HONOR PRIZE PROBLEM E. M. H. GUTTMANN Schleswig. Germany In Memoriam: E. Brunner WHITE MATES IN FIVE MOVES THE OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE AMERICAN CHESS FEDERATION SALO FLOHR STAGES COMEBACK! MANHATTAN CHAMPIONSHIP • A. V. R. O. • HASTINGS RESHEVSKY • TARTAKOWER + HODGES • COHEN ~---.~---------===---=-- FEBRUARY, 1939 MONTHLY 30 cts. ANNU<'\,LLY $3.00 RUBBER STAMPS NEW IMPROVED POCKET SETS ( Cllilill Atodel) FOR CHESSMEN Made of ge nui ne cow hide leat he r with 16 square. both top a nd bottom ~ <€I JlI 'ill' .. for captured piece. , d lmen.ionl fo lded J.. 4)4" x6)4". Availa ble in b ro w n o r blue. S INGLE BOARD (inc ludes 1 set of , • .1111i''IIr men) __ ______ ___ ___ ___ __________ __$ 3.00 Complete Set, Practical, Handsome, Made w ith c henboard on rig ht PLUS 2 Stamp P ads and 1 Pad or hand s ide, leather pocket fo r gam e Diagram Blanks. P ostpaid $1 .65 c lipping. on left hand side. 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' .00 3.715 S.76 PRlCE $ 3.00 • THE CHESS REVIEW David McKay Company 25 W . 43rd STREET W"SIIINGTON SQU"R£ PIUU DBLPHlA Chell and Chuk ~ r CII I ,JO& U~ on RHlllnl NEW YOR K, N. Y. 5,,,, 30 THE CH I;SS REVIEW Last mont'h we carried a little story about later, when he was no longer operating the A/bul B. JloJg~J and Max Jlldd. We have Automaton, Hodges stepped into the Manhattan since learned Iflat it was Judd who made it Ghess Club and had the pleasure of squaring possible (or Hodges to come to New York. accounts. He made arrangements for an in_ Old.timers may remember the Eden Mus«' troduction to Mr. X, and derived a great deal and the chess.playing Automaton that was one of personal satisfaction in beating him-Hodge! of its attractions. Judd received an invitation to giving the odd; of Patl'lI and Mor/e. play in the Automaton, but did not care to leave St. Louis, and turned the job over to At the conclusion of the A.V.R.O. tourna­ Hodges. ment Botw;!llIik returned to Russia. On his Hodges received minute instructions for meet. arrival in Leningrad, he was enthusiastically ing Mr. Hooper (the owner of the Automaton). greeted by a welcoming committee and pre_ On his arrival in New York, he was to check in sented with an exquisite set of Chinese hand_ at a hotel and refrain from making any ac· car\'ed chessmen. quaintances. The next day, J1C was to contact - - - - Mr. Hooper at 11 A. M., by waiting on the northwest corner of ned Street and Broadway ~iniature (ja~es until a gentleman, (Mr. Hooper, of course ) , An Off.Hand Game spoke to him. For identification he was to New York-June, 1938 wear a white carnation in his lapel. Hodges CARO·KANN DEFENSE carried out his instructions faithfully, and Mr. D, Goodman Amateur Hooper, after passing him a couple of times White Dlack and. insp«ting him carefully, spoke to him 1 P.K4 P-QB3 5 B.Q3 KKt_B3 2 P_Q4 P.Q4 6 Kt.Kt3 P_K4 and led him into tl~ Eden Musee by the back 3 Kt_QB3 PxP 7 Kt.B3 .,. entrance on 24th Street:. 4 KtxP Kt-Q2 8 0·0 B_K2 Hooper informed him that to hold his job Not 8 .. p·n.. ; 9 R-Kleh. n·K2; 10 Kt-BS! he must lose his identity. Hodges was not 9 KtxP (),O permitted to visit any of the local chess clubs 10 Kt(4)_BS B_B41 11 KtxP! KxKt though he longed to do so. He was not per_ 12 P.Kt4! BxP mitted to frat ernize with any chessplayers, nor Slightly Il.eller was 12 . n·K2: but White advise his out_of_town friends that he was con_ gains the advantage by 13 Kt·BSch, K ·Ktl : ducting the Automaton .. 14 R--Kl, R·K!; 15 Q·B3! One evening a group in formal clothes en_ 13 B.Kt2! K.Rl tered the Musee. One of the members passed 14 Kt_B5? . , . Here White misses the quickest win: 14 a remark that he was going to take the Auto­ Q·RS! , K-Ktl (forced): 15 Q·Kt5ch, K·RI: 16 maton over the hurdles. He didn', realize that Q-R6, K·Kt1: 17 Kt·RS ! the player in the Automaton could hear every_ 14 , . R_KKtt 19 QR_Ql 8 -81 thing spoken. Hodges disliked his assurance 15 Q-R5 R_Kt3 20 RxKt Q,R and made up ,his mind that he would beat him. 16 Kt.R6 Q_Bl 21 QlCKteh B_Kt2 17 BxR BPxB 22 Q.B8 mate And he did, 18 Q.Kt5 -=Q~_K~t=2:.-. ___ Of course the loser felt rather chagrined, especially after his previous boasting. He felt Slmultan,OUI Exhibition obliged to explain away his defeat and re_ January, 1939 marked, " I can't play good chess standing up! KING'S BISHOP OPENING If I cou ld play that thing sitting down, I'd I. A. Horowltll: Amateur give it Pawn and Move!" He little realized White Dlack how much harder it was for the player inside 1 P_K4 P.K4 5 P-B3 .,. the Automaton. It was necessary to remain 2 8.B4 Kt_KB3 6 0·0 0 -0 3 p.Q4 ... 7 P_K5 Kt.K5 for hou fs, bent over in a cramped position. 4 Kt-K83 B-KtS¢h Also, it was only possible for the' player in The IIberaUug move tor Black In all positions the Automaton to see out of one eye. for of this type Is ... P-Q~! This Is DO exceptioD. Hodges, who WOfe glasses, this was a special 7 .. P-Q4! ; 8 D·Kt3 (8 PxKt, PxB), P-B7!; 9 D or QxDP, Kt·K51 hardship. 8 B.Q5 Kt_B4 11 Q-R5 KtKKt Realizing all this, Hodges waxed rather 9 PxP B·R4 12 BxKt Q.Kl indignant at his opponent's idle boasting and 10 Kt-Kt5 Kt.K3 13 B.BS!! P.R3 vowed that some day he wo uld get even. From The immediate thl'eat was 14 Q·Kl5, P-KKt3; a remark passed, Jle knew the player belonged 15 Q-R6! If 13, .. PxB; 14 B·K4! to the Manhattan Chess Club. Some time 14 Q_Kt6 Relignl The Russian Masters' Training Tournament 'fhe outstanding featu re of the tournament Of the eighteen contestants, fourteen were recently completed in Russia is, of course, 5alo Russians, (Lilienthal is not considered a Rus.