OCTOBER 1963 U. S. CHAMPION SPLURGES IN SWISSES 60 CENTS S"bscrlptiolt Rat. ONE YEAR S6.50 1 White to move and win 2 Black t o move and win ThIs first puzzler is one Whereas your opponent real test. Black has a Pawn was t hreatening nothing of THE WIN' S THE THING and fair developm ent. But import in the last example, his lUng is uncastled, and he has your Rool;: u nder fire In each of these ten positions, there is a sharp therein lies your telling lIere. How to save the Rook way of winning decisively. It is waiting and ready advantage. There's your and win is t he problem. In clue; the rest is up to you such p ressure, you may be for you - if you are ready for it. Score ten cor­ - find the winning move and compelled to find the only run off enough varlatlolls move. It works so In aCi ual rect solutions fo r an excellent rating; eight for good; to prove it wins conclusively. games most of the time. six for fair. Solutions o'n page 319. That is all. Work it now! 3 White to move and w in 4 Black to move and win 5 W hite t o move and win 6 Black to move and win Here li kewise you have a It goes wlthout saying in Here your Pawns are in a This problem [Josition is Rook under fire. 'Tis some­ this example that an end· sad state of disarray, a nd just exactly thn - and it thing, nothing; but you may game will be bad for you. So materially the game seems is so mainly by virtue of be sure there is a clever you must win something, and to be against you. Do perk your first move. Once you \vay out of this pickle. It do it quickly. Not to give up, though. Black is quite catch the idea, the res t of is up to you to find it. Can away any important clues, poorly developed; and. little· t he exercise is a matter of you capitalize yOUl' passed we stop off with that bit bird·like, we t ell YOli that working out t he details . Not Pa Wll? Or is there an en­ of ambiguous advice. Just you can win. But do not that ~ome of them nre not tirely different operating pro­ ponder the position and whip just take our word for it. cute. (00. '\·e lI"ish you happy cedure? up a win. Find the win! hUllting. 7 White to move and wi n 8 Black t o move and w in 9 W hite to move and w in 10 Black to move and WJn Once In a great while, a We canllot make any long Perhaps, we become rather As we remarked ea rlier. a mere amateur may come liP oration on this position. tedious by constant re·ltera. mere amateur may eon;e IlP with a stunningly profound Suffice it to say, there tion of "Watch out for that with a stull ning l" profound eOllception, running to real is a cute idea involved. first move!" But what else conception. etc. Yo u ("an t est length and ramifications. As to the whys and the can we say? The idea of the your pl'owes s on this com· It's tricky, too, when the wherefores, a careful and sequel stem s from the key plex position. Can you ex· opponent has a constant deliberate perusal of the move of the combination. ecute a long <: ombination? checking threat. Such DC· possibilities in the position It's true here. however, the This is your ehance to try. caslons make one wish fOJ" will doubtless give you the second move is tricky. too. Of course, if YOli don·t be· a quick win. Hop to it! answer. See it? Iieve us, win Quickly : CHESS REVIEW rHI "au., CHI n MAO""'" Vol un'e 31 Number 10 October 1S63 EDITED &. PUBLISHED BY I. A . Horowjt~ A C HI LD'S H ISTORY OF CHESS V. Dr. S ieghcrl Tarrasdl of Nll remoerg fn line wilh recent idea5 on how tu re­ Adl'ances beyond Steillil"!. in P erfecting Table of Contents cruit players from America's youth and the Expl() italiun uf Cramped l'o ~it i(Jn s. on the principal we can't begin too early. Fralllein Mllflet (hrew lUl/lflllll.\". Chessboard Magic! •... ..... ..•• .. 302 rd like 10 offer Ihese verses II! he sung Neglecter! her Z('lllrulIl, Chess Caviar .............. .... 311 in el'e ry American Ilurserr. The effect Ami sloll;/), sllcclllll bed 10 paralpis Chess C lub Directory ........... 290 Chess Traps . .. ... ......... 319 should he ~ impl y staggering. In the grip of a boa, European Zone 2 T ournament .. ... 308 Joking a~ide, I hope no nne will take /fho sn:a//on:ed her slow<,/" Finishing T ouch .... .. ... ......... 305 as a slur on our noble J!a ~t ilH e whal is And digeSlI'd her ill Ihl' f//llllysi~. Forsyth Notation . .... .... .... 297 iuteudei! as a spoof on Ihe :;"mcli m e~ (>\,er· Vr. N imzol'ich and Other .~ Hel'c) luriunize Game of t he Month . .. .. .... ... .. 298 ~im l) l ifi ed treatment of a complicated mai­ (Yd in Fact Only Bruad<!n) Ihe Treat. Games from Recent Events . ...... 316 le r, Ihe hi~tory of onr .!f reat game. On t he Cover ... .. ...... ........ 292 ment of Ihe Cenl,~r . Postal Chess ....... .......... 312 r. Modern Chess Begins with Ih e Italian Lillfe Jack fluTIICf Solitaire Chess ................ ... 307 School, Characterized hy " Lu\"e of ConI· Sat ill 1/i(~ corlla Spotlight on Openings . .. .. .. 301 hilHllions and an Ignorance of Theor),. Elitillg his Indian pllddillg; Stoltz ... , .. ... .. .. ... ... ...... 296 Old Mother Guuse He player! P- N3, There's Always a K i lljoy .......... 318 Piayed chess at WI ((lIIble Firmcflel/ued IIH~ /J T ournament Calendar ...... .. .... 295 And rode throllgh the lIir And said Ihey hlld mislllllll~ rstoo d him. World Championship Program . .. 299 On ({ kl ll ~io Glllllble. Wor ld of Chess ... .. .. ......... 291 VIl, We Arril'e on the Contemporary II. J'hilidor. Ihe First Great ThcoriSI, Scene, Characlel"iz(;d by a Healthy Eclec· EXECUTIVE EDITOR Announccs that "The Pawns Should he tici ~ m and !I Willingness ,0 Profit from Jack Straley Battell !\'ful'ed 'Jilt hdore the Pit' (;e ~ and after· the Experience of Past C(;ncration~. CONTRIBUTING EDI TORS ward~ S UPlloned hI' Them:' Hllsh. little \'ii nnderkind. dOIl 't Sfl)' n A. B. m"guler, {. Chemev. J. W. COllins. fllllllptl! DUlllpte, he sil 011 :e Pawlls of T. A. DUnst, Dr. M. Euwe. Hans Krnoch. I ~'ord, ,Yo Korn. Fred Rclnfeld. Dr. I'. 'l'rlfunovlch. ~e Bishops; 1~1l1J(t going to buy YOII II mockillg bird. Staff Photographer R. Echc\"crl"la. Il/lfllptt: Dlllllple, he lIa['e =e ueree bar! What. 111I1t 1II0ckilig bird don't "'IQI~', CORRESPONDENTS slllashups. PUPil goill;; to f('ad him 011/ of M. C. O. Alabama E. M. COCk rell. II is IIseless to I'lay around a"CC Alaska S. H . O·Nelll. Ii M. C. O. don't make him. lI:iser, les piece~. California Dr. H. Ralston. :n. J. Ho~·e]". NOllcollllllil till Iher revise ha. Colorado J. J. ReId. }'011 . I/:i/l nel:air recaplafe Zf: SAU l. District of Columbia R. S. Ca'llwell. or ZE C~rt:~~. If it aill 't ill tlw IIl'xt "tiilioll. Florida It. C. Eastwood. IlIh el"l~ lIl/r (('sis! in Ihe posilioll. Georgia Braswell Deen. IlL !'.Iorphy Perfecls the Trealment of Idaho R. S. Vanden»e,·" . If I.he /lOsition got /1(1 rI'sis/(lIIce, ill inois .r. G. 'Var]"en. Opo.;n Posilions. but (0 relix elllplt!) Pm), 10 Alrkhine /0 gil!(; (lssis/(illce. Indiana D. C. Hills. D. E. iUocnd. i\e:; l ect ~ the Close Came. thlls Assllring low;! J . )r. Osness. If Alckhine WOII't spl'nt; II) YOII, Kansas K. R. ;\lacDo,,"I<1. FIII"1hCr I'rogress. too. Lou isi;!na A. L .•\lcAuley . {Olll. he ICOS Caissa's SOl/., CUllablallclI. Iliul )"Ollr problem, M;! ine L. Eldridge. CIlIiISTOI'JIER B~:CKEfl Maryland C ll al'les Ba,·asch. ,"""d !('amell to /)Ia), Idum h e was Massachusetts H. B. Goodspeed. )'oang, l/mlldcn, COIIII. Michigan R Buskaber . Bllt Ihe 0111" game Ihal he COII/tl pIli)' Min nesota R. C. Govc. • \Ve Irust. Ollr readers enjoy these ef. Mississippi E. A. DUrning. /VIIS "Ollt wilh P(lWII.~ and dlmr Ihel/l. Missouri E. A. Talley. away." fusions as ll1l1(;h <IS we. If any llliss lhe Nebraska ll. E. E llswort h . .laC1( Spellec. point o{ the inlrodnction and prolest, say, H. E. Weo.l·e. IV. Siein ilz Founds his " lVlodern School," Nevada H. L. ,Vlleele,'. that Murphy wa s goud at positional play, New Hampshire Ralph M. Gerth. Whieh Deviates from the Teachings and too, we wi!! ignore the comment. 'Ve New York Edward Lasl'er. H. !II. Pl,illips . I'racli<.;e of Old Theorists Especially as know it, and lVIr. Beckel" knows it. \Ve Nor th CarOlina Dr. S . ~oblln. North Dakota D. C. ~!acdonald. r(;ga rdE the Powers of the Kin g, "A asked h im! To all slich carping eritics. Ohio R. B. Hayes, .I. R. Schroeder. St rong Piece Bot h for Attack and De­ \\"(; reply now: Oklahoma J . Ha te~·. fe n ~e : ' Pennsylvania J. E. Armstrong. Th ere //;{(S (l mull. in ollr /OWII, South Carolina Prof. L. L . Foster. t11l1r)". Mary, qllitc COlltrary Ami he was wo/UlrallS wise.