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3 White to move and win 4 Black to move and win 5 White to move and win 6 Black to move and win Juggle the men (mentally) Under such circumstances Strike wllile the iron is hot The truth Is, too, you may with a. view to driving the as these In Utls positIon, you is a good molto for you in a in time begin to sense when opponent Into a loss, be It must act quickly. Not, that qui;!;. And practice In these "Ute Iron Is hot." By then via. a bind, a displacement of is, move In seconds, but qui;!;;!;es may well acquaInt you w1ll have in hand both a defender or a direct com· rather find the powerful you with the means ot so the how and the when, all blnation. The method of move or moves which do in striking. So work to find the acquired as by osmosis, as course whereby you win the opponent before he can means, then, by all means, 1t were, as a dlyldend from must cenalnly, aHer all, de­ rally his men to strike back. utilize Utem-no need to de­ enjoyable sessions in solving pend in all logic enUrely up. What moves here end the clare in chess, be they fair quizzes. So solve this one, on you! hubbub? or foul. will I, nlll I.

7 White to move and win 8 Black to move and win 9 White to move and win 10 Black to move and win Mainly, or course, in a Any quiz (we may be say­ Turn up or tune up your End of tile line: here is quiz, the Iron is hot, and you Ing this belatedly) is apt to inspiration some now: you one last sllot for you to find, know It is. But it may be grow harder as it goes aJong. have but two more shots to and a merry one, we do that, seeing the glowing situ­ No master nor even expert call. Nor is this one dirncult hope! It seems to ha.ve a. few ations over and over, you w1ll falter on any of these to excess-just be sure to good "tries" and possIbly will come to perceIve and positions, to be sure. But choose the best way to win, more than one way ultl· sense the timing for decisive stir yourself up a bit and ex­ the most decisive, Dot to mately to win. So choose blows. No time like the pres· pect somewhat more long-ish mention, the most foolproof. \\"Ith care and select that ent! Announce Black's pend· solutions. Here what -takes All right, then, what way 'vlnnlng Une which to you jng doom. the palm? or method is it? seems first-rate.

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INTERNATIONAL Women's Tourney At Sinaia, Roumania, a women's tourna. ment resulted in a first-place tie between Tatjana Zatulovska of Ihe Soviet Union and T. Stadler of Yugoslavia, each 9-4. Half a point behind was E. Polihroniade of Roumania.

UNITED STATES With the Armed Forces Scoring an impressive ll-l, pre Charles W. Powell won the U. S. Armed Forces Championship, followed by Sp 4 Michael Scnkiewicz., 10%-1%, and Sp 5 Walter R. Cunningham, 10-2. The Army also cap­ tured learn honors for the third straight year, thereby gaining permanent posses­ sion of the second Thomas Emery Trophy. • -- - .., Emery, Legionnaire and former marine, ., • is Honorar>' Chairman of the American - ~ ! , Chess Foundation. Teams representing J World Champion Tigran Petrosyan as he appeared in play at-" Lugano. the Air Force and the Sea Services fin­ ished second and third respectively_ These important chess events are staged annually by the U. S. Armed Forces in REGIONAL and INTERSTATE %. Deane !\ioore, 5-1, was third in the collaboration with the American Chess fifty.[jve·player contest. Foundation and the U. S. Chess Federa· Plum for Peters tion. The forty.four-player Second Annual '·For the chessplayel" who is gOing rOI· Central New England SUller-Booster the apples" Tournament went to John Peters with a 5-0 swcep. Runnerup was Fred Town­ George's Physical Improvement Program se nd, 41,6-%. Five players notched 4-1 7 Livingston Av., New Jersey 08901 scores: Daniel Maxwell, Stephen Martin, 201-2·19·8866 EYenings 8·9 O'clock Anthony Miller, Roger J. Morin and Serge LaCroix. The meet took place at Fitchburg, Massachusetts. 3D CHESS RULES $2 Easy Triumph 3D Chess Boards $10 &. $20 In the sixteen-man Downcast Open at U.S.-Canada 3D Club $3/Yr. Portland, Maine, Jolm A. Curdo tallied Box 6531.H, Hampton, Va. 23368 an invincible 6.0, well ahead of runnerup Shelby Lyman, 41,6.Ph. Larry Nociercr, 4.2, placed third. FREE!! Northwest Note World's largest Chess Catalog - 415 titles and pieces of equipment. With 350 book The Northwest Open, held at the Scat· reviews and 25 illustrations a pleasure to "I used to dream about Hedy Lamarr. tIc Che~s Club in Washington, saw Vik· read in itself. Free upon request from: Last night, I dreamed t won a game from tors Pupuls victorious o,·er Peter Biyiasis Chess Digest Magazine, Ken Smith, Svetozar Gligorich." on a tiebreak after both had scored 5%- Editor, Box 21225, Dallas, Texas 75211. CHESS REVt£W, MARCH, 1969 67 THE 1969 STORY? Carolinas Open Charleston, South Carolina, was the l scene of the Carolinas Open, which was won by Alan Rufty on a tiebreak over Dr. Lee Hyder. Each had scored 4Y2.lh in the twenty.one-player tournament proper.

MASSACHUSE liS Denn is Karambelas, 4%-%. took a Swiss tourney lor tile Schoolboy Cham· pionship. Second. third snd fourth, de. termined by tiebreaks of a 4·1 score. were From Kenneth S. Howard'. gained respect ively by Robert Charles. Spec::tac::ular Che.. Problem. Joseph Regan and Rich Olson. The team title was credited to Brookline High School, followed by Wayland High School No.1 Ran.om L. Rlc::hard.on and Thayer Academy in a tie for second. White ma.te. In three NEW MEXICO Mark Wells bagged the New Mexico Open at Alamogordo with Ii 5·0 tally, while the junior championship was won by Mark Tolliver. There were 22 en· trants. The World Championship matc::h this year is ac::tuaUy a rematch, and many UTAH predkt that Boris Spassky will wi n this time. (Many did last time, too. ) In the Utah Open, David Reynolds Indeed, Tigran Petrosyan looked muc::h posted a clear first of 5%-1%. Glen as above most of the first match and, Buckendorf and Gaston Chappuis (see Self·block. as below, had difficulty explaining to I)age 70) regarding Olappuis' untimely his friend Tal how he lost the ,eeming. death ) scored 5-2 each, the nod for sec­ Iy crucial game thirteen. By the end, ond going to Buck-endorf on a tiebreak_ however, a. on the next page, he hap. Twcnly- five I)layers participated. No.2 Gilbel1: Dobb. pily received the sportsmanlike congrat. White matel in three u lation of Boris Spassky. Spassky hal had a very notable record LOCAL EVENTS since while P etrosyan showed very lit. tie till jUlt lately. Ha, he come on Alaska. The t"·enty-foIlT.player Anchor. enough to repel Spassky again with the age Open W:J5 won Ly Peter Cleghorn Petrosyan skill in match play? with a 6'() shutouL ahead of Joseph -

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No.3 Otto Wur:zburg White mate. In four

Close the King In. Solution' on page 85. 68 CHESS REVI!W, MARCH, t969 Don't make a move without it!

Strang, Daniel Coate, Dietrich Rempel demonst l"lI t ion board purehused from and Cha rles i\Ienill. Cm:s~ !hvn;w proved u~e[l!1 in Jmp;l!·t · OFFICIAL in:; elementary chess instruction. Cali/om ta. I. Lyon won the EI Segundo CHESS . Chess Club ti tle when hi s 5Y2·Vz standoff fun·a. \Villner of the Hawkeye Open in HANDBOOK with P. Hhee was resolved by a tiehreak. Iowa City was Murrell Rhode", wh() ;eor· Twenty. six pln),c rs took part. cd 1%.% in a twenty· two-pl ay",]" contest. (Successor to The Official Blue Book and Encyclopedia of Chess, 1956) Dan I·brger and Tom Mabe( ~ tied fn r Illinois. In the twelye-pl ayer P eoria by Kenneth Harkness Ch am pionship, Marc Wille was success· ~cc"lld. Co.Au thor of fu l wi th a 4·1 showing, followed by Ron Jlfass({c/IIIS(' II S. Ronald B urri~ won West· MiHard, Dean Lybarger, John Roecker, An Invitation to Chess eru i\fa5~achllsetts honors wilh a 5%.% Tom Mabee and William Wi tte. New intern ational rules and a tally. A 4%.1 % tie for second \1·,15 At the Heather Hill Grade School in decade of exciting national and in_ regi ~ tered hy J olm Dueh:mne and Cby. Flossmoor, tlie new "Learning Center" ternationa l com petition are on ly two ton Willinms. The t l l· entr ·t hrec-pla~·er of the many reasons why every gOl off to an ausp i c i ou~ start in its first tourne)' was held in Eastiw.mptrln. chessplayer mus t have this new. au­ extra·curricular project \Iilen 250 sImi· thoriud successor to The Official ents, in five different half·hour sessions, Minllcsota. In t"!1C 1969 :\Tell· Yea r's Toc­ Blue Book. were exposed to ieetllres on chess by Jay nad() <1t the SI. Pa ul YMCA, Curt Brasket TABLE OF CONTENTS, H. Toll. Tile latter is uscr Di rector fo r ,;corcd 1·0. half a point ahead

CHESS REVtEW, MARCH, 1969 69 Omaha wa;; won by Central High thanks r Scotland to 3 3·1 victory over West5ide in the final - ""' .... rOllfll!. • The Glasgow Congress saw Basman win the Indtational Tournamenl, while New York. The fifty.nine.player New top honors in the Open were divided by Y\lrk City Champiomhip resulted in a Brodie, Giulian, Hamilton, Scrimgour liw.way tic for first involving Irving Prus, and White. l\13yer Riff, Richard Paviolitis, Bruce Pandolfini and Jonathan Josephs. In the Sixth Kings Open at the Brook. ( Soviet Un ion lyn Chcss Club, John Hechtlinger placed V. Zacharov became champion of the first with 4%.';6. Runnetlljl was Bruce Ukraine for the year 1968 with a score P:mdolfini, 4·1. There were 20 partici. of 12%-4%. pants. Kenncth Rogoff won the fi fty.player Genesee Valley Open with a 5·0 sweep. followed by Randolph MacKenzie, 4%.';6. The Schenectady Winter Rating Open Tournament Calendar went to Matthew Katrein, 4%.';6. Next in (Conctuded from page 65) the twentj-'.fi,·e.player tourney were Daniel i\Iaxweli (runnerup on a ticbreak) Ca lifornia _ March 30 and Paul Neuer, each 4-1. Oakland CC 4--man Sectional at CACA Oregon . In the Fifth Klamath Fall;; Open, Reverend William Lombardy Oakland Lodge, 303 8 Street (8 & Harri. attended by 32 players, a 4%.% tie be· as he appeared in play at Lugano son St.), Oakland, California: 3 Rd RR, tween Michael A. Schemm and David 45 moves/ llh hours: EF $3 + USCF or !\Iitchell was broken in favor of the CFNC dues : register 9 :50 AM: trophy to by Digne dcLcnea, this time with an over· former. Scores of 4·1 were made by Clay each 4·man section: inquiries & EFs 10 arching tally of 4%.%. Kelleher, Deane Moore and Mike i\fon!· Oakland Chess Club (Sectional), Box In the title tourney of representatives chalin. 1622, O(lkland. California 94604. of North Central \Va ~ hington high Atabama - April 5 t o 6 Penllsyh-allia. Section A of a match be· schools. David Collyer of Wenatchee tween the Butler team and the Pittsburgh swept fh'c rounds of a nine· player Swiss, Nort}, Alabama Open at Ramada Inn, Che~s Club's reserve team was won with· "ne point ahead of Bert Ortiz. 3502 :\[clllorial Ph S, Huntsville, Alaba· out a struggle by Pittsburgh when Lou ma : Open EF S10 (S12 after Apr 1), SS W. Gardner, Dave Gavin, Earl Clary and 1st 200, 2d 100, 3d 50 & ujlset trophy; Jerrold Forbes lurned in four solid vic. Amateur (below 1600 rating) EF 85 ($6 lories. CANADA after Apr 1). 1;:1 3, top Unratcd & top Quebec. Woman get trophies: r~gister latest 9 AM, Rhode Islalld. Stephen ]l.Iartin annexed Apr 5: uscr membership required : in· the Providence Open with a score of 4Yz. At Quebec City, the Eastern Canadian quiries and adv EF (checks to Hun1sville Yz. H. Rose, ]1.1 Hart and A. Martin fol· Open was won jointly by i\1. Sienkiewicz Chess Club) tu C :\[ Appleberrr, 5618 lowed with 4·1 each. The field comprised and Jules Therien, each 4·1. Woodridge St SW, Huntsville, Alabama 30 contcstants. The Montreal Open went to Klaus 35802. Pohl, 7.1, followed by Gerald Rubin, Washington. The eleven·player Second 6';6 .1112. Texas - Aprit 5 & 6 Seattle High School Open was won again Lubbock Open at YMCA, 1402 14 St, Lubbock, Texas : 5 Rd SS, 45 movesj2 honr,, : EF S7. rcgi6ter by 9 AM, Apr 5 : Chessic. Psycho-telepathookinesis FOREIGN SS 1.ot Si5. o !h er~ per EFs; trophic;; lSI, England 2d. cia:';; winners and Unrated: inquiries George Tiers, 5.0, won Class A of the & EF 1(, J) Thomas. 3805 27, Lubbock, round·robin class tournamcnts at the 51. By defeating Yorkshire in the finals of 'I' (' xa ~ . Paul (Uinnesota) YMCA-and thereby the English Counties' Championship, Lan. Ftorida _ April 11 to 13 hangs a talc. George maintains that he cashire won the title for the fourteenth afflicts opponents wilh PTK (psycho.tele. time. 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KORCHNOY AS A PROPHET? likewise his bad luck ill his "best played" second game of that unfortuna te d uel). Consequently, he SPASSKY, who must have on his mind the up·coming fought on; and his will power secured him the full match wi lh P etrosyall, simply d id not seem 10 care point .1nd the only defeat for Spassky. mncb about the first prize nt P:tlma de MalIOl"C8. * TilEi\' Cli me the moment for the kind side of Korchnoy's And his r ivlll for first, Korclmoy, had been winning usuall y donr, fighting nature to he exposed. He consistently, anyhow. So, wh en Spassky was due to tried to console Spassky with the reminder that the meet K orclmoy in the fifteenth round, he had good same sort of incident had happened to Petrosyan on reasons to hope fat" n quick draw and behaved as the e\'c of hi~ first malch with Spns::.ky, n match which though he d id, revealing his pacific a tt itude in the endcd ~llcce~sfully for th e World Champion. Thus, H early stage of the ga me. A draw would have suited Spassky':; 10:<'5 Lo "prophetically minded Korchnoy the leader of the tournament, maintaining bis same should ],e understood, he was indicating, a "good safe distance in points ahead of second.placed Spassky. s ign" for the Chollenger this time. Three years ago, And <1 150 Korchnoy had heen a lmost chummy with this deportment presented Petrosyan's c ited loss. "So, Spassky since losing that final challengers ma tch- as following tlw t " trad it ion," here is Spassky's last lost if he we re plensed a t heing freed of his wearying ambi· game to that ,;:amc opponent of th e eve of the second tions and pursuit of the world title. Petrosynn-Spa",,. ky nlfltcli. KORCHKOY, nevertheless, surprised by refusing the WUETHER thi ,. game i" ,m omen, we shall know in a a micable offer. In risking a loss, he could be jeop· few months nOI\·. Spa,,~ky hill1 5C lf, however, does nrdizing his srip on first place. But it constant feel­ not seem to rei:; ,It all 011 Korchnoy's dictum: "First ing of heing depreciated, transposed into eagerness lose to me.. then .\-011'11 win the title." Instead of to win "lI the time, was stronger ill him than any other merely resting the last threc month:; before that match, motive Ihat dl\Y, as indeed ill most (lilY other dur ing Spassky is demting Ihe lime 10 11 hard study of the tJl is 10 11 rIllllllent. Douhtles;;., a Iso, he reca lied how openings, the sl age 10 wh ich he had paid insufficient he had heen outclassed by Spassky in their match altenlion in Ihe prc"iou;;. IllHlch. He is, perhaps, (for ,,·hich he hlames the Soviet Chess ChI\) \\,hich had aware of whlll Sll1y;:.io\, C, Hl con firm: life does not deprived him of his second, grandmaster Furman, and offer a chancc, thrice.

fice: ;; QN-QZ, p-D·l 6 P-K4! PAP 7 Palma de Mallorea 1968 1'-1\:;; . :\""-:-'""1 8 D- !\""Z, N- QB3 9 0 - 0. Pal"' QUeeN'S INDIAN DEFENse tisch has lriNI ., ... D- N5t leaving the decision as to where to post the Q'\leen Viktor K oreh noy Boris Spauky Uishol) [or Inter. White Black s B_N2 B-Nst 1 P_Q4 N-KB3 2 P-QB4 P-K3 The text was employed by Alekhine 3 N-KB3 also. Here It gives an impression of an • • • • attempt to slw.pmy the play. Hence, the Ie lILe commentator were not so weH succeeding DlMk move presents a small acquainted with Korchnor's play, he puzzle. wouht remark here: "The text is less entcrpdsing than 3 N-QB3." Whatever Usually, the continuation is 5 ... D­ Korchnor does, however, seems to be K2 6 0-0, 0-0 7 N- DS [Ute gambit idea, aggressl\·e. Here the move can be ta](en Position after 4 p. KN3 , P-Q5!? PxP S N-Q4, B-B3 9 PxP, ExP to mean only that he will lIot let Spassky 10 DxD, NxD 11 P-K4, N-N5 12 N-D3 Is playas Spass;ky wishes. \lllcleal" (Uhlmnnll- FllIp, Moscow 1967) The "more active" a ltematiYe " ... and Uhlmann- Padevskl (Monte Carlo 3 . . . . P-QN3 ]968)J, N-K5 S Q- B2, NxN 9 Q:"l:N. Here ll-R3 has become less attrnctl\"C sluce This lIIon~ amouuts to a psycholog· the most up-to·date li ne is 9 ... P-QB4 t.he game, Uhlmaun- Keres (Moscow ical trick: SI)assk)" is j)laying whnt ns i,lared by Korcilnoy himself. Tile nor· Kon;hnoy hi msel[ uses as Black. HlS7), in which White obta ineli a 1>ti"Oug inlUatil'e for a temporary Pawn sacri· lIlal sequel Is 10 R-Ql, P-Q3. Against 4 P-KN3 • • • • Tal, Korchnoy tried 10 ... B- KB3 II Q-Q3! with the better Pl"OSpects; and, in (See diagram, next column) Nnjdorf-Keres (Moscow 1967), Ulere slm· • On whal \\"() cal! ~\I~jol·C:l.. GI!,;orlch. likc 4 . . . . 8-N2 TrI(U1l0\·!ch. prc(cr.~ Lo go 10 "l"!_Ed. ply followed 10 .. . PxP 11 NxP, BxB 72 CHESS REVI EW, MARCH , 1969 12 KxB, Q-Bl 13 Q-B3, N-B3 with As White has two heavy pIeces on the The text lets White obtain direct tar­ chances of equalizing. But Gheorghiu­ Queen file, Black cannot dream of try­ gets and, in the end, material advantage. Korclmoy (Palma de Mallorca 1968): 11 ing to undermine the center by ... P­ But Black simply cannot walt longer, P-N3, B-KB3 12 B-N2, Q-K2 13 Q---Q2, QB4. 13 ... N-B3 looks more active in and 20 .. . P-Q4 21 BPxP, BPxP 22 P-K5, R---Ql offers a tense fight. that it allows Black to meet 14 P-K4 R-QBI 23 Q- Q2 Is not promising, either. 6 B_Q2 . . . . with 14 ... P- K4. But then White can 21 PxP PxP After 6 QN-Q2, P- B4 7 P---QR3!? BxNt be unpleasant simply by playing 14 P- Q5, 22 R-QB1 ..•. 8 QxB, PxP 9 QxP, N-B3 (Uhlmann-POI" instead. Here White finally gets control of the tisch, Moscow 1967 and Uhlmann- Pal1na, 14 P_K4 • • • • Queen Bishop file, atter all; but 22 Q-Q2, Skopje 1968), Black has very good coun­ \\'hite has a free hand i1l the center, P- N5 23 N-B4, R-R3 24 P- K5! Is also terplay thanks to his quick development. and it is difficult tor Black to build up very effective. any counterplay. 22 .... P_N5 One weakness provokes another. But Black has no choice as, after 22 . . . R/4-Rl 23 Q-B6, White wIns material immedIately. 23 N-B4 R-R3 24 Q-Q2 • • • • Now Black is definitely in trouble. (After 24 P-K5, P- N6 25 Q- Q2! he could have been even more so.) Now he has to do something about the threat or 25 P-K5.

6 . • • • P-QR4 This move, with White's Ringside de­ 14 . . . . Q-Nl veiope(l and mack's belated action in the With no attractive choice, Black tries center, makes little sense. It is valid in a rather artificial action on the Queen­ the Bogolyubov Variation: 3 ... B-N5t side. The passive alternative is to wait 4 B- Q2, P- QR4 (Gligorich-Tal, 6th game with 14 ... Q- K2 and ... QR-Ql; but of the 1968 match). Black's careless loss lhat offers little prospect or escaping the of time here annoyed Korchnoy pecul­ looming difficulties. iarly: after the game, he commented: 11:> Q-K2 "I wanted to show Boris that he cannot • • • • play me as he pleases." Doubtless, he The text enables B1acl, to get In 15 was painfully reminded of his recent .. P-QN4; and Black's next move in­ match with Spassky. sists on that program but nonetheless makes his Queen Rook Pawn weak at 24 .... P_Q4 A normal reply is 6 . .. BxBt; but it the same time. seelllS that Spasslry was not prepared Under that dangerous threat, Black psychologically for the position which 15 . . . . P- R5 loses patience and offers a Pawn in hope of some positional compensation. It Is has arisen. Maybe, he expected the Nim­ 16 N_K3 Q-N2 true, though, that, after 24 ... P- N6 25 zo-Indian with a fight or the Queen's In­ Here Black misses his one moment to P-K5, PxKP 26 PxKP, Q-Q4 27 QxQ, dian with a draw and was put off his ohtain more active play than in the game PxQ 28 N- Q6, he also stands badly. game by this puzzling mixture of both by 16 ... P-QN4 17 PxP, R-R4_ Prob­ guesses. ably, he refrains because then 17 R-BI 25 PxP OxP 26 QxP 7 0-0 BxB creates great pressure on the Queen N-B3 Bishop file. Recapturing the Pawn fails: 26 ..• Here Black quickly admits his mis· QxP 27 KR-Ql, Q-R2 28 N- Q6, R-Nl take. For 8 B-B4 follows otherwise, leav­ 17 N-B2 KR-Kl 29 R-B8t, RxR 30 NxR, and White wins. ing Black's King Bishop quite misplaced. 18 KR-Kl R-R4 Black has accomplished no substantial 27 Q-B5 P-R3 8 QxB 0-0 progress in his activity. 9 N-B3 N- K5 Here 27 ... Q-Rl is much better as 19 N-R3 P-QB3 it is more diffIcult for White to exploit This simpllfication is necessary. For The otherwise logical 19 . . . P- KB4 his material advantage with Queens on White wants to control his K4 by 10 fails because, after 20 PxP, RxP 21 N- N5, the board. Q- B2, and Black can hardly try . . . 9 \\'hite is threatening both 22 NxP and 22 28 QxQ NxQ ... P- Q4 as then his Queenside, WiUl Q-B2 with a double attack on Qneen that needless 6 ... P--QR4, presents Rook Pawn and on the Rook on KB4. weaknesses. 20 Q_B2 .•.. 10 NxN BxN 11 N_R4 • • • • Observe the grandmaster's correct judgment. He is playIng for a win but does not avoid another trade of pieces. For his main chance lies in being able to increase the pressure on the center files. And now he w111 have that chance. It is particularly instructive to note how the motif of capturIng space in the cen­ ter becomes even more effective because of the unsound formation or Black's 29 P-QR3! • • • • Pawns on the Queenside after that errant White's excellent move deprIves the sixth move. Black men of QN4 and fixes the Black P_QN4 11 . . . . BxB 20 .... Queen Rook Pawn. And the strong re- 12 NxB P-Q3 13 QR-Q1 N-Q2 1 check; :I: = dbl. check; I = dis. ch. (Concluded in April) CHESS REVIEW, MARCH, 1969 73 PALMA DE MALLORCA As Related by Dr. PETAR TRIFUNOVICH

A New but Foremost Attraction Tigran Petrosyan himself. then Boris Spassky and Viktor Korchnoy, the final. The Tournament at Palma de MallOfca ists in the program to produce the Chal. has become an annual and has already ac­ lenger against Petrosyan, and Bent Lar· quired world-wide renown. It takes place sen of Denmark, the winner of the Chess at the end of November and the first half Oscar of 1967, supplemented these repre· of December which sets it in line for the sentatives of the Soviet Union. There were timely awarding of the Oscar in chess (sec also the three first boards of rhe Yugoslav page 80). Quite aside from that factor, team which won second place in the however, the tournament bids to become Olympiad at Lugano: Svetozar Gligorich, one of the greatest and most attractive Borislav Ivkov and Aleksandar Matano. chess events of the year. And it is no vich. And, by no means least, there were exaggeration to say that, though as a grandmasters Pal Benko of the United tradition the tournament is hardly ancient, States, Arturo Pomar of Spain and Florin the chess world is so accustomed to it that Gheorghiu of Roumania. it would be considered a catastrophe if There must of course be noted a per· the event ceased to be promulgated. ceptible difference in strength between i\farvelous to say, the organizers of these "grands" and the other competitors. Palma de Mallorca have succeeded so But the ghost cannot be denied the right nobly with less effort and smaller ex· to take part in the tournament. Perhaps, penses than those of many earnest rivals. the day will come when Spain will he able The good organization has become reeog. field a strongcr team in this event. But nized, and the hospitality of the people of the tournament as a tournament, differ· the island of MallorCll of course has had entiated from the matches for the world I ' \ its effect. But neither those factors nor championship Challenger, was still the l ~ ., . ' . the ideal climate, the Sangria wine nor all greatest chess tournament of the year. Viktor Korehnoy the other beauties and sights of Palma What a tournament it would have been would mean enough for Ihe fame of the had Rohert J. Fischer of the United States tonrnament if it weren't for the work of appeared! But it seems the organizers and fifteenth rounds. Larsen gave him the two eminent organizers. Benevolent Caissa were not especially interested in seeing present not only of the whole point hut set to work on the burdens and so often him at :\Iallorca. also of the brilliancy prize or, specifically unpleasant duties of this chess feature the prize for the most beautiful game. In· Horge Puig, a chess journalist and en· comparauly sweeter, however, for Kor· thusiast from Barcelona, and Juan Casals chnoy was his victory over Spassky. It Thoma ~. thc manager of the Hotel Jaime Korehnoy and his Accomplishment was a personal satisfaction and, to some I of Palma de MaJlorca. The latter, it is Viktor Korchnoy lived up 10 his first extent, a rehabilitation before the chess of interest to note, is not a chessplayer name. He scored fourteen points out of a IJuhlic and his own numerous fans for the himself but helps chess and chessplayers possihle se~'enteen, eleven victories, six bad play in some of his match games with ardently. draws and not a single loss. His was a Spassky. He had White, and, this time, veritable triumph! And it was for him so did not castle long, and thus the destiny much more important in that it came im· of first place was "sealed up" two rounds The Lineup at Mallotca mediately after his defeat in the match before the end of the tournamcnt. The composition of the tournament was with Spas5ky. His main rivals in the fight Consequently, Korchnoy wa~ enahled to extraordinarily strong and interesting. for Iirst place, Larsen and Spassky, he relax his combativeness and began to Ten world·famous grandmasters headed eliminated in direct meetings toward the sign drawing formalities. Not that that the list. There was World Champion end of the tournament, in the fourteenth process was truly essential for Korchnoy. His main strength lies in his enormous self·confidence and combath'eness-in Ihese he has no rival. He is at home in Palma de Mallorca 1968 complicated and difficult positions, even at times when he has the inferior game. , , , , , , , 9 10 11 14 t5 16 17 t8 Score Place s For he is sure that he will play hetter and , " ", , , , , ,• ,. , Korchno), , , , I ,, , I I , , , ! more exactly than his opponent. And it , Larsen 0 , ,• 0 , ,• , , , ,, ,• , , , , , , , '"' ·S S Spassky 0 I , ! ! , , , ! , ! , , , , , , , " '·S seems he is right: j ust regard his games , Petros),an ! , ! , , 0 ! I , ! ! , , I , • , ! " with Gligorich and Donald Byrne of the , , , , , •, 0 , , Gligorl ch 0 I ,• 0 ! , ! ,• ,• I "!'" '" United States. They both had nearly win· , Ivkov I ! 0 , ,• , I ! I ,• ,• • ,• , , l , ,• '" , •, , , 0 , , Benko ! 0 0 ,• 0 I , , ! 0 , I ".. '" ning positions; hut, in complications, they , , , , ,• • , , , Pomar •• 0 0 ,• •• ! 0, , I , • ! I, l, , "" los t like children. , Gtleorghiu 0 0 •• 0 •• ! , 0 ,• I I I l .. "" , , , , S Matanovich 0 0 ! ,•, l ,• 0 ! l ! 0 I l ! "" Lehmann 0 I I , 0 ,• , 0 I l , l ! l 0 0 , • , " " 0 , • , , , ,• " Medina ! 0 0 0 0 I 0 0 ,, 0 ! ! " IT'S YOUR MOVE! Byrne. O. 0 0 0 0 • ,• 0 ! ! • , , , , ! ,• 0 0 , 13.14 " • • " " Remember! Give us six weeks notice of " Toran 0 0 0 ! 0 0 l I ! 0 l I 0 , ! ,• , ,, , 13·14 Visler 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 l l I , ,• ,• l , 0 , , 15· t6 change of address. Copies do not get " , • 15· t6 " D. de Corral 0 0 0 ,• 0 I 0 l 0 0 , 0 l ! , ,• , 'l forwarded and also can take weeks en· Westerinen 0 0 0 0 , 0 , l 0 0 0 0 , 0 0 ,• , , ," " • , 0 , route. So we must have notice early! " Calvo l 0 0 l 0 ! 0 0 0 • ,• 0 0 ! l " " 74 CHESS REVIEW, MARCH, t969 Korchnoy's ~ u c ce ss in this tournament restored his chess repu tation and fame al. most as though he hall nev.:r Ins t that matd . wit h Spassky.

Spassky and Larsen. Equal Second Spassky and Larsen fou nd themselves tu gether in second and third places. The Dane would surely have won the tourna. ment this lime also, but a tournamenl wi thout Korchnoy. With Korchnoy, he could not keep step. Larsen is known 'as a great tou rnament fighter. But he fell be· hind Korclmoy nonetheless 1lS Korchnoy fights even harder and more stubbornly. Larsen's to urnament score is very inler. esting and significant. He had two defeats, wit h Petrosyan (see page 4(), Fobruary) and with Korcbnoy, and three draws against the first five players, and no vic­ to ries. For all the rest, fr om number 7 to number 18, he s pelled defeat one after the other, exce pt with Dr. H. Lehmann of West Germany. So we s.:e ]l roof of his great efficiency with players not his equal When but like wise some real uncerta inty wilh Boris Spanky (teft) and Bent larlen met tast (as in photo a bove) in their mo\tch those of his own rank. It is a weak point at Ma lmo, the reBul t was not good fo r larsen. He re it was a slandoff. in Larsen's play and one he m u~ t try to overcome to reach the peak of wh ich he speaks. His result here also appears some. preparing to defend his tit le and to get All unusual feature of this to urnament what of a confirmation of his terrible de· his ha nd in. Although so vcry ITlD ny think is that each competitor has received a feat in the match with S]l assky and his he has Lut very small or even no chance prize in money and a cup, some large, bad pl ay in the Olympiad at Lu gano. against Spassky in this second match, it some small , as a souven ir of the tourna. As for Spassky, indu bitably, he is un· seems t" this ob3erver of the chessic lIlent. Eve ryone obtained a prize. happy over his score. Not only did Korch· ~ce n e, that match .... ilI not be so easy for noy surpass him, but he shared second S I)3SS ky, and the title will nOi pass, if it .....it h an OP lJOnc nt who m he had previously docs, wit hout a great and tremendous Continlled Hostilities struggle. Petrosyan is typically a match utterly defeated. But a tourn ament is one The mecting between Korchnoy and thing, and a match quite ano ther. For pla ye r and has l)foved very well that he Spassky was the mos t interesting event Spassky, however, there lies ahead the is able to figh t in a match. or the tournament even though Korchnoy one most important event : I.e is still to T his ti llle again, Gligorich succeed ed in had been beaten so conVi ncingly hy Spas. have the great fi ght with Petrosyan for proving his primacy in Y ugo~la v chess. sky shortly before. Spassky sat down to the chess crown. If he succeeds in that But it i ~ I)ossible 10 llC rceive in his th is ga me with nG greal zes t for fight fi nal effort, the result of this lournament play rather more of a lack 01 securit y ac. a nd proposed a draw in the very begin. nlng of the game. Korchnoy declined wltlt will he only a ~m aU accident in his great companied by gross mistakes. the explanation that It was too early l or orbit. Here, in fact, he did meet wit h His presumptive sllccessor in Yugoslav Buc h negotiations. T he match victim P etrosyan, and expectant spectators ap. chess, huwever, Iv kov, is s till nerv ous and clearly was not convI nced by the result peared in great numbers to attend "the fearful that he will live to II ripe old age ot tile match and sought to use tile op· great fi ght." In the end, they merely wit· in the role of the fi rst honored companion portunlty to reverse th e opinion lett after nessed tile signing of formalities after one of Gligorich. Ivkov has become an assidu. his weak s trategy in that event. hour of an exchange of mild and friendly ous manufactu rer of comforta ble draws­ QUEEN'S I N OIAN OEFENSE looks of the two op ponents. It was all that I'c ry factor prevents him fr om real· logical, psychologically : wh y should they izing greater successes, and his dream. Viktor Korchnoy Boris Spallky begi n their fight before the ti me comes? The third Yugoslav grandmaster, Matan. Soviet Union Soviet Un ion They will have enough time in April, d ur­ ovic h, seemingly cannot renew his former W hite Blacle ing some twenty-four games, to regard play and results. This time, he unex­ 1 P-Q4 N-KB3 each other to their hearts' content. pectedly appeared as "leader of the house 2 P- QB4 P-K3 of Com mons," wi th half a point below 3 N-KB3 • • • • It Is interes tI ng to note that Korchnoy The Also Rans fi h y percent. Grandmasters Benko, Pomar and Gheor. prefers to play against the Queen'a In· dia n ra.ther than allow the Nimzo-Indlan World Champion P etrosyan mig ht have ghiu could not expect beller results in by 3 N- QB3. been satisfied with his tournament score this chess family. Donald Byrne came to 5 B_N2 were it possible only to erase that zero the tournament with the hope of attaining 3 .. " P- QN 3 B- N!5t 4 P- KN3 B_N2 6 B-Q2 P- QR4 point against Ivkov. But he played that a gran dmaster title bllt was left far be­ Black's last move has been seen very game particularly badly and merited the hind his aim. otten of late In serious games. Really, loss. P etrosyan, some say, is in very bad As fo r the lower part of the tournament, however, It Is a loss of t empo and a chess condition at present and came to it is remi niscent of Sarajevo. In each lour. weakening of the Queenslde. the tou rnamen t by wa y of training for h i ~ OIIment, S panish and Bosnian native mas. 7 0-0 • • • • match with Spassky. His score is of no ters firmly and regularly hold down the great importance to him. He is merely last places. t = check ; t = db\. cheek; I ::::: dIs. ch. eHUS ItlVllW, ~"'lteH , 1969 75 A mistake by White would be 7 P-QR3 24 Q-Q2 • • • • 52 . . • • K-Q3 as 7 ... BxB 8 QNxB, P-R5! assures On 24 P-K5! ? PxP 25 PxP, Black de· Oil 52 ... HxP, White has 53 P- N7, Black of the beUer Pawn position on the fends by 25 ... R-QBI 26 Q-Q2, RJ3-B3! H- N6 54 It- N2, etc. Queenside. 27 N- Q6, NxP! etc. 53 R_N2 K-B3 7 . . . . BxB 24 . . . . P_Q4 54 P-N7 R-QN1 Black cannot allow 7 . . . 0-0 8 B-NS, This sacrifice cannot be condemned 55 K-Q2 Resigns P- R3 9 BxN, QxB 10 P-QR3, B-K2 11 as Black liberates himself of White's Anel' 55 ... HxP ami consequent trad­ N-B3 whereby the supremacy ot White's pressure and gets enougll connterplay. ing, followed by 57 K- Q3, White's King pieces is clear. 25 PxP can consume the Black PawlIs wldle the 8 QxB 0-0 10 NxN 26 QxP Black King tends to the outside passed 9 N-B3 N-K5 11 N-R4 • • • • Pawn Oll the Queell Rook file. White chooses Ule simplest reply. Not 26 .. ' . QxP? 27 KR- Ql, Q-R2 28 N- Q6, R-Nl 29 R-B8t! RxR 30 NxR 11 . . . . BxB with a win for White. 12 NxB P-Q3 Brilliancy Prize 27 Q-B5 • • • • Larsen did his best to keep stell with Korchnoy Cor a long stretch of the tour­ nament, but in vain. At the end of the event, he honored his main rival not only with the point but also with the prize for the best game in the tourna­ ment. QUEEN'S GAMBIT DECLINED (by Transposition) Bent Larsen Viktor Korchnoy Denmark Soviet Union 1 P~ Q..B4 P-QB4 80-0 0-0 13 QR-Q1 • • • • 2 N_QB~_KB3 9 P-QR3 N,N How to dis(IOSe of the Rooks is a serio 27 . . . . P- KR3 3 N-KB3 P-Q4 10 PxN B_B3 ous question. Alekhiue examined it and The text is the decisive mistake whicll 4 PxP NxP 11 R-N1 P-;KN3 suggested that the Rooks go onto opened enables While to cash in on his material 5 P-K3 P::..~3 12 B_K4 Q-B2 01' half-opened files, 01- here, therefore, adl'antage. Black retains possibilities fOI' 6 P-Q4 N-QBl 13 P- QR4 P-N3 KR-Q1 and QR- Qn!. The decision is not defense and attack by the correct 27 .. 7 B-Q3 B-K2 14 P-QR5 - . . . easy, involvjng foresight of the ensuing Q- Hl. Here While is loo hasty. He ought to course or the game. White has erred and 28 QxQ continue with H Q- K2! D-Q2! 15 B-R3, left his King Rook in passiviLy. Hence, 29 P- QR3! · . . . B- K2 thus retaining a slight edge. the advantage he had acquired in the Now While is prellRring an attack on 14 . . . . B- R3 opening llOW disappears. mack's Queen Rook Pawn. 15 RPxP RPxP 13 . . . . N-Q2 29 . . . . R- N1 32 N-K5 R/3-N3 16 R_K1 R-R2! 14 P_K4 Q-N1 ! 30 R-B2 P-N4 33 R/1-K2 R/3-N2 Black will control the Rook file. Black has found, WiUl excellent In· 31 K-B1 K-N2 34 K-K1 P-R4 17 P-KR4 .... sight, the means to equalize. He now 35 N-Q3! . . . . White is followIng -the standard line threatens to open play with ... P- QN4. And 1I0W White is ready to attack that of attack for similar positions but has 15 Q-K2 ... . Pawn. fOI'gotten that his position is not so Had White played 13 KR-Ql, he could 35 . . . . K-B3 strong that it can support such a dem­ now prevent all counterplay by Dlack 36 N_B5 R-R2 onstration or, better said, weakening. 17 by 15 QR- Bl. 37 R-B4 R/1- QR1 B- Q3 Is correct and holds the balance 15 . . . . P-R5! Now White's task is no longer difli· In the position. 16 N-K3 Q_N2 cult. For he has tied down Black's main 17 • . . . N-R4 forces to protection of the Pawn. 18 P-A5 R-Q1 Here• however• the immediate 16 • • • P-QN4 is correct: 17 PxP, R-R4 gives 38 N-K4t K-N3 Black's advantage Is clear. His are Black equality. 39 N_B3 N-K2 the better disposed pieces, and the White

17 N_B2! • • • • Trading Knights only llelps White. King·side attack leads nowhere. Now again White stands beiter. Like· 40 K-Q2 N-B4 19 N-Q2 B_KN2 ly, lllack overlooked tills reply. He can­ 41 K-B1 •... 20 RPxP RPxP not now continue with 17 ... P-QN4 Now 'White is free to release all his 21 Q-B3 N-B5 because of 18 PxP, R- R4 19 N- R3! pieces 011 the attack. Here 21 ... N-N2 with threat ot ... N-Q3! is stronger. 17 • • • • KR-K1 41 • • . . R-Q1 43 NxR N,P 18 KR-K1 R-R4 42 RxP RxR 44 R-K3 K-B4 22 NxN B,N 19 N-R3 P_QB3 45 P-R3 . . . . 23 R-Q1 P-QN4! Here 19 ... P-KB4 20 PxP, RxP does White must exclude Black's King from Black opens the way for his Queen by not work because of 21 Q- D2! with the ingress to N5 and U6. bettering the position of this Pawn. double threat, 22 RxP and 22 QxRP. 45 . . • . P-R5 48 N-B3 K- K3 24 B-Q2 .•.. 20 Q-B2 P-QN4 46 PxP PxP 49 N-K2 NxNt This new mistake permits Black to Now this "thematic" move is a mis· 47 P-N4 P- K4 50 RxN P_B4 secure a great advantage. 24 B-Q3, PxP take llermitting White to obtain a tang­ 50 ... R- Q6 is met of course by 51 25 I

27 Q-a3 R-N3 40 K-B1 • • • • 28 N-B2 • • • • The text still leads to a mate. The White prevents 28 . . . P-Q5 and small hope for salvation for WhIte lies threatens, at the opportune moment, in 40 K-R1, Q-B5 41 Q-RSt, QxQ 42 P-K4! RxQt, K-N2 43 PxR, KxR 44 K-N2, but 28 .... Q-N2 here, too, Black is better because of his 29 R-Q3 P-R4 King Pawn. MAIL. YOUR ORDER TO Here Black serIously weakens hIs King 40 .... RxPt 42 KxR Q-N6t CHESS REVIEW pOSition. 29 ... P-R3 is the correct move. 41 K-K1 R-NSt 134 Wut 72nd St., New York, N. Y. 10023 30 P-R4 P-N3 It's mate lIext move. 78 CHESS REVIEW, MARCH, 1969 When the Best Is Not the Best 25 P-N4 Q-R5 PORTABLE ROLL UP 26 P-B4 For resolution of tlle paradox in the • • • • DEMONSTRATION BOARD III a difficult position, above title, see the comment on move White conducts WITH TRIPOD and BASE 14 by White. hiS defense effectively. ENG.LlSH OPENING. Vi ktor Korchnoy Donald Byrne Soviet Union United States 1 P-QB4 N-KB3 5 B_N2 NxN 2 N-QB3 P-Q4 6 NPxN B-N2 3 PxP NxP 7 R-N1 N-Q2! 4 P-KN3 P-KN3 8 Q-B2 . . , , The books tell how White loses the Exchange on 8 BxP, BxB 9 R .."B, N- N3 with threat of ... Q- Bl or ... Q-Q4. 8, , , , QR-N1! Black has easily attained equality. Now 26 .... B-R3 he prepares 9 . .. P-N3 to be followed by Here, however, Black falters. To sus­ New !leavy.duty Convenient tab ... B- N2. tain the tight, he ought to open lines leg desIgn wlth closes legs in 9 P-Q3 P-N3 11 0-0 0-0 with 26 .. . P-QN4 continuing the attack 1)Un up tab a jiffy - 10 N-B3 B-N2 12 R-Q1 P-QB4 which he started. no juggling 13 P_K4 N-K4 no folding 27 R-KB2 P_QN4 28 N-Q2! PxP 29 N-K4 PxP! Rugged, stable leg con_ Black must yield the Exchange because struction, stays when set of the double threat, NxP and N- B6t. 30 N- B6t K-R1 Lightweight, compact, wit!l non_warp. Black has completely lost his way and ing metal roller. Convenient carrying overlooks the loss in one move. He can case. Heig!lt adj ustable. No club can at_ still resist with 30 , . . K- Bl 31 QxPt , ford to be without one. The screen is of R-E2 32 NxPt, K-N2 33 QxR, R- Q2! durable vinyl, with bonded . backing with equal chances or 31 NxRt, RxN 32 (over.all size 40" x 40"). Grey and white QxPt , K- Nl 33 B-B3 with unclear play. squares, 4 inches. Visible from distance. No installing. Just set it up and use. 31 Q-R3! Resigns Actually, mate threatens as by 31 ... 14 N-K1 . , , , K-N2 32 P-N5, etc. The correct continuation here is 14 This game reminds one that Robert Special Features NxN, BxN 15 B-R6; but it leads to sim· Byrne, the brother, sUl'Dassed Korchnoy Silhouetted chessmen, rigid pie and easy play, not to the taste ot positionally at Sousse and obtained a plastic, red and black - Korchnoy. He offers a positional con' winning position but then fell for a sim· cession in order to maintain tension and pie and transparent combinative trick. readily vIsIble - seek for complications. There will arise, and wit!l he says, a strifeful and difficult position, and I presume I will handle it better stems which than my opponent. And it seems he is Larsen's Day secure easily right. Often indeed at Palma de Mailorca, he proved the worth of this seemingly The Danish grandmaster prevails in a in pockets paradoxical strategy, He is playing rather scrambled game after Benko against both the position and the man. hoists a I{night out on a limb. Thus, the best move is not always the KING'S INDIAN DEFENSE most useful one. Modern round Pal Benko Bent l.arsen case with metal 14 . . . . N-B3 end caps Blade has to prevent 15 P-Q4. United States Denmark 1 P-QB4 P- KN3 5 N_B3 0-0 15 P-KB4 • • • 2 P-KN3 B- N2 6 0-0 P-B3 Now White is preparing a King·side 3 B-N2 P-Q3 7 P-Q3 P-QR3 Height attack. 4 N-QB3 N-KB3 8 P-N3 QN- Q2 adjustable 15 . . . Q- Q2 17 B-N2 QR-B1 Here 12 .. . N-K5 13 PxN, BxN 14 handle 16 N- B3 KR-Q1 18 Q-B2 R-B2! B-R6, nxR 1 15 QxB, P-B3 16 BxR, KxB Black lms Plac~/ all his pIeces excel­ 17 P- B5! favors White. lently. He beap upon the Queen Pawn. Improved molded And his initjahve on the Queenside must 9 B-N2 R-K1 10 P-QN4 P-K4 !langer with be more ~rf e ctive and move more quickly 11 N- Q2 . . , . screen leveler thanYhite's attacl, on the other wing. " - 19 R_Q2 N-R4 Continuing the Queen·side action with 11 P-QR4 is better. Already, Black's threats begin. 11 _ . .. P-KR4! 13 P-KR3 B-K3 Ea!',V close 20 R-K1 Q_RS 22 B_B1 B- QR3 12 P-K3 N-Bl 14 K-R2 P- Q4 pull.up tab 21 B-QR1 Rj2-Q2 23 Q-K3 Q- R6! Black has fully eqllali~ed. 24 P-K5 • • • 15 PxP PxP 17 N_B5 B-B1 White's last move is forced and the No. 999 $48,00 only defense against 24 ... BxBP. 16 N_R4 Q-Q3 18 N-B3 P-N3 19 N-N3 P-R5! 24 , . . . P-KS Order from CHESS REVIEW Black's advantage becomes perceptible. t check; ~ dbl. check; § = dis, eh. 134 West 72d St .. New York, N. Y. 10023 CHESS REVIEW, MARCH, 1969 79 Black cannot walt. On 19 ... B- N2 20 P-QR·j! Black can 110 longer continue as Oscar for 1968 In th e game: 20 . .. P- R5 21 NxP, QxP? The " O sc:u ~' Is It small statuette of 22 D- R3, Q-B6 23 R- Dl, etc. On 19 . . . si\vel' representing Sancho Pancha, QxP, White has the favomble 20 DxP. the famed creation of Cen'anles. Its ~ NxP QxP award and the naming of the len best Now Dlack stands a bit better as he players of the world fOI' 1968 evoked special attention, comments and criti· has a Queen·side Pawn majority. cisms In the chess world. 21 P-B4 • • • • The Oscar ror 1968 was awarded to Wh ile aims to control his Q.! but Boris Spa.ssky, and it seems that Ulls weakens his posillon and makes his decision will I)aSS, smoothly and with· Knight on R4 badly posted. out much of a ripple. It did so happen, however, that, as Korchnoy at the last moment turned back llis principal rivals and secured fi rst place at Palma de Mallorca in so superIor a manner. the journalist '·ot· ers fell In to 1\ small turmoil. It was hoUy argued tor a time against giving precedence to the FIDE matcll com· petitions In the worid championship program over other competitions, to wit especially, th e fine Korclllloy first at i\Ialiorca. But the opinion in favor of Spassk), was finally accepted. The ten best players were then Borisiav Ivkov voted as follows: 21 . . • . P-K5! Here Is the correct reply which WhIte 1 B. Sp_ssky f.i M. Tal 15 B-R5! R-Q4 18 N-K4 N,N 2 V. Korchnoy 7 L. Portisch either o\'erlooked or underestimated. 22 B-K5 P- R4 ! 16 BxN P,B 19 QxN B-Q3 3 B. Larsen 8 V. Smyslov 17 P-QB4 R-Ql 20 N-B3! . . . , 4 T. Petrosyan 9 P. Keres 23 PxP PxP 5 R. J. Fischer 10 D. Bronstein 24 Q-Q4 N/ 1-Q2! White can agree to a. draw it he per· Still and all, of course, this list was Now White is obUged to trade Queens mils 20 ... BxN. Here the Knlgllt Is settled only after a. good deal of co m· leaving Dlack with mally attacking ]}()s· somewhat stronger than tile BIsllOp. ment and dh'erse opinions. It appear· slbllllles, especially since that Knight on 20 . . . . KR_K1 22 KR-K1 Q-B3 ed Ulat the journalists were not really IH III a mere spectator. 21 K-N1 Q_K2 23 P-KN3 B-82 read}' {Ol' arriving at such It decision 25 QxQ PxQ 27 KR- B1 B,B 24 P_R3 Q-B4 26 B-Q4 N-Q4 28 PxB . . , . aud lacked the objective criteria The text Increases White's chances. A wllereby to trim down tile list. So thf! 28 NxD!? is met by 28 . . . N-D4! not IJa ssive derense Is more effective. Now list amounts to nothing more than the . .. NxKP as 29 N- N5 then carries un· the ensuing endIng may not be lost but opinion, or consensus, of some journal· clear conSeQ uences. does require a " ery difficult defense. ists assembled for the tournament or 28 ...• N/2-B3 25 QxQ PxQ 29 KxR K-Q2 Palma de Mallorcn.· No one need be Now Black has a winning game. too concerned : they can draw up Ulelr 26 RxR RxR 30 K-K3 K-KS list, but tlley can change nothing 29 B_B1 B-K3 31 N-Q2 P-K6! 27 K-82 R-K7t 31 N-R4 B-Q1 which did llappen. 30 8-B4 KR-QB1 32 N-B1 . . .• 28 R-Q2 RxRt 32 P-QR4 K- BJ , Someone remarked that Fischer 01' 3Z N/Z-B3, NxP! Arter 32 ... BxN 33 P:xD, P-KN3 34 finds an undeservedly low place. Lar· K - D4 , K- D3 35 P- Q5! White wins easily. sen, who was near and wllo is acutely 32. . • . RxB! 35 RxR P-K8(Q) 33 RxR P-K7 36 N/2- B3 Q-K88 33 P_B4 • • • • seusitlve to suell declarations, answer· 34 N-Q2 RxP! Resigns ed: "Anyone who plays (only) six or seven games against grandmasters In a year can expect such a result." · Actually, Journallsts were invited ror Spassky's Day Ihe pu rPQs(! or voUnt on Ihl! Oscar. but we don't kno"' the bllsls on which th~y This is not an easy game, but Spassky were ae1ccted.-Ed. takes it tlnally, and earlier than It may appear as Ills errorless play so presses Pomar than the latter takes on a los[ng (but Instructively so) endganle. CHESS and CHECKERS Supplies CARO.KANN DEFENSE High Quality Catalln and Plut1c Checkera Boris Spassky Plain or Grooved .• AU Size. Arturo Pomar CHESS Set•• , . Wood, • Catalln .. PI ..tlc Soviet Union Spain 33 .... P-KN4 AU Siz.... All Price. B_R2 1 P-K4 P-QB3 8 P- R5 Here Is the decisive mistake. Black CHESS and CHECKER Bond. 2 P-Q4 P-Q4 9 B-Q3 B,B 3 N_QBS p,p may possibly save the game by 33 ... Folding, Non.Foldlng, Regulation or 10 QxB Q-B2 P-N3 and eontlnulng with a passive de- Numbered 4 NxP 8-B4 11 B_Q2 P-K3 CHESS·CHECKER Timing Clo<:k' 5 N_N3 B-N3 120-0-0 0-0-0 KN_B3 AU Merchandlae R.",onably Priced 6 P-KR4 P-KR3 13 Q-K2 IT'S YOUR MOVE! 7 N-B3 N-Q2 14 N-K5 N-N3 S END FOR FREE CATALOG Remember! Give us six weeks notice of STARR SPECIALTY COMPANY Black's continuation Is weak. 14 ... change of address. Copies do not get 1S. South Noble Road, NxN 15 PxN. N-Q2, as 1n the Spassky­ forwarded and also can take weeks en· Cleveland Heights, Ohio 44121 Petrosyan match of 1966, Is better. route. So we mUlt have notice early! 80 tHUS REVIEW, MARtH, 1969 fense. Now he is to come into Zugzwang . i for his Pawn on KD4 can be defended only by his King. 34 N-B3 K-K3 3S N_ KS P-B3 Now Black makes matters even sim· pier: 'White needs only to post his Knight on K3 and advance his Queen Pawn. 36 N-Q3 K-Q3 40 RPxP PxP 37 N-K1 8-82 41 P_N3 PxP 38 N_B2 B_Q1 42 PxP P-NSt SAGA OF A CHESS SAGE 39 K-83 P_N4 43 K-K2 8-K2 44 N-K3 8-81 First official chess champion of the world, Wilhelm Steinitz was Or -t4 ... K-K3 45 P-Q5t. etc. reputedly a positional player. Does that mean he avoided tactical com­ 45 K-Q3 K-83 48 N-KS K-83 46 NxP P-N4 49 K-K4 K-Q3 binations? Was safety first his guiding principle? Here (a) at Lon­ 47 PxPt KxP 50 K-85 Resigns dOll, 1862, he indulged in pyrotechnics vs. A. Mongredien (Black). This Center Coltnler Game began: I P-K4, P-Q4 2 PxP, QxP 3 N-QB3, Q- Ql 4 P-Q4, P- K3 5 N-B3. World Champion's Sole Loss Cover scoring table at line indicated. Set up position, make Black's Tigran Pet.rosyan scored some good victories against grandmasters but ended next move (exposing table just eoough to read it). Now guess White's only in fOlll"th place. This game was a 6th move, then expose it. Score par, if move agrees; zero, if not. Make large reason for 11is "unsuccess." move actually given, Black's reply. Then guess White's next, and so on. SICILIAN DEFENSE COVER WHITE MOVES IN TABLE BELOW. EXPOSE ONE LINE AT A TIME Borislav Ivkov Tigran Petrosyan Yugoslavia Soviet Union WhIte p" Black Your Selection Your 1 P-K4 P-QB4 12 P-B3 B-Q1? Played Score Played for White's move Score

2 N_K83 N-QB3 13 Q-Q2 8- 82 5 ... N-KB3 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • · ...... 3 P-Q4 PxP 14 K-R1 P-QN3 SB_Q3 ...... 3 6 ... B-K2 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 4 NxP P-K3 15 KR_Q1 N-K1 70-0 ...... s 7 ... 0-0 · ...... · ...... _ 5 N-N5 P-Q3 16 N_B2 N-K2 SB-K3 ...... s 8 . .. P-QN3 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • -...... 6 P-QB4 N-B3 17 N-Q4 N-QB3 9N-K5 ...... 5 9 ... B_N2 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • -...... 7 QN-B3 P-QR3 18 P-QR4 NxN 10 P_S4 (b) ...... 4 10 •.. QN-Q2 · ...... • • • • • • • • 8 N-R3 B-K2 19 QxN P-KR3? 11Q_K2 ...... 4 11 ... N-Q4 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • · ...... 9 B_K2 0-0 20 P- QN4 N- B3 12QNxN ...... 3 12 •.. PxN (c) • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • ...... 10 0-0 B-Q2 21 Q-Q2 K-R2 13 R-B3 (d) ...... 6 13 ... P_K84 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • ...... 11 8_K3 Q-N1 22 QR-N1 R-Qf 14 R-RS ...... 4 14 ... P-N3 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 23 8-Q3! • • • • 15 P_KN4 ...... 5 15 ..• PxP (e) * · ...... -...... 16RxP ...... 10 16 .•. NxN • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • ...... 17 BPxN ...... 5 17 ... KxR • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 1SQxP ...... 6 18 .•. KR-N1 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 19 Q-R5t ...... 4 19 ... K_N2 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • ...... 20 Q-R6t (f) ...... 4 20 .•• K_B2 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 21 Q-R7t ...... 3 21 ... K-K3 (g) • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • ...... 22 Q-R3t ...... •...... 3 22 •.. K-B2 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • · ...... 23 R-8ft ...... •...... 4 23 •.• K-K1 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • ••••••• 24 Q-K6 ...... •...... 4 24 ... R_N2 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 25B-N5 ...... 4 25 •.. Q-Q2 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • · ...... 26BxPt ············ .. · ··5 26 ... RxB · ...... -. . .. . · ...... 27QxRt·······. · •• ······2 27 •.. K-Q1 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • · ...... 2S R-BSt ...... • .. 4 28 •.. Q-K1 ... •...... •• - ...... 29 QxQ mate ...... 3 23 .... P-K4 Black must play the anti· positional text Total Score ...... 100 Your Percentage •...... in order to prevent 24 P-K5§. 23 ... K-N1 fails against 24 BxRP! And the SCALE: 75-100-Excellent; 55-74-Superior; 4O-54-Good; 25-39-Falr text so chokes his game that 1IIs play deteriorates. NOTES TO THE GAMI-: * Position after 15 •.. PxP 24 P-85 NPxP 28 KR-QB1 8-83 a) Actually, he was a sharp tactical player in his 25 PxP Q-S1 29 B-85 R-K3 salad days. 26 N-Q5 BxP 30 8-B4 Q-Q1 27 PxP RxP 31 R-Q1 • • • • b) Foundation for a violent King-s ide assault. Here. however, White ought to play 31 c) 12 ... BxN is more flexible. Q-B2 immediately. d) White threatens to win by 14 BxPt, KxB 15 31 . . . • R-Kf R- R3t followed by Q-R5. Black overlooks his chance for 31 ... e) Decisively wrong. 15 ... NxN 16 BPxN, B- Bl B- R5 after which White has merely a allows a stubborn defense. slightly better endgame. £) Not 20 QxPt, for then 20 .. _ K-Rl wins. 32 Q-82! N-R4 33 N_ K7 Resigns g) Or 21 '" R- N2?? 22 BxPt, etc. t = Check; j: = double cheek; § = dis. check.

CHE$$ REVIEW. MARCH. 1969 81 21 B-K4 B- N2 40 B-B4t K-N3 22 BxN B,B 41 R-N6 P- K7 23 B- K7 Q-B3 42 R- K1 R- QB1 24 R- R6 N-K5 43 P_N4 P-QR4 25 RxQ N,Q 44 RxP p,p 26 R-Q6 B,N 45 R/2xRt P,R 27 RPxB N-K5 46 B- K5 P-R4 28 RxP N,P 47 RxPt K_B2 29 P-B6 KR-K1 48 R_QNS p,p 30 PxPt K,P 49 PxP K-K2 Miniature gomes are the hors d'oeuvres of Chess 31 R-N7 N-K7t 50 BxN R,B 32 K-R1 N-B5 51 RxP K-K3 THE GREATEST GAME -- 3 33 P-N3 N-N3 52 R-QB4 K-Q4 34 B-Q6 N_R1 53 R-B1 R-KN1 WE DEPART this month from "Chess Caviar" as we have a new "touch­ 35 P-B4 K-N3 54 K-N3 K-B3 36 P-KN4 R-K3 55 K_B4 R-B1t stone" for choice of The Greatest Game Ever Played (d. pages 2 and 37 P_B5 K-N4 56 K-K5 R- KN1 12 January and page 39 (February). The new Yugoslav Chess In­ 38 P_R3 P-K5 57 K-B5 R-B1t formant has listed the ten best games given in its fourth issue, that is, 39 K_N2 P-K6 58 K-K6 R-KN1 59 R-KN1 Resigns roughly the ten Lest for the last six months of 1967. The Informant suggests that, on 15 .. NxP, there follows 16 Q-R5, NxB 17 Admittedly, the ten best games of a Polugayevski 2; the rest 0: total 34. Gligorich WOll the game. P- B6, that 21 ... PxB is recommended half-year mayor may not measure up to and that 23 ... QxB is met by 2'[ RxPt. the best in len years, let alone of all Bukich-Tal (Budva 1967) and Smyslov ·-Gufeld (4th Spartakiad), each a loss time. But here is a short cut In gelling for the former world champions, stand "best games," and the choice has a legit. OLD INDIAN DEFENSE lied for fHth choice at 30 points. Ellwe imate interest for all chess fans. gave the first 9, the second 1; Trlfun· Lajos Portisch Bent Larsen The selection was made from thirty ovlch gave the second 10, the first 3; Hungary Denmark games offered bv the Editorial Board of PoIugayevsky gave the first 7, the sec· 1 N-KB3 P-Q3 13 PxP N-K1 the Informant to a jury composed of ond 4; and Schmid gave the second 9, 2 P-Q4 B-NS 14 P-K4 P_B4 Dr. i\fax Enwe, chairman, Yuri Averhakh. the first O. 3 P-QB4 P-KN3 15 P-KR4 Q-BS Seventh choice is Lal'sen- Ivkov Gedeon Barcza, Erich Eliskases, Vasya 4 Q-N3 Q-B1 16 P-RS PxKP (Palma 1967) won by Larsen as in S P-KR3 B,N 17 Q_Q1 p,p Pirc, Lev Polugaye,'sky, Lothar Schmid CHESS REVIEW (page 46, February and Dr. Petar Trifunovich. A vote for 6 QxB B-N2 18 QxP N/1-B3 last). It rated 29, with a 10 by Polugay· N_KB3 first grade counted 10, for second, 9, etc. 7 P-K3 19 Q-R4 N-B4 evsky. 8 N-B3 0-0 20 B-K3 QR_B1 Not one of the games is of caviar Eighth was Fischer-i\[yagmarsuren 9 P- KN3 QN- Q2 21 KR- Q1 K-R1 length (were such, pcrhaps, ruled out by (So\lsse J96i and Ilage 14, January 1968 10 B_N2 P-B3 22 B-R3 R-QB2 definition? and, if so, by the editorial in CHESS REVIEW). It rated 26 points, 11 0 - 0 P-K4 23 B_BS P-N4 board or by the jury?). Some of the with an 8 by Trifunovich. 12 P-QS p,p 24 QR_B1 N-Q6 Ninth was Reshevsky-R. Byrne (Sousse games have already appeared in CHESS 1967), rated 20, with 7 by Pirc and REVIEW. SO only a few of the others Trifunovich. are offered here, along with the complete Tenth was Botvinnik- Polugayevsky list. (4th Spartakiad), rated 14, with 9 by First choice of the jury goes to the A verbakh and 5 by Trifunovich. game, Fischer-Stein (Sousse 1967). It appeared in CHESS REVIEW (page 8, SICILIAN DEFENSE January, and 51, February 1968) and earned 9 points from Eliskases, Pirc, Boris Spassky Alexei SueUn Poillgayevsky and Trifunovicll; 7 from Soviet Union Soviet Union Euwe and Barcza; none from Averbakh: While Black total 58. Here Fischer certainly won a very notable game; but, despite some 1 P-K4 P_QB4 11 PxB P-Q3 2 N_KB3 N-QB3 12 R- B3 P-K4 very Ilro[ound combinational Illay (cr. PxQ 3 N_B3 P_K3 13 P_B5 P-Q4 2S N-K2 NxR 34 QxQ especially the notes by Hans Kmoch, pp. QxN 4 P-Q4 PxP 14 R-N3 K- R1 26 RxN 3S BxP K-K2 51 and 52, February), it seems hardly R,R 5 NxP Q-B2 15 PxP N-K2 27 R-KN1 36 P-R3 R-KR1 likely to surpass his win against Donald 28 RxB 37 B-K3 K-B3 6 B- K3 P-QR3 16 B-B5 N/3xP Q-Q8t Byrne (page 2, January, 1969) or Irving 29 K-R2 KxR 38 K-N2 R-R2 Cherney's choice (page 13, January, 7 N- N3 N-B3 17 Q-N4 R-KN1 8 P_B4 B-N5 18 R-R3 N-KB3 30 Q-N5t K-B2 39 B-B8 R-QB2 1969). Or are there opinions to the con· R-B7 9 B-Q3 0-0 19 Q-N5 N/2-Q4 31 B-K6t K-K1 40 B-R6 trary? R_B6 10 0-0 BxN 20 R_KB1 P- QN3 32 QxN Q-R4t 41 P-N4 The jury chose as second, Silassky­ 33 B_R3 Q-N3 42 BxP RxP Suetin (4tlI Spartakiad, Moscow 1967) 43 B-B6 Resigns with 10 points from Euwe, Averbakh and Schmid; 9 Barcza; 8 Plrc; 3 Polugay· Here the Informant suggests that 12 evsky; 2 Trifunovich; and 1 Eliskases: .. P-B4 13 P-K4, P-KR·j, gives Black total 53. an edge, that 17 ... N/I-B3 18 P-R6, The third choice is PortIsch-Larsen B-R1 19 B-R3, N-B~ 20 B-K3 favors (SOllS3€ 1967). The votes run: Pirc 10; White, that 19 ... N-N3 20 NxP, N/BxP EUVle and Polugayevsky 8; Averbakh 21 B-N5 favors White, that 20 ... NxP and ~liskases 6; the rest 0; total 38. 21 NxN, QxN 22 P-QN4 gives White a The fourth choice is GligoricJl-Matu· decisive advantage and that 27 ... lovich (Palma de Majorca 1967, which Q-Q8t 28 K- R2, Q-R4 is met by 29 QxQ, appeared in CHESS REVIEW, page 72, NxQ 30 B-K6 or 28 . .. QxP by P-KN4. March, 1968). The tally runs: Barcza and Eliskases 10; Euwe and Pirc 6; J. S. Battell 82 CHESS REVIEW, MARCH, 1969 Up-to-date opening analysis By H. BOUWMEESTER by an outstanding authority,

10 0-0 P-K4 KING'S INDIAN DEFENSE It is debatable if 10 . _ . N-QN5 is Saemisch Variation with 5 ,. , P-QB3 and 6 P-QR3 stronger. White can simllly play 11 D-Nl and later elllvloy his Queen Rook via QR3 and the third rank. Now, iC neces­ The idea of attacking White's Queen Bishop Pawn .vith _ .. P-QN4 sar)', mack has .. . N-ll-l or .. . N~B2 . was first applied in the game, Geller-Rahal', ZagreiJ 1955. Durinf,'; the 11 Q-Q2 N- Q2 Olympiad at Varna 1962, Lnrry Evans and Hobert Byrne expe rimented 12 QR_Q1 PxP 13 NxP with it, but withollt success. Those experill\ents and the defe,l! of Fisclwl" by Geller, HavanH 1965 are perhaps the reasons lllany players do not trust 1118 system for Black and likcwi.~e why the llH'tllOd i .~ not generally known by opening theorists, Actual practice in later years, however, has furnished 11('\\ data and, for the time being, it appear" that the method offers Black sufficient counter chances, provided he acts sharply and purposefully. Ca~tling too early, for example, can lead to seriOllS trouhle for Rlack in Illdtly ill­ stances since While has the capability of starting a quick Mlnck on the Kingside. For White, the position with 7 Q-Q2 followed hy g 0-0- 0 and 9 K-NI is probably hest. This system has occurred quite ofkn in re­ This pOHit.ion is familiar froUl recent cent tOllrnament play, games by Leonid Stein. The chances al"f~ probably about. even. White Blacl, I. 7 P-QIU, II. 7 KN- K2, III. 7 B- Q3 amI Subva.-iant A 1 P-Q4 IV. 7 Q-Q2 with p"jncipal elllp]':tsis 011 N-KB3 3 N- QBS B-N2 13 . _ . . N/2-84 4 P_K4 this last line. 2 P-QB4 P-KNS P- Q3 14 B_N1 Q-N3 5 P-B3 15 P-84 P-B4 This, the Saemish Variation iH gen­ Variation I. The lex!: is vrobably premature. erally considered to be White's most dan­ gerous weapon against the King's In­ 7 P- QR4 . . . 16 PxP PxP 18 NxN QxN dian. llotviunik and Spassky al'e great 17 P_KN4! N-N6 19 B-Q4 BxB The text preyents nJ"di~ l'- QN·] 20 QxB Q-N5 proponents of this system, and Portisch but weakens White's Quecliside. and Gheorghiu llave scored important Here 21 P-N;,! would give \Yhft.e good 7 . . . . P_QR4 victories with it. ("hanee~ (Stein-Heshevsky, Lo~ Angeles This is Black's most logical re-aetion. ]968). 5 . . . . P-B3 7 .' 0 - 0, however, can also be consid­ 5 ... 0 - 0 followed by 6 ... P - Kl oc­ ered ~illce \VhHe can no longer plan on Subvariant B curs more frequently in pl"actical play. 0 - 0 --0 for himself. llellko-R llyrne j'an 13 . . . . N/3- B4 18 B_B2 B-K3 And this tine also call bear further in­ S B- Q3, QN- Q2 9 KN-K2, P-ll·j 10 0-0, 14 B_82 Q_N3 19 N/3-K2 QR- Ql vestigation. P-N3 11 Q-Q2, ll- N2 12 ll- Qll2, l'xP 13 15 P-QN3 Q-N5 20 NxB N/1xN 6 B-K3 P-QR3 IlxP, N-]{{ 1-1 P--QN3, N-ll3 15 Il-K3 16 R-N1 R-K1 21 QxQ PxQ N-Nil 16 QIt-ill, Nxll 17 IhN, N-Q2 17 KR-Ql N-B1 22 B-N3 B-K4 with better chances for While who ("011- trois more terrain (New York 1967). mack has a satisfactory game (Bobot­ Hoy-Stein, Odessa 1968). 8 B-Q3 N-R3 9 KN-K2 - , , .

An interesting and dif(icult battle o~· cUlTed in Gheorghiu-Szabo (Winnipeg Variation II. 1967): 9 U-Bl, 0-0 10 KN- K2, N-Q2 11 (Continue from first diagram) 0-0, P-Qll-1 12 P-B4, N-N5 13 ll-Nl, 7 KN-K2 - . . , PxP 14 NxI', N-ll'l 15 P-B5, ll- Q2 16 P-QN3, P-K3?! 17 N-N5, ll-EA 18 R-ll3 This move with its design to develop [18 N:\.""QP, Q- R5!], B-ll3. In a confused this Knight via QBl is probably not suf­ position by move 28, the players decided Ficient really to trouble Black. At this early juncture, White has am­ to call the game a draw. ple choice. To be discussed here are: 9 . . . , 0 - 0 t check; t db!. check; § d1s. ch.

CHESS REVIEW, MARCH, 1969 83 PxP 12 BxP, N-N8 18 B-N3, P-QR4 (Hort-Benko, Monte Carlo 1968), the game is about equal. Aller 7 ... 0 - 0 8 KN-K2, the move,S ... QN-Q2, is too paSSive. Hort-R. Byrne (Varna 1962) gave White a quickly de. dslve attack with 9 Q-Q2, P-QN4 10 IN NT P- KR-l! P-K-l 11 P-R5, NxRP 12 P-KN4, N/4-B3 13 B- R6. 1, 2. 8 PxP • • • • Books and 3 Transposition Into the variations above occurs after 8 KN- K2, 0-0. In PorUsch­ The Chess Informant is a R. Byrne (Monte carlo 1968), White new project, a compilation by 7 • • • . P-QN4 clearly had tJle beUer game after 8 KN­ 8 N-B1 0-0 K2, QN- Q2 9 P-QNS! 0 - 0 10 0-0, B- N2 the Yugoslav Chess Federation 11 R-QNl, P- K4 12 P-Q5, PxQP 13 BPxP, of the most important games Here 8 ... PxP 9 DxP. P- Q4 ought R- Dl 14 Q- Q2, N- D4 15 D-QD2, N-R4 16 also to be investigated. in the world·wide arena from P- QN4, N-Q2 17 P-QR4, N-N3 18 D- N3! 9 PxP RPxP PxP 19 NxP, N-QD5 20 B:tN, RxB 21 tournament and match play. 10 P-QN4 • • • • Q- Q3. R- Bl 22 P- N5! Else, 10 ... P-N5 follows. 8 . . . . RPxP Book 1 at 56.00 10 . . . . P_Q4 9 KN-K2 0-0 10 P-QN4 Book 2 at $6.00 Here, too, 10 QN-Q2 perhaps ought to • • • • be considered. The text seems safest. The text has occurred several Umes 11 P-K5 KN-Q2 In practical play. WIthout further ana­ lysIs. it cannot be said It 10 Q-Q2 or 10 The project arranges selec­ 12 B-K2 • • • • 0 - 0 oreers better chances. But Black tion of games by leading can reply with 10 ... P-N5 and 11 ... Yugoslav and Soviet Union D- QR3 to try for counterplay. players. including W 0 rId 10 • . . . QN-Q2 Champion Tigran Petrosyan. 11 0-0 •.•• In Bobotsov-Tal (Wljk aan Zee 1968), there followed 11 P-QR4, PxP 12 RxP, Book 3 at $6.00 R- Nl 13 0-0, N-NS 14 R-ru, N-K1 15 contains 748 great games from P- D4, P-KB4! 16 N-N3, PXP 17 Q-N3t, K- R118 DxP1 (18 NxP 15 best), N-KB3! January to June, 1967. 19 BxP, N-N5 20 QN- K2, N-B5 21 B-Bl, N- R4 , and Tal had the better game. Book 3 alone also contains crosstables of the major tour­ 12 . . . . P-B3 naments: Hastings, Re g g i 0 In Portisch-Bednarskl (Palma. 1967), Emilia, Groningen. T i f lis 13 P-D4? PxP 14 BPxP followed; and, by (USSR Championship), New 14 ... N- N3, Black could have obtained excellent counterplay. Arter 14 . . . York (U. S. Championship). NxP!? 15 PxN, BlI:P 16 Q-N3! Q-Q3 17 Stockholm, Beverwijk, Vm­ N-Q3, Dednarski fell into trouble. Here 13 PxP, KPxP 14 N-Q3 seems In· jacka Banja. Buenos Aires, d!cA.ted with about even chances. Malaga, Colditz, Riga, Sara­ jevo, Monte Carlo, Halle, Bucharest, Krnljevo, Moscow Variation III. From this position, the following ex­ and Leningrad. (Continue from flrat diagram) perience can be cited:

7 B-Q3 • • • • Subvariant A The books are completely 11 . . . . B-N2 115 P-QR4 N-N3 indexed, by players, openings 12 Q-Q2 P_K4 17 Q-B2 PxP and commentators. Comments 13 KR-Q1 PxP 18 NxRP NxN 14 NxQP N-K4 19 RxN RxR are by code symbols (explain­ 15 B-B1 KN-Q2 20 QxR .~d in English and other • White has the sllghUy easler position languages) . (Geller-Fischer, Havana 1965). Subvariant B A unique "international" 11 . . • . N_N3 code makes the games read­ 12 P-QR4 PxP able by all, with piece sym­ 13 NxP B-QR3 bols plus designation of The game is completely even (Pach- square to which moved. The text Is quiet and sound. man- Geller, Moscow 1967). 7 . . . • P-QN4 Book 4 now out at 86.00 In these cIrcumstances, 7 ... 0-0 Is probably also good. Alter 8 KN-K2, Book 5 now out at 86.00 Variation IV. P-QN4 9 PXP, RPxP 10 P-QN4, the game (Continue from flrtt diagram) transposes Into the text variaUon. On Book 6 out soon 9 0-0, QN-Q2 10 R- Bl, B-N2 11 Q-Q2, 7 Q-Q2 • • • • CHISS RIVIEW, MARCH, 19" 84 This sharp continuation, planning for tel' chances (correspondence game, K- K2 with equality (Blkov- Gurgenidze, a quick 0-0-0, is considered the most O'KeUy-Dublnin, 3d World Champion­ Kharkov 1958): dangerous for Black. ship). C) 10 P-KN4 followed by either C) 8 B-Q3, 0-0 9 KN-KZ, QN-Q2 10 1) 10 ... QR- Nl 11 P-Iffi4, P-KR4 12 P-KR4, PxP 11 BxP, P- Q4 12 PxP, N-N3 P-N5, N- R2 13 R- R2, KN-Bl 14 R-Bl 13 B-N3, PxP 14 B-R6, N-B5 15 BxN, [14 P- K5 probably offers more chances], PxB 16 P- R5, B-B4 with about even N- N3 15 PxP, RPxP 16 N-Ql, Q-Rl 17 chances (Despotovich- Guljko, USSR­ P-B4, N-B5 with the initiative to Black, Yugoslavia 1966). who won (De Carbonnel-Berliner, 5th World Championship in correspondence chess 1966·7) or 2) 10 ... N-NS 11 P-B5, P-N5 12 PxN, PxN 13 QxP, QxP 14 B-QS, P- QR4 15 N-K2, 0 - 0 16 N-N3, R-Nl 17 P-KR4, P- B4.! 18 B-QB4, B-QRS 19 BxB, QxB 20 R-H2. KR- Bl 21 Q-Q3, QxQt 22 RxQ, N-Q2 23 R- KB2, PxP 24 BxP, R-N5 from 7 . . • • P_QN4 which position Black gradually obtained One example may suffice to show that Ule advantage (Kristinsson-Vasyukov, Black must not play too _passively. Reykjavik 1968). 7 . . . 0-0 8 0-0-0, QN-Q2 [8 ... B1) 11 ... B-N2 12 Q--Q2, 0-0-0 13 P-QN4. still is stronger: 9 B-R6, BxB 10 P-Q5! P- N5 14 QN-K2, PxP 15 BPxP, QxB, Q-R4. 11 P-K5! QPxP 12 QPxP, N-E4? [15 . . . Q-NS Is stronger] 16 KN- Q2 13 P-KR4, R-Ql (Portlsch-Gheor­ 8 . . Q-R4! P-QRS, Q-R5 17 PxP, N-N6 18 Q-B3t, ghiu, Wijk aan Zee 1968) and now 14 This is the indicated defense. In Spas· K- Nl 19 N-Q4, Q-RSt 20 K-B2, NxNt 21 P-K6 would have been strongest]. 9 sl{y-Evans (Varna 1962), White won QxN, Q-R7 22 B- QS, R-Blt 23 K-Q2 -with P-K5! N-Kl 10 P- B4, Q-R4 11 K-Nl, after 8 ... PxP 9 BxP, 0-0 10 P- KR4, advantage for White (Gheorghiu- R. P-QN4. 12 N- B3, P- N5 13 N-K4, P-QB4 P-Q4 [the Russian master Joedovich Byrne, :Monte Carlo 1968); 14 QPxP, PxKP 15 P-B6! N-NlI6 Q-Q5! suggests 10 ... B-K3 in his book on Q-B2 17 NxP, N-KB3 18 NxNt, PxN 19 the King's Indian] 11 B-N3, PxP 12 N-Q7, and White won quickly (Polugay' P-R5! PxBP 13 PxNP, RPxP 1-1 B-R6, TIre Biggest BargaIn evsky- GeUer, SpartakIade 1967). PxP 15 R- R4! N-N5 16 BxE, KxB 17 In CiteS's Literature 8 0-0-0 .... QxP, N-R3 18 N- B3. Here 'White has several reasonable al­ Even sllarper was -White's play in ternatives: Polugayevsky-Schianovsky (29th USSR Championship): 8 ... PxP 9 B-R6. 0-0 A) 8 P- KN4, PxP 9 P-N5, N- R4 10 ANNUAL BxP, P-QR4 11 KN- K2, N-Q2 12 N-N3, 10 P-KR4, P-Q4 11 P- R5, BxB 12 QxB, P-N4 13 N-R3, BxN 14 PxB, K-Rl 15 NxN 13 PxN, N-N3 14 B-Q3, B-K3 15 Volume 36 - $8.00 Q-K2, P- R5 with chances for both sides R-Nl, R- Nl 16 P- K5, N-KI 17 P-KR4, N-B2 18 ILxP with a very strong attack LL twelve issues of CHESS REVIEW (Nicolai-Gheorghiu, Hastings 1965·6): for White. A pnblished during 1%8 have been B) 8 B-Q3, PxP (see next paragraph 9 K-N1 . . . . handsomely bound in cloth making for 8 ... 0-0) 9 BxP, P-Q4 10 B- N3, this jumbo-sized book more than 384 PXP 11 NxP [11 PxP is preferable ac· Here 9 P-K5 is premature: anel" 9 ... nltra-sized pages. Games from the im· cording an analysIs by O'Kelly, in wl1lch P- N5! 10 PxN, PxN 11 PxB, PxQt 12 follows 11 ... N-N5 12 N- B3, NxB 13 ExP, QxBt 13 RxQ, R-Nl, Black has portant 1968 chess events are picked QxN, 0-0 14 P-KR4, B-N5 15 P-R5, BxP nothing to fMr. and annotated by such authorities as 16 0-0- 0, N-Q2 17 R-Q2, N- B3 18 N- K5 9 . . . . QN- Q2 Svetozar Gligorich, Hans Kmoch, Dr. Wltll good chances for White to attack The text is to prevent 10 P-K5. Petar Trifunovich and B. J. Withuis. (VranesIc- Benko, Ottawa 1964)], 0-0 From the chess scene, Trifunovich 12 N-K2, P-QR4 13 0-0, P- R5 14 B-QB4, gives ring.side accounts of the main NxN! [stronger than Smyslov's 14 .. . tournaments. All the games of the chal­ QN-Q2 against Botvinnik in the match lengers matches and the Hort-Reshev­ of 1958] 15 PxN, P-QB4! 16 B- KR6, sky-Stein playoff appear besides a B- N5! 17 BxB, KxB 18 Q-B3 [according permanent record of news and best to O'Kelly, 18 RxPt, fuR 19 BxR, BxN 20 B-Q5, R-R3! 21 QxB, P-K3 :Is favor­ games of 1968 and some close glimpses able for Black], PxP 19 NxP, P-K4 20 of Robert J. Fischer on and off the N-B2, N-Q2 with Black having the bet· chess arena. Openings are well covered by the an­ notators mentioned and in special arti. Solutions to PROBLEMART cles by H. Bouwmeester and I. A. No.1 The key is 1 B-B5: on 1 . " P-K4, Horowitz. White has 2 BxQP and 3 N-B7; on 1 ... From this difficult position, the follow­ Problems and endgames appear in PxB, he has 2 B-Q6, then mate. We find ing experience can be cited: 1 B-Q6 also works, thougll. the department conducted by Walter A) 10 N-R3 [in his analysis, Pachman Korn and other insertions; and quizzes, No.2 Here the key is 1 Q-Kl with threat also gives 10 P-Q5, BPxP 11 NxP, QxQ 12 of 2 Q-R5(t), etc. 1 ... K-B2 is followed cartoons and chess tales, and illustra­ RxQ, NxN 13 BPxN with an advantage by 2 Q-N4, etc. tions enliven the fare. in terrain for White], R- QNl 11 N- B2. No. 3 Try 1 B-B5. There follows: 1) 1 Postal Chess fans ean find their re­ N-N3 12 P-K5, PxKP IS PxKP, B-B4t 14 sults and ratings, and astute annota• . . . K-K8 2 B-N4, K-B8 3 B-K3, etc. 2) K- Rl, KN-Q2 15 P-B4, NxBP 16 BxN, tions by John W. Collins. 1 ... K- K7 2 K-N2, K-K8 or Q8 3 B-Q3, PxB 17 P-KN4, B- K3 18 KR-NI, 0-0 19 etc. 3) 1 ... K-B8 2 B- N4, K-B7 [2 .. . Nj2- K4, KR- Ql with even chances (Pach­ Volumes 3().34, 1962-1966 K- K8 3 B- K3] 11 B-Q2, etc. or 4) 1 .. . man-Bednarski, Marienbad 1965); still on hand for $8.00 eaoh K-B6 2 K-Nl, K-K7 [ 2 ... K-KS 3 B-Q3] 3 B-B2, etc. B) 10 B-R6, BxE 11 QxB, P-K4 (see next paragraph for 11 ... B- N2) 12 CHESS REVIEW 134 W. 72 St., New York, N. Y. 10023 i ;::::: check; ~ ;::::: db!. check; § dis. ch. P- Q5, P-N5 13 QN-K2, PXP 14 BPxP, CHESS REVIEW, MARCH, 1969 85 By WALTER KORN FIDE Internatianal Judge

NEW STATESMEN OF END-GAME STUDY One of th e types of platforms for displaying the do not exactl y spell out the format of the tourney, but work of all cm\ .game composer is a I'cgubl' newspaper .It seems I,t was an ".III f onna 1" one. I't IS 1a be Ie d column or ma~azi n e section. The editors may open "First" Internationa l Composing Contest for the their pages to llli "original," without 100 much ques­ United Stale,:; but is a first only in respect to its in­ tioning of the history and const ruction of the study. corporation of both end·game studies and problems. The designati on, "original," can be sacrosanct to the As judges, this contest had Isaac Kashdan and the unw iLt ing editor. Russ ian Yl,lri Averbakh_ Regret was previously The oth er platform is [he study tournament (for­ voi ced here Ihat no resi dent end·game composer was mal or 'in formal) which awards recognition and prizes added to the judging team thereby enabling the United to successful competitors, following the recolllmenda· Slates to pit t ror!h another candidate for FIDE Judge tion of n judge. Evaluation of the submissions varies of End.game St ud y Compositions, in addition to this accord ing to the arbiter's taste of style 01' hi;; defini. comtllentator. As to the general framework of the tion of what is lru ly original. Still , an official tour· contest, lite domestic pioneering work of Pal Benko ney provides a universally acknow ledged measure of will prove sa lutory and calls for grateful acknowlC

Spice and Life 1 . . . . K- Q3 3 NxR KxN 2 P-K8(N)f K- Q2 4 K-R6 N-B5 f rom the 1968 New Statesman T ou rney 5 P-Q3 N-B4t The relatively young Finnish composer, 5 , .. N-D7 6 R- RSt Indica tes !.be point Pauli Perkonoja. of Turku, is of lJigh of the undel-promoUon to a Knight. caliber a nd has consistently scored very welt in recent yens, S K- R7 N_K4 8 K_R8 N-K3 7 P-Q4 N- Bl t 9 P- Q5 Perkonoja, First Prize And White wins_ (See diagram, next column)

White to move and win ~ Seconu prlzo was won by a British COlllllOsltlon, But the award had to be This opus reared head and shoulders withdrawn because of a flaw discovered above the rest aHer careful examination arter the clOSing date and thus too late 1 N-B3t • • • • of alt the ovel-a, for submission ot a. saUsractory amend· It is a very difficult and impl'essh'e Alternatives fail to win, as Is of course ment. Hence, the next piece moves up; im perath'c ill a correct study! One I)l serial movement. involving a ,Vhlte it is by AtUla KOI'3nyl or Budapest. Pawn winnIng against two Black Knights, the mOl'a in\'oh-ed Is 1 R- RSt. K-Q3 2 P- K8(Ql. N-B3t 3 K- R8, RxR " Q- BSt. Koranyi, Second Prize K -K3 5 N-N4, R-R4t 6 K - N7, NxN 7 • A$ alwa)'&. we recommend that. for )'our (See dIagram, t op of next co lumn) greater ple~aure on these pages. YOu ley QxN, R-N4t 8 QxR, N-Q3t. lhQ Btu~y {or before read­ to 001\'0 yourself White to move and draw Ing tho (urther dl~euas!o n,-Ed. t = ehcelt; * _ db!. eheek; , = dis. eh, 86 tHESS REVIEW, MARt H, 1969 spirit long ago preceded the mora eco· nomical Russian "exploitation" and Cheron's gallic refinement of this same theme. Prof. Ladislav Prokes, Prague

The diagram as submitted to the The composer was searching for a pre· judges bore a bibliographical reference amble to 1 ... P- N8(Q) which marks which the transcriber had rightfully the actual kickoff; but, again, the intro­ copied from 'the original: "The composer duction is somewhat heavy, constructed adds: the final position is due to Chek­ in a. retrogressive forced manner and hover, 1949 White K/KR7, R/Q7; Black contains no tempting alternatives in K/K6, Pawns KB6 and KR5. The judges tIle first couple of moves. In the present White to move and draw were impressed by the composer's etlllcs setting oC two Rooks pius Pawn versus but amused in that this professional 'l'his study appeared ill "La Strategie" Queen, tIle element of surprise is lack· statement is inaccurate, as will be re­ 1939. The Czech used olle more Pawn, ing and all artificial relluction of forces lated below. later found superfluous; but his COlli· in a sacrit'icial overture is necessitated. The main line of the solution runs: position was a "first." Possibly, sOllie reworking may produce 1 R/2_R2 Q-N2 a more elegant prologue. 1 K-NS P-R5 3 RxP K-N7 1 K-88§ 8xR 3 R-KN4 Q,R 2 8-Q1 K-R2 2 RxP P-R6 4 R_R7 3 8-83 8-Q2 2 Nx8 P-N8(Q) 4 NxPt K-R1 Now ',,"hite is in a squeeze. Anu 'Vhite, as we've seen, clraws. Here a siJuple twist, but a twIst Prokes also shows the other false tries, nonetheless, eliminates the Black alter­ 4 R_KN2 Q-R3t 9 K-N4 K-R3 e.g. 1 K-R6? and 1 K-R8? which have native, 4 .•. K- R3 5 NxQt, K."l:P 6 N-K5! 5 B-R5 BxR 10 8-87! Q- KSt by JlOW become elementary. 6 R-N6 Q-K6 11 K-R3 Q-84t 5 NxQ NxP. 7 R-N3 Q-KS 12 K-N2 Q,B And now the hIde and seek and wait In the 1968 New Statesman Tourney, S Kx8 Q-RSt 13 R- R3t and catch ought to begin. Black's King the Ilecyphering of -the colles of the prize is imprisoned and without access to the Now Black is in perpetual check or "innel's turned up two successive honor· Rook Pawn, while Black's Knight Is else loses Queell for Rook. able mentions for an American who lias mobile-or is it? The study deserves its place for its also won prizes Oll several previous OCt 6 P-N3 N_B1 vision ill handling such heavy material casions anll is certain to provide liS with ill a Pawnless position, with many at· continue!l creative productivity. White has a theoretical win on 6 ... tractive and tactical finesses included in N-N5 7 K-K7, N- Q6 8 K-Q6, etc. Robert Brieger, Houston the sidelines. That the final draw is 7 P-N4 N-R7 10 P_N7 N-84 "book" is no demerit as it represents, 8 P-N5 N-86 11 P-N8(N)! in fact, a good merger of two themes to 9 P-N6 N-R5 N-K3t one elld, and the "book" finale itself has Arter the refreshing surprise of the been cOllsldered in the past to have Knight underpromotion, 11 '. K-R2 enough intrinsic fibre for study treat­ does not help either. ment. 12 K-B7 N-N2 14 N-88 N-83 The composer did, however, get his 13 N-Q7 NxP 15 N-K5 '"Y SOUl'ces mixed. If the reader will set up 16 N-N6 mate the purpOI'lell "ChekllOver" position given The two Knigbts wIn since Black's above, he can now easily solve it with Knigllt prevents his King f!'Om becoming the aill of Koranyi's study: 1 K- NS, stalemated as he does in tIle theoretically P-B7 2 R- K7t, K-B6 3 R-B7t, K- N7 4 drawn ending of King and two Knights R-N7t, K- B8 5 R-KR7, P-R6 6 RxP, versus King. K-N7 7 R- R7, etc. But this setting was not Chekhover's White to move and win T_ 8. Gorgyev 1928 -it was composed "after Chekhover" by It one observes that the execution wilh V. A. Korol'kov as published in 1950 in which the solution starts is somewhat "The Budapest Match Bulletin." The heavy-handed, that may be true; but the original Chekhover on wllich Korol'kov trigonometry on the lower left corner is intended to improve stood: White intriguing! K/KE7, R/KN7; Black K/QB1, Pawns QB7 and KR4. 1 P-B7 R-RSt 6 K-K6! R-K5t Chekhover published it in "Shakhmaty 2 K-N2! R-R7t 7 K-87 R-85t 8 KxP R-N5t v SSSR" of January 1949. 3 K-83 R-R6t These two liltle gems were augmented 4 K-K4 R-R5t 9 K-R7 R-N2t by tIle French perfectionist doyen of 5 K-Q5 R-Q5t 10 AxR western stuuy composition, Andre Cheron Robert Brieger's second honorable in the 1960 edition of his monumental mention was literally second: he had tractate on endings: White K/KR7, first anll second honorable mentions R/QR7; Blaclt K/KR6, Pawns KB7 and after the Ddtish entry fell out. White to move and win KR4, wherein White's drawing process is Robert 8rieger, Houston There are only a few exceptions with enriched with a few more lines without two Knights versus one winning. J. duals. (S~e diagram, top of next cQlumn) Berger (1921) has a f~v settings of AU these blbUographica, moreover, overlook the fact that Czechoslovakian White to move and win (Concluded on page 93) CHESS REVIEW, MARCH, 1969 87 Activities 01 CHESS REVIEW POltat Chen JACK STRALEY BAnELL players: game reports &. ratings, namu 01 new players, prize. winners, selected games, Postal Chess Editor tourney instructions &. editorial comment.

Continued from 1188 February issue 86·1 POSTAL CHESS 1150 T J 81~ TINGS 1316 '8' 1520 """ 131U 1346s"" OS, POSTAL MASTER GENERAL ,"0 13"""12 1 Hans Berl iner ...... Rockville, Maryland ...... 2068 1280 126u""" 1000"" """OU Postal Master Candidates 1316 1052." 1150"" SO" !iIO 13UO 2 Richard Murphy, ...... Laurelton, New york ...... 1826 1342 S4G 3 Alex Siklos ...... Toronto, Ontario ...... 1806 lOIS 1212 88' S72 4 Robert H. Steinmeyer ...... St. LOUis, Missouri ...... , ..... 1804 5'2 182G S"' m "'8 H Air Mail Postolites 504 C 1416'" 88" 1190 5- W Goichberg . 1798 -11 L Stolzenberg . 1760 17 T E Barnard .. . 1722 . 1i28 08S 1382 H 1202 -6 R B Ilderton .. 1798 12 P S Leinweber 1746 18 J Dunkle. _ .. 1716 1108 -7 W G Robertie . 1798 13 L Roberts .... 1740 19 R S Scrivener __ 1710 "" 1154 8 M Mitchell .. .. 1778 14 G Aguilera . . . 1738 20 G R Abram .... 1706 "on"" 0"' 80" 9 B Maillard .... 1776 15 M Ahlstrom .. 1732 21 J H Lubbers ... 1704 1300 1082 99O """ 10- L B Joyner .. , 1760 16 M L Perea ... , 1724 22 W Muir ...... 1702 1090 ." 1620 8<2 16H First Class Postolites 440 '"702 ,eo '"SO" 23 P Schreiber .. 1696 39- R B Potter .. . 1652 55- R Lifson ...... 1620 m " 1028 1068 24- S Greene .... . 1692 -40 D A Littrell,. 1652 -56 B E Owens .. . 1620 1128 _25 K Merkis .... . 1692 41 _ I Bizar ...... 1650 57 H W Steinbach 1618 1218 1570'"" 1228 038 26 J G Sullivan .. 1690 -42 R E Johnson. 1650 58 C G Comstock. 1616 ,;50 27 I Zalys ...... 1688 43 E Brigmanis . 1634 11 S4 59 P Sherr ...... 1614 1138 ""'722 28 R M Burley .. . 1686 44- I Erkmanis ., 1632 60MBock ...... 1612 '"' 1136 1350 13901 29 R A Cayford .. 1682 -45 J Phythyon ,. 1632 61- P Cleghorn .. . 1610 '00 30- H Jurado ... . . 1680 -46 J Stonkus ... 1632 -62 S S Johnson _. 1610 ""592 -31 D Kucera .... . 1680 47- H Rothe .... 1630 -63 R C Slater .... 1610 ""' J 12M""" 800 00" 32 G Carlson .. . . 1678 -48 A Sildmets .. 1630 - 64 Vine Smith , .. 1610 '"G9-1 H58 33 H Mayer .. _ .. . 1668 49_ S Cross .. .. . 1628 65- R Fontenrose . 1608 'B "8" '""5H 34 M De Lieto .. . 1666 _50 D J Sibbett 1628 -66 K V Grivainis . 1608 010 852 R 908 35 M Eucher . ... . 1664 51 E F Martin .. 1626 -67 T Mueller ..... 1608 SO" lo7S 36- M O'Donnell .. 1654 52- R J Merrill .. 1622 "0 102.\ 68 R Christiansen. 1606 _37 J Ozols ... .. ,. 1654 _53 KO Matt-Smith 1622 69 S Tennant ... . 1604 1110 1466 """S<" 130.1 -38 J B Siavich 1654 -54 B Wheeler .. 1622 70 L Dreibergs .. . 1600 GOO '00 1086 Ties indicated by 5-, -6. -7 or 65-, -66, -67 """ 1300 ,g, P 123"""( 1194'"" J 122-1 1164 Xichols C n 1200 l\old ,T )[ 1300 Oa1,er \V R O[e,' A 1200 851; 13Gr. l\ichols .r D 1152 Noll )lis~ )[ O K 7 .S< A m Nouhu" C 12UO Ogni J ~{ 1422""" Oppenheim P Kowak P J lZH Ognl nlck )! "8 Orbunowski )Irs C SOO Rating Classes Kugue b' O'Keefe A 912 O,'charf J >D" .':unziata C A 10lUn" O'Keefe '1' E I04S " Class A 1300 and up Class C 700 to 998 !\"unziata J Olwia r" C 1330 XussGr F' 1572 O kuniewicz l~ J "SO Ratings as of January 1st, 1969 Class BlOOD to 1298 Class D below 700 Nycr M )[ "'"754 O'Leary .\[ J 1162 C:HESS REVIEW, MARC:H, 1969 88 Patem ... " H B 890 R i';chw ... rt~ R Pater~on J D H~S "0 J 270 ~rhwnrtz I( A "0 P"ttel'~on J L 1 2·10 W R 1'" 3S I >:('hwnrlz , 10 48 Patter~on Johu 1228 K 7f.6 ~chwclt~er .r ,,. Patteson B ,, H~O ~chwerjn W ,.. GO" Palloll J U GOO >:ehw;n!:" .J " 123G Patlon J ,, 1312 >:cohlow If ~ Patton J :..; 089 GO" ~conyer" n 1308 Paul BW HlU ~colt 1> :'<1 1212 Pa"lek"" .1 no ~cott (~ 000 Paule)' A Scolt n 12(18 Pavitl :'<1" A" 11-\4 !':.coU Pa,'lica B ""510 , Pawlisz G 121i0 , '" Peacock .1 It 00" Peacock H W 712 0 Peak J l~ no Pearl A ,;IS Pearlstein H 1220 E Pea"e H. 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S3 H ell To report resuhs, follow instructions on I,",sts Bicknell. 5 1 Be tte nconr t bells Ca rpen. " 'r. S9 \\'lIl1nllllJOll resig n" nil I;"nme&. 90 pages ,J & 5 of your booklet 0 11 P ostal " il ko\\""ki be3t" P(a cen le hut hows to J essel. Chess strictly and exactly. Otherw ise the 96 '\"IIP ! Booth . H! l .ewls G ame reports sent In lime for receIpt by t ies Ott 1.111 1 103eB to Cook. l ~ii J oyce Jurs o.I a teli Indica ted a bove are printed below. ,"" " cc \\1 Ice. 1-I G I3! nlt beats Greenhertr nntl But the players concerned should cheek to j"rank: F',·/ll1k l.oelu Gr e~ nbe,.g. I tS Ka lllJh sen that they are lJO publlabed. To I;pot {"onk ~ Sc h'·Od e r. H 9 ~ ! arlln bests Booth once thelll, look under your 6ectloll number, firs t a nd 1,Ium twice. !)y the key: e.g., 68-C (lndlea tlns Class Tour­ ney !)ecun in 1968) and by number (466) Tourn ey s I SO· 199: 153 Youngquist loses 10 I:lven In t ext helo\\" the k u.,·. :,; ~~ Hlli e 18. L a n Khnm hill li ck s ~! ec k e ~ : Langhnm maul ~ Symbol f indicates a win by for Ce.!t with­ 'I!ec ke~. 1 ~~ Lnllia!ltn to ps ~roore Once and ou t rating credit; a shows a ratln &" credit ( 2f ench) Urolllle)' ",ul Jani~. 15~ B neon 11.Ilj\ld lcaUon: clf marks " double·ror relt. Low" once to 1~ I! zseratd . lwle e \0 Perry. leo Truitt 10 P ~ Afi hley t\\" ice. IG I Helm. Ru ~s lick Ledlle. IG! Welsh bow ~ twice to ~! o r i n r ly n nd o ll ce 10 Rernolds. lS7 Dena­ hurge r be"ts Ko iser. 173 Gill jars J ohnSOIl CLASS TOURNAMENTS twice a nd Xewia rul a nd Ral;nmsscn OnCe F our _ma n Tournamenh Grldec! by Clal$el ,,"eh. IiG Klu, Io w COllk, PrestOIl. 177 Fause)', \\·hltem " n ti e . l RI l3.'\ rrett tops Quinn and lie!! H ea lr; H elll e)·. Quinn split two. 184 Starte-d in 1967 (Key: 67·C) Rosen>:,,) rillS Bn"!)e m twice. 185 Osw!l.ld lo." e ~ \0 l~\l cera. I)u t splits with Hart,,·!g . l~ O 'ITcKcon c Ol\k ~ Kallfmnn. 191 Dullcn ! T ourney. 1 _ 299: (; Rowland wlnH r!"om But­ top ~ (2a) fiele h. 102 ~ostra nt nips Young cher. sn Pope pinks If!ll once uII(1 Whltm a tl twice : P hll ipp ye rks young nnd Oswald. 19~ twice. CapriU<1 tops (a) ~lIl1 e l" . 130 WeiRS In Smother ~ tops QHlnn and ties 'Vade: Clark \\" hlll! G1tlitl. 137 I-hchtllnSEr lick8 Herrera. clip~ Quiun. 19:; 1·'o s ter iells Landey. 199 H 3 Ulumenthal \)<)1 1.'1 LinQ. berg. 1~ 5 W h Itlow nOU). tOIl r l p ~ LeWIs. \I h Ips Holdswor th. 15S 'rhonms t ies :'!a cken ­ ~Io Il nd tops Cu rtin. I S~ Anderson, :'IcF ar­ Tou r ney. 200· 249 : %00 Lamber t win8 from laml tie . ~I S Gust a flJO n. Sldr),,, t ie. V 5 G r ay: B.'\lllll bents Clark t\\"lee a nd Lambert Sch \\"ing tOpS Farrell tl'·lee. 228 Walker once. 211 1 Anders lOPS a ll d ties Sha ttuck. w hlPfJ Grny. !!35 P o la ns ki pinks W eeks. 2lG ~O l S pa r row spills Sl m ~. 207 O'Connor downs StrulIlI hlasts Blochinirer. 23 , All hle)'. Stonku" Di :'Ta r llno. %0$ Krouse lap" a nd ties Lauer. tie. N S K els e ~ conlus Str u ..; H uJbcr lOp" 212 llollon tOl)1 (U ea.ch ) Bolton and DuLon. nnd ties Str uss. 251 JamlJlO IO. K lta tie. 25G 2H BllIII CY. I3h ,moor l( tic . 218 H ei t conks Ifnnlllto'l tops ( a) Graefe. 25S Rosen berg Conle)'. 220 C reech lOP$ Cas tator twice. 228 j on, Jahn ke. 264 H endricks stOps Johns ton. T ,\lnd ~ l ro \l\ \J c k~ Hell: G., les )'erks Youmans. 272 ~fyer s . SNluin tie. 275 J uml llOn jolts 231 Xobile nIps Y cochlo. 23 ~ Barry b CBiB G G in .o; r[l~ . 277 Bonilla lOps Fltts-erald twice. Lu e,, ~ . 23G P III(O p;lIk8 Sample. 237 E 2S ~ Gra~' lOps Denton twice and (2f) Schlic~ing tOPIl (20 Caso. 238 Norris nlp~ Lambert. 289 Howe bests Eme r), but Lows llraserman. 23 ~ Hnlnell bests Leeson, \}ow~ J A (0 Van Harris. 294 'Y,,!lck! bO[lt ~ Dernler. to Furle and tops \Veil aeher twice. 2-11 2 ~ 8 Kaufmnn conk~ Couker. Paeto,," tops [U) MtLrble. 2H :'!ulberl")' with_ drawn. 245 O! wnld r iPS Rllppre<:ht. 2~S Cor· T ourneys 300 _ 378, 30 1 SlmpJIO II wlnll from " ! c~e, Qribush ln tie ; Grlbushln. Corte£e b es t E ver ett. 315 Heit h a lU nuter I wlee. 320 B ra\"cr m n ll. 2 4 ~ Tho mas tops Powell. T K llne licks S lezak b ut loses to Dunn. 322 A J o)'ce j nrs Ande rs Iw ice. 3U Gosselin loses Tourneys 2M!. 421 : 250 Rucker w illS f rom R to K e n t b n t ties Xonella. 32G Dould. Weills Loga n. 2~2 Ro" " fol d ri ps Crissma n. 253 tie. 3!7 Stonkus to P!! a nd tlell H Oll'all ; B nker Powell, N: .. It ~ conk Cas to. 261 Roust tops hests H ogan. 33G La. V elie lo PS Queen a nd f:ecke r a nd [2f) Estln. 26! Garth licks A tMn" 1o\"lce each. Blumenfeld rells Ollven­ :::'hlple )· t,,·lce . 263 B u rgess belts Kran tz. ela. 351 Sussman J'WI< \\'ODdl" a nd Jonel! 2 G ~ ZlmmCl'ma n \\Iaub B roob. 266 Ga llo tWlco cnch. 3:;5 B urr.. la"o b e l! ~ K eis er; licks Breen . %7 0 JohnliOn withdraws. 273 PhiPPs conks Kaelin. 35G Ler o~' r ips Delva dow\\s SChre iner. 2S~ HarrllJOn \\lpll Slllloneau. 360 Funk stOPII Johns ton. 361 Knecht. 282 Ro rKe n dowII~ Duke. 286 De S (ev en$ licks Palsle,'. 3G5 51g): tops (a) Shcrbini'l 3(OPII Sterfee . 300 Rosenblum beats S llnm ~ . 371 VlsChan5k), withdraw n. 37.1 ·Wittenbe rg. 301 Seitz s tops Stevens. 31 0 l"ontr tops (I) Kasowitr.. 375 Hamllton top.~ Johns ton jar~ :'Ioody. 314 Geist resig ns a ll Ka~ witz (20 nnd Shafjrorf. gnme~. 316 Grossmull conks Kokatt. 333 Tl\ c k~ r downs Dameron. 352 McKay tops Started in 1968 (Key: 6S·C) ( U) :'!errell. U S Dlxby b ~st B Johnson.

Tourneys 1 - ~9: S Cha ppel wIns rrom F olkes. U ;\Icili mauls H ays tead. 15 Ba >;lne l. B rown Started in 1969 (Ke-y: 69·C) lie: nl'OWII. Fanelli fe ll Br)·an l. U Curillo JII NI J "d ~o l\. ~ 2 ~! a rk s ll\ a11 1 ~ C h nlkin. ! 3 Tourney. t _ 52: 17 Shener repla ces U ora. Hnusen top" ( 0 DeLeve. %S Mnc-Dl armld Ilo w l1 s Slmp50n. 26 K o",n.1c kl n lllll HIli. ZS Com.tock: tops S il va t wIce. 31 ~Ion t a:;o mer,·. 're pker lie ; Ca Nleml. conk a SOlieall. ~ O Bllr­ Game reports for Class and Prize Tour· lant I)ests Klt.a. H Strong top, n nd ties namenta go pll' t ·du e In two yea.rs. AvoId a Pr.,zo.k. n B\10nam!e!, SCh e l\ ~ ul e pllt two. double-forfeit by reportIng on or beCore 52 Rnilll l tops all twlco (Rvonole l.W 2a). end of month games begun In 1961.

CH U S R EV I ~W, MARC H, 1969 91 PRIZE TOURNAMENTS Harnett helts Peter.n. K",·n)". Kclly and K""el mol. m"" ""ithdr,,wn. Seven_man Tournaments for Premiums Benoit; Kugel ,> "nk~ "Iermann nnll (a) Te,.,.}". Started in 1967 (Key: 67-P) Started in 1969 (Key: 69~P) Tourneys 35·49: 3;; Thomas, Lecorps win Tourn,eys 1 . 89: 13 B(!!'nette withdrawn. 36 from Colle lie; J"cOh,. Jolts "I1wmas. 36 Tourneys 1 • 10: 2 Twet~n tovlnces CI"r~·. Jones, Butcher clip Cleere. ' I~ Courtne)' top~ Chromik. Helper lick L"ngkam. 3S CoU"r (f) Herman. ~6 Bennington, Pra"ak tie. .j7 tops Fi._her and lies majw,,". ;l9 :":ofork. Cleghorn tie~ Jurado :wd tops Hohison and H"rper ~ock Case: Xonllnay lick~ A~hlf'Y. SheIler; Jurado bows \0 Bailey hut !Jests ·10 Park~ tOll~ (r) Crawford. -11 Conlcy tops GOLDEN KNIGHTS Hobj~oll . 61 Hruee, LollI':" tie. 61 KontRutu); Schaaf ""d (f) Vaugh". ·12 E,](I~ley lick.< conks Ashley, it Balzer, Galinsky tie. H P"rmley. 43 :'leilz jolts Jacobs: S''',cllez hclt~ Progressive Qualification Championships Charney hows to Schliesing- hut bes\~ ''.lard. ~rcG"rry hut bows to .Iacob~. H Be'·!,'n",,,, 75 Keg"" stops Stephens, 81 No,,-uk tops (a) l;eal~ Ginige,.; Stephen~ stop." Con ln: 1-ar_ Ruscio. 83 I-,crrew licks Cook. S9 Frost with_ r:tOO" lOps (f) Ilu~elli. 4,; Seyoold he~l.< <-Ile,· _ 15th Annual Chompionship-1959~60 drawn. on>l,: Sc hwarl~ \\'itholra,,"~. 46 )""ni" )·e,.k" In last pl:J.r-off result fo,· whole tOll rna· Frank: ~lott withdraws. ~7 Alfonl ('onks Killmer ell~ C"b~mn n. 61 A~hley licks »ilven.,,'''. 27 Gardner nip~ YOU"l{qni8t. 2S Kohn begts (ilno . I:, Pohl ~ . Stein tic. 19 Ho. ~ (f) I·'rattali but bows to \Vrigh\. you please at proper entry fees. Graham licks Lewis. l13 Kiff. Stark tie. 17fi 71 Ll!:"an tops BaldWin and (f) Matchica, 72 Start playing chess by mail NOWI Conley tie~ Proechel but loses to Alexandro; Harnach yerks Youmans but yields 10 Phr­ Dinescu downs Proeeho]. 177 " 'olcott whips (hyon. 74 Avreeh licks Bradley. 75 Huc:hen Hedgcock. 170 Baron belts Greene. $ocks Silltpson. 16 Noonan nips Re~wick. 77 CLASS TOURNAMENT Patteson pinks Mahrt. 18 Kowalski conks SEMI.FINALS (Key: 67·Ns) 'VohIgemuth and Bender. Enter one of the 4 man groups. You will be assigned to a section with Sections 1 · 39: 9 l>leyer loses to Statham. Sections 80·99: &1 Ca s ~ ties ~1)-"lo3 and lOP" 3 other players about equal to yourself tics Reilly and tops Addelston. 10 ~Iahon (a) Torner. 8Z Donald Withdraws. 83 LlI,ey maul~ Hauch. 13 Kurtz beats Best. 14 Orth licks \VelJer and 'retzlaff ))ut t>ows 10 in playing skill. You play both White belts Bachman. 15 Bumbaloue:h. \Varren tie. Dra)l."onctti; DragcOIwtti drtlbs '''eber nnd and Black against the other three. You lG Ho~y tops (() Miliauskas. 17 Tennant Tet~laf(; Koller conks Tetzlaff and Buhnlo. play all six games simultaneously. two lOps Dirsten. 19 Lone: licks Leblanc. 22 s.! Valley withdrawn. S,> Dreiberl;"s drtllJ~ games on one set of postcards. Bratten best" Bohac. 2-1 GeIbel belts Heal~'. Xorman; "'olcott quells Queen; Abrams Youmans yerks Brandt. 27 Surker. -'Iuskil t mauls )"'rples. 8fi Christensen. Di ~fartino Your game results will be recorded and beat Barsa; Clallser. -'Iuskat tie. 30 RlI.ll_ tie. 87 Baker he~ts Sloan; Niohols withdraw. published in CHESS REVIEW as well as elletti I"Ips W~l s h; Okola ueats Herrick hut lose (a) to Baker. 88 \Vllson whips AIJlano'!nals games. ask I extem;]on after twenty-two months or t!1e 1______STATE ...... CODE ...... 1 for adjudication at end of t ...·enty-!our. t = cheok; t :::; dbl. check; i-dis. eh. CHESS REVIEW, NARCH, 196i' 93 107 Krimer loses to Parsons. withdraws. Davidson 27.8; J Deidun 22.75; and J C 21 st Annual Championship lo ses (a) to Flo\\'er~: 1~lo\\' ors flip.' "'ator_ Robinson 20.5. man and Parsons; Parsons \\'hip~ 'Valo),)l1:w. In the 1965 Golden Knights. these con­ lOS Goo."'ll.'ln mauls DI"gn~. )10 Sigle". Allad. )'felding these scores with those pub· Simms ,,,,,i )[Ilrph), moll Con "n,l; Irwin lished last December, we have this list of tenders qualified for assignment to the wllhdraw,,; Sigler 80el,8 Simms. 11t As~elin the prospectiye cash prize winners: Seml-finals; dips Clark, 113 Log~tod li cks t~'\?>.iol:l. . 115 M Shener, H A Fishel'. R SCram, W Dolle downs Le"aur; CUllningham tops COl': ' hill and ties Dollo. 110 Simms ~ocks gild· PRESENT LEADERS* Smiley. M Dloom, R Lelfew, M Long, M sic)'; En(\slc~·. H)'do "x Tumor. II~ Hall Shefler. K :McFarland, J H McCormack, tops Thoms; Goodspoed lios Hnll hut I>ows A Sildmets ..... ·16.2 H J Grayes ..... 31.15 D Oliveau, C III Dobbs, S Landy, SLogan, 10 Thoms and F'rumkin. 119 'rucker tOl>~ D A Littrell . . . H.O J E Bisehof( .. ,31.6,; C G Harnacl!. S H Kowalski, D Wolcott, Alldco', 120 Lockor. )lcDc"itt and \\'ril-:'hl I{ A C.~y(ord ... .J3.% 10; L -"err ...... 31.r." rip Looson; Eenoit rosil>ns 10 :l.1l; )lcDe\'ill L S(Qlzcnhel'g .. -13.95 G n Dunham ... 31.lj F J Olmniewicz, J J Dragonetti, G B Wol­ downs Geist. 122 EOYer bell~ )lacDonald. B )lailla,,,, ..... 12.85 G 11 Oake~ ..... 3l.35 cott, P C Christensen, L J Coplin, T 123 OUl>csts Eeckman; Koiser. Shannon nip .r Stein . _...... -12.0 F D Dulicai ... 30.8 Brashle!', K J Keppler, A F Wright, D Santarius. H)[ Burle)' ... -..tI.S5 J H .\la1'i('a .. _.30.7 )I01'ton Lane .. .40.75 S Klein ...... 30.0 Shapiro, G McGath. F Asllley, C T Goos· Sections 125 - 144: 125 'ra),lo,· win~ ("om \';"e Smith .. . . ·10.6 L K"'a,'tler .. _.29 .;; man, G 1\1 Simms, J Asselin, T E :Mc­ Stys. Smothers and Fritock :l.nd lies \\'cit_ I Z"lys ...... ~O.G A C Su),kel' . .. . 29.5 Devitt. D C Taylor and D M Latzel. thoff; Kownacki smiles Smothers; Fl·itock. 1) Ku~ora ...... 39.8 R A Bloom . ... . 29.n "-eiUhoH lick Luce. ]20 Bakor bdts )(c­ .1 G Suliivan ... 39.5 R L Anderson .. 28.g Donald. 127 Gabrielson. Smith heat l!ccke'·. B E Hildreth . . 3S.55 ]<' A Rudolph .. 2S.9 22d Annual Championship 12S Latzel tops l~re)' and ((l LnbcrgC; a"ccn A E Caroe ..... 38.35 I" B Bender . . . . 2S.3 In the 1969 Golden Knights, thirty-five withdraws. 12g ~\[a s$ie crack~ Cra~·ton . 130 .1 H Dunkle . ... 37.S5 W Rland ...... ~S.3 Snitzer licks LinVille; correction; lJielofcld n A Carlyl<; .... 37.25 C A Yau Bn'nt .2S.3 sec-tions were in playas of tIle end WOn from ]i'oelkor. 131 Crcn$ha\\' loses to G K:l.t1...... 37.25 1; David~o" .... 27.S January, or 225 contenders, so far. Coplin but lics )[ayer. 132 Vil,andcr downs S G rriebe .. . .. 36.35 H F " -right . . . ,27.S CampamL 133 Kauffmann conks Harrison W )luir ...... 36.3 Virgil Smith . . . 27.3 ami Volpe. 13-1 Gardnor nIps DeUoel'; R!l\lck L Drelbergs .. .. %.25 It P )IcGregor .. 21.2,; rips "'anI. 135 Cartlidge conks Hackne)' and G J Jo'e"her " .. ,36.2 J L '\·cinin!;'c,. .26.3 Shull; Pohle pinks )lcClurg. 137 Keiser routs ,r 13 Stearns .... 36.2 S Lenz . . , ...... 26.0 POSTALMIGHTIES! Rnmle),. 138 Kooi conks K:l.iscr; )larlin f~ l' ollakorf ..... 35.6 D Bohley ., .. ,.25.55 lOpS ({) Hamm, 139 Johnson Jars Twalten. R O'Neil ...... 35.1 J iI[ Ogni ...... 25.05 140 Yal(!oz -Perdomo withdruws. 1.J1 Themo S Baron ...... 35.0 R Pm"I,,, ..... ,25.0 Prize Tournaments tops ~rartin. 142 iI(cCoTlllick matlls POgtIC; P S JAinweber .3~.95 ::'IT K Hert'kk ... 25.0 Dowling downs Play tel'. US Hel'llandez. S H Brown .... . 3'!"'; A DOIIIlIs ...... 2404 ThOBe Po~ \alit es havo WOll Il.wards !" the .Johnson tie; Abel bests Hall btlt bows to A )Iakallis . . ... 34.5 A Keiser .... , .. 2304 1907 a"d 1908 Prl~e TOlll'naments. Gordon; Lane lose~ to GordOIl hilt licks Hall. E A PC!umm ... 33.95 D S )[on80n .".23.25 To~rney Players Place Score 14.1 'Vest whips Vanco. G Goodmall ..... 33.9 J Deidlln ... .. ,22.75 61-P 13 P A Prattes ...... , ..... 2-3 ~~_1~ H Rosenberg ... 33.85 C 1" Smith . .... 22.~ r·' It Spooner ...... 2-~ 4~-H Sections 14",204: 145 Hall lo ses to 'l'cr­ E A Smith ... . 33 .S;; DE Wilsoll . ... 21.8 36 R E Lawrence ...... 2-3 4~-1~ I'cltauh. IVeillherg. Smith and Greenspan E V Solot ... ,.33.S5 S E,.and , ...... 20.65 W 'l·ynllliak ...... ,2-3 H-H and tics Emerson; IYeinberg best$ Smith . .r Ch"istman ... ,33.0 J C HoiJin>'on .. 20." 11 R L Bn.tzcr " ...... 1-2 H-l~ 146 Owen whIps Perry; Blanchnnl beats ./ Ozols ., ... . ,.32.8 I·' Ashier ...... 19.4 S Cohen ...... , ...... 1_2 4~-H 6S-P Gulbis. 1-19 'rhayCl' rips Ro~·. 150 "':l.tcrman K Tener ...... 31.8 A E Gate~ ...... 19.4 1 .J B:l.slnet ...... 1st 6-0 conks Cash. 151 Kawa. PoskonkH. Thompson H 13 D"I~' ., . .. 31.75 )[ )Iilns ...... 1904 A J Graziano ...... 2-3 H-I~ and LHthrop mob ;)Olorley. 152 Lovinger bests ". E Stevens . .. . 19.-1 A Hahn ...... , .... 2-3 4~-n 2 St St lIrartin ...... ht 5-1 Butland. 151 '1'obins withdrawn. I~~ l~oelkCl' fells Kaikow; Sember socks Fearey. 150 18th Annual Championship W n Hess ...... 2-3 4l-1t Eriltinl>h:l.n1 tops (0 .'>(yers. 157 Smidchens P P Little ...... 2-3 H-I! lG C \\' Wellman ...... lst 6-0 smites R W Clark; Mendel downs Elliott. In the 1965 Golden Knights, no new 158 )[cCarthy tops lr) Einstein; De)[aul'O 2~ G W Tes:w.ro ...... 1st 5-1 withdrawn. 159 Durf. Pettigrew lie. 160 Finals completed play this month; but R Batten ..... , ...... 2-3 H-I~ L J Cop!!n ...... 2-3 4}-1& .\Taillard yerks Yarhorough. iG3 Chappul~ H Montague quali[ied for assignment to withdrawn. lGS Sanford tops (£) Gunning. the Finals. J5~ Gordon downs )Ia~· . 111 Owen bows to Astle but tops (0 Harris. 17 G Charig rillS Class Tournaments Rahinowitz. 1'17 Blatt conks Kniser. IS·I 19th Annual Championship Nar( nips Rohles. 192 Greon tops (0 Ein­ These Postalltes won or tiod for rlrst ill In the 1966 Golden Knights, the foliow­ 1%7 and UGS Class Tournamonts. stein. 191 Good eOllk5 Kaufm,,". !9~ Da.tz­ man withdraws. 201 Landrullt licks Reilly. ing contenders qualified for assignment Tourney I Place Score to the Finals; L G Osborne, B Maillard, G1-C 5 ...... 1-2 31-21 SEMI_FINAL.S (Key: sa-Nsl ...... 1-2 3!-2~ L P Weiss, R Kayser, E Winslow and D 11 RuffIn .... l st 5-1 Sections 1 - 19; 1 Kcnt. ZclOnl! ...... lst 6-0 III the 1964 Golden Knights, Finals and S Baron. W Rayner ...... Ist ~-1 section, 54-Nf 13, has completed play, and " EO Poolc ...... 1st 5-1 the contestants therein scored these " D Hall ...... 1st 6 -0 " L S RolniCk ...... Ist G-O weighted-poInt totals:" ''''eighted pOint totals are hased on the .." , follOWing scale; 1.0 whIts per win !n the C Canav:l.n ...... Ist 6-0 E E Hildreth 38.55; F D Dulical 30.8; pre1inl .~ ; 2.2 in semi-finals; and 4.5 in finals. '"155 G Laplante ...... 1st 6-0 J H Marica 30.7; F B Bender 28.3; B Dr:l.lI's eotlllt half these values. '60 L R Truitt ...... lst G-O 94 CHESS REVIEW, MARCH, 1969 21 K_R1 B,,;KP Keres-FichU (Prague 1948) ran: 11 POSTAL GAMES Black threatens a smothered mate, .. N-N3 12 B-N3, B-Q2 13 N-K5, after 22 . .. Q-N8t! QR- B1 14 Q-K2 WIUI the edge to White. from CHESS REVIEW tOLlrneys 22 RxB Q,,;R Now Black threatens smothered mate Annotated by JOHN W. COLLINS of the Plillidor variety: 23 ... N-B7t. 2.{ ••• N-R6:j:, 25 ... Q-N8t etc. Falterin9 Is 'Fatal 23 B,,;N RxB 25 K-N1 R/1-K1 The Tarrasch Delense is a free-swing· 24 Q-Q7 Q-BSt 2ti QxQP Q-KSt ing response to the Queen's Gambit, al· 27 K-B1 • • • • belt not a con}pletely sound one. It A piece goes; if 27 K- N2, by 27 ... White falters, however, as he does llere H/5-K4 28 Q-Q2, QxQ and 29 ' . . RxN, (see moves 9 and 10), Black pounds 27 , . . . R/ 5- K4 29 RxQ RxR away to a knockOl1t. 28 N-B4 RxQ 30 NxR R-K4! QUEEN'S GAMBIT DECl.INED Thus, DJack emerges a clear Exchange up aCter llis attack and liquidation, de· A. Ga brielson Melton R. spite a stout resistance whicll lias reo Birsten hoves to rehabilitate 7 ... Wllite Black Qulred Ingennity to ovel"Come. P- B4 willi this Pawn sacrifice. Similar 1 P- QB4 P-QB4 5 PxP PxP of(erlngs of the Queen Knlght Pawn by 31 N- BS t PxN 34 P-QR4 K-N3 m ack occur in llie Benoni and Sicilian. 2 N- QB3 N-KB3 6 P-Q4 N_B3 32 B-B3 R- KA4 35 P-QN4 R-Q4 3 P- KN3 P-K3 7 B-N2 B-K3 33 K-N2 K-N2 36 P-R4 R_QS 12 BxNP .... 4 N-B3 P-Q4 8 0 - 0 B-K2 37 B- K1 K_B4 On 12 B-N3, Black gets a very good 9 R-K1 • • • • King and Rook team up to exploit lhe game by 12 ... P-N5 and 13 ... B- N2. White's last move is useless and ac· material advantage, 12. . . . R-N1 tually wealtens his KB2. He remains on 38 K-R3 P- R4 42 B- N8 R-Q5 ! 13 B-QR4 • • • • the beMen track and out in front with 9 39 B-B2 K-K5 43 P-N5 R-Q4 This commentator suggests 18 BxN/7 PxP, 9 B-N5 or 9 B-B'l. 40 P-R5 K-B6 44 P-R6 RxP as at least a partial antidote. Oil 13 9 • • • , R-QB1 41 B-A7 P-B4 45 P-R7 R-R4 Q-R4, however, IS ... B-N5 keeps the 10 P-QR3 • • • • Re signs Black attack going strongly, whether or White wastes a tempo. One of the not the Queens are exchanged. Black's Knight Pawn can force II. win. three moves cited in the paragraph 13 . . . . B-t)l5! above Is still in order. Here 13 . . B-RS loses a piece to 14 10 •.•. 0-0 BxN/7. 11 PxP BxP Antidotes 14 B_N3 B-R3 1S NxN NxN 12 P_K3 • • • • In the following line, 7 ... P-B4 was 15 N-K5 KR-B1 17 B-Q2 N-N3 The text Is passive, weakening a nd the antidote to 7 Q-B2 till Ket'es found 18 KR-K1 • • • • non-d eveloping. 12 B-N5 or 12 N-QR4 the counter antidote. Now, however, Tile text {ails to meet the exigencies is better. Postallte Birsten offers a counter, coun· of the position. A must is 18 K-RI. 12 . , . . P-QR4! ter antidote! Where will this U}erapeutic 18 • . • • N-B5 This good move maintains the Bishop chain ever end? 19 BxN , . . . on the QR2-KN8 diagonal and prevents QUEEN'S GAMBIT DECl.INED And this move loses quickly. 19 R-QBl 13 P- QN4. is a better try. G. Weaver O. Blrsten 13 N-K2 B-KN5 19 . • . . BxB! 1 P-Q4 P-Q4 14 Q-R4 • • • • Now Black threatens 20 ... BxPt. It Now good moves are llard to fi nd. 14 Preferring something more dynamic, Illay be that White expected 19 ... RxB Q-B2 is met by H . . . BxN 15 BxB, most masters choose 1 ... N-KB3 with to which 20 R- KS is a fair reply. one of the Indian 'systems to follow. N-K4 1& B-N2, BxKP. 20 Q--R4 •... N-K4 2 P-QB4 P-KS 14 . . . • R-K1 16 BxB Now, if 20 R- K5, Black has 20 . 15 B-Q2 BxN 17 B- N2 N-KS 3 N-QB3 .••. . . Q-R3 still threatening 21 • . . BxPt and 18 QR-Q1 • • • • The Excllange Variation willi 3 PxP Is a lso 21 . .. B-Q6! On 18 BxN, PxD 19 KR---Q1, Black wins believed to give White a slight, lasting 20 . . . . B-Q6t by 19 .. , N-B6t 20 K-N2, NxB 21 QR­ advantage. 21 K-R1 B,,;N! HI, Q---Q6 22 N-B4, Q-N6. 3 • . • . N-KB3 Resigns 4 B-N5 • • • Black wins the Queen because of his 4 N-B3 also is quite good. threat ot 22 ... BxP mate. 4 • • • • B-K2 6 N-B3 QN-Q2 "It is interesting to note that the S P-K3 0-0 7 Q_B2 . . . , White King's pOSition is stormed with· Since the days of Pillsbury, these first out a single Pawn move" writes Birsten. sIx moves have been played many thou· Yes, but it was a Pawn move, 11 P- N4, sands of times. At this pOint, however, 7 which signaled the storm ! R-B1, the most logical, is the usual ulove. 7 . . . . P-B4 With this sharp move, Black has a. new idea. in store. The books, though, recommend: 7 ... P-B3 8 R-Q1, R-Kl 9 P-QRS, PxP 10 ExP, N-Q4 11 BxB, QxB 18 • • • , N-Q6! 12 0-0, NxN 13 Q-XN, P-QN3 14 N-K5, PERSONAL SI!RVICE B-N2 15 P- B4, NxN 16 BPxN, P-QB4 Black invests a Knight soon to return The Editor of tb1.$ department. & tonn"r with equal chances. Muahall ChIOU Club. Ne .. York St&te I.lId handsome dividends. 8 O-O-O! U. S. CorreaJ)OlIdence ChamplOIl. and Co·re· 19 BxP Q-B3 • • • • viler ot Modern Cheu OlMnlngs, Ith ed., 20 R,,;N This is Ule Keres find. 1I'ill p~ ;rou a cor-reapolldem:e ;,&m", and QxPt J;iy. er1tlcal commenta on eYer)' 11'10'0'", tor 8 , . • • Q-R4 10 KPxP PxP a flji.OO tee. Write to John W. Collins. 521 t = check; * = dbl. check; I = dls. ch. 9 K-N1! BPxP 11 BxP P-N4! Eut 14 Stnoet. New TorI!, :S, Y. 10009. CHESS REVIEW, MARCH, 1969 95 For how yO llr olub C&1I be Ib ted WHERE TO PLAY CHESS wnte to CHElSS REVIEW LEADING CLUBS OF NORTH AMERICA

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It is con­ ducted under CHESS REVIEW's Rules and Regulations for Postal Chess, VERYTHING YOU NEED to play as mailed with assignments, and with the special rules given below. Echess by mail is included in the com· Per Rule 1, all play must be from w ithin the continental USA and Canada; plete Postal Chess Kit produced by players leaving this area must withdraw or be withdrawn. CHESS REVIEW for the convenience of postal players. The kit contains equip· ment and stationery especially designed To speed play for the first round, we group all the entries received for the purpose. These aids to Postal geographically so far as possible. Otherwise, entries are matched off Chess wiJr keep your records straight, help you to avoid mistakes, for the into 7 man groups strictly in the order of our receipt of their applica­ fullest enjoyment in your games by tions. Qualifiers to the later rounds are grouped likewise in order of rna; I. qualification (except multiple entrants), but without regard to geography_ Contents of Kit In effect, the Golden Knights is an "open" tournament, without re­ One of the most important items in the kit is the Postal Chess Recorder AI. gard to our rating classes so far as the entry goes. The ratings are calculat­ bum _ the gre;lltest aid to postal chess ed, however, quite as usual. We "rate" all games in CHESS REVIEW tour­ ever invented. The s ix miniature chess seh in this album enable you to keep neys. It is an "open" tournament because we cannot pretend to· "seed" t rack of the positions, move by move, candidates for a championship and because it gives the weaker players a in all six games of your section. On the score.cards, supplied with the album, you chance to gain by experience against stronger ones. record the moves of the games. The up­ to-date score of each game faces the cur­ Special Rules for the 1969 Golden Knights Tournaments. rent position. Score.cards are removable. ConSult the following rules whenever "0Il in th~ first round will be scored WI 1 When a game iii finished, remove the old allY Q.uestIoll arises as to your chances poi"t; each game won in the ,."cond. round as 2. 2 POiIlIS; each galile won In the final card and inliert a new one. Price alone: for Q.ualifying to Semi·finals or Finals or $5.00. ,'ou"d uS 4.5 points. A dr~wn game will be for weighted point score, etc. ~cor",d as half of these respective amounts. The k it also containli 100 Move·Mailing 1 CHESS REVIEW's ~2d Annual Gold­ 8 In lhe case of ties. if two or more e" Knll:hts Postal ehe&! Ch"mpiollahi p Tour­ t'i"alists tie for first place. achievlll\;, the Post Cards for sending moves to your nament is open to all persons li ving in Ill!! opponents, a Chess Type Stamping Outfit same tolal ~core. as computed in Hule 7. continental United States of AmerlCu. and in Ihen the first 2 or more pr!~es will he re­ for printing positions on the mailing Ca.nada. except CHESS HEVIEW's em­ "en'ed [or tho~e finalists and the prizes will cards, a Game Score Pad of 100 sheets ployee~, contributing editors and member~ ',e alHI.I·ded In uccordance With the scores for submitting scores of games to be ad· of their tamilie~. achieved uy them In a lie_breallln" match or judicated or published, complete instruc_ 2. Any conle~tant who enters thi~ tour",,­ round-robin contest in which each .contestant tions on how to play chess by mail, an ac­ men! unde], a pseudonym or in the Ilame ot will play nOt less than 2 gallles with every count of the Postal Chess rating sYlitem a"other person will be dis.wal!fied. All un­ olh"r tied contestant. Ties [or other cash and the Official Rules of Postal Chesli. finished ..ames of the diSQualified contest­ prizes \\,ill be broken in the same malliler. ant will be scored as wins for lllS opponents. Any ties which may develop in the tle_hreak_ Saves You Money 3 Two Qualifying rounds and one final ing COntests will be played off In additional round will be played. In all three rounds. matches or tournaments. Bought separately, the contents would CO IHestunts will compete in sections of sev­ amount to $10.65. The complete kit costs 9 The entry fee is $5.00 and entities the en players. Each contestant in a section will cont~~talll to compete in olle section of the only $8.00. To order, just mail the coupon Dlay one game vs. each of six opponents. pl'elimlnary round. No additional fee IS below. (Add 20% lor handl!ng a nd postage Forfeit wins count as game pOints. charged contestants who qualify for the sec_ outslde the U. S.A.) ~ All contestants who SCOl'e 4 or more ond or third rounds. A contesto.nt may enter \;,ame point~ ill the preliminary roulld will any number of sections of the preliminary qualify for the semi-final roulld. Similarly. rOllnd upon payment of the fee of $5.00 per all qualified semi_fillali~tB who score 4 or section entry provided he o.pplles early Illore !:'ume pOints ill the semi-final round enough so that we can place him In separate will qualify for the final round. It additional ,;ectlolls. ~Iult!ple entries by Oil!;) person will players (f.om 1 to 6) are reQuired to com­ compete and qUalify as thow':h made by plete the last section of the second Or third ,;epal'ate Individuals. No contestant, how_ l'Oulld. the$(! players will be selected from ever, may win more than one prize, and a amonl; contestants who scored 3\Jo poilits In player who Qualifies for more than one sec_ the p"evioua round and in the order of their tion or the final round will be awarded hla CHESS REVIEW Posta] Ratings o.t the time prize all the basis of the total score achieved the lust scction starts. by Oilly olle of hi~ entries. (The entry mak_ !; Except as provided in Rule 4. contest_ iug the highest total score will be lake".) ants who score less tho.n 4 poina In either .\Iultlple entrlC3 will be placed In different of the o.ual!fy;ng round~ will not be eligible Rectlon~ of each round. See Rule 11. for the o.nnounced cWih and emblem prizes. 10 Upon enterln;:. each contestant al:ree3 r:------I Each of these eliminated contestants. how. Ihat Ihe decision of CHESS REVIEW and CHESS REVIEW ever. IIpon completion ot all his SCheduled ilS Posla! Chess Editor in all mutters aHect_ Postal Chess Dept. games in this tournament. will receive one ing the condllct of the tOllrno.ment. including I 134 WISt 72.d St., I free entry (worth $2.50) Into a CHESS RE· the acceplance and classification at entries. New York, N. Y. 10023 VIEW POSUlI Chess Class Tournament aud lhe adJlldlcAtlon of gamp.s. ttle sward or re­ can apply. Instead. tor entry to a Prize rll"al of forfeit claims. t he distrlhlltlon or I I enclose $8.00. Please send me a com­ I Tournament (worth U.OO) a t $2.00 only. prizes and all Interpretations ot I.he rilles and mall. I plete F'ostal Chen Kit by return 6 A F1r~t Prize at $250.00 flnd 14 other rel1'ui>Hlons. $hall he final and conclu$lve. I cash prizes will be awarded by CHESS RE­ VIE'''' In accordance with the published 11 Single entries can be mailed now and NAME ...... schedule of prizes to those 75 Quallt!ed flnal­ until November 30. 1969 (multiple entries I I iSIS who achieve the highest tOtal scores lin til t\\'o months before Nov. 30). Entrle~ ADDRESS •.. . •...... • . ' • . •.....•...... (sec rille 71 In the ttlree rounds of the tour­ mailed after that date may not be accepted. I I nament. l:."'·cr~· qualified final!st will be 12 E:'tcept o.s provided In the (or... mill", CITY ...... a\\'srded the emblem of ttle GOlden Knl,r;ht rilles. this tournament will bo condllcted I I lipan completion of all his schedUled ~ames. ,,,,<'Ie. CHESS HV,YIF:W's Official Rules and STATE ...... ZIP NO ...... I 7 For computing the total scores to de­ Regulations of Postal Chess, including any 1------termine the dIstribution or prizes, each game amendmellts or additions thereto. Eleventh United States Open Postal Chess Championship and the Twenty-second

FIRST PRIZE .. $150.00 Second Pri%e S100 Sixth Pri%e S40 Third Prize S80 Seventh Prize S30 Fourth Prize S6S Eighth Pri%e SIS Fifth Prize SSO Ninth Prize SIO Tenth Prize S1S 65 Prizes • Eleventh to Seventy.fifth SS.OO each AND THE GOLDEN KNIGHTS EMILEMS!

0"<>.­ SEVENTy-FIVE CASH PRIZES, amounting OPEN TO ALL CLASSES OF PLAYERS ° i~ ., ' .., to a total of $1000.00, will be awarded Even if you've never played in a competitive event ...... ' . . to the seventy-five players who finish before, you may turn out to be Golden Knights cham­ ,.,. ':C. - • .. , ,," . with top scores in the Twenty-second pion or a leading prize-winner- and, at least, you'll Annual Golden Knights Postal' Cham­ have lots of fun. For all classes of postal players pionship now running; Entries accepted till the end compete together in this "open" Postal Chess event. of Nov en~b e1· , 1969 (must beck?· postma?·k of no late)' Beginners are welcome. If you've just started to than November 30,1969) . play chess, by all means en ter, There is no better This is the 1969 Golden Knights way of improving your skill. State your class on the coupon: A highest ; B next; C average; D lowest; PRIZES FOR EVERYBODY but all classes compete toget her, But that isn't all! Every contestant can win a prize of ! You can train your sights 0 11 that big prize, or one of the other 74 MAIL YOUR ENTRY NOW cash prizes, even if you don't finish in the mOIley As a Golden Knighter you'll enjoy the thrill of you can win a valuable consolation prize. Every play­ competing for big cash prizes. You'll meet new er who qualifies for the final round, and completes his friends by mail, improve your game, and have a whale playing schedule, will be awarded the emblem of the of a good time. So get started-enter this big event Golden Knight-a sterling silver, gold-plated and en­ now! The entry fee is only $5.00. You pay no addi­ ameled lapel button, reproduced above. You earn the tional fees if you qualify for the semi-final or final right to wear this handsome emblem in your button­ rounds. But you can enter other first round sections hole if you qualify as a finalist and finish all games, at $5.00 each (see Special Rules for Golden Knights). whether or not you win a cash prize. Players must You will receive our booklet containing Postal Chess complete all games assigned; forfeits lose rights to instructions with your assignment to a tournament any of the prizes. section. Fill in and mail t his coupon NOW! And even if you fail to qualify for the finals, you stiU get a prize! If you are eliminated in the prelim­ -I inary or semi-final round, but complete your playing r CHESS REVIEW - - 0 CHE~ if )'II,,--;e;:Je~ schedule, you will receive one free entry (worth 134 Wut 72d St., romer 111 POlla! Chen, (wd New York, N. Y. 10023 Jfalr rtf]lIesled CLASS ...... $2.50) into our regular Class Tournament or can I I enter OUI' regular Prize Tournament (entry worth I t enclose $ ...... Enter my name In one section of I $4.00) on payment of only $2.00. First and second ill the Eleventh U. S. Open and Twenty-second Annual Golden Knights Postal Chess Championship Tournament. Tile I each Prize Tournament win a $6 and $3 credit re­ I amount enclosed covers the entry tee of $5.00. spectively for purchase of chess books or chess equip­ 1J alrrady rtgisurrd POJlalile, ment or subscription to CHESS REVIEW. I o I Print Clearly givt ( QPPfOX.) faling ...... 1 1 FOR SPECIAL RULlS Name ...... •...... See inside back cover I I Ach1rell ...... •...... Zip Code I MAIL THIS ENTRY COUPON NOIY City------•...... •...... State ...... No...... 1