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Reshevsky Wins Playoff, Qualifies for Interzonal Title Match Benko First in Atlantic Open RESHEVSKY WINS PLAYOFF, TITLE MATCH As this issue of CHESS LIFE goes to QUALIFIES FOR INTERZONAL press, world champion Mikhail Botvinnik and challenger Tigran Petrosian are pre­ Grandmaster Samuel Reshevsky won the three-way playoff against Larry paring for the start of their match for Evans and William Addison to finish in third place in the United States the chess championship of the world. The contest is scheduled to begin in Moscow Championship and to become the third American to qualify for the next on March 21. Interzonal tournament. Reshevsky beat each of his opponents once, all other Botvinnik, now 51, is seventeen years games in the series being drawn. IIis score was thus 3-1, Evans and Addison older than his latest challenger. He won the title for the first time in 1948 and finishing with 1 %-2lh. has played championship matches against David Bronstein, Vassily Smyslov (three) The games wcre played at the I·lerman Steiner Chess Club in Los Angeles and Mikhail Tal (two). He lost the tiUe to Smyslov and Tal but in each case re­ and prizes were donated by the Piatigorsky Chess Foundation. gained it in a return match. Petrosian became the official chal­ By winning the playoff, Heshevsky joins Bobby Fischer and Arthur Bisguier lenger by winning the Candidates' Tour­ as the third U.S. player to qualify for the next step in the World Championship nament in 1962, ahead of Paul Keres, Ewfim Geller, Bobby Fischer and other cycle ; the InterzonaL The exact date and place for this event havc not yet leading contenders. He has played Bot· vinnik only three times in tournaments, been decided, but there is a possibility that it will be held in Paris next year all of the games heing drawn. in conjunction with the fortieth anniversary of the vVorld Chess Federation Harry Golombek, well·known interna­ ( F.I.D.E.) . tional master and games editor of British Chess Magazine, will again act as match judge under the auspices of the \Ye will try to present all of the games from the playoff matches in future World Chess Federation (F.I.D.E.). issues of CHESS LIFE so that thc complete record of the u.s. Championship will be available to our readers. BENKO FIRST IN ATLANTIC OPEN Grandmaster Pal Benko edged out Dr. Ariel Mengarini on tie-brcaking points to win the Atlantic Open in New York City on February 22-24. Benko and Men­ garini were undefeated in the lll-player Swiss, finishing with scores of 5%-% and dividing the first and second prize money. Asa Hoffmann, Joseph Richman, James Sherwin, Miro Radojcic and Aug· ust Rankis finished third through seventh with scores of 5·1. The tournament was a strong one, with ten USCF masters and twenty experts competing. Other prizes; Top Expert­ Jan Pamiljens; Class A - George Sen­ deckyj; Class B - F. K. Ouchi; Class C - Miss E. J. Cestone; Top Unrated - R. Levenstein: Top Junior - David Dan· iels; Top Woman - Belle Rodd. The tournament was held in the Forum Room of the Park Sheraton Hotel in New York City and was directed by USCF Business Manager J. F. Reinhardt, !is­ FORMER CHAMPIONS Larry Evans (left) and Samuel Reshevsky meet to sisted by Gerald O'Flaherty and Gary decide third place in this year's U.S, Championship. Sperling. UNITED STATE S ~ Volume XVIII Nu mber 3 l\h reb . 1963 EDITOR: J . F. Reinhardt CHESS FED E RATION PLAN NOW TO PLAY IN THE '63 OPEN! PRESIDENT August 11-23 Fred Cramer VICE PRESIDENT Hotel Belmont, Chicogo Major Edmund B. 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Chen •• of Hdrass: Allow rour wetlu notice; plea" ,Ive UI botb the DeW addre" ud (F.I.D.E.' the old. .cldrus, Includlnr the aum"" .nd date. on the top 11111 of Jour 1Uadl.. Jerry G. Spann A4dTflS$ III e<lmmunluUon.. and mlk, III ebeeu p.y.ble to: Vice·President, Zone 5 (U.S.A.) UHIT. D ST... TE S CHESS ,IOIIilATION, 10 E.-t n th "reet, NI W YOIilK S. N.Y. CHESS LIFE Notes On Chess Theory by IntI. Master Robert Byrne The following game, from the last The purpose of this move is to open Western Open, is of interest chiefly be­ up the game for a kingside attack. White cause of the surprising way in which a cannot hinder this by 16. P·B5 because general positional advantage becomes 16 ......... , P·R5 followed by N·K4 would transfo rmed into a forced win. How of­ be much too much to cope with. ten does it happen that the possessor of 16. N·QS ...... .. the two bishops wins by exchanging ODe This was the main reason for white's bishop for the opponent's knight, leav­ 14th move. ing bishops of opposite colors with even material? This apparent contradiction to chess theory is what takes place in the following game, giving it the appearance of an oddity. Why it is reaUy the most logical way to end Black's resistance is what I shall explain to the reader. QUEEN'S GAMBIT ACCEPTED R. Byrne Curt Brasket 26. .. ...... P·QN4 1. P-Q4 P·Q4 27. Q·B2 Q·N3 2. P-QB4 PxP Preparing B·B4, attacking the king's 3. N-KB3 P·QR3 pawn, and, if it advances, Q5 is gained 4. P·K3 B·NS S. BxP P·K3 Lo r the black knight. These opening moves lead the game 28. B·KB3 ........ into the Alekhine Variation, long a fav· 16 ....... .. N.N Preventing B·B4 because of R·QB1. orite of Flohr's and played often by 17. QxN KR·QI 28. ........ B·B1 Smyslov and Bisguier with success. The Accurately played. If 17 ......... , QR·Ql 29. B·QS N·K2 idea, against quiet play by white, is to instead, then 18. B·B3 and white forces Not 29 . ........ , N·N5; 30. BxN, BxB', take advantage of the pin on white's the exchange of queens at QN7 and goes 31. Q·N3 winning the exchange. king's knight by playing for P·K4, which to work on black's queen·side pawns in 30. B·N3 ....... black will support by B·Q3 and N·QB3. the endgame. Now 18. B·B3 would be a White has brought his bishop to this 6. Q·N3 BxN serious loss of time because black can post with the idea of finding a way to 7, PxB ..... .. defend his QNP by 18 . ........ , QR·N1 and intensify the pressure on black's KB2 Q·N3 virtually forces black to ex· after 19.
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