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Volume XVD Number 11 November, IH2

EDITOR: J. F . Reinhardt

CONTRIBUTORS Weaver Adams, Leonard Barden, Peter Bulow, Arthur Bisguier, R. E. Beaine, Dr. Richard Cantwell. John W. Col!!ns, Fred Cramer, Edward A.. Dickerson, Major CHESS FEDERATION E. B. Edmondson, Arpad Flo, Larry Evans, Kenneth Harkness, Eliot Beant, Edward Lasker, William Lombaroy, Erich Marchand, Ernest DUe, Jerry Spann, Gary Sperling, PRESIDENT Raymond Weinstein, Fred Wren. Fred Cramer VICE PRESIDENT Major Edmund B. Edmondson, Jr. U.S. CHAMPIONSHIP TO START DEC. 16 SECRETARY Marshall Rohland Sponsored by the U. S. Chess Federation and the American Chess FOUndation, REGIONAL VICE·PRE5IDI!NTS the Lessing J. Rosenwald Tournament for thc U. S. Championship will be held NEW I!NOLAND WUIlItJ:I1 C. Newberry at the Henry Hudson Hotel, 3153 W. 57th S1. in New York City from Sunday, De­ Jame, BUf,ell Ell Bou:rCloa cember 16 through Thursday, January 3. Competing for the country's number EAITERN Charles A. Key'er Davi4 Holfnl.ann one chess title and possession of the Frank J . Marshall Trophy will be twelve Allen Kaufmann of the top players in the nation, invited on the basis of their USCF ratings. This MID-ATLANTIC .Ioba D. Mathe*"! Morden! Treblow year's Rosenwald takes on much added importance from the fact that it will be W"II.m S. 8),llod the Zonal Tournament in the next world championship cycle. SOUTHIR" Dr. StuU1 NobUn Je rry guW.... o ' .. anea... Foaler As we go to press, nine of the twelve places have been definitely filled, GREAT LAKU Jack O'Keefe F. WID... Baue r the big news being that International Grandmaster Samuel Reshevsky will partici· Dr. Rownd a.btI pate. Reshevsky, a seven·time winner of the U. S. title, has not played any serious NORTH CaNTI'UIIL Freak Skoff Eva "rouon Dr. Geo. V.n Dyke Tie... chess since his match with Bobby Fischer in August, 1961. SOUTHWISTEItN In addition to Reshevsky, the following players had accepted invitations as of November 17th: Larry Evans (1961-62 Champion); Pal Benko, Robert Byrne, PACIFIC " emy Grou lUchard VlndeDb!.!r, Arthur Bisguier, Robert Steinmeyer, James Sherwin, Nicholas Rossolimo, and Mabel Burlhl,ame Edmar Mednis. Fischer is still negotiating with the Tournament Committee-through NATIONAL CHAIRMEN AND OFFICERS his lawycr. Among the top·rated players invited who are unable to play are William AFFILIATI STATUS ...... Spencer Van Gelder ARMED FORCES CHESS ...... Robert Karch Lombardy, Donald Byrne, Charles Kalmc, Raymond Weinstein and James B. Cross. BUSINESS MANAGER...... " . F. Reinhardt COLLIlO. CHIiU. ... _ .. __._ ...... Pder Berlow FOR TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE SEE P. 264 INDUSTRIAL CHESS ...... St.Dley W. D. !Uni (Cover photo of HCMemky by Kenneth Harkness) INSTITUTIONS CHUS•.•.•.••.•. Dr. Ralph Kubua INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS...... Jerry G. Sp.nn JUNIOR CH ...... MoI"(1eeal D. Treblo.... MEM.lRSHIP...... Ed..... rd A. Dlekeraon JOIN THE UNITED STATES CHESS FEDERATION MEMBERSHIP SECRETARY•.• SybUl. H. rknl!$!! NOMINATIONS •••. __ ._ •.•_ ••._. __ . .Peter Labde USCP II a noD.'i!ront democraUe or,ullutlon, llIe ofltcla1 ,0vernlD.r body and nnE WIlt RATING STATISTICIAN _____... G.ry Sperlinl: for elleu lzI. the USA. AlQtOJMI lJItere.ted III. adVUlem. AmedelJ1 cbe .. II el1Vble for ....mHnhJp . RATING IYST.M.-.__ SWISS SYSTIM M.THODS_. __. .Arpad E. Do Melll"rNllp, lDclud!DS CHESS l.In: tublcdpUon. elIctbWty for USCF·rat1at, and. IIll TAX DIiDUCTIBILI'TY ____._ ..D.vld Hoffm. nn pdvUer": 1 yr.: , • .110; I )'rI.: ".&0; I 7"-: ,13.50; SU.u.!DJn,: ,10.00 (bec:omu lIIe IIlembezwhlp TOURNAM.NT ADM. .. __ ._.Geor,. Koltanowl'" after 10 paymenUi); lJfe: '100.00. P.IIIlI, M.m"~IJI (two or more family members at HlDe TOURNAM.NT RULES._. __ ._. __ •. Jame. Sber.... lo .ddreu, only ODe CUE'S LIFE tubKI1pUOU): rates .. above for nrst family member, plu. TREASU R. R. _____ •..•• ___ ...... M.ll ton Rusklo followlni for each addiUonai memHr: 1 yr.: $2..50; 2 yrs.: ",.75; 1 yrs.: $$.75. U. I. CHAMPIONSHIP. . __ ._...... M.urlc. Kuper CH.SI LIP. II publlalted mOD.thl)' by USC .. and entered .. lecond-cllSS mltter at Dubuque, WOMlN'S CHISS ...... ,.... , ____._._ Eva Arou.an low• • NOll_ember i·yr. IUHeI1pUOO: $4.00 ($5.00 ouWde USA); . Ingle copy: fOe (SOc ouUtde USA). Ch..... of ...... All_ tour weelta noUce; plUM rive UI both the new .ddre..... d WORLD CHESS FEDERATION the old adue". lIIelud1.D.l the numbel'l .nd dele. on the top Une of your stencil. IF.I.D.E.) Jerry G. Spann Addre.. IIl1 commun!~.Uo~, .D.d m.ke all eheekl: p.yable to: Vice·Presldent, Zone 5 (U.S.A.) UNITID STATES CHEll P.D.RATION, M Ii.. t 11th Stre.t, NEW YORK I, N.Y. 238 CHESS LIFE dying the abuse, so clearLy evident at force the law is the acknowledged rea· the recent Challengers' Tournament at son for ignoring H, even flaunting it. LETTERS Curacao, the "grandmaster draw," in The open retention of seconds is a di· which it is evident to the keen chess rCCl affront to the Laws of Chess and observer that two plaYCrI have agreed to the game itself. Let us be realistic. to playa draw, and then go about mak· Ei\her change the Laws of Chess to A Streetcar Named Success ing from 15 to 30 or so perfunctory provide that analysis is permitted by The experience of the New Orleans moves, report the game drawn, and thus the players, their seconds, friends and Chess Club during the past year should share the point. This technique was flag· advisors during play or during adjourn· be of interest to many other USCF-af­ rantly used by the Sovict playerl in ment (Heavcn forbid!), or bring back filiated dubs. OUf president, Albert M. Curacao. integrity to the game by enforcing the Leavin, has belped advance the mem­ law. The laHcr can be done, though the It is my view that the strict enforce· method may be rough. bersh.ip (rom about 35 to 60 members. ment of the 30 move rule (no draw may The dues have been raised from $6 to be offered until 30 moves have been The problem ariscs out of the fact $12 a year and USCF membership is madc) is meaningless, cvcn bad, for it that after 5 hours of play, an unfinished part of the dues payment, so that every creatcs the delusion that an evil has game is usually adjourned to a date per· club member is automatically a mem­ been remedied. Grandmasters can eas· haps two or three days later. One would ber of the VSCF. ily adapt themselves to the 30 move reo be naive to assume that a sense of All serious play is USCF rated. Two quirement. It will be jUst as easy to sportsmanship would deter a player major tournaments are conducted each ploy 30 perfunctory moves as it is to from analyz.ing the game or seeking ad· year. The New Orleans city champion­ play 15 or 20 or any lesser number. vice [rom othcrs during the interim. U ship is held from September to Decem­ The "grandmaster draw" will be just as thc game is to be truly the result of the in~ividual player's effort, the op. ber, and this year the event is being CQ. prevalent, but now clothed in garbs of sponsored with the Catholic Chess Club, respcctability. for 30 moves will have portumty to analyze and seek aid must another USCF affiliate. The tournament been made. be removed. This can be done only by a is a lO-round Swiss, drastic change in the playing schedules It is not easy to eliminate the collu· of top.level chess. There should be an The club championship tournament is slve draw. A tournament director or a aCternoon session of 5 hours, followed held in March and April. The period qualified committee can, however, ap.­ by a 2 hour SU Pervised suspension and Irom January to March is filled with praise each game and spot with consld· resumption of play for another 3 hours. "B" and "C" championships that qualify erablc accuracy those games in which The 2 hour suspension may be used for new or improving players for the major the players aim for -a prearranged draw, dinner with the tournament director or events. A real innovation has been the or tacitly drift into a draw. In those his deputy or deputies accompanying all extension of rated match and tourna· cases, it is my view that the director, players whose games are unfinished. ment play to tbe "B" and "C" players or thc committee, should be authorized in cvents that put them up against play· to award the game less than a full pOint, "Too gruelling'" I can hear the out­ ers o[ their own strength. Our weekly evcn no value, dividing the fractional cri~ clearly. Gruelling? Yes, but so is meetings are attended by thirty to forty point, if any, betwecn the two players. a mile run, a 100 meter swim, a 5 set members. Thus, ·a pair of players, [aced with a tennis match, or any number of sports severe penalty for collusive or la1.y cvcnts. II anyone can suggest a less Unless I'm mistaken, the last rating chess, would be effectively deterred gruelling method of accomplishing the list showcd more USCF·rated events Cor from such tactics. I recognize that there end, which, in my view, involves the the New Orleans Cbess Club tban Cor are serious difficulties in administering very integrity of the game, I should glad· any other single organization! this proposal, mainly because the direc· ly scrap my proposal and back his. tor or committee would be most reluc· ROBERT G. WRIGHT tant to down·grade a game. Yet, the pos­ It may happen that a game cannot be Metairie, La. sibility that players might be penalized finished even alter 8 hours of play. U would cause them to think carefully so, Ict it then be adjourned, for enough before drifting into .an easy draw, pre· is .cnough. Fortunately, most games do arranged or tacil not go beyond 8 hours of play, and my More Work For F.'.D.E.?! proposal will go far to remedy the evil Now, I wish to comment on what 1 reo of seconds and advisors who flourish Shortly after Bobby Fischer publicly gard as onc of the greatest evils of during adjournment. grandmaster chess. I refer to the custom declared that he would not compete for Thcre is another virtue in my pro· the World Championship under the ex· of retaining seconds, usually top grade analysts, to study adjourned game po. posal. In grandmaster chess it is ex· t isHng F. I. D. E. set·up (Sporn lIIustr.t. tremely desirable for a player in a tour· ed, August 20, 1962). there appeared sitions, advise and coach the player on the best line to pursue on resumption of nament or match to know just where he in the news the gratifying report that and the others stand at the end of a the directors of tbe ruling organization play. Thus, the game b~omes, not the victory of one player over another, but round or game before the next game is had changed the preliminary system. to be played. Therc can be no disagree· The reported change goos far to remedy the combined effort of four playen, the two principals and their seconds. Some· ment about this. A player's strategy is the flaws pointed out by Bobby. It will often greatly influenced by his stand· be much more difficult for Soviet play· times, cven, an clement of chauvinism cnters, and one player has the benefit ing in a tournament or match. Obvious­ ers to maintain a protective shield ly, my proposal will drastically cut the around the World Championship by of the combined skill of all his top. number of adjourned games, enabling which they have been able to insure level compatriots! 1 look upon this as a the players to know their standing that the Soviet World Champion would degrading developmcnt in chess, a game from day to day with almost complcte have his title contested by another Soviet player. Chess followers in tbe U . which should demonstrate the stamina, certainty. Thus, the two d ..ld ....t. S. may now hope that Bobby, our most imagination, skill and ingenuity of the which flow from my suggested cbange promising challenger, will again enter individual player. should assuage the feelings of the the fray. sportsmanlike grandmaster to whom tbe The Laws of Chess as promulgated by prospect of an 8 hour chess day may, At the same time it was reported that F.I.D.E. expressly provide that "no anal· lop.level tournament and match direc· at first, seem appalJing. tors would enforce more rigidly the ysis is permitted . . . during play or rulc barring draws in less than 30 during adjournment." (Article 18, 1 (b» SAUL RUBIN moves. This, of course, is aimcd at reme· It is well known that inability to en· New York, N.Y. NOVEMBER. 1962 239 On Tour Behind The Iron CUI,lain by USCF Senior Moster ELIOT HEARST

The 37-day "invasion" of Communist living aboard the New Amsterdam would "no problems" (an expression we would territory by the U. S. Olympic Chess Team alIeet his punctuality. But Bobby arrived later come to abhor) would arise to dis­ could be described in one sentence­ at the airport a few hours early, eager rupt this well-planned schedule. Weeks "the team won an exhibition match in to relate his views of the differences later, after a little experience with com· Warsaw 3-2, finished a rather disappoint· between deluxe and tourist class aboard munist efficiency, we came to realize that ing fourth in the Olympiad at Varna, ship ("The tourists even wear sneakers one should become apprehensive, rather and successCully competed in a rapid and slacks to dinner"). We told him of than calm, when the phrases "it's no tournament at Belgrade"---or in a well­ the new FIDE decision regarding chal­ problem!" or "of course!" are used. rcasoned, solemn manuscript perhaps lengers for the world title; now in­ titled "Psychology, Government, Chess, dividual matches are to be played rather W,IrSlW and LiCe in Communist Society Today." than the single tournament system of Neither of these approaches is likely to the past in which Russians greatly out· At least tcn chess officials and play· satisfy the editor and readers of Chen numbered participants Crom other coun· ers were waiting for us in Warsaw with Life, They want to know the answers to tries and to which Bobby had objected the traditional bouquet oC Clowers. A such questions as "What happened to so strenuously. Fischer's first response brief welcome, and then we were taken Bobby Fischer?", or "Is Botvinnik a on hearing the details of the new system in several taxis through the streets of nice guy?" or "Is the Red Riviera at was a comment that the individual this entirely rebuilt city-BO·90% of it Varna as exotic as the beach at Asbury matches are too short ("How can you was destroyed in World War II-to the Park, New Jersey?" Therefore, this dccide anything in ten or twelve Grand Hotel Orb is. The city impressed article is partly an official report by games?"), but he decided to reserve fur· us as much livelier and more colorful the captain, partly a personal view of ther opinion until he had spoken to his than, for example, the towns in Russia the countries we visited and the people lawyer. we had visited in the past. The store we met, partly a glorified gOSSi p column, windows were attractively designed and and partly a discussion 01 how the selec­ Our plans were to play two exhibition well·stocked, the women quite fashion· tion, preparation and competitive play matches in Warsaw, then hop a scheduled ably dressed (many of them had dyed o( future American teams might possibly flight to Sofia and arrive in Varna two their hair, something we never noticed be improved. or three days early so that we could rest and prepare for the more important in the USSR) , and there seemed to be Olympiad. Before leaving Amsterdam we a large number of automobiles roaming En Route wcre still naive enough to helieve that the streets. Co nsidering all the different routes (planned and unplanned) that the U. S. tcam members used to reach the Olym­ piad, it was quite an achievement that everyone arrived at Varna in time for the first round. Larry Evans and Bobby "'ischer left by separate boats a week before the departure of the main group. Evans wanted to buy a car in Paris and drive to Bulgaria, whereas Fischer ar­ ranged his own first·class boat passage so that he could enjoy the advantages of deluxe shipboard living, which included tuxedos at dinner, gourmet mals, and movics every day. The Byrne brothers, Mednis, and Hearst took KLM jets to Amsterdam and Warsaw about a week later, while Benko was scheduled for a New York-Amsterdam.sofia flight a few days afterwards. Even at the last minute Benko remained undecided about play· ing; being a Cormer Hungarian freedom fighter, he was justifiably uneasy about returning to Communist territory. By the time everyone else had left he was still the target of pleas Crom his relatives in America who insisted that he would be crazy to travel to a place as fiercely com­ munistic as Bulgaria. Benko was to tele· graph his final decision to the team captain in Warsaw. Morc about this later. The Byrnes, Mednis, and Hearst ar· rived in Amsterdam after a swift but uneventful flight. We spent our first hour in the Amsterdam Terminal won­ dering just how soon Bobby Fischer, who was to catch our Amsterdam-Warsaw £light Cour hours later, would arrive. Bobby hadn't been heard from in over THE SEVEN INVADERS. T•• m C.pt.in Eliot He.rst giving inspirdion a week and we weren't sure how high to his troops before the Battl. of Varn •. 240 CHESS LIFE With several of the Polish team's younger members and International Mas· ter Casimir Plater, our oWdal guide for the next few days, we had dinner in the hotel's Grand Ballroom, said to be the most luxurious in Warsaw. The atmos· phere was that of a Western European hotel, with uniformed waiters, an or· chestra that played American foxtrots as well as "Midnight in Mo scow," and a wide selcetion of main COUTS()S on the menu. We SP()nt twenty minutes or so deciding what to cat; some of us chose steak, otheN; pork and lamb, and some of us a particularly tempting fish dish. We could have saved ourselves these twcnty minutes, for after carefully copy· ing down Qur order the waiters brought everybody shishkebab! The whole din­ ner was really very good , but some oC us ncver recovered from this blow to our freedom of choice. We might have protest()d more vigorously if we had not already waited two hours for the main course and if the meal had not looked as good as it did. We finished dinner within four hours-not an unusual oc· currence incidentally-and most of us went to sleep early to overcome the eIfects of travelling ov()r 4000 miles in one day. TUNE UP. Fi5cher playing Sliwa in the U.S.A.-Poland match. A tour or Warsaw was arranged by our hosts for the next morning but only Mednis, Hearst and. sUrprisingly Fischer decided to rise early enough (10 a.m.) to make the trip. It turned out later that $800 TO GO! Bobby was most interested in tour ing the shops of the best custom tailors in Warsaw-he would like to have a suit "Buy now and pay later," seems to be the motto of the made in every major eity of Europe­ and when he discovered that we would American teams in international competition. Through the not be in Warsaw long enough to have a suit made, he soon lost his interest in efforts of the Federation, ACF, the Lamport Foundation, the sightseeing. We first visited Old Warsaw, Piatagorsky Foundation and the State Dept. we were able rebuilt sincc the war but faithfully re· creating the old palaces and churches to put the Varna show on the road. Because of the generosity of the city. One Catholic church that we of the Federation members, we were able to cover 81200.00 of entered (Poland is over 90% Catholic) was crowded with wON;hi ppcrs, some of the team's expenses while they were in Europe. We still have them quite young-which would have an $800. deficit to meet. "Buy now and play later" has been a been an unusual sight in the USSR where most of the worshippers we observed necessity in American Chess so far. 'Vhen a tournament invi­ were elderly. We interruptd our tour to have lunch at the "Technical School" tation arrives there isn't very mueh time to raise the money with m()mbers of the Polish Olympic in advance. The team should go. To decline an important Team and then, after lunch, visited the King's Park. The swans that contented· tournament would put us al1 in a had light, not only from the ly roostoo at the entrance to the old standpOint of American prestige hut also from the position Summer Palace in the heart of the park caused one of our Polish hosts to de­ that we have one of th e strongest teams in the world, hacked clare wistfully, "This park was built in up by very promising up-and-com ing players. Tf we forego in­ the days when we were cheerful and happy." ternational tournaments, the caliber of American chess can As we toured the newer parts of War­ only decline. So we scurry about trying to raise the necessary saw by car, we frequ()nlly noticed red funds, but in the end , we rely on the members to partially sup­ and blue posteN; which announced the USA·Poland chess match with Arc· port the team effort. The membership goal of $2000. didn't master Bobby Fischer" to play. The in· seem so much then. The $800. doesn't seem so much now. If evitable comparisons and questions oc­ curred: "The least expensive automobile 400 members would send 82. each, we would have it. vVe had available in Poland costs approximately a team effort in Varna. Let's have a team effort from the mem­ $3000: most are Czechoslovakian, Rus· sian, East German or Italian"; ''The av· hership. \Ve can do it! Only $800. to go!! erage salary of a Polish worker is $100 a month" ; " Rent averag()S about $10 a month in Poland"; " TV over here is ter- NOVEMBER, 1962 24' ribte"; "Chess is poorly supported in ich on the next day and waited for con­ newsstands) and many seemingly weU· Poland, only 6000 members in the Polish formation of our Belgrade to Sofia flight, stocked stores. Chess Federation"; "Our players arc the only uncertain leg of the trip to amateurs, but isn't a state amateur a pro­ Varna. The next day despite an appeal to the fessional?"; "What's the real story about US Embassy and five trips to the airline Marilyn Monroe?". We were shown the Our other exhibition in Warsaw in­ tcrminal office, no one could determine Building of Culture and Knowledge, War­ volved a series of blitz matches (five­ whether space was available on that saw's skyscraper and a gift from the minute chess), one with the Polish flight to Sofia. First, after calling Athens, USSR, which elicited irreverent com­ Olympic team (USA 10%, Poland 5ih) they told us "five places are available," ments from many Poles that we met. and one with a selected team of Warsaw then "we don't know," then "you'll have players (USA lllh, Poland 4*). Only to wait till the plane lands and we see Back at the hotel we had the first the Byrnes, Mednis, and Hearst played how many are aboard," until finally with report that our travel plans to Varna for the USA in these matches, since about 25 minutes to spare to catch the might not be so definite as expected. Fischer had agreed beforehand to play train to SoCia-our only alternative to the Our reservations for the Warsaw·Sofia only one exhibition in Poland. The plane flight which departed at almost [light that we had been scheduled to Byrnes exhibited their prowess in rapid exactly the same time as the train-we take two days later had been mis· play by together taking fourteen out of were told that the plane had landed and handled somehow and we were told it a possible sixteen points, leading all no space was available. We made the would be impossible to board that flight other individual scorers. After the train just in time, almost lOSing Bobby since it was completely booked up. This match we invited several of our Polish Fischer, who decided to get a shoeshine was the only flight to Bulgaria for a friends to dine with us at the Grand and to buy the latest issue of the Yugo­ week. Would we like to accompany the Hotel and talked chess, politics, music, slav national chess magazine as we ran Polish team by train to Varna, a 48-hour and literature throughout the four·hour for the train. Of course, it turned out trip which brought us to Varna only dinner. that the train left an hour late anyhow. hours before the opening ceremonies? We did not relish this sort of exhausting En Route Again We discovered that the Icelandic and preliminary to the Olympiad and we Danish chess teams were traveling on urged the Polish officials to continue Next morning at the airport we were the same train and had already spent searching for an air route to Varna. We happy to find out that our flight from several days on trains across Europe; had the news from Benko that he had Belgrade to Sofia had been confirmed. these players were hardly recognizable. decided to go to Varna and would arrive We breathed a sigh of relief as the air­ No food was available for the 8·10 hour on time, line official marked a tiny "OK" on each trip to Sofia, but sympathetic passengers, leg of our trip to Varna and told us we exhorted by our now close friend Bielka, A Brief Warm-Up also had hotel reservations in Belgrade. occasionally presented us with apples We would be in Varna the next day after That night we met the Polish Olympic or slices of salami which, however, did the overnight stop in Belgrade. People not solve our hunger problem. Team over the chess board at the House laughed when they heard that we had to of the Farmers, a new building can· return to Zurich and Belgrade to get structed by the Association of Farmers. At the Yugoslav-Bulgarian border, the from Warsaw to Sofia and someone sug­ town of Dmitrograd, we were in for Four or five hundred spectators were on gested the rout Warsaw·Zurich-Amster­ hand to watch thc contest, which marked quite a shock. The visas we had obtained dam-New York·Tokyo-Varna as equally at the airport in Belgrade were not valid the first visit or a U.S. Chess Team to preferable. Warsaw since the Olympiad in 1935. Play­ for exit by train and the Yugoslav cus­ toms officials were adamant: we must ing for the USA were Fischer, Robert To Zurich, Zagreb and Belgrade was Byrne, Donald Byrne, Mednis and Hearst. remove ourselves from thc train and indeed no problem, but on arriving at wait in Dmitrograd until we were com· (The captain's only chance to play chess the beautiful new airport (a la Idlewild) in the month we remained in Poland in Belgrade we found out that we had pletely checked out. We all joined in the argument and a great commotion re­ and Bulgaria). Fischer beat Sliwa, Po­ no reservations for either the next day's land's best playcr, but R. Byrne lost to sulted (the next train might not come for plane to Sofia or for a hotel in Belgrade. days!). The customs me n grew more and Balcerovski, the very talented 1962 Pol­ And the city was packed with competitors ish champion who is in his early twenties, more stubborn. "We'vc already lost ten and spectators for the European Athletic minutes off the train schedule and every and D. Byrne lost to Doda. Victories by Championships, then in progress in the Mednis over Tarnovski and by Hearst Yugoslav capitol. Neither a composed, minute costs the Government money; now get 0[( the train", they said, for­ over Filipowicz, however, enabled the understanding attitude or an outraged USA to squeeze out a narrow 3·2 victory getting that our train had left leisurely manner had any effect on the airline one hour late. Yugoslav chess journalist - a bad omen for the Olympiad to come, personnel and we were left up in the but, then again, our regular second and air about our flight to Sofia the next day Dimitri Bieliea had served as our inter· third board, Benko and Evans, did not ("ll you pay us for the phone call, ta­ mediary in this controversy and he play at Warsaw. Some Polish jokester morrow we can phone Athens, the point finally pointed out Bobby Fischer to thc summarized the results of our match suc­ of origin of your proposed plane flight, customs men and let them know who cinctly: USA 3, Poland 2, Byrnes O. he was, where we were going, and how and see if space is available to Sofia"). World War might erupt if we were We did manage to obtain hotel rooms, at m By the next morning the Polish of­ evicted from the train. With a shrug ficials had told us that airplane trans­ the Hotel Palace. Everyone there recog­ nized Bobby Fischer, which was a great of hopelessness, the customs chief sud­ portation to Bulgaria was impossible to denly broke into a smile and ran with arrange and we would have to go to advantage for us because that meant quick service in the hotel restaurant-­ us to the nearby railroad station, made Varna by train. But Mr. Alpern and out official visas for all of us in ten Mr. Plucinski at the American Embassy the best food, incidentally, that we had anywhere in Europe---and generous treat­ minutes, and then chased us back to lent a hand and discovered that by first the train. The passengers on the train, flying back to Zurich and then to Bel· ment and aid from the hotel personnel. especially the Icelandic and Danish chess grade we could board a flight to Sofia Some of us explored Belgrade that players, cheered as we raced back to our and arrive in Varna at least a day be­ evening and found it even more like the compartment. fore the opening ceremonies of the Olym­ West than Warsaw: neon signs every­ piad. Even though this rerouting would where, traffic lights, modernistic build­ Bulgaria at Lastl be quite expensive, it seemed preferable ings that appealed to the eye (a rare to taking the two-day train trip and ar­ sight in Communist countries), a read­ We finally arrived in Sofia around 1 riving completely exhausted in Varna, ing room at the US Information Agency a.m. Accompanied by a juke box play­ just in time for the opening ceremony. where we could catch up on the latest ing Nat King Cole records, we ate salami So we scheduled our departure for Zur- in the New York Times (also sold at (Continued on page 259) 242 CHESS LIFE Award yourself a bonus point if you noticed that in reply to 12. R-Kl Black can 'desperado' his bishop by 12 ...... HOW WELL DO YOU PLAY? BxP. Give yourself an extra 2 bonus points as well if you had decided that by Leonard Barden you would meet 12...... BxP by 13. KxB, PxB; 14. Q·R4 ch, followed by 15. QxBP and judged that your better devel· Working out for youN;clf the moves well. Nothing for 7. B·N5, P·N5; 8. opment and attack along the centre files played in a master game is one of the BxN?, PxN! 3 points for 7. P·KN4 which was more than worth a pawn. Another recognized ways of improving your cbess is the thematic move in such positions bonus point if you saw the possibility skill. Many players, however, find that and White's best next to 7. N·Q5 : e.g. 7. after 12 ...... , 8xP; of 13. N·B5!? which they need the incentive of opposition to ...... , B·N2; 8. B·N2, P·K3; 9. P·Nt), in most variations gives White a winnIng take a game seriously, and this article KN·Q2; with a complicated game and attack, e.g. 13 ...... , PxB?; 14. N·Q8 ch, provides a stimulating answer by giving about lcvel chances. Nothing for the and 115 . NxP ch winning the queen, or you the experience of playing alongside timid 7. P·R3? 13 ...... , B·K5; 14. RxB, PxR; 15. BxP ch. and against a master. 7...... B·N2 A further bonus point if you saw the You should imagine that you are the (Sounder 7 ..... , P·K3). strong reply 12. R·K1 , BxP; 13. N·BS, paliner of the winner, and that you I . NxN eh ...... R·Nl! when White is in trouble. have to guess the moves be makes. The 2 points. White breaks up the king's 12...... P·K4 notes arc designed to explain fu lly the side and this later proves one of the key 13. Q·R4ch ...... pros and cons of the move played and of factors in his victory. Deduct a point any alternatives you are likely to choose. 3 points, and a bonus point if you for 8. N·KB3? or 8. N·N3? when Black had foreseen, in planning this check, that The best method or following the game can safely capture the KP, and no credit 13 ...... Q·Q2? is now refuted by 14. is to usc a sheet of paper or card to for 8. Q·B3, P·K3! when Black has noth· cover the page and to lower it as you B·QN5! No credit for any tepid r etreat Ing to fear. of the knight, and deduct two points for come to each fresh move. 8...... NPxN the blunder 13. B·NS?, PxN. Keep a check of the points you score, 9. P·QB41 ...... 13...... N-Q2 and at the end of the game you can see 5 points. Another bold move, opening how your totat compares with t h.ose up White's pieces against Black's king, which various USCF ranking groups are which is likely to be confined perman· expected to make. ently to the centre in view of his pawn You have White. Your consultation weaknesses on both wings. The pawn partner is Bobby Fischer. Yo ur opponent structure can not only give you hints is Miguel N.idorf, Argentine star and on basic strategy, but also give you clues winner of the Havana tournament ahead on when to open up the game, search· of three Soviet grandmasters. The game ing for sharp t actics. 1 point only for 9. was played in the recent world team B·Q3, which is playable hut harmless. championship at Varna. How does your Deduct a point for the positional blunder play compare with Bobby Fischer's? 9. P·KB3? which is a horrible weakening R. J . Fischer M. N.jdorf of the black squares around White's king. Nothing for 9. Q·Q3? or 9. Q·B3? SICILIAN DEFENSE which protect the KP hut prematurely The opening moves are 1. P·K4, P·QB4 ; develop the queen to squares where she 14. RxBU 2. N·RB3, P·Q3; 3. P·Q4. PXP; 4. NxP, can be aUacked by Black's N at QB4 5 points for this splendid positional ex· N·KB3; 5. N·QB3. P·QR3; 6. P·KR3, or K4. P.QN4. p, p change sacrifice, eliminating the only 9...... good derender of the white squares and 10. Bx P ...... re-opening the route to Black's KB2 . 1 point for this simple aod strong Give yourself a bonus point if you had capture; nothing for anything else. planned this sacrifice when making the 10...... BxP previous move. No credit for r etreats 11. 0 ·01 ...... of White's knight or bishop. No credit 2 points for increasing White's for· for 14. N·B6?, Q·B2. midable lead in development. Only 1 Award yourself full credit for White's point for 11. Q.R4 ch, N·Q2! (not 11 . thirteenth move if you sacrificed the ex· ...... , Q-Q2?; 12. B-QN5!). 1 point for change at once. Analysis indicates that 11 . Q·N3 which would turn out strong after 13. RxB! PxR; 14. Q-R4 eb Black after 11 ...... , P·Q4 ; 12. Q·N7!, PxB; has nothing better to do than to trans- 13. QxB with a good aUack but is Jess pose into the game. II he plays 14 ...... , clear-eut after 11 ...... , P·K3. A useful K·K2? ?; 15. N·BS mate, while if 14 ...... , rule in deciding which of two attacking Q·Q2 ; 15. B.QN5, PxB; 16. QxR, PxN; From now on, try to work out White's moves to make is to delay committing 17. QxN ch, K·K2; 18. Q·B4!, Q·N2 (best); moves before uncovering them. the piece which has the greater option of 19. B·Q2, K·K3; 20. R·Kl, p.B4; 21. 7. N·Q51 ...... squares. Here it is pretty clear that one P·B3, P·K6; 22. QxQP and White wins. 4 points for this surprise advance. of White's avenues of attack will be 3 bonus pOints for having seen the gist If now 7...... , NxP; 8. Q·B3, N·B4; the white squares, another the K file. of this variation. 9. N·S6 ch , NPxNj 10. QxR, B·N2; 11 . Clearly the rook has to go to Kl, but 14 ...... P, R Q·R7, P.K4; 12. P·QN4! and White keeps it is not yet clear whether the queen Award yourself a bonus point if you his material plus. Award yourself 2 will be best posted on QR4, QN3 or even were intending to meet 14 ...... , PxB by bonus points if you saw the gist of this KN4 or KRS. 15. B-N5! 05. QxBP and 15. N·B5 are variation. 11 ...... P-04 also good) threatening 16. RxP ch. U 1 point for 7. B-K2 when 7...... , 12. R·Kll ...... then 15 ...... , PxB; 16. RxP eh, B·K.2; P·NS?; 8. N·Q5! would still be risky, but 4 points. No credit for the tepid 12. 17. N·DS, or 15 ...... , B·K2 j lB. N·B5, Black co uld meet 7. B·K.2 by 7 ...... , B·N3, 12. B·Q3, or 12. B·K2. Nothing 0-0; 17. B·RB, or IS...... , Q-N3; 16. P·R3 Or 7 ...... , B·N2. 1 point for 7. B-Q3, for 12. P·B3?, PxB; blocking the K file R·Ql. 0·0·0; 17. N·BB, N·B4; 18. RxRch, P.K4j 8. KN·K2, B·N2 and Black stands which White needs to open. (Continued on p. 263) NOVEMBER, 1962 243 MICHIGAN CHAMPIONSHIP TO STOLZENBERG Snapshots from Varna Leon Stolzenberg of Detroit won the 1962 !'IHchigan Open played in Lansing by U. S. Clwmpion Larry Evans over the Labor Day weekend. Stolzen· berg's undefeated 6-1 lilted him a clear PIT ' ;11;; J:i. 1Li i 1\)/\ half point above the rest of the 65- As I write this, the United States POMAII (Spain) player field . David B. R<.>ynolds o[ Ann team has just qualified for the Olym­ Arbor, Wesley Burga)' of Detroit, Don piad finals, first in its section with a Napoli of East Lansing and Leonids score of 24-4 in seven matches. OUf per· Dreibergs of Saginaw, all knotted at centage of almost 86% equals that of 5'h·Ph, finished second through fifth the Soviet team in their section. The in the order listed. Lucille KeUner of following "snapshots" capture some of Detroit won the women's title and the the most interesting highlights of the junior award was taken by Tom Rich­ preliminary matches. ardson of Flint. The tournament was sponsored by the SUARez (Puert(l Rico) Michigan Chess Association and directed by John D. Brattin.

80TVINNIK (USSR) The 1962 Black 10 play NATIONAL INTERCOLLEGIATE TEAM CHESS CHAMPIONSHtP A pawn ahead with plenty of time on his clock, Pomar failed to play 1 ...... , La Salle College Union Ballroom P·R3 and made a shocking blunder: 20th Street and Olney Avenue 1...... , N-B5?; 2. R(6)xN, PxR; S. BxP Philndelphia 41, Pennsyrv.nil ch, K·Rl; 4. Q·B8 mate. December 26-27·28·29, 1962 FISCHER (USA)

EVANS (U.S.A.) Whll. to play

1. P-K4!, Q-R5 (1...... , 8x8; 2. QxR ch!, QxQ; 3. RxR, Q-KBl; 4. R-Q8 also wins eventually); 2. P-B3 (quicker is 2. PxB, QxB; 3. PXP! , RxR; 4. QxRch!), Registration will be held from 6 tl> 7 B-B3; 3, P·N3, Q-N4; 4. P·B4, RxR; 5. P.M. on December 26th. An entry fee of $10 plus ICLA affUlatlon fee or $10 (for RxR, Black resigns. non.memberS), will be payable at thb time. Round. will be scheduled for Wednesday evening Thursday afternoon and evening, Friday 'afternoon, and Saturday morning CHOCAL TEA (Rumanil) and afternoon. TnI' annuai leLA member· ship meeting will be held at 10 A.M. on Friday Dec. 28 . Friday evening will be RIVERA (Puerto Rico) reserv~d for relaxation, with a Speed Championship schedulcd. A theater party Black 10 pl~y may be arranged H sufficient Interest is shown. I...... Q·B3!; 2. P-B3, Q-N4!; 3. B- The winning team will be. _.""'''_" '"'! R4, QxQB; White resigns. He is a piece by total match pOints, (out or down and there is no way to trap with tIes broken by total (out of 24) . It will receIve White's avaricious queen. two years of the Harold collegiate Trophy, pluS a PACHMAN (Cuchoslovakla) pr1 zc of $100. USCF credit be awarded to all mcmbcrs team, to the other top team sian dings, and to the each board. Play will be gO"crned by USCF Tourna· ment Rules, with a time limit of SO moves In 2 h oure, 2~ movet/ hour thereafter. FISCHER (USA) Rounds 1 and 3 wUl be adjeurned, a nd completed the following morning. Ail Whit. to play games ...ill be adjudicated afte r 75 moves. Tournament Director: Peter P. Berlow, ICLA President (c/ o Chemistry Dept.• Fischer tried out an unusual idea in Cornell Unlverslly, IIhaca, N .Y.) the opening, and his opponent acted Accommodallons will be available on with too much passivity after: 1. P-K4, the LaSalle campus for all teams reserv­ P-K4; 2. N-KB3, N·QB3; 3. B-N5, P-QR3; Ing them (with deposlq by Dccember 1st. 4. B-R4, P-Q3; 5. p.B3, B-Q2; 6. P-Q4, La Saile may be ~ached via Penna. Turnpike exit 27 and Route t:"S-611 , or KN-K2; 7. B-N3, P·R3; 8. Q-K2, N-N3; through Philadelphia. Publle transporta· 9. Q-B4! ? (Nezhmetdinov's idea), Q.B3; BENKO (USA) tion Is plentiful. For l urther Information While to play regarding accommoMIKHAIL TAL & BORIS SPASSKY

Played in. lI.e wciiminaries of the 1 had played this pawn sacrifice in world teant championship at Varna. previous games, and Mohrlok was obvi· Nutes by farmer world clwmpion Mik­ ously prepared for it, for he replied hail 'fal, specially contributed to CHESS very quickly. In a radio game with Stoltz in 1960, Black wc nt 15 ...... , N·B4; 16. LIFE. PxBP eh, KxP; 17. B·R3, N·R5 (some Mik h.iI T.I Dieter Mohrlok magazines which published the game The strongest mOVe in the game. (Soviet Union) (West Germany) wrongly gave Black's 17th move as 17. White's main idea is to play P·KB4-5 to ...... , N·NS. and wrote that, after 18. create a knight outpost at QS, or alter· SICILIAN DEFENSE p.B4 Black 'missed' the possibility of natively to go P·KB4 and P·K5 to drive 1. P.K4 P·QB4 18 ...... , NxP chi but Stoltz never had Black's knight from the protection of 2. N·KBl N-Q B3 this chance); 18. p.B4, N·NS; 19. p.B5!, his KRP. li now 24 ...... K·B2 : 25. 3. P.Q4 PxP P·K4; 20. NxN, NxP chi 21. K·Nl, PxN; R·R4!. and the threat o[ P·KB4 and P·K5 4. NxP N·B3 22. N·R5! and White won. has become stronger, since after tbe 5. N-Q Bl P-0 3 In a practice game a few years ago, knight moves, Black's KRP is en prise. 6. I ·K NS P·K3 my chess trainer Koblentz took with Another possiblUty is 24...... Q·B2: 7. Q..Q2 B·K2 the KRP here; but then White quickly 25. N·B6 (or at once 25. P·KS), R·Kl; 8. 0-0 ·0 O.() breaks lnrough along the KR me with 26. P·KSI, N moves 27. N·K4 and the at· 9. N·N3 ...... 15 ...... , RPxP; 16. P·R5, PxP; 17. RxP, tack is overwhelming. N.B3; 18. R·Rl, P·Q4; 19. P·KS! , NxP; Tbis gives a more interesting game Thc main variation I calculated was 20. Q.R2, K·BI: 21. Q·R8 chi (I actually 24 ...... , P·N3 (apparently a logical way than 9. P-84, NxN; 10. QxN, Q-R4; 11 . played 21. B·KB4, B-Q3; 22. Q.R8 ch P.K5, which usually results in -an early of enabling Black's queen and rook to wben Black could have got away with defcnd his second rank); 25. R(R6)xP ch!, draw. 22 ...... , K·K2!), N·Nl ; 22. B-KB4, B- 9...... Q.N3 PxR; 26. RxP eh, K·B2 (if 26...... , K·Rl ; Q3; 23. R·R7. 27. RxN, Q.R2; NxP witb two pawns for 9 ...... , P·QR3; 10. BxN, BxE; 11. 16. P·R5 PxP the exchange aDd a contiDu iDi attack); QxP. BxN; 12. PxB, Q-B3; 13. Q.N3, 17. Rx P N·83 1:1 . Q·NS, N·R2 (27...... , Q.K2 ?; 28. p.B4 is good fo r White, as in a game I 18. R.NS ...... N·B6); 28. Q.R5!, N·B3 ; 29. RxN db chi, pl ayed wlih Kramer (match Soviet Un­ White wants to switch the attack be· KxR; 30. N·B5!! ion v. Netherlands, 1962). tween the KR me and the KN file ac· 10. P- B3 P.QR3 cording to Black's defense; so he posts Preferable to 10 ...... , R.Ql; n . B· one rook on each [ile, with the queen K3, Q·B2; 12. Q·B2 (holding up Black's supporting from behind. queen's side advance because of 12. 18...... N·K4 ...... , P·QR3?; 13. SN6), N·Q2; 13. N· If 18 ...... , P·N5?; 19. N·R4 threatens NS, Q·Nl; 14. P·KN4! and White's at· B·N6. tack with the KNP and KRP proceeds 19. Q.N2 8·81 very fast. Up to here, everything bas followed a 11 , P·KN4 gamc between Spassky and Boleslavsky ...... in the 1958 Soviet Championship. I I( 11. BxN, BxB; 12. QxP, B.N4 ch couldn't remember this game while I with a good aHack; I don't like to win was playing, and afterwards asked Spass­ such pawns. ky for the continuation; he didn't know 11...... R·Ql either! Despite his huge material plus of two 12. 8·Kl Q·82 20. 8·K2 ...... rooks for a minor piece, Black Is help· 13. P·NS ...... Mohrlok had played very rapidly up less. The immediate threat is 31. D·NS ch, II here 13. Q·B2, N·Q2 and (in con· to here, but now thought for twenty K·K4; 32. p.B4 mate. li 30 ...... , PxN; trast to the note to Black's tenth) White mi nutes; so I guessed that 20. B·K2 31. N.QS cb, and mates after 31 ...... , does not have the strong move N·NS must be a new move. Afterwards, Mohr· K·K4; 32. P·B4 ch!, KxP; 33. Q·Rl. or available. 10k told me that he had expected 20. B· 31...... , K-K3; 32. QxP, or 31 ...... , 13 ...... N·Q2 Q4 but then comes 20 ...... P·R3!; 21. K·N2; 32. B·Q4 ch. t 14. P.KR4 P·N4 R.i3, N·R4; 22. a ·R3, N·B5 winning the I! 30 ...... , P·K4; 31. N·Q5 ch, K·K3; 15. P·N6 ...... exchange. 32. N-Q4: chi (White is not satisfied with 20...... N·BS winning the queen), K-Q2 (32...... PxN; 21 . 8xN Px8 33. Q·B5 mate); 33. Q·B7 ch and mates. 22. N·Q4 ...... 24...... K.82 I looked at 22. R·Nl, but it's only good 25. R·R4 Q·N3 if Black overlooks the trick of 23. B·N6. 26. N.Ql ...... Wi th 22...... , R·N1; 23. N·RS (threat The knight goes on the defensive, but 24. N·B6), K·Rl!; Black halts the at· only temporarily; Black's queen has to tack, after wh ic h White's QR is mis· move again. p laccd on the KN file. 26...... Q.B2 22...... R·N1 27. P·8 4 P·R3 If 22...... P·K4, White can choose 28. R·NIS R·K1 between the simple -and positional 23. If 28 ...... , P·K4; 29. N·BS, BxN; 30. N·BS, BxN; 24. RxB and the sacrificial PxB, and White returns to the attack 23. n ·Rl, PxN; 24. BxP, Q·B2; 25. Q·R21 against Q5 with his second knight. 23. R·R1 R·N2 29. P·85 p·K4 15 ...... BPxP 24. R·R61 ...... 30. N.Q831 ...... NOVEMBER. 1962 245 30. RxN ch is less exact: 30...... , tine Scheveningen idea), Black has an ac· (b) 18 ...... , P·B3 was the move I fear· PxR; 31. Q·N6 ch, K-K2; 32. N·QB3, tive position with 12 ...... , NxN; 13. ed during the game (19. NxKP?, Q·N3 K-QJ and Black escapes. BxN, P·K4; 14. B-K3, 0-0; 15. QR·Ql, cb). Yet, after the quiet 19. Q·N4!, P-B4; 30...... • Q.Ql KR·Kl; 16. Q-N3. K·Rl; 17. K·Rl, QR·Bl; 20. Q-N3, B-B4; 21 . K·Rl, Q·N3; 22. N·N3, There's nothing to be done. If 30 ...... , 18. Q.R3, Q·R4; as was played in a game KR·Nl; 23. P·QR4!. P·N5 ; 24. P·R5, Q·B3; PxN; 31. RxN ch. PxR; 32. N·QS threat· Nejrnetdinov·Vladimirov in the last .s0- 25. N·K2, White stays on top; Black's ens both the queen and Q·N6 mate. viet championship. My intention after pawn front defending his castled king 31. H·86 Resign' 11 ...... , B·K2 was to continue 12. N·N3! is riddled with weaknesses. After the queen moves, 32. RxN ch and if 12 ...... , 0-0; 13. P·KN4·5, using 17...... N·N3 wins. This was the first game I've played the 'problem bishop' at KB3 as a support 18. QR·QI ...... this year which I felt satisfied about! point for the pawn storm. 12. Q·K2 N·B5? Played In tile weliminarics of tile ConSistent, but bad; now White is able world team clwm,);ollship at Varna. to make a decisive center break. 12...... P·K4; 13. PXP, PXP; 14. N·8:j is also in· Notes Bori$ SpttSJky, Soviet by cham· ferior, but Black ought to try 12 ...... , pion, specially contributed to CHESS ().O-O. LIFE. 13. P·K51 ...... Boris Sp.luky Kllus Oll"la (Soviet Union) (West Germany) SICILIAN DEFENSE 1. P·K4 P.QB4 2. N·K83 N.Q83 3. P-04 PXP 18...... N·R5? 4. NKP P·K3 This Is a rather desperate attempt to 5. N·QB3 Q·B2 stcm White's attack by exchanging 6. B·K3 P·QR3 pieces; in fact, White immediately drives This formation In the Sicilian bas thc king into the open. proved very popular recently. Frankly, 18...... , B-B4 is also inferior because I don't understand why it should be of 19. N.K4!, BxN chi 20. RxB, 0-0; 21. successfuL; my feeling is that sucb a sLow N·B6 chI and now if 21...... , PxN; 22. layout, including two pawns moves and QxP, KR·N1; 23. R·N4 ch, K·BI; 24. the early development of tbe queen, Q.R8 ch, K·K2; 25. RxP ch! forces mate, ought to give White good chances for The tactical idea behind this advance whilc if 21 ...... , K·Rl; 22. Q·R4. P·R3; advantage. Practically, thougb, it's diffi· is that if 13 ...... , PxP; 14. N(Q4)xNP!, 23. N·N4, K·R2; 24. R·BG! and wins. This cult to prove how White should get the PxN; 15. NxP, Q·Bl; 16. BxB, QxB; 17. was a very Important varIation for better position; I've experimented with QxN, N-Q4; 18. PxP!, NxB; 19. N·B7 ch, White; l{ Black's king could have safely a number of different ideas for White, K·Ql; 20. QR-Ql ch, K·Bl; 21. NxP chI, escaped on the king's side, he would and haven't been completely satisfied NxQ; 22. R·Q8 mate. equallsc the position. with any 01 them! A paradoxical situa· 13 ...... N,B 18 ...... N·B5 is another Interesting tion; in this game, I try out another new 14. QxN move: In reply I intended the further idea. Here I spent half an hour examining pawn sacrifice 19. P-Q.N3, NxP(6) and 7. P.QR3 ...... 14. PxN!? After the game, grandmaster rcckoned that. with Black's knight co m· This seems an unambitious move; but Evans asked. me why I rejected the pletely out of play. White should have practice shows that otherwise the pin variation 14. PxN, NxR; 15. NxItempo for de· , . N II Hch 20. B·H3 IIIIP 1. p· Bl 0 -0 21. R·R7 II· B2 7. ••• fense. N.Bl B·1(2 21. Q·K4 R· 1(1 • • p·gR" II· NI 22. R(1).lIl R(1 )·KBI 20...... B·B4 8. B·Q3 P·84 22. Q·N4ch K·Nl 9 . N·R3 P.QR3 23. R·AI p·R4 9. Q·K2 23. R·K3 K·R2 10. Q·K2 H·Kl 24. N·I(I Naturally Black foresaw the coming 10. 0 ·0·0 p.QII)••• II· R3 24. R. N3 Q·K4 11 . R-QI P·K4 25. II"Rch combination, but he cannot improve his 11 . kll·KI B·Q2 25. P· KII.. Q·K7 12. N·B4 ... p""H4 26 . H· Bl Q·B3 position. If 20...... , R·Q 1 i 21. N·K2! 12. NIIP Q·R4 26. K"B P-Q1I4 13. p"p 27. R· R7 13. N·BS P·Rl '17. R·Q1 R.slgns 14. H·K3 N."·1I2 28. P· R3 '-N' (Black is virtually playing two pieces 14. N"Pch K·1I1 .~-- down, so that exchanges effectively in· crease White's superiority in Corce at KIHG'S GAMBIT FILIPOVICH ORTEGA the vital points), RxR; 22. RxR, QXPi (Poland) (Cub.) 23. Q·Q2! and wins. 1. P·K4 P·K4 19. Q·K5 P·1I3 21. NxP 2. P· KII4 PIIP 20. Q·K4 Q·Ql ...... 3. H·K B3 P·Q4 21 . A.KI B.Q2 Of course! ... p"p N·KB3 22. II-Q2 P·KIIS 21...... PxN $. B· NSch P·1I3 23. B·B3 P· R' 22. QxP ch Q·N4 6. PIIP p"p 24. Q·Hkh K·lll 7. II.B4 H-Q4 2J. RIIII PIIPch Black is lost. U 22 ...... , K·K2; 23. I. 0 ·0 B·Kl 26. K.Hl Q.R4 ch, K.K1 ; 24. Q-KN4 24. Q·QB4. . or t . Q.K2 .. N·g2 27. R·kl 23. Q·KN4 Q·B3 10. N.1I3 H(2)..N3 21. N·KS II. B·Hl .."••• 24. QxP R·KBI B·K2 29. g"N P· 1I6 12. NxN NIIN 30. Q.IISch K·H1 A last trap. If 25. QxP?, RxRch; 26. n . P·B4 N· N3 31. Rxp R·R4 RxR, O·O·O! and Black escapes. 14. P'Q4 p.QIt4 32. R·K7 15. p·QR! P ·N4 33. K·1I2 25. RxR ch BxR P·HI(Q.")ch After '18. P·R3 16. K· RI P·A4 l4. KIIQ P· B7ch 21. _...... 26. QxP R·Bl 17. p . Q~ PIIP ) 5. KII R 36. lI .kNI Q.II5ch Q· BSch H. plIB ". Black's pieces are unco-ordinated and II. p"p B·KNS J6. R. slgns ... 37. K·N2 " M . Q-K4 38. Q·KI Q-N4ch. he has no reasonable move. CARO.KAHN 31. IIIIP K.A1••• :It. Q.Hl P·KS 27. Q·N6 ch Res igns FISCHER DOHNEA n. I(·N2 40. QIIQ (U.S.) (HolI. nd) 33. KIIP Q."N4 ... . 41. II·QI P·K6 Alter 27 ...... , K·K2 i White wins by 1. P·K4 P-Q1I3 24. NIIPch P " H 34 . R·Rl 42. Resigns 2. P·Q4 R·" 28. R-Q6, Q·B5 (28 ...... J Q·Kl; 29. Q·B6 .... 25. R·Q4 P·KII4 35. Q·K2 1"·115 mate); 29. Q·B6 ch, K·Kl; 30. RxP ch, 3. H.QBl 2'. R(I)' Ql H·1I4 4. NlIp 11·114". 21. R·gI Q.KB2 ENGLISH OPENING K ·Q2j 31. Q·B7 ch. 5. N· N' II.H3 28. R"R QIIR BENKO OARQA , . P· KR4 P·KR3 H. B·Q.. N·KS (U.S.) (W . Germ.ny) 7. N·B3 30. P. II, p. K4 Thb was Benko'. most imp«'lIIlve win in KING' S IND IAN ... , I. 8-Ql SPASSKY 11 . plIN 1"1111 the O lympiad. He nw the queen sacrifice 0 0 EVANS t . Q"B P•••·K3 m ove 16. but there was tbe _...,n vheoln. (U.S .S.R.) (u.s.) 22. Q.N3ch II-H2 10. 11-114 33. PIIP Q·K6ch l &. BxN &. 11. N·K4 $lnee Black hat n o bene­ .- .... U . RPxP .~. 11. B·Q2 ... "", 14. g"Q PIIQ (lela! move . ,- P.QII4 14. II·R6 ...... 12. P' B4 KN.IIl 35. R·Q8ch K.1I2 1. P·QII4 N·KlIl 10. H·QII3 QH·Q2 N-Qill ,- U . R·1I.4 N·N5 13. II·B3 p.Q1I4 1. P·KH! 11. 11.114 P ·K4 p ·Ql 16. 111111 36. R·Q7ch K·B3 K.' 14. 0 ·0 B·Q3 '7. P.kN4 B·lll 3. II · N2 .-'" 12. PIIH N•••.Q2 .- P' II) P·IIl 17. QIIP N·KRl .... .- 15. N·K4 .,. 31. K·N2 B.1I4 4. N.KII3 11· 1(2 13. Q·Q2 P·B3 II ·KI P-QRl ,- II. N·1I3 N·1I4 16. QIIN 0 -0 5. 0 ·0 0 -0 Q.Q'1 P-QN4 It. R·R2 19. R·KR7 K·K4 14. BP"P ,- '1·Q3 17. P-Q5 KR·Kl (D. K·1I3 K.QS ,. P' Q4 P·83 1$. P·Q6 0 ·0 ·0 20. N·K5 N.'12 R."·QI ,- 11. P"BP 41. RIIP A. N3 7. Q·B2 P·QNl p- 0 .. 21 . H·K4 Q.1I2 16. BxN ." It. QII-QI B·Bl." • • N· K5 II·H'1 ...... 42. p·Hl P ·RS 17. N· 1(4 P· B4 10. P .KR4 22. 1I (1)·Rl .... R·KNI 20. N-Q4 II ·R3 U . R·K6 p"p 9. R-Q! Q·lll 11 . II· N3 ... 23. R.1I7ch K·lll 21. H·IIS 44. PilI" K-Q6 12. P· R5 KPIIP 24. RIIPch K·Kl .- 22. Q·Kl H·..R5 45. Resigns 23. 11 ·1(5 .-., RUY LOPEZ EVAHS MATAHOVIC (U.S.) (Yugoslavia) 1. P.K4 p·K4 20. P·R3 II.RI 2. N·KBl N·QII3 21. B-Q2 KR ·Ql 3. II· N$ p·QR! 22. N(2)·III N·RS 4. II ·R4 H·B3 '13 . N· B5 B"N S. 0-0 II·K'1 24 . QIIB N-H7 6. A·KI p-QN4 25. B·H5 N-Q6 7. B·H3 ' 26. KR-QI H.Kl 8. I"·QlIl ...0 -0 27. BIIII QIIII t. P·KR3 N·QR4 21. Q·B3 N' B5 10. 11·11'1 P·B4 2t. K·R2 II"R 11 . P·Q4 Q.1I2 30. RIIR R·QI 12. QN.Q'1 B·Q2 31. P·Nl H.K3 13. PIIKp ... 32 ... R·K7 Rxp Afta r 17 ...... , p·B4 14. N· R2 QA·Ql 3'. K· B2 P·H8[Q)ch 18. PIIIII RxQ 20. R(1 )-QI B-Q4 After 24 ...... , K·Kl 15. Q·BS II· K3 34. RP"p Q-Q) 16. H{ll-al N·B5 " . RIIR Q·82 21 . N· B31 lI etllnl 25. QIIP!! 35 . Q·K2 P .H' ••• 26. R.Mch!! Resigns 17. P-QN3 .... , 36. K·N'1 N·B) 81ack r es igned fo r If 21...... , R·B I Or KI; II. H·Kl P' B5 37. P· R4 P·R4 22. NxB. hN"; 23. UXP c h, and 24. 8-B7, o r 19. P.QN4 P·QA4 Draw K6. Fisch e r aU'icll ed 21 ....• .• , R·NI; but Iheu QUEEN'S GAMBIT DECL IHEO 2Z. BxB, PxB; 23. NxP, followed by 24. N. B1, HAJOORF PORTISCH CARO·KANN K·B2; 25. R.Q1 wine. (Arge ntina) (Hungary) PENROSE NEILSOH 1. P·Q4 P.Q4 12. 8 .H5ch K.K2 {Englandl (5Wldln) 2. P·Q84 P·Kl 11. 0 ·0 QxP I . P.K4 P-Q83 11. P"N P .QN3 3. N·Q83 N·KBl 14. Q.K2 B.Q3 2. p·Q4 p.Q4 12. Q.1I2 P· N3 $100 4. N·1I3 P· B4 15. B·H2 Q.R4 3. PIIP 13. B·KR6 R.KI 5. IIPIIP NxP 16. kR·QI kR.Ql 4. P·QII4 H.."KB3 14. P ·KR4 B·Bl MAKES YOU A USCF 6. P·K3 PxP 17. Q·RS P.1I3 S. N-Q1I3 15. II·KH5 B·K2 7. PlIP 8-H5 II. QIIP K.B2 .-'" 6. H·B3 .. ., 14. B·HS , MEMBER- I. Q·1I2 N-Q83 If. B.K2 Q.KN4 ... 7. p"p 11. o.K4 N·R" t . II-Q 3 H"N U . 8 ·QBI B"Pch ." I. B·Q 3 ... ., II. II"B FOR LIFE! 10. P"H N"P 21 . K"II Q.K4ch t . (),O 0-0 19. N· KS ." 11 . NIIH QIIN 22. P·1I4 Resigns .... 10. II.·KI .,. 20. NIIBP lIaslgn, NOVEMBER, 1962 The attacking power play of Soviet 15 ...... Risky, but Black is already in serious champion noris Spassky created a big 16. N·K4 ...... ". difficulties. impression at the world team champion­ 19. OxRP B·N2 ship. H ere Spassk!J annotates specially 20. Q-R4 lor C H ESS UFE aile of IJis best games from the tournament. B. S.,..u ky L. Schmid (Soviet Union) (West Germany) BENONI DEFENSE 1. P·Q4 P·QB4 2. P·Q5 P·03 3. P·K4 P·KN3 4. N·KB3 B·N2 5. B·K2 N·KB3 6. N·B3 N·R3 7. 0-0 N·B2 An important moment: can Black safe­ ly capture the QNP? I had planned 16. This system of development is a favor· ...... , BxNP; 17. QxRP, B·N2 (forced); 18- 20...... 0-031 ite defense o( the German grandmaster's, Q·R4, NxP; 19. KN·N5, R·Kl ; 20. Q·R7 ch, Losing by force. A better practical which he has adopted with fair success K·BI. At this stage, I was expecting chance is 20 ...... , B·B3; 21. N·NS, BxN j against Botvinnik, Keres, Smyslov, Tal to be able to sacrifice the knight, but 22. Qx8, 8xP; (not 22...... , NxP? 23. and other masters. analysis shows the offer is not convinc· B·Q3! (unclear are 23. N·K6, NxN; 24. 8. P-QR4 0·0 ing, e.g. 21. NxKBP, KxN j 22. N·N5 cb, PxN, BxR; or 23. R·Q4, P·K3) 23 ...... , Schmid diverges from his own game K-83; 23. B·B4, (if 23. B·Q3, N·B5j) R·Rl; BxR; 24. BxNP!, P·K3 (if at once 24 ...... , against Botvinnik at Leipzig, where he 24. N·K4 ch, K·B2j 25. BxN ch, P·K3j PxB: 25. QxP ch, K·RI; 26. Q·R6 ch, K·N1; had eschewed castling in favour of an 26. N·Q6 ch, K·B3. Later, I discovered the 27. R·KS); 25. Q·R6, PxB; 26. QxP ch, early quecn's side pawn advance; 8 ...... , simpler continuation 21. 8·B4. p·Ra; 22. K·HI; 27. Q·H6 ch, K·N1; 28. R·K5, Q·S3; P·QR3; 9. N·Q2, B-Q2; 10. N·B4, P·QN4; QR·Ql, B·QB3; 23. R·Q3 (ollowed by 29. n·N5 ch, K.B2 ; 30. Q·R7 ch, K·Kl; 11. P·K5!, QPxP; 12. PxP and now 12. H·KB3 and White's attack can hardly be 31. Q·Q7 mate...... NxNP! would have equalized. stopped. This va riation is difficult to fo resee 9. R·Kl ...... It's interesting that tbe White QP at over the board, and in point of fact I A new idea for a waiting move, in Q5, representing tbe space concession spent a long time in the post mortem pl ace of tile recognized continuations of made by Black in order to start bis analysis beCo re working out its ramifi· 9. B·B4 or 9. N·Q2. White provides a queen's side counlerplay, has an im· cations. retreat square for his KB, and in some portant role in White's attack, either 21. N·N5 KR·l(l variations the White KR provides usc· directly through its cramping effect, or 22. B'031 ...... ful support for the centre advance P·K5. indirectly through being sacrificed to At first I thought that 22. QN·K6 9...... p·OR3 open up the position. would win, but 22 ...... , PxNj is not 10. B·KN5 P·R3(?) After my result in the Soviet cham· clear. It is very important for White's This weakening of the king's position pionship in the earty part of 1961, where combination that his bishop should be tells in White's (avor during the middle I (ailed to become one of the qualifiers at Q3. game. Black should continue with his tOr the inter·zonal tournament, I trained 22...... QxN queen's side plans by 10 ...... , R·N l ; 11 . for some months with the Leningrad Other moves also lose. e.g., 22...... , P·R5, B-Q2; after which I was gOiDg to master KJa man to sharpen my style. KIa· Q·KB3; 23. R·K6!, NxR; 24. Q·R7 ch, K·S I ; play 12. 8 ·KB1. man, a highly original and daring player, 25. N·Q7 mate, or 22...... , BxBj 23. 11 . B·I(B4 B·Q2 taught me a lot about complicated sac· QN·K6! , PxN; 24 . RxB, PXP; 25. Q·R7 12. Q-Q2 P-QN4 rificial attacks on the king, and this eh followed by n ·B3 ch and QxP. Apparently Black has energetic coun· sharp style which I choose in the present 23. BxB ...... terplay in any event, for if now 13. Il ame is perhaps a reflection of his teach· Threatening 24. BxP, PxB; 25. Q·R7 ch BxRP, P·N5j followed by ...... , NxKP. ing. and 26. QxP. 13. P·I(SI ...... 16...... B·N2 23...... NxP 17. NxP BxNP? If 23 ...... , PxB; 24. Q·R7 ch, K·BI; The central advance is a well known Schmid hopes that this capture is now 25. Q·R5 and wins. theme in thIs variation; White's extra taking place in more favorable circum· 24. B·K 61 Resigns. finesse here is to avoid exchanging his stances, with White's QN diverted from QRP for Black's QNP, thus denying K4; but it would have been ratiler Black's QN tbe important square QN4. better to sacrifice a pawn by 17 ...... , KING OF VIRGINIA 13...... PxP 8 ·B4. If then 18. QR·Ql? Q-Q3! ; with Lawrence King took a clear first 14. BxKP P·N5 good compensation: so I wo uld have place (6 wins, no losses, } draw) in the After the game, Schmid told me that replied 18. 8 ·B4, Q·Q3! j 19. N.K4, and Virginia Stale Championship held in he thought 14 ...... , QN·Kl was Black's White should eventually win. In the Hampton over the Labor Day weekend. best defense. A possible continuation game, White's king's side attack quick· Irwin Sigmond (51,2) was second and then is 15. B·Bl, P·N5j 16. N·K4, and, ly becomes irresistible. Jack Mayer, C. A. Batchelder, Richard after piece exchanges on the K file, 18. OR-QI ...... S. Callaghan Jr. and Douglas Kahn (all Black's KP remains a static weakness. The cramping effect of the QP remains wit h 5 points) finished in the order list· If then 16 ...... , NxN; 17. RxN, B·B4j an important factor in White's attack, ed after the median points were com· 18. R·R4, P·N4; 19. BxB! with a strong hcnce the over·protection: e.g. if instead puted. Thirty·seven players took part [n attack. 18. QxRP? B-N2; 19. Q·R4, B·B3j 20. the 7-round Swiss. 15. BxN ...... N·NS, BxN; 21. QxB, B-B4! : 22. B-Q3, I already had this surprising excnange BxB; 23. PxB, QxP and Black is out of L. I. OPEN in mind when playing 12. Q·Q2. White trouble. One of the ideas behind my T he nnt VSCF rate·'1.1. Thomas much the better game for White. 18...... B·M M. Bradley directed. 24' CHESS LIFE USCF Book Department Books 01 Every Description lor Players 01 Every Strength

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P·Q4 ,... 22. K· Rl B·K4 3. QN·Q2 N-KB3 23. RxP NxPch 2nd Annual U. S. Team Championship 4. P-KS KN·Q2 24. K·NI R-B4 held in Takoma Park, Md. September S. B·Q3 P·QB4 25. R-K7 QR.KB1 6. P-QB3 N.QB3 26. B·R6 R·R4 21-23. U. S. Junior Champion Larry Gild­ 7. KN·K2 Q·N3 21. BxR P·K6 en, Hans Berliner, Herbert Avram, II. N·B3 P·KN3 28. K·BI R-R8ch 9. 0·0 29. N·Nl were George Meyer and Ma rtin Stark scored 10. PxP B'"·N2 30. R·K2 Jack 11. P·QR3 0·0 31. RxKP After 4 founds Angelo Sandrin (last year's 5-1 in match points to eke out a tie-break 12. P-QN4 P-B3 32. K·K1 RxNch winner), Kirby, and Turns led with 4-0; at win over the Scarlet Knights team from 13. PxP N/2xP 33. K·Q2 B·B5 the end of 6 Al Sandrln was tops with 5'h, 14. R-K1 P-K4 34. B·Q6 B·N4 Kir by was l UCk! to win from Pete Wolf In New Jersey. The Manhattan Chess Club 15. B·B2 P-K5 35. P-B6 the 6th when he laUer missed a mate In two In a tlme-pressure scramble and went of New York, though scoring the most 16. N·KS "," 36. RxN RxPch"'" fOJ' the win of a piece instead. With a 11. PxN N·NS 37. K·B3 RxBch bishop and pawn versus 4 pawns, Wolf nOw individual points (16%) finished third 18. QxPch B_K3 38. KxR mishandled the eudinll. Encouraged by such 19. Q·B5 .,. 39. Resigns '" pre·Chrlslmas generosity. Kirby toppled Al in the 6·round Swiss with a match point 20. PxQ Sandrin In the 7th, t hen Tautvalsa. In the score of 4%. International Master Hans 8th. CENTER·COUNTER'" GAME Kmoch directed. A number of games M . VALVO ,. IRWIN played in this event are given below. (Manhattan) (Independent C.C_) 1. P-K4 P-Q4 22. B.Q3 Q-K4 2. PxP N-KB3 23. BxN NIMZO·INDIAN 3. B·N5ch B-Q2 24. R-K1 "" A. BERNSTEIN B. ZUCKERMAN 4. B·K2 2S. RxN Q-B4'" S. P-Q4 P·K3 26. P·R3 P-N4 (Marshall ) (Manhattan) "" 6. N_KBl P·QB4 21. QxRP Q.N8ch 1. P·QB4 P·K3 19. QxNP! 1. P·B4 N-N3 28. K·R2 Q.Nlch 2. P·Q4 N·KB3 20. BxPch K·Q2"" S. p·QS B_K2 29. P·N3 K·N2 3. N·QB3 B-NS 21. QxPch B· K2 9. N·B3 B·KB3 30. R·B3 Q·N3 4. N·B3 P·Q4 22. P·Q5! K·QI 10. B.K3 N_R3 31. Q·B4 R·B2 S. P·K3 0 ·0 23. KR-K1 Q-B4 11. 0·0 32. R·QS P·Bl Th e Class A rtrst p rize was won by Jack 6. PxP 24. BxBch 12. PxB B·R5"" 33. Q-Ql R_KB1 Pync, wit h Seymour Rosen and Berll splitting ." 13. Q-BI ,., P·B5 2nd; Russ Wallace, Nick Goncharoff, Walter 1. B.Q3 P'"·Bl 25. Q·Bllch K.Q2 34. R·Q6 Karpuska, and James Fuller shared the Class 8. Q·N3 B-Q3 2'. PxPch 14. PxP .., 35. Q·Q5 Q_B4 B p r izes; John Morvay took Class C; while 9. 0·0 R·Kl 27. QR·Q1ch K·B2'" 15. Q·R3 QR·Bl 36. R·Q7ch K·N3 Verber, Garwin, and A. KarkUns shared junior 10. P-KR3 QN.Q2 28. RxRch K·N3 16. QR·NI B·B7 37. Q-K4ch P·B4 laurels 11. Q·B2 N·Bl 29. Q·Qllch K·R3 11. R·N2 B·KS 38. Q·K6ch R_B3 Frank Skoff directed the tournament, ably 12. P-K4 30. R·K3 B·N2 18. B·NSch K·BI 39. Q·NSch K_R4 assisted by J im Br",t",s and Mr . and Mrs. N. 13. NxP '" 31. Q·Q1 B·B1 19. R·Q2 Q-B4 40. QxRPch R·R3 Aronson. 14. BxN Q",".R4 32. Q·QB7 Q_B1 20. N·NS N·Q4 41. Q·B7ch R-N3 21. NxB 42. RxR Over $500 was raised by donations from 15. N·NS P·KRl 33. R-R3ch K·N4 .," Resigns the players and tourney officials for t he 16. B·R7chl 34. Q·R5ch K-B5 holding of the US Open during August 11·23, 17. QxNch K·Bl"" 35. P.N3ch Resigns KING'S JNOIAN 1963, In ChIcago at the Belmont Hotel. lS. Q-RSch K _K2 C. GARDNER H. BERLINER (Takomil Park) (D. C. League) I. P·Q4 N-KB3 10. P-B4 N_NS! 2. P·QB4 P·Q3 11. QxN NxP 3. N·QB3 P·KN3 12. Q·K2 NxBch 4. P·K4 B-N2 13. K·B1 P.QB4 5. P-B3 0-0 14. N·QS B·Q2 6. B·K3 P-QR3 15. P·KS B·N4 1. B-Q3 P·B3 16. P-QR4 N·B8! 8. P·BS PxP 17. Resigns 9. PxP QN-Q2 KING'S INDIAN L. GILDEN I. SIGMOND (D. C. League) (T'koma Park EXperts) 1. P-Q4 N·KB3 11. QxP Q-RS 2. ?·QB4 P·KN3 12_ N·R3 N·B3 3. N·QB3 B·N2 13. P-BS PxP 4. P·K4 P·Q3 14. B·B4ch K_R1 s. P·B3 P_K4 15. Q·R4 6. P·Q5 N-R4 16. NxP 7. B-K3 0-0 11. RxP B. Q·Q2 P·KB4 18. KR-Bl RxR 9. 0 ·0·0 P·B4 19. BxR NxP 10. PxP e.p. NxP 20. Q_Qach! Resigns H. BERLINER A. FEUERSTEIN I. P-Q4 N·KBl 15. PxNI QxR 2. P·QB4 P·B4 16. Q·Q2 Q.R3 3. P-QS P·K3 11. B·QB2 N·Q2 4. N·QB3 PxP 18. B_R4 P-N3 S. PxP P-Q3 19. B_B6 R·N1 6. P·K4 P·KN3 20. N·Q4 P·QN4 7. P-B4 B·N2 21. N·B2 R·N3 8. B.NSch KN.Q2 22. R·Rl RxB 9. B·Q3 0 ·0 23. PxR QxP 10. KN·K2 N·R3 24. N-Q4 Q·N2 11. 0 ·0 N_NS 2S. N/4xP BxN 12. B-Nl P_BS 26. NxB QxNP 13. B_K3 Q·R4 27. B_Q4 N·B4 14. P·QR3 N.N3 28. N-Q51! Resigns

CHRISTMAS SHOPPING? Tournament Director Hans Kmoch studies a position during the U.S_ See the two big Team Championship. The players are Arnold Bernstein, David Daniels and USCF Catalogs in Phil Rainer of the Marshall team_ this issue! -Photo by G. Sendecky'$

NOVEMBER, 1962 253 If 19 ...... , PxP??; 20. Q·R5 mate. side, Black naturally provokes action on 20. B·Ns NxN the opposite wing. GAMES 21. PxN ...... 77. Q·B2 ...... Thus one bind replaces another. A defensive idea is 22. Q·B4 and 23. BY 71 ...... Q-B2 73. B.K3 Q·R4 Q·K4. 72. QR·Bl Q-N3ch 24. Q·831 ...... 72...... R·B2 25. KBPxP QxPch Slyly menacing 25. Q·B7 ch. K-Ql; 26. 73. P-QN4 QR·KBI 76. P.Q4? ...... USCF QxB ch. RxQ; 27. RxR mate. 24. QNPxP PxNP 24...... Q·QN4 Better is 26. K·Rl. MEMBERS 25. BxP ...... 26...... Q.B3 25. B·Q4. R·KNl; 26. Q·B7 ch, K·Ql ; If 26 ...... , PxP?; 27. QxP ch, K·RI; Annotated by 27. QxR and 25. Q·B7 ch. K·Ql; 26. 28. B·N4 turns the tables. U. S. Master JOHN W. COLLINS QxB ch, RxQ; 27. RxR ch, Q·Kl; 28. 27. B·N4?1 ...... RxQ ch, KxR; 29. R·B7, arc altcrnate Fatal. 27. Q·Q3, unpinning the Queen, winning lines. protecting the QP, and bolstering the 75...... B·R3 K- sidc, seems most feasible. THREE NEW RETURNS If 25 ...... , RxB ; 26. R·BB matc. 27...... R·B8chl Georgia, Michigan, and Missouri have 26. Q·B31 Resigns been the first to respOlld to our re­ quest in the August issue for games from the twenty-one States which have not broken into print recently in tMs col­ umn. N Oli; let flS Ilear from the remain­ ing eighteen! GEORGIA Early Pawn sacrifices enable White to establish a paralyzing bind at K6 which ultimately results in a neat mating attack. Georgia Championship, 1962 SICILIAN DEFENSE POSitIon ,fter 27 ...... , R.BS chi MCO 9: p. 156, c. 173 Final Position R. A. Kan;h (1883) M. A. Day tl809) A proverhial bolt from the blue which 1. P-K4 P.QB4 Black cannot parry the two mate·in· wins the Queen! 2. P-04 ...... two threats (27. QxR ch. B·Bl; 28. QxB 28. RxR RxR ch This is tbe Sicilian Center Gambit. and 27. Q·BB eh, RxQ; 28. RxR). 79. RxR QxO White trades a Pawn {or good develop­ The game is over , but White eleCts to ment and central pressure. MICHIGAN endure his rival's preciSe mop·up tech· 2...... PxP Taking this game, with a sudden win mque. 3. P·QB3 PxP of the Queen, meant winning the Class 30. R·B7 Q·Q8ch 37. K·R3 PxP More prudent is 3 ...... , P-Q4! B Trophy. 31. K·N2 QxPch 33. R·K7 ...... 4. NxP P-Q3 Michigan Open. 1962 . If 33. RxN, Q·K3 ch wins the Rook. s. N·e3 N·QB3 BARCZA SYSTEM 33 ...... Q·B8 ch 6. 8·Q84 N.B3? MCO 9: p. 345, c. 22 34. K·N4 P·R4 ch Better is 6 ...... , P.K3 ; 7. 0·0, N·B3; 35. K.N5 Q·S3 mate B. Q·K2, P.QR3 ; 9. R·Ql, Q·B2; 10. B·B4, A. Mlck ,1863) J. C. McCarty (1682) N·K4; 11. 8xN, PxB with chances for 1. P·KN3 ...... MISSOURI both sides. A la Benko. White's Queen Rook sneaks into the 7. P·KSI N-NS? 1...... N·K83 4. O.() 0·0 mating program in bcguiling fashion. If 7 ...... NxP??; 8. NxN. PxN; 9. 2. N·KB3 P·KN3 S. P-Q3 ...... BxP ch, and Black loses his Queen. 3. B-N2 8·N2 Heart-of·America Amateur Relatively best is 7 ...... PxP; B. 5. P-Q4 leads into King's Indian forma· Kansa$ City, 1962 QxQ ch, KxQ; 9. N·KN5. K.B2; 10. NxBP. tions. NEO·CATALAN SYSTEM R·KNl; 11 . N·N~ cb, although White gets S...... P·Q4 MCO 9: p. 344, c. 16 a clear advantage. 6. QN.Q2 P·B4 K. Klein (1610) J. Limbert (.1405) 8. P·K61 BxP 7. p.B4 ...... 1. N.KS3 Or 8 ...... P·B3; 9. B·B4, P·KN3; 10. 7. P·K4, with a regular King's Indian P·QB3 N·Q4, KN·K4 j 11. BxN, QPxBj 12. NxN. Reversed, is clearer. This erratic kick·off can lead to , QxQ chi 13. RxQ. PxN; 14. N·N5!, Resigns 7...... P·K3 10. PxP NxP Caro·Kann, a Slav, a Catalan, as here, (Weyrausch·Mail, 19(7). 8. Q·B7 QN.Q2 11. P·QR3 and other QP openings. 9. BxB PxB 9. R·Nl Q.B2 2. P·B4 N·B3 6. P·N3 P·Q4 10. N·KNSI N·B3 If 11. P·QN4?, N·B6 wins a Pawn. 3. P·KN3 P·K3 7. P·Q4 QN·Q2 11. NxKP 11...... R·Nl 4. B·N2 B·K2 8. N·B3 R·Kl The bind is established. 12. N·K4 P·N3 S. O.() 0·0 11...... Q..Q7 13. B·NS ...... Black begins losing the thread. Less 12. Q-K2 N·K4 13. B·Q2, not wasting a tempo, is fraying is 8 ...... , P·QN3; 9 ...... , B·N2; 13. N·QNSI ...... beUer. 10 ...... R·B1 ; 11...... , Q·B2, and 12. The N/ 6 is indirectly protected and 13...... P·KR3 15. N·B3 NxN ...... , P·B4. 14. N / 6·B7 ch and 15. NxR is threatened. 14. B·Q2 P·B4 16. BxN P·K41 9. Q·B2 P.KR3 13...... N·Q4 16. P·B4 N·B3 Black has the better center and more 10. P·K4 PxKP 14. N/ S·Q4 N·QB2 17. N·K6 ...... mobility. 11 . N·Q2 ...... 1 S. NxNch QxN 17. KR·81 B·N2 20. KxB Q·B3ch Or 11. NxP, NxN; 12. QxN, N·B3 ; 13. And the bind is r e·established. 18. Q·N3ch K·R2 21. K·Nl P·KBSI Q·K2 , with advantage. 17...... Q·Q2 19. N·R4 BxB ,11...... B·Bl 18. P·BS P·KN3 With four·fifths of his opponent's If 11 ...... , N·B1; 12. N·K2 followed 19. 0·0 N·Ql pieces ineffectually bunched on the Q. by 13. NxP , with the better game. 254 CHESS LIFE 12. N/2xP NxN 15. BxN Q·B2 The text·move contains a trap. PENNSYLVANIA CHAMPIONSHIP 13. NxN N·B3 16. QR·Ql P·QB4? 9. B·R2 ...... Allentown, 1961 14. B·N2 NxN H 9. p.B4??, NxN; 10. QxN, P.Q4! Tbe Wlikes.B.rre Counter AHack This gives White a passed Pawn and wins the Queen or KB. a loog dlaeonal for his QB. Called for 9...... P-QH4 Notu bv Ken Williom.t is 16 ...... • P·QN3j 17 ...... • B·N2, and Again, preferable is 9 ...... , B·K2. So Mel .. in Waldo Kenneth F. Williams 18 ...... • QR·Ql. is 9 ...... , B-Q2 and 10 ...... , R·QBl. (Phil.delphl.) (Wilke$-B.rre) 17. P.o5 PxP 10. B.K3 N.QR4 1. P·K4 P·K4 7. K·H Q·R5 18. PxP R·QI? 11 . Q.K2 B-Q2 2. N·KB3 N.QB3 8. P-KN3 NxNP Appreciably better is 18 ...... B.Q3. as H 11 ...... , N·B5? ; 12. N/ 4xNP!, PxN; 3. B·B4 N·B3 9. PxN QxPch any practitioner of Nimzovitch's theory 13. NxP, Q moves 14. BxN. 4. HoNS B-B4 10. K·B R·B of the blockade would agree. 12. QR-Ql R·Bl S. NxBP B)(Pch n . Q·RS ...... 19. KR·Kl B·R6? Now threatening 13 ...... , N·B5; 14. 6. KxB NxPet. Now 19 ...... • B-Q3 is imperatiVe. B-Bl ; NxRP; 15. PxN. QxN. So far thll hall been a standard variation. 20. R~I ...... 13. B-Bl N·BS Black'a nut move. and Whlte'a reply Ia a 14. R.Q3 B-K2 lair eumpl. of how the European analyfis 1 S. R·N3 K·Bl are doln,. Accon1lng to an article by Brtnck· This is very risky. but so are 15 ...... , mlnn in Schlch.Echo. January 1954. Kere. ' 0 ·0 and 15 ...... , P·N3. In this variation, method I.: 11. ...•....• P-Q3; 12. ~-QB3. B·N5; Black is seldom called upon to meet a 13. Q.R2, Q·B&eh; etc. leadinf eventllilly to K·side incursion of a White Rook this a "drlw by perpetllal check." However, "White early in the game. ha, I better move In 13. Q.R4 to whiCh I 16. K·Rl P·R3 18. R.Q3 Q-.2 have never round an answcr. (An analylls 17. P·B4 o-N3 19. 8xN ...... 01 Ihls w .. publ..blhed in The ChlSS Corre· White-prepares.... to ' advance his KP. spondlnt, February 1959.) In the lame .rticle, I I. ...•....• N-Q5 1$ credited to Rohmcek gMng 19. "...... PxB White', next move 12. Q.R2.! un belJt." The 20. R·N3 K·NI? move thlt cauled us to gIve this up was 12. Having jeopardized bls game with 1'.Q3 which certllnly is bettcr for "White. moves 8, 9, and 15, Black makes a Against this Brlnckmann gives only 12 ...... , final error. Comparatively better are 20. P·QN4 ••• suppo9f!dly winning continuation ...... , Q·N3 and 20...... P·N3, leaving th. win aner 13. R-NI a mystery. U A clever entry! 21. P·KS H·Kl 13 .....~ .. • Q.B&ch; 14. QxQ, NxQ; 15. B·Q5 and 20...... QR·BI? 22, P·BS! ...... White ends up with plus ID.1I.terlal. And loses. There were still defenses TI...... p-Q4 with B·Q3. P·KN3. and p.B3. In an article by Pachman "Fide No. 1. 11158" 21. B-R7 ch K·Rl we learn they finally come around to thl. 22. R·KR4 ...... obvloua mov\: . Threatening 23. RxB and 23. RxP. 12. BxP N-N' 22...... RxP 13. B-N3 " " 23. bPI ...... Attually White. under pressure. of the White will not settle for the Bishop. clock, CUd .. weU .. Keres, Brinckmarm et aI 23...... 8-02 In lellUrely studying the posillon. 'lb. stron,. 24. B·N8 ch Resl,"s elt move I, 13. Q-B3 wllkh WaldO missed. and Avoiding 24 ...... KxB (the KNP is they completely Irnored. Black, with ext~me pinned); ~ . Q·R7 mate. accuracy. baN!ly managel to extricate the N; the , e nenl line ,oing as follows: 13...... ONE OF FIVE QxQch; 14. BxQ. RxN'; IS. K·K2, Nx.BP; 16. B-K4, B·N&:h, 17. K-Q3, NxR. Now Ir (A.) 18. This crucial game landed Verber in PosItion after 22. P·ISI a five way tie (with Brasket, Tautvaisas. N·R.1. 8-B6, 111 . BxB, RxB ch; 20. K moves, Weldon, and Sweig) at IH in a Labor IlxN and the N escspes. Or (B.) 18. N·I33. This tears apart the defensive pawn· 0 ·0-0 ch, 19. K·K3. R-Q5 and again Ihe N Day weekend event which brought out skeleton. a field of a hundred and fourteen. escapea. Some other variations are even mOre 22, ...... KPxP dlrflcult. Verber was the winner on tie·breaking Ii 22 ...... , QPxP; 23. PxP, PXP j 24. 13...... points. NxBP Q.R5!, PxN; 25. Q·B7 ch, K·R2; 27. BxP! 14. P.Q3 Nx' Chicallo Open, 1962 wins. IS, B.QB4 H·B7 SICILIAN DEFENSE 23, P·K6 PxP TIll' beln&" .. far as our own Inaly. ls foe$ MCO 9: p. 135, c. 70 24, NxKP BxN o n thl. particular va riation, vir., the point R. Verber (2222) M. Swel, (2218) U 24 ...... , Q·N3j 25. NxP! , NxN; 26. where Blick h .. established superiority, tho 1. P.K4 P.Q84 4. NxP N·B3 QxB wins. game ill concluded without further comments. 2. H·KB3 N.QB3 S. H.QB3 P.Q3 25. QxB ch K·Bl 16. N.QB3 B-HS 24. N·B4 PxN 3. P.Q4 PxP 6. 8-0B4 P·K3 26. RxP ch 17. Q.H5 B.ft6c:h 25. QxPch R·B3 27. N-QS Q.Ql".3 II. RxB QxRch 26. Q.B7ch K·H3 On 6...... , S-Q2 White secures an 19. K-N RxN adVantage with 7. B-N3. P·KN3 j 8. P·83, Or 27 ...... , Q·N2 (Black must bold 27. 8 ·84 N-QS on to his QR); 28. NxB. NxN (28 ...... 20. BxRch KxB 28. Q.NI Q·N5ch N·QR4; 9. B·N5. And if 6...... , P·KN3?; 21 . N-aS I·K 7. NxN, PxN; 8. P·K5! gives White a PxN; 29. BxP ch winS) j 29. RxN ch, PxR; 29. K·R Q·B6ch strong attack. 30. QxBP ch, K·KI; 31. QxR ch wi ns. '12. NxP R.K2 30. Resigns 23, N·Q5 R·K3 7. O,() P-QR3 28. B·B4 R·B3 8. P.QR3 ...... 29. R.N61 ...... This is designed to preserve tbe KB What a concentration of attacking CORRECTION and to discourage ...... , P·QN4·N5. But forces! Richard Verbcr writes that an error in opinions vary. some Russians preferring 29...... Q.Bl tie·breakina: points was made at the this and Fischer (who popularized the 30. R/ SxB ch PxR Chicago Open. According to the ofCicial 6. B·QB4 variation) 8. B-N3. Or 30 ...... NxR; 31. Q·K7 ch, K·Nl ; correction, be (Verber) won the tourna· 8, ...... Q·B2 32. RxP mate. mentj Curt Brasket was second. (For a Or 8 ...... , B·K2 and 9 ...... , 0-0. 31 . Q·K7 m.te game by Verber, see col. one, tbis page.) NOVEMBER. 1962 255 14. BxKBPI PxB lS. P·Q6! PxP CheJJ and !Jniuilion 16. KR·Kl Q.QI • If 16 ...... , Q·QB2? 17. N'Q5!, NxN·, by International Grandmaster 18. R·KS ch and wins. MIGUEL NAjDORF 17. QxBPl ...... Stronger than 17. R·KS ch. Now Black When I play chess, I hardly ever cal­ important than finding an attacking has six pieces on the back row and a culate the play in detail. I rely very move." bad position; in such circumstances it's much on an intuitive sense which tells 10. P.BSI ...... not poSSIble. to find reasonable moves' . me what are the right moves to look Thc best move in the game! I£ now 11...... QN·Q2 for. In Varna, my intuition was working 10 ...... , QN·Q2; 11. PxP, PxP; 12. 18. QxP ch Resigns. N·QN5! with a wi nning position while well---except against Bobby Fischer. Gen­ . ' After 18 ...... , K-B2; comes 19. B·B4 erally, I was more pleased than with If 10 ...... , Q·N3j 11. PxP, PxP; 12. my play in Havana. In a team tourna­ Q·QN4! . ch, K-N3; 20. Q·N3 ch and Q·N5 mate. ment, where you have to play every day But what about if Black captures the and there is the additional strain of pawn1 Sometimes I believe that because watching the results of your team mates, I am Najdorf, my opponents don't cap· MASS. CHAMPIONSHIP the game is more difficult and nerve­ ture the pawns I sacrifice. What can I do Boston was the site of tbe 1962 Mass. wracking than in an individual tourna­ if they take them? Often I sacrifice in· State Chess Championship and the 1st ment. tuitively, without fully sceing the pos­ Annual Northeastern Open. An all·in· In my first game at Varna, I sat down sible continuations. one event which was billed as an ex· to play with the Austrian grandmaster 10...... PxP perimental tournament, featured a new Robatsch. I had to play against the For a second time in the game I felt entry fee approach plus the use of the Robatsch Defense with its author; here is momentarily that I had played badly. new modified swiss pairing system- the what happened. I had sacrificed a pawn, but did not see :'-rew Haven System. New Englanders are M . Najdorf K. Rabatsch a satisfactory continuation. When I play· prone to experiments and to prove this (Argentina) (Austria) ed 10. P·B5, I had visualized the pos· point, 56 chess enthusiasts entered the ROBATSCH DEFENSE sibility of 11. B·KR6, Q·N3; 12. BxB ch, tournament. , . P·Q4 P·KN3 KxB; 13. NxP, R·K1j 14. P·B4, QN·Q2j 2. P·K4 B·N2 15.0·0·0, NxNj 16. PxN, RxP; 17. Q·KB4 Entry fees were charged according to 3. P·QB4 P·Q3 "and wins," but then, looking closer I the player's ability to win 1st place. The 4. N·QB3 ...... saw the refutation: 17 ...... , Q·KR3! determining factor was the USCF rating I prefer a simple line of play, avoid· Maybe if I had seen this possibility be· list - with unrated players assessed the ing positions which my opponent will forehand, I wouldn't have sacrificed the "B" rating entry fee. know well. I was quite contcnt if neces· pawn. Reviewing the position, I realized that There was a 5 way tie for 1st place. sary to transpose into the King's Indian A 5-man Ro und·Robin is underway to Defense. in return for the sacrificed pawn, I had opportunities to bring my pieces into determine the Champion among Dr. 4...... P·K4 Jacques Gos tcli, Arthur Freeman, David s. p·QS P·KB4 play with gain of tempi. Perhaps the pawn sacrifice was not so bad after all Scheffer, Robert Keston and Burton A risky move; sounder is 5...... , Bloom. N·KB3. • • • • • 6. PxP PxP 11 . B·K3 P·N3 Cla.s A- I was surprised at this recapture, sur· 12. B·QNS! Q·K2 1st-Br ian Murphy, Boston rendering the right to castle. However, Black is suddenly in trouble: if 12. '"'-Da~1d Ames. Quincy I noticed that if 6...... , BxP; I could ...... , QN·Q2; 13. N·N5!, or 12...... , Class n- reply KN·K2·N3 followed by B·Q3, and B-Q2; 13. BxB and 14. N·KN5. If 12 ...... , 1st_ William Jarnagin, Boston White's minor pieces dominate the im· Q·R4; 13. Q·R4! and Whit e keeps up '"'- GIb'5on Inksetter, Cambridge portant K4 square. the pressure. Class C_ 13. O·O..Q ...... 1st-Frank Hacker, Cambridge 1. Q·RS ch K·Bl 2nd- Sydney Schneider, Brighton 8. N·B3 N·KB3 Now I have three tempi and a strong 9. Q·R4 Q·Kl position for a mere pawn. In such cases, Unrated- a grandmaster knows that the win has 1st- Edward Haller, Lynn Up to here, aU the moves were made 2nd- Michael Zimmerman, Watertown quite quickly on both sides and I had become a matter of technique. felt confident about the position in view 13...... P·KBS Mass. Junior Champ.- of Black's loss of castling. Now I began My teacher, grandmaster Tartakover, Algis Makaltls, Norwood to look closer, and realized that Black used to tell me that when you have an Mass. Woman Co·Champs- might even have the better game. If I advantage in development you must al· 1! 1eanor Terry, Manomet play the natural 10. B·R6 to exchange his ways open the position, whether free of Margaret Gould. Kew/)uryport defending bishop, then 10 ...... , Q·N3; charge or by giving first a donation to 'l'\>.·o other awards are being given, one lor your opponent. In such a philosophy, the greatest upset going to Mrs. Rollins or and Black has a solid position with a Roslindale lor her wi n over Bart Gould ot good pawn centre. material is only a secondary factor. Newburyport and the other Is a b r illancy prt.?;e which Is yet to be determined. John For a few minutes I felt depressed Cur do won the door prl7,e which was drawn about my play; then I began to reason by lottery from amongst the pre.entrles. with myself. How can it be possible that, after making such moves, Black can have the bettcr game? Never in chess CHESS EQUIPMENT can you play on one side of the board alone; you must play in the centre, the IntrodUcing the flnest peg·ln set ever king's side and the quecn's side all made. InlaId wooden board & case Is 7\ol" square, folds to a compact 7'h"x3,¥~" for together. In this game, Black has got a ean" carrying anywhere. Men expertly strong position on the king's side, but he hand carved of bone. $7 .00 ea. ppd. Stand· has done nothing at all about his other ard size set. of bone, wood, onyx wing. So I said to myself: "This is no also available. Send for free catalog. longer a positional, but a tactical game. RETTLYN'S, Box 541, Monterey Park, Black has weakened his position serious· CaUfornia. ly; in such situations matcrial is less 256 CHESS LIFE Mallett Scores Army Touchdown

S/ 4 Roy D. Mallett of the Fourth M­ mar Division. U.S. Army, Europe, is the 1962 At'med Forces chess champion. Mal­ leU's score o[ seven wins and two draws ..von the week-long Armed Forces cham· pionship held in Washington, D.C. from October 13 to 20. Another Army player, Private Harry Ma yer of f<~ort Knox, Ken­ tucky. placed second with a score or six wins, two draws and one loss. At an awards dinner in the Crystal Hoam of the Sheraton·Carlton Hotel, Major Gen­ eral Joe C. Lambert, Adjutant General o( the Army, was presented with the Thomas Emery Armed Forces Trophy which the Army will now retain fo r one yc.ar. The trophy was previously held by the Air Force. Mallett, 34 years of age, was gradu­ ated from high school in Valparaiso, Chile, studied art at the University of Ch ile and in Paris, and was a profession­ al artist and strong amateur chessplayer when he entered the Army in 1960. As active in chess as possible during his BEFORE THE KICKOFF. Randle Grimes, personal representative of Thomas duty in Europe, he placed first in the Emery, General David M. Shoup, Commandant U.S. Marine Corps, end US CF rating tournaments at Frankfort, Sidney Wallach, Exetutjve Director of the ACF, with four of the contestants Garmiseh and Karlsruhe. His home is i!It the opening ceremonies of the Armed Forces Tournament on October 13. ncar Watkins Glen, N.Y. Second-place Harry Mayer has been playing chess since 1958 and took part in several of the Chicago Chess Club Cham­ ENGLISH OPENING SICILIAN DEFENSE WALKER SOBCZYK G. GROSS pionships from 1958 through 1961. •• •• H . MAYER •• P-QB4 H-KB3 24. QxQ QRxQ •• P-K4 P.Q84 15. R-83 K_RI ,. N-Q83 P-KN3 lS. BxN ••N ,. H-KB3 P-Q3 16. R-Hl R_HI Captain Charles D. ralott of the Bureau ,. 17. RxRch of Naval Weapons, Washington, D.C., ,. P_KH3 26. exR ...... , ...... •• N •• N-Ke3 18. Q-H4c h K_RI took third place, nosing out Commander •• ••• N •• 27. BxP ••• •• N·QB) P-QR) 19. CI-R5 R-R2 Eugene Sobszyk of the Pugel Sound Na­ ,. CI-N3 N-N3 28. b :B RxRP •• B-OB4 P-K3 20. R-OI poNS N-B3 29_ R·N8 K·B2 ,. B. N3 B·K2 21 . N-CI S •• N val Shipyard, Airman Ross F_ Sprague of •• 6-N' 0.0 0.0 n. RxB Q-K2 ,. N·KHS 0-0 30. R·B7ch K·B3 •• Chanute Air Force Base and Airman •• P·B4 O-Bl 23. R-Q3 H-B3 Robert W. Walker of Lowry Air Force •• B_N2 N·e3 31 . RXBth K· N4 10. P·B5 P· K4 24. R_N3 N-05 Base. Captain Mott had four wins, three •• 0·0 N-QS 32. R-KN7 R_R3 11. N _B3 P-ON4 25_ K.RI N •• P_BS 12. 8-N5 B_N2 26. Q-R6 CI_Bl draws and two losses. Mallett, Mayer and 10. Q_QI P-ClI!rl 33. R-Q RS 13. BxN 27. ClxQ 11_ P-Q3 P .K4 34. R/ lxP R_N3 ... M.,. Mo U received sil ver cups and the other 14. N·KR4 6-Q' seven linalists were awarded silver 12. R-N' P-KRl 35. K-N2 ... P_R4 13. N f 5- K4 Q_K2 36. RPxP PETROFF DEFENSE plaques by Mr. Randle Grimes of Phila­ R_K3 14. P-QN4 N-Cl1 37. R-R5 R_ MALLETT C. MOTT delphia who represented the donor o[ P_R5 15. poNS P·KB4 38 . Iit·KB7 P-K4 P-K4 16. Q-R5ch :19. litxPch •• K", the Emery awards at the ceremonies. 16. PxP ... R> • ,. N-KBl N-KB3 17. N-B3 N_Bl 17. N_Q2 e ·R3 40. p.e4ch K-R3 B-B4 N .. 18. P-R6 P-N) •• N-B3 N.N The annual Thomas Emery Armed 18. Q-R4 N_B4 41. PxR P-N4 •• 19. N-Q4 B_Q2 QPxN P_KB3 20. poNS R-QNI Forces Championship is part of a coop· NxPch 42_ P·K6 K-N3 •• 19. Q -R5 •• 0 ·0 P-Q3 21 . B-Q5 CI-KI erative effort by the America n Chess 10. NxN ... 43. R·B8 K-R4 ,. R-< N·02 12. B_B7 Q·K2 21. B.QR) •• N 44. P-K7 K-NS N_R4 P-KN3 23. P.B4 N-N3 Foundation, the U.S. Chess Federation, •• P_B4 N_N 3 B-N 4 45. P-K8(Q) P-R6th •• 24. Pl(N 22_ KR·Kl 10. B-Q3 Q_K2 ... the Department of Defense and the 25_ QxP(6) S -KBI 23_ KR·QBl Q-QI 46. K_R2?? Or;ow 11 . P-R4 B_N2 '6. B-QS R_R3 U.S.O_ to promote the growth of chess 12. P-RS N_Q2 27_ Q-N8 P-QB4 among the men and women in all U . B-84 N·" 28. PxPCe.p _I e·Bl 14. P-B5 P_KN4 29. N-NS Resign. branches of the service. Representatives I S. P-QN4 N-02 of alI these groups were present for thc cycnt: Wa lter J. Fried, President, and TRIFUNOVICH IN U.S. Sidney Wall ach, Executive Director of International Grandmaster Dr. Potar the American Chess Foundation; Everett Trifunovich, five-time champion of M. Raffel, Tournament Director, who Yugoslavia, wili give a series of exhibi· was the official representative of the tions in this C{)u ntry from November 25 USCF; Edward L. Katzenbach Jr., Deputy to January 10. Chess clubs desiring to arrange exhibitions of simultaneous Assistant Secretary of Defense, and chess by Dr_ Trifunovich may communi· spokesmen for the Army, Navy, Air cate with Dr. Edward Lasker, 18 West Force and Marine Corps_ SII'.mitel 86th Street, New York 24, N.Y. NOVEMBER, 1962 257 COLLEGE CHESS ACTIVITY MEANS MEMBERS by Peter Berlow SPONSOR ONE MORE TOURNAMENT T.HIS YEAR The year l!l61 rppldly d raws to Next July. an important international by August, 1!l63 l till II in doubt. chess event will be beld. Its name: The many favorable sl.,gnl Indicate that grow. Durlng 1!l62 our membership h~:;;.r,::";~l , ~m World Student Team Championship, If allover the country have taken a more '''';0'"''''';; you arc a student, whether a freshman 1962 hu produced tournaments In many areas that never ~fore had a rated tourna· in high school or a terminal.year medi· ment. AddlUonal a reu have plans under way now on tournll menll that will be held cal student, this tournament concerns durin.. 1963. One of our greatnt .ehlevemeols durin.. 1962 has been the elose .uoclaUons betwcen you. the U.S.C.F. and varlou. rt'llona! and state orta n!zaUonl which previously were cool or In lOme cases completely Int.gonisUc. These area reunlonl have proved beneficial to aU If you can qualify for tbe team, and concerned. • • • the C1)mpe tition is rough, you will be D. R. Collin Rlvanlde, Callf.- Dear Ed, The Rlvenide Chell Club has decided eligible to r epresent the United States in to .ponsor "One More Tournament This Yur--Qur First." this event, which is usuaJJy held in Eu­ (Congratulations, let's hope thlll la the flr.t of many). rope. Such American masters as Lom­ John Tomas. Omaha, Nebr~De ar Ed, Enclosed are the names and addresses of lome Omahl playeu interu t.ed in a round robin rated tourney. AU h.ve joined U.S.C.Y. bardy, Saidy, Medois, Hearst, Weinstein, Please send $Chedules u we arc anxious. Kalmc and Sherwin have led the team (Another tourney under way). to fi rst place in 1960 (at Leningrad), pat., L .. hda, Nal hvlUa, T a nn~D ear Ed, We nOw have 10 aellve clubs In Tenn. and second place in 1961 (in Helsinki) and are PU Shinl fo r all to be U.S.C.Y. alflllatea. respectable scores in 1956 (Uppsala, (Good luck . WlIIil m Flhay, Ga rml ny- Dear Ed, Can you lend us a malUnr list for Europe?? Sweden), 195'1 (Reykjavik) and 1958 (It'. on the WIlY). (Varna, Bulgaria). Hans J. Grun Grlnll Pasl, Oragon_ Dear Ed. We hive set the date for our "One More Tournamentf '- November. 1962. Even if you arc not one of the top masters, as is true with most of us, you can do your part for the team. It is important that the U. S. student players do their part for the team which repre· sents all of them. Through simultaneous QUIZ QUARTET exhibitions, benefit tournaments, and do· by DR. RICHARD S. CANTWELL nations, we hope to be able to raise the funds to send a team next year. HUNGARIAN CHAMPIONSHIP-1962 HUNGARIAN CHAMPIONSHIP-I96'2 oC U you are the champion your club: Androvitxky-Lengyel L. Subo Dr. Liptay you are certainly in a position to help by putting on a simultaneous exhibition, (1) (3) and donating the pr oceeds I{) the Stu· dent Team. As an added Incentive to the student chessplayers, we will send the tournament book of the 1963 event to everyone who donates $1 or more to the fund. Beginners and experts alike must cooperate in this effort if we are to raise the neOOed funds. Ideas, and volunteers, are welcome. No amount of money or effort is too smaii to be appreciated. Black to pl.y lliack now pl'red I...... R(3)xQP lookln.. White has just played R(B2)·R2, and Black for some relief throueh Z. PxR, R-K&+ etc. If you wish to help, please write to: tins he eannat pLay _...... BII:R. but he 'lDd. But White found ... Peter Bcrlow. le LA President. Chemis­ ... try Department, Cornell University, WARSAW-1961 Ithaca, New York. HUNGARIAN CHAMPIONSHIP-1962 Sliwa- Tolush Lengyel-Honfi (4) WOZNEY WINS GATEWAY (2) Thomas Wozney of Parma, Ohio won the 5O-playc.r Gateway Open held at the Pe nn-S heraton Hotel in Pittsburgh on OetOher 13·14 ahead of Ivan Tbeodoro­ vich of Toronto, Canada and James Harkins of Shaker Heights, Ohio. All three players had scores of 4%·¥.!. Wil· liam Bickham of State College, Pa. was fourth with 4·1. half a median point ahead of Roger Johnson of Mercer, Pa. alack 10 play The tournament was directOO by Dr. Whlla 10 pilY White hll jut played I . B(R7)-N8 and II now ready to a:obble lOme pawns. But trleky F. A. Sorensen. (Solutions p. 264) Tolush clobben him with .. . 258 CHESS LIFE HEARST- players rencwed old acquaintances and Rabell, captain of the Puerto Rican team, (C ontinued from page 242) were introduced to new faces. Bobby at the captain's meeting before the Finals Fischer was in the autograph·giving prevented these arrangements. Rabell and cheese sandwiches in a small res­ mood, but he refused "to talk to more argued tbat all teams sbould be treated taurant and then spent the night at the than one Communist at a time!" equally and tbat it was unfair to ask tbe Balkan Hotel. The next morning a flig ht weaker teams to get up early in the was arranged for aU the ehess teams morning to accommodate the top con· stranded in Soria (the teams of Iceland, tenders. He insisted, too, tbat the fault Denmark, USA , and iran). Mter a rocky Even though the beach and natural lay with the tournament organizers in flight the "Checkmate Express" arrived landscaping on the Black Sea at Golden scheduling the event in such a small in Varna. Through the window of our Sands made it an ideal location for a place and that no tcam should be penal· plane we saw Tal and Keres waiting at seaside resort-although too cold for ized for this lack of foresight by being the airport. For whom, we wondered; bathing this time of the year- almost all Iorced to play at odd hours. Rabell (or certainly not Bobby! It wasn't for Bobby the teams expressed dissatisfaction with "Rebel," as we thenceforth called him) since the greetings of the Russian and the living conditions, tournament ar· won the support of the players and the American grandmasters were perfunc· rangements, and the availability of en· organizers had to agree to scheduling tory. We never discovered why those tertainment in non-chess hours. Thesc all the games at the samc time, 4 p.m. Soviet stars were waiting there on that complaints were voiced not only by teams rather dreary afternoon. from the Western nations but by groups Since we were more than ten kilome­ An hour's bus trip took us to the from the Communist countries as well. ters from the town of Varna and there Golden Sa nds resort area, the "Red were no movie houses, amusement cen· Riviera" 3 S it is advertised in the West. The 37 teams stayed at four or five ters. libraries, or unusual eating places The beach itself was very beautiful - different hotels, all within a short walk at the Golden Sands, it was very difficult clear blue water, somewhat golden sands, from the Casino where the tournament to find things to do when we wanted a cliffs and hills dotted with hotels and was played. Members of the American, rest from the chessboard. There was a bath houses, all overlooking the beach. Russian, English, Argentinc, and Dutch "show" in the Astoria Bar at 1 a.m. teams were billeted and ate at the best every night, but the acts rarely changed Since there were only a few hours be· hotel in town, the new Hotcl Astoria, and were not too outstanding anybow; fore the opcning ceremonies of the XV which had been opened a few months we eventually became tired of hearing Chess Olympiad we would have been just before. The hotel looked very impressive "Sixteen Tons," that tirade against capi· as well off if we had taken that 48-hour from the outside, but litHe things are talistic exploitation, sung to us in mourn· train [rom Warsaw! We were surprised supposed to mean a lot, and after a few fu l English. The most popular leisure to hear that Benko had not arrived yel, days of either no hot water or no water pastimes were therefore cbess, ebess, and our apprchension increased wben we at all, no provision for soap or clean and more chess. learned from British master Barden that towels, inte.rmittenUy functioning eleva· the Amsterdam.sofia flight that Benko tors (most of us were on the sixth floor), The Preliminaries bad been sch edulcd to take usually made very infrequent delivery of mail, and a refueling stop in Budapest, Hungary­ 2·3 hour waits for restaurant service, we Benko and Evans both arrived just be· just the placc we had tried to make sure no longer found the outside of the hotel fore the captain's meeting at which the Benko would avoid. Evan's French car so impressive. The walls of the hotel and composition of the preliminary sections had not been seen yet, either. the tournament rooms had becn sprayed was determined. Benko, it turned out, with a white substance that came off on had discovered by constant checking and The opening ceremonies were held in everybody's c1othcs. This "Astoria Pat· rechecking that the plane he had been a new Amphitheatrc, percbed on one of ent," as we called it, attached itself to scheduled to take from Amsterdam to the hills of the resort area: not many all of us in the beginning, but we grad· Sofia did have to make a stop in Buda· speeches, a few musical sclc<:tio ns, the ually learned to skirt aU obslacles and pest and he had arranged for a later recitalion of Ihe Olympic Oath in five avoid this teU·tale brand. Wben we con· fli ght whicb passed over Budapest but languages ("We swear to compete hon· sidcred that we were staying at the did not stop there. The sight of his old estly at the Chcss Olympiad and to keep very best hotel, we found it ea sy to sym· hometown from an airplane seat left the rules of the competition. We par· pathize with tbe complaints of other Benko with mixed emotions, so he was ticipate in a spirit of chivalry for the teams that were living under less favor· not in a very calm state when he ar· fame of sport and the honor of our coun· able conditions. rived in Varna. Evans had gone without try"), many murmurs and pointed fingers sleep for several days while he was driv· from the large audience when Bobby No one would think of holding a U. S. ing over poor roads through Yugoslavia Fischer arrived. For the first time since Open in tournament rooms as small as and Bulgaria in his new Citroen. It was Manhattan and Marshall Cbess Club days the one in which the Olympiad, with its clear that Benko and Evans were in no ten years ago we all renewed our friend· over 200 players, was held. The most im· shape to play in our first round match. ship with Mubin Boysan or Turkey who portant matches were played on the was captaining tbe first Turkish team ground floor of the Casino, while the e"cr to play in the Olympiad. lesser matches took place in the cramped gallery·mezz.anine which overlooked the C H E S S PLAYERS At the reception given by tbe Mayor main playing area. There was almost no Bored with dull endings7 Enjoy a of Varna after the opening ceremonies, room for spectators, and those that did slashing attack7 Play 1500 year old squeeze into tbe playing rooms stood Botvinnik, Petrosian, Tal, Gligoric, Un· JAPANESE CHESS, the game in zicker, Uhlmann, Najdorf, and scores of either on the stairs leading to thc mez· which captUred men come back to others relaxed before the start of the zanine or in the passageway in front life!! competition that would last almost a of the main playing area. The night Complatt Stt, Woodtn Board, In,tructlont, month. Botvinnik, a quiet, polite gentle· Fischer played Botvinnik spectators were ..... Ith Jlplntll Chtckars, only $'.00. man who looks his fifty years told us almost hanging from the ceilings, and I Gamt of how important this tournament was go­ wallboards had to be set up outside the In , truc· ing to be for him. " If I do well I'll defend Casino to accommodate the overflow GO)­ my world title against Petrosian next of thc crowd. In order to obtain more ... March; otherwise. I'll probably retire space for spectators and players in the AVAIl. ABLii .XCLUSIVIELY FROM and Petrosian and Keres will play for linal rounds, the tournament organizers the tiUe." Our interpreter, Ilka, a black· tried to schedulc the second consola· CLASSIC GAMES .EPTeL . haired trilingual Bulgarian who looked tion group for play at 9 a.m. and the 2481 Davidson Ave., N. Y. 68, N. Y. something like Sophia Loren, was a busy top groups for play at the usual time of MAIL ORDI!R. ONLY. NO C.O.D. woman at the reception as the American 4 p.m. Only a passionate oration by N. NOVEMBER, 1962 259 - The composition of the team on that suddenness when his opponent made a we had only a 2·2 tic wtih Bulgaria and particular day was easy to decide! series of weak moves in a good position. a 2'h-Ph victory over Roumania. Mednis had a hard ti me making a pawn At the captains' meeting each o( the adva ntage tell, but he finally won at The Finals 37 captains was required to rate the 37 adjournment the nex t morning (adjourn. The USSR, East Germany, and West learns in order of strength so that ap­ cd games we re scheduled at 9 a.m. the Gerlllany qualified for the finals from proximately equal preliminary sections following day). Section A of the prelims, the USA, Bul· could be set up_ The USSR was ranked garia and Roumania from Section B, first by virtually all the competitors; the Round '6: USA 2V2, Roumaoniao Ilh. Yugoslavia, Holland and Czechoslovak ia USA, Yugoslavia, and Argentina were Fischer beat Cioeillea, winning th e Rou­ from Section C, and Argentina, Hungary raled next in line. Foul' preliminary sec· man ian's queen early in the game-which and Austria from Section D. The only tions were established, eight to ten teams may have made Bobby overconfident for real surprise was the failure or the in each section, with the top three in their game in the Finals where Ciociltea British team to qualify from Section D. each group to qualify for thc Champion­ scored an upset victory. Benko tried a With Penrose, Clarke, Golombek, Little­ shi p I'''inals, the next three for the First speculative exchange sacrifice which wood, Barden and Wade they had been Consolation group, and all the other wo rked out well, but he overlooked a expected to qualify instead o( Austria. teams for a Swiss-System Second Conso· combination in time pressure and lost Later the Britishcrs went on to tie (or lat ion group. The organize rs announced to Ghitescu. R. Byrne could make no first with Spain in the First Consolation that the latest FIDE rule modifications progress against the talented 17-year­ group, although Spain was awarded first would be in effect in this event. Par· old Georghiu. D. Byrne again scored a on the tie·break (match pOints). ticular note was made of the rule which tine victory, this time against Soos, who stated that no game could be called a maintained a sly, initaling grin on his Round 1: USA 2, Eaost Germao ny 2. A draw by mutual agreement until thirty face from the first move of the game poor start. Fischer permitted Uhlmann, moves had been played, unless the until he realized he was totally busted. who was obviously playing for a draw, tournament referee (here Grandmaster Round 7: USA 4, Puerto Rico O. Fisch­ to exchange queens early and the game Salo Flohr of the USSR) thought the er, Evans, R. Byrne, and Mednis all won was drawn on the 19th move-without position was elearly drawn. against our Spanish.speaking neighbors. permission or referee l-'Iohr, who wasn't The other teams had predicted that we even consulted. When he (ound out, Round 1: USA 4, Mongoli. O. Fischer, wo uld play a quick 4-draw, 2-2 tie to Flohr warned Fischer not to do this R. Byrne. D. Byrne, and Mednis all scored help the Puerto Ricans attain the top again. Bobby answered, "Those rules are pretty victories against a (airly strong consolation group, but this would have for the Communist cheaters, not for me," team. Good start! been unfair to the other teams compet· a reply which made us Americans un· ing for that honor. easy about possible problems in the Round 2: USA 2, Bulglria 2. Bulgaria future (see Round 8). Benko won a steady was probably the second best team in We had reason to be satisfied with our game from Pietsch. Mednis lost to our section but we had hoped for better preliminary score. Our percentage o( Fuchs even though he fought very hard score than we got. Fischer, in trouble 86% was equalled only by the Russians and resourcefully for 40 moves in a lost against Padevsky, played resourcefully to in their section. All our players had position. Against "1alich, Don Byrne draw. Benko beat Tringov-the only loss played reasonably well, except for R. made a last·minute time pressure error in the Olympiad for Tringov who be­ Byrne, who could not seem to attain his which transformed an easy win Into a came a Grandmaster as a result of his best form. It was somewhat disappoint· very dj((jcult adjourned position. Malich score in this tournament. Evans and ing, however. that we did not do better and his teammates analyzed the ad· Minev drew. R. Byrne missed several aga inst our two strongest competitors; journed game well, but Donald still had drawing lines in a very tricky ending and lost to Milev. It was obvious from the recent U. S. Open, the Polish match and this game that Robert was not in his best form. We co uld only hope that a lot or competition in the preliminaries I would get him in shape (or the finals.

Round 3: USA 4, Switurland O. Fisch­ er, Bcnko, ~. Byrne,. and Me~nis all scored vietones, only Fischer havmg any real difficulty. Round 4: USA 31h, Israoel lh. Fischer was a pawn ahead in a very difficult ending when Aloni forgot about his clock and overstepped the time limit. Evans beat Czerniak nicely. R. Byrne had a very diWcult game with Kreidman, who usually plays most of his games at blitz speed; only a last-minute b1u?der gave Robert the victory. By adjournment • time D. Byrne had made very little prog­ ress in his pet P-QR4 line of the Sicilian and the game was called a draw the next morning without resumption.

Round 5: USA 4, Tunisiao O. Not so easy as it looks. Evans, playing first board with both Fischer and Benko rest­ ing. was in serious trouble against Bel· kad i but Larry displayed his patented resourcefulncss in engineering an escape. R. Byrne won a nicely calculated ending. Bobby Fischer pl.ying Pirevzhn of Mongolia in the prelimin.ries .t D. Byrne's game ended with startling V,lrna. PI'yer In the b.ckgroun.J Is Don.ld Byrne. 260 CHESS LIfE some winning chances when he inad· of play the next day attained an even understanding fellow!) we worked out vertently r epeated the position for the position, only to blunder again and final· a face·saving compromise: Padevsky of· third time. Malich immediately claimed ly lose- Bobby's first loss in the tourna· fer ed the draw to the American captain, the draw. ment. We wondered how much a bad who accepted; Flohr then examined the cold was affecting his play, but he in· position with both Padevsky and Hearst Round 2: USA 3, Argent ina 1. A fine sisted he was all right and wanted to present, decidcd there was very little victory, the best of the tourney for us. play that evening against Donner of play left, and permitted the early draw. Bobby told Najdorf the day before that Holland. Benko was the recipient of a Probably the first and last time such a he would beat him in 25 moves and he gift point from Ghitescu, who had the cur ious procedure will ever be followed! kept his promise, winning very neatly ad vantage throughout the game but in 24 movcs. All day long Najdorf had walked into a checkmate after the ad· Benko was unable to repeat his prelim· acted as if he were sure he was going journed game was resumed. Evans made inary victory over Tringov: an early to lose; this proved to be his only loss no headway against Georghiu and an draw resulted. Evans had a tremendously in the tournament, too. In a sense this even king and pawn ending r esulted. R. wild game against Minev, with pieces game was the turning point for Bobby Byrne played a fine game against Rado· strewn all over the board and both in the tourney. He beat Najdorf so easily vici, and Robert's very pr ecise adjourn. playcrs in bad time pressure. On the that his usual overconfidence was ele­ ment analysis clinched the win for him 40th move Larry had his choice of two vated to the dangcr point. Benko and the next day. After five rounds: USSR pieces to capture; capturing one would Bolbochan played a relatively quiet and West Ger many 13%, USA and Yugo· have won, while taking the other (which draw, but Evans and Panno agreed to a slavia 12. he chose) left him in serious trouble. draw in a position with chances for both After a sleepless night of analysis a draw· sidcs. Panno was in severe time pres· Round 6: USA 2%, Holland l 1J2. An· ing variation was worked out by the sure but Larry thought his position was other slim victory. Fischer obtained a American analysts, a draw which the worse than it was. Robert Byrne defeated very strong position against Donner with Bulgarians had not seen. They had Rossetto in a nicc ending after a very an inspired opening innovation, then in· thought Minev could win in every varia· equal middlegame. explicably sacrificed a piece, for which tion and were very disappointed at the he rcceived very little. He remained a unexpected r esource that held the game. Round 3, USA 2V2, Czechoslovakia 11J2. piece behind and was forced to resign R. Byrne scored a nice victory over Another disappointing result. Fische'r at adjournment. Two straight losses by Popov to give us the point that won the made no progress against Filip and Fischer had cost us dearly. Bob Byrne match. Scores after eight rounds: USSR agreed to a draw at adjournment. Benko drew with Bouwmeester, while D. Byrne 23, USA 20\h, Yugoslavia 20. beat Pachman fo r the first time, although and Mednis returned to the lineup and he has had several winning positions scored solid wins against Prins and Rou nd 9: USA 2, Hungary 2, Before against the Czech grandmaster in the Kramer. Scores after six round were: the tournament Benko had reqUested that pas t. Incidentally, we were all very sur· USSR 17 lh , West Germany 15% Yugo· he not be used against his former team· prised when Pachman resigned the ad· slavia 15, USA 141,2 mates and so he sat out this match. journed position just after midnight; we Fischer maintained a good edge against had not yet discovered a clear win for Round 7: USA 3%, West Germany %, Portisch throughout the game-the kind Benko! As soon as Pachman resigned, Our last real achievement of the tour· of position he was consistently winning however, we immediately figured out the ney, which revivified our sagging morale. at the Stockholm Interzonal-but Por· winning method. R. Byrne played too Fischer playcd a very fine game against tisch held on to gain a dr aw. Bilek played quickly in a tr appy position vs. Hort and Unzicker; little did we know that this for a draw against R. Byrne and Robert overlooked a knight sacrifice which would be Bobby's final victory of the could do nothing to avoid it without risk· forced resignation on the 1Bth move. D. tourney. Benko also came through with ing defeat. Don Byrne played another Byrne continued his solid play by crush· an exccllent victory, against Darga. good game, beating Grandmaster Barcza. ing Trap\. After three rounds the USSR, Evans rescued an inferior position by Even though a pawn ahead Mednis was USA, and Roumania had 7% points, complicating the game so much that unable to withstand the power of Honfi's Yugoslavia and West Germany 6% . Even Schmid was forced to take a draw in two bishops and a rook on the seventh though we had missed many opportuni. time pressure. Don Byrne remained the rank, and the Hungarian scored the point ties, we were still tied for first with the best point·scorer on the team by beating to tie the match. All hope for an Ameri· Russians, who were experiencing as Troeger. The USSR was held to a draw can first place disappeared in this match much trouble as we were. by Roumania in this round (Geller lost since the USSR simultaneously beat West to Soos), so we were back in the run· Germ any 3lh ·%. After nine rounds the Round 4: USA 2, Austria 2. A r eal de· ning. Scores: USSR 19% , USA and Yugo· USSR had 261,2, USA and Yugoslavia bacle. This was the only match that lavia lB. The Russians had never had 22 1,2 , and Argentina, coming on strong Austria did not lose in the finals. Fischer such close competition at this late stage now, 20. crushed Robatsch. but Benko made a in any previous Olympiad. tremendous oversight and lost a piece Ro und 10: USS R 2%, USA 1%. The big in a winning position against Duckstein Rou nd 8: USA 2%, Bulgaria 1% . We day for everyone was at hand. If we (Benko wasn't cven in time pressure). needed a "big" victory here but the could ho ld the Russians and Fischer could Evans won his game against Beni, Larry's win was by the smallest possible margin. defeat Botvinnik we could return homc only win in the finals. D. Byrne made a Fischer and Padevsky agreed to a draw with honor. Besides the normal excite· few time·wasting moves in his favorite on the 20th move, and again Fischer r eo ment, the crowd was additionally inter· variation of the Sicilian and Gragger fused to consult referce Flohr about the ested in the match because of Fischer's played very incisiVely to push the at· permissibility of a draw before the 30th boast that he could spot Botvinnik two tack home. This was Donald's only loss move. Fischer left the tournament rooms points in a world championship match. of the tournament. The Russians could immediately. Flohr insisted that the game As you all know by now, Fischer achiev· only beat Argentina 2%·1%, so the be scored a forfeit unless Fischer reo ed a winning position in the middlegame standings after four rounds were USSR, turned to the board while the legality but Botvinnik's tenacious defense (and Yugoslavia, and West Germany, 10, USA of the draw was being considered. long hours of adjournment analysis) en· 9% . We were never able to catch up with Bobby's obstinacy is wellknown through. abled him to hold the draw. At adjourn· the Russians again. out the chess world, however, and there ment Fisc her and the other members of was no chance of his returning to the the U. S. team thought the game was still Round S: USA 2%, Roumania 1%. An· tournament rooms- where the specta· a cl ear win for Bobby; Botvinnik now other unhappy result but it could have tors and press were in an uproar about claims that the game was already drawn been worse. Fischer, in a lost position the possibility of a forfeit in such an by that point. When Fischer finally con· vs. Ciociltea for most of the middlegame, important game. After a huddle with ceded the draw there was such a com· fought back har d and after resumption Flohr and the Bulgarian captain (an motion in the tournament hall that one NOVEMBER, 1962 261 might have thought a new World Champ­ do you ]ike my position?" A favorable ENGLISH O"!NING ion had been crowned. Botvinnik later answer, even if Najdorf is in a bad posi­ D. IYRNE PRINS said it was one of the most exciting tion, makes his face light up every time. (U.S.) (Holllnd) moments of his chess career. He's a very temperamental fellow, ,. P-QB4 N·KB3 22. R{I)-QBI Q·K3 though, as an Argentine offer to trade N·ClB3 p ... U. R·KS Q.Q2 Benko had strong pressure against ,. Najdorf for Fischer certainly indicatesl p,p N,P 24. R.K1 Q.BI Petrosian but in time pressure the Rus­ ,. ... A haircut, shampoo, and massage cost P-Q • N,N 25. I.N4 Q-BI sian defensive star managed to equalize •• 77 stotinki (about $.70) in Varna. Many ,. P,N P-K4 R-R3 the game. After his rather-too·solid play 26. "·K4 barbers are women . . . Szabo of the N·B3 p,p 27. "_KS R-N3 throughout most of the tournament Evans •• Hung.rian team told us. of his .xp.r­ ,. B_KB4 2•• Q.Q' P_R4 went all out to beat Spassky and captured P" l.nce buying peaches at a fruit st.nd in ~ P-K3 2'_ a-Q7 B", several gambit pawns that tbe young ...Q.K2 "" P_B4 V.rn.. He tried to wlect the p• .ches 30_ Q-86 Russian champion of[cred him in the •• ... , th.t looked best to him but was not per­ 10. B-K2 0.0 31. P_K' BxKP opening. Spassky's attack soon beeame mitted to do so. The clerk would only 11 _ 0-0 overwhelming, however, and Evans was .., ...... ,.. ..a allow him to choose a row of peach.s, 12. N-KS N..., 33. RIlR P.. faced with an immediate chet!kmate when from which the clerk himself would 13. NIlN ••N 34_ QIlNPd. "N' he resigned on the 26th move. Don Byrne th.n pick. few. Just enough fr.edom 14. II·KI3 P·QI3 U. QIlPch Q_B2 and Tal played a tight positional game to be t.ntaliling _ .. So many captains 15. P-QR3 b. U. Q·K. R-KI which was fairly equal when agreed a and players asked hopefully that the 16. Qill KR·Kl 37. Q.N5ch K·R1 draw just after adjournment. With one 1968 OlympiCS be held in the USA that 11. KR·BT P-R5 U. RIlP R_KaCh round to go the USA had fallen to third I wonder if the USCF shouldn't con­ 11. R·BI B.K3 U. K_R1 P-N3 place. The scores were USSR 29, Yugo­ sider the possibility of holding the 19. Q.N4 P-KN3 40. QxPch .,. slavia 25, USA 24, and Argentina 23. A Olympiad in New York within the ten 20. R·NI KR-NI 41. RxQch RI51gns victory over Yugsolavia in the final years, Anybody willing to undertake the 21. P ·Rl B·N' round, even by only 2% -1%, would give job of setting this up? ... An air mail us second place, however, since our letter from the USA took at least a week CENTER COUNTIR GAME match was superior to that of the Yugo­ to get to its Bulgarian destination.... slavs in case of a game-point tie. Argen­ FISCHER ROIBATSCH tina still had a good chance for a top The Russians were shown a copy of (U.s_) (Austria) prize since they were playing the rela­ Life Internatlon.I's article "The Rus­ ,. P.K" P", H.H3 QN-Q2 tively weak Dutch team. sians Have Fixed World Chess," by Bob­ ,. ",p .., 12. KN·K2 ..." by Fischer. Asked to comment, Spassky ,. N·QlI3 13. "-KN .. N·III Round 11: Yugoslnia 3, USA 1. A last­ said "Bobby's a clever boy" and Keres •• P-Q4 P·'"''KN3 14. "xP N·K3 minute tragedy, Fischer developed an replied "Fischer will have his chance ,. I·KB4 II-N2 15, QR.NI K·RI overwhelming game against Gligoric, a when he plays Botvinnik" (a few days •• Q-Q2 N-KII3 1" BXlIch N.. great nemesis of his, but probably too later) . . . The Argentines were smart ,. 0-0·0 P-B3 17. Q·R' R·KNI sure of victory he made several simple to bring a suiteaseful of their own meat, •• B·KR6 0·0 1 •• R-N' Q·QI oversights and enabled the Yugoslav fish and coffee to Varna. The food served •• P·KR. Q·R4 n. R(I)·NI N_14 to tum the tables. At adjournment Gli· to us was reasonably good, but the Ar­ 10. P·R5 P" 20. IXN RI5i"n. goric had a forced win and Fischer gentines preferred real home cookin' resigned without continuing. Benko-Tri­ . . . TrifuDovic told us of one of his SICILIAN funovic was a eompartively dull draw, experiences in Sofia where he took a DIFIiNSE as was Evcns- Matanovic. Robert Byrne virtually DUCKSTEIN IIENKO table in a empty restaurant and (Austria) permitted Ivkov to make a very promis­ waited for service. After a SO·mlnute (U.s_) ,. P_K4 15. R-NI ing knigbt sacrifice, which at worst wait he decided to ask the two wait­ ...... N_KB3 would draw. Byrne was unable to hold resses, who were chatting nearby, the rea­ ,. N'013 1'- 8_113 R·NS the position when the game was re­ , P·Q4 p,p 17. a ' KS N·" son for the delay. "But, sir," they said, N., sumed tbe next morning. The Argentines "you're sitting in a section that's not •• P.KN3 18. ".QR3 N,. ,. B·K3 N·1I3 beat Holland 3-1 to move into third place, open; we can't serve you there." , , . It. PXR NxBch the highest position they had occupied •• N·QI3 B·N2 20. QxN .,P ,. N.N NPxN since the first round of the tourney. Final At the tournament a petitiC)n was slgn­ 21. Q-K2 P-CIR. P·K5 N-NI 2.2. K·RI P·RI scores of the top five: USSR 31¥.!, Yugo· old by almost all the grandma.t.rs r.­ •• slavia 28, Argentina 26, USA 25, Hun­ •• I-Q4 P-1I3 U. "-R3 P·R4 gary 23. This was the smallest margin qu ••tlng that a FIDE committ.e be ••t 10. P-B4 Q·R4 :l4. O·R' P·K4 of victory the Russians had ever enjoyed. up compC)s.ed exc1us.ively of grand­ 11. PxP N.. 25. N·R2 Q·B4 mast.rs, who would advise the Int.rna­ 12. B·I. p.o' U. OR.III R·NI 13. 8·1('2 ... 27_ P-QN3 IIxP?? Time Out tional Feder.tion on world ch.mpion­ 14_ 0-0 R-NI 2 .. P-QN., Resigns .hip rulH, financial conditions for tour­ The 30-m0v. rul. tt.d very little ef­ ney', etc:. The grandmasters. felt they had fed on the number of draws in the too littl. say in these important ques­ ended, FiSf;her said, "Drawl" •• _ Kob­ tourney. There were too many ways to tions. Bobby Fischer refused to sign IIY­ lenz, Tal's trainer and teacher, was jok­ circumvent th. rule: some players merely ing h. would have to consult hi. lawy.r ingly trying to arrange a knight-odds repeated mov.s three times and then first ... Keres, at breakfast, comment­ match between Bobby and the USSR's claimed a draw by re-petition; others ing on a game he should have lost to Women Champion. Keres came along agreed to a draw earlier than the 30th West German Troeger: "As in my young­ while tbey were talking and innocently move- ilnd then played a few moves at er years I offered a pawn in the open­ asked, "Who's giving the knight odds?" lightning speed to reach the 30th move. ing. He took it and then I didn't know . . . The Puerto Rican players are try. I'm sure the rule will have to be aban· what to do!" _ . _ Botvinnik IIld that ing to arrange a match between Fischer doned as impr.ctical ___ Grandmaster Bobby has. spoken only three word. to and Spassky, to be played at San Juan. Najdorf of Argentina is a bundle of him in his life. At Leipzig, upon being I£ they can do it; why can't we? _ .. energy during his games. He walks up introduced Bobby SolIid, "Fischerl"; ba­ In Bulgaria you pay for a 10ng distance and down the tournament room when fore their game at Varna they almost phone call depending on how fast you it's not his move, asking everyone he bump.d h.ads. when they sat down and want it put through: within two minutes, meets-even the rankest beginner- "How Flsch.r .aid, "Sorryl"; IS the gam. 15 minutes, one hour, In my experience 262 CHESS LIFE a 2-min. call was ncvcr completed in BARDEN- 20. R-QlI ...... less than a half-hour , but the 2-min. (Continued from page 24S) 3 points. Only 1 point for the tempt­ charge was retained . . . The top scoren QxR; 19. NxQ, NxQj 20. NxP, R·Nl; 21. ing 20. BxP ch. Give yourself 2 bonus on each board were as follows: BOlrd 1 RxPcb, K-N2; 22. RxN and wins. Award points if you worked out that 20. BxP ch, Ol;lfsson (Iceland) 14·4; Board 2 Petro­ yourself a bonus point each if you noticed KxB j 21. QxN ch, K-N3j 22. Q-N7 chi, si.n (USSR) 10·2; Board 3 Sp.nk.,. (USSR) the gist of the first two variations before Kx Nj 23. R-Bl ch, K-K3; 24. Q or RxP ch 11-3; Board 4 SanSluinatti (ArSlentina, deciding on the exchange sacrifice, and wins for White. 2 bonus points also for and Ivkov (Yugoslavia) 131h·21h; Board a further 2 bonus points if you noticed seeing the drawback to 20. BxP ch, namc­ 5 Geller (USSR) 10Y2-11h; Board 6 Tal the idea of Black castling QR as a de­ ly 20 ...... , K·Ql; 21. R·Ql, Q- N4! witb (USSR) 1().3 •.. We must note here our fense. an unclear position. tbanks to I1ka Radionova and Rayna 15. N-B5 ...... 20 ...... R-R2 Nacova, our translators and liason with 1 point. Here tbe knight is far stronge r 21. R·Q6 the Bulgarian people. than 15. N-B6 (no credit). Give yo urself 3 points. T his is clearly best, so no a bonus point if you noticed that with credit ror other moves. 1 bonus point In Retrospect 15. N-B5 White is threatening a quick if you observed that if now 21...... , win by 16. Q-N3, or by 16. B-K3 and 17. Q·B2 ; 22. R-B6, Q·Q1; 2.3. R-BS!. 3 bonus No one on our team was satisfied with Q-N3. points if you worked out why Black can­ the USA's final standing. There were 15 ...... B-B4 not take the QNP: 21...... , Q:>c:NP ; 22. some moments of glory for us in the 16. N·N7ch ...... Q·B6, Q·NI (if 22 ...... , K-Ql ; 23. RxN tourney, particularly the decisive vic­ 2 points. 1 point for 16. Q·N3 which ch i RxR; 24. Q·R8ch); 23. Q-Q5, R-Bl; should win, e.g. 16 ...... , O-O??; 17. Q·N3 tories over Argentina and West Ger­ 24. BxP threatening 25. B-N5 and Bl ack ch, or 16 ...... , R-KBl; 17. B-R6, R-QNl ; is defenseless. many, but we lacked the steady perform­ l B. Q-B2. 2 bonus points if you worked 21...... Q-Q1 ances necessary to attain a r eally high out Black's best defense to 16. Q·N3. 22. Q.N31 ...... position. Most of the Russian players 16 ...... , Q-N3; 17. BxP ch, K-Qlj 18. 3 points. A bonus point if you worked and the journalists at the tournament Q·Q5, K-B2; 19. B-Q2, QR·Ql and Black out that Black cannot hold his KBP be­ can still wriggle. cause of 22 ...... , R-Bl; 23. N·R6, Q·K2; traced our mediocre showing to Fischer's 16 ...... K-K2 24. NxP!, fuN; 25. R-K6. A bonus point, erratic playj and Petrosian and Geller 17. N-B5 ch ...... equally, if you worked out the other could hardly disguise their delight at 1 point. winning line after 22 ...... , R·Bl; 23. Bobby's predicament. Botvinnik wired a 17 ...... K-K1 N·N' ch, K-K2j 24. Q-R3. 18_ B-K31 story to Pravda alter the last round, say­ ...... 22 ...... Q.B2 2 points. White is ramming home his 23. BxP ch ing he "was sorry that the USA had not advantage with wonderful simplicity by 1 point. been second, because they deserved to eliminating any black piece wh ich lhreat­ 23 ...... K-Q1 be"- he joked that he wasn't sure whetb­ ens to become active. Still 1 point for 24. B-K6 ...... er a Soviet newspaper would leave this 18. Q-N3, Q-N3. 1 point for 18. N-R6, 2 points. R-KBl; 19. Q-N3, Q·N3! (weaker is 19. 24...... Resigns sentence in his report-"and only Fisch· ...... Q·K2?; 20. N-B5, and 21. B·R6) 20. Award yourself a bonus point if you er's performance prevented this out­ BxP ch. K-Ql j 21. Q-Q5, K·B2 with some analysed 24 ...... Q·Bl; 25. Q-]\,6 ch, come." While it is true that Bobby's chances to save the game. R.B2; 26. RxN ch. 5lh ·5lh score in the £inals didn't come 18...... BxB 19. PICB ...... SCORE ANALYSIS anywhere near our expectations (Bobby 1 point. Nothing for 19. NxB, which un­ 65·75-USCF Senior Master strcngth bad scored 8-3 in Leipzig in 1960 and necessarily retreats the knight from its 58·64-USCF Master strength we hoped for even better this time), his best squarc. 52-:57- Expert strength was not the only individual score that 19 ...... Q-N3 46-:51 -Class A strength was not up to par. Larry Evans (3¥.! -3\h) 38-45---Class B strength and Robert Byrne (4·3) had done very 28·37-Class C str ength lfl your local chess club well in previous Olympiads and a fine 15·27- With more practice, you should showing by either of them at Varna reach match play standard would have meant as much to us as a fine Below IS-Beginner or near· beginner showing by Bobby. Benko scored 6·3. an excellent percentage on second board, but he showed only flashes of his Cur­ THE BRITISH CHESS acao form. Donald Byrne was the main­ MAGAZINE stay or the team in both the prelimin­ Th, oldest chess periodical in th, ~n g li s h Language (monthly, non-stop, aries and finals (an overall score oC 9!h- since 1881). 2!h) and was the only team member who Order direct from: equalled or surpassed expectations. Don­ ald displayed a tremendous desire to The British Ch ess Maguine win; one indication or this determination ALLEN K.C. WINNER 20 Chestnut Ro.d, West Norwood, London, S.E. 27. 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264 CHESS LIFE 1963 Chess Equipment Catalogue

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WINDSOR CASTLE Plastic Chessmen THE WINDSOR CASTLE CHESS SET is the finest chess set available at such a moderate price. It is used exclusively in the U.S. Championship, U.S. Open, U.S. Amateur, etc., and is official· ly approved by the U.S. Chess Federation. Thi~ set is exactly the right size, weight and design for real chessplayers. Made I of solid plastic that is practically indestructible even under the severest test, it is designed to last for years. Authentic Staunton design. King Height 4", Felts cemented permanently with special I plastic glue. Loaded sets have big lead weights moulded into bases. Unloaded sets are much heavier than "weighted" chess­ men made from plastic shells. Color is Black and Maple. Prices include handsome leatherette two compartment case. We pay all postage and handling costs. No. 27 Black and Maple. Felted but unloaded set in leatherette­ covered case, as illustrated. Special bargain! $15.00 less 30% to USCF members ...... $10.50 In half dozen lots without cases ...... $7.95 each In dozen lots without cases ...... 7.50 each No. 21 Black and Maple. Felted and heavily loaded set in leather· cUe-covered case, as shown. $20.00 less 15% to USCF members...... $16.95 In half dozen lots, without cases ...... $12.75 each In dozen lots, without cases ...... 12.00 each No. 23 Black and Maple. Felted and heavily loaded set in leather· ette-covered de luxe case with individual felt· lined division for all pieces (not shown). $25.00 less 21% to USCF members ...... $19.75

• HAND-CARVED FRENCH WOOD CHESSMEN .VARNISHED • WEIGHTED • FELTED

These are chess pieces of world·wide renown and popularity, made of seasoned boxwood in the STAUNTON design. Their perfect balance and fine, hand·carved detail make them a fav- orite with chess players everywhere.

Unit 610 More than Price 12 sets 12 sets No. 2F ...... King 2%" High .... $ 5.50 $ 5.25 ea. $ 5.00 each No. 4F ...... King 31/4" High .... 6.85 6.50 ea. 6.00 each No. 6F ...... King 3%" High .... 8.75 8.40 eil. 8.00 each No. 8F ...... King 41/4" High.... 11.50 1 1.00 eil. 10.50 each No. 1 OF ...... King 4%" High.... 16.95 16.20 eil. 15.50 eilch

Mail your order to UNITED STATES CHESS FEDERATION 80 EilSt lIth Street, New York 3, N.Y. All prices include postage and shippin~ charges in U.S.A. N.Y.C. Residents: Add 3% tax to all priCes in this catalog. ALL ORDERS SHIPPED WITHIN 24 HOURS TOURNAMENT CHESS CLOCKS FOLDING LINEN BOARDS

Linen·weave Cloth Shick and Buff squares

No, 862-16%" x 16%" with 1%" squarcs ...... $2.00 6 or more boards ...... $1.75 each 12 or more boards ...... $1.50 eilch No. 863-18%" x lSlh" with 2lJ8" squares ...... $3.00 6 or more boards...... $2.65 each 12 or more boards ...... $2.25 eillch HEAVY FOLDING BOARD No. 52-Sturdy, leatherette·covered folding board, %6" thick. Guaranteed-Dependable-Swiss Made-Complct-Sturdv Open 171h" x 171h". Yellow and black 2" squares. Price includes • hour·expiration red flag shipping charges. $3.00 less 10% to USCF members ...... $2.70 • running·clock "tickers" • permanent winding and setting keys No. 65-Idcal for the lOF Set (Green & White 2'-h" squares; • size 5%6" x 4" X 2V4" open size 22" x 22"). List price $5.50 less 10 % to USCF memo • push·button top starters bers ...... $4.25 No, 800-Tournament Control (illustrated). Ends Time Con· trol Errors. With your name plate. Members Price ...... $19.S0 6 or more clocks...... 18.50 SOLID CATALIN LIFETIME SET No. 900-Standard clock face ...... 20.90 6 or more clocks...... 20.00

No. 825 Red and Ivory No. 826 Black and Ivory Hand·carved of solid catalin, Staunton Design, the King is DE LUXE TRAVELLING CHESS SET 3%" high. Artistic craftsmanship, a superb set for lifetime enjoyment. The carrying case is velvet·lined with felt padded This peg·in set has a big playing board 8 inches square! Plas· compartments. (16" x 11" x 2'h"). tic pieces are %" high (see photo at right for actual size of King). De Luxe model. shown above, has leatherette ease List Price $30.00 ...... Members $27.00 with spaces for captured men and padded cover to keep pieces in position. No. 903-De Luxe Travelling Chess Set, as illustrated: $7.00 less 10% to USCF members ...... $6.30 WALLET CHESS SET POCKET No. 4490-Top Grain Leather, binding & playing surface. MAGNETIC SET List price $4.50 .... Members $3.75 No. 5000_A v e r y popular, No. 44 Extra sets of wallet vel's a til e set, attractively chesspieces ...... $0.70 bound. Playing Surface is Closed Size 5%" sq. 3 3,4"x6lh" List price $7 ...... Members $6 FOR THE CONNOISSEUR

SOLID MAPLE AND WALNUT CHESS BOARDS KING 3%" HIGH These high·quality boards are made with solid blocks of maple Weighted and Felted and walnut woods, framed by a solid walnut border with shaped edges. Smooth, non-glare finish. Shipped express collect from factory in Grand Rapids, Mich. Discounts to USCF members only. No. 9SO------The finest bone set available. Made of buffalo horn, No. 62-18" x 18" with 1%" squares, $11.00 less 10% ...... $ 9.90 the hand-rubbed pieces retain all the natural color and grain. No. 63-21"x21" with 2" squares, $16.00 less 10% ...... $14.40 The King is 3%" high. No. 64-23" x 23" with 2%" squares, $20.00 less 10% ...... $18.00 List price $100.00 ...... Members $80.00 OFFICIAL USCF EMBLEM Be proud of your national chess organization! Wear this attractive lapel button and show everyone you're a USCF member and a chess· No, 781-Inlaid maple & walnut board, 1%" squares, In na­ player. tural colors. Overall size 14" sq. When closed it is a felt Gold Plated with enameled black and white lined case for the pieces. miniature chess board. Letters and crown in gold. Screws into button­ List price $30.00 ...... ,.. Members $24.00 hole and remains there. Available only to USCF members. Price in· cludes Federal excise tax of 10%. Only.... $2.20

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TOTAL: $ ...... Ordered by ...... a member In iood standing of the United State$ Cbess Federation. TOURNAMENT AND CLUB EQUIPMENT FOR U.S.C.F. AFFILIATES MIDGET SCORE BOOK GAME SCORE PAD Pad of 60 orricial game score sheets 6" x 9", ruled lor 60 Measures only 3~~" x 6 1f.&". Spir­ moves. Heavy bond paper. cardboard backing. albound in pressboard covers, it takes up less room than a loose­ No. US·12; 60c less 20% to USCF members...... A8( leaf binder for the same size of $4.50 per dOlen sheet. More practical and saves cost of binder. Lies flat on table, provides solid writing surface. LIFETIME TOURNAMENT BOARD Contains sheets for 40 games ROLL-UP FOLD-UP with r uled spaces for 60 moves and diagram blank, 2lh" square, Made of washable vinyl, this board can be carried in your for each game. pocket, in your chess set box or virtually anywhere. Overall size 20" " 2(Y' with 2%" squares. Green and maple. A bargain No. US.10: 60c less 200/0 to USCF at only ...... $2.00 members ...... 48c $5.00 per dOlen TOURNAMENT BOARD 20V.. " X 20V4" with 2V.. " squares This board is used in nationally important chess events as SWISS SEALED MOVE well as by many leading ch ess clubs for regular play or for PAIRING ENVELOPE tournaments. Designed by chessplayers for maximum visi­ bility and minimum strain on the eyes. Green and buff CARD Official USC F envelope for squares. Printed on heavy paper. score sheet with sealed move No. 46-$3.50 less 15% to USCF members $2.98 per dozen Official USCI" card for • Swiss S~stcm tournaments. of adjourned ga me. 2\6 " dia­ SimplifLes pairings by rat­ gram blank. Spaces for move SWISS TOURNAMENT RESULTS CHART ings, calculation of tie­ number, players' names, time For posting names, ratings, progressive scores, colors, tie· breaking points, etc. Size breaking points, final rank. Printed on heavy I?aper, 18'"h" x 5" x 8". conSumed, etc. Size 3'"h" x 6'"h" with gummed flap. 12lh". Can be trimmed with scissors to combine charts for No. US·14; $3.50 per 100 any number of players and number of rounds. less 21% to USCF memo No_ US·16: $3.50 per 100 le5s No. US-I8-$1.25 per dol. leu 20% to USCF members bers ...... $2.77 per 100 21 0/0 to USCF members .... $2.77 $1.00 per dOlen

A B c D E These Championship Trophies are made of a very high quality Imported Marble, Durable Vinyl and Lacquered Metal: A Ma jestic Honor for your Prize Winners. Style Height Price· A • 14" • · $20.55 B • S" • .... C 19" • • 33.95 D • 11 0/," • 16.25 E . . . • 11" • • 11 .55 ·Price includes aU shipping costs and insurance. Add 6e per letter for appropriate engraving.