JANUARY 1952 THE PLAY 'S THE THING! Ph." " h) l ' ~I"''''''~1 50 CENTS Subscription Rate ONE YEAR $4.75 24 P- 83 Q- 84t 26 Q-K1 R-Q2 2S K_ R1 R_Q1 27 P-KR3 8-83 Black prepares to relieve the Hook. 28 P_84 R-R2 29 P_8S! B-Q2 30 P-86! P-N3 [f 30, PxP, 31 Q- N3t, I{- Dl 32 (,1- U4, P-U~ (32. ,. Qx1\:1' 33 QxHPt, K-Nl ;H Q-Int , X-BI 35 Q-HS mate) 33 QxPt. K - N1 34 Q- :"<5t. K - fll 35 (,1- D6, K - N I 36 P-KIU and White wins. 31 Q-N3 y friend i\'1annis Charo~h once asked Barmen, 1905 Already t!u'eatenil1g 32 AxP. M me. "\Vhieb one game of each great QUEEN'S GAMBIT DECLINEO 31 , , . K-A2 master is YOU!' favorite? Which one mas· D. Janowsky S. Alapin 32 P_K R4 Q-81 terpiece would YOll select to take to a White Of course not 32 P- [(H~ 33 Q-N5 desert island?" Blnck , P_Q4 P-Q4 8 B,P P-QN4 K - Nl (othe rwise 3,[ QxHT't follow8l, as "All right," I replied, "let's try Alek· 3,1 Q- H6 wins. blue as a ~tartel'. All r have to do is pick 2 P-QB4 P-K3 9 B-QN3 QN_Q2 one of these games and eliminate the 3 N-QB3 B-K2 10 Q_K2 P-B3 33 P_RS Q-KNI rest." 4 N_B3 N- KB3 11 0-0 0-0 34 R-Q4 B_K1 B_NS 35 R-R4 Tarrasch~Alekhine, Plstyan 1922 5 P-KR3 12 QR_Bl B_N2 Alekhine-Yates. HambUrg 1910 6 B_R4 p,p 13 KR-Q1 R_B1 While plans 36 I'xPt, PxP 37 HxPt. Alekbille·-Wolf, I'islyan 1922 7 P-K3 P-A3 14 N_KS! KxH 38 Q-IH mate. Gl'uenfeld-Alekbine, Cal'lsbad 1923 White prel'ents H .. P -B~ as then Ii, 35 , .. , Q_81 AJekhine- Yates, London 1922 PxP, RxP (on 15 .. BxBI', White has 36 A-N4 Rublnstein- Alekhine, London 1922 choice of winning by 16 BxN or Hi NxN Quad ruple attack on the Knight Pawn. Reti-Ale\(liine, Baden 1925 or 16 RxN) 16 BxN, followed by li Nx~ ; . Q_N1 Nimzov!ch-Alekhlne, Vllnn 1912 leal'es Black's whole game e n prise, 36 ... 37 Q_K3! "Clearly this won't do," I thought, 14 NxN lS PxN N_Q4 Hitting out in V·style again~t Hook while a corner of my mind was sUlI busy and King Rook Pawn, listing, 16 BxB 37 . A_Q2 Alekhine- Alexande]', Nottingham 1936 mack snaps off 'Vhite's Knight ill< it 38 A_R4 Tarrnsch- Alekhine, Carlsbad 1923 might otherwise anchOI' itself at QIi. Bogolyubov- Alekh\ne, Hastings 1922 17 RxN QxB Nell' threat: 39 P xPt . I'xl' W C~xl' Alekhine-Sterk, Budapest 1921 18 R/3-Q3! mate. lIfieses-Alekhirie, Mannheim 191,1 38 Q-81 41 RxPt R_R2 The PI"OIWl" capel'! The natl11'al Jf; H­ 39 P_ KN4 K-R1 42 RxRt K,R "'Yell then, let's try Pi\1sbury-" (:!Ii lo ~es time ns, after IS P - QB4 1!l H/3- Q_B2 Pillsbllry-Tarrasch, Hastings 1895!! Q3. the P<1l1"n [ol'k by 19 ... I'- Br; is an· 40 PxP PxP 43 Q-NS Stop right there! That is the game. noying. No better is -IS Q-H3t ·1,1 Qx!l" nUt my conscience whisjler'ed, "Have 18 . KR_Q1 KxQ 45 P - Bj. Ux!' ·11i P- Q7 and White YOII considered these others?" 19 R_Q6! AxR gets a new Queen, Pillsbury- Lasker, Nuremberg l S91i C;tll,'t le t the Rook st<1Y there. Janowsky- PiIlsbury, Paris 1900 PillsbulT- Tarrasch, Vienna 1898 20 PxA Q_Q2 (Second Game, Tie "''latch) The pasl<ed Pawn is dangerOIlS, and PilIsbllry,- Wolf, Monte Carlo 1902 IlIllst be kept under restraint. Pillsbury-Marco, Paris 1900 Plllsbury-GulIsbel'g. Hastings 1895 Pillsbury- Lasker, Cambridge Springs 190,1 Obviously I would have the same sort of tl'ollble in selecting one favorite game from the hundreds of masterpieces pro' (1I1Ced by Capablanca, Lasker, Kel'es, Botvinnlk, Nirnzovich, Rubinstein, Mar· shaH. Spielmann. Euwe, Tarrascb and 44 Q-A5t K-N1 46 QxQ t 8xQ TanakOl"er. 45 8xP! Q,B 47 P-Q7 Resigns Embarras de richesses! JUst too lIlany masterpieces ! On e Man's Meat 21 P-K4 'Bu t the cballenge intrigued me, and I In an unguanle!l moment. Sleinil 7. decided to meet it, master by master, \Vhile aims [or 22 P-K5. to give him· ~poke or !'r[OI'phy as a mere imitator' 1 began with Janowsky. To refresh my ,;ell' a protected passed Pawn. "I play my King all ol'er Ilw board : memory 1 played througb all of Ihe bril· 21 P-QB4 1 make h im light. What did )'Iorphy d o ~ liant Polish·Frenchman's games 11" instead 21 . P-U3. 22 Q-r-;".J. H-KI He <;asU ed ! He pllt his I ~ in,<: .<aiely in From all his e fforts, one performance 23 I)xPt . BxB 24 Qxlh! QxQ 25 P-Qj the " orner:'" slands out as his supreme acbie,'emellt. win,;. 01' 22 K- B2 23 P- K5, PxP 2~ Hereupon ),[ackenzie hl ,·\\· " ..loud of The game, wbleh now [ol1ows, is a mar, Q- B5t . K-KI 25 Bx!' <11\(1 Black is help· smoke and quielly oh"rn·,·r!: I'elous blending of clear·cut positional less. ""oi a bad idea, eilh,,!". planning with inspired combination in - Th,· I:r";:11I .,'id" al Ch"H attack. The opening is simple and logica\. 22 P-K5 P-85 the mid·game is a wonder[ul demonstra' 23 B_82 Q-83 tion of a King·side attack, lind the entling );ot so Iiluch 10 threaten mate as 10 T HOUGH T FOR T H E MONTH with it quiet Pawn push as the coup,de, ~\\" it th blockaders. The QUeen is 1l11H'h !ie,'el' 11I"ld' a IIli"la li ,' ill Ih r opening. grace is the III·tistie fillip wbich adds t be too important; so first the ]{ook, then the - Gruellfehl cherry La tbe iCing. Bishop will stand guard at ll~. CHESS REVIEW tH' Plnua, CHfSS MAOAJ'lNf Volume 20 Number 1 January, 1952 EDITED &, PUBl.lSHED BY I. A. Horowitz Readers are invited to use these columns for their INDEX comments on matters of interest to chessplayers. FEATURES THE KIBITZER CONTI NUE D ON DISSA AND DATA 1951 in Review __ ______ _____ ________ 2 H ere's a story to follow up my "Kibit­ It must be getting near the time for From my Memoirs __ ______ ___ __ _____ !O zer piece (ef. 01 Cabbageheads and me to renew my subscription (Thanks­ What Happened to Strebeck? ________ 14 Killgs, p. 296. October, 1951.-Eo.) ED.) . I was glad to see yon r e-establish Jean and Maggie, the two Scots wait· the "Game of the Month" department. I DEPARTMENTS resses t hat serve chess players at Harold was also glad to read that you are culling Book of the Month __________ ___ _____ 32 Lommer's Mandrake Chess Club in Lon· down the space given to the World Cham· Chess Caviar ______ __ _______ __ ______ 15 Ch ess Qu iz ____ ____ _______ __ ___ ___ ___ 13 don (ef. Chess in a Knightclub, p. 106, pionship fo.latch games. Most of the games April, 1951.-Eo.) know their business seemed dull to me. Your coverage of the Games from Recent Events __ ________ 18 On the Cover _____ ______ ____________ 4 all right. U. S. Championship was excellent. I liked Past Masterpieces _____ _____ _____ ____ 9 I usually play quick games there for a the round·by·ronnd reports. Postal Chess ________________________ 27 shilling, the price of the coffee. (I hope Please continue sending CHESS REVIEW Readers' Games _____________________ 24 t he day never comes when I have to play to my Columbia address. Right now I'm in Solitaire Chess ___ __________ ___ __ ____26 for coffee, but this helps the story.) the Signal Corps in Korea. I have found Spotlight on Ope nings ___________ __ __ 16 I set up the pieces and start a shilling many chess players here-not many ex· World of Chess ______________________ 5 game. The waitress comes up, and I order perienced ones, though. the pot of coffee. By the time, she returns I find your articles, "How to Win the EDITOR with it, I am in the mid.game. The canny Openings" and "Chess Quiz" very good I. A. Horowitz Scots lass gives a quick glance at my for teaching the finer points of t he game. EXECUTIVE EDITOR position, looks depressed about it and de· PVT. J. R. SCHROEDER Jack Straley BaUell mands my shilling there and then. 25 Sig. Co., Radio Sec. CONTRIBUTING EDITORS T he other day, I am getting along fine I. Chernev. J. W. Colllnll, T. A. Dun$t. with my Gambit. J eanie comes up, puts PRAISE FROM AN EXPERT Hans Kmoch, Fred Re lnteld down the tray, gives a pleased smile and How many readers have brought to your CORRESPONDENTS says I can pay her later. attention t he fact that you have t wo California Herbert Betker, .1. B, Gee, Leroy Good news, boy! Johnson. Dr. H. Ralston, M. J . Royer. Queens in the first diagram on Jack Col­ CO lorado il.I. \V. Reese. I turn to my opponent and say: "Con· lins' page (319) of Ihe October issue of Connecticut Edmund E.