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2 THE CHESS REVIEW SEPTF.MllIiR, 1933

AS WE GO TO PRESS

On the eve of sailing for Europe. on September 6, Dr. Alekhine. partnered by R. Wahrburg , contested a consultation game against I. Kashclan and H . M . Phillips. The latter team. playing the White pieces in a Ruy Lopez. obtained an early advantage. but were ou t-rnan­cuvered and beaten by masterly p lay in the ending. The game lasted ti ll 11 .20 P . M. , allowin g Alekhine just enough time to catch his boat , which left at midnight .

The day before, Alekhine received a cabled challenge from E . Bogoljubow for a return match for the World's Champion­ship . He promptly accepted. stipulating the same conditions that prevailed a t their meeting in 1929. when A lekhine WOII

by I I to 5. W e await further detai ls as to the time and place of the ma lch.

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Fred Rei nfeld , of Ihe C hess Review staff, is the New York Siale Champion, with a good victory at Syracuse against a strong fi eld. Going through eleven rounds without a loss, he wound up with 9Y2~1 Y2. A. Denker, champion of the E mpire O ty C hess ClIlb, was seco nd with 8,!4-2.!,1. R. Fine , who was favored to win. cou ld do no better than tie for third with A . E . San tas iere, 8-3 . The others in order were D . S. Polland, 7J..t2-3J..t2: R. T . Black, 6Yl -4Yz: W. Muir, 6-5 : R. J. Guckemas, 3Yz -7 ).;2 : G. H. Perrine, 3-8; C. K. Thomas, 2).;2-8Yz; and C. H . Bour­beau and A. Wood, 1-10.

Reinfeld repe-ated his victory of two year.!! ago at Rome. The 1932 meet was won by N . Grossman o f Brooklyn. who was unable to defend his lille this year.

In th e class A tournament, held in con­junction with the cha mpionship even t , two Philadelphians took the chief honors, S. Drasin and S. T . Sharp finishing first and second respectively. Prof. E. B. Adams

of Brooklyn was third and W. A. Kaiser of Syracuse fourth .

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The officers of the New York State Chess Association were all re-elected : O. Francis Searle of Rome. PreSident: Prof. E. B. Adams , R. J. Guckemas and Prof. C. K. Thomas, Vice -Presidents; and Paul G. Giers of Syracuse, Secretary.

Mr. Giers visited N ew York City shortly after the tou rnament to discuss the pos­sibility o f a tou rnament on a larger sca le next summer to celebrate the fiftieth anniv­ersa ry o f the State Association, He is hoping to obtain a fund of between $1000 and $2000. There is a chance of one or more European masters being invited , and in any case the cream of the American talent should take part. The scene will probably be the Onondaga Hotel. Syra­cuse. where the recent meet wp,s held.

• • • T he Empire City C hess Club is now

running off the finals o f the Bronx Cham~

pions hip T ou rnam en t started two monlhs ago. There were sixty entrants originally, who played in six sec tions of ten each . The first two in each group, or twelve in all, are playing a round-robin for the tit le. The large scale of the tournament created an unusual amount of interes t in the dull summer months. Dr. B. Bloc k, energetic Treasurer o f the Empire City Chess C lub. deserves credit fo r success­fu lly carrying through this undertaki,ng .

The leading scores, after five rounds. are: E. Schwartz. 'i-I: 1. Kandel , A . S. Denker and G . H ell man, 3-1: P. Ellis, T. McDermott and A. Simchow, 2 ~ 1.

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The Western Chess Congress will take place at DetrOit. Sept. 23 to 30. This will be the 34th annual tournament of the Western C hess Association . P layers who were inVited . and who will probably par­ticipate, are: A . W . Dake. R. Fine. S. Reshevsky, S. D . Factor, L. Stokenberg . M. Palmer, G, S . Barnes, G. Eastman. and M. Fox , champion of Canada.

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PICKING UP

THE NEWS 11 S this is our nrst issue in three months.

Vl there is quite a bit of accumulated chess news to take care of. The outstand­ing event was the Folkestone Team Tour­nament. We are issuing a report of this in book form, which will shortly be in the hands of our subscribers. so need not go into the details here. We can well be proud of the victory of the American Team. which has now twice in succession bested all that the Old World could offer in the way of chess competition.

We are naturally especially elated at the achievements of our Editor. I Kash­dan. at the first board. His score was se­cond only to Dr. Alekhine's among the team leaders. and it was not until the last round that he met defeat at the hands of Salo ·Flohr. This was a remarkable coinci­dence. as the same thing happened at Prague in 1931 ; when Kashdan's only defeat occurred in the last round against Rubinstein. In both cases, the team had just enough margin to nose out the leading contenders, Poland at Prague, and Cze­<;hoslovakia at Folkestone.

Frank J. Marshall. American Champion and veteran of the Team. was the only member of it to go through without a de­feat. His constant aid and inspiration as Captain were important factors in main­taining the Team morale, and he supplied • the experience and steadiness so necessary in s~ch competitions. In the last two rounds. when the Team seemed to be weakening under the strain of the flerce competition: it was Marshall who won his gam es and pulled us through to a glorious , victory,

Reuben Fine. Arthur W. Dake and Al­bert C. Simonson. whose average age is under twenty years. are also to be congra-

tulated for consistently mowing down their rivals on the lower boards. and ,con­tributing their full quota of points to the Team total. The individual scores foHow:

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L Kashdan , .. ,. 8 F. ]. Marshall... 5 R. Fine ........ 7 A. W. Dake ... . 10 A. C. Simonson.. 2

Total . .... 32

·Lost Drawn

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6 22 To complete the story of the United

States Chess Team Committee. without the efforts of which the Team could never have gone across. we append the list of expenditures necessary to finance the trip.

5 Steamer tickets $ 806.85 Cash to 5 players. $40 each 200.00

6 Passports. 3 at $10

5 Visas

Printing

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Postage. telegrams. etc.

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50.00 75 .00 51,27

$1.228.82 The sixth passport was for A. Denker.

who was ready to go at the last minute if one of the others had proved unavailable. This does not include various incidental expenses which were taken care of by Ha-· raid M. Phillips, Chairman. a nd other members of the Committee,

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The chess program prepared by th e National Chess Federation for the World's Fair at Chicago. passed off most satisfactorily. The hig feature was the presence of Dr. Alekhine. who made a special trip froin Paris for the occasion. t:Ie broke every record for blindfold play. taking on 32 simultaneously. His score of 19 wins. 9 draws, and only 4 losses under such circumstances was remarkably good, The World's Champion proved himself as outstanding in blindfold playas he is in every other branch of the game.

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The prev ious record was held by the Belgian. G. Koltanowski , who played 30 in Antwerp. winni ng 20 and drawing 10 without a single loss. However, the field was not nearly as strong as tha t a t Chi~ cago. where a number o f the s tronoest

_amateurs of the ci ty took pa rt . The exhibition lasted over twelve hours.

At the dinner adjournment, Dr . Alekhine called oU all the positions. which he had kept in his memory with absolute accuracy. The winners against him were 1. Schwartz , L. Zalucha . B. O. Dahls trom . and C. F . Elison. Draws were recorded by M iss Jean Moore. an eig hteen· year old girl who was roundly applauded for her good ef~ fort, G . E . Eastman, J. W in ter , A. A. Platzman, A . J. Mesirow, H . D . Gross· man. H . Nitsche, G. K. W amsley and ~ F. Vodicka .

Alekhine was also called upon to take part in one of the sedes o f living chess displays which a uracfed co nsiderable a t­tention at the Fair Grounds. T he first o f these games was between M . S . Kuhns. President o f the Nationa l Chess Feder­ation , and Dr. Allan D . Albert. assistan t to P resident Rufus Dawes of the E xpos· ition. The pla yers on the large boa rd were arrayed in medieva l costu mes, ma king a colorful spectacle. Mr. Kuhns won the game by a checkmate in twenty moves .

The second game was held in the evening. under floodlig hts, between D r. Brains ford L.ewis o f St. Louis. and H arry Heick 'of Chicago. both directors of the National C hess F ederation. Then. on the . evening of Ju ne 19, ca me the awaited meeting between Dr . Alekhine and Ed · ward Lasker. T his natu ra lly drew the largest gathering of any single chess event with the excep tion o f the blindfold dis~ play. A lekhine won in good s tyle, but th e game itse lf was less important to the aud­ience than the idea o f the spec tacle. This gam e was re pea ted la ter a t the Ch icago Beach Hotel .

The masters tou rname.nt w hich it · had

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been hoped to hold during the Fai r had to be cancelled for lack o f funds. This le ft the field clear for the Intcrcollel1ia te Chess T ou rna'mcnt. to which ent.r ies had been sent from U niversi ties a ll over the coun· try.

Firs t prize fell to Lieut. John O . Mat­heson, recently g radua ted from W est Point , with a score o f 9 Y2 ·-!12. wh ich was a more than suHicient ma rg in o f victory over his nea rest riva ls. His success was thoroughly meri ted. partic ularly con~ sidering the limited time for practise at W est Point . as compared with the en· trants from the large city Universi ties .

Nathan Beckhardt o f the College of the City of New York. and Willis E . Lamb. Jr .. of the U niversity of Califor­nia , tied for second and th ird . 8· 3. F ourth and fif th prizes were diVided between Vladimir Grigorieff of the U niversity of Chicago. and M artin C. Stark o f H ar· vard . 7Y2~3Y2. The others were H arold D . Cutler. New York University. 7· 4: Sey­mour O sher. University of lliinois. 5Y2· S!/:!: Edwa rd M , &rsod i. Ya le. 4-7; Jus­tin J. Naviski. U niversity o f Maine, a nd Melvin V alk, U niversi ty o f W isconsin . each 3!/:! · 7!;2 ; Robert W ilson. Hills ide College, M ich .. 2·9 ; a nd Reynold Carl ­son. Northwestern U niversity o f C hicago. 0- 11.

T he special brilliancy prize. o ffered by Harold M. Phillips, P resident o f the In­tercollegia te Chess League. and referee of the tournament. wa s won by Beckhardt for his game against V alko

The chess feature which is lastin g through the Fair is the Chess M useum. occupying one corner of the vas t Hall of Science. Unique and costly sets of various makes and ages were brought together for a very in teresting display . Ma ny were borrowed from the collec tions o f Gustavus A . Pfeiffer. Donald M. liddell . Kermit Roosevelt and Alfred C. Kla hre. all of New York City. A la te arrival was the.. gold Ha milton. Russell Trophy. won by

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th e American Team at Folkestone. a nd sent to Chicago by Frank J. Marshall o n his return from England. Also represented in the M useum are books. periodicals. a nd a number of origi nal and ancient manus­cripts.

The JOint Committee wich made the Chicago chess program possible. was com­posed o f directors of the National Ches~ Federation acting in conjunction with the Fair officials. Dr. Hugh McKenna was cha irman of the Joint Committee . the other membe rs beinq M . S. Kuhns. S. W . Addleman. Dr. Allan D. Albert. J. L. Bingham. Palmer Dawes. ]. E . Dittus. Dr. Burton H azeltine. H. E . H eick. Ed­ward Lasker. Charles . H. Leech. R. R. Longenecker. A. G. Melville, Egbert Rob­inson. J. C. Balas de Sepec. Louis C. Penfield . and FrederiC Ranney She rwood. Sec retary.

• • • Reuben Fine, cha mpion 01 the Marshall

Chess Club. beat Arthur W . Dake in a match by 4 to 2 and 3 draws . The match was for the best score in ten games. but the last one was not played because it could not a ffect the result . Fine won the first game. th en Dake took the lead by winning the second and fourth. H owever. Fine came back stongly. captu ring the sixth. seve nth and ninth ga mes. the oth ers being drawn . The match was played a lter­nate ly at the M an hattan and Ma rsh a ll Chess Clubs in New York City .

• • • S ulta n Khan is s till the British C ham ­

pion by virtue of his victory in the tour­nament at H astings, July 31 to August II . lt was a close struggle, and he fini shed with a score of 9,Y2-2,Y2. only a ha lf point ahead o f T . H . Tylor in second place . T he other leaders were G . Abrahams. 8-3. C. H . 0 '0 . Alexande'r, 7Yl-3Yl: and S ir G. A. Thomas. 7-". W . Winter had to retire on account of illness after 6 rounds. with 4Yl- IYl to his cred it. He was th e on ly one to beat Sultan Khan.

The W omen's Championship was won

by Miss Fatima. a young East Indian girl. thus making an interesting " Double In­dia n" victory. Both Miss Fatima and Sul­ta n Khan are protegees of Sir Umar Hayat Khan , Mohammedan potentate and well known chess patron.

• • • A National Masters Tournament was

held at Aachen. Germa ny. early in June. under the sponsorship of the G ross­delltsche Schachbllnd. a new German federation which is receiving the support a nd encouragement o f the Government~ Dr. J. GoebbeJs. the German Minister o f Propoganda . is the honorary President of the Scha chbllnd. A sad note is the virtual exclusion .o f Jews not only from tau rna- I ments, but even from the ordinary chess clubs and cafe playing rooms. That a democratic and universal game like chess shou ld be exposed to such infl uence is but one more commentary on the tho rough­ness o f the st ra ngling Hitle r tact ics. The _ tournament was won by E. Bogoljubow. 7,Y2 -3Yl. followed by the Berlin masters. K. Richter, 7-" . and K. Ahues and F . Sae­mish , each 6!-1 -'.I Yl.

The German championship also fell to Bogoljubow in a to urnament at Bad Pyr­mont. which attracted a very strong fj eld . The winning score o f 1 1,Y2-3Yl was very fine, and aga in proved the easy supremacy o f Bogol jubow in German chess. Dr. L. Rod l was second wit h 9Yl-5Yl, then followed C. Carls and . G. Kieninger. 8Yl-6.J4. and K. Helling. B. Koch, K. Richter. F. Saemisch and G. Weissger­ber. all 8-7.

• • • The championship of Canada is to be

contested this month at Winnepeg . A good g rou p is to take ' pa rt from Torollto. comprising Belson. Martin , Com pton . Swales, Alpart . and perhaps the city champiol'!. Morrison. Montreal, because of its g reat distance from Winnepeg , will not be so well represented. It is doubtful whether the Canadia n champion. Maurice Fox. will be able to defend his title :

6 THE CHESS REVIEW SEPTEM6EIl, 1933

GAME STUDIES

The following game is from the Jubilee Number of the "Wiener Schachzeitung," marking its tenth anniversary in its present form. Among other features, there are interesting articles by Aron Nimzovilch and Rudolph Spielmann, and biographical studies of seueral leading young masters. The game is part of the article on Salo

"Plohr, and is a fine example of his aggres~ siue style.

Ruy L6PEZ 'Prague, September. 1928

(Notes by H . Kmoch)

S. Flohr F. Lustig White -Black

1 P_K4 P_K4 2 Kt_ KB3 Kt_QB3 3 B-Kt5 P-QR3 4 B-R4 Kt-B3 5 Q-K2 B-K2 6 P-B3 P_QKt4 7 B_ Kt3 P-Q3 8 P-KR3 Kt-QR4 9 B- B2 P_ B4

10 P-Q4 Q-B2 11 Castles 12 P-Q5 . 13 Bc"K3 14 Kt-K1 15 Kt_ Q2 16 P ---- KKt4 17 P -, B4! _

Castles P- B5 B-Q2 Kt-Kt2 KR- K1 P- Kt3 . . . . . .

Beginning an attack which in its entirety de­monstrates Flohr's fine tactical skill. Black has nO! played the defense well, and his pieces are so situated that he cannot easily place a piece on K4 after the exchange of Pawns. With 16 P~KKt4 White threatened to win a piece, but Black sbould not bave weakened his position by P-Kt3, Making room for the Knight at either Q2 or Ktl would have been better.

1 7 ... . . . PxP 18 RxP! .... "

Prevmting Black's intended B-KB1 and B_Ka,

18 ..... . R-KB1 19 R __ B2! " .. "

Now Black cannot play 19 . . , 1;)-1,-1 with tbe idea of Kt-Q2 and Kt-K4. because of 20 B~R6!

White is preparing for the coming advance.

19 . .... , \ Kt-KI 20 KKt_B3 . Kt_Q1 21 QR_KBI P- B3 22 B_ R6 Kt-KKt2 23 P- K5J! ......

Bold and strong! With Kt-b2 and Kt-K4 Black would have greatly strengthened his , posi­tion, The pretty Pawn sacrifice prevents this and considerably strengthens White's attack, The Bishop at 82 obtains an important diagonal, and the QKt gains an entrance at K4.

23 ...... QPxP • •

23 ... BPxP would allow a decisive attack on the B file, beginning with Kt_Kt5, The Black pieces do not cooperate. and he cannot prevent an eventual entry at either 87 or B8.

24 Kt_ K4 Kt-B2 24 ... P~B4 would open the game' to the ad­

vantage of the attacking side. The game. might go 25 BxKt, KxB (if 25 . . . PxKt? 26 BxR, PxKt: 27 B~R6! wins): 26 P~Q6! BxP; 27 KlxB, QxKt; 28 R-QI. Q-K2 (if 28 ... Q~K3; 29 PxP, PxP; 30 R~Kt2ch, K-Rl; 31 RxB! wins): 29 QxPch, QxQ (not 29 . . . K-B2; 30 Kt-Kt5ch, K-KI; 31 R-K2!): 30 RxBch, K-B3; 31 KtxQ, KxKt; 32 PxP, PxP; 33 RxRP with a winning ending,

25 BxKt KxB 26 Kt- R4 Kt_Q3

A possibility was 26 ... Kt-Kt4, If then 27 K-R2, KtxKt: 28 QxICt. B~KI would delel}d the -threat at Kt6, and White could not continue 29 P-Q6? 8xP; 30 QxR, B-B3!; 31 QxP. R-QRl, winning the Queen,

F. LUSTIG

Position after 26 .. . Kt-Q3

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27 KtxBP!! .... .. An ingenious combination, and the only way to

carry through the attack.

27 .... . . Bx Kt Not 27 .. . RxKt; 28 QxKP wins.

28 P -Kt5 Kt- K1 ? This allows a fearful catastrophe. Corred was

28 .. . BxKtP; 29 QxPch. K-R3! (if 29 ... K_Kt 1; 30 KtxP!. PxKt; 31 QxB wins); 30 RxR. RxR; 31 RxR, BxKt. Although Whit ... can now play 32 BxP] when the piece obviously cannot be taken. there is a saving resource by 32 .. . Q-B4ch; 33 K-Rl, Kt-B4!; wh ... n White has no better 'than perpetual check. Best is then 34 BxKt (if 34 RxKt. , KxB: 35 R-Bl. Q-K2 is a complete defense). QxR; 35 BxB, Q -B8eh; 36 K-R2, Q-B7eh; 37 K-Rl. B-Kt6, and White can just draw.

29 KtxP!! ..... , Brilliantly played. Black had expected 29

PxBch. RxP, when he had good prospects of beating back the a ttack.

29 ..... . PxKt

30 BxP! .. . . . . Flohr conducts the final attack with irresistiblr

vigor.

30 ..... . 3 1 Q - K4ch 32 Q_R11

This is the point of the Black is three pieces ah ... ad. allainst the drastic threats.

32 . . .. . . 33 PxB 34 Q - Kt5ch 35 RxKt 36 K-R2

KxB K-Kt2

preceding sacrifices. but has no defense

K-Kt 1 KtxP K- RI Q-B4ch Resigns.

A game that dearly shows Flohr's tremendous initiative and courage, as well as his feeling for combination. True, Black erred more than once. but brilliant victories must depend to some extent on misplays 01 the opposing siqe.

• • • Following is a sample game and notes

from a forthcoming work, "Fifty MOdern Chess Masterpieces." by 1. Chernev and F. Reinfeld. The authors haDe selected fine specimens from the play of practically every master from 1890 right up to the present. They have taken pa ins to find games not so well known, less than 100/0

of them haDing ever appeared in book form in English.

Each game is preceded by an entertain ~ ing introduction, de'aling with the styles of the masters, or with the strategical principles inDoived. The annotations are very comprehensiDe without being long­winded. The authors have aimed abODe all at lucid exposition and painstaking ex~ planation.

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THEORY AND PRACTICE In chess. as in other fields . there is of­

ten a wide discrepancy between theory and practice. Victory does not always go to those who know the most about the game or have the profoundest understand­ing. For one reason or another they fail in tournament play, either because they lack the necessary concentration and "sitzfleisch," or because they have a flair for analysis hut not for over-the-board play.

Professor Becker. the noted editor of the "Wiener Schachzeitung." is a happy exception. He has devoted himself for years to analysis and theoretical research. and yet his play is always fresh a"nd re­sourceful.

QUEEN'S GAMBIT DECLINED

Vienna. 1927

B. Honlinger A. Becker White Black

1 P_ Q4 P-Q4 2 Kt - KB3 Kt-KB3 . 3 P-B1 P- K3 4 B- Kt5 B-K2 5 Kt - B3 Castles 6 P-K3 P-KR3

This move has been played by Tartakower with fair succes~. The idea is to obtain a favorable position by Brst ascertaining with the Bishop.

7 B- B4

White's intention~

.. . ... The best move-and the only one with which

Whit(' may hop~ to have any initia tive_is 7 B-R4! 7 .... .. P_B4!

Suffice:; to ~qualize.

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8 P,BP 9 B- Q 3

10 Q _ K2 . . .... Somewh1lt beller wo uld

in ()('der to Tttain the QB, 11 8xP, Black clearly has

have been 10 P~KR3

but after 10 ,., PxP; nothing to lear.

10 " " " II B_ Kt3 12 RPxKt

Kt _ KR4 KtxB P-Q5

T he continuation 12 . .. PxP; 13 e xpo P-Ki was iIoafe r. "and would have assured Black II good gaml' wilh his ' reely !un tioning Bishops. The , ttxl_move: II more enterprising. is a t tht same lime mo re risky and rC'q uires

13 Px P I" KtxKt

great carl' .

KtxP Bx Kt

B,lack has obtained II promising posi tion, and ,it is not Surprising th ll! HonHnger, having los t the ini tiative, feels that he must undertake II despera te at tack at a ll costs.

15 R- Q I 16 PxB

Bx Ktch Q_R4

W hiU's Q side p3wns are fa ta lly wtak now.

17 Q - Q2 • • • • • •

NQt only protectillg the BP but also threaten­ing RxP.

17 .. ,," P- K1! W ell played! H now 18

P-K5!! : 20 BxP. ·Q xPch. Q -KI2.

, 18 B-Ki Renewing the thre <l t.

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Rx P. PxR; 19 QxP. followed by 2 1 ...

.. .. ..

B- KtS! After the more obvious 18 . . . P-134. White

could extricate him.self from aU his dlflkulliu by 19 Q -Q 5ch. Q xQ; 20 BxQ ch. K-R2; 21 R-QKt t. R..QKtl ; 22 P-B5!

19 RxP?! .... .. This wild continuat ion 5('ems ful! o f prOlll ise.

whereas with 19 P-B3. KR-QJ would relinquish aU his a ttanckino chal;lces.

19 " " . . &emingJy d,lIlucrous. but

ruource up his sleeve. 19 course yie ld only a dra w.

20 Q , P 21 K- BI

PxR! Blal:k has' a hIdden . .. 13l1R would o f

Q~ Pc h!

Not 21 R-Q 2. O -BSch. Out a, ter W hite's hlst move it looks as i f Black's resignation were in or­

·der. U now 21 ... KR-Q I, then mate in 'I. or '2J. . .. P.B'I; 22 B..Q5ch, whUe 2 1 .. . QxP, h Is ~eemin () ly equa Uy ruinous because of 22 B·Q3. attacking the Queen and still threatening ma te.

8 . H ON LI NGER

Position after 21 K-Bl

2 1 , .... . QxPch! Despite all appear!lllces to the contra ry.

text-move provIdes all adl'qullte defense. 22 B-Q3 .. ....

O f course!

22 """ 8-K7ch!!

,h.

T his problem move is th(." point of Black's magnificent and farsightNi defensive plan i nili at~

on his 18th mov(' .

23 BxB 0 " 23 KxB. Q · KISch and

23 . . . ,"

.. . ... 21 . . . Q -Kt2 .

Q-K3 And now the a tt~ck i ~ deDnite1y, repulsed.

24 Q-KtSch 25 Q,P 26 R-B I

Q-Kt3 QR-Q I ......

A Ja:;l-minute trap; if 26 . .. Q-KR3 ( the double threat o f QxRch lind Q-R8 mate seems impossible (0' parry) : 27 P-Bi! Q -RBch; 28 K-B2 and now 28 ... QxR would allow a perpetual check . .

26 .. .. .. Bu( Bla ck does )'lo t

trivia lities.

27 Q-Q BS

KR- KI! occ upy himself w ith such

, .... . Forced. 27 Q -Kt2 Is ml'l by 2! .. . Q -KR3:

28 P-B4, Q -RSch: 29 K- B2. RxBch! and i f 28 K-Ktl , R-Q7 or 28 , .. R xB.

A,.,d after 27 0 -B3. 0 -KR3 is again the winning move : 28 P·B'I (forced) . Q -R8ch: 29 K-B2. RJcBch; 30 KlIR. Qx Pch; 31 K-K3 (3 1 K-KI. R- Klch ). R-K lch; 32 K-Q4 ( K-Q 3 allows ma ll:' in 2), Q -K5ch. e ti;.

27 ,. .... RxB! White resigns. as h~ cloes no t ,'a rc to inv~sti _

gate the posslblllt!es o f 28 KxR. Q -Q6ch. Steini t: would have enjoyed this game!

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SIlPTIlMBI!H, [ 933 , T [[ e; CHE SS REVI E W 9

INTERVIEW WITH DR. ALEKHINE By I. Kashdan

"1HEN we learned that Dr. Alekhine, U/ C hess C ham pion of the World , was to visit this coun try, we determined to int­erview him, and get his thoughts on the various topics o f chess interest . It was easier said than done. He arrived in New York on the morni ng of July 17. but was off for Chicago two hours la ter to take part in the chess program at the W orld's Fair. When he returned to N ew York, it

was only to ta ke bo,1t for Puerto Rico. where a series o f ex hibi tions and a four game match with Citron awaited him. Then there was a Simultaneous ex hibition in W ashing ton to be attended to before Alekhin e finally landed in New York to stay for a few days. W e th en seized th e opportunity to get him in to a corner, ask him a few questions. and just let him talk.

H e had done so muc h t ra veling recent ly that we first asked him abou t that. Did he en joy that mode of li fe? Did he in tend to keep it up indefinitely, o r s low down in the near future? " 1 found my trip around the world very fasci nat ing ," he told us. " Particulary in Asia t was interes ted in the number of different peoples that play chess, and also in the varieties o f the game itself. It is th ere tha t chess probably orig­inated . I found several s imple forms . an d others even more complica ted than the game we ~now. It may be, ill time. that we can combine th e bes t features of the .Oriental game with our chess. This would be a more natural evol ution than adding new pieces and sC]uares. or some of the other changes tha t have been proposed. I do not believe that chess needs any change at present. a.s it still holds new wonde rs. and will continue to do so for

yea rs to come. "

D R. A . ALEKIIINE

As to his contin ued traveling : '" I do not believe it is the fu nction o f the World 's Cha mpion to go on constan t barnstorm­ing tours. I wan ted to make thl?: world trip to become persona lly familia r with the conditions of chess playing eve ry~

where. and also to meet so many indivi­duals whom I had known through magaz~ ine pages or correspondence. But 1 believe I can do more for chess in ot her ways. notably by writing. With more leisure, I could work out methods of instruction, and perhaps eventua lly be at the head of a vast system of schools and coaches, as has happened in contract bridge under Ely Culbertson . 'This would mean many new converts of chess, a nd cause a great awak~ ening of public interest, as more and more people were initiated into the mysteries of our g lorious game.

"Such activities wou ld by no means limit my practical playing. I am always ready to defend the title agains t any rec09 nized

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cha llenger who Ciln meet the set co ndit ­ions. I am also ready to participate in any impor tant tournaments . and in fact have always sought the opportunity of playing:'

W e were curious about his blindfold record in Chicago. where he played 32 simultaneously. We wondered whether he had approac hed the limit in th'is field. '" foun d Jess difficu lty in playing 32 games than I had anticipated. considering that it was my first performance on such a scale ,in six years. But I wou ld have no fear in tackling 35, a nd possibly up to 40. I can carry that ma ny games in my mind , but every addi tional game means mo rc time, and the element of fatigue enters. It mig ht be an idea to devote two days to such an ex hibition. I would of coun:e agree not to look at a chessboard at any time until the per formance was ove r. Un ~

der those conditions. I am confident I could carryon 10 games blindfold. and wou ld not set the limit even there."

Is there any advantage in blindfold play? "To the player. no. T here is no doubt that a man canno t play his best chess under such a handicap. Frequent blind fo ld seances are a cons iderable d rain on one 's vitality. But the advantage is the spectacular element involved. The genera l public will be attracted to a record per~ form ance. even if they don' t know the moves o f the game. An ything that develops

BOOK REVIEW

Modern Chess Endinos By Bamie F. WINKELMAN

Here is a book that has been needed for some time-a rea lly com prehensive work on endings in the English lang uage. M r. Winkelman, with the thoroughness which also characterises his previous book "Modern C hess" , trea ts his subject from every ang le, giving exhaust ive exa mples of every branch o f endgame s tra teg y.

such interest is valuable to the fu rther spreading of chess knowledg e."

W e wanted to know wha t he thoug ht of the Am erican players. and how th ey compared with the younger European stars. " You r double success in the J nter~ nationa l T ea m Tournaments has put America in the firs t ra nk among the chess playing nat ions . No other country has so many promising young masters . In N ew York City alone you have a t least a dozen young men who have nothing to fear from the leaders o f any count ry in E urope. I pred ict many new successes, and you have enough ta lent deve loping to keep in the top Aight indefinitely."

W e thanked him cordially for these kind views and hope he will prove a good prophet . F or the next few months. D r. . -Alekhine has a full sched ule a head of him. H e is shortly to embark on tours through Ho lland and Czechoslovakia . Then he will take part in the Christmas Congress at Has tings. T his may lead to a tou r in En R"la nd.

Next year may mark the return match with Bogoljubow, whose recent challenge is referred to in our news section. W hen A lekhine wi ll return to these shores is a matter for the future . H e expressed him ~ self as very well pleased with his recep~ tions in this country. and is looking for~

ward to furthe r visits here.

T here are chapters on simple endings, and others only apparently simple. A new fieJd is the discussion of the styles of various mas ters of the endgame. such as P illsbury. Dr. Lasker, Capablanca . Alek~ hine. Ma rshall a nd Kashdan.

So much fo r the practica l endin~. T he final chapters arc devoted to endgame composition. with numerous examples from the best efforts of Troitsky . Kub ­bel. and Rinck . T here is enough material fo r study by a ll classes of players. from beginner to master.

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S EPT EM BER, 1933 T H E C H E S S R E VI E W 1 1

GAME DEPARTMENT

Game No. 66 C ARO- K ANN DEFEN SE

Washington. August, 1933 (N otes by l. K ashdan)

Dr. A. Alekhine I. S. Turover and Wh

o W. K. Wimsatt It e Black

I P_ K4 P- QB3 2 P_ Q4 P-Q4 3 PxP PxP 1 P_ QB1 . ... . .

The most enterp rising method o f trea ting th is opening. which Dr. A lekhine has done much to popularize . T he older i B-Q3. Kt-QB3; 5 P-QB3, Kt-B3: etc.. ' giv es W hi te no adva ntage.

4 .. . . . . Kt-QB3 5 Kt-QB3 Kt-B3 6 Kt-B3 B-Kt5 7 B-K2 .... ..

An interesting idea to s a~ riBce a Pawn for de­velopment. successfu lly tried by Mikenas «gains t Flohr a t Folkestone. The "book" here is 7 PxP. KKtxP : 8 B-QKt5. Q -Ri: 9 Q -Kt3. BxKt: \0 PxB. KtxKt : II PxKI. with better prospects for W hite.

7 .... .. P-K3 P laying safe. The game rcfer~ed to w('nt 7 .. .

PxP: 8 P-Q 51, BxKt : 9 BxB. Kt-Ki: 10 Cast les, Q-Q2: I I Q -K2 . KtxBch : 12 Q xB. Castles O R: 13 P _QKt31 with a powerful attack resulting briUian t victory ' for M ikrnas.

8 P-B5! .. . . . .

in a

This gives W hite the advantage. Black can never plilY P -Ki bec<lu~e of the weak O P re­sulting, and the W hite Pawns re~t ra i n his game considerably.

8 ...... 9 Castles

10 B-K3

B-K2 Castles Kt-K5

The best chance fol' ( ounter-play. If 10 . , . P-QKt3 : II Q -Ri! is mliloying. If then 11 . . . R-BI : 12 B-R6. R-B2 : 13 Kt-QKt5, R·Q 2: 14 Kt-K5 !, Ktx Kt: 15 PxKt, Kt-K5; 16 P-B6 wins. But not 16 P-B:P . KtxPI ; 17 B"Kt. BxBch. rtc,

II Q - Kt3 Q - Q2 12 KR_Q I P_ B4

The o rrec t plan. to advance on the K side. and thus balance \ Vhite's advantage on the other wing .

13 P-KR3 BxKt But this is inferior to the retreat, 13 . . , B-Ri .

when Black can prepare for P -KKt1 and Kt5. etc. H Ii Kt-K5, KtxKt: 15 BxB. Kt-B5; 16 B-BI (to preserve the two Bishops ) , P-QKt3: 17 PxP, Q R-Kt l ! ls effectlve.

14 BxB 15 BxKt

Kt-Kt4 . . . . "

Forced. [f Ii B-K2. P-B5; 15 B-Q BI. P-B6! with a st rong attack, But after the exchange White has considerably strengthened his K side, whereas the a dvance wi th P-QKti. P-QR'1. etc., cannot be long de layed.

15 .... .. 16 Q- R4 17 R-Q3 18 QR-QI

Defending the Q P as a

1 8 ' . . . . .' .

.. . .. . preliminary to P-QKt4.

Kt-QI Losing tlme. 18 , . . P-KKt4. followed by

R-Kt2. etc" offered better prospects.

19 Q-B2 Kt-B3 20 P-R3 R-KI

[f 20 .. , P-QRi: 21 Kt-Ri . B- QI: 22 Q -Kt3 (not 22 R-Kt3. Kt-K'l!) followed by Kt-Kt6. with an attack on the Q side Pawns.

21 P-QKt1 P- QR3 22 Q - Kt3 K-RI 23 P- QR4 Q_BI 21 Q-R3 P- KKt3

Of course not 24 But 24 . .. R-Kt l.

P-KKti : 25 B-R5 wins . and P-KKt4 were in order.

Black cannot a lford to play passively.

25 P- Kt5 Kt-QI II 25 ... Kt-Ri : 26 Q-Kti , Kt-B5: 27 B·K2,

followed by R-B3. when the Black Knig ht has no escape.

26 B_ K2 27 R-B3 28 PxP 29 Q-Kt1 30 P-Kt6!

Q-B2 PxP KR-K2 K--Kt2 .. . " .

Closing in on Bla( k. with the entry through the QR RIc to supply the Bnishing touch. .

30. . . .... Q-Ktl 31 B-Kt5 R-Rl 32 R-R I P-R4

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-<" Striving lor an aUilck which s ucc~cds in en­

livening the game, but \Vhltc hall made too much headway .

33 R_R7 34 P-B6!

P-Kt4 Kt_D2

or cours>:' not 3i . . . PxP; 35 RxRch. The Pawn now becomes an enormous power.

35 P-B7 Q - QB I 36 R-K3 P-B5 37 R-KI P-KI5

Black cannot prevent wha t follows. as his pieces can hardly move.

38 KtxP! PxKt . 39 RxR BxR 40 QxB Q _ B4 41 RxP Q - Kt8ch 42 8_B1 Resigns.

The threa t Is i 3 P-B8 (Q) or even H O xKlch! If i2 ... R-QSl: 1:3 R-Kt8 (43 0-07 would allow 43 . .. P -Kt6: H QxR. Q · KS, though 45 Q-KISchl wo uld stUl win ) . Q-Bi ; ii P-Kt7!. etc. Played in the champion'! vigorous sty le.

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Game No. 67 NIMZOVITCH DEFENSE

New York . July, 1933 ( N otes by I. A. H oro witz)

R. Fin. A. W. Dak. White Black

1 P_Q4 Kt-KB3 2 P-QB4 P-K3 3 Kt_QB3 B-Kt5 -4 0-B2 Castles 5 P-QR3 BxKtch 6 QxB P-Q3 7 P-K,3 P-QKt3

Or 7 ... Q -K2 (allowed by P -K<I . developing the B on its original diagonal.

8 B-Q3 9 P-B3

10 Kt-R3 II Kt-B2 12 Castles 13 B- Q2

B-Kt2 Kt-R4 Q-R5ch P-KBi K t- Q2 P-Ki

This permits W hi te to shut out the B from its commanding diagonal. Ins tead 13 . .. R-B2 fol­lowed. by QR_KBI and P-KKt-t . afte r bringing the Q into ulety. Wa.$ the pro~r plan to pursue.

14 P-Q5 P-R4 Inconsistent . . The brea k at QB5 Is inevitable.

and the attempt o f the text move to fo restall it

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not only loses time but also makC8 it more ef­fective when It does arrive. W hi te Is now able to force o~n the OR III I' to his advllntage. 1'1 ... O -K2. followed by P-KKt'l was again Indica ted.

15 P_ QKt4: P-Kt3 The reason for this move Is not quite apparent.

16 Kt-R3 Q-K2 17 Q-Kt2 PxP

Opening the Q R II II' to W hite's advantage. m"de necessary by Black's l 'h h move.

18 PxP 19 P-K4 20 Kt-Kt5 21 Kt_K6 22 KtxKt 23 RxR 24 R_RI

KKt_B3 P-B5 KR-Ktl Kt-BI QxKt RxR . . . .. .

Now White seeks to exchange all the major pieces. as the advantage of his two Bishops. coup­led wi th the threat of the eventual break. should prove suflld;nt to win.

24: .. . .. . 25 P-R3 26 P- B5!

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Kt - Q2 K - B2 .. ....

At JaS! COffies the break with tell ing effec t. 26 .. .. .. Kt PxP 27 B-Kt5! RxRch 28 QxR K-K2 29 BxKt .. .. ..

Ignoring the threa t of Bisho ps o f oppo$ite color.$, as the weakness of Black's Pawn cha in Is enough to ensure W hite's ullimate v ictory.

29 . . . . . . KxB 30 PxP K-K2 31 B-Kt4 B-BI 32 PxPch PxP 33 BxPch Resigns.

Black apparently overlooked th is possibility on his 31 st move, but the poSi tion was already los t.

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Game No. 68 EN GLISH OPENIN G

N ew York. July. 1933 (Notes by I. A. H orowitz)

A. W. Dak. R. Fin. White Black

1 P-QB4 P-Ki 2 Kt_QB3 Kt-QB3 3 P-KKt3 P-Q3 i ·B-Kt2 . B-K3

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5 P-Q3 6 P_B1 7 K,_B3 8 P_K1 9 Castles

10 KxB

P- B3 Q - Q2 KK, - K2 B- R6 BxB P_ KR1

T he idea o f uplolting the weakness of the W hite squ.'l rt'S was co rrett. but the timing wa5 faulty. First 10 ... P-KKt3. followed by B-KIl. a nd Castl ing either King or Q ueen side. whichever the position may warrant. was pre fe rable.

I I P_KB5 12 K,·Q5 J3 K, - R1 14 KKtxP 15 RxKt 16 RxRP

P_KK,3 B- K'2 PxP KtxKKt K,-Q5 . .... .

Sa /e ly capturing il P llwn, thl" re5l\!t of Black '~

impetuous 10th move.

16 . . .. . . 17 Kt - K3 18 K,_B5 19 RxKt 20 RxB 21 P-KR1 22 P-R5

Castles QR B- R3 Kt xKt BxB Q _ R2 QR- K' I . .. .. .

Neces$,'l ry for if 22 K-RJ, RlCPch!; 23 KlC R. QxPch ; 24 K· B3. Q ·R7, with at least a draw.

22 . .. . . . R _ Kt2 23 RxBP . .....

If insteilu 2] Q · B)' R ( R ) · Kt l ; 21 R·KKI I. Rx Pch : 25 O xR . RxQ<h; 26 KxR. Q ·Rl; wilh Chil llCI'S for a perp{' tual cht'l'k.

23 . ... . . 24 R- Kt6 25 PxR 26 Q- B3

KR- KtI RxR Qx P K- Kt l

To avoid excha nging Q ueenll by Q ·BSch.

27 R-B I Q _ R1 A mistake wh ich permits White to force

exch,lOg(' o f Q ueens. 27 . .. P· Kt l would

le" ve n very difAcu!t lI"me.

28 Q-B6 QxQ Porced, othcrwlS(' Q · 58 thren te lls mnte ,

ending is now e a.~Uy won.

29 RxQ 30 R_B5 31 P-QK'1

P-K,3 K-Kt2 :~-B3

the sti ll

Th,

32 K _ B3 33 P- R3 34 P-Kt5ch 35 K-K'2 36 R-R5 37 R_ R4 38 P_Kt4 39 K-Kt3 40 P xP 41 P_Kt5 42 R_ R7ch

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P- R1 R- KRI K-K'2 R-KK'I R- K'3 R- K'2 P-B3 PxP R- QB2 R- B6 Resigns.

Game No. 69 E N GLISH O PENIN G

New York. July, 1933 (Note s by I. A. H orowitz)

A. W. Dake R. Fine W hite Black

I P_QB1 K, - KB3 2 K,-KB3 P- B1 3 P_Q4 PxP 4 KtxP P- K4

An ea rly (l tempt to seize the Initia tive, the merit o f which i$ quc"tionable,

5 Kt-Kt5 .. .... 5 KI-KBJ. P ·K5; 6 Kt·Oi. P-Q ·]; 7 KI-O B3,

P xP; 8 B-Kt5 followed by P· K3 is a {jood al-lerna tive.

5 . ... . . Not S '. ' P-Q~ ; 6

8 Kt-B7ch. et(·.

6 B-Q2

B- KISch PxP. KlxP; i O IrKl, QxO:

. " . .. O r 6 QKt-B3. P-Q'! : 7 P xP . Cast le ~ ; and Black

regain~ h i ~ Pawn with a Salisfll,ctory poSition.

6 .. .. .. 7 B-B3 8 P- K3 9 KK,-R3

B- B1 Q- K'3 P- QR3 .... ..

if 9 P-Q;' ti. Pxl'~ t ; 10 PxB. Q xl'; I I PxP. Kt-KS " nd Black sta nds well.

• 9 " " .. 10 B-QJ 11 Cas lies 12 K,-B2 J3 P-K4

K, - B3 Castles P- Q3 B- K3 ... " .

Foresralling P-QI. bllt at Ih ... expc:n$C of elr' lending the scope o f Blnck's KB. whk h now bears on 6 7 wilh le lling eflrci.

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13 ...... I i Q - B3

Kt _ KKtS . . . . . .

Or 11 Q · K2. KlxBP; 15 RxKt, p· B4; 16 P-QKti . BxRch ; 17 Qx B. QxQch; 18 KxQ . PxPch, etc.

I i .. .. .. 15 Kt- Q2 16 RxKt 17 P xP

P- Kt3 KtxBP! P-Bi . . . . . .

If 17 a ·K2. BxRch as in the previous varla tlon.

17 ...... BxKBP 18 BxS RxB 19 Q - Q5ch K-Kt2 20 Kt - K1 BxRch

A t last capltaU:tln ll hi~ advantage by a lIain in ma terial, but the posi tion still requires careful play.

21 K- R I QR-KBI 22 KtxP KR-B3 23 Kt - K4: .. . . . .

Black threatened 8 ·8i, which wO\lJd win it

piece, because of the mating threa t.

23 ...... 24 KtxR 25 Ktx R 26 P - QKt3 27 Kt- Bi 28 R_ KBI

R- Q I RxQ Q-Bi P_ QKti Q-Q3 B-Q5

W ith thiS simplifying move, White"S hope~ for it draw are gone .

29 KtxB 30 Kt- Q5 31 PxP 32 B_ Kl4: 33 ~- B8ch 3i Kt- K3 35 B- R6 Resigns.

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KtxKt PxP Q-Bi QxP K-R I Q_K7 Kt_B4

Game N o. 70

F REN CH DEFENSE

M a hcisch.Qstrall, July, 1933

(Notes by I. Kashdan)

K, Gilg V . Petrow White Black

I 'P_K4 P-K3 2 P_ Qi P_Qi 3 Kt- QB3 Kt-KB3 .

i B_KKt5 5 P-K5 6 P_KRi

B-K2 KKt-Q2 P-QBi

II 6 . . . BltB; 7 Px B, O xP; 8 Kt-R3!, Q -K2; 9 Kt-Bi , and W hite has a powerful at tacking p0.­

si tion for the Pawn. 6 ... P-QR3 or the more compll,cated 6 ... P~K'B3 a re alternatives to the text.

7 BxB QxB SecaUS(' . o f the dangerous threat o f Kt_Kt5.

Black usually plays 7 ... KxB; 8 Q-Kti, K-BI. and although the K side St'eDU weak, Black's a t­tack on the center is difficult to parry,

8 Kt-Kt5 Castle'S Sacri ficing at least the exchange. but planning

an a ttack based on W hite's loss of time. T he alte rnat Ive is 8 . .. K·QI (not 8 . . . Kt-Kt3; 9 Kt,..Q6ch, K·Q I; 10 PxP, Kt (Kt3) -Q2; 11 P-KBt KtxBF; 12 P·Bi ! wi th a w inning game); 9 Kt~Q6. PxP; 10 P-KBi , Kt·QB3, followed by P·B3, wi th interesting complications.

9 Kt-B7 10 KtxR

Px P P-B3

Allowing the Kt to ucape. Black plays con­sis ten tly to o~n the lines, and completely dis· regards his material los.'!. Sounder was 10 KtxP. followed by QKt-B3 and P·QK!3. etc.

11 Kt- B7 P xP 12 Kt- Kt5 P-QR3 13 KtxP

Getting rid of the dengerous Pawns. But having gone $0 fa r. W hite should have kept the pirce with 13 Ir:. t·R7. If then 13 ... Q-Koch ; I i Q ·Q2, Q xP; 15 R·Q t, Kt·B1; 16 KtxB, RxKt: 17 P-B3, and it Is doubtful whether Black has enough equivalent 1('1( the Rook minus.

13 .... .. 14 QxP 15 Q-Q2 16 B-Q3 17 Castles QR

PxKt Kt-QB3 Kt- B3 P-K4 P-K5

T he strong Pawns give Black excd l"nl chances. although he is stili the exchange behind.

18 B_K2 19 K-Kt1 20 P-R3 2 1 Kt.-R3 . 22 Kt-Kt5

• B- K3 P- Q5 P-QKt4 R_ BI ......

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The Kt is insecurely placed here. but if 22 Kt-8i. 6 -8i. threa tening P-K6, is difScult to meet.

22 .. ... . B-Q' If now 22 . . . 8 -B1; 23 Q -Bi , Q -131; 2i

P·KKti , etc.

23 P- KB3 . .. , .. Allowing Black's advance is vuy rlsky. But

W hite is h!lrd up for good moves.

23 ... . . . 2i Q-Q3

P-K6 Q-Q2!

T hreatening to win the Que .... n by B-B5. which

forces a funht" r wt"akening.

25 P-B3 26 Q, BP

p, p P-KtS!

SIMting an energetic combinat ion. whiCh should only have succ .... eded in drawing, however.

27. PxP 28 Q x Kt?

Kt-QS!

But thiS loses quickly. Nece&silrY was 2S QxRch. Q xQ; 29 RxKt. Black's best wOll ld then

bc 29 " . Q -B1ch; 30 I\:·B I (if 30 K·R I. Q -B7 wins. or 30 8 -Q3. Q -Ki ; 3 1 R·Q I. Qx RI 32 ' BxPch, Ktx B: 33 RxQ, P·K7) wins). Q ·Blch; 31 K-Kt l ( ll 31 K.Q I, P ·R3 : 32 Kt·Ki , B· Kt6ch; 3] K-K I, KtxKt ; ] i P xKt, Q -BSeh: 35 B.QI. Ble8; 36 RxB, Qx P, wi th a winning end-gamr).

Q·Bich, and draws by perpelual check,

28 . .... . 29 P- QK'3 30 B- B', h

Q-R5 BxKtP

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The best chance, to a t I .... ast d .... lay ma ltt"TS. If 30 Q-Kt2. B-B7ch wins a t once.

30 ... .. . 31 Q _ K'2 32 R- Q'

BxB K,-Q' B-R7ch??

With the win al hand, Black throws !lWll Y til{' game. H is Idea is if 33 Qx B. Kt-B6ch, but he

ov .... rlooks that the Knight is pinn~d! He had an

easy victory in several ways. the quickest helnll

32 ... B· KI6: 33 R·QB I. B·R7ch : 31 K-R J.

RxRch : 35 Q xR, B-KI6ch,

· 33 QxB 3. KxQ 35 K- K'2

forcing mate.

Q xQ, h Kt- B6ch Resigns.

A highly interesting game, despite the blld mis·

plays on bolh sides.

Ga me No, 71

Q UEEN 'S I NDIAN DEFENSE

New York . June. 1933 (N otes by I , A. H orowitz)

E. S. Jackson R. Willman White

1 K, - KB3 2 P- Q' 3 P- B4 4 P- KKt3 5 B- Kt2 6 B- Q2 7 Castles 8 K,- B3 '9 BxB

10 Q- B2 11 QR- Q1 12 K, :'-Q2

Beller is 12 Kt-Kt5, White ret .. ins the slighl

12 .. . .. . 13 Q xKt 14 KxB 15 P- K3

Black K,-KB3 P-K3 P-QK'3 B- Kt2 B-KtSch Q - K2 C astles BxQKt P- Q3 QK,- Q2 K,-K5 ......

Q xKt: I J [lxKt. when advantage of B for KI ,

KtxB B, B P-KB. K, _ B3

T he bal(lnced position CflUS for a logical mc;thod of play, W hIle is 10 advance his Q ueen side Pawns and ('ventua Uy break a l Q BS, a nd Black should coun ter wIth a timely adva nce o f his King side Pa wns, 15 ,., R· B2, followed by QR·KB 1 and P·KKti. WIlS indicated.

16 P-B3 17 P- QK,' 18 P- Q5

QR- K1 P- K. P-K5

18 ... P -KKti appears to be more accurate. The text gives up the centml square Q i , which W hit'" may occupy wi th his Kt, and get.'! nothing in return .

19 P_ B4 20 Kt - Kt3 21 K, - Q' 22 P- KR.

Kt-KtS Q-B3 P-KR4 . .....

22 P-KR3 fi rst. driving the Kt. amI Ihm P -KR4 gain.'! an impor tant tempo,

22 ..... . P-R' Black's King side attack being effectively de­

f ... ated. he is n~w met with the problem o f re· pellin] W hite 's Q ueen side advance. A.~ no happy solution ~uOge5ts itwlf, Black adopls the lext to cr ... a le a divcnion. •

23 PxP R-RI

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If instead 23 . .. R-Kt5, and W hite's

24 P xP

PXP; 24 R-O Kt!' followed by position is superior.

25 R-Q2 RxPch R-R5

25 . .. RxRch ; 26 QxR. p"p; 27 R-QKt l would s till leave W hi te wi th th(' upper hand. The tex t threa tens 26 . .. RxP; 27 Q xR. Ktx Pch winning

the Q.

26 R-K I . . . .. . But he re White misses an opportuni t y. Instead

26 P-Kt7 would leave Black defenseless against the menacing Pawn. 26 P· Kt7. R_Ktl : 27 R-QKt l .

RxBP; 28 Q-R3! . etc.

26 ... .. . 27 Q-Kt3 28 QxP 29 Q_Kt7 30 Q-Kt8th 31 Kt-K6

p,p KR- RI RxP R_R6 K_ R2 . . . . . .

T hreatening 31 Kt-KtSch. K_KI3; 32 Q-K8ch, K-R3 ; 33 Q-R8ch, K-KI3: 34 Q-R7 mate.

31 . . . . . . Q-K2 32 R_Kt2 KtxPch?

Missing a chance . 32 ", . . RxP; 33 RxR. KtxRch ; 34 K-RJ, R-B8: 35 Kt-Kt5ch, K-KI3; 36 Q-KR8. R-R8ch: 37 R-R2, RxRch ; 38 KxR. Kt-KtSch; 39 K_KI2. Kt-B3 wins.

33 Rx Kt! RxR 34 Kt- Kt5ch K_ Kt3 35. Q - KR8? . ... . .

35 R-Kt7, R-B7ch ; 36 K-8 1 (K-R3, R_K7!), . R-R6 wins For BI'Kk. But 35 R-Kt6!, R-B2; 36 Q-K8ch!! (Q xQ; RxPch and matd , K_B3 ; 37

Qx P ,md BlHCk is hdpleoss.

35 . . . . . . R(B5 1-B6 36 Q _ R7ch K-B3 37 QxRP RxPch 38 K-R2 Q - R2 39 Q-QI Q-K6 40 Q_KBI R_ R6ch

41 Kt xR Q -Kt6ch 42 K- RI Qx Ktch 43 Q,Q RxQch 44 K-Kt2 R, P 45 R-KB2 R- Kt5ch 46 K - BI P - Kt4 Resigns .

. Game No. 72 ZUKERTORT GAME

New York, June. 1933 (Notes by I. A. H orowitz)

R. Willman A. Denker White ' Black

I Kt _ KB3 P-Q4 2 P_B4 P-Q5 3 P- QKt4 P-QB4 4 P-K3 P- KKt3

1: . . . PxKP ;' 5 BPxP, PxP ; 6 P-Q1: leads to the Blumenfeld varia tion, White having a move' in hand. The strong center would more than compensate for the Pawn minus.

5 B_Kt2 . . . .. . Ins tead 5 KPxP, PxP ; 6 P-Q3 followed by the

fia nchetto of the KB, commanding the strong di~

agonal KRI _ QR8, was more exact. , The de­velopment o f the QB should be determined only al ter the posi tion assumes a defini te lorm.

5 ..... . . B-Kt2 6 KtPx P . . . .. .

Her.e "Qain 6 PxQP, playing for a Queen side Pawn majority , offers better prospects. The text permits Black to establish a Rrm center, with little counter-play for W hile.

A by

6 ...... 7 P-Q3 8 PxP

good altt'rnat ive' would P-KKt3 and B·Kt2, and

by P-KB4. 8 ... .. . 9 QKt-Q2

10 B-K2

Kt-QB3 P-K4 ... ...

b~ <.i P-K4, followed th~ eventual break

PxP P_B4 .. ... .

T he' scope of the f.qm.re. P-KKt3 and

B is ver y limited on this B-Kt2 was again indicated.

1 0 .... . . 11 Castles 12 R- KI

K t_ R3 Cas tles P-KKt4

W hite 's inaccurate h,llld ling of the opening per~

mits Black to become th(' aggressor.

13 Kt-Kt3 •

14 Kt( B31-Q2 I S B- KBI

P-Kt5 B-K4 BxPch?

Too impetuous. 15, . . Q-B3 Followt'd by B-Q2 and Q R-K I, would lend great impetus to Black's onslaug ht.

.

16 KxB 17 K-Kt l 18 Kt xP

Q-R5th P-B5 . .....

1\ . . ~ imple and dlretiv{' d!'It' llsc.

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18 ..... . KtxKt II Instead HI ... P-Kt6; 19 P][P. p][p; 20

KIIQ1)-B3. and the anack is beaten back.

19 BxK t Kt-B1 20 B-K5 ..... .

Tht only move. but 20. . . . . . . 21 PxP

quite satisfactory. P-K,6 PxP

21 . .. Kt" P; 22 Kt-B3 leads to nothing . 22 K,-B3 Q-R4 23 R-K4 . ... .. .

W hite now cornu into his own. and concludu the game.

23 . . . . . .. B-Q2 24 Kt-R1! Kt-Kt2 25 BxKt QxPch? 26 B- Q4 Resigns,

• • • Game No. 73

QUEEN'S INDIAN DEFENSE

Bad Pyrmont. July. 1933 .

(Notes by I. Kashdan)

quickly

E. Bogoljubow F. Saemisch White Black

1 P _Q4 K'_KB3 2 P_QB4 P-K3 3 K,-KB3 P-QK'3 4 P-K3 ......

.. P-KKt3, to balance the effect of Black's Ran-( hetlo . i! the approved line. However, the lut, being a normal developing move, ;$ also good.

4 ... . .. 5 B-Q3 6 KK,_ Q2

B_K,2 B-K15ch ..... ,

Seemingly loss of lime, but Ihl." id~1I Is 10 dear the way for P-B3 and P-K'!, if neceSlilry. to block the B ill Kt2 , White's Queen sldt pieces will have no trouble in developing.

6 .. ".. Castles 7 Castles BxKr

Black sho\lld wait tm this is forced. 7 , .. P-Qt followed by QKI·Q2 and P-Bi, is a good plan.

8 KtxB P-Q3 9 P-QK'4 ......

W hite has a good bold on lbe position, and this and the next moves f\lrther restrict Black's game.

9 . ..... QK,.Q2

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10 B-Kt2 11 Q-B2 12 P-QR4

P-K4 Q-K2 P-B4

Opening the lints only helps White. bUI there is little better. If 12 . . . P-QRi; 13 P"RP, R"P; Ii Kt-Kt3. QR-RI ; 15 P-R5! Or 12 ... P.oi ; 13 P-B5! with marked advantage for White In both Casts.

13 KtPxP 14 P-Q5 15 Q-B31

KtPxP QR_Kl .. ....

P~venting 15 . . . P-K5, when 16' KI"P! would win. Although the diagonal is at present closed, it .t)[ercises a r~strainino In8uence on Black's plan to advance on the K sid~.

1 5 . . ... . K' -R4 Losing time, 15 , .. R-Kt l , followed by Kt-Kl

and P-B1 i$ a bl:tter UQuence .

16 B_K2 17 P-B3 18 QR-Kl 19 P-Bi 20 K,- B3

II 20 ... P-K5; 21

21 PxP 22 P-K'3

KK'-B3 Kt_Ktl KK'_Q2 P-B4 P-KR3 ,

KI-KI5 and Kt-K6 fol lows.

PxP P-Kt4

Far too risky In view of Black's generally In· ferior pOSition, 22 ' " P-B5 would not do be­cause of 23 KP"P. PxP: 21 B.o3, Q-B2; 25 B-R3; 29 KR-R3. etc, ); 21 Q-K5 with a winning siHon, would have offered some reSistance.

23 K,-Q2 21 P-K4!

P-K'5 Kt-Kt3

A d iversion which doesn't help mall~rs. If 21 ,., Q -Kti ; 25 p"p. RxP; 26 Kt-Ki, R"Rch: 27 RxR. Q-Kt3; 28 B·Q3, Q-R3 ( thtre is no bl:t­ler square); 29 R-Bi !, poRi: 30 R-B5 wins easily,

25 B-Ql Q-Q2 26 P-R5 K'-R5 27 BxKt QxB 28 P xP K'_Q2 29 K'-K4 B-R3 30 P-B6 QxBP

This loses a pi('c('. bUI Ihert' is nolhin,;! to do.

31 QxQ 32 P-B7ch! 33 RxR 34 K,-Q6ch 35 KtxB

BxQ RxP KxR K-K2 Resigns,

J8 THE CHESS REVIEW SEPTEMBI!R: 1933

Game No. 74

RUY L6PEZ

Bad Pyrmont, July. 1933 (Notes by 1. Kashdan)

E. Bogoljubow P. S. Leonhardt White

1 P-K4 2 K.-KB3 3 B-K.S 4 B-R4 5 Castles 6 R-KI

Black P_K4 K._QB3 P-QR3 K.-B3 B-K2 P-Q3

Probably the st rongest. defense is the Rubin­stein variation, 6 . . . P-QKt-i; 7 B-KI3, P-Q3; 8 P_Ip. Kt-OR-i : 9 8-B2, P-Bi: 10 P-Q4. 0 -82. etc.

7 P_B3 · . . . . . Also good is 7 BxKtch. PxB: II P-Qt obtflining

command of the center, though the two Bishops arE' an asset for Black.

7 .... .. 8 P-KR3

Castles · . . . . .

To prevent the pin. If 8 P-Qt. P_QKt4: 9 B_KI3, PxP; [0 PxP. B-Kt5: 11 B-K3, P-Qi (not II Kt){KP? 8·Q5 wins): 12 P-K5, Kt-K5 with a good game.

8 . .. . . . 9 P_Q4

B_Q2 R_BI ,

An unusua l move, but it has its points, prepar­ing for the eventual opening of this Ille . 9 .. . R-K!. to be followed by B-KBI is frequently adopted.

10 B-K.3 11 ;1 QKt-Q2 12 PxP 13 B-B2 14 P-QKt3!

P-R3 PxP Kt-QR4 P_B4 · . . . . .

Much better than Ii P-Qj, , ,,hkh blocks !hoo t;!ame. The lont;! dia\lonal. combined with White's clastic center. will be an important force.

14 ...... R-KI 15 B_Kt2 P_QKt4 16 R-QBI P-BS 17 PxP KtxBP 18 Kt}fKt RxKt 19 Q-Q3 ..... .

W ith the powerful thrcM of P-K5. The strength of the White center Pawns is now apparent.

19...... Kt_R2

20 K.-Q2 21 P-B4 22 K.-B3 23 K-R2

R-QBI Kt-Bl Q-K.3 P-K.S

Black's best chance is in the advance of these Pawns, but in the lont;! run there is no sufficient defense to White's ,coming attack,

24 P-QS 2S Q-Q2

B-QK.4 8-B5?

Allowing White an entrance on a strong diag­onal. Best was 25 . .. P-QR4, when White could continue 26 P-K5!, etc.

26 B-R4! 27 K.-Q4

KR-QI B-R5

If 27 , . . BxP; 28 Kt-B6, R-K I; 29 B-Q4 wins a piece.

28 P-K.3 29. Kt-B6! 30 QxB

B_B3 BxB B-Kt4?

Losint;! a who}", Rook, 30. . . RxKt was ne­cl'ssary. but the position was eqllally hopeless.

31 BxB QxB 32 Kt-K7ch Resigns.

• • • Game No, 75

Ruy L6PEZ

Berlin. June, 1933 (Notes by p, Reinfeld)

K. Richter F. Saemisch White Black

1 P-K4 P-K4 2 K.-KB3 K._QB3 3 B-K.S P-QR3 4 B_R4 P-Q3 5 BxKtch , . , ', . ,

Probably the stront;!est continuation. 5 P..oi is met by 5 .. . P-QKti, and if 5 P-BJ. B..o2: 6 P-Q4, P-KKt3: 7 Castles, B-Kt2: etc.

5" . . . , PxB 6 P-Q4 P-B3 7 Q-Q3 1 • • ••••

The idea of Castlint;! QR is an excellent one and gives White far better prospects than the re.- ­latively tame continuation 7 Castles, Kt-K2!; 8 Kt-Ri, B-K3 (Balogh-Kashdan. Gyor, 1930). Kashdan points out that if now 9 P-KB4, B-B5: 10 R-B3, PxBP: I I RxP, P-Kti: 12 RxP, PxKt: 13 Q-R5ch, Kt-Kt3: Ii RxKt. 8-B2: 15 R-K6ch, B-K2 : and wins.

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7 .. . ... Kt-K2 8 P-KR4 • • • • • •

Hindering the further development of the Kt. for if Black continues 8 ... Kt-Kt3 then 9 P-R5. Kt-S5? 10 B"Kt, P"B; II Q-Q2.

8 ...... B-K3 9 Kt-B3 Q-Ktl

·10 B-K3!? ..... . Richter is a highly giftd and enterprising

player and hence prefers complications to clarity. Simpler and stronger was 10 P-QKt3, followed by B-K3 and Castles QR.

10 ...... O-Kt2? Black should have been consistent by playing

10 ... OxP!; II OR-KtC Q-R6. This seems very dangerous because the Queen has no means of retreat for the time being, but if now 12 Castles. P-04! preparing for 0-03. and 13 PxKp· is an­swered by 13 . . . PxKP! Should White attempt to cross this plan by playing 12 P-05 (instead of Castles), then 12 ... PxP; 13 PxP, KtxP!, etc.

11 Castles OR P-QR4 This demonstration Is devoid of any real sting.

Granted that the Pawn advances to R5 - What then? Unfortunately Black cannot play II Castles OR; 12 P"P, BP"P; 13 KtxP. , 12 PxP BPxP

Or 12 ... QP"P; 13 P·R5! 13 Kt-KKt5! B-Ktl 14 P-B4! ..... .

White rightly utili~es his enormous lead in de­velopment to open up the game.

14...... PxP 15 BxP Kt-Kt3

A better course was IS P-R3; 16 Castles QR; and if 17 P-KS, B-R2 ; 18 Kt-Kt3; 19 B-Kt3. B-K2.

16 B-Kt3 • • • • • •

Kt-B3 , Q-Q2.

Whereas now 16 P-KS.

P-R3 is answered by

16 ..... . B-K2 Black's game is hopeless. If 16 . . . Castles

QR; 17 P-RS, Kt-K2; 18 KR-B\ with tremendous advantage.

17 P-K5 P-Q4 17 .. . Castles OR would al the very least lose

a Pawn by 18 Q_BSch, followed by PxP, etc.

18 P-K6! P-R5 Alternatives are : I 18 ... 6"Ktch; 19 PxB, Castles QR (19 . ..

BxP; 20 RxP!); 20 Q-B5, Kt-K2 (20 .. . K_Ktl ; 21 Kt-K4! threatening Kt-BS as well as R-Q3-Kt3 and if 21 . .. R-KBI·22 P-K7!!, R-KI: 23 R-Q3!

K-R I; 24 KI-BS, Q-B I ; 25 0 -62 and wins, or 13 ... KlxP; 24 0-07, Q-BJ; 25 BXPch!, K-RI ;' 26 Q-Q6, PxKt: 27 R-QR3, B-B5; 28 R"Pch, B-R3; 29 KR-R3, etc.); 21 Q-KS with a winning position.

II 18 ... Castles OR; 19 QR-Kl. B-B3 ; 20 KR-BI , KI-K2; 21 ' Kt-B7, 6xKI. 22 P"S, KI-KI3; 23 Q-BSch, K-Ktl; 24 P-RS, Kt-K2 (24 . .. Kt-B1 ; 25 R-K8); 25 Q-K6. B-KI4ch; 26 K-Ktl followed by 27 B-K5.

19 Kt-B7! BxKt 20 PxBch KxP

After this White takes full advanta"e 01 the opt'n fi les by working up a smashing attack. but the alternative would be 20 . . . K_Ql (20 K-Bl? 21 P-R5); 21 P-R5. Kt-Bl; 22 Q-Q4, B-B3; 23 B-R4, K-K2; 24 P-R6!, K"P; 25 KR-BI and wins.

21 KR-Blch B_83 Other moves are equally unsatisfactory : 21 . . .

K-KI; 22 P-R5, Kt~Bl; 23 QR-Kl, etc.. or 21 . . . K-KII; 22 P-R5. Kt-R5 (22 . . . Kt-81; 2] Q-B5); 23 0-K3! and wins.

22 P-R5 Kt-K2 Black no longer has any (ldequ(lte defense.

• 23 P-R6! Kt-Kt3 24 PxP KxP 25 RxB! KxR 26 R-Blch K-Kt2

Or 26 ... K-K3; 27 Q_K]ch, K-Q2; 28 R-B7ch. K-BI; 29 Q-K6ch, K-Ktl ; 30 KtxPi, P"Kt; 31 RxBP!, Q"R; 32 Q-Kt6ch and mate next move. (Becker).

27 Q-Q4ch K-Ktl 27 .. . K-R3 leads to ma te

28 Kt-K4! in 4.

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This beautiful move wins by for,·e. The chief threat is 29 Q-B6. R-KB1; 30 Q-K6ch. K-Kt2; 31 B-K5ch, KtxB; 32 Q"Ktch, K-Kt3 ; 33 Q, Kt5 mate.

28 . ..... PxKt There is n0thing to be done; if 28 ... R-KBI ;

29 Kt-B6ch. K-62; 30 KtxQPch, K-Ktl: 31 Kt-B6ch. K-B2; 32 Q-Q7ch, Kt-K2; 33 Kt-K4ch and wins.

29 Q-B4ch 30 Q_B7ch 31 B_B4ch

K-Kt2 K-R3 KtxB

Or ]1 .. . K-Ri: 32 Q·1I5dl a:td mate next move.

32 QxBch Resigns. as he Cilnnot prevent milte in two. A good ex­ample of Richter's enterprising style.

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A NEW IDEA

IN THE

SLAV DEFENSE •

By Lajos Steiner

n T o ne time in great vogue:, the Slav t../l Defense is showing signs of passing out oU avor in master play. Especially in the position a fter I P~Q4, 'P~Q4: 2 P-QB"! , ' P-QB3, 3 Kt-QB3. Kt-KB3 , 4 Kt-B3 Black is developing a distaste for 4 ... PxP. as a fter 5 P-QR4, B-B4 (to prevent P-K4); 6 P-K3 (or even 6 Kt-K5) Black has difficulty in maintaining his ground .

The Bishop a t B4 will give him trouble. i f White succeeds. as he 'usua lly does. in forcing P.K4. Therefore most' players are avoidi ng 'i . . . PxP; playing ins tead -4 .•. P-K3. allowing 5 B-Kt5 . e tc .. in the . orthodox variation of the Queens Ga mbit Declined.

Now let us examine more care full y the pos ition a fte r:

P_Q4 P-QB3 Kt-KB3 PxP

Is this rea lly u!1satisfactory? White now almos t has to play

S P_QR4

weakening his Queen's Side. but threa ten ~ ing 6 P~K4 followed by P~K5 . T o rre~ vent this Black generally plays 5 ... B~B4. ex'posing the Bishop and ta king it

away from the squa re . where in spite o( its lack of space . it is of mos t use in this opening . But how can . Black otherwise prevent 6 P~K4 ? There is no way . But he can prevent the later p~ K5. and gai n enough cOllnter~play by

5 ...... QKt-Q2! •

, •

Black

White

White to play

Position after 5 ... QKt ....... Q2

White now can continue with either 6 P~K4 or P-K3. whic h we shall examine in turn.

PART 1

6 P-K4 - P ....... K4!

Prevents P - K5 and gives Black mo~e space .

(AI 7 B,P 8 P- KS .... ..

Aft" 8 QxP. B-B4, 9 Q-Q3. Kt-KtS, 10 Castles, Castles; II B~B4, Q-83 ( Pik­ler. L. Steiner. Budapest. 1933); Black's game is preferable as 12 8 -KKt5. can be answered by 12 ... QKt- Ki!; 13 BxQ. KtxQ; l oj BxKt . PxS! with two Bishops and the better end-game prospec ts.

8 ..... . Kt ....... Kt3

It is a pity that the beau tiful variation 8 ... KtxP: 9 KtxKt. B-K3! which wou ld regain th e piece. is not playable. because after 8 ... KtxP, White plays simply 9 Q-K2. B-K3, 10 K"Kt. B-Q3, I I Kt xKBP! winning

9 B-Kt3 10 PxKt II Q-K2ch 12 Cast les

quick ly.

B-QKtS PxK t B-K3 ......

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If 12 BxB, obviously 12 . . . PxPch making a new Queen.

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1 2 ..... . 13 B-Kt5

QxP Q-B4

and White has not enough for the lost Pawns. (B) 7 KtxP

8 PxKt 9 KxQ

regaining the Pawn Black. (e) 7 ,PxP

8 P-K6

KtxKt QxQch Kt....-Kt5 .

with advantage

Kt-Kt5 . .. . . .

for

After 8 ExP, QKtxP; 9 QxQch, KxQ; 10 KtxKt, KtxKt: 11 B~K2, B~QB4 , Black is well developed and has nothing to fear.

8...... PxP 9 Kt_KKtS QKt_ K4

10 QxQch KxQ 11 P_B4 . .... ..

If 11 P-R3, Kt-R3, 12 P_B4, Kt-Q6,h,. etc.

1 1 ..... . 12 PxKt 13 BxPch

P_KR3 PxKt K-K1

•

Better than 13 ... K_B2 , as the King has to guard the square KB2 against the possible entrance of a White Rook.

14 BxP B-B4! 15 Castles OR! ..... .

If 15 8-B4. Kt-K6; 16 BxKt, ExE; 17 , Kt-K2. R-R4: etc. , Or if is K_K2.

KtxKP ; 16 B-Kt3, B-Q2, to be follo,wed by P-Kt4 with a good game.

15 ...... B-K2 Not 15 . . . B_K6ch; 16 SxI:}, KtxB; 17

R-Q4, P-B4; 18 B-Kt5ch! with advantage for White.

16 BxB 17 R_Q2

KxB KtxKP

followed by B~Q2 with a satisfactory game.

In this variation , instead of 9 Kt-KKt5, 'White can play;

9 : BxP 10 QxQch 11 B __ Kt5ch 12 KtxKt , 13 B-'K2

KtxKt B~B4

14 Castles Kt-- B2 'with even chances. , . As we have seen then, 6 P-K4 is by no means disastrous for Black. Therefore in

'seeking a refutation for 5 ... QKt-Q2, White must try 6 P~K3. This was the course usually followed in the few times , this variation has been played .

6 P-K3 7 BxP

PART II

P_K3 B-KtS

7 ... B~Q3 is unsatisfactory for Black after 8 P~K4,P_K4: 9 PxP, KtxP; - 10 KtxKt, BxKt: 11 Q xQch, KxQ; J 2 BxP, etc.

8 Castles , .. , .. Black

White

Black to glay Position after ,8 Castles

In this position my I1rst intention was to prevent . Kt~K5 ana also prepare to play P~K4 in answer to W hite's P-K4 . There_ fo re against Pirc~ in Hastings, 1932, I played

8 .. .... 9 Q-Kt3

10 P--K4.!

Q-B2 P-QR4 . . . . . .

This possibility disproved my plan , as after 10 ... BxKt; 11 PxB. KtxP; he can play B-R3 or even 12 BxP! with the better game, The continuation was:

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22 THE CHESS REVIEW SEPTIlMIHlR, 1933

MISTAKES

OF THE MASTERS

By Lester W. Brand

ROGAS KA-SLATINA, 1929 T AKACS

Black

Whit~

PRZEPIORKA

BI<1Ck to play and win

Situa;,lon: Last game of tournament. The big ha ll is empty except for the two contestants. T he s lant rays of the af­ternoon sun st reak across the board. Takacs is ti red after a hard tournament , and a long ga me. H e had worked des­perately for a win , for winning this ga me meant a tie with Flohr for second prize. All his weary brain could grasp was that P-QR4ch followed by Q _B 7ch wou ld get him nowh ere. So he checked a few tim es wi th his q\lcen , getting back to the dia ­gram position. and agreed to a d raw .

T a kacs CQuid have won with I ... R-KKt8! (threaten ing RxRch a nd Q.85 mate ) ; R-Kt7ch. RxR; 3 QxRch. K.B3 ; 4: Q . Kt4:. P . QR4:ch ; 5 K:R4: , Q . Kt4 mate.

Again, if 2 Q.Kt7ch. then K.B3 with th e same ' mating procedure threatened.

If 2 R.KB4 . Q.Q7ch wins the Rook. F inally. if 2 Q · Kt8. Q -B5ch!; 3 RxQ, RxQ; with a won end-game Q uod erat demonstrandum.

DEBRECEN, 1925 M ATTISON

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. NER

Wh ite to play and win

White played 25 Q -Kt4? and mis­takenly announced mate in six. A mate cou ld actually have been fo rced by 25 R (Q) - KK tl. Kt. Kt3; 26 Q. K3. or 25 .. . Kt-R2; 26 Q . Q3. Black answered Q.Kti by Kt·Kt3. the game continuing: 26 Q-R5?, Q -B3ch ; 27 K.Ktl , Q -K5ch: 28 K·RI. Q-R5; 29 QxQ. KtxQ; with a win for Black. Instead of his poor 26th move, White still could have won by 26 RxKt, PxR; 27 QxP, R-Q2: 28 P-B7, RxP: 29 QxR. etc.

LEN INGRAD, 1925 SUBAREW

White to play and win

,

. SEPTEMilI!R, 1933 TH E C H ESS REVI E W 23

• In time di fRculties , White forced pe r~

petual check by 44 R-R5ch. PxR: 45 QxPch, K-B3: 46 Q-R8ch. A la ter a nal­

ysis showed that 44 R-KR3! wou ld win in all variations, for example: 44 ... Q,B~h, ,5 . R-Kt3 . P-B7, 46 P-R4ch. K-B5; 47 Q -B6ch, etc.

BAD KISSINGEN. 1928

R UBINST EIN

Black

White

MARSHALL -

White to play and wm

With th~ game almost in his g rasp,

Marshall here sacrificed the fruits of vic­tory by an unfortunate move. Afte r 30

Q-86? there followed Q-B1! : 31 Q-Q8~h ,

K-R2; 32 Q -Q3ch, P~B4; etc.

Instead of a Rubinstein win, this game would ' have been a Marshall win after 30 Q-R4! as he answers 30 , . , Q - B4 with ma te 'in three, The replies of 30 , ..

B-Q4 and 30 .' '. ' P-B3 are now answered by 31 Kt-Q7, winning. T he winn ing move is superio r to the losing move chiefly

in two respe<ts: i t keeps command of the KR file and it keeps KB6 open for the

Knight.

A New Idea in the. SLav Defense .. . Continued from page 11

1 0 . .... .

II P-K5 12 B-Q3

Castles Kt_Q4

...... with good attacking chances for White.

To avoid thi~ possibility I played against Dr. Vadja in the diagram position:

8 ...... Q-R4 9 B-Q2! Castles

10 Kt- R2? BxB II QxB QxQ 12 ' KtxQ P-K4

when Black no longer has anything to fear,

However if 10 Q _Kt3! instead of 10 • •

Kt-R2. Black's Queen and Bishop cannot move, and it is difB.cult to see how he can free his game.

T he correct continua tion-seems to be: . 8 ......

9 Kt-K5 10 PxKt 11 RxQ

Castles Ktx Kt QxQ Kt_Q4

when the weakness of White's Quee!1 side will balance any adv~ntage in the open file .

After 8 ... Castles. White can play to command. the center with :

9 Q-K2 10 P-K. 11 P xP 12 KtxKt 13 P-B4 14 P_K5

Q_R4 P_K4! QKtx P QxKt Q -QR41 R-KI

Not 14 ... B_KKt5, IS Q-Q3. KR-QI, 16 Q -Kt3. Q-B4ch, 17 B-K3 . Q,B (B5), 18 P xKt and the Bishop is lost.

IS B-K3 ...... 15 0 -03 could now be answered by

15 ... R-Q I; 16 Q -K2. B-K KtS. etc. IS ...... B-KB4 16 K-RI Kt-Q2

leaving an interesting game with chances for both sides.

THE C H ESS REVI E W SEPTI!MSER. [933

THE POWER OF THE KNIGHT By Barnie F. Winkelman

n MONG the masters. Jose R. Capa· V1 blanca became noted for his man­euvers o f the knight. early in his caree r. Among the composers . the end -game stud­ies of Henri Rinck sta nd ou t. The former represents the best technique o f the Aght­ing tournament expert. who evolves his combina tions (,Iver the board. The latter charms by the daring of his imagination and the a rtis try of his execution.

Let us Arst consider an actual game which emphasiz es the fact that in certain posit ions, the knight's moves hold g rea t resources. On the o ther ha nd , a rt ifiCial endings may lead us to overvalue the kn ight in actua l play.

At Saq Kis!ingen. in 1918, Capabla nca was opposed by the Dutch expert M ax Euwe. th en in his midd le twenties . Capa­blanca played the opening carefully. hold­ing the draw in hand , as is his custom with th e blac k pieces. T he result- early exchanges in whic h Euwe joined. seem­ing ly content with the ending tha t was produced.

CAPA BLAN CA

EUWE

Position after 16 .. . K-KI·,·

W hite continued : 17 RxRch

18 Kt-Q I KxR K- Q2

Now we havc <I n <lpp,lrcndy innocuous end­

game a fter only seventeen moves. But Black has

the Bishop, by modern theory presumed 10 be

superior to the Kn!nht. Kashdan believes the

Bishop to be the stronger piece in practically all

end-game positions. Some observers exclude

situations where loost of the Pawns are on the

board in unbroken lines, such as here. The fur.

ther exception must also be noted where nomerous

pieces are on the board, and con.'li<l;erable mid.

game play remains.

At any ra te the

19 K-B3 20 K-K3 21 K-Q3

game continued:

K-Q3 K-B4 K- Kt5!

Aggressive play. probably foreseen by Black

throughout the early stages.

22 P-B4 P_K4 ,

The hemming In of the Bishop by P-Ki and

P·K5 is to be avoided.

23 P-K4 24 P xP

,

PxP S ...... K t2

But it cannot be prevented, so Black makes the best of it.

25 P-K5 B-R3 26 Kt-K3 B,P 27 Kt- B2ch K_ R4 28 K_K4 Sx R,P ,

29 Kt-Q4 K-Kt5 30 KtxPch K xP

As hectic an ending as was ever wi tnessed in

. master play. Anything might happen now. Not

often does Ca pablanca expose himself to s ll ~ h

critical turns. ,

31 Kt-Q8 .... .. White knows he is in a desperate situation.

KtxRP would o ffer only slight hope against , Black's advance of the KRP.

J J . ..... BxP Black boldly 'Olives up the bishop, for the third

pawn. It loch like the simplest road to vic tory. but_

32 KxB K-Q6 Continued on P<lge 26 ,

SEPTIiMIIEII . 1933 THE C H ESS RE V IE W 25

THRILLS

OF CHESS

HISTORY

By Irv ing Chernev ,

T HE grea t mas ters o f American have almost invariably made

chess their

debut in Intern ational'tournaments in sen­sa tiona l style. Morphy was the fi rst American mas ter to e:lectrify Europe with the vigour and accu racy o f his onslaughts. T hen Pillsbury s tartled the world by snatching the first prize at H astings. 1895. in spite o f the participation o f one of the strongest fi e lds ever entere~ in a tour­na ment . in 1904 Mars hall upheld the tradition by winning the Cambridge Spring s tourney without the loss o f a game. outranking Lasker, Janowsky, Sch. lechter. and Pillsbury amongst others . Seven years later. Capablan ca was the hero of the hour. H e won his spurs by a remarkable victory at San Sebastian . In 1925 Carlos Torre impressed E urope wi th the qua lity o f his play.

Sho rtly a fte r. America had aoot her su r­prise for the E uropean ta lent . Young Kashdan quickly made his prese nce felt and was recognized as a qualified member of th e few players who can be rig htfully ca lled ··Grand. Masters. ··

To return to one of the History-making tou rnamen ts-Cambridge Springs. 1904. N aturally enough the ultimate winn er was expected 10 be Lasker. Janowsky or pas· s ibly Pillsbu ry. The latte r. thoug h. was ill a nd hard ly fit to go through a strenuous tournament. In spite of this circu mstance. th e crowd looked forward to the battle betwee n him and Lasker. T heir previous

. meetin g a t London in 1899 had resulted in

a draw a fte r an exciting a ttack by Pill­sbury . Lasker had ba rely been able to save himself by perpetua l check . In the great Nu remberg tourney of 1896. Pill­sbury had beaten Lasker in suc h d ecisive style as to receive the first brilliancy prize. On the oth er hand . Lasker had won from Pillsbury in St. Petersburg the same year in a game which he himself felt to b.e the best he ever played. Small wonder then that the crowd expected a trea t when the two me t again. And they were not dis­appointed . Pillsbury had not fo rgotten the 1896 beating . and had prepared an improvement on his play which he had saved for eigh t years for his old opponent. Energetically following up his opening advantage. Pillshu ry made short work of the mighty Lasker.

The game fol.lows:

QUEEN's GAM BIT D ECLIN ED

Cambridge Springs. 1904

H. N . Pillsbury White

1 P- 04 2 P-OB4 3 Kt- OB3 4 Kt - B3 5 B-KtS 60xP 7 BxKt!

Dr. E. Lasker Black

P- 04 P- K3 Kt-KB3 P-B4 BPxP KI_B3 ......

T he new H,ow l Pn·viou.~ly PiII."<hury had play~d 7 Q-Ri follow~d b y C".~t l in(l on thl" Q UN-II sidl" . .

7 ...... If 7 ... QxB. 8 QxQ wins a pawn For Whit~

and 7 ... KtxQ; 8 BxQ. Kt·B7ch; 9 K-Q2 . Kx B; 10 KxKt kav~~ Whltc with thc h" t\cr (' ndinll .

80- R4 PxP Th l" al tl" rna tivc I! . . . f ·Q ) would illlo .... Whit~

to C as tle w ith ;m nttll( k on the wl"ak Q Ul"en Pawn.

9 R-OI 10 P- K3 I I KtxK t 12 QxBP

13 B- K2 14 Castles

. B-02 Kt- K4

PxKt

Q- Kt3 QxKtP

R-B I

THE C HE SS REVIEW

I S 0-03

16 Kt-K4

17 Kt-06ch

R-B2 B_K2

K_BI

No better was 17 .. . BxKt, 18 QxB, Q_B6:

19 B-Kt5! After the teJet. though. the Knight controls the board and puts to shame the oppo­

nent's two Bishops.

18 Kt_B4 ' 19 P- B4!

More trouble coming.

19 ...... 200-04

0-Kt4 . . . .. .

PxP P-B3

Forced, as 20 ... R· Kt l; 21 QxBP would threaten mate as well as the Queen's Rook.

21 OxBP O-OBi •

The Power of the Knight Continued from page 24

33 KtxP K_B7 •

34 P-Kti K-B6 35 P_Kt5 K_Kt5

36, Kt-06 P-KR4 ,

37 K- B4 K_B4

38 Kt_B8 KxP ,

39 KtxPch K-Kt5 40 Kt-B8 P-OKt4 41 Kt-K7 K-R6 12 KtxP KxP 43 Kt-K5 , Drawn. ,

Thus Euwe with a lone knight drew against three pawns, in a battle with the

• greatest exponent of knight-play of mod-

ern timeS.

Now to turn to an end-game composi­

tion by Henri Rinck, we note a beautiful example of the power of the knight. The following is one of Rinck's finest and should be noted carefully, because it em­bodies ~ll that is best in his play.

22 Kt-K5 23 Kt..-Kt4 240-R6ch

B_KI P_Bi K_B2

21: . .. K-Kt l would lead to th is pretty nni$h ..

25 QxKPch. ]3..B2; 26 Kt-R6ch, K-Kt2: 27 QxBch. KxKt: 28 RxP, Q;!(Pch; 29 K·RI, Q;!(B : 30 R-Q6ch!. BxR: 31 Q-86. mate,

25 B..-B41 R_B3

26 RxPch! OxR 27 R.-BI QxRch

28 KxQ B-02 290-R5ch K-KtI

Or 29 . .. K_Kt2; 30 Q -K5ch, etc,

30 Kt_K5 Resigns. No other plaYH ever beat the worthy Doctor

80 decisively .

•

Black

White

W hite to pls9 and ,

wm

1 Kt..-BI

2 B-K8ch

P_R7 K_R4

Otherwise. the knight will check and stop the

rook pawn from queening.

3 ,Kt-03 4 P.-Kt4ch 5 Kt-Kt2!

P-R8(0 ) K-Kt3 P_R4

The mate by Kt-R1ch cannot be stopped other~

wise.

6 Kt..-R1ch K_B3

7 P-Kt5· mate. ,

•

p

,

St~ PTI!MBI!R, 1933 TH E CHE'S S REVI E W

N o. 73 E. BOSWELL

LANCAST1!R, E NGLAND

mates in two moves

Np. 74 MANNIS CHAROSH

BROO KLYN, N. Y.

No. 7S A. J. PINK

SAN F RANCISCO, CAL.

White mates in two moves

•

No. 76 NICHOLAS GABOR

CINCINN ATI, OHIO

Whit!." mates' two moves

No. 77 DR. &!lHR'r DELPY

L I1IPZ1G, GI!RM ANY

D EDICATED TO Orro WURZBURG

W hite mate!; in th rt'e moves

No. 78 DR. GILBERT OOBBS

C"RROLLTON, GA.

White mate8 in three moves

•

27

r , ", 'I-I •

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No. 79 VINCENT L. EATON

C INONNATI, O HIO

(ORIGI NAL )

mates i three mbves

No. 80 KONRAD ERLIN V IllNNA, AUSTRIA

W hite mates in ;j;;;;-,~"~O~V;";o-" No. 8 1

W A LT ER JACOBS NE W Y OR K O TY

White mates in three move~

No. 82 MAXWELL BUKOPZER

BELLAIR£, l. I .

mates mOV\'5

N o. 83 DAVID C. M cCLELLAND

JACKSO NVILL E, ILL. DEDICATED TO W. A. SHINKMAN

No.8i P. L . ROT HENBERG

Nl! w YORK CITY

Se lf~ma t" in Six moves

,

,

'I' -K '- -

SEI'Tll Ml!l'.ll. 19JJ TH E CHESS R E VI E W 29

PROBLEM REVIEW :)o/" t;""$ to problc",~. ~vnfr;buf;on!l. lind all corre~pondem:e rdflling to thi~ llc:pBrtment should be ad·

drC:!llcd to M r. Olto W ur:burg. 712 A twood Street, Grlmel Rapids, M idi.

- -

By Otto

Our Problems this M onth No. 73. Th is is by a you ng Eng lish

composer who in add ition to making prob­lems is chess edi tor o f the " Morecombe Visitor:' H is contribution this time is an interes ting exa mpl e of mutu al interference.

No. 74. Mr. C harosh in forms us that in the pas t he has devoted mu ch time to chec ker probl ems . but that the fascinu tions o f chess have grown potent.

No. 75 . O ur Californian expert ill us­trates a diffic ult theme. T he mutual m· terfe rences of the Black Quee n a nd the two Black Bishops are surprlsmg . A notable cons truc tive feat.

No. 76. Ope ning up a pretty pi nning effec t.

N o. 77 . The Pawns in an uncovering sp ree .

No. 78. Fi ne echo of a familia: mate.

No . 79. The com poser informs us that this problem was composed a fter his first seance with Mr. Kipping 's recent " T he C hessmen Speak:' H e has ca ught the spirit o f the work.

N o. 80. A purity net from the V ienn a veteran.

No.8 !. . W ill be found catchy. No . 82. N ot exactly the Bukofzer sty le.

bu t pretty strate!=lY . Nos. 83-84. Dedica ted to the memory

o f their favori te Sh inkman.

Solutions N o. "1 9. N . Gabor. I Q-K"I .

A n o riginal thou(1ht in the' cross check._ D . C. M cCk l1 <lnd. Key ~tri king thou(lh ea~y._G.

Dobb$. Clcar<lnce key allowing ex tra chec ks is very l,lood. S~vera l tempting trys._E. Boswell.

-W urzburg

No. 50. M . Schleifer . I B-K3. Good key._ N. Mnlzbery. Q uite difficult for

a two mover.-S. I. Beniamin. A marked im­provement ovcr the eomposu's No. 15.-0. Mor. ris. Nea t w ith .'IOllIe n ice tr ies._ D . C. M cCle l. land. A most une xpec l ~d key and fine varia. tiO llS._E. A. Nash. An ur:'e>:pccted key. Some "ttrad ive fear\.\re~. \Vhite Q ueen not very en­er{)ct ic. -E. BO$wcll .

No. 51. M. Bukofz el. 1 13 - B4.

2 Ih B [, 2 Kt - K7

Kx l\ r 2 fh!kh K-l3i 2 Kt-Q 6ch

Ther,:: a rc ~ome fi ne kniyht ma tl'S. _ S . , . Ben. jamin. Beauti ful problcm.- D. Morris. Good.- D. C. M cClcll;md. JU~I [air._W . Van W inkle. Bro. Bukolzcr is doinQ $(lmc \lood work wi th Knigh ts and Bishops._G. Dobbs.

No . 52 . G. Dobbs. I B- Q7. T hreat K.P K-KtS 8 -B2 P xKt

2 K t_ QJ 2 Kt- R4ch 2 P-B3ch 2 B-B3ch 2 BxP

M agnificent. Dr. Dobb.~ outdoes h imself with ea ch succeeding p rob lem._ D. Morr i1>. V ery good. -0. C. M cClrlland. P retty mates throughout. _ W . Van Winkle. Admirahle achievement wi th such frail W hite forcc. - E. Boswell.

No. 53. C. S. Jacobs . 1 R-KR I K - BJ 2 Q - Kt2dl P- QS 2 QxPch K - KS 2 Q-Kt2ch P- K5 2 QxPch!

Mon Dieu! wha t tries. The cOlllposer cl"rta in ly dl"sl"rves three chceu._S. J. Benjamin. V ery c1t' ver ilnd bt'autiful.- E. Boswell . Vcry clever. Composer dt'Sl' rves iI 101 o f credit lo r this mas t. c rpiece._E. McC.'l rlhy. A n original spark. bes t problem in this numbcr._D. C. McClelland. V ery fi ne . Tri~s intHestinn .• _ W . V an Winkle. '"_ geniou~ key wi th bcnuti ful Queen sac riAce._ G. Dobbs.

, 30 THE C H ESS REVIEW SEPTEMBER, 1933

No; 54. ', W . Jacobs. I Q-QB6. P_ B5 K_ R3 P_ Kt1

2 Q_R8ch 2 KtxPch 2 Q-87t h

Orlyinal aod de lica te (IS are all by this com­poscr._ D. Morr!s. Quite . neat._Robert Thra U. Self blO(:ks good but would expect it better key from Mr. Jacobs.- D. C. McClelland. I like the Pawn model.- G. Dobbs. A .prelty minla ture. _ E. Boswell.

No. 55. L. H. Jokisch. 1 B_QB7. P-Q6 2 RxP

Very ncal._A. C. fortin. Good pJay. _ N. Mal~berg. Excellent specimen.-D. C. McClelland. A pre ttily conceived idea. Most enjoyable._ E. Boswell. . Very neat._M. H. Kleiman.

No. 56. W. C. McClelland. 1 Q -KKt4. K- B5 K- Qi P_ Q1 P- Of P-K5

2 Q_K4 2 K_ Kt4 2 Q-BBch 2 Q_K4 2 Q- K6

Good key. nice quiet play.-E. Boswell. Many tries._A. C . Fortin. Excellent construction. Some

" fine mates.-N. M"lzberg. Very g09d. The u lf blocks are prelty. O-BI a Hne try.-E. McCanhy. One lor my collection 01 the "Very best:·- . V lln Wink le. Q oite dlfHcolt. _E. A. Nash. Not as easy as It Iooks.-G. Dobbs. A real daody._M. H. Kleiman.

No. 57. Qtto Wurzburg. I Kt _Q3. 2 Kt(Q7) _

.5 K_ B5

K- K5 2 Kt (Q7) ­K5

No. 58. Kenneth S. H oward. 1 R.-<:. K4 . Nice key wi th !lOme Hne malcs.-S. J. Benjamin.

_ Good theme, excellent key and pretty play.- D. Morris. A good example of h!\lf pin. By the bye, is il necessary to give second move in II two move self mate? (No ). D. C. McClelland. Al­ternate pinning 01 Queen and Rook.-G. Dobbs. Clever key creating 1\ White half pio.-E. Boswell.

No. 59. Albert Kniest. 1 R-K 3ch. An orgy of sacrifices. It has charm but I pre­

fer the light dainty morsels.-D. C. McClelland. A ch.a rmlng .'Surprise._E. Boswell.

No. 60. A. C. Simonson. 1 B-K5. PxQ 2 RxPch P-Js: t6 2 Kt- Q1

Splendid play._ N. Mal::bcrg . A wonderful mastcrpiece.-I. Piasetzky. Very pn:lt y stlf ma te . _So , . Benjamin. Excellent and di rfl colt._ E.

• McCarthy. A stroke of (lenius. One of the best suis I have seen in s.ome thne.-D. C. McClelland. It is great._ W. Van Winkle. Neat two Hnc suL

- G . DobN. Beautiful masterpiece. Congratula_ lions._E. Boswell. An exquisi te sui._ P. L. Rothenberg. The knight manoeuvres are very fine .-R. Thrall .

W, A, Shinkman. 1847-1933. Supplementing OUf short notice of this,

great master's death in our June issue. we want to republish one of his famous problems, a prize winner of over fifty years ago. To quote from Alain C. White : "Shinkman's passing closes the age 'of the great problem figures of the world of the Ars t generation after Loyd and Grimshaw. It is a privilege to have \ lived in his time, an d to have known a little of his spontaneous genius. In these days, it is well to s top sometimes and think of the past. and when we do so, the name of Shinkman will loom very large."

W . A. S HINKMAN

I P-KJ K-K7 R.P R_ SO R-Kt6 R_ Q7 R-Q5 P_R6

The Legler Two

. MAG. Tv .. 1880

moves 2 Q_R5ch 2 Q_Kt lch 2 KtxR 2 Qx Pch 2 Q_ B5ch 2 KtxR 2 Kt_Kt3<:h

Move Contest Mr. Hugo Leg ler. long a problem com­

poser and enthusiast, has offered a prize for the best two mover published in the Chess Review d uring the remaining months of 19.33.

To be eligible the two mover must con form to the following: There must be no duals of any kind. The arrangement

SEPTEMBIlR, 1933 TH E CHESS REV ,JoEW 31 , ,

must be such tha t the removal of any piece, W hite or Black. would make the problem unsound. T he White king must not be idle. The position must be. a pos~ sible one. T he composi tion must be o rigina l.

Prize $5.00. Judge - H ugo Legler. To illust rate by exam ple just what he

has in mind, M r. Legler sends the two subjoined positions and adds: " In the W illiams problem a ll the pieces o n the eighth rank (3 Kn ights and I Bishop) can be left' off the board; also the two Pawns on the Rook's fi le. and the problem re~

mains sound. The pieces removed prod~ uce fringe variations. In the reconstructed version there are no duals and no piece can be removed withollt destroying the problem. I have an intense dislike for duals even in two movers. and believe that they can often be eliminated by re~ construction and without additional force."

Of course some composers will object to the removal of the four pieces on the eighth rank and insist on the three i nter~

fere nce variatio ns produced ·by the Knigh t at K8. T he Knig ht at B8 and the Rook Pawns prevent d uals a nd at the time this problem was published duals with English composers were ve ry muc h in dis favor.

FROM ''THI! MOOI:lRN CHF..5S P ROI:ILIlM ""

P . H. WILLIAMS '

Male in IwO moves 1 Q_ RS

H owever. while you may not en tirely ag ree with the conclusions reached by Mr. Leg ler. you are aware o f the condi~

tions necessary in this informal competi~ tion and the general direction of the re~ ql.lirements.

H u GO L I'..(lI.l!R

OAK I.ANO. CAL.

-;-:;:::; .. ~=U:;:NPUBLlSH Ell

Mate in two moves , 1 Q _ KKt3

The Alain C, ,White Informal Contest

This contest announced in our March issue brought several competing positions, but un fortunately an but one tu rned out unsound. We regret this beca use at least , one of the unsound positions wou ld have been a worthy contender.

NATHAN R UI:IENS, B RooKLVN. N. Y.

1ST PRIze

Mate in ten

,

It is believed Mr. Rubens pretty entry is sqund. but we shall wait for all returns to be convinced.

I K-Kt2, P-R6ch, 2 K-B3. P-Kt5ch, 3 K-K4, B-B4ch, 4 K·Q5. B-K3ch, 5 K-B6. B-Q2ch, 6 K,Kt7. B-Bl ch, 7 K_R8,. B~Kt2ch ; 8 RxB, BxP; 9 R·R l ch, etc.

32 THE C H ESS R E VI E W SEPTI!M1IER, [933

PROBLEM SOLVING CONTEST Pr(:v.

Sulwr Score 19 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67" 68 69 70 71 T ot",]

Dr. G. Dobbs 122 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 3 2 2 6 3 3 3 3 6 3 " 3 192 E . McCarthy .. 120 Frank V ail .. , 120

M. H . Kkiman 122

W"ltcr lacohs . . 122 H . M . Berli ner . 118

S. Bravermall . . 118

O. H . Llldlov.' . 11 8 O. C. M(Cldland I 18

J. H. D<lum .. . . 121

I. G reenwald 118

R. H. Hixon 102

A. Chess .. . .. . 100 N. Malzb"r~ .. . 82 E. A. Nash . .. SO E. H, Thorn~ 100

Alex. Szaho 78 S. j. Benjamin 94

W. V;,n Winkle 56 13. A. Foote . , . 71 Arthur Sddl .. . . 82

E . Boswell , . . . . 37 I. Piasctzky 37

Geo. Parthos 3-1 , . Hasc-noc:hrl 34 Lou . T"nassy 3-1 Robert Thrall (,3 Louis Halpnn 50

C. W . Riq)1in 34

Dr. B. PaW-" 18

Clinton Hi" h 0 p , L. Rothcnbcrq 0

A. J. Bilstinc . .. 16

Donald Morris , . 19 Nels Nc'lsoll .... ()

w. 13. T~klor ... 42 G. H . Hargf'w/(,.~ 1·1 A. C. Fortia , .. .

Gco. f. B"rry . r... D. Hampton

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