• America ~ eke:u nIlW~l'ape,. copyright 1957 by United States Chess Federation Vol. XII, No.4 Sunday, October 20, 1957 15 Cents Profitable Chess Without Pain Conducted by Posilim, No. 218 By U. S. Expert STANLEY B. WINTERS Submitted by Paul Leith IRWIN SIGMOND HE amazing surge of interest in adult education stemming from T World War II has intriguing ramifications for cheSS players. It END solutions to Position No. is now possible to teach the game and earn good folding money, too. S 218 to reach Irwin Sigmond, One need not be a grandmaster to sponsor a course in "How To Im­ 5200 Williamsburg Blvd., Arling­ prove Your Chess Game," or "Chess Playing Made Easy." Needed are ton 7, Va., by November 20, 1957. a love of chess, theoretical knowledge and tournament experience, and With your solution, please send a little elbow grease mixed witll midnight oil. Ability to speak before analysis or reasons supporting your groups is also helpful and can be developed. choice of "Best Move" or moves. Experience in teaching several chess courses in northern New Jer­ Solution to Position No. 218 will ap· pMr In the Oecember 5, 1957 issue. sey may serve as a model.ln Essex, Hudson, and Union counties, dotting the pedagogical landscape from October through May are literally dozens NOTE: Do not piau soluticm to 1'1>'0 of adult schools sponsored by local Boards of Education and .held one posi/ions on OM Cd'''; h SUre to ;ndjaue night a week at town high schools. correa number positj,m being .o/>"d, 01 A telephone call to the adminis­ ana gi>" the full name and aJarlH 0/ trator of the adult school is best BRIEGER WINS the IO/VU to ossist in proper ai'diling of made in the spring, when the cur­ lo/ulion. riculum for the following fall is AUTUMN OPEN set up. Most adult schools last ten Victory in the Chess Friends of weeks. At least two hours nightly Northern California Autumn Open First Reports From FIDE Congress are needed to do justice to the and possession of the Sheraton­ subject. Instructors are paid by the Palace Trophy went to Robert Brie­ hour. Once the course has attract­ ger of San Diego with 4lh:-%. Sec· Show Little New Legislation ed the minimum number of people ond on SoB, also with 4lh:-%, was Early re'ports on the World Chess Federation Congress at Vienna needed to "carry" it, the teacher'S Henk Mondria of Oakland, a stu­ in August indicate that little new activity was planned but that most pay for the ten weeks is assured. dent from Holland and a pupil of of the sessions were, c_oncerned with arrangemcnts for existing projects. The class may be canceled on Dr. Max Euwe. Third to seventh min· Of principal interest to the USA was thc awarding of the title of Inter-­ opening :'light if less than the with 31h·l% each were P. Cum· national Grandmaster to ...... rthur Bisguier and Larry Evans, while Wil­ imum number enroll. mings, H. Edelsein, Robert Leigh, liam Lombardy became an International Master. For example, if you are a Class Rabert Seaman, and James B. March 4, 1958 was set as opening all future FIDE titles will be A player and feel you are entitled Stichka. The Class B event was won date for the return match for the awarded on this basis or by quali· to, say, $5.00 !per class hour for by Kurt Blumberg with 5-0. Second World Championship with Botvin· fication from zonal and interzonal your efforts, you would receive and third with 4-1 each were J. R. nik challenger and Smyslov title- tournaments. $100.00 for the ten week course. Kalisch and John Hampton. R. H. holder; Stahlberg and Golombek Th.e following titles were awarded IT tuition were pegged at $10.00 Turner won the Class C event with will again serve as umpire and by the 1957 Congress, either by per student, you would have to at­ 4%·ih., while second and third with judge. The return match for the committee recommendation or as tract at least ten students, and 4-1 each were L. Gowen and W. Woman's World Championship will result of tournament qualification: perhaps more, to pay for the Crabtree. A special Saturday Tour­ start in Moscow on February 4 INTERNATIONAL GRANDMASTERS: course, depending upon the degree ney was won by Tom Tripodes with with Mme Bykova challenger and A. L. Evans (USA). B. Lar­ to which the administrator was Hugo Romander second. Special Mme Rubtsova the titleholder. ready to subsidize the class. It is Sunday tourneys were won by The 1959 World Junior Champ· not uncommon for schools to take Ernst O. Anders, Leo Sarafian, L. ionship will be held in Basle under a loss on some courses in order to H. Clark, and Robert Hulbert. The the sponsorship of the Swiss Chess keep their offerings varied. Any events were directed by Inter· Federation. The 1958 World Stu· loss on "Chess Made Easy" could national Master George Koltanow· dents Team Tournament will be in always be made up from the prof­ ski. Warna Bulgaria in July. The 1958 its on "Home Repairs Are Shu· International Team To.urnament, pIe" or "Golf for Beginners," RAGAN TAKES originally scheduled for the USA, which inevitably attract large will be held at Munich where it groups. MIDWEST OPEN LADY will commemorate the 800th an· ( Britain), You have now been hired and John Ragan of St. Louis won the niversary of the founding of that the opening day of the term is 7th :Midwest Open at Omaha with city, beginning on October. 20th I Judges were approaching with unseemly haste. a fl..l score, losing only a first created and thirly.efght received a .because of the Interzonal Tourna­ new tlUe, "International Judge ror As your stomach grows increasing­ round game to Bernard Lainson. ment in Yugoslavia in September. Chess Composltlons," bllt names of the ly unsettled, you begin to cast Richard McLellan, David Acker­ The 1958 FIDE Congress will meet recipIents are not available as yet. about for methods of presenting man, and William Carr tied at 4%­ in Dubrovnik from August 17 to 28. the material you wish to cover. Ilh but ranked second to fourth on The so·called F.A.V. System for SCRIVENER WINS First, you will need some means of S·B. McLellan, as highest ranking the awarding of international titles gauging the .skill and unde,.rstand­ local player, won the Nebraska on a basis of percentages obtained ALABAMA OPEN ing of your class. This can be done title. Defending champion Alexand­ III tournaments was adopted and R. Scrivener, a 76·year·old young· at the very first session in two er Liepnieks of Lincoln tied with ster of Memphis, Tenn., tallied 6·1 ways: 1) A brief written question· Jack Spence of Omaha at 4·2. in a field of 28 players to win the naire, delving lightly into each Twenty players from five states at­ U. S. WOMEN'S • Alabama Open Championship at student's chess background; 2) A tended the event at the Hotel Rome Birmingham. Second to fifth with simultaneous exhibition against ill Omaha. CHAMPIONSHIP 5-2 each were Williamson of Mo· the group. Both methods are rec· bile, Wade of LaGrange, Ga., Lock­ ommended. November 3·16, 1957 ctt of New Orleans, La., and Gam· The preliminaries over with, you U.S. INTERCOLLEGIATE bril of Birmingham, defending 1956 are now ready for the nine bouts CHAMPIONSHIP H ernumSteiner ChessClllb champion. As ranking state resi­ sHU to come. In all likelihood the dent Williason became Alabama class will range from one or two December 26·30, 1957 Hollywood. California Champion, while Lockett won the rank beginners through several Erie, Pennsylvania Class A title. (Please turn to page 7, col. 2' • TWO SHARE TITLE ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL IN W VA EVENT . Co!!',. Mastering the End Game West Virginia continues having co-c hampions as Donald Burdick CI.'66 By WALTER KORN, Editor of Meo and Dr. S. Werthammer tied for ofl/e . first pl ace with 4-1 in the 10-piayer Conducted by Judge; then judge again Swiss held in Elkins. In the last Frederick H. Kerr m E ten annual tournaments only three again is a p()~ition, Queen against Rook and Pawn, which Be E­ have not resulted in co-eilampions College clubs e nd pleye" ue urtflS H No. 6llOa describes as won for While but where Black's play can be to send news Item$ to Frederick H. Kerr. (tie·breaking systems arc not used). Nitt.ny 32·11 BOll 21$, Pe nnsylvenll improved into a draw. Su rely. these miscil lculations are easy and fre­ Burdick and Werthammer have Star. unlvers(t y, University Puk, Penn· sy lvania. quent in diffi cult posilions of this ty pe which. in tournament play, both been champions and co-cham­ im"lriably arc adjourned lor the sake of long drawll-Qu t and intricate pions many times. Thls year they HE first Intermountain inter· home-analysis. drew their individual encounter T collegiate Team Tournament and Burdick drew with Charles will be held at Brigham Young Morgan while Werthammer drew University, Provo, Utah. This event, with George Hendricks. Finishing which will be contested in by in· third with 3lh: -lIh was Charles vited teams in the Rocky Mounlain With Black to move, Fipe gives Mo rgan of Philippi. The 'sman hut area, is cosponsored by the inler­ 17 . ........ , P-B6? with an ultimate representative tournament was collegiate Chess League of America loss that can be looked up in BCEt.