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U NIT E D S TAT ESC H E S S FED ,E RAT ION ., 1 • ·1 • ·1 USCF ~ ( ~. ': .J -.,;..(.1 ....;.(.......;...~, ::l \ America's Chess Periodical Volume XVI. Nwnber 5 MAY, 19S1 40 Cents Champion of the World - Mikhail BOhinnik WIN THIS BEAUTIFUL CHESS SET FREE! RECRUIT FIVE NEW MEMBERS The most effective and efficient way to build chess in the United States is to build USCF. This means a large, active membership of interested chess players. H elp build chess in America - and receive a reward for your efforts! The first 50 USCF members who sign up a minImum• • of five (5) new USCF members before June 30, 1961, will receive the Windsor Castle chess set pictured above, absolutely freel The Windsor Castle Chess Set is the official set of the U.S. Chess Federation. It is used in the U.S. Cham­ pionship, U.S. Open, U.S. Amateur and in leading clubs throughout the country. King height 4" and felts are ceri'lmted permanently with plastic glue. Authentic Staunton design. 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S END ALL communlcltlons to flRANI( BRADY, U.s. CHI'S flEOIRATION, to h.t rat .. for e.eh addltlon.l memberahlp: On. 11th St reet, Na. York " N. Y. Year: $2.$0, Two Yean: $4.7$, 'l'hree Ye.... : O l'FICE Ofl PUBLICATION, USCF M. mbershlp o"es Including IJUMerlpUon Ches. Life, 845 Blurr St., Dubuque, Iowa. to CHESS LIFE, Old .11 other prlyllege.: "'.75. Sub.serlpUon rate or CHUS LlFI! to ONE YEAR: $5.00 TWO YEARS: $'.50 THREE YEARS: $13.$0 SUSTAINING: $10.00 non·members: ,",-00 per year. (Becomes LUe Membershlp after 10 payment.) Make all checks payable to: LlFI: $100.00 SINOLE COPIES: 40c each. THE UNITED STATES CH!!SS FED!!RATION 130 CHESS LIFE CHESS LIFE , LETTERS AmerictT8 Chess Periodical ""Ium.., XVI Number 5 May. 1%1 EXPERIENCE However, there is no question that a person's movements, including those Edilcr: Frank R. 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 .
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    David DeLucia Collection Highlights of the Chess Library Autographs and Ephemera Agnel: Two-page ALS from H.R. Agnel to E.B. Cook. Oct. 27, 1857. Alapin: Two ALS. Alapin: Postcard written to Ranneforth. Alapin: Picture postcard of participants from Wien 1898. Written and signed by S. Alapin. Albin: Albin's Schach-Aphorismen und Reminiscenzen. Hannover, 1899, inscribed. Alekhine: 30 ALS (autographed letter signed). Always a favorite among collectors. Whether it be a simple signature, signed card, book, photo or letter, demand for Alekhine has always been strong and desirability high. Alekhine: 15 TLS (typed letter signed). Alekhine: 1927 WCC album with six typed game scores (Alekhine wins), all signed. A fine blue leather album containing: six typed game scores (Alekhine’s victories) all on the 1927 World Chess Championship stationery, each signed by Alekhine; signed picture photo of Alekhine; two ALS by Alekhine; ALS by Capablanca and; one drawn game score, written by a scribe on the 1927 World Chess Championship stationery and signed by both players. One of my favorite items in the collection. Alekhine: New York 1924 tournament book, signed. Alekhine: Nottingham 1936 tournament book, signed. Alekhine: My Best Games, 1908-23, inscribed. Alekhine: Auf dem Wege zur Weltmeisterschaft (1923-1927), inscribed. Alekhine: Das New Yorker Schachturnier. 1928. Inscribed. Alekhine: Four volumes, two with his hand-writing, from his library. I purchased a copy of Internationale Kaiser Jubiläums Schach Turnier, Wien 1898, from Stuart Wagman’s estate in Italy. I found Stuart’s writing on the Foreword, “This is Alekhine’s copy, purchased by me at Brentano’s in Paris, April 1949.