SEPTEMBER 1957
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Concentration vs. Attention I ]'emember seeing Showalter in a dislocations leads oHen to defea t. In Steinitz warned me against any pro· match game with Pillsbury brood 45 essence, this is the gambit principle. found concentration, saying he thought minutes ove]' a fonrth move. It was a Shrewd players employ it as a scheme fully organized attention a better habit. Ruy Lopez! Afterwards, there came the or sacrifice, 1I0t giving obviously but by Isn't it Abstraction that gets run over at explanation. "The cigar was good; and far-reaching abandonment. And the rloel-: street corners - even by hearses? I thought that long looking might un ticks fast in hard positions! Perhaps he was right. One very often cover some better move and sequel than 19 . . . . R-Q7 2~· R_Q2 P-R3 hears the post·mortem tale, "My mind those used ~ !" 20 R-KB1 R-K1 25 RxR R-K8t was so wrapped up in X, Y & Z that I Here was attention in total eclipse; 21 Q_ NS RxBP! 26 K-R2 Q,R quite missed the way to win - the very the clock was forgotten. 22 BxPt K_R1 27 Q-N4 ABC of chess!" Marshall I consider to And chess has suffered a great deal 23 R-Q1 QxB Resigns be endowed with great power of atten· from being thought ponderous and slow tion and of course tenacity to match. Inherently. It is not. This characteristic sufficiently accounts In Tarnapol Hospital for much of the silly lamentation that Blindfold chess won during the Wa\' he redeemed many a lost game by one of St. Petersburg Congress, 1913 [World War 1] by Alekhine and an in his ingenious "swindles," He goes on John McCutcheon, of P ittsburgh and dustrious Knight. playing till the whistle blows, despite undy ing fame for his research in the FRENCH DEFENSE broken bones - attentively. French defense, often said about opening A game for example. moves, "Not new, but old enough to be 1 P-K4 P- K3 8 N-K5 0 - 0 Lipschuetz, probably from over·concen new!" And what a good tune the new 2 P-Q4 P-Q4 9 KN _ B3 P-QN3 tration, misses a neat mate in 2 at his masters play Oil old, artful fiddles l:l:e 3 N-QB3 N-K63 10 B- Q3 B-N2 twenty-third tnrn. :J B-B4. ;) PxP N,P 11 0-0 R-K1 S N-K4 P-K64 12 P-B4 N-B3 British C. A. Congres5, 1886 RUY LOPEZ 6 N-N5 B-K2 13 B_B4 QN- Q2 VIENNA GAME Al e khine Bogolyubov 7 QN_B3 P- B3 14 Q-K2 P-B4 Zukertort Lipschuetz White Black White Black 1 P_ K4 P-K4 10 PxP Q,P 1 P_K4 P_K4 R,P Q-N4 2 N_KB3 N_QB3 11 N- B3 Q- K3t 2 N-Q63 N-Q63 13" R-65! Q-N2 3 B_N5 B-B4 12 K_ B1 Q-B5t 3 6- 64 6-64 14 RxP Q-N5 4 P-B3 KN - K2 13 K,-N1 0 - 0 4 P_Q3 P-Q3 15 Q-B1 N- K4 5 P-Q4 p,p 1~. P- Q5 R- Q1 5 N-R4 B-N3 16 R-64 Q-R4 6 PxP B-NSt 15 Q-K1 B_ N5 6 P_QB3 Q-63 17 B-N3 N/2- N3 7 B-Q2 BxBt 16 B_N3 Q- B5 7 N,B RPxN 18 B- Q1 B-N5 8 QxB P-QR3 17 PxN B,N 8 N-K2 KN-K2 19 RxB N,R 9 B-r.4 P-Q4 18 QxN BxB P 9 0 - 0 P-KN4 20 P-KR3 R-KB1 19 P- KR4? . . . . 10 P- B4? NPxP 21 Q-K1 N/3-K4 11 N,P P,N 22 PxN? NxNP
15 N_B7! K,N 17 P_KN4 B_K5 16 QxPt ! K- N3 11) N_R4 mate
t ong ago gone on, but deserving green mem::H'y is Sidney P . Johnston of Chi· cu.go. In 1900, Marshall beat him 7 to I). QUEEN'S GAMBIT DECLIN E D S, P. Johnston F. J. Marshall 1 P-Q4 P-Q4 8 B-Q3 P- KB4 2 P-QB4 P-K3 9 P-QR3 P- QN3 This is a good example of that I'e 3 N-QB3 N-QB3 10 R-QB1 ! B- N2 action which so usually folloll"s materia! 23 Q-N3?? R- KN1? N- B3 N-B3 11 p,p p,p gain. Time is spent upon chasing and '. 5 B-B4 B-Q3 N,P QNxP And Black scored finally but with 30 napping. The capture itself takes time; 6 B-N3 N-K5 13 B-QB4! NxNt more moves!! The reader will see why and this joined to incldent and unhappy " 23 R-·K.Nl is questioned, and ZUkertort's 7 P-K3 0-0 14 P,N N,B 23d double questioned. t == cheCk: :I: - db!. che<'k: § :::: dl~ . ch. \¥hite mates in four. CHESS A SMYSLOV INTERVIEW REVIEW 'H, "crUIIIIf eHUS ..... 0.. %1,., V olume 2f> Number 9 Septem ber, 19f>7 E DITED &. P U B LI SHED BY ,I. A. Hor owitz TABLE OF CONTENTS FEATURES Game of the Month ______• __ ._ 264 Horowitz Exhibitions ______258 H ow I w on the Eastern Seaboard i n_ t e rcollegiate Championship ______269 My B est Games ( Fine) _. ______266 DEPARTMENTS Ch essboard Magic ! ______265 Ch ess Caviar _. ______• _____ 267 Chess Club Directory ______262 Games from Recent Events ______279 On the Cove r ______• 260 Morphy Masterpieces ______271 Past Ma ste rpieces ______277 Posta l Chess ______284 Botvinn ik S myslo v Short H ist ory of Chess ______272 Solit a ire Chess ______278 T he Soviet Emba!l:-; r h a ~ released this mgs, I bcl ie\'e those in the 17th and 18th inte n ' ie \\' between HI1 ;;~l an mas tet· i\ Uk· Spottight on Openings ______275 games are of considerable interest, whe re· Those Darned Ro oks ______268 hail Ylldodch and the new World ChHm· as the 15t h game prol'ides a wealth of pion. Vasslly SmYl< lov. who recently won Tourna ment Cal endar ______263 mi dd le game combinations." the ti tle from i\l ikhaii Botvinllik. Wor ld of Ch ess ______259 Q: "At what moment, do yo u th ink, did You Too Can Be Brill ia nt (Quiz) 274 Ihe match tu rn in your favo r?" l\"!ikh ai l Yud (wi ch. IlI le rnati ona l Chess A: "T he results of the fi rst half uf the EDITOR .\laster. recentl y paid a visit to Grand· L A . Horowitz lournament we re favorable to me ami add· master V a s~ il y Smyslul". the World Chess EXECUTIVE EDI TO R cd Iu my con fid ence. Aft er the 12t h game, Jack Strale y BatteH Cham lJiull and askt: d him a few questiun s : CONTR IBUTING EDI TORS I held onto the lead till the very end." Q: " What is yonr "pilliun T HE R ENEWAL of a transcontinental tonr, after a lapse of nearly a dozen years, yields a fresh look at the contemporary scene. Old stamping groLmds and old faces have disappeared, superceded by the advent of new locales and eager, starry-eyed urchins, vying for their places in Caissa's ever-rising sun. From coast to coast - New York to Texas to California, returning via a north wardly circuitous route to New Eng land - the game goes marching 0 11 . Popularity is on an upsurge, while ability, perhaps in a more modest 25 Q- B4 Q- K3 2!! RxRt Q,R wa y, keeps apace. Here and there, a touch of hypermodernism and the 26 BxR Q- R6t 30 B_ B6 Q-B2 27 K.- N1 R,B 31 K _ N2 Q-Q3 latest refinem ents in opening technique crop up, and sometimes come a 28 R_ N 8 R_QB1 32 R_ K 1 Resigns cropper, wh ile th e run-of-the-mill debuts are still dec ided by the same old sleazy tricks and traps and comb in os. Vulner a ble .. . K- B2. SICILIA N DEFE N SE Here are a few samples from the sim ultan eous exhibitions, held Horowitz J ohn Corsiglia during 1956-7. 1 P_K 4 P-QB4 7 B- QB4 0 _0 2 P_QB3 P- Q3 8 Q_ K2 N-QB3 A short short. 21 P-B5 N- B1 24 N-K 4 B- K2 3 P_Q4 p,p 9 P_ KR3 P-K4 BISHOP'S OPENING 22 R_Q7 P-QN3 25 B-R3 R- K 1 4 p,p N_ K B3 10 B_ K 3 R-K1 23 P- B6 R-Q1 B,B N,B p,p p,p Horowitz A m ateur 26 5 N_QB3 P- KN 3 · 11 27 N- Q6 Resigns 6 N_ B3 B- N2 12 R_Q1 N- Q2 White Black 1 P-K4 P-K4 6 0 - 0 B_K2 2 B- 84 N- K83 7 Q- R5 0 - 0 3 P- Q4 p,p 8 R_ K 1 N_ K B3 Tainted Pawns. 4 N_ KB3 P_Q3 9 Q_ K 2 R_ K1 F RE NCH DEFENSE 5 N,P N,P 10 B_ KN 5 QN- Q2 H orowib : Jay Mar t i nson 1 P- K4 P- K3 13 N_ B5 B,N 2 P- Q4 P- Q4 14 Q' B N- Q5 3 N- Q2 P- QB4 15 N x N B,N 4 PxBP B,P 16 B-Q3 B, P 5 N- N3 B_ N 3 17 QR- N1 P- KN3 6 p,p p ,p 18 Q-B3 B- K 4 7 N- B3 N_ KB3 19 R,P BxPt 8 B- N5t N_ B3 20 K _B1 B_ K4 13 BxPt K,B 17 Q- N8t B_B1 \ 9 N/N-Q4 B- Q2 21 R- K1 KR_K1 14 Q-B4t K-B1 1B N,P R- KB2 10 0 - 0 0 - 0 22 P- N 3 B_Q5 15 N- K NS R-K2 19 N,B N-K2 11 B- N 5 Q_ K2 23 KR- QN1 N-Q2 16 B-QBS K-K1 20 B, N Q,B 12 Q- Q3 Q- Q3 24 B-N5 N_ K 4 21 NxP§ Re s igns 11 BxPt K,B 12 N-K6 Resigns T he S eventh Rank. C E N T ER COUNTER DEFE N SE Hor ow itz A mateur 1 P-K4 P_Q4 11 N_ K 5 B,B 2 Px P N_ KB3 12 QxB 0 - 0 3 P- Q4 N,P 13 QR- Q 1 Q-B2 4 P-QB4 N-N3 14 R~Q3 QR-Q1 5 N- KB3 B-N5 15 KR- Q1 P- B4 6 B_ K 2 P- K 3 16 p,p Q,P 7 0_0 B- K2 17 N_ N4 R,R n N- B3 P- QB3 18 R,R N,N , P_QN3 Q N- Q2 19 Q,N Q- KN4 10 B_ N2 N- B3 20 Q,Q B,Q T he Maestr o fac es a starry·ey ed urch in on t our. It is not too early by any means f or son. It t ak es co ns iderable t ime t o a r w riting about t he prospects of hold_ rang e "bookings" i n appr op riat e order i ng a si m ultaneous exhibition at y our f or t h e t ransco ntinental t our. So ex club q uar t ers during t he 1957_8 sea. pedite a rran gement s by i nqu iring now. 258 CHESS REVIEW, SEPTEMBER, 195 7 CHESS Vol. 25, No.9 REVIEW SEPTEMBER, 1957 'H, P,t'"Qf CHUS MA CO A" " ' INTERNATIONAL World J unior Chess Championship The world juniur chess championship held at Toronto this year finished really after CHESS RE\' I~W had gone to press (as did the US "Open," p. 260) so that we can give only "highlight" treatment. The US representative, William Lum bardy, scored a smashing triumph, win Iling everyone of his games, clinching first place with a round or two to spare and bringing home 11 superb trophy. His start was delayed because of the late ar rival of the representative from the Soviet Union, hut nothing else hindered his 11·0 score. Second was the West German player. Mathias Ceruse! of Bonn, who scored 9·2. Alexander Jongsma of Amsterdam placed third for Holland, 8%.2%. And the Rus sian player, Vladimir Selimanov of Mos cow came in fourth at 8-3. in current ne ws a re Samuel Reshevsky (left) and William L"m;;;'d, Others placed as follows: Lieut. Rodolfo staged such a close match last summe r . Reshevsky j ust won a match from USCF Cardosa of Manila, Philippines, 6%4%; Champion A rthur B. Bisguie r (see p. 228, August issue) and is about to engage Ralph Hallerod of Gothenberg, Sweden, Donald Byrne in another_ Lombardy led the US team in t he in ternational "st u_ 5-6; Francois Jobin of Quebec, Canada, d e nts'" team tournament and late r won the World Junior Chess C hampionsh ip: 4V2 -6%; Jorge Aldrete of :Monterrey, Mex· both the latter events are discussed on this page_ ico, 4-7: rimo om Makelainen of Hel sinki, Finland, 3%.7%; Bernard Rabino of Hungary, each L)-4. finished in a tie to 4 were as follows: William Lombardy, and qualified, along with witz of Cape Town, South Africa, 21h-8Yz; for second, 7-5; Edmar lVlednis, 7Yz-5Y2; Arthur Ibrahim Bahgat of Cairo, Egypt, 2-9; and Pachman, for the Intcrzonal next year. Feuerstein, 5%·5Y2; Anthony F. Saidy, Peter Bates of Toronto, Canada, 1%-9%. Fourth place went to 1. Schmid of Ger 8V2-3Y2. The American reserve, Robert Special prizes were awarded to Lieu!. many, who incurred no loss but drew Sobel, scored 2Jh-l¥2. Total team score nine times 12% - 4~~ . Cardoso for the best played game, and to tally The event was 31 -21. was the most important thus far. heid to Jobin fo r honorable mention in the The Russians, as expected, easily won in Ireland, same category. Thc awarding of the Nor first by 43%·8Y2, with ]VL Tal and B. man Vincent Trophy for the winner of Spassky, both grlmdmasters, manning the Good Fight by Americans top boards. Bulgaria, somewhat surpris the most brilliantly played game has nol Fifth position was gained by the Unite.d yet been announced. ingly, placed second with 37-15, closely States team in the international students' followed by Czecho-Slovakia, 36-16, and Lombardy met the top-scorers in the fol ehampionshipat Reykjavik, Iceland. The lowing order: Cerusel in the third round. Hungary, 34%-17%, American~ started poorlv against the and win ning with Black in 18 moves; Czecho-Slovakian quartet (headed by that International Match Results Selimanov in the postponed game, after perennial student. Dr. :\Iiroslav Filip), In recent European matches, Scotland round foul". in 40 moves, as Black in a but lost thereafter only to Bulgaria and edged Ireland by 4Yz-3¥2, and East Ger f{uy Lopez; Jongsma in the 5th round, Russia while beating sel'en teams and many downed Denmark by HY2-8Yz. as Black in 34 moves; Cardoso in the 7th hreaking even with three. Individual Larsen, the Danish ace, dropped two round, after adjournment. as Black in a scores by the American lads on Boards 1 games to Uhlmann on first board. Sicilian Defcnsc. Peerless Pachman Is published monthly by Subscription Rates : One year $5,50, two 250 ,Vest 57th Street, years $10.50, three years $15 .00, wor ld-wide. Once again a zonal affair was captured Printed in U . S. A. Re- Change of Address: Four weeks' notice re by Ludek Pachman of Czecho-Slovakia, entered matter August 7, quired: P lease furnish an address stencil 1941, New York, N. Y., Impression from the wrapper of a recent \Vho wen ! undefeated through his sched under , 1879. issue. Address changes cannot be made with_ dIe as he turned in a handsome 14Yz-2Yz General 57th Street, New out the old address as well as the new one. York 19, K. Y. Sales Department (Room UnSO li cited manuscripts and photographs victory in the Dublin Zonal Tournament. 1329) open daily 9 to 6 p, m.-Saturdays w ill not be returned un leu accompa nied by S. Gligorich of Yugoslavia and P_ Benko 'from 2 to 6 p. m . Telephone: Circle 6-8258. ret urn postage a nd self -addressed envelope, CHESS REV IEW, SEPT EMBER , 19$1 259 UNITED STATES Triumph at Fourteen! Bobby Fischer of Brook lyn has WUll the USCF "Open" a t fourteen yCllrs of age! If he d id nul exaclI)' ~wee l' lhe tou rnament - fi rst repurt s 11i1d his 10-2 tie wilh A T IllU r B. Bisguicr. the natiunal c ha mpion. bruken in lhe la lter's fav ur. lind Arthur learned uf the actuul ont come onl)' after a rrj\·jng hack a t New Yurk - Boh is con· ceded 11.1 hal'C played the hardest sclu::dule in the 12 rd. SW i 8~ System ust:d. Fischer drew with H. Pilschuk (Lukc"'·oo E NCANTO CHESS CLUB CASTLE CHESS CLUB LONDON TERRACE CHESS CLUB Tbe Den C l ndia n ..-O ctober 19_20 4th annual Fort Wayne Ope n at Fort Wayne YM CA, World F riendship Hall : 5 rd 5 S T mt, controlled pairings 1st round, 3 rd Oct. 19,45 m oves per 1% hours, ad judication a fter 3 hours : EF $5 : SS 50%, 30% & 20% of prize fund or 60% of total EF. Bring selS, clocks. For further informa tion, write W. R. Shuler, 3025 Winle r Street, F ort Wayne 5. Ind iana : Yi\ICA room reservations: O. H. Beyers, Y!\-ICA. 226 East Washington Bl vd., Fort B. Willia m S t einbe rg of New York spotted t his outdoor chess layout (t w o, in fact ) Wayne, Indiana. on the lawn of t he Desert H ills Mot el, P hoenix, A ri .1! ona, says he enjoyed playing For be nefit ot our readers, these It em. a nd t he Arizona sun simultaneously. out·alzed, o ut doors c hess l et ups a re not are printed It reported by authorized off i_ uncommon ; but, if passin g throug h 'P hoenlx, you might look this o ne up. cial' a t le u t two month. In adva nce. CHESS REVIEW , SE PTE MBER, 1951 263 An outsta nding reee nt gam e, annotated by a fa moul International Grandma s ter. by DR. MAX EUWE CHESS LUCK Luck plays a pa rt in chess. Dr. La sker once stated that the good players often have luck and the poor pla yers nU'ely but how fo rmidably he had to play in ord er to have that luck was very little kno,vn to his contemporaries. In o ll r times, Heshevsky is a ;.player who has con verted many a seemingly hopeless game into victory. Like Lasker, Heshevsky does not gi ve up easily and rema ins attentive to the end. This characteristic, together with rare resourcefulness, part icularl y under time pressure, has often been sufficienf to convert a lost position for him into victory. Nonetheless, bad luck does occur. The West German players, for instance, in the latest zona l tour /laments, all end ed half a point short of qualifyin g for the Interzonal. The Hamburg player, Pfeiffer, Dr. Max Euwe in Sofi a sha red first place with Dr. M. Filip until pl~yel's . T."<:Il'S en, Olafsson, Uhlmann, Cla rke, is he lost to th e latter, ending as fifth, behi nd Sliwa, stronger than in th e other zon al tournaments. Da rga Neyki rch and Matanovich. Lotha r Schmid in Dublin i~ welt schooled, both theoretically and practically, ended behind Pachman, Benko and Gligorich , j ll st and has enough international experience to cope suc insufficient. And Mrs. Rinder in the lad ies' zonal cessfully with the demands of such a difficult tour· in Venice came out likewise only one half.point short. nament. As a resuh , all West German hope is centered ill The fo llowing game is typical of his style. In a Klaus Darga who will represent Germany this fall ill relatively quiet opening, Darga re·acts at once to take the zonal tournament at Wageningen, Holland. Un adva ntage of a somewhat fan cy move by his opponent, doubtedly, Darga belongs among th e favorites even ca ptures a Pawn with a few fi ne maneuvers and win s though the competiti on, particularly from th e youn ger th e end.game. QU EE N'S GA M BIT DECLI N ED 6 B- N5 • • • • M ore consequent ' Is 8 .. . N - B2: but. ( Exe h;l nge Variation ) T he lasi move gIves l)rO bably some after 9 P- K3, N-K3 10 D- R4, P- KN3 11 K . O;lrga J . H . Donne r what be tter cbances tha n 6 8-B4. P- B3 B-Q3, N-N2 12 N- K5. Wh ite hal! the better g a me. West Germany Holland i Q- D2, P- KN3! 8 P- K 3. B-KB'I 9 B -Q3. 9 P- KS B_KB4 White Black BxB 10 QxB, QN-Q2 11 P- h"'R3. N-'BI with comple te equality ( KOlov-Stahl 10 B_Q3 N-K5 1 P- Q B4 N_KB3 Black's la st JeK ds to decisive d ls ad vKn· 2 N_QB3 P_K 3 berg, !Challenge l·s TO\H'n a ment, Z\Il·ich . by 3 K N_B3 P_Q4 1953). lage, though no means obvIously so. Correct Is sImpl y 10 . . . DxB 11 QxB. Another good move Is 3 . . . P- B4 : e.g" 6 . . . . P- B3 7 Q-B2 N_R3 W hite then s till has It somewhat be ller 4 P- KN3, P-QN 3 5 B~N2 , B--'N2 6 0 -0, garne a s J J .•• N - K 5 cannot be played. B-!K2 7 P- Q4. PxP 8 QxP, N - B3 9 Q- B4, In s evera l variatlons, this K night is due to J2 N :trN, winn ing It Pawll. 0 -0 10 IR- QI. Q- N l ! with an equal game. not well post ed on R3, as w!ll be seen 11 BxB Qx B 4 P_Q4 B-K2 lnte.·. Preferabl e II! 7 ... P- K N3 a t Seem ingly. Dtac k is over the dlfflcul· Thus, t here results t he well k nown once: e.g., 8 P-K3, B-- K B ~ 9 D- Q3, BxB pos ition of tbe Orthodox Defe nse to th e 10 QxB, 0 -0 11 BxN ! DxD 12 P-QN4. ties. 12 BxQN g Ives 11 0 edge, because of Queen's Gambit. T he more usual move P-QN4 13 LP-QR4. P xP . a nd Black has a 12 ... N- D4! wh lle. upon 12 N xP, PxN here is 4 ... P- B4: e.g., ;) BPxP, N x'P sa t lsfac LO IY game (Szabo-Ffllp. Mos cow, )3 B xQN . Blac k's 13 . .. N - N6 is s trong. (stronger tha n 5 . .. 'BPxP 6 QxP, P xP i 1956) . (See d iagra m . l OP o f ne x t eolu m n) P- K 4! ) 6 P-K 3, QN - B 3, with a good 8 P-QR3 P_KN3 game for Blac k. 12 P- K N4! . . . . 5 ? x ? ?x? t cheek; :I: :::: db\. ehe.ck: f :::: dla. eh. A disagreeable su rprise for Bl ack. The 264 CHESS REV IEW, SEPTE MBER , 1957 15 NxQBP. NxN 16 QxN, Q- K5! in each case, Black has a good game. 15 . , . . Q-N2 15 . , . Q-Q3 amounts to much the same thing as the text, and. on 15 .. . PxN? 16 Q- B6t wins the EXehange. 16 QxPt QxQ 17 NxQ QR- B1 18 N/5-K7 .... More accurate is 18 QR- BI: e.g.. 18 .. B-Q2 19 P-B3, HxN 20 RxR, BxR 21 PxN, BxN 22 PxB. K -Q2 23 K- Q2, K-Q3 Position after 11 , , , QxB 24 R-QBl, KxP 25 R- B7, with a won end-game. 18 . . . . R_B2 text move leuds to difficult complieu· 19 NxB P,N tions, resulting in aIt end·game in White's favor. From noll' on, White has no difflcul· ties. After 19 .. ' RxN 20 N-N3, NxN 21 12 , . . . RPxN, R- B7, White stili has a diftleult Ot' 12 . .. NxN 13 PxB, N~N4 (not 13 end·game. Best appears Lo be 22 0 - 0 .. N-K5? 1-1 BxQN, PxB 15 QxPt and with such continuations as 1 ) 22 . . , White wins) 1-1 N~K5! with gre at advan· RxNP? 23 KR- Nt, RxRt 24 RxR, with tage for \Vhfte who threatens sacrificial decisive advantage: 2) , .. K-Q2 23 KR- continuations 011 QB6 and KN6. 131, RxNP 24 R-B5, and White must win No. 1 By F. Amelung 13 N_ K5 .... in the long run. ""hite draws The point: with the double attack on 20 QR-B1 R-N1 King Knight and Ilisholl, White l'ecap 21 P-B3 , . . . lures the Pawn with advantage, 13" •. B_ B4 Other Ii0Ssibilities are: 1) 13 , .. NxN 14 QxN! B- Q2 (fol'Ced) 15 BxN, PxB 16 ~'xQBP, Q-R5 17 N~K5, and White re tains the advantage because of Black's weak Pawn formation; 2) 13 , . . B--Q2 14 NxB, and White wins against 14 ... NxN 15 N-K5 (15 , .. N-N4 16 NxQ'BrP!) or gets a great advantage with 14 .. , QxN 15 NxN, PxN 16 BxN, PxB 17 The saving grace. QxKPt or White ge ts good chances fo r attack, in the course of which the Rook Pawn is captured on 14 . .. KxN! 15 No.2 By Or. A. W. Galitzky One more cute finesse. 'Seemingly, :-l"xN, PxN 16 BxN. PxB 17 R-QBl. White draws Black can obtain countet'· chances with 14 BxQN PxB 21 . , . N- N4 (22 K- K2, N-R6!). There NOlI- 14 , " N- D4 fails against 15 B-QS. [ollows, howevel', 22 P-Kl{-]! after which Black stated latel' that he had thought 22 .. ' NxPt fails again;;t 23 K-K2, R-N3 14 . , . P-D3 sufficient here. But ii does 24 P-Q5. not appear to work out: e.g.. 14 . . . 21 . . . _ R- N3 P-B3 15 Q-N3! (less convincing is 15 22 P-Q5 N-Q3 NxBP, PxN 16 NxN, BxN 17 QxPt , K- B2 18 0 - 0. QH- QNl 19 Q- B3, B-B6! with Black's last is foreed because of 1) ' counter.play fOl' Black) for now White 22 , ' . N-N4 23 P- K\{·I! as in the pt:e· yious note; 2) 22 . .. N-B3 23 P - Q6, lms 1) 15 ... N- Q3 16 BxP, QxB 17 QxQ, NxQ 18 NxQBP, P-QR1 19 P-'N4 with a R- BI 24 K- D2 with the decisil'e threat of 25 N-K5! won end·game; 2) 15 . . . PxN 16 Bx:P, O-{) 17 B:.:P! with material plus: 3) 15 23 K_ B2 R-R3 25 R-R2 R- N2 ... B- Bl 16 NxQP! QBPxN 17 B-N5t, 24 P- KR4 P-R4 26 K-N3 . . , . K-Bl 18 QxQP and a winning game. White's King now enters into Black's The right level" wl1l move the world. position, breaking up all resistance. 26 . . . . R-N6 No.3 By W , von Hoizhauzen 27 K-B4 P-A5 White cll'aws 28 N-Q4 Resigns 15 NxQP! , . . . Again, a SUrprising continuation. The aliernatives, moreover, hold little prom· He who checks first checks best. iSe: e.g., 1) J5 NxN, QR-BI (16 NxQBP? BxN 17 NxQ, RxQ, and Black wins); 2) Solutions on page 287. CHESS R~VIEW, SEPTEMBER, 19S1 265 By REUBEN FINE XVI. GIVE AND TAKE 26 .... P_R3 28 KR_B1 R/ 2_Q2 27 R_B5 B_ N4 29 P-R3 ... Mastel' chess frequen tly becom es a nerve-racking struggle. There is no easy way to victory; yet, if a sligh t advantage exists one feels one ought to make the most of it. Freq uently, such games are decided by bl unders, and the winner is con sidered " lucky." Actually, it is more a question of setting up a lon g seri es of problems, wh ich the opponent ca n not always solve. In the fo llowing game a ga inst Keres, 18 Q-63 P-QN4 r k ept all tryi ng u ntil h e made a m is take. Zandvort, 1936 RETI OPEN I N G 29 .... R_N1 P. Keres R, Fine 30 QxR ... \Vhite Black Here ,.vil ite ll'a n svo s e~ to a ll emli::" 1 N-KB3 P-Q4 which is drawn with best pIny, 2 P-B4 p,p 30 , , . . QxQ 32 RxQt K _ R2 3 P-K3 . . . . 31 R-BBt QxR 33 B_N4 P_ K R4 A tame continuation. Keres is fre Black hopes to get . P-H~ , que ntly content with a l'aOlel' passive Jll • ' ' v role as White. 34 P_ R4 • • • • 3 . _ . . N-KB3 5 0 - 0 P-B4 Best. 19 Q_ N3 · , , . 4 BxP P_K3 6 P_Q NS . . 34 . .. . P- K4 36 K-N3 B- Q6 . . Stronger is 19 N-N6. after which t he 35 K - R2 K_N3 37 R-B6 R- N2 Better is 6 P-Q~ , trans pos ing to the follow ing sha rp line Is Black'S best: 38 8-83 , Qu een's Gambit Accep ted. 19 ... Rxll 20 RxR, P- K-t ! 21 Nxll, . . . 6 . , , . N_B3 QxN 22 BxP. P xP (if 23 R- B7? Q- K3) W h ite threate ns 39 DxP , 7 B_N 2 P_QR3 with equality. 39 . . . . B- N4 B_ K2 8 P- QR4 19 , . , . P-B3 40 R_ B8 K- B2 41 P-B3 20 B_N6 · , . . • • • • \Vhite loses a Pawn i n exchange fol' W h ite a ims to a llow h is K ing to get Bishops of o pposite colors. Her e 20 N- to the Queen-side if the Hool{!; a re ex· N 6 fai ls altogethe r against 20 . . , RxH changed. Black, however , now s ees a 21 IlxR, P- K4. possibility on t he seventh ranI" 20 .... Q- K1 40 . , . . B-Q2 42 R_Q B8 R-Q2 41 R-R8 B-N4 43 K_B2 R-Q8 44 R-B7t K - N1 Black h as a lready equalized. 9 N_ K5 N_QR4 10 P_Q4 . , , . To r etr eat 10 B-K2 leaves the Queen K night P awn under continual attack. 10. , , , N xB 13 N- K5 B-K1 11 NxN 0-0 14 R- B1 PxP 21 N_Q6 ... 12 QN-Q2 B_Q2 15 BxP N- Q2 If instead 21 P xP, Black has 21 Black removes t he last ba rrier to fu ll I3 xP wit h a strong initiative, 45 P_ N4! freedom for h is pieces. 21 , , , , BxN 23 PxP B,P · . . . Curioll sly, this is the s t rongest de 16 N xN 22 QxB 24 B_B5 R-KB2 fense, a lthough even if it wer e not, it 17 N-B4 , , White's in it iative soon pete rs Ollt. . . wou ld suit Keres ' temperament best. If White hopes to m a ke some thing of 25 B- R3 R_Ql inst ead 45 R-B8t, K - R2 46 H- Bi with the hole at QN6, but it h as no real 26 Q-N6 · . . . the idea of playing B- N4- B8, Black hM m eaning. Of COll rse not 26 Qx:RP, I3- N·1. a neat win in 46 , . . R- QB8 4i B- R5, 17 • , . R_ B1 t :::: check; ~ :::: db!. check; ~ :::: dis, eh, R- BSt 48 K-N3, R- QR8 49 D-N·1 , R- R7 !! 266 CHESS REVIEW, SEPTEMBER, 1957 50 B- BS, K - N.I!! 51 fixP, B- DS 52 11 - Ul! HxPt 53 K - US, RxB~ 5,1 l{x'D, H- QH2 with a won Ro ok and Pawn ending, 45 , , , , A-Bst 46 K-N2 . , , . The fata l mistake: wi l h -11i K - N 3! While co uld still d l'aw. If then ~Ii ... I P- K5, there hs lhe hidden reSOllr(:e of n PxKP: PxP ~ 8 P-K5~ It- DS t ~ 9 K; J 12 P-Q4 B-N2 17 N_R3 A-K5 13 QxN/ 4 N- Q6 18 P_K84 B-A5 16 Q_NS! N-A4 14 Q- N4 NlIB 19 P_KN3 B-KB3 17 B_B6 Aesigns 15 AII N B-N4 20 Q A_KI1 BIIPt ! 50 , ' , , 8-88! 16 A- KBI R-K1 Au igns YU90slav Championship, 1957 T he winning idea : m ack I)i a),s for Artel' 21 PxB, QxBt 22 K- JU , mac k A master rall s Into 1\ classic trap! mate . has a mu rderous {lisco l'ered ~ h ec k w hich 5 ' R-B6 K-B2 wins Whlie's Queen, PHILI DOA'S DEFENSE 52 P-K4 , , , , Mat u lovich T omov iCh After the exchanges, 52 U ; -Going back to where we started (see And now he continued with;; . , P-B~, page 19 4, J uly issue) , that remote passed leading only to the exchange of t hat Pawn on the Rook file is a real prob· once proud Qneen Hook Pawn a.nll the lem child of t he e nd·game . See ms that, Bishop Pawn for the t\\'o White Pawns. if yOll pus h it to the seventh, the oth er a nd Black was left with a sole Rook fellow often has time to get his King Pawn with which he was unable to win. nicely placed, and yours can't escape The opposing King was too near. t hos e Hook checks . And, if you don't push One of t hose "comedy of elTOrS " a t lhe P awn sometime, you won't conver t ,,"hieh old J~z c q u es :Mieses was so fond it into a winner. or pointing. "Chess," as Alvin G. Cass was wont t o T her e is still a bit of instructive lllay remark at critical junc tu res. "is a very after the original position if Black doesn't difficult game." check with the Hook after trying the The a nswer s ee ms to lie in taking time bum steer with his Pawn. These Plastic Chessmen are made of off t he clock in taking a good look durable T enHe and molded in the basic 'round the board before staking all on Staunton pat tern. Sturdy and pra ctical, that crucial pu sh. they are made in three sizes : Tourna · This lesson of the Hook Pawn was ment S ize with 5" King, for use on 2% learned once aga in last yeaz' by a cheer or 2';4~ squares; Standard S ize in 2-see ful character named Shaw who was play· tion case, with 2*" King, for use on ing in one of the minor tourname nts of 1% to 2 %" squares; Stud ent S iz e with the Devon Chess Associfztion Congress at 2%" K ing, for us e on 1 72 to 1 *''' s quares. Paignton. in [he West of E ngland. It All sizes are weighted and felted, avail gave me another chuckle, and the ki b· able in Black & Ivory and Red & Ivory_ itze rs from the top tournament tricllled (See Studen t Size above.) down the hall to chuckle, too. No. 70-Student S ize ______$ 4.50 R. W . Shaw No. 71 -Same but in Red &. Iv ory_$ 4.50 No. 80-Standard S ize ______$ 6.50 2 . . . , P- R4 No. 81- S ame b ut In Red &. Ivo ry_$ 6.50 No. 11 0_Tourna ment S ize ______$1 9.50 3 P xP t . . . . No. 111-Same but i n Red &. Ivory $19.50 Naturally, 3 P-85t , K- N-l 4 P xP (or 4 R- KN7t. K- HS), R- llSt loses for White. 3 . . . . KxP Now 4 K-N2, K- N5 5 R- R4, P-B-I! 6 CHESSBOARDS K- R2 , K- B6 lugs White into Zugzwang, Bul a little finesse makes things safe. 4 R-R5t! P-B4! Or 4 . . . K-HG 5 K- N2, K- N5 6 P- B5 ! 5 K_ N2 K-N5 6 R_R4 . . , . Or, J , E. Cr eed White still has to be wary of pitfalls mack thought that no\\" was the time as Black still has a shot in his locker : fo r all good men to push that Rook Pawn, trying to "triangulat e" his King on KR4 \Vhite ca nnot get his King to either or and KR5 : e.g., 6 . . . K- R5, hoping for 7 the safety squares; anti, if he plays it K- R2, K- R4 8 K- N2? K- N5! Zugszwang. down to the second r ank to avoid the Or 6 • . . K - R4 7 K- R2? K- R5! 8 K- N2, impending check, there comes the old K-N5 ditto sock dolagez' of .. . R-R8 (and . . . R- R7t To draw, \Vhite must pl'oteet t he Pawn to follow) . and h is vital K BS, by covering tbe P awn THESE standard weight folding boards 1 • • • • P-R7 with h is Rook only when it is attacked are of excellent quality, about :J,8" thick. Shaw leaned back. Had he seen wha t by t he opposing King and with his own Outside cover ing and playing surfa ce was coming, he'd have played ] ... Ring opposed on KN2. are black, dice-gr ain cloth. Im presse d P - R4! before leaning back. An aside: (revel't to the last diagram) dividiug lin es between buff and bla ck Creed, who, besides being a Dodor of on 2 .. . P- IH 3 PxPt, KxP 4 R- R 5t squares. Embossed covers. Music, knows a bit about end-game (l,ee ping Black 's King off as long as No. 221 -1% " squares ______$1 .75 themes, played on (Joker, faced. possible), I{- N3 5 K- N2, P-l\4 6 K- R2, No. 222- 1% " squares ______$ 2.00 2 K-B3! R- BBt P-R5 7 K-N2, P- RHt 8 K- R2. White can No. 223- 2Vs" squares ______$3,00 3 K-N 3 ! . ' .. now give up his Pawn and play h is Rook (0 Now Creed leaned back. But Shaw \HI S the back rank; for , as we know, EXTHA heavy fo lding board, de luxe shaken by t his move. He leaned forwa rd . Blaek's King can never find s helter from quality, double-weight 1,4" t h ick. If Black promotes now, \Vhite mates i n checks if he moves down t o release his No. 204-2!4" squa r es ______$7 .50 two by P-B5t and R- K'N7 . Rook from IJrotecting t he Quee n Rook Desperate now, Black cheek ed again P awn (see page 194, J uly issue), andagafn to break the mate threat, bui Which, as reported, is th e little lesson I learned a t Paigntoll. Send for complete catalog of eqUipment White's King held on t o his rival's flight square. But those darne d Rook e ndings! Now try 5 .. . K- N3 (ins tead of .. . K- N5) and 3 . , R-NBt . . swing t he King against White's Rook! MA IL Y OUR OR DE R T O 4 K-R4 R- RBt Then the K ing can hit Whit e's Pawn 5 K -N3 . , . . CHESS REVIEW from K4 or K3, a nd probably win. 'Try it! 250 West 57th Street, New York 19, N. Y. t check; :I: dbl. check; § :::::: dIs. ch , Now I'm coming u p for a il'! 268 CHESS REVIEW, SEPTEMBER , 1957 How I Won the Eastern Seaboard Intercollegiate Chess Championship by Robert Brill rn my days at the Universit y, I IUld a "'n le fOll rtil move! " exclaimed our vi si· "This Imt! me in Inind ." I continued, friend named "'ele.-son PIlII.:. . a ratller tor wi th apparent alarm. " Pelerson, how "of a game I played nol lung ago wi th a macahre pre.medical slU dent who chiefl y could it ha ppen? You are nol a novi ce." Cerman astronomer aboard the Ile de Ilelighted in slipping the Ilrivy paris of "No," replied my Iriend. " but neither france. A well-ordered mi nd this chap cadaver;; int o Ihe poc kets of his un is Ihis gentleman. But forgive me, I had, clean and systemalic, but wilh 8 ,;us pecli ng colleagues. This and similar Il aven-' inlroduced you to Dl ugat%.. Mr. sentimental penchant for the prettiness charming habits , ,,on earned for Peter· Me rion Osgood. Caillain of the Univer· 'l l his systems and an un fortunate dis· ,;om a ~Jleclal Illace in the estee m of Iho!e ~ity Chess Team; r-.Ir. Simon Dl ugat:t, regard for thei r f a ll acie~. He had ranged wh o knew him: he was me thod ically f riend and In spiration to Ihe Interna· his pieces rank on rank wi th an imposing avoided. In fact, after he nnce planted tio nal Chess World." uniformity. Not a piece slood unprotecled, a fu lly a~sem b l ed human skelewn in hi s I shook Mr. Osgood's hand, and from and to destroy a !ingle one would have roommate's bed. hi s frie nds IIctively or· his gri p and from hi s expression it was involved a monstrollS sacrifice, and started ganized to shun hi m in a body, None· evident that he was not sure if I were a 11 letting of blood that could only have theless. I stuck by Peterson, for d e&p it e Rook or a Queen, though he was certain ended by the abdication of my King. So his morbid humour, he had a remarka ble that I was furmidable. I pressed Ihe ad· there stoo r! his men, planted as straight fac ulty for playin g Chess. Aftel' many vantage_ "That will teach you , Peterson," as the Black Forest of his native land. years of forced contact wil h intelleclu ah 1 exclaimed in a jolly tone, "to laugh at I much admire thal sort of thing. It re and other sedentary types, I developed a N-QR3 opening. Little did you thi nk quires a ce rtain estheti c sensibility and a cu riosity 10 he initia ted in to the rites that three moves laler yo u'd be throwing a fl air for the dramatic. But in Chess of their insc rutable pastime. Peterson me your Queen to save yo ur beggarly the application of these talents is fatal. I llot only knew, he Wll5 an expert. and K1II' g." I I)rocecded at once to destroy him. Dow n contributed greatly 10 the honor of the "Would you reconstruct that for me?" one of those stately aisles I sent a Rook, University Chess Team. He ~' a8 a will said Osgood, quite O\'crcome by the pace and his pieccs lini ng the files on either ing te.1 cher and I an apl pupil. and. in no of such an attack_ side seemed nol so milch to be alien forces, time at ali. I was castl ing with one hand. "Some other time:- said my friend . IU a guard of honor paying tribute to my One afternoon at lun ch hour, we com bold IlTocession. On the eighth rank I ""Ie game lII ust go 011." And indeed I mandeered a lable al the Cheu Club and hadn'l thuught of that. for it was then stopped. Ihus placing him in check. His >,a l down fo r a short lesson. As was our my move and the apl>a rition of Emanuel King (J ed into the Bla(: k Forest. I then uSlial metllod. Peterson Illayel! wilhout his ucrificed a Bishop to Iree my other Rook, Lasker wou ld not ha\'e lorn Osgood awa y. for what earthl y good is a Bishop which Queen. in order 10 gh'e me some fainl I decided at last I... send a Bisbop on a can only zigug il5 wa y through the foli incenth'e for allacking and some ~ Iim startling and bizarre excursion into the hope for \·ic tory. though this techniq ue age? That uccomplishe<1 I sen t my sec thick " I the danger. usually served only 10 demonttrate how ond Roo k the wa y of the fi rst and checked Osgood stared in amazement. " But Mr. a good player can defeat II mi!erable the King on the seventh runk. Deeper Dl ugatz, I don't unde r ~ t an d ." player wi thout his Queen. This harsh into the fo rcst he fl ed, but 1 sent my lesson I learned a:;a in and ngain. The " Very simply a defensive move," I Roo ks ha rking after him until he was game had progressed some six tl11)ves murmured_ choking in his own Pawns and finally lay when it chanced that the Captain of the " A defensive move ! But Bishop takes back against the wall. Then wi th a Knight Chess Team, one Merton O.o;good, saun· Bishop, and then where is your defense?" 1 leaped lightly o'er the top of the tallest tered over to Olll' table ((> get in a little "Let him take." 1 tried to sound as tree in his fOl' e~ t and held the dagger to practice at the cheu.pl ayer's off·seuon though the poor foo l were taxi ng my to his th roat. exercise known as " Ki bitzer's Restrai nt." patience. "You see, 1\.Jr. Osgood, 11. de· "And all this was done, my dear Mr. Rather good as a player, he had always fense need not be wholl y and intrinsicall y Osgood, withom disturbing a single el e been weak on watching the games of defensive. You've heard, of course, of the ment in his defense. Had I touched one others, and took every opportunity to im Imminent Defense and the Interpolated piece, an awful mechanism would have set prove himself_ He edged close to the Defense?" i l ~elf in 1II0t ion, but when the game was table. in order no duu bt \u provide hi m· For a moment it $Cemed entirely pos· ,)ver his fo rest slood as firm and strai ght self with a stronger templalion. and hi .! ~ i b l e that Osgood might prod uce a nole· as eve r, a symbol of its own meaningless hand hove red ft oove the boa rd as though. hook and pencil and take down my ~'o rd s invincibility. He was a game chap, poor "hould his greal will snap. he mi ght sud \·erbatim. uNo_" he confCMed. " I've never fellow. Killed himself shorlly after, I denly descend upon Ihe arena and check heard of SUeil defenses." thi nk. Your move, Peterson.'" male one or the other of us with a vi cious " Eviden tl y. you ha\'e not been getling Peterson's sense of humor wa s as grim as fl ou rish_ Rut the hand wavered. a cer· the news from Europe. Bul let that pass. e\'er_ He look my Bishop. lain incredulit y swept across hi! lace. and The lime-llOnored ~ )' s t ema t i c defensc. " You have doub tl es~ observed," I said he slammered . " Pelerson, how did this which is so e;theticall y pleasing both 10 to O! Iood, " ,Ilat the profoundest moves chap get your Queen ? And Ihe game the eye and to the in tellect, is goi ng the are often the m05 t obvious." And with only jusl begun!" way of all useless ornamenlS_ Let's not that I threw my other Bis hop to the Peterson returned tn time I lr~en t (he lIe sentimentaL .Mr. Osgood, about the hou nd!. was in the world nl eleven move! ahead) s ame of Chess. Its beauly, if such there " Mr. Dlugatz." our astonished vi sitor and squinted up al Ihe interloper. "Oh:' be, lies in the perfect logic of its execu· exclaimed, "ha~· e you ever thought of said P eterson drily, " you missed an m· tion, and not, you must forgive me, in the playing for the Che!s Team ?" teresting exchange_ Had to) g iv e her up ubviolls and rather home y relationships "' Really, Mr. O!good, it's good of YOli to on the fourth move." of mutually protecting pieces. ask. but I simply haven't the time." CHESS REVI EW , SE PTEMBER, 1957 269 "Couldn't you come around after completely wooed away now to my other "I'm sure YOli can t'ake out an evening," classes in the afternoons?" love, "he has the wind. he said to me, "for the good old Univer· "Couldn't possibly. Not during Foot· "And so, Peterson, I must give YOII a sity. You'll play the malch, won't you, ball season and witn Track coming on in friendly foddL" and witn that I knocked Simon?" tne spring." If you could have any notion "ver my King with a casual fli!l of the I felt an impending chcckmate. I al· of my size and build, the idea of my play. finger. I turned to Osgood. "It was a tered my entire defense. "!Hr. Osgood." ing football is Ullerly laughable, but I Illeasure to meet you, sir. It is a pily I said, "I have something 10 confess to knew by this time that I could have you couldn't have seen the next two moves, you." Peterson's face glowed wilh devil· claimed to be the inventor of spaghetti bUI we must let that pass till fortune next ish amusement. "Chess is Illy relaxation," with complete impunity. It took a mo· offers us an opportunity. Good day, Mr. r eontinued, and the grin dropped from ment for Osgood to reassess me, hut he Osgood." And with those words, I fled Peterson's face. "I play for neither st'akes then made the inevita'ble adjustment to the room. The Interpolated Defense had nor honors, not even for the honor of the the fact that I was one of those wiry types worked. good old University. For YOll see, if I whose body packs more strengtn tnan at Fnr my part, the incident wou ld have began to take Chess seriollsly, I should first glance would be apparent. Oearly been closed then and there. But Osgood become nopelessly and helplessly ensnared he'd never pick a fight with me. I con· was not going to lose a championship in its fatal fascination and should never tinued, "The development of the mind chess.playcr without sending his forces at do anything my whole life long but play without the development of the body is to least once more against my impenetrable Ihe game. When I get to Heaven, I ex· develop nothing in the end, but only to ram[larts. He caught me one night when pect I'll devote an eon or two to getting distort the human capacity for participa· my position was rather widely disinter· the fever of Chess out of my system, for tion. Football, Mr. Osgood, is as much ]Jolated. In fact, my friend Peterson Polk there I'll have all eternitv• at mv• disposal. food to my soul as Chess." And now I and I had just returned from drinking But now while there is so much work to bc was clearly doubled in stature, for I had hl>cr (as we did almost every night). and done in so little time (alas, poor Yorick), established myself as the living em·bodi· we had retired to my rooms to have a I can only allow myself an occasional ment of the Classical ideal for the fully friendly game of catch with a human game once every year or two as an indul· rounded Man. ~ kull. Just as this little diversion was gence to a passion which would othtrwise "How about in the evenings?" he ven· reaching its most cxciting moment, we quite smother me. But do not be dis· tured. wert interrupted by Osgood, flanked by appointed, my friend, for you ha~'e here in There was no longer any reason for several dutiful Pawns. Peterson a player of remarkable talents. caution. "In the evenings, I am doing "My colleagues and I," he said, "would I have been coaching him a 'bit of late, my homework, writing a novel and teach· a[lpreciale it if you would play us a game. and believe me, he has mastered the In· ing a class in ballet." that is, if you are not busy on your novel." terpolated Defense as no one in Europe "I see," he said. "But perhaps YOll One of the Pawns ad\'anced. "You don't has even begun to approach it, and I am could come up just for a game or two at seem to be husy now. Mr. Dlugatz. certain that his game is now sufficient 10 lunchtime, as you did today." Couldn't we ha\'e a quick one?" And a take the Trophy for the good old Univer· "It would be a pleasure, Mr. Osgood, quick one it would nave been with the lot ;;.ity. As a gesture of good will, I'll at· truly a pleasure. But occasions like today of them against me. There I was, caught tend the match ·and watch the games, but are rare, for it's my hahit at this hour of with the skull in my hand. What could I beg of you; I cannot, I must not, I dare not, play." the day ·to spend a little time in the I dn? A n'atura} analogy suggested itself. chemistry lab, mixing up a few potions I assumed the attitude of Hamlet. "Good And so it came to pass. My friend of sorts. A little theory I'm working on, God," said I, "how quickly we du pass to Peterson Polk was slated to play first and I've absolutely no other time for it. dust! You have brought me to my senses, table in the Eastern Seaboard Intercol· 1£ I can break away again in the near gcntlemen, and I must e\'er be thankful legiate Chess Tournament. When we ·ar· future, I should ·be delighted to sit down to you for it. How could r stand here rived at the match, I was somewhat as· with you to a friendly game. And now, huffeting this skull about. when its very tonisned to learn that Ill}' re[JUtation nad Peterson, it's your move again. I expect presencc should remind me that time's llrecooed me. Osgood had made it known you'll jump at the obvious and avail your· \\'inged chariot is hurrying near? To the 10 both friends and opponents that Peter· self of my other Bishop." books, Peterson. and let this idle folly by." son Polk, playing first table 'against the He did. That was the way with my In a frenzy, I brought down a dozen voJ· three·time winner of the Eastern Seaboard friend. He never knew when to stop with ume$ from the shelf as though in my sud· Cup, had been coached by none other nis practical joking. den zeal I should devour their contents in lhan the master of the Continent, Simon "Now that you are quite out of posi· a single sitting. "For herein is the fruit Dlugatz. You've never heard of him? ?l-ly tion," I said, "I will show you both how of knowledge to be had. Gentlemen. poor deluded fool. I'm speaking of Simon the Interpolated Defense takes effect." you'll forgive me; I must go to work. I Dlugatz, the well·known proponent of the I looked suddenly at my watch. "Zounds," shall ever hold YOll in high esteem for new European Interpolated Defense. Why I cried. "I forgot about poor Brinley. this most timely reminder. Goodnight." didn't you say so? I must find out more This young chap wants to make the Track The Pawns withdrew, hut Osgood was about that system. Perhaps we can In. Team this coming spring and I promised making his last stand. "The Eastern Sea· vite nim down for a lecturc. And so it to work out with him loday and show him board Intercollegiate Tournament is com· went about the hall. The incumbent a few pointers. The boy runs like a ing UI) next week," he sai{L "and we Champion, certain of ·an casy victor}', was now visibly worried, and as the [)layers lemon, hut completely unorthodox. He haven't gol the man that can win first took their places he very nearly tripped pits one leg muscle against the other. table. Couldn'l you spare an evening, a By illustrating the very basest fundamen. on the leg of his chair. .~ingle el'ening. to play in the match for tals of anatomy, I can show him how to The Champion drew White and opened t.he good old University?" combine the efforts of both muscles. And, with a modest I P·K4. I could hardly if he learns, the boy may be a great miler, I was fully prepared ·at this Jloint to suppress a smile at his stupidity; in fact. for he has the wind." I waved my hand begin with "Alas, poor Yorick" and con· I did smile and even let out a small in a mystical gesture to show that the tinue if necessary right up to "Go, bid the snicker. This drew several angry glances, grosser arts of physical competition also soldiers ~hoot," but Peterson, bless his and I brought myself under sharp control. have their subtleties. "Yes," I whispered, modJid fancy, stabbed from the rear. Peterson answered with 1 ... P.K4, and 270 CHESS REVIEW, SEPTEMBER, 19S7 the Champion fi rmly, even confidently, BY FRED REINFELD answered wi th 2 N·KB3. Could ever a more crude blunder have been committed ? 1 rose from my scat, chuckled derisively, and left the hall with an air that was meant to convey that the results of thc game were already a fo regone conclusioll. HeaHy. why should on e hang on and take :lllnbid pleasure in the CUIiP de grace? As Peterson told mc afterwards, upon my exit the Champion hroke into a sweat. He played the next few moves with ex· treme caut.ion and th en Castled prema· ONE of Morphy's favorite tactical 11 P_B4 . . . . turely, giving Peterson the chance to cap· methods was the li ne·clearing Pawn Here oj' on the next move, K-B2 ought tu re an unprotect.ed Pawn. This advan· sacrifice played on general pl·jnciples. to be tried. tagc was sli ght, but it was enhanced short· In the open game \\" hkh .Morphy Javed. 11 . • . . P-B3! this type of sacrifice was bOU ll dto pay 12 PxP? NxP! ly aftcr when the nervous Champion sac· results, especially against slIeh oppo· rificed a Knigh t to eliminate Peterson's nents as Schulten. Hook Pawn, which had in the mind of the Champion assumed monstrously threaten· Casual Game, New Vork, 1857 lUg proportions. This coupled with a FALKBEER COUNTER GAMBI T latcr miscalculation, centering in the idea J. Schu lten P. Morphy that Peterson's Bishops were endowed White Black with the power of Queens, put Peterson 1 P- K4 P- K4 in firm control. At the first check, the 2 P-KB4 P- Q4 Champion resigned and sobbed eonvul· Morphy has no intenti on of defending _,h-e ly fOJr half an hour. against the King's Gambit. He plays a As there was an even split in the other (~ ollllter · gambi t in order to snatch the games. Peterson's victory proved instru· attack. mental in winning the Trophy, and thus 3 KPxP P-K5 it waH given into 'his care. I later saw 4 N-QB3 One possible continuation here is 13 • • • • E- B3, N - Q5 14 Bx:N, QxB (threatening this admirable old relic:· and, underneuth The modern move, ·1 P- Q3! is far 15 .. . RxBt) 15 N-B3, BX'N 16 PxB, the Eastern Seaboard so on and so forth. superior. N- R4 17 'R-KBI, NxP 18 R - B2. 'R- I·a , and the date and the place and the official 4 . • . . N-KB3 followed by ... QR-Kl, and Black will position of the sun in the zodiac, and the 5 P-Q3 B-QN5 win. 6 name~ "f all the p J ay e r ~, there followed B_Q2 • • • • 13 K-B1 R,B a special tribute to Pet erson, which enrled White meets the pin and apparently Deci sive. fo rces eHhel· . . Ex;\' 0 1' • .• thus : PxP. . 14 NxR N-Q5 15 Q- N1 BxNt Now, if 16 K-Kl, Q-K2; and, if 16 K PET Enso~ POLK Nl, NxP ! (1 7 QxN. Q-Q5t and mate Who was train ed and inspired by next). Good Old University's Oilier Favorite Son 16 K-B2 N- NSt Ihe Illtern(ltionally A cclaimed Noll', if 17 K-N 3, N- B4t 18 K - Ha, Q Chess Master R5 mate. Or 17 K - K l , Q-R5t 18 p--t~a . SIMON DLUGATZ R-Kl !! 19 E- K3, RxE, and Blacl{ wIns. 17 K_N1 The Trophy was consigned to Peterson's • • • • shelf and it served hi m thereafter as an excellen t receptacle for skulls, p ha lan ge~ and a s~ ort e d bones. a sign that like all els e. thi s too must fade and pass. But. 6 . . . . P-K6! before it does, let me leave you with one 7 BxP • • word of advice. Ch esH is a remarkable 7 Q-K2, 0 - 0 8 ExP, R-Kl is even game. The power of it s logic is sufficil;n l. worse for White. at times to overwhelm the mind from 7 • . . . 0-0 which th is logic springs, and the wi sest Black threatens . . . R-Kl. White can playcr then becomes hut a Pawn to his see nothing better than retreat. If own intellect. ever you should care to 8 B-Q2 BxN maste l' the game. if eve r you should desire of among your other ambitions to hold the Black removes one th' guards of White's K2: the point will appear. 17 . . . . N-B6t! 21 K-R4 N-K6 Eastern Seaboard Intercoll egiat.e Chess 18 PxN Q-Q5t 22 R-N1 N-B4t 9 PxB R- K1t Championship. as once I held it, foll ow K-N2 Q-B7t 23 K-NS Q-R4 10 B-K2 · . . . th e pat h of my experience. To reduce 20" K-R3 QxBPt mate Ihis ineffa hle logic to one simple prin. 10 K-B!l is relatively better. ciple : There ii' but one wa y to win ; never, 10 . . . . B_N5 nevel', play Chess. Now White cannot complete his de· velopment in normal fasnion. 11 N-B3, BxN 12 l'xB, NxP gives Black a very superior game. , _ ch~k: :I: db! . check; § " = dis. eh. CHESS REVIEW , SEPnMBER, 1957 271 A SHORT HISTO OF CHESS By Henry A. Davidson, M. D. Chapter 20. Chess Turns the Century (Concluded) Sim lJle and sigllifican t technic lor sludy. ing such relalio nshill. ~ In enntras! to the Il\'crage of one move that eXllerience, babit and attenlion to the Intelligence is not the only essential for per th ree min utes is the increasi ng pop subject are Ihe prime i n g r e d ie nt ~ of good good chess II\ay, With Iwent ieth.century ularit y of "rapid chess." In this. ellch play. An olher psychologic stud y, this one methods of psychologic lesling, it should plarer is required to make a move ev ery hy P rofessor A. F. Cleveland, has also be possible 10 ascert ain the exact ingredi , ten se co n d~, 80 that th ere will be I.l ighteen been n!llO rled by Rogosin (CHESS RI:' ents of the polenl chess mind, So far as mo\'cs instead o£ one fo r every average \'II:W, p. 29, January, 1939 ) , Professo r I know. no defin it ive stuil y has heen made six-minute period. Some jliayers. incred· Cleveland's conclusion_ in hrier, is Ihat in Ihis directio n. Perh alls. the chess mas· ible as it may sound, seem to do as well good players excelled in memory, speed, lers do nol want to serve as guinea Ilig:> in len-second chess as Ihey do in II game imaginati on and fore!>igllt but that -'a in the psychologic laboratory. At any paced at forty mo\'es in two houl"!!. Actual considerable degree of che.!s skill is IIOS rate, most of Oll r informati on aho ut Ihe analysis of record ed games by good play sible 10 one who is mentally deficient in menI al qualities used in chess comes from ers shows 5 u q)r i s in g l ~' little loss of brilli· almost any other line." purely subjecth'e analyses. A Illa yer sits ancy in ra pid chess" The phrase, "meni ally deficient," re_ do .... n and tries to fi gure out in himself Some players Sla te that, in normal lou r· (Iui res clarifi calion , Cle\'eJa nd did 110/. by what processes he worked ou t a good nament "Ia )" they make up their mi nds as Illean that mental deft:cth'es could be good mOI'e. This inlrospecti ve method is ob· 10 th e next mo ve IIlm o$t at once; bU I, be· chess players. While feeblc,minded per, viously less scienl ific and less verifi a bl e ing under no compulsion to move for II sons hav e occasionally exhihited start.ling than the objecti ve method of using psy· few min utes, they lise that time to consider menI al prowe ss in certain fields requiring chologlc tests, possi ble alternatives, Since they are ex· rote memor)' or phenomenlll visualizll tion 1 ha\'e elsewhere tt published an anal· perie nced in the game, they may absorb - these are the s().called idio/J Jfl l/anu - ysis of the mental COmllunents of good the entire picture of the board ve ry quick. it is unli kely that a mental defective could chess pla y, It seemed to me that the prim e Iy, and their immediate re- actions are be 11 good chess player. What Cleveland ingret:iiellts were: visual i m a g er~', Ilali· usuall y sound, As a result, after three or meant was that a good chess player mi ght ence, self·restrai nt, delibe rateness, gOIKI four minu tes of deliberation, they frequent, be JIOOr in " almost an)' ol her" but nol in memory lind effi cient associath'e reason· ly decide (some s a~' almost in variably) evtr)' othcr line, An idiot S(lVa nt would ing. Lajos Sleiner felt that the essentials that their origina l thought was the right be de fi cient in every area except one, A of a good chcu mind were: patience, con· one, If thi s conception is true, il is easy good chess player mi ghl he deficient in centralion. associative reasoning an d 10 see why ra pid chess illl illies no impair· malhematical grasll. in skill of manipul a. imaginalion, The Moscow study fou ud men t of quality, Thc extra time spent in tion of words, in manual apti tude and in· chess mastcrs basicall y superio r to non· I considering altern ative moves contributed deed in almosl ally oll e field, But it is pl ay ers only in "dynamic attention," with nothing to the brilliancy of the game, unlikely that he would be ddicient in other qualities all derh'ed from their Rapid chess is al so mo re in triguing to tvery other area. greater pool or actual knowledge plus the spectators, and some observers feel that As a matter of fact, there is evidence effect of habit and eX IJerienee, Professor its increasing Iloll ularil y will boost the of a fa irl y close eorrelat.ion be tween chess Cle\'e! and rello rted thul memory. spee{l. audience a pl ~ a l of chess tourneys. ability and general in telligence, Such evi· foresight and imagination were the prim e This factor raises the question of the dence is furnished by Ekoos, wh o meas· assets, These analylOCs ha\'e in common nature of the reasoning prooess in chess, ured seven players in intelligence (from such factors as imagery and associati\'e Psychology is essentiall y a twentieth. test scores) and who rated Ihcm in chess reason ing, Whether spced is more desir· century science, and modern psychologic abil it y from tournament recordll (CHr.ss able than deliberateness in thinking is a and Ils),chometric methods should Ihrow Ih:vn:w. p. 86, April, 1935). In comllari, moot point. It is II convention among some li ght on the qualities required fo r $O n by rank, here is wh at he found : mall Y gOIKI pl aye rs th at they make almost maslerl y chess Illay, One such study was P t. AYER A D C D I: ~. G intuitive decisions requiring ver)' little accom plished at the 1925 Tournament at chen,rank 12 3 4 5 67 time and that, while quick thin king i! not r-.roseow, The University's psychology intelligence 2 I 5 4 6 3 7 a necessary or essential quality, it is a laboratory subm itted the participants (all ver)' common one among masters, S peed Ekoos did not measure the aClU al cor- top.notch players) to a battery of psy· in reasoning is obviously an asset, pro- relation bet ween chess ability and intel· chologic studies. As reported by Rogosin, Iigence reflected in this report. 1 have •• For readers who have the mathemlltlcal the stud), revealed that master players had interellt to accomplb h the calcutation for no beuer memor), than the a\'erage man done that calculation, using Ihe Spearman themllelves In thl. or In other SlIm l)lell , the ranking method** and find a correlation procedure III a. fOll o"'II: COm l)llIe the dif and no bett er powers of concentration. of which is well over the ed ge of fere nce bel,,'(len the "Intelligence rll nk" Rml They did, howevcr, show beller "dynamic 0.72 the "chu s rank" for ea.c h pl ll yer. Th u8, "significance." H there were 11 Iled ect attention" and had a well preserved, easil y for A, the dI fference In rll "k la I : for C, correlat ion between chess abilit y and in It la 2: fo r 0 , It la zero, The . even dL f· tapped stock of chess knowl edge, pan icuo ferencCII then lu e l·l · ~ ·0 · 1· 3 - 0. Squ are earh tell igence (that is, if always the smarter larly of previous experiences wi th simil ar dl trerence and add the llquR rCl. 1l com ee Ihe person. the better hi s chen skills. and to 1 plU8 1 plus ~ pltl. 0 plus I plu. , board positions. These findings suggest plua 0: totl\l t6. llultlpl)' the total b)' 6. I'ice versa ), then the score would be ex for '6. Now take the number of ca8ea-ln I There I\re many vl\rll\ntll on "rapid chen." actl >' 1.0. where, if there ...·e re no rela thi8 IIlImple, lo'·en. Cube 7 li nd aUbtraN ;; III!O:0 ndll ·a· moVe t8 played, tho ugh rather tionship, the co-efficient would ha ve been 7 from tho cube: tbat I. 3-13 mlnu8 7: 336. lIeldom: "bUtll " III ~ second 8. and even on Dh'tde 6 Umu the a.. m or the squared dlC· "move-on- move"; and, In Eu rope, more zero, As it is, a co·effieient of 0,72 shows (erences (thllt III, 96) by thl. 336. The QUO ' oCten, the rulu call for II. 10 (or lit minute II definite positive relationship. Of course, tient I. 0.28. Subiraci the Quotient from t, li mit to the ,,-'hole gl\ mc: II. player \\'Il I'id ed the player has sufficient self-re most always found - yo ung men whose dancing, speeches) which followed each straint or deliberateness to refrain from chess potf'ntialiti es would never have been lillIe tourney. In mental hospitals, chess acting im llulsiveiy. In many walks of life, realiud ~ave for thi s more or less acci· is both a form of recreati onal therapy and slown ess of thought appears to be a de deutal discoVf:ry. The re seems 10 be no a gage of the patient's improvement or sideratum only because slleed is so often wa rrant fo r despai ring of the growth of decline. For example, if a highly intro accompanied by impulsive ness and lin· the game because of any preconception ve rted, Ile150nall y isolated, constan tly day IJatience. Ihat it is 100 comlllcx for the "average dreaming patient we re to show a shift of Vi sual imagery is certainly R prime fac· mlln." interest from working out problems by tor in the fi rst· rate chess mind. No one himself to playing with an opponent and could play blindfold chess without the Psychiatrists have sometim es been con eventually to participating in team tou r· ability to visualize the board lay·out in his ~ulted by worried IlarenlS who fear that naments, it wo uld suggest a desi rable mind's eye. And, in open·eyes chess, excess devotion to chess in an adolescent gro wt h in the patient's socialization_ Si m when the player has to consider what he Illight prove emotionally harmful. The ilarly, his ski ll at chess before a nd alte r will do three or four moves hence, he parents may fee l tha t adolescence is II shock therapy or brain surgery could be must be able to visualize the board as it fl'C riod for out-d oor gruup activity, not for used to yard-stick the damaging or bene would be at that time. Visual imagery, so $ol il ary indoor "inl ell ectual" exercise. ficial effects of the proced ure. far as we know, is an inborn trait. There Si nce chess is a game for pairs, and ado· It is unlikely that any seriously ill is no proo f that it can be develOJled in a lescence normally !I period of large-scale menta l patient is going to be cured by perSOn who is utterly lacking in it. Given social experimentati"n and extroversion, playing chess. But the game does have a reaS()nable amount, however, a person the !Iarent's alarm i$ unde rstanda ble -even some contribution to make in psychiatric can develop it further through practice if unj ustified. The pa rents may be wor therap),. It promotes socialization - us· and experience: and, fo rllmately, most ried by the relative "unsocialness" of ually a desired goal, because many mental persons are born with a "reasonable chess (compared to a high-school prom, disorders are characterized by an impair amount." While visual imagery is an es for instance ); or thcy may simply be ment in the patien t's "relatedness" to sential factor in good play, it is by no haunted by the ghost of Paul Morphy. It others. It keeps Ihe mental machinery means a su fficient factor. It does 110 good seems th erefore important to point out polished. It diverts the patient's thinking to have the capacity to visualize the hoard that chess can do no mo re than mirror away from hi s own morbid thoughts to an tb ree moves hence if you ha\'en't the the playe r's perS()nal itY i it cannot create "outside" problem. It offers opportunities slightest idea of what moves yo ur oppo or change it. The causes for emotional Jor personal satisfactions and triumphs. nent is li kely to make. breakdown in adole!;ccnce lie buried in Jnsanity does not necessarily impair An American mllguinc (News./f/el!k, lhe deeper layers of the un conscious; and chess $kil l; sometim es, good players may May 2, 1938, quoted by Rogosin) once neither over·study nor devotion to chess he found even in " chronic" wa rds. On the said: "Chess requires too much concentra· nor any single activit y can push a normal other hand, where the mental disease is tion for the average ma n. " The implica person over the frontier of mental illness. accompanied by any degree of deteriora t ion was that chess is available only to As a mailer of faci. so fa r from being tion. chess abili ty will certainly 0 01 'be a bove·average men - that the game can Iloor me ntal hygicne, interest in chess preserved. never have mass appeal. T he re are cou n· may be exploited to help mentally ill pa tries. however, in which chess is of such tien ts. Thus, Pakenha m-Walsh, reporting Tn Chapter 12, "Counlerfeits of Chess," widespread popularity thu it must includ e recenlly from England,U- explains ho w there were a number of such "coun ter· II high proportion of "average men" he organized teams of patients in a mental feits" from the twentieth century (see p. among its devotees. Furthermore, it is the hospital and set them in competiti on with 27, January, 1957). As stated there, "Ac· mass of "average men" who through all cit \' chess clubs. Hc fo und th e game help. lually, modern chess itself was once one of ages have constituted the pool from which fu l in "socializing" some of the antisocial the next generation's geniuses and leaders patients and in improving morale gener these va riations. . . . Our modern pro· were recruited. W henever chess is intro ally. Some of the good results must be cedure is only fo ur centuries old.... d uced (generally as an extra_curriculum credited to the "social e\'ening" (tea, Some day, someone may discover a ha p. pier combinati on of the elements of the acti vity) in public high schools, a few U Journal of Men tal Science (Chur<::hilt, yo un g players of superior talent are al- London) January, 19 ·19 . P. lOS. game. But that hasn't happened yet." CHESS REVIEW, SEPTEM BER , 195'7 273 YOU TOO CAN BE BRILLIANT BY FRED REINFELD It is of coune a tl'ulsm that brilliant At rirst sight, we might think that rollows 3 DxPt (still stressing that mO\'es deJlght us because they are so he has /lone mad. But there is Indeed weakness!), K- Bl Of 8, ,. DxD·1 QxDt, unexpected. But the fact is that they me.thad In his madness. He sees that K-Rl ;; N- B7t, White bl'ings off a shOUld nevel' come to us as a sUl'pl'ise, saving hl~ Rook is less importnnl than smothel'e(\ mate) -I BxB, and White wins A brilliant move which is souod is al concentrating on Black's weakness on because or the threat or Q-87 mate, ways Rubelaotlally backed by logic, the diagonal leading to his KIng. (Note Or, aEtel' 2 QPxP, Black can try 2 , . . It we were always very logical in Olll' his backward Killg Pawn at K3, whic h B-R5, But then White gets a wi n ning chess playing we would always see these h IlS to be ddended with pieces.) advantage after 3 BxPt, K-81 4 PxQ, brilliant moves. But, since we are often The actual text play will show liS what BxQ ;; PxNt, KxP 6 BxB. s lack 01' Ja~y. or fall to concentrate, or happens when Black takes the ll.ook. So, we can rollo\\' Black's actual try. lose the tbread of the game, we miss But suppose he desists and {I'ln to 2 . , . • Q-Q7t?! the opportunity to be brilliam, cover up his weakness on the dIagonal. A good reach for a cOl1nter·j!\lrprlse, Consider the [ollowlng e);;aml)le. Try 1 ... N-Q4. Then comes 2 HxN! Black has a point in store. PxR 8 BxPt, Now we note that 8 , ' , K-R11? allows '\ N-B7t, winning Dlack's 3 KxQ B-R5§ Queen, So B!lIl'1i tries 3 , , , K-Dl: but, 4 K-K2 .,Q 5 BxB , , ' , after 4 'DxR, White has a decl~lve rna· terlal advantage as he thl'eatens 5 Q-B7 But White won despite the Exchange mate, minus because of his powerful Queen· Black may also spunJ the Hook and try side Pawns: 5 , , . N-Q~ 6 R-QDl. N-H2 1 , , , K - Dl. In that case, While replies 7 B-n~, P-QR3 8 P- QR4, K- Bl 9 P-N;;. 2 NxBt after which 2 ... QxN allows 3 PxP 10 PxP, i{- R5 II P-N6, N-Q4 12 DxP with a winning game and 2 ... RxN N-B6, R-Q2 I3 N-K5, R-QI 1-1 DxN. RltH allows 3 H- K5, N-Q-t -I DxN, PxB 5 15 P-N7, etc., in an actual game. RxBPt, a nd White wins. Hints for solving: It ~ys to set up But what about Blac k's most obvloUR the position on a board first. You ab_ reply? sorb the position in, the process, can White's Hook Is attacked, and his most 1 . . . . P,R visualize better and be sharpening your obvious <:0111'69 is to retreat it. What 2 QPxP!! , ' , , cross·board competitive faoulties in could be more logIcal? But, In that :-l'ote thaL 2 NPxP is wrong because conditions more game.llke, And do not event (say, altaI' 1 R-B2) , Dlack plays of 2 , , , Q- Xl ~ 3 NxD, HxN ~ BxPt, K shove wood, if you can help it, until ... QR-DI with an excellent game. Bl, 5 QxQ, RxQ 6 BxR, R-:-l'St, 118 D1ack you have the solution pretty surely in Instead,Whlte operates wIth a much pIcks up the remaining Rook. mind and then perhaps wish only to deeper insight into the position. But now, after 2 QPxP, Black IA In check it, Set down all solutions before , B_B4!! • • • • tl'Ouble, H he trie!> 2 .. ' Q-nz, there turning to solution page, qUIz After the discourse above, why not try your hand at some equally inspiri!'lg combinations? Solutions, page 287. 1 White to P lillY 2 White to Play 3 White to Play 4 White to Play Strike at the last ran k, Stl"lke at the King, ~ot the ob\'iot18 move. The second mo\'e Is hal'll. 5 White to Play 6 Black to Play 7 Blaek to Play White to Play Look for a violent break· Consider WhRt pIece hOlds Spot the weak lDOt and • Repeat: SDOt the weak through by White. White togethel': displace it. demolish It. spot and demolish It, 274 CHESS REVIEW, SEPTEMBER, 1957 Up-to-date opening an alysis by WALTER KORN b,. ' (lit outstand ing fl lI thorih.' _ THE CENTER COUNTER DEFENSE late i PART 1 move , -I N- 63, W h ite ('I\ n have two minor White pleceB developed ns against Black'!! W hit e Dlack single. vu lner a ble . major piece , Time P_ K4 P_Q4 1 will !lh ow wh ethe r this Is It fa tal fl a w p , p 2 O'P 0 1' me re ly 11 te m porary d iscomfor t_ N_QBl Q_QR4 3 Alla n fro m ~ :\'-B3. White abo bas the W hite (' hoice of ~ P-Q ~, which . ah el- the ste reo· Iyped moves, ~ , , ' :-<- K B3 5 N- 83. nmou nu me rely Lo n Il'IIlISpositio n. Yet t here a l'e so me subtle differ ences. So we shall consider both ~ P- Q~ and ·1 :"'J- D3. 1l1ltl a lso t he gilmbh 1110 \· e . ~ P QN ~ . I. The Cha rac t e r istic. of 4 p -Q4 4 P_Q4 P- K4 Blac k Afl er ~ ... X - 1\: 8 3 ( 01' even ·1 . . . Artel' t his ])o!lJtlo n. White ha ~ two P- Ql.l l ) :; N- B 3. we ha l'e n tr anspo ~it l on s ll ' at e ):"ie~ at h i!l dl!l j)osat. inlo !lnes to be d i ~cl1slled unde r II. N- Ul, 5 N_B3 . . . . Whereas. a fter 5 B-Q3. P- D3 6 N- 8 3, D.!N s 7 P- K R3. BxN S Q:o.: 8 , P- K3 n 0 - 0. This is lhe classical tine. T he other ;j i .. _ 8 - R-t 8 P- K N ~ . B- X J "mode rn." s t rategy chooses P :o.:P_ lJ B lack 0-Q3 or even 9 0 - K 0 4. Ox B 10 QsB, P- K3. W h ile has Q N5 6 B-Q2. N-Q0 3 7 P-QR3 . QxPt 8 Black's Queen has prematurely e:o.:posed nothing tangible. B- K2 with White standing so me what Itse lr. h ad Lo move a gain Rfter be ing be ttet'. MCO' q \lote8 the e nte l'pl'is ing a t· atta cked. So. after the possible ne :o.: t t = check : :t == db!. ch &<:: k: § _ dis. ch. tempt: 7 . . . N-Q5?! 8 B-Q3! QxPt 9 C HESS ReV IEW, SEPTEM BER , 19!7 275 II. The contemporary preference: 4 N-BS 6 . . . . QN-Q2 (Contjnu~ from first d i BY FRED REINFELD tlon between -White's Rooks has been severed_ The masterly manner in w hich Reti seized t he attack and carried it out, made a profound impression at the ,time. "This is the s tyle," said the Manchester Gua rd ian prophetically, "in which a fu ture gr eat mastel' wins his games when young." San Remo, 1911 (Black) RUY LOPEZ From MCO', we quote these possibili ties : D. P rzeplorka R. Reti 1) 3 B-N5t, B-Q2 4 B-B4, B- N5 5 P 1 P-K4 P- K 4 4 0 - 0 P_Q3 KB3, B~TI4 6 N-K2! INxP 7 N - N3, B-IN3 2 N- K B3 N-QB3 5 N-B3 B_ K2 8 0-0, P- K3 9 P-B4, N-QB3 10 P-Q4, 3 B- N5 N_ B3 6 P-Q4 B- Q2 , . . QN-K2 11 IB- N3, P - KR4 12 ,Q- K2, P - R5 7 R- Kl . 16 P- Q B4? . . . - J a N- K4, BxN, with equal chances; Vve know from Reti's writings that A blunder (when good moves are not 2) 3 P- Q4, NxP 4 P- QB4, N- KBa 5 N he did not consider this defense fully readily availa ble, says Tarrasch, a blun KBa, P-B3 6 N-B3, 8---JN5 7 B-K3. P - IO adequate for Bla ck ; but he occasionally del' soon makes its appearance); but 8 Q- N3, Q- N3, with equal chances ; - adopted it in the course of expel'imen White's game is already bad, . . . B--R3! 3) P-QB4, P- B3 4 P- Q4, PxP 5 N - QTI3. taUon w ith the various defenses at ooing threatened_ which leads into the Panoy Attack in t he Black's disposal. Nor can White play 16 P-KB4, N---'N5 Cru'o- Kann and is the only instance in 17 P- KR3, BxE 18 NxB, Q- B7t 19 K- Rl, which Black has to study IlP on another ~-N6t as Black wins, opening complex besides the Center Counter. 16 . _ . . N_Q6! Obvious, but Yery pretty all the same. Przepiol"ka must have ovel'/ool(ed that 17 P - N3 is refuted by 17 , , ' NxR! PART 3 17 QxN QxR 19 P-B5 B_QB3 There is only one danger left in our 18 N/ l-S3 Q- R5 20 N-Q4 . , _ . search for an "economical" defense, It Rell concludes the game with a neat is in \Vhite's sudden, gambit switch, the (; omhination. Lemberg or Tennyson Ga mbit, old as the hills, but to be guarded against as is a ny old, forgotten rediscovery. White Black H now 7 . . . O-O ? we get the fa 1 P- K4 P- Q4 mous Dresden Trap: 8 BxN, BxB 9 PxP, 2 N- K B3 ! ? PxP 10 QxQ, QHxQ 11 NxP, BxP 12 3 N_ N 5 . - . . NxB, NxN 13 N- QS! P-KB4 14 P-KB3, White B- B4t 15 NxB, NxN 16 B- N5! , R- Q4 17 B- K7, R- Kl 18 P-QB4, and White wins the EXchange - or 10 , , , KRxQ 11 NxP, BxP 12 NxB, NxN 13 N-Q3!, P- KB4 14 P-KB3. B- B-It 15 K-Bl! U KBI 16 K- K2! and White wins a piece. 7 . .. _ PxP 9 P- Q N3 R- K1 20 _ _ _ . B- K4! 8 NxP 0 - 0 10 B- N2 B_ KB1 If now 21 P- KR3, N- B5 22 Q- Q2, Q-N6 The familiar regrouping maneuver jn 23 K - Rl, N-K7~ this variation_ Black gives his King Rool;: some play on the hair-open King 21 P-N3 BxNP ! file and places his King Bishop on a 22 PxB QxPt more useful diagonal. 23 B_N2 . , . - 11 P- B3 P- KN3 Or 23 K-R1, N- B5 24 Q-Q2, R-K4 25 N- B5, RxN! B lack 12 B-KB1 B- N2 23 .. .. QxBt Best is 3 , _ . B- B4 (3 _ . _ N-KB3 4 B Threat: J3 . . NxN 14 QxN, NxP! 24 K xQ N- B5t B4) 4 P-KN4, B- N3 5 N-QB3, N- KB3 (; 13 N/4-K2 N- KR4 White resigns; au elegant little game. B- N2, Q- Q2 7 P - KRS, N- B3 8 N/5xKP, 14 Q-Q2 Q- R5! NxN 9 NxN, 'P - KS 10 P - Q3 . 0 - 0 - 0, and Black has obtained a promising posi Black can view his game with noncha tion. lance. The more usual mode of arriving at 15 N- Q1 . . , . the Lemberg Gambit is 1 N-KB3, P- Q4 A weak move of which Reti takes full 2 ,P-K4!? advantage. Correct is 15 Q:R- 'Nl! N-K4 16 N-Q5, QR- Bl 17 Q- K3, followed by P-N3, with a good game for White. 15 • _ . . N_ K 4! Black's prospects have become rosier than ever, for his Queen cannot be driven off by P- N3, and the communica- CHESS REV IEW , SEPTEMBER, 1951 277 IN A WOODEN CHESS SET YOU WILL FIND NO BETTER BUY Than NO MOOT 9UESTION HERE! THE CRAFTSMAN The pesky P-KR3 has usurped more than its fa ir share of space in sundry discourses on the relative merits of tactical plays. It is good; it is A Superb Chess Set indifferent; it is bad - all depend ing on th e specific position . Here, at Hanover, 1926, in the game between Meister Mieses (White) and Gott schall, it is profoundly bad. And twenty-seven moves after it is made comes the denouement. The Opening, a Vienna, begins with 1 P-K4, P-K4 2 N-QB3, N-KB3 3 B-84, B- B4 4 P- Q3, P- KR3 5 P- B4' Cover scoring tab le at line indicated. Set up position, ma ke Black's next move (exposing table just enough to read it). Now guess Wh ite's 6th move, then expose it. Score par if your move agrees; zero, if not. :Make move actually given, opponent's reply. Then guess White's next and so Oil. COVER WHITE MOVES IN TABLE BELOW. EXPOSE ONE LIN E AT A TIME White p" Black Your Selection Your RE you looking for a wooden chess Played Score P layed for White's move Score Aset of distinguished design, exacting 5 • P- Q3 6 P-B5! ______5 ------workmanship and long.lasting durabilityy 6 . P-B3 ------at a reasonable price? 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A particularly lovely de 22 R_ N2 ------23 P- R5 ______4 tail is the wonderful carving done on the 23 • 8_B1 24 P-R6 ______4 Knights- in the best tradition of famed 24 R-N1 ------oriental workmanship. 25 P-R7 ______4 25 R-R1 26 8 - R6 ______4 This ou tstandingly good.looking set is 26 N-81~ ------27 P-N7 ______5 27 N,P boxed attractively in sturdy Nora wood, 28 QxPt ______4 28 K-02 favored for furniture and flooring because 29 QxNt ______3 29 B- Q2 of its durable kualities. 30 QxR ______3 30 B_ N8 Striking to look at and perfect for chess 31 QxN (e) ______3 31 .. Resigns ------play, this set is a lifetime buy at an amaz ingly reasonable price! Total Score ______100 Your Percentage ______Catalogue No. 26 ______$32.50 SCAL E: 75_100_Excel lent; 55.74-Super!or; 40-54-Good; 25-39-Fa ir NOTES TO THE G .H1E *Posttion after 26 .. . iV-Bl a ) W' hit e prevents Black's natural counter of 7 .. . P-Q4. II ) Here White ini tiates a powerful Kin g; side demonst ration. c) If Black castles long, he loses th e King Bishop P awn. d) Jnte.rt:sting and correct. MAIL YOUR ORDER TO e) Meister Mieses was awarded the bril CHESS REVIEW liancy prize for this game. 250 W est 57th Street, N ew York 19, N. Y. t :::::0 check; :t ==.d bl. check; § d Is. ch. 278 CHESS REVIEW, SEPTEMBER, 19S7 Entertaining and instructive games by A. B. Bisguier, I. A. Horowih: and annotated by a famous expert. Hans Kmoch Tactically sound. but strategically By no stl'etch of t he imagination can @-.INTERNATIONAL t'aulty. Some such plan as 11 ... P-QN3 Bhlcli:'s position be considered tenable . and ... B- N2 01' 11 . . , N- B2-K3 01' -Q-I) But he call Mill cause a bit or annoy· is indicated. The text move continu es ance with 35 . .. Q- HS. IRELAND, 1957 10 promote Wh ite's development. 36 BxP • • • • West Europe Zonal Tournament 12 NxN Q- R4t 14 B-K3 Q-R4 \Vhite settles fo r the Pawn. Undoubt· Annotated by I. A. Horowitz 13 K- B2 QxNt 15 Q-B2 . . . . edly. he was hoping [01' more. But the LO Pawn is sufficient. Model T Game ''.'hite plays in genel'al restrict Black's development a nd specifieally 10 36 . . , , B,B \Vhat is so funny as a hypermodern prevent the move which follows. 37 RxB Q-N3t game which doesn't start? It js remi· niscent of the old slapsUcl, comedy 15 . . . . P- B3 If 37 .. . Q- R8. 38 Q- KB3 is sufficient. with a jerk of a h ero, erankhandle in It is undesirable to open lines in an 38 Q-K3 Q-Q3 40 P-K7 R- K1 hand, w in ding a model T Ford. One Ilndenleveloped position. 39 R-Q7 QxN P 41 R- Q8 Resigns soun d crank, and the whole contraption 16 P-QN4! Q_B2 falls apart, On ] 6 . . . QxNP 17 B-B5. QxP 13 llxKP. 'Vhite wins the Exdlange. IRELAND. 1957 YUGOSLAV DEFENSE West Europe Interzonal Tournament C. H. 0'0. Alexande r K. Plater 17 Q-N3t K- R1 18 QR-Bt Q- Nt Annotated by 1. A. Horowit2! Great Britain Poland 19 P-K6 . . . White Black What a picture. mal:k is struggling Defense Psychosis 1 P_K4 P-Q3 10 fi nd moyes. When a player is continually being at· tacked. he ofte n develops a defense psy· The Yugosla\' 01' l'irc Defense, u itJ'a' 19 . . . . N- Q3 chosis. and he defends at all cost. Often, hypermodern, horn LO conform to exist· 20 P-K'R4! N- B4 ing I'ogue, It has little to recommend it. however, during the proceedings, there E lse 21 P- R5. and Black's defens",s except that it is off the beaten path and is a sl!ght let up in the assault, and it are s mashed open. consequently is not tested and digested is in this period oC grace, this peacefu l to any extent in opening volumes. 21 BxN intermission, that an opportunity arises 22 KR- Ql · . . . to seize the init iative. To do so is to 2 P-Q4 N-KB3 4 P-B4 B-N2 live: to fail is to die. Black's defense of penetrating. 3 N-QBS P-KN3 5 N-BS 0-0 There are many ways psychosis in the following game nails 22 N- Q-I seems shar per. 6 B-Q3 QN-Q2 him in t he groove. He fails . This is it, without subtle tieR o t' refine· 22 . . . . P-N4 ments. 'Come and get me, 'Black ch al· 23 N- Q4 Q-N2 PHILIDOR DEFENS E lenges. 24 N-B6 · . . L. Pachman A. Dunkelblum 7 P- K5 N_K1 24 NxBP. Q-K5 gIves Black a fair C2!echo-SJovakia Holland 8 N-K4 P-QB4 counter·chance. White 'B lack The issue is defined. White has been 24 .... , Q-R3 26 NxB QxN 1 P- K4 P-K4 provoked into advancing his Pawns. and 25 N-Q8 B_N2 27 R-Q7 Q- K5 2 N_ KB3 P-Q3 Black batters at the enemy center. Even though Black's position is un· The l'al'ely seen Philidor, popular some 9 P- B3 BPxP appetizing. he has made some progress . twenty·odd years ago. 10 BPxP The chronic defect of his game is that 3 P-Q4 N-KB3 5 B- QB4 ·B- K2 11 QPxP • • • • he is playing pradit'ally w itllom a 4 N-QB3 QN-Q2 6 PxP • • • • After eleven moves. it is crystal clear Bishop. This excha nge tends to free Black's that White has a terrific lead in devel· 28 R- Q4 Q- N2 position. 6 P- KH3 to prepare 7 B-K3. opment. 29 R- Q7 Q- K5 free [rom an harassing 'i ... N -KN5, is usual and good. 30 P-N3 • • • • Time trouble may explain the relle(i· 6 . , , . QNxP tion. But Black IS still in the woods. ACcol'd ing to Pachman. 'Vhite has a positional plus after 6 .. . PxP 7 BxPt. KR-Bl 32 R-Kl Q-B3 so . . . . KxB S N- N5t, K- Nt 9 N-K6, Q- Kl 10 31 B- B5 B- 81 33 R- K2 . . . . :\'xBP, Q-N3 11 N xH, QxP 12 R- Bl, N There is still an element of danger in Dol 13 B-K3, B-R6 14 Q-K2, QxRt 15 (he position wbich must be overcome be· QxQ, BxQ 16 KxB, K-B2 17 N-B7, R t'ore 'Vhite breezes home. For there are QBI 18 N/ 7-Q5. QNxP 19 QNxN, NxN/5 avenues of approach to his o\\'n King. 20 NxB. KxN 21 P-QB3. In th is line, 33 . . . . P-QR4 S .. . K-N3 is refuted by 9 P- KR4! for, 34 P- R3 p,p If 9 . .. P-KR4, 10 P - B4 with a smasb· 35 PxP R-R3 lng a'ttack: 10 . . . PxP 11 N-K2. Almost cer tainly, however, in 'R deeply 11 • • • • N_B4! t c heck; t dbl, check; § :::: diH. ell. prepared brief with sub and sub-sub CHESS REVIEW , SEPT£MB ER, 1957 279 yarlatlons. there are apt to be errors of 25 P_KR4 P- QB4 47 QxKP t Resignl commission, o missio n a nd jud&me nt. T he Again, ... P- QB3. T his game wal awarded the "Best main line bere is not conyincing : fo r 19 Played Game" pl'l'e. U P- RS! · , . . .. , NxN/ 4. (instead of , , . Nx'N/ 5) W hite threa tens 27 P- K5 which opens leayes tbe ga me a bout eyen. a direct a ppmach to Blac k's K ing Knight IRELAND, 1957 7 B- K2 Nx Nt Pawn, West Europe Zonal Tournament Black', lall t Is too rigid, While 7 ... 26 .. .. P. P Annoh;t ed by I. A , H orowitz P-QB3 takell on a backward Queeil 27 BxP R- KN1 Paw n, it alllO allows for counter·play 28 Q-R2 · . . ' Piquant via Queen.side Pawn demonstration. a W hite's last is rathe r unusual. T rue, The re is no I mell ot midnight 0[\ In Black's Kn~h t at K4 Is & tower of 28 P- .K5 leads to no thing after any num· tbe tollowlng game, T he play II fresh IItrength, and Black ought no t to e x· ber of repHell: e.g., 28 P- K 5, BPxP 29 and crisp and clear, And the improvis.a· change it. If White doell, then Black Q-N6t K - Rl. Now, however, Whlte'l tlons a re all of the over·tbe-board kind, h'a nsfen his Queen Pawn to K 4, neu· Queen Is slde·tracked. T heoretically, the To boot. an air of I pecuhltion addll plq u· tmUz lng White's Pawn command or the correct pla n seems to be 28 R- K3, fo l Ancy, It is good to Ihe last move. cente r, lowed by QR- K I, with a n eventual bl'eak· 8 BxN 0--0 through at Kil. BENONI COUNTER GAMBiT , 0--0 R- Kl 28 .... P-8 5! T. Van Schelt ln; a L , Schmid 10 R-K1 P_KR3 29 P-QN4 R- B2 Holland Welt Germany Black Intends , . . 8-81, mean\\'hlle This move, in ellsence, II the sum a nd While Dlack averting the pin o n his Knlsht, Sharper ,ubltance ot IBlack's defeat. At all times 1 P_Q4 P-QB4 4 P-KB4 B- N2 is 1() ... B-Bl at once; for, if 11 B-N5. when Ihe question come·u p to a ttack or 2 P- Q5 P-Q3 , N-KB3 P- K3 P- KR3 12 B-R4, Black can break tbe defend. Blac k chooses to defend, even 3 P- K4 P_KN3 , P.P . , , . )l in by returning his Bishop to K2 01' ca n when the!'e is no valid defense. 29 ... Of the various lines at White's dis· ve nture , . . P- KN4 13 B-N S, N-Q2, fol· P-B6. fo llowed by . . ' 'H- BS s tarts White posal, 5 P"'B4, IlS analyzed on page 79 lowed by ... B- N2 , Thus, he creates ICUl'l'y! ng to hold his own. And It is uf the March Issue, appears most prom!s· doubtful that W hite un succeed III dOing Ilroblemil tor W'blte. whereal the text ing. 'Schmid Indicates, howe ver, that he Il ne me re ly bides time a nd gives W hite '0. conl iders 6 P-B4. as good for Black. T his free re ign. 30 B-N4 N-Bl dlrtere nce ot o pinion, undoubtedly, will 11 P- QN3 0-81 31 QR- B1 R- R1 be settled over·the·board, 12 B-N2 P_KN3 32 R-B3 · . . , One thin!. however, Is certain: 6 PxP 13 N_N5 . , , , Now tha t Black 'basn't a ghost of II. can hardly be correct, Wbite s pent two White hu P- QB4 in vie w. which wUl cha li ce a t counte r·play, W hite sets the moves to reach Q5 and now e xc h a n ge ~ completely bind the center, The im· s tage for an incurslon, the Pawn oU. In doing so, he pe rmits mediate threat or 14 BxN, fo llowed by 32 .. , , N-N3 34 a-a !) 0-0' certain adva ntages to accrue to Black. NxBP assurell the s uccesll of the pla n. 33 R- K2 P-N4 3!) B-K6 Q_K1 6 , . . . PxP K_B1 13 . . . . B-N2 36 Q-Rl Now Black enjoys a ll extra center 14 P_B4 . , , , A trine better Is 36 , .. P-K R~. T hen Pawn, plus the open King Bis hop tile, 37 R- R2, followed by Q- Dl- 83, eyeing This Is the end of the flnt phase ot 7 P_K5 . . , , the Rook Pa wn, In conjunction with the ga me, W hite is In complete control T be point. White esta blishes a bridge· tactical threats which may develop, s uch or the center a nd will build from the re. head a t K5, inalead or a t Q5. a transter as P- N4, P-K5 or e vell P-'BS, ollght to 14 . . . , P- R3 yield W hite res ults. After tbe text move, of affectio ns. 15 N- B3 N-Q2 Black fa lls apart. 7 . , . , P-Q4 16 Q-Q2 ' , , , 8 P- B4 ! N_K2 The next phase of the t;ame calls for It 8 , . . P- Q5. White has 9 QN-Q2 expansion on the K lng·, lde. It can be with eye on N- K4-Q6. accomplished by 16 P -N3, followed by 9 N-B3 P-QR3 n-N2 and P-B4, ""fih do mina nce In the Black pl'even t.5 N-QN5-Q6 and pre· center a ud both wings. In anlwel' to 16 pllres to expand on the Queen·side. P- N3, P-QN4 Is ruled out on account ot 10 B_Q3 QN- Bl the !'eply 17 P- K5, simultaneously at· 11 0 - 0 0-0 tacking the 'Rook and Queen Pawns. 12 P- QR3 ' , , , 16 , , . , Q-N4 17 Q-B2 N-K4 White's last Is a n unnecessary pre 18 B-K2 B_K3 ('all tlon against .. , N-NS, 12 Q- K2 Is normal. While', general plan m ust eOI' 18 , .. B-R6 19 P- N3 grants Black brace the following p08stbilltlell: 1) He nothing. 18 ' , . B-N5 forcea the ex· mUB t attempt to prevent Black from Illay· cha nge of Bishops but lea ves Black un· 37 P- K5! , , , . ing . ' , P-QN·\ without [lrst excha nging prepared to challenge White's occupa· The game ill over. Pawm; 2) he mus t prepare fo r a frontal tlon or Q5. 37 . . . . BPxP assault on Blac k's Queen Pa wn by 'R-Ql ; 19 N_Q5 O.N 21 P_N3 N-Q2 38 PxP PxP 3) be m ust compe l, Inveigle or Induce QR_Bl , , . 20 BPxB 22 P- B4 . H 38 , .. NxP 39 RxN . P xR 40 R- B3t . , . P-Q5. T hus, a.fter all, W hrte expands o n the K- N2 n Q-B5. there Is no defense. Or, 12 , , . , R- N1 ! King·aide, By permUting the previous If 40 . ' . K-K2, 41 R- B7t wins (41 Q poIslbllity of . , . p- exchange, 'howeve r, be has made 'Black's Reinforcing the R4t K-Q3 42 R- B5 Is good too), t1N4, lot easier, For now Black Js In pos ition 39 R- B3t K_K2 to ope n lines for counte r·play. 13 R- N1 . , . , It 39 ... K-N2, 40 P-Q6 and 41 P-Q7 Already White', proble ms are mount· 22 .. . , Q-K2 win, 23 BxB Kx B lng, Now, IC IS Q-K 2, then 13 .. , N-R4, 24 B-N4 P-KB3 40 B-B7 threatening to win a 'Pawn by ... N- N6. Obsened with the Idea tha t 'he must Forced. . , . NxB and .. , RxBP, gives Black a prevent P- K5, Black accepts another 41 P-Q6t ! K.P 44 Q-B5t K- K2 fine game. T he text move, apparently weakening of his K ing polltlon, 24 , . , 42 R-Q2t K-K2 45 QxN P- BS aiming at P-QN4, falls short ot Its P-QB3 opens lines tor counte r·play. 43 RxQt Kd 46 Q-Q5t K_ K1 mark, For Black gets going fi rst, 280 CHISS RlVIIW, SEPTEM BER, 1957 13 . • . . P-QN4! QUEEN'S GAMBIT 14 PxNP • • • • Oscar Pan no A lexander Kotov ... ;, UNITED STATES 14 P-QN3 momentar!1y checks the Argentina Soviet Union P awns; but White is tempted by the '''hite Black NEW YORK. 1957 gain of a Pawn. 1 P_Q4 P_Q4 6 0-0 P-QR3 Match Play 14 . . . • 2 P_QB4 p,p 7 Q-K2 P_QN4 Arlnotated by Hans Kmoch 15 BxQNP • • • 3 N_KB3 N_KB3 8 B_N3 B-N2 Not 15 :-.ixNP, as 15 ... P- B5 wins a 4 P_K3 P-K3 9 N_B3 QN_Q2 Only Glass piece. 5 BxP P-B4 10 R_Q1 PxP?! Did you evel' find a diamond which 15 . . . . P_Q5 Black's last is probably playable, but proved to be glass? If so, you will under stand how Bisguier must have felt when, 16 BxN N,S r!~ky and - from the individual point 17 N_K4 · . . . of view - a grave en·or. Black plays after a fine set·up, he won a Pawn seem· \Vhat with the center, a passed QUeen this and his next out of o!'der. ingly by force, only to discover that lIe really had accepted a sound sacririce. Pawn, better development and better 11 PxP P_N5?? Surrounded by trouble and not seeing posts for his men. Black can afford the A decisive blunder, and the more as· Pawn minllS. any clear way out, White chooses to tonishing in that Kotov llimself 'has reo play va banque, prefelTing to lose if he 19 R_K1 17 . . . . Q-Q4 P-B5 peatedly shown how to punish it. 11 ... must by quick defeat rathel' than pro· 18 N-Q6 B-QR3 20 N-Q2? stt'ictI~' if • • • • N- N3 is necessal'y, and. 12 longed vexations. His preference come~ Withal, it is still a game if White con· N- K5 (threatening 13 NxBP) , Black m u~t true. tinlles normally with 20 ·B- Q2. In his play 13 ... B-Q-l (13 , .. QN-Q·I? 1-1 anxiety to get rid of one of Black's ad· NxNP! ). SICILIAN DEFENSE vancing Pawns, he gets rid of two of Arthur B. Bisguier Samuel Reshevsky his own, White Black 20 . • . , RxBP 1 P_ K4 P-QB4 3 P-Q4 p,p 20 , .. P- I36 is also good, though more 2 N_KB3 P-Q3 4 NxP N_KB3 speculative. The text move is clear cut. 5 N-QB3 P_KN3 21 [\J/2xP R/5- B1 Since castllng on the Queen-side (the 22 Q-R4 BxN Yugoslav Attack) became White's most usual way of handling the SIcilian, the Dl'agon has lost in popularity. Most play el'S prefer 5 ... P-QR3 6 B-KN5, P R3, although there is no proof that 7 P-B4 (or 7 Q-B3) , B- K2 S Q- B3 is more comfortable for Black than the text line. nut Reshevsky, at any rate, still pl'efers 12 P-Q5! , . . . the Dl'agon, A well known twist. 'Vhile obtains a 6 B_K3 B_N2 winning attack for the piece. 7 P-B3 P-QR3 12 , , . . It 13 PxP seems necessary to postpone cast· ling. After 7 ... 0 - 0 S Q- Q2, N- B3 9 14 N-K5 ?? , . . . n-QB4, N-QR4 10 B-N3, D- Q2 11 B-R6, An astonishing blunder on White's mack faces severe U'ouble (Lombardy - 11arl. Correct is 14 N- N5, followed pos· 3 NxB • • • • Reshevsky, 1st game of theh' match, p. sibly by 15 NxK:P with a decisive attack 260, CHESS REVIEW, September, 1956). Curiously, if 23 QxB, BxP 24 QxQ, as Dlack's King cannot escape from the 8 B-QB4 P_QN4 PxQ, WhIle's Knight is t!'apped on an da.nger zone. As all this is well known, open board. 9 B-N3 8_N2 Panna's blunder Is as sensatIonal a~ 10 Q_Q2 P_K R4 23 . . , . QR_R1 25 Q-B3 N-Q5 Kotov's was. 24 Q- B2 Black plays to pI'e\'ent P-KN4, and pos· P-Q6 26 B-Q2 . . . . 14 • • • . Q-N3 s ibly D- KR6 although the latter is still It 26 N-N6. N- K7t 27 RxN, PxH 15 B- R4 0-0-0 dangel'OllS for Black even though he has (t]u'eatenlng mate) 28 B-Q2, Q-K5, Now White's attack is at an end. Black wins. not castled. The text also jm'ol"es an· 16 N-B7 B_B4 othel' dangel', liS Blaclt can hardly avoid 26 . • , . 28 R- K1 Q- K5 N-KTt 17 NxR R,N ... 0-0 Indefinitely and, when he does 27 RxN P,R 29 P- QN3 , , . . 18 PxP R-Q1 piay it, the text move Is likely to prove White is at a loss for a positive plan: With ,two pieces for a :Rool{ in an a weakening. e.g" 29 N-Q6, QxP, etc. otherwise satisfactol'Y Ilosition, It is a 11 P- QR4 P-N5 29 . , ., QR_Q1 31 BxQ R- Q8 win for Black as he shows, making 12 N-R2 , . . . 30 Q- K3 QxQt 32 B-B2 RxRt slow but steady progress. A sharp move, for White commIts him· 33BxR R-B8 mate 19 B_KB4 N_Q4 30 Q- KB2 NjK-B4 self to P- B3 after which his Queen An interesting game. 20 B-Q2 P-K4 31 B-K2 N-B3 Knight Pawn becomes backward. White 21 P_QB4 N-B2 32 P-KR3 P-R3 can, however, afford that concession. 22 B-K3 8xB 33 K-R2 B-B3 The alternative 12 N- QS may be Slifer ARGENTINA. 1957 23 PxB Q- KN3 34 R-N6 N/3-Q2 but holds less promise. Mar del Plata International 24 QR_N1 B-K5 35 R-N2 P-K5! 12. . . • P-R4 14 NxP N-A3 25 R_N2 N-B4 36 B_N4 Q-Q3t 13 P-83 PxP 15 0-0 0-0 Annotated by Hans Kmoch 26 RxRt KxR 37 Q-N3 N-K4 The crucial point. Black can hardly 27 R-N8t K-K2 38 B-K2 P-N4 Sensational Blunders postpone .. , 0 - 0 any longer, Indeed. he 28 B_Q 1 N-Q2 39 K-R1 N/B-Q6 has avoided the consequences of 'Vhlte's A sensational game inasmuch as both 29 R-N2 N-K3 40 R_N1 NxP 0-0- 0 (as the Queen·side is rather grandmasters black out for a moment, Resigns making elementary blunders. Elemen airy); but he would be better off if tary for experienced 'Players, that is. It his King Rook Pawn had not moved. is White who is unfortunate, He blun· 16 KR-Q1 . . , . del'S last. A good move, provided White intends t = cheek; :I: = dbl. check; § dis. ch, to operate around the open file. But, CHESS REVIEW, SEPTEMBER, 195"1 281 since W h ite h as good reason t or action QxQt 30 KxQ, NxP leads only to a n n n· 8 . . . . P-QR3 on the Klng·slde, 16 QR- Q1 is much tenable and perhaps demoralizing posi' Black t h rea t e ns 9 , .. NxBP a s, after st r onger, Black m ll s t then find some t lo n. 10 Q- R4t, P-QN4 11 NxP, N--N3 12 N- ot her line of play than In the ga me or 29 . • . . N- N5 871:. K-BI 13 Q- B6, R-QNl , there is fi nd h imself in a predicament. Res igns no defense to 14 .. . B-Q2. 16 . . . . K_R2 i\f ate Is threatened on th e seventh 9 Q- Q3 • • • 17 Q- KB2 .... r a nk, and 30 R-Q2 fa U! against 30 , , , Or 9 P-N3, P -QN4, a lso with a rlne W h ite threatens 18 P- K5. Q- NSt (or eve n 30 , , ' Q-KSt) , game for Bla ck. 17 . . . . N-Q2 9 . . . . A_Q N1 18 P_ N4 . . , , 10 R_Q N1 N- Q2 T his thl'ust wou ld have been very NEW YORK, 1957 Thr eat: 10 .. N- K 4 and 11 ... NxP. powe r ful had W h ite played 16 Q R-Ql. Met Lea9_e Team Cllampio. ship 11 P-N3 P-QN4 Now it is somewhat inconsistent, bu t A nnotated by H an. K moch 12 PxP P.P it ~till holds pl"()m ise. More cons ist ent , 13 P-B4 • • • • however . is 18 B-Q5. Contrapoint 13 NxP loses to 18 . . , N- K4: but, 18 ' . . . N/ 3-B4 after t he te:r;;t, W h Ile does t hrea t en 14 T his game is remarkable lor the open· Necessa l'y, 18 , , ' PxP fails again st NxP (14 " . B- QR3? 15 NxPt!). i ng in which Bla ck obtains the edge. 19 Q- RH, K- Nl 20 N- K6! afte)' w h ich 13 . . . . P- N5 16 NxB B-R3 W h ite obtains a n ir resistible a Ua ck. t hanks to sk ilful and aggressive play on the Q\lee n·side. 14 N_R4 R_Rl 17 Q-K3 0 - 0 19 Px P . ..• T here is lit tle to say a boll t the r est 15 B_N2 Bd 180-0 Q_NS Co nsistent in combina tion w ith W hite's or the game. Not hi ng of im portance ha L) The In teresting opening ha s ended preceding move, 19 B- B2 ma y be pla y· penft except that W hite blnnders, losi ng with a modera te advanta ge for Black a ble bn t Is not very clenr be(,a\lse of 19 a piece. Ther e is something t o sa y, how· who holds th e mO)'e compact Pawn for· , , , PxP. e ve r, a rter White's r esigna tion. T his Is ma tion and the better Bishop, 19 . , . .. N.B a ga me with contrapolnt . 19 K R-K1 KR- B1 21 N_B1 B- N4 20 P xP t • • • • 20 B- R3 R_ B2 22 N/ 2- Q3 ." . K ING'S IN DI AN DEFENSE But this is Whlte's gra ve Illusion. He W hite tbreatens 23 Nx:-l P. Albert S. Pinkus Saul Wach. thinks he Is win ning a Pawn. 20 NxN 22 ..•. N-KB3 is Indica ted, with a 1)I"() m ising ga me fo r Manhat tan C. C. Marshall C. C. To meet 23 NxNP with 23 , .. NxKP, \Vhlte a.a the inevitable recapUU'e of t he W h ite Black Paw n must seriollsly weaken Black's 23 K- R1 B- R3 26 A/ 2-K2 Q_ N4 1 P_Q4 N- KB3 3 N- QB3 B_ N2 King position: e .g., 20 , , . N- K4 21 B-Q4 24 R-N2 R- K1 27 K-N 1 P- B5 2 P_QB4 P_ KN3 4 P_KN3 P- Q3 25 Q-B2 (not 21 PxPt whiCh transposes back 5 B_N2 N- B3 B- N2 28 PxP R. P into t he ga me). 29 N-N2 R- B6 Black h as a gambIt In m ind. 20 . . . . P. P T he siWation Is ba.sically u n changed 21 Nx N N_K4 6 P-Q5 .. .. s ince move 18. Black still holdS the Black h8$ e:r;;cellent compensation ror W h ite acce pts t he c ha lle nge or rat he r e dge, w it h no decis ion in sighL t he Pawn. Both K ings are exposed, but t he fi rs t part of it. T he modest 6 N- 8 3 Black has the attack. is safer. 6 . . . . N_QR4 T he gambit m ove , Which h olds mor e pl'omise at any rat e t han 6 ... N-QNl (as A. Burns lIsed to p lay, CO\l nting ou ~ he ga in of the squa l'e, QB4, ror the time lost). 7 P- K4 , . . , Whi Le correctly re fuses t he ga mbit: 7 Q- R4t, P- B3 8 P :r;; P, PxP 9 Bx Pt, NxB 10 QxNt, B-Q2 11 Q- R6 (11 Q- B3, R QB 1) , Q- B2 as Black has fine compensa· t ion for the Pawn. 30 Q-Q4?1 T he te xt is a lso sharp a nd committing, Resigns Q-Q2 but rea sonable. But '1 P-N3 offers .. ' 22 N-Q4 To P inkus, Jun ior , this disaste r caDle 23 Q- R4 t K_Nl KN :r;;P 8 NxN, Bx'R 9 B-Q2! And a fa ir IlS a. happy e nd . T he boy had ~en de· 24 Q-N3 . a nd stead y aitel"ll a tive is '1 N- 8 3. P- 8 4 . . . posited a t the club by w hat must 10 The possiblllty of ... N-B5 Is pa rticu, 8 N- Q2, P-QR3 9 P-QR3, Q- B2! 10 P- N3 , 10". KXxP?? 11 NxN). h Im ha ve a ppeared a twist of !l1 rate, la)'ly troublesome fOl' White as it pre· lndee d, h e took It as a man, e" Cll w hen ven ts him rrom br inging h is Rooks to t he 7 . . . . P-B4 his modest request fO l' s wItch Ing off the Klng·side : e ,g., 24 R- K BI . R- B2 (or 24 8 KN-K2 • • • • lights 100 he could sleep was tu rned .. , N- B5 at once) 25 ·R- B2 , N- B5 with !lut this is not a good idea as W h ite down , He cOlild not , howe ver. (,oll('eal a winn ing attack . no"' has u 'o\lble protecting his Queen h is joy when tbe game was o \" e r . T he 24 . • . . R_B2 Bishop Pawn. Satisfactory Is 8 N-B3. K n ight w hich Senior left en prise tu rned 2~ B-Bl . . . . P -QR3 9 N-Q ~ . 0 - 0 10 P-QR3 (wea ker out to be a wonderful gi rt fO I" Junior. In the abse nce oC any satlMactory con· I~ 10 Q- B2, Kasbdan-Gllgorich , p. 181. F athel' may t ake this a s a lesson. Next tinuatlon, this desperate mea sure t o a n· CH ESS REVIEW, June, 1952), Q- B2 11 I !m~, he can pl ease his SO il eyen more ticlpate , , . N-B5 Is com pre hensible, P-~ 3 (see the preceding note) . by gI v Ing a way some thing better than 2S .. , . Q R- KB I Another move, deserving consideration, II K n igh t at an ea l'li e r stage. Yes, mani· 26 P-B4 ... , 1$ 8 B- BI as th e Bishop works best on fold are the enjoyments w hlC'h c hess its home diagonal against , . . P- QN4 ('an provide to ma nkind. now. W h ite has nothing to lose by a nd it may pa)· to lose time to render 26 . • " N_NS 28 Q )( p Qx KRP useless the pOSit ion of Black's Queen 27 P-R3 N-B3 ~ R_ A3 . . . . Knigh t. 8 ... P-K3! howeve r , is e m bar· Her e h e follows his desperate plan, r as.sing t hen : e,g., 9 P xP, BxP! ( 9 .. . losing In8tantly, B ut 29 Q_N2, e .g., PxP ! 10 P-K5! ) . ctJUS REV IEW, stPTEM BU, 1951 282 gaping hole at N5, and 16 ... P-QN4 is An unassuming llne which I have my FOREIGN met very strongly by 17 N-K5 with a self favol'ed on nuwerolls occasions. It '*- strong initiative as N-K4 and N-N4 are has a disarming ingenuous quality in the offing, " 'hich can often be deceptive. YUGOSLAVIA, 1956 17 BxP • • • • 5 . . . . P-QN4 National Championship A courageous decision whiCh assure~ Not immediately 5 . . , B-B4 because Annotated by A. B. Bisguier White, among other things, of the ad· of 6 BxN, QPxB 7 NxP, Q-Q5 8 N-Q3 vantage of the two BIshops. as White can maintain his extra Pawn Gligorich Returns 17 . . . . without difficulty, I defeated the late G1 igorich played very well - in fact Else, Black remains a Pawn down, Herman Steiner with the White side of he was wonderful - In regaining the 18 QxB QxRPt 20 N_K4 N.N this variation. Yugoslav Championship, which he has 19 K-B1 QR-Q1 21 BxR N-Q7t 6 B-N3 B-B4 8 0 - 0 0 - 0 held many times (butnotoflatej. In the 7 P-B3 P-QS 9 R_Q1 Black defends gallantly and with in • • • • following game, he defeats the previous White attempts to enforce P-Q4 ; but, champion in a line which Karaklajich genuity, but Gllgorich's accurate and reo lentless play prevails. ln view of his rather slow development, plays frequently and is reputed to know his aim is somewhat pretentious. 'Mueh 22 RxN Q- R8t exceptionally well. Unfortunately fol' 24 B-K7 R- Kl safer is 9 P-Q3. Kal'aklajicb, Gligorich is also fully alert 23 K- K2 QxR 25 B-QN5 • • • • 9 . . . . Q_K2 11 P-Q4 B- N2 to all the nuances in this interesting White has the very neat point that 10 P_ KR3 B_N3 12 P-Q5 • • • • opening. 25 ... RxB is met by 26 Q-QR3, threat· White's last Is probably forced in view ening not only QxR but also R-Q1, trap NIMZO-INOIAN DEFENSE ping Black's Queen. of the shaky state of his center. He can S. Gligorich N. Karaklajich not develop with QN-Q2 and hold his 25 QxRP • • • • Queen Pawn. And 12 B- B2 permrts 12 W hite Black 26 B-KR4 Q-Q4 ... PxP 13 PxP, N-QN5 with effect. N-KB3 4 P-K3 0-0 1 P-Q4 Here 26 . . Q- R4 is met decisively by 12 . . . . N-R4 14 PxP ::: P-QB4 P-K3 5 B-Q3 P-B4 26 Q-QB6. 13 8_B2 P-B3 15 8 - N5 3 N- QBS B-N5 6 N-B3 P-Q4 • • • • 7 0-0 PxBP 27 QxQ PxQ§ 29 B-Q8 N- B1 The plan of exchanging Bishop fOl" 28 K-Q3 R_ K5 30 BxP Knight is open to criticism. Preferable Not 7. . QN- Q2 at once, as 8 P- QR3. • • • • is 15 B-K3. PxQP 9 QNxP gives White a plus. So. through It all, Black has managed to preserve theoretica l material equality, 15 .. " P- KR3 17 QN-Q2 N_ K2 8 BxP QN_Q2 but 'Vhite's two Bishops and passed 16 BxN 18 N-B1 N_N3 9 B-Q3 • • • • Pawn ensure an easy win. Black heads for the black squares Other possible moves here include 9 30 . . . . which have been weakened by the ex B-N3, 9 Q-K2 and 9 Q-N3: none, how R-K3 32 P-N3 N-K3 31 8_B5 change of Whit e's Queen Bishop. He ever, leads to any clearly demonstrable R-KN3 33 B-Q7 • • • • compels White to loosen his King po· advantage. Black cannot swap for Bishops of op sition still further in order to prevent 9 . . . . P- QN3 11 R- Q1 posite colors as they don't help at all against White's connected. passed Pawns. . .. N-B5. 10 Q- K2 B-N2 12 PxP • • • • The rest Is very easy: Black ought to 19 P-KN3 Q_KS In this rath er typical position, re have resigned here. 20 N_ K3 • • • • sembling many reached in the Queen's In the light of what follows, the las t Gambit Accepted, Black hopes to utilize 33 . . . . P-R4 41 R_B1 RxP move must be classWed as a blunder. his strong Q4 square, the square in 34 P-QN4 R-B3 42 R-R1 K-N3 front of the isolanl, while White has 35 R-R2 K_R2 43 P-N4 R-B6t 20 .... QxKRP strong compensation in a spatial adl'an 36 R-R8 B_B2 44 K_B2 R- Blt 21 RxP 8 - 84 tage and attacking chances_ 37 R- B8 P-R5 45 K_N3 R-N7 B.N 12 . . . , R-B1 3. P.B 46 RxP RxP 39 R.B P-R6 47 B_K5 R-N8 13 B-Q2 B-Q3 40 B- Q6 P-R7 48 P-N5 R-QB8 In this position, Unzicker (Bled, 1956) 49 P-N6 Resigns played the safer 13 ... B- K2. A very well played game by Gligorlch. 14 N-QN5 B_N1 15 B-N5 P_QR3 And here Smyslol' played 15 ... Q-Kl, RUSSIA, 1957 which is definitely superior to the text: the continuation was 16 N- B3, P-KR3 National Championship 17 B-R4, P- KN4 18 B -N3 with better Annotated by A. B. Bisguier long· range rpros pects for Black. 16 N_B3 .. .. A Testament 22 RxN Perhaps, the greatest testament to the • • • • strength of tbe Russian players, and in White desperately seeks counler·play. particular the strength of the finalists On 22 R- Q2, there might follow : 22 . . . in the Russian Championship, can be P- B4 23 PxP (or 23 NxBP, RxN 24 PxR. found in the high caliber of the games QxPt), N- B5 with drastic effect. at the also-rans, those players who 22 . • . . PxR finished with a minus score and out of 23 NxP K_R2 the prize money. The following game 24 R-Q1 RxP!! was culled from this very source. As Al Horowitz would say: "A sock· dolager!" RUY LOPEZ 25 KxR • • • • Gurgenidze Nezmetdinov Or 25 QxR, R-KBl 26 Q- Kt, R-B8t 27 White Black QxR, BxNt. 16 . . . . Q_B2 1 P-K4 P-K4 3 B-N5 P-QRS 25 .... Q-R7t 27 K-Q2 QxNj4 2 N_KB3 Black's Queen Rook Pawn is in jeop' N-QB3 4 B-R4 N-B3 26 K_K1 QxPt 28 N-Q5 Q-N4t ardy, and a direct defense is virtually iJJ;l 5 Q-K2 • • • • White resigns - and who can blame possible: e.g.. 16 . . . P-QR4 leaves a t = check: :t = dbl. check: § dis. ch. him? CHESS REVIEW, SEPTEMBER, 1~57 283 Activities of CHESS REV IEW Postal Chess JACK STRALEY BA TTELL players : game reports & ratings, names of new players, prlze · winners, selected games, ,Postal Chess Editor tourney Instructions & edi torial comment. POSTAL SCRIPTS TOURNAMENT NOTES NEW POSTALITES The fol lowing new rosial Chess pla.vcr. Reading the Mortems Progress Reports for .Inncd in .July with these i";linl ratings: \Ve have said before what we h ope to Golden Knights Tournaments Class A at 1300: R. E. Bnker. E . T. Dana. make stick in your minds this time! J. M. Dchner. 11. F'ol'sberl{, H, 1". H"rnett. H. Hn,·\,ey. J. H. Haw.•. Frieda He)-", R. Your game reports appear in "Postal 8th Annua l Cha mpionship_1954 As a result of last month's Posta l .Ia""obs, P. ).f, Kolosso. M . ). Iendelow. K, 0 _ Mortems" the second month after your :I[ott·Smith, A. Pabon, .J. B. Stiehlm. R. ,J. Mortems, Finals section, 54·Nf 2, com· report reaches us. Look fOI' them then, Tenney a"d E. IVe sli,,: (Ileted play, and the contestants therein and protest at once if YOUI' report does Class B at 1200 : J. \V. Allen. S. L. Ander· score these weighted, point totals:· son, D . Bndt, S. G. Behrends. J. H. Beit.· not appear then, or ,does not appear COl" ling, B. L. Berry, ..\ . F. Carli on. P . H. Ea.st· I'ecti}·. The date involved is indicated Dr. A. Stern 41.7; G. Katz 37.3: S . .f. Hanllin 35.65: J. Pajor 31.6; E . Godbold man. ~L France. G. Hei 'nIJ er;:: , R. 1'. House", always under the tille, "Postal Mol" A. \V. Jlwkson , D . lAY, P. Lewcsky, C. A. 26.2; \V. E. Stevens 22.65; W . W. Fuchs terns," w ith "Game Reports Received 140", W. Pcrillo, I{. It. Smith and I{, S. 1 3.3, \\'e8\; during July (or whatever month applies) . Merging these with those from 5~·:-H 1. Class C at 900: D. V. Ackerm"", I ~ . I::;. 1957 ." previously finished, we have as Barnes. \V. IV. Bauer, H. Beebe. J . H", ,·I IMPORTED "A LPH A" QUALITY MECHANICAL CHESS CLOCKS! . " " • Adjustability t o any t ime limit • In a ddit ion t o a ll t h e qualities MODEL -Sturd y , depen dab le movem ent MODEL of M odel N o. 1003, t his d eluxe NO. 1003 NO. 1005 • H a nd some hardwood casing model is equipped with a bell $2 200 . New, . moot h-functioning ft " $3000 for 5-a nd I O·secon d ra pid t ran • E xcept ional accur a cy for sit c hess (Add 10% Federal h om e use when not on duty (Add 10% Federal • S ize : 7 5/8" x 4" x 2 1/4" Tax, or $2.20 )_ Size: 6 5/8" x 3 3/8" x 1 7/8" Tax, or S.3 .00) • W eight: 15 oz. • Weight: 25 oz. For properly timed chess events of any description - for serious play and for chess in a lighter vein - for the fulles t enjoyment that the game provides - these clocks are indispensable equipment. M A I L YOU R 0 R D E R TO - 'ESS R EVI EW 250 IV"'571hS'",, CH New York Ct ty 19