LY 1141 __ ;;;':;; RATE.. ____ _ There's no such thing as an "old" CHESS REVIEW The issues of CHIi SS REVII;W may get worn 30(1 yellow with age-but the contents never grow ol d! The g ames th at were played in tIle matches and tou rnaments of last yea r and other years are just as important, just as interesting as they were at the time they wcrc played. The annotations by leading mas_ ters M C just as instructive. Chess problems, end_game studies, articles on theory and practical play, analyses of openings, p ic­ tures nod personal it y sketches of thc masters, features by Reuben Fine, Kashdan, Rcinfcl d, Marshal/, Horowitz, Cherney and other masters- these things nc,'cr grow old. They make as good reading now as on Ihe day they wefe published. Handsomel y bound in d atil, each volume of CH li$S RE VIE W is a treasure of ente rtainment and instruction, a (on stant source of reference. Each vo lume is com· pletel y indexed. The 1942 volume, published in a sp&ial bind. ing, is the first complete yea r in our new format. With pictures and diag rams galore, this volume con· tains the record of such important events as the U. S. Championship Tourney, the Opcn Federation Tour. ney, the Rapid Chess Championship Tourney and Ventnor City Tourney. There are eight ··Game of the Month·· fea tures by Reuben Fine, 8 PLAY THE MASTERS, Chess Thri ll ers, End.games and other BOUND VOLUMES oddities by Irving Chern ev, a book.full of chess prob. lems, serials by Frank Marshall and Fred Reinfeld, OF CHESS REVIEW the scores of 131 games! As the years go by, the bound volumes of CHE SS 1935. 1936 or 1937. REVI EW nC(:ome more and more valuable. W e bind Each ... .... .... $2.50 only a limited number each yea r. Some volumes are now out of print and book dealers sell them at a 1941 Volume . $3.00 high premium. lbe volumes still ava ilable arc listed in the box at the Icfr. At these low prices they reo 1942 Volume . $3.50 present value you cannot duplicate, an opportunity yo u cannot afford to miss. Mail your order NOW. Bound Vol umes for 1933, 1934, 1938, t939 and 1940 a re out of .print. St ock of remaining vol umes is getting low. Order now before it i, too lat e. CHESS REVIEW 250 West 57th St. New York, N. Y. BETTER WAS ! !! HERESY LETTERS Sirs : Sirs: (conUuued) May I express a dmiration fo r W ith reSllect to Mr. Cha ll ve· the ma nner In which chess has ne ts' le ttel· (I\l oling me all saying MARSH ALL'S MOV E apl)rOI)l" htled Englis h pu nctua· t ion and g iven it a new meaning. that " all the good chess pla yers Sirs: a re in New York Cit y" I wouM Almost the only move dele· The intimation, " "i~'::"~ say t hat Mr. Chauvenet could by tho Weins tock 1, gated to t he lowly period Is I not pO ssibly have heard me sn.y [lEVIE W, l"ebruu)'y p.Q-I. This period expreRses II such he rosy and I certainly Mnl'ghnll'g movo (11 . sad "Why nnt." Any move w!th would not have written down was originated by anyone the sllghtcst semblance of orl· allY such statement as [ k now Marshall Is laugha ble. I know ginalily Is honored wilh t wo ex· that thnt Is very far from the ror a [act that the move wns clamation points!! T his me ans, fllCt, accepted as Marshall's own vari· ·''''Iy. how nice!: " If the move a tion by such players as K. O. ill outsU\ndlngly br illiant It rates In ,·jsltlng all of the lA rge RII MOlt·Smlth and John Brtlnnemer t hree of the dar n lh l ng s~ !! chess centel's of the 0, S, berol'e 1938. The latter played a Tl'anslnte(1. they express the Vice·Presldent o f t he U . S . Chess pastil I gnm8 with Dr, Royal S. thought. '·Holy :Moses, what a Federation J have met Hnd Ollvls In 1936, using lhe I'aria­ guy!!!·' played with in Tournnments very mlluy of the out o( lown tton. T hen there Is the questIon seemll to have appenred i n experts. it mark ? You use it ill 1111 unCOil' UrlUsh chess for the Hrlll t ime I'enl!onal manner in t hat yon I mention II. few of them: Mar· In 1938. when )1i1ner·Darry tried III ace it fl t the end o f fl simple chand, Anderson and others in It unlluccessfully ... I used it deelarflt!ve sentence? F or ex· St. Louis, Sam Factor, Ha lbohm m yself at Cazenovia in 1938 ample. Qxl'? T his means, " W h y and ot hers in Chicago. S te ine r against Moss. ParlOS lind some does he mn.ke such a louSy blu n· and W011lston in California, of the others who were watch· der?" Or Kt·B9?? This of \Veaver Adams and Sam Katz in ing t he game- all rcfcl'I'CU to it course Is I~ very unusunl move Boston, Mugr!(lge and Mengarinl a~ Marshall's llew mov o, and the punctuation Indlcntes in W ashington, Dr. Schmidt In ELDOIWUS DA Y'rON that the player ought to lmve Detroit, Jacob Levin. Damoy New Hocilelle, N. Y. his head e:x a mined, Theu t here \Vinkelman li nd many othcl·s In is t he Instance of such a n out· Philadelphia. and J. C. T llolll i>­ standing playas KxK ??? T he SO li a nt! M r. \Voodbury In the PERFECT three q uesllon marks mean South. Sirs: " W hat is t his Nazi doing to On t h l'ee occa sions commit· . .. I have been t r ying to us???" tees of which I was Chairman think of some helpful Benr i n mind, I have no ob· awarded brl11iancy alu! best tIons that might impl'ove jectIon to your alteration of the vlayed game p!"!zes to out of H I ~V m\V, but dal'lI It all the King's English!! ~! I admire lowneri:l when even O\H' own mAgA.zlne Is pel'fect; it just Ca ll't you fa!' It???? HenHy, it Is Grand i\I aster Heuben Fine was be ill1l)roveri upon. rather nlc,e!?!?! lilayiilg for Instance Andersoll'!oI AI, .J. 0:1.00 MORTON W If,D win at St. Louis against Adams Detroit, !'II Ic h. Ne w Yo rk, N. y , ar,d SChm idt 's wi n where the g reat HermAn S te iner ..... alt play· ing. My committee awarded best played game prize to WOlllston or California where eight of our New York Ma sters were compet· A LETTER TO YOU ing. Dcn)" Subscriber. With respect · to Mr, Chas. As we go to J,)ress, the Ve ntnor City Tournpy has just Ha rrold's su,::,::estion that we trY s tH I'ted, You can look lor a full report, with results. plct u reM to have more players from out of a nd best game scores in the next issue - t he August·Seplember New York City represent ed In number. The Ope n "~e de rat i on lind N. Y. Stllte Championship our National Amateur and Pro· T oul·ney at Syl'~ _ c u ~e w1Il be covered In the Octobe r issue. 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