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EDITED '" PU BlISH EO BY I. A . H orowit z &. Kenn eth H lilrkne .. Readers are invited to use these columns for their INDEX comments on matters of interest to chess players. FE A T U RE S ales of a Wood pusher ______10 L. O WBRO W KN OW.HOW h is Made Chess H ist ory ______8 Sirs: Sirs: IDEPARTM E N T S I hope that the absence of Tales of a I havtl j ust btl eome a reader of CH ESS Book of the Month ______lIi If" oorlpuslH:r from yo ur August issue does Ri:vIF.W and have been mightily impressed :Chess Caviar ______5 not mean the discontinuance of this de­ by the two numbers (i\fay and J une) that IGame of the Month ______6 lightful series. have ult'ead y reached me. T here's nothing Games from Recent Event. ____ 14 As one of Caissa's lowbrows, I confess on this side of the w o) r1d, whether British IPostal Chess ______17 that the austere academicisms of Mr. Fine or Continental, tha t can come a ny where IRe ade rs' Games ______1 2 T he World of Ch ess ______2 leave me rather chilly; I much prefer the ncar it. Definitely you Americans have got pleasant eX}lositions of Mr. Horowit7. and, the "know·how" of the magazine business. best of all, r.rr. Wren's entertaining Tales ( Hev.) K 1::V1 1'i O'HAGAN EDI TORS 0/ a Woudpushe r. Sheff ield, England l. A . HorowlU H ARR Y STF.PHEN .I~en"e lh HI\ ,.k nes, Hahfa,., N. S. T IME'S FLI GHT ASSO CIATE EDITOR S • T here need be no fear that Fred Wren's Sirs: Jack Stra.ley BaUell I think it wonld aci d realism to a game .fohn C. Ra the l" £tories will be discon tinued. He still has if you had thtl numbtl r of minutes it took CON T RIBU TI NG ED ITORS llIany a yarn to s pin.- Eli. for each move. In this way, we could un­ Re uben Fine, Alben S. Plnku ~, H UMO R IN CHESS derstand lime pressure hlunders a nd also J . W. Collln ~ Sirs: the beautiful comprehension of the mas­ ASSISTANT EDITO R Da vid Rosklnd. J r. In the J uly R eaders' Forum, F rank Post te r who wi n~ 8 game even when ma ki ng • 8!;kcd a bout a humorous a rticle on chess moves in five or ten seconds. Moreover, Ge neral OWees: 2:M) ' VQ8t 57th Street. Xcw York t!l, N. Y. Sales J)()pnrtment said to he in a n old R eaders' Digest. Pe r­ we would pause to look over the possi­ (Room 1329) Ol>c n dally, except Sun ­ Im ps he was referring to the article en­ b il ities of a move fo r which the maste r days, f!"Om .0 !'. m. to 6 p. m. Tel ­ CI,hone: Clrde 6-8253. titled "T he Screwiest Game" in the Febru· Il as taken so much of his val uable ti me. Uns oli cited manulcrlpts and photo. a ry 1936 issue. The article was a very in. It wo uld be diffic ult for the masters to graphs will not be returned unl en ac_ teresting one. I believe one thing it said ketll track of the time so it would have co mpa nied by return pOl tage and . elf­ addressed envelope. was that in a certain tournament ( the New tn he done by a bystander or a reporter. CHESS REVIEW Is pu bll~h e d monthly York 1924 T ournament, I think) at the In this wuy, I think more enjoyment could by CHESS REVIEW. 250 West 51th beginning, four of the eleven contestants be hnd from n recorded game. Street. t\ ew York 19, N. Y. Printed In U.S. A. Reen te red as seoond· class werc not on speaking: terms, and by the ART H UR DAMON matter August 1, 1S47, a.t the Post Of­ time the tournament was over n one of the Syracuse, N. Y. lice a t New York, N. Y. under the Act eleven players would speak to each other. of Ma rch 3, 1879. M ODUS O PERAN DI Publi cation Datu: Published on the Another thing it mentioned was that d ur­ 15th of each month preceding the date ing the Capabla nea- Lasker match, Las­ Sirs ; of Is ~u e . As second-cla.ss mall la often ker charged that Ca pablanca had tam­ delayed, all ow two weeks for delivery I have enjoyed the articles on the Au­ before eoncludlnK )l our copy ha·$ boe n pered wi th clocks so that his (Capa's ) tomaton chess player very much. Being loat. ran slow but Lasker's ran fast. When this a member of the Intern ati onal Brother­ Subscript io n R~t es: O n ~ year $3.75, came up, Capablanca counter-charged tWO )lears $7.00 , three yeau $10.00 In hood of Magicians, r know that for many the United Slatos, U. S. POaaosslons, that during play Lasker smoked the foul­ years, magicians have discussed it and of­ Canada, Newfoundland. Spain a nd lest smelling of cigars a nd blew the smoke fered explanations of how it worked. Most Pan-American countries. Elsewhere: It.50 l>e r year. in his face which annoyed him te rribly. magicians know the methods of conceal­ Change of Add ress: Four weeks' no­ Another interesting article appea red in ment in a lJpa ra tus a nd it was never a ny tjce required for change ot address. CoUier's for .March 2, 1935. T his a rticle great mystery as to how a person was hid­ When ordering " ehnnl,:e pl el\so fur­ ni sh an address stencil Impr

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2 CHESS REVIEW , OC TOBER , 1941 Narrow Squeak and a combined Northern California Kentucky. The Louisville Club lost 14·4 The annual match between 'Winnipeg, team resulted in a 12 %-5Y2 victory for to a powerful Cin cinnati ·aggregation. The Manitoba and IVIinneapolis, Minnesota the fo rmer. The home team had to tally match was a double· roun d affair on nine wen t to the Canadians by the narrow score 9-1 on the hottom hoards to take the boards. Dr. Keeney took both games from of lS%-14Y2 . The U. S. team was out· match. Ken tucky champion Jack Moyse on first scored 10% -4% on the top fifteen boards The Inglewo od Chess Club edged a team hoard. but tallied 10-5 in the bottom half. The from the Water·Power Club 4-2 recently. Massachusetts. Perennial winner of the series was contested on September 3rd at Florida. Racking up 5%-% in a Swiss New England championship, Weaver W. Detroit Lakes, Minnesota. A return en· system tourney, Dr. Gustave Drexel of Adams once more regained his laurels by gagement is planned for next J une. Miami Beach became new state cham· edging out Robert Byrne, last yea r's wi n· Winnipeg Minneapolis l)i on. Nestor Hernandez of Tampa was ncr. Sol Rubi now was third and C. Molt D. A. Yanofsky 1 G. S. Barnes 0 ~econd with 5·1. Other good scores in· fourth in the tourney held at Bos ton. R. G. Wade 0 Dr. Koelsche 1 el uded: A. Montano and W. A. Reynolds, J. Dreman Y2 R. Ott Yz 4-2 ; .T. B. Gibson ; Jr., N. Eecearia and Nebraska. Alfred C. Ludwig of Omaha H. Yanofsky 1 R. Beito 0 Lt. E. Ed mundson, 3%-2% . The tourna· retained his state title fo r tile second year H. Blinder 1 R. Gueyden 0 ment was sponsored by the Tampa Chess in a row by topping the fi eld at Lincoln C. Noyes 1 C. Diesen 0 Cluv and was held in the Floridan Hotel last month. Undefeated, he won four and P. Slavin 1 D. Eliason 0 in Tampa. drew three to lead by half a point. Run­ H. Frank 1 R. Haines 0 ner-up was L. M. Grenne wh o played sen· P. Chiswd l Y2 O. Oulman Y2 Georgia. Although two out·staters topped sationally to finish wi th 5-2. Greene is a N. Garfinkel 1 C. H. Sumner 0 his score, Milton J arnagi n of Athens be­ merc 70 years old ! Hi ghlight of the con­ H. Gregory 112 1. P. Narveson 1f2 came the first champion of the new gress was the eighty.one move be­ R. Fineburg: 0 K. Grant 1 Georgia State Chess Association. Martin tween Ludw ig and his venerable run­ Southern and Jerry Sullivan of Knoxville C. J ohan ne~on 0 H. Fruchman 1 ner-II p. S. Sclehen 1 S. Sorenson 0 were first and second with 6V:J .% and 5·2 The standings were: J. F iJcow 1 O. Aarhus 0 respectively. Jarnigan, J ohn Keown and Cris P oole Jr. also had 5·2 but the tie­ A. Ludwig 5%-1 % R. l\-1oser 1 1... :r..nller 0 5 .2 R. fI-fatynia 0 K. Pederson 1 breaking rules allotted them third, fourth L. Greene ll. Barn es 1 O. H. Hol t 0 and fifth respectively. L. i\Iagee 4%.2% R. Merritt 0 S. Reine 1 J. Spence 4 V2 .2% Illinois. A four game play·off was re­ 1 A. H. Lewis 0 M. Janowitz 1 H. Underwood 312-31;:2 quired. to' determine the state champion I'll. Sm ith 0 R. Hammond 1 F. Swearingen 3%·3% C. Thoriakson 0 R. Bergen 1 after the Labor Day tournament was .T. Belzer 2 ·5 finished. Albert Sandrin edged out Einar L. Frid dell 0 W. Kaiser 1 R. Weare 1 ·6 C. John aneSOll 1 B. R. Church 0 Michelsen 21/:.>.-17':.>. after they had tied New Jersey. Joseph Faucher, a Prince­ W. Moser 1.T. Baker 0 with 6·1 in an earlier Swiss system event. ton undergraduate, and Adolph Stern of M. Kowal 1 J. Rowe 0 Sam Cohen was third with 5%.1% while the new titleholder's brother Angelo was Asbury P ark shared the state champion­ 1. ErHehman 0 G. Stevens 1 ship by tying wi th 4-1. Defending titlist J. Skuhky 0 U. Smith 1 fo urth with 5·2. Other good scores in­ cluded: E. Davidsoll and Scheffer, Stephen Kowalski was third with 2%.2%; L. Zarrow 0 E. Baldwi n 1 D. ,IYz.2Y2 ; F. Sto ppel, C. Kalenian, E. Edgar McCormick had 2-3. The scene of H. Otteson 0 1. Solem 1 Buerger, and R. Hildebrandt, 4·3. battle was the Lo g Cabin Chess Club. 15% 14%

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STATE AND REGIONAt CHESS California. T he San J ose Clwss Club .·on its first inter-city match by downing a team from Pal o Alto 15%-10% . Play ns contested on thirteen boards ill two round s at the San J ose Yl\lCA. Uym an Gordon annexed the Los An· ~ elcs City title by scoring 7-2 in a tourney "hi eh ended last month. Gordon lost only to his twin brother, i\"ia uriee and to young lim Cross. Emil Bersbach and George emy tied for runner-up spot wi th 6-3 each. Cross and Hyman Hogosin were bracketed at 5y:!·31/z. Maurice Gordon, last year's cham pion, had only 3V2.5%. An informal, six game match has been lrranged betwc(:n Reuben rine and . The games will be played at the homcs of Al Bisno and Everett Freeman. The series is part of fine's preparatio n for the coming world CONGRATULATIONS AI? ert S. P inkus (l eft), New York State cha mpio n, re­ iO urney. ceIves c ong ratu lations from Anthony Sa ntasiere, ret ir­ An eighteen board match between the ing titleholder. T om McConnon (rear left) , pres ident of the st ate association, a nd l[echanics Institute Club of San Francisco George Kramer, runner-up in t he t our ney, manifest approval of t he goings-on.

(H ESS REVIEW, OCTOBER, 11147 3 New Yurk. Alber t S. Pinkus won the James Hark ins won the junior division 21;2.2% deadlock. State J unior champion state title last month at Endicott. Goi ng title with Marty Levitan r unner·up. Saul Wachs seored on first hoard for throu"h d"ht Swiss svstem rounds unde· Germantown. "0 . 1 teated, he finished with a total of 6Yz.IYz. Pennsylvania. A score of 61h. h gave Germantown won an over·the·hoard Seven pl a p~ r s tied with 5%·21,12 but young Auilio DiCamillo of P hiladelphia the match from Nor th City by the narrow George Kramer, 1945 state titlist, was run· sta te championship at Allentown. Michael score of 5·4. ncr-up under the tie·breaki ng rules. Ya t l"oll of Reading was second with 6·1 Jeremial l Donovan was a surprise third while Joseph Shaffer, also P h iladelphia, Texas. T he 13th Annual Southwestern in a strong field. Last year's champion, w a~ thiru with 5l;2-Pk Brack eted at 5·2 Open Championship h ad an international Anthony Santa~iel" e was far ont of the were H . Mor ris, E. Dn:her, T. Gutekunst flavl)[ thanks to the participation of Rob· running with 1·4. Forty players competed. and C. French. Other good scores includ­ ert G. W ade, olle·time New Zealand ti tlt· The order of fi nish of the top eighteen : ed : W. Youn g, D. Schrader, W, Byland , holder. The ,'isitor won the event by clean· P. Driver, G. Bliza rd, T. Eckenrode and 1. A. S. Pin kus 6%-1% ing up with 7·0 in the sixty ·man Swiss C. Hheams, all with 4Y2·2%. F ifty-seven 2. G. Kramer .'>%-2% system tourney. Runner-up was J. C. players competed. 3 . .I. F. Donovan 5Y:j·2% Thompson, defending titlist, with 6·1. 4. E. W . .l\-Jarchand .'>%-2112 Blake Stevens was third with 5%.1%. .'> . Dr. A. Men garini 5%·2% Other high ranking l)l ayers included: A. Roddy, .T . Webb, Dr. Rozsa, C. Merchant, 6. G. Shain~w il 51,12 -2% McKee, Garver, Dr. Underwood, 7. 1\1. Siegel 5%.2"Y:j F. B. C. Smith and J. Gilbert ; all 11ad 5·2. 8. J. Soudakoff 5V~-2% Mrs. Edwina Watson of Fort Worth car· 9. F. H. Anderson .'>-3 ri ed off the ladies' title wi lh a notller clean 10. .I. W. Collins ;:; "'1 ~ core, 4·0. Mrs. Evalls of Texarkana was 11. D. Byrne 4V2·3Yz second with 3·1. 12. F. Collins 1y:!.3Vz 13. Dr. 1\1. Hen:b~~rger 4%.3Vz Virginia. State champion Bussell Chauv· 14. C. llineman 4Y:j.3% enet. sucecssfullv. d efended his title in a IS. E. S . .I achon iJ,:!:i.3Vz Labor Day tourney at Ridllnond. H e led 16. C. Krauss 1 412.3% the championship divisinn with 6 V~'% 17. J. Part os 41;2 ..lVz drawing only with L. J . Beckham who was F. R ehherg 18. C. 4%·31,12 ~eco lld . The entry list was one of the Hans Uerlinel" of Washington, D. C. strnngest in recent years. won the Class A tou rney, I\.Jarccl Dudlllmp The Class A tournament was won by took the Class A consolation event and C. Ii. I.eavill while Class B. honors went Daniel Sddanger capt ul"<~ d Class B honors. to B.year-old H. A. White, J r. who tallier Donald Byrne became New York's fi rst 6·0 ! speed champion by scoring 6-1 in the finals nf the rapid trans it event. Syracuse We8t JI ir gillill . H. Lall d is Marks easily PENNSYL VAN IA'S D I CA MILLO won th~ ~ Genespc Cup and Qll m)IJs took the led the championship field with 5%-YlJ at SUHluehanna Trophy. lIulilington last month. Dr. Siegfried The cnngress was held at the I nterna· T he intrepid Log Clibin crew bearded \X'er thammcr, last year's titlellOluer, was tional Busi ness Machine Country Cluh the lion in h is den when they played a a.ho unh~ ~a t en but he drew three to finish retum m atch with the ]\\ercanti le Library with DuVall, Foy, and tlw eonkstants w~~re a eeommm/ated at 4%-1Yz. A. E. W. Chess Cluh in Philadelphia. T he New Hartl ing lind J . Hur t had 4·2. Eighteer. Ihe IBM Tent City nearby. ~Ialcolm Sim Jerseyites dowiled their hosts 9·6. Both "f Torullto and IBM's T om ]"IeConnon, contestants played. line.ups wert: d istin guished by well-known president. of the N. Y. State Chess Asso· chess stars. ciation. snpervised the activities. **f:. * ill ercantile Log Cabin (?j. FOREIGN J. Levin o A . J\"\engarini 1 Arnold S. Dcnker, former U. S. cham· W. Ruth % E. Jackson J r. % .1nslralill. A teiegraphie mateh between pion, added another Manha tta n Chess B. \'\'i nkelrnan S . Kowalski 1 o New South 'VaJes a nd Victoria was won Club titl e to his string o f trophies. H e d e­ A. Stern J. Partos 1 o by the former 5%-4% de~p i te the unex· feated last year's titleholder Alexander H. :Morris Rothman % A. % l'ectt:dJy tough opposition. Kevi tz 2%-% in a play·off match. A. Hegen 1 C. P armalee o G. H. Ha sting~ captured the W estern \Yaher Sh ipman, who was only fifth in S. Waehs % F. Howard Y2 Amtralia title with 7Yz .% ahead of Y. the U. S. J uni or ehampionship at Cleve· G. Blizzard o T. Ambrogio 1 Standard 6·2 and G. Li ndgren, 5-.'1 . land , was ~urp r iR() winner of the Manh at­ S. Sharp 1 J... Neidich o tan Chess Club Junior tournament. Ship­ E. Dreher o 1\' . A-Iahberg 1 Belgium. \Vi n ni ng ~(·ve n and drawill ~ mall plowe~l undcr t he distinguisheu field M. Logan o H. Jones 1 two games, Alberlc O'K elly de Galway reo by seoring 7-1 against the Byrne brothers, D. Schrader % E. ~IeConlliek tained his C O\ln lr~" S title in a recent tour. George Kramer and A dol ph Stern. Donald C. Hheams % B. Kozma ney at Ostend. P . Dunkclblum was runner· Byrne was r un ner·up with 4Yz-3% ! G. :Mareus 1 G. Sobin up with 6%.2% while 0,'. Baert had 6·3, The Sperry Gyroscope Chess Club de­ A. Chresnthis lh H. Wayne Rir". P. A. Dll i~ nlln of Dublin won t~ feated the Un ited Nations Chess Club 5·2. Eight ind efatigihle memhers of the Log Irish ebampionship at Cork with 11·2. Cabin group tangled with the German· Warwiek Nash was second wi th 9"Y:j.31,6. Ohio. Thomas Ellison, Cleveland City town YMCA. Perh aps weakened by its champion, is the n ew state titleholder. taxing encou nter with the J[ercantile Li· Rogland. The British championship held Heecntiy at Columhus he tied with Laur­ !)I"ary team, the New Jersey contingent reeellt ly a t l'larrogate ended in a tie be­ enct: Jackson of Tolcdo. Each had 6·1 but suffered one of its rare defeats, going t.ween R. Broadbent and H. Colombel Ellison was declared winner. Julius Good­ down 4Yz-3Y2. Each ha d 8-3. Eigllteen-year.old Gord O".!! man and E, Stearns, both of Cleveland, A fi vp game radio match between Ger· Crnwn was thi rd wi th 7-4. Tile youngster had 5·2. mantown and E lb:abethtown resulted in a was the only contestant to defeat Broad-

4 CHESS REVtEW, OCTOB ER , t941 ben l. P . S. Milne r.Burry took fourth with 61/2-4%. Al exander a nd Combe, the 1946 ti t list. d id not compcte. 11le Pre mier R c~c r ves rcsult(.>d in 11 .suiking I'k t"ry for I)r. Ait ken wlm em/cd nlldcfcnt cil "'ith lJ 1,h-l %. /\ Ii... ~ Eil,·(·n T runnwl' uu"lcd J\ liss Eillinc Salll1'lf' r ~ liS la(lies ' Chul1I lli " n lIy .se" r ing 9·, in thll t d il·ision. E. C. H. ConJ i n:; l e~' wun the Su rrey title Miniature games are th e hors d'oeuvres of chess. ,,·ith IO II:! .1Y2 in .. n 'ccll l tou rrH1J1Wn t. L. AlexlInrlcr. D. Hoopa and R. Newrnlltl, PRAGUE, 1947 VENTNOR CITY, 1947 all wit h 10·5. Ir .. il ed the viclnr. A NyT rl l.... (; !;O ES whell '/lie's OPlJoncnl iij A ~· UN[)A M.::; T AL .:rWOl t in Ihc Ilpt:ning had ly IIt,tll t.~ 1 [t p. Aflt'r lIIack I JlH; k·tra ck ~ , gil·t.'!S Black 11 l,ul»t:lcss fulure. It is in · fumcl'. l\'hlUricc RlIi ZllIan kept Ili s chum­ White nondlnlanlly pnls II Qm_'C11 111111 s lrncli\"el 10 ~ce h"w cffort ll'_islr ;\,IHm ,. pion ship h"n,,1'$ with II ;;Core of 7·2 in a Bi ~ ho l' ell IJrisc a nti forces mate. cOII,'crls Ili s ad"antlll;

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R,UlWllill. P layint: }lOfS dl' CO{lCQ//fS, Or. Bal"gh o f Hungary I" d the fid(1 in t he 15 B- N7 R_ R2 Jllionnl ciln mrionship WiTh 13t,4-41h. T he 16 Q_R6! Resigns 16 P-KR4 Resigns Ti ll e WCIII to Tf1Iiall lehim wi I" tallicd NEW YORK, 1947 RIEDENBURG, 1947 IZ I,6-.'i Ih. A. Bnnlllskill.1 2·6. wa~ thinl. Wt:AK I'I.AY ag "i n ~ 1 lilt' SrlllielllHun .. i".;s I{ OUTl Nt: MO\·t:S in the opening shuu ld be 5os1111 AJrim. Thp ti c. j,l'paking lIlutr], be­ Whil!' a prek of trouble. With all Ihe opml in\'t":lIt igalf'd c;\rt·full y. Whc lI Wlr ilc omits !Vee n K. Dreycr of Ki mbe rley a nd W . lines ceilt:!] In h im. Black lielilOllSlrutes t his sim ple prcca ul inll. he learns how Heidenfdd "f J ohanncshurg fai led in its his "hilil), to usc them. fa la l Imnlllit)' can be. pu rp o ~n wl1<'11 ('adl rlny(·r won a game a nd RUY LO PEZ QUEEN'S I NDIAN DEF ENSE the rema inin!! tw u we re drawn. TllU ~ t.h ey E . Traub E. Hearst Nurnber g D r. I. Rodl beI;" rn c jilin!. chHnll'i(OIl s. Whi t e BlIl Ck \Vhlte Blaek 1 P_ K4 P-K4 7 0 - 0 B- Q3 1 P_Q4 N_KB3 6 Q-B2 N.N Sp

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fSSR. Pll ul Keres nIC ked up anuther ~u hle vi ctury b l' f i n i ~ h i n g fir!ll in a ~ wng mU ~ l c r IOllrnUOWnT al Par mi, EslO­ ria. L tlsi n~ on ly 10 Oavid Bronstein , the lISS H eharnpi'ln scorl·1I 9 11:!.3 Y2 I .. edge lilt Al exHnd er KOIO v hy half a poinT. AIl­ 12 . • • • .\fxP! 15 K-B1 R- K I! 11 • . • • P-KN4! lreas Lil icntll;\l, 8 lh-1 1h. was th ird while 13 R- B 3 N - B 7ch 16 Q_ B4 Q- K2 Resigns N I.C Uoleslllvs ky, Br"nskin and VII ~s i' y 14 K _ Nl K_Rl ! Resigns F or It 11- :\:3. 1'- 1\;; ; 13 ~- :-< I , Ox!' imys lO\' wcre tic<1 .. l 8·5. m ac k w ins at le

CHl SS REVIEW , OCTOBER . 1947 5 An out.tandlng recent game, annotated by a fa mou. internat ional Grandma.ter. by

THE ARTISTIC PLUNGE 1. 3 ... P- Q4 is the most common. After 4. PxP, N- KB3 (4. ... QxP loses toe m uch time): the routine S f"- D3, NxP; H ERE are two parts to the attack against 6 f"xN. QxN: 7 P-Q~, D- K2! 8 P- 84, Q­ T ule enemy King- the routine push and K 5cb; 9 K - D2, U- KD4 is satisfactOl1' for the artistic plunge. In the first part th e pur­ mack . 13ut In~tead of S N- B 3, W hite caQ pose of the a tLacker is to open as many try 5 13- N5ch ; c.g. , S ... P- B 3; 6 PxP, PxP: 7 D-D ~ , D- Q3; 8 Q- K2ch! Q- K2: 9 Ji nes as he ca n. For in ol'der to get at the QxQch , KxQ: 10 P- Q4 ; and White'H end· opposing King he must first expose hi m. game 1 )I"OM I)ecl~ are supe l·lor. Black musl t hor·olore play !l. countor·galr.bll at som( The Ki ng is defended by Pawns; th ese earlier atage, but none is demonstrnbl ) Pawns must be removed. This aspect of the liound. . assault is prelly mechanical; the rule is II. S ... N - K.D3 Is met by 4 P- K S, N­ push first and think later. Nor need one H4 ; 5 P- Q'I w it h a strong In it iative be cllu~e Blaek·/I K night is misplaced; e.g., worry much a bout Pawns; what counts is S ... P- Q4: 6 N- 03, P- K:-l4 ; 7 B - K 2, p_ to open the position, and a Pawn or two N5 : 8 O- O ! R- Nl! 9 N- K I, B- R3: JO B­ Q3, D- K 3: I I f"- K2! and W hite will re­ usually does not ma tter much. gain the Pawn under favorable circum· But sooner or later in many attacks ",lances. there comes a time when the Pawns are GRA!,\D'\I AS'rE It nEU DEN FINE III. 3 ... 13- K 2. t be Cun ningbam Gam· bit. haa been II t nlllg t hened by Euwo's sug· blocked. To break the deadlock the player ge!llion : 4 B - IH. N- KD3! (instead or Ibe must then look around for a sacrifice which will ex pose the enemy King old-ra!ih loned 4 ••• 13 - RSchl; S P- K 5, K­ some more; if the sacrifice is good. we call it an arListic plunge. Some­ NS! 6 0 - 0 (fOl" 6 P- KR3 allows B - RScb), 1 ~-Q3; and l3Ia c k'~ game i ~ pref erable. ti mes such an offer is obvious. someti mes it is ext remely difficult, and IV. 3 ... P- KI13, Beeker's ~ ugge~Uoo Ttxl ll ires foresight and ingenuity of the highest order. l ead~ to a complicated position afler Whether Jines can be opened wi thout a sacrifice or not depends on D- D1 , P- KN4; S P-Q4, 8 - N2; 60- 0,1'­ Q3; 7 1'- 8 3, N- QD3 w ith approxlmatelr the Pawn l)Qsi Li on. II onc or more Pawns defending the Ki ng have moved, even ch ances. a straight advance is good enough. Thus if White is attacking a position v. 3 ... P- KN4 Is derln ltoly wea~ in which ... P-KR3 has been played, P·KN4-NS clears the King Knight's againllt the K leserltzky Gambit: 4 p­ K1t4, P- N 5: 5 N- K S: e.g., S ... N- KD3; file very quickly. But if there are three unm oved Pawns guarding the King, G P - Q4 , P- QS : 7 N- Q3, NxP; 8 DxP, Q­ an artistic plun ge is necessary to crack the defense wall. K 2; 9 Q- K2, l' - K IH; 10 P-03 ; and Dlnet In the following game Bronstei n chooses to disregard th e rul es fo r th e has an Interior game despite his OlIn Pawn. first part of the attack, bu t when given an opportuni ty later he fi nishes T hUll at t he presen t writing 3 ... P-QI beautifull y wi th a dazzling sacrifi ce. and 3 ... N- KBS a re dubious, though pIlI· able ; 3 ... P- KN4 Is weak; 3 ... P- Kru Mo.cow, 1947 leads to dlUlcu l t equality; and S ... B­ K2 otters a t hooretical advll.lll age. ~ KI N G'S GA MBIT DECL IN ED course. t he King's Ga.m bi t i s ~o rllTe~ D. Bron.te ln V. Panov !llayed- nowlldaYIi that numerous Improyt W h ite Black menls may be found In UIO currelll 1 P_K4 P- K4 ··book" proscrhltlon . 2 P- KB4 . . , . 3 N_ KB3 P- Q3 Brollt~leln Il1lS made a number of at­ 4 P- B3 • • • • tempts to r ellabllilate the K ing's Gambit. Undou btedly st rollgest. T he alternathl ,I D- 13 'I. N-KB 3; S P- Q3, N - 03, Is easlll 2 . . . B_B4 for Dlack to meet ; e.g., 6 N - B3, B - K Xi. This method of meeting the gambit 18 7 P- KR3, nJeN ; 8 QxD, Px P ! 9 QxP, N. sa tisfactory but tame. K4 ; 10 R- Dl, 0-0 with advantage b The more Aggressive reply i8 the aCo Black. ceptancc or t he Pawn with 2 ... PxP. 3 4 . . . . B-K N5 N- KD3. the King Knight's Gambit, i.8 Traditional analysis is somewhat vague then best; othe r gambits are talrly easily lind unclear about it, and .:\ summary or Du t tblS ball long been considered weal.. met by . .. P-Q4. and quick development . t be maj o r possibi lities should be or va lue. and the present game offers nolbln, ~ It Is or some Interest to eJeaml ne t be Ther e are (lve main contin uations tor ehnnge this OI)lnlon. Correc t I~ the com., position after 2 ... PxP ; 3 N - KBS. Black: ter·gamblt by 4 ... P- 134 ! E.g.• S PxK P" • CHESS REV IEW , OCTOBER , Iff' QPxP; 6 P - Q4, KPxP; 7 B-QB4, N- KB3; 15 _ _ . . P-QNS advance of the Pawns, but the demonstra­ S BPxP, B-N 5ch; and Black has the bet­ 16 B-K S QN-Q2 tion would· have been much more diffi cult . ter of it. 17 QR-K1 · . . - 28 N_B6 Q- K3 5 PxP Since there Is now no direct method of 29 P-R5 N-Q2 6 Q-R4ch! - - . . breaking throngh, he maneuvers t o pre­ Hoping for 30 NxR, HxN; 31 P - N6ch, Marshall's move. pare for a good opportunity. At some K- Nl with some defensive chances. 6 . . . . B- Q2 point P- Q4 may be desirable , and the text keeps it available. l<'on:ed. for both f:i • •• Q- Q2; 7 B- N5, p ­ 17 . . . . B_K 3 BS ; R NxP, Q- K3; 9 P- Q4, PxB; 10 Qx Pch, N- Q2; 11 QxN ch! and 6 ... N-QBS; To get some more room. Black's game 7 NxP,Q- R5ch; 8 P - N3, B- B7ch; 9 Kx is still none too easy. n, Q- B3ch; 10 K- Nl, QxN ; 11 8 - N 2 give 18 Bx B QxB Black inadequate compensation fo r the 19 K-R1 Pawn sacrificed. The must be preserved on the 7 Q-B2 N-QBS diagonal KNt- QR7. 8 P-QN4 B-QS 19 . _ . _ Q_ K2 Again he cannot afford to gh'e up a 2Q N(N3) -Q2 · . - . Pawn with 8 ... 8 - N 3; n P - N5. Jtegrouping. 20 P - Q4 is possible, but it 9 B_B4 N_B3 is hard to see a futUre in it. 10P- Q3 ._ . . 20 . . . . N-N5 So far all book- a game Spielmann­ The beginning of a counter-attack. 30 P-N6c h ! • • • • Tarrasch, Carls bad, 1923. Here Tarmsch 21 B- N1 P-R4? Bronstein is much more direct. AU that replied 10 .. . N- K2 ; 11 0 - 0, N- N3. Now counts · is to denude the Black King. the simple 12 P- QR4 , 0 - 0; 13 QN-Q2 A premature idea. Better was 21 ... P­ gives \Vh!te a clear advantage. Panov de­ B3, followed by . . . N- R3- B2 and then an 30 . . . . K_N2 cides Instead to t r y his lu ck in a coun­ eventual a dvanee on the K - side. White The Knight is immune. It 30 . . . KxN; ter-attack. ean maneuver his Queen's K n ight to Q5 31 Q-R1ch, K-N2 (or 31_ .. K- B4; .32 p­ or to K85, but it would not be easy for Q4ch and mate next); 32 P- R6chl, K­ 10 . . . . Q- K2 him t o continue after that in view of the 11 0-0 0-0-0 Nl (or 32_ .. KxP; 33 R- Nlch); 33 Q­ King·slde block. B6 and mat e cann ot be stopped. The idea. He caiculates that the assault 22 N_B4 31 P-R6ch ! __ . _ against his King wlll be no easier than · . . - the attack against White's. Consistent and powerfuL 31 _ . . . Kx NP His last conSOlatiOll is that he is free to choose the method of his own destruc- tioll. Neatest is 31 ... K- Rl; 32 P- N7 mate! Prettiest !s 31 ... K- Bl; 32 Q-H4, N- B4; 32 N- K 7ch!! QxN; .33 Q- B6ch, K ­ Nl; 34 P - R7ch a n d mates in a few. Most prosaIc Is 31 .. . KxRP; 32 R- R1ch, KxP ; 33 R(Bl)- Nlch and the remainder is ob vious. 32 R_N1ch Resigns There is no hope. On 32 . .. KxN; 33 Q­ R4eh wins; on 32 ... K- B2 ; 33 R- N7ch; 22 _ _ . . P_N4? ? and on 33 .. . K- B4; 34 P - Q4ch. An ont right positional blunder which 12 P- QR4 P- QR4! ? gives Vl hite his chanco; without It It is doubtful :whether White could have won. A curious move, with a curiouser First _ .. N- R3, ... QR- Nl and then . . . P ­ sequel. Ordinarily one would expect Black N4 would have held the posltlon for a to leave his Qu een-side Pawns strictly long tIme, perhaps fo r ever. SIMPLE CHESS alo ne, and to advance on the King-side, THE GAME OF CHESS SOLVED! ! ! ... QR- Nl, ... P- K R3, _ .. P - K N 4, ... N- 23 N xBch P,N 11 pages of closely typed analysis 1\4- B5, and so on. T h e result WQuid have The trouble. 23 . . . QxN? 24 NxNP showing more t han on e hundred w i n. been a horse race, with "'White on the wouh\ have lost two Pawns for no good inside track. Perh aps Panov felt t h at im­ reason. ning variations f or W hite against all standard B lack defenses. Also best mediate control of the diagonal QR2- 24 N- Q2 P- B3 Kl\8 was essential for him. l ines f or Black against i naccurate The r ight move at the wrong time. To ope ning p lay by Wh it e. 13 P-N5!? • • • • prevent what follows, Black would havo The first essential in an attack is t o had to play 24 .. _ K- N2; 25 N- B4, R-Rl, Do not expect you. friend who ownJ a oven lines, and it is not clear why ·White bu t the resulting position is most unap· topy 0/ thi.; book to tell yo u about il. He it does not choose the simple 13 PxP, or petizlng. won't, but he'll play againJt you! €yen 13 N- R3, sacrificing the Pawn. 25 N-B4 K - N2 1------1 13 . . . . N_QN l 25 ... K-D2 is a bit better. W eaver W . ADAM S, 14 QN-Q2 · . . . I Dedham, Mass_ I 26 BxP ! ! - . . . Please send me one co py of your The Queen- sirle is blocked for· t he time Brilliant and to the point. Black's de- analysis " Simple Chess." After f ive I being. 14 P - N6 Is not good enough against fenses are now torn open. I days f ree exa mination I will send you 14 .. . B- B4ch. 26 . . . . N,B $1.00 or ret ur n t he book at your eX-I B_ KN5 pen se. 14 . . . . 27 NxRPch K-B2 I To r elease his Queen's Knight. In a poor position the defender loses I Name ------___ 1 15 N_N3 · . . . heart. He could have put up milch more Loss of time which serves no real pur· )'eslstance with 27 ... K- Rl; 28 N- B6, I A ddress ------I pose. 15 B- N3 and N- B4 was more to the Q- K 3; 29 P - R5, N-Q2. White undoubtedly City ______St ate ______po int. has a winning attack with NxR and the L ------...;".-1

( HESS REVIEW, OCTOBER, 1947 7 Based on reliable data procured by exhaustive research, this removed the top of the Automaton's chest. Schlumherger promptly emerged from the series features outstanding events in chess history. The Lox, in full sigllt of the boys. Automaton Chessplayer is the first subject of the series. This discovcry was as alarming as it was SIl1"[lri sing to the YO lln g oh~ervers. To be Ihe dep

8 CHESS REVIEW, OC T06ER, \9~1 1 Ballston , Philadel phia ami other places. At so mc later datc. lwwcver, Jl,l aelu:1 ap­ pa rentl y succeeded in bU )'ing off thi s 0 1" Maelsfil'. l>os ition ; for it i$ know n Ihat one of the Walker brother$ travel led with Jl, laeh.el as X.I ITIO , his cashie r. Around this same period of time, MaeJ­ ",U.SONIC HALL. zcl was allilroached by another ingenious Yankee, a Mr. Balcom, wh o had mndc, or PERFOR /IUNCE EYERY F.YENING . ..CiJ Ilroposed to make, slill ano ther Automa­ t Oil Chess· lllayer. According to legend, Mad zd paid Balcom five tllOusand dol· l ar~ fOf II finish!!d AutonHi ton which was " ruthlessly consigned to the flames." This story ill probably untrue_ However. it is ~A '.U '!l' lI';lIDg UO. known thai Balcom made an Automaton 'filE ORtOIN,\ L AND C I ~ LEDR"Tt: D \;ulled The American Ifhis/-player for dV'l'OMdTON )\·l lI c17.c1. The purchase of this machine mlly have been the consideralion paid to Balcom fur abandoning IL is plan to make CHESS PLA.Y un American Chess-playe r which wouJd 'nu. k. by DE 1I:t:IIIPIlLIN, 'N",,' ''_ .,.~• • •,EI .• £ L rival Mael7.el's Turk. 'f'!'t CI .." r io, •• II.. ':" i.h...... 1M ' ,M pl." .. or c....,...... ""'"in, ...... In • • l.,,"",, • •• ",,,• •ko«1 ill ,t.o .... it.. . or ,t.. , .... d. w..... '"'- ph ... •.• ~ ..., td by ,''" .... 10 .... '0 .. or. per(or ....d .. i •., • di., ...... n d p.... i . i"" un . ... i" .b•• b, ,IM_ mon lhs. He spen t a whole year in New ~. r.rfiirm.UI .h m...... , of ,imo kiftl _ (-0'" the . 011.. , or ,ho .... h."I... .bool. " I,...,.. York. But most of the lillie he was on the "" " d... bT• . tOft~ • • i.K' hi. ,up""';" i. ~" ' i ." I .. 11 .. ,. lr., .., I ••0 1 ooly l ~ ' 'M . 1...... of 1 '*_.bo" , . 1... , ~ .h . "",,,bo r or . h. _ . ... hl.h , .. _ ...... All 1~ ' ...... , ....,,,. Uy ,..... go, exhibit ing at R ichmond, Charleston, .. ~ "" .. ,I.e Tr~ "' ",, ' • .' h, r, .. i.lI: .... pi" ...... , ...... hINn .t.. Arr.. n . pi ..... h. pI.y. t ·.... Wllshington, Hoston and other places. He ": ..... ~ u p"'plo), ce. Sciliu mber:;: .:; r sefved Mllcl1.cl ,be! The English set themselves to pronounced it 10 be as go od liS Mitc hel's Turk, though by no means so strong a faithfully and well , became his val ued as­ oye-one lhat it could be, and allother @istall l in arranging and exhiiJi l.i ng his pluyer. t it coul<1 not be, a mere mechanism VL!. rio u~ entertainment s, provided him with ing without a man inside. But I had Whell Muelzel heard about this exhibi­ the frit: ndly cot ll pa n i o ll ~ h i Jl wh ich ILe I been long in your country before a tion, he hurried to New York (in the in­ needed. an kee came to see me, and said, '.Mr. ler"al betwecn the closing and renewal ad zel, would you like Imother thi ng of his season in Baltimore) and attended On N"ve mber 9tlt, 1837, after they had c thal? I can make you one for five a pcrfonnullce. When the show wa s over, journeyml together f"r more than clevell )vJrcd dullars.' I laughed at his prop· he offcrcd the Welker brO lhers a thousand yean<_ :\lueh el amI Schlu mhcrger sailell 1L0n. A few months ah erwards, the dollars for the machine, just to destroy for IlavMn a, never 10 return. e Yankee came \0 see me again, and it. He also offered the brollL ers jobs as li me he said, ' fooT r. Maeb:e1 , would cashicrs with his own ... how. Both offers like to buy another thing like tllat ? were decli ned. The Walkers continued 10 NF.XT i\ IOI\' T H : Cutlcl uding article of lave one ready made for you.' '' exhibit their Chess-player at Saratoga, this series- Tlt e A ll iomaton's Last Days. 9 01155 RlVIlW. OCTOBER , 1947 _ _ • by FRED M. Wil EN

14 R-S3 N- R3 8. Til EIUi' S HIVHS II FIIlS1' 1' IM E! 15 QxP 0 - 0 - 0 16 N-Q2 , . , , T rying to protect t he Rook so he co uld N every 11111.11'11 life t het'e arc nota ble 3 N_KB3 P- KN4 gather III the Kll lgh t at R6. This move 4 B_B4 P_N5 I first t ime.: the firs t lillie h e s haves; cost h im t be game. B- K 3 would baH the flt'st Ume he kisses n girl; tho first 5 0-0 lIa ved It for bim. Lime he coll ects a Imy check of his own, \Vltite's fifth move, offering the K night 16 , , , , K R- N1 etc. In chess there are also firsts : the sact'lflce, completes the Muzio opening. At last! I knew I could win. fi rst tim e he wIllS from u s t ronger Il lay· Th u~ was t he posllion set UI), and it was el'; the first time h e win!! a tOll rrm.ment; my !I rst move. Well, what would you do, 17 P-KR4 R-N8ch the first Ume he llUlls 11 win or II. draw seeIng th is 1)oH IUon fo r the first time? 18 K-R2 N- N5c h out of a lost game. So (lid 1. 19 K-R3 R_ N1 Among other firsts, important to Ii 5 . . P,N 20 QxP , ' . , c hell/l phlyer', n r e h is first tO llnlUment 6 QJl:p Q-B3 Apparently thinking that I would to' g a me; the fl e'st time he rellt'csen t;; hili Unconsciously tlolng the rIght th ing. fO!' II. Illate a t !l8, and t hat I might forgel club in a match game; his fi rst game 7 P_ K5 Q-B4 my Rook was in hock. Very I)retty too. Ilguinst a master; and tho first time nil How was I to know I was s upposed to bllt it Wll8 too s ubtle fo r me and I ne ver opponent shows enough !'cspect for his take the Pawn? e ven thought of It. Suddenly, however, Intelllgen(;e and playing ability to resig n 8 P-Q4 N-QB3 1 did see a mate, and, for the first time n game, without insIstIng on th e demoll­ 9 P-B3 P-N3 in my li fe in any g:une, I annou nced a Sll'ntlon of the inevitable mate. 10 P-KN4 NJl:KP! mate in tbree. I bin'c, m 'et' a ]lcrlod of ye ars, rUIl the • I thOllght I mIght give back the piece 20 .. . , N_ B7c h enUre gamut of tlJis scale or experiences, 21 RJo:N and some of the resulting games follow. and at the same time bJ'eak UI) his cen· , . . , ter PIt wns. Forced. ][ the white K ing had rUD TJ1H E first gume in t h is category revl"& 11 PJo:N QJo:Pc h ! to H2, Ola ck mate8 with .. , R- Rt\. I sents olle of the high SllOts of my c hess 21 . . . . R_ R8ch career. I have mentioned In a p revious 22 R- R2 B-N7 mate ! a l"ti o.; le (CHI~SS ItEVIEW, June 10·17) tho procedUre followed in J'estl"i cted move I h ave won a lot of games and somt tOl!I"lI ;lmelltlj since thut one (In which I tournaments. In my th'st tourname n t of this k ind, played in Buffa lo in 1933, n il fi nished tenth in II. tleld of t welve); bu~ s ince it WIIS the thllt time I had evet tmtrants were dU llllWd In to one I'ound knocke(} orr a recognized Cluss A play­ robin seramblc wltll 110 selHU"a te secUous for ,)Iayers of widely vllrying playing er, this game gal'e me a thrill that has never been equalled In my chess career. s tl·e ngth. I WIIS Olie of thre e Class B piny· ers who had the temerlt)' to e ntel' the Usts against nIne of UllffaJo's strongest N E summe r day In 1933. I was enjoy­ CJILSS A m en. ]"01' three I'ollnds [ watch cd Oing n ~klttle gallle In the Buffalo Che51 C l !ls~ A competitors mal'eh by me, nnd , - Club rOOllls, when In walked Dr. Fl"ucell ~ o ver me, as I lost w ith both 'Whlte and I Willi stark, I"IlYing crllzy with t OUr' He was rcady to leave for EI'le, Pa., when Ulack in three d ifferen t or.~ n in gs . nament feve l·. I thought I could not take the Burfalo tea m was scheduled to pl3.,' Theil came the following game. T be the King P awn, being s u re thut I would a match. One of the regular pl"yers JWo opening cllOsen was the MU7.lo, alit! r wns have my Queen pIn ned by White's R­ to calleel his tril) al the last minute, aIX to plllY the black pieces In the fll'st gallle, K L Ac tually, my eleventh move was ill the Doctol' was tt'ylng to pick li p a sub against a Clnss A player. I had ne\'el' tbe nat ure of a sJ) lte·eheck, Hlnce I WIIS stitllte. J must h ave looked appeillingl) heHnl o r the Muzio before, and befol"C I sure the game wall lost. nonchalant, 01" else the chess·player IlIaI had made many moves, I was hoping that 12 QlCQ B-B4ch ket W(IS nt Its lowest ebb; for, after a loot 1 would never hear or It again. H ere's 13 K-R l B-N2ch a l"Ou nd, he a sked If I could go wltb then the game. Now I began to have hOjJes of getling and piny for Buffalo. 15. Buffalo, 1933 !l draw. My two Bishop checks bali de· ¥lIthol1t even bothe ring to CllI! D!J MUZI O GAMBIT velo\led piecell IItH1 ga ined te mpi for me. home, I r usbed h im down to the str~ Maybe I co uld CllsUe Queen'lIlde, develop and in to tbe car ootore be could Ch3 lW Cillrfin kel W re n the Knight and s pray Rooks u p and down h is m ind o r before some bettor pia)'!! WhIte BlaCk the Ki ng Knight file enough to force shoulrl Htl"OU In. It WIIS to be my fin; 1 P-K4 P- K4 h im to gi ve lip hll'! Qlleen for n Rook and match game, and aU the way to gZ'le til; 2 P-K B4 p,p then (lmw. boys POll red it on, telling me, 3nlOnt

.ft CHESS RE VIEW , OCTOBE R. 19i ) othcr t h ings. t hat If J l ost my game I wou ld have to walk back t o B uffalo. ,Ve were to l)lny at some hotel, and. ~s we pulled up In front of t he bu ilding. lre were encou raged at t he sigbt of n 3ign about t wen ty feet square announcing "The Diggellt and Best Glass of Beer in T own for I Oc" could be oblailled with· m. I t was quite hot that d ay. and t he drive Ilad made me thirsty. J announced to all t ha t m y finH actloll i n Eric \\'ould be to t est t he clai ms made by t h at slgll. We wen t In lind fOl1 nd t hat t he Eric team was rcady to 1)la y. Just as I wall settling down In fl'ont of Boar d 5. OUI' tea m cllptaln Cflmc up and sflld. " T ough luck abou t the bee r, 'Vren." " 'Vhy?" I as ked. " ' Veil." h e lIald, "you r oPllOllellt i~ a D:lIItist minister w ho is a m nk prohi bitionist . T he f':rle ca ptai n WIIS j ust te lling me." My 81)lrlts fell a bit . for I really needed that beet·. bu t I decided Ihat I'CSpeCt for the cloth should pl'Cvaii. e,'en lit II chess mllt('h on a hot day. So I didn't ordel' the dl·il!k. Each lime the waiter pas ,~ ed . 1 got holler alld drier. Play began Immediately. T he lI[tel'l1Oon beg an t o get h otUlI'. F l'olll tillle to time. never eXlwct ed he w ould Ilel'lult l he ex· 17. Buffalo C. C, (Cl au 8 ), 1933 I could gee a will tel' IHIl!sl ng wilh foam i ng change or t he Dishol). Now T draw beakers of cool look ing bellI' for some of QUE EN PA WN OPENI NG his KinA' Knight alld Queen to t he Queen· my nJOI'e for'tunate frhmds. Each time t h is W ren Schubert side o f t he board, ellmlnnte his K ing ha ppened I gO t ltoller and dr iCl" I look· Bli!llOll , to start II K i ng,slde attack. White Black ed at my OPI)Onen t from the corner of 1 P _Q4 F'- Q4 lilY cye, allll I coultl sce him cyelng me 9 NxP N, . 2 N-K 83 N- K83 .. ith a (IUeer exprelUlion , ns milch as to 10 QxN B-K3? 3 P- K3 8 _N5 say, " J ulll you dare to on lel' one !" U ndoubtedl)' t he heat! A s he 1)layed 4 QN-Q2 P-K3 After an hour t h ill. I could stand ot his next move. I could sec myself trudgllJ/i:' 5 B- K2 P-83 II no longer. nrHvlng thP- queer ex preulon back to Buffalo, tryi ng to thumb II ride, .. Itb a rrontltl Httack, I f

ESS REV IE W , OCTOBlR, 1947 11 Games played by readers, annotated by one of America's leading masters. by I. A. HOROWITZ

IT'S AWFUL LAWFUL! Tn the following postal game, . White sets out to prove that R psychological lIE laws of chess are delightfully unclear. weapon is as effective as a real one. He T They are vague, ambiguous, superfluous, deliberately speculates on a unique open· incomplete and lend themselves to obvious con· ing merely to hoist his opponent bodfly from the books. Whereas Dlack wins the fusion and misinterpretation. Undoubtedly, they post mortem analYSiS, \Vhlte gets and were written by the seventh son of a seventh son proves his point. of a long line of barristers! A case in point follows: Under the heading T H E SPIKE of drawn games, it is stipulated that a game is Dr. G. H. P e rrine J. Holman drawn if the sa me position ocellI'S three times. White Black Same position is defined: " . . . there shall be no 1 P-KN 4 ... I. A. HOROWITZ An IlIl\1S11al beginning about which distinction . .. between the original pieces and much can be said. Dl·. Perrine presents pieces 0/ the same denomination and color obtained through the promo­ the case for it. " I should explain," says tion Pawm." The latter clause is a prima facie impossibility. The posi· he, "thllt 1 have plRyed this peculiar 0/ openIng off and on for many yeRrs, with tion cannot be the same, if a Pawn is removed from it. s urprisingly good results. This 1 attribute Fortunately, clistom and precedent have established guid ing rules not to any inherent merit In the move governing less com plicated issues. The offer of a draw, fo r instance, may 1 P-KN1 but l'ather to the fact that the player of the Black pieces classes it as be couched in different language. Tt may be stated simply, such as, "I so much chessic effrontery and forth· offer you a draw." Or it may be put questioningly; such as, "Are you with sets out to demolish the debut. So far 1 have never seen any line of play satisfied with II draw?" Each manner of expression is construed as an that really refutes the opening, and I offer of a draw. It would not do for a player to query "Are you satisfied continue to play it, with excellent suc· with a draw?" <111(1 then, upon receiving an affirmative reply, attempt to cess." pull out with "Of course, anyone with youI' position would be satisfied On psychological grounds, then, the move merits a plus. Otherwise, it is de· with a draw." ficient on many counts. Most important Not entircly apropos, but nevertheless interesting, is the incident Is that It leaves a structural weakness in Teichmann ver.ms Burns. Teichmann offered Burns a draw. Burns de· the Pawn position. Of lesser significance is that it does not maintaIn the InitiatiY(l clined. Several moves later, when Burns' position had deteriorated, he nor does it compRre favorably with other professed II willingness to accept the draw. Wily Teichmann, quick on openings. the trigger, interpolated, "If you would have accepted the draw when 1 . . . . P-K4 'The straightforward way is generally I oHered it, r would now accept the draw." the best way. Here 1 ... P - Q4 Is in order. 1'lany of the laws appear to be nothing more than proprieties. In It attacks the projected Pawn and sets WhIte a n immediate problem of defense. castling, for instance, the rule is " the King shall first be moved and after­ H then 2 D- N2, N-QDS (not 2 ... DxP; 3 wan-ls the Hook." Theoretically, if the Rook is touched f irst and the King P- QB4 which grRnts White a measure 01 later, the opponent has the right to designate which of the two shall move. counterplay) as sooner or later White must defend his Knight Pawn with con· Yet no example is on record where this infraction has been punished. sequent loss of time. The law requires that the player who perceives that his opponent's 2 8_N2 P- Q4 clock is going shall call his attention to the fact. In the tournament at 3 P_Q84 PxP 2 ... P- Q5, followed by S ... P-QD4 and Groningen, nevertheless, a flagrant violation met with hardly a reprimand. . .. N- QB3 fortifies a soUd center and re- I Dr. Oss ip Bcrnstein relates that he made h is move and left his board. His duces White to cramped Quarters. ThIs. : opronent pondered his reply. He moved bUI sal hunched ovcr the' board, plus the burden of guarding t he problem ' Pawn, should leave White's posltlon un· evidently to give Ihc impression that he had not moved. Bernstein peered tenable. 'The text move Is playable but from a rli",tance and was misled. When he approached the board, it was not as efficacious. 100 laI C. \"'\lith only a minute left, he soon overstepped his time. 4 Q- R4eh P-83 It is easy to be generous wltl) some· Small wonder it is that Napoleon broke the board over his opponent's one else's Pawns. That is why the an· head. The rules are not clear on the subject ! notator (or kibitzer) freely recommends

12 CHESS REVIEW , OCTOBER, 1947 a sacrifice, Here, however, 4" , N-QB3 15 Q- R4ch B_Q2 surely 1& tempting, While White can gain 16 Q)(QP B_QB4 a Pawn by 5 BxNch, It Is doubtful that he With bla Queen Pawn Isolated, Black can alCo ra to part w ith his valuable Bish, does not relish an ending with Queens op, promote h is opponent's development orr, Hence he stakea all on what appears Rnd leave hIs King-side wide open, On to be nn Irresistible onslaught. the othel' hand, If Whlto Is reduced to 17 QxNP , . , . the n.ltorno.tlve , 5 QxBP , thon Black has gained \n clevelopment, Involving a maze of complications 5 Q)(P(4) B_K3 wherein ench mOn al'Cll Is the target, ei Q-R4 B- Q3 17 • . • . BxPch 7 P_KR3 . , . , 18 K-R2 Q-Q3ch T bus. after all, White loses time. 19 N-K5 . , . . 7 , , . . N_83 T his deliberate pin or the Knight Is Despite his extrn. piece, BlacR. is in Black employs general prlnclples where the saving clause! For It opene the KI ng tl'Ou ble, His Rooka il l'e Inactive nnd eub· ~p ecl!lc oncs are in o1'd er, He should re­ Bishop file, Jed to capture In lome variations, new the pressul'e on the projected Pawn 19 . . , , B-N6ch 24 .... Q-N3ch If 8 20 K_Nl , by 7 ", P- KR4. Then PxP, RxP, . . . Relatively best 18 2'1 , ' ,B-K3; 25 RxQ, White's King Rook Pawn is a target, Or Best! If 20 K-RI, the White King Is BxQ; 26 R-Blch, K - NI; 27 R-Q7, D­ It 8 P-QS, PxP; 9 PxP, RxR; 10 BxR, Q­ m isplaced In a later vnrlatlon, as will be NS; 28 R- K7, mA.ck'll Bishop dare not ItS a nd White Is llllcomtoJ'table, seen, leave Its diagonal Oil account of the reply 8 N_Q83 Q N_Q2 20 .. , , BxN D- B4ch, Co nsequently", R-Kl ; 29 fixB, 9 N- B3 Q-N3 20, , ,QxN offerll grenter resistance, nxR; 30 B-B4, White regai ns the Rook, The point of Black's last is not clear, NolV White comes Into his own, The l'emalns with a Pawn to the good and 2". N- D4, at once, drives White's Qlleen tl'ansltlon rrom What appeal'ed to be n !Should win the ending, behind White's own lilies, hopelessly lost game to a IVOIl game Is 25 K-Rl B_K 3 10 P_Q3 N-B4 unique, Other moves are equally futile, 11 Q_B2 • • • • 21 QxPch K- Ql 26 QR- 8 1ch K_N 1 As a result of Black's passive manage­ 2.2 BxN PxB 27 Q-B6! , ment ot lhe opening, \Vhlle e merges . . . It Black's Queen were now at K4 alfd The crusher. more or less unscathed, His Klng·slde White's King at RI (huJtoad of Nl), Pawn position, while stili subject to at­ Dlack would be ill posItion to recapture 27 . . • . Q-B2 tack wltll ", P- KR4, Is tempOl'll.rlly bol­ the Bishop with check (ct. note to H 27", BxQ ; 28 B- B4ch, and Black stered, White's 20th), Is In dire straits, From here on, the character of the opening has llttle to do with the outcome 23 B- N5eh K_B1 28 QxReh I I BxQ ot the game, 24 KR_Q I , . , . 29 B-B4!! Resi gn, 11 , • ' • N_Q4

A Superb Collection of Il.fem.ora.ble Masterpieces Played By One of the Greatest Masters in the History of Chess! • TARRASCH'S BEST GAMES OF CHESS By Fred Reinfeld I " CHF.SS there are many ways of achievin g greatness, $ iegbcrt Tarrasch suc, ceeded in all these ways. During a great playing carcer which SI)a nned five dec· ades, Tarrasch rolled up a magnificent tournament and match mrord, with an cnviable number of first prb:es to llis credit, Two generations of world·famous '1' hls Ill'ovokes activIty In the center, masters have paid tribute to his teachinG S, embodied in the masterly annotations A wiseI' plan Is to temporize by castling of his famous game collections Three lfllflllre,l Games 0/ Cheu and Die Modune on the Klng·side. Black need not feal' Sc/l(lch partie, White's advanced Pawne; their further Now for tile first time, Tarrasch's outstanding masterpieces have been advance aggravates their weakness. At made available in English. Based on many years of study of Tarrascl!'s grcatest the same time, Black gets a line on games, this remarkable collection gives us the cream o( his finest games, Included Wh.lte'e tuture intentions, particularly nre victories against such immortsls as LASlom, ALEKHINF" sn:INITZ, TCHICORIN, as l'ogal'd8 the \Vhite King, WlII White castle 011 the King·slde In tho tace of SCIILIiCH1'ER, MARSlII\ LL, NIMZOVIC H, IltTI, S\,I~;I. MANN , MAROCZY, BLACKBURNF., 'I'AR T" KO \'~:R, PILLSB URY , 1I0GOLYUBOV, m,;nNSTF:1N and CH AlIOUSP. K, his shattered Pawn strllctUl'e 01' will he castle long In the face or Black's trained In Tarrasch's games we find an enchanting blend of lucid planning, batterieS? rigorous 10J;ic and fauhless cxecution. They nre the greal games of a 12 NxN PxN grellt teacher. The book has 4{)O pages, more than 200 diagrams, $5. 12", DxN Is a good alternative, For complete catalog 0/ dutinsuuhed McKay books by Fine, 13 P-Q4 N_K 5 Tarrasch, Lasker, Z,wsko.Borovsky, Chemet!. Mason, Micses, Rein/dd, Once again, Black Is remiss, 13 ". Px Delli>er, Reshevsky, Golombek and many other noted authorities, write: P; 14 NxP, Q- N5ch; 15 Q- D3 (If 15 Q­ Q2, N- Q6ch fL nd Bla.ck COl' choice), N­ R5; 16 QxQ, BxQch; 17 K- Ql, R-QDl The No.1 Publisher of Chess Books and Black's development 18 superior, 14 0-0 , . , . DAVID McKAY COMPANY Obviously not 14 PxP, QxPch, otc. 14 . ' , , p , p Washington Square Philadelphia 6, Pa. Another error, 14 . .. QR-Bl gains time,

CHESS REVIEW, OCTOBER, 1947 21 . , , , .,';>. INTERNATIONAL Of (·onrse. if 21 . . . DxN ; 22 P Xll. p ­ {I{i- UNITED STATES K N" :l; ~3 (!- K3 s oo n nlates . Pretty pla y EUROPEAN ZONE TOURNEY rCHu lts fmm 21 ... K- ]( I ; 22 Q- K4. p - U. S. JUNIOR TOURNEY. 1947 KN3 (if 22 .. . PxN ; 22 Px P. I3xP; 23 N- ']" IIE OPENINC i\10 V.:S " f thi s miniat u re Tec:hnic:olor N5 or 22 .. . DxN: 23 Pxll, P- KN3; 24 Q- have li1l1e to r ceo l1l lllelld t hcm hilI Bl[l ck's BRITAIN 'S A LEX ANDER was in fine re ili c KR~ . H- K N 1 : 25 Q- R6, Q- Bl; 26 N- N5! ~ l lInni n g ci!!;h tccnlh 111<.)\'0 lifts 111(.) game during the Zone {;h:llupionship th is ~ um · wins ) : 23 Q- K It4 , P - R·I ; 24 Q- N5, K­ frum In ed iocril )' 10 immorlality. mer. Alt hough only fifth . he produced N2: 25 l\" xPch , K - Jl2; 26 N- D6ch , K- N2; 27 :-J - H-I with a wi nning attac k. more Ihn n nne ~c n sat i" n al game. Again'" RU Y LOPEZ favored master Laszlo> Sza ho. he p unished 22 P x P BxP R. W arner L. E vans his () ]JllOn cnt's opening inaccuracies with 23 Q- N 3ch K _ R 1 24 N-K 5! B x N White Black a knockout in teeilll ic"lor. 10 Qx N T ile game is h opeless. If 24, .. 13- N2 ; 1 P-K4 P-K4 0 - 0 2 N - KB3 I\J-Q B 3 11 P_Q4 P_Q4 S ICiLIAN DEF ENSE 25 Hx P, H - KN I : 26 N- N6ch mates, 3 B-N5 P-QR3 12 Q-N3 B- Q3 25 B x B ch P_ B 3 ( Not es by John Ra the r) 4 B- R4 N - B3 13 R- K1 Q_ R5 26 RxP Resigns C. A lexander L. S:z abo 5 0 - 0 B- K2 14 P_ N 3 Q_R4 After ~6 . . . Hxlt; 27 It- KDl w ins the p,p White Black 6 P- B 3 N,P 15 P- QB4 Quccn a nd mate follows slicl"t1y. 7 R- K l N_B4 16 QxP B_ R6 P_ K4 P_QB4 5 N- QBS P- Q3 1 , N>P N,N 17 Q-N3 KR- K 1 2 N- KB3 N_QBS 6 B_ K 2 P_ K 3 HOLLAND - BELGIUM R,N N> B 18 R_Q1 . , . 3 P_Q4 p ,p 7 B_ K 3 Q_ B2 9 . 4 NxP N-B3 8 P- B4 P- QRS Change of Scene 9 0-0 N_QR4 T ilt; ,l. T T,l.C K follows thc Kin g in Ihc Vien· A chanu; tel'islic Sche veningen "(\I'ln· 11a emue. W hen Rlm:k efl s t le ~ Quccn.s illt" tiOIl position : W hite seek!! a King·side the act ion shihs to thal ~" c l o r . W h ite pro­ atta ck while B lack (;onccntrates on the vides a ;wnw fi n i~ h in whi ch cyery move opposite win g. i ~ a slcdg(,lo h [l mrncr blow. 10 K- R1 . . . . V IENNA GAM E Another COllrse is 10 Q- Q3 and ir 10 . . . I>- QN 4; 11 Q H- Qt, N - D5; 12 B- B 1. N . Cortlever A , Ounkelblum B lae]! 10 . . . . B-K2 \Vll i w 11 Q- Kl N-B5 1 P- K 4 P_ K 4 11 Q- K 2 Q_ K2 12 8 _Bl 0 - 0 2 N_QB3 N-QB3 12 0-0- 0 P- K N4 N_ B3 13 B- N 3 De Uer counter -pla y i~ obtained by 12 3 B- B4 0 - 0 - 0 20 QxP QxRch . .. 1' - QN4. It also allows \l se of QN3 as 4 P-Q3 B- N 5 P- B 5! B- Q2 18 . . . . R- K 6!! p,p p , p 19 PxR 21 K _ B2 a re t reat square for the Knigh t. 5 B- N 5 P- KR3 15" Q- K 7 6 B-R4 N _QR4 16 P- B 3 B_B 3 Q- B 8 mate 13 P_QN3 N_QR4 7 N_ K 2 N, B 17 R- Q2 K _ N l 14 B_Q3 N-Q2 B P,N P- Q3 1B K R- Q 1 R- Q2 U. S. OPEN TOURNAMENT, 1947 Too time-consuming. Itegrou ping by ] 4 9 P- QR3 B xNch 19 N- N 5 K R- Q l In the Lion's Mouth . .. N- D3 Is much safer. N,B B-K3 20 B-B2 P- N 3 10 T Ol1'T1 NC rATE i.~ ~ dangeroll s pastime. p ,p 21 Q_B4 K-N2? 15 B-N2 B-B3 18 PxB Black's insoll cianl play aga inst a leading 16 N_B3 N _B4 19 Px P B_ K 2 17 P_ K 5! NxB 20 N_ K 4! Q-Q1 author it y un the Vienna C amhit gets ex·

-'.4 ______CHE SS ' REV IEW , OCTOB ER, 194 1 olle which il:l h is lot in the Queen'l:! Gam· He miglit get away wlth 12 QxP. But bit Decline d. he would Ollcn avenues of approach to 3 N-KB3 B- N!5 hili own 1{lng which would be bazardous. 4 P- K3 • • • • 12 . . . . 0 - 0 Book is 4 Q- JH. wllich, afte.· many Not 12 ... QxIlP; 13 N- N 5 with an at- vi cissitudes, resnlts in a pIlls fO I' White. tl\l' k. Possibly Black was prelmred to illlprove 13 B- K 2 • • • • on the main line. In any event, t he tex t Black e merges from Ul e opening with move Is timid and can hardly be con· a SUperior Pawn position. White has t he sldm'ed an attem pt at reru taUon. advantage of the Bi s hol) and a prOllpec· 4 . . . . P_K4 Uve K ing side attack. 5 Q-N3 • • • • 13 . . . . QR-Q1 Su·tking at t he usual weaknegs in 20 P-Q6! P- B 3 24 0...,3 N - B3 14 QR_ N l K-R l Black's position when h is Queen's Dlsh­ 21 N-B 7 R- Q Nl 25 R-K7 Q. R 15 R-N5 • • • • OIl moves. llIack's Queen Knight I'!lwn. 22 Q R- K l N - Nl 26 P. Q R_N l He rushes the a ttack, overlooking his F OI' techulca l reasous, howeve r, the PH.lVn 23 Q-N6ch K-Rt 27 P_ K 8 ( Q ) 0 llllonent's concealed coup. 15 K- Nl and Is Immune. H ence, 5 B- K Z Is relatively Resign s safcty for his King was called for. better. 1!5 . . . . Q- R3 WASHINGTON. D. C. 5 . . . . 16 KR-Nl · . . . Magic: 6 PxB • • • • In order to detent! the nook against If instea d 6 QxNP, N-N5; \Vhlte is In D EFENSIVE I'I.~Y of1 t.:n l't.:Cjuires magical ... P- U4, unhinging its support. rcsourccflllm:M. By winn ing a Pawn, troublc guarding agaInst . .. N- B7cl. as well as .. . R - N l, harassing tho QueoJl. 16 . • . . Px P Black a ll ow~ his adversary counter-play. 17 Px P 6 . . . . B- N5c h · . . . WIl e n the latt er neglects his uw n K ing, • Black pulls u rabbit out of the h al.. 7 B- Q2 .... Di strict Championship, 1947 Not 7 N- D3, KPxP; H K PxP. NxP fo r Il, e Bishop ca llnot be {:illltl1re(] 011 ar"Ol1lJt QUEEN'S GAMB IT DECLI N E D of . . . N- B7ch. ( N ot es by I. A. H or ow itz) 7 . • . • BxBch E. Nash D. M ug r idge 8 N xB KPxP White Black 9 0 - 0 - 0 • • • • 1 P- Q4 P- Q4 If 9 K P xP, White's P awn sl,'uClu!"e Is 2 P- Q B4 N-QB3 shattered. He therefore stakeR n il on A "e"\"'al o r all ill teresting Idea by mid·ga me complications. Tcliigorill. Black IItrlvel:! for P- K.I lind all 9 ... _ K N-K2 11 B- 84 Q-K R4 Ollen game a l:! against the usual cra mped 10 B PxP QxP 12 N_K4 • • • • @allant lknigbt Proudly ANNOUNCES - NEW - 5 Inch- K ING SIZE PL ASTIC CHESS

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.. , , 15 17 . . . • N_Q5 ! 7 Q-Q2 8_K2 12 P_B5 N,N Point of the defense. 8 0-0-0 0-0 13 a,N BxBch 9 P_ KR4 P-QRS 14 p,a QxPc h 18 PxN . . . . 10 8 - K2 8 - Q2 15 K- Nl p,p Practically forced. The Queen cann ot 11 P-B4 N-Kl 16 N-Q5 PxP? ver y weI! defend t he Bishop: 18 Q- Q3? NxP wins. Or 18 Q-B4, P- N4 wins. 18 . . . . P-KBl \Vinnlng the ex change. F rom here 0 0 Black coasts in. 19 P-KR4 N-B4 27 KxN P-KRl 20 B-Ql NxQP 28 N-K6 R_Q2 21 Q_ Kl P,R 29 P_ B4 R- K2 22 NxP Q-Q3 30 R-N6 K-R2 2l Q-Ql Q-B5ch 31 P- R5 RxRP 23 R_ N6 ! N_R2 33 N_83 K-N2 24 K-Nl Q_ B4 32 N_ B8ch K-Nl 24 RxRP ! P,R 34 8-B4 K-81 25 QxQ R,Q 33 N-K6 K-B2 25 QxRP N-B3 S5 P-KR4 K_K2 26 B-B2 N,a Resigns 26 N-N4 N-K5 S6 P-Q5 R_ R3 27 a,N P_84 37 Nx8ch R,N NEW YORK 28 N_K5 R_83 38 PxKP N-Ql 29 Q- R4 Q_ N2 39 N-Q4 R-83 MINORITY ATTAC K versus King.side on · 17 R-R5 Q- Ql SO 8 - QS Q_N4 40 R-K5 P-N4 slaught is the common antithesis in the Not 17 ... Q-N6; 18 N-K7ch, K- Rl; 31 QxQ N,Q 41 PxPe.p. Queen 's Gambit Declined. I n this game, 19 RxPch wins t h e Queen. 32 R_ Kl N- 82 Resig ns White's plan ncvcr gets under wa y but 18 QxP P-84 21 RxPc h 8xR Black's pays off. 19 N_ K7ch K_ B2 22 QxBch KxN 20 B-B4ch K- BS 23 Q-K6 mate State Championship, 1947 {ii'p. FOREIGN QUEEN'S GAMBIT DECLINED J. Partos J. Donovan 4y.. LATIN AMERICA GERMANY White Black Young Blood 1 P-Q4 P-Q4 14 N ( B)xN P,N ARGENTINA T H i': Rn'IVAL of chess in post·war Germany 2 P- QB4 P_Kl 15 B-B4 B-KS Hallmark has d eveloped at lcast one pl ayer of talcnt. S N- QBl N-KBS 16 0-0 a,a Only twcn ty years old , Wolfgan g Unzick er QN_Q2 C OMBINED T ACTICS arc thc h allmark of the 4 B-N5 17 QxB N- Q4 is alread y an experienced master. Pitted B_K2 18 P-QRS P_QR4 master. Stahlberg gives us a poin tcd ex· 5 P-KS against a veter an of many an intcrnat ion· 6 R_Bl P-Bl 19 Q_ B5 Q_ N4 ample. He u tili~es the threat of a K night tournament, the youngster struts his 7 PxP KPxP 20 N- K2 R-KS fork in order to work his R ook into posi. III 8 B-QS 0-0 21 N-BS P-QNS tion fo r a decisive sacrifice. T hc cram p· stuff in a snappy li ttle br awl which makes 9 Q_B2 P-KRS 22 Q_ B4 P_R4 ed qua rters in which Black finds himself Saem isch look sick. 10 B_R4 R-Kl 23 N,N P,N make some such assault a foregone con· N-K5 24 Q- B7 P-KR5 11 KN-K2 clusion. Esse n, 1947 12 BxB a,a 25 Q-KB4 Q-R4 PH ILIDOR DEFENSE I S N_ NS N (2)-B3 26 P-Rl R-NS Roberto Grau Memorial T our ney, 1947 w. Unzic ker F. Saemisc h 27 R-B7 • • • • QUEEN'S GAM81 T DECLINED \-Vhite Black G. Stahlberg P. Michel 1 P-K4 P_K4 11 PxP p,p 2 N_K83 P_Q3 W h ite B lack 12 N-R4 N-R4 3 P- Q4 13 N-85 8-81 Q_B2 N-K8l 1 P-Q4 P_Q4 12 P- B5 QN_Q2 14 B_ K3 p,p 4 N-83 P- KNS 2 P- QB4 P-QB3 13 P-K4 5 B_-QB4 B-K2 15 QR-Ql! B-Q2 N,P 3 N- KB3 N-83 14 P-R3 6 0-0 P-8S 16 N-N3 N_B3 ? 4 P-K3 P- K3 15 N-Q6 N-Kl 7 P-QR4 Q-82 17 P_ R3 8_ N2 P_QRS N (2)_83 5 QN- Q2 16 N- 84 8 Q-K2 P- KR3 18 P- B4 p,p 6 P- QN3 QN- Q2 17 N-N6 R- N1 9 8_ R2! N-81 19 8xP Q-N3ch 18 R_ KS B-Q2 7 8- Q3 Q-R4 10 Q_ B4 N-K3 20 K-R1 N-R2 8 Q_82 B_R6 19 N_K5 R-Q1 9 a,a Q,a 20 R-N3 B- B1 10 0 - 0 Q_Q3 21 Q-Q2 K-Rl 11 QR-Kl 0-0 22 Q-84 Q-K2 27 . . . . Q-B6! 29 KR-Bl RxPc h 28 QxQ P,Q 30 K_ Bl P- KN4 Resigns " CH E SSOLIT A I RE" Unique accessory to ~t!lndard sot en­ WEST VIRGINIA abling YOU to play Black Or \Vhite from printed gamea. Mahogany veneer, s trik­ Spiteful Ingly dccorllled. 7 tamou.~ gamca, detail­ ed in structions for selt- educatlon Includ­ TH E A VENUE t o the enem y King lies along ad. 1':ach, $1.95, pOstpaid: check w i th the K in g Rook file. W hen the h arassed order. CH ESSOL1TA1R E CO. monarch ed ges t oward the centcr of t he W a y land , Mass. boar d, the White Rook vengefull y im· molates itself to insure his destr uct ion . CHESS STUDENTS QUARTERLY 21 RxB ! K,R SICILIAN DE FENSE 22 B-K3 ! QR-KBI J. Hurt A. DuVall Despair! If 22 ... QxB; 23 RxPch, K ­ White Black Ql ; 24 QxN soon mates. 1 P_K4 P-QB4 4 NxP N-B3 23 RxPch! Resigns 2 N-KB3 N-QBS 5 N-QB3 P-QS After 23 . . . RxR; 24 QxNch, K-Ql ; 25 3 P-Q4 p,p 6 B-KN5 P_ K3 BxQch, White mops u p the field.

16 CHESS REVIEW, OCTOBER, 1947 Act iv it ies of C H ESS REV I EW POltal Chess JACK STRALEY BATTELl playerl: Qame report s &. ral ln gl, names of Palla I Chess Editor new player., prize _winner., .eleo;ted Qa m e~, D AVI D ROSK I N O, Jr. player "profllu" & edltor lil l commen l . Asst. Ed ito r

4G, CI"~ Rev. N. R oyton .. ... 3- 1 , -, TOURNAMENT NOTES POSTAL SCRIPTS D. I'ry ...... ~-( , -, 46-CI'H M. Knne r ...... lat , -0 1943 Vict ory T ournam ent · ADJUDICATIONS C. H. Dla k ernfln .... 2· 4 , -, 1"lnals sect ion 43·V 202 Is 1I0W complete R. R. Slocllm ...... 2-( , -, with the se weighted Ilol nt tota ls: J . H. Games won by forfe it ( t h rough v iola­ A. n. \Vlllis .•.•. . •. 2-4 , -, Non'ls 44.0, N. R uss 41.2, L. Borke r 31.65, Uon of t he time lim it r ule) 0 1' default 16-C158 C. A. Hu t c hln~on ••. ~ r d 3'.io-2\i 46·CiGC J . G. W " ,,,, ...... h t , -, S. Guber 27.·1, W. Macaleer 21.7. J . H . (th rough withdrawal or opponent) cou nt E. Ostcr h au~ ...... 2nd 4Y.,-1\i l3eyer 21.65 Il ud K A. Selll'oer withdrawn. all full winR in tOIll'n:u nen t s t a urlfn gs . 4G-C167 J •.r. ' .Alngc" ...... Iat , -0 ;; _ 1 Sections 205, 211 lind 212 are sUlI In They d o 11 0t count, howover. for the 'V. H. Jll cDrll.dy .... 2nd 4r. -C": IH n. Rry" n!...... 1Rt 5%- 'h pl ay. Indi cations are 205 and 21 2 will (IOstal c hess r atings, whiCh a r e meant 46 -C2Il M. J •. ].In.d180n ...... 18t r. -0 flllf."h ill time for Novembet· I·eports. W e to reflect !Ibllity In actual piny. ~r.-C":2 1 ~ F.. D. Sc.hell ...... 2_3 H~ -I 'h urge players in 21 1, however, to speed S. Weitz ...... 2 - ~ 4'.,,-1\-1 11]1 and avoid the December 1st adjudica­ Yet 61W h abilit y may be proved, If t he ~ r,-Cn 4 Fl ..T. F"I"her ...... 1-2 , -, [orfe lt winner can tlemonstrnte corrcct· J. D. :\Jawh lnncy • .. 1-2 ~ -1 tions. We aim to settle a U .1943 Victory Ii _ I ly t hat he Cll n (orce mllte or the gain of 46-("236 n .. v. H. S. Ctlmpbell ht tournament prizes pOlIJ~lble t his year. ~ G-C~ 4 0 If. Ha m pton ...... 2-:f , -, win ning m;lleria!. Co useq uentJ y, we " ad· T,. J oel ...... 2-3 , -, PR E S ENT LEA D ERS judJcnte" such games :t il fu ll rllUng credit 46-C2,;S O. C. E ng-en ...... llIt , -, .1 S 4 arr~ r ...... 4G.2 ) 1 I~ re .. rlman . . . . 3G.1 .. In s. 46-C259.1 . , ..... Ma" k ...... 1_2 5 -, .\ A Wc!~s ...... H.I H!; ScrivCller . . . ~6.2r, I.,. Toppe r ...... 1-2 , -, .J 1-1 /10""01"1";" ...... H.O C f"- j, i" lbeTgcr . .. 36.2 To do ~O, howeve r, we sl mjJly lllllst reo O. n. Keen e ...... S"d i¥.,-l'h .\1 Pa l'"e]" ...... H .O A C Cha ]"le ~ .. .. ~G. 1 5 quire: ]) t he complete score 0 1' the game 40·C271 1) , •. S. areen bHg ... 19t 5 -, N n tl ~~ ...... 11.2 Dr G Koe l ~ e h e .. aG.I H. \\'. J on"., ..1,. ... . 2-3 4'h-l"" It J': chcvcrrill. ... 40.Mi.r II Keys ...... ~5.1 ~ 10 fa r a~ Ilillyeri: 2) a dl agrum of the ·1%-1'", n,· n T' K"",hle .. 1Il . ~ Ii I:rlre- Nash .. 34.9& position renched; and 3) In default of 4G-C276 E. n. f'ernslcr ..•.. . 2n <1 ;;_1 P I 'hnr ...... ·10.6 0 H K ("iser .... . 33.4 eJ[lstlng, winning matel'ial, n correct H . B. Winllo r ...... 3rd 4-~ ri H O"k ,,~ ...... 38.~ .\1 Sandrin ...... 33.0 4G -C279 J. T. Gilbert ...... !aL a%,_ 'h N 1-" Newoory ... 37.85 Dr It c Sh.. 4er . 33.0 Wl te m ent of lIow the a llj)Jicant cll n G. , V. L."\wrClleo . ... 2nd 5-1 1944 P ost a l Championsh ip · Iorce it will against the best defense. W . Meehan ...... 3r<1 41Ji -1 % 4G-C280 R. Feinberg ...... • ht 5-1 J<' iaals sectio ns H -PC 3 and 10 have Do judge carcfully first a nd a pply for ( G-C2B3 H . &:h w,.,.t~ ...... I Rt G-O now finished. Weight ed point totals for IdJlldlCiltlon, only if YOIl Are confident 4G · C 288 D. LevQdl ...... ~rd 3'/0 -2 % those who finished nl1 games are : Pf 4: ~ rl esen'lug a win. Aurl pl ease give the 4 G -C 29~ W. ]1'. B. C leve1l Krr .2nd 5-1 M. Palmer '!6.2, T. Lowens 39.0, G. Lubo­ ~' . B urr ...... 3r\l 4-2 lull In ronno.tlon, listerl above . We are 4G-Ca2i' H C. Ande"~on .. ... 3rd 4 -2 vlcll 32.8, W . R. JOllCl! 29.4 and A. Dwyer iMde d down with requested adjudica­ 4G-C338 C. M. Brand .....• . . I ~I .j 'h - I~\, 12. 8- Pf 10: E. Hummel 37.5, S. Hannay lions. have little tim e [or t he m nnd shall C. A. H utchinson . .. 2-3 4-2 3~.05, H . V, P ilIC I"tlO 33.05, J. L. Blach 'V. Padlasky ...... 2-3 4 - 2 32. ... The fo llowing postalitea h a ve won 46-C395 R. E. \yor-III ...... Ist 6-0 W 1-' Gr a.y ...... 11.7 .J I, B i!U;h ...... U.S :r. C. 'l'hom~ ...... 2"" 5_1 llzes III Class Tournament secUons as .1 W Rnmnp.mer . 11.2~ G L lloo,'ich ... .. 32.8 ~6 -C 429 A. no.wlln~on ...... 2nd ~-1 ,\ P Coles ...... 39 .6 W S,'hmid ...... 32.8 • result of games reported J uly 26 46-:'U7 C. S. Carlton 2, A. E. Terflingcr 0 I J",wen" . ...• . . 39.0 J H llrown .....• 32.3 ~rough August 24. 41-Cn I'. ::l.Ionsky ...... 1-2 5%- 'h; \\. ;\I \V... g g oner .38.9:,.J H t-;" eys .• . ..•• 30.65 C. ' \'nrner l1 1 ...... 1-2 a%- % II

jlSl REVIEW, OCTOBfR, 1947 17 Connally I I'''ll'rall 0; Middleton wi lhd r aw~ . l'I1"'"tin 1 '.raylor O. 414 l)o.usaman 111. Bean O. POSTAL MORTEMS 302 l':e u h<;lo\\,. find ",1\1,. top" ~ I e at h. 320 Schaub 1 H einrich O. P e ri",r. bows to " ' oodford; F\)rber I Erl)! YOll1' ~ cc tion ""mber by Ihe "key" plll~ lIum­ 323 Scht"lwh I Huber O. 325 Anderson 1 0; Fmnk L PI'att O. 425 Holt I Roberts O. 42i LH) t'~ In boldr,,~ e . Synlbol f with a reMrt in­ Kdla r t 0 : Ande rson Ill. Dn vld O. 327 Gage I O.-l"n:'1oo11lm )1OW •• I() Mease. t()pa Scoville . 375 13ruee I Cole man O. 181 Huckstad 'h Nakao 12 Ounst 1 Soulh"rt! O. 28 \Vesenbe rlr 'h t;orky hows to 13 ,.,';low. tOI'" Thoma ~ . 377 'h. 184 Sheldon bows to .l ctfrey. tics \\lallan. Biach 'h , 33 Biel<)(;k i J Wildt O. 41 Hone 1 Pr"tt Ir TrOII ~ 1" 0: Sheldon bests Rrand. tle8 186 Shaver tics Hohlbein. tops Arch,cmbault. Smllh O. 44 U n"nnh 1 Twit ch ell O. 49 fllch­ K elC h; Be nne tt withtl,·"wn. 378 Root wins 192 ~ I alhew .• 1 ,\rbel" O. 193 Nelson l a QUarles mond I Landi~ O. 54 P.,IOl'7." I B uchsbaum O. rorr"lt rrom AI1i~on. Sielarf. 379 Dia mond 1 O. 196 Kugelma"" I Sdva!;gi O. 197 Cowan 55 Bod"" ti!:" Kelly, tops Richmond; B"l"Il ­ Ju(ld O. 3£10 Dwyer besU Williams. b ow~ to 1 ,\mdt O. 201 H enning.~ I Cuttersen O. 200 hise. 1 Hay. O. 58 SoUrrey, :M~V"y down K il­ "n d c ,.~()n . 381 n ,.own. PIxley best Booth. 382 Long J Rod"",)) 0 ; _\Io",'oc , Alplsel' 1';1' Rob­ plitrlck. 59 BnrnhiH,r 1 Gerth O. Han",,,, 1 .~I('/~wen O. 383 f"rank 1 1'Ilikei O. erls. 204 Ost"J"IHW~ withdraws. 206 Scheffer 384 ~\eG"irc H Burrows 0; Gelle r swee ps Mc­ I Hoss O. 208 JOhnson I Thorne O. Finals (Key: 45 .Kf) G uire . BlI '·' "Ow~. IIIcCaur::he~· . Connor; Connor Semi_finals (Key: 46_Ns) 3 Vnl,·o H Carnet O. 7 Monroe tops Hr"n­ tops UU" "ows, bows 10 ~l c C" " g hey. I·Toward. ow~ki. Koga". 8 Byr"e 1 J eter O. 9 ~! oy~e. 385 E,·"ngle hows to Dowis. tops Pla ta. 387 2 Ho~~ rips Pierce, Frnnd,. 5 Ri chard~ ',t S old,,,,,,, lklls 'h Karalaltis 7.oudllk %. 6 Lrneh t ics I·'nrber, tops /:itllrges. 11 ~l C )"l"itt la Siev,·rl O. 'I,. 390 Ro\hman loses to \Vat~on, wins from 7 .\lcrritt. bowa to R Ichmond, 101'-'l C''1lUrso. 'Venvcr. 391 SU[\r ell I.op~ He ithel, Cnleman; S 7.ueke r 1 SJ)('nce O. 10 Ch,.,llvene t besls 1946 CLASS TOURNAMENT (Key: 46_C) '\,,,t._on 1 ('0 1(,,,,,,,, O. 392 Jaymc bows 1.0 j ohnson. " 'oods: Funde!1 I Bo"d O. 11 Soots· l AO!>recht ( t). :':'h,'ra 1 Fonl 0; Worm 1 Chabrn. D. 396 I Moquin O. 15 Ha rri .~ Dittm"n %. t~ d ,·awn. 57 Com~lock I Schunk O. 58 Taylor 'h Luprr. rht be~18 Nahm, ( n) Seith. 397 fllch ­ Hehherlr 1 IlreJlrley O. 17 narnhart. Benedetti % Frcneh 'h . 66 ~artn e r I Astrab O. 72 Ilalyea I I"ord O. 74 Hea % Shilling 'h. 80 "rtt~ 1 Bend"r II; B e rr e ~ 1 H olden O. 398 he at Pacini. 18 J':ncin3S 1 ~ l oor", O. 19 Blo.· \\'in810w bows to L()\"ell, lOPS T owne. 85 lll"i,·k .... · 1 I'hillips O. 399 J';1I10ll withdrawn. ~Om I Ilu be nalein O. 21 11 a7.l " 1 Bock O. 22 400 Hance wllhtl,·aws. 401 Hosenkjar I B oll Burton 1 K elley O. 89 She l"l" 1 nyan O. 107 W h itlow wHhdrawn. 23 Yane y 1 ' Volfe O. 2~ O. 402 M"r.,h,,11 1 Sill ,j. 403 Jellill ek with_ 1\:\8bln 1 Hoh~on O. 25 Stoptlel Ill. ",at wick O. Ulosser 1 M etll O. 111 L Ullg,., 1 Skoghmu O. d,."w~ . lo~e ~ (a) t.o Arden. 404 Addel~lol\ lies 26 St"ahan I Weberg 0; .Jackson 1::0. TOPN'· 121 ~let" L Schick O. 124 Smith If I,ichhorn "1"0\11 . bows to Mogcnsen: _Veil. Spiak down lJ. 27 Morri~on . downs l':uwman, ChUrch; O. 129 Grossman 1 Keene O. 133 ,'ICCOY 1 O'·",ndo; "l'ure tlll(y wlth1a.,·I; n, S h" msky down C unninghu m. 191 Ilopkirk 1 1:'owler O. 34 Andrews 1 Kerr O. ~(>n 0; 13a~'lor 1 Cutlip O. 412 Ka minsky 1 36 Steffen. HOHenbam n wll.h: 1 A llen O. 292 Ca.ffrey 1 1I1artln 0; Carman q uells Caffl"€)·. Lucus 1 B>Ltes 0: Tyler 1 Rowley O. 294 Baron " Careful! " Dau~ .• ml\n. 20 Van Dyke bests Bedcnham. 110.. Larkin O. 296 Smook 'h Schmidt 'h. 299 S,?h iek: Sehlek tops Be

---1 81 ______CHESS REVIEW , OC TOB ER, 1941 Go ,.,'n~o n w ith drawn. 22 Gnnen 1 Trull O. 23 P.d m onds I Han son O. 130 H l1 1e8 I D u lgno.n O. Uelker, Euck endod (lawn Vall Dyk e; S lI e l(lon t32 B rengle 1 I ~. LnP'!ley O. 134 K oel~ch I -ruylor 0 ; Betke r I Wyller O. 24 Itelnsch rlO'!kep llel O. 141 Alber t I Hnn8en O. 29 ' Varner. K u rllk tOI) BrQwO'!r ; Monsky, 0; Cor th . AIl><'!rt with d raw. 142 Ollrton. An­ 75 CASU l' 1I 17.E5, a m ounting Kurek down SU\'nl;c; Sehwel!; I Kurek O. der"on w h ip \\'lIn d erman; Hotst rom holtll to totn l of 30 Daniels (lown s Sm ith , G rny. 31 Hletz. WillI.u ns. Witzel. 143 H u ber I Wa lliCk. 0: a $1000.00, will Phillips lop S pn rk ~; Ph leg" r h'''~ .", 11 . ooW$ H ols trom w h iP'! White . E illen; 1 ~llICn be" ... h e awarded to th e 7S eon · to Rietz. 34 Stevensoll I Melander O. 3S Talle)' (Joulcd, Trelnls. 144 ' Vallgrcn ha lts H e lpern, lesta n ts who f inish with the 1 lleadlng 0; )fcCn"lhy 1 W e ltMteln O. 36 WAllick; Allen w hip,s Wall Irk. H elpem. 14S h igloesl scores in C !:I ESS R E· ' ''arner t op~ 1>OO f (n ), Abbott: Ander80n 1'0"1 tOIlS 'Vlllhcim. Stanley; Hooe mnr k "'Ilh­ bows to K Ivlt,.. do"'" .. Knowl".. . 37 ' Vllllams d r n wlI. 146 Berry 1 Mullison 0. 147 Dlllckwood 1 vu:w's 3 rd A n n u a l G o ld e n bow ~ to A m idon , benll (l. ) Haplu. el; War ne r ('ott"r O. 149 Doclling bOW8 to T rawrf. downs K n ig h ts I)os la l C h ess Cha mpion s hip, n ow I Kr" m e r O. 38 Sheah an to)'lll Momgne, boWII \\'ool (e. I SO Men":::" r lnl (e ll" F ,,"chc r, bow. (JI)c n to a ll c h esslJlayers in the U nited 10 Shabsln; Hoot I r:nochson O. 311 C la rk % to Oberon . 151 Me ngor!nl mOfters rtyke r t. S i ll Ies a n\1 Cana d a . Hules scnt on re q uest. KInJ.:ston \:., 41 i'1"',·",,,n. Ha&enzwelg down I ~Itzpnt r ick; K!rllhe r I 'Vlnt>:er 0; H errick D rnker t: 'Yrlght tics itudolt>h, tops Sher­ 1". It1< Kirshe r, Ryke r t. 152 I"oy If Mallory O. E n te r t h is tourna menl a n d you can w in man. 42 DOll gl",,~ !.tows to l':stCII, En..:::s kov. 153 Sanderson 1 Stevens O. 154 \Veak. I li p to $250.00 in cash- the amou nt o f the tops (a) Shoultz: Gro ra 1 Anruner, 1 Anti O. 159 Rwnrtwonl I Ste" en s O. 161 G rand Firs t P rize. T he runner -u p will Stanley, Ba r ton. 44 Ant ram 1 ) 11IrI("01l, 0; A .... novleh tOI'8 B ra n ner, Skidmore; Sle,·en. receive 8100.001 Thirll 10 lenth 1)lace C .. r)· I S lrick land O. 45 lIughc. withdraws. ~on stOP5 lIlacK e nzie. H a~se. 162 V u rc. Foley. prizes r a n ge from $80,00 down 10 SI5.00. 46 'Vest bows to I'ollnr/!. S"'" r l~. 47 K oegel Z"lewskl. \\'('xler, Olson mob AnderMon: T h en com e p rizes of eac h for 'I., G rIese ',\:. 48 Dunlap do"'n~ " "lImark. Ol~o" 'h V ure ~. 163 'Gage d ow n8 )lcLaw­ 65 S5.00 ZimIlHll'ma n; }<-r""., bt~t.~ 'Vat SO" . bows to h orn, H o))»er; "'I u ller h all' HOI>per. 'T'wlj)j). p layers w lto fin ish from 11th t o 75th! Hallm n rk. 49 BuIC~ 1 Coltrrlcd 0; De ren 1 164 OUesen I SI'e<1d O. 165 Blumcr It Ba.yer U u t that iSlet all! Eve ry pla ye r who A nde, ' ~o" O. 50 1,:I~hhol'n wlt.h(lrnwn. 52 HOff­ 0: Bl ume r, Sdlkk down A lklnson, 167 (l ualifie8 for the f in a l round, and com- ",an loP" Te m plcton . tle~ WlIoo". S3 Hootl _ 'Ve~by, Dixon. w in ( f ) from -W aldrep. 168 ha n tops Lock (ort (f) . Hell)Crn. 54 B urn 1 Sokoler down3 tti ngle ~ . 0 '13 1'1 <'1 ' . 169 Gregory 1)le leS h is s c h edu le. w ill be a warded the Strick land 0; H u mme l I Prock O. S6 HOBe n­ 10 1'" i"h ehloll. <1 0W'18 ~lon r h ars h . 174 WIJ.:r <'!rg Withd ra w n ; D ugal Waltick 0; Saxer ~~ Jorgen~e ll '>!o. 190 Ocutz ro u nd, but com p iCle you r sch ed u le, you In SleM,,1 O. 65 BelIr I E " 'en O. 66 PA rdee 1 I Ilald wi n O. Hll l .ilienfe ld 1 E $terline 0; w ill receive one fre e entry {worth StOO } TI'ea rle O. 68 SllIterhel m BEGINNERS OR EXPERTS 70 Henderson I \\'clner 0: Doc dOCI! for withdrawn. 195 Sorln If )I Or11J.: ne O. 196 Weiner. Sonthal'd. 72 (lntel! la Com) O. 73 Sheldon ti..,ft Betker, bo ... >! to lIInr>!h. 1117 WELCOME t;(l wurds ir Aik ma n 0: IHacllon I H u re O. 74 Flynn ¥.. Scanlon ¥.. . 198 IIl rach . Power". T he w in n e r n f t h is h ig II"s ta l chess e on· Tr uml.... 11 bow" to )·erc h ln . top$ I'la tll.; Plata HOby. Su ndstra nd. Gadd m ob 1'\' t8tma n. 200 lest will a c hieve n a linll1,l r eco~n il io n . H is I l"er<:h ln O. 75 BIITJ.:e r I Hornung O. 77 Pad­ ~1eCor k le ooW R to Mayer . tOP3 Ru'h. 201 Ilie tllre w ill lie IlUblishlXl in Ihe n ew s Issky pounds Heuse. J o e~ on. G,ueta; Hense O'(:onnor I Hrown O. 202 Seaccl .. rcrro de- tOPII Garda. Agnllllo, 78 H olton bows to Land, t ... ",s 'rhels, (0 :'>Iayberry. P rintz; P rint,. I o>e<:t ion "f CH ESS R t:vlI:w - a n d he'll get Saundcu. toP! O 'Gormun; Del7. beJi:u, O'Gor. ),In )'ber r y O. 203 Ferber yields to AIscnbcrg, a b ig eheek for $250.00, B ut you d o n't man , Sau ndeTII. 711 ChonI!' tops Saranto (f). tOile M"yber r),: Ettli nJ;cr I Lowell O. 204 have to b e un eX IJerl to g o a long way in Ha rt: Bender 1 I ~ldc r O. 80 Zahor .. ky I K en_ Gordon bes ts .Jol)r1 soll. H all. .ro5 L..'\ r ~n I the Cnllten Knights . P le n t y of less tale n t· IIcdy O. 81 Morley I H opper 0; Upehur<: h 1 W ilner 0; IVei6"ecker wlthd rnwn . 209 " 'olr. Gardiner 0; Duno" wl1hdraws. 84 Burdlek (' r t 1 Desco leaux 0; Lester I Ott 0; O' Url(;n c d l)taYl'rs are g oing to ha\'c lOiS of tops :'>Ick us, bows to H)'kert: Colte r wlth­ If Davld""n O. 21 3 Lapin. S\el~ C r OO.U fun Milt capt u re ha n d ~ ' l m e p rizes in th is dra"'S, lose" (6 ) 10 MekuB. 85 l''enn Itt LonJ; Hollon ; ) Ieis\e rhelm withdrawn. 214 Norln IIl ll mmnth luurnam ent. Even if YOll have 0; ' ':\I1!;:e~ bow~ to Sh\1m~n (t). ],'e nn. 86 I 'l'lIrnbUl'gh 0, 215 E Rnc rofl bea!.8 E!Il~. need 1 I '~!he r O. 87 R:1-)(\wln wllhdrawn. 88 J"eo h~: G"gt. 1 I..IPumn O. 21 7 Lnnde r I never played in a enm p (titive e ven t before, Ott 1 K ahncr 0; Spink 1 1·'l owen O. 89 Sh Ab­ Carr<>n O. 218 S;mmon~ 1 Holman O. 220 Cnull YOll may t llrn 0 11 1 1<> h e G olde n K ni/dus .In l a 1.e",I! 0 ; NelMon I Prindle 0, 90 Hartt I Sleinfeld O. 221 Cu)'ott 1 W rlRht O. 222 Dc· C h a mpion l" 1,!Qol h 1 F'ry O. 223 halts l'\Clson. "ure; Ll urkhal ter bow~ to Nel­ th e tou r n ey i" over. So d on't h e sitale to son , m a le! a n, bnmn. 92 Rlehnr 1'1 1>8 'Vhlte . Ll ll ln..::: . 'Vor by top Av ner. 226 lII acol'lna <.: I n nc h, P ee ry. 9~ 1.I1~<: h ot r I F'ergU8on O. 95 \[ 111, O. 227 I.kHter t" lps Sluer , Slenher .o:. r l1 le r h ecau se you fe el you a re n ot a Sl ron p; Ha nt. PeeblcR lon­ I P OII~ I Che .. De pt. ., ~ " ,J,.,i • • P.".I I E wing 0; W ig ren 1 Courtri,:: ht O. 4 W a rd 250 S7th St.. 1(;1 ... • \agne. Poffenberger. D rengle m ob Levin; w . eN" ".,i/( toJ)S D r unne r, ( 21) An derson. 5 Jlenderson 2 I New York 19, N . Y. ,ih 4/ 'hi! <•• ~ ••• I Geen: 1 Beek"r O. 1111 Kraft I Kln4(llla O. 121 H llrt 0; CIlUip 1 Wa tson 0; H url halU C UI. Stageman dOWn ll . 'tzo;erald, Gardiner but 111" "'elson. I e nelO$e S ...... _.. En ter my a ame In OOW8 10 Define, ",usbaum; Dac:hr"dl wl~h - I ...... ( how many?) sect ion, of t he I 4ro.ws; Gardiner bow, to NU8baum. toP. CH A LLENGE MATC H GA MES T hi rd An nu al GOlden KnIgh ts P o.tal Crook s. 122 Twigg. 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~H US RiV1EW, OCTOBER, 1941 3 m 540 6'2£ r. '" "'. '" "..00 '"'". ... 58.... .'".. "...... ,'" 50. • • • •• ,n .. . ". · . . . . :i& .. . . '".os 'SO · ...... " '"n • w. ." • • • • • • • 24 CHESS R.EVIEW, OCTOBER , 52. .00 '" H30 65. . .. 00. .GO...... m · . . . . .00." -...14 ~ .., t)54 . . .. .5O .. 322 L . GO. '00 · . . . . '" '."GO '" ,'00...... '" .0&... . . 69r. Recent Publications Reviewed (the Dutch title is appropri ately R e·uniOIl '"650 Gn ...'"OS. by Donald H. Mugridge of the CheS5I11astcrS) , but this year's con· 00. (;58 G~O test rcverted to the prc-war pliUcrn of ten C ... ."'Gt,~ SS8 GA MES FROM MONTH CA /nO- Vol­ participants, half Englishmen and half "/5 P 378 wne I- by P. W Cflmall- 87 pp.- White­ ~ , I O ...... GI)O foreigners. The Dutch book is on the econ­ 602 '".00 head ailli Miller- Lel!ds, ElIgiwut-SZ.OO. G5 ~ omical side, with longish narrow two· Ufo.! , F . . . . . '" Mr. We nman, a fo rmer cllsmpion of column pages; wh ile the diagrams arc '". ".'" good and clear, and the type of the scor.:s ." ."00 Scotland, who lias already put together '"00. eight an thologies of games, endings and proper is quite satisfactory, the fon t lI sed for tile notes and introductory matter is GO" .. '",OS". Ilrohiems, in his nintll presents 50 games '"40·' .. 100 small and the lines too close together, 00. '50 from the four Monte Carl ... Tuurnaments .. . , .. .. 1;01 '"32' of 1901 , 1902, 1903 and 1904. Few are with a result both ugly and conducive to n l ~ 000 . 00 eycstrain. One of the editors, Prins, was '" I ~~ . 'c r,00 62 4 li kely t o agret: with his dictum that duro H n..... 69O II participant; the other, Hans Kmoch, i~ A 'r ...... '50 ing these ye ars, " e he ~ s had attained the ).lr t g N G~6 SG2'" highest level in Europe it has perhaps well known us II competent analyst, an d P '"'GO" on. the notes arc both copious and dependable. r, 22 00. evc r reached." Inclusion of the result . . . . ~62 '00 240 tables-or lit least the pla)"crs' ~cores­ INTERNATIONAA /_ SCHAAKTOl}Il NO f '".00 in the several to u mey~ wou ld havc added 41 2 ZAA NSTREEK, 1946- Ed. by W. A. T. '" considerably to the interest of the hook, .eichel/hQut: a/lalys!!s by C. Kolllluucr- ... Dr J ""'69". M6 t.5·' and would have called atten tion 10 the odd 134 pp.- Amsterdam, Uitgevedj Jacob '" A .. system of scoring draws wh ich prevailed · . .. . 0S2 ...... Van Call1 pclI-$3.QQ '" '" ill the first two tourneys. I\ lr. Wenman st!lects his largest number of games, 21, This toumament was regularly referred POSTAL GAME frolll the 1903 tournament, of wh ich there to at the time as Zaanilam, ami the Zoall· exists a Look (Kcmeny's) , ulbeit nut a datnschc Schoakclub is mentioned in the The Best Defense very good one, and comparatively neglects introd uctory passages of the book ; why the covcr and titl e page adopt the name The theor y of the Dllteh "Defen se" Is the 19{)2 tournament, which llUd the st rung· cst (mtry and the highest qUlIl ity of plIlY. Zaal/streck, I shall not pretend to kn ow. tbat attack h~ t he bellt defense, and a The notes arc sparsc, seldom analytical In any event, the book is a delight and King-side attnck i n ch ess Is t he best a t· and often m ther naive. Frank J. Marshall the most handsomc chess puhlication that tack. Here is an ideal example. participated in these tourneys, wit h in. has appeared fo r some t i mL~be a u ti f ully DUTCH DEFENSE d ifferent results until the last (and wcak­ large and clear diagrams, large and well spaced type in scores, notes and text ali ke, Hele n Aoaen kjar Lyn Hende rs on t'l;t), and Ilroduced some ve ry wei rd games. In 1901 against Chigorin ( Illack ), he wide margins, soft pa ller and clever urna· White Black started off in this Pawn.shedding style : mentation. The twelvc Illayers are dellictL"{\ 1 P- Q4 P_ KB4 9 8- K1 R_B! I P- Q4, 1'- Q4; 2 N-QB3, P- K3; 3 P- K4, in fu ll page caricatures h)' onc U$Chi; 2 P- QB4 P- K3 10 N_B3 N- R3 B- N5; 4- B-Q2 (Alckhine nJ.~o experi· tll at of Soultanbeieff, in wl deh great drops 3 P- K3 N- K B3 11 B_ Q3? N_N i5 mented with this at a ]utcr datc ), PxP ; of perspiration are coursing down the 4 N_ KB3 P-QN3 12 Q-Ql N ,B 5 Q-N4, QxP; 6 0 - 0 - 0 , P- KD4; 7 B­ thinker's tcmliles, presents a regular phen. l'menon of match play seldom given such 5 8- K 2 B_N2 13 Qx N Q- Kl NS, QxP ; B Q- R3- drawn, after many pointed expression. Allllotati(l ns are pro­ S 0 - 0 B_ K2 14 P-QN31 Q_ R4 vicissitudes. vided by the Czech, C. Kottnauer. who 7 Q_B2 0-0 15 N-K2 R- N3 /11t:ERZ/EN DER SCHAAKIIIEfSTERS: arrived too late for the main event but N_K5 16 N-B4 8 8- Q2 • • • • I)E WEDSTRIJD 1'E HASTI NGS, 1945- took part in a smaller six lIlan tou rney 194()-E(I. by 11 . Ktnoch a"d L. I'rins- IJeld a ft er tile conclusion of the fi rsl (th" 95 pp.- Amsterdmn. Uilgeverii Vrii Neder­ scorC!:l of wllich are also given, but with land- $2.25. slight or no annotation ); his notC!:l are on the Sllan;e side but arc quite accurate Those for whom thc Dut ch language .so far as T have bee n able to check them. hUH no terrors- and it should have none The bouk affords It splendid opportunity for /myo ne acquainted with the Cerman tn study th e Illustcrship of t li e victor, Dr. chess vocabnlary- and those eagCr for the :M. Euwc, wllO wnn len games in superior complete scores of the pos t·war touma· strle. drew on e, lind los t hu l one, a com· IiIl'nh wi ll welcome this pu blication . lilieatcd and hard·fough t struggle wit h Ilefure the war, .Mr. E. C. H. Cordinglcy Szabo, who til.>O wi th Ekstrom for second. used regularl)" to bring ont a miilleOll"rallh­ Again there is (I curious teehll ical fail ure: cd hook of the annual I-I a"tings cvents; there wer" II number of games pla)·ed 16 . . . . RxPch! hut this is the first printed, I bel iev". wilh the Fr"il cll Defcnse, but tl lere is nu 17 NxR Q,N Tlw post-war Hastings tournamcnt in 1945· F raaTJ.!l in thc jllllex to oll"nings on page Black won by adJudleatlon, as there is 6 had two extra entriC5, as befitt ed the reo 124. But this is a triflc, and the book is ~ good defense to 18 . .. N- B4! vjval of international chcss aft cr the war un reservcdly recommended. POSTAL CHESS ALBUM With CHESS HEVIE W 's famous Post al Chcss Album you can easlly keep track ot the games you p lay by mail Mak es record·keeping easy nntl eliminates mistakes. Tbe C\lrrent posl· tion and up-lo-dale score of ench game are before YOII at all Urnes (see C\lt). Score cards are removable. When a game hI Clnlshed, re,nove the old lIeol's·card and Insert a new one. Album Is also extremely useful for playing over gamea In magazines and books. 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