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The issues of CHIi SS REVII;W may get worn 30(1 yellow with age-but the contents never grow ol d! The g ames th at were played in tIle matches and tou rnaments of last yea r and other years are just as important, just as interesting as they were at the time they wcrc played. The annotations by leading mas_ ters M C just as instructive. Chess problems, end_game studies, articles on theory and practical play, analyses of openings, p ic­ tures nod personal it y sketches of thc masters, features by Reuben Fine, Kashdan, Rcinfcl d, Marshal/, Horowitz, Cherney and other masters- these things nc,'cr grow old. They make as good reading now as on Ihe day they wefe published. Handsomel y bound in d atil, each volume of CH li$S RE VIE W is a treasure of ente rtainment and instruction, a (on stant source of reference. Each vo lume is com· pletel y indexed. The 1942 volume, published in a sp&ial bind. ing, is the first complete yea r in our new format. With pictures and diag rams galore, this volume con· tains the record of such important events as the U. S. Championship Tourney, the Opcn Federation Tour. ney, the Rapid Chess Championship Tourney and Ventnor City Tourney. There are eight ··Game of the Month·· fea tures by Reuben Fine, 8 PLAY THE MASTERS, Chess Thri ll ers, End.games and other BOUND VOLUMES oddities by Irving Chern ev, a book.full of chess prob. lems, serials by Frank Marshall and Fred Reinfeld, OF CHESS REVIEW the scores of 131 games! As the years go by, the bound volumes of CHE SS 1935. 1936 or 1937. REVI EW nC(:ome more and more valuable. W e bind Each ...... $2.50 only a limited number each yea r. Some volumes are now out of print and book dealers sell them at a 1941 Volume ...... $3.00 high premium. lbe volumes still ava ilable arc listed in the box at the Icfr. At these low prices they reo 1942 Volume ...... $3.50 present value you cannot duplicate, an opportunity yo u cannot afford to miss. Mail your order NOW. Bound Vol umes for 1933, 1934, 1938, t939 and 1940 a re out of .print. St ock of remaining vol umes is getting low. Order now before it i, too lat e. CHESS REVIEW 250 West 57th St. New York, N. Y.

BETTER WAS ! !! HERESY LETTERS Sirs : Sirs: (conUuued) May I express a dmiration fo r W ith reSllect to Mr. Cha ll ve· the ma nner In which chess has ne ts' le ttel· (I\l oling me all saying MARSH ALL'S MOV E apl)rOI)l" htled Englis h pu nctua· t ion and g iven it a new meaning. that " all the good chess pla yers Sirs: a re in New York Cit y" I wouM Almost the only move dele· The intimation, " "i~'::"~ say t hat Mr. Chauvenet could by tho Weins tock 1, gated to t he lowly period Is I not pO ssibly have heard me sn.y [lEVIE W, l"ebruu)'y p.Q-I. This period expreRses II such he rosy and I certainly Mnl'ghnll'g movo (11 . . sad "Why nnt." Any move w!th would not have written down was originated by anyone the sllghtcst semblance of orl· allY such statement as [ k now Marshall Is laugha ble. I know ginalily Is honored wilh t wo ex· that thnt Is very far from the ror a [act that the move wns clamation points!! T his me ans, fllCt, accepted as Marshall's own vari· ·''''Iy. how nice!: " If the move a tion by such players as K. O. ill outsU\ndlngly br illiant It rates In ,·jsltlng all of the lA rge RII MOlt·Smlth and John Brtlnnemer t hree of the dar n lh l ng s~ !! chess centel's of the 0, S, berol'e 1938. The latter played a Tl'anslnte(1. they express the Vice·Presldent o f t he U . S . Chess pastil I gnm8 with Dr, Royal S. thought. '·Holy :Moses, what a Federation J have met Hnd Ollvls In 1936, using lhe I'aria­ guy!!!·' played with in Tournnments very mlluy of the out o( lown tton. T hen there Is the questIon seemll to have appenred i n experts. it mark ? You use it ill 1111 unCOil' UrlUsh chess for the Hrlll t ime I'enl!onal manner in t hat yon I mention II. few of them: Mar· In 1938. when )1i1ner·Darry tried III ace it fl t the end o f fl simple chand, Anderson and others in It unlluccessfully ... I used it deelarflt!ve sentence? F or ex· St. Louis, Sam Factor, Ha lbohm m yself at Cazenovia in 1938 ample. Qxl'? T his means, " W h y and ot hers in Chicago. S te ine r against Moss. ParlOS lind some does he mn.ke such a louSy blu n· and W011lston in California, of the others who were watch· der?" Or Kt·B9?? This of \Veaver Adams and Sam Katz in ing t he game- all rcfcl'I'CU to it course Is I~ very unusunl move Boston, Mugr!(lge and Mengarinl a~ Marshall's llew mov o, and the punctuation Indlcntes in W ashington, Dr. Schmidt In ELDOIWUS DA Y'rON that the player ought to lmve Detroit, Jacob Levin. Damoy New Hocilelle, N. Y. his head e:x a mined, Theu t here \Vinkelman li nd many othcl·s In is t he Instance of such a n out· Philadelphia. and J. C. T llolll i>­ standing playas KxK ??? T he SO li a nt! M r. \Voodbury In the PERFECT three q uesllon marks mean South. Sirs: " W hat is t his Nazi doing to On t h l'ee occa sions commit· . .. I have been t r ying to us???" tees of which I was Chairman think of some helpful Benr i n mind, I have no ob· awarded brl11iancy alu! best tIons that might impl'ove jectIon to your alteration of the vlayed game p!"!zes to out of H I ~V m\V, but dal'lI It all the King's English!! ~! I admire lowneri:l when even O\H' own mAgA.zlne Is pel'fect; it just Ca ll't you fa!' It???? HenHy, it Is Grand i\I aster Heuben Fine was be ill1l)roveri upon. rather nlc,e!?!?! lilayiilg for Instance Andersoll'!oI AI, .J. 0:1.00 MORTON W If,D win at St. Louis against Adams Detroit, !'II Ic h. Ne w Yo rk, N. y , ar,d SChm idt 's wi n where the g reat HermAn S te iner ..... alt play· ing. My committee awarded best played game prize to WOlllston or California where eight of our New York Ma sters were compet· A LETTER TO YOU ing. Dcn)" Subscriber. With respect · to Mr, Chas. 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186 CHES S REVIEW DIN G GOES THE TEN·SECONO BELL ! K upchl k and F ine r ea ch fo rw ard In unison t o make thei r 1II0Ves in t he 9t h r ound of t he U . S. Speed Championshi p T ourney on July 4t h. Kupchik ( right center f~ regrou nd ) is playing Adams (just visible at lower left corner) while Fine, beyond Kupchik, i. playing Knhdan. At the low er rig ht , w atching Fine, is finalist F eldman. CHESS REVI EW reporters take down t he scor el. Fine Retains Speed Title

At New York 's Ca pita l Hotel, on July 4th, man and other chess stars were the victi ms of Fine's REUBEN FI N E scored cleven stra ight wi ns 10 re· devas tating accuracy. Ilin the U. S. Li,l( htni ng Chess Championship for Longtime ri vals Reshe\'sky and Fine-both wotlll mOlher ye:.r. Nalional Champion SAt.'IUE L RES. championship contenders and outstand in.'l a mon~ HEVS KY fin ished in second place wit h a score of American masters-met in the fi nal round to play .2. Thinl and fourth pri zes went to ABRA HAM the decidi ng game. Reshevsky bad d ra wn t\\'o and KU PCHIK ~nd ISAAC KA SHDAN respectively. needed a wi n to lie the score; but his hopes \'anishc

UNE. j UI.Y, 194 3 187 CLASS B FI NALS W 1, D ScoI'e A. S, Pinkus ______10 0 1 10~ · ~ Sergt, J. Soudakotr ______8 2 1 O. Tenner ______7 3 1 8~·2~ 7 ~ · 3 ~ Dr. J. Platz ______6 3 2 7 -. S. A lmg ren ______6 4 1 6% ·41A1 N. Marder ___ • ______6 4 1 6%·4 ~ E . S. Jack son ______3 3 5 S%·51A1 C. D, Saxon ______5 6 0 5 ·6 J. Goodman ______3 6 2 I. W hite ______4 7 0 • -7 • -7 A. DiCamillo ______] 10 0 J ·10 A. S. Denker' ( forfeited 1111 games ) ______0 11 0 o ·11 CLASS C FINALS W 1, D Score M. Saltzbel'g ______9 I 1 9J,.~ · 1 ~ Chernev ______I, 8 2 .1 8 ~· 2 1A1 I. Rl vlse ______8 2 1 S. Rublnow ______7 3 1 81,i·2~ L. Williams ______7 3 1 71,i·3 ~ 7 ~·3~ A. Martin ______4 4 3 5!J.t·5~ A. Hothman ______4 5 2 5 ·6 A. Turner ______4 5 2 5 ,6 A. A. Link ______3 5 3 4!J.t·6"h It G. Anderson ______2 9 0 2 -9 Dr. A. Iluschke ______1 9 ] 1!J.t ·9lh L. Voss ______0 1 1 0 o ·1 I CLASS 0 F I NALS R EUBE N F IN E a nd SA MU EL RE SHEVSKV W L D Sco're T hey finished 1·2 in the Speed Championship 8. Altman ______9 1 0 9 -1 Tour ney and shake hands for the eamera. Sa mmy D. SibbeU ______8 0 I I,. Pel'slnger ______7 2 ] 8 ~· 1 ~ is holding his 2nd prize chee k. 1!J.t · 2~ Dr. R. J. Slater ______5 2 3 S, Bernstein ______5 5 0 6!J.t · 3~ E. Johnson ______4 6 0 , -, • -6 C. Teal'S ______4 6 0 ,I ·6 T he en tries w ere divided into four groups and I. Frelsner ______3 6 I preliminary play started at 2 p.m, Three from each A.· Onderdonk ______3 7 0 3!J.t · 6~ preilmlnary section won the r ight to com pete for 3 -7 It Hays ______3 7 0 3 -7 the tltle In the evening session. Some uj,sets feat· E. Melnick ______• ___ 1 9 0 ured the IIftel'lloon pin.}'. Arnold S. Denker lost to 1 -9 Sergt. Soudakorr In the last round and thus failed to At the conclusion of play, arouml -I I II.m., U, S. make the chnmplonKhip group In the thulls; he did Chess ~'ed e ratlon V ice· President \ Valtel' Stell hens, not conUnue. Albert S. Pinkus was e).:j)ected to L . director or the tournament, awarded t he pr izes, quallfy bllt failed to make the gl'ade. ArllRteur Speed Cham pion ~'Ine, hot and dillhevelled after Cham pion Ed wnrd S. Jackson was barely ou t pointed his brilliant exhlbitlon of stami na alld sk ill, but by Philadelphia's Irving Heitner who made the finals smiling broadly nonetheles8. recei ved the HI'st prize and knocked out Jackson in the last l'Ound, Heshev· o f $1)0 and the custody the Sturgls·Stellhena sky los t I)olnts In the preliminaries, Including a or 1!J.t T rO llhy another year. (See F ront Cover). de feat at the hands o f Oscar T en ner. rOJ' U. S. Champion Ileshe\'sk), was aw arded second The pl ayers who failed to quailfy fOI' the champ· prize o f $25 anti then shook hands with ~~Ine for ionshlp ~ectl o n competed in the Class B, Class C and lhe camera, Chess master Kupchik, veteran of count· Class D finals o f 1he evening session. The groups less tolll'nllments at home and abroad, received a were formed In accordance with the standings In big hand from the cl'owd liS he was I)resented with the n.relimlnnl'les. Pinkus won the mednl In Class third prize or $15. I;'olll'th prize of $ I{I was Ilw I\l'ded D. ill. Sn ltzberg Ilnlshed at the tOI) III ClIls~ C and to Intel'nationallst I(ashdan. The winners of the Benjamin A ltman took the honors in Class D. Class B, C and D gl'oupS were given medalll, The conwlete results In all four finnl ~ee tions were as follows: CHESS RE V IEW Reports Gam e Sco res At t he fn st I'llte of pia)" contestants wel'e un· CLASS A F INALS able to record the score8 o f t hei r games, but CHESS U, $ , SPEED CHAMPION SHIP HE VIEW rellOI'ter8 took down the moves of all ImllOrtant ga mes as t hey were being Iliayed. W L 0 Score R. Fine ______11 0 0 T he scores show that mssters play almost as 11 ·0 good chess at t en secouds a move all they do when S. Reshevsky ______8 1 2 9 -2 playing at a slow time limi t! Needless t o say, a few A. Kupchlk ______7 4 0 7 .. I I. Kashdan ______5 ,I 2 blunders are made- but surpI'ls!ngly few. Some of M. Gl'een ______5 5 1 6 ·5 the games li re full of fireworks. The one between 5%·5;4 Fine and Klipchik Is a. real thrll1er (B ee Page .190). I, H ei tner ______3 4 ,I 5 ·6 1. A. Horowitz ______4 5 2 In this game Kupchlk made a nice 5·move comblns. 5 ·6 tion sacrificing a I(nlght and then regaining t he Pfc H. Seltlmnn ______3 5 3 4;4·6,\0\: piece with t wO pawns and the attack to boot. Dr. H. Sussman ______3 5 3 4'h·6'h Kupchlk had jU@l ten seconds to work out that com. W , W . Adams ______3 7 1 3%·7'h bination! A. Feldman ______t 7 3 2 "h.g "h E . Schwar'tz ______2 8 I A few of t he games are pu blished thle montll. 2"h·8* More will be released In later issues.

188 CHE SS R EV I EW Seat ed, standing and up on chairs, spectators QUEEN'S GAMBIT ACCEPTED e~mpl e t e ly encircle the players t o watch the deciding Samuel Reshevs ky Reuben Fine ~~me between Reshe vsJ<;y a nd Fine In the last round W hite Illack of the U. S. Speed Champlon,hlp T o urnament. Only 1 P _Q4 P _Q4 21 R_Rl Kt_Kt5 2 P_QB4 p,p K_R2 R_Ql I fe w w ere able to lee wha t was going on. CHESS 22 3 Kt-KB3 Kt_KB3 23 B. Kt5 P _R3 REV IEW reporters t oo J<; down the ·,core wh iC h ap­ 4 P-K3 P-K3 24 .,. Q •• ,ears at the r ight. 5 BxP P_B4 25 QR.QBl Kt_Q6 Q_Kt2 Fine was ne rvous and Ruhev,J<;y played w it h 6 0-0 P-QR3 26 R (1).B3 7 0 -K2 P.P 27 P_QKt3 Q_Ktl ulm assu ra nce-but lost. Fine accepted the Queen's 8 R-Ql P _QKt4 28 R_B7 Q_Kt5 (lamb it, built up a good position, w on a Pawn after 9 B_Kt3 B_K2 29 P _Kt3 Q_Kt3 Q_Kt4 ~i l 30t h move whe n Ruhevsky w aa fOl"Ce d t o move 10 P _QR4 PxRP 30 K_Kt2 11 RxQP Q_B2 31 Q_K4 KtxKP )is Queen to avoid 31 ... Kt. B5c h. A quick attack 12 BxPc h B·Q2 32 Q. KB4 P _B4 til the King then deCi ded the game. 13 Kt-B3 33 KtxK t RxKt 14 R (1)xB •••0-0 34 R_K7 O·Q4ch 15 P·K4 Kt.B3 35 K_R2 R-K8 Additiollal games from the SI)eed T ourney on the 16 R ( Q4)_ B4 KR.Q l 36 R.B3 Q·08 en page. 17 P.K5 Kt.Q4 37 RXPCh K.R 18 KtxKt RxKt 3B P. KKt4 0 ·Q3 All photos by CHESS HEVIE:W Photographer 19 P_R 3 0 _02 Reaig na 'ED GOLDSCHMIDT. 2Q B_B4 P.QR4 JUNE-JULY, 1943 189 Speed Championship Games

QUEEN'S PAWN OPENING QUEEN'S PAWN OPENING Isaac Kashdan Reuben Fine Samuel Reshevsky Isaac K as hdan White Black White Black 1 P_Q4 Kt.KB3 20 P_QKt4 P.QR3 1 P_Q4 Kt.KB3 17 PxP p,p 2 P_QB4 P_K3 21 Q_KtS K.Rl 2 P_QB4 P_K3 18 Kt.QR4 B,B 3 Kt-QB3 B_Kt5 22 P·QR4 Kt·B4 3 Kt_QB3 P.Q4 19 QxB Kt_KS 4 Q_B2 Kt. S3 23 B.B5 Kt·Q3 4 B_Kt5 QKt_Q2 20 KR_Bl P. KB4 5 Kt_S3 P.Q3 24 P_Kt5 p,p S PxP p,p 21 Kt.KS QR_Bl 6 P_KKt3 0-0 25 BPxP BxKt 6 P.K3 P_B3 22 Q.R6 R_B2 7 B. KtZ P_K4 26 BxB P-QKt3 7 Q_B2 B_K2 23 RxP R,R 8 PxP p,p 27 B.QKt4 P·K5 8 B.Q3 0 _0 24 QxR Q,Q 9 0-0 BxKt 2S B· KtZ P_KB4 9 Kt.B3 R_Kl 2S KtxQ Kt-K3 10 QxB Kt·K5 29 R_B6 P.B5 10 P_KR3 Kt_B1 26 R_Kt7 P_QR3 11 Q_B2 Kt.Q3 30 BxKt P,B 11 B_KB4 B.Q3 27 R.K7 K _Bl 12 R.Ql 8 . 84 31 RxKtP P_K6 12 BxB Q,B 28 Rx? Kt. B3 13 Q_R4 Q_K2 32 BPxP PxKP 13 0-0 P_KKt3 29 R.QKt7 P_BS 14 B.K3 B.Q2 33 Q.B3 P_K7 14 QR_Kt1 Kt.K3 30 Kt_KS P-Kt4 15 QR_Bl Kt_Q5 34 Q.K1 Q-B3 lS P_QKt4 Kt-Kt2 31 R. B?ch Resigns 16 Q.R3 KtxPch 3S R_B6 Q_BSch 16 P_KtS 8.B4 17 K_Rl KtxR 36 BxQ RxBch 17 RxKt B_B3 Resigns 19 Q-B3 QR.Kl SICILIAN DEFENSE Isaac Kashdan Abraham Kupchik FRENCH DEFENSE White Blsck Reuben Fine Abraham Kupchik 1 P·K4 P_QB4 16 P-KtS Kt-Kl White Black 2 Kt_KB3 P_Q3 17 Q_Kt2 P_Kt5 3 P_Q4 p,p 18 Kt ( B3)_K2 P_K4 1 P· K4 P_K3 28 P-R3 B_R3 Kt_KB3 P_Q4 29 K_R2 P_RS 4 KtxP 19 Kt. BS BxKt 2 P·Q4 S Kt_QB3 P_QR3 3 Kt_Q2 Kt-KB3 30 B_Q 1 R_Kt6 20 PxB Kt-Kt3 6 B_K2 P_K3 4 P_KS KKt_Q2 31 B_KB2 R ( l)_Ktl 21 P-B6 6.Ql B_K2 22 B_Kt4 5 B.Q3 P_QB4 32 8xR R,B 7 0·0 R·Kt1 P-B4 0 _0 23 PxKtP 6 P_QBS Kt-QB3 33 B_Kt4 B-Q2 8 KtxP 9 K .Rl QKt.Q2 24 P·BS Q,P 7 Kt_K2 Q_Kt3 34 R·Q81 Kt-B3 10 B-K3 Q·B2 25 P.B6 8 Kt_S3 B-K2 3S R·KKtl R,R Kt·K1 11 8_B3 Kt-Kt3 26 B_BS Q_B5 9 0.0 P_KR3 36 KxR KtxKP! 12 Q_K2 B_Q2 27 Q·R3 10 P-QR3 P_BS 37 PxKt QxKP Q-83ch 13 QR_Q l QR_B l 28 K-Ktl 11 8_82 Kt_R4 38 Q_Q4 Q-K8ch P-KR4 14 P_KKt4 Kt_BS 12 R_Ktl Kt_Kt6 39 K _Kt2 Q_Kt6ch 29 QxP Resigns 1S B_Bl P. QKt4 13 B-K3 P_QR4 40 K·B1 BxKt 14 P .QR4 Kt-Ktl 41 Q-B5ch 8_B3 15 Kt_Q2 KtxKt 42 Q_B8ch K _82 16 QxKt 8_Q2 43 QxPch K_Ktl 17 P_B4 P_Kt3 44 Q_B8ch K_82 QUEEN'S PAWN OPENING 18 P_K Kt4 P_R4 4S Q.K7ch B_Q2 Abraham Kupchik I. A. Horowih 19 P-B5 KtPxP 46 Q_BSch B_83 White m ack 20 PxBP 47 P_B7 Kt-83 Q.Q6ch 1 P-Q4 P·Q4 27 P_Kt3 B·B3 21 Kt_B4 48 R_K2 0-0.0 Q·Q8ch 2 Kt-KB3 Kt-KB3 28 K ·B2 Q.R4 22 P-Kt3 PxKtP 49 R_K 1 Q-Q6ch 3 P-B4 P-K3 29 Q.B2 Q.Ql 23 Rx? 50 R. K2 Q-B2 Q-Q8ch 4 Kt.B3 P_B4 30 Q.BS B·K2 24 KR_Ktl QR_Kt1ch 51 K -Kt2 P_QSc h 5 BPxP KtxP 31 Q.B3 K-Bl 25 K_Rl Kt_Q l 52 QxBch K,Q 6 P_K3 Kt. QB3 32 6. Q61 Q·Kt3 26 P. B6 8-81 53 P_B8(Q) B_K6 7 B·K2 8 -K2 33 B_K3 Q_Ql 27 R (3)-Kt2 8_B3 54 RxB Resigns 8 0_0 0_0 34 K_K2 P·KR4 9 P_K4 KtxKt 3S B.Q62 P. R5 10 PxKt p,p 36 B.Kt3 P>e QUEEN'S INDIAN DEFENSE 11 PxP P-QKt3 37 PxP B-Q3 Reuben Fine Dr. Harold Sussman 12 B.K3 B-Kt2 38 6·B2 Q_KI4 13 Q_R4 R_Bt 39 Q_K3 White Black Q-R4 14 QR.B1 P·QR3 40 P_Kt4 Q·R? 1 P_Q4 Kt_KB3 13 P_R4 P-8S 15 KR_Q 1 P-QKt4 41 P_QS p,p 2 Kt_KB3 P.QKt3 14 B· K 3 R_Bl 16 Q.Kt3 Kt-R4 42 Q_Kt6 K_Kll 3 P.B4 B_Kt2 1S P.R3 Kt_84 17 Q_Kt1 R,R 43 QxQB 6_Kla 4 P·KKt3 P_K3 16 Q·B2 Kt_R4 18 RxR Q_R 1 44 Q_R7 K.R2 5 B_Kt2 P_B4 17 K_R2 P_B4 19 Kt.Q2 R_B l 45 BxP p,p P·B3 6 P_QS 18 PxP p,p 20 B·Q3 B-R6 46 B_K6 P-Kt5 7 Kt·R4 P_Q3 19 KtxP Kt-Kt6 21 R-B2 P_R3 47 B_BSc h K_R3 8 0·0 P_Kt3 20 QR_K1 Q_B 3 22 P·B3 B_K2 48 Q-K3ch 8· 85 9 PxP B_Kt2 21 P_Kt4 B_KR1 23 Kt-Kt3 KtxKt 49 Q.BS B·Kt6 10 P. K4 0 -0 22 8 . K4 Kt-Kt2 24 QxKt R,R SO B·K6 6·K4 11 Kt_QB3 QKt. Q2 23 P·Kt5 Q-Q1 25 QxR Q-QBl S1 Q.Blch Resigns 12 P. B4 P-QR3 24 Kt·R6 mate. 26 Q·Kt3 Q-B2

190 C HES S RE VI EW Yanofsk y R etains Canadian Title

• By winning 1111 of his eleven games III the Canadian CheliS Federa­ tion Tournllment, held al Dalhousie, N. n., during the first two week9 of June W llln!\JoeK's ABE Y ANOFSKY, 19, retains the Dominion che~8 title 'ami the Drcwry Cu p for a nother yenr. Run ller. u l ~ was CHAHLES SM ITH. recent w inner of t he Mont real Championship. with a score of 10-1, Quebec City Champion J ULl~S TH~mEN finished in third place with 9·2.

CUlladiull Ch ampionship Final Stand ings \V T. D P ts. ABE YA Nm'SKY A. Yanofsky. W innipeg ______11 0 0 11 C, Smith, Montreal ______10 1 0 10 J, Therien, Quebec City ______9 :>. 0 9 45 K_Ql Q. K 5 52 K _B 1 Q.B5ch 6 4 1 6lh 46 K _B 1 Q.Q4 53 K .Q2 K _Bl G. ~~. Doyle, St, John, N. B. - --- Q_Q4 S. D. Wnson, Montreal ______6 .j J 6% 47 Q. K 3 P_R4 54 Q_KKt3 48 K · B2 K_Ktl 55 Q-K S??(a) P_K4 O. ",I. MacConnell, Halifax __ _ _ 4 4 3 51}.: 49 K .Bl P. R5 56 K ·Q3 Q. Kt6ch W. E. )l ayn~ld. Halifax ______56 0 5 p , p H. L. McAIary. St. J ohn , N. B. __ 3 8 0 3 50 P x P Q_BSch 57 B_B 3 R. B. R ichardson, p . E. I. ______3 80 3 51 K .Ktl QxRP Res ign' ~'. M. W ren, HaIHax ______3 8 0 3 (1\) Loses immediately. 55 Q·ll2 would prolect G. n. Balmer, Dal hOUSie ------2 9 0 2 the QP and attack t he opposing Bishop, giving G. S. Grimmer, Dalhous ie ______1 9 1 1 W hile time to play K·B2 ami un))in his QP. How­ ever, Black would still retllin winning chilnces. Yanofsky and Smith both succeeded In defeating Therien and t he contest deveiol)ed Into a neck·and· neck m ce between the two le aders. T hey met in N t MZO.I NDIAN DEFENS E the final rouIld, each with a clean s core. Smith put up C. S m ith J. T herien a good fight but Yunofsky had winning chances near White DIack the end. when S mith blundered and malle It easy 1 P_Q4 Kt_KB3 36 BPxP P_Kt3 for the champion. 2 P. QB4 P. K 3 37 R.QS3 Q.Q2 Yanofsky mado a tlno s howIng in 11. S. '[' OUl'llfl· 3 Kt.QB3 B.Kt5 38 Q. B2 Kt_Kl ments laSt year, winning first l)rlz8 at Ventnor City 4 Q. 8 2 Kt_B 3 39 R_B8 R. K2 and fi n ishIng in a lie with He rman Steiner in the 5 Kt_S3 P_Q3 40 P. R4 K . Ktl Federation Open ChamploIlShi[) at Danas. The Do· 6 B_Q2 P_K4 4 1 P. Kt5 K . B2 minion Chamvlon expects to Join the nCAli' in the 7 P_Q5 B x Kt 42 R. B3 Kt-Kt2 near future b ut m lly be a ble to com pete at Syracuse 8 axB Kt_Ktl 43 Q-K 2 Q. K 1 In Augus l. 9 P_K4 QKt.Q2 44 R. KKt3 K _Ktl KING'S I NDIAN D E FENS E 10 P.QKt4 0-0 45 R-KR3 Q_Q2 11 B_K2 P_KKt3 46 R_QB3 K _B2 Charles S m ith Abo Yanof . ky 12 Kt·Q2 Kt-Kl 47 R·8 6 Kt_K l White Black 13 0 -0 Q. Kt4 48 Q_Kt4 Q_Kt2 1 P_Q4 Kt.KB3 23 Q.K3 P_KR4 14 Kt.B3 Q_K2 49 R.B3 A. B2 2 P.QB4 P_KKt3 24 Kt·K5 Q.B1 15 B.Q2 Kt_Kt2 50 R.KKt3 K . K2 3 P_KKt3 P_Q4 25 Q.Q3 K _Kt2 16 B ·Kt5 P_B 3 51 Q_Kt8 K .Q1 4 Kt.KB3 P_B3 26 Kt-B 3 Q. KB4 17 B_R6 A. B2 52 Q_RS R-B2 5 PxP p,p 27 B.B1 P_R 5 18 QR_K1 K t.Bl 53 R. Kta Q.Q2 6 Kt_B3 B· K t2 28 P_KR 3 p,p 19 P· KR3 P.KKt4 54 K . Kt2 Q-K2 7 B_Kt2 Kt-B 3 29 PxP P ·K Kt4 20 P_KKt4 Kt. Kt3 55 B. B8 0 _02 80_0 0 .0 30 P_KKt4 Q_S1 21 K _R2 Kt. B5 56 Bx? R·Kt2ch 9 P_KtS B. S4 31 B_Kt2 P. K3 22 R_KKtl K . R1 57 Rx R QxRch 10 B·Kt2 Q_B 1 32 Kt·Q2 Kt_Q3 23 K t.Q2 B .Q2 58 QxQ KtxQ 11 R·Bl 8-RS 33 Kt-B3 Q.B2 24 Kt.Bl R_K Ktl 59 B. B8 Kt-K1 12 Kt_KS B,B 34 Kt_Q2 Q_B 3 25 Kt-K3 Kt-K1 60 K·R3 K . Q2 13 KxB Q.Kl 35 K·B3 Q.B2 26 Kt_BS Q.Ql 61 K _R4 Kt-82 14 KtxKt QxKt 36 K_Kt2 B_K2 27 P_KA4 B xKt 62 K . RS P.QR3 15 Kt-R4 Q_Q3 37 P_K4 p,p 28 KtPxB p,p 63 P. Q6 KtxP 16 Kt·B5 P-Kt3 KtxP KtxKt 29 RxAch K,R 64 P x Kt p,p 17 Kt.Q3 QR-B l 39 QxKt B.B3 30 A. Ktlch K . Rl 65 B.Kt7 P-Kt5 18 Q·Q2 Kt_K5 40" Q_Q3 Q.B3ch 31 R.Kt4 KtxB 66 BxP K,P 19 Q-K3 B_B3 41 K-B2 Q_R8 32 QxKt Kt_Kt2 67 P_B4 p,p 20 RxR R,R 42 Q·QB3 a _R7ch 33 RxP Q_K2 68 K .Kt4 P_R4eh 21 R_B 1 R,R 43 K -K l P_Kt4 34 A. A3 P. B3 69 KxBP K-B4 22 QxR Q.Q2 44 P.R3 Q·Kt7 35 A. R3 p,p 70 P. K 5 Resign •. JUNll - JULY, 1943 191 Power s Wins Wisconsin Title

AVERIL.L POWERS

Wisconsin St ate Champion, 1943

T he Wisconsin State Chess Clmrnpionshil) W!IS QUEEN'S PAWN OPENING won by AVf:HILL POWERS or M ilwaukee at the A. P ower. H . Knut,en 11lh Annual Tou rnament SI)onsored by the Wiscon­ White Black sin Recreullon Association In co-o])e.-atlon with the Wisconsin Chess AssociaUon, held this year lit the 1 P.Q4 Kt. K83 15 QxQ KtxQ Schroeder Hotel, Milwaukee, April 16· 18, 2 p·Q84 p .Q4 16 KR· K l Kt. R5 Sixteen j)illyers entered the preliminaries lind 3 Kt.Q83 1'.83 17 Kt·K5 Kt. 84 played In four sections. One from each section 4 Kt·83 p . K3 18 B.B2 p.QR4 qualHled fo!' the Championship Finals, The quullfters, 5 8.Kt5 Q. R4 19 Kt· Kt4 B. K2 In addltiol1 to Powers, were AHPAD l ~. J~LO. Stllte 6 8.Q2 Q.Ql 20 8 · 83 p .B3 Cha ml)lon in 1935, '37. '38, 41 , '42; J EHOi\lE KRAS· 7 Q.B2 B. K2 21 Kt-K3 8 ,Q2 Zl<:WSK1, Milwaukee City Champion 1942·43; and 8 p· K4 PxKp 22 P·B4 8 · B3 PA U l .. THOHBJORNSEN o f Wlntel', Wis. Second 9 KtxP KtxKt 23 Kt.Q5! K . 82(iI) place WIlS taken by Kraszewski and t hird I)lace by 10 QxKt Kt.Q2 24 KtxB KxKt T horbjornsen. fo~lo failed to win a gume In the tina Is, 11 8 .Q3 p. Q84 25 p.B5 P.KKt3(b) T he I)layers who failed to qualify for the Champ­ 12 0·0·0 PxP 26 p.QKt4 Kt.Q2 ionship ftna ls competed in t he ConsolalJon, Class A 13 QxQp B. B3 27 RxPch K. B2 and ClallS B tournaments. The Consolation event 14 Q·Q6 Q,Kt3 28 p · Kt5 Ruilln. Wl\S won by MARK SURGlES, State Chaml)lou In (a) Ir 23 ... PxKt. 24 PxP, 0 ·Q2; 25 P·Q6 1936·37. Clnss A honors went to L. H. A YERS of regains the piece, with a winning position. Appleton lind the Class D tourney WHS won by (b) Fo!' if 25 .. , P·K4; 26 BxKP, PxB; 27 Ilxl'ch LEONAHD IAEOERMAN of Shorewood. followed by 28 HxKt. The new State Champion Is wen·known to many o f CHESS REVIEW's readers, Averill Powers Is one of OU1' lending Postal Chess players. fo~or mallY years he hits been recognized as one of Milwaukee's RUY LOPEZ top-flight 1)\lIyers. but this Is the tlrst tlme he has A . E, E lo won the SUite T IUe. Powers ascr ibed his success A. Pow er. to the taking or Vitamin 01 tablets dUring the White Black tournament! T hey gave him t hat extra somet hing 1 p · K4 p .K4 17 B.82 p . Kt3 he needed to come through with three straight w i ns 2 Kt.K83 Kt.Q83 18 p . K84 Q.Q2 In t he l)re1imlnaries aud then repeat lhe perform· 3 B· Kt5 p .QR3 19 1'. 85 QR.Q1 ance In the finals. 4 B-R4 Kt. B3 20 p . KR4 Q-Q4 Defending champion E lo showed the etrects of 5 0·0 8 . K2 21 Q. KB4 0-85 carrying his full program of classes as physics in· 6 Q.K2 P.QKt4 22 8 . K4 Kt· QS structor at M arquelte University In addition to the 7 8.Kt3 0 -0 23 Q.R6 KtxP heavy burden or de fense classes In the evenings. 8 1'.83 p.Q4 24 Kt.Q2 RxKt T he WiSCO llsl n Tournament Is conducted uuder 9 PxP Ktxp 25 R·B4 KR.Ql condlUons which permit !'e preselltHtion by a ll 10' 10 K txp Kt. B5 26 PxP KhP callUes. Former or present state champIons are 11 Q.K4 KtxKt 27 BxKt R·QSeh permItted to ellter the tournament without quaHtlca· 12 p.Q4 8 ·Kt2 28 RxR RKReh llon. but In all other cases, entries are reStricted to 13 QxB Kt·K7ch 29 K.R2 QKR ch twO players from each city, village 01' tOWIl. Local 14 K. Rl KtxB 30 QKQ B·Q3 tournaments lire conduct ed to qualify one or two 15 PxKt Kt.Q6 entr Ies f rom each locality. 16 Q·K4 KtxKtp Ruig n.,

192 CHESS R. EVIEW Game of the Month

How Good Is Alekhine? Though it may seem strange to ask such a question at this time, it is to the point partly because of his notorious conduct since the war and partly because it will shortly be necessary to dccid,:, what by REUBEN FINE to do with the world's championship. ' The answers to the question will vary widely. It is not my MONACO, 1942 purpose to rank the leading master~ in a few short paragraphs; I merely wish to note some personal observations. CATALAN OPENING There was no doubt in 1938 that the strongest players in the Rellstab Al ekhine world we.c the eight masters who participated in the AVRO tourna. White mack ment. Calnblanca is unfortunately gone, but to the best of my 1 Kt-KB3 Kt_K8S 2 P·KKt3 knowleclge all the others are aJ ive and in good health. • • • • Ultra - super" hypor·mode rn. T he Of Alekhine's six major chaJIengc,'s, no Jess than four- alJ except move has no intrinsiC value ; itl; Euwe ~nd Flohr- did not reach their full strength before 193~ ; all s lrength lies entirely in trausposi­ were virtually unknown before J 933. Further, only those inter" tiOll possibilities. national tournaments played before the European war broke out can 2 . . . . P.Q4 he considered significant. Now, anyone who examines the tournament N~ltllral and strong. records of the years 1933-1939 is struck by two facts: first that S P-Q4 • • • • Alekhine's sale major success was at Zurich [934, and second that Thus he makes it >\ Ca talan, but his scores in tournaments and personal encounters were regularly in_ without (at any ratl:! for the time ferior to those of Botwinnik, Euwc, Fine, Keres and Rcshevsky. In being) the powerful P·QB4. other words, at the time the Emopean war broke out it was more 3 . . . . P_B3 than doubtful that Alekhine was the world's strongest chess player. It is surprising to lind Al e khine exhibit such excessive timiclity. Since 1939 there has been little activi ty. Botwinnik, however, Since hi s cemer was noi threat· has caplured top honors in several important Russian tournaments, ened, the Dormal 3 ... B·B ·) was magnificent achievements in view of lhe powerful opposition. Ellwe's far bette)'. senous chess has been confined to a malch with KCFes which he lost In geueral. .. . p·QBa is useful to support a thl'eatened PawlI at by the odd same, and one with Bogoljuboff, which he won hands Q4, pointle ~ s otherw ise. down. I have not taken part in any international tournaments; in 4 B_K t2 8. 84 America 1 crossed swords with Reshevsky three times, fin ishing first 5 0·0 QKt-Q2 in the open championship at New York in 1939, second in the U. S. 6 P_QKt3 · . . . championship at New York in [940, first in the New York State T o reinforce his K5 square. cbampionship at Hamilton, 1941. Keres beat Euwe in a match and 6 '. . . . P·KS finished second in the U.S.S.R. "Absolute championship," but has 7 B_Kt2 B. K2 done poorly on several other occasions. Reshevsky was second at Pos iUo n after 7 ... B·K2 Leningrad in [939, first in the U. S. cbampionships in 1940 and = 1942. Flohr has played little- his first prize at Leningrad, 1939, was a good comeback. Alekhine has participated in a number of European shindigs, in_ cluding one so·called «European championship." (Keres has also taken part in some of these affairs). We do not know what the conditions of play were. W e do know that his competitors were at best second_rate second_raters. And yet, despite the lack of opposition Alekh ine missed first prize at least once and lost a number of games to inferior masters on other occasions. It is likely that Alekhine is not even as good as he was five years ago; it is certain that he is no better, while most of his leading rivals have improved. The conclusion is inescapable: in all probability anyone of Alekh inc's six leading rivals could beat him in a match today. The followi ng game is by no means a masterpiece. It is of interest chiefly lx.-cause it gives us some indication of Alekhine's To answe l' 8 Kt·K5 with . .. KtxKt, allll to forestall a n e l'elltual present_day ~trength, for it must never he forgotten that he is one Kl·K114. Nevertheles s t he move is of the greatest chess artists of all time. too h es itant~7 .. . 13-Q3 was bette)' REUBEN FiNE from any point or view. On 7 . . . J U N Ii" J U L v, 1943 193 D·QS ; !{ Kt.[( 5, Q-I<2 (or eve n S i more ~o \1 nd in the long I'UI I, the r e 21 Kt _B 5 R.R3 .. , . U· B2! ) Black's game is prefer. is far more of.>Dor t u nit y for the play Con fession o f bank rll]}tcy : hisl a ble, becaus e \Ilhite's K t can easily of combina tive ingenuit y t han in sole act ive vla n is to double Rooks be drive n OUl of K5. t he line chosen. Ion the K B fi le aud he volunta r ily 8 QKt·Q2 Kt·K5 17 P·K5 . . . abandons it-conclusive pI'oof t hat It is typical of Alekhine's im pet· O f course ! Now ,"'hite a ct ually it would lleVel' hnve nmoullt ed to uous stylc to iluem pt an atta ck at threatens to isolate t he KHP a rt!­ anythi ng anyh ow. an early s t a~e. Such t actics are Jic htlly and then wi n it wit h P -KD4 , 22 K t_Q3! .>. commcndable but are subject to t he 1'·KKt5, K t-B3, et c. There is n o choiCt!. A ftcr 22 ... li ang-er that the a s sault will be pr e· 17 . . . . B.B5 B·KUi; 23 Q·K 2, P ·ilS Bl ack 's n is mature. T hat is t he ca se here. P I'eventing the TIP advan~ e and buried a li ve. Bla ck 's las t move is evidellUy part pre paring an in genious trap, quite 23 QxB Kt_ B5 or h is vlan, ye t as the game goes , R la Alekhine . the exchanges a ll ease V.'hite 's sit· Typically Alekhine : he mu~t reo t a in the initia tive, cost w hat it uatioll. Position a fter 17 . . . B·m may. It is ob v i o u ~ t hat the sacri­ 9 Kt x Kt BxKt fi ce leads t o not h ing im mcdiate, yet 10 Kt _Q2 .>. ]lerhaps . he may have reasoned, P.K R4 11 KxB the open fi le will some hOW lead to While Alekhine's pl a n as a w hole something. is subject to criticism, h e certainly O n t he Illore pr udent 23 . . . carries it out with admirable e ne r· Q·K t 2, t he reply 2,1 K t ·K(2, followed gy a nd cons is tency. by P -Q H4 , -H5 and eventually P-B4 , His immed iat.e IHlr]loRe iH to ove ll mack could have dOU bled 0 11 t he t.h e IOl fil e . KB file with fa ir chances, but then 12 P_ K R3? • • • • Al ekhi ne would have had t o uefencl Timid and bad. In the first place himself, t a ctics which he alW ays t.h e re was no reaSOll to fear the abhor s for psychologica l anu, it opening or the KR fil e at t his may be, politica l r eas ons. Ju ncture becallse ,\-Vhite's develop· 24 QxP R ( R3)_R1 llHmt is ~ ll p er ior . And ill th e sec· TI lack has little t o show fo r' his ond place he il lways has P·KKt4 Pall' n m inus, t houg h the game is available in reply t o . ... P-H5. still far from 11' 0 11 for W hite be· The correct move was 12 P·KL 1B P_Kt4 ! . . . cause t he position is blockf'd. 12 . . . . P-K8 4! • 25 QR_K1 , .. , 13 P_ KB3 Excellent : After t his paradoxical I • • • • move Whit e can continue with h is I OVer-protecting his K3 square. B el at edl ~' he prevur es the move Q·s itle attack calmly. while mack 25 . . . . Q·R2 w hi ch he omitl ed when it could be r ea ches an Impass e on the other 26 R·B2 . . . . h ad rOt· t he a sking. wing. T o liberate his Kt. The jJoiat is that mack's only I 13 . . . . 26 . . . KR.Kt1 Optim is ticall y over estimating hiH good defe nse was . .. }>·QB4 and I 27 Q_B1 While hag now prevent ed that once R·B2 attacking chance s. It is obvioUS that B1ac l( cannot afford to Jock the and rO t· all. F urther, the hole at Position afte r 28 H·B2 K·side un less he can l)reak through <-In::; does not mean anything be­ cause Black can not occupy it [l e r­ ;= at once, beca use ViThite will soon begi n a counteraction on t he ot hcr nl!\nent1~' . w ing. n ut as played, the net res ult 18 P·il·!? was the trap : there of Alckhine 's last move is to kill a ll would folio\\' 18 . .. ilxKt ; 19 Qx B, QPxP: 20 QKtPxP, Ktxl'!; 21 Q. his hopes 011 t he K-side (unless he is content to ta ke a draw ) without K2. Kt·Q2 etc. with a Winning ]losi . . getting a nything in return. \'-,-'e t iOl1 . I would norma lly e xpect Alek h ine to 18 . . . . Kt.Kt3?? be more jlreci,; e. Artel' this routine I'cjoilltler Bla ck 13 . . . Q-B2 would h ave m ain· i ~ HLl'atcgically lost. True, 1 ~ . . . (ainNI the li re SHure. ['·QKt4'? ; 19 Kt-Kt 3, K t-Kt3, 20 Kt· 14 P. K4 · . . , B5 W!IS lik ewise bad. The reason is t ha t Black's B is m erely an im. g i':~~ i:~r ~ h~\;I~\~:·;pn~p;I~~ O ~~:~~e. b~~ pediment. ConseQu entl y, the right it may we ll be incorrect, for reply wa s 18 ... UxKt!; 1~ QxD, a fter the te xt ... llPxP should win K t·Kt3 (or 19 . . . P·QKt·1), w hen hands down fot' Bla ck. It is likely ~ h e weaknesses of the two s ides tha t White's re ply was th e normal i :)~~~ .about counter balance one an- 28 Q-Q1 . .. . 14 P·KKt 4, whe n we would get I l. U p to this point nellstab has back to t he game by transposiUon. 19 Kt_Kt3 ! .. . conducted the game well, but the After 14 1'·K KI4, Q·B2 ; 15 Q·Kl , I-Ie Heizes the fi )'s t chance to es. extra Pawn befuddles him for a w hile. In order to explo it it prop- TI-Kt4 leails t o a draw : 16 P -K3, p TIxP ; 17 Qxn, Q·K t 6e h ; 18 K-R1 , ca ei9 QR B1 e rly he must get rid or mack's QxHPeh ; I~ K·Kt1, Q-Ki.6eh, etc.­ ., . : ,. • • • . ', .. I QKt and advance 011 the Q-side. neither side can do any bette r. ilL ck g onl) .count et play no"," h es . T he Jlroblem howeveJ' is not a 011. t~le . K B file. Rellstab, Sll?WS : easy as it loo'k s , for he' must gu a r~ 14 . . . . Q_B2 th,\t It ~!oes n o~ am ount to the exchange. On I lost: if 30 UPxP. HxHch ; 31 KxR, 18 PxP. P·l{(ich; 19 K·Rl, Kt·B3, 20 .. . U-Kt6 ; 21 Q-K 2, 1\·132: 22 Q-U2 ch; 32 K·Kt2, H·m while ![ even t hough Black has no concrete B·l{t5! , Kft-TIl ; 23 K t-B5:. Bla ck 30 HPxP, P ·H6ch; 31 K-Kt3 (31 advant age a lld W hite's position is iH in a bad way. K- H2, HxKtP! ), Q·TI 4! w ith a

194 CHESS REV I E W crushing attack in both cnws. 28 attack the Black King, Black's ' Q·K t3; 53 Q·Kt6c h, K any; p .IlS!, I'xl' i~ I m]Jo s~ible. Ultewise. 1 t)ioc(>s arc I'elatil'eiy immobile; ho Bl'ch rollowed b)' Qx!xP; may Create some tnlP~ . he may 50 R. RS ! .. . , 30 Bl'x!', I< J(· BI is not to be recom- wilrd oft t he threuts inltenloulIly, T he ent.! is approachh,!:. Black's mended becau !s ravol"/Ible Ill'xP, ~ul'eri o,' 1)(1)lIUoli. Position ariel' 50 ... Q'lI , the solujion was IIot too hanl 10 tin.\. The sli'ongest lI'as ~S K· l{ t l !, LO continue with Kt· IU·Kt2·1{ 3. If then 28 R(l{t l )·l.Il: 2\1 H(l\1)·lJ1 (Black cannot r each K5 with chock now) and there Is no way to stol) the execution o r W h il.!'s plan. nell Slab, Instead, moves back I an d forth ror It while, with a IJro­ (oundly wille Jook un his fa e l:!, ]leI" Ilal'~ in the hOlle that Ale khine will be hnllel1 ed 10 do something and lhe son, ething will again 1m 100 im!) e ll\()u~ . AIH! that Is what hap· pel}S, 28 , , . Q.R3 51 KtxP ! , . , , 29 Q.Bl Q. B1 39 , , , , R,QKt1 40 p,p RPxP Tn such iXlls lt!ons combinations t:sclcssly :ua;resslvc, A wailing 41 Kt.Q3 R (Kt1 ).QBl are all "atural !II; a bilby's smile. move such :.s 29 , , , Q·UZ woul. I 42 R ( B2)·Q R2 Q. Kt4 51 . , , . K·Q2 ~ a\' e IJOM:l<\ a morc serious 1I,'oblem, 52 R.Q8ch ! 1 K.K2 Howel'er, W fl must again erllphasi?:e S ]HlI'I'in/>: rOI' time. Ihat Alckhitlo is lempe,'amentally 43 Q. B1 R. B1 Or 52 ... KxH; 53 KtxKPch. unable to adoJlt a pll!!-<;ivo rOle i ! 44 R. R7 R ( B1).B1 53 QxKt R.R2 ;1:11\' aIH)rllath'c whaUloc\'cr ill ava il· 45 R( R7).R6 , . , , H ill lallt ,(:"a8]), .abie which wit! kee l) the in ltlat.ive [-[(J w;l.~tes II row mOH'H, l'erhaps 54 R·Q6 R. R8ch 101' him, I' cganUess or the l'IBI, in · t o gel on1 or time IIrl!~ ~ lIr e . It ~5 K-R2 R·Fl7ch foh'Cll. malles no differen ce: mac k's hand!! 56 K. Ktt R.R8ch 30 R(K1 ).B1 P. Kt3 lIre tIed a nd his month is ga!:ge" . 57 K·B2 FI . R7ch The i'lH']lO>lC or (lIi>l move Is not 45 .. , , R· KKt1 58 K·K1 Q·R2 clea,', 46 R(Rl).R2 R·KB1 , Otherwise he woul(.\ ~ o ou rUIl out 31 P.B3 · . , . 47 R.R7 R ( B1 ).B1 I of clleckll anyhow. Finally threatening Kl·K12 un" a I 4S RI(Rc h RxR 59 KtxPch! . . . , break Oil lhl1 (h;ldll, 49 R· RS K,K2 A neal finis h. 31 , . . P ·BS On ·19 , . . It·lll Instead, r,o !lxii, 59 .. "- KPxKt Despair. It Is only too obvious ,::xl~; 51 Q}! I ! leads, to. a. ?~ I)Ced!' 60 Q. Kt5ch K. B2 thal artC,' this liquidation of the l lllll~h, e./>: .. al . . , K·Kt2, 5. Q·n ;),1 61 Q.B6ch Ruigns tension, UlaCk's K·aide attack is lOne once ,llId fOf all. Du t the"e l 'l'as evidently no good all~rnlllive. On 31. , , K,I(t2; 32 K l·K t2, K t·R6 ; Lei REUBEN F 33 Kt·QI , J{t · H~; :14 J{t.· K3 i~ exact· teach you Chess! Iy whltl WhIte Wi\lltS. 32 K·Fll Q. R3 If you want to play strong 33 R·K1 · . . c hess; if YOli want to learn AgAin int.ending J{ I·Kt2, Now what t o do a nd what not to Ibere is no Jonger IInything (hal do, read CHESS THE EASY Black (mn do--he must ,'cally re­ WAY by Reuben Fine. This ;it;n himscU to wll i ti n~ ror the coup dc ,(:"rn ce. book teaches you the funda· 33 . , , , R ( Kt1 ).B1 mental rules and bas ic prin. 34 Kt· Kt2 Kt. K6 c iples or good c hen, t ells 3~ P.B41 · . . . you how to play the or.. n. Tile Ilo in t, ings, pl an the m iddle-game; e>tp lalns the basic endings. 3~ .... R.B2 36 P·B5 P.Kt4 By fa r the most instructive, 37 Q.B3 K·Q2 most ent ertaining book on Looks fancy, but makes 110 l'eal l chess ever written ror t he iitlel'ence, White has :111 tho play. average player, T he price 38 P·R4 P·R3 I of this 186.page cloth.bound 39 R·R1 ... , book Is only $1.50. O rde r nOW f rom CHESS REVIEW, While hall maneuI'crfld skillrl1ll~' the past fe w mo"ell Hnd his game Book Dept., 250 W est 57 th ~ !tr.ne,:l:ieally won. The winning St., New York 19, N. y, jlbn 1$ s im\IHcit)' Itself: Ollen the I llR·me, pCll e trate lO the SCI'cnth, UN E.j U I. Y, 1943 19' The Grunfeld Defen s e

by 'I'l'll!lAlnted from SHAKMATI BY J, K,

Michael M. Botvinnik Part One appeared in the April 1943 issue o f CHESS REVIEW Absolute Chess Champion of the U.S.S.R.

PART TWO 8 , , , K t·D3 is worthy of con' l In Olle of my games with l ..owell· siderutlon, 'I' he Kllme K eres·l .illen- tisch. my 6th move aimed to exen t hai (Training T OU I'nanlenl, 1939) maximum pres!\ure on Black'! {JI'. 'rhe I)!"c vlou!! arlicle covered the continued (artel' 8 .. , Kt·D3) 9 1 P_Q4 Kl-KBl origin of Lilt! Grunreld Dcren~e. Its K t -K2. R·Kt5; 10 1'-0 3, QH·Dl, 2 P_QB4 P.K Kt3 bailie co nCIl llt, atlll the evolution o r when mack's mobiliza t ion aPllar· 3 Kt.QB3 P.Q4 atternllt& by White and mnck to Im­ enUy COmpen6 1l tes ror the Pawn. 4 B-B4 B_Kt2 IH'ove the technique In luch a way ht nnuther game at thl8 llOinl 5 P-K 3 0-0 lll1 to Ulalntain theil' own IInlUl'al Black vlln turod 10 . .. QDxt> win­ 6 Q·Kt S , ... advantage!!, aud hinder those of the n ing rapidly. This Une of Ilia), how­ H ere however, Ulack IIlHY c onl ll ~ adv crlHII"Y. evel', reqll ires further In ve!Jtlgallon. ue 6 . , , 1'-114 , lhe IibenHin,l!; mol'! While the SchLeChter variation (1 which White seeks to lu'eveutl P_Q.I, Kt-Kll3; 2 P-QB", P·KKt3; 3 Arter Dlack 's 8th move . . , Kt-H3, W hite galnK nOlhing by 7 PxDF' the loss of time i nvolve!.! In 8 re­ l{t.QD3, p .Q4 ; 4. P -K3, n ·Kt2 ; a Kt­ (See CapnbI8nca - J ~loh r , Amsterdam" n 3 P _B3) w all frow ned 1I 110ll 11.8 I;on· treat of the White Bishop lead! LO 1938). And 7 PxQI'. P xP lcadl\ tel ll'a'ry to lhe t rue fl ghting IIplrll o f a cOnl ll letely backward doveloll' a bNtcl' game fOI' Black. who r Oj the uefenllc, l\lwerlhelclSl'I It offers menl. covers t he Pawn by .. . ' P·K U comfort 10 the complnct:lll n~ It is HenCe White I'e sons to the fol- and .... lJ·Kl2. without Inherent flaw. lowing: Anothel' ]108si blHty instend of lila qncstionab!e i ~ Othor viol ent actions to disrupt 9 BxKt QxKtP 6 Q-Kt 3 is 6 n ·DI, the defense were toucheu upon 10 Q_B3 Q,Q order to exploit the open QB Hlf , This variation proceeds as rol lows, lightly. 11 K txQ P,B We now continue wllh other var­ 1 P_Q4 Kt.KB3 intio n8. l5eeklllg refinemen t In tecll­ 2 p.QB4 P_KKt3 nlQuo, 3 Kt.Q B3 P_Q4 I n t he main line below, Dlack is 4 B.B4 B.Kt2 lert with lin Ullhill ba Ltie on Ilis 5 P_K 3 0 .0 hllmlH, Howevel·, in thc q na llfylng 6 A.B1 • • • • llnell BlaCk Is II ble to work up a flUl he re Blar. k Jttlll play Jt good enOll,ll;h attack fOl· hl!J Pawn. 6 . . . . P_B4 ! 'The!\e lines, however, reqnire fur­ 7 P)(BP B_KS ! llmr t\lIlUng. 1 P,Q4 K t_ KBl 2 P.QB4 P. K K t3 3 K l-QB3 P.Q4 4 B,B4 B.K t2 5 P_K3 , ' , . AS nlrcndy noted. n~r utlng the Grunreld Defen se hinges 011 Iw e­ ventln,l; llJack's play or the llbllmt- White'll BI 6hop on 137 occuple!! tl. Ing move ... , P·QB4, stron,ll: posltloll. Here ii .... P-QUoi h~ nOl good fo), there ill an immediate loss of a. Pawn without cumpllnlllulon, The text move 5 . , , 0-0 11.1110 l endl! to a speculative Pa.wn sa crifice, It ap.­ peal'S thllt 5 .. . I'·ll:"! III called The variation beginning with the fol', eveJl In violation uf til" III)irit move ,j j),j)4 hall been carllfully ex- of the defense. amined. It Is genernlly conceded 7 .... Q·H4 a s p l". 0 -0 t bat 'I ... B·Kt2; 5 P·KS, 0 ·0 (if sky 1'8, Capa blanCI1 II 5 . . . . mack willhes to avoid ... P-D3) 1938) ravOl"8 White. far aFter R 6 P!

. Attcmptsl R·Ql; 9 n ·n ,1. and if 9 .. , 7 K t! Uc 6th move for WhIle. KnighL

C l·I E SS R EV ! I, 13 ·K 3

• • • • YOUR CONVENTION One of my ~fLme!\ wllh Hag-a· (Whltoj continued a~ 1'011 0W8: 8 Kt.B3 Kl.B3 HEADQUARTERS 9 Q. R4 • • • • H Kt·KKt5 lllilck mil)' ~nrely 10 develop for 10 K txB i\lvolves further los8 of While.

• • • Kt. K5 ! Anti Olack I;eizes the Init iative. · .. . .. 'rhO old 1,o£Uch line! I'·Q'I, Kt- 2 )"QIH, P-KKt3: 3 1 ·::t. ·Q H:~. ]'xP, KlxP: 5 1'.1\:.1. KlxKl: • P·Q IH has recenUy been ~.~~I". w llh some imlll'OVemell lll While . 7 B.QB4 • • • • In order to meet 7 . , . [I·Klll by Kt·K2 without loel { in~ III Whit·c's

7 . . • . B.Kt2 8 Kt. K2 • • • •

HOTEL SYRACUSE SYRACUSE, N. Y.

We like to talk about convcntions because so many outstanding ("Qnvcntions arc held at Hotel Syrfl('use every ycar. 600 beautiful rooms, ,/,acious meeting fac il ities, and three delightful ~ in inS rooms have made Hotel Syracuse the Convention HOlel of Central New York. Now 8 .. B·Klii is polnLlellS 011 account or 9 P·D3. Although I{D3 is a more <'Il':l':ressive Ilost for JAMES F. GILDAY, Mg r. Whlte'l! Kt, It s hou ld be nolfld that at K2 the K t defends the vulner· able QBl' find QP. HOTEL SYRACUSE • • • • SYRACUSE, N. Y. The !,p,l iabilit y of the Gnw[eJd n(l' re!lse. inltiully attempted !lome I L ______eighteen yelll's ago, has beell reas-J' onahly well established. In my Ol)inion. the crlticnl point arises nfLer 1 P-Q4, Kt·KU3: Z p . QIJ4, P·K I(t3; 3 Kt·QD3. P·Q4: 4 SEE YOU AT SYRACUSE! Q· Kl3. T ho last word howevol', has The 44th Open T o u rnament of the U. S. Chen F ederatio n, Dot yet been written. combined with the New Yo rk State Che ss Assoc iation Congress, will be held this year at the Ho t e l Syrac use, Syrac use, N. Y., f rom August 14th through August 28th. Lead ing masters will compete for the joint title of U. S. T hi~ ~o nci\Ldcs the arllcle~ by Open and N. Y. State Cha mpion. In addition, there w ill be an Botl'lnnlk on the Grun l'e ld Del'el1l;e. E xperte' T ournament and three C J a~s T ournamenh for A, B and The HUII~lan Chanwion d o c ~ not C players. Printed bu lletin a nd fu ll information can be obtained r!1'e Il fi l)l\1 RII]lra isai of the l{osUch from the N. Y. S t a t e Chen Associa t ion Secretary, Mrs. Carl S. line. rererTe.d to In the c1o shll' para· Nye, 328 Wett Ostrande r Ave., Syracuse 5, N. Y. grll phs. bUl It seems that he- reo gards lJIack's position as a(le quate. CHESS RE VIEW will a tte nd the Syrac u se Co ngress, will fully report the event, w ith pictures and game $cores, in the In this connoction, see lIug,l:; Csrlons October Issue. by Pinkus on Page 11 8. A]lrl1 19~3 Chess Itel'lew.- Editor. JUNli .jULY, 1 943 197 CHESS NEWS OF THE MONTH • LONOON Stnrk. O. l!. t i tleholder in 1935 and h(lld .\lay 29 -30. at Clnt'ksburg un· W:.Itl: A I" in Gorinstcin. clmm plon del' the auspices of the W . Va. World Chnmpio n Alekhin€ 1111>' o r the Soviet PUrchasing CO lllllli;l' C lwss A ssociation aud the Clarks· flllparen Uy recovered from his ill· ilion, I n t he first round or tho bUrg Che~s Club. William Ihrlllng nellll. The B rit ish C hess Magaz in e finals, J ohnson defeated KUsl!lllal1 lind John F , H urt • .Jr., bo t h o f )'eportll that he emerell fo r a tourn· nnd Oorlnslein beat SUlik 1HZ Charleston and fortner chHrl1]) i on~. alllent to he held In Crotia in J uly. litle lwl,lt'r Vincen t I.. Eato n wa~ tied for 2nd and 3rt! ilrl~ CS. Walt amI llull he i~ now busy u'liinin.!:' unable to compete a~ h e i~ II ow in Crede. editor o t" the che~s column leariing Ge rman playen. tlt e A mt}' . T h e t nurnamCli r. ill til· In tll(l C h ar lesl.on naily M nll and The ma.c:a1.h H~ CHESS I'C\J OI'tS t'ccl ed by H . Uron fi n , Pre ~iden t or aiM an c x·champi on , tlili shed the r ecotlJl of II leIt er fl'om N. W . tlw I" ~illc ril l C h ess Cl u\). I"ourth . .19 42 titlehol del' H. Lall!lls Zubal'Ov, SovIet Slate In s pector for Over J OO pla yers. in J I tauntH M arkS o f Huntington WilM unnbl c to Chess (!). According to t hi s hIt ter, relJresenting \'nl"iou~ Go\,el'l1 lllcut particip ate, Soviet cheH~maste l'S Rubino vitell, agencies. rel:ent1}' co mplf'l.ed a Hulmln Hull lIauzCl' '"have diet!''' teHIll tournament under the SpOil · • D A V EN PO RT , I OWA No tl elalls al'" given. The lelle,' 1I0 rsh h) Of t he F ederal Club. The also "C IIOl'h; the de'la1" tiel P ta t ll m on t ll l.V reud~ between th f' I I Ht· I'(ln e(l :'l aher o r Molin e; Pl'of (J or· in M al'ch \1).1 3. :'II . Najdo!'f w on t he fi eltl~ il nd t h e :']cC()y ~. 4~ 1Ilf' lIl h(> I'" don Mar sh ami Dr. Chi ttenden. event Wltll(lut the 10118 of II s io/{le h al'e lHH tieipated in Ihm,c blood· both of I owa City. 'fh e toul'l1ey W ll~ g:lm e. His !ln111 I:ICOl'e was ~ w ins l (lttlnA"~ to dnte! S\IOnSO l'ed b ~' t he Qua(l·Clt.y Ch(l~ij and ,j drllw~. G . Slahl \)el'g, ill Club w hich meet8 every Sunday. second place. :lillo fi"i~hf'd without o BOSTON e~ceJ) t durin/': thf' SUlllrner. at the loss, scoring 8 wins and ii dnl w il. Y~'C A ilt Da\'enIlort. T hl1'd IH· tze wenl to P. ~]icl1f']. S'A.t· I n :1 clOM fin i;;.h. D r. Gerhurd ·1 'h. and fourth pr ize to H . nosse t · Kntz iI(lr(lalcd fOl'm er cham ilion _ FROM H E RE A N D T HER E to, 7 'A.t· ~ I}J. I"ifth place was OC· H urlow It. Daly in an adjoul"tt('(1 cupied b)' H. Pi1nick . 7·6 .. game to win the :\ l al!~Hchu ljetiM Thf' 19·t3 tournament of llIP Cheijll Tille, The tOllrnanlf'nt eudl'd A not her tOUl"llarllent - between P(lnnHyh"ania Statf! Che"s l~ctlera· teams rc preHcutin .ll:" difIerent locall· on J une l:!th whe!! Kn t1. cO'i\'O''' y O' t . al)PCl1r soon In C H ESS HEV1 £W. evenl. T llylo,·, Mag,·i. ({ellet' and Lee W. Palm er won the Chantll' GHlt:!1I nnished with 1)lu~ scnl·... H. ioush!l) of Rochestcr. N. y ,. in Ilal])h Chase of Dahon won the • V ENTN OR CI T Y 11 tonl'lI,onent cOllducted by Lite Ma!lll;tehu!letts Schoolboy Ch(lSIj Roche;;ter Ches;; and Checker Club. The fifth an nual in\' i t a tioll T ounl­ Champion ship rOt· 1943. H c won n Dr, :'I l ax H el'1.!)el·ger nni shed sec· ament at V cntnor C i ty. N . J .. SUlt·t­ subserl1ltion to CHF. SS nJ.~Vll;:W . ond, J oge]lh Rossner 3rt!, II. D lnke)' cd on July 5th. T h e CotlipNilor s Hh. I i Illar",.s ('onlveted. are New Enghmd Chaml)ion Weav. er \V. A (IIlt111:1 o f OO~tOI I : Milton 1. . • F O RT W O RTH , T EXAS ~1, O. M eyer won l h e champion· H anauer 0 1' Xew Yor k : N Il t.i () nal ~hlp o f Sacramcnto. Calif.. In the "["h(l Korth Texas Chess · C ham p· A milt eul' C IIll lllllioll E . SchU ~' I (l r a nnual tour n ament con duct.ed b)' i OIl~ h ip w a ~ w on by P,.of. I,Inyd Jllck Hon, ./ 1'. of N (l w Yo r k : J acob tll(l C:lpital Ci t y C h ess and Ch(lcker I .. l.asS(ln. AgTicu l l.ul"id Colleg .. L evi n or I'hi ]n,(I(ll phia; A nthony Cl ub . .1 . B . Gee \\'a 8 ]" \t ltner·up. E . Snntltsie re of New Yor k; p rc nta l hemlltlciH ll , at Fnrt \ Vorth on June 201.h. Second place wenl to , J o~"\lh .t\ ndalman and ArnOld Georga Shaln~wlt. U. S. A rmy Med· n oh Pott(l!". Sel'en 1)l a yens tied for Wentherrold are conducting a ical Corps; M artin I~. Stark o f Washinglon. D. C.; Walle r B. Sue"­ :It'd. Inclu ding AI Lipton . !lon l'iI· "cbcs" clinic" at the :'I \. O 'N(l11 Co. !:,ore. I't'nlL Thompson. DUllcan. SL01'C in A kron, Ohio. on Mondn,. m an o f PI·ovldence. R. I . Brantl(l)' and James ' Vebb. 1"IV(l e \'enlttgs. T hey hope to rOt"m a A full report o f this tourncy w i ll roun ds wcre played from 10 n.m. to pet m anent club. apllellr in lhe Angust·Septembel· 7 1).111. with time off ror luueh! I!;sue of CIIl':SS !l EV ' '':W. Games were adjudicat(ld, The 19,13 An inl erestinl: artif:lf' on r hes6 lInd ehe(';smen :lPllear!l i n thf' May South\\"e~ l el"lL T exas O pen Champ. [oushl]) tOlU'nament will be held at illsltf! of N(lw York'~ MNt"Opolltan • WASH I N GT ON, O. C. i\lll~eum of Art. B ulletin. the A do l ]lhu~ H otel . Dallas, o\'el' F our players from 1' !-;I egrried W erth am Iller ot' year un der the lIusplc(lS or tbe B. Johnson, flnali st in Illst rear's Hnnttn~ton won the fifth Hnllllll\ Fetlerlicion Naeional (]t' Ajedr(lz de Philactelphia lOll rnnmcnt; :'I1artin , W eS l Virginia Cbess Tournament. Cuba.

198 CH ESS R f.VIIiW TT InnInge e Ch e s s by Irving Chernev

The most important opening today for tournament and matCh play is the Queen's Pawn Game, and c .~p("( iall}' thai hranch of it known as the Queen's Gambi t. The trapp), nat ure of this popular opening is not generally real ized. The positions arising from it seem to be fairl y equal- but they arc loaded with dynamite.

W I NNING TRAP NO, 9 YOU ARE WHITE Th i~ may seem I'cry s imple. bul , P_Q4 P.Q4 1l is >; urprislng how few players 2 P.Q64 PICP know how to recover t he Pawu 3 P.K3 P.QKt4 which W h ite S1'Ic t'lfices, should Bluck 4 P.QR4! 6 ·Q2 t ry to hold on to It! YOU ARE WHITE I 1 P_Q4 P _Q4 13 KtIC P ! 2 P.QB4 p,p - a nd wins an import an t Pawn. 3 P_ K 3 . . . . Black cannot Illay 13 , ... PxKt It il , ., IJ·1J7 wins the Queen. The idea of t he Qu eeu'" Gambit is 10 r ecover the Pawil by 4 fl xP ~n d thus obta in II. powerrul center. 3 . . . . P.QKt4 WINNING TRAP NO, 12 I" rom on c of SClllccht.er's .c:nmes - ;tnd it's II beauty! YOU ARE W HIT E 1 P.Q4 P.Q4 2 P.QB4 P-QB3 3 Kt.KB3 B·B4 4 Q_Kt3! Q.Kt3 5 P xP Q,Q 5 PxP 8 , P 6 PxQ BICKt 6 P.QKt3 Q_Q4 7 PICP ! 6.K5 7 PxP B,P mack i.~ greedy lind tries (0 re­ 8 Q. R4ch main a lliece ahea d ; but White ha s - a nd w illI< the [1 lsho I1. It beautiru l !lu n)rise 1I' l n .)re IIaTed .

4 P.QR4 ! . . . . Notice t hat Black CiUIIlot play -I .. . I'·QI13 as 5 PxP. 1':(1'; (i HxH W I NNING TRAP NO. 11 wio s, Here iii a n inJl)O l"la n t lntl) - and 4 . . . , P,Q63 the m ighty Hublnst ein fell in t o t his 5 PxP p,p twice In tournament play. 6 Q,63 YOU ARE WHITE -and w ins ;, Jliece, 1 P.Q4 P.Q4 2 P.Q64 P.K3 3_Kt.QB3 Kt.K B 3 - ---- 4 B.KtS B.K2 5 P · K 3 0-0 Note t hat if While Illays ~ p " p . , Kt·B3 QKt_Q2 Bx P i ~ lhr re nl y. Ot·, if S 1'·07. 7 R.Bl P. B3 t he n simply S . , . Kt·QD3. WINNING TRAP NO, 10 8 Q_B2 P.QR3 How does White do It? This Is l'elllly a n ofTshOOt o f the , P" KPxP 8 RICP!! RxR ~ re\'jo u s Int i), H erc mack u'ies II 10 6 .Q3 R. K1 9 P_BT ~i fl' ere nt mel hod of ret aining h is 11 0 -0 P_R3 - and t he Pawn Queens next Pawn. 12 B. KB4 Kt.R4 mOl'e! ~ UN F. - J U L Y} 19-1 3 199 I LET'S PLAY CHESS! A Picture Guide to the Game of Chess

By Irving Chernev Assoc ia te Ed ito r of C H ESS R EV IEW

:nul Kenneth Hal'kness

M anaging E dit or Qf C HESS R EV IEW

T hi s series began in t he ~ I al'ch i8KIlC. The lIerie~ Is ill tendetl for bcg ill il crs allti will fO l'lll a comple te COUI 'MO of it ls ll'uclio ll in t he r ules anti lactics o f the ga me . By i'ollow lng t h l~ C()ll r .~e, with its remarkable illustr ations, ,lia!p'llIlll; lind e Xl\ m ple~, t.he learner call {[ uickly and ml!\ ily master the h!l~l c 1> r1ncilile!l of cbess. 1' lI rt 5 wi ll an/lear next month- -In the August·Sept.ember i.~sue. T ile complete COllrse will be publlslHl d, in book form, by S J:\IO:'\' AN D SCHUST EH, New "ork, If completer] in time, the book will be availahle in the late FilII or thi~ year; o ther wi se, IR V ING C H E.RN E. V it w ill be scheduled for publica t ion In tho Spr i ng of l!H ,L

Part Four By th is tune, the follower of this course has a Invitation to Chess! genera l picture in his mind of how chess is played. The moves of the diffe rent types of men, and how W hy not invite your friends to learn chess they rapture, have been explained and illustratcd. by means of this pictoriaL self.teachi ng guide? The mea ning of "checkmate" has been dcfinc

Introduce chess \0 your fri ends by sendi ng month, we presented a shori movie of a chess game them 4. month tri al subscriptions to CH ESS in wh ich cach move was pictured and described. REVIEW. We will start each subscription with T he learner has also been introduced to chess ··nota. the April iss ue ( (' ontainin~ Part 2 of the tion" - the chessp layer's shorthand method of werrsc ) and we wi ll include a reprint of Part recording what happens on a chessboard. Onc from the March iss\lc. This month, we contin ue wit h the n il es of the game not 11itherto de fi ned . A special move, known Your fr iends wi ll th us be ~ I ven the oppor. as Cas tl ing, is described and ill ustrated. We abo tunity of lcarn i n~ c h e .~s by tIl i... easy, attracti ve method and you will be helping to spread explain what "stalcmatc" mcans; how P:lwns are pro. interest in the Royal Game. For each trial moted to become morc valuable pi c'Ces; and how tIle Pawn raptures "cn passan(·. subscription you send liS, we will mail you one of our new Eezy. Play Pocket Chess Sets (25c) Read these rul ('5 rarefull y and ~C I a c1 car under. in appreciat ion of you r co.operation. standing of them. It is true that there arc literallr thousands of chessplayers who have never even Send the names and addresses of your frien ds, heard of the "cn passanf ' capture by the Pawn wil h 51 for each 5.1m plc 4.mont h subscription, and ma ny others who have hazy ideas on the rules to CHESS REVIEW, 250 West 57th Street, govern ing the rastling move. Howe\'er, to become New Yo rk 19. N. Y. a good chessplaycr you must know all the rules and play the game in accordance with these ru les.

200 CHESS REV I E W Safeguarding the King

I n the game w e h a ve j Ust ilIu lItmteu, Ula ck WIIS A striking cXll m ple of how not to play chess III checkmated because he did not observe one o f t he t he " F ool's Mate" Ill ustrate d below, He l'e While f undamental principles o f chess. He f ai led t o eon_ com pletely dlllregal'(ls t be sa fe t y of his King li nd hi si d er t he safety o f h i s K in g. On Ill s 7th m ove, ma led in 2 mo ves! Black should have reu'cnted his B ishop to the square The King i~ ]!arlicu lllrly vul ne rable in the ea!'l y Q2. In frOll l of hi s Queen. T his would have pl'D­ stages of the ga me, On h i ~ original SqUlt!' O be is tectc(1 his K i n!; from danger. By captur ing t he in a compar atively exposed p o~iti o n and Bu bJcct to Knight. Bhlc1< t! Xl!o~e d his K ing to II d ll ngerous attack_ It Is extremely ImjJort ant , therefore, t hnt attack which resulted ill the loss of t he gu!n e, t he vlayer avoid nHtklu,l; o lJ ellillg moves whh:: h will A s lhe entire ou tco me or II game of c b e ~ s depends expose his Klug to da nger, l<' urthel'lllol'c, t ho King on the rllte of t he K ing, the foll owi ng rule should s hould be moved to a pl;tce of safety as quiCkly as alwayS be o b ~ € l'\'ed : possible, W hen it is your t urn t o move, avoid ma k ing a ny A special move wit h K ing a mI Rook , k nown as move w hic h w ill give your opponent an opportu nit y "Castling" , is described on the follow ing IJa ge, T he t o attaek y ou I" K ing u n l ess you a r c q u it e c er t a in that ma in purpose of t his move is to enable the playel· t he a ttack will be harmless. to quick ly re mOve his King to a sa fe ha ven. A s you ,!tlliu knowle dge antI e xperie nce, you will be a ble to j udge whe t he r an alla ck Oil your K ing is harmless or no t. III the meantime , rega N.! with s us­ • • • • • • picion any contem plated move whic h wil! permit an a tlllck on ,vo ur King, Aiways c OI u, lde l' t he sare t y In t he re maining t1 la g!'a ms below, the lea rner Is or your Kin !\' li nd see t hat he is ade qua tely pro­ r eminded t hat any move w h iCh ex poses the King t o tected, a chec k i~ an i1\ egal mo ve,

i n the " Vool's Mate" W hite ~~;;;f'~';O~"~'~Pl e t e I Y d,;-~;;;:;t; e nds t be l e xposes his King to danger t he !\afety o f his Ki ng 2 . , , Q·R5 Illate! I e xtre me by pla ying ] P,K U3, Black pla ys linuing 2 I'·K K t4. example o f careless piny In the P· K 3. ollen lng.

The King is never permitted Her e the iln T he 4 to move ( Or capture) into 5 IJ er m itte ri t o move two Kings are mutually at­ check an d any move by another of tbe adjoining w hit e ~quares , tU Cki ng each other , which Is 1m· piece which exposes the King to 'I'hl!'. would be moving into <:b eck l) o~sl bl e , A Ki ng cannot KUsek check Is a n il legul m ove, In the i n ~ plt e of t he fact that the black the opposi ng King; to (10 so, he above lJ ositlon, any move by the Bishop Is com pl€tely lJi nncd, A would have to move Int o c heck , WhHe K night , Olaho \) or P a w n cheCk is valid, even when made Consequently, t he opposin .lr Kings would be Hl egal. by a piece w it h no lega l moves, must a lways be separat ed by a t least olle s qua re.

J U NE- J U L Y, 1943 201 How 10 CASTLE wilh King and Rook T o clI:l ble t he Illaycl' to (lutckly r emo ve hi s I(i ng to II. safe location, a maIlCU I'CI" k n own a s " castllng" Is permitted uuder the rules of chess. Cnstling inyolves the movemen t or two vi ecea ( King and Rook) but counts as one move. Each player is allowed to make this combined move only once during the game. T he re a re t wo m ethods of caM· ling. a s illus trated by the two photos on this page. The player has t he choice o f castl ing by one of t hese l11 ethods. In each ca se, the King moves T W O SQUARES (to the right, or to the left) a nd t he Rook t owards w hich he moves is t ransfer red to the adjace nt square on t he other s ide of the King, T he picture at the t OI) of the page illustrates the method known as "Cas tling 0 11 t he King 's s ide " or "Castling King's Rook," Her e ,Vhite mo" es his King two squares toward" thlO King·Rook a nd trans· le I'S this Rook to the adjacent ,quare Oil the ot her s ide or the Ki ng, The picture a t t he bottom or t he page iHustrates " Castling on the Queen's s ide " or "Cas tling Quee n's Hook," The K ing is moved t wo squares towards the Quee n·Hook and the laUel' is place d on the other side ..of ..the .. Ki.ng, .. \Vhen recording a game by means o f chess llOlatioll, spechll symbols in this position, ne ither play­ 2 Now W h ite has castled on the are used for t he cas tling' moves , If l. Cl' has castled. (For the sake King's sill e. The King has a ]llilyel' " castles K R (K ing·Hook )"' or cl;\ r it y. ot her pi(lCeH normally bee n mOl'cd to a silfcr' loca tion t he move is rejlresent ed by the 0 11 the board l)I'iol' to castling are ali t! the 1(lng-Hook brought i nto symbol 0 .0. If he " caSUes Q It n ot ~how ll . ) fi c ti ve play. (Queen·Hook) " the sym bol 0·0·0 is lIsed, . .

muck has castled on the 3 Queen 's side. T his method is less rreque ntly II sed a s i t is ea sier to attack the K i ng on this side or t he boa rd.

202 C H eSS R EVIC W Rules on CASTLING

Ca~tling is an importa,nt safety privilege allowed to each player only once during a game. However. the player must ob· serve the rules governing this move. There are certain conditions under which castling is not per· mitted; and others under whiclt the right to castle is entirely forfeited. The rules on castling are all follows: To squares into check (a) The squares between the ween the and Rook must Here Is not King anti Rook used for castling 1 be unoccupied. I above posItion, to castle as this would cause the must be unoccupietl. Otherwise, White cannot castle on eitl!e!' Killg to OCCUjJy a square attacked castling i~ illegal. See diagl"Um L ~itle; mack Ean castle Oll the by the black J3ishop. (b) As any move which exposes King's side, hut not on the Queen's the King to a check is illegal, side. castling is not pe!"lnitted if it would cause the King to OCCUpy, or pass over, a square attacked by an enemy man. See diagrams 2 - and 3, (c) If the Kin.c; is In cll€ck. he is not permitted to castle out of . check. See diagram 4. (This rule is frequently mistinterpreted. The fact that the King has been checked does not deny him the right to castle later in the game, i\I oreover. the rules permit castling with a Rook attacked by an enemy man,) (d) If the King has moved from his original square, the right to castle Is entirely forfeited . See diagram 5. (Even If the Killg moves back to his original square, cast· ling is no longer permitted.) (e) If one of the nooks has moved, tile right to cnsUe with that ,:11 over ~~;;;¥,,;; out of check is il· Rook is entirely forfeited. See dia· Here mack is not legal. the White King gram 6. to castle as fhe King have is ill check and is not permItted to pass ove r a square controlled to castle to get out of check. He by the enemy Bishop at \Vhite's must get out or cheek by legal QH3 square. methods. Castle Early in Game Many chess games are lost as a direct result of delay in castling, A playeJ' who fails to castle at t he earl iest opportunity is taking un· necessary risks and may lose the game on this account. All uncastled King is exposed to attacks from all angles and his presence in the cen· tel' of Ihe board Is a constant source of dange!·. The learner should make a practice of castlillg is soon as possible, The preferred and safest method of castling is on the King's side. Surrounded by unmoved Pawns and other protecting men, the King is more seEure against attack on the King's s ide of the board, The learn· er Should emulate the example of experts who choose this method \Vhlte King has moved of castling in the vast majorIty of '~;':n his original square nud to castle with that Rook their games. It reqnires consider. has thereby forfeited the right to " f,'It,d In this pus!tion, able experience to recognize the ca~tle . The castling privilege i~ While may castle with the King· special situations in which Queen· lost entirely, once the King has Rook, but !lot with the Queen· side castling can be used to ad· moved. Note that Black is getting flook which has moved rJ"Om Its vantage. ready to castle. square, J UNE.JULY, 1943 203 T he Meaning of Stalemate

\Ve have leal'ned t hat checkmate is the vlc lO,'lotls conclusion of a game. T he K ing Is checkmHletl whe n he i8 In check a nd cannot get out of c heek. H owever, the player In a win­ ning position must be careful to avoid "stalemating'" his opponent. It is mack's turn to move, but nIaCk, whose turn It Is to A stalemate OCCIlI'S when the play­ ] - his King cannot move without 2 lllOVe, Is unable to mllkc n er who Is sUPIXls ed to move has, going Into check. A s he Is not legal move and his King Is not In in fact, no legal moves and his In check and has no legal moves check. He Is therefore stalemate left , he [s 8talemate and the game and the game is d rawn. King Is NOT IN CHECK. is dl-awn. When a stalema te Ilositioll Js reaChed, the game is automatically drawn. Diagrams ] -4 show typicnl stille· mates. Note that., in each CII I';O , the playe)' on the move is unable to make a legal move with any of his men anti that his K i ng is NOT In _ Check. H e cannot move his King without going into check and he cannot move any of h is remaining men because they a re blocked. Stalemate usually occurs in the endgame when most of the pI eces are oft the board. Sometimes the stalemate cannot be avoided but frequently a player wit h a lost game will out-maneuver his O]IIIO U. to move. en t and rorce a stal emate, thus game. cannot move. hili obtaining a d)·aw. j ust captured the "~,~;i and his King Diag rams SA, 5B and SC lllus· with his owa Queen nnd now cannot mOl'O without going Into \Vhlte has no legal moveR R1HI the check. The position is It dt'a"" by trate the use of the stalemate idea game Is drawn by stalemate, stalemate, in saving an otherwise lost game.

White is II. but he has , now wil y of savIng the game. forced to capture. White .hus legal moves. He has saved the game by fOI'clng stalemate.

204 CHESS REVI EW THE PAWN BECOMES A ....;::---==--YI1 OR § OR on

WHITE'S 8th RA N K ------

------BLACK 'S 8 th RA N K

TH E PAW N BECOMES A

OR OR on

Promotion Power of the Pawn

You have undoubtedly seen many references to reaching the 8th rank a Pawn cannot remain a Pawn. the "Jowly Pawn" in literature and the daily press. Another piece of the same color must be substituted Writers are fond of describing unwitting tools or - any piece but a King. those pre_destined to some dire fate as "mere Pawns." A Queen is usually selected as she is the most It is true that the Pawn is the weakest of all powerful piece and this promotion is ca lled "Queen_ the chessmen. While the Knights go leaping about ing a Pawn." The term "under_promotion" is used the board and the Bishops, Rooks and Queens swing if a plarer selects one of the less valuable pieces­ from one side to the other, the Pawn plods ahead a Rook, Knight or Bishop. one square at a time. His V_shaped capturing power As illustrated in the above diagram, a Pawn can adds to his strength and he is invaluable for defense, reach the 8th rank by moving there in the ordinary but the Pawn's scope is limited. way or by capturing an enemy unit. Thus, the White However, the Pawn is the one and anI), chessman Pawn can advance one squa re and on reach ing the with a real future ahead of him. He starts life at 8th rank it is immediately promoted to a White the lowest rung in the ladder of chess but he can Queen, Rook, Bishop or Knight. The Black Pawn look forward to promotion when he reaches hi s goal can reach the 8th rank by capturing the White Rook . _ which is something none of the other men can do. Upon making this capture, the Pawn is immediately H a Pawn sllcceeds in reachi ng the 8th rank, he promoted to a Black Queen, Rook, Bishop or Knight. immediately becomes a Queen, Rook, Knight or Pawn promotion is not affected by the presence Bishop! The player who successfuJir advances a Pawn or absence of sim ilar pieces on the board. For in_ to his 8th rank immediately substitutes one of these stance, if a player has his original Queen and pro_ pieces for the Pawn. The choice of pieces is up to motes a Pawn he can have two Queens on the board the player but he //IflSI make the substitution. On -or more, if he can promote other pawns.

J U N E - J U L Y, 1943 20j Examples of Pawn Promotion

The fact that a Pawn can be promoted to a powerful Queen or other piece has a U'emell clous ef­ fect on the strategy of Ole game. The promotion power of the ' turn to move He substitutes a Queen for Pawn greatly enhances its poten­ I A and he advances his Queen's I B the promoted Pawn an(l tial value. This is particularly true Pawn one square to the eighth thus checkmates the Black King. or a "passed Pawn·' - a Pawn rank. which has l)aSserl beyond the bar· ricade or opposing 1'awn8 ami can no longer be capl.ured by an en· emy Paw n. Such a P awn is a votentiai threat wllicll cannot be ignored. The closer it gets to the gUl rank the mo!"e dangerous it becomes. Its progress must be blocked w ith valuable pieces. In the fi nal stnges of n chess game, m uch of the play frequently hingcs around thc creation of a passed Pa wn and the subsequent removal of blockading pieces which prevent it [rom reaChing the Rth rank. It wi!! be realized, therefore, that the value or a Pawn must not be underesti mated. The loss of even one Paw n in tlle eoxly part of the game may be sufficient to enable the opponent to win the ending with his extra Pawn. ' Iti' under·pro- 2 ~'"l. could not win by pl'omotillg motes to a Knight The technique of creating and his Pawn to a Queen. I n fact, and checks the King which must utilizing a passed Pawn will be moye out of check. Note that should he do so, the Black Queen explained later. In t he meantime, would $WOOP dOWIl the file and art!'!]" the King moves, White cnp· checkmate him! tures the Queen with his Knight. some examples of . final Pawn pro· molion are given in the diagrams on these pages. Diagrams lA and J 13 show the promot ion of a Pawn to a Queen which checkmates the opponent. Diagrams 2A and 213 illustratel t he "under· promotion" of a Pawn to R Knight. Such cases are exeep· tional. As in the position shoWU' i t here m ust be a definite reason rOl· not \)romoting to a Queen. Diagrams 3A and 313 show how a Pawn is queened by capturing an enemy man on the 8th !"auk. lu the position illustrated, \Vhite had t he choicp or queening his P awn by moving it fo rward or by capt ur· ing. He selected the method whicb enabled him to win. Diagl'ams 4A, 4U and 4C on the Instead, White captures the next page show how a player can 3A advance, the Bishop Knigh t, promoting the Pawn sometimes force a capture which simply capture it at once, to a Queen and wins easily with enables h im to Quee n a blocked h is superior material. Pawn on the 7th !"ank. 206 C H LlSS REYIEW White line a Pawn out of check , WhereUlJoOIi White Ca l)HlreS illl I·ank but i t is block ed Is forced to capture t he Black Queen with his by the Black K ulght. A s shown ch ~ k l ug Rook with h is Queen. Pawu. Having reached the 8th here, he checks Ihe Black King Ther e is no othe!· way In which mnk, the Pawn becomes a Queen with his Rook. he clt n get out of check. which checkmates Dlack. I

How the Pawn Captures eeen passant"

On a previous page, w e e:qllained the Pawn's moved forward TWO SQUAR ES, as it is l)ermitled to me thod of Clll)turlng. T here Is, however, a speCial do on its tlt·s t move. I n doing so, It has passed till"ough type of C ~ l p l ure which ha",lells occasionally JII !I. t he square on w hiCh t he W h ite Pawn could have capt u red it. This gi ves t he W hite Pawn the right to capture the lllack Pawn, just as though It had Whcn II Pawl! advances 10 a square on the fifth moved forward only one square. of the bOard, it is permitted a capturing Diagram lC shows t he White Pawn exercis ing called capl Ul·i ng "en passallt" { while pass· t he power of capturing '·en passant." T he Black sllecial type of CIII)l ure is illustrated in Pawn has been Ca l)tu red while paasing - just as three diagl'a ms below. though. It had moved only one square. Olngl"lllll .1A shows II White Pawn on the fifth Capturing ·'en pnss ant" can only be dOll e wHh a This Pawn controls the two white squal·es Pawn 011 the fifth rank and affects only adverse I in f ront o f it; i n o ther wOl"llS, if either Pawns on t he adj oi ni ng Illes attempting to I)nss its t wo Black Pawns In the tilllgTll m moved 1I0rmlli range of CIII)l u re. T he " en passaot " capture ONE SQUARE, the Whil e Pawn could cap.. ill optionlll but the capture must be made immediate. ly ?r IIOt at all. Thus, in Diagram. IB, if White deC ides not to capture "ell ]) assant" tile Black In Diagrllm l B, olle of t he Black PawllS has Pawn Is Immune f rom tlmt met hod or capt ure.

One of the Black Pawns The White Pawn hns cap· ! controls." the IB has moved two squares, tUI·ed ··en PIIssnnt"- whlle Squl\l·es dlagoJllllly In thus passi ng through II sq ual·e paKing. The capture is made just (K6 and QB6). controlled by the White Pawn. as though the Binck Pawn had adl'l\llced olle square. 1943 207 I pic<:clI. 'rhe King's oll'n men block i hi>! CSC1'1!)e. ' I A ,.;ood exampl e or smot hered READERS ~::~~I~i~; ; url\ in the rol1owin~ com, QUESTIONS ANSWERE D B Y ALBERT S. PINKUS

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Several readers have asked m e I 1,'01(5\''1'1-1 NOT A TIO" is a to defi ne "Zugzwang," "Smothe red mnthod or rCCOl'ding pOslllons, An White to Pla~' I Mate," ;t Ol d other terms used i" cxau\IIte is givcn below. I Q·I 11 German t er m t It>: Q: 5 Kt·H7 mate, This type of in common use among c hessplar· coml)lnntioll leading to It smothel'ed e rl>. A I)la)'ci' Is s aid to be "In male is knOwn as " Philidol"$ Leg­ %ogzwllng" when he i s reduccd to lICY." a 1)()Hilion in whiuh any mOl'e he llIak e~ will be detrimental to his If against the Sicilian D e fens~ , gnme, In some casei!, any a\'ailable Whit e develops his pawn at QBJ mOl'c le:uls to an immediate loss in order t o build up a pawn center, or IlHllel'inl: in othcr~ the e ffect iH what counter m ealures s hould Injud ou$ from a positloual poinL Black take ?_M D, Kobut , N, y, of view lind enables the opponent Annr J I'·l{.l P·QU,I: 2 P,QIJ3, to obtain 11 definite ad\'anlllge, Black has two effeeth'e lines 01 %ugr.\I·llng pOllillons at'\) ullually piny: I'ellched In ' relativel)' s lml)le eml· (a) 2 .. , P . K3 whic h leads intG g:mll!s but occasion lilly OCeu l' in the the Frcnch Dcfen ~e with 3 P·QI, middle ,W ille with mos t of Lh e P,Q,I : ,I ]>,1< 5. K t·Q U3: 5 I (I. D~ pieces still 011 the b01\1'd, A goml Q· l< t:t exallwle of tile laUel' i f; tile 1'011011'· I (b) , , P. Q4 II'h!l:h >!CClllS a ing poslUoll from the game Al ek· Thl" 1l osition i~ I'ccorded in FOI'- i lillc 1'0\' Dla~k , SOlllt lIyth Notnti()n as rollowlI: , a I'C : hlne \'$ Nimgol'ic h, San Hemo 1930, • " rJblk2r ;; plq2]IPl 2 p2 ktJp ktl1.JIKt3 41)1'2 2 P ;; T'Pll'D1Pl' !{ Kl B Q l( 2 It The eight Jiues indicate the p ieces and unoccupied S(IU are" on the II it legal t o callie w hen (>igh t I'1l nks, SlA rting w ith m ack's Rook is on ta ke? I assume It ti l'st rllnk ( at the lop of the board since Al ekhlne s uggests it in a in the diagram ) and " rcnding" the t o m ove 16 0 ' gam e N o, 1 in posi t ion rrom lert to ri~ht, Game. of Chess 1908.1923, ' I' he ~m all letters denote Black Schuyler C, Marshall, Camp men [IUd Capilal IcUm's denote kett, Va , White men. T he figurcs indicate 'i'hiK a,;sunl/U ion ii! correct. the uumbel' of u noccupl(lIl squnres, I;H\'51 o f c heHs (Official Code the Jo'edernt,ion lntel'nationnle Position after White's 30th Move. Thu ~, the first line shOll'S the "content,," or Black's jll'>!tl'ank and EdH!C:S) w()rds the law as I,wo; Is I'(>ad lI S folloll' ~: Calltling is Hot pel'milled: m ack is in l': ugl':wang, The gam e (a) When !lithel' lhe to:: or continued 30 .. , , Q·Kl; 31 P·Kt5 mack Hook: one "(Iuare; mack Hook ha s been Illo'-ed and mack l'esignC(1. An examina· I3ishop: onc s quare: 1J1Ac k King: I-iousll" tion of t he diagram shows thnt two squnres; llinck Hook. ComlHll'e .. with dlllg ram, (1.1) When 1111), Sq uHl'e '"l'~" Black hll$ no way 0( a"Oill iug the the K and the Rook ;; loss 0( It piece. For inst ance, H Ilied by a mall: 30 , ' . , 1'·Kt3: 31. K·R2, P,H4 ; 82 (c) If t he l,ing be In K,IU and Black's waiting mOl' CH SMOTHERED -MA'l'I ~ is a check· (d) Tr c a ~ lIi n g would cause are exh a u ~led : any mOl'e h e m a kell mate given by n Knighl when all King to Ilass o\"eJ' will lead to imm ediate los$ of ma· l lhe ''

208 CHESS PLAY THE MASTERS CHESS REVIEW'S POPULAR " SOLITAIRE CHESS" GAME

Instructions Among the casualties o ~ W orld \Var IT i s vstarlln Sovi et Chess­ master llJln-OCnevsky o r Leningrad, Idlled by un enemy bomb. In 192~ W it h a allil of paper, cove l' a ll Genevsky's fHo me wa s b ighllghlet.l w hen h e dereatetl J ose R. Capablanca the moves ill the box below exce llt in the ga me w e pU bli sh tWs mont h. A t that time, Capablanca was l he fil>4t move. World's Chess Cham pion, In Ihls game, the c rllfty Russia n masle l' Make nil the open ing moves on turned t he l ables by all expedIent resource_ ~ o ur board up to and includ ing t he first move i n the box (White's 'The score is tak en from the n ew book "The Golden Treasury of sixth). Che~R" j u st publlshed by the li:t!!tors or CHESS nn;Vl EW. Y ou hfLve Study t he llOSi li oll and select B L A CK (tll[[ your OJ,Jponent is C !1. I1!t bl!l. llCfl. Black'!! reply. Write down your selection. Then expose the nelCt line /lnd see the move Black ac­ MAK E T HESE OPE N ING MOVES tually made (at the left). Score par If you ,)Icked this move. If l P·K~ , P·QIH ; 2 K t-QB3, Kt·Q I33; 3 P-KKt 3. P -KKl3; 4 8-Kl 2, B-K tZ; no t, s core tero, aud ma ke the co r- 5 KK t·K 2, P-Q3_ Now cO lilllIue with t he moves In the box be lOW, recl \Vhjte move on YO UI" board, Milke While's next move, shown on t he Slime line. Contillue flij be­ B [ack p" Whit e fore, one line at time, to the Y our Se lect ion Y ou r a. Score Played end of t he game. P lay ed for Black's move Score 6 P-Q3 ------6 .. _ _ K t_8S ______2 7 0 - 0 7 _ ___ 0 - 0 ______2 ------8 P_K A3(a) .. _._------8 . , . , p_QRS (b) __ 4 9 B_K3 - ~------9 , •.. 8- Q2 ______2 10 Q-Q2 ------~ ----- Notes on the Game 10 . , . , R_ K 1 (c) ___ 1 11 K t _ Q1 ------~~ 11 . _ . , Q R_ B1 ______3 12 P- QB3 (a) W hIle's 8th : T he T'nwn ad­ ------~ ------~~ vance se r ves (1 ) to prevent Black 's 12 , , .. Q_ R4 ______S 13 P _ KKt4 Knigbt ft'om en tering a t K Kt5, in ------~ 13 _ . _ . K R- Q1 (d) __ 1 14 P_KB4 the event of B -R 3. lind ( 2) to pre­ ------._------14 ..• _ 8_Kl ______2 pare II. general d1'i ve In l he d ireC­ 15 P_K t5 ______2 ------tion or t he opposing k ing. 15 . _ _ , Kt- Q2 16 P_ B5 ______S (b) Dl ack's 8th: T he be ginning 16 . _ , , P_ Kt4 17 Kt- B4 ------~ of a. counter-advance tll bala-n ce 17 . _ . . P_ K t 5 4 18 P-B6 White's contemp!ll.ted play, ------~ 18 , , , . B_ B1 ______3 19 K t- B2(e) (cl Shick's 10th: So that tr 11 19 , • .. P x Q B P __ __ _ 3 20P)( 8 P B-RS Black will not be compelled to exchlll1ge h is King Blsho», 20 , , .. P_ K3 ______4 21 P- KR4(f ) 21 _ , .. A- K t1 ______4 (d) mack ')! 13th: His opening 22 P_A5 ------technique has been fault)' inasmuch 22 , . _ . R_ Kt3 ______3 23 P x P -.~ .------as he takes tw o moves to occup-y 23 _ ... AP)( P ______4 24 Kt...... ,Ql ( g ) a sqUflre that he might in o ne. 24 , , . , Kt (2) - K4 __ _ 3 25 Q_KB2 (e ) White 'l! lDth: PxJ{P , opening" 25 . , , , Kt_ KKt5 ____ 3 26 Q_ A4 the KD fi le Is a lso good. ~ - ~ - - - ~------~ - 26 , , . . Kt(3)- K4 ___ 3 27 P_Q4(h) (f) While's 21st : To further ad­ ------~ ------. 27 , , , . Kt x B ______4 28 K tx K t vance lind exchange t he ItT', open ------~------~-- the It fi le, doub le 0 11 it, a nd mate 28 , . , . Q x BP ______3 29 P x K t ------_. the adversary. Simple ! 29 , .. , Q)( K teh ____ _ 2 30 K _ A l ------._- (g) W h ile's 24th: T o prevent 30 . __ . P x P ______2 31 R_BS Black From la ter ll'l aying . , . R­ --- - ~- ~ ------31 , . " , P x K t ( i) ____ _ 9 32 R x Q Kt7, and to enable the Qu een to 32 .. _ , p )( A ______1 33 Q_ K l reach the Hook file. -~~ . - - ~~------~ (h) White's 27th; Consolidating 33 , , , , R- K t 7 ______5 34 Q x P with 27 B-Q2 would have l eft 34. _ .. R (1)_ Q7 ___ _ 3 35 8- B3 ---- - ~------Black 's Kl nt K t5 Oll t 0 11 a 11 mb. 35 .... P- 8 5 ______4 36 P_ A3 -.. - -- ~ ------(I) Black'!! 31st: A crafty t'o· 36 ____ 8 - 03 ______4 37 Q_A7 tom·ce. 37 _ .. _ P- 8 6 ______4 Rellign-s (j) (J) ne s l ~ ns : T he thr C!\ tened ad­ I-ance of the Pawn In conjunction T otal Score ______100 Your Perce n ta ge withparried. th e mu.tlng thr eats cannot be L ______-.:. ______

J U N Ii . J U L Y , 1943 209 ------CHESS MOVIES AI'loanged by Kenneth Harkness Subtitles bv I. A. Horowitz

Y()" '''' ,,{] no cl"'~8hoflro ekCI ~ ~ I to ~lljOY this "mov;,," of f\ hrilliant ",,, .'1~" ch(,"~ g·ame. 'Vilh Iho aid of t.he diagrRm.• , plCW"ing the j>ositions "fl u)' every I. WO or (h,'",,,, move~ y()" ,,,,n play the gRille nH.mtnlly from be­ g·inni n!> to "nd. Tho C()mmCOniS ;I"der each diagram explain the moves made In tho POg;UOil pklured. Follow the dingrnms from loft to right (on each )'''1:(' ) ' lJel:l""jn,o: wi l h Dia~p'nm No.1. This m et.hod of p)' e ~ e n t "iion affords " XCO" lI"n 1. pr",cl ic .. in \'; 3wd I~ i Ill: I WC) Or III r ee mov .... "ho"d.

1. The Attack on the Guard 'l'he opeIllng moves : 1 P_ Q4 P_Q4 A N A LL·ST AR P ERFOR M A N CE I N 36 MOVES 2 P_Q B4 P_ K 3 3 Kt_KB3 Kt-K B3 TH E PLAYERS 4 Kt_ B3 QKt_Q2 - reaching thp position shown in W H IT E : Dr. Alexander A . Alekhine B L ACK: Or. Emanuel L ask er diagram 2. P l ace: Int", rl1ati onal T ournament at N ew Yo'rk T i m e : 1924

, bit Declined, plays B· , , Rt5 hel'e. Instead. Alekhiae ex· " ' hite should threateus the Q-B2 and changps Pawns and del'elops hiH Alekhine Black defends moving h is llishoj) at KB4. The game con· Black captures reo Knight to Ill. The opening has tinues : eapturps and Dlack left White with a weak K ·side 5 PxP p , p Then White defends Pawn formation and nn isolaterl 6 B.B4 P.B3 anti Dlack castles, QP. How does Black capitalize 7 P·K3 K t-R4 on these weaknesses?

to Ql with the occupy transferring" it to K3 and possibly iug preparatory as returns i. to Bil where it will be more useful mack anticipates by retreating to the QP. Whereupon in a contemplated attack. Black n'QU2! So White starts a Q'Sid", Ulack starts to maneUl'el' his responds with P·B3 (to stop Rt· minority attack (2 Pawns \'~ 3) other Bishop with 3·KB2! W hite K5). White continues with Kt· with P·QKt1 and Black transfers eontinues his minOl'ity attack with K3 and Black plays B·K3. his Bishop to Kt3. P·Kt5 and Black plays B·KR4!

210 CHESS REViEW T he course i u p 8 pinne d. \Vhlte plays 10 and Q OIL W hite's K il l' aud and m ack re plies PxP. then get )'Id o r t he K ing's body· t he n tries t o boUle guard- the white Knight at B3, QD and rest rict his How can t his be done ? W h ite Imrpose. Iliaylng 1'·0 5. Black Ollens t he K ·l\le with Kt·K t 2 and LU I'US to W h i t e then With Q·Q3 and this move I Black plays 1)·1)2. W h ite then Px P a nd Black counters beau Llru[ themat ic play by Lask. continues KR-K I a nd Black 1)lays ill. " P-K H4! Ouch !

T he beginning of t he HUack S t ill trying to , 13 Now t he . on the bodyguard and threat· 12- White plllY s H-l\ l. He wa nt a • gua rd Is attacked. ening to IIhlltter W hite's Pawn t o get some I l l e cc ~ off the bORnl W hite do ? Hc plays Kt·K 5 Rnd st ructure. W hite d ef e ll d .~ with Ilml so rte ll the effect o r Black' ij offha nd this looks good- but t he P·K R3 and Dlack continues Kt· attack. But Dlack plays H·KtI at· I' cspit e Is le mpOt'l\I'Y. Black playa R2: - made 1)(I.'I lIlble by t he pre­ t ack!n" the Queen . \ .... hite move s PxKt and White ca ptures QxK t. vious Pawn move. While ex­ h is Queen to 8 1 a nd Dl RCk Illll YII But W h ite's troubles begin aga lu changes Hooks ( RxRcli, Hx H). K t·KH! a s Dlack pla ys p ·KS,

T he dangerous diago nal has Black could have won with 16 A crusher ! T he t hreat, o r 14 been I'e-opened " ' ith n I CUIIIO 15 PxB on h is last move. but course. ill Ih K t ch, w inning attack o n the W hite llIs hop. t h is would have given W hIte llome t he Queen. W hi te g ives a la st Wlli le pos t pone s t he !n'll da)' with cou tltel'vla)". W hite now retreats gasp with K t·1t4 bu t Bla ck endll P·U6. t hreatening mate. whIch D-K2 and Dlllek replies PxP, at· the agony w ith Q xP. A fter ex· Black defends with P-Kt3. In des­ l acking t he KnIght. White hope­ changing QU eens (QxQ, OxQ) peration. White t hen plays P·D4 fully counte rs wi t h B·RS bu t \Vhlte rell igns a s he Is four P awns and Black re plie s with P xKtP. Black spik es hi ~ .e:uns w ith R·J(t7!! do w n.

JU N E- J U L Y, 1943 2ll , PROBLEMS Addrt'JJ (1/1 correspolldente /0 Problem /;'r/jlol" 1'. L. R UT H ENBER(j, CHESS REV IEW, 250 Wesl 571b SO"eel, New }'ark, N. Y. I'or perJolI(11 rep/ie!. ple,lSt' ellcloJe sel/.dddreIJed, 1/a/ll/,ed elll·elope.

No. 2097, G. B. Spe ncer. II is a pleflsure to grant a deserl'ing eOlllmelldation to this latest (;OnllJOsitio n P. L. ROTHENBERG b y the Dean o f American pl"oblemish. We ;111 con· Problem Editor graWlatc him on k e epi"g UI) hiH interc st in JH"oblellls aud wish him the ve ry be~ l.

;';ol "'i<)1I .• to Decn lci wi''''e .. ~ in t he ~e l f "'''I C "ccl ion Decalet Tourney Awanls (rll d ) l i ~h , ,,1 i1l Ihe ~1"y i ~ .• ,,:1 - h:-l 1 1" '( ''' I<''oi ,, ~ 2 Q.I~~,", '. Q~Q ,,,,,II'. If 1 . .. Q~KI: ~ tj· tj(ic h. K~Q "",Ie : 0 .. 1 . _ . B~q: 2 H-HGch. JJx ]{ " ''II ". U" t ~o l v n r D"l'ld 1:;1O Ipcr po i "l ~ Olll Ih " l nn"r Th i ~ monl h's fare- a 6umlltuouS f ea~t- c o n sists I. . Q_1ll lh" .. " is no ~ o h l\ i on. Prohl"", otL''II", li1l(;(1 or 1 i Df'calcts and 3 dc dicntioll proble m s . A ll atlded ""d fo"" "lk",· .. · .• C"I)'Y "'o\ '(' ~ In lO n"~1 Il];"'(). featul'e is a set of 9 pri7.e·whlllers gathere d from Honor ~ble Mention. W. J. F~ulkn"' · . I Q-Q I~ II! 1' - 1~1 3: 2 H·I~I!~. I'- I..:: t l : 3 H ·ll e; . H.,a: ·1 Q·KI5ch. Kxti "'''Ie. \'ilriou s Ilublications. If I .... ['· 10 1: 2 H· ]{12, 1' - 1..:: 15 : 3 j{ · Kl'l:l. I(xlt <'Ic. 0 ,· i r t .. ItxH: ~ 1( - I'; I.'",d, . K· I(5: 3 1{·QW',,,h. KxH: F I"c oJ c rlck G ama g~ dedicates No. 21 07 to G. 13. -[ Q·l'I r,,·h <:te. Spe ucer. winne r in the 2·mol'e section or the Deca1et Tourney, on the OCC UiOll o f Spencer's ~Ist birthday. J\.'Jarch Solulions No ~. 10S is dedicfltcd to I" rank Altschul. whose (M,,~i'l)"n ' ("" 'o1il _ 27 poinlS ) contribUUon to problf'1ll che ss literature 1111" InsjJi red 20&0: Q· Q lt7. 2061 : Q. K ~ . 2062: IH": 17 ( I H_ltl i~ S imon C()stik~' an t o bes tow a deser ving honor. (kf ~ " I .. o1 h.v I . .. Ihl'.) 2063 , Q. KI 5. 2054: h:lx] ' (I H·1H I~ d d ~ " I ('( 1 loy 1 .. . 1' _ I _j ~ 1~ 1). 2065 : H _W;. 2066 : 1 !l - Q3. C. B. Cook insc ribes his No. 2109 10 Alai n Whit.e " - Bl: 2 H-QKI6! e l e. I .... K - KI: 2 1l · ]'; 1-I6 ! "lc . as a b e lated bil'\hda~' gree ling. Thl'ee scorc and 2067: lnl"'" ion- l 1 ~1 · 1"3. l'-IU: 2 l'xP nt ,·. I .. . . KI-Q2: 2 !l·KI ",c . 1 . . KI-H2: 2 !l - KK14 three ,sn e ake d lip o n White 011 ", Ia"cll 3. I ;:H ~. We Cl C. (;ook : "I· HI. Too h" d. 2068 : 1 KI · Bii. Kxl~ l : 2 H·K:I heartily endorse the feli c itation. ele. 1 . ... li:'QI: 2 1 ( - I~ I .'", c h <'I C. (I j{·]{lii d ocs NOT .:I'''''): " r ( ~ - I): II;"k" ( G ~ ) : Hi se,' (~ 1) ; Ilolla: (26) : Sm,re)' ( .1): ~ "clc v fortunalely. it" Blac k's BP moves at onCe. II dual re· (fi71: ~ " ipi el': cl 282): 1" 1,""ilf''-' ( .1); Klar No. 2096, Arnaldo Eller man. A nice key. with v ery (G) : ~l e l"lll c )' c r (S:;): SI OIl (, ( '1): SIOU( (19 ) : >:'''II",rll " Htl'active mainplllY. le ading t o a bellutiful mal e with (C,): >:'w""1 (1~1): T" pli lzk.l' 122): '1'110""' " (23): 'rhumpson Black Ki ng 011 Blae k's Q ·L The problem l< uffc rs a (3:1): T)"'r l a ~ ( 15): T""'ll (IJ): "U" Linl (n); WaC '''' or· ha \'(: ",.(." plac' f'<1 0" ,1,,-. i, ,,,cT )\'e li st.

212 CH ESS R E VIEW Recent Prize Winners (SoluliollS 011 Pftge 220) The p)'oblems on this page are l}resented foJ' your Chess Correspondent); E. M , Hassberg (for the New warm weather ent. ertainment, All have been awarded York Post); Alain White and Kenueth S. H oward prizes in tourneys conducted by our contemporaries. ([01' the American Chess Bulletin); Julius Buchwald Awards were made by Judges Alain ,"' hile (f01" t he (for The Problemist). COlll\}()Sers are as follows : No. 1. Ii:. M. Hassherg, 2nd Pri~e, Second Hochbe(g Memorial Tourney, Chess Corres­ pontlent, Nov., 194 2. No. 2. Frederick Gamage, 1st Pri:t:e, N. y , Post, Second I nformal 2-Move 'fourney, 19,13. No. 3. Comins Mansfield, 2nd Prize, N. Y. Post, Second Informal 2-Move Tourney, 1943, No. 4. Comins niansfield, 3rd Pri7.e, N. Y. Post, Second Iuformal 2·Move Tourney, 19,13. No. 5. Frederick Gamage, 1st Prize American Chess Bulletin 1942, Informal Toumey. No. 6. Walter Jacobs, 1st Pl'ize, American Chess Bulletin .1942 , Informal Tourney. N o. 7. F. T. Hawes, 1st Prize, British CheSi! Problem Society 50th Tourney; T he Problem l ~t, May 1943. No. S. H. F'. \V. Lane, 2nd Prize, British Chess Problem Society 50th Tourney; The Pl'oblemist, I'IIay 1943. No. ,. 'J'. n. Dawson, 1st Commended, British Chess Problem Society 50th T ourney; The Problemist, May 1943.

J U N E - J U L Y, 1943 213 Twenty Original Problems

All problems on these pages fl.r e published for the first time. Nos, 2090·2106 are DecaJet T ourney cntrie s. Kos. 20~7 , zon and 2099 are dedicRtions, as eXl}Jained 011 Page 212. Composers as follows: 2090- I:! . Colle 21UO - Comins I1Iansfield Z09l - P ercy TIowawl' 2101 - J . Bunting 20n- A J ["in k 2102- A. Bray 20n- C. S. Kipping 2103 - J , Nield 20n 'I-M<\xweli Ilukor~er 210 ·1- Pl'ederick Gamage Z095- H.fl.l'ael .1, Bermudez 2105-T. Lundberg 2096- Arnaluo Ellerman 21 06- E . D. Holladay 2097- G, n. Spencer 2107- Frederick Gamage Z09S - Percy 13owa.ter 2JOR - S imoll Cost ikyan Z099-\{elvin DOllo-Vi! 210el- C. D, Cook

214 CHESS REVIEW • In Prize Solving Contest

SOLUTIOKS '1'0 PHOBLEMS 2090·2109 MUST DI~ P OS'I'MAHJ(ED NOT LATER THAN SEPTEMBER 6, 1943. ('I' hls restriction doea not a lll)ly 10 men III the armed forcel; unless they hilI'S early access to CHESS HEv!E:W ns It appelll's). HU LES OF' CONTEST: Yuu Illay enter this contest at nny time. There 1~ 110 entry fcc. Each mouth, H. half·year SUb~Cl'lllt iol\ to CHESS REVIEW (or e:ncusioll of present subscript iou) III awarded to t he contestant who head,; the ~o l l'liml' IIsl. The whlller's score Is then ca ncelled and he Stil rts anew. UUllt icate prizes fOJ' tied sco res. Submit solution to Problem Editor before date speCified . Key moves on ly a re r equ ired u nleSl it is expreuly specified that variations be submitted. Poin t cred its llsunlly corrcS\)()!ld to llUlliber of moves, F ull cl'ed its ror COrrect claims or "no solution" and rOl' "cooks" (solutions other t lHlI1 conwoser'" Intention,) Deductious for wroug s olutions,

21, CHESS BY MAIL

Milton F et ell has been playing in CHESS REVIEW Postal T ourna· m ents si nce March, 1942. He succeed ed i n fi nishing two o f h is sections w ithout th e loss of a .game. Fetell w ri t es : " I a m 30 yea rs of age. Chess has been my ho bby and held m e in its charm ever since Pu blic Sc hool d ays. ' " Although the heart· br eaking hours of a r et ail business now leave me no t im e fo r o v er.the· b oard c hess, I fi n d t hat I ,hav e time enough f or p ost al c hess. My wife, w ho has n ever lost a c h ess gam e in her l ife, has been m y co n st ant insp i r a t ion: Are y ou w in n i ng thi s game? A re y ou goin g to beat t hat fellow? S he w as pos itive ly t h rilled t o sec one of my games in the READERS' GAM ES Department o f C H E SS REVI E W. T he w inning of a c hess set in S ectio n 42·S7 came just in the n ick of t ime ; my o id set w as w o rn t o a fraltlt le f ro m so m an y a nd wo nde r flll battles by mail. It is true, by the way, tha t m y w ife ne ver lost a c hess game. She has never played one !"

Mil t on Fetell

C ai ~s a. S ome regard it as a n odd b r·all c h of t he gamc, othe rs hH ve nevel" tr ied it. anti a s urpris ing With Postal Players num be l· h a ve no t e ven heard o i" it. Letters arrive by JACK W . COLLINS e very week to !! n]l]'OI·t t hese state nwnt s a nd w e feel Post a l Chess Edito r it is worthw h ile to let you rcad w ha t y Oll r ne ll' co ntem po ra r ies are writi ng, and a lso to let the li on· Last llIonth we m e ntio ned l hil l ltobe rt D. Gl·aIH.le , I}lny ing rlostal chess pu blic see t hem. if, as we hope. Adam ~, "I alls., ha d lI uggested a t Oll rney for p l a y e r ~ Ull· t he y haJ}l)€n to stumble on t hi s colum n . ti er s ixteen years o f age. It is too ~OOIl to say what H ere is one from S t.a nley \Vysow ski. w ho is in t.h e l· e~IJ OIl ~ e to t he id ea may be. but a ~ at least one bo!. h the Victory TOU1"Jlamenl and t he Cla ss T o urna· othel· youngste r. I·'orrest G. S chaeff e r . Jr., All c ntown, ment. that s ho uid 11IO'e Ilarticnla l· m ea ning to hos· 1'<1 .• i~ in fa l'Ql· of it w e may see the CVCll t IWlle r way Ilil ali7.ed folks a nd s lnH·ins gene rally. beron: long. ··1 hal' e been in hospitalH fo r t he l a~t fonr ye a rs. All of whic 1l s tllrtcd us t h ink ing abou t a tour na· Cnn you imagine a ll I m i8sed by no t di ~ <: ()v e r il lg me nt 1"0 '· players a t til e othfl r end of the chess POK !.il l c hess ~ oon C I · "? '[' he gnmeS themse lves are IIHld e r. One li m iled 1.0 competitors with a. l"a ting of very intere st ing. T he te chnical k nOII' ledge absol·bed I If>O. 01 · hig he r. who were interested in the stiffest is illv al ua ble. But w hat IlJean!! most is t he frie nds OppOSlllo n a nd cash prizes. W e lnig ht llal'e a $f>.OO that yo u meet t hroug h the m a il. I could liel' e r flllil entry fee, and offer three awanls of $15.00, $10.00 . any pla yers who could play ch e ~s I·ery we ll in the a l\(I $5.00, in n ~eCli on of seve II. .P e r ha ps one 01· hospil,Ji K, so na turally I d idn't get lU uch fUll from 111'0 less experie nced pla yel"~ mi ght be admitte d t o the game . Now I can piay lI tro ng pla yers, nnd le st it sectioll. if t he y we re willing (0 Litke the ir chances a nyone tell you 1)(IS[al che ss is bOl"i ng, here is a with hi gher·ups in orde r to learn a few J) o inte r ~ . parado x. I Ciln·l wil it t ill I get t.he next move. yet the gam e is H ni ~hed before ~· ou k now it. I don·t Like Hobert's pro posal this o lle is in t he form· know why J 1le l' e r pl a yed correspondence chess ative stage a nd details co ultl be wo rked out la ter. before a ~ now [ don·t k now how [ e ver got a long The t hought is m e rely to prese nt affail·s oi· ill t ere8t w ithout it." 10 ~ l, ec ia l gro ups. Lel us k no w what you t hink o r the id ea s and scnd along a ny of your own you may \Vil liam A. Greell fi ehl. 1\e w Yo rk , N . Y., lIe llt us have in mind. W e could SU!lply co m para ble events t he SCores of t wo g ames he WOIl. in ·13·V23, 111 111 w heneve l· t he de m a nd warra nted it. accompanied th(, 1ll wi th the following note. ··1 can·t begin t o tell you how e njoyabl e Urese S ix 1ll01·e playe rs have qualill ed for the semi· PO Mal Chess Gallles a re. It ·s m y fi rst a ttempt, but fi na l rou nd o f the Victory T OllI· na m ent. They a r e you can be sU I·e it. WOTI·t be my la st." Bailey, Dayton . ;\1. Ha s ~ia1is. " l arc uB . B. p. E. D. G. And PaUl L. De an. ' Vas hiJl gtoll , D. C .. wl"o te : M. P al mel·, a nd .J. S errin, Jr. T hese qualifiet·s . and '·Postal C h e~s c e na inl ~' is a illea sant hobby to a tJlO ~e t hat foll o w them, w ill be g ive n t heil· next Ilel·sOIl li ke m yse lf who doe ~ n · l have the time to pla y assignment s as soon a s e no ugh Il laye rs are al' a ila ble a t a club Hud who doesn't e ve n k now anot he r chess to form new sectio ns. playe r . . Hope [ may he ahle to play t he re st or Despite the la ct that. correRpo ll de nce c he ss ha s my life ." been played for many ge ne ratiOll s . ill m a ny climes. There a re m any more S ia nleys. Williams . a nd by miln y t housa nds of p layer~, it re mains a n un· I'nnl" thr OIl /!: ho ut I he count r y w hom we s hOU ld like kno w ll. or uno rW: nc(t. book to coun tl ess SOilS o f to ha l'(' ill Oll r r('a lm of t he Ito yal Game .

216 CHESS R EVI E W Victory Tournament Results ,. Play Chess

~l- \ '1 MlIler lind n· \ · 4 · Aron. O. by d -"a · S~ rr l " defeated Mail! :U-VG HllSs!nU8 d o- O ne of the best ways t o im prO"' e your c hen ~ 3 - \" 7 \3- I'll lie I. Fenle y O. skill_ a nd t o ha"'e a swell t ime doing It_ il 13·1" and Ha ll. l'He l mn~ )'o r to play c he.. by ma il. If you have not yet

~l·\·IO W Iierzho rlo: _ taken par t in C H ES S RE VIEW'" Post a l Tourn_ I '/o . Ca mpI H' " a me nh you a re m issing a lot of fun. T here \3- \'13 are hund reds of C HESS REV IEW Post a l Player , anxious to meet you by mail, w ili ing 13- \"1; ",,,d M r". L y ",... " . to ma tch their ability a t Ch ess with you rs. 1. 1\""llO: r O. 41- \"I ~ Some of these player s a re strong, ot hers we ak. 4 l- \"I ~ No ma tter what your play ing strength may be, ~3· \' 21' t he re a re CH ESS REVIEW playe rs Wh o will 13-\" 21 ~ lL d I O~ 1 team up wi t h you a nd give you a good game. 13·1'23 Wood I. You need no expe rie nCe to play posta l 13·\'%1 o c hen . T he re it not h ing m yst eriou s or d ifficult 13· \'%;, a bout it. It is played in exact ly t he same WilY ~,-n9 ! R<'lO YCII ii'S ove r.t he.boil rd cheSS e xcept tha t you send 13· \'31 Fra uee. you r moves on post·cards. W e mail complete G r Ol< ~ in"tructlons to eac h new pla ye • . 13 · n~ Ent ries a re now being accepte d fo r C HESS 13- \'3~ ,. ll-n~ Ull A"Umc" fortc l1 ed. REVI EW', Clu s T ou r na men t . Our re gular player" il nd new f riends are welcome t o Jo in. In this e"'ent, e ntries a re grouped according t o playing strength. You w ill be entered In a Prize-Winners This Month Sect ion of teven players, a ll of whom are about See. Pla)'c, PrlllO Score n·ll P. L. Ocn" ...... , ., eq ua l to you rself In playing Ikill. You play \J·CI L. R. C'h"LI\'cnct ...... ,• , ., W hite againlt t hr ee of you r o ppo nents, Blac k I!_CIS Dr. ~ 1. H"" l< he rlo:er .. ,.,.,. o 5'k - \i aga inst the other three-and you pl ay a ll s ix 1 ~-C18 P. J . .11i ,·h e'" ...... •. ,.,. , · 0 It-C IS It. S. Il()<' k n! ...... •.•.• ,. ,• , ., gam..,. tlmu lt aneously. 1%- 85 [.t. IJ. 1-'. LA) " cne. Jr...... o , ., 12_85 .ll r~. I). fI.. Mui r ...... , , · 0 You stil nd ii good chance of win ning a prile 12-89 iII r,,_ W. It. ~'enley ...... , in you r sect ion, Cred its of $4, $2 a nd $1 are 12 ·89 A. Ce. nul ...... ·, .,., ... awarded to the fi rst , s econd and third place U ·S~ 11'. J. 'I'rcll><: r ...... ,. . , ., 1!·815 L . Boo'k f" ...... • .. o n~- \.io w innert In each section. T hese cr edits may It·SHi It. L,. II.-o",n ...... 2- 3 ..1 , ., be used to pu rchase c hess books or eq u ipment. U·SI,; H . Fin ...... 2· 3- ~ , ., 1!·SI5 1(. C. H ILIi .. .. , . . . •...... 2-3 __ ' , ., T he entry fee il only $1 . You may e nt er aa Prize-W inne rs Last Month many sect ions a a you p le as e at $1 ea ch. '-<. ['",,'er !'ri lle Score Ma il cou pon below, or a c opy of It, to n-u L. · \\·. Flf' hli"g ...... 1-2 , · 0 /I.3! I),.. J . ( :. Hog,,,, ...... 1-2 , • 0 C HESS RE VIEW , 250 West 57th Street, New \1 ·35 !;"t. B. I-" 'I'md ...... , ., York 19, N, Y. 11·35 1" H. Chu"venet ... ,...... 2 5 \1;- 2 1\0 1!·CI6 A. Coo k ...... , ...... , I a%-- ~ 1t·C20 W. H"rrl~ , ...... , 2 , ·0 j!·C :!(i G. S. 'n ,o""," ...... 3 , ., MAn. YOUR ENTRY NOW I!'SC 1'\'1. W. II . IAe"T ...... 1 I! 'S; C. 1-'. W .iLte li' for this I s ectlon (l ) of your 1943 CLASS T OU R NA­ I ev ent. On{' w nek before the closing da te, 52 sections ME NT. T he a mount e nc lOSe d covers the e ntry bad been stRrtet.! - lI tota l o f 364 e nt ries. Play Is I fee of $ 1 per sect ion. I progre8lling a t 11 fa st e111) (lil t.! the fi rtH sem i·lInlll NeW Pla yers Only: Please 11 11 in line be low section Il:I s b(!tln s llll·tet.! . PhLyers in t hill el'ent lire I in orde r t hat we IIl lt y in clude youl' II UlIl O In I re mln dell that t he ~ core o f eve ry ga.me In all three our Hil t o r Postal CheRs Hatin,ll' s. I rOUft\!a coun ts In the fin a l !!lH t rlb ution of prizes. Ir I I consider m yself a Cla u ______(A, B or C) you !juali fy fo r tl ll~ semi· fi lla l or fi nal round. be sure player. I to IIn lsh a ll YOll r games 111 t he IJreviou" r Ollnd s. If I Name ______you lin' disqualified in the Ilreli m ina iT 01' se m Hl lIIl1 rou nd . \\'e as k yOll to " I e a ~e finis h all )'onr ga me s I Addres s ______• __ I lik e true s po!'\ ~ .n e n. Your J;ume6 w!lJ nfl'ect t he prlzes of your fe llow·players . Ir y OU fi nish YOUI' City ______• ______Stat e I Ichedule you qua lify fo. a free entry Into t he Class I Tournament- bul not otherWise. L_ ------J UN E- J U LY, 19 43 Postal Chess Games 01 the Month ( Notes by J ack W. Collins) N IM ZO_INDIAN DEFENSE J. E ich horn A. B. Humphrey \Vlille Black , P _Q4 Kt.K B3 3 Kt.QB3 B· Kt5 2 P-QB4 P-K3 4 B.Q2 · - . . T his move occasions Ulack no d iffi cult y, 4 Q-m , 4 Q·Kt3, 4 P ·K 3. and 4 p·(J1I3, are more 10 lhe point 4 . _ . . 0.0 6 B_Q3 P xP 5 P_K3 P _Q4 Such positions cull fo r , _ .. P·Q84. 7 BxP K t_B3' 11 BxB Kt·B3 E"eryl hi ng you nced 10 play chess by mall ill In­ 8 Q-B2 B_Q2 12 Kt_B3 P -KR3 ciud(!d in CHESS lIi~VmW'S POSTAL CH ESS KIT, 9 P _B4 Kt-QR4 13 P _K4 Kt_KZ Thill COII \'enitl llt kit con lalnll a IU:CORDEH AL­ 10 B,Q3 BxKt 14 P_KKt4 ! , n UM to kee l) ll'lI ck o f Ihl! IlOlI ll lollll. mo"e by move, · . . in 1111 six ,ll'lI.mCIS Of your ~ ecliol\ ; n GAME SCOltE Of course White is willing to trade II IHtwn for an BOOK 10 reCord the SCOI'CS o f youl' games; 100 Ollen KKt file. CHESS IJ" MA li. POST CAHDS fOJ' mailing m oves 14 , . . . Kt_A2 P _K5 p,p to oPllonents: a Chess T yPO STAMPING O UTf'IT 15 0.0_0 Q_K1 20 p,p Kt.Q4 fOI' Ilrlnt ing pos ltlonll on \lo;;tcIll'lls ulld Score Book: 16 P. B5 B_Kt4 "21 KA-Kt1 Ktx B a GAME scoru; PAD or .100 sheets for l'elJOl'tlug 17 P_KA4 B,B 22 P -B6! KtxPcb scores of gll lU ,!lS; lint! complete INSTRUCT IONS ou 18 QxB Q_A5 23 K-Q2 KA_Ql how 10 pl:I)' chesli by mull. , Vhlte would anSWtll' 23 • • • • P ·KKtl with 21 Thcse aids to I'oalal Chellil wil l keel) YOut' ree· RxPeh. onis straight, helll you to avoid mlll lakC8 t hat lose 24 AxPch K_Bl 27 K_K3 p,p games, gre atly lldd to YOut' cnJoyment of chess by 25 AxKt K·Kl 2B Q_Kt6eh Resignl mall, Extra QlwntltlcB of any Item call be purchased 26 P _K6 Q_Kt5ch al allY time. M ate next move. Eichhorn's n ttnck was a bly ex· You save money, too! Bought separately, the ecuted. contents would a mount to $6.25. The complete Kit costs you only $5. Order YOUI' Kit nOw: The ol'del' COllI/on below III Il l' lnhHI ou t he re\'l.! ree II lde or a - --- Postlli TolLl'nnme nt enll'y. 1'0 enler t he toumey a lllI BUDAPEST DEFE NS E purchase II Posta l Chess Kit, 1111 in both s ides of the COU llon and mall to CH ESS REVIEW, F. G. Schaeffer Dr. M. Herzbe rger W hite Diuck 1 P _Q4 Kt_KBl 5 Kt_KB3 B _ KtSc ~ 2 P _QB4 P _K4 6 Kt_B3 BKKtc.1 3 P x P Kt_KtS 7 PxB Q_K 2 4 B_B4 Kt-QB3 8 Q·QS P_Bl A ftel' 8 . . Q-n6 : 9 H-BI. I~· n3: 10 PxP, K u P(B3): 11 Q-Q2, P·Ql: 12 KI'Q4. 0 ·0 ; 13 P·B3, the queen Is nol as well placed 11 $ In lhe l ext 9 PxP KtxP ( B3) 10 Q.Q2 .. " 10 Q-Ql. II P -K 3, and 12 n ·Q3 are sUllerior to the 10th, lHll, and 12th mOVe8 chosen by White. 10 , , . , P·Q3 13 B· Kt5 QR_Kl 11 Kt-Q4 0 -0 14 P. K4? KtxPI 12 P.B3 B-Q2 Actually thiA Rhould only have 1! 8tnbll~he d n beller - I en dgame, after 15 DxQ, I

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DIAGRAM PAD 100 (!I"g,.,,,,, hlll"k~ ror .... c whh SI,,,,,,,_ Ing O,,(ilt .'\0. :107. No. 311 Pad __ sOe SCORE PAD 100 ~ hI' C I ~ 6··_~1 1 " No. l OS-sOc • Changes III Postal Ratings Game Reports- Results to June 10th 1941 OP~N T O URN AM ENT ~'m, l ) e n a flcr pl"yer,,- n .. me"" iud lcalc new TIlling" "n"cd on re~ults of g n m e ~ n'l JM)rted I.>elween May 61h and S h ll l)hltr(i '.t, Mre. M"lr 'h. J uno 10111. The r~!l n l:" ~)'~le'" F>rov hh~ R A. fairly ",:curnl e l)enn I. H e nr), 0, II.d Jud leat.-:d. cO "'I''''' I~o " 0( . ,1>' 1'1"" ~tr""~lh . .'.'e\\' I' ll\ yer~ lOre IR~\led Treil)(:r %. Denn v.. app r ox l,,,,,l e ra l lnli~. P\',,,,t,,,,lly lind Ihe l ,- own le vel. Co,nt'le lo list or ra(i",, ~ w ill " 1l 1)()'''' In an e ll ,.] )' I ~~"e . 1942 C LAS S TOURNAMI!NT

~1\11 " ". lAC C . D .. . ..• . 9H ~2·CI I, H urt O. Class A :-. ,,,, I ~ k l . J . J . .. .•.. .. I IHO a· c~ I. H o ll " O. :>': Inl)" r " . Dr. X ...... , 9 H a·C1 . tld,,;, I.-:d C .. "I'" fI nd H "mllto n. C"sey I . I'll ul. O r . K ...... •• • 106-8 P c,,,r ,,, W . J ...... •. ,lOS·. n·cls S he phar d. 1'1"11 . Mr ~, ~ 1...... 914 4~·C " Pr~""ce. E. . . . , ...... 9(10 42 · (;22 QuanBlrom. Dr. V. 1-:, 108 6 42·C23 n nd WlIln.-:r. H e nry I{o,·k,, ]. H. . , . • ...... 1078 Hothu""" A , ...... ~'I~ 42· (:21 W('y And l o~t to F a rnum. :o

I n l hls o:l e]lart ment we I)ubllsh games hy rCl\del"lI wilh anllotutlon s b)' Chel>8 11l flSter I. A. HOI·owil:/;. Any subscribc)' 111 welcome to ulle l his in· II truct il'e sen' Icc free of cll:u·ge. Submit )'our games to Headers' Ga lllE>1I Department, CHESS REVLEW , 25 0 W . 57th St., New York 19, N. Y.

I. •all t mon th we l)IlbllJ!.h ed 1\ game I t becomes obvious t hat Dluck i s 'thc follOwing postal game wns sub· Pl't MOI"lOll Jacobs and on l)' vnguely fa milial' wit h the m itted by oue o[ OUI' Cailad lnn s ub· l\laj ol') H. 1'. Kemble. theorie3 . hc Is eXI)Ollndlng. The scriber s. It 13 r ich In Imagin1\tiou 1 . t he names of UIO break'1l11 or the center nrst b)' G and fighUng spirit. BOlh contest· I' were tramll/osed. J acobs ... PxI> WIIR In order. There Is a auts are willing to "mix Jt" and a­ Illuck anti won.- Ed. limit to rault)' technique. Now "fl'ee for 1\11" ensues. comes Quick l'eu·lbmion. QUEEN'S GAMBIT DECLINED 7 P.Q5 ! p,p Dclow Ilia lillie s k ittles ft'\vnlil)" 8 PxP Kt·Kt5 T. A. H . D. Paetkau playcHI In less than lon ml nntes at 9 P .Q6! • • • • North Uosth(lr n, the Daylon, Ohio Yi\ICA, nnd su b­ A nd Black i5 almollt SLll lcmated mitted by Mr. PII.U' J . W ortman. Saskll.lchewan Sl\IIknt chewan lit the beginning of the game! Thel'c president of t he loenl chess club. Whlto Black Is hanlJy : ~ ugeful move :wlIllabl(l; MctrO]IOlllnll masters appa rently for example j{ 9 .. . p· K ~3, to fre(l I P.Q4 Kt. KB3 "l'IlIlld no longel' monO]Jolll.C tran· the K B, theu ,10 B·KKt5 w i ns t he 2 P.QB4 P. K3 sit" C1l01l8. Queen. 3 Kt·QB3 P.Q4 4 B. Kt5 B. K2 FRENCH DEFENSE , - P. B5 p. J . Wortma n C. Driscoll - - - 5 P. K3 QKt.Q2 mack ig "educed to me-aulug\ess 6 Kt. B3 0-0 W hite Hlack moves. Otlclling Ilgreed on. T il ls pl"Oced· 1 P_K4 P·K3 10 B. Kt5! 2 P.Q4 P_QB4 n rc Ir orten fotlowod to eXI)edit e 11 PxP COl"l"CS l1ondence play. Not a new idea, but InrrequenUy In t hc game of dmughts mflsters played. It has one of the c hlll'actcr· adhcrc to reSlriClione in opening i$tics of hypermodern chess - nt­ pia)' to circumvent analysis. defi ll' tack of the OPlloslnK centc!' from [tel)' ravorlng oue side. Chess has the wings. lIs Ildncli)111 tll'/tW b;ICk not 8tJ yet reached that degree of i$ tllat It l~rmi tR 3 P·Q5 a nll It con· progrei!s. seqnc I11 ga in in te rrain fo r t ile IIIAy­ p,p er of th e White forcos. 7 B.Q3 8 BxP P.QKt3 3 Kt. KB3 . . . . Dut While is not alert to lhe mack resolves the problem of developing his Quccn's B ishop by prospect~ or the advancc, 01' Is un· resorUng to the Ilanchetto, II. meth· willing t o s teer t he game into U ll. tried chnnneis. od emplo),ed mall)' rearll ago. A s fal' IIi! the la),man is concel"Ded, t h[e 3 . . . . Kt. KB3 anSWen:l t he purpose. Templlng 4 P-K5. Hnd thc 3ubllC' T he adl'anco (p·QKt 3), howcvcr, queM ndvanee or nil or W hitc'3 creates II. struct ural weakness in ,,-wns, nnotilci' chlu'neterislie or Black'i! Vllw n chaill. which Is tech· bypermodel'n chess - to perm ll, nically l'eferred to as a "weak ness prGI'OKe or Induce II !"Upid ad\'ance 12 Kt. K5!! • • • • on the w hUe squa res." (Obse-ne of Ihe opposing center on the 'I'he Kt. of course, ill immune be· Rlack's QB3 anti QR3.) Dinck ex· theo l')" that i t wll\ not be !:Ilnhle, cause of the Indirect auack on !lects to l'clnrOl"ce this deficienc), and su bject to strong COlln tCNI1· n hl CI ~ ' 1I Queen. An d t ho tlll/Lurc Of with ... fi·Kt2. taek. However, Judgmellt or the t he Bishop would be met by Instant 9 P.Q5 • • • • bl!:hest order must be exercl8ed. death wiU! ]3 Q·R1i matc. For should the cOIUller·altnck fnll Pl'emalurely liquidating thc tD mllterlllli:r.e, I he 1),IU!I'mode n tiSI 12 • • • • P. KR4 forces. 9 Q·K2 w i t h thc Idca of 10 .. ill Ilnd himself In close Qllfirt erll. 13 B. K2 • • • • D·QHG and exchang ing (hc RishOI)S 4 P· K5 Kt.Q4 Still w i t h an eye to Illate. wou td aggravate Black 's wcak uess. 'I'hls w!)uld be t he fi rst stel) ill 118 ~ P· B4 Kt·Kt3 13 • • • • Kt·Q6c h explOi tation. e Kt. B3 .... 14 BxKt P,B 6 P·Q5 ut once ill in order. 111 15 QxP · . . . 9 . . . . KtxP tbat clI,e 1I0te how Ulack 's position Now R tG is vulnerable. 9 ... PxP would lead to the text ~ m es constricted. position by trlu lS IHlsilio n. 15 • • • • R. KKtl 6 . . . . Kt· B3 ? 16 Q.R7 Resigns 10 BxKt - - - JUNE. J U LY, 1943 221 10 BxE, KtxB, and W hite is ou t 19 . . . . R.R Many years ago this theory was a P awll. 20 KtxQ QR_Bl ! ! exploded, as far as t he annotator 10 . . . . P •• 21 Q.Kt1 • • • • was concerned. As Black, he play­ 11 QxP B_R3 Otherwise 21 ... R-E 8ch is fatai. ed against the Captain of the Boys High School Team, a rank w hich To stop 0·0. 21 . . . . PxKt at that time merited respect. And 12 R.Q1 . . . - 22 Kt_K5 Kt_Kt4 t h e fo llowin g encounter took place. Black's Bishop exerts a com­ 23 P_B3 R-B4 1 P-K4, P -K4; 2 K t-KBS, Kt·QB3; manding in fl uellCe on the diagonal 24 Kt-Kt4 • • • • 3 Kt-B3, K t-03; 4 B-B4, B-B4; 5 QR3-KB8, preventing t he coopera­ Alternatives were 2·1 P-B4, Kt­ P-Q3, P-Q3; 6 0 ·0 , 0-0; 7 B-KK t5, tion of White's Rook s. Under ·t h e K5 ; 25 QxKt, R-DSch; 26 KB2, D-RKI5; 8 K t-Q5, K t-Q5; 9 'Q-Q2, circu mstances it would have been RxR; 27 Q-K t6 and Black's game Q-Q2; 10 DxKt, BxKt ; 11 Kt-K7ch­ better to 0 -0 -0 . Is still difficult. or 24 P-KR4, boom! , K-RI; 12 BxPch! boom! 12 ... _ Kt_B3 RxK t; 25 PxK t, RxPch, 26 K-B2, KxB: 13 Q-Kt5ch! boom !, K-RI, 13 Q_Kt3 Q_K1 R-K7 ch; 27 K-Kt 3, R(1) -Q7 an d Q-D6 boom-eheckmate. A similar fate is in store for The square BI holds a better Black would retain chances ;\I I'. Howard'_ future for the Queen (Kt5 or Di)_ 24 .... B_Q6 9 P_Q4 B-Kt3 14 Q_B2 - . . . 25 Q_R1 • • • • For after 9 ... P·Q4; 10 P xB, Obviously something is wrong, Permlttlng vague fears to inter­ P xB; 11 QxQch Black has forfeited when at this early stage W hite Is fere with sound Judg ment. 25 Q-Q l , [acing the pin , was in order. W hite the privil ege of castling. Now the redu ced to fioating around with h is symmet ry Is broken. Queen. White's raulty 9th and 12t h ca n a!'ford to swap his Queen for are responsible. Rook and m inor piece and still re­ 10 Kt_B 3 P_Q4 Yet, placing the blam e will not main a pawn plus . 11 B_Q3 · . . . solve W hite's problems- a haven 25 . . . . R-B7 A mor e comma nding post for the for h is K ing nnd freedom for h is 26 Kt_K5 R-K7ch Bishop than Kt3. King-Rook. 27 K_Q1 • • • • 11 . . _ . Kt. B3 14 Kt-Q4 followed by K t (4)-K 2, If 27 K-Bl, O-R 3 wins. 12 0 -0 0_0 limiting the action of Black's QB , 13 Kt_QR4 B_R2 an d t hen 0-0 was in order 27 . .. _ B-R3c h 14 Kt-B5 14 __ _ . P_R3 28 K_B1 R (1)_Q7 • • • • Compelling the exchange of Bish­ 15 B_R4 Kt_R2 29 P-KR4 Kt-B2 30 KtxKt KxKt op fOI' Knight, wh ich In itself is a 15 .. . P-B4 to e xclude White',s 31 R_Q l m inute advantage. But in addition, Kt from h is Q4, and a lso as a pre­ • • • • W hite clears the diagonal for ,his l!minary to a general advance of There was not much else to be other Bishop. . the Queen·side P awns, where Black done . 14 . _ . . BxKt has a majority, was a b ettel' plan. 31 . . . . RxRch 15 Px B Q_R4 Now W hite enjoys a measu re of 32 KxR RxKKtP 16 Q-B2 counter-play. • • • • Resigns T h r eatening 17 BxKt, followed by 16 BxB QxB F or the Queen must fall. 18 BxPch. 17 Kt_Q5 Q. K3 16 . . . . P_R3 The choice of squares is limited. 17 BxKt • • • • P layed in a match between the To shatter the Pawn rormation in Frankli n Chess Club and the Bu dd front of the OPPOS ing King. The Manufacturing Co. of Philadelphia., follow-up is decisive. Def(>nse workers enjoy chess as a 17 . . _ . P •• relaxation_ 18 Q_Kt2 • • • • POLISH OPENING W inning at least a P awn by t he (by transposition) double attaCk, Rnd penetrating the 1. Ash Mr. Howard King's position. Franklin C. C. Budd Mfg. Co 18 _ . . . P_K4 W hite Black N ot very tempting, but the de­ fense of t he Bishop would permit 1 Kt_KB3 Kt_KB3 19 QxP, Rn d a rapid collapse of the 2 P-QKt4 • • • • Black monarch. The rest is tech­ T artak ower pl ayed this In the nique. 1924 Intern ational Masters Tour na­ 19 QxB QxBP ment .and nicknamed it t he " Orang­ 2Q QR_B1 QxRP Outang" Opening-as a direct re­ 21 RxKt Q. e 18 KtxBP KR_B 1 sult of h is visit to the Bronx Zoo If 18 ... QR-B1 ; 19 KtxQ, RxQ; the previous day. True, Black has t wo pawns for 20 KtxR, R-K7ch; 21 K-Bl, R·Q7ch the piece, w hich under ordinary would draw by repetition of 2 . . . . P-QKt4 circumstances mlgh.t be trouble­ moves. Black , however, discounts the some. But in this case, the founda­ tion Is weak, and they must rapidly 19 R-Q8ch ! perplexing aspects of the m ove by • • • • flattering imitation . disappear. An interesting conception. 22 RxBP P. K5 Black's Queen must fall for if 19 3 B_Kt2 B_Kt2 .. . Kt-BI ; 20 RxKtch, and then if 4 P_K3 P. K3 If 22 . .. QR-Kt1; 23 Q-Q7, R­ 20 .. . KxR ; 21 KtxQch, or If 20 5 P-QR3 P-QR3 Kt8 W hi te might continue wit h the . .. RxR; 21 KtxQ. 6 P_B4 P_B4 simple 24 Kt-Q2!, or 24 Q-Kt 4ch, The text move leads to a maze or 7 PxBP PxBP K -R2; 25 Kt-Kt5ch whiCh ought to complications requiring pr ecision 8 BxP BxP bring matters to a head quickly. technique. Less speculative w ould On the theory that if it is g ood 23 Kt-K 5 Q_Kt4 have been 19 Q-R4, RxK t ; 20 Qx enough for W hite it Is good enough 24 RxBP QxQ B!!, R·B7?; 21 Kt-Q4. I for BlaCk. 25 RxQ Resigns

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