• ess 1 e Vol. 11 .

Number 16 Offi clnl Publication of me UnIted States (bess feclerati on Tuesday,

April 20, 1948

RESHEVSKY SLIPS TO FOURTH BOTVINNIK HOLDS HIS L:EAD; ·KERES, SMYSLOV IN TIE

Reshevsky Has Costly Loss to Smyslov While Keres Wins Again From Euwe

By Fred R"i1ljl1Jd

On resumption of play in the World Championship Tourna­mellt in t-. !oscow 011 Apri] J IJ . Botvinnik ]'cmained in first place althougll he had the bye.

With the Black pieces in a Ruy Lopez, Keres quickly got' t he init iative against Euwc. Enterprising play netted Keres a victory' after only 25 moves.

Smyslov played another Ruy Lopez agdinst Reshc\·sky. The American was in trouble from the vcry start. lIe lost a Pawn in the middle game and eventually reached it Rook and Pawn ending which proved untenable. H e resigned afler 52 moves.

As Botvinnik is scheduled to pia}' Elmie; in Round 12, while Keres meets Smyslov, it is very likely thatJBotvinnik \\'ill widell the gap bel ween himself and Ihe oillcl' playcr,t.

!!~GIN FINALS IN 12th GRAND NATIONAL TOURN.

Clark Mer ri tt, San Marino, calif. Dr. Giles A. Koelgche, Hoc hes te r, Minn., I~dward J . Krlich, Cleve· land, Ohio, Willia m Keen, Bethle· hem, Pl.., Slel)hen H. Kowalski , Newa rk, N. J ., and Edmund Ho· man. New Brita in, Conn. have be· gun play In do uble round robin ma tch to decide Lhe winne r of Lbe 12th United States Co rrespondence Chess Che.mplons hlp, according to James W. J enkins, News rk, New York, Tournament Director of the Correspond ence Chess League of Amel']ca, who a nnua lly condUcts thli USCF r ecognized natlonal cllcSII·uy·mu.1l clL ll,mplonshp.

These six, together with Mevis It Smith, Houston, Texas, who Is unuule to couwete In tile F inals, are the lone survivors, after twb touglt rounds o f ellmlualloqs . of thl' 412 chess fans wllo bel>Qa p lay In Septemuer 194-&.

CLARK CAPTURES WEATTTITLE

In Ule fl rs l champio ns hip touma· ment of Lhe Wcalt Chells Club, formed of me mbers ot Wesle rn Eleclrlc and Amel'loo n Te te llhone & T( 'egraph Cos. in New York, John rhu'k walked a wa y with the Club ri lle wilh eighl wins and ono draw, the last against George Ritzier Ri tzlol' tied with Jim De­va ny ~t' socond place with 6 y'!·2 1h; each.

Tile Weatl ChCBS Club publ1shes an attracUve monthly bulletin eu· titled "qhcck" which re por t!! the activities of the Weatt team ill tho Commerl..ai Chess Leagne of New York a UI' 0.1110 lhe ncUvllles of tho Bell Syst Correspoudence Che/is League. Tlsorcd lJy Weall. which lIumbe, · \. .t! hundred playcrs from tho E System employees throuKh1 II,e Uni ted States and Canada ,

WORLD CHAMPION­SHIP MATCH

STAN DI NGS (Twelve Roundl) Botvlnnlk ................. ,... .. .... 1 -2 Ke res ........ .. ................... .5l 4J SmYl lov ...... 51-41 Res hevl ky .............. 41 ... ' Euwe ............................................ 11-81

WILLS CAPTURES SOUTHWESTERN INTERCQLLEGIATE

In the First Southwestern In· te rcolleglate Tournament e ve t· he ld, A. \Vl1ls (Louisia na S ta te Cham· jlion) or Tula ne wan th e title with a SCOl'e of H·i , whtle E. Ca· 1'00 or Soutllwestern M O(liClI1 Col· lege was secolld with 4·1, a nd A. Buckland of T ulane third wllh 3!·H .

The tournamcnt was 1)layed March 27·28 a t Texas Unh'erslty III Austill, undor the sponso",h lp ot the Texas Chess Als·n. USCF Vlce·Presldent J . C. T hom pson ami W. N. Kcndall , Vlce·P resldent of ' tho 'l'exas Chess Ass'n sen 'ed liS dl· I'eclon ot tho flvc round S wisll In wh ich twen ty collegia ns pa'rllcl· pa ted.

Sou lhwn tern Inten;:o ll , gla' i A. \\' m. (TuI",.)_ ..... __ .. _._ ... _ .... ~ ___ O , It C.roe (!lw. Hedlc:al) _ .. _____ . __ ._4 ·1 A. nucle1. nd (Tu l.ne) ________ ..... 1. .r: 1~:II~I~::ne(T1T:..!):===--=-..::::~ t J. OUber~ (110. blelll. U.) _____ J i ·ll

~: ~~:~t (~I::r =-=.-==--=== :i A. Andenon (Te.ut) ~ ________ 1 ·1 R. Symon(\o (Teut) ____ ..L. ____ I.I O. lIy.hom ( RI~) ~ ________ .• t l ·tl U. SIoe"'Il' (TrIn ity) __________ !·8

~::!~§:;l~{~l:'~~[i:~~::::;:~l ~ A. Im~n t (So. K~U,. U.) _~ ___ ._ .. _ ... _. I " J. Ol1klnton (Ii. Mct b.. ) _____ .. __ .0-6

On lhe ]lol' formance of the top two pluycrs of each college, II team standing was fornplled In whlcb Southwestern Med ical and Toxas Christian Union were omitted, as cach had only one player.

TUm Ind. Ri nk. TuI1l10 l !lIt~ .... lty _____ . l and S Tril'h.v ('oll<'I{~ _ .... _~_._. ______ 4 and 7

~~::'o<>\'~:~~_...:::::::=~::::'---""" ~ : ~: I~ Southel" .IINl'odilt Union .. _ .......... G .nd lG

Positio" JJ By E.

Pori/ion No . 14 By Montgomery Ma10r (Oak Park)

Orlgl20.1

White To Play And Win! Position ~o. 13 is u bl'illlanl ~tudy In th e LlmlnJ; ot,..\'ar lou8 threlllS

and saCri fic es to c"ent& a " block" of the Blnck pieces wh ich lle rmlts the tl 'lumllllant Queeulng of II Paw n.

Pos i tion No. 14 Is ono of llie edl tor'S ra l'e ventures In the ellllga llIe fie ld 111 which WhH u-gu llol)1j LO victory lI'l!h II V(l ,.y :tJ;'llc ]"nlght. 'I'hc kcy 19'1lQ1 dUfh;u lt. hut lIovcl'al of tho \'(\r l(l tloll H 111'(l~Ollt Iric"y II ;tndllllg In which /Jle slightest mistake by While IB im modlately ·fatal to his dr[>::l!ll~ or V( CI '.'\il"

Solutio n. wi I be'PubUl hed in the May 20th Illue.

Eliskases ins Mar del Plata Meet; Stahlberg Secon~ Medina Third

Erich EliSktCS of AUBtria with the com fol·table margin of I ¥.: po ints won the In tel'llU 101111.1 mtU:lters toruua me nt a t Mar de l Pla ta, Argentina with a score of ' 3"". Secoud p lace went 10 Gideon Sta hlbe rg of Sweden with 11 ¥.:·5 lh, a lthough he lost his (hltll round ga me to I.he Lithuanian masle r, :Ma r k/LS Luckls. Third p lace we nt to Antonio Medina of Spain with 11·6, who a llded to h is g rowing 'Prestige as a player by outpOin ting Mende l NaJdor t of Pola nd and Rossetto of Argcntlna who tied tor tourth with 1(1..7 each.

U. S. represeo4t1ve, Arnold S. Denker ot New York, a Uer Go very good s tart feli by the wa yside In the la t ter round~ and finis hed tn a Ue for 13th place with Carlos Culma rd of Argen tina with 0. Bcore or 7·10. Fina l sto.ndlngs were; -

EliokaIeI M(lu:,~~.r I~:.:,::~:~u. , 1)tat,lI",rg (S"·e.len) ~ .. _ .. __ . _____ n~· 61 li",lil" (Spain) _ .... _ .. ~ _______ 11 . 6 ::S'Ajdorl ( l'ol.nd) __ . _______ ~_.III. 7 ~lIo (_~....,nllna, _____ M_IO· 7 lOu"" ( II,,"!_.,, ) ___ •. ___ 81. '1 & liM' I ... " ... ( .ll)[cn ~I",,) _____ ,. • O'Kelly (l!elgillm) _____ Si· S~ "lInlk (M¥c"ti ... ) _. ____ 81· BI &Iboch.n ( ArgeuUna) ______ ~ 8 . fI Luctbl ( U tbUl!1la) _______ B • g .Ioii~lIet (Oennanrl 8 . g u.-ukcr (United litaleoll) .. ._ ...... __ .~ 1 ·10 (Julm.,,1 (ArJlt'nUna) .~_. _____ ,/·to Cutillo (CI'II~) ________ .. 61-101 .·reilu ( Uruil ) . ___ ... _ .. ~ .. ~ ...... _ G~·tO' So"'I"I,,~~'1 (Atgcntl", ) .... _ .... ___ ._ .. 0 -11 OH"cr~ ( Uruguar) ................ _ (i ·12

M. ROGAN WINS KY. JUNIOR MEET

Firs t place In tho Kentucky J u· nlor Champlonshi"p we nt to 1'o18 r· vl n Rogan (Rochester. N. Y.) Ifr01ll Ind Iana Unlvel'llity who we nt through the tournamen t undO· feated. Second \llace o.nd ll tle ot Kentucky JunlOI' Cha mpion we nt to J o.ckle Mayor (16) of Louis. v ille Who was 11.1110 undefeated but hod four dt'aws .D! against two for Rogan. Third honors were held by J. S. McBreyer ot tho Univers­Ity or Louisville, and fo urth place went to Pat Hunger of Glasgow.

In the consolation dlvlll ion A. Wohlfort of Loulsvlllo was first and Larry Hellems of Louisville second. The tOUl namont was held at the Louisville Cholla Club.

SANTASIERE TOPS IN AREA 7 MEET

With fi ve rounds completed in the Area 7 U. S. P re l1mlnaries In New York, Anthony Snntnslere leads the fi eld with a score of 4.1, consisting at three willS and two d l·aws. Donovan, Evans, Sha inswit, Shl]llllan and Turner a re in a f1v~ way lie for socoud with 3Ii·U each, ull iess Carl Pllnlck makes the most of h is wl llulnS- chances In an ad· jou l'ned gllllle wi th Goorge Kra uss and converts his 3-1 into II 4·1 tle with So.ntaslere tor tl rst place.

Area 1 P,.Umln .. t .. (5 round.) S:sntuterl __ .4 ·1 Bern . lel" ___ ...t ~ .2i t>o"ovan __ .. n·li Tn.Vi!r _ .... ~ __ 2l·2~ ."' .... -"--'/·'1 Il ... ndto __ -2 .J SIlUDOIWl t ___ 8 ·1 Cohen ---S-3 Sbipm&II __ 8 ·1 . ' leLocber _-2-3 Tumt'l' -S ·1 Ilellner _ .. _Z ·3 PUnldt _---'·1 ltothmen __ !., Kn.me!' _--'·2 Du~h.arnp ___ It-3~ l'I_a ____ I .! " ____ IUt Wellllloct --8 ., FeldJnan ---I " K rIlUM __ 't·11 Souolltolr _ -1 " • ____ tt·t Dl.nllt.er __ '''A

M6ney II sW I needed for th e Stoekholm Expe nse Fund t o eov­er the traveling expenses of the USCF De legate to the Genera l Auembly of FIDE and our rep­rese ntative In the Inter-Zonal Tourn ament.

If you have not ye t mad e your contr ibution, p lease l end It to­day to Edwa r-d I. Treend, 12869 Strathmoo r Ave., Det roit 27, MIch.

Elbert A. Wagner, Jr. Prtl;J~nl , Unittrl Stalts

Chtll Fdtralion

STAGE BEING SET FOR STOCKHOLM

Wh ile the World Cham pions hip matches hold the public eye, the stage is qule Uy being set tor the forthcoming Interzonal Tourna· ment at Salts jo baden, a s ubu rb of S tockholm, whoro from ';Uly 16 to Augus t 16 twenty masters will cOlll llete for tlle opportunity to q unll(y fol' a cha nce at tbe World Cham lllOIl t;hlp Ti tle.

I~Ou r l'epl'egOnlollt\ves hav(l aI , ready been quali fi ed Cor this Toul'ua.ment. either by victory In a 7"ona l Tonrney or by appolntmenL rrom their zone. These are; I. Kashdan (U.S.A. Zone), A. Yanol· sy (Canadian Zone), E. Book (Scnnd lnavlan 7 .. cl1\e). and A. 0'· I,elly de Galway (Western Euro­I)ean Zoue).

S ixteen otl1 el' con tendel'S w!l1 be selected by tho F'. r. D. E. Quallfl· cations Commission, wh ich Is com· VOlled of t well'e members and Is conside ri ng Ihe clai ms una qual!. IIcnllolls of ovel' tllirty mastors frOm which the slxleon t·cllllI.ining (>01l1el1l./.or9 .w,ilI be selecied. Dr. EllwlIHl Laskt:I' ol New York Is lhe USCF memba l' of this Commission.

}t'our add itiona l musters, to be designa ted "Reserve Mas te rs" wil l also he nom inated to fi l! the places ot any o r the original Be lecteea who C!SlI not arrange to partiCipate In Lhe Touruo.me n t.

ANDERSON TAKES ONTARIO TITLE

On Easler weekend F rank R. Ande rson of Toronto added to his list of accom plishm ents by cap. tur ing the Onta r io Provinc ial ChalliPionshlp In a. 6 round Swiss meeting at the Gambit Chess Club In which twenty players contested. Anderson Is also Toron to Ch·am· pion a nd Ontario Speed Cha mpion. Second place wen t to Noe l WII· IIams ot London who 'equn lled An· derson's score and won from the ch:ullplou In their Individua l meet· Ing but lost ou t on the Sonneborn· Berger weighting with a score or 5·1. 'r hl rd place was held In Ue by R. H. Ha yes ot Kltchener nnd R Drulllmond or Ha mllUin with ~ Ih·l '1.1 eacb.

. ADAMS VICTOR IN AREA ONE

I By vi r tue ot a 3·1 vlctol'y in l n

playoft ma tch with Daniel Mayers o f Harva rd Untverslty, Weaver W. Ada mB won lh e righ t to represon t the New England At'en 1 In tbe U. S. Clllunpklllsh tp TournamenL In the Swiss Tourney Adams 'tied wlLh Mayors with 4·1 each. Othcr leadi ng players In the toumey wero Gerhard I{ at:l: and Millon KIl' gan or Brookline, Harlow B. Daly of West Roxbury. James Bolton of New Ho.ven and Chllrles D. Molt of Midd leto wn. ......

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Volume n , Number 16 Tuesday, April 20, 1948

CHESS LIFE EXTENDS CONGRATULATIONS

O N MARCH 11 th of this year our USCF P resident Emeritus Maurice S. Kuh.na; and h.ls wire, nosalis S. Kuhns. celebrated their 60th

wedding anniversary a t a lunCheon at the Pum p Room of the Ambas· sador East of Chicago. :'Il r, Kuhns. who is 88, and :'Iirs. Kuhns, who Is 83. are to be congratuiated for Ilresenting in this troubled world of quick marriages and quicker di ... o rces quiet rem~mbrance of the fact that mar, riage .ca n become edcnic when a(lproached with lJatience and underslanll­ing and the will to !:Ibare success an d trouble " like. Present at tile great occasion we,'c a Bon. Richard 1". Kuhns, and bis wife Helen K, and a dau.gh1er and her husband. Mr. and Mrs. M. P. Weil. Unable to attend was another Bo n. USCF Directo!" Dr. Ralph H. Kuhns of Los Angeles. Callforllia,

Mr. K\lhns. who I, best kllOwn In chess circles for his wo,'k a~

president of the Na Uollal Chess I~ederation (a fore-r unner of the USC}O~). Is Honol'ary President of I~.I .D.E. In Il0n'chess c ircles; he is known as chairman of the hOilrd of WOl"k lUtlll Mfg. Co., whiCh he tounded In 1902, and retired scnlor partuer of M. S. Kuhns & Co., which he fou nded in 1890.

A SALl~TE TO SIMON & SC,H USTER

CHESS IS gaining wldesprcad l)Opullll'ily; and the lalest p~l ( It proot \}e needed) 18 the advent of the shreWd publishing lirm ot SI·

mon & Schuster In the tleld o[ chess texts. S & S has been famous in the bOok world (or a gift tbat amoun ts to insplratlOIl In selectin£ manu, criPUl destined to become "best sellen". From their lowly origin (do· pe.ndio, upon your taste!) as originators ot ilie tirst Crossword Puzzle books, they have risen to the hcighlhs of publishing fame by sbrewd select ion of their llUes and Ingenuous advertising a nd promotion,

It is therefore with pieasure that CHESS LIFE ..... e lcomes them as publishers of chess books, .nel- expreslJes the hope that tbis lirst venture will not be the last, but tbat S & S will take Its place beside our old reliable David McKay & Co. as an authorUaUve publisher of works on chess,

Certainly no happier choice could have been made than the lirst work they ha.ve cbosen for tbeir debut In chess. The tipe is "Winning Cbess" and the a uthors are no less tha n Fred Reinteld and Irving Chernev. In addition, as hefllll a debut. "Winning Cheu" is not just another chess book ; but ralher Is something unique a lld originul iu its approach to a. very Iml~rtant and hltp61'to neglected Cleld of a ludY. We · will , however, leave lhe merits of jthe book to John D. I~rench to assess In his "Real1ers Road to Cheu" and con tent ourselves with this brief salute and welcome to the linn of Simon and Schuster.

},{onlgollzery Major

_?I.e ReaJer ~ leoaJ :10 el.e~~ By )011" D. Fr(ltlcll

BRITIS H CHESS MASTERS By Fred Reinfeld ; McKay ($.2.00) Here's a lIew angle. Fred Rolnfeld , CHESS LU'E columnist a nd

prolific author, with the a id o( McKay and O. Bell, London puhllsher, has run into a new field or master chess games, It's 52 games of tbe "bes t of Britain" from 1821 to 1946. There Is more In that statement than meets the eye 011 first g lance. Moat gnme collections go over the usual ronds of the usnal masters a nd only the annotatioos change. Here though, iB a virtually untapped fiel d as Car as American chessera are concerned. Novel twist on this book is that the same well·known and weIl·worn chess ma8ten are used a ll right, but on the los ing end of things, with Britannia I'ullng more than the seas in tbls case,

Reinfeld (rankly admits that t he anthology Is designed as a pleasant journey through chess pnths untrodden here, a lthough the modest Fred fall s to admit tlmt his crisp annotations do heill to uuderstand the finer (Ioints ot the matches /llId so do he lp those who must s tudy every score they read tOr tbe genu of "know·how" every game must contain, While American r eaders who take pride in fine leather binding and 200·year pa rchment,type paper may feel that the book 18o't up to per­tect USA s ta ndal·ds , the trim volume wUl add many happy bours to the seeker a fter a bit of change In winners.

Maybe you hlld better not teU too many of your chess-playing friends about the huge 49th annual USCF Open Championship In Balti­more, Maryland, July 5-17, because the bigges t and best hotel there, the Lord Daltimore, scene of this year's naUonal claSSiC, oo ly holds a tew hundred people and so rar every one wants to register for tbe two·week event. Jus t write to Ira Lovett, 327 North Charles Street, and he will " tell all" aod hold you a room in that line hostelry.

Edited by pro P. G. Kmuy

Address aU c"mmu~I ... Uon' for Ihl> column to Dr, P. G. K ...... Y. 121 Ea, t lth SI .• Naw­I>Ort. Ky ... nclO$lng •• If-addr.ued, stomped any.lope If ~plJ is ,"<lvalod.

A Thematic Discussion N THE April 5 Issue of this column I emitted a hlast against wbat I

regard :as o,·ertechnlca l d iscussion or the themes of chess iH'OiJ lems. In today's colulliO I call attention to another factor tliat hae a tendllncy to (UScour.lge the average chess player from taking more than a paes lng intel·est In the solving of Ilrobtems.

That "'actor Is a composerj; desire to lIame some theme he proposes to accomplish after himself. In what way is this educational Ot· Instruc-

Dr. P. G. Ku"t7

tive? A party·s name aUached to a theme Is not at all enlightening. In my opinion a theme should be so named as to iIIustl'ate its meaning. Merely s lat­Ing that thi s or that exhibit is the Schurfnmn theme, the Barulin tlleme" the Dalton theme. the Dr. Partos theme. the Jiassberg theme, the Wbite theme, etc, conveys ho information to r eaders 0" soh'ers. They n,·e aghast as they read the names. To them It Is all a~ incompl'ebensible as the mention of Einste in having a theory. Thlly have heard of E instein but they know naught of th~ theory!

It Is my belief that when the lIallle of a tbeme Is gh"en. some explanation of the purpose of the tlleme should be gh·en, perho.l»Io in j')arentbesls, ilaJics. symbols or hieroglyphics tha t will convey La the beghiners and the unini tia ted j ust what Is

meant. Ae a general rule problem colnmns do lint con tain this Intorma· Llon. And that Is one reai good reason why the average cbess player does not ttlke more interest In problem solving. He doesn ' t care to tackle anything he doesn't understa nd! The problem jo.rgon and problem technicalities" should only be discussed by those who have been educated to lIudersland their meanillgs, They should not be used to bewilder aad befuddle Indl ... lduals who are endea,"orlng t(l learn the fundamentals about composing and soh·iug of chess problems .

In discuss ing themes. I belie ... e It is far better to speak In simple , te rms of hlock, cross-check, line opening. line closing, self interference.

cut off, etc. rathel· than to speak or Plachuttas, Gt'lmshaws, Nowotuys, etc.; the latter tsrms requiring still further explanation.

.'\. sho rt time ago awards or tbe 194G U,S.C.F. problem composing tOUl"Jteys tl long with diagrams of the priZe winning poslUolis were pub· IIshed In the -"'ederatlon's 1946 Yearhook. Commellts on the winning positions by the judges-Kennet1l: S. Howard and Geoffrey Mott-S mlth - wet'e also g '·anted SPIICO, Their c9mment (In pa rt) on the first prize 2 IUOV., ,· wo~ as tollows: "The thematic conteut of ·tll is pt·oll lelli cons ists of two Antl·Brlstol type Interferences of the bl~k" lla wn on llie !'(10k OOlllblned with accurate Java theme Illay. brought 'O~ut. In the' slm piest IloBSible forms by the moves of the black rook Rf\.d white's quoou's knlgill. otc,'· \

To me lhe C(lmtlle.ut was tlue and quite lucid. but- a shor t lime etter the book ~3 In the imnds 0/ the gellenl 11U1)lIq I receh'ed 3 lelter asking what was Dleant by Java and Antl·Dl"istoJ. Now It aDDean who:. ever wrote the Jtter thougbt I had used the terms and desired an explanation fro m e! The query was made as to whether Mocha and MaxwelJ House w re also problem themes, since in the opinion of lhe writer they wel·e qualiy good ooHees as JaYQ! And as to Anti-Bris tol the writer dealr to know If this was a defense tbat could be util­Ized In Checkers to thwart the Bristol opeulng!

In your heart have you no pity for the helpless, besioged, befuddled, unstrung and unsung Problem Editor!

Probltm No, 2) By Burney Marshall

Shrt. tpo,t, Lr. COmposed for Chess Lile

BlICk: 'm ...

P,obitm No. U By Otto Wurzburg Grima Rapidl, Mich.

Composed (or Chess Lite BlICk: S m,,,

"'::~"~',1:' :,~ I Whll,

So fa r my errorls to discover embryo S. Loyd's .and Wlnkmlln's huve failed. Howevel', my efforts have succeeded III arousing lethargic master composers to a revival of Int.erest in composing, Today we oHer our solvere two o[ the mos t recent compoSing altcmpts of two form,er atellar COIllI)()sers, B. Marshall aud O. Wurzburg, Apparently. Judging rrom these pretty pt·oblellls. the passing of the yeau has accentuated mther thnn dulled their skil l. PI·oblem No. 23 Is the 700th problelll Mr. Marshall has COm l)()sed. Wurzburg'S outpu t exceeds that numbcr.

Solution!>: Iqu.~~'':~:;~a~ ~,:!~;nMi~~l~~~~I. Q,KtS. A c ..... raiDg walUnr mutate with IIIglot

The keymor, to ProblcIII !O h:-l. X·Klt ...-ith mulUpl~ thrN.t 01 I. n anr. followed by I. R,Q8. m.ck'. <idt_ eollllat of promotion to Q 0. K 01 QRr QKtP, Q.DI' K.r and QIIZ' . To theee White', If U1uat be a.t'CIIl'lItdy mOI'teI to fOreRall tli. promOt~ I;~: ))Te. "Wltl llJ:: tbe th ... t, Btl~k lila hal 7 dcl'tlllM b" the It mOVlnf( lO Q.IIB. QKt8, QU8. K&. KBa

~.~tr:,:I~'K~."'~~I::.t:r:.:p!t:::I7.'~~~t ~1l:~uf~~~o:t':·!~it::·=! e'ttr lallot 10 mn the al1lft..,. of tile eonetptlooo. ~

(O~~p~)~I~~J"t1,.(W~·~ -r:!J.'f ~~ae~o!., (~7I/"a:~ee:-Jl~ Orotnd7ke (Q1!ItlnlUltl), J'IIIet lloltoa .,Id Otto Palm (New H"Utfl ), alld. n I"'nllall ~~arua'!lcte/V:=).lIOlutlon to No. 1t and oorrect ..... er to No, !O reoelred 'fOIII

A c:GUple :If el'T'On OCCUlTed \" Fonythe notatioa 0' Problem No. tl bu the dJ.arrpntd poIlUOn Wlil corm:t,

CH ESS LIFE TASK COMPOSING COMPETITIO N Contest c loses June 10. Entries to be mailed to P roblem Editor,

Cheu U fe, 123 East Sevent h Street, Newport, Kentucky.

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By M ilton Finkelfte;n

A BOUT a dozeu years have passed s ince the old Klags.

Chesl! Club held its centennial cele­bra. tion of the birth' of Paul Mor­phy. It voas one of those glorious occasions in a chess player's life which ranks with willS against mas. ten and first club titles. There were probably 100 people present for a lecture by Kashdan and a grand E~·ans Gambit Accepted ra­pid transit tonrnament which fol, lowed.

Kashdan's lecture wae an- espe­c iall y tbrlliing event for the dozen high school hopefuls scatt ered through the audience. He was tresh returned from the U. S. Olym­pic Tea~ victory, of 1935, I think, and had tbere been greatly im­pressed by the numbers and st,'ength of the young E uropean masters. It was his beliel, be stressed, that among the. youth ot OU r chess communi ty, perhaps in bls audience that night, were the future members of a U. S. Cham­pionship Team.

Today. with a new chess gener­ation In the field , with Shipman, Kramer. Evan s. Turner and PII­nick a mong the leaders in the New York Preliminary Tournament, we can expect Kashdan's prophecy to be .fulfilled. Arthur Blsguier, new champion ot t he Manbattan Cbess Club. Is at IS the holder of a dis_ tinguished sQ" ies of titles which pro,·lded a typical pattern of achievement and progress for our new masters. Arthur wou the in­te rscholastic title at 16 the Bronx Coullty title at 17, w~s top Illan on a national chalnplonsbip In ter_ collogiate team at 17, finished 6th in a U, S. Open at 16, has won th e Junior Manhattan ti tle a nd is 1I0W tOl) mall at the naUon's top c lub. Impre~s i ... e? Indeed it Is, and Artbur and others like him nre a fitting memorial to the con­tinued efforts of tbe Manhattan Chess Club in developing young talent! Wbo said chess is an old man'S game?

:11.. -Kitilzer Prom lIN U itors MtIil-&g

Sir, In your .MarCh 5th ISlIue, your

proble m editor Dr. Keeney is dis· sa tis fied and dlsgu8ted . .and I've no noti on how many other verbs as well, at The Chess Correspond­en t's dropping its excellent pro­blem pages. As DI·. Keeney seems not to ha ... e performed the element· ary intellectutll- operation or tl8k­Ing Why! r will as it tor him ; nnd 1 will answer it 100.

In the tint place. there are far fewer Jlrohlem-fans In this country than problemists pretend. The Cor­respondent Is currently surveying Its readers to detel'mlne what they want in a chess magazine; and less than 8% of the first 150 responses rale problems or much Interest. As these tlrst 150 naturally con­tain the whole "protest vote" (I.e. those who are Indignan t at our disconti nuing problems), the final t1gure Is cer Ulln to be well under 5%.

In the race or fi gures like that, does Dr. Keeney or any other ra­tional man propose that we con· t lnue to thrust upon our readers somelblug they never look at? Or, since our dropping problema was to sa ve our I'eaders a rise in sub­scription price, does he suggest that we tax 95% ot them for tbe benefit of an Imperceptible trac­tion? I hope the auswer is DO.

Secondly: Why aren't problems pop ular ? The answer has been dropp~d at the problemlsts' own door by one ot our most gifted C(lmpoBers, whom J regret I have DOt permission to Quote directly : Problem-editors do not encourage

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WORLD OHAMPIONSHIP GAMES Cowne-tlts by Fred Reinfeld

The varilltion adopted in Euwe­Bot\'i!mik gave While II. slight edge ell the way. An 68t'ly ex· change o f Queens WILli follOwed by Euwe's attempt to eXll lolt Black's PawlJ weaknesses. DOlvlnnlk de­fen t1ed ca r efully a nd plulenUy, and a draw was a logical outcome.

FRENCH DEFENSE World Championship, Round

Wh,l" UI."~ DR. EUWE N. BOTVINN1K

1. P-K4 P·IO 22. 8·B4 B·Bl

i ~~ P~i: ~: ~~ BK~: •. PxQP ItP,p 25. KR-Q4 B-ItS 5. B.ltIS eh KI-83 26". R-RS B· KiJ

t ~~~2 ~ h Q'~~ ~: ~~:g~ =:~~ s. I(1)<Q SxP 2!iI. ItR_R4 R,R 9. KI-QKO B.K!) ». R,R 8.1<1 10. B·QZ I(I·K2 31. P.8 P·QB. U. B·1(14 P·QR) 32. P -K t) P·Q5

fr ~':~t ell ~:: ll: ~:8~ KR~g 14. 0.0.0 B-K) 35. P' QRl K·I(U

• 15. KKt_Q4 0-0-0 )6. R-RS ell K_lm 16. KuKt P,ltt 31. P·QKU R·1(4 11. R-O" K-Q2 31. PxP ell a xp IS. P-KU , 1'·83 ». P-B4 R_Kt U. R·QR( R·RI (0. R·R4 K·KI4

~: ::jg ,":~~ Or.wn

Keres did not take much time to get the lul tlath'e on both Wings, playing Black In II Cata la n . On move 27 Smyslov lost a Pawn (op­timism or time presure!). Instead o f contenting himself with a pro" saic win based on his material advantage, Keres sacrtrlced a piece for a flock of Passed Pawns and, forced home his advan tage with elegant simplicity. An enJoY,able game. Nole Illat If While t ri lls , 44. P·R3. then 44 . ... . KtxB; 45. Kx .. K t. Q·B2 ell followed by 46. PxR.

GRUENFELD DEFENSE World Championship, Round 7

Whit" Black V. SMYSLOV P. KERES

I. P.Q4 KI·K9) 23. KI· KI P.QR4 2. P·QB4 P· K) 24. KI-Q) R·Rl ). P·KK13 P-Q4 25. a·KU R·R2 4. 9·K12 P~P ... 26. R· Kl Q·R2 s: Q.~j; 8.(j2 27. p.i<iS ~i~p '- Q~BP B·B3:n. Q·85 P.O} 1. Kt·K81 QKI.Q2 ~. P·QR4 KI.Q2 5. KI·a) I<I·K O lO. Q·82 KI.Ql ,. Q.Q} B· lm )1. KI·K5 Rl·a}

ff tt81 P.~ ~ ~f.C:l Q~~im 12. 9·Q2 Q-K2).t. KI·a5 p·1<13 U. p.QR) 8 . KI )5. P·K4 PxP 14. Q~a KR-QI 36. KuP (K4) Q·K13 15.. 8·Kl QR.81~. 0-.,"'." A·Kt! 16. 8·91 8]l __ B·BS 11. P·QKU QKI. )9. Q.KU P·Kt4 I~ Kt·R( • Kt· 5 40. P. P P.P n. Q-82 Kt-Q} 41. I<I·K4 2'0. P·B) P· KK" KI {Ql)~Kt 2l. KI·KU P·KB4 42. P.KI 22. 8-82 KMIl

42. __ _

AIm 42. P1I.Kt 'WH

Kt·Kt5 Q.R4

QxPeII R·K82 0.' 0.0

QR·KBI

'u'

SO. RxKt 51. RxR 52. KxR 53. 8·R) St. P-Q5 55. 8-Q1 56. 8·S6 SJ. 911.KIP

R_R d. R,R ~ h

P·R$ K·B2 ,,' K·BJ ". '.R<

O. Rx8 ... R·82 45. K·81 C6. KR·1(2 41. Q-B) 4S. R.Q ti. QR·82

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Smyslov go t a very cramped g llme. as is usual wJth the Gruen· feld Derense. Ho wever. he was vt't·y much at lIome in this varia· tlon, and maneuvered cleverl y in the litUe space at his disposal. He save up t he exchange. getUng two Pawns for iL Thereupon 80t\' III' nik worked like a galley slave try .. Ing to figure out a win. But Smy· s lo,· defended comfOl·tably. alld the point was bah'ed aftel' SOlne nine hours or play.

GRUENFELD DEFENSE World Championship, Round 8

WI>II... mad, M. BOTVINNIK V. SMYSLOV

1. P-Q4 KI·KS'.J 40. K·K12 P.B4 2. P·QBIt P·KiO) 41. P'QR4 K.82 3. Kt-(8) P·Q4 42. R·K13 K.B} 4. Kt·al B·KI2 O. R·R2 P-QR4 5. o..KO PoP «. R·Q2 K.K2 6. Q_ap o,() 45. K·Bl K·Q2 1. P·K( B·RIS 46. P·KU p.R} I!. 8./0 KKt-Q2 47. R·KKI2 K.K!

~o. ~~Qf ~~fe~ :: ~:~: Kp~~ U. P·8) B·IO SO. RxP P. Rt

ll: ::8~) KJ~~ ~ ~(~'f)-Q2 ~~ u. o..a2 Kt·b~ 53. R·KKU K-82 15. Kt·KU B·B5 54. R(KtJ-Q2 K.J(l 18. 8·K2 B_B 55. K·K2 K.KZ 17. Q_8 QR·QI 56. R·QI R·K81 IS. 0-0 Q./O $1. R·KBl 8-8} }g. Kt-85 0..81 51.. R-Q KI) 8 xP 20. K·Rl KI·02 59. RxP B·K" 2l. Kt·K13 P·KU 60. R·Kt7 eh K-B} 22. Q-84 Q-Kt2 n. R.K I$ K.a4 21. P-8( ,.·10 lo2.. R.ap ell 1(.1(5 24. R-Bl KI-83 61. R·KS eh K-Q5 25. B·KU R·Bl '-t. R-Ql..... KlI;P 26. R-Q92 QR-QI &4. R·K4c1l K·Bt 21. Q.1(2 KI·KIt K. K·B3 P.R5 21. P·K5 KuKI 57. R-QKIl K-Q) :!t. P_KI KI-Q4 6L R·KI6ch K·Q2 lO. P-B4 KI·1(2 69. K·KI' R·B4 11. KI-Q2 KI·B4 10. R·Q4 ell K.K~ no KI·K4 XbP 7L R·Kt7 ell K·B, }}. BxKI R~B 72. R·KI5 P·K4 l4. KH)/i R1I.KI 13. R·~ ell K·KU }S. ?R P-Q84 14. RxR? RxP ~h 36. R-Q2 R-Ql 15. K·R} K.IU 11. Q.B) Q~Q 76. R(R5)·RIi K·R~ 33. R1I.Q B-Q5 7J. RxP RxP ~. P·KU R.P O •• wn

A/ter 77. , R1I.P Smy, lov

Keres·Reshevsky was a terribly tense game, either player baing afraid to los e and thereby lose w!la te\'er chance he has of over· taking lkItvinnik. Keres had the better of tbe opening, but Samm~ defended, as usual, very tenacious· ly and resourcefully. He won a Pawn temporarily, and just as lie was a bout to lose it back, oHered a dmw, which was accepted. The t'e was stlU a lot of play In the posl· tion.

RUY LOPEZ World Championship, Round 8 Whi~ mack

P. K.ERES s. RESHEVSKY 1. P·K( 2. Kt·KB) }. B-Kts 4. B·R4 5. P·B4 ,. KI-8) 7. P·KR) 8. Q_S ,. KI-Q5 II). KI·KI4 n. KI-82 12. P'Ql

P·K4· KI-QBl '-QR)

'-Q' B·Kts Kt·K2 B1I.KI

Kt·K13 R-QKU

KI·1(2 ..., Kt-81

D . B-Q2 8·K2 14. Q·K13 8-B) 15. QR·Sl KI·KI) l/i. 8·KU Q·Ql 11.0·0 KI·02 lJ.. p.R) KI·8' U. 8·Rt 0-0 20. P·1<14 KI·K] 21. 8·/0 KI -85 22. Q·9} KtxQP 23. R·KIl KI-tj5 24. P.KtS Drlwn

Altn 14. p·KtJ ,--,,,,,,,-_ R ... henlty

Reshevsky·Bot\·innlk was a very s nappy al'l'air. Botvinnlk defended

Federation I"ternationa le del Ech ecs ( F .I. D.E.)

The Uniled States Chess Fed eration, Mr. Paul G. C ler", . Executive V·Pres .. Syracuse, New York. Dear S ir;

La Haye, February ' 13, 1948

Yesterday I have been favoured by the arrival of the DITTMANN TROPHY . to be Ilrescnted on behalf of the U. S. C. F. through the medium of t he F. I. D. E. to the winner of the comlllg contest for thB World Chess Cha mpiollshill.

I beg to thank the U. S. C. F. mos.t cordially lor Ithls magni llcen t Ilresent, n s ymbol o t Lhe U. S. A . .s)·mpathies with the activities of t he F. I. D. E. for rea lbing t he tourney where tile chess world's highest honour s are at Ihe Btake. I

S I)ecially I beg to thank and pl'aige Mr. H . A. Dittmann of Salt Lake City ror his Ideal cr eation.

M I'. Dil tmann pl'oves LO be a uniqu e artist, grand In conception snd in t he com blllll.Uon of tine and ral'e wood·material.

If I didn't know Ml'. Dittmann to be au o rgsliber of chess hi his own s phe r e, hi\! trOI)hy would betray lIim as a devoted lover of the Hollie gam e. t'

The U .. S. C. F. lllay Va proud of a me mbo" like :\11'. Dittmann; so I ~ the f'. I. D. K or this spuntaneou.s coopel'aUon of U. S. A. Clless.l

With kindest l'egard s and chess cOllllll\ments I a m.

with hi B [avOI"lte Dutcll Defense, again a t which Reehevsky proceeded very aggressively. Dotvinnik was r eadlly dis posed to swap lliows with hllll. A thr illing encounter resulted . with a perpetual c heck windin g up the batt le.

DUTCH DEFENSE World ChampIo nship, Round 9 While '" Black

S. R£SHEV6KY M. BOTVINNIK,'

:: ~~4 ?~K~ N: ~!plO Knr. 1. P·KK13 Kt·KBl 15. P-B( Kt·KI5 (. 8.Kt2 B·1(2 16. KuKt .. S"KI 5. I<I·KR) ()..O 11. R·1(l 8·83

f: ~t1) Q:lH I:: g~ K2:~ ~ ~i~4 :'rri~: ~~K~tl Q~~:g 10. KbP KloKt 22. 811.QP R·IO 11. 8_Kt P·K4 23. R·K} 12. KI·KI2 KI·Q2

V. __

~. ~'R 25. ·B} 26. ·10 27. Q.KLP 21. K-82

A/In 1J. l{·KJ

Q-Q' Q.Ql e h.

S·8ICII. ·Q1 eh. .a&ch. D_"

Euwe got a good game in a Ruy Lol)eZ with a very tight maneuver· iug game in which Smyslov, by clever, patie nt pi~y gradually got the upper ha nd. Continuing hiS steady play, Smyslov WO II a well 1>ls yed ending.

RUY LOPEZ World Championship, Round 9 White .. -v. SMYSL.OV OR. EUWE

1. P·K4 2. kl·KBl }. 8-KIS 4. 8·R( .0-0 6. R·J(l 1. B·KIJ S. p ·S) ,. B· B2 10. P-Q4 11. QKt·Q2 12. KI-81 13. P.P 14. R·1(2 Is' KI·KI3 U. P·KIJ 11. B· KI2

~:~:I 2'IJ. KR ·Kl 21. 8.KU "-,..,., V. 8-Bl 24. P·kR4 25. 8·RS 26. Kt-81 21. R.R 28. KI·Kl H. g .KIS 30. .K) n . ·fU 32. R·B) 33. 8.82 l4. R"R oil. 15. Q"Q oh.

'.K< k~:8ru

Kt·8) '.",

P~~~ Kt·QR4

P·84 Q·B2

"'u 8PI? QR-81

Q.Q KR·Kl .~,

P· KI) B·KI2 KI·Q2

QKt.8) Q.Kll Kt.1(2

~j~l Q·Ktl

RoR R.QBl

K\~:~ KI·KU

8·R} KI·K2

• KI· KI2 O,R KbQ

36. B·B) Kt·a4 31.8.K14 K·1<2 lI. P·8] K-Q2 ». KI..Q) KbKt to. B"KI Kt·K2 U. ~·KI4 P1I.P 42. P.P B·as O. P·KIS e:KI2 « . K-82 KI·BI 45. KI·IO I(·K2 "- B-R5 B·R!i 41. K .. K13 a·B( 4S. B-Q2 K·Bl .,. KI-82 K·1(2 SO. B·K2 KI·RZ 51. 8-QRS "1-81 52. a·KKU P·B} 51.8·K' P.P 54. P"P Kt·Kll 5'5. P·KI4 Kt·BS 56. Px8 Ku8 $1. P,,? ell. KlI;P 58. B·B7 . <t.BS 59. B1I.P P·R( fiG. K·KU P·KIS &I. B-B5 K·1(2 Q. B.K6 Kt-Q) 5}. Kt·1O KlxP '-t. K·BS KI-o) c~ . liS. IUP KI·B2 eh. /i6. K·84 Kt-Ql 01. Kt·BSch. I(·Bl 61!. P·KU; KbB '9. PxKt P·RS 10. K·K5 R ... lvn.

Keres s imply caved III on the Black side or a Nlmzoindlan against Dotvinnik. It Is difficu lt to under· stand the way that Keres handled the opening, as he lett Botvinnik with an Idesl attacking position. A two· piece SILcrlllce crushed KBres in short order.

A: RUEB , Prtsidtnt, FLD.E.

NIMZOINDIAN DEFENSE World Champio.nshlp, Round 10 White BIllICk

B. 80TVINNIK P. KERES 1. ?Q4 Kt·KB) n. P ·B) BPxP 2.. ?-QB4 P·IO 12. 8P1I.P I<I· KI3 ). KI.QB.) B·KI5 13. 8·K12 PoP 4. P·IO 0-0 14. P·K4 8./0 S. p.QR} B~KI ell. 15. R-81 R·1(2 Ii. P1I.B R·1(l 15. R1I.P Q-B2 1. KI·K2 P·K( 11. P·B5 P"P L ,KI·K13 P~ l&. a_p Q-8S

!a. g:~ QK~14~: ~~~15 Q~i~Q~ Aftr, ZI} . . ..... , QKt-QZ

21. RxP eh. K1I.R 22. Kt·Rxh. K.KU·

23. 0;10 I

Reshevsky played the opening badly on the Black side or a Ruy Lopez. Euwe handled the middle game splendidly a nd w on a piece. Subsequently he let Sammy slip out; but It is reasouable to say that no one but Resh evsky could have esca ped with Buch eel·llke dexter. tty!

RUY LOPEZ World ChampionBhip, Round 10 While

OR. EUWE 1. P·K( 2. KI.KB} ). B·Kt5 4. B·R4 5. P·83 6. P'Q4 1. P·R4 8. B·K3 " - P~P I II. P·K5 11. 8·B2 12. KI·B} 13. P·R4 1(. Q.Q) 15. Q·K2 16. KI.Ql

~i S;r-1

19. P·KI4 2'0. KI.Q2

~t'k~

0. __ 44. R·K2 45. QxR

~~~( 4&. alP .,. R·QKU SO. B·I<I'

P·K4 K\.B)

P.QR)

It:~ .. ", '.R) P~? •

P'~Kt Kt·R~ 8·KI5 p.Q8) .... P·KIS 0.." ... ~:~ I<I~~ I<I·Ql

P·KO R~R ell. Q_Qell.

P_Kt .... R·KQU

,:(~'3

BI""k S. RESHEVSKY

23. P·8l Q.KI1 24. R·KKtl 8·R' 25. 8·82 ·BI 26. Q·B) K ·84

~~: :t.~) R.~~ :!t. Kt(S) ·B4 B.KIS

ff: ti~ 8~ic~ )2. Q~B KI·IO )3. KI. AS K·RI ).t. R·KI4 R·Kt~ )$. R·B) R·KI5

~: !i:8~ PQ~~ )&. ~.Kt Rx KIP

~:B:~ ~:~ 41. R·K} R·AI ch . 42. R·KU Q-R1 O. Q.1<14

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<fI)ess I:ife TuuJay, April 10, 1948

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B, G«1rg~ Kolttm01¥ski

RAPIO TRANSIT, Sweden: -68 plu.yeMi took part in a rapid t ransit tournament they all played In the same group and decided on a double round thus making it 114 ga llles to play! This must be like Smorgasbord to them. 1. G. Stoltz I OU points; 2. E. Lnndin 101; 3. F . E k strom 100; 4. O. Borjessoll 9211; 5. G. Danielsson 90il; 6. Z. Nllsson 86; etc. Wuat a battle Royul !

PRAGUE: - Rapid Transit Chain .. pIon la: 1. Kottnauer 15 out o t 16 points; S. S tullk, etc.

BRUSSEL.S:- Here is a s hort g ame from the Belgium Rapid Tran· s it Championship held in Brussels: White: Devos; BlaCk: Ambnh1; Pe. trolt Defense.

1. P·K4 , P·K4; 2. Kt·KB3. Kt·KB3 ; 3. p .Q", KtxP ; 4. B-Q3, P1Q4;5.KtxP, B-Q3 ; 6.0·0, 0·0; 7. P·QB4, P·QB3: 8. PxP, PxP: 9. Q·BZ, B·KB-4; 10. Kt·QB3, P·B3; 11. Kt .. B3, Kt .. B3; 12. KtxQP, R ·K!; 13. Kt·K3, B·Kt3; H. Kt·R4, KtxQP; 15. KtxD! KtxQ; 16. B·B~ ch , R·K3; 17. fuR mate.

lSTAMBOUL; - The ,Chamllion· ship of Turkey was won by Selim Pa lavan; 2·3. Mubin Boysan and I\I usa Tebl, etc. Here's a game won by the Champion, who i s a teach e r at the University: "'hltB: SeUIIl Palava n; Black; Serj. Pom· gonov ; Queen's Gambit Accepted ..

1. P-Q4-, P ·Q4 ; 2. Kt·KB3, Kt·KB3; 3. P.U4, PxP; ~. P·IG, p ·K3; 5. Bx!', P·IH: 6. 0·0, P·QR3; 7. P·QR4, Kt·QB3; 8. Q.K2, PxP: 9. R·Q1, B·l{2 (Euwe recommends here 9. P·Q6; 10. DxP, Q·B2); 10. PXP (HlIblnslelll always retook with tRe Kt.), 0·0; 11. Kt·QB3, Q·82 ( Better was to continue as l in the game, Rubinatein .. 'Volt, Carlsbad, 1923; 11 . ...... .. , Kt·QKt5; 12. Kt·K5, P·QKt3; 13. D·KKt5, KKt-Q4) ; 12. B·K1(t5, B·Q2 ; 13. QR-QB1, KR·Kl; 14. Kt·K5, QR·Q1; 15. B·KU, Q·Kt3; 16. 8oB2, KtxP (Permits the Turkish Champion to deUght t he onlookers witll a pleasaut combina­tion); 17. RrlCt! QxR; 18. R·Q1, Q::QKt5 ; 19. BxKt, B::lB; 20. BxRP ch, K·B1 (If 20 . ... , KxB; 21. Q.R5 c h , K·Kt1; 22. QxP ch, K·R1?; 23. R·Q3 wins easily); 21. KtxB ch, RxKt (if K·K2; then 22. Kt-Q5 ch); 22. R:tR, BxKt: 23. q>xB, QxR P; 24. RxQKtP, R·Q1; 25. P·Kt3, Q-Q8 cll; 26. QxQ, RxQ ch: 27. K·Kt2, P ·Kt3: 28. B>:'KtP, PxB; 29. R·Kt6, K·B2; 3(1. RxRP. Black resigns.

Po,ition No.1 ;-----.-~

IS THE BEST MOVE:­" \Vhat Is the best move" Is a series of positions [rom actual tournament games old and new. Try to solve the posi tion (or'idea) fro m theJila .. gralll. ~ It will teach your " mind's .. eye" a few good pointers for futu re use. Send In your solutions sd· dressed to "What [s the Best Move, lo CHESS LIFE; and outslda the fi rst move add a main Une too. Correct sQlvers ' names will he pub· IIShBd. (It you cannot solve them trom the diagram, set the position

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Tlltsd"1. April 20, J948

QUEEN PAWN GAME u. S. Ch am pionsh ip Preli m ina ries ,

Area 3, Ch ieago, 1948 Notts bY AI~,' 5"",/,;n. Jr.

Whllt BIIld< P . POSCHEL A. SANDRIN. JR. L P.Q4 Kt -KB) s. P.IO P-KRl 2. P-QB4 p·RJ" BaKi BaB

t :.'K~) ::t~: ~~KBJ ~ 8. P,d' firat would mlnlmlq Black', cllancetl 10 ' «Iunl6llLly. I. __ P_s. ,. R·Ql __

~!III~r!.':~r:!!:~bufC>~. lt~la,~~~'el6I~~~:t lO~ !'r~: lr.oo~, bep$~iU! ~~~t ~p~.! but deY"-)ope •• Ioa, 11(1 . ..... 1 Ih'"' lH'!1ng U"II Qr In 1>Hd of ~irill. U1..:k' • .,...tlal fr ..... d6in I. nOf, .mougl\ eo"'pt' .... lIo.. lot the! w!!<l.k I'. t. __ 8PaP n. RxB ~

10. KKbP B~Kt p.elerrl!d 10 U. I'di 110 .. to cI"it..lize on Blick', weak cen ter b!,t tllll Ida. ne .... m.­tG.I.II~. n. r a n wOllld lin, been 1.oett~r.

It R-Ot K~:g~~;: j:8~ :K~: 1). PaP Kb.P 16. B.K.

lllS. 0-0, KI-~irs' 11. P .B) 8 .10 17: =, Q.KS <:h. 1S. Kt-K~. !l·KS; 10. P·KQ\3 1 .. (\& to DOlhlmi:. ~ 11. P ·QKtJ QR·KU 2) . KI-K' lJ. K-Bt QRoOi 22. 8aB to. 8·OS P-QKt4 2). Kt-Q6 There II no pOint in !:s. I' d'. V. ___ PaP 24. PaP? --An ,tl.tlnpt 10 ... in whlQh liLli, bllt liter KtxQIll' lIlack·. I:tQn.c h INlltc. bcca Ul>e or White'. K_pv&Iton aftt r Q·Ut d •.

~ fj':-.o Q-BY~~~ g: ~:~g ~: ~t~~4 Qa~t-:t~ 30. Q.Ktl7

)I) •. __ "

)1. P"Kt Hoping f<>r :B._ .. _

AJm JO. Q-KI1 ? Sandr1n

Real gn.

RUY LOPEZ

P_B)

"'.'1

Ma nhatta n Chess C lub Champ ionshi p, New York, 1948

NOleS fry J. So"JdkoR

And n ..... the Xt. J6 . • _ P _KR4 21. Q-B7 ch. n. Q.R4 Kt_B3 22. B_K BS

~~ ~t~ KCC~~ I ~: ~~pKU

Black B. SIFF

P-Q3

K-Bl .-~

Kt_BS Resl"n.

20. Q-R5 eh. K· K2 _ The d~th" .impli<:lty 01 White·. pl"y i . hard to ~mnl~te. A credit to t~ ,,~w lian· haUan Ch_ Cl ub champion.

VIENNA OPENING u. S_ Championship Prelimi naries,

Area 4, J oh nson City, 1948 Nom by Dr. J. Pldl ~

Whit" mack J. MAYER N. T . W HITAKER 1. P_K' P·K4 1. B_B4 KtxP 2. KtoOB) Kt-KB3 4. Q.R5 _ .. DltrC ..... nt attempt. 1Ia...., loflon made to rclutc Black', !tnI move but without ~, I.e.: 4. KtxKt, P-Q-I; 5. B.Q3. PsKt; G. REP. Kt·Of ch, o. 4. BliP ell , Kl:B; 5. KuKt,

50urna m enl

p.Q4 and Black hu not blnlf to ltv. ,. _ let-QJ So a.KU _

NxJ~~·~.:i3 ~~~~ ~~ ~.:.!; • ';I!~ J;.; but tbe pn,e " m ~ up _no 5. _ IU·B) Black eould gin bl. P ..... ek ",itn. 6. __ , U-K2, but he Pl""r~ to _llIce the udlarce

11>d tft~':lts for ~~K~\5"clr. , . KbP eh. 1. 0.8) p·e, 10. KhR p~~ S. Q-QS Q.K2 11. Q.8 ) __ Heuer I. U . "·Q8. Il -QIUS; 12. K\.:II', P:dU; 13, Kt·KS, P .RS; H. Q.B3, Xt~; 15. Q·IH3. Q.Kt3; 16. 0 -0 and Whll.f .Undo well. 11. ,A.*,. a-Qleu - ll. Q-Rl P.KS!

~t I~~' defe~t~m. 1:0 ~B'it. B-Ks-iii eonllt<:l lon ... illl 0-0-0, 14. _ 8-Kt2 11. RPtIC I BxP lS. 8-10 BxKt II. C).kt) 1(-61 I &. R-IQ KbS If. B.a, __ It I. bad eJM)O.gb that White S. pl.ylng with· nut hI. "n. but he iIIoould brine 001 . t leul hi. It (19, Kt-JU). ' H •. _ Kt·Kt' n. BxK!

~: ::~~. K~:8:~: ~~~ 22. e lKS R-Kl N. QP~BP

A/In 26 . .. .. .. , PxKI!

'!'he knodl:out blow!

::: ':c~a21 ~~:

._. B-B6

QPaP PaKtJ

L-.!---'---"'----:~"--"""-'------' I 28. R·XS ....... till ~, 2:8 . It ·X8. Kt·B7 ch: !9. K-Dl (211. X·X U, RxR: 9:1. B-Ra, Kt·85 clI.), RER ch ; SO. IUKt, IbIBI 31. ltiR (31. K"R t IbR; 32. hit. RXRl' Il!>d winll), R.QR8 ... d the.., iI eonddenble figbt left. Black b.q an ~I~ a,,_u to th" ~ 2L __ Kt-K1 ch. lO. aaR Rl<P th. ". RaKt RaR)1. QaR BaQ And BLlct won .hortly.

Boost Amerh'au Cbess! By Joining the USCF Are You A Member?

II Your Fri e nd A Member ?

c-IrKt" i7 E.rich W. MlITcbtmJ

De pt. of Ma thematic. \ University of Rodleater, Rochmer 3, New York

J. B. a.. A. Y. He,..

Annotator . RlcMrd H.,... 11 Edw. J. KOrplnty O. E. P.III

RUY LOPEZ F rank lin C h ess Clu b vs. Ge rman.

town YM CA Chess Clu b Mateh, 1948 -NOleS by A. Y. Htsu

\vhit~ RIack A. DICAMILLO e. F. WIN KELMA N

~ ~t~~S) Kt:q~; ~ ~~:4 P-Q) }. B_KtS P-QR]

~~~ro~ m~r~b Rot!;:.;,~Y th:If&~"~7ct l'~~ :~e t{J. fl. 100boa.d ,,;at~h 01 lvt"- hut hrought out ""'"c y ...... prior U) llult dU" by Kcr .... In which he """red a r.lmukable ,..;n aplnat Alckhlne. The <>bJecl of the ,nO'", lleo< iD pre· il<!" tln" P·QK t4 a nd P-Q4. tim. cramping Rlack', lIame: and ",1101). fo llowed by p .Q~. the White pool~ion th .... t.N'~ at once to dom­Inate not only the """t~r but the jramc it ­... 11.

5. __ B·KIS A ._ ... tund .U .... ,pt. 10 del~y or j><'eYefIt Whitt". Ihnal 01 P -QI. a """ 'e loUI:Yeol.ed &bd 1't.,)·l'jJ he .... hy Mr. Wln kel"'''D. Fine J!iv"" 011' Iht. v.rI.Uon; ,, __ . B-Q!I; 6. p .Q! (fO'''''I~lIing Kt-<y..), I'xl': 7. Kt"P. KIIKt; 8. u"n e ll. Qx1l cll. QxB; D. Q_<Kt. Kt.· n 3. ,,"'. " .. d !!lack c~n ,k"e\op .otM. cto.Il,.. n the c""" ""/( ;s greatly relievl'd b)' e~e"Hnl:e of 111(~. The n"xt mu,," d......... c<:m~idera· !Ion u"d "" relul a""I,..b. rOT I~ 1.0 a move or IlOn,e ('<limier V' .. I,,~. '- KI.Q61 KI_KSJ 1. Po03 __ Stra",:::~ to ..... Whit .. del .. "dl"lI' "'llh ,. Ruy l.oll('tl . 1. ._ B_K2 S. 'P-KRl __ An Rh"'· ... lh· .. could"" S. B·I\,. 0·6: II. Rx.Kt, ­I'all: 10. I\. ·K~ BxKT: 11. I'~II ... ith an open nlt. on I two e""my K: 01' 8. ,, ·1\3.0-0: II. IU­K%. l~xKI; 10. PI ll .nd the d<>ubtftl ""-,, be t.un,o:<l lO ad''''''''1(e i,,""." of ,..,malning "', .. k" ..... !. ........ SaKI 10. S~Kt PJ(B 9. Q~S 11--0 n . P_KK I4 ..... , .. .'In rca_Oil fe," Ihi. w~akeul"j( n" ... ~ u"l ..... to \In<''cnt Kt· 1l4 fo1\ow<'(1 by t'·KIH: Whit .. i. (k>fI"I.~ 17 w~"k on 1I\~ck l<luaTeoI. "' I,;I~ the ;nlll. ti .... I".,. been f.a);"" o"~r by " II opJ>OD­..,,1. lI~tle •• " ... think. w", Kt ·K2. 11. __ KI-QZ 12. KI_KZ B_Kt4 lIIaek ".,.._ • ..., kill "! IU. thil forcible rnoU ~u,,· of tbe unfortu"ate JH)OItllon of the White Q. 1). Kt·KtJ 14. RxB .'" R·KU

15. p · l(tJ

S olutio ns:

Eml Game Positions '.'I" and 10 Chess Life, March 2Dth

No. II by O. O",,-r:-I. P·B8(Kt)ell. K_XU; 2. DxP. KxKt; a. K·Q:! and White.­"rrI ..... In time to protect hlft P 00 R5, "''''''t_ ually qu~~"ing it, ... hi' n commando the Q.Ra Iqu.art. -

No. 10 by O. Or<>CMer:-1. HxKt ch. fUR; 2. Kt-n7 eh, K-RI : 3. Il ·KtlI eh, K.Rfi: ... Kt·M (0. KG), R·R8 (II t ..... _, R.R7, W1IIte "",leo in t"'o); 1>. Kt_R5 cb . K·R6; $. Ihd' cb. K·Rl : 7. Kt·fU (or K .. ), BLlct Ul)': 8. Kt_BS mllte. Note that t. KtxR, KtxR i. " go<>d try. bllt Hbck t\'t'Rtually 'III ....... a P .nd w \ ....

)1. KI·Bl )2. KI .K3 ). R.Ktt )4. R·KI )!>. R·K7 )6. R ~ IJP 17. RaBP »- KI ·81 '9. K·R2

RMI' ....

K-Bl K-KI4 ... ,

Kl·Kl4 ""p K·B6

R-RS 0". Kt-R6 e".

RaKI

CHESS LIFE ABRP-AD (Conti n ued from P age 3, Col. 5)

up, by all means!) Solutlon8 must be received by date ot publication of tbe next issue ot CHESS LIFE, followlnc printing of each position.

S..o L UT IO NS to T win End· Games:-A) 1. P·KR6! PxP; 2. K-U3, 1)-R8(Q) cll; 3. K·Kt5 and White wins. B) 1. H-D1 ch I K-Kt7 ; 2. R·QR1! KxR; 3. K-B2 and White wlnl.

(We .e,ttl t /wl lhe T .. in EnJ·G"mef polit iortl .. tre iMOTTecd, st flteJ in 1,,$1 is. s"e. The (o •• eel /'01;t;O", hnr BI",ft K fli Kt8 "nJ WMt~ R at BZ. EJ.)

J ERSEY "Y" ACTS AS GODFATH ER

In promoting chess In the hlgb schools. the J e rsey City \'Y" Chess Club hils long acte(l I\s n tall'Y godfathe r In spon soring the Hud. 1:10 11 Cou nty Junior Chnmplonshljl.

,I ta IIlte6t act .as a flilry godfather was t6 a wa rd Ilaid 4IUb8CI'iptions to CHESS LrFE to th e ehess clubs of DemArest, Memor\~l and Bny .. OIlIlC Hig h Schools to cncournge chess In these already nc~ve chess clubs.

D •• J . PI Itz. Frad Relnl. ld

THE J_

Dr. B, la Rona Soudakoft

KIBITZER (Con tlnued from page 2, Col. 5)

new talent. The aver8ce editor f ill, hi li pages enti rely with big names, with established compos­ers, with maltres and Bur·mAltre&­and on -ne - peut·pas·plus·maltres, a nd the !lew man hardly appears at all. All a joul'lIo.ll 8t, r perhaps can­uot blame them, but Ulen It fs no concern or mine whether Ameri· canll become problem·fans or don't. Tbe point fa, rather. that both pro».. 'Iam-edltors and prohlemlst8 are en­gaged III perpetuating II monopoly, and In sh utting out the layman evon t u rthcr by ell1ll10ylog oue oC­the moat pedantic and r epellent shop-jargons ever conceived by the mind ot man. When a group has striven 80 sueeesstuUy to keep I ts numbers limi ted , by what earthly ... logIc ca n it ,complain If the Cor· res pondent, or any other maga.zlne, recugnizes and acts upon that seU­In!Hcled limitation ! Can a her· mit logica lly prote8t when ..he Is Out·voted!

lTIIlload of Irrational yells, t il en, Jet prohlemlsts u ndertuke what the huma n mind WIi S designed for-­cOll su'uctlve action. (a) Let them "\ b:md together to publi sh an all­problem Illagazine, like those pub­lished abroad, ra ther than cling vine-like to ])eriodlcals whleh t hey in no wise serve. And (b) let them retlcct on how to break thei r OWII 100nOilOly by 1l 100lg·range Ilromotional progr:lI11 that will bring them in lIle en thu siasts they sllOuld have an d Ilrelencl to have, but in phdn fact do not have at nil. Ie chess pl'o blellls nr9 one ot the fi nest creations (It the hu man mind. "cry well. then, let more hum1l.n lll\n"_ nn"Cl'&tnnt\ l'rU_'ffi.

\V. M. Spackman, A rl;ng EJitor,

The Ch ess Correspon dent

Team Matches From The Chess Clubs

CHICAGO, ILL_ A ... U" Ch ....

o. IIIkkob .. lldt __ 0 l'. Ada,,,. __ .... _ 1 Ka lenlan .. _ ._ .. _~ S(N"cr _ ......... . _ .. _ 1 )lc(luire- __ .. _ ...... 0 So.h, .. _ .. _ .. _ ........ _;\ ~\:uJUn ___ .. _ .. _. t.I~"'e. __ , U",njtu _._ .. _& Whitma .. ____ , OUbert 0

.. ....sen _ ----1

Vlklnl CM .. B. Dahlll-.om __ 1 E. Elmlund _ . __ 0 V. Aro"."" * .. _~_iI .Almqullt .. *_ ... _ .... _0 AIJ "'h~m ... n ... _ .... _1 Gu.tuna" ....... ___ ~ E . .A . ",,-, ___ I Erick ... JI ___ .*0 Streed ____ • Wenncnt"" ..... _0 Heed • ___ 1 w ___ ,

Viti"&, __ •

A KRON, OHIO Fir _ tan. Chess

p . Seitz ~ __ 1 Dr. J. Lucu __ 1 A. !'Iucddemann. ..0

_ E. A. YOllng __ l K. C. Skin ...... _0 A . Kriler . ___ 0 A. W. Ru~key ~_o W. Zimmerman --0 F. III"",. __ ._0 A. II. Craig .... _ .. _.1 J. Vuknn _ .... __ ._0 )I~ jI'. " " .... r _._0 n. D. Mackey __ '

Flrellotle --Ii

Goodrlc" ChcP Dr. D. Beach. __ 0 II. S<:hllch t~ _ . __ 0 H. Tucker _---1 A. "'u .. e ___ I C. H ania __ .J C. 1::. Slt& ____ , I'. R'olliIh __ .... I )I. td. Coff _ .. _ .. I C. 1f000ge ._ .. _ ... _1 II . (;i ll.>\'"- _ .. _ ...... 0 1'. H"n~lcker _ " ... 1 n. Newballer .. __ 1 W. D. t·ox .. _ ... _1

Goodrich _.J;ll

FRESNO, CA LlF _ F,.,,,,, Chess

KlndH land ... __ .. _.0 Pelo~ _ .... _ ._ .... _ 1 Bird ......... _ ._ ... _ .. 1 )1 .. dfle!<1 _ .... _ ...... _1 Odland ___ .... _0 l'oulaen .. ____ , "'" ----, St.ao:lr ____ ,

..... ----. Cartt ____ , Dr. Wolle __ .. _1

Yreano .. ___ -"~

Kern Counly Smith .... _ .. _._~_t Eddy _._._ ... ~_. __ o otll mhcrl a!n .. _ .. __ 0

~t ... ;;;"-~=::::==~ lI .... r ____ 0 SlItor ___ .. _0 RcUlclo: ____ , KcOoTlOl'p ___ 6 n ", _____ , Jo"'*'" ___ ,

K ern ___ .. :t

BooSI A merica" Ckss!

NORMAN, O KlA Nonnan ChcP

A. de 1& Tone-..! A. llc ........ t _---1 F1<>yd I..,., * .... _ .. D .1. C.le ...... nl ~_ .... O L. lIe,,,lria __ .. _ .. _1

Nonnall _ .. _-3

Stillwate r Ch ... J . C. Monk _._ .. 0 C. llclAu";'lin _ .... 0 G~"e C. Hu . ... __ 1 J. D. Patutl_--1 llo.t- ( W. K err _0

SUllw .. ter . ---J

----POUGHKEEPS IE, N .Y_

C"-.lwtck Dan lof~y~roon ____ .. 1 O. Tr""~. __ .. _D F. bell",! lz _ .. __ .... 1

tle~ct.e;;:~.,.; .. :::::~ II . Oronke _._ .. *1 C. Ti",mer _ .. _._0

W. t Pa int K.ul. _____ 6 U"\irh ... _____ , Ita ...... __ .... __ , Wynne ._ ............ _ .. 0 WOTtma n .. __ .. 0 UendeTlO n .. ____ .. 0 IoIQ'ff\eocy .. ___ .. 1

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