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N.Y. 270 CHFSS LIFE lion that he knows thoroughly, and Re· shevsky would ordinarily have seen UPSETS MARK START OF through the Addison continuation that cost him a full point U.S. CHAMPIONSHIP Attendance at the tournament, which is being held at the Henry Hudson Hotel in , has been excellent The 1962-63 U. S. Chess Champion· only makes this ODe of tbe strongest in spite of the New York newspaper ship got off to a snappy and somewhat U. S. championships ever held but adds strike and the resultant loss of pub­ bizarre start on Sunday. December 16, greatly to its interest and excitement. liCity. Present at the opening round on when , Samuel Rcshevsky Addison, who resides in Los Angeles, December 16 were many o( the USCF's and Larry Evans aU lost their first-round has been achieving sensational results in top officials and regional organizers in­ games against rated anywhere California tournaments during the past cluding President Fred Cramer, Interna­ from 105 to 269 points below them on few months, and his first-round win over tional Affairs Chairman Jerry Spann, the USeF's rating scale. Reshevsky indicates that he clearly ranks and regional vice-presidents David Hoff· among the country's finest players. After mann, Charles A. Keyser and Mordecai Fischer's loss - to ­ six rounds of play he was tied for sec· Treblow. wasn't registered until several days lat­ ond plaCe with Benko and Byrne (3¥Z er, since the game was adjourned in each) behind Arthur Ris· what seemed to be a fairly even position guier's leading score of 4Jk. -OOPS 1- after five hours' play. Reshevsky, bow­ ever, was clearly lost at The long-awaited Fischer·Reshevsky Accompanying the cover photo of Sam· time and resigned against William Addi­ duel took place in tbe firth round and uel Reshevsky in the November CL is son without resuming. Larry Evans' de­ was adjourned in a position tbat favored the caption; "Gunning for No.8." feat was at the hands or Robert Stein­ Fischer. At one point Fischer could have The first tournament to decide a u:t. meyer. won a piece by means of a mating threat national championship took place in but went in for a weaker continuation­ New York City in 1936. Reshevsky won As we went to press on the November one that will probably win, however. the champi.onship {our times in a row: issue (see p. 238) Addison and Fischer Nor was Bobby alone in his "Chess in 1936, 1938, 1940 and after a playoff had not yet responded to the USCF in­ blindness": Rossolimo resigned to Bis­ with (7!h-3lh) in 1942. vitations to play. Their acceptance not guier, after 16 moves, in a Sicilian varia· Reshevsky won again In 1946, making a total of live wins in all. The caption should therefore have been: "Gunning THE FIRST SIX ROUNDS for No.6." Resbevsky did not play in 1944, 1948, 19M and 1961-62. -, Bobby Fi~her also won four times in Round I Round IV a row; in 1957/8; 1958/ 9; 1959/60; and Benko ...... Ih Bisguier ...... * Bisguier ...... 1 Rossolimo ...... 0 1960161. He did not compete in 1961/62. Addison ...... 1 Reshevsky ...... 0 Berliner ...... 1 Mednis ...... 0 In the current championship, he is gun· Steinmeyer ...... 1 Evans ...... 0 Evans ...... % Fischer ...... ¥Z ning for number five. Sherwin ...... 0 Berliner ...... 1 Reshevsky ...... % Byrne ...... % In the February 5, 1960 issue of Byrne ...... 1 Rossolimo ...... 0 Benko ...... 'h Sherwin ...... 'It CHESS LIFE, after the 1959·60 Cham­ Fischer ...... 0 Mednis ...... 1 Addison ...... 1 Steinmeyer ...... 0 pionship in which Reshevsky finished in third place, I wrote: "This marks the !irst time in the history of the U. S. Round II Round V Championships since 1963 (he competed Bisguier ...... 1 Mednis ...... 0 Steinmeyer ...... 1,2 Bisguier ...... lk in nine of them) that he has finished Rossolimo ...... 1,2 Fischer ...... ¥Z Sberwin ...... lk Addison ...... 'It lower than second. But no ODe can take from him his brilliant simultaneous ex­ Berliner ...... 1,2 Byrne ...... Ih Byrne ...... lk Benko ...... % hibitions as ·a child prodigy, his splen­ Evans ...... 1 Sherwin ...... 0 Fischer ...... Reshevsky ...... did record in the long history of the Reshevsky ...... 1 Steinmeyer ...... 0 Mednis ...... Evans ...... U. S. championships and in interna· Benko ...... 'k Addison ...... ¥Z Rossolimo·Berlincr postponed tional tournaments, both individual and team, and bis great contribution to the development of chess in the U.S.A." Round III Round VI Addison ...... 0 Bisguier ...... 1 Bisguier ...... % Berliner ...... 'k Surely this remarkable record needs no exaggeration by an inaccurate cap­ Steinmeyer ...... 0 Benko ...... 1 Evans ...... lk Rossolimo ...... 'It tion. Sherwin ...... Resbevsky ...... Reshevsky ...... 1 Mednis ...... 0 PAUL LEITH New York City Byrne ...... liz Evans ...... lh Benko ...... % Fischel' ...... % .\Ir. Leilh'$ rcsearcl. and Ids arithmetic Fischer ...... 1 Berliner ...... 0 Addison ...... lk Byrne ...... 'It afe bot/. correct. Tlw Edltor'$ face will re­ Mednis ...... 1 Rossolimo ...... 0 Steinmeyer ...... 1 Sherwin ...... 0 main scorlet for the rest 01 the Yuletide .lCtl800.

DECEMBER, 1962 271 , • Sherwin, Feuerstein Tie In Greater New Yark Addison Wins JSCF Senior Master James T. Sher­ Six playcrs finished with 5-1 scores, Colifornia Titles win (2439) of Manhattan and Master fourth place going to Paul Robey of William G. Addison of Los Angeles, Arthur Feuerstein (2378) of Brooklyn and fifth to Mitchell Saltz berg who is currently competing in the U. S. li ved up to their pre-tournament ratings of ::-lew York City. Class prizes were Championship in New York City. won by tying for the top two places in the awarded as follows: " A"-Paul Muecken· ! he California State Championship on Greater New York Open on November berger, N.Y.C. (4-2); " B"-Sanford Lich· November 22-25 with a record of six 23-25. Since both had perfect scores of tenberg, Hoboken, NJ. (4-2); "C"-Otto wins, three draws, and no losses. Addi­ 6-0, no tic-breaking system was used to )Ielstrads, Brooklyn, N.Y. (3-3); "Un­ son's 7'h-llh was a half point better distinguish between their performances rated"-Matthew De Lieto, ::-I.Y.C. (4·2). than the score turned in by Irving Ri­ and they will reign as Greater New York The junior award, for players under 18, vise who took a clear second. Peter Cleg­ co-champions for the next twelve months. went to up-and-coming Stan Tomchin horn (6·3) was third and Tibor Wein­ of East Meadow, X Y. (4lh). The worn· The tournament, played in Manhat­ berger (5lh) was fourth. The strong 10- en's title was won by former amateur tan's luxurious Park-Sheraton Hotel, player round robin was held in San champion Greta Fuchs of Kent, Conn. drew a record-breaking entry of 154- Franciseo under the auspices of the Cali· who finished with a score of 3-3. including 14 masters. The complete fornia Statc Chess Federation and the crosstable will appear in our January direction of A. B. Stamer. The tournament was conducted under ISSue. the auspices of the USCF business of­ Previously Addison won the Southern Sherwin's 6-0 sweep consisted of vic, California Championship held at the fice and directcd by Business Manager Herman Steiner in Los An­ tories over: T. Meola (1817); F. Nusser J. F. Reinhardt with the assistance of geles. His 7·1 score in this 8-round, 28- (2009); Ben Greenwald (2173); Arthur Robert E. Braine and Gerald Q'Flaherty. player Swiss put him in a tie with Spiller (2131); Paul Robey (2255); and Rating Statistician Gary Sperling broke Saul Yarmak of L.A., who took second on tie break points. M. Salt1.berg (2Ui3). Feuerstein's wins the ties. were scored against: E. Mayer (1809); Charles Reinwald (2007); H. Baker Among the many spectators who Weaver Takes Iowa Open (2107); William Fredericks (2128); Dr. looked in on the event were M. J. Kas· Norris Weaver of Minneapolis, Minn. Neil McKelvie (2132); and Asa Hoff­ per of the American Chess Foundation, won the 8th Annual Iowa Open held in mann (2241). Edward Lasker, former women's cham­ Cedar Rapids September 1-2 after tying In one of the tournament's major sur· pion Lisa Lane and former USCF presi· with Arthur W. Davis of Ames, Iowa at 4 lh -- Ih. Weaver's margin of victory was prises, Fred Preisinger of Elmhurst, dent Harold M. Phillips, who-incrcdillie a single tie-break point (13 to 12, Coons N.Y. (pre-tournament rating 2047) [in as it may seem-won the very first system). Thomas Cusick of Joliet, m. ished a clear third with 5'-h points. Greater New York tournament ever held, edged out George Scriabine of Iowa City, Preisinger's was registered against way back in 18941 The photographs on l a. for third. U. S. Junior Champion Larry Gilden in this page were taken by George P. Sen· 49 players competed in the event, the third round. deckyj. which was held at the Sheraton-Mont­ rose Hotel and directed by John M. Os­ ness.

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THE BOOK OF THE NOTTINGHAM TOURNAMENT-1936 By A. Alekhine All the games of this famous event-in which Botvlnnlk tied with Capabillflca lor first and second, ahead or ElIW!!. Fine, USCF Masters Paul Brandts and Dr. Mrs. Greta Fuchs takes time out for Reshevsky, Alekhlne, Flohr, Lasker and Ariel Mengarlni study their po5itions the c::amereman, but USCF Expert M. seven other leading masters. during the Greater N.Y. Saltzberg (who finally finished fifth) 291 PP. $1.85 keeps plugging away. 272 CHESS LIFE Trifunovich Captures North Central Open Dr. P etaT Trifunovicb, International Rounds Final Grandmaster from Belgrade, Yugoslavia, POlltlon Playe r I 2. 3 4 .5 6 7 Score added his name last Thanksgiving week­ I . Trlfunovlc, Dr. Peter, Belgrade, Yugosllvll ...... WJ4 W2.B WI2 W21 W8 03 02. 6 2. Bruk. " Curt, 51. Paul, Minn • ...... W7B WIB 010 W6 Wll W35 01 6 end to the illustrious list of winners of 3. Tums, John, Oak Park, III ...... W93 W52 W49 W23 W4 01 09 6 's annual North Ce ntral Open. 4. Theodorovltch, I., Toronto, Onto ...... W59 W46 WIS WI' L3 016 W"21 S.S Earlier winners were Arturo Porn ar, Curt 5. Byrne, Robe rl, Indianapolis, Ind ...... W67 W30 06 Wl0 035 021 W24 5.5 6. Ka use, Richard, CleY e land, Ohio ...... W27 W60 05 L2 W76 W32 W2.0 5.S Brasket, , Ray Weinstein, and 7. W01ny, Thomu, Parma, Ohio ...... L 70 WIS W61 WU 025 W2I W23 5.5 Robert Byrne. I . Tluf¥aisu, Povllu, Chicago, III •...... •...... W'4 W41 W17 WI6 LI 024 DIS S • . Angos, Dr. Alexander, Thiensvlll., W is ...... WSO W7' OlB Lll W62 WU 03 S The 7·round 4·day regional classic set 10. Hulan, Oliv.r C. Jr., Wilmington, N.C . ...•.....•.•.....•.. W81 W53 02. LS W47 on W40 5 n . Rildolclc, Miro, New York, N.Y •...... WII3 W43 035 W9 L2 W42 030 5 new records this year, with 121 entrants 12. Wlt. u.k, Jack, Lakewood, Ohio ...... •...... •...... W72 WU LI W4I 021 018 W39 5 representing 14 states and countries. 13. Vilno, Edwllrd, Highland, Ind• ...... WI05 W6' Ll3 W40 031 WlB 016 5 Player strength included 31 or expert 14. Weldon, Ch~rles, Milwilukee, Wis ...... WI04 W29 W40 L4 031. 039 W41 5 IS . Turlilnsky, Mlroslav, Chlcilgo, III...... WI08 W9I L4 W29 034 W33 01 S ranking or above, of which 11 we re 16. Formil nek, Edward, Berwyn, III • ...... WIDI W48 W90 La W42 04 013 S masters, topped by the two Grandmasters 17. Hilys, Rhys, Stevens point, W is • ...... W89 was L8 043 WS6 034 W36 5 Trifunovich (2560) and Byrne (2530). The II. GillSills, Le onlds, MilwilUk .., Wis •...... WIOO L2 091 W67 WSO 012. W35 5 19. Sur.ln, Ml rk, Mllwaukee, Wis• ...... LSB W84 W70 L21 WIOI W48 W34 5 Wisconsin Chess Association stages the 20. Kirby, Robion, Chicago, III ...... W61 036 W47 n22 023 W37 L6 4.5 event. 21 . SW l lg, Mitche ll , Chicago, III • ...... W80 W62 W25 LI W41 05 L4 4.5 22. Pflst. r, Frederic, Mllwauke., Wis ...... W97 051 W36 020 W39 LII 02.9 4.S Actually, Trifun ovich finished in a tie 23 . Leopoldl, Norbe rt, Chicago, III , ...... W99 W76 WI3 L3 020 W27 L7 4.5 14. hndrln, Angelo, Chleag'O, III • ...... W42 047 W82 037 W68 08 L5 4.5 at 6·1, for fi rst position with Curt Br as­ 25. W"ver, NorriS, Mlnnea pcn" Minn ...... W71 W70 L21 W4S 07 L9 W64 4.5 ket, S1. Paul, and J ohn Turns, Chicago 26. Otteson, Millon, Minneapolis, Minn • ...... W44 L40 WIOs 062 L36 WS2 W79 4.S with the tie.breaking system tipping the 27. WIII.ce, RUII, Glen Ellyn, Ill • ...... •...... L6 WII7 W79 W19 012 L23 W68 4.5 21. Re lnhud, Alle n, Chicago, III • ...... W96 L I 044 W74 WSI L7 W59 4.5 scale in favor of the Yugoslavian. Each 2f. Bnd.n, Rlchilrd, Gary, Ind...... •...... WIIO L14 W17 LIS W84 W49 022 4.5 received an cqual share of the liberal 30. H.rklns, J.me s Jr., Shaker Heights, Ohio ...... was L5 093 059 WIO' W60 011 4.5 1st, 2nd and 3rd place prize fund. Four 31. U e pnleks, Alexander, Un"ln, Neb• ...... 057 WIU 045 L34 061 W67 WU " .5 32. Spence, Jilek, Omithil, Neb• ...... W92 Ll5 WI" W90 014 L6 W57 4.5 players finished at :Ph ·llh in the follow· 33. Clltk, Oitn, Milwaukee, W is ...... L90 WICHI WI04 056 W55 LIS W42 4.5 ing order: Ivan Theodorovitch, Toronto; 34. Oedln'ky, John, Mllwlukee, W is ...... LI WS4 W63 W31 015 017 L19 4 the defending champion Robert Byrne, 35. Verber, Rlch.rd, Chicago, III...... WI06 W32 OIl W3I 05 Ll L18 4 Indianapolis; Ric hard Kause, Cleveland 36. Rodin, Larry, Chicago, III ...... WI02 0::1.0 L22 W44 W26 010 L17 4 37. OI1trlchs, Raymond, Iowa City, lowil ...... W87 045 W51 024 013 L20 043 4 and Thomas Wozney, Parma, Ohio. It was 38. Filube r, Richard, Madiso n, Wis ...... W77 W64 09 L35 W43 L 13 045 .. the lowest Milwaukee finish for Byrne. 39. Mengells, Alnis, Chingo, III • ...... W84 082 W51 W52 L22 014 L12 4 He drew wi th Kause, and Chicagoans 40. Whu ler, Hugh, Chicago, iii ...... WIl2 W"26 LI4 LI3 W81 WSI LID 4 41 . Nuslf, Ri c h~rd, Cedar Rapids, lowil ...... W54 La W72 W71 L21 W53 L14 4 Ri ch ard Verber and Mitchell Sweig. 42. Elmquist, Ronald, St. Plul, Minn • ...... L::l. 4 W1I6 W46 W49 LI6 W79 L33 4 43. Borchardt, James, Wate rtown, Wis•...... W11 8 LII W86 017 L38 W56 037 4 At the outset of the tournament, 44. Elder, John, Steve ns POint, Wis• ...... L26 W112 028 L36 W82 W62. 046 4 Trifunovich quickly established himself 45 . Pyne, Jack, Evanston, JII ...... WI14 0 37 031 L25 069 W55 038 4 46 . Killser, W. E., 51. Paul, Minn • ...... W7S L4 L42. OSI Wl06 W61 044 4 as a crowd pleaser as far as the exceed· 41. Marh:, William, Hilrfl.nd, Wis ...... WII6 024 LlO WU LIO 050 was 4 ingly large gallery, viewing the games 41. Crlmer, Fred, Milwaukee, Wis • ...... W65 LI6 WII3 L12 W71 L19 W73 4 on the wall boards, was concerned. He 49. "'Iyer, Hltry, Fori Knox, Ky • ...... W56 wsa L3 L42 Wl04 L2f 4 SO, Erkmilnis, IImus, Chic.go, III • ...... L9 078 WllS Wt2 L 11 041 4 won his fi rst fi ve games, but, tiring by 51 . Williams, Bill, Milw.uk.... , Wis. ....•...... •...... W1I9 012 L31 046 W73 L40 .. his own admission, he drew in the final 52 . BI. lr, Gerald, K. I. Siwyer AFB, Mich ...... W120 L3 Wit L39 W71 Ll6 W72 4 two rounds. He posted successive victories 53. Adilms, Charles, Chicago, III ...... WI09 L10 L56 W87 wn L41 W86 .. 54. Fuller, Jlmes Jr., Aurora, III ...... L41 L34 W119 W10 L60 LI04 W94 4 at the expense of J ohn Dedinsky, Mi l· 55. Kilrklins, Andrew, Chicago, Ill • ...... Bye L56 WI20 Wit L33 L45 W92 4 waukee; Allen Reinhardt, Chicago; J ack S~9 (3.5 pOints) Joseph Chobot, George Redicln, Dr. Ekrem Gozum, Erml nls Ollns, Ronald Witeezek, Lakewood, Ohio; Sweig, and ShelbUrne, Anthony Amorl, Dr. G. V. O. Tie rs, Cu mlr Rimes, Art Do msky, John Morvay, Ge rald JOhnson, Roman Golla, JOhn Tyler, J l mes e , nner; 7Q..-.89 (3 pOints) Me lvin Semb, K. Venesaar, Edmond Formanek, Chicago. He drew Dlvld Allen, M rs. J . He n ry Hoffmln, Sretln Ojordjevlch, LaVerne Moshe r , , n. Draper, with Br asket, only two·time winner of Wllter Kerpuska, John Oberg, RlY We nul, Ernests ROlkalns, Anthony KlSl ngl, Jar,s Zve rs, the event, in the six th and wi th Turns in Cltl Mllofsky, Arnold KilPP, O, vid Roublk, Walter Otteson, Pete r D'Y, Di ve Roy, Mohammed the seventh round. Mlhdlvl; 90--103 (2.5 pOints) Ronil ld Ley ton, Edgars Rudzitis, J ohn Nielsen, Greg'ory Nowak, VOlde mlrs L1epaskalns, Mlchnl PUllil, Wylie Wilson, Meyer Pape rm, s!tr, Frink Inbusch, George Repsold, R. F. Tleffenbilch, Manfred Gutmann, John Caks, Richard Georg" 104--114 (2 points) The tournament was replete with up· Dr. O. M. J. Wehrley, John Willenburg, Eugene zastrow, Frank Ke mpe 111, B. F. Broderson, sets and reflected a noticeahle increase Kltherln. Billley, Dr. J . Henry Hoffm.n, Christian Me inhardt, Berna rd Mllofsky, Jlmes Elling' son, Ke nneth Vernon; 115, 116 (1.5 points) Howard Gould, Richa rd Annen; 117_ 121 p pOint) in the playing strength of many of the W"ley G.I", Tom Berry, Berth. Hllrrlson, Rober t Flaherty, Thomas Oletenberger. midwestern players. There were no "easy" games of any of the top ten boards for any competitor. C HE S S PLAYERS Mrs. J. Henry Hoffmann, Bay City. Bored with dull endings? Enjoy a Mich igan, successfully defended the slashing attack? Play 1500 year old North Central Women's title she had won JAPANESE CHESS, the game in a year ago. The junior title was awarded whieh captUred men come back to to talented 16 year old Dedinsky and life !! Andrew Karklins, Chicago, were the Complete Set, Wooden BOlrd, Instructions, runners up. Eaeh finished at 4-3. The with J . panese Checken, only $6.00. class "A" title and award was won by The Supreme Orie nta' Strlteglc Gilme of Lconids Gaigals, Milwa ukee who also GO (woodi n board, glass slone" In.truc· tlon')-$5.50. 18 Game Set (incluau GO)- wo n a share of the merit award money. 111 .00. FREE liST of Chess, GO, ilnd Class "8 " and "C" titles were won by Punle Books. Russ Wallace, Glen Ellyn, D1inois and by AVAILABL!! !!XCLUSIVELY FROM John !\.Iorvay , Chicago. CLASSIC GAMES D~t". The standings of the players, and a 2481 Davidson Aft .. N, Y. 68, N, Y. cross·tabLe of these finishing with better MAIL ORDERS ONLY. No C,O,D. than an even score, follow: DECEMBER, 1962 273 ON CHESS by U. S. Champion LARRY EVANS

In the movie Only Two Can Play .. character remarks game, I learn that the Bulgarian analysts have already that he was faithful to his wife "but it was not for want chalked up the point for their side. Indeed, every variation of trying." So it was with my numerous draws at Varna. seemed to lose for me. But there was one hidden poi nt, one I did everything but stand on my head to court complica­ piece oI endgame magic which I was sure they had over· tions, but somehow even the wildest positions always levelled looked. It was a move which R. Byrne had discovered for off. This game is typical. In time·pressure I find a way to me in a sub·variation which looked entirely un playable. But keep winning chances alive by avoiding repetition of moves. would it hold over·the-board? It did indeed. The captain of After making my 40th move 1 get up to stretch my legs, only the Bulgarian team angrily buttonholed Minev after the game to sec a shot for my opponent. He smiles, seals qu ickly, and I know that I am in for another sleepless night of adjourned and asked him how he co uld have possibly let me slip out. analysis. Early that morning, when I go in to playoff the Still dazed, Minev feebly shrugged, "}o'orced ... It was forced."

Miney Evans of this modest retreat right alter I made A miscalculation. White hopes to win (Bulgaria) (USA) my last move. I had intended 15 ...... the . but he loses the in Q.R5; but 16. Q·R4 ! wins a piece. This the process. Unclear is 23. BxN. PxB; K', INDIAN DEFENSE Is why Black needs his on Q2 24. R(4)xP, QxR; 25. RxQ, RxR ; 26. P·B3. Varna Olympics, 1962 to begin with. 23...... PxR 24. B·K3 Q·B2 1. P·Q4 N·KB3 15 • ...... N·KB3 25. P·KS!? ...... 2. P·QB4 P·KN3 Now there is nothing better than this 3. N·QB3 8-N2 ignominious admission of defeat. White A desperate attempt to cr eate com· 4. P·K4 P·Q3 untangles his pieces and brings his QB plications. Too late White secs on 25. S. P·KR3 P·B4 to a devastating diagonal. B- N6, Q·Nl Black saves his Queen. 6. N·B3 ...... 16. B.KB4 Q·B2 25...... PxP White is trying to steer the game into 17. Q.Q2 B·Q2 Stronger is 25 ...... , RxP; 26. B·N6, the Maroc-z:y bind against the Sicilian 18. R·BI QR·B1 RxP. After the text Whitc gels power· Defense where P·KR3 is not a wasted 19. Q·QI ...... ful counterplay. move because he can develop his Bishop 26. P·Q6 Q·B3 on K3 without fearing r\·KN5. 6. PxP, 27. N(1)·B3 B·K3 Q·R4 Is equal. 28. R·N6 Q-Q2 6...... 0·0 29. N·N4! 7. B-K2 N·B3 8. p-Q,S ...... Wisely refraining from 29. RxP, R·B3. On 8. B·K3 I intended Q·R4; 9. 0-0, 29...... P-QR4 P·K4! Or 8. PxP, PxP is drawish. Now 30. N·R6 KR·Q1 the game resembles Panno's Variation 31. N·BS Q·K1 where Black deploys his on QR4. 32. N·N7 R.Q2 Such positions are critical to theory. 33. N·BS R(2 )·Ql 8...... N·QR4 34. N·N7 R·Q2 9. 0·0 P·K3 35. N·BS P·KS! 10. R·Nl ...... The only move to avoid the repetition. Wh ite is trying out a new idea, the Otherwise White's pieces are too menac· immediate break with P-QN4 , but steal· PositIon .fter n. Q-Ql. ing. He threatens not only to regain the ing Black's thunder is not particularly exchange, but to invade with his other effective. Better is 10. Q·B2, PxP; 11. Black is in real trouble. White threat· Knight at QN5. Now 36. NxR?, NxN sets BPxP, P ·QR3 ; 12. P·QR4. Recapturing ens 20. ~·K5. If 19 ...... , Q·Nl; 20. Bx up a double aHack against the (on with the KP for While is drawish, RP is decisive. There is only one de· QN6) and the Knight (on QB3). rense to hold the game. though Black maintains dynamic possi· 36. R·R6 R(2)·Ql 19...... P·QN4! bilities with the P·QR3-QN4 break. I almost fell for 36 ...... , RxN; 37. 10...... PxP 20. P·R3 ...... BxR, Q·BI ; 38. RxP. 11 . BPxP R·K1 20. Nx P?, Q·N3 is good for Black. If 37. N.NS ...... 12. N·Q2 P·QR3 20. P·QR4, Q·B4 transposes to the actual Better than 37. N·N7 which can now 13. P·QN4 PxP game a move sooner. be met by R·Rl. Black is still not out 14. RxP N·R4? 20...... Q·N3 of the woods despite being an exchange This permits White to capture the ini· 21 . P·QR4 Q·B4 and a ahead! tiative. Correct is simply 14 ...... , B·Q2 22. N·R2 N·BS 37...... R·B3 followed by ...... R·Bl with the better 38. R·R7 N·Q4 game because White's Knights are awk· I,ike it or not, Black is prepared to give up his Queen for two Rooks. 22. 39. B.Q4 P·B6l wa rdly placed. 40. BxB 15. KN·N1! ...... Q·N3; is refu ted by 23. N(1)·B3. Unfortunately I realized the strength 23. R(1 )x N?! ...... (Conlimlcll on pagc 279) 274 CHESS LIFE A wrong idea. White's advantage is MY LAST ROUND WIN OVER FISCHER not so great that he can look for an Immediate decision. as Black bas se· -by International Grandmaster S. CUGORIC cured his king aDd his pieces have po­ tential activity should White's king's The U.S. tcom', hope. of medal" in the move, I decided that it was the only side pawns come in danger. Vama Olympj~ were IVOlled bu un 1m· dangerous one for me, and F ischer The simple strategy was to find a rucky ck{etJl in the latt. round match played it. Surprisingly, my calmness Wal better square for the knight from where agu/rlJt rug~lu"io. Here Sc;noUl' Cllgoric not aHected during the whole or this it could attack thc weak spots on Black's e:cpllliILr :J11eCially lor CH ESS I..JFE l,ow important game. king's side. So the best move was 25. I. e tumed the table, from II bud )JQSitwlI 10 ...... N·Q 11 (threatening N·K3-N4) and, after against Babbll Fischer. 11 . NxN 25...... , B·84, to obtain the beUer A retreat which is a necessary prepa· cnding with 26. N-K3, BxN; 27. RxB, SICILIAN DEFENSE !"ation (or the next advance: White or, more ambitiously, 26. P·N3 freeing White: Fischer Black: Gligoric strengthens the black centre in order to the route ror the knight to QB4. In the gain the necessary time to advance his latter case, Black would have to hurry 1. P·K4 P..QB4 kin g'; side pawns for the attack. There In the last round of the Olympics, the with his counter·play. e.g. 25. N-Ql, was no time for the immediate 11. P - N~! Yugoslav team badly needed a 2:2 result B·B4; 26. P·N3, Q.R2; 27, N-N2, P-R3; because o[ 11...... , NxN; 12. QxN. P­ 28. N·B4, PXP; 29. NxKP. B·QS; 30. NxR, against our American opponents. We Q4! nor was 11. B-K3 any good because should have been quite satisfied with QxN; 31. QR·Ql, B-K4!; 32. K-N2, R­ of 11 ...... NxN; 12. BxN, P-K4. KBI and the loss of is four draws, giving WI the silver medals; 11 ...... PxN but our special worries were on the still not tbe end of the game. 12. P·NS N.Q2 25...... Q·N3 first and third boards where we had 13. P·BS R·KI the black pieces. 14. K·Rl B·Bl Black's queen is now in play and From that point of view, my (irsl IS. 8·B4 N·K4 White's task is thus complicated. move seems to be a rather strange one. 16. P·86 P·N3 26. QxP? ... _... H looked preferable to choose a more 16 ...... , N-N3 came into considera· Did Fischer become nervous at this modest but safe line like the moment? He played his move without -as Matanovic did against Evans-try­ tion, intending to open a diagonal for the QB by 17 ...... , P-K4; but I did not much thinking, and gave Black's queen ing to keep the balance and slowly to a great opportunity. equalize the game, instead of taking the like. aIter 17. hP, to have to re-take with my king. 26...... QxP risk of playing a sharp opening, as I Now Wh ite took a long time to make did. 17. P·KR4 P·QR4 18. P·R5 B-QR3 his reply. Probably Fischer had blun+ The reason for my stra nge decision 19. R·KI Q.N3 dered in his previous analysis, expecting was that I was not in the mood that 20. PxP BPxP to be able to continue 27. QR.Nl, QxBP; day to withstand my strong opponent's 28. R-K2. and overlooking 28...... Q. pressure for three or more hours, and This gives White a de.finite advantage in . but I did not like Q6! when the black queen effedively some counter· play_whatever it would escapes. Probably he had expected only be-was mor e suited to my style. After the apparently more attractive 20...... NxP because of 21 . BxP, QR-Ql ; 22. 26 ...... Q·B7 which is easily refuted by all, both Fi~her and I played this varia­ P·K5, NxP; 23. N-Q5! with good pros­ 27. R·K2. tion ror Black and if I kcpt our mutual 27. QR-Ql ...... habit in our mutual game, it could not pects ror my opponent. or course, reo taking with the rook's pawn and opening The best move in tbis pOSition, al· be psychologically such a bad choice. the KR iile would be deadly dangerous. though Black's difficulties are already 2. N·KB3 P.Q3 behind him, 27. QR·Nl would be a loss 3. P·Q4 PxP 21 . BxN PxB 22. Q.83 ...... or . Arter White's actual move, 27. 4. NxP N·KB3 ...... QxBP is not possible because the 5. N-QB3 P·OR3 22. Q·Q7 would look very flne if there were no reply like 22 ...... Q·B71 which queen would be captured after 28. R-K2. This is thc position which Fi~her has 27...... P·R31 had many, many times but- mostly with defends and attacks cverything simul· taneously. The struggle revolves around the the black pieces. white KBP. If it is captured, Bla~k ...... 22...... R·R2 6. P·KN3 23. B-BI R·KB2 wo uld fcel safe in all the types of end- A little surprise for the occasion. I had 24. BxB ...... __ game to come. expeded 6. B-QB4, which Fischer liked 24. N·R4 is only apparently a galn of 28. R·K3 8-N' in fo rmer years. or 6. P·KR3 which he tempo: 24...... Q·N2 (24 ...... , Q-N5? Without this the black queen cannot played this year (Najdori and Bolbochan 25. BxB, QxN; 26. P·N3, Q·NS; 27. QR­ penetrate behind the enemy lines. had a short life after that move) or Qt, B·B4; 28. B-B4, B·Q5; 29. Q-N4 29. PxP QxBP even 6. B·KNS which I played myself would be a bad choice) 25. BxB, QxB; 30. R·KNT K·R2 in three games against Fischer when 26. P·N3 as 26 ...... , B-R6 ! cuts off the 31. Q.N3 R·KNI he had Black. d ~ngerous white knight. 32. P·K5 ...... 6...... P·K3 24 ...... At last White has suctceded in safe. My original intention was to play 6. guarding his KBP. but at a very dear ...... P·K4, as Kotov did against me price; the exposed white ki!lg cannot many years ago, but I changed my mind. easily hide (rom the centrahzed black I took very little time to make my reply. queen. as I did not want to give any sign of 32...... having been ISUrpriSed. 7. B-H2 B-K2 The knight was very precious now. 8. 0-0 0-0 Not 32...... B-B4 ; 33. N·K4, BxR; 34. All played in the u me quick manner; QxB and the threat 35. N·N5 ch is not otl;er-wise I would have considered more to be met. carefuliy and developed my queen's side 33. RxB Q·KSth before putting my king on a derinite 34. R·N2 R·Q1 place. . 35. R·K3 Q.N8th 9. P·B4 Q.B2 36. K·R2? ...... 10. P·KN4! ...... The queen's activity secures Black at Studying the posItion belore this 25. Q-N3 ."..... (Continued on page 295) DECEMBER, 1962 275 by U.S. Senior Master ELIOT HEARST

(Dr. H Clml/" Cl)/llffill Illis ""nltI, i.! cmlljJOoffl(1 of 'lIiIIIK>t~· left ouer IrUIII hi, (Irtie/e "Ou T Ollr Bell/lUI the l rQII Curlaill" wlllel, II/I­ /Ieafl.'!l ill our NQVember i.ssue.-Ed.)

The leading ,,,pit.llds in Varna mud hive been the Own­ hilnds Ind resigned .. .. Between preliminaries and finals ers of " lillrge elmel th,t was brought each day to the beach. we Went on a tour of Baltchik Palace and Roman Gardens, Many tourists paid enh for " photogr.ph of themselves which a Roumanian queen had built as a gift for a "friend." petting a clmel .... Many hotel bellhops were middle­ Bobby Fischer enjoyed having his picture taken as he sat in aged women. A load of three Or four suitcases didn't bolher the throne wh ich faced the sea .... Painted in large letters them at all ... . Bulgarian talk against the Communist on the outside of a grain elevator in the town of Baltchik regime was absent when In company. but very loud in private. was: "Friendship wi th the is as important to the "Things arc getting more and more expensive, even our free­ people of Bulgaria as the sun is to the earth," a quote from dom." " Only the peasants support socialism." "We fear for George Dimitrov, Bulgarian COmm unist leader .... People our children who arc getting so effectively indoctrinated" in the town of Varna, almost 15 kilometers away, complained . ... When Mohlmmed HlSun of Indil defelted a grand­ of a great food shortage this summer , which they said masler (Rossetto) Ind continued 10 score well, mlny likened was caused by the large quantities of food used to serve all Hlsun (I chess I nd bridge companion 10 an Indian prince) the touriSts at the resort hotels .... There wn an utronauti<: '0 Sultln Khln, the Mlhlraiah's manltrvlnt who attained so conferente It Golden Sinds during Ihe time we were there. many grelt chess vielories in the 1930'1 .••• Curious Bul­ Rooms hid been reserved for Glenn Ind Clrpenter at our garians were oClen seen circling Evans' French automobile, hotel, but of the IItronluls only Tilov attended the meetings. lining the hood, and raiS ing and dropping the front end to There were, however, mlny Ameriun I$tron"utic sdentisls sce how well the springs functioned .... Sven Johannesen, who stayed ,,' our hotel and not mu<:h else to do they often Norwly's first bo,rd, WIS so absent·minded thlt he forgot he visited the chess rooms , , , , When International Master was weI ring his gtlS5eS when he 'elpld into the Black Sea for Manuel Aaron of India dC£ea ted Grandmaster Portisch of I quick swim. The gIns" were broken immediltely and he for the sceond time this year, British master Barden never could Obtlin In Idequate reptlcement in Vlrnl .... commented that " Aaron must have the Indian sign on Port­ It cost 80 stotinki (100 slolinki= J lev= SO.90) (Or two isch." . , . When Keres told us of an Elst German report sessions as a spectator in the tournament rooms ... . Tal thlt Liston kno<:ked out PattersOn in the first round we said thai his game with Mohrlock (see Nov. CL p. 245) was didn't believe him ....Afle r onc of the 1.:.S. players had been the first game this year that he was satisfied with . . . . observed gulping down Pepto·Bismol during a crucial game, We were told the story of the American waiting in a r ail· the Bulgarian officials all wanted to sample some for them· road station in , who is informed that trains arrive selves, thinking it might be the U.S.'s secr et weapon . . . . and depart every 12 minutes for his destination. After a 30· Tal always writes his move down in ink on his scoresheet minute wait he asked his Russian guide, "So, where's the and then studies the positio n again before he actually mov('s . train?" The Russian replied, "So, why do you lynch Negroes Since he changes his mind often his scoresheet is not the in the South?" This typc of response is common behind the neatesl of the grandmasters' . . .. There WIS iIIn open-ilir Iron Curtain. . . I broke my shoelaces the first day top in the tournlment hall, whi<:h WilS left open during daylight and it took four dlYs before an emissary could be sent to the hours. A whole round was illmost rained out when the top town of Varna to obtlin repll<:emenls, There were none avail· momentarily Itu<:k while being dosed qukkly at the first able ilnywhere in the resort Irea . , .. U was strange to sec drops of rlin, world champion Botvinnik strolling on the beach in blue-and­ Post morten discussions with members of the U.S. team, white striped shorts and a large straw hat .... There were plus my own experience as captain, suggested some guide­ milny unshlyen grandmasters during the periods when no posts and questions for consideration in selecting, preparing, wllter was I .... illble in the hotels. Only Grlndmaster Oonner, and managing future U.S. Ol}mpic teams: the belrded Out<:hmln, looked normal .. , . The Russians had Bolcslavsky as chief second, but Iillienthal, Furman, and 1. Any fecs paid to the players should be based in part Koblenz arrived during the Finals to help wilh the anlysis on how well they score in the Olympiad. Several players voiced the need for an additional incentive of this sort. .... As the lime <:ontrol lIpprolthed in the seml·finll round of the preliminlries, an eledrinl failure extinguished eyery 2. If at all pOSS ible, the players should meet in New York light in Vuna for almost two hours. Ouring the wlit many several days bc(ore departll r(' to prepare opening,> and play players Inllyzed their time·pressure positions on po<:ket sets a few practice ga mes. The USS R and Yugoslav teams, for illuminated by (:Indi es or mltches; no one was sure whether example, both had sever al weeks in a training camp before the this was legll sinn the rule. don't <:over Idiournments due tourney. to dr<:umstlnces of this sort. The electrical failure OCFortress which overlooks the (As captain I considered criteria #6, 7, and 8, takcs indi­ junction of the Danube and Sava Rivers . ... Dr. Srechko vidually, of minor importance in deciding on a specific team Nedeljkovic, Yugoslav international master who visited the for a specific opponent. Others on our team thought these USA last year and pocketed the 1961 New Jer"sey Open, also principles shouldn't be given any weight at all, whereas still proved a fine host. He met us at the airport when we arrived, others thought either #6, 7 or 8 was extremely important. took me on a tour of the Belgrade psychiatric clinic and medi­ 9. Should compatibility enter as a factor in team selection? cal school, and together with Gligoric drove us to the im­ Several of our players did not get on well with each other and pressive war memorial at A:vala and treated us to a fine dinner this had an adverse effect on team morale. at the "Golf Club" on the outskirts of Belgrade. There's no 10. We could use Bill Lombardy, and perhaps Sammy golf played at this club, but the atmosphere is that of a Reshevsky, next time! rather exclusive American country club--hence the name. Nedeljkovic also arose at 5:30 a.m. the next morning to make * * ~ure I caught my plane back to the USA; he was the last One aspect of the Varna *Olympiad that ought to please chessplayer I saw in Europe. No greater can any every chess lover was the very high level of play throughout chessmaster make than to get up at 5:30 a.m .... Israeli the tourney. Almost all the top teams, except perhaps the Master Czerniak told us of the time he was visittng: a sma.1l USSR, entered stronger teams than they had at the prior town in Yugoslavia whict. had a population of less than Olympiad- Yugoslavia, for example, had Trifunovic and Parma 3,DOa. He asked where the chess club was and his guide this time, while Argentina had virtuaUy a new team with replied, "Whicn one?" ... We arrived in Belgrade on the Bolbochan, Panno, Sanguinetti and Rossetto to support Grand· day of Veteran Grandmaster Milan Vidmar's funeral. Hc had master Najdorf. The East German, Bulgarian, and Roumanian made a stirring speech at the FIDE Congress of 1960 in which teams, although relatively young in years, impressed everyone he promised that he would live to see "quick draws" and "sec· with their steady play and they all ought to be even stronger onds" (masters who are aulhori:£ed to give analytical aide to for the next Olympiad in 1964. Plans should begin now to tourney or match competitors, particularly at adjournmcnt provide adequate funds and practice for the next U.S. Olympic time) eliminated from master chess. The 30·move rule at Varna team. The Russians can't go on winning forever and Israel in was a response to his prodding, but as we noted earlier it did '64 may turn out to be their Waterloo, not work out very wcll .... We were able to catch up on the news at Belgrade. A week late we heard that Shirra had ANTICLIMAX IN BELGRADE orbited the earth six times-no Bulgarian had mentioned this• As we expected, and other teams feared, our plane reserva­ to us-and that the Dodgen had thrown away their big lead tions back to Belgrade, arranged six weeks before in New in the National League .... Bruno Parma, the young Yugoslav York, made no difference once we were behind the Iron who is World Junior Champ, told us that pay for draftees Curtain. For a while it appeared we would have to journey in the Yugoslav Army is $.25 per month. American recruits, again by train to Yugoslavia. But this time the Bulgarian take heart. organizers stepped boldly into the breech and arranged a special Varna-Belgrade·Vienna flight which was able to ac· THANKS commodate most of the players returning home along that We must thank the American Chess Foundation, the route. We arrived fresh and eager in Belgrade, 2lf.! hours Lamport Foundation, the USCF and its members, and the U.S. after leaving Varna. We were scheduled for a rapid transit Statc Dcpt. for their financial aid of our Iron Curtain jaunt. (five-minute) tournament in Belgrade the next day, with Benko, (Please send all material for this column to Eliot Hearst, Evans, R. Byrne, D. Byrne, Mednis and Hearst the American Arlington Towers J·1125, Arlington 9, Virginia.) participants. Since a large international tourney was to hegin in Belgrade a few days later, the Yugoslav hosts invited some of the foreign competitors to come a few days early and play in the rapid event also; that is why Czerniak of Israel (with his teammates Shapiro and Domnitz) and Johannesen Introducing the finest peg-in set ever made. Inlaid wooden of Norway also competed in the rapid event. InCidentally, all board & case is 7%" square, folds to a compact 71h "x3%" the players on the U.S. Olympic Team had been individually for easy carrying anywhere. Men expertly hand carved of invited to participate in the upcoming international tourney bone. $7.00 ea. ppd. Standard size sets of bone, wood, onyx at Belgrade but after the grueling Olympiad none of our also available. Send for free catalog. RETrLYN'S, Box 541, players felt in the mood for another ten days of chess. The international rapid event developed into a neck-and­ Monterey Park, California. neck battIe between Don Byrne and Gligoric, with both players DECEMBER, 1962 277 • • I S OF MASTER PLAY

BY R LOM

THE VALUE OF A SURPRISE VARIATION Much of the merit of a particular opening variation is opponent, a Pietsch (pronounced peach) is generally not ad­ contained in the element of surprise. An off·balanced oppo' verse to a 'quiet' game and prefers to remain on 'familiar' nent needs only the slightest persuasion to go tumbling over grounds rather than venture oli into uncharted waters prob­ the precipice of deCeat. A mere nudge will do. So, there arc ably thoroughly explOl'cd by his adventurous adversary. No tow'nament players, burning the midnight oil, or tossing in doubt Pietsch had spent much of the aforementioned oil pon­ their sleep; the anticipation of springing the trap, an entirely dering over 11 . p.Q('j, not orthodox in this type position as it new and even more devastating weapon, is certainly razor· allows Black the sole opportunity for a central break-through sharp. with an eventual P-QB3. The game proves the idea faulty and, in my opinion, rele­ The following game is no exception to the casc in point. gates it to failure, as far as any possibility of gaining the Known to bc a vigorous tactician, adopts a solid, is concerned. However, a more profound study may POSl'l'IONAL defense to the Ruy Lopez. 9 ...... P·KR3. His prove otherwise.

VARNA 1962 6) White's 9. P·KR3 is a furl her pre· The idea is that after 11 ...... , N·Nl, paration for P·Q4, in that it prevents then 12. p.B4 and a rapid mobilization Pietsch Spassky Black from pinning the knight on KB3. for a queen·side attack that follows be­ (USSR) (E. Germany) These are the 'simple' moves with comes embarrassing for Black. RUY LOPEZ which the 'amateur' so often has dif· 12. B·B2 P·QB31 1. P·K4 P·K4 ficulty. As can be seen, there is a defi· This break confounds White's entire 2. N·KB3 N·QB3 nite reason for each play, a reason that plan of closing the center to secure a 3. B·N5 P·QR3 should be understood, at least in a stock king·side attack i.e .• the maneuver 4. B·R4 N·B3 vague way, to have a proper apprecia· QN·Q2·Bl, P·KN4, K·R2, N·N3 and R· 5. 0·0 B·K2 tion of the play of the game. KNI is the general idea. 6. R·Kl P.QN4 (I do not recommend while playing a 13. PxP Q·B2 7. B·N3 0·0 game, that a player take too milch time 14. P-QR4 ...... 8. p·B3 P·Q3 in actually going through the above 9. P·KR3 White is better advised to concentrate on ...... steps.) one scene at a time. This hasty queen· I[ asked the reason [or the above 9...... P·KR3 side action allows Black to poise his moves. one might say that certain varia· By first preventing a possible N·KN5 tions in Chess, as in the entire game of pieces more securely ready for action this unusual play prepares for R·Kl and on that wing. Checkers, have been so thOl'oughly ana· a strengthening of the defense of the Iyzed, that making the best moves up to 14 ...... B·K3 king·pawn. 15. QN.Q2 P.NSI a certain point becomes much a test of 10. P·Q4 R·Kl memory. Probably for this reason do 11. P-QS Hindsight? This is not an uncommon books. written on the subject of open· ...... move in similar positions. Black wishes ing theory, neglect, or seem to neglect It may be interesting to note that to fix the White pawns, that upon the the explanation of the so-ealled simple Pietsch was not the only 'expert' on arri val or his knight at QB4, it might moves. In a given game, thesc 'simple' the Ruy Lopez to think of this idea. A have ready targets. moves arc the foundation on which a year ago Bobby Fischer employed it in five·minute chess against me with var· 16. P·B4 ...... player must build his entire plan of The idea occurred to me that 16. action. For this reason I shall attempt a ied success. Considered were both II...... , N·Nl and N·QR4 in reply. It N·NI followed by PxP and N·QB3 might brief explanation of the above simple have been the better course. moves. was decided. tacitly that is, that the lattel' tty was the better move. 16...... QxP 1) II the concept of struggle for the control of the center (K4, K5, Q4, Q5) 11...... N·QR41 17. P·QN3 N·N2 is dearly in mind, there should be little 18. N·Bl N·B4 difficulty understanding the first three 19. Q·K2 P·QR4 moves at leasL 20. K·R2 ...... 2) After 3 ...... , P·QR3, 4. B·R4 is pre· Now White resorts to his original ferred, si nce 4. BxN. QPxB, 5. NxP. Q-Q5 idea for a king·side altack, but not be-­ gives Black at least equality. fo re ced ing the dark squares both in 3) Moves four through six arc normal the center and on the queen's·wing. developing moves. These pivotal squares arc the means by 4) Black's 6...... P·QN4 is in de· which Black is able to parry any threats fensc of his king·pawn actuilly threat· that White may conjure up. ened by BxN. 20...... Q·N2 5) White's 8. P·B3 prepares for a push 21. P·N4 B-Q2 in the center, while Black's 8...... , 22. N·N3 B·B3 P·Q3 strives to stabilize his own center. 23. P·NS?! ...... 278 CHESS LIFE • EVANS- (CQU lillUcd Irom J)(lgC 274) K6ch with a . The text move is White's best winning chance. 43...... B-Q2! AppareDUy entering an unplayable sub-variation. The "main" line is 43 ...... , R·BI ; 44-. B.N2, Q·Ql; 45. P·Q7, R·B2 (45...... , n ·B4: 46. K·R2, Q·Nlch; 47. P·N3 leaves BL ack in ); 46. RxR, QxR; 47. QxP! is decisive. 44. Rd ...... This position Is forced and my oppo· nent had also reached it in his adjourn· ment analysis and concluded that it is hopeless for Black after 44 ...... , RxR; 45. B--N2! This was also the CQnclusion White prefers a hurried attack to a of Fischer, the Byrne brothers, Hearst patient defense required in guarding his Position .. Her 40. BxB. and Mednis, when we analyzed the posi· king·pawn. The result is a further weak· tion as a team. ening of his position, mainly in refer· YOU AS BLACK HAVE ONE MIN· cnce to his pawn structure. UTE ON THE CLOCK TO DECIDE 23...... PKP WHETHER TO PLAY 40 ...... , KxB or 14. BKP N·R2 40...... , RxN. Which move do you 25. B.Q2 ...... choose? 40...... RxN? White cannot permit the exchange of bishops, since then his black squares, If yo u chose this move, shake hands. particularly at Q5 and KB5, would be We are both wrong. Correct is 40 ...... totally without defense against enemy KxBj though the win is still far from occupation. easy after 41. Q·Q4ch, K·Nl; 42. B·Ql! 15...... P·N3 I had calculated now on 41. B·Q4, p. 2&. R·KNI K·Rl B7; 42. Q-Bl. R·B3 with an easy Win . 27. Q·K 3 N·K3 But to my horror I saw- 41 . Q.Q4! ...... Already the threats against these dark squares loom large . White's attack is Position .. ftt, ... RKB. too slow in coming, and now he must 44...... KKBII retreat in an attempt to forUfy these This is the star move which R. Byrne weaknesses. had suggested as a last resort when 28. N·K2 R.KNI we had abandoned every other variation. 19. R·N3 It electrified my opponent. He had not N·" even considered it because the discov· ered move with his Rook looks devastat· ing. Indeed, when I made this move the boys on the demonstration board were forced to retract the automatic reo capture 44...... , RxR which they had already made. 45. RxR ...... Position .. fltr .1. Q.Q4I Minev studied this position for 40 min· Fortunately I had all night to study utes befo re giving up on it. If 45. n ·B7, this position at my leisure. Had we not Q·K4. If n·K7, Q·BI (among others). repeated moves earlier. we would un· 45...... QKR doubtedly have reached this position be· 4&. QdP QKP fore adjournment (assuming I had 47. QxP DRAW played RxN instead oC KxB on move 40). In order to Coree his nebulous aUack In time-pressure I wou ld aLso have un· CLEGHORN TAKES NORTHERN White sacrifices the king·pawn, for if doubtedly retreated with 41...... R·B); CALIFORNIA R·N4, then p.B4 renders him completely which loses to 42. QB·R6, p.B3; 43. R· Peter Cleghorn of Redwood City yield· helpless. I suppose the degree of a lost N7ch, K·HI ; 44 . N·B7 (among others). cd only two draws to win the eight. position may be debated. For instruction Also bad is 41 ...... , Q.B3; 42. QB·R6, round Northern California Open playoo in chess polemics, sec the games of the P·B3; 43. R·N7ch, K·RI; 44. R-Q B7. at Hamilton AFB and the Mechanics In· great . Passive defense, though perhaps ten· stitute. San Francisco. Second place went nble, is unappetizing. The first thing for to Ralph HurtUen (6·2) and third to Roy 30. Q.R6 B,P Black to realize is, despite his material Hoppe (5lh). Charles R. Savery directed. 31 . N·NS R·N2 advantage, he has the worst oC it. Once 32. R·N4 B,B having made th is admission, the next MILLER WINS IN N.M. 33. R·R4 8xNI step is to right lor a draw! (Also inade· Warren Miller of Albuquerque won the 34. BxB N·K4 quate is 41...... , N·85; 42. QxR. NxBch; N," New Mexico Open held in Los Alamos on 35. R.KNI 43. K·BI, KxB; 44. KxN.) November 10 and 11. The new state White resigns 41...... RxN! champion defeated J ack Shaw in a thrill· The moral: Don't 'allow' yourself to 42. BKR P· B71 ing last·round encounter to top the be forced into a type of ga me neither to 43. Q·Q21 ...... twenty.four·player field. Max Burkett, your liking nor choosing. Forced to NOT 43. QB·R6, Q·Bl! and Black wi ns. a student at New Mexico State University attack when there was no attack, White, Also inferior is 43. Q·N2, R-BH ; 43. and state champion for the past three who was devoid of ideas at the crucial BxQ (if 43. B·KR6, Q-Bl), P·B8=Qch; 44. years, finished out of the money, second moment, inevitably met with destruc· QxQ, RxQch; 45. K·R2, KxB; 4{1. BxP!, place going to Shaw and t.hird to Mark tion. Bl ack's strategy of 'simplici ty' paid BxB : 47. P-Q7, N·K6!!; 48. P-Q8= Q (if Wells of Los Alamos. The Los Alamos dividends. 48. PxN, R·Q8), N·B8ch: 49. K·Nl, N· Chess Club sponsored the event. DECEMBER, 1962 279 This move prevents 32 ...... , RxP as A TEAM TRIUMPH 33. R·NB ch would win a piece. Black QUIZ QUARTET now has a lost ending and can not avoid by DR. RICHARD S. CANTWELL The folloWing game was played al exchanging rooks. first board in the match Scarlet Knights 32. . .. n • • • P·B3 ROBATSCH·AVERBAKH Chess Club VB. Washington, D. C. 33. p,p B,P Vienna, 1961 League at the 1962 U. S. Chess Team 34. R·NSch R,R Championship in September at Takoma 35. N" K·B2 Park, Maryland. At this point both players were in (NolCs by Leroy Dubcck) extreme time pressure and the next fifo teen moves are by no means flawless. Leroy Dubeck Larry Gilden 36. K·B2 K·KJ (S.K.l (Washington) 37. K·B3 K·Q4 I. P-K4 P-KN3 3S. N·Q7 B·B6 2. P-Q4 P-Q3 39. N·B8 K·Q5 Black adopts the Pirc-Robatsch de- 40. NxRP B·Q7 fense. 41. K·K2 •••••••• 3. P-KB4 8-N2 White cannot allow the loss of his 4. N.KB3 ...... Queen Bishop Pawn. White adopts the opening system strongly recommended by team mate 41...... Bl(P 42. N·B8 K·B6 Black to pl.y found the forced win of ~ Pawn. Weaver W. Adams who has developed 43. NxP B·N4 PETROSIAN·KHOLMOV t.his into a formidable weapon against the Pirc·Robatsch system. 44. K·Ql K·Q5 Viln.ius 1951 45. P·KR4 B·B3 4...... N·KB3 46. P·R5 P·K4 5. P·K5 N·Q2 47. P·R6 P·K5 6. 8·B4 N·N3 48. P·R7 P·K6 7. B·N3 N·B3 8. 0·0 0·0 49. P·RS(Q) Bl(Q SO. Nl(B K·B6 9. N.B3 ...... So far the play has developed along 51. N·N6 P·K7ch regular lines. White here decides to give 52. KxP KxP up his King's Bishop to N·QR4 and NxB, 53. N·K5 P.B6 hoping that his open QR file plus the 54. N·Q3 Resigns gain of 2 tempi will compensate for the This was first blood for the Scarlet loss of the minor exchange. Knights and together with Weaver 9...... N·QR4 Adams' win over Washington's Herbert 10. N·K4 B.B4 Avram and Arthur Spiller's defeat of Black apparenlly also does not like Washington's G. Myers led us to a 3·1 Black 10 play finds a crusher. the opening of white's QR file. victory and a tic on match points with Washington for first. VASIUKOV-O'KELl Y 11. N·N3 B·N5 Berlin, 1962 12. P·KR3 BxN 13. QxB PxP 14. QPxP ...... POSCHEL MOTOR CITY WINNER White enters the middle game with a considerable advantage in position al· USCF Master Dr. Paul Poschel of though black's game is by no means Ann Arbor won the Motor City Open hopeless. played in Detroit on November 23·25 T4 . ... .•... P·QB3 with a score of 5'-12 ·'-12. Wesley Burgar 15. B·K3 N(3)·B5 and Ronald Finegold, both of Detroit, 16. QR·Ql Q·B2 tied at 5·1 with second place going to 17. B·Q4 P·QB4 Burgar on median points. The tourna· 18. B·B3 QR·Ql ment's biggest surprise was the fourth· 19. N·K4 P·QN4 place showing of 1826-rated Nicholas This forces white to give up his two Charney of Diamondale who finished bishops but at the same time it leads with 4'-12 points, lOSing only to Poschel to a fata l weakness in black's Queen· and drawing with Burgar. Forty-nine White to play and win. side pawn structurr. players competed. TAL-SODERBORG 20. BxN(B5) N,B Varna, 1962 21. P·QN3 R.. 22. RxR N·N3 23. B·R5 R·QBT 24. N·B3 This move wins a pawn for white and with it the game. 24...... P·BS 25. Q·B2 Obviously if 25. NxP. Q·B4 eh would win for black. 25...... Q·B3 26. BxN p," 27. N·Q5 Q·N2 28. QxNP QxQe1h 29. NxQ R·NI 30. N·Q7 R·Rl Black to play draws. 31. PxP p,p (Solutions Oil page 281) 32. R·QNT ...... 280 CHESS LIFE SOLUTIONS TO QUIZ QUARTET

Robahd\·Ave rba kh (1) 1...... Bx N 2. PxB P·K5 1 3. PxP B)(P+ II 4. K·R RxP Petrosian·Kholmov (2) I...... Nx P I! if 2. Kx N Rx R wins o r if 2. Qx R, Nx R 3. B x N , Q·N3+ wins The game eontinu· a.ion was 2, R.QN7 Rx R+ 3. Bx R Q.Q7 4. G·K2 QxB+ 5. KxN QxQ+ DELUXE TRAVELLING 6. KxQ R·R w ins easily Th is peg-in set has a big playing board 8 inches square! Plastic pieces are ~ .. high (see photo at right for actual size of King). Dc Luxe model, shown Vasiukov-O' Ke lly above, has leatherelte case with spaces for captured me n and padded covcr (3) 1. p.B6 Black now to keep pieces in position. played NPx P and No. 9O l-Dc Luxe Travelling Chess Set, as Illustrated: lifte r 2. Q.QB2 re· $7.00 less 10% to USCF members .. _...... $6.30 signed in " few moves.

Tal-SoderborSi POCKET (4) 1...... P·B51 2. Rx P (else Black drllws with ...... , MAGNETIC SET Qx RP+ a nd Q. K8 + etc,) No. SOOO-A very popular, versatile set . 2...... QxKP attractively bound. Playing Surface is 51h" Drawn square. For if 3. RxP+, K,' List price $7...... M:e mbcrs $6 4_ P·Q8(Q) o.B5+ Draws

Abe Turner "Top Chess Player Stabbed to Death." "Chess Expert Always colorful and in good spirits, his corpulence £ramed Knifed, Body Left in a Basement Safe.", "A with the role of the buffoon which he chose to play in life. "Falso" No Solution," So trumpeted the headlines. It never turns out may have been unhappy, but he was never bitter. People to be someone you know, but in this case it wa s. Someone called him a chess bum. He was a strong player who could I knew very well. hold his own with nearly anyone. He seemed content to demon­ Abe had been brutally and senselessly stabbed nine times strate his equality over the chesslxlard. He was always happy by a demented employee at , where he had been to draw with a strong player, but he came into his own when working for two weeks. His 280 pound, 5' 7" body was fou nd they overextended themselves trying to win. In tournaments he stuffed in an 8xIO safe. His assailant, Theodore Smith. shortly had a plus score against Fischer and Bisguier, and it was only confessed that "the Secret Service ordered me to do it ... recenUy that I evened our personal score. Abc had learned He was a Communist spy." (No doubt part of the cold war chess in 1943 while recuperating in a naval hospital from hysteria that induces us eventually to turn on ourselves and shrapnel wounds inflicted during the war. I met him in 1945 devour our own.) He was dispatched to BeUevue Hospital for and we spent many hours on opening analysis. I was a the inevitable psychiatric examination after telling the judge Knight·odds player in those days, and it was from Abc that he had been discharged from t he army [or mental reasons I acquired my Sltdleisc: h (the ability to sit on a position until and was reeently released from an asylum in 1959. your opponent gets an idea-and blunders). Today playing "Turner style" means chopping pieces at every opportuni ty, Abe was a true coffee house chess pro. He referred to particularly when a Queen ahead, thus prolonging an easy the chess den on 42nd street, where he could be found every win beyond human endurance. afternoon, as " my office." Weekends he scrupulously retired to his home in Mount Vernon in order to wr ite plays patterned Never really in financial difficulty because of his numer· after the style of Ioncsco. We had collaborated earlier on a ous friends and chess students-" clients" as he called them­ three-Il ct unproduccd play called "Do Horses Eat Meat?" based Abe did not need the income or respectability of a job. One on Abe's whacky comedy of what happens when a 12-ycar old can only wish that he had remai ned jobless. even to endure boy prodigy inhcrit$ a crime syndicate_ We holed up a week the taunts of "chess bum." It is ironic, but had he not taken in my apartment in order to finish. Although I had sluffed that fatal job he would be alive right now. the refrigerator with food, it was never quite sufficient to sate his prodigious appetite. -Larry Eva"" DECEMBER, 1962 281 round commentary, etc. The USCI>' Eu· ropean Newsletter came into beiog in June 1962 as a means of publicizing USCF IN EUROPE tournaments, annollllcing tournament re­ sults, and disseminating general chess by infonnation. Plans for the immediate future in· Captain Arthur C. Joy clude the 12th and 13th European Rating Tournaments to be held at Wiesbaden and Garmiseh in December and Febru· SIX RATED TOURNA!\lENTS IN ONE With Bob Karch on hand as Assistant ary respectively. We expect to have over YEAR! THIRTY PLAYERS SET AT­ Tournament Director to supervise his forty players at each of these events, lind TF:NDANC E RECORD! $90 IN CASH protege, and with the aid of a lucky the feature attraction will be the intro· PRIZES! TIlIRTY-ErGHT NEW USCF hreak in obtaining radio and newspaper duction of the Handicap System de· MEMBERS IN ONE YEAR! p ublicity, the Sixth USCF European scribed by Major Ed Edmondson in the Not very impo!>ing claims, arc they"! Hating Tournament, held in Karlsruhe, May 1962 issue of CHESS LIFE. New Germany, in October 1961 had fifteen Any Chess club worth its sail can equal USCF members for 1962 should exceed participants including six new members. 50, and we expect that 1963 will see those accomplishments, and most can This event marked the real turning point claim much morc. But consider (or a us establish new records for attendance in ot.:r activity. Bob, knowing that bis and membership gains. moment that these tournaments were successor had receivcd some good ex· not sponsored by any club or other local pel'ience, took over the reins again and Long range plans will emphasize es· organization, and that these USeF events at )<~ ra n kfu rt in December attendance tablishing an organized body to plan and too k place not in the United States but was up to twenty. Twenty·two players in Europe. Viewed in this light, the pic­ implement USeF activity in Europe. As participated at Garmisch in March 1962 long as servicemen are stationed here, ture takes on a new perspective. at a tournament which included a simul· there will be a need for tournaments of USCF activity in Europe began when taneo us exhibition by usc r Expert Pete the type we have been conducti ng. How· First Lieutenant Robert A. Karch, USe F A. C, Leuthold and a s»

FRENCH DEFENSE 1. P·K4 P·K3 19. R·N3ch N·HS 1. P·04 P·Q4 10. R)(NCh B·N4 3. H·QSl ... 21 . QxSch K·' 4. NxP N·Ql 21. Q.N1ch K·K2 5. N· KB 3 KN·S] 23. Q~P c h K·. 6. N·NJ B·K1 24. R· Na ,.. 7. S ·OJ 0·0 25. OxRch K· S2 a. P·KR. P·84 16. Q.S1ch K·N 9. P ·B) ... 11. R·B P·QRl 10. PxP II·NSch 21 . Q·B' K·R2 11. K· II '·K 29. R~B ,.. 12. H·KS N·N] 30. Q)(R QxNP 13. R·R) QN·04 31 . Q·S5ch K·' 14. II ·NS Q·N) 32. P·H3 Q·R8ch 15. N·R5 S·K1 33. K·N2 ... 16. HxNP ..N 34. N·Q7 N·K6ch 11. B·R'ch K.a 35 . K· R3 0·Q4 II. Q.Q2Ch K·N1 36 . Q.Bkh Resigns

SEMBACH, 1962

Bernhilrd 1( . Pfister Robert M. Bond White- Black

CARO·KANN DEFENSE '- P·K4 P·Q83 R· R1 N·Bl ,. P·Q4 P·04 3"2. N/ K·Q7ch K·' ,. ... 3l. N·Nkh "N ...~., N-QS3 34. P)(PCh K·N ,•.• P.QBl N·B3 3S . Q.R4 N.. •• N·K2 B·NS J6. 0 ·R7ch K·' ,. P·B3 B·R4 37 . OxPch , .. •• B·KN5 P· K3 U. R·R' PxNP Spectators watch Roy Mallett ( left) and Mykola Korotschenko in their •• 0 ·0 Q·Bl 39. RxH RxRP H·Q2 40. RxQch N.. final round game at the Sembach Chess Festival. S·Sgt. Pete Leuthold (right 11".. P· KN3 P·'KRl .. ' 41. N.Pch K·K foreground) looks away from his game with Helmut Gramberg to observe 12. B·B4 P·KN4 42. N·N7ch ,., the position. Left to right, standing, are: SPS Euge-ne Wiuynski, unknown 43. N· K6ch K· K Il. BxB ... s pectator, Arthur C . Joy, Mrs. Mallett, unknown spectator, SpS John C. Jones, 14. B-QNS 0 ·0·0 44. QxR ,.. 15. Q..R4 K·N 45. p)(p R-QN2 A2e William E . Fahey. 1'. P-QN4 N,,' 46. P ·N6 N·BS 17. N·Nl H·N3 47. N·S1ch K.Q' 1• • Q·Rl" P·B. U . NxQP K·S 3 19. N·SS R·R2 49. N·N4ch ... 10. Q · H ] P·BS 50. H·0 3ch K·B2 21. P·QR4 R·KN 51 . R)(Rch K., -- Coming Up -- 11. P·RS N·' 52. N·S 5eh K·S3 23. B-Q l R/ 2·N2 53. N· K4 K·04 The January 1963 issue of CHESS LLFE will contain all the games played in the 14. P·KN4 B·N] 54 . N·B6ch K· K3 current u. S. Championship. To be sure you receive this important issue, check 25. P·NS N" 55. N·K4 K·Q4 your membership expiration date and-if it feU in '62-rcnew NOW: 1 yr. $5, 26. BxB h' 56. N)(P N·K6 17. N.B P·!CR4 51. N.Bl N•• 2 yrs. $9.50; 3 yrs. $13.50 or sustaining $10.00 a year (becomes Life Membership 11. N/ I.Ql R·R] 58. !C ·e K· BS after ten paymenlS). 29. N· KS R·N2 Dr. wn 30. KR.QN R/ 2.R2 DECEMBER, 1962 283 1962. USCF NATIONAL RATING LIST By Gary Sperling USCF RATING S TATIS TICIAN

It has now been over three years since the USCF adopted 3. G a m e~ played with unrated 01' provisiOnally r ated pla)'er_ Arpad Elo's scientific rating methods, The enthusiasm with shall be used for all rating compula tlon purposes. Howe,·er. Ihe .• e computallons s hall be based on Ihe performance rating which they were greeted is evident in this, ou r annual com· of the unrated or pr uvisionally rated play"rs In Ih" parUeula ,' pilation of the current ratings of all players who took part in evenl. In Ihls way, the rated players may Ind !vldually stand 10 events rated by the USCF in the past year. During the last gain th rough " ,eetil' g a proviSionally rated pluye ,' but 3S a twelve months, over 540 events were submitted to our office; g roup Ihey will nol lose points. rating them required the tabulation of over 10,500 perform­ 4. No ra ting on a provlslonaUy rated player shall be published until a minimum sample of seven (7) games Is obtained on ances. What greater proof of the success of the Eta System can such a player. A sample of this s ize Is necessary j U! t to there be than this continued interest in the USCF ratings? dete rmine Ihe class of a player with a probabl!l\y greater However, a successful system is not necessarily a perfect than 50%. one. No one is more conscious of this than the members These provisions will go into effect beginning wi th of the USCF Rating Committee, who wish to take this oppor­ tournaments rated for the April, 1963 Rating Supplement. tunity to announce the following new provisions lor our USCF Because of the huge amount of work involved with the System: ). The antl-attrltlon factor Is to be dbcontinued. Th1l has been production of this list, we were f(}rced to suspend, during the an artificial contrivance in the syslo>m to counteract the months of October and November , most of the Rating Dept. l o"~cs of established players to new and Improving players. correspondence. We apologize for this delay and assure our S tatistically this p r actice cannot be Justified (Soo, fo r eXample, members that it will not occur again, CL, Aui:' .. 1962) and beller means are available for handling the Impl'O "lng player problem. (See No. Z below) The Deadline Date for this list was Octobel' 28; all tourna· 2. T he provisional raling period shall extend unUI eltber a umple ments received by then were included in this list; all tourna­ of 2S lIame8 Is accumulated on an Individual or until a performance raUng of the Individual d r ops below his rating, ments received after that date were held over for the April whichever period Is lonirer. Ra ting Supple ment.

Additional Events Rated for this List (See the April Clnd August Rating Supplements for complete list of events rated), NATIONA L_ United States Jun!or Champ!oni hlp_ TuC$on_ August. FLO RIDA-Drlando Rating Tournament-Spring. United States Open Champ!ons hlp-San Antonio-August. Orlando City Championship- August. Brevard County Rating Tou rnament-July_ Augusl. FOREIGN_ Karlsruhe Invitational Tournament-Aul/llst . Florida State Champlon·Champlonshlp & Amate ur Sections-Aug· Sembach CheS$ FeStival_ September . ust-September. ALABAMA-Alabama Open-September-August . Central Florida Open Matches: Coe-Greenlaw, Lucas-Coe, LlchU·Thurlow, Cole·llcClure, ALA S KA_ Willard Fiske C. C. Candidate's T ournament. ILLINOIs--Gompers P ark C .C. Swiss Tour ney-June, Alaska Challengers' Tournament-August. Greater Chicago Open_ April_May. ARIZONA_ Arizona Chess League Tour name nt- March_ May. Chlcaao Open-A ugu~t-Sep t em b er . Phoenix C.C. Summe r Tournaments_ Sec. rand D- June- J u ly. Match : P lmsleNohnson. Rocky Mountain Ope n- Se ptember. IOWA_ Iowa Open_ September, Matche.: Ozdu·Bakle, O:zdes-Golz, (3) , Ha rrls-ApI,legate, Ha rris· KENTUCKY_ Fall, City Open- Septem!:;er. Goltz, Ozdea-lIarrls. LOUISIANA-New Or l ean~ C.C. Class C Quad. Tournament- Feb.- Ma r. ARKAN$AS_Arkan! D! Open- July. New Orleans C.C. Charnplonshlp- May-June. New Orleans C.C. Class C Quad. Toumame nt-Aprll-Julle. CA LIFORNIA_ Southe rn California Open- June . New Orleans C.C. Class B Quad. Tou mament- J a nuary-July. San Diego C!ty-County Qu ali fying Champlonshlp_ Tourna men\ #- .1 . Southwest Louisiana Open--June. l:xper ts' C a ndld a t e~ Tournament-Soulh Bay Sectlon_ May--June. Crescent City Speclal-July CIIy T errace C,C . Experts' Invitational Tour n am ent-May-July. Crescent City Re! erves l'ournament-July, Southern CallIor nla Experts' Candidates Finals_ J uly, Lou\.!;lana Open Champlonship-September. Pacific Southwest Open_ Au gu st. N ew Orlean$ C.C . Summer Qua d. Tourna menu (Z). Expe rts' - Whittier Se cUon- May-June. Matches: Acers·Locke tt , :'oIail..Jensen, Repass·Creenle af, Repass· Santa :vIonica Slate QU ali fying Tournament-July_ Au gust. Parun, Baldock·Preble, Baldock-Paron, Repasl -J ense", Repass· Experts' Ca ndld~t e~ Tmnt.- Monterey park See!lon- May-June. fOnun, Greenleaf-Pa run, Repass·Parun. Repass·J ohnson, Repa.s. Experts' Candidates Tmnt._ Herman Steiner C.C, See._ :IIIay-June, Jensen, Repass,Rosenblu m, .simoneatlx·Rep u ~ . Califor nia Junlor Champlonshlp-Ju l}'. MAINE-Oowne ast Open-Ju ne-July, Southern Califor nia Champ ionship Qualifying Tou rn ~me n t-Do"'n e y Sectlon- July- A ugust . MARYLAND-Matches: Rodgers- Meue, Tl$cht.schenko,Sayrc. Capital CIty C.C. Cha mplonshlp-July . MASSACHUSETTS-New England Championship-Sections A & B-- Inglewood Qpen_ Augusi-September. Augusl-Sechel·Cohen , Redwood City Opcn-October. MISSOURI-Weisenberg Memorial Tournamen t-M ay _Au g u " l ~ :'If alche_ Klu ~ . P ease , Cotten.Myers, Haines·Sprague, 13yrne-5a nd l'rs, Savery-Shank, Kover·KesseL Kansss City Ratlnll' Improvement Tournament_ August, H"arl of America Open-September. COLORADO-Denver Chess League Open- June. Martin Co. C.C. 'rourna ment-June NEVADA_Re no C.C. Champlonshlp-January_ Septembe.-, Hatinl( & Handicap Open_ J uly_ August. NEW HAMPS HIRE_ New Haml,shlre Open_ April. Match : Naylln·Mendoza . NEW J E RSEY-;'Iiew Jel'sey J unior Championshll)_ J une_ July. CONN ECTICUT _ W alerb,,,·y YM CA Cham plons hlp- Octobe r_ J" ne . ~e", J ersey Open- August-September, New Hll\'en C.C. Summer Open To"rney- June- Septembe r. WoodbUl'y C.C, Su mme r Cbam plonshlP-June-Septem ber. DI STRICT OF COLUMBIA_ George Wa ~ h l n g lon Team Toul'na n,ent_ WOOdbury C.C. Reserves Tourna ment-.lu ne-Septelnber. March- A pril. WOQc\bury C.C. Novice Toumament-June-Septembcr. District of Columbia Ope n- Aprlt- May. Independent C,C. Champlonshlp-Feln:uary-June. Eastern Ope n-Ju ne-July, Match: Dubeek·MacDonald. 284 CHESS LIFE NEW MEXICO_ Los Ala mos C.C. Round·Robln Final, _ Sec. 1 &0 ~ _ ORECON-Orci on Cham plon, hl p- J uly. Mar eh-July. PENNSYLVANIA~Ch e .ssm e n of lfarplc·l\"owton T mnt.~Ma y -Jun c . Ma tCh: WUson·Zlng. Penn State Unlven lty C.C. Cha mpionship-May. NEW YOllk_ Ne", York Cit y Junio r Champlonahlp--J"uly. SUSquehanna Valley Ope n_ J u ly. MarahalL C.C. J u nior A Ch ampIOllshlt>-J une-Augu$t. Dela wa .... Valley Ope n- AUi uat. Manh.a t U n C .C. Championship _ Preliminaries, Seml..f'lnals, a nd Quake r C ity Open---Seple mbe r. Fln. I_ AII secllon_ Seplembcr-July. Pennsylva nl.. S l al e Cham pionsh ip-Septe m ber. Ne w Yor k State Championlihlp--J"uly. SOUTH CAROLINA-Carolln... Open-J uly. Ge nesee Va lley Open-Se ptember. SOUTH OAKOTA-South Oa kol.. Open- August. MU l hall C.C. Fall Rallng Tourna men t.-Septembe r. TENNeSSEE~Sout hern Ama teur Cham plonshlp- June- J uly. Long Island Ope n- Mllr eh- Mlly (RcpOrlCd Late). Sout he rn Reserves Tournam en t-June-July. Maple City Open--September. South er n Ch ampionship-June-July. Marahall C.C. Exper ts' Candidate. Tournam enl-June--Sept ember . TennUlee Open- Sep tember. Marshall C.C. 11 Candidates Tournam cnt_ J une_ Seplember. TEXAS- BIg " 0 " Open-June. Marshall C.C. JunIor B Ch am plonshlp- June- September . Bayou City Open-.rune- July. ChadwIck C.C. Summer ChampionshIp. Urooka AFB Rating Im pr ovement T ourncy-June. Marah aU C.C. A Ca ndldatn Tourna ment _ June_ September. Yucca rv Region al Tournament-July. Chan,plaln Valley Open-Scptem ber. Air Training Command T oumame nt-July. H udson Valley Optln-July. Harlingen Open- August. Matchn; Frederlcka·Loos (3), J ancar·Olmlno, J ancar·Sepulveda, Soulhwest Open--Septembe r. R oh e y-B I b 1.1 1d, Frede licks, Polste I n. Match: K lnt-Cunnlni ha m. NORTH CAROLINA_ Raleigh Clly Cha mp lonahlp UTAH--6alt Lake City Rating Im provement Toorna menl- Aullust. Quee n City Open_ Augu.t;l. Sail u ke City C.C. Ralloll Im proveme nt Tou r name nt_ August. North Ca rolina Clo.sed Champlonshlp--Seplember. 80x Elde r Open---sep le mbe r. 701atchel: G .. m m·Roblnson, Robtnson-Gamm , Hoblnlon·S lmpson. Matehel: MeDa nie l·Nllsson, ChI PPul... :-,,lIJuon. VIIlC I NIA_ nde walc r Cham pionship_ July. OHIO-Region F ive Champlonshlp---,June . OhIo Junior ChamplonllhiJ>-.lune. Virginia State Cham plonshlp--September. Arlington C.C. LaddeI'-May_ A ugusl. Cincinnati- Dayt on T eam Mat.;h-July. Cincinnati Open-July. Matches: Brennam an·l!urphy, Brennaman.Goodman. UnIon Ce ntral Lif e Co. Championsh ip. WASHINCTON_Seattle World's ~'11r Tournam ent- September. Match : Cowan'(:laffone. Clevel an d Cheu Center Rating Imp r ovement Tournaments _ S ec. tlon ! A & 8--July- August. WEST VIRGINIA- H untin gt on C.C. ChampIon ship- July. WISCONSIN_ Western Open-June-July. Ohio Ch lllll pl on~ hlp --S ept e mb e r. Municipa l Ch ess ASSOciation Cl ub Experts' Tmnl.- Aull.-...... sept. OKLAHOMA- Ma tche8: J ackson.DeVau lt, Car son.Lalla . Ma tch : Marb:·Parlza.

THE TOP TEN tlncludes pia.,." ..div a during thl lad 5 y ..rsl

I. FiKher, Roba rt J . .• ~ ...... ~ ..•..• ~ ...... U87 2. aanko, Paul .....•.• .....•.• _...•.••.••.•.••. ...•.• __ ._._2603 3. Rn havsky, S.mu. 1 ...... 1597 4. Ev.ns, Llrry ...... 2S6. 5. Lombardy, WIIII.m ...... 1565 , . Byrna, Robert ...... 1529 7. Bllgule r, Arthur ...... 1503 8. Byrne, Donlld ...... 2503 9. RonolJmo, Nichol ...... 1485 10. Stelnmoyor, Rob!. H • ...... 2463

SENIOR MASTERS Fe rna ndez_Laon, Jou tTl x.) •... _...... 2259 Ra nkls, Aut\lS! (1.00 and .bovel Feue rstein, Arthur (N.Y.) ..•..•.•.••....•..•.•_ • ..•...~378 Re mlln9lr, Larry AcklilOn, WillIam tCatif.) ...... _...... 2408 FllChhelmer, D .. nlel (III.) ...... 2215 Rive ra, Don, lo Benko, Paul (N.Y.I ...... _ ._. .... _.. _...... 2608 Formanek, Edw.rd ( 111. ) •. ... . Rlvbo, I .•.. Biiguiar, Arthur (H.Y., ...... 1503 Gilden, Lawrence (Md.) . .•.. . .•. Robar, I Byma, Don. ld IPa., ...... _ ...... •..•.. 1503 Green, Mltthew (N.J .) .•. . Sandrln, Byrna, Robart (Ind.l ...... 151' GU.II, Vlctnr (N.Y.) Sandr ln, ...... Ev.ns, Larry (N.Y.) ...... 1568 Halper, Nat (N.Y.) ...... 1143 Soldml n, ...... FIscher, Robar! J . IN.Y.) ...... 1687 Harrow, M.rtln (Ct.) ...... •...134' • Hurst, Eliot (VI.) ...... 1400 Honln, Charles till.) ...... 2246 , ...... 1181 Lomb.rdy, William (N.Y. ) ...... 1565 Hlmblr, Alan (FII.) ...... 1100 ..... Medin.. , Antonio tVenel.) ...... 1483 Hoffmlnn, Ala (N.Y.) ...... 1141 ...... Mednls, Edmar (N.Y.) ...... 141.3 Hudson, John (LI.) ...... 1323 Saldy, Anthony (C.llf.) ...... 1440 Jlcobs, Robt. (Calif.) ...... 2247 Simon, ••• Sherwin, J l mes T. (N.Y.) ...... 2439 Jona . , Stephen tT"".) ...... 1205 SmIth, (Tex.) Wlinlta ln, Rlymond (N.Y.) ...... 1450 K.ufm.n, Allen tN.Y.) ...... 2228 SPTlIIIU I , Rots (Ohio) ...... _.. ..1110 kerr, Darwin (N.J.) ...... •.•..•..•...... 2107 Stlrk, M.rtln (Md.) ...... •. 2109 MASTERS Klvltz, Alex, nd. r t N.Y.) •.•..• _...... 21604 Sto'nbl.g, David tN.Y.) ...... _. .•_ .• _ •.••.. 1211· (1200 to 23991 kirby, Roblon tIll.) ...... 2"299 Stolzenbarg, Li on (Mlch.1 .._ ...... __ ....2100 kostic, V ...... tlnd.) ...... _...... _.2212 Sweig, Mllc ... 11 tlll.1 ...... _. .. _.2220 ..•.. Kovacs, 201l.. n (Ca lif.) ...... 227' SJedIICRk, LouIs (Ohio) .. _...... • _...... 121-4 krama r, George (N.Y.) ...... •...... •.•...•....•....•.• .2142 T. u ..... al58s, povll u till., ... .. _. .. _. ___ ... _._ ...... :t29I .•.. Krauss, Georga tMIII.) ...... _ ...... _ ...... 2221 Thaodorovlch, Iven tOnt., .... _...... _ ...... •.•..•. 2113 Luos, James R. (Cllif.) ...... 1101· Turrm, Fre d (C.lif.1 ...... 2109 .) ...... 1291· Lelllnlll, Norbert (Cllif.) ...... 1119· UIVllhd, Olaf (Wllh.) ...... 1211 , Y .) .. . Ll vy, Louis tN .J .) ...... 1352 Valvo, Michael (N.Y.) ...... 1115 .... . V.no, Edw.rd (Ind.) ...... 226. Lym.n,McCormick Shelby, J,m (M.IIes (Or.) ,'e...; .. )i •.•..•... •..•.•••••••.. .••.•..•.•••••••••••••• VerblT, Richard (III .) ...... 2130 MartIn, Albert (R.I.) ...... Wachs, Saul (OhiO) ...... 2315 ) ...... 1317 Ma lf'rt, Henry (Wis.) .. W.netlck, I . ul (C.llf.) ...... 2240 ...... 1354 Mengarlnl, Ariel tN .Y.) ...... 1306 Wlnlll, Arthur (Clllf.) ...... 110. M, yor, Glorge (D.C.) ...... 1106 Wllnblrllor, Tlbor (Calif.) ...... 132' ...... Momlc, MlI,n (Ala.) ...... •...... 1110· Weldon, Charlas (W llc.) ...... 2108 Moskowitz, Jack telllf.} •.•.•... ..•..•...... 235. WOlney, Tom tOhlo) ...... _...... _...... _...... _. ...2101 .. M\lgrldge, Oonald t D.C.1 .. _...... _.. 2321 Z\I(k.nnl n, Bernnd t N.Y.) ...... _._. __._ ... _'2291 '~;:~ ...... _._ ...... _...... 2111 O' KI.fe, John J . tMlcll.1 •.•..•..•..... _._ ...... _.2141 I ~I~ I ...... 'n41 Owens, Brian IH.Y.I .... _• .•.•.•.•..•.••.•..•.••.•. .•..•...2217 Curdo, (toUolI.1 .•...... _...... •...... _._.2113 P. trovlch, Siobod.n till.) ...... _.... _.... ., ...... 2236· Oavll., Edmund (Mex.1 ...... •...... __ ._.1172· PlInlck, Carl (Calif.) ...... _:1244 MASTEIlS* * EMERITI * Denker, Arnold t N.Y.) .... __ ...... 2319 Popel, Stephlln {Mich.) .•. .•....•..•....•...... _2295 Adlms, W ..v a r W. O ...I"rlll l, Llonlds (Mich.) ...... 22ll Popovych, Oralt (N.J .) ...... 13.. 158ICS, Lew'l J . Driscoll, Cirl tMlch.J ...... 1230 Poschal, Paul (MIch.) ...... 1104 Ruth, WilHam Flrkas, Ervine (N.Y.) ...... 2212 Illmlrez, Gilbert (Calif.) ...... 1303 Whltaklf, Norman T. DECEMBER, 1962 285 EXPERTS AND CLASSES A, B, AND C B.rnelskl, Arno Biber, K . (N .Y .' ...... 1718· Brlme, Mle K. (Tex.) .. 1964 (K.nl.) ...... " ...... 1792 Ex pert: 2000.21., Blbuld, J . (N .Y .' ...... • 1625 Br. nd, Lester (0.) ...... 1979 B.rnett, Tom (Arb.) .. H47' CIIII A: 1100.1999 Blckh, m, W .W . (P ••) ..2028 Brand, Robt. {S .C.) ...... 1734 CllSs B : 1'00-1799 Blckn, lI, $ . (N .Y.' ...... H38 Brand, Russ. (Tenn.) .. 1402' Barrett,B.rr, Wm Gordon. B. (N !( ~'":.,I;, .,... :';';"~:. Ble lawl kl, A . {V • •) ...... 17S4 Bra ndhorst, W . (D.C. , 2007 CI.S1 C: Be low 1600 H. R. Ble lef. ld, Mu t ln (0 .I IU9 Brandn,r, J. L. (IiLj .. 1734· "indi, atel p rovisio n. I ratlnlll, b.nd on f ewe r ... . 1702· thin f Ol./r perform .." ... Brandt, R. (Colo.I ...... 1301 · Brandt, R. C. (Colo., ..IHS " Brandwein,.. S . 70'2

, , ...... 141'· p, tu (N.J .) .... T9" T. (FI • . ' ...... 'lOl)f · A. (M.n.L .U"· E. A . UII., ..1&U A . (N.Y .'. .•. 21.. Chu.

286 CHESS LIFE BUtIOn, C. M. (Mo.) .. 1896 Chilpman, Marla Cook, Jal. (Mo.) ...... 1040· Davy, Ronald (Mass.} .. 148" Dove r, Carl {Fla.) ...... 1086 BUI~h, Dennis (Cal.) .... 1943 (Cat) ...... 1610 Cook, Lyman (N.H.) ... . IS10· Dawes, Grace (Mass.j .. 1401 Dowlen, Ken (T.x.) .. .. lS03· BUlh, Be verly (Te x.) .. 1760 Chapman, Wayne (C;lI.) ...... •...... •. 1.25 Cook, Pe t e r K. (Tex.) ..1875 Dawson, Bruce (111 .) .. .. 1830· Do wd, C. (N.Y.) ...... l191· BUlquets, L. (FI;I.) ...... 18S8· Cook, Robe rt (Fla.j .... 1888 Dawson, G. (Md.) ...... 1130 Butler, Alfred (Mass.) .. 16M Cha ppell, How. (Pa.) .. 140l' Downer, War. {N.M.J. . IS44' Cook, Robt. J. (Mo.). ... 1724· OilY, Michael (Wis.) .. 1732 Butler, Geo. (C .. I.) ...... 1916 Cha ppuiS, Ga •. (UI.) .... 1990 Downes, J . (Mich.J.. .. 1921 Coo, Robe rt L. (Pa.). ... 147S · Day, Mike (G 8.} ...... 1810· Downey, A . F. {Va.) .... 1176 Butler, Wm. (1II.} .... •. 1&15 Char land, R. (Mass.I .. 149S· Coomber, Gary (111.1 .... 1402' Day, Pe t e r (Wis.) ...... 1731 Byland, Wm. (Pa.) ...... 1D2l Charlesworth, J. (0.) •. 14 ] 0' DOWn>, Mich. (Kans.}. . I196 Coon, Marvin (Md.) ...... 1746 Day, Ra lph (Nev.} ...... IS99 Dnge, A. C. (N.J.}.. 1901 Bylinkln, B, (Cal.) ...... 1103· Charne y, N. (Mlch.) .... 1829 Coope r, Carl (Mlch.j ... . 17I2· Dean, Barbara (Colo,).. 1631· ,. I By t a n, John (MIII.) ...•.. 168S· Chase, C. H. (D.C.) .... 1672 Coope r, Martin (Cal.I .. 1904' Dean, Don (France ) ..1916· I Byrne, He nry (Cal.) .... ll08 Chue, Ste ve (Va.) ...... 1904 Coope r, Marvin (Md.) .. IS92· Dean, Oousla. (Wl •• ) .. 16U" Byrom, J. T. (Tenn.). . 1124· Chase, W. G. (Colo.) ..18SS· Chauvenel, A. (Md.) .... 1876 Cope, Joel ( 111 .) ...... 1769 Richard (La.) .. 2013 Caballero, A. (Cal.) ...... 1S33· Chauvenet, R. (Md.) .... 2148 Coplin, L. J. (0.C .) .. .. 2080· Caban, Jas. (N.J.j ...... 19S6 Chavll, Frank (La.) .... 1834 Cornwall, J im (Fla.) .... 1'14· .... iltliln, JOhn (N.J .) ...... 1,611 Chayt, Gerald (D.C.) ..1629' Cornwall, Wm. (Nev.) .. ll11' lS19' Cacern, A. (Te x.j...... 1824· Cheev e rs, J. (Man.) .... 1915 Correa, Victor (Te x.). . I377· Cafarelli, J. (Mus.) .. 18S8 Costanzo, Ern. (N.J.j .. 1609 ...... 1720· Chelffelz, H. (N .Y.) .... 1622· Lu oy (N.J.). .2163 (Mo.) ...... 169J* Chenowe th, A . (Ore .) ..1458 · Cotten, Donald (Cill.I .. 1837 Willter (N.J.) 1746' (N.J.j ...... 1.U24 (N.Y.I... . 1923 R. G. (Tex.) .. 1846 (1N1·.1 .. · . ·· · · 1~68 · Cheresles, A.J. (Cill.) .. 1741 J, W . Chermllde, R. (Va.) ...•1893 Mrs. :A:. :...... , ... (N.Y.) .... 1964

, . ( .. ( ) .... DECEMBER, 1962 287 Elowltch, 5. 1903 Fitzge rald, R. V. Gladd, Tom (TeK.).... "81' Gropp, Arthur (C.C.) .. 1628 (Wis.) ...... 1625 ':',:":,:.~'; M. (5. D.) ...... 1713· Elsbury, Joe I ,. . G. (Quebec) .. 1.189 Gladdish, J. (Kans.).,ll99 Gross, Ben (Cal.) ...... 1808 Emer!ian, M . F:~h e rty, Robt. i'.;:i , Howard • . GI~dstone, D. (N.Y.) .. 20ll Gross, Frances (Va.) .. 14U Lns ~ AI ( .J.. .. Gluer, H,rry (Colo.).. 1841.' Gross, Gerald (Va.).. 2077 . I , c. Gla», Paul , Gross, Henry (C.I.)...... 2111 GrossGro$S,, Jas.Ronald R. .. Grossman, Alan'Ai;~'.~'.l . ,i :";"~:

288 CHESS LIFE HUrls, M. (M.. s.) ...... lU7 Hill, Norm. n Hugh .., M. H. (C.I.) .... I72'· Joerg, L. C. (Mlnn.) .. "'4 KIW.chl, Don (N.V.l. . 18" Hurls, Ow.n (111 .) ...... 1515· Sim ( ..... Hulblrl , L. (ld. hO ) ...... I6S'· JOhnson, Dlvld (WIS.) .. I561' Kew.murl, L. Huris, R.n. (Ind.) ...... 1644· " Th, o. ( Hulme" Aif. (Co lo.I .. I777 Johnson, D. R. (CI.I .. 1801 (H, w.ll) ...... 1137· Hurb, Rich. (C.I.I ...... I72'· " Hulse, R. OOUIiI . (CI.I . .. 1716 Johnson, D. W. (111.)_"" Keyser, V. S. (Mlnn.) .. IIU' H • .,..IS, Sol (111.1 ...... 1771 · Huln.it, Rich . (A PO) .. 1454' Johnson, DudilY (P • • ) .. 1129 k u fe, Din (1II.) .... ~ .... 1.,3· H.rris, 5'.... {Arb.I. ... 1571 N. (C.I.) ...•.• 2017 Jollnson, Enl ( .) .• keel, Do.... (Colo.) ..•... I171· W. {N.Y.) ...... ~ ..2172 A. e, k ee... , De n ... " (111.1 ....•. 1511· KIM y, H . (CII.)_ ... _ ...•. 175. K ..veo . R. (N.J.) .•.•.... 153'· KeUson,, J . (Mu.•. ) ...... 21 :u ," , , ._...... •1720· , R. a. (P • . ..2090 , Rol. (Mlsl. .. 'tli , Roy (D.C . .. 1429' , 51 .... (N.D . .. 112' , Wm. (C.I. .. 1411' , Wm. (111.) .. 14}7" Lym. ...

._ _...... _ ... ., ... Ron (W .. ,60l' , Ron (Flh •.'I ..1"" , a ..... {N.H •.. HOO Wm. S • .., .,.,.,. .

• ...... 1.47 DECEMBER, 1962 289

Metcalf, Tloft (Fla.) .. .. 1'99 Morrill, Alan (Ct.,.,.".1873· Noel, Richard (0 .), .....211' Palucius, .ruce (111.) .. 1921 PI.rlon, G. tW . V • . ) .. 17'1· Methven, M. Morris, David (N.Y., .. 1721 · Nog~y , Funk (C. I. ) .... 1144· Pamlll.ns. J . {N.Y.) ..20'S " Itott, Mlln (P •.I .. .. 1460· Metr, Fr.nk Morris, O. ( W llh.'...... ,.,. Noh~ v .., DO

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Sodarberg, R. G. Stillman, Jack (Cal.) .. 1622 Tegel, Jim (0.) ...... 1616· S . (N.Y.) .... 1622 (Mi "n. f ...... 1512 Stine, Frederic; (N.J.).. 1496 Teitelba um, S. (Ut.) .... 1941 (Cal.) ...... 1648· Solot, Eugene (Mus.f.. 1727 Stobie, DaYld (N.Y.) .. IU9 T l leda, Josa (Va.) ...... 1678 (Cal.) ...... 2134 Soltan, PiNlz (N.Y.f,, 1759 Stoller, Larry (N.Y.) .. 1661 Te laga, John (Pa.) ...... 1546· I Soltis, A. (N.Y.) ...... 1558· Stolpe, Johilnn (CI 1.) .. 1690· Ta llman. Ralph (0 .) .... 1713 Solvason, W. (Mlnn.) .. 1515· Stone, Philip (N.M. ) .. .. 1736' , Som, Arun .J ..... Stone, Wm. (Wis.) ...... l189 StoYe r, Gord. (Cal.) ... . 1632· " Stover, J . K. (0.) ...... 1944·

.) .. . ) .. , DECEMBER, 1962 293 Chess In the United States Oliver C. HulaU Jr. of Wilmington, In a closely contested team match the to Charles Hidalgo, third to George Sen­ N.C., turned in a perfect 5-0 score 10 win Orlando Chess Club downed the Uni· dcekyj (both 5·2). the ninth annual "30·30" Open sponsored vrrsity of Florida 5'h·4'h , USCI" Master • • • by the Korth Carolina Chess Association Kit Crittenden defeating the University's The Schuylkill Chess Club (pa.) played and held in Raleigh. David Steele and Robert Ludlow on top board. Orlando host 00 December 1 to a team from the Dr. A. M. Jenkins of Raleigh and Jerry won three points on the fi rst five boards Ma lvern c.e., downing the visitors by a Fink of Durham all scored 4-1 to tie for and broke even on the bollom five. score of 4·3. The Se hu ~' lkill Club meets the runner-up spot. The 17·player tourna· • • • at 32 E. 14th S1. in Bridgeport, Pa. at mcnt was directed by Dr. Stuart Noblin 7:30 p.m. each lo' riday. with the assistance of Mrs. Gilliam Horn· Leonard Birns, with 31h -l'h , won the stein. Woodbury Summer Open held in Wood· • • • • • bury, NJ. from June to Septe mber. Robert Shean won the Glen Hartleb • Ewald Carlson. Lewis E. Wood. and Wil­ Memorial Tournament in Denver on No­ Tournaments for high school and col· lard L. Shindle ti ed for the next three vember 10-12 with a clean 5·0. Dennis lege students from Manhattan. Bronx, places in the 6·player round robin. The Naylin was runner·up and James Murray and Westchester counties (N.Y.) arc be· reserve section ended in a tic belwe('n was third. The first handicap prize went ing planned for February at the Mosolu Edward Smailer and Charles Pl ank. to A. C. Parks (3·2) . MontcHorre Community Center in the Bronx 67, N.Y. (Phone; KI 7·3500). • • • • • • Oran Perry's score of 24·0 O!) was good • • • John P . Erichsen-Brown, a Ca nadian enough to win the 25·player round robin Farrell Clark of Salt Lake City won attached to the COllSulate Office in N.Y., tournament of the Odessa (Tex .) Chess the Box Eider Open held in Brigham won the Marshall Chess Club's Candi­ Club. Perry received a chcss clock for his City, Utah in late September. His 5'h-lh dates' Tournament (A Section) with a first-place performance. score placed him one point above CharLes score of 7Y2. -11h . USCF Rating Statisti· eian Gary Sperling took second pL ace in • • • Metzelaar of o gden, third place going to Lehigh University's chess team out­ Clinton C_ McDaniel of Salt Lake City the 10·man event, only a half point be­ hind the winner- whom he defeated in played the Bloomsburg State College (3'h:). The event was sponsored by the team to win the Eastern Pennsylvania Thikol C.C. and direded by Donald J. their individual encounter. Denis Taneri (6·3) was third. College league match by a score of 3th · Williams. Ph . The winning team consisted or three • • • • • • freshmen and two sophomores. but tbe The Champlain Valley Open, beld in The annual membership meeting of the younger players had gained experience Plalts burgh, N.Y. was won by George Gompers Park (C hicago) Chess Club playing in the strong North Jersey High Wimams or Granville with a perfect 4-0. elected Frank Skoff president; Peter & hool league. Harvey Goldrich, Bob Toby Weinstein of Plattsburgh was TUn ­ Wolf, vice·president; M.rs. Eva Aronson Stetson, and Eugene Sovacka were the ner·up with 3Vz. Mrs. Adele R. Belcher of secretary; and Dick Guetl treasurer. Lehigh winners. Jim Gallagher was the sole victor on the Bloomsburg team. Bristol, Vt., former U.S. Women's cham· • • pion competed in the tournament, finish· • • • • ing filth with a score of 2Vz -Ph. The The Experts Candidates' Tournament The Clinton County Challengers' Tour­ event, sponsored by the Plattsburgh e .c . of the Marshall C.C. was won by Roy nament, a double round robin event was directed by John N. Otis. Benedek with 51h -n o!!. SeC

40. Q-K2 •••••••• Meetlng the threat of 40 ...... , R-Q6 ch. r 40...... Q-N4ch There was nothing wrong with 40. I ...... , QxP, as 41. R-R2 does not work for White, but I preferred to give • checks immediately before the adjourn· ment. 41_ Q·N4 R-Q6ch 42. K-B2 R-Q7ch 43. K·N3? My opponent lost patience. A much better chance was 43. K-B3, for 43 ...... , R-B8ch; 44. K-N3, RxR ch; 45. KxR, Q­ B8 would put the black rook on a worse , square than in the actual game; so , Black would have to reconsider his plans. 43...... RxRch 44. Resigns After 44. KxR, Q-B8 there is no satis­ factory defense, as White's queen, rook and king are all too badly placed, e.g. RECOGNIZE HIM? The thoughtful commander of the white forces in the 45. K-B3, Q-B8 ch; 46. K-K3, R·R6 ch; 47. above picture is none other than Dr_ , shown during a recent K-Q4, Q-B7 ch or here 47. K·Q2, Q-Q6 friendly game against visiting Yugoslav grandmaster Dr. Petar Trifunovich. The game was one of several played at the home of Edward Lasker and the ch; 48. K-K1, R·R7; 49. R-K2 and Black spectators include Mrs. Marcel Duchamp and Dr. Fine's 14-year-old son, can enter an easily won pawn ending, Benjamin. even if there is nothing better. DECEMBER, 1962 295 , TOURNAMENT LIFE

J . n". f Y 15 to FeOruery 12 J . nuuy U . nd 27 Feb"".,.,. 16-11 .. 23-14 EAST LANSING C.C. CLASS GLASS CITY OPEN GREATER PHILADELPHIA OPEN TOURNAMENT A 5-round Swiss sponsored by Toledo 8·round Swiss to be held at Mitten A 5-round Swiss, open only to mem­ YMCA Chess Club to be held at Central Hall, Temple Univ., Broad & Montgom­ bers of the E. Lansing e.c., to be held YMCA, 1110 Jefferson Ave., Toledo, ery, Philadelphia, Pa. Entry fee $5 for :It Inn America, 2758 E. Grand Ri ver Oh io. Enlry fee $5 for USCF members. USCF members; women and girls $2. Ave., East Lansini. Mich. Entry fee $2 First place at least $100 plus other Cash prizes, including special women's plus club dues ($1 a week). Trophies for money prizes. Troph ies for Class A, B, pri ze, depending on number of contest­ Classes A, B, C & D plus other awards C, and J un ior. For details: Donald Hild· ants. Entries & inquiries to: Ryum, 1023 depending on number of entr ies. For ing, P. O. Box 6667. Toledo 12, Ohio. E. Hartter St., Philadelphia 50, Pa. details; J erry Lee Goedert, 10001h No rth Feb"".,y '·1 Larch St., Lansing, Mic h. CONNECTICUT AMATEUR OPEN Fe bruny 22·21·24 a·round Swiss sponsored by Conn. USCF EUROPEAN MIDWINTER Jenuery 1,·20 State Chess Assn . to be held at YMCA, FESTIVAL 52 Howe St., New Haven, Conn. Entry NORTH FLORIDA OPEN (13th USCF Rating Tournament) fee $4, juniors under ! 8 $2 plus USCF 6·round Swiss at the Ga rmisch Recrea­ Sponsored by the Florida State Uni­ membershi p. Winner will be recognized versity Chess club, a 5-round Swiss to tion Area Steak House, Garmisch, Ger­ as Connecticut Amateur champion and many. Open to all USCF members. $4.00 be held at Cherokee Holel, corner E. will receive engraved trophy; other Park Ave. & Ca lhou n SIS., Tallahassee, entry fee- HANDICAP system will be prizes for 2nd and 3rd plus class prizes used, with cash prizes for handicap Fla. S50 first prize; $40 second; book &: top unr ated. For details: Roger WiI· scores and point scores dependent upon prizes. E ntry fec for USC '"' & fla. Chess liamson, 50 North St., Guilford, Co nn. number of entries. Speed Tournament Assoc. members: $5. Students in high ($1.00 fee). For infonnation write (via school or college: 52. Registration at Feb ruuy 2·3 Cherokee Hotel, 7 p.m. Jan. lB. First MIDWEST OPEN TEAM CHESS Air Mail) to Tournament Director, Cap­ B, round starts 8 p.m. Details: Dr. R. L. FESTIVAL tain Arthur C. Joy, Company 17th Frocmke, 1516 Argonne Rd. , Tallahas­ 5- round Swiss open to teams of four Signal Battalion, APO 164, New York, N.Y. see, na. (plus one alternate optional) to 00 played at Ohio Union, Oh io State Uni· versity, 1739 North High St., Columbus Febru• ..., 22_24 J.nu.ry 1. . nd 20 10, Ohio. En try fee $8 per team plus in­ FOURTH EL PASO OPEN NEW ORLEANS MIDWINTER SPECIAL dividual USC F membership. Trophy to 6·round Swiss sponsored by Chess A 5 round Swiss sponsored by the winning team, cash pr izes or 20% of Club of EI Paso to be held at Downtown Kew Orleans C.C. and open to all USCF lourney net to top winner on each Hilton Hotel, El Paso, Texas. Entry fee members, to be held at Jung Hotel, Ca· board. For details: Larry R. Paxton, 125 $10; juniors under 18 55 plus USCF nal St., New Orlea ns, La. Entry lee $5. West 10th Ave., Columbus, Ohio. membership. Guaran teed 1st priZe $100, $$ prizes for top three, depending on Feb"".,y , . nd 10 2nd $50, 3rd $25; other prizes and tro­ entries. Details: William J. Waguespack phies in all classes. For details: Hector nI, 6138 Stratford Pl ace, New Orleans, " ROUND UP" TOURNAMENT M. Fabela, 5904 Delta Drive, EI Paso, Sponsored by Chess Friends of No rth­ W . Texas. ern California to be held at the Oakland YMCA, 2101 Telegraph Ave. , Oakland, J.nuuy 25·2'-27 Calif. In two sections: one for money Febru • ..., 21 .nd 24 MEMORIAL prizcs, entry fee 510 plus $2 member­ 3RD ANNUAL RIO GRANDE VALLEY TOURNAMENT ship to Chess Friends, fi rst pr ize at OPEN A 6·round Swiss, In memory of the least Sloo. Second section, entry fee S4 5·round Swiss sponsored by Harlingen late Abe Turner, to be held at the Park­ plus $2 me mbership to Chess Friends, Chcss Club to be played at Cortez Hotel, Sheraton Hotel, 7th Ave. & 55th St., many trophy and book pr izes [or all Highway 83 & Texas Blvd., Wesiaeo, New York City. Details on prize fund classes of players. Tournament Director: Texas. Entry fee (if paid prior to Feb. 15) to be annou nced later ; min. guar anteed . Entries & details: $5. Make checks payable to Har lingen 1st Prize $150. Trophies for class prizes, Mrs. Juanita Eckert, 2216 Davis Drive, Chess Club. Minimum prize lst place, unrated, junior, top woman player. En­ Burli ngame, Calif. $100. All fees in excess of expenses try fee $10 for USCF members; non­ divided as other cash prizes. Also tro­ Feb ruu y n 'l7 phies for 1st Class A, B, C & Unrated. members must pay additional $5 USCF 3RD ANNUAL WESTCHESTER FIESTA dues. First round starts 8:30 p.m. on Entries and inquiries to: K. C. Mowry, 6-round Swiss sponsored by Westches­ 80 1 Sui Ross, Harlingen, Texas. Jan. 25. Players are requested to bring ter Chess Club, to be played at Loyolll clocks. For fuU details write: uscr, 80 Uni versity, 80th SI. and Loyola Blvd ., E. 11th St., New York 3, N.Y. Fetlrulry 23 .114 24 Los Angeles, Calif. Entry fee $10.M GEM CITY OPEN plus USCF membership. Mini mum 1st J . nuuy 2S to MIorch 1 priZe $150 and trophy; 2nd $75; others. 5·round Swiss open to all USCF mem­ bers to be held at Central YMCA, 117 NEW ORLEANS QUALIFYING For details: J oe Kalivada, 6523 Fire­ brand St., Los Angeles 45, Cali(. W. Monument Ave., Dayton, Ohio. Regis­ TOURNAMENT tration begins 10 a. m., Sal., Feb. 23. A 6-round Swiss sponsored by the New Febru. ry I' .nd 17 Entry fee $6. (advance entry fee $4.50 if Orleans C.C. to be held at YWCA, 929 GEORGIA STATE OPEN received by Feb. 20_) Send to : Don Blos­ Gravier St., New Orleans, La. Entry fee 5 round Swiss at Armed Services som, 41 08 Woodbine Ave., Dayton 20, $4; Juniors under 18 sa plus New Or­ YMCA, 14 W. l Ith St., Columbus, Ca. Ohio. !J;50 first prize guaranteed. Cash leans C.C. dues ($12 yr.-ineIudes USCF Register 8 a.m., play starts 9 a.m. Entry prizes for classes &: Junior (under 18) membership). Top 11 players will be fcc $5 plus USCF membership. Guaran­ plus special handicap prizes. Other prizes seeded into round-robin club champion­ teed prizes: lst $50, 2nd $25, 3rd $10. depending on size of entry. Please bring ship. For details: Frank M. RePass Ill, Mail entry or address inquiries to: sets, boards, clocks, and proof of USCF 2420 Adams St., New Orleans, La. George H. Less, Box 5363, Columbus, Ga. membership. 296 CHESS UFE