NOVEMBER 1961 DOYEN 60 CENTS ,ubscriptlon Rate ONE YEAR 56.00 1 White to play Oil nd win 2 Black t o play and w in Here is a typIcal q uiz [)o· ny conven tion. a lso, prob· WHEN IS A PROBLEM NOT A PROBLE M ? sitlo n, It mIgh t be from an Icms diffe r fm m th is partlc· Recently we got It lette r deerring " problems" and o ffe r ing actua l game. It doesn't show ular exnmple. It is always " lllodel'u problem s" - which appea red at fin;t g lance to be heavy odds In favor o f the White who is t he triumphant the sa me as Olll' Chess Quiz positions, They had t he form lila winner, It ha sn 't co nst ella· hero in a " problem." And, White to play and mate In six, though, and so , \\'e Su p [lose, tions of men totally unlikely a s he re, White moves from th ey rank between " P roblems" and Quiz positions. Certa inly, in a normal game, It doesn't t he bottom of t he diag ram t h ese positions do not rank as "Pl'oblem s" to which many even cnll (01' a ma t e in so lip by another de(jnite " prob­ artistic pointS pel'taln. These are mel'ely positions fo r sharp· many moyes, Dy defi n ition, lem" convention. YoU!' "con· ening practice, So here's mate In your eye, and solve 10 to t ho\lgh , it II s ks fOl' a sh nl'V vention" here is to sellie rank exce llent; 8 to r an lt good ; 6, fair. Solu t ions on page 351. win. W hIch? WhIte's hash, How? 3 W h ite t o play a nd win 4 Bla ck to p la y a nd w in 5 W h it e to play a nd win 6 Bla ck to play and w in We s uspect lhe "problem" T o be truthful, t here is " P roblems" may be a good On the ot he l' hand, almos t conye ntions ilre to IlI'otel'l somethIng art ifi cla l a bout deal or an "acq uired taste" a ll the tactics, coups or solvers from mean com pos· q uIz [Ios ltlons. too, It is 11 SOI'l oC j)I'oposltlon, Solvers "twists" a s Hans Kmoch er s who'd want them t o think se lective a ntricia1ity, Most reall )" learn many occult a nd ca lls them we re discovered t he White Pawns move doWIl (norma l] :;ame positions recherce tel·m!!. It gives by p I'oblem ists 0 1' certainly the board, YOll can see a t a have no sharp tricks or them a sense or "belonging" were e laborated on to ingen· gla nce here. though, that t hat Un'eats II! them , Quiz ones whiCh just may be a worth· ious heights of skill, now em· jllst couldn't be here. MOl'e a re culled from th03e wh ir h while "fringe ben efit," Not played by you the solver a nd important, h owevel', Cll n you rIo have somethinG shnrp ill to be sllobblsh, thO\II;I1, j ust t he playe]', What coup or see the winning met.hod f Ol' them. So you k now YOII ha ve call ofC the best move tor coups do you use here t o White ? a ~ta r move here, Which? White here, win? 7 W h ite t o play a nd w in 8 Black to play and w in 9 Whit e to p lay a nd w in 10 Black t o pla y a mI d .. aw Mos t or the tricks In t bese or course, some terms in But, serious ly, knowing In " problems." Qu ite the q uiz positions do not have problemdom : "Bristol," ''In· alld practicing t he ··prob· otbe r way, you bave to look fanciful names, But t here can d ian" and "Noyo tny or P ia · lemlsts' themes" can de velop ahead by way of what seems be a win In th is o ne: and the chutla In te r ference" ca n be a keen per<:ell tlon for both most unlikely to win. T ba t Is Id ea was in pl'oblemdom be· most unenligh telling to the the unusua l and nashy and the wo ~ t artificiality of for e chess Instructors ta ugh t cut and dried chessplayer. rOl' really deep tactics, The that breed, And we avoid I t it. So, t oo, fo r "fork" and The fact Is, t hough, that main diff. though, Is t ha t h er e, You lI eed to find a ot her term s, Now. no more sn. me player could fi nd h l~ bel'e you look for II. move like ly move and prove It, d ues , Wit hout na;n,lng t he game im proved if he learned which appears to win, and And, to show we're not u p plays neceSRarlly, win rm' what those terms mean, F or you test It. Well , what Is t o t rick s, not e t hat you are Wh jtA h '!r" II OW, j\lst wIn here. the ID O'\'e? to draw . CH 55 REVIEW 'HI ,.,ef.,., CHISS MAOAlIHf Volumn 29 N umber 11 November, 1961 EDITED &. P UBLISH ED BY I , A. H orowlU TABLE OF CONTENTS FEATU RES F ischer vs. Reshevs ky .. .. .. _. 332 Game of t he Mo nth . .. .. .. __ . .. 328 DEPARTM E NTS Chessboard M agic! .. ' _.. .. .. .. .. 340 THE FISCHER-RESHEVSKY SNAFU liun to kd apologelic ["r ~ \lggest in g thc change. Chess Caviar .. .. ... ____ . , .... , . 329 H ea d ., r .~ "f ClI r:~S 1I f:l"lt:w are e nl itled Ch ess C lub Directory . _ . .. , . , . 338 to the fac b In Ih e Fi~e h n- ne ~ h e v.<b·, Now the affair moved qu ickly to it s Ull · Chess Vi g nett es . .... _ . _ . .. 326 Donnyb roo k .~ o Iha l Ih e\" can form thcir happy denuuement. Tile thi rteenth gamt: Finishi ng T ouch . , .... .. " ... , . 330 was schedul ed for New York UII A u !!; u.<;1 347 own c(l IH : I II ." i,," ~ . \Vf' hn ve therefor·e pnl Games f rom Recent E v ent s . , . , 1i) at 5 :00 P. M. About an hour befo re Happy Solution • . , . , 341 I" !let her tlw f"llow ing re]l(lrt wh ic h, wil h· game tillle. Bobby demllnded, l10t mereh­ O n t he Cover . , ... " .. .. , . _ 32' ollt illl'uhing Ihe pat ience uf Job. Ihe P ostal Chess .. ... .... .. - - . 342 wi sdom of Sololllon and til(' objeclivit v of a revi ew of the Los Angeles dt: cisioll, hut Readers' Forum , . ... , . __ . ... 322 a ,\Iartinn, i ~ n ~ illl part ial nnd ,H·(· uratf' ils inli ll ediate revoca lion . O th crw i ~ e he Reader s' Games . .. ... • -. 339 a, we can make it. would not resllme the match. This ulti · Solitaire Chess .. .. .. .. .... _ 352 lIIat llll \ p r e .~e nt ed Ih" arbi ter, Walter J. On AU1;1I51 3 -' I r.~. Lina Grume1t e per· Spotlight o n Openl, ngs . .. ... .. _ 335 Fried. wit h a difficult problem. He had sonally notified B" hby of the change of T o urna m e nt Calendar _ . .... .. _ 327 lIot yc[ hall time to a~Ct ~ rl aj ll the { ac t ~ Ihe starting time .,{ lhe twelfth game in W o r ld of Chess . .. .... .. _ 323 and was therefore in no [)osition to say I. o~ An geles from 1:30 P. \L on Sunday, whether tht: forfeit was j us tified or nol. EXEC UT IVE EDI T OR All g u ~ t 13. t" 1l:00 A. :\1. the same day. Hellce Bobby wo uld have been bctter ad· Jack S t r ... ley Ba.tt eU Thereu poll Ih e new hour was re peatedly vbed to ask merely for a rev iew of the CONTRIBUTING EDITORS announced by the referee. II·ving Hiyise. A. B . B!sguler, I. Ch ernev, J. W. Collins , case. and perhaps also, nil grollnds later allli 1llt'lltioued in I;aac Ka shdnn's che ~ ~ T . A. Dunst, Dr. M. Euwe, H ans KmOC h, ~I r e sst: d by Isaac Kashdan and Saul W. Kar n, Fred Re.inCeld . colulll n. There is no reco rd of !lny pro­ Hubin, [o r a postponemen l of the match Sta ff Phot og rapher R. Echeverria.. l e ~t by Booby from A l l g l l~t 3 I" Augusl Y. CO R RES PONDENTS un til Fried could decide what to do. It is On Thur ~ da\ ·, Allg ll ~ 1 10. howel' er, Bobby Alaba ma E. M. Cockrell. dt: sirable for a player to know hi s score Alaska S. H . O·Nelll. ~ t llt e d that he had ju.,, 1 learned of Ihe pro. l'If. J . at all t illl e~ beca use (1 ) the stale of the California Dr. H. Ra.l ston , Royer . p ()~e d change aud wa o opposed 10 it be· Colorado J. J. Retd. ~c u r e will dictate his s1ra legy and (2) he c;luse it would cumpel him to ri se tou Con nentlcut Edmun d E.