APRIL 1952 CUBAN CONGRESS 50 CENTS Subscription Rate ON~ YEAR $4.75 9 QxP 'r UE average man bas an idea that the 11 NxN Res igns opening is tbe easiest part of a chess game. It's mostl y memory work. Blac l;: does not care to gee any more. T he co n i inuation would be 11 Q x'\" All the good moves ha ve been disco\,­ 12 B -US. N- Q·I 13 '\"x~ . PxN 1 ~ ]JxP. e n:~d. lind the master knows them by heart. All he need do to s tay out of trouble is exercise a reasonable amount SUC H a n e xpe rieneed n ll1till ier a~ of car'c . There fi re no real complications T a u benhaus gets (,Hre l e s~ with hi ~ so early in "the game. Besides he is pr ob· q ueen. a bly oa thoroughly familial' ground. Paris, lSSS There isn't a chance in the world that SCOTCH OPENI N G he w ill make even tbe slightest mista ke. A s for a ghastly blunder, such as putting F ra ze r T a u benhaus a piece en prise, that would be clearly White Rl iH,: k impossible. Later on, yes, when intricate P-K4 P_ K4 4 N xP Q- R5 {: omb inatiolls bewilder t he mi nd or when 2 N_ K B3 N-QB3 5 N_Q B3 N- B3 time·pressure weakens the spir it. Tben Resigns 3 P_Q4 PxP 6 N- B5 Q-R4 i~ is unders tandable t hflt even a two­ 7 B- K2 Q- N3 llH)\'e will can be ol'e rlookc d by the mas· INVENTOlt t he Coll e ~y s t e m te l' renowned for his accu rac y in thread· THE of comes a CJ'oppe r in th e ne x t game : ing his way t hrough the most co mpli· ca ted pOSitions. (The kibi tzers standing Buda pest, 1929 around arc the n only tOO anxiollS to poin t N fMZO· IN"DIAN DeFENSE Oll t what he mis sed.) Capabfa nca Colle S tra nge as it may seem tbough, in· W hite Black c red ible blunders have been made by P_Q4 m asters in t he ve ry ear ly stages of serio 1 N_ K B3 6 Q- B2 P - Q4 ous t ournam ent gam es, gallies whlch 2 P -QB4 P- K3 7 N-B3 0-0 were important for t h eir reput;ltio ns and 3 N-QB3 B_N5 8 P-K3 N- QBS eyen ihe ir livelihood. 4 Q_ N3 Bx Nt 9 B_ K2 R- K 1 Here are some e xalllples of what for 5 Q,B N- K5 10 0-0 P-K4 eac h \' ictim must have bee n "my mos t e m barrassing m o ment." S N-KR4 R esi9ns Mont e Carl o, 1902 T CH tGORIN DE F E NSE EV E: N ?lOBE drastic i, lhi~ ~pc " itn e n from an In lerllaliOlla l T""lll T n ll l'll iL !l)enL Ma rshall Tchigorin Whit.e Blac k Folkest one, 1933 1 P_Q4 P-Q4 4 P - Q5 N_R4 BENON I COU NTER·GAr>I BI T 2 P_Q B4 N- Q B3 5 B-B4 B- Q2 H as e nfuss C o m be 3 N_Q B3 p , p 6 P-K4 P-K3 \Vhit e mad; p , p p , p 7 1 P_Q4 P- QB4 3 N- K B3 P- K4 2 P_Q B4 P xP .j. Nx KP 11 p xQP Res igns Afte r ' I QxP 12 8-13 1, White w illS m a ter ia l. T h i ~ is probably t he s hortest ga m e eit h .. I' of tbese maSlen; e ver p laye tl ill a 1 0Il J"lWJ1](,Il t. EY E:\ the m ure ;;("bOIlCd ("lI npaigllcr. T ar1ako\'er. b ca ught na p ping here. Budapest, 1926 Q U EE N'S GAMBIT ACCEPTED Mattison Tartakover Berne, 1932 4 Q-R .. t W hile Bla ek QUEEN'S GA MB IT DECL IN E D Resigns 1 P - Q4 P- Q4 6 B,P N_KB3 Colin Afe k hine 2 P- QB4 p , p 7 0-0 P _QN4 White B lac k 3 N_QB3 P- KS 8 B- K2 N_ B3 THOUG HT FOR T H E MO NT H 1 P-Q4 N-KBS 5 P xQP N,P 4 P- K3 P-QB4 . , p,p Q_B2 Ali S \l li"~ pla~' at eh e ,, ~ i ~ mor" b",;!i.utt· 2 N_ KB3 P - K3 6 N, N Q, N 5 N_ B3 P - Q RS 10 N_Q4 B,P ful t han t hi;; ~anle ll. and "\"ryt hing that 3 P-B4 P_Q4 7 P-K3 N_ B3 is in it. _ Anonymous. P _B4 8-N5 p ,p , d l.[. dl ~ c k : d iH. N-B3 , j ~ eh. 4 - " 1"""1; : , " CHESS REVIEW 'HI p,eUIAf (HUS MAOAZ'HI Volume ro Number 4 April, 1952 EDITED &, PUBLISHED BY I. A. Horowitz Readers are invited to use these columns for their comments on matters of interest to chessp/oyers. INDEX FEATURES DISCOVERY OF THE AGE! When this, too, pron,s only a dream, his Chess from Morphy to Botvinnik ___ 110 Memories of the Masters ___ ________ 106 1 have made a ~Ia r tling discovcry a nd interest flags, and he carelessly Ihrows National Chess Ratings _____ _______ 103 apparenily am the sole pOSSe~tiOr of th i~ away the end-game. Round_robin Tournaments __________ 103 rcmarkable secret. However, ~ince I am After all, isn't it very illogical to try Stalemate __ ______ _________ ___ ______ 104 of a generous naturc. I have decided to to teach someone to defeat an opponent ~ha re this new theory of che~s. who is el'enly matched in everr respect? DEPARTM ENTS Book of the Month _________ __ ______ 128 It is illogical, impractical and inappro­ Suppose that two armed forces, matehed Ch ess Quiz _____ __ _____ _____________ t 12 priate to devole as mueh space and energy man for man, gun for gun, plane for Games from Recent Events _________ 113 to the discus~ion of opening play us does plane, wcre deployed in exactly the same On the Cover __ _ . ___ __ ______ ______ _ 98 CHESS REIIIEW. For some time, I have fash ion and pitted against one a nother. Past Masterpieces ___ _____ ___ __ __ ___119 practiced restricted opening play, choos­ Would the)' del'ote all Iheir energies to Postal Chess _____ ____ ___ ___ ____ ____ 123 ing certain variations of a well known that phase of the war? They would en­ Spotlight ___ __________ ___ ___ ________ 120 opening for Black a nd the obverse of the gage in a cold war, in which psychological Tournament Calendar _____ ______ ____ 101 factors and not strategic and tactical fac­ World of Chess _________ ____ _ . __ ____ 99 same opening for White. (This is eve)} more restricted-only one opening- and lors dominate. hence more desirable Ihan Ihe syslem ad· Once, and only once, in the }'ears Le­ EDITOR I'ocated by Reinfdd and Horowitz in How fore I adopted my restrictive system, did I. A. Horowitz to Think Ahead in Che$s.) Such play has I catch an opponent in the early phases of a book trap. T here was his move EXECUTIVE EDITOR cOI\\'inced mc that the attempt to muster itt Jack Straley BattcH thousands of complicated opening varia­ prillt with a question m(lrk after it! Joy, tions is unnecessary. oh joy! After waiting a few moves, in CONTRIBUTING EDITORS Furthermore, opening play is dllll, ex· great glee, I informed him that he had l. Ch{)rt1{)v, J. W. Collin~, '1'. A. Dunst, Dr. 1>1. Euwe, Hana Klllo<,h. Fred Reinfeld, cept for rank beginners and ranking mas· been caught in a book /[(Ip. He cahnly Dr. S. C. 'rartukover ter~ . l\liddl~ game play is interesting, and replied that he hadn't been aware of the CORRESPONDENTS there has been increasing recognition of fact and continued tlie game to defeat me California Herbert Betker, J. n. Gee, Leroy this in books publish,~d in recent years soundly in a total of twenty moves! (Some Johnson, Dr. H, Ralston, M. J. Royer. and in CUESS RE"I~;II"s excellent features day I mean to write CherneI' about that Colorado M. W. Ik c~e. Connecticut Edmund E. Hand. on Ihe middle game. Hut end-gamc I'aria­ question mark.) Delaware R. D. Donaldson. lions arc fascinating ! The unfortunate The end-game is the opposite of the Florida 1I1ajor J . n. Holt, n. Klein, E rnest fact is that nobody seem~ to know il ! - openin g. Whereas it is possible to avoid G. 'Verber. GeoriOlia Grady N. Coker, Jr. Psychological reasons fur stressing the the thosuands of varialions in the open­ Illinois Howard J. Dell. openings and ignoring the end.game are ing, it is impossible to avoid the many Indiana D. C. HUls, D. E. Rhead, W. Roberts. Iowa 'V, G. Vand(ll'burg. lIo t hard to find. Every chess player en­ variations in the end-game. Every game Kentucky J. 'V, 1Ilayer. gages in a grail-like fantasy at the be­ has a somewhat different ending, All Kansas K.