Vol. IX, No. 14

Conducted by RU SS ELL CHAUVENET

SEND solutions to Position No. 157 to UusscJJ Chauvenct, 721 Gist Ave., Silver Spring, Md., by April 20, 1955. With your solution please send analysis or reasons sup-porling your choice as "Best Move" or moves.

Solunon to Position 1S1 "" III appear In the M;ly 5. 1955 iss.... "-

NOTE: Do "01 plat'~ 100I.IhO"1 to ' .. 0 porit;,,,,, On one ttl,d; be IU,t to indk.rtc com:cJ number "I p'J1itjon , btj"8 IO/'Yca, "n4 gil" tht 1"1i "d"" ".,d I1dJUII 0/ tht 1lI/"r, io

ALL'S_WELL THAT ENDS WELL Mm~terin.g thp. End Game

By WALTER KORN, Editor 0/ MCO FINDING ONESELF IN THE WRONG CORNER!

I N tqe previous chapter we scrulinized the aspects of tbe posit ion given there in Diagram 16, and repeated here, from a game Barcza-Rethy. and today we append the outflow of moves from that position onwards. 88, N.Q4 eh, K·B3? Black realizes he is going to be driven into a corner, to await the final blow there. Therefore he secks sanctuary in the most distant corner, that is on his KRl, and is aiming {or it.

But this is Black's fir",t mistake, playing into White's hands. Para-doxically enough, BLACK'S SAFEST SQUARE IS QR6 (a1). In order to mate the King in that corner, or probably even to drive' him away f rom ther e, White needs command of the square QB3 (e3). This White cannot do without taking the Black pawn stationed there, which would estab-lish a draw. Therefore, Black sllOuld hav~ . h~ad~d fOl' QR8, but aclually adopts the opposite strategy of avoiding it! This explanation further proves ,that the Pawn on "e3," blocking White's entry , is stronger than if it were on "a3" (i.e. on Black's QR6), as a Queen Rook's Pawn would not obstruct White's plan in the above describcd manner.

89. N/ N4-82, K·N2; 90. K·N5, K·R2; 91 . N·K' , K.Rl ; 92. K·8', K.R2; 93. K·87, K. Rl; 94. N.84, K·R2; 95. N·N', K· R3; 96. N.a •• K· N4; 97. "' ·K6 ch, K·R3?; 98. N· aa. K·N4; !19. K. N7, K·84; 100. N.Ql. K· K5; 101. N·BS ch, K.B4; 102. N.N], K.K3?; 103. ,N/3·0'l.ch, K·I(Z?; 104'. N·B5 chl, K·K l ? A~ alack cannot go to his K-slde corner, he now Insist~ on belng shown Into hla Q·,llIe corner. l OS. K.N8, K·Ol; 106. K· BI, K·0 2; 10? K·B7, K·OI; 108. N.Q', K·Q2; H19. N· K8. The gamc waa ~d.Journcd In this pOSition, and, after exhaustive home analysis, both players ,..,~m to have dl~c"vercd the co.....,ct strategy. White no long..,r thinks in unl· son with 81!1ck that the corner "al" Is taboo for Illaek, and from now on strives ' to prevcn~ Black's King h om going there, wh..,,·..,as Black tdeM to make a dash for It. From he r e on, any flaw in that plan Is rather one of wrong

. Judgment or wrong timinl:'.

109 ........ .. K·8 3; 110. K.K6, K· N4? Alas. mack Is too r ash lind Sl ralght·forward in hl$ mnrchlnll' nWllY. He probably dis-carded 110 ......... , K·B4; lll. ,N·Q6, K-B3; 112. N·K4, K.B2; 113. N·m, K·B3; 114. N-Q7!, K·B2; liS. N·KS, K·QI; 116. K· B7, R·1l2; tl7. K.K7. ,alninl:" the neces·

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Diag,am No. 16

pry oppo51110n. That nll~anS, if Bl~k now mar~hes up to QRS (114), W hite ar· rives in tll"e lit his own QIl4 and forces mack back Just as will happen In the course Of the actual game. However, Black ove r looked. herc the aJtern:ltlve 110 . ........ , K·B4: I ll. N·Q(;, K·N3! ! whleb l;lves him one ",or.., move as against the above ' · temposplel."

111. K·Q5, K· R5: 112. K·84, K· R4; 113. N.B,!, I(·N3? It seems to have b een hetter to s huttle along a while with 113 ......... , K.R$. 11 4. K.QS. K·B2; 115. K·85, I(·N2; If 115 .... _ ... K·QI; 11(;. X· Q(;, K·BI: 111. N·Xa, K-Ql; 118. N·81, K·BI; 119. N.K6, etc. 116. N.QS, K· Bl . If 116 ......... : K·R3; 117. K·aa, K·R4; 118. N·"'S and N·D~. etc. 117. K.Q6, K·N2; 111. K·Q7, I( ·Nl ; 119. N·K7!. K·N2; 120. N.aa, I(.R3; 121. 1(.86, K.R4; 122.. H·N6. K·R3: 123. N· B4. K·R2; 124. H.Q6, K.R3; 125. N·N7, K· R2; 126. H·8 5, K· Hl .

The tlnnl phft$(l is Ihapin!: up. U 126 .. " ..... , K·RI: 127. K·B7, K·RZ: 128. N.N4. 1'·87; 129. N.B6 ch, K.RI; 130. N· Q7, p .B8(Q); 131. N·NG male. 127. K.Q7, K. R2; 128. 1(·91, I(.Rl; 12'. I( ·N6. K-Nl ; 130. N·N7! White mnst regroup tor the flnal kill, 130 .......... I( ·Bl; 131 . K·B', K· Nl; 132. N·Q6, K.R2; 133. I(·N51, K·Nl ; 134. I(.N6; K.Rl ; 135. I(. B7, K.R2; After a tedious t..1sk, Black Is " arrested" lind the blockadtl is llrted: 136. N·N4!, 1(. Rl ; 137. N·B8, P·B7; 138. N.8 6, P' BI(Q); 139. N·N, m . te.

But thill Is not the end of the talc, then Is ,a tall to It. WatCh out for our ne xt eol umn! '

• Me' .... poHtan t: 1Mq; Le",sua iN.Y.I' First round of League play $8W Man· hattan Team A down Manhattan Telm B 7-3; Marsh.1l1 Team A best Marshall Team B 8·1; Log Cabin ddeated N. Y. Ae:>d..,my 'H!t-3~; and Loridon T e .... ace d raw with Sunset 4-4. In the Ma n· haitan mDtch. M. Harrow of Team B de· feated H. Seidman on board one, but his next three te~m·m;ote5 were n o match fo r the lineup or A. B. Bisguler , G. Shalnswlt, and r. A. Horowitz. Like-wl~ In tho MlI'sh;1i cluh, P. LeCornu of Tenm B downed K. Burger on board one but his tellm·mlllcs crumpled be-for e C. Plinlek, E. Hearst. .1. T. Sher-win. E . MednlB, etc.

8 aton Rouge (La.j c hess Club woo 10'h..a'h from USC~' affiliated. New Or · lean~ Chess Club In a match at the B.ton Rouge YMCA; a return match a t New Orleans 15 seheduled.

Queen elty (Buff.lo) Chass elub: Mas-ter Emeritus Roy T. BLack won the 24-player club challl1llonshlp 8'>'1·H/o!, los-ing One game to runner·up Vemon Gable and drawing with P aul E. Green· ough. Vernon Gable scored 8·2 for scc-place, draWing WltD AIDert £. vos.sler and Dr. Henry Freitag, while Josin& to Grtlenough. Paul Greenough Was third with n ... ·~\.'J; A lbert Voule r fourth with 7·3; and Arno ld Krul filth with 6 .... S ixth to tenth on S-B with $'h.-4'h. eacb w,ere V I'. Henry Fella&:", Robert L. Mekus, James J . Barrett, Her Dert M..,· Gau&:"hey, and Normlln K. Millard. A US(;~' (;Iub AfflUate.

8irm ln!lil ham (Ala.) Chess Club: With the first 1llSUU of "The Ma,le City Wood· push..,r." edited by Ernest M. Codrrell, former club presldenl, in ,January. 1955 the Birmingham club ,rows articulate. Tile 111'$1 Is~ue ~ons1sted of three mimeographed pag..,s containing club news, r..,sults of the club tournament. and hl~torlc.u notes on chesli in Ala· bama. lnter~sted -Alabsman ehes.s p lay. CI:' may contact Editor Cockrell lit 170 .HelroSll Terrace, ~-llrneld, Ala. A USCi" (;Iub Alflliate.

San Fra ncisco 8ay A rel L_gue: The GOlden Gate Chess C lub, a USC. ' Club Affiliate, tightened Its ' I'll' on f irst p lace I.n t he "A" Division by defeating Oakwnd 3·2 wl1lle tho University of Califor nia ana Castle Club fought to a 3'h,·3'f.!. t ie. va luen Gate now leads with 3-0 in matches and 16·S in game scorc, Med>anics lnstltut.e Js 5e

. BEHIND THE SCENES THE STORIES BEHIND THE GAMES

By International ll1mter AR THUR B. BlSGUIER u. S. CHA~fpION, 1954

No. 3 : The Meran Defense

T HROUGH the years, the thnmelcon·like Mcran DeIense bas been sub-jected to the vagaries o[ Cashion. Periodically it ls refuted and abandoned, only to be I"Csuscitated time and again by a new move or idea. CurrenUy, ils stock is as high as it ever has been. Indeed , an im-

. portant testament to the present·day respect accorded to the Mcran is the l'cecnt popu!;u'ity of the Stoltz variation (6Q·B2), an innocuous, un· assuming line, whereby Wllite tlttempts to avoid the tactical dif£iculties inheren t in the principal variations, thereby usually forfeiting any hopes of a clear opening advant'lgc.

A prime n~ason Cor White's wish to 3V'Oid the main line lies in the multitudinous pos.~jbilities at Black's disposal, with all of which the while Iliayci' "lust be familiar if be is to avoid the many pitfalls of this extremely compl icated o((shoot of the Slav Defense. In the following g3mc played in the recent Lessing Rosenwald Tourney, I essayed the Mernn in one of its oldest forms . Surprisingly, though. here it is White who varics with an original move in a brave attempt to obtain some-t hing more than a minimal endgame advnntage. Arter a short, but ex-tremely diIricult a nd complicnted middle game, the endgame proves to be unavoidable. Ironically enough, this endgame instead of being in White's favO!' is probably untenable Cor him.

So here we have one more piece of evidence which seems to lead to th conclusion that the Mer,m will maintain it's place as one of the more iml'ortant dcrcn~s to the Queen's Gambit.

White

SLAV OEFENSE (Mera n Variatio n)

Black G. KRAME R

1. P·Q4 A. BISOUU!R

P.Q4 2. P·Q84 3. N·KB3 4. N·B3 S. P·K3 6. B·Q3

P·083 N.B) P.K3

QN·Q]

The ~tolt:z Variation 6. Q·B2 Is current· Iy fashlonab lc. It Is historlcnl\y Inter-esting to note tbnt the great eonnols-.seur o r opcnlnJl' play. Aklba Rubinstein. lntrodu~~d Dnd frequently plnyod fl. N -K5 In an "ttempt to skin the Meran. AU thl~ I ~ rather amu~lnl! Rlnce the Menn was nn original eroation of Rub· Insteln. hlmllClr.

6. P>c P 1. BliP PoON4 B. 800l P·Q R3

Here S . .... _ ... P ·N5 and Wade's nove lty S ......... , B·N2 both 5()Cm to be playabk.

9 . P·K4 ....... . White mu~t play th Is move It he hopes to obtain an advan ta.re. Quieter eon· tinua tlon! ""eh as 9. 0 ·0, o r 9. P· QN4 are easily met by 9 . . _._ .. , P .B4 or 9.

.... P-Q\"05 foUowed by 10 ..... __ , p .B4. and lIlaek tr"nSPOllO:~ Into Iavonble v".-l"liun~ ur the Qu ... 't!n-. GHmbn Ac-cepted.

9. ........ p .e4 l'lrc's VarlaU",. 9 . ........ . P .NS follOWed by to . .... ... . p· ll-! I~ nl!lf) acccplab le but dots ""I r,"ml 10 "8 len~c a position as the "stralj{ht" Mer"Jl .

10. P-KS

And here I have won many .nme~ (against S. Ucrnstcln , Steinmeyer. et a l.)

with the unusual. if not q uite sound. 10 .......... N-N5.

11. NxNP ... This b the older mOve . Currently In gre~ t vl>gue Is tl .... _ .... , PxN; 12. P"N. Q·N3 which also leads tl> compllcated ~nd unclear pOSitions. Rabinovich's v"t· lallon I I ......... N_NO h:u been plal'e

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CHESS TACTICS FOR BEGINNERS By U. S. Expert DR. ERICH W. MARCHAND

Dr. Ma~h.nd w~" ~'~iE~~1:~~~~~~~~~:;~~~~~~~~r-ri~;::;:~~~:;~:';;::';~;;~;: ,.",r.1 Inta,.. lI. Tho... I 3. r..:p. Tbe I.t~r move (the :g,;chant:e addressed ,nile lop •• Add,"_: Variation) perml~ UI.ck to tree hb QB 11, N.Y. wlUl. S. __ • PxP lind al10ws Black to

equaUtc! the Cllm. nother 1!'1I1lb'. 1. Answers to Readers' Questions 2. Finding a Plan 3. H .... _ Kt·KB3 TIstltllteJ'l the ~neh Dor"n8e.

. on .. • • P Q·KIl

P ·84

1'1. P· RS 13. Q ·KI3

Q.IU p ...

Between strong players the loss or a pl

GAMES BY USCF MEMBERS Annotated by Che .. MOlter JOHN W . COLLINS, Marsholl Chess Club Champion, 1954

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WTIOX RuJ, B'~" I,. rlfOJ I ",u,~"j". ",J .,~ by M,. Colli .. ,.

CANADIAN MATCH Frill'll A""mon, C.....JWm Cq.(:h.mJ>-

ion, J~/~tJI~d Gn.. Fu"~r. 1941 H"fI-• .,i4n Ch.mpion, "lh:.4~. in « ti,ht p,tI€ti« Mot!", A,"h,~" _II t_. tire. 1~". "nJ fost ont: Hc., ;J the SiUh G"mt brt.un thut /"'0 powuful C",,· ".jj.m ",,,sUTS.

SltlLlAN DEFENSE M.eo: PilP 211, co lumn 11, (I'll

Practice Match Toronto, 1954

White Black F. ANDERSON G . FUSTER 1. P· K" ,..QB4 30 P.Q4 PICP ~ Kt-KI» Kt-QB3 4. le'xP Q.B1? Thla Is definitely InfertoE' to the \!.Sua l t. _." Kt-Bl, but It "",d". oue 0" two trap ..

S. Kf.KfS The aharpest. ancl reply.

5. _ •.•• _ .. P-QB4

""fullition _1tlD, Q_Ktl

Ancl the ·')lIroe:z.y Bind." (J"rtt> OD Q$) is utablllhcd.

'- _ __ Kt ' Bl 7. Kt/ S-B1 __ _

7. Xt/ I·W .,101'1 be played too. E .... . 7. _ _ •. • P.Q.RJ; a. Kt.q4 (I. Kt.-RS. tollow. oed by Kt·82 lind Xt.-KJ Is few bla). KtxP; 9. KlfUXt! (i. KtjbKt?, Q·K4; 10. KtxKt., QxKt eh: and Black wlDela up a Pawn, ahead) XtxKt; 10. KtxQ. XtxQ; 11. Kt:xRP1 (If' 11. _. __ • XtxBP1 It. Kt-B7.,h. K-QI; IS. XuR, Kt:xR j 14. p -KKtl, ancl Whit. wlnl); I t. XxXI, and Whlte bas the aclvanta .. e.

7. _ _ ~ P·X3 7 .. _._ ..• p·KKU; merlta atte ntion.

I. I ·K3 p-QKn Kan·Flohr. Moacow. Ill$,. continued: 8. _ ..•..• 8oK2; 9. D·K1, 0-0; 10. 0-0, R-Qt; 11. P·QRS. P-QKU; 12. P·QKt4, B-KU; IS. p ·Dot, P-QS; 14. R.R21 a nd Wblto bIOI a elllUnct pm •.

t . I·K2 1 ·14 10. Q.Q2 ....... .

Not 10. BxD? PleB: nnd 81llck obtaIn. control or Q~ ancl piny on the QKt-fiJ ••

10. ~ .. _~ Q·K4 U 10. _ . 0-0; II. P-B4. edn Whit ... grcatu mobWty is very Important. 11. P· B4 BxB 1]_ QxQ KtxQ 12. Qxl Q-QS 14.. P.kS!

Black h .. been relylnlr on the uehange of Qllecn. and the threat of 14. M ...... , Kt·D7 eh to aolve hi. dlltlculUu. Tho text come. II a dash or cold water.

14. _...... ICt·Ktl

PlRSONAL SERVICE TIM Uitor of ,bil lh,.ItttAI -.rill ~ 7'"' ~ ,_, II, '""'"', ((H\'I'1MWt 011 ~ "'_, ..,J I'" yo .. _ ,hftfOllY, 101" .."r' -t"i,. TN 110.

M,. Colli", will ~l"" _111#'" ...,. "'" .t "'''Ur ' .... '1 /(1' _ Ju 0111.

wI

With tile tobcr reallzaUon 14. -. KI.-87 ch; 15. K-Q2, KUR; 18. PxJ(t, J>xP; 17. Kt.-IU. rtves White two Knights ror • Rook.

15 .. ICt·R) IIl-Ktt ~lter Is !.S. ~ •. __ , KuB.

, •. Kt(B3rKIS KtxICt 17. KtxKt

Th~at.cnlng to win" piece. 17. _____ K-1(1

If 17. ____ , nxP'! 18. n·KKtl. wtns. I I. 0-0 __ ._.

Whlto nnw has the cheertul choice or worklna: on Ihe backward QP or break-Ina- with P-KBS_

II. _ .. _... P-BJ Black can give his oPJ>Qncnt a harder tlm(! with 18_ . ____ , P_B ••

n . Kt-Q& _ ._ This Is .. real bone In the throat.

It . ... _.... R.Ktl It 11t. _ _ • B-1IJ; 20. P'QKt4, R-Ktl; :no P-QU4. and White has play aU ovcr the board.

20. QR-Ql Kt-R1 21. R.Q3 Kt- B4?

Thl' 1_ II. Pawn and the , ame. And 21 . .. __ , Kt.-B2 2%. KUKt, KxKt; 23. JtxP ch. 10aei fof Black too. 21. _. P-B4: it relaUvely belt. with :21. _ . KR-QI; a PO$SIhlllty. but BIllICk would be fli:hUq a Irnrt eause In any .,&H..

11. KtxKt ch PlIKt 11 PXPch PxP

It 23. _ . KxP; N. RllP. Wins. 24. R·KII _ ._

TtI""atenln" %5. B-Kt4 ch and 26. BIP. 24.. __ .. _ K-Ql

J( ~. _-. U.K5; 25. 8-83. 1'In •. ll. R/ l-Ql B.Bl

Forecd; to r It 25. __ ...•• D·83; 211. 8oB3, K-B2 (26. _ .. , BIB; 21. RIP ch. wbu): %7. BIB, P:xB; %I. R-Q7 .,h. K ·BII 28. IlxRI:' ... In, tor White.

U. R-Q5 R·1(1 27. B·B3 It. Kl 11.. K· B2

There 'I no hurry about lIIkln6t" the 81'. 11. _...... B·N2

MI. taku. Ja rsc and email. GrB made easIly In bad J>Qsltlane Gnd IInder pres-aure. Tr 28. •.•.•..• • R·W; 29. nxP eh, 8xR; 30. DxR, a nd White win, a piece.

29. RxP .,h K.Bl :)0. R-Q' ch K.B2 :n. R/ '-Q7 mlta

IRREGULAR OPENING MCO : p.9tI 135, col"mn 10 III

Wic h ita O pen Championship

Wic hita, 1954 NoI~1 b., J. NII'_ Cotlt.

Whltfl O. MAltiNG 1. P·KKI1 P-Oot 2. ICt-KB1 ICt·1C1ll

..... M. KI..£IN

1.. B·lCtt P-II:KI1

Another plan would ' b e otC\lpaUon of tho center with pawnl. e.I:.: ~_, p. 84 • ..... -. Kt.-B3. etc. 4. P·Ktl B_lCn 6. 0-0 0-0 5. I ·KH P_B4 7. P-Q4 P-ICt3 If tndead 7 .. .... _ .• PXP; 8. KtxP, p -K4; 9. Kt.-KBl and the Black pawn, are shaky. •. QKI-Q2 KI_B3 10. QPxP t . P·B4 P·Kl In po,'tlon. ot thi s n.ture tho PInIOn who makea lIle tlMt capture ,enera1ly m.kea II aerlouli conceS!llon. Maintenance a! tensIon with HI. n ·DI or 10. P-XS Is better. 10 ..... __ ICtPxP 11. PxP " x P While 8lack's "han.g1ng pawn," at Q4 and Q84 consUtute a potential end-~me weflkne:vr, as. SID often happen .. , they are towcn of ,tren:tth durin, tho middle ... me, effectively provelltlntr: White', plecu from oecupY:!n, vl.l.al ce nter IoC!Ullre& 12. R·Bl Q·R4 13. Q·151 KI-Q2 Nalurally not the hOrrible blunder __ ..• OIP?: 14. R-RII 14. BxB KxB 15. KI-1C11 _ _ Better is the transition to the endln, W1t4 ,S, Q.B3 eh. Tho text move per-

m.ltt: the 8iGCk xt to lnllltnlte with &reat loree. 15. __ ._ Kt-QS 17. Kt·B4 16. Q.Kt2 K_KtI

17 . .... _ PxKtI A qeeuJatlvc ucrlflce .,r tbe cxebange which appears proml! ln,. Marlni:"s 17th • .. 11.8 ,ood a. any. 6n tbe aiternativi 17. !lxp •• lmply _ , KUPcb; II. K moves, Ktxll.; It. DxR, XtxRP. etc. on other moves, after ~_ .. _. B-1Ul BIadi: lor chc.lce. 11. I.R "XP ,t. P'xP _ Or the lmmedlate 19. 80W alter whkh Black I hould tontlnue _ _ • B·R:! and White tnxnp_ back to the actual ,amo wtth 20. hP. It ....... _ Il-It1 21. K·Kt2 10. B.B, R.KI Not 21. Kt.-Q1! , KtxB elL etc. 21 .. _._ KhK" 11. o-Bl Q-Kt3 21. BxK'· RIIB 14. "·R.' _ After tills move Black', attack bcedmel Irl"i',llI table. It appear. that Whlto would hav.. had n,htln" chances atter N. Kt-Q3! ror; 11 _. __ • 80KU eh; 25. K_XU. Q-QB3: M. p ·DS, ete. 24. ........ Il-Kt2ch 25. K·Rl _._._ Or z=t. K·R..2, P ·BSI On 2.5. K·KU. Q.X3 " .110 powerful. 25. _ ... _. Q.Kkh 26. P-Kt4 _._ On M. K.R!. Kt-B3 cnnUnllu the aUack. 26. ........ Kt.Bl _ ....... P-KR4 I . abo 'Dod. 27. p·el .... _. Or 7:7. Q·KU, Kt.-Kl!I, ete. 21. ........ Q.Q;J 2 •• KxKt RxlCtch 21. KI·Kt2 KlxPI Itasfgnl

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