• 1 e \ \ ... Iumc ' Thursday, Num~r I OfficiCll Publication of The tlnltecl States Cbess'federation September 5, 1946 /STEINER WINS PITTSBURGH .OPEN larry Friedman Wins Title In 1ST USCF CHESS SEIDMAN RAN PROBLEM TOURNEY A CLOSE SECOND First USCF Junior Tournament HAS 226 ENTRIES VETERAN KUP:CHIK WAS THIRD
.lllrlgell Knnnnth R HnWA.rrl n.n d Ohio Shows the Way witll. Four Players Geotrl'ey Mott·Sml th cannot com· plain of Il dearth of chess problems Ulvestad Sensation of Preliminary Rounds Qualifying for Championship Final. Cor many days to come. In select· Ing tbe winnIng problem composl· Fails to Maintain the Pace in the Finals T hirty-two eager youngsters, ranging from fourteen to nineteen tlons lIubmlUed in the first USCF Chess P roblem Tournament they years in age, gathered in lhe ballroom o[ the Lawson YMCA in Chi must study 226 sep,uate composi H erman S teiner of Los A ngeles addcd thc 1946 Open Tourna cago to inaugurate the first USCF National J unior Chess Champion tions, some from distant countries; ment Championship to a long list or distinguished achievements. He and pick the best won the title impressively with only one loss and five draws for a ship Tournament. T hey represented the strength of junior chess in total score of 13Y2 points out of a possible ] 7 JX'ints. Steiner has fourteen states, and the official contestant from each state came as There were 134 entries re<:elved III the 'rwo-Move Toul'ney; and 92 held the title once before (in 1942) when he shared fi rst place with the guest of the 11liuois State Chess Association. From July 1st to wmPOsiUons in thc Three-Move A. Yanofsky at the Dallas Open To~u~'~n~a~m~e~n~t.,---______J uly 6th the battle raged, and not until the last chess piece was re '['oul·ney. The names or the wIn· Second place went to Herbert one of the strongest fields ever as moved from the board were the respective final positions of aU of the nlng composers wlll be annonnced Seidman, co-champion of the Mar· In ekeu Life as Boon us the judges sembled tor an Open Tournament. players decided, so close wa.s the struggle a.nd so evenly matched the shall Chess Club, who totaled 121h have rendered their (lecision. points. His encounter with Stetner Tilere wero fiftY'elght entl'ants In the preliminaries from 13 states players. wall II hard and long·fought draw or and two foreign countries. BOllt known nmong tho contowt. 117 moves. Third vlace was held ants was Hans Derlln er ot the by veteran Abraham Kupchlk with Due to the number the prellmln· Washiugton Chess Divan (Cham· 12 points. Kupchlk played sound arlcs were conducted as an eight 1)1011 of thp. FArlf'Tn.l (!hp.!I~ Cluh) to and solid chess, 10B in&: only two round Swiss Systcm with the ties whom lOUI'Jl!1I110ntij weru 110 novel glllJiOS,oto Sleiller and Ulveslad. 1ll'oKeil by tile Sonne·hom.nergor ty; but he had many rivals with "wolghtlng" method. Then the nn· Fourth and flUh place were formidable records. Amoug them als were divided Into Six separate s hared by the IS'year-old Dennld - ,\'7>'" l;"'T~ F',i.,(]u,,,,n (19~!i 'Junior round·rpbln tournaments, according By'rne tne irlanhatta.u Cl ,e ~ " Club Champion of Cleveland); Harold ot to the Sonneborn·llergt,r scores oC · and Olaf Ulvestad or Seattle, Wash. Miller (1946 Cleveland JunIor the entrants In the preliminaries. ingten. Byrne played with the ma· Champion) and his twin brother. turity an older pl a.yer might envy, An indication of the strength or George 1.Uller, (1946 Cleveland City and U1vestad lived up to his repu· lhe entire field is best illustrated Champion); Philip LcCorllU (De tation as an analyst IlDd advocate of by the known players who failed troit J unior Champion); Paul Pos original play. During the prellmln· to qualify for the fi nal champion· chel (lIUnols State Junior Cham a ries it seemed likely tha.t Ulvestad ship division. Among them was An. pion a nd Ch(lIl1plon or '-h e Ansltn would s weep the meet as he scored tbony E. Santasiere (defending Chess Clu b of Chicago); L.tm·y Ev 6% points out of a possible 8 points, Open Champion), George Koltan· ans (Junior Champion or the M ill" including bis victories over Stetner, owski (world· fa mous blindfolded ex· shall Chess Club of New York): Ju· Robert Byrne and Seidman. But In pert), 'Veaver W. Adams (New Han LQavltt (top man of the H ar. the early rounds in thJl IInals he F. ngland Champion), George Kram· vard University Chess Team and er (New York State Champion), met Steiner again, built up an over . winner of the brilliancy prIze III whelming advantage, sacrificed his Miguel Aleman (Cuban ChampIon) . the Daniel Levlnne Memorial TOIII·n· [t was decided by the tourna· ament in New York); l!Jugene Le· Photo by V. E. Vnudcnburg llIent committee to carry over the vin (victor in the ScllOla~t!c Tour pOin t scores comptied in the pre ney In ' the 1945 Pall·Amerlcan H~rry F.. j"", (I~ft) .nul hi, first .It_ /ul "I Ih~ h.".I, 0/ IIer", .. " SI~i,, ~ , liminary rounds as. a part or the Tournament In Hollywood); and (right). Tin Pitlsburtb Op." T(>","~mmt. tlnal score-for which a precedent Donald Kilgore. whose tO UI'I\o,lIIelit had been establlshe{i by the 1914 St. experience dated back to the 1912 Petel'suurg Tournament. This gave Opell Tournamont III Dallas III 1.""y I'ri • .I",an Or/I) of CI",d a".I /IICN Paul Pmehd (right) 0/ Cbic~go ill the which he played' at the ag-c o! tour- all added importance to each gamO IHII;o , Cb ... Ch~ ",piomhip. /" lb. b.ck_ iu the prolhninary rounds and made teen. g,o"",I, I«/t to ,ighl, ar. William Gross the competition tight throughout But the compeUUon wall 50 keen "'"'' (5<1 .. Di'lto) , L4 rry Ell"". (N<'", the whole tournament. Bight play. that not all ot these players quali. Yo,k), R oma"a b,ulb,rs (M,,ch,,,,,,,kj, ers withdrew after the preliminar Na",,,,, Sit''''', 0'" 0/ Ih. Mill •• lwi", fied for the Champlollllhill 1~llIaI9; ies were completed, and the flnals (CI, ..d""d), .",J Job" a.' TO" (SI. Lo"i, ). some wel'e forced to YlOld place I'ltolO: Courtesy ell.... Revin... began with an even fifty contest· to lesser known contestantS in olle ants. of the liveliest preliminary b !~l U ell In tournament re<:oru • . Even more tban at Peoria In 1945, PAN-AMERICAN this Open Tournament was re Round by round the nnal contest TOURNAMENT AT marka ble in the tact that Youth was In the Championship Division was pitted against established reputa· fought with grimness, and ouly YANKTON, S. D. tions-and did not sulfer In tbe con three and one·halt Ilolnts separated tIIct. Th.ree teen·age players fought the win ner frOIll the holder of slxtb Starting olf with a burst of daz Turn to Page 4, Column 1 place when tho s lII oke of b.1 1l1e tin· zlin g II peed, the newly organizetl ally cleared to em pha s l ~e the tight· South Dakota State Chess Al!3OcI· ness of the struggle. a Uon inaugurates its prcgram with BOTVINNIK LEADS ~ Larry Friedman of Cleveilmd hit a thrce.ring tournament tram Sep· ( a winning stride at once; he drew tember 15th to SeptemilQr 22nd at South Dakotan Chess Championship Queen for a wInning combinatloll GRONINGEN MEET with Philip LeCol'llu, Larry Evans the Hotel Charles Gurney, Yallkton, Tournament, the Woman's Cham· then faltered, and the Ingenious So. Dark. and Carl Driscoll, lost to Paul Dietz pionshlp tor South DakoLa, and a Californian found the way to vic At the end ot nve rounds ot play (Pltts hurgh Scholaatlc Champion), A Pan-American Tournament, en. tournament open to all playe~!I who tory. With this loss Ulvestad's mor. Botvlnnlk leads at the Gronigen but won his othor gallles, In cludiug dorsed by the United States Chess Tournament with five wins and no wl~h to enter. , Those Interested ale seemed to crack and he lost the those against hIS old rivals. the Federation, tOPIi the hill with In· loBlle9. Euwe III second with 4v,. Miller brothers, to place fll'ijt with vlted parUclpants from South and should write to Nancy W. Gurney, zest for victory. v.. Denker holds a tie tor thIrd a clear one·polnt advantage. Secretary, Hotel Charles Gurney, Central America. Those In vited in· The 47th Open Tournament or the with Stoltz at 4·1. Other scores; I-Ian" Derllne r urew wllh !'hllll) clude F. Plana.. (Cuba) , A . Loynaz Yllukton, So. Dak. Sm),slnv ::!¥.,.11A.; Tartakov"r 3 ,'f.,- United States Chess Federation J..eCornu, lost to J,.any Friedman, (Venezuela); M. Citron and M. Co 1%; Flohr 3-2; Kotov 3·2; Najdort l.arry Evans and Richard Kujotb lOll (POI'tO Rico); and Fred Rein· Toul'Ilamenl Director for all' the was held at tile Roosevelt Hotel 3·2; Szabo 2lh·2y,; O'Kelly 2·3; Of Milwaukee, and won Il ls remain· fe ld. O. Ulvestad, Sol Rubinow, Hans events wl1\ be George Koltanowskl, July 8th to 20th, under the ,oint Lundin 2-3; Bernstein 1V.-3%; Bole ing games to Iioid a tie for second Berliner, Averill Powers, and Wil and a visit to the Black Hills with sponsor'ship of the PittsiJurgh Down. slavsky IIf.,.3Y,; Guimard 1%·3% ; place. fn a brl11iant fashion Phillip limn ' Byland from the United a rapid transit tourney and slmnl town Y Club and the Pennsylvania Kotlnauer 1 "A,·3!h; Yanof.sky 1%· LeCornu rallied trom n \lad start States. taueous exhibitions arc a part ' of States Chess Federation. Being the 3y,; ChriStol!el 1·4; Vidmar 1-4; the elaborate progrtl m for enter tlrst Open Tournament since the Steiner %:-4y, . Fourteen rounds of Turn to Page 4, Column 3 in addition there will be tbe tainment. war, it attracted the largest and play rema in. Newsletter Subtitle Newsletter Date
It wIll be 8uccessful because it will be the channel In which wUl How the stream of thoughts, hopes and plans of our Federation, which in t ur n will give renewed chess life wherever It touches. CHESS LIFE wlil likewise take Its place In European ChellS centers, as our Federation is one of the foremost Units ot F, l. D. E. (FederaUo n Internationale des Eschecs), from the President of which CHESS LIFE will soon contain greetings. Offi(lal Publication of meUn itedSt ates Cl)ess'federatlon Maurice S, Kuhn. It Is only proper to begin this Published twice ~ month on the llh "nd 20th CHESS INTER EST REACHES NEW PEAK series of chess biograpbies with tbe By (MonthlIl Letter No. 33) By Elbert A, WlIIgner, J r. name of Maurice S. Kuhns, tor that THE UNITED STATES CHESS F=EDERATION Prelliaent , United Statell Che" Chell Jr'ederation nanle hall been Identified with al NTEREST In chess in tbe United States is at a height never before most every important movement for the organization of chess in Amerl· Applienioo {or eouy u second-du.s maner ;1 ~nding n Post OfIice, Dubuque. Iowa. I attained and Is stili golug up. ThIs growth represents nothing of lIle mushroom variety, or, to cbange the metaphor, Is no sudden boom. It Is ca tOI· many ycars. Mr. I{uhlls was one ot the orgallizers of thl! Nation· EOITOll.1AL 12} Nonh Humphrey Anoue rather the normal consequence ot a uniflcallon of effort, the result of al Cbess ~~e derati on of the Unltetl OPFICE: Oak Park, lIIino;J cooperation on the part of people everyWhere who love chess. States of America, chartered by the This fact remains true llO mallcr Ir·om which £ii/or ."J BUI;ntU At,,".gt. State of Illinois in 192\i, alld was MONTGOMERY MAJOR side a CI·OSS section Is taken. Apllro:rch the c,ues Its only JlI·esident. When the NCF tlon on a geographical basis, and we find bec·hlve united willi lhe American Chess activity ou the Pacific coast as well at; the Atlantic Sublcriplion:-$2.00 Pfr feu; Single copies l OCI nch I<~e der 'atloll to form the Jl resl!ut and innumcrable points between. In this respcct the USCF in 1939. Mr. lsacrifice. For (But If 34. K·KU, R· K7; 35. I1.·B2, resuming the move, l ays to him, " Mate" carrying looking 5. P·K5 by 6. .. , KI.·KKt5 ; Instance If 22. I1.xP, P·Q5; 23. Kt-K4, RxR wins a Pawn. ) his soul along with him to that place from which G. Q·K2, (it G. Q·K4. P·Q1!), P·Q3!; Q·Ktl?; 24. BxP. Or It 23 ...... , 32. B·B1 there is no redemption. William Rqjam 7. P·Kn.3, KKbKP; 8. P ·KB4, Kt· Q·Kt3; 24. BxP. Or It 22. .... ,... , Q. 33. R·K1 RxR ch. Q5 : 9. Q·K4, P·QB4 : 10. PxKt, Ktl at once, threatening p·QG and 34. QxR K·B2 I And has not Omar Khayyam, Il stronomer, philosopher and Iloel, sung P·Q4 ; 11. Q·Q3. B·B4; 12. Q·KKt3, KtxP ch., then 23. Q·Q2. 35. Q·RS BxP (my source Is Edward I<'itzgerald ): KtxP ch, 21. R·K3 36. Q·B7 ch. K·Kt3 Impotent P ieces of the Game He Plays S. B·K2 22. R·Q1 37. QxKtP BxP Upon thll Checke r·board of Nights and Days, 6. Kt·QB3 0·0 lJp to this point Yerhott has beld 38. QxRP Q. K3 Hither and thither moves, .. nd checks and alaya, Black usually plays 6...... , P·Q4 bls own. Now he weakens some Black has much the better of It And one by one back In the Closet lays. here before White can prevent It what. In such a position, control because of his control ot the board, But not always has the Church smiled Its approval upon Chess, fo r wilh 7. B·B4. Steiner's move seems of the only open IIl e Is fundamental. Of course, not 38. , BxP ;. 39. we know that the sobel· St. Pete r Dam ian, sometime cardinal bisbop of no botter. White's Idea was probably to IIwlng Q·Q3 ch . Yer hoft' stili puts up a Ostia (cirro 10G l ), thus thnndered at a wayward bishop: "Was it right, 7. B. B4 Kt·KKt5 the Knight to K4 and then to Kt5 vigorous resistance. I say, and consistent with thy tluty, to sport away thy evenings amidst 8. Q·B4 KKt·K4 or 85. But this Black now pre 39. P· KR3 P-R4 the vanity of chess ?" Eveu John Huss, that embattled refo rmer. while 9. B·Kt3 P·Q3 vents. Either 22. R·K2 or 22. B·Q4 , 40. Q·RS Q·BJ I Excellent restraint! A Pawn can pondering In II. prison cell ga ve la ment to the hours Idly wasted in pla y. 10. KKt· K2 Kt·R4 KR·Kl ; 23. Q·B3! , Q·K2; 24. Kt·B5! ing chess, so dangerous t.o the soul because It might arouse a violent The elimination of t hl!O powerful would be preferable. mean so much in almost any entllng. passion In the player. Blsbop tully justilles the loss ot 22. Q·K2 But 40...... • BxP; 41. Q·D3, B·B5; time Involved as well as the open· 23. B·Kt5 Q·B4 ch. 42. Q·B2 ch. gives .::o unter·chances. With board crown not you r foeman'lI pate 41, K·Kt1 B·Q6 In manner quite dillcourteous; In g ot the Rook fl.le. 24. K-R1 KR·K1 11. Kt·QS KtxB 2S, Q·B3 Q·B1 41. , 8xP looks quite playable, It II howl a soul In II lnful IIt .. te, but other fIelds look greener to Alarming most to one John Huss. 12. KtxB ch. Qx Kt 26. P.B4 13. RPxKt P.KB4 The illusion of an attack with this Steiner. 14. P· KB3 PxP move and the next 800n tades, and 42. Q·R8 Q·K3 15. QxP P·B3 how will this poor Pawn survive? 43. Q·Q8 Q·K4 I. 44, Kt·R1 K·R2 EDWARD TREEND 4S. Q·R4 A UQlt8t 10th, 194G August I f , 1946 i3 goo d to kllow tMt they will now B·KtJ 46. Kt·B2 QxP NEW SECRETARY Dear lIr. M ajor; The Hme chosen for the appear· have a stili wiaer Circulation 47. Kt·Q3 Q·Kt8 ch. '1 'he eaitor8 and p ublfs hef8 o( once of CII "JSB LlF}) is peculiarl'll through a channel going fUr ect to Among the OHESS R E VIEW e:c tend to ~ o u auspicious. In point Of continuous the entire m embership. Of course, not 47 . .... _.. , BxKt; 48. changes In tlle ~~ ~s~ l~ n·elt m l~~ r~~I! QxP ch. with perpetual cheCk. their sincere goorJ w~ hes f or the actlv llles of llaHonal impor tance thu With a n ewspaper of ils ow n, anti 118t.: '" 1·;xQcu. 8teln r conUnu I to pl_7 tor POll. Iil/GtC,. o( tlte PeJeration', /lew pub· JlC{lr Of Ji/,fli j, IIkelJl to " a ll a 0 10 '1 (1. other "otriclal orglm " of tlUJ Ir'efler' tiona l factors InstCIl (1 or grubbing lIv tJ Honrfl wu s IicuUolI . '1 '0 bc f u lly appr l' ed. of tI~ i ,. 011.6 ati O l ~ woula /ie slitler/ luoIIS , and. more Pa.wns. Desldes, he lays u. the election ot '1'ho i dea of a 1lewspaper t o "win· 'Ieell tl1crcly glance at t he current he lJ cef or tJ~ t he .4MRR IOAN OIlEBS neat little. trap to terminato tbe Edward l. Tre la t" CQlHact w WI. t he member' of magazine., -printed. un. this con" n B ULLIiJTlN will coose t o l erue M the li'ederotion is a good one and game. end of Detroit en t , a lid. the ·many 1t8eful club organs luch. It goes w ithout l a'lling that desen;es to 8ucceed. It should. reo ca rrying " latter, f or which Bf)ace t he f riend.ly and. helpful COOl1cra 4!1. Kt·K1 0 ·0 8 as the new 49. K-R2 B· K5 suit il ~ il!(;r eased int erest in the p'ed· catinO! be found In t he larger p ubli· lion, h i t herto e:ciBtln(J, 10m be con· SO. P·KKt4 Secretary, Mr. eration's promot ional activities a nd. co.twn.t. tinuea f or the bellellt of t ile Jo'cdcr· 0·Q7 ch. 51 . K· Kt1 P· Kt4 Tr e en d has tourna ment8. P erhaps the unded view of the alion anet chess in gelleral. 52. QxP ch. K·Kt2 We hope, too, tltat uour flewS· national ,eene, so f or fJ8 t h~ cou n. T heref or#!, it II w it h real pleasure long been pro Resigns min e n t in paper will aid. -in ,welling the memo try i, concerne~ u to be hacl that I ex tend the halld. of f ellowship ber8hip r oll of the UBCI-' ana t here· through- a per-u.sal of the mqnthiy to Mr. Montgomery M ajor, the edi If 53. K·BI. B·Kt3 will S tile Queen. his state chess A hard·fought, diffiCUlt. and well· ch·cles botb as bV make it porsible for the j.'eder . letters . 0 pai nstakingly prepared tor of OHEBB L JI'E , at t he .ame ation. t o d.o even more than i, now played game. Edw.," I . T,u,," Vice- P resident a nd d~ t ribu t ed by the ener getic and time congratulating the Pecter ation a nd as Secretary of tbe Michigan be ing accomp lished 10 organize local, faNleeing presidtnt Of the Unit ed upon t he acquisition Of an executive State Chess Association and so r egional and national competition Stales Chess Fecteration, Elbert 4. of proved fJb ilitl/. 1 f eel sure t M I , brings unusual Qu all flcnlions to the am011g f ollowers Of t he RO'llal Ga me. W agner, Jr. of Ohicago. ~1. s pu b l~h- u naer hit tr a i ned. guidance, the new NEW TOUR IS Important post of Secretary for the Bincer elV 1I0ur s, er Of t he AM foJ RIOJ.N OJIESS SUL v enture 11 ' bound. t o succeed. PLANNED BY USCP. Au ono of the offi cial epokoll· KENN E1:H HARKNESS Lf)7'I N 1 hav e beell glaa to avail 11'11/, HERMAN N H ELMS. men of Ihe USCF he will be no M anaging Editor , CHEBS REVIBW, se lf f reQuentlv of llle contents Of P u,b lisher, AM1:JIUOA N ClJ E SB KOL TANOWSKI stranger to these pages ill t he days N ew York, N. Y. t hese informative aOCU1nents and it BULLET I N , N ew Y ork, N. Y. to come, and tbe USC I ~ Is to be congratulated upon the good for· GRAND NATIONAL sections of ulne players each. In regional play·otts east ot the MiSs· George Koltanowskl, blindfold ex· tune In obtahling hi s services. States having fiv e or six such sec· issippi. At last the cli max Comes pert, plalls a continental tour fol CORRESPONDENCE tlons, tile winners of each sectloD when the All·Eastern wlD uer meets lowing the P an·American Tourna· NEW DUTIES CALL CHESS CHAMPION play ott a match tor tlle Stat e the All·Western winner In a match ment at Yankton, So. Dak. where Championship. States with smaller to decide the U. S, Cor respondence he will serve as Tournament DI. Championship. PAUL G. GIERS Entries a re pouring In [rom all groups of entrants a re grouped with rector. Plans for t he tour, which over the country for the u . S. Grand other States and lhe winners ot The Grand National Tou.rnament will start October 1st , Include s l m ·~ In leaving the post or Secretary. National Correspondence C h e s s each section In these groups play Is almost a s old as the Correspond· uitaneous and blindfold exhibition s which he has so ably fllled, Paul G. Tournament, whose IInal winner oft" a match for a. regional title. ence Chess League of America (a together with lectures on ch ess. Gl erg steps In· will be recogni2ed by the USCF as Then winners or State titles or re USCF Chapter) which s ponsora It. Last sea son Koltanowskl played in to cven a more the U. S. Correspondence Chess gional titles west of the Mississippi And, unlike other CCLA tourna· over one hundred chess club!} arduoull task Champion. The tournament Ol>ens Il1ay fo r th e All·Western title, while ments, It is open to all the chess throughout the country, and eI' In the newly officially upon Octoher lst with en· the AII·Eastern title is being de pla ying public, memberll and non· pects to better that record In the trants contesting In preliminary cided by the win ners ot Sta te and members. coming tour. cI·entod office o r Executive Vlce·Preslde'lt. Into his hands ANNOUNCING U. S. GRAND NATIONAL have lleell eu· tru s te d tbe ANO THER TRANSCONTIN EN TAL T OUR delicate mat· by CORRESPONDENCE CHESS TOURNAMENT t01'1I 'pertaining GEORGE KOLTANOWSKI Paul G. GIl'S to U S C ~., pur· Opens October 1, 1946 tlclpatlon In international chess af· SiMULTANEOUS AND BL INDFOLDED CHESS EXPERT Entra nts are enrolled In secUon s of 7 to 9 IJluyers wllh prize a wards fall'S, general supervision ov or tho Undcr the auspiccs of t hc U NITEO STATES CtiESS FED ERATION to the will ners or ouch sectioll . Finalists COllliJete publication and dlstl"l butloll of chess material, and t ho progra m tor Simultaneous or BlindfOlded Exhibltlo" a, Lectures on Chesl for sta te and regional titles. tbe develol)ment and expa nsion Of Anyone win ning will receive B year·8 member sh 1ll to the USCF OPEN TO AlA .. CHl';SS PI~A YERS IN THE U. S. the U SC}o~ . In all these n lTnl rs lie and anyone drawing a COllY of the Yearbook. Tour will start Oc had a lways had a Imud, hut hither lobe l· 1st, 194 6 and cl ubs <: I·e advised to book a n \! venlnt; all early E NTI1. Y }O~EE $I a R IlO l'Il! lhle. to was hll mpll red by the volume of MIIk:e c/)ecks pa-yable 10 M. O. M eyer IJU slness po uring through the Sec· Posters and publicity roldel's furnh:l hed a ll . I·equ ellt. retary's omce. Dy a special amond· Send to J . W. JENKiNS ment to the By·Laws the new offi ce Write for Arr.. ngementl to was created to relieve Mr. Glera ot 723 S. Ma l,.. St. Newark, New Jersey GEORGE KOL TANOWSK i the routine and permit him to de , Endorsed b y thc UNlTF.D STATES CHESS FEDERATI ON vote his time and talents exclusive Hotel Charles Gurney Yankton, South Dakota ly to these hnporta:nt projecta tor the USCF long·ra nge program. Pittsburgh Open Chess Tournament · First National JuniorChess Championship Tournament (Continued from Pa ge 1) Ington, D. C.) : Arthur Bhguler (Continued from Page 1) ment was In the hands of Howard a gainst all the contestan ts. Un· (Ne w York City); Donald Byrne Ohman, USCF director of the Pro fo r tunately t he Californian mas ter their way Iota tbe Champions hip to gain a second place tie with Ha ns (Brooklyn, 1'l. Y.); R obert Byrne gram for Junior Chess. H e tre· had to das h wildly for his train to FinBla: Donald Byrne (16) wbo cr e B'ed lnsr. To do t his he was faced (Brooklyn, N. Y.); James Cross ce lved local a ssistance t rom 8runo Pittsbu rgh, leaving the exhibition ated the biggest aeuntion by tying with the g rim pros pect or playing (Glendale, Calif.) ; Charles Deaktor Czalkowskl of the Chicago Che" unfinished, 10 It will never be for fourtb place, Arthur Bialllie r t wo adjourned rames on Saturday (Pittsburgh); Pa ul L. Dietz (Pitts· a nd Checker Clu \). while the fi na n_ kl)own how well he fared In his (16) who placed II:z:.th, a nd Walter arternoon yd netting one a nd one· burgh); Tbomas E cken rode (Lan· cial a rrangements were handled by brave cha llenge ,. ~ ain s t America's Sblpman (17) wbo beld a four·way halt points out of th e PO u lble two. calter, Pa.) ; Dr. Karl Ertzman Edwin Asman of Chicago. He rman young masters o[ the future . tie for seventh, He achieved t his victory by d raw· (P ittsburgh) ; Arpad E. Elo (Mil· Steiner, the California mas te r. In· T be playe ra In this first USCF Firat honors 10 the Ma ttera' R e wa ukee) ; Larry Evans (Ne w York Ing wlt b Lar ry F riedman and de ter ruPted bls t rip to Pittsburgh to feating Harold Miller. National J u n lor Ch ampionship ser'la were divided by Robert Byrne City) ; Ha rry FRJana (New York serve a s Tourname nt Di rector. Tourname nt were : R oy A. Berg (18) and George Krame r (11), while City); Milton Finkelstein (Ne w James Cross of Glendale, CalU. On Wednesday e vening the con· Wa.8 fourt h, 101lng to the pla yers defending Cha mpion A. Sautaalers York City) ; Ka rl Forster (New testants were t be gues ts of the Glts (Chicago ): Hana Berlinge r (Wash· ahead of hi m In t he final atandlng, plsed. third, S. Almgren fourth, a nd York City); Jack Gilbe rt (Pitts· Molding Corporation at a specia l Ington, D. C.); Henry Blume, J r. but becoming practically invlncl· Weaver Adams fifth. In this divi burgh); Hyman Gordon (New banquet beld at Yonkers Restau ble agalnat a U olbers. Pa ul Pos· (Milwaukee) ; J ohn Carron (St. alan Eugene Levin (16) of Loa Yor k City); Ne wton Grant (Mon· rant, at whlcb E lbe r t A. Wagner, chel of Chicago waa fi rth, drawing Louis) ; Roger Clites (Ga ry, ind.); Angele. and Larry E vaDe (l4) of roe, La.) ; Richard C. Grimm (South J r., USCF Pres iden t. presided : and with P h ilip LeComu and defeating J oaeph Cowan (Glen E llyn, Ill.): New York were a wong otber pro Cha rles ton, W. Va.); Ambrose D. the chess sets used In t ho tou1"1la· J a mes Cross. Larr'y E vans of New mlBing teen-agera ,who he ld the ir Grillg (Brookline, Mass) ; William me nt were t he donaUon of the Glls Richard Crittenden (MU waukee ) : E. Grossma n (San Diego, Call!.); York d rew wit h Larry Friedman own In faat compa ny. Molding Corporation toward tho d~ James C,·oss (Glenda le , Callt): LeRoy Guthridge (York, Pa.) . and won from Hanl Berliner, yet The Major Tournament was won velopmem ot a Junior Chesd Pro+ Paul Dietz (l~jtts bu rgh ) ; Carl Dris OI enn E. Ha rtleb (Erie, Pi.); lie could find no spot higher t ha n gram In America. by Albert Sandr!o (1946 Chicago s ixth place in the fi na l s tandings, coll (Dayton); Larry E vans (New Champion aDd formor Illinois State Durwood B. Hatcb (Altoona, Pa.) ; ' Vlnn ers In all divisions were pre U. C. J eukluel:l (Gary, Ind.); Dr. so even was t he playing strengtb York City): La rry Prledma n Champion). Second and third placea of a ll the con testantll . Sent'!ld with trophies 0 11 Saturday (Clev(lla lld): William Grossman were aha r ed by J ames Or088 (16) Gerald Katil: (Brookline , Mass.); In the Consolation Tournament afternoon by P res ident Wa gner. Ad· (San Diego): J ack L. Hursch ( Den· ot Glendale, Callt. and Oscar Sha· George Koltanows kl (New York Eugene Levin of Los Angeles and vcr) ; Melvin J anowitz ( M inn~ap o piro (1946 Washington, O. C. Cham· City); Abrabam Kupchlk (New d itiona l pI·izes in c hess books, t ho York City) ; George Kramer (Re JjlCk L. Hursch ot Denver tied for lis) ; Dona ld Kilgore ( Dallas): pion). In this same group played per sona l g ift of ~'red Relnte ld (New gina l)ark, N. Y. ) ; Eugene Levin first place. Levin los t his games Richsrd KuJotli ( Milwa ukee ) ; Ju· Hans BerUner (17) who tied tor Yo rk Chess Editor anll Writer), Iian Leavitt (Brookline, Mass .) ; second In the U. S . Junior Choln· (Los Angeles) ; J ames B. McCo rd to Julia n Leavitt a nd Gerald Rolt· s tein : Hurscb lost to Levin and were awarded to place winners. Phlilp LeCornu ( Detroit); Eugene plonshlp In Chicago. (oakham, Mass.) ; Edglir T. Mc· CormiCk (East Orange, N. J .): Ed· Dona ld Kilgore. A s pecial pla yotr An d the newly·crowned champion Levin (Los Angeles): T ed Lewis The Maj or R eser ves ws s won by mund Nasb (Was hington, D. C.) ; game between Levin a nd Hursch was presented wi th a fin e chels let (Ch ica go); Lee Magee (Omaha) ; Paul Posch el (17) who holds t he It 0 b e r t Meredith (Greencas tle, Albert J . Ozgo (Detroit); Rev. J u' a wa rded the tllle to Levin. In addition to his trophy, a che" Champions hip ot the Al.lstln Chess lIus P aal (Plttsburgb ) : Paul P os· In the Ciaaa A Tourname nt WIl· Ind.); George Miller (Cleveland); Club ot Chicago and Is illinois State chel (Cbicago) ; Byron B. Price (W. lIa m Grossman of San Diego (third set bearing with It t be beat per· lIarold Mille r (Cleveland) : Pa ul Junior Cha mpion. J ose ph Ita uch Frankfort, 111.) ; Alber t Sa ndrln, In 194 6 Califo rnia J un ior Tourna· sona l wishes of Preside nt Emeritus Poschel (Cblcago): Sbeldon Rein (MonLreal Champion 1941) a nd J r. (Chicago); Anthony E. San la· ment) lied with Robert Meredith Maurice S. Kubns. ( Mllineapolls ) : Gerald ROitsteln Donald J. Sibbett ot Brooklyn, N. slere (BrolU, N . Y. ) ; Morton M. of GreencaaUe, Ind. A playoff game Sat urday morning Herma n Stein· (Omaha ) : James Romana (Mlsha· Y. s ha red second a nd ~ h lr d . Schaffer (N ew York City) ; Herbert be tween the two resulted In a draw er entertained the playcrtl with a waka, ind.) : Stepben Sma I e concise lecture on chels, fo llowed (Flint) : Mau rice Stiefel (Phlladel· The Minor Tournament was won Seidman (Brooklyn, N. Y.). a nd a continued tie for tbe title. \)y a simultaneous ezhlblUon phla): Ralpb Williams (Denver ). by F. H . S toppel of Cicero, III. Mor Osca r Sha piro (Was blngton, D. Among tbe odd happe nings of the ton M. Scha ffer of New York City C.); Wa lter Sblpman (Ne w York Tournament was t be lIurprlslng fa ct was second, whUe third and tourt h Cit y); Do na ld J . Sibbett (Brook· t hat t be delegation from Ohio con· were divided by Pa ul Dietz (16) lyn, N. Y.); Alexander Spitzer alsted ot four players: Lar ry Fried· CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS . ( Pittsburgh) ; Herma n Steiner (Los man, George and fiarold Miller, and the Pitts burgh Scholastic Cham. Rates:--40c per coutll line. Mi nimum charge of $1.20 pe r adv. pion and Alexander Spitzer, a lso Angeles); L. Walter Stephens Ca rl Driscoll : and a ll four qualified of Pittsbur gh. (Brooklyn, N. Y.) ; Fred H . Stop· fo r the Champions hip Finals . The Ca s h with order. Dis play type 20c pe r line ndditlonal. pe l (Cicero, Ill.) : E rnest W. Ohio grou p was also dls llngulshed in th e Minor R eserves first place by t be novelty of bavlng Ilil twin Strang (Ca mden, N. J .) ; Mark E. Wanted to Buy or Trade For Sale or Barter went to Aln brose D. Gring (known representa tives, the Mlilers. 'I'here I Surgles (Milwaukee) ; Olaf i. 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Volume I Friday, Number 2 Offi(lCll Publicati on of The Unt teel States (bessfederati on September 20, 1946 U. S. Championship Details Set BYRNE WINS NEW NEW JERSEY STATE ISAACS, SANDRIN AREAS SELECT THEIR CHAMPIONS ENGLAND TOURNEY CHESS ASS'N FORMS WIN PLACES IN WAGMAN SECOND WAYNE PRESIDENT U.S. CHAMPIONSHIP IN LABOR-DAY WEEK-END MEETS As a result at the tOlifnament at Twelve players \ contested In the In the elght-I'ound Swiss system Area Six Tournament to decide the tournament which grants the New the Stacy-Trent Hotel players trom representatives at the U. g, Cham First Democratic U.S. Championship Meet England Championship, the lS-year not·th and south New Jersey met pionship. 'I'he veteran Lewis J. old Yale freshman, Robert Byrne, and organized the New Jersey State Isaacs was first and Albert San Draws Strong Field of Promising Contenders l)roved to be a shade better than Chess Association. Fint president drin, also at Chicago, was second. his rivals. In the play over the at this august body is R. W. Wayne Third place went to Allred Ludwig Labot' Day weokend August 30th at Ventnor City, well known for his of Omaha, Nebr. and tourth to Mark As the final results emerge from the smoke of battle cloud to September 2nd at HartJord, direction ot the Ventnor City invi Surgles or Milwaukee. Fifth place Conn., Byrne gathered 7lh points tation Tournaments. Three vlce went to Paul Poschel of Chicago. ing the fair Labor-Day skies, it becomes more and more ap out ot a possible 8 fO'r the cham presIdents were elected: C. B. Le The tournament was conducted parent that the Sixth Biennial U. S. Championship Tournament plon8hlp. Stuart E. Wagman at Cato of HaddonfIeld. F. E. Lauchs under the auspices at USCF Chap w ill set a new record in the annals of American Chess. The 'Boston was a close second with at West Orange, and William Van ter, Milwaukee Municipal CheBs Sixth U. S. Championship Tournament will be held in the the nearly pertect score ot 7 points, Bremen ot Trenton. Robert T. Dur Club, and the Tournament Director while Walter D. Suesman ot Provl: kin of Ventnor City became secre was Fritz Rathman, Editor at Wis Chanin Auditorium in New York City from October 26th to dence with a score ot 6 points was tary . and S. Caplan of Vineland consin Chess Letter. The tourna November 16th. At the same time plans cover a Woman's third. Fourth to ninth were Dr. treasurer. It was voted to apply for ment was played at Milwaukee from Gerald Katz, Harlow B. ,. Daly, Championship Tournament and a Masters' Reserve 'l'ournament membership in the USCF. August 30 ~h to September 1st, Charles Schoenfeld, AI. Martin, for the players from the seven areas of the United States who Hobert G. Mitchell and Richard barely failed to qualify for the Championship Finais. Brainard, whose point score was in each caso 5*, alined by the Son Details of the Tournament are in the hands of a Committee neborn·Bel"get· Rystem at "weigh hd.d<;d by Maurice Wertheim while Kenneth Harkness (Co ing" ties. In aU torty·seven play 'ers participated in litis annual tour· Edito r of CH ESS REVIEW) will serve as Tournament Direc· l\fl.ment which was won in 1945 by lor ill addition to his important duties as Cllairman of the Fi \V cavcr W . Adams, now in Eur Ilance Committee. ope witb the 1]. S. Team. Results from most at the seven areas into which the couutry has ning September 21st. Selection of J. C. THOMPSON 1ST been divided promise that the' sev players for the Masters' Reserve en seeded player.s will have no has not been announced. AL LIPTON 2ND IN easy time of it. The seven seeded Area l<~lve qualified its contest SOUTHWEST, OPEN players are: U, S_ Champion Arn ants In the annual Sbuthwestern old S. Denker, U. S. Open Cham Ollen Chess Tournament at Hous Seven States sent representatives pion Herman Steiner, Reuben Fine, ton, Texas, tram August 31st to to the Twelfth Annual Southwest I. A. Horowitz, I. I, Kashdan, Albert September 2nd. J. C. Thompson ern Open Championship Tourna· Pinkus and Samuel Reshevsky, who and AI. Lipton, both at Dallas, quali ment at Houston, Texas, August will meet in the finals of the U, S. fi ed tor the U. S. ChampionshIp Jin 31st to September 2nd. Among Championship the fifteen contend als, while J. W. Stapp and James the seventy contestants were ers selected from the seven areas Webb, both at Dallas also, quallft~ playors tram Colorado, Kansas, by the democratic method ot pre fa!' the Maste~s' Reserve. Oklahoma, Louisiana, MississippI, liminary contests. The veteran LewIs J. Isaacs and. Alabama and Texas. The tourna First to finish its selection was lhe youthful Albert Sandrin, both ment was held at the Rice Hotel Area 'I'hree, consisting at Delaware, of Chicago, qualified tol" the Cham in Houston and was refereed by J. Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, pionship finals In Area Six in a Allan Anderson, former St. Louis Pennsylvania and West Virginia. tournament held at Milwaukee Au- . champion and member of U. S. Jacob I,ellin (lett) meets 1)1'. Bruno Schmi(U (right) in the Area 'l'hree In a special tournament held at gust 30th to September lst. Al Team a.t Hamburg in 1930. finals, while M. A. Kontosn. acts as timekeeper. Cleveland, Ohio, from August 10th {red Ludwig or Omaha, Nebraska J. C. Thompson won the title to 12th Jacob Levin and AttUio and Paul Poschel of Chicago were of Southwestern Champion with a USSR TEAM WINS J. H. BELSON WINS DICamillo, both of Philadelphia, the two ready for the Mastera' R~ score at seven wins, uo draws qualified to enter the U. S. Cham !!erve. or losses. AI. Lipton. also of Dal· SCORES 12~ - 7Y2 CANADIAN TITLE; pionship finals while deorge East Area Four and Area Seven have las, was second with 6 points. MAURICE FOX 2ND man ot Detroit and Dr, Siegfried not been heard tram as yet, but It Third to sixth place went to J. W. OVER U. S. TEAM Wcrthammer of Huntington, West is known that both have plans un Stapp of Dallas, James Webb of Once again the U. S. Team taced In the 1946 IkIminiOll Chess Virginia, will represent the area In der way to quality players from Dallas, Mevis R. Smith of Hous· d!ifeat when it met the 1]SSR Team ChampiOllship Tournament played the Masters' Reserve. their respective areas. ton, and Don KlIgore at Dallas, aU at MoscoW. Heroes for the Ameri· at the Central YMCA In 'i'oronto In Area One the annual New at whom had 5* points, according can!! were r. Kashan and A. Kevitz rrom August 31 to September 7, J. England Championship Tournament to ' a Sonneborn·Berger "weighing" with 1*-*. The U. S. Team, how H . Belson won the title in a strong at Hartrord, Conn.. from August DR. WERTHAMMER at their scores. Seventh to tenth ever, Showed Improvement over last tournament wbich Included former 30th through September 2nd pro place went to Alfred P Coles III yeal' when it lost the radi:> match champions M. I~ox, J. S. Morrison, vided one finalist for the U. S. WINS W. VA. TITLE of El.' Paso, Al!red wnis of New by a acore of 15% to 4 'h, and R. E. i\1afrtin. Maurice Fox was Championship. This was Robert ALLEN DUVALL 2ND Orleans, Joe Gilbert of Dallas and (Box-Score Page 3) second, R. E. Martin third and J. Byrne, 18-year-old Yale freshman, F, H. McKee of Dallas, with 6 Rauch foarth. Bernard Freedman who became New England Cham For the third time In four yean point!! Oileh, according to their Son· LEVIN, DICAMILLO was tOUl'oament director. Twenty plon-. Stuart E. Wagman ot Bos Dr. Siegtrled Werthammer of Hunt neborn-Berger score. QUALIFY IN AREA eight players competed In two 14- ton or 'Valter B, Suesman of Provi· ington won the West Virginia round preliminary sections to deter dence will compete In the Masters' Championship in the tonrnament KOWALSKI WINNER THREE TOURNEY mine those seated In the final Reserve, played at Clarksburg trom August In a special tournament held in championship round-robin. This was On August 30th through Septem· 31st to September 2nd. In a six· TRENTON TOURNEY Cleveland, Ohio, on August 10th to the second title tor Belson who won ber 2nd another special tournament round Swiss SYstem he scored E McCORMICK 2ND 12th, Jacob Levin at Philadelphia the 1934 tournament, held at the Stacy·Trent Hotel In points to regain the title lost in won first place with three wins and Trenton, N, J., decided the other 1945 to Harold W. Liggett by hall Three players eaeh from northern two draws. Attillo DiCamillo, al· SANTASIERE WINS finalist trom Area One. This was a point. and southern New Jersey met at so ot Philadelphia, was second with NEW YORK STATE Stephen W. Kowalski of Newark, Second place went to Allen Du the Stacy-Trent Hotel, Trenton, N, two wins and two draws. A tour while Edgar T. McCormick ot East Vall at Charleston with a score 01 J. to determine the finalist in the way tie was the result in the other STERN TIES 2ND Orange became eligible tor the Mas 5·1. Other high scorers in the four· U. S. ChampIonship tram their places between Malcom W. Patrick In the annual New York State ters' Reserve. teen-man tournament were former area. Stephen W. Kowalski of New 'ot Cleveland. Dr. Siegfried Wer- Championship Tournament at Caz Anthony E. Santaslere In wInning State Champion William F. Hart· ark won with 41,\, points; Edgar T. thammer . ', ntington, Weat Vir- enovia August 17th to 25th Anthony the New York State Championship ling of St. Albans 4·2; former State McConnlck of East Orange was sec· ginia, all' goe Eastman and Dr. E. Santasiere Wall the title to qual at Cazenovia, August 17ta to 25th, Champion John Hurt of Charleston, and with 3¥" points. There was a Bt'uno S ~ . • both ot Detroit. ity for a place in the U. S, Cham placed as one of the trrree finalists Dr. Victor J. Lemke ot Morgantown three·way tie fo r ..hlrd between R. According ,,) arrangements, Le· pionship finals. Second place in the tram Area Two. Alexander Kevitz and Miitord B, ~ Mott of Arthurdale "'. Cotton of Camden, R. T. Durkin vin and DiCam 'Uo will represent New York State Tournament was ot New York has been appointed with 3*-2% each; Edward M. Foy, of Ventnor City, and J. Fleishner the area in tho U. S. Champion a tie between Adolph Stern, dark as the second finalist, and the third former Charleston City Champion, of Vineland with 2 points each. ship, while Eastman and Wertham horse at the meet, and Edward Las will be decided by a short tourna 3-3. Last year's Champion, Harold Sixth place went to S. }<'enlchel ot mer wlll play in the Masters' Re ker. Erich W. Marchand won the ment to be held at the Marshall W. Liggett ot South Charleston Newark. serve. Co nsolation Tournament. and Manhattan Chess Clubs, bogin- ended in a tour-way tie for eighth. main ltbrary which haa a very tine section on chess books" Proof ot the working out or this system Is Richard Kujoth who learned only the moves a Yjlar ago on the playground and then spent many honrs at the library with chess books. Only a yeal" later, he won the right to represent Wis. Who ~ Who ..9n consln In the National J unior Championships In Chicago" ~~ess ~ife Not so long ago, Cleveland Inqnlred about the junior chess program -4merican Chejj In Mflwaukee and then went aheo.d to develop the National Junior Cham. plonship winner, Larry Friedman" If other cities, large and small, 101. low the example 01 Milwaukee and Cleveland there Is no reason why Fritz Rathmann Off/dol Pu blicati on of me United States Cbess'fecteration every state should Dot be well represented In the second annual junior Learning chcss at the age of &I:z;, Pu blished [wi,. ~ month un the hit and 20th championship" Fritz Rathmann has been active In Br The vfews cxpreued in tlli, Guest Editorial are not 1!ecessorfly those oI CHElJlJ LIFE. WIsconSin chess ever since" The THE UNITED STATES CHESS FEDERATION 1I1"8t Interstate match with illinois LOOKING AHEAD WILS a family alTair between the App1iC~I;OIl lor entry a. second.d." m.uer ;, pending . t Pan OfIice, Dubuque, Iowa. A Regu.lar Menage by RathmanllS, beaded by the late Otto C" Rathman, Sr. (l<'ritz's rather) and Paul G. Gicrs the Oak Park Chess Club" EOITO"IAL J2l North Humphrey Avellu. Executive Vice·Presi(lent, U1Iite(l States Chess Ji'ederation OFFICII: O:.k Puk, lIJiooi. 'rhl l" ty . three HOSE who look back 011 past development of American Chess and yeal"8 of .:: hess deplore the fact that the Royal Game has not yet attained Its tull &Ii/or .nd B.uinm It{"""grr T acti vity has ~ MONTGOM£R Y MAJOR measure at well·deserved populal"lty, are apt to forget or minimize the made ma.ny /,: brighter side of American Chees history" Through lho years, an enor. friends [01" Fritz ' Subscriplioll:- IZ.OO "". YU t ; Sillgl. ,apia 10c UtI> UlOUS amount at WQl"k has been done on bebalf of chess by aruenl who publis hes boosters and Inlilressive indeed Is the !"ecord of theh" accomJlll shmenbl" the mhlloograll!J· Address .11 sullscriptions 10:- So let's give credit where cl"ed lt hi due and r.etrain from the attitude od Wisconsin Edwud 1. Trcend, Sttrtf4fY not uncommon fimo ll g youngsters of belittling the Chess Le~ter 841 llluff $irccl 128 69 Str~danOO)r Avenue oal"llOst otrorVi ot an older generation" and Is about to Dubuque, Ill"" OR [Ruoi! 27, Michig.n Howevcr, Il Is true that au." Ila ilonal chess IUe b ll ue G l obal rOl" many yearli has been sJlasmQdic and lacking in h O!; a Digest, M.ke III checks p~y.ble l(I: THe UNJ1'1!1) STIIl'1iS CIII!SI FeDlll\ATJON C conlluulty aud coordlnatloll" It Is equully true Ihat which wll1 be a Volume 1, Number 2 l~rlday, September 20, 1946 clleHS In this country has developed more slOwly digest or chess thnn In cOl"taln EUrOllean couull"les where It enjoys news frolll Imb- Fritz Uathmann much greater p.opularlly and recognition. Whatcver IIClillons all over the wOI' ld. Fritz the reasons, wc musl not lose OU l"l:Ielvcs In retro· also contributes a c110SS ,column La GET BEHIND AMERICAN CHESS sj)ect. but concentrate on the many elIective meaus Uncle Hay"s Mab"azinll, which he he· HERE WUl:! a tlme wheu it was cOllsidet'oo correct to be deprecalory at OUI' disposal of makIng Amerlcn truly chess·con· lioves will be read by ten mll1lOI1 T ulluul nil lhingl:l Amorica!! whon COlllllII.I'ed with UIIY EUl'OlICll1l model. seious aud of building a strong and ullillad orgaulza· chlldl"e n. I t WIUI II11 11 Ulil ed liJat things AUHll"lclUi wel"e illfe l"lor, "Qll d OUI" apologists tion of American chess Illayera which will lead in Always active In chess rO( chll· often wel"e cmuarrasseu uy tlu: Il cccS"Sity o( deprecating something be PIIIII G, Gim wOI'ld chess development" • uren, sinco 1931 Fritz has been con· cause H fail ed to conform to lhe pallern of Interiority" Amorican Chess may never l)e quite the same as that In other coun. nected with the Milwaukee public In Chess, however, we escaped the worst llllases oC this patllologlcal tries" We may not lIavo giant chess spectacles in opera houses, nor the schools as a chllss teacher, leu.ch· iu(eriorlty COiliplex, (01" UIO det!ds abroad of MOl"jlhy aud P1Usbury and 0llllortunlUC8 to enjoy a pleasant game at our favorite coffee·house or Ing chess In the evening IIchools 1I"1al"ll hall I)Cl"llIitled no apologie!; for the Amel"ic;m brand of chess; and slde·walk cafe" U Ame."lcan chesa retaina ita own ludlvlduallty, this lind to directors of the s ummer the showiug of Ollt youllb"er mastel"S in more receut EUropean tourna call hardly be criticized as Amcrlcans have alwo.ys indulged in the llabit olaygroullds. He serves as teferee ments have ~ustalncd the reputatlou that eadler American chess players at doing things In their own way" and tournament dlrcctor for all have created" During Lh e past few years, the Ullited S taies Chess It'ederatlon lias tournaments hold In Milwaukee, in· The cO II'"se Jr Americau s uccess on the chessuoard has not always made considel'able PI"og."ass coordinating chess activities from coast to c ludlng the AI"oa 6 loumament re been smooth lind uuilllolTUllled; we have had QU I" moments of abruvt and coast. Whatever problems are now confroutlng us to placo these acllv· vorted in this Issue. rude J"t;!Yersul, as when the USSR Chess Team rode rough·shod over the itles on a broader and morc solid footing neC(! not Co.IIge liS undue con. I·'ritz seldom finds time for tour· U. S. Che!;s 'feam in tile Now ¥01"k·l\10HCOW Hadio Match In 1945. But we cern" After aI!, chess playel"! hy the vel"y na~ure of their game are e:z;· nament play, but makes a good face Llie wOl"iu wlthout nced to apologize to anyono far the brand ot c\1ess Ilected to command a lair degree of lagenulty, strategy aud Intelligent showing when he does play. He lhal ihrlves III these Unitcd StaLc l:!. , planning a nd s hould IIhve no real dimculty finding a Ilropel" solution to 1,laced second In the Wisconsin A I"osy Vicul"o fo ," tilt! optimist? Yes; bullet us not become too loat their problems" State 'I'ourllll:monts of 1939 and (i'i liil',Ii)'!=iiYlll"li' 6{ Gii lY iil'iii l6 liI'66("I. "Thofo Y6t ,O"mnrfii meum ro Go dollO Tho Fodornlilm'H IlIrector. nnd Officer, hn 'ffl l{iYon muell Ill0u, Ill to 1916, I'tTIII IH'CC\\~ \\\ th~ C\\\\W, ~. IVI" A Ul Ui'lCll u C h UIlII: uHd Old y tho Lutll vldllul CIIC S8 Iliuyor cnll do It! Tho OUI" tUlUl "O COUI"lI e lind tOI'lIIulnted dOJllll to Illnll H to bo clI l"I"IO(l 4)u L willi IIl viJl lon of Lho 1936 11" 8 . OU Il l! luulviuuui J)l uyor In hl ~ OWl) community by joinIng wlLh thouij lUldij oC the lellst IIO~ slb l ~ dol uy" 11 01"0 tH O soni C of til u objoctives for wh ich wO 'l'I)UrllUlll ont In Mllwllukoo" oth Ul" Intllv ldunl IJluyurij In u l.h o." CO UJllluulllclI to C!·Cn.lo lind HllIlPOI'l II fU" e nlmlnl) und 'thlclI will be tully dlsell SH(ld In coming Issues ot CH ESe III 1I bU llY lite l~rltz !lnds limo t o cOUldslcnL ]lru!,;"ralll tur Amerl cun C h o~s . L I FE: B)"ielly, AmCl"ican Ches~ IHJcda:- A Htrong anu u.cUve ChesH Assoclntion In every state; ;'11 ~~~)j~::~ h~o~~~~~os~~~ 1~~1Ih~~~;~ ( 1) A ileniUfY national org-nair,atiOll. supported by every player or A chess club ill every community of 5,000 or more population; dale Sanatorium. In both places he clLCSK whelhol" amUWU1" 01" master, to sU ll ervl~e national competi A va!;t!y largor number ot players through ful! UHe or all educational has taught chess, arranged simul tion lUlU elH.:ourage thc development of chess in every com· ta cIHtle~, publlcity and a country·wide mombership drive; taneous exhibits aud tournaments mU;llty; A natioual rating syetom tor rank and flle players with llrovlslon for fOI" the patients" 2) J\n nCTivc Stato orgauiVoation ill every state to keep alive the automatic merit advancement; Fl"llz Is on the Boarq of Direct siliril or local (:ompotitlou aud roster tile development at choss Regula!" tournaments conducted under standl!.1"d rules by all cluils, ors of the' Wisconsin State Chess playiug amOllg the youug; state associations and regionlll dlstrkts tiod in wlLh the national Association as well as the United 3) V[ll"loua alen llubl1catloll~ to keep tho news ot (:ilells alive, !;O rating s ystem; States Chess J.'ederatlon" He ex· that ca(:h playor may knuw what Is ueiug said aud done tor chess A vast program o! Instruction fwd (:omJletition fOI" schools, colleges lwds to add father of WtsconHin everywhere; and play ground ~; ClIam!J!OIl to his titles soon, aH 4) A ]l e)"llIaneut sinking fuml with which to promote chess upou a More local chess columns and goneral neWSllal)OI" publicity tal" chess; l"reddle, 13·year-old, placed oue·hail national organlVoed ~cale without the necessity of using "hand to Higher standards Cor local clubs - locatiun and I.I.I)poarance ot club point uehind fOl"Olcr Stato Cham· mouth" method!; o~ Jlnallciug" roome, equipment and eil:ective club mUllagement. Ilion Averi1l Powers In last year's Poiut one lHl"~ been an~wel"ed uy the creation of the United States All of these oujectives will entll.!ilUllch constructive wOI"k aud the Cl;)' tonrnament" Sons Mike, aged 9, and Bollby, aged 12, aro also chess play· ChesH I~ederution, uu t" many individual Illu.yers havc 60 far failed to con· operation of many. They a l"e degerving of our best etrorts and goneral U"iuule their s uppo."t to making tho USC~' representative o~ e.very Indi support, becanse there Is no sounder basis on which to build the kind (I f ers, and so Is J osephine (Mrs. Rath. • vidual playel" In tile couutry. Point two has beeu subject to much actlv· American CheS!; we are all hoping tOI"" mann) tu round out a 100% chess ity, and today there are only a. few areaH left In whiCh chess remains as playing family. yet uuol"ganlz(:rl" Polut lhre tl Is uest .served at nil, for there are soveral excellcnt chess publicntiolls, in addition to CHESS LIFE, which give tho Individual playm" no excuse fOI' being uulntorll\od about chess In America" ~h~ --' (jet Behi,!J American Che,u/ • MAIL YOUR CONTRIBUTION NOW Get behind American Chess today! Your st~ke in the future of chess in this country is whatever you can afford. Dig deep if you can. American Chess will forge aheaC! with new strength and vitality if the $10,000 Championship Fund is over· subscribed.! Mail the coupon below with your contribution to the fund- today! lK-::t~~~e:------SIXTH BIENNIAL TOURN'AMENT FOR THE Chairman of the Finance Committee I Sth Biennial U. S. CheSI Championship I 250 W. 57th St. New York 19, N. Y. I I enclose $ all my stake In the future ef U. S. CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP American Chess. This amount is to be applled to the I $10,000 Championship Fund and my name is to appear In t the T ournament Program as one of the contl:'lbutors. UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE I NAME I STREET I United States Chess Fe'deration I CITY __ STATE ... I Please make checks and money orders payable to tho I UNITED STATES CHESS FEDERATION I But mall to Kenneth Harkness • ., 1 e 2 7 Saturday, Number 3 Offielnl Publication of fle Unltecl Stutes Cbessfeclerutlon October 5, 1946 n Tourney ISC.O PLANAS OF CUBA 1st COLON TIES A.MARGOLIS 2nd Porto Rican and Chicagoan Tie at 4 1:2 I-Ians Berliner of Washington Fourth Ya nktOll'S J ntcrna tiona I 'l'ourname nt closed w ith p OI)I , ~ . ; °'j(.-= I ; a t w hich awards were prese ntcd to winners ill I ;...,::. -= .~ l~ ,i'JI and state meets in w hich over fifty players part~r "'.51. vVinner of the lntcrnational T itle was F ra ncis co Pl an r s h f Cuba with five points in lhe H.ound Robi n meeting betweeu ::d Latin·Ameri- f can experts and four U. S. ex perts. T ied for th ond with 4 ~ points each were M. Colon of Porto Ri co and .15 '. Margolis of Chicago. Hans Ber liner of \Vashington, D. C. \'!Il fou rth with 4 point:;. There after came William Byland of Pi ~burgh with 3.Vz, R. Cintron of POl'to H.i co with 2.Vz, and 1.. Mar 1ueL of Columbia, S. A., and A v erill Powers of Milwaukee withj poiuts each. The South Dukol.a. State Ohum ]Jlonshlp went to M. }o'. Anderson of In aduIUon'.h6l·e was a wee]telul Rapid City who tled for first pl nce s hort t o urnaU J e~lt, diviued into tIlI'ee wltll Dr. H. H. S!n'age or Yankton g roullS wIth prizes for each gl·OUI). with 6 pOints. SId ne y Qul'lwy ",IUl George Ko\tanowskl, tile ullu!lfold 6 llO lnts also was \llaeed tilln\ on oxpelt, acted as Tournament Direct- !ll!! §W!!I.!! !!YlIl.n!!! r.!!.llu!; ~ntl Mt'lI 01' rOI' ali toumCvA ant! UntlllUnJlv Nancy Gurney with 5% l)oJuts WII S COUlI)l ele coverage was g lvell in lilt) 1'100\": CUI ..\ ..".: y "" kl,," 1' ...... ,,,"I I)"k" llln. ( Marlin lI on'ler l'I,,,lo--G,, ml,flQ,, )o;IIKr:winJ{ ) tourUI . FIUh place went to Owcn Yunkloll Presl! & Dakotan. s.-~I . ·,I 1./1 10 rir.hl: L. M.,'1"'·z ( CQIII",bi~), S. A"ffi/J POW,'I, CtrHf(rKoll.IIU"'lfl.i, M. 9 u/'m (1'1" 0 Rico), f. PllllIlll K Sheldon o~ Yank Ul'1 wlUI (I Among the deligbtful anti unusual (C"b~) ".J A. C. Md' .to/il. "'ud;,,/: 1./1 I" ·;:. bJ· r.b..,I ~, GIl''''Y, ,pn~w ' 0/ II" '+r~~"If..t I/,r" ~.':, 'i" Y4"kl(». Cbm r-olnts. ~ix to nillth \\':js a tlo bll f(,n,I'll"P.8 of th!1I t.t)lIrllRIll£lnt w!, ~ 11 ...1. CI./" II. Buli.u" Dr. II. If. So/l'''/:_, '111 .... Byl."J, M. 0,,1'0" (1'0"0 R.ICO), .,,,J M. 1'1 A"Jrrlt",. . twen J ack Osborne ot Yunkton, E. tiny tour ot the BlaCk Hills In whiCh J . Scott ot Tim be r Lake, Dr. lians the 1)layers were the guests or Mr. DI CAMILLO WINS WILMINGTON AND KANSAS CITY TIES Janssen a nd Charle.."1 G urney ot and Mrs. Charles Gurney of Yank· Yankton ; a ll with 4 points. Tenth ton. PENN. STATE TITLE; NEW ROCHELLE SET ST. LOUIS 2~-2Y2 went to R. n. Tincher with 31h WM. RUTH SECOND FOR RADIO MATCH OVER SHORT-WAVE points. J. HOY WINS OHIO Arter losing twice only to the The Wilmington (Dela w are) Au el"pe.rllllental s hort·wave ra110 Mrs. Naney Gurney won the Swiss system of weights, Attll110 Chess Club has recently reorgan match iletween Kansas City, Mo., Woman's Championship with Ii per TITLE; GABOR 2ND, DiCamillo of Philadelphia won the Ized nrter wartime inactivity with anu St. Louis, Mo., enued tn a uraw fed seore. Mrs. H. H . Savage was GEO. MILLER 3RD Chess Championshl]J of Pennsyl Dr. H. H. Morris as preside nt, E. after sl): hours or Illay, September seeond, Mrs. Averill Powen of Mil waukee third, and Mrs. A. C. Mar· vania during the 3ot.1 ay session of Ramshaw as vice-president, Mrs. E. :n . Play WII S over station KOJOJ in the final round of play J obu O. Ihe Pennsylvania State Chcss J. Mon tgomery as secretary and H. (Kansas City, Kans.), Phlllh> Mor golis ot Chicago completed the Iloy (Clevelanu ) s nateh ed the title Federation Tournament at Reading. H. Spindler as treasurel·. rell, 820 ll08ewclt Avenue, and section. (rom Nicholas Gabor (Cincinnati) DiCamillo, who 11l1lshoo III a 6·1 New zeSl bas been adued to the WOLLN (St. Louis, Mo.), Frank A. A major ot,en tournament was who led at the enu of six rounds. tie with his tellow townsman, Wil reol'gani::mtiou by the planoed Wlleiterlllan, 415 Al ma, Webstel' held for players from sUl'I'oundlug Hoy went through tile llleet with Ham Ruth, wOu the crowu by vll·tue match VIa. short· wave rauio with tbe Groves. states anu ended In a. 3-way tic boo ollly l wo uraws-to WeiszlIlallll anu ot a 261,4 w eigbteu SCO I'O to J!.uth's New Rochelle (New YOI'k) Cltess Ktnltl CltV Sl. Louis tween L. G1austone (Bouldm' City, George l\1I1 ler-for the best record Dr. l'.(!ll a nMn .... % J"IIo •• l.in..er .... 7 V.. 24% . In 1944 anu again III lfHii, DI Club which has arouseu milch In II . O. W.,..,,,I" '1I:" 'h 1'.,,1 H ...." ...... % Colo.), W. Stl'eetcr (Clev(linnu, 0.), or 1118 carecr. CamillO tl lso fini Shed In a tic ror tel'est lu both cities among chess J'hillip lIor,..,1l .. __ 1 }'r«I'k S. A"d ~"",,, I) anu M. Spcnce (Omaha, Neb.) with Nicholas Gabor was second In the IlKrolo1 n.""cI, ...... 0 I•. W. 1I.II~r_ .... ___ I toll hOll ors, only to be naJlled rllll' ]Jluyers (uld radio amate ll rs. 'I'ho ArU,,,. I ,~.,,"ar d _ ~ H'Ii:"~"c J . R_h ¥.. tour »Oillts each. Judge B. C. J eu forty-player S wiss system tourua ncr-up htleausc of th e Swiss. III l)elawaro Amateur Uadio Club amI klnes (GfUY , Inu.) had 2'h points; llIent held aL Colnmbus, Ohio, over Ktnlll City - W~ St. Louh ...... 2 V~ lhlrd lilace wa~ J osopli Shaffer, also the New Rochelle Amateul' Radio lIolit clUes are anxiou~ to sche L. Keuyon (Cherokee, IOwa) had 1 the Lallor DIlY weekend, defeating of Philadelpilla, with a 2H~ Club nre cooperating in tbe venture !Iule additional matches. Contact IIOlut, and W. R. Brown (Sioux Sheldon Myers, Carl Driscoll, Leo weighted scoro to leau a 3-wny tie to provlUe the short-wave hook·up. lIlay bc cl:llabllshed through M. W. City, Iowa) completed the groull. Sweet anu Lawrellce J ackson. of 5% ·H~. FOUl·th was Gionn Hart Gilbert, 2H. So. Meramuc, Clayton, le b of Erie, anu fifth 1Ial'l'y 1\1orrls SAUL WACHS WINS Mo., allu Phlllhi Morrell, 820 Ros· of Philadelphia. weU A veuuc, Kansas City, 1\10. S pe The new CIHu nllion was aWiu'ued 1ST PA. JR. TITLE; cial s uggestions ror training radio possessiOn for one year of the large JAMES KELLY 2ND sellue rs, speeulng UII play and re sliver "Iovl ug CU ll," joint blft of lhe ceilliou, I'ules tor referces, etc., State "~ederatlon and l/le ReadIng First Penusylvanla Slate JuniOI' Ilave been drawn U]J aud will he Chess Club, hosts to the re<:ord· CIHlIllJllons hip went to Saul Wachs seut ul)Ou requCllt to clubs In· setting tournament In which lIh:ly or-Philadelphia who had a perrect qulrJlIg. two players were e ntered. score o( 8-{l for the round·robin Harry MorrIs was (Lwa r(l ild a I.ouruameut. Runner·up was JU1Ue!l ----- pl'ize fOI' the best·played-game-his Ke ll y of Philadelphia, who dcfeated JERSEY CITY "Y" victory over R. P. Smith of Plt lH a fellow townsman, C. C. i" I'ench, in burgh, while the brilliancy 1)I"lz {! a playoff to break their G'A,-1'A! lie. TIES RAYBESTOS To open tilelr 194&-47 seasoll at went to P. B. Driver of Itldley Park B9th youlhs will he sent to tbe ne):t chess activIty tho Jel'sey City "Y" tor his uereat of Ralph Ku eeream, National Junior Cham]Jionshlp Tour Chees Cluh journeyed to the Pas Heauing Club presldcnt. nament by the State Federation and the Mercantile Libl'U l'y Chess Club saic Yl\'TCA to conrl'ont tho Ray of Philade lphia. bestosoJl.lIlnhllltan Cbess Club, Sep· TORONTO, BUFFALO lOUlbol' 18, 19~6 . Nine boards W6re MEET SEPT. ISTH ]Jl ayed, and the Jersey CltY. players STEINER ENTERED 1111« whI te on the Od d-number SCORE 9Y2 -8~ PRAGUE TOURNEY lIoards. '1' ho maLch enued In a tie On Sepltlmber ]5th the Bufblo o[ 4%-41,.2 after thteo a.nd one·halt CheHs Chlb travelled to Toronto 10 BOTVINNIK ALSO hours of play. I'hoto' CourtH." V.ntton I'r_ and D.lwt~n. O illrtln IJonncrr I'holo) meet the Gambit CIU!811 Club In n Octobor 2 sees the s tart or a Jorsor Cily "Y" R.ybello.·M.n"al lan n u ll ______1 gTsnd International toumament in c. n. ])."c1 ~ "kb 7 __ 0 C,"n 1'1.'''6 I~n;nf. H olel CIN,I,I GNn." / ".. BI"ck Hill•. ninetee n board match. "'inn l scon;, M. l.",v lo ... ____. 1 R. Knot ____ .. _ -11 B~ dr. r l)", 1_/1 II) ri,b/: JI. M",gpliJ V;hic.f.o), Cbd,ln 11. C .. ,,,~ ( Y"nklon), was 9Y.z-8'A! In T01'On tO:S t;lvOI" with hOIlOl' of the late Dr. Karl 'l'reybal G. (''ro.. I ~y _ .___ 1 W. IJo!. k(!nb.,.,b _ _0 the game bctwllcn H. Hldou t ot (executed by the Germans) and Ve It. A,I~I",~n _._.• ..• ~'. Knot _ ___ ._._.0 M. Colo" (Po,lo /tim), f.. .\t. ,qMr::; (CI.IIHmfi.). Pury Clifford (Crrsb.,J ) , H.". Bu. "0- 1'. H"lhlor _"_.7 % J.IIQm:old _7_'_'1" /inn (W•• hi "glon), N.,,,,, W. Gn"c), (Y."k/l)n), W. f. Siruin (CI...,d."d), Lylc routo tlnd S. R. Maisel of Buffalo ra Meueblk (slain in a London all' .'. l.IOI;n'er __ ._ •• 0 I •. l,lJ' By William Rojam USCf, FIDE Positions Stated siMes G'a1l1pions1li'P should detcr SVI'acusc, N. Y. either the first prize winner of the '1IIil1e A.ll1 criOOlL can/Hdatcs wQrld clJampions1ii71 Stop Clarifll whetller OR those who ba ttle boredom with tllC weallon of corresponden ce Aug, l S, 19,6, Grouitlgen Tournament or Ihe flnt F chess a nd somctlmes feel the UIIY S wax long between each m ove Or, A., Rue/) pri=e winner of the Prague lourn(\.· Rell1lC lllky ,,'ille 'invitea as iltdivid· for them let tills be a talo of Iieartlln ing solace and a clarion call for TIle l/afJlle. 16 Oostdlflnloan lIlent, 8cilicet the toim.cr of u matcl. val players or is Pederotion ae- patien ce. Writing to tbe Ilrl nte ... editol·, William Hone, in Marcil 1831, one Jlolland, between thege tlOO t(linners, but only COrtl Cfl ,will i/cge leleet ing American J. ~' . R . of ' Valworlh, England relaled tim (ollowlng sad (we cannot say, /Jrar Vr. Uue/): for the eventuality, tllal thelc win' t'Ullfl.jflatcs. Plcase cable rep/v. moving ) s lory: It IIU-II been. broltQt to our a U en· ncr.! are not among t he ,iz maIler. (~jg"cd) Gicrs, USCF There Is the story of two pe rsons of d istinction, the one lived mentioned. at Madrid, the othe r at Rome, who p layed a ga me of chess at that dis· lio" fllat, accordillfJ '0 an article tance. They began when young, a nd though they both !",blishelt ill Ihe New York 8un. a From the drtotne" of th~ con,. ,<;UJ'Ol:cllhage, Sep l C'ln/Jer 26, 19.jG. l our/lam en' (or tile world ehamplOIl dition Ihc desire of the lVinlerthuT Gicrl, ;!.10 J SOId h .... ucllue. lived t o a verr old age, yet the game was not fin· Ifllill 10m be IICII/. ill JJolland il~ 19,,1, Assembly to limit / hc number of ii'llrllcusc, N. }-. Ished. One of them dy ing, appoi nted h is executor t o tile (ollowiJlg players beiflg 8eeded: cntries of the World ChtzmpiOillfllip HeshelVSkll ,"'jlle as ilil/.ividua/ go on w ith the game. Their method w as, ea ch d o ~ "'i1le, Hcshevsky, Ro/wi,mik, IJuwe, Tournamellt can lie derivert, As players se/eelCll 0" lournamellt ree- kept a c hess board, with t he pi eces ranged In exact Flohr fllld K eres, 'l'he newspaper or· t"illgs are the ell trance of a seventh ords illvlled ~II courtesy thru llgh orde r, In their respective c loset s a t Ma d r id and lIc/e stalea that, In aftaitlOJI to t hese master i~ very qucstionablc, "Ieaillm USCl" t'eml no oll;ecfioll Rome : having agreed who s hould mov e fi rst, the lIi:l', 111 1) 11011·see(le(L players makiJlIJ It is rcgrcttalllc that the Pr(lgltC {rom 1JICSS/II/f: A 1IY. 18 1)rivi /ege se· don informs his fellow·playe r at Rome by lett e r, that /lw /)cst shQwi llg at OrOlling(m (lnrt ;l'ournament comes acTOS.! tile ~ien - lect otlter 1I!a.~lctll fOrmally eXpired he has moved hi, klng's pa wn two move s, the I'rat/lle will 1Jorticipate, 1tiat US OiJ(l1npiOllship T OIll',//Imellt: ally ellal1(}C ell(/uuycl'i/!u tOlU'lIalll,ellt courier s peedily returns, and a dvises hi, anta gonis t If /fll) 11ews story UJ correct fl nl/. I f J hatl knoWl/, anot her (lrranyc· contiI'm .-espOIl$C IIug. 28 rcgret 0011- b(IIICfl 011 a: (lccision ulOde at t he re lItellt as to t he event uat levcllth en· orcss igllorefl US Cftam'lliOl.sllip U,<; that the minute after he had the honor t o rece ive ('Cllt li'. I ,D.E.1Jlceti"lI a t lVilltcrthltr, try could have been mOile, bllt, 01 Sit OPIlV8iflU agaiJlst any selJellfh this, he likewise moved h is king's pawn two paces, 1(; ~ 1(;is/1 to poi"t Ollt t o JlOII t hat I see it, neither the result of tlie CII/ry. and so they we nt o n. William Roj.", Ihc plan o{ qlla/i{Jli1Jg OIiC partici- Grfl1lingen '.I'ournamellt fior of t he (SiqllC,J) Rucb FIDE, When of n ights I have nothing uel te l' to occupy my s!umbel's, I d "emn 11U/.t eacll from amon" tile playcrB Pr ague T Ollnlament UJ lfkelv to 1/10· Cosldltinlaa'lI Hi, 1'11(; Jla{JIle, rapt urous d reams about this saddle·weal·y cOIII'ler, raeiug: down the d Usty 01 (lrOl.lltgcn amt Praoue ill not en llily t he com.positio? of "i:Q of the roa ds of "~ u l' ope from S llllln to Italy and back aga in, weal'iug ou t Ilost· lirely fair to our Amerie(m chcltS W orld Championship TOUl'nall'lcnt, horse a fter post·hol'se relentlessly. I see h is hair l ui'll gl·ey. his fai r IIkln KASHDAN, KEVITZ darken u ndel' tile hot southe r n sun, h is race grow lean, leathery and II/allers. l Ye haa no advance notice I am very happv, deo r Mr. Oicrs, seamed, h is II lrong fi st on t he re lus relax u util at last he staggcl's and thot the GrOl./ngen t ournamcllt to el7plain t o YOII. aft cr thll ellen· SCORE AT MOSCOW reels as he c hauges moull ts. All this for olle epochal game o ( Chess! Cor· would ~erve os a qU(Jlifyiflg conj(l'st tidinus of New Y ork 811n, the deei. responde ll ce Illayers, what have you to complain about today? 01111, c01l.scquelltly, .some of our sion8 of the Wintert hl.r A.uelnlll" BUT TEAM LOSES 8/n)llflest playcrs maae no effort to M 10 the coming W orla Ohampion LI N DL?OLD~ D Chess Is n. more ancient a r t t han we modems like to enlcr this tourlllunent. IIhip T(}Itrnu"'enl and trlUl you are Ilussian mastery of t h e chells B remember, T..ong befo re the dilYs o f Phllador or MOl'llhy (not to lYe 'Nt/lterstallll IIlat the Prague convinced of 'hll gOOa intent/OIII of board remains unshaken by the U. men tion Alekhlne or T (Jet Behind American Chejj! MAIL YOUR CONTRIBUTION NOW Get behi nd Ameri can Chess today! Your stake in the future of chess in this country is whatever you can afford. Dig deep if you can, America n Chess will forge ahead with new strength and vitali ty j f the $ IO,(XX) Championship F und is over-subscribed! Mai l the coupon below wi th your contribution to the fu nd- today! Ir- Ke nneth- -- Ha rknell------SIXTH BIENNIAL TOURNAMENT FOR THE Ch.lrman of the F ina nce Commi ttee 6th Biennia l U. S. ChefS Champions hip 250 W. 57th St. New Yo rk 19, N, Y. I enclol e $ ...... m y s ta k. In t he f uture Gf U. S. CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP American Ch ess. This amou nt Is to be applied to the $10,000 Champions hip Fund and my na me i~ \0 appear In the Tourna ment Program as one of thc contribu tors. UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE NAME STREET United States Chess Federation CiTy ...... ,. STATE ...... : ...... Please ma kc checks a nd money ordere payable to the UNITED STATES C HESS FEDERATION But ma ll to Kenne th Ha rknell • ess 1 e Sunday, "JfJclnl Publication of jOe Unltecl States Coessfederation October 20, 1946 ~ All Aboard For New York City OCTOBER 26, THE DAY OF DAYS The Chess Bug Sez:· by Robson MASTERS' RESERVE FIRST DEMOCRATIC lilTLE MEET TOURNEY NOV. 9-16 MIIIOIi Finkelstein, USCF Chalr Seven Seeded Masters To Face Fifteen .lIali or Collegiate Chess Program, hak boon a llpolnted to tite U. S. Cha.nlliollship Tournament Com Contestants Chosen In Area Matches mittee and na med as Tournnment October 26 is the dawll of a new day in American chess; and DIl'octol' of lhe Masters' n oservc when play begins in the C hanin Auditoril1l11 ;11 :\cw York City. it T()lIl'Iley which will be held III New will he the fi rst t ruly democratic U. S. Challlpirlllship Tournament in York frolll November 9 to 16, 1"l n. American hislOI'Y, Tournament Dirc(tor Kenneth Harkness a nd kelslclll Is nn e:tperlcnccd worker TOllnw,mcnt Referee Richard W. Wayne of Ventnor City will be of In dUlU, havIng assisted lIerman hCIUIIIlg' at Ille lIlost significant event in American chess since the first lIelms In directing both the U. S, Ollen Itt Peoria and the U. S. Open Open Tourn:I1IlCIlI at the L.'l.wsol1 YMCA in Cllirago' in 1934. at Pittsburgh In addition to dlrect Jo'or lhe tlrSL time Iinee Iho U. S. In,r;- Ihe Colleglnte TourlllHneul In CllIlInplonghlj) Tournament was or· Now YOI'k Insl Chrlstmllil ilecen. ganized. 11i!IYCI'1I will be seated In FIRST PANHANDLE the event who Imve em'ned tbal OPEN TOURNEY i'll'll. Mllrshall has consented to rlghl the hard way by qualUylng In e:qllolt her talent [n nrrunglug de. tL roglonal tOurnnlllonL From Aroa 1 AT AMARILLO, TEX. tails for the Women'!! Champlon shhl 1'01lrn1\1II01lt wh ich will rlln (Connecticut, ~1alllo, MasBllcbu· seUII, New Hampshire, New Jorsey, conclIl'I'ently with the U, S. Cham. Silonsored by the Amarillo CheAs plonship 'rournnmept, Hhode I8lnnd, Vannont) will ~o mo Club, lhe first Panhundlc 0 1)011 'Vallel' B. Suesman of Pl'Ovldence Chess 'rOU I'UlI. nleut will be l)layeil => , llnd 8 10111l0n W, KowlIJlJkl ot New· 011 October 2G·27 at :hlllal'lIIn, Texas, l!.,·k, !o~rom Area 2 (New York) An· 'I'he tournament will be OPOJI to all WEAVER W. ADAMS thony SRlltnslero, Aleu,nder Kovlt~ cltess pla),el'l, and all contestanttl IS SEATED IN U. S. and OeOl'ge Krnmor. all of New a l'e requestetJ to report to the Crys PENN STATE CHESS o XADREZ MAKES forK l.,'Uy, tal Ballroom, Herrin; lIolel, FEDERATION PROBI.EM CO~TES" Area. :1 (Delu..wnl'o, ndlana, Ken prom lilly at 9 8, m" Satnl'duy, Octo r'lueky, ")lIchigoll, - 0 10, Pennsyl· bel" !6. ror re!;il:lt'·StiulI nile! c1r&.w' ELECTS ;OFfI(:lALS ANNOUNCEMENT Thp ,·:. ••·\11 "'"""'CV"r hne vanin, \Veat ViI'glnla) ""ill send At· IIIK, P lay wilt begin at 10 u, m. und 'l'h ~ Problem Def»lrLtuenl of lhe voted to It tilt. Weflver W. Adams, t1ll0 DICamillo nlld nr:ob Levin, tho tournament will cud Sunday William 1\1. ilylund (l'lltshurgh) Un Hed States Chess J<'ederatlon rorlllor Ne En,IIUJd Champion, to wa~ reelected Ill"egldcnt of Ihe holll of Phlladehlbia. \rea -4 (Ala· evening, October '27. Entl'flllce tee 1/1 takes jrlenllure In announcing the be s~ated 1,- the 1,1, S, rluUblllon. bnma, AJ'kansnll, Dl atr ct or Colum $2,00 llnd ontrles will be accepted State Fede rn tlon; nlso reelccted following lourney, The Portuguese shill TOIU'nnllll'nt. trills IlCtiOIl Willi were Harry Mords (Philadelphia) hlu, ~~Iol'ida, GeorgI!, Maryland, up to Ollen lug of IlIIlY, but Illayel's magazine, 0 Xadr-ez. Mal'lo p, J, takcn In l'er,ognltlhll of till! nlct W, MlslllaslPlll, MIS/lo ur!. NOlth Cnro lu'e !'oquesled to eoope!'ate by SilO' , vlcC-llt'esldenl, J . Stevenson Gomes, QuInta OmnCnm lJ. \;Iarrell'o, thnt Allums wns ;deprlvel] ot the Iina, South Carollla, Tennessee, Vlt' mltling entry well in advunce by (Carlisle) It'casurcl', nnd Walter Portugal Invites COIllI)()Se rs to sub· privilege or compellllg rOJ' n Illace glnla) will be rell resented by Ill', ma.1I whcn possible. Hall (Philadelphia) scct'elary, John mIL two-movers In unlimited num· III the Tournll ment by servlug as D, Drexel or Mloml Illld 0 player all IlIq ulrlea and entdea should be F"ell ch (Harrisburg) nnd Ste bel" s.howlng the Ila88berg Titerne, an alternate member ot the United yet nnnamed, Area 5 (Colorado, addressed to Ed Plltman, pl'esldent, venson wel'e nnmed to edit the unt.ll November 30, 194G. States CItess Team whiCh jourlleyed Stato Fedcratlon Bulletin. l AlUlalana, New M~xlco, Oklahoma, 305 E. 13tb Ave.; .\ . 0, Johnson, Example: E. 'M. HlUIllberg, :!nd to MOICOW, Otherwise he \\'ould Texas) willlllost 1II'obahly be r epre· secretary, 3204 Hayden; 01' G. B. Prize, (J/leu Corrc,pontlent, 1942: bave hnd the oPilOrtunity to defend l:Iented by AI. Lillton of Da lla s, Marshall, ehalrurnn of tonl'llnment b7, IlSs5, kpKp3R, S7, 2P5, 16, 7K. his title liS New England Chamll]on }I'OI' Area G (Illinois, Iowa, "1inne- com mince, 610 Virginia. Checks Obly,hac I, Qa4 Pd[j; 2, Sc5. nnd ill defending It QuuHry rOl' lhe 5Ota, Nebraska, North Dakota, should he made pnyabl~ to Amar· wist, impulse! DetinlUon: The key pins n White 0. S, ~hnmplon8hip . South Dakota, Wisconsin) tlte COIl iIlo Chess Cl ub, and unpins a Black piece. Tho 1 hI! tostant.!! wiJlbl) l ~olV ls J. lsaacs and Let that sudd en urge made defense re-plus the Black find Alltert San{\rhl, both ot Chlcago, urge you to l'e'lIn lll lls the' Wh ite Illece, and the SHAW HI. SCHOOL AI·eo. 7 (AriZona, Cauromla, Idaho, WHEN EAST MEETS lIIlLte is given by the rc-unpinned GRANTS FRIEDMAN J\tontnnR, NevaUo., Orogon, Umlt, WEST-EAST WINS SUBSCRIDE While piece becaule the Ulack piece 'Vasltlngton, Wyontlll!;) will seud Now! Is re-Ilinned -I. e., Illllllt be a pin LEAVE FOR TRIP Olaf Ulvestnd of Seattle and A, J. IF IT'S TORONTO ma.te, Fink of Sun J<~rancIICO. 10 America's only Eric M. J-Iassberg will act as Lnrry "'rledman, U. S. Junior Entries for tb e Masters' Reserve Chess NewsfNlper judge. TorOllto &ast mel Toronto West at Champion, has been releascd from 'rourllament al'e not yet finally 80t. the Central YMCA nudllol'lum Oil his studies at Shaw High School. tl~d, hul arrangomcnts for tills dlvl KO'"'LT =-A'"'N-'-O~W~SK~I-A T September 27. There were sevcnty dl)ess fife Clflve land, for a trip to New York .sioll hnve been cOlU pleted and tile lwo boards In tbe match; RII{! the Ulle hafidy CQrll)OI! Q1l JlaUrl 4, AUSTIN CHESS ON to play In the Masters' Resene event will be In cbarge of Mlitoll tlna l score was a vlctol'y for 'roo 'l'ouJ'llament, NovemtJer 9·16, In FInkelstein. 'l'h e Woman's Cham routo East with Hih poln tll 10 30 1A! NOVEMBER 4 & 6 excusing F'rledmun, Principal Die· IllollShl l1 'I'ou\"IIament is a lso being points for Toronto We/lt. oeol"ge 1{ollllnowskl, world tam· trlch toLd Larry thut Shaw I [lgh ul'l'll.nged and the eu try ]Jst Is In MARYLAND CHESS ous blindfold expert, will give a School wus very pl'Oud lo have one Ihe hands of Mrs, Marshall. CLUB O/tGANIZES demonstration ot his skill, playing of theh' studenl.3 as the Junior AUSTIN ELECTS JOINS THE USCF eight bourda blindfolded on No Cheas Champion of tlte United GEORGE KRAMER vember 4 Ilt the AUBtin Chess & States and that tltey would contrl· CLUB OFFICERS Checker Club, Austin Town Hall bllie $25.00 toward bls expenses. WINS THE ENTRY Saturdny, September 28, the tint In Chicago, On Novomber 6 be W. J. ROLFE, PRES. OI'galllzatioD meetlna: of tbe Mary will roturn to playa thlrty·board FOR U. S. TITLE land Chess Club (Ualtlmore) con· simultaneous exhibition at the Aus· At tlte allllllal meetluJ,; on Septem vened al the Odd Fellows TemlJle, CLEVELAND GETS tin Chess Club against members By ddeaLing Seidman III the tlnal lIer 26 the Austin Chess & Checker Cathedral and Saratoga Stteet/J. Ira 2nd NATIONALJR. f)' lUlln nnd their friends, round of a tullrnamelltl.l.t the Club elected a lIew sLa te ot omeers: l..ovett wa~ elected president; Paul .Manhattan Che8S Cl uh In New YOI'k Wl1lllLlIl J, RoUe, pI'csldellt; Su muel Welne.·, vicC- ll.'csldcut; Oeorge M, CHESS TOURNEY GeOI'go I(nunel' linlshed with a McHelll'y, lilt vlce·presirlCilt; 11.0y iAlpol ll l, secretary·tl'eusnrer, SO. DAKOTA STATE score of :.I. ' lind WOIl lh~ right t.o Gllbel't, 2nd vlce·p!'e"ldent; Chcste,' I~trty IIlcmhel'S aUended the open CHESS ASS'N FROM LaI'l'Y Priedman, 194 G U, S, Jun· be one of lhe Ihrec ~ntl' i es in the BOllnds, !Secretary; Louis II. Comly, Ing meeling Illld voted to ullliinle YANKTON TOURNEY Jor Chess Champion. can St4y at U. 's. Chnmjllonshlp 'I'olll"n ament treaslll'er ; Charlos Urokaski, pro with the USCF, while plans Cor a home to defend hla title, for the fl'om Al'ea Two, The othcrs al'o An· perty mnnager; Paul Poschel, tour· local tournamcnt hnve been a r As a result ot the enthusiasm 1!/47 Junior Toul'IlRment has been thony Santalliere nnd Alexander nomellt director. rdnged. commencing October [jth. generatcd at the Ya nkton lIIeet the officially n warded to Clevellllld Kevllz, A. A. Rothman and S, Alm The Austin Chess Cillb (Chicago) Classes will be estllbliahed 101m· Soutit Dakota State Chels Assoda Ohio, This III (Iulte prOller, fO! gren finished jn n tie for second 13 the home of the recently crowned prove the plnylng knowledge of be tiOIi was fonnally organh;cd wi th M, Cleveland was one of the firs l with 2~-1'h each, II, Seldmall wns 1II1110ls Stale Chaml>lon I'nul Pos· gluners alld tcnch tlte game to those l<~. Anderson (Rapid City) II.S presl· cities to follow lite examplc of Mil foul'tlt with 2·2; and D, Byrlle com· chel IUld the runner-u p Itl Ihe I Ill· Intel'ested i n leumlng. The club Ideut; M, H, Scmrau (Rapid City), waukee and establish all adcQunt ~ pleted the IIl;lcUon wIth 0·4. l(),lIlI1el' nolH Championship 1'ollrulllllont, exprellsed Its thanks to 'Mr, Paul Isecl'elary·treallurer, and Dr. H , L, Il]"Ogl'U IlI of chess fo r juniors, reap III tho ronllel' New York Slate .Iohn Nowak, Puul Poschel WOll G, Gierlj for his IlelptuJ cOolleration ~aylor ( HIII'OIl), vlce·pr~Hldellt. iug their- rewurd by having tho lit's CltaZllI)IOIl who lost his crown to An· tllO MaJOl' Reserve TOlIl'lley Ilt nud ISSlled n geller'al hlvltation to GeOl'ge Kollanowskl was allpolntOd U, S. Junior Champion come (rOil thollY Sntosiel'e In the 194G meet· Pi ttsburgh a head of J. Rauch, for· all fcl1ow-i:lubs In the Pedemlion ~ltor of n monthly stute cllP-ss their extensive I)rogrnm of cites Ing at Ca1.cno\·[a, mer Montl'eal Champion, lo communIcate. bulletin, In tlte schoole und playgl'o und s, one Sp artan and tht'ee Athenianll remained alive, the Spartans c lalmod the vlctol'y, shlce they reasoned. one Spartan was hetter than tllree Athenians. And then the total war began artel' all. Had tllese two Greek nations playell an annual one hundred-board ehess , match, 110 you suppose that they woulll want a war? Chess, indeed. 1& not a cure·all for every in ternational Ill. Dut -4-merican chess, along wllh music, literature. sports, and other common Interests, can help to dt'l1.w the people of the world together aUlI help to fot'm at Official Pubiicati on of me United States (lJess'fecteratl on leust One World. Erich W. Marchand Known as a commentator on tho Published , .. ice ~ mo."h on ,he lth ~nd lO d, .. The views elCpressed In this Guest Editorial are not necellarlly thOle of CHESS LIFE, game snd I.heorist as well as player, B, Erich W. Marchand applies an an· alytlcal and mathematical mi nd to THI:: UNITm STATI::S CHI::SS FmmATION YOUR PART IN CHESS his study of the game. He began A keflulor Message by it In earnest at Phillips Exeter Applic~lion f~ ~n Volume Tuesday, Number 5 OfficlCll Publication of jfje Unltecl States (bess'federcltion November 5, 1946 Denker Defends His u. S. Title (By Spccial Wire) TWENTY PLAYERS IN EVENT, RESHEVSKY LEADS STRONG FIELD COMPETING HOROWITZ SECOND Reshevsky Seeks to Regain Championship · Ileshevllky a lone hi unlldeated with two draws and tlve victories. Standings at eud of seven round II Nineteen Others Set to Thwart His Hopes wllh Ulree games adJollL'ued: One of Lhc SlrOllgest fields in the history of the U. S. Champion" Relh&vlky ...... '-1 Plnkul ...... 3~.2 ~ Horowttz ...... __ 5~·1~ St8tn8l' ...... _..... 3_3 ship Tournament is assembled at the Chanin Auditoriall1 in New Lovin ...... 5-2 Fink ...... " .... " ... " ... 3·4 Kramer ...... 4~·2~ Rothman ...... 3.4 York Ci ty to contest the right of Arnold S. Denker to continue as ~~I~~r ..... :·::::::~.~.4~t ~~::I 'ki ·· ...... :::::U::} the U. S. Chess Champion. Among them are the former U . S. Denker ...... 4·2 Adam . .... __ . ______.... }·6 DlCam'ltto ...... 4·2 lnle...... "...... I-li Champion Samuel Rcsllcvsky and r. Kashdan. Others arc Albert Rubtnow ...... 4_3 Sandrln ...... I·' lItveltad ...... 4-) Suc.man ...... " ...... I-li S. Pinkus, 1. A. Horowitz, Herman Steiner, Olar 1. Ulvestad, vVeaver \Vomen's Champion Grisela Gres W. Adams, George Kramer, Anthony E. Santasiere, A. Rothman, ser lost in lhi)'d ,'OUllll to Dr. Helen Wclssenstoin. Standings !IrQ: Attilio DiCamillo, Jacob Levin, IJewis r Isaacs, Albert Sandrin, Sol Mrs. Siln _...... 3·0 MI .. Rlctllg ...... 1·2 Rubinow, Dr. G. Drexel, A. j. Fink, Walter B. SlleSman and Ste Mis. Kadf ...... 3·0 Mr<. Slate, _...... 1·1 Mr< . NYI ...... l.} MIll W. Hon.oh.t 1-' phen W. Kowalski. Mr<. Orouer .. _...... 2·} Mh. K. Hen lohel 0-3 M". Wou.nl t.tn.... 2·1 Mrs . MoCre. dy .... a-) Results oC the first round we'·c. H.A. DITTMANN Isoa(!s O. Drexel 1; Fink %. Dj Cumtno %; Ulvestud 1, SUOs IIJun PRESENTS USCF DELMAR SAXTON 0; Kowalski O. Pinkus 1; Rublnow CHESS TROPHIES WINS FIFTH CCLA O. HO"owitz 1; Levin 1. Sandrin 0; SRntRSloro %. R eshevsl!y 'AI: Kra· U.S. CHAMPIONSHIP Ph oto: Coune..y of Salt Lake Trtbm,. ,wOV' 1. RaOlm,1tl 0; Dt'llk('r 1. II. A. DIttmann. crart!lmnn and nl'th:Lt of Snit l..nktl Oily, lHnh. lUi !! Adums 0; l\i\shdan St.elner, INSPECTING U. S. CHAMPIONSHIP TROPHIES '1"11" 1·'lfllI (1037) (ir",," Na!lonnl ]lresented to t he United Stntes COrt' I' ~ I)ond( ' lLce Chf'88 Tournnlllellt ]lOst ]loned. If. A . DiltlllIJUII. arl;,q( (l nd cr(lfta1tJ{IIt in 100011, {JIve! II /lIlliE i7l $lIcct/on Chess ~'edel'atlo n a very nOI'el and ot l he COl'l'cs!)ondenee Chess Round two "es ults WCL'e: Drexel to the U. S. Glrompumship '1'Ol(I'IICHILcnt TI'ophicII which hQ /Ias donate(! 4~a uli rll l !:lot of Ulree tropbies fo( /<'1 //0.> nft; f "'f1.", 'l'uesday, No"!",embc)" G. .f9~6 CHECKMATE CLUB VER inventive was the genius of Benjamin Franklin, and so it Ig ELECTS OFFICERS E not SlIl'I)rlsiug that even ill chess the snge from Philadelphia found HABAN PRESIDENT a novel approach whereby the joys of the gamc were combined with all ingenious system o[ instruction. It 15 an idea that should be com Tbc Checkmate Cluh (Cleveland) m ended and bl'ought to the attentiOli of all educators, and Franklin ex has Inaogurated its fall seasoo with plains i t vividly in his own autobiography; thc elcction of oflleers at the all· I had begun in 1733 to study languages; I soon nllal meeting. l" rank Hahan was made myself so much a master of the French, as choscn as pl'esldcnt; S. S. Kenncy to be able to read the books in that language as vicl)"[)]'cllident; John Meller as with ease. I then undertook the Italian. An ac' sccrelnl'y; anll Charles l3Ielecki as quaintance who was also learning it , used often tl·easurer. to tempt me to play chess with him. Finding this took up too much of the time I had to spare The Check\llate Club Is among fol' study, I at length refused t o p lay any more, the group which have established unless on this condition, that the v ictor In every the individual rating system for all game should have the right to impose a task, memil(lI'S, covering aU gallles played either in pa rts of the grammar to be got by heart, (whethel' SCI'{OUS, ca~lIal 01' matcb). or In translations, which tasks t he vanqu ished By POI'cclllago points won 01' lost was to perform upon honor before our next meet· on a g raded .scale each member's ing. As we played pretty equally, we thus beat J'hoto: Coo'rWooy ot The Auotln;le individual record is kept and his lVil/h,m Roj.m one another into that language. PLAYOFF OF ILLINOIS ST AT E TITLE standing determined by the wins There now is the plan for some far·seeing pedagogue to Install in PaId Poschei (seatert left) plo'l/S JOhn N01lio k (seated right) 1IJhile aud losses lie has hOod. his classes and unite UIU S happily scholarship and chess. i111erested memb/ffs of the A 1I.fti11 Chess O1uL ChecJ.;er Clztb, to which both Among the more prominent memo II/ayers belong. Watch the procecai1tgs. The playoff at the AllStin Clu,b bcrs of the clnb Is S. S. Keenoy, RT SON Tn and Prison Out - tlte fault and the salvation lay in Chess. 10as necessitated by a tie for Itrl.lt place j" the IllinOis State TouTna.1ttent, USC~~ dil'ectol' for Ohio. P For Thomas Middleton wrote a comedy entitled "A Game at Chess" played in Garfi.ela Park. . Palll Po schel 100n the l)l~off from ,fohn Nowak, which wa!:\ performed nine timcs at the Globe Theatre - Shakespeare 10ho is tlte ten·secolla chess clW1nlJ1on of the Austin Olub. RED ROSE CHESS may have witnessed a performance there. It offended the Church (and CABLEGRAM more to tbe point, the Queen), so James 1 suppressed this satire and The Hague. Hal/and, A JUNIOR CHESS LOSES MATCH TO lodgcd its author In gaol. There he stayed until this whimsical petition Cktober :?8, 1940. WILMINGTON CLUB sought and won him freedom: '/'0 M. S. Kuhns LEAGUE FORMS IN A harmless game, coin'd only for delight, .11 SO. l~ a SrllIe Street, Ollioooo, Ill. TORONTO, CANADA Wilh Its fll'st matcll of the fall Was play'd twixt the Black House and the White. Atay OHESS DflN? be the symbol seaSOI) the Wilmington (Delaware) T he White house won; yet still the Black doth brag, of ,wol,perity in all activities of the Saturday, Octoher J.9. lIa w the Chess Club s wung Into a victoriOUS USCP. Live lrmg as Etltcrihl$ PreB~ They had the 'power to put me in the bag. Ol'ganization of t he Junior Chcss s tride as it defcated tho Red Rose Use·but your Royal hand, 'Twill set me free, (lent. Kindest regards. I ~eague of TOI'onto whe n repre Chcss Cluh or T~a llC a6lc r, Pennsyl· Itueb, PIDK 'Tis but removing of ~ man - that's me. sentativc hoys and g irls from vania. The score was 7'h-'PA ill lwelve sccondary and JIll b I i c Wilmington's favor. WilmIngton lanca.te, schools of 'I'ot'onto lIIet at the Smith ...... 1 .. e",.""" ...... 0 FOOTNOTi TO THE CHAMPIONSHIP Central YMCA and ele(:ted oOleers ~'ii!Ch~r ...... 0 1'nul ...... _ ...... 1 Han.haw ... 0 Mc])cv1tt ...... 1 (rom . their own m embers. Five Wame' .. 0 Ilckcnrode ...... _._.1 For -- "You Can't Tell the Players Without a Score Card" other sdJOols with active c1lCSS Pat/';"on •...... 0 1'1 ""1 ..... ' _ ... 1 clubs were included in the mem· Hope ...... 1 1.01;"11(, ••••••••••••••••••••••• 0 lI~ rg"'. n...... 1 lInwk~ .... • _._ ..... 0 l~ifth Arnold S. Denker: Defending U. S. Isaac Kashdan: in 1915 Pan· A. A. Rothman: Tied for twelfUt bcrship of thl) new lengue althongh I.<:<>nard ...... _~ Mille, _..... _ ....• ...... ~ chimplon. winner of the 1944 American; tied for first with S. with L. Isaacs and L. Ncidicll Lew;' ..•.....• _1 l'itJ'.I",trielr: ...... 0 not rcpresented at the organizing liuir ...... _ ._1 n.obin""n •. _ ..... __.• 0 U. S. Cbnmpiouship Tourna· Reshevsky in 1942 U. S. Cham· in 1914 U. S. Championship; lied mecliug and othcl" schools have uruu1in _ .• _1 JII•• _ .. _ .. __ .. _••.. _• .0 mcnt: tied for third with A. S. plonship; third in 19 ~O U. S. [01- seventh in 1943 U. S. Ama· a1 so indicated that thev will en· Brc_li" ...... _1 .'(114) ...... _ ...... _ •• __0 C hnll1lll()Il ~ ld[ ) ; lied ror Ilrll t h HIl' 'l'ourllnIllGlO t willi J . S. Hut· l 'inkliS In thc 1!J.l2 U. l:i . Clwm· t l'l' n l\ tlOUII ri ll thoy hnWI com \\ 'll ml" I(1~ 1I ...... H I.n r..... l~ r _""" .. ~, plonship; tlcd wilh A. KU11Chik wllh I. 1!0ro ..... ll7. 11\ IU3 S U. S. te ll. I •. \'I. Stephens 11.1111 \)J'. L. 1 ) !OI~d fOi"llluUOIl or chess dlllls . Lllnc'lIlItel' hnd whlto 011 lhc odd· for sixth in 1940 U. S. Cham· Open TOlll"lmmenl; tied fol' 'i"aIJUtwik. Ol11eel"lI clected lVerc WILl leI" lIuml)cl"ed l!Curd s. ~p!onshjp; ti'~ rt for second with fourth in 1936 U. S. Open Tour· Sol Rubinow: EOjlrth in 1943 U. S. Pl"ysta.wski, 111'esident; Ma"garet A. Dake in tile 1!l3G U, S, Open nament; third in 1935 U. S. Open Amateur Tournament, otherwise Swain. secretary; 1'oTary Karch, as· Tourn;ul\ont. Sevcral t imes Ne w Tournamenl; second in ]932 this is llis first national tOlll'lm· Slst,llIt seel'claI'Y; Bob \'Ial'IICI", CLEVELAND SHOWS York Stnte Ches!; Cllampion. In P asadena Intel"llatioJlal Tom·na· 1I1enl. Il'en8ul'er; l)f,v o Douglas. toul'lla· LIVE INDUSTRIAL 1945 lliacod in ;\ tie for thinl mont. In 1930. fir!!t in Berlin Albert Sandrin: Firs t in j\fajol' meU L (\In:elol'; and !l:llph I.lcrl"lll. (Gcrmany) 'I'onrnament; firs t In CHESS LEAGUE with H. S teincr In the }lastings Tonrnamcnt of I HG U. S. OIIC]): a ssis tant tOIlI'))UIII ClIl dil·cclor. ]930 Stockholm (Sweden) Toni'· (England) Christmas Toul'na· lhil'll in 19-1[i 11. S. Ovc n Tourna· ,\J\ Adl'lsol'), Boal'd or te :1ch e rs The Indus t !"i al Chess I..eague o f uament; tied for first with Alek· ment, and subsequc ntly Illaced mcn t: l!lH llIi n oi ~ State Cham· nlld chess Icadel'S was sel 1111 with Clel'cland. Ohio. was oIl to a fast third in hiS' section of the 1946 hlue in 1932 Moxico CUy (Mexi· pion: 1943 Illinois .Ju nior Stale II. I~. Gul!itoll uamod a ~ COI~venel·. start 011 Oc tollel' 1 when a nine co) 'I'ournament. Londoll Tournament. Clmlllpion. Bernard F'r(lodmall outlined a ll Lhe rouud 10llnm mcII l began between Stephen W. Kowalski: 1946 New detail s o( organi1.atiOIl for the Weaver W. Adams: First place in Anthony E. Santas iere: Fir!>t III the tc n tCU IlI S which fUI'w this Jel'sey State Champion, now Cll· Icague null ;\11'. Gemmell of F:aslcrn 1915 Venlnol' City luvitaUon 19·15 U. S. Open TOII\"l\umelll: League. Thc QI"IllS sponsoring Utese t ering his rll"s t national tourna· 11lg-1i SchOOl of Commcrce acted Tourncy ; tied fOI' seventh wlUI second iu 19'1(; VnulllOI' City In· che~s teams :11'e: Atlantic Tool & H. Steincr in .l!Hf'i Pnn·American; ment. as secl·clary. lUI". File o r Central Die Co.; Cloveland Grn1Jhite BI'onzo George Kramer: Tied fOI' first in vitation TOllrnament; sccond in tied (01' olghth in 1944 U. S. 'J'ecllllicai. I\"TI·. Brovm of Danforth Co. : E. ~~. Hauserman Co.; Murray 1!H6 Mastel' Hesel'ves of U. S. 1!l44 TJ. S. Open Tournamcnt; Championship; lhh'd in 1941 U. Technical. Mr. Hubinoff of King Ohio Mfg. Co.; New York Central Open 'rournament with nobert second in 1943 U. S. Open 'rOllt' S. Open Tournnment; tied fOI' 8dw(\r« Community Ccntrc and R.R.; Ollio Dell Telephone Co.; Par· Byrue; 1945 New York State llament; ticd tor fifth with H. twclfth with H. Seidman In 1940 MI'. flowers of Rosedale School ker Appliance Co.; Qualily Tool &. Champion. Youngest 111:1ycr In Seidman in .1939 U. S. Opl)n Tour· U. S. Championship; tied for wCI'e the other adult advisors or Gage Co.; Sll'ong, Cobb & Co.; and the Cbampionship Tournament. name n t; firth in.InS U. S. Opcn third with K Marchand in 1940 thc League Im:lSenl at the meeting. U. S. Post Olliee. Lewis J. Isaacs: Tiell fol' twelfth 'l'onl'lmment; first ill Consolation U. S . Open Tou\,nameJJt. New with L. Neldich in 1941 ll. S. Tourncy of 1!l:l7 U. S. Opcn; tied England Champion in 1!l~5 and Clmlll]lionship; 191 (; illinoiS for scventh ill In6 U. S. Open several times previously. Aulhor ANNOUNCING Slate Champion and many timcs Tournament with D. Mugl'idgc. of )\'Ilite to Play ana )Vi1', and previously. Tbe dean ot those 1946 New York Slate Champion. exponent or an aggressive c1wss. entered in tho 1946 Tournument. Herman Steiner: 1"irst in 1946 U. THE BOOK OF THE Attillo DiCamillo: Tied for tenth Jacob Levin; Pirst in 19014 Vcntnor S. Open Toul"lJalllcnt; tied fOl" UNITED STATES CHESS FEDERATION witll S. \Veinstock in 1944 U. S. City Invitation 'l'ournament; tied seventh with 'V. Adams in 1945 Championship; tie(J for thIrd In fOl' e ighlli ;'vith T~. T...cvy In 1942 Pall-I\ IIIcrican; tiod for tllirll 47th ANNUAL OPEN TOURNAMENT Consolation 'foumament of 1936 U. S. Championship; first in 1941 with I. Horowitz in 19'14 U. S. HELD IN U. S. Open with R. Drummond. Vcotnol' City Invitation Tourna· Champion!>hill: lied (or first wltll 19H P ennsylvania State Cham· ment; 1939 PennsylVania Stale A. Yanofsky in ]942 U. S. Open Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania pion. Champion. 'l'ournament; li!lh ill 1942 U. S. Dr. Gustave L. Drexel: Il)45 Soulh· Albert S. Pinkus: Fifth in 1944 U. Champlonsllh); secoud in 1941 July 8-20, 1946 ern Chess Association ChanllJion; S . Champlonshi11; tied for third 11. S . Open Tonrnament; secon(\ Contains the complete play-by-play scores of all games second in 191G Southel'J\ Chess with A. S. Denker in 1942 U. S. In 1937 U. S. Ollen Tournamcnt. ASSOCiation Tournamenl. Championship; tied for fourth TICd for lhird with A. Denker In played by the top twenty players in each of the 1945 A ..J. F ink: flellm' known as chess with Q. Simonson In 1940 U. S. Hastings (Englanll) Christ· seventeen rounds of the tournament. p~'obl cmist alld composer Wau ChampioJlshi11; fourth in 1939 U. \lias Tournament; first in hiS as a player; last nppearnnce in S. Open Tournamcnt. section of 1946 London (England) These total 208 games. 'l'ournament. 194 G California a national tournament was lI. Samuel Reshevsky: I.:;'it·st in 1941) The Top Twenty Players, Out of 58 Contestants, Were : twelfth in the 1932 Pasadena Iu· Pan·American; first in 1944 U. State Champion. ADAMS f"A.JANS SANTASIERE t el"llational Tournament which S. Open Tournament; ticd for Walter B. Suesman: Tied for sixth ALEMAN FORSTEH SEI OMAN Alekhine won. CallfOl"llia Slate first with I. Kashdan in 1942 with W. Adams in 1941 U. S. ALMGREN GORDON SHIPMAN Champion In 1922. ]928 and 1929, U . S. Championsbip; first in 1940 Open 'Tournament; tied for s h.::th BISGUIER KATZ STErnER as wcll as in oUlel' years. U. S. Championship: secoJld in with C. Pilnick in Consolation D. DYRNE IOtAjI,'IER ULVESTAD Israel A. HorowItz: Fourlh in 1945 1939 U. S. Open TOIIJ"\1ament; Tourney or 1939 U. S. Opeu; !t. DYRNE KUPCHBK YERHOFF Pan"Amerlcan; lIc(J for third first in 1938 U. S. Chnlllilionsilip; ninth In Consolation Tourney of l!:VANS LEVIN with H . Stciuer In 1944 U. S. first in 1936 U. S. Championsh ip: 1938 U. S. Open; ticd for fifth Championshlll; Ilrst plaeo ill Lied for first with R. Fine in in Consolation of 1937 U. S. Advance Sale to USCF Members Only 1943 U. S. Ollen Tournament; 1934 U. S. O pen 'l'oUI'l18ment; Open; eloventh in Consolation third in 1!H2 U. S. Opell Tourna· tiod for tllil'd with A. Dake anti Tourney of 1936 U. S. Open. Until January 1st - $1.00 each ment; s ixth 11\ 1942 U. S . Cham· H. Steine r in 1932 })asadcnll. In· Third in 1946 New England (Price $1.50 each jfter publication) pionship; third In 1939 U. S. t e n lll.Uonal Tournament. In 1937 Chamllioush lp. Opon Tournament; tied for first first at Hastings (England) Tour Olaf I. Ulvestad: Tied fOI" fourth &lid Orders Jo: with I. Kashdan In 1938 U. S. ]lament and ticd for first with with D. Byrne in 1946 U. S. Open PAUL G. GIERS Open Tournament; first in 1936 l,'lohr anll Petl'ow at Komeri. Tonrnament; tied for ninth with 2)04 South Avenue Syracuse 7. N. Y. U. S. Ollen Toul'llament. Co First in 1935 Margate (England) W. Adams III 1939 U . S. Open Make All Checks Payable to United States Chess Fede ration Editor of Chess Heview and T ournament ahead of CalJablan· Tournament. Known as a writer chess ann9tator. "' and analyst or chess. Page 4 "wiIl Pt"Olll>ecW. 1. 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Make all chcclu payable to : ·U NITED STATES CHESS F EDEIlA.TION Mak e all checks payable to:- UNITED S TATES CHESS F EDERATION .+; • ess 1 e Wednesday, Offi clett Publicati 011 of The Unltecl States (bess '[ederat) on NO\'cmber 20, 1946 Reshe¥sky Reig a i.n s U. S. Title KASHDAN 2nd, SANTASIERE 3rd, by Robson USCF ORGANIZES r-----n"-~...,...,...,...... ,...-__:_..__-___. NATIONAL CHESS LEVIN 4th AHEAD OF DENKER RADIO LEAGUE Dr. Mengarini Wins Masters' Reserve ~9w that the wartime res tric tions on amateur and sbortwave Avram Noses Out Berliner For 2nd radio transmission hal·e been 11ft, ed, tile USCF announces the for· After eighteen rounds of play at the Chanin Auditorium in mallon or a national cbess radio New York, it is conceded that Samuel Reshevsky holds the number league to e ncourage and promote the playing ot matcbes between one spot among American chess players. Once again he becomes distant chess teatlls by amateur tte U. S. Champion, a title he lost by failure to compete in the 1944 radio. In recent weeks several Championship Tournament. His most dangerous rival \... -a5 the chess clubs have probed Into the runner up,!. Kashdan, who once tied him for the title but failed IIOsslbllItles of matches by s hort· this year to repeat. wave. as lJelng In tune with the Anthony Santasicre, playing some of the best chess of his spIrit of the age: and It Is to as career, was a surprise third to most handicappers who were also Sist these clubs alld encourage others to sllal'e their pioneer spirit outguessed by the steady play of the Philadelphian Levin who ended that the lJSC~' has organized its in fourth. ' Horowitl proved the disappointment by setting off to a radio leaguc. flashing start but lost heart when beaten by Kramer in the fifth Det~UII of organization are be· ronnd and Ilevcr recovered. Kramer and Sandrin upheld the honor Ing studied and develolled by Paul of the younger playcrs by finishing ninth and tenth. " G. Glel·s. execuUve vlce·pl·esldent. 'rhe only Incident to mal' the and Elhert A. \Vagner, Jr., prcsl. pel'fecl condiUons ot the mcet was {lent of lhc USCF'; but tll\1 primary 01& 1Vith('r~lI'.~' 01 ].8l1')8 J. h~II('~ TORONTO CHI':S4l; ,,"rnn ... nr Zh .. I .... ",·" .. 1.. tn n ..... "liI .. aflcr nine rounds of 1)lay. It WUIi WOMAN'S CHAMP TITLE cOlUllelltlon hetwe;n distant tcumti as-rocd to oonc()1 iliff G<)orc. ALWAYS ACTIVE or non,·ty ctlunl (Jtl'englh Rlld ar. Kenneth lIal'kness WIIS Tourlla· TO N. MiA Y KARFF, MARY BAIN 2nd IN GAMBIT CLUB l'ul)ge fOI' mntches betweell all • !J.t \l.ir-GCt'.)r. ~lId the retcTeo was clubs dl.lslring to p'articlpate In Richard'W. Wayne. well known COl' Defending Champion fGrisela Gtesser On November I former Canadian mdJo chess, A COml)etent official his conducting of the VentnOI' City Chamllion R. E. Martin gave a 81m will he Illaced III chnrge of the InvitAtion 'rOOl1'nnmpnt" ult:ln(!OIlIl •.!:>,hilJltion zlnd IIcoro<1 I!) lea&'1Ie'li ocllvlU"'1I 1111 "OOn All all In the Masters' Hescl've Tour l:.oses Title, Comes In Third Place wins. 3 loses and 3 draws. Suc organlzallon deLIlIIs- are completed; nament, Dr. Mellgarinl won wblle In an intense st ruggle which saw -four former \-Vomen Cham cessful against him were G. Than). "h nd Informotlon on I'eiistl"ntlon Herbert A\'l'am edged out Hans pions involved. ),1i55 :"J. A!ay KarlT (former Champion) regained R. Cody and J. Shebaylo while J. will be published in a later issue Berliner In a tIe for second place Good. G. CUlllllngham and C. Jo· or CHl<~SS LIFE. the crown from Mrs. Gisela Gresser. Iht' defending \\loman's Challl hy virlue of hIs win over Berliner. tham werp. the'Dlayerll whn drew. pion. "VI iss harff went undefeated. conceding onc draw to ?\Jrs. 1\1\1ton Flnkelstelll served a!! On November 15 a toul'llament KANAWHA VALLEY Tournament Director of this Mas. Slater. 1\1 rs. ~Iar}' Bain, who placed second, drew ,,"'ith Mrs. Gres to decide the Rapid Transit Chess ter Resen'e Group which consisted ser as well as losing her game to Miss Karff. MIS. Gresser suf Champion of Ontario will be held CHESS ,LEAGUE of Herbert AVl'am (New York), fered au early round loss to former Champion Dr. ·lelen Weissen at the Gambit (Toronto) Ches8 FORMED IN W. VA. ~ Hans Berliner (Washington), Ro stein in addition to her loss to i\iliss KarfT and clraW!,ilh Mrs. Bain. Club upon the occasion of the of bert Durkin (Ventnor City). Major ficial visit ot W. S. Ross, presi and so had to.be content with third place. The Charleston and Carbldc J. B. Nolt (Miami Beach), Edgar dent of the Chess Federation of The \Voman's Cl amplonship tour· (South Charleston) Chess Clubs of T. McCormick (East Orangc), Dr. Canada. PFC. STEINMEYER nument was play In the C1Janin West Virginia have organized the Al'iel !'.leng!ll'lni (New York), Irv· Auditorium on Sa ul'days and Sun. ing Rivlse (New York), W. Itoh. ---- Kanawha Valley Chess League, to LIK£ LIGHTNING day!!, and was un I'll' the direction land (Milwaukee) anll Mel ~CllU· AFTER U. S. MEET conllist of four flve-mnn toams from of Mrs. Cal'oline . Marshall. witb bert (Twin l<~al1~). Lurl'Y l<~l'i ed· AT CHESS DIVAN each or t.he two Clubs. The teams Miss Edith I~ .tem.t sctlng as HOROWITZ PLANS man (Cleveland), tlle National Jun· Ilre Labs, Vlnyllte, Aces, Shah Mat, Assistant Tourna cnt Director. Chemicals, Instruments, Mars hal!, 101' Champion. wns to have played, prc. HolJert H , Steinmeyer en- l<~ol'lnel' ohalll])1 ns In the tour· LONG CHESS TOUR ann Monarch. hut wall forced to wil.hdmw at the lerl.alned the Washington (D. C.) nllmenl werc Miss N. May Kal'fr An... r the completion or lhe cur f: llIlIIII Ilnt lvltipl/. In the Charles_ last mInute. Clless IJI"Van 011 Novembel' 6 with (1938. J 942), M]'s~ Gl'isela Gresser rent U, S. Championship Tourna. ton Club included a mpid transit (Box Scores Page 3) Ii dlst~llS'ulshed perfOI·manCe. play_ U9H) lind 1-11-s. Mary Bain and ment, I. A .. Horowitz, Co-Editor of tournament won by William Hart. Ing a twenty hoard s imultaneous Dr. Helen Weh,sellsteln (co.cham. Chess ReView, plans an btended ling who captured hi!; pZ'cllminary In two hours and ten millutes- pions In 1939 wit" Miss l):al'lI). YANKTON MEET tour glvlllg lectures 011 chess and section and then won thc playoff winning 18. losing 2 games. (Box Seore Page 3) STARTS CHESS StelnwO;:yt!r may lot! rpmemllered simultaneous exhibitions. Horo from Allen DuVall. J ohn jo'. HUrl. as the 17·year·old Champion ot St. witz has always been rated as one Jr., has been l'eelected president IN SOUTH DAKOTA Louis wbo tied for third in the oC the most instructive and enter and Allen DuVall secl'etary·treas With the new South Dakota 1944 Open Tournament at Boston. NEW JERSEY HAS taining lecturers 011 chess subjects urer ot the Charleston Club. An Chess Associntlon ISll iling the first ACTIVE BERGEN, and is one of the outstanding per exhibition lJy George KoltanowSkl of its series of monthly Bullotlno. formers in the fleh], of simultaneous on November 20 is sponsored by there is every !!Ign or great cheslI PROMISED USCF PASSAIC CO. CLUB chess. Interested Clubs may 01J the two clubs. working in close co actl\'lty in South Dakota. The Itailid tain further details by wdtlng Ho operation. and Ilt a later date an CLUB MANUAL The Bcrgeu and Passaic County rowitz at Chess Review, 250 \Vest' -CUy Chesll Club has organl~cd to exhibition by I. A. Horowitz Is meet Thursday nlJ:hts at EUlson's ABOUT COMPLETED Chcss Association (New Jersey) is 57th Street. New York 19, N. y, planncd. Cafe with O. H. ElIlaol1 8 8 prellldrllJt completing arrangoments (or a and Arnold Baron as aecretary· Thio long waited Club i\lanual chumplOllshi]l toumament In which MOST WELCOME IS treasurer. In Sioux Falls chess ]llay· which will contain a wealth of In· It is cXllected tilat thh'ty or more Illayel'lI will aompeto, Play will be VETERAN'S HOSPI'l; DON'T MISS ANY ISSUES OF ers al·e organizing anothOI' cheSIl fonllaUon on every s ubject of In YOUR, U. S. CHE55 NEW5 club with Leo 1\,lcKonna as presi· tOI'est to Chess Clubs and will held nt Rochelle Park, headquart· OF LEXINGTON, KY~ de'lt Anrl R. B. Denu as secretary· cover every Dbase of duh II fA III el'S of the ASllociation, III II recent lnter·county series treasurer. M. F. Anderson. Co almost ready for the Drlnter. As The Advocate, published by tho Champion of South Dakota and sociate Editors of this compendium of matches, the Bergen and Pas· Veteran's Administration HosJ)ltal president of the South Dakota are Lucius A. Fl'ltze of Glen Ellyn sa.lc ol'ganl~atloll placed tnlrd of LexhJgton (Ky.) notes 1n Its among the twelve clubs engaged in Chess ASSOCiation l)layed an eleven (Ill.), N. P. Wigginton of Washing_ pages the formation of a chess competition. William L . Ginssanle board simultaneous exhibition at ton (D.C.), J. C. Thompson ot Grand club wh1ch Is affiliating with tho Iii till"" l'ltj)taln and al'l'angeOlents the Battle Mountain Sanitarium on Prairie (Tex.), and W. W. WInans USCF, formed by ten paUenla In al·e In tile charge Ernest October 18, winning eight, drawing of ROChester (N.Y.). Con te nts will ot w. the hospl tal under the oncourage Tyler, secoDd·vlce·presldellt. one and losing two, include material on how to organize ment of the Recreational Director, Among tile planned activities Is a chess club, how to conduct a The club will meet once a week. a State Correspondence Chess I club, how to manage tonrnaments A. SID, TEST SAYS:_ and refreshments will be served at Championship tournament to begin and matches, together with the com_ A worthless check shows a fel· each get·together. For those more on December 1st. open to members plete rules of chess and many. low has no resources lett In the willing than learned In chess, In. of the ASSOCiation who are resi· pther Hems important to the bank or In his mind. Make every structlons In the rudiments of tbe dents ot the state. I management of any chells club. check a good one. game will be furnished. THE CHESS BUG SEZ: I!1Robsm Chess Review and American Chess Bulletin. Current numbers In the periodical room on the fourUI Hoor, bound volumes In the reference room on the same floor. The Editor has bad occasion to visit the Chicago PulJlIc Library recently and in view of Dr. Werthammer's re WI.06 mal'ks vel'lfled bis own recollections, so Dr. Wel'thammer must have been misinformed by some not·too·alel·t employe of the library. As to American Che&:j ' the library '·on HG E. RRlldolph St.", this Is the John Crerar Llbrary an Institution de\'oted exclUSively to technical works in a limited nllm OEfi bel' of field s, and chesl! does not tall into the orbit of Its purpose, Samuel Reshevsky clal Pubqcati on of me Vnlterl States Cbessfederati on Dr. Wel,thammer is right. however, In Ilis general assumption that Since the days when he toured Published twice" mooth 011 the Ith .nd 20th the libraries subscribing regularly to one or more chess pllbllcnt!ous this counlry and Enrope as the B, al'e all too few, With tile larger libraries It is frequeutly only neces hoy wondor of chess, Reahevsky sary to convince the librarian that a demand for those cll es~ publica has ftlways beon o~le of the most THE UNITED STATES CHI:SS FEDERATION tions exist-with the smallel' libraries it Is sometimes nocessary to dlsUuguished jll'acUtloue\'S of the supply the funds for these snbscrlptions, But in any case, it i~ the duty game. Fol' sOll,le yeal's while go· At 84S Bluff Street, Dubuque, Iowa or chess playel's in every city to see that their IIbt'arles subscl'lbe to at ing to school hOi' , made no nllpenr least one chess Illlblication. ancos In tournament chess, but af. Application fOf entry OJ second-cl.. , mauer if ~nd;ng at Post Office. Dubuque, low•. leI' gmduation fl'Om college soon demonstra1ed that his chess had Sub.cription:-$2.00 per yeu;,. Single copies IOe ncb not grown rusty iu the years of IS YOUR CLUB IN STEP? tOU\'llament Idle ness. Addre$! all subscriptions '0:- Edward I. Tr« nd, Stcrtf.ry A Regular Message by In 1931 Reshevs ky won the West· Paul G. Giers em AssoclaUoll Tournament at 841 Bluff Str~t 12869 Stc.thmoo[ Avenue Tulsa, and in. 1933 was second to Dubuq1,lt, Inw. OR Deuoit 27, Michigan Execlttille Vice-President. United States Chess J<'ea·era UQn Reuben Fine In the Westel'll Tour Make .11 check, payable to: T»s UNIT~ STAT~ eliEl, FEDEU.TION LMOS'r dati tho mailman brings tidings ot chess clubs newly or numenl at Detroit, winning his in A ganized. re9nests for Infol'matlon and advice from [llayers who dividual game from ]j~llle. In 1934 he tied for first with Fine in the EOITOll.M.L 12) North Humph[ey AVe"".. waIL to organiZj a club. and offers or cooperation frolll clubs eager to U. OPFICE: Oak Park, llIinoi. take part in our ~~ederation's club Iwogram: New club applles for USCF tlrst S. Open 'fournnment at charter, enrolls elleh menlber as Individual USCF memher; Vetenln en Chicago; and WOIl the Syracuse IIl EJi/OT .rod B;;,;"'JI Mu.. gu lists aid of Recreation Dh'ector to stnrt club at U. S. Hospital, teaclles lel'llational Tournament. M,ONTGOMERY MAJOR his buddies and enrolls them In USC1o'; "Send applicatjon blanks for our At Margate in 1935 he won Wilh_ OUt loss of a game and fini s hed Volume I, Numbsl' 6 Wednesday, November 20, 1946 fifty·seven memb!'lrs"; ·'Tell us how to conduct our first city tourna ment": "How do we go about having a State Tournament?"; etc" etc. ahead of Capablanca from whom he won his inujvldual game. In f!. C It Is encouraging Indeed to observe this tre mendous Increase In chess clnh activity everywbere, 1:.r3ri Reshevsky begun to assert his ' LET THE POSTMAN HELP YOU TO Our congJ'atulations to the many ' new organizers claim to the U, S, Championship who so cheerfully forego playing pleasure to devote by winning the first U, S, Cham PLAY CHESS their anergies to tbe Inlllortant task or chess organ pionship Tournament; he has won iZation. Outstanding among these are our veterans evel'y U. S, ChampiOnship 1'oul'na ","10 learning Is painiefls in the acquiring; anq when Euclid stated that who leanled. uudel' Uncle Sam's tutelage, the art of lllent he has played In since that 1."1 there was no royal road to knowledge, he covered a wider field igno!'iog obstacles and getlillg things done, date (tie with Kashdan in 1942), than the mathematical learning he proposed to teach. But there are Chess clubs fo rm the backbone of organized S ince the 1936 Tournament he has shadings in the Intensity or etrort required to accumulate the lore or chess. Tllelrs Is the nil-important function or unit never lost a game in defense of chess. And the wise student profits by the shadings. ing the players In a congenial group, developing the title. He IO.'lt to HOl'owitz and Practice In ItseU Is illlpOI'tant; but practice without an effort toward greater plnylng s trcngUI through lou]'l1aments and Bernstein In the first tOUl'llalllent increased learning Is a rathel' barren pursuit, There are players who other club activities, initiating new playel'S into the and IO,;t two gnmes to Kashdan In play their chess games every day without percepUlJle betterment in ga,me and of providing inter-club and state·wide the Illay-oll' match III 1942. style or conception, PrActice alone solves no problem. cJllllletltion. Othel' iuternational success iu But practice adjoined to study is tlle Cl'eator of impI'ovel)lent. And Our Fedcratlon is yltally interested in the wei· clude finishing in a three-way tie how can that end be better achieved than by playing correspondence fare of the nation's chess clubs. AHer careful con fOI' first at Kemeri with Flobl' and chess? In a game over lhe board there is no time to give -stully to the s'l del'ation of various club problems, it has developed a program of Pell'ow ahead of Alekhine, Keres, full impllcaUon of eacb move, nor cun a reference book be consulted to club ",m,;o,·,hl> and clnb assistance whleh Is constantly being en Fille and Tartakower; and a first Q( ~,Jp.J>hJ)JIo., ..'U.:; ~ .:; .. .-!'-~};.:; ':;.:;;;t-r-.:;;;;;.:;;;".:; CO:; s.:;m .;; ;;;:;7.;;;.:;;c.:;c"d i',at,art ot Go mora li klllod need!!, S ince tWa, Iff~"M\m w,"'1> \nWa,\w b\ 'I.'lL'to al Hasti!u';:1! >l..b,e8Jl or knowing opponent. 1n uorrespondence chess there Is time for bOUI, In 19014, It has been wholeheartedly endorsed Ken!s. l~llIe nnd FIOh!' In 1!l38. and beyond that the cOnll)eUtlve urge to seek and find out. And the lore ha ve become USCF chapter members. , acquired by playing out the val'iations you study in a correspondence Dr, Ariel Mengarini game lodges ~ I the memory witl)but errort. ~ , A\'''"'''''''l~'ch'p"", membel:p hlp inClude: certlticatll suitable for framing and' dlsplay The \\'Inuer of tile z..iastcl's~' Ro·' T,het'e Is an interest In thll; game that absorhs the time devoted to sene is a PI'Hcticjng-llllysician who study of opening and variation ~o that it passes without notice; whereas Certificates awarded to the winners of club has ollly \'ecently returned trom the time devoted to lIle memorizing of lines of play wiUwut other ulteriOl' tournaments, aulive bCl'vlce Lp the medical corps. motive than the-memorizing for future. lise is both tedious and uninviting. A copy of the current yearbook, III 1943 he won the Second Annual Then thel'e is the attractive fact that c;ol'l'esllondence c hess call be A free subscription to CHESS LIFE. Amateur TOI.H'llament without a played upon a pocket board at odd moments o( the day and does not de Advice from USCF officers on aU c!ub problems. loss, defeating 1o~. S, Jacks on, J]'. mand the seeking of nn o pponent when the urge for chess descends 01' the .<\. \'aluable nld \0 0111' chllptel'8 will be the new Olub Mo,nual which his predecessor in lhe lItie. Pre spare Ume fOl' chess becomes available, Perhnps that Is why the profes vious to tbis he had finished sec i~ now being pI·<'tllared undel' the able guidance of Editor Gene Collett. sional mell- the doctor, the lawyer, the minister-are among the Ulore Assisting him with tlleir wealth ot experience as Associate Editors are ond 10 R~llbel\ J;;'ill e In the 1!H2 devoted projlonents of tho game. 'WhHe in t11e background of mallY a J, C. Thompson, N. P. Wigginton, Lucius A. Fritze and Wm. W, Winans. Championshill Tom'nament of the young player now I'lsiug Into gelleral notice is the fact that much of his Thh, Manual wiU covel' all phases of club activity and management, WaSJ.,.lllgtOn Chess Diwln. skill and fluency In the game were developed hy cOI'l'espondence play, In 19~0 Dr, l\langarini WOll the TherefOl'e, let the postman aid you when you play at chess-the A book 01' hess Instrnctlons, " Olwn for III-e Millions," will soan Championship of the District of cost of Ule postage Is trivial; and lhe reward in friendly contact and be ready fo\' p hlleaHOll and madtl ayailable to all clubs at lowesl ColUlubla, and ill 1941 placed !lUh learning of. the game Is beyond price. possible cost. bis book will play 9,n Important part in the clnb's In the Velltllo]' City Invitation educational pro am. Enlivened by a series of descrlptiye cartoons,\ Tournament, won by Jacob LeVin penned by Ed obson of "Chess Bug" fame, it will catch tbe begin of PltiladeJphla. ner's fancy, DR. WERTHAMMER IS RIGHT In 1914 and 1945 Dr. Mengal'illl (AND ALSO WRONG) Under new rrallgements with manufacturers of chess equipment, was una hie to compete hecause of chapter Clubs I y now ohtain chcs~ sets thl'oui;h the Federation at Ill~ military duties, but his s howing NDER tbe head lug of "Chess Problem by Dr. Werthamme]'" the yel'· an attractive discount. in thtl Jll'~t Masters' Reserve Tour U satile and uggressive editor of the West Virginia Chess Bulletin, It tlwl'e Is club in you]' city. get Irosy and let us ilelp you get nament <.iemonstraces that his chess Gene Collett, publishes a letter from Dl'. Siegfried Werthamme]' and 4 one started. '\\', need more clubs. strong and active eitlbs, to ensure skill aid ,not diminish from the lack editorially requests CHESS LIFE to reproduce tbls letter, We are glad the future qf A edcan Chess. VI' 10urnalllOnt 11I'ncliee. to comply and I'elll'oouce the grenter part of it, for Dr, \Verthnmmer Is both rigbt and wrong In his statementll therein-a state or arrairs ' that Ad" " " '"Qu'd .. c.. nce rnlng Club mlll.to to : PaulO. 010" , 2}0.4 South Avon"f, is more frequently in occurance among mortal!! \han we are generally will S, • ..,u •• 1, N. Y. 1 N. May Karff ing to admit, :'.Ii~s .N. May Karff has been I have a little problem whiCh I think is very important for the lllll(\ ng the most active of New York promotion of publicizing of chess, a thing which should be nation_ Yibilzer \ women chess 1)layers and has a ally attacked. As you know In late June I went to San Francisco :11.. distinguished toUl'na ment record. to take the Pathology Board examinations, I had to stop In Chicago Pram the Editor'j Mail.&g In 1\1 38 she Ill'st won Ole \VollJan'l:! several hours and having no place to go I went to two libraries to Championship in Boston with Mrs . .study, I asked in both libraries (one on 86 E, Rand91ph St., I forget Mary })llin as second, In 1939 ahe its name, the other one the big public library on Michigan bO,j.lle Deal' Sir: Dear Sir: fillished in a tL.l'ee-way tie for first vard where I went when the first one closed) for chess journalS, Congralul(t(.\ons 1.0 Mr, Glers for his 'Ve had an evening of real (nn. with Dr. Uelen Welssenstelll and Neither library could give me one" In San Francisco, I tried editorial in CI·Ifr.SS I~II"E; and for Octobe r' 3D, A Tandem {Wpi!/ Tran. Mrs, j\lal'y Baill. In 1940 she lost the same (a treme ndous-sized library on Civic Square) and to my his appointment to a new position. sit ~l'ourlley, with rotating partuel·s. the title to Miss Adele Rivero (Mrs, biggest surprise they had only the British Chess Magazine and Thanks for his chess work as Sec'y- Twenty players (of widely varied Belcher), fi nishing second ahead of T\'eas, strengths) drew !lnmbers out of a NO American chess Journal . On my return to Huntington, 1 Mrs. Gre s~er and 01'. \Velssenstein asked a librarian In ou'r local library (which has a few -ehess books) Hero is a suggestion to yon that hat alld \heu were paired. accord· In 1:1-12 ~he regained the ti~le with: if there was ever a request tor chess journals. She said, "Yet, a might COyer Olle of the pOln,! 10 Ing to a srstem we'd worked out, out loslog a game in a toul'namellt few youngsters (!I) ask for them but, of course, the magazine the cdllorlal: with nillO different j)artners, each which had Mrs, Beichel' and Mrs. budget for the library Is too small to Include them." , _ , locally" rr you could spare the SllftCe: dul'lng the round-robin Of play. The Roos an/I 1\1rs, Crel:lser among the publlsh In CHESS LIFE the en Divan has fealured Tandem Rapid that problem is solved; I donated to our library the $5 necessary contestants. In J94~ she lost the to subscribe to Chess Review and the American Chess Bulletin, ' , I."io'}ed colnmn from the Phlla'del TranSit many tlmes~ but t"i:~ no· title to 1\1I'S. Gresse r, losing theil' Don't you think it would be a worthwhile action if chess clubs or phla lnqulrel' (wI'lter e n c1os~s velty seemed mOl'e enjoyable tbnn Individual game - a deleat she individuals would make It possible to secure chess journals for the " CI1CSJ anll, OIteckcrs'· by Tsaac Ash, ally Ill'ovlolls session. We think the avenged in regaining the \Voman's public libraries In their cities? B ll.) or another !Ike it after 1)£11' idea Is well worth pasis ng along, 'I'itle this yeo I'. Dr. Werthamlller Is correct In bis belief that it would be n worth miSSion from Mr. I. Ash or the (Reading over what I've wrJtten, while action on the l!art or clubs and individuals to assure chess play Il,lper and then In other Issues col· It OCCl\l'S to me It is somewllal un· el'S ill every city that their own public libraries lIad copies of the more umns from papers that are listed cleul'-llerhaps! Each playel' bad Dear SIl" important cbess publications. CHESS LIFE endorses bis bellet. But In USCii' Yeal'book, 1945. nine games, playing tandem with a I s'uggest you prln~ fewel' game Dr, Werthammer Is lnc()rrect In some of the factll whlcb spurred him This might. l)e interesting 10 the different partner eacb time against allal)-~ es (P, 4) and then you can to his conclusion, and it Is only fall' to the institutions named that their members and encourage publication nine dltrereut "teams." ~ use larger pI'iut whlcl1 will !;Ie more characters be cleared of the charges against them. We cannot speak of columns lu other newspapers. N. p, WIGGTNT0r Ronald Bader tscher becomes the II Ih'st J unior Champion or Hudson County, N.J . in a lively eOllUlst belween seven aspirants from four lQW1I Sh ill6. The lot.l·nameUt was s llollsol'ed by the Jen;ey City Chus Club. aua Badertllcber was oD' lo un ellrl), lead. Se<:ond place was ill doubt until th{, las: I'ound when I'hulA,J: eo",teoJ St,. I'aul JJil nlit ~ither to In holll .. d \·ow" Or to 2l.B-Q6 Q.Q2 47. P·84 Or.wn. U. ••• 27. KI·B6 Q.Kt2 ? ...... "gh" " Paw"• . All.. 2J, . • 8-Q1 24. P.Kt) Q·84 •••8·02 ~~i Thursday, tion December 5, 1946 Gonza Chess Speed (King CORRESPONDE-N-C-E ~-C;------:---:------:----:--- ' --FI-R-ES-T-O-N-=-E-C-LU-B- S ~EED TOURNEY, CHESS OL YMPIADE ' HAS HOT. WELCOME CROWNS NEW KING, FINDS U. S. READY FOR KOLTANOWSKI OR. J. GONZALES l" dday and Saturday, Novemher The F ifth Annual U. S. Light· In the ft"st such matcb III t he 16·11), Oeorge Koltallowski visited nlng Tournament, held at the close annals or American cJless, the Cor· ,tho F"ll'estone Chess a nd Checker of the U. S. Championship Toul'lla· j'cSllondcnce Cheas League of ment on Sunday,' November 17th, Club (Akron ) and received a warm America, COlTcspondence e ll e s s welCOme Crom Akron's players. In resulted III the crowning of a new chaptsr of tile USCF and U. S. A. the Frtday evening simultaneous Klns: of Speed Chess when Reuben member or the international Cor Fille tailed to compete in dehmse exl\lbiUon Koltanowski p I a y I'! d j'cspondence C h e s s Association a gainst twenty· seven opponents of the title he hae held COl' fOUl' (ICCAl, have sent a six-man team and lost games to four: Pete Seitz years. The new Champlou of Light· into hattle wLth similar teams from (Firestone). city cllampion of nlng Chess Is Dr. Juan Gonzales, Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay, In Akron: Joe Chirlcll (Firestone); participating In his first U. S. Group 5 of the JCCA World Olym· A. Hanington, secretary of Lightning Tournament. Second plads tOI' correspondence chess. n. Coodrich CJless Club; and E. J. was A. S. Pinkus; tbird, G. Sbains· This ICeA World Olympiade, be· Cerny (Goodrich). with, while fourth was Shared by Ing directed by Erich Larsson, On Sa,btl'day attel'lloon KoHan· Donald Mugl'ldge and H. Seidman. Traneberg, Swedell, assisted by owskl gave a blindfold exhibition As usual In such events several Edmundo Moreira de Mattos, Rio ngllinst eight players, drawn from noted players faUed to qualify tor de Janeiro, Brazil, Is to determine the Firestone and Goodrlcll Chess the ebampionslilp event and had to nn Olympic Champion team from Clu bs. Leo Sweet (Firestone). be content with entry in the con solation group. Winner or this the mOl'e than thirty co untries who pla.ced rourth 11\ 1946 Ollio throughout the World Lhat com· State Champions hip, won his game; gl'OUp was the youthful A. Bisguler who despite his lack of years Is a pdse the ICCA, which Is the cor· J-UNI QR CHESS HAS ITS DAY Dr. I). M. Beach. l)resldent ot the respondence branch ot the FIDEl Slaflcti1,g (left to riullt): A. Uublnoft (Olless sllperviBor at KillU Ed· Goodrich Chess Club, and Pete veteran or several Ligh tning Tour· ne,YJI, ..l.1l.J'J')'....EY.llJlA. ~ JD.).U'J.eeo· 11:ht·'n lfl¥m'nl'Y'·l'lnfll\l'J' \ , 1l)\O'WIIQ \0 l('lrnl Hfolu·.. "n: A-hif'lfl1l n,,"1''' f~"t f. but""" 'l'''UntHI t ''''... ,... 8 jj'l' (Pi fin) nfmlfnflli If )'i'lIl' ol t! 1'111''' 1II1'1I/H·!t rrOl1l Uroolr· enter UII to fOUl' 1I!x·man toam.'!. urOU/JI; .11I/1·uar/·t HII"IIIII (Strrrlarll (I f JIm/or Chl'l' I.r,/"ut') ; r 0111'111" 1'h(I blindfold c'xhlhtrloll Will lu.hl IYII. WitS lIoeon Volume Frid3Y, Number Offj clnt Publication 0 jije UnIted Stutes (\Jess feclerati on December 20, 1946 National Chess Month Named The Chess' Bug Sez: by Robson USC'F SETS FEBRUARY AS THE MONTH FOR MEMBERSHIP DRIVE February·--National Chess Month "Boost American Chess" the Slogan Rolling up their sleeves for the task aheati, the members of the USCF National Chess Month Council a re preparing for the gala month of February when the USCF inaugurates its first national drive for membership since its organization. The time has passed, according to William M. Byland, Chair man of the Membership Committee, when the USCF can be COil tcnt to rely upon the normal membership which has supported it through the years without solicitation. The growing program of the USCF has increased to a degree that demands whole-hearted sup port from all chess players in the country. Realizing that many of these players would gladly join the USCF if approached directly, the USCE ::Membership Committee will follow the example of Moham med in dealing ,with the mountain and bring the membership drive directly to the chess players throughout the country. A :-;_111111111 Cit .... CHICAGO CHESS & l'il lin. bt'l'n appointed 1lI"lIIlu'r In lOV.,ry HlIlI&~£~~;c:~:_ the call1J)ul8'1l In each CHECKER BESTS cOllntry etnclently. ILLINOIS UNIV. alld chess publications will bo ... queated to i(md their etrorlll to ~ 1'he rocently organized Choss dl'ive to make every chell pin (\I' INDIANA, OHIO, HARRISBURG CLUB PEORIA LEAGUE Club of the University of illinois In the United Slates IL momber KENTUCKY FORM ELECTS OFFICERS ONLY ONE CHESS travelled to Chicago to meet de of the Un ited States Cbella I!-'eder· reat at the hands of a veteran team aUOll. And it Is empbaslzed by 10K CHESS GROUP FOR BUSY SEASON ACTIVITY OF PCA of the Chicago Chess and Ohecker lhe Committee thut the success of Cl ub at the latter's bome Quarters. the drive will largely depend upon 'Vlthlll the last. year chess Em The Harrisburg (Penn.) YMCA The Peoria Cbess ASSOCiation Arter a bard struggle In which the the amount of cooperation given by thllslasls at the University ot Ken Chess Club (organized In July) (PCA) of Peoria, IllInois sponsors teams proved more evenly matched the Individual members of the tucky (Lexington) have formed a held Its flrat annual meeting to among other chess activIties the than the acore would Heem 10 Indl· USCI<' In canvassing their own chess club, wlllcil 110W bOll8ts ot elect Its flrat siate ot permanent Peorll1 Che8s J...ellgue, composed or cate, the Unlvel'slty team was friends and tellow club members twenty-five membarll. 'V. B. Long officers. John D. Frencb was chosen chess clubs al)d chess teams play· forced to admit deteat. for USCF memberships. Ing uoder the banner ot various or this club In . co-operallon Wltll president; Ira lsenburg and H. B. Bruno Czaikowskl, captain of the James A. Yuuker, Jr., of the Unl· Drllllnge!', vlce,pl'esldents; and commercial Institutions. Each spon· sorlng firm IInys a $5.00 fee to en· Chicago CheBa and ChecKel' team. verslty of I..oulsvl\]e huve been In. Harry Schwartz, secretary·treasur· expl'ellsed tIle hopo that this would ter Its tenm 111 tho leugue, and these GLEN ELLYN CLUB stnunental In orgunl:dng tho [OK ". be the fil'st of muny mutches with iu tercoJlegiate Chess League which The Club lIas started its winter fees pay the Incidental expenses of IS SMALL GROUP the league. teams from colleges and universl· conslstB of ('liess clubs froll) the sensoll Ilusplclously by deteating ties, and auggested that members ACTIVE IN CHESS Unlvel'su'y of l , QUEEN'S GAMBIT DECLINED 1946 u. 8. Champlonlhip Tournament R.K5 Resl,ns Note& by Erich. lV. Marchand White NIMZOVITCH DEfENSE Q. KRAMER I, p.Q4 Kt.KB) 4. 1946 u. S, Champlon,hlp 2. KI.K8) p.Q4 5. Tournament NIMZOVITCH DEfENSE ). p.o8-4 P·IO Notes by A.. C. MargOlis and BOOST A.MERICAN CHESS! A '!rong lin. h~r<: t. 6. BI'II' and If 6. _. 1946 u. S. Championship Kl'xl'; 6. 1' .I\.XI3. S. Coh."n Celebrate S. _H KI·8) t, I At Last! ANNOUNCING THE BOOK OF THE (!bess tife UNITED STATES CHESS FEDERATION WICE a month, every month of the year CHESS 47th ANNUAL OPEN TOURNAMENT T LIFE will tell the nory of Chess new, in these HELD IN United States. Tournaments, Club Evenu, Game Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Scores, and Pictures. Each issue dedicated to the plc.uant task of m:1king Chess :1 bigger part of July 8-20, 1946 American Life. Contains the complete play-by-play scores of all games played by the top twenty players in each of the Subscribe Now! seventeen rounds of the tournament. ------SUBSCRIPTION BLANK These total 208 games. The Top Twenty, Player. , Out of 58 Contutantl, Were: (!bess Cife ADAMS FAJANS SANTASIERE ~t~~~~ ~g~~~~R ~~~~:~ Special rate for the eight IlIlIeI of 1946 and twenty·four BISGUJER I{ATZ STEINER luues of 1947 ...... $2,50 D. BYRNE r{RAM"ER ULVESTAD Sub,crlptlon for the year of 1947 only $2.00 R. BYRNE KUPCHEK YERHOFF EVANS Lli!VTN NAME (Please PrInt) Advance Sale to USCF Members Only ADDRESS n. R:8S OR,8] 4), P·K1 KR·Kl Until January 1st - $1.00 each lS.O 6 44, 8xP Kt·KS ". STATE} )9, P~B 8·K4 P ~Kt CITY r." ZONE . .... (Price $1. 50 each after publication) CO. O·K~ :t ~:~?l 41. P~Q K~Q~ 41.8·84 P·KI4 SemI 10:- EDWARD I. TREEND, Src') $eud Drdm 10: U. R,Kl P,8' Rtll,•• ." UNITED STATES CHESS FlmER-AnON PAUL G. GIERS 12." Slnlhmoor /I. .. tn\IC Solution, to Gremlin Problema lftuoil 27. MiehisaQ 2}04 South Avenue Syr:1Cuse 7, N. Y. '1"'" 0)f'8 .~ 1)f1)f '\10 'd" dXd 't'1I : la~ all cINch payable to: UNITED STATES CHESS FI!DERAnON M.ke All Cheekl Payable to United Stat.. Chela Federation "11"" 0'0'0 Ii 'MW ~u_ H_ - "H~ _." ~H~ Z1)fO'~ 'r " rt Sandrln _ t ,\v.... m I'o ..~n _ 0 S.lDutl hctw _ 1 (Aces) 6·1; John Wiles (Aces) 6-1; Sam Coben ___ 1 t't~ t~~mP;;;;:: Z T. A. Snyder (Aces) 5%-1AI; John PHILIP L. GOLD ~. Gndeb ___ , I •. R. A~ .. _ 1 Hurt (Monarch) 5·2; Ray Martin A~eln Sandrta _ 1 .... n. na,lon.a"u_ 0 NEW PRESIDENT A C O MI'L I CATED POS ITIO N P.ul Dnldmn ._ 0 ,'.ul r.ttbhr ••__ I (Chemicals) 5·2: and Harold Lig Don 'TbQJIIl!tOII _ 1 I) •• O.... We/lrl..,.O BROOKLYN CLUB .'rank KJtlllU _ 0 MR..... II Rnhllnd_ 1 gett (Instruments) H!.-21h. W hat Is White's Best Move? All."" Poechel _ 0 Set. Gto. IIarl,,-. I 1<'lnal standings or the teams At tho annual business meeting (Study the Position Carefull y Before Yo u Consult t he An.wer IlUnata _____11 Willco",i" __ 4 wel'e: TUm Malell" a.m .. of the Brooklyn Chess Club, held t o the Problem Give n Below) The notable line-up fo ., Wiscon ,\ ".. ·_.. __.. ~ .._ •..•• __.1·0 . lit the Brooklyn Institule of Arts ~ ' ,,"'h.1I _.. _... _.... __ •. "_.J.i • 2 201." 14, sin Included Wisconsin Champion ll"".,.~h _ ...... _..• ~" 4~ .21 221·121 and Sciences where the club meets Krczewskl, the 1945 Co-Champions Sh"lo lla\ ...... "....•...... • ".... _ ~.3 IS· 11 on TuesdaY8 and SaluI'dIlYs, Phlllil t '"""k.l, ...... _...... _t~. {~ Powers and Elo, former Milwaukee I",[r"",,·,,[. _...... _ ....2 ·6 14"I'~I .',!(l L. Gold was elected president; Gus· County Champion Dr. Wehrley an(] \:'i\~;'lltc ...... • ::::::~.::::~t:~, IS ·22 tav GustaCson, vlce'II!'esldent; Har. 11 ·u President ot the Wisconslll... Cheas ry Ekstrom, treasurer; Jack W. Associnllon AyoI's. 'fllo Illinois COlIIlH~, secl'etll!'y; aud Dr. TI nrold toom was houded by illinois Cha!ll· W. VA. CHESS ASS'N S1lseman, chairman of the tourna pion Pnul Poschel wllh fOI'mer ELECTS OFFICERS ment commlttce Iln d toam captain. Champions Sl\ndl'llI lind 1<~actol' In Ollier members ot the tournament support. FOR NEW YEARS committee are Profs. L. B. Adams IU lnoh Junior. Wlloon.ln Junlo .. and AlbeJ"t SheClo!. " lui Adami _._ 0 IIIclulI"ll }(uJoO,_"" 1 The West ViJ'glnla Chess Asso TMI Lewll __ 0 lrobtrt. Schml~I.. ... 1 There III quite a literary Havor G..... P.nplblrt-_ 0 t'.tddlc ItltI",uonn I ciation completed Its election. bal. (In a sCllcchle sense) to Ule Br ook loting by mall, und the results of lI11noll lunlora...O \\,'I.,.,,,.h, In... ::3 lyn Clull as Philip L. Gold IB editor the Hna l count bave been an ot the Ohell Oorre.pondCllt (publi· nounced. William F. Hartling ot cation of the CCLA) while Jack W. St. Albans becollles president; H. Collins III responsible for the Chess PHILADELPHIA (PA.) Reid Holt at Charleston, se<:retary· Movies in Chen /lcvlcw. CHESS LEAGUE tl·easurer. Directors named were: WHITE'S BEST MOV E IS TO ENROLL BLACK A S A MEMBER John F. Hurt, Harold W. Liggett OF THE USCF STARTS SEASON and Allen DuVall tor Kanawha A. SID. T E ST SAYS ;- County; William Challlnor tor Har. United passed pawns are a lot The Philadelphia Chess League l'lson County; tllIUord B. i\l ott and stronger than a lone passed pawn. begins lUI 8euon with a st"ong DI·. C. C. Spiker for Monongal J oin the USC F lind get unity in line-up of competlug teams. The PI'jlston County Mea; Fathe.· Geo. American chess. p nited States Chess Federation defending cpamplona, the Franklin l'luber and Gene Collett as dlrec· APPLICATION FOR IND1VIDUAL MEMBERSHIP AND Choes Clull, will h aye 0. group tor~·at·larg{l. BEST BUY IN CHESS IS C HESS headed by Frank an.d Harold Band· L IFE. SUBSCRIPTION TO CHESS LIFE er, Sydney T. Sharp and Isaac Ash ERROR IN SCORE Dill'S $ / prr yeill'. Slibscripfioll $2 fn'r year, Total $3 per year. (Chess oolumnlst 011 PM/a. J1!(~ l.Iir· er). MerchanUle Llbro,l'Y ChOBS As· OF U. S. WOMEN'S Illinois Correspondence sociatlon's en try w ill be honded CHAMPIONSH I P Chess Ass'n NAME by State Cliampion A. DICamillo Announces Its (Please Print) and J acob Levin (4 th In U. S. Inadvertently In printing the box Championslllp.) Germantown Chess scm-e of til e U. s. Women 's Champ. 33rd jonua ry Special ADDRESS Club will have two teams: the Red lo nshlp, Mrs. Katheryn Sialer wss Team headed by Al Saxer and Walt not cl'edlted with her win over Postal Tourney CITY ZONE ...... S TATE Entry $5 Hall , and the Wh ite Team (or Miss I{. Henschel, although In Miss Send to:- EDWARD I. TREEND, Sec'y Gremlins) composed youngsters Henschel's score the loss Is cor rect· Pril U in Section of 7 are $1 5, at UNITED STATES CHESS FSDarv..nON ot eighteen yeare or younger head Iy noted. As a consequence Mrs. $10, $15. ed by Sol Wacha (State JuniOr Katheryn Slater should he given Oeelg ned for playen who enjoy 12869 Strathmoor Avcnuc strong and serio us competition. Dctroit 27, Michigan Ches8 Champion), 1. SteUel and tho 8core of four wlna against five Send entrleH to Charles French. The North City losses (instead of 3·6) and placed M, O. GILBERT Make :1. 11 checks paY:l.blc to:- UNIUD STATES CHESS FEDEUTlON Chess Club has not announced Its In a tie with Mrs. Catherine Nye 21 4 S. Menmee Cl ayton 5, Mo. team. ror fifth place. Ill' l Ir8""I"",III(l1i el m(lV"" we ha" ~rrlyc d P,g. • .~ 0 1'IlIoltlun IIolt could .... ~ ll havQ cOllie abo~t (!bess tife In 'Ir~ ])utch V tt~ n"', Th'. pooIitlon 11 C