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Volume I Friday, Number 2 Offi(lCll Publicati on of The Unt teel States (bessfederati on September 20, 1946 U. S. Championship Details Set BYRNE WINS NEW NEW JERSEY STATE ISAACS, SANDRIN AREAS SELECT THEIR CHAMPIONS ENGLAND TOURNEY CHESS ASS'N FORMS WIN PLACES IN WAGMAN SECOND WAYNE PRESIDENT U.S. CHAMPIONSHIP IN LABOR-DAY WEEK-END MEETS As a result at the tOlifnament at Twelve players \ contested In the In the elght-I'ound Swiss system Area Six Tournament to decide the tournament which grants the New the Stacy-Trent Hotel players trom representatives at the U. g, Cham First Democratic U.S. Championship Meet England Championship, the lS-year not·th and south New Jersey met pionship. 'I'he veteran Lewis J. old Yale freshman, Robert Byrne, and organized the New Jersey State Isaacs was first and Albert San Draws Strong Field of Promising Contenders l)roved to be a shade better than Chess Association. Fint president drin, also at Chicago, was second. his rivals. In the play over the at this august body is R. W. Wayne Third place went to Allred Ludwig Labot' Day weokend August 30th at Ventnor City, well known for his of Omaha, Nebr. and tourth to Mark As the final results emerge from the smoke of battle cloud to September 2nd at HartJord, direction ot the Ventnor City invi Surgles or Milwaukee. Fifth place Conn., Byrne gathered 7lh points tation Tournaments. Three vlce went to Paul Poschel of Chicago. ing the fair Labor-Day skies, it becomes more and more ap out ot a possible 8 fO'r the cham presIdents were elected: C. B. Le The tournament was conducted parent that the Sixth Biennial U. S. Championship Tournament plon8hlp. Stuart E. Wagman at Cato of HaddonfIeld. F. E. Lauchs under the auspices at USCF Chap w ill set a new record in the annals of American Chess. The 'Boston was a close second with at West Orange, and William Van ter, Milwaukee Municipal CheBs Sixth U. S. Championship Tournament will be held in the the nearly pertect score ot 7 points, Bremen ot Trenton. Robert T. Dur Club, and the Tournament Director while Walter D. Suesman ot Provl: kin of Ventnor City became secre was Fritz Rathman, Editor at Wis Chanin Auditorium in New York City from October 26th to dence with a score ot 6 points was tary . and S. Caplan of Vineland consin Chess Letter. The tourna November 16th. At the same time plans cover a Woman's third. Fourth to ninth were Dr. treasurer. It was voted to apply for ment was played at Milwaukee from Gerald Katz, Harlow B. ,. Daly, Championship Tournament and a Masters' Reserve 'l'ournament membership in the USCF. August 30 ~h to September 1st, Charles Schoenfeld, AI. Martin, for the players from the seven areas of the United States who Hobert G. Mitchell and Richard barely failed to qualify for the Championship Finais. Brainard, whose point score was in each caso 5*, alined by the Son Details of the Tournament are in the hands of a Committee neborn·Bel"get· Rystem at "weigh hd.d<;d by Maurice Wertheim while Kenneth Harkness (Co ing" ties. In aU torty·seven play 'ers participated in litis annual tour· Edito r of CH ESS REVIEW) will serve as Tournament Direc· l\fl.ment which was won in 1945 by lor ill addition to his important duties as Cllairman of the Fi \V cavcr W . Adams, now in Eur Ilance Committee. ope witb the 1]. S. Team. Results from most at the seven areas into which the couutry has ning September 21st. Selection of J. C. THOMPSON 1ST been divided promise that the' sev players for the Masters' Reserve en seeded player.s will have no has not been announced. AL LIPTON 2ND IN easy time of it. The seven seeded Area l<~lve qualified its contest SOUTHWEST, OPEN players are: U, S_ Champion Arn ants In the annual Sbuthwestern old S. Denker, U. S. Open Cham Ollen Chess Tournament at Hous Seven States sent representatives pion Herman Steiner, Reuben Fine, ton, Texas, tram August 31st to to the Twelfth Annual Southwest I. A. Horowitz, I. I, Kashdan, Albert September 2nd. J. C. Thompson ern Open Championship Tourna· Pinkus and Samuel Reshevsky, who and AI. Lipton, both at Dallas, quali ment at Houston, Texas, August will meet in the finals of the U, S. fi ed tor the U. S. ChampionshIp Jin 31st to September 2nd. Among Championship the fifteen contend als, while J. W. Stapp and James the seventy contestants were ers selected from the seven areas Webb, both at Dallas also, quallft~ playors tram Colorado, Kansas, by the democratic method ot pre fa!' the Maste~s' Reserve. Oklahoma, Louisiana, MississippI, liminary contests. The veteran LewIs J. Isaacs and. Alabama and Texas. The tourna First to finish its selection was lhe youthful Albert Sandrin, both ment was held at the Rice Hotel Area 'I'hree, consisting at Delaware, of Chicago, qualified tol" the Cham in Houston and was refereed by J. Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, pionship finals In Area Six in a Allan Anderson, former St. Louis Pennsylvania and West Virginia. tournament held at Milwaukee Au- . champion and member of U. S. Jacob I,ellin (lett) meets 1)1'. Bruno Schmi(U (right) in the Area 'l'hree In a special tournament held at gust 30th to September lst. Al Team a.t Hamburg in 1930. finals, while M. A. Kontosn. acts as timekeeper. Cleveland, Ohio, from August 10th {red Ludwig or Omaha, Nebraska J. C. Thompson won the title to 12th Jacob Levin and AttUio and Paul Poschel of Chicago were of Southwestern Champion with a USSR TEAM WINS J. H. BELSON WINS DICamillo, both of Philadelphia, the two ready for the Mastera' R~ score at seven wins, uo draws qualified to enter the U. S. Cham !!erve. or losses. AI. Lipton. also of Dal· SCORES 12~ - 7Y2 CANADIAN TITLE; pionship finals while deorge East Area Four and Area Seven have las, was second with 6 points. MAURICE FOX 2ND man ot Detroit and Dr, Siegfried not been heard tram as yet, but It Third to sixth place went to J. W. OVER U. S. TEAM Wcrthammer of Huntington, West is known that both have plans un Stapp of Dallas, James Webb of Once again the U. S. Team taced In the 1946 IkIminiOll Chess Virginia, will represent the area In der way to quality players from Dallas, Mevis R. Smith of Hous· d!ifeat when it met the 1]SSR Team ChampiOllship Tournament played the Masters' Reserve. their respective areas. ton, and Don KlIgore at Dallas, aU at MoscoW. Heroes for the Ameri· at the Central YMCA In 'i'oronto In Area One the annual New at whom had 5* points, according can!! were r. Kashan and A. Kevitz rrom August 31 to September 7, J. England Championship Tournament to ' a Sonneborn·Berger "weighing" with 1*-*. The U. S. Team, how H . Belson won the title in a strong at Hartrord, Conn.. from August DR. WERTHAMMER at their scores. Seventh to tenth ever, Showed Improvement over last tournament wbich Included former 30th through September 2nd pro place went to Alfred P Coles III yeal' when it lost the radi:> match champions M. I~ox, J. S. Morrison, vided one finalist for the U. S. WINS W. VA. TITLE of El.' Paso, Al!red wnis of New by a acore of 15% to 4 'h, and R. E. i\1afrtin. Maurice Fox was Championship. This was Robert ALLEN DUVALL 2ND Orleans, Joe Gilbert of Dallas and (Box-Score Page 3) second, R. E. Martin third and J. Byrne, 18-year-old Yale freshman, F, H. McKee of Dallas, with 6 Rauch foarth. Bernard Freedman who became New England Cham For the third time In four yean point!! Oileh, according to their Son· LEVIN, DICAMILLO was tOUl'oament director. Twenty plon-. Stuart E. Wagman ot Bos Dr. Siegtrled Werthammer of Hunt neborn-Berger score. QUALIFY IN AREA eight players competed In two 14- ton or 'Valter B, Suesman of Provi· ington won the West Virginia round preliminary sections to deter dence will compete In the Masters' Championship in the tonrnament KOWALSKI WINNER THREE TOURNEY mine those seated In the final Reserve, played at Clarksburg trom August In a special tournament held in championship round-robin. This was On August 30th through Septem· 31st to September 2nd. In a six· TRENTON TOURNEY Cleveland, Ohio, on August 10th to the second title tor Belson who won ber 2nd another special tournament round Swiss SYstem he scored E McCORMICK 2ND 12th, Jacob Levin at Philadelphia the 1934 tournament, held at the Stacy·Trent Hotel In points to regain the title lost in won first place with three wins and Trenton, N, J., decided the other 1945 to Harold W. Liggett by hall Three players eaeh from northern two draws. Attillo DiCamillo, al· SANTASIERE WINS finalist trom Area One. This was a point. and southern New Jersey met at so ot Philadelphia, was second with NEW YORK STATE Stephen W. Kowalski of Newark, Second place went to Allen Du the Stacy-Trent Hotel, Trenton, N, two wins and two draws. A tour while Edgar T. McCormick ot East Vall at Charleston with a score 01 J. to determine the finalist in the way tie was the result in the other STERN TIES 2ND Orange became eligible tor the Mas 5·1. Other high scorers in the four· U. S. ChampIonship tram their places between Malcom W. Patrick In the annual New York State ters' Reserve. teen-man tournament were former area. Stephen W. Kowalski of New 'ot Cleveland. Dr. Siegfried Wer- Championship Tournament at Caz Anthony E. Santaslere In wInning State Champion William F. Hart· ark won with 41,\, points; Edgar T. thammer . ', ntington, Weat Vir- enovia August 17th to 25th Anthony the New York State Championship ling of St. Albans 4·2; former State McConnlck of East Orange was sec· ginia, all' goe Eastman and Dr. E. Santasiere Wall the title to qual at Cazenovia, August 17ta to 25th, Champion John Hurt of Charleston, and with 3¥" points. There was a Bt'uno S ~ . • both ot Detroit. ity for a place in the U. S, Cham placed as one of the trrree finalists Dr. Victor J. Lemke ot Morgantown three·way tie fo r ..hlrd between R. According ,,) arrangements, Le· pionship finals. Second place in the tram Area Two. Alexander Kevitz and Miitord B, ~ Mott of Arthurdale "'. Cotton of Camden, R. T. Durkin vin and DiCam 'Uo will represent New York State Tournament was ot New York has been appointed with 3*-2% each; Edward M. Foy, of Ventnor City, and J. Fleishner the area in tho U. S. Champion a tie between Adolph Stern, dark as the second finalist, and the third former Charleston City Champion, of Vineland with 2 points each. ship, while Eastman and Wertham horse at the meet, and Edward Las will be decided by a short tourna 3-3. Last year's Champion, Harold Sixth place went to S. }<'enlchel ot mer wlll play in the Masters' Re ker. Erich W. Marchand won the ment to be held at the Marshall W. Liggett ot South Charleston Newark. serve. Co nsolation Tournament. and Manhattan Chess Clubs, bogin- ended in a tour-way tie for eighth. main ltbrary which haa a very tine section on chess books" Proof ot the working out or this system Is Richard Kujoth who learned only the moves a Yjlar ago on the playground and then spent many honrs at the library with chess books. Only a yeal" later, he won the right to represent Wis. Who ~ Who ..9n consln In the National J unior Championships In Chicago" ~~ess ~ife Not so long ago, Cleveland Inqnlred about the junior chess program -4merican Chejj In Mflwaukee and then went aheo.d to develop the National Junior Cham. plonship winner, Larry Friedman" If other cities, large and small, 101. low the example 01 Milwaukee and Cleveland there Is no reason why Fritz Rathmann Off/dol Pu blicati on of me United States Cbess'fecteration every state should Dot be well represented In the second annual junior Learning chcss at the age of &I:z;, Pu blished [wi,. ~ month un the hit and 20th championship" Fritz Rathmann has been active In Br The vfews cxpreued in tlli, Guest Editorial are not 1!ecessorfly those oI CHElJlJ LIFE. WIsconSin chess ever since" The THE UNITED STATES CHESS FEDERATION 1I1"8t Interstate match with illinois LOOKING AHEAD WILS a family alTair between the App1iC~I;OIl lor entry a. second.d." m.uer ;, pending . t Pan OfIice, Dubuque, Iowa. A Regu.lar Menage by RathmanllS, beaded by the late Otto C" Rathman, Sr. (l<'ritz's rather) and Paul G. Gicrs the Oak Park Chess Club" EOITO"IAL J2l North Humphrey Avellu. Executive Vice·Presi(lent, U1Iite(l States Chess Ji'ederation OFFICII: O:.k Puk, lIJiooi. 'rhl l" ty . three HOSE who look back 011 past development of American Chess and yeal"8 of .:: hess deplore the fact that the Royal Game has not yet attained Its tull &Ii/or .nd B.uinm It{"""grr T acti vity has ~ MONTGOM£R Y MAJOR measure at well·deserved populal"lty, are apt to forget or minimize the made ma.ny /,: brighter side of American Chees history" Through lho years, an enor. friends [01" Fritz ' Subscriplioll:- IZ.OO "". YU t ; Sillgl. ,apia 10c UtI> UlOUS amount at WQl"k has been done on bebalf of chess by aruenl who publis hes boosters and Inlilressive indeed Is the !"ecord of theh" accomJlll shmenbl" the mhlloograll!J· Address .11 sullscriptions 10:- So let's give credit where cl"ed lt hi due and r.etrain from the attitude od Wisconsin Edwud 1. Trcend, Sttrtf4fY not uncommon fimo ll g youngsters of belittling the Chess Le~ter 841 llluff $irccl 128 69 Str~danOO)r Avenue oal"llOst otrorVi ot an older generation" and Is about to Dubuque, Ill"" OR [Ruoi! 27, Michig.n Howevcr, Il Is true that au." Ila ilonal chess IUe b ll ue G l obal rOl" many yearli has been sJlasmQdic and lacking in h O!; a Digest, M.ke III checks p~y.ble l(I: THe UNJ1'1!1) STIIl'1iS CIII!SI FeDlll\ATJON C conlluulty aud coordlnatloll" It Is equully true Ihat which wll1 be a Volume 1, Number 2 l~rlday, September 20, 1946 clleHS In this country has developed more slOwly digest or chess thnn In cOl"taln EUrOllean couull"les where It enjoys news frolll Imb- Fritz Uathmann much greater p.opularlly and recognition. Whatcver IIClillons all over the wOI' ld. Fritz the reasons, wc musl not lose OU l"l:Ielvcs In retro· also contributes a c110SS ,column La GET BEHIND AMERICAN CHESS sj)ect. but concentrate on the many elIective meaus Uncle Hay"s Mab"azinll, which he he· HERE WUl:! a tlme wheu it was cOllsidet'oo correct to be deprecalory at OUI' disposal of makIng Amerlcn truly chess·con· lioves will be read by ten mll1lOI1 T ulluul nil lhingl:l Amorica!! whon COlllllII.I'ed with UIIY EUl'OlICll1l model. seious aud of building a strong and ullillad orgaulza· chlldl"e n. I t WIUI II11 11 Ulil ed liJat things AUHll"lclUi wel"e illfe l"lor, "Qll d OUI" apologists tion of American chess Illayera which will lead in Always active In chess rO( chll· often wel"e cmuarrasseu uy tlu: Il cccS"Sity o( deprecating something be PIIIII G, Gim wOI'ld chess development" • uren, sinco 1931 Fritz has been con· cause H fail ed to conform to lhe pallern of Interiority" Amorican Chess may never l)e quite the same as that In other coun. nected with the Milwaukee public In Chess, however, we escaped the worst llllases oC this patllologlcal tries" We may not lIavo giant chess spectacles in opera houses, nor the schools as a chllss teacher, leu.ch· iu(eriorlty COiliplex, (01" UIO det!ds abroad of MOl"jlhy aud P1Usbury and 0llllortunlUC8 to enjoy a pleasant game at our favorite coffee·house or Ing chess In the evening IIchools 1I"1al"ll hall I)Cl"llIitled no apologie!; for the Amel"ic;m brand of chess; and slde·walk cafe" U Ame."lcan chesa retaina ita own ludlvlduallty, this lind to directors of the s ummer the showiug of Ollt youllb"er mastel"S in more receut EUropean tourna call hardly be criticized as Amcrlcans have alwo.ys indulged in the llabit olaygroullds. He serves as teferee ments have ~ustalncd the reputatlou that eadler American chess players at doing things In their own way" and tournament dlrcctor for all have created" During Lh e past few years, the Ullited S taies Chess It'ederatlon lias tournaments hold In Milwaukee, in· The cO II'"se Jr Americau s uccess on the chessuoard has not always made considel'able PI"og."ass coordinating chess activities from coast to c ludlng the AI"oa 6 loumament re been smooth lind uuilllolTUllled; we have had QU I" moments of abruvt and coast. Whatever problems are now confroutlng us to placo these acllv· vorted in this Issue. rude J"t;!Yersul, as when the USSR Chess Team rode rough·shod over the itles on a broader and morc solid footing neC(! not Co.IIge liS undue con. I·'ritz seldom finds time for tour· U. S. Che!;s 'feam in tile Now ¥01"k·l\10HCOW Hadio Match In 1945. But we cern" After aI!, chess playel"! hy the vel"y na~ure of their game are e:z;· nament play, but makes a good face Llie wOl"iu wlthout nced to apologize to anyono far the brand ot c\1ess Ilected to command a lair degree of lagenulty, strategy aud Intelligent showing when he does play. He lhal ihrlves III these Unitcd StaLc l:!. , planning a nd s hould IIhve no real dimculty finding a Ilropel" solution to 1,laced second In the Wisconsin A I"osy Vicul"o fo ," tilt! optimist? Yes; bullet us not become too loat their problems" State 'I'ourllll:monts of 1939 and (i'i liil',Ii)'!=iiYlll"li' 6{ Gii lY iil'iii l6 liI'66("I. "Thofo Y6t ,O"mnrfii meum ro Go dollO Tho Fodornlilm'H IlIrector. nnd Officer, hn 'ffl l{iYon muell Ill0u, Ill to 1916, I'tTIII IH'CC\\~ \\\ th~ C\\\\W, ~. IVI" A Ul Ui'lCll u C h UIlII: uHd Old y tho Lutll vldllul CIIC S8 Iliuyor cnll do It! Tho OUI" tUlUl "O COUI"lI e lind tOI'lIIulnted dOJllll to Illnll H to bo clI l"I"IO(l 4)u L willi IIl viJl lon of Lho 1936 11" 8 . OU Il l! luulviuuui J)l uyor In hl ~ OWl) community by joinIng wlLh thouij lUldij oC the lellst IIO~ slb l ~ dol uy" 11 01"0 tH O soni C of til u objoctives for wh ich wO 'l'I)UrllUlll ont In Mllwllukoo" oth Ul" Intllv ldunl IJluyurij In u l.h o." CO UJllluulllclI to C!·Cn.lo lind HllIlPOI'l II fU" e nlmlnl) und 'thlclI will be tully dlsell SH(ld In coming Issues ot CH ESe III 1I bU llY lite l~rltz !lnds limo t o cOUldslcnL ]lru!,;"ralll tur Amerl cun C h o~s . L I FE: B)"ielly, AmCl"ican Ches~ IHJcda:- A Htrong anu u.cUve ChesH Assoclntion In every state; ;'11 ~~~)j~::~ h~o~~~~~os~~~ 1~~1Ih~~~;~ ( 1) A ileniUfY national org-nair,atiOll. supported by every player or A chess club ill every community of 5,000 or more population; dale Sanatorium. In both places he clLCSK whelhol" amUWU1" 01" master, to sU ll ervl~e national competi A va!;t!y largor number ot players through ful! UHe or all educational has taught chess, arranged simul tion lUlU elH.:ourage thc development of chess in every com· ta cIHtle~, publlcity and a country·wide mombership drive; taneous exhibits aud tournaments mU;llty; A natioual rating syetom tor rank and flle players with llrovlslon for fOI" the patients" 2) J\n nCTivc Stato orgauiVoation ill every state to keep alive the automatic merit advancement; Fl"llz Is on the Boarq of Direct siliril or local (:ompotitlou aud roster tile development at choss Regula!" tournaments conducted under standl!.1"d rules by all cluils, ors of the' Wisconsin State Chess playiug amOllg the youug; state associations and regionlll dlstrkts tiod in wlLh the national Association as well as the United 3) V[ll"loua alen llubl1catloll~ to keep tho news ot (:ilells alive, !;O rating s ystem; States Chess J.'ederatlon" He ex· that ca(:h playor may knuw what Is ueiug said aud done tor chess A vast program o! Instruction fwd (:omJletition fOI" schools, colleges lwds to add father of WtsconHin everywhere; and play ground ~; ClIam!J!OIl to his titles soon, aH 4) A ]l e)"llIaneut sinking fuml with which to promote chess upou a More local chess columns and goneral neWSllal)OI" publicity tal" chess; l"reddle, 13·year-old, placed oue·hail national organlVoed ~cale without the necessity of using "hand to Higher standards Cor local clubs - locatiun and I.I.I)poarance ot club point uehind fOl"Olcr Stato Cham· mouth" method!; o~ Jlnallciug" roome, equipment and eil:ective club mUllagement. Ilion Averi1l Powers In last year's Poiut one lHl"~ been an~wel"ed uy the creation of the United States All of these oujectives will entll.!ilUllch constructive wOI"k aud the Cl;)' tonrnament" Sons Mike, aged 9, and Bollby, aged 12, aro also chess play· ChesH I~ederution, uu t" many individual Illu.yers havc 60 far failed to con· operation of many. They a l"e degerving of our best etrorts and goneral U"iuule their s uppo."t to making tho USC~' representative o~ e.very Indi support, becanse there Is no sounder basis on which to build the kind (I f ers, and so Is J osephine (Mrs. Rath. • vidual playel" In tile couutry. Point two has beeu subject to much actlv· American CheS!; we are all hoping tOI"" mann) tu round out a 100% chess ity, and today there are only a. few areaH left In whiCh chess remains as playing family. yet uuol"ganlz(:rl" Polut lhre tl Is uest .served at nil, for there are soveral excellcnt chess publicntiolls, in addition to CHESS LIFE, which give tho Individual playm" no excuse fOI' being uulntorll\od about chess In America" ~h~ --' (jet Behi,!J American Che,u/ • MAIL YOUR CONTRIBUTION NOW Get behind American Chess today! Your st~ke in the future of chess in this country is whatever you can afford. Dig deep if you can. American Chess will forge aheaC! with new strength and vitality if the $10,000 Championship Fund is over· subscribed.! Mail the coupon below with your contribution to the fund- today! lK-::t~~~e:------SIXTH BIENNIAL TOURN'AMENT FOR THE Chairman of the Finance Committee I Sth Biennial U. S. CheSI Championship I 250 W. 57th St. New York 19, N. Y. I I enclose $ all my stake In the future ef U. S. CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP American Chess. This amount is to be applled to the I $10,000 Championship Fund and my name is to appear In t the T ournament Program as one of the contl:'lbutors. UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE I NAME I STREET I United States Chess Fe'deration I CITY __ STATE ... I Please make checks and money orders payable to tho I UNITED STATES CHESS FEDERATION I But mall to Kenneth Harkness •