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our readers the first installment of an article analyzing the W ilkes_Barre Variation in the Two Knights' Defense. The article is the con_ tribution of Mr. John Menovsky of W ilkes. Barre, Pa. and represents an imponant addition to the status of the theory of that opening.

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Mr. Wren writes us : ..... I am a native of Maine, and a p rodua of the rural districts, where the in.Auence of the Y. M. C. A. and other youth movements are never felt. 1 alwa~s knew that there was a game called chess, and In almost every small (Own I have ever been in there would be one or twO players, but due to lack of competition these p layers would gradually revert to checkers, and I never saw a ohess board sec up ptoperly uncil I was about 30 years old. I was stationed in Ellis Island for 9 monchs in 1927; and there I learned the moves and began to p laya little. I improved my game somewhat ·while in Europ«;; but did nor learn as much in nve lears there as 'I did in a year as a member 0 the Buffalo Chess Club . . . By my own experience I am con. vinced that there are .hundreds of youngsters in this state who .would go for the gaJ;lle ·in a

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News Events The Hastings Tournament

The annual H astings Tournament in England is one of the bright featu res of the chess world. It is held each year during the Christmas Holi. days and some of the world's beSt experts have displap:d theif prowess [here. T he winner in 1932 and 1933 has been Salo Flohr, rhe reo nowned CzechO-Slovak SaLr. This year's com· petition promises to ~ one of the keenest on record. "Entries have been received from J. R. Capablanca. former Worl~ . Champion, S:alo Flohr, Dr. Max Euwe, A. Lilienthal, Champion of Hungary, and M. Botwinnik, Champion of Russia. The tournament will mark Capa. blanca's (ItSt appearance in the chess arena since the N. Y. Tournament of 193 t and will also mark Botwinnik's first appearance in a tourna, mene outside of Russia.

Mexican International Tournamenc The start of this tOurnament has been post.

poned from Decem~r 1 to December l~(h . The lead ing competito rs are expected to be Reuben Fine, Anhur W. Dake, Arnol d S. Denker, Herman Steiner, Carlos Torre, and Capt . J. J . Araiza.

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W m. A. Ruth of Collingswood, N . J., is the New Jersey Stare Champion for 1934. After winning the South Jersey Championship, he defeated Harold Pump of East Orange, the North Jersey Champion, in a series of five games. The fits{ two games were played in N ewark and resuhed in wins for Ruth. The next twO were played in Camden- Ruth win. ning the thi rd and losing. the founh . The final game was played in Princeton :lnd was scored by Ruth. The final score: 4.1.

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Koshnitsky vs. Purdy G. Koshnitsky, . the Australian Champion,

juS( completed a match with C. J. S. Purdy, Edi. lOr o f The Australasian Chess Review and Champion of New South Wales. Ten games were played fo r a pu rse of 2 ~ pounds and Purdy was the winner by the score of five wins, twO losses, and three draws.

D istrict of Columbia Championship The COntest for the Washington, D. C title

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Chicago Championship The Chicago City Chess League is sponsor.

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Cleveland Chess League The Cleveland Chess League is s[anin~ hs

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Marshall C. C. Championship Fifteen players entered the Marshall C C.

Championsh ip. T hey are: R. Smi rka, A. E. Santasiere, F. Reinfeld, M. Hanauer, E. TIloI£. sen, W. Frere, D. Polland, A. Cass, L. Ene. quist, P. T. Schlesinger, M. Green, T . A. Dunst, M. Fisch, C. J. Byrne, and M. Hammer. mesh. At the end of twO rounds, David Pol. land with twO conserutive victories was leading.

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City of Boston Championship Fourteen contestants still remain in the City

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The Wilkes~ Barre Variation By John Menovsky

When, in the Two Knights' Defense (1. P·K4, p_ K4; 2. Kt-KB3, Kt-QB3; 3. B_B4, Kt·B3 ; ), White foll ows with 4. Kt·Kt5, a double attack on B1ack's KBP is inidated ; and Black then, in accordance with the prevailing theory, replies 4 . ... P-Q4, thereby saving the KBP, but only at the sacrifice of the QP.

THE WILKES-BARRE VARIATION begins with 4 _ .. . B-B4, and allows White to capture the KBP, but saves the more important QP. That move is no new discovery : for, from time immemorial, theory frowned upon it as unsound. It mUSt be ad­mitted, however, that beyond a few moves (with condemnatory opinion added), no extended analysis exists to demonstrate its unsoundness: and, (as Mark Twain said) , .. 't is a difference of opinion that makes horse races"; and, we may add, games of chess.

The Variation, based on said move, was introduced by me here in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, and else­where, over fifteen years ago. Since then, it has been gradually finding favor in games over the board, and especially by correspondence_ It presents, and in­volves, countless variety of interesting pOSitions and real chess problems. The following a~lysis will include many games played by correspondence, and over the board; and is now presented fo r the more extended consideration of the lovers of the Royal Game.

Black

White

White has a choice of the following principal moves: (Fi rst) 5. KtxBP. (Second) 5. BxPch. (Third) 5. P-Q4. The moves will be analyzed in that order.

FIRST: 5. KtxBP, BxPch !; and now White has a choice between ( 1) 6. KxB and (2) 6. K-Bl.

(1) 6. KxB, KlxPch; and White now replies (la) 7. K·K3 or (lb) 7. K_Ktl.

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7. K-K3 indicates that White intends to "grab everything"; hence it must be con­sidered here for the benefit of Ihe aver­age player. Black replies: 7 . .. Q-K2; 8. KxKt, Q.R5ch; 9. K·K3, Q·B5ch; 10. K-K2, QxBch; 11. p·Q3, QxKt; and Black is a pawn to the good with a fine game. And if White vades on his 9th move and plays 9. P-KKt4, P·Q4ch!; 10. BxP, BxP; II. Q-Kl, B·B4dble.ch. wins. But White may play 7. K-K3, Q·K2; 8. KtxR and a correspondence game there· upon continued: 8 ... Q-Kt4ch; 9. Kx. Kt, P-Q4ch; 10. BxP, B-B4ch j 11. K·B3, B-KI5ch ; 12. K_B2, BxQ; 13. BxKtch, PxB; 14. RxB, Q·R4! ; 15. R-Rl, Q-R5ch; 16. P-KKt3, Q-Q5ch; 17. K-Kt2, Q-Q4-Chi 18. K-Ktl, 0_0_0; 19. Kt-B3, Q-B6; 20. P-Q3, R-Bl; 21. B-K3, QxBch; 22. K-,Kt2, R-B7ch; 23. K.R3, Q-R3ch ; 24 . . K-Kt4, P-Kt3!j 25. KtxP, PxKt; 26. p. KR4, Q-R4ch; 27. K·R3, P·Kt4 and mates neXt move.

After 6. KxB, KlxPch; White may choose the more conservative 7. K·Ktl , to which Black replies 7 ... Q-R'; 8. P-KKt3!, KtxKtP !; and now White has a choice of (A) 9. PxKt or (B) 9. KtxR.

(A); 9. PxKt, QxPch; 10. K-Bl, R-BI; 11. Q-R5!, p·Q3! ; 12. Kt-B3, B­Kt5; 13. Q·R2 !, Q-B6ch ; 14. K· Kll, Kt·Q5; 15. Kt_KKt', Q-B4! ; 16. Q-Kt2, QxKt; 17. P·Q3, Q­B4; 18. B-K3, Kt·B6ch! In the foregoing analysis White may vary on his 12th move and play 12. P-Q3 after which would come 12 ... B-Kt5; 13. Q-R4, Q·B6ch; 14. K-Ktl, P-Q4! j 15. BxP, QxB; 16. QxB, Kt.Q'!; 17.

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Kt-KKt~, R-B8ch!; 18. KxR, Qx­Rch; 19. Q-Ktl!, QxQch: 20. Kx­Q, KtxP: 21. KtxP, KtxR; 22. Kt­R3, 0-0-0; 23. P-Kt4, RxP; 24. B-Kt2, P-K~! and wins. (And if 17. Kt-B3, QxKt; 18. Q-R5, 0-0-or; 19. QxQ, RxQ; and Black's Kt controls!).

(B): 9. KtxR and :.I. correspondence game continued: 9 ... Kt_Q~!; 10. P-QB3, P-Q4!; It. PxQKt, B­Kt5; 12. Q-R4ch, P-QB3; 13. BxP, Kt-K7ch; 14. K-BI, 0-0-0; 15. Kt-B3, KtxP!; 16. KR-Ktl!, B­R6ch; 17. R-Kt2, RxB; 18. KtxR, Q-Kt5!; 19. Kt-K3, Q-K7ch; 20. K-Ktl, Q·K8ch; and mates in three. And if 11. BxP, KKt-K7ch; 12. K_BI, B-R6ch; 13. B-Kt2, BxBch ; 14. KxB, Q-Kt5ch; U. K-Bl, Q­B6ch; and White is lost.

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6. K-Bl, Q-K2; 7. KtxR, P-Q4!; and now White hilS a choice of (a) 8. PxP or (b) 8. B­K2 (not 8. BxP, B-Kt5!).

(2a) 8. PxP, Kt-Q5; 9. P-QB3, (not 9. KxB?, Kt-Kt5ch; 10. K-Ktl, Q-B4! Or if 10. K-Kt3, Q-Kt4! And if 10. K-Kl, Q­B3!; 11. R-B1, Q-R~ch; 12. P·Kt3, Qx­RP; etc.), 9 •. , B-Kt~; 10. Q-R4ch,

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K::-Q2; It. PxKt, Q-B3; 12. PXP, Q-B~! WIDS.

And if 11. KxB, Q-R~ch; 12. K-K3, O-O-O!; 13. PxKt, PxPch; 14. KxP, Q­B3ch; 15. K·K3, .R-KIch and mates next move. And if 13. P-Q6, Q-Kt4ch; 14. K-B2, R­Blch; 1~. Kt-B7, RxKtch!; 16. BxR, Q­B5ch; 17. K-Kl, Q-K~ch; 18. K-B2, Q­K7ch; 19. K-KI3, Kl-KB4 mate.

And jf 9. B-K2 (correspondence game continued): 9 . .. B-R~; 10. P-QB3, KtxB; 11. QxKt, QB-Kt5; 12. Q-K!~ch, Kt-Q2; 13. P-KKt3, O-O-O!; 14. K-Kl!, P-K5!; 1'. P-B4, Kt-B4; (Wllite re­signed). And if 9. P-Q6, QxP!; 10. B-B7ch, K· K2; 11. B-R5, B-R5!; 12. P-KKt3, B­R6ch; 13. K-Kl, Q-Q4! wins. Or if 11. KxB. B-Kt'; 12. Q-Bl, Q­QB4!; 13. Q-B4, Kt-K5ch; 14. K-K3, Kt-B4ch; 15. KxKt, Kt-Q3ch winning.

Aftlo'r 7. KtxR, P_Q4; White plays 8. B­K2, and a game thereupon continued: 8 . ..• KB_R,; 9. B_R5ch, K_BI; 10. PXP, Kt-Q5; 11 . P-B3, KtxB; 12. PxKt, PXP! ; 13. Q-B3ch, Kt-B3!; 14. P-KKt3, QB-Kt'; 1'. Q-B2, B-R6ch; 16. K-Ktl , R-Kl! (wins).

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Lest We Forget By William Ewart Napier

A. B. Hodges

To be the "man of the hour" confers no large and lasting glory unless the hour itself be freighted with important happenings, and peopled, so to speak, with impressive person_ ages.

Albert B. Hodges, of Staten Island, N . Y., in one of the conspicuously great hours in chess history, became United States Champion, by defeating J. W. Showalter. The score was five to three, and one draw; and it took place in 18941

At the time, Steinitz and Dr. E. Lasker were familiar figures in New York City, as well as Lipschuetz, Hymes, and Pillsbury, who was destined within a year to astound the world at Hastings.

In due course, Mr. Hodges was challenged to a return match by Showalter, and almost simultaneously came a challenge from the aspir. ,jng Pillsbury who, by the way, had been beaten by Mr. Hodges in the 1893 New York Tourna_ ment. It was dearly necessary in these circum_ stances to choose between chess and business.

Business prevailed, and chess-aaive chip_ on_the_shoulder chess- lost a consummate anise.

Thus Mr. Hodges retired undefeated. From out of his retirement, however, he gave

continuing evidence of his power by playing in all the thirteen Anglo_American Cable Matches without losing a game!

His middle initial B stands for Beauregard ; and it is therefore natural to find that he was born in Nashville, Tennessee, July 21, 1861-in Civil War limn.

He learned chess at nineteen, Within a few years he won the state championship; came north in 1889; conducted Ajeeb the famous Eden Musee automaton; won the Manhattan Chess Club championship; and emered business life; from which he retired twenty_twO years later, well satisfied with his early choice of busi_ ness as a career instead of belligerent chess.

In 1896 Mr. Hodges married Miss Laura I. Robinson, of Stapleton, Staten Island. At checkers Mr. Hodges never wins from Mrs. Hodges. He dare nol.

For an estimate of his relative standing among the world's masters, I think ·it only necessary to consider how dose was the score between Pillsbury and Showalter, and that Hodges also defeated Showalter.

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To illustrate his power and style, I present a game which enjoys a peculiar distinction. It was the first loss suffered by Dr. Emanuel Lasker on his fi rst visit to these shores.

Exhibition Game

March 24, 1892

RUY LOPEZ

Dr. E. Lasker A. B. Hodges White

1 P.K4 2 KKt_B3 S B-Kta 4 Kt_B3 50·0 6 P.Q3 7 B.KS 8 P_Q4 9 B_QB4

10 P-Q5 11 P.KR3 12 QxB 13 PxP 14 Q-Kt4 15 B-Q2 16 B-QS 17 Kt-K4 18 QR.K1

P.K4 QKt-B3

p.Q:t B.Q2

KKt.K2 Kt-Kt3

B. K2 0 .0

B.Kt5 Kt.Kt1

BxKt P.KB4 Kt.R5

KtxBP Kt-Q2

P.KKt3 R.B2

Q.KB1

Black 19 Kt-BS P.QR3

Q.Kt2 20 Kt-Q1 21 B-B3 22 P.Kt4 23 B_Kt2 24 Q-QB4 25 P_B4 26 Q-B8 27 QxRP 28 QxKtP 29 Kt-B2

. 30 B.K4 31 Q.B4 32 B-KB3 33 RxKt 34 Q.K4 35 KtxKt 38 BxQ And Blaok

QR.KB1 B.Q1

Kt-B3 Kt-R4

P_QKt4 Kt_K2

KtxBP Q_R3

Q.Kt4 Kt-B4

Kt.KtS KtxR Q.R5

KtxPch OxO

RxRoh Won.

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Mistakes of the Masters By LESTER W . BRAND

Hamburg, 1922

Moritz

Emmrich

Black to Play and W in

T he Game: 1 . . • . 2 PxB 3 K.B1

B.Q4 Kt.R6eh Resigns

We believe' as tute readers of this column will espy a forced mate in four moves!

From Nap ier's "Amenities"

Zukertort

Lipschuetz

Black to Play and W in

Black played R"KKt l and won after thirty more moves. One good. move here would h4ve forced LipllChuetz to resign at OO<Je !

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Gyor, 1924

Dr. Nagy

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W hite to Play and Win

Instead of winning eas ily with B·Kt5, W hite played instead :

1 Q.BSch 2 Qx RP 3 KxR 4 QxQ

Q.K1 RxKRPch

Q.K3ch Stalemate!

Third Game of Match

Played at Berne

September, 1934

QUEEN'S PAWN GAME

H. Grob O. Naegeli

Whi te Black

1 P.Q4 Kt.KB3 25 K. R1 Q.K6 2 P.QB4 P.K3 26 Q·Q2 Q.B4 3 Kt.QB3 B.Kt5 27 B.B7 Kt.B5 4 B.Q2 0·0 28 B.Q4 BxPoh 5 Q.B2 P.Q3 29 K.Kt1 Q.B3 6 P.QR3 BxKt 30 RxKt P,R 7 BxB Q.K2 31 R.QB1 R,' 8 Kt.B3 QKt.Q2 32 RxQ ',R 9 P.K3 P·K4 33 K.B2 P.B6

10 P.Q5 P.QR4 34 P·KR4 K.Kt1 11 P.QKt3 Kt.84 35 P.R5 P.A3 12 Kt.Q2 B.Q2 36 B.K3. R.B4 13 B.K2 P.B3 37 B.Kt6 R,P 14 PxP ',P 38 Q·B3 R.R7eh 15 0·0 KKt.K5 39 K.Kt3 R·Kt7eh 16 KR.Q1 Ktx Kt 40 K.R4 R.KB1 17 BxKt P·B4 41 B.K3 P~B7 18 B.B3 Q. Kt4 42 Q.B4oh K.R2 19 B.B1 Kt.K5 43 Q.Q3eh K.R1 20 P.B5 P.B5 44 P.Q7 BxP 21 KPxP Q>P 45 BxBP P.Kt4ch 22 PxP KtxBP 46 K.R!5 R.R7eh -23 B.B4ch K.R1 47 K.Kt& B.K1 mate 24 R.KB1 Kt.R&ch

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Game Studies Sopron Tourney September, 1.934

KING'S [NOlAN DEFENSE

(Notes by R. Spielmann) (Translated from the Magyar Sakiwilag)

E. Grunfeld R. Spielmann White Black 1 P-Q4 Kt.KB3 2 P.QB4 P.KKt3 3 Kt.QB3 P.Q4

This leads to the Grunfe1d Defense, the variations of which I have learned through bitter experience, having los! to Lundin (Stockholm, 1933) with the Black men, and to Van dec Bosch (Amsterdam, 1934) with the Wilite forces. Having paid double tuition fees, I ought to know something about this defense by this time.

My opponent decides to continue with a quiet de­velopment, ignoring the routine <1 PxP, or the more modern 4 B-Kt5.

4 P.K3 5 Kt_B3 6 B_Q2 7 Q-KtS

B-Kt2 0·0

P.B3 • • • •

The text has often been played, and the game gen­erally runs 7 .. .. .. PxP; 8 BxP, with a concentrated pressure on Black's KBP. On my recent visit to ESlhonia, I conceived the idea of developing the QB on the Queen's wing, with which I successfully ex­perimented_

7 . . • • 8 PxP 9 R_B1

P_Kt3 PxP

• • • •

Simpler is B-K2 followed by 0-0, Still it is diffi_ cult to find fault with the text,

9 • . . . B_Kt2 10 Kt.K5! · , , ,

Apparently with the idea of condnuing with 11 P·B4, gaining full command of .the central square K5.

10 . • • • KKt-Q2 11 KtxKt? , . , .

Charitably giving up two tempi in the opening. The logical continuation was 11 P-B4! and after 11 . . , KtxKt; 12 BPxKt,P-B3; 13 P-K6! Al­though the advanced Pawn is apparently weak, still there is no good way of getting at it, 13 ., Q·Q3?; 14 Kt.Kt5!

11 • • • • KtxKt

When I am ahead in development, a petty Pawn sacrifice means little to me. Should White have played 12 KtxP I would have followed up with 12 ... P.K3 driving the Kt and then 13 .. . P·K4 with fine attacking possibilities. At all events I am intent on breaking throUSh with , , . P·K4, COSt what it may.

12 p.&( · . . "

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",~~""R~.~ Sp lelma n n

12 • . . .

The plan is now in effect, 13 BPxP 14 PxKt

P.K41

KtxP! P·Q5

The sacrifice of the Kt pro!nbly cannot withstand a thorough analysis, and most likely would be reo futed in a game without a time limit. But consider· ing that it is piayc-d over the board, with a time limit of eighteen moves an hour, it is practically sound.

15 Kt.Q1 , . , . To be able to interpose the Kt at B2 after . . .

Q.R5ch. Had W'bite continued with 15 PXP, Q. R5ch would have determined the game in Black's favor.

15 . • • . 16 P.K4

Oosing the Queen's chances.

16 • . • . 17 Kt.B2 18 Q.KR3

White cannot afford 18 . • • , 19 B.K2?

BxKP • • • •

file offers the beSt defensive

BxKP B.Q4

, . . . 18 B.QB4, BxKtP!

Q.K2 , . . ,

19 K·Q1 was indicated. The game might then have proceeded with 19 ... BxQRP; 20 B.Q,B4. Black would then have had three Pawns for his pIece and the remnants of an attack.

19 . • • , P.Q61!

But White htd not counted on this ulditional sac· rifice. He had hoped for 19 . , . KR·Kl; 2(1 ()..O, or 19 ' .. B-KKt2; 20 K·Bl, KR·K1; 21 Q-Q3.

20 KtxP KR.K1

Now 21 0·0 fails because of , . B'Q'ch and 21 KtxB fails beause of . . . QxKt.

21 K.B1 BxQKtP

21 , .. B·QB6; 22 BxB, QxBch; 23 K·Kt1, R·K6; 24 ~.Kl! ~; 2' Rx.Q, RxKt; 26 P.QR3 would regam my }'1I~ce but did not appeal to me because of its crudIty. _

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22 R.K1 23 Kt.B2

Not 23 8·83, 8·B5!

23 . . . • 24 Q.KKt3

Q.B3ch • • • •

8.Q5 R·K51

Bener than 24 . by 25 B·Q3.

. R·K4, which could be met

25 P.KR4 • • • •

There is no adequate defense, e. g., 25 B-KB3, B· B5ch; or 25 8·KKt5, Q.B4j or 25 B·Q3, R·Kt5; or 25 Q-KB3, RxB!!

25 . . . • 26 B.QKt5 Zl BxR

QR.K1 RxRch

R_K6

Again I refuse to regain my piece. 27 . . . Rx Bch; 28 KxR, BxKtch; 29 QxB, Q-R8ch; 30 K·Q2, QxR, for after 31 B·B1 I would be forced to play an endgame, and the game would lose its character. It must end in a burst of lightning and thunder.

28 Q.Kt5 29 KxR 30 K·Q1 31 R.K1 32 B.K2 33 BxB 34 K.B2 35 Q-Q8ch

Resigns

Bad Lovisa July, 1934

RxBch QxKtch BxKtP

a.KB6ch B_B6

QxBch BxR

K_Kt2

QUEEN'S GAMBiT DECLINED

(Notes by 11. Buker) (Translated fl'om the Wien" SrhMh-Zeilung)

R. Kroglua White

1 P·Q4 2 P·Q84 3 8.Kt5

I. Niemela Black

Kt-KB3 P.K3 P_Q4

Arriving at the orthodox Queen's Gambit. Alter· natives were 3 . , . B·K15ch (4 B-Q2 loses a tempo and 4 Kt-Q2 is met by 4 _ . . Kt·K5!); or 3 . . . P·B4, when 4 P-Q5 would be answered by 4 . . . P_Kt4, leading ·to the Blumenfeld coumer gambit.

4 P·K3 5 Kt-KB3 6 QKt·Q2 7 a.Q3

QKt-Q2 8.K2 0-0

P.QKt3

When wthite's QKt is developed. at Q2, ... p­QB4 is the corre« coumerthrust in the center.

8 Q.B2 9 PxP

10 Kt.K5

Aggressively played.

B_Kt2 PxP

, . . . 10 0·0 was also strong.

10 . . . _ 11 PxKt 12 P.KR4!

KtxKt Kt.K5 • • • •

225

Excltanges at K7 or K4 would lead to nothing.

12 , , . • KtxB

12 . . . BxB; 13 PxB, QxP also came into con· sideration, but in this line White would recover his Pawn with 14 KtxKI and retain the anack.

(14 .. _ QxKtP, 15 Kt·B6ch!! followed by 0.0·0 wins)_ .

13 PxKt 14 P.B4 15 Q.Q1!

P·Kt3 P.QB4 , . . .

Laying the foundation for a grand combination.

15 • , . . P.B5

15 _ .. BxP; 16 PxB, QxP; 17 Q·B?>, QlI:P gel· ting three Pawns for the piece would not be ade· quate compensation.

I. Niemela

R. Kroglus

16 RxPI • • • •

Beautiful and entirely correct!

16 • . . . PxB?

Capturing' the Bishop 1S Just as bad as capturinl( the Rook. 16 . .. KxR? 17 Q·R'ch, K·Kt2; 18 Q·R6ch, K·Ktl; 19 BxKtP, PxB; 20 QxPch, K·Rl; 21 K-B2! wins. However, the counter sacrifice of 16 ... BxP was interesting. Then would follow 17 BIKtP!, B-R5ch; 18 K·Bl, PxB; 19 RxQB, Q-Bl; 20 KI-B3, QxR; 21 KtxB. White still retains the attack, but defense is quite possible.

17 K.B2! • • • •

The point! The Rook stili canoot be captured. 17 ... KxR; 18 Q·Rlch, K·Kt1; 19 Q-R6 fol­lowed by 20 R·Rl wins. Now 17 . . . BxP is tOO late. 18 Q-Rl! would end the game rapidly.

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17 .•.• 18 Q.R1

P-B3 Resigns

For the (hreal of Q-R6 a nnOl: be mel. This g1mt wa$ righdy awarded the brilliancy pd:te.

Man hattan C. C. Championshi p October 16, 1934

PETROFF DEFENSE

(NeIlS by S. S. Cohm ) S. S. Cohl n I. Kalhdan

White Black 1 P. K4 P. K4 2 Kt.K BS Kt.K B3

This COOUiIUIe5 the Petroff Defense. It is a fav­orite of Kashdan's when he hamlin the Blade fo rces.

3 KtxP 4 Kt.KBS 5 P.Q4 6 B.Q3 7 QKt.Q2

p ·Q3 Kt)l;P p.Q4 B.K 2

Kt.Q3

Black was confronted with twO options; To reo treat the Knight or to support it with 7 ... P·KB4 or 7 ... B·KB4. Exchl.tlging Knigh t's is obviously bad as i{ leaves W hi te aMad in development. Sup­poning the Knight would have been met by P'QB4, Q-82. elc.

a Q.K2 • • • •

A pe<uliar looking move al firs! glance. One doesn't usually place a Q ueen on an open fi le thaI can be sei~ed by one's opponent. I I prevents for the moment ... B·B4, however, and forces Black to decla re himself by • . . 0·0, followed by . . . R-Kl.

8 • . . . 9 0 _0

10 P_B3 11 Kt-K5 12 P_ KB4

I. Kas hdan

~

S. S. Cohen

0 -0 Kt-B3 R_K1 B_B l P·B3

This is a crucial position. Black in playing ... P-B3 felt that White' s best reply was t3 KtxKt which would be met by 13 . . . PxKt leaving Black with

THE CHESS R EVll!W

a good center formation and in pcme:ssion of the open King tile. W hite, however, has Olher ideas in mind.

13 Q.R5 ! P.KKt3

Better would have been 13 . . . P-B4. Of course not 13 . PxKI; 14 BxPch followed by male in ~O_

14 Ktx P ]! · . - . W hite g ives up a Knight fo r 3 pawns-a p~ct ica l

equivalent since his pawn posit ion has no weaknesses _nd by so doins exposes Black 's K ing and reta ins the iniliative.

14 . • . • 15 8 xP 16 QxPc: h 17 Q. K RS

Threatening 18 P-Q,.

17 . . • • 18 P_BS

PxKt R_K2 B_K3

• • • •

R_Kt.2 • • • •

Solidifying the posit ion and opening the line of the QB.

18 . • . . B_B2

Black wishes 10 exdulnge pieces believing that in the endgame his extra pie« will have a greater value than the 3 pawns.

19 Kt_B3 Kt.K2 20 K t_R4 KtxB

This e:<:change is an error of judgment. Kashdan in his play shows a dedded preference for Bishops and tries whenever possible to win the "minor ex· change" (trading hiS Knights for his opponent's Bishops) . Correc! was 20 . . . Q·Kt! This forces an exchange of Bishops since it threatens to win l Pawn, a.nd would help to frtc Black's game.

W hite cannot answer 21 8-R6 because of 21 ... R·R2 !; 22 BxRch, KxB ; etc. Neither can he play 21 R·K1 h«aU5e of 21 ... Kt (Q3)xP ; 22 KfXKt, RxBl ( not 22 ... BxB ; 24 KtxR l ) .

21 PxKt 22 R-K l 23 B_B4

8 _B5 Q_Q2

• • • •

Threatening 24 BxKt followed by 2~ Kt-B~ . From this point on Black is lost .

23 • . . . B_K3

This loses the exchange. However, there wa$ little to be done. .23 .. . B·Q6 would have been met by 24 R· K3 followed by R-M , ClC.

24 B_RS R_K1

If 24 . . . B-Kt' ; 25 Q.Q'ch! And if 24 . R-K2 ; 25 BxB. RxB ; ( ... KxB ; 26 Q -R8ch, B·Kl t; 27 Q xPch, K·Kl ; 28 P-Kt7, B·B2; 29 Kt· Kt6! ) , 26 P-Q5 1

25 BxR BxB

N ot n . . . QxB; 26 RxB 1, etc.

DECEMBER, 1934

26 R.KB1 27 Q.R7ch 28 P-KRS

B-Kt5 K_B1

• • • •

The Bla.ck QB is lost because White threatens RxP clI!

28 . . . _ 29 KtxB 30 R_B2

B_B4 KtxKt • • • •

White could win the Knight at once by 30 P-KKt4 but this would allow Blacl counter clIances by 30

. Q-Q3, etc.

30 •... 31 QR_KB1

Q_KS Q_K6

31 . .. Kt-Q3 would hold out longer. T hen would follow 32 RxPch, QxR; (not ... BxR; 33 P-Kt7ch, etc.); 33 RxQch, BxR ; 34 QxP and White has a Queen and five pawns for Roolc, Bishop and Knight- an easy win.

32 K.R2 33 K.R1

Q_KtSeh R.K8

There is really nothing 10 be done.

34 RxKt RxRch 35 RxR Q.Kt4

Attempting to bottle in the White Queen and guarding asain't RxP ch.

36 P_KR4 Q_Q4 37 P_R5 Q-B5

"Hope springs eternal

38 K.Kt1 39 P.RS

. . . . .. Q.K3

Relignl

Leningrad Tournament September, 1934

CARO_KANN DEFENSE

(Note! by Laio! Steiner)

M. M. Botwlnnik White

H. Kmoch Black

The following game is well played .by Botwinnik. But KmO("h's resistance is unusually weak. The fact is the more remarkable in this instance as Kmoch's play in his other games at this tourney, was a fine example of deep chess, both in its early foundalion, and middle game structure.

Kmoch's remarks in annotating the game in the "Wiener Schach-Zeitung" explain everything. I therefore include some of these to give the readers an insight into the psychological moments.

1 P_QB4 2 P-K4 3 KPxP 4 P.Q4

P.QB3 P.Q4 p,p

· . , .

227

My variation of 4 PXP, Kt-KB3; 5 Q-R4ch, QKt· Q2; 6 Kt·QB3, P-KKt3: 7 P-KKt3, B-Kt2; 8 B_ KKt2, 0-0; 9 KKt-K2, Kt-Kt3; 10 Q-Kt3, B·B4 to be followed by . . . B·Q6 is not quite favorabl e to White.

4 . • . . 5 QKt.B3 S B.Kt5

KKt_BS Kt_BS P·KS

In the reCent match Botwinnik-Flohr the same posi. tion was continued with 6 . . . PxP; 7 P-Q~, Kt· K4; 8 Q-Q4, Kt.Q6ch; 9 BxKt, PxB; 10 Kt·B3 and White remained with a superior position. That ex· perience led to the conclusion that Botwinnik's move (6 B-K(5) forced Black to shut in his Queen Bishop with 6 . . . P-K3. M a matter of fact, I cannot see why Black, after 6 .. . PxP; 7 P-Q5, cannot continue with 7 . . . Kt-QR4! For if 8 P.QKt4, PXP ep; 9 PxP, P-K3; 10 P-QKt4, BxP; II Q·R4ch, Kt-B3! etc. Or if 8 BxP, KtxB; 9 Q-R4ch, B·Q2; 10 QxKt, Q-Kt3 with a difficult but promising game. After any other move the problem of developing White's King Bishop is no! easy to solve.

In the meantime (he theorists of Prague have dis­covered a drastic solution to Bmwinnik's move (6 B·Kt5), 6 ... Q-K(3!! ?, which Rejfir experi· mented with against Spielmann at Maribor. Spielmann was thunderstruck. Soon after 7 P-B5?, QxKtP; 8 KKt·K2, B·B4; 9 Q·Bl, QxQch, White was in a hopeless mess. To penetrate ioto al! the variations would require quite a voluminous effort, and the solution (Q the problem preSented after 7 Kl-B3, or 7 Q.Q2, or some other move will eventually be ar­rived at only in over-the-hoard play.

7 P.B5 . , . . Kmoch puts an exclamation point after this move,

and in a resigned tone declares the position as lost. He is devoid of hope for counterchances in the cen­ter, and believes Ihat White'S Queen side majority should Win.

7 . • • . B.K2

Quoting Kmoch "'The beSt. To experiment with 7 . . . P-QKt3 would make matters worse. Then might follow 8 P-QKt4. Black ought not to move 'Uly of his Queen side Pawns, if he does not wish to hasten his downfall." That and the pre<eding nore account for his timid resistance. To feel himself lost after seven moves-how depressing! And the idea of not moving the Queen side Pawns is wrong ! The only possibility for success lies in counter attack, against the Pawn at Q4 or B5.

8 B-Kt5 9 Kt.B3

10 BxB

0-0 Kt-K51 K".

Here Kmoch points out that after 10 .. . QxB: 11 0-0 (11 R-QBl, KtxKt; 12 RxKt, P-K4!), Ktx Kt; 12 PxKt, B-Q2 ; 13 R-Kn, he could not see how to bring his pieces into action. It seems to me the logical way would have been to play 12 . . . Q-B2 (instead of 12 . .. B-Q2) and force through ... P.QKI3 'in the moves that follow. How-

ever, the teXt move is much better.

11 R-QB1 , . . .

228

• H. Kmoch

M. Botwi nnlk

11 • . • . Kt.Kt3?

Black, who up to this point essayed a di fficul t de­fense, now goes ast ray. With II . . . P·QK1:' he might have obtained a promising position., e. g. 11 . . . P-QKt3 ; 12 P-QKt4, P,QR4 ; 13 P-QR3, PxKtP ; 14 PAP(Kt4) PxP; 15 QPxP, ( if " KcPxP, R-R6 ; 16 Kt-QKtl; 17 RxKt !, PxKt; 18 Q.R4ch, Ctc. ), KIXK! ; 16 RxKc, R·Kcl ; 17 Q·K2, ( if 17 Q.R4, P·Q5 ; 18 R-Q3, P·K4 ; 19 KtxP, 8 -8 4 ; 20 R-QI, Q-B2 followed by Kt-Q4 etc.), B-Q2 ! 18 BxS ( 18 P-B6, R·Bl; 19 K(·K, . B·Kl, followed by P-B3, etc.)' QxB ; 19 R·Kt3, Q.R5 ; 20 Q.K!2, K{·B3 ; 21 P·K!5, Kt·R4 ; 22 R-Kt4, Kt-B5 !; 23 Q-Ktl, Q·R4; 24 Kt-Q4, KR-Bl and Black wins a Pawn.

12 0-0 13 B-Q3

B·Q2 P.B4

13 ... Kt-B5! would hold out longer. For j f 14 KexKt, KtxB; D QxKt, PxKt; 16 QxKt, B-B3, etc. with freedom for the Pawn minus, or 14 BxKt, PxB; n K!xP, B-Kt4 and Black wins the exchange. Under these ci rcumsmnces, W hite could probably maintain a sl ight advantage by 14 B·Kt1, retaining his powerful Bishop.

14 P.QKt4 15 P_KtS! 16 R_Kl

B.Kl R_Bl

• • • •

An exce!Ient move: tactically. Slowly but sure ly ·the: position will be fort ined and Black will nod him­self lacking good moves.

16 . . . . 17 P.QRS 18 Kt·K5 19 P_BS 20 Q_K2

Q·9S Kt.K2 Q_RS

Kt_B7 • • • •

:W KxKt would only draw! 20 . . . QxPch ; 21 K·K3, P-B~(h ; 22 PxP, QxPch, etc.

20 . . . . Kt-RSch 21 K_Kt2 P_KKt4 22 Kt_Kt5 BxKt 2S BxB A_KB3 24 B_Q7 A·Ql 25 P·KtS Q.A4 26 P-B6 A.RS 27 K_Al Aeaigns

T HE C H ESS R E VI E W

Manhattan C. C. Championship October, 1934

QUEEN 'S GAMBIT DECL1NED

A. S. Denker White

1 P·QB4 Kt_KBS 2 Kt-QBS P-KS S P.Q4 P_Q4 4 Kt.BS QKt_Q2 5 P_KS P-BS 6 B-QS PxP 7 BxBP P-QKt4 B B-QS B-K2 9 0-0 0·0

10 P-K4 P-Kt5

A. Willman Black

11 Kt-QA4 12 P-K5 1S Q·K2 14 Q_K4 15 Kt_B5 16 Q_Kt4 17 PxP ep 18 Q_KtS 19 BxRP 20 Kt_KS

P_KRS Kt-Q4 R_Kl

K t_Bl Q_KtS P_KB4

KtxP K_R I P.B

Resigns

Played in H olland

ALEKHINE'S DEFENSE

A. W . Hammi ng Epstein W hite Black

1 P_K4 Kt-KBS 21 Kt_K4 P_KtS 2 B.B4 KtxP 22 Kt.Kt5 R_Kt2 S BxPch K.B 2S R.R7ch K_Kt1 4 Q.R5ch P_KtS 24 R_K7 RxKtP 5 Q.Q5ch P.KS 25 Kt.R7 R.B5 6 QxKt B.Kt2 26 Kt_RS R_B4 7 P.Q4 R_KBt 27 R.Ktl B.RS 8 Kt_QBS K.Ktl 28 RxPch K.Rl 9 B_KS Kt-BS 29 K.B1 R_KKtl

10 0·0-0 Q-B3 SO Kt-B6 R_BBch 11 P_KR4 Q_B4 ' 31 K_Q2 RxKt 12 QxQ R.Q 32 RxR R.Kt7ch 1S P.KKt4 R_82 SS R_B2 RxRch 14 P·R5 P.K4 S4 KtxA B_Kt4 15 P_Q5 Kt.Q5 . S5 Kt_K4 K_Ktt 16 P-Q6 P-QB4 S6 Kt_B6ch K_B1 17 PxP P.P S7 KtxPch BxKt 18 B_R6 R.P 38 AxB Kt_B4 19 B.B RxPch 39 R.Q8ch K_B2 20 K·Ktl K.B 40 P_Q7 Resigns

Lening rad Tournament September. 1934

QUEEN'S PAWN GAME

Dr. M. Euwe W hite

1 P_Q4 2 P.QB4 3 Kt_QBS 4 P_QR3 5 PxB 6 P.BS 7 B.Kt5 8 P_K3 9 B-Q3

10 B_R4 11 Kt-K2 12 PxQP 13 0-0 14 B_B5 1S P_K4 16 PxQP 17 B.82 18 Q-Q2

Kt-KB3 P-K3

B.Kt5 BxKtch

P_Q4 P_QKtS

B_Kt2 QKt_Q2 p.KRS

p.B4 QR_Bt KPxP

0·0 B_B3

P_KKt4 KtxP P-B5 Q-8S

Khan Black

19 Kt_Kt3 QR_Kl 20 QA.Kl RxA 21 AxR P_Kt4 22 8.Kt1 Kt ( Q2)_KtS 23 Kt.R5 Q-Q3 24 R_K5 P-B4 25 8xP QxQRP 26 B_K1 Kt_BS 27 B-K6ch K.Rl 28 KtxKt RxKt 29 P-Q5 8.Q2 30 P-R4 Q.Q3 31. Q_Q4 R.B5 32 Q_KS 8 x 8 33 PxB R_Bl 34 P_K7 R.K1 S5 R_KG Resigns

Canadian Section by F. W. Watson

Ar/ic!n pertaining 10 thi! (ieparfment will be accorded jpedal attention if addreJJed 10 the Editor a/ 191 fonn Avenl/e, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Belson Honored at Simu1caneous Play "We have watched with interest and satis.

faction your rise from a little.known player locally, until now you are the first player in Canada. We wish to record that we not only admire you as an expert player, but also as a gentleman, whose character and loyalty can always be counted on, and whose modesty and sportsmanship have won our admi ration." These were words read by C. A. Crompton, reo tiring President of the Toronto Chess Club and written in a congratulatory signed address from Toronto's chess fraternity ; after which there followed the presentation of a handsome gold wrist watch to J. H. Belson on behalf of the players of Toronto and the Toronto Chess Club (of which the new champion is a mem_ b<,)-all as a token of appreciation for his success in winning the Canadian tirle and keep­ing it in Toronto.

Next in order was a presentation to Malcolm Sim---by B. Freedman on behalf of the Cana­dian Chess Federation-a splendid Pen and pencil Set in appreciation for his past services in assisting to promote the game in Canada.

Following these preliminaries a scheduled simultaneous perfonnance in which Belson was rhe main attraction commenced.. The event was staged on October 18 at Toronto's Central Y. M. C. A., and with a large keenly interested audience in attendance-the Canadian expen made the creditable record of 21 wins and 2 losses. Congratulations are extended to H. Daniels, (second prize winner ·in the recent In_ tennediate Canadian Congress), and W. N. Wilson, (of the Toronto Dovercourt Chess Club-just returned from a visit to England), for scoring their games against the Canadian Champion.

Manitoba and Saskatchewan Winnipeg players number in hundreds!

With the elaborate Marlborough Hotel as a "venue_ideal", Winnipeg made its debut for the present chess season by staging a monster match involving no less than 100 players! Two teams of fifty players were thrown into accion­the Winnipeg Jewish Chess Club and the Dr. La.sker Club providing sufficient opposition for

the remainder of the city's best came out on tOP by the score of 31-19. Ernie Lancashire, ex_champion of Western Canada played first board for the losing team and had the satisfac_ tion of winning the brilliancy prize for his game against A. Mogle, present Manitoba title_ holder. E. G. Baldwinson donated the prize which consisted of an inlaid chess board. R. J. Spencer was the official judge.

At the annual meeting of the Winnipeg City Chess Club the following officers were elected: E. T. Boyce, President; Dr. La Fleche, Vice_ President; H. Gregory, Secretary_Treasurer; G. Howard and C. B. Batdey, Captains of Teams A and B respectively.

A round robin knockout system is the latest suggestion for the proposed Winnipeg champ_ ionship tournament scheduled for December. Anticipating an entry list of upwards of 130 players, A. E. Burrows, D. Creemer and A. Mc;ndell have been appointed to a committee to assist the Manitoba Chess Association with the organization work. Winnipeg chess cettainly operates Oon a large scale!

It is reported that new chess dubs have been organized' in Vanguard and Readlyn.

In the Western Inter_provincial Problem Solving Contest for 1934-the Oofficial report and score from the first five problems of a Set of twelve specially selected shows a lead for Manitoba by 86 points! The score at this par_ ticular stage is gIven as Manitoba 512 and Sas_ katchewan 426. With seven problems to go the Saskatchewan team seriously intends to make amends by wiping out the deficit and topping.off its oppoSItion.

Miscellaneous News At the annual meeting of the Toronto Chess

Club the following officers were elected: A. E. Forde, President; W. A. J. Case, Vice.Presi_ dent; C. A. Crompton, Secretary; R. G. Hunter, Treasurer; J. H. Belson, S. E. Gale, W. L. Hudson, A. Vasey and F. W. Watson, Direc_ tors. Messrs. J. Mitchell and A. Avery were respectively apf>O:inted as librarian and curator. Honorary Presidents: Rev. Canon Plumptre, G. K. Powell, E. G. Martin and R. E. Martin.

(Cclltillu,d "n Pllge 234)

229

The Richter Variation By F. Reinfeld

PART II. .

In last month's portion of <his article, we saw that after 1 P·K4, P-QB4; 2 Kt-KB3, Kt-QB3; 3 P-Q4, PxP; 4 Kt;x:P, Kt-B3; 5 Kt-QB3, P-Q3; 6 B-KKt5!? P-K3; 7 Ku:Kt, P"Kt, White can obtain a strong if speculative attack by 8 P-K5. Whereupon the question arises: can Black avoid this continuation? Does he have any satisfactory alternative? The answer seems to be in the negative.

Thus if Black varies by 6 ... Q-Kt3 (instead of 6 .•• P-K3), It plausible continuation would be 7 Kt-Kt3, B-K3; 8 B-K3, Q-Q; 9 Kt_Q4, P·KKt3; 10 KtxB, PxKt; 11 B·QB4 with advantage to White (Koslowski.Wagner, Berlin 1931).

6 ... Q-R4 also leads to interesting play. In­stead of analysing this move in derail, we shall give three short games which illustrate White's advantage in the most drastic manner.

Black

White

Game A

Alekhln~Frentz (Paris, 1933)

6 . • . . 7 BxKt a B.Kt5

Q.R4 KtPxB

B-Q2

Not 8 ... P·QR3? 9 KtxKt winning.

9 0·0

.Ytstiing on the K cause of the broken hau.rdous.

10 Kt.Kt3 11 P.QR4

0·0·0

side would be dangerous be· Pawns, but the text is. also

Q.Kt3 P.QR4

White tiueatenec to Win the Qby Kt.Q5.

230

12 Kt.Q5 13 Q.Q2

Q.R2 R.Kt1

This is of wurse a gesture, as Black cannot hope for anything definite in the way of counter attack.

14 K.R1 15 P.KB3

P.B4 K.Kt1

A mistake as the champion at once shows; PXP was a bit better.

16 PxP 17 BxKt 18 KtxRP , . . .

. . .

This has been made possible by Black's l'th move.

18 . . . . 19 Kt.Kt4

White has tOO many KnightS!

19 • . • •

Q.B4 • • • •

K.R1

There was no time to protect the BP because of the threat of Kt·R6ch.

20 Kt(Kt4)xP 21 p.QB4

R.B1 RxKt

Overlooking White's was already hopeless.

23rd move. But the game

22 KtxR 23 Q·RSch

Game B

QxKt Resigns

Byrne-Dunst, (New York, 1934)

6 . • • , 7 B.Kt5 8 Kt.Kt3 9 P.QR4

10 P.R5

Inferiot to .•. Q-Q1.

11 BxKKt 12 Kt-Q5 13 B.R4 14 Kt.Kt6 15 0·0

Q.R4 B.Q2

Q.Kt3 P.QR3

Q.B2

KtPxB Q.Q1

B.Kt2 QR.Kt1

0.0

Allowing White to dedde the game in shon order.

16 Kt-Q4! K.R1 17 R.R31 B·K1 18 Kt.B5 KtxP

T"" simple pleasures of the 000'· 19 R.RS - P.RS 20 RxPch! R. .. lana

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Game C

Ora-ln.Balley (Philadelphia, 1933)

6 • • • • Q,R4 7 B·Kt5 B.Q2 8 Kt-KtS Q.Kt3

A grievous loss of a tempo-all the way back was better. But then why play out the Q to stan with?!

9 BxKKt KtPxB 10 Kt.Q5 Q.Q1 11 Q.R5 Kt·K4

• • • P·K3 was essential.

12 Kt.Q4 13 Kt.K6!

The Queen is lost.

P.QR3 Resigns

Miniature Games By Arnold S. Denker

Played In Seml.Flnals

Correspondence Cheas League of America

September, 1915

DUTCH DEFENSE

Mr. Edgar White

1 P.Q4 2 P.K4 S Kt·QB3 4 B·KKt5 5 BxKt 6 KtxP

Very risky. was preferable_

P.KB4 PxP

Kt.KBS P.KS QxB

Q.KtS

Q-Ql

7 B.QS QxKtP 8 Q.R5ch P.KtS

If 8 . . . K.Ql; 9 Kt· Kt5. QxR (9 .•. P·Kt3; 10 BxP. PxB; 11 QxR, K·K2; 12 Q-R7ch. K· B3; 13 KKt·B3!); 10 Kt·B1ch K·K2; 11 KtxR. QXKtch; 12 K· Q2, QxR; 13 Q-B1ch. K·Q3; 14 QxBch, and mates next move.

Or if 8 .. . K·K2; 9 Q-R4ch, K·Kl (if 9 ... P.Kt4; 10 KexP, QxR; 11 KtxPch, K· q3; 12 Q-B4ch, K·K2 (12 ... K·B3 would lose the Queen by 13 B-K4ch); 13 Q-Kt5ch, . K·Q3; 14 Q.QB5 mate); 10 Kt·Kt3

Mr. Lott Black

(threatening B·K4). Q-B3; 11 BxP! and wins at least an ex· cha~,ge.

9 Q.K!51 10 QxR 11 K·Q2 12 Kt-B6ch

QxR QxKtch

QxR K·K2

12 ... K·B2 would lead to a position simi· lar to the aCtual game.

1S Kt·Q5ch PxKt

If 13_. _K·Kl; 14 Qxp. PxKt; 15 BxPch. K.Ql! 16 Q·R4ch and mate m two.

14 QxPch 15 QxKtPch 16 Q.KtSch 17 B.Kt6ch 18 Q·BS! I 19 P.BSII

K·Q3 K·K2 K·B2

K.Kt1 B.KtSch ROIlgns

19 ... QxKtPch is in· sufficient because of 20 K.Ql, Q-R8ch; 21 K· 'p, Q-Kt7ch; 22 K·B3, Qx:BPch; 23 K·Kt2!

231

Played In a Simultaneous Exhibition

Septembor, 19S4

DUTCH DEFENSE

A. S. Denker White

1 P.Q4 2 P.K4 3 Kt.QB3 4 P.B3 5 KtxP 6 B.Q3

P·KB4 PxP

Kt.KB3 PxP

P.K3 B-Kt5

A weak move. The Black Bishop is very imponanl as a defen· sive weapon in this opening and should be played to K2. 7 0.0 BxKt 8 PxB P.QKtS

Black has no time for a lianchetlo. Beuer, but insufficienl, would have been 8 ... 0·0; 9 Kt·K5, P·Q3 j 10 Kt· Kt4, KtxKt; 11 RxRch, QxR; 12 QxKI and White should win.

B. Robbins Black

9 B·KKt5 10 Kt.K5 11 Kt.Kt4 12 KtxKtch 13 BxPch!

B.Kt2 0·0

P.Q3 PxKt

K.Kt2

If 13 ... KxB: 14 Q-R5ch, K-Ktl (14 ... K·KI2; 1 ~ Q-R6c:h, K·B2; 16 RxPch wins); 15 Q-Kt6ch, K·RI: 16 RxP and wins. 14 Q.R5 PxB 15 Q·KtSch K·R1 16 B.Ktsl! Rellgnl

If 16 ... RxRch; 17 RxR, QxB: 18 Q.R6c:h, Q-R2; 19 R·B8 mate. However, 16 ... B·K5! seems to hold out for a good while. Then would follow 11 QxB, RxB; 18 QxR elc.

Played at Riga, 1916

FRENCH DEFENSE

A. N Imzowltsch White

1 P.K4 2 P.Q4 S Kt.QB3 4 PxP 5 Kt-83 6 KtxKt

P.K3 P.Q4

Kt.KB3 KtxP

p.QB4 QxKt

Avoiding an isolated pawn but leaving him· self open 10 atu.ck. 7 B-K3 .....

The lirst tempo gained. White threat· ens 10 win a pawn by PxP.

7 ..... 8 KtxP

PxP P.QR3

Black loses anotber tempo! Whitt's threat was Kt·Kt5.

9 B.K2 QxKtP

This is playing with me. He cannot afford to waste 50 much time.

S. Alapln Black

10 B.B3 11 Q.Q2 12 0·0·011

Q.Kt3 P.K4 •••••

White is so far ahead in development that a piece more or less does not count.

12 ..... 13 BxQP 14 B-B61 15 KR.K1ch

PxKt Kt.B3

QxB B.K2

If 15 ... B-K3; 16 Q-Q7 mate.

16 BxKtch K.B1

If Black plays 16 ... B·Q2: 17 QxBch, K·Bl; 18 Q.Q8cn and mate in three.

17 Q.Q8eh BxQ 18 R·K8 Mate

A Gallery of Grandmasters B, BAJlNIE F . WINKELMAN

Dr. Emanuel l asker

Pan III .

The tcnure of a champion is at beSt preca­rious, and the new century was to mark the long bue futil e batt1~ of the ric1~.holder ag:\inst rhe world . Lasker 's singular mastery o f the ga ... ne and his unequalled combative powers were indeed faaors. But his temper, which was like fl int, and his temperament, which was unyield ing; and, more particularl}" T ime and War and Death, conspired to maintain him upon his thron~ for twenty.six years.

To his contemporaries he became the symbol of invincibility. Yet the head that wore a crown rested uneasily. The list of those who loomed up to challenge his supremacy carnes its o wn messag~. Charousck and Pillsbury, Tarrasch and Maroczy, Janowski and Marshall, Rubins t~in and Schlechter Each a g reat artist worthy o f th~ highest honors. But until :\ lare April day in Havana in 1921, no o ne had been able to oooio more than ao occasiona l isolated g ame from him.

As early as 1899, when the London Tourney took place in the spacious but depressing Sf. Stephen's Hall at W'estminster, casual observers noted a distinct change in the demeanor o f th !;! champion. Confident, care.free youth that played with easy grace had been superseded by languid, weary, restless mamriry. Lasker JUSt manag~d to draw his firsr two g ames, :and though he soon struck his stride, and finally lead the field. closely fo llowed by Pillsbury, Maroczy and Janowski, it was ev id~nt that the world tide weighed heavily upon him.

As at London, thereafter he seemed able to rise to great heights and batter down all oppo. sition, formidable as it might appear, by "his coldly classical and precise style. His simul. taneous and sing le games in his many extended tours, maintained the same high level. On the Conti nent he is reported to have won ninety. five percent of his exhibition games, and in Eng land and Scotland his losses were less than four percent. During one season he played at some fifty clubs, and at twenty.eight of these he did not lose a .single game.

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An early challenge for the tide came from David Janowski. The young Polish master had fo llowed his fine London performances by dc. feating Marsha!! in a short match. Never un· du ly modest, he pressed his claims vigorously. But the cerms desired by the principals wete widely divergenc, and the defy merely lingered for a decade, umil 1909 and 1910, when in three matches the challenger was able to win a g rand tocal of three games against seventeen for Lasker.

The G!rman master had completed his studies at Erlangen in 1900. His mathematical dissertation gained the highest praise and was published by the University. He became the principal contributo r to the Deutsche Schach. zeirung, and thereafter his pen was never idle. He published books upon chess, mathematics and philosophy, and conducted several chess columns with marked proficiency. His weekly column in rhe Evening POSt, ser a high stan· dard of annotation and waS closely studies! by all experts.

Fo r several years the shadow of Pillsbury's performances lay athwart his own. True he had bested the young American in their tour. nrunem seth'ings, and had held his own in their personal encoumers. But the arresting charac. ter of Pillsbury'S blindfold seances, and the prevalent belief that his chess strength was g rowing, fo reshadowed a match between the two men at no late date. Pillsbury was con· fident and eager. In his parleys with Show. alter he brushed aside an technicalities in. volved concerning the American championship with the brusque remark, " I. am interested in only one tide. "

But the stars fought against Pillsbury, and the fl eeting march of the years witnessed no comest between these two great figures of the chess world. The m .healrh of the challenger, and finally his early death:u Frankford in 1904, removed the one man, who in the opinion of many experts, could have given lasker a real fight. The latter had recosnized the lull merit of his younger rival. He was spurred to bli nd. fold performances and creditably played five and six games simuhaneously in this manner. But he also wrote, on hearin~ of one of Pills.

DECEMBER, 1934

bury's most ambitious blindfold seances, "1 hope that he will not ovenax his brain."

Death took away another great player when RudQlph Gharousek died on April 19, 1900. Brief indeed had been his career, but in his performances many saw the ear.marks of a champion.

Two notable contenders were given full op. ponunity to match their skin against the titfe. holder, and were decisively defeated. To Jan. owski, the first of these, we have already reo ferred, and the score of theif third match speaks for itself-Lasker won 8, drew 3, and lost O.

Marshall's first at Cambridge Springs and his striking successes in Europe smgled him our in 1907 as a worthy rival. The score of his title much, in which he lost 8, won 0, and drew 7, though hardly revealing Marshall's real powers, showed the wide superiority of Lasker. In both cases respect for the champion was heightened until it approached veritable awe. Many a connoisseur declared learnedly that Lasker knew more about chess than any living person, and too much in face for the ensemble of living masters.

The feud that raged between Lasker and Tarrasch is less edifying, and racked the chess world for twenty.live years. The German phy. sician was justiliably proud of his own chess at. tainments. To an unrivalled tourney record, he added keen powers of analysis, and wielded a trenchant pen. His admirers included many of the leading experts on the Continent, who in fact: questioned the validity of Lasker's title as Champion.

The rivalry between the twO men, each amply endowed with what was currently labeled 4mour propre, deepened into a bitter personal dislike. For a long time it seemed impossible to bring them tOgether over the board. Finally in 1908 the Town Council of Prague invited the masters to play their match, and it set aside one thousand marks as a prize fund for the winner. The contest was finally arranged, A cartoon in the "Chess World" showing the tWO experts in fighting togs, and entitled "Some Further Fencing Belore the Boxing Starts", indicated that the patience of the chess public was sorely strained.

On the eve of the match both experts issued statements that for sheer bluntness would do credit to two wrestlers. "Frankly," wrote Lasker, in an unflattering personal appraisal of his opponent, "there is no love lost between us . . . . . "

The match began on August 17, 1908, at Dusseldorf and ended in the defeat of Dr. Tarra.~ch . Lasker won 8, lost 3, drew 5. The

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better opinion was that the Doctor of Nurem. berg haa not done his great talents justice, but that he had given Lasker rhe best fight that anyone in the world could haveJ'ut forth. "It is the superiority of the traine , enterprising and determined man of action over the tOO scienti6.c and circumspect theorist", wrote one commentator. Another stressed Lasker's greater "will.to.win". Actually the real {am are thar neither side played championship chess in this match, but that Lasker won more games than Tarrasch.

The result did not calm the controversy that raged over the respective merits 01 the twO men. On the contrary Tarrasch's admirers waxed more bold, and it was only alter eight years that all doubts of the respective powers of the twO men were laid to rest. The score of the match in 1916, when Tarrasch scored only a single draw against 5 wins for his adversary, indicated that the war and the years had taken a heavy toll from Tarrasch, while Lasker's game had suffered but litde.

Less turbulent but of deer. significance were the claims of Maroczy, Seh «hter and Rubin_ stein. Early in the century Maroczy had scored several brilliant victOries in major tournaments. Thefe was much talk of a title.bout when he arrived in America in 1906, and finally the arrangements seemed complete. But actually nothing materialized. Thereafter it was Mar_ oczy, the engineer, and not Lasker who put an end to the aspirations of Maroczy, the chessist, though no doubt as to the respective merits of the two men can exist.

Writing in Prague in 1908 after the showing of Schlechter, Vidmar and Rubinstein in the tourney of that year, Lasker said:

"Schlechter I. 34; Rubinstein III 25, Ths latter Impre.ses by the profundity of hili style which awaken. hopeful expectations of a brilliant future, And certainly Schlechter hall made, a marvelloull .record In the last three years,"

Schlechter did indeed rise to the greatest heights. His record entitled him to an oppor. tunity to contest with the title.holder. But few would have ventured to .rredict the actual outcome of that match. As It was Lasker es· caped loss by the proverbiaJ hair. His reputa­tion won a negative glory, and for the first time it became apparent that he too was mortally vulnerable.

That a match with Rubinstein never took place is not merely a tragic incident in the career of the great Polish expert, but a regret. table loss W chess. After four successive vic. tories in major. European tournaments in 1912,

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Rubinstein was the logical comender for world honors. In that year he easily merited com· parison with Lasker. There was much talk of a COntest, but it never materialized. Be it fur_ ther noted chat there was projected an en· counter between Rubinstein and the rising Capablanca, and that to the ,infinite poveny of the chess world, nothing came of either of these plans. When all seemed ripe for their fruition the War intervened, left Rubinstein but a shadow of his former self, and removed from the path of Lasker an artist whose tech. nique was fully (he equal of his own.

Early in t904 Dr. Lasker had embarked upon an ambitious venture in chess journalism. Assisted by such able enthusiasts as Halpern, Loyd, Barry, Marshall, Napier, Reichfielm, Shinkman, and Teed, he published "Lasker's Chess Magazine". a breezy Journal full of anec· dOtes, games carefully annotated, fine endings, and not least, his own "Course of Instruction" .

The February issue of that magazine (1905) contained an interesting and prophetic item.

"A young and promielng player has be-on found by Mr. A. Ettlinger of the Manhat. tan Chen Club, In the perlon of Jose Raoul Capablanca of Cuba. Master Capablanca Is now 16 yearl of age, and II a pupil at the Woodycllff School of South Orange, N. J.

Youthful precocIty II alcrlbed to the young player which antedates that of any other exponent of chell known to history. It Is related that at the age of 4V2, ..••

The princIpal of the Woodycllff School has advlled the youthful player to forego chell until hi' studies are concluded .•• "

Yet apart from this casual mention, Lasker's reaction to the rising challenge of Caf?Rblanca forms the least creditable chapter in hiS entire career. Suffice it to say (hat negotiations for a title contest began shortly after the Cuban's victory over Marshall in 1909, and continued for over ten years. The champion's clutch upon his crown stiffened perceptibly as the full measure of the challenge grew upon him. Per. haps it is proper to intezret Lasker's later reo nunciation of his tide to pablanca as his own belated realization that his conduct toward his greatest rival had been marked by harshness. Possibly he also sensed his over.emphasis upon the vested rights of an office, that in a world of talents so easily apportioned, must ever be held by the slimmest of margins, and, not least, by a fortunate concatenation of events.

His re.entry into international competition at Maerich.Oestrau, and his showing at New York in 1924, and at Moscow in 1925, as well as his latest games at Zurich, -indicate dearly that time may 'have blunted the sharpness of

THE CHESS REVIEW

his play, but that the zest for a hard, grim battle still remains.

In retrospect his career exhibits the magni. ficences of time and space. As we mark the swift transition of the eager youth, glimpse the bearded profile of middle· age, and in a swift turn of the glass, note the visage of age, we sense that An is indeed long, and Time but fleeting. As we follow the journeyings of the grandmaster over half the globe, we wonder at the miracle of the game that makes the whole world his habitat, and unlocks the hearts of men of every clime.

The reign of Lasker encompasses the lives of many of the devotees of chess. Each year is crowded with glorious games that will en· dure, and each chapter is memoried with faces that have gone. Tbe game itself and its long ruling genius binds together ,the tangled threads of many who fought in the ranks.

The record of Lasker is not free from error. Were he given the privilege that Franklin craved-()f retracting his moves-many mis. takes of judgment and many sheer oversights would be wiped clean. But both on and off rhe board:

"The moving finger writes, And having writ, moves on . "

Viewed in the large his story fills the chess world with justifiable pride. Happilv this is an encomium and not a eulogy. There may still be surprises in store for those who feel that his days of creative achievement are done. But as it stands it needs no further contribution to entitle him to a niche in Caissa's Hall of Fame that houses but a handful of immortals.

(Continued from Page 229)

It was agreed that the club's program be con· tinued as during former years-with handicap tourneys; rapid transit play; dub championship; simultaneous exhibitions and chess lectures.

The next big attraction will narurally be the Toronto City Championship (Individual). Play will probably statt in January and it is intim. ated that S. E. Gale will be in the thick of it. He hopes to relieve Belson from the anguished strain of holding a heavy cup for the past three years--especially now that Belson is obliged to hold another weighty tcol?hy in 'tother arm! Belson's ~ets are still jmgling with prize money funds, and it is quite likely he'll need to have another pocket made for future neces­sities! (O! Mr. Kadish!. Whu a picture it would make-is there any ink in your fountain pen?)

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Selected Games Linz Tourney

September, 1934

QUEEN'S GAMBIT DECLINED

A. Becker Whi te

1 P-Q4 2 P_QB4 3 Kt-KB3 4 Kt.SS 5 B.Kt5 6 P.QR3 7 B.R4 8 P.K4 9 B.Kt3

10 P_KR4 11 Kt-K5 12 BxKt 13 B.K2 14 Q.Q2 15 R.Q1 16 0-0 17 Kt_R4 18 Q-B4 19 Kt-B5 2Q PxP 21 PxP

P.Q4 P.QB3 Kt.SS P.K3

QKt.Q2 P. KR3

PxP P.KKt4

P.Kt4 P.KKt5 KtxKt

R.KKtl P_KR4

B_QKt2 P_R4

P.Kt5 KtxP Kt.Q3

B.B1 R.Kt3

RxP

Theo. de Jong Black

22 R_R1 23 RxR 24 BxKt 25 QxQ 26 R_RS 27 PxB 28 BxBP 29 R-R7ch SO R.KR7 31 RxP 32 R.RBeh 33 P. KKt3 34 P_R5 35 P.R6 36 P.Kt4 37 R.QKt8 38 P.Kt5 39 B.QS 40 P.B6 41 BxB 42 P_B7

RxR P. B3 Oxe exQ

BxKt K.Q2 P.B4 K.Ql B_Q2

R.Kt2 K.K2 P_K4 K-B3 R_K2

K-Kt3 KxP PxP

K_Kt2 B_K3 Rxe

Resig ns

First Game of Match

October, 1934

QUEEN'S INDIAN DEFENSE

G. Stahlberg White

1 P_Q4 Kt.KB3 2 Kt-KB3 P.K3 3 P-K3 P.QKtS 4 B_QS B-Kt2 5 QKt-Q2 P.B4 6 0-0 Kt.BS 7 P.BS Q_B2 8 R-K1 B_K2 9 P.QR3 P.Q3

10 P.K4 R_Q1 11 Q.K2 P_K4 12 P.Q5 Kt_QKt1 13 Kt.B1 0-0 14 Kt.Kt3 B_B1 15 B.Kt5 Kt-K1 16 BxB QxB

E. Andersen Black

17 P_QR4 18 P_R5 19 PxP 20 R.R8 21 P.R3 22 QxB 23 KR. R1 24 Q.K3 25 QR.R7 26 Q.R6 27 Kt.BS 28 KPxP 29 BxP SO P.B6 S1 Q.KtSch

P.KtS Kt_Kt2

PxP B_KtS BxKt

Q_Kt2 P_QKt4

P. KtS Q_Kt3

PxP PxKt P_KS

Kt-Kl KtxP

Resig ns

Recent Match Garno

QUEE N'S GAMBIT ACCEPTED

A. Lilienthal White

1 P.Q4 2 P.QB4 S Kt.KB3 4 P.K3 5 BxP • ().O 7 Q.K2

P.Q4 PxP

Kt.KB3 P.KS P.B4

P.QRS P.QKt4

S. Landau Black

8 B.QS 9 P_QR4

10 8 .82 11 P.K4 12 B.Kt5 1S R.Ql 14 BxKt

QKt.Q2 P.B5

B.Kt2 B.K2

QR.B1 P.R3 exe

15 PxP 16 Kt-RS 17 P-QKtS 18 BxP 19 P_K5 20 P-Q5 21 BxP 22 Kt_Q4 23 Kt.BS 24 Q.Kt4 2S BxPeh

TH E CHESS R EV IEW

PxP Q.Kt3

PxP B_RS B_K2 Px P

Kt_B4 0-0

KR.K 1 B.B1 Kx e

26 R-Q6 BxR 27 QxPch K_K3 28 KtxB Q.Q1 29 KtxR(K1) QxKt SO Q-B6ch K_Q4 31 Q_Q6t: h K. KS 32 R.K1c h K_B4 S3 Q-B6ch K_Kt5 34 P.R3ch . K·R4 35 P. Kt4 Mate

Le n ing rad T ournam ent

Brill ian ey Prize Ga me

September, 19S4

DUTCH DEF ENSE -

H. Kmoch

White

M. Judowitseh

Black 1 P.Q4 2 P_QB4 S P.KKt3 4 B.Kt2 5 B_Q2 6 Kt.QB3 7 Kt-R3 8 0 -0 9 P_Q5

10 P_K84 11 Kt.B2 12 P.KKt4 13 P_KS 14 PxP 15 K·R l 16 R_KKt1 17 PxP 18 Kt-K2 19 B_QBS 20 KtxP!!

P-K3 P_KB4

Kt_KB3 B-Kt5ch

B_K2 0-0

P_QS P_K4

P.KR3 P_K5 Q_K l B_Q1

P.KKt 3 PxP

K.R2 P_B3 PxP

Q_B2 Kt_Kl PxKt

21 BxPeh 22 Q-Q3 23 QxBch 24 Q-B3 25 Kt_Q4 26 R_Kt2 27 QR.KKtl 28 R.Kt7eh 29 RxQch 30 QxP 31 Kt.B5ch 32 Q.B7 33 KtxQPch 34 P_BSch 35 KtxR 36 Q.K5ch 37 P.Kt4 38 Q_Kt3eh 39 Q_B7eh 40 QxKt

B.B4 BxBeh

Q_B4 Kt-B3 Q.Q2

Kt-R3 Kt_B4 OxR KxR B_K2 K_B2

Kt-Ktl K.KS RxP

KxKt K_Kt3

B_B3 K_B2

K_KtS Resigns

Correspondence Game

RUY LOPEZ

Dr. I. Balogh

(Rumania) . W hite

1 P_K4 2 Kt.KBS S B.KtS 4 B_R4 5 0·0 6 P_Q4 7 B.Kt3 8 Px P 9 P_BS

10 QKt-Q2 11 B_B2 12 Kt_Kt3 13 R_Kl 14 B_QS 15 KKt-Q4 16 P_BS 17 KtxKt 18 P.KB4 19 B.KS 20 B.Kt5

P.K4 Kt_QBS P.QR3

Kt_KBS KtxP

P_QKt4 P.Q4 B.K3 B.K2

0_0 P.B4 Q_Q2

P.QR4 Kt.Ql P.KtS Kt.B4' BxKt B.R2 P.B4

Q.KB2

Dr. Ramon Rey.Ardld

( Spain ) Black

21 KtxB 22 P.B4 23 B.B2 24 Q.B3 25 B·Q7 26 Q.B6 27 P.K6 28 Q.Kt7 29 P.K7 SO RxKt 31 R.Kl 32 P. KKtS 33 RxP 34 RxB 35 K.Kt2 36 BxP S7 Q.B6 S8 QxBP 39 BxP

QxKt p .QS

Q.KR3 Kt.KS

K_R1 KtxP

R.KKt1 P_Q6

Kt.K7ch PxR

B.Kt1 B.QS

BxKP Q.B8ch QxKtP

P.RS Q.Q7 P.R6

ROlIigns

D E CEMBER, 1934

End Game Studies By BARNIE F. WINKELMAN

HENRI RINCK We have spoken of the "richness" of many of

Rinck's compositions. This quality will appeal most strongly to the expen; the amateur may be con­fused by the multiplici ty of the var iations.

Even more striking is the originality of many of his themes. The point of the following position lies in the inability of queen and knight alone to effect mate in the middle of the board. Therefore [he moves must be so timed that the black Queen occupies the single square that would offer escape to the King.

Black

,

White White to Play and W in.

1 Q_B7ch Q·B4 2 Q.B4ch Q.KS 3 Q-QB7ch K.B4 4 Q. KB7ch K.KtS 5 Q·Kt7ch K.B4 6 Kt.Q4ch and w ins.

The solution which seems simple enough, is ac[u· ally very difficult , and there are numerous tempting by.paths that lead nowhere.

In the next slI.ldy we have a bri lliant and unex­peCted denouement. The splendid cooperation of Queen and Knight is beSt exempli fied in the endings of Rinck.

Black

White White to Play and Win.

1 Kt-Kt2 2 P.R8(Q) 3 Q.R2ch 4 Q.R3ch 5 Q.B5ch 6' Q.Q5 mate.

K.Q7 (best) P.BS(Q)

K.B6 K.Q5 K.K5

French Championship . September, 1934

QUEEN'S INDIAN DEFENSE

231

M. Raizman W hite

A. Glbaud

1 P.Q4 2 Kt.KB3 3 P.QB4 4 P.KKt3 S B.Kt2 6 Kt-B3 7 0·0 8 R·K1 9 P·K4

10 P.Kt3 11 B.Kt2 12 PxP 13 Kt.Q5 14 Q_Q2 15 R.K2 16 Kt. R4 17 R.Q1 18 QxKt 19 P.B3 20 Q.Q2 21 Q.B2 22 PxP 23 BxP 24 RxQ

Kt.KB3 P.QKt3

P.K3 B.Kt2 B·K2 P·Q3

QKt·Q2 0-0

P.K4 R. K1 B.B1 PxP

B.Q3 P.QR4 Kt.B4

B.QB1 KtxKt B.Kt5 B.K3 P.R5 PxP

P.QKt4 SxS

KRxR

Black 25 B.B1 Kt.Q6

Kt.Kt5 R.RS B.B3

R(Q1).Q8

26 Kt.B5 27 Q.B1 28 Q.Kt5 29 Q.B4 30 QxP 31 K.Kt2 32 PxP 33 Q-Kt6 34 Q-K3 35 KxR 36 K.B2 37 KtxKt 38 P-Kt6 39 P.B4 40 P·K5 41 P.Kt4 42 KtxP 43 Kt.R6ch 44 R.Q2 45 R.Q7 46 K.Kt2 47 RxP

Resigns

RxBch P. R4

Kt.Q6 P.Kt3

Kt. K8ch Kt-B7ch

KtxQ SxP

R·R3 RxP

B·K2 PxP B·Q8

K·Kt2 B.R4

B.R5ch KxKt B.Kt5

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conducting a chess broadcast every Sunday afternoon al 1:45 P. M. EUlern Standard Time over Station W. H. N. in New York City. Every Other week I assist with a /ive minute talk on subjects of pankular imllest 10 problem friends.

Some of you who listened 10 my chats have wriuen some lovely letters to me. I am glad I made a hit and, like any other human being, I appreciate and enjoy your generous approval, but let me impress in. delibly on your minds the super·jmportant fact, that your praise and applause, unless you direa their manifestations to the men in control of the Broad· casting Station, does not help the cause of chess a particle. The gentlemen that allot time for educa· tionai programs are not mind readers. If you neg· lea to teU THEM, not once, in a burst of enthusiasm, but frequently, that you value the broadcasts and de­sire them continued, there is no reason to expect their cooperation. Therefore, much as I prize your kind words, do nOt inform ME but the Program Director of W. H. N. of your reactions to our offerings.

I under513nd quite clearly that it is bothersome to sit down and write letters, but remember that you get norhing for nothing in this world. Sacrifice a lillie time and comforl once or twice a month and speak your mind, honestly, to the men in whose hands the fate of our "Chess Chaner" reposes. Do not allow, so far as 1011 are concerned, Ihat these broadcasts are lost to the chess lovers by a display of indifference. And-as you write, tell the truth. If your comments are numerous, sincere and gtilleful, who knows, we may be granted more tim~.

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W. Vanwinkle

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Bubble. and Trouble. of Problemland

I. MAINLY ABOUT PROBLEM JUDGES Problemland offers numerous intriguing topics that

are apt to raise the composer's blood pressure, but few gossip themes are as inexhaustible and as argu, ment·laden as the discussion of (OUrnamentS, the fate of our contest entries and the caliber of the men chosen (0 render the awards.

When a novice submits his fim problem to a tour· ney his soul is charged with twO dominating semi· menu. Prior to the award: A fond expectation that his own entry is going to triumphantly emerge as the Firsl or at least Second Prize Winner. Upon learn­ing that his work failed to qualify: A feeling of out· raged indignation, fortified with a measure of bitter scorn, that comes!5 are being conducred among civ· ilized folks under the guidance of so manifestly in. capable and basely biased judges.

However, as the young composer and his work mature, these sentiments gradually undergo a percep­tible change. No longer is the composer so un· shabbly cenain of the merit of his problems. He begins to realize, as he examines the prize winners, that he has a lot to learn. At the same time his

. preconceived opinion of the judges" unfitness is as­sailed by secret doubts. In short, after a series of failures it dawns on him that the reason therefor may probably be found in himself rather than the tournament arbiters; and so he discards the onerous ballast of his prejudices and substitutes in its place an ever increasing cargo of introspection, sense of proportion and logic.

From thaI moment on Ihe young composer be­comes a real and bona fide comender in competitions.

I do nOt depict this evolution with any intention to embarass or ridicule our youngSters. Far from it. Fondness of one's own children, be they offsprings of the flesh or brain, is an intensely human trait and, hence, thoroughly comprehensible. Therefore the pangs of di»ppointment, when the castle of our hopes crumbles before our eyes, are likewise undemandable.

TIle question now arises-are our tourney judges JUSt and fair? Are they qualified?

My personal experience with them, during practi. cally a life time, has been that, wilh the rarest of exceptions, Ihey are a fine, decem, fainninded, hon· est and capable lot. Even where an occasional deci· sion appears warped or biased, investigation uni· formly establishes honesty and sincerity if not super· ior acumen. In faer 1 have found but one source of paniality in my examinations of scores of award", to Wil, the inclination of a few judges to favor their

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own countrymen from sentimefltS of a so-called pauiotic nature. Even these instances are so sporadic that they scarcely need be mentioned. So taking it all in all, I do not hesitate a moment to gladly de­dare that, in my opinion which is based on long years of experience, our problem adjudicators, the world over, are indeed a superior Set of upright and trustworthy adepts.

I have been singularly fortunate in the rather lim· ited number of tourneys to which I contributed, it is true, and may be optimistic in my appraisal of judges for that rC3son. But on the other hand I have acted as tournament arbiter often enough to be thoroughly familiar with the enormous difficuhies that beset all judges. The immense work piled on the shoulders of a tourney judge, the tremendous responsibility with which he is burdened, are suffi· cient in themselves to free him from any possible inclination to be panial. And so I repeat, it is my convietion that we have every right to be proud of chess tournament judges, to eulogize and, beyond all, to respect them.

However, JUSt because of my high regard for them and just because I have absolutely no personal rea· sons to act the role of a disappointed sorehead, I wish to bare a case that shows rather plainly how even the most eminent expert of problem lore may "fall down' once in a while under the inAuence of a glamorous but mistaken impression.

The case in qucsrion illustrates how in one in· stance I was the victim of a wry decision. Since it all happened a good many YC3rs ago and in a foreign COUfltry, I believe I may publish the incident without hutting anyone's feelings.

I had entered a 4M Selfmate with an unusual bi. tur(lltion idea, a problem of more than average diffi· culty, in a tournament in a European country. The judge was an eminent expert from another European land, a man of recognized probity as well as pro­ficiency, with a deserved reputation second to none. It so happened that, owing 10 a queer and 10 me even today incomprehensible arrangement, Selfmates were classed, in this lOurney, with the fairy prob­lems. At that particular time, the Helpmate was in rapid ascendancy and the bewitching charm of that type of fairies held all of us under a spell. A cute and clever little helpmate, but unpretentious as a problem and of lightweight proportions, caughl the ;ud$e's fancy and he awarded First Honors 10 iI, se­IcclLng my Selfmale for the Second Prize.

I accepted the verdict without a mUrmur, the more readily 50, since I drew three honors with but four emries. It never entered my mind 10 protest, even though I felt poignantly that the lillie Helpmate, splendid Ihough il was, could not be classed with a so much bigger work as my own entry.

When the aw:trd was reprinted all over Europe and in America I received dozens of letlers from friends and strangers, deploring and condemning the judges' decision. While even then I entertained no thoughl of complaining, I could not withstand Ihe temptation 10 lind OUI what other composers in the U. S. A. thoughl of the mauer. I therefore selected ~O of the better known American and Canadian prob­Jemi$l$ and mailed to them both the Helpmate and my 5elfmale, without author's name or any remarks, asking the question; "Which one of Ihe two problems is in your opinion the better one?"

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Twenty.eight of the thirty replied. Of these 28 no less than 26 picked the 5elfmate, many decl:!.ring that the IWO problems wele not even in the same class. One man hedged by stating Ihe types of the problems permitted no comparison. One said neither one was any good, because he did nOt " believe" in either selfmates or fairies.

So, there you are.

But, as I stated above, this mishap to one of my "petS", a problem of which I am rather proud 10 this very day. did not cloud my judgment. In faCl, I can well understand the aberration, be(ause I had to check my own tendency 10 overrate the alluring queen of the day, the fascinating Helpmate.

With of this experience, which might have' me finding fault with lourney judges, my expression of the great admiration I have for tourney judges ought to gain weight.

What is the reason for the lofty place .the tourney judge has won for himself in Problemland?

Well, that is not so hard to figure out.

The non-existence of-"Graft ...

Man will invariably Strive to keep every ideal holy and dean, until "Satan Greed" enters the premises. There is no money in chess. Maya benign fate de­cree that there never will be. For as soon as chess can be commercialized, as soon as it will yield a revenue, il will promptly go to the devil. Therefore let us watch over chess jealously, assiduously. and untiringly and keep out the clan of the ··Palm· greasios", who, like the harpies of old Hellas, grab everything they can swallow and soil the rest.

So long as chess will remain a pure science. and the problem branch a lovely att, that long we shall have nOt only a steadily gtowing army of recruits but also a coterie of fine and noble men at the head of the craft from which we will be able to always se­lect judges of the impe<cable character and the out­standing ability that our present day judges display.

SOLUTIONS No. 199, Or. H. M. Berliner (2M) 8f2.

'''J ""iter ... ilh re.trictive Key._Or. Dobb$. Kev move .houl not rob Bla,k of !light squlf.,._ Rolhenberg. } don't tike a Key IhO! gu.rd. Ihe only' Bighl.-Emery. TOQ bad the Hight had 10 be I.ken.-V.,I. A good "Fillt"·._V.n· ... inkle. V." good for a fim .tlem~. We wuld do "'ith .ome mOre (rom Ihi. compo",r.-Hannan. Ex,dlent fot a fint 'lIem~, ... ith an abund.n.;e of Ilie •• -Tan~m.n. A J«>Od altem~.-Korsg .. rd. We,k Key, «mJin,ng Ki .... Fl.owcver. a good Jim alltm~._Patz. Nor so gOod; lIIe Key i. vlly poor. Also, thlle an du.ls.-Ratke.

NO. 200. George Parto, (2M) QxP.

The sixfold Q SI('fi~.;e ;s lI;cdr acromplilhe.:1, bUI ther~ il a concu,,,,nt dUll Ifler QxQ.-Or. Dobbs. SIr. ", Whi~ Qu«n: Although I c.n be clpeu",d by ,ix, Back II .till in a h .•. of a Ii •. - Rothenberg. A.tonishing vari~ty in defen$C. Ten difforent mates. Several tries are defeated by on ly one dofen",.- Emery. Six.fold .. "iJi..,. Vety "'ell donc.- Vail. Six '"pNres. Gre.t!- Van .. inktc. Tho trieS 1I1..,t with .ubtle dofcnSC"l.-Burke. A p",tty .. "ilico. Btack has lix way. 10 "rlke the lldy" .-Hannln. Commendable mutti ... "ili.., but con,truction i. in"Cllrllc._Tangemln. Very ni..,.- Korsgurd. In Ihi, Ind Ihe II!"XI problom his «Iy.1 mailSt! .. "ili«. hi, <onson to "hie-ve IU= •. -Pat~. A detightfu tuk. although I hive $C(fl a piKe .. "ili.;ed "'ven waYI.- Ratke.

(Conti",ud on Page 241)

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FAIRYLAND Today the fairy fans will meet Ih~ you.ng com­

posers that were won over to fa iry chess by the C. R. pioot'er work. We also become bcHer acquainted wi lh a lovely typt' of problem, Ihe Maximumer, oc as i, is called Ialely, rhe Maximalcr.

No. 9 by Ihe young (ompwer Mannis Charom, is a PromOlet. Every nun ill tile' diagram, exCc:pl the Kings, is promOted 10 the next higher rank afte r the completion 01 a move; rhus S=B and B= R, elC. Place the new pie<es on I~ board at once to for~ Slall confusion.

Nru. 10 and ll , by the Cleveland expem Erwin Klish &nd John O. Hoy. IIrc Maximal!':rs. In these problems Whitl': moves as usual, bul Black mus t a/waYJ answer wilh the GEOMETRtCALL Y LONG­EST move at 'his command, even when parrying a check. For explanation of what constitutes the geom­etrically longest move, see -below. In N o. II (Hoy) there is also a new piece, the g rasshopper. For the benefi t of those who did not see my previous explana· tion I shall describe the grasshopper move once more. It moves like l Queen but completes the move with a jump over one imervenin,r; man, either white or black. It StOPS immediate ly after the jump behind the jumped m~n . It removes the man ( of opposi te color) whose place it takes, JUS! like any other chels man does, but the man (I V" which it leaps is N OT removed. If there is no jump available the grass­hopper cannot move I[ all. Thus in No. 11 ( a.~ printed, wi thout Key_move ) the G. hu but one move, OVtt Sg7 to hB.

Now whu is tht< Itol>ldricJ', i01lgtSl move? Measure wirh a ruler rhe Jill4JfU from Iht U nIt t oj tt l 10 tin rm/n- of bI, which is a " Iaterar ' measure and called a Jqllttrt Nnit. Then meuure t~ J illttnu from 1M rmur 0/ ttl to lin UllIn- qf h2. You find that this "diagonal" diStance i$ longer. TIlerefore the diagonal moves of the l imit number of squires are a1WllJl longer than the I. tenb. To nve you the uOI.I hlc of me:uuring the d isulnce lor every move I publish a chart I prepared which tells yOIl accuratel)' the exact "rotation" of I II possible distances in squar., units. Copy it into yOIl! lai ry nOte book for future reference.

MAXlMUMER TABLE OF UNITS Lateral Diagonal Total

" ok Squar~ Squares In Units 1 1 1 2 1 1.4 1 3 2 2 4 2 2 . 8 ~ , 3 , 6 4 4 7 , 4.2 ~ , , , 9 4 ~.6~

10 6 6 11 7 7 12 , 7.05 13 8 8 14 6 8.»

" 7 9.90 16 • ll.} l

Bear io mind al,o that SOfllet imes th~e may be tWO m~ of &cecisely the iden tical length possible. 10 such cases Jack has t~ opcioo of making ei ther

•

THE CH ESS R n VIEW

F 9. (O r;gitfttl)

MANNIS CHAROS H Brooklyn, N, Y';"'",!~

Promotion mlle in 2 moves

F 10 ( Original) ERWIN K RISCH

Cleveland, O.

~

Maximumer m

'11 ( O, iginer!) JOHN O. HO V Cleveland, O.

Maximwner Seltmate /0 6 moves (C,ttSJhoppn- 011 5-2 )

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move. This is important for twO reasons. First it allows variation play. Second, it compels the com· po5er 10 look sharp when he composes and 10 pro­vide males for every comingency created by optional moves. However, the moves must be ~xauJ, the same. For instance, our chart tells us that move of 7 lateral squares represents 7 units, while a move of only S diagonal squares representS 7.0S units; there· fore when both moves are possible the diagonal one MUST be made, even though the excess distance is only 1/20 of a unit. The moral is: Do not try to solve or compose Maximaters without consulting the chan!

Of course, Maximaters mar be "Double", that is, both sides make only the ongest moves. Those Double Maximumers are terrors to compose. Do not attempt to compose them umil you have full under· standing of thill type of problem.

Let me remind you once again that, according to the ruling of the I. P. S., all fairy problems must, like orthodox problems, begin with "White to play"'. Thus, if you have problems in which Black begins, State it on the problem to avoid misconception.

Again I tell you also that 111"1 problem, in which the White King is to be mated, is a Se/fma/~. If the type is a "'Helpmate" and the White King is to be mated, the problem is NOT a helpmate but a "Help­Selfmate", in which the White King is mated not by forcing the moves, as in the regular selfmate, but by the combined co-operative play of both sides. I bope this removes the uncertainty that several readers expreS5ed in communications to me.

The solutions to Fairy Problems 1-5, by David C. McClelland are:

I. (Yvonne). Black moves nrst. I. cS, Kb6; 2. c4, Kc7; 3. KcS, (3; 4. ds, d4Mate.

II. (Annette). White moves nrst. I. Kb4, cSch. j 2. Kb3, Kc6; 3. c3, bxach; 4. Kc4, dSmate.

III. (Cecile). White moves first, I, b3, c5; 2. Kb2, Kc6; 3. Kc3, h4ch; 4. Kc4, d5mate.

IV, (Marie). White moves first. 1. c4, Kb3; 2. c5, Kc2; 3. Kc4, d6; 4. d4, d5mate,

V. (Emilie), Black moves first. 1. dS, c3; 2. Kc2, Ka3; 3. Kd3, Kb2; 4. Kc4, Kc2 j S. d, d3mate.

A very interesting quimeue, accurate and with a minimum force in each case. - Dr. Dobbs. Congrat· ulations, Mr. McClelland. A beautiful set of help­mates .• Hoy. A bouquet of orchids to McClelland for his quaint offering. _ Malzberg. Five exquisite works .• Tangeman.

Solution. to all fairy (and Chrl,tma,) prob· lema will be credited up to January, 9th, 1935,

Prizes ire NOT .awarded in this competition It this time.

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Kindly keep solutions to fairy problems separate. Do not put them on the regular solution sheets. Solu· tions to fairy problems must give full play. Key moves are noJ sufficient, not even for 2 movers.

Put your names on every sheet.

Do not send problems on diagrams with solutions of othtr problems on the back. I make my errors without such as.sistance!

FAIRY SOLVING LADDER Namt 1 2 , 4 .5 Total

Dr. G. Dobbs ............. 4 4 4 4 , " D,. H. M. Berliner ........ 4 4 4 4 , " P. L. Rothenberg .......... 4 4 4 4 , " M. Leysens ............... 4 4 4 4 , " John O. Hoy .............. 4 4 4 4 , " Earl F. Young ............ 4 4 4 4 , " Norman Malzberg .......... 4 4 4 4 , " }. B. Tangeman ............ 4 4 4 4 , " M. Morris ................ 4 4 4 4 , " Pa.ul Murphy .............. 4 4 4 4 , " George PatiOS ............. 4 4 0 4 0 12

(Conlinlud from Pagt 239) No. 201. W. Vanwinkle (2M) QxP,

The movecmnt. of d7 ore in~'''ling and originai.-Dr. Dobb.. Unex~l.d w.y of doing it.- Eme'1' A nlM' trick,. lightwelght.- V.il. The allist.y in Ih,s p!'oblcm i. strik,ng. II i. a pleasure 10 come across such I p,oblrrn._ Nash. A .ul gem despite the K~y move.-Bu'ke. S«m, bonulh M,. Vanwinkle', Itlndl,d.- Tangeman. Rath., cl td.y.- Korsgurd. A ve,y beautiful pmblem Ind my can· did.te fOf best of the month.-Ratl:e.

No. 202. Frank Vall (2M) 13. Cleve, Key and miles wilh ingenioul blocks Ind interfef.

enc .. by 5.- 0 •. Dobbs. The 5. cirdes .. ound fllhe, fran · tic.l1y.-Rr>thenbe,g. Ni« idea and sound.-Vlnwinkle. Inter."inl p,oblem._ Tlngemln. Not enough by.play._ Korsga... The two sclfblocks .. e nelt.-Rltke.

No. 203. C. Jlmeno, Jr. (2M) Sc2. Ne.t cut·otf Key hilt reWictive.-Dr. Dobb.. CompIle •.

~d.-Rothenbe,g. The rook .nd 5 bloch If. nice. _ Vlil. Nice mlte,.- Vlnwinkle. Onl, f.ir.-Bu.ke. This would be more likeable with the Queen shut olf on the .«ond move.­Tlngeman. An unsusperted Key.-Kongllrd. This is • teaser .nd the most difficult of the 2 move".~a. N. Cheno:y. Ni« R o!c 5 blocks.-Rltke.

No. 204. Dr. G. Dobb. (3M)

I. Qd, KdS; 2'1~'h' etc. I. .. ., KfS: 2. Uch, etc. I. .• . , Bxd7: 2. dlch, etc. I. .. " Bxf7: 2. Ucll, etc. Dr. Dobbs pre~nts I bit of beautiful sm'!!!IettJ.-Rothen·

be'g. No. 20~ is very ,00<1, No. 204 i. still berte,.-Lusen. Echoes aplenty with pretty and pun: mltu._Vail . A mas· terpi«e. This shows the ne plw ultra in co-opcratioo of I minor fot«.-Nuh. A little below the w"d Dobb<s suu· dllld.-VlIIwipkl •• (n?Editor). Beall!if,,1 «ho phy.-Bulke. Does not appe .. u delt rul u Dr. Dobb<s' Pfohlems ' Wu· .11, .re.-Tangeman. Another Dobbs. ,em with • nelt «ho.-Patl:. Beautiful aymmet'1' .nd tcOnomy.-Geo. N. Cheney. The moves of the Whi~ queen after 1M black bishop captu.es Ille mOll pl ... ing. AI fo' 1M model mates. I don't care much for them.-R.tk •• (Mister Ratke!!! Do you meao Ihat?-Ed.)

NO.~. E, McCuthy (3M) I. Kg2, KM: 2. Kfl, eu. I ... " ~4: 2. OH, etc. 1. •• ., K 6: 2. ~Jl~. etc. i. ... , Pany: 2. K8~. eU. Pretty miniature dupite the fO""ltd Key._Dr.

IJght.-Rothenberg. ~ 2Cl4:.-Lusen. King the essence of miniature.aut.-Emery. Fine tions are Npeci.lIy pleasing._Nasb, A .... tJ

(Conti"u,J 0" Pitg, 243)

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Christmas Fun A Sherlock Holmes Short Story Written for

the C. R, by Maxwell Bukofzer.

We had JUSt completed our opulent Christmas Dinner.

Redining comfortably against the padded back of Holmes' huge armchair and stretching my legs lux­uriously I followed with lazy eyes the curly ringletS of smoke that I blew into the air, keenly enjoying a ver;' expensive "Perfecto".

I was at peace with all the world, as indeed one should be on this night of all .nights, when yuletide gladness is chimed from the steeples of all the houses of God. Besides, I had in my pocket II couple of cunning chess problems that I intended to show to my friend and the pleasurable anticipation of these agreeable minutes to come increased my stale of beatitude.

Holmes had JUSt loaded and ignited his old, bat­tered pipe. His head was almost obscured by the dense cloud of tobacco smoke that he issued from mouth and nose.

"My dear WalSon," he suddenly broke the silence, "Is not this ' ;t mOSt auspicious moment for you to let me look at the two-mover and the three-mover that the Duke of Brantingworth gave you laSt night for examination, and that you failed to solve so far?"

I sal bolt upright and stared at Holmes in open-mouthed ama~emem. '

"How in the name of gehenna did you learn that I brougbt some chess problems with me?"'

"Do you realize, my dear Watson, that this is by actual count the seventeenth time that your hand strayed to your breast pocket wbere your caissaicaI treasure is bidden? And that four times, at least, you withdrew those twO slips far enough to allow their identification as chess diagrams?"

"I see," I replied, "yet that does nOt explain how you established the fact that these twO problems are II. 2 mover and a 3 mover respectively."

"Elementary, my dear Watson. In your attempt to discov~r the solutions by playing over the varia. tions in your mind you confirmed your brain activity with a manual exercise. You tapped the palm of your left hand with your right index finger .in re­peated series of three, terminating rhem regularly with a negative shake of your head. Deduction: You mentally examined a ; mover but realized that you had not found the solution."

"So I did, rather unconsciously; but what about the (2 mover?"

Holmes smiled_

"Whenever the Duke entrustS some of his newly composed work to you does he not always begin with a 2 mover? Why should I expect that he chansed bis routine in this instance?"

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"But, as you know, 1 have several other composer friends at the Brittania Chess Club. Why are you so sure that these problems belong to the Duke?"

Holmes' smile grew foxy.

"How about thaI four-shilling cigar you smoke with so much guSto. I recognized the Duke's brand. Whenever you analyze his work with him, doesn't he generally treat you with one of his costly smokes?" .

"By Gum!" I exclaimed with unconcealed admira· tion, "You are a wizard. You surely read one's very thoughts."

Holmes' smile turned int~ a pleased gnn.

" J certainly divined your thoughts, Doctor. You were JUSt about ready to mention the problems when I amicipated you with my request to produce them."

"Right again," I admitted. "Well, here they are. Mat do you make of this queer pair?" ,

I presented the twO slips to my friend and this is what he beheld:

XMAS PROBLEM

Maxwell Bukofzer, Bellaire

Mate m twO moves. Key made.

XMAS PROBLEM

Mannis Chal'Osh, Brooklyn

. Mt.te in three moves without qu.ee:oing..

DBCEMBEIl. 1934

For about five minutes the room became so quiet that our rest~~ioru were audible. Holmes, a pen. sive groove cell his eyes, gued 11 the t ... o dia. gr~ with unblinking eyes. Suddenl,.. the d«p furrow on his brows disappc2rcd. He had discov· ered the $Olut ioos.

"Well r ., I demanded. "What are the Key, ?" Holmes' eyes danced and he laughed tantalizingly.

"My de-ar Walson," he said banteringly, "you can 00[[ remain a few more minutes. The train that wi! carry you 10 your ,ister up north leaves in about 30 minutes, You will have a lengthy journey and a short vaCllion, both of which you will enjoy a great deal better trying to unravel these twO impish diagrams. Who am I that I should spoil a pa.I 's plcasu Ie ?"

1 rose hesitatingl, and slipped inlo my overcou.

" I had no idea i{ w:as $0 lare," 1 exclaimed. not particularly delisllled with the ncce5sity of leaving this ch~du! fireside. "However, go I mus!,"

"Well, I shall be generous," Holmes said. ' 'I'll give you a few hinlS thar might prove helpful in Ihe search for Ihe elusive solurions of these twO prob­lems."

"You rCDlember that awful pun in wh ich you chose to indulge the <xher night when, during our discussion of cheminl salts, I a!!ked you what a niuale Wa!! and you answered, with an a.sinine grin, Ihal a NighHue wa.s whal the telephone lollu charge for calls aller midnight?"

I snickel'Cd. "M, dca.r Wanon, Ihis 2 mover i$ I "POUr·male:·

"A Formlle~ What ha.s .t. 'Formlle' 10 do with cheu?"

"Morc than a Iiule bit," Holmes retorted, " It is about 60% of the solution:'

"Pah !" I dCDlurrcd, "another one of your cryptic oracles that Set the Sphinx off as a common t .. ttle-tale. What about the 3 moYer?"

Holmes smiled again with a mischievOUll gleam in his eyes.

"Do you rccollca the artiSt we saw a week ago in the theatre ? The fellow that hung from .t. trapeze bv tM tOCS of one fOO( and, head down, druik a glass of water~"

"Surl.', I do. W1lat the deuce hl5 he in common with this chcu problem ?"

"Emullte him, my deu fellow, CtDullte him ! Un. comfonable lfId precarious though such gyMnastics may be fot l stoutish gent like you they reveal th ings, mayhap the solutioo 10 a 3 mover r'

Before 1 could prOteSt he shoved me toward the door.

"Off with you or you will miss your train. Give my sincere CC'Spccts 10 your sister and, for l spell, forger Acscul.p. Commit an AeKU.JaPK "·

"Phooq'," I roared. Then I stepped OUt intO the frosrr oight.

THB BND.

MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A PROSPER. OUS NEW YEAR TO ALL MY FRIENDS; COMPOSERS, SOLVERS AND READERS.

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(ConlinlltlJ Irom P." 241 ) tuR. M.I. _ .-Van .. inkle. II wet t>:ecuted miniatu R.­Bu.ke. This ,m my 'rOle fOl its c~. construction and . bsolu«. :ac;cun cy.-T ... p .... n. T he King ..... st come to ' n<\K'.- Kon&lud . Ouiet. , impl, K'Y.-P.t>. Very nnl. - HugsuYeS . Very c"boice! II chn.JY p.oblem.-Gco. N. Chttey. I fOllnd thi' the MO$I dil6cult p.oblem 01 IhoK I lOl.ed.-Ratke.

No. 208. F , Palatz (3M) L Kd8, Bb); 2. Sc4, etc. 1. .... sa; 2. Sal, etc. 1. .. " thrc.tenin, 2. Ke8, etc . Cooked by Sd6.

No. 207. Q . V. Kinney and Bill Beeu (4M) 1. Bdl. Kd} ; l . Sfl (h. KxP; }. Bbl , Ke}; 4. Bdmlt •. I ••..•... ; 2 . .. ' . 1{(.4 ; 1. RI6, KM ; 4. Be2mlfe. 1 ..... Jed) ; 2. Sf4ch, ~; 1. BM, rtc. 1 ... ... . . ; 2 ... '. 1{(.4 ; 3. RII>, ele. 1. ••.•. .. ; z . ...• Kf'4 ; 3. Bd, rtc. CooIced by: Bel. Rc7. SUm. B&6ch. 1\ Vfty d en • • eml.k ..., Nllh, " Oro. ~n should ~I

in.o tho ladder . 1\ 1on~lime R,imen of sol";ng WOIf ld en. oble him to iotuili¥c ly M'OM' ('OOQ in problem due to sus· pidou. en"""bl« of po .... rlllt fOl«l." (Ri, hl 10 lhe point. Bro. Nuh ! Editor) .

No. 208. W . T. Scott (4M.) 1. 5<11. KxS; 2. St4, Be, : , . Sokh. ~tc. I . . .. , Bd ; l. K. 4, a.s: ,. f4, etc. L • .. , .. . ; 2 • .. " Bh2; 3. Sb7eh, etc. t . .... Ke1; 2. (4(h, Kd; 3. Sf), etc. I ... .. B'6; 2. SfUh, d6; 3. RxPeh, rtc. Mr. Scott 1,11 pro<!u(Cd he~ • vcry "t;dillb le 4 mOver.­

Dr. Dobbs. S«min,ly Ihe White P. Ol> c2 ;1 the b.il.­Rothenbor.l . The lui nr;ll ion i. very 1I'?'8to11l.-Em •• ,. T he con tinuations ...... h .. d to ~nd.-VI'1. DiffiaJlt and mllt .. ty. The nllmber 0( fine nriations in thil t"'oblem is surprising , Scott de .. ,_ (onlratuluioflt fe, th" compoi. sition.- Nuh. The most dillicu t problem of October i .. u, for Int.-Vanwinkle. Ruhtr dijfjcu!l. Some .,,«lIent .... ,. i. tiOM.- Buth . T his ,B ..... promiM' to ,RII sm..lions 11,11 h iled 10 dn"IOp'.- T lnceman. V"ry Aood .-~ .. rd . 10 ... , Key bul d,ffiaJlt varlaiionl .-Subo. f ine:, d,ffiaJlt probl...... Enjoy<'d it UnmenM'ly. Gets my oote.-Plu. I """.ider this _d ben to l09.-Gto. N. Cheney.

No. 21». Dr. Q. Dobb. (4M Sui) 1. Rb6. KxP; 2. Qd3ch, Kd; 1. Qc-ieb, KxR ; 4. Qc7eh.

KxQm.te. L •. . , OxR; 2. Qe2(b, KxP; 3. Qd}( h. Ke1: 4. QUeh,

PxQmlte. I. .. . , BbB; 2. Rb~ (h, KxP; 1. ltMeh, Jed ; ~. Qf2ch.

PxQml te. Three di.I'nct nrilt ior" 1 Thl. i. by far the linc.t HIf·

mate I have "vcr ...,n. My >'Ok for the month. I bel ie.e th.t .bout 90% ol my .ole • ....,ra to be cui for Dr. Dobbs ' problems. c.n it • conSP;raq._lI.orhonber,. 1\ ¥cry buu· tiful preblem. My choict fOl month.-srnn. Very prettr rua",&y.-M.t.be". A .p!mdld 11, • .., line fOUl IDOV'tI Hlf· matt. eon, ratuiation. to Or. Dobbs._Vlnwinklr . Tru ly a mo,goilKent con«ption.-Burke. II pretty .nd difficult SIll with} lines of pl.y.-Hoy. A belutifui .,Iitu in the typi . cal Dobbs mlnner. The ide. i, ...,., at £IN! s:IIIKc : the

roblcm i. its tcrompli.hment .-TIn& ..... ln. n ils i .... hat cln I rul lUi. It ,ets my YOte.-Kon,aud. ~.ftd

,em "of pur .. t r lY H.tnt".-Gto. N. Cheney.

No. 210. O. COlnlr (eM Sui) I. a ... 7. , zeh; 2. ""I. K,J3 : 1.5s', Kf4! 4. & kll.

Kg}; ,. Sg5, h~ , 6. sa7, h2ra.te. Cooked by Sf7. Sf6 and P".

CORRESPONDENCE V . Eaton : II wu I pleuant surprise to hear f,om JOII

I,ain. Thanks for lhe contribulionl . PlUM' do flO! 11M' both . ides 01 lhe papa fOl fMobkms, aolul;ot\I 01 ktttr •• Will you 101¥c o,gl",1 '

ehaa. S . Jar;oba: I lemember JOU perfedl, and p,t mJ$C1f on both ohouldtn for hlvin, cal!M'd J'O'I to .etI!tD to . rti ¥c composi".I' Your ,tn«""s .pproul 0( m, dep/Qtment i. much .pprec.ated. ' 1.1Ie " " your ...wrcu u) "cxt com· mUllicati on. Ki"dest rq:ardl .

C. $ , Klpplng: ThlnQ for the "Prob!emilt". Alter rudin, JOII-1 writ.·up . bout me I hid 10 look in the mirror to eonYlnce m)'M1f that 1 tm teally my wile'l 'husband. NieuscM uys __ hue that ori"nality ;1 the ~nt .wp to eminence. Do J'OO pi the CODOictIonl

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2'B (Original)

!:)R. GILBERT OQB'BS Carrollton, -pa"

~

Mate in 2 moves.

'" (Original) SAMUEL DRASIN Philadelphia, Pa.

~=

Mate in 2 moves.

227 (Original)

OR. H. M. BERLINER Bronx, N. Y. C.

Mate in 2 moves.

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224 (Original)

V. ROSADO San Diego, Calif. ,....

Mate in 2 moves.

226 (Original)

MANNIS CHAROSH Brooklyn, N. Y.

~

Mate in 2 moves.

228 ( Original)

DR. GILBERT DOBBS Carrollton, Ga.

~

Mate :m 3 moves.

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229 (O ,rginal)

HARV EY BURKE Algoma, Wis.

Mite in 3 moves.

231 ( O,iginal)

FRANK VAIL Rocheatcr, N. Y.

=;

Male in 3 moves.

m (Original )

GEORGE PARTOS Corona, L. i.

=

Male in 8 moves.

230 (Original)

EDMOND A. NASH Madl aon. WI S".

=

~b(e in ~ moves.

Mau! in 4 moves.

23' (O,iginaJ)

GEOFFREY MOTT.SMITH New York City

=

24,

SOLUTiONS TO THESE PROBLEMS MUST BE RECEiVED BY JANUARY 9th, 1935.

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J . O. Hoy: Myoid I'd tctt ... , mu.t sufF~, from un· n .. i. . H .. ~ nDC hurd I WOld from him ,;nce I Un! "'J Ihm: ",ookm.. W~le 1Mr p!inkd? We.. they soon<!. Tbank you /or Ih. " fu ll" ' , Can fOIl .tt W. H. N . _ on JOUr radio? .

W.II~r J acobi: I un "ftl' I I&<! J<N rdIIr ... d to I~ C. R. fold . NOlllin, pleases me 11m .. thI n to ."t~CI: _tth. whi~ coll.boulo". Hope you will stl, Ind tol ....

, W. T . Scott: Much obliged for your <'hl .ming letter

and y(lur dcd ,ion to ..,lve. I actually hope. Ih.t some day. I will attlch cv¢ry problem rompo.e, in the U. S. A. I" the C. R. Th.,. i, loIS of room In, you &nd you, fine work.

H . B. Oa lYi John De Jaeger; R. L.a.,," : R. B. F illdl ng : Welcome, .... Irome to the hllliLy.

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BUI Beers: I Cl n IIH more two mOyer, and rOll' moy· .'$, Bill. Be.t ,.,uds.

W. Vanwlnkll: In McCklllnd 's DtObIftn th. P . .. " Kty does .,>1 cooII , i>ea1lH Blick • .,pona. w ith an S ch«k. Your ranarb anent k$tin • .u onl, too true. but wh.t ... you "';"8 to do wilh rh(w ~hy I""IS know .. III rom· pOKrs~ Your pod wiu.n u e mtdirJly nIum~. My pod friend.

P. L. Rothenberll: Your J!<1;se is Salm of Gilud to tilt tortured sou l of I desery;nl, pint sized problem ed itot. I ta lk every second SundlY (ln r W. H. N.. Nonmbe, 11, 2~. ~mber 9, H . It 1:4' Eillern Stlndud Time. SUI' gelt;0II1 ue .ollcited! r

Dr. H. M. Berliner : A hun dred thousand th inks for tM dir loma that cru tel me I · ·Doctor of Problem Lore". MUlt now trow an M. D. ', bend 10 look the plrl? E~· plan ation of ~lp-.elfm l les ap pear in Ihi. issue.

PROBLEM SOLVING LADDER

Lu. s: 8 - N - ~ ~ :g , ~

~ 0 Finl.! N~ 0 0 0 0 0 ~ 0 -Score - N N N N N N N N N Sro~

Vanwinkle, w. ........... 506 , , 2 2 2 , , 6 12 • • 12 ,60 Malzberg, N. . . . . ..... , ... 475 2 2 2 2 2 , , , • • • 6 '" Rothenberg, P. L ...... ..... 429 2 2 2 2 2 , , , • • • 24 484 Snbo. A ....... . . . ....... 41 7 2 2 2 2 2 , , 6 • • 42. '" Burke, H ..... .. .......... 414 2 2 2 2 2 , , 6 16 • • 6 .66 Dobbs, Dr. G. ............ 409 2 2 2 2 2 , , 6 • • • " .61 Paw», G. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 399 2 2 2 2 2 , , 6 12 • • 6 '47 Riggin, C. w ............. 3S0 2 2 2 2 2 , , , i6 • 6 42, Hl.r,reaves, G. W ......... 345 2 2 2 2 2 , , , • •

, ,64 Hoy, John O . .. . .. ... .... . 265 2 2 2 2 2 , , 6 • • • 24 '" FOOle, A. B . .. . . .. ..... . .• 299 2 , , , 2 , • • 31' Emery, G. R. .... ..... .... 232 2 2 2 2 2 , , 620 • 12 290 Chess, A .. ..... . .. . ..... . . m 2 2 2 2 2 , , , • • • 6 28 1 McCanhy, E. . . . . . . . . . . . .. 219 2 2 2 2 2 , , 6 • • • " '" Patrick. M. w. . . . . . . . . .. . '" 2 2 2 2 2 • • · " 246 Vail, Frank .............. 180 2 2 2 2 2 , , 6 • 4 4 12 230 Hochberg Bros ..... ... .... 190 2 2 2 2 2 , • • • 12 2\j

Berliner, Dr. M, H ..... ... In 2 2 . 2 2 2 , , , • • • 6 212 Ratke, R. ) . ..... ......... 14 1 2 , 2 2 2 , , , 20 , " 198 Young, E. F ....... ..... ,. I H 2 2 2 2 2 , , , • • • 6 190 Hampton, L. D .. ,.,., . . .. , U8 2 2 2 2 2 , 6 177 Young, T. C. ..• "." ..... 127 2 2 2 0 2 , , , • 6 ". Tudor, W . B .. . . . ...•. . .• 14 2 2 2 0 2 148 Morris, M. .............. 110 2 2 2 2 2 , , , 0 • • , 142 Greenwald, Dr. J. .... .. ... 107 2 2 2 2 2 , , , , • 6 139 T iesler, G . P. .. " " ... ",, 91 2 2 2 2 2 , , • • II, P.tZ, W . ..... .. . ..... . " , 68 2 2 2 2 2 , , , • • 6 10 1 TangeflU:n, J. B. . . .. .. .. .. 4l 2 2 2 2 2 , , 6 i6 • • 12 10 1 Mott·Smith, G .. ... .. ..... . 11 2 2 2 2 2 , , , • • 4 98 Murphy, P. . ....... .. " .. 60 2 2 2 2 2 , , , • • • 6 91 Korsglud, S. . .... . . . . . ". " 2 2 2 2 2 0 , , • • 4 6 " Silver, C. E . . . . , .. . • "". " 2 2 2 2 2 , , , • • 42. 81 Hannan, }. ............. .. " 2 2 2 2 ,

• • • 76 Cheney, G. N. · . . . . , . . . . . . " 2 2 2 2 2 , , , • • • 6 60 SCOtt, W. T. , . . . . . . . . , , , . . 0 I I 2 2 2 , , , 12 • • 18 " Nash, E. A. ....... ., .. ,. . 0 2 2 2 2 2 , , 6 i6 • 6 48 Dejager, John ........ "" 0 2 2 2 2 2 , , , 12 • • 6 " Daly, H . B ........ ,., .... 0 2 2 2 2 2 , , , • • • 6 " Bluestein, L. E. . ..... , .•.. 0 2 2 2 2 2 , , , , • • 6 " Larsen. R. .. .. .... . .. " ... 0 2 0 2 2 2 , , , • • " French, Ch. E. · . . -, , , , , , . . 0 2 2 0 2 2 , n Fielding, R. B. · . . . , . , , , , . . 0 0 0 2 2

Al l scores of solvers not recorded in this list are carried for six months and thereafter canceled. Solutions arriv ing after the d05ing date are not credited, except for foreign solvers. Credit is not allowed for keymove, 0111 on problems longer than 2 moves. Put name .nd address on solution sheet5 an write on one side of the paper. One point is deducted for each wrong claim,

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N. Malzbe rg: T be fairy bdder i, slarted bul prizes wi ll al Ihi. lime nOI be , iwn. Wben you sec Ihe ladder you will gue .. both reasOn. why.

C. A. Adam.: C . Larra naga: T h3nlcs for problems. W by nO( join the 5Qlving family.

M. R . Cancio, Jr.: Problems to band . W by toil so bnd 10 pute up pie«. when I stamping set Cln be bid for .$I.)O?

Harvey' Burke: From direcl mates 10 ~lFm ates is Ihe " firJt lip ' : to tbe fl iry problems is the second hp , I\. young compo~r of your ta lent should not stop "aifwil. Frisch gewogt is bllb ' ..... onnen! I\.. k your G<l,man f. ien I wbat this meanS.

O. R. Emery: Lette .. luch as you write, my friend, , .nnol be 100 long. They give me lots of pleasure Ind reo " .. I you a. a man that cln and does thi n~ for him,olf. In· cidentally. you are one of tbe two w lvers that found h e so lutions to 207. How wonderfully your solving powe .. haw grown!

E. Krisch: Your energetic support il gutefully accepted. The quality of your moximate .. il SOO<l. But I dOn'l as ... with you .... hen you belittle other type. . Helpmate, and ReBe~m .tes ue every bit U fine 1$ Moximumers.

E. A. Nalh: When I solver Or composer inforrm me that he likes my department he mu.t repelt it a dozen lim •• before I believe .ll he says. Your dOlen i. not y<l: run, $0 • • • • Thanh for your loyalty I

Many Solvers: PI . ... ""Ie for th. ben problem. I di!like to . ward the Honor Prize on $0 .mall • margin II one exira vote. When many ""tel are cut the winner lie" a Iud Ihat eliminates aIL unce,Uinty. It i •• uch a httle thi ng to do. y.t so impo,lant.

Carlo. Jlmeno, Jr.: Muchas gncias por su apayo tin noble. £Spero que In conlinue.

M. Charo.h: Had to I dv.net a pa .... n in your Ch, i!t. ma! Problem to !top' cook.

M. Morrla: Delighted to bl ve you ba( k in the fold. Score h.s beeD restored.

A. J. Aatke: Your "complaints" noted. I am terribly mortified tbal I expre .. eci my feel ings in Ll tin instead of FRnch. Ml is. mon cher am i t que voulez->,ousl Ch'que chose a Ion temp., n·est·ce p .. ! Pat ience Doncl

Or. G. Oobba: All set (or Januar y number .

L . E , Btue.teln: Welcome 10 tbe fami ly. Please com· ment on tbe problems you wlw I nd vote .... ery month . for the One you deem the be,t.

O. Mott·Smlth : Mlny thanlcs for the "Bridge World" . I low contract al most as much a! ch""s . If I OWr "et the time 1 want to write to you Inent so·caUed " Bust ' No·Trump. I believe I h.w In ".rgument". By the wIY-buy I .... lendu. my friend III

E. J. Van Den Berg (Holland): Sincer. st thank. for the three grassboppers. even if they are not in accord.nce with the new la .. th.t "II Fliry prohlems must begin with W bile mOveS. Wh.t h.ppened 10 the problems I bad sent to Von Pittl .. ? In,,'" heord or Ilw anything of them We .. tbey published? .

Oe!,rge J-:lume (England):. Your kindness and po lite attenl,veMSS , $ very mucb apprCCtated Ind I I CCept tbe Kil h p:obl~ms for publicnion beCl~se )Olt IMt them to me. Or. d,nu,ly I do nOl follow thIS cCUrse . I believe you will g(UP the unspoken thought in my mind. Don't you think Iht a Hume problem would help to Hume'lniu my dept.?

Annual Index OPENINGS

Albin Counter Gambit : 20~ Alekhine's Defen se: 59, 130, 228 Benoni Counter Gambit: 30, 105 Budapest Defense: 208 Caro-Kann Defense: 101, 161, 208, 227 Center Counter Game: 183 Danish Gambit: 77 Dutch Defffise : 130,231(2) , 236 English Opening: 13, 60, 149, 161, 197 Evans Gambit : 62 Four Knights ' Game: 160

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French Defense: 33, 79, 87, 101 , 149, 151, 184(3), 196, 209, 23 1

Giuoco Piano: 103, 12', 1% Grunfeld Defense: 109 Indian nc:fense: 16, 29, 31, 32, 42, '6, 57(2), 61,

63,77,83, 203, 224, 236,237 Irregular DefenSe: 200 King's Gambit: 12~ Nimzowitsdl Defense: 104, 161 Petroff Defense: 208, 226 Philidor DefenSe: 40 Queen's Gambit Accepted: 12, 17,88(2), 111, 112,

129, 236 Queen's Gambit Declined: 15, 19, 34, 63, 80, 81, 82,

8~, 88, 106, 107, 109, 113, 131, 13~, 152, IH, 154, 155, 160(3), 161, 177, 178(2), 182, 183, 184, 185, 195, 197, 208, 209(2), 22', 228, 236

Queen's Pawn Opening: 55, 127, 131, 136, 152, 184, 185, 201, 208, 223, 228

Rcti.Zukenort: ~3, 89 Ruy Lopez: 35, '8, 61(2), 62, 83, 125, 128, 129,

176, 180. 185, 196,205,208, 222, 236 Scotch Game: 160 Sicilian Defense: 7, 14, 18, 77, 136, 149, 183, 202,

209 Two Knight 'S Defense: 101

PLAYERS Albin

liS. Dr. E. Lasker 20' Alekhine, Dr. A.

tis. A. Liliemhal1 3; tiS. M. Huber 61 ; til. E. O. Bogolubow 62, .80, 81, 82, 88(3), 104, 105, 128; liS. POIemhn 77; til. M. Euwe 153; til. Dr. E. Lasker 161; VI. S. R~lIi 184; VI. P. Johner 208: vs . A. NimzowitSch 209

Araiza, Capt. J. J. v s . V. Grlgorieif 161

Asztalos, Dr. VI. Ltjos Steiner 176

Balogh, Dr. I. VI . Dr. Rey 236

Barbee VS. C. J. Smith 101

Bardeleben VI. Dr. E. Lasker 180: VI. W. E. Napier 185

Bauer VI . Dr. E. Lasker 181

Becker, Prof. A. ' v s . E. Grunfeld 10 ; VI. S. Flohr 201; VI. Then. Dc Jong 236

Belson, J. H. VI. H. F. Ridout 29, VJ. R. E. Martin 53

Bernstein, J. VI. A. S. Denker 19

' 48

Blumich, M. III . Dr. L Rodl 202; .,1. BorO$ 209

Blumin, B. 1'1. S. B. Woi lson 127

Bogolubow, E. D. liS . Dc. A. Alekhine 62, SO, 8 1, 82, 88(3) , 104, 10'. 128 ; VI. S. Landau 83 ; VI. D r. E. Luker 184 ; "I. H. Mueller 196

Boros 111. M. BJumich 209

Borwinni!!:, M. M. III. S. Flohr 60 ; iii . H. Kmoch 227

BroughtOn, Mrs . Harriet III. Mrs. B. W. McCready 39

Busch, E. "S. Dr. Ed Dyckoff 34

Canal, E. III . Amateur 183

Calala III. Kol ta.nowski 1,1

Chadwick, Stanley H . 111. A. G. Peusall 125

Charousek "J. W 77

Cherta liS. Spielmann 136

Cohen, J acques liS. M. Demby 149

Cohen, S. S. VI. I. Kaslwl:ln 226

Corbould vs. W. Hoclges 10;

Dake, Arthur W . Ill . Soon 62; E. Tholfsen 1'4 ; S. ReshC'Ysky 160; E. A. Santasiere 16 1

De La Bourdonnlis, C. F. liS. A. MacDonnell 196, 197

Demby, M. 111. Jacques Cohen 149

Denker. A. S. 111. J. Bernstein 19 ; VI . l. Ka.shd:lll 1' 2 ; liS . R. Pine 1" 1 VI. E. Tholfsen 203; 111 • • M. Rundell 208; 111 .:'. Reshevsky 208; III . R. Wil lman 228; III. B. Robbins 231

Drummond, 1l VI. A. D. McConnell 7

Duhruen, VI. K. Richler 76

Dus.Cholimin lcv, P. S. VI. R. Spielmann '8

Dyckoff, 1.'1. Ed. VI. E. Busch 34

Eliskases, E. "1. A. Sreiner 8}; liS. Hilvasi 107; VI . K. Gilg 178; VI. Herzog 208

Erdelyi, S. "I. R. SpielmllCln U Euwe, Dr. Max

VI. G. MIlfOCXY 149; " I . Dr. E. Lasker 1,2 ; " I. A. Alckhine IB; "1. O. Naegeli 209; "I. Khan 228

Fehmcrs, M. V,,-. Dr. E. Luker 61

Feigin, M. "1. R. Spielnwu:l 106

Fcnning, T. . "I. G. Howled 79

Fine, Reuben VI. C. Jllffe 16; VI. I. A. Horowila 112, 1l}, 129( 2) ; " I. A. S. Denker 1"; v~. M. Monti· ce~ 208

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Flohr, Salo "I. M. M. Botwinnik 60 ; III . Sir G. A. ThOfna$ I ll ; III. V. Pire no ; ti l . Prof. A. Beckt r 201

Frydma.n, P. "s. Dr. M. Vidmar 18~

Garfinkel. B. VI. R. E. Manin In

Garza, M. "I. J. R. Newmm 87 Gilg, K.

IIJ . E. Eliskasts 178 Glass, E. "I. Grunfeld 17 Gdgorieff, V.

r/I. S. Reshevsky 160; I'S. Capt. J. J. Araiu 161 Grunltld, E.

III. A. Btd:CT 10 ; E. Gla~s 11; III . Komdy 109 ; liS. R. Spielm~on 224

Gygli, F. "s. G. SrahIbtrg I"

I-Jassialis. M. D. III . A. C. Simonson " ; "I. 0 : MacMurray no

Havui, III. E. EliskilSes 107; VI . L. Steiner 109

Henneberger, W . VI. A. Nimtowirsch 161

Herzog VI. E. Eliskues 208

Hodges, W . III. C. D. Corbould 103

Horowitz, I. A. III. R. Fint-, 11 2, t n , 129(2); vs . A. Kupchik 200

Howard. G. VI. T . Fenning 79

Howland, C. vs. D. Vedcnsky 63

Hulser, M. VI. Dr. A. Alekhine 61

Illslcy, B. VI. 1. Ku hdan 160

Jaffe. C-VI. R. Fine 16

Johner, H . "I. A. N imzowicsch 18'

J ohnt-r. P. "I. A. Alekhine 208

Judowitsch, M. "s. E. Loc~fisch B; "'. H. Kmoch 236

Kashdan, l-"I. Amareur 14 ; "' . A. S. Denkt! 152 ; "I. B. Ilhlcy 160; VI. A. H. Palmi 160; VI. S. Resh· evsky 160. 182; "I. E. Tholf.sen 182; "1. S. S. Cohen 226

Kmoch, H. Ill . M. BOlwinnik 227, III. M. Judowilsch 2~6

Koltanowski "I. Catala 1 ~ 1 ; "I. Vilardebo 136

Konigsberg, S. III . A. S. Pinkus 3'

. Korody "1. E. Grunft ld 109

Knun" III. Roedel 101

Kupdl ik, A. "I. I. A. Horowi rz; 200

Landau, S. , . "J. R. SpielmllCln 32, '9 ; III. E .. D. Bogolubow 83 ; "S. A. Lilienthal 236 .

Lasker. Dr. E. liS . M. Fehmers 61 ; I1S. M. Euwe 1~2; VI. A. Alelthine 161 ; I1S. H. Mueller 161 ; I1S; Bu delt ·

ben 180; VI . Bautr 181 ; VJ. E. D . Bogoiubow 184 ; .J. G. Stahlberg 1 9~; liS. Albin 20~; 1'1. SI~ini lZ 20~ ; VJ. A. Nim%owirsch 209; vJ. A. 8 . Hodges 222

Uonhardl, P. VI . F. J. Marshall }2)

Liebenslein, H. VI. A. S. Pinkus 18

Lilienthal, A. II! . A. Alekhine l ~ ; /I$. Dr. S. Tart.kower 30; I'J . 5uoyer no ; VI. S. Lal'ldau 236

Lotw~sch. G. VI. M. Judowits4J ~~

Lukomski VI. Popedin 61

MacDonnell, /t.. VI. C. F. De La Bourdonnais 196, 197

MacMurray, Donald VI. D. Polland 89; III . M. D. H3ssialis 130

Marshall, F. ]. VI. Leonhardt In

Manin, R. E. 111 . } . H. Berson H ; VI . 8. Gu6nkel 1)1

McConnell, A. D. "I. R. Drummood 7

McCready. Mrs. B. W. w. Mrs. Harriet BrollghlOft ~9

Meisel, David "$. C. Parmelee 149

Monticelli , M. III . R. Fine 208

Morphy, Paul VI . Duke or BrulUwick &: Count lsouard 30

Mueller, H. . VI. Dr. E. La.sker 161 ; VI . E. D. Bogolubow 196

Naegeli, O. Ul . Dr. M. Euwe 209 ; UI . H. Grob 223

Napier, W. E. liS. Budeleben 18S

Newman, J. R. III. M. Gana 87

N imzowilKh, A. liS. Dr. Turash ~~; VI. G. Stahlberg ~6. ~7; UI . G. SlOltz 8~, 178; ",. W . Henneberger 151 ; VI. H. Johner 18~; liS. Dr. E. Lasker 209; 1'1. Dr. A. Alekhine 209; VS. S. Alapin 231

Palmi, A. H. vI.!. Kuhdan 160

Parmelee, C. VI . D . Meisel 149

Peana.ll, A. G. III. Stanley Ch.1dwick 1 2~

Phillips. H. M-Ill. Amateun 14

Pinkus, A. S. VJ. H. Lieberutein 18 ; "s. S. Konigsberg n

Pire, V. VS. S. Flohr 130, VI. 1.. Steiner 177

Pilschak, R. ttl . L. Steiner 31'

Polland, D. UI. D. MacMurray 89

Popetiin "I. Lukomski 61

Potemkin "I. Dr. A. Alekhine 77

Powen, E. A. VI. Mr. X 183

Ptiwonitz VI . Wilke 197

Rey, Dr. liS. Tanakower I n; VI. Dr. I. Balogh 2)6

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Reshevsky, S. liS. A. W. Cake 160 ; liS. V. Grigotielf 160 ; liS.

I. Kashdan 160, 182 ; III. E. Tholfsen 184 ; III.

H. $(einer 184; liS. A. S. Denker 208 Reti, R.

III. AmateUr 101 Richter, K.

111. Duhrssen 76 Ridout, H. F.

VI. J. H . Belson 29 Rodl, D r. .

liS . M. Blumich 202 Roedel

liS. Kramer 101 Rosselli, S.

VS . A. Alekhine 184 Rundell, M.

V1. A. S. Denker 208 Sanrasiere, E. A.

VI. A. . W·. Dake 161 ,,~,

VI. Dake 62 Sigurdsson. Thr.

liS. Sv. Thorwaldsson 197 Simonson, A. C.

liS. M. D. Hu sillis H Smith, C. J.

III. Barbee 101 Spielmann, R.

liS. S. Erdelyi 15; liS. S. Landau 32, 59; III. F. S. Dus·-Chodmirski 58; VI. M. Peigin 106; Ill.

CI>eua 1:SO ; III. E. Grunfeld 224 Slahlberg, G.

"1. A. Nim.:owi tsch ~6, H ; VI. P. Gygli 18~; ' '-' . D r. E. u..sker 195; VI. E. Andersen 2}6

Steiner, A. VI. E. Eliskases 83

Steiner, H . III. A. V. Taylor 63; liS. S. ReshC'Vsky 184

Steiner, L. " S. R. Piu chalt. 31 ; "1. Dr. ASZfllo.s 176; liS. V. Pife 177; vs. Hava..s i 109 •

Steinitz liS. Dr. E. Lasker 205

Stohz, G. III. A. Nimzowilsch 8~, 175

Sunyer VI. Lilienthal H I

TltrlSh, Dr. III. A.. Nimzowitsch ~~

Tartakower, Dr. S. "1. A. Lilienthal 31 ; liS. Dr. Rey 1)5

Taylor, A. V. III. H. Steiner 63

Tholfsen, E. III. A. W . Dake U4; III. S. Reshevsky 184; vs. I. Kashdan 185. liS. A.. S. Denker 20~

Thomas, Sir. G. A . . III. S. Flohr 111; liS. Dr. H. Weil 208

Thorwlldsson, Sv. liS. Sigutd.sson 197

Vedensky, D. liS . C. Howland M

Vidmar, Dr. M. liS. P. Pl"fdman 183

Villrdebo III . Koltanowslt.i 136

Weil, Dr. H. VI. Sir G. A . Thomas 208

Wilke VI. Pri woniu 197

Wilson, S. B. III. B. Blumin 127

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