, , • • • • ,. • • • 1I0NOR PRIZE PROBLEM E. ZEP!....ER , • • Chelmlford, England I , • • , , • • WHITE MAl1ES IN FIVE MOVES -"----- - --.. - - - • THE OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE AMERICAN CHESS FEDERA nON This Issue Features A Generous Selection of Games from the . American Chess Federation Congress at Boston The U. s. s. R. Chalnpionship . .• f ' and Other Tourneys • • _.-_.- - - --~--- AUGUST, 1938 M"ONTHLY- - 30. cu.. ANNUALLY $3.00 7he BY THE WAY THE A. C. F. CONGRESS This year· s c·ongress at Boston (treated in detail in another part of this issue) was a great success in many ways. The steady growth of interest in chess was mirrored in the numerous summaries and articles in the Boston. press by REVIEW John F. Barry, Charles Sumner Jacobs and Frank OFFICI!.L ORGAN OF THE Perkins. AMIiRICI,N CHESS FEDERATION The coverage by the New York Tim(!J was n.ot l!P to its high level, but chess players were Editors: grateful for its large and splendid selection. ISRAEL .A. HOROWITZ of some of the best games. SAMUEL S. COHEN An unfortun.ate aftermath of the tourney was the accideot which occurred to Mrs. Bain, Mrs. AJSoriate Editors: McCready and Miss W eart. 11l1ey were return. FRED REINFELO ing from Boston during the rainy .~peIl, and BARNIE F. WINKELMAN their car skidded on a slippery pavement, going into a telegraph pole. The car overturned, pin_ Problem Editor: ning Miss Weart, who luckily escaped with a R. CHENEY fractured shoulder. Mrs. Bain suffered a frac. tured vertebra, necessitating the wearing of a cast for several months. We do not know the Vol. VI No. 8 Puhlhhed Man/hl)' August, 1938 extent of Mrs. McCready's injuries, but we ex_ tend to all three ladies our best wishes for their lR1 By the Way complete and early recovery. Miniature Games 1" CHESS IN THE NEWS The A. C. F. Congress 183 During a recent radio n.ews broadcast, we A Day with D r. Euwe 190 heard about a customs guard in a Southeastern My Favorite End_Game Compositions 191 European country who caught two train travelers in the act of smuggling some valuable diamonds 191 Mate in Two into another country. They had .hit on the The U. S. S. R. Championship 192 novel method of concealing the diamonds in a The Alckhinc_Chatard Attack 194 small travelers' chess set. When asked to ex_ plain his method of detection, the guard replied, Women in Chess 195 qI can play chess, )Iou know. I took a casual An Important Chess Collection 196 look at the position on the board, and at once realized that such a position could never .have Cross Country 196 arisen. in a real game!" Game Studies 198 - - -- Problem Section 200 AS OTHERS SEE US (Me/bourn/!' Le"dn) In a letter to the Daily Sketch, recently a Published monthly by THE CHESS REVIllW, ~~ West typist, E. S., of Stockport, wrote:- "My chief 42nd St., N ew York, N. y, Telephone Wisconsin is a chess fiend . 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MAcMURRAY When two people with a long evening ahead PAUL HUGO UTILE EDITH 1. WEART sit across a checkered board, while a single 181 182 THE CHESS REVIEW lamp throws weird shadows from thirty_two odd_sha:ped pieces of ivory, this bustling era ~iniature slips away. What if half an hour may pass (]an1eS belore a hand is lifted? Chess has a tempo MIND TRIUMPHS OVER MATTER! of its own; it belongs to the ages. Boston, 1892 A thousand years ago Italian clerics willingly DANISH GAMBIT underwent penance for "sporting away their F. K. Young L. Dore evenings amIdst the vanity of chess." Centuries While lllack before in desert tents, bearded Arabs manoeu­ 1 P-K4 P_K4 12 RxKtl P,R 2 P_Q4 p,p 13 Kt_K5!! PxB? vered craftily with rukh (rook) and ai-fit (ele­ 3 P_QBS p,p 14 Q-R5ch P.Kt3 phant- now the bishop) in the pastime they 4 B-QB4 Kt.KB3 15 Kt_B6ch! BxKt called Jhatra'lj. Before them were the Persians, 5 Kt_KBS KtxP 16 KtxKtPch Q_K2 who gave the game their word for king- shah­ 6 0.0 Kt.Q3 17 RxQch! I B,R 7 KtxP! KtxB 18 Kt-K5ch K_Q1 to be corrupted through transliteration into 8 R_K1ch B_K2 19 Kt_B7ch K_K1 "chess." And the Persians, in turn, were in_ 9 Kt_Q5 Kt-B3 20 Kt_Q6ch K_Q1 debted to Hindustan. 10 B_Kt5 P-B3 21 Q-K8ch!! R,Q 11 QR_B1! P_QKt4 That, at least, is the background most widely 22 Kt_B7 mate! accepted in t.he literature of chess-a literature Dore more extensive than that of any other sport. last week a new research contdbution was offered. At the excavation of Tepe Gawra, in Northern Iraq, ~liggets for the University of Pennsylvania Museum reported discovery of a collection of terra_cotta ligures closely resem­ bling some of the chessmen used in various stag­ es of the game's developmenr. TJle pieces, welL worn, appeared in strata 6,000 years old, indicat_ ing that the Mesopotamians of 4000 B. C. might have played with them, Chess experts were dubious of this extension of their game's pedi_ gree; it was probably some other game, they suggested. Young FOl'tunllt.ely, White has just enough pieces FILM GOSSIP left to fo-rce mate! Unless Ray Milland is suppressed, he will have all Hollywood playing chess in another month or two. A NEAT QUEEN SACRIFICE (Jimmie Fidler in the New YOt'k POJI) Hastings Premier Reserves Tourney December 1937-Jal'lua'ry 1938 INDIAN DEFENSE EXTRA!! MAN BITES DOG! E. Koel'llg L. Prins White Dlack This is OU f immediate reaction to the follow­ 1 P_Q4 Kt·KBS 13 KtxP Kt_B3 ing headline in the N~1lI York Spn: 2 P-QB4 P.KKtS 14 P-KR3 P-QKt41 CHESS MOVING AT SNAIL'S PACE 3 P_KKtS B_Kt2 Too wild. Boston Play Demonstrates There's One Game 4 B_Kt2 P_B4 15 P-K5! PxKP 5 P.Q5 P_Q3 16 Kt_Q3 p,p That Has Not Gained Speed. 6 P-K4 0_0 17 KtxKP KKtxP 7 Kt_K2 P_K4 18 B_KtS! Q_K1 --- 8 0·0 Kt.KR4 19 KtxKt QxKt 9 QKt.B3 B·Q2 20 B_B6 Q_R4 A Bound Volume of 10 B_K3 Kt_RS 21 P. KKt4 B,P 11 Q.Q2 Kt_B2 22 PxB Q,P THE CHESS REVIEW 12 P-B4 PxP 23 Q·R6!! Resigns Make! a Handsome Gift 1933, 1934, 193.5 and 1936 Available There has been a great deal of chess activity in il!inois of larc. In May, a [e',Im represcmin,l!: Illinois 1937 Volume N-i)w Ready For Delivery played a lol·board match WHh Missouri, the lancr winning by 91h--<lY2' The following week, how­ $3.50 PER VOLUME ever, llIinois dC1e~ted Wisconsin by 14- 8 with one game If) be adjlldic;uct!. THE A. C. F. CONGRESS By FRED RE1NFELD Although it Jacked the imposing entry list 13 P_KR3 Kt_B3 17 Kt.K5 O.p of the National Championshi p Tournament, the 14 R_B5 Q_Kt3 18 R_K1 QxRch 15 Kt-B4 Q-R3 19 BxQ PxKt recently completed congress at Boston had com_ 16 Kt_K6 Q_Kt3 20 Q.R4 Resigns pensatioj; features. There was a wider geo_ graphical distribution of players, the welcome A. C. F. Congr ess appearance of new talent and a strong convic­ Boston_Juty, 1938 tion that Boston and more generall y New Eng_ OUTCH DEFENSE land chess are certain to benefit from this p. Rosenzweig W. Murdock tournament. White Black 1 P·Q4 P·KB4 14 Kt·R4 K_Kt2 THE PRELIMINARIES 2 Kt_KB3 P_K3 15 QR.Bl R_Rl There was a total entry of 42 players, an 3 P_KKt3 Kt.KB3 16 Kt.B5 BxKt increase over that in last year's Chicago Tourna_ 4 B_Kt2 B_K2 17 PxB Kt·B2 5 P_B4 0 ·0 18 PxP KPxP? ment. The players were divided into six sections 6 0 _0 Kt_K5 19 P.K6 Kt_Q3 with seven participants apiece, the nrst two in 7 P_Kt3 B_B3 20 B-Kt2ch K_Kt3 cach section qua lifying. The following sum_ 8 B_Kt2 P_Q4 21 B.R O.B mari es give the sal ient details: 9 Q_B2 Kt_B3 22 P_B3 P_Kt3 10 R-Ql P_KKt4 23 Kt_Q7 B_Kt2 SECTION I 11 Kt_K5 Kt_K2 24 P·K4 P_B4 Players Score 12 B.QR3 Kt_Q3 25 PxPch Kt(3)xP 1. O. Polland (N. Y. C.) . .. 5 - 1 13 Kt_QB3 P-BS 26 P_KKt4 Resigns 2. P.