INTERZONAL QUALIFIERS The following players have emerged from the Interzonal Tournament at Sousse, Tunisi a, just com- pleted, as those who will join Spassky and Tal (a l­ ready seeded) in a series of matches to determine which of them will play Tigran Petrosian for the World Championshi p. Reshevsky, Stein and Hort, who finished with identical scores, will participate in a playoff in February to determine the sixth qualifier. A full report follows soon. Player Score Lanen (Denmark) • • , • • 15Y2-SY1 Geller (USSR) . • • • • • • 14 -7 GUtaric (Yugoslavia) • • • • 14 -7 Korchnoi (USSR) • • • • • • 14 -7 Pom.ch (Hungary) • • • • • 13Y2-7Y2, Hart (Czechollovakio) • • • • 13 -8 Reshenky (USA) . • • • • • 13 -8 Stein (USSR) • • • • • • • 13 -8 i:1 UNITED Volume XXlI Number 12 December, 19$1 EDITOR: Burt Hochberg CHESS FEDERATION COt<TEt<TS PRESIDENT Marshall Rohland New Light On Capobianco, by David Hooper. ... .. ..... ............. ...... ...... .. .. 363 VICE·PRESIDENT Isaac Kashdan Observation Pa int, by Mira Radojcie .................................. .............. ... ... 367 SECRETARY Dr. Leroy Dubeck More From Skop je, by Miro Rodojeie ... .. ............................ .. ..... ............ 368 EXECUTIVE DIRECTOft The Art of Positional Ploy, by Sa mmy Reshevsky... .. .. ... ..... .. .. ...... ..... ..370 E. B. 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Addreu all communlcallons, .nd make aU Checks p.,..ble to; UNITED STATES CHESS FEDERATION, 419 Br ..dw.y , Newbur,h, N.Y. 12.»0 362 CHESS LIFE anca by David Hooper Introduction by Burt Hochberg Many facts about CapabIanco's youth are still shrouded portant gap in the history of a great World Champion, a in mystery. One of them, his match with luan Corzo, has player many consider the greatest chess genius that ever been the subject of some erroneous in/ormation, a good lived. deal of it coming from CapobJanco hirnseH. All the new information given above has only recently In the first place, writing in My Chess Career 19 years been discovered, and for this we can be grateful to Mr. after the match, CapobIanco makes no reference to the year David Hooper, pictured herewith. As a tireless rescorcher, he in which it was played. All published references give the has solved many another chess mystery, which we hope will year as 1902, but the match was actually played in November eventually form the basis of future articles for Chess Life. and December of 1901. Mr. Hooper fells us he is an architect by profession. He The most important discrepancy, however. is CapobIanco's lives in England, where he was regarded (until 1955, when statement in My Chess Career that he won the match by fOUl he gave up playing serious chess) as one of Great Brilian's games to two. The fact: he won it by lour to three. CapabIanco best players. He has been champion of London (1948) and further stutes that the match consisted of twelve games, while Surrey (thrice), he has represented England at the Helsinki actually there were thirteen. Olympiad (1952) and at other team events, and he was run· All these errors are forgivable, however, since CapabIanca nerup for the British Championship (1954). was trying to recall details of an event that occurred 19 years He is the author of the recent best·seller from Pergamon, earlier. A Complete Defense to 1. P·K4, as well as one of the best Chess Life has been given an unusual opportunity, not (in our opinion) books of instruction on the endgame, A Guide only to be the first magazine to set the record straight about to Chess Endings (with Dr. Luwe). He has authored a book Ihis match, but especially to be able to publish all the games. of the 1953 Candidates Tournament (with W. Winter), and According to Mr. Hooper, about whom more shortly, only the one of the most important volumes of the Weltgeschichte des 1st, 2nd, 4th, 8th, 9th, 11th and 13th games have ever been Schachs series, that on Capablanco. Two new books are to published anywhere. The 8th and 13th are quite well known appear shortly: Practical Chess Endgames, and the newest and have appeared in many places, and the others have volume in the Weltgeschichte series, Steinitz. never appeared outside of Cuba (to the best of Mr. Hooper's Chess Life is proud to present the follOWing historic article knowledge, and he ought to know). The 3rd, 5th, 6th, 7th, and to welcome Mr. Hooper as a contributor. 10th and 12th have never been published anywhere until now. Due to its considerable length, this article will be published This and the next issues of Chess Life thereby fill an im. 1Il two parts, the second part to appear next month. PART ONE J. R. Capablanca As a small boy Capablanca played chess Whenever he could; but he did not meet real opposition, that is he didn't get a chance to improve his play, until he was permitted to attend the Havana Chess Club in the summer of 1901, at the age of 12. As he says, he improved rapidly in a few months. A series of games (19th September· 21st October) was arranged: two each against the leading players of the club. The strongest of his opponents were Juan Corzo, J. Antonio Blanco (both of whom played at Havana 1913), Marquez Sterling (last at Paris 1900), Enrique J. A. Blanco Corzo, and Dr. Mateo Fiol (Capablanca's one·time headmaster). Against these the 27. R·KNI N·K3 41. P·B3 R·Ql boy scored respectively: _2; +2; = 1-1; 28. P·KB4 P·KN3 42. P·N4 P·BS + 1- 1; and = 1+1. Against l,eon Pare· 29. R·KB3 N·QS 43. K·B2 p,p des, Dr. Gavilan, M. P. Marceau, and 30. R·B2 N·B4 44. RxR N," another, he scored two wins each. Just 31. R·KI K·Q2 45. K·N3 K·KS possibly the latter may have been Ett· 32. R·B3 K·K3 46. RxP K·QS David Hooper linger, a Manhattan Chess Club player 33. P·KR4 P·KR4 47. R·BI N·K3 then in Cuba, who was later to influence 34. R·R3 N·N2 48. K·B2 P·B6 Not bad for a twelve·year·old! His Capablanca's career. 35. K·N2 K·B4 49. RoOlch K·BS time for the whole game (77 moves): Most of these games were of indiffer· 36. RoON3 P·QN4 SO. K·K3 P·B7 3S minutes. ent quality. Capablanca, having been 37. R·QB3 R·QBI 51. R·QBI K·B6 Blanco had deferred his games "on account of business" until the end of the given a book on the endgame, already 38.