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276 CH E SS R E VIEW Ho rowit:r. makea a move in his final round game w ith Santasiere at S yracuse. The popular ed it o r 01 CHESS RE V IEW w on the U . S. O pen a nd N . Y. S tate c hess t itles a t this event . CItESS REVIEW Pitolo

Horowitz Wins U. S. Open Tourney

Ches~lllastcr I. A. HOnO W ITZ. Editor of C HI~SS A O nen. New York ------3 6 , .!) REVIEW, won the U. S. Chess F ede ration alle n R. H. w. We lc h. Jlo~lon ------4 7 .. ," ., Chnnwlonshlll lind the N. Y. State Che~s Champlon­ G. StUr.t:"is, Boston 1 8 , · 11 shil) by I\nlllhlug fll'sl in a field or 16 at the alluuHl ------.. state congrellll, h()ld this year at the Ho tel SYI·ncuse. n. n. Prlce. Chicll.l("O. Ill. ------1 ,. .. 3 -12 S),rRcl:se, N. Y., fl'om Augus t .14t h to Z~th . L w. Stel/hens. lh"ooklyn ------2 11 •0 3 -12 J . W. \\'00<.1. SYI"aCus c 1 13 I 1',6· 13',6 The Ilnalstandlngs were a M follows : ------W L I) S core AS can be lIeel! f"om t he scores. Ihe contest de_ veloped into a duel be tween H orowitz and S a nlRsiere. I. A. H o row itz, Kew York ______13 o 2 U .\ These t wo leaders soon lert the field behind them. A. E. Sanlaslere. New York ___ I Z o 3 13 1h·11h Neithel' lost It s ingle i!:lIme throughout the to\lrne~' . B. A. Altman. Flushing ______10 .. 1 l OIh ··I'h SantAsiere d rew two g rlllles (with Katz and Otten ) in the o pen ing rOUIHIiI, then trailed the c lwmplon b ~' H. B. Daly. Boston ______i 3 11 9 'At -5 'I~ a full lJoint until Horowitz was beld to a Ih'lI11' by G. L. Kat7.. Boston ______7 3 5 9'h-5 % Katz. T he rivalB mel in the final round iIHllaraled (,; Nash. Will! hlngton. D. C. __ __ G 9 ·6 by hnlf a lJOlnt. Horowitz needed only a tlnlll' 10 3 " finish first but S!llltasier() co uld tie for first Ir he CaPt. J . Hauch. S~·dney. N S. ____ 7 .. .. 9 -6 R. JOhnson. Merce!', P H. ______8 , 1 succeeded In winning this critical gamc. Strange as 81h·6',6 it lIlay seem. the Marshall Club champio n made no S. Shaw. Al bany ______6 i 2 7 -S al(cnlJ)t 10 fil(h1 for a win. took 110 chances, actually W )1. p . Mhche ll , Bos ton ______·1 i ·1 I) ·9 d rew thc g;l1nc by rel)elilion of mOI'e s ! O CTO IiIi R , 19 43 277 Runner· up Santasiere (left) plays Horowitl: in the final round of the 44th annual USCF Open Tournament at Syracuse, Santasiere made no attempt to open up the game al. though he needed a win to tie Horowitz. These two leaders out· distanced the fi eld at Syrac use.

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Benjamin Altman, champion of tho Queens Chess on Hel'lllChicago's F.lbert A. 'Vagner, life to the ])I'Olllotion or the roY:ll g,nne. For 50 Jr., was named 2nd Vice· P resident in chiu'ge of memo years, Helms has conducted a weekly chess col umn bership Ilrolllolion. These enthusillHlic 1I"0rkers wil l i n the Brooklyn Eagle: for ·1O years he hll~ published attempt 10 I'el'erse the ui~ mal downtrend in Federa­ the Amedcl\n Chess Bulletin, nOli" a bi·monthly, tion mcmber'Hhips dUring a period in w hich chess Today, at the age of 73, he is 1l1 s o ~pec!al chesH intel'est has been soaring. correspondent of the i\. Y. 'I'ime~, edit~ a chess George SlUI'gis o r Boston was r e·e lected as Presi· column in Lhe N. Y. Sun. In recognition of h is dent of the USCF. Other officers: G. r~. l{oosevell, remarkable record and long devotion Lo the cause l~ t Vice· Presldent ; L. W. Stephe ns , 3rd Vice·Pr esi­ of chess, l'resid('nt S t urgis of the USC 1" conferred dent.

Team Captain Lee W, Palmer presents the Genesee Cup to Albert Stresing, President of the Rochester Checkers and Chess Club, while the other members of the t r iu m phant Monroe County team gather round. At Syracuse these ROChester players won the arlrlual contest for the team championship of N, Y, State. Left to right are W . W. W in· ans, Jr" (Chairmarl of the State Associa· tion's Publicity Committee), Lee W , Palmer, Erich W. Marchand ( Missour i State Cham. pion now resid ing In Rochester), Albert Stresrng, Vincent W eig, Dr. Max Herzberger, ( Vice·President of NYSCA) .

278 C H E S S REV I E W CHESS REV IEW Photo Ben A ltman (standing) watches the fi nal ro .... nd game between D r. Katz (right) and Capt. Rauch of the Canadian Army. If the Massachusetts Champion had w on this game he w ould have tied with A ltman for 3rd. As it was, he lost t o the Dominion player and tied w ith Da ly for 4th and 5th. T he score appears be. low. Phot o shows position after Black's 18th move.

FI NAL. STAN DINGS-EXPERTS TOURNAMENT KING'S INDIAN DEFENSE W L D Score A rork abruDUy terminates a close positional G. O. Christ enson. Brooklyn ~ __~ 7 0 4 9 - 2 lJ"attle, ~' . Valvo. Albany ______7 1 3 Slh- 2'h G, K atz Capt. J, Rauch H. D. Grossman. Ne\\" York ____ 6 1 ·1 S . 3 White Black J. W. llnrnhnrt. Bronxville ____ 6 2 3 7!h· 3lh Mr$. "I. Baln . Miami. Fla. ____ 5 3 3 6lh· 4'h 1 P.Q4 Kt.KB3 22 Kt·Kt3 P·R4 P.r.. Guckemus, Schenectady ___ 4 6 1 'Ilh' 6'h 2 P.QB4 P.KKt3 23 R·KB2 B.Q2 Mrs. E. Horowitz. New York ____ 3 6 2 ., 7 3 P',K Kt3 B. Kt2 24 Q.K 2 Q.B1 J. Penafeathcr, S)T aC US e ______3 6 z ·1 7 4 B. Kt2 P.Q4 2S K. Kt2 Q· R3 D, Sibbett. New York ______2 5 4 " . 7 5 PxP KtxP 26 QxQ R,Q J, W. H oose, Albany ______3 7 1 3 1,2 · 71,2 6 P·K4 Kt.Kt3 27 QR.B1 P.RS P. E. Kruse, Philadelphia ______3 7 1 3 1,2 · 71,2 7 Kt. K2 P.QB4 28 PxP BxRP C. F. Te ars . Jr., N ew York __ 3 S 0 3 . 8 8 p .QS 0.0 29 P. Kt5 p,p FINAL. STANDINGS-CL.ASS A TOUR N AMENT 9 0.0 QKt.Q2 30 BxKtP R,R W L D Scol'e 10 QKt-B3 Kt· K 4 31 RxR B.Q2 L. Persi nger. New York ______9 o 2 10 .] 11 P.B4 Kt(4).B S 32 BxB Ktx8 M. Siegel. Buffalo ______8 o 3 9'h·l'h 12 P.KR3 P·K4 33 B·K7 Kt·BS 1. Bralnln ______. ______7 3 , 7'h· 3'h 13 P·Kt3 Kt.Q3 34 P.RS p,p B. 1\\. Smith, Schenectady __ __ 7 3 J 7%· 3lh 14 B· K3 Kt.Q2 3S KtxP R.R6 H. MOl'awski, Schenenady ____ 7 ., 0 7 , 15 R· B1 P· Kt3 36 R·B3 a . R3 ~'. Chermak, SyrReuse ______5 5lh· 5'h 16 P.B 5 B.QR3 37 K.Kt3 Kt-Q7 G. A. Donohue, Hast ings ______5 5 " 5 1 5lh· 5% 17 Q.Q2 P·B3 38 R.Q3 RxKt Z. L . Hoover, MonlOul'sville, PI]. 4 5 . 6 5 2 R.B2 KtxPch Mrs, C. S. Nye, SYl'ncuse ______4 7 ,j . 7 18 P.K R4 39 RxR o p,p D. Dnllll. S\,l'ncuse ______2 S 1 2'h· SUI 19 PxP 40 K ·Kt4 KtxR P, J . .J etter ______~ ___ 2 9 o 2 • 9 20 B. R3 Kt. KB1 A nd Black w on Miss M. Peters, New York __ 0 11 o o .1t 21 P.KKt4 B.81 OCTOBER, 19 4 3 279 K ING'S INDIAN DEFENSE Harlow B . Daly Capt. J. Rauch Wllite Black 1 P.Q4 Kt. KB3 24 P.QR5 QR.Ktl 2 8·84 P· K Kt3 ", 25 RxR R,R 3 P. K3 B. K t2 26 8 ·B l Kt{3)·8 5 4 B·Q3 P. B4 27 R. Al Kt·R4 5 Kt·KBl Kt. B3 28 R. A3 B·85 6 P·B3 P .Kt3 29 8 x 8 Kt( R4) x8 7 Kt.R3 P.QR3 - 30 Kt.K3 Q.Kt2 8 Kt·B4 P.Q3 31 KtxKl KlICKt 9 Q. B2 P.QKt4 32 B .Q3 Kt· S5 10 QKt.Q2 B. K t2 33 B . K 4 P-Q4 11 P.Q R4 BPxP 34 B. QS KtxS 12 KPx P P. Kt5 35 Qx K t Q.KtSch 13 0·0 0 _0 36 Q. S l Q.Kt7 14 QR.Ql P,P 37 R. A l Q,P 15 P x P Q.B2 38 Q.Q! R. Kt4 16 KR·Kl KR·B l 39 R. B l QxRP 17 R·Ktl K t. Ql 40 A. S8ch K · Kt2 18 Kt.B4 BxKt 41 K · Kt2 Q.R7 19 PxB Kt.Q4 42 Q. K l Q. R6 20 B·Kt3 Kt· K 3 43 Q. K 5ch P. B3 M rs. Carl S. Nye of Syracuse was elected Pres ident 21 KR.Q81 B. R3 44 Q. K 6 Q·Q3 of the N. Y. State C heu AssoCi ation, promises a 22 R.Ql • Kt· Kt4 45 A. Kt8ch K .R3 vigorous campaign t o promote chess activities in 23 P·R4 Kt· K 3 46 Q. S7 Res igns the Em pire State. W at c hing, above, is Treasurer Frit>: B rieger. GRUNFELD DEFEN SE TWO KNIGHTS DEFENSE A. Otten Cap. J. Rauch W. M. p. Mitchell I. A . Horow itz W hite BlaCk W hlttl Black 1 P.Q4 K t- KS3 15 8 · K 2 Kl· S5 1 P.K4 P.K4 10 Q. B 3 B.Kt2 2 P.QB4 P.KKt3 16 B. Bl Kt. K l 2 Kt.KB3 Kt.QB3 11 Q. K2 0 _0 3 Kt.Q 83 P.Q4 17 KtIC Kt 8ICKt 3 B·84 Kt·B 3 12 P.QB3 P·KR3 4 Kt·B3 8. Kt2 18 P. QKt3 B·Kt7 4 Kt. KtS P .Q4 13 Kt. 8 3 Kt· B S 5 P·K3 P. B4 19 R.QKtl B.QR6 S PxP Kt.QR4 14 P. QKt4 P· K 5 6 PxBP Q. A4 20 P. QKt4 KR.Ql 6 B.KtSch P. 83 15 Kt.Q4 BxKt 7 Q.R4ch Q,Q 21 S. K2 P.QR4 7 pxP 16 PICa Q, P 8 KtxQ B. Q2 22 PxP R,P 8 Q.B3 17 Kt.S 3 Kt.K4 9 Kt. 8 3 Kt.R 3 23 B.Q, R (4)·Q4 9 QxR 10 PxP Kt.Kt5 24 B.QB3 B.K84 11 K t.Q4 KKtxP 25 A.R 1 R·Q6 12 K lIC K t KtxKt 26 B .K5 B .Kt5ch 13 S.Q2 R.B l 27 K . K 2 B· K tSch 14 R·Sl 0-0 Resigns

18 0 ·0 Q.R5 19 K·Rl p , p 20 QxKtP

IRREG ULAR OPENI NG J. W . W ood I. A. H orowitz W hite Bl ack , P·K4 P. K 4 13 Q. Kt3 P. 84 2 Kt.KB3 Kt.Q 83 14 0 ·0 .0 Q.83 3 P· B4 8 . 8 4 15 Q.82 P.QKt4 Kt·S3 Kt. 83 16 PICKtP P.QR3 •5 P.Q3 Kt.KKt5 17 P.QR4 R PICP 6 p .Q4 p , p 18 B ICP p , p 7 Kt.Q5 P.Q6 19 Kt.Q2 Q.R3 8 B· K 3 K tICB 20 Q IC P BS' , PICK t K t.Kt5 21 Q.K2 Q.S3 Geor ge Sturgis of Boston was r e.elect ed P resident 10 8xP K lICKt 22 P.KKt4? Q. 86ch! of the U. S. Chess F eder",tion, W ith t he aid of two 11 KPICK t 0-0 Res igrul new oHic ials, St ur gis hopU to m", k e the F ederation ~ 12 P.K4 P.Q3 more act ive f"'ctor i n the promotion of c hess,

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FOLLOlIING GAltE PLAYED J.T RECENT SvERDLOVSK TOURNEY STOP WINNER VT,ADUUR MAXOGONOV RANKS AMONG

BEST PLAYERS SOVUNION STOP HIS OPPONENT TALmITED YOUNG MASTER WEO WON TOURNEY AT BVERDLOVBK

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CHESS REVIEW CONTACTS AS this Issue goes to III'ese. CHESS HEVI£W USSR bas jusl succeeued In obtaining the scores ot gamcs T he scores of olle or bot h remaini ng ga mes now pla)'cd 'In hlll)()!'( ant USSIl tour neYII during recent on ha nd "'m a l l l ~llr in uext IllOnth's IU ne, One of months, these Is an i mpol'tant game between UOII'lnnlk and K onSl antlnoPolsky from SI'enllOI'sk, 19,13. Other Con tact Willi es tablis hed with USS H Chess Co r­ games will be received from time to time and will res ponde nt N ykol ai Gl'ekov who IUllI lfansrnllte d t he " ppe ar' In CHESS HEVI EW. seoru or three games ."ia Radio photo. In t he com. poslte pict u re above, one of his \'lI.dlo mC88 ngcs Is Hal'lng es tablished contact w it h Mos cow, CH F':SS N!prod uced exact ly as received here. Grekov prin ted HEVI EW w ll1 Sl)onso r' a Radio MatCh be t wc<'1) t he th e moves o f the game by hand and made the pic ture leading Il lurc!'s or' the US arul USS II If the necess ar'y or the 1)08\11011 . His od gl nal dnt\\' ln ~ wa s t hen tra ns. al'r;mgern eu ls ca n be made. The t n l lllllliisslon fnelli. miUed by t he r ad iO'll hotograllhic Ilroee8s. (Kote: ties nrc :I.\':l ilable nnd it is heliel'ed t hat a US te:lm Bl llck 'jJ 35 t h mOl'e should be .. . P·K5). can be ro/'med. I f IIlmilar arrangements can be made T he type written ma terial which RIIllen rs In t he In ~ i oscow, t he match will be held. A mess age Js aboro Illct u ro Ii!. a condensation of 11 message sent bci ng t ransmitted t o Mosc ow sllggestlng t his matC h, via Press W i reless aud refers to t he game score If an agreement Is reached, details \I'll! be n nnOllnced transm itt ed by lladiollhoto. by CH ESS HEVI EW. O C T OBER . 1 943 2" Kas hdan Horow itz S haioswit Adams Reshevsky Wins N. Y. Speed Title

Sn01llCI Hc~h c\·s k~ · . l 'nitct! Slale~ champion. a n· Third po!';ition WI'IH to I. A. H orowitz. U. S. Open n c~:ct! the MClrol,olit:, n S llccd Ctmmllion >< h ip " 'i l h a ehalllilion who :uu" osse d 11 tollil of 12 poln ill. Unnl ~corc of 16 y'!·1 Y.!. alllitl", a I>nIRx)" of liJ.": h tning T he e !"s t w hllc bo)" w iza l"d rlllh l e~~I )' ru ined :,11 ]!crfor IlH!tll at Ihe home of L. Walter Stet.tw nl;. on 0 1)I}()s lt ioll 10 elllcrJ:;e I' ictor wlt holl l Ihe l)uU" igh( Sumll1Y. S('t.I.>m"'CI" 51h. G,·,.ntl rll a;;ter 1;1l'l1lc K n~ h d 1ln lo;s,. o f a single game. :\ew England lu m inary Weill" fi nb;hed In sccond place w ith 11 ;;corc or t3'h·4'h. er Atl:101 S. K lls hlian and Horo "·I I 1. were Ihe ou]y ones - 10 nick Ille Chi LllllJion's score f OJ' % ]loinl. while 110 W I. U TOtal olher eo nleSl1i ll1 could makc an i I1lI Jre~~ ioli 011 hi~ ______15 I'ois(l a nd e(IUilnlmity. S. l(e s hel'~ k)' V 3 16 'h - 1 % ______12 T h(> occa s ion was a dollble round I"obill toUl"lIa· I . I(n"hdun ______10 3 3 13~ · ·1 'h I. A. H orowit1. , ., 12 , m e nt ill II t(l n·secorul " it m Ol'e pacc to dCI (: nnllle I hl' ii llccd ki n!; of Kew York City. Ten e ntrl c~ vied I'rc G. S haln ~ I\· 11 ------S , , 10 'h- 7% w. W. Ad a lll ,. , ., for thill fill·01". I'fc. George S hains wlt. "laUhe\\" ------• , I ' 8 M. G reen ------7 , 3 S y.!. 9\; GrC(> Il. H. G. .Wllh r burg. national amate Ul" titleho]der II. G. WahrbUI".!:" , 12 0 , -12 E. S . .J ackso n. J I· .. S J:: t . J a ck S oudakotr. ilnd P vC S. ------'Veilisteln, a ll l0il.sed their hal;; Jrl thc r lnJ:;. E. S. .J ~ I C k ilo n . J 1". ---.------3 12 , ·1y'!·] 3 'h SJ:t. J. S oudRkorr I 13 I .11,f. 13!f P ]II)" begun IU"OIll IJlly a t 2 1'-'11. ,md continued ------stendlly unti! Intel"m il;sion at 7 II.m . At Ihe ~l l"oke I'v I S. Weinslein ., 1·1 0 ., 14 ------o f eh::ht Ihe grind was resumed. and in IInison like a ll tnmUlon ~ Ihe eom"'alants 1lI0l'ed to Ihe heHI of II N IMZOVICH DEF EI" S E gong. AI 'well·c. Ihe Chamlli on Wil il Crowned. nnd Com II] iI-:. I ion ~ do nOI f ;I ~(' Ihe Chall1llioll. was "e wunled wi l h fi rSl prize of $40.00. I··ou l" ot her S. Reahevsk)' M. Creen 1)l"i1.e" were awanled 10 Kus hdan. 11 01"011'111. , ShailiS' Whit ... Bl ack wit ILnd Adams . r·es pecUI·ely. I P.Q4 Kt_KB3 12 0.0 0·0 C h e~~ Hev!ew reporte rs wC rc again on hund to 2 P·QB4 P. K3 13 Kt.Q2 Kt· Kl 1"[>()OI'" the f:nlll c~ of this e ventful gathering. 3 Kt.QB3 B. Kt5 I ' Kt·B4 Q. B2 4 P _QR3 B)(Ktc h 15 P _B4 Kt· Kt3 NIMZOVICH DEFENS E 5 P )( B P· B4 p,p P· Kt4 Be ware o f Hcs hel's ky beal'illl{ I;ift~: 6 P. K3 Kt·B3 "17 P·Q6 Q.Q2 S. Reshevsky Pfc. G. S hainswit 7 B·Q3 P.Q4 I' Kt_K3 Kt (3)xP White Ulac k C BPxP Q,P 19 Kt.Q5 P· B5 t P _Q4 Kt_KB3 11 P. B3 Q. K2 9 Kt· B3 P· K4 20 B_B2 Q, P 2 P .QB4 P. K3 12 Kt_Kt3 P.QKt3 10 P· K4 Q·Q3 21 B·B4 P· B3 3 KI_QB3 B. Kt5 13 8 .Q2 e . Kt2 1 1 P·Q5 Kt. K2 22 Q.R5 Q. B4eh 4 P-QR3 Bx Ktc h 14 R. Kl QR·S! 5 Px B 0 .0 15 Q. K2 P-Kt3 6 P. K3 P.8 4 16 Q.B2 KI·QR4 7 B.Q3 P.Q4 17 QR. Kll p" S BPxP KPxP 18 BPxP QxRP 9 Kt_K2 Kt.B3 19 B. Kt5 B.B3? 10 0 .0 R_Kl 20 B· Kt4 Resign.

VIENNA GAME Cle\'cr Hook ilHcl'lIice I"intlic,nes Knight ~IlH1Ch. W. W . Ada ms , A. Horowit.J: WhllC muck 1 P· K4 P. K4 15 P .B3 0·0·0 2 KI·QB3 Kt· KB3 t 6 0·0 K R.Kt1 3 B·B4 KI. B3 17 KI· B5 B.B, 4 P·Q3 KI.QR4 18 P· B4 .... 5 Q. B3 KtxB 19 KI(4)·Kt3 8.Q$ 6 P x Kt P _B3 20 Ktx8 Rxl(t 7 KKt. K2 P. Q3 21 Q,P Q.s< 8 P. K R3 B_K3 22 QR_K l RxKt Relhevsky ( r ight ) get s ready t o play 23rd move 9 P.QKt3 P _Q4 23 R,P Q. Kt3 "" 10 BPxP p,p 24 P.B5 RxPell! 23 B. K3 Q·Q3 26 Q. R4 Q. K3 11 B. KI5 p,p 25 K_Rl Q.8l 24 P. R3 B. K3 B· B5 Kt· Kt3 12 KtxP B-K2 26 P .B3 R (5)·Q1 25 QR.Q l B_B2 "28 Q. Kt3 13 Bx Kt P,B 27 Q. R8ch K·82- Ul ack forf('ile o! fO I' ol·ers\(·",.tng Ilm(> ]imil 14 Kt. Kt3 Q.R4ch Resig ns

28 2 C Il t:S S R t;V I E" Green Wahrburg Jae kson S o u d ak o~ f W e instein S ICI LI AN DEFEN S E GRUNFELD DEFE NS E A weighTy sorti e upset s the delica t e balance. T he champion's pro])ensity for w T' lggllng anti I. Kashdan M. Green SQull'llll ng i s duly ex hibi ted . White Dlack I. Kashda n S. Reshevs ky 1 P· K4 p .Q84 19 Qx P 8 .QKt5 White Black 2 Kt· KB3 p . K3 20 Q. K2 8 .Q4 1 P.Q4 Kt. KB3 19 SxB P_B3 3 P. Q4 p,p 21 P. KB3 8 .Q3 2 P_QS4 P. K Kt3 20 B. Kt3 Kt_B5 4 KtxP Kt.K83 22 Q. Kt2 Q. R4 3 Kt.QB3 P_Q4 21 SxKI P,B 5 B.Q3 Kt·8 3 23 p · Kt4 Q. Kt3 4 B-B4 B.Kt2 22 QxB P R. Kl 6 B. K3 P· K4 24 8.K3 P·B4 5 p . K3 P _B3 23 Q. Kt4 P. K4 7 K. Kt3 P.Q4 25 QR. Q l B· R l 6 Kt_B3 0 -0 2<; P.Q5 BxQp t; P xP Ktx p 26 p · KtS Q. R4 7 Q.Kt3 PxP 25 P _K4 B. K3 9 B.Q2 Q. R5 27 Kt.Q4 QR. Kl 8 Bxp QKt.Q2 26 R_Kl R_K2 10 0·0 8 . K3 28 B.8 2 B· K4 9 0·0 Kt· Kt3 27 RxP R,R 11 Kt·83 R.Q l 29 R.Q3 8xKt 10 S. K2 B. B4 28 Qx R Q_Q7 12 Q.83 Kt.8 3 30 RxB B,P 11 KR.Ql P.QR4 29 R. KB I R_S8 13 KR· Kl 8 ·Q3 31 Q. KI3 RxRc h 12 p .QR4 KKt.Q4 30 Q· Kt5 B. B5 14 Kt· K4 Kt xKt 32 8xR R· Kl 13 Kt xKt Px Kt 31 Q. K8eh K. Kt2 15 8xKt 0 ·0 33 8 ·8 3 B· Rl 14 QR.St R·Bl 32 Q_K7eh K. R3 16 8xKt P,B 34 R.Q7 Q· K7 15 R. B5 B_Q2 33 P _R4 Rx Re h 17 QxP P. K5 35 RxPeh K· Bl 16 RxRP P. K3 34 K. R2 R,P 18 p . Kt3 Q. R6 36 Q·Q6eh Res igns 17 R_R7 B_Q83 35 Q. B8eh K. R4 18 Kt. K5 BxKt Resigns ~-- S IC IL IAN DEFE NSE QU EEN'S IN DI A N DEFENS E T he champion rem ai ns a l< night LO the good and 10 seconds I!. m ove t axes the toughest. il isn't en ough ! S gt. J . Souda koff Pfe. G. Shains w it W. W. Ada m s S. Res hevs ky W h ite Black W hite Black 1 P.Q4 Kt. KB3 6 KI. B3 Kt ·K5 1 P· K4 P.QB4 29 Q.Q3 Kt. Q4 2 p .Q94 p . K3 7 Q_B2 KlxKt 2 Kt. KB3 p ·Q3 30 R.Q2 p . KR4 3 Kt. KB3 P· QKt3 8 Qx Kt 0 ·0 3 P. Q4 p , p 31 1'·8 4 R· K6 4 P·K KI3 S_ Kt2 9 0.0 p _K84 4 Ktx P Kt· K83 32 Q.8 1 Kt· B3 5 B_Kt2 B_K2 5 Kt.QB3 P. KKt3 33 Q.8 2 R_QB6 6 P. K KI3 B. Kt2 34 R. K2 R_Q6 7 8 · Kt2 0 .0 35 Kt.8 3 Q,Q 8 0·0 p .QR3 36 KxQ R,P 9 P. KR3 Q.9 2 37 Kt·Kt5 K_8 1 10 B. K3 Kt.B3 38 R.B2 R. R6 11 Kt. Kt3 8.Q2 39 p · B5 RxRp 12 P· B4 Kt.QR4 40 1'.8 6 p,p 13 KtxKt QxKt 41 RxP Kt_Kl 14 Q.Q2 Q. B2 42 R· Kt6 p _R4 15 P.QR4 8.83 43 R. Kt7 Kt_Q3 16 8.Q4 Kt.Q2 44 R. R7 R.R7eh 17 8xB K,B 45 K. K3 P·QR5 18 QR.Ql QR.Ql 46 R.Q7 Kt.S 4eh 19 P. Ktl R·8 1 47 K. B3 R_RGe h 20 Kt· K2 Kt·8 3 48 K. e 2 Kt_R3 21 Q.Q4 P· K4 49 R· R7 R. R7eh 22 QxQp Q. Kt3eh 50 K.8 3 p . R6 23 K. R2 QR.Ql 51 p · Kt4 p,p 24 QxP KR. K 1 52 P xP R.R8 • Sergi. Soudakoff ( left) a bout to pl ay his 10th m ove 25 Q.8 3 R,R 53 p·e 5 p,p 26 RxR B,P 54 PxP R.SSc h 10 R.Ql 8_ KS3 22 PxP KtxP 27 Kt.Q4 B,B 55 K· K2 11 Q· Q3 S _K5 23 K· R l P.S 6 28 Kx8 K. Ktl 56 Kt xP Draw 12 Q.Q2 Q_K2 24 Px P R,P , 13 P· Kt3 P.Q3 25 Q_ R5 Q. B2 14 8 . Kt2 Kt.Q2 26 Q_R4 Rx8P BI S H O P'S O PEN IN G 15 QR.S t P· K Kt4 27 8 x Kt R,B Br evity is the soul of wi t. 16 Kt. Kl B,B 28 R_K Ktt K_Rl I. A. Horow itz P vt. W einst ein 17 KtxS QR_K l 29 R_8 3 R. R4 W hile Black 18 Q·Q3 B. Kt2 30 Q.Q8eh Q.91 1 P· K4 p·K4 4 Px P p _Q4? 19 8_ R1 P.SS 31 QxQ R,Q 2 B·B4 Kt. KB3 5 Bx P Kt. B4 20 PxP p,p 32 Kt· K3 B, R 3 P.Q4 Kt xP 6 exPeh Res igns 21 Q_R3 p _K4 Resig ns OCTO B E R , 1 9 4 3 28 3 Game of the Month by REUBEN FINE

GI'(/Iujll/(/ffer f /lle ex/!I,/ills mid (III/lotI/I n fbe nlllJft1l1dlllg gmlleJ of e'lc/; 1110mb hi fbi1 popular deparllllelll- all exd'Ult,(! CH ESS R EV IEW lef/llIl'e.

Al bi n's Counter Gambit has long been one of the stand.bys of the K t(K (3)xP : 10 K txK t. KtxKl; 11 P·QKt4 ! (or II K t·K t3l, IlxP; '2 aggressive master, All the books and all the variations show that it is BxKt. BxKt; J3 BxKIP, H·I\Kt l: bad, ytt mastNs like Alckhinc, Spielmann. Tartakowcr, Opoccnsky have '4 BxQP Is ruinous. used it to score many a startling success. What happens is this : that the Adams decides to oITer 1\ rcal Pawn sacrifi ce in ordcr to k eel) the gambit is lillsaund is certain, to the best of OUf knowledge, but O\l f initiativc. but for that tOO his 0/1- /Jo!Jont has made adequnte jlro· theory is not exhaustive. When a man who carl handle an attack adopts ,·talon. the opening, he usually chooses a line which has not been [he subject of much analysis; in the ensuinx welter of complications a timid de_ fender often loses his way. In the present encounter, which was awarded the prize for the best.pla)'ed game at Ventnor Cit)', the situation is reversed. Adams is rcnowncd for his cxpert acguaintance with the gambit. Stark chooses a relatively unknown line, rather than let himself in for the standard battle ;Hr~y , :Ind h:lndles it so cleverly that his po~ition is won before a dozen moves arc made_ Scveral unconventional ideas (Idd spice to his play, and he concludes the sprixhtly Rame in rccord timc.

VENTNOR CITY, 1943 consequence hpt·e. 5 QKt·Q2 I~ o ften ALBI N'S COUNTER GAMBI T seen, a ll ill 5 P·QR3. DOlh are de· Position after 8 QKl·QZ siKlLed to bring pressure to henr at W . Adams M. Stark w. an eat·l)' nt omelll on t he Bl ack Qf>. 8 . . . . P· B3 While Black With the te);:t Stark pursuc!! a dir· 9 PxP KtxB 1 P .Q4 P.Q4 ferent pla n: to dcfend his own KP, I-loping for 10 Pxl(t, Q);:I'. with 2 P. QB4 P ·K4 not in orde/· to hold it - for that good chances. Instead he iij con. 3 QPxP P .Q5 is inl]lOSslble- but to rli sor,(:"H nlzc Ilh cnemy·s development. fronted with an nnpleaSllnt s ur· 4 Kt· KB3 Ill·lae. There are numberless trapH for 5 . . . . B.QB4 W hite. E.g., here on ·1 P-K3? IJ· 6 B.B4! . . . . 10 P.B7ch! • • • • Ktach; a B·Q2, PxP!: 6 llxlJ, P);: The 11OInt. WhHe the irlea Is un· A ftet· this it is ilJsck·s position Pch; 7 K · K~, PxK t(Ktlch!; rips UijllUI. there is in fact no good Which Is disrupted, not White's. through the White position. reuson why the Bishop is nol better 10 . . . . 4 . . . . Kt.QB3 orr 11t KBI than on its home >

5 P . KKt3 . . . . (See diagram) 12 Kt-Kt3 ! • • • • Whtte'~ stratC/D' i~ to cOllcen· Stark continues with COni m e nd· nate on dCl"clolJ llIent and the Q. Ulli ck iA now faced with an un· nble energy. On the routine 12 0 ·0, side. H tho j{·Pawn fans in the com (ol·\llblo di lemma. lC hc IHO· l'·Q IH would give BlaCk fult· cha/l­ process, It does 1I0t matter. since ceods normaliy, with 8 ... 0 ·0 ; ees. the better lJlacement of his pieces 90·0. j{·Kl; 10 Kt·Kt3 will be ruin· will he !!lore than enough compen. OilS. Not· would the immedi:lte at· 12 . . . . Q·Q3 sation. tempt to regain the Pawn be of Arter 12 ... B·I't5ch: J3 K·HI The order of moves is o f no gt·eal an)" use: 011 8 . .. Q·K 2: 9 0 ·0 , the QJ> call 110 longer be defended.

284 CH ESS RE V IEW Let REUBEN teach you Chess!

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OC.T O IHR , L 9-13 28' CHESS NEWS OF THE MONT H • BOST ON toul"llament at Sl'erdlovsk. April 19-1 3. (The Moscow New York's Anthony E. SlIllJ-asiere won the New entrants III aced last at Sl'el'(11ol'sk, g iving ns Home Eng-luml Chess Championship at the HllllUlIt Labor idea or the formidable quality of the contpetit.ion.) Day event or the Boston City Club. The list of The :'loscow tournament was It douhle rou nd affair contestants included 16 of New England's leading ending in March. l!H3. Four Leningrad players players : from Rhode Island, Mill'tin find Basker of participated: G. Li8it~in, V. l1agosin, G. Havinsky Providence; from Connecticut, Helmilll of Hanford; aa(! P. Homanol'sky. o r t hesu, eHch was on co <.:ity from Massachusetts. Hamermcsh, Billings and State champion, Homanoysky was also twice nationlll Champion Dj', G. Katz of Cnmbl'idge; Gates find champion, and HagoSin. a well known internatlonal "Jajor or Bos ton; "!ltchell and Kagan of Brookline: tournament playet.. has won 2\6 o( a possible 3 former State Champion Daly, anti f'liegcl of Hox­ points in contests wIth Reshel's ky (no less!). There bury; Bellamy of Don;hester; Hy I"inc of Attleboro: were .[ Moscow repres('ntatives: V. Alatortsev. twice find Santaslere of New York, champIon of Moscow and formerly of Leningrad: V. SHlllngiere was permitted to );)ay because he has PHilOI'. also champion or the capital: M. Yudovich been II summer resident or Gloucester, Ma:o;s .. fol' (l"or whom correSl10l)(lent Grekov claims a bl"!1l1ant many years. Moreover a wideSjl l'cad feeling is ,'fl ­ win over Reuben Fine, as well as high stanlling in Il0t·ted among the chess enthusia~t~ present that the several tournaments): and r.;. Zagoryansky, who hlld tournament might well be declare r! an ope n affair only a rew months before WOIl the right 10 compete in the future. in major tournaments. 13esicles these, there was Former champions Daly and Kagan. ;"Iassachu­ Vla!los Mikenas, Llthuu,nian Clmmjlion and well setts champion Dr. Katz and !lIars hall Chess Club known internationalist. Champion Santasiere were seeded into the pI·elim· }'Irst prize was stubbornly contested, wi th 5 dlf, inary sections. Dr. Katz. a strong favorite, was fel·ent competitors leading a t one time or another. un expectedly eliminated by A. ;"Iarlin. Santasiere. The semi·linal leade,·s, veteran Ragosin and new. undefeated in the preliminut·ies, won five straight cotller Zagoryansky with 9'h each, met in the IInal, in the finals. thus duplicnting Wca'·e1" Adam's reco]"(1 tirell' their game after an intense stl·uggle lasting 2 of last year. Hamermesh and DOlly tied for 2d amI day~. The final standings: RagoHin and Zagoryansky 3rl: Gates placed -Ith: and Martin and Mitchell tied 10·6: G. Jlnvjnsky 9,7: Ala tot"tsev, Panol', and 1(0· for 5th and 6th. The ··Silvel· Rouk·· trophy, donated manovsky ~'h·6'h; Lislt s in 7,9 : \'udol'ich 6·10: Mi · by Hobert H . W , W elch. Jr., will be held for the kenas ·Ilh-Illh. or 72 games only .12 were rl!·awll. coming year by S,mtaslere.

• P ITTSBURGH • C HI CA GO Tom Gutekunst of Allentown. with 6 straight wins Samuel F'actor continues as King or the Illi nois in the fI!la l ~. won the Pennsylvania State Chess As. chessboard. In a 3 day tournament ending on Labor ~ociati o!l Champioll~hip in the tOllrney rlit·ected by Day, Samuel F'actor. Lewis J. Is aacs and Conrad Biinrlrold Champion Georges Koltanowski at Pitts­ Howard emerged ft·om elimination prel iminaries ia burgh oyer the I,abor Day weekend. Othe,· finalists which 20 senior players took IlUrt. These finalists we re H. P. SmiTh or P ittsburgh, M. Simsals of Jlethle. then engaged in a round t·obin with Albert Santirin, Jr., hem, C. S. Shive of Shijlj)en~but·g, Wayne Wagner who had swept an elimination field of 16 enthusiastic or Pittsburgh Rnd 1'. B. Driver of Hidley Park. who junlOI"S to gain the Illinois State Ches s Association's finished in the order given. 'I'om Gutekunst recently Junior Chess Championship. Among Sandrin's vic­ won the Lehigh Valley Championship for the third tims, and ullfortunately in the first rOllnd, was Quiz time, retiring the JalllE:'s Culbertson CuP. Kid Van Dyke Tier~ . now a student at the Unil'ersity of Chicago. Showing brilliant promise Sandri!) de. fea ted two of the finalists, was stopped only by • FROM H E R E AND THERE Chanl]lion ~'actor himselr in the last round. Factor flnished firs: wi th 3·0; Sandrin second. 2·1: Isaacs Fiye NOI-·a Scotia and Fourteen New Bl"Illiswick third. 1,2. Howan! defaulted afl e r a first round loss p layers contested tbe I\Iarilimes Chess Championship to Sandrin. Edward W . DUeI·gel" . Captain of the Lane in Moncton. N. n.. SflPt. 5-6. Petty Omce!" .T. lJ. T ech High School chess team. won the Consolation Duch\. or the -Royal Canadian Navy sailed off with Tourney. Roger Nell'lander tOllped the ChlHS A LOur, the title ... Hoben Trenberth or Oakland with 7 lleY. ~'. Stoppel t he Class B . Fred Hazard won the lI"in s and 2 draws catTied otT" the Alemeda County rapid transit tOllrney. Championship in Calii"O I'nia ... In a simultaneous exhibition at tlw F'ederal Chess Club. WashuIgton, D. C., Harold 13unlge, former cl ub champion, won 20, lost 2, drew 3, August 17th ... Wes t VIrginia • DA LLAS chess players, voting in their allllUal mail election J. \V. STapp 1I"0n the 9th AnnlHll Southwestern named A. \V. Paull as Iheir jlresillelit for the thi'·,j Open Chamllionshlll Tournall\eJlt held in Dallas eonsecutil'e year. Gene COIiNt waH elected se e~ · ela t ·)· . Texas. on)r the Lahol· Day weekend. !n a lield of treasurer.. . Ed Holladay playing simultaneously at 19 , playing under the" round Swiss System. Stapp the N. Y., C. Chess Club. Cleveland. won ~ lost ·1, lirew won 5 straight. then dre w with Al Lipton. lost to 1 The Leeds and Northml) Electrical Instrument ~obet"t Potter. Potter. after a slow start, also won COmpany. Philadellihia. has formed a chess club of u'h·I%. but sCQl·ed only 19% points to Stapp's 23 30 members under Chairman Walt.er H. Packer. C. b~' the Swiss system of el'alualing final j!laces . S. Hedding. President Of the C01l1 1Jany and a well Ol her leaders were: J. C. Thonl]!son. 5,2 (19 % ): known chess enthUSiast. sponsored the formation DOli Kilgore, 5,2 (18%): Al Lipton, 5-2 (lH~l. 2·1 entries took part in a recent tournament at Ce·d~r Poin t, Ohio. Eugelle WiUlul"s of Chicago won the flt:als. Paul McKay of Handolph. El'erett Fulle r of .MOSCOW (via Press Wireless) Milwa ukee and TOlli Ellison of Cleveland took the o/hel· pri? e ~ . J . E. Noel of Mount SUmmit. Mi ssouri COJ"J"es polHl cnt Nikolai Gt·ekol' reports furth er de­ won the malOr t{lUl"Ile~' . The Cedar POillt C1Je~.~ As, tall~ of the .\!oscow Tournllment f!·o m which lla)("osin ~oCiat:oll WOIl a malch from t he Northerll Ohio As, and Zago!")'llllsky fJunlified to play in th'~ grand sotiation by -15-13. with 35 draws. 286 C II Ii S S RE VIE W A New Series by REUBEN FINE

The Great MASTERPIECES OF CHESS

Grandmast er Re uben Fine presents his own selectio n of out st anding chess c lassics, T he bac kg round of each memorable encour'lter is described and the game f ully explai ned. T his monthly series is published by special arrangement with the a uthor a nd w ith the Da v id Mc Kay Co., Philadelphia, Who will publish 100 of t hese gam es in boo k form .

2. JOSE RAOUL CAPABLANCA

In the constellation Caissa there has never been "No dillicull.I' '1';1 8 eX)lel'ienced in arran,!!;iq!; the a more brilliant star than CapabJancl. For a full malch. 1>larshall was disposed to play in t his case 9uarler of a century 11C was the most renowned chess where he nnl ul'ally discoullted his victory. How rar he was wrong the result proved. I bent hi m dght to master alive. Millions who barel)' knew the moves one with roul't een dl'aws thrown in between. l ean had heard of the name and fame of the Cuban sately say that no pln~' er ever performed such it ge nius. To many devotees he was the peden chess. reat, as it \\'a~ Illy tirst encounter ag-ainst a mastel', and su ch it lII;tstel'- one or the IirSI ten in the whole plaru, the chess machine, the only human hcing who wOl'ld. 'I'11f' 1II0St slll'pl'ising feflture or all was the had ever full y mastered all the intricacies of the fa ct that I played without having eve I' ollened a royal game. book to study the oliellings." Jose Raoul Capablanca y Graupera was born in Two years later, at San Seoastian in 191 I, Capa Havana, No\'cmber 19, 1888, of a distinguished met and overcome the best that the old world had to family. He lea rned lhe move'i at the lcmk·r age of offer. With every oUManding gra ndm~ster present 5 by wfllch inj.i hi s father play. The boy was olwiously except lasker, h<: finished first. l~ s k c r, Calla ~nd so unusual thM hi s family allowed him to ,!!O to the Rubinstein (who Ul1t·xpcctedly \\'e~kened ~nd t ropped chess club and match wits with Cuha's hest there. out of thc running in 191 ·1) wcre the superclass of In a few )'e;us he could beat almO.it e\'er)'body in tile chess world. sight. When he was 12 yea rs old a match was ar_ Cap~ w~s anxious to ~rrange a matCh with Lasker ranged with Corzo, national champion and an ex· but the war prevcnted its re;llization for a full seven perienced expert. Incredibly, Capa won. [t was the )"(;';lfS, In 1921, Lasker agreed to play in Cuba. Un. tirst of a lont: series of incredible exploits. fortunately, Lasker wa~ in inexpl icably had form. [n 190·1 he was sent to ~hool in New York. Several times he lost bY' outright blunder.,: after Emanue! Lasker was there, as well as Frank Marshall 14 games, dis(Quragcd by repeated failure to hold md a host of lesser celebrities. They were still far off his remorseless opponent, he resigned, That' age above Capa's head, but his prOWess was speedy. in had not really dulled his powers was shown at rapid.transit (ten seconds per move) particularly, it Maehrisch_Ostrau in 1923, ahove all at Ntw York in was not too long before he was tops. 1924. There 11as therefore been a great deal of Then, in 1909, carne his first rea!!), serious trial, speculation ,lbout whether Lasker at his lX'st would the match with Marshall. T o all but a few staunch have lost to Capa al hi s hest. Any an.~w("r is a guess. admiKrs of tl](' "unknown" Cuban, the outcome was This much is retain: Capablanca pl a}'td rcm;lfkable ;1 foregone conclusion. What happened is hest told dlCSS all the way throug h and fully deserl'ed hOlh in Capa's own words: the victory and the world's chnmpionship,

OCT O BER , 19·13 287 was a shock: in an even position, Capa made an outright blunder and heroic resistance merely pro_ longed the agony. While some lost ground was regained later, the real_ ization that he was in for the most gruelling battle of his life had un. nerved Capa; after three months of suspense he was dethroned. It is a matter of extreme regret that no return match hetween Alck_ hine and Capablanca was ever ar· ranged. For a while Cal,a tried bravely but he could fin( no f(,'. joinder to his opponent's in,~en i ous discovery: every time that Capa was about to secure the necessary finan_ cia l backing, Alekhine would seize on Bogoljuboff or some other equal. ly useful pretext and castle out of danger. After the loss of his title, Capa continued to appear at fairly regular intervals. By and large, his results for ,the period 1928_ 1939 were just as good as Alckhinc's, though Capa's victories at Nottingham and Mos_ cow in 1936 are not as imposing gualitat ive ly, as Alekhine's at $an Remo, t 930 and Bled, 1931. It must not be forgotten, however, that Alekhine's two greatest tri_ umphs were scored against a fading generation of older men, whi le Carn was faced by a bunch of am_ bitious youngsters. ' "Mirror, mirror on the wall, who was the strongest of them all?" The Capablanca _ Alekhine controversy will rema in a fascinating subject for speculation for a long time to come. Capa's gift for chess was phen_ omenaL As Reti puts it, chess was his mother tongue. Combinations, position_play, attack or defensc, op_ WORL D CHAMPION CAPABLANCA ening, middle game or endgame­ " ... bis I/llllle will be kllOIl 'll alld rel'ered as IOllg al ehen;1 played." in all he was supreme. Above all one must marvel at hi s intuitive grasp of the essentials of any situ. , tion that arose. As champion, Capa scored two first prizes, one His speed in pla y was incredible in the earlier second and one third in four tournaments of out­ years. W hat others could not discover in a month's standing importance. The climax came at New York study he saw at a glance. Everything came to him in i927, where he outclassed the field completely. as naturally as walking; effort, exertion, study were The chess world was convinced that he had no egual. for him superfluous. Then came the greatest disappointment of his In many respects he was Fortune's darling. His life, the match with Alckhine in 1927. Alekhine countrymen - mirabile die/II - va lued his genius was full of fire and had devoted years to the study and an appointment to the Cuban Foreign Office in of the latest opening wrinkles, did not neglect the 1911 freed him of financial cares for the rest of his minutest detail, even in his sleeping habit~, to prepare life. Handsome, suave, an accomplished linguist, he for his supreme chance. was immensely popular allover the world. Capa, obviously expecting to bow! his rival over, Yet, for all the favors showered on Capa, he was as in the past, paid no attention to either his often dissatisfied with his own achievements and we physical or psychological condition. T he first game too, despite the rich heritage of his magnifICent

288 CHESS R EVIEW games, cannot avoid the feeling that he did not ambition more than anything else, for thOllgh his unfold his potentialities to the fullest degree. Why? ··dreamland·· where he would never lose a game was In the guest for the age_old illusion of immortaL a mirage, by comparison with it anything else seemed it}" man has set up three gradations in chess. The futile. It was this internal tension which slowed the lowest is world·s champion, next is the greatest lightning artist down to a snairs pace in later rears, champion of all time, and highest is the perfect and which accounted for the unbelievable outright chessplayer, the unique genius who never makes a blunders on the part of a man to whom chess com_ mistake, the chess machine. binations were as natural as talking. --.

Capa wa~ champion. Had he taken his miraculous His games always retained a flavor of their own. flair for the game as a starting point and exerted In the defense he was almost unparalleled; where himself to progress beyond it, instead of avoiding others let the attack come on and then parried it, he everything th"t could not be acquired ctfortlessly, he smelled the threats, so to speak, while they were might we ll have hecome the most successful master still no mon: than the gleam in the other fellow·s of all time. But his crowning error- ;lna it is this eye and so, before his opponent could really get an which imparted an unmistakeable note of tra,l!edy in offensive starte(l, his po~ition was smashed. his life- wa., the notion that he could play perfcrt In the openin~s he relied on his intuition to the chess, that he, Capa, was the instrument God had vcr,. last; no midnight oil for him, regardless of the chosen to express His will on the chessboard, that benefits it conferred on others. Instead of familiar_ he, Capa, was tlle chess machine, ~dened as the only izing himself with the latest theory before going to a man who ever knew all the answcrs, the only chess­ tournament, he would draw his lirst four or five master who (auld nevcr go wrong. These are but games, even against mediocre opponents and then, idle dreams, it may be protested, which cou ld never when he had absorbed all the novelties by watching have exerted any real influence. Nevertheless, they the others produce them, he would really get started. afe the sale rationa l explanation of the many pl'zzling The extra point or two he nonchalantly conceded features in Capa·s career. As early as 1920, before the in the early rounds wefe often regretted later. title was definitely his, he felt impelled to write in /11)' CbeH ear('(f!" (an admirable reflection of his per_ When pressed, he could attack like a lion , but sonality) : he never went out of his way to create positions where an attack was to the point. The ending was "There have been times ill my life when I came Capa·s supreme jOf/e: he tells us that some friends very near thinking- that I could not lo~e even a single game or ehells. Then I would be beatcll. and gave him a book on the endings when he was a boy; the lost game would bring m" back from oll·f'amlani! he liked them and read the book, the only one he to earth." ever looked at. His fondness for the endings re_ As far as ~tyle goes, there were three Capablancas. mained; it is here that the passion for clarity is most The first was the boy who, like ever)' aspiring young_ simply satisfied. ster, thollj(ht of brilliancies, attack at all ("Ost. Then Capablanca is and will always remain one of the came the budding g randmaster, who tempered his really imposing figures in chess history. With his combinative mgt with sound position play and in_ amazing intuition, his lightning vision, his ketn geniOtls endings. Finally we sec the mature ch'.lInpion, mastery of the essentials, his numberless virtually distinguished chiefly for his dock-like precision in the faultless achievements, his name will be known and exploitation of small advantages, his dislike of com_ revered as long as chess is played. plication and addiction to clarity above all. It is this last Capa whom the chess world knows best; this is • • , • • the style which .gained him the sobriquet of ··chess machine"· Yet the other two were always there, as Capablanca advises beginners that the secret of he had occasion to show time and again. the middle game is the proper coordination of the pieces. Nowhere do we find the principle marc- beau_ The need fo r darit,. above all became more and tifully illustf?ted than in the game which appears on more of a passion with Capablanca as time went on. the fo1Jowing pages, the sixth encounter of the For he could handle complications as well as anybody Capablanca_Marshall match, 1909. Above all , we and better tllrm most, hut they re'luired thought and are struck hy the economy of means in White's con_ effort; they were hard, yes, subject to the whims of duct of the attack; not a piecc that does not take chance now and then. Clear positions presented no part, not a move that is wasted, not a superfluous or problems; otliers might gape and wonder and try in slightly inaccurate motion from heginning to end. vain to analyze how he did it- what really mattered A true masterpicre! was that to Cap:l they were as easy as hreathing. Yet Capa obviollsly fclt that he could do better, that he could attack and sacrifice a.~ well as he could Game No. 3 in this series will appear next play the ending. What restrained him was lack of month - in the November issue.- Ed. OCTOBER, 1943 289 Match, 1909 (6th 9ame) the RUY LOPEZ ginning with .12 • .. Kt·l{t-I, it J, R, Capablanca F , J, Marshall would have been fa r more difficult LO HU'n \"'hite's ViliS to '~CCOUI)t. White Black lS P·KR3 PxP 1 P,K4 P_K4 2 Kt,KB3 Kt,QBS After the vrevious exchange soon· er or latel", At that time Marshall was at a loss for a good defense to the Ruy 14 P x P B_ Kt4 LO\lCZ; to avoid i t he usually Now 14 .. . Kt·Kl·! is no longer adOllted the Petroff, feasible because the !(t is inade· 4 P,BS . . . quately defended ( 14 . , . Kt·Kt1?; 15 KtxI3ch etc.) so he tri es SOme· Many annotators have criticized thing else. His game is already as Capa's opening consl!'uctiou; in, good lIS lOst. deed, he himself wrote that the text is "nOt in accord with the tr'ue 15 KtxB Kt xKt theory of the gamc, but , , ' m y CalJablanca 16 K_Kt2 , ' . . knowledge of such things at the timc was not of any aCcounl." White is adhel'ing to a plan =~i\iarShll11 If we ado\)t the view which pre· which Stei nitz used with success vailed genel'ally until the modern on a Hllmber of occas i on~: k ee l) L1le group of masters came to the fore center solid, build up al) attack on (]935), that White is obligated to lJle K ·side, Ma1'shall, unlike his op­ attem!}t to secure an advantage in ponent, soo n shows that he is un· the opening, Ole move ,chosen is familial' with the essentials of the indeed inferior because Black, can sysLCm. equa lize withOut much trouble. Dut since we must admit that there is , . • • • P.KR3? no debut which confers a decisive Total luisuntlel'standing of what superiority by [Ol'ce, it will not do Is required . In order to free him· to criticize the expert who l)refel's self he must break in the center to lead illlo lines which his oppon· ,md seC UI'e the squal"(! Q5 for ·his ent may find uucomfortable, regard· Kt. Bllt since 8 . . . P'Q'! at once less of what theory recommendS. is weak against 9 P·KR3, DxKt; JO That is the case here. Marshall QxO, P-QS (otherwise KPxP and loves ollell games, and feels at l{t-Q.I34.): 11 BxKt, Px13 ; 12 Kt·Di, home in ihem, Yet here he gets ii must be preceded by 8 ... p. Capablanca inio a cz'amned position f l'om the QH3. I'()!'y beginning and, as might have Thus the cor rect defense for As might have been anlicipateeJ, been expecte(I, his defensive judg. Black is 8 . . , P-QR3: 9 D·H4 (now ment deserts him. White's game vlays itself, His im· 9 DxKt is \)oinUess), P-QKt4; 10 mediaie objective is to double Another point is not inelevant, D·IUS, P·Q4; )1 P·KR3, Dx1(t Itooks on the KR fil e. Nowadays ,I p·Q4 is considered (best); 12 KtxB, Q·Q3 ! with ex· 16 . . . . P.Q4 st!'ongest; then. a fter ,I •• , Kt·B3; cellelll IIl"0sl)ects : the thru~t . . . 5 Kt·B3, n·Q2: 6 DxKl!, BxD; 7 P·Q5, eventually . .. i'xP and .. . Too little and too late. Now the Q·Q3! White retains a sll'oug in· P·KtS will yield him control of his break in the centel' Ollens new lines itlntil'e in all lines. At the lime QS, for the assault ami affords 110 real this game was played, however, the 9 Kt_B1 . ' . . countel·play. A NimzOl'ich would conlinuation g iven as best was 4 Wllile Black dawdles. Capa knoll's have u'ied marching his King to p.Q.!, Kl·B3; 5 IH·B3, 13·Q2; 6 0·0 exactly whflt he wants and goes the Q·side with , . . P·D3, ... D·K2; 7 IHO, when 7 ... PXP; S arter it. The fir·st step is to secure Kt-K2, . . . P-D3, . , , K-132, etc., KlxP, KtxKt; 9 QxKt, DxD; 10 a Kt at KD5. though it is doubtrul that such a KtxB, P·QH3; n Kt·B3, 0·0 is in· maneuver would ha.ve sufficed 9 , , . . Kt_R2 to val'iably good enough /"01' a. draw. save the game, 10 Kt.KS B.R4 We need not alwa}'s take Capa 17 Q_K2 at face value when he prOtests that Allother inferior I'epl)'. The Uish· 18 R·R1 . . , . he does not k noll' the openings. 0[1 i~ a piece of dead wood 011 the 'White's moves he~'enbouts are 4 , . • • B_K t 5? l{·side; it shou ld retreat to Q2, On 10 ... P·D·I, which may h,tvc certainly obvious; bu t tile easc with A serions strategical error. The been Marshall's original intent.ion, which they amlear is due entire!)­ QIJ is out 0 1" place at KKI5 in the II PxP, Uxl': ]2 KtxD, HxKt; 13 to Capa's art ill building Ill) his po· Huy I ~ opez exC el)t for the few va!'!· P·Q4 leaves Black with too many siUoll. IItions where it comllels a liquida· holes anti should, ns Capa claims, 18 . . , , R. K3 tion of the center. 4 . . . Kt·B3 and win Quickly. In his embarrassment Marshall reo quick develOpment is conect. 11 P.K Kt4 B.Kt S sorts to a "swindle". Alternatives 5 p.QS! .. , . 12 Kt.B5 P.KR4 such as 18 . , . PxP; ]9 PxP, 01' Capa sizes 111) the situation im­ Another [lositional fau" pas: this lS . , . Q·D3; 19 H·H2 are clel\rly mediately. On the more natul"Rl· time the question mark is omitted [utile. Howel'er. IS ... 1'·33, to looking 5 r·Q4, White's cen tel' because it does not make any tlirter­ open a loophole for the king, was would be under fil'e, which would ence in tile long run. The move still the be st chalice. make Black's B at KKt5 a strong opens the Kit file prematurely and 19 Q-K3 • • • • attacking I)iccc, instead of 11 use. thcreby hastens White's HUack, less impediment. as after the text. Capa conducts the assault with HOlI'el'er. when, as here, Black has inexorable logic. The tempting l~ 5 . . . . B. K2 weakened his K-positiQ(1 by a P QDxKt?, QxB; 20 PxP would have 6 QKt.Q2 Kt_BS advance (8 ... P·T{R3?) i t is In· been met by 20 .. . 13xKt; 2'1 PxH, 7 0 .0 0_0 val'iably just a mattel' or time be· DxKlP; 22 PxPch, KxP; 23 Q·J{3, 8 R_K1 . . . . fore a file can be forced open fOl' which might well have woo in the

290 CHESS REV!EW lOll),: run 100, but it \\"onltl han, Dl" ' ,u; 1' ,11111 JO;'lI or the QUllen III ti ... ". whkh were and ar(' h l~ d e· mad, 1t1 11l<1 " xcJmnge Whlle'/I K t. un1\-l'o idahh' (or !! Iack IIlcnl. Anot her In\l' for White \0 which Oi'f'llii 1 he K t file. nl'oid wail 19 Jl-Q2? 1'x l' : 2u PxP, 27 • . . . BlCK t 32 BxPch K.K2 33 Q. Kt7ch K· Kl K t ... l'!. DlC, St.f\I'\:llj orr the inevitable. 011 27 A I'h'l' Ihe t ex t Bla ~k il\ .~ \ owly 34 QxKtc h K·Q 2 .. . p~p; 2S PxP. H-KI, of t he ~hokl·tI t() 35 Q. R7ch! , ' , , death. iUlllllllt'r!.hl,-' 1lI0\'(l~ whic h will win, 19 . . . . P· B3 29 I(· ](i i~ the m o ~t t1irel:l. E.)\"., E"-en 111'1"1', where anythin,L: W!llI t'\(lW the extra rre~h air Iii more 2!) ... IIx!!; 30 HxB, R·1! 2: :11 HxP, good e n Oll,L:h, Cal)lt choo!!ell the of a ll ui;HuH'e t ha n a he ll' to Blac k Ne. Iliost prec ille, bee;lIh;,' wll II his HOO ks

....o nu .... II 11.11:" to get ~o m E' :I I I'. '.".' I ~ ·U ~ II1~t e ild is u~ e l c;;s IWCil Ullanca's C3 reer. be. 26 Q R. Rl g inning w it h hll efforts 31 ~ boy prodigy (n 1902 and conclud. :'1arshal! ing with h (, '''"t contr (l>utlon, In 1939. All gam e. are Il lustra ted j(' ar.d thoroughly "nnota t ed . • T he vol ume a(lo conta lr. , ~ complete biography 01 Cnp". blar.ca'i ChUI C~r te~, introduc· tory co",mentl 0" hi. diffe rent styles 01 p l,'y, a table showing h is rema r l< a ble 10urn an' e nt ~nd match record . The game. are ir.del< ed c h ~o n ologlc aUy ar.d by openings.

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Instructions T h e j·;;!thoni RIl gl"R1HI 1l11l~t \l l", Pilul Ke l'E'IS, WH S o lil y (w ei l ly y eal',; o ( :t!l. C whcn he t ied fOJ' flr Hl plllCc with Alekhi!!c Ht Ihe Bad "nulleilll W ith a slip of paper, eovor all tounmmellt ill ]936. t he moves in t he box below except I n thi>; ga me agai n>! l S w edll1h cham pion G , S ta hlberg. K el'es till!' l h e first 010\'0. playos c ll!u'a Clerislic rend inell>! to "mix it" i n a battle of ilea\")' Illeceli, Make all the Ol)eni ng movos on your bolud up to and including t he See how well you c lln Ilick the moves K er es nlHde with the first move in t he box (Whil.f"s Bla ck plem'I\, fou rth), Study the position Rnd solect Black's roply. W rite dow II your M AKE TH E SE OPE NING MOV E S selection. Then expose the next 2 P·QIH, B·I' l5ch ; 3 KI· 133, P ·(~JH. Hne II ntl lICO the movo Biuck II C' tually ma de (at the le ft). Score ]Jar i r ),ou picked this mol'o. If not, sco re zero, and make the COr­ rect Blm.: k mOI"O Oil yo ur bOil rd. Blac k P.. W hite Yo u r Se lect ion Yo ur Mnko \ Vh lte's n ext move, sho wn P layed Score Ptayed fo r B lac k's Move Sco re 01\ the RRmo line. Continue as be· 4 P_ K3 M ______fo ro, one li ne at a time, to the ----- e ll ,\ of th e game. 4 K t_KB3 , P- QR3 5 B x K te h ______2 6 P , B _._------6 0 - 0 ______3 7 8-Q3 ------_. P_ Q4 ______3 7 8 BP x P ------B KP x P ( a) _____ • 2 9 K t-K 2 ----- 10 0 - 0 ---_._------.-- Notes on the Game 10 8 _ R3 ( b) ____ •• 5 11 B- B2 11 K t- B3 ______5 12 R-Kl ( ,. ) KtxP Rnd Q:d ' fl I'O also 1,lay­ R_ K 1 ______5 able. Score :! point !:! fOl' cit hoI'. 12 13 P-B3 Q R_ B1 _____ .. ___ 5 (IJ ) T he W h ite K IJ ill a (onn id· 13 14 P x P (c) P x P ______2 a ble attacking piece. 14 15 Kt_ K t3 --- (c) A mistake. W hite Is a imllig 15 P- Q5 ! ______10 16 KP x P for 1',1, ,1. w hich w ill have to be ----- P x P ______•• 3 Il rel'ared by K\·K t3. T he latler 16 17 R x Rch ------.-- move ~ ho u ] d lia"e been m llde at Q x R ______1 p , p oncC'. 17 18 ------K t x P ! ______7 , (1I) Of course not J9 QS l' l. Q. 18 19 B_ R4 (d) . __ .. ------... K Seh. If 19 13 ·Q3 , UsB: 20 QxB, 19 Q_ K4 (e ) _ .. ____ 5 20 R- Ktl Q· K~ < : h : 21 Q·UI, l j xQch follow ed ------_.- Kt- Q4 ______7 by Kt,Ktli wins II i,iece, 20 21 B- Kt2 ------. __.. ( e) 'l'hre:Jlenillg 21. K t x l'c h 21 K t_B6 ______• • •• 3 B x Kt -.... _------and 22 ... QxU. R x 8 ______1 22. "23 K-Rl (0 "ot onl )" ma k ing a loophole fOr the king but al80 threaten i ng 23 P_ R4 ( f ) ______5 24 B- Q7 t n advllnce the !Jllwn to !l6. R- Q6 ( 9) ___ • __ 5 24 , 25 Q- R4 (g) 2.1 . . . RxH P wonld he suf· B- Kt2 ______3 ti <:icn\ to win, but Ulack Is out ror 25 26 K t_K 4 ( h) . _.. _------_. ... bi):,):,cr gnuif'. 26 B x K t ______• • _ 5 27 p, B (h) O f course t he lIIack Billho l' K t- B6! ______7 ill im m u ne f m lll ca ]llllt'''. \Vhi te il; 27. Resigns ( i) lost.

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This serie s be,!:';!11 ill 1),(0 i\!~I' ch i,..~\le . T Ile series I,. 1111(>11' )",1 1'01" h egillners an d will !'rH'1ll a cO!nvlew COIlI'SOO "i' iniltl'urlloll in Ih.) I'ul e~ anti t ;! elits or Lhu ),:il ll , l'. Oy I'ollowil\).:" th i ~ (: nlll'st', with IL" remarkable ilhlHI I'a(lou)I, tliaglallill Hnd examJll e~. th .. learner cali (Iuickly Hnd E' H ~ i lr lUa,. r !'! ]' tilt' bH ~ i c Ill'i n<.:I I>lell o f ' · h eK~. 1':11"1 i will "1'1)('al" ne.~[ Illunth- i n lhe 1\ovcmber i ,.,o u ... . The conJj)le11!' r"ut'".. wil l he published, i n bo.ok fo r m . b ~' ~ I MON AND SCI-II"S'n :ll. X('w York. T he book III SC hed uled IRV ING C HE R N E V for ]lIlbJica lion C;lrl)' In 19 11.

P ill'l Six This momh wc elevote most of our SP:IC(; 10 :1 pictorial pr(;senl:u io n of a .' O.II101'e chess ,l.:ame, TIle Invitation to Chess! game illustr:lles ('crl:l ill principles. :IS outlined o n the following pagc, Invite )'Ollr friends 10 leam d 1(::;s hy means As rou follow th is ,I.:'1I11e. rou will ohscrve how of this pictorial, self.teaching J he able to start II1/: COUf,, wirrin,l.: to uk" a ch:lIlce 10 "SC(' what wi ll happen," scription :Ind reprints. to CH ESS REV IEW, T he mathem:uician ,l.:enerally turns out to he a. ('00 1, (alrulatin,t.: antn,l.:oni st, an opponcnt diflicult 10 beat. 250 W C .~ t n th Sireet. New York [9. N , y , It i .~ thi s d :lsh of wi lls and temperamcn!.~, this b:lttlc Ix·tween (JUfe- rent styles, whir h m:l kcs chess such a ('lsrinatin,L: ,l.:lm{', 0<''1'1111 1' 11 . [ !),i, 293 Superior Force Should Win

The mo:sl im" orillul farto,' In winuiug a ,I.:;,me or RulclS for Lc'l.trllCrlS chess is superiority in material. At the be~inning You cannot e,~ I >ec t 10 win chellll gameli by gil'iul; o f t he game, the oPl)()"lnx force .. al'e equal. Each a way material 10 )' 0 11 1' o l'llonent ! Congen'e your player h as t he ~ Iunc numbe r of m Cll, t h ", Silme Iliecf'l< a nti lla w llJ<- lhc)' are you r "material." T h i~ qua lil y o f material. But If. (lini n,!.: 1111) COUl-SC of t he tloe,,; not mean Ihat you should be IIfra ltl to ma ke game. one 111:lYer ~tfl l ns m:U crlal ( fol' Ima Rnee, by exclmngell, You and yom' Olilionent mU 1i 1 make e )[' c'\II(Ut'ing a n UUlltotcctctl ••i eee. or by milking 11 c hanges_ o r Ihere woulcl be no ga me, DUI get your Ilrofi table cxchum:c. or by a C<"«! I,llng a me'lIIingless monc)-'s worth w hen ma k ing Of a llowing e)(ch:wges sacrifice) t he forces arc no luulte.' equal anti the - alld try 10 al-ohl Ihe outright loss of matel'lal, pla yer w ho is ;thead in matu la l should win the T ake a good look il t the square to w h ich YOIl In tend game. 10 move one of your m illor OJ' major 1)leces and T hi s i s one of t he fu ndnnll'Il1111 llrin ciplc!< o f make s ll re t hal the re lire no l'nwt1s attacking the chc~s. The 11\1I ' I,o~e o f mo~t aUack l< ill to J:ll i n squill'e - I'e nlemberlng the l'aWIl's V-lI hll l.etl call­ materia l at t he eX I,rll s t> M the Oli llon ell(. As the tUI'i:<, Look at your ollllOnel1 " 1I other pieces - hili ChC!l8 I11Cn han' "I"rrelll "1l1u e~ , IIlllterlal superiorit y Queen, Rookll_ IIIlIhollll, lllHI Knla::h t s - Rt1([ "ec if i!; mell~ured in (lUaU!), I\ ~ WCI! Il~ quantity, A player t hey al'e a tUlcking the IIquare to whic h you intend who "wius thfl ~)(chnn!to" by ~1\'1 1I~ UP a Knight Of to move, If the lIqUltl'e IK IIttlicked, do yon want him rU~hoJJ 10 cnJlUu'~ 11 !took I~ nh~nd In mRtel'ial, even 10 takp YOlll' piece? \VI\I you be able to r eCRp tU I'e IhOUKh he hR,~ thn Mmn nu mbm' of m en ,u; his op­ lind w ill the exclulIl !i: e bo ov en 01' profitable! Is he ]lone nt, altack ing the square with 2 01' more men - and if so, a rc you de fe nding the S(lual'C with the ~ ame E,'cn the CO llllJa!'atl vf'I)' In ~ l!tn!tl c a!!t gal!! of one num ber of mcn? Thcse are SOUlC of the things YO\1 ~ ufl\ c!ent to thi~ PIIWll may lle lI'in , By holding shOUld con~id c J' beforc llJakluj.( a move, IIdvantagc thl'ol1j{lioU I tllf' 11:11111('> and by cxchanging At flrst, when you are unfll millllr with the chells­ the r emaining mate riHI, tlw I lla)' ~ l' who is II Pawn boaI'd, you wlll lo! material by o\ler~lj{ h tll, To UAe Ul' 11W Y b" IIbl e to I'rllch nn cndlng In w h ich h i~ {lXtl'lI the iJllpr1111 nWI'c It , and if he players, the o\l1 come s hould nel'er be In ,Iou bt. Tn lOuclll,'!! one o f hi;. ollilone u rs men he must C:l lllUre ~ u c h cases, Ihe Ilh' Ye r w ho Iii a Illeee up mar li se ii_ III'Ov id ed Ihe mOI'(l 01' ca pture iii )ej.(111. (lr illegal, his s uper ior force to win lIlo re ma te ria l, o r he ma)­ the re Is no Ile nalty,) If he mere ly wanlll to ;I(ijus t decide to excha n,l: e mOllt or the rellm ininl: men and Ih", I'ositioll of a Ill an (or men ) he mu ~t a nliOUllce I'ea ch an entl lnK In which h i" a d nllltage is com­ Ihi;:; intentiOIl_ u l< ill K Ih.. inll'I'uat.iunal e)( tlrellllio ll " J' l'al'aUvely grea ler , e nabling hhll to queen a Pawli adoube:' ( Mellnlllll: : I 'HljUII!. Pronounced Zhahdoob), anti II nls h Ihe j.(ame III " hort o rll,'r, While ol'erM ighlll It rl' to 00 (l Xllected, do not d e_ liberate ly gil'e ma terial to your O!lJlO nent with a Contests betll'l'i)n II lrong Illnyers usually e nd in I'ague CX lleetat loll .:)r hOI Il' t hllt IIO mc benefil will be immediate ,'esl,l:nallon If a millO I' 01' maJo,' i)iece is derlvcd, Il Is sellllllleti s to blllllll)' sacrillce materia l lost without com l )(tn~atl o n Alld If then l is no chance in the hope tilill youl' Olll)()ncnt wll! helll you to of 1,lUllchlng an ilHIICk to I'eg ilin nlaterllll, CheCkmate checknHt te him, T he conllnuatldn a ftcr a sacrifi ce of the lOng, or dnw by Ile l'lJetult1 check, It is recag­ mater ial must be rOI-ced lU!!] concluHlvo, IIiT-ed that lhe Tl la yer who III II piece up can force a win, that It III met'ely It maner of t.echnique , el'en Whal Docs Hc Threalen'! Ihough it may lake s ome time, Most b~ ,I\: i nnerll al'e so bUi!)" Ihlnkiu /.: II I' Iheir Tn COlll e~ tll bntw n(>tl ineXI)crienced T)lay e r ~, how­ oll'n moves aod concenll'ut!ng o n Iheil' own Illal1l; pve l', the lo g ~ of A plren 11111,1' bl' a mere luchlcnt In that. they Imy IIltll' Ill' no Htll'lItlOIl to what t he Ihe game, T ll fl I hlo 01' bat.tle nlilY ~ way to and from oppone nt is dol!l~ ami ~()Oll filld Ih~l!I ijelvell Check, one si de to tho ot.her, T lw p la )'t'n~ enjoy t h f' m ~eh'l'S mllt ed III' in /1. ha jll'll'lIlI ],oslt.ion, ' I 'hl~ l)j II ~ el'l ou li fault thoroughl)' li S they lIj.(hl II 11I1t 10 Ihe biHer end, which can only tll> cll rr(>ell',l h ~' c()n llcioul< e rrol'\. I-;I'en ag:,lnM hOl lcleil~ IlddJ<, l'es i)"na tlou is nel'er The mel hod of ol'I'l'coming Ihi~ fllu lt Is conll'lI!'a­ contemplated - and l'lghll), 1<0, a s Ihe olher fe llow til-ely easy - if you llllhpr .. 10 II , I':ach lin1l' rour Is Qu ite capabl .. of bhuull'ritlj:( IIII'IIY his a(jl-a ntagf', 01ljlOJ1l'nt mak e~ a mo\'t~ , forget your own plans for a moment and concentrate on HIS move, Ask rOllrself Il is a l ~o U'\Hl that a IIlrong pl lIumlllllrlzcd fol­ one o f hili o llllonenls- an,1 won: lows: YOllr OIJPO IlC IH makcit :I mOl'e, !.OOK AT 'J'HB Therefore, whe n we ", ay Ihal matl)rial sll llel'iol'ity PIE C I:~ H E J eST MOVEI>, D h;II1 I ~>I ot li er Ihou/o: hu should win, II wlll be realixetl Ihat we are s tating a nd I,IIIIIS from yoU!' mimI, Wh;,1 due" he threalc n ? a ll abs lract 1.rlneh.le Wh ich applie!l, in Ilntc tice_ to Why d id he 1I11l\'f" llil", Ili.. c!.'? In Il l< IlI'W 1101<1 1Io n hi g8me~ belwPPli f')[IIl'ri(> ncl'ci 11111),l'I''' of o f t he 1lt"I'mil. h im 10 (';lI't lll'I', 0 1' I", tl1l' IIttacki ll/o: Il it'ce iC:';1< I'rill ci llle, howf" -"r, IIhould llot be ol'erlooked b,- the ,-aln"ble limn your own n l1ln '~ If he th r eat~nl! 10 learne r if h .. wll< hel< to g radUale from the beg-In ner ealllU:'i:< a man of cq ual 01' 10ll'cr I'a hle, 1M YOUr man clallS, 1lrOtected? Will you be IIb ll' 10 rcca P1 urc~

291 C u t:ss REV! I! W Tlum look at hiH OTHI ~ lt pi eces. Is he GOIi Celltmt· t ure would cost you.material (quantit!vely 01' qualita· ill;'; his nre? Are two or more of his picGeR now t ive ly) you must take action. Select the method you attac king one of your 1l\l'1l? If so. will yon lose belie l'e bost in (he eircums tances. Oereu(t intel'pose, malerial if he Cpin" OJle 01' you I' Illen and will the pieturcd in the diagrams. The cHptions explain the 1" 01l0w'!1p cost you material ? moves a~ they are made. If you discove r thilt your opponent's move t hreat_ Although this is [I. re conl or an actual ga me, we ens you with the LOSS OF MATERIAL you must do a sk you to regard your!\eH as the playe r of t.he something about this threat immediilte ly. white r()l"ce ~ . 'Wilh yOlll' pe l'mi ssion, we will play Unde!' the h eadin~ "Wllat to Do \Vhen a Capture oyel' this game togethel', a~ though we were mcmbers is 'J'hl'cntened" we outlined the \'arious Illethods of of a consultation t eam. The captions are II"l"itten answe ring s llch H tineal. \Vlwn the threatened cap- with this idea in mimi.

The game haR bcgun wi t h the AH \\ihit e, II'e have played Black has played Pxi' and 1 opening moves 1 P-K·l, P ·K1; 2 1'-(,1 ,1. \Ve had ot.her good 3 again it is our move, \Vhat 2 Kt·KD3, Kt-QD3. We ar () play· mOVeH at OU I' (ji8p()sal, s uch as does he Ihreaten? \Vell, lI e is not. ing \Vhite and it is our turn to B·KtS, or 13 ·13 4 or Kt·US . The threatening to Eilpture "iI)·thlng mov e, nefore con8idering" pos sible move we made threatens to win but. he has j\l~i. tflken one or our play~, we first a~k: "\Vl1m doe8 a Paw II. We al'e attacking Black's PaWJlH and if we don'l l'fw,qJt.I1I'e our opponen t threaten?" W e s ee adv

We have played K(xP and By 4, nillck hilS played B·Il·!, Again n our I 6 t f,~,'f:;~: it is OUI' turn. What doe~ he Blaek haH played Q·B3 aHilcking it. is Black's move and he ean threaten? He threatens to win it for Ihe Srtl lime! Again he exchange pieces but Cilllllot win OUI' Knight: He is allneking it till"P,dpn H to win our Knight.' He ;In,r Iliate l·ial. H he Jllays KtxKt with 2 pieces (Bishop & Kt) and is at.t.ack ing it wi t h three pic cfls we will play PxKt and he cannot it is gm,,'ded only by our Que en. and it i~ defended with oilly two the n (:ontilllw ExP without SHCI'i· We must ilnswer thi·s threat ilt Ilieces. Our next move must meet ficing material once. this t h reat. OCTOBER, 1943 295 ,

Black Now we have playpd B·]'2. T o d('fend ollr I'awn would (Note we 8 gelling rpudy 10 castle. and 9 hal'p been awkwanl and lin · Knight to K2 as " Black has; lllayed p .Q.1. Whilt does n(>()(> RR ary. The simplest and bc ~t Kt can al~o go to this ~(IUare , ) he thl"eat"n? He threaten!; to play way to an~wer BlaCk's threat was What doe~ he threaten? There i~ I'xl'. winning a Pawn. as OUI' K P to caJ.l (U!·c his allacking Pawn. 110 nl)ll' thl'eat involved iTI this i8 u nprotected. We must Illee t A~ 8llol\' n abo\"!\ we have played move , fllack is j u ~t continuing th i ~ thl'eat bpl'ore going- ahead PxP a ll d noll' OUI ' Pnwil attacks with his ell)vl)lo]lment . with our plans. his Knig-ht. .i ·1

fIlack has ]llayed Ktxl'. com· nut 13\ack's t. hreats are not mill:k has lllayed KtxU. He 10 pl e liT lg Ihl) exchange of 11 dang-prolls am i we have eas" 12. ha~ rf'moved our Bi~hol) ilnd P!lwn~ , Any threats? 'Ve can sce tlerl. Our I'all'n anel Rishol) ,HI' hi~ Kt 11011" attacks our Queen & (hilt. Ih(' Kt jUst moved by mack bOlh proTected. nJaek cannot [lIllY Hook. Tllf're is only one fhing- to is allacking our Uishop and i ~ al~o KlxP without loss ami if llf' play~ do here. '\"e mllst rccapture im· attac;king one of our Pawn!;. '\"c K\.~R WP "an play P d\1. The reo melli iW:ly. Ineidenlally, 0111' Hook cannot mOI'(' the Dishol' a~ it is r'\]ltllring I'l,ll'n will lak(' (he will be attacking- nlack's Queen nceded to defe nd OUI' Kniglil. ni~hol)'~ [llnce anc! gll

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We have played I'xKt ami w(' have plnyed (l·Q:; pro· We h,lI"e played l't·Q2 alld 13 Black h'18 moved his (.!ueen 14i t.P()t.ing the attac:ked Pawn 15 Blaek has played U·Q3. Why to H3. WlnTt'8 the threat '? We li nd Black hag c:aRtled. Any did he ehange the posilion of t1li~ llIu! of di<'lgonal allack w(> to move his (.!ueen. I\"ote thut he all ollr material safe? Yes - ~o fUlIl ... our l\ing·llook Pawn ! TIlf' is now attacking OUl" unprotected we c:an pr()(:eed wit h OUl' develop· Ihrea! i~ Ilxl'c:h 0" QxPch. Qu ick! Ki ng· Pawn. 'Ve mu~t guard the nlf'nt Our King is ;0 danger! Pawn 01" mOI'e i(

296 CHESS REVIEW , W I) have come to t he King's Blac:k has l)layed We have playeu 1'·1< 1(3. nt­ 16) dcfcllHC by p Ja yi nJ':' K t ( a t 17 \vIIIH does he thrCllhm ,~;" ,,; i 18 Ilicking Blac k's OIShol>. bo­ Q2) to n3. Our KRP is anacked IF he p l IlY~ Bishop takes Ii: t, we C~ Hl i'l e his real tliroat (I n the po !'! l· t wice ( by Black'" Q ueen and can rccrqlt.u re Kl.dJ and our tlo n Of d iagra nl II) W1l>; KIX Icapture sa fe. But W(l !nilS! be ell]"e!u!; ThOll we can not reC~ I J)lU!' e wilh ]{I'x]{t lind he could 1he n pla~' Black i~ Assaulting 011]" ]{ ing'~ Jlnsi­ our Kl w hicll f!;uanls the KBP, DxKt. Followed by DxPdl, ~t l e ~ sl ti(>l1. wi nni l ll~ fl Pawn,

BIshop was We hf\ve played Bxll f1.nil 0ur he lmH played 20 Ulack has played I we cannot CHI/l u r e hla We nHl;;L beware of sueh once­ recapt u,'c with t he BishOp if we K night w e mus t move our Queen. I"c lllol'cd threats. Shall we lIlove wish to do so. t he Qucen 0 1· eounler-aHlIck ?

Countcr.nttnCk! lly playing \'11 1' have played Klx B, His 11laek has l"(!cnpluI'(>d tlX]{I, 22 Kt·H5 we Il.tt\l(;k ed the mack 23• I!I ~ holJ was !lot a ctuall y 24'Any llew threut s? A){lIi n WP. Qu ecil 1\1\1] Giallol/. The Quecn tllrcfllcnlng" anything bul it wa~ Ilote that our Queen I ~ ntH very has 1lI0Vi\t! t o K3. Any t h reats? potenltnlly dangerous. QU I' Kin g safe. [I" t he Kl moves. tile IlInck Not immedillte. b ut he ha~ Ilne(t Is vulll el"il bio along black'l< (]ll>\l'e Ho()k \\" ill a(t<\ck our Quoc n. More­ up h ili Queen !Lnd Hook on the d[ngonaill. nr removing th p IIlsh· ol"er. OU I' KP is "wt!ak ."' U n pro­ King-lite anti we Illllst rcmembel" VI' we c tlmimlte a l>O\\'ol"l"l11 wellt>­ t ected hy any o ther Paw)). It will that our Queen is s ubject to al­ on of nUHck. be "ubjf> CI to attack whCn our tack. Q uef'll mOl'e s _ OC T O IJ E II., 1 943 297 \\'e I replied K I·S 5. We have I,la r ed Q x llP >l nd 25 Pawn onc mOl"C he au ack !; Black ha s c"pl ured K t xl{P. we are no\\' our 1\ 1' t wice (willi K t l " passed Pawn" (no 011 1)0 ... 111'::­ gin La ,[(H'eln)' :1 n m a y call do to defend ( h i~ threat - b il l PIlII'ns 10 prl'''ent ill! nd Vll nce to enllb l e us to I\' in t he gam ~. we ciln re t a in Ollr i\ ,h";m tll ge by the ).:l h ran k.) A t ])n!SOI1 I. how· c: WlU r in g anothe r- ()[ his Pa wns. ever, Black is thrc ntcnln /l: to w i n t he e xc h ange,

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''==0=\"" e hnve Illoved Oll!' aita ck ed IVC have played ! §:=m a c ~ has ]llayed~~ ' lin d 23 Hook t o [( 1 and l3lnck has Arc we lI ul gulllg tn 30 \\" e h in' .. pl a yed Q xQ. Oil!' re t ur ne d his I< t to TI5. Are t here III'O tOC t i h;~ ' PawlI ? No The t imo 1.1;\1 1 ii< to c xcha nge as m nny of flny threats 11' 1) must Inke care hus come to Ca l)itali'l,e 0 11 the all, the rem aini nl\" pieces as pOflsl ble of? mack cnn 1) lny RxH bllt we v; l utage of a p assed Pawn. \Vc to foresta ll a ny countel'·nrtllcks. ellll recapture with our ot her al'e g oing 10 try to win t h e gllnu' Altho\lg: h we are no loug;w .. head HOO k. How about hii! I

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and , 1m I'll \1le we get our Whnt" nOC H he h continue 10 i 11 I' even ' thlng ~ t; l l"l e d wilh P ·QR·L If pos ... thh' , h e (h1" ('nl ells HxP, bu t w e are in flight. Till' ,_ m en there :II"C WI' arc J.( O; Il!< , 0 jlromo! e thl" going to pay any atte nt Io n t o., .• Oil l he bon I'll , 11 more da ngerous 1' 1I 11' 1l /t nd w in t he game. NOte threats now unless t hey are our pns~eo1 " I will become Lh~lt our lI i~h o)J (: o ntl'o hl till' gerous. He has no threats ·w l""~" W!WII we IIl n n IUl v»llclng it. fI\I (>enin ~ ~(ll m r e at (~I(:S and (hal, com/H l n ~ with o\lr o wn threat our Hook i~ w ell placed. behind queening a P a w ll, thc pnssc,l Pawn.

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was for ced to move V'l e hnve pl ayed , re_ 39 Black Ims played ]txl3 and his Kt and has play cd it to o38 moving the block. But. .. . \'ie have played p · rn, the It I (OUl' QRS). Now he is doe~ this accom plish anything? winning move ! At this point 10 block our pa ssed Pawn, Black will play Rxn nnd hi ~ Hook' Black I'e ~ igned the gallle. We are r is no longer allY question will be nttackillg our Pawn, If thl'eatening n·Kt8ch, which forr.es ,- hy Black, He is defin­ we just defend the Pawn with H­ B laell to Illay BxB, \Ve then play itely on the defensive, rn i t will be cOlllpletely hlocked, Pxl{: tile Pawll becomes a Queen 'Vhat is OUI' next move? and Blacl! is checkmate.

Plltvers usually resign when In I he position Again, , to 40-' their position' IS hO]leless. 41' . he moves his Houk away, 42 Il ei'elld or 1 This (jiagram, and t.h e two follOW­ W hite plays R -Kt8 as shown here, extJlained under d iagram 39, ing, show why Black r eS igned Now iI' Black cnptul'es RxR, White plays H-KU;Ch as shown after White's p -ln, He either gets White l' ccaptllres P x H(Q) mate, abo ve, All Black call do is cap, ma t ed or must ' perm it W hite to rr he doc~ not capture and m akes ture Itxlt and \'lh iie I'ecaptur c~, ma ke a n ew Q ueen, As ShOWl1 n Pawn move, White plays l(x r{ch mailing a Queen, This adl'aulagc if he pla)'s RxP \Vhite and then queens the Fnwn which in m ilterifll i~ ol'el'lI'helnling, with H,Ktg. wins easily, 1 9 4 3 299 The Two I{nights~ Defense A Complete Analysis of the Opening by ALBERT S. PINKUS

In this new series, C hel8ma. te r Albe rt S. Pinkus W hile may then continue with ·1 Kt. K: 5- the presents a thorough analysis of al l k nown variations Classical Attack: or 4 P.Q4- the Center Att:lCk; or of the int e resting ope ning know n a. t he Two Knight'll' Defense. Bot h over_t he_board and postal c hess 4 Kt.B3- the Four K n i ~h t s' Game; or tj P.Q 3 - players will find t he ae ries hig hly inlt ructive. POlrt Ihe Pianissimo Vari:l.I ion; or tj O.O- a transitional 2 will a ppear next m onth_ i n t he N o vember issue of \'an atlon. C HESS RE VI EW_ Edito r. In the box below is g iven a resume of the Classical Attack and on the next page the analysis PART ONE of the variations begins. T he characteri stiC positi on of the '1' \\'0 K ni ghts' Defense occurs after I P.K4, P.K4; 2 Kt,KB3, Kt. Q 13 3; 3 8.84, Kt.B3, Ev en as ea rl y as 1590, Poleri a The Classical Attack f('CoR nl l ed the move 3 .. . Kt.B3 as a variat ion of the Giuoco Piano. Hi s rejoinder of 4 Kt.Kt5 lead. inl< in to the " Fc,1: :l Ic! lo" wa ~ con sidered a com plete answer and remained the classic !! attack to the present time. In 18 39 Bilg ll cr publishcd an cx haustivc treatise confi rming the anal),s is of the ancient masters, but reco.t:nizcd that 13hck had bettcr movcs at his d is. posa l in the va riation .5 . .. Kt.Q R4: 6 B.Kt.5ch, 8 .Q 2 (Polerio·s) . In I R49 von lI er u sa also took up the g a ~c for 13J a("k and hi s r(>Searchcs in thc opening Mlded g reatly to its soundness. H is varia. tion 10 .. . Q.B2 is often played in tournaments. The most modern analysis which I have called the Main vari ation is the !alest word on the subject and shows improvements for both sidcs. T he alter. Main Vnri:llioll 4 ... 1")- 04 nate attack by while for 4 P.Q4 (Center Attack) is a 5 P x P Kt- Q R4 transitional line whic h abo arises in the Scotch (, B- Kt5ch P- B3 Gambit a .~ fol lows: I P.K4, P. K4; 2 Kt. KB3, Kt. 7 Px P P x P QB3; 3 P.Q·1, PxP; ·1 H. B4, Kt. B3. T hi .~ attack 8 B- K 2 P- KR3 leads to com plex siw:ltions wit h ~ood possibil ities 9 Kt- K B3 P- K 5 for both sides . T he resume of all the known attacks 10 Kt- K5 0 - Q 3 follows: 11 P- KI34 0 - 0 Substitute moves in the i\b in V,1r i ~! i o n I P- K 4 I'- Kli k ;ld to the (oll owin;.: well known aliacks. 2 Kt- KLH Kt- QB3 4 ... 8.84 ? - WILKES BARRE 3 B- Btl Kt- B3 4 . . . KtxP ? -LEWI S'S VARIATION 5 . . . KtxP; 6 KtxBP - FEGATELLO 5 . . . KtxP; 6 Q.8 3 ? } DIVERSE 6 Q.RS ? VARtATIONS 6 P.Q3 5 • • KtxP ; 6 P. Q4 -RIO'S V ARIAT ION 5 . . Kt·QS? -FRITZ'S VARIATtO N 5 . . P.QKt4 ? - U L V ESTAD' S V ARIATION 6 P .Q3 -MAGDEBURG V AR I ATION 6 • .. B.Q2? - P OlERtO'S VAR tATI ON 8 B.R4? - N AMELESS 8 Q· 8 3 ? - STAUNTO N ' S V ARIATION 8 B.Q3? -BIRO'S VAR IATION 9 Kt.KR3 ? - STEI N ITZ'S V ARI ATION 10 •• Q·Q5? - LANGE'S V ARI ATION 10 . Q.B2 - V ON DER L A SA' S V AR. 11 PxP e. p. - EXCHAN GE V ARIATION 11 . B. B4 ! Chara cteristic position aft cr 3 .. . Kt. B.'. - TENNER'S V AR I ATION

30 () e ll ]! .... .". R E vr!: Or 5 .. . P·Q4; 6 BxP, KtxB; gamo) 13 ... B·KD4; 14 K-Kl, Wilkes-Bl.ll'l"C V.ari.ation 7 PxD, KKt·Kt5; 8 P -QH3, QxQch: It·Ql ; 15 R-El, Q·Q2; 16 Kt-R3, K­ This idea has heen known for 9 l\:xQ, Kt·R3; 10 P -QKt4 and K2; 17 D·Kt3, RxKl; 18 R-Ql, Q- over fifty years but has been prov­ should l1'in. 131; 19 BxKtch, KxB; 20 Q·R4ch, ed UllSOllUd. An extensive ana.lysis Or 5 . • . P-Q4; 6 B xP, BxP; 7 K-Kt3; 21 p·Kt·l, IlxP; 22 n·m was publishcd in CHESS REVIEW p·Q133, n-Kt3; 8 BxKtch, PxB ; 9 mate. 1935·1936 by a. member of the QxQch, KxQ; 10 KtxPch and wins. Wilkes-Dane Chess Club of Penn­ Aricr the t.ext move Black is sylvania. A further analysis was "hoist with his own petard." Lewis's given by the same author in the Vl.lriation same publication in 1941. 6 P_Q B3! .... 1 P_K4 P.K4 2 Kt_KB3 Kt_QB3 1 P.K4 P_K4 All imrwrtant gain. of tilll e. The mack QKt is kept from Q5 and 3 B_B4 Kt.B3 2 Kt-KB3 Kt·QB3 4 Kt.KtS KtxP? 3 B-B4 Kt-B3 this lessens the power or the Black 4 Kt-Kt5 B_B4 attac!, after White captures the l

T his is a questionable line which loses on proper play by White. The White DOW has three possibili­ immediate point is that, if White ties: plays 5 KtxKt? then 5 ... P·Q4 , recovers the piece with the better 5 P_Q4 Main Line 8 K_B1 - . . . game. Also bad is 5 Ktx13P, which 5 KtxBP? Dcst. If 8 KxB, KtxPch; 9 K-KtJ., 5 BxPch leads to sharp play, Le; Q·ns; 10 B·K3, R-El; 11 Kt·na, 5 Kt xBP, Q-R5 ; 6 0·0, B-B4; 7 The danger involved ill S KtNDP HxKt; 12 BxRch, KxB with a diffi­ P-Q'I, BxP; 8 KtxR, KtxP; 9 RxKt? is well shown in the following game cult game as Black has two pawns DxRch; 10 K·Bl (otherwise 10 . .. between B. Mlkyskas and K. Tr!L,(' 1"01' the exchange. QxB wins easily) )0 .. . QxBch; Jer, 1896. From the above diagram 8 . . . . Q-K2 11 KxD, Q·R5ch; 12 K-Ktl, P·Q4; the game continued: 5 KtxBP, Bx 9 KtxR B_Kt3 13 Kt·D3, B·K3 wins. Pch; 6 K-ll1, Q·KZ; 7 KtxH, P-Q4; 8 PxP, Kt·QS : 9 P-B3, B-Kt5; 10 Or 9 ... Kt.... P; 10 Q·R5ch, p_ Or 5 KtxBP, Q-ltS: 60·0, D·D4; Kt3; 11 KtxP and wins. Or 9 . .. 7 P 'Q,I, ExP; 8 B·K3, DxD; 9 PxB, Q·R~ch, K t·Q2 ; 11 KxB, Q·RSch; p .Q-1; 10 I'xP, B·Kt5; 11 13·K2 wins. 12 K-K3, Q·Kt·leh; 13 K-B2, Q-B5ch; R-Bl; 10 B·QS, Kt·K2; and Black 14 K·Ktl, 0·0·0; 15 PxKt, R-B1; 10 B·B7eh K_B1 wins, for on 11 KtxP, KtxB! or 11 16 P-KH3, Q-137ch; 17 K-R2, 13xP; 11 Q_B3 P_Q4 Q·B3, Kt-KB3! J8 KxB, P-KKt4 and ,"Vhite re­ 12 B_KtS signed. MA! N LINE 5 BxPch K_K2 Or S KtxBP, DxPch; 6 KxD, Ktx 6 P.Q4! Pch; 7 K-Ktl (7 K-K3 with the - . . . intention 01 grabbing everything This is tile correct winning line. allows 7 . .. Q_K2; 8 KxKt, Q·RSch; Weak is 6 P'Q3, after which Black 9 K-K3, Q-D5ch; 10 K-In, QxBch; gets a fille game and the initiative. 11 P-Q3, QxKt with the better The Blacl;: attack in this variation game) 7 . _ . Q·R5; 8 P -KKt3, Ktx resembles the attack which comes KtP; 9 KtxR with an uncertain UjJ ill the \Vilkes·Darl·c: 6 p·Q31 position. Kt-B3; 7 B-Kt3, p·Q4; 8 P-KB4, B·Kt5 ; 9 Q·Q2, K-Q2; 10 Kt-137, Or 5 KtxBP, nxpch ; 6 K-BI Q. Q·Kl; 11 KtxR, PxPch; 12 KBl, K2; 7 KtxR, P·Q4; 8 PxP (not 8 Kt·Q5 ; 13 Kt-B3, B·QD4; 14 QxP, BxP, B-Kt5 wins the Queen) 8 ... n·K7ch; 15 K-Kl, Kl-D6ch; 16 Px Kt·Q5 (now White is prevented Kt, BxDPch; 17 K·Q2, BxR wins. from continuing 9 KxB because then 9 ... Kt-Kt5ch; 10 K-Ktl, 6 . . . . P.Q3 Q-B4 wins) 9 13·K2, KtxB ; 10 QxKt, Or 6 . . . Kt·Q3; 7 B·Kt3 with B·Kt3 with R strong attacl;:. t he better game. The threa.t is 8 If S BxPeh then 5 ... K-K2; 6 White must stili handle the po· Kt-K6 and 9 B·IH5ch winning the D-Kt3, H·Dl: 7 P 'Q3, P -Q3; 80-0, SitiO ll wilh care. A possible contin­ Queen. Oil 6 ... P·KR3; 7 Kh::Kt, n·KKt5; 9 Kt·KD3, Kt-Q5; 10 QIH­ uation is: KxB; 8 P·Q5, I{t·KZ; 9 Q·R5ch with Q2. Q·Q2; 11 P ·Q133 , J{txKtch ; 12 12 ... PxP; 13 Q·Kt3 (not 13 a good game. KlxKt, Kt·Il-!; 13 B·Kt5ch, K-IO; QxKt? QxQeh; 14 BxQ, Px13; 15 7 B_Kt3 Kt_B3 11 P ·Q4 with a difJicult position. B-Q5, J{.Kt2; 16 K t-B7, D·KD·I and 8 Kt_B7 Q.K1 White loses the Kn ight Oil B7, 9 PxP p,p MAIN LINE arter which Black has two pawns 10 KtxR wins. S P_Q4! B,P [or the exchange and an excellent (To be conlinucd) OCTOBER, 1943 30l I CHESS MOVIES Arranged by Kenlleth Hut'klless Subtitles by I. A. HOl'owilz

You ,,('(:(1 no <:!'c"sooru"t! or pocket ~t to <,njoy IIiis "mov;e" of Il hrilliant '""s l or c h <'lil< game. Wilh tho aid of the diaJ:;rllInl, picturing tho l )OslllOn& after eve .. )' I wo Or three m OVCII, you can play tho game mentally rOm be. ;.:-inni ng to end. The comments under each dlugram explnln the mOVCiI made in tho P08lliQIl pictu~d. FOllow th e diagTsms from lert to right (on each ,mge), beginning with ViaG'rom No.1. This m et hOd of PI"csentalion affords ex<;:(tll<) nt J)r"ctic<) in visu:l.lb;lng two Or t hr ex: moves ahead. ZUGZWANG! or II ope niug moves:, " "He who mOl'ell agllinsl his will .... "- he's in 7.ugzwang! 1 P_ Q4 Kt·KB3 2 P.QB4 P.Kl THE PLAYERS 3 Kt. KBJ P.QKtJ Blnck intends to Ilnnchetto Ilis WhIW: F ritz Saemlsc h lUack: Aaron Nimzovich Qll, Place: Int e rnationa l Mast ers Tourney, Copen hagen. T ime: 1923

plays'NOli" ~~~~~~~~~ p·Q4, r I may later n~ K · ~ldc cO IlLlTlue'" s : open tho Q·fIle w1th PxP. VI~I" Pawns n!'e mobile. K,.. 4 B. Kt 2 counte rs wilh KI'!{5, pinning W hite p!nys UllU Bla<;k 5 B·K 2 U1n(:k'~ QJ>. anti Black then re· capture!! With i UP. 'rhen \Vhite 6 Kt·83 0 ·0 leases the (Jin by pla~ ' hl;"; P·llS. ])!ay~ U·D ,j Mid mack l'elllie~ - I'ellch lng the {)Os itiOn shown in QHS as n prehl(ie La an " 'I"·",,,, di;tgr'nm 3 to the right. or his Q·slde Pawns.

, Queen with Kl· l!4 now and I h is objective at wilh 85-so cxchnnJ';el:! .(nlghts counter'S I Jlcctive (Kt:Rook by 8 ing Ul) lines of attack, so 9 White Knight (Kt-Ktl), hal'­ 10playing R-Kt1. Now if Black 'Vhite derends with Q·Ql, to be ing nowhere else to go. Already advances p·ns, \Vhite call reply able to Illee! p·D5 with P-K3 anti \Vhite is beginning to feel P-K3 and his Hook is safe. So a discovered attack Oil the Kl. cramped. Then BlaCk plays B· Black plays B-(l3, increasing the But Black is in no hurry aud QKt·l, rerlewing the threat of P·B5 pressure on his KB5 SQuare nnd first ullPlies it gentle persuader to fOl" \Vhlte would lose the ex· indirectly bearing on the White White's Knight with P -Rto change if he answered with P·K3. King,

White (Iceides to take dnu\· \Vhite takes the Knight and \Vhit~ is beginning to run 11 tic measures aud fllay,; P·K4! 12 Black plays HxP. Black has 13 out or moves. His Knight is Now his Queen altacks the UIl­ full compensation for his Knight. stymied and his Q13 cunnot move protected Black Knight and if the As Nimzol'ieh snys: ·'2 I'nwns and without loss of the Q·side Pawns. Knight moves back to 83 'White the ith rauk nnd an enemy He marks time with Q·KI;;. Then can play P·K5 wiulling a piece. Queen's wing which cannot b(l dis· Black doubles U]) on jhe KO file But Blaek decides to give up the (lntangled- flU tIl is for only one with QH-Krn and thc threats mul­ piece 011 his own terms and plays p](~te! " tiply. BPxP.

mack is thl"catcning to play mack's last move hemmed In won- 14'his H(atDlj toD6and foHow 15 the ·W h ite Queeu and now ·1 zug- up with I{:d'. To guard against nlnek Ii; threatening R·K7. The zwang. 'Vhite cannOl move It sin· ihis. White IJlays K·1U . uHpinning Queen is leading a miserable life gle piece withom imnlCdinte loss his KB: whel"cupon Black plays and has nowhere to go. White or ntuterial. l( KHZ or P·Kt~. H(Bl)·DI al1acking the Queen. defends with QH-K 1 anti Black Black c,!n play 1\(13·1) -136 . Aftel' The QUeen retreats to K3 and plays the simple but dcva8t!lting \Vhite rUllS out or Pawll moves Bi8Ck plays D·QG. P-H3! he must commit hara·kiri. OC"J'OBE1<, 1943 303 Winning Chess Traps by Irving Cherney

The Giuoco Piano iii 1t "natul'al" opening for the beginner to adojlt. In this melhod o ( starting the game he seems to be able to bring his [)i e ces into play without appaH~llt interference from his opponent. 'I'll " [raps are all the more Ull e xpected, therefore. as everything seelllS to be running so smoothly. The sun is s hining, the birds are singing when­ boom !- he'H fallen into a pitfall and it's all over.

WINNING TRAP NO. 13 6 p,p 6_Kt5ch This beautit'ul win is by Steinit", 7 Kt·63 KtxKP 1I'01']d chnm)Jioll for 28 year,.;! 8 0·0 KtxKt 12 QxKtP Q.63 9 PxKt B,P 13 QxQ YOU ARE BLACK KtxQ w Q.Kt3 6xR? 14 R-K1ch K_Ql 1 P. K4 P.K4 15 6.Kt5 Kt_K1 2 Kt_K63 Kt-QB3 16 RxKteh! K,R 3 8·84 8_84 4 0 -0 Kt·B3 If 16 ... HxH: 17 BxKlch, H·K2; 5 P.Q3 P.Q3 IS It·Kl WillS the pinned Hook. 6 8 · K Kt5 P.KR3 17 R_Klch! . . . . 7 B.R4 P_KKt4 Much strong-er than 17 BxKt . 8 8.KKt3 P·K R4 9 KtxKtP P_R5 17 . . . . K· Bl 10 KtxP PxB! 18 8.R6ch! . . . . 11 KtxQ . . . . Again, better th,jn BxKt. 18 . . . . K· Ktl 19 R·K5 And llIale~ next move by 2() Il · lUi). Or, ir the Knight moves. the n 2() J1-KS is mate.

11 6xPeh K·81 Of conr.'le. if 11 . . . KK2: 12 In the foregoing trap (No. 15) 13 ·K t5ch \\iins the Queen. t.here is another variation if Black 12 6 _Kt5 Kt· K:2 plays II .. . }(·131 instead or H 13 Kt· K5 B,P . . , K ·(li. The continuatio ll is a~ 14 8_Kt6 P_Q4 follow~ : To $lOll -15 Q·D7 mate. 14 . . . K_Bl 15 Q.83eh 6 · B4 15 B·R6eh K·Ktl 16 Bx8 8xKt 16 R· K5 Kt(B3)_K5 17 6 · K6ch 8 · 83 -White was threatening 17 J1-Kti) 11 . . . . B· K Kt5 18 6xB Q.Kt1 mate. It" 16 ... Kt{Q3)-K5, then 17 Kt_Q5 12 Q.Q2 Dlack drll'c not lalle the Disholl Kt·Q2, P'Q~; Jg KtxKt, followed 13 Kt_BS • • • • ~o makes room for his King. by mate. If 13 P-KH3, Kt·K7ch; J.j K-1U , 19 8.Kt5eh K-Kl 17 R·K1 ]{x Pch; 15 PxH, B,nG mate , Or if 20 Q.87eh K-Q1 Threatening IS H(Kl)xKt. 13 lJPxP, Kt·D6, db1 Ch : 14 K·IU, 21 8xKt mate l

304 C HESS RI;\,lEW PROBLEMS Addreu all (on-eJpollf/enre 10 Problem &/ilor P. L ROl'HENIH, RG, CH ESS RE VIEW, 250 IVesl 57tb Street, New ) ~ ol'k, N . Y . POI' perJol1r1! rep/ieJ, pleaJe me/OJe Jelj_(lddI'IJled, sl/llI/ped 11'111'11'101'11'.

In Nos. 2 134 and 2135, thc W hite piece delivering mate u'a"c l ~ m,uilllum dis tance for its let hill mlHll lon, P. L. ROTHENBERG w h it~, reslfflcl!\'c ly, It d l=lgonai alld l'el't icl11 lIue ,u'e Pro blem Edit or being cleared by melins of annihilation. No. 213 ~ , II dedicntion to fo', Gamllge. ol·lglnally a ppenl'ed in the Geoffrey -' lOll-Smith, whose s l,le u(lId problem C H ESS CO II HESPON DF. NT (J an. 19,13), but w ithout \\'ork Is ""ell known to liS. is retir i ng from the t he a ll im p'orta ul Olack Q P . It was cooked, No, 2135 probl em ellitorshlp of the CHESS COBHF;SI'QN O· ha s been SC I Il l' l"IIthel' il1ll)I·OIllIJl U. 1L shOU ld be ENT. Cal8sR'y lOlls Is the country'l! ~ aln. for Geoff's possible to (!I'oh'(> 11 nell tBl' l )o~ i li o l1. services lire belnK engaged (wisely. In my oplnjol1) Since, in the ordinary p!,oblem, the piece Hllnlhl· by t he U, S, GOl'ernment. late d III , of net){"~si1y, weaker t ha n t he one w hich In Nos, 2120·2 122 Geoff jlresents. l'cspect!vely. a l; ubseque nU y de live I'M ma t e, I do not r eadily sec how cha t' mlng minllllnre; a IOI-e ly taskCl" (5 scM·blocks a QUEEN CU ll be nn ni hilall'l ol in nn orthOdox pl'oblelll, by BllW k PawIIII) II' hk h, he urges , be CO llllHlred w llh but Nos. 2136 nlHl 2137 s haw lhat It ca n be easily C. W, SIJ(!P!lanl' !I No. 208 2 (CHESS HEVIEW, " l ay, a ccom pli shed In t he self·m llte . .J ust follow the sallle 1943); an(1 n pointed Deealet, one of his entries In prinCiple, and you will li nd t he soluUons to be e x· our recent tournament. trem ely c allY. ( In the selfmnte, W hile, moving fi r~t, Simon COIIU kynn cnn ever be tle llemtetl upon ror forces m ack to m ate W hite In the stipula ted nu m be r or igi nal cons t ructio ns. as e \-i de nced by Ko_ 2123. H e of mO"CII.) is making II s tudy o f cen'li n ph;u;el! of the two­ Fina n)". we ha \'c NOli. 2138 and 2139. Neither is mo,'er, anti we 1)leusnntly anticipate the resu lL s, an A nnihilation proble m , though ea ch seem 8 to ha l'e No. 21 24. by S"en A tmgren, hi a lightweight that effect. T he distinction I'ests hel~ i n : The ke)' which conwlclUellU niccly our recent run of Deca · piece, in Nos, 21:1 8 and 2139, sinWly clears n line leIs. which lllust be m ade a\'a ila ble fo r the mat In" Illece, No!:! . 2125- 2 12ti, ,lelect able tW ins by W. 0 , l'elet'II, but il so halillens Ihat in looking fm· H propel" s qua re are al)'o fro l11 among our Dc(;alet entries, lie ca r'efu l! to l"est its weaz'y helld, It must s ubmit Itself 1.0 The Iwilll I~ 10 determine why Black mayor may capture, Nor Is the bodil y 1'(>ll1 ova i of the piece II not avnll hi1l\ ~c l f o f (he l"I ,K ht to copy W h ite's key test. as you w ill 1I 0le In No. 21 39, which, by t he wuy, move. ou r ge nia l E d lt()r helped t o compose. Wing'lI No. 2127 contains o ne e xceptionally fi ne varia lioll, a nd W lmsatt's No. 21 28 lSport~ prom oUonal COrreclio n defen;;es b)' Ul uck. T hat A )'nahlo E:llcrm lln's :-.io, 3 ( I'. 251!, Aug"Sept. ~'o \lr·way play (the simuitaneoull ollenlng anti C J.!. ESS REVIEW ) IIhould, of HII Il l'oblem ll, be m ls· clOlilng of 2 W hile nnd 2 Dlack lines) ill hllnd l() d Ilrmted III irony Indeed. It Is the fi nest of the lot . wen in S helillard's No, 2129, A Black Queen mus cled in at mac k'lI K5 ins tead of D:t\'hl Stoiller, In Ko. 2130, s hows Four ·wa)' 1)lay the I3 lnck K ing nlHl a W h ile I:ook wa ll omitted fro m in a block IIOllitio n created by a waiting, though ' Vh ite'll Qlt5. T he co mple te pos ition: W hite: Q on ex tremely IlOin led key move. (In a block Ilosltioll KHI : K 011 Q l,t!!: U's on Q3 and QH5: li on QUS; there ill /l. set mate by \Vhite, who threalCns nothhl !:", Kt 011 Q K t7; 1" /1 on QIl7, !,1l5 and K K t3, mack: K fl)r every 11II)Ve by mack), on K 5 : Q o n QKt7: n 011 QH~; U'S on K itS and K Kt8; No. 21 3 1, ;t b it o f pleHSll ntry. i~ by fI B ritish I' on 1\6. Key- J! ·Q7 !: friend, Hobert Mc Willia m , Notl? that the W h ite Ki ng is adroitly placed to prevent a cook. May Solulions C, S, K lppingo fa vors us with a very Jlolnted 3·cr, (ill:tXimUIll Cred it - 25 I'oin(s) No. 2132. as does Walter J acobs WllO >!C No, 21 33 2080 : Q-U6, 2081: Q·K5. 2082: U-1H. 2083: Kt· K t5. see ms to exhllust his current contrib utions, More. 2084: K t·Q7. 2085 : 1 B, j{6, Kt·Q lch : 2 K- US etc, I plea~e : .. . K t- IHch: 2 ItxKl etc, 2086: 1 K [· 133. 1';:'03: 2 li·nS etc. I , . , K-Q5: 2 n · B2 e tc, I ... K·D5; 2 n on a e lc, A 1111 i h ilulioll 2087: 1 K t·KS. H·1l1: 2 H·m e tc. 1 ... n ·I33; 2 Hx DiscusSion of Annihilation may well be "dedi· R etc, 1 ... It,Q2, H· K2, n·m, R· K t2, n ·H2; 2 j{·KS, cated"" to what is le rt of the A xis. IH!,5. R·D5. R·KKt5, 1l· IlS, resllecU"ely, e tc, 2088: T he A nn ihilatio n them e. d isco\'ercd by t he g ,'eat I KtxQP, any: 2 K txK t P e tc. 2089 : 1 I3 x P, I3·Kt7, Sam Lloyd , ~ome 75 yea rs ago, Is a distinct 3,move B6, Q5. K ,I, n 3: 2 lJ·lll , Q2, K3, ll~ , K (5, t'cspccUvely, idea which hit>! found eX]l)'ession at the hnnds of num­ etc, 1 .. , Kt·ll ny: 2 Q ' QI3 ~ etc, 1 . .. P xB : 2 QxP ele, erous skilled CO!llllOliers. The point Is for a W hite . , , 1 ... P-K t3: 2 Q·l0 etc. J • • _ P-K (,I : 2 QxP etc, pi ece to mOve along a line to a ~quare whez'e It cnn Note : I Q-1\'1 is countered by 1 .. , P·Kt3 ! be capt ured, the object bei ng LO CI()lI l' t he !I nc. Whi te 's second 1l101'e is an ani bus h behhul the cup­ Solving Contcst WillllCl' tu ring BlaCk piece, ami mate follows w hen the B lac k T his ll1 ont h' ~ w illllel' o r (he s olving contest I~ piece va cates the line. ProlHlbly the b e~ t WHY to i>]ll1il POIJPcr Of iI !H1lOjI!lC, N, Y. whose lS~ OI 'e, includ· understand the IdC"a Is to r ealize thllt if It were ing solutions UI) to May, is 3401 point s, T he cOll1lllete possi ble, as a key· mo l'e, bodily to l'emOl'e the \ VhHe list o f lIolvel'S and their !l tand ingll a]l "ear~ 011 Pagoe piece to be a nnihilated, t hat would soh'e, 3H O C T OBE R, 1943 30' Twenty Original Problems ~ ,A ll problems Oil lhe se pages :U C [Iu bl ishe tl fo r t he fi rst time , Com· posers are as follows :

2120-22- 0eoffrey M ot t-Smit h 2130- Dal' irl 8to11)CI" ZIZ3 - Simon CORtiC;)'a1l 21 31- Robel't McWilliam 212 ·I- Sven Almgren 213 2- C. S. Kippin g Z125·26- W , O. Pete rs 2133- Walte r Jacobs 2127-.Jlllill il T . Wing 213·1·2138-P. L. Hot henbcl'g

212S- W. K. \Vi ms a tl . .J r. .~" ,,"<> - ) • A • Horowitz a nd l' 1.... 2 129 - C. \ V. S he ppanl Hothen berg

mates

)06 C H E S S • In Prize Solving Contest

SolUl ions to I'rc blcllI s 2120-2 13!J must b~ I>o>!lma rke d not late r t ha n DEC EM BER 5. 19·13. (Th is restrict ion docs not " PI li }' 10 o "ersea s !S o h' e..,~ nor lO men in t he armc(1 forces, unless t h ~)' h!tI'c early access LO C H ESS HEVll<.: W n ... it nll]lenrs.) lH JLES OF' CONTES'!': You mill" e ntel' tll!s co n te~t at a ny time, There Is no en l. ry I'ee. E ach month, II hnlr-yea l' ~n b 8 cr i ptiOJ) to CHESS HEVlt:W (01' c.~t (! n s io!l or [In: ~ cn t ~ub !\c ription) is awarde d to the c Oll te~ l a !l 1 who In:mds t he solvers' tl Sl. The \\' ll1ne1"s score is t hen cancelle d I\nd he !< tnrts anew. Duplicate IH' i1.CS for lied scores. Submit solutions to P roble m J;;ditor bcro n~ dil le spec Ul ed, Key moves on ly a re requ ir ed u nleu It I. e xpressl y specif ied t hat v OI riati on s b e subm itted. POi n t cr(ltiits UllulIlly co n-est,mul to nu m ber or m o ves. l"ull creu lts ror co rr(l(:l clalm ll o f " no solu Lio n" and fo r "cooks" ( solutions o l her l ha n com lKlser'l; h ll e ll1 io~ . ) [)ed u(; lion s for wron g solu tionl'<,

O CTODfiR , 19 4 3 307 ======1P·KKt3: ;~ Kt·QIJ3. P-Q4: ,I U·ll,l, I Jl·Kt2; r; Q·Kt3, 1'·113; (; P-K3, 0 -0: i KI-B3. P x- I' ; S Ih: l'. Q KI-Q2: 9 READERS' 0 -0 . K H <13: 10 lJ-1\ 2. 13·1(3: II Q-B2, Q K I·Q I : 12 D·K5, D·BI; 13 (~ · Q2. H· B! : 1 1 K R·U ], Q·Q2: Hi 1'· KIl3, KI{·QI: 16 KlXK I. Kt xKt : QUESTIONS 17 P·QKt l, P· B3 : 18 B-KI3, IJ.lla: ANSWEReD BY If) Q·KI2, 1'·113; 20 K·f(2, 1).1(:): 21 " -QIH, 11 ·132: 22 KI -I\:I, H·HI; n KI-Q3. ]> ·1\ 13; 2 1 B-132, p ·lel; 25 A LBERT S. PIN K US !{.CU. n·Jj! ; 21. I'-I\A, K t· K2 : 27 "·Ra, Qx l' : 21( (JxQ, HxQ : 29 PxP, A nswers to (lU eStiOllS o f general lutcrcst P·]\. 4; 30 I\. l xl'. Hx KtP: 31 K t·Qi, a re published ill this department . Ques· Il· Kt6; :12 II-QKlI . Ilxie 33 Ih lt, l';t·Q I : 3;' P· Kli. Hcs igu8. tions m us l be specific and brief. Addres!! (b) 5 ... p )( p ; 6 BxP, 0 ·0 ; Questions E ditOr , CHESS HEVm W, 250 7 Kt·B3, P.B3 :L1'l'ivillg at thl) Sllllle West 57th Stl'eet, New York 19, N. Y. posi tion ;11; In (a). However, all intcrcSlillg pos si bility is 7 ... 1'­ Q114: 8 " xl', Q·jJ2: ~ntl 1 doubt if white can hold 011 lo hiH extra \)1111'11 , This idea 18 worth II trial II ~ it P leaae d iscuss t he SChlechter becnuse Of Ii P ,,8P, Q·IH : 7 " xl' il ll.I stnl(('1! agflln Ihe imllOrlance of varlatiof'l of the Slav Defe f'l se. Bot. I'emalnlng a ]lfl w n aheM!. Blllck p·Q8 ·1 ror BhH:k, vi nf'llk gives it as c r it ical. He thererore Is forced 10 chooiI' lind 10 0 ·0 , Q K t·Q2: II KH·Ql , Q·K2 : lar with lJoll'! nllik's reCcnt articlcs can Illter either ,,,II'anee In Ihe cen. 12 QIt·1I 1. 1'· 111 : wilh a plll)'able III CH ESS HEVI EW. (T he Gl"lltl· tel' o r ]li llY the minority attlll'k on game. el'en In s pite of the wellk Q I'. feld ])f'ff'IIHe. Allril. .Jll np·,lllly 1913. tile qucell ~Idc. (I.e. ar!\'1l1ICf' his At a laler dale ! hope 10 orre r Af1e!' the llIoves 1 P.Q4, Kt. KB3 ; quecil .-; idc [l awns lIml so fOI'C (, s ome some f UI 'lllel' !lnal~' l!is on the (ll·un· 2 P·QB4, P· KKt3 ; 3 Kt.QB3, P.Q4 ; \\" c>lI(lIe H ~ ill the Black galll!'.) An· fcld lind ~ o lI'ouhl like 10 ge t Iiny 4 P. K3, B. KI2; 5 Q. Kt3 \l'e a rrive at othcr lllillUl'tllllt ]Ioin t Is that i(lells, which Illy readers have to offe r. t he Ilositlon in queSl ion, t 10!1'. hll~l'o! lI.ti lig game 1;011· dtangltlK II Pawn ilHO [ I . 1;11111111< th li! ltlmonty at tack Ii! He· lit-ad wood. 1,1';'["8 I Blal ~ k t /~lllldtlagltllln~eoJ ]lO~I ~ oll' l s h"I'l

By JACK STRA L EY BATTELL Note lhlll YOll need 110 longer 'II'IHI in score6 or Postal Cheu Editor ~ames in Wlllc!! your op]!onent hilS withdrawn (lin· Icss you wls!! nil adjudication fo r rating.) You Clln TO U1 0 Incut regre t or CHESS HEVIEW, Jilek makc your rill! I'epo]·t on n penlly postcard. Collins hns UJlnou nce li thal he is unable to continue It is Impossible 10 forlllulate n rille o n w ith· li S Posta1 I ~{l!tor . i knoll' we sin.!! all miss him. (l nd, drnwa[s thllt will not work injustice in some In· m taki ng his place, I onir hope to con t inue Jack 's Slances. T h(' ]wesent rule. howe\'el', lIeems to do the line work. most possible for the players wit h unHnlshed games M ean whil~. the change-o ve r has callsed some con­ who co nt inue In t he section. A wilhdraw n pla yer fusion, lhe number of 1)01'11:11 chc/is players has generally ImlS no mo re interest In the score. T he grown, aud severlll l )ro bl em~ ha\'c arisen, So, If continuing player gains his pOin t , loses nothing. some of YOUI' COl'I' eSpOlHiencf' hl\~ not been an ~ wel'ed [I' he reE'ls he hall an carned point. 01" half·polllt, fiB IlI 'Onll!tly as YOU might hll\' e liked, bear with \1~ in hand 1111lt would better his I'at.ing, he can ap]1eal a little. The game scor es. t he I'Iltings. the llrizil for adjudication. a wards and the ent ries fo)" new sections han;) been Speaking of ha lf·points, a drnw Is virtually the caug ht 1111. l\InllY individua l inQuiries have b(;c n an­ only adjudi cation possible all er an early withdrawlil: swered. The rest soon will be. but otten t he hatf·])oint does )l01 do justice to the O ne great source of confUsion and lIeh. y has player Interested in winning 11 I)rlze in his sectio)) . become 11l111arent in the Ilroblem o f handling with, T rue, the gllme Is no mOl'e than even at the time drawal~" The cuul"leous 1,0Kta[ players IHl\'e shoW Jl the OPI)onenl withdraws . Yet the player can well decency anll sport;;man ll [1ill by fcel tha t he has been depril'ed of fI fair chance lit drawal!l to their o]l]lon en t ~ and to a full poi nt. In fl. . Victory sectiOn, the half·point m ay [luI, in the UTlU Hllfll turmoil Of tll e~e days, thore ",;;" ,; ; be in fact n I) enalty upon a ll the rClllaining pla}'ers, becn m HTl y withdrawal~: ILl I\I unrortunately not li ll As (hcir Hllal SCOI' !) weighs all 1)Oln ts, preiimlnllry, have been co nsiderat.e, semi-final and fi nal. the half' llOlnt forced upon t hem W e hflve weighed many factor;; involved In thlll by such 'In adjudicated wit hdl'llwlll becomes u com· proble m, 'Ve ha\'e conllh.lcred fill alnlOst o"el·whelm· IJarative lIubillty besitle the possible [ull score or jng volum e of a ppeal from [lOli tal players. And, m uch 1\ player rl'OIll II secllon unaffect ed by w itillimwals, as we dlll like changing r u l e~. we h:l\'e deeldell to So wc feel this change is JUij lJ fled and el'en com· make a flnnl cha nge In thfl rules governing wit h. pulso ry. We prefer to be a s Ju~ t a~ ]!ossible rather drawal ~. Ihan hidebound and die·hard. Untler the present Herea ft.er, I{ule H is amcn(l(HI to r eflo: ru le, no point that has been fairly earned and no " If II [! layer with,ll';\wS J'l'Om a ny section, ('aeh of fair chflilce (It carning a point cn !1 be taken from his untini,ht'd g,l lll(:S i!\ scol'cd as l\ win for his you because of a nyone withdrawing. OPI)OnellL. The scores of f1nilliled ga mes are not affccted. CA NAD IAN ENTR IES "When nn un fi nhlhed gnme is scored af< a win, O\\'ing to d ifllculties wit h wa l" cellsors hil), we CH ESS I U ~ V I "-: W makes no adjustment o f the lI]a y· have had to l'esil'lct postal chesl! entries from Csn· erll' ra t ings unless rCQu est ed to do so by t he op· adian IIlayel'H. Now we find th1lt we can accept ponent or the withdl"awn JI[a~·e r. Such ;l requellt ent l'ies from Canada. but from cl~'nlans only. 'Ve mu st be accompanied by tlUl score of the ~ame In. ourselves would welcome the CHlllldhltl al'me(1 fO l' ce s vOlved !llId must bc submitted within 30 days n i"t e r int o our c hess rnnks- and cO I1 Hi tl er we were gaining (he all ll Oli ll cemeut of withdrawal is published in a potent chellslc all}' thereby, [Jut lhe censors say 110. CH ESS In;VmW, C on~it1el'Ution will be give n only :\loreover, C;,nndian cll'i1ians mllst be entered into 10 gnn lt~1I iu which 20 0 1' Tll Ol"e moves llave been nll·ci"mar. sections, W e ll. that CRn be arranged! complete d." '''Imt do you sny, Canadn? INTRODUCING ... . Dl'. Simon Eh r lich of Ma ssachuse tts

Dr. Ehrlich first cnJoyed CIHlRR III lhe cl\res of New York'l! 1 ~ l\at Side III the days whcn Dr. Emunuel I.flskcr Sh01Hl there, H e ]llayed fo " the BO ~LO n Eng[ish HIgh "by instinct" rat her than k nowledge, a ~ he learned in the Chess Cl ub o[ the Yi'.I C U from A rthUr Sand· berg, the Sl,ecta cular 1)layer who becamc New England Cham pion allll latel'- was it by ches~ ? -D r. EIlI'\ich's b l'other,ln,la w. In the :lla1t!lllall CheRs Club. he C1u ne to k now U, S. Champion Samuel l!eRhevRk)', "its guiding ij!) lrit," and lea nlE'd ChCHS Is not jll st !I. hobby, hut n science. Tu Irarn chess, Dr. Ehrlich ~a ys. t.he twu mo~1. I'a luable aitl!! arc (I ) n .1;00(1 ches!! library, (2) C I·m ss HEVmW. "Most c hess ]1111y ors who tnke their c hess serlousl}' can become bored untl t his magazlno keeps one's Intere st a ll"e." (Not nll a dv\.- bll t thank you. Dr, 1~llI'll ch) H e admire ll i{ euben Pine's books, t hink!! the lucid ex· 1,lanatlonl! make chess a pleasure fOl' the l'Ie r ioul'l student and ellmlnllle houl's o[ boredom in learning chess correct ly. For post al i']

O CT O IH R , 1943 309 Postal Gumes of Ihe 1\10 1lih NIMZO·INoIAN DEFENCE Dr. M. D. Hassial is, D,. B. Paut On this IHlge wt' present tWO postal chess lI:ames of tht! munt h, bo th of w hich had been selected and W hite Dlllck arlllotllted by ,lack Collins, 1 prefer, thcr tl fore, to let 1 P.Q4 Kt·KB3 3 Kt.QB3 B_Kt5 Jack's notes spCak for them sC ll'es, 1 think, hOll'c vel', 2 P.QB4 P. K3 4 Q_82 Kt.B3 a word on the backgrouud of the two ",ltHICI'S will 'rhe Zurich VllriUtiOll, one or the best , If not the be or Interest. Bot h Or. M, I). Hal!sialls a llli I n 'i ng best , defenses for Black. It I)rellares P·Q3, P · K~ , iU\'lse are noted eXI)er ts at " I'lll)i of lightning chess KtxK I>; 12 KtxKt , J> xKt ; 13 D·Q3, B-Q2 ; H 0-0, IIhow Ihelllseh 'es equally eXtler l at the II towel' but QR·QJ; J5 B -B Z, anti W hite has Ihe beller o f It. more exhaustive Jl o ~ta l chess. 6 . , • • 0 .0 9 P. K3 P-K4; 1 P_QR 3 BICKt 10 P_Q5 Kt-Kt1 TOUl'lHunc nt Notes 8 8xB Q. K2 11 Kt_Q2 ... , 11 B·Q3 i s st ronge l', III ou r Victory tournament, l'elluits are coming In Kt_K83 nicely. The following st'\'en Ill ayerll hll\'e entered n 11 . . . • Kt.Kl 14 B.K2 P_KB4 QKt.Q2 new lI el1lHinal ~ ec lion : St an ley Wysowllki, Carl Czer· 12 8_Q3 15 8 ·04 l1Iak , Meyer SIHljliro, ./eremy A , Coultel'. Oscar H , 13 P.KR4 P. K5 16 P_B4 P.8 3? Kel~el', Dl', I( C, Slater, C. 10'. Devllu, Also two Most of Bluck's luter difficu l ty can be tr!Lced' to o t her~ have qUIIlifl{'d and wlil/:o int o the lIext se ction this move, P-QR4, 1'·QKt3, and Kt·D·\ Is nlore 10glcII1. as 110011 as we ha ve a com plete seven: J. Sta fford 17 P-R5 P. KR3 26 K·82 P-Q4 and MI'8, \V. H. I·'{'n ley. Congr atulat ions to all! and 18 PICP PICP 21 KtxB QxKt doubh' so to St an ley W ysowskl who has now qualilletl 19 P.QKt4 P.84 28 KR.Q1 K.R2 for two s em i · fiI HII ~! 20 8 .Q83 B. Kt2 29 PICQP P.8 S I(cs])onsc Is Al'owing LO both or ./Hck Collins' 21 Kt·Kt3 QR.Bl 30 Q.83 KtlCP sUKg es tlo!ll;, Stl veral players f'xjll'ellll a willingn !:!IIS 22 Q_Kt2 Kt.Kt3 31 Q_Q4 Kt·Kt3 to enter a t u\U'nU lllent for high rankin,.; players IIn ll 23 Kt_A5 Kt_R5 32 QR.B1 R (3) _83 even more you nger Illayers l1 k e I he Idea of our n m· 24 8ICKt RICB 33 Q·K 5 Q.KB2 nlng lIec tions for junior players, 1<"01' the t i me be· 2S Q·Kt3 Kt,.Kt3 34 P_Kt4! .. , . ing. there are nut enough definite requellts fOI' us A blockllde bust er, to fonll sectloni!, L et's hell I' from you, poslnl play· ers, If enough \\' 11 1 assure us CllLriell , we shall rorm 34 ... , R.B1 36 PxP Kt.Q2 sec tions lind gct u udel' way. 35 R-Q4 Q. Kt2 31 Q_K7 Ruigns T he experts' tournament w 1l1 be limited to com· A s 31 .. ' R·QU2 ; 38 RxKt , w i ns a piece fOr W hit e, pet lt ors with a I'ullng o f 11$0 and UII, pl us a fe w of lower rating ~ who expe ct to gllin in exper ience, The ent.ry fe e will be $5 ,00, the prizes. $ 15,00 for fit'sl. $10.00 for second IIlld $5,00 for third, Be ,",ure to llibel your application liS fOl' en try into the EXller ts' RU Y LOPEZ TOll rnament. Irving Rivise Okar B lrstein For the j llnlorll, we propose sections to be run Wh!te Black umler t he regula!' r ules for Clas ~ Sec t lonll, but with 1 P_K4 P. K4 6 P_83 Kt_Bl entrlcs limited 10 Illayel'l\ or I~ yc al's 01' youngel', Competilors will ]Ilease apply by send In/: the u!!ulll 2 Kt_K B3 Kt.QB3 7 0 .0 8.K2 3 B_Kt5 P.QR3 Kt_QR4 ajlpi!callon coullon for Chl s~ Sections. bUl be sure 8 Q·K2 9 8 _8 2 p ... to Ollll'k the COlll101l clea\'l)' " For Junior Sec tion" 4 B.A4 P·QKt4 and w rite i n bOlh )'OU r a,.;e II l1 d date or bi rt h , S B-Kt3 P·Q3 10 p .Q4 KPICP The correct move iM 10 .. . Q·BZ, 11 PICP P.Q4 13 Kt_Kt5 B,P CHESS REVn;w regl'eta the passing of two ac· 12 PxBP PICP 14 KtxKP KtlCKI tive lind honored postal chess pla yers, M. GolilsllIan PI'!Lctlcal1y forced, but Black now l oses a piece. o f Buffalo. "'ell' York. and A l dn E . Boggls Of Con· l'egalns It, and winds U I) w i t h a lost position, corti. K ew H lI llI!J;;. hl re. Bot h were well lik ed. all is 1S QICKteh B. K3 17 PxKt B.B3 clearly el'ineed by the llIe ss aAe ~ o f regret that their 16 P_QKt4 B. K2 18 B_R3! R·R2 ch cs ~ opponenls hlll'e sent \I~ , AlVi n died In his 17th yellr, shortly aft er euterlng Not 18 . . . Bxil? 19 Q·B6ch, B-Q2; 20 H·Klch l he IIl'Ined for'cell of our eoulIU'Y 11 >'1 lin ap])rentice and WillS, sellmlill. M rll. Wlilrel' H, "'enley. one or hi!! recent 19 Kt.B3 R_B2 25 Q.B6 P_Kt3 p08ta i opponents. tells us he IC:lI'ned to I ll a ~' chess 20 QR.Q1 Q.Bl 26 Q.Kt6 K.Kt2 lit :1 boy scou t camp Wh en he wa s ni lle )' e al' ~ Old , 21 KtxP PxKt 21 Q.Q4eh P.B3 I - II ~ enthllsiasm for the J;llme was lIuch that he cut 22 B_Q3 B.K2 28 KR·K1 K.B2 his own che s ~tll e n from clll'dboard till he had ac· 23 8xPeh K. B1 29 AxB R>R qu ll'ell h is fi rst sel. He hlHI engaged actively In 24 8x8eh R,B correspondence pillY, buH t a cOllsiuel'able che!lS li· T he convinci ng reply to 29 , , , KxR ? Is 30 Q·Q5 b rary and. by the time he Willi about 10 be g r'adulIted mate, frOm the Concord High School, hlld 1)l aced no lowel' 30 8.B4 P.B4 32 R_Kl than ~ec ond in the N ell' 11 1l!\\ jJ sh lre State ch ess 31 P.R6 R.I(1 , , Chil til ]lion sh I II, 33 8xQ . . \ Vh lte's p ieces lu'e KO well placed he can con cl ude as he w ishes. o r cou rse 33 Hxlt also w ins quickly, When you're _ Rook ahead, the thing to do is t o 33 ... , RxReh 38 Q. R6 R·R8 ATTACK and get the' game over w ith as quickly as 34 B.81 R.B8 39 K·Kt2 Rxa pOlSlbJe. Right now we're at least a Roo k up on 3S Q.Q5eh K .Bl 40 QxR RxP Hitt er~.o BACK THE ATTACK - 8UY MORE 36 P_Kt3 R (1).K8 41 Q.B4 R_R1 WAR 80NoS ! 37 Q-Kt5 R. Kt8 42 Q.Q4 RUign.

310 C U ESS RI\VI E W Scnd Gmllc RCP01'ts on Postcanls We can all savc tlme and ti"ollble , Ir postal play­ ers will report their games by l)Qstcanl. Do NOT send the game ~cure Ivh e n reporting wIns or draws, Play Chess If you wish to have )'our game considered fOl' pub­ licat ion under POlsta l Games or the Month or under' Headers' Ga mes. t hen send Ihe fu ll I;: Rme s core. and by mark it c learly. "Submitted fO!' publlcntion," Othel·· Mail.! wise send a card on ly. Rnd wrlle o n It: section number, na mes of ]) I ayer~. t he resu lt Rn ll Ihe d ate One of the beet wilys to Improve your chen the l':ame wall fl nished, skill-and to hilve a . well Ume doing It_II to plilY c hell by malt. If you have not yet taken part in CHESS REVIEW"I POlbl Tourn_ aments you ilre milling iI lot of fun. There Prize Winners This Month ilre hundredl of CHESS REVIEW POltal Plan'" I'rl ...., 'Playe rs ilnxiou. to meet you by malt, willing W , 0, 1"" I('rl< ...... ,. 2<1 J. K Wolf ...... ,. ~

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In this depnl'lInent we pu blish games by readers with annotations by Chessmaster I. A. H Ol'owit7.. A ny I

The game odo\\' was played III 12 . . , . KtxP (3) 20 Q. R3 · . . . lhe TranS-C anada COITcspondence The "book" move and generally T hr'ealening 21 Q·K6ch! 'Tournament. Il illustrates the er· t hc be!;t one ! Yet , to blillllly rely fective results of keen l)creellUOo 20 , . . . Kt_K2 aud follow Hnes of Illay in " Iodern 21 R-Q3 plus tcchnl(luc. Chesli Ollenlngs j ust bec.1u~e t hey · ' . . IA'ading to n series o f extraordln. RU Y LOPEZ are pre-digellted, i~ no way to create beauty and contributc to ary problem·like moves .. F. Verh off D. M. L eDaln IhCO!'y, It would be interestlng to 21 . . , . K_R1 Hegln:t Montreal flce the experiment 12 , . . K txP(7); 22 8·B2 · . , . Susk. Canada P. Q. Canada 1:~ Hxlbattery, which True, White maintains material White Ola ck will u nmask with del"lstating ef­ P _K4 III us- a 131 5hol) nnd K night fOr II fect. 1 P. K4 Hook lind B ut Kt.QB3 Pawn. m ack Is fa r 2 Kt_K83 ahead in del'clopment , and his 22 . . . . P _Q5 P.QA3 3 B. Kt5 chances succeSS ful Kt.8 3 of a attack are T he oil ly c h:mce. T her'e is little 4 B_R4 by no Illellnl! ol'er'. This line looks Kt)(P to be done, 5 0 -0 no wor~ e UHttl the position to which 23 R·B3 One of the oltiest netive defenses Black I~ reduced a fter the text · . , . to the lluy 1.011C Z. It has recently m Ol'e, Helldy - aim- e~p;)ricnccd a J'cvi n ll. mainly (I ne In ih altltl'c8sil'c Illlture. DJa ck ob­ 13 Kt_Kt5 B_B2 23 . . . . Q-Q7 lain II free. ollen game at the ex­ J3 .. n ·1J1 or ] 3 .. , D-l\t5 pense of SOIllC security o f l)Osition. would be mct by 14 QKt·K4 with 6 P _Q4 P _QKt4 te lling- effcct: ].I ... K txK t; 15 QXK l ! wlllll. 7 B. Kt3 P.Q4 8 P x P B. K3 14 KtxB RxKt 9 P. B3 , .. , !\OW, the \ellst that can be said With the Immediate object of in W hite's fnvol' Is thllt he has treating fL retreat fOr his Dlshop In gaiued a lJishop for II K night, Ille event of . , . KI·D,I, aud holding which ma~t e rs consider II minute ~rth Ilromlse for the future when adnllltage, Kt·Q4 mllY be feasible, 15 Kt_B3 Q.Q3 9 , , . . B.QB4 16 B.Kt5 . . . . The most enter prising post for Sheer audaeity the recom- Ibe Dlshop; but it is qucstionable, mended move Is 16 K t·Kt5, when b view of Dlack's weakness of his 16 . . . Jl·Q2 suppo sedly equal17,es. Q~, whelhel' 10 cxpand or consoli· The text move , w hich bring-a a late with thc mOl'C usual ... B·1\2. lIew piece Into the fray, ill at lellst ::8 {:'ood as any, 10 Q.Q3 0 ·0 \"jre! 11 QKt_Q2 P _B4 16 . . , . . R_Q2 24 BxP To avoid exch:l1lges (exce ptll'hen "'h)'? ncc!lu~e i t III t he corrcct ItCumulatlng worthwhile ad\'an­ move after the "book" mOl'e of 16 If 24 ... KxB; 25 UxP (among lagu) Is a good principle 10 follow Kt·Kt5. But doesn't it make II ny othen, ) and t hero ill no defense difference t o the defender that .-hea on the offensh·c. To 111ay 25 Kl.B5 • • !I . , , KlxKt would aid \Vhite's White has varied? Or hadn't he :\fot n ·Kt3, Qxl'ch Ian or simpli fy ing ridding noticed? !\ow his Klng·side Pawn 25 and W hile without Is mated ! Black of tho ~tr\lcll1 r al w co knclIR stl'llcture Is tlemol!shed, of hi~ Quol'tl-llldl', 17 8)(Kt P,B 25 " .. Kt.83 18 QR.Q l 26 Kt· K7 ! . , 12 P x P ep . . . , QR·Q1 · . 19 Kt_R4 , . . . Cle a ring the llIshop diagonal, and Were It at all illausible. \Vhite shuU i ng off adverse i nterference. .-0\1](1 haw-' Ilreferrcd to maintain The flrst stel) i n the exploitation )15 protccu'!d Ila ssed Pawn a t 1,5. of Black's IUISOUllil Pawn formation, 26 , . . . RxKt But In that ca~e the posi tion would The Knight is headed for B5, from 27 B· B5ch K_Kt2 llecome fb:f'd, instead o f e la st ic, when' it wil! be d i mcult to dis· lodge. 27 . , . K ·Ktl Is no better: 28 and no Ilroml~ing- continuation s\lg­ H-K t3ch, R·Kt2; 29 Q·Hich m ates estg itscH, 19 , , . , Q.B5 shorUy. CTOB Il R, 1943 31 , 28 Q.R7ch . . . , Bot b sid(lS now enjoy It good· 28 R·Kt3ch is effective : it would measure or freedom [ 0 1' their fo rces. appear that White is attenl()ling "to While White Is saddled with 1111 paint the HlY." isolated Q P. he conO'ols InlllOrlanl 28 , , . . 1(· 6 1 cenu'a! s qullres (K5 and D5). and still t'elalns the initia tive o r the 29 Q. R8eh K· 8 2 move. 30 B. Kt6eh K.K 3 Kt.QB3 l~ O l"cQ(!, Otherwise Q 01' RxPch 5 . , . . ma tes rapidly. 6 Kt· K B3 B.Kt6 31 Ql(Pch K.Q4 1 7 B. K2 • • • Again forced. 31 .. . K·Q2: 32 ' Trap. If 7 . Dxl{ t: ~ lJx U. D·D5ch, KK1; 33 Q·RSch, etc. QxQP ; 9 BxKtch, and Dtack'lI 32 e.B7ch Ax8 Qucen goes by the wayside. 33 QxR,(7)eh 1(· 1( 5 7 , . . . 0 .0 .0 34 Q.8 5c h I(·Q5 8 Kt· B3 Q· I(R4 35 R· B4eh Resigns If 8 ., D·Kt5 ; ~ 0·0 and Black will be com pelled Lo 1110VC hi s 13 RxKt! , . . , Queen, or play . . B xQKt, CO n · sOii (lating tile P a wns (and vartlng The point or t he previou6 m Ove. with a B fo r, ~ K ll. F or \( 13 . , . P xR; H KtxPch, The merit of an occasional ga m· K-Kt2 (14 ... K·Q2; 15 K l-J< Sch bit i n ove l··the-board 111!\y cannot be 9 8 · K3 B·Q3 wins); Hi Q·R4 and Black Is In 1\ Questio ned. The ele me nt of lIu l'prlse, 9 .. . Kt·B3 shOUld bo played tight spot, H oweYel', he m ight the clock ruthlessly reglsterlng firllt. For ono thinv;, llIack s hould s quirm out with 15 .. . K t·Q2. timO In a critical I)osition. the prefer to entice W hit e into 0 ·0 . bnt 13 . . . . KtxB "devil·may·care" attitude of the dangllng a. bludf;\lon before him Is pln)' er -' the se make the vent\lre But after this t her e is little room no way to (l,(:(:o m pli sh t his, Again, eveD for !!'qull'm lng. w onhwhtle, But to playa gambit. t.he Bishop at Q3 is vul! le l'able to in postal chess, a s in the foll owing a ttack afWr duc prepar ation (as in 14 PxKt P.R game, Is anoUlI)" ~tory, the text). Kow, or courSe ([ 10 0·0, 15 KtxPc h K.Kt2 DA NISH GAMBIT B xKt ; 11 lJ~ fI , QxP mate. Again, 15 . . K-Q2; .16 Kt-K 5c h wins. J . H. I( eys A. Yavorsky 10 P.QR3 Kt·B3 16 Q. R4 BxKt W hite Bluck 11 R.QBl KR_K1 12 I(t·Ql(t5!? . ' .. Tillwe Is lillie to do again"t t he 1 P· K4 P· K4 This Innocent looking move I threat or [7 . , . Q·R6ch followecl 2 P·Q4 PxP ~ by . .. KtxP mate . S P.QB3 P·Q4 loatlctl with tlyn am ite. 17 Q.R6c h K·Kt1 NiJ)ping th e true " DlIlllsh" In the 12 , . , , Kt.Q4 10 BKB Rx Pe h bud, Arter 3 , .. Pxf': 4 D·QB4, maCk Is ohlivlous or what is In 19 K.Q l P xP: 5 BxP the possibllitles are so store, a nd (0 boo l miSlles a forcefu l va.st th1'1t no positive a ppral8ll1 ma.y - and Bluck resigned "hortly continuation: 12 .. . UxJ{t : 13 t herea fter. be offered. Vetenul (lrandnllister K t"Uch (otherwise White must su f· F .'ank .1. Marshall experienced reI' a crum bliog Pawn s tructure groat success with th i ~ varia tion wit h 13 Px lJ as Dlack 's Queen 18 ill Delow Is I ~ rough and tumble set· Oil tl"lUlscont lnenta[ exhibition tours, line with White's Knight), ItxJ{l; t o submitted by the presl!lenl 011 coverfng a score 01' YOUl's. I .. flxB, Q·R'lell, alH] tll e sting Is t he Boyl~ton Che~s Club of Massl\· 4 KPxP ~ QxP out or 'Nlli le's countel'·ntt!H:k, Hud ch\l s ~ e tl s . " T he game int €l'e~ted 5 PxP , , , , h is QP is " ln rgel. m e ," he wl'lte~, " as White playe ~ Keres' move a n(1 Black cou nte!'e ~ wi t h Marshall's," In effect , U]) to a point the gl'and mastel's were II laying by proxy. CHESS WALLETS F ALKBE ER CO UN TER GA MBIT Designed t o easily fit tile E is ack Gates poc ket, these pocket chen White Black seb measure 3%" x 6Y2" 1 P. K4 P·K4 2 P.KB4 P.Q4 w hen closed-7Y2" x 6Y2" 3 PxQP P_K5 whe n open. The playing 4 P.Q3 Kt· KB3 board is 5!4" x 5!4" . Eac h ~ Kt.Q2 . . . , squa re_ s loHe d t o hold flat This ii, the m Oy e suggested b) ce llu loid chess piece. Slots Keres to !lMtllln the White game. which for II. time had been dflscend· at s ide for captu red pieces, Ing to practical desuetude. The Idea Is to relinquish Lh\ Pawn plu ~ !\nd play for a rapid de No, 236--Standard leathe r wallet, a s ill ustrated above, velopment. complete w it h m e n ______~ ______• $2. 00 5 . . . . P.P No. 237-De L uxe leather - wallet, w it h padded cover and 6 BxP KhP clasp to keep closed, compl ete w ith m en ______$3,00 7 Q. B3 . . . , [lu t t h is III an attempt to im\JrOY l No. 23S-CLOT H_COV E RE D wallet, com plete w it h m en __ $1.10 on Keres. HIli suggestion is 7 Xl· K4. art el' whloh Marshall h n. s dem O rder from CHESS REVIEW, 250 W. 57th, New York 19, N. y, onstraWd that . .. K t·Kt5 givel Blaek lit leust equality, A l'€ ~ Ulll e o j' lhe pos ition ilt thh

31 () CHliSS R EVIE\l early stage (!i SC IOIlPII 11 lead in de· "' H p l' e is a culie,"' writes C, F, than ade quate cOlllpensation fo r the velo pme nt fOI' W hite , which is WrIght , "phlyed by correspondence Pawns mInus (b) 5 K· Bl , followed counter· balance d by a weakness with Ill y IHlJlpy·in·la w. T he play Is by a normal de velo pment , w hich caused by the lH.l vallce of his KBP. hardly what you would ca ll sou nd, mUIll l'e COl'er the Pa w n wI th t he :>1 ote t hnt a lliack llis ho]) ])l acetl Oil but what do yon e xpect In a 12· belLer 1': a llle. or inl'oll'e the defend· QB·I com ma nds a most inljlort a nt mOl'e mate?" er in a me!;!; of e nta ngle ments. diagonal. O ddly e nough. W hile's W rlSht'1I IIIH'lShlly m ite Ii! fil II o f 5 . . . . QxKtch pos ition "' ould materlally improve object leJlSOIIS, no t t he least o f 6 K· B1 Kt. KB3 were hIll Pawn returned t o its o r ig· w hich il! that this is 11 0 way to 7 P.Q3 ... , treat Ollll'!! p;ql]ly·i n·law. in lll '1( 13 2. Dl fThlcnt. W hite s hould defend 7 , , ' , Kt.QB3 KING'S GAM BIT t he KP a nd develop a t t he Slime Kt. K2 B.QB4 8 F , F , M , c. F. Wright time with 7 K t ·B3, His QP WOuld Now 8 • • . Kt(4) ·1(15 is met by btl be tl e r posted at Q.J, w here It 9 D·K4 which just about maintains White 13 lack would command great er t el'l'lI ln. the POSltiOI1 . , P· K4 P.K4 7 , , . , Kt. Kt5 p,p 9 Kt·K4 B. Kt3 2 P· KB4 8 Q.K2 KbPc h 3 Kt. KB3 B· K2 10 B·B4 · ' , , 9 K· Ktl P. B6 W hite Is eX]l()rien e in ~ dill1cul ty A move frequently tried m a ny 10 PxP ?? , . ' , in bring ing Oll t the bl11ance of his yea rs ll gO befol'e Ihe spirit of tlte :-'I oll t llkely conce nt rating 01\ the forces, Dl ack t h reate ned " K t ( 4)· defe!l llc wns truly unde rstOOd. Dla ck 1\ t\I,.;h t , w hich is in hoc k, W hIte Ktii a nd t he Cll pture the K B, ba llks o n the check al H5 to com· fo rge ts that there is more to chesl! lI' hlch would Ba d (lie t he I Ilel th~ O]III06Ing Ki ng to mo\'e t ha n meelS the naked eye. wit h a n isolated Pawn, I and forfplt t he pril'ilege o r cast· 10 . ' , . Q. Kt6eh an easy !H'CY to attack, 10 ling , T his IIlen o rten is me r Itor ious followed by ,I I n ·Q 2, and close, posil io na l battlt'_ n IH Alwnys c heck , it ma y be m ute. "tould have been a no room fOl' it in the King's 10 Q. Kt2 KtxPch plan to fo llow, ]\l ol'eove l' , I whcl'e White's ra pid (level· Always Check, it may be llIllle , could h al'e been used a s a "!' ,: : ~ I 1 nlmed at t he opposIng mono 11 K. BI Q. K8eh hea\! to invade the opposin g I'i " ml1~t be Htym ied before it gets 10 , . , , B.K3 out ot' hunll. It is mate ! I( t1lP ,' S lin good enough i8 3 , , , K t·K B:.I Th r eat e n t l\ ~ 11 0 1' 3 . , . I'.Q I, 1l1l Kt. 13xU, 11 P· B5 4 B. B4 B· R5c h li 12 Q. KKt3 · . .],;",,:I.ll Ck II! coni'-Isten t , if not hi ng Throwing euullo]) 10 l he " 1 . , . l-"Q ~, even at t he e x· 111 12 Q·QKt3 was the only pense o r il Pa w n is still to b(> If t hen 12 , . , KlxB ; 13 P xB, l'ecOnl me nded. White m l,l!;ht hOlti out for I 5 Kt xB ? . . . , time, And HOW \Vhitc fa lte rs, Thel'e 12 , , . , Kt.QKt5 WHS no I'en~ o n to exchange il Ilel" Th I'ea ten i n g 13 . , , K t.xPch, (0)· ffOCt ly del'eloJ! ed Kni ght for a niah· lowed I/y 1,1 , , Q·Q8 a lld nla le. OJ! out 011 n limb, requIring l h o 13 B. Kt5 KtxPch jJl 'nLectioli of no less a pie ec tlwll t he Queen, White m ight hlw e pur· 14 K· Bl , ' . . Bued el1he r Or two COU \'f\C S : (il) 5 ' P· K K t3, rollo we lJ by 6 0 ·0 , whe n hI s ~ u] )erior del'elO]lment is m OI'e

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