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221 diagrams 493 ideo variations 1704 practical variations 463 supplementary variations 3894 notes to all variations and 439 COMPLETE GAMES!
BY I. A. HOROWITZ in collaboration with Former World Champion, Dr. Max Euwe. Ernest Gruenfeld, Hans Kmoch, and many other noted authorities
This latest and immense work, the most exhau~live of it s kind, ex plains in encyclopedic detail the fi ll e points of all opeuings. It carries the reader well into the middle game, evaluates tile prospec ts there and often gives complete exemplary games so that he is not left hanging in mid-position with the query: What happens now? A logical sequence binds the continuity in each opening. First come the moves with footnotes leading to the key position. Then fol BIBLIOPHILES! low pertinent observations, illustrated by "Idea Variations." Finallv. Glossy paper, handsome print, Practical and Supplementary Variations, well annotated, exemplify the spacious paging and all the effective possibilities. Each line is appraised: +. - or = . The large format- 7lj2 x 9 inches- is designed for ease of read other appurtenances of exquis ing and playing. It eliminates much tiresome shuffling of page.~ ite book-making combine to between the principal lines and the respective comments. Clear. make this the handsomest of legible type, a wide margin for inserting notes and variation-identify ing diagrams are other plus features. chess books! In addition to all else, this book contains 439 complete games- n golden treasury in itself! ORDER FROM CHESS REVIEW
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Aug. 11 1023 Ventura Marina Chcss Festival Open Wor ld of Chess...... 227 12 Rd 55 in We st V i ll~g e Conference at Recreation Center. 1261 E, Main 51., center: 50 l11oves / 2 ~ hours . 20/ hr CHESS REVIEW, AUGUST, 1968 225 1 White to move 2 Black to move ACUTE QUIETUS Now a brief review. These The briefest mate is of coursc If you have an assured m31ing net, it takes lIlerely calm and careful mates must be forced. 1 Q the correct one. So, faSCinating contemplation to clelln up. Hence, we require here a comparatively R5, N- K4? 2 N-K7t, 3 Qxpt is as a mate in eight may be, high score for you to ratc. For we assure the nets; you just contribute a classical mating linc; if Black shoot instead for one in ~ ix . calm and care, Keep your cool, even for counting off variations where properly reserves his Knight, how· or five or, if the chancc of they come in. Score yourself excellent for 10 correct solutions; ever, he spoils that line by a good for 9; and fair fOr 8. Take one third credit if you miss one varia timely ... NxN. Surmounting feIS, one! In one b prestissimo. tion in three on lIny 0110 position; double credit if you can prove any all possible Black defenses, how If you can't get a prestissimo, one wrong. Check afterwards on page 249 solutions, do you enforce a mate in in· just do the very best you can. fallible logic? T1)' here for at least a presto! 3 White to move 4 Black to move 5 White to move 6 Black to move Here you wind up with an Eve1)' quiz must have a true Some quiz positions have a Each quiz position turns largely unexceptional instance of a dual poser, or two. Which is here? major line and a derlllitely lesser on forcing moves. You do well, mate. Strictly put, you ought Telling might be too much of one. We indicate the laner by therefore, to find the move that a clue. Also, what's one man's bracketed solu tions, meaning to to count off a half credit if smites, that gives thc opposition meal is another's poison. So say, you should take them in you don't proclaim both mates. it is not for us to indicate the to consideration, too, for II half thc fewest options and of course But we leave that to YOUI con difficult; it's for you to find credit off, if overlooked. Over ensures the conclusive decisio n. science. If you see the key move, out, on your own account. So look nothing if you aim to claim In this quiz, don't tuke a piece, you likely sec all. Can you call just im prove, if you Can, your the total tally. Get the solution go for the mato: that's the chief off the mate on your honor? score! complete! of our dicta. 7 White to move 8 Black to move 9 Wh ite to move 10 Black to move Some solutions necessarily are Eve1)' mate, we ought to have Then to sum up: a forced mate Sometimes, a comparatively in· more complex. So here, we warn said long since, assures the end is what you seek, the shortest, ocuous move may key the mating you: clean up the loose end s. of the opposing King. The pre t with variants aCC 226 CHESS REVIEW, AUGUST, 1968 • CHESS Vol. 36, No.8 REVIEW A UGUST 1968 ,,,' rK I~.' , .. ". "~U""f INTERNATIONAL Palm to Parma Bucharest. Roumani:!, was the scene of an international tournamen t won by Bruno Parma of Yogoslavi" with a tally of 8Y.!-3\6, Istvan Bilc k and Aiva r Gipslis fol lo wed with 8-4 each. Historic Annual At Sa rajevo. Yugoslavia, Dragoljub Ci rich of that country and An310lyi Lein of the Soviet Union shared first place with 10-5 each. Tied for tlurd were Lubo mir Kavalck o f Czechoslovakia and Nikolai Krogius of the Soviet Union. each 9\6-516. Main Event at Bognar Winner or tile Churchill Memorial Tour n • • • .. . ., • ON THE COVER: After many pictures from abroad, W9 are turning to home talent . Here is anothet" view of An hu r 8, 8isguier, besides the cover, at simultaneous in Lu bbock., Texas. He regained his oft-won Manhattan Chess Club Championship and topped the Great Plains Open in Lubbock. Photos by Elata Ely, Avalanche Journal Martz Wins Mid-Central Roger Myers o f the Roosevelt High School The F ifth Mid-Central Open, held in wi th a clear fust of 5 Jh- ~. Runnerup with If you are, you want all the news 01 Elkhart, Indiana, at t he Midwest Chess 5-1 was Fo rrest Dial o f U ncol n High. chess you can get. Th ree ti mes a Center, went to William Ma rtz of Hart week The New York Times "Chess" land, Wisconsin, with a 4Jh-Jh showing. LOCAL EVENTS column gives you AI Horowitz's an Second through fourth at 4-1 were, re notations and analyzations of the spectively, Bradfo rd Simmons, John Pyue California. The Sa n Diego Open, attended most important game s played . and Hilmar Hintzer. Thirty players at by 42 players, was won by J ose T 05saS, Keeping you constantly on top of tended. S~-Y.!. Leo Raterman and David Anderson the strategies and tactics of the tied at 5-1. masters. In the Expert Candidates' Tournament CALIFORNIA AI Horowitz sets up the piece·by· uf the So uthern California Chess League, piece play of exciting newcomers The annual contest between the North Peter Rhee registered 5-0 in his prelimi to the board and explai ns the play and the South was won handily by the lwry section and 4-1 in the finals, thus so you can follow it with ease. Hi s former with a 21-9 tally. On the last nine column a lso covers major chess boards, the South was unable to salvage tournaments from Moscow to Cairo so much as a draw. Chess as Educat ional Tool? to Brooklyn. Wh en Dr. Emanud Lasker was asked whether Well-rounded chess players regu c h c ~~ is an art or a science, he is said to have rc larly read The New York Times as NE W YORK pUcd that it is bo th and neilhe r in that it is c ... well to keep up on world affairs , scnliaUy a struggle. poli tics, science, education, the Former Manhattan Chess Club Cham Now Ed win Jordan, founder of the American arts and sports. pion Arthur B. Bisguicr regained his title for the nth time this year, scoring 10-2 in Chess Education Society in Washington, D.C .• Remember, without it, you 're not the Championship Finals. He was followed maintains that chess is also an educatio nal tool. He suggcsts that oontroUed exper i mcnt~ with it... by the Rev. Will iam Lombardy with a in combining chcss with cenain curricula, such close 9Jh-2 ~ . Jamcs T. Sherwin and Dr. as m"th, might yield '·st artlin ~" results in dl·m· Ka rl Burger tied for third with 7-5. onstratin" the d kl actic utilit y of the game o\'cr Former Champion Pal Ben ko did not and above its intrinsic values. compete being ot herwise engaged-in fa ct At any rate. chess is an dedin' in many he was being married abroad during the British and German educational programs, and lime of the club championship finals. is practicaUy a "'must" in Russian school5. TIle Inst itute of Physical Education in Moscow Ie· ' 000 who possesses an inordinate crav· cen[ly annoul1l:ed it would offeI a degree in ing for chess ~c t ivi t ie s. WAS HINGTON chc~s, enaiJlinll graduates 10 uke jobs as official chess [cachetS. In America the Milwaukee Pro At the Tacoma Chess Club, a fi fteen "ram is [he cloS 228 CHESS REV I EW, AUG UST , \968 compiling a winning total of 9-1. L. Neu Pennsylvania. The librarian of the Pitts Jeff Fox and Pat Hickey. These three were ton placed second with 8-2. burgh Chess Club. Abel Bomberauit, has second, third and fourth respectively on The late United States chess champion been vacationing in Europe, where he has median tie breaks. Herman Steiner was elected to the South been giving successful simultaneous exhi ern California Chess League's Hall of bitions, sampling French wines, and in gen Fame, on whose behalf grandmaster Isaac eral making the most of an extended holi CANADA Kashdan presented the posthumous award day. Incidentally, the Pittsburgh Club's Ontario to Mrs. Steiner and the Steiners' son, library contains more than 1,000 volumes With a score of 5l6.-l6., Ivan Theodoro Armin. including a complete file of bound vitch of Toronto won the Ontario Open CHESS-REVIEW Annuals. ahead of G. Fuster, 5-1. Sharing the lat Colorado. Dr. Harland Graves took first in ter's record were Dennis Allan, William the Denver Open when his 5'h-'h tie with Washington. The Seattle Chess Club title Doubleday and Dr. Ken Winterton. Seven Victor Traibush was resolved by Swiss was gained by Gerrit Zweers when he ty-two players took part. totals. Third in the fifty-player event was scored a clear 4\6.-l6. first over a fourteen Jude Acers on a tiebreak of a 5-1 score man field. Frank Alexandro, Gregg Smith Quebec that he shared with two others. and Boyd Walther placed second, third Ten-year-old Jean Hebert annexed the and fourth respectively after each had Quebec City Juvenile title with the con New York. In the seventeen-player Sche vincing score of 9-1. nectady Chess Club Championship, Lee posted a 4-1 tally. Battes made an outstanding 7-1 score, sub In the Sunfair Open, Pat Herbers mas stantially ahead of the 5'h-2'h tally turned tered an eighteen-player field with a 5-0 LATIN AMERICA shutout. Dave Rupe\ and Ben Thurston, in by John J. Dragonetti and Nelson Eg The Pan-American Tournament in Ha bert, Jr. Dragonetti was runnerup on a each 3'h- !~, finished second and third re spectively on tiebreaks. vana, Cuba, was a round robin won by tiebreak. Cuban Silvino Ga rcia with a 14-3 showing. Local chess news is regularly broadcast At Washougal, the twenty-one-player Next were Oiavo Yepez (Ecuador), 13-4; by the "Iney Wallens Show" over Radio Ruse de Guerre Open was won by Bill Eleazar Jimenez (Cuba), 12-5; Hector Station WHLD in Niagara Falls. Mrs. Wal Kiplinger thanks to a tiebreak of the 4\6. Rossetto (Argentina) and Eldis Cobo lens has also invited various chess players \6. tally he shared with Eero Jaaska. (Cuba), each 11-6. for guest interviews . David Groenig dominated the Spokane City Closed with a 5-1 tally, well ahead Argentina Ohio. A. Zageris topped an eleven-man of Bob Kittredge, 3~-2~. The event was In a strong round robin vying for the tourney for the Columbus City Champion a round robin. Argentine Championship, Miguel Najdorf ship with a 5-0 sweep, one point better The University of Washington Open was successful with 8-3, followed by Os than Richmond Green. Glenn Erickson went to Mike Murray, 4~-\6., a full point ear Pan no, 7\6.-3!&. Raul Sanguinetti, 7-4, came in third with 3\6. - 1~. in front of his closest rivals, Joseph Toth, placed third. Chess Master vs. Chess Amateur and The Road to Chess Mastery both by MAX EUWE and WALTER MEIDEN In these two marvelously clear books, the authors set out to teach you how to think in a given chess position. Through a series of games where the master plays the amateur, you find yourself confronted with dozens of positions where you ask yourself: "How CHESS MASTER VS. CHESS AMATEUR would [ play in this position? What is the takes up such typically amateur moves as I P-K4, best move?" You analyze, you make your P-K4; 2 N-KB3, N-QB3; 3 B-B4, P-KR3. 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(The British a ctor, Frederick 5 B,N B,B 10 Q-R5 Q- K2 EF $10: register by 9 AM (optional Rd 1 Jaeger plays Sutton amI also his "double" at Skyliner Service Club, 8 PM, Oct 18) Sanders, H. member a long with Sobol of Oct 19 at NCO Open Mess: $$ 1st $100, a gang of international cOUnterfeiters.) others per EFs: inquiries to Lt T M In the game, Sutton, playing \Vllite, Grace, 1207 Gladiolus St, Bossier City, deela r es mate in eight to his sceptie OIl' Louisiana 71010. vonent. He starts by sacrifieing his Queen and drives the Black Monarch t:J Ohio ~ October 18 to 20 wllere lie is finally mated by Queen·side Columbus Open at Central YMCA, 40 eastling. W Long, Columbus, Ohio: 5 Rd SS, 50 Is the tune familiar? Of course. We moves/2 hours: EF $6 Uuniors $4) + have here also a doppelganger from real USCF dues (less $1 till Oct 15): $$ 1st chess, to wit the renowned game between $100, 2d $50, 3d $15: inquiries & adv Edward Lasker and Sir George A. Thomas in London 1912! It comes now EF to 0 Bryant, Columbus Y Chess Club, ,,.ith a new discovery- after 55 years Here the five·minute rule comes into 40 W Long St, Columbus, Ohio 43215. regarding this immortal combination. practical effect as White felt he must For t he younger generation or Ollr convert this position decisively. California ~ October 19 to 20 readers. I might mention that E d Lasker 11 QxPt KxQ 15 P-N3t K_ B6 Battle of the Bumbler B at Casa Al wa s born i n Breslau 1885 but emigrated 12 NxB :j: K-R3 16 B- K2t K-N7 varado Chess Center, 494 Alvarado St, to USA at the time of World IYar 1. He 13 Nj5-N4t K- N4 17 R-R2t K-N8 Monterey, California: 5 Rd SS, 45 moves is an electrical engineer and one of t he 14 P- R4t K_B5 18 K-Q2 mate 11\6. hours: limited to ratings under 1800 firs t to busy himself with the modern In the TV movie, 18 0 - 0 - 0 is played. or unrated: EF $8 (by Oct 17 $10) + automatic computing machines. I guess As Lasker has pointed out, some one USCF dues: $$ to top 3 & 1st each class, he is the only person to haye won Ole later found a mate in s even after the woman & junior under 18 as EFs permit; ('hampionships of the four metropolities , diagrammed position with 14 P - B<\t, trophies & other awards: inquiries to Berlin, Lon(Ion. New York and Chicago! K - R5 15 P- N3 t, K -R6 16 B- Blt, B-N7 Monterey Peninsula Cc, Box 261, Mon Lasker tells in his "Chess Secrets," 17 N- B2 mate. terey, California 93940. hOI,' he arrived in England in 1912 and But he now adds: '"In playing the game yisited the City of London Chess Club. over once more [he had just visited ns He d id not catch the introductions as Pennsylvania ~ October 19 to 20 in Stockholm], 1 noticed to my astonish· his ear was not attuned to the English Quaker City Open at B Franklin Hotel, ment that, even the way I con tinned way of pronunciation. (with 14 P-R-It instead of P- B4tJ, I 9 & Chestnut, Philadelphia: 5 Rd SS, 48 He relates: "One or the men ofrered could have lnated in seven by playing 16 moves/2 hours: EF $8 (under 21, $5) + to play with me, and I was introduced 0 - 0, instead of 16 B-K2t. USCF dues ($10 & $6 after Oct 12): to a type of light game which is very " Incredible how this fact had escaped register by 8 AM: $$ 1st $100, others per popular in England, a so·called "five· the countless commentators, including EFs& trophies to 1st, & 1st in A, B, C, 0, minute game." Both clocks al'e set at 12 myselC who have published the game! Unrated, Junior & Women: inquiries & just a s in a regular tournament game, or course the actual finish, in Wllich a EFs to L Segal, 7016 Frankford Av, and neither player is permitted to exceed King gives mate, is perha.ps still the Philadelphia, Pa 19135, phone (215) 338- his opponent's time by more than fiye most pleasant end-effect." minutes at any stage of the game. Thu~, And, with this comment, we are con· 6951 (checks to Philadelphia Chess As if one of the contestants plays leisurely, sociation ). fident our readers will agree. the other can also take h is tIme. But a Anothel' point to this piece of chess player who moves fast, compels his ad· history is that it was only acter the Items printed for benefit of our readers vel'sary to follow suit. if reported by authorized officials at least game that Lasker became aware that he "1 drew the 'White pieces. and this first two months in advance, and kept to brief had been playing against Sir GeOl'ge essentials. Readers: nearly all tourney~ ask game of mine on British soil was destin· Thomas. champion of London! YOllr aid I)y bringing own chess sets, boards ed to make friendS for me throughout the and clocks. Also. write [or further details world. wherever chess was played." EDWARD LASKER for space here is very Te~tricted, but men_ lion you heard through Ch ess Reviewl L askel"S book makes fascinating read· New York, N. Y. C HESS REVIEW, AUGUST, 1968 231 An outstanding reeent game, annotated by SVETOZAR GLiGORICH by an outstanding Grandmaster. LARSEN'S DECISIVE MOMENT HE lessened extent of Soviet achievements in world chess has encour Taged dreams of mountains being removed during the prese nt cycle of the Challengers Matches. And, in spite of the disappointment over Fischer's retreat, there is still excitement concerning the possibility of a new, non-Soviet Challenger emerging. Reshevsky suddenly was in the competition; this commentator seemed to have some winning chances after the first half of his match with Tahl; and it was certain that Spllssky would be meeting a dangerous rival from without the Soviet Unio n. Now only Larsen is left of the non-Soviet players in the field. But, 4 .... N-QR4 judging from his latest results, he is by all means the best choice. How If White opens so modestly, why not seize the opportunity to acqu ire the Two Bishops? far the Danish grandmaster can go in his advance toward Petrosyan ca nnot Besides, Portisch knows of Larsen's experi well be judged at the time of this writing. For the two most difficult cnce with the other moves: 4 • , , B- B4 5 B-N5 (Larsen-Quinones, Amsterdam 1964) obstacles lie before him, $passky or Korchnoy or Tahl. and 4 ... B-N5 5 N- B3, P- Q3 6 0-0, Larsen's match with Portisch has revealed at one and the sa me time BxN 7 PxB, N- QR4 8 B- N3 , NxB 9 RPxN, both his weakest and his strongest sides. After an impressive start with 0- 0 10 P-B4 (Larscn-Gligorich and Larsen Lengyel, Amsterdam 1964), two victories, the optimist in Bent managed to lose two drawish games. If Black replies with the unpretentious 4 ... He was in extreme danger in the eighth and ninth games but came "dry P-Q3, White's basic strategy can be very effective: 5 P-B4, B- K3 6 P- B5! BxB 7 out of water." Then, with the moment of decision truly arrived, he won PxB, P-KN3 8 P-KN4. PxP 9 KPxP, P the last game of the match in the most peculiar way. KR3 10 B- K3 , Q- Q2 II P- KR3 with strong pressure (Kicninger-E ism~nn Team Tourna Let the game speak for itself on the personality of the winner and ment, Solingen 1968) on his prospective ability to surprise even more in the future. 5 KN-K2 , , . . Larsen does not care about thc Two Bishops, Poreeh 1968 2 .... N- Q83 his main objective is to sct ncw problems for his opponent and he wiU know best how to 10th Match Game 2 ... N-KB3, with the aim of meeting 3 kindle the rue in an unfamiliar sort of position. P- B4 with ... P- Q4, is a good answer. It White avoids "spoiling" the central chain of VIENNA GAME SCCmS, however, that Portiseh is purposely Pawns, In that ill-fated eighth game, White tempting his rival to play the King's Gambit. Bent Larsen Lajos Portisch played passively: 5 D- N3, NxB 6 RPxN and, Denmark Hungary 38-84 . . , . after 6 ... P-Q4 7 PxP, B- QN5 8 N-B3, White Black It is not to Larsen's taste to risk the foreed NxP 9 B-Q2, NxN 10 PxN, B- Q3 II 0- 0, 0-0 12 N-N5, P- B4 13 R-Kl, Q- B3, Black 1 P-K4! . . . . lines of the Steinitz Gambit with 3 P- B4, PxP 4 P- Q4!? Q-R5t 5 K-K2, nor 4 N had the initiative. A day latcr, Larsen realized In the middle stage of the match, Larsen KB3 with the possibility for Black 10 protect his mistake but ought not to have taken so came to the conclusion that he cannot do the gambit Pawn sooner or later with ... p long. For this same eonsequent fifth move much against POrtiseh's exceUent preparations KN4. was practiced by Schlechter so me seventy for the Queen's Gambit. So here he starts with Another plan in the Vienna as u~ed some years ago! Now, like Sehleehter, Larsen yields the King Pawn once more in the most im times by Smyslov is 3 P-KN3. But Larsen the minor exchange for a developing tempo. portant game of Ihe match even though the has always preferred the text solidifying a firm An excursion with the Queen for a similar open systems arc not his forte. eontrolofQ5. purpose proved premature: 5 Q- B3, NxB 6 1 .... P-K4 PxN, B-N5 7 N- K2 , P- Q3 8 P- KR3 , B- K3 3 .... N- KB3 2 N- QB3 9 P-QN3, P-KR3 10 D- N2, Q- K2 II P 4 P- Q3 KN4, P-KR4 12 0- 0-0,' 0- 0-0 left Black Though 2 N-KB3 is more aggressive, it is Larsen had an inferior position in the open O.K. (Adams- Pincus, New York 1944). typical of Larse n to avoid fashionable lines ing with this same line in the eighth game of 5 .... and try the "forgotten openings" in which this match. Why 1m chooses this "diseredited N" 6 PxN . . . . the opponent has to think with his own head. line" again will soon appear. In the Amsterdam Interzonal in 1%4, Larsen 4 KN - K2, NxP! gives Black countcrplay: (See diagram, tOp of next page) used to play 2 B-B4. He won a Pawn quickly 5 NxN, P- Q4 6 B- Q3, PxN 7 BxP, Q- R5 Only a player with an originai style and against Berger: 2 B- B4, N-KB3 3 P- Q3, 8 P- Q3, P- B4 9 B-Q5, B-Q2 10 0- 0, P without prejudices could pick this position to P-Q4 4 PxP, NxP 5 N-KB3, N-QB3 6 0- 0, B5 (Tarraseh- Schleehter 1898), B- KN5 7 R-KI, B- K2 8 P-KR3, BxN play for a win in a crucial game. Besides giving 9 QxB, N- Q5 10 Q- N4! 0-011 RxP. t = check; :t = db!, che ck ; § = dis, ch. the opponent the Two Bishops, White has 232 CHESS REVIEW, AUGUST, 1968 And here occurs the step which Wh ite weI· comes. Black is in the mood to take on more than just a fight for a mcre draw, but he thus incurs a wcakening of his Queen file . 1 ~ ·1 [11 10 B-N2 1 .1 This moye is typically Larsen. He deye lops, Wft aims at K5 and so makes it even more difficult for Black to dream of ... P-Q4 to brcak in the center. 10 . ... Q-R4 The tex t is only a sign that Black cannot find good ways of realizing hi s intentions of getting free play. 10 . . • Q- B2 is belter. Posit ion after 20 . .• N·A4 11 Q-Kl Q-B2 taken on a flXed Pawn structure. Still, he has Else, White has 12 N- Q5; placed; Black's arc interspersed and without sufficient compensation: a slight advantage in mutual collaboration. 12 P- QR4 . . . development, well posted minor pieces, good · 23 N-K4 P-Q4 control of Q5 and pressure on the half·open White preyents . . . P- QN4 which could Queen HIe. weaken his grip on the center. At long last, Black docs get in ... P On the other hand, Black has no positional Q4. In fact, he has no other choice at this 12 . ... B-K3 time. weaknesses and ought soon to equalize. But 13 R-01 P-QR3 Black, with the Bishops and a film center 14 Q-K2 · ... 24 BxB R,S after only fiye moyes, may be encouraged to 25 Q-R4 . . . . overestimate his game. And Larsen counts on Now White, while attacking a Rook, de that factor especiaUy as he has a clear plan of prives the Black Knight of its sole retreat. deyelopment while Black with seyern] choices 1 may easily go wrong. 6 . . .. 8-K2 1 i i . 1 The text is not bad at aU except that it 1 ,iii 1 " means an early declaration of the plans. There arc severnl ways to go for simplification. But 1 1 Portisch is apt to be more ambitious since 1 ;.1 , he has just failed to cash in on two fayo rable games. He can try either 6 . . . B- N5 7 0- 0, ft €l~, BxN 8 NxB, P- Q3 9 B- N5, B- K3 10 P QN3, P- KR3; or 6 ... P-Q3 7 0- 0, B- K3 ft i ft 8 P- QN3, P-KN3 and 9 B- N5, P- KR3 or Black has no hope of trying anything wi th ft, 9 B- R3 , P- QN3. .. P- Q4 as then his King Pawn is left un protec ted. So he tries to break with . .. P That Black has to be carefu l, the game, QN4, bu t in vain. Schleehter-Steinit..: (Koln 1898) may illus 25 . . . . R/2- Q2 trate: 6 . , . P- Q3 7 0- 0, B- K3 8 P- QN3, 14 .. . . B- N5 P- B31? 9 Q- Q3, B- K2 iO B- N5, P- KR3 II Desperation. On 25 ... P- B3 26 P- N3, With this interpolation, Black cuts off aceess R- KBI 27 N- B2, Black also loses a piece. BxN, BxB 12 QR- QI, B- K2 13 P- B5! PxP of White's Queen to the Kingside. 14 ... p 14 Q- N3, B- Q3 15 QxNP, K- K2 16 N KN3 and 15 ... N-KI is playable, but 14 . .. 26 P-N3 N- K7 B4! R-KNI 17 N-N6t, K- Q2 [8.RxBt , N- Q2 inyolyes the possibility of 15 N- Q5. Where else? KxB 19 R- Qlt, B- Q4 20 QxPt, K- Q2 21 NxB, PxN 22 RxPt, K- B3 23 N- K7t, 15 P-B3 B- Q2 K- N3 24 R- Q6t, Resigns. Perhaps, this game 16 K- Rl QR-N l was La rsen's inspiration? Now everything IS ready for counterplay iI 1 '·1 7 0-0 P-Q3 by ... P- QN4. 17 N-B5 · . . . This moye , howeycr, stops Black's 3mb~tion s . 17 .... ',N 18 PxB KR -Kt For all his time lost on the unfulfilled Queen·side action, Black has as compensation only the diminished grip of Whi te Pawns on the central Q5. The price is tuo dear: Bla~k has tost hi s Quecn Bishop and fa<..~s stronger pressure on .the Kingside and un the two 27 P-B6 ce ntral files as wcl!. This safe and sane push 127 ... l' xl'? 28 Nxpt; 19 R- Q2 OR - Qt or 27 ... \'- KN3'! 28 Q- R6 J heralds the 20 R/l-Gl N-R4 ultimate finish. 8 P- QN3 • • • • (See di~9ram. top of ne xt column) 27 .... Q-N5 Black has to try for ... Q- KUl in oruer This cunning, precautionary mOye hints that Frustratcd in all his attempts at active play, to defend his King . Black better try something other than the Black starts a ncw diYcrsion which, in thc end, solid ... B- K3. traps hi s Kn ight. But he already has d i fFi~u l t i es 28 Q-N4 Resigns 8 . ... 0-0 as to find ing anything cft"ectiye to do. Black's Knight is lost sin~"C thi s last moYe Still ,8 .. . B- K3 9 N-N3, N- Q2 is worth 21 8- R3 N- B5 with th reat of mate alw in cludes an additional trying for possible simplification. Also, 6 . .. 22 Q-82 Q-R4 att ack on the Black Rook 0 11 its Q2. For example, 28 ... Q- Bl 29 RxN cannol be B- N5 curbs the ensuing pressure by White Now Black ousts the Knight from its post mc t by 29 . .. I'xN because of 30 RxR, etc. o f another Knig ht working not on ly Oil the controlling Q5 . Bu t his whole method of center but also the Kingside. gctting a break in the center is artificial. An unexpectedly Iluick end of the dramatic 9 N- N3 P-B3 Whi te's forces are harmoniously and activcly lI1alch. CHE SS RE VI EW , AUG UST , 1968 233 TAHL vs. GLIGORICH PART I. s p the r Recounted by Dr. PETAR TRIFUNOVICH BJECTIVE PROGNOSTICS before the match were all without excep Tahl - Gligorich (Soviet Union - Yugoslavia Otion in favor of Tah!. And how could it be otherwise? Tahl's brilliant match, Budva 1967) ran so and continued: 22 R- Nl, NPxP 23 NxP, P-KB4 [later analy tournament resu lts put GJigorich's in the shade, and their mutual resu lts are sis proved 23 ... Q- K3 strongest] 24 wholly negative for Gligorich. The Yugoslav grandmaster has beaten Tah] R- N3, RxN 25 PxR, QxKP 26 Q- Q1, N- 84 21 BxP! BxB 28 RxBt, QxR 29 Q- Q5t, but once, and Tah] has likely lost count of his victories against Gligor K- R2 30 QxR with White the better. ieh. And most dismal are the comparative match records of these two. The text looks like an improvement, but really gives White nothing. MI KHAIL TAH L has passed through hard 22 ... .. NPxP! and fiery baptisms in matches: two 24-gamc matches with Mikhail Botvinnik for the World 22 ... BxR 23 RxPt hurts Black: 23 Championship, as well as Challengers Matches K- Bl 24 R-N5 §" K- K2 25 RxPt or 23 with Boris Spassky, Lajos Portisch and Bent . . . K- Rl 24 N-N5, R- K2 25 Q- R5 with a Larsen within fairly recent years. mating attack. SVETOZAR GLIGORICH has had no com 23 RxRP .. ... parable experience, a great h~ndic~p. True, Not 23 NxP?? RxN. he had encounters with Gideon Stahlberg and Samuel Reshcvsky, but so long ago and on such comparatively unimportant occasions that they are hardly worth mentioning. His recent, frien dly match with J an Heins Donner in Holland, played just before this match with Tahi, was hardly satisfactory preparation. True, too, Tahl had shown decreasing form, for reasons of ill health. Yet no one doubted his vic tory in this match. The match, nonetheless, showed signs of a fierce figh t. Unexpectedly, Tahl lo st with SVETQZAR G Li GORICH White in the rust game. He wanted to win by force in typical Tahl style, but his final over whleh hc could not jump. He tried, explosion failed to come off. anyway, And he paid with an unexpected 23 .... . QR - Nl! The consequences could have been even defeat, especially so as he had had White. This very refined move offers a worth graver. Tahl continued to force the play, less Pawn for open lines. It also protects but Gligorich did not feel Tahl was ~groggy» the Knight against an eventual 24 P- B4. And it in the next two games nor that the situation RUY LOPEZ avoids 23 . . . PxP 24 NxP which aids was ripe for clinching the match in the very Mik hail Tahl Svetozar Gligorich White's gamc. beginning. That was, perhaps, Gligorich's great Soviet Union Yugoslavia 24 RxP omission as Tahl allowed him clear chances White Black 25 PxP enough. Now 25 NxP fails against 25 . .. P-QB4. Then the situation reversed. Tah! no longer 1 P-K4 P-K4 7 B- N3 P- Q3 forced the Tahl style but played carefully 2 N-KB3 N- OB3 8 P-B3 0-0 25 ..... P-QB4! 3 B-N5 P-QR3 9 P-KR3 P-KR3 and positionally. He knew one more defeat A Pawn down, Black has equal playas 4 B- R4 N-B3 10 P- 0 4 R- Kl could be decisive . And, thereafter, Gligorich his pieces arc very active and he puts pres 5 0-0 B-K2 11 QN - Q2 B-Bl found no more chances to play for a win. sure on his Q5. 6 R-Kl P-QN4 12 N- 8 1 B- N2 He did win the first half of the match, 26 B-K3 R- N5 encouraging his adherents to look for what 12 ... B- Q2 is more usual; but Glig- seemed impossible. orich lately has ad opted the text considering 26 ... R- R I is al so very strong with it more active. threat of . .. R-R8 after the exchange of Rooks. Gamel 13 N-N3 N- QR4 14 B- 82 N-B5 21 R-N5 .... . A Sensat ional Defeat. The game shows that 15 P-QR4 P- Q4 White is forcing risky play in pursuit of a Gligorich had prepared excellently as he ap Theory is dubious on this move, but it wiH'-o'thc-wisp. 21 Q-Q3 first with threa t peared in the role of a toreador. Right after is t he main fortress of Gligorich's defense of28 N-N5 or R- R6 is bettcr. the opening, Tahl found himself before a wall against Tahl's Ruy, and that fortress with 27 . .. . . Q-N2! stands it twice and turns Tahl to other resources. Suddenly, White'sgamc is difficult, threatened Results by rounds by 28 . .. NxP, then . . . R-N8. 16 P- N3 Px KP 18 BxN B, B Tallt 0 v, v, v; v, I I v, I - sv, 17 N/ NxP N,N 19 RxB Q-Q4l 28 R-R6 ..... Glig I v; v; v; v, 0 0 v, 0 - 3V; White stands betler after 19. P- KB4 Whitc rests all his hopes on this move. Taht White in 1st game: majority score seltled Likely, it is enough for a maw. But White. I O·game match with one game to go. 20 R- Kl , P- K5 21 PxN, PxN 22 RxR, QxR 23 B- B4 ! not sensing danger is still playing to win. Score by rounds 20 R- N4 N-R4 28 ..... NxP Tah1 0 v, I I V; 2 3 4 4Y, S'h 21 BxP 29 NxN R- N8 GHg 1 IY, 2 2V; 3 3 3 3Y, 3Y, 22 R-R3 .. .. . Not 29 ... RxB? 30 Q- R5 . 234 CHE SS RE Vt EW, AUGUST, 1968 30 8-81 0-N7! Where is White's supposed advantage? Now 28 0 - 62 P- R3 Black does less well with 30 . . . PxN the play sharpens quickly. 29 P-BS! .... . 31 Q- R5! RxBt 32 K- R2, B- Q3t 33 Rx B, 17 .. ... 0 - 63 Just as everythi ng appears neutralized, White Q- B2 34 Q-R6! 17 . . . B- R3 is much better, possibly finds a new chance. 31 0-R5 • • • •• securing Q4 for Black's Knight. For 18 B 29 .. ... 0-1< 2 Apparently, Wh ite miscalculates. After 31 N5 allows 18 . .. BxP 19 BxN, BxB! 30 P- R3 .. .. . N-N3! Q- K7 (31 . .. QxN 32 Q-RS, 18 R-KN5 B- R3 30 P- N3 de fends Rook and mate, but RxBt 33 K- R2, B- Q3t 34 P-N3, Bxpt 35 White must find energetic cou nters. White seeks to avoid the complications after RxB , QxRt! 36 KxQ, PxR is also a draw] 30 .. . Q- K8t 31 RxQ, RxRt 32 K 32 Q-QS! P- BS 33 R- R8t ! KxR 34 QxKBP, 19 Q- Q2?1 .. . .. N2 , B-B8t 33 K- B3, N- KS. PxN 3S R- RSt, QxR 36 QxQt, White can This move is not in Gl igorich's normal style. 30 .... . N-K5?! at least draw. The threat is 20 RxPi, KxR 21 Q- NSt, K-R I 22 QxNt and 23 8-R6. Still, Black seeks complications. 30 . . . 31 .. .. . OxBt 33 RxB B- OS 31 PxP, l'xl' 32 BxP, R- Rl! is better: 32 K-R2 8-03t 34 R- N3 19 .... . N-Kl if 33 P-R4, he has ... N- Q2! 35 N- B5 ..... No one in the play ing Iw1! could believe 31 BxN .. ... Here White's attack looms fierce ... Tah! made this move. 19 . . . N- KS! is In time pressure, White goes into a drawish 35 .... . R/ l-K81 correct, thwarting the intended Rook sacri fice by 20 Rxl't, KxR 21 Q- R6i, K- Nl ~ontinuat i on. But 31 R- N4! RxB 32 Rx Pt, . . . but Black comes first, threatening a 22 1'- 63, P- K4! 23 Q- R4, P- B4 ! 24 PxN, QxR 33 BxQ, Kx B 34 Q- R4! R- K2 35 mate in one. 6xP with a win for Black. QxB , NxQB P 36 Q- B8 gives him the better 36 OxPt ..... Nor is 20 BxN , QxB 21 P-B3, Q- R5 22 chances despite Black's strong Knight and good, passed Pawn. White is forced to concede the Exchange, P- N3 , Q- R3 23 P-B5, KR - Q I satisfactory and the ending is lost. for White. 31 .. . . . 33 0-63 0 - N4 20 P-051 32 6xPt 34 8- 086 R-K3 36 . .... KxO 38 R-N6t K-04 35 8-83! B-K7 37 NxOt K-K3 39 N-65 R-N2 Now White has all the chances. 40 N-K3t RxN I 011 3S . . Px P, White has 36 QxP! 20 ... . . 0-Q3 QxQ 37 BxQ winning the Queen Rook Pawn. Black wins most simply. White cannot stop 21 B-N2 P-63 the Queen Bishop Pawn. 36 Bx6 RxB 39 6-K3 0 - KB4 Else, 12 Rx l't ! NxR 23 Q- R6! 37 PxP PxP 40 Q-65 R-K5 4.1 PxR R- 062 43 K- 6 4 P- B6 22 R- RS P- 84 38 6xP R-K3 Drawn 42 K- N3 P-65 44 P-K4t K-B5 45 R- OR6 Once again, Black has no other defense: 22 . .. I'- N3 loses to 23 Q- R6, R-QB2 Game 3 On 43 K- K3, K-N4! there IS no defense 24 BxNI'! PxB 25 Q- R8t, etc. to stop . . . P- B7. Interlude l. Tahl tried to surprise Glig· orich with 1 N-KB3; but the try failed; 45 .... . P- B7 and the game was drawn in twelve moves. 46 R- R1 K-06 How could Tahl presume to catch Gligorieh Resigns in the Ki ng's Indian Defense which the latter has played all his life? Even so, Gligorich Game 2 overlooked winning a Pawn. I n Da nger Agai n. It seems Tahl entered the match unprepared and uncertain. Glig· KI NG'S IND IAN DEF ENSE orich attained a perceptible advantage, and Tahl Gligorich twice Tahl escaped a second catastrophe only 1 N-KB3 N- 1<83 7 PxP p,p because of omissions by his opponent. 2 P-B4 P-KN3 8 QxQ R, Q 3 N-B3 6-N2 9 N-05 R-02 NI MZO·IN DIA N DEFENSE 4 P-K4 P-03 10 0-0-0 N-B3 5 P-04 0-0 11 6-03 N-KN5 Gligo rich Tahl 23 0-K2 6 8-K3 P- K4 12 6- 65 Drawn 1 P-04 N-K63 56-03 0- 0 2 P-064 P- K3 6 N-63 P-64 White neglects here utilizing his last reo 3 N-063 6- N5 7 0--0 ON-02 serve with 23 R- Kl! Black has no good Game 4 4 P-K3 P- 04 8 P-OR3 6-R4 answer: c.£:. 23 ... PxP 24 BxBP or 23 .. . ExP 24 BxE, RxB 2S RxKP, Q-B4 Interl ude 11. Here Tahl, perceIVing that the The text was considered doubtful recently 26 Q- Kl! and White has winning chances. devil has snatched away the fun, began to but is now held correc!. play very carefuUy, avoiding the one more 23 ... . . N-B3 90-82 6PxP 11 B,P B,N defeat which would be di sastrous. So he was 10 KPx P p, p 12 P,B ..... Now the Kn ight has returned, Black has satisfied with the draw which he offered on chances to defend. 23 . . . PxP 24 ExEI' move 17. He was now risk ing nothing till After the game, Gligorich thought 12 QxB Gligorich offers him a chance. might be better and, indeed, he employed it is hopeless for Black. in Game 4. 24 6-K5 .. ... The actual moves were a reprise from Game 2 really varying only with 12 QxB instead 12 ..... P- ON3 On 24 Bx N, RxB 25 I'xl', RxP, Black ofl2PxB: 13 R-K1 B- N2 holds everything. 14 N- K5 .... . Gligorich Tahl 24 .. ... 0-B4 N/2-B3 p,p 12 Ox8 P-ON3 15 N- N5 Theory calls the opening better for White. 25 R- R4 13 6-B4 B-N2 16 6-K5 P- KR3 14 .. . . . R- 8 1 26 8- 04! .... . 14 0-03 N-R4 17 N-R3 N-N5 15 8- Q3 NxNl Wh ite avoids the pm set "P by 26 Bxi', Drawn QR- Kl. For the hundred fust time, Tahl proves Game S that theoretical conclusions arc not of dogmatic 26 ..... 0 - 03 origin. 27 BxBP The System Ho lds. This was a reprise of Game I til! move 22 where Talll va ried . 16 Rx N ..... 27 1'- E5 fails against 27 ... BxE ! 16 Px N, Q- Q4! 17 P- B3, Q-B4t 18 B 27 . .. . . QR- K1 IT'S YOUR MO VE! K3, QxBP costs White a Pawn. On 27 .. . OxP 28 Q-B2, White win~ by Rem e m ber! Give us six weeks not ice of virtue of his double attack. change of add r ess. Copies do not g et for · 16 ..... 0-B2 w a rded and a l ~O can t ake weeks e n route. 17 P- 0 8 4 .... . t = check; :I: = db!. chec k; § = dis. ch. So we must have no tice early! CHE SS REVI EW, AUGU ST, 1968 235 14 P-K5 N-Kl 15 P- B4 ..... And White obliges. Here 15 PxBP gives him an equal game. Another grandmaster pres ent said Gligorich was winning but, like Glig orich, oyerlooked Tahl'! little combination. 15 ..... BPxP 16 BxP PxP 17 PxP ..... Gligorich T ..' 22 R-Nl ""RP 23 NKP O-K3! Black parries Ihe threat of 24 Rxpt! IhR 25 Q-N4. After 23 ___ RxN 24 hR, QxQ 25 RKQ, P-R6 26 B-K3! P- R7 27 R-R4, White has winning chances, 24 0-B3 P-OB41 The writer feels that Black's only chances A Chess Challenge lie in this variation. He can not play 24 ... QxB 25 Qxpt, K-R2 26 R- N6, Q-Q7 be 17 ..... NxP! NO. 1 Alexander Hildebrand cause of 27 N-N4 and N- B6t. Surprise! 18 BxN, Q-B4t an d 19 QxB, White to move and wll'\ and thus or as in the game, White's position 25 BxP! Drawl'\ minus his King Pawn loses its effectiveness This last-minute draw is the best Wh ite and Black's pieces take on enhanced life. can do now. The game is one more proof 18 BliP N-03 in favor of Gligorich's defensive system against the Ruy Lopez. 19 8- 04 ..... White can still hold the game with 19 Game 6 Q- B3! Q- N4 20 N-B3. But he loses his head. Also bad is 19 B-B5. Q-N4 with The Equalizer. This time, Gligorich ducked threat of 20 ... N- 86t. the Nimzo-Indian, and the game verged to 19 .... . N-B4! ward a draw. Then Gligorich apparently over 20 BxN 0-B4t estimated his chances and tried to win. One 21 R- B2 error, and TaW's pieces became very actiye; another, and Wro te's game was untenable; and 21 K- Rl loses to 21 BxPj 22 KxB , Tied to the must. the score becomes 3-3. N- K6t or to 21 ... N-K6. 21 ..... Q,a NO.2 Nadareisvili SOGO-INDIAN DEFENSE Bla~k is superior: the weakness on White's White to ITIOW and win GligOl"ich Tahl diagonal, QR7-KNI , and the threat of ... I P-Q4 N- KS3 N- Q5 are intolerable. 2 P-OB4 P- K3 22 N-83 0 - B4J 3 N-KB3 ..... 23 0 - 63 KR-OI Understandably, Gligorich heads for the draw 24 0-N4 ..... ish Queen's Indian. But this move is rare White has no better defense: e.g. 24 R with Gligorich, and it i~ dangerous to cross one's own habits. QI, RxRt 25 BxR, N-K6 and 25 .. . N-N5. 24 ... .. 0 - R2 3 . .... B-NSl 25 P-B5 4 B-02 P- OR4 .. ... Thi s pa tciling of the terrible diagonal is This move, not in the books, occurs in only temporary. Russian tournaments. Not bad, not good, it lets Tahl depart from the known and charted 25 ..... OR-NI ! openings. 26 O- B3 OR-Bl Here, there and yonder. 27 R- Ot ..... 5 N- B3 0-0 7 0-82 ON -02 No.3 Andre Cheron 6 P- K3 P-03 8 P-OR3 . . White cannot hold the Bishop Pawn: e.g. . . . 27 R-QB1, R-Q4 etc. White to move and win 80-0-0 gives Wh ite more play. 27 ..... AxRl B ..... BKN li D-O P- QN3 28 BxA R,P 9 BxB 0-K2 12 N- 02 B-N2 29 0-N4 B-B3 10 B-K2 P-R5 13 P-K4 . . . . . Black. must win in this strong position, Here is where White switches to try for but 29 ... BxN! is beller: 30 BxB, R a win. He e.' SO lutions on page 249. t = ch~ck; :t: = db!. check; § _ di •• ch. Rest of t his mat ch appears in September issue 236 C HE SS REV IE W, AUG UST, 1968 CHESS IN Books 1, 2 and 3 AULD ACQUAINTANCE! For those who are WOllt to chess the Tarrasch - ra ra, Tarrasch, it The Chess Informant is 11 is ,,-ell to keep the scene and chronology of the following debut in mind. new project, a compilation by It i:; Paris 1843; the players are P ierre St. Amant (White) and Howard the Yu goslav Chess Federation Staunton; and th e opening, thought to be a product of the early Twentieth of the most important games Century, is the Tarrasch Defense against the Queen's Gambit: 1 P-Q4, in the world-wiJe arena from P- K32 P- QB4, P- Q4 3 P-K3, N- KB3 4 N-QB3, P- B4 5 N- B3. tournament Dlld match play. Cover scoring table at line indicated. Set up position, make Black's next move (exposing table just enough to read it). Now guess White's Book I OIl S6.00 6th move, then expose it. Score par, if move agrees; zero, if not. Make Bonk 2 al S6.00 move actually given, Black's reply. Then guess White's next, and so on. COVE R W HITE MOVES IN TA BLE BEL OW. EXPOSE ONE LINE AT A TIME The project arrntlg8s selec W h ite Poe Black Y our Selection Your tioll of games by lead ing Played Score Played for W h ite's move Score 5 • N-B3 · ...... ·...... Yug OS] HV and Sovi~1 Union · 6 P- QR3 · ...... 3 6 • • B- K2 · . , ...... · ...... players, includ ing W 0 l' 1 d 7 B- Q3 · ...... 3 7 • • 0 - 0 · ...... • • • • • • • • Ch':1l11 pion T igrall P etro ~ya l1. 8 0 - 0 · ...... 3 8 • · P- QN3 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • · ...... 9 P- QN3 · ...... 3 9 • • • B- N2 · ...... · ...... 10 B PxP ,.) ...... 5 10 • • · K Px P · ...... · ...... Book 3 at S6.00 11 B_N2 · ...... 3 11 • · · B Px P · ...... - • • • • • • • • p,p contains 748 great games from 12 · ...... 3 12 • • • B- Q3 (b) • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • · ...... J anuary to Jll ne, 1967. 13 R-K 1 · ...... 4 13 · · • P-KR3 · ...... · ...... 14 R-QB1 · ...... 4 14 • • · R- B l · ...... · ...... 15 R_B2 · ...... 4 15 · · · R-B2 · . . . , ...... • • • • • • • • Dook 3 ,1 Jone also contains 16 R/2- K2 · ...... 4 16 • • • Q-Bl · ...... · ...... 17 N-Q1 ...... crossta hlcs of the ttlnjor t01lr· 17 P- R3 · ...... 4 • • • · . . . · ...... 18 Q_Q2 · ...... 4 18 · · • P- R3 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • ·...... namcnt s : Hast ings, R e g g i 0 19 P_QN4 · ...... 4 19 · • · N-K3 · ...... · ...... Emilia, Gron ingen. T i r l is 20 B- B5 · ...... 5 20 • • • N- K5 (0) · ...... · ...... (USSR Championship), New 21 N,N · ...... 4 21 • • • P, N , · ...... • • • • • • • • 22 P- Q5 · ...... 4 22 • • P,N 'd) · ...... • • • • • • • • York ( U. S. Cham pionship), · 23 R, N · ...... 7 23 · · • Q- Q1 · ...... • • • • • • • • Stockhol lll , Deverw ijk, Vl'Il 24 B_B6 · ...... 6 24 · • · P,B · ...... · ...... jacka Banja, Buenos Ai res, 25 R, B · ...... 6 25 · · • K_N2 (.) · ...... · ...... 26 R, Q · ...... 3 26 • • • R, R ,i) · ...... · ...... Malaga, Co ltl ilz, Hign, Sa ra p,p 27 B- K4 · ...... 2 27 · · • · ...... · ...... Q_B4 jevo, Mon le Carlo, Hall e, 28 · ...... 2 28 • • • R-B5 · ...... • • • • • • • • 29 Q- N4 t · ...... 29 K-Bl Bucharest, Kral jevo, M o ~ cow ...... 2 • • • · ...... · ...... 30 Q- R5 · ...... 2 30 K- K2 · ...... ,md Leningrad. · . . · 31 P- Q6 t · ...... 2 31 • K,P · ...... · ...... 32 B, B ·...... 2 32 · K_B2 · ...... · ...... The books a re co mple tely 33 Bx RP · ...... 2 33 • Resigns · ...... · ...... indexed, by pla yers, openings Total Score ...... 100 Your Perce ntage ...... and CO lll mcl lta lors. Comments SCAL E : 75-100-Excellent ; 55-74-Superior; 4O-54--Good; 25-39_ Fair are by cod e symbols (expla in. N OTES TO T il E G ,DH: ed ill En gli sh all d ot he r ;l 1 Whit e closes Blaek's long diagonal , an idea in " Position after 22 .. • PxN la nglla ge,, ). '""gue el'en to da y. b) 12 . .. R- Kl enhan ces Black's development A ulli.q ue " l. utemat.lO ll a I" wilillm i co., t of a trll/po. code makes the games read c) Kiese ritzky and other experts in Paris s u gg e ~ t c d able by all, with piece sym . .. 13 - B5 ; but Staunton adamantly supported the bols plus designation of text. square to wh ich moved . d l Her('. hOII'el'er, Staunton admitt ed later that 22 . . . 13-B5 i ~ beller. Book 4, now ou t at 86.00 e ) Or 25 ... QxR 26 QxP, etc. f) Bl ack can resign withou t jeopardizing hi ; Latest ideas on openings ! c hanc e~. t = ch eek ; ~ = double check: J _ di". check CH ESS RE VI EW , AUGUST. 1968 237 Up-to-date opening analysis By H_ BOUWMEESTER by an outstanding authority. THE NIMZO-INDIAN DEFENSE Subvariant 1 11 PxP 13 P-ON4 0-R4 Smyslov System with 8 ... Q-K2 12 N-K4 14 OxN For several years, Symslov has been experimenting, in the so-called Gligorich has remarked that 14 PxB. B- B3 15 N- Q4 is to be considered. Normal Variation, with the system of 8 ... Q- K2 followed by the man 14 ..... 8-83 euver, ... B- Q2 and ... KR - QBI. The retreat, ... B-QR4, fits well in 15 0-84 B-N3 this system. 16 B-N2 QN-02 White, meanwhile, has sought a suitable method for maintaining his Black has a good game (Gligorich-Smyslov, initiative. In Havana 1964, Portiseh was successful against Smyslov as 1959 Challengers Tournament). discussed under Variation I below. And these two opponents disputed the Subvariant 2 same opening in Moscow 1967 with Smyslov contributing an important improvement for the Black side. IContinue from lau diagraml 11 N-K4 p,p As for the retreat, II B-R? in place of II B- Q3, proposed by 12 PxP R-B1 Furman, it may be an improvement. Furman was successful with it against The threat of 12 , .. P- QN4 is trouble Schmidt (see Subvariant A4, under Variation I). But the idea really needs some for White. the further testing of practical play. Variations II and Ill, as may be seen, do not offer White truly sig Subvariant 3 nificant encouragement. (Continue from last diagram) 11 B-Q2 N-B3 NIMZO-INDIAN DEFENSE Taimanov- Smyslov (Havana 1964) soon end ed in a draw after II ... B- B3 12 p White Black Q5 , PxP 13 NxP, BxN 14 BxB/R. N-B3 1 P-04 N-KB3 5 B- 03 P-04 15 B-QB3, BxB 16 BxN, QxB 17 QxB, 2 P-084 P-K3 6 N- B3 P-B4 P-QN3. 3 N-083 8- N5 70-0 PxBP 12 OR- 01 p,p 4 P-K3 0-0 8 8xBP 0-K2 13 PxP OR-B1 14 0 -03 ..... Black can best meet 14 P- QN4, B-N3 15 Q-Q3 with 15 .. , P-KR3. 14 ..... B,N 15 BxB N-04 16 8-Q2 Key Position (USSR After 9 . .• 8-R4 Gellcr- Smyslov Championship 1961). 16 ... Q- B3 and 17 ... N/3- K2 is safcst for Black. 10 ..... B-Q2 Subvariant 4 (Continue from last diagram) Variation I. 11 B- R2! R-B1 13 PxP P- KR3 12 B- 02 PxP 14 KR-K1 0-01 9 P-oR3 ..... 15 0-03 N- B3 This is tho most important continuation Possibly, 15 ... ll-Kl 16 QR-QI, QN which occurs most often in practical play, Q2 is preferable. 9 ,.... 8-R4 16 QR-Ol N-K2 (See dillgr3m, tOp of next cQ I",mn) Here 16 ... 8- KI is preferable. 17 N- K5! B- K 1 20 PxB P-ON4 For technical reasons. we label this the Key 18 0 - R3 N/2- 04 21 P-B4! N-K2 Position. 19 8-N1 8xN 22 P- N4! Subvariation A Furman had a winning attach thus vs. Schmidt (Polaniea Zdroj 1967), but Black's game can 10 0-B2 .... ' Though 11 B- Q3 (below) is postulated here be improved. perhaps as suggested above . 10 Q- K2 leads to positions discussed under as the main line, White actually has ample Subvariation B. choice. t = ch~ck; ~ = db!. che ck; § = dis. ch. 238 CHESS REVIEW, AUGUST, 1968 . Ma in Li ne A Now this is the safest way to discourage B-N3 14 PxP, BxP 15 P-QN4, B- Q3 16 (Cont inu e f rom last d iagram) PxP. N- QNS, B- Nl 17 N/S - Q4, NxN 18 PxN, B- RS 19 R/Q- QB I,B- B3 20 B- KNS, P-KR3 11 8 - 03 R- 8 1 21 B- K3 , N- NS, Black prepares against 12 PxP, QxP 13 10 . . .. . KR-Ql P- QN4. 11 P- QR3 PxPl 12 8-02 ..... White gains an advantage onl l . .. B- Renewing that threat, White forces a declara R4 12PxP, BxN J3BxB. tion. 12 PxP ..... Black's game is satisfactory after 12 PxB, PxN 13 PxP, Q- B2. 1 12 .. " .. 8-R4 13 B- KN5 P- KR3 13 ... NxP 14 NxN, RxN 15 N- K4 givcs 11 N-K4 ..... or offers White fine attacking chances. The text is from Gligorich- Smysiov (Mos ;--, cow 1967). It doesn't make matters any too difficult for Black. 11 .. ... N,N 17 8-N2 8-02 12 BxN 8-N3 18 P- OR4 8-83 13 8-82 R-Q1 19 KR-Ol OR - 81 N- N3 12 . .. . . 14 0-K2 N- 81 20 8-03 15 PxP Q,P 21 N-04 Q,Q The text is best. Portisch had a clear ad 16 P-ON4 0-KR4 22 8xO 8- Q4 vantagc against Smyslov (Havana 1964) after Drawn 12 ... 8- N3 13 PxP, QxP 14 P- K4! N-B3 [or 14 . . . P-KR3 15 QR- Bl! N- B3 16 B- K3] 15 B-K3, Q-KR4 16 BxB, Variation II PxB 17 Q- N3, Q- QB4 18 P- R3, N-QR4 (Continue from f irst diagraml 19 Q- Q1, P- K4 20 N- Q5, Q- Q3 [20 .. . 90-K2 N-83 Taimanov- Kho lmov (Leningrad 1963) con NxN 21 PxN,QxP?? 22 BxPt l 21 P- QN4. tinued: 14 B-R4? NxP 15 NxN , RxN 16 13 PxP P- KR3 N- K4 IWhite's attack fails on 16 N- QS, Q- B4! 17 BxN (17 NxNt is better) , QxB Black must stop the pin, 14 B- NS. 18 N- K7t, K-Bl 19 Bxpt, KxN 20 Q 14 KR- K 1 0 - 0 1 KS, R- Q4 21 Q- B6t, K-KI 22 QR- Bl. Else, 15 P- QS. Q- KNS 23 BxP, B-Ql ], RxN! 17 QxR , P KN4 18 BxNP, PxB 19 Q- K5, B- Q7 20 P- KN3 , P- NS 21 QR- Ql , B- R3 22 R- Q4, B-Q2, and White did not have cnough com pensation for the sacrificed material. Analysis by Bronstein and Konstantinopolski indicates that White ought to continue with 14 BxN, QxB IS P- Q5. The chances then are about even, 10 8-02 ..... Variation III 10 PxP holds no profit fm White. In Liher zon- Smyslov (Moscow 1963), Black had a (Contin". f ro m the f irst diagram) satisfactory game after 10 R- QI, R- Ql 11 9 B-03 ... " P-QR3, B- R4 12 R- NI, B- Q2 \3 B- Q2, From this difficult position, two practical continuations are known: I) 15 Q- BI , Q-B l 16 N-KS, N- B3! 17 NxB, NxN 18 R-K4 [18 B-K4 ought to have been tried]' P-B4! 19 R-Kl [19 RxP, NxP 20 Q- KI, N- B4 favors Black), NxP 20 Q-Ql , N- KB3 21 B- K3 , P- K4 with Black successfully converting his Pawn plu s to a win (Portisch- Smyslov, Moscow 196'1); 2) IS QR-Q I , N- B3 16 Q- Bl, Q- Bl 17 B- KB4, N- Q4 18 B- Q2, N-B3 19 8- Nl, N K2 20 Q- B2, N/2- Q4 21 N-K5, Q- Q3 (21 . _ • B- Kl is correct: Black overlooks a sharp combination] 22 NxP! KxN 23 Q There is little to quote on practical ex N6t, K-Nl [23 .•. K-Bl ought to have pcrience with this movc. In Olafsson- O'Kelly tried] 24 NxN, Px N [or 24 ... QxN 25 (Dundee 1967), White had the slightly easier R-KS!) 25 BxB winning a Pawn (Kozma position after 9 " .. N- B3 10 N- K4, PxP Fuchs, Zinnowitz 1967). 11 PxP, P-KR3 12 Q- K2, R- QI 13 B-K3, P- K4!? 14 PxP, NxP IS NxN, QxN 16 NxNt, QxN 17 B- K4 , B- Q3 18 P- KN3, B-R6 Subvariation 8 19 KR - Ql. (Continue f rom Kev Position) 10 8-03 ..... IT 'S YOU R M OVE I Geller suggests 10 B- Q2 followed by II Remember ! Give Us s ix w eeks not ice of HYou're not beating me because Yoga keeps cha nge of a ddress. Copies do not get f or QR- Bl. your head clearer than mine. I keep thinki ng w arded a nd a lso can take w eeks en route. 10 ..... ON-02 you're going to fall on me," So w e must ha ve notice urlyl CHESS RE V IEW, AU GUST , 1968 239 Activ it ies of C HESS R EVIEW Postal C h US JACK STRALEY BATTELL pl ayers: game report$ &. rat ings. n a mes o f n ew players. p rize . winn ers. select ed !I~me., Postal Chess Editor tourn ey In'lrudlon s &. ed itorial comm e nt. TOURNAMENT NOTES PRESENT LE ADERS [N 1963" PR ESENT LEADERS IN 19644 A Sildm...... 46.2 III Ndr .•... 3 1.65 Progress Reports for It Abr~m G ... 46.2 H G3ulhran •.. 35.0 I) A Littrell ... 4'1 .0 G II Dunh.", ••• 31.6 Golden Knights Tournaments G <:"",J",3n ... 46.2 E IlriS",3nis ... 34.<)S It A C3yford . .. 43.95 G n Oake•.... 31.35 S J Rundl~U ... 44.0 G J Ferl>< r .. . 34.S L S t o l zcnbc~ .. 43.95 S Klein •.•... 30.0 44.0 J Burd iC k . •. 34.45 G S"ules ..... V IJ Maillard .... 42.85 L Kw~rtlc r .... 29.S 13th Annual Championship II V C:o"k .. , .• 4 2.95 R K U"stwick •. H.15 R M Hurlc)' ... 4 1.85 A C Suykcr ... 29.5 It I( Jo h n."" ... 42.85 R U Ahram, .. . 34.1 In the 1959-60 Golden Kn ights, Ha ns Ber Morlon Lane ... 40.75 R A 111 ..""' •... 29.35 V W Galu .... 42.5 S Greenll<:qt . . • 34.1 Vine SmiTh •... 40.6 It L Anderwn . . 28.9 li ner has won yet another Golden Knights J Ii Dunkle . .. . 42.35 E E H ildMh ... 34.1 I Zaly • ...... 40.6 W JJl.nd . ... . 28.3 and U. S. Open Postal Chcss Champio nship. I IJizar ...... 41 .9 l ST"lzcnhe1'1: . . 34.1 ]) Kucera . . ... J9 . ~ C A Van Ilrunl . 28.3 M S Simcoe .... . 41. 75 C Crenshaw .. 34.0$ J G Sullivan ... 39.S H I' Wri~ht .... 27.8 He garnClrCld tho S250 first prize by winning IV A Rallr .... . 40.75 J P Lai rd ..... 34.0 the playoff fo r first and second with Robert H A E Came . . .. 38.35 Vir,il Smllh .•. n.3 Hit Hardi" .... 40.75 K C"lI ins ..•.. 3.'.95 J H Dunkle ... 37.85 It I' Mc{;re~o r •. 27.25 E F Marli" .. ' .. 40.6 G Rudelis ..... 33.95 Steinmeyer, 3Yl-Yl. The second prize, SIOO, R A Carlyle . .. 37.25 J J. \ \· eI " i,,~er •. 26.3 of course, gOeS to Mr Steinmeyer. Robert A Sild",el •.... 41J.6 W E S",llh .•.. .IJ.9 G Kal1 ...... 37.25 S Le',.. •...... 26.0 IIderton leads I Yl.Yl in a 4-game playoff for o M,cC:onnell .. 41J.3S \If UI,nd ... •.. 3J.~~ II'M uir ...... 36.3 I) Bohley • .... B _S S E Ki rc hner . . .. 40.2 G E FcJdStein . . D.B L ]),dbcr&•.. . 36.25 J M 0&111 •...• 25.05 third alld fourth with Robert Schuler. Nicholas I' ll Volkman .. 39.65 E A Pflum", ... 33.S (j J Ferber . . . . 36.2 It F"nke .. .. . 25.0 Doumanoff leads 2·0 in a 4-game playofr for G Aguil~" . .. . 39.5 I\' P Big]er . . . . 33.05 L Po]inkoff . . . 35.6 M N lIerr lc k .. . 1$.0 mth and sb: th wit h Alexander Siklos. Seventh, M l Pef~a . . .. 39.5 R E lohrman" . 33.0 R O'N~ il . _ . .. 35.1 A n"'.ins . • .. . 24.4 - J Sarar •• .. . .. 39.5 J Paterson •• ..• •H.85 10 S lIaro" . . ; . . 35.0 A KdSo." .• ••. 23.4 eighth and ninth prizes went so me time ago N M I'lornstdn.. 39.45 I Schwartz •... .I2.M Daniel ridlow, Paul Sherr and Stephen H I'S Leinweber .. 34.95 J) S Monson .. . 23.25 M Mitchell .... 39.45 L Thon",son ... 3~.1'I S R 11m"" .... 34.5 C F Sm ith ... . 22.4 Kowalski rClspee tively as result of a three-way R n I'lo llgh .... 38.65 H 0 D'ly ..•.. 32.75 A Makait is . .. . 34.5 I> E Wilson . ... 21.8 SHaron •..... 38.5 Glassl> 240 CHESS REVtEW . AUG US T, 1968 III T iding POSTAL GAMES Black makes time while Wh ite keeps losing it. Even so Wh ite still has a game if he plays from CHESS R.EVIEW .ourney' IS B- Q3 instead of the squanderouslS R-B2. Annotated by JOHN W. COLLINS SICILIAN DEFENSE Dr. A. Kahn 8. Kendrick POSTAL CHESS CAVIAR 1 P-K4 P-OB4 9 P- KR3? N-B3 Here is OUf third serving of Postal Chess 2 N-K83 P-03 10 0--0 P- ON4 3 P-04 p)(p Caviar. By nuttln), it is pungent and appetiz· 11 P-R3 8- N2 ing, albeit there is a somewhat fishy navor 4 NxP N- K83 12 Q- Bl A- K' and a sensing that the victim must have laid 5 N-OB3 P-KN3 13 N-KR4 A-QB' 6 N-B3? B-N2 an cl%. Condensed commentary and an exclama 14 P-841 N-OS He who pins last , laughs last. Black wins tion point or a question mark here and there 7 B- K2 0--0 15 R- 82?? NxKP a B- 027 P-OA3 16 R-Bl?? NxNI a Rook. arc enough to su~cst what is happening. Res igns Exit the Whi te Queen Another piece must go if White's Queen is to Bested be saved. This game is brillian t, instructive, and the A l;(H)pcrative effort results in the winning best of this serving of brevities. of the White Queen. L OSing the Exchange TWO KNIGHTS DEFENSE SICI LI AN OEFENSE White must have been dreaming of winning C. Best W. Muir E. J. Phillips C. A. Gorostiaga Fischer-fashion when he adopted this opening variation! But, , P-K4 P-K4 " N-KR3 0-0-0 White Black ~"' R.J.F., it turns into a nightmare. , N-KB3 N-OS3 ' 2 P-03 P- N41 1 P- K4 P-QS4 5 N- K2? P- Q4! 3 B- B4 N-S3 ' 3 N- B2 P- N5 2 N-QS3 N-Qe3 6 PxP N- N5 RUY LOPEZ 4 N- N5? P-Q4 '4 N-02 KR-Nl 3 P-KN3 P-KN3 7 P-Q4?? 8-841 5 p.p P- QN 41 ' 5 N/O- K4 B,N 1 P- K4 P-K4 10 P- Q4? B- 03 4 N-B3 8-N2 8 B-K3 BxBP BxP? Q, P PxP! 2 N-KB3 N-QB3 11 Px8?? RPxP 6 ' 6 NxN Resigns 7 8xNt Q,B 17 AxB Rx NPI 3 B- N5 P-OR3 12 N-R2 RxNII B 8- N2 18 B-K3 a,N 4 BxN OPx8 13 OxP A-A5 0-0 P- KB3 8-84t R)( Ptll Pity this Pi re 5 0-0 B-KN5 14 P)(P? a,p 9 ' 9 0-02 P- KR3 Resigns Black permits Ills Pire to be pierced by 6 P- KR3 P- KR4! 15 Q-N3 0 - R41 ' 0 K- A ' weak 4th, 6th and 91h mOves. 7 P-03 0-83 16 P-K84 B)(BP 8 0 N-02 N-K2 17 0-KB3 R-Rat PI Re DEFENSE 9 R- K ' N-N3 18 K-B2 O-RSt B. M. McCarthv J. l. Martin Resigns 1 P-K4 P- KN3 6 B- 03 P- 084? On 19 P- N3, Q- R1t 20 Q- N2, Bxpt 21 2 P-04 8-N2 7 P-KSI QPxP K - B3, N- K4t , Black wins eve ryl hing. 3 N-OB3 P-03 8 OPxKP N- N5 4 P-B4 ON - 027 N-KN5! N- N3? 9 Set Purpose 5 N-B3 KN - B3 10 8 - N5t! Resigns Concentration on K R 1 enablc ~ White to find A piece, al least, is lost: 10 .. . K-B I I I a forced mate there. QxQ mate; or 10 ... B- Q2 I I QxN. ~UEEN'S GAMBIT DECLI NED D ouble or N ot hing W. Tymniak D. E. Williams Double Attack (t he basis of all chess com 1 P- 0 4 P- 0 4 10 0-B2 P- OR3 There arc too many mating threat s: 20 binations) on the Queen Rook and the King 2 P-QB4 P-K3 11 N-KS NlCN? KxR, Q- R5t 21 K-N I , R-Nlt 22 K Bishop Pawn is the theme here. 3 N- QB3 N-K8 3 ' 2 P)(N N-02 BI , Q- R8 ma te; 20 RXR, P- B7§ 21 R 4 B-N5 8-K2 13 B- KB4 P-B3? N2, Q- R5 mate; and 20 K - Nl, R- N l t 21 K CAT ALAN SYSTEM 5 P- K3 0-0 14 P-K6! N-B4 B1 121 K)(R , Q- RS ma tel R- R8 mate. T. 8rixev M. J. Laffin 6 N-83 ON-Q2 15 B)(Pt K-Al 7 PlCP p,p 1 P- OB4 P-KN3 6 N- 83 Ox8P 160-N6 O- K l Rebooked or Rebuked? 2 P-KN3 8-N2 7 P-N3? N- N51 88- 0 3 P-B3 17 0 - B2 NxP 3 B-N2 N- K83 8 N- K4 0-B4 90- 0 P-N4 18 B-N6 0-01 White writes that he believes his 14 Q- R5 is significantly stronger than 14 Q- B3, the 4 P-04 P-B4 9 R-N t NxBPl 19 0-K21 Resigns move given by one of the standard reference 5 PxP? 0-R4t 10 0-Q6?! NxN After 19 ... NxB 20 PxN. or 19 ... books on the opening. On 11 BxN, QxB, Black threatens Queen N- N4 20 BxN, White fo rces mate with 21 and both Rooks. Q- R5t. FRENCH DE FENSE R. B. Moyer B. Kaezmalllk Sheerly Blunderfu l Overpinning 1 P- K4 P- K3 11 R-K l 0-03 Larry Remlinger of Los Angeles, a former This game has an odd asso rtment of pins 2 P- 0 4 P- Q4 12 N-N5 8)(N boy star, takes advantage of a misapprehension and counterpins. 3 P- K5 P-QS4 13 8xBt K- Ol by his opponent 4 P-083 N- 083 14 O-ASI P- KN3 SICI LIAN DEFENSE 5 N- B3 0 - N3 ' 5 0-83 P-B3? p,p KING'S INDIAN DEFENSE N. Serger O. Bi~ten 6 B-03 ' 6 8 - K84 P-K4 P. Flamm L. Remlinger 1 P-K4 P-084 10 P- B4 N,N 7 p)(p 8- 02 17 R)(PII PxR 1 P-04 N-KB3 7 KPxP PxP 2 N- K83 N-OB3 11 8xN 8-S3 8 o--O?! NxOP ' 8 B)(P Ox8? 2 P-QB4 P- KN3 B Bx8P OxP 3 P-04 p,p 12 0-K2 0 - R4 9 NxN a,N 19 OxB t K-B2 3 P-K3 B- N2 9 Q-R4t N- B3 4 N)(P N-83 13 OR-O, P-K4 10 N-B3?1 QKKP? 20 A- BIt Resigns 4 B-03 P-04 10 N- K2 Q-N3 5 N-OB3 P-Q3 14 PxP Ma te is forced with 20 .•• K- N3 21 5 N-02 P-B4 11 N-Q4?? QxN 6 B-084 P- K3 15 R-S5 B-'"84 Q- 8St K- R4 22 P- N4. 6 P-B4? BPxP Resigns 7 0- 0 B-K2 16 Q- B417 BxBt And thus early Queen forays a.n.d.. Pawn 8 B-N3 White mugt have thought Black's Qucen 0-0 17 RxB OR-Btl grabbings arc punished. An interesting con · 9 B-K3 B-Q2 18 0 - 03? 0-B4l would be unprotected after 12 BxPt, KxB. tribution to the theory of this ope ning varia Resigns tion, but not a co mplete answer to aU the t = ~h .. c k ; * = db!. che ck; § = di s . d. (See diagram. top of n')(t column) questions it poses. CHESS REVIEW, AUGUST. 1968 241 POSTAL MORTEMS bows 10 Bettencourt. 287 Blenker blanks Corn· twice. 80 Geyer lops (2f) Neff. 82 Bettencourt, well; Crau, Kothe t ie. 289 Fausey bow. 10 Van Rice tie. 92 Eldreth withdraws. 93 Ro thstein ties Postal Chess Reports Received Harr i ~ but beats Emery. 292 Kaye withdraws. 295 and tops Gayton. 98 McDowell conks Kinslow: during June 1968 Gallagher conks Coombs. 296 Fenner feU. Bigler. Quinlan withdraws. Tournevs 300 • 349: 300 Massie wins from See Tournays 100 · 204: 106 Jacob. wins from Solow. To report results, follow instructions on dorf. 301 Brashier socks Simpson; Everett lose, 113 Funk fells Weyer Iwice. 120 Lindsey licks pages 4 & 5 of your booklet on Postal Chess One to Blanchard, lwo to Brashier. 30S Prettyman Booth. 129 MacDiarmid re place. Russell. 141 withdrawn. 311 Wesley rips Robinson and Rice. Hamm replaces Kiessling. 142 Cook conks On. I SO strictly and exactly. Otherwise the report 312 Gustafson tops (21) Hines. 313 Henecke halts Casada replaces Kiessling. may be misrecorded, held up or even lost. Taylor. 314 Williams bests Warner twice but bow.; twice to Ebo!rhali; Warner licks La Feuer. 319 Name winner first! Ransier rips Keller twice. 320 Slezak whips Gold. Pie... note: Winners (and those with the White waSSer. 32210yce to p, (Ia) Vasconcellos. 323 Go,; PRIZE TOURNAMENTS pieces in can of dra"",) mu.t re port as SOon as selin licks Nonella. 324 Johnson bows twice to Seven·man Tournament s for Premiums result is confirmed by opponent. Th~ o p ponent Todaro, once to Keyes and ties Perlman twice. 326 may report also to ensure his record and rating W~ iss beats Baker. 328 Little tops (2a) Immerman. Started in 1966 (Key: 66-P) going through but must then state CIUIly that he 329 Carlson loses to Ledlic b ut licks Rehnborg. Tourneyl 1 • 116: 79 Quirk wins from von SaleskL waS the loser (or played Black in case of a draw). 333 McWaters whips Oswald; Wolff, O.wald each top Ottesen twice. 334 Floto flips White. 340 106 Chinn halls HUBhart; Wendlin, tops Chinn and Game reports sent in lime for receipt by dates Hardeman lin and tops Truitt. 344 Blumenfeld ties Abe. 113 Hoffman downs Anderson ; Kalis indicated above are printed below. But the players fells Terry. wilhdrawn. liS Tookmanian tops Humphrey. 116 concerned Should ctleck 10 see thai they are SO Anderson downs Hoffman. published. To spot them, look under your section Tourneys 350 · 379: 3S3 Johnstone wins two from number, first by the key (e.g., 6S·C (indicating Philips. 354 Peterson halts Hall twice. 371 Ladzin Started in 1967 (Key: 67·P) Class Tourn~y begun in 1968) and by number ski li cks Ho mer and VisChansky. 373 Gordner nips (466) civen in text below the key. Greener; Blum withdraws. 374 Bolduc tops ~nd ties Tourneys I · 49: ! Yalkenburg wins from Railey. I I Biwer withdrawn. 12 Sammons soch Rock. IJ Symbol f indicate. a win by fo rf~ it witbout Fong. 376 Schott bests Botsch and (2f) Neff. 379 raling credit; a shows a rating credit adjudication: J uhl jars Gandolfo. Prattes belts Burnelle. 14 Negrin nips Babb. 15 df marh a double·forfeit. Lou licks Moorer. 16 Hawkolcy hallS Cesare. 19 Started in 1968 (Key: 68-C) Hechtlinger, Glick down Dinerstein. 21 Hall biffs Barrett. 28 Farrell fells Ward and McCarlney. 29 CLASS TOURNAMENTS Tourneys 1 • 99: 2 Sawchuk wilhdrawn. 5 Macor· MegHs. Boynton maul Fujiyoshi: C<.Irreclion: Boyn mac twice top. BolSch, (2f) Nichols and (2f) Four·man Tournaments Graded bV Classes ton won o ne from Meglis.one from Case. 32 Brown Grallo . II Terhune bests Shake and (21) GiebeL tops Case and ties Werner; Tegel, Werner top Palm 13 Steward stops Goff. 14 Hayslcad, DuFrene quist; Hoglund licb Werner. 35 Olson bests Buch· Started in 1966 (Key: 66-C) down Meili. 16 O 'Connor tops Seifert once, anan and Yedeikis but bows to Weiss. 36 Tymniak Tourneys 1 . 403: 187 D~belak wins from Claxton. Bryant twic~. 17 Gieselmann mauls Bradford twice. tops Criswell. 38 Mullett mauls Rhode; Moore 257 Barth withdraw>, loses (2a) to Santarius. 23 Hansen down, De Lew; Lee licks Griese. 24 top, Carpenter, Smith and Rhode and ties O'Don· 289 Schreiner nips Schwartz. 301 Smil~y smites Fleming flip, Hendricks twice. 25 MacDiarmid lops nell. 39 Post tops (f) Boose. 44 Congleto n. Norris Telford twice. 303 Kinslnw conks Higbee and (21) English. 26 Fuller loses two to both Kow stop Staples. 46 Kin~ , Sobieraj tie. 47 Kramer McFarland twice each. 321 Kinslow chops Blan. nack' and Blatt. 20 Lindberg replaces Cameron. 33 withdrawn, loses (a) to Bailey. 48 Benoit bests chard twice. 3 37 Hughen halts Chauncey. Roust rips Chamberlain. 35 Ledlie lich Berg. 36 Casto. 49 hcobs jolts Cameron; Einstein with. Stroh bests Gray. 37 Montgomery tops Gorham drawn. Started in 1967 (Key: 67-C) and (2f) Erickson; 38 BlanChard toP" (2;1) Arm· Tournays 50 . 74: 50 Helper, Komor tie. 51 Tournuys 1 • 199: 6 Whittle wins from Rowland. strong. 40 Burlant beats Nunziata. 56 Beoker, FosJien tie; Rayner rips Walford. 57 Tarter tops Thomas socks Sofor ic; Ashley lickS Sullinger. 52 9 Howard haJt, Skotte. 27 Greenber, bests George Larsen lick, Lindsay; Kallenbru n conks Pralles. S3 twice. 30 Floto tops (2a) Snelgrove. 34 Adair (2f) Floyd. 67 Hasty licks La ~ ar . 70 bzar. Leeson Larrabee co nks Cohen; Hahn, Lee tie. 54 Hudgens withdraws. 39 Brown top, Christie. 70 Nichols tie. 77 Pope downs DUkes. 7 9 Lewis licks Williams downs Duzan: Pierce whips Hawksworth. 58 Pavill nips Veith. 106 Smith smites Charbonneau. 107 spills Spencer. 59 Mcisaac mauls Meyer; Go odman Youmans, Buonamici down De Paul. 126 Fo~ , tops (a) King: Mcisaac. George ax Arbo. 61 Duy· Mesacch belt Burgess; Armbruster, Mesarch tie. TIME COMPLAINTS kers downs Scott; Wennerstrom jars Johnston. 62 127 Chappel downs De Vault. 132 Hubbard conks When an o pponenl is re peated ly late, do take Lee licks Van Drag! and Klingbeil. 64 Lucas ties Conley. 137 Herrera rips Rizzo twice. 145 Whitlow .ome action. Anyone who has experienced both Timmann but loses to Lane and Loni; Rosegranl whips Holdswo rth. 151 Benner beats Deuchler. kinds of ,ames know.; a fast One gives a more withdraws. 6S Jose ph jars Ferro. 68 lloisvert lopS 156 Schuiner nips Larocque. 169 Lawrence with· enjoyable game and even usually produces better Timmann. 69 Stephens, Waltz l tOp Thomas. 71 drawn. J 73 PriChard whips Williams. 175 Beardsley play wheuas a game which drags leads to irri· Cohen bows 10 Balzer but bests Parwns; Galinsky nips Nommay. 180 Klenbanoff clips Gibbon•. 183 tation and even loss of the thuads of ideas. Be licks Schaaf. 73 Sullinger dips Clark; Williams Ribowsky rips McFarland twice, Martino once; sides, it is unfair and against tournament rules loses to Stauffer and (f) Nowak; Ross withdrawn. Kent, McFarland split two. 184 McFarland beats to take extra time; and, above all. the staller is 74 Cohen COTlk. Schliesing. Welch but bows to Brown. 186 Clark clips ZeUIIT apt to drop out! Tourneys 75 . 89: 75 Pachajos lies Stephens and twke. 187 Buonamici loses to Patton and ties After two or more definite delays, report either tops Lafferty and Daniel; Elba,en. K~gan down Erlkll. 188 Dould, Mayer lie. 191 Goon with per Rule 14 or Rule 13. The notice to us starts draw,. 193 Myers, Boness maul Mirra. 196 Best Daniel. 76 Mart, tops Ramthun and (f) Pruitt. 77 an investigation a< per Rule 12 (o ur reply no Coller bests Mersereau and Bailey and lie, Naff; belts Fanelli but bows to Davi, . 199 Dillof downs tices are inquiries "formed" to cover all possible Oliveau. Raud e nbu~h belh Sgro. 75 Johnson jars Brenner. eventualities but carry no implicalion of ~ui1t 7 9 Tymniak licks Williams bot lo~es to Lemke: Tourneys 200 . 249: 201 McDonnold loses to nor p romise of forfeit: such turn on the re Epps mauls Mallhews. 8 1 Ruscio rips Carr. 84 Mcintyre but bests Carr. 202 Bender tops (2,,) sponses to the inquiry). Rule 14 is designed to Miller tops Thomas and Rockmore ; Menzel rips Wilson. 203 Parham pinks Gray. 205 Aicher whips be "painless" for Ihe plaintiff. Even Rule 13 Rockmore and Hall. 5S Brittingham halls Schwartz Williams. 208 Hughen lops and ties Kiesslin~. 209 cannot always establiSh clear evidence; so Rule and Traub; Schwartz, Sheetz !rip Traub. 86 Nickel. Brunberg belts Ham. 212 Conley ties Lo oney and 14 is best applied exce pt for really sour cases. Jones and Deputy do wn Abplanalp. 88 Soforic tops Beyerlein. 217 Horvath tops Ironcone Iwice; Rule 14 action serves to confirm withdrawals bests Peterson but bows 10 Coplin. 89 Lewis loses Zust 10$es to Cortese bul ties Horvath. 218 and at lcast makes a tardy opponent aware Ihere to Casden but licks Frost; Kessler conks Stephens Chesher cllops Schmidt. 221 Fo nll bests Cusick are rules. and WOod. and Beal but bows to Powell. 222 I'iotrowski Apply Rule 12 with tolerance allowing oppo licks Wiseley. 2 2 4 Chaffe smites Smilh twice. 225 nent his 72 hours for reply plus Sunday and Started in 1968 (Key: 68-P) Floto flips Schmidt; Floto, Schmidt smite Schwing. holidaY!i and transit time in mails and one day 227 Lightbody withdrawn. 230 Hawksley conks for llood measure. And expeCI him 10 gel merely Tourneys 1 . 47: 1 Yanis jerks Wendroff: Klad Kaufman. 233 Cooley beats Brunberg; Liang reo an official warning for a first violation. Remem· strup withdraws. loses (a) to Yanis and Hahn. 2 signs all ,ames. 238 Sellers tops (la) Belen. 239 ber. too, we expect a report to be filed as soon Hess nips Nelson; Steinborn withdraws. 3 Thoma, DeLon, down. Guyson and Ferro. 242 Zemke a!i delay i. conveniently noted. say, within 10 tops Burkhart. 4 Ashley, Sullinger tic: Befller bealS licks Lewis once and Shea twice. 24S Decker. days of the over·due date. A really lale report SuUinger and Ashley. S Hahn tops Taylor: Dews Johnstone .plit two. 247 Eigen mauls Musgrove. may not repair so me Iypes of damage. downs Gobster. 7 Barta belts Shine. II Berthelot 248 Hujber belts Keiser. 249 Bumbalough bows to We do no l require "re peat" moves to oppo· withdrawn. 12 Lemyre licks Starkweather but l ose ~ Gustafson but bests Evans. nents. By the time 3 "repeat" goes out the op to Goodman; Lovejoy ties Goodman and tops ponent has already enjoyed unfair, extra time Thomas. 1 3 Brown, Brum best Bazinet. 14 Bailey Tourneys 250 • 299: 252 Boden win. from for his move. But we do concede they can be bells Edenburn. IS Brown bows to Johnson but Drazen; Berger resigns 10 all. 258 Willemse n whips useful. as for a very nrSl delay, Or any when beats Greenberg. 19 Wellman ties Leeson and Op Thunen. 261 Wright lops RasmUS$en and tics you can expect miscarriage in the mail or o ther perheim. 20 Thornton conks Kessler. 23 Murphy Searles. 262 Lindberg toP" (a) Siple. 263 Lambert mishap rather Ihan oppo nent's faull is respon· tops (f) Simpson. 31 Hall re place& Puh!. top. (2f) Perkins. 266 KinJ:; rips Reilly. 268 sible. But a Rule 14 report is surcr, nearly as Schreiner, MaC<.lrmac ax Mcisaac. 271 Powell pinks quick and, in a tournam~ nt game, quite proper Probst. 273 Carpenter smites SChmidt twi.,.,.274 any time a delay is clear. Game report. for Class and Prize Tournaments Anderson downs Kovensky twice. 277 Comstock Require proper Rule 3 dating by opponents: go past·due in two years. Avoid a double·forfeit stops Johnson. 280 Somerville whips Willis. 282 such is a real help toward eliminating the need by reporting on Or before July 31 games begun Wee rips Garrison. 283 Hansen bell. Scott b u t for time complaints. July 1966. 242 CHESS REVIEW, AUGUST, 1968 GOLDEN KNIGHTS Chapin stops Pearlstein. 39 Anderwn bows 10 Progressive Qual iii<;ation Championships Stevens and Kroll but bests Parks. 40 Cas. lOPS CHESS BY MAIL Lebo and Ii •• John.on. 41 Oberg belts Buchanan. 42 Ezerim axes Proeehe!. 43 Caserta beats Gold If you have not played In our tourney. 13th Annual Championship - 1959 berg. 44 Elowitch licks Lovell; Hildreth. lohnson before, please specify in which c(asa you PLAYOFFS (Kev: 59-Np) Ii.. 46 Schafer withdraw.. 49 ThrUSh, Wrighl would like to start, We recommend best Birsten. Sections 1 - 4: 2 lIde.IQ" wins from Schuler. 3 Class A for unusually strong players, Siklos downs Doumanoff. Section. 50 - 68: so Feuchter wins from lUaneo; Class B for above average players, Class Judson jars Goldwasser. S5 Riley to]>s (f) Pagano, C for about average players and Claas 15th Annual Championship - 1961-2 57 Sirahan mauls Gie.elman; Evans smite, Smith. 58 Jarnagin, Clark clip Cain. 59 Gorman licks D for below average. If you have played, FINALS (Key: 61·Nt) Lawrence. 61 Paterson tops Myer. 62 Lawrence please 6t~te your probable rating. Sections 1 . 36: No reports r~ceived for Ihis ri]>s Silkowski; Van Deene downs Taylor. 63 War· Mail proper entry coupon below, or month. AU sections now finished ncept 61·N( ren whips Mitchell. 67 Baker bests Beltran. 68 copy of it, to CHESS REVIEW, 134 West Haralson socks Zuniga; Ross withdrawn. 61 ·Nf 35 for which adjudication ,eporlS arc due 72d Street, New York, N. Y. 10023. before August 31. FINALS (Key: 66-Nf) You may enter as many sectIons as Section. 1 . 9: 2 Lurie wins from Kaplan. J you please at proper entry fees. 16th Annual Championship - 1963 Smith loses 10 Ewart, Tennant and withdraws; FINALS (Key: 53-Nfl Tennant tops Ewart. 4 Sgro conks Buhalo. 5 Start playing chess by mail NOWI Grenne mauls Marfia; Foote fells Henderson. 6 Sections 1 . 27: 24 KendaH, Werner tic. 27 Ozol' Anderson, Velliotes tie. tops (I) Jaaska. CLASS TOURNAMENT 20th Annual Championship - 1967 Enter one of the 4 man groups. 17th Annual Championship - 1964 You will be assigned to a section with PRELIMINARY ROUND (Kev: 67·N) SEMI·FINALS (Key: 64-NsJ 3 other players about equal to yourself Sections 1 . 119: II Correction: Welling wOn Sec\io"s 1 . 57: 5S Ange .. wins (f) from Kawas. in playing skill. You play both White from Mills. 25 Joyce jars Plummer. 29 Nelson Kindly hurry reports from Ns 5t, S5 &- 56. rips Rauch; Frank socks Simoneau. 31 White lOp. and Black against the other three. You FINALS (Key: 64-Nf) (f) RolS. 39 S]>essard spills Norman. 43 Yeller with play all six games simultaneously, two draws. 48 Scruggs withdrawn. S3 Lubeda licks games on one set of postcards. Sections 1 - 20: 9 Kwartler wins (rom Wrigllt. 13 Sulky, S6 Snyder downs Giles. S7 Hughen licks Hildreth (ies Mariea and lop' Davidson. 14 Siein Your game results will be recorded and L~wrence . 72 Miliauskas spills Spiro. 80 Tennant published In CHESS REVIEW as well ao 'lopS Rudolph. 15 Howard trips Deilrich. 16 But· tops Rafalski. 86 Gray halts Haralson; Gray. Slel· land bests Tingk 17 Hall lies Alexander bul , on stop Goldwasser. 94 Rand hows 10 Sales but your postal chess rating, loses 10 Wisegarver. 18 Thompwn tops Moore. besls Fausey. 9 5 Bergstrom oolts Watkins, 98 The entry fee is only $2.50, 19 BirlOtein. Roskind tie. Kluytmans lies Wralhall and tops Wiencek. 99 Dragonelti tops (a) Cachione. 107 Robertie with· 1------. 18th Annual Championship - 1965 draws. 108 Tornaben conks Killer. 110 Long t()]>s CHESS REVIEW o Check if a new· Blair and ties Ross. 112 Belles withdrawn; Remlin· I 134 W. 72d St.. (omer to POIfai CheII I SEMI·FINALS (Key: 65·Nsl New Yor"k, N, v, ~ er lops Pflomm and (a) Belles, I t3 Thomas jolts & stale dass (below) Sections 1 ·81: 24 Paulekas, Shreve df, 33 Wilson, Jacobs. 114 Walralh rips H .. niuk and Good. 115 10023 Wright df, 45 Mahrt lOpS (f) Schutte; Markman. I Chalker bealS Faires bul bow~ 10 Sinclair. 116 I enctose $., . . ,., .... Enter my name In I Schuette df. 48 Beach withdraws. 60 Campbell Walker ni]>s Noncl1a. I 17 Clark clips Oswald: Dick· ...... ,. ... .(how many?) sections of your bests Jacob. 65 Lundstedl lose. 10 Sherman but inson downs Walzer, 118 We.t lOps (a) Washburn. I Postal Chen CLASS Toornaments, The I licks DeCarlo, 69 Littrell downs Louden. 70 amount enclosed coVers the entry f ee of Schafer withdraws, 71 Abrahamson rips Riesen· Section, 120 - 149: 12 1 Fisher bows 10 De $2,50 ]> er s ection, Kindly stort/continue 122 I beck. 73 Kirchn~r. Taylor Iic. 74 Thayer fells Vricndl but bests Goodman. Letzkus lose. to (strike oot o"e) me ill CIllSS ...... I McFarland. 75 Starcevic conks Kiff. 76 Jessen Fielding bUl licks Huher. 123 Fi sher fells Lohrman. withdrawn. 78 Vaughan. DiJoseph down Mulliken; 125 Willis whips Vitte•. 126 Diller downs Brodt. I NAME .. . "...... -...... , ...... , I Dryfoos drubs DiJoseph. 79 Stevens stops Alex· 128 Johnson tops (a) Eldridge. 130 Jarnagin jolts ander, Evans. 131 Keske quells Youngquist. 132 Di Mar ADDRESS ., . ", .. "...... , ...... I lino bests Heidel and Labelle bul bows 10 Pavitt; I FINALS (Key: 65-Nfl Jarrett jolts Heidel; Vogel downs De Jong. 133 CITY ...... , , . . , ...... , . . , . , . , . , ...... I Davis jars J ulson, 135 Mayfield fells Williams. 136 S.clion. 1 - 25: S Shaw wins from James. 8 I ...••..•....••... CODE ...... Collins conks ])inesco. 12 Johnston lOPS Throop Schmitt nips Wilner; Rothman rips Schmitt and L STATE____ _ and Marie ... 13 Gibson bows to Gilbert but bests Gayetly. 137 Smilh, Kindret drUb Martin. 138 -- - -, Belasco; Belasco. Gibson rip Wright, 14 Hendel Gero withdrawn, 140 Meiden mauls l!rumfield. loses to Larsen but licks Joslin; Bland downs 141 Butland, Prichard tie. 142 WeHman, Deilrich PRIZE TOURNAMENT Daly. 15 Mitchell chops Joyce. 16 Narkinsky trip Hernandez; Wellman tops (f) Weissberger, 143 ties Ferber, bo""" 10 NeSler and lOPS Weinkauf; Braunstein stops McFaddin; McAllisler tops (f) Enter one of the 7 man groups. Beach withdraws, loses (3) to Cam]>bell. 17 Wolf Berry. 144 Deacon to]>s George and ties Sherman. You will be assigned to a section with tops Varley, lies Smidchens and loses to Tomas. 145 Einstein withdrawn. 147 Sheller. Watts tie; six other players about equal to your· 18 Ewart. Weisbecker lie; Markman withdrawn. Weikel whips Moore; de Sherbinin tops (a) Watts, self in playing skill, You play White 149 Hayes halts MacConnell. 19 Kilker. Tener tie; DeVault downs Weininger, against three of your opponents, Black Foslien and Tener, 20 Peterson lOPS Taberl. 21 Sections 150 - 169: ISO Pierce, Shattuck win 'rom Wheeler whip. Wilson. against the other three-and you play George, lSI Kimbrough bows to Musomeci bul all six games simultaneously, beats Fergu.on. 152 Gabrielson loses (0 Melton bur 19th Annual Championship - 1966 lickS Hopkins; Yeller withdraws. 153 Chesher lOpS You stand a good chance of winning PRELIMINARY ROUND (Key: 66·N) (a) Lawrence, lS4 Wright rips Waterman: Smith a prize, too! Credits of $6,00 and $3.00 tops (a) Lent. 155 Buonamici. Pohl best FOSler; are awarded to 1st and 2d place winners Section. 1 . 179: 21 Barrelt, Boles df. 24 Mac· Were ri]>s Rotundo. 156 Kirks conks Prichard and in each section. Credits may be used to Grady df with Dalrymple and Di Maio. 33 Granl, Van Harris; Van Harris, Kirks and Sager mob 63 purchase chess books or equipment. Neal df. Leffew df wilh De Rowand Malera; McCartney. 158 Fielding fells Luce and Ulhe. 162 De Row, Matera dr. 72 Whil ~o mb df with Berg· Zito. Keiser down Heidel; K~i se r conks Zito . 163 The entry fee is only $4,00, quisl and Dele~ene . 79 Cadby. Phillips df. 84 Wallace lies Sargeant and to]>s Goldberg; Frank Kuhner df with Barry and E~k .el, 88 H~Uell, 1------, b~sts Buhalo; Connell and Butler withdrawn, 164 F Moore df. 89 Greer df with Jones, Nitzd and CHESS REVIEW D Chu k if a new· Jones jars Burklow. 165 Cutler conks Brooke and 134 w. 72d St.. Wilkeuon; Nitzel df with Jonu, Wilkerson. 132 Bradley. 166 Elbogen be.ts Plant but bows 10 I comer to Post CHESS REVIEW, AUGUST, 1968 243 Covello ~onks PiOUI. 5 Katz bows t o Pic kler but SK110ni 20 - 39: 20 H ous~r winS from Mason: Class Tournaments bests T ho rn .. : Ntrr nips Lane and Thomas. 6 Kindret drubs Mason and H~ n ~~k e. 21 S iller licks Brant, No r ml n t le . 7 Corte.... , Moltchanofr tic. 9 SCO II and Roberls. 23 De en l ie s Bo neu I nd lOPS T he ... Pos t~U t U h:lye won o r tied ,,, first ;, Reilly rip. French: Mayer mauls Mal'$h. 10 Perdomo Lay and Will iams: Gold wasser lOllS to Deen and 1966. 1967 and 1968 Clus Tournamenls., whips Weiner: (irn nspan SpilLS Marley. J J S,ro lies Bone". 24 Ho pund rips Rokill: Cool mann Tourney ...., ~ ,,~ bests BinleA: R" m no w tops T aylor. 12 Schafer mauls HentSC hel. 1 5 Wralhall rips Ephrou: Cake H L Chappel. • • · . "- , ., withdr1lWl. 14 Moy" mauls Martinez. t 6 Miliaukas t o ps (a) Einslein. 27 Lay Hcks S mith. 28 Te"3ro ''''' '" W S miley . . '" , ., whip. White. 17 Ferber fells Tennant. 18 l o hnson lOPS Chro me. 211 L.indnil tops ( t) £ lIioll: Oo u) Abad B M Applel on B L \472 Sail C B .,. Becker 0 C Dcn cncourl Mrs BonllS C Abbey A J April N Ban M J Becker P J 1046... ." '''' Be Uencol.lrl S 14 32 Booker R ."60. Abbot B ""600 Apn J F .,".. Ball W L '..." Becker I' S 11 6~ Be yuleln C A Boose R F AO< K 1424 Arabi, I A ... Banantine G A on Becker S Dickford J )J".OO Booth D A ." Araiza J BaUard D 104 2 ... Abel D il lS 1300 Ik"cker W R Boot h R H 11...74 ,.. Blc kM II S 1264 A beles N Atano rr J 11 00 Ballard D 0 Bec kham I' H 1300 Dleber L C Borden M S . S> I4Jl e ~ r ... Abell H Q "'". A. OO H A ." R Beckman T J 11 80 Bielrehl M 14'"26 Barden R G Ab l ~ n e d o A L A. b ... d:11> R Ballenl ine L '". J B c ~ k ... 0 8ielfddt I C 80 ... n M R 10 7 4 ...... Balmuth S ... Ab ma J S '",.. . Arch bold J C 1200 ". Bednan C R 1)10 Bilelow C" K IOS 2 Borker L 1104'" Abplanalp R ,.. A rcher E W 11 84 Bancro rt G 10 88 Bu M J 1264 B~ l er W P ,,,. Bo.os P Z 1'246 A braham It S A rcher M Bancroft H Beem R P S " o du ll R 1122 Boroughs E H IO S4 ". Bane A ... Ab.ahamson N 1".3 20 A.chil»ld D Been W G 1268"" Biond i A Bortz A f 1144 A.d ein C ... Bankey E R ~. Ab. am G R ,,,. F H Bi.ch C 10.'"32 BoseUi E H " Bankhu d H G '" ,.. Ab.ams M "00 A' ,anian 0 11.9 0 '" Bec!i kow W ". Bir<: h Nisi L Bo$hea J f 11 36 Ab. ams R iI IOS2 Atmb, u$l f/f T Banb R , Beflkow W E ... Boss G J ..'" 1132"" Birche. C 10 92 1076 Ab.amson J Arm il lead C E ". Blinks T N 12 66 Beesley E M 11 8 6 Bird J 1100 Bossarl R "SO Banyille M Acevedo R 60. A, nelle G ,.. on Bird J 0 on B~ lwi c k R K 1S'l2 '" Bar"..,h C '" B::f." R '" Ackerland M W Ar n!ll T 10 36 ,.. . Bet ey R Binten 0 G 1~9 4 BOI..,h 0 108 6 ... Bu ber J Acker man K Arno ld Anne M Be hnke J B}ornson K , Bo ttlik G ... Buber Sherry ,,. "" .. Adair G P Arno ld C Behrens T ... 1038 BiSCho ff J E ]492 Bott. B 1200 Ad ams J H ... '" Barbera f" G ,'" "" Arno ld J ,'..''' .. Bela..,o D R 1170 Bishop J Boucher G ]410 Ad ~ m s L T '" Arnow 0 Barhier W A Bekher C E Bi$gultr Mrs C ]".052 Boudewyns R L Adams M W ,.. Bard 0 L 144'".6 "'''' Arnow 0 L "'" Belen J ".,.. Biwe. M A ,.. Bo uhall E M '60." Adams R A A.nS! E C 1.0"38 Bara C E 1108 Bell C B i~b y C V Bourassa R Adams W 00' Bart o n J 10 00 Bell J C ...... Aro K 11 M ... Bour, eoi, Jun 1054 ililir I 16 50 Ad ams W F ". A.nune C 60. Barker G 1034 Be ll L A .'" Bla<: k B N Bourteo is R no 140028' Barksdale E Bell R ... .. Adashek C Aronson E A 11 06 . Bourke A W 15 10 Black D A Adco ck B 1082 Arcnaull E H Barlella A ,'".. Bell W B '" Blackshu r P ,'.." Bourne R 1200 Addclston A 11 06 Arthu. M E Barnard T E 1710 Bellamy W 10 44 B I ~ i ne R Bournias G J 1182 Adderley K 1300 ."'" Barnes J E Belles M '" At.hu. I( 0 1198 ... Ui a;, E ." Bowen M L 1200 Ad erho ldl J W I ~ 52 Al bury C E Barnes J 0 1201 Bell es M D B ] ~ 1s ... Bowerman A P 11 32 R 1374 Ad orjan K Ash IJ 1002 Barnes J os E ,.. Bello w G ''"". BIB,iwu H 1300 Bowen E J 1480 Agnew G H '" Barnes L 11 02 ... 1 '"160 Al her W J 1300 Belt R J Blake R E ,,, Bo wers J A Agnew M W Ashley T' 1272 Baroell H Belter R E 1\64 Bowen S 1300." ... Barnell M '" Bbknlee J J ,.. Agnew P '00 AshlOn S Beltran A ] 2lS Blanch rd 0 E Bowling C 1060 Barnelle J .'".. Ago.line V C no Aspi, S L '"'.no L 00. Benab ur~e r J 12 82 aJlnco F ] 0 I 8 Bowling J A, ree A H 157 4 An elln J Baron S 1660 Bender M 14 30 '" ... 60' Bland K G Bowman B P I 3SS A ~ uil e ra G 1738 Al hans 0 Barone G Bender F B 1278 Bland W 14."62 Bowman B W 1220 Ahlstrom M 16 16 Al herto n R ,.. Barra C 1176 Bender M L I2S6 Bl lney B Bowman L 1244 '" Barrell F '" Aicher J R A lla ~ F T 11 32 12 84 BenJer P Blaney J W 1286 Boyce A C 11'"3 0 Ainsworth S E 60. Ai kins T R 129 2 Barren M Bender S E 1176 Bl." F J 1'"0 41 Boyd G L Akroyd e 11 31 Barrett R E Benham T W 1'"201 ... Al kinfOn D 600 Blanton R H Boyer J A] berts Karen 88. Barrell R T '" Benincoso 0 J Ill1 ... AIW mls T 1236 Blan~ E J I2S2 Boykin K '" Benjamin 0 H '" Alberls W A 11 8 8 A\fer"", " J 1'1 78 Barrell T W "'" 60. Blau W G 1316 Boy nto n D E 10"82. Albin S 11 54 Ault G 0 1248 Barrell W L "" Benjamin G I )S O Bll u ko pf f" II 10 ~ ceG ... Benjamin J M Alb rig.lu B 1140 AUSl in C L no Bar",U W S ,""hit M J Bndeo R 1.292" J ,,, Alb ri, hI S 60' Aus.in R M Barrick R P 11'"14 Benjam in R '" Blen ker A 136'1 lkadrotd F K A"'a b J 1 11 6 Avcry G Barrios E 12 10 Be n ner G S 1026 Bloch E G "" Bradford W W AI""n J 11 9 2 Avo/. y P 0 '" Barry J 1142 Be nner L K ... Bnldley A '". '''' Blochln,tr R Alcin ko rr T A Ba .... 0 J 10 3 2 Be nnell A ,.. . '" ... Ay idano A .'" '" Block A C Bradley L T '" Alesi J 1080 AVl'3m H M 1588 Ba, I G P 10 90 Bennell 0 '" Block E ." B,adley M ,'",, Alexander f" J An«h J A '" Barla R Bennell F. G ,'".. Blo m C G 1118 Bradky R ... Be nnell J A ,,, "'" Aleu nderMn J Barla W 0 11 38 ... .,'".. Anunln G ,'"'.. . 8 100d .- A Bradley Ro b 11 80 Alellander J T 1278 Aul.od A on Barlh B C " Be nnin, lo n C 10 30 Bloom M '" Bradshaw R M ~X3 n der R H A~up I) Barile B Be no;. R J ... 1212 1.270 Bloom R A 1.3'"98 Bradsh ... W L 1054 Alexander \Y 11"28. Ayco(k J 60. Bartku A L 122 0 Be nski R 11.5"0 Blu m J Brad y J 0 Alfo rd H Armou r G 0 Barlon H 1388 Ben.ley J S 1290 Blum S 11."50 Bragdon M C 1410 A1,ase R L 1250 A. ms P W ... Blrto n P Be ,ch F .,. "" IIlumberl E 1276 Brag MuW Ali<: u A L "" Barvey J B Be re L L ,,, ... 60. A. msllo na C '" 1'"200 ... Blumen feld R Bra!!1 W N 1280 Allder J A. m$lro ni E R 1204'" Basham R A Be'g L Blumfnlhal J Brailsfo rd J H Allen R 11""98 B ~ bb E J 1166 Bass K 0 ". Be rll R E 12'"4 4 Blumenlhal S C '" Bram E .'" Allen R C NO Ba~ oc k R ... Ba.. R R 14'"54 Be rs T W 00. Blumer f',. R '" Bram L S 1242'" Allingl nn D B3be. E Be ' ior B ... 600 Bat e E M 1142 Blum. ttl J Brand R on Aller C Buc ha. ach M Bate JK E Be rller [) 1308 Blule CarOl 60. Brand S 10~0 ... '" 0" Be.ter H A '" '" Altman R Ba<: h m mn L A 1'"02 6 Ba. es B ,.. 00. Blutf 0 60. Brandreth 0 A 1248 Amann 0 f 1230 ,Back man I) ,.. Bales H M 11 18 Befller N BOlfdman J Brandt B E 1094 Amburn T '" Bacon C J Be rger S ." ... Brant N ". 120 0 Bates J .. , Bo blner B ,,, ... Amrosc E J 00' Baco rn R T 1482 B a tti n ~e r E L '" Berller-Olun M Bo<:e k R P 11 40 Brandt R C 140S And ers E 0 111 0 Beden C 80. BaU IJ '" Berglu nd B R ". Bock f" Branl R 1294 Andersen R IO ~ O ...... Branling L Bane n s l OS ~ a 60. Battaglia P Bergman n S G Bock M 16 12 Andersen T 1 178 ...'" BrashIer T 1210 Ballal P Bergoten W C ... Bo ckho n t R W 11 31 Ba' f, eu L E 00. '" Anderson A Ba~ "WR II 1'"300 Batten R R 1200 Be rl slro m C Bodl. F W Bratten C ... Anderson B f" ,'".. B. f A 1508 Battle R 1200 Bertstro m G E 1200...'" Boeh m E L 1151." Bratten R F Ande.son C L B ~h r ing c r J , Bal zer R L 112S Beri Qui$( B A Boehm K 1024 Braudes M '"... Andeuon C M '" B .i l c~ II J 11'"08 Bauer J ] 21 0 Berko witz B 60. Bol danowin Z Braun Miss C 1410 And erson E 60' B~ il e y C D 1446 Baum A Berliner H 2068'" Bolan S Braun P E '1202 Anderson E J '" ... '" Braunsl ein R 131 4 Bailey J B 60. Baum G A 11 36 Berliner S Bo~ i J '" Anderson G ...'''' Bailey W 0 Bauman C J Befl ow P 11 12 oA '" BrllVard 0 Anderson J B ,.. Oair G G 11".18 Bauman J T lin.'" Berman S "" Soatt c J B ,'"'... Bru,s M 1106"" Anderson L H B. ;r J E Bax ler E M , , Berna] P V ... B",aull R 1068 .. Bohanan E 10 48 Anderson R A "'''''10)4 Baird 0 60' Duter K C 1206 Bernal R ." Bohl.y 0 1370 Breen E Anderson R E Ol ;. d F 1300'" Bay C H Bernal Rich ... Breider B Boileau L 1116 '" And erson R L 14'"01 Biker C G B31ilc huk W C Bernat A lIo~ rl J , B,en nan T 0 "'1J36'' Anderson T B '" '" ... Brenner P Baker Mn 0 S .'" Bazinet J "" Bernero L T ." Oo"";n G A .. , And.-zejczak Z ... Baker D W 1)78 Beach G S ." Brenner T '" '" Bernier J Bold. J 13 ~6 '" Andl l.. "" Bah . E 110 0 Beach L W 13'"54 Bernstein J Bo!due A Brent B " .. An, e l A ." Baker E P Beal O R BerlU.ein R A "" Boler L .",,, Brent P ".06. Ant ell R f" ... Beall E 12 10 "" B"'then A "" Bake. H M Berres R .'" Bolen J C 11 66 Afljlers M J3S4 Bear(e H L '" Brewer N " .. '" Baker J 0 '" ... Berri8an 0 F '". Bolu R L 10 16 ,"'" A n 8 " e n b e r ~ er A lIake. L C Be ard R M Berry B L ,,,..'" Bridles T 600 ,... ''''.. ., ... Bo I ~e " E 00'" ,.. Anson L Baker M ,.. . Be arden W H ". Berrye 10 68 Sol tte. B Briese J An tdin e G "" Baker R J 11 08 Beardsley B 11 12 Berry C E Sond T G 12'".2 2 Brigham V J .. , Antho n y W H ."U. BaJawa, P 12 18 Be arman K 10 5 6 Berry E M '" Boneas J 1066 Brilts J W ,.. Anlhopo ul OS 0 ,... B ~ ld wi n F W Beally S 1182 Bert helo l P J ,.. Bonilla V R 139 4 Bn,htman J "00 '" Brigmanis E Appelblall H I ~J6 Baldwin I W ... Bebko D A Berlbnlde R T 1594 12 2 2 .. , Bonin K E Appleb y G J 1144 Bald win L R Bechtel B ... Berthoud E A '"' 60 Bonin W "''"00 Brill S 10 SO Beck A P Berwin S 1080 Bonislawskl M ,,, Brison 0 W 1094 "'" Bristol F G Beck B S .'"... BeSSlw 0 J .. , Bo n n:! R E 133 6 Beck G 1164 Bessaw Mrs M 60' Bono R H Brittin,ham T 1070 ..'". Brixey T RatinC] Classes Beck R 0 ... Besl e 11 54 Bo n nch L B ." Class A 1300 li nd u p elu. C 700 to 9 98 Beck R H ... Besl H A 10 74 '" Becker C ]422 Beslgen P C la ss B 1000 to 1298 Class 0 below ... R.tings as o f June 30, 1968 '" Becker L '" Bethune J 0 CHESS REV IE W, AUGUST , 1968 '" 245 Brockman L no 11 50 Caserio J J Clau..,r J R 1390 COu lbourn W K 10 14 Daum S Bro derick R J 1064 Caserta A S 1'01"0 Clau .. S 00' Coulo mbre R ,,, Davenport R A '"on Bro dersen B L 1360'" 1300 Casey F B Clnton A W Coulle. B Dav .. y W Brod ie H A C3sey J '" CI3Y E W 1084'" Counsil c; A '" Davidson B I '3112" Brodt W '" 1104'" Ca.. A 1006'" Clay H B on Courtney B '" Davidson I Bro,an E 1".200 I 2 I 1\ Cassidy H R Clay T R 12711 Courtney K '" Davis D I ,.. , Bromley D J Cassill F A ,,. Cov~ l lo l=: 1450 Davis Donna G - 00' 00' on'" Cleere C A M '" Bromley G 1440 Cast aneda M Clegllurn I' 16 10 Coverd~lc C (l Davis J 1140" .. Brooke N ''''',.. CaSler R G '"DO Clemens 0 COVUI W T ,,,'" Davis J W Brookills W 00' Casmlo G H C1 em~n l z A 1242." CoveYUII R R 15 10 Davis K E ,.. h rooks A J '" ... '" ,.. Caslo C A Cliflon S J 1064 CovlnSlon C Davis M L Brooks J ... "'" Davis R ". ,.. Castro A 000 Clissohl C T COWi n T Brown C ... '" '" Davi< R C ,.. CalledKc T A 128 8 Clodfelle. G G ,'".. Cowdrey G , ." '" Brown C 0 '" Caulbo rn T 0 Cloberly J M Cow~.. r J 1024'" Davi< S '" Bro wn 0 '" 11 34 Cavalb ro F '",,.'" ClQUay G ,.. Co. 1078 Davis W M ''''',.. Brown 0 R 1016 '" C""",lier.. ]> Clo"""r 0 1100'" Cox L Davi< W W 11 38 Brown 0 E '" 1...186 00' Cavanau,1I K W 1'"280 Clo l bier k C 00' Coyperys J '" Davoli 0 Brown De n ,,. II 14 Cave G A 12 18 Clolbier R C Jr 00' Crabtree J '" Day 0 L ''''' Brown Did, 11 06 00' Cavicclli L A Clovis P ,.. CraJ:8 T A 1382 Day FA 14 18 Brown E ,.. Cayelaflo B J 1248 Cloyd J R Cralbr k A '" D3Y J '" Brown E C Cayfo rd It A - Coake. F Cram R S Day lo n E L 14 24 '00 '" 1682 '" '" '" Brown H 11'"1 1 C .. nla J G Coatc 0 M '" Crlm.r.ton T W '"' Deacon R M 1282 Brown H B 1106'" r 11 44 Ceu." D '" Cobb J L Cran ~1I B E Dean 0 11 84 Bro wn J A 1060 CII.""rl C A Cobr in 11 '" Crane B 1300'" Dean 0 K Brown J P '" 00''" '" '" .. , Ch. cc E 14}0'" Coborn J W 1116 C r ~n e J B 00' Dean J H 1""264 Bmwn K S 1)00 1194 Chacc R T 1321 Cockburn J M C r an ~ L J ,.. Dean R 13 10 Brown M 11""58 ,GO Ch3rrc H 0 1096 Cody L C 1466 Crane I' Dean T W Brown M H M on CIl.rr.e W H 11 48 Cohen C '" Crlnfo rd W Ikarmin C 1362 Brown ]> ,,, '" "" '" ,GO Cllaffet B L Cohen D M 00' Crawfo rd B L '" Ikbela k R J Brown R A 1100 ,.. Clla!!:not R t '"I 34 Cohen H '" Crawfo rd T DeCandia R P '"'GO Brown R A C 1084 ChaI kin M 13 12 Cohen H C SO, Crawford V t '"176 DeCarlo M J Brown R C 1368 '" "" DeCarvalbo J '" Chalk", R P I 1 46 CObe n M Cre~l I' L ,.. M '"000 Brown S '",.. Chnmbcrl ain J A Coh. n Mel Cremer C F 00' D~c k er C Brown S R ISlO'" 00' Champney K H 1406 Cuhe n R '" Crenshaw C M 1508 Deen B 10'"80 Brown T Chapin J B 1'"342 Cohe n R A '" Crintr E L ,GO Deibler K no Brown W G ,'".. '"560 Cha pman A J Cohe n S I '"I 86 Cr iner R L Deidun J 1258 Brown W M 1406 Chapman D W ',GO" Cohn J Crippen G R 1200 Deik D A 00' Brownawell D 1'") 00 Chapman R M Cohro n C no CrIswell J H '" Deines F D 1128 B.own."""lI M , '" 1090 Chappel H L 14'"86 Cokcr H W '" Cr ites R M '" Deitrich C H 1288 Browne B 1'"200 H Chappe ll H £ Col bow K 1086'" Crosbie H L '" Dej o ng D on Browne R 80S '"." Chappuis C !JI'"S Col. J 1008 Cross S 1592'" IkKoyen F H Browne W S 1268 Charbonn"au , Calc 0 A Cros~ W A I II 4 DeLaBarra A L on Brownell L W 1200'" Charney N on Cole R G Crolsno W 1474 Delaney T P '" lIruce E 1204 1406 Chase D '" "" Delavnay R '" Coleman ~: " '" Crouch G G '" Bruce J R 1050 1072 Cha se I' C '" Colle lIS T W "" Crow J M 12'"56 Ddezene L K '" Bruce R C 1298 e ha.. F R '" Colldle P Crowder k 1078 DeLeve J 1120'" Bruill' E G 11'"38 ,,, Cha", W G 1470'" Coll.. lte W 1200'" C.nwdus F 1560 Delladillo 0 F Brum L II 11 41 60' Cbau ncey W S Collier Mrs N 'GO Crowle~ A G 1366 Dd.ieto M ""15311 Brum R 1018 Chavez A '" Co lli .... K 1500 Crown S 1198 Della S R J IIrumfid d L R 1028 LL'"66 Cbavn A III ..'" , Collins R L 1580 Cro"lc S 1298 Delman M 1'"20 B B r unbe r ~ E N 1394 Check ]) J Colp L , GO Cru kshank B 11 64 O e Lo n ~ E P 110 4 Brulo n 126,,.'" 8 1506 Chene~ J 0 '" Comer W H 'SO Crum G A Del 18 B- N2 B-N2 20 QR- Q1 KR- K l expendcd for the crcation of taq-:ets. White's .~ UNITED STATES 19 N- B6 K- 82 21 B-83 N-B l method of taking advantage of the situation Now White is ready for the decisive P is very instructive. NEVADA 1968 K5 , anyhow, and also has 22 B-R5. National Open at Lake Tahoe 22 P- KS! OPxP RUY LOPEZ Now Black's Quecnside is badly disrupted, Rev. W. Lombardy Herbert Avram Rare Beauty but 22 ... BPxP, opening the King Bishop 1 P- K4 P-K4 N- 083 The opening turns quickly into a Queen file , is just as bad . 2 N-KB3 38- N5 N- OS less middle game. And White's rapidly mount 23 PxP B- NS ing advantage sets up a mating attaek of The Bird Odensc is a border-line case; Now White can launch a dclicate conclusion. rare beauty. not exactly faulty, it is generally distrusted. The alternatives, howcvcr, 23 ... PxP 24 4 NxN PxN R-Blt and 23 . .. P ~ B4 24 B- R5 arc RUY LOPE Z hopeless, also. 5 0- 0 P- OB3 Rev. W. Lombardy D. Fischheimer 6 B-K2 ..... The modest retreat has its merits. Black White Black is denied counterplay by Pawn action against 1 P-K4 P-K4 48- R4 N-B3 this Bishop. 2 N-KB3 N- OB3 50-0 P- Q3 3 B- NS P- QR3 6 BxNt P,B 6 .. .. . 8- 84 8 N- 02 N-K2 7 P-04 7 P- 03 P- 03 9 R-Kl 0-0 10 N-8 1 P-B4 This old line is still open to individual assessment. The question is one of initiative Here starts the faulty King-side action, aug and it is likely that White wi!! finaEy be menting the hitherto slight disadvantage of favored. the doubled Pawn. For Queen-side action, \0 . .. U- QN5 to swap this inactive Bishop and 7 ..... remove it as obstacle to the Quecn-side Pawns Of the alternatives, 7 .. . B-N5 8 PxP, is a good preparation. BxN 9 QxB gives White a definite advan 24 PxPI 11 PxP NxP tage. The classic continuation, preferred espe· ..... ciaEy by D. Janowski, is 7 .. , N-Q2. In it, This obviously strong sacrifice wins ncatly, Now White's King-side majority is sound, 8 PxP, PxP leaves Black's Quccnside weakened 24. ... . 8xR but Black's on the Queenside is permanently but the Two Bishops as compensation. And, 25 RxB B- R3 hampered by the doubleton. on 9 QN- Q2, P-QR4! Black probably holds 26 N-K5t K-K3 12 N-N3 P- 04 the balance though the idea needs further Returning the Exchange may prolong the 12 . .. NxN 13 RPxN still lcaves pos confirmation. Finally, 7 ... NxP, analyzed game, but to no avail: 26 ... RxN 27 sibility of a passed (King Bishop) Pawn for and recommended half a century ago by BxR, N- K3 [or 27 ... P- B3 28 N- K1! ] White. And 12 .. . B- QN5 is now met by Rubinstein, most likely favors White after 8 13 P- QU3! PxP 14 Q- N3 f, etc. R- KI, P- KB4 9 PxP, P-Q4 10 N- Q4. 28 NxP, NxN 29 R- Q7t, K- K3 30 R K7t , K-B4 31 BxN, KxP 32 RxP, etc. 13 8-84 N-R5 8 NxP P- 84 27 R- K l P-B3 Having no chances for attack. Black docs 8 ... B- Q2 9 Q-B3! favors White who 28 N- K7! K,P belter by trading by 13 , .. NxN. threatens 10 P- K51 [a move playable even Here ~returning the Exchange~ costs an addi here after 8 . . . P- B4], while 9 ... N- N5 , 14 0 - 02 0-B3 16 B- N3 N-N3 costs a Pawn: 10 NxP, NxRP 11 QxPt, etc. tional piece. 15 N-R5 0-B2 17 P-KR3 8 - Q2 18 8 - N4! ..... 9 N-B6 0-02 29 N/SxNP §! ..... 10 N-RS Q-N4 The text is far stronger than 29 NxR ; it Neutralization of the white-bound Bishops 11 O- K l .. . .. checkmates by forcc . augments White's advantage. 18 ..... 8- 84 11 B- Q2 also favors White. 29 ., . .. K- N4 11 ..... B-K3 29 ... K-B2 30 N- N8 mate is a rather 18 .. . BxB 19 PxB, KR- Kl is better. 12 P-OB4! O- NS pretty sideline. 19 R- K2 0 - 02 20 0-N5 R- 82 12 ... BxP is me t by 13 N- R3. 30 R-K5t K- B3 The swap of Bishops sml is better. 13 P- QN3 QxO I S P-B4 P- KB3 Or mate after 30 .. . K- N5 31 P- R3t. 14 RxO N-02 16 N-B3 21 P- R3 P-R4 ' .... 31 R- K4§ K-N4 22 R/1- K1 R/l -K81 While's great superiority of controlled ter 32 P- R4t Resigns rain is almost decisive. Despite the half-open file for the Black 16 ..... P-N3 Very Instructive Rooks, they are virtually out of action lacking, as they do, any assailable target. This fianchelto is an effort against the Black's Queen-side maJonty is devaluated looming P- K5. It hardly helps. by a doubled Pawn, but he must seek counter 23 P-K83 P-N4 play there. He fails by trying to make head 24 R-K6! ..... 17 N-OS R- 81 way on the other wing where his minority Here White starts to exploit his strategic Nor does 17 .. . K- Qllikely serve better. is needed to protect his King and cannot be advantage tactically. 250 CHESS REVIEW, AUGUST, 1968 24 ..... K-R1 trade off the Pawn or to hold it fi rmly, he NEW YORK 1968 The text is insufficient. 24 ... BxB 25 has the edgc. Metropolitan High School RPxB , R-K2 is a reasonable try. 24 ..• 13 N/5-K4 ..... BxR 25 BxB strongly favors White: I) 25 ... Championship Q- QI 26 BxRt. KxB 27 Q- B5t, K-NI White fail s to live up to his commitment, whi ch is done by 13 P- B3 followed by 28 Q- K6t, K- RI 29 QxBP; 2) 25 .•. Q Nelson's Nelson bombardmcnt of the intmder. A tedious job, N2 26 P- KB4, and White mu st win: e.g. 26 A[ljllying a. new twist and winnIng the yes, but not necessarily thankless. .. . K- RI 27 P- B5, N-K2 28 BxR, RxB 29 game, Nelson claims that his "Nelson" NxP, RxN 30 B-KS, N- NI 31 BxRt, QxB 13 .... N,N nails Dlacl( to the mat by force. As the 32 QxQt, KxQ 33 R-K6, etc. 3) 25 ... 14 NxN PxPt lllaek reply obviously is weak, the true Q- K2 26 Q- N4, Q-QI 27 P- KB4 with Now Black has 11 good game. value or White's new move depends on 15 K-Bl ..... further testing. White expects too much of his pressure SICILIAN DEFENSE on Black's Queen Pawn. 15 NxBP followed Jon Nelson George 8 erg possibly by P-K4 is a fair try to res tore the 1 P-K4 P-QB4 10 P-B5 N-B3 balance. 2 N- K83 P-Q3 11 PxP p,p 15 .... N-B31 3 P_Q4 p,p 12 N,N P,N 4 NxP N-KB3 13 P-K5 p,p 15 . .. P-QB4 selVes to defend the Queen 5 N_Q 83 P-QR3 14 BxN Pawn but creates a hole on the Black Q4 PxB 6 8-KNS P_K3 which offers White counter chances. Guala, 15 B-K2 P-KR4 7 P-B4 a player with a daring style, prefers to rely Q-N3 16 N_K4 B_K2 on a combination. 8 Q-Q2 Q,P 17 0-0 P-KB4 9 R-QN1 Q-R6 18 R-N3 Q-RS 19 P_B4 P,N 25 AxNI! ••••• Ka"alek's saerifice against Flseher This brilliant and decisive sacrifice wms (Sousse 1967, page 146, May) led to this material by force. position and a dramatic draw. '1'wo con· fli cting claims have been registered 25 ..... P,R since: it wins; it loses-so there is hope Interpolating 25 • .. BxB loses to 26 fol' both sides. RxNP! RxR 27 NxR or 26 •.. BxN 27 RxR as White has a devastating B- KSt In re sclVe. 26 N-B4! Q-Q1 Ne ither 26 ... K-R2 or NJ 27 NxNP! nor 26 ... R-B3 or BxB 27 Nxpt! nor 26 ... 16 BxP ..... Q-Q3 27 BxB! really help Black. The text offers no chance at all. The com· 27 QxQ RxQ pli cations arising from 16 NxQP. N- N5! may 28 8x8 Px8 offer some: e.g. 17 NxR, Q- K6! [1 7 ... 29 N-K6! R-K1 NxPt 18 KxP, N-NSt 19 K- KI!J 18 B Or 29 ... B-N3 30 NxR, BxN 31 R-K8t. B3, BxP or Nxpt. The safest line. howevcr, in these circumstances, is still 16 NxBP. 30 Nx8 R- K6 32 BxR PxB 31 B-B2 Rf2-K2 33 P-Q4 Resigns 16 .... OxN! Here is the refutation of White's move, a 20 Q_Q1 rather simple one. • • • • This is the right move, leading to a NEW YORK 1968 17 BxQ N,B win for White, Nelson declares. The Commercial Chess League Now White's remaining Bishop must faU as precedent game ran: 20 Q- B3, QxRP 21 of New York City 18 .. . B-R6 mate is a threat. B-QI, R-TII nt which point Fischer is 18 K-N2 N,B supposed to have missed a. win by 21 Out·complicated 19 KxP ...... D-Dolt 22 K-RI. R-Bl 23 DxPt, K-Ql 24 R-Qlt. D- Q5 25 Q-N4, K-D2. White provokes complications but is soon It would be wrong here to say that White out·complieated by his opponent who dotes has won the Queen. Rather he has lost two 20 . . . . 8_Q2 on complications. Bishops and a Knight for the Queen and is This blunder leaves us to eonslder hopelessly exposed to attack. Black wins such tries as . . . R--QR2, . . . Q-R4, KING 'S IN DIAN DEFENSE easily. . . . B-B4t tor possible Black salvation. Hal Weinholz Victor Guala 19 .... B-R6 2B PxP Rx P 21 R-N8t! RxR 26 Q-N 1! R_Q7 1 P-Q4 N-KB3 6 P-B4 QN-Q2 20 P-K3 N-K5t 29 QxR NxQ 22 QxQ R_N7 27 Q-NSt B-QB1 2 N-KB3 P-Q3 7 N-B3 P- B3 21 K-N1 P-Q841 30 RxN R-K7 23 Q-Q1 B-B4t 2S QxP RxB 3 P-KN3 P-KN3 8 Q-B2 P- K4 22 P-QN4 PxQP I 31 R-Q8t 8-B1 24 K-R1 RxP 29 QxR B-K2 4 8-N2 B-N2 9 R-at Q- K2 23 PxP QR-Q1 32 P-QR4 K-N2 25 BxPt K-Ql 30 R-Q1 •••. 5 0-0 0-0 10 P-N3 R- K1 24 Q-Q3 8-N5! 33 R-Q4 R- R7 Of eourse, 30 Q-R5t wins the Rook. 11 B-QR3 ..... 25 P-Q5 Q8xR 34 P-R5 RxQRP! 30 , , , . RxRt 35 Q-R8 B-N2 Here is the last moment for the conserva 26 RxB N-86 35 K-N2 RxP 27 R-02 P-QN4! Resigns 31 QxRt K-B2 36 Q-KS P-K4 vative P-K4 almost invariably played in po 32 Q-Q4 P_B4 37 Q-Q7 B-B2 sitions of this type. White goes in, instead, 33 QxKP B-Q3 38 Q-K6t B-B3 for a gamble. 34 K-Nl K-N3 39 P_R4 P_R4 " .... P-K5 40 Q-N6 , . , • 12 N-KN5 P-K6 HANS KMOCH Here, too, the classic injunction: Pass· This advanced Pawn may become a weak Is Now Again Available ed Pawns must be pushed, applies; 40 ness. White, at any rate, has committed him For Private Chess Lessons P-R5 induces earlier resignation. self to furnishing proof on that point, That For Appointments Call 40 ... , P-K5 is his gamblc. For, if Black is allowed to MOnument 6·1073 41 K_B2 P-RS t = check! t = db!. c heck; § = dis. ch. 42 Q-B6 Resig ns CHESS REVIEW, AUGUST , 1968 251 LARSEN vs. PORTISCH Recounted by Dr. PETAR TRIFUNOVICH PART I. Game 9 was critical for Larsen. The gamc was adjourned with 0 position estimatcd 3S RANDMASTER PORTISCH arrived in Porech escorted by two chess won for Portisch. But Larsen enjoyed the prote~tion of Caissn as Portiseh missed a forced Gexperts, international masters, Florian as his st;cond, Kuberl as trainer. win three times, 3t least. Grandmaster Larsen came without simi lar escort. His only companion was So the rivals entered Game 10 with equal points. but Lar,en had While. He adopted his wife, and she was his official second in the match. It was considered ugain Ihc Vicnnu Game. kept the playas that the Hungarian grandmaster had a great advantage. Probably so. But, open us possible as he knew Ihat uncomfortable for his opponent. And l'ortiseh, indeed. played from the fina l result , it can also be said that Larsen's wife was more badly in the opening, and Larse n effortlessly valuable. A peculiar curiosity it was also as it so happens fo r the first dccided in a muting attack. Th~ l11atch wa,\ unccrtain till the cnd. and time that a woman appears as the second of a grandm Results by rounds La rsen , , , 0 0 , , , 5Y, Portisch 0 0 , " , 0 4" " " " " " Score by rounds c , 2Y. ,,, , 4 ." 5)1, , " 1)1, , " ",", 4 Bent Larsen (teftl and Lajos Portisch at the start of the match. T he third man is international " " " '" '" '" master Vladimir Vokovich, the referee for the match. 252 CH ESS REV IEW, AUGUST, 1968 Sincc Black'" Bishop descrted the Queen· side. that 11:lI1 k Is lUld efcndcd, 31 . .. ,. R- K3 32 R/ 4006 P-A4 Noll' Ulack's Queen Rook is pe rma nently tied to defending the Rook Pawn. Bul the text is o bUl:!u tory, 33 8-8 3 R.R 34 RxA B- K3 Black prevents 35 R- Q5. 35 R- N6 P- N5 Il la ek ca nn ot utilize his rnaterilll a(lvantagc and so forces lhe draw. Else , 35 . , B- Q2 36 R- N7. Il - KI 37 K- N3, etc. 36 P~ P Px P 39 K- N3 R- Rl 37 RxP K-A2 40 K-B4 R- R4 38 R-N5 K-N3 41 RxR K,R Orawn Po rlj:;c h proposed the dra\v: 4 2 BxP a<> oomplishes IlOlh ins because of the opposi te· colorc(l Ui s ho l ) .~. Game 2 Here is Be nt Larsen with his wife, his " second" In t he match. She points out ironically the fina l position in Game 4, wh ich Larsen lost so thoughtlessl y. Portisch Over·es ti mates. Po rtiseh (lefends a· ga inst I I'- K4 wi th it s open play an(l tacti· And Larse n's sole answar is a bitter smile. cal possibili ties le ss handily. Bu t. curiously, it was not till Game 8 that Larsen thought Th i~ varia lio n has ~ c o m e mollish o f la l..:. 19 N- K5! OxN 20 IhN ~e u l\:s a small of wo rkin; on hi:s opponenl's deficiency, II figurcll in Ihe Tahl-Gligoric h rna lch ~Iso uli vanlage for Whill'. (sec Gam..: 6 , page 236). 19 .. . .. P- KR3 OUEEN'S GAMBIT OECLI NEO 100- 0 3 . . . . . 20 Q-R5 .. . .. Larsen Pon isch Theory reeommc nlls Ihe le XI as best. Wh ile Co rrect is 20 Q - I131 U- N2 '! 21 Il - IB! 1 P- 084 P- K3 4 N- 83 N- KB3 fortifies hi s 04 by R- Q I fo lloll'ell by Q- K2. l'xN 22 Q- B5! or 20 . .. II - Q2 21 N- R3! 2 N- Q83 P- 0 4 5 B- N5 (}-O 10 .. . . . P- OR 3 wilh a mini mal ad vanta!!l' for Wh ite. 3 P- 04 B- K2 6 P- K3 P- KR 3 11 R-0 1 P-ON4 20 .. . .. 8 - Ql ! 22 Bx N a.s 7 B-R4 P-ON3 12 B- R2 P- 85 21 P-KR4 S,N 23 PxB 8- N2 l'ortisdl has of len and succcssfully adopted 24 Q- N4 The t e.~ t is dubious. Now White ha s a .. ... thi s Turtakovcr Variation. Larse n has pre· free hanll In Ihe ce nter and Ihreatens P- K4 The text is fo reeli as. on 24 P- 1l 3. Ulack pared a theoretic al novelty but achieve s no thing y..:ry slrongly. has the very ~ tr o ng 24 ... Q- 1l4! thereby. 13 0 -K2 Q- Kl 24 ..... 0 - KN 3! 8 PxP 11 B- K2 8 - K3 9 BxB 12 0-0 P- B4 I larse n's poinl is to prepare . .. P- K4 No w the situa tion is danJ;tl rOU $ for While, 10 N ~ N P,N 13 Q-Q2 ... also. The maneuver seems unso unll anll passes bU I he fi nds Ihe right solution. .. unpunis hed onl y by ilS novelly in Ihis ga mc- The usual 13 N- K5 allows easy equal· 25 8 - N4 KA-Kl iz ing by 13 . .. N- Q2 ! Larsen cons.i den 14 8-02 ..... t he lext an important improvemen t. Gligo rich's move here (agains! Tah!) wa s 13 .... . N-02 the bad L4 B- N I. Wh ite ought to ad vance 14 KR-81 ... .. cou rageously: 14 P- K4! P- K4 15 P- Q5, N- Q5 levid..: ntly I. arsen's intent and t!w onl y 14 P- QN3 10 stop . , P- B5 3S Larse n good rcplYI 16 NxN, PxN 17 RxP, B- N3 played in Gaflle 6 is better. Iwhat Whlle might fearl 18 B- K3! 118 R 14 ..... P-851 Q 1? 8 - N5 ! , IhR 19 Bx B, N- Q2 20 1' 15 P-ON3 P-ON4 K5 ! as he obtains a supe rio r 1)05it ion with 16 Q- A5 .. ... his sacrifice o f the Exchange. The text secms 10 0 strong, but Black can 14 ..... 8-N31 hold eve rything. Now Ul ack has prevenled 15 P- K4. 16 .. . .. KR-Nt! 15 8 - Nl ..... 17 Px P . .... 26 R- 06! White prepares N- K4...... 11 P- QR4 allowS 17 .. . PxN P! At the cost of one Paw n, Ull important and 15 . . .. . P- K4 17 ..... NP xP doubled, Whit e simplifies to esc ape a mean 18 OR - Nl 0 -Ql 1 IS • .. U- N2 16 I' - QI~4 , N - Q I ~4! is attac k. As compensation, he ha s the Queen Whi te's Queo n exerts too great pressure. better and SCC Ufl) S an equal gam e. file, active piece play anli Ihe lik ely $.l lva tion So Blac k neutralizes it. of lIi s hop ~ of the opposite colors...... 19 OxOt Black s l a nd~ be ller on 16 P-Q5, N- R4 26 . .. . . O~P 28 A/ 1- 01 P- N5 20 N-Q21 ..... 17 U- 82, P- K5! 18 N- N5 , B- Kl\ 4. 27 OxQ P~Q 29 K- A2 This exccllell t positional move happens to 16 .. . .. N ~P Now 30 K- N3 is a Ihrcat. threaten P- K4 bUI aims for a blockade by 17 N- K4 N / 3 ~ N 29 ..... B- K5 N- QB3. 20 R- N7, R/Q- NI 2 1 RJ I- N1, 18 8 xN N- 8 3 30 R/1-Q4 8 - 84 8 -B4 is less effective, 3 1 A- QN6 Black joslle s the Bishop on K 5 while dis- ... .. 20 .. ... RIO- Nt couraJ;ing 1911 - N4. 21 RxRt R,R 19 N- N5 ... .. t = c h e c k; 1: = d b!. c heCk; § = dh. ~h , 22 N- Nl ..... CHESS REVIEW, AUGUST, 1968 253 The text is good, but 22 R-Nl to equalize Game 3 S B- NS 0-0 is more prudent. 6 P-K3 ON-02 22 .... . R-N7 An Easy Wi n. This game indicates an off 70- B2 . . . . . 23 N-83 N- N3 day for Portisch. This variation was very popular in the days 24 8-01 . . . . . of Capablanca. NIMZO-INDIAN DEFENSE White parries 24 . . . N- R5. 7 . . .. . P- KR3 Port isch Larsen 24 . . .. . B-84 88-R4 P- B4 1 P- 04 N-KB3 6 N- B3 P-B4 9 PxOP BPxP! 2 P- OB4 P-K3 The seeds of Portiseh's defeat lie here: 7 0-0 PxBP Black avoids the small handicap of an iso 3 N- OB3 B- NS 8 8xP N- B3 hypnotized by the apparently strong position lated Pawn after 9 ... NxP 10 BxB, QxB 4 P- K3 9 P- OR3 of his Rook, he begins to press. The text 0-0 8-R4 11 NxN, PxN J2 PxP. is to prevent trade of Rooks by 25 R-Nl. 5 B- 03 P- 04 10 0-03 P- OR3 24 ... K- BI -K2- Q3 to relieve his Knight 11 P- OR4 . . . . . 10 NxP .. . .. of protecting the Queen Pawn is correct. White co mmits a tempo loss only to weaken Not 10 QPxP, PxN 11 PxN, PxP. Now, 25 P-KR3 ..... his Quccnside. however, BlaCK gains equality. 25 B-B3, B-K3 26 B- Q I to hold equality 11 .. .. . B-02! 10 . . . .. NxP 12 8- K2 N-KB3 is better. 12 PxP 0 -K2 11 8xB Nx8 13 0-0 0-N3 13 P-K4 14 R/B- OT . . 25 . . . .. P-N3 • • • • • . . . 26 B-B3 B'-K3 White fails to sense dangcr. He ought to Or 14 N- R4 , Q- R4 15 P- QR3, B- Q2, etc. 27 P-N4 P- B4 try to draw: 13 Q- Q6, QxQ 14 PxQ, R/B- Q1 14 . . . . . 8- 02 17 K- Bl K-Bl The text creates a weakness which White's 15 R- Q I , B- Kl, and Black regains his Pawn 15 0-N3 a,a 18 R/R-Bl 8- Kl King can hit, via KB4. with good play: if 16 P- K4? BxN and 16 NxO R/B-Ot 19 B-B3 B-B3 NxP. 20 B, B N,B 28 K- N2 P- B5 13 .. .. . OxP This move loses, subtly. 28 . .. K- N2 14 8-K3 0 - R4 is correct. 15 B-B4 R/R- 8 1 29 PxP R- 07 Now 16 P-K5 is rebuffed by 16 . . . N QNSI7Q- K2 , Q-N5! 18PxN,QxB. 16 R/R-B1 KR - 01 17 B-KN3 Portisch errs gravely in a poor pOSitIOn. 17 Q- K2 and R/B-Ql is a must. 17 . ... . 8-Kl 18 0-N1 • • • • • White errs again and is lost. 18 Q- K2 has less ill effect. Now Black wins Pawns . .. 21 N- 85 . . . . . In this lifeless draw, Larsen starts to press. 21 RxRt and 22 K-K2 secures the draw and keeps Portisch's match position desperate. 30 R-K1! • • • • • White underestimates Black's use of the Queen Black expected 30 R- Ql, R- B7: but his Knight file soon to be opened. hopes are all reversed as though in a wonder 21 .. . .. RxRt 23 Nx NP?' R-ON I land while Larsen forccs a win with compo 22 RxR K-K2 24 N-06 ..... sition-like moves. 24 N-B5, Rx P 25 N- Q3, R- B7 26 R- Bl, 30 ..... B-82 R-Q7 27 R- Q1 is far safer. A second surprise. Black finds that 30 ... 24 .. .. . R,P K-B2 fails: 31 P- BS! PXP 32 PxP, BxP 33 2S N- B8t K- Kl INxP, RxQP 34 B- RSt ! K- Bl 35 R- K8t,etc. 26 R- 06 31 N-N51 P-R3 18 . . . . . N-05! 24 O-NS 0-07! White has counted on this move. Black has no adequate defense: 3 1 . .. 19 NxN R,B 2S B-B4 0-04 26 ..... N-K4 N- Bl 32 R-K5; 31 . .. RxRP 32 R- K7 ; or 20 N/4-K2 NxP! 26 N- 84 a,a Bu t Black's forces are better directed King 31 .. . K-Bl 32 P- B5! PxP 33 PxP, P-R3 21 N,N a,N R- 0 4 27 B,a ward than Wh ite's! 34 N- Q6, P-B6 35 NxB, KxN 36 R- K6! 22 N-06 R,R 28 N,B R,N P- B7 37 R- QB6. 23 OxR B- B3 29 B- 02 R,P 27 R-R6 32 N-06 RxOP . . . and the win is no problem. 27 NxP allows a better defense . 33 R- ON 1!! N-02 30 8 - B3 P-KR4 36 P-KR4 K- N3 27 . .... N-06 White's point in undermining Q5 appears 3 1 R- Ol R-KNS 37 R- K3 K- B4 28 N-06t K- B11 in 33 . .. P-B6 34 NxB! KxN 35 RxN, P-B7 32 P- KN3 R-ORS 38 R-K 1 P- ON3 36 R- QB6, R- QB5 37 Bxpt. 33 P- B4 K-R2 39 R- O l P-R4 34 R-N7 P-B6 34 R-K1 B- 04 40 R- Kl P- ON4 \ ' 35 R-B7 RxP 3S K- B2 P-B3 41 R- O l R- R7 36 Nx8 R-B5 Resi gns Or 36 . .. KxN 37 BxPt and 38 Rx P. 37 RxN !! P- 87 Game 4 38 N-K5 P- B8(0) A Gift from Larsen. A two-point lead too Or 38 . .. R-B6 39 NxP! RxB 40 R-QB7, little for Larsen who tries for a win by move R-B3 41 N-K7t, etc. 21 and ends by losing. 39 BxPt K- Bl 40 BxR 0-K8 ~U E EN'S GAMBIT DECLINED 41 NxPt Resigns Larsen Port isch HI spend fifteen years studyin g t he Ruy, and 1 P-084 P-K3 3 P-04 8-K2 all I ever get out of you is Pawn to Oueen t cheCk ; :I: db!. check; § = di s . ch. 2 N- 083 P- 0 4 4 N-83 N- KB3 Bishop fourl" 254 CHE SS RE YIEW, AUGUST, 1968 Or 28", K- K2 29 N/3-K4, On 16 R-BI, Black planned to give his PORTABLE ROLL UP 29 P-KR3 ..... Queen for a Rook and two pieces. DEMONSTRATION BOARD Whitc's Ki ng needs air. 29 RxP, RxPt 30 16 ... .. Ox8 18 N-85 B,N WITH TRIPOD and BASE K- NI, R- B7 and 29 Nj3- K4, NxN 30 NxN. 17 R-OB1 P- Q6! 19 RxB P- R3 P-B41ose for Whi te. 20 8 - Q2 R- Qst 29 .... , RxPt 20 .. . K- BI- N2 is an idea here. 30 K- N1 R-B7 21 RxRt ..... 31 N/3-N5 .. ... Now t he game is eq ual; 21 Q-Bl! poses 31 N/3- K4 is met by 31 .. , N-Q4 with serious problems for Black. White's King in peril either way. 21 ., . . , QxR 24 R- OSl K-Bl 31 ., .. , N-Q4 22 Q- N3 Q-87 25 RxP K- N2 32 R- R3 R-Q7 23 QxQ PxQ 26 K-B1 .... . 33 RxP ..... While fails to prevent the entry of Black's The rest is easy: 33 N- B4! continues the King with 26 P-KR4! stopping 26 .. P resistance, White expects only 33 . . . NxP N4. $0 Black obtains the initiative. 34 R- R8t, K- K2 35 R- R7t and a draw: 35 , .. K- B3? 36 N- K4t. 26 . . ,.. P- N4 30 N-Q4 8- N2 27 K- Kl K- N3 31 P-N3 P- QR4 33 " . , ' R-Q8tl 35 _RxPt K- Nl 28 R-B4 R-OB1 32 N- N3 P-R5 New heavy_duty Convenient tab 34 K-R2 NxP 36 P-QR4 .... . 29 RxR BxR 33 N- Q4 N- N3 leg design with closes legs in jIffy - Desperation. 36 R-B3 is met by 36 , , , 34 P- N31 Drawn 1' 11 11 up tab a N- B8t 37 K- N1, N- Q7§. no j uggling no fol ding 36 ..... R-07 Game 6 37 K-N3 RxPt 38 K-R4 ..... The Tartakover Defe nse Ho lds. This game is also a standoff. ltugged, stable leg con. Or 38 K- B3, N- K4t and 39., . NxR. ~tnletion, stays when set 38 . .... N- K4 QU EE N'S GA MBIT DECLINED Light weight, compact, with nOli _warp_ 39 R- N7 N- N3t Larsen Portisch Resigns ing metal roller. Convenient eanoying 1 P-Q84 P- K3 16 N- K5 R/B-81 (, ase. Height adjustable. No club can af_ 2 N-QB3 P- Q4 17 R/R- S1 N-K5 Game S rOI'd to be without one. The screen Is of 3 P- Q4 B- K2 18 0 - N2 N-Q3f durable vinyl, with bonded baclting: 4 N- 83 N- KB3 19 S- K2 N- 84! (over _aH size 40" x 41)"). Grey a nd white Standoff. Black fights to equality, even an 5 S-N5 0-0 20 8-03! N-Q3 Hqunres, 4 inches. Visible from distance. initiative, but draws, 6 P-K3 P- KR3 21 Q- R3 O- R2 No installing, Just set it up flnd use. 7 B- R4 P-QN3 22 8-K2 P- R5! SLAV DEFENSE 8 p,p N,P 23 PxBP NP xP Po rt isch Larsen 9 B,B Q,B 24 B-83 N-N4 1 N-K83 N-K83 7 8xP P- ON4 10 NxN P,N 25 Q- N2 p,p 2 P-B4 P-K3 8 8-03 8- N2 11 B- K2 8-K3 26 Q,P R/R-N1 Special Features 3 N- 83 P-04 9 P-K4 P- i:J 5 12 0- 0 P-QB4 27 SxPf N- Q5 Silhouetted ch essm en, r igid 13 Q- Q2 N-Q2 28 P,N R, Q 4 P- 04 P- B3 10 N-R4 P-84 plasUc, red and black - 5 P- K3 ON - 02 11 P-K5 N- Q4 14 P-QN3 P- QR4 29 B,B P,8 6 B- 03 PxP 12 0-0 ..... 15 B-N5f N- B3 30 P, R R-B2 readily visible - White is following an old line. Thc last 31 R,P Drawn PHOENIX CHESS CLUB CHESS CLUB OF ST. 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CHESS·CHECKER Timing Clocks Space Technology Center All Merchandise Reasonably Priced Valley Forge, Pennsylvania SPRINGFIELD CHESS CLUB SEND F'OR F'REE CATAL.OG Meets every Thursday, 7 PM at the RHODE ISLAND ADULT CHESS CLUa STARR SPECIALTY COMPANY No. III Empire Street AFL-CIO Hq, 221 Dwight Street 1529 South Noble Road, Provlrl~n"e. ::: prlnltflelrt. Mil 1l1l1l('hll!letts Cleveland Heights, Ohio 44121 Rhode Island 256 CHESS REVIEW, AUGUST, 1968 CHESS REVIEW', (1968) Tenth United State, Open POSTAL CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP The Twenty-first Annual Golden Knights THE current ed~tion of the GoJden ~nigh t s tournament is now under way, and entnes are acceptable unllJ November 30, 1968, It is con. ducted under CHESS REVIEW's Rules and Regulations for Postal Chess, ,... V ERYTHI NG YOU N EED to play as mailed with assignments, and with the special rules given below. t: ch ess by mail i s i n eluded In t he com· P e r Rule 1, a ll p lay m u s t b e f rom w ith in th e continent a l US A a nd Canada . plet e Po stal Ch ess K i t pr oduced by CH ESS R EVIEW f or the eon venlence o f To speed play for the first round , we group all the entries received post a l p layers. The kit contains eq uip. geographically so far as possible. Otherwise, entries are matched oIL ment an d station ery especially d esi gned for t he purpose. T h eile ai d s to Po stal into 7 man groups stricLly in the order of our receipt of their applica· Chess w ill keep your record. s t ra ight, tions, Qualifiers to th e later rounds are grouped likewise in order of h elp y ou t o av oid mistakes, f or th e fu ll est enjoyment In you r games by qualification (except multiple entrants) , but without regard to geography, mai I. In effect, the Golden Knights is an "open" tournament, without reo Contents of Kit ga rd to our rating classes so far as the entry goes. The ratings are calculat· O n e of t he most impor t an t i t ems in ed, however, quite as usua l. 'Ve "rate" all games in C H ESS REVIE W tour· the kit is the POll ta l Chen Recorder AI · bum _ t he great est a id to postal ch ess neys. It is an "open" toumam ellt because we cannot pretend to "seed" ever invented. T he six m in iat ure ches s candidates for a championship and because it gives the weaker players a set s i n t h i s album enab le you t o keep t rack of t he positions, move by move, chance to gain by experience against stronger ones. in a ll six ga mes of your seetlon. On the score.ca rds, s l.I pplied wi t h the a lbu m, you Special Rules for the 1968 Golden Kni9hts Tournaments. record the moves of the games. T he up COllsult th e following rules whenever 7 For compu llng Ihe total s co r o;~ tv de· to.d a t e s c o re o f ea Ch game fac es the cur· ally question arises a s to your chances termlne the d is tribution ot p rl ~e s. each gaUle rent pos ition. Score ·card s a re re m ovable . won In the (Irat round will be scored as I Whe n a game is fin ished, remo ve the old for qualifying to S emi·finals o r Fin als or poin t : each game won In the second rou nd c a rd and insert a new o n e. P rice " lone: for w eighted point sco r e, e tc. as 1.2 point,,: ea ch game WOn In the t lnal $5.00. 1 CHESS REVIEW's 21th Ann ua l GOld . round u ~ .S PolnlS. A dr-" "'n game will bt: en K nil;hts P osta l Cilellll Chm npionllhip "fou r. scored a ll halt ot thelle res pective amounts. T he kit a lso c o ntains 100 Move. Mail ing "ament Is open to a ll penons H"lllg hI the 8 In the case of ties , if IWO or mort! P o!:t Cards fo r sending mo ves t o y our cont inental Un ited Stales o f ,\meric;. tIo nd in fl ntlo ll.1". tie for firsl pla c". neh ievi" .: the Canud a, excep t CHESS IU::VIEW', em· , anle lOud IfCOre, as com llLHNi in H" Ie 7. oppon e n t s , ill Ch ess T y p e S tampin g O ut fit ployees. conlributing edilor, a nd member'll then Ihe first 2 or more pd"e,. w ill he I'''' fo r p r in t in g p osit ions on t h e mailing of Iheir fa mmes. s erved for Ihose fina llSlll a nd the prliites will cards, a Gam e S core P a d o f 100 she e t s 2. Any conte:aant who ellte "s Ihl' lon rna· toe awa rtled i n a ccorda nce wil h the lOCO " e~ for s u bmitti n g scores o f games t o b e a d · IIlent unde r a. pseudon)" m v r in the name of achl"'ed 10) ' them In a tie.t.reuk inl: malch or judicated or publis h e d , c om p le t e Instruc · a nothe r person will be d l"'III;,liOed. All u n · round· rol,i .. cOllIes t in whic h each COlllestant tio n s o n ho w t o play c h ess b y mall, an a c finished g ames o f Ihe d is PRIZE .. $150.00 Second Prize S100 Sizth Prize S40 Third Prize S80 Seventh Prize S30 Fourth Prize S65 Eighth Prize S15 Fifth Prize S50 Ninth Prize SlO Tenth Prize S15 65 Prizes - Eleventh to Seventy-fifth S5.00 each AND THE GOLDEN KNIGHTS EM'UMS! .<>~C>~ , SEVENTY-F IVE CASH PRIZES, amounting OPEN TO ALL CLASSES OF PLAYERS . , &.~ • to a total of $1000.00, will be awarded Even if you've never played in a competit ive event ' " ... .:~• :0 to the seventy-five players who finish before, yo u may turn out to be Golden Kn ights cham ... ,. ~ .... ,,. .. with top scores in the Twenty-first pion or a leading prize-willner-and, at least, you'll Annual Golden Knights Postal Cham have lots of fUll. FOI' all classes of postal players pionship now running; Entries accepted till the end compete together in this "open" Postal Chess event. of November, 1968 (mllst beu·r 1JOstmark of 110 t(lter Beginners