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Players and Officials at Ven tnor City, 1942. F ront row, left to right, Abe Yanofsky, Walter B. Suesman, Councilman E. l. W ood, Miss N. May Karff (woman champion, who ga ve simlJ ltaneous exh i bit ion), M ayor Harry S. H odson, A lbert S. Pin ku s, D irecto r R ichard W. Wayne. Back row, left to right, Sidney N. Bernste in, J. Moscowitz, L, R. Chauvenet, George Sha inswit , J acob Lev in, Louis Levy, J, E. Donovan, Referee J. Roy Oessauer.
ABE YANOFSKY TRIUMPHS AT VENTNOR Canada's Chess Champion AB E YANOFSKY, 18
years old, outplayed some of Amuica's leading masters ~nd captured first prize at Ventnor City's 4th annual Invitation Tournament, held at the new Municipal Pier, Ventnor City, N . J., from June 20th to 2Hth .
Second prize went to J ACOB LEVIN of Phi ladelphia, winner at Ventnor City last year. SlDNEY BER N_ STEIN. A. S . PI N KUS, J . . M oscowlTz and GEORGE S II AINSWIT, all of New York 's Manhattan Chess Club, divided third and fourth prizes.
The fi nal standi ngs wcre as follows :
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Y allof~ky ha d JUSt conclud ed a. tr iulll phant crossCanad a lOur duri!lg- whieh he gave 25 ~im ultaneous exh ib i U()n~, pil ed UJl the slJ€cta cular score or 106 wins , ~ l O~He~ and 2(; <! I·aws. H iding the crcst of th" wa"". Ih e DominiO Il player [tlTived at Vent nor fuil or conlide nce and de termined to make a good s howing. Winning the fll 'st two rounds too easily for hiR own gOOd. he was sou ndl y t rounced by Levin a nd Levy in Hou nds 3 and~. Pulli ng Idrns€lf together. he settled clow n to play ha l"] chess and scored . ] y~ I)oint;; in the remaining n\'e I·O\lnds. In the prOCetiH . he dereated .\]oscowitz, Bc rnstei n and Pi nkus. dre w with Shaillswit. clinched lirH pr ize br dele"tin,l;" Suesman in the last round.
YHnofsky is a ch;u'ming unspoi led youth who plays chess becau~e he 1 01'e~ the g-amB. His yjctims were the lirst to congratulat.e him on llis s uccess. l"ew newcomers tG VenlnGr have made such a favo rable imlJressioli. Can ada is fortunnte to ha ve sueh a champion ;LI I(I hi~ VicIO],Y should do mudl to In· c l'ease the ]H>PIlIi Il'ity ot: che tis in the Domlnlon.
The Canadian ch ampion WOll his title last Octobel' shortly a ll e r Ili s a])pearnnce ilt the New York Stat e Chess Congrp;;;;. Where he tied for lirsl place in Ihe t;xI)el"ls ' Section (See CJ-mss HEVmW for OCle1o(>I' alld 1'-:OI·c mller . .1(\.11) . He l i r ~t came into prOll1inPIlCt> ill 193n wlle' l. a,.; a youngs1f'1' of Hi, hI' p layed at tt", HIl,>II()S Ai res Ol~' mr,ics .1 " a !nO"mller or
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Iht! C,u wdinil tt!<Ull. Hi~ home is in WinniJ :<' j;: where he 1I.11end ~ Ihe Univel'~it y of Man itobA.
Levi n Defeat$ Be r nste in, T akes Second Philadelph ia's Jacob Lev in won the V('n lno r Ci t y
'rounle)' last year. demonst raled that it wa!l no fl uke by fin l~hlng second this yeal·. He look Ih(' l'Iecond prize as the result of h is defea t o f lJemll tc ln in an ,Hljou rned game from the final round. At t he end of the regular ses!lion on Saturday, J une 27th. Lev in wal'l the exchallf!:e III' bill thc Jlo~ltion was locked al)(1 the Pennl'lyh'ania s tnl' al mO!; t dec ided to abandon the Kame a~ dl"awll. Allel' a niJ:"ht"H sleep, howlll'er, l,evin conti nued the fight thn ro llow ing mO\'ning lind finally extracted a win by skilirul play.
Levin lost only t wo games. to Pinku s lind Challvenet. He drew with Shainswit, Levy alllj Sue~mllll, won Ihe reijl.
Bernst ei n Loses Draw n Gilmes T he four leading Manhaltlln Club re l) rf'sf'ntat i\'es.
UernSlcln. Moscowi(z. Pin kus :lIId S ha in""" i!. I.resented a ~olid front on prize-gh' lng dlIY, dh ' ided up Ihe meagel' ~ I!-Olls of 3rt! and fou "11I IlI·lze!l.
Bemste ln was loo cagey. picked the w ron ,l!." spots to play 1"0t· !\ win. He drew with his th t'ee clubmatell 1\11(1 with S\le~m!ln. won from DonOvan. Levy. Chauvenet. Against Yanofsky. whom he I"e lt he hll d to bent, t.he co·cham llioll or the Mnll haU!ln Club Irled to con Jul"e up a win In a n e \'e n ])O!; l\ lon a nd thereby lost the game. He rellellled the process aga\n" l Levin.
MO$cow itz Hexed by Don a ld Duck Moseowllz SU"llr lsed e verybody by 10~l ng the fi rst
t wo roulJ(.Is 011 time. io'amou;; a !! Il Ilghlnln ,l!." 1)layer. winne!' of IScores o f ra pid Ira ns it tou rney". he had ne\'er be ro l'e los t a j.;ame by oversteppi ng the time lim it. He successfu lly broke his ow n J'ceord at Ventnor- twice in a row. In t he fi rs t . the ex· cham l. ion of the :'o lanhatta n Club WI\II a Hook up agalll~l Donovan and had an ensy win . Dono\'an waN al~o in time t.roublt' nnd w hen the referee !Ill ' Ilounced "I"ol'felt" Mo~co wi t z start!)!i to ofret· COli· d ol en cll ~ to hi s opponent. It wnll It bItter momeu t when he found that it wns hi S own 1111" that had droppe d !
AcconHIlJt to Moscowilz. his tlme forfel ls can be dil'Cctl)' ttuced to the influence of a "mall bo)' , known locully Us " Donald flu ck ." Donald nUnched himse lf to the Ma nha lla nite a s the latl~r wali walk· Ing over 10 t he P ier 011 t he fi rst day of the tourney . It was onl)' by te lllllg Uonald t hat he Willi on his \\'ay to keel) an a ppointment \\'1 111 t he "bogeyman" th ilt Moscowllz wa~ a ble to ~ha ke ofT hili yout hfu l ad mirer. On the way home. Dona ld Du ck wIIg wai ting a nd wanted to know ir the "bogeymllll had beat· en him liP:' The nnswer wa~ yes.
T he ~ame routine \\" lIS repented on Ihe .;pco nd day when Moscow it?: los t to Levin on tlml.' . TllIl .. "' · after, he took a dlrrel"ent r'oull) to lIvuhl meeti ng Donnlll 11I1U successfully held the bO!:"I'Ylllll\1 at bay . He xed Moacow ll z lost 110 morl) /(lI m .. " on time. Buc kllul' down to "e.- ious buslnesij, Iw ~ ('() red Jhe po lnt ll In the remai ninl( seven l"Ou nds.
P in kus Agai n Erra tic Albe.·t Pi nkus. u llother ex·cham l)ion or IhC' :'011111 '
haaan Club. W'IS <lJ:,rin brillia nt bill f'rrntlc. At ... ·el1 t nor· Inst yea r lle won the bl'llIhmc)' I.r ize. received the ~ame award this year for his j;:allle with Shalnswlt. He also defeated Lel' llI. 1)0nOl"llll and Challvenet bllt lost 2~ points on btundel'~ in his other gllme~. He drew wit h Bernstein alld SUo,)smau. fi nL'Ih ed on til e los in g e nd ngain~t Yanor"gk y. Mosco· wit? lind IAlvy.
Sha inswit Draws Six Games Drnwing MaSter George ShaillSlI'lt i,e rful"11led a s
nR Uill. drew 1ll0~ t 01" his games. H .. \\"011 I"rom Levy, ;r nd l ' huuI·.',wt. .t rt'\\" ajo(;o im;t illI tI .. · utl ... r" ,· .X.· .. I.I
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Pinkus. \\' hQ s hook hi nl u " badly in the la~1 round. Shain~wlt II' capable of 1)l a}"!Jl~ intere~ting. even brilllftU t (: hes~. but he "eldom le t !; himselr go.
Oouovu n and 1.evy, both o r (he :'ot JU"~ h l\l1 Chc!!!'; Club. Ih ri s hed in a t ie fo r 7th and lith. S miling th "oughout, IriShman Donovan bettered hilt s howing of last )'en .· but s hows the nee d o f I),·a c t lc(!. Lev)' wa s n d l!;n ppolnr ma nt. He can do belle t· but Jleeds more C'xp·e riencc.
Sout hel"ll Cham pion Chall"enet. of E~monl. Va .. and Chell!; Columnist Sue"man. of Provilli>ncp. 11 . I .. kep t CHell othe!" COm l)lIuy in the cel !>I\·. Although outcla;;~e ll , hoth made Ihe msel veH \'er}" popular at t he tourney . Chauvenet d i~tingul~hed httn~e l f by u j) ~etting Levi n In the 7th rOllnd . S u e~man tlrew wilh Levi n, Berns tein , Pinkus. Shainllll'lt fwd Lcvy but fil!led to win any /l:ame~ .
Ventnor's Mayor Hodson Awa rds Pr izes Veutnol' City , . ~a l n ~ho\\"ad how a Che,.~ 'I' ou r nil'
ment II hou ld be con,htc t",d. T he 1.lay"' r~ o:n joyed el'ery minute of t heir s tay. T here WIlS a ge nera l a il' of good re llows h lp a nd a COlll l)lete a b!;ellCe Of fricHou. T he condi tion" of I.lay we,'e t he last word in comr.l!"1. an t! cO!)\'(>n ience.
The 101l rtJament i~ held undet· the allsjliCl"!1I of the Ventnor City Ches~ Club wi th the aid And aUII!JOt·t o f the City Council. Di \'cclo l" m CHA /lD W. W A \, NE nlHI Hefenw .J. ItOY DgSSA Uio: n de MCt'I'C lU uCh credi t 1"0 1" thei l' e fll cient handli ng of Ulll el'c nt. Mayor HA HItY S. HODSON. City Coullcil Pre~ld ent CHA ltLI,:g K AliDO'I',!, and Councilmau I~ . L\,NAS WOO D. who served on the Tou rna ment Committee. a l'e a liSO to be congratula ted fOI' theh' e rro rt li.
Mayor Hodson offi Ciated at the I)rl ze 'g lving cer~ mony Oil Sunday, J une 28th. After awardlnK fi rs t I)r ize of $ 106 to Yanofeky . the Mayor an nounced plan;; fOI' a Victory Tou r na me n t. nnel' t he wa r, to whic h all phr)'ers who ha l'e comp·eted at Ventnor wll! be Indted.
COllncllnHlIl Wood 1)I·t'sPllted the ~econd "rl1\e of $22 and a ~5 0 defe nse hond to Lel'in. !{et"llree Des~aue r t he ll a WIH"de<i nn e qua l sha re or thin] and foul· t h prizes to the qu a rtet 01" play(lJ'~ from the Mllnhal.tllt \ Club.
Club I'resluen t 1. I". OAI LY pre~enl ed Ihe $10 Des t Playcd Gilme Pl'lze t.o Yanofsky I"or h lH e rrort aj{ahll;. t Pl ll kus. Secomj besl IJ ri 7.e we nt II) Levin fo r hi ;; f(alllC wit h Mo;;co\\·il7.. S ha ins wlt a nti Hern· s te in d Ivided t hird jlrize for theh' ga mell wtth l.el·)· and Clmuvenet. reJl I)ec tll' eiy.
T he I~ i r~t Bri illancy I' rize wa s I)resentetl 10 Pin· ku~. for his dereKt of Sha inswi t : second b rill iancy prize WCllt 10 l.e\·y for h i~ game Wit h Pin kus : ChllUI'i> lwt receil'ed third IJrize fo r hIs dereat of Sut'sllllln .
After the pl'ize'/l:I,' IIIf( cerelll on ills. "II ~ ~ N. MAY KAIU· I,·. Womnn (; he~~ ChanltlioJl of t ill' ("li lted Stales, gal'e It s imultaneous Ilxh ibi lion in whic h ~he scored ·t w!IJ ~, " lo ~~e ll nlul auraws.
Decalet Problem Composing Tourney In commemora t ion of CH E SS REVIEW 's
t enth an nive rSiliry at the e nd of this yea r, we a nnounce a Prob lem Composi ng T ourney in whieh a ll entr ies must be DECALETS_prob. lems co ntaining exillctly TEN pieces. T here <Ire no res t ric t io ns as t o th eme.
PRIZE S IN THREE SECTION S. 2.move a nd 3.move ,ec t io ns: 1st and 2nd prize·s of $6 and $4 in c hess equ ipme nt or book$. 3rd p rize, one_yea r s ubscri pti on to CHESS RE VIEW. Self.mil te sect io n : two book prizes.
Su bmi t ent ries before Nov. 1st , 1942.
CHE SS R.I!VIIi W
VENTNOR CITY PRIZE WINNING GAMES The foll ow ing" J.,:;am c WO Il the
Best Played Game Prize QUEEN'S GAMB I T DECLINED
(Notes by A. Yanofsky )
A. Ya nofsky A. S. Pinkos White I3lnck
1 P_Q4 Kt_KB3 2 Kt_KB3 P_Q4 3 P·B4 P_K3 4 Kt-S3 B_K2 5 B_Kt5 0-0 6 P _K3 QKt·Q2 7 Q.82 P ·B3
... P·QU4 is the best line. The text gives l3lack all inferior gam ....
8 P -QRS R_Kl 9 R.Q1 Kt_Bl
10 B_Q3 PxP 11 Bx? Kt.Q4 12 BxB QxB 13 0 -0 P_QKtS 14 R_B1 B_Kt2 15 B.Q3 KR. Bl 16 KtxKt . . . .
16 Kt·K~ is betlCf" as i t slot'S ... I'-Q IH alHl lhrealclls 17 Q K( · K\:;.
16 . . . . 17 8 _B5 18 P_QKt4 19 B-Q3 20 Q·Kt2 21 8 -K2 22 KtPxP 23 PxP
KPxKt R.B2
P_Kt3 Kt_K3
QR.QB1 P.QB4
p,p KtxP
n ette l" is 23 RxP; 24 J(xH, i{xl{: 25 l{ ·QKU, but White WQuld ~till have the edge.
24 Q. Kt4 Kt·K3 11" 21 . .. Q- l\~: 25 RxKt, I{xlC
26 (lxlJ. I(·ns; 27 I' ·Ha. IlxHch: 28 Uxlt H·ng; 2 ~ (I · Kt~ch. K ·K12; :lll (1 · Kt2ch fin d win H.
25 QxQ 26 RxRch 27 R·Bl 28 RxR 29 Kt .Q4 30 K·Bl 31 K· Kl 32 K.Q2 33 K·B3 34 K·Kt4 35 B· Kt5
KtxR B.Q2 K·B l K·K2 K. Q3 P·B3 B· K 1 B·B2
II" :l :i .. DxB: 3(j KtxDch. Ktx I{t: :li KxK I wi,,~ .
36 P .QR4 37 Kt·Kt3 38 Kt.Q4 39 B.Q3 40 P ·R4
B· K3 B·Bl B.K3 B.Q2
Kt. K3
Bad. as Whit e want.s to exchangf> Knights, lellYi ng- ll inck ,'rith <I IHlS' ~ iI' e Bishop.
41 B·Kt5 42 PxKt 43 B·Q3 44 P·B4 45 P.Kt3 46 B. Kt5
KtxKt B· B1 P · B4 B. K3 B.Q2 B· Bl
J UNE. J U I.Y , 1942
47 B·K2 48 P · K R5 49 BxP 50 P·R5ch
T o !lrcl·ent ... wou ld cnable Black
50 • • • • 51 B.K8ch 52 K· Kt5 !
The wInnIng move.
52 . . . . 53 B. R5 54 B.K2 55 B.Q3 56 B·B2 57 B·Q3
K. B3 p,p
K·KtS · . . .
P·QIl-! whi ch \0 tlntw.
K·B3 K.Q3 · . . . K· K2 K.Q3
B· Kt2 G·Bl P·R3
· . . . ZUGZWANG
57 . . . . 58 K·R6 59 KxP 60 B.B2 61 B.Q1 62 B.R4ch 63 B·K8 64 P· R5
B.Q2ch K·B2 B·Bl P·R4 K·B3 K·B2 B·K3
Resigns
Th e following game \\'on the F irs t Br i l1iancy Prize
CARO.KANN DEFENSE
(Kotes by A. S. Pinkus) A. S . Pinkus
W hi te 1 P·K4 2 P .Q4 3 PxP 4 P.QB4 ::; Kt. QB3 6 Kt.B3 7 BxP 8 0·0 9 B·B4
10 R·K1 11 R·B .
G. Shainswit Illaek
P·QB3 P .Q4 p,p
Kt· KB3 P·K3 p,p
B·K2 0 -0
Kt.B3 P .QR3
B.Q2 The naturnl ·looking move I I .
P·QKt-I"? ICi lds to trouhle arter 12 P·Q5. 1'xKt: 1:l Px K l with a strong game. Or II .. . P ·Q K t4? 12 p. Q.). 1( \·Q]( .I: t3 Bxl'. Ktxl'; ].I
K n K t. I'x K t: 15 B·lli wins the Queen.
12 Kt . K5 R.Bl 13 B·QKt3 KtxKt
Abe Yan ofs ky - V ictor at Ventnor
The oxehange IH . . . Kl.·QJt.l or 13 better.
14 PxKt 15 Q.Kt4 16 KR.Q1
17 Kt.Q5
quest ionahle. 13 KH.1I{t5 is
Kt· K 1 B. B3 Q. R4
• • • •
Th o beglll1lirlg or til(' fjrework~.
I 'I'll !' Knight off 01' nlust be accepted . a~ on 17 ... IHi l: 18 IJ·Q2. <l·Kt4;
19 !l·K I-1 also willS ea~ il y .
17 . . . . 18 Q.R4 19 B.Q2 20 B.K3 21 Q.Kt4 22 P·B4 23 B.Q4 24 P· B5
mack could h:II'c 25 QxRP 26 P.B6 27 PxP 28 Q.Kt5ch
PxKt Kt.B2 Q.Kt3 Q.R4
Kt·K3 P·Q5 Q.Q,
P·KR4 resigned het·c.
Kt· B4 p,p
KtxB Resigns
Reuben Fine Wins Speed Title
Go::n<lmaSlcr RumEK FIN" E won the newly created title of U. S. Lighlning Chess Champion when he dcfeatc<1 NMional Champion S"MUEI. J. RIlSHIlVSKY in thl' semi. fina l round of the big Rapid CheSS Tour. n~lllCIlI :11 tlu: Capi tol Hot'e1, New York, all July 5th .
Sta,gc(! hy the U. S. Chess FedNation, under the Jircftion of L. Walter Stephens, all ,L:arncs in th is highly Succc ...... ful one.day tournament wcre played at the rate of ten seconds a move. O\'er 100 spec_ tators watched the 48 entries play :1 tou] of }28 },:amcs in two sessions of 3Y2 hou rs (':1(11 .
PI:tyill,!.: <I,l!:linst AmcriCl'S ICldin.l; nU .~l crs. the Champion of Canada :lod a strong field of (:)(perI 5. Fine (jual ifi NI wit h a score of 10--1 in the afternoon preliminaries, then piled up ten stra ight wins in the Ch:unpionship Finals to win the ,it Ie, In the last round, wit h Ihe honors already d("(idcd, he Ict down his guard and lost to Seidman.
Second prize of S~O went to RI':SHEVS KY, th ird prize of S 2~ to GEORGE SHAINSWIT, fourth prize of S I ~ 10 L A. I-IOHOWII/.:.
Final Standings in the Cha mpionShip Section Rank Players W L D Score
I HCllbcn F ine ~ ____ __ ___ 10 I II 10 - I ~ S. J . I!e~he " "k)' ___ __ __ ~ I t 9 - 2 3 G. S haiullw it __ ___ ___ _ 7 3 I 7\-2- 3'h I I. A . HOrowitz __ _____ _ i ~ IJ 7 _~
;. I. Klis hda n ___ ________ 6 ;, 0 6 - ;' 6-7 Mnllhew Green _______ ;; ;; I :" h - 5'h 6·j H . Seidma n ____ _______ <> ;. 1 :''h- 5'h
11 A. S. PlnkU!I _____ _____ " ;; Z :' - 6 9·10 A. S. Denke r __________ 2 Ii 3 3'h-7 ""~
9· 10 A. Yallur~ky ______ ____ 2 I; a 3'h- 7'h 11 H. Nadell .____ ___ ___ __ I ~ 2 2 - U 12 11. !1"lm ~ ___ _______ __ I 9 I Y., - 9Y.,
Itp~llll~ Iii lilt, Ol li el' sect ioll~ wel'e il~ rollow~: Class B-.l l1lill>l I'UI'tOS. 9- 2: Osea l' T(!IIIW Z", .':1f.,-2Y.,: :\Iilton 1 •. 111I1111I1Ci', fI- 3. Class C-lle nJ . Altman. 1-1- 3: [)on ltallman. i'h- 3Y.,: j-Ieilmull and ~IKrtln. ; - 1. Class 0_1 . Il I\"ise 9'h- 'h: G la<i!< lonp. 9- 1: '\ Irs. G r{'ss{'r a nd H. W. Hays. 6%-:~'h.
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Ti red, hot, but s tili s m iling. Reu be n Fi ne receivu th e win · ne r', trophy-a nd a Chec k for $75_from Di rec t or L. W a lter Stephens at the conclUllon of the monster Rapid Cheu Tour· name nt, held in New York on Ju ly 5th.
The new L ight ning Chen Champion played 22 game. at 10 seconds a move against Amer_ ica's leading masters and ex· pe rts. He los t one game in t he preliminary rou nds, anothe r in the Champ ionl hip Fi na ls , won the re maining 20.
-Photos by E, Chase
Came Score. Record e d by CHE SS RE VI EW Wha t k ind of ct](!311 do masters Illay at 10 second!!
11 Illo\'e? Are lite n :l!!utt!l just a matter of tllck~ 00 they IClu 'e 1)leee!! en I)rise~ Cl l1-:SS /("~VII,:W deCided to ~ct the an swers to these (IUe " lioIlN. took d own t he scoreR of Imllonan l game!!. The rollow lu,l; Kame ft'OII I the ~ elltj · tln al rOll nd decidc(t the Ii tle.
C RUNFELD DEFENSE Reube n Fine
Whit!) 1 P_Q4 Kt . KB3 2 P _QB4 P. K Kt3 3 Kt. QB3 P.Q4 4 B_B4 B. Kt2 5 Q·Kt3 P-B3 6 P · K3 0 -0 7 Kt ·B3 p,p S exp QKt.Q2 9 0·0 Kt . Kt3
10 8-K2 8 ·84 11 KR·Q l P .QR4 12 P. QR4 B-K3 13 Q. B2 KKt.Q4 14 B·K5 Kt-Kt5 15 Q.Q2 P . B3 16 B.Kt3 Kt · BS 17 Q_Bl Kt·Q3 18 P · K4 Q.Kt3 19 Q.Q2 K R.Q I 20 QR.BI 8 . Kt6 21 R_K 1 P.K4 22 Q. K3 Kt-B7 23 RxKt B,R 24 R_QBl B.Kt6 25 P·R4 Kt_BS 26 BxKt B,B 27 p,p Q,Q 28 P,Q p,p 29 KtxP B· K3 30 Kt.S3 R.Q6 31 B·B4 QR.Ql 32 P_K5 R (7).Q2 33 K_B2 B.Q4 34 Kt.Q4 R· Kl 35 KtxB RxKt 36 Kt.B3 P.R3 37 K· K2 P . KKt4
S. J. Re.hevlky I!lack
38 p,p 39 B,P 40 KtxB 41 B·86 42 B.B3 43 R·KRI 44 R· RSch 45 R.QKtS 46 R_Kt7ch 47 P _KKt4 48 R.Kt8C:h 49 R· Kt7 50 R· KtSc h 51 P·Kt5 52 R·KR8 53 R.R3 54 B_86 55 RxR 56 K·Q3 57 P . K4 58 P.K 5 59 K·B4 60 P.Kt6 61 P _Kt7 62 K.Kt5 63 KxP 64 K,P 65 P·K6 66 K-Kt5 67 B.B3 68 P_R5 69 P·R6 70 P·R7 71 K.B6 72 B.Q4 73 B. Kt6 74 B·B7
p,p B,P
R(I }xKt R· K3
R_Kt3 P · Kt3 K.B2 P ·B4 K. Kl R.Q2 R_Q I R_Q2 K· B2 R_K3
R (2)_ K2 K_Kt3
R. KR2 K,R
K· Kt3 R· K 1 K·B4 K_K3
R.Q81 K· B2 P . B5
R-Ktlch K. Kt l
R· KI R,P
R. K5 K-B2 R·K l K. K3 R. Ql R. Kl
R-KKtl R elign,
C H ESS RI\V II: W
Isaae Kashdan and Samuel J . Reshevsky ( right ), eo·holders of the U. S. Ches~ Championship, give a blitz preview of their fortheom i ng titl e mateh as they m eet in the third round of the Rapid Chess Tournament. CHESS REVIEW Reporter Daniel Mayers (seated at left) takes down the score of the game, won by Reshev. sky. Th e seore appears below.
T he scor e of the F ine·Heshel'sk y thr i ller show s how Fine fou;:-ht a n Upili ll ba ltle a fter loSi ng t he pxctHlnge in ll l(~ ea d y stage". It is ob vious t ha t It!~H heV8ky coul d hl\ v(~ dr awn easily but he needed a ful l po in t to ll nish ahea d of F' inc in tl l e sla l1<iings . Playing for a wi n. he WIIS out ·Tl\<l neu l·e re d a nd lost.
T he (ollowing game bet ween Heshel'sk y alld K ash· dan is a remarka ble exalll p!p of faultless pia)" a t le n seconds a mOl'e!
QUEEN'S GAMBIT DECLINED
Isaae Kashdan S. J. Reshevsky
Whi le m ack 1 P.Q4 Kt.KB3 23 B.R3 Q.Ql 2 P.QB4 P·K3 " Kt·B3 R,P 3 Kt.Q83 B·Kt5 25 P·Q5 KtxP 4 P·K3 P.Q4 26 BxKt KtxP 5 Kt·83 P. B4 27 R,Q KtxQeh 6 8PxP Q,P 2B RxKt R,R 7 B·Q2 8xKt 29 B·K7 R·Q2 8 P,S 0·0 30 8·R3 P·K4 9 8.Q3 p,p 31 K·B2 R.Q4
10 KPxP P.QKt3 32 B· Kt2 P.QKt4 1.1 0·0 B·R3 33 Kt·K 1 P.QR4 12 BxB KtxB 34 Kt·B2 R.Q8 13 Q.K2 Kt·Kt1 35 Kt.K~ R·S5eh 14 KR·Kl QKt·Q2 36 K.Kt3 R·Q6
" P·B4 Q.Q3 37 B·B 1 P· KR4 16 B.B3 KR·B1 3C P.QR3 P·Kt5 17 Kt. K5 Kt·B1 39 p,p p,p 18 P·B4 R.B2 40 R·R2 R·B5 19 QR·Q1 QR.B1 41 R.R8ch K·B2 20 R·Q3 Kt.Q4 42 R.R7ch K·Kt3 21 B.Q2 Kt.K2 43 R. Rl R,S 22 B·B1 P·B3 Resigns
J UNE. J U L Y , 1942
T he sco r e uf :111011'(>1" goud game. f r um the tlrst ronn d. is g i l'en \H'luw. Hll ]] u l' the·nlill jJ la )'e l',; wou ltl give t !leir eye teelh t.O play hal l' ilS w ell will, no ti me li m it :
More gan,e~ r l ' O I~' th i s nove l tournament. ju~t condutled i(.'j we go to ]J re~~ . will apllea l' ill later i s~nes. Scores or the gam e,; were tak en do wn hr CI II':SS Tn;;V IE w Il(> Jlorter~ \V(';nbroek . MilYf" 'S , S ihh(>1\. Dessa ller il nd Fulh) ]).
QUEEN'S GAMBIT OECLINEO
Reuben Fine George Shainswit White Bl a Ck
1 P.Q4 Kt·KB3 22 PxKt Kt·B3 2 P.Q84 P·K3 23 QxKtP P·K5 3 Kt·Q83 P.Q4 24 KtxP R·Kt1 4 Kt·83 QKt.Q2 25 Q.B7 KR.QBl 5 P·K Kt3 B.K2 26 Q.Q6 Q.B2 , S· Kt2 0 ·0 27 Kt.K3 B.K3 7 0.0 p,p 28 QR. Ktl R,R 8 P.QR4 P·B4 29 RxR Q.Q2 9 8·84 Kt.Q4 30 QxQ S,Q
10 B.Q2 Kt.Kt5 31 R·Kt5 P.Kt3 11 Kt·K4 p,p 32 P.B3 p,p 12 KtxP P.QR4 33 S,P K.B2 13 Kt.QKt5 Kt· Kt3 34 Kt·84 K . K2 ' 4 B.K3 Kt ( 3) .Q4 35 Kt. Kt6 R.Q1 15 B·B5 8.Q2 36 KtxB KxKt 1G S,S Q,S 37 R· Kt7eh K·Q3 17 Kt.R3 QR. 81 38 R·Kt6 R.QBt 18 Q·Q4 KR.Q l 39 K.B2 K.Q2 19 KR·81 P. K4 40 BxKtc h R,S 20 Q.R7 P. B4 41 R,R K,R 21 Kt.B3 KtxKt and White w on.
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CHESS NEWS OF THE MONTH 'fbe Nt'/(' )' ",k Shill' Cheff COIf!!, re.o will be hcl \l
;1{ CazenO\'ia Junior Colle,gc, Calcno\·ia, N. Y. (rom August Sih to 16th. T he State Championship T our_ narm-nt will last the entire nine days of the mc:cting and will be limited to ten entries, th us t"nablinJ:, t his i\'lastt'rs' St'("tion to be scht-Juled at one game per day. If cnou,l.:h strong players enter, a Se(tion of "Ex r erts" will also be formed and will operate on the same sdlCdulr:.
The Class A, Class B, Class C an d Evening Tour. naments will also start on August 81h but wi ll finish Iwo days e:Hlicr, on AUJ;ust 14th. The Genesee Cup Tournament will be held on the I ) th and 16th.
Malcolm Sim of Toronto has bt-ell invited to serve as TOUrnam(11t Director. Horowitz and KaslHlan ('''1)(,1:( to pia)' for the championship. hut Reube n Fine, lasl year' s winner, will prob:thly not be able to defend.
This important annua l event w ill be fully reportcd in thc A ugu."it.Scptc mlx-r issue of C HESS
R EVtEW. If you want to enter or obtain any info rmation,
write C. H AllOW K INl;, Prcs ident, N. Y. State Chess Assocl;1.tion, Ham ilto n , N. Y.
T be U. S. CbeJJ feJt'M';Oll Opt'" T OIlf/hlll/tlll will be hel d in D:lI[as, Texas, AU,L:ust 22.30. In . vitations to part icipate have been scn t to Re~hevsky, Kashd;l.n , Horowitz. Fine, Pinkus. Denker, Stcine r, Ikin fcld , Kolt anowski 111\1 ethers. Reub<:n Fi ne is thc holder o f the titk, won [;l.st rear Itt 51. Loui s. Lead ing lunateurs wi ll also he prcsen t itt l)a ll :ls, the scene of t he ly40 Ope n Tournamtmt. Full info r_ mation can Ix· obtaim:d by writ in,t.: to J . C. T ho mpson, llox yoo, I)a ll as, Texas.
I lI iJJ N. iII,')" K<II"JJ. Q ueen of American C hess, has been invited to pl aya match w ith M ari:1 Theresa Mo ra, lady ('hampion o f Cuba. If oS:tl isfncto r)' a r· rangemen ts are concluded, J\l iss KariT w il l pby Ill(: match in CuI>:! th is Fall.
T be 1942 I IIlenl:ll;o/ld! T O//I·t/tlllle,,' at J\-lar del Plata, A rgen ti na, was won by Najdorf with {he fi ne s(Qre o f 13Yl - }Yz. Pil nik and SI:!hllx:r.c, tied for second and th ird wit h 1 }- 4 . lla lhod1:ln wa~ fourth and M ichel fift h .
Th l? jilllillfil'! l"I!p()rI of the U. S. Championship 'l 'Oll rn~men t show., lo tal receipts of $I,(,~0.l1, in. cluding S650.0~ in cont ri hutions, S3n in c:ntry fees, Sl91 in st:l.'iOn t icket sal t·s and S·1-1O.2~ in ,L:atc re_ (ei pls. Afler payment of S3n ren t, S40.20 tax, $61.24 ex pcnse~, the ent in' bal:lIlfe o f S I I73.~() was paid to the conlestan ts in p rizes aml I"0 :nl mont'}'.
Rt'She\'sk), and Kashdan r('(ein'.! S2z6.H I each ; De nker an,1 PinkU!; S90 .72 each : Steiner S·H .36;
• other.s $·1.30 per point scored. In the Women 's Tourne), Mi ss Kartl re("(~ i ved $ 50. M rs. 13elcher and M rs. Roo~ SH .60 each ; others S2.·1~ per point. A small pNccnta).!e was addcd la te r to (hes(' pri zes and poi nt mon(")" when the a("("oll n tin;1: showed an o\"cra;.;e.
Contrihutors were Gcorge Stur;.: is. SIOO; I. T ur. ov{"r and K. W imsal, 5 100; L. W . Stephms $50: {\Iaurin: Wwht'irn 550; Gror).;e E. Roosevd t S ,>o;
I}.
h itz Brie!:er 550; G . A. Pfl"i fTe( 550 ; M aur ice Kuhns 525 ; O r. E. 1\·l oSl.·howilz $ 25; A. 1". Hende rson $2 5; E. D imock S t 'j; H . Atlas, W . W . Reese, L. Persi n).:e r, J. A. Afk royd, I). Brannan, W , Wind lester, L. B. Mt)'er, L. Wolff, S. Smit h SIO each; D . Sidler, J. J. Watson S 5 eadl; M. S. W igh tman S}. Dr. A . Hus(hke paid S7.0Y for boolh privilege.
I '" ritz Brie!(1' 1" staged an ollti n,ll: at the Lakewood Country Club, Lak{"wood, N . J. last month ; a match wa$ hdd betwecn a team reprcsen ti llt: the Q ueens Chess Club and a de legat ion from Phil adelphia's Mercant ile Library Chess Associat ion . Br ic~cr com. mandeered the services o f Frank M arshall, I. A. Horowitz and Hermann H d ms which pave his team a sl i).;ht edge! Rcsu lt- Qtlt"CIlS won h)' 8- 6. Mar. shall and H o rowitz drew al Boards I ;tnd 2 wi th Ph ibdel ph ia stars J. Levin and H arr), Morris . Helms won from D . G. Weiner at Board No.3.
Hi/rold B. Dill)' won the i\h ss:tchusetts St'ate As. sociation 's 1942 T ourname nt w ith a .>;(ore of I I Yl I \12 . W elch, of the Boston C it}' Club, was in second pl ace, ~Y2-3Y2' Fred Kel ler and W . M . P. Mi tdlell , also of the C ity Club, tied for 3rd and 4th. In thc School Boy sect ion, C harles E. Genne rt of Nt,\\, Bed fo rd H ig h was fIrSt.
Clllb S~(I"t!1II,.it'f will 1)(· intcrc.\te(1 in how the W ash ington, D . C. Che.~~ O i" an keeps u p the in . terest o f its. ~O mt1nbtrs. Since Jan ua ry il has sla,l.:t'd 30 Rapid T ransit To urnc)'s, 10 k'("\ u rcs, 9 simul. taneous d ispla)'s; 2 Prohlem Soh'in,; T ourne}'s, -1 In t ra·Club Gambit Team M atches, 3 Che~s Pimir.., -1 Kri e,gspitl Ni,l.:hts, 2 Q uadran,l.:u Ll r CJi\.~S T ourneys. 2 Indiv idual matches, (, Inter.cluh matches, I C h{"ss Qui?, t Round.Robin of T andem Chess. I Ex hibit ion Game, I Gelleral TOll rnament, 2 C luh Champion. .'illil' Tournaments, t End',I;ame Tourney. T hey also find time to play fou r.han~bl chess. Donald H. M u].: ridge is P residen t and N . p, W iAAinton, 5«". relar), .
Allc1llioll Co/lcc/OI"J: T h,· orig inal :i,l;reement of the W orld's Chcs~ Champio nship M ald l between Wilhelm Steinitl and Dr. Emanuel Laske r i .~ offered for sale by Mrs. Lasker. Dated M arrh }rd . 189'1, the documen t i.o; sit:ned hy bo th Ste in il? an d Lasker.
1."/'(1//1 he/"e I/Ild 1/;// /" // , we learn that.. our Posta l Chess p layer r. VERHO FF won the t9 .'tl 'I'ournament of the Canadian Correspondence Chess Assodat io n ... that L. NJ' mICH and J. M ."C.IOK tie,l for first in the Union Coun ty (N. J.) C1~ ampiol.1S hi J.> Tourn:t. menl ... th:!1 M. PATRICK fimshed h rst 10 Ihe :til .
nua[ tou rnament o f Ckwlallll's (jl('(k m~te Club .. . and tha t P. D . BEL L is sett ing the pace in the Cleve. ian(1 Cit )" Championship . . . lhat K t,NNETlt S . HOWARO won tht' t' hampionship of tht' East Oran,l(e (N. J.) Clless (lub with a clean s('ore. . tha t LIN COLN H IGH SCHOOL won th t cham pion ship of Ne ll' York's C hess Associat ion o f Pri l'ate Srhooh . .. and that W . W. W ATSON and R. W . H AYS won the GolJ and Silver Meda ls in the Individual Chaill. p ionshi p T ournament open to the IWO mnk inA p iaI'. ers from cach s(" hool in t ht" leag ue . .
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Game of the Month
by
The relationship between combinat ive and positional play is often not too well understood . Mwy peop'e, including a number of so_
calkd critics, wri te as though there were a wide gap between the two
and that a play'Cf must choose one or the other. According to this vicw
the combination is of neetss:ty it bolt from the blue ; likewise everybody
is obligated to search for the earthyu:lke wh ich wil! alter the situation.
Posit ion play, on th:- o ther lnnd, is just woodshiftio,ll:, for nonexis tent
and incomprehensible purposes .
In rCillity, however, there is a much more intimate connection,
Position play is the normal (i n the sense of average with two experts) while comhinJ tions occur only when then: has bem some violent de_
parture from the natural state of affairs. A mcfu l analogy may be d rawn from medicine and surgery : if a person takes care of hi~ health,
he is reasonably sure of gett ing on all right without becom ing seriol!sl y
ill ( barring aLcident~ ) , but if he tries everything wh ich doctors tell
h im not to do, nobody is surprised if he gels sick and the doclors have to resort to violent surgery to save him.
The following game, from a recent .
tournament In Argentina, is an apt illustration of the manner in wll ich combinations arise when
posit iona l principles arc ignored or violated.
Ma r de l Pl ata , 1942
CARO·KANN D E F E N SE
H . M . P iln ik
\Vhile
1 P·K 4 2 P_Q4 3 Kt·Q83
M. Na jdorf mack P.Q83
P_Q4 . . . .
'J'l)e Punoff-Botv in ll ik allack, 3 PxP. PxP : <I P·QB4! iR rig)]t!)· considered more e ll ergetic, but the line chosen 1!l\8 the mel"it 0 1' be ing ~omew hat. s in:]Jler.
3 . . . . 4 Ktx P
p ,p Kt·83
Undoubted ly superior to the a l· ternative·\ .. 1313 ·\.
5 KtxKtch . . . . Alekhlne has expedmented wi t. h
the speculative s:!erifiee 5 B·Q3: it would be interesting t o see it tried some more.
5 . . . . KPx Kt
A eommon move , but nonc the less a violation or ll f inciple because
JUNE - J UI.Y , 19 -12
it g-iv cs W hi te a majo!· i t)· or PawnH on the (}s ide. Flohr, who ha s dOllbtless had more 8ucceSH with t he Caro·Knnn lhan anybody e lse. hi\~ p:'oduced some excellent gnmes wi t. h 5 ... Ktl'~l<l .
6 P-Q 83 . . . . A move that speaks volumes.
R euben Fine
Wh!le clearly intends to develop his D at Q3 (which is why he de· re ntls the Pa wn li1'stj and later his K t at K2. All of which itHlkates that there is a storm bl'owing agai nst the Black 1II0liarch .
\VhUe this liue is vigorou8. therc are tw o theoretical comments III ortler. In t he li1'st ])lace White's altllCk will he aimed at a Killg anlled with a formidable phalanx o r Pa Wl ls- a tough ohHtacle to hlll ·dle. And in the HPcond place, White should be able to secure the better or il by exploiting his Q·sido majority. which indicate~ that his 1II08t reasonnble continua· tion is undoubt edly P-K Kt3, fol · lowed by B·Kt2, Kt ·K2. 0-0, p. QU,. and adv1\lIce on the Queen 'S w ing or in t he eenter.
6 . . . . 7 6.Q3 8 Q_R5! . . . .
Such a move 1'0qu il""'s self-COil ' lidence. imagination and l'ecklesH' ness. all qUalit ies which a cheHs master ought to hnve. Ue~ide~. it has the psychologica l advantage o r catching Najdo]·r. Who is h im Hell" vlolenUy ag-gress ive, off guard .
8 . . . . P-KKt3 Probably beHt. though 8 .. . P
KH3 was a lso ]l1n.~·able, siTlce t he sacrifice 9 lJx l' , PxlJ: 10 QxHP, P-K lH ! iH not ([u ite sound .
9 Q_R4
Black ]'eucts attack aga inst
10 K t· K 2 11 B· KR6
P_QB4
conectly: counte!" the White center.
Kt-83 P·B4
Black's deren~e is aggl 'essive, hut he pays too littl e nttellt ioll to th e weHk nesses of the B lack squares ou his K·~id{) (it is this whir;h leads to th e combinations laterj. The more lJalural I I . . . ]{·K l l'laS a lso better : i r then 120·0, PxP: I~ KtxP?, Kt-K ,t: H U·j(2, P· KKt4: aTld if 12 rxp, BxfJP: B 0 -0 ·0, P·13~:: 1~ n ·f{Kt5, Q-I(t3: 15 H· 1(131. Kt·K~ with exeelle ll t COUTlter· ehanecs.
12 8 _KKt5 13 O·O!
The QKtP. count ill t he
. . . . of course, does proceedings. but "" the
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exclallHlllon Illa r k is thero to indicate that the mure a t! I' c utur uUiI 13 O·O ·O~. Px P ; U PxP, U-K3 leads to 'Ill over w helmi ng 1)O ~ il l on - for ll1'l ck .
13 . . . . 14 PKP
p,p R. Kl ?
An unfortunate tl"llll SPOllltlon which ha~ "CI';OUS COIls t)llucnces. I nstead \.\ ... 0·K3 would have prevcuted a fu rther weakeni ng o f the K ing l>o~ I Cion.
;1~ 21 .. . I( ·Kt2?: 22 0 -1)60h, or 21 .. . 1,, ·1\:4; 22 KlXK I. QxKt: 23 iJ Jl(i nI;. c k iii either ma ted or hIlS tu gin' up " 1.le ee to s toll m ute.
I ::"w !lut! \"hite ha s a w in. It I11l1~t nut he thought lhal h it; ta~k i~ chiltl'jo\ 1)111)'. PHllik. howl'I·!:!". sho\\'.~ t llill ~ cc\lracy anol concj~elH'~~ which nrc the halhmuk of the CSpf'l't. T he conclusion I~ n min i· atut'C' m n!; lcl']licoe.
18 . . . . 19 Ktx RP !
P,R P )(Kt
15 B.QB4 ! · . . . , . There h; little choice: o n 19 .. .
\\I t ll the Black Kmg whOl ly. ~In - ' QxB: 20 1~t-I.Hich lead" tu male In dcfcnt!Cl! nnd cx!){)sed. the 110 1< 1tlO11 is rlpc ro r fl combination. [t i~ b"ll"uu~e o f lhls fact that While
two. 20 B.B6!!! Q-B4
can mHke a [>erfeclly slml/lc mo\"c T IlL' combinations occur "fl ~ If :lIId Ihl'l)Uten 10 decide at OIl Cll by by magI c" now Ihat Ihe Bl:tck po· nxpc h :. Kxll: Qx P c h, e tc. T he " iliull Iw " heen ri ll ilcd a lm rt . On nonna! defflnse 15 .•. B·K 3? tjoes 20 ... QxO; 21 QxHP J lJIack CIIII not work because o f Ihe fork 16 ~i"e UI' . p·Qu. 21 R.Q1 J!! . . . .
" P_KR4
Hardly to be avoIde d. On IS . . ]J-U I : 16 DxPeh, K xB : 17
Qx-Pe h, fl · Kt2: IS U· HH. RK I\t l: 19 [U -n ,I!. KtxP: 20 QU·j\! t he nlmtberlCII~ tlll'eats a!"e k illi ng.
16 QR. Kl R. K5 He hail li tt le choicc. in " iew of
h [1I 1,,'C I' [OIlIl ncglcc t . On 111(' dc· "elolllllcn t Itt tC lll]lt 16 ... B (I ~: 17 U·Ulj: , followcd by IS Q·Kt5. is o\'erll'll(·lmlnl(.
17 Kt · B4 ! · . . . The j{lInlP is aPllroa c hiuj{ ill"l' 18ls.
Black's K ing ii< "till ex])o ;;PI I lind un defcndl'd . h i;, Q-s itle I~ IIHII bilck w here [ t does no t belong- nu wo n· der thnt ,til I'x plosio n s oon occ tl r~: The 1I10s t InHlle(liau' threiH i~ I .~ ItxB . l'xl(; ]9 l'IXI,tl '!
17 . . . Q)(QP
lI i~ "(':« hope. t 8 RxR • • • •
Th[~ xlmple move is the key to the whol O 8el' le~ or comblnnt!on~ . til e puint bellig thut the tht'l'llt 22 H·Q5 i ~ llI11rde roas.
21 . . . . K·Bt T"I' I"I' I~ a [,Iethorn or eUU·HUC·
ill~ I", ~"'ibl l i t i .. s. On 21 ... I1 ·K3: 22 JI .Q:;:. nx/l (or 22 ... QdJ : 23 Q Klr,('h, K· B I; 24 HxD a nd wins); za Q )(l tP ;!!! and mate at JUt Ctln
I h .. 1""llmned but 1I0t In·evenle(l. To \II hl'r !1HII'I'S the I\IISlI"el' [ ~ 8[m-
11ar]y almost hll"arlably n·Qs. e./t., 21 ... U·K2 ; 22 II ·Q5. 13xU; 23 Q. Kt3ch! o r 21 ... B K t5; 22 R·Q5. QxD : 23 Q· Kt5ch . K ·U1 ; 2·1 Ihn e tc., but on 21 ... I\t-1\2 Ihe mo!!t direct win III 22 Hx ll !
22 P .QKt4 !! . . . (\Ve have run out of cxclamatlon
marks. ) Note t llll t 22 It·Q5 would be bad
beclluse o f 22 . . . QxB ! :llId W h ite mus t lose Il leOl l)O t o stop m ate.
22 . . . . KtxP The Blac k Queen obviou s ly
no t moyc, since It defends the 1{P lind the U.
mu st both
23 Q. Kt3!! • • •
BmI'O ! a s 'I'artakower W(l\lld XII}". Thel'e [s no rest for the wellr)".
23 . . . . B. Kt5 H e
labo!"11 mate.
could with
ha ve 23 . . .
s hort ened h is IJxQ ; 2·1 H·Q S
24 RxB Kt.Q6
On z·[ ... (lxB: 25 (j · II ,I! ))l·e· \"ents the c heck and threatel1~ n male wh [e h call be warded orr only by wilol(' sa!e 1\lICriflccs.
25 Bx Kt Q.BSch On Z5 ... ]'x H : :!6 Q ·O·I w ins
,It once. 1\:0. before. 26 8 . B l R·Bl
\Vith It piece behiml Blnck'S plight is clearly il()Jleles~ , There are stil l ~o me pretty poln1s. but tllf' gnmp ! ~ ol'er.
27 P-KR3 QxBch! Tile last gas!): he hOIK'S ro r 2.'1
l ~xQ. 11· IJSch and mate next. 28 K_R2 Q.B8
T o get n fe w more in. 28 ... H· B,\! : 29 shOrte!" and sweete r.
29 PxB 30 QxP 31 K_Kt3 32 P . B3
A wise deCiSion.
s pi te cheek!! 1 { ' Q~dl Will!
p,p Q.R3c h R.B6th
Resignl
A fasclllll( lnJ;" game. beau tifully handled by While froUl s t art to !lnish .
BASIC
It could hardly hn vc been fo re· seen thllt Bhlck would be lost in th lll POSI\lOIl. bUl t ru t h III stranJ:er than fi c tion- he is. There tlrc only t ll"O I)ossi bie mOl'e8. one of which he t ried. The oth('r is IS .. . Qx l( . when the .'I lmple 19 KtxKtP: [s de· eish·l'. If then 19 ... QxQ: 20 Ko:Q. IHC1: 21 B· K2 t he e nding IS wall (though this 18 DI,lck' s bcst chan ce) while on other Irle l' snch
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• CH li SS R EVIEW
What do you know about Chess? T here ... re 25 que5tions. Give yourself 4 % fo r each
qUClt ion answe red correc t ly. In a 2,p.Jrt or 4_part quezt lon, g ive yourself the s ha re of the 4% tha t you earn.
Mr. S, a young playe r of on ly fa ir s t re ng t h, scored 37% of th e poesible 100%.
Dr, L, a n out llt an ding c lub pl ayer and wide ly. t rave ll ed demonstration chess exp ert , scored only 360/0 .
Mr, M, 11 b rill i an t a nd scholarly mut er p layer o f t h is cou nt ry, earned 83%.
W hich proves, if an yt h ing, t hat yo ur .core w ill d epen d more upon w hat you have rea d an d ret ained a bou t chest. t han upon your pl a ying skil l.
I. W hat is the name of S. S. Van Di ne's murder mystery based on chess?
2. Who followed Paul Morphy, N ew Orleans chess genius, as America's leading chess master?
3. Tn the "Srholar's Mate" W hite checkmates in 3, 4, 5, 6, or fI moves, Which?
1, T he l uthor of the famous essay "Morals of Chess" was: Michel de Montai,gne; Ralph W aldo Emerson; Edmund Bu rke; Benjamin Frankl in : Thomas de Quincey
~, When Alexander Alckhine won the world's chess championship from Jose Capablanca in 1927, 110W many sames were played?
6, A picec "en prise" is one: (a ) perfectly protected; (b) blocked by one of its own mcn; (c ) removed from the board; ( d ) in a posit ion to be captured ,
7, Which chess piece was formerly a counci llor? 8, What noted American author, in discussing cer,
ta in games in relation to analytical operations of the mind, wrote the fo llowing, and where docs it appea r?
'" wlll therefore ta ke occasion to assert that the higher powers of the reJ1ective In· tellect a l'e more decidedly and usc fully tasked by the unosten tatious ,game of d l'aug hts than by all the elaborate frivolity of chess."
9. T wo ,great Russian.born chcss master.~ became natura lized citizens of othe r countries. Can you name them and the countries of their adoption?
10. What chess opening, after Anderssen, Pau lsen, Tch igorin and others had employed it with great success for many years, was so conclusively de. bunked by Emanuel Lasker that it d isappeared completely from im portan t play?
I I. Titles and authors of these famous chess books :lre ju,gg!ed. Can you straighten them out? " Rubi nstei n 's Chess Masterpieces" by Jose: R.
Capahl:l.nca "My System" hy H ans Kmoch "Chess Fundamentals" by Richard Reti "Maste rs of the Chessboard" by A, N imzow itsch
12. Who was the winner of the great match between Howard Staunton of England and Fournie de Saint.Amant of France in 1843?
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A Chess Quiz by G e ne Clark
One of these names docs not belon.'!: in th is li ~t. Which? Yates; Kharkov; Micses ; Kashdan; Schlechter. What brnnch of chess act ivity has been called the "poet ry" of the game? In a celebrated ,l!ame at Monte Carlo in 1902, Frank J . Marsha ll , then 2~ years o ld , employed one of his famous ··swind les" to ca ll~e hi s mas. terful opponent to resign after only 8 moves. Who was this opponent? W hat jun,lilc beast has its name in an irregu lar chess opening? W ho were two English chess mast ers wllOse names began with "B"? In what well.known book, which you might have read in e ither your school or :ldult yea rs, will you find thcse lines?
" I In",1 beKuli in 1733 to study la ngua,l:cs. I lloon lIIade myself so much" maste l' of !hf' F I'e nch all to be a b l e to I'ead the books In th llt lall~u<lge WiIh ea~e, I thell IIlI tI('I" took ttu~ Itlillitn, An acquain! allCI' w!ttl wax also leal'lIllI/{ it llHed often to tellip t nl(' tn play che~~ w]U] h im . Fi ml illK tllil'. louk UI! too !lIli Ch 01' th e time J IH"I to ~jlHl'e fol' ~tudy. I Il t length ref\l~f)d to Illay >Ill y llIlJte , unlc~s 011 1.hl6 condition. that the vlClol" in cvcry ~ I\me shou ld have the ri)!'ht to ttn· IJOSC a task, e lthc r of par ts of the ~rltmmnr, to be gOt by hean, 01· i n tl'anslllt JO Jl !l , which tasks the "'lIl1qui~hed was to perform UI101l hOIiOI' befol'c OUr next mee ting."
W ho was chess cham pion of the Unite~1 States on April Fool's Day, 1942? I f you have only one bishop :lnd your opponent has none, is it the better prartice to place your pawns on s(lua res of the same color as th<: bish. op's diagonal, o r of the oppos ite color ' W hat youthful chess p rod igy, in h i ~ Europc~ n debut, played 3 memorable games with the Hungari an Lowenthal , winning one, ~lrawin;.: one, and losing one? Can you name four defellJeJ that bear the names of nal ionalities? W ho is president of the famous Ma rshall Chess Club in New York? What is White's th ird move that characterizes the Ponziani or Staunton attack? This (luotation is from what? " 'Th all a Cbl!fjller.board of Night! ,md D'I)'1 W bere DeI/illy /l'it/; Mel} for PIece! p/'I'jl: Hither aJld fbitbe,· lII or.'eI, mId "h/ln, and s/a,s, Alld olle b, olle ba<k ;1/ tbe ClOUf /al!'"
( AnlJwer, on Page 141) •
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MY FIFTY YEARS OF CHESS B y F RA N K J. MAR S HALL
UN IT E D ST A TE S CH E SS C H AM P ION 1909.1936
Part Ont of th is aeries bega n in our Oc t obe r, 1941 iasue. T hese art ic les a fe eondensed excerpt s f rom the book of the same t itle, just published by Horow itz 1iInd H ,ukness, New York.
Championship Years (1 9 15-19 36 )
Tht,s<: }'l'~HS have heen .'iO ('ventful 111:11 it would take I'a,~(;s :md pages to chronick' thelll properly . The period 1')1 5.1 ')22 suffcfCd (rom lIlt' bli,l-:ht in,!< effect of lh,- IVar, and r have ani)' a handful of ,game, to show for it. We had some fine lourn :uncnts with an almost cxdusi\'cl)' Amtrium entry, and Capa. blanca's pre.'iCncc livened things up fo r us. But these ('vents lacked the color and excitement of inlern:lt ional l'ompc:tit ion.
One c\'cnt, how(,\'er, took on added importance as the year .. ; wm t on . This was the fo und ing of Marsha [l's Ch,·ss Divan at Keen~'s Chop Hou se, 70 W C"St 3<1lh St rt-CI. New York , in 19 15. The ohjen was to establi sh in New York a centr:l l rneetin,g: p lace for l o\'(.~rs of chc~5 . much 0 11 the S:II11e lines as sllch f:irnOll s resorts as S impson· .~ D ivan in London :lnd the C~fe d,· b Regmce in Paris.
It was my idt'a to make the Divan a pbce of in . struction where youn~ players wou l<1 he encouraged and where all dlCSS players could feel f ree to g~ther. Hudson Maxim was a f reguent ,'isitor at tl1(· Divan and his " W ar Gamc" was one of the attract ions. The ~am(' was played on an en lar,ged hoard, made ne~:essa ry by the increased a rmy of pi('(('s and the addition of Ihe " fl yin,c machines."
The fr iends who "isitcd us at the Divan formcd the nucleus of til{' present Marshall Chess Club, wit h its notahle memhership and palatial <]IIHte rs . Here at 23 W est 10th Street, we arc ;.;bJ to w eet old frien ds and hel p to develop the }'oullg players of today. Many or the leading players o f the country
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T hese fam ous m a s t ers t oo k
pa rt in the Int e rna tiona t Tou rn ,. .
m ent a t New York, 1927. Sea ted,
are S piel m a n n a nd Marshall.
St anding, left to rig ht , ilre Ma r.
oezy, Nimzovich, Or. Vidm a r, Or.
Atek hine, Ca pabtanca and Direc.
t or Ledere r.
arc members and new talent is constantl y being encouraged.
In 1923 came my match with Edwa rd Lasker, th:.: logical culm inat ion to lasker's exce llent showing in American tOliTnam('nIS fo r al most a decade. Lasker put up a fine fig ht, as may be seen from the fi na l score: 5---'1 in my favor.
But the greatest ('wnt o f all durin],: thi s post.war period was the New York tournament of 192·1. True, 1 had just reta ined Illy t itle and had won a lOurnament with a line entry list at Lake H opillcon],:: hut afler ten }'ear_~' :lhsence from the internationa l arena, how wou ld J fare a,l;:ainst the European masters, especially the ),ounJ.: H}'J>c rmoderns whose theories were all the rage? As the tournament lurnell ou t, all these fears were g roundless. I more than held my own, won the fourth prize and let Reti, T artakover, Do],:ol. )'ullo\', Maron:), and others trai l behind me. T hat was a most satisfying expcrience~
T he folJowin.t; yea r 1 went to EUrOjJC fo r the first time in :1 decade. Everrthin~ SC,(,llle{ differ{'nt and sadder. Some old friends had been killed or wound. ed in th(: \\,:1f, Ot hers had been bere3\'{·d or losl their fortune s. But the interest in chess was ,t:reater than e"er. I was guite pleased wit h my pia), at Daden.Ba<len, Ma ricnbad and Moscow, in each of which I won hi,t:h prizes, T he interest in Moscow had even :11 that t ime reached an extraord inary pitch, and on .'\Ome dilys t raffic was paralyzed by the crowd that<'gathered outside of the hui ld ing where we play, ed. T he Russians were very enthusiast ic ahOll t us, and I st ill wear a comfortable smokinJ,: jacket that was present ed to me during the tourney,
In 192(, I had another g rat ifyin,g "i("to ry in Ill }'
first prize in the first National Championship of Ihe American Chess Federation in Chicaj;o, cOlll in,!.: :lhead of Torre, I'vlaro('Zy, Kupchik, Kashdan and Laske~ a!l1ong others.
(10 bl! (OI1r/llded /lex l fllfmlb)
CH ES S Rt, VIEW
Answers to Quiz on Page 139
I. " The Il i ~hop :\1\11"01f'r Ca~e." · :! . 1·la r ry 1\elson I'ilh;hu ry. 3. I·'ou r. as follow~; I 1'· 1( ·1. 1'.
K·'; 2 B-B·1. IHH : ::I (1· ]{5, 1" (1~ : ·1 Q xKBP male.
.1. Bellj,Hn in Franklin . fl. Caj>abla nca resiglled aner ~ I
rn()\' , ,~ of the 31lh game. This ga,'e AI"khin" 6 wins. Capablanca 3, an d ZfI game~ were drawn .
6. (II) in a position to be cal >' tllrf' d .
i. The Qu""~ n. X. E dg,lr Allen POI.!
at(' to "The Munier" ~1 ()n:( l1 e .' ·
~). Alekhin(' . F nlnCP. German~· .
10, El">tns ' Gambit.
in his [,re fin lhe H ue I Ilogol j 1I b()w.
11. ·· BubinS(l.!in ·s Chp:<~ ~ra ste'··
pif'ces" by il;1IlS Kmo~h. "I\ly System " b y A. N i m7.0w il. ~eh . " Chess I · ' u lldamental~ " b y .J o~('
Il. Ca l>ablallca . " ~laslers o f the Ches~boar([" b-,"
ltiehan! Betl. I:! . The E ng)i ;,h challll>ion, Staun
fOn. wiuning 11 gau\('s 10 SainI · ,\ man t.";, G. with -I .11''111'11. A fr a med pip\.Ure o f thi;, match hallg~ o n tll(' wall in tlw ~ l allha1tl1l1 Chess Club in 1\e w York.
l ~ . All an' llnlllPS of ehf'RS m as· tel's except. )\ ha r k()v. w h ich is it
llu~~lan cily )ll'om incill in the Wil llIew~.
II. T llp art of problem romposiliOll.
I:,. Tclligorin. gre"" I( 11;" ~ i <1H
chanll ,ioll. Tho gnm" (il1aI"Rhnl l . W h ilp) :
I I'·Q ·I. P ·Q ·I: P ·QII I. I~ t-(IH~: ;; )\t·Q II:\. I'~P : ., 1"05. 1' t·H·I : " B· n -I. B·Q2: 0 P -K-\. p.,,:~: 7 1'.'( 1'. I'xl': ~ Q-Jt Geh.
iIlll l'_~lla\l win;.. kll ighl :1t'l"OS~ tllp board. Tchigol'i1l . a j>ien ! behind. r('signs. Thi;<. gilUll' wa~ iHu~trated l>i(:toria\lr in color in l.l FF. . .Jan. n I ~I-I O.
10. T he orang·ont ang. Ii . Blaekbul"lle. BUI'Il. and B ird. I IS . " T hc Autobiography o f Bell·
j;tlllill Franklin." 19. Sallluel Il es he'-~ky. 211. O n the OI)I'osile Color. [I' rou l'
bisho p is 011 Ihe white s q ua res. -,"o u r pawn~ on black e nilole -,"Oil to control hoth white ",,01 b]nck ~(IUarp~, and at the ~ alllC timp allOW freedom to ~' OU I" bishop on t!w w hile il iagona ls.
2 1. Pa u ] MOI·ph .l . Shortly a f te r lhi~ llmlch. <11\ ill-t ic!e in a London publil':)lioll said: "There i;; sonte· thing e~ceedillxly ro malltic a nd chi"all'ou~ about this roung lllan's com ing o ,",:r to E uropE' and t lu·ow . ing down Ill(' ga u nllel 10 a ll our I' c tel"llns. !-If' i~ certain ly it ,"ery Admirablu Crichton of ehess. a nd . like t he accom plished SCOt. he is:J.S eourteous and getlerou.~ a~ he i ~ bl'iI,"o and ~ki l lfu l ."· The ilutllor of (he article was Lowentha l.
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u. S . CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES The games On these pages are
f rom the recent U. $, Chess Cham.
pionship Tournament in N ew York.
3rd Round
FRENCH DEFENSE
(Noles by I, A. l-Iorowitz)
I, A, Horowi tz
While
C. P i lniek Black
P_K3 P_Q4
1 P·K4 2 P .Q4 3 Kt.QB3 Kt.QB3
By ("XCL"lillg imlireCL pressure Oil White's QP. Black tempts P·K5 when he expects to follOW UI) with .. K t·n ·1 a ud ... P ·QIH.
4 KI.S3 KKt_K2
Rote: Again s t White's 1'· 1( 5 this would hal'e point. but it is Ollt of Illa ce 11(>1'1'. .j ... B·Kt5 01' even 4 . .. KI ·B3 i s 1lreferable.
5 B-Q3 P_QKt3
lJIack proceeds llIf'lTily 011 hi s way, pl ay ing as though \Vhi1 e had moved 1'· \\5.
6 0-0 7 8 -K15ch 8 B.K2
Kt.Kt5 P_B3 B.R3
]·'ai]ure to ]ll'opprly devclop Ihe pieces hri ugs (]u il: k r"Clribmioll .
142
9 P.QR3 10 KtxP 11 QxB 12 P .B4
p,p B,B
QKt.Q4 KI_S3
13 Kt·K5! If 13 ... Qxl': 14
14 KtxQBP
Kt·B4 K t·jUS!
Q. B2
[0'01" if i ·1 . . • KtxP: 15 KtxJ( tch. QxKt; i6 Q·K-I 11m! White pBm)· U'ates the ll1ack King position .
15 KtxKtch 16 p .QS 17 Q-R5 18 B.Q2
TllCl'e is no adequate l h(' threat of 19 U-113.
19 Q. R4 20 B.B3 21 BxP 22 QR.K1 23 P ·B4 24 B·KS 25 P.QKt4 26 PxP 27 R·K3 28 PxB
PxKt B-Q3 0·0
Kt· Kt2 defense to
P·B4 P.B3 P·K4
QR.Kl P·KS
p ·QR4 p,p
R·R1 B,B
R.R7
29 Kt·K7('_h 30 KtxP 31 RxKtch 32 Q. R5ch 33 QxRch
K.B2 KtxKt
K· Kl R·B2
Resigns 'rlwl"e is no hillting the march of
the Ila\\"n8.
5th Round RUY LOPEZ
C,\otes by I. L. Le vy White
1 P.K4 2 Kt·KB3 3 B·Kt5 4 B·R4 5 0·0 6 Q.K2 7 B.Kt3 8 P.KR3
A. Horowlt1.) S. J . Reshevsky
mack P·K4
Kt.QB3 P.QR3 Kt.B3 B·K2
P.QKt4 P·Q3 0 .0
8 .. . Kt·Qlt4 at once (gaining il Bi~hol ) fo r il. Knight) Is sharper.
9 P·B3 Kt.QR4 10 B·B2 P·B4 11 P.Q4 Q.B2 12 P .Q5 P-B5 13 R.Ql Kt. Kt2 14 QKt.Q2 Kt.B4 15 Kt·Bl B·Q2 16 Kt·Kt3 ....
l-'ir~t 16 P·KKH . then Kt·Kt3. is the generally accepted procedure for conducting the l{·side attack.
16 . . . . Kt·K l ).low Blaek will aim at .. . p .
](\3·1 whi c h will be difficult to pre · veil I.
AHNOl.n S. Di~NKE!1. who divided 3rd amI ·lIh prizcs with A ihcl"l Pinkus. phl)"(HI these t wo s parkling- brel' i ties in the Chllmpionshlp TOUl"lu.,y.
"" Denker Whitc
1 P.Q4 2 Kt·KB3 3 P· K3 4 B.Q3 5 QKt.Q2 6 0·0 7 p,p 8 Kt. K5 9 QKt.B3
10 Kt.Kt5 11 PxKt 12 Q.R5 13 Q.B3 14 Q.B6 15 B·KtSch 16 Bx8ch 17 QxBPch 18 KtxPch 19 KtxB 20 Q. K6ch
Round Chernev
mack Kt.KB3
P·K3 P.QKt3
B.Kt2 P ·B4 p,p
P.Q4 Kt. B3 Q.B2
KtxKt Kt.Q2 P.Kt3 KtxP
Kt·Kt5 8·83 Q,8 K.Ql K·Bl Q·Q3 K·B2
21 QxKt QRxKt 22 Q. Kt3 Resigns
Le vy Whit e
1 P · K4
14th Round
2 Kt.KB3 3 P.Q4 4 KtxP S P.KB3 6 B·Kt5ch 7 BxBch 8 Kt. BS 9 PxP
10 P.QB4 11 Q.R4ch 12 QxKt
Resigns
Denker Black
P.QB4 P.Q3 p,p
Kt·KB3 P·K4 B·Q2
QKtxB P.Q4
Kt.Kt3 KtxBP
Q.Q2 R.QBl
Art er tlle Queen goes <lway. 12 ... HxDch is fat nl.
This was the shortes\ g<lmc in the en ti re tourna· ment.
CHESS REVIEW
17 A. Bl Q.Kt3
White is floumh~ru,g aud mack should have at once played I, ... p·KI3. followcd by Kt·l\t2. K·Hl. j(·KKtl and Qlt·KIl I. whcreupon ... I'·B·[ leads \0 ,11 1 irresistible ;lHack.
18 K.R2 19 S.A6 20 Kt.Q2
P · Kt 3 Kt·Kt 2
P·B3 The plnn
in order. OUllincd above is still
21 P. B4 22 BxP
p,p B·Kl
To be able 10 tL'ausfer the QKt to K·l via Q2.
23 Kt.S3 24 Kt.Q4 2S B. R6 26 Q·K3 27 Kt(Kt3) · K2 28 BxKt
Kt.Q2 Kt.K4
B.Q2 Q. Kt2
R·B2 · . . .
TO e nab le the occupation of the square KG.
28 . . . . 29 Kt.B4 30 Kt(B4) . K6 3 t P.R3
R, B P .Kt S
R.B2 P·Kt6 P·B4 32 B.Q t
33 B. B3 Why not 33
33 .... 34 Q.Q2
· . . . I'x l'. (~xl': :l-I Kt·1I7.
P ·BS · . . .
NOli" If ~ · I 1\lxlll', 1I·1\K[.I and lllack must soon recovc r the pawn and l'ctain t he SUperior posi tioll.
34 .. , , B.RS 35 B·K2 B· Kt6ch 36 K·Rl BxK t 37 KtxB Q. K2
The bcginll ing of a t'eadjustl11(l1it of the f01'Ces to e~ecute an ovcr· whelll1in~ Bltack. White's Outpost at K6 ha~ bccomc I11cani nglcs~ in the !<huffl('.
38 B.B3 Wh lt(' is at. OJ(> me,'cy or his 01"
ponent and ~imply await.s t he fall of th e axe. A horrible fate!
38." Q.R5 39 Q.K2 P. K R4 40 Kt.Q4 , ...
40 , , , , 41 SxP
If ~1 1\\ ·8&, Rt5!
P·Kt4 • • •
It,:I<\: ·1 2 I'xl!, )'.
JUNE.J U LY, 1942
42 S·S3 P .KtS 43 Kt.SS P,B 44 R,P Q.Kt4
" KR·Sl P .S6 46 R,P Ktx R 47 QxKt B.K4 48 R. KBt R-KBI 49 P.Kt4 RxKt 50 K P xR Q.Q7 51 R·S2 RxPc h S2 QxR .,R
Resign s A piece down, Whit e mus( al ~o
lose paWllS in attempting (0 ~tal'e off mate. j·'urt her res istan ce . i~ I hel'efOl'e Ilselcss.
11th Round QUEE N'S INDI AN
(Notes by Il'I'ing CherneI') Harry Baker
White 1 P. Q4 2 P.QB4 3 Kt· K B3 4 P . K Kt 3 S 6·Kt2 6 0·0 7 Q.B2
The usua l mO"e is 7 .... 8 Q. Kt3
I. Cherney nlne!1
Kt. KB3 p . K3
P.QKt3 B.Kt2 B·K2 0·0
. . . . , I« ·B!I.
B,KS Kt.S3
This stops 9 1\t · Il:~ liS 9 . . IhKt ; 10 nxTI, Ktxl': 11 Q·ll-I, "tx Beh wi ns a pawn .
9 R·Qt P.Q4 Threatening to gai n ;\ Pawn h,' . . 1(t-<1I1 ·1,
10 Q·R4 Kt·QKt5 And now \Vhite has to W()1'1'y
abollt It .. , n·B7 or 11 . , . Kt ·Bj !'Is we ll :IS II . . . "xl'. Al< H re · >'ult of one move ('i Q·1l2 ) Whit e hal< an inferior position after only te n movel< of a Queen 's Pawn OW'!!, ill g,
11 Kt· Kl 12 P.QR3 , . , ,
Of course not q.H3, Kl·B7.
12 1'·03, D·B3 : I~
12 . , , . 13 Kt x B
1'0 di" ert the QUC'en Ql to QIH clingonal.
14 Qx KtP 15 R·R2
B, B P.QKt4! from lJ1ack '"
Kt·B7 Kt xQP
Thl'caten ing 17 . .. QxJt.
16 Q·R4 17 K·Sl
Iii ... KlxPch and
KtxPcl'l Kt·QS
Sim plel' than 17 .. . KlxB: l .~ I!xKt ~ nlld Black l o~es his attacll and hlls tlu'ee is olat ed !lilwn s (0 nurse, If White sho ulcl gel am· blljolt ~ and "lay IS HxQ (i n~lea<l of R)(I<I), the continuation might be 18 . . . QRxQ: 19 Q)(UP, B·Q$ ch; 20 Kt·Kl. K txH: 21 Qxl<t ane! Black has a shade the better of it.
18 QxBP P.S4
19 6 · K3 Q.Kt3 White cannot win lI i~ 1>;\ \\'11 b;\~k
by 20 6xKt, PxB; 21 QxQP (if 21 Ill,;!', QH·BI fOllow e d by 22 . . . H· BXch). Q.Kt6 ; 22 Kt·63, Q R.Qt and 23 ... RxRch,
20 P .QKt4 KR .Q1 21 Kt·63 Kt ·Kt5
StOI'I>ing 22 Kt.QR4, Ktx Pc h; 23 K· Kl (not 23 1\·1(0, K\{Q5)·1l6ch followed bv 2·\ , .. HxH Ch), Q.63; 24 Bx Kt , QxKt (H5) and Ilw Whit e Bi~ho]> is cltrjou~ly pinned,
22 P x P KtxPc h 23 K. Kt l Kt{QS). 66ch 24 K·R 1 RxRch 2S KtxR Q.Kta 26 Q. B2 Q.Kt4 27 Q. K2 Q.83 28 R· Kt2 R·Qt 29 K t·B3 B. 63 30 R. Kt3 . ' , .
30 ... . P·Kt4! I'rCI'f'llt illg 'Ill)' attem l)t to ex ·
change QUP (! Il" by ~11l'cading a mat in!':; nel. 1,' 01 ' instance. if 31 Q·Kt5: Ilxl<t: 32 QxQ, n 'Q~ch: 33 KtxH, HxKICh: 3·[ K·KI 2. R ·KI\\ ii c;h; 3a 1\ ·1{3. p · l(t" malP.
In ,lddilion, Ihe nHII'(' i6 im l)ort · :lnt a s it k CCI)6 tho Wili te Knigh t. front IH afte r the Bliw k Queen get~ (0 H6.
31 Kt·K t S 32 R.K t l
Resigns
Q.Q4 Q.B4!
The double till'en! or aa . , . QxH 01' 33 . . . (j·j(1i ['ollow ()d by 3·1 . . Kt·nx mat e cnnnot bc ntl6wered.
Quiz Answers (Cont'd) 22. I"ren ch, Sicil ian, Hungarian,
Dutch. lndinll, Slav. S ince the question cnllerl 1'0" defenses, thc Danish Gambit , llussiall and Scotch Games, English Openin9, ell:. must lechnicallv, be di ~" lIo\\,E'<1 a ~ cor· rect answers.
23. Georgc l~ml()n Itoosel·cl( . 2-1. p·Qna, the tirH twO mOl'('s
being: I 1'.1\.1. 1'·1\.1: 2 Kt·KU3, Kl·QnS.
25. Edward Fitz~cnllcl's fi1's t "I'll" sion or "I{ubaiynt of Omar IOmy· "am" . .
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PLAY THE MASTERS CHESS REVIEW'S POPULAR "SOLITAIRE CHESS" GAME
Instructions With a slr i l> o r pap .. r . 1:01',, ]" al l
tlu' nlO\' e~ ill Ihp h ux lw lO w excl'j)1 1llf' lil'M lllove.
i\l alq> all I he op(>n ing IlI()\'PS Oil your boanl up 10 :1 1111 incl ud in,c: I h(' (ir~t m()\"(~ in Ilw b(lx (Whill>s lilth).
:.;tudY the po,; ;1 ion and ~C 1 PCl 1 1\a!: k ' ~ reply. \ V ri l e dow n you r H('lec lioll . Tlwn " x l,os e t h e Ilexl l ine and ~ee th e 1110\' (' I ll ack a ctually mad" (a t tho left) , Scot'e pal' i f you pic k!''' Ihi.". move. II" not . "core zero, an d ma ke the COl"·
r"c t Blac k mow' on your board .
;'I1 "k .. Whi l e'~ next m Ol' c, show n 011 tlw ~a lll e li llf' . Con t inue ,ll; be ron' , o ll e line a l. a tim e , to Ihe (,li d 01' ( he game.
Notes on the Game Thi~ g am e w on Ihp bri lliall t; ~ '
priZE' at the 1 -!amb\1n~ Te a m T ournam e nt. July 1!J:11I .
G. S tahHwr.c: played Wh ile and Ill', A. Alek hi n ... wo n w ith nla t k . CUIllI.I !'!,' aHnola! io ll H o f the ga lll" t l1n 11<' foon d in '" My lll' ~ ( Ga lll"~ of ( · lw"~. In ·I· lnr by AI .. k hi np.
'I' ll" fo llow ing 110( ' " a n.. I:on· d"!I~ed cxcprpt~ f rom the anl1o(a · 1i0lL~ in th is bo ok .
All notes ro f ... !" to Bla c k m("' ", ,, _
7th: i\"i ore log ic;\l tll a n 7 . .. Ktxll: S Ktx Kt il ft.e l" w hi c h Wlii te by casll ing- Q side w ill obtain 1<1I 'o ng- p ressnre o n tlw o lU'n iiI ... .
16th : Whitc wa s thr"'al ... n ing 10 bring a Hook and t lw Quppn on the o pc n liIe.
18th: White ' ~ la s t WaH too ~low a nd pel"m it~ 1l la c k to) h u il, 1 a ~ 11' ongattack . From now on. all lllack ' s movc s are \"er~' p xactly li l1w d, It Is hardly po~~i h l ... to I'op lace a ll Y onc or n w m h y a bl'!tf' r one.
21st: A Silll jJle but \'f'l"Y effe (:li vc defellse a gi'linM Wh ite '" lH1B7.
23rd: Secu r ing I hI' ~quarc 11'> fo r the Klli!("lit.
24t h : An impn r lant intel"tllc diate m o'·e . If 2·1 .. . 1(- (12 : 25 1' ·ll5 I lt rea tenilJg 26 !l ·Kt ;; .
25t h : 'l' h l·Pilt ... ning . .. U-!J 1j c tc .
28th : T hrea t"'nill,," .. _ I' ·K ": Cle.
29th: Now :1(1 . . , Hx lll' force s th ... w in of th ... (ll!el'n. W hite's a nswer is fOl"C ... d.
31st : If 32 QxQ. Hx H etc.
Ynu Jw od no OPPOll (]! lt to play l h i~ g a me, As it loa s limo , il' ~ het· tl'r than ~olit aire-i1 ll d il wil l imlJrOVe )'0\11" ChPR,~ ~k il l. So get o ul
your \)o,II'd a n d pien·s - , 0 1" )'0 \11' pocket SN - Hn (\ se t' w hat scO!'~ ' YOll
Can lIIak ... . I n~ t r\l ct ioll s on h o w to pro<:eed a n ' giv e n at t he l ... n .
You ha v(' ULA CI~ a u ll your " p;1l"tnc["" i ~ W o rld C hampio n Il l' . A,
Al ekhim·. You r oppon"'lll is Gidcon Sta h lbe rg . You 'lI ha n '! 10 look ou t fo r ~onl(' o f !:)(a hll)('rg'~ I h rpa l ~. b UI YUH ' re going to wi n - and win
b ril l ia nt I)'.
MAKE THESE OPENING MOVES 1 P_Q4, Kt _K B3; 2 p.QB4, P.K3; 3 Kt_Q83, B. Kt 5 ; 4 Q_Kt 3, p .B4 :
:\ow cOl\ l i1\IW \\' ilh Ih ... mO\· ... H inl h e box lw low.
Black
Play e d
5
6
7
8
9
" " 12
13
" 15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
3 1
Poe Score
Kt_ B3 ________ __ 3
Kt_ K5 __ ______ _ 3
Kt x QBp __ ___ __ 4
p - B4 ______ ____ 4
B x Kt __ ___ __ ___ 1
0 - 0 ___ __ _____ 2
Kt-K5 ___ __ __ ___ 1
P-QKt3 ____ ___ _ 3
Kt x B _____ ___ __ 2
8 - Kt2 ______ ___ 2
Kt- K2 ___ _____ _ 4
Q- Kl _____ ___ __ 4
O R-Q1 _____ ___ 2
P - B5 ! __ ______ _ 6
P x KP _____ ____ _ 2
Kt-84 ___ _____ _ 3
P _Q3 ! ___ ______ 6
P x P __ _________ 1
P_ K4 ___ ____ ___ 5
Kt-Q5 ! __ ______ 5
R_ Q2 ___ __ ___ __ 3
R (2 )_ KB2 ___ __ 4
R-B5 _________ 4
Q- R4 _______ __ 4
Q-K t4! _ ___ ____ 6
P-KR3! ____ ___ 8
R x BP! ___ __ ____ 8
Total Score _____ _ 100
W hite
P la y e d You r Se lect ion
for Blac k'·s move
5 P x P
6 Kt- B3
7 8 - Q2
8 Q- B2
9 P- QR3
10 8 x 8
11 P- QK t4
12 P-K3
13 B- Q3
14 Q x Kt
150-0
16 B-K 2
17 KR-Ql
18 P- QR4
19 P-R 5
20 Qx P
21 Q- B3
22 P x P
23 Kt-K l
24 R_ R7
25 Q-K3
26 R- R2
27 P-B3
28 B-Q3
29 B_ 81
30 R_ KB2
31 K_ Rl
----_. -------
------- ------
- - - -- - -- -- ---
-------------- -- --- - - -- - --
--- -- -- ------- ---- -- ----- -
White Resi9nS.
Your
Score
---- -
-- ~--
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-- ------ --
--- --
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Your P e rce ntag e _ __ ___ __ _ _
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THE "FOUR-WAY" THEME The text of Alain Whil c's aWIHds is 100lhli~hed on the next pag ...
I ul'go you to relld it wi l io Ici~lIl'ely care. [01' it iii a moile l Dr expe rt judgment and anHlysiR. 1>ir, Whil e ~lIggest(' d lhe them" o[ th e s pccill l Four·Way Section whieh ins pire d remarkabl e t alent. Brietly, the tllSl> was to eomposc a two·movcr ill which a Bla ck defense simultaneousl)' opens and closcs 1\\'0 White alill two Blacl{ lines. The theme is il · luslraled in the proole m below- a version of lhe priz(' ·wirllling- e ntry in 11 recent Composing- Tourney c ondu<:led by th ... :-\ew York PO ST. The
-'--- I key, I I\ t · 1(4. threat.e llH 2 Kt· Kt6 mate, All indifferent move by thc
SI MON COSTIKYAN Black Kni.c:hl at 03 de fe ats the pr imary threat, 1'0" thc Black Queen
( Version) guards Ille White KKt6 s quare, but First Prize, N. Y. Post, 1942 the Whi te Qneen is noll' able 10
• = male aL Q·t - and that IR the con.
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t ingent th rea t , Black, Ihe refore. in moving- the Knight. strives to del'eaL 1J0th (Ile IJI'illla]'~' AND COI:tinge nt thl'cnts . This i~ knoll'n as a Black correction.
In Costikyan's fine Iwoolem, the res ults are two variation); or four. way p lay. Thua, 1 , . . Kt·1I5 Dllen a the DIaek Queen 's late ral lin e Qrt3· KR3 and closes the dfagolJaI line QI1 :: Q6: Hi "lull.aneou~ly, the Whit.) Bishop line QKt3-K6 is c losed but Ihe Wh ite Queen's file IS opened. Thc Whil C QUeen noll' gUllnls Q5 and a ince thc mack QUee n is shut of I' . 2 l,txB male follows, A s imi. lar rnan e uvo!' takes place after 1 .'. KI ·Q5 which allows 2 itxP mate.
April Solutions (Maximum Credit-30 po ints)
1!J.\n, K-lill. In50, Q-Q1. 1%1, ll · K~. 1952. 1{ · I< t 7. In53, Q· 1{8. 1%·1. I K-Ktx. 1' ·K5; 2 Q· 111 etc. I , .. p ·K5 : :: Il ·KS etc. 1!)55. I Kt ·lll! Kxl'ch; 2 KI. 'Q~eh ele. 1
. . K-Kleh: 2 KH16ch ele. I.,. l\t ·Q 6; 2 Kt(I35).1Ckh etc. 1 I3 ·K5; 2 Kt·K7eh ere. 1%6,.1 K· K2, threat 2 Q·nUeh etc. I . .. j>, B6ch: 2 l,txP etc, I ... i3-IH; :1 K·Q3 ele. 1957. 1\"0 Solulion in abscnce of White Pall' n (lll KHI . inlei llion: 1 1\ -Q3, PxP: 2 B·B3. P-1l5eh: 3 J{ .Q,j eu;, 1. ,. P ·Kt4; 2 Il-I<~, p . KUi; 3 P ·KI7 Ille. 5 points 1'01' claim or No Soll!lion AND Intell lioll. 195X (:1 solutions, :1 l)oillts 1'01' each: amt>nded "ers ion all ' pc art>d in May issue). In tention : 1 .. ,1"QIlO; 2 K·Q3, 0·0·0; 3 (l-()Il6 mate. CookH: 1 , . . p ·Q·l eh: 2 KxKP. 1'·(,15: 3 Qxl1 iIIate ; I ... II -'ll; 2 K·(.I5, P -K5: 3 Qx!' male.
Solvers' Contest Congmtulations to HAHLOW B,
IMI,), and HE I(BERT S8IDMAN, prize·winner;; (his Illonth. The slandings: N;,_ IL I), Ih l ;-: [1""1,,·,·, ~" idll\"I< . ~ · 1 ··- ~ kld,.i 0d 1·1, · i ", ' ,,,,,,,,, . .~:l- I';ol\\'" ... ] .1 . 1'''I'panly . ~2- [ . llll)'"I', ill ,g l"d YOu're O. K.
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Alain White Awards Prizes • In
Sam Lloyd Me morial Tourney Awards By A LA IN W H ITE
FOUR-WAY SECTION First Pri ~ e, ex aequo, Nos, 1969, Gamage, a nd 1970,
da Si lveira. These two nHlsterly trifurcations make thi~ tourney a memorable occa~ion . fo\' nothing so intricate or beautiful has bee n !lrea.mt or in this extl'aonilnarily rich theme. Each lJosition e xecl!! In a slightly different reg-ani lind I have not been Ilble to deci!lc definitely between the (.wo.
No, 1969. This is a little man'cl of four·way in· tricacy. With only 16 men used, the pOi;ltloll Is ulIiquc. The dapper key sets UI) the threat 2 R -D-! :Mnle. We then haHl line open ings defeati!lg this initial threat and ~ett i n g up instead the subtl e COiltill~ent threat, 2 B·K5 Mate, after allY random move of the Black Knight. Thero aro three beautiful corrections, I . . . Kt·B2. Kt·K2 and Kt·DS. The Ilrst of the trio l)rCvents the \\' hite Bishol) From reach ing" the mating- s quare; the other two ~hut oil vital White guanls. But each also cuts oil an 1m· portallt Black lin e, and the mates are combined in perfect unison.
No. 1970. Her!' we ha\' e a koy of sinJ!;ular thematic me rit, as it ope ns the White line, KDg·KD5, allli the Black Bishop's lin e of pin. Now. when either Black Knig ht moves at random. the contingent threat 2 I1xl' "'late appea.rs. Black, therdore, plays either Knight to D2. cutting off the White Rook, but un· pinning the White Queen on ce more. This exact reversa l of the effect of tho key move makes- the ~equenco of Hne elements surprisingly vivid, and Ihe wholo dl"llma is heightened by the fact that the~e cOIllJ}anion nlOl'e8 lead 10 half· pin mates by the newly unpinned Queen. The t.hird four·way line roliows the Black cnrrection, 1 .. . Kt,K5.
In ~ome respects llw Gamage entry will be found the more artistic. except for Ihe PI'omotion mate, an e r 1 ... Kt·K2. which wa~ clearly inescapable. In othel' respee t ~ the da Silveira l)I"oblem wll] seem the more dramatic. except that the third four·way line iH not. as intimate ly blended with the two first, as are all the three mainplays or the Gamage pOSition. They will be remembered together as long as the fOllr·w,lY m echanis m contiulles to attract composers, and Loyd would have acclaimed them both.
Second P rize. No. t 971, GeoHrey Mott.Smit h. There are so mallY gems in this tourney that the ta~k of gradlll!;" them 18 an extremely diflicull one. There are so many f,l~clnaUllg doublet~, that the renderings with a single line of four·way play have stood little chalice, no matter how spectacular the effect attain· ed. Eve n among the bifurcHlions the choice IS har d. No. 1971 is a mo~t original lay,olLt, with only 15 men and 110 'Vhite I'awas used. W e have line effects of lIlutually parallel character. I ... P·QD·I shuts off Illack's line QBS·QB3, and thereby permits 2 Q·QIl6 to yield a very Ol"iginal mate: much as 1 .. . P ·KIH shuts off White's line K1l3 ·KB6. preventlug 2 Q·I(1l6 ;'.Iate. Each founvay play has thl'ee lateral and one diagonal liue influences. Thel'e I~ perfect balance throughout.
Third Prize. No. 1972, d a S ilve i ra. 'I'hi~ Is another of Dr. da Silvell'a'~ beautifully keyed expflrlments. The White Quefln phlYS over the squares K3 and KS, and Black then occupies each of these squares ill turn to refute the contingent threat, 2 Q·K6 Mate: hut. hy CUlling- off the \Vhito Queen. the DIack
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Queen is cut off also, and the mute follOWS wUh a delightful flavor.
F irst H onora b le Mention. No. 1973, Mott.S m ith. This takes its p lace as the newest wrinkle in four· way plaj' . the fO Ul" l ines of influence being reduced to two. There are once again two mainplays, 1 . D·Di) and I . . . Kl ·n-L In the former the lines of \Vhite and Black which are opened are t he sallle but inverted : White 's KH2·QD2 and Black's QD7·K7; the lines closed are also the ~ame: \Vhite's QDj·QB2 ant] lJIack 's QB7·(.1133. Similarly. after 1 ... Kt·D4 . we have t.he open ing- of Dlack's Klt2· KllB and WhIte 's KH2·KR7. and the clnsing of Black'" KH2·K5 and Whit e's KH7·Q3, with no illl'el'sion of dIrec tion in the last cllse. On ilig-Bilious key. no \lawns and an artiRtie pos ition make this a mo.> t welcome enu")'.
Second Honorab le Mention. No. 197·1, da Sill'eil·a. 'I'he t1ight·glving ke y brings Into aUentiou White'~ diagonal batte ry lille. Kt1 ·0S, which the Black Queen comma luIs at KtB and KS. Dy m e ans of the four· WHy machillery. fh e Dlack Knight cuts off olle of these commands and t he White Itook m ates hy cut· tinl{ off the o ther. T h is is a dellghtful c hange of duties. calling for somewhat hca"ie r construction than we have TIlet heretofore amoll", these cntdes.
TWO-MOVE OPEN SECTION Fi rst Prize. No. t 975, Gamage. This is a delight,
ful problem. cleal··cut, beautifully eOllstructed. with the ~parklillg key Uoyd wou ld hal' e rejoiced in. The main plays. I . .. B·K6 and 1 ... B·K2, are com billed in a chlll'ming manner, the former cutting off the 'W' h ite Hook's guard from K4 and the mack Hook from interposing at Bti. thc latter fOl"mlng a critical move which shuts off the defensiVe action of the Black Hook at Kl, while allowing White to shut off Ihat of t he Pawn <I! 02. It would ha"e been easy to iliMall the White King at QH7. making I .. . O·K6 a cross ·chcck. but then the I)o int of shutting oft' 1 he White Hook's "uard from K·I would have been lost. since t he threat would have been defeate(1 directly by the cross·check. The position Is one to rcmember with pleasure over the years.
Seco nd Pri ze . No. 1916, W u rzburg. The them E' , R favorite one, is moving the White King" out 01" pltl of his Knight, so thnt the Knigh t can mate following a. variety of defe nses by the Queen. OUt iI has never been shown. I believe, with the ecollOmy and charm of the present Instanee, which would hal'e been after Loyd's OWl! heart. There are only eight pieces u~ed. none pawns; aUlI. counting the tlll·eat . there are ten lines of 1)lay: The Knight mates live times, fOUr times by shut offs of the BlaCk queen, fol1owllJg" 1 .. . Q·Q l Hlld the three Queen checks; the Hook at KI3 mates twice; and the White Queen mates fOUl' timc~. the mates al Kt4 III the threat, and at fl6 and OR. being hleldcd with beautiful accuracy.
Th ird Prize. No. 1977, Mansfiel d . Here we have a very line study in pins of the Black Hook, Introduced by a strikinJ;" witlldrawal of the Queen to the edge of the boari!. One pin follows the rf' s ll iting cross·check, I ... HxKtch; a second comes when the Hook, by moving to Q5. cuts oil the a('tiotl o f his own Bishop: and the third comes when 1 .. . HxB. 'I'he play Is I'arled and oriJ!;inal, 'lId Ihe B lack l{Ook causes two other good mates. the ~e1f· blo(;k wholl t .•• R·B6, aad the UIlUsual capture mate after 1 . . . R·KS, which is the potential dUll! mate after 1 . .. HxB. where \Vhite mllst mate by the compensating mOI'e , 2 KixHP.
CHESS R EVlliW
Sam Lloyd Memorial Tourney SOLUTIONS TO T H E s e P ROBLEMS DU E AU G UST 10th
FOU R WAY SECT ION
F irst P ri ze (ex aequo)
196:1-F. GanmA'c . 1970-Dr. i\I . dll Sil\'<>i l'lI
Second Prize 197I-Georr rey MOll·Smlth
T h i r d Prize
1:172- 1)1". " I , 1111 S II "e in\
Honora ble Ment ion 1973-Gooftroy il lo U ·Sm lth 197 ·I- DI', i'l i . da Sil"CII'!I
}UN I; .]U Io Y , 1 942
T WO M OV E O PEN SEC T IO N
F irst P ri ze 1!l75- J.' , {;;l m a ge
Secone! P ri ze 1976- 0Un W urzburg
T h ird P r ize 19 i7- Comins :>.I a ns fi eld
T H RE E MOVE SECT ION
F ir s t P ri ze 197):-Ou o Wurzbu r~
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CHESS BY MAIL Jntcrc~t in Chc~s by Mail has greatly increased Juring the past
few months. There Me now over 200 of our readers actively partici_ patin;.:. One hundred and forty entries arc competing in 20 sections of the 19·12 CLASS Tournament and 42 arc playing in 6 groups of the I new SECTIONAL Tourner. Many others afe sti ll fin ishing their games, in the 1941 Orm.
That players find Postal Chess enjoyable is evidenced by the fact that the va:;! majority of those who oc).!:an with us in 194 1 have rcentered the 19·12 Tourneys. For instance, W . H. Lacey. Jr. , who played in two sections of the 19-11 Open, joined the 19·12 Scnional and wrote liS: " I'm llaving the time of , my life playing Chess by MaiL r entered m)' first tournament believin).!: it a poor suhstitutc for oYcr_thc_hoard play. My opinion has mad\: a completc about-face. I find that the possibi _ lities for improving one's game arc unlimited." Many of ou r new Postal Chess pla),crs havc expressed thc ~amc sentimcnts. Lacey, by the way. shot up to Class A this month, increasing his rating from 970 to 11 62. "
PRIZE WINNERS THIS MONTH L. BOnKEl! won Seetionl1-31 with a SCOl·" of 7- 1 ; EI.[)OHO US
DAYTON took fIrst in ·11 ·22 with 7- 0: BELA 110SZA linlshed rll·~t in 41 ·3 with 61)~- llh and CHAI1L8 S E, OI<;NN!!:H'I' placed seco!1( i In (llE' same section with 6- 2.
CLASS B RATINGS EXTENDED 'We haq> ('xtemied the limi ts of Class B ratings in both directions
-upwards tn 11{l0 and dOll'nward~ to 900 poillt~. A~ time goes 011 we expect to make further readjustm i:- ll ls of lhis type. UTlti l further notie!) the Class A ratings are above 11 00, Clils~ B from 900 10 1100. Class C belOW 900.
While the p·ubl!cation of HatiTlg~ add,. fL competit ive fillip 10 PO"lal Chess. don 't fOl'get thll l the top-flight players will a lw ays b!) a m inority and that thi s de par1me nt is not run for the benefit of '\Ia ~ l en; and Expert~. The Class B and Class C plilyel's will always lw the nlst majority and you will be able to find ple nt,,' uf competition in YOU I' own cla>;s.
On e of OUI" Postal Chess players ~ugge~1~ that we shOu ld '"start every playet· in every tourney with an ~ ~ oua l nnmber of points." This would defeat the eutire purpose of th e Haling Sy~f() lll. The Ratings are not in tended \0 show how you fare d in any individual tourney but to determine your genel'al playing s t rf'ngth ns compared with others so that you call be pro]Jedy c!assitied in fhc next e ',ent.
The SiHlle writer also \('l1s us thaI. with a nlting of ~ 90. he was classed with strouge r players who wen: gil"l-'n ~n initial rating 01" 1000 points and that he had to give these llIe ll a "h alldie~]l of 110 poillt ~." The fact is . of course. thilt the higher r ated playerK were giving the handicap. The entry rated at 1000 point,. would get only 40 I)oints for a win from the I)lay er l'llted S90 while the laHer would get tiD pOints for n win.
In th is c:onllf'c(iol1, we nHlke e\>ery e ffo rt 10 properly c lal< Hif~' nf'W eutries in t.he Class Tourn amen t. It is Iwssible . of coune, that we !lHly have Unw illingly included som!) "ringers" in these sections but ~tro n g player8 will (]uickly gradUa te to Class A. Tn view or the r1iflieulty we have fre (]ltently encounte red in c la~s i fying new elltries, we are 11011'
ask Ing lhes~ plllye rK to specify the Cla~s i n which they wish to ]l)ay. MO S1 rellr1er~ prefer to start in Class B 01' ClaH~ C. Of cour~e . you will be Il1lt in ClilSS A if you (Ire known to be a I<trou!,; pla)"er; otherWise, you Cil n take } "O\ll' choice. On ce you hal' e e~tilblished your trite rating, however, yOU are not ll li owed to enle r lower I';I( ed ~eclionR . T his , of cOllrs('. applics to Class Tuul'name nts ouly.
The followiug players al'!) l'epol 'ted aR wit.hdrall"ll: Dean, Haas, Emmel'1llaTlIl, I~TIOcll.~OIl, Ka u fma ll , Kok en . McCorm ick. NoIHIlt! , Stetter. PlaY<')'1I who have unfini .shed gilmes wit h any of t hese are requested to sf'nd gallIC s cores for adjudication. ijnlcss ad ju dicatioll has alre ady !.teen reported. He~ig-llations by withd raw ing players not accepter!.
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LOUIS RUSSELL CHAUVENET
Southe rll Champion Chnu I'e net is our leading ~C OI'f'I ' Ihis month 1\'Jtll a rating- of 121iii points. l Ie ]Jla~'e d in rour '<f'etion~ of the 19-11 Open , i~ now cOl)]j)eling iTl II Class A group of UlP I!J -12 Tournament.
Twenty,\wo year o ld ChnuI'enel i~ eompit' ting- his ju nio: ' yeal' al. Ih e I iniversity of Vir)!:ini:l whenl he i~ mlljoring ill biology. I-It , waH invited to plllY at thi':; year's Vent· lIor City TOlIl"llame nl , defeated .JaCob Ll' v in and 'V. II. Snf'~nla)1. drew wi1h DOllonln, lo~l the othe)' roulI(b.
Cha u\,C'Tlet wri tes:
"1 started to 1)la r c hes s when I wa~ !J ye lll's old. entel'ed a tour· Wlmcnt when I was 12. OUCII! T hat showed mc I wasn't a bril · liant young- chess prodigy after all (the years have COllfil'llied thi~. and how!). Stil l. t.he d iscovery that therc were plenty of pf'ople who could t.rlill me I'n~i l y only madn ch f> s~ more illteresting. Since 1hat 1imp I hal'p playpd in nll mer· OUH toUrTleys and done a good deal of corrf'~pon df'l l ee plnying in odd momen1s. Now ami then l"\'C been lucky enough 10 have a bright idea an d SUr])I';Se both myse lf and my opponelli. but candidly. I make blunders t"ight ,l1ld left in m y usual play. though I never let it worry me mUCh.
'"After alL th .. n"·,, no gmne I kllow thilt 's more run to play than cheHs and llS long IlS I 'm enjoying a gllllW. why. lC't the <iTlllout1ions rai l wlwl"e they will. win, lose Ot· draw!"
C H ESS REVIEW
Game Reports - Results to June 20th Sec. !I · :1-·11· ;,.
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1941 OPEN T OURNAMENT
B. !\Oq." I. '\ia rlin 0; C"'lIllen I. D i ~ iI"w fl. Hock('1 I . Ilambul·ge ,· Ii . H(wk e] re l' ol"l~ 1 0H ~
10 It I,. I~ I· "WII . 1'[ambul"gel" 1 %. l:oudUk % . ili lalli ni c h 2. (lui1len n. \\'. H. :-> mi1 h 2. n"igg~ O. Chaun"wl 1. I)i.~haw 11 . P[lI"ko: ,' 'f~ . i( <l ichenba(:h % (1% ·%): ",·i(,hen· bach 2. L(,.~ )l O. DaytoJi I . I). L. l)av i~ 0 (2·11 ). Hobill~OTI I . muski n. I{ohert ~ I . Lay n . Kolish 1. Gabor 0 : (;a bor I \.t . Kah il \.t . \\"ilcux I . Bu;;chkt' u. lJorkl'l" I . W . N. Couk 0 (2·0). Hogall 2. Gi lutill n (timo: r01"rei t) . 1.. I ,. lIt'l lr}" 1. Parma lee 0: H eat! 1%, ){(,lIry \'~. I.:r eey 1 \'~. 1". r .. H e ll !"y 1h : Powell I . !-It'II"Y fl. !.<lI:ey ~. I)<'all II; i.ac"y Z. Powe ll O. Do:all %. l'ow(,]1 \'~ (by adjudication). <; ha1l\'('1\<" %. Dr. PaUl % ( I ',f · %) . (,haul' (,] I<' 1 ~. Ko k(,ll n (by adjudicalinn). Lac('y · Emlllo:rmanll g~nlP~ adj. a~ dra wn . Littl e ,;(". Treiber ';(~ (I 'f~ · 'h) . Lacf'Y d f'f( 'a ted Tl"o:i beJ" and Little. Lacey 1'}." Dean %.
1942 CLASS TOURNAME NT
nehr do:i"o:ated .\llnT('IIi. A. Cook 1. n . L. B rowil O. Cu lbe)"l.~on d e · i"e al.pd (:o()k all;! D, ·own. dre w wil.h Ilorker. ChH\lV e llt'l allo1 Ho\i rr de leated ppr~ inger. Peters I. Ca~ey O. Kibbey 1. Van E~e ll O. l(a\l fma" · ~llIith. draw by a djudication. Utll (' dr" "" w ilh B. Il(t~'l.a. \\"on rro m Power!' . SI<'1I ,.". · ~ .!!:allle~ wi th L illie and Sl oie!b" !"ge,. adjudiea\pd ,,~ draw1l . Kim ba ll df'rea l t'd Camplwil. Fetell d"f(·,ll.e(\ H. \V. Ill·Tllle t.t , Kalba ch and Kimball . I ' ! n a ~ ' gan ll'~ with ltich lf'l ·. Da lln and 1l ,."I1<I~trom a djudicated a~ ,11"<111·n. Dea1l'~ game~ wi th SI<'1If'l" nnd Spi"llwrgt>r draWl! h y ,.,djud icntion. Stetle,.·S p iplbf'rl';er ad judi ca,,,d as drall·n. C ha.~p dp rea\ ('d Dm lll. l( ithll' l' ,It'i"eated Hanljl toll . Hf' idlt'n !Jac;h I . .\lcCol·ll\ ;ek 0: !\lcCol"lllick '/~ . Boyle ,)., . !Joth gam"~ adjudiclIled.
Cat. No. 300. Game Score Book . .. S1.00 High qn::li!y loose·lc"r binde r with 50 g-ame
sco l' e s il(' t'I~ . Ila ndy l,o~lll't 8ize '114 " x 6'h". Sll('('!~ 3 ';(~ .. x I;"' I'uled 1"0 1' l.iII 'l!o\·es . Il iagram blank 01] bad, or e<leh ~h\"l·t. Keep a ro:conl o j" your ~()u"IWnll"llt or t''' 'Tl'~ I,ondO:'H"e I';a mes. 100 refill sheets for above __ ___ ___ __ ____ 75 c.·. ~
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JUNL-j UL Y, 19 ·12
Total Prizes Valued At
$220.00 Will Be Awarded in Our New
Sectional Open Tournament
Limited to 20 Groups of 7 Players
3 Prizes (Value $11) in Each Group
1st PRIZE Tl d~ IWillHii"ul set of Gallant Knight Mou ld. ed Chessmen, in wood_ ell elH'~1 wilh hillg"" lid. (H~" Kin g. All Ilien~ .~ wpig hted :Ilill feited.)
~~~~e ______ 6.50 2nd PRIZE: Set of 17 "Lessons on the
Openings" - by Fred Reinfeld ... $3_25
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T hi.~ ga me is i t most impressive example of the effects of l oss of time which resul t from Pawn· hunl.ing in t he opening. True, W hite could perhaps han~ r>Iayed be tter nller the opening, but he would ha ve had Ii hard game ill any event. Such s ituations are always cond ucive to mis t akes. PLAYED B Y CORRES PONDENCE
RUY LOPEZ
F. Crofu t
''''hile 1 P_K4
ditiolial timc , it lllus t be point ed out t hat tIle ~impler ... lJ·K t2 would also develop an o the r lliece without any sacrifice. nut Ulack's intention M ca us ing the enemy to lose t im e iH fl la udable one.
14 KtxP Q_B3 IS K Kt. B3 B. Kt 2
A r'e rmU'kable Vos ir ion. Com par· ing the re spective stagc~ of develomllPlIt w hi ch both players havc achieve d, i t is clear th a t mack has obtained magnificent value I"or h iH Pawn sacrifice s.
21 P-K4 Q_B2 !
Decisive ; see fO l' eX(l.IllJ)lo the followiug line suggested by Arolls : 22 P -R3. Kt· I14; 23 R-m, Kt-Kt6ch : 2·1 HxKt. QxTl ; 25 n -Q2, n ' Q3; 26 K-I';:tl. HxIU'; 27 any, H-W!ch! and malo next more.
22 P _Kt3 KtxP ! Whitc resigns, for if 23 I'x K t.
H(5)x l' and the opcni ng of the lon g diagonal i e; dead ly. A most in· structive game, vcry well p layed by m ack.
2 Kt. KB3 3 B_KtS 4 B_R4 5 0 -0
G. Aro ns
Bl ack P_ K4
Kt-QB3 P_QR3 Kt·B3
P.QKt 4 P-Q3
16 Q_K2 17 K-R l
0 ·0·0 • • • •
'Vhile is at a 10sH a s to holl' JH·oeeed. ' Vho wouldn't be'!!
T he following garue was I}layed in a recent Class A Tourname nt
to at the ;\Iars hall Chess Cl ub, New York.
6 B-Kt3 Up to t h is l a~t m ove the game
has IHoceedet! alollg well ·known li nes . but the text is a devi(ltlon. ... ll-K2 being indicated. The text can lead t o the loss of a Pawl!. but it is vcry Iluestiollable whethez' \Vh ite oughl to accepI rhe invitatioll .
7 Kt_KtS P_Q4
Had Black played (; .. . U-K2 . he could simply castle now.
8 Px P Kt .QS If instead 8 .. . Ktxi': ~ Kt xUP,
KxKt; ]0 Q-n3ch and we ha"c a kind of "Fried Liver" Attack. It milY bc playable for mack (onlr tOllS o f a nalysis couhl determinc the Iloint with finality). bllt he prefc rs to !.Uke the ~implel' and more a)!:reeable cour~e of seizing the in itiative.
9 P_Q6 10 PxP
KtxB . . . .
Nel;eHSar}' to w in thl' Pawn ... but he develops another B lack vieee.
10 . . . . 11 R PxKt 12 Kt_K B3 13 Kt_Q4
QxBP P_R3 P_KS
B_QB4?!
W hi le one admires Ulack's cnlel'lwising spit'it In giving up al1-
1 other Pawll in order to gain ad-
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17 " . KR. K l The jlreHsll re corrlillueH to pile
uv ! 18 Kt-R3 . ..
Arons has suggested It · H-I (IS bettCI" . Hnwever, this WOuld nnt soh'e \Vhil e '" long-term problems.
18 . . . . P _K6 !
A I hi rcl sacrifice; Ihe nicest of the lot.
19 BPxP R·Q5 T his Is the point o f the fore
gOing s acrifice. The QI~ is brought to the attack with surjll"isiugly pOWl)rflli effect.
20 P-Q3 R_KRS
R UY LOPE Z D. Hall man
White 1 P_K4 2 Kt_KB3 3 B-Kt 5
R. D. De nzer mack
P·K4 Kt_QB3
B_B4
All inrez'iol" defell~e which i8 now vil"lllally obsolete. I ts drawback is that it lWl"mits White to fo rm a powerful cc nter with gain o r Limc.
4 P-B3 5 B- R4
P _QR3
· . - . Thc alll'ml.t to win a l'awlI with
[; nx K t. (1I'x13; (; KtxP would be re futed by 6 . .. Q·Kt-I .
S . • • 6 0·0
Kt- B3 P_Q3
'fhiH looks Illans ib le. yet Black shou ld 11011' lose fl Pawn.
7 P-Q4 8 PxP 9 P_KR3 · . . .
Why not ~ I'-Qi"i. l'-() Ii:t ·I: 10 PxKt. pxn: 1 1 QxHP and Whire has won a P:l\\'n and remaills with an excellent gallle. 'l'his Ifne of play s ullices io discredit the whole vari;rlion for mack.
9 • • . . 0 .0 10 B-KKt5? • • • •
\ Vhi,c's nth mOl'e had t 11"0 ex· cellent objectives: one was '"
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gUil l'll his center against the annoying . , . B·KtS, /lntI the o the l' WAS to Im llede the develovment o f the QB In general. thus under· IIll lng the 1:eneral In rel'lol'ity o f m a ck's develol)ment.
AI! that was necessnry at this polnl , therefore, was 10 Kt·83 with Il ~phllldid posi tion for White. The Incnutious text Is definitely infe r io r,
10 . . . . P _R3
To th is there seems no beller reply t ha n DxKt. It mUlI t be admitted , howe ver, thnt Ute course sc lecte[! by White aJ)l)ea rs quite pillu sib le.
11 B_R4 P-KKt4
Slncc 12 B-KK t::. KtxKP holds o u t no 1)I'o l1l ll;e fo r \'Ih lte, he decides on an Inadequate sl,crlfice. I t is now clear that h is 10t h move was not best.
12 KtKP 13 BKP
PxKt QKbP
, ' , Dx P could als o he played. The following pla y I~ extremely i n lel'e~ ti ng fOt· the s t udent. It is gene..ally assu med that the kind of ~acrl nce just made by W hite is a utomatica lly souml o r a t least very promising, in view of the mack King's open pos itio n. The fact rema ins. however, that W hite has itlildequflte means for prosecuting lhe a ttack. The wholc problem 01' l"Cllul~lng the aUack and IIciting the InllllLUve is very ably handled by BlaCk.
14 Kt.B3 15 P _K5 ?
B. K3 . , . .
A s will be seen. Wack has a more th RI\ IIdequate re so tl 1'l.:e In I'e jlly to thi s continuation. Rellltively bettCI' was 15 Kt-Q5, BxKt: 16 PxE 1111[1 illllck will contl ll ue to hllye a. dltflcu\t. game.
15 . . . . 16 Kt.K4
p,p KtKK t !
Forced. but pretty, .. and ef· fecllve . \Vhite's q ueen III no m a tch fOj' IJ1l1ck's concentrll(ed minor pl ecell .
17 BxQ 18 Q· R5 19 QR.Q l
QRxB B· KB4
B· KKt3
The Pawn sacl'i fi ces w hiCh the text Invohes are quite good, a~ W h il e's q ueen is dl' lvell out o f piny, making pO~ljihle a qu ickly d ec!~ l ve a ttack.
20 QxP 21 B_Kt3 22 QxP
P. Kt4 K R_Kl
Kt, K7c h
Wi nning (h ll e ~chan"'tl, as W hite's Kiug ca ll1lOl go to 11 2.
23 K· R1 24 AxKt 2S BxR
KtxPch AxR ch
B,R
K t-Kl~ch follo wed by .. , R-K); , Wh ile lIIust exchange 1101'.' .
26 BKKt RxB 27 K. R2 R-K6 ! 28 K. R I
(} n Nr. h , K·l t 2 ; not he l!l : 29 Kt2, J3-K 5c h; 31
28 . .. , 29 Q.Q8ch
W h ite I'C8IgIlS.
• • • •
29 I'· KKt~ would . D·Kt6ch: 30 KK-Dl, It· K8 mate ,
B. Kt6 K. R2
A J;ood J;ame,
B lal:k's play in thi ll glllll l:l l~ lUI
Instl"llC(\Ve e xa m ple of how a vel" fectl y Jl III)'lIble l)o ~i t IO ll e ll il Iletol'i o rate nnci' a fe w neel llellsly weak mOVe!;.
New York State Congren, 1941
QU EEN 'S GAMBIT DECLINED
Dr. M , Hertbel'ger White
1 P_Q4 2 Kt · KB3 3 P _K3
L, W. Stephens Black
P.Q4 Kt.K B3
B.B4
T his mo,'e has t he adVAn tage ovel' l he cUlIlomary 3 . , , P·K3 t ha L the QO's develop ment Is not imilodf'd. The text {II gc nel'lllly illl swenHI by -I D-Q3, P· K 3: 5 nx n, I'xB ; 6 (Hl~, Q-D1 ; 7 l"ll 'I, P ·D3 Jeavins:- Bla ck with a per fe c tly ~at· {sractOI'y game.
4 P .B4 ! • • • •
Since 4 B·Q3 ha ll so li ttle to olTer \Vh lle, lIe Quite 1)I'ol,erly (t'nnll llo~ell In lo Ihe Queen '!! Gamb it Declined In the ho\!e of ~ecul"lng a l'o~ltion lt l Ililvantage.
4 , , . . P . K3
T h l ~ move is a bi t dnu gel'Ous liS t he QK tP may be le ft w ithout satisfa ctOI'y III'o teclion IIga.iI' lIt the menace of Q·K t3. FOI' Ihls I'easo n, it is customary to I)os t pone . , . P·K3 in orde l' t o be able to I'e lrcat ... lJ.JJ I if need be.
5 Q. Kt3!
A Clllll'llcteris tic move III such pOllll lons,
5 . . . . Q.B1
T he gi llliliesl Ai llo Ilo slI!b le Ig 5 ... Kt-DS. To go a ftel' the F awn would then be QuestlOIl!Lble 1!lay: 6 QxP, Kl·QKI5; 7 Kt-H3, Qn-Ktl; 8 QxRP, R· R I; 9 Q·Kt7 alltl Dlack can elt hl:!!" take a tint W by 9 ... QB-K tl 01' play r01' com pl!catloll6 w ith 9, .. RxK t etc.
HowC\'C1', White's best m ove arte r 5 ... K t· B3 Is 6 P·B5 ! ( now really Iht"(!II te nlng QxK tP). Q·Dl: 7 B· Kt 5: lind B lack will be left wi t h a 6erious wcnkness on the Queen'l\lde in t he form of an immobile doubled
In view of the thl'clltened . ,. Pawn. I 1)2
The text, at a ll events, avoid. or-ga nic weaknelSes.
6 Kt· B3 7 B.Q2
P· B3 · . . .
W hlte's object is to lIIake 1'00111 for the QH a t q[l!, with IndIrect pressure on the QlJ file,
7 , , , , P ·QKt3?
lllaCk Ill lowij himsel f to be In. tim idated by the "thea\.." Cor' rect was 8t m illy 7 .. , U·K 2; II H-IJI . 0 ·0 ; PxP, KPxP and Black has nOlh iliK to fea r, 01' 7 . .. n·K2; S Kt·K H4 . Pxl'; 9 fl x l', 0 ·0 ; 10 KtxU, I'xKt; 11 0 ·0, Q Kt·Q2 followed by . . . Kt·Kt3 and evcnt. ually .. , <lKl·(H wi th II aat lBrnc· tory game, T he text. 011 the ot her hand, w nste ll valua ble time and creates I l scr toUIl weak oclls o n thc QB file.
8 R. BI Q·K12
T he pOHltloll has become ull com. fonable. If 8 ... B-K2; 9 K t·K IU, B·Kt3; 10 KtxU. RPxKt; II PxP, KPxP ; 12 Ktxl' winning a Pawn.
9 Kt-KA4 10 KtxB 11 Kt. B3
B. KS KtxK t
B·K2
Fa I' better was . .. KtxB fol· lowed by , , . n· K:! w ith chances of ob taln l n/l:" 11 Il i llyable game,
12 PxP 13 B. Kt4
KPxP Kt·Q2 ?
If Inalelltl 13 .. . 0-0 ; l,t nxu, QxD; 15 B·Q3 Black wlll be left w ith a permanell t weakness on t he Quee n·s(de, It will be t1i ffic\l1l for hi m to brlllg out lhe QKt beca ullc o f t he QIlI"M need {Ol' l.rotectlOIl. This Is t he n il. t urnl co n~eq\1en ce of hi s woak 7th move. nul the lext mak es matte r s still WOI'se.
14 BxB 15 Q. R3ch
K,B K· K3 ?
In t he words of Mil ton. this ma kes ·'Confus lon worse Con fou nd. ed," , . . K ·K I WIIS relatively bet. t er than the tex t , which Is bound to expose the KllJjl; to di s ltstel·.
16 B_R6 17 0 -0
17 . . . , 18 P.QKt4 19 8 .Q3 20 Kt_K5
Q. B2 • • •
KR.Q I Kt. Kt l
Q. K2 · . , .
Dlack 's two errors of judgment (wenkonlu).\" the Qnp and ex posing bis K ing) nro now exploited ~ imul. t aneously und decisiveJ y.
W hite fl nlshell In good sty le.
20 , .. , R.QBl 21 BxKt PxB 22 Q. Kt3ch K. B3 23 P . B3! Res ig n.
The open ln/l:" of the KB fil e will or course bo 1'atal for Black.
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