Vol. V Thmsday. Number 3 Offjelal Publication of me United States (oessfederat)on October 5, 1950 STATE TITLES CHANGE HANDS SCHROEDER WINS MARTIN BECOMES OHIO TITLE CALIF. CHAMPION Ray Martin, Los Angeles County .Af.tt.ine ~ Ga,.f'l Victory in the 34-man Ohio State Champion, added the california Championship went to James State title to his list with 6-1 score Schroeder of Columbus in a V'ery in the finals held at San Fran­ Ct.ejj Caree,. tight combat in a strong field of cisco. V. Pafnutieff of San Fran­ Additional Data contenders which included three cisco and G.eorge Croy of Los An­ By A. B UI~"k.~ former State champions and a geles finished in a tie for 2nd with host of city champions. To the 4-3 each, while P. D. Smith of final game it was a battle, for in Bakersfield was fourth with 31k· IV. THE " MOSCOW CHAMP­ the last round meeting between 31h. Charles Bagby and Sven Aim· IONSHIP TOURNAMENT 1916" Schroeder and Ellison, if Ellison grem tied for 5th with 3-4, and (Continued) had won he would be c:hampion, were followed by William Steckel iI he drew the title would go to at 2 'h-'B~ and Leslie Boyette with ANOTHER ALEKHINE A. Nasvytis. Ellison lost and 2-5. dropped to sixth pl ace. while the LEGEND SHATIERED 22ryear old Schroeder gained the uite a number of readers of the title. ACP ANNOUNCES preceding issue of CHESS LIFE Second place went to A. Nasvy· TOURNEY WINNERS \V9iI undoubtedly, in going over tis of Cleveland, while two ex· The Chess Problem Association the game played between Grigoriev Pawn Club players from Cleveland of America announces the results and Alekhine in Moscow 1915 and clinched third ilnd fourlh- GeorJte in the informal problem compos­ particularly Alekbine's own notes Miller :md William Grangcr. Dc· ing tourneys in its publication, White To Play And Win! to moves 9 and 13 on the one hand, fending Chaml>ion Willtcr Mann American Chess Proble mist. for the Conducted by William Ro;am and to move 11 on the other hand, placed twelfth. fi rst hal[ of 1950. have el(claimed in surprise and puz­ In the concunenl Junior Stn tc In the contest for two-movcrs Jl E TWO positions diagrammed above represent two of the three zlement: "How is this possible? Championship Myron Frederi ck wi th I;'. Gamage :IS judge the fol ­ T positions which were bracketed in a triple-tie for first place in the Hilsn't Alckhine stated himsell that of Columbus placed firsl wilh WHI· lowing awards werc made : 1st Ccskoslovensky Sach 1949 Endgame Tourney. Position No. 85 by.Emii 9 Q - Kt4 in this rather aggressive lace Zimmerman of Akron in sec­ I'rize K 11 011ad,ly, 2nd Prize I" . Richter is a faSci nating duel between White Knight and Black Bishop continuation or the McCutcheon in which lhe pra ncing horseman finally outsteps thc defending prelate. ond; while in the Womnn's C h ~lmp ­ DeBlasio, 31'(1 Prize G. Croes. fur­ variation is an "improvemcnt" over ionship Mrs. Catherine Jones of ther hOllors were wo n by Stocchi. Posilion No. 86 by Ladislav Prokes is an artistic study in the the usual 9 Q -RS - and bere he Columbus and Mrs. Mena Schwa rl1. Eaton , Iluse. Mansfield, Ecrkes, EI­ Czech com pose r's best style in wh ich the threatening Black Pawn is says (note to move 9) that he is o( Cleveland shared the nnt place lerman, Hassberg, Lntzcl, 1ofDjor, at last erased nrter some careful play by White Knight and Bishop. not so sllre of the correctness (){ honors as co-champions. Rasmussen, Socnnec:ken. For IO lutions plen e turn to page four. this move, and in the note to move A new section of the tourna­ In the three-mov'!r tourney with l:l he even IItates that ht' h:> ~ (oumt ment, called a "CDndidates" sec­ B. Ho lladay as judge the aWDrds a refutation? But above au: doesn't tion WRS held for the first lime were: 1st Prize A. Socnnecken, 2nd that "fantastic" position with the this yeaT, It was WOII by Jnmes Prize J. Buchwald, Further honon ~!. e ..J(;tUzer .JJaj .JJ;" :J)a'l 5 queens on the board loot very we.re wo n by Lnrscn, Eaton, Croes, familiar? Haven't J seen that posi· ALRen of Akron, with S. S. Keeney From (~ EJi(oT's Mail Btlg or Cleveland In the second SI>Ot. DeBlasio, Rubens. tion in an actual game, and not At the meeting of the Trustees Tourne.ys for the second haJJ of even so long ago again in CHESS of the Ohio Chess Association the 1950 will be judged by G. Mott­ LIFE-and now, Alekhine's own following oHicen were elected; Smit h and K. S. Howard. The pri:c.e "Grandmaster Draw"-A British Opinion note to move 11 says that this winni ng problems will be published Dear Mr. Major: deterrent. position did not. ottur in a game Arthur Plueddeman (Akron) presi­ in the October issue of the Ame ri­ dent, S. S. Keency (Cleveland) ex· Your article on the lcssons ()f J. T. BOYD actually played, but was just a un Chess Problemist. history interested me. Since 1938 Southampton. England. position which might have . oc­ ecutive vice·president, Stanley The Chess Problem Association Prague (Cleveland) secretary, and the Tournament Rules of British Mr. Boyl, on~ 01 Iht Ih.u ",~",Iu'l curred in a hypothetical continua­ of America mourns the loss of Chess FederatiOn have a provision 0/ I~ B. C. F. Commi/lU, .hirh p.r. tion-a continuation really condi­ Mila n Kontosh (Cleveltmd) treas­ their most enthusiastic and inde· urer. that 16{d) of Laws of Chess shall pa.d I~ I",,, 01 ~ rtf/illl roJr 1o. tioned by two hypotheses, Vb., that fatigable friend, their Vice-Presi­ not be enfo rced. 16(d) aJlowed an p'ru"'ltli(m 10 F.1.D.E., ;, It rtt03"i~d white had played 11 KtPxP instead dent Edgar W. Allen, who sue· ag reed draw but only after 30 (lulhori/., 'lpoIC 10llrrtamnl prrcdurt ""I oC 11 0-0-0, ,lDd that black THEN HICKMAN TAKES eumbed to a sudden heart aUack moves had been made. /" •. IV, Jo 1101 (I/I,mpl III rtl.dr bi, had answered 11 . PxP insteDd on September 5th. At the 1938 B.C.F. Congress I ,Iltlrm,,,, I&.I ,,0Ih;n8 ("(III pur,n! lwo of ] 1 B-83, which he, Alex­ PITTSBURGH MEET Problcm friends, chess editors, was ho nded, a few minutes :l fter p/<l)'ttl "om (I/r.rt;"11 10 " J, ...; bll/ _ hine, would have chosen, under the Herbert Hiekman, until recently and solvers living in the New York the beginning o{ a round, the fol­ do imill 11,111 Iht JO "'01'1 .ult ... .,. "1/011 circumstances?" area are cordially invited to a the terror In scholastic chess lowing score: 1. Kt-KB3, Kt·KB3; ou.,ion rh,n,3t lilt minJ oj on, pl<l)' ~ ' You are per£edJy right, dear circles of western Pennsylvania, get-together on Sunday, October 2. Kt-Ktl, Kt-KU; 3. Kt-KB3, Xt­ ill tM to,,'1l 0/ Ihr 1I4mr. IVt rrlu, /0' reader, and J want to congratulate 26, 1950 at 2 p.m. at Julius Buch· stepped boldly into adult chess KB3; 4. Xt·KU , Xt·KU; 5. Kt.KB3, CIi"mpl~. 10 I~ M.r("".M.,Ott., IIIt'Nr. you on your knowledge o[ chess with victory in the annual Metro­ wald's home, 25-37 83rd Street, Xt-KB3, drawn by recurrence o( Vir"nlt, 1899. Rri,,/rid ""I Cht'MI' ;n literature and also thank 1.ou, in politan Pittsburgh Championship Jackson Heights, N. Y. Anyone who position. The controller was the a""o/mi,,s 11,;, ,,,mt ;IC "Chtll Slralt" would li ke to aUend is requested behalf of the editors of CHESS wi.th a 6-1 score, losing no games late R. H. S. Stevenson who had a . ,,1 T.,kl' not~., Whi'r', U,,,J mow: LIFE, for the attention you pay to communicate with him,.. tele­ wide experience of '?'ngresscs. The "AI Ihi' point both &wt this ever interesting papci- and its but drawing with Dnvld Spiro and phone lIIinois 7-8853. Re{resh­ "'.,.,r" .. """ Garbuny. matter was discussed with various bun cOII"n, ";11, (I Ir~ ... b", ·"n/o""". special featUres, such as Guilherme ments will be served. Spiro was second with 51h ·H!r: officials and with some regular "'tl.,' lilt 10"r.... ""III r""uI;O'" iiJ nol Grocsser's column "What's the best in the 14-player 7 round Swiss, NAJDORF SETS plilyers. It ~ s commonly recog­ pt,mil • I"n, brfo.t lilt Im.,;dh "'GYr." move?" You HAVE seen the "night­ drawing with Hickman, Hobbs and ni7.ed that if two competitors had B", "., Wbil~', 261h ..ow, Bl«l il ,,0/ marish" :; queen position reprinted SIMUL RECO RD made up their minds to agree to Jul;", 10 J'lI"Ii'uh ....J ., mow 69 lit Dgain in Groesscr's column in Taylor. Garbuny placed third with Since the Saracen master Buz. 5-2, lOSing to Spiro and drDwing a draw they could not be prevented. luginl on~ III lilt mOil 1u.,,'if,,1 "f ",1_ CHESS LIFE of November 20, 1949, with Hickman and Hob bs. Hobbs, cco:! in 1266 played the fi rst simul­ It wu immaterial whether or not ,,"m~ ,ombi"~lioICI .