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Vol. vn. No. 19 Friday. June 5, 1953 · 15 Cents ofarrv evan. 0" ct. ••• MANHATTANS ing style is rock-ribbed. his knowl­ /lIt"n.tlWnd" l edge of the openings sound, and MflIt.:r his end.game ability probably the • finest oC a nyone in the tournament. LARRY EVANS His stamina and staying power al­ KEEP TITLE U, S. Chtll so are assets of no small value. C&'rn"wn RccenUy he has done nothing New York League Champions Outpoint U. S. Optn spectacular, except a fine showing eIM",pio" , 1911·12 at See

White to play and win White to play and win POSITION NO. 217 represents a brilliant Rinck prize-winner. The basic idea is, of course, to trade a While Rook for the Blac~ Q.ucen, when Rook and Bishop will win against Bishop. Exception of thIs Simple idea is not Quile so obvious, although actually the win is clear-cut and concise, once it is found. Position No. 218 by our editor is based on a concept of liquidation CHESS COORDlN A 1'OR in which a sole surviving White Pawn and piece preY-ide the winning Sam Ttitt lbaum (unlt r) rtctil'tl tht tlppoilltme,1/ 0/ ChclI CoorJinator from force. White, however, must proceed with exactitude or he may find S4lt L.:tlce Cit"! Commissioner L. C. Rom .. .., (right). }oh .. M,Kurl.: (It/t) il himself mated before be can complete his strategy. S .. pcr;nUntJt nt 0/ Recreation .. nJcr .",/>OIe .",i"g t~ ,btu prog'tlm '/If;/I be Jtrtfopttl. For solutions, please turn to Page e ight. Photo: Courtesy of Otstret News

S.04 .U contributions for t his column to WiJ1i~m R ol~m, '" CHESS LIFE, 113 No. Humphrey AVfnue, O.k P. rk, IIIlnoll. HUDSON TAKES BRICE-NASH TOPS Victory in the Indianapolis Open The European tour of the Golden SO. TEXAS OPEN KANSAS STATE Championship were to Emil Bers­ Gate Chess Club team with George Former Philadelphia Expert The Kansas State title we nt to bach of Sedalia with 5-0 in a 14 Koltanowski as guide and leader John Hudson of the U.S . Army won Bert Brice-Nash with 51h _l1J in an player Swiss. Homer Peterson was very successful. The team of the South Texas Open at Houston 18 playcr Swiss at Wichita. He placed second with 4-1 and gained Koltanowski, Henry Gross, Gurth­ 4th-lh, drawing with William A. drcw with Jim Callis, youthful the Indianapolis City title, lOSing rie McClain and Dr. Kenneth Colby .Bills. Second place in the 22 player Wichita entrant. Second place went only to Bersbacb. Dr. K. R. Grecn­ scored 4'h-2'h in Luxembourg, 3'h­ Swiss went to John B. Payne of to a former State Champ Ca rl bank was third with 3th-Ph, losing 'h at Strasbourg, 31f.t-Ih at Milan, San Antonio with 4~1 , drawing with Weberg with 4th-llh, losing to to Paul D. Rager and drawing with 3·2 at Nice. At Saarbrucken and Leslie Ghelzler and Homer Faber. Drice-Nash and drawing with CII I­ Alfred Gruen. Leopold Binder and Schaffhausen 2-2 draws were tal­ Uoberl Brieger, William Biils, Les­ lis. Hugo Teufel, another youthful Harry K. Goodall were fourth and lied, and losses of 1-3 at Dussel­ lie Ghetzler and Homer Faber were Wichita player, was third on SoB fifth respectively on S-B with 3-2 dorf, I1h-2'h at Frankfort, 1-3 and third to sixth in order named on with 4-2, while Callis was fourth, scores each. 0-4 at Venice, 1-4 at Barcelona, SoB points with equal 3J.h-1Jh. also with 4-2. Teufel lost to Brice­ and Ih ·4'h at Paris. For a part of scores. Nash and Weberg, while Callis lost the lour PFC Arthur Bisguler to Teufel and drew with Weberg joined the team. . and Brice·Nash. In addition Koltanowski gave a ALLERTON TOPS number of blindfold exhibitions, IN KALAMAZOO scoring 4 wins, 3 draws and 1 Joss TEYLINGEN HOLDS Montana State Chess Association Sam Allerton with GIh 1f.t, draw­ at B'russels; 4 wins, 4 draws at ing with Hcnry Kalnins, won the MONTANA TITLE in the annual meeting at Great Antwerp; 6 wins at Ghent; G wins, Falls elected Paul Shanley (Deer Kalamazoo Valley Championship. J. Van TeyJingen of Grent Falls 3 draws, 1 loss at Dusseldorf; 3 Henry R. Meilert was second with once again took the Montana State Lodge) president, and AIrs. Paul wins, 3 draws, 1 loss at Zurich; Shanley secretary. 6-1, losing only to Allerton, while title in 30 playcr Swiss evcnt with 5 wins, 3 draws at London; 4 wins, Henry Kalnins was third with 5-2, 4¥.t-1f.t, drawing with Adam Sm ith. 4 draws at Harrow; and 7 wins, losing to Meifert and drawing with Second on SoB points with 41h-Jh 1 draw at London, Koltanowski also Allerton and Dr. R. A. McNeill. was Robert Southern of Missoula HAVE YOUR TOURNAMENTS scored 31f.t -l'h, without losing a OFFICIALLY RATEDI Harrison Kindig of Otsego placed who also drew with Smith. Adam :ame, in a match with Internation­ fourth with 4-3. Smith of Butte was third on SoB Ask your Club Secretary or al Master Henry Grob at Zurich. with 4-1. Fourth and lirth on SoB townamcnt director to write The tour was widely noted in the USCF President Harold M. Phil­ with 4·1 each were Iblph Hanson for official rating forms to re­ continental prcss. lips has announced that the U.S. and Mervin Garretson. Hanson port the results of your ne~t Chess Federation bas requested the lost a game to Paul Shanley, and tournament or match, specify­ Soviet Chess Federation to post­ Garretson to Hank Brandt. Nine ing the type of contest and the pone the date of the USA vs USSR players tied at 3-2. approximate number o{ players. team match until July 27, due to For team tournaments there is Miguel Colon won the San Juan the shortness of nolice given by BRICE-NASH WINS a rating fee of 50 cents per play­ (P.R.) City Championship 15YJ -Ih, the USSR in setting a June date. er, for team matches a fcc of 15 conceding a draw to Ralph Rivera WICHITA CITY cents per player. AU other con­ in the 17 ' player round robin. Paul Bert Brice-Nash won the double­ tests rated £ree of charge. Reissmann was a close second round Wichita City Championship with 15-1, losing only to Colon. In 21 1f./-21h , dropping one game each Offidal rating forms should third place with 12'h·3'h, Ralph be secured in advance frorn:­ Blake W. Stevens with 17-1 took to W. D. MeLaughlin and J. B. Rivcra lost games to Reiss man, Myers, Jr. wh ile drnwing one with Montgomery Major the San Antonio Woodpushers Colon, Rafael Cintron, Jr., and event, losing one game to Hans Hcnry B. Amsden. McLaughlin was 123 No. Humphrey Avenue Reinaldo Torres. Tied for fourh Strock in a 10 player double round a close se(..'Qnd with 2Q1h-3Jh, losing Oak P.rk, Illinois with 101h·S'h each were JOSe Berro­ robin meet. John B. Payne was one game each to Brice-Nash, cal, Gabricl Borras, Rafael Cin­ second with 15lh·2'h, losing twice Amsden, and John Albright, while Do not write to other USCF tron, Jr., and Rabel Diaz. Puerto officials for tllf!.fe rating f01fTl.f. to Stevens and drawing one game drll wing one game with Dr. J. Vic­ Rica expects to send Miguel Colon with James B. Wooding. Leon tor Benlon. Third place wcnt to J . and two olher of its top players Poliakoff placed third with 10-8, B. Myers, Jr. with 17lh!61h , while to the U.S. Open at Milwaukee. while A. A. Murray and Leslie Hcnry B. Amsden was fourth with Ghetzler shared fourth with 91h.a1h 15-9 and K. R. MacDonald fifth BOOST AMERlCAN CHESSI each. with 12YJ-ll'h. Marshall vs. Manhattan Match Games FriJIZ)'. Page 3 (bess Cife f un" 5, 195J Specially annotated by U. S. Master HAROLD SUSSMAN

imAZOINDIAN DEFENSE KING'S INDIAN DEFENSE bas the better of It, academic however Due to the fact that various con­ In view of the wild time pressure tributors to the Young MISters' Board 2. (By Transposition) both players arc In. An eventful gam" White Forum are e ither studying for final Black Board 5 with the very best varIation$' unfor tun. I. A. HOROWITZ E. HEARST White Black ately In the notes to Blaek's 27th turn. college examinations or are on (Manhattan) {Marshall) M. HANAUER W . SHIPMAN 28, K·Q2 R·K4 31. Q·Kt3ch B·I(] vacation, the YOUNG MASTERS' 1. P.Q4 Kt· KB3 5. B-Q1 P.Q4 {Ma rshall) (Milnhattiln) 29. Q·Kl3ch B·K3 32. Q.B2 B·84 2. P·Q64 P·Kl FORUM will not be published dur­ 6, Kt-B3 P·B4 I. P-QB4 Kt. KB3 6. KlxP 8·l(t2 30. Q.B2 B·84 Dr...... n 3. KI·Q83 B.KtS 7. O.() P-QKI3 2. KI·QB3 P'K4 7. B·Kt2 O..() ing the nex t few issues, but wlll 4. P·K3 0 -0 3. P -KKI3 P·KKI3 8. 0·0 QKt-Q2 resume publication shortly. A gOOO line Is 7 ...... Qr'xP!; 8, llxP, 4. Kt·KB3 P ,Q3 9. R.QKll Kt-U3; 9. P ' QR3, IH{4! etc. a nd Black S. P·Q4 P xP ~hmds wr.lI. Not very strong but adequate. If 9. 8. PXQP! KPxP Q,B2, Kt-Kt3!; 10. Q·Q3, p.Q4! IB even QUEEN 'S GAMBIT DECLINED FRENCH DEFENSE P referrablc Is B. .•••. ...• BxKI; 9. pxn. bUL a good alternative. However , on Board 7 Board 8 KPxP bu t Ula..,k is a n important t empo 9. P·K4 nnd 9. P·KM t he fianChetto WhIte Black WhIte Dlac k behind compared to the Evans-D enker 4. P·QKt:l l~ n 't good. DR. E. LASKER G.SHAINSWIT 5. BERNSTEIN A. MENGARINI game and the Willie QB hOl s QR3 avaU· 9...... R,KI 11. PxP ( M~r$hail ) (M;mhattan) (M.nh.lian) (MaJ'$halil nb le. 10. P-QKI4 P.QR4 I. P_Q84 P·K1 3. P·04 P-QB3 1. P·K4 P·K3 3. Kt-QB3 Kt·K83 '1. K'·K2 P·BS A surprlslng el'Pturo but it 6Utrh;es to 2, Kt·QS3 P.Q4 4. P·K4 2. P·Q4 P-Q4 4. B·Q3 He'll try " Q-sld ... pawn· roller but It will maIntain eqUality. The normal 4.. V-K3 Is less simplifying. "SChweitzer's" VarIation at best lead· be far too slow. 'fhls move ... llw rescues 11 , ...... Kt'84 12. Kt·KI3 • The le.t only equalhes. Ing to equality for While. Both 4. B · h is KlI. The point-Brack must strang-hlen out 4_ PxKP S. KtxP Kt_B3 KKt5 and 4. P-K5 are stronger. 10. 8 · 82 B·03 14. Q·B3 P..QR4 White'", pawns or re main /I pawn down. lntri(ulng is 5...... B·Kt5 ch; (i. B· 4 ...... _ P· 641 S. QPxP ._ ..... 11. K'·K5 Q Kt·Ql 15. 8·Q1 P.KIS 12.. ... y KKt-Q2 IS. B·Kt2 Kt·K4 Q2, QxQP; 7. BxS, QxKt cb; 8. B·K2! After muc h dellberatlon this seeond 12. P ·B4 P·QKt4 16. QR·K' P.RS 13, Kt' Kt5 KtxKt 16, R·QRI RxR with a very strOng attacking game l or best move occur!. Correct 18 5. Kt·53, 13. Kt· Ktl Kt.~t3 17. !C ·R. Q. 82 '4. PxKI RxRP 17. BxR Q-K2. White. B!'"P (5...... , Kt·B3 Is also good); 6. An ob~ellre move--more to the point is lIIack aetually hus a tiny edce but 6. KtxKtCh Q"Kt 10• . B·K2 O.() KKt"P. P·K4; 7. Kt-ro. P·Q5; 8. QKt-KZ, 17 ...... , B·QKt2. Perhaps be feared hardly e nough to wIn. 7. Kt·83 B·KtSch 11.0.0 P·K4 Kt-B3 with play for both Side!. Kt-D/i (which .m the previous move was II. P'KR3 R·QI 10. BxB K.. I. B,Q2 BxBch 12. p ·QS S...... P"PI 6. 8-KtS ch, K.llI: 23. Q·HII e h . K· 22. P·1(4 p·e, 26. P·QKt4 KlxKt 11, ...... p"p 13. p"p Kt· KIJ 6. B·Q2 8. Q·K2? KII: 24. n ·j(1J.3 a nd blllck'", ' lot I", a 23. Q·B3 R·KBI 27. Q"Kt P-QB4 Instead of this slmpll fl caUcr ...... _. P·K5! 7, B_KlSt B"P hard one. 24. R·QR1 B·K3 11. Q·B] B_B3 would have led to a fascmatlng mJd- Mueb better than this losing move is 10. P·Kt4 He pu,."ues t he weak KP but his QP game. 8. BxH chi, QKtxB; 9. KtxKP! eh. Black Crashing th.. K·,;jde open. The attack is nothing to write home about clther. 14. KR-QI R-QI 20. R_Q2 has only a minimal edge. After the text Is too strong: Black's weak demonstra­ 29. R·KI PxP 30. QxKtP R_KI IS. Q·K3 KI" P 21. QR-QI Mengarlnl never gives Bernstein a tion on the Q·side is Ill.'mft lcient. A ... In response to this Hanauer offered a 16. Q"P B·K3 2.2. KtxB ehanee. An Impressive game. sinmg game by Horowih. draw which w as declined. 17. QxQ KtxQ 23. RxR K•••-Bl I. B_KtSt 20. K_BI P·B" 20 •..•_... P-Kt6 30. R·B2 R-QKtI 31. R-QI Drawn 18. Kt-Q4 B-Q4 24. K·B2 P·QR3 9. Q·B4 BlCKtch 21 . P· R3 K·KI2 11_ PxP RPxP 31. B-Q6 R-QBI Shipman then offered a draw after 19. P·B3 QR-BI 10. PxB 0·0 22_ P·Ktl K·B3 22. B·Ktl BxKt 32. RxB KtxP Hanauer's 31st move. The end would 24...... _, K·K2 Is better. Why weaken II. Kt· K2 8xB 23. Kf-Q4 Kt·B6 23. BPxB P·Kt3 33. QR·KBI ". K·Kt2r be 31. _,,,_ ,__ , BxP; 32. QxQP, QxQ; 33. the Q.slde II not forced to? 12. axB Q·Q4 24. Kt_KtJ .. 24_ Q-KtS R·Ra 34. R-B1ch 0 •• RxQ, ExB; 34. KxB, B-QBl very draw_ 15. K· KI K-K2 27. Kt-Kt3 KI-Q2 13. P-QB4 QxQ 15_ Kt·RS R{l l'B2 25. PxP RXB 3S. RxQ K•• Ish. 26. Kt-Q4 P_KKtJ 28. K·QI Kt.Ktl 14. P"Q QKt·Q1 26. R-QI K·K4 26. RxR BxP 36. Q·B6ch K·Ktl To be prefcrf(,(1 Is Kt·K4! The text al­ IS, 0-0 QR-BI 27. R-Q8 o.. 27. R·RI Q·Q2 37. Q·K6ch K·Kt2 lows Dr. Lasker n bit or prcssure 16. KR-BI R.B4 28. RxR 28. B·Kt4 R-QBI 38. QxR Kt·Q6 P_KI1." but Shalnswll'", earcful p l~ easily 17. B"Kt P"B 29, P·R4 29. K· Ktl Kt·RS 39. Q. B8 mate d raws, 18. P-QR4 KR·Bt 30. PxP K-KSI 29. Kt·RS R· B2 36. Kt_B4 K_B2 19, R·R2 Kt-K4 Resigns 30. P·QKI3 Kt-Q2 37. R-QB2 GRUENFELD DEFENSE 31, R·K2ch K-QI 38. Kt-Q6 Kt·Kt3K", (King's Highway Variation) 32. Kt·B4 KI_B3 39. R·Q2 K_B2 Board 6 33. Kt·K5 R-K2 40. P·BS K·B3 NIMZOINDIAN DEFENSE White Black 34. P-B4 Kt-Q2 41. PlCP .>P USCF JUNIOR Board 3 A, TURNER J . W. COLLINS 35. R·Q2 P·B3 Drawn WhIte Ui ack (Manhattan) (Marshall ) Shal nswlt nclunlly now has a mlnhnni CHAMPIONSHIP L. EVANS A. 5. DENKER I. P·Q4 Kt·1(83 S . Q.Kt3 PxP edge but the players agreed to a drJ!w. {Mal"'Shall) (Manhattan) 2. P·QB4 P· KKt3 6. Q"BP 0-0 Kansas City, Mo. I. P-Q4 Kt·KB3 3. Kt·QB3 B·Kts 3_ Kt.QB] P-Q4 7. P-K4 KKI..Q2 1. P-QB4 P·K3 4. P-K3 0-0 4. Kt·B3 B·Kt2 Cleveland Speed Championsh ip August 3-8, 1953 My p rererence is 4...... , P·84! The Suuman'~ went to Rudolf Pitschak with 9-1 Dr. line In this varIation of Eligibility: Open to chess play­ t cxt should be met with 5. KKt-K2!. the CruenCeld and ealled In Metropoll· in a 20 player Swiss. Second and P.Q4 ; 6. P-QR 3, B·K2; 7. P>:hway Varia· third on S·B with 7-3 each were L . Kt-JJ4, P -ll.J; to. B·Q3 w ith a strong tion!' Augus t 3, 1953; entrants must game. 8. 8·K3! Kt·t(t3 13. P"KI B·R6 Lipking and Ernest Wyman, while show USCF Membership card S. Kt·B3 _._ 9. Q·Kt3 B·KtS 14. KR· Ktl Q-BI R. Rosen was fourth with 6'h·3'h, Il S. ll-Q:J, P-Q4 ; r.. P.QII3, BxKt ch; 7. or pay $5.00 unnunl dues. 10. R-QI Kt·B3 IS. p.B4 ... , Fifth and sixth on S oB with 6-4 P" B, P·K4 ! " nd Black stands well. How­ 11, p·as Kt-K4 16. P·BS!? K·RI? Entries Close: On Aug ust 2nd at were Tom Ellison and Adam Zach ever In this Une 6 . PxP, P"P; 7. KK!·K2 12, B·K2 KtxKlch 2:00 p.m. Mail name, a d dress, retains the edge tor White. A dubious reply. The position requires lin, Jr. The latter scored the only d a tc of birth a nd USCF dues 5. P·Q4 IS ...... P-QIJ3! Tben on 17. BP"P, win over Pi1schak. A good alt.crnative is 5 ...... , P-QKt.3. RP"P; IS. P xp , P"P! and now If 19. if not a member to Tourna­ 6. P-QR3 ...... HxKl, n.QKtI! Or Ir 19. n"KKIP. B-K3! ment Director at least one Prererrable is 6. B-Q 3, P-B4!: 7, 0-0, In bot h cases favorable to Black, of week in advance. QPxP; 8. BxP, Kt-83 with an even posi­ COUI'SC. tion. 17. PxP BPxP 20. RPxP RP"P Schedule: Players meet Tourna­ 6. BXKtch 8, P"QP KP"P 18. P _KR4 P-K3 21. R·KRlch? •. ,. ... Alan Portigal, ins tructor in Soci­ ment Director at 11:00 a.m. 7, P"B P·B4 9. B-O] P-QKt3 19, P·RS Q·KI ology at University of Saskatche­ He will exchan>:e ' 'Ihite's better Band August 3rd at YMCA, 404 E. "Swlnunlng," Thc Rook belongs o n wan, won the Northern Saskatche­ weaken his lig ht squa res. KKt sq. trained on Black's weak KKIP. Tenth S t. Firs t round starts 10. 0-0 B·R3 It. PxP ...... A good move is 21. B-KKt4. Anotber wan title 5'12·1'12, suffering a defeat 1:00 p .m.; secon d round 7:00 At Jeast as ]> 1" y,,1.>le Is 11. n xB, Kt"b: IS 21. B·Q4. from a Cormer titlist Dr. MacDon­ p.m. 10 round Swiss, Hark­ 12. Q-Q3, Kt-B2; l:l. P xP. PxP; 14 . P-B4, 11, ._ ... _ K·Ktl 22. Kt-KtS? ald and drawine- with Kent Oliver. ness Modification, Solkoff PxP; 15. QxP wilh I>radic:lily Ihe same '\' ea k and a real time waster. 22. B­ poSition as the text exeept WhHe's QIJ KKt4 Is still 1'(000; So Is 22. B-Q4. Gerald Fielding was second with points for tie-breaking. No develops more quickly. 22...... PxP! 2.3. PxP 4'12 -2 '12 , losing to Portigal and e vcning round Saturday, Aug· 11. PxP 18. B·R3 RxRch If 23. KtxBP. QxKP; 24. P·83, RxKBP!; Humphries and d rawing with Oli­ ust 8. n. Bx8 Kb:& 19, R"R Q'KS! 2.'i, I1 xR . QxB; 26. R·KKtI or 26. R·KBi. 13. P·B4 p"p 20. QxP QxRP Q-I~ IG ch wins), B-ns and wins. ver. G, Humphries and Ken/; Oliver Lodgings: Lodging at Yl-fCA for 14. Q·R4 Kt·B2 21. R·Q81 KI·K3 23. Q·K5! 26. P-Q6ch B-K3 tied ,for third with 4-3 each. $1.00 per night arranged for IS. R-Qt Q.K2 22, Q·B3 P. KR] 24. R·KKtI QR·KI 27. Q·KtS? all w h o des ire it; other 16. QxP QR.Kt1! 2.3. P·KR3 25. Kt·B3 Q. KRS 17. P-QR4 KR·QI 'n. Q-1J2! was necessary bere! rooms available at reasonable A Hmc pr c."-~ "'·e I..,ttle Is developIng. 27. .... __ . B·B41 rates at near-by hotels. Ad­ Neither sIde wlslws to be mated. CoJiins m l~~"s a grand opportunity. It At Montreal Sam Reshevsky vise Director in advance of 23. K'·KS 18. BxKI P·RS is true Ihn! 27 ...... , Kt-B5 fails be- your needs. 24. Q·RI R·K I6 29. R·BSch K_R2 cauSe of 2S. P·Q7 fall other replies s cored 35 wins , 4 draws and 410ss 2S . B_Kt2 Q"Q 30. R.B7 K·KIJ lose!). B ul 27. __ . __ __ ., R·B5' wins brilliant- es in a simultaneous at the YMCA. Clocks: Please bring ehess 26. BxQ P-QR4 31. P.D3 R·Kt8ch ly. If 28. Q-KKtS. BxKt eh!: 29, PxH, M. Cohen, J . N, Williams, M. Moss clocks, if a v ailable, and chess 27. KI·Q4 KlxKI QxBP eh!; 30. BxQ, RxE eh; 31. K-Bl, sets if possible. A wlnrnng t ry IN 31. Kt-Q7; 32. KRxB mate! O r 21.1. Q·QB5. BxKt eh!; and P. Posterman tallied the vic­ R-B6 ch, p.B.3; 33. " ,111, I'-nr. but it is 29. PxB, QxBl' e h!; 30. BxQ. Rx B ch; tories over the while Inquiries, Entries, Reservations: dirncult to see how to {.wee the pawn 3J. K-BI, R(K7)xB dbl. eb.; 32. K-K1, L, Joyner, M, Husid, C. P()(llone Address aU queries, etc. to through. The text pr"I''',"CN for per. R-K7 m nle ! n e~1 Is 211. BxB eh, KtxB; Tournament Director, Charles petual check. 29. Q"Q5 eh (It Q-QBS or Q.KKt5, Blac k and M, Bodner drew. Among the 32. K·R2 Kt·Q7 K-Rl Kt·68ch repliC$' QxBP mate), It-H2! ( ...... • K-nl losers wer e such well-known Cana.. W. Graham, YMCA Ch ess 33. R·R7 Kt·B8ch ". K · Kll KI-K6ch may also wIn); 30. ResIgnS! T he threats dian players as I, Zalys, P. Brunet, Club, 404 East Tenth St., 34. K-Ktl Kt"Pch ". K· R2 KI-Bkh are overwhelming. Art<:r mI ssing thIs Kansas City 6, Mo. 35, K·R2 KI.S8ch 40.". K.Ktl opportunity Coillns ta kes the dra w by G. N o vicky, A. Garelick and S. 36. K_Ktl Kt'Kt6ch Drawn r epetition. In tbe final position he sUlI Wreschner. Says the New York Time s. for example: "Among minor diplomatic assets at the disposal of the Kremlin is Russia's national ch ess learn ... Acceptance (of the V.S.C.F. invitation) was seen as a Russian gambit Vol. VII. Number 19 Friday. J une 5. 1953 in the 'peace drive'.. " Mo re sardonic is the tone of the Philadelphia Inquirer: "With or Publi.Jhed twice a month on the :sth and 20th by without a board and the usual assortment of pieces, Russians are great THE UNITED STATES CH ESS FEDERATION h ands at playing chess ... As to the other style of 'chess' in which the Entered u second clau matt er September 5, 1946 • .t the post oi lice at Du· Russians exeel - the international checkmate - they have a pretty buque. Iowa. under th e act of March 9. 1879, tough team., too ... In the forthcoming conventional chess tournament POSTMASTER: Please ret u rn undeli verable copie, w1th Form 3579 to Kenn eth now scheduled the RUSSian team will have \1> play by the established Harknen, USCF BuslnHs Manlger, 93 aar row St reet. New York 14. N. y , ruies. it is assumed. It will be novel and refreshing." Editor: MONTGOMERY MAJOR From the West the Dcseret News comments: " . .. Political observers are convinced the Russian action is a 'move' in the Soviet new peaee USCF Membership Due•• Includlnc aubacrlptlon to CUESS LIFE, enrollnu:nt In offensive. Like the Russian chess experts' across·lhe·board·moves, this Stllte Ches s Association (If State or mem ber's residence h es a n Assocl;atlon af· filiated w ith the USCF). seml'lillnual publlcatlon 01 n ation al eheA ra ting, and one is har d for t he average man - chess p layer or diplomat - to a ll other prlvllc,c' or m embership: fathom. but there is undoubtedly a deep pian beh ind it. Probably 'King' ONE YEA R: $5.00 TWO YEARS: $9.50 THREE Y'EARS: $13.$0 Botvinnik and his accompanying 'rooks' and 'knights'-i l hardly seems A ne w membership atar15 with the data of th e llrst CII'ESS LlJ"E issua mailed proper to refer to international grandmasters as 'pawns' though they after application I. rwolvcd, a renewal wltb the date or the lint wue p ubllahed undoubtedly are in the deep diplomatic game - al'e merely out to after old membcnhlp expires. Subscription rate Of CIIESS LIFE to non·members is $3 per yea r. Single copies 15c each. Fee for publk:ation of non-member. :tUt­ create some good will." tlonal chess .... Ung: $1 for cach seml·annual l l.stlng. Two or more memben of Certainly, if they have achieved nothing else, the Soviet masters One family living lit same Ilddress mal loin t he USCF at llat ann ual r ate of $:1.00 tor One USCi" Membership plua L5il for ea~h o.dll itiona l USCF Membu· have done their share, assisted by the Kremlin. in making the world ship. Suc h add itional family memberships wllI r eceive all prlvilege.s of Member­ chess-conscious! ship except a aubacripll<.> n to CHESS LIFE. Se nd m embership dun lor ' <.> b$crlpUons) a nd chl nallS o f e ddreu to KENNETH HARKNESS, Businen Manilger, 93 ailrrow Street, New York 14, N.Y. CORRECTION Dear Mr. Major: Send tournament ra ting reporu (with f HS, If any) a nd a ll c ommunication. "" In a letter to Dr. Ralston, Will you be so kind as to publish ga rdin g CHESS LIFE edilorlal m alte rs to MONTOOMERY MAJOR, £dl1or; 12) VSCF President Harold M. P hillips Norlh Humphrey Avenue, O ~k P..rk, III, the following note in CHESS LIFE: makes a correclion to the state· Make all cheel::. po.r_hle to: THE UNITED STATES CHESS FEDERA n ON MI. Harold M. Phillips, President ment in "An Open Letter to Dr. of the United St3tes Chess Federa­ Lasker" that Mr. Phillips opposed tion. has written to me stating that e - the appointment of Mr. Harkness: The hct Is tha t In m y he never opposed the appointment volumlnOU I cor ruponda nce w ith of Mr. Harkness as Business' Man· By the committee you w ill not f ind ager of the USCF, but objected one word OPPOs ing Mr. Ha rk. only to eert:lin provisions of the Montgomery Maior neu; I opposed only two provl· l ions In t h e proposed contract contract. I am happy to learn this, n am e ly the five yea r pe riod a nd and to correct lhe error which 1 the sale of merc hal\dise to the made in my Jetter to Edward general public: ..• In the f ina l Lasker. My statement was based Farewell To An Editor conlract il n ilHemp' is m ad e to mu t the objec1lon as to time; upon what I thought was reliable No mol" but n ~hlp, St. Louis ...... 14 3 dear to the eOlTespondence chess player. Much of the translating from Kansas City Open Champions hip ...... _...... _. .... _...... ::.: :: ::= :~ obscure foreign publica lions. much of the a n alysL~. and many of the ~~w~~~n ~'bAC~~;,;oct:~p ciia;m;i~ n·Shi·p~· si· ·lA.iUiS· ...... _10 , annotations wel·c Spackmiln's own work, fOI' hc combined a gift Cor NEBRASKA languages with rare taste in choice of analysi.s. I.ineoln City Cham pionship .... __.... _.. . _...... __ ... _ ... __ ..__ .... _ .... _ 11 But Literature beckoncd him, and writing is an exact and exacting Lincoln City Cham~ ion $hl p , Second m vlslon ._._ ..... __ ._._ .... _.. 8 mistress which will tolerate no rivals. With the success of his novel NEVADA " Heyday" Spackman could no longer hesitate in his choice; nor could Nevada State Championship, Las Vegas ..... _ ...... _ ...... 26 , we scllishly demand that the choice be otherwise. Having devoted a NEW JERSEY lull ~eve n years or more to writing for a causc - Chess - perhaps North Jersey Champions hip .... _ ...... __ . ______...... _...... 11 , LOI: Cabin Chess Club Champions hip. W e~t Orange ...... 10 , Spackman a t last discovered some truth i.1l IJI'. Johnson's fulmination Philidor Chess Club Championship, p ~ , te r son ...... _ ...... 7 that 11 0 one but a blockheild e vcl' wrote exccpt for money. Thc sOllr PI"lnfleld Chess Cluh Championship .. _...... _____...... _ ...... _...... 12 , 'New Jersey Open Champio nsh ip, East Or~n .s:e ~ ...... 32 , doctor. as usual. Wi.S loS!! than CXilct, fol' one writes most oHen Irom the welling of inner conrtiel$ and ideas which scream fol' cxprcssion NEW MEXICO New Mexico State Chaml,lons h lp. Albuquerque ...... _ ...... _ ...... _47 (we al'e speaking of literature and nol pot·boilers). but when giving NEW YORK those thoug hts expression. a man is indeed a blockhead if he docs not N"w Yn rk Stnt" C I,aml . I . "' .~ hl ll. C .. "ennvla ...... _...... _.26 , endeavor to oblain ndequate I"e eollll>cnsc f OI' hi~ labors. N,'w Yo rk St"t.' " .:Xpe rt.~" -r""rnm"e nl, Cazcno vl .~ ...... 1\ 'n"rrnlo Clly Cha"'I,lonshll'. 1':x l'erl Cia"" ...... 11 3 Since editing illld creative wdling ,H'e c1o:;cly ilkin - more closely "n"rr;110 City Cha",pl"nshlp. C I"ss A .... __._ ...... 6 knit than the casual observer might ~ U ]l p ose - many a wr iter has been 'llur r ~lo Cily Championship, Class U1 _.- ...... lD In "Burealo Cily ChampionShip, Class C2 ...... 10 lost to thc world by choosing to be an editor instead. A merican 'Jamestown City Championship .. .. .-. ___._ ...... __ 7 letters the outstanding example of this loss was Horace Lorimer. whose Manhattan Cbess Clu b Champions hip. New York ...... 14 " Letters of a Self-Made 'Merehant to TTis Son" gives Iaint indication of Marshall Chess Cluh Championship, New York _...... _...... _16 ,• ,• Marshall CII""" Club Consolation l\ournament.. Ne w York ... _.-_ 12 , the writer who was lost when Lorimer decided tl> become a great Rochester City Champlnn shlp ...... _. __ ...... _ ..... _ ...... _ ...... _ .._._ 10 3 , ed itor instead. Rocheste r Cbess and Checker Club Chilmpkmshll' ._. .. 8 , It is fitting perhaps this lime that the reverse choice should be NORTH CAROLINA made; and while we regret the loss of a capable colleague, we can onlv Ashe ville WOOrks ._ ...... 12 Meanwh ile, Chess Correspondent ask~ dole fu Uy in its April issue: OHIO "Is there an editor in the house?"! Ohio State ChampionshiP. ColumbUS ...... Ar. 3 OKLAHOMA "Oklahoma Slate Champlonshll), Oklahoma Cily ...... ___ .... __ 2'J Tullia Students Championship ...... _ ...... _...... _...... _ 9 PENNSYLVANIA Under :Jke eke""- nd 5ree 'Pennsylvania Stat e Championship, Somersd ...... _...... _ ...... 41; , , A lle ntown City Champlonshl\> .. _ ...... _... . :...... ___ ...... ~ ...... ~ II , By W illiam Rojam Downtown Y Chess Club Champl<.>nsh,p, Plthburgh . .._ .. t2 , "Franklin Chess Cluh C hampion ship, Philadelphia ..... ,.. _._ ...... 8 3 , 'Frankli n Chess Club General Tournument. Philade lp hia ..._ .. 12 HESS hit the editorial pages' of a number of newspapers with the Philadelphia Metr<.>pol!tan Chnmplons~ ip Finals ...... ~ 6 , Pitl.$burg h Metropolltan Championsh,p ...... _...... _ ..... _. 14 , announcement of the Soviet team's acceptance of a challenge to C SOUTH CAROLINA meet a U.S. team in New York. With striking unaminity the editorials South Carollna Open Cb~mplon s hip, Columblil _...... ~ ...... _ ...... _.2.5 assess the Soviet gesture as being political. (Continued on Page 8, Colum" 3 ) the K·side. 'J uck's retort was Marshall vs. Manhattan Match dubious a nd in a few moves he Friday. Page 5 seemed to be very hard pressed, (!bess tif' June J, 191] Game Commentary by U. S. Master HAROLD SUSSMAN both in position and on his clock. Pilnick "'$, Moskowitz slippery. Being Denker's fi rst game Then things started to hum­ Tur ner lost the thread of the At 8:30 p.m. s harp. play com­ in a year, on his part it was an menced al'l\idst a low buzz of excellent effort - but La r r y position on hi ~ 21st move and Cl.m ott ex cite m en t. The spectators seemed sluggish and out of prac continued to swim up to and in· gathered thIckly about the partic­ tice. He took 1 hour and 43 minutes cluding his 27th move. He also ipants, eager (or action. The first for his first 23 movcs but plllyed ate up large gobs or time to catch Yn new '!Jar!' up to Collins on the clock. Abc table matched Cad Pilnick, 1953 rapidly and effectively after that By Eliol H~""t and eluded all actual clock managed to achieve a lost game, Marshall C. C. Champion, with hut much of the credit must go to Jack Moskowitz, erstwhile Man­ trouble. NE might think that the Man· Pavey vs. Simonson Collins who after his early lapse hattan C. C. victor. Carl soon was playing with precision and O hattan Chess Club's ten-year achieved a distinct initiative A real bitter positional struggle force. On bis 27th move Jack domination of New York's :Met against his opponents favorite Nim­ occurred at the fourth board with missed B-B5 which would have con­ League must certa inly come to an ro-Indian, Moskowitz lost several ~1iIx Pavey, ManhaUll n C.C. 1953 cluded most br iIJ ian Uy. Coming end eventually, for are not New tempi, swapping his QKt for' a B. Cha mpion, pitted against the re down to the wire to the 32nd muvc, York's other chess clubs, including Pilnick ingen iously sacrificed a doubtnble Albert C. Simonson, one the final position was rl rawn by the powerful Marshall C.C., filled pawn to achieve a prom ising K-side of the country's most talented three-fold repetition. Actually lhp with availnblc talent?! As of now, attack. Moskowitz then defended masters. Pnvey secUI-ed his favorite gam.e was so wild both players howcv~r, it seems as i[ the Man­ most resourcefully and Pilnick exchange variat ion of the QG De· seemed to be lost (but Collins had hattan c11;!b will go on winning and suddenly weakened, blundering c1ined but Simonson countered thc advanta,ge actually) cspcciaJly winning until the club decides not away a palWIl . With two pawns with a typically sharp and original as only seconds remained for eueh to compete anymore-an unlikely down and no real attack lett, Carl conception to hold the balance in on his clock. Thc repetitivc climax po~ s ibjlity ! This yea'l"s champion' looked beaten. However, Jack, with the early stages of the gam.e. Ma x was a tame ending to u terrific shIp found the perennial victors 14 minutes' left for 12 crucial pressed forth a " minority" attack struggle which e nticed most of the again at the. top of the standings, and weakene d Simonson's Q-side moves, started to take risks a nd spe<:lators' interest du ri ng the ex­ the titlli! being clinched in the last then erred badly in severe time pawns. He also contl'ived to leave citing evcning, Reshevsky included round wi th a close >l Y,,-3Y.:1 win over press ure. PiJnick bad sufficient Al with an inerfectual KB against TUl'lle l' is talented but too cautious their Marshall C.C. competitors. time to select one or several pretty Pavcy's strong Knight. Although - he needs more co nfidence in his wins but hurried his reply, 3t1d the initiative rested wit b Pavey The rival Marshall club having middle gri me. Collins is ,I sound been s ubjected to bad bea'lings on alier a rapid exchange or wood, the most or the way. Simonson reached and rcsourceful playcr. He pl'eCe:rs 40th turn saw Carl with a Queen the adjournment with hir drawing 16 and 17 boards the two previous positional struggles and countcr years, decided to pIn y on only and two pawns against two Rooks chances. On the results of this attacks to direct combinative abra­ and two pawns with a probable splendidly contestcd game, the re eight this seaoSon and, as the score sion. Together, the e bull i e n I indicntes, came very near to draw !ooming. It was a· very un­ suIt oC the match rests. (Pavey won Turner and thc taciturn Collins even game hut a very absorbing lbe game on resuming play­ breaking thcir uptown opponents' gave the crowd its best thrills of skein of victories. "On paper" the one. Editor). Both players chose tIlcir t he night. What a pity the game moves rapidly and with great Manhattan team: of Denker, Horo­ Horowitz vs. Hearst didn't go on to the 40th move­ wi tz, Pavey, Moscowitz, Shainswit, poise. It was a professional game actually the stnlin was too much At second board, Manhattan's all thc way. Turner, Bernstein, and Shipman Cor the players. They seemcd reo seemed superior to the Marshall popular Al Horowitz. was at his Hanauer vs. Shipman lieved at the conclusion. best playing the White side of an· a ggreg:ltion of Evans , Simonson, (C ont inued in next issue) other Nimz.o-Indian. Our genial and An intcrcsting opening (a King's Pilnick, Hearst, Ha-nauer, Collins, very talented N.Y. repor ter Eliot Indian DcCense by transposition Lasker , and M'engarini, but from Crom an English dcbut) marked Hearst was the opposition. Eliot the opening moves of the ma tch the play at rifth board, with Milton Duc to pressure of news copy in made a serious strategical error thc May 20th and June ath issues to Simonson's resignation to Pavey as early as his 7th move, of which Hanauer, 1950-51 Marshall C. C one week later, the struggle was Champion, paired again with \Val of CHESS LIFE, the Ceature "Ele­ Al took Cull advantage. Horowitz ments of Chcss" by International a lways in doubt; with a few small unleashed a strong K-side demon­ tel' Shipman (as he was in last brcaks the contest could easily year's match). Both masters played Maslcr Herman Stciner has been stration with the typical "Horo­ temporarily suspended. The fea­ have gone the other way. witz.ian" dynamics in the type of very skilCuIJ y and there were no errors-but they wcre both too ture will resume publication in the In only three oC the games were position he dotes on. On the other J une 20th issue, full points scored, the rem aining ·hand Eliot was uncomlortable all cautious and too cagey, Neither side would take a r isk and t he five being ail hard·fought draws, evening. He never did get any real unlike !:'ome of the "grandmaster counter-play outside of a slow game concluded as a well played draw. While this may have been The Lincoln (Neb.) Chess Club draws" that had been agreed to in pawn·roll er on the Q-side which scored a 4-3 victory over the Kan­ previo;JS last-round clashes! Men­ was q uite inadequate. In severe of lesser interest to the average spectators, it had its signiCi canct.1 sas City YMCA Chess Club at garini was the first to score a time pressure and with his K-side Kansas City, Missouri. The feature victory. deCeating Sidney Bern­ cracked open, he played on to t he to opening theory. Hanauer ofCercd a draw after Shipman's 30th movc game was an upset scored by stein, r.is conqueror in Illst year's bitter end, perhaps hoping Horo­ Leonard Frankenstein, 16-year-old Marshall-Manhattoo. match; Dr. witz would overstep the time Shipman conferred with team cap­ tain Leonard B. Meyc r and then Kansas City player, against Alex­ Mengarini played a French De· limit. Perhaps he was too pressed a nder Liepnieks. Frankenstein re­ fense, gobbled up a pawn in the by his own clock to resign. Eliot declined. When Hanauer made his 31st move, however, Shipman im peated his pcrformance oC March opening and held on to this m a­ took his loss gracefully. He is to 7 when he defea ted Henry J. terial advantage which soon proved be ad mired for his sportsmanship mediately offered him a draw in return. ActualJy there was little Georgi, former Kansas Champ. decisive. Hanauer's struggle with and his modesty. play left--Shipman was curious to Thc youth will be Kansas City Shipman a.nd Lasker's with Shams· Evans vs. Denker see l\lilton's 31st turn belore taking entry in the U.S. Junior Champ­ wit, though tenaciously contested, An encou nter oC huge interest the draw. Much ado about nothin" ionship t o be held in Kansas City resulted eventually in clearly drawn ensued at third board where our -at the conclusion Walter had 10 August 3·8 inclusive. positions, whilc U . S. Champ Larry present U.S. Champion Larry mi nutes Jell Cor his last 10 move!; Lincoln's victors in the match Evans had an uphill fight to s plit Evan engaged a fo rmer U.S. Turner vs. Collins wcre Joe \Varner, Itillo ?Ylanar in, the point with former national Champion (1944), the ever danger­ Sixth board witnessed the strug Anton Sildmcts and John Danen­ titlehol1er, Arnold Denker. Thus ous Arnold Denker. Denker es­ gle of the evening. The talented Celd, while Richard A. Menuet and the match stood a t 2lh·llh silycd his special Nimzo-Iodian (the and irrepressible Abe Tur ner, William SlIbin also scored for (Marshall) with Cour exciting thil'd and last of the match) and runner-up in Manhattan 195:1 KansllS City. The Lincoln team games still in progress. soon secured a slight edge as Evans Cha mpionship ahead of such stal­ included one Latvian, two Eslhon­ The turning point of the battle, playe d the opening without his warts as Seidmen and Kevitz, had ians, one Italian, and one Russian, most observers agree, cam e when customary energy. After just 15 the White pieces against the N.Y all refugees from troubled Europe. Jack Collins of the Marshalls, the moves, De nker had the initiative State Champion Jack Collins, our present N.Y.S. champion, accepted albeit EvallS did have a strong USCF Gilmes Editor. The latter a draw in ll' winning position Bishop agaillst a Knight. Five chose to defend a QP Opening with Omaha Expert Alfred Ludwig a gainst Abe Turner; it seems that moves lat.er Arnold established a t he " King's Highway" variation of won 14 games, drew 5 and lost 1 CoUins was in severe time pressure in a simultaneous at the Y:r.-r CA, passed QUP which looked very t he Gruenfeld Deicnse, which your and agreed to the half-po~n t lest promis ing for his winning chances. writer has popularized recently in Waterloo. The sole victory went to he blunder badly and cost hlS team Somehow. he never did work up Metropolitan circlcs llnd which he Iowa Champion John Penquite. a Cull point. The Horowit2-Hearst enouJ;h sle;lIll to force it through believes is a most promising line game was the next to be decided; and in the rinaJ posit ion with a for Black. Turner played the first Stilten Is land IN.Y., Chess Club won after a wild middlegam.c which pawn uP. Denker was forced to 15 moves perfectly and on his 16t!:! ;, short·wave radiO malch with t h(! saoW the Cormer attacking on the ;Idllli nisie r ;1 1>C 1'I>clual check. turn effected a speculative (but Univen:ity or P ennsylvania 5-1 in two night 5ClilSlons. The Philadelphia o pera· kings ide and the latter on the Larry W:IS too rcsourceful ami too highly dangerous) pawn thrust on tor W:IS Dan Samuels, W3ABT. IP!e~s~ t\lfn to page 7, col. 2) GAMES BY USCF Annotated by Chess Master JOHN W. COLLINS, New York State Charnpion, 1953

31. ___ , USCF MEMBERS: Submit ,our bllt BllmtS lOT this tltpntmtnt to JOHN W. Khc8 33. RxP DAKE t'S. ZEMGALIS COLLINS, 91 unox Road, Broolc/.". 26, N.Y. S/I«~ ~jn, limittd. Mr. Collins will 32. KxKt e·R' The Black Pawns are now all .$ittlnfl Tin two /oremolt pltt'/trs 0/ the No,th. ulut tht most int('tJtin, and in ftructi ...~ /0' publication. Unl~1J otMrw;St staud not~1 ducks. IV~" mut in. Ihi, g"rn~. ~t. thu r IV. D.d:t tn art by Mr. Collins. 33• . _..... 35. R_KtS K·Q3 has betn Ont 01 Amt,ic tactical game with A. W . DAKE E. %EMGALI5 VIENNA GAME theor<)l1<:al connotlltion!. Doubt 111 cast {Porlland C. C., {5 ..,tl . C. C., M e o : pJoge 301, <:o'umn 4 on current buok opinion that the sacri· 1. P·Q4 P-Q4 3. Kt.QB3 Kt·KBJ :-;;;~!'ii~~~>';:'~i~ 10. KtxR P.KI3 fice DE the exchange (5. _____ , Kt-BJ 2. P.Q84 P·Kl 4. 8 ·KtS .. _.... Luebbert Mu ter,' Invitation A t rap Blnc k can 1111Il" for I. 10 ...... • etc.) 'I,)n~"re s 8lnck a vcr), Itrolli and Or 4. PXP, the Exchange Vllrlatlon, ror Correspondence Tournament P ·K5?!; ll. Kt·K2, B·Xt2; 12. 0 ·0. P ·Kt3; probably ml.'s lsb.ble at"ck.' which Botvinnlk and Rcahevlky h~vc a 13. P·B3, B ·Xt2; and the White Queen great p r edilection. becausQ It forces Concluded in 1953 will be 1011 to 14 ...__ ..• Kt-R4; 14. _••.••.• the style of p lay they pre rc r .

White B l&c:1r. Kt-Kt5; or 14.. ' __M' Kt-Q5. 4. _.MM B·K2 5. KI·Bl P·K1l3 W . W . ADAMS R. KUJOTH 1I. Q· BJI __ The modern prepara tion ror I.. P5ker·s I . P. K4 P· K4 2. Kt.qB ~ •• MM •• This Is Adams' lmprovelnent which he Defense O . .. ~ ....• t:t·K5t, 'rhe OlOV/:! c...m... Th" Vienna Game. Adanu;' opeolng l.ubll5hed as IOn £" ago a.s 1946, but which DOWN SOUTH II. t empo and hencefort h BLaek need not system wa~ originally based on 2. B-B4. is Stili not in MeO or PCO. ll. P·Ql and Htrt is a gamt plttyed "11141 do"'n worry aOOut an unpeotected RRP. the llishop Opening. 11. KtxP. the book moves, allow B lack yondt, in NtfII O,l.""s"-the bj,thpl"ct 6. B. R4 _ ...... 2. ._..... Kt-KB3 3. B.B4 KtxP to get the better 01 it. An Interesting way to aVOid the Lasker Alekhine said that It was solely on ac· 11 •.... M.. B-GKt2 0/ Paul Morph.,. Not mmly g"mts h,"~ Defense. tried by l''ine against Alek· c •.mnt of this move that he gave up Both I I...... _., Kt.-Q5; 12. Q.R3, B 'QKt2; bun coming in ',om tin SOlltMrn Stalli. hine. Nottlnl:h"m, 1936. is 6. llxKt. 8xB; th" Vi"nna Game. It may be he over· 13. P·Q.U3, Kt.K3: 14. BxKt: and ll.. _ .....• Ld's h4>"c mort! 7. P·K4! PxKP; 8. Ktxl', Kl·B3; 9. KtxD estimated t h e wortb of the move. Kt-Q5; 12. Q-R3, B-KKt2; 13. P·Q83. n· ch, Q."', Q.:R.5 eh ; 9. Kt·Kt3. Kt­ Xt·K2. Q.B3; 15. P·QKt4. with an advant­ New Orleans, 1952·53 Lasker De fense. Lasker and Capablanca B3!; 10. 10. B·K3, B-KtS; 11. Q.Q2. p.B3!; age for White . Wblt" Black both used it against Marshall in n. B-B2, P xp; 13. Kt-BS, Q.B3; 14. Kt­ n. 8.005 Kt·Kt4 16. Kt·K.2 Kt-K3 AL WILLS KEN VINES matches. K3. 8-R4; 15. P-Q5. 0·0-0; 16. P·KKt4. 14. P-QB3 Kt·82 17. P-Q4! B·KKI2 1. P-Q4 Kt.KB3 4, P.K3 P-Q4 8. Bx 8 QxB 10. QxKt P·QB3 Kt-Q5! (Adams-Pinkus, Detroit, 1950) 15. BxKt BxB 2. P-QB4 P· K3 5. Kt·Bl ,. P.Kl KtxKI 11 . 8-Ql mack securel a winnlng position. If 17 •...._ . PxP; 18. 0-0, B-Kt4; 19. Q- ;]. Kt-QBl B·KIS White can also play U . l'xP, KPltP; 4. Q·R5 __ 83. Xt·B2; 20. Q·Kt7! (threatening 21. Q. Preferable is 5. P·QR3, with Ylslons of 11. 8 ·Q3. with a slight plus. Threatening !"t. QxBP mate. KtS mate) QxKt?; (20. _ .. _, P-Q4; 21. thc Bolvinnlk-Capablanca, A VRO, 1938. 11. .••.•••• PxP 13. 0-0 Kt-Q2 4. __... Kt-Q3 5. B.Kt3 KtxP. BxR?; 22.. Kt-1l6 ch wins the glme. 12. BxP P-QKtl 14. P·K4 _._. . 5. QxKP ch leads to cqu.aJ..\ty. Queen) 21. B-KtS eh. K·K1; (21•. _ .M •. , B­ S. .... __ P·64 ,. 0-0 BxKt? White Is trying foe a n advantagc, but 5. _.... KI·83!"/' K2; 22.. Q·KtS m ate) 2:2. KR-Kl, wins the 6. a-Q3 Kt-!ll t he tex' Is double-edged. On 5. _ ..M , B-K2; 6. QxKP. 0-0; 7. p. Queen. 'fbis laill to develop, strengthens 14. B.-Kt2 15. KR·KI P-QB4 Q4, Kt·KI; 8. K Kt-K2, p.B3; 9. P-Q5. 18. P.P '11 . KR·KI R·BI Wbite's cenll!.r. and rdlnqulsbes the p.Q3; 10. Q.B4. Kl·ll3; 11. P .KR3 (Adams­ 1'. B..Q2 22. P-QKt41 minor exchange. Gates, Boston, 1945) Wh.lte stands 0. bit 20. 0-0-0 Correct is 7 .....__ • 0-0. Then after 8. better. P-QR3. pxQP; 9. KPxP. PxP; 10. 8xP. •. Kt·KI5 P·KKI3 B-K2; White has a choice of 11. B·84. Not 6 ...... , KtltKt??; 7. QxBP malc. 11. lI.·KI, a nd 11. Q·Q3. And Whlte W"," t hrc;.teDing 7. KtxKt ch, 8. Px 8 Kt-QR4? BxKt; 8. QxDP mate. ADd Black has a losing pOsition. Best 7. Q·B3 .. __ _ Is 8. . ...• BPxP; 9. BP(B3)xP. 0-0. H ere. and On the next movc. the ,. BPxP KPxP 10. 8·R31 .. ..•..• of mate Is rcnewed. This wins a Pawn or p revenl5 Black 7• . _..... P·84 from castliog. 10 ....._.. P·B5 11. B·B2 P-QKI4 Black should t r y to casUe on hll muth. er's side with 11 . B-Kt5; and 1:1...... _..• Q·82. 12. Kt·K5 Hetter lZ- 13. BxKt

The ('O\lall~lnJ: move.

16. Q.R3 M ••• ••• Tryln/: to keep up the pre,,"~urc. ':::::=;:'~-'-.. _.C. .. , Kt.R4. Now If :1.2. 16. KR· Bl 17. QR·Q1 Kt.Q~! Kt-Kt4: 24. Q-R4, 17. QR·Bl would exert more prc",ure PxP: 2.~. QxKt!! QxQ; 26. Kt-K6ch, PxKt; on the QRP. 'l3. DlIP ch, K·81; 2.8. BxQ, and win s. A 17. Kt·B3 19. B-Ktt ~mark;lb l c line. 18. B·Q3 R·82 22. P.Q4? 23. Kt·K131 KI·Kt4 19. p.K5, Kt·Q4; 20. PXP, QxP : 21. Q,..Q, U 2.3 •...••. ..• PxKt; 24. RxB! PxBP; (24. RxQ; 22. U·}(4, leadds to equality only...... , T'xR; 25. R·Kt5 e h . w ins the Quecn) but 19. 8-KU gives Black opportunities. 25. Rxn, p.B8-Q; 26. IlxN, a nd wins. Very 1'. P xP 21. RxP r.-Q2 nice. 20. QxQ RxQ 24. Q.R4 ..... _. An <.:xc<.:lIent move, [1$ \Vhlte's only Th~ate nlT' g to win a piece with 25. active nook is exchanged and Black will KtxR. White has a won game hecause h;lVc opportunltlc.s to put p r essure on of the threat.; to the cxposed Black t he o pcn fllel! and 5eventh rank, p l us King lind Queen. an attAck on the KP. 24. •..• a.Ktp 26. Kt·K2 22. RxR KtxR 23. Kt.Q4 .... _ .. PERSONAL SERVICE 25. R. BI QxR Whit e decides to play an active derense, Tin Editor 0/ this Dt{NI,tmrnt wirE rr 26 ....M •••• QxKt: 27. QxKt ch, K·Dt; rather than the paSSive 23. p.KR3. 211. QxR. take1ll two for one. ,~~, ,~~~;f.~~::o.:\o fQ.Kt 16. 4Q ·K7 m3.tc.... 23. ..M._. P·Rl pltJ7 )'ou tI g"mt by mtlil, (Ommrnl on 27. Kt-Q4 P·KR4 and 16. :Mu ch too derenslve. BlaCk does not "'try mow. tlffd g i"e )'ou " thorough poSI. There are no adequate answers to the 15 • . ~._ 17. QR·Ktll exploit his previous good play. Better game _ ..I,Sis. Fu 110. Ih~als of 211. R·KI "nd m. R-Ktl. With 16. QxKt Is 23... ___ , Kt-K4; "nd then White the text. Ul3ck bopes to obtain some Keeps thc going nicely. Threat: would be loreed to play every move M,. Collin, .ill tllre tlnnola t~ .my Oftt dangerous passed·pawns. 18. KtxP. correctly 1 0 hold the game. And the 0/ 10ur gt1mU lor tI /u oil'. 28. R·Kl Kt.KS 30. QxQ eh KxQ 17. M •• _ P-QRl clock wnuld be ticking away to ma c k'~ 29. P· B3 Q.K2 31. R·Kt1! U 17. _._ ...• PxKt; 18. RJeP. Q-83; 19. advantage! E .g.• 23.. ... __ .• Kt-K4; 24. Kt­ Well judged . Oddly enough, it is mueh n x p ch, K.B2; ZOo p.D3, and White has Kts, R-Ql; 25. KLxP, R.Q7; 18. P·QKt4. Page 6 easier to win tbe ending with even II. mating attack. with an unclear paglUon. Or, in thIs ~tle ea~trl R·Q7) 26. p .Q.JI;t>I, P .Q.Kt4; 'n. p.B4, HI· K13: 28. KI·D6. R-Q3; 29. Kt·R!I. KbP; Intention was to eonlLDue aile!:' the 30. P.Kt3. with lit least equ,.lIty. objectively but r eply 1:1 • .... HH . Kt{S)·lU 24. P· B3 R..QI as lollowa: 16. Q·K4 eh. X·Bl; 17. PXP. Again 24. _ .....• Kt·K4 !; 2S. p ·QKt3, R· Q.Kl; 18. QllQ eh. KllQ; 19. Kn·Kl I'll, Ql; 26. K t·K2, R.Q7; (II 26. H'.H •• ' P ·QKt4; K·BI (not ...... , K·Q2?; 20. 8 ·K t5 mate); 2.7. Kt·B3. P·KtS; 28. R-Ql. equali«sj 20. Q R·Qt and wins.

27. Kt-B3, P·QKt4; 211. R·QI. R-Kt7; 211. 15. _H Q.Q2 R-QBI. P·Kt5; 30. Kt·li4. R·Q7; 31. Kt­ Succumbing to the secondary point In· by Vlncent L. Eaton DS, 8 ·81; 32. Kt.Q3 and draws. volved In While's 15th move. 25. Kt·B2 Kt·K4 26. Kt·K3 P·KKt4 16. KR·K1 C::h K.SI uet~r III 26 . •H ...... n-Q'; ami Wblte Acfdr", all c::ommu nk.tlons to this column to Vlnetn' L. Eaton, 612 McN.1I1 must p lay hl$ I)(>st 1.0 hold the position. SIIv.r Spring, Maryland. Rut Black feared the toliowlOM "mlr­ a~e" variation : 26 ...... _ . R-Q7: 27. 1'­ Problem No. f2J Probltm No. fZ4 D4? Kt-Q6?1; 28. Kt-84, Rx.P I'h; 29. KxR. By Dr. P. G. Keeney By Edgar Holiliday KtllR I'b: 30. X·U2, and White Wins. Newport, Ke ntuc::ky Cha rlottesville, Virginia However. Blaek I'ould p lay 27. _H ..... Kt·XU!; 28. Xt·BoI. R.Q5!; wltb • w inning First Publication First J>ublication _--.",,. position. 8 ut, moreover, White has a much beller move In 27. U·U21 and eiO n hold the (ame In all var iations by ae· Uve derense. as the fOllowing eXllmplcs show- Var. I. 2'1. 8·62, Kt-05; 28. n .QI, n -X7: 29. n ·Q3. XtxKt: 30. J)x ll. KbU: 31. B""!. "ar . n. 27. B·82, Kt.llS; 28. R·QI, RxR; 29. K t xR. Yllr. III. '1:1. 8 ·82, 1'·1(1(14; 28. R·QI, Jt.. K7; 29. K·8I. RxK!; 30. K·62, Kt·ll.... ; 31. R·Q7. 8 ·83; 32. R·B7. n ·Kt4; 33. p ·Q.R4. KlllP; 34. KIIR, KtltP; (see lA) 35. IbKt. U:d l; 36. H·U7. B·Kt4; 37. R·KI? Vnr. III, A. 34. Kltn. llxl'; 3S. K44. Bx8 ; 36. RxB, Kt-lt5; 37. a ·Daeh. K·KI2; 33. R.Qlt8, Kt·84; 39. R ·QKUI. Ki-liS; 41l. K.!}4. GUEST ANNOTATORS Var. IV. '1:1. B-B2, p ·QR4; 28. R·QI. It·K7; J. N. Cotler 29. Jt-Q8 eh, K· R2; 30. R.QKUI, Il-lt3; Arthur W. Dlk. 31. Itx!'. )).Q4; U. XI·Kt·l. (_e", 4A ) KI.­ p eh; 3J. l'llKt, ItlllJ; 31. Kt·1J2. Var. IV, A . 32. n"u, Kl>tB; 33. Kt·BI, ProMm. Nu. 4Z6 Kt·KS; J4. K t·KtJ, n·Qll7; 3li. K.IH, Ktx N. Y. CHESS LIFE Problem No. 425 By William B. Rice Ktp; 36. Kt·K2, Kt·K6 ch; 37. K·Kl. (Continued from page 5. col. 4) By Dr. H. L. Musante Phil .. delphi .., Pennsylvania Var. V. 'n. 8 ·8 2. P·QKt4; 28. R·QBl. queenside, the onslaught on the Buenos Aires. Argentina In Memoriam: Otto Wurzburg Kt·Illi; 29. Kt·IH. R·Q2; (see 5A) 30. R· First Publication First Publication Kt1. king finally won through and Var. V, A. 29 ...... Jt..K7; 30. K l-Kt3, Hearst got mated just when his n·Q7; 31. Kt·HI, R·Q2; 32. R·Kt!. Var. VI. 27. B·B2, p.ll4; 28. ll-Kt3, PltP; queenside attack had reached its 29. B" P ch, K·BI; 30. 1',,1', BxP; 31. maximum strength! Pilnick, after &"'. fighting his way back from a two­ 27. R·QI Drawn This gam e shows that Elmar Zemgalis pawn deficit against M:oscowitz. is a tale nted chessplayer and chess Cnn s m issed two c1ea-l" winning lines may cxpect future baules between us. and at adjournment his game was As usual. t he variaUons that did not occur were more Interesting t han tho: manifestly drawn. although he oneS in the actual game, as the party playcd on for several more moves end <.-d in a peaceful draw. before abandoning all winning (W" wish to (hank M r. D4k ~. a good attempts. The tense contest then USCF Member. for his uotu and co­ was di!adlocked at 3'h-3'1.. with o/>"",/ion. W" hop;: he will be a fre quent Pavey retaining a> slight edge over GUt.t Annatatar-1WC,) Simonson at adjournment. A week taler this decisive gam.c was played of( lind won surprisingly easily uy the Manhattan club cham pion, although he was aided SCOTCH GAMBIT Solutions: M ..te the Subtle W ..y! MCO: pa9t! 269, col. II (el by a very weak seated move on Siil¥'1I 30n'S part. So the Manhat­ No. 41S (Hartonll) : 1. P " P, with Interferences on the Black Queen afl<'r 1. Correspondence Game .... Ki-B7, P ·Q7, Kt·Q7, D·Kt6, P·Kt4, p·m, and p·K4, .. w o nderful Ieat of com. 1952 lan club was victorious again and posing . they might aptly be declared the Notes by J. N . Colter No. 416 (Lewis): 1. P·Jl3. No. 417 (Mansfield): 1. Kt·K6. White mack "N.Y. Yankees" of the l\-ietropol. J. N. COTTER MAX 8ELZ itan Chess League! Stop the Man· No. 418 (Eaton): I . Q.ru;, threa t; 2. P·K7. If I. ... H_' B-K2; 2. Kt-Q6 eh. If 1. (Harrington, Del.) (Wa ldeboro, Me.) Kt·Q5; 2. Kt·K7 ch. If I . . H.H.' RxKt e h; 2. PllR ch. If I ...... , Kt.Q7; 2. Bxii'~h: hattan Chess Club! H ...... ' 1. P·K4 P·K4 3. P·Q4 If l. KltP; 2. P·K7. If 1 ...... B·84; 2.. PxB ch. If I ...... , Bxp; 2. ItxB ch. 2. Kt·KB3 Kt·Q8J IN BRiEF:The Marshall Junior SOLVERS' LADDER The Scolch ope n l n ~. This order of team's postponed last round match (Two points for / .... a·nW'l'''H; four points far thru ·mO'l'''''; txtra credit for comx ! m oves oftc n offer s a eonvenient method with Inter·collegiate will decide cla;n" of "cooks," i. ~ ., solutions not jnlend~d by th ~ camposns. T lu fo lla1l'ing tally 01 anlvlng at variaUon s of the Two second place in the Met League; Knig hts' Defense or the M3X J.3.nge (o>,,'rS wl.. ti"ns rtce ;"'~ J up to the tj m ~ we "'~ nt to prus, o n May 25. L <1tt so!ut;a ns A ttack. as of now. the standings are Man­ will be credited on the n(xt Ladder.) J. PxP 4. B-Q04 8-04 ha-ttan C. C. 5'h·1'h. Marshall An excelJent alte rnative Is Kt·B3. Seniors 4%-111.1, and .Marshall R . lIf. Co llins 334 C. J. Koch 216 B. lIf. Marshall 76 J. H aliburton, Jr. 16 S. 0·0 Q·K2? E . Weatherford 326 J. n. Mulligan 212 Nicholas Yoe 74 H. R. Mellert 16 The flrst depa,·ture from the tried and Juniors 4-1 . . . . . Willy Lom· G. Murt augh 306 R. O'Neil 210 W. IL James 64 Tom IIeermann 14 true. , Kt·B3 I" ads t o the Max Lange bardy has scored five straight J . K3ufm an 2'J2 Heino Kurruk 204 N. Reider 38 R. A. Skeris 14 A ttack for While, but is definitely t o victories Cor the Marshall Junior R"v. Chldley 2GO W . I. Lourie 184 M. A. Michaels 34 E. H. Benj3min 12 b e prcren-oo to the text which only Kenneth Lay 258 Dr. 1. Sehwart~ 148 O. C. Dupree 24 R. E. B nrry 10 place~ the Q on a vulnerable square. aggreg ation including wins over St.cv" My~ c1 258 I;. Narroway 14.4 G. Springbett 24 F. A they. J r. 4 6. P·B31 PltP Frank Howard and Albert Pinkus W . J. Cputure 2M G. M. Danker 128 'r. Seidel 22 L ouis T. Ward 4 E. J. Korpanty 248 L. i\1. B rown lOll Kurt Blum berg ZCI D. L. Ru",berger 2: Instead H ...... ' P ·Q6 would prevent White . Columbia's national from reaJizin{!" his positiom,1 aim, the J . H. Franc e 246 Robe r t Grande 1()4 P. Hunsicker ZCI R. W . 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Witting lion 2 went to H enry Youngman with thrill in;: ~m(.. 1,I ..red and m,"ob.I".! ..,. of Salem, 0...,. who tops the quarterly &' 1, while .Pahlo Cortez was second with 1,·~,lin~ Ih,AAllln "",,,1.eT8. CHESS BY YOURSELF b,. Fred Relnfold. G·l6: $;1.00).. 89%_. ___._ .__ SI.98 l'l~y ~J:lIi1"l>ll t he mad.. ",- solv ln ~ ladder with 50 points; a nd our 5!h-I'h . and David Knight third with R.IS: $2.00 1_ 5l% _____OHLY 9S<: hearty welcome to new sulvers: Kurt 4'1.·2'1.. In Section 3 J ack Moore scored Blumberg, Russell E. Brigham. G. I". 6"'~ -y':! lor n '·st, Charles J,'uehsman was THE WORLO'S A CHESSBOARD by Dr. Chase, H. A . Dittmann, E. F. Lawrenee, seeond with 6·1 . and Hoger lJ.enjamin •• 'ifty ll:l"CJlt mod"," 1(""..... 11" YOU MUST PLAY CHESS by Arnold J . !'. Solano, L . Thompson, and It. W. third with 4-J. f,lIl.r 01l""t"l.o..-tl by Gmndmastc, tIne. Oenker. r., "utnandinK p,nefl. F-IG: $8.1l() I,·,.. 41%_._ .._. __ .. _ .. _ .._ ..Sl.n 0,12: $3.00 I~ ... (il%_ .. __ .. __. ._ ONLY 9k Wlliemann ill. - --- CHESSBOARD MAGIC by Irving Cn-rnev. Is Your Friend A Member? Suo.cril'tlon. Aooept...i fur MY FI FTY YEARS OF CHESS by F . .J. 100 rcu>" rkable .. ,Klin_ Manhall. 1·11l la""",. :U",,,hall brilliaDC<'<."fi",,1 in. tn>etion. THE OLDEST GAMES Sedgwlek WORLO CHESS CHAMPIONSHiP by H. N·ll: $2.00 1.,.. 51% _____ONLY 9& -43.00 per year (12 lssue.>-­ Golombck. ,\11 :\0 1(:11''''''' of '.he find; .... or!>1 CHAMPIONSHIP CHESS AND li!lc l",,"""Y. hIlly ~nnou.led. Sp,""imcn coP" Ue G·12: l3.00 I, ... 1">1%_.______. $1.41 THE HEXT MOVE IS __ •• B,. E. Cord· CHECKERS FOR ALL Special thln·paper edition, sent by Inllloy, 2."iO or;re>Ot combillatio..... Airmall $4.70 per year. C·D: $1.50 I.,... OO % _____ONLY 75c By ..... CHESS WO RLO BOTVIHHIK T HE INVINCIBLE hy F. Rein­ Larry Evans Tom Wiswe ll <::Ompr~hCHri"e A.outr:o.IIRn ehe.. mala. f~ld . 1;2 "''''"-'',.p;e.."", Ly , .. ~ wo"''' "h.m· ~lne Hilled by C. J. S. Purd,.. Artiel"". 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