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STEUER TAKES RHINE EVENT Julius J . Steuer, scoring 6!h.!h, took (irst place in the George Washington Chess Holiday at the Rhein/ lbin AFH in Gcrmany on February 21-23. The event, sponsored by the European Chess District (ECD) of the t;SCF, at­ tracted 38 entrants. Capt. Jack G. McKay (51h) edged out Anne Sunnucks, a cap­ tain in the Women's Royal Army Corps, for second place on median points. Cap­ tain Sunnucks, the highest-scorer of the three women who played in the tourna­ ment, is presenUy ranked as the number two woma n player in Great Britain. She was undefeated in the tournament and was the only player to put a dent in the winner's score by drawing with Steuer in the fifth round.

FISCHER ON TOUR 0( United Statu Champion Robert J. FiSMer, whose chen tour be~a n on Feb­ ruary 20, hIS already appeared et Bran­ deis University, Man.; Montreal end Quebec, Canada; the University of To_ ronto; Westerly, R.I.; Fitchburg, Mus.; Hartford, Conn.; Richmond, Va.; Wash­ ington, D_C.; Yeshiva University, New York City; and Pithburgh, Pa. Fischer's tour will continue through April lind May and conclude with. l00-board ex. hibition in New York City, sponsored by the USCF, in early June. The Champion is shown, left, during his exhibition .t Westerly, R.I., where he won 47, lost one, drew two_ -Photo courtesy The Westerly Sun MARCH, 1964 SS MY GAMES FROM CHICAGO by U, S. Ope n Champion William Lombardy

Starting with this issl,l l, CHESS LIFE will present "II the 9" mes played by Grandmaster Willhlm Lombardy I t the 1963 United Stat" Open in Chicago. e ach gil me will be fully annot. ted by Mr. Lombardy himself. The gam •• are presented in chronological order. Those from the fi rst four rounds are given in this Inu e.

Game 1 Game 2 An ordinary Sicilian Defense with nothing particular in .My opponent, an old·timer and former champion of opening technics to recommend it. What should be carefully Montana. had not been up on modern opening theory and as noted is the neat refutation of Black's 17th move, particularly a result very early developed a bad game. The fact that he in respect to his weakening 0{ the Q5 square which opens was for so long reduced to passivity accounts for the finale. wide the door to the combination.

White: W. Lombordy White: Adam Smith Black: Ninus Aronson Black: W. Lombardy SICILIAN DEFENSE SICILIAN DEFENSE 1. P·K4, P.QB4; 2. N·KB 3, p·Q3; 3. P-Q4, PxP; 4. N,; P, H·KB3; (By transposition ) 5. N.QB3, P·KN3; 6. B·K2, B.N2; 7. B·K3, P·QR3. I. P· K4. P·KN3; 2. p.Q4, B·N2; 3. P·KB4, P·QB4; 4. N.KB3, To be regarded as a waiting move, more or less; but Black PXP; 5. NxP, N-QB3; 6. NxN? ,...... cannot afford to wait. One suggestion is 7 ...... , N-QB3; .Il is . the . exception to . ~be rule Cor White to exchange 8. P-KN4?!. P-Q4. kDlghts In thiS type oC position, for only Black can gain [rom 8. P-K N4, P-K R3; 9. P·KR3, N·B3; 10. N·N3, ...... such an exchange, unless White can conjure up eUective Since Black has undermined his own king side by the threats. The sounder move is 6. N-N3, N-B3; 7. N·B3. 0 .0; weakening 8 ...... • p.KR3. there remains no doubt that he 8. B-K2. P-Q3; 9. 0-0 with good attacking cbances for White. intends to castle on the other wing. White anticipates this plan. As . p l ~yed, Black der.ives several advantages. a central pawn 10 ...... • Q·B2; 11. P-B4. P·K 3. maJonty, a more rapid development, and immediate pressure Inevitably forced; 11 ...... , B-Q2; 12. p oNS, PXP; 13. PXP. along both the open !He (QN) and the long black diagonal. KN-RIceland. Her results and Nona is also an avid soccer fan. Too play in these events convinced most ex­ av id. according to Tal, who used to play Nona then surprised me by saying that perts that Tal was wrong; Nona is not goalkeeper for the university team at she had seen very few games of Vera yet a Menchik. True, she scored a draw Menchik'S. She felt that it was "impos. with grandmaster Olafsson in Reykjavik, sible to compare" herself with Menchik, won the blitz tournament in Hastings A CHESS LIFE Exclusiye but commented that, whereas Menchik (beating Tal in the finals) and held her had competed In dozens of tournaments own until the late middle game against by LEONARD BARDEN against strong masters, she herself was both Tal and Gligoric at Reykjavik : but only just beginning to do so. she showed some variation in form when losing to weaker players. When No na plays against a man, you Riga ("it was beller for the learn when get a little the impression that she is What does Nona herself think of her I stopped") and who likes to wa tch the out to do battle on behalf of her sex; successes? Between Hastings and Rey· game; but he says that Nona is a "ter· that she's trying to prove that anything kjavik, she spent a few days in London, rible girl" for soccer. Tal likes this a man can perform at the chessboard is where I asked her about the background word "terrible"; while I was interview· also within the compass of a woman. "Do to her rise to fame. We talked in the ing Nona, he tried to kid her that the you think that a woman can become a hotel lounge, with Moscow ehessmaster correct English expression was "terrible strong . ' I asked, remem· Abram Khasin interpreting and Tal sit· tennis." . Fischer's famous 'knight· ting in the background conducting his Chess is in Nona's blood. She is one " I don't know; it's very own running eom mentary on the inter· of six children, and all her five a woman to reach such a view, more than once sending Nona into brothers play ehess; three of them arc level, I know that no woman has fits of giggles. Though Nona has been a Soviet first category players (roughly done it yet. For myself, I feel I'm play· student of English at the Tiflis foreign equivalent to U.S. Expert standard). "I ing better than when I won the wo rld languages ins titute fo r four years and learned the moves when I was five, and title, and I was very pleased with my had studied it at school fo r four or fi ve played in my first tournament at school result in Hastings: it was the first time years previously, English isn't her strong· when I was 12. Then I began to study I'd played against men outside the Sov· est point Though she answered my sim· chess, and found that it was ..." (Nona iet Union." (Later, after Reykjavik, I pier questions in English, she would groped for an adequate English expres· heard that Nona had been very disap· frequently turn to Khasin in bewilder· sion) "very interesting." pointed with her result there.) MARCH, 1964 57 "Do you pr efer, in general, to pLay N ona and the Blond First prize at Reykjavik was decided against men or women?" I said, by the indi\'idual game between Tat (who "I find it easier to play against Scandinavian scored 12 ~'2 ' %) and Gligoric (lllh·l lfz ). women," " H you had a choice of playing against SICILIAN DEFENSE RUY LOPEZ a man or a woman who were both just M. Tal S. Gligaric as strong as each other, would you mind Reykjavik, 1964 which one you pl ayed?" 1. P·K4 P·K4 Gaprindashvili- T Gudmundsso n-O 2. N·KBJ N·QBl ("She'd like to play them simultane· 1. P·K4 P·QB4 15. Q·B2 P·QR3 3. B·NS P.QR3 ously!" interjected Tal.) 2. N·K B3 P·Q3 16. P·B4 B·NS 4. B·R4 N.B3 "Playing against a man or a woman 3. P·Q4 PxP 17. P·RSI? P·K4? S. 0 ·0 B·K2 are interesting in different ways- but 4. N,P N·KB3 18. N·Bl 8xN 6. R·Kl P·QN4 not simultaneously." S. N·QB3 P.KNl 19. QxB KPxP 7. B·N3 P·Q3 "Have you ever fo und it diffi cult to 6. B·Kl B·N2 20. QxP P·KN4 8. P·B3 0 ·0 concentrate on a game because the man 7. P·BJ N·B3 21. Q·B2 NxBc:h 9. P·KR3 N·QR4 you wer e playing was handsome or at· 8. B·Q84 0·0 22. RPxN N·K4 10. B·B2 P.84 tractive?" I went on, wondering if No­ Q.o2 N·Q2 2l. N·QS R·Kl 11 . P·Q4 Q·B2 na's apparently complete absorption in •10.• B·NJ N·R4 24. P.R6ch K·RI· 12. QN·Q2 B·Q2 the chessboard during her games was 11. B·R6 N·N3 25. N·B7! Q·K2 13. N.BI KR .KI ever feigned. "No, when I'm playing, I 12. BxB Kx8 26. NxQR RxN 14. P·QN3 ...... never notice my opponent. What he 13. 0·0·0 B·Q2 27. KR ·BI Tal's Last move is a recent twist in looks like has no effect on me." Observ· 14. P·KR41 Resigns place of the usual 14. N·K3 or 14. N·N3. ing Nona at the board certainly supports N{N3 )· BS The latest verdicts on these two moves what she says. She arrives loo king de· are analyzed in my recent book The mure and unsophisticated; she uses lit· Ruy LopeL tle make·up, and, unlike some women 14, ...... BPxP chessplayers, never varies her outfit or In TaI·Matanovic at Moscow, 14 ...... , hairstyle to suit her opponent. In Reykja. P·N3; 15. B·NS, N·R4; 16. BxB, RxB; vik, one of the Icelandic players was a 17. l\'·K3, N·KB3; 18. N·NS! favoured tall, handsome, blond, Scandinavian, and White, since 18 ...... , P·R3 is met by some of Nona's r ivals wondered hope· 19. Q·B3, K·N2; 20. QxN eh! In Keres· fully whether sitting opposite him might Zuidema at Beverwijk, Black played 14. put her off her game. Not a bit of it­ ...... P·N3; IS. ~ . N5 , K·;.l2; 16. N·K3, it was, in fact, in this very game (given B·K3 ; 17. Q·Q2 With a good central po· below) that Nona produced her most sition for \Vhite. GJigoric knew the pre· crushing form of the tournament, sweep· vious games, but as he had no time to ing her opponent off the board with an prepare for his game with Tal because overwhelming king's side aUack. of an adjournment, he tried to find a "What' about marriage?" I asked fin· ~ After 24 ...... , K·Hl. better method for Black at the board. aUy. "What would you do if you fe ll in 1S. PxP N.B3 love with a man who was not a chess 16. B·N2 NxQP player ?" Nona gave me her quickest and BaltIc 0/ T wo ' J7o rill 17. NxN PxN most definite answer of the whole in· Clwm.pions 18. R·BI ...... terview: This was, clearly, a question Better than 18. BxP, B·B3 ; and ...... , she'd already asked in her own mind. RUY LOPEZ Q·N2 with eounterplay. Black's defens· "I'll only marry a man who doesn't ive pl an is r efuted now, and White gains play chess," said the world champion Reykjavik, 1964 control of the center. decisively. "One chess fanatic in the 18...... Q.QI family is quite enough!" Tal- l Gaprindashvili-O 19. QxP B·KBI 1. P·K4 P-K4 22. Q·Q2 B·B I 20. QR·QJ R·BI 2. N·KB3 N·QB3 23. B.NI Q·Rl 21 . B·NI B.B3 3. B·NS P·QR3 24. B·R6 BxB 22. N·N3 P·Q4 4. B·R4 N·B3 25. QxB R·K2 Anything else leaves Black's game to· S. 0·0 B·K2 26. R·QBI Q·KBt tally passive. 6. R·KI P·QN4 27. Q·Q2 P·Q4 23. Q·K 3? ...... 7. B·N3 P·Ql 28. NxP NxN Betier is 24. P·K5, N·KS; 25. NxN, 8. P·B3 0 ·0 29. PxN NxP PxN; 26. BxP, QXQ; 27. BxQ, BxB; 28. 9. P·KR3 N·QR4 30. BxN PxB RxB, R·B7 and Black has endgame draw· 10. 8·B2 P·B4 31. Q·B4 Q·NI ing chances (Gligoric). 11. P·Q4 BPxP 32. R·BS Q.Q] 23...... N·Q2 12. PxP Q.B2 33. NxP BxN 24. N·BS P·B3? 13. QN·Q2 B·N2 J4. QxB p·B3 24 ...... , PxP leaves White with noth· 14. N.BI QR·BI 35. Q·B2 Q·QS ing clear, says Gligoric. 15. B·Nl KR ·Kl 36. R·BSch K·B2 2S. Q·N3 Q·B2 16. N·N3 P·NJ 37, PxP Q·R8ch 26. Q·N41 17. B·NS N·BS 38. K.R2 QxBP (C()f1tinllcd on pai!.e 6R) 18. P·N3 N·N3 39. R·B6 Q·BSch 19. B·Q3 40. P·N3 Q·56 N(NJ}·Q2 41. RxRP K·N2 20. R·QBI Q.QI 42. Q·N2 c: h Winners in A Chess For Fun tourna· 21. RxR QxR Resigns ment, held in J\-tinot, N.D. on the 7th IT'S UP TO YOU ... and 8th of March, were: 1st section, Lt. Archie Myers of Minot AFB, 2nd to tell us that you're moving. Copies section, Mr. Carmen Johnson of Minot; of CHESS LIFE are not forward.d BOOST AMERICAN CHESS! TELL YOUR FRIENDS and 3rd section. James Pratt, a high by ttle postoffice. W. need six weeks school student. 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can players who are too shy to cross the more private borders The V iI/age Queen of the Manhattan or MarshaU clubs. Part of the attraction of Not so well-known as the ManhaUan and Marshall Chess the Queen's Pawn is no doubt the temperamental and pretty Clubs, but much more popular at 2 or 3 in the morning, are Lisa herself, who manages to achieve publiCity in non-chess the two studios which service the chess needs of New York's periodicals with almost as great a frequency as Bobby Fischer. Greenwich Village- that downtown neighborhood where pizza­ Articles about Lisa from such journals as Cue, Sports illus­ guzzling artists monosyllabic poets, and bearded philosophers trated, and Life fill the walls of the studio; and "Bobby never cater to the in'ternational and domestic tourist trade. Grand­ had his photo on the cover of a national magazine like Sports master Nicolas Rossolimo runs one of these studios and it has Illustrated!" Lisa remarked that Bobby occasionally visits her proven so successful that he no longer devotes very much time club "always with someone, never alone" and she was ecstatic to driving a cab, his occupation for most of the years he has over his performance in the last U.S. Championship: "Just spent in this country. Last April, former U.S. Women's Cham­ like me he isn't happy unless he wins every game!" Lisa is pion Lisa Lane opened her own chess emporium nearby ?n friendly with Bobby and she has apparently forgiven Fischer's Sheridan Square. The "Queen's Pawn," as she calls her studiO, oft-quoled comment in reply to her evaluation of him as the officially has its business hours from 2 P.M. to 2 A.M. (or "greatest chessplayer alive": "Lisa's statement is accurate, later, if necessary) every day of the week except Monday, but she really wouldn't be in a position to know. They're all and it is rarely empty. weak, aU women. They're stupid compared to men. They Lisa's studio lies on the route from New York to W~sh . shouldn't play chess. you know. They're like beginners. They ington-its 7th Avenue facade catches the eye of motorlSts lose every single game against a man. There isn't a woman approaching the Holland Tunnel to New Jersey- and so t~e player in the world I can't give knight-odds to and still proprietor of Chess Kaleidoscope has often passed the. studIO beat." (Harper's Magazine, 1962). while fastening his seat belt on the way baek to Washmgton. • • • But it was only a few weeks ago that we actually entered the Lisa has adopted Bobby's "No comment" when queried club for the first time_ about her chess plans, so we couldn't get much information • • • from her about her future activities away from the Queen's Somehow it was not surprising to find out from Lisa that Pawn. Her face darkened and her eyes flashed as she talked the studio formerly housed a typi-cal Greenwich Village paper­ about her most recent batties with other woman masters back bookshop. Now sixteen chess tables bloom where book­ and organized chess in general. "They're jealous of me be­ readers once browsed. Four or five games were in progr~ cause I'm good-looking." She showed us a clipping from the wh ile we were visiting early one Saturday evening. A sign N.Y. Daily News which last fall headlined her protest over "CoUee lSc' Donuts 10c" stood behind Lisa as she talked to not being selected to go to Europe as a member of the U.S. . us. The fe~nlne touch was evident from the neat n:ra!lge· Women's Team (in a headline only the "News" could create): ment of the pieces on each table and the attractive furmshmgs SCORNED WOMAN GETS SOMETHING OFF HER CHESS. of the club. Lisa follows the policy of always leaving all ~he Talking about the Queen's Pawn, Lisa was calmer. "Unfor­ chess pieces out on their respective tables, a policy which tunately, not many women players come here to play" . . . differs from that of the public chess em~oria further uptown "Business is ~ood and I've recently hired a helper, a pretty where chess pieces are often found to disappear one by one collcge girl who doesn't piay chess at all, but everyone likes if sets are not signed out and returned by the players who use them. A few years back even the austere Manhattan Chess her anyway" .... "Outside the club a sign reads "Chess, Schach, Echecs, Scacchi, Ajedrez, Sah, Szachy" (chess in seven Club was beset with a similar problem: some fellow was steal­ languages). One guy came in and was mad that checker sets ing a piece a week from the club. IT he had been content to and opponents were not available; he pointed to the sign and stop after 32 weeks he would never have been caught, but said, 'How can you advertise all those other games out there ' he was eventually apprehended trying to walk off with extra and not play checkers?' " queens for his set, so that he would not be forced to use other pieces when aU his pawns were promoted to queens. . • • • A gnat variety of chess sets, big and small, dom~t l c :R nd A few years ago Lisa told Robert Cantwell of Sports Illus­ forei.ll:n, are on sale at the Queen's Paw~, 0!le of which IS a trated that "chess is bound to become more and more popular creation of Mary Chess, the perfume dlstn~utol' wh~ occa­ and there should be people working at it all the time. It sounds sionally shows interest in the Royal Game. ThiS set, seUm¥" for fooli sh to say it, because even the best man players don't more than $100, is composed: of hollow, transparent pieces seem to be able to make their living by chess and no woman each of which is, of course, hlled with Mary Chess perfume. ever has. But I think I ma y be able to do so, and at least some­ All of us immediately recalled the s to~y of. h~O gr~at masters one should try." At that time Lisa expected to make her liv· of the past, who once played a game WIth SImIlar plece~ u~der ing from chess tourneys, exhibitions, and endorsements. She the strange condition that the capturer ?f a~ o~poncnt S pIc.ce may not have had an establishment like the Queen's Pawn in had to drink down in one gulp the entire lIqUld conte.nts m· mind then, with the constant daily attention it requires, but side the piece. The liquid was naturally not perru~~ ~n th ~t she evidentl y enjoys being the village queen as much as she game and the evcm tual winner found that ~y sacnhcI!lg hiS ever enjoyed playing serious tournament chess. quee~ (which had the largest liquid capacity) early m the game he was able to force a quick reS ignation. Lisa's club, like Rossolimo's, does not have a permanent, Chess Puts Ttvo ill TOI) Ten formal membership. A standard fee of 30e per hour per player is maintained (or everyone. Visitors include not only the 50 o! A New York Times report (Dec. 28, 1963) gave the follow­ so "regulars" at the club, but also foreign guests and Amerl- ing information to the chess world: 59 MARCH. 1964 "Valery Brumel, the world high-jump record-holder, today When he tlnds he's beaten he makea up an excuse to quit or "ac­ was named the top Soviet sportsman for the third straight cidentally" tips over the board. Yealerday r beat him twice and he year. got so mad he almOll! hit me. TQ be honest with you J dQn't want to play chesa wllh my father ''The selection was made in the annual poll of sports any more. My mQther saYS 1 SHOULD play with him but that I writers by the federation of the sports press and radio of the ought to let him win, so we can have peace In the house. Do you Soviet Union, as reported by Tass_ 8gree?-SIXTEEN PIECES OF TROUBLE Dear SlXTF.EN: I do r.,·OT agree. What your mother calli peace b "Brumel, a fourth-year student in a physical culture insti­ really appeasement. She Is asking you to knUckle under to escape tute, set the record of 7 feet, 5% inches in a meet against a your rather'a wrath. United States team July 2l. A peraQn of Integrity does not lake a dive fQr any reuon what· "Following Brumel in the poll were: ever. Do yQur homcwork during the evening and play chess with your {rlends. Lev Yashin, the goalie of the Moscow Dynamo soccer team; Yuri Vlasov. who won the world heavyweight weight·lifting Chess Motivation championship for the fourth time; Lydia Skolblikova, the An article by Prof. Ulric Neisser of Brandeis University women's world champion speed skater; Tigran Petrosian, the in Scienee (1963, p. 193) on "The Imitation of Man by Ma­ world champion chess player; Tamara Press, the holder of chine" devotes itself to the question of whether machines will the women's world record for the shotput and discus. ever "think" in the same way as humans. A discussion of Also, Aleksandr Almeto, a forward on the Soviet hockey various characteristics of chess lorms an important part of learn that won the world championship at Stockholm; Boris Ncisser's argument. For example: Lagutin, winner of the European amateur light-welterweight "Apart from conSiderations of winning and losing, playing chess boxing championship; Nona Gaprindashvili, the women's may reflect many othcr human motives. One man may adopt what he considers to be a "daring" style Of play because he wants to world chess champion and Ivan Karetnikov, the holder of the think of himself as a bold person; another may play conservatively European swimming record for the 200-meter breast-stroke." for ana logous r easons. Both men may be "playing" becau~e (that b, pllrtly because) chess Is only a "game"- an activity In whiCh they can !l.Icceed and be respected without growing up or competing In Ann Landers on Chess and: Integrity what they regard as more adult, and thus mQre frightening, realms. Reader Frank SkoU sent tiS the following excerpt from Ann Some people probably play chess because It II at leas! something tQ do and a means of aVQldlng the anxiety·laden or self-destructive Landers' Column in the Chicago Sun-Times, Oct., 1963. thoughts they mle-ht otherwise have. Others, of both sexes, may play Dear Ann Landers: I am a chess maniac. Not a very ae<:Qmpll.shed b~'Cause they somehow think of chess as a mMCuline rather than a one, but 1 enjoy the game and I'm trying out for member.hlp In our feminine activity a nd playing It makes them more certain or their chess Club at school. own ICX Identity." Now that I've Improved r can checkmate my tather'~ king about SO% of tha time. This seems to be causing a lot ot trouble between us. If I put him In cheek with a piece he will make wme snide r"­ Noose send all lfwttfTilll jor this column to: Eliot Hearst , 401 mark like "Where did THAT come from . . . " U If I had cheated. N. Armistwd St., Apt. 412, Alexandria 12, Virginia.

LOMBARDY- O - O?~ 11. B-B4, P-Q3; 12. N-R4!, and White was permitted to (Continued from page 56) obtain a won ending. Mayer's continuation is slightly better in that his follow-up of B-Q2 on the eleventh turn prevents N-QR4. White avoided 10. Q·Q3 on account of the reply N-N5 11 . B-B4, B-Q2!; 12. Q·K2, P·Q3 with more than a satisfactory game for Black. 10 ...... , P-Q31; 11. B-84, B·Qll; 11. Q·Kl, B·B3; 13_ KR-Ql, 0-0; 14. P-QR31; KR-Ql. Apparently BlaCk has solved his opening problems; his de­ velopment is complete. What more could he desire? One prob­ lem still remains. The White advantage in space coupled with the pressure he can apply on the black QP makes the possi· bility of obtaining sufficient activity for the black pieces, de­ veloped as they may be, quite remote. 15. R-Q3! P·R3? An unnecessary weakening, one which affords White a con­ venient target in the ensuing king side attack. Active play, If 23. P-B4, then N-Q2 leaves the RP without defense. P-QN4 and P-QR4, was indicated. 13...... , B-R5! 24. Q-N1, QR-N1; 15. N-N3, ...... 16. QR.Ql, P-K4_ There was really no good move. One way or another, this was mandatory. Upon 16 ...... , White resigns. If, after 25 ...... , N-Q2; 26. B-K2, then P·B5; P·QR4, then thc continuation 17. Q-Q2, N.Kl; 18. B·R3 to be seals in the queen just the same. followed by P-KN4-:;i allows White to transfer the rook to the king side via the third rank. Of 17 ...... , P-K4? is answered by 18. BxKP. * * * 17. B-QB1 , P·QN4; 18. P-KN4, N-R2. Game 3 To prevent P-N5 Black had to relinquish control of his Q4. Black goes against the grain of the Sicilian Defense by Now White is able to delay considerably any queen side action seeking early simplifications, when it is the very purpose on Black's part. of the defense to complicate matters in order to play for the 19. N.Q51 BxN; 10. RxB, N_Bl. win at all cost. When the attempt at simplification lails, In a position already inferior one cannot afford to make Black inherits a completely passive position. even the slightest of errors. Since Black is on his way to K3 anyway, he ought to go there by way of KN4. White would White: W. Lombardy not be able to capture the knight advantageously; so P-N5 Block: Jock Mayer would be blocked, for a while at least. Should White wish to proceed with the plan for P-KN5, hc must £irst lose a move SICILIAN DEFENSE by playing P-KR4. APparently, White's best is to play for a 1. P·K4, P_QB4; 1_ N·KB3, P·K3; 3. P-Q4, PxP; 4. NxP, P-QRl; minimal edge with bishops of opposite colors: 20 ...... , N-N4; 5. N-QBl, Q-82; 6. P-K Nl, N-Q8l; 7. B-N2, N-Bl; 8. 0..0, NxN; 21. BxN, PxB; 22. Q·Q2, P·B3; 23. B-B1, QR-B1; 24. B-Q3 with 9. QxN, 8·B4; 10_ Q-QlI ...... the idea of P·B3 and B·N1-R2·Q5, meanwhile constantly men· So far a reproduction of my game with the Dutch Inter­ acing P-QN4 to win the queen pawn. national Master Langeweg, World Student Team Champion- 11. P-N5! ...... ship, Budva, Yugoslavia 1963. That game continued 10 ...... , The principal idea behind this move is to obtain a diagonal 60 CHESS LIFE on which the king bishop cun opcrate with maximum efficien­ meant to our Checkel's playing friends.). Too many players cy the secondary purpose is the clearing of open lines in that take for granted the opening moves; they rattle them off with area for the major pieces. their eyes closed, no doubt relaxing t he nerves and muscles 21 _ ... " ...• P.P; 22. B)( P, P_B3; 23. B-B1 . N·K3; 24. P·QB3. Q·K2. in order to be better able to cope with the strain of the ensuing The attempt to achieve bishops of opposite colors leads to middle·game. A reminder- keep your eyes open; don't allow nothing better: 24 ...... , N·B5; 25. BxN, PxB; 26. Q·N4 wins a anyone to do your thinking for you. pawn for While. if nothing else. 11 . P-B3 ...... 2S. B·R3. P·R4? A routine position, a routine move: 11 . P-R5 is to the Black should try to defcnd his white squares: 25 ...... point. For examples or play conler the games Geller·Fischer. N·BI . The text permits White to nail down the point by pre· CUracao 1962 nnd J . McCOI·mack-Lombardy. U.S. Open 1963. senting him a pawn on the queen side. In the event that his 11...... N·N3; 11. R·82...... king side attack should fail, While ean now rely on his queen To prevent p .Q4. which would now lose a pawn: 12...... , side advantage. P-041; 13. Bx~. QxB; 14. NxP, BxN; 15. PxB, KR·Ql ; 16. p .QB4. 26. P-N4. PxP; 27. RPxP, N·B2. 12 ...... , R.BI; 13. P·RS, N·BS; 14. 8 )( N. Rd; 15. R-Q2 . Q·B2; Black realizes that. alter 27 ...... , B·R2; 28. RxP. White 16. N·BI , R·Bl ; 17. 8·N6. Q·Q2; lB. N!H·R2 ...... can slill calmly proceed with his king side attack; consequently, White's plan, ideally accomplished, would be to drive the he decides to take desperate measures. rook (5) back to QB3 with P·QN3, after defending the knight at 28. Pd, NxR; 29. P)( NJ ...... QB3 with R·Q3, then, after defending bis QB pawn with R-B! The idea is not so much to obtain a passed pawn as to to esablish his knight at Q5, so posted that it could not b~ secure an anchor [or the king bishop of KG. Firmly in position, readily exchanged on account of the awkward position of the that bishop wilJ playa key role in the mating attack. block rook at QB3. Complicated? Indeed it is. That is the 29...... p )( p ; 30. B·K6+ . K·Bl ; 31 . Q.RS. O-Kl ; 32. O-RBch. ideal; practicall y. there is no time to carry it out! K·K2; 33. Q)( Pch. K·Q3; 34. B·K31 P·NS?I -"lB ...... Q-Kl; 19. R.Q3. N.Ql; 20. P·QN3. R(S)·B3; 21 . B-K3 .

Black can delay the reSUlt with 34 ...... Q·N l ; 35. BxQ. RxB; 36. Q)(R, RxQch; 37. K·BI, when the extra piece insures While the win. White- had in considered Lh is maneuver neUing black a 3S. B)( P+' KxB; 36. Q.B7+. K.N4; 37. Q·N7 + Blac!> resigns, pawn. for checkmate is unavoid ahl e. 12. B·Q2, ...... :. No hetter is 22. R·Bl, QxP; 2.3. l\'-Q:>, BxN; 24. PxB (RxB then QxN) RxP!; 25. Rx,R , RxR; 26. QxR, Q-K8 mate. * * * 22 ...... N·B4; 23. R-K3 . B-N4; 24. R·K2, N-Q2; 2S. N-QS. BxB; Game 4 26. RxB, BxN; 27. PxB, R· B41 Had White forseen this, he would probably have I'ecaptured Reviewing my experience of twelve short years of tourna­ 27. RxB and taken his chances in a middle.game: 27 ...... , ment Chess. I cannot say that I have observed any slackening t\·B3; 28. It·Q2. QxP; 29. P-Q84. Even here, he could not hilve in the popularit or the Sicilian Defense. Chess journals are held out for vcry long. ever more consistently coming out with fresh analYS is, or lB. P-QB4 ...... the latest suggestions of the masters. The pool or resources . Cle .. rl~ P·QN4 leaves White in a hopelessly passive posi­ seems almost inexhaustible. My personal experience at the t:on, pJrtlCularly alter R·QB:> followed by an advance of the U.S. bears out this point, for oul of the possible thirteen games Black central p;lWn majority. I was involved in a Sicilian Defense nine times, four times 28 ...... , RxRP; 29. P·QN4, ...... with Black. Enough material (or a small book anyway. This Thcre is another continuation: 29. K.B3, RxR; 30. QxR, situation brings to our attention a pair or pertinent questions. Q·N3ch; 31. K.RI , QxP. Is th_ Ch _" Open'ng _x h,usted? or Is n't the Chess plil yer 29 ...... , R· R6. thinking. appli ng himnlf 50 th, t he will be, at lent infre· White admitted later on that he had thought this move quently. the lource of originality? unplayable! 30. Q-QB1 . Q·N4!; 31. R·QB2, ...... White: Joseph Pundy The threats were RxQB pawn and RxKBP both. 31 ...... , QKQch; 31. QRxQ. R-Q6. Block: W. Lombardy To prevcnt perm .. nenUy any White pawn advance which pa~,:, s must be . fixed in or~er to ~ttack them. Realizing the SICILIAN DEFENSE futility of the Si tuation, White decides 0 give up yet another 1. P-K4, P·Q64; 2. N·K8 3, P-Q3; 3. P-04. p )( p; 4. N)( P. N·K83; p3wn- also wit h dim prospects. S. N·QB3. P-QR3; 6. B·K2. P·K4; 7. N·N3. B·K3 ; 8. 0.0, QN·Q2; 33. K. B2. K.BI ; 34. K·K2, R.QS; 3S. P-BS. PxP; 36. PxP, b QP; 9. 8 -K3. B·K2; 10. P-Q R4, 0.0. 37. P.86. R)( P; 3B. h R, PxR; 39. N·N4. R-84; 40. R-QI . K.K2; 41. NxRP. R·B7ch; 42. R·Q2, hRch; 43. Kx R, ...... Time to catch your breath. Such a remark might be a fairly strong indication that the opening in vogue in modern­ After the simplification or the last eight moves, White's day Chess have reached the saturation point. Is the above resignation is a mere formality. opening no exception? Perhaps the prologue has already ans· 43 ...... , K·Q3; 44. N.N4. P·KB4; 4S. P-KR4, N·B3; 46. N.Bl, wered that question. Is the time far off when players will N-Q4; 47. P·N4. p )( p ; 48. p )( p, P-B4; 49. K·Q3. N.NSch ; SO . set the pieces up at move ten and proeeed from there? Such White resigns. is presently the case with the game of Checkers (No offense (Tu He Continued Next MOllth)

MARCH. 1964 61 His minutes seem numbered yet some· how there are resources. (I). GAMES BY USCF MEMBERS 27. K·K2 N4' Annotated 21. K.o21 ... ~ ... Necessary, in view of 2S ...... N·B6ch . by USCF MASTER JOHN W. COLLINS 28...... R·RI 29. R.o3 R·R7ch 30. K·Kl ...... PETER IRWIN 13 ...... QxRP 14. QxP If 30. K·Bl. RxP; 31. B·83, R-Blch; 32. Peter lrwin of Summit, N. J., a stu­ ...... K·Nl. NxP wins for Black. (I) . Threatening 15. 8·B4, winning a piece. dent at Bard College and a protege of 30...... R·Q21 U.S.C.F. Expert Edgar T. McCormick, 14...... B·B4. An excellent move, especially in light 31 . R·Q4 ...... won the U. S. Junior Championship In time trouble, White is unable to (John W. Collins Tournament), wltich. of the follow·up. Black trades a Pawn for iniliative, trying to take advantage of find a move to avert the impending per· was held at Pennsylvania State Univer­ petual check. 31. R·NI seems to avoid sity last August. Heading a strong field White's lag in development. 15. QxP 8·B71? it, but after R-N7 there is little more o[ 72, the largest entry in the history than a draw, and possibly less. (I). 16. R·Bl ...... of the event, Irwin scored 7ih·l ih. Tied 31...... NoK61 with Myron ZeJiteh, a Penn State sopho­ If 16. QxN. BxR; 17. KxB, Q-N8ch leads to a fearsome assault on White. 32. RxR NIIPch more, at the conclusi on of tbe 9-round Dnwn Swiss, Irwin was awarded ilic title on (I). And yet there are questions. Big ones! The aforementioned conclusion. (l). Of a tie·breaking median hali·point. course there Is no choice for if 33. K·BI, Peter concedes that the following 16...... N.Q41 17. Q.R61 N·K6ch and the King must return to game, onc of his three draws, is perhaps ...... Kl or be mated with 34. K-NI ??? R·N7 . not his best, but believes " it is most A saving move White had calculated indicative of the general quality of at 12. Q·K2. Black's attack "seems" bro· MYRON ZELITCH competition at the tournament." He ex­ ken, and White thinks he can now main· tain his Pawn advantage. International Master Donald Byrne, Di· plains that he and his opponent "were rector and adjudicator of the Junior. and lighting hard {or a win, and the result If 17. RxB now, then Q·NS ch; IS. K· instructor at Penn State and coach of is a wildly tactical battle." His notes Q2, QR·Q I again gives Black an over· its varsity chess team, writes that Myron are interspersed wi th those of the writer. whelming game. (I). Zelitch "appears to be a clever tactician, 17...... UNITED STATES JUNIOR but perhaps his greatest strength lies in ...... his strategical ability." Myron, who re­ University Pork, 1963 If IS. PxN, Q·N6! is strong. ceived a pcrmanc!flt trophy, split tbe SICILIAN DEFENSE 11...... NxQ $100 scholarship prize with Irwin, and MCO t : p. IH, c. 173 (_) 19. RltB QR·B1 was awarded tbe Best Played Game P. Irwin W. M.rn 20. B·B4 ...... Prize for his game with William Martz, I . P·K4 P·QB4 If 20. RxR, RxR and White cannot exhibits both endowments in this dia· 2. p.Q4 PxP stop Black from imposing on the lethal logue. 3. P·QB3 ...... seventh rank. For instance. 21. K·Q2, Characteristic of the Mora Gambit. N·NS and White cannot play B·Q3 be· RUY LOPEZ The theory is that White "sacs" a Pawn cause of R·Q1. MCO t : p. 41. c. 11, in the opening for an extreme lead in 20...... N·NS J. H.rris M. Zelitch development and initiative. (0. 21 . R·B3 R.84 1. P·K4 P·K4 5. O.() B-K2 3...... P-04 22.. p.B4 2. N·KB3 N.QB3 6. R·Kl P.QN4 My opponent avoids thc gambit prop. 3. B·N5 P.oR3 7. B·N3 ().() er in an attempt to vie for the initia· 4. B-R4 N·B3 B. P.Q3 ...... tive. (I). Anderssen and Steinitz liked this An interesting line is 3 ...... , l'kP; 4. quiet move in the Ruy. Recently, Wein· NxP, N·QB3 ; 5. N·B3, P·K3; 6. B·Q.B4, ~tein played it against his cousin Bis· B·B4; 7. 0·0, KN·K2: Dubeck·Collins, guier in the U. S. Championship, New Met. League, 1960. York. 1963. ... KPxP QxP 8...... P.Q3 10. B·B2 P·B4 S. PxP N.Q83 9. P.B3 N.oR4 n. QN·Q2 o.B2 6. N·K83 P·K4 More active and preferable is the Overanxious to take the initiative and usual 11 ...... , N·B3; 12. N·Bl. B-K3; to solve every problem of development, 13. N·K3. P·Q4; 14. PxP, NxP; 15. NxN. Black brcaks prematurely. The simple QxN. 6 ...... , P·K3 is in order. . 12. N·Bl P·B5 7. H·83 800NS A different timing of this advance is I . B·Q2 BxH wanted. A less committing sequence is Black must cede the minor exchange. 12 ...... B-N2; 13. N·K3 , KR·Kl. It would definitely be more propitious 9. BxB P·KS 13. p.Q4 N·B3 16. P·KR3 QN.Q2 If 9 ...... PXP; 10. NxP, NxN; 11 . for White to castle al this moment and 14. N·K3 N·Nl 17. N·8S N·BT QxN, QxQ; 12. 8xQ, P·B3; 13. B·B4, and allow Black to win back his Pawn with 15. Q·K2 R·Kl White has a clear advantage. If 9 ...... , equalily. However, White is trying to The KB is generally preserved and r eo B·N57; 10. PXP wins. win and so attempts to maintain his deployed with ...... B·Bl, P.N3, and B· 10. N·KS NxN Pawn advantage though his monarch's N2. 11 . PxN N·K2 walls may crumble. (I). 18. N/ 3·R4 N·N3 12. Q.K2 ...... 22 ...... R!1 ·81 19. Nx8ch QxN Dubcck·Kaufman, Met. League, 1963, 23. P·QN3 N·Q4 20. NxN BPxN continued: 12. QxQ and White went on 24. R·B3 This is anti·positional (capture towards to win a difficult endgame. I diverge. How determined Wbite is, and in time the center), but Black seeks play on the (0. trouble at this point too! 8-H' 17. P· R3 SIINch a cheer from the crowd which Tourna· ,. N"3 N..x.3 II. K·' N·R7ch ment Director R. L. FrAtlanta, Ga.; and Emil Bersbach, Sara· 36...... R·N41 39. B.QI R·N' Kansas City, Mo. sota;-&l1 with 4·1. L . H. Padgett won 37. Q.Q2 Q·R4 40. PoN4 Q-Nl November, 1963 38. QR·KBI R.BI 41. P·R4 R·QNl in the B Division (1600·1850) and Don James triumphed in the C (bclow 1600). With a Pawn advantage, complete can· KING'S GAMBIT lrol of the only open file, a sweep along J . Ol,lk.'ow J. R. ••\tIlnll the QR2-KN8 diagonal, and simplifying 1. ..·K. • • QxPch ... , 2. "·K" "P·K'.Q4 '0. Q,"ch K·'2 Bolton Cops Conn_ Amateur exchanges in vie..... , Black stands very 1. KPIIP P·KS 11. Qx"ch H", well Indeed. • . • ·NSch P·'3 n . QxR Q·87th James Bolton led a quartet of players 42, K·R2 ...... 5. "liP ... I'. K.Ql QIIN .. who scored S.I to take first prize in This loses at least another Pawn, or " •.•. '.Q.4 , •• Rx' QxRch the Connecticut Amateur Open, played in 7. ..·.3 "H 15. K·12 KN.1l as played a piece. 42. P·N5 is relatively •. Q· A5 Q·N1 I'. RIII~,"s New Haven from January 31 through best. February 2. Bolton topped Larry Tapper, 42. ... ~ ..• R.N71 S. Morrison and Edaar Watrous on "Arno 43. 8--B2 ...... Marshall C. C. Preliminaries points"-a new one on us. (We'd appreci. If 43. QxR, QxQ j 44. RxQ, RxRcb; 45. November, 1963 ate further information Oil some of tbe K·N3, R·Q7 wins. tie-breaking systems that are being em· 43...... 8--RS SICILIAN DEFENSE ployed and so, we trust, would Prof. 44. 0.05 ...... ,. ".mlll.M ,. .., Elo's Committee on TIe-Breaking Meth· ,. P· K4 14. N)'K2 Q •• 2 ..... ods-Ed.) With a second Pawn going, White des· ,. N·K'3 N.Q.3 15. P"4 ".QR2 perately sacrifices a piece in bopes of ,... 1'. N2·'3 102·1' Other prizes in the 48·player event: • ... KN)", 17. P·KN4 getting at the black King or advancing •• H,' P·N3 Class A, Frank Peretti, West New York. bis QP. U 44. Q-Ql or 44. R·Rl, Black N" 3 ' .N1 11. 11.·83 N.N2 •• o. •• ,.. , I • . • ·.3 N· ... N.J.; Class B, Stephen Tarin, New York wins the QP by exchanging twice at QB7. •• ,. ' .K2 .... it. P·'5 NIIK" City; Class C, Keith Hagel; Class D, 44...... bB 41. K·N2 R-KBI •• 0.0 ... 21. NxN hH John Cumming; Unrated, Jerry de Pes­ 45. IbR BxR ..,. PxPch RxP •• ... , N·I(NS n . "II., IxNch quo. The tournament was sponsored by 46. PoNS RhP SO. P..Q7I ..• _... 10. 'xN ... U. QIIB .. .. 11 ...... , U. 'xlt; the Conn. State Chess AsSOCiatiOD and 47. 'liP R·Rlch 12. QR.Ql ... N·R4 H . OxQ ..... Roger Williamson of Guilford. Conn. was It'. close! n. "-QN2 •.• , 26. "· N R ....n. the T.D. MARCH. 1964. 63 - atrical ventures lor which the area is noted. To catalogue the events, tournaments, lectures and exhibitions for which the club has been host for the past forty years would entail the mention of nearly evcry foreign master who has ever vis· ited the United States and all of our own top personages. They have all been at the club, played, lectured, kibitzed, ana· lyzed-from Dr. Emanuel Lasker to Bob· by Fischer - and, without exception, have expressed high praise for the physi­ cal appointments and the genial atmos­ phere. One of the most gratifying achieve­ ments of the club has been the encour­ agement, training, and development of young, talented players who have come to take prominent place in the ranks of U.S. masters. This is our heritage from our founder who had great satisfaction in giving personal aid to our younger members. To mention a few who cut their eye teeth on our chessmen and went on to prominence in American chess, there are Santasiere, Hanauer, Fine, Bisguier, Evans, Lombardy, Sher· win, Seidman, Weinstein, Saidy, Hearst, and many others, as weB as a lengthy roster of slightly less renown. The Marshall has hosted many gala events. Since Marshall's retirement from A Tradition in American Chess the U.S. championship in 1936 the club has been the scene of action for many The history of American chess during "Associated with Marshall In his pioneer of the sessions of the U.S. Champion· the first four decades of this century work Is Charles Jaffe, the well·known player of the Progressive Chess Club, whose pres· ships. NUmerous other events of impor­ must give pre-eminent place to the late ence wlll enahle the champion to take short tance have been held. Matches such as Frank J. Marshall. The club which bears trips occasionally away from home for the Reshevsky·Najdorf and F'ine.Najdorf, his name has now, for almost fifty years, purpose of filling nearby engagements. Wblle the clubs of New York City have done their been the gathering place for chess play­ full share In the past and have shown no lack ers of all ranks, from International of hospitality to visitors from out of town, Grandmasters to neophytes, and all be· yet there was need of some such central meet· tween. Figuring prominently in the an­ Ing place where all might feel free to gather on equal terms whenever and as often as the nals of chess in this country, it is a fit· w\ll might move them to do so. It Is Marshall's ting memorial to its founder, and his idea also to make his Divan a place where qualities of sportsmanship and cordiality young players may be encouraged and neW talent developed. It is an interesting e"perl. permeate its rooms. ment and chess players all over the country Founded in 1915 as "Marshall's Chess will wish Marshall the fullest success. The an_ Divan" at Keene's Chop House on West nual cest of membership in the Divan has been set at $10, while life memberships are 36th Street, it soon became the center quoted at $25. Fdday evenings will be set for the gathering of chess players from aside for special attractions, such as lectures all walks of Hfc. The late Hermann or exhibition play." Helms, in the November 1915 issue of Followed, in the next few years, SCW· American Chess Bulletin reported the eral changes of location, when in the opening in his inimitable style: late 1920's through the generolls aid of "A well matured plan has been set in op­ Marshall's friends, and notably Gustavlls eration by Frank i. Marshall with the object A. Pfeiffer, a home was purchased at of establishing In New York CIty a central meeting place for lovers of chess much on 23 West 10th Street, and this became the the same lines as such famous resorts as permanent site of the club. Though bas­ Simpson's Divan In London and the Cafe ically a dwelling structure, the lower de la Regence in Pads. A good start has been made by the United States champion and what two floors of the five story building will henceforth be known as "Marshall's Chess were remodelled to fit the needs of the Divan" has been established at the well·known club, the remaining floors being rented Keene's Chop House, located at No. 70 West to residential tenants. The Marshall fam· Thlrty-8lxth Street, just back of Herald Square, and within a stone's throw of One ily occupied one of the apartments, and of the busiest sections of Broadway. Here, In now, its sole survivor, Mrs. Caroline Mar· a large room, wUl be found ali the accommo· shall, the club's Secretary, lives In a dations for players and lookers·on, whose charming ground floor apartment. UPPER LEFT: creature comforts are the better looked after Mrs. Caroline Mar­ because of the propinquity of an excellent • • • shall, widow of the great American cuisine. A nominal fee Is charged for the u.se The location of the Marshall Club is champion and secretary of the club of the tables and, of course, Instruction and which he founded. practice play are furnished by the champion ideal, combining the convenience of the lower Fifth Avenue area and the stimu­ to thOSe who require it on the usual profes· BELOW: A view of the famous slonal basis. A large slgn, which can be seen lating atmosphere of Greenwich Village, building at 23 W_ 10th St. a block away and proclaims to the world at with its outdoor art exhibits, the New large that chess players here will find a -Photos by Renato Perez hearty welcome, ·'s affixed to the outside of School, and the numerous exciting in· the building. tellectual, musical, gastronomic, and the- 64 CHESS LIFE COLLEGE CHESS by Owen Harris The year 1963 ended with many small tournaments. and of course the record brenking National Intercollegiate Chess Championship with 103 players. In the last month of 1963, Penn State an­ nounced victories over BloomsbUrg Col· lege by 7~~ -lh, and other non-college clubs. Ch:l rles Gish, th(! President of the University of Kansas Chess Club re­ ports the lollowing results: Kansas Uni­ vcr;ity over Emporia College 5-1 , and 3-2 ovcr Washburn University. The year 1964, however has started o~r even ~elter than 1963-' We have 20 Vice PreSidents who are working in all parts of the country for the Intercol­ legiate Chess League of America. Bob Dudley (Texas A & M University) the ICLA Vice Prt"sident for the South: west is planning to hold the 1964 South­ west Intcrcollegiate Team Championship -- . , at College Station, Texas on April 25 and 26, 1964. This event has all the attri­ butes or success. The event will be Players enjoying chft' In the pleuant surroundings of the M.rsh.lI Club. A USpJo'-rated with ICLA membership re­ bronze bust of the dub's founder, ttl. filmed Fn,nk Marshall, appears 1I".inst q~l.lred. Trophies will be awarded to the iI wallboard in the background. highest scoring individuals and teams. The cntry fees of 510.00 per team will be used to award travel grants to the 1964 National Intercollegiate Team have been conlesled here. Interesting Experts. The eight qualifiers are pitted Championship this December. Some was the. Special Masters' Tournament of in the final round robin against the teams from the Southwest have traveled 1951 with Evans and Fine sharing first seeded players; Louis Levy, Shelby Ly· over 1,000 miles to the National Cham­ place. man, James Sherwin, Raymond Wein· p i o~sh i p , and will no doubt travel to Social evenings featuring an intraclub stein. their local event. The following schools matcb are always popular. Simultaneous High in the lIarshall's list of accom· in .this area have been known to have exhibitions for our own and for distin­ plishments has been its activities in the a~hve clubs; New Mexico State Univer­ guisbed visiting Grandmasters from development of wo men's chess. Remem· Sity, Un ivt:rsity of Texas, University of abroad are frequent. Among those ber, it was not so long ago when women ~a n sas, !'.hdwestern University. Univer­ who've given exhibitions at the Marshall were not admitted to the sacrosanct pre­ sity of Oklahoma, Louisiana State Uni­ within the last year are Arthur Bis­ serves of chess clubs. The Marshall was versity, and Texas A & 1\1 University. Buier, Trifunovich, and Gligoric. The the first to welcome them. In 1935 Car· All inquiries for this event should be club enters as many as four teams at rie Marshall organized an event to this sent to: Mr. R. Dudley, ICLA Vice Presi­ day unequaled,~a women's champion. dent, 1013 East 23rd Strcet Bryan once in the various divisions of the Met· Texas. " ropolitan Chess League, including a team ship in which thirty-six competed. And composed entirely of junior members. since then most of the succeeding U.S. Bids arc now being considered for the U. S. Champion Robert J. Fischer reo Women's Championship have been held 1964 National Intercollegiate Team Chess cently lectured at the Marshall, and Is at least in part, at the Marshall Club. ' Championship in December. So far, Los Angeles State College, and Cornell Uni­ a frequent visitor. Each year the Club Always the Marshall has been known Championship is a gala event. Others as a friendly club,-a first name club,­ veryity h~ve expressed interest in spon­ include the yearly Amateur Tournament a club where everyone is made to feel sorms thiS event. At which school would for the Calderon Trophy, Marshall Club at home. This is the tradition set by the you like to see this event played? Would Junior Championship, Marshall Club your school like to sponsor this event? never-to-be forgotten Frank Marshall so Express your opinion by writing to Mr. Women's Championship, as well as class many years ago, and the glorious memo­ Owen Harris, lCLA President 300 South tournaments the year round. Recently a ry of his chivalrous and fighting spirit group of juniors was sent to the U.S. University Avenue, Carbond~le, Dlinois. Team Championship in Washington, and still is at the helm. Never to speak with Bids are open until May Ist, 1964. another Marshall Junior group captured contempt for a player of lesser skill,­ the Genessee Cup at Cazenovia. never to use a deprecatory manner to Benko in Baltimore Re(!entiy the preliminaries for the others, as is so oft done in the world of chess, - always an atmosphere that's Pal Benko gave a simultaneous chess club championship were finished, a ten exhi bition sponsored by the Maryland round Swiss with 56 entrants including friendly, informal, relaxed. Chess Association against sixty players a high proportion of u.s.c.r. Masters and -Wm. Slater on February 15, 1964 at the studios of WMAR-TV, Baltimore, Maryland. Mr. Benko lost to William J. Eisenbeis Stanley Weiss, Russell Chauvenet and _ THIS MONTH'S COVER _ Michael Tischtschenko, and drew with Wilter H.rrls (left) englgls Bill Slat.r in I skittles game at the Marshall. Har­ Louis Malthei, George Murphy and Michael Williams. He won fifty-three ris, the first Nqro to be rltl d • USCF M.ster, is now serving with the U. S. games. Air Forc. Ind is stationed .t Mdher AFB, Cllifornia. Highlights of the program were taped -Photo by EBONX Magazine and telecast the following day. MARCH. 1964 .5 disallowing the black rook access to the AN ATTACK ON BOTH WINGS king file. 26...... R·B2 BENONI DEFENSE been a liability to him. 27. P-KRl &·84 16. B·Nl ...... 28. R·K2 R.1<2 R.,hevsky Saidy 29. R/·KI RxR With the menacing threat of 17. P·B4. 30, QxR B-KBI As I had predicted, Saidy was the sur­ followed by P·K5! Futile was 30 ...... , B.Q2, because of prise of the U. S. Championship tourna­ 16...... P·KN4 31. N·K4, QxNP; 32. QxQ. BxQ; 33. Nx ment. If he had not slipped during the Saidy reluctantly created a lasting QP, Bx8; 34. PxB, wi th a great plus. second part of the tourney, he might weakness at his KB4. There was no oth· 31. N·K4 BxN have finished as high as second place. er way to stop wbite's threat. After the 31...... , Q-N3 wo uld have been met He played steadily and demonstrated game, Saidy stated that it was this by 32. P·RS , PxP; 33. NxBP; but 31. fine technique in positional play. His move that made him dislike the Benoni ...... Q·N2 was worthy of consideration. poise and confidence are that of a vet­ Defense. 32. Qd Q·N3 eran. 17. Q.Q2 8..,2 Bad would have been 32 ...... , QxNP, Before our game, Saidy was in top 18. QR·NI ...... because of 33. R·N, regainIng the pawn form, and I knew that I had to beat him, The immediate 18. N·B2 was prefer· favorably. in order to have any chance for a top able. 33. Q.K3 P.N4 prize. I was therefore prepared to 18...... QR·NI 34. P·RS ...... take any calculated risk. I was pleasant­ 19. r-,l·82 ...... White does not feel inclined to oblige ly surprised when he selected the Be­ I rejected 19. P·N4, beeause of 19. by opening Jines for black's rook. noni Dc£cnse against my queen-pawn ...... p.B4; 20. PxKBP, BxBP; 21. R·N3, 34...... P.QN5 opening, be<:ause this defense offers Q·B3. with fair counter·play. 35. P·R4 ...... White greater opportunity for enterpris­ 19...... P·B4 To open the king.knight file for ing maneuvers. 20. PxP BxBP white's rook. 21. R·RI B·N3 35...... PxP J emerged with a freer game from 22. N·K3 Q.B3 Wiser was 35...... , P·NS. the opening. Saidy's pieces remained in· 22 ...... , P·QN4 was unappetizing, on 36. BxRP R·NI active during the greater portion of the account of 23. PxP, PxP; 24. R·R7, p . 37. Q.KR3 Q.N2 game. His queen·s·knight remained at QN5; 25. N·NS: 22 ...... P·KR4, wu, QB2 for the duration of the encounter. however, worth trying. If 23. N·B4, After having neutralized the action on NxN; 24. BxN, Q·B3, with better play the queen·wing. I began an assault on than in the game. the opposite wing. Saidy's valiant de· fensive eHorts were of no avail. I. P.QB4 N·KB3 2. ~. Q4 P·K3 3. N·KB3 p·84 A CHESS LIFE Exclusive 4. P.QS PxP by SAMUEL RESHEVSKY 5. PxP P.Q3 6. N·B3 P·I< N3 7. N·Q2 B.N2 8. P·K4 0 ·0 23. N·N4 9. B·K2 QN·Q2 ...... 10. 0 ·0 N·K l The complications now begin. In or­ der to make progress, white was com· Black's position has become untenable. There is no better way of develop­ pelled to get rid of black's strong knight His king is dangerously exposed; h.Js ment from here on than the one se- at K4. rook is miserably misplaced; and be bas leded by Saidy. 10 ...... R·Kl ; 11. Q·B2, 23...... N,N no counter·play. followed by N·B4 would have been un· 23. BxN QR·K 38. R·Kl K·Rl pleasant for Black, because his QP would If 38 ...... , QxQNP, then 39. Q.Q7. have been under severe pressure; in ad· N·N4; 40. Q·K6ch. dition. Black's rook at Kl seriously in· 39. 0.85 Q·N3 activates his king.knight. 40. B·B6ch B·N2 11. P·QR4 Q·1< 2 41 . QxQ P,Q 12. R·Kl •••••••• 42. BxBth Resigns Makes . . . p.B4 more diliicult for Black. 12. N·M could have been met by 12 ...... , N·K4; 13. N·R3 (13. NxN, BxN would have been comfortable for 1964 U.S. OPEN Black) P·B4; 14. P·B4, N·KB2, with a satisfactory position. SHERATON PLAZA HOTEL 12...... N·B2 Bo.ton, Mill. 13. N·B4 P·N3 AUGUST 16 - 29 14. B·B4 N·K4 15. N·R3 ...... HOUSING FOlt JUNIORS Black was seeking simplification by ef· 2.5. B.Q7 ...... Players who have not reacbed their fecting exchanges, but White avoided This is the key move to wbite's plan. 19th birthday by August 16th, 1964, them. He wants to retain control of the kinG and who wish to be housed in private 1S ...... P.QR3 file. If black persisted in staying on homes should contact the Committee Black is forced to come to a decision that file by continuing with 25 ...... , Member listed below no I.ter th.n at this poin~ither to play passively R.K2, there would have followed : 26. Mly 15, 1964: B·K6 ch! NxB ; 27. BxP. and wins. or to undertake action on the queen· FRANK FERDINAND wi ng. He chose the latter. Incidentally, 25, ...... R.QI 15 ...... , B·R3 could have been answered 26. 8·86 ...... 33 Minton RoM by 16. N{R3)·N5, and if 16 ...... , BxN; Although the bishop appears to be out SWlmpICott, MI... 01907 17. PxB, and black's QRP would have of play, it serves the important task of 66 CHESS LIFE The lcague matches were directed by Don Etson and sponsored by Parkway Chess Club at the Central YMCA. • • The Bi·Club Inv:tational, played in Monterey Park, Calif. in December and Here and There . • • January, was won by Gordon Barrett, with an undefeated 6-1. Robert Lake Duncan Suttles swept to a 12·0 victory ship (Conn.), played last autumn, was (5lh) was second and C. Marin third in the 1964 Reno Championship, con· won by Robert Libbey who scored 5%­ in a fieJd of thirty players. cluded on February 25. Thirteen players J.h to top the 24-player field. Second • • • competed in a round robin event; Wil· and third were split between Walter Robert (1. N·QR3) Durkin captUred liam Cornwall, Kenneth Jones and Tyli and Donald Grace (5). first prize in the South Jersey Open George Kirby finishing behind the win­ • • • played in Atlantic City on February ner with scores of 10-2. The Reno Chess In Santa Monica, Calif. the Winter Rat· 14-16. Durkin's score of 5lh-lh put him Club sponsored the event, which W.1S ing Tournament of the Santa Monica a full point ahead of George Cake and directed by Raymond Wheeler. Bay Chess Club was won by Steve Robert Lincoln, who tied for second and • • • Geller (5-1). Emory Gardos, Frank McRey· third. Tournament winner Durkin reo A Washington's Birthdi!lY Tournament, nolds, Gene Rodemich and Art Spiller­ ceived the Hoffman l'IIemorial Trophy sponsored by the Ohio Chess Association all with 4lh- followed the leader. A of the South Jersey Chess Association. and played in Cleveland, saw James total of 24 players competed in the Lew Wood was the T.D. Harkins, Jr. and Richard Noel, Jr. "core event, which was directed by Herbert • • • 4lh-lh to tie for first and second. Third­ T. Abel. The Kingsmen Chess Club of Brooklyn, place James Tegel (4·1) was awarded the • • • N.Y. concluded its club championship Junior Title in the 25-player event. The annual championship of the GoJd· last December. Raymond Parker (8-1) James Schroeder directed. en Triangle Chen Club, played in Grand took top honors in the lO-player round • • • Prairie, Texas from November 4 through robin, followed by Jerome Bibuld The Pittsburgh Metropolitan Cham­ December 30, 1963 ended in a tie be­ and Hamilton Robinson (5%). The pionship ended on February 15 with a tween Joseph Kolar of Dallas and Chap­ cap prize went to fourth-place median-point victory going to Fred Fore­ lain L. Randall Rogrs, USN, both scoring Straker. man. Virgil Rizzo and John Telega equall­ 6·1 in an 8-player round robin_ The • • • ed the winner's 5-1 score and finished results echoed those of the previous The Interboro Holiday Open, played second and third respectively. Twenty­ year, when Kolar and Chaplain Rogers in New York City on February 21-23, was nine players competed in the tourna· also were awarded the co-championship. won by K.enneth Fitzgerald (5lh-lh). ment at the Pittsburgh, Pa. Golden Tri • • • Runner-up in the 26-player field was angle YMCA, with Estill Duggins direct· In the Cincinnati Industrial Chess Walter Browne (5) and Paul Muecken· ing. League the University of Cincinnati berger (4%) took third. • • • made a clean sweep, winning all five of • • • Serge von Oettingen, USCF Expert and its matches. Parkway Chess Club was Viktors Pupols won the Washington chess columnist for the Davis (Calif.) second and Procter and Gamble third. State Championship, played at the "Enterprise" scored a convincing 8%·% to take top honors in the University of California's second rating tournament, played on the Davis Campus from Octo· ber 7 through January 13. Second place in the ten-player round robin went to Eriks Leitis (7); Rudolf Schmid, a sopho· more at the University, was third with 51>. • • • In the first USCF-r&.ted event in North Dakota in many years, James A. Ostby posted a 4J.h-lh score to triumph over a 17-player field on January 4-5. Second in the tournament-the Minot Open-was Dr_ Ekrem Gozum (4) while Capt. Judson T. Bauman led the 3J.h-pointers to take third on tie-break points. In addition to competing in the tournament. Bauman also directed. • • • Julius Loftsson posted a 5·1 score to edge out Duncan Suttles and Robert M. Jacobs in the Riverside Open, played in Riverside, Calif. from November 30 through December 1. Donald R. Cotten directed on behalf of the sponsoring Riverside Chess Club. • • • The Texas Junior Champion:;hip, play­ ed on January 4-5, went to David M. Lees, 4lh-lh. John Dunning was runner­ up (4) and Alan Laverty took third with 3 points. The lO-player tournament was Youthful CECELIA ROCK, a high school student from Hinsdale, Mass. will be played at College Station, Texas and one of the participants in the United States Women's Championship, which was directed by B. G. Dudley. starts in New York City on April 24. Cecelia, some of whose games have appeared • • • in CHESS LIFE, is shown here at a post_mortem from one of the many tourna­ The 1963 Greater Meriden Champion- ments in which she hu competed during the past year. MARCH, 1964 67 SeatUe Chess Club on F'ebr uary 21·23. Championship of Mexico. Smith compiled BARDEN- Pupols' score of 41h ·l lh. in the fo ur­ a score of 71h·1h and finished on top of (Contimwd from page 58) player double round robin put him a a strong 76-player field. big point and a half ahead of r unner· • • • up James McCormick. In a joint contribution to the USCF's • • • "International Mont h," the North Caro­ Norm. n T. Whitaker, USCF Master lina Chess Assn. and the Virginia Chess Emeritus from Washington, D.C., topped Federation are sponsoring a simultane­ the field in the Rio Grande Vallcy Open ous exhibition by Eliot Hearst at the in Weslaco, Texas with a breezy 5-0. Hillsboro Street YMCA in North Caro­ Mexico's Raul Re-l a Delon edged out lina on April 4. All entry fees will be John Weikel of Fort Hood, Texas for turned over to the USCF's International second, both players scoring 3 ~. Fund. Our congratulations to Ihe two • • • state organizations and to Dr. Hearst for Edward Buerger, Wilmette, III. eked this Cine contribution! out a tie-break victory in the Austin • • • Chess Club (Chicago) "Year-End" Tour· Karl Pantner scored 11·1 (two dr aws) nament, concluded on February 4. Frank to win the club championship of Gom­ S. Haubold of Chicat:;o took second In the The clever queen regrouping gives pars Park (Chicago). Ralph Tobler Jr. White a strong advantage. If 26...... , 16-player event, sponso red by the Great was second with 10-2. Lakes Chess Association. PXP; 27. 8xP, BxB; then not 28. RxN? • • • • • • (witb the idea of 28 ...... , QxR?; 29. Edward Kotski scored 7* points in In another USCF Rating Tournament N-R6 ch) because of 28 ...... , BxN but nine rounds to lake lop bonors in a in Denver, Gcrald Blair scored :PnA~ simply 28. RxB keeping up the pressure. tournament at the Pittsfield (Mass.) to top a 34.player field. Runner-up was 26...... N.K4 Chess Club. Charles Schofield was sec­ Marvin Ka tz (5), wh ile Dennis Naylin 27. BxN RxB ond and Robert Bilodeau placed third. (4Vi) edged out Gayle Hcrshey for third. Or 27 ...... , PxB; 28. PxP. • • • Al Wallace was the T.D. 28. N·R6ch K.Rl The New Orlelms Midwinter Open, • • • 29. N·B7eh l ...... played on February 22·23, saw Robert The Fifth EI Paso Open, played on Winning material. The rest, for a Garver edge out Richard Schultz In the February 21-23, was won by R. V. Wil· grandmaster, is routine. Championship Section and Robert Don­ cox, 5Vi·1f.t. Canadian master Ivan Theo­ 29...... QxN lon take first place in the Reserves. dorovich and Er ik Osbun followed with 30. Qd B·N2 • • • 5. The tournament was sponsored by the 31 . Q·&3 P-N5 Jilek L. Gibson and J erome Wiener are Chess Club of EI Paso and was directed 32. Q-Bl PxP 1964 co.champions of the Phoenix (Ariz.) by International Master George Kolt. 33. R.Q8 P·N4 Chess Club. Each won 4, drew 2, lost nowski. 34. Q-Ql 8·53 o to finish 5·1 in the Championship Sec· • • • 35. Q-Q6 B·Kl tlon. Other club titles went to R. Fred· In Michigan, the Lansing Open, con· 36. Q·N8 K.N2 erick Stahl (C lass A); John B. Kelly cluded on February 20, was won by 37. bP R·N. (C lass A Reserve); J ames H. Aden, Jr. Lewis Hamilton on a median-point de· 38. Q·R8 B..Q2 (Class B); Clarence E. Bliss (Class B cision over Ma rc Hutchinson, Lloyd Ka· 39. B..Q3 R.Q4 Reserve); Robert J . Wilson (Class C); wamura. and Joe Blecb-all 5-1. Thirty 40. bBISa)! ...... and Cecil Terry (Class D). Col . Paul L. players cManhattan Chess Club player, be· Louis Petithory, Pittsfield, Mass. and winners, In order of tic break determi· came Individual Champion. Klaus Albrecht, Clinton, Conn. emerged nations were: Homer Rhode (Tallahassee, • • • as co·champions, each scoring 5!h·!h . Ed­ Fla.) and Carrol Crull (Huntsville, Ala· Kenneth R. Smilh, well·known Texas wa rd Kotski of Pittsfield was next (5-1), bama) with 4-1, and F. F ielder Simpson, master retained his title of Texas Cham­ followed by Dr . Joseph Platz, East Hart· Robert Bronar. Thomas Davis, Clarenee pion by scoring 31f.z ·Ph in. a 6·player ford, Conn. and Arvid Klavins, Wethers­ Love and George Townes all with 31h­ round robin in Houston. Smith defeated field, Conn.-with 41/i. t il. William Bills, Houston; Eric Bone, Bay­ Other prize winners included : Alan C. The tournamcm was conducted by the town; and Fred Tears, Dallas. He drew Morrill (B); Carl McC lure (C); Joseph L. Georgia State Chess Association. with second-place Blake Stevens, San An· Heller CD); and Eugene NafranowiC% (Un­ tonio and lost to George Smith, Houston. rated). sociation and was directed this year by Earlicr. Smith scored an i";ternational This annual event is sponsored by tbe Francis W. Ke ller Jr. and Thomas M. success by winning the National Open Western Mass. & Conn. Valley Chess As· Colthart. 68 CHESS LIFE USCF RATING SUPPLEMENT MARCH, 1964 by DAVID DANIELS and WILLIAM GOICHBERG

NATIONAL-National Intercolle&jate Championship _ lt1dlana_~cem _ Towson C.C. Champlotwlhlp-()ctober.Dc ccmber b" Malch: n.chblc henko-Olive r U.S. Cham pionship- New York_ December MASSACHUSETTS_ Massaehu.teUs Open- November FOREIGN- Rheln Mll n Open-Germany-June Cheu n orlzon Xmaa Tournament- De<:ember Orleans Opcn-l<'ran~Novembt:r MICHIGAN_ Motor City Open_ November.Deeember Veterao$ Day Open_ Korea_ November Mitchel: Brady·Rlchardson; Rlchburg.Terry Rutin, Tournament--Germany- Deccmber MINNESOTA_ MlnneIPOlb Oven_ November ALABAMA- Rocket City Opeo-2 ,ectlon_ October MISSOURI_ Thanuglvlng Rltlni Open_ Novcmber·December ALASKA-AnnUIII Tha nksgiving Tournament-November NEBRASKA_ Midwest Opoln-Octohcr ARIZONA- Phoenb; C.C. Championship Qualifying Tournament-

SENIOR MASTERS (2400 .nd above) II (Clllf.) ...... , ...... •• ...... • ...... _. _ ...... MASTERS ...... - ...... -...... MARCH, 1964 69 EXPERTS ANO CLASSES A, B, C ANO 0 el

• Fr. de nburgh, (R.I.) ...... 1915 Cole, Robt. Freed , H. (C.llf.) ...... 1473 Cole man, B. (Ar;z.I. ... 111:· F reed, J .ck (C. llf.) ...... 1862 Coles, A lf. (Calif.). ... .2 045 F Ulm.n, A. (Md.}...... 1126 Behrhitllng, , J . :':~:.:: :i :.::::... ,l ~il : Collins, K. (N.Y.) ...... ll OSO Freem.n, C. (Tex.) ...... 1346 Be n, Te rry (111 .) ...... 138 0· ~~~~:,;; ...... 1 667· Collins, R. (M•• j ...... 14S3· Freem en, R. (C.llf.) .. 20M 10 CHESS LIFE (Minn.) .. 20119 «(.lIf.) .... -2015 (P•. ) ...... 2188 (ahf.). ... 1489· l(alll.) .... 2069 ,(lnd. .)...... 1652·

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L ..nn, Ron ( II ....: ...... 1534 L.rsonneur, L. . ,. Garry (Neb.) .... 1S1S· Lasarko, J . (Md.) ...... 1965 McFall, I. (France) .. ..1200· Gravas, H. J. «(010.). ... 'l005 Hirons, Phil (R.I.) ...... 1817 Kaert, E. (N.Y.) ..... " ... 1792. Lassen, G. (Tex.) ...... 1699· McFarland, H. (Fla.j .. .. 1468 Graves, Peter (Md.) .... 1198 Hirschfield, J. (Ind.). . 1'l16" K.iler, M. «(010.) ...... 1873 L.tt., R. (Okl •• j ...... 184'l McFarland, W. (Fla.l. . 1200· MARCH, 1964 71 J . (N.Y.) .... 2122 B. ~N . Y . ) .. ..174'· (0 ;0) ...... 1755· ll~I .I ...... l'6.

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CHESS LIFE ANNUALS 1961 - 1962 - 1963 Eoch volume contains .. . hundreds of games photos articles by the world's leading chess authorities Each volume contoins all hrelve issues of CHESS LIFE published during its respective yeor. Attractively bound. $6.00 postpaid each volume Available only from USCF 80 E. 11th St. New York 3, N. Y.

MARCH, 1964 73 TOURN AMENT LIFE $2.50 with a guaranteed 1St prize of $25 April 11, 12 Tournament o,pnben wl.hln, at\­ and additional prizes for the other class· 1964 PENNSYLVANIA INTERCOLLEGI· IlCH,Incement of U5CF 'M" events es. Write Walter Fraser, 5630 N. 11th St., ATE TEAM TOURNAMENT Mould mek. .pp1lClltlon .1 ,••• 1 she Philadelphia, Pa. wHIts before ttl, publlc;ltlon de', of Open to all colleges and universities CHISS LIFE. Speda' form, for , .. in Pennsylvania (team members must be '1"'11'"" $vdt .nnounumant. may ... April S members of USCF) a 5·round Swiss, 501 obt,lned only fnNn U.S, Chit" F~r.· DAVIS INTERNATIONAL TEAM 2, will be held at the Penn. State Uni· lion, 10 Eo. 11th New York 3, N.Y. versity, University Park, Penn. Teams .t .. SPEED TOURNAMENT may consist of 5 players and 2 alter· April ~, Eaeb team will consist of four nates. Entry is $5. per team. Prizes: MARYLAND OPEN players only and play will be in ac· Penn. Chess Federation rotating trophy 6-round Swiss to be played at Dun­ cordance with FIDE and USCF rules and permanent trophy for first place. dalk YMCA Dunmanway. Baltimore 22, for Speed Tournaments. Each team is Trophy for second place. Plaque awards Md. $6 entry fee ($5 if received before required to bring two clocks (drop· to top player on each of 5 boards. Book · March 27). 1st prize, $50; 2nd, $40; 3rd, flag type only), t ..... o sets and two awards for best played games and brilli· $30; 4th, $20; 5th, $10; 6th, $5 plus boards. ancy award. Schedule oC rounds: Sat.- trophies. Trophies (or A, B, C, Women, The deadline for entries is 1:30 9 A.M., 2 P.M., 7 P.M.; Sun.-9 A.M., Junior, Unrated. For details: Lewis A. P.M. April 5 at the Auditorium of 2 P.M. Please bring clocks, sets and Hucks, 2972 Cornwall Rd., Baltimore 22, Freeborn Hall, Davis Campus, Uni· boards. International Master Donald Md. versity of California. Play will start Byrne directs, For further information April 3, 4, 5 at 2 P.M. and end at 6 P.M. Time limit PHOENIX OPEN and housing reservations, write William - 5 minutes per player per game. F. FlIller, 202 Hetzel Union Bldg., Uni· Sponsored by the Phoenix Chess Club, Entry fee: $6. per player ($5. each versity Park, Penn. a 6-round Swiss, 45/ 2, will be held in the tor advance entries received before Adult Center, 1101 W. Washington St., April 1st). Codirected by Ed Edmond· April 11, 12 Phoenix, Arizona. Entry fee: $10 plus son and Dave Olmstead, t ..... o dollars ot FOURTH ANNUAL GOLDEN USCF membership. Guaranteed 1st, $100 each entry fee ..... ill be earmarked for TRIANGLE OPEN plus trophy; cash prizes for 2nd, 3rd, tbe USCF International Affairs Fund, 5-round Swiss, 50/2, to be held at the top A, B, C, Unrated, Woman and Jr. the remainder of the entry fees will Golden Triangle YMCA, 304 Wood St., Address advance entries and inquiries to be given as cash prizes. Pittsburgb 22, Pa. Entry fees: $6. seniors; Col. Paul Webb, 1631 W. Mulberry Dr., Send entry fees and write for ad· $4, jrs. under 18. First prize guarantee-­ Phoenix Arizona, 85015. ditional information to: Serge von $100. Other cash prizes according to April 3, 4, $ Oettingen, 621 East 8th St., Davis, entries. For additional Information con· SOUTH CENTRAL VALLEY OPEN Calif. 95616 (phone 753-4293) tact the tournament director, Dr. F. A. Co·sponsored by the Fresno, Visalia Sorensen, 814 East End Ave., Pittsburgh and The College of the Sequoias Chess 21, Pa. Clubs a 6·Round Swiss, 40 moves/ 2 hours. Allrll 11. I' FOURTH ANNUAL FOREST CITY OPEN Alltil 11, 12, 18, 19 $50.00 guaranteed for 1st prize. Other GREATER CHICAGO OPEN prizes as income permits. First round Sponsored by the Cleveland Chess As· sociation, a 5-round Swiss will be held Sponsored by the Greater Chicago starts at 8:(1) p.m., Friday night, April Chess League and the Chicago Chess 3. At the Student Union oC The Col· at the Central YMCA, E. 22 & Prospect Ave., Cleveland, Ohio. Entry fee: $5. Foundation, an 8·round Swiss will be lege of the Sequoias, Visalia, California. played at the Gompers Park Field House, Entry fee $2.50 plus USCF membership. plus USCF membership. Guaranteed lst, $100.; other cash prizes. Please bring 4224 W. Foster, Chicago, DI. Entries Players having boards, sets and clocks close at 11 A.M. April 11. Entry fees: are requested to bring them for tourna· clocks, sets and boards. Registration closes 8:30 A.M. April 11. Send advance $12. seniors; $8. Jrs. Tournament di· mcnt use. Send entries in advance and rector- Mr. Frank Skoff. inquiries to: Tom Stamper, 1334 South entries and inquiries to Joe Uher, 1579 Conyer, Visalia, California. Holmden, S. Euclid, Ohio 44121. This tradition!ll tournament has al­ April II, 12 April 4, $ ways been a record setter for Chicago. HURON VALLEY OPEN MISSISSIPPI·LOUISIANA OPEN This year there is a guaranteed prize 5·round SwisS, 50/ 2, will be held at the 5·round Swiss, 50/2, will be held at fund of $1 ,000.00. First three prizes­ Huron Motor Inn, Washington & Pearl the Eola Hotel, Natchez, Miss. on April $200., $125., $100. (15 top prizes in allf) Sts., Ypsilanti, Mich. 48197. Entry fee: 11 and 12 with an optional round on Multiple prizes in all classes including $6. seniors; $4. jrs. under 16. Trophies. April 10. Entry: $5. plus USCF member· trophies. Class A: S40., $25., $15. Class For further information write to Albert ship. Trophies for Classes A, B, C. For B: $30., $20., $10. Class C: $25., $15. In S. Baptist, 930 S. Grove Rd., Ypsilanti, further information contact W. W. Crews, addition there are the woman's, Junior Mich. Shrevesport, La. or Neville Marshall, and unrated prizes. Address all inquiries Allrn 4, S Natchez, Miss. Please bring clocks, sets to Peter Wolf, 6435 N. Damen, Chicago 7th ANNUAL LAKE ONTARIO OPEN and boards. 45, 111. ' 5·round Swiss will be held at the Cen· tral YMCA, 100 Gibbs St., Rochester, N.Y. on Sat. and at the University Club 1964 LAS VEGAS OPEN CHESS TOURNAMENT on Sun. Entry: $6. plus USCF member· July 4-5+1 _ Hotel Slhlrl _ GUlranteed Prilis ship. Guaranteed 1st, $100.00. For fur· First Second Third Fourth Fifth tber information contact Erich March· · . + Trophy $200,00 $100.00 $50.00 $25.00 and, 192 Seville Dr., Rochester 17, N.Y. · . + Trophy Trophy Players are requested to bring docks · . + Trophy $ SO.OO $ SO.OO and sets. · . + Trophy $100.00 $ 50.00 AII,II 4, $ · . + Trophy $100.00 $ SO.OO FRANKLIN MERCANTILE 30.30 · . + Trophy $ 75.00 $ SO.OO '·round Swiss, 30/ 30, sponsored by the · . + Trophy $ 50.00 $ 25,00 Franklin Mercantile Cbess Club for the No evening Games. Door prize $50. Free COupon books for drinks, meals, gilts. title of Philadelphia 30/ 30 Champion, Director: George Koltanowski. Entry Fee $20. For advance registration write: wUl be beld at the Franklin Club, 133 S. 13th St., Philadelphia, Pa. Entry fee- 611 North Main ART GAM LIN Las Vegas, Nevada

74 CHESS LIFE April 12, 19, 2&, May 3, etc. Prizes: trophies for \st, Class A, B, C, Awards: Expert, (1st) $100 and trophy, EVERY·SUNDAY TOURNAMENT Top Woman, Top J unior. Merchandise (2nd) $50 and trophy, (3rd) Cbess Clock; 4-Round Swiss; 40 moves in 2lh hours, prizes according to entries. Tournament "A", (1st) $35. and trophy, (2nd) $15. and no adjudications, will be held at the winner and top woman to have entries trophy, (3rd) Staunton Chess Set; Ama· Rossolimo Chess Studio, 191 Sullivan St., paid into U.S. Amateur. Door prize. teur, (1st, 2nd) Chess clocks, (3rd) St aun· ton Chess Set. N .Y. 12, N .Y . (Grandmaster Rossolimo Registration deadlinQ: April 17, 7 p.m.; will participate) . One round each Sunday sets, boards, clocks. For details contact 5·round Swiss, 40/2, to be played at the from 2 P .M. to 7. Please bring clocks. tournament director, Robert Goodspeed, l\-iarion Hotel, 108 N. Magnolia, Ocala, For further information, contact Nicolas 981 Plymouth St., Bridgewater, Mass. Florida. For further information: Mr. Rossolimo at tbe above address, or GR- 02324. Max Bruss, 1139 E. Henry St., Ocala, Florida. 5·9737. Registration closes 7 P.M., Sat. USCF membership required. USCF rated. April 18, 19 April 24·26 A pr il 14 · May 19 IOWA STATE CHAMPIONSHIP NEW JERSEY STATE AMATEUR EAST LANSING SPRING OPEN Restricted to residents of the state of Open to all who are rated below USCF Iowa, a 5-round Swiss, 40/100 min., will A 6·round Swiss, 40/2 will be held at masters (2200), a 6-round Swiss, 5012, be played at the Des Moines YMCA, 1st will be held at the Plaza Motor Hotel, the Inn America Motor Hotel, 2736 E. Ave. & Locust Ave., Des Moines, Iowa. Grand River Avenue, East Lansing. Mich­ 500 Cooper St., Camden, New Jersey. Entry fees: $5. seniors; $4. if rated below Entry fees: $5 seniors; $3 juniors under igan. Entry fee is 55 plus USCF member· 1700; 52. for unrated Jrs. under 19. ship: trophy and $25 bond to the tour· 21, plus USCF & NJSCF memberships. Trophies to first and second in cham· Trophies. For further details: Lewis E. ney winner; trophies to r unner·up, A, pionship division; trophies to top junior B, & C. Address further inquiries to the Wood, 1425 Sycamore St., Haddon and top middle·class. For further details, Heights, N.J. 08035 sponsoring club- East Lansing P.O. Box write the tournament director J ohn M. #14, East Lansing, Mich. Osness, 320 Columbus Circle, Waterloo. Iowa 50701. April 25 & 2& lst CENTRAL MICHIGAN OPEN April 17, It, 19 Sponsored by the Lansing Chess Club, APRIL IN PARIS S round, 50/2, Swiss, USCF, at YMCA, International Tournament April 18, 19 301 W. Lenawee, 3 blocks south of Capi­ (5th USCF Rating Tournamen t, France) 1964 K. C. INTERNATIONAL tol, Lansing, Mich. 1st round at 9:00 7·round Swiss at Pershing Hall, A.M. on 4/25. please bring sets & clocks. Paris Post 1, American Legion, Paris, 5-round Swiss, 40/2, will be held at Prize fund over $250. Savings bond of France. Open to ali USCF members. the Downtown YMCA 10th & Oak, S100 plus trophy for winner, $50 and $25 $5 entry fee of which $3 will be ap· Kansas City, Mo. Entry fee: $10.00. bond for 2nd and 3rd. Valuable prizes plied to cash prizes. For information, Trophies for 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, a jun· plus trophies for winners and runner­ wr ite (air·mail) to the tournament di· ior prize (under 21), an unrated prize up in classe~ A, B, C and for Women rector. Ca pt. Tad Gorczyca, Box 4046, and Class A, B, and C awards. Plus and Junior. Entry fee $6.00, J uniors APO 10. N.Y., N.Y. or to Mr. David cash bonus awards of $15 per point S5.OO. Advance entries and inquiries to H. Rogers, ath MlDet., APO 111, N .Y., over 31f2 points (this is for EVERY· Ed Mo lenda, Treasurer LCC, 3105 W. N.Y. ONE). For deta.ils: John R. Beitling, Willow, Lansing, Mich. 3533 Genesee St., Kansas City 11, Mo.

April 25-2& REGION VII ICLA TEAM AND April 17·19 INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONSHIP Apr il 18, 19 Restricted to Region VII undergradu· CORNELL INTERNATIONAL OPEN ate students, a 5-round Swiss will be SECOND ANNUAL NORMAN CHESS played at the Memorial Student Center, Two dollars of tbe entry fee will FESTIVAL be earmarked for the USCF's Inter­ Texas A & M University, College Station, national Affairs Fund. &-round Swiss, Sponsored by the Oklahoma Stab Texas. Entry fees: $10 per team of four 50/ 2, will be played at Willard Chess Association. a 4-round Swiss, 50/ players plus ICLA affiliation ($10). Tro· Str aight Hall, Cornell Univ., Ithaca, 21,%, will be played at the Okla. l.Iemor· phies to winning team and to individ· N.Y. An optional first round may ial Union, University of Oklahoma., Nor· uals plus travel grants to national inter· be played Friday evening- registra· man, Okla. Entry fee: $3. There will be collegiate. For further details: B. G. tion at 7 P.:\1. or Sat . morning- regis. a separate tournament for juniors under Dudley, 10 13 E . 23 St., Bryan, Texas tration 9 A.:\1. S6. entry fee. $75. first la. Cash prizes as entries permit: book 77801. prize; other prizes as entries permit. prize to top junior. Top Norman resi· For fun details: Peter Berlow, Chern· dent will be the Norman Champion. Reg· istration closes 11 A.M. For further info, istry Dept.. Cornell University, Ithaca, Apr il 25 ·26 N.Y. write D. Ballard, 1210 Wilson Center Drive, Norman, Okla. QUEEN CITY OPEN 5·round Swiss, 24/1, will be played at the Parkway YMCA, 1105 Elm St., A pril 17.19 April 24-26 Cincinnati 10, Ohio. Entry fees: $6 5TH ANNUAL NEW ENGLAND 1964 FLORIDA EXPERTS senior s; $4.50 juniors (Sl discount AMATEUR TOURNAMENT up to Apr. 20). Prize awards- at least 6-rd. Swiss, 50/2, to be played at Boyls· This tournament is divided into three 50% of entry fees. Two doUars of ton YMCU, Boston, Mass. Entry fees ac· sections: Expert Division- Oimited to each cntry fee will help support the cording to USCF rating: Class A or bet· rating 2000 plus or a plus s!":ore in the International Affairs Fund. The Park· ter-$9.00; Class B-$7.00; Class C or 1963 Regional or State Tournaments), A way Chess Club is the sponsor. Ad· lower- 55.00. A $1 discount on any en· Division--(rating 1750·2000), Amateur dr ess advance entries and inquiries try received before April 10. Tourna­ Division- (below 1750 rating). Entry fees: to R. B. Hayes, 820 Woodbine Ave., ment open to any USCF member whose Expert, $10 + USCF + FCA ($2); A, Glendale, Ohio. last published rating is 2199 or lower. $8 ++; Amateur, $6. ++. MARCH, 1964 75 and inquiries to : Mrs. T. J. Howes, 67 April 25·2' Lawler St., Holyoke, Mass. 01041. Jun. " 1 MINOT INTERNATIONAL OPEN TWIN CITY INTERNATIONAL OPEN May 21-31 5-round Swiss, 50/2, wiD be held at 5·round Swiss, 3011, will be played 1964 BUCKEYE OPEN the Ramada Inn, Minot, North Dakota at the Minneapolis YMCA, 8th & La· -registration closes at 8:30 A.M. $2 Salle, Minneapolis, Minn. Entry fees: 7·round Swiss at the Secor Hotel, Jef· of the $6 entry lee will go to the $5 plus USCF membership; students, ferson Ave., Toledo, Ohio. Prizes- 1st USCF International Affairs Fund. $4. Prizes awarded according to the $300j 2nd, $200; ard, $100. Merit prizes Prizes: 1st $25; 2nd $15; 3rd $5 plus number or entries-awards for 1st, $25 for each point over 41f.e, junior and trophies. For fU rther info: Capt. J. T. Classes A, B, C. For further details: class awards. Entry fee: $12.50 seniors Bauman, 104· 1 Glacier Dr., Minot Ken Rykken, 6301 Wentworth Av. So., (18 or older); $8.50 juniOl"li (17 or young· AFB, N. Dakota. A second, non·ra ted Minneapolis, Minn. This is an Inter· er). Registration closes 7 P.M. laIay 28. novice event will be held at the same national Affairs Tournament spon· Adva nce registration- All penons who time. All players are requested to sored by the Tv.'in City Chess League. enler in advance will receive a free bring sets and clocks. chess book. Do not mail entries after May 18. Send to-Ohio Chess Assn., Box May 2, 3 5268, Cleveland, Ohio. Juna 13, 14 NEW HAMPSHIRE OPEN Mly 2"31 FALLS CITY OPEN 5-round Swiss, 50/ 2, wiU be played at UNITED STATES AMATEUR the N.H. Savings Bank, Concord, N. H. CHAMPIONSHIP 6·round Swiss, sponsored by the Louis· Prizes: 1st, $50 min.; other cash prizes vi.lle Chess Club, will be held at The and trophies-slarling time- 9 A.M. En· The traditional U.S. Amateur Cham· Mall, Shelbyville Road at Watterson Ex· try fee: rcgular $6; students, $4 plus pionship will again be held in Asbury pressway, Louisville, Kentucky. Entry USC}' membership. For further details, Park, N.J. over the Memorial Day week· fee: $5 plus US CF membership. Prizes- write Mr. George Bart, 30 Dunklee St., end. Details in our next issue. 1st, $50.; 2nd, $20. ; other, by number Co ncord, New Hampshire. oC entries. Address inquiries to Samuel May 2', '11, 31 Fulkerson, Route 1112, Jeffersontown, Ken· tueky. M.y 15, 16, n BIRMINGHAM OPEN & AMATEUR 1964 ATLANTA OPEN 5-round Swiss, 45/2, will be held at the Thomas Jefferson Hotel, Birming· Jun. 1', 20, 21 sponsored by the Atlanta Chess Assn., ham, Alabama. The open championship DOWN EAST OPEN a O·round Swiss, 40/ 2, will be played at is unrestricted and the amateur cham· thc Atlantan Hotel, 111 Luckie St., At· pionship is for 1800 and lower rated The third annual Downeast Open tour· lanta, Ga. Pri1;cs: 1st $300; 2nd $150; players. Entries: Open section $6; Ama· nament, a 6-round Swiss, will be played 3rd $ IOO i 4th $50; classes $25 each; other tcur $4. Registration closes at 6:45 P.M. at the Portland, Maine YMCA starting awards. Entry fees: juniors under 18, aod there is an oplional first round on 8 P.M., Friday. Cash prizes plus trophy $6; others rated under 1850, $8; unrated Friday (7 P.M.) for those who do not to the winner. Entry fee : $5 plus USCF $9; aU others $12. Address advance. en· want to play three rounds on Saturday. membership. For further details contact tries and inquiries to tournament dlrec· Cash awards and trophies. Players are Stuart Laughlin, 68 Prospect St., Port· tor, Dr. R. Fromke, Atlanta Chess Assn., requested to bring clocks. For fUrther in· land, Me. Box 621, Atlanta, Ga. 30301. formation write Charles Cleveland, 15th Floor, Empire Bldg., Birmingham 3, Ala. Grandmaster Pal Benko wiU handle alI Jun_ 1', 20 adjudications and will conduct a simul· ta ncous at the tourney site on Thursday MlY 29. 30, 31 BITBURG OPEN (April 14, 7:30 P.M.). Special hotel rates MISSOURI OPEN and 10% on advance entries until May 2. Sponsored by the European Chess Dis· Sponsored by the St. Louis Chess trict, a 5·round Swiss, 45/ 2, will be held League, a a·round Swiss, 5012, will start at the Base Service Club, Bitburg Air May 14, 17 at 7 P.M. at the Downtown YMCA, 1528 Force Base, Bitburg, Germany. Entry: $3.50; pri1;es according to entries. For INDIANA CHAMPIONSHIP Locust St., St. Louis, Mo. Entry fee: $7. Prizes: 1st $l00j 2nd $50; special claS!; further information: write the T.D. Mr. 5-round Swiss, 60/ 2, will be held at prizes. The title of Missouri Open Cham· David H. Rogers, 8th Mil. Intel. Det., Memorial Center, PUrdue University, La· pion goes to the winner and the title of A.P.O. 11 1, N.Y., N.Y. fa yette, Indiana. Title restricted. Entry Missouri State Champion is restricted to fees: $5 seniors; $3 juniors under L8. the highest finishing Mo. resident. Ad· Junl 27, 2a Awaros: Trophies and book prizes. Regis· dress advance entries and inquiries to tration until 9 A.M. May 16. For further Mr. C. M. Bwton, 2217 Thurman Ave., CENTRAL NEW ENGLAND OPEN information write, E. R. Sweetman, 3055 St. Louis, 10, Mo. N. Meridian St., Apt. -t4A, Indianapolis, The Fourth Annual Central New Eng· Indiana 46208. Jun. 5, " 1 land Championship, sponsored by the Wachusett Chess Club, will be held at CORAL GABLES OPEN May 11 &. 24 the First Parish Church Hall, Ma in St., 13TH ANNUAL W. MASS. 5·round Swiss, 45/ 2, will be played at Upper Common, Fitchburg, Mass. The 6· CHESS TOURNEY the War Memorial Youth Center, 400 round Swiss, 6012 , starting at 9:30 A.M ., Anastasia Ave. , Coral Gables, Fla. and it will guarantee $250 in cash priu!s. Entry Restricted to residents of W. Mass. or is to be divided into three sections:­ members of W. Massachusetts clubs, a an Open, fees $5 ($3 juniors under 21)j fees; Masters & Experts, $10; A, $8; 6·round Swiss, 5012 , will be held at the an Amateur, fees $4 ($2 juniors); a Boos· B, $7; C, $6; Unrated, $6. One dollar Plimpton Library, Williston Academy. ter (under 1700), fees $3 ($1 juniors). reduction if you enter prior to June 23. Payson Ave., Easthamplon, Mass. Reg· $100 first prize guaranteed. Other pri1;CS: Please bring sets and clocks. Send all istration fees, $4 plus USCF member· cash and trophies. Please bring sels and ship, must be paid by May 14. Players clocks. For further information: Wm. correspondence to: Frank Hacker, 30 are requested to bring sets, boards and O'Regan, 10720 SW 5th St., Mianti , Fla. Wendell Road , Fitchburg, Mass. 01420 clocks. Trophy awards. Address entries 33165. (Diamond- 2·7571). 76 CHESS LIFE