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TH E OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE AMERICAN CHESS FEDERATION
S~reen Stars Who Play Chess • Games from Semmering! THE PAUL MORPHY CENTENNIAL TOURNAMENT. • PAUL H . LITTLE THE CHESS MIND •.•• LAJOS STEINER WOMEN IN CHESS _ . _ _ . EDITH L. WEART MY FAVORITE END·GAME COMPOSITIONS ~ ~ - IRVING CHERNEV .-. , ~--. I OcrOBER, 1937 MONTHLY 30
We understand that one of the competitors and seems co have had time, despite bile exact. in the Ladies' Tournament put up a conspic_ ing nature of his tour, to mull over the exciting uous sign requesting spectators to maintain games Alekhine lost to Euwe (at Amsterdam, their distance; but myriads of the curious per. last year) and to Keres (at Margate. this year) . petually dangled around her table to read the A particularly delicious feature of the letter was placard! that Steiner evidently saw nothing remarkable in the fact that his friend Piklet (an excellent Budapest chess player) was leading an otches. How many 01 you know that in 1883 the tra in-of all places!-Penang! We hope to chess team of Cambridge University contested print at least part of the letter next month. a correspondence game with an insane asylum -and JOII! Here is the game: Play~d by Corr.'pond,nee December, 1883 • Ma rch, 1885 The NOVEMBER luue of THE CHESS SICILIAN DEFENSE REVIEW will be chock.full of interelt. Cambridge aedlam ing futurec-. The Chief Item will of White Black course be th.e return Match for the World Champlonlhlp, which begll n on 1 P-K4 P_QB4 14 B·Q3 K.R1 October 5; there will be 11 thorough cov_ 2 Kt.QB3 P.K3 1S Q.R5 P.B4 erage of thll event, with gllmOl, lInnota. 3 Kt-S3 Kt-QBS 16 Kt-K2 Q.Q3 tlonl, plcturll, anecdot .. lind Impottant 4 P.Q4 PxP 17 Kt.Q4 Q.K4 opening innovation I. WI hope to rlceive 5 KtxP B-KtS 18 Kt.SS Q.Kt2 lome games from the Botvlnnlk-L.even. 6 Kt.Kt5 Kt.BS 19 Kt.R4 R.KKtl fish match (allo Itarted on Octoblr 5) 7 P-QRS BxKtch 20 P.KKt3 Q·B3 in time for Inclusion In the next I ..ue, 8 KtxB P.Q4 21 P.KB4 R·Kt5 Other features will be: Or. H"nnllk'i r. 9 PxP PxP 22 QR.Kl QR.KKt1 port of the Semmerlng Tourn"ment, 10 B-KKt5 8.K3 23 Kt.Kt2 R(1).Kt3 which we were unable to publlih In thia 11 8.K2 0 .0 24 R)(B PxR iaaue becaUse of the postponement of the 12 0.0 Kt. K2 2S 8·K2 R.R3 tourney
."" Star MYRNA LOY, Met ro·Gol dwyn.Mayer Star
Started playing chess while attending Colum_ B~came interested in chess after watching bia University, and its logical prinri/,Ies were Regmald Owen and Frank Morgan play. She a great fascination for him. He plays rcquently has known the moves for about a year, and toJay, often with Warren Newcombe, the plays occasionally. She has no great knowledge painter and art director at the studios, and of the game, hut she is learning steadily. with Emil Sceberg, an electrician in the studio still department, w,ho is particularly expert. They often play on the set between scenes. One Durin,!; the F. I. D. E. Conferences at Stock. game of chess took two weeks to play during holm, Rournania·s bid for a team tourney next the making of T he GOl"geollJ Hlissy because of year at Blicharest was accepted. Tone's frequent calls to the camera and See_ Uruguay was admitted to membership in the berg's to his own work. One day only one Federation, paving the way for a joint invita. move was made in the entire day. tion by Uruguay and the Argentine for a team Tone has played chess [or nearly tcn years. tournament to he held at Buenos Aires in 1939. The cost of such a congress is estimated at a Carlos Guimard, one of the Argentine re_ mere .$6.5 ,000, which includes maintenance and presentatives at Stockholm, interrupted his re_ all travelling expenses of the participating turn trip long enough to participate in the players. The most e<:onomiraJ way of bring. Prem ier T ournament at Worcester, where he [fig the European masters to the tournament tied for first with A. R. B. Thomas ( 5Y2- would doubtless be by a spe<:ially chartered I Yz ). Or. A. Seitz was third ahead of a ship, and this suggestion has already been closely bunched field. By an interesting coin. made. cidence, it happens that Worces ter Cathedral contains the remains of the monk who wrote Frank Marshall still retains all his famous the earliest work on chess in Europe (twelfth skill at simultaneous displays. At the co nclu. century! ) . sian of the Stockholm Tournament .he paid a visit to Holland, during the course of which T he H ungarian Championship has been an. he gave two consultation exhibitions- at Am. nexed by the brilliant }'oung master L. Szabo sterdam on five boards against 10 pla)·ers (3 from a good field, although neither of the wins and 2 draws) and at Rotterdam on nine Steiners was able to participate. Leading boards against 18 players (6 wins and 3 scores: Szabo 91;2- 51;2, E. Gerchen and K. draws) . A subseguent exhibition at Biarritz, Havasi 8Yz- 6Yz, G. Kluger 8- 7, Z. Balla in France, resulted in a clean sweep on 24 and B. Hocnlinger (Austria) 7Y2 - 7Y;z· boards for the American master. 223 The Paul Morphy Centennial Tournament By PAUL HUGO LITTLE
PART II. Saturday afternoon, August 28, was desig_ After three rounds of play Herman Steiner nated as the opening day of the masters' finals. of Los Angeles led with three straight wins. Eleven players who had proved their right to Considering his miraculous recovery ftom near enter the [mal competition were ready to begin death in an automobile accident in California Flay, the twelfth place being reserved for I. A. recently, Steiner's play was remarkable. Polland, llorowitz, member of the victorious U. S. team however, had served notice of his good form at Sto~kholm and winner of the last A. C. F. by beating Treysman and Morton in consec~ wngress at Phi ladelphia. utive rounds. On Friday evening, however, a telephone In the fourth round Steiner was held to a messaSe was re ceived from Horowitz in New draw by Polland. Treysman, playing strongly, York. The Gripsholm, bearing him home beat Morton to take second place. Jaffe and from Sweden, had been delayed two full days Grigorieff, with 2Y2 each, assumed third posi by North Atlantic storms, and he found him_ tion. In the fifth round Steiner beat Cohen to self unable to reach Chicago by game time. make his score 4Y2 out of a possible 5. Such Moreover, the fatigue of a long ocean voyage a start in a short tournament was extremely and the added strain of rushing immediately to important, and many of the spectators had al_ Chicago without rest had decided him asainst ready conceded the tourney to Steiner. taking part in the tournament. The sixth round marked Steiner's downfall. So, to the regret of all the entrants, the He lost to Morton trying to force the game. masters' tourney began as scheduled without the Polland scored an im?ortant win over Jaffe, presence of Horowitz, who waS ex:,e:ted to although luck played its part in this game, Jaffl'l fight it out for first honors with Treysman and losing a piece through an oversi:;ht. Polland Steiner. It was decided that no other player thus tied with Steiner with 4%. Grigorieff, should assume the vacancy, so that eleven players the sClrprise of the tournament, beat Trcysman formed the final group. in a fine game to score 3 Y2, good enough for The Holland system, used in the other se:_ se:ond place. Jaffe and T reysman remained half tions as well, p.rovided th~t th: m3sters should a point behind. be paid according to theu pomts. One hun_ Steiner's bad luck continued. In the seventh dred dollars was the first prize, with premiums roand he secured a won _~ame a<;ainst Treysman being paid for each win st artin '~ at $2.00, the by virtue of attacking play, only to blunder in second win getting $4.00, the third $6.00 and time pressure and finalfy lose on the time limit. so on. Polland beat MacMurray to take first place with
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5 Y2, a point a~ad of Steiner. Steiner at thl3 first prize. Playing away from home may have time Wal suffering from a bad atrack of hay had wmething to do with his temporary falling fever. In the eighth round Polland won again, off. His Joss to Polland was the result of a this time against Marchand. Steiner beat miscalculation in a drawn position. He lost to Grigorieff, but was still a point behind Polland. Grigorieff through trying (or too much at once T reysman had scored 5, being half a point a characteristic fault. ' behind Steiner. Ma:::Murray played fine chess, getting stronger Jaffe came to the fore in the ninth round toward the last and finishing well. In his first to beat the sli pping Steiner, while Polland round game with Steiner, he resisned when he scored a rather easy win over Cohen. Marchand a:tually had a drawing linc. He was outplayed got Treysman into great difficulties, finally by Polland, but thereafter lost no more games drawing. Treysman thus tied Steiner at ~Y2 and scored 3Y.z out of his last 4 games. each, while Polland's score was 7Y2 . Gri~orieff waS the surprise of the tourna~nt. In the tenth round Polland drew a bye, and Long known as a star for the University of won the tournament! MacMurray, slow in Chicago chess team, he showed a fi ne brand of starting, showed his ability by beating Treys. attackins chess which netted him points against man to make it certain that no one could tie Polland, Tre/sman and Jaffe. Jaffe suffered Polland's KOte of 7Y2. Morton, MacMurray from a throat cold during the critical part of and Grigorieff eaoh had a score of ~, holding the tournament, and was unable to show his a tie for fourth place half a point behind full strength. Hnhlbohm did creditably after n Treysman. Steiner played his last game early bad start, and Morton redeemed himself after in the afternoon against Mugridge for a score losing his first three games. Marchand gave a of 6Y2 and second place. !~ood account of himself in strong competition. In the last round Polland, sure of /irst prize, Mugrid.~e was disappointing. Cohen found that business interfered with tournament chess. played coffeehouse chess against Hahlbohm and lost. Steiner drew a bye. T reysman and CONSOL A TION MASTERS Jaffe agreed to a 20.move draw. Grigorieff could only draw against Mugridge, while Mac. W 011 LoSl D rtfwlI Poillls A . E . Sa ntuu~re...... ) I 3 6% Murray won a short game against Morton to M. Stark ...... ) 226 slip into II third place tie with Treysman. And S. O,her ...... ) } 1 )% thus the tournament ended. A.E.Elo ...... 4 32) David S, Polland of New York, the new W. Sue$m~n ..... , .... 3 4 2 4 E.Gordon ...... 4 ) 0 4 champion of the American Chess Federation, J. Wimer ...... 3 ) I 3Vl thoroughly deserved his victory. He played W . L. Murduck ...... 2 ·1 3 3Yl sound if not always brilliant chess, and his tine E. CZ'lpski ...... 3 ) I 3V2 physical condition helped him greatly to with. W. W. Patrick ...... 3 ) I 3Y2 stand the trials of heat and two rounds every Santasierc partly redeemed himself for his other day. H is /inest games were against fai lure to Cju alify, losing only to Stark-who Mug ri dge and MacMurray. Against the former squeezed into second place at the last minute. he won II fine ending with Bishops of opposite Osher was expected to do better. Elo p layed color; against the latter he played a splendid well. Suesman and Gordon ·put up stiff oppo. positional game. Polland re<:ently won the New sition. York State championship at Cazenovia, and - _.- with this latest victory proves that J1C is onc of C LASS A America's foremost experts. His positional 1"'011 Lo<1 Dfall'lI I'll;'''' judgment is sound, and he is without fear. l Pm,,~ ...... 8 (J I 8\!2 With thcse two qualities he should go far. A F.D~Vrit s ...... 6 306 J. Wjsserm~ nn ...... 4 2 3 '\!2 likable- fellow with a wealth of good humor, F. H 1,.~rd . . .. ' ...... , 1\ 0 , Polland broug ht off a very popular win. E. N:lSh ...... ~ 4 0 ) Steiner was unfortunate toward the end. He E. W",,,,ly .... , ...... ; 4 I 4\!2 played some of the finest chess of the entire It. C.ovtVUIi ...... :2 1\ 3 3 \!1 (i. P'p'r'ngus ...... ' ~ 2 . } tournament, constantly attacking. His losses to E. G :>I,lslt i...... I ~ 3 2\!1 Morton and Treysman demoralized him. Never. E Tcplinsk, ...... 1 1 I 1Yl theless, his second place must be regarded as Juli~l S Partos walked away with the tourna. an outstanding achievement. ment, plavinr, cffortlessly and in his usual rapid Treysman disappointed everyone. After his t ransit style. DeVries, in his /irst real test, did brilliant showing in the 1936 U. S. champion. well; Wassermann and Hazard played enter. ship tournament, he was expected to carry away prisingly. 226 TH E C HE SS REVI E W
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Upper Left : G. TREYSMAN VS. ( D. POLLAND
Upper Righi : C. JAFF E vs. D. MUGRIDGE
Center Left: O. Mae MURRAY VS. H . STEINER. H. HALBOHM with back to STEINER
Center Right: E. MARCHAND vs. I W . GRIGORIEFF I, I, Lower Left : MRS. F ISCHER VS. ,, , MRS. GAAU , "" , , ,' Lower Right : J . PARTOS VI. B. ," WINKELMAN
i I, --- -' - ,~ - .. CourtCS1 A FORCEFUL CON CLUSIO N 31 R. Kt3 R.Kt2 37 K.Q3 R.QSch Kt.R6 R.KtSch R.Q7ch A. C. F. Congress . Augus t, 1931 32 K -B2 33 K .B2 R·B5ch K ·Kt3 R. Kt7c h QUEEN'S PAWN OPENING 34 K-K3 P·Kt4 40" K .R4 RxPch 35 R.Q8ch K.B2 " Resigns H . M ort on G. TreYlma n 36 R.QR8 Kt.9 5ch W hite Black 1 P.Q4 P .Q4 16 BxBch Q" 2 P.QB4 P.QB4 17 8_83 Kt. Kt3 3 BPxP Q.P 18 P_B4 B·S2 4 Kt_KB3 P.P 19 PxP Q.P 5 Kt_B3 Q_QR4 20 QA.Q1 Q. K3 6 KtxP P·K4 21 Q.B3 0·0 7 Kt_Kt3 Q. 82 22 QxP B.P REMEMBER 8 KI.QS Q.Q2 23 KI.SS Q.9 S 9 P-K4 Kt.QB3 24 Kt_Q7 B,B TO RENEW 10 8.Q2 8 -0 3 25 PxB KR.Kl 11 R_B1 0 _01 26 Q. KI3 QR·9 1 YOUR 12 B.QKtS 8.Q2 27 R·B3 R· K2 13 0 -0 KKt.K2 28 QxQ R.Q SUBSCRIPTION 14 Q-RS KhKt 29 R.Q2 P.B3 15 PxKt Kt.K2 30 Kt·Kt8 Kt. K4 OCTOBER, 1937 227 CLASS B (Double Round) Ps (after 10 . .. P·QKt3; 11 ... P-QKt3, PxP ; 12 Won Losl Drawn Points PxP etc.) migh t perhaps maybe be weak. A. Martin ...... 8 1 1 81f2 11 BxP P.QKtS H. M. Woods ...... 6 3 1 61f2 12 0-0 B.Kt2 P. H. Little ...... 3 2 5 51f2 1S QR_Q1 Kt_K2 B. B. Price ...... 3 4 3 41f2 14 B-Q2 .••• K. D. Holland ...... 3 6 1 31f2 V-el·y good and the only correct move to A.B.Guild ...... l 8 11% counteract a Kt at Q4. Martin is capable of play in a much higher 14 . . . . Kt(K2)_Q4 section. Woods played tenaciously. Little If my opponent had now resigned, I wouldn't skittled his games, being content to see how hav-e been much surprise d! After all, he has time he could use for each game. an isolated QP and my minor pieces are gems, little just sparkling from their pOints of vantage. But you see, John is rather old-fashioned; I don't think he realizes what a terrible thing an WOMEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT Isolated Pawn is- but he doeS' know how to attack one's King- just watch him! 117 on Lost Drawn Points 15 Kt_K5 R_B1 Mrs.J.F.Grau ...... 6 1 06 16 Q-QS Q_K2 Mrs. R. Fischer ...... 4 2 1 4V2 17 P_B4 Mrs. Redding ...... 4 2 1 4V2 • • • • Mrs. D. Debrow ...... 4 3 0 4 There we are! Looks rather formidable, Mrs. Hillman ...... 3 3 1 3V2 doesn't it? After a half hour r took oue of Miss Grayson ...... 3 4 0 3 my miuorpieces and said-"P hooey!"; P-B5 Mrs. Be<:ker ...... 1 5 1 IV2 must not be. Mrs. Paulson ...... 1 6 0 1 17 . . . . Kt-Q2 Mrs. Grau will be remembered as the girl Santasiere who drew with Alekhine in his blindfold CXJhi_ bition in 1933 at the World's Fair. Mrs. Fischer and Mrs. Redding made a good showing. (This fillely contested Kame il1dicates that SanlasieJ"e's jai/m·e to quafify at Chicago was due 10 badflck and not to bad play; and we believe that readen will partiCIIlarJy relish the waggish tOile of his al1notatiolls.) A. c. F. ·Congress Chicago _ September, 19S7 INDIAN DEFENSE (Notes by A. E. Santasiere) J. Winter A. E. Santaslere White Black Apparently White can win the exchange by 1 P-Q4 Kt_KBS BxKt and B-Kt4. But II 18 BxKt, KtxKt ! 19 2 P_QB4 P_KS BPxKt (01" 19 QPxKt, Q-B4ch etc.), BxB; 20 S Kt_QBS B_Kt5 B-Kt4, Q-Kt4 threatening mate. 4 Q.B2 0-0 18 B_R2 KR_Q1 19 B_Kt1 P_B4 Allowing 5 P·K4, which, according to Polland, Black n1~ed not fear- despite White's imposing Preventing mate and securing an outl)ost for center. I wanted to test his theory against my aKtatK5. 75·year old opponent, who, however, disap 20 Q-RS Kt(Q4).BS pointed me twiCe: he didn't play 5 P-K4, and Anothel· bit of perfection returns in a chas he didn·t play like an old man. H e play-ed like tened mood to prevent P-KKt4 (temporarily a Whirlwind and 1 was all but -swept off my old Joh n is not to be ,prev-ented). feet! 21 B_Kt4 Q-K1 Kt_BS P_B4 5 22 KR-K1 P-QR4 6 P-KS • • • • 2S B-Q6 Kt_K5 PxP is preferable. 24 KtxKt QxKt 6 • • • • Kt_BS 25 B-K5 • • • • 7 B_Q2 PxP With oSuch a Bishop as guardian, an isolated 8 PxP P-Q4 Pawn becomes as strong as if it had been 9 P-QRS BxKt raised on cod liver oil! 10 BxB PxP 25 . . . . B-Q4 P layed immediately, because I t hought an 26 P-KKt4 R-BS isolated Pawn might be w-eak, whereas hanging Attempting (feebly) to double up-do open 228 T HE CHE SS REVIEW flle3 mean nothing ! Just as Isol atetl Paw ns 35 Q.Q3 Q . Kt~h meal! no1 hl l1g1 ! ... B·K5! wi ns at once; I had no lime rOf 27 B·Q3 Q_K B 2 pfob[em moves. 23 P·Kt5 Q_Kt2 36 R_Kt3 R _Kt7~h Hoping to guard the white squar es- but m y 37 K_B1 R, R oppon ent, with his next move, claims those 36 PxR R.QB1 while t qUll.l' es for hiS very own. Simplest, In view of my next lIlove; th' 29 Q_Bl Q_KB2 thl'eat is a pin or the Queen. • A plague on Y O~lr w h ite SQuares! Let 's t ry 39 K .B2 B.K5! t h2 K side; bilt t he enemy Is aler t. 40 Qx B Q,R 41 9 .B7 , , 30 R_Kl P _R4 · . • P layed In d lsgust-a l leasl the K side b t o be A d ying th rust [rOm a gallant gladiator ! blocked. My one consolation Is the open fl.le on 41 . . . , Q·Kt6 which T e~n't double Rook s! By the way, 30 42 Q-96 · ...... Q-R4 (Instead of the text) looks good, but Otherwise a. check on the file wins: the B. then I'ollows 31 B K2 and R·RS. The text must 4 2 . . . . (lxPch not be answered by 31 P xP e. p. fo r then . .. 43 K_6 1 Q-KtSch Q-Kt3ch is deadly. (Not w ithout a sigh of relief! ) 31 BxKt! • • • 44 K-BZ QxP a nd w in, Ve ry we ll played, a nd haying in m ind P -Kt6 ete. A critical situation : I intended 31 . . . BxB, thinking that on 32 P·KtS, Q-K2; 33 Q·RS A. C. F. Congress I had I!. sumcient defense In 33 ... P-R5, but I sairl to myself, "It looks fi shy- but why ?" And Chicago - August, 1937 then, with vital minutes t icking away, I saw It FRENCH DEFENSE at last- 34 R·KKt3! followed by RKt5 and (Notes by Harold Morton) wins ! So I played the alternati ve in a hurry. H . Morton J. Partos 31 . . . . W hite Black 32 P-Kt6 • • • • 1 P_K4 P.K3 B:J,( here he overl'e achea himself- he should 2 P.Q4 p .Q4 h:1.Ve been content with draw by challenging a 3 PxP P KP l h ~ open file. 4 B-Q3 B·Q3 32 . . . . Q-B4 5 Kt-QB3 P.QB3 33 R_KKt3 P-K6! 34 Rx P . . . Kt·K2 followed by ' . BKS .. , aiming at R-B7 a formation t) resently a ccomplished by White with advantage, would give the secQnd player a pproximate eQuali ty he re. A H A L L UCI NATION ! G KKt_K2 B-KKtS 7 P.B3 B.R4 8 B.KB4 Q·B2 9 Q.Q2 Kt·Q2 10 0 -0 ·0 0 -0 .0 11 KR. Kl • • • • White striv es to maintain his lead In devel oDment, a preferable course to 11 P-KKt4, B {{ ta: 12 QBxB, QxD ; 13 Kt·Kt3 etc. 11 . . . . B.Kt3 12 QBxB QxB 13 Q.B4 K-82 A very democratic King. H e works too! 14 QxQch K ~ Q 15 Kt.B4 Kt. K2 16 R-Q2 a, a 17 KtxB • • • • One must view w ith suspicion a plan of "'rb velopm en t w herein a t move 17 the King is the Steiner most advanced piece ! h [8 W hite's move. H e is confron ted w ith 17 . . . . Kt.KKt3 the threat of . .. K-K5 gObbling up some im· 18 QR.K2 Kt.Bl portant Pawns. But Steiner, an experienced 19 Kt.K 5! • • • • "swindl er," plays: White's systematic efforts to avoid loss of 48 B.Kt6! • • • • time in development have borne fruit. Now he Where upon Black resig ned! It Is true that gets a permanent grIt) on the J)os ltJon. after 48 ... PxB, 49 P·B7 or 48 ... B·Q1? 49 19 . . . . KR.K91 BxP ! he would be lost! But there was an easy 20 P.KKt3 Kt. Ktl draw by 48 .. . K-K5 (or . .. K-B5) ; 49 BxP, Oddly, Black 18 almos t without m oves! O[ K·Q4. course not 20 ... QR·Kl; 21 K txPc h ! OCTOBER, 193 7 229 21 Kt-Q3 Kt_B3 22 Kt-Q1 QR_K1 23 Kt_KS R-B1 11iniature (}anles Again KtxPch was threatened. 24 Kt_KS KtxKt? from Chicago • Black has patrolled his shrunken territory AN ANCIENT TRAP carefully, but now he appears to lose patience. The t ext loses qnickly ; necessary Is ... Kt-K2, RUY LOPEZ arter which, if B lack's K Is agile, he may avoid S. S. Cohen E. Gordon the free-kicking Kts and otrer a prolonged White Black and not at all hopeless- resistance. 1 P_K4 P_K4 KtxKtch B_K2 25 Kt_BSch K_Q2 2 Kt_KBS Kt-QB3 10• KtxB KtxQ 26 RxKt P_KKtS 3 B_KtS P-QR3 11 Kt_Kt6ch Q_K2 27 R_K7ch K_Q1 4 B_R4 Kt_B3 12 KtxQ K-Q1 28 Kt_Q6 R_B2 S 0·0 KtxP 13 KtxB KtxBP 29 KtxKtPch K_B1 6 R_K1 Kt_B4 14 KxKt RxKt SO RxReh KxR 7 Kt_BS KtxB 15 P_Q4 P_QS S1 R.K7eh K_Kt3 8 KtxP Kt(RS)xKt1 16 B_Q2 and wins S2 Kt.BS Resigns The th~at Is 33 R-Kt7ch, K-R4; 34 P-Kt4 mate_ The only preventive Is 32 . . . R-QKt1; 33 RxBP, K t any and 34 Kt-Q7ch wins easily. FORTU N E FAVORS THE BRAVE! FRENCH DEFENSE E. Nash K. D. Holland Cute Capers from Chicago White Black "Steamship" Cohen, fat igued from the ardors 1 P_K4 P.KS 11 P.KR4 PxP of a 'hard game, betook himself to a nearby 2 P_Q4 P·Q4 12 B·QS KtxKtP restaurant where .he was wont to eat. The same 3 Kt.QBS B-KtS 13 B.Kt6?! K_Q2 4 P.KS P-QB4 14 BxBP KtxPch waitress who had served him before, ap_ 5 B_Q2 p,p 1S K.K2 KtxR 'preached. "What did I have for lunch yester_ 6 Kt-Kt5 B-B4 16 BxKPch! KxB? day?" Cohen asked musingly, "for I must watch 7 P·QKt4 B.K2 ... K -B3 was abso my diet. " The waitress knitted her brows. 8 Q.Kt4 P.KKt4 lutely essential. 9 Q-R5 Kt-QBS 17 KKtxPch K.Q2 Cohen knitted his. Neither seemed to remem_ 10 Kt_KBS P.KR3 18 P.K6 mate ber. Then a great light dawned on Cohen. Yesterday he had had no lunch. FAULTY DEVELOPMENT Let these few lines be a testimonial to D . H . FOUR KNIGHTS' GAME Mugridge. If there had been a!riZe for keep_ D. MacMurray H. Morton ing the neatest score, ·he woul have won it. White Black For contrast, Treysman's score looked like a 1 P-K4 P_K4 10 R.K1 Kt.Q3 scribble from the Ming dynasty. 2 Kt-KB3 Kt.QB3 11 Q.Kt4 Q_BS 3 Kt_B3 Kt_BS 12 B.R3 R_Q1 There was one very helpful kibitzer at the 4 B·KtS B_KtS 13 R. K3 Kt-B4 S 0 .0 0·0 14 R_B3 P.Q4 tourney. He had a habit of looking at the 6 BxKt KtPxB 1S Q-RS P. Kt3 games, analyzing them for a few moments, and ( . . . QPxB! ) 16 Kt.Kt4 Q_R1 ? then passing judgment by giving vent to an 7 KtxP R.K1 17 Q.KtS B.KS audible "Oy!" which signified that someone was 8 P·Q4 BxKt 18 RxKt Resigns in difficulty. This greatly facilitated matters 9 PxB KtxP for the spectators, since all they had to do was There is 110 hope fo!' him after 18 ... BxR; 19 Kt·R6ch. K ·Kt2; 20 KtxBch, K-Kt1; 21 B·K7! to find out who was in "Oy!" and they could promptly betake themselves to that particular game. The old story about the brand of liguor Gen_ Treysman came through with a neat adage. eral Grant used was paraphrased a bit. Someone A player from one of the minor tournaments ap_ suggested that the other players ought to go out proached him with a request to look over a po_ and get themselves in an automobile wreck so sition. Treysman obliged, made a few moves, that they could start out like Steiner. and paused to ponder. " Ifs a book draw," the player asserted. Treysman made a few more Ardent admirer (rushing up to Morton) : moves and won. Upon which he delivered him_ "You just can't lose today, Harold!" Harold self as follows: "What good is the book if you (gravely) : "You are right. Today I have a don't know it and your opponent doesn't play bye." ..·t' ·. 230 TH E CHESS R EVIEW Women in Chess Mar;haiJ C. C. JY/omen'; TOllTfll1melll-The preliminari es fo r the annual women's tourna_ Stockholm- There were twenty.six entries ment of the Marshall G less Club fo r possession in the women's tournament at Stockholm, of th:e Hazel Allen trophy are scheduled to start cheeri ng evidence that women everywhere are ~ ate In October. All women interested in play_ taking an increasing interest in the most fascin. Ing should communicate at once with Mrs. ating of games. Under the Monrad system Frank Marshall, 2.3 W . 10th St., New York used in this tournament (not entirely success· ~ i ty . We hop: all the :-V0me~ chess players ful, we understand) each woman had but four. In the metropolttan area, lOc1udtng those wi th. teen opponents. As was generally ex-pected, out expe~ience in tournament play, will sign Miss Vera Menchik retained her title of Woman up for thIS tournament. Chess Champion of the W orld, with a clean Gouip-We have learned that Miss Sonia score of fourt~n wins. The surprise of the Graf is 'planning to come to America. We hope tournament was Miss Benini's out.placing Miss this .promised visit materi ali zes, for we'd like Sonia Graf. It will be remembered that in tilt: to see her play some matches with American Semmering tournament of 1936 ( in which Miss women, for instance with Mrs. Jean Moore Menchik did not play) Miss Benini finished in Grau, the Woman Champion of the American second place, two and one-half points behind Chess Federation and wifh Mrs. Adele Rivero, Miss Graf. Our American representative, Mrs. the Woman Champion of the National Chess Mary Bain, of the Marshall Chess Club of N ew Federation. This latter match would be es_ York City, made a very creditable showing in pecially interesting for the spectators, though ch is, her n rst venture in the international arena, ie might also be rather painful, for both these finishing in fifth place, only one-half point young women are reputed to be high_strung, below Miss Graf. nervous players. W e'd also like to see Miss The leading scores: Graf entered in one of our women's tourna. Miu Vera Menchilc, CzuboJ/of'ajia .... . 1-1 ments, so that we can measu re our skill against Miu Clark~ Benini, llai, ...... 10 Miu Sonia Graf, GeTma", ...... 9 this young woman who is rapidly gaining an Miss Mi ldll Laubme, l..aJ"ia ...... 9 international reputation.- E, L W . Mrs. Mary Bain, U. S. If...... 8Vz Miss May Ka rff, Palm ine ...... 8 Worct!IIr-With her appetite for chess un· T H E MORE EXPER1ENCED PLAYER W INS diminished at the dose of the Stockholm tour Ll d l'" T ournament nament, Mrs. Mary Bain entered the Centenary Stockholm _ Au gust , 1937 Cong ress of the Worcester (England) Chess QUEEN'S GAMBIT DECLINED Club. Play ing in the Class "A" Section, she out_placed her five male opponents to finish in Mis. Menchi k Mrs. Bain Black fi rst place with a score of 3y'!: - 1~. White Chicag()-We we re unable to understand why 1 P_Q4 K t-K B3 20 Q-R4 B-Q' 2 P_Q B4 P-K3 21 K t-K t5 Q-Q2 no women entered the Congress of the Amer 3 K t-QB3 p-Q4 22 Kt-B3 QxQ ican Chess Federation. We ca.n only suppose 4 Kt-B3 QK t·Q2 23 K t xQ QR-B1 that undue modesty made them overestimate the 5 B·Kt5 B.K2 24 K t-B3 K R-Q1 S P_K3 0 ·0 25 K_ B2 K-81 skill of the mascul ine entries. Certainly Jack 7 R.B1 P.B3 26 K t_ R2 B_RS of interest in chess was not the reason for their 8 P.QR3 R.K1 27 QRx R aruence, for seven women entered the speCial 9 Q.B2 P_K R3 28 K-K1 K_K' x'2 women's tournament which the Federation 10 B-R4 Kt_R4 29 R.Q4 R_B2 sponsored. We regret that none of the women 11 BxB Q,B 30 Kt.Kt4 B_Kt4 12 Kt-K5 P.KB4 31 K _Q2 P.QR4 on the eastern seaboard made the trip to Chi_ 13 B_Q3 K Kt-B3 32 K t _B2 B_BS cago, but as we could not enter the tournament 14 P_B4 KtxKt 33 R_Q6 P_QKt4 ourselves, we are in no position to be critical! 15 QPxKt Kt_KS 34 Kt-Q4 P_R5 (See the report of t he Congress in this iss ue 16 0 -0 P_QKt3 35 R-K t6 B-QS 17 Px P BPx P 36 Rx Pch K_B2 fo r the resufts of the Tournament. ) 18 Bx Kt QPx 8 37 R_B6 ' x' Probl,") Edilor- Problems aren't our field 19 K R-Q1 B-R3 38 KtxR Reslgnl and we aren't very well informed on the sub. ject, but in the past this has been a field pre. empted by men. Being loyal to our sex, we . c. J. S. Purdy, who seems to have a first lien send up three cheers for M iss Pauline Papp of on the Australian Championship, has retained Cleveland who is pioneering in the specialty. his t itle fo r 1938 by winning matches from h is She has just been appointed p roblem editor of two outstanding riva ls, G, Koshnitzky and M . the Mid_WtI1J Chlu New.r. E. Goldstein. OCTOB ER , 1937 231 13 Kt_K2 Q-K1 27 Q·R2 S,S The Semmering Tournament 14 B_KB4 Kt_K5 28 BPxB Q.K2 As we go to press, we learn of the magnifi_ 15 Kt_K5 KtxKt 29 Q-R6 B.Q2 16 BxKt Q_KtS SO R-KB1 p, p cent victory achieved by Paul Keres in the tour_ 17 Kt-B4 Q_RS S1 R_B6 B-Kl nament for grand masters at Semmeri ng. The 18 BxKt BPxB S2 KR_KB1 B-B2 final scores were: 19 K_K2 P.KtS 33 Q.B4 Q_Q2 20 P_KKt4 BxRP 34 QxP P_KR4? Won LoJ! 21 P_Kt5! Q,P 35 RxB R,R P...... 9 5 22 QR_KKt1 R...... 8 6 RxKt! 36 QxPch R_Kt2 23 PxR Q-Q1 37 QxP R.Kt6ch J. R...... 7V2 6V2 24 P-BS! B_B3 S...... 7V2 6% 38 K-B2 R_Kt2 25 PxP R_R2! 39 K-K1 Q_Q1 S...... 77 26 K_K3 ' R.KKt2 40 R_B6? Q,P V...... 6 8 E- ...... • •.•.. 6 8 Both players were in great time pressure, V. Petrov ...... 5 9 whiCh explains White's blunder on his last Keres' victory was no fluke. H e played the move (40 R-KRl wins, very quickly). After the most enterprising chess and fully earned his text the game was given up as a draw. triumph. A full report, supplemented by an_ notated games, will appear in the November Issue.• A BEAUTiFULLY PLAYED ENDING BY FLOHR A TIME PRESSURE ORGY Semmering Tournament Semmering Tournament September, 1937 September, 19S7 . INDIAN DEFENSE INDIAN DEFENSE E. Eliskases S_ Flohr V.Petrov P. Keres White Black White Black 1 P_Q4 Kt-KB3 30 PxP P-QKt4 1 P_Q4 Kt_KBS 2S Q-KtS P.KS 2 P_QB4 P_KKt3 31 K-Q2 P.QR4 2 P.QB4 P_KKtS 26 PxKP Q-K2 S Kt.QBS P-Q4 32 K-Q3 K_B3 S Kt.QBS B_Kt2 27 B_B2 B_RS 4 B.B4 B_Kt2 3S B_B3 K_K2 4 P_KKtS P_Q4 28 R_Ktt KtxP 5 P-K3 0·0 34 P._KR4 P-R3 5 B.Kt2 PxP 29 P_K4 Kt_B5 6 Kt_B3 P.B4 35 B_Ql K_Q1 6 Q_R4ch P-BS SO P_Q5 Kt_Kt4 7 BPxP KtxP 36 P_R4 p," 7 QxP(B4) 0-0 S1 PxPch K_Kt2 8 B.K5 KtxKt 37 BxP K.B2 8 Kt_BS B_KS S2 PxP QxP 9 PxKt p,p 38 B_B2 K-Kt3 9 Q_QS Kt_RS SS B-Kt2 P.B4! 10 BxB K,S 39 K.B3 K_Kt4 100-0 Q.R4 S4 QR_B1? K-R2 11 BPxP Q-R4ch 40 K_Kt3 K_B4 11 Kt_K5 KR_Q1 35 P_KR4?Kt(4)_R6ch 12 Q.Q2 Kt_B3 41 K-R4 Kt-BS 12 R_Q1 Kt_B4 36 BxKt KtxBch 13 B-K2 R.Q1 42 B_Ktl Kt_Q7 13 Q.Kt1 B.B4 37 K-Kt2 KtxB 14 QxQ KtxQ 43 B_B2 Kt-B8 14 P.QKt4 Q-B2 38 KxKt BxR 15 0-0 B_K3 44 KxP KtxP ... BxQ? loses a39 RxB PxP 16 P·K4 B_Kt5 45 K_R4 Kt-R4 piece. 40 P.R5 R_B1ch 17 KR-Ql P_K3 46 K_Kt3 K-QS 15 Q_Kt2 Kt-K3 41 K-K2 Q_Kt4ch 18 K-B1 BxKt 47 K-Kt4 Kt_B3 16 B_KS Kt-Q2 42 Q-B4 QxQch 19 BxB QR-B1 48 P-Q8 P_Kt4 17 P_B4 P_KKt4!? 43 RxQ PxP 20 R.Q2 P-K4 49 PxP p,p 18 QR_B1 PxP 44 KtxRP QR-K1 21 P-Q5 Kt.B5 5() K_Kt5 P-KtS 19 PxP Kt(Q2)-Bl 45 Kt_Kt3 R-B5 22 R_K2 Kt-QS 51 B-Q1 P.Kt6 20 Kt_K4 P-B3 46 Kt.R5? R_B6 23 R_Ktl R-B5 52 B_B3 K-K6 21 Kt-Kt3 B_Kt3 47 P.R3 QR_KB1 24 P-Kt3 R(1)_QB1 53 B_R1 K_B7 22 KtxB PxKt 48 RxP K.Kt3 25 B_Kt2 R-B8ch 54 K _B6 P.Kt7 2S P_B5 Kt_BS 49 R_R4 R(1)_B4 26 RxR RxRch 55 BxP K,S 24 B_BS Kt_Q4 Resigns 27 R_K 1 RxRch 56 P_Q7· KtxP 28 KxR P-B4 57 KxKt K-B6 29 P-B3 p," Resigns CAPA IN ADVENTUROUS MOOD Semmering Tournament Shortly after his return to Europe, Lajos October, 19S7 Steiner participated in a quadrangular double_ QUEEN'S GAMBIT DECLINED round tourney at Zoppot, Germany. Evidently J_ R. Capabianca V. Ragozl n not fully recovered from the fatiguing return White Black trip, Steiner came a poor third with 2Y2; - 3Y2;. 1 P.Q4 P_Q4 7 R-B1 P_BS 2 P.QB4 P_KS 8 Q-B2 P.QRS The Berlin master L Rellstab distinguished S Kt·QB3 Kt_KBS 9 P-QRS P-Kt4 himself with the fine score of '5-1, G. Stahl. 4 B-KtS B.K2 10 P_B5 Kt-R4 berg was second with 4Y2;-1 Y2; and one Lud_ 5 P-K3 0 .0 11 P_KR4 P_B4 6 KloB3 QKloQ2 12 B_Q3 KKt_BS wigshausen brought up the rear with 0-6. 232 THE CHESS REVIEW My Favorite End-Game A beautiful idea by one of the new gener_ ation of gifted Russian composers. White mates Compositions just at the point when all hope of queening a By IRVING CHERNEV Pawn seemed to be gone! (Chernev ;J primarily known to our readers tlJ an indefatigable collector of [uriONS chess By W. and M. PLATOFF jarts; but he has devoted many years of study (White to play and draw) to com posed endings, and in this series he =." gives NJ the cream of the hundreds of endings he has examined.) By H. RINCK (White to play and win) ~ Solution: 1 P.B4 (thr eatens mate), BxP: 2 B.K1ch, K.Kt5; 3 BxBch, KxP; 4 B_Q2ch, K_K4; 5 B-B3ch, K_Q3; 6 B_Kt4ch, K_B2; 7 B_R5ch, K_ Kt1; 9 B_Kt2! The King escapes perpetual check, but at what a price! Solution: 1 Q_QKt1, K_Q5; 2 Q.Kt3! QxPch; 3 K-Q6, Q_R1 (t he Q must stay on the long diagonal to prevent mate at Q5, and she can By W. and M. PLATOFF not go to Kt7 OJ" R8 because of Q-BSch); 4 Q K3ch, K.B5; 5 Q.B3ch, K.Kt4; 6 Q_Kt3ch, K. R3; (White to play and draw) 7 Q_R4ch, K_Kt2; 8 Q. Kt5ch, K_R2 (if 8 ... K ~ Bl; 9 Q-Q7ch, K·Ktl: 10 Q-B7 mate); 9 K_B7 and wins. What is striking in this ending is the natural end. game aspect of this position, White's quiet second move (allowing Black's Q to check) and finally the bringing together of all the pieces to one corner of the board to effect mate. By IVANOV (White to play and win) Solution: 1 B_B4, KtxB; 2 P.K7, R_B2; 3 B_ B6ch, K.Kt5; 4 B.Q7! RxB; 5 KxP, RxP. Stale mate. No wonder this ending was a prize_winner! The stalemating process is anything but "hack_ neyed. Karl Gilg took first prize in the master tour_ nament of the German Chess Federation of Czechoslovakia with a score of 7%~ 1 % (no losses). The other leaders were K. Opocensky 6%- 2%, Dr. K. Treybal 6- 3 and A. Becker Solution: 1 P.K7, B-Kt3; 2 P-B6, K_K3; 3 P.B7, K_Q2; 4 K_Kt6, Kt-B4; 5 P_K8(Q)ch, Bx 5Yz- 3Yz. Saemisch could do no better than Q; 6 K-Kt7, Kt-K2; 7 Kt-B5 mate! 4Yz--4Yz. OCTOBER, 1937 233 The World Champion The Chess Mind Dr. Euwe played two exhibition games with Salo Flohr in Amsterdam shortly before they By LAJOS STEINER left for the Semmering Tournament. The Chess is generally considered a slow game World Olampion won the first game, while that requires a great amount of patience of its the second ended in a draw. Judging from players- and onlookers as well. As a chess the tense play in the opening game, both player, I would feel sorry for a person, who, players must have been in a highly jittery state. ignorant of the meaning of chess, might be Flohr sprang a su~prise by playing the Ruy sentenced to sit and watch a chess game for lopez (or the first time in ten years, but the several hours. surprise recoiled on him like a blunderbuss. He got a bad game, and several incisive strokes by Though there are some forms of chess which interest even non_players (a simultaneous dis_ the Champion seemed to settle the issue; but then a spasm of ferocious time pressure marred play, or a very quickly conducted lightning the conclusion. game), chess is a game that has to be learned to be appr&iated. Once learned, chess does not require more patience than anyone of the var_ Exhibition Game ious human activities. Are you ·bored when Amsterdam. September, 1937 RUY LOPEZ you read a good book? You are not; but ask a foreigner, who does not understand your S. Flohr Dr. M. Euwe White Black language, to follow a book/age by page, word 1 P-K4 P.K4 19 P·Kt4 B·R2 by word. He will not fin it very interesting! 2 Kt.KB3 Kt·QB3 20 P.KR4 0.0.0 Ghess becomes interesting for a chess student 3 B.Kt5 P.QR3 21 B·Kt2 Q.Q2 when he has at last mastered the different 4 B.R4 Kt_B3 22 K·K2 P·KKt4 5 BxKt QPxB 23 P.R5 P.Kt5 moves of his pieces and has got over the stage 6 Kt-B3 B·KKtS 24 Kt.R2 PxPeh of finding out if he is allowed to put a bishop 7 P·KR3 B.R4 25 KtxP KR.Kt1! or a knight on a certain square. He finds him_ 8 P.Q3 Kt.Q2 26 KtxP P.B6eh! self in a new country and his chess mind starts 9 B.K3 B.QKt5 27 K_K1 BxPeh! 10 B·Q2 Q.K2 28 KxB R.Kt7eh to develop. He sees combinations; how to win 11 P·R3 B.Q3 29 K.K3 Q.Kt2 a piece by attacking it and the opposing king; 12 Kt·K2 .••• 30 P.Q4 Q.Kt4eh ·he develops plans a few moves ahead; Ihe sac The following -ex 31 K.Q3 QxKt rifices material for future compensations which change gives White a If now 32 QR-Ktl, dimcult game. hence RxB! 33 RxR. RxPch! are often hidden to superficia,l minds. A chess 12 P·KKt4 was pr& wins. mind is a combinative one. It sees the djfferent ferable. 32 QxP R.Kt611 possibilities of a situation and it tries to im_ 12 • . • BxKt Simply ... R1B agine what other situations could be derived 13 PxB Kt.B4 wins at once. 14 Kt.Kt3 P.KKt3 33 K.B21 Q.Kt2 from the present one. A chess mind is logical 15 B.K3 Kt·K3 34 Q-B5 R·Kt7eh and imaginative. Logic and imagination are 16 Kt.B1? P·KB4! 35 K.Kt3 Q.Kt1 very important factors in life; and if people, 17 P.B3 P-B5 White overstepped from their schooldays on, could be trained to be the time limit. 18 B.B1 B·B4! logical and imaginative, it surely would help to increase the intellectual standard of our race. With a selflessness which is rare in World And here are the possibilities of chess in Champions, Dr. Euwe has waived the oppor_ education. Young people taught to play chess tunity of profiting by the ineptitude of the would p~ofit by it in different ways. They F. 1. D. E. Dr. Euwe has agreeJ to play Capa. would acquire a feeling of responsibility. They blanca in 1939, on the understanding that the would soon find out that in chess they must not winner will meet Flohr in 1940 or 1941. depend on fate, but on themselves. They start the competition with their opponent on equal Chell Club ot Amateur Men and Women terms. No advantage of good birth, no advan. Players leeks a few addItional members. We now have 33 In our group. Eltabllshed tage of a rich uncle! In their competition there two years. We meet Wednesday nights In is no umpire who might influence the result beautiful, Ipaclous penthou,e on lower welt side of Manhattan. Our own library, news with a possible error. If they Jose in such a bulletin, etc. Dues are 25 centa a month. Initiation fee $1.00. competition they can blame only themselves, Write to THE CHESS REVIEW and that inspires one to improve oneself, to 55 W. 42d St. New York City find out the faults and eliminate them if Box A possible. 234 THE CHESS REVIEW Young people studying chess would be coo_ has to have the ability to see and analyze him_ firmed in their belief in honesty. For in chess, self, to locate his weak spot, and try to rein_ dishonesty does not pay. Here you cannot spec_ force it. That part is the most difficult one, as ulate on your opponent's weakness, that he ~he weakness is sometimes really organic and "will not see it. " You have to try your best its roots are in the person himself. How can a to "outplay" your opponent, to see further, to man eliminate his impulsiveness, or his over_ see more, to see more practically_ caution, if they are in his blood? In chess there is a fight not only with the I knew players who were geniuses, but could foe, but wihh yourself as well. You see a beau_ not overcome certain difficulties and were driven tiful combination, and restrain yourself from back from the spotlight. A great friend of adopting it, because a deviation is possible mine, the Peruvian Esteban Canal, with whom which would prove fatal if the opponent would I was together almost daily in Budapest, has lind it. The young student soon finds out that never reached the heights that -his talent war_ a hasty move can spoil the work of hours; all ranted. And I knew master players, who, with the beautiful thoughts put into the game go for comparatively little talent, but with an ability naught with a single nasty move of the hand. to study and find the style that perfectly suits I am familiar with the complaint that great their personality, attained a rather high rank. chess players are generally impractical people. Individuals, and even nations, ~have different They are often inclined to live in a dream. It inclinations towards chess. is true. But for these masters chess is no For instance, the chess community in Eng_ longer merely a game. They 'have found land is rather numerous, but in the last forty a form of expressing themselves. A fonn of years England has not produced a great master. art. However, people in general lack the in_ The English have fairfy good amateur players, clination or ability for chess to that extent, and they even have masters; but a real internationd they can therefore utilize the lessons learned giant they have somehow been unable to pro_ from chess in their practical life. duce. Several promising and talented players As with most things which contain elements appeared, but when they really had to go ahead, of art, there must be a born inclination to chess, tliey stopped in their development. to become a master. Capablanca was a mere America has always had one or two outstand_ boy of 12 when he won the Cuban champion_ ing chess personalities, but they lacked back_ ship. It was a strange sight when Aleichine, ground. Only in the last 7 years has America a student of 16, 'participated in a Hamburg In_ produced a score of outstanding young masters, ternational Tournament with a broken leg, and who almost dominate the chess world now. had to be carried daily to his chair. And about Their practical sense seems to adopt the modern 1917 an almost baby prodigy of 6 was seen in simple technical chess style more freely, than Vienna playing 6 or 10 men simultaneously. To the previous style, which was more personaL reach the boards he had to walk around on a The previous generation of masters were more big sofa. Soon afterwards he was taken by an enterprising, and strove for beauty in their play, impressario to America, where he visited almost even if it sometimes had to be of an artificial everyone of the large cities,giving simultaneous character. Today only the Russians oumumber displays, or playing against masters with fair the Americans in prominent chess masters. The success. Russians have imagination and a keen instinct He disappeared then from the chess horizon, for the different forms of art. Their chess is ceasing to participate in exhibitions. That wIse mostly combinative and strives for fine little move saved his young brain from exhaustion, points, in contrast to the simple energetic Amer_ and today the mature young man Reshevsky is ican style. champion of America and one of the leading Roughly speaking, the difference is about the chess masters in the world. same as between the styles of Scotland and Eng_ Talent alone is no longer enough to become a land in "soccer" football. The Scotch style is chess master. T·he game is too far advanced. Its combinative; the English energetic and straight_ theory is too rich, and the ability of leading forward, but less spectacular. ex~erts is too high. To master everything re_ In Russia, chess is a national affair, and the qUites a great deal of study and practice (rom Russians attend chess tournaments as they even the most talented players. How many would the theatre, or sport matches. promising players have been unable to 'hold It is rather strange .how few great players their places in international competition, be_ have been produced by Latin countries. Latin cause Ilhey were unable to put more work into people somehow have not patience enough to it! A player, besides talent, and even study, improve their chess. They are mostly good OCTOBER , 1937 2), Cross Country What Do You Want to Know? The Championship Tournament of Ih<' Virginia V. bmbrecht of Ne,,' York inquires about cap Chess Feder-uion, held :n Norfol k on September 4·6, turing ~N paHIIN/- is ;1 mandalOry or optional? tesuhed in a victory for R. L. SHe1in (6V2-%)' II is generally optional, wi,h ,wo exceptions: if In the " A" Division honors were captured by L. R. you are checked by a Pawn and the on ly way ' 0 get Gmuveoct (8V2-V2 ) and in the "B" Divisi on the out of che.::k is \0 capture the checking Pawn in pass. winner was E. A. Cooke (7--0 ). ing, then such ca p.ure is mandalOry. AI$O, if a The foll owing officers were cl(Xted for the coming player can averf stalemate only by capturing in PU.i year: W. W. Gibbs, President; j ohn N. Buck, Vice· ing, this move is agai n mandatory. It might be worth Prc ~iden(; John M~nning, Secretary· Tr ea~urer; George while to point out that there is one time when cap Engelby :mJ j . j. Shelton, m('mbcrs of the E!(('cutive turing in passing is imposs ibl e, and that is of COurse Committee. when such c:1pture wou ld expose one's King to a hos,ile check. In order to pl ayoff their lie for first place in th<' S. Abel writes : "' What do you consider rhe (en Michi,':an State Championship last f,lay. Leon Stol. outstanding toutnamems ever held, as regards the cmber!; aod Marvi n Pa lmer (both of Detroi t I con· production of imeresting chess?" tt'Sted 'a thrCt'-game much in August. SlOlct'nbo.rg Such a quesrion can only be answered on the bas is won all thre<: games. of personal preference. oot our lisl (arranged chrono .~- logically) would be as follows: ( I ) Nuremberg The Texas S I ~te Championship, contested over the 1896 ; (2) Vienna 1898; 0 ) Carlsbad 1907; (4) Labor Day Wt-ek·end at lubbock, was won by J. C. Carlsbad 1911; (~) Berlin 1920; (6) Semmering Thompson with d score of 7V2-11/2' The runner.up 1926; (7) Carlsb~d 1929; (8) Prague 19}1; (9) was O . W. Manney (6%- 2V2) ' j. C. Rather, a BIN 1931; (1 0) Moscow 193~, young N ew Yorker still in his 'teens, tied for fifth place with 4¥2- 4%: In Cl ass " N ' Dr. R. S. Under The prevalence of Carlsbad Tournaments is ac wood ( 6- 1) was first, and Gass " B"' resuhed in a coun«~d for by their fine en rries, delightful surround victory for Frank &011 (6%-%) . ings, substantial prixcs and expert management. The Berlin Tournament of 1920, played during the poSt. This yea r's Washington State Championship re war lurmoil and financed very generously by Bern· sulted in a vi ctory for James Hun, a Seanle youngster, hard Kagan, prcNbly has a higher percentage of who achievw the excellent s (If'<- hop<- JO pllb/ish Jom ~ 01 Jht OlflS/llndinll gllmts from Jbt!t 10lfrnamtl'Il1 in jorlh( ominll isl lft!. ) natural players, with a sense for combination, but lack scamina if their attacking forces are exhausted and they are obliged to defend them. selves tenaciously. Only lately have Brazil and the Argentine taken up chess study more ser· LEON STOLCENBEAG, Michigan Champion iously. Besides America and Russia, real talent and great interest for chess are shown in Central Europe. Hungary, my country, has always been We learned, too late fo r mention in the pre. a power in chess. We have always had g reat vious issue, of a generous prize of 200 Kronen examples to follow, and [he standard of I?lay ($54.00) offered by I. S. Turover of Washing_ has been quite high especiall y in the capital, ton, D. c., fo r the best percentage ac hieved in Bud,lpest. But we have at all times had g reat at least 14 games by any of the participants in ri vals in Czechoslovakia and Austria. the Stockholm Team Tourney. The prize was From my experience, strange though it may won by I. Kashdan (1 3 wins, 1 loss and 2 sound, I have found that the inclination of tJhe draws). The second and third best scores were different nations for chess shows chat the chess mind is more closely related to the art isti c rather those of I. Horowitz (II wins, no losses and than to the mathematical mind; though clements 4 draws) and A. Steiner (1 2 wins, I loss and of both arc contained in it. 5 draws). 236 THE CHESS REV I EW 18Q.Kt5 ". , Game Studies But now this move Is very strong because 18 . . KR·Ktl ; 19 QxKt, R·K t2 fails due to 20 (While Dr. Euwe's gam e! generally Jark the Kt·Q2. arliJtic 1Inity ot the prod,mio1lS of 1ucb artisl! 18 . . . . Q.Q4 a1 Rubimlein, the lineJf game! of the World 19 P. K4 Q·Q3 Champion are extrem,ly intereJting-despite 20 B·Q2 KR.Ktl 21 B·B4 ! Q," their apparently dis joinuJ quaJitr-becfJuu 01 22 Qx Kt R.K1 the adventurouJ Iprm, slIrp,iJing stralegem! 23 PlI; P , , . . and sublle resourre! for w'hich they are aiJ. This passed P now becomes very dangerous; lingflhhed.) but Black dere nds ably. International T eam Tou r nament 23"" Qx KP Stockholm _ Augu.t, 1937 24 P.BS B.BSI QUEEN'S GAMBIT DECLINED This counter·attack on the QK t P Is qulte trOUblesome for White. (Notes by Hans Kmoch) 25 P.B7 , , , G. St ahlberg Dr. M. Euwe . White Black T hreatening to win by 26 Q.x:Rch followed by P·B8(Q). 1 P_Q4 P.Q4 2 P _QB4 P_QBS 25.,., R( K l).QBl 3 Kt-KB3 Kt-B3 26 R. B5 P.RS 4 Kt-BS I PxP To ellmlnate any possibll!ty of a mating W ith this form of the Slav Defense (delayed threat on the eighth rank. acceptance or t he Gambit) Euwe has slowly succeeded In rendering devotees (except hIm - ",~Ol'. Euwe self! ) o f the Queen's Gambit desperate. 5 P_K 3 • •• • In order to avoid Euwe's favorite continuation :; P·QR4, B·B4. The text Is generally cons ld· ered Inferior to 5 P·QR 4. 5 . . . . P·QKt4 6 P.QR4 P·Kt5 A line ot play originated by Alekhlne. 7 Kt.QKtf • • • • The main va.rlatlon continues with Kt·R2. The te xt Is less well thought or because Black ca n maintain the Gam bit Pawn-at least tern· porarlly. At the same lime, the text has not been played much a nd It II possible that It may be strengthened by later analyses. 7 . . ,. B.R3 B Q.B2 P.K3 See the t1revlous note. Euwe evidently be· 27 R.Kl • • • • Ueves that his otltlonent has some improvement Now the value of Black's 24th move becomes in mind a nd he therefore selects a quiet devel· appa rent. W hite Iii reluctant to continue with oping move; else Black might well have played 27 RxP, BxP ; 28 RxR. QxR ; 29 R-Q l , K·R2! 30 ... Q.Q4 to maintain the Gambit Pawn a little QxBP, B-B3 and Black 's passed P Is more dan· while longer. gerous than W hite's. But 27 RxP (without the 9 Bx P BxB exchange of Rooksl would have been stronger : 10 Qx B Q.Q4 27 . .. BxP; 28 R,Ql, K-R 2; 29 R·QB5. Arter 11 QKt·Q2 QKt .Q2 the text·move, White loses the Initiative. Neither player may exchange Qs without dis· 27. , . . . Q.Kt2 advantage to hlmseU. 28 Kt-K 5 , , . , 12 Q·K2 Kt_KS Saves the QK tP, but loses the QBF. gets the better game with Otherwise White 28 .", Bx Kt 13 P·K4. 29 R ( I ) xB R.R2 13 K t x Kt QxKt 30 Q·QBch K.R2 14 0 ·0 B.K2 31 Q.Q3ch P.Ktl 15 B·Q2 0-0 32 RxK P! , . . , 16 KR·Bl P.QR4 Thus W hite avold8 any loss or material. 32 Arter this move, which constitutes a seriOUS ... PxR is answered by 33 Q·Q7ch with perpet· 1088 of time, Black gets Into difficulties. Indi· ual check. cated was the Immediate . .. P-QB4, for If then 17 Q·Kt51 Black would get the advantage with 32 " .. R,P 17 .. . KR-Kt1 ; 18 QxK t, R-- Kt2; 19 Kt-Kt5 33 Rx R Q, R forced, BxKt; 20 Q-Q6, PxP. 34 R.Kl Q.B3 17 B·Kl P.QB4 Black now stands a little better. OCTOIlER, 1937 237 DR. EUWE (left) playing STAHLBERG (right) , at Stookholm. At the extreme right is E. LUNDIN of the Swedish team. In the foreground of the group of interested onlookers is I. S. TUROVER (holding camera) of Washington, D. C.-the generous donor of the prize for the be-st individual score aOhieved at Stockholm. 35 P_QKt3 • • • • 43 Q_Kt5 P-Kt7 Disarlva nt ageous ror \~-hite would have been 44 Q_Kt3 K_Kt2 35 Q·Kt5, QxQ; 36 PxQ. R-Kt2 ; 37 R·K5, P -R5! Now threatening 45 ... Q-K4ch! 46 K moves, 35 . . . . R_Q2 Q-B4ch followed by 47 . .. P-Kt8(Q); or 16 36 Q_K3? .... 1'-84, Q-K8ch and 47 ... P-Kt8(Q). \Vhite is Here. however, White shoul d have played helpless. 36 Q-Kt5, QxQ; 37 PxQ, R-Kt2; 38 R-K5 and 45 P-B4 Q-Q7 now ... P -R5 cannot be play·ed. so that the White resigns, as he cannot prevent the ending should result in a draw. And if 37 . .. Pawn from queening . A beautHul example of R-Q4; 38 P-Kt6, White obt aining the QRP in Euwe's resourcefulness In difficult situations. exchange for the P at Kt6. The text gets White (Translated from DE SCHAAKWERELD by J.B.s.) into difficulties. 36 .... Q.B6! 37 P.R4 N. Y. State ChampionshIp After 37 QxQ, PxQ Black's passed P would August, 1937 win for him. ENGLISH OPENING 37 . . . . R_Q6 (Not es by David Polland) Forces a won game. After the removal of 0_ S. Polland J. W. Collins While's QKtP and Black'S QRP, it turns out White Black lhat Black's passed P is further advanced than 1 P-QB4 P.K4 4 P_Q4 p,p \Vhite's; while in addition Black moves first. 2 Kt-KB3 Kt_QB3 5 KtxP B·Kt5 If White does not capture the QRP, he loses 3 Kt-B3 Kt_B3 6 KtxKt KtPxKt his QKtPv,lthout any compensation. If 6 ... BxKtch; 7 PxB, KtPxKt and White's 38 Q_K5 QxP Bs bring great pressure to bear on the center. 39 QxP R·QS! 7 B_Q2 0_0 14 P-R3 BxKt 'fhe decisive tempo. Black must exchange 8 P-K3 P_Q3 11 R_B1 R_Kt1 Rooks; ot.herwise his QRP is lost. 9 B_K2 B-Q2 12 B_B3 Q_B1 40 RxR QxRch 10 0-0 R_K1 13 P. KRS Q_R3 41 K.R2 Q_Q5! Black's lasl iwo moves constitute a question 42 K·Kt3 P_Kt6 able maneuver which has succeeded only in 238 THE CHESS REVI E W misplacing his pieces; for If 14 ... B-QB4; 15 If 24 ... R·Kt3; 25 R·K7 wins quickly. Kt-R4, B-Kt3 (-best, the thr eat is P-QKt4 and Black overstepped the time li mit at this point, P-BS followed by B-K2 winning at least the ex but his pOSition was hopeless.-F. R. change); 16 P-BS etc. If 14 ... B-R4 ; 15 P·QKt4, B-Kt3; 16 Q·Kt3 and Black Is hard put to disentangle his pieces. 15 BxB Kt_K5 ALEKH1NE AT HIS BEST 16 BxKt RxB Kemeri Tournament White now plans to weaken his opponent's June, 1937 position by contl'olling the black squRl'es with QUEEN'S GAMBIT his Pa; while Black's Ps will be Corced on to white squares and thus block and hem in his Dr. A. Alekhine R. Fi ne forces. White Black t7 P-BS P.Q4 21 R·Q4 B_Kt3 1 P·Q4 P_Q4 20 P·K4 QR_B1 18 Q-R5 P·B3 22 QR.Ql Q_B4 2 P.QB4 PxP 21 K·Q2 Kt.Kt3 19 KR_Ql S_Kt 23 Q-Kt3 R.Kt2 3 Kt_KB3 Kt_KB3 22 Kt-K3 0 .0 20 Q.a3 Q.St 4 Q_R4ch Q.Q2 23 P-QR4! KR.Q1 23 ... &-QBl would be abetter defense, but 5 QxBP Q.B3 24 B.Q3 P_K4 Black fears an eventual attack on the QRP. 6 Kt_QR3 QxQ 25 KR.QB1 B_K3 7 KtxQ P.K3 26 RxA RxR 24 RxR QxR 8 P·QR3 P_B4 27 B_Kt4! Kt_K1 25 R.Q4 Q_KtSch 9 B.B4! Kt_B3 28 P_R5 Kt·Q2 .. . Q·K4 01' ... Q-K2 would otter greater dl! 10 PxP BxP 29 Kt·Q5 BxKt ficulUes to 'W hite In the execution of his pian, 11 P_QKt4 B.K2- 30 PxB Kt_B4 although after 25 ... Q·K4; 26 QxQ, P xQ; 27 12 P_Kt5 Kt_QKt1 31 B_BS! R_Q1 R·KKt4, P·K5; 28 P-KR4 Is very strong. 13 Kt_Q6ch BxKt 32 K_B3! P_QKt3 26 K_R2 Q-B4 35 P-Kt5 P_B4 14 BxB Kt.K5 33 PxP PxP 27 P·B3 Q-K3 36 P-R6 P.Kt3 15 B.B7! QKt_Q2 34 BxKt PxB 28 Q-B4 K .B2 37 B.B6 Q_Q2 16 Kt_Q4 Kt_Kt3 35 P_Kt6 Kt-Q3 29 R_Q2 Q. K2 38 Q_QR4 R-K8 17 P_B3 QKt-Q4 36 B_Q7 RxB? 30 B_Q4 R-Kt6 39 Q.QKt4 RxP 18 B_R5 Kt( K)_B3 37 R-R8ch Kt.K1 31 P. Kt4 R-Q6 40 Q·Kt8ch K_B2 19 Kt_B2! B_Q2 38 RxKt mate 32 R_Kt2 K_K1 41 Q_KR8 K_K3 33 P_KR4 R.Q8 42 B·Q4 Resigns 34 P-R5 B.Q6 T he blocking In of Black's Q and the sep· aration of his forces Into two disjointed armies inevitably led to his downfall. A FIELD DAY FOR BOGO! Bad Nauheim Tournament HORN CHESSMEN July, 1937 Turned from one .olid pie~ of wood. ,..ith a ,peeia! c",_od one.pieco Kni,ht. FRENCH DEFENSE Made of the finest woods ~nd fini,~d with No. 843 is announced as the first miniature THEME example of the Roman Theme with Black We hope that the presentation of nine light knight. two.movers in the Original Section this month will attract new solvers. The three.movers are likewise along less BREDE CROSS·CHECK WITH strenuous Jines than formerly with the em. WHITE U NDERPROMOTION phasis on delicacy rather than difficulty. By V . 1. EATON No. 830 by Henry J. Medler is a promising The Brede crOis-eheek consists ot /I. direct dfart remarkable for a number of dose tries. check by Black which Is parried by inter pOSi With No. 835 we continue ou r partial trans. tion of a White piece: thla Is then unpinned by lation of Arnoldo Ellennao's article on line. B lack and subsequently mates. While many examples of the Idea exist In the three-mover, opening in the two_mover; comparatively fe w combine It with White "Black defense is an important division in underpromotion. the study of line_opening strategy. In the year Obviously this combination lakes three 191 8 the interest of nearly all composers ceo_ forms: tered on thi s type of defensive maneuver with. I. Underpromotlon II.S a keymove, In which case the new piece subseQuently Inter· out regard lor the elegance and difficulty of the poses In answer to check and is unpinned mates, a consideration increasingly emphasized to give mate. in recent years. II. Underllromotlon on the second move, 8.8 an Interposing meneuver. "In No. 835 the defense 1 ... PE5 simul. III. ·Underpromollon on the third move. In taneously opening the line of the Black Queen response to unpinning of a White Pawn to c7 and closing her line to e4 is known as a on t he seventh rank. ·valve.' The defense I ... Pf6, simultaneously Case I is Dot difficult to illustrate, 8S the fol· lowing s hows: opening the same line but d osing the line of No.1, By V. L. E. Waahington Post, Oct. the Bishop (h8) to d4, is known as a 'bivalve: 6, 1935. distinguished from the 'valve' in that it closes 2S4K, 6PP, 2Bp4, l P kp4, 1plplp2, the line of another Black piece. 1 Pb2P2, SP4, 2 R5. (a) Mate In three by 1 g8(Q), 2 Qg7. (b) "This device has been much worked during Shirt WPg7 to e7, remove WPh7 and BPd6. the past thirty years with a comequent produc_ Mate In 3 by 1 e8( R) , 2 ~5. Or (c) Shift WP tion of many famous classical examples. Actu. g7 to b7. remove WPh7 and BPd6. Mate In ally, it is now extremely diffu:ult to present this three by 1 b8(B), 2 Be5. Or (d) shltt WPg7 , to e7 and substitute a WP tor the BPl4. Mate idea in new form. No. 836 shows five such In three by 1 e8(S), 2 Sg7. 'bi_valve' movements. (In No. 837 Bill Beers In C3.I!e II, the underpromotlon is limited to claims a task record of seven ·bi_valves.') White Knight, since Black, having enough torce " In Black defence with line_opening the to check. can thereby overcome the stalemate feature which Is essential to Rook and Bishop most natural resource, giving exceptional inter promotions In a direct mlLte. A simple exam est to the theme, is defensive p lay of a black ple is; piece to a square in the Black king's fi eld (the No.2. By V. L. E. L. ancaster Guardian, cight squares adjacent to the king), enabling a 19 34. 2K3kr, 3 R4, 4P Sb, 5P2, 8, 8, 8, 8. Mate In three by 1 e7, K moves block mate. ch 2 e8(S)ch. "In No. 838 the defense 1 .. . S(d4) any F O. 110!'I~; are two lllustrations this Idea stops the threat 2 Qb8 mate, because it removes in which the block from d4. Such a move is called an No.3. 'anti_ blocking' move. Now each move of the knight defending against the threat by Black line_opening enables a new mate by opening the NO.4. Poat, Sept. White queen's horizontal. and each move of the , 4pkB1 , 8, 31RS, knight to a square in the Black king's field re_ three by 1 sn, sults in a new block mate. "No. 839 is an example of White line.open S. Klpplng and w. D. __ .a, doubling of the ing by a Black pawn, combined with cross idea in which two promote 8ep· checks. The mates by disclosure of the W·hite arately in response the Black king (royal checks) are striking." Queen. 239 240 THE CHESS REVIE W Original Section No. 817 No. 820 N o. 82} GEOFFAE.Y MOTT.SMITH DR . G. DOBBS C. S. KtPPING New York City Carrollton, Ga. We dn ubury, England Mate In 2 MAte In 2 No. SIS No. 821 N o. 824 GEOFFREY MOTT.SMITH MANU EL GONZALEZ C. S. KIPP1NG New York City Shandaket'l, N. Y. Wednesbury, En gland = Mate In 2 No. 819 No. 822 No. 82~ BILL B E ERS RAGO I ST VAN FRED SPRENGER Willmar, Minn. H ungary New York City , Male in 2 Mate In 2 SOLUTIONS TO THESE PROBLEMS ARE DUE NOVEMBE R 10th, 1937 O CTonER, 1 937 24l Original Section (cont'd) No. 826 No. 829 No. 8}2 B I LL BEERS A . J. FIN K MAXWELL BUKOFlER WIllmar, Mi nn. San Franeiseo, Cal. Bellaire, L. I. Mate in } Mate ifl 3 Mate in 4 No. 827 No. 83 0 No. 833 MAXWEL L BUKOFZER H E. NRY J. M EDLER T . R. DAWSON BflUair fl, L. I. N ew Yo r k C ity Surrey, E ngland Mate In :'> t-ble In 3 T. Black plays IlnC helps White male ifl twO II . All men one rank hi,t:her and same No. 828 No. 83t No. 834 DR. GI LBERT DOBBS J. F. T RACY DR. GILBE RT DOBBS Carrollton, Ga. Ontario, Calif. Carrollton, Ga. Male in :> SO LUTI ONS TO THESE PROB L E. MS ARE DUE NOVEMBE R 10th, 1937 242 THE CHESS REVIEW Quoted Section No. 835 No. 838 No. 841 ARNOLDO ELLERMAN ARNO,LPO ELLERMAN DR. G. DOBBS "Els Ecacs a Catalunya" 1 Pro "Good Companions" .1919 1935 C. C. L. A. Ty. _ 1936 Mate in 2 Mate In 2 Mate in 3 No. 836 No. 839 No. 842 ARNOLDO ELLERMAN ARNOLDO ELLERMAN G. H. DR ESE & M. N1EMEIJER 1 Pr.• "W. M. & D. Gazette" 1 Men. "T.N.S." _ 1922 1934 9 Hon. Me n. Olympic Ty. _ 1936 Mate in 2 Mate In 2 Mate In 3 No. 837 N o. 840 No. 843 W. A. BEERS M. HAVEL E. ZEPLER Die Schwalbe _ Feb. 1937 Atlanta Journal-Forum. 1934 Vynalezya Pokroky _ 1904 Dedicated to Alain C. White Mate In 2 Mate in 3 Mate in SOLUTIONS TO THESE PROBLEMS ARE DUE NOVEMBER 10th, 1937 OCTOBER , 1937 24 3 . No.5. By W . D. Ellison. The Problem Itt. SECOND C, C. L. A, TOURNEY. Sept., 1936. The second Problem Tourney Cor North 7K, 4PPPp, 7p, q4Plk, 3Q2RP, 6P1, American composers, conducted by the Corre.. 8, 8. Mate in three by I Qdl, Qa.8ch ; pondence Chell LUQue of America, Is an· 2 e8(S). 1 ... Qd8ch, 2 g8(S). nounced. The contest consists oC four sections This Is a task record which is nol likely to .as follows: a Two-Move Open Contest, a Two· be lIurpused. Move .(Jross-CiHlck Section, a. Two-Move Mutate Case III Is compara.tively rlU'e, because it Is Section and a 'l1I.ree-Mov6 Open Contest. In limited to promotion to knight on the third each section, fir st prize Is $4.00, second prize move. The rollowlng has t-echnlcal Interest in $3.00, and in the Three-Move Open a third prize that the White Pawn which eventually pro of $2.00. motBB standa initially on the tilth rank, and Any number of entries may be sent until there Is an ·addltlonal promotion to Queen on December' 1, 1937 to Walter F. James, 219 E. the third move: Main Street, Cherokee, towa. Judges: Vincent No. 6. By E. Boswell. The Problem itt, Jan. L. Eaton and ·another to be announced later. 1935. 4K3, p2R2p1 , Qb3pk1, 3PPpPb, Qualifying entries of merit will be published 5Pl A, 8, 8, 8. Mate in three by I In the C. C. L. A. Bulletin. exr Kh7ch, 2 £7. • (The continuation of G. Mott_Smith's Micro INFORMAL LADDER cosm is being carried over to next month's ·H. B. Daly 585, 54; J . F. Tracy 507, 54; A. issue. ) Sheftel 464, 48; W . Pall: 448, 58; I. Burlteln 429,61; I. Genud 330, M; ·M. Gonzalez 329, 57 ; Or. P. G. Keeney 328, _; "P. Rotnenberg 288, 53; L. Elsner 283,59; I. Rlvise 268, 7; .1. Kash. NOTES AND NEWS dOlt") 238, -; Bourne Smith 221, 35; G. F. Berry Hearty congratulations to H. B. Daly who 202,20; H. Hautner 197, _; M. H.erzberger 196, wins the lAdder Prize, completing his second -; W. Jacobs 184, -; L. Greene 155, 48; K. ascent. Lay 140, -; "G, Plowman 131, 64; "Dr. G. Fellcltatlons also to Fred Sprenger, whose Dobbs 129, 78; C. Miller 118, 44: *A. Tokuh clever klng·tour specialty, No. 778, recelvea the 116, 41; H. Stenzel 101, 54; Lady Clara 88, 23 ; Honor Prize. W . Keyeor 83, 17; E. Korpanty 69, 41; M. G,r. For the benel\t of the 60lvers who are not shenSOt") 66, _; G. N. Cheney 50, _; A. Pal. familiar with our system of scoring, we present wick 56, - ; V. Rondo 52, _; J . Schmidt 50, tbe follow ing explanation: 18; J . Hannus 47, 39; W. Neuer! 42, 18; B. Correct solutions to two-movers receive two Wisegarver 41 , - ; W. Vanwinkle 27, _; W. points for each solution, three·movers receive Towle 22, _; I. Burn 17, _; K. S. Howard 17, three points, etc. Incorrect claims of "cook" -; J . Cuey 15, _ ; P. Papp 16, _; B. M. or "no solution" In two-movers subtract two Marshall 11 , _ : E, Shortman 8, _; W. Rawl. points per olalm, for three-movers three points, Ings 7, -; J. Turner 7, _: Mrs. F: C, Prindle etc. -, -. In cases where problems have no 801utlon ·Indlcates winner of one Ladder ascent. and a solution is claimed, this claim is penal I~ed accordingly, whether or not it II the au SOLUTIONS thor's Intended solution. No. 763 by Geoffrey MOlt·Smith. 1 BM Corrected lolutlon sheets will be returned to No. 764 by ~ff,..,. Mott·Smith. 1 Ocl all s.,'priK key IUow ing eht • 244 THE CHESS REVI EW No. 761 by Dr. Gilbf.t Dobbs. 1 & 2 No. 7116 ,.. Compln li,hrweill:hl ... ilh tho: Dobbs IOo><: b. No. 787 Bourne Smi lh. No. 768 by R~ illv~n. I P...t o.ili". l nt'''y II tho ""pen'" of economy. . cr. BoIime Smith. No. 788 No. 7m by Sill"lOft COSliky.... I Sf, Tho obtN$ln 8 i. objectionable. Ni~ matqy.- Or, G, Dobbs. N<>. 770 by Maxwell Bukolz'" No. 789 1 S(f4)t6. K.7 : 1 Qf7ch Kc2 ; )Be2 I. ... K., : 2 SeI'\I