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Saskatchewan Frank Y'erhorr. 2 to 5 PM. Telephone: LYceum 5-1620. DIstributed natlona.l!y by &nern News. , CHESS REVIEW, DECI:MBER, 1968 353 1 White to move and mate 2 Black to move and mate MERRY CHRISTMATES! Here's a song of sixpence Every has his weak spot. The outlook is not brilliant for your chessic foes today. A pocketful of rye Why should this have none? The score stands 0-0, hut they reaIly have no play, Three and ten. old Black men Now all the blows you strike So on the gloomy cross·hoard foe glum melancholy sits Baked in a pie. at him As it seems hut little like you'll miss on any hits. When the pie is opened, Should soon have this game Your move precedes their turn and calls on you to mate. Then Black begins to bring done. So smite them hip and thigh to send 'em to their fate. To you a convincing way So find the way to overcome And rack up a good score on the old sockdolager slate. To dish up his poor King. And have this old game won. Score 10 right, excellent; 9, good; 8, fair. A plain win is tabu. Only mate is success.

3 White to move and mate 4 Black to move and mate 5 White to move and mate 6 Black to move and mate GH and Bill go up the hill Over the water, on to a mate, After the day is over, Little King Horner To fetch the Black King off. And don't be all at sea! If you snare the rover, You'll have to corner Black falls down and breaks Find the denouement, yes, a Then you have the game. Eating his Xmas pie. his croWll- mate- Beforeyou have a win, though, You put in your thumb Don't you let off that toff! And do it quite cheerily! Be sure you have a mate, oh. And pull him out plumb Find the mate and seal his The mate is there For, in this quiz, you'll have And say fate As you're aware to claim What a good mate have I! Then you'll be doing great. You'll get it fair That you have a mate, oh. Or else you'll go fie! It's mate or a hitch! Or else you are fini! If it's not a mate, no win! Get that King!

7 White to move and mate 8 Black to move and mate 9 White to move and mate 10 Black to move and mate In this setup, you surely can Sing another song of pence All the King's horses and all Can you ken a way to mate? A spritely finish now decree And pocketful 0.£ rye. the King's men Can you see the mate, oh? Which will -the sable monarch Here are still more Black men Can't put old Humpty together Can you see a cleaner slate? b,n But they are baking pie! again. Get all right, mate, oh! Down t.o a sunless sea. When this pie is opened, Not if you go at it right If you can't, then honor Weave a circle round him Then you as Black'lI bring Defy all loss to get a mate! bright, thrice A snappy, ripe denouement, Now be bright and make it To solutions turn yon might And do him in just nice! This one for White's sad King. great! And check your score, right? Make mate your gem! By now, you know our dicta. Get it right! Solutions on 372 page.

354 CHESS REVIEW, DECEMBER, 1968 CHESS Vol. 36, No. 12. REVIEW DECEMBER 196B ,", '''''''' ~lInt .AU"""

INTERNATIONAL

Fischer in At Natanya, Israel. Robert J. Fischer of the United States took first easily with , an 1l~.17'2 tally. Canada's D. A. Yanof. sky and Israel's Miguel Czerniak tied for - • second with 8·5 each. • • • i ; . < Chess in Thule - • -- Mark Taimanov and Yevgeny Vasyukoy - . I I of the Soviet Un ion scored lO Ih·3% each • in a tournament at Reykjavik, Iceland, • 'l(i held in honor of Daniel Willard Fiske, • the scholar who served as a link between - • - the Icelandic and American cultures with • • -. - - particular emphasis on chess. Fridrik - . - Ola£$5on, the Icelandic aee, was a good , third wi th 10·4, and our own Robert , - Byrne, 9.5, fi nished fourth. , Bachmann Wins -

The Northern Open Championship in Scene at Lugano: Aeshavsky and Evans (left) against Petrosyan and Spasaky with Whitby. England, went to K. Bachmann Benko and Geller dimly visible Just beyond, and part of . of West , 9'12.1%. W. S. Browne o( the United States (reportedly soon to become an Austrruian citizen) and D. , and J . Krotki of Edmonlon. Drimer of Roumania scored 9·2 each. There wu a huge turnout of 164 players, UNITED STATES the bulk representing Canada, while Open News from Bulgaria twelve hailed from the United States and one from Scotland. Three international tournaments were The United States Junior Open, held in Cleveland, Ohio, was won jointly by lohn recently held in Bulgaria. In Varna, V. Team Title to Soviet Students Sacharov (Soviet Unio n) was first with Anderson of Mi l wauk~, Wisconsin, and 10% -3*, followed by 1. Flesch (Hun_ In the Group A fi nals of the World Steve Stoyko of Ne'tl'llrk, New Jersey. gary) and 1 Radulov (Bulgaria) 9·5 each. Student Team Championship at Ybbs, Each tallied 7%-1¥2 in a field of 92 The leaders in Balchik were Bulgarians Austria, the West German group produced starters. Michael Cavallo and Thomas O. Neikireh and P . Velikov, with 8·3 and a sensation by tying the Soviet Union Richardson were next with 7-2 each. 7%·3% respectively. S. Bohosillll of Bul. with a 24Y2-11'h game score, although garia won at Burgas with 8·3, while scores falling behind on the controlling match Five Golden KniC)hters of 7·4 were made by R. Marszalek of record. Czechoslovakia, 20%-15*, placed Poland and K. Piskov ()f Bulgarill. third. A rather poor fifth in the ten·team No less 1han five contenders have tied competition was registered by the United lor (irst place in the 1961-2 CHESS REVIEW Canadian Spectacular States with 16-20. Golden Knights Postal O!ess Champion. ship and Tenth United States Open Postal As mentioned in CnEss REVIEW for Glorney Cup Chess Championship. Each has encoun· Octoher, the Canadian Open at Toronto tered all of eighteen opponents and come was dominated by Denmark's Bent Lar. Expanded this year 10 include eight through with an unblemished score. Next sen. who fin ished with a thumping 10%. counlries, the Glorney Cup International in order is for the five 10 "play·off" the ~ Two points behind were O. Popovych J unior Team Tournament was won by tie. The five are Bill Goichberg of Mt. of New York, R. Eberlein and K. Rogoff England with a 31%.1O Y2 game score, Vernon, N. Y., Lionel B. J oy ner of Ed· of Rochester, W. Dobrich li nd D_ Allan half a point ahC3d () f Holland. Scotland monton, Aha., Ference Nusser of Pea rl of Toronto. Fou r players tallied 8-3 each: was third with 23-19, and West Germany Rive r, N. Y., Henry ROlhe of Huntsville, L. Day of Ottawa, B. Amos G. Fuster of fifth with 197'2·22*. Ala., and Norris Weaver of Albany, Cal. CH!SS REV IEW, DECEM BEll, t968 355 Cheery Chess for Christmas! No. 1 S. R. Barrell WhIte to move and w In From this view (see page 355) , Evans and Benko (nearer) are cogitating as Petrosyan and Spaslky relax. Reshevsky and Byrne are nea r ly InvIsible.

REGIONAL and INTERSTATE Speed Championship; and Edward E. Taylor of Baltimore, the problem·solving Gatherin9 of Paladins contest. Finally, tho junior age·group winners were : Ill. Plutzik ; 16, David J. Donald Byrne, 7·1, captured the power. Givens of Crownsville (Md.?); 15, Per· fu l Open Section of the Atlantic Open in mutt; 14, John R. Lerch of Baltimore; on a tiebreak over Law. and 13, David P. Karch of Dundalk. re nee Day, the Canadian Junio r Cham. pion. Bern ard Zuckerman, Nicolas Rosso· Ti9ht Pitchin9 Trim all around the tree! limo and Walter Shipman each scored 6%.%. Nine players fini shed with 6·2: The Ninth Annual Gateway Tourna· No.2 Kopaj ev i\'Iichaei Valvo, Norman S. Weinstein, ment in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, saw White to move and w i n Larry Kaufman, Kenneth Hogoff, Bren· Dr. E. W. Marchand edge Dave Brummer dan Godfrey, Harald Hohenberger, Paul on a tiebreak after eaclt had tallied 4¥.!. BrandIs, Irwin Lipnowski and Denis %. 1. Hulon, Paul Dietz, John Young, Slren%wilk Tile Open Section comprised Ron Standley and A. Keske scored 4-1 186 entran ts. each. There we re 52 contestants.

Returns from Re9ion Six Mid-west Open In the forty. four· player USC F Hegion Scventeen.year.old Randy Mi1ls won the Six Championship, Curt Brasket emerged Lwenty.six·player Mid·west Open at with 4'n·lh to win on a tiebreak over Mil· Lincoln, Nebraska. with a clear first of Ion Otteson. Scores of 4·1 were made by 4%.%. Half a point behind were J ohn Stephan Popel, Laszlo Ficsor, Ronald Tomas, CHESS REVIEW correspondent Jack Santa saYt\: is position. Elmquist, George Tiers and J ohn Asselin. Spence and Ron Pease. No. 3 Relno L.Ju ngman White to move and w In At Bay Far West Jottin9 In the Bay Region Chess Congress In the Pacific Open, attended by 30 (whose at bay?-why the peak of chess's Illayers, Ga ry Holmquist was successlul certainly), Russel Chauvenet of Wash. with a clear first of 51h·lh, followed by ington. D. c., took the ehampionsiJip divi. a trio with 5·1: David Groenig, Peler sian; Robert S. Raven of Catonsville, Biyiasas and Steve Loyland. The tourney Md., the candidates; Dr. William R. was staged at the Seattle . Bundick of Towson, Md., Class A; Dr. Herbert Nagin of Falls Church, Va., CALIFORNIA Class B; Michael J. Ladzinski of Dun· dalk, Md., Class Cj and Thomas J. In the sevent y.o ne·player California Permutt of Baltimore, Class D. Lady co. Open, T. Weinberger, G. Ramirez and J. champions were Janice Greene of Bronx, Blackstone, each 6· 1, placed first, second Silence ! N. Y., and Linda N. Winston of Balti· and third resllcctil'ely on tiebreaks. A. Solutions on pag e 375 more. Alan Plutzik of Annapolis won the ~piller, 5%·1 'n, look fourth. 356 CHESS REVIEW, DECEMBE R, t 968 MAINE Minnesota. The twelve-player Tournament of Champions at the St. Paul YMCA was Smnley Elowitch, 41h~%, bagged titular won by Milton Otteson with a 5-1 show. honors in this state when he outscored ing, followed by Curt Brasket, 4112·10/2. Roger Morin and Hiram Vinning in a Stephan Popel and John Asselin each fourteen.player setto. scored 4-2. In the Northern Open, also held at the MINNESOTA St. Paul YMCA, the veteran Dr. Giles A. The state's junior championship was Koelsche was pre-eminent wit'h 6·1. Next were Edwin Gault and Keith Smith witll Chivalrous credited to Robert T. Perri. who com­ piled 6·1 in a total of four regular and 5112-1% each. Thirty-five players attended. three play.off rounds. John Asselin, also Bracketed with Charles Alden Jerome Gardee Votre Dame 6-1, was relegated to second on a tiehreak. Nolte and Sheldon Gelbart at' 4% ·1;2, Stephan Popel gained first place on a Solkoff tiebreak in the forty-nine-player NEW YORK Aquatennial Open in . B. B. Johnson, 6ljz.2Yz, topped a twenty. New lersc)'. The Jersey City Y Ollen was four.man tourney for the state title. ahead won by E. Allen when his 4112-% dead­ of a quintet with 6·3: John i\Jey~r, Wil· lock with E. i'lIcCormick was resolved by liam Coichherg, i\fatthew Kalfein, George a tiebreak. Third in the thirty.one.man i\Iauer, Jr., and Les Leder. race was J. Gwyn, 4-1. In the New York State Open, Walter Buehl was first with 5-1 and a thin tie­ Tennessee. Davis Burris won the Third break edge over George Olle and Robert Knoxville Open with an unbeatahle 5·0. Simpson. Olte was rllnnerup on a tie­ Considerably outdistanced in the sixteen. break. player tourney were Bill Irwin and Larry The Susquehanna Cup contest for the Ousley, each 3%-11h- state team championship went to Schenec­ If' The Seattle Open, att ended tady with a 3-0 match record. Kingston, ashillgtoll. by 54 players, was won by Rick Ganong 2-1, was second. with a clear first of 5%-1;2. Second and third went to Terry Nelson and G. J. OHIO Van Deene respectively as a result of a median tiehreak of their 5-1 score. Jim Harkins annexed the Ohio Cham­ Read The New York Times The Western ",Vashington Open went pionship with an undisputed first of 6%. chess column. Written impressively to Peter Biyiasas with 7-0, %, followed by Charles Koplik with a three times a week by noted foll owed by Alan LaVergne, 6-1 , and dear second of 6·1. Next, in the sixty­ chess authority Al Horo­ five_player competition, were Michael Peter O'Gorman, 5%·Pk Thirty.nine witz, The New York Times Cavallo and George Kellner, eaeh players took part. 512-1%. chess column shows you Harkins gain ed custody of the handsome At the Walla Walla Valley Open, at­ how leading amateurs and Ohio Trophy, on whieh his name is now tended by 22 players, Pat Herbers won experts win exciting tour­ inscribed twice. five consecutive rounds. B. E. Thurston, 4%.% was runnerup. naments. FromMoscowtoBrooklyn, OREGON The twelve· player Seattle High School Open was won by Digne deLenea of Gar. The New York Times chess The round robin for the Oregon Cham_ field High School with a 4%.% record, column covers the play of llionship was swept by Ivan; Dalbergs, one point hetter than Jack Anderson of the masters so you can 7-0. Tied for second and third were Clark i\ft. Rainier High School. follow their games with Harmon alld Rick Ganong, 5%-1% each. ease. 1969 for $5.80 Every facet of chess is there. VIRGINIA The psychological passes, Contents: Opening Systems for the Ama­ the overlooked , the tuer and the Expert; I nstruction Section In the Virginia Open, which attracted passed that won the players, Frank Street notched an out_ to make you an Expert; Opening Section 103 game. And vital explana­ standing Runnerull was Harvey based on translation of theoretic al arti. 7%-%. tion of the most important Mnrston, 7-1. The event was sponsored by cles from Shakhmatny Bulletin supple­ mented from other sources to give com· chess moves the world the Virginia Chess Federation and held plete opening coverage; Seldom Played over. in Alexandria. Opening Section devoted to ; Chess players read The Middlegame Section; Annotated Game New York Times as well to LOCAL EVENTS Section; Unannotated Game Section sur. keep up on world affairs, veying tournaments round by round; Jude Acers hagged the lorty. Alabama. Special Reports and Analysis Section by entertainment, business, player North Alabama Open with a 4%. U. S. authors; Endgame Section; Ac­ politics, sports. Yz tally, in front of Milan Momie, Mike cumulative I ndex by variations for tile Just about everything Day, Marty Appleherry and Charles Tournament and Postal Players. A COM­ moving at your finger­ Irvine. PLETE MAGAZINE FOR ALL CLASSES is OF PLAYERS FROM AMATEUR TO tips in California. 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CHESS REVIEW, DECEMBER, 1968 357 CANADA ragainst the invasion] until the end." "This is the only way," he writes, "to TOURNAMENT CALENDAR Ontario save my destroyed and tortured soul." He (Concluded from page 353.) Z. Vranesic pocketed the forty.six.player co ncludcs by cxpressing his "best wishes New York - January 17 to 19 to all American chess players." Ontario Open with a 5Yz.% tally. There Niagara Falls Open at Parkway Inn, was a 5·1 tie for second by Geza Fuster, 4()1 Buffalo AI', Niagara Falls. NY: 5 Paul Selick and R. Shurig. Finland Rd SS: register by 8 PM, Jan 17: EF $10 In the Finnish ChampionslJip, L. (under 21, SB) + USCF dues: $5 1st Quebec Westerinen romped away with 13%.1%, 3200, 2d $50, top A $50, B 540, C $30, miles ahead of Kanko and K. S. Ojanen, & D, E & Unrated $30: Adv EF $1 less In the Quebec Open, Camille Coudari each 9%.5%. till Dec 17 (checks to "Niagara Falls excelled with 51;'2-%, half a point ahead Open"); EF or inquiry to F Pena, IB18 of a sextet who tied for the runner-up Great Britain Niagara Av, Niagara Falls, New York position: Dennis Allen, Colin Aykroyd, 14305. A. Michaely, Peter Murray, I. Stankovic The British Championship was won and Leslie Witt. There was a large turn. again by Dr. J. Penrose, the perennial Connecticut - January 25 out of 94. titleholder, with an B%.2% score. R. D. Hartford Speed Chess at YMCA, 315 Keene and W. R. Hartston tied for second Pearl St, Hartford, Conn: 5 Rd SS; 45 LATIN AMERICA with 7%.3% each. minutes/game: play starts 9 AM: EF $3 (Sl less in advance) : SS per EFs: EFs & Argentina Norway inquiries to F Townsend, 10 Bermuda Rd, At , a strong round robin Guldbrandsen, 8·3, took the national Wethersfield, Conn 06109. was won by Oscar Panno with 9-2, fol­ title at Oslo, followed by Poulson, 7%.3%. New Jersey _ January 25 lowed by the veteran with lersey City Y Open at Jersey City 8Yz-2Yz. A relatively poor showing was Singapore made by Hector Rosetto and Samuel YMCA, 654 Bergen Av, Jersey City, N J: Schweber, each 6%.4V2. In the annual City vs. Univcrsity match, 5 Rd SS: 30 moves/3D minutes; starts 10 the former was victorious 'by 29%-2412. AM sharp: EF $4 till Jan 17 (+ $1 later) (S3 for club members): 88 825, 15 & 10; FOREIGN Soviet Union trophy for top Hudson County high school student not receiving $S: adv EFs (check Czechoslovakia World champion and to Paul Helbig) & inquiries to Jersey City tied at 10%.4% in the L Kavalek won the national champion­ YMCA Chess Club, address above + :Moscow Championship, and reportedly ship with 15 points. Tied for second were 07304. will engage in a six-game playoff. Hort and Smejkal, each with 14. Indiana - January 25 & 26 has published a poignant Sweden letter from the Czech Ludek 1st Mid Central Open at Midwest Chess Center, 415% S Main St, Elkhart, In· Pachman bitterly protesting the Russian New Swedish titleholder is B. Jansson, diana: % Rd 55, open to all classes; 45 occupation of his homeland and announc. 10lyS-4%. G. Brostrom, Z. Nilsson and A. moves/2 hours, 25/hour after: EF $11 mg his intention to "continue the fight Olsson scored 10-5 each. (students & under 18 SB) + USCF dues; Relaxing in his hotcl room after a hard mail 5 days before tourney or pay no later READERS' FORUM game in the Capablanca :Memorial, than 8:30 AM day of play: 5S 1st S100 guaranteed; other 55 per EFs; plaques Bot·linked was heard to exclaim: RAUL PEEKS! Legend has it that Raul for A, B, C, D & Junior: other Mid-Cen­ To fill Mr. Callum's request for an also happened to REEK A-PLUS. tral Opens alternate months; 2d ~Iarch anagram using Mikhail Botvinnik was no Back in Hungary, PAL BENKO had 29 & 30: inquiries to T Pehnec, 1124 cinch. (I wonder how many of your read_ quite a reputation as a swinger. Little Grant St, Elkhart, Indiana 46514. ers tried it.) However, after several days wonder, he was known to his friends Pennsylvania _ January 25 & 26 of intense thought . . . well . . . here back there as POLKA BEN. It is also Liberty Bell Open at Wanvick Hotel, 17 goes: known that, after many a bull session, he & Locust, Philadelphia, Pa. 5 Rd SSt 48 For centuries the protectorate of looked like a PALE KNOB. moves/2 hours: EF S8 (under 18, S5) or Baluchistan was ruled by khans whose Off to visit his new girl friend, Brenda 10 (& 6 after Jan 19: register latest 8 AM hobby (passed from father to son) was Taylor, ROBERT FISCHER stopped to Jan 25: 5S 1st guaranteed $100. others limbo dancing. As a result, the subjects buy CHERRIES FOR B. T. per EFs; trophies 1-3 and 1st A, B, C, D, soon began to call their rulers Limbo The late GIDEON STAHLBERG was Unrated, Junior & Woman: inquiries (incl K'hans. On the death of Limbo Khan VI, a lifelong enemy of undenl'orld bigwig sleeping rooms) & Ad ... EFs to Lester his young son succeeded. The boy's gov­ Tiger Slob. 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360 CHHS REVIEW, DECEMBER , 19GB From the "Amenities and Background of Chess-Play" by Ewart Napier

The Incomparable Twins First Ga me 23 . .. Q- D5 before the Rook move is better. When Pillsbury reach ed America a fter St. Pete rsburg, 1896 25 Q_ B5 Q_ B5 the 1896 Quadrangular event a t St. Pe· QUEE N'S GAM BIT DEC li NED 23 R-Q2 R- B5 24 KR-Q1 R-B6 26 K - N 2 •. .. ter sburg, where he failed against Stein· P illsbury Dr. L

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C HES S REVIEW, DECEM BER, 1968 361 An outstanding recent game, annotated by SVETOZAR GLIGORICH by an outstanding Grandmaster.

BELATED REWARD After 7 ... N-B3, such an idea. does not work ertlclenUy as, atter 8 P--QR3, Y OUR COMMENTATOR does not remember well (as usual)-was B-R4 9 PxQP, KPxP 10 PXP, BxN 11 it Lasker or Capablanca, or someone else? Still. there was some· PxB, B-N5, White opens a. diagonal olle who kept a move secret for some eleven (or twenty.one?) years favOl'ab ly with 12 P-B4. After 7 ... QN--Q2, however, matters till an opponent who had won previously in a variation of the Queen's are Quite dl!!el'ellt on that score: 8 Gambit Declined came up again with the same variation. Then OUl' P- QR3, B- R4 9 PxQP, KPxP 10 PxP, BxN someone disclosed his improvement and WOIl the game 'in revenge. 11 PxD, NxP or 10 ... NxP 11 P-QN4, * NxD 12 QxN, B-N3 13 P-R3, B- K3 That was patience; that was reward ! (GrlgGl'jau-Maslov, USSR 1967) WlUl an We no longer live in such heroic 'times as this commentator can easy delense.

attest from personal experience. In the eighth game of the Tnhl­ 8 PxQP Gligorich match in Belgrade, Tahl thought fo r fifteen minutes on his - . -. seventh move in a slandard position in the Nimzo-Indian Defense_ White has this Idea in mind. He can just as well play 8 P-QR3, B-R4, and Did the magician from Riga feel something suspicious in the air? He then the text. But he hopes that Black had his well prepared line, felt safe with it in the second and fourth by the Gther order ot mGves may choooe games of the sa me match and even used it again later (in his next something else than the retreat ... B-R4. Then WhIte Is able to retain his theoreti· match wi th Korchnoy) _ But here, even though he had the lead fo r cal novelty for some other Gpportunlty. the first time, Taltl suddenly changed his mind and played something The poSition oHers many possibilities. else. something, in fact, which he knew less well. and It Is a complicated task for White to Your commentator was disappointed_ During a rest period of choose the most adequate plan. IC White ignores tile tension in the two days and with hard thinking, he had at last fOlUld the "stone of celltel' and simply develops, Black can do wisdom_" But the 0Ppo11unity to display the "sensational weapon" likewise and equalize easily: 8 Q-K2, was denied. For the match was soon over. V- QRa 9 P-QR3. B- Rl 10 R-Ql, PxBP 11 Dx.DP, P-QN4 12 B-RZ [01' 12 B-Q3, B-N2 There were two more 'international competitions, but that posi· 13 1'-K4, PxP 14 NxQP, Q-B2 15 B- N5, tion did not appea l' on the board. Then it appeared but only in th e D- N3 16 B- B2, QR-Bl 17 QR-BI, P-R3 national club championship many months later. What to do, hide the 18 D- K3, N-K4 wiUI tile better game for D/ack (RGdrlguez-Polugayevsky, Havana. "V bomb"? 1967)], PxP 13 PxP, BxN 14 PxB, B- N2 The momen't was not a great one. But neither are our times. 15 P-QR4, Q-B2! (Spassky-Kol'chnoy, So the treasUl'ed move was disclosed. Here is the game. Spartaldada, USSR 1967). In tile above line, 10 PxQP, KPxP 11 Pula 1968 7 . • • • QN-Q2 B- Q2 Is less consistent: 11 . _ • PxP! 12 KNxP, B-N3 13 Q- Ql [ Ule symptomatic NI MZO_ I N DI AN D EFENSE Here is one of the most IIp· to-date lines step backl, N-K·t 14 B-K2, N-B3, and so Svetozar Gtigor ich Mato Damjanovieh in the popular Nimzo-Indlan. The text represents Black's best way to maintain 011 by other ordel' of moves (7UI Resh­ White Black tension in the center. His Queen Knight evsky- Korchnoy match game, Amster­ dam 1968). 1 P_Q4 N-KB3 4 P-K3 P-B4 supports his King KnIght (In the absence 2 P_QB4 P-K3 5 B- Q3 0-0 of his King Bishop for derense of the After 8 P-QR3, B-R-4 9 Q--K2, P-QR3, 3 N-QB3 B-N5 6 N- 83 P-Q4 Kingside) and the Queen Bishop Pawn It is pGS slble to prevent ... P-QN4 by 70-0 • • • • at the same time. RefrainIng from ex· 10 P-QIU. But the continuation, 10 •.. changes, he leaves White's Queen Bishop Q-K2 [another useful move for Black) without an open diagonal- tli e natural P­ offe rs Black free playas in 11 B-Q2 [or QN3 and B-N2 is impossible-and hGpes 11 N-K5, R-Ql 12 R-Ql, B-B2 13 NxN, to fi nish his development mGl'e quickly. DxN 14 P-QN3, PxBP 15 B:.:BP, PxP 16 PxP, Q-Q3 WiUl Black Ule better (Libel'­ son- Polugayevsky, Tims 1967»), B-82 12 • Commentator GUgorich doubtless I'('feu \0 the 1'iIlsbury-L:tsker games of 51. Peters ­ PxQP, KPxP 13 KR- Kl, Q-Q3 14 P-KN3, bun; IS9 G and Cambridge Spring, 1 90 ~ . R- Kl (Bllek-Smyslov, Moscow 1967 ). gl\'cn In "Pillsbury's Chen Cnroxor" b>' SCl"1Ocant and Walts (pages H and lei). It we lonG\\' the present cycle of think­ Wl1llam E. Napicr lold the ~Ior)' wIth IlpJ)ro­ ing, we call conclude that, after S P-QR3, prlate hcrolsm in his "~\mcnltle, and D..,ck. D- 114, White's Queen belongs oa B2 sup­ KTound Of Chess-play." reproduced now a. porting the Queen Knight. For then 9 " propos on page SGl. :\Ioreovcr. the Inter ll'llme is included In "Tho GOlden Trea$ur>' ... p--Qn3 Is [utile because of 10 P-QN3 ot Chess" (page 150).-Ed. and 11 D-N2 which solve White's main 362 CHESS REVIEW, DECEMBER, 1968 problem on the Queenside. So, on 9 Q-B2, The previous notes have given a broad 17 B-87 • • • • Black must go for simplification: 9 ... review of White's not quite successful at­ Since the Bishop will have to move PxQP 10 KPxP, PxP 11 BxBP, BxN. Un· tempts to make something of the open­ from this "post," 17 B-KB4 is even fortunately for White, this method suf· ing. And here even the strategy with the better. fices since ·White's Queen now becomes PlIlsbury formation after 10 N- K5 does 17 . . • . exposed: 12 P.li:B [12 QxB, P-QN3 13 not offer very much because of 10 ... Q-K2 18 P-KR3 B-B4! B-N2 14 Q-Q3 liardly gives White PxP 11 PxP, BxN! 12 PxB, Q-B2! 13 • • • • a minimal advantage (4UI GJigorich- Tahl NxN, BxN 1-1 Q-B2, KR-K1 15 P-B3, White can afford to wait as Black can match game, Belgrade 1968)], P-QN3! P- KR3 Drawn (Donner- Korchnoy, Bevel" accomplish nothing in particular. 14 [12 ... Q-B2 13 B-Q3, P- QN3 14 R-Kl, wijk 1968). N- K5, NxN merely diminishes the num­ B-N2 is less precise, and White stands ber of pieces with no material gain. 10 P-QN4! • • • • better after 15 N-K5! KR- Bl 16 P- QB4, 18 . • . . R-B3 During his match Witil Talll in Bel· 19 B-KB4 .... N-B117 Q-Q2, N-K118 B-N2 (GJigorich­ grade, this commentator was quite puz· Barcza, 1967)] 13 R-Kl, B-N2 14 N-K5, zled that the apparently awkward aud un· The threat was 19 ... N-B4. R-Bl 15 B- Q3, NxN 16 RxN, Q- B2 17 natural position of Black's Queen Knight 19 • . • • P-R3 P-QB·J, Q-B3 ! and now Black stands solved all Black's problems so success­ 20 RxR PxR very well (2d Gligolich-Talll match fully. Too late, he came to the conclusion 21 R-QB1 Q-K3 game, Belgrade 1968). that the gambit'style P- QN4 must be the On 21 ... P-B4, Black is pinned dowlI One may note here that, on 8 P-QR3, only ambitious reply to refllte Talll's line. on his diagonal, QR6-K2; and 21 ... Ule reply, 8 ... PxQP, gives White the advantage by dint or 9 NxP/5! After Cuellar-Larsen (Sousse 1967) in P-QR4 is met advantageously by 22 RxP, '1'0 return, however, to the regular line which 9 B- Q2, R- Kl was played, it was P-R5 23 Q- B2, B-N2 24 B-Q6. and ·Whlte's main problem on 8 P-QR3, suggested that 10 P-QR3, B- R4 11 22 Q_B2 .... B-R4, the solution may lie In the simple P-QN4, PxNP 12 N-QN5, PxP 13 BxB, White threatens 23 B-B5 and 24 QxP. 9 B- Q2, PxQP 10 KPxP, PxP 11 BxBP, QxB 14 RxP, Q-N3 15 Q- B2 might be Black maltes the most J.)ractical retort. good; but there is the answer that BJach: P- QR3 12 P-QR4, But, even then, 12 ... 22 . . . • N-K5 P-QN3 13 Q- K2, B- N2 14 Kn-Q1, R-Kl has Ule more precise 9 .. . P-QR3, is possible (Gligorich-Averbakll, Titovo avoiding that line. Uzlce 1966). 10. • . . PxNP The text is more or less forced. 10 ... PxQP 11 PxP, B-B2 12 B-KN5, N-N3 13 N-K5 favors White strongly.

11 N-QN5 • • • • White counts on many factors to com· pensate for the Pawn: firm center, open Queenside files, activity for all his pieces, much bettet· development and the weak Black Pawns. 11 . . . . P-QR3 Though Black's Queen Knight obstructs 23 BxN ...• its colleagues, there is no tillle for ... On 23 QxP, QXQ 24 RxQ, QN- B3, N- NL For then White has 12 PxP and Black's piece position becomes consoli­ 8 . • . . KPxP recaptures a Pawn favorably. dated. 9 P-QR3 • • • • 12 Q-N3! PxP 23, .•. PxB Unless Black maintains his extra Pawn, An alternative here is 9 B-Q2, R-Kl 10 Or 23 ••• QxB 24 QxP! P-QR3 [or 10 R-Bl, P-QR3 11 P- QN3 he has nothing for which to hope; and with chances for both sides (Panno-Gli· W hite's Knight is tabu: 12 ... PxN 13 24 N-Q2 P-QR4 gorich, Buenos Aires 1955)], BxN 11 BxB. PxP, and White recaptures a piece while Here Black counts, incorrectly, on his P- B5 12 B- K2, N-K5 13 B-Kl, N- N3 14 leaving Black's Queenside in shreds. . 24 ... N-B3 25 B-K5 of course is unattractive. But 24 ... P-KB4 P-QN3, B-N5 (Bronstein-Gligorich, Bel­ 13 N-Q6 8-B2 offers better resistance. grade 1954 ). 14 Q8xP .... 25 NxP B-R3 Also, White has beaten about the bush On 14 NxB, ·White merely diminishes with ihe last cry in 9 Q-N3, N-N3 10 his developed strength. Black has no time for 25 ... P-R5 ill view of 26 N-Q6, P- R6 27 QxP. N-K2 [or 10 N-QN5, P-QR3 11 PxP, BxP 14 . • . . BxN 12 QN- Q·I, N- K5 13 P-QR

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CHES~ REVIEW, DECEMBER, 1968 363 A VISIT BY FISCHER Recounted by Dr. PETAR TRIFUNOVICH

The Invitation As must be known by now, Rohert J. - Fischer took first place in a tournament at Natanya, Israel. One might say "Of course, for the tour­ nament was not major in its international ranking lind Fischer had no opponent of his own class. But his success ought not to be under_estimated. For it must be kept in mind that it is not easy continually to take absolute first in tournaments, even in comparatively minor ones. That Fischer does so is one more proof of his ambi­ tion, combativeness and skill in constantly maintaining himself in go od chess form. Shortly after that tournament, Fischer suddenly appeared in Athens. He was the guest of the Greek Chess Federation which had invited him to undertake a handicap match wi th clocks against the best players in Athens.

Fischer's Performance This commentator had never thought to be discussing a production like a handi· As observed by Colonel Constantine Aslanidis, the Secretary for Sports in t he Greek cap e:-; hibition. BUl Fischer's perform. government, master By>:antiadis ( left) has a very promising game. The Secretary .!nce is worthy of mention. His attitude. may welt be expecting a surprising upset. At the next table, the Ame rican grand- the importance which he gives to the e:-;· master studies his White pieces aga inst opponent Trikaliot is. hibition, hi s style and manner of play, all is so different from that of other chess professionals.* especially Anaslasopoulos who lold the chair, certainly not through the openings First of all. he refused to play more narrator: "If I had White, I'd beat wi th all the players and the clocks on the than five boards, though everywhere a Fischer," for he counts heavily on White march.) handicap match with clocks is customarily even against such a great in chess as So now it was clear why Fischer would on at least eight boards. This limit has Fischer. play only fiYe boards. He intended to con_ to make for an easier exhibition. But, Other gralldmasters enter a handicap duct five tournament games and to achieve though m Oil}' aspired to meet him, Fischer match as an e:-;h ibition in the popular a victory of 5-D! To take on a handicap continued to refuse. When asked for the sense, as an encouragement of chess play. in such style and with such amhition is reason, he unswered that he did not wish And ther are lIOt so anxious about the not easy. to h~!colllc ol"erlired. And this commen­ result, not regarding O IlC defeat as any Nor did Fischer give any thought to t ator was astonished: how could a fell' catastrophe which might diminish their honoring anyone with a . Perhaps, more ho~rds he so tiring? But, as }llay chess authoritath'eness. They play some· Byzantiadis, his guide in Greece, expected proceeded, Fischer's reason became under· whal superficially and quickly, trusting something of the sort; but he didn't live standable. to their great knowledge of the opening~ to see that moment. Fischer regarded the exhihition as seri­ and their positional "feeling." And they Of ously as he might an actual tournament. resort to e:-; act calculation only for ac· course, the fightin g became much He sought for a perfect score, fought for tual combinations, usually also winding more interesting in this way. Fischer every advantage, even the least trifle. up the game quickly when required to faced the strongest masters: Byzantiadis, Anastoscpoulos, Ornitopoulos, Kokkoris On fiv e boards, either the e:-;hibitor or com bine. So the)' play readily and quickly and Trikaliotis. Only 5iapers, the master his opponents must have the odd White and are hardly fatigued by ten or tweh'e from Thessaly who won thc qualification game. Fischer fought for that, and it boards. tournament for the Olympic team, was came down to drawing for it by loIs. T he In the Fiseher exhibition, all appeared nllSSltlg. opponents were greatly disappointed, ot herwise. EI'ery hoard soon presented 0.1\ th e ~a rmarks of a verit able tourna· Fischer intended to beat them all; but • It was l' elll(l,)"I(e~ by many that Bent ment game. On eye ry one was an openin g Trikaliotis escaped wi th a draw. The re­ LUl'sen on his )"oeont oxhibition tour here styled on the latest fashion and practice. sull was cxcellcnt, but it must not be for­ s howed compar ntively littlo cOne"'I"n over losing [I, fe\\' games. played rn\her fo)" fUn In ~\'ery game, Fischer tried always for go tten that it was achieved with a small and excitement than fOl" precision. seore­ the best and strongest move. At each number of boards. Fischer's "tournament swelling lactics. ~[osl American exhibitors board, he had a chair ready lest he style" was proved uneeonomicuI: he lIeed · t l")·. indeed. to umass a. conVincing score. Bnt F isehCl' is SlICh an absolute idea.list. shoul d need deep thought- and he often ed too ltluch time and energy always to that he resents anything. anythh:g at ull did. (This commentator, like other e:-;­ find the very strongest move. So the which might deu·D.Ct from the topmost quality of his play.-Ed. hibitors, has never had time to use the gallles did sh ape up like tournament 364 CHESS REVIEW , DECEMBER , 1968 games but left the impression that Fischer cannot play five good tournament games simultaneously. In each game, something important eluded him. If llis opponents had been more ready for combat, they might have reversed the result. For he gave them chances. The point may be seen in these games. QUEEN'S GAMBIT DECLINED Byzantiadis Fischer White Black 1 P_Q4 N-KBS S N-KBS P-Q4 2 P-QB4 P-KS 4 N-B3 P-B4 5 B_N5 • • • • It is naive to expect to surprise Fischer in the opening. 5 . • . • PxQP 8 N-Q5 B-K2 ) I . 6 KNxP P-K4 9 BxN a,a 7 N_B3 P-Q5 10 P-KN3! • • • • Here, however, is a new move and a better one than the theoretical 10 P-K4, - PXP e.p. 11 QNxP, QxQt 12 Rx.Q, P-K5! 13 N- Q4, N-B3! which favors Black. So the Greek guide did really surprise his , . American guest. , 10 . • . . N-B3 11 N-Q2 • • • • Christos Kokkoris, only an ensign in the Greek navy, is called Admiral Kokkoris White prevents 11 . . P- K5! by chess friends. He meets Robert J. Fischer as a veritable Boreas, but his ship goes 11 . . • . B-N4 down after a fiery fight. In the corner, Anastasopoulos, three time Greek Champion, 12 B_N2 • • • • is discussing a Ruy L.opez in his game with R. J, Fischer, Here White fears 12 ... Q- R4; but, on 13 P-QRa, he stands better. 29 • • • . 12 . , . . 0-0 This sacrifice is unsound, and now 13 0-0 K-Rl Dlack ought to lose. 29 ... BxN 30 NxB, An immedla.te 13 • • • P- B4 is feasible. RxR 31 R.'lR, R-Ql is correct. 14 Q_B2 P_B4 30 NxR R,N 15 P-B4! • • • • 31 Q-BS P-KR3 White must not wait on ... P- K5. 32 P-N4 • • • • 15 • . • • B-R3 White finds himself in terrible Ume 16 QR-Ql PxP pressure and sees nothing more. He can On 16 ... P-K5, White now has N-N3. force a pOsition with excellent winning 17 PxP P_KN3 cllances by 32 N-B3! QxBP 33 QxQ, Black prepares ... B- N2 to reinforce DxQ 34 BxN, PxB 35 R-Q8. the defense of the Queen Pawn. 32 . . . . Q-N6 35 R-Qa K-R2! 18 N-N3 B_N2 21 R_B2 R-QNl 33 P-N5 N_R4 36 RxR?? QxRt 14 PxPI? • • • • 19 P-K3 PxP 22 N-Q5 Q-R5 34 N-K7 B_B2 Resigns This may be a home-brewed polson, 20 NxP Q-B3 23 Q-Q3 B-K3 White might actually 'have won. but it could be that the brewer dies from 24 Q-N3 Q_Ql it. Yet, what else can White do, 1! he The correct 24 ... QxQ gives equality. intends to force a win? Atter 14 N-Q4, RUY L.OPEZ P-QN4, he can say "adios" to the win. 25 R/~2 B-N1 Fischer Anastasopoulos 26 Q_B2 R-Kl 14 • . . . PxN 3 B-NS P-QRS 27 N_BS! .... 1 P-K4 P-K4 15 RxP N_K2! 2 N-KB3 N-QBS 4 BxN QPxB The Knight joins in just In time. Black White's Knights are very unpleasant. 50- 0 .... The tlu'eat is 28 NxP, RxN 29 N- N4. intends 16 ... N-B3 after whIch every· Who knows how many pOints Fischer thing is defended. 27 . . . . Q-R4 has amassed with this simple variation. 16 R-Rat K-N2 28 N-Q7 RjN_Ql This commentator remembers that 29 N/7-B6 .... 17 R-R7t K-N1 Fischer won successively from Gllgorich, 18 N-Q5 • • • • Portisch and Jimenez in Havana 1966. White has found nothing better. y" Everyone fears FIscher. the text ought to lose. S • • • . P-B3 p,p 18 • , . . N,N 6 P-Q4 19 PxN 7 NxP P-QB4 • • • • (Concluded on page 367) Here Portlsch played 7 .•. N-K2! 8 N-N3 QxQ 11 B-K3 P-QN3 9 RxQ B-Q2 12 N-B3 B-Q3 10 P-QR4 0-0-0 13 P-R5 ...• The text looks like a Herculean move. 13 • • . . P-B5! But, it Gilgorich, Portlsch and Jimenez were afraid, the "doctor" here goes t = check; t = db!. check; I = dill. ch. bravely forward. CHESS REVIEW, DECEMBER, 1968 365 CHESS OlY lAD INTERNATIONAL TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP at Lugano, Switzerland 1968

PART I Soviet Union began the Finals with its Claus sen 3% or 5; Hamann 3% of 6; fat ,j ·O score fr om ilavi ng defeated the Holm 3 of 5; Petersen and Norby one The Preliminary Round P h ilippines in its p r elim section, The draw each, that is, %.%, for Denmark. procedure was all above· board In that F or the USA, in the absence of F ischer, In time·honored, and rather effective the teams k n e,,; of it before play began Resheysky held down 1st board for 2 custom, the teams for the prellms are !n the prelims, ou t of 3 points; Evans, 2d boar d, 2 of 4; sor ted basically on their sta ndings in Benko, 3d boar d, 1% or 4; Robert Byrne the most recent Olympiads. T h us, the Prelimina ry Section 1 3 % of 4; Lombardy 4 ot 5 ; and Donald Soviet Union tool;: no. 1 position in Pre­ , 2 , , , , , , Byr ne, filling in as second alternate, 3 liminary Section 1; the United States, , Soviet Un ion , , 3~ 4 'I , , 4 of 4. in Prelim 2, etc. There obviously were , Philippines 0 , 2~ 11 3& 3 ~4 , T h e Mongolians who have climbed to , England 4 " sOllie modifications this year. But, gen­ ~ H x , 31 31 4 " a th r eatening stance in the Olympiad 4 Js r a~ 1 0 21 2 , , , , 4 1 8~ erall y speaking, the 110. 2 position in , , " Pre lims, scored well on th e first two , Italy • •, , , , , 101 Prelim i would be filled by the no. 8 , Port ug al 0 • l , , , , , 10 boar ds: UIteman 4 ot 6; Myagmarsur en team in sLnndlngs in the 1966 Olympiad; 7 M ~)(ico , 0 0 "0 , , , 2j 'I likewise; Lkbagva had 2% of 6, and 8 Cyprus 0 , , , Rnd Ille ninth 1966 team would take no. 0 0 0 'I ZorIgt 2% of of 5. Badamgarao lost his 2 position in Prelim 6, etc. with the 15t h In Section 1, the USSR scored 27 game" one game. And P urevjav did not play, team of 1966 taking no. asy 3'h of 5; Allan , Hung~ r )' 1l , , 2l H 21 113 , , 1 ~ 3 21' 2n· 241 '"51 h , Rouma nia 1 , l , H2 H 21213 , , 21 2l 26 · 26 '-' 3lA, of 5: Day 2 of ,I: and Schu lillann ; Un it ed States , 1 2 ~ 2 ~ )( , , , 1~112~4 , 29~.22~ 41h won his one game, , Argent ina 21 11112 , , ' I' 21 21 ~ l 'I'" 26 ·26 '·S Holland fell back by losing to Canada , Yugoslavia llH2 ~ 2i2 'I , 2.\ l 3 , 2~ 4 2j ·21 , Poland 'I 0 , 1~ 1 , 1l , , 'I' , 2l 31 "23 ·28 11t'" h bllt scored as follows: Donner ·1 of ti on , Germany , 1~ , 9.10 ,. 1l ' , ,H 2! 1 2; 2 1j 241·271 board 1; Ree 2% of 5; Lange\\'eg 3% of 10 Denmark , 0 21 11 1 2 ~ "lJ )( , 2'1" 2£ 1 21 12th 5; Bouwmeester 3% of 5; Kuj pers 3 of W, Germany , , 2j , 11 3l 2 , , , , 21 31 11 29 ·23." 51h , ~ : and P rins 3 of 4. " Canada 2 , , 0 ,, ' l , 1!H11 x 3\- 11.. 19 ·33 13th " Philippines 11 11 2 • 0 1~ 2 1l •• 1 , H 131·381 14th in this section also, O'Kelly scor ed 21h " Czechoslovakia 'I'" , , 1} 1~ 2 1l 1 21 3 2~ 2 121 x 24b· 271 9·10 of 5 on Board 1 for Belgium; and Heiden· " feld 3 of 5 on the Ir ish Doa nl 1, 366 CHESS REVIEW, DECEMBER, 191$8 Preliminary Section 5 P reliminary Section 6 Pretiminary Section 7 , , , , , , 7 8 , , , , , 7 , 4 1 234 5 6 7 8 1 W. Germany , , 3~ 2~ 21 3~ 4 4 Argentina , 2J 21 3 4 "! t Bu lgaria x 21 3 21 2~ 4 4 4 221 2 Roumanla , , , 21 21 21 31 4 " , E. Germany , , '14'" '! 4 "! 2 Czechoslova k ia 11 x 2 21 4 4 4 4 22 l Switzerland ! , , , , , " , Finland ' ! , , , 31 131 3 Iceland 1 2 x 31 2 3 4 4 191 4 Brazil 1~ H , , , 31 3} 4 , Sweden ," 1 H x , H! 4 Cuba 11 1l l x 21 31 31 4 17 5 Norway , , , " '" , , 4 , Gree~e • , , , , , , 1111, , , '" " , , "! 5 Tunisia 11 0 2 11 x 11 21 4 13 6 Puerto Rico , '! , " , Morocco , , , , '", , , 6 Turkey 0 0 1 ! 21 x 21 4 10l 7 Hong Kong , ,• ! l , , , , "6j 7 Virgin ,.. , , , , , , , 7 Singapore 0 0 0 J H 1J x 4 71 8 Lebanon , , , , , , ," " " 'l " 8 Andorra 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 x 0 In Section (>. Unzicker on Board" 1 had In SectIon 6, Najdorf ot Argentina Ia Section 7, Bobot2ov of Bulgaria 3 of 6: Sphmid 3112 of~: Darga 0\ of 4: played and drew one game on Board 1. scored 5 of 6 on Board 1; Tringov 4% Pflegel' ·1 of 5: Hubner ·11k of 5: and Panno scored 31h of 5; Sanguinetti ,Ph of 5; Padevski 2% of ·1; Kolarov 3% of Hecht 3 of·1, fOr West Germany. of 5; Rossetto 5 of 6; Rubinetti 31h of 4: Radulo\' 4% of 5; and Pee\' 2% of·1. ,I; and Garcia 21h o[ 3, For Houmania, Gheorghiu on Board 1 For Czechoslovakia (lacking its cham· pion Kayalek and its veteran Paehman had ., of 6; Ciocaiula 5 of 6: Ghiutescll FOL' East Germany, Uhlmann had '\ o[ who were tH'olesting their count L'Y'S 3 of ;): Dl'jlllCI' 3'h of 4; SODS 2'h of .,: 5: Pietzseh 31h of 5; Zinn 3 of 3; :'Iallch lreatment by the Soviet Union), the Cngureanu 2 of 3. ., of 5; Liebert 2% of 3; and Hennings team still qualified for the Championship The Swiss came close with Keller at 2% of 3, Finals with Hart 4 of 6; FlHp 4% of 6 ; 2\4 of ~ : Kupper 2 of 5; Blau 3 of 4; It is interesting to note that the Greek Smejkal 5 of 6; Jansa 5 of 6; Augustin 1 Bhend 3lh or 5: Walther 2 h of 4; and team, with Trifunovieh as its coach per· 1% of 2; and Janata 2 of 2, Glauser 4'h or 5. formed thus: Vizantiadis 2% of 5; Iceland made it close wlth Johannsson :lIec](ing of 13l'azil ~cored a fine 51h Siaperas Fh of 4; Trikaliotis 1 of 3; 4 of 6; Sigurjollsson S% of 6: Kristi· of 7 on Board 1. Ornothopoulos 1'h of 3; KokllOris 3 of jansson 21,6 of ·1; Kristlnsson 4 of 5; 6; and Rizopoulos 2 of 3. Also, the team from Puerto Rico had ASlllundsson 2 of 2; and Thorsteinsson lhese seol'es: Kaplan on Board 1 2% of The Virgin Islands had Bill Hook on 3% of 5. i); Ma!'tinez I Ot i); Colon 3 of 6; Reiss· Board 1 with 3% of 6; Hoyt 1 of 6; It's notable, also, that Balkadi of Ulan '\ of 6; Sa('are1! Ih o( 4; and Benitez Hoehuek 0 of 5; Edwards 0 of 3: PoUer Tunisia scored a plus 41,6 of 7 on first o of 2, o of ·1; and Garrison did not play, board.

VISIT BY FISCHER 21 , . . . B-N2 26 P-N3 R_K1 other European countries. No wonder as 27 P- B5 B_R2 (Conctuded from page 365) 22 R-Q3 R-Q2 but small interest was accorded to the 23 RxP B_Q3 28 P-B6 B,P game, But of late, suddenly and abruptly, K_B1 R_B2 24 R-RS 29 PxB s1range things have happened to chess B_N 1 30 R- N7! R esi gns 25 Rj5-N5 in Greece. The Federation has been given large and fine locations with air·con­ Anecdotal dilioning; se.'en of its players were called

Ciceron e and guide to Fischer, :\Ia ~ t er to Israel and took part in the tournaments Byzan1iadis recounted some inl e rc. tin g ut N'atanyu; its students went to Austria 10 participate in the Student Team Tour­ ~ 10rie s from his shor1 role. Fischer s1uyed in Athens for only ;:e,'cn nament; and Grandmaster Trifunol'ich davs and he ehan!!:ed hotel ~ " onlv" fo n r has been engaged as coach for the Greek lin~e ~ (or is ii, th;ee?). He was ' lodged Olympic team in Lugano, Also, Fischer visils Athens ; and a qualifying tourna· in good hotels- but always "the n o i ~c, ment for a national team is held. All the noise, , . " For Fi5cher, a hotel mu st these items are nearly incomprehensible 19 . . . . B-QB1 ?! hy like u tOllrnament hall, or u church. to those well informed on the position Here Black can win easily after 19 Fischer ordered two "[l o rt o knl~I{I~I ;:" which chess has held in Greece, .. PxNP! 20 BxP, PxP! 21 R/I- Rl [01" ("runge juice ) from a street selle r, dra nk 21 R-QBl, B- KB·' with the advantage Ih e two glasses immediatel y, without draw. The rcaSOll for this sudden change is that the Greek gO\'ernment decided to fOl' BlaekJ. R- QBl! ing breath, llyzantiadis now exp e et ~ they But "Doc" fallS into his own trap. He will go on; but Fischer stands apparently promote Ihe game, So Greek chessplarers expects 20 PXP'j', BxP 21 R- Q3 whicll expecting something and, when asked , can be happy; they are now in a milch hetter silllalioll than their comrades in appeal'S to win immediately because of says he is waiting thc ~econd po rtokalada. t he tllL'eat of 22 RxPt. And, indeed, many \Vhen informed by !\h ste r Dp,anliadis such countries as West Germany, Eng. maSters, el'en in a tOllL'nament game land, France and Italy despite the grcater that he has already drunken the second would so continue, ami be very s urpL'ised wealth of thosc lands, How the Greek glass, Fische r smiles skeptically and says : lO find the position nea rly lost on 21 ... chessplayers fare remains to bc seen, "Really?" will PxP! 22 R-N3t, B- N3!! 23 R-Rl [only]. but their situation is really fine, In effect, RxP. The Greek Chess Federation eoH ects they get as much money as they need. l~ol" a handicap match, howel'er, chess rarities, So it has a hust of Capa. Standing hehind and helping this new Fischer sees too much. blanca, a chess board from Havanu, and del'elopment is Colonel Constantine 20 PxPt now treasures as a souvenir one pair of Aslanidis, Secretary of Athletics in the 21 P-QB4! , . . ' Iromers and three shirts which Fischer Greek government. He is a sportsman forgot in Athens, It seems incredible; but, despite the and a great chess fan. It could be seen too little time and the other adverse how much he likes chess during the conditions of a handicap match, Fischel' Chess in Greece Today Fischer cxhibilion. T he yuungsters II" h o has seen the trap. Greece has been synonymous for a lende.l the demonstrlllion boards had had No\\' he has two good Pawns, and all· cheH descrt. Chess in Greece was always no experience and we re slow or ine"rrl'ct other soon will fall. c()n siderably behind the le\'eI of chess in in displaying the mo,·es. So, a t time~. Pel'hal)S, Black can save himself but Colonel Aslanidis, unhapl), over their doeSlt't defend in the best way, i = Cheek; f = dbl. cheek; § = dis, eh. errors, took ov<:r as demonstrator. CH ESS REVI EW, DEC EMBER, 1968 367 By FIDE International Judge

THE FULL CYCLE OF A BIG WHEEL a correction of his first setting. And the latter led to the discovery by two Dutch end-game composers of an An even foul' years ago, an "Olympic Study" as alleged cook in the amended version. So the whole entered by Alexander P. Kazantsev in the 1964 Game subject came under a very convoluted cloud. Study Competition at Tel Aviv, where it secured a high prize, was presented in this department of CHESS In a third chapter, Kazantsev and his seconds disputed the refutation proposed by the Dutchmen. REVIEW (page 365, December 1964). This opus and its sequels spin out a fascinating story. In its install­ And the story might have closed with a proper proof ments, there is something of detective fiction, of or retraction by the Dutch reviewers. But it seems charges, denials and consequences stranger than fic­ that nothing of the salt has come about. tion. And there is also an insight of sorts into the So we have what may happily prove to be a con­ workshops and psychology of artists and critics. cluding chapter in which Kazantsev decided to remove The succeeding installment was also related in the matter from the realm of controversy by concen­ this department (page 300, Octoher 1967). A con­ trating on a further improvement of his ingenious troversy arose over a cook discovered in Kazantsev's concept. The moral may be that the struggle for origina1. The composer offered an explanation and survival, even in art, may evolve a finer species. Oritjin of the Species Note how artfully Black's King has been hemmed in by its own colleagues in what are technically known as self­ blocks. It was the exceptional evolve­ ment of four seU·blocks in the original composition which set it up as a prize winner.

A Dramatic Conflict Step 4 introduced the dramatic into the tale as J. H. Harwitz and J. Selman Jr. of Holland maintained that the posi­ tional 4 N-Q5 also was bound to win When this statement reached the edi­ tor of this department, he ran a few White to move and win for White. In providing a diversionary solution which destroyed the value of quick tests and then inquired ot the In a chronological recapitulation of the Dutch team. But, for almost a year, no tale, the diagram above is close eno,ugh the study, they supported their conten· tion wit!l a ten·page analysis, and a long ripost nor even re·action 1ms come for­ to the original composition. In the orig' ward-a tacit and convenient but very inal, there was no Black Pawn on Black's dissertation on the merits of the judging technique employed. unusual manner of admission? KN3 (g6). And the solution therefore The quick tests, run just to get the differed from that below in that 4 NxPt One cruelal line in tlleir analysis runs (1 P-K7, Q-R6t 2 R-N4, Q-R2t 3 KxP, feel of the possibilities, show various is naturally 4 N- N6t. facets inherent ill the position: Step number 2 was a prompt message QxP) 4 N-Q5, Q-Q3! 5 B-B6t, K- N5 6 1) 12 P- R3, P-B3 13 R-N7, P-N4 14. sent by Kazantsev's fellow countryman K- N3§ . K-B4 7 P-K4t, K-K3 8 R-N7. It was then assumed that White had R-KR7. P-R5 15 R-R7, K-K4 [15 ... and composer, Korol'kov indicating the P-B4!? can be studied] 16 R- R6, B-Nl cook, an easy, alternative win by 1 R-N8 an unquestionable win after S ... B-Bl 9 N- B7t, KxB 10 N-K8t with White the 17 K-B4. B-B2 18 K- Q3, B-Q3 19 K-K3, in the original (without that Black K- K3 20 K-B3. K- K4 21 K-N4, Knight Pawn) alld thus a rather ele­ Exchange up. That assumption, however, illustrates the innumerable fallacies K-K3 22 R-R5 [or 22 R-N6, K- K4 ), mentary flaw overlooked by all the ex­ B- K4 23 R-N5, B- Q3 24 R-KB5, B-K4 aminers. which can create pitfalls for composers, examiners alld critics alike when they 25 K-R5, B-Q3 26 K-N6, B-K2 [or 26 Step 3 in the genesis was the amend­ .. . B-K4) 27 P-K5, PxP 28 RxNP, BxR ment speedily proposed by Kazantsev, take optical impressions and apparent material imbalances for granted. 29 K"I(B, K-Q4! with a Black Pawn on KN3 eliminating 2) 12 P-RJ, P-B3 13 K-B4. K- K4 14 that cook by 1 R-N8 (see diagram For, in Step 5, the Netherlanders' criti­ cal conclusion was challellged In due R-N6, B- B2 15 R-B6. B-Nl!? [15 ... above). B-Q3 nips all in the bud, but here we Thus, Ule solution now stands: course by Kazantsev and his seconds. And they appear to shatter all those ten are experimenting] 16 R-B8, B--Q3 17 1 P-K7 Q-R6t 6 K-Q5§ K_N4 pages of ink with the consequential con­ R-KSt. K-B5 18 K-Q5. D- R6 [not 18 ... 2 R-N4 Q-R2t 7 P-R4t K-B4 tinuation: 10 . . . K- K3 11 NxQ, BxN, D-K4 19 RxB, PxR 20 P-R4) 19 K-K6, 3 KxP Q,P 8 P-N4t p,p and the claim of a draw. D-N7 and 20 R- KB8, K-N6 21 RxP, BxR 4 NxPt P,N 9 R-B4t ",R 22 K"I(B, K"I(P 23 KxP, P-R5 = or 20 5 B-B6t Q," 10 P_K4 mate t = chcck; * = db!. check; § = dis. cb. K-B7, P-N4! 368 C;HES$ REVIEW, DECEMBER, 1968 3) 12 P-R3, P- B3 13 K- B4, K-K4 14 These casual inaccuracies by a trained 7 N-N6t P,N R-N7, P-N4 15 R-KR7, P-R5 16 K- Q3 scientist, in a cruCial corrected setting Here is selt-block number 1. [a good study might be 16 R-Q7], K-B5 following the previous disputations, give 8 B-SSt QxB 17 R- R7, K- N6 18 R-R2, K- B5 19 R-B2t, I'ise to apprehensions that there may be And self-block number 2. K-K4 [19 ... K-N6 might conceivably more to come in this tale.} 9 K-Q5§ K-N4 be risky] 20 R- B5 gets nowhere as shown 1 .. , . P-Q8(Q)! 10 P-R4t K-S4 in Varis lion 1. This version surpasses the first one 11 P-N4t p,p 4) 12 R-N6 makes no basic difference. and its amendments (as in the first dia­ The third self-block. S) Neither does 12 P-N3, P-R5 lead to gram). In those, the White Pawn is al­ 12 R-SSt B,R anything conclusive. ready poised for immediate and obvious And the fourth! It is a lack of conclusiveness, within Queening. Here there is first the dynamic 13 P-K4 mate reasonable scope of analysis, which, as preparatiOll by 1 P-K6. Here, too, Black The main play and the final position matteI'S now stand, rescues Kazantsev's has to Queen whereas previollsly his are the same as resulted from the first claim to the correctness of his unique Queen was already placed on the board. diagram. Artist Kazantsev has his de­ pIece. sired four self-blocks and even a much 2 P-K7! ...• more elegant introduction_ Attaining a New Peak On 2 PxP, N-R6t 3 K- N6, Q-B7 or 3 And Another Low .. N- B5t 4 K- B7, Q-B7, Blacl, wins or The Russian composer's masterpiece, Further developments, however, have at least draws. however, is yet again marred by an un­ since been put in motion by Kazantsev [C uriously, here too "Problem" gives fortunate deficiency_ himself. And they may serve to forestall 2 PXP, N-R6t 3 K- NS, Q-N8t as if there In preparing this article, the staff of any other doubts as well as to shut oft were no Pawn on Black's N5 (b4). As CHESS REVIEW points Ol1t that (see more pages of analysis. is, 3 ... Q-B7 or 3 .. _ Q-QN3 (with­ Black's third move above) 3 __ . Q- RS 4 As Step S, Kazantsev pnblished in the out a check) also suffices for at least N-Q5, N- B5t 5 K-B7, Q- R4t 6 K- NS, Yugoslav monthly "Problem" of March a draw]. QxN 7 P-K8(Q) cannot be dismissed 1968 a version of this "Olympic Study" 2 • . . . N-R6t thus lightly as Black wins by 7 ... wIth the same main play but a very 3 K-N6 QxRt! different overture. • • • • The text is the only choice to avoid Consequently, Kazantsev's cycle is yet even a loss: 1) 3 K-BS, Q- B7t 4 K-QS, again in full spin. Q-B5t 5 K-K4, Q- B3t 6 N- Q5, Q- N3t 7 K-KS, B-N2t; 2) 3 K-B6, Q-R5t 4 TIle Biggest Bargain K-~7, N-N5t and S K-N6, N-Q3 Or S K-Q8, Q- Rlt; 3) 3 K-R5, N-B5t 4 K"'{P, in Chess Literature N-Q3 5 R- Q7, BxN, all these lines win for Black. So White comes through by CHESS the skin of his teetil. But now Blaclr has no clearer defense Ulan the following. ANNUAL 3 . . . . N-B5t Volume 35 - $8.00 On 3 ... Q-R5 4 N- Q5! N- B5t S K- B7, LL twelve issues of CHESS REVIEW Q-R4t 6 K- NS, QxN 7 P- K8(Q), White A published during 1967 have been wins: 7 ... Q-Q3t 8 K-B8 or 7 .. _ handsomely hound in cloth making White to move and win N-Q3 8 RxP. Likewise, on 4 ... Q-N4t this jumbo-sized book more than 384 5 K-B7, Q-K8 6 RxP, N-N4t 7 K- N6, The composer presents this ultimate ultra-sized pages. Games from the im­ Q-NSt 8 K- B5! [we do hope not again "penultimate"] portant 1967 chess events, picked and version within a fictitious narrative­ [Again, "Problem" gives R- N4 in these written in EngJish-about a superintelli­ lines as though the problem has no Black annotated by such authorities as Dr. gent Martian who is stranded on earth Pawn on Black's QN5 (M)]. M. Filip, Svetozar Gligorich, Hans and proves his worth by winning in the 4 K-S5 Q-R5 Kmoch, Alexander Suetin, Dr. Pet'a!" above posltion.* 5 RxP • • • • Trifunovich and even World Champion Probably, this innocent framework was Here White sets up a triple-concealed Tigran Petrosyan. chosen by Kazantsev so as to shunt off ambush in return for the counter chance There are thrills aplenty, likewise, past controversy in a humorous manner. of queening his advanced Pawn. in the US and USSR Championships, It is a shame, however, Ulat the Rus­ 5 . . . . Q-R7t Grandmaster Tournaments sucll as sian- English interpreter mangled the 6 KxN Q,P Moscow and Winnipeg and all top 1967 story by an atrocIous translation. It is, events. in fact, unintelllgible without recourse to the original RUssian text. You'll have also a pennanent record Aside from all that, however, the solu· of news and best games of 1967, out­ tion to thIs study I'lWS: standing articles by chess writers from 1 P-KS! . , . . here and abroad and up-to.othe-minute This is the only active defense vs_ studies on all phases of the game. Black's promoting, trying to promote for The cheery side of chess is well White. On 1 RxP, P-Q8(Q) 2 P-K6, represented with quizzes, quips, taJes N- R6t 3 KxP, Q-QB8 4 B-B3 [Black and cartoons and Walter Kom's fasci­ wins on both 4 P-K7, Q-BSt and S ... nating series, "The Finishing Touch." QxR and 4 R-QR7, BJ!:N 5 B-B6t, B-N4 Postal Chess fans will find plenty 6 BxBt, KxB 7 P- K7, QxP], QxP 5 P- K7, to interest them, including John W. BxN, Black actually wins. Collins' studies of postal games. [Mysteriously, the composer himself Remember: there's no sl1ch thing as states 3 K-NS in the line above as if there were no Black Pawn to be taken, an old CHESS REVIEW! Try: though one clearly appears on the dia­ Volumes 30-34, 1962-1966 gram. And he gives an impossible move, st!!l on hand for $8.00 eaoh 7 ... Q-KSt, in place of 7 .. ' QxP. • It was montloned in previous numbers as "Peter, have you and Palora had some CHESS REVIEW cited above that Kazantsev Is also both an 134 W, 72 St., New Vork, N. Y. 10023 engineer and a SCience-fiction wrlter.-Ed, sort of a, disagreement?" CHESS REVIEW, DECEMBER, 1968 369 SPASSKY vs. KORCHNOY Recounted by Dr. PETAR TRIFUNOVICH

PART I. 22 , . . . R-R1 24 Q-R7 R-R1 NxB, RPxN 12 B-K2, N-Bl, and Black 23 QxN R_N1 Drawn has enough counterplay. As Dr. Trlfunovlch lias been coaching H's a. perpetual attack on the Queen. In any case, 7 . . . B- N3 cannot be the Greek ,team at the Olympiad, he has cast aside 50 easily and without an argu· not been able to send the complete ac­ ment. And it Is interesting that Karch· count or this match. We will give his noy did not repeat this experiment in running commentary a long with the rest Game 6 of this match . Game 2 of the games next month. 8 P-KR3 · . , , Tha.t Ie winning Is ap· Suic:l de unde r T ime P rellure White here has to expend a to parem. even In these flret four games QUEEN'S GAMBIT D ECL.I N ED defend his King Knight P awn belore he against VJktor Korchnay, We shall see can develop h is King Knight. what salient points Dr. Trlfunovlch V. Ko rchnoy B. Spassky 8 . . • , B-QS! stresses in his Inimitable slyle. 1 P-Q4 P-Q4 (T o be concluded next month) The text lookS like a loss of tempo. 2 P-QB4 P- KS But the positIon requires developing the 3 N-QB3 B- K2 King Knigbt over K2. In Korchnoy- Ivkov With this modern continuation, Black (Hoogoven 1968), Black t ried, aCter S Game 1 avoids 3 . , , N- KB3 4 PxP, PxP 5 B-N5, .. . P- KR4 9 PxP, N-B3 10 B-RZ, the B- K2 6 P- K3, P-B3 7 B- Q3! in which }le logical maneuver of 10 . . . R-R2 and Mutual Caution at the Start cannot develop his Queen Bishop well. . .. R- N2. Korchnoy not only succeeded RUV LOPEZ 4 PxP PxP in holding the Pawn but also obtained 5 B-B4 P-B3 winning pressure on the King Knight Bor ie Spallk)' V i kt or Korehnoy 6 P- K3 B- KB4 file. But this game Is not a lair example W hite B lack In the Excbange Variation, it is con· ot Ivkov's line as Ivkov did not use his 1 P_K4 P-K4 7 B_N3 P-Q3 sid ered that Black 11as solved his main chances well (see page 207, J uly issue). 2 N-KB3 N- QBS 8 P-B3 0-0 opening problem if he succeeds thus in 9 KN- K2 N-K2 3 B_N5 P-QR3 9 P-K R3 N-QR4 developing his QUeen Bishop. 10 Q_NS B-B1 4 B- R4 N-B3 10 8 _8 2 P-B4 Black wIshes to avoid the weakening 5 0 _0 B-K2 11 P-Q4 Q-B2 10 ... P-QN3 and to preserve the pos· 6 R-K1 P-QN4 12 QN-Q2 N_B3 slblllty of long. 13 P-Q5 • • • • 11 B-N2 N-N3 This line Is too well known, and the 12 BxB QxB blockade in the center Is less promising 13 P-KR4 · . , , tban the line In Tahl- Korehnoy (page White bene.flls from the opening with 347, November), Game 5, where with the better chance at the . 21 B-K4! (Instead ot 21 N-Q2) White has batter chances. 13 , . , , N-R3 13 . . . , N-Ql 13 ... Q-K2 Is met by 14 P-N5. And 13 P-KR4 Is no good as 14 P-N5 se{.ij 14 P- QR4 • • • • Black the problem or defending that The preparation lor a Klng·slde attack in the old style produces unclear and Rook Pawn against B-B3 and N-N3. 14 P-N5 N-K2 risky play. White's objecUve here ol 7 P-KN4 • • • • occupying the Queen Rook lIle Is more Botvlnnlk is the lather ot this Pawn Black retreats now rather than submit logical, and sound. But Black has the bayonet assault inspiring anew the Ex· to the positional threat ot 15 P- R5, resources to stand White otr. change Variation which had felt tired N- KZ 16 P-R6. 14 . , , . R_N1 and old atter 6 ... B-KB4! 15 N-B4 , , . . 15 PxP PxP 7 . . . . B-K3 White increases his positional advan· 16 P-QN4 N-N.2 tage. This Knight takes a. strong post This withdrawal ot the Bishop from It was only bere that Korehnoy settled the Black KR2-QN8 diagonal amounts to while Black's forces are falling back. down to think. an Inconsistency and justifies Bolvin· 15 . , , , N-B2 17 N-B1 B-Q.2 nlk's Idea.. The critical continuation i5 7 16 0 -0-0 B-N5! 18 B-Q2 R-R1 . .. B- N3; but practice avoids it; and In his difficult position, Black defends And so White has achieved nothing. theory condemns it. But neither ot these excellently. Now this Une wUl be used solely for ex· two enemies oUers a clear explanatlon 17 P-B3 • • • • ~han ges and simplifying play. ot why 7 . .. B-N3 must be bad. This The text is not bad but creates weak· 19 N-KS KR-B1 commentalor approves It and offers as nesses, White's K3 and his stoppered 20 K-R2 .... evidence: Bishop, and otfers the opponent counter 1) 8 P-KR4, P- KR4 (not 8 ... BxP! chances. 17 R- Q2 Is stronger positionally Here White discloses his paclrlc inten· 9 Q- N3, P- N3 10 N-B3, B- K2 11 N-K5! and can give White a strong attack on tions. In fact, he has nothing better than as White Is superior] 9 P- N5, B-Q3! [in ! 7 .. . 0 - 0 -0 18 N- R4 what with N-Q3 to consent to trading down. 20 R--QBl a tlJ' to develop the King Knight to KB4] Rnd R-B2 as possibilities. is risky. 10 KN- K2 [10 Q- N3, DxB! 11 QxNP, From this point, White begins to lose 20 . , , . RxR N-Q2 12 PxB, R- Nl! 13 QxBP, N-K2 Is the thread of the play. 21 QxR Q-.Q1 too dangerous tor White), N-K2 11 BxB. QxB 12 N- B4, Q-N5! 13 Q- Q2, B-B4! 17 • , , , B-Q2 , , And, with the text, Black tacitly offers tollowed by ... P- KN3 leaves White's 18 N/ 4-K2 . . a draw. Pawn on KR4 weak; This Knight is more active at Q3. As 22 Q- R7 • • • • 2) 8 N- B3, Q-N3 9 Q-Q2, N-B3! {with to 18 QxNP, it gives Black the initiative And White accepts. threat ot ... N-K5J 10 N- K5 , QN-Q2 11 by 18 ... 0 -0 19 Q- N3, N-B4! CHESS REVIEW, DECEMBER, 1968 370 18 • • . • 0-0-0 31 R/1-KB1 R/N-B1 Even the birds In the trees now know 19 P_K4 P-B3! 32 B-N2 • • • • that Spassky uses the Closed VarIation Black has to prevent 20 P-K5. As Black's King Bishop Pawn Is well against the Sicilian. 20 N-R4 ... protected, this Bishop Is again unem· 3 . . . . P-K3 On the plausible 20 P- B4, Black can ployed. So White uses It to meet the IIIa nifestly, Korchnoy is well prepared. answer 20 ... B-N5! [not 20 ... QPxP? threat of 32 ... N-Q4. He builds for ... P-Q4. a system seen 21 NxP] 21 P- K5, Q- Q2 with a firm and 32 .. .. N-Q4 rarely in modern tournament practice promising enough position thankf to his 33 BxN R.B but certainly not Inferior to the King· control of his K3 and KB4. 34 N/4-B3 R/4-Q1 side . This wrIter believes it 20 ... . N-K3 equalizes more easily and simply. 21 NPxP NPxP 3N-B3 ., .. 22 K-N 1 • • • • Here is a snrprise. Call Spassky mean While not only safeguards hIs King to take on the Schevenlngen Variation but n ' so prepares R-QB1. in which Korchnoy is so expert? 22 . . . • K-N1 3 • • • . N-QB3 m '.ck is not exactly imitating White. White is favored on 3 ... P-Q4 4 PXP, He llrepares the defensive ... B-Bl. PxP 5 P- Q4 23 B-R3 •... 4 P-KNS · . , . This Bishop seeks more activity. White cannot renounce his great love. 23 .... KR-N1 4 • • • • P-Q4 24 Q-K3 • • • • 5 B-N2 • • • •

Whlteaccompllshes nothing with 23 35 P-Q5 • • • • White's King Bishop has more pros· BxN, BxB 24 N-B5, B-B1. With the text This mistake, it may be, was decisive pects on 5 PXP, PXP 6 B-N2. he prevents the possibly dangerous 23 for the whole match. This, or the mis· 5 • . • • P-Q5 ... N-B5. take at getting into time pressure! Now Black enters upon a sort of By this time, Korchnoy has fifteen White still retains the better position King's Indian and, though two tempi minutes left in which to make sixteen after 35 N-K4, Q-N3 36 N- B6! minus, attains comfortable play. It is im· moves. And Spas sky plays upon the cir· 35 . . . . PxP portant that White cannot open the game cumstance with more enterprising moves. 36 N-Q4 .... Quickly. 24 . . . . PxP Unaccustomed as he is to proposing 6 N-K2 P-KNS! 25 PxP .... draws, Korchnoy does so here, and his White can answer 6 ... P-Q6 with 7 offer is declined. N-B4. And the text is better than 6 ... 36 . . . • Q-B2 B-Q3 7 P- Q3, KN-K2 8 0-0, 0-0 9 37 NxBP • • • • N-Q2 with the positional threats of Now all collapses. White can still save N-QB4 and P-KB4. the game with 37 N:x;QP! Q- B4 [not 37 7 P-QS B-N2 ... Rx:N 38 N:x;N, Q- Q2 39 R-Bl, etc.] 80-0 KN-K2 38 NxN, QxQ 39 NxQ, BxN 40 N- D2 as 9 N-R4 • • • • Black's advantage Is not lilrely enough White ought to try the maneuver N-R4 for him to win. and P-KB4 only after 9 B-Q2, 0-0. In time pressure, even grandmasters are patzers. 37 .... 38 N-N5 25 .... P-KB4! The ·text is decisive. All White's pieces 26 P-K5 • • • • are now without co·ordination. On 26 PXP, N-N2, Black regains the 39 KR-K1 Q-B4! Pawn with the better game. 40 Q-N3 • • • • Or 40 QxQ, NxQ 41 N/NxQP, QR.-xN. 26 . . . . N-Q4! 27 Q-Q2 .... 40 . . . . RxN 41 R-B2 . . .. On 27 PxQ, NxQ 28 R-Q3, N-N5, the Apparently, White has expected to Black pieces assume good positions. have 41 Q-N3t, K- R1 42 Rx:N but now 27 . . . . Q-B1 sees that Black then has 42 . . . QxN. 9 . • . . P-K4! In another sense, however, he doesn't 2S QR-KB11 • • • • Now the point appears. White can be Despite the time pressure. White un· see ... QxN-or Is just "swimming." misdirecting his attack, for Black has covers an excellent move. On 28 KR-B1, 41 . . . . reserved his choice of castling long. Black has 28 ... P-B5! 29 BxN, BxB 30 Resigns 10 P-KB4 Q-QS NxP, B-B4t 31 K-R1. N-N5 32 N- K6, Mirabile dictu: in some seconds, Korch· 11 P-QRS • • • • N- B7t. The text stops that line as, with noy lost two Knights and two Pawns. it, White has the final 33 QxN! "Fol:Y practitioner," as grandmaster Flohr has baptized Spassky, see that, 2S . . . . N-K2 after 11 P-B5, B-Q2, Black's King can 29 Q-N4 B-B1 30 R_B2 Q-B2 Game 3 escape to the other flank. So he demrm· Korchnoy Hesitant strates that he wIll have P-QN4 and Some years ago, Korchnoy explained Black's King will not be so safe there before students that, in time pressure, SICIL.IAN DEFENSE either. the most unpleasant moves are not the B. Spassky V. Korchnoy 11 • • . • P-QR4 sharp and forced continuations but the 12 P-QR4 Quiet, elastic, tension· retaining ones. 1 P-K4 P-QB4 • • • • Spassky follows precisely the lesson of 2 N_QB3 • • • • White prevents 12 . . . P-R5 and his big teacher Korchnoy, who now has secures his own QB4 for a Knight. five minutes remaining. t check:.j: = dbl. check; § = dis. eh. though none can come there as yet. CHU5 REVIEW, DECEMBER, 1968 371 12 • ... P-BS 20 • •• • N-QS Game 4 13 K-R1 , . . . 21 N/ 4-B3 • • • • Butting A Wa.ll White alms for a more active Queen The Idler returns seeking work. Kll1ght by N-NI-B3. 21 .. .. N-B2 13 • . . , B-KS 22Q-B1! ... . V. Korchnoy B. Spassky 14 P-N3 . . . , White's maneuver \s very 1nteresting 1 P_QB4 P-K4 Now White works to hinder Black's and a. good detense. He desires to get For Spa8lky of late, it can be said that opening Ule Queenslde as he otherwise his Rook into play and so prepares 23 almost all his games have been Slclllans, might by .. . P-B5. Q-N2 Collowed by R-Kl or R- RBI and direct or In reverse. wll\ then return wIth Q-Bl. 14 . . . . Q-Q2! 2 N-QB3 N-QB3 Black establishes controL on the im· 22 . . . . R-KB1 3 N-B3 P-B4 23 B-N2 P_K R3 portant diagonal, QBI-KR6, and also The tex t Is possible here. Larsen play­ clears his Q3 Cor a Knight. ed P-KN3 (pages 31S and 317, October 15 B-Q2 .... Issue) and, without the N- KB3, 3 .. . White's original plan Is better still: P-B4 is not favorable: 3 P-KN3, P-B4. 15 N-NI- B3. The ted Is intended to pre­ .. B-N2. P-KN3 5 P- K3, B-N2 6 N-K2. vent 15 . . . 0-0-0 which Is now an· N-B3 7 P- Q4, P-K5 8 P- B3 ! etc. swered strongly by 16 PXP. 4 P-Q4 P-K5 SN-Q2 .... 15 . . . . 0-0 16 P:oo:P .. . . Because of the match score. Korchnoy must seek for complications. So he can· Now the initiative is Black's, and so not go in tor 5 P-Q5, PxN 6 PxN, PxNP White decides to play Cor a draw. His 7 Pxpt, QxP etc. deCision is premature, and h e does bet· 5 . . . . N-B3 ter to continue the fight with 16 N- B3. 6 P_K3 P-KN3 The other plan, 16 N-NI-B3 is no longer good. For Black answers with 16 . . . Here Black seeks Cor too much out or Now has arisen tile so·called "Lenin· P-B~ ! and his pieces are better disposed lh e position. He prepares a strong bind grad Variation" of the Dutch Defense, Cor flghUng In the center. by 24. . . . P-KN4., then ... N-RI-N3 fam iliar to both sides. threatening ... P-N5. But White has a 7 P_QR3 • • • • 16 • . • . PxP satisfactory defense, and Black's efforts 16 . .. NxP Is also good. It is dlrricult to say what is best by restrict still more the mobility of ills way ot a plan tor White here. He is 17 N-N1 N_N5! King Bishop a nd create Klngslde weak· ready now Cor 7 P-QN4 and a. Queen·sIde Tile text Is very strong, Cor now it ness. attack. But that plan Is too slow and is necessary fo r White to guard his 24 Q-N2 P-KN4 26 Q-B1 Q-K1 so neutral that it permits Blaclt to de· Queen Bishop Pawn. IS BxN, BPxB In· 25 R_KB1 N-Rl 27 P-R3! P-N4 velop quietly. creases Black's advantage by the pres· AHer Black's intended 27 .. Q- R4 It can be said tllat White bas not pro­ I sure on the opened lIle and the possl· 28 N- R2, he has nothing. So he returns ceeded wisely in allowing Black's King bllIty of . .. P- QN4.. to the natural posiUonal plan to force Pawn to stand so strongly. H e ought to 18 B-N5 .. .. the play on the Queenside. contest It, but how? 7 D-K2. D-N2 8 Now White threatens to consolidate 28 PxP QxP 0 - 0, 0 - 0 9 P-B3? PxP Is very danger­ by 19 Q-Q2. But Korchnoy is on guard 29 N-K1 N_B2 ous as it leaves two weak White Pawns and prevents that. 30 Q-Q1 . • .. on K3 a nd Q~ . A sbarp conUnuation Is 18 . • . . RxRt Now White has in prospect an attack 7 B-K2, B-N2 8 P-KN4.! 19 B:oo:R N-B1! by Q- R5 and P- R4 or also the maneuver 7 • . . . B-N2 20 B-Q2! .••• B-B3-N~ to trade oft his bad Bishop. 8 P_QN4 0-0 9 P_N3 White delends very accurately and 30 .... Q_Q2 • • • • elastically. again changing his plan. For. Korcilno), is already in time pressure It seems White prepares B-N2; but, a~er 20 Q-Q2, N-Q3 21 B-N2, R- KB1, (which cost him 80 badly in the prevl· In fact, he is preventing an eventual he cannot carry through with his desired ous game!) and starts to play more cau· breakthrough by .. . P- B5. 22 R-RBI because of 22 . . . RxR 23 tiously. He can here conUnue his plan BxR, P-B5! and, indeed, 23 . . . N- l32 9 • • • • P-Q3 with 30 .. . P-R5 but eschews Ul e active 10 N_N3 secures White's Iffi()Ortant Bishop also. continua tion to guard against that attack • • • • by 31 Q-RS and 32 P-R4. 10 P-N5 Is beUer, prevenUng the en· suing regrouping oC Black's pieces. Solutions to 31 Q-R5 N-Q3 ANNOUNCE THE MATE! Here Black seeks exchanges to dimin· 10 . . .. Q-K2! ish tile danger or White's attack and 11 Q_B2 N-Q1 No. 1 I QxBt. and mate next. prepares also ... N- KI- B3 to drive orr Black has to clear the way ror his own No, 2 1 . . . RxPt 2 PxR. B-B6t 3 K- R2. the White Queen. Queen·side Pawns to oppose the Impetu· Q-B2t etc. 32 R:oo:R t KxR ous advance of White's. Also. this Knight No.3 I N-B3t. BxN 2 Q-Klt, etc. 33 K-R2 N-K1 \I'm take up a stronger post on KD2. No. 41 ... N-QS and mate follows. 34 Q-Q1! • • • • No.5 1 Q- RS t, KxQ 2 R-B8t . K-ru 3 The Queen, having accomplished its N-NSt, K-R3 4 N-B7t, and wate next. No.6 1 ... R- B7t 2 K-NI, RxBt 3 K- BI, task, returns to guard th e Queenslde. R- B7t and mate next. 34 .. .. P-R5 No. 7 1 Q-N6t, PxQ 2 BxPt. K-Bl 3 35 PxP QxP R-Blf, K-QI '" RxKBP§, K- BI 5 RxRt. 36Q-N1 .. " a nd mate (ollows. White prepares to relieve h is pOS ition No.8 1 ... R-BSt and ma.te follows. ultimately with P- B3. No. 9 1 Q- N5, P- N3 2 Q- R6, PxN S 36 . • .. N_B2 R- N4t, PxR 4. BxPt. etc. 37 N-K2 Drawn No. 10 I . . . Q-R6t 2 KxQ, N- K6§ and Here Korchnoy again proposes a draw male follows. (as he did In Game 2), and, this time, his ocrer Is taken. f = check; f: = dbl. chtek... I CHESS REVJEW, tlECEM8ER, 1968 372 Already, Black's l)Osition can be judged the 3 xchange, 24 BxR, RPxD 25 K-N3, Black, without time enough for refl-ec· as better. White's main problem Is as to BxN 26 BP.xB, NxP, gives Black an easy tion, is getting In some neutral moves which side to cutle. No one seems to win. just before the . be slI re. 24 . . . . N_K4 37 N-Q2 K-N2 39 B-B2 B-N27 12 P-QR4 N-B2 25 N-Nl 0-<>1 38 B-Q1 K-B2 40 B-N1 ? • • • • 13 B-QR3 B-Q2 With this last move, tormer World In the time pressure, neither side has Black develops Quietly and patiently Champloll Tahl does not agree. He pro­ observed the possibility ot 40 NIKP! waits ror White to casUe. poses 25 . .. N--Q6 wltll threat of 26 ... BxN 41 BxB with 41 ... QxB met by 42 140-0-0 • • • • R-N7t! stating that 26 BxN, PxB 21 NxPt. With that accident, the game One day It must be done: the King can RxP, N-K5 Is a stronger and more direct could have been reversed. not stand perpetually in the center. 14 continuation of the attack. 40 •.•. K-B1 0 - 0 Is not attractive (elther), for Black 26 KR-Nl • • • • 41 B_B2 • • • • has too much power assembled there and White's only chance Is to get In The text is White's sealed move. 41 can attack Immediately. P- KN4. 26 NxP Is met by 26 ... BxP. NxN, removing Ulls dangerous KnIght, 14 . . . . P-B3 26 . . . . Q-N3 gives White more chance for defending. 15 P- R3 • • • • Black gets nowhere with this Queen 41 . . . . N-N4 White guards agulnst any eventual maneuver. The Queen ought to stay In WIth the time pressure vanIshed, threat of . . . N-N5 and may also be the center. Black gives White no mo re such chances. is ready to play P- KN4. 27 P-N4 • • • • This divaga.tlng Kn ight now look.lng 15 . . . . P-N31 In a bad position, even bad moves are ror its corre<:t couNle. Black r eadi es a. very unpleasant attack welcome. 42 B-Q1 N_B2 43 B_K2 wiUl ... P-QR4 which cannot be pre· 27 .... RPxP N-K4 vented by 16 P-B5 as then Black takes Far stronger here Is 27 ... BPxP! 28 The Knight finds Q6 too attractive. control at his central Q4 by . .. B- K3. PxP, N/3xP! assurIng Black a much 44 Q-KN1 R-R3! 16 B-K2 P- QR4 simpler and easier win with the passed Black guards the Queen Pawn so as to 17 PxP .... KIng Rook Pawn and preSsure on the free his Queen. He can safely allow The text Is a Bad necessity. 11 P-N5 King Bishop file. White's Rook P awn to advance. permits 17 ... PxP 18 RPxP, KR- B1. Once again, however, time pressure Is 45 P-R5 N-KB3 17 . . . . Pxp 19 K_R2 N-N4 a ractor ; this time for both players. 46 Q-N1 K-N1 18 K-N1 K R_N1 20 R-QNl .... Korchnoy has ten minutes; Spassky 47 K-B2 . ... twenty. So Spassky has, In add ition to White's Ki ng goes from bad to worse, his positional advantage. a temporal one. leaving its best (relatively speaking) 28 PxP PxP place. 29 N-Q2 B-B4 47 . . . . N-Q6 30 BxR .... 48 R_B1 • • • • So comes finally the last day for this troublesome Rook. White Is counting on the tact that all Black's pieces are en· gaged on the other wing and so he will be unable to re-lnforce his atlaclt on the Queenslde. 30 • . . . RPxB 31 K-N3 • • • •

20 . . • . R-N5! White Wa! threatening to play 21 N-Q2 and trade Rooks. If successful, hIs trade sets him better because of the exposed Black Queen Rook Pawn and passive King Bishop. So the sacrlflce Is 48 .... B-R3! to deny White that reliel. Now the conditions fo r the attack are 21 N-Q2 • • • • ripened. Black Is taking aim on the White hesitates to take White Pawns on KS and KB2. as 21 BxR, P.l[B 22 N-Q1, Rxpt 23 K- N2, 49 Q-N3 B-N4 P-B4! gives Black a strong and promis· 50 K-N1 B-R5 ing attack. His Ki ng Bishop and a Pawn 51 BxN .. •. is worth a Rook, and the White forces This swap Is forced, and Black gets are backwardly posted. 31 .' . • . Q-Ql in the bargain a strong Doint, K5. 21 . . . . P-B4 The Queen returnS , tor It lias more 51 . . . . PxB prospects of attackIng from the center. 22 P-Q5 • • • • 52 K_B1 B-N4! Here also Tahl has a ... N--Q6 to pro· White deprives himself of any counter pose: 31 ... N- Q6 with the threat of 32 Now 53 ... P- N6 is a threat. play by thus closing the center, and 53 R- N1 N-K5 Black can fu rther strengthen his position ... NxQP!! 32 PxN, QxN! as PxQ, R- R6t 34 K-B4 , N-K4 mate. One can 54 NxN QxN flit will. White ought to try 22 P.xP, PXP 23 N- N5, seeking chances on the opened safely say: Tahl is always Tah!! And now 55 . .. BIFt Is threatened. Queen file. 32 R-QR1 R-R4 55 R-N3 B-RS 33 R-R2 Q_K2 56 N-B7 • • • • 22 .•.. P-KR4 34 N_B1 N_B6 In no hurry at all, Black stops to pre· White can delend no longer: 56 R-Nl, In time pressure, Black directs this BxP! 51 RxB, QxKPt etc. vent 23 P- N4. Knight incorrectly. 34 ... N- B2-QI-N2 56 • • • . BxR 58 RxB QxKPt 23 N- N5 N-82 Is a lUuch stronger maneuver with, after 57 NxR BxP! Resigns 24 QR-Q1 • • • • ... R- Rl, ... N-R4t. On 59 R-Q2, Black wins with 59 ... Outpla.yed, White can only awaH 35 R-KR1 N_R4 P-N6 etc. events and see what happens. Taking 36 Q-B1 B- K4 (To be coneilided next month) CHESS REVIEW, DECEMBER, 1968 373 Entertaining and instructive games by HANS KMOCH annotated by a famolls expert.

16 . . . . QR-B1 assisted by a Bishop, and his Queen .,g.·INTERNATIONAL 17 N-K4 N- Q4 Rook Pawn is a helpless target. Unzicker, 18 N-N3 • • • • a virtuoso on endgames, wins quickly WEST GERMANY 1968 18 B-Q2, B-N3 also confers a slight and easily. edge on Blacl;:. The text, of course, 33 N- K5 B-N4 35 N/5-B4 K-K2 International at Bamberg grants Blacl;: the advantage of the Two 34 N- Q2 8-K7 36 N-K4 B-Q5 Exemplary Precision Bishops, added to his slightly superior The text is even stronger than 36 ... Pawn formation. BxPt. Here White fails to solve an infre­ 18 . , . , quently used variation, while Black dis· 37 N/B-Q2 8-N7 40 P-B3 K-K4 19 QxN · . , , plays exemplary precision. 38 N- N1 B-Q6 41 K-B2 K-Q5 Now White has hope of equalizing the 39 N/4-B3 K-Q3 Resigns NIMZO.INDIAN DEFENSE Pawn formations by trading off his Queen Pawn. 19 PxN is, despite appear· Roman Toran ances, hardly better as White then reo Spain West Germany mains with an inferior Pawn formation .iG}. UNITED STATES White Black and no clJance of trading off his center • Pawns. 1 P_Q4 N-KB3 5 B- Q3 P-Q4 NEW YORK 1968 2 P_QB4 P-K3 6 N_B3 P- B4 19 . . . . B-N3 21 Q-K4 P- N3 3 N_QB3 B-N5 7 0-0 PxBP 20 QR-B1 R-B2 22 P-Q5 p,p United States Championship 4 P-K3 0-0 8 BxP Q-K2 23 RxP • • • • Here is the rarely played variation. Now Black's advantage is reduced to One. but a Lion that of the Two Bishops. a factor of but It is probably an idea of Smyslov's and Aesop told how the fox teased the moderate significance here. apparently offers quite satisfactory lioness for having but one offspring. chances. 23 . . . . RxR 25 R-K1 R-K2 "One. but a lion," was her proud reply. 24 QxR Q-B3! 26 RxR NxR! 9 Q- K2 • • • • Something of the like applies to Seidman For 9 P-QR3, B- R4 10 B-Q3, P-QR3 in this contest. He scored but one vic· 11 P- K4, see Addison-Johannsson, page tory. but it was achieved against olle of 282. September. the competing "lions." 9 . . . . N- B3 In this game, Black's misfortune lies 10 R-Q1 R-Q1 in two of his opening moves, one more risky than the other. Each Side tries to induce the other to initiate the Pawn trade. White cannot SICILIAN DEFENSE so long as ... BxN may leave him Witll an iSolated doubleton, And Blacl;: must Herbert Seidman Rev. W. Lombardy guard against liberating White's Queen 1 P-K4 P-QB4 5 N- QB3 P-QR3 Bishop too early. 2 N-KB3 P-Q3 6 B- Q3 P-KN3 p,p 11 B-Q3 P-KR3 3 P-Q4 7 0-0 B-N2 4 NxP N-KB3 8 K-R1 Q-B2 12 P- QR3 B-R4 27 QxNP · . . . 13 B-B2 • • • • Here is the first risky move. As 8 ..• White falls for a trap. 27 Q-K5 is COl" P-K3 doesn't comport with the fian· 13 Q-B2 is better, as a preparation for rect whereafter his game, though in· 14 PxP. The tempo thus expended has chetto. Black exposes his Queen to a ferior, is likely tenable: 27 . . . QxQ 2S timely N-Q5. But he plans even worse. little. if any significance; and the text NxQ. B-Q5 29 N-Q3, B-N4 30 P-NS. is almost a lost tempo as is. 9 P-B4 P-K4 27 , . . . K-B1! ! 13 . . . , B-Q2 And this move is too risky. Blacl, 14 B- Q2 · . . . W·ith this fine point, Black recovers ought to play 9 ... N- B3 or 9 ... 0-0. his Pawn favorably, Now \Vhite prepares for PxP but more Even 9 . .. QN-Q2 is much safer. awkwardly than as suggested above. 28 Q- R8 · . . , 10 PxP PxP 14. .. . PxP On 2S Q- NS, Black wins by 28 . . . 11 B-KN5! QN_Q2 QxP and the irremediable double threat Now this swap is necessary; but it is 12 N-N3 .. ' , of 29 ... BxPt anti 29. . QxB. quite safe for Black as he is well pre· Now White has a fine game. pared by now to meet any attack. 28 . . . . QxP 12 . . . . P-R3 29 B-R4 N-B3! 15 PxP . ' , . 12 0-0 is a bit better. The text has Here is anoUler impOl'tant point. After This isolani can be a useful instl't.iment a weakening effect. 29 . . . QxPt 30 K-Rl 01' 29 ... BxPt 30 13 B-R4 of attack but is more of a liability in K-Bl, White wins. P-N3 this particular instance. 30 BxN Q-BBt Castling is still "comparatively" the 15 . . . . B-K1 31 N_B1 QxB best for Black. 16 B_ K3 · . . . 32 QxQ BxQ 14 N- Q5! NxN And this Bishop, which cannot remain Now, in this ending, White is far 14 . . . Q-Q3 15 N-Q2 also allows a oa Q2, has '10 really effective post. worse of!. His two Knights are no longer superior game for White.

374 CHESS REVIEW, DECEMBER, 1968 15 PxN Q- Q3 3 . . . . P-K4 Now White's forces are lamentably Now Black's lagging development Is 4 P-Q4 · . . . posled : his Bishop totally bad: his Rooks apparent. 15 . .. 0-0 nllows 16 B- K7 Hel·e White's idea is not good. Once without a uy scope; and the King a with serious efCect. he has avoided the Dutch, he ought to prisoner. 16 N- Q2 0 - 0 rely on P-Q3, possibly In 33 R-QBl • • • • 17 Q- K2 P- B4 with P-B4. a3 B-Q-l seems to offer hO lle [33 . . . T he las t Black move Is a nother loosen­ 4 . . . . e,e BxB 30l RxB, RxNP 35 R- KB1!), but ing one but practically compels W hite's 5 QxP Black can win by 33 . . . R-B4! 34 BxB, rejoinder. • • • • Rxn 35 R-Qol, P-Q4 36 RxRP, RxNP. Here is a position which cannot a rise W ith the text, a pparently, While Is from the Dutch in any reasonable W3)'. guarding against 33 ... BxRP, which Is 5 . . . . N-B3 hardly Black's best au account of 34 h B, 6 Q-Ql · . . . fuB 35 R- Qol . 33 ... R-B4 is more likely T rading Queen Pawns was hardly Black's move In a ny event in which It is worth two tempi, but the endgame after possible. 6 BxN, QPxB! otrers Black good chances. 33 . . . . R-B4 ! 35 R- B2 K_B2 34 KR-Ql B-N3 36 R( 2-Q2 P-N3 6 . . . . B- N5t 37 R-Q5 7 N- Q2 • • • • • • • • T rading one pair of Rool;:s merely in­ T his move Is also questionable. 7 B-Q2, c reases the scope or Black's pieces. But retaIning the chance for the normal White has but little choice. N-QB3, is preferable. 37 . . . . R.R 7 . . .. 0-0 9 P-QR3 B_B4 38 RxR B_B4! 18 N-B4! • • • • 8 KN-B3 P-QR4 10 N-N3 B-N3 Now tilat threat of ... BxRP is real­ Forced or llo t, this move Is very 11 0 - 0 • • • • ~o real, there is no defense! strong. 11 P-B5, B- R2 leaves tha t White Pawn 39 B-R8 BxRP 18 .. Q.e as a serious liability: e. g. 12 Q-D2, N- l{5 40 R-Q2 B- N5 19 N-K3 Q-Q3 13 B-K3, P-Q3 14 1'.'171', BxB as 15 PxP 20 QR- Q1 Q_N1 Now, with all extra Pawn in addition is met by 15 ... BxPt. to his other advantages, Blacl, wins T he text is bad, but ao are the alter· 11 . . . . P-Q3 16 QR- Q1 Q- B3 eastly. natives. Now ·Whlte obtains a decisil'e 12 N( N-Q4 N-K4 17 N-K1 6-K3 advantage by force. 41 R_B2 P-B4 47 P-B3 PxPt 13 Q-B2 NxNt 18 N-Q3 Q- B2 42 K-B1 K-K3 48 KxP 8-K4 21 B-K7 R- K1 K_R2 23 B- B4t 14 NxN P-R5! 19 R-B1 P- R3 43 K_K2 e_Q4 49 BxB K •• . . 22 B-Q6! Q-R2 24 6-KB7 . . 15 B-B4 N-K5 20 P_B5 · . . . 44 B_N7 P-N4 50 R-Q2 R-Q6! White wins the Exchange while main· White's ineffective opening hns pro­ 45 P_N4 P-B5 51 R- QB2 R_Q8 taining the (my of htl> attack. d uced a n enUrely passive posltIoll which 46 B_Q4 B-Q3! 52 R-B2 A- KN8! 24 . . . . N-B3 27 N_B4 B_N2 he can hardly hold In Ule long rUIl . So he Resigns 25 BxR Nx B 28 QxN Q-QB2 seizes the opportunity to shed his artl· T he peculi ar and Irremediable threat 26 BxP! BxB 29 NxP ! .. . . ficia lly isolated QUee n Bishop Pawn with Is 53 . . , R-N7 ! White is enj oying a .·emarka ble serles hope or gaining some active pla y. B ut his or little combina tions. acUo ll boomera ngs. 29 . . . . Q.N 20 . . . . B-N6! 23 BxNP QR-Nl 30 R-Q8 B-K3 21 Q-N 1 NxQBP 24 B- B3 B- Q4 ! 22 NxN BxN 25 9xB Q •• 30 . .. P-KR4 may be less hopeless, but neither It nOlO the text matters too Here is the Ilegative result ot the greatly by now. White action: Blacl;: controls the hnlf· Solutions to B_N2 open Queen Knight file, ta rgeting the CHESS· BOARD MAGIC! 31 RxR P- KR4 35 Q- KB8 backwa rd Pawn on tha t file. Also. Blnci! 32 R-Q8 B_B5 36 Q_K8 9- B3 has the better Bishop. His :ulvl\ntnges No.1 H's mate alter 1 Q-B3, K-N8 2 37 P_KR4 K- N2 33 R( 1-Q1 QxP are decisive. Q- Q3 t , K-R8 3 Q-Q4, K-N8 4 Q-K4t, 34 R(s....Q6 B-B3 38 R- Q7 t K-R3 K- RS 5 Q-K5, K- NS 6 Q-B5t, l{-R8 7 39 Q-K3t Resi gns 26 Q-B2 R-N6 28 B- 9 3 P_R5i 27 B_Q2 P-R4 29 QR-Q1 Q_K S Q-B6, K- NS S Q- N6t , K-R8 9 Q-N7, 30 P-I(3 · K- N8 10 Q- R7t, K- R8 11 Q-R8. . . . No. 2 An eaBY win tollow5 after 1 H.-Bot, COLORADO 1968 Naturally, White dislikes 30 1'.'171' and Is K- H5 2 R- R5t ! K-N5 3 R-R5, R-Q6 -:I afraid of 30 . . . P-B5. But tlle text nlso USCF Open at Snowmoss·at.Aspen K- D7, R- B 6t 5 K - N6, R--Q6 6 R-R4t, has Hs drawback. 1\:- R6 7 K- B7, R- B6t 8 K-Q8, R-B7 9 Microscopic Head way 30 .... P-R6! K - K 7, R- K7t 10 K-Q6, R-Q7 11 K-B6, Youngster Browne did extl·emely well 31 KR-K1 Q- K5! H-B7t 12 K- N5, R-N7 13 K-R5, R-Q7 in fi nishing second In the U. S. Open. This positional crusher (orees W hite's 1-1 R-R3t a nd 15 RxP ! It's no shame thnt he fi nished a clea.· reply. No.3 The Involuted but winning process second In his Individual enCOllnter with lUll S: 1 R-Nl t, K-R2 2 K-B7, K-R3 3 tournament winner Larsen. Black wins K-B6, K- R-l Ion 3 ... K-R2, White wins this game by making headway witll tho the K night by 4 R-Nl) 4 K-B5, K-R5 microscopic sleps of the true gra ndmastel' [or 4 ... K - R3 5 R-N6t . and 5 ... that he is. K- R·I 6 R- N8. etc. or 5 . . . K-R2 6 R- R6, etc,] 5 K - B4 . K - R4 [ 01· 5 ... E NGLISH OPENING K- RS S R- N3t, K -R2 7 K -B3, N- N3 S Walter S. Bro wne R- N2t, a nd S .. . K -R6 9 R-N6, e tc. 01· 1 P-QB4 P-KB4 S ... K- Rl 9 K-N6 followed by 10 R-Q2 2 P- KN 3 N_KB3 a nti mate next] 6 R-N5t, K-R3 [ not 6 ... K- R5? 7 R- N8 of course] 7 RxP, 3 B-N2 • • • • K- N2 [ 7 .. . P- K6 8 R-B 6t, and 9 K-Q3 ·With 3 P-Q4, White call make the comes to much th e same eud] 8 R-B6, opening a Dutch Defense. P-K6 9 K-Q3, K- B7 10 R-R6, N- B2 11 t = check; f = dbl. check; i = dis. eh. 32 QxQ exQ R- R7, e tc. CHESS REV IEW, DECEMBER, 1968 375 Activities of CHESS REVIEW Postal Chess JACK STRALEY BATTEll players: game reports & ratings, names of new players, pri:.:e_winners, selected games, Postal Chess Editor tourney instructions &, editorial comment.

TOURNAMENT NOTES Vernon, N Y, Lionel B Joyner or Edmon­ Meanwhile, we have a potential qual­ Pro9ress Reports for ton, Alberta, and Ferenc Nusser of Pearl ifier or two left for the FInals but no Golden Kni9hts Tournaments River, N Y, have responded. 1Ve do not actual qualifiers this month. hear from Henry Rothe (last known in 15th Annual Championship Hnntsville, Alabama) and Norris 'Weaver 18th Annual Championship (Albany, California). We shall start the ThIs tournament, the 1961-2 Golden In the 1965 Golden Knights, no new playoff with all contenders who have Finals section has completed play this Knights, is at last finished (except for been heard from by the New Year. playoffs!), and we ask all prize winners month. And just one qualifier, J P Mc­ G Carlson and E A Jaaska are also to Intyre, to the Finals has emerged. to write in, giving current address playoH, first writing to give address and (clearly!) and confirming their weighted­ confirmation of point score and mean· 19th Annual Championship point totals. When we have addresses while stating preference or number In the 1966 Golden Knights, the follow­ and reasonable confirmations, we will games for match, 2, 4 or 6. 'Ne advise at ing contenders have qualified tor the mail out the cash prizes as due. least 4 as any further tie must then be Finals: G J Van Komen, A Y Burkley, played off afterward. FINAL STANDINGS G J Ruiz, E E Hildreth, B Wheeler, 0 W B Goichberg ... 46.2 D M Scheffer .. 37.45 Strahan, C L McLafferty, A A Keske, R L B Joyner .... 46.2 K I Smith ...... 37.45 17th Annual Championship D Hickey, J D Paterson and D C Taylor. l~ Nusser ...... 46.2 H Freeman .... 37.4 H Rethe ...... 46.2 A Pehas ...... 37.4 There are a few potential qualifers N Weaver ..... 46.2 R C Brandt .... 37.3 In the 1964 Golden Kniglits, Finals left for the Finals, bnt none have come H '.V Steinbach H.O B Appleton .... 37.2~ section 64-Nf 14 has completed play, and through this month. D Rosenberger .43.0 Mrs B Jarnagin 37.25 the contestants therein scored these R R Coveyou . . . 42.95 D R Reynolds .. 37.25 weighted-point totals:· G Carlson ...... 42.9 H C Sanderson .37.25 20th Annual Championship E A Jaaska .... 42.9 G Kat~ ...... 37.2 J Stein 42.0; S G Priebe 36.35; J B T Mueller ...... 41.9 W A Natf ...... 37.2 Stearns 36.2; F A Rudolph 28.9; E P In the 1967 Golden Knights, the follow­ P A McGettigan 41.75 I Schwartz ..... 36.85 Stabler 18.4; an(l R R Coveyou and R ing contenders have qualified for assign­ L '.Velner ...... H.2 H P O'Neill ... 36.75 Donald withdrawn. ment to the Finals: J A Norman, G Rus· J Averbach . ... 40.75 Miss C Brown .. 36.4 V \V R H Trenkamp .40.65 J E "\...-arren .... 36.4 J\ielding the top scores h ere with those sanow, lIiiliaulms, M Lane, Bland R F ",reGregor . . 40.6 J C Seney ...... 36.3 published, page 280, last September, we and D A Bunis. W Porter ...... 40.6 L Vlttes ...... 36.25 have the following list of prospective Also, the following qualified for the R Fontenrose .. 40.25 J Gorman ...... 36.2 Semi-finals: WE Hughen, B Spier, H H G Gribushln .... 40.2 D 'l'aneri ...... 36.2 cash plize winners: J B Siavich .... 40.2 H A Fisher .... 36.1 Hyde, F E Reed, E W Durrant, M A J N Cotter . . . .. 39.7 D Howard ..... 36.1 PRESENT LEADERS IN 1964 ~ Pavitt, A Guttman, D McFadden, J A J :Mayer ...... !~ . 65 J C Meyer .... . 36.1 A Sildmets . . . . 40.2 J E Bischoff ... 31.65 \Vennerstrom, G D Pynes, A Elbogen, "\...- G Chase .... 39.55 S Klein ...... 35.75 D A Littrell ... H.O B L Xe{f ..••. . 31.65 Q R Sampson, S B Croyle, F Zito, R R R J Kneeream .. 39.5 J Limarzi ...... 35.7 R A Cayford ... ·!3.95 G B Dunham .. 31.6 Geary and H Madison. P S Leinweber .39.5 J De Leve .. . .. 35.35 L Stolzenberg .. 43.95 G B Oakes ..... 31.35 a H B Daly ...... 39.45 J Boldt ...... 35.3 B )l,Ialllard ..... 42.S5 S Klein ...... 30.0 L Dreibergs .... 39,45 G W Hardman .35.0 J Stein ...... 42.0 L Kwartler .... 29.5 21st Annual Championship G H Swift ..... 39.45 0 E Miller .... . 35.0 R ?II Burley ... . 41.85 A C Sl1yker . . .. 29.5 R R Coveyou . .. 38.S5 J D Moore ..... 34.95 i\1orton Lane . . . ~0.75 R A Bloom . . ... 29.35 In the recently closed 1968 Golden R Sonshine .... 38 .55 C J Ferber ..... 34.55 Vine Smith . . . 040.6 R L Anderson .. 28.9 Knights these contenders are flOwing in E E Hildreth ... 38.45 R Heinoo ...... 34.55 I Zalys ...... 40 .0 F A Rudolph ... 28.9 as qualified for the Semi-finals; lI( T Reilly ..... 38.4 C"\Y HO\lse .... 3·j.55 D Kucera ...... 39.8 ,v Bland ...... 28.3 D Kahn ...... 38.35 A C Suyker . ... 34.5 J G Sullivan ... 39 .5 C A Van Brunt . 28.3 P Polland, M Hailparn, P D Hallen· R R Coveyou . . . 38.05 R C Slater . . ... 34.45 A E Caroe ... .. 38.35 H F "'right ... . 27.8 beck, H Y Sigler, D L Oswald, C T Goos· R M Burley .. . . 38.0 F Ashley ...... 34.15 .J H Dunkle .... 37.85 Virg-il Smith . . . 27.3 mann, J F Chrome, R Leffew, A Keiser, V J Burdi~k . .. 37.9 S St ?lfartin .... 34 .15 R A Carlyle ... . 37.25 R F ?lIcGregor . 27.25 B eipes ...... 37.9 G Sullinger .... 34.15 G Katz ...... 37 .25 J L "\Vcininger .26.3 j\I Knperman, H E Goodman, J R Smith. o A Lester ... . 34.05 S G Priebe ..... 36.35 S Lenz ...... 26.0 It C Sims, D Bryan, P J Fitzgerald, S "\V Uulr ...... 36.3 D Bohley ...... 25.55 This 1961-2 Golden Knights finished Klein, .T W Blaney, \Y C Grinnell, C L Dreibergs .... 36.25 J i\1 Ogni ...... 25.05 Feuchter, J C L ambert, I Zalys, G M \vith the completion of Finals section G J Ferber ..... 36.2 R Franke ...... 25.0 51-Nf 35 and these weighted-point J B Sleams ... . 36 .2 ?II N Herrick ... 25.0 Simms, D McCrory, T A Willis, G Stay­ L POllakoft .... 35.0 A Donins ...... 24.4 art, H V Clark, Y Smith, M D Di Mar­ scores:* R R Coveyou 42.95; C 'V House R O'Neil ...... 35.1 A Keiser ...... 23.4 34.55; R J Maille 31.8; DID Rozman tino, J H LewIs, M Ahlstrom, E S Han­ S Baron ...... 35.0 D S Monson ... 23.25 nold and C Cortese. 28.45; G. Beck 25.65; C A);:royd 21.8; and P S Leinweber .34.95 C F Smith ..... 22.4 R E Edberg withdrawn, to swell the S R Brown .... 34.5 D E 'Vi\.~on .... 21.8 As or the end of October, 175 prelim A ?lIakaitis . . ... 34.5 S Brand ...... 20. 65 point-winners as published, page 186, last sections were in play, or 1225 contenders. E A P!lumm ... 33.95 F Ashley ...... 19.4 By the end of November, we shall be June. G Goodman .... 33.9 A E Gates ...... 19,4 We are having trouble getting re­ H Rosenberg ... 33.85 ?II Milas ...... 19.4 matching up the last assignments still sponse from those due to playoff for the E A Smith ... . . 33.85 1V E Stevens ... 19.4 before closing the entry list. E V Solot ...... 33.S5 E P Stabler ... 18.4 first five prizes. Bill Goichberg of :Mount .T Christman ... 33 .0 G"\V Sullinger .. 18.25 22d Championship J Ozols ...... 32.8 r F Campbell .. 17.65 .Vi'eighted point totals are based on the N Tener ...... 31. 8 E Livlnlrston ... 14.3 Look for earliest assignments to the foTIowing scale: 1.0 pOints per win in the H B Daly ...... 31.7.:; ?[ P Burns ..... 13.9 prelims; 2.2 In semi-finals; and 4.5 In finals. H J Graves .... 31.75 G F Connell ... 13.3 1969 Golden Knights after the Xmas mail Draws count ha.lf these va.1ues. F 0 Redmond .. 13.3 rush is over. 376 CHESS REVIEW, DECEMBER, 1968 POSTAL MORTEMS Withdraws. 345 Yest maUls Matthews. 340 {ring licks Meckes. 154 Lemyre licks Brill Morgenstern tops (2a) Tamayo. 3~8 'Voodle tWice ; Baldwin beats Heit tWice. 155 La Postal Chess Reports Received L>ows once to \Vall(er. twice to lIIuTphy; Plante matlls )Ioore. 156 Frable belts Bern_ .:I(urphy mauls Altman. 350 Simoneau bests stein and Emerson. 157 Ottley dOlVns Alex­ during October 1968 Bircher. 360 Funk tells Sample. 361 Zimmer ander twice. 158 Huhhard bests Bickford. tops Osteen twice. 362 Breen bests Ball 162 Reynolds rips Welsh. 163 Jones Thomas To report results, follow instructions on twice. 300 Tessa.ro tops Fox. 368 Le Bon split two. 165 1\latthews whl'; White' beats Bearman; Brown withdrawn. 371 Blum ':r h omas withdraws. 174 Pardini withdra""·n.' pages <'10 & 5 of your booklet on Postal bests Homer and (2f) VlsChansl(;'. 375 176 Preston tops Bravard. 177 Whiteman Chess strictly and exactly. Otherwise the Shafiroff conks Kasowitz. beats Butler once, :r.1arkham twille. 185 Oswald whips Elliott. 186 Seybold tops report may be misrecorded, held up or Oswald twice. 187 Graulich licks Silverman. even lost. Name winner first! Started in 1968 (Key: 68-C) T ourneys 190 . 330; 190 ManteIl, McKeon For results in any tournament, give short, Tourneys 1 _ 49: 2 Brashier wins two each tie twice. 192 Philipp yerks Young. U4 Clark bri ef report: it's easier for you and for us. from Powrie and Schwartz. G Tilden with­ C10tlts Quinn and Wade. 196 Stevens rips Typical Is: drawn. 15 Brown fells Fanelli. 18 Carillo Rice. 199 Lewis licks W isely twice but loses conk~ )Iacormac. 22 Gropp socks :ilchliesing. 6S·C 466: 1 A. e , Meek 0 (1st) to Roulston. 200 Clark clips Lambert. 204 23 Hansen tops Griess twice. 25 'VaIl!ck Sparrow boWs to Sims but bests Oswald. 68·P 273: A. Halprin Y2 H. N. P!!Isbnry V2 whips )IacDiarmld and Simpson. 31 Soileau 68·Nf 13: F. J. Marshall 1 H. E. Atkins O. 208 Krouse loses to Friedman but licks 1Il.auls )Iontgomery. 34 Cooley conks In­ Bickford. 234 Younger replaces Mason. 235 Please note: ,Vlnners (and those with the drleri and Schneppenhelm two each; Avery, Grossman replaces Kaufman. 242 Bravard 'lVhite pieces In case of draws) must report Schneppenheim split two. 35 Berg bests Led_ withdraws. 286 Weil stops Steffee. as SOOn as result Is confIrmed by opponent. lie, Reynolds. 36 Kolesar conks Gray. 38 The opponent may report also to ensure his Blenker ties and tops Pawlisz. 39 Yeomans, record and rating going through but must Rasmnssen y erk Chavez. ·12 )1arron tops PRIZE TOURNAMENTS (2f) Grigg. 43 Jewell, Parker tie. H then state clearly tlla.t he was the loser (or Seven-man Tournaments for Premiums played Black in case of a draw). Schllesing socks Strong. 45 Stendel tops and Game reports sent in time tor reoeipt by lies Simpson. 48 Jensen ties Staples and dates Indicated above are printed below. tops Blenker. 49 Roust tops and ties Suhr; Started in 1966 (Key : 66 ~ P) But the players concerned should check to Borden beats Anders. see that they are so pUblished. To spot Tourneys 50·99; 51 Clark wins one from Tourneys 1. 11 6; 90 Gould. Lathroll tie. 112 them. look under your seatlon number, first 'Valker tops Steputat and Thomas. by the key; e.g .• 68-C (Indicating CIMS Tour­ Schmitt. 56 Becker fells Foslien. GO Griffin uey beguu In 1968) and by number (466) fells Scott. 61 Dittman tops Stuber twice. given in text below the key. Gil Benjamin rips Rich. 67 Poole pinks Started in 1967 (Key: 67·P) Symbol f Indicates a win by forfeit with­ Hasty. 70 Klotz, Leeson split two. 71 Dor­ out rating credit; a shows a rating credit mall downs JOhnstone. 12 Lawrence licks Tourneys 1 _ 79: 8 :Surt wins fl"om Hum_ Shaw. is )IcCroskery. Jacobson spli t (lYO; phreys. 20 Farrell bests (a) Herbst but bows adjudication: df marks a dOUble-forfeit. Cassidy conlronk wins from 1"rank. 149 Blum licks L emyre; Lemyre anrl Polgar whips 'Vadloll·e . 9 Ladzlnskl !lcks Des!let and ties Beckel'. 262 Lindberg tops Blum hoth top Booth twice. 151 Rotu ndo Bolgert. 10 Johnson jars Santanello. H (20 Blanton. 264 'Vallace ties Johnston a nd tops (2f) H icks. 152 "rcFarland tops (2f) Pendleton. Cantrell best Bailey; Crouch tops Hendricks. 268 Jl.Ia<;ormac ma uls ?>Ic­ H icks hut bows to naden lwlce. 153 Llef- whips 'Vallraff. 15 Greenberg belts Meisel Isaac. 271 Powell clips Closs ay twice. 278 and Frank. 16 Hoglund jolts Jewell; Brooks Holecy downs Dale. 285 Goldberg tops (0 tops (a) Nyer. 17 Kalash conks Zuckerman. 19 Wellman stops Stark. Castel'. 286 Koliha, Wagner tie. 287 Kotho File Proper Reports! conks Cornwell. 291 Suhr downs Hogendyk twice. 292 Woodruff withdrawn. 294 Bernier. For game reports, file strictly as on page Tourneys :20 - 39; 20 Gittens wins from Jones 'Vslicki each top Inla twice. 295 Gallagher 5 of your Postal Chess booklet. For example. und Thornton. 21 Charney whips 'Valickl. conks Cox. 296 Simon best~ Fenner and list winncr first! (Hold booklet to consult.) \ Villiams withdrawn. 23 Sherman sweeps Bigler twice each. 298 Jones jars De Vey For time complaints (any report of oppo­ .:IIllrph y. Johnson and Cartmell. 24 Russell twice. 301 Blanchard. Everett a x Simpson. nent not replying on time). file strictly In rips Coplin. 25 Johnson jars Mills. (a) and 303 Brockman beats Price. 307 Lambros accordancc with Rules 12. 13 and 14. Evans; Frontera withdrawn. 26 Boykin bests licks :l.Iac:l.I!11an. 309 .Mitchell tops Stevens Note also: you r TC starts an Inquiry. Be Grlek and Lorch. 27 Gardner bests (a) twice, splits with Hart and tops (a) Graeff. sure to send YOUr reply. as directed. to that Thiessen; Longley withdrawn. 28 Statham 310 Bass, Stevens split two. 312 Gustafson inquiry; else. action stalls. .~tops Sullinger. 30 Farber fells Umlas. 31 tops Howe. 321 ],fonson nips Norris. 322 We will not process improper reportsl Korp conks 'Veinschenk; Schmidt smites Leach downs Anders. 326 Sampson. 'Veiss Report all results promptlY: I.e. within U nderhill. 32 F1um flips Hartin; Ekstrom tie twice. 72 hours. And check to see that they ap­ smites Smith. 33 Jones jars Peterson and pear in Postal Mortems per Ilroper date (cf. Peavy; Johnson bows to PeaVy but beats Tourneys 330 _ 379; 333 Uc,Vaters wins from page 377 this ISStle) . Quinta : Peterson pinks Peavy. 34 Nierman Oswald. 33-1 White whips Sidrys and Floto. If not sure your report ;vent In and also tops Keeny and (f) Pahl; Terry withdrows. 341 Piccirillo loses two to Bicknell and one when all yonr games In a tourney are over. 35 Ch romlk, Helper tie. 37 Rubenstein stops to Leroy. 3H Terry loses to Olivencla and send a s ummary at your results. French. CHESS REVI EW, DECEMB ER, 1968 377 Tou rneys 40 _ 88: 41 Bartle. Lieberman win Murdoch. 55 Chuppuis. Pa,G"an o best Berg er­ CHESS BY MAIL from Vaugh n. 42 Endsley licks Gardner. H Olsen. 57 Gieselman loses to Evans a nd Berg stops Stevens; Bergmann maul.$ Lar­ Ka ner and ties Smith; McGehee lOses ( 0 If you have not played in our t ou r neys rn.bee. 45 Schwartz s tovs Stevenson; Ruben_ to Evans but beats Hyde. 58 Jarnagin jolts before, please specify in which clas8 you s teI n rips Elkes. H Charney nips Elkes and Bircher. 59 ",IcLarferty licks Gorman. would like to start. We recommend Van 'Vagenen; AlfOrd fells Hawksle,' and Class A for unusually strong players, E lkes. 48 Clauser w ithdraws. 50 Rllbel\steln Sectio ns 60 - 68: 60 H ickey wins from Vait­ tovs (f) ArmIstead. 51 Little jolts Jansrow; kus and Stark; Herz smites Smlt; Keske Class B for above average players, Class NOlan ties Jangrow and tovs LltUe and ties Her:.: and tops Valtk us and Sta rk. 61 C for about average players and Class Ri\)OlI'sky. 5,1 "'biteman stops Stephens. 56 Hornberg. P aterson best King; McCormack. o for b elow average. If you have played. Leeson replaces Bell; Lafferty licks Ott. 57 Winslow tie. 62 Silkowski. Venesaar tie; please state your probable rating. T homs tops Gorenflo. 63 VerNooy replaces Van Deene conks Daku; Lawrenoe. Taylor 1\[!ehlels. G4 VreU licks Umlas. tie. 6~ B ilodeau tops ',rymnlak. 65 Stark Mail proper entry coupon below, or stops Heneeke. Go Coveyou withdraws. 67 copy of it, to CHESS REVIEW, 134 West Baker bea ts Rabinowitz but bows to Kaman. 72d Street, New York, N. Y. 10023. GOLDEN KNIGHTS 08 Brandt mauls Mallrt. You may enter as many scctlons as P rog r,essive Q u ~ li f icat l o n Champ10nsh1ps F INALS (Key: 66_Nf) you please at proper entry feea, 13th Annual Championship-1959.60 Sections 1 - 15: 3 Tennant wins trom Gil­ Start playIng cheBs by mail NOW I bert. 4 K ent nips O·Nell. 5 DeV~u lt downs P.L.AYO FFS (Key : 59·Np) Henderson; Foote fells Mar(Ja. G Halverson CLASS TOURNAMENT beats VeUiotes b ut bows to DeVault; Berg_ Sections 1 _ 4: 3 Sik]os wins from Douman­ manis tops Koller and ties Anderson; Koller Enter one of the 4 man groups. off. downs DeVa ult. 7 Mitchell. Mayer maul You will be assigned to a section with Grosky. 8 Seligson socks Scott. 9 Wisegarver loses to 'Vllson but licks 'Voods; Blrsten, 3 other players about equal to yourself 15th Annual Championship 1961·2 ' Voods tie. in p layi ng skill, You play both White and Black against the other three. You F INALS (Key : 61 -Nf) 20th Annual Championship-1967 play all six games simultaneously, two Sections 1 · 36: 35 Akroyd rou ts RO'l'man. games on one set of postcards. PRELIMINARY ROUND ( Key: 67-N) Your game results will be recorded and Seotions 1 _ 149: 2 Self Withdrawn. 27 Pollllo publ ished In CHESS REVIEW as well as 16th Annual Championship-1963 withdrawn. 30 Sidrys. SomerVille tie. 34 Cola withdrawn. 38 Heard bests B erthelot. your postal chess r ating. F INAL.S (Key: 53 _Nf) The entry fee Is only $2.50. 55 Edens tops Schliesing and ties WalyUS; Sect ions 1 - 27: 27 Ozols tops P eckel. H illman halts Walyus. 57 .i\IcGehee ,with­ draws. 72 SltolimowSkl. Spero tie. 87 Reed ,------1 rips Durrant; Larzelere ll·ithdraws. 1H CHESS REVIEW 0 Ch«. if II "ew· 'Valrath conks 'Veinkauf, 120 Brodt, Ralston I 134 W . 72d St.. (ome, to Postlzl ChesJ 1 17th Annual Championship 1964 tie. 132 Pavit bows to De Jong but bests New York. N. Y. & slale (lass (below) SEM I_ F INA LS ( Key : 64 -Ns) (0 Jarett; Vogel licks Labelle. 133 DaVis. 10023 Rosner tie. 134 Ferro fells Bearce. 136 Pavitt / I e nclose $...... Enter m y name In 1 Sections 1 - 57: 51 OvP df with Goodall and tops tt) Messer. 138 Ostrlker halts Herman; ...... ( how ma ny1) sections of your I Spllncer. 55 Angers. Barg d t. 56 'l'erry loses Guttman tops (t) Rosenberg. .139 Coulbourn. I Postal Chess CLASS Tourname nts. The to De Leve and Holschu h. 'l'ockman tie; Sutherland trips Troncone. a mount e nclosed covers the entry lee of HO .i\1arples mauls Matz. H3 Berry with­ I $2.50 per section. Ki ndly start/ contin ue I F INA L.S (Key : 64 -Nf) drawn. 146 " 'cnnerstrom tops Thompson. (strike out one) me In Class ...... Sect io ns 1 _ 20: 1-1 Coveyou withdraws. 15 IH "Ioore tops (0 Watts. 148 Wee ties Deitrich downs DiJoseph. 1S Evans sweeps 'Weaver and tops Van Harris. INAME ...... I ),[urph}', Thompson and :lI[oore. 20 Coveyou withdraws. Sections 150 - 179 : 150 McKaig wins frcm I ADDRESS ...... I George. 151 Pynes pinks Musumeci; Harvey tops (t) K imbrough. 152 Hopkins withdrawn. ICITv·· · · .. · ·· · .. · .. · .. · .. · ...... 153 Chesher. Gulbis tie. 158 Sampson clips ·· · 1 18th Annual Championship-1965 Clark. 162 Croyle bests Barnes; Zito tops L STATE______...... CODE ...... I (0 Peckel. 1G5 Cutler jars Jordan. 1G8 Geary SE MI- FINALS (Key: 65 -Ns) rips R usso. 112 Dak u, GraiJam tie. 173 Stark Sections 1 - 81 : 70 :i\fc!ntyre wins (0 f"om stops Myrna. 175 R Owen mauls Mooney. Llbreros. 78 Pateman downs DIJoseph; Dry_ 176 Bia nd, Dineseu a nd COnley down Volesky. PRIZE TOURNAMENT foos drubs Vaughn. 79 Stevens stops Al gase. 177 Boyer beats H edgcock; Madison mauls Enter one of the 7 man groups. SO Bruce axes Ensor. 81 Kent beats Broder­ Kawa and Hllber; Wolcott llcks Luce. 179 Baron. Nusser t ie. You will be assigned to a section with sen but bows to Lavallee; Brodersen "'!th­ dra"'s. six other players about equal to your­ S E;M I- F INALS (Key: 67- Ns) self in playing skill. You play White FINALS (Key: 56-Nt) Sections 1 - 29: 1 Cinttns, O'Nell Ue. 2 Gates against three of your opponents, Black Sections 1 _ 29 : 12 Throop wins from :'IIc­ licks Levine. 5 Endsley. Thomas tie. 6 Brant, against the other three-and you play Kenna. 13 Owens licks L imarzi. 14 Victory. Sample tie; Brewer. Nonnan tie. 7 Littrell all six games simultaneously. "'nrren tie. 16 Campbell, Nester nip Ferber; withdra ws, loses ( ~ ) to Greene. 10 Martin. \Veinkauf ties Ferber and tops (a ) Collins. Rauch tie. 11 Russanow tlen Gonnan a nd You stand a good chance of winning 17 Drngonetti drubs Varley; Tomas tops Fitzgerald; Sgro, Taylor tic. 12 'White bests a prize, too! Credits of $6.00 and $3.00 Schuller and Cody. 18 Ewart tops (a) .i\li ll er but bows to Se ! vas-~!. 13 Harvey halts ar e awarded to 1st and 2d place winners Bragdon. 19 'Veininger whips F osllell. 20 Valls-han. 10 hliliaukas tics Stevenson a nd in each section. Credits may be used to Brandreth rips Chagnot. 22 DeLicto downs Batliner and Harlan. 18 Lanc licks Twalte n. Fisch and Day. 25 Abraha mson Ilclts Lenz; 1~ Walzer rips RedmOnd and Leblanc; Lynch purchase chess books or equipment. JlIiles mauls Olson. 26 Taylor tops Kirchner. licks Long. 21 Ruys rIplS Thomson. 22 Sha n­ The entry fee is on ly $4.00. 27 Rinell a routs L1.mdsted t. 28 McIntYI'e I'e ­ nOn nips Laffin. 23 Zimninski whivs 'Valker plnces Gladd. and PouChak. 24 Boucher belts Boyce and ),[.'1.yer; .i\layer beats Boyce. 25 Brandt fells 1------, Fcuchter; Youmans yerks Boneu. 26 Dennis. CHESS REVIEW 0 Ch,d if II new· 19th Annual Championship-1966 King and (a) Selvaggi don'n 1<'t-ank. 21 H unt 1134 w. 72d St .. (omet 10 PoJlIfJ ChesJ I licks Barsa but bows to Clauser. 28 Kendal! New York, N. Y. & JlIfU "ass (below) SEMI-FINALS (Key: 66_N s) bests Stewart but boil'S to Kellner. 29 BOIes belts Butland. I ",,,, I sections 1 _ 59: 17 Van Komen wins from I enclose $ ••• • . . ..• .• Enter my name In Crown but loses to Brand ; Brand nips Nor­ Sections 30 - 60 : 30 Bland wins from Her­ ...... ( how many1) sections of you r I I Postal Chess P RIZE To urnaments. T he man. 19 "'ilson socks Shaw. 21 Molenda rick, Burkhardt and RanelJettL 31 Shefler a mount e nclosed covers the entry fee 01 bests Bolen. 2~ Berger-Olsen. Ho.rt maul licks Wellstocd a nd Parker but loses to I $4.00 pe r section. Kindly s t art/contin ue I Marples. SO Burkle}' licks Sample. H St Barbier; Sholma n pinks Parker. 33 L arson (strike out o ne) me In Class ..... · . .. :'Ilarlin stops Severance; Dragonctti nips loses to Pransky but licks Sog ln; Carney O';\"ell. 36 Ruiz rips Nalepa. 37 Story tops bows to Sogln, withdraws and loses (a) to (f) Berger. 39 BoHea u bests Stevens. 41 NAME ...... 'Velbel; Larson withdraws. 3·1 Cook c onk ~ I I Good. Hildreth tie. 45 Gutting bests Lind­ Hill. 35 Lemke li cks Um!as. 36 Burris. ADDRESS ...... seth but bows to Ribner ; Lester ties Rlbner Keiser cllp Clark; K eiser tops Devine and I I and tops Lindseth. 47 Bowman tops (f) ties Bruce. 38 Sogin belts Prattes but bows CITY MerrilL 48 Henriksen bests HinriChsen and to Kerr. 3~ H unt \)OII"S to !\Iartln and Ander_ ...... I Kirmun but bows to Baron; B:tron. HinriCh­ sOn. 41 Vogel jars Johnson. 42 Bras hier I sen tic. ·15 'Vright rips Thrush. 52 Haralson, 1______STATE ...... CODE ...... 1 eats Gulbis. ~7 Correctlon: Gra y did not Wheeler whip P rince. 53 ~raillard downs forfeit to Sinclair. 378 CHESS REVIEW, DECEMBER, 1968 21st Annual Championship 1968 tL nd Lee30n: Melton tops H" k e~. 10( Clark. {A l, D North (e), J Ortiz (e), ROwen Pr!<:hard "lip Wade. 105 Jacoh!;On Uckll (e), L e Partney (D), J R Peacock (C) , PRELIMIN ARV ROUND ( Key: 68·N) White but loses to A hl. trom; Blnjwu mauls ) llil erd. 106 Cortese. Hannold nip Hiller; R Pechter (D), T PetUgrew (B) , J 0 Se<: tion. 1 . 2i: 1 Berglund win. from POland Clo thier wl t hd ra w ~. 101 J oi"er jars Water. ptmpedly (C), E W Powers (C); b ut OO WB to J oy<:e. ~ Herr h.aJu Clark. ( mUll. 108 Goosman, Dlugh a nd Giles down W L Ragland (OJ. M Rode l (el, J Uault pI nk s Pa~ks. , Van JJrunl llu Brum Ooff: Vattlkutl withd rawn. 109 Cor tese topa Rosllngton ( D ), R Schmid (C), J Scully and Um lu . 8 llenJamln • .n,her lie. ~ Zlm· Juhl a nd tle~ Schroder. 11 0 Simms beats nlns kl nIp" .\layer; Starkweather licks La­ Abad. III Clark cllps Nlermann: Asselin (C), T Seltz (D), C A Seymour (e), R rick. I V Hallparn halts T hayer and Appel­ tOp~ (() Waltner. 1\1 Ristor<:e lli r!ps RIch­ S harrock (D), D M Shaw (A), J R S haw blatt. II Call1 Pbeats Gold· F Undzius (C), H Utlar (D), R Waldron lIer&". ~ I Scotl 8<:ot<:hes Graha m: S IIOler socks S e~ \ lon. 125 _ 175 : I tli WeltthOff wins from (D). S Wolcotl (D), G Wilkinson (C) , FaUl t . 22 Os wald axes Alter. U I30neaa Ue" Smothers; Taylor topll L,.uce. I2G Day down ~ J Wittenberg (C), L Wolton (D), N La)' 0.11(1 tOP8 Farrell. 24 Hentschel, lUU" \\ ·e nll e r ~ trom. 130 Foelker bow ~ to ;\ladlson Wortwerg (D), S Ye ung (D), Young rip HOOt: .\IIU". Root. Goosmann rout Hoklta: but beats Bielefeld. 132 V!kander rout ~ E E HOOt lI<: k ~ Hoglund . .2S Ca ke. Wrathall tie. Hapler and Penrose. 13 3 Kauffmann tops (D), F Zar (D). 26 C roy le spills SpOoner. 21 Smith ties Porter (() n'ser. IH Ra.nson Wi t hdrawn. US Rum­ and tops )I<:1·'.rland; f'a usey tlu Smith IlUl ley repl.tl<:es Tuttle. 151 Hoglu nd repla<:u 10lK!s to L.ay. 28 Ch rome beSIS Wn wn but Benne r. 15 ~ Volk man nips Kne<:ht. bows to GOOl;man. 29 Udral drubIJ G reen. POSTALMIGHTIES! NEW POSTA LITES Se<:tloros 3lI . 0: SO Leffe ...· wIns fl"{)m K up_ Priu Tournaments erman bu t loscs to Reed: Rt-ed. Timmer G Airway (C), G T Allen (D), N L bes t Dechtel. 31 Keiser cOll k~ Kalltz. 32 Beerman (Cl, D H B enja min ( D), L T '1'h e ~e Posta llte. have won awards in the 19 G6 lind 1967 P rllgin: Wol<:ott Il<: k~ 'aylor. 35 L Derll' ...... • ...... ht 6-0 SI )Iathe "', <:onk" CaM. 53 Koller dru bo! 38 A Dlenk er ...... 1111 5 ~· ~ Dr~one ttl. 84 Grlvainl! h :t.l ts Un I'Ve}, : ) Ia,· n C A CastO ...... Ist 5 - 1 tin oo,,'1J to H ar n~y bu t beaU Peavy li nd (tl 81 E 8 ) [endosa...... 1st 6 -0 Va lley. SS \\'ol<:ott n ips " o,mnn : Abrams S2 L K Salmo nllOn ...... lII t 6 ·0 bo W8 to Dreihergs bu t beB I~ Q ueen: S3n_ 96 J J Sma lley ...... Ist 6·0 tartlle tops ;\Iarples. 86 Stnrk II tOps Leeson. 87 Ba k er 00\\"" to Coplin hut !Jells Thornton. 39 CallTltta. Looll~ Y tie. :)0 Brnshler IIck~ Frlthlor. 91 .Ia<:ol)s. Dufonr Jolt Yar borough. - XMAS MORATORIUM 92 W rig ht rips Dufeny. 05 Gottllch bow!! to , Wenze l bu t bests Palfrey. '1 F riedman ll ck ~ • For a Merry Xmllll, wa ask you to w Ith . ,\"hley. 98 Crn ne downs He idel: Leaper hold a U time complai nts during the Xmllll iJe

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CHUS RtVI!W, DECEMBER, 1968 381 Annuctl Index to MEMORIALS Oscar Freedman ...... , 926 Harvey Breit ...... 196 Rev. Howard E. Ohman.. . 99 CH 55 REVIEW Marcel Ouchamp .. 32-1 Jerry Spann ...... 36

VOL. 35, No, 1 to 12 JANUARY to DECEMBER, 1968 SERIALS PAGES 1 to SM· Anagram. and Palindromea: ...... 278, 292, 326 "BeverwIJk" (Hoogoven) Annual ...... 104, 119, 147, 205 ARTIC:LES Beginning on Cha Jlenge rs Round ..... la1, 163, 195, 198, 200, 202, 232, 234, Page 252, 259, 266, 270, 286, 291, 312, 818, 323, 335, 337, 343, 370 American World Champion (AnnotaUons by Hans Kmoch) 218 Cheas Olympiad ...... 291, 328, 366 Botvinnik on FIscher (Interview) " "" "" , ... ,' ,.,"" 255 Fischer AffaIr ...... 3, 8, 21, 26, 40, 42, 67, 89, 106, 124, Central American Che8s 131, 255, 285, 318, 328, 364 (Willlam Hook, notes by H . Kmoch) ...... 298 Hoogoven ("Beverwijk") Annu,,1 ...... 104, 119, 147, 205 Fischer AffaIr (Dr. Petal' Trifunovich) ..... ,...... 92 at Sousse ...... 8, la, 35, 40, 42, 51, 76, 89, 106, Fourth Women's Tournament (P. Trllunovlch) ...... 19 0 118, 188, 146, 178, 285 Golden Age of Cheat (William E. NapIer) ...... 361 Larsen VI. Portisch ...... 232, 252, 270 Hoogoven Tournament (P. Trifunovich ) ...... 205 P <1I lma de MaJJorca ...... 46, 72, 131, 132, 156, 158, 172 Korchnoy In t el"V iew ...... , ...... 198 Post-Soussa Playoff ...... 99, 100, 132, 135, 138, 170, 210 Korehnoy vs, Re shevsky (B. J. Wlthuls) ...... '86 Spassky VI. Geller ...... " ...... •.. 200, 202, 312, 337 Korchnoy vs. Tahl (P. Trifunovich) ...... •... , ...... "3 Spal.ky VI. Korchnoy ...... , ...... " ., .•. , .•• 370 Man of the Year (Svetozar Gligorich ) ...... • ...... S panky VI. Larsen ...... , ...... 313, 335 Sarajevo XI (P. Trlfunovich) ...... " .. 92 Tahl vs. Gligorich ...... 227, 234, 259, 266 Spartakiad IV (P. Trlfunovich) ...... " .,,,. United States Championship ...... 263, 282, 304, 382 State of Denm"rk (Jack Straley BaUeH) ...... •. 3"40 10th Tchlgorln Memorial (P. Trlfunovlch) ...... GAMES INDEXED BY PLAYERS Tournament of Solidarity (P. Trifunovlch) ...... , . .. . 20 Tussle of Tit"nl (Notes by H. Kmoch and P. Trlfunovich). "'158 Ac ers v Peake 78 Bock v Kaczmarek 309 Un ited Statea Championship (J. S. Ba.ttell) ...... Adam. v Pincus 232 Bogdanovlch v Ta.h.1146, Mar­ Visit by FilCher (P. T rifunovlch) ...... 3"'" Addison v Johannsson 282 Ich, RobaLSch 329 Women "t Subotiea ( P . Trifunovich) ... , ...... 27 Ahlbeck \. O'Kelly ~6 Bogolyubov v Spielmann 221 Yugollav Championlhip (P. Tr1Cunovlch) ...... • 182 Albi" v Tcblgorin 304 Bolbochan y Resllevsky 138 Alekandrlja v Kushnir 30 Boleslavsky y Stahlberg 168, DEPARTMENTS Alster v Schmid 26 4 Gulmard 169 Announce the Mde (Quiz: J. S. BaUell) ...... 225, 354 Anastuopoulos " F ischer 365 Botvlnnlk v Vidmar 64, Matu· AnderlSen v Anonymous 185 Book of the Month (Book revIew) ...... 39, 260 lovich 72, Taimanov 93, Gil· An onymo us - not indexed ex· gorich 104, Larsen 141, 158, Cartoons (Kirk SUles) ...... 9, 11 , 19, 36, 39, 56, 65, 83, 88, cept v opponents 113 , 120, 123, 137, 145, 148, 169, 174, 203, 209, 223, Smyslov 168, Pachman 169, Antze v Carls 7 Letzelter 302, Portlsch 303 230, 239, 254, 269, 276, 278, 300, 307, 310, 326, 333, Asenova v Kushnir 30 Bradvarevich v Gluecksman 339, 363, 369, 379 Averbakh v Gligorich 363 Cheu·board Magic! (Endgame: I. A. HorowItz) ...... 38, 97, 121 Avram " Lombardy 250 Br<1lndreth v Delson 53 122, 166, 236, 324, 356 Braaket v BlsguIer 283 Chess Cavl"r (Garue brevities: J . S. BatteU) ..•" , ...... 26, 64, 88, 160, 192 Brixey v LaIfin 241 Balogh v Nagy 26 Bronstei" v Zita 168, Spassky Chess Quiz (J . S. Batteil) ...... 2, 34, 66, 98, 130, 161c, Barcza v Korchnoy 142, GU· 334, GlJgortch 363 194, 258, 290, 322 gorich 363 Browne v Larsen 375 Finishing Touch (P'"f)blems, endgames dept. Walter Korn) 48, Barczay v FIscher 13, Kro· Buklch v Geller 25, Tahl 7B 74, 124, 268, 368 glus, Matuiovich 307, Kele· Burn v PerIls 64 Game of the Month (Deeply analyzed games: S. Gligorlch) 8, cevlch 328 Butnorl. v Terpugev 175 46, 72, 104, 138, 168, 200, 232, 264, 296, 328, 362 Baret lch v Dlmitrijevich 134, Byrne, 0 v Seidman 180 Games from Recent Events (annotated by H. Kruoch) .. 12, 50, Plrc 185 Byrne, R v Gipslls 108, Stein 76, 118, 146, 178, 220, 250, 281, 302, 330, 374 Basman v Vellnlirovich 77, 109, Fischer 122. Reshevsky On the Cover ...... 4, 36, 68, 102, 132, 164, 196, :'28, 291, 324 Gheorghiu 220 138, Evans, Zuckerman 146, Postal Cheu (Chess·by·rualI: J. S. Battell) ...... 16, 54, 80, Ba .. v Gabrielson 154 Saldy 30 4, FIscher 323 111, ISO, 186, 213, 240, 272, 808, 338, 316 Bean v Saverymutta 79 Byzantiadis v FIscher 365 Postal G"mes (annotated by John W. Colllns) ... 58, 112, 154, Beardsley v Berger 380 214, 241, 809, 380 Bednarski v Lehmann 174, Postal Ratings: tor 1967: .. . 59, 80; for mid 68: ... 245, 272 Ma tulovlcll 329 Cagan v F ischel' 281 P roblemut (P roblems: I. A. Horowitz) .. 6, 84, 151, 198, 295 Benitez v Euwe 26 Capablanca v Wheatcroft 221, Read er,' Forum (Letters) ...... 65, 281, 28 5, 292, 326, 357 Benko v Horowitz 305, Bis­ ~l aroczy 281, SpIelmann 302 Solitaire Chen (Quiz: I. A. Horowitz) ...... 7, 45, 95, 137, guier, Zuckerman 332 Carrs v Antze 7 185, 237, 288, 301, 334, 360 Berg v Nelson 251 Chlrlch v Korchnoy 205, Kay· Spotright on Openings (Analysis: H. Bouwmeester) .. 10, 126, Berger v Thomas 64, Larsen nlek 807 176, 208, 238 23' Clarke v Szabo 169 Where to Play Chess (Chess club directory) ..... 32, 64c, 96, Berger, O. v Beardsley 380 Connor v Wlsegarver 112 128c, 155, 192c, 224, 256, 28Bc, 320, 352, 381 Berger, N v Blrsten 241 Conzelman v Lonoff 222 World of Che.. (News collated by T. A. Dunst) .... 3, 35, 67, BerHner v Messere 218, E s· Coudtrl v Zuckerman 53 99, 131, 163, 195, 227, 259, 291, 323, 355 trin 219 Cuellltr v FIscher 13, Larsen Bernstein v F ine 304 3" FIC:TION Best v Mull' 241 Cuklerman v Rossollmo 64 Secret Life of Walter Patzer (Gilbert Eo Feldstein) ...... 144 Bilek v S myslov 362 Czerniak v Fischer 281 Bird v S telnltz 192 • "II number "ferences Indicate pag' number.. Mo nthly issues end Bir.ten v Berger 241 Da mjanovich v Shamkovich with foll owing n u mbe ~s : Jan. 32, Fe b. &4, March is, "pril 128, Bi.guier v Mengarini 78, May 160, Jun, ' 82, July 224, "ug. 256, Sipt. 288, Oct. 320, Nov. 352. 117, Zuckerman 178, Larsen Levy 149, Brasket 283, Benko Iteml appearing on covers when In dexed art lilted with number 218 . Gllgorich 362 of nearnt page (co unting such, tot,,1 p31g .. run to more than 384): 332, Weinberger 333 Oarga v Yanofsky 12, Larsen c Indlc"tu cover page so Indexed, Bobot.ov v Korchnoy 119 50 382 CHESS ReVIlW, DECEMBER, 1968 David.on v Beesley 112 Polucayevsky 139, Larsen 156, Laffin v Brixey 2H Inadvertently on page) Ruy Davila v Kaplan, Myers 2911, Szabo 169, Nlkolao 200, Lar­ Larsen v Ivkov 46, Davis 47, Lopez, Muskal Black 241 Hook 301 sen 232, Tahi 234-6, Tahl Darga 50, Korchnoy 90, Matu- Myagmarauren v Fischel', Re­ Davi. v Larsen 47 266-7, Donner 303, Averbakll, 10vlcl1 118, Botvinnlk HI, shevsky 14, Fischer 124 Day v Stevenson 192 Barcza, Bronstein, Panno, Gligoricli 15G, Jvkov, Jimenez, Myers v Davila 299, Hook 300 De Castro v Delgado 301 Tahl 363 Talil 157, Botvlnnlk Hi8, Delgado v De Castro 301 Gluecksman v Bradvarevich Damjanovlcli 218, Berger, Gil­ NOlgy v Balogh 26 Delson v Brandreth. 53 121 gorich, Lengyel, Portlscli, Najdorf v Fischer 73, Stein Denker v Sherwin 149, Foster Goldenov v Mlkenas 192 Quinones 232, PorUsch 252-5, 138 181 Goro&tiaga v Phillips 241 L\'kov 255, Portisch 27 0-1, Nei v GUrgenldze 142 Oilman v Massie 309 Grigorjan v Maslov 362 Spassky 314-7, Forintos 330, Nelson v Berg 251 DimltriJevich v Baretlch 184 Gruenfcld v Galla 25 Spassky 335-7, Cuellar 363, Nichev.ky v Uhlmann 287 Donner" Portlsch 104, Jano­ Guala v Welnholz 251 Browne 375 Nicolau v Kushnir, Nowarra sevlch 148, Flscller 169, Tahl Quteld v Smyslov 94 LalSarev v Schmid 201 31 207, Gligorich 303, Huebner Gulmard v Boiesls"sky 169 Lasker y Schlechter 170, Nikitin v Polugayevsky 168 331, Korchnoy 363 Gun.berg v Steinltz 137, Pills­ Pillsbury 361 Nikolao v Gilgorich 200 Dueckdein " Kerkhorf 77 bury 170 Luker Ed y Thomas 231, Nikolich v Trlngov 329 Dzeclolowllky v Geller 169 Gurgenidze v NeJ, Vasyukov Rotlevi 30~ Nowarra v Nlcolau 31 142 Laurevich_Markovich v Kush­ Nun v Estrin 88 nir 191 Nurenberg v Rautenberg 88 Eisman v Kieninger 232 Hartlton v Stein 179 Ek.trom v Kasowltz 380 Le Compte v Evans 284 Hohenberger v Mengarini 221 Lehmann v Bednarski 174 O'Donnell v Matera 221 Epp v Shapiro 122 Hook v Myers 300, Davila 301 Erdo. v Lichtner 160 Lengyel v Larsen 232 O'Kelly v Ahlbeek 25, Toran Horowitz v Benko 80S, Evans Letzelter \' Botvlnnlk, Par­ E,trln v Nun 88, Berllner 219 173 38Z Euwe v Benitell 26 tisch 302 OstoJich v Janosevich 183 Hort v Reshevsky 170-1, Stein Levy v Blsguler 149 Evan. v Byrne 146, Lombardy 210-2 282, Le Compte 284, Horowitz Llb crson y PoJugayevsky 362 Pachman v Botvinnik 169 Hubtll v Kuhne 192 Llchtcnheim v Morphy 95 Panno v Gilgorich 363 332 Huebner v Donner 331 Lichtner " Erdos 160 Paoli v Tatai 52 Littrell \' Mllir 58 Peake v AcerB 78 tvkov v Larsen 47, Taimanov Ljlljak v Gaprlndashvlll 190 Penrose v Taill 72 Filip v Stein 46, Gllgorich 121, Korchnoy 207, Larsen 104, Fuderer 218 Loftus v Sandrln 220 Perlis v Burn 64 Fine v Winter 288, Bernstein 255 Lombardy \- Avram, Fisch­ Petrosyan v Spassky 92, Glps­ helmer 25 0, Eva ns 282, Seld· lis 174 3" Janosevich v Fischer 25, Don­ Fi.cher v Stein 8, Barcza)" man 37~ Phillips v GorosUaga. 241 ner 148, Ostojich 183 Lonoff ,- Contelman 222 Pillsbury v Gunsberg 170, Cuellar 13. Myagmarsuren 14, Janushpolsky v Rovner 160 Kholmov 23, Matulovl<;h 24, Lunenfeld " Zalys 214 Lasker 361 Janosevlch, Sofl"evlky 25. Jimenez \' Larsen 157 Lutikov v Stein 8 Pilnik v Prince 142 JohannS$on v Addison 282 Reshevsky 43, Korchnoy 45, Pincus v Adams 232 Stein 51, Najdor! 73, Khol­ Pi rc v Daretich 185 KaczmOlrek \' iIIoyer 241, Bock Mantell l" ?Ia l"i ca 154 mov 77, Portlsch 104 , Byrne Polugayev.kJ v Gllgorich 139, 309 Marica v Mantell 154 NiklUn 168, Kholmov 175. 122, Myagmarsuren 124, Gei­ Marich " Uhlmalm 287, Bog· ler, Ka\'alek, Trlngov 146, Kahn Y Kendrick 241 Liberson, Rodriguez 362, Por­ Kalla v Kivi 160 danovich 329 tisch 353 Geller 147, Donner 169 , Por­ Markovich y Kushnir 191 tisch, Resl!evsky 178, Cagan, Kaplan v Gbeorghius 179 , Pomar v Tringov 281 Davila, Rovira 299, Rosas 301 Maroczy l" Capablanca 281 PortiSch v Matulovich 46, Sut­ CzernIak 281, Byrne, Kavalel" Ma rovich v Zuckerman 281 :i\Iatulovlch, MazzonI. Rosso­ Karaklajich v Averbakh, Ros­ tles 76, Donner, Fischer, GUg­ sollmo 1:11 , I{orcilnoy 206 Ma rshall y Tarrasch 304 ol'ich 104, Spassky 105, Kor­ UIliO 328, Matanovlch 329, Martin \" i\IcCarUly 241 Anastaso()Oulos, Byuntladis Karstens v F rleslcke 160 cllnoy 120, F ischer 178, Lar­ Kuowitz v Ekstl-om 380 MOll lov v GrigorJan 362 sen 232, 252-5, Korchnoy 266, Kavalek v Fischer, Matulo­ Massie v Dilman 309 Lanen 270-1, Letzelter 302, Fischheimer v Lombardy 250 Matanovich v Uhlmann 286, '"Fle.c h v Spassky 116 \'Ich 146, Chlrlch 307, Fischer Botvinnlk 303, Polugayevsky l~J s cher 329 Flomm v Remlinger 241 328 Kelecevich v Barczay, Minich Matera v O'Donnell 221 Prince v Pl1nlk 142 Forinto. v Larsen 330 MOltulovich v Geller 22, Fis­ '" Fo.ter v Kevltz 121, Denker ,28 Kendric k v Kahn 241 cher 24, Portlsch 45, Botvin· Quinonu v Larsen 232 181 Keres " Gllgorlch 9, Schmid nik, Gligorieil 72, Meekins: 17, Frieslcke v Karstens 160 Larsen 11 8, KavaJek 146, Rabar v Yukce\'lch 88 Fuderer v Filip 218 254, Spassky 301 Kerhoff " Duecksteln 77 Stuplca 183, Uhlmann 286, Raufman v Weinstein 222 Kevitz v Foster 121 Barczay 307, Fischer 328, Rautcnberg v Nurenberg 88 Gabriel.on v Bass 154 Kholmov v Fischer 23, 77, Bednarski, Minich 329 ReshevlSky \' Fischer 43, Gel­ Galla v Gruenfeld 26 Polug:ayevsky, Zurahov 175 Mazzoni v FIsc1ler 328 ler 108, Stein 135-7, Bol­ Gaprindashvili v Ljlljak 190 Kieningcr v Eisman 232 McCarthy v Martin 2-11 bochan, Byrne, Geller, Gil­ Geller v ?fatulovleh 22, Buk­ Kivi v Kaila 160 Mecking v Matulovich 77, gorich, Sleln 138, Hort 170-1, iell 25, Reshevsky 108, Glig­ Korchnoy v Fischer 45, Lar­ Glpslis 91 Fischer 178, Korcilno), 286-7, orlch, Ueshevsky 188, Fisch­ sen 90, Bobotsov 119, Por­ Mcdina v Rossollmo 304 Weinberger 305, Rossolimo er 146, 147, Dzecloioll'sky 169, tisch, Tah1120, Barcza, Gipslls Mcnchik v Stahlberg 64 332, Korchnoy 362 Spaasky 200, 202-4, Uhlmann 1-12, Gipslis 146, Chlrich 205, Mengarini \' Blsguler 78, Robatsch " Bogdanovlcli 329 296, Spassky 312, 337 Klu-aklajich 206, Ivkov 207, Hohenberger 221 Rodriquez v Polugayevsky Gheorghiu v Spassky 105, POI'tisch 266, Reshevsky 286-7, Mcssere v Berliner 218 Uhlmann 147, Kaplan 179 , Talll 3H-51, Reshevsky, Spa-.;­ Mikcnas v Goldenov 192 '"Rosas v Kaplan 301 Basman 220 sky 362, Donner, Tahl 363, Minich v Uhlmann 286, Kele­ Rossolimo y Cllkierillall 64, Gip.lIs v Mecklng 91, Byrne Spassky 370-3 cevich 328, Matlliovich 329 Karaklajlch 121, Medina 304, 108, Korchnoy 142, 146, Pet­ Kostich v Tartakover 45 Morphy v Llchtenhelm 95, Fischer 328, Reshevsky 332 rosyan 174 Krogius v Barczay 307 a nonymous 360 Rotlevi v Lasker 304 Gl lgorich v Keres 9, Matuio­ Kuhne v Hubel 192 Moyer v Volpe 214, Kacz· Rovira v Kaplan 299 " ich 72, Botvinnik, Filip, Por­ Ku.hnir v Stadler 29, Alek­ marek 241 Rovner v Janushpolsky 160 tisch, Smyslov 104, Smysiov sandrija, Asenova aD, Nicolau Mu ir v Littrell 58, Best 241 lOS, Stein 109, Geller 138, 31, Lazarevich- Markovich 191 Muskat v Scheper (omitted Saidy Y Byrne 304

CHESS ItEVIEW, DECU.tBlR, 19158 383 St Amant v Staunton 237 Taimanov v Botvinnik 93, Iv· INDEX OF OPENINGS Declined 10f, 14, Sample v Walters 58 kov 121, Vasyukoy 143 Some openings may occur under 64f, 78, 192, 205, 220, Sandrin v Loftus 220 Tarrasch v F J Marshall 304, more than one secUon; e.g, 237, 241, 253, 254, 255, Saverymutta v Bean 79 Schlechter 232 King's Indian Defense: 1 P-Q4 302, 309, 334, 361, 365, Scheper v Muskat (omitted Tartakover y Kostich 45 tinder 4; 1 N-KB3 under 5; or eVen 1 P-K4, P - K4 under 1 370 inadvertently on page) Ruy Tatai v Paoli 52, Zuckerman Or 1 P-K4, P-IC3 under 2. Slav Defense 78, 93, Lopez, Scheper White 241 147 126f, 170, 255, 288, 314, Schlechter v Lasker 170, Tar­ Tchigorin v Albin 304 DOUBLE KING PAWN 330, 333, 334, 349, 380 ra~ch 232, SteiniU 233 Terpugev v Butnoris 175 1 1 P-K4, P-K4 Schmid v Lasarev 201, Alster, Thomas v Berger 64, Lasker 185 SINGLE QUEEN PAWN Keres 264 231 79 4 1 P-Q4; no 1 , .. P-Q4 Schooler v Zirlacher 88 Toran v O'Kelly 173, Unzick· King's Gambit Benoni Counter Gambit 13, Seidman v Byrne 180, Lam· er 374 Accepted 88,95,112,175 7Zf, 95, 121, 148, 175, bardy 374 Tringov v Fischer 146, Pomar Declined 45 191, 284, 301, 332, 380 Shamkovich v Damjanovich 281, Nikolich 329 Max Lange Attack 88, 304 Dutch Defense 30, 231, 351 117 Tymniak v Williams 241 Queen Pawn Counter Indian Systems Shapiro v E{tp 122 Gambit 58 Bogolyubov Defense 91, Sherwin v Denker 149 Ufimtsev v Talll 95 8f, 13, 30, 173, 236 SigurJonsson v Szabo 330 Uhlmann I' Kavalek 147, Gel­ 31, 43, 51, 77, 88 , 120, 135, Gruenferd Defense 171, Smyslov v Gufeld 94, GUgor· . IeI', Matanovich, .J.iatulovicll, 136, 170, 183, 192, 208f, 218, 222 icll 104, 105, Botvinnik 168, Minich, Wade 296, Marich, 234, 241, 250, 266, 267, King's Ind ian Defense 12, Sokolol', Tahl 200, Bllek 362 Nichevsky 297 24 7, 286, 347, 350, 365, 23, 108, 109, 112, 135, Sofrevsky v Fischer 25 Unzicker v Steiner 12, Toran 370 136, 138f, 154, 168f, 210, Spassky v Petrosyan 92, S tein 374 335 211, 235, 241, 251, 282, 94, Gheorghiu, Portisch 105, Two Kn ights Defense 88, 192, 301, 303, 304 Flesch 116, Geller, Minich, Nimzo.lndian Defense 90, Vasyukov v Gurgenidze 142, 219, 241, 360 Petrosyan 200, Geller 202-4, IOU , 120, 176f, 235, 238!, Taimanov 143 232f, 270 Keres 301, Geller 312, Larsen 252, 254, 267, 270, 282, Velimirovich v Basman 77 314-7, Bronstein 334, Larsen SINGLE KING PAWN 283, 286, 287, 299, 346, Verber v Witeczek 15 335-7, Geller 337, Korchnoy 1 P- K4; no 1 . . . P-K4 36,2f, 372, 374 Vidmar v Botvinnik 64 2 370-3 Alekhine Defense 157 Queen's Indian Defense 207, Volpe v Moyer 214 Stadler v Kushnir 29 Caro·Kann Defense 149, 16(j, 287, 301, 344, 345 Vukcevich v Rabar 88 Stahlberg v Menchlk 64, 210, 212, 281, 301, 307 Irregular Defense 331 Boleslavsky 168 Fianchetto del Rey 190 Pirc Defense 108 Staunton v St Amant 237 Wade v Uhlmann 296 French Defense 14, 58, Stein v Fischer, Lutikov 8, Walters v Sample 58 77, 92, 94, 110, 124, OTHER OPENINGS Fischer 51, Filip 46, Tahl 72, Weinberger v Reshevsky 305, 147, 202, 203, 204, 207, 5 No 1 P_ K4, nor 1 P_Q4 Spassky 94, Byrne, Gligorich Bisgnier 333 213, 214, 241, 296f, 307, Benoni Counter Gambit 45 109, Reshevsky 135-7, 138, Weinholz v Gua\a 251 312 Bird Opening 118 Hartston 179, Hort 210-2 Weinstein v Raufman 222 Pirc Defense 181, 185, 154, 241, Steiner v Unzicker 12 Wheatcroft v Capablanca 221 241, 332 271, 287, 345, 348 Steinitz v Gnnsberg 137, Winter v Fine 288 Sicil ian Defense 12, 15, English Opening 7, 46f, Bird 192, Schlechter 232 Wisegarver v Connor 112 24, 25, 26f, 31, 52, 53, 50, 118, 142, 154, 158, Stevenson v Day 192 Witeczek v Verber 15 117, 119, 121, 122, 143, 171, 175, 179, 192, 206, Stupica v Matulovieh 183 Williams v Taymniak 241 146, 147, 149, 160, 168, 221, 303, 305, 315, 317, Suttles v Portiseh 76 174 , 175, 178, 179, 180, 336, 345, 372, 375 Szabo v Yanofsky 50, Clarke, Yanofsky v Darga 12, Szabo 183, 184, 200f, 202, 204 , Irregular Opening 118 Gligorich 169, SigurjonSSOll 50 213, 214, 220, 221, 222, King's Fianchetto Opening 76, 330 241, 251, 264f, 287, 307, 302 Zalys v Lunenfeld 214 316, 328 t , 336, 337, 349, King's Indian Def. 22, 178 Tah! v Penrose, Stein 72, Zhuravlev v Tahl 141 371, 374 King's Indian Rev. 206, 209 Bukich 73, Ufintsev 95, Kor· Zirlacher v Schooler 88 Nimzovich Attack 118 chnoy 120, Zhuravlev 141, lita v Bronstein 168 DOUBLE QUEEN PAWN 300 Bogdanovich 146, Smyslov Zuckerman v (;oudel'i 53, 3 1 P-Q4, P-Q4 Queen's Gambit Declined 333, 200, Donner 207, Gligorich Byrne 146, Tatai 147, Dam­ Blackmar.Diemer Gambit 160 337, 349 234-6, Giigorich 266-7, Koreh· janovich 178, Marovich 281, Catalan Opening 116 Reti System 99, 118, nay 344-51, Giigorich, Koreh· Benko 232 Queen's Gambit 141, 286, 309 noy 363 Zurahov v Kholmov 175 Accepted 137 Sicilian Defense 330 f. as on Sf a.bove, means ful­ Sicilian Reversed 221, 299, COMMENTS ON INDEX some treatment. page or more. 303, 315, 317, 336 Index "items" are not truly indicative especially, e,g" for the English which can been an attempted surge away from it. of the true frequency of openings in mas· lead to many openings. The Pirc, Black has resorted somewhat unsuccess· ter play or of number of games in CHESS Rohatsch, etc, complex seems to be rep· fully to the French, a little to the Caro. REVIEW. First, some items are in Caviar, resented only by true Pires in this issue, Kann and the Pirc and notably to defend· Solitaire or Postal games, etc. And, can· Not too much can be deduced, as in. ing against the Ruy Lopez. And White, versely, some openings run two or three dicated above, frOIll these items as to curiously but perhaps because analyses times on a same page (but 'are listed here frequency and hence popularity of the are piling UI), h as also run a bit from the once). Also, some complete and a few various openings. Nor should much be Sicilian (Spassky did by employing the partial sub,games (games within the in any case from games selected for pub. Closed Variation against the Sicilian) notes) are not specially listed nnder open. lication as they are chosen for the merit using more Queen Pawn and English ings (but the players are in "Games In· of play, rather than to represent openings, Openings. dexed by Players" as these items may aid and disproportionately for the spectacular From the Queen's Gambit, Black can· some readers to study how vhe players finish-or for newsworthiness. tinues to turn most popularly to the utilize those debuts). Of the general scene, 110WeVer, it may King's Indian. next to the Nimzo·Indian Generally, for trans'positions in the be noted that the Sicilian remains very but also with a continued interest in the openings, we have listed both "openings," popular. 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