qualUiers to fill '" P ScJI'3KKi ...... 1st 5Y2- I., and A. F. Hoehn withd rew. Ollt ne)(t section to be a ssigned. may '" H Cle\'Clnnd ...... lst , -, T he lelldlng, prospecth'e, cash pr ize not get enongh Ull lhe Semi·fi nals a !'e '" A S RIl rd "'lck ...... l st , ". . . . l-~ 2 1 ~ , , -. ",innel'S as or now are :· closed ouL Arnow -, ...... I - ~ , "D N ~lcl "l u rrl' -, PRESENT LEADERS 2~1 S T Ful'don ...... 1st 0 -0 J '1' Sherwin ... 46.2 W F Taber . . . .• 32.3 7th Annual Ch a mpionship- 1952.3 243 G A Smith .. ht , C Brasket ...... 45. 1 D J Derine ... .. 32.25 As a result of curre nt Post a l Mortems, 2-17 A C Hallum . lSI 4v.z -.-l '. ., L C Norderer .. 45. 1 B W Holmes ... 31.3 2-18 g )lI1l et . . . lst , I Sic-mond ..... 13.95 ED Wallace .. . SI.1 5 t he following hal'e 110W Qu allfleu fol' as J'" Smith .lst -.- 0 o W Slrnh"n .. a .95 A H Leonard ... 30.8 ~ignment t o the Finals: A. Trucfs, J. N. ""258 J H" Hf\ mpton .. .. 1st ", \l Kruglott ..... 42 .9 W Knox • ...... 30. 7 Schmitt. J. Staffe!·. W. Soli!l'ey. 'R. Alex· m J D Heard",n .. .. 1..1 Wl-l-. If! C KUlelmuu .. H .7 5 ~"i"cher ...... 30. 45 ,s, .r ander. H . Kaman. V. Wlidt. R. Klugman, 0 Hender~on ...... l~t -, H H H yde ...... ~ 1. ~ 5 M Sokoler ...... 30. 0 M-e , V R l3alldon .... . 1 ~\ ," -, R C Ea8twood .. ~O .Z o G Hinten . .. 2'.55 W. Dimond. W. C. Schr oeder. A. S. Neal, R C Hull ...... 1 - 2 4Y,-ni! C :Uerkl8 ...... 40.2 J T Lynch . ... . 29.5 1\1 . Gonzalez. H. W. Rogers and R. Me· " H n W llkc r ~on ...... 1-2 4 Yz -l~ B B Wl8e,,8rver 39. 75 Dr H Y SI"ler .. 211. 5 D, , l lnrCII ' ...... 1st , -, L Stolz;enberg . . U.t5 ~ I Euc her ...... 29.05 Clellan. D Eisen ...... 3'.05 '" J Harris .... 29.05 Also . t he fo llowing bave q ualiried fOI' " S L Thompson .. 29.05 1-' J \'er llott .... 39.0 assi~n m ent [0 the Semt-rlna1s: MrS. :-'f . E H Peterson .. 29.0 J Jo" Heekma.n ... 31.3;; Clay tOil. P. F ullum. E. H. Bristol. W. M. Masters Tournament A Su~hob . c k .. . 37.25 G C Gro"" ... .. 28.9 J A l1 yln ...... 37. Z J Lieberman .. .. 28. 55 No!'!'ls. M . Sweig and J. A . :\JcCollom. I n October. \\'e suggested a special H B Daly ...... ~G . 1 111 Semb ...... 28.5 tournament l'estr lcte[1 to Postal )Iasters. Dr It C Slater .. 36. 7 J Shaw .21.9 8th Ann ua l Championehip- 1954 H Zander ...... 3G .3S o E Frazier . . .. 27.3.; The r esponse h all not been encourag W SoHfrey ..... 38 .25 G A Lyle ...... 27 .25 As a result o f current Post al Mortems, ing. FOlH' have indicated interest , one J A S.woeu .... 36.1 C lIIagerkurth .. 25.65 the following hal'6 Qll alffied for assign wit h I·ather impractkal Q.ualiflcatlons. Dr I Farber .... 35.65 ]II Eucher ...... 25.15 Dr B Rozsa. .... 85.15 L E Wood .. 24.55 ment to the Semi·Finals: M. A. Pavitt, T he chance or It lOll' rating, annual fix· B Kozma ...... 35 .0 J B Payne ...... 24 .• E. E. Hansen, L G. Stephells. E. J. Hire. therefore. 100k5 very dim. \Ve'll Dr J Platz ..... 35.0 F E Condon . ... 24.05 \Verner. A. C. \Velsbeck er. H. Harrison. still welcome s uggestions tho\lgh it 's C N FugUe ..... 34.95 \V L Prmser .... Z4.0 R X HerwlU ... U .9S R F Richter .... 2• . 0 R. G. Brown. J . O. Fagan. E. Godbold. rat her late noll' for revising plans. W Muir ...... 34.115 R E School er ... n.1 P. Meyer. H. A. Sout ha l'd , A. H. Clark. We a im r01' one or more 7 man tour X A ?reo ...... lU.95 G Buckendorl . . . !t.1 H. B. Daly. R. T. S teinmeyer and O. W . h i~her G Kat& ...... 3 ~ .5 E I" Johnson ... 22.25 neys. reslricted to 1700 Or In R L Rlehardson .S4. t S L Hanson ...... :1.15 Strahan. a ctual. earned l'aUngs (active 0 1' reo H Wallgr.n .. .. 33.' W A !'."orin . . . . . 21.65 turned postalites): E F $5. 2 ;lI'izes. $20 C Merritt ...... 39.5 L A Farewell .. 21.55 J E Evan •..... 33. 45 D \\' ~ro rri s on .. H.e Wei/:'hled point totels are baaed on the and $10. to start In January. following scale l.G point per win In the R C Simpson ... 82.95 E J Werner . . . 20.G5 Fi l ~ your e ntry now. We will st art F If Weaver ... 32. { J Staffer .. . 20.4 preli m.: 2.2 in semi-final.: and 4.5 In tlnals. F Power ...... 20.0 Draw. CO\lnt half these va lue •. tourney In .J alluary. OJ' r efund entries. CH fSS REV I EW. DECEMBER, 1954 377 Rideout: Mcinturf{ tops 'Vbeeler, In Bokma Coss withd1'awn: Fardon top~ (20 Stadlen. POSTAL MORTEMS tOns Lovp):ren twice, Grahl"" twice (once 96 Benjes hests Coachman twice. 97 Wolfe~ by adj.): Southard be st~ Eokma. 1'3 Selvaggi Gorkiewic~ rip Hadcllfre. 9S X"than nips Game reports receIved tops (2{j Cot"sma n and tOIl~. then tie.' Sales twice, 99 H ankin top~. then ties Ek September 23 to October 25 BI'inley. strom. 100 Gil s on tops {20 Buries. 101 Ellis Tourneys 201_250: 201 Dow,,~ defeats bests Abr"tl\so". 102 Shel'wi" tOl'~ Austin. To report YOllr resu!t~, all YOU need give is Keeney. 202 Schwerner beats Hogle, 203 103 Feldenl"ei" ~tO)lg S tu r ley. 1 0~ HUllt s plits sec lion number, full names of both players Yates, Southard halt Hurley. 209 llokma two with Allen, to)M (f) Yo~ so. 112 Keye and the outcome of the game-but. lor Class tops, then tics Yates: ('''leveland clips coni,s VettH. lH Ellis, Greis both to],> :llllIer and Prize Tourneys In ~ man sectiona, ~tate Yates once, Boklll" twice. 210 nardwlck wins (wice, llG Wharton lJesl~ Eaildon. 118 Cln also if it Is tlr~t or second game to have twice (rom Wyllel'. 21;) McClellan tops (Ia) tron whips Alldrews, 'Velch; 'Veleh dowr been finished with that same opponent. Downing. 21·1 Kooistra whips Williams. 215 Andrews. 120 Trl piclan conks Kav.all [wiel The following examples show ha", to give Summers-Gill w ithdraws. 22.1 Batson, WiI_ Tourneys 121-25:2: 121 Gilson tops Horne, res ults with minimum effort for you and liam ~ s pli t two: 'ViU mann tOl's Batson, (2f) 'V]1 kiIlSOIl. 125 Browder loses to Strat maximum clnl'lty for proper recording: (2f) l\Ian ~ndd . 224 Fardon downs Clark. tOil, best. EVHIlS twice. 129 )rlnze.' licks 54-C 466: Paul Morphy 1 A. B. Meek 0 (lSI) 225 Olson tops (2f) Downing. 226 Supplnger Lewis. 13 0 ){cCanhy, Landis down Carl 54-P 401: A. Halprin l H. N. Pillsbury ~ (2) ties, tbell top~ Kegan; Kegan I'ips Helcb. twice. 133 Riddle withdraws. 13G PaVitt stops 54_Nf 13: F. J. Mushall 1 H. E, Atkins O. 22 9 Glassco, Wiaer t ie. 230 Cbarlton bests Stoller: Ellis withdraws. 138 BI'idl:·es resign~ In these. Ih" year (5~). the type tourney Utter. 232 )Iaclean withdrtlwll. 234 Sum to Feurt, whhdraws. 139 Heuchert tops IX>e (Cla~s. l',';1.e, aulden Knights J"jnals) and mers-Gill wllhdrlU'·S. 238 Hallam, Hoehl twice. HO C"rl withdraws. 147 Richardson the section !lumbers appear In the Inltlal tic. 239 H'II')'ish tops Bauman twice. 241 rips )[cAnlnch. 151 l>rorrison mauls Rubin, ke~·. And, (0" Class and Prize tou,-neys, the L. )liller not withdrawn. 24 3 Gilford bows "'clch. 152 Wolfe withdraws . 153 L<.>dlie l ose ~ first or ~eco",l game is Indicated In the to Smith, bc~ts (Ia) Hlkade, 2401 Harrish two \0 Shields, withdraw ~. 154 Hell hit~ Ellis, tlnal pa"e"tlo"s~s. P lease give game reports baits Oeder. 2~G ;),IarC\lS mauls StonebaCk. 1.15 Landa licks P )'icG. 156 HolloWllY with_ ~.,p"rale ("om any other correspondence, 2-17 Hallam tops 'V"ring twice. 2·lS Miller draws. 11;1 Henunn bests Bergin, 1G2 Heil as lhey mll~t lie nled so. A DO~tca,.d Is Ideal maills )IcCollkie. 2.\9 S'milh tops Clutter, berg quells Quane. 169 Crutcher withdraw.. , {or size, ,,"~y to ~end. (2) Goldston. 2:;0 Oglesby whips '\'iJkinson loses (la) t o \Vaters. 173 Sweet conks Cum Please note: Willner" (and those with the twice, mings. ISO Albert withdraws, loses (la) t o \\'hl1 e plece$ In case of draws) must report Tourneys 251_303: 2~2 Blumberg tOI>8, tben " 'aak. as SOOIl a~ rellu ll is confirmed by opponent. lies Zbar. 255 Hallam, Petrison tie. 256 "'at_ The opponent m"y report also \0 ens ure his kins tops )!itton twice. 257 Cammen with_ record and rating ,,"oing throngh lIllt must drawn. 25~ Hampton h .. lts Hannold. 260 Hus_ PRIZE TOURNAMENTS th~n 8t"te clearly that he was the loser (or ~ey trip ~ Trc~ca. 261 Dykes boWS to Perrine, Class Tourneys for Premium. 1 , lay~ d BIo.ck in case of a draw). hests ,Jon e~.; Jones withdraws. 263 l{eardan Game reports sent In tlmo tor receillt by rips Chapmnn. 267 \Veis~ tops Kerr, (2) Started in 1951 ('Key: 51-P) dates given above should be printed below. Kama". 269 Vogel besls Ya~co1t. 272 Hurlcy ,\nd play"rs who so repOI'led shOUld check hits Hal·der. 277 Dunn downs Smead. 280 Tourneys 1·149: No game rellOl'l ~ received. to see that they are so pnblished. '1'0 spot Connell lo"e~ to Wilson, licks Le '\'orthy All tonrne)-,$. starled in October, \95 1, have them, look und"r your section numher, first twice. 282 I)a"y, K'';SH tie; ,,",on'ell Jolts finished. Those started in Xovember will be by Ihe key (e.g" M·C Indicating Class Joiner. 283 J"alk tops Berggrcn twice, 28-1 closcd next ",onth, with double-{or{eils on Tourney beglln In 195n and by number Gage bests Sehull,e. 28~ Joncs , (2) l'lender u"revol·t ed g""'''s. (466) given In text below the key, son dcfeats '''elke,.: Jones w ithdra ws. 289 Symhol f Indi~ates a win hy forfelt With _ I"",·y to ps Hannold twice. 290 Gre!:,or)" Hart Started in 1952 (Key: 52.P) out rating credit; a shows a rating credit ~plit two. 291 Ingraham top~ f'al'ke. 295 NotIce: " 'hole o{ 1~.'i2 Prize Tournaments a dJudication: df marks a double-forfeit. Daly downs Shelley, 296 Mcster m""ls Har ris. 297 1I1ilier licks Letts. 298 Barket' bows have )'!l8sed t.he two yeHr over-due date no\\'. twice to B",-,"<'h"" tops Horton twice, Loven 'Ve ~re holding up clos ing double-{orfeit,. CLASS TOURNAMENTS once. 300 \Yeisbecker ",auls l>lester , Daven thi s month, will receive for SCorillg Illld pub_ Tourneys graded by rating classes llOrt; Davenport ties \Veisbecker. lOllS "leS lic"Uon allY resull~ posted 10 arrive here ter. dUring Decclllher Hfter which we shall close Started in 1951 (Key: 51-C) thc books on ij2_P tOllrncy>. Notice: After repeated calls for missing Started in 1954 (Key: 54·C) Tourneys 1_207: 1ST Smilh downs Llu)' kel· ~ . game reports , we are scoring double forfeits 192 Humphror halts GOUld. 202 Kcllert wilh· Tourneys 1-40' Okoh topple~ TO\"'lC. draws. 21)3 ::;ta "lTel' ~t Ops nurfnlnn. on games unreported in tourners s tarted 3 lIIatzkc rlil)S Fleming. 5 Putinier tops December, 1951. (f) 'Yil ~oll, bows to Saildoll. S ::;"mb lOPS Tourneys 1_173: 150 Hallett, W~'ller df; ( 2{) l>lonmll. 9 Clark tops (0 Collett. 10 Started in 1953 (Key: 53-P) Karsevar, Wyller df. 152 1Iletz, MIlHm <:If. Hubbard b"$ts Gelbar CHESS REVIEW, OECEMBER, 1954 381 Annua' 'ndex To GAMES. COMPLETE-Indexed by PI.y.... ADAMS v Ulvestad 216. Bueters v Bass 31: "Thompson CHESS REVIEW Aitken v Kelfler 263. 192. Alatortlev \' Boleslavsky 130. Burger v Berliner 115; Evans VO L. 22, Nos. 1 to 12 JANUARY TO DECEMBER 1954 Alekhlne v Gruenreld 33c; 214. PAGES 1 to 384 ~ Tarraach 243; Schwartz: 257c; Burltein I- Kramer 310. ;\lIkulka 263. Byrne \' Koto\' 2iO, 27] . Alexander v Bronstein 82; GAMES-Indued by Openilulis Tolush 83; Penilz 218. CAPABLANCA \. Winl~, Allerton v S tolze nberg 295. DOUBLE KING PAWN 167, lj4rr. lSI. 192. 214. 235, 2i2: Corso 313. 1• 1 P-K4, P-K4 2H. 245. 246. 2i7. 28ge. Almgren \' Boroc how 178. Aloni \. Kotov 361. Carllon \- Kupsinel 369. Bishops Opening 94. 313. S in Defense 3D, 139, 1--14 , Castaldi \' Hans l .3; Trl· Amateur (also Anonymous Evans Gambit 30. 129. 143, 169. 192. 224. 2i7, 301, 208. funo\"ich 3H, Hi, 152, 16lc, 359, 3i1. 310, 372. and olber nonelHlt ies) II BIasi 129; ;\Iorphy 205; Loewy 243; Cha \. Kohlhaas 223. Four Knights G;ame 23, 218, Stonewall Variation 35t. Charousek \' Berger 143. Skoff 332. 2~2, 272, 295f, 327, 3il. Clayton v Wall 126. Anderson v Hermann 103. Giuoco Piano 6tic, 243, 320, SINGLE QUEEN PAWN Anderson, F. \. Dondarevsky Coe \' Verhoff 158. 381. • 1 P_Q4; not 1 ••. P_Q4 Colle \. Euwe, Winter 273. 4 177. Greco.Counter 64, 336. Blumenthal Counter 295, 371. Colon Relssman, 22. Anderllen v Dutresne lfH(,:. v Irregular (see G a lso) 332. C;atalan System 49. 50, 264f. Andreassen v Kupterstic h 20. Conger \. Hoss 287. 365. Dutch Def. 21, 32, 66c, 82, Anonymous, see Amalem·. Cordts \' Shahan 95. King's Gambit 83, lIS, 136f, 143, 203, 319, Ash v Evans 72. Corso v Callablallca 313. Accepted 103, 263, 279. 336, 343. Allerbach v T ilimanoy 44, 112: Cortlever v Barendregt 296f. 2Sge, 295, 313, 3H. Indian Systems Najdor! 51; Hesheysky 84 ; Cotter v Wilkoff 30. Decli ned 31-1, 354. Budapest 210, 263. Cruz v l..azsano 23. Euwe 112; Penrose 308. Latvian Counter (see Greco). Gruenfeld 11, 80. 126. 139, Curtis \' Hlkade 2Si, Mu Lange Attack 126, 302. 145. 146, 1S2, 239, 31L Czerniak \" Ene\'oldsen 85. Philidor Dd. 160, 256, 282. King's ll . 13, IS, 23. ~3. BAKONVI \' Szilagyi 89. 354, 364 . 45, 46r. 52, SO. 81. IOU, 140, Ballard II Blackburne Ie. DAKE \' Horowitz 2H. Ruy Lopez 22, !is, 96, 103, 148, Iii. 17 8, 206f. 20S, 209, Bampton II Pillsbury 3Uc. D;avid v Porath 148. IDS, 113, 126, ISO, 168, 278, 210, 215, 230(, 232, 233, 23S, Bare ndregt \' Cortle\'er 296r. De Carvalho \' LIma 339. 321c, 3H, 3i3, 381. 239. 25ic, 2iO. 2i6. 301. 319. Barker v Marshall 129. Deighton \' ;\laeQueen 28i. Scotch G;ame Ie. lil, 179. 31-1. 337. 3H, 361. 3H. Barrett \. Persia 370. Denker \' Kaufman l Ui: 339. 365. Nimzo-Indian 12, 20. 44, ~S, Barry \' Palmer 178. Brons te in 235, Two Knights Def. 203. 105. ;2, 8 1. 84. 97c. 112. 113. 129, Ball II Bueters 31 . De Riviere \' Bird 152. 23i, 301 . 30i. 365, 3n 138. 143. IH. Iii. li8, 210, Basyuni \. Solin ~H3. Devreese \. Soultainbeieif 23. Vienna Game 20. 23, 103, 243. 214. 217. 246. 271. 2iZ. 273 , Batik v Dyckhorr 174ft. Donath \' Leepln 339. 339, 370. 288. 300.309. 331. 3H. 3il. Beaumont v Wallis 23. Old (Tchigorin) 11. 21. Sl . Beck v HOllse 320. Donner \" Dunkleblum ~6r ; Lok\'enc 26 4f. SINGLE KING PAWN 130, 3U. 364. Bcrent \' Wlec klng 192. Dufresne v Anderssen 16 1e • 1 P_K4; not 1 .. P_K4 Pirc Defense 12. Berger v Charousek 143. 2 Dunkleblum \. Donner ~6r. Alekhine Del. 22, 89. 119. Queen's le. 12. 51, 146, 300. Be rliner v DUr$"er 11 5. Durasevich v Nie\'ergelt 2~6. 315, 3,5. Be rnltein " Znosko·80ro\'skl Caro-Kann Def. 116. 173,301. Dyckhoff \" Batik I7Ut. 331.343, 362f. Queen Pawn G;ame ~9. 50. 6~ . 13. Center Counter 23, S9. 185, 152, 232, 281. 36~. 365. Be rres \. KuJoth 368. 301. Bhend v Unzicker 373. ELLIS ,. Greis 351. French Der. 13. 52, 53, 85, OTHER OPENINGS Bird v Buckle, ·De Riviere Enevoldsen v Czerniak 85. 86, 128, 138, 139, 1-10, 144. 5• No 1 P_K4; nor 1 P_Q4 152; Zukertort 153. Englisch v Blackburne 2·12. 158, 167, 168, 22·1, 225c , 233, Anderllen'a Open. 365. Bisguier v WeIssman 85; Fri· Epoureans v Zukertort 153. 238, 239, 242, 258, 295, 301, Bird's Opening 7H, 153, 336. edenthal 145; Kevltz, 'I'm'ner Eucher II Sherwin 9·1. 308, 310, 339. English Opening 19, 89, 153, H7: Pa\'ey 181: Hearst 214: Euwe v Avel'bach 112: Van Sicilian Del. 31, 54, 103, 211. 301, 333. 336, 345, 364, Petrosyan 232: Kuhdan 276; den Def'g 217: Van Schel· 112, 115, 116, 117, 129, 141, 365, 372. PafnuUeff 277: Simonson tlnga 243: Colle 2i3. 142, IH, 159, 172, 179, 180, From Gambit 153. 278: Whitaker' 3]0: TUl"!ler Evans, H. v Stine 302. 208, 209, 211. 215, 223, 246, Irregular (llee I also) 272. 375. Evans, L. v Ash i2; Burger 256, 263, 269, 273, 278, 287, 303. 300·301, 336. 33i, 364. Blackburne \' Ballard Ie; ~u ' 214;Wachs 215: Taimanoy 301. 211, 32st, 339, 351. 352. 365. kertort 153; EngUsch 2d. 230r, 232: OIJsahl 2~5; Ros· 364. 368r, 370, 371. 375. Kevitl System 240r. 2Hf, 364. Blake v Kaplan 22~. BoUmo 277. Yugoslav Def. 11-1, 246. King'. Indian Rev. 209, 312. Blui \' Anonymous 1~9 . Nimzovich Attack 308, 337. Boden II MacDonnell 313. Bodor v Tilschka 89. FEENEY v Hearst 303. DOUBLE QUEEN PAWN Queen Knight Open. 364. Feuerstein v Lombardy 345. Reti Opening 94. 120. 159. Bogolyubov v Gruenreld 295, 3• 1 P-Q4, P-Q4 Boleslavlk), v Taimanov 52; Fleissig v Schlechter 2i2. Albin Counter 216. 210. 373. Freidman \. Sliver 288. SaragoSIl Open. 365. AlatorISe\- 130; Guimard 140. Colle 95. 295, 337, 365, Friedenthal II Disguier H5, Queen's Gambit Wild Bull Open. 364. Bondarevsky II Anderson 177. Borochow v Almgren 178. Frydman \. Vidmar 2~6. Accepted 92. 139, 158, 168, Boros v LIlienthal 314. Fuderer \' Pirc 136f: :\18t3no· 280, 28i. 301, 320. 369. GAMES AT ODDS Botvinn lk v Smyslo\' 138,139, \' ich 1H ; Unzkker 309. Declined 11, IS!, 18, 33e. • in various openings 6 167, 168, IS9, 183r, 20St, 208. 73, 81, 89, 127, 129, 147. 152. 153. 209, 238, 239; NaJdorf 341; GALlA \. Gruenfeld 211. Stahlberg 373. Gelf;and \. Lawler 159. "' Symbol "c" denotu cOlier p ~,e nelCt to numbered page. Bronstein \' Alexander 82; O' Geller \" Najdor( 43; Horo· Symbol. "I" ... "ff" denote more page(') follow. Kelly 113; NaJc10rr HI. 142; wltz 269; Korchnoj 375. Denker 235; Lundin 308: Gerstein \. Xeal 320. All number relerencu refer to page numbers: monthly Inun end Golombek 3~3. GUg v Unzicker 53: Moritz with following number.: Jo:anuary 32, Feb. 64, March 96, April 128, May 160, June 192, July 224, Augult 256, Sept. 28&. Oct. 32(1, Buckle \' D1rd 152. 371. NOli. 352. Bue rg er v Lelgb 351. Gleason v Trout 30. 382 CHESS RlVIEW, DECEMBER, \954 Gligorich y Plre 10H. Krau .. v Pabon 334. Gillcks berg 66c; Bronstein SAEMISCH v Nimzovlch l c; Glucksbe rg v NaJdorf 66e. Krogius v Ojanen 129. HI. 142; Rico 273: Botvln· Plonnings 129. Godbold Y Kas hln 127 . Krooth \' T hordsen 381. nlk 341: Hobace k 371: Panno St. Leon v Morphy 289c. Golombe k v Bronstein 3~3 . Kuloth \' Berres 368. 372. Sandrln v Myers 312. Gray v Steln ltz 37 1. Kupfentlch v Andreassen 20. Neal v Gerstein 320. Sehenk v Mieses 143. Greene I' Means 158. Kuppe r v Pirc Ht: Maler 24 6. Newman v Norris 103. Sehleehter v F1elsslg 272: Gre l!> v Ellls 351. Kupsine l v Carlson 369. Nievergelt v Durasevlch 246. i\lason 282. "rover \' Gy les 103. Nimzovieh v Saemlsch I c : Schmid v Potter 144. 'uenfe ld " Alekhlne 33c; LABOURDONNA1S \' :'oIa c J ohner 97c: Rubinstein 333. Sehmltt \' Hagedorn 126. a lia 211 ; BogolyuboY 295. Do nnell 263. Norris v Newman 103. Sehroeder v Hudy 3H . Guimard I' Boles lau ky H O. Lasker, Ed v Thomas 143, Sehu lten v Kieseritzky 314. Gyles Y Gro"er 103. Schwa.rtz v Ale khine 257c. 203; Medina I H . OJANEN " Kroglus 129. Schwartz, E. v Ulves tad 278. Lasker, Em. v Stelnltz 150; O' Kelly v Bronste in, Reshe\,· Seott v Ho lmes 256. HAENN INEN v Turkka 263. )1al'oc7.Y 258; Tc h lgorin 359. sky 11 3; Hugot 27 2. Seidma.n v S her win 215, Hagedorn v Sebmltt 126, Lawler v Gelfand 159. Opsahl " E\'ans 24 5. Shahan v Cordts 95. Harrison v Relsenbaeb 22~ : La zaano v Cruz 23. Orlando v l'.[ehllng 126.· Staffer 319. Leather v Rabin 319. Sherwin \' h 'ko\' ZO: EUcher Harrwitz \' Morphy 32. 160. Lebedev \' )lIkenas 66c. 94: Seidman 215. Hava!>i v Castaldi 73. Leeper \' Dona th 339. PABON v Krauss 344. Shipman v Towse n 18 1: Win· Hawes v Stone 371. Lei gh \' Buerger 351. Paehman v Lundin 310; So· tel's 311. Hearlt, E. v Blsguler 214: Lengyel \' Pogats 89. lin 328!: Szabo 372. Silver v Freidman 288 . Lombardy 311, Llehtenheln Y Morphy 231. Pafnulleff v Blsguler Z77 . Simonson y Bisguler 278. Hearst', M. v Feeney 303. Li lie nthal \' Boros 314 . Palme r v Barry 17S. Singer v Spector 371. Hel l v K ingston 256. Lima \' De Carvalho 339. Panno \. Najdorf 372. Skoff v Anonymous 332. Paullen v MOI'phy 327: Tehl· Herbin v Pent'ose 53. Loewy v AmateUr 2~3 . Smyllov v Reshevsky 19, 277; Herma nn v Andel'Son 103. Lokvene \' Donner 26 4f. gorin 352. S tahlberg 52 : Kottnauer 117: Pavey v Vano, Turner 146: Herzbe rger v Muchand H 9. Lombudy v Mengarlni 182: Dotvln nlk 138. 139. 167, 168, Hikade v Curtis 287. Hearst 311; Feuel'steln 345 ; Kautman 180: Blsgllier 181: 169. 183!, 206f. 208, 209, 238, Keres 233 . Hi melbe rg v Koffman 6~. Knl1ppel 314. 239. Holmes v SCO U 256. Lowenthal v l\Iorphy 96. Penquite v Mye rs 116. Solin v Pachman 328!: Bas Penrole v Herbin 53: Aver Hooper v Milner·Barry 339. Lundin v Bronstein 308: yunl 343. Horowitz \' Kaufman 21: !'achman 310. bach 308: PersHz 370. Sonch v Hraso\'ech 339. Przeplorka 120: Mitchell 203: Lyma n \' :'olos kowltz 3H. Pereita v Horseman 23: Alex Soultainbeleff v Devreese 23. Dake 2H: Gelle r 269. ander 21 8; Barrelt, Penrose Speetor \. Singer 331. 3iO; Mo iseyev 371. Speyer v Rubinstein 280. Horleman v Persltz 23, MAC DO NN ELL v Labour· Hrasovech v Sonch 339. PetrOlyan v Najdorr 45: Bls· Sta.ffer v Harrison 319. donnais 263; Boden 313. guier 232. Sta.hlberg v Najdorf 16!: Hugot v O'Kelly 272. MacQueen v Deighton 287. PiIIl bury v Sampton 32 1c. S myslov 52: Botv!nn lk 373. Hurley v Van Lieshout 92. Maezy nski v P raHe n 66c. Pilnik ,. Ka ra klalc 89. Stei nitz v Lasker 150 . Maie r v K upper 2~6. Pionnings \' Saemlsch 129. Stine \' EI'a ns 302. Mareha nd \' Herzbe rger 119; IVKOV " S herwin 20: Udo Pir<: \' Ku pper 7H: Gilgoricb Stolzenberg v Allerton 295. 'ch 85. Reiss 331. 10H: Unzicker 114 ; F uderer Stone v H awes 371. Mareo v Maroczy 225. 136t. Suehobeek v Hunkel 381. Maroczy v :'ofa rco 225: Las· JANOSEVICH v Matanovleh P latz \' !tublnow 86. Szabo v Reshevsky 18; Pach· ker 258; Marsha1\ 295. Pogats v Lengyel 89. 103. man 372. Marshall, F. \' Barker 129. Porath v David Johner v NlmzO\'ich 97e. u s. Szilagyi \' Bakony! 89. Mason \. Schlechter 282. Potter \' Schmid H4. Jones, H. v Morris 2~6. Matanovieh v Janosevich Jones, J. v Taylor 354. Pratte n \' :\Iaezyns kl 66e. 103; Fuderer 144. Prindle v Homanenko 21. TAIMANOV v Najdor! 18; Means v Greene 158. Averhach 44 . 112; Boles lav Prins v Krame r 177; Kotov Medina v Lasker 144. s ky 52: Keres 112: Evans KAH N v Trucls 1i4. 3U. Meek v Morphy 128. 119. 230r. 232. Kaplan v Blake 224. Przeplorka v HOl'owlt2 120; Mehllng \. Orlando 126. T arratch v Alekhine 243. Karaklaic \' Pllnlk 89. Torre 315. Kashdan v Bisguler 276. Mengarini v Lombal'dy 182. T artakover v l'.lIeses 185 : Kuhin v Godbold 127. Mleses v Schenck 143: Tar· Keres 362f. Kaufman \' Horowitz 21: Den takover 185. RABIN \. Leather 319. Taylor v Jones 354. k er 11 5: Pavey 180. Mlkenaa v Kozlov 22: Lebe· Reise nbaeh v Harrison 224. Te higorin v Paulsen 352; Keffler v Aitken 263. dey 66c. Rein v Marchand 331. Lasker 359. Ke ll y v Kornhauser 9~. Mikulka v Alekhlne 263. Reiuman v Colon 22. Thomas v Lasker 143, 203. Mllner.Ba rry v Trott 295; Keres v Talmanov 112: Pa· Rethev.ky v Sza bo 18: Thompson, H. v 'Rubenstein I'e}' 233; Wade 308 : Ta rta· Hooper 339. S myslo\' 19, Z77: A verbaeh 159. kover 362!. Ml tehell v Horowitz 203. 84; O'Kelly 113. Thomplon, S. v Dueters 192, Mo ll eyev \. P ersitz 3il. Kevilz v Blsgu ler Hi. Rieo I' Najdor! 273. Thordlen \' K rooth 381. Moritz v GUg 3iL Kieseritzky v Schulle n 314 . Robaeek \' Najdorl 3i l. Titschka v Bodor 89. Morphy v Harr ...- itz 32. ] 60: Kingston v Helt 256. Roma.nenko v Prindle 21. T olul h v Alexander 83; Wade Knuppe l v Lombal'dy 374. Lowenthal 96; Meek 128, 119; Amateur 205: Lichtenhein Ron \' Conger 287. U3. Koffman v HlnJelbe rg 64. Ronolimo v Evans 271. Torre v Przepior ka 315, Kohlhus \' Cha 223. 237: St. Leon 289c: Paulsen Rotlev! \' Hublnsteln 289c. Towlen \' Shipman 18 1. Koom en \. Van S teen ls 307. 327. Korehnol \. Gell e r 375. Morris v Jones 246. Rouse \. Beck 320. Treybal \' RUbinstein 281. Kornhauler I' Kelly 94 . Moskowitz \' Lyma n 3H. Rubenltein \. Thompson 159. Trifunovieh v Ca staldi 314. Kostich v Rubinstein 27 9. Murphy v Turner 54. Rubinow v P latz 86. Trott v Miln er-Barry 295. Kotov v By rne 27 0, 271 : Myers v Penquite 116: San· Rubinstei n v Von Gottschall T rotti v Gleason 30. Prinz 342: Alonl 361. drln 312. 24 2; Kostleh 279: Speyer 280: Trueis v Kahn 64. '(ottnauer v SmysloY 117. Treybal 281: Rotlevl 28ge; Turkka \' Haenninen 263. ~ ozlov v ;\llke na! 22. NAJ DORF \' Stahlberg 16f: NilDzovlch 333, Turner v Murphy 54 . Kramer \' Prins 177 : Bur Talmanov 18: Geller 43; Pet Rudy \' Schroeder 374. Turner, A, \' Pavey 146: Bls · stein 310. rosyatl 45: Averbach 51: Runkel v Suchobeek 381. gulel' 147, 375. CHESS REVllW, O!CEMIIR, 1954 383 UDOV ICH v Jvkov 85 . Wall" Clayton 126. SERIALS Ulvestad v A(lams 216; Wa llis v Beaumont 23. SchwaL·tz 278. Weissman v Di sgnier 85. Chess Personal it ies by Koltanowski, Krame!' & Wren 8. ·12. 78 End_game of the Mont h by Dr. Max Euwe __ 16. 104, 183. 296 Unzic ker v Gilg 53; Pirc ]14; Whitaker y Bisgnler 31 0. Fuderel" 309; Dh end 373. Wiecking v Be rent 192 . From My Chess Memoirs by Dr. S. G. Tartakover 298. 338. 362 W ilkoff v Cotte r 30. Game of the Month by 'Dr. Euwe __• ______·16, 7·1 , J36, 206, W inter v Capablan<: a, 272; 230, 26 4, 328, 360 VAN DE N BERG v Euwe 217 . Golden Age of Chess by W. E. Napier ______15? Colle 273 . Van Lieshout v Hurley 92. A. W inte rs y ShIpman 311 . How to Win in the Middle Game by 1. Horowitz __ 24, 8 Vano v Pavey HG. 118,149.17-1, 203. 2-14, 2&. Van Scheltinga \" EUII"e 243. Odds and Evans by Larry Evans __ 39, 72, 107. 130. 186, 193c, YAN OFSKY \' Wade 116. Van Steenis v Koomen 307. 236. 306. 330, 376 Vidmar v Frydman 2,16. Yerhoff v Coe 158. Spotlight on Openings by W. Korn __ _ 11. ·18. 80, l10. 172. Von Gotterschall y Hubin· 210, 2·\0. 2n 300. 336. 36-1 stein 2~2 . ZNOSKO_BOROVSKI \" Bem White's Game is in its Last Throes (Reinre hl) H2. 272. 313 stein 13. You Too Can Win in t he End_game by Fred Reinre ld 334. 366 WACHS \' Evans 215. Zukertort v Dird, Epollreans, Wade v Tolnsh 113; Yanof Blaci(burne 153. sky 1L6: Keres 308. The Biggest Bargain in Chess Literature! CHESS REVIEW ANNUAL ARTICLES Page Volume 22 1953 in Review by Jack Straley Battell ______1 Calderon Chess Program by T . A. Dunst ______170 QUICK run·ovcr of the annual index on these pages Call Me Doct or! by Brllce Hayden ______._ . ______i6 A shows that the 22d volume of CHESS REVIEW is a veri· Chess Traps, Pitfalls &. Swindles (book excerpt) ______30·1 lable store-house of chess lore. Her ein are the annals of A. Dead Man's Playthings by David Ruffin • ______266 the year from city and statc champion s hiJl ~ up, rcmin· Ending to Remember ______345 i~eenec s serious and amu~ i llg of those familiar with the Fame by Accide nt by Bruce Hayden _. ______212 chess pagcanl uf the years, inslrucli"c analy ~es and an· Ga mes from Argentina-Soviet Union Team Match ____ 140 notalion~ by c xperls, tests of s kill in quines and in Games from U. S. A.-U. S . S. R. Team Match ____ 232. 269 J acques Mi eses (in memoriam) ______.. ______65 Solitaire Ch ess and well over 300 games, illustrated by International Team Tour nament ______• ______290 more than 500 diagrams! Labore Praetium Honoris by Jose "I. 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B the match bel ween the United Slat e~ and the So"iel 257 (:, 2Sg e . 321 <:. 353c Union, the Sovi et Unioll and Argentina, all the news of Chess Caviar (minia1UJ'e games) ____ 23, 63, 8n, 103. 2·16, 263, ille year, the USCF Championsllip and Open and the Pan 295. 339, 371 Am('rican Tournament. compl('te with pholos. The sdecled Chess Quiz (te sts of skill) ______6~ <: , J 29c. 346 Editorials ______• ______33. 3·1 best games arc an nota led by masters, and 0111(: 1' inslruc tive and hiSloric games as well. Chess lules and rel'iews Games from Recent Events (annotated mostly by of chess hookti, a ruuning s UfI'ey of opcning Ih eory, the Hans Kmoe h _ 18. 51, 82,1l2. IH. 177. 214 . 276 , 308. 341. 372 Miscellanea (odd items) __ 1, 7, 28.92. n , 96, 109. 128, 153. completion of HOI(; /0 lVil! il! 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Clear-Cut IDEAS ARE YOUR WEAPONS \ $)./5 C H ESS TH EORY hils adY;l.nced to the st age where openings a nd evaluates ind ividual movu in relation the difference betwecr'l good and bad opening p lay to basic strateg ), . ThuB the reader not on l y learnii means the differenCe between victory and defu,t. Ihc standard moves but also becomu familiar with Never before In the history o f the ~ame has it been the reilloning behind these moves a nd ean iII ppl y so important to know why some opening moves arc i t in his own games. good, why others a re bad. Each opening d iseu6sion 18 s upplemented by iI In thi s book, il noted i1l.lt hori ty presents a luc id, model lItustr~t i,,! lIi1me in "chen mo"ie" style-so step. by_step analysis of popular opening linll1i . He profusely di agramed that .t can be played o"er with_ explains the grand underlying str.. tegy of these out using board and pieces!