• ess 1 e ' .• :.A-merica ~ Che:J:J n eWjpal'cr. Copyright' ltSS by United Stat.s Chess Federat ion Vol. X, No.3, Wednesday, ~ N.f. ber 5, 1955 15 Cents Suesmon Tops New England Event Conducted by Posi!ion No. 170 RUSSELL CHAU VENET Platz 2 nd; Blind Player Wins B Class END solutions to Position 'No. Walter B. Suesman of Providence won his third New England title on S no to Russell Chauvenet, 721 Coons,.points wiU} a score of 5lh-Pk, drawing with runner·up Dr. Joseph Gist Avenue. Silver Spring, Md. by Platz of Hnrtrord, who also tallied 5lh -l %. Tilird to sixth \Vith 5-2 each November 5, 1955. With your solu­ wete Massachuselts Champion John Curdo of West Lynn, Harry Lyman tion, please send analysis or rea­ of Mattapan, Harlow B. Daly of Saword, and Boris Siff of Wollaston. sons supporting your choice as Curdo, the Giant·killer, downed both Suesman and Lyman, but lost to "Best Move" or moves. . Plab: and drew with Michael Wertheim and H. B. Daly. Lyman lost to Solution to Position No. 170 Will ap· Suesman and Curdo. Daly, the wonder of the tournament who wop his pear in the November 201h, 1955 issu •• first New England .title in 1908 and is still gOing strong, lost to Bartlett Gould and drew with B. and Curdo, but defeated Dr. Platz. lost NOTE: Do "ot pl." ,oIu,i''''$ /0 , "'" sm sm to Suesman and drew with Charle s Sharp and Daly. Charles Sharp of p()f;tion, on Ollt <4.,,; lot suu to ;nJi(41t corrtd ,.. .."ber of politi" .. 6ting sol"tJ. West Scarboro fi n ished seventh with 4lh -2~. .n" girt t/u /,,1/ """'t II"t! iI/tlrtll 01 Rohert P. Rathllun of ;Medford, In winning for the third time, tht fO/"" to <1U;st in propu attl;,i"g of using a special peg-set to ,0Usel his ' Suesman received permanent cus­ s!'/u,ion. 8 1a<;k to p l ay handicap of blindness, won tbe tody of the Rohert Welch Trophy . . ·Class B tournament 5%-l'h, losing The event wa's held in Newbury­ one game to runner·up Warren port, Mass. and drew 50 players Chamandy of Providence and draw- from Massachusetts, Maine, Co n­ Smith Triumphs In Sbuthwestern Open ing with Charles Darron of "Brook- neeticut, Rhode Island, New Hamp­ line. More than one opponent com- shirc and Vermont. mcnted that Ratbbun eould see Baker, Jurevics, Janes 2nd to 4th more on the chessboard than be Kenneth R. Smith of Dallas, whos~ piny has been somewhat spotty could. Second and third with 5-2 KALM E TRIUM PHS , since returning from the ~rmed Forces, gave evidence of complete re­ each on Coons points were War­ covery of his pre-army style by winning the' oB-player Southwestern Open ren Chamandy and Hugh Robinson IN PENNSYlVANJA at Waco 6-1, losing no games but drawing wilh Robert L. Garver and of Belmont. Fourth to seventh with John B. Payne. Second to fourth on S·H with 5,/,, ·1% each were Allen 4'h-2~ ()~ch were Eberhard Fels, U. S. Junior Champion' Charles Knlme of Philadelphia added the H, Baker, J~. of San Antonio, Juris Jurevics of Dnllas, Ill\d William II. Pic Albert Gedratis, Ralph Gerth, Janes of t.crOY. Baker lost one game to Leon Politlkof( tlnd drew with nnd Jack Romanow. Pennsylvania State title to his list Robert F. Jolly; Jurevics lost to Jonquim Camat'cna' nnd drew with Janes; by scoring 6%-% in the annual while Jllnes lost no games but drew with Lf;e 'Hyder, Garver, nnd Jure- event at Hazleton, drawing one , game with runner'up Joseph Shaf­ vics. I MORGAN TAKES fer, also of Philadelphia. Shaffer Fifth to tenth with 5-2 each were John B. Pnyne of San Antonio VIRGINIA TITLE scored 6-1 for second, drawing with Blake W. Stevens of San Antonio, was elected president of 'the spon­ Thomas C. Gutekunst of Allentown Leonard C. Morgnn of Roanoke Leon Poliakoff of Dallas, C, Fred sO,ring Texas Chess , Associntion, and Kalme. Lt ..John A. Hudson of Tears of Dallns, Robert F. Jolly of and Allen H. Baker, Jr., 1811 Edi­ won the Virginia State Champion­ ship on SoB with 51h·llh, losing one Dover AFB was third with 5%-1112, Alliitin, John B. Payne of San An· son Drive, San Antonio was ap­ losing one game to Shaffer and toni6, and Owen W. JoJmson of pointed seeretary-trellsurer. The game to runner·up C. W. ruder and ' drawing with'R. J . Fecney. Charles drawing with Saul Wachs. Third Dallas. Juris Jurevics, l7-years old, Southwestern Opcn for 1956 was and fourth with 5-2 each were Her­ became the Southwestern Junior awarded to San Antonio. W. Rider of Nvrfolk, also with 5lh· Ilh, was second, losjng no games mnn Hesse of Bethlehem an'd Saul Champion and Mrs. Frances Frazier _ Although fewer out-of-state play­ Wachs of Philadelphia. Sixth " to i . with 2¥.. -4"h llC'orc beoome South- ens completed this year than usual, but drawing with Feeney, Peter Henderson, and Daniel Fidlow. ninth with 4l1.! -2l1.! each wcr.e, Wood­ western Women's Champion: Most Arkansas, Kansas, Oklahoma, New row W. Young, Theodore Yudaeuf­ promising young player in the Mexil.'O nnd Mexico were repre­ Third to sixth with 5·2 each in-the 36-player Swiss at Norfolk were ski, Dale Schrader, and Richarq D: event was Eric Bone of Baytown, sented. Local sponsor was the Waco Elder. The 38·player event, small 15-years old, who placed 21st with Chess -club and the event was di- Robert J. Feeney of Chilesburg, Terry Y. Mullins of Waynesboro, for Pennsylvania, was directed by 4-3 in his second year of playing reded by International Master William A. Ruth. Former U. S. chess. George Koltanowski. Daniel }~idlow of Fort Lee, and Cmdr. C. D. Mott of Norfolk. Sev­ Junior Champion Saul Wachs won the Speed ev(!nt. enth to tenth with 41h ·2* each DONNELLY WINS U.S. W OMEN FLY were Peter Henderson, Carl Spies, IOWA OPEN TO MOSCOW MEET John M. Palmer, and E. If. Falkow- ski. . w. H. Donnelly or Valparaiso, The U. S. representatives in the BISGU IER PLAYS Ind. won the Iowa Open Champion­ Women's World Championship ship sponsored by the Tri·City Candidates Tournament, U: S. IN ZAGREB MEET Chess Club of Davenport with a Womcn's Co·Champion Gisela Gres­ JENKINS WINS u. S. 'Champion Arthur B. Bis­ perfect 7-0 score. Second and third ser, U. S. 'Open 'Vomen's Champiou guier will p;).l'tie ip:ato in an inrer­ on S-B with 5-2 each were B. ,Egle Sonja GraC-Stevenson, and former IN NO. CA ROLINA national event at Zagreb commem­ of Dubuque and Allan Calhamer of U. S. Women's Champion Mona Dr. Albert Jenkins of Raleigh orating the l Oth 'anniversary of the Blue Island, m. Fourth and filth May Kar£[, set out for lIigscow on scored 6-0 to win the closed Nor-th liberation of Zagreb, sponsored by were Dr. A. W. Davis of Amcs and September 25 via Scandanavinn Air Carolina Championship. Dr. Nor­ the Croatian Chess Federation, be­ Melvin Matherly Qf B~ttendorf with Lines. Play began October 1 :it Mos­ man "M. Hornstein placed second ginning on November 1. Among 4%-2% each. Egle lost one game cow. in the lQ-player cv,ent with 5-1, other participants are Szabo or to Donnelly and drew with J. G. If all twenty eligible players losing only to· Dr. Jenkins. Third Barcza, Filip 01' Pachman, Gligorie, Roecker and Dr. Davis; Calhamer compete there will be a three­ to sixth with 3-3 each were Paul L. Schmidt, Rabar, Fuderer, Mat­ lost to Davis and C. A. Williamson. sectiop preliminary with the four Newton, Ja'mes Little, Wm. Ed. Cox, anovic, Ivkov, Bertok, Udoviic, two The 21-player event drew players ranking players competing in the Jr., and Dr. Fred Langner. The from lown, minois and Indiana. round robin finals. The winner will event. was held at Southern Pines, master's from the USSR as yet un· Karl H. Wiegmann was tournament be the challenger in a' match for and Dr. Hornstein acted as tourna· named, and one from Italy and one dir ector. t~e Women's World Ch.ampionship. ' ment pirector. .from. Austri~. Finish It The Clever Way ! Iry "Edm.rni NMh NINE QUALIFY POfilion No. 161 POJ;I;,," No. 161 FOR CAN DIDATES C. Schlechter vs. Em. Luker By Yu. Averbakh With a lew adjourned games,left, Fifth Match Game, 1910 Shakhmaty, July-August, 1955 which wHi not alter the selection, Ct. ••• oflj. c:.:c..,,~, nine players were declared quali. By Willa WhUe 0"""" fied for participation in the World Champioship Candidates Tourna· Addrets news lIe m ' Ind Inqulrl .. on W omen', Chesl to Mr.. Willi Whit. ment, to be held next year to select Owens, 124 South Point Drive, Avon a challenger to meet World Champ. Llkl, Dhlo. ion Mikhail Botvinnik in a mateh RS. Nancy Roes or Los An· for the title. The nine qUalifiers, to M geles, California, is the fifth whom will be added Vassily Smy· woman to h::.ve or to li hare the slov in next year's evenl, were: title o( U. S. Women's Chess David Bronstein (USSR), Paul Champion, which title she now Keres (USSR), Oscar Panno (Ar­ sh::.res with Mrs. Giesela Gresser of gentina), Laszlo Szabo (Hungary), New York. Others who have had Ewlim Geller (USSR), Tigran Petro­ this title are Miss Mona Mac KarCI, sian {USSR), H. Filip (Czechoslova­ Mrs. 1I1ary Bain, and ]oIrs. Adele kia), Herman Pilnik (Argentina), Belcher (formerly 1\1rs. Rivera). and Junior World Champion Boris Mrs. Roos' free and easy style of BIKk to move, White wins Spassky (USSR). S::.ve for the two play sec Ins not to have been affect· Argentinans, it was a total victory ed in this tournament by the fact NE move leaves Black helpless in Position No. 161 ; however, be for the USSR and sateJiite states. O played four more moves before resigning. Lasker had to win the that she had not fully recovered U. S. Champion Arthur B. Bis­ from an ::.utomobiJe accident last tenth, or last, game oC this match to draw the match and retai n his title guier recovered from a very poor as World Chanlpion; the other eight games were drawn. July and was frequently in actual start to score 8-12, being tied for pain. Her lifelong interest in the Position No. 162 appeared in the July issue of the Russian chess 16th place with G. Stahlberg of monthly Shakhmilly. as White to play and win; however, Botvinnik pOint. arts and in people coupled with a Sweden and W. Umicker of West sound sense of values in matters ed out a drawing line, as follow$: 1. K·Q8, K-R2; 2. K-K7, K·R1; 3. K-K8, Germany. Before returning to the K-R2; 4. K·Q8, Kl-Q51 (inslead of 4 ...... , K-Ktl?; 5, K-Q7, and we have ethical and aesthetic, make her a USA, Bisguier will participate in delightful eGrandmaster Strategy- and Tactics C!. ed~ oflj. Cotrtiucutl by By u. S. Master DR. HA RO LD SUSSMAN Frederick H. Kerr ESHEVSKY employs deep strategy in the opening pbase of the R following game and secures the better position. When Howard errs All college clubs and play.n a ... at the 19th turn, and loses a pawn, he seeks all sorts of complications. urged to send l\eW, Iteml to: Freder ick After much turning and twisting, his expectations are frustrated, [or H. Kerr, Nittan), 32-13, Box 277, P,n", Sammy turns out to be equally adept at tactics, s)'lvilnle Slat. Unlvenlty, Unlverllty P art:, Penni. ' HALF- MERAN Q·RS; 12. P.KKt3! and the Queen )'Oust retreal. and (b) the Utile tested 11. B-­ HE Pennsylvania State Univer­ (Tschigorin Variation) KKlS which appean playable aftar .~. ~~ . T sity Chess Club held its first P·W; 12. K\XP!, Kt·K4!; 13. B-KB4 willi. M e tropolitan League M a tch meeting Cor the year on September • compliuled I:',me. 21. Among the new students in at· , New York, 1955 11 ...... Q·B' 11. Q.Qll Kt·K4 tendance was Ronald Nowicki from White Blaelt Pisyilible is 12. ~ ...... , p.KR3, preparing to s. RESHEV$KY F. HOWA RO Natrona, Pennsylvania. Last year enUe and Itopptng lJ.-KKU. Jmm~l ate (Man haHln C.C.) (M ....ha ll C.C.) Ron 'Vas president ot t he Penn c ..UI"," II inCerior, I.e.: 12.. ~ .. _ . 0 ·0; Keen playl He avoldl 28. QxKtpt, Q-Q!i!; 1. PoQ4 P.Q4 13. B-KllII, Q.K3; 14. n .KI. KI.K4: 15. 211. a.ru. P .KKt31 (bul nol 2:9 ...... , Rx State Altoona Ccnter Chess Club. 2. PoQ84 P.Q83 KtxKt, BxKI; U. P·B4, BxKW; 17. BxP KLP??; 30. QJ;Ide. /\fatos are Ihreatened at KR8 and QKtB. like it. if YOll don't Jike it, 11 you wilh mueh the better ending; (3) ThIs 21. BxQB PxB .Is Ihe sharpell! I I'ccommend II. K.K2! A ~plendl() game by Reshcvsky. have 'a suggestion, if you want 12. Q-Q4! BxB (even K·BI Is good) and has • Whlto 23. RxB Q·R41 somc information, or if you have Powerf"l attncking ..arne. b) Ano ther some news, please write and tell plausible line is 9 ...... P·D4; 10. 0 ·0 , From here In, tbe Marshall Co-Cham· pion puts up a ttlff fight. H e now hoptA mc . . This column is for college .' 0·0; It. R·Kl CB-B2 II al$o good) and for 24. QxQP. QR-Ql; 25. Q-Kt3, ItxR: While's carne Is preferablc. 26. Q:rrRP. The second annual Estonian chess players in- all parts of the 10. 0 ·0 P x P QxR. etc. 2 .. P-QR3 QR·KI ! country; it is only as good as you Unfortunately, h e cannot castle safoly. Nor t h American Championship 25. Qx P R.Ql wjJI make it. A pawn goes via 11. PxP, KtJ not qulle COO<'l enough Is 21. ~~._ .. .8·10. Eleven entries have been in· ell. . K·IHI: Ifi. QxB, etc. Krn9s:m~'~":-;(D=..~,=.:" C)CC~'~K:::.-C;';::u'b: EI: P..qKt3; 27., RxR ch, RxR; 28. R·K7, a. vited from Canada and five from tion of' Qfrleers saw Meyer AICher be­ 11. Qx P! _~~ KBt; 29. PXP. PxP; 30. p.KR"-! The most natun.1 reply. Other ttl... are: the USA to compete in the six come president; H;orry Zalc: vlec-pre.s1· 17. R/ Q·Kl 0 .Ql1 also del\t; Carl Haesslotr. 39 Massaehusctts, aJ II. KI",P, which is playable sine. U. 21. R·k7! round Swiss evenL There will ~._, nxp eh?; 12. K:cB, Q-l't5 eh; IS. be a Speed event, and if enough Detroit secretary; and USCP' vlce·presi· K·KU. Qx.B; 14. R-K1 w.lns or 11. __ (S66 diagram k1p ne::tI column) d ent Ttlomu A. .1enkin. treasurer. A entries a reserve and junior. USCF AffUi.lted Club, Vol. X, Number 3 When chess seeks for management, i t should seek those competent qbfS.5 .tiff -4..."I""'~ CI.... 1/. w~I'''I' . ~ October 5, 1955 in administration and promotion-they can be taught all they need to know about chess. . Publbhed twice a month On the 5th and 2O.tb by mE UNITED STATI'.S CH1tSB FED.ER-'\-TION. Entered as second clan mlltter September 5, 194a, at the pOlt office So let us in the future turn a deafer ear to such lucid intervals of al Dubuque, Iowa, und er the act of March 9, 1879. . lunacy that consbt in criticising Mr. X as an executive merely because Editor: MONTGOMERY MAJOR he is a B or C Class player. The cri terion is not his playing strength , POSTMA,TE R: PI'.'e return vnd,U",rable copJe~ wllh FOrtTI :157' to K.nneth but how well he knows his job of managing or promoting. When we select Harkness, USCF Business Mln.ger, 81 Bedford Street, New Yolie 14, N. Y. a team to represent tlle USA, let us then select our very best players; when we choose officers to manage the USCF, let us choose the most {j~n q , By I .efficient business men we can find; when we promote tournaments, let· II . J~ . the promoters be those who arc gifled in the not too <;.ommon talent ~Jor 0ptctJ Montgomery Malor ' of organization and promotion. And only in the first instance is playing IL ____-'-' ___ -'- ______-=- __"-- _-'____ J strength of any importance. The Great Hallucination r======' ======; O/>i"io" is JiviJd. SOIn~ mrn /wId Tbat fU'1 1M $"" ~s t /'" 0/ "fll"M m~_ By Kester Svendsen Som~ lbal h~·s Tully ,,,ne, but sh"mming m"d­ Som~ Ihtsl he's u"lI" ,n"d, but $llmc.,.,h"r liIu lhis: T tion and deJighUul entertainment. Previous anthologies like DuMont's H"ml~l is jJ;l>liI;tllly I" ' I~ and Richter's have informally established the miniature at 25 moves or Wilh lu,iJ ·in/it.. ,,/s 01 /UIl"r-,. less. None of Chernev's run beyo nd 24; many of them illustrate traps W. S. GILBERT_Rosecrantl and Gu lldernsltrn and cardinal errOrs in the opening. The present is of course the largest collection of its kind in print. It lacks nn index (a grievous omission in PHELIA'S conclusion regarding Hamlet's sanity in the charming any chess book). but every player of note is here, from Adams to Znosko­ O Gilbert parody: of Shakespeare's master piece is une that frequently' Borowski, from Greco to Geller. Many specimens are from lhc golden is called to mind when some new protagonist proclaims again the great era of romantic chess by Morphy, Blaekburne, and other gamhiteers; hallucination- presumably in a lucid interval of lunacy. bul contemporary chess is well reQresented b'{ CaQ.ablanca, Lasker. Keres, Ie h'as Deen said' by various pseudo..Jramfets-ana will be again, no Alekhine, Bolvinnik, Reshevsky, and many more. Chernev's criterion doubt-that chess suffers in this or that respect because some particu­ has becn the game, not the player; and so many a buried postal masler­ lar project or organiazlion is not directed by a £amous chess player. piece has been revived and many a beauty by a pair of unknowns from Among many-stupid criticisms that recur too oHen, this hallucination is a minor to urnament. Not least among attractions are the witty and in­ u ndoubtedly the most stupid of all. structive head notes and light comments. It is testimony to the incxhaust. n has a plausible sound , which is why it is too frequently accepted ible variety of chess and the fertility of Chernev's vein that he can in· as true by even those intelligent enough to recognize the fallacy if they troduce each of the thousand games with propriety and point. This re­ paused to think. For basicly it rests upon the absurb conception that viewer has an understandable afCeetion for No. 602 (not that he played ability to do one thing extrcmely well implies equal ability to perform ill), but all the old favorites a rc here and many fresh candidates for unrelated tasks quite' as eCIiciently, jOst because they lie in the same immortality. Like The Fireside Book of Chess, this treasury belongs In broad field of endeavor. ~ every player's library. , Outside of chess, no one subscribes serio'usly to this particular hallucination, for we do not expect architects to be carpenters and HOW TO WIN IN THE MIDDLE GAME OF CHESS. By I. A. Horowin. bricklayers, nor hire dental technicians to fill our teeth as well as pre· New York: David MeeK ay. 199 pp. 143 diags. $3.75. pare fillings and plates. We do not expect the salesman to be proficient N eighteen chapters of pungent analysis and frequent diagrams, Chen in manufacturing wbat he sells. I Review editor Horowih ~nlinues his series of solid instructional In chess it is equally absurd to conrus~ values. For the ability to books. He deals with pins, Corks , double attacks, queening combinations. play chess in master style is no guarantee of any talent for the drab X-ray attack, as onc might expect of modern textbooks. But he also de· details of o rganization. Concerts are organized by those who Jove music, votes chapters to such strategic issues as the center, development, space­ not by the master concert artists, who would frequently be temperment. advantage, weak and strong squares. ~ s the vohlme of studies lavished ally unfitted for the tedious routine of promotion and preparation. On upon the middle game would indicate, if nothing else d id, tmining here Is the stage the great produ,eers and directors seldom themselves excelled more d i({icuit by Car than in the patterned openings and mathematical as actors-and even Shakespeare played second fiddle to Burbage as an endings. It is the middle game that contributes the element of unpredleta· actor on the Elizabethan stage. bility to ehess; and cxactly because it does, the middle game is itself With a few rare and notable exceptions chess masters have not hard to te:1eh. Fine, Zosno-Borovsky, Euwe, Reinfeld, and many anotber excelled as promoters of chess, or li S organizers and directors of tourna­ have developed some general principles; Horowi12 capitaliZes upon this ments- and there is no valid reason why they should. The very gifts common stock of a master's knowledge and simplifies it for the inter­ that make them masters makc it exceptional for them to be also gifted med iate player. Among the two dozen illustrative games are the well· in those very diHerent talents required for successful promotion and known Edward Lasker-George Thomas, London 1915. which concludes organization. with 18. 0·0-0 mate; and Evans-Opsahl, Dubrovnik 1950, the modern On the other hand, almost anyone active ·in chess who thinks about classic exemplification of the mi nority attack. In them as elsewhere, it seriously can name a score or more of valuable chess organizers and Horowitz emphasizes the features that ordinary chessors can see and promoters on the local scene who are neithcr masters nor evcn experts. profil from. The format is typical McKay, which is to say excellent, and Their talents lie not on the chessboard so much as in the gj(t or man­ the typography helps the player visualize what goes on. Unfortunately, aging, arranging details, promoting funds. li ke many American ehess books nowadays, this one lacks an index. Therc{ore, the test of' any wOI'ker for chess is not his personal • skill at the game (for this is quite immaterial), but how well he does the job that is entrusted to him. Is he a competent organizer or director? Whether his USCF rating is Grandmaster or C minus is obviously ir­ relevant. When Col. Yardley was charged with breaking the J apanese dIplo- matic code in 1920·21, he found it easier to teach a trained cryptographer ~~ r Mr. Major: eolnte~! •• Urn. A SUM"go:stlon. The Ch lugo 2nd Gn::at... "."",wo.nh.t,o."t'- .,.",.... th, the intricate Japanese language than to teach someone versed in Japan- L.ke Tournllment showed once agai n clock be returneeJ. Th. te.m must rind esc the art of cryplography. When a railroad organization recently wished the pr.eU C(! oC tbe abolishment or the their .nswer In U mlnut e~ and If no to reorganize its office procedures, it did not select a railroad man lor lime eloc.k. The orlginal playcn played answe r is forthcomtng. the ' conclusion tho job, but chose an executive who had made' &, lncludlnc only one sulncrlptloft t(> S ~tt 10u"""' O]'I enl r .. II"1II reportl (wi th feel, If any) .... d all comm unkatlollol 8 : Chen LlCe. ue at rerular rat ... (lee abovel for flnt membenhlp. at the follow. . al1Jlng ettER LIFE editorIal m.tt .... to MtlNTOOMERY MAJOR, Ic!Itor! m Ing rate. 'or eac h .ddltlon;'ll membenhlp: One yeu sa.50; two yeue '4.'15: three North Humph rey Aye nue, O.k Perk, Ill. . yeen 16.'15. Subscriptiou rate of Cben LUe to non·members 11 $3.00 per 7ellr. M-'-, _" .L_-'_: ..,. ''- to '. THE UNITED STATES .... LZO:C-S ~~.TIDN 51nlle coplc. 15t each. .... lUI. ...1II;Q .,...... -...... -,.. Ql)ess W ~J"~/Jtry, Page 5 !:ift Orwbtr 1, 1915 LARRY EVANS ON OPENINGS By IllternatiOlwl Master LARRY EJI ANS

u. S. OPEN CHAMPION, 1954

Theoretical Contributions 01 the U. S, Open, Long Beach, 1955 BENONI COUNTER GAME 1!C2l!-i;;;;;,;;;.; ...... • N.B3 The Saidy.Reshevsky game de m­ N·8S; with teeming counterplay fO r onstrated that the lollowing system Black. is completely slI tisfactory for MERAN VARIATION . _ Bl ack: 1. P.o4, N·K83j 2. P-QB4, Evans· Byrne: 1. P_Q4. P·Q4: 2. P·84; 3. N·KB3-it is this plausible P-QB4. P·OB3; 3. N·KB3, N·83: 4. move which is suspect! Correct is PI! ·B3. P-K3i 5. P·K3, QN-Q2: 6. B· an immediate P·Q5. 3 ...... " PXP j 4. Q3. 8-NS. NxP, P·Kll and Black has achiev­ ed complete equality as demon­ strated previously by Euwe and Keres. White h as lost the initia­ Lantaliting possibilities. E.g., 13. tive and cannot afford the luxury BxB, QxB; 14. N-Q7, PXP; 15. p­ of fianchettoing his KB. BS, Q-K3; 16. NxR, RxN; 17. P·K4- ,.----.... and it secms that Blade has morc than cnough compensation for the Position , Uer •. B.R, exchangc-u evidenced by thc fact that Rcshevsky did n ot want to quenUy by the following order of play into this variation. Another movcs: 1. P-Q4, N·K83; 2. P-QB4, possibility is 13. p·B3. 8-84 (not P·KN3; 3. P-K N3, B·N 2; 4. B·N2, 13...... , PXP; 14. NxN!); and O.(); 5. N-Q83. p·03; 6. N-B3, P-M. White Is hard· pressed to find a continuation. Not 14. P-K4 ? QxPch. Thus 9 ...... • P·Q4 scems to stand up under analysis. Position .ner , . _., B-Hj In Evans- Yarmak Black adopted .m unusual variation wh ich Tarta­ T hi .~ nlove was also played i n kower is fond of: 1. P-Q4, N·K B3; Bronstein·Evans, match US-USSR, 2. P·QB4, P-KN3; 3. N-OS3, P·Q3; 11)55, as reported in our last col­ 4. P·K N3, B·N2; 5. 8 -N2, O,(); 6. N· umn. The idc .. is to exert pr essure PosltJon _fler . . ... _ .• B3, P_B3; 7. 0-0, B·NS. indircctly against White's K4:. also to take the gamc of the beaten S. P-K N3? {Too s low. 5. ~~.---.,- and rapid develOpment Is track...... , S·NS Ch i 6. 8.02, 7. P-QB3, 8 ·R4; 8. 0-0. (The B-N2, 8-84 (Stronger than order - of movcs is deliberate . QxN; 8, BxB, QxBP; 9. B-'QR3- Against me. Bronstein. plared t!te wi th some compensation Cor the automatic 8. Q-B2, which IS qUltc u ncalled for in this particular VOlr­ Pawn); 8. B·QB3, P-K4; 9. N·BS, I ! ::::'----_ "'-'c:..:...:-=-:.::._ BxP ch; 10. K·BI , P-Q4!: 11 . NxP iation.) 8 ...... • 0-0; 9. PxP (The ch, K-SI; 12. N·RS, NxH; 13. P.K3, new idca-to play for a minority N·KS3; 14. KxB, N·NS Ch i 15. K-Kl, ReshevskY-Rossolimo continued: attack if Slack rcctlptures with the NxKP; with a \Vinnmg position for 7. P-QS (maintaining tension in the KP) KP)(P (9 ...... BPxP leaves Black. center by 7. P·KR3, N·B3; 8. B-K3, Bla~k with a slight b ut undeniable is a posibility), P-QR3 (the custom­ disadvantagc-yet it may be best); DUTCH DEFENSE ary move is N-R3--but Rossolimo 10. B·Q2 (Too hasty. This B~shop In the game Byrne- Bril ndts, demonstrates lhat such a maneuvre belongs on QR3, hence best 15 10. White lried a system which looks is artUicial); 8. P-QR4. ON-Q2; 9. P·QN4. followed by P-QR4 and B· artificial but which takes a lot of 0-0. RoN1 ; 10. Q·82, N-Kl!; 11. R3), R·Kl ; 11 . Q·B2. 8·B2; 12. P­ the punch out of Black's K-sldc at. B-Q2. P-N3 (Unneccssary-Black Posll ion . Uer 7. •__ • B-NS QN4, N-81; 13. P·R3. N·N3? (Black tack while at the same time keep­ should never try to stop P-R5); 12. The gtlme continued: 8. P·KR3, ~ho uld stop for P·QR3); 14. poNS. ing the Q-side fluid. We give it for P·K4. N·82; 13. KR·Kl. P..QN4; 14. BxN ; 9. B.:8, P·K4; 10. P-QS (10. 0.03; 15. KR·8t (Threatening 16. what it's worth fo.r those of YOU RPxP. PxP; 15. PxP. NxP; 16. NxB, PxP, PxP; 11. Q·B2. opening up tilc PxP. PxP; 17. N-QN51. P-84; 16. who arc not !latis!ied with the P-N61. P.:P; 17. N·QNS. with ad­ RxN; 17. B·B3. Q-N3= ~a me for the two Bishops, may bc more normal weapons at ' Vhite's ReshevskY' Byrne contained theo· s harper), P·B4; 11. P·K4. N·R3; 12. vantage to White. disposal. (To be continued in Nov. 5 issue) rcti~al interest since it paralleled P·R3. N·B2; 13. P-QN4, with an 1. P-04, P·kB4; 2. P·KN3, P-K l ; Botvinnik-N a j d 0 r f. Amsterdam ed~e for White. 3. B-N2, N-KBl; 4. N·K Bl, 8 -K 2; Te .. m Tournament, 1954, )JP to Ole Evans·Addison featured an odd 5. 0 ·0 , o..p; 6. P·B4, P-Q4; 7. P-N3, poin t where Byrne improves on P-B3; 8, Q·82, Q·Kl ; 9. B.Rl. transpostion into the Yugoslav Najdorf. Continue from the dia­ Variation: 1. N·KB3, P·03; 2. P-Q4. (.'iee tfiagmm tOr) lied coll/mn) Rram: 7. 0-0, N-B3; 8. P-K 3, B-84; N-K83: 3. P-K N3. P·KN3 ; 4. B-N2, Finish It The Clever W.yl Here Black tried 9 ...... QN-Q2; 9. P-N3. B-N2; S. O.(), 0..0; 6. P-84. N-B3. r nsltlon No. 161: I. Q·R6 (the lhreat" but offhand it seems that he should Now Najdorf played 9 ...... , N- 2. R·D8 ch). R_XU (lr 1. •• _ ..•.• )t_Xti: 2. misplace White's QN by playing (See c&r:ram top of next column) Q·KfI. R .XU; 3. Q-B? ch, etc.): 2. R.R? a nd driJted into an inferior 7. p·QS, N-QR4; 8. QN-Q2. P·B4; ch, K_Ql: :I. R xKlP, Q.Xt3: 4. Q.R3, K ­ RxB instead. Still, Black's game Is position. Byrne, however, comes up m It ' of •••• _. Q·Xt5: 5. Q.R7). lind Black not easy. E.G., 10. NxB, QN·Q2; 11 . 9. P·K4, P·OR3; to. R·Kt? In his res!.,ncd In the fllC4l 0' /I ",,,te ,,, three. wilh the super·sharp 9 ...... • p . haste to storm the !:!enter, Wbite P-QN4. Q4J!? sI"rUn.e with s.. Q·DI ch. neglects his Q·side. Correct is 10. Poslllnn No. 162: 1. _ ... _. X .R2: 2- KING'S INDIAN (Sec diogrn"~ top next column) Kt.KB4!, K_Rl: :I. xl-xe. X .XII: , . K .QI R-N t . P.QN4; 11 . P-QN3. followcd ' nnw Whit.. must ,,"In the move). "K.R2; This tournament cont.1ined a 10. PxQP, NxP(4); 11 . NxN. QxN; by Q-B2 and B-N2; wh~ r~as Black's 5. X·X? X·Rl : e. X-x.. K .R2: 7. "K..QlI , surprising number of K's Ind ians, 12. N_KS. B-KS-an

Annotated by CitelS Master JOHN W. COLLlNS,Marslwll Cite .. Club Champion, 1954

USCF MlMBEWS: 5,.b".;, yo," Hit 16m" lor tim ~r""tm~ ,. JOHN W. With an Idv,anta,e of a piece and a UNPRiNCIPLED pawn White win, with eUe. COLUNS. 9J R.o..!, Brooklyn t6, N .Y. Sp«~ bring limitt4i, M,. CoUim .-ill uno" 11. _.__ BJl 8 29. 8 ·Kt. R/6-K5 USCF Lif~ M~mlnr F,d Cr","n putt. ,t/eel t~ molt i"tt'~Jl;Il" tI"J jnst,u.(ti... 10. j»iblic..,iott. U"I~SI oIlwnriH rt4JrJ DNr. n. RlIB Kt-Q3 30. 8J1Kt RltK8P ;~MI hu 0PP"lItnl'l rt~6tcJ ,,~titms of to , ..m .. , and tries to fll­ worthy. toree P-K4. Althou/lb o","'nal, the move Notts by}. No,,",n Cotler 4. . _...... PJlp is llilainst the prlnclplu ot ,ood develOp, White Hl aek S. KtxP KI IC Kt TWO KNIGHTS' DEFENSE J. S. BLANNINQ D. GLADsTONE I\. second violation, the non.d ...-ve lop· ...... ". Meo: plIge 299, column 6 (cIA 6. 8.K1 1. Kt.KB3 P·KB4 2. P· KKtl P-QKtl ment Qf one',.

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