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BY I. A. HOROWITZ in collaboration with Former World Champion, Dr. Max Euwe, Ernest Gruenfeld, Hans Kmoch, and many other noted authorities This latest and immense work, the most exhaustive of its kind, ex plains in encycloped ic deta il the line points of all openings. It carries the reader well into the middle game, evaluates the prospects there and often gives complete exemplary games so that he is not left hanging in mid-position with the query: What happens now? A logical sequence hinds the continuity in each openill g. First come the moves with footnotes leading to the key position. Then fol. BIBLIOPHILES! low pertinent observations, illustrated by " Idea Variations." Finally, Glossy paper, handsome print. Practical and Supplementary Variations, well annotated, exemplify the effective possibilities. Each line is appraised: or spacious paging and all the +, - = . The large format- 71j2 x 9 inches-is designed fo r ease of read· other appurtenonces of exquis· ing and playing. It eliminates much tiresome shuffling of pages ite book-making combine to between the principal lines and the respecti ve comments. Clear, make this the handsomest of legible type, a wide margin for inserting notes and variation.identify. ing diagrams are other plus features. chess books! In addition to all else, this book contains 439 complete games- a golden treasury in itsel f!
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YelS, gloaming with a >; ure win Do so tor ten, anti score excellent then. Make g()()(] in eight no clue ! For· we can u ·ust jllSt es pied; a·roa ming in the - then good Is your fate . If ~ix you tlx, your flair is fair! you-we Jnst know iC-pro!)· gloaming wit h t he foe to l3ul. if lit the solutions, yOll peek, you seek polullons of yom· e rly \0 bn!lt tllrougll. 0011·1 bmsh aside. That"s it. FInd future skill. DUI, If YOll will e·en, tu rn to page 319. biOI\" It: the winning bit!
3 B lack to move and w in 4 Black to move a nd w i n 5 Black to move and w in 6 B lack to move nnd win Players who arise from it's illack to move again, A w!n you must a·wooing None but tile bra,·e deserl'e loss, welcome to your roe to mates, and illack to mo"e go, whether we bid you how 10 win, ;1 pier I.! behind when toss, and 10 l'ic tory. Playel"S and \\" 111 , greats. For it's or no. The win is th"rc, you t iley begin. H ,I])JlY. happy, whom nOlle can boss s hake great you' ll be for s ur e, if lIIun lice, for we told YOIl. 11I\P11Y fa te-when the win this posltloll tree rrom moss, you I)rove your line is Im re. we a/l:l"ee. Find i t quick . a nd you see. YOll will feel gr·eat! a nd to victory! C'est tout! a nd you a lso can endu re a nti find it bOld- for we oHer no Period. U a clue you feel is Here Oll ef' again, you can res is t the fa lse allme. Q.E.D. fool'S gold: Finis. Work out juslice, then fl'(JlIl us you'll wln- - If you CIUl J) l"Ove, move Chles we don't divulge. Us the win, II1)"Ollgh thick and get Just this: you mus t bust by move. how to follow yon mUijl Indulge, a nd the t hin or· liT again-oul of Ur is- win : or your n>ll11e Is till"ough! will ijee! trust 111 liS. mild!
7 Black t o move and win 8 Black to move and w in 9 Bla ck to move and win 10 Black t o move and win Some ~pe!lk of A lexander, For Black to win, it is no Yom win lies over a no· Once more into the breach· alllI some of Hercules. of sin. Just wOI·I, to see how he tion, the win lies here you es, boy; bul do not w!lh the Hector and Lysander and gets In. Alld, when yon see, to see. Ca n YOIl wOI·k over· pieces toy, or girl. '\Iake s uch great names as these. move pretUly-the move you the notion and bring on a el'er·y movement count the But. with all or them. you I'rove, none can rel)rol'e- ,·Iclory? Sure t hing: You can OI)I)()S iliOn to dismount or can CO Ill ]»'Ire, if he re the win except While can, bi tterly. check without al'ail. You can hu rl to I'Mastrol.he. T hat's to rind ~.()U tI !u ·e~ S top. Irs Cur tain! All yon hal·e to do make the 1)leces fail. But you 1\11. But. if you r quiz. sco re not so hal-d liS a ll or thal. here Is to make White rue call hal'e t he winning hail if is half a score--~·ou mel·it Jnst give the foe a heaUhy her·e-and, too Ll·ue here. you state to what that's more. T he haul1 A Tass bat--a1ll1 bO Il! Jeave him h\11"1In ·. owing: trophy!
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INTERNATIONAL Fischer Indomitable United States Champion Robert J. Fischer of Brooklyn, New York, may drop a game here and there (just to show he's human, perhaps?) but remains indomit. able. In the recent tournament in Yugo. slavia, "The Tournament of Solidarity" (commemorating international aid receiv. ed after the severe earthquake at Skopje, site of the event), Fischer was anything but solid. He drew with a lesser known \ Yugoslav player at the outset and then lost to Yefim Geller very much as he had previously this year at Monaco (page 131, l'Ihy issue) for a 72.1:4 start. Later, too, he forfeited when he objected to playing conditions and refused to play; but that game was fe-slated as postponed. Mean while, he had staged another of his impressive winning streaks so that by the end of the fifth round he was run ning neck and neck with Geller and the other Soviet contender Ratmir Kholmov. He did suffer yet another loss, to Yugo slav Dragan Janosevich, in a game pro tracted through numerous adjournments. On the Co ver: Puerto Rican Champion Other placers In the Final section But he kept in the forefront along with Julio Kaplan, who Is 17, won the Junior were: 4. Robert Huebener of 'Vest Ger the Russians and, toward the end, with World Championship, held in Jerusalem. many, 4 ';4 points; 5. Leonard Asplund of the Yugoslav Champion Milan Matulovich. He looks a fighter (above) and, scoring Sweden, 4; 6. Dumitru Glsdavu of ROll Fiseher put down first Matulovich and, 6'h-l 'h, went undefeated. (Below) Ray mania, 3'h: 7. Lawrence Day of Canada, in the penultimate round, Kholmov, and mond Keene of Great Bl1tain (left) was 2'h ; 8. Terje Wibe of Norway, L Most stayed ahead of Geller. So Fischer finish_ runnerup with a total of 5'h points; and communist entrants boycotted the tour ed first at 13%-3lh; Geller and Matulo Jan 1'immans (right) of the Netherlands nament. 0111' Sal Matera had an unfor vich second, 13-4; and Kholmov fourth_ was third with 5. tunate preliminary result.
CHESS REVI EW, OCT0 8 ER , 1967 291 American Team Rundown In the Students' World Team Cham. pionship, won by the Soviet Union, memo hers of the runner·up American team made the ("lIowing scores on boards one throllgh six respective1r: B. Zuckerman, 8.4; R. Verb<:r. 5%.3112: L. Gilden, 7V~ · 31h: L. Kaufman, 2·3; :\. Soltis, 3·2; W. Martz, 4·2. Britannia Rules the Squares The Sixth West European Junior T eam Tournament, held at The Hague. resulted in a signal triumph for the English team, which defeated all its seven opponen"ts incbding the redoublable Germans and finished with a game scnre of 21.7. Ger· many was second with 19%.8% and Den· mark third with 18%.9%. Women's Wiles Sm:ana l\Iaka)' of l{"llIl1l111ia captured an international women·~ tournament at PAL BENKO Sofia. Bulgaria, where she compiled an On top of h is many successes this year, he has now won t he U. S. Open. 3 1/~ . 2% score, one point ahead of Kr istina Hadzi kowska of Poland and Venka A~. sen ova of Bulgaria. 6·1: Billy Palteson, Norman Weinstein, nichard Lnnenfcld, Albcl·t Quindry and Read The New York Times UNITED STATES t\I ilton Dan on. Women's su premacy went Benko Open Champion to Rachel Guinan, 4%.212, and j unior The New York Ti mes honors to William Atkinson, 5·2. Ninety_ Pal Benko of New York city, undefeat. "Chess" column is the place eight players took part. ed, won the United States Open Cham· to f ollow the majo r chess pi onship, held at the Atlanta American Broille Chess tournaments f rom Belgrade MlJIor Hote! in Atlanta, Georgia. He wun to Buenos Ai res to Brook lyn. Guod news for hlind players! The fen games and drew two fo r a score uf 11 United States Braille Chess Association Th r ee times a week, New tl) I in the Swiss System tournament, to has be~n formed to encourage the pro. York Times chess columnist take this, hb fifth U. S. Open title. His lllotion of che~s alnong blind chess en· AI Horowitz ana lyzes the taco draw~ were with Dr. Anthony Saidy of thu~iasts . Inqnirie5 may be addressed to t ics and strategy of the mas· Los Angeles. California, and Hobert Byrne Grant '\I etcal£. 213 California Avenue, ters. He gives you t he point of Indianapolis, Indiana. South S(W Francisco, California 94080. of view of the better player, Saidy led the tournament in the early round s and \\' a ~ tied with Benko with one written so that the novice REGIONAL and INTERSTATE can follow the play with ease. rou nd to go. But he was held to a draw by Walter S. Browne, fo nner U. S. Junior The New York Times Mid-Central Meet Cham pion of New York while Benko de· "Chess" column is a bright Sam Naylor took a clear first with feated Ed VallO of Highland, Indiana. in the thirty.five·player Mid·Cen· place to start your reading. 4%'Y2 Suidy, a senior master. had drawn. grand. tral Open. Next werc Steve Tennant, Remember, wit hout it, you're nla~terly , with l1enko and Byrne previous ly David Lor and Dr. John Hartigan, each not with it •.. especially on and won secund I)rize willi IOYz points. 4·1. .\-lidwe,t Chess Center in Elkhart, In. the chessboard. Byrne took third prize with 9% to 2%, diana, was the sponsor, and the tourna· drawing wi th N icolas ]{ossolimo of New ment director was Theodore Pehnec. York (as well as Benko and Saidy) and losing to Edward Formanek of Houston, Kudos to Kause exas. At Steubenville, the Ohio Valle), Open '" In aI!, one hund red sixty.six partici. was won by Richard Kause, 4Yz .%. Sec· pated in the tl): Il"lHlment, of whom the top· ond, third and fourth at '1.·1 were, respec· r"ted were grandmasters Benko, Byrne tively, H. Stratton, J . Ik nn ett and J. Me· and Rossolimo and senior master Saidy. Cray, who placed in the order named on [n Ihe 8%-4Y~ ~c 292 CHE SS ReVI EW, OCTOB ER, 1 9~ 7 WASHINGTON Florida. Dr. Juan Gonzalez gained the The Washington Juni(lr Championship, thirtr·nine·I)!ayer Jacksonville Open with attended by 25 pla)'ers, was cr8dited 10 a clear first of 4y:!_1/,! , followed hy Dr. Pat H~rb e r s of Spokane, 4%.%. Dennis Roger t\. Ca rl),le, ".1. \Vaterman, Cary Holmquist and Gene Idaho. As perennial winner of th~ Bois.: F('mi n, each 4·1. placed second through Chess Club championship, Dick Vanden_ fc.url'h on m~dian tiebreah. burg once again dominated I'Ilis event WEST VIRGINIA with a 10·0 record. Dick Shropshire, placed second. In the W~sl Virginia Junior Challlpion_ 612.3%, sh ip, Charles Berry t:Jrned in a perfect The Twin Falls Chcss Club title was 4-0 scure. fo ll owed br Robert I-fi ll as bagged by Ted Hartwell. 8·0. who dis· runnerUII. tinguished himself by defealing state champion Glen Bllckendorf. The latter LOCAL EVENTS was rllllnerup. The fourteen.player San Dieg(l MRS. MARY BAIN California. A staunch chess fighter, she has won Open was won by Dave Anderson with a CHESS LITERATURE the women's title in the U. S. Open. 5·0 sh utout, ahead of Daniel Molmar, 4-1. New and antiquarian _ Many langua ges D. Litowsk)' took the Capital Cit y Chess lids fo r new bOOks and for tournaments Cl ub titl~ in Sacramento with an 8%- l% Offer sheets for antiquarian copies and new a"'ivais Fight to the Finish tally. Bunnerup was D. Robr, 71J:!·2%. In the Los Angeles High School Tour. Please specify your wants The Ernest Shields Open in Bakers· nament, Paul Heinrich of Hamilton High Correspondence by air mail field, California, was won by former School posted an invincible 6·0 score. UNO LINDE United Slates junior champion Walter S. Qllile outdistanced in a tic for second Box 14002, Goeteborg 14, Sweden lhowne with a clear first of after 512'% were Rubel'l DeLaura and S. Telingator, he had defeated Anthony Saidy in a each 4~2 ·1 ~2. Nine student's from as many crucial last· round confrontation. Saidy BRI T ISH CHESS MAGAZIN E (1965 Annual) schools p~lrticipated . 368 p""es + xvi pages Index, n ed cloth wound up in a 5·1 tie wi th John lllack. binding. GOld-blocked -"pille. 296 g"me~. ~to ne , Irving Rivise, Tibor Weinberger, COllnecticut. The round robin for the New Cove"" all the m"Jor e'-enI3. All "I>~olure David Anderson, L. T. Binet and Frank Lo ndon "Y" Chess Club title was 1I'0n by ""nd $3 (hills) + l ~c (~Ia",p~) (u Thornally. The event was fea tured by a co.champilllls Bert Germalm and Al Weiss· The British Ch ess Magazine Ltd. huge eighly.eight.player turno.:Jt. man each 9·2. Stan King was third with 9 M~rk et S l reet. ST. LEONARDS ON SEA. Sussex. England. 8 1k21J2' Providence Memo R. Lunenfeld of Philadd[lhia topped a thirty-man field in the Foul1 h Annual Providence Open wit h an und is puted fi rst A GREAT BOOK by a GREAT TEACHER of 4if2-1J2' G. M. Irw in , R. Rosenblum and C. 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My heartiest cnngratulations on what I con· CALIFORNIA sider a monumental piece of wo rk, ontstanding in a The annual North vs. SO:llh classic rare combination of instruction, entertainment and sheer reading pJeasure. . . . wound up in a 17·15 victory for the I was sorry when I reached the end but found the second reading even more enjoy· former. Th ~ result W!!S not so close as the score s~e ms to indicate, inas mu ch as able.... I have actually been trying in vain to recll li any book which has given me the short· handed South borrowed player ~ so much enjoyment as this one." Contains 75 games annotated with Lasker's cus· from the North to man its last five boal"ds, tomary penetration and clarity. Delightfully illustrated by Kenneth Stubbs with where three wins and two draws accounted mor" than 30 drawings of famous masters. for approximately one· fourth of the South's points! On first board, J. Blackstone of 464 pages, 216 diagrams $5.00 1he North downed I. Rivise. Blackstone also won the California speed tille con· jointly with Phil Smith. The world's foremost publisher of books on CHESS Send for free catalogue of chess publications to Tal'5 Best Games of Chess, 1961 edition by P . H. Clarke: M l!'ame,,; now llvallable at $$ .75 - order from C HESS REVIEW. DAVID McKAY COMPANY, Inc•• 750 Third Av., New York. N. Y. 10017 CHESS REVIEW. OCTOBER, 1967 293 PORTABLE ROLL UP 1l1iltOis. A tie brell k in Chicago's Wamsley Club activit ies of the recently for lll ed DEMONSTRATION BOARD Open favored Pa ul Tautvaisas over Steve Brookl yn Chess Club, wh ich evokes WITH TRIPOD and BASE Tennant aft er each hal.! :;coreo 4Y2·Y2. IlIClllnri c ~ of the fu mou;; organizat ion tha t Dr. E. Ma1" tin ow~ k y and J. Punoy regis. oncc bore the sa me nalll C, "'ere off to a n tered 4· 1 each. au ~ pi c io:l s start with the eight.man Brook· I n the Holiday Open in Chicago. J. lyn Masters Ollen. Wi nner was Shelby I'uudy s we pt five rounos, \,·hi[e G. D e Fo t j,~ Lyman, 3.1 , while a 2Y2·1 y:! tic fo r second was a clear second wit h 4Y2 ·Y2. T he re wa5 was notched hy l)avid Da l1 ieis and Paul an a:tenoance of '14 playeB. Robey. Hrnl Decker wo n the Unh'ersit r of Chi· T he rvund robin for the Cornell Clless cago Chess Cklll championshil) with a Clu b crown "'as won by Ro)' Benedek, 5 Y2·1y:! showing, haH a point in front of 7y:!.y:!. Peter Berlow, 7.1, finished second. -'like Day. Ma rc Lonoff a nd Anthony Deut sch, each T he fi nals in the Chicagoland SOlt lh 5·1 , eme rged in a tie for fi rst in the thirty. S uburhan J unior T ou rna ment , at tended by siX- playe r field v)'i ng for the high school ;~ ,r ---- Modern r ound _. case with metal " end caps '. Height adjUs ta ble handle - Im proved moMed hanger with screen leveler Ea ~y close pull.up tab No. 999 $48.00 T he Gra ndmaster Tournament a t Mo scow (see page 313). Gipstis, Gheorghiu and Spassky (vs. Gligorich) with Smys lov loo king at the latter are up the front li ne. Order from CHESS REVIEW Bronstein a nd Keres are conversing with someone. And, in soli ta ry gra ndeur in 134 West 72d St., New York, N. Y. 10023 the cente r, Leonid Stein seems almost to be foreseeing that he wi ll be the victor. 294 CH ESS REVtE W . OCTOBER. 1967 6·0. Ray Kerr, losing only to McCormick, FOREIGN Henry equaled the veteran's game score, tallied 5·1 in second posit ion. but fell behind slightly on a tiebreak. EnIJland West Virginia. Pacemaker in the Hunt. South Africa ington Open was Dr. Cornelio Nolasco, In the National Club Championship A. du P. Heyns. 612.2%, seized the final, Bradfurd outpointed Mancllester by 5·0, with scores of 4·1 subject to tiebreaks J ohann~bu r g Chess Club championship, giving second. third and fourth to Bill 3 Y.l"2lh· followed by D. Friedgood and E. Price, Payne, H. Landis M-arks and Pa ul Sayre TIle English Counties Championship each 6·3. respectively. Twenty.two players took part. was won by Lancashire, thanks to a crush· In the South African title tournament, ing defeat of Cheshire in the finlll by D. Friedgood made an overriding 10~2% 14%.5% . CANADA score, well ahead of a trio who finished with s.s each: R. G. Griffiths, P. Kroon British Columbia Ireland and H. E. Price. Alex p.anayotu won the twenty·one·play. W. Heidenfeld tallied 6Y2.Ph to win The Nai'aJ Open was won by G. G. cr Skeena Open, while C. Widman and C. the thirty.three.man tournament for the Boule. 6%-Y2, half a point better than C. Beisheim tied for second ancl third. Irish Championship. Sixteen.year·old Paul Wasas, 6-1. TOURNAMENT CALENDAR North Carolina - November 19 taneous 5 Rd SS events, 4S moves/2 hours, (Concluded from page 269) 30·30 Tournament at News & Obser... er 15 per after: register by 9 AM, 'Nov. 25: Bldg, 215 S. McDoweU St., Raleigh, N. 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Massachusetts _ November 18 to 19 ster latest 9 AM, Nov. 25: 51 fund $300 New York _ Dec. 30 t o Jan. 1 American InlernatiollaL Coliese Open. at guaranteed; 1st SI00, 2d $75, 3d $50 & the American InternAtiorral College, Slale others: adv EFs, inquiries to R. R. Pas· Genesee Yalley Open. at Rochester Cc. St., Springfield, Mass. 01109: 5 Rd 55; A few years ago, when construction was starling 011 this narrator's ,\ fter the final round, the rum started home on a small tropical island, he was somewhat rueful at the prospect lI uw ing freely, and thc traditional Lat in IIbrazo (embrace) was much in evidence. of the leaving the chess world behi nd him in New York. Need less to The fes tive Sllirit wa s carried over inlo say, he never dreamed that he would find hi mself playing lOp boa rd for the awards ceremonies. And, a ft erward, a Virgin Island tea m in an exciting international event. came a marvelous Domin ican·style ooHet The first of the annual Central American and Ca ribbean team ~ nd entertainment which featured mus ic, tournaments wa s organized and held in Puerto Rico in 1%3, wit h five dancing 'and recitations. countries partic ipating. Venezuela and Nicaragua hosted in 1964· and The- Final Standings 1965. In 1966, nine countries pl ayed in Cu racao, Neth erlands Ant illes, Ni caragua, scoring 26·]0. is the new and a strong P uerto Ri co team edged oul Mexico for the championship. champion. TralHng Venezuela by a hair· poInt. Nicaragua encountered that team T hi~ year's tournament was the la rgest Ihe asking (American cigarcllcs are $8.75 In the fin al round and trIumphed by ev er, with ten teams gathering in Sant o per carlon, when al'ai lable! ) . Free 50U 21h·l lh. FI ne pla y by EdlU undo Davila Domingo, Dom inican Republic. The nine I' enirs included sombreros, several pen· 0 11 first board contributed heavily to visitin g corJn trics were Colombia, Costa nants and tortoise·shell leller opcners that victory. And Francisco Castill o's Ri ca, EI Salvado r, Guatemala, Nether wi th the players' names ca rv ed on tlH..'1n. 81h·1h on board 4 was th e highest in lands Antilles, Nicaragua, P uerto Rico, Da ily bulletins were issued. and a fu ll di vidual score in the tournament. tu urnament book is in preparation whic h Ve nezue la, 25¥.t-l OIh . in contention Venezuel a and the Vi rgin Islands. Mexic(l throughout. was unfortuna te in that the did not come, reportedly because oI a will he senl 10 all the participants. top pla yel', Geber Vlllarruel, had to re split in the Mexican chess federal ion. A 6:30 '\' .\1 mass was ceiehratcd for turn home after the 7th Rou nd. He had The Vice President of the Dominican dead chess players; and , on the I) layers' scored 5~· 1Ih, t ill then a nd was sorely Republic officiall y greeted Ihe teams on fr ee day, many were taken I,), hus to an missed whell he left. June 23, Ihe len national anthems were aUraclil'e Ileach. S :.meroll s bll llci holes COlombia, 23·13. ill third position, was sung by a choir and flowers wcre pre in tow n allc:ted to the Domi nica ns' reo t)lleed by Ca rlos Cuartas on fi rst board. sented to Ihe team caplains, who then cent pol it ical troubles, and some of the Hal'lng the youngest team, Colombia will be II strong threa t in future touroaments. int roduced their players individ uall y. Play omnipresent police carried ~ u bm a ch i n e Unfol"l unately at this time. a lso, Master began on J une 24t h ill the comfortable guns. Once, the 50ll nd of distant \:x· Miguel Cuell ar was absent. He had not Hotel Hispaniola, where all expenscs plosioll prOO uc.ed anxious looks on the played In this y ea l ~s champi onship and were paid by the host count ry. Ing. Roque faces of the Dominicans nearby. An d a IiO WIIS Ineligibl e. Napolw ll M11I1 01., the president of the fi re·eater entenained at dioner two suc Puerto Ric o, 22- 1-1 . \\'as fOlU·Ul. Last Dominican Chess Federation, was the able cessive nights. year's winners did not field their organizer of the event and dealt effici · ently and graciously wit'h wh atever minor problems arose. Senores Alvaro Arvalo. Hijo and Fra nci$Co P rieto-Az uar 531'.' to it that the tournament was smoothly run under FIDE rules. One uf the tournament offi cials turned out to be Hu gh M)'crs, who was formerly active in U. S. chess circles. Hugh came to the Dominican Hep ublic as a member of the Peace Co rps and stayed em to marry a Dom inican gi rl. Others present wh use names wi ll he famUa r to some U. S. players we re Pau l Reissman. who played well on 41h hoard fo r Puerl o Rico, and Narciso Rabell-Mendez. vice presi. dent of the Carihbean ZOne of the FIDE. who o r gan i ~e d two highly successful user lorJmaments. the recent P uert o Rico allen and the 1965 U. S. Ollcn. Tile Domi nican government issued spe cial stamp" comm emorating the tourney, and the event was we ll pu blicized in the newspapers and movie houses and by city.wide posters. As is traditional in international matches, each player had his ow n name plale on the table, wil. h a miniature version of his country's flag attached. Durin g play, co kes, coffee and Dominican cigarettes were to be 'had fo r Walter Hoyt, Bill Hook, Virgin 1, land, JU ;l, n Robles, Venezuela 1.96 CHESS REVIEW. OCTOBER, 1967 • strongest team, due to Int erna l divisions, KI NG'S GAMBIT RxP, K- Rl!J, QR- Bl, 15". N-Q5 works T heir new champion, 16 yea l' old Julio J. Kaplan Aamon Quint ana ",ell In several variations : e,g, 16 Q- Q1, Kaplan, played very well and bids fair P uerto Rico Quatema ta QR- Q l 17 B- B3, N- B·]! bu t it taUs to beeome an inte r na tiona l star. agains t 16 Q-R5! The other learns were Guatema la , 20, White Bla ck 1S P-B3! 16 ; Dominican Republic and E I Salva dor, 1 P-K4 P-K4 , . . . both 16!h·19\4: Costa R ic~, 12·24: Nethe r. 2 P-KB4 P-Q4 With all Black 's troubles, now he mus t I la nds Antill es, 10\4· 25 h; and the Virgin 3 N- KB3 , , . . a lso worry about the fork, That Is too lUn ch, Islands, 8·28, The text is har lUless, Dllt :3 PxQP, s up· Gold medals for the best individual lJO He As the solution then stood, the study The Composer and the Establishment was intended as a fOIl1'-fo ld self-block, (: reated by White's sacrificial .Jth, 5th, PART OF THIS STORY dates from the December installment of this f'th and 9th mO\'es; 01", in other words, department in 1964. In that, there was an end-game composition by by Black's self-blocking replies. Alexander Petrovich Kazantsev (page 365). He had tied for first in The final, wondrous-lool,lng, mating the FIDE Olympic composing tournament of 1964, adjudged at Tel Aviv position is given here fOI' comparison which will latel' be important (after 12 under the directorship of Eliahu Fasher and his colleagues. The COIl P-Nil mate on page 301): ductor of this department was the judge appointed to select the best of the many entries submitted from various lands and by some very distinguish ed composers. The FIDE Olympic IOUl'I1cllllent of course was a formal one. THERE are informal tournaments, usual· form. protests become official and lhe ly by magazines printing a series or chess "authorities"- and even chauvinism originals and then submitting them to - step in. a judge or n panel for evaluation. Tn this On lluch occasions, the integrity or manner, these prepllblished studies have arti~tic values Is endangered by extl"an already been exposed to public scrutiny. tlOllS factors. And, aside from the less And, hence, some flaws have been un impol·tant polemics, a fascinating and In earthed, some missing sidelines augment· triguing case history may develop. SUdl, ed, some J"OI'enlllllers exposed and the indeed, happened in the case of the 196.[ The award was announced at the end technical merits discussed- all of which Olympic Study_ It deserves a brier lIal' of October 1964 in "Haproblemai," to be provioles a uatu1"111 elimination for the ralive for its human interest. COllie final ntter January 1965 if no pro benefit of the judge. This (by now cuntroversial) study dis test should be lodged. In formal tournaments, the Submis played the following structure, with sions to the judge are anonymous and White to move and win. only aftel' lhe winners have been de· Showing up a Blind Spot termined by the judge are the respective Shortly aftel' that publication, the names and dingrams disclosed. The un eminent Soviet creatol'S Vitali Chekhover rewarded composel' can thus re-submlt and Vladimir A. Korol'kov advised the his unpublished pieces in t[le same or in tournament d irector of a first-move cook improved form. with his "copyrighi" left in the study wh ich had been overlooked intact, to other competitions involving by a ll. On 1 R-N8, (see rirst diagram), judges with dil"l"erent tastes. This formal White wins after any defense: 1 ... process, hOll'eVeL places an onerous bur· Dx;\"; or 1 ... B-N4: or] . . . Q- R6t: den of full examination of technique, cor or 1 . . . 13- N2, as was carefully rletailed rectness, anticlpnilons nnd the nke on by the "busters." the judge. So a waiting lime of ihree months aftel' pUblication is provided be· Although " posthumous" cooks al"e in· evitable and evell numerous, it is still fore a verdict be ~ ollles formally valid or, as it may be, Is challenged. Actually, this setting was a "second unfoi"l.uuate to have one in a study wh ich has tied for the first award, especially Hence, l!OlllC judges will throw Ollt at I'en;ion." It replaced, before closing time for entries, a "first version" which had one which appears so obviolls after it once any study which is not fully ·'doc· has been pointed ouL umented" or where the solution tited been s ubmitted earlier, sent to the judge is too laconi«. Orten, though, the judge in coded form and then withdl'all"n. The The judicial eye, it seems, has a blind being a composer himself and sympatico rirst \'ersion showed the ·White Rook 011 spot, and the brain registers a blank with the artist's efforts, ambitions and the second rank and a diffe rent over when confronted with a brilliant piece tenSions or ,'ery likely eagel' for good ture. The (,onl"igUl"atioll on the King which, despite the most eareflli check ing, the subconscious seeks to preserve. " meat" in hj~ tO UI·IH1.l1leut , will instead Bishop, King Knight and King Rook files, Such it seems was the worl(lng mechan hunt for the mi~sillg cl ues and try to however, was exactly the same. But the fill in gapll which lhe composeI' may detailS of the first (withdrawn) version ism oC all fi ve experts who had rechec]( have thought too obvious to mention. (To cannot be revealed as that study remains ed! But no such mental block affects be sure, sometimes, the composer is not the (,o1lJlloser's copyright. And he may demolishers who are interested parties! ("el·tain 11imself anll pm'posely leaves the well and rightfuliy rewor]! his matrix fOI" Both Korol'!wv (and, as later appears, onus on the judge!) future use. "'arwitz) would move nil as prize· winners lIue to Kazantzev's elimination- for Well, orten, thelle gaps aren't obvious The intended solution for the ofricial which the stage was clearly set. 01' are even OlllinOllS. Then discussion en study (above) was: Siles, and conu·ol'el'sy. Attempts are made 1 P-K7 Q-R6t 6 K_Q5§ K_N4 Still mOI-e complexities loomed, how at salvage. Chall.mges, refutations and 2 R-N4 Q- R2t 7 P-R4t K_B4 ever, [or lhe organizers-who at least in part asked fOJ" them by their 011'11 de disappoint ments fo ilo,,". Ami the techni 3 K,P a,p 8 P-N4t p,p cisions! calities or judging and decision making 4 N-N6t P,N g R-S4t S,R are even called into qllestiou. Cliques 5 B-S6t a,s 10 P-K4 mate t = check; f == db!. check; § = dIs. ch. 300 CH ~ SS REVIEW , OCTOBlR, 1967 The Disappearing Pawn II'ith or without the COI'gotten (by whom?) Almost simultaneO\lsly with the Chek Pawn on the diagram sheet? 01' had ovel'-Korol'kov notice came one from Kofman llnd Umnov also sent (and later composer Ka?nntsev, When notified of withdrawn in lieu of Kazantsev) the firs t his award and thereby seeing the pub· vet'sion, which had no Pawn on g6 either? lished study, he observed that a B lack These are not matters of honesty but of Pawn was missing from matl{'s KN3 (or oftell occur ring, however incredible, lapses g6 In problem notation). He had been in re<;onling and COlllmunication whiclt seriously III for a long time and had <;fl.nnot bc blamed on the tournament or· given his study to his friends, Umnov ganizers, whose al'chives sholl' no Pawn on the originals. But- -and this the jll(lge and Korman for ~nbmission to Tel Aviv and did not know of and could not ex· added in his letter- if we assume hypo· plain the absence of that Pawn. lhetically that the submiSSion to the Meanwhile. Kazantse,' had Quite Inde· judge had been with that Pawn on g6, Position after 12 P·N6 mat'" pendently, and with the accompanying, 1I"0uid his judgment, or the rating or the prlze-wlnnel' byline, published his o\\"n study, have been the same : would the That is not to say that t he amended (the "amended") version in the Decem· ('rlteria of the study have been \In· vet'sion was an anticipation, Not at all. bel' 196·1 iss ll e of "Moskovskaya Pravda," changed? Il was constl'ucted with a quite different In retl'ospect, the writer cannot tell overtnre and main play and has at least but must at least point out some dif· one more self·block. (It Is s till, as stated ferences. In technical analysis of the self· earlier, not a four·fold self·block as arises block consU'uction, the "official" sub· in the given solution to the actual mi ssion (see first diagram) has these Olympic version, shown in the first dia (g6), features: with no Pawn on KN3 g) 'am, but a three·fold, and ll. little more the Knight sa<;rifices itself on an elllJ)\.y ponderous th an that version,) The use of sq uare (·1 N- N6t) , forcing a Black Pnwn the same fina l mate eould be viewed as 1O captm'e and so occupy and blod, a an example of furthet· br!!l!ant advance (lI'el'iollsly vacant square (4 . .. PxN) . over the composer's 1953 Invention. An Such an ac tion is called n "self·block." accomplishment he is sure to achieve, F"rOlll the thematic point of sludy con· this IITi ter is sure. Mruction, howe,'er, this same mechanism These additional delibemtions, how· does not nl)ll ly to the "amended version" ever, \,'el'e no longer at stake. The issu e This amendment obviously eliminates (see last diagram). Fo]', with a mac!, for the tOU!'1lament directOI' was the ae· Pawn already on KN3 (g6), the capture the cool, by 1 H-NS, and Kazantsev ap· ~eptance of the Pawn missing from pealed for confirmalion of his award. of that Pawn by the Knight and its reo KN3(g6). He decided to allow the amend The tournament dit'edor was nnderstand plaeement by a nother Pawn is not a self· ment. It was printed in "Ha prob le mai" ably unhappy about the whole human block. On tlle contrary, it COuld be view· July 1965. The decision may have been situation, partly llS it involved the vet· cIl as an unnecessary anu cumbersome wrong: it may have been exceptional bu t f'ran Kazantsev who is highly respected addition of deau wood. Actllally, if we still right. But further events produc£d everywhere and partly lest he be losing remove the White Knight and the B lack the deciding Deus ex Machina, and th e a valuable segment of the tournament. Pawn on KB2(fI), we hal'e exactly the Knight Pawn came home to roost. So he sought the judge's (that is, this same thematic idea shown mOre el:o nomically: tha t is, with less material. writer's) uecision and advice as to possi· The Belated Correction Refuted ble confirmation of the awanl by the Dr way of further compal'ison. thel'e In September 1965, the ramous Du tch toUl"llament director in the light of the is the older sludy by the sallie Kazll nl· \'irt((osos, J . H . iHarll"it7. and J. Selman unusual and ex('epti011ll1 circumstances. se", which won him a first pri?e in Jr., entel'e CHESS REV IEW , OCTOBER , 1961 301 Entertaining and instructive game$ by HANS KMOCH annotated by a famous expert. The text pl'e\'ents 14 . . . P- K 3. The tex t ~ en' e s poorl)" but Black has .(!~, UNITED STATES 1-4 . . . . N_R4 no good move. On J2 . . . P- KB3 13 15 R-K 1 B-B3 P- QR4. P-QH3 or 4 14 Il-R3, h e bas no NEW YORK 1967 16 N-QS! P- K 3 playable mOl'e: 14 ... P-QB4 15 N-Q5 ! P- B3 I S PxP! or Px P Me tropolitan Open A t long last - a nd lU\tch too late! 01' 14 •.• 14 ... 15 N- Q5 followed by 16 Nxll a nd 17 QxP. Teamwork A nd 12 . . . B- K 3 Is too Ia.te : 13 P-QR4, Whlte's forceful pIa)' a nd Black's abo P-QR3 or ·1 H B- R3 allows White a de· sence of mind are both l'esl)ollsible for cisive adVantage on elthel' 14 .. . P- KB3 th is prelly gamelet. 15 PxP, DPxP .16 NxP: or 1-1 .. . P- QB4 15 PxKP, PxP ]6 l\'xP! as either way ]6 SICI L IAN DEFENSE .. Bxll is met by 17 Q- R5! Asa Hoffman Miehael Valvo 13 B-RS P_QB4 W hile Black T he text is bad ; eo i s all else. 1 P-K4 P_QB4 4 NxP N-KB3 14 N_Q5 Q-K1 2 N-KB3 P- Q3 5 N-QB3 N-B3 15 P_QN4 ! , . . . 3 P_Q4 p , p 6 B_QB4 . , . . Well llllshed ! White achie\'es a de A long with th e (ext goes the threat d sh'e ollening of line!! by force, of 7 NxN. Pxt\' S P- K5, N-Q2 9 PxP, PxP 17 Q_Q4! , . . , 15 . , , , PxQP 10 0 - 0. Not a serious threat, perhaps It The threat i s 18 N xDP1', and 17 . . . may be termed jllst a possibilit y. B ut Px(elther)N is tabu. Black must watch it, avoiding 6 . . 17 , , . , PxN/ B P- KN3 and pl'ohably al so. , . P- QR3. I3iack can resist longer on 17 .. , P- K ·j 6 , , .. B-Q2 18 QxP. Nxil 19 HPxN, Q- Q2; but there This move Is playable, bu t the sa fest Is no real hope for him, is 6 .. , P- K 3 with a quick ... P- QR3 18 NxPt Resigns advisable I n most contin\lations (0 keep I N/ 4- N 5 off of Black's Queen Pawn. Ouly 18 . .. Qx;'; stol)l< 111a le III two. 7 B_N3 R-B1 H er e B lack's tex t is weak. He needs A Game of Two Calibe rs j . , . P- K3 8 D- N 5. P-QR3 0)' 7 • • • T he first part or t his Slime 15 fas P-KN3. C' l nating and alli'O t heol'e(ka l ly valuable. 8 8 -N5! . . . . The endgame, which could be very prob· lematical. rales othel'wise because of a 16 P-N5 ! , . , . Now White has a distinct advantage. blunder by madl, but lin Inslruc tlve one. 8 , . . . Q-R4 Here Is White's main point: 17 BxP bl'ooks no a(lequale defense. 8 . . , 1'- K3 9 N/4- N5 favors White as Gl uoeo PIANO does 8 , , . P- KN3 9 BxN; and 8 .. . Nieolas Rossolimo F red Wilso" 16 . . . . B- QB4! P-QR3 works poorly against 9 BxN, 1 P_K4 P_K4 3 B_B4 B- B4 This defense i s Dlack's best: 16 . . . NPx8 10 Q- RS, N- K4 [10 ... P- K 3 11 2 N_ KB3 N_QB3 4 P-B3 Q-K2 Q-Q2 17 ,",xP hardly suits. N xP! ] 11 P- D4, N-N 3 12 1'-85. N - K-4 13 5 P_Q4 B-N3 17 B,B P,B 21 PxP KPxP N- B3. Comparath'ely better Is 8 . , . NxN One of the oldest lilies in t his open· 18 N-87 Q-K2 22 P-K5 N-R4 9 QxN, P- QR3 10 B xN, NPxB 11 N- Q5, i ng, It is difficu lt for both slde5. It favors 19 NxR P-QN3 23 B-Q5 B-N2 B- N 2 or B- B3. W hite somewhat though Ol)i nlons dltrer 20 P- QR4 N_N2 24 8x8 N ,B 9 BxN NPx8 as to that assessmen t. 25 NxNP P,N 10 0 - 0 P_R4 6 0-0 P-Q3 8 R- Kl 0 - 0 While, t hough It clear Exchange up, I'e The text makes llttle sense. 10 • • • 7 P_KR3 N-B3 9 N_R3 K- R1 Quires ex(:el1ent technique to win in view NxN 11 QxN, Q- QB4 is more apt. 10 N_B2 N-Q1 of l3laek 's connec ted, passed Pawns. 11 N- Q5 P_RS Black adopts a plan designed and sue· 26 N- Q2 N- R4 29 NxN R,N 10 ... NxN etc. i s sUIl Indicated. Valvo (: eas fully int roduced by Dr. Euwe, 27 N- N3 R- R1 30 Q-B6! Q- K3 plays Ute whol e gRme with a strange ab 11 P_QN3 N_Nl 28 Q- B3 R- R2 31 P_B4 P_N3 P,Q sellce of mind, T his Black move. h owever. Is 1lrema 32 QxQ 12 N_B5 • • • • u ll'e. H is best, w hi ch may or n1fl )' not be Now I)TOS t es! is a problem for White. While's ad van tage is d ecisi ve. fvllr satisfactory, Is 11 ... 8 - K 3. On 12 H e needs to break th rough by P- Q R5 or 12 , . . . P_R6 11- 6 1. N-Nl 13 )<-K 3, P- KIl3 14 N-Q5, P-KD5, 13 P- N3 Q-Ql Q- B2 15 P - Il ~ . B- R~ 16 R- K2 (Dou\\'mees· 33 K-82 N_K 2 35 P- N4 N-Q4 te r- l ~ uwe, Ketherlands Cham pionshi p Ulack Ilrepares for 14. . P- K 3. 13 34 K-B3 K- N2 36 R_R3 P-R3 1:)52) with a m i nimal pl us fOl' Whi te. , . DxN 14 PxB sets an unbeal1\ble 37 R/ 1_QR1 N_N5 12 N_K3! P_QB3 presa 111'e on t he K i ng file. Black fares better by 37 ... N- K2 and 14 N/ Q_ K3 , . . . t ebeck ; * _ db!. check: I = dla, eh. then moving only his J{\ng. 302 C HESS REV IEW , OCTOB ER , 1967 38 R-N3 N_Q4 20 P-B4! • • • Here, however, the routine 15 . . . B- Rl K-K4 N- B6t 39 White a l~o knows the tricks or the deserves preference. Hel'e is Black's blunder, 39 . . N- K2 trade, 16 BxB K,a is still the correc t procedUre, 20 ' , , , N-Q3 24 QR-K1 KR_K1 17 N-N5 B- Q2 40 RxN! P,R 44 P_ R5! p,p 21 N-K3 Q-K5 25 Q-B2 P-B3 18 R-K4 . . , , 41 K-Q3 P-B7 45 K_B4 R-Q5t 22 P-Q3 Q-N3 26 BxN a,a The threat is 19 1~ - R4 and 19 ... 42 K,P R-R2 46 K,P R,P 23 B-K5! QR-B1 27 N-B4 B-B2 P - KR3 20 RxP! or 19 , . , P~KH4 20 43 K_N3 R-Q2 47 R,P Resigns 28 R-K2 P-K4 RxP ! PxR 21 N- K6t! or 19 ... R-R1 20 This change of the Pawn formation is N- K~, etc. ,l further blow to the Bishop, but mack 18 . , . , P-KR3 NEW YORK 1967 has a losing game, anyhow. 19 N_B3 P-K4 Atlantic Open 29 P-B5 Q_ R4 Noll' this key move lacks its point: it 30 ' R-K4! • • • uoes not force the swap of the enemy Amusing End Here is the amusing end. For all the Queen Pawn. Larsen's new varIation poses no parti· pieces at Ulack's disposal, he cannot 20 Rj1-K1 P-B3 22 Q-B2 R-K2 cular problems for Black, But he soon parry the threat of 31 QxP without al· 21 Rj4-K3 P-N4 23 N_Q2! B-K1 falls into serious trouble with an un· lowing 3J NxRP aI' worse. Blael, also has a I'ery bad game after happy thrust of his Queen Knight Pawn, 23 .. . R- QB1 24 N -K~, Q- Nl; but the The end is amusing, text loses by force, SICILIAN DEFENSE Arthur B, Bisguier Orest Popovych 1 P_ K4 P- QB4 2 N_KB3 P-Q3 3 N_B3 White aims to adopt an improvement on Alekhine-ZvetllOv (Buenos Aires 1939). 3 , , , , N-KB3 Apparently, both players think that 3 .. P - K4 (introduced by Nimzovich, 30 . ... B- Q1 Dresden 1926) Is not commendable, Here is the worse. It may, however, 4 P-K5 PxP be classified as euthanasia. 24 N- K4 . . . . Resigns 5 NxP P-QR3 31 N-Q6 Noll' White decisively wins the enemy \\Ihlte has the edge on 5 .. , P- KN3 Queen Bishop Pawn. 24 . , . Q- B2 is met 6 B-B4 compelling the anti'positional 5 by 25 P - Q6. NEW YORK 1967 · .. P- K3. For 5 . , . QN-Q2 6 N- B4! as 24 ... . Q-Q1 in the inaugural game of White's system Manhattan Open 25 NxQBP R_B1 (Larsen-Gellel', 1st match game, Copen· hagen 1966), see page 263, September Strategically Instructive Black concedes the Exchange in order 1966. With a basically supel'iol' position in ,. destroy the dread Queen·side major· 5 .. . KN- Q2 mal,es sense since the the opening, White adds to his advantage ity. It is a desperate measure, though. P awn on QB4 calls for .. , N-QB3; but till Black is reduced to desperate meas· 26 N- K6t R,N 34 Q_NB R,P 6 B- N5 threatening 7 Q-B3 is disturbing. ures which naturally fail. The game is 27 P,R N-Q4 35 R-R3 Q-Q4 On 6 . .. P- QR3 7 Q-B3, P-B3 8 Q- RSt, stl'ategically instructive. 2B R_N3 Q_ R4 36 RxPt K_ N3 29 R_R1 N_B5 37 Q_N7 NxPt \Vhite wins. White has the edge after 6 ROBATSCH OEFENSE · . , Q- B2 7 P-Q4, PxP 8 B-KB·J. And 30 B-B1 P_N4 38 P,N B_ B3 White has the edge aiter 6 ... P - KK3 Pal Benko ", Hoffman 31 Q-N3 p,p 39 Q-R7t K_ R4 7 P-Q4! [the defense may hold on 7 1 N-KB3 P-KN3 6 N,P N_Q2 32 a,p R-B2 40 B- K2t P- N5 Q- B3, P- B3l, PxP 8 QxP mainly in view 2 P_K4 B-N2 7 B_Q3 KN-B3 33 B_B1 R_B3 41 BxPt Resigns of 8 ... B- N2?? 9 NxN! BxQ 10 N - B6t 3 P-Q4 P- QB3 8 NxN t N,N In a composition, WhIte would be criti· and 11 B- R6 mate, 4 N-B3 P- Q4 9 0-0 0 - 0 cized for a mate in tllree as here rather p,p 6 P_KN3 QN- Q2 5 P-KR3 10 R_ Kl . , , , than in tll'O, by -!l Q-B5t. But this is no composition. Here 6 ... KN-Q2 is not bad: 7 N-B'I, White is ravol'ed. He controls the King N- QB3 8 B- N2, N- Q5. me, pI'events .. . P-K4 at least for the nonce: and the central Pawn formation 7 Q_ K2 NxN 9 B-N2 B-Q3 goes 111 with Black's fianchetto. 8 QxN P-K3 10 Q- K2 R_QNl 10 , . . . R-K1 12 B_K3 N-Q2 .~ ... FOR E' G N Black has a satisfactory game if he 11 P_B4 Q-B2 13 Q-Q2 P-QB4 doesn't, as here, forfeit the chance for · .. 0 - 0-0. He can deploy his Queen The otherwise logical ... P- K4 in· ARGENTINA 1967 Bishop by 10 , , . Q- D2! and .. , B-Q2. vites trouble here as BIacll:'s King Rool;: Training Tournament is loose. Black holds indeed on 14 PxP. 11 0-0 P-QN4 NxP 15 NxN, BxN 16 B- B4, B-Q2. But Gaining Training Here the les~er evil j, still 11 . • . J.1 B- B4! tells a different story, On 1·J Here Black learns that. one must a l· B- Q2 and, if J2 P- Q3, P- R3. . .. P- B3 15 PxP, NxP 16 NxN, PxN 17 ways be on the alert fo\' finesses, espe· 12 P_QR4! P-N5 16 P-N3 a,a B- N3, the isolated King Pawn gives cially when m eeting an old fox like 13 N-Q1 17 K,a B-B2 White a definite edge. And 14 , , . P- N3 0-0 Najdorf. The fox springs a finesse very 14 N_ K3 P-QR4 18 B_N2 Q-Q4t 15 PxP, NxP 16 NxN, BxN 17 RxB! RxR early in the opening to gain a fine game. N-B4 K_ N1 . 18 Q-B3, P- B3 19 BxR concedes a Pawn: 15 B-N2 19 . . . Later, he wins by a move which Black 19 .. . PxB 20 R- Kl or 19 ... QxB 20 Blach:'s Queen·side Pawns leave Rook thinks he has pl·el'ented. and Bishop Pawns as siUing ducks and QxQ. etc. his Blsholl sharply cl1l'tailed in action. 14 P- Q5 N- N3 KIN G'S INDI AN DEFENSE 19.,., N-K5 i\[oving the Knight King·slde-ward Miguel Najdorf Raul Vidal 20 ... N- N4 wm yield some counter· serves little better. 1 P_Q4 N_ KB3 3 N_QB3 B_N2 play or even a Illate after 21 P- B4?? 15 B-R6 Q-Q3 2 P-QB4 P_ KN3 4 P-K4 0 - 0 CHESS REVIEW , OCTO BER , 1967 303 The text. although far less usual than 20 P- QN4! • • • • 4 . .. P-Q3, leads only to a tra nsposition Now White decisively wins the pinned of moves. Or does it? Not Recording to Pawn on Black's Q84. this game. 20 . .. . RPxP 5 B-Q3 . . . . 21 PxP ! · . . . Thet'e are eight or nine more \ISUIl I Here White's poi n t appears: a rt er 21 continuations. none specificall y depen .. QxN 22 R-RI, he wins tile Qneen. dant on Black's fourth move. But the 21 . . .. B-QR3 23 Rx B PxP text works well only after 4 ... 0 - 0 22 PxP BxB 24 N/4xP N_N3 when Black cannot t'e-act effectively with 25 A_N4 N/ NxP ei ther 5 ... P-}H or 5 ... KN- Q2. in JustUled desperation, a su icide. 5 . . . • 1'-03 26 PxN NxP 28 8-82 KA_Q1 5 ... N-B3 is more entcI'pristng or at 27 A_A4 Q- K2 29 R-Kl P_B4 least worth trying: e.g. 6 P--Q5. N-Qii 7 30 Q-R2 Resigns B- K3 Ot· B-N1, P-B ~ and , tr 8 PxP e.p., QPx P ~ 6 B-N5 QN-Q2 AUSTRIA 1967 Black only weakens his position with National Championship 6 . . . p -KRa 7 B-R4, P-KN4 as h e can· not meet 8 B- N3 witll S ... N- R4. This A Study in Tactics Is a poin t impticit in White's deployment. This game is fraugltt with fascinating 7 Q_Q2 . ... tactics so numel'ous that some inevitably No.1 Harold Lommer With .. . P- KR3 stopped, White has must escape obset·vatlon. obtained the edge. Wh ite to move and win QUEEN'S I NDI AN DEFENSE 7 . . .. . P-83 P rllmeshuber Strauss The classical 7 .•. P-K4 8 P-Q5, N - 1iI 4 1 P_ Q4 N- KB3 9 B-D2, P - QR4 leaves Black at a loss 3 P-B4 P_ K3 2 N- KB :l P-QN3 4 P- QA3 as to how to break the pin on h is King . . . . Knight. Probably, he has to resort to The text was introduced by Blackburne the highly artificial ]0 ... Q- Q2. long berore t his opening had any name. Pe tros yan has repeatedly adopted it. 8 P-KA4! P- KA4 4 . . . . B- N2 Black li as t o stop th e King·slde Pawn 5 N_ B3 P_Q4 a ction. 6 P xP 9 N-R3 P_ R3 11 N-B2 R- Nl 10 P- B3 P_N4 12 B_ K3 Q-R4 6 ... PxP Is a s teady a lternative, pre 13 P_ A3! fer red esper.ially by Botvinnik in such • • • • poSi tions. Depending on circu mstances, W il ite's last move is a rille measUl'e Black follows \Vltll ... P-QB3 or 4. Lineup. against Black's inte ntions In the center. 7 P- K3 8 - K2 13 . . . . PxP 8 8-NSt 1'- 8 3 NO. 2 Andre Cheron 14 BxP Q_ B2 White t o move and w in 9 B-Ql N_Q2 T he co nsis tent 14 . . . P- Qt falls 9 . .. 0 - 0 10 0-0-0, P-QB4 is more against 15 P-Q N~! RxP [else lile Queen Jlexible as then Black can choose be· Pawn falls } 16 N- K2 ! R- R5 17 D-N3 as Iween ... N-Q2 and ... QN-B3. On 11 the Rook is trapped : 17 .. . HxRP? 18 P- Kt ro!lows 11 ... Nx N n ot 11 ... QxQ; or 17 . . . QxQt 18 BxQ. N-KB3 beeause of 12 PxP, lhP 13 P-K5 15 A_QB1 P-K4 17 N-R4 P- R4 and J.{ BxPt. 16 P- Q5 P_B4 18 N- Q3 Q- A2 10 0-0 0 - 0 12 PxN P-QB4 Black prevents 19 P-Q N~ by Un'eat or 11 P_ K4 13 Q-K2 A- B1 19 ... RPxP 20 PxP, QxN. But that threat 14 B- Q2 N_ Nl holds only for the moment and the Queen Black aims to redevelop this Knight remains poorly placed vls·a·vis the enemy for exclu sively Queen-side use. But he Bishop. thus ex pends several tempi and deprives 19 O- O! K- R2 his King of a good defender. Precision c learance. Here Black does not. rul\y reallze what 14 . .. Q- B2 Is better, followed by .. . is transpiring. He ought to play 19 ... KR-KI and ... N-Bl or possibly .. . Q-D2. Then t he immediate 20 P-QN4 Is No.3 Dr. Artur Ma ud ler N- D3. OM Important point is that 15 dubious beeal.lse of 20 ... RPxP 21 PxP, White t o move and win P- Q5, PxP 16 PXP, Kn-K1 fa vors Black . PxP after wlllcil 22 NxNP faUs against ~~o r li P-B4, t he only good defense 22 ... Q-R ~ : W hite can I'eta ln Il ls ad· against 17 ... BxP, cos ts the Exchange vantage by 20 R-Nl a nd 21 KR- BI to with J7 ... B- KE3. prepare P--QN4. 14 ... R- Kl first Is inferior on 15 B- KD" ! W h ite t hen allSWerS 15 ... P-B5 ravora bly wilh 16 B-B2, 16 BxP is d ubi ous: e.g. 16 ... N-B3 17 P -K5, BxN~ or 17 N-Q2. P-QN~ 18 BxNP , RxP 19 N- Nl, It-Bt e tc. 15 KR-Kl N- B3 16 P-Q5! • • • • Now White can seriously weaken tile enenly King position by force. Juggling act. 16 . . . . N-A4 Not 16 ... PxP 17 PxP, QxP 18 B- K4 Solution., page 307 as White wins a piece. 304 CHESS REV IEW. OCTOB&R , 1967 17 QR-Q1 • • • • On 32 ... Q-N3 33 Q- N4! White still IN A WOODEN The text Is Ina ccura te. The sacri(ice has the pull; 33 .. . BxB 34 RxB, QxP invo lved Is jnstUied. bu l 17 PxP first or R- KNl 35 P-K6! weakens tha enemy Klngslde. CHESS SET 17 , , . . P- B 5 19 B-B2 B)C RP YOU WILL FIND If Blacl< wan ts to accept the sacrifice, he must do so at once, He Is better off, NO BETTER BUY however. by avoiding I.lle fl'acturing of his Klngslde: 1i? ... Px'p 19 P xP, B-RB3 Than or R- I TOURNAMENT NOTES 53,Nf 14: R E Johnson 42.85; H Ro sen 19th Annual Championship berg 35.65; L Thom pson 32.8; N Kohm Pro9ress Reports for In the 1966 Golden K nigh ts. fou r more 3 1.65: J H Non ls 26.65; DR Re m er 22.3: Golden Kni9hts Tournaments " onlenders h ave q ua lified tor a ssignm ent Il nd It T homas 13.3; to t.h e Finals: D Ka p la n , G W TefOsaro, R 15th Annual Championshi p 63_N f 15: I Dizal' n .9; H Gaugh ran Mej!lel and M Ahlstrom. We neeu another, In t he 1961·2 Golden Knights, FinalS ;:5.0: E: Sloane 25.0 : A S Walloch 24.9; however, befot'e we c an set lip the !S econd seellon, 61. Nf 32, has completeU play, and D Dallanl 2·U: 0 G Btr51en 18.4; and G ~"inals ~ecUoll. the c ontestanlS therein ~co1"ed these ;\ lcCaffrey withdrew. Also, the following have Qu alified ror weighted· polnt totals:- lI Je ldlng these fOCO l'es with those pub t he SemHinals: J Gauson , F C Huys , N It H Coveyou 3S.05: C H Han'ey 33.0: Ilsll e d ill Selltembel' (p~ge 276), we have L G la dd, Louise Haralson, L Prince, R A R DIlt.ier. It I ~ M cCune Hnd W Mc KII.II; thcHe pl"OSpedive cash prIze wInners: Owen, Mary FI'ey, J W Leef. B Murdoch, 26. 3 ench: 'I' J O'Donnell 24 .05; and 'I' PRESENT lE ADER S ~ W Maillard. 11 E Lohrman, R Gish, l' Atsllml withdrew. G H Abr:!m ... , ~ ~.2 H B I)nl>' ...... 32 .15 Ar;lett, I Zall's, J) Htadek, L P Weiss. J Melding Ihese scores i n w it h those G Goodman .. . . ~6.2 HI': Her):" , .. , .. 32.3 H Du nkle, )' D Cory, G Chap lmis, R A l,ublis h ed In August (1).1ge 2·12) a nd a lso It V Cook ", . . ,H,9~ ~~ D I)ulfcal ... ,3!,3 Pagano. maki ng s ome cO I"reclioIlS, we ha\'e thelle It ~; .I ohn;;o" ",I!.S':' ~I \lock ...... 31.8 Hiley and T 1 11IZIIr ...... , .. 11.9 R T Cha<:e ..... 30.8 IJ rospective cash pl'ize winners: S Simcoe ...... 41,75 t\ S ~y •... , ..... 30.5 20th Annuol Championship W ,\ Bah r .. . ,~0.75 .I M 1 )IJo~ph ,.30,0" P RESE NT LEADERS D p, 1" Marlin .... 40.G " ( Sokole ...... 30.05 In t he 1967 Golden K nlght.<;, these con· B Gol c hb e r ~ .. . 4G.Z R C B1'1l ndl . .. ,37.3 I, KI,-ehner . .. . ~ 0.2 W Schlmel ... , .29.0 le nder's have QualUled tor the Semi-finals: IJ Appleton ..... 31.tS L B JO)' ncr ... .. ~G.2 l' H \'olkman .. 3~.fi~ 0 1( Jul$On ... , 28 .~ 5 A E Gates, F' Speck, R L CollIns, A R I·' :>:U5 se~ ...... H,.! ,\11'$ B .Jan"'!;ln 3 7 .Z~ (; '\)I"ullera ... . . 39.5 R 0 Gow ...... 28.8~ Self, J Chl·istmH.I1, R W Lebo, J F Shaw, H Hothe ...... ~G.! I) H lteynOlds .. ~j.Z:, .\1 I ~ Perea.,., .3~ .S P H HerkhHm .. 38.5., :>: Weanlr ...... ·16.2 II C :>"ndc,·. 18 K- K2 • • • • 5 . . . . 0-0 6 B- K 2 P- B4 Black has a clear a(] \-antage nHet· 13 17 . . . . NxBP! QxQP, QR-Ql or 18 Q- Q3. B- Q5. After White's 5 B-QZ, this i\lmlern Benoni is all the stronger. Anyway! 18 . . . . QR- B1 18 Px N • • • • 19 Q_QS P_Q4 7 P- Q5 P-K3 Forced, e lse the Bisho]l goes. 20 B_ K 3 .•• . 8 B_N5 • • • • 18 . . . . Q-R4! Black wins on 20 QxP. R- B7t or KR- Ql and also on 20 l'xP, KR- Kl t. Now the fttl! power of the Bishops is fell. The main threat is 19 .. . DxN 20 Q- KD2 , Q- H6t with mate to follow. 19 N-N5 .... This 1!; White's only good try. On 19 KN- K2, Q- H6t, Black wins a piece; and, on 19 :--i-N1, he wins likewise by l!) . .. Q-N3 20 N- Q03. Q- N5 21 KN- K2, Q-R6'( 22 Q-N2. QxQt and 23 . . Rx8. 19 . . . . Q_R5! Now the threat of 19 . QxPt is llIll I'd erOllS. 20 Q-K2 Resign~ 20 . . . . 21 QxR, Q- B7 is mate; and, on 21 A little and rather uncommon type of Q- K02, Blacl! hemstitches a mate by 21 Zwischenzu g. ... Qx Pt 22 K- Q2, Q-Q6t 23 K- Bl, Q- N8t 24 K-Q2, R- Q6t etc. 21 QxP • • • • 21 BxQ, PxQt 22 KxP. KIt- Ql t 23 Postal Chess players are invited to K-K3, BxP gives Bla(;k a winning end submit their best postal games for publi_ ing. "It's a new game _ called chess." cation, and Collins' comments. CHESS REVIEW, OCTO BER, 1967 309 L961 'H'380.l)O 'A\~IAal:l SUH) OlE "fiep e ~Jn oll " ..... Il 61.. !ln ll:> paileld ·llilj.lOj-iJ1Qnol' UO "SOl .!O ' XO ;) sl1lWO 1. 1J11."q;)S t&f. 'u"t(llnH ~"" 1'''11 d!lllld 3J a 10;) sd01 lI1111::>SJI CHESS REVIEW, OCTO BER, 1967 311 bu t li ck s Carrigan. 123 Wright rips Hooker. R il ey r outJ! ).[srold o. Pearlstein and Shaw. Se t tlon ~ 60 - 89: n Lane win! from Rose. lU NOllella. Grh-a~ nip GuardhUlo; Lohr 171 ACker ma n. Fabian btLI t Huber; H u l)er . 64 Richter rip ~ Nelson a nd Cicotte. G5 Qor _ man licks GrivM. U5 Ol roll)( w ithdra wn; Scboll ax E59la. 1. 5 Cole losllll to Fcuch ter ham w hi ps W elsh ; No lan wllhdra.wn . $6 Les t er 10 J)l! Gutting. 11:7 Z U ~ t ~lts Bole r. !Jut t op~ (0 Mei ners. 171> Campbell co nks LeMunl tops (f) Zell'ner . 67 Bla nd conks 12S Hon uueln "lOP S E Johnsoh . It ' T aylor, Cohen. 178 P e isach , Law~n ee lic k K a u fman ; Car ter a nd T ho m a.s; 'l'ho m8JI lies Feuchter MUI"rIl)' lOll . Brie,...,; Len". T a ylo r tie. DeJlI01i downs G r iffin. 17 ' Ra.n, Pa!t1l no rip bu t 10Ji1e.8 to Ca r ler . 6.8 Shsnnon downs Ho". Se<: t ionl 131) - 159 ; 133 Kistler . t...au derdale Ryden. Kan and Davl~ ; Bra nd t defea.ts DavIs. 611 Cook halts Hall; Nadvorne)' bests Coben but tie. 13C Aronson. Holen tie. 137 Kl u y tman~ S E M 1_F1 NAL.S ( Key; ~.Ns) cllp~ ~ c h OO l ey a nd Leja . 13S GI~h tle~ Ka.nc r bow~ to Long; Hall. Whlt3 Hornbe rg-. Tabe,·t be ~ l "-I e)·e,·. IH ElweH Or lvu lnls fell l<' o lke .. ; As hley whips Ward. hows t o Johnson a nd Pouchak hut bestll conk.. McCormack. 1.15 GaKIl on nips V o lk_ 16 Scot t, lIIarcelllno " ollk Cuplllon ; Scott Lemke; Ponchak Jan Johnson; Dean wlth man. 157 'VI "slow whips Hu bba rd tlnd _\l e ~ co t c h e ~ Vaughan; H enderllOn tQpl! (f) C'Bpli. dra.wn. 86 Schaergen withdrawn. 87 Bow Cormick ; T~ e n lick s McCormick "nd H ub Ion. 18 'I'a ner i. W ea,'"r a n(1 P a etow tops n Ul '! r lp8 Reed; Ourd withdrawn . bll r THE TOU HNAMENT was of th e elect from the Chess Olympia. All the part ipanls witho ut exception were active grandmasters. It is enough to cast a gi 314 CHUS REV IEW , OCTOBER, 1967 P- K3 Is not so etrlcaclous for White as was first thought. 5 . . . . K N- B3 6 N-N3! · . . . Here 15 lhe only move t hat poses Black t he problem of equalizing. All other r eplies ha ve a lready been solved in open· ing theory. 6 . . . . P-K3 7 B- Q3 B_ K2 8 Q_K2 , . . . White pl'ep8res 9 B-Q2 or B- KN5 and 10 0-0- 0. 8 . . . . P-B4 9 0-0 · . . . Now, however, While cha.nges his m ind, having found 9 B- Q2, Q-N3 too slow. 9 . . . . 10 KR-Ql This trade Is crltici.;:ed as premat ure. After the recommended line, however, 10 . . . Q- B2 11 P - B4 [with threat of P-Q51, PXP 12 NxP, N- B4 13 B- B2, W hite stands better. 11 NxP R-Kl 12 P- N3 · .. Now a second Blshol) is ready to line are amused: Smyslov in center; Tah l below him; and up agaill s t :elack's King. s core table Il\fl rks t hem with s o h igh a rOl'eign guests. Gheol'ghiu a ch ieved suc 12 . . . . Q-N3 number as 9· 12, even that company be· cess on ly in that he scol'ed a bove the 13 B_ N2 N-Bl comes u nplea sant- especially [or t he other foreigners (except Bobolsov). 13 ... N-D4 t o e liminate ol'l.e or tbe c rowned King of Chess. All of t hem Gligorich stal·ted excellently; bUl, after White Bishops faUs: H B- B4 1 N- R5? tallied 50%: but, for those accustomed his loss to Bronste in when he had re 15 PxK, QxB 16 N-NS agaInst the double to feast with Lucull\1s , this diet was fused a draw, he didn't know how to threat of 17 R- QNl and 17 N- B7. exceedingly thin, and all the family left b)'ake his car on the s lope and didn't 14 N_ B3 .. •• hungry. Najdorf alone, perhaps, need not win II. game through to the end of th e complain. He Is flfty·seven years young; tourlHlment. This Knight will take It much more and, looiling over the tournament from Last place in a tournament is usnally dangerous position on K5. the oppos! te s ide, he was the youngest just about un·endurable; but not In this 14 . . . . B-Q2 pal'Udpant. WhM more need he look for event. As Uhlman II. F ilip, Bilek and 15 N_K5 QR_Ql when a ll recogniz e him as a n equal In Pachman shared t hat unpleasa nt place. Black has placed his pieces well a nd the ac llve gua rd of the grandmaste rs! each bore only one fou rt h the load. That now prepal'es th e principal strategy or At the e nd of t he lOlinJament, Najdorl was bea rable-and in such comlmny. tile Caro-Kann, to trade d own pieces, declared he would not object to being In , alter 16 . .. B- BI ! vi ted to a s imilar tourna ment In anot her 16 N- K4 ten years; and he'd draw all h is games, Tahl's School of Attack " . By Ulen, he'd be 67 years young. While Stein, dissatisfied with c lassical 16 N- R5, B- Bl 17 NxNt, BxN 18 N- Bf, Q-B2 19 BxB, PxB etc. is good also. But Keres was handicapped this time by fo rms of at tack against the Care-Kann, White means to make more of the posl· SeriOI)S l11ness. is looking for new ones, Tahl makes do tion and doesn't want a tiresome end. It is pointless to remarl, thal. for with the old and doesn't fret after game. World Champi on Petrosyan, the 9·1 2 noveltles. Here is an excellent example SCOI'e was a debacle. But those who know of how the a ttack must be conducted. His 16 . . . . N,N Petrosyan. and Petrosyan himself, as was eve)'y move contains a t hreat and drains 17 BxN B- 81 ! a pparent when lie appeared in Budva blood a nd s trength from his oppollent Against Tahl. here Is a tremendous imm ediately arter the Moscow Tourna· I1 ke a vampire. T nle, where there's a n threat, t he exchange of both Rooks by ment, d id I\ot la ke the matter as a attack, there's d efens e a lso. Dllt T alll 18 . .. RxRt a nd 19 R- Ql. tragedy. There ill I;eneral agreement that Is able to pose difficult and complicated 18 Q_ RS ! ... he is a n excellent flghler in matches, problems stich that the possibility the or This move seems ,'ery s imple, but It not in tour nameuts. So he is now await· OI)pOll em finding a wrong solution is too is surprising how dangel"Ous it is. ing the new Challenger. And he who de· greltt. It happens just so here. feated Botvlnnlk and Spassky is not con· ('eding his chess crown. As World Cham· CARO·KANN DEF E N SE pion, he has reconstructed Ilis world and M. T ahl Dr. M. Filip concenll'ales on retaining his title In Soviet Union C.;:echoslovakia matches. White Black As Geller. one knows what to to no say. 1 P- K4 P_QB3 Re is in h i~ I)rime a n d looks phys ically like a cannon just from t he foundry. Dut Dr. F l1!p is a noted ex per t in the Care there Is something wrong. He started in Kan n. Even lor hI m. however, It Is In· stormy style and sudde nly SUbsided. Then advisable to adopt it agaimlt the king of came numerous draws without win or a ttack. There Tahl fi nds h imself In his loss. It was not Ge ller any more. Such elemellt. low·spiJ1ted beha viour Is inexplicable In 2 P-Q4 P-Q4 4 NxP N-Q2 3 N_QB 3 p,p 5 KN_B3 . that STeat grand master. . . . 18 . . . N_N3! For the lowel" places, it was the oppo· Tahl's return to the old way confirms site of Sarajevo: they were left to the that tile modish 5 B- QB'I, KN-B3 6 N- N5, t check; t _ db!. check: I == dill. eh. CHESS REVIEW, OCT0 8E R, 1967 315 The ouly adequate defense. On 18 . .. K - R2, 0 - Q3 29 BxB, RxB 30 R- KB3, his 1 . . . P- QB3 would have become P - N3, WhIte wIns II'lth 19 N- N4. [threat· R- KD3 31 H- D3 whereafter White galn~ ~enseless. That move was premature, and ening 20 N- R6 mate], P- B3 20 DxBP!! Further material, enough for a wIn. White is working on It. and, on 18 . , . P- B3, with 19 BxPt! NxB 24 K_R1! ",. 6 . , . . PxP 20 Q- B7t, K - Rl 21 N- N6 mate. Now White is l'eady for 25 P - KB4, But how Is White to continue now? 6 . .. 0 - 0 7 P- K5, KN- Q2 8 P- Q4 sets Any other master would cease playing 24 , . , . B-Q5 np for White a vel'y favorable variation for a win as everything is defended-but Bhwk has become Quite tired. He has of the French Defense with great space fOl' maneuvering. not Tahl! And there is his greatness. He more chances by 24 . , . R- Q3 fjrst; now finds the way to pose one problem more. he suffers from the follOwing pin. 7 PxP 0-0 19 NxP! , ... 25 R-Q1 R- Q3 8 0 - 0 N-R3 8 ... Q- B2 is better. Thus. Black ob' This combination is good enough only The simple pin break by 25 . . . B- N3 s erves the Important centel' square, his for a draw, but Black must rind out how leads into 26 RxR, BxR 27 P - D4 ! K4, and stops White from P- K5, to draw! 26 8- R3 R-R3 9 P_ K5 N_Q4 11 Q-K2 Q_B1 19 , . , , K,N Or 26 .. . R- Ql 27 R- Q3 followed by 10 N_N3 B_N5 12 R-K1 . . . , 20 QxP P_K4 23 It- B3t, etc, White not only adds to the guard on Again, evel'ything is defended. 27 RxB! Resigns his Ki ng Pawn but also dodges having 21 RxR R,R After 27 . , . PxR 28 B- Q5, HxB 29 to trade Bishops after 12 .. B- R6. 22 Q-RS! , . , ' Q- B5t, K-K2 30 BxQ, BxB 31 QxN, all is 12 , . , , NJ3-B2 clear, Here Is White's Idea: 22 . . . Q- KB3 13 B- Q2 . , , . fails against 23 P- KB4! R- Rl 24 BxNt, In effect, \Vhite threatens to re'enforce K- Nl 25 QxP, etc, The Stein Way his play with 14 P- B4, followed by 15 B- B3. 22 , , , . Q-K3 White often has to decide on how to Black, who has struggled to find 22 play agains t the Caro·Kann as Black 13 . . . . P-B3 defending moves, has forgotten there are seeks to run away cheaply from the an· This thrust seems risky. But it is true also allaclling moves, But there was his noying and painful Ruy Lopez. Stein in t hat Black must do s omething concern· salyatlon: 22 , . , R- Q7 23 R-KBl, B-QB4 confronting Portisch, an expert on the ing the very unpleasant pressllre which 24 B- QB3, RxKDP 25 QxNt, QxQ 26 Caro-K~llln, doesn't adopt the c lass ical the powerful White King Pawn exerts BxQt, KxD 27 RxH, B-B4 28 ExP, BxP s ystems but rathel' a new and modern ol'er Black's position. with a drawish ending of opposite colored King's Indian Reversed. And with s ome 1", PxP B,P good reasons. F'or this sys tem is neal'ly Bishops, This recapture, however, makes the unknown; one!"s more play and c()Jnpllca· 23 P-KR3 , , , . Pawn on K2 a fatal wound in Black's tions than the old systems ~l gainR t the WhI te has time to prevent the intended position. 14 . , ' PxP gives Black a firm Caro·Kann and, in many variations , I.h e ]J osition without weaknesses. 23 ... Q- N5. Initial Black mOl'e, 1 . . . P - QD3, becomes 23 , . . . 8-B4 actually a loss of tempo. 15 P_ B3 , , , , White pJ"ecludes pl'os peets on the long Blaclt falls to defend best. He ought CARO·KANN DEFENSE to guard his Knight by 23. R- Q3, diagonal for mac k's King Bishop. L. Stei n L. Portisch then free his King by 24 . K- Bl. 15 . . . . R-B2 There are plenty of possibilities for both Soviet Union Hungary 16 Q- K4! , . . . sides, but the chances favor 'White who 1 P-K4 P-QB3 4 KN_B3 B_N 2 Now "'hite maneuvers to bl'eak the pin has two Pawns for his Knight and wlll 2 P-Q3 P-Q4 5 P_K N3 N-B3 and make N- K5! possible. win the King Pawn, Tahl himself gives 3 N- Q2 P-KN3 6 B-N2 . , , , 16 . . . . B-B4 as an example the following variation : Here is a 1)\II'e King's I ndIan pOSition, 17 Q_QB4 N_N3 23 . . , R- Q3 24 It- Kl, K-Bl 25 H-K3, but with a tempo in White's favOI', 18 Q_B1 , , . . N-B5 26 QxP, QxQ 27 BxQ, R-Q8t 28 Blac l,'s play has been compulsory or else 18 Q-K2 only permits 18 . . . B- N5 again. 18 . . . . N-RS 19 B- B1 Q_Q2 20 N-K5 . . • • Now White secUI'es the Two Bishops and sl1pel'iority ovel' the black squares. 20 ... , BxN 21 RxB N_N4 macl, seeks to prevent 22 N- Q4. 22 B-84! , . . . Vel'Y fine play: On 22 . . , NxN P 23 "After the story in the Bible," says Trifunovich, "Goliath is always looking with N-B5 ! Q- Bl 2~ Q- K2, White aCQul!'es a suspicion on David." Dr. Filip in center; faces from left f ront: Bilek, (David !) winning position: e.g. 2,1 .. . P- N3 25 Bronstein and Gheorgh iu; on right, Petrosyan: you can take your guess at the rest QxN, Pxr-{ 26 RxBP. 316 CHESS REVIEW , OCTOBER, 1967 22 . . . . QR- Q1 Exp, RxB 20 Q-B3! N-K5 21 BxN, PxB 28 . • . , Q- N3 23 N-B5 NxN 22 Q- B6, QR- RBI 23 QxBt, K- Rl 24 27 B_N1 Q_QB3 2<1 Rx N N_B2 QxRP, PxP 25 P-KN2! as it pr'ohably Is 01' 27 ... Q- B4 28 Q- QS! This Knight has remained out of play incorrect. 2B Q- Q2! • • • • and is seel,lng a beUer job. 15 P-B3 N-B4 While proffers a useful tl'ade: the less 25 R- K 5 N-K3 28 R- K 1 6- Q6 16 K-R1 . . . . important Queen Roolt Pawn for the cen· 26 B_R6 Q-Q3 29 Q_N4 B-B4 Nothing new u nder the s un. This posl· tral Black Pawn. It frees White's Rooks 27 Q-K2 N_N2 30 Q-Q6 4 Q,R tion OCClH"feU in Kieninger-DogolYl1bov fo:' a ctlon. l ;:t Um e pressure, Black misses tile (Cracow 1941): 16 . .. QR- Kl 17 P- QN4, 28 .... P- B4 19 RxN simple re(utatlon of this sacrifice. When N- R5 18 Q- Q3. NxB, 20 29 QxQP asked about It a rter t he gam e, Portlsch BxN, P xB 21 P xP, BxP 22 P-KB4 with Black Is lost. He has no good moves. replied calmly: "The position was lost In an euge for White. On 29 . .. P- N3, White has the decls[ve any event." 16' . . . . N-N2 80 P- K6. 31 RxQ R-Qat Now this Knight sits pom'ly, but a 30 Bx P Q- N4 32 B-B1 B- R6 «ulck ... P - B4 is vital for Black. Or 30 ... N- K2 31 Q- B5. 33 Rx K P! • • • • 17 B- K S P-B4 In all sagacity, \Vhite now comes out 18 Nx B 31 Q-Q6 a Pawn plus. 31 QxQ, PxQ 32 B-Q7 also wins, gain· 33 . . . . RxBt 38 K-K2 P_KR4 [ng a second Pawn. Btlt W h ite prefel'S to 34 QxR BxQ 39 K-Q3 P-QN4 win while attacking. 35 RxR K x R 40 K_ K4 K-K3 31 , . . . Q-N 1 36 R-QB7 Q-N1 36 KxB N-B4 41 P_KR3 P-R4 32 QxN Rx B 37 Q-Q7 R-N4 37 B_ K3 P- QR3 42 6_85 P_QR5 33 P_K6 R- K2 33 P-B4 R_N3 43 8 - 8 8 Resigns 34 R_Q7 R-K1 39 P-B5 R_N4 Aftel' 43 • . • K- B2 44 P- N4, PxP 45 35 R_Q N7 Q-B1 40 P-B6 Resigns PxP, N- R5 46 B- RS. the finish Is obvious. Blaell loses because of the bad open· ing val1atlon which he chose. The Greatest Problem In Chess Theory and practice are continually The Unsymmetry of Symmetry wandering and meandering In efforts to Symmetry of positions [n the opening resolve the problem of Black's defense White has two good trumps: the Two [s not symmetrical [n the outcome. Dr. against the Ruy Lopez. And the greatest Bishops and a strong passed Pawn: but Filip, who should know this axiom, s uf chess authorities, even In this day of Black's position seems tenable. reI's from It and, later, Is victim of comp\1tel"l:l and other technical wonders, 19 P-QR4! ... . another paradox: the usually drawing al'e llot sure of the answer. FOI' instance, Now Black's P awns on QN4, QB4, Q4 factor or Bishops of opposite COlors can t hel'e is Paul Keres, one of the greatest and KB4, all becom e good targets. add viciously to the Impetus at a King· "Spa niards." He s tood out as the great· 19 . . . . N_R4 fleld attack. est antagonist against the ope n defense against the Lopez. Yet, in the present On 19 ... QxP 20 R-Kl , Q-Q3 21 PxP, E NGLISH OPENI NG tournam ent, he Invoked (or aid this same PxP 22 RxR, UxR 23 Bx KBP, Black L. Stein 0,. M. Filip s imply emel'ges with a bad position. va riation. Soviet Union Czechoslovakia RU Y LOPEZ 20 B_B2 K_R1 1 P-K N3 P- K N3 7 N_B3 N- B3 L . St ein P. 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Cople. do not get Indiana polis, Indiana - play from Friday 109 West 42nd Street, New YOI"I(, forwarded and also c.. n take weeks en. 7 PM to Sunda.y midnight New York 10036: LO·5·850l route. So ""e mu.t have noUce ea.rly! 320 eHUS REVIEW, OCTOBER, 1967 CHESS REVIEW', (1967) Ninth United State, Open POSTAL CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP The Twentieth Annual Golden Knights THE current edition of the Golden Knights tournament is now under way, and entries are acceptable until November 30, 1967. It is con· ducted WIder CHESS REVIEW's Rules and Regulations jor Postal Chess, r- V E RYTH ING YOU N E E D to p lay as mailed with assignments, and with the special rules ~iven below. E: c heal by mail il inc luded in the com · P e r Rule 1, a ll pla y m ust be from with in t he con ti nent a l U S A a nd Ca nad a. ple t e P Ol t a l Ch els Kit produced by CHES S REV IEW for the co n venience of To speed play for the fi rst round, we group all the entries received postal pla yers. The kit conta ins equip geographically so far as possible. Otherwise, entries are matched off ment and st a t ione ry e~pecl a ll y designed f or the pur pose. These a ids to Postal into 7 man groups strictly in Lh e order of our receipt of their applica. Ch ess w il l ke e p your records s traig ht, t i oll~. Qualifiers to the later rounds a re ~roupf"d lihwiQp, in nnl,.r H( he lp you to a void m ista kes , fo r the fu ll est e nj oyment in your games by qualification (except multiple en trants), but without regard to geography. m a i I. In effect, the Golden Knights is an "opell " tourna ment, without .. ~ . Contents of Kit gard to our rating classes so far as the ent ry goes, The ratings are calcuhtL O ne o f the most importa nt it ems in ed, however, quite as usual. We "rate" aU games in C HE SS REVIEW tour· the kit is the Postal Cheu Recorde r AI· bum _ t he grea t est a id t o postal chess neys, It is an "open" tournament because we cannot pretend to " seed" e ve r inve nt ed. The sill mi n ia ture c hess candidates for a championship and because it gives the weaker players 8 lOeb in this a lbum e nable you to kee p track of t he posit io ns, m o ve by move, ,.. hRnr.e to gain by experience against stronger ones, in a ll six games of you r sec t ion. On the score-cards, s u p p lied w ith t he a lb u m , you Spec:ial Rules for the 1967 Golden Knights Tournaments, r ecord t he moves of t he gam es. T he u p· Co nsult the l o Uowlng r ule!' whenever 1 1-'or CO ml)utlng the total sco...,.. to de' t o-dat e score o f eac h game fillces the c u r· a ny q uestion arises as to YOU I" c ha ll ces termlne the d i.!llrlbu tlon o r prizes, each ga me rent pOli t ion. Score·ca r ds a re removable. wo" In the first round will be scored a.a I for QuaUrying to SemHlna ls o r Finals 0 1' pOint; each game won In the sewnd rounil When a ga me is fi n ished, remove the old fo!" weighted. point lI eore, etc. o.~ 2.2 polnt.'J; each game won In Ihe final card a nd Ins e rt a new one. 12 e xtra score· 1 C H£lSS R E VIEI\""S ~O\l l ,\ L1l1lw l Colli· rou nd as 4.5 poin ts. A dru wn game will be cards are inclu ded j n t he kit . P r ice en Knllthls Postal Chen Chlunpionshi p "1"ou,' _ ~co r e d as ha l( of these respecllve amounts. a lone : $5.00. "ament ie 0Pi'1i to all peuo"s livln!:" in the 8 In the case of ties. If two or more The ki t a lso contains 100 Move. Mail ing continental United Stale" o( America and In finalists tie (or flr!t pluce, achieving the Canada. except CHE SS I~ E VIE\\">s em· &n me total score, as computed in Rule 7, P ost Cards for s e nding moves t o your ployees, con tributing editors and members then the firs t ! Or more prizes will he reo o ppo ne nts, a Chess Type Stamping Outfit of their families. served ror those flnallsa a nd the p ri ~ will for p ri nting positio ns o n t he mailing 2 An)' contestant who ente,.,. thiS tOUI"",,- be awa rded in accorda nce with the scores ca r ds, a Game S core P ad of 100 sheets me nl u nder a pseu PRIZE .. $2.50.00 Second Pri ze $100 Sixth Prize $40 Third Prize $80 Seventh Prize $30 Fourth Prize $65 Eighth Prize $25 Fifth Prize $50 Ninth Prize $20 Tenth Prize $15 65 Prizes. Eleventh to Seventy.fifth $5.00 each AND THE GOLDEN KNIGHTS EMBLEMS! To befit the Championship, there are added prizes for the winners of the first five places in this na.tional in the fonn of handsome plaques, suitably inscribed event, as well as the Golden Knights emblems. SEVENTY-F IVE CASH PRIZES, amounting OPEN TO ALL CLASSES Of PLAYERS 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 uefore, you may turn out to be Gold en Knights cham with highest scores in the Twentieth pion or a lead itlg pl'ize-winnel'- flnd, at least, you'll Annual Golden Kn ights Posta! Cham have lots of fun. For all cla ss ~f. of postal players pionship now running; Entries accepted t ill the elld compete togethel' in t his "ope ll" postal Chess event. of N o'U embe1', 1967 (must be(w pos tma1'k of no later Beginners al'e welcome. If you've just started to them No v en~b e r 30, 1967). play chess, by all means enter. T here is llO betler This is the 1967 Golden Knights way of improving your skill, State your class on t he coupon: A highest ; C average; D lowest. PRIZES fOR EVERYBODY _ EXCEPT DROPOUTS. Bu t that isn't all! Every contestant can win a MAIL YOUR ENTRY NOW pdze of some kind! You can train your sights on As a Golden Knighter yo u'll enjoy the thrill of that big $250.00 first prize, or one of the other 74 competing fOl' big cash prizes . You'll meet new cash pl'izes, but even if you don't finish in the money fdends by mail, improve your game, and have a whale you can win a valuable consolation prize. Every play of a good time. So g:et stmte(l-entel' this big event er who qualifies fol' the final round, and completes his now ! The entry fee is only $5.00. You pay no addi playillg schedule, will be awarded the emblem 0/ the lional fees if you qualify fo)" the semi-final 01' final Golden Knight- a sterling silver, gold-plated and en rounds. But you can enter othel' fil' ~t rounel sections ameled lapel button, reproduced above. You earn t he at $5.00 each (see Special Rules for Golden Knights) . right to weal' this handsome emblem in your button You will receive Postal Chess inst n lctiolls wi th YOUI' hole if you qualify as a f inalist and finish all games, as:sig nment to a tournament section. Fill ill and mail whether or not you win a cash prize. this coupon NOW! And even if you fail to qualify for the f inals, you ------stilt get a prize! If you are eliminated in the prelim 1 CHESS REV IEW o Cha l: ht.t if you d rt a lIef/! 1 inary 01' semi-final round, but complete your playing 134 W est 72d St., (Olllt . 10 POJ'''/ CluJ.< . schedule, you will receive one /,ree elttt"Y ( worth I N ew Yor k , N. V. 10023 Start me ns CLASS ...... $2.50) into our regular Class Tournament or can I enclose $ .. .. . _ . . . Enter my nil me tn one s ec tion of enter OU1' l'egular Prize Tournament (entry worth I the :"inth U. S. Open :l11d 'I'lI'enUeth Annual Golden Knights Pos tal Chess Championship Tournament. The 011 $4.00) payment of only $2.00. F irst and second in I amou nt endosetl covers the entl'Y fee of $5.00. I each Prize Tou rnament win a $6 and $3 credit re s pectively for purchase of chess books or chess equip I o Ch, dt hut iJ al,,:ad, a rtg· I ment, Print Clearly ;J/",d Polla/ill. I I FOR SPECIAL RULES I'lIlUe ...... See inside back cover I I Address ...... • ...... I MAIL. TNIS ENTRY COUPON NOW•• ZIp Code ---...... - , . .- . . . .--. . .. State------...... No...... !