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Brady The announcement in the March issue of CHESS UFE that Alekhine's famous which produce his handwriting, are PUSLISHED BY book of the New York 1924 Tournament. part of his inherited distinguishing fea· THE UNITED STATES CHESS has been reprinted, brought a host o[ tures, just like the lines oC his hands, FEDERATION childhood memories back to me; not so that the attempt to read character all of them pleasant. traits into these features on the basis PRESIDENT I was 10 years old when I was pre· of the large amount of experience rna· Fred Cramer scnted with this wonderful book, and terial available is surcly a legitimate I spent many thrilling hours playing subject for scientific research. I have FIDE VICE·PRESIDENT over the many exciting games and Alck· come across three or (our most astonish· Jerry G. Spann hine's brilliant variations. However dis· ing handwriting analysts myself. From astcr struck soon after, when I tried a fcw pages of a person's handwriting SECRETARY to apply one of Alekhine's recommenda· they could pl'actically tell his whole life Marshall Rohland tions in a game against an adult playel·. history. REGIONAL VICE·PRESIDENTS I promptly lost a piece on the eighth Looking at the signatures of the play· NEW ENGLAND WUUam C. Newberry move. It seems that 1 had stumbled on ers with whom I was honored to com Richard TIrrell (or rather "over') the one and only flaw pete in 1924, I was astonished to note Walter Suesman in the entire book. Here is what hap· for the first time the cxtraordinary sim· EASTERN Allen Kaufman pencd: 1 was playing Black in the well ilarity between Emanuel Lasker's sig· David Hoffmann known Dragon Varia,tion of the Sicilian: nature and my own, and-also for the Walter Shipman (1. P·K4, P·QB4; 2. N·KB3, P.Q3; 3. P.Q4, first time--the perhaps not ailogether MID·ATLANTIC John ll. Matheson PxP; 4. NxP, N·KB3; S. N.QB3, P·KN3; silly question occurred to me whether, Wtillam A . Ruth 6. B·K2, B·N2; 7, 0·0, N·B3; 8, B·K3, lacking other evidence, this might have William S. Byland ...... ) Here Alekhine writes: (page 125 served as an acceptable argument fot" SOUTHERN Lanneau Foster of the new edition; game Tartakower/ his often expressed opinion that our Robert Eastwood Reti): "more cautious is 8. p .KR3, for families were probably related, although Llr. Norman HOl"flstcm now Black can play N·KN5." we never could find out how. It was not GREAT LAKES J ack O'Kede Can he? After a quarter of a century until a few weeks before his death that J ames Schroeder Thomas A. Jenkins I am still smarting from the sequel, he told me he had seen a definite proof. which not only caused loss of a piece A young man from Australia had visited NORTH CENTRAL John Nowak but also struck a fatal blow to my hith· him and shown him a Lasker "family Eva Aronson George S. Barnes crto implicit faith in authority. After tree," and there I was, dangling from 8...... , N·KNS; White simply played one of the branches. SOUTHWESTERN C. Harold Bone 9. BxN, leaving to Black the choice of Donald Define On the page facing the photograph Juan J. Reld thrce losing variations: you recall Capablanca's defeat by Reti. 9. BxN, BxN; 10. KBxQB, BxN (or Your description is dramatic, but as the PACIFIC Henry Grou BxB); 11. 8xNP, Ind wins. 9. BxN, NxN; Harry Borochow only survivor of the players in that Irving Rivh,c 10. BxB wins. great tournament I may be permitted to And finally the main variation: record what actually happened, and AND OFFICERS 9. 8xN, BxB; 10. NxN, BxQ; 11. NxQ, what was no less dramatic. The onlook· ,~;""., Van Gelder BxP: 12. KR·B, B·Q6; 13. NxNP, P·QR4; crs did not only not sit in stunned si· ARMED FORCES CHESS _ CoL John O. and white has now the choice between Math .. ~on lence but started such a noisy commo· BUSINESS MANAGER- Frank R. Brady the foll owing two continuations: tion that we players, not knowing what COLLEGE CHESS_Peter Bulow 15. R·Q, B·BS; 16. B·N6, QR·N; 17. had happened, loudly called them to or· INDUSTRIAL CHES5-Slanley W. D, King NxRP, and White remains a piece ahead, der. But then NOI'bert Lederer, the tour· INSTITUTIONS CHUS-Or. Ralph Kuhns or White can proceed with the much nament director, announced: "Capablan INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS--Jerry G. Spann more aggressive; ca just resigned," and we all rushed over JUNIOR CHESS-Or. Eliot Hearst 15. N·QS, BxNP; 16. R·B7, BxR; 17. to his table. There he and Reti sat, both MEMflERSHIP- Llua Grumette RxP ch, K·B; 18. NxQP, and Mate in smiling in sort of an embarrassed way, NOMINATIONS-Dr. Erlcb W. Marcband Two. Reti looking as if he didn't really quite PUflLIC RELATIONS-George S. earn"" I hope that any reader who is going believe he had defeated Capablanca, the RATING STATISTICIAN-Joseph F. Reinhardt to be one of the lucky owners of this unbeatable, and the latter seemingly RATING SYSTEM-Arpad E . Elo truly wondcrful book, will beware of still a little dazed from the shock of a SWISS SYSTEM METHODS_Arpad E. Elo this one gruesome pitfall. totally unexpected disaster. The only TAX DEDUCTI&ILlTY-Jacquea L. Ach LEONARD KLUGMANN person entirely unaffected by all this TOURNAMENT ADMINISTRATOR _ Georg~ New York City was Emanuel Lasker who, as usual, sat KollanowskJ at his table in such utter concentration TOURNAMENT RULES-James Sherwin that he remained completely unaware of TREASURER-Milton Ru.sk.\n OPINION anything going on around him. By the U. S. CHAMPIONSHIP-Maurice Kasp",r Your comment on the amusing pic way, Capablanca was much impressed by WOMEN'S CHESS-Eva Aronson turcs on the front cover pages of your the type of chess that Reti played, and CHESS LIFE CONTRIBUTORS March issue, mentioning Bobby Fisch when the two met again a couple of Wener Adams Usa Lane er's interest in palmistry, was no doubt weeks later for their second game, the George Baylor Edward Lasker the unconscious cause for my thinking Cuban seemed a little unsure of him· Alhrecht Buschke William Lombardy John W. Collins Erich Marehand of handwriting·analysis when turning to self, an impression he had never been Fred Cramer Edmund Nash the page which shows the photograph apt to give anyone. Retl actually got Bob Eastwood Ernest Qlfe and the signatures of the participants the better of thc game but failed to J . Estrin Joseph Reinhardt Larry Evans Samuel Reshevsky in the 1924 tournament. assume the initiative, and then Capa· Ken Harkness Jerry Spann Uninformed opinion commonly rele· blanca made short shrift of him. Eliot Hearst Ellra Stoekhold gates palmistry and handwriting·analysi~ Charles Henln Kester Svendsen The interesting article written for Robert Karch Raymond Weinstein to the field of tea lcaf reading, astrol· "Zvaigzne" by Tal, which Eliot Hearst George Koltan ow~kl ~'red M . W"en ogy, and othCl' intellectual garbage. reproduced in his always interesting MAY, 1961 131 CHESS KALEIDOSCOP ~ , amusingly re veals that Tal shares with other out standing geniuses a certain naive levLty in dealillg with questions outside his own [ield belore fa miliarizing hill1SCU An Importont Messoge with what great thinkers in the foreign fields concerned have had to say in the matter. Last summer, six American students ventured into the Whether chess is an art or a science. or both, is a question which can no doubt - be answered with greater authority by Soviet Union, alighted from a plane in Leningrad and great artists and great scientists who arc chess amateurs than by great chess battled for almost a month with 13 other nations from players who are amateurs in art or science. Henri Poincare once said: "Le every corner of the globe for the World's Stlldents Team jeu d'echec ne peut jamais devenir unc science, pareeque les differents eoups Championship, What they did there is now a part of d'une partie ne se resemblent pas." I would certainly love to be able to claim that chess is a science, but I American chess history - emerging as World's Clwm don't see how Poincare's argument can be met. Wben my friend A verbaeh cor· pions - the first world's championship team that this rectly analyzes countless variation s of an ending, he has not done anything country has had in nearly twenty-fiGe years, Eager to remotely resembling science, because he has not evolved a ge neral law. He has defend their title lind the prestige of the United States, merely worked up a table of (acts, en· riching the existing tabulations o( varia· a member of that team last yem' and non-playing captain tions which have erroneously been called "Chess theory" while in reality they are not theory but analysis. And this year writes: when thousands of people wa tch a chess match in a theatre, as thousands of peo ple listen to il symphony in an orches· tra hall , it makes chess an art just as "The American Team is now being organized and selected little as baseball becomes an art just because it is fo llowed by thousands in and I can honestly say that it looks even stronger than last year. great excitement. We have every possible chance to keep the title for the United It is true that a beautiful chess com· bination is apt to evoke in us a feeling States, but the team may not be able to compete! The Depart· akin to aesthetic emotion, the unfailing effect of a great piece 01 fine art which ment of State financed our trip last year but there are no funds distinguis hes Lt from all other types of human e motion. But I think we should available this year, We need $5,000 to get the team to Helsinki be satisfied drawi ng this modest parallel with Art, in order not to recall Whis· m order to play from July 17 to July 31. The only possible way tler's ghost (rom his grave and have him mist3kenly include chess with the things for US to get there is by contTibutions from chessplayers and he had in mind when once he said: "II fa miliarity can breed contempt, specifically from USCl<'" members_ Can we count on the USCF certainly Art has been brought to its lowest stage of intimacy." to help us get to Helsinki?" In short, unless by coining loose, meaningless definitions of our own we Eliot Hearst bring down Science and Fine Art [rom the high pedestal on which the Gods have placed them, all we can say about thei.r relations to chess is that, like them, our game a ppeals strongly to our intellectual and aesthetic sensitivities. DR. EDWARD LASKER YES, ELIOT, YOU CAN COUNT ON USCF!
CHALLENGE Mem bers, send your contributions NOW ($1.00 each would com I have noticed of late a ge neral effort pletely finance the trip- send more if possible) 10: to promote chess on a junior level. In conjunction with this idea, I would like Eliot Hearst to suggest a national high school team championship, or perhaps so me inter· Arlington Towers J·1125 state high school competition. Speaking for New Jersey high school students, I Arlington, Virginia wo uld li ke 10 put oul a general chal· lenge to the high school team of any other state. New Jersey is prepared to 1I'lake checks payable to "U.S. Student CIl€ss Team Fund-lOOl" field at least a fi ve·board team. PETER IRWIN 4 Iris Road Summit, N.J . 132 CHESS LIFE Botvinnik Regains World Championship
After two long months of grueling battle, Mikhail l2lh·8~ over Smyslov. Last year in ~' I arch, Tal scored Botvinnik of i'>'l oscow defeat(.'(i ~Hkhail Tal of Riga, Lat 12 1fl-8~z after qUlIlifying to play for the championship in via to regain the World's Championship he had lost to the Candida tes Tournament in Yugoslavia. At 23, he Tal just onc year agO. The final score of the 21 game was the youngest person ever to win the championship match was 13-8 in favor of Botvinnik. Only six draws of the world. Uotvinnik now keeps the champions hip were registered in this keenly fou ght hattie. Botvinnik until 1963 when he must defend it against the winner originally won the World's Championship in 1948 in a of the 1962 <;andidatcs Tournament. A special ruling special tOlirnUmcnt organized after Alekhine left the by F .LD.E. has done away with the previous practice of championship vacant hy his death in 1946. Since that allOWing a dethroned champion to playa rematch duro time, Botvinnik has played two drawn mutches with ing the foll owing year after losing the title. The first David Bronstein in 1951 lmd 1954. In 1957 he lost a twelve games appeared in the April issue of CHESS match to Vassily Smyslov with a score of 12Y2·9 lh ,how LIFE. Games thirteen to twenty.one can he found on ever, he regained the title the following year by scoring accompanying pages.
Philidor ...... 1745·1795 de Lfl Bourdonnnflis ...... 1834-1840 Stflunton ...... •...... 1841.1851 Anderuen ...... •...... 1851.1858 Morp.hy ...... •...... 1858·1863 Steinitz ...... 1866·1894 Lflsker ...... ~ ...... 1894·1921 CflpflblencfI ...... •...... 1921·1927 Alekhine ...... •...... 1927·1935 Euwe ...... 1935-1937 Alekhine ...... •...... 1937·1946 Botvinnik ...... •...... 1948·1957 Smyslov ...... •...... 1957.1958 Botvinnik ...... •...... 1958·1960 Tfli ...... •...... 196G-1961 Botvinnik ...... •...... 1961· T fl/)lI1!h IIIl "offfcwl" cflO lIIlJiOll$hip of tile tcorM wos held ulltil the tillle of Em- 7JU/nllel lAsker, tile players listed above /u:/ort' 1894 were generally "recognized" durirltt. their dau u"' 11111 strongl!~· t 1)layer, - " in tile world at that time The sc:ene is Mosc:ow--outside the TfI'·Botvlnnlk matc:h. These are the c:rowds thflt c:ould not get tic:kets to flctually see the matc:h in progress.
MAY, 1961 133 - 21 . 8-Q6 Q.Kn 56. Q·llkh K_R2 25. II.Q. KI·lll 34. IIxP 111·.3 It. K.R2 R.I(" 1136. K.K3 .... 2'2. Ca,tlu 57. o.a7ch K· III U . R.Q K'·Kt5 35. K·.' IHI] to. p ·R7 A·R4
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Growth was shown in every Re· Henin's column YOUNG AMERICAN MASTERS). gion, and in almost every state, many Scoring 10-2 in the always powerful Marshall Chess Club Ch,unpiollship, of which showed sensational figures. Weinstein lost only ODe game, drew two and won nine. Close at his heels was New York state pushed up to 659, Sidney Bernstein, a fonner champion, with 91h-2lh. Two very youthful con only 7 behind the 666 hit by California. tenders, Donato Rivera and Bernard Zuckerman, both under 21 years of age, Never has this exciting first-place race produced scores of 9-3. Masters Charles Henin and AUgllst R,mkis tied for 5th been so close. and 6th place with scores of 7 72 - 4 .1f~ . The tonrnament was directed by :Mark In the six·state argument for third Peckar. Following are two interesting games; place, Pennsylvania pulled into a com mandIng lead with a terrific spurt to FRENCH DEFENSE DUTCH DEFENSE 315, followed by New Jersey at 286, S. Bernstein M. Valvo C. He-nin R. A. Weinstein Ohio 264, Illinois 256, Texas 227, and White Black White Bhlck Michigan 212. 1. P·M P·K3 14. PxP P.P 1. P·Q4 P-KB4 22. P·R3 p ...... Alaska, which had only one member 2. P·Q4 15. N·R2 0·0·0 2. P·KN3 N-KB3 23. QxB N-B3 at the start of Operation 1.1, jumped 3. N..QB3 B·NS 16. N·N4 N·B4 3. B·N2 P·KN3 24. Q-Q4 N.N 4. P·KS P.QB4 17. N·B6 N/ 3xQP from B a year ago to 34 currently. Other 4. N·KB3 B-N2 25. BxN Q-N4ch sensational jumps were Arizona, from 5. P·QR3 BxNch 18. PxN N. P 5. 0·0 O.() 26. K·Rl BxBch P•• N·K2 19. K..Ql N·B6 35 to 56, Nevada 11 to 33, Utah 11 to 30, •• •• P-N3 P-Q3 27. QxB Q-K4 Colorado 51 to 72, Maryland 73 to 126, 7. P·KR4 Q·R4 20. 8·B4 P·B6 7. B·N2 P·B3 28. QxQ P.Q B·Q2 Q·RS 21. Q·N4 p·QS Louisiana 46 to 76, New· Mexico 34 to •• QN-Q2 N·R3 29. PoNS KR ·Bl 61, Tennessee 26 to 62, and even Jerry 9. N·83 QN·B3 22. QxQ ••Q •9.• P-B4 P·84 30. R-Bl QRxP 10. Q·Nl P·BS 23. B·Q3 B.B3 Spann's Oklahoma finally made target 10. P-QR3 B·Q2 31 . P-B5 R-R7 going from 37 to 56. 11. P·RS P·KR3 24. R·R3 KR·Nl 11. N-NS R-N1 32. B·N4 QRxP 12. P·N4 P·QN3 25. NxR R.N 12. PxP N.P 33. K-N2 R·N7 The complete figures for the quarter 13. P·NS B·Q2 , 26. R·N3 Resigns 13. P·QN4 N-RS 34. B·83 QRxP which saw both the beginning of the new 14. B·Q4 P·K4 35. BxP R/ 1xP Chess Life format ·and the beginning of 15. BxRP R·R1 3•• R.. R. R OPERATION M, Chairmanned by Lina MORGAN AGAIN! 16. B·K3 P-BS 37. BxP P-QN4 Grumette of all-timc champion Califor Arizona State Champion Charles Mor· 17. PxP N·B6 38. B-Q6 R-Q4 nia, follow: gan won first prize in the third annual 18. Q-K1 N·NS 39. B·N4 R·QS 19. N/ 2·K4 P. P 40. B-B5 R-QBS Phoenix (Arizona) Open, with 5-1, includ· USCF Membership as of March 30 ing draws with Walter Dorne of Albu· 20. B·Q2 N.N 41 . 8·Q6 PoNS querque, N. M. and Valentin Tirman of 21. NxN QB·B3 Resigns 1960 1961 1960 1961 Phoenix. Morgan tied for first place in REGION I REGION VI MASS...... ,.. 149 164 ILL. •...... 176 254 the 1960 Open with James Smith and CONN...... 98 103 WIS ...... 113 12.0 Tibor Weinberger but lost out on tie· IMPROVEMENT R. I ...... 15 11 MINN...... 90 115 breaking points to Smith. Tied with N. H • ...... 11 IS NEBR ...... 40 56 Morgan, but taking second prize on tie· A rating improvement tournament MAI NE ...... 7 11 IOWA ...... 31 42 sponsored by the Phoenix Chess Club VT. " ...... ,. .... 1 3 MONT...... , 17 12 breaking points was Charles Sponagle - - S. o ...... 3 10 of Denver, Colorado. Sponagle also went open to USCF players with a 1700 rat 281 318 N. D ...... 8 7 without a loss but drew with Hector ing or below 'or t:nrated players was a REGION \I WYO...... 3 5 big success with eighteen players turn· N. Y ...... 512. 659 Fabela o.f El :?aso, Texas and New Mex· N. J ...... 2 41 286 481 623 ico Champion Max Burkett of Albuquer· ing out for the f01: r , ;Jund event, in cluding seven new USCF members. Lon - - REGION VII . que. 753 945 TEXAS ...... 261 227 Tied for third place was Fabela, nie Trowbridge won first prize with REGION 11\ MO...... 73 93 J ames Christman of Scottsdale, Arizona, 3% ·%, drawing with James E. Smith, PE NN ...... 227 315 LA...... 46 76 Jr. Tied with Trowbridge on game points, MD...... 73 126 COLO...... 51 72 and Dorne; they finished in this order VA ...... 89 94 N. ME X • .... 34 61 on Sonnen born-Berger points. All had but second on SoB point s was Henry D. COil. •...... 47 71 OKLA ...... 37 56 Gazin. Gazin drew with W. B. Hopkins. W . VA ...... 27 37 KANS...... 32 31 4% ·Ph. DEL ...... 7 6 David Gollub and Mabel Burlingame, Frank Olson of San Manuel was third A RK ...... 25 21 with 3-1, losing to Bob Tennen. Miss - both of Phoenix, successfully retained 470 648 559 -637 their titles of J unior Champion and Shirley Palchik led the event for threc REGION IV rounds until a last round loss to Trow REGION VIII Woman's Champion, respectively. FLA ...... 105 116 CA LIF. •. .. .. 533 bridge relegatld her t o fourth place. TENN ...... 26 62 ... Dan Gollub, David's twin brother , won ARIZ...... 35 Tied for fifth and sixth place were Elmer N. CAR...... 49 55 the Class B prize with Richard Whitte ALA ...... , 33 47 WAS H...... 41 " Burlingame and W. B. Hopkins with 2% - .. more of Coronado, Calif. second. MI SS...... 43 43 ALASKA .... 1% with Burlingame finishing ahead on s. CA R ...... 30 35 NEVADA .. • Joe Harriot was declared Class C SoB points. GA...... 16 24 " Champion with Howard Rosenbaum, both KY. ... " ...... 11 11 UTAH ...... "n " of Phoenix, being second. A feature of the tournament was the - OREGON .... " David Murray was first Unrated player participation of two invalids: Eugene En 333 4(13 IDAHO ...... " " REGION V HAWAII .... , , followed by Ken Schachter of Phoenix. gelhar d, a paraplegic, and J immy Aden, OHIO ...... 108 264 " " William Fox was Tournament Director Jr., an iron lung polio victim. Their MICH...... 108 264 -- of the 34 player event. Five Western games were played at their homes un M1 CH...... 197 112 682 907 states were represented in the tourna der the direction of a tournament deputy. IND ...... 80 72 FOREIGN -.. 84 -102 ment. Tournament dir ector was William F ox. 485 -548 4118 5132 136 CHESS LIFE ratings may not substantiate such an optimistic view, since only lour Flori dians were listed in the 2100's in Decem· ber, and only one 2104 (who can't at tend) was added in April. Moreover, the state secretary reports that their top man is overseas and can't return, the next hasn't played in a tournament since 1957, the third maintains a Florida mailing address but hasn't played here since 1959, and the other isn't expected, since Miami Beach has been very unlucky for him in the past. Thus, it may be that Florida may not be representcd by a player with a USCF rating of 2100 or higher. II so, it is doubtful that other states should "fear the Florida Power." Therefore, it might be a good idea for players from other states to organize their leading five or six experts and go down to Miami Beach for the fun and Irolie of a financially opulent tourney combined with a lUXUry vacation, garner the lush team and individual awards; then stop oU on the way home at Ra· leigh, N. C., and pick up more awards Pictured ilbove is U.S. Open Chilmpion, Robert Byrne plilying ilt Mar Del at the U. S. Team Championship there, PlilfiI, Arg. ntlnil lut month. After plilcing s.cond in a reliltive ly strong fi.ld, July 14-15-16. he went on to Santil Fe, where he took fint-ah.ad of three Grandmasters Whatever the view, it wouldn't do to Fil ip, Matil novic and Rossetto. Byrne', , cor. of 61h.·1h. was the highest .v.r let those Floridians laugh raucously at scored in that Interndionil l Tournament-a full two points ahead of 5Icond the rest of the country for being too place. chicken to compete against thcm! The U. S. Experts is open to all play M., Del Plat. I 2 3 6 7 8 , 10 II 13 I. 15 • • , , , , , ers except those rated master in either I. Naidorf ...... x 'h 'h I I I I 'h • I I " " " 'h the December or April lists; or, if not 2. Byrne ...... 'h. • , 'h , 'h 'h , 'h , , , , , , In", listed then, the last time rated. Big 3. D,. Filip ...... 'h. 'h 'h 'h , •, , , , , 'h , , , 11Ih awards are pledged to players in each • 100 point rating group. Thus, non-ex· Mdanovic y,• y, , y, , , , , V, , , , , •• ...... ~ .....0 • 'h I1Ih. perts also are encouraged to attend and •• Rossetto ...... 0 'h • , , , , , , , , , , , 11% gain rating points and prizes as well . L.telier • y, • x , y, , , , , , 6...... 0 'h 'h • 'h 'h 'h 'h 7. Bielicki ...... 0 'h • , , 'h 'h , , y, 'h , 7'h 8. , • • • • , , , DomingueJ: ...... V2 • • • 'h • • 'h •, 'h, 'h 'h , , 7 WHEEl Of fORTUNE ,. Rei nhardt ...... I • • • • • • 'h • • 'h 'h 6'h The 1961 Nevada State Open Chess ,• .Pelik il n ...... 0 'h 'h 'h , • , , 'h , 6 Championship was conducted at the II. Peril ...... 0 • 'h• • 'h •, x •, 'h •, , 'h 6 Mapes Hotel in Reno recently and 30 Wexler ...... 0 • • • 'h• y•, •, , , 'h , players competcd. George Kirby of Reno ". • • • • • • • • " h and Harold Edelstein of San Carlos, 13. Goldenberg ...... 0 'h 'h 'h 'h 'h x 'h , , California tied for first with scores of ...... 0 • • • • •, • • '4. Camilra • • 'h • • 'h 'h 'h • • on • 'h V, 4'h. 6-1 in the 7 round Swiss . 15. Quinone, ...... 0 'h 'h 'h 'h • 'h 2'h Gaston Chappuis, a well known play· Silva ...... 0 • • • • 'h• • • y•, • on y, x 2 cr from Salt Lake City, took clear third ". • • • • • • • • • • with a score of 5·2. Donald Benge or Burbank, Cali!., Ken Jones Crom Reno and Dr. A. Janushkowsky of Sacramento C.W.U. BEST IN D.C. Don't Be "Chicken" all scored 4'h ·2* and took the 4th, 5th and 6th place awards respectively after George Washington UniverSity recent· ties had been broken. ly wo n the District of Columbia, Team Go To U. S. Experts Cham pionship "Rated section" but not Though he didn't win an award, Rob Florida chess players are reported ert Karg, should have received a special until they drew five games and wo n hilariously exuberant over their chances one from the Arlington Chess Club in trophy for setting an cndurance record. to monopolize most of the top honors in An entertainer with a group called a playoff-match resulting from tied the sensational new U. S. Experts Cham match scores. The Silver Spring Chess the "Rounders," Karg played music pionship, July 6-7-8, at the diLido Hotel, every evening until 4:30 A.M. at the Club took {irst in the Unrated section Miami Beach, Fla. and as wc go to press a three match Riverside Hotel and was up pushing series is being played by the5e two They figure that mosl players will be Pawns the next day at 9 A.M. sharp! teams. hesitant, out of "fear of the Florida C. C. McDaniel was the Top B player Power," even to travel for a glorious in the tournament and received a beau Indiv idual prizes in the team tourna· oceanfront luxury vacation at modest tiful trophy for his efforts as did Norma ment were won by Eliot Hearst of Ar prices. Floridians believe they'li scare Jean Halstead for her $Core as Top lington, and Jurgis Blekaiti5 of the away all the chickens, and massacre the Woman player and Raymond A. Smi th Health. Education and Wclfare Team. little lambs and fi sh. The raucous view for producing Ihe best played game. was expressed most f o~erully in their Will iam Plampin directed the ma tches Sponsored by Ihe Reno Chess Club, the latest state publication, both in words event was directed by Harold Lund which are annually sponsored by the and in a front page cartoo n. strom, noted chess columnist of the D.C. Chess League. However, a careful look at tho:! USCF DESERET NEWS of Salt Lake City. MAY, 196 1 137 by U. S. Master ELIOT HEARST
THE "BOBBY FISCHER" OF ROUMANIA GtUTESCU-GHEORGHIU (Sicilian Defense)' 1. P K4, P.QB4; 2. N-KBJ, P-Q3; 3. P-Q4, PxP; 4. NxP, N·KB3; S. am: (If the foreign favorites of the U.S. Student Team N.QB3, P·QR3; 6. B-KNS, P-K3; 7. B·QB4, B-K2; 8. Q·K2, P_N4; 9. B·N3, 0 -0 ; 10.0·0, P·NS; 11 . N·R4, B·N2; 12. P·K B3, N·B3; in Leningrad last summer \Va~ a shy, 15,ycJ.r-old Rou 13. B-KJ, P-Q4; 14. KR·QI , NxN ; IS. BxN, Q-R4; 16. N·N6, manian schoolboy, Florin Chcorghiu, who looked even PxP; 17. NxR, Q.R4; 18. Q·B2, PxP; 19_ PxP, BxP; 20_ R·Q3, younger than he actually was. Early in the tournament BxN; 21. R·N3, P·K4; 22. Q-K3, N·KS; 23_ B-N6, NxR; 24. QxN, he lost a jl('art-hrcakcr to Amurk.1Il Anthony Saidy; it B·RS ; 2S. Q-RJ, B-B7ch; 26. Resigns_ queen ahend and having played a fin e game up to th:lt point the Houmanian youngster permitted Said y ,to queen a p
MAY, 19S1 141 • • • • S OF MASTER PLAY BY I G LOM
"ONCE AGAIN THE WORLD'S CHAMPIONSHIP" "Once again The World's Championship" But who's to be the champion?
When Botvinnik and Tal met last March, it was for the first time. The general consensus of opinion, 1Il that battle of youth versus the 'aged', was that youth would conquer; it did. That victory was by no means as conclusive as it appeared. True that Tal scored six wins as against Botvinnik's meager two, but the games themselves indicated that the match was not at all one-sided. Fatigue, brought on by ill ness, caused Botvinnik :to lose his once flawless technique. A number of won games were tossed away. Now a new match, Botvinnik's revenge, is under way. There is much conjecture, most in favor of Tal, regarding this match. Is Botvinnik getting too old? Born in 1911, Botvinnik will be fifty on August 17th; Tal is twenty-four. Should this difference in age make the difference? Hardly! Health notwithstanding, there arc many men who participate in numcrolls strenuous activ ities, and quite successfully, I might add. Tomapapa, for example, is still winning professional bowling tourna ments. He is in his mid sixties! llerhaps Botvinnik has discouraged himself. In his book '100 Selected Games' he says about Alekhine, " ... I must again emphasize that during the last period of his career his imaginative powers declined." Stuely Botvinnik must be considered to he in that 'last period' of his own Chess career, but what possible reason should cause his decline. At the moment, I doubt if there is any reason, for he is not on the downgrade, as so many experts think. As a matter of fact, he has already downed Tal the terrible in the first game of their return match by convincingly outplaying him in the end game. The game is not so interesting from thc tactical standpoint, as it is instructivc from the positional point of view.
RAGOSIN DEFENSE 14...... P·B3 (by transposition) 15. B·K4 B·K3! M. Botvinnik M, Tal 15 ...... , P-QN3 only leads to an even White Black game, Le.; 16. NxN, NxN; 17. P-B4, B-R3; 1. P-QB4 N·KB3 18. K-B2, B-Q6. 2. N-QB3 P-K3 16. N-Q2 QR-Ql 3. p.Q4 B-NS 17. P-R3 N-B3 4. P-K3 0-0 18. 8·B2 R-Q2? 5. B-Q3 ...... Here Botvinnik deviates from his favor ite KN-K2. Since he has had great suc cess with that continuation, he must have suspected Tal of having something special prepared. For phychological con· siderations it is often necessary to get Position after 9 ...... , P-K4 off the beaten path. 5...... p.Q4 10. NxB ...... 6. P-QR3 p,p Much more to White's advantage is 10. 7. BxP B-Q3 PxP, NxP; 11. NxB, QxN; 12. QxQ, PxQ; 8. N·B3 N-B3 13. B-K2, where White's two bishops of Black has successfully transposed into fer a strong initiative, especially in view the Ragosin Defense with a tempo gain, of Black's weak queen pawn. White's 6. P-QR3. Usually White has 10...... QxN Position after 18 ...... , R.Q2? castled by this time. 11. PxP QxQch 12. KxQ N_KNS It seems strange that such an innocent 9. N-QNS P-K4 looking move should actually lose the 13. K-K2 QNxP The recommended course is 9...... , game, but the tremendous loss of time in 14. B-QS ...... B-K2, 10. 0·0, P-QR3; 11. N-B3, B-Q3; 12. volved allows White the effective and P-K4, P·K4; 13. P·Q5, N·K2 with equality. Necessary, for if B-R2 then B-B4 gives devastating use of his two bishops. The text favors White slightly. Black a good game. Correct was 18 ...... , P·B4; which main- 142 CHESS LIFE tains a slight advantage in . view of his 31. N-Q4 P·QB4 queen side majority and better develop 32. PxP PxP ment. 33. N-NS P·QR3 19. P·QN3 KR·Q1 As will be seen, Black cannot possibly 20. R·Q1 N·Q6? defend aU his isolani. He must lose Overlooking the fact that his rook will at least one pawn, and with it the game. be in jeopardy on Q6. N-Q4 was better. 34. N-B7 B·BS 21. BxN RxB 35_ N·K81 ...... 22. B_N2 R(6)-Q2 As a squirrel gathers acorns. this knight The threat was B-Q4. gathers pawns. Incredible that there is 23. BxN PxB no defense. 24. P-QN4 B·B4 35...... P·B4 25. N·N3 B-Q6ch The pawns must roam far from the de 26. K-K1 P_N3 fense and safety of their king. 27. QR-B1 ...... 36. P·KR4 ...... Final Position Now Black cannot avoid a bishop versus White can afford to bide his time, since knight end game, which, in view of his Black has no counter-play. Here the game was adjourned, but Tal, multiple pawn weaknesses, is hopeless. 36...... K-B1 realizing the hopelessness of the situa 27...... B·KS 37. N·Q6 B_B8 tion, resigned without resuming play. 28. P-B3 RxRch 38_ P·N3 K·K2 Up until now I have only commented on 29. RxR RxRch 39. NxPch K-K3 the 'age factor' in Chess but not on the 30. KxR B-Q4 40. P-K4 K-K4 'youth factor'. Tal's youthful resiliency has caused him to bounce back and win the second game. At this writing the 26 Years Later match stands one all. The question still Official USCF remains: who's to be the champion?! It's Competing in the largest and strong anybody's guess. est Wisconsin State Championship ever held, AIpad Elo of Milwaukee scored 6-1 to regain the title he had previously Emblem ' held five times and shared three times. His victory in Racine over a field of BENKO MANHATTAN OIAMPION 86, 10 of them Experts, came 26 years International Grandmaster Pal Benko after his first state championship and scored 8Y2 -2lh in the recently concluded is cvidence that Elo, like the wine he Manhattan Chess Club Championship makes, improves with age. and was awarded the coveted title from a In winning, Elo defeated Stanley field of twelve of the strongest players Brown, Sheboygan; Henry Meifert, the in the country. Benko lost only one game defending champion, Milwaukee; Fred - to former U.S. Champion Arnold Den Cramer, Milwaukee; and John Oberg, ker. He drew three and won seven. With Russell Kime and Kimball Nedved, all scores of 8-3, youngster Howard Cohen of Racine. His only loss was to Charles and former champion George Kramer Weldon, the highest·rated player in the tied for second place. Three players tied state and a former champion, who fin· at 6-5; Denker. Abe TUrner and Ervine ished a surprisingly low 15th. Elo de Farkas. Surprising was the performance feated Nedved, who had led through the of Grandmaster Arthur Bisguier in com fifth and sixth rounds, in the last game piling an even score of 5lh ·5lh. His loss when Nedved needed only a draw to of four games was unprecedented since assure himself of a share of the title. he usually places very high in the event The other trophy winners were Ned -winning it several times in the past. Be proud of your national chess ved, a former Dlinois champion, second; Hans Kmoch, the club secretary, direct organization I Wear this attradive Dr. L. C. Young, Madison, third; Richard ed the contest. Japel button and show everyone Kujoth, Milwaukee, fourth; and Frederic you're a USCF member and a che" player. Pfister, Milwaukee, fifth. The women's title was again successfully defended by Trefzer Tops Gold plated with enameled black Mrs. Lois Housfeld, Milwaukee, with and white miniature chess . board. Mrs. Asta Christiansen, also of Milwau kee, as runnerup. The j,mior title was Marylandians Letters and crown in gold. Screws won by William Martz, Hartland, with a into buttonhole and remains there. record of two wins and five draws. George F. Trefzer of Newport News, Available only to USCF members. Va., topped a record entry of 62 play An innovation this year was the cre ers with a score of 5¥.!-¥.! to take the Price includes Federal excise tax of ation of 'regional sub·championships. 1961 Maryland Open held in Baltimore 10%. Holders of these additional titles are Elo, recently and conducted by the Maryland Southeastern; Dr. Young, Southwestern; Chess Association. Directors William Anthony Kasenga, Sheboygan, Northeast Koenig and Norman T. Whitaker award· ern; and Peter Muto, River Falls, North ed prizes to four players with 5-1 scores. $ 20 western regional champion. They wcre Robert Raven, Oscar Vinje, Not only was the field the largest ever Glen Hartleb and former U.s. Amateur assembled but the contestants all came Champion, Russell Chauvenet. Raven, Obtai.nable Only From prepared to play chess for there were as the highest ranking state resident, no withdrawals, no forfeits ·and no ad was awarded the state championship judications during the entire seven title. Mrs. Frank Roberts was named the U. S. Chess Federation round event. The tournament chairman Maryland Women's Champion. Other tro was RUSSell Kime, president of the spon· phies went to Vinje for Top A Class, 80 East 11 th Street soring Wisconsin Chess Association. The Robert Erkes for Top B, Alfred Popoldi tournament director was Miss Pearle for Top C and Norman Antokol for Top New York 3, N. Y. Mann of MilwaUkee. unrated. MAY, 1961 143 • THE MASTERS' FORUM • Top Mascers Annocace Their Own Games
The Most Game I Ever Lost by Edward Lasker
To dispel a possible misin terpretation of the above a good many years and, at my age. really had no busi heading, let me say right lIway that this is not a game an ness to enter anyway; but an opportunity to see beautiful opponent of mine played so beautifully that 1 was en d el Vienna again is nothing one would easily p:lSS up, raptured into publishing it. It was r who played it beauti the arguments that chess masters never know when to fully. And if there were any justice up above, 1 should retire notwithstanding. have won it, and it would have taken its place with the J had met my opponent, Paul Michel of Buenos much publicized male in eight moves [ was lucky enough Aires, in a tournament at Mar del Plata. T did not re to give Sir Thomas in u game which I should not have member what openings he had played there, but Czer won. Here, I am sur~ . we have a case which the great niak, another Argentine participant in Vienna, told me Ossip Bernstein would be eager to add to his examples that if I played 1. P-Q4, Michel would certainly choose of what- to hi s audiences' delight- he used to call "the the Tarrasch defense of the Queen's Gambit which he equalizing injustice of chess", knew forward and backward. I had learned a few things This game was played in Vienna, 1951, in the first about this opening myself in my match for the U.S. cham In ternational Masters' Tournament the Austrians had or pionship with Marshall, who had murdered me when I ganized after World War I L I accepted their invitation ventured that defense. and so I felt quite satisfied at the to participate, although] hadn't played serious chess in prospect of facing it. Michel indeed resorted to it:
Edward Lasker Paul Michel 1S...... BxP I was wondering whether in the 28 years White Blick that had passed since· my match with 1. p.Q4 p.Q4 Marshall this move had been analyzed 2. P·QB4 P·KJ to give Black a satisfactory_ nay! Pos 3. N-QBJ P·QB4 sibly the better game!? I had planned 4. PxQP KPxP 16. Q-R4, but upon more careful study S. N·B3 N·QB3 realized that Black could reply B·N6, 6. P-KN3 N-BJ when 17. BxN ch, PxB; 18. QxP ch, QxQ; 7. B·N2 B_K2 18. RxQ, 0-0 would give me exactly S. O.() B_K3 nothing. Trusting in the validity of gen Much better is 0-0 first-not only on eral principles, I kept on searching for general principles, because this is a move a combination which would give that that must surely come. while the Bishop King in the middle of the board his just may find a square other than Kg more Position afte r 15. N-NSI deserts, and after much analysis which desirable, but also on the basis of exper wore me to a frazzle I found it! ience, which has shown in a number of Now Black cannot castle because ho 16. RxNI PxR games with this opening that the King would lose. a Pawn through 0 -0; 16. 17. Q·R4 B·N6 should get away from the centre of the Q-B2, P·KN3; 17. BxN, PxB; 18. NxB, 18. QxP ch K·K2l board as early as possible. PxN ; 19. QxEP, etc. or 15 ...... , 0-0-0; He -can't exchange Que.ens, because after 9_ PxP ...... 16. NxB, PxN; 17. Q-B2, R·Q3; 18. KR·Ql, 19. BxQ ch, K-K2; 20. BxH. RxE; 21. KR-QI; 19. QxP, QxP; 20. R-B2 and 21 . 9. B·NS yields no adva ntage. Blac k N-B3, R-Ql; 22. R-Rl , R-Q2; 23. K·Bl!, Q"P. his ga me would suffer from the reo casUes into saIety and answers 10. R-Bl 15 ...... B-Q2 does not look very appetiz- stricted mobility of his Rook which has wi th N-KS!, equaHzing, as did Michel ing either. After 16. Q-B2, p.K.R3 ; 17. to guard his two isolated Pawns. The im against Najdorf in Mar del Plata 01. Q-K4ch, N-K2; 18. N-B3 Btack will again mediate threat would he 24. 1t-R3 fol BxB, QxB; 12. PxP, KR·Ql; 13. N·Q4, at least lose a Pawn. Finally, 15 ...... , lowed by R-Q3, as B-BS is not possible on 8-B4, the move I played in one of my NxQBP; 14. NxN, PxN; 15. Q.Q4, QR·Bl). account of 25. N·K5. (23. N·K5 instead games against Marshall in this position, of K·BI wo uld be a bad blunder, as after 9...... a,p permits 16. P-K4!, B-N3 (PXP?; 17. RxB!, R·B2; 24. RxP?, RxR; 25. N-B6 ch, K-Q3 ; 10. B-NS p·QS PxR; 18. Q-Q6, etc.); 17. P-B4, P·KR3; 26. NxR, K-B4 the knight would be lost.) 11 . a, N 0," 18. N-R3, when the Black Bishop remains In turn, if I had exchanged Queens on 12. N·K4 Q·K2 out of play for the foreseeable future. the next move in order to regain the However, I thought this was Black's best exchange. with BxR, Black would have 13. NxB O,N chance to hold out. Michel deliberated come out with the better ending, as he 14. R-Bl Q·NJ for some time and then surprised me would have controlled the only open file 15. N-NS! ...... with that was worth anything, and I would 144 CHESS LIFE have remained with a weak Pawn to prevent Black from opening a hole at Had I gone to N2 with the King, Black worry about. Of course, since I was after R2 in any case. Young reader, when you would have had no way of preventing His Majesty, I did not want to exchange are 65. my age at the time I played this that move. As post mortem analysis the Queens anyway: game. think of the horrible things you showed. the reply P·N4 would have led 19. Q.K4ch B·K3 will now witness and avoid a similar fate to a beautiful mate in four moves: 32. 20. Q.KR41 by husbanding your energy! Q.J\5 ch, KxQ; 33. RxPch. R·B3; 34. 28. Q.N4ch K.R3 P·N4ch. K·R5; 35. RxR mate_ After the 29. p.B4 P·Q6ch move of the text, I could no longer reo This is the move the analysis of which vlve the threat P·B5. 31. PxP, of course, had worn me oul I had come to tbe allows perpetual check. So does 31. conclusion that after I move into the long P·QN4. Q·Q4ch; 32. K·N l (B-N2? p.Q7!l. diagonal he must play his Queen to N4 Q.Q5ch, etc. Seeing the game slip out of or R4 to defend the mate threatened my hands naturally heightened my fag· on his KN4. Then would come P·85, ged-out condition_ i! I remember cor· threatening mate through Q·R4, and rectly that happens even when one is since upon check in the diagonal I would young-and I became so demoralized that interpose my King's Pawn. winning the instead of taking one of the drawing Queen, his only defense wo uld be P·N4. lines available I added blunder to blun· After that I trusted the precarious posi· der and even lost the game. I did not tion of Black's Kjng and my phalange. of see that I really had a sly winning chance if Black was not satisfied with a draw. Po.ltlon .ft•• 1D. Q.KR41 Pawns to help seal Black's fate and I prayed to Goddess Caissa to lift the fog After 31. P·QN4. Q.Q4ch; 32. K·Nl Black The key of the combination. Black's Rook from my brain. But she would not listen: might bave tried to win with P-Q7, which is still attacked, and if he moves It, the looks indeed murderous. But then 33. discovered check NxB forces the King Q·R4ch would have forced Black to out into the centre of the board. interpose his Queen (K.N3?, 34. P·B5ch, 20...... QR·QI and in the end Black loses his Queen.) 21. NxBch KxN Then. 33 ...... Q·R4; 34. QxQch, KJ(Q; 35. 22. R·BI!! R-Q7. R·QN3; 36. RxQP. RxP; 37. R.Q7 would have won at least another Pawn, Bringing the Rook into play without los· and tbe black King's exposed postition ing a tempo, as Black must guard against would still have made him subject to aU the check on 86. Arter Black's reply sorts of mating attacks. all is forced. I don't recollect the few remaining 22 ...... R·Q3 p.B4 moves of the game. I believe I played 23. B-R3ch 31. R·K7, hoping for another chance to 24. Q.K4ch K·B2 play P·85, and he replied Q-KR4, forcing 25. QxPch R·B3 the exchange of Queens. Then, after 33. 26. Q·Q7ch K·N3 Position .Her 29. ___, P-Q6ch PxP, he won my Knight's Pawn with 27. R·B7 R·KNI R·N3, and I failed to pull my King out For some strange reason which seems 30. K·Rl??? Q.R4 with KN2 and 35. K·BS, which would quite inexplicable to me today, I wasted Suddenly I saw that what I had consld· have been my last chance to draw. The a half·an·hour and with it the last ounce ered of no particular importance, a prop· rest was dead silence. of mental energy I had left by trying er choice betwc.cn the squares Rl and I hope the reader will enjoy this game to figure out a forced matinG combina· N2. actually meant winning the game or as much as it made me suffer. Even Michel-by the way one of the nicest tion beginning with the obvious move not. My move permitted Black to threat· of chess masters~"pressed great regret Q·Nkh, instead of saving time and mak· en perpetual check and thus gain the at the blunder with which I spoiled a ing that move which was necessary to tempo to stop me from playing P·B5. little work of art.
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Cront.blH .nd Indexes Just to n.me • few of the m.ny muters represented in aver to pl.yers .nd opening •. PubJl.hed by the USCF .nd com 296 p MAY, 1961 145 Chess in the " aIled-Off" by FRED M. WREN All 1I111! we know who lie in goo/ " that the u;all is strQllg; And that OO(;h dtl{l is like II year, ,\ !I,:ar whose Milt are long. TilE BALLARD 010' READING GAOL by OSCAR WILDE Some or you probably know more about Billy Co uture he sent me on a Christmas ca rd. I a m not enough of a prob. than I do. He has been mentioned occasionally in various chess lem fan to know whether it is good or not, but "Chess Life" publications, including CHESS LIFE, as an expert or master problemists may get a kick out of it. chess player who, for the past eight ycars, has been residing in one or another of Massachusetts' less exclusive penal in stitutions. Being a firm believer in chess as a panacea for almost any physical or mental ailment, and knowing [rom experience that wben a guy is playing chess he isn't getting into trouble anywhere else, he has organized and promoted chess activity wherever he has been. Without any snide references to "a captive audience" it appears that he has actually taught more than a hundred other prisoners to play chess. He has played correspondence chess whcnever he could raise the price of enrollment in a section. He has writlen a book on chess traps. He has organized a representative team, on which he usually played Board No. 1, to compete with any club team which might visit the prison. Through his efforts, tournaments among the prisoners, and chess columns in tbc prison papers have become the aceepted Whitlt m 4l t u In Ihr.. order of the day. His letters are remarkably free from bitterness, and he He wrote to mc recently, expressing thanks for a few old realizes that such mattcrs must take their appointed course, chess magazines I had sent, and informing me, "My club now through the channels of constituted authority. All be can do boasts of a line-up of 35 good players who ar e constantly is to keep plugging, trying by the application of chess princi battling for ladder positions. Some person unknown sent us ples to turn his lOSing game of life into a win-or at least a some broken chess pieces, and we made six sets from it by draw. carving dupllCites for the broken and miSSing pieces. Soon I was going to ask that some of our generous readers ar· we should have at least enough for all member, of our club r~nge to send this chess enthusiast a batch of old chess maga to be matched at one se"ing, something we are unable to zines or books, or perhaps an old set of chess pieces whieh do n_. The boys here just love playing. Keeps their minds wo uld not have to be repaired before being used. But the occupied and away from trouble. I have two complete peg·in Superintendent of his institution Informed me that they must sets that J tixed up out of old and broken odds and ends of frown on singling out one of their inmates for special atten sels that came in. I am putting them up as prizes for the high lion. Supt. Gavi n wrote in part, "We allow Chess for the bene. est scorers in our next round·robin tournament " fi t it may be for the men playing ii, in taking up lime con When asked where and when he learned to play chess :;tructively, while learning and participating in a very involved he said that when he was a kid in Rhode Island he used to game. We do not favor personal correspondence growing out earn a little spending money by mowing the lawn and tendins: of the chess games, because of some bad experiences we have the garden or a doctor who was a keen chess player. When had in this and other lines. On several occcasions when our Billy saw !he chess pieces set up on a table in the garden, he guard has bcen down, and our hearts have ruled our heads asked the doctor about them, and about the game. The genial inmates have solicited money, gifts, emotional entang l ement~ old gentleman insisted on teaching the boy to play, and ap· with innocent outSiders, to the grief of the outsider and the parently he took 10 the game like the proverbial duck to embarrassment of the institution authorities." ~v ater . Billy says. "I was prelty close to the master class, hav· So if any reader feels inclined to assist the cause of io. m g played over the board and won from tbe following well· stitutional chess without entering in to emolional correspond known players: Waller Suesman and Albert Martin of Rhode ence with Billy Couture, any material of the sort mentioned Island, Sven Brask, Frank Rubens, Arthur Freeman, and W. above may be scnt to CHESS CLUB, Box 100, South Walpole, W. Adams of Massachusdts, Ed Roman and Stanley Wysanski Massachusetts. U anyone would like to playa game of postal of Connecticut, and George Partos and Ed Trull of New Jer chess with Billy. giving him a chance for competition for sey." He modestly qualified this report with the statement which there would be no vexing section entry fee, confining "or cou rse, that was beCore I came here, and all of tbes; correspondence to the bare game moves, I'm sure he would games mentioned were fricndly informal games, not league appreciate it, so send your fi rst move to hi m at the address or tournament games." above. This is not a pica for a pardon or a parole or a commuta Here is a sample of the opposition which you may expect. tion of sentence for the incarcerated chess expert. It's not FRENCH DEFENSE even a request for a new trial for him, although he says (Notlt. by Couturlt) that he is now in possession of evid ence proving that he was E.rJ How4Ird W. J. Coutu,. innocent of the crime {or which he is serving a sentence of Whit. BI.ck Courteen to seventeen years. He wrote recenlly: "The State 1. P·K4 P·K3 Supreme Court is considering the affidavits oC the two men 2. P-04 p.Q4 who arc guilty of the crime I've been serving time for. All 3. PxP PxP the papers h8"e been in the Chid Juslicc's hands since the The exchange varialion, with open lines. middle of March. Hope they reach a decision soon." favoring Black. lie has composed a few problems, several of which have 4. N·KB3 B·KNS been published in various papers and magazines. l!ere is one A pin is always helpful. 146 CHESS LIFE S. B·K2 B-Q3 11...... B-R4 A deep mo ve which pays off. 6. N·QB3 N·K2 12. PxP P-QR3 21. PxB Q-B2! Here 6 ...... , P·B3 wou ld protect the 13. QN-Q4 QN·B3 Not too bad either. QP. 14. N.R2 22. B.KBI ...... 7. P-KR3 ...... Preparing {or 15. P·KB4. 22. B·R3 wo uld be no beUer. Black now Whi le should have completed develop· 14 ...... B·KN3 announced mate in 10. ment first. Text leads to trouble. IS. P·QN4 B·B2 22...... Q-N6ch 7...... B_R4 16. P-KB4 N·KB4 23. B·N2 Q-B7ch 8. 0 ·0 0 -0 Trying to provoke another weakening 24. K·Rl N-N6ch 9. N-QNS ...... pawn advance by White. 2S. K-R2 N-K7 dis.ch. Bothersome, but not serious fo r Black. 17. KN-B3 N·N6 26. K·RI Q·NBch 9...... B_QNS This could, and should have been pre· 27. RxQ N·N6ch 10. B·Q2 P.QB4 ventcd. 28. K·R2 N·KS dis.ch. 11. P·QB3 ...... 18. R-Kl N-KS 29. N·KS BxNch Best is 11. BxB, PxB, making the pawns 19. P-BS B-KR4 30. B·84 BxBch weak by do ubling them. 20. P-N4 B-NlI! 31. K-Rl N·B7 mate .ChessLife IN THE UNITED STATES The Midland Michigan Chess Club de The Dallas Chess Club, .headed by The traditional Connecticut-Massachu feated the Flint Gambiteen on 12 boards Texas State Champion, Ken Smith, setts match was won by Connecticut with recently with a smashing score of 11 .1 trounced the University of Texas with a a score of 17 lh-12 lh . It was played in and benme the Saginaw Valley Cham score of 8% ·1 % recently. New London. pions. Matthew's Chess Shop in New Orleans International Grandmaster Arthur Bis· has all types of chess sets, boards and Atlempts are being made to arrange guier will leave on May 28th to compete paraphenallia. Morphy's chess set and a Fischer-Reshevsky match of 16 games in the international tournament being chess cabinet are among some of the -8 to be played in New York and 8 in conducted in Moscow.' He is the first items that can be seen there. Los Angeles. The total prize and ex· American Master to compete in an in A luncheon conference of the USCF pense purse is $7,oOQ.-h aif of which is ternational tourname nt in the Soviet College Chess Committee was held re to be supplied by the American Chess Un ion in many years. cently in New York City. ICLA Presi· FoundaUon and the other half by the dent Peter Berlow and Chairman Mor Herman Steiner Chess Cl ub. There is In the Fourth Annual Lake Ontario decai Treblow oo nducted the meeting. no doubt that this would be one of the Open held in Rochester, Paul Vaitonls Past USCF President Harold 1\1. Phillips most interesting of all chess matches of Hamilton, Ontario, a former Clnadi· attended as d,id CHESS LIFE Editor ever played in this country. an Champion, took fint place with 4·1. Frank Brady. LeRoy Johnson won the champion· ship of the Westchester California Chess Club with a score of 5·1. The Rockland Chess Club in Spring Valley, N. Y.. boasts Samuel Reshevsky as an honorary member and as an ac tive advisor. The Michigan Chess Association passed a resolution at their board of directors meeting recently, I ) that regional tournill' ments be held in that area and 2) that USCF be congratulated on the new for mat of CHESS LIFE. Thanks to Jlck O' Keefe, Fred Morningstar, V. E. Van denburg and the entire state of Michigan! Daniel Gutman is the Princeton Chess Club Champion. He scored 8·0 in their annual tournament recently. Peter Ber low was proclaimed undergraduate cham· pion for his score of 5-3. USCF member Bert Brice·Nash died recently. He resided with his wife, In Webb City, Mo. In a letter to the U. S. Chess Federa· tion, F. L. Cooper, Director of Adver tising of the N. Y. Life Insu ra nce Co m pany, stated: " We have the impression that we have already heard from all the chessplayers in the country . . . our photographer set up the chess board Tom Wiswell giving a mixed simultaneous exhibition in Reading, Pa, Wis· improperly (in their full page ad that well has held the Free Style World Chlmpionship in checkers since 1951. ran in most publications in the Un ited He is one of the few players in this country who will take on both chess and States) .. . I have told those who have checker players in mISS competition and fare well against both. His next taken the time 10 wr ite that we are exhibit will be at the Chess and Checker Club of New York, 212 West 42nd thinking of forming a chess club here St. on June 25th, 1961 at 2 PM. Reser .... tions to play may b. made in ad and at the advertising agency so that vince by writing John Fursa in nre of the club. The fee is $2.00 per board. we wouldn't make such a goof again." MAY, 1961 147 The city Challengers Tournament in Lincoln, Nebraska, conducted quite some time ago, was won by Anton Sildmets with a score of 7-1. The Lincoln City Chess Club sponsored the event. A match between the Finger Lakes Chess Society and the Bath-Hornell, N. Y. Chess Clubs ended in 3Y2-3V2 draw. Colonel Edward P. F_ Eagan, Chair man of the People to People Sports Com mittee, requests that anyone interested in playing a postal game can do so by writing to Manfred Strohlein, Kauern dorf 51, Uber Kulmbach, Germany. Mr. ., .... ~.""» Strohlein is very interested in establish ing a postal chess and correspondence At left is the South Boston Lithuanian relationship with several Americans. Chess Club playing against the Brook The new Providence Chess Club Cham· lyn Lithuanians. At first board was G. pion is Peter Gould. Sveikauskas (left) against Edward Receiving mail for years from New Staknys. Orleans Chess Club Treasurer, Jean Lindsey, CHESS UFE has asked several Out of the news for awhile, Robert times whether Lindsey was male or "1.N-QR3" Durkin has been making him female. Never receiving a reply - we now implore an answer from the mem self known in Jersey chess circles again_ bership - is Lindsey a man or a woman?! He has just won three tournaments in George "Bundy" Baylor of Pittsburgh, a very short span of time: The Atlantic has been invited to Holland by Prof. A. City Chess Club Championship, the South D. de Groot to help translate a chess· psychology book from Dutch to English. Jersey Chess Association Championship He will work on the propect for three and the recently concluded Rating Im months. provement Tournament. IDEA 1,500 100 Prize Doubleheader SOUTH July 1-2-3-4 U. S. EXPERTS July 6-7-8 Oceanfront Luxury Hotel Superb Fun and Vocation diLido Hotel Miami Beach, Florida WRITE BOB EASTWOOO, 304 S. KROME, HOMESTEAO, FLORIDA NOTE: The priles for the U.S. Experts and Southern Champi:Illships were erroneously reported in the last issue. First prile in the "Experts" is vlaued at $200--$150 cash, a big trophy, etc. First prize in the Southern is $200. 148 CHESS LIFE by Charles Henin Cndoubtedly the brightest meteor on pulted himself into a tie for 2nd prize game, but the ending was rather strik· the American chess scene in recent with a score of 9lh-2lh. The same year ing. Reshevsky, in a difficult but hardly months has been 20-year old Raymond he tied for 1st in the New Jersey Open hopeless position, let his time expire Weinstein. The Brooklyn College sopho and last year he tied for the Marshall with several moves leU to be made. He more has just added the strong Marshall title and won the strong North Central was obviously worn out, after a long Chess Club championship to his belt with Open at Milwaukee. and tough tournament. Young Weinstein a 10-2 score, after starting off the year however looked fresh as a daisy! with an outstanding 3rd place finish in A double thrill for Raymond was his defeating Reshevsl-y in the final round Raymond is affable and energetic, the U. S_ Championship, in which he de quite enthusiastic and "collegiate" in feated three international grandmasters of the U.S. Championship and thereby clinching the third prize. It was a fine manner. His major is psychology, which and qualified to represent the USA in he hopes to enter as a profession. Other the interzonal tournament to be held than chess he likes gymnastics and later this year. weight·lifting, and is currently taking Prior to these recent successes Ray· mambo lessons. mond had already earned the right to Ray lives in Brooklyn with his family, represent our country in two internation and a chess·enthusiastic family it is. His al events-the student team tournament father Harvey, no mean player himself, in Leningrad and the international team is a regular participant in tournaments, tourney at Leipzig. Ray's 7lh·2!h score and deserves a good deal of credit for at Leningrad helped the U.S. team win tutoring Raymond, though the pupil ra· the title and shared the prize for the ther surpassed the teacher in this case! best score on third board, while at Leip· Father and son often travel together to zig he chipped in 6lh-1"lh to help lift the tournaments, and for larger events the team to its 2nd place finish. whole family generally goes along, in· eluding Ray's mother and his 12-year Weinstein's rise to chess stardom has old brother William, an "up and com been achieved with a rapid string of ing player" according to Raymond. We'll tournament successes in the last few watch out! years. In 1957 he won the Marshall Jun ior and Long Island Amateur titles, and Weinstein has an aggressive, positional the next year he copped his first major chess style common to many of the event-the U.S. Junior at Homestead, younger masters. He knows the open Fla. In the U.S. Open at Omaha in 1959, ings very well and employs a wider Raymond after a slow start put on a burst range than many other leading players, at the finish and by defeating Benko but always plays to gain and hold the in a sensational last round game eata· Raymond Weinstein advantage from the opening bell. The following is Raymond's best game 17. R·Q4 ...... Q-B6) cannot all be defended. from last year's student team tourna· Developing, and with a subtle threat. N-KI ment. His opponent is subtly outplayed, ...... B-B3 29. Q·QB6! ...... so that despite making no obvious cr· Black overlooks the threat. Belter is Forcing a winning simplification. rors he soon finds himself in an un ...... , ExB; 18. NxB, Q-B5...... QxQ tenable position. 18. BxB Ox. 30. RxQ P-R3 NIMZO-INDIAN DEFENSE 19. N-QS! •••••••• Black must lose a pawn since BxPch! Leningrad, 1960 A surprising and effective shot. Black was . again threatened. Weinstein now had anticipated only 19. P-K5? BxN! concludes the game with admirable tech" Raymond Weinstein Berthold lllque. (USA) winning a pawn. (East Germany) 31. RxQRP N·B4 White Black ...... xN 20. PxP Q-Q3 32. B-QS! R·K7 1. P·Q4 N-KB3 33. R·R8 K-R2 2. P·QB4 P-K3 21. PxB Ox. 22. Q·Q2 34. BxP N·Q3 3. N·QB3 B·NS" •••••••• 3S. B-N8ch K·Nl 4. P-K3 P-B4 The net result of White's "positional" 36. R-KB8 combination has been simply to leave N·Q6 5. B-Q3 0-0 37. K-Nl N-KS 6. N.B3 P·Q4 him with the better development. Black's 38. R-K8 N(6jxBP game is worse than it looks. 7. 0·0 PxBP 39. B·QS ...... 8. BxP P-QN3 ...... QR.Kl Zugzwang! 23. R·BI Q-N2 9. Q-K2 B·N2 ...... K·B3 10. PxP BxP 24. Q·B4 R-K2 40. R-K6ch 25. P-KR3 KR·Kl K·B4 11. P·K4 QN·Q2 41. N.Q4ch Resigns White's game is slightly more comfort 26. B-N3 R·KS able, though the chances are approxi- This proves to be fatal. 26 ...... , P-KR3 BECOME A USCF MEMBER mately equal. was essential. FOR LIFE 12, B·KNS Q·Nl 27. RxR RxR $100.00 13. K-Rl P·QR3 And not ...... , QxR because of 27. BxPch! Sustaining membership of $10.00 per 14. OR-Ql P-N4 28. Q-Q6 ...... year becomes a Life Membership 15. B-N3 B-Q3 White has steadily built up the pressure, after 10 years. 16. B,B2 B-BS and the numerous threats (R·B7, N-N5, MAY, 1961 149 Not a.1I of Raymond's games arc so 10. P·QR4 P·QR3 19. NxR QxN "quiet." Ilel'e is a Weinstein brilliancy. 11. P·RS P.QN4 20. Q·83 S.NS! KING'S INDIAN DEFENSE 12. PxP e.p. R, P Ve ry pretty indeed. Even White must Metropolitan Leaglle Match. 1958 13. N.B4 P·K4 have been impressed by now! 14. p)(p e.p...... 21. Q.Q3 ...... Bri. n Owens Rl ymond Weinstein 21. QxB, P·Q6ch; 22. K·HI, N·B7ch; 23. (M. nh. ttan) (M.,.. h . lI) This C3pture is usually an error, as it is here. The backward QP is easily ddend· RxN, QxR, leads to a quick demise. White Bilek ...... N.B4 T. P.Q4 N·K83 ed, and the opening of the position fav· ors black. 22. Q·R3 P·Q6 2. P·QB4 P·KN3 23. Q·R5 Q, Q ...... QN xP 3. P·KN3 B·N2 24. RxQ R·K7 4. B.N2 0 ·0 15. KN·K2 R·Kl 25. P·R3 a·B4 S. P·K4 p.o' 16. P·B4 N·QSI 26. P·KN4 8·KS P.84 6. N·K2 Black attacks wilh swift violence! 27. a _a N, B 7. P.QS N·R3 17. NxN P.xN 28. R.Q5 P·Q7 The Benoni setup is ve ry po pular among 29. a xp ..B many of the young masters. 18. N·R4 NxPI 30. KR·QI RxR(4) 8. 0 ·0 R·N! A pleasing disregard for material! And 31. RxR B, P 9. QN ·a3 N·a2 qui te e£rective. And Black won. en• Kandel Best Amateur Irving Kandel of Baltimore, Maryland One of the mosl active and spirited Chessmas ters such as Newell Banks. won the New York City Amateur Cham· chess clubs in the country is the I.l'ving Al Sandrin and George Koltanowski have pionship two years ago. Last month he Park Chess Club of Chicago, Dl inois. given exhibitions at the club and in added a second title to his domain-the Founded in 1925 by Dr. Lawrence Pear· 1959 Irving Park was the rirst chess club New Jersey State Amateur ChampiOn' son the club has been operating these in Chicago eve r to sponsor the lliinois ship. Scoring IPh·'6 in a six round, 14 past 34 years and is known as "one of State Championship. player Swiss. Kandel edged out Larry the most active and pleasant clubs In President Harold C. Stanhridge is also Wagner of Toms Hivcr, N.J., by just .5 Chicago." one of the club's leading players, wi n· The congenial surroundings include ning both the club championship and of a Med ian point. Both has similar air-conditioning, lirst class chess equip. r apid transit events recently. Assisted by scores. Dr. Mil ton Danon was th ird with ment, demonslration boards and hosts advisor Alan Anderson and Treasurer 4-2 and Myron Frederic clear fourth with of players of all strengths. The cl ub par· Michael Smoron , MI'. Slanhr idgc is proud 31h·2!,i. Edwin Faust's score of 3-3 ticipates In a heavy scbedule of team of his club's record of USCF member· earned him the fourtb place award. Con· matches, conducts chess classes for play· ship--"almost 100%." The club meets at the Irving Park YMCA cvery Friday ducted by the New Jersey State Chess ers of the loB" and "C" class and holds night and spectators, visitors and po· Federation, Lew Wood officiated as tour· seven major tournaments each year. tential members are invited to attend. nament director. NEW The Chess Mind A Guide to the Chess Endings by Gerald Abrahams by Max Euwe and for che .. what Freud did for psychology. 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Trophies and !i rd. Swiss. Trophies awarded. $3.00 Texas. cash awards in accordance to Texas Chess entry. Free entry to juniors under 17. Ass'n. regulations. Open to ali USCF· At Central YMCA, 125 NW Fifth St., TCA members. Write to Dan W. Denney, Oklahoma City, Okla. Write to Charles J .,on . 24·25 1611 W. 4th St., Irving, Texas. Ames, 2344 Bellevue Drive, Oklahoma KENTUCKY STATE OPEN City 12, Oklahoma. 5 rd. Swiss open to all. Entry $5.00. Mil., 27-21 $50.00 first guaranteed. Other prizes de· J une 10·11 pendent on number of entries. At the IDAHO OPEN SOUTH DAKOTA CHAMPIONSHIP Louisville YMCA, 231 West BroadWay, 4 rd. Swiss. $3.50 entry. $75.00 in 6 rd. Swiss. 1st prize half of total entry Louisville, Ky. Write to Walter Hasken, cash prizes. Open to all . Trophy for • fee and name on travelling trophy. 2nd, 1211 Central Ave., Louisville, Ky . first. YMCA Building, 1104 Idaho St., V4 entry fees. 3rd, 'l'1l entry fees. At Boise, Idaho. Write to Dick Vanden· Montana·Dakota Utility Hospitality Room, burg, 2316 Regan Ave., Boise, Idaho. 7th and Kansas Sts., Rapid City, South J u ly 1-2·3·4 Dakota. Entry fee $5.00. $1.00 to Juniors NYC JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP Jun. 1-3-4 under 14. Write to Stanley M. Brown· 6 I'd Swiss open to residents of New USCF EUROPEAN RATING hill , 414 7th St., Rapid City, S. D. Yo rk City under 20 years of age. Tro· phies plus valuable merchandise prizes. TOURNAMENT Jun. 16-18 Entry fee $2.00 plus USCF. At the Man· 6 rd. Swiss. Cash prizes dependent on CAROLINAS OPEN entry fees; will be divided 70-30 between hattan Chess Clu~ , 35 West 64th St., . winner and runner·up. S3.00 entry. At 6 rd. Swiss. $100 lst prize and other NYC. Send entries in advance to Grand· 'Vogelweh Service Club, Kaiserlautern, cash prizes. Entry fee $5.00 plus $2.00 master William Lombar dy, Tournament Germany. Write (via Air Mail) to Robt. NCCA or SCCA dues ($1.00 junior). At Director, 1600 University Ave .. Bronx 53, A. Karch, Box 92, APO 108, New York, USO Building, Southport, N. C. Write to N.V. N. Y. Mrs. Gilliam Hornstein, Southport, N. C. July 1-2 J un. :13-24-:15 BAYOU CITY OPEN Jun. 3-4 NEW JERSEY STATE JUNIOR 5 or 6 rd. Swiss dependent on number MISSISSIPPI STATE CHAMPIONSHIP CHAMPIONSHIP of entrants. $5.00 entry. 1st prize $50 5 rd. Swiss. $5.00 entry. At the Forest 5 or 6 rd. Swiss dependent on number guaranteed plus 2nd 20% of entry, 3rd Hotel, Hattiesburg, Miss. Open to all. of entrants. $2.00 plus NJSCF dues of 10% of entry, 4th $10. Other trophies Write to J . P. Scott, 104 Rainbow Circle, $1 .00. At the Penn·Atlantic Hotel, South awarded. At the Houston Chess Cl uh, Hattiesburg, Miss. Carolina and Atlantic Aves., Atlantic 1913 West McKinney, Houston 19, Texas. City, N. J . Trophies and other prizes Write to Rhodes Cook at club address. awarded. Write to E. F . Daigle, m N. J un. 3-4 Rosborough Ave., Ventnor, N. J . ALBUQUERQUE OPEN July n ·n 5 rd. Swiss. $3.00 tl ntry-$2.00 to jun· June 19·:10-:11-22 AKANSAS OPEN iors under 18. At the Albuquerque RO$SOLIMO CHESS STU DIU OPEN 5 rd. Swiss open to all. $6.00 cntry. YMCA. 1st and Central, Albuquerque, RATING TOURNAMENT At Elks' Club Rooms, Broadway and N. M. Trophies plus title to highest rank· Four·round Swiss system. 50 moves in Spring Sts., Hot Springs, Ark. After ing Albuquerque resident. Write to Don two hours. Adjudications after 4 hours expenses are deducted all entry fees Wilson, 724 Washington N.E .. Albuque. of play. First round June 19, 2nd June will go as prizes. Write to Philip W. que, N.E., Albuquerque, N. M. 20, 3rd June 21, 4th June 22. All games Duke, R-6, Harrison, Ark. MAY. 1961 lSI JEWElL SPARKLES score. Jl,ledian-Solkoff poinls determined 400(!) Vie In the recent South Texas Open Cham the tic-b reak, Henry Davis and Mark Frank Skoff, president of the Gom pionship, the third of seven Qualifying Preisman scored 41 to take third and pefS Park Chess Club, won the Chicago Regional Tournaments co nducted by the fo urth respectively while E. Folk Weav Park District Chess Championship for Texas Chess Association, Cliff Jewell er's score of 3·2 earned him the 5th 1961 by defeating Richard GueU in a 3- won four, lost none and drew one to place award. Major Edmond B. Edmond game playoff for the title at Gompers. take first place, though he was tied by son directed the event which was held The winner took two games in succession J_ B. Payne with the exact same 41h-% to clinch the honor. in Kinsville, Texas. OV C! ( 400 contestants competed in the senior and junior divisions, which were narrowed down to 20 finalists in each. Skoff, a teacher at Lake View, represent ed Gompers Park in the senior group, while Guet!, though also a member of the same club, repI'csenled River Park. Tom Hackett, Recreation Supervisor, conducted all phases of the mammoth tournaments, which were held through out the city over a period of several months. The ONLY 1000 Including Short Federal Tax of CESS At 1astl A thoroughly dependable chess clock with famous Swiss By Irving Cherney mechanical movements- at a price you can afford to payl Light, compact, easy to carry around to tournamcnts. Overall size; 5 5/16" Fast and fllcinetingl x4" x 21/4". Dial diameter; 1 3/4". Tilted at slight angle for eas ier reading of time during play.· Equipped with red flags to indi Here is a treasury of quick wins, cate expiration of each hour. Big red "tickers" to show which speedy punishments, and sud clock is running. Push-buttons on top start one clock, stop the den annihilations - the one uther. Nickelled winders and time-setters permanently attached at round knockouts of the chess back; no separate keys needed. Beautifully constructed by expert board. • Swiss clockmakers. Imported for USCF exclusively by RFD D is 570 pp, 207 diagrams tributors. Satisfaction guaranteed or your money backl Note that price of only $20.90 includes 10 );, Federal tax. No discounts. C-:-JO: $5.00 Eess 15% to members. $4.25 U. S. Chess Federation, 80 East 11 th St., New York 3, N. Y. POSTMASTER; Please return undellnnble copt .. to: U. S. CHESS FEDERATION, 10 East 11lh Sl .... "t, New York 3, N. Y Relurn Poslege Guaranl."d.