• -4mill"ica ~ CI..IIM nllW6paper Copyright ,9S6 by Unl11ld It&t.. ChItS' Federili ion Vol. X, No. 20 Wednesday, June 20, }956 15 Cents Conducted by Positil) ," No. 186 HUDSO S RUSSELL CHAUVENET SEI\'D solu tions to Position No. 136 to reach Russell Chauvcnct , 721 Gist Ave., Silver Spring, Md . U. S. ATEUR by July 20, 1956. With your solu­ lion, please send analysis or rea­ sons supporti ng your choice of Lyman Second and Cotter Third, "Best i\Iove" or moves. Solulion to Positio n No, 186 will ap­ Defending Champ Parmelee Fourth pear in the AU9usl 5, 1956 issue. By WILLIAM ROJAM NOTE: Do nOl ,,!.ter loiuti"", to tlJ'O po/im",s on 0 .... ell'a; bt $U" to mdju d r Staff W Titer r:orrut " .. mbn- 0/ po,i/i"n bri"S ",Inti, A near win that changed into a draw in the final round encounter ""J git't thr / .. 11 n.:rm .. ...d .Jdr_ ~ between 1955 Amateur Champion Clinton Parmelee and L t. John tht 10/"" /0 .SS;II ill propt . ~ il iflS "I Hud~on was the deciding struggle in the SS-player Swiss event at A s­ ml.. tiOtf,. bury Park, directed by USCI<' Business Manager Kenneth Harkness. Parmelee, captain in the Newark Fire Department, needed a win to re­ tain his title as Amateur Champion. Lt. Hudson of the Army Air Force, Tautvaisis Repeats In Winning now stationed at Dovel" AFB, Dela., needed the draw, not only to outpoint Parmei"e e but to equal a third r ival, Harry Lyman of Do rchester, Mass. 32nd Annual Trans-Mississippi Hudson had but seconds left on his clock in a complex position but By KARL H. WIEGMANN managed to complete his 50th move within the time-limit. Then adjudi­ Q"nd·Ci/y Ch"",pjo" cation was called for, and the adjudicating team of U. S. Masters John W. Collins and Sidney Bernstein found the position to be a book draw, Sixty-two players competed in the 32nd Trans-Mississippi Champion­ although superficially White appeared to have winning chances. ship at Davenport, Ia. in a 6 round Swiss event. While not as Jarge as in some year s, the strength at the top was never greater. Povi!as Taut­ Three Tie in Games Won ncr of New York. Seventh t o t enth vaisis was champion for the second year in succession, with a 5·1 score, Hudson, Harry Lyman, and J. with 4%-1% each were Edmund losing only to Turiansky in the 3rd round. K. J akstas, also from Chicago, Norman Cotter of Harrington, Dela. Nash of Washington, D. C., J oseph finished second, losing only to J ames Warren, also with 5-1. M. Turiansky were then tied with 5%-% each. L. Weininger of Scotia, N. Y., Dr, of Chicago dropped to 3rd place when he was defeated by J akstas in Upon Median points, Hudson was Boris Garfinkel of Aberdeen, Md., the final ;'ound; he had previously drawn with Stephan Popel, a former awarded first place and title of and Oliver H. Hutoff, Jr. of Wil­ European master from France, now residing in Detroit. Also with 4% ­ U. S. Amateur Champion, while mington, Dela. I lk scores and finishing in or der wet'e Hugh Myers of Peoria, John Lyman and Cotter were second and The Class A Trophy was awarded Turn s and R. Kirby of Chicago, and S. Popel. The latter was the only thir d respectively. Fourth to Sixth to Edmund Nash, while J. L. undefeated player. with 5-1 each were Clinton P atine. Weininger received the Class B Class awards were made in three lee, Edgard T. McCormick of East Trophy. The U . S, Women's Ama- div isions, and to secure a balanced waukee and Edw. Vasco of Chicago. Orange, N. J., and Francis Mech- (Please turn to page 2, col. 3) prize list, the class limits were at Non·prize winners down to 16th the sam e levels as other yl'flrs. plnce received nom inal merchan­ Class A .winner s were K. .Jakstas, dise awards. A number of highly S. Popel (unrated) , and i.... laj C. A . rn ted chess p l ayer .~, as oiten hap­ Willbmson of Rock Island Arsenal. pens, did not finish as high llS Class B winners wer e Robin Kirby, their ability might indicate. Michael Robinson and V. Vcjrosta, The tournament dr ew players all from Chicago. C1a:::s C :lwn rds [rom Iowa. Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, went to I1mars Er kmanis of Mil- Nabraska, Missouri, Michigan, Min­ ncsota. and Wyoming, and among those who failed to qualify for U. S. JUNIOR major prizes were R. H . Stein· CHAM PIO NSHIP meyer, Angelo Sandrin, Lee Magee, L. Frankenstein and L . Fisch­ Jul!) 1-7, 1956 heimer. PhiTadd,)flia, Pa. Am,, ;,m ANDERSON WINS SO. DAKOTA TITLE M. F. Anderson of Rapid City tallied 4%-1% to win on S-B points thc South Dakota Championship at Sioux Falls in an eight player Swiss. Anderson lost one game to William Kaiser and drew with Rob­ ert Govc. WCrrlcr Schroeder of Caledonia, Minn. was second, also with 4%-1lf.! . Third went to Wil­ TEN SE MOMEN T IN U. S. AMATEUR liam Kaiser of Minneapolis with The d~d/i ye hut·ro und gam e bclwu n Lt. John A . Hudson (/,11) and d~/(nJ · 4-2, while fourth to sixth with 2¥.!- ing ,ha",pion Clinto n PaTJnda of N nva,k, N .J. H"dson if in /;'ne·lroub/( and 3 1.-2 each were Bryant W. Holmes Ihe dor/.: il wat ched by Dire<tor K e nn ~ th Har /.: n(sf (uatd m ile,). A k,., ut:o"dJ of Sioux Falls, Robert Gove of la l~r Hudson ",ade his 50th moW w;lhin th( li",..!;",;t, t {, ~n d,(w rhe game and Wayzata, Minn., and Glen Proeschel won th~ lirk L" dniUg O Yfr H14dson'$ Iho" lde, ;1 Harry L,."'tln of MtlHtlchuutll, of Jamesville, Minn. who Ij~d the lJ~ lV chtlmpion'r gtlm~ rcor~ b"t plactd u(o"d on ri(-brukjng pointr. • Amateur Tourney ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL (Continued from page 1, col. 4) el_ ofJI. Mastering the End Game leur Championship was retained by AlI·s. Kathryn Slater of New York .!},. 1jor~ By WALTER KORN, Editor of MCO who scored 3lh ·2\2 . Her title was ntIW challenged only by Miss Isabel By Allen Kaufma n An Elegant Shortcut t o a Draw Lyn ne of Washington, D. C. who HE rcaders of this colu mn almost had a respite because your editor defeated Mrs. Slater in their in· EWS IN A N D AROUND T was so preoccupied with somc urgent affairs thai he allowed the dividual encounter but could tally N GOTHAM : Hottest current supply o[ copy to r un dry. only 3·3 in game score (or second topic: tbe new rating list. Most In diagram 30 we show a miniature which is of interest because place. high rated players S~m to resent of the personal touch inv olved_Max Pavey saw tbe position the otht'r Unfortunately, cold weather and lowering of standards. Needless to day when watchi ng a game, and contrived a neat conclusion: ra in on Sunday served to r educe say, many new local masters (Hen· attendance at the event, which in, stationed here in service, Miller. /);<l8"mr No. ;0 ANDERSON GAINS would probably have passed the Owens, etc.) are delighted. Only 100 player mark if the weather had the addition of new masters by the NO. DAKOTA TITLE been wa rmer and fairer. All prizes the lowering of standards kept Gordon Anderson of Northwood were in the form of trophies, no Reshevsky a GrandmasteJ' . The regained the North Dakota title he cash prizes being awarded in the really big problem: who will do held in 1951 by defeating runner·up U. S. Amateur cvcnt. thc statistical rating work in the R. J. lI'lcKee in the fi nal rou1l(1 future? ... for a :J1h·% score, drawing only William C. Turner, mathematics The Manhattan Chess Club "A" wU h Ro bert W. Boettcher. Second instructor at North Ca rolina State Team defeated the Marshall Chess to fourth with 5·1 each wl're H. J . College, Is the new champion of Club "A" Team to retain champ. .McKce of Tappen, Louis Waag of the city of Raleigh. Posting 12-2 ionship of the Metropoli tan Che s ~ Grand I~or k s and Donald S. John· in a round robin, he harely nosed League. The Marshalls last beat the son of New Salem. Max Bluechcr out veteran Ephraim Solkoff of tie· Manhattans thirteen years ago, was n Uh with 4 lJ~ · 1 \6 in t he 20· breaking system fame with U Ih · when Frank Marshall still led the player Swiss, held al Bismarck. 2 Y~ . downtown team . '. Philadelphian J ohn Hudson cap· tured the U. S. Amateur at Asbury 1. R·NS ch, K·RS ; 2. R·KBS , P·B6 :Journam.nl Park. His final round game with eh; 3. K-Nl, R-R8 eh; 4. K·Rl, R· oflfl defending Champ Clinton Parme­ lee was the crucial match; Parme· KB8; S. RxP!!, PIIR; stalemate. J[ Send to CHESS LIFE. 1:l3 No. Humph...., Ave.. O.k Perk, ilL 'or .""IIe. Ice missed a win, and the game 2. R-Na, poN S: 3. R-R8 eh, K·N4; tion !onn fo r . nnollncing 10Urnlmi nt In thh eol\lmn.