DECEMBER 1962 A CHESSY CHRISTMAS 60 CENTS Iscrlptio" Rate IE YEAR $6.00 1 White to move and win 2 Black to move and win This first position may be .. 'Tis the season to be MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ONE AND ALL a sample; indeed, it is no joll)· ... and lIOW Is the time May )'011 have many fine games during the coming great test. The main point to ensure that you can be. Yuletide, llnd the year to follow. And may you have Is to make the welkin ring A good, brisk solution to with yoU!' cries of de!lght this position (mind yon, It the gift to see to the heart of each and every chess and discovery, a1l(! hearty is Bhw k who wins!) ean do position. By the way, mayhe, you have it now? Here's cheers lit being proved (:01" that ulck for you. 'Taill·t 10 samples to try for size: score excellent for ten red, So now just eam your easy, but so much the better, mora! emolument. How does No\\" "deck t he halls with right; good for eight; fair for six. White win'! boughs of holly," Solutions on page 369. 3 White to move and win 4 Black to move and win 5 White to move and WLn 6 Black to move and win If we must have war these \Ve don't have the three "As with gladness men of The tidings in I hi ~ [l o ~ i· days, let it be war on the Kings of the Orient here, No old did the guiding stal' be· tlon ,\l'e gla(1 but 110 1 ('X llb· Checkered board, You can rhe~s boan\ does, But, if you hold:' you can attain to eranl. After all. you (it, have score a conclusive triumph take the Blark pieces and some (~hessic joy herewith. to cOlltribute some pl;lin, here j[ yOIl work at It. 'foss manipulate them with great :;-';-othing like the se\'en honest work toward ( 'h l'i~t· the yule log on the fIre and caL'e and finesse, YOU can joys of Mary, perhaps, but mas festivit ies. Anrl li ke· warm up to your task. See reduce the Kings by one 1~ good, rousing sort oC wise to many a ('h e ~~ io- ac­ a sure · winning program? (supposing White doesn't caissie satisfaction equal to complishment. Thi ~ lilli E' , I'a· Then let all the bells ring jl1~ t s ell out foL' loss of a bearing in the boar's hf'ad, tienre is your ('ue, C;III you out. Queen oj' sUl'h), See I10w? Go to it! reward it? 7 White to move and win 8 Black to move and win 9 White to move and win 10 Black to move and win Here is another chore to When good King \\'ences· Well. we can call this the It ~'ame upon a midnight perfo!'m before you can go las looked OUt on the feast night beCOl'e Chlistmas, But clem': ABCDEFGHIJKMN a·wa~sui1ing. It's a tight of Stephen, he was liot look­ be sure to do some stln-ing. OPQRSTUVWXYZ. Get it'! po~ition. and almost Ull open­ ing at chess feats, But you And you cannot be a mouse It's Noel! No\\" the solution ing one. So "come rouse ye can be, This hedgehog po­ and win in a po"lt!on like to thi~ quiz position Is no la.ds Rnd lasses, and hear the sition can give you a some­ this! l<'ind the right move, harder really. though it joyful strain," It's no strain what diffenmt sort of a men­ and you will see why, And runs to some detail. Gel it, really, though, Just a neat tal workout, So soil'e it, and Ihen you can let go with then enjoy a silent night and effer,tive win Do you then God rest you merry, your own \'ersIOIl of Jingle and, aftel' that, a merry see it? gentlemen, Dells, New Year! CHESS REVIEW 'If' "c,,,., eNUS ."OAZ'''' Volume 30 Number 12: December '962 EDITED &. PUBLISHED BY I. A. Horowit~ Table of Contents And Now Vidmar .................. 367 Annual Index ...................... 382 ATTENTION CHESS PLAYERS! Chessboard Magie! ........ •. ....... 365 Chess Club Directory ...... • ........ 354 Thomas Emery, well known for his "Besides," he said, "it is very danger­ Chess Vignettes ........... ........ 358 many and irnllOrtant contributions to ous in strategic terms for three reasons: Fh·st. pokel' tends to make one think in Finishing Touch ................... 364 chess. has instituted and maintained an annual tournament for the U. S. armed tel"lllS of oddS. Second, it is not a game Game of the Month ................ 360 in which one can exercise rIexibility. services, the Thoma~ Emer\' Armcd Fnrce~ Games from Recent Even~s .... 372,384 Third. poker leads to circuitous think· Chess Awards Tournament (see pag e~ Postal Chess . ...................... 377 in g . ., 355 and 356 for the account vf the J9G2 Readers' Games ....... ......... ... 370 Dr. Katzenbach pointed out how, on tournament). Tlwse tournaments hUI'c Solitaire Chess ...... .. .... .. ....... 361 the othel' hand, it talles very little per· not only brought forward some outsland· ception to see the relevance or chess to Spotlight on Openings . ............ 362 ing chess talents but have been particu. the strategic problems of the present Tournament Calendar .............. 359 larly commended by high officers who time. Tragedy at Chess Review . ......... 356 have observed the tourn~menls and their '"'[he chess playel' understands, as we World of Chess ........ ... ......... 355 eHecls on the services for promoting fine Ill! mnst understand, that there are many I"(ualities of mental discipline and initia· tactical adnlllwges to retreat in seeking EXECUTIVE EDITOR tive and concentration in thinking among victory. Jack SU'aley Bauell the rank and file of the armed services. "He undel'stands the most important CONTRIBUTING. E;DITORS The admiral in charge of the Polaris factor of all- Ihat a pawn Is not some· A. B. Bisguier, I. Cherne", J. W. Colllu~. thing to be taken lightly, for the least of 'r. A. Dunst, Dr. .\(. Euwe, H"n~ l(mo<:h. sen'ice is among those wllO have com· W. Korn. F'red Reln(eld. mended Ihe program and is encouraging the powers cannot only get in the way Staff Photographer R. Echeverria. but can actually bring about the down· an interest in chess in that service. CORRESPONDE.NTS fall of figures mote powerful." Alabama E. M. Cockrell. In addition to what we haveiust said, Aluka S. Ii. O'Neill. Ihe Thomas Emery Tournaments have had California Dr. H. Ralston, M. J. Royer. not a few other reperCUSSIOns. It goes wilhout saying that chessplay­ Colorado J. J. Reid. ers will highly approve of the attitude District of Columbia R. S. Cantwell. Florida R . C. Eastwood. The following account which seems of of Dr. Edward L. Kaltzenhach. We have Georgia BrMweli Deen. real interest to chessplayers appeared in had numerous appeals for the promulga. Idaho R. S. Vandenberg. the New York Times, Novemher 4th. illinois J. G. Wa.rren. lion of chess in the education systems of this country. And there has actually been Indl;ona D. C. Hills, D. E. Rhead. WASHINGTON-A high Government Iowa J. M. O~ness. some notable work to that end. The Mil· Kentucky J. W. Mayer. official believes poker should be out· Kanus K. R. MacDona.ld. lawed and that a chess board should be waukee municipal program managed by Louisian;o A. L. MeAuley. set up in each first·grade classroom. Ernest Olfe is the leading one, but CHESS M;olne L. Eldridge. Maryland Charles Barasch. TIle official, Dr. Edward L. Kaltzenbach Ih:V l~: W has had occasion to mention Jr., Deputy Assistant Secretary of De· Massachusetts R. l3. Goodspeed. others. Still and all, such effects are more Michigan R. Bus!tat:er. fense for Education and ManpolI'er Re· Minnesota R. C. Gove. sotll'ces, offered some analytical reason· notable for their rarity than otherwise, Miulsslppl E. A. Dumlng. and there is as yet nothing like a uni· Missouri E. A. Ta.lley. ing at the Armed Forces Chess TourJla· Nebr;oska B. E. ElI$worth, Ja.ck Spence. ment here to substantiate his belief. versal demand, lei alone application of R. E. Weare. Recognizing that Americans are and chess in ollr school systems. Nevada R. L. Whnler. lIa ve been a nation of poker players, Dr. New Hampshire Ralph M. Gerth. It seems to us that chessplayers could New York Ec\ward La.$ker, H. M. Phlilips. Katzenbach spoke facetiously of the North C;orollna Dr. S. Noblin. game as "front and bluff. with some odds put o,'er this idea, if only they will. North Dakota D. C. Macdonald. thrown in," the Armed F orces P!'ess Apply to whomever you know, city or Ohio R. B. Haye", J. R. Schroeder. Service reports. Oklahoma J. Haley. town or state or national educational Pennsylvania J. E. Armstrong. "For those of us for whom candor is authorities, grammar school or high school South Carolina Prot. L.. L. Foster. high In our system of values, and for South Dakota M. F. Anderson. whom the mathematics of pl'obability is or college level or to U. S. representa' Tennessee Mrs. Martha Hanlt, J. G. SUlli- low on the list of oUI' abilities, the game lives or senators, ciling Dr. Kaltzenbach van, Jr. Texas Homer H. Hyde. is little better than banditry." to supporl your plea. Utah Harold Lundstrom. Virginia Leonard Morgan. West Virginia C. Pride. CHESS REVIEW is publishBd monthly by SubscrIption Rates: One year $5.00, two Wisconsin E.