JANUARY 1954 GOLDEN KNIGHTER (See ['lIge 6 ) 50 CENTS Subscription Rate 0" " EAR 54.75 6) K - H2, R/4- D6; 7) P- N,J. R/-l- B6 alld BxR, l{ mates; S) P- R3, P- QRI alld P;.;P, Px'P-or P - N3, P- QR-I - Ol' P- KR4, K - H2- and \Vhite i8 s till in the s ame ft;.; , Afte r snch a strol{e, noblesse oblige a d\lat.l:! i1 While to mal{e the only move eOlllpal.!b]e with s\leh a sit uation, tllmed down his King in t01U,>li of St, render! BH!LL!ANCIES JUH flowed from Blae l, ' burne's mind in his dlspla~' s of blindfohl 1'HIS i" the hril liancy which outshine,;; all ib chess, From an abundance of gems, it rival,;; and does so without appealing to thc is easy 1. 0 select a few Sllarl,lers, bllt sensatiollal. There are llO flamboyant Queen which ~h i lle s the brightest of all? Cl'iti"" are practicnlly ~greed that hi~ or Rook sacl'ifiees, no Hashy, 110 startling moves. game against Ballard is the finest effort The game just move:- along with easy grace and of hi8 career in the field of blindfold simple elegance, 1t finishes with a suhtle coup p);ly- a masieq)ieee nny way you look a t it ! de repos, the quietest little move ever seen on a Lotldon, 1871 ehessboard! Nimzovich threat.ens nothing, not SCOTCH GAMBIT even a Pawn, and yet his opponent (bres not J , H, 81ackburne Dr. Ball ard stir King, Queen, Rook, Bishop, Knight or White Black Pawn ! , P-I<4 P_ K4 S 8_N3 P- Q3 2 N-K83 N_QB3 9 P_KR3 N_N-I This is the Immortal Zugzwang Game! 3 P-Q4 p,p 10 P_ KB4 P-Q6§ It was played at Copenhagen Jll 192:3 again,;;t 4 8 - Q84 8 - 84 11 K_ R2 N- KB3 Irving C hern ev 5 N_NS N_R3 12 Q-Q1 N/4-N5t a worthy and veteran opponent. 6 Q_RS Q_ K2 13 PxN NxPt QUEEN'S INDIAN DEFENSE Cenainly, it looks a ttraet.!'ie, as 20 7 0 - 0 N- K4 14 K_N3 P_KR4 F. Sae m isch A. Nimzovich N-D3 CO~l S it piece by 21 P- K5 and 20 Blacl;: threatens 15 P- H5r 16 K - B3 P- N3 21 P;.;QP, P;.;P 22 BxPt loses (01' 16 N - B7t) . N-Hi matI', White Black K-R3, the E;';change, 15 P _B5 8 _ K6 P-Q4 N- KB3 6 N-B3 0-0 20 .... BPxP! 16 8xPt K_ B1 2 P_Q84 P-K3 7 0-0 P _Q4 21 QxN R,P 17 QxN! 3 N_KB3 P- QN3 8 N_ K5 P_ 83 4 P_KN3 8 - N2 9 p,p 8PxP Matel'jally, Nimzovirh hil~ on l ~' tll"O Hemarka'ble in vicw of til., circulll­ 5 B_N2 8_K2 10 B_B4 P-QR3! Pawns [Or hi s pieee: bilt h:s nooi, hns stllllee s: Bla('kburne II";lS playing t l'll Ii grip on the "e,-emh rank. his othe r g;ltlleS at OIlCI', blindl'old: mack prelJares fOl'" ,P-QN~, followed HooI, will COllie in on t he op .. n Bishop br ' N- US, ' , , N- QIH and , N-B5 17 PxQ 21 N_ B4 Q­ tile <lnd his Bi s hops o verlnol, tll'O fhi<' ~o the Knight will e ;.;ert pressure on the 18 ElxEl Q-K4t 22 N_K3 B- Q2 diagonal~ , QueetH!ide, 19 B- 84 QxNP 23 KxP B_R5 22 Q- N5 QR-KBl 20 N- Q2 PxP 24 N_Q5 Q- Q6 11 R- 81 P_QN4 23 K- Rl 25 B_ No 12 Q- N3 N- B3 13 NxN White Unpins his B is hop 1. 0 ilvert ~~ -Whi,e threa tens ~6 X - l\1i~ . I\- N1 ~7 lI./l-I36 11 nd 2-1 HxP, N-K7 lUnte, \-Vhi te breal,s np lhn1 plan but al the eost of e;.; changing off his own strongly, 23, .. , Rjl_B4 25 R_ R3 28 R-R 1 Q- Q8t post ed Knight. 24 Q-K3 B- Q6! 26 N- K6t K_N1 29 QRxQ PxR(Q)t Black closes in 0 11 rhe Queen, indi- 27 N-K7t K_ R l 30 RxQ BxRt 13 S,N de ~i r e 25 H - K7! 31 K_ N3 R_ R8 14 P- KR3 Q-Q2 ('ating his ror 15 K-R2 N-R4 25 QR_K1 B lacl,bu t' tle eould keeJl I t',w l, oj' the 16 8 _Q2 P- 84! \\'eirde~t positions' ::\ 0 \\-, Wilh a couple of \'igol'ous m oves , lw r ol' < ' (>.~ lhp wilL mad, tightens his gl"i'P on K5 and threatens to occupy the SIIO<- with his Knight. Meanwhile "'''hite is prevented from making the freeing m ove, P- K4 , 17 Q_Q1 White hopes to (; omiuue ,,-ith I'- K! a~ his attack on the Knight give s the King Pawn time to exch;lllge or adl' illH'e, 17 . , , P-N5! 18 N- N1 1-10\\' >;ad: The Knight nHlH go home again, 25 , . , , P-R3! ! 18 , . , B- QN4 (juiet. and fi"IHlis hly (')('1'(, [,: White, Still preventing 19 P-IO, 3:2 B- Q2 B_R4 with nearly all hi~ p ieee ~ ,;r.ill on the 34 P-B6 s,s R- KNI K_R:2 19 R- N1 B- Q3!! bOilrd, has no moy"" lef'!.: Th e~e ill'<~ t he 33 8-83 35 Nx8t Deep, dark and del' iolts: Blad, lets plausible tries : 36 P- B7 R ~s i gns White make til" mOl'e he's dying to 1) Knighllllol-eS, P;.;:\:: make and frce himself by ad vancing. ~) B -QB1, n;.;x : THOU GH T FOR THE MONTH 20 P-K4 3) B- KBl , H/4- B6; I'--(n is t he ;ont ido 1<' ;'o r i il<: poiHon ,1) H- Ql, H- K7; in g alllb i t ~. Anonymous j- = ~h eck ; ! = d b!. '-' heck; ~ = dis, ,-,h. 5) Queen any, s omething l al, ,,~ it; CHESS 1953 IN REVIEW REVIEW by JACK STRALEY BATTELL 'HI p,efua, ('HUS MAOAJIHf CHESS in 1953 had its full share of major altractions both at home in " " Iume 22 Number 1 January. 1954 the United States and abroad. The highlights of these are briefly EDITED &, PUBLISHED BY sum marized 011 the follow ing pages, together with lists of all foreign I. A. Horowitz champions and U. S. regional and state champions as were published INDEX for 1953. F E A T UR E S Chess Personalities __ ___ ______ _______ 8 T he L ittle Mat) Who Was There _____ 14 DEPARTMENTS Chess Caviar _______ __ _______ ________ 23 End-game of t h e Month __ ______ ______ 16 Games from Recent Ev ents ___ ___ __ __18 How to Win in the M iddle Gam e _____ 24 Past Masterpieces ___ _____ ___ ___ __ ___ 32 Postal C h ess ____________ ____________ 26 Solitaire Chess _______ __ _____________ 13 Spotl ight on Openings ___ __ _____ __ ___ 11 Tou r na m ent Calendar ___ _____ ____ ___ 6 World of Chess ______ _______ ____ __ ___ 4 ED ITOR I. A. Hor owitz E X E CUTIV E E DITOR Jack Straley BaneH CONTRI B UTING EDITORS I. Chel"llev. J. \V. Collins, T . A. Dunst. D,·. M. Eu,,"e. Hans Kmoeh. \V. Ko,.". I"red ReinfeId, Dr. S . G. 'I'al"lnkoyco·. Bltrnie 10'. Wlnl{clml,n CORRES PONDENTS ,bama E. /1[. Cockrell. 'llornia Herbert H~tker . J . 13. Gee, Leroy , ohnson. D r . H . Ral~ton. M. ,J. R oyer. Former World Champion, D r . M ax Euwe of H olland, lost t o Vass il y Smyslov of the Colorado M . W. Ree~(l. Soviet Union in th e third rou n d of the World Challengers' Tourna m ent . Connecticut Edmund E. Hand. Oelaware It. D. Donaldson. Dist. of Columbia R. Chau,·cnet. winn e r qualifies 10 the next Challengers' Florida :'I1" j o1" J. 13 . HOlt, P . C. Knox, Ernest G. ,Veruel·. td}. 'HTERHA nOHAL Tournament (or to the next Interzonal Georgia GI'ady N. Coker, Jr., A. F. Downey. Tournament, if Smysl ov should Jose to Illinois Howard J . Bell, J. G. Warren. I HST among the major chess events Botvinnik and then pre·empt the place Indiana D. C. Hills, D . E . Rhcad. Iowa W. G. Vanderuurg. F. for 1953 was the tournament of chal· in the ChalJen g~r s' Tournament). Fifth Kentucky J. \V. Mayer. itngers for the World Championship, held place was taken by Tigran P e t ros yan of Kansas K. R. ;"lacDonald. Maryland Charles Barasch. at Neuhautien and Zurich. Swit~er1and. at Russ ia, witb 15·13; and Yeiim Geller Massachusetts Franklin J . Sanborn. at rcputcd cost of 100,000 francs to thc (Russia) and '\"figuel Najdorf (Argen. Minnesot a \V. T. Cobb. tina) tied for sixth at 14%.13 1 Michigan R. Euskager, J. R. Watson. Swiss Chess Federation. /z. Nebraska 13. E. Ells worth. A. C. Ludwig. Fifteen of the highest ranking grand· Jack Sponce. R. E. Weare. masters of ANOTHER i\IAJ OR EVENT was the reo New Hampsnlre Alec Sadowsky. the world competed, and Vas· New York \\'alter l'·,·oehlich. b:dward Las ke ". ~iiy Sm),sio\' of Russia, scoring 18·10. won turn match between Reshevsky and Naj. H. ::\1. Phillips. the right to play the Championship ~'Ja t ch do rf, held at Buenos Aires, for I.he "Cham· North Caroli na Sam Agnello.