HONOR PRIZE PROBLEM VINCENT L. EATON, Alexandria, Va. , WHITE MATES IN THREE MOVES The OFFICIAL ORGAN of the AMERICAN CHESS FEDERATION THE MANHATTAN C. C. CHAMPIONSHIP A CHESSPLA YER TURNS EXPLORER ______ _.., ___ ___ __-.; __; ,; ____ LAJOS STEINER ADDENDA TO GRIFFITH AND WHITE _______ _____ ___________ FRED REINFELD ON CHANGING THE RULES OF THE GAME __ ___ -' _____ BARNIE F. WINKELMAN PLACHUTTA INTERFERENCE IN THE ENDGAME _______________TH. C. L. KOK CURIOUS CHESS FACTS __ __________________________________ IRVING CHERNEV MARCH, 1937 MONTHLY 30 cts, ANNUALLY $3,0() (Abroad 15,,) The Manhattan c.c. Championship Tieu (I'om practicall y the vCl'y insta nt of 13 I'xl' 0·0 tht'ir advent in the traditionally s trong: com­ '" 1'-115 •... petition of the Manhattan Chcs.'1 Club's annual --" F orcing .. BxKt after which Black experi· championship toul'nament, 1. Kas hdan and A. ences diff iculties anew through weak black C. Simonson fought their way through to tln­ ~qu ar{'~. The ~tage is ncarly set for the is h at the top-still deadlocked-a convincing bishops to dominate the board. 2!h point!! ahead of Il. Willman, who took 14 . BxKt third I)I'he. 1!l PxU Kt·B3 '''ill man, a former champiOIl, had been in 16 Q-Kt3ch .•. front of the fie ld in the early rounds, but sub­ Black must not be permitted .. B·Kf! sequently suffered losses to the two ultimate 16 . K·RI leaders who, both entering father late, played 17 B·Kt3 Q·Q1 out t he schedu le without a defeat. 18 B·Q6 R-Kl T hus, (or the third s uccessive year, a play­ 19 8·QB4 Q.Q2 off for the t itle was n~a r y. In 1935 Kaah­ By 6uch moves must he e:tpurgate his pall t dan t ied with A. Kupchik and won the play­ SIns. Loss of the exchange was threatened. off. In 1986 A. Kevitz tied with Simonson and 20 KR-K I P·QKt4 defeated him in II three game match 2-1. This 21 B-K2 Kt·Q4 year Kashdlln and Simonson also played a 22 P-QR4 •.. three game match. Kashdan scored a win and The position "a-oell on wheels" before Kash­ two draws, the deciding point occurring in the dan's simple and correct technique. The cen· thst gsme where Simonson had a draw defin­ ter is cleared of all r esl~ta nce. itely in hand, only to blunder, almost incred­ 22.... PxP ibly. in a fairl y simple end-game position. 23 RxP r·K6 While the better man is indicated- accord_ Hastening the end in a rather frantic effort ing to cold rea!loning--by the factual truth of to gain counter·play. An alternat ive not whol_ fi"u r~lI , K .ashd~n ' s margin of superiority over ly without merit is ... Q-KB2 wit h a K side hili rival In thiS contest was as neg lill'ible as demonstration assisted by his pawn majority such a thing could be, albeit it means one more on that side. Quaintly Black adopts this pro· title added to t he long list of a g reat master. cedure after first consigning his valuable ally, The s how ing made by some of the others the King's pawn, to oblivion. may seE' m disappointing, notably in view of 24 P·KD4! Q-K82 im prusive !Jllst records. However, consider­ 25 B-D3 B-Q2 ing the calibre of the players u a whole a 26 P-B" Kt·B3 medi oc re or low standing in the fina l tabu'la_ 27 RxKP Kt·Kt5 tion ill sCR I'cely to be called a poor standing. 28 RxRch R,R 29 D-K!l At lell.~t, jud gmen~ upon it is bound to be gen­ Q·R4 30 BxKt Q,B eroull In any senSIb le chess company. 31 P·R3 Q-K7 • Resigns mi~ht also be triCIt. MANHATTAN C_ C. CHAMl'lONSHn' ~2 R"I' ",8 J anuary, 1937 33 Ql'xR B-K3 34 Q-Kt 3 Resig ns QUEEN'S GAMBIT DECLINED _-'eO-_ (Note!! by Harold Morton) MANHATTAN C. C. CII ,\MJ' IONSJlII' I. Kashdan A. Simchow November. 1 9~6 White Black Q UE EN'S GAMRIT DEC LINED 1 P. Q4 P-K3 2 p.Q84 P.Q4 (NoteH by R. Willman) 8 Kt.QR3 Kt.KBa R. Willman A. Simchow 4 Kt·83 p.8a White Blac\': 5 8 · Kt!l QKt-Q2 1 Kt·Kn~ 1'.0.1 6 P·K3 Q.R.' 2 p.o., Kt . I(R'l. 7 Kt·Q2 8.Kt!l :'I P -D4 P . T? ~ 8 Q. 82 Kt. K!l 4 Kt·lll QKt·Q2 . Not the best, as he will be compelled to re_ 5 P-K .' P.B3 Inforce K 5 by . P-KB4, after which the 6 8·03 B.Il ,. weaknesK created a long the White diagonal 7 0·0 0.0 QR2 to KKl8 lIeriously compromises his game. 8 1~ ·Q Kt 3 .... K a ~ hl! an 'lI E'x ploitatio!, of this advantage is Black should have played ... p Jl; "P before artistic, forceful and Instructive. thill. Now the capture would only strengthen 9 KKtxKt P:tKt Wh ite's center. 10 H· R4 P:KH4 S • • . p·QKta 11 8·K2 p·K4 9 0·1< 2 p,p B·Kt2 12 0·0 10 R·'ll Q·B2 " 50 THE CHESS REVIEW Black hall no good square for his QUl'en. 23 B-Q7 • • • • This wiil eventually cost him the game. A surprise move, by which the White Hook 11 B-Kt2 KR.Kl gains the 7th rank. 12 QR·B! QR·BI 2"·, . BxB 13 1'1'1' Kl'xP z4 RxB It-'ll 14 B-B:; P·Kt3 25 Q-Q2 B-K2 15 H-lm3 QR-Ql Ol' 25 ... RxR; 26 QxR, B-Kt2; 2'1 P-K6, 16 Kt-Ka Q-Ktl ExE; 28 QxPch, K-Rl; 2\J P-K'i. Wh ite's Not 16 ... KtxKt; 17 PxKt, QxP; 18 KtxP threat of P-KG wins in all variations, owing to with 11 winning position. The text move par­ the position of Black's Queen. rin; the threat of 17 KtxKt, KtxKt; 18 KtxP, 26 !,-K6 · RxR as well us the tht'eat of 17 Kt-Kt5. It is ob­ 27 QxR Q·QI vious however, that Black gets his Queen into 27 ... Q- KBI would have prolonged the de­ safdr only by putting her out of play, f en8e. The eontinuation would have been: 2~ 17 I'-B4 H·KUl Q-Q4, PxP; 29 Q-R8ch, K-B2; 30 QxPch. K_ 18 P·I';:!'t·1 I\{xl{t Kl; al Qx.ch with a fairly easy win . .. B-Kt2 would lose II piece by P-Kt5. 28 B-B6 I'xl' 19 QPxKt Kt-K5 Equivalent to rC8ignation. The allernative 20 IUxKt I'x!{t was: 28 . .. ExB; 29 QxPch, K-Rl ; :\0 QxB('h, 21 P-KtS Rxi{ch QxQ; al PxQ and wins. If 21 ... B-B1 immediately, White win:< a 29 QxQch Hx'l pawn by 8 -Kt2. The text move, on the othE' 1" 30 UxU. and Whitl' wnn. hand, gives up the only open fi le on the board. 22 HxR H-Bl • A. SBICHOW MANHAT'FAN C. C. CHAMI'IONSJlIJ> DeCl'!l\ber, 1936 ENGLISH OPENING (Notes by A. C, Si!l\onsun) A. C. SinwnHon S. S. Coh<,n White Black 1 P·QB4 Kt·){B3 14 P-Kt3 Q·H4 2 KI·OB3 J>·QB;~ 15 B-Q2 RxKt a P·K4 I'·Q4 16 I'xR 0-0-0 4 P-K:; P-Q:; Ii K-Hl P-KG·t 5 I'xKt J>xKt 18 B-KBI G·KKI:; 6 KtI'xP KtPxP 19 p-n3 B-R4 7 P-Q4 I'-K4? 20 B-Q3 p-K:, 8 Kt-B3 B-KKt:, 21 B-K2 Bxl' 9 8-1<2 Kt-Q2 22 R-KBl H-Kta 10 0-0 H-KKtI 23 Q-Kta KI-B4 II R-K I B-K2 24 Q-QI KI-K3 12 Kt-U·j B-R6 25 P-B4 n·H3? R. WILLMAN 13 B-'l3 H-KU ~ Manhattan c • 0 ~ N " Chess Club • " 0• ," ~"• • " - -" " 0 E ~• v- -" " 0 - • v N :> w N ~ Championship -" ~ " • " - " w v 0 " -w • , -"" N c " N E .-- -"• E 0 " is •0 •0 N 1936 " v • N " .-~ ,.., .~- a" ~ u 0: '" '" ~ ~ a ~ '" L Kashdan - » "1 1 » 1 1 1 1 "1 1 1 "9 0 2 10 1/2 A, Simonson » -- I 1 1 1 Y, 1 1 1 1 1 9 0 2 10 1/2 R. Wi l Jm~n 0 (] - 1 » :5 1 1 I Y2 I 1 6 2 3 7Y:i 3 A. Denker 0 (] ,.0 - » 0 1 1 1 1 I 1 6 4 1 6Y1 4 A. Kupchik » 0 y, - 1 1 0 0 Y2 1 n 3 3 , ~Yz '/6 E. Schwanz 0 0 1 0 - 1 0 1 I 4 4 ,• ,. »" . Yz Yz 5Yz '/6 A, Simchow 0 ,., 0 0 0 .,'L 72 I 1 I I 4 , 2 , 7 S, Cohen 0 0 0 0 I » » - I 1 0 0 3 6 2 4 8/9 J. Platz 0 0 0 0 1 » 0 0 - Y2 1 1 3 6 2 4 8/9 D. MacMurray 0 0 » 0 ~ 1 0 0 Yz - 0 1 2 6 .3 3Yz 10 O.