Vol. V ThllTsday, Number 21 Officlal Publication of me United States (bessfederatloll July 5, 1951 RESHEVSKY WINS WERTHEIM Euwe And Naidorl Tie For Second, P,uitio" No. 71 MUGRIDGE WINS D. C. TOURNAMENT Fine Fourth, And Evans Fifth Donald Mugridge, chess editor of Washington, won the District or Adequate revenge for his second place behind Najdorf came to Columbia Championship impres Samuel Rcshevsky in the Wertheim Memorial Tournament at the lUh sively with a 71h.1k score, conced round at the Manhattan Chess Club when he drew with his formidable ing one draw to runner-up Oscar opponent from Argentina to win an undisputed first place. Never out Shapiro. Save for an appearance of the lead, Resbevsky, despite a loss to Dr. Max Euwe, showed def at Durham in 1950 where he plae· inite return to the form that made him five times U. S. Champion. He ed third behind N. T. Whitaker conceded draws to Najdorf, Fine, Horowitz and O'Kelly, but retained and Eliot Hearst, it was the first the lead throughout the event. . tournament appearance of Mug l.Iendel Na jdorf was undefeated, but conceded too many draws to ridge for a number of years. Sec win top spot, drawing with Rcshevsky, Evans, Byrne, Horowitz, Guin.!ard, ond place went to Oscar Shapiro O'Kelly and Kramer. Thus he shared second place with Dr. Max Euwe with 6·2 losing to Nathaniel Cole who also scored 7 lh -3lf~, Dr. Euwc, showing to !Jetter advantage than burn and drawing with Mugridge in the last few years, scored a victory over Reshevsky, but lost games and Mott. Charles D. Motl" 1950 to Najdorf and Evans. He drew with O'Kelly and Bisguier. Southwestern Open Champion, was Dr. Re uben Fine in gaining PAYNE CAPTURES third with 51h:·21h:, losing games to fourth place with 7-4 needed a 'Mugridge and Whitaker, and draw dashing horsc·opera fi~i s~ to a- KENTUCKY TITLE ing with Shapiro. chieve this success, wmmng 31h White To Play And Win! Malcolm Wiener placed fourtb points out of his last four games. Fred F. Payne of Mayfield won Ihe Kentucky Championship by Conducted by William Rojam and Morton Seidelman fifth on S Lack o[ practice was evident in B points with equal 5-3 scores. his games, and his play did victory in the play-off match with OSITION No. 71 represents an amusing situation that docs not too Sixth to ninth on S·B points with not have the finish and surety dis W. B. Long, also of Mayfield. P infrequently occur in actual play-While has overwhelming super equal 41h-31h scores Nathaniel played when won the 1948 Man Payne and Long tied for first at iority in material, bul Black is in a stalemate position. The problem is Coleburn, Martin C. Stark, R. C. hattan International in 1948, ahead 4·1 each in the regular champion how White can rclease Black from stalemate and yet win. slup finals at Lou isville, Long Simpson and CHESS LIFE column oC Na jdorf, Euwe and Pilnik. But Position No. 72 represent emendations upon a position treated in ist Edmund Nash. 1950 Southern his recovery in the final rou nds drawing wilh Pllync and Schroeder Fine's Bllsic Endings. lot r. Edmund Hand with a new continuation dis· Champion N. T. Whitaker was lOth and Payne drawing with Long and lHites the conclusion that this position is a win for Black and seems to gave the first four places 10 t~e wi th SIh:-4Ih. Schroeder. Third place we nt to demonstrate a draw. four International Grandmasters In - --- the event. Fine lost his games to 1950 Ohio State Champion James For solutions, pleue turn to page four, Najdor[ and Euwe, and drew with £chroeder, now in the army at KUJOTH RETAINS Reshevsky, Evans, Byrne and Kra Fort Knox, with 3-2, while former McCOMASi TAKES HEARST LEADS State Champion Jack Moyse plac· MILWAUKEE CO. mer. MARYLAND TITLE LOG CABIN MEET Convincingly displaying a return In placing fifth Larry Evans c?n ed fourth with 2-3 in the 6 player round robin finals. Richard McComas, young Balti· Eliot Hearst, New York State to earlier form, former Wisconsin tinued to fulfill the great pronnse more student, topped the field in a The Western Di vision prelimin. Champion and CHESS LIFE colum State Champion Richard Kujoth he has shown, scoring a. vlttorr 6 round 12 player Swiss with 5-1 nries, held at LoUisville, were won nist, leads in the Log Cabin Chess for the third consecutive time won over Euwe and drawing With Nal to win the Maryland State title. by James Schroeder with &0, with Clu b Class A Tournament at West the Milwaukee County title with a dorf and Fine; while Robert McComas lost one game to runner William Long second with 4--1 in a Orange, N.J., by the slim margin 7 ~- 1 1h scorein a 9 round 35 play Byrne in a tie {or sixth wit~ I. ~ . up Garfinkel. Boris Garfinkel of er Swiss. tie with Jack Moyse, also 4-1. In of one·half point at the end of five Horowitz. justified his incluSIOn In Aberdeen was second on &B points rounds with 41h·lJ.r:. Hearst drew Kujoth lost a game to 1950 State his first appearance in an interna the Eastern Division, held at Lex ington, Fred Payne, Jack Mayer, with 41k-Ph, losing a game to with J. P. Quillen and has disposed Champion Averil Powers and drew tional tournament. U. S. 0 pen Bentz and drawing with Armin of R, Jones, E, S. Jackson, Jr., G. with Milwaukee City Champion champion Arthur Bisguier took a nnd Dr. Roberts qualified as the top scorers_ Surgies. David Bentz of Baltimore Partos, and R. Hurttlen. Right be Martin Ptacek. Powers placed see very disappointing 10th place af was third with 41h: -Ph, losing a hind the N.Y. Champion in the 12 ond with 7-2, losing a game to E. ter his triumphant tie for (irst at ---- game to Surgies and drawing with playcr round robin is 1949 U.S. Rozkal ns and drawing with ptacek Southsea last year. BAIN CAPTURES 1950 State Champion Lars Enequist. Open Champion Weaver W. Adams and Henry Giertych. Martin Placek Robert Simpson of Annapolis was with 4-1. In third spot are J. P. was third and E. Rozkalns fourth QUEBEC CITY fourth wi th 4-2 and George A. Lyle, on SoB points with equal 61k ·21h NO. CALIF. TOPS. Osias Bain, university student Quillen and Edgar McCormick with all10 of Annapolis, was fifth with 3-2 each. scores. SO. CALIF. TEAM and secretary of the Chess Federa 31h:-21h:. Fifth to ninth on S-B points with tion or Canadil, took the Quebec ---'-- In the annual Northern vs. equal 6·3 scores were Mark Sur -City Championship with 7-0 score ELEC~T=CR~O~T=O:-::, P~S TORONTO BESTS gies, .John Grkavae, R alp h Southern California team match at in 7 round 14 player Swiss. Second Abrahms, Marshall Rohland and Sa n Luis Obispo on 58 board, the Ip lace went to Jules Therien with GREATER CHICAGO BUFFALO CLUB James McCormick, while former Northern team scored a trium 1). 1, losing one game to Bain. M"ar The Electromotive Chess Club The Gambit Chess Club of Tor State Champion Arpad Elo was p,hant victory despite the presencc eel Dion was third with &2 and won the double-round Grealcr Chi onto scored a 11}.7 victory over of the California State and open cago Chess League title with 9¥l lOth with 5%-3¥l, and Henry Paul Si mard fo urth with 4·3. the Queen City Chess Club of Giertych 11th, also with 5lJ.r:-3. Champions on the Southern team Ih in matches and 46-1 5 in games. Buffalo, in a match held at Tor by a lopsided 3~Ph-191h score. Irving Park was second with 7 1h - onto. Victors for the Gambit were H. N. DAY TRIUMPHS On the 10 top boards Gross, 2lf.: and 40·20, while former league F. Anderson, N. GI asberg, R. RESHEVSKY PLANS FalC() ner, G. McClain, II. J . Ral IN N.H. TOURNEY champions Austin Chess & Checker Siemms, R. Orlando, M. Fischer, ston, E. Pruner, W. Adams and J. NAJDORF MATCH James Day of Milford won the Club finished third with 51h-41h S. Mallison, Emby, J. Shebaylo B. Gee provided 6 points for the Alexander Bisno, president of Ne w Hampshire State title 4-0 in a and 34%-25%. and J. Taker. For Buffalo the North while J. Kashdan, G. E. Manhattan Chess Club, announced 4 round 9 player Swiss at Man. Individual high scorer in the winners were R. Black, S. Smith, Croy, R. Travers, S. Almgren and at thc close of the Wertbeim Mem chester. Almon Kelley of Hudson league was Gutmanis of Electro G. Davenport, M. Holley, G. H Gordon could only gather 4 orial Tournament that arrange was second with 3-1, while Robert with 91h -lh: points. In second place Mauer, and Mrs. C. Diesen. Mantin ~ints for the South. Down the line ments had been concluded for a Hux of Dover with 2 lh·l lh was were Kalnin of Electro, with 7* and J , Greeberg of Toronto drew the proportion remained the same 20 game match between Resbevsky third. 1950 State Champion Fred *. Winikaitis and Block, both of respectively with C. Diesen and throughout, with sueb outstanding and Fine, beginning in Buenos Eschricb of Manchester and Alex Irvi ng Park, tied for third with A. Allison. players as R. Marlin, A. Spiller, 7 1k.1Y~ , while Buerger of Austin Aires on Nov, I, with the last 10 Sadowsky of Portsmouth tied for ---- game to be played in New York. W. Steckel and H. Borochow for fourth with 2-2 each. was fifth with 7-2. the South and A. J. Fink and J. .At the annual meeting of the WISCONSIN DOWNS In the meantime, it is announced Schmitt for the North gaining only l .eague, Fred H. Stoppel was that Samuel Reshevsky will take a Eoose-eggs in the encounter. CASPER WINS elected president, Edward W. ILLINOIS TEAM well earned rest 'until the time Buerger vice- president, and Wil By a decisive 10%-4* score Wis· approaches for the U. S. Champion WYO. TEAM MEET consin repelled the minois invaders ship Tournament in New York at By defcating Douglas 3-1, Casper liam F . Blazek secretary-tresurer. CUBA REM EMBERS in an interstate match at Milwau the en~ of July. won the 1951 Wyoming State team POST OFF ICE WINS kee after winning a 16 board ten HER CAPABLANCA title with Arnold, Packard and Mc second match 8lh-7'h bcfore the To commemorate the thirtieth Manus scori ng fo r Casper and Bliss CLEV'D INDUSTRIAL main event. For WisC()nsin R. Ku· DR. LASKER SAILS anniversary of the year in which tallying the Douglas poinL The Play-offs between the two top joth, A. Powers, M. Surgies, A. E. FOR VIENNA EVENT C&pablanca won the World Cham State Championship finals were not tCllms in each division for th(l £10, R. H. Bing, C. DeSoto, P. pionship, the Cuban government is Dr_ Edward Lasker, President of concluded when a serious automo· Cieveland Industrial League title Triplett, G. Rutz and O. Francisco the Marshall Chess Club, is on t he issuing a series of chess stamps. bile accident prevented Chester ended in a victory for U.S. POHerman Steiner in represent wh ile Ray Fetzer placed first in placed third with 11k-Ph: and 5*- scorers were W. Nonn, P . Adams ing the USA in this international bana, Cuba. Class C with Dan Morse second. 61>. and R. Skultin. . event. pean events and have since become Americans: whether they participort.e actively in tournament play in the USA or not, provided that they eon tribute subs}antially to the promotion of chess in the USA. (!/, ••• ell! CHESS LIFE will further propose that the list oC recognized Mas ters Emeriti be published in connection with the semi-a nnual printing })n York of the National Ratings. . r/.w Published twice I monch 011 the 5th :and 20ch by Montgomery Mttjor By Eliot HtdTJt
THE UNITED STATES CHESS FEDERATION ANY commcnts, stories, and En~rflI u """"nd d Ull m,Uer So:pt<:mber 5, I!IUl, ~t tho:! II"'t otl~ at Dubuque, Iowa, M bits of information about the under the act of Mareh 8, 1819. recently completed New York in: Subsaipdon--$2.OQ ptr year; Single copies IOc tach ternational tourney come immedi ately to mind, and rather than at Addrc= all subscriptions to:- 845 Bluff Stril.er Spring, Maryl.nd. herent article, we shall here pre Address all (:ommunications Editori~l 12J North Humphrey Avenue scnt more of a pot-pourri oI reflec on editorial matters to:_ Officf: Oak Pack, Dlinoa E WERE saddened to learn of the death oC David Stolpher on tions on the contest and its partici W March 12, via a letter from his good friend and ·close chess com Editor dnd Bus;n,,, Mdndgu pants. panion, Rhys W.,Hays. Mr. Stolpher was an enthusiastic solver, a promis MONTGOMERY MAJOR ing comPQser (though very little of his work ever appearcd in print), Reshevsky fully deserved to wio, Contribting Editor, and a player of consider able strength. Those of us who remembcr his as h e led throughout the tourney, never once being out of first place. Dr. A. Buschke Eliot Hearst Vincent L. Eaton cheery leUers will e spe~ ia l1y mourn his paSSing. Guilherme Groesser Erich W. Marchand Edmund Nash He wou ld have clinched the pre mier p rize much sooner had he not Fred Reinfeld William Rojam Dr. Kester Svendsen The Rev. 1..- Mortriner is sponsoring a composing tourney for two· blundered horribly against Euwe. Address all communiutions to the United States Chess Federation movcrs through the columns of the Milwaukce Journal, limited to two When a~ked if his "error" (cost (except those regard ing CHESS LIFE) to USCF Sec retary Phil J. Mary, entries per composer. EiglJt prizes of Iive dollars each art! offered. ing him his queen for a.fOok after 2011 Carew Tower, Cincinnati 2, Ohio_ USCF Membership Dues-$3_00_ Send entrics (which should be unpublished) to Rev. L. :Mortriner, St. Euwe's simple reply) was his bigg Camillus Hospital, Wauwatosa, Wisconsin. Closing date: March 31, 1952. est mistake ever , he commented Vol. V. N umber 21 Thursday, July 5, 1951 with brevity, "Thal's it!!" Although Mr. Sedgwick, composer of the fine No. 265, is SecretarY'Treasurer t ime pressure was a direct cause of of the British Chess Problem Society-and has recently succeeded T. R. his blunder, such a mistake in a Dawson as problem editor of _the British Chess Magazine. He invites winning position is uncommon .-- even in the most fantastic time MASTERS-AND MASTERS American composers to enter the "Festival of Britain" tourney spon sored by the Stratford Express. Send cntries (unpublished two-movers scramble ... Najdorf, when not en IN THE NATIONAL RATING SYSTEM and Ul ree-movers) to ML S. Sedgwick, 337 Strone Road, Manor Park, gaged in tourney play, could be ROM lettcrs recently received, it becomes apparent that many chess London, E. 12, England. found most usually playing "pots" players are still confused regarding one phase of the National Rat (modified rapid transit) with the F . Probl~'If No. 16J ing System, and that they insist, despite all that has been written to P",ble," N". 264 By Dr. P: G. Keeney By Rev. L. Mortriner Byrne brothers and Bisguier; he the contrary, in considering that the Rating System docs the one thing Newport, Kentucky seems to be unhappy when away that it very definitely does not attempt to do. Wauwatosa, Wisconsin Entry in CHESS LIFE Entry in from the chessboard. He won only Let us therefore rcpcat again, in the fond hope that this time our CHESS LIFE Composing Tourney Composing Tourney lour games outright in this tourney statement will be understood, that the National Rating System does not 8 lacK: 3 men Slack: 10 men but was the only undefeated com determine the permanent status of any chess player nor indicate how he petitor .. .Fine seemed to lack the will be ranked ultimately in the history of the game. The National necessary concentr ation in hi s Rating System does no mure than indicate the current effective play games, but a spurt near the finale ing rank of a player at one particular period in his career, without re placed him close to the top... Ev gard to his achievements in past dceades beyond the scope of the ans was the surprise of the tour system and without prophesy as to his possible futUre aUainments. oey; had he been able to win h is For a number of reasons which we will.... not catalogue at this time, last two games, he wo uld have there is a definite need for this current evaluation 01 how a player is tied for first. But he missed a win actually perfOrming at a given period. But the value of this current against O'Kelly, drawing this pen and transitory rating is sadly distorted when some misinformed chess ultimate game, and then overex players insist upon oonsidering this current performance rating as tended himseU and lost to Guim coR(en'lng or wi(flflOfding [lOlIoraTY fi(fcs. Tilis (flO NaHonal Raflll ~ ard in the last round. His viclories System docs not do; and it was never intended to do. In the Rating over Euwe and Horowitz are parti System a player may shift Crom Senior Mastor to Expert classifications cularly noteworthy . Kramer's in the matter of a lew years, according to his performances in current score must ~ be examined in the tournament play-the fact that he may temporarily 'hold the classifica light of the fact that George tion of master in the rating system does not actually make him a .worked all day in Philadelphia, Master in Ole honorary sense that the term has been applied in the past; W h ite: 5 me n While: 7 mfl"l lblr~, 4p3, GDI, 3Q2Pp, 1,2PSkpK, commuted to New York, and then the fact that another player, long considered a Master ill the honorary .. 8, 8, 8, 4K3, IISI, 1QpPPR1, 4k3 lq3psl, S82. 8 back to PhiHy every round. No one While mates in t wo moves sense, slips in more recent play to the expert classification, docs not de- White mates in t .... o mOveS can achieve-his best results under prive him of the many honors gained as a Master, nor the r ight to be P",b/fm No. 26' Problem No. 266 such conditons.... Bisguier'S show considered as a Master in the honorary sc)lsc. By S. Sedgwl(:k ing was a disappointment, but By Ronald O'Neil It is to be expected that even the most formidable player, if he Manor Park, England many of his games could very easi continues to play tournament · chess after his 'prime, will cventuaUy lose Entry in CHESS LiFE N I,l ~ri s town , Pennsy lvania ly have gone the other way. Ar rank in the National Rating System which can eVa lUl,lte only current CompoSing Tourney Unpublished thur was inductcd into the U. S. performances and cannot, except in a very li mited sense, make exceptions r,,,,,,,...-ii'81I Ck : 14 m e n Black: ~'~m~.~n",,;-_ Army one weck alter the toumey's for past heroics. If the recognized .Master continues to play tournament close.. .Note that the four grand chess long enough, in his final years he is almost certainly doomed to a masters in the tournam'ent did take reduction in his curre nt performance ratings to an expert classifica the top four prizes ...Whe n the tion. But this reduclion does not actually make him any the less a Fine-Reshevsky struggle took place Master in the honorary sense. many chess fans came just to Perhaps we can make this point clearcr H we resort to the analogy watch t he battle between Ameri of the batting avcrages or baseball. For example, the great Pittsburgh ca's titans; they were disappoint shortstop Honus Wagner in his prime had a batting average that varied ed by the swift eleven move 'draw from .380 in 1900 to .324 in 1912. Yet no al'denl baseball enthusiast which resulted. Fine had a bad claimed that he was being insulted when his bailing average for 1917 score at the time and everyone ex was a published .255, allhough this low average WGrandmaster" are conferred for outstanding performances Edited by Kurt Richter. Leipr.ig: Hans Hedewigs, 1950. Paper bound, ...Naj dorf massacred Fine on the of the past as well as of the present. 192 pp., photos and diags. White side of a Queen's Gambit accepted; then the following round CHESS LIFE will recommend specifically that the honorary rank EADERS with just a smattering of German will enjoy the t hirty he took Black in the same opening of "Master Emeritus" be conferred upon all chess plnyers of the USA R Cifth volume of this well-known journal. Eacb 16-page issue con variation and defeated Euwe. Not who may be deemed to have at any time in the past .:!arned the right tains a feature article, half a dozen or more annotated games, prob· prejudiced, this Argentinian!. .. lems, news, endings, and analysis, with photographs of leading players to the tiUe oC "Master" before the operations of the National Rating Snacks were fU!"nished free to all System became effective, and whose present standings in the current per and numerous diagrams. Economical "paragraph" presentation of games contestants and so there. was con· formance ratings are below that of the "Master classificati{)n;" that in algebraic notation and small type enables the editor to fill his thirty siderable munching and sipping at the selection of those players entitled to such recognition be placed two columns with instructive and interesting material. Purely local all times. Chess Players seem al in thc charge of a special committee qualified to judge and assess past news is kept at a minimum, and every reader will welcome the ways to be hupgry!? ..The necess· records of tournament performance. many games not available in American publications. ity of using non-eleetrie clocks CHESS LIFE further will recommend that it be provided that in The January number is typical. There is an abstract of an article forced the usc of old mechanical the futUre any chcss playcr in the USA who has held a "Master classifi by Botvinnik on Tehigorin, Alekhine, and the Sovict school of chess, time-keepers, which occassionally cation" in the National Rating System for a period of years (exact followed by one called "Usc less Pieces," which is illustrated by two failed in time pressure, causing no length of tenure to be determined by the Board of Directors) auto games, Kottnauer-Szabo and Gligoric-Szabo. Next comes "Instructive End end of annoyance to the opponent m atically becomes a Master Emeritus upon dropping in the current games," by Dr. Joseph Krejcik, with nine examples from actual play. and the referee ... Visitors to the performance ratings to a classification lower than that of "Master." Then a feature "We Introduce ." with games by Prins and the new tourney included Miss L. Kellner CHESS LIFE will also recommend th~ t the Board of Directors make Russian s.tar, Geller. Dr. Euwe, who ' writes a good deal for the magazine, full provision for conferring th.e title of Master Emeritus upon such , contributes an analysis "The Move Sf6-g4 in the Meran Defense." Hum- . of Detroit, E. Faust of West Vir- qualified chess players who have won recognition as "Masters" in Euro- (Please turn to page 3, (:01 . 2) ' . (Please turn to page 4, (:oL" 5)-1 Page 3 Under :Jke Ck e" -n" :Jree Will. :Jke CkeM CU, «bus tlf' By William Rojam I'------'I Edison Chess and Checke r Club H yde . Park . (Chicago) . YMCA (Detroit) saw victory in the club GAIN, our aimable correspondent, Dr. M .. G. S turm o( Bagshol Chess Club saw the club speed championship gO to Richard F. House Trinidad, supplies us with the score or an interesting cor championship gO to Abe Kaufman A Mahon with 9-1, losing one game respondence game in which the victim was sometime Nebraska State in an 8 player round robin. The Champion, now Pvt., Lee Magee. to Abra O. Mason. USCF Vice·Presi· regular club championship was a dent Edward I. Treend was second victory {or former Cbilian Cham KIESERITSKY GAMBIT A/tu 25 ., R-R6! By Guilherm~ Groener STURM with 8lh-2lJl and Marsh J. Gunnis pion Dr. Pizzi of the University CCLA Gambit Tournev, 1950 was third with 5-~ in the 12 p layer of Chicago. J a mes Phillips, captain Posit;:", No. 74 Notes Irt D,. M. G. Stu,m round robin event. of t he U of Ch.icago team. placed White Bla~k L . MaGEE CR. M. G. STURM London Terrace (N. Y.l . Chess second and A. Kaufman third. Dr. (Ka nsas) iTrinidl d) Club crowned Dr. Rubin Slater Het'llert Kahn won the B tourney 1. P.K4 P·K4 4. P·KR4 P·KtS with Dr. L. Pearl and R. Zarse 1. P·K B4 PxP S. Kt-KS Kt·BJ club champion with 6%-1% score 3. Kt_KB3 P·KKt4 6. P·Q4 ...... in the 9 player round robin event. tied for second. White rules out the risky Rice Gambit Dr. Sinter lost n snme to Marcel Pieelldilly . (Willerni... . Minn.) 6. B·B·!, etc., In ~pl te of .some iJ.npre8· ~ive analysis by some very imprC'sslve Duchamp and drew with August N. Chess Club saw U. S. Smith place people-Capabl"nero, Burn and f'..dwnd Lasker_ which shows no win lor Black. Towsen Duehong was sec 0 n d first with 6lh·lJA in the 9 player 6...... P·Ql 10. P.81 P·KR4 with 6·2 and Samuel Mottur thil'd round robin championship. Second 7. Kt-Ql KtxP 11. Kf·Q1 KtxKt 8. BxP Q.K2 12. KxKt QxQ ch with 5l,~-2'h . p lace went to Henry Muska with 9. Q_K2 8·Kt2 13. 8xQ ...... _ Downtown . YMCA (St. Louis) 5'h-2Ih, and J. Delehanty placed So rll" as in Stoltz·Samlseh, Swin~. third with 5-3. mund I.', 1932. Now Black played 13. Chess Club bested Decatur (Ill.) R·B4 and l o~t. JluL .•. Chess Club at St. Louis by an 8lh· Salt Lake YMCA Chess ClUb held 13...... 0 ·01 IS. Kt-Kt4 a simultaneous evC!nt with three of 14. KR.K BI KI·Q2 1% seorc. Sl. Louis pl:lyers Stein Dubious, (or this Kt will bc driven away meyer, Haller, Roesch, Lew, Hardy, its tops players as performers in with Jess /)f tim e for White. The point MAGEE Vollmar. Alpiser and Mrs. 'Russell Farrell L. Cla['k, Phil Neff and simultaneous exhibition with 16. BoO) P·R4 20. KtxKt P"Kt Simply. U. S. Champion Herman Steiner as were Hugh Myers, Gerald Garver, Solutions to Position No. 71 ' 17. Kt-B1 Kt·Q4 21. p·QS 8xKtP Max Schlosser, John A. Barr, and 1'trls tricky cndln.t;' baffled many solv· 18. 8.KKtS B_K3 performer. Dr. Max Schlosser, Mrs. Not 21...... A·Q2; 22_ B·BS with plenty Turner Nearing and Hugh Mycrs W. S. Jones while winners for the ~~!. t~~~ghCtD~h~rl~o\'het~~'t~s:t::m::lt~ for the, P. drew against the champion who I11i ni were Keith Daughon, Lester was also abandoned .,5 a drnw. Kowever, n. PlIS ~4 . K.K2 P·KKt6 NORTH CITY TOPS 21. Rx8 25. B·K3 R_R6 lost no games in the 18 board ex· Ford, Henry Carlson, William Tkae- ~IY~~ ~h! s~~;iUo~b ..~u~~~Ca~t:lla~ UNITED NATIONS hibition. zuk, and Lieu. Barcelona. 1932: by I. K·Kt3!, P·Q4; 2. IND'PLS BESTS Without casting a single veto, Howard (R.I,) Chess Club lost by Rockford ( I r~.) Chess Club down- ~2~ 4~,. ~~:~, 3p.~6~~n~nO~r!w~;B~.N2 the U nited Nations c hess team a narrow margin to the Attleboro ed Decatur by the narrow margin (foreed tor Ir 3...... , K·82: 4. K.m!. DECATUR TEAM went down to defeat 8-0 before the (Mass.) Chess Club. For Attleboro of 4-3 a t Hotel Kaskasia at La- K·KtI; 5. K.KtJ; and mates); 4 . K·8$, At Turkey Run State Park un· onslaught of the North City (Phila) Brask and Mintel score doublpd Salle. Grover Wentworth, Clifford i·Kt.kI58 t Q~·:h~' :-:i/ :,. t:f.iPJi ~-~:~Qli der t.he shade of the trees thc Chess Cl-ab. The match was played victories while Kirkpatrick split Eckholm, Paul O'Malley and Dr. 1...... P·Q3; 2. K-Kt4, P·Q4; 3. K·B4 and Indianapolis team was very inhos in the new United Nations Bldg. even with Massey. For Howard Io H. H. Davis scored for Rockford, ;-:i~.~~5~~.rti; ~:t'k.~6~t J:tJ,-Bl: ~'.~~: pitable to the visiting Decatur in New York. The victorious North vino scored twice and Couturc once. while Decatur winners were Hugh "·K8(Q); 5. P·KtSIQ) cb, K"P only draws. Ill. players by trouncing them City team consisted o{ H_ Morris, Niagara Falls (N. Y.) Chess Club Myers. R. L. Fletcher and Robert en~~·~m.e~:::t fI.~b~e..~ve°';ett~~. d::~~t't!~ 14-6 in a 10 board double round Hudson. Koppany, Cotter. Badiett, saw Charles BroWIl lop the field to Stei n. ville), J. E. Co,l u,tock (Duluth). Carl match. fo~or Indianapolis L. Binder, Huth, Gonzales a nd Runham. win the club championship, while Ohio State University SCQred an ~~"::~l. iEurf~~~:t t~ewTaB~I~~r:tonr.e; J . Van Benton, R. Mille r, C. Wil Plummer Dennis from the Cana· 8·1 victory over Capitol University Hus:>; (Lancuter), C. Joachim (Seame), wn am} ~lr5. C. Wi}w n fiCDrCtJ dion side fini~hec/ .~ ccond . Tn tile at Columbus with Myers. Pip P. r. fw,,~~';~ :~~nE'.(~t.li·~::..~?~i , f,:.,,~;<)~g~P~2!1. Ohio Stllto Univorsity dCrC[lled HassaU, Mulhord, Loening, Sand- (W nshlngton). H. Melrcrt (KolomIl2oo), double victories. while R. MOl'~n Ci ty Championship Col'! Dicsen is .md S. W. Benetl, Jr. scored I1h Emlham College 7'h _'h in a dou leading by 41!l-'h, with John Des er~on, Eng, and Elton scoring fo;- ~el~ic~efp~~I~e~d2Iay~e~~ek8ga~~s;~ % e~ch. Don Hills split 1-1 with ble round match al Columbus. pard second with 3'h-l!2. Ohio while Prange salvaged the (Monterey Park). A. E. Vossler (Guffalo), J ack Hartley. R. L. Fletcher and only point for Capitol. ~:~ve\~ne~.er(~~~p~ra~~i1:toWel£~~~~ ~ ' _ S. Jones scored double wins READER'S ROAD TO CH ESS Downtown YMCA (Pittsburgh) (Chapel Hill), N. P. WlttJn:: (Salem), Wm. for Decatur, w hile G. Garver and (Continued from page 2, col. 2) , Chess Club saw Spiro win the dou- :R·A';i~l~~nw~A~~~[!;~~~~~l' that. It Is not M. Schlosser salvaged one draw hIe round play-off for the Club s ufficient to subtnit on ly thc first mo,v,,; orous g~mes , and anecdotes, "In,tereS tillg Items from Readcr's Letters," Speed Championship with 5-1. thCleveland U). Arpad E. Elo ...... W23 W8 W17 L5 Ll WI2 L6 DB WW 5'-3~ 26.50 mated. I rclated the affair to L. Hoffer , correspondent for "T he Field." 11. Henry Giertych ...... W34 L5 W32 W22 WI7 D2 L3 WI6 LI 5 0- 3 ~ 21 .50 City League. Atlantic Chess Club He laughcd at me and was surprised that I did not know that Mason 12. L. Galgals ...... L3 W33 W30 WZ4 W4 LI0 W 5 L2 L6 S -4 22.00 was second with 8-1 in matches 13. O. Francisco ...... W35 L7 Lll W l .~ W9 LI7 L21 W24 W22 5 -4 20.00 could not drink enough to affect his play. Later , in Vienna, Hoffer 14. Dr. S. Kittsley ...... D25 lA W27 0 111 W26 W19 D17 010 L7 5 -4 19.50 ;;ond 35-17 in games, while the told me the following anecdote. One night the p olice brought Mason 15. J"rank 1nbuseh ... LIS W9 L20 LI3 W34 W26 L8 W27 W21 5 -4 18.50 Rooks Chess Club placed third in from the street dead drunk and put him in a cell. He slept there. 16. O. Ensrud ...... _.. _____ ...... bye L2i L26 W34 WiS W21 W20 Lll La 54 15.00 17. Gerald Rut" ...... W27 W19 LI0 W26 Lll W13 D14 1 ~~ L9 4t-4j 18.00 with 6-3 and 27-13. The Checkmate In the morning, as soon as he woke, he demanded loudly that some 18. O. Morollcr ...... WlS L2 Ll D14 L16 WZ5 L9 W33 W20 4!·4! 17.50 Chess Club was fourth with 6·3 and one take _him to the tournament hall. This was done, and he won a bril 19. Fred Cramer ...... W30 L17 L3 D32 W25 LI4 W33 W23 LI0 4 ~· 4 ! 14.00 20. S. Cannon 4·5 (14.50); 21 . R. Ridley 4-5 (14,f)U); 22. Dr. O. W.5); 33. A. Chrlstoloro 2~-6~ (5_00); 34. K. Wanner 2 ~-t~ JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP cilptioned "A Flfteen·Move Comoination." 1. Sf3 d5; 2. c4 c6; 3. cdS: cdS:: 4. d4 1-4.50); 35. Wm. LaUb 1-8 (0.00). INFORMATION SM; S. Sc3 e6; 6. Lf4 Lb4?; 7. 013 Lc3:; 8. bc3: Sc6; ,. e3 Se4; 10. Db3 DaS; 11. Tcl 0·0; 12. Ld3 f5; 13. 0·0 Dd8; 14. c4 gS I?; 15. cd:!! SaS; 16. Oa2 gf4:; 17. PlilIce: Franklin Institute, Phila de6: De7; 18. LH: fe4; 19. SgSI 131;20. gf11! DgS; 21. Ktl De7; 12. Till Kh8; WER=T::-H=E"IM'c-c-M"CE::-M"O:CR"IA-:-C-LCCTC:O"U"RCCNC"AC":MENT delphia, Pennsylvania. 23. d5 Dff6; 24. Tg 3 bS; 2S. Tc7 Tg8; 26. Tf7 Oe3; 27. Tg8: KgB:; :.1.S. Dbll Schwa,tz gibt auf. It should be added that the annotalions and theoretical u New York.. 1951 Time: July 23-28, 1951. tleles are wrItten by a number of ouhtandlng German players, as well as by 1. Samuel Reshevsky ...... x 0 ~ Is 1 1 Entry fee:' No entry fee but the editor. who hold s the FIDE rank of Inte,natlonal master. 2. Dr. Max Euwe "...... 1 X 0 1 0 ~ ~ ~ players must hold 1951 USCF 3. Mendel Naidorf ...... ~ 1 x 1 ~ 1 , 4. Dr. Beu ben Fine ...... ~ 0 0 x II I ., membership card or pay cur MARYLAND STATE CHAM PI ONSH IP 5. Larry Evans ...... 0 1 ! l x 0 ., , rent USCF dues. 6. Robert Byrne ...... ,.0 0 II ~ 0 )( 1 , , Baltimore, 1951 1.I.A.Horowitz ...... ~IIlOO lx II , Inquiries: Address , all inquiries L Richard McComas (llaitimor F. Reinfeld NIMZOINDIAN DEFENSE regaining the P. 32 •. ,.".,. Q·Kt6 ch 3S. K_B2 Q xQ eh Dr. B. Ro". A. E. Santa.lore Marshall Sextangular Tourney 15. Kt·QR4 38. B_Kl Kf·QB5! 33, K· K3 Q_BS eh 36, KxQ PxP J. Soud.koff .... . yn . Wogn .. 36. QR·Ktl Kt·Q4 ' 39. BxKt 34. K·Q3 KtxR ch Resigns New York, 1951 37. KR·BI K.BI I arISl' S, Besides ihat, t he Q would have Bl ack's clever maneuvering with his RUY LOPEZ a quicker acee,.. to the K-slde. :lournament- minded Not.s by Dr. Bela ROzja Kt" frllstr"tc~ White's holding his two 13. Q-R4 B·Kt2 15. K_RI Mar I-July 31 White mack Hs. 1 North City vs. High School 14. 0 ·0 0·0 R. FINE E. LASKER 39. . RxR 43. K·Q3 Kt·K4 eh In any similar position this a pruden t 1951 CCLA Special Tournament I. P·Q4 Kt·KB3 3. KI·QB3 B·Kt S 40. RxR Kt·K6 eh 44, K_K4 Kt· B3 All Stars move. Besides h e m ay want t o p lay Correspondence Chess 2. P·QB4 P_K3 4. P·K3 41, K·K2 KlxB I 45. B-BS P_B4 eh! Philadelphia, 1951 P·BS. RUbi nstein'" anSWer to the Nim~ u· rndlan. 42. B-Kt4 eh K_Kl Notes by Joseph Colt" IS. P·B4 Opcn to aU; CCLA membership Ever y body plays jt nowadays but all it And a very bI"illiaot draw (if there is From here on Black's real t roubles be. not required! $500 in prizes with pn>"c~ i.< that nlack'~ resfmrces are such " thing ) follows. White Rl ack gin. adequate. 46. KxP KtxP eh 59. R_Q7 K· KII J. COTTER B. CAPUTO 16. PxP e.p. KtxBP 17. B·Q2 Kt.Kts $100 1st prize; three-round event 4...... P ·B4 S. Kt·K2 P-Q41 47. BxKt RxB 59, P·KI5 R_R4 ch (No rth City) (All Stars) Black now has a very weak KP very with 9-player sections, one game Excellent! It Is an improveme nt over 48. K·K6 R-QI 60. R·Q5 RxR ch I. P-K4 P·K4 S. 0 -0 B.K2 difficult to defend. nut the value of 5...... , PxP; 6. ['xp, P·Q4; 7. P ·B5! 49. P·R4 K·BI 61. Kx R 2. Kt·KB3 Kt·QB3 6. P-Q41? PxP with each opponent; top scorers K-B2... 3. B· KI5 P·QR3 1. R_KI this move Is h arrl to understand. W e ~. P _QR1 BxKteh 7. PxB , ...... 50. P· R5 R·RI 62. PxP Illust admIt, however, that We don't advance to following round with The reaSOn WlIite does not re<:apture 51. R·Kt6 P-R3 63. K-Q6 K-BI 4. B_R4 Kt-B3 see a better one. with the Kt Is that it would leave him 52. P·Kt4 K·Ktl 64. K_K6 K_KI Of course not 7. KtxP?, KtxKt; 8. 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