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Vol. IV
Number 11 Offj cial Publication of me United States (bessfederatl on Sunday, February :;, 19:;0
Soviet Women Players Capture
Four Top Spots In Championship Reiterating tho present-day dOminance of the chess players of the
Soviet Union, lour U.S.S.R. women players took Ule fonr top s pat!! in the 'Woman's \Vorld Championship TOnrna.ment held at Moscow; and there Is little consolaUon to the United States to know that tbeir two entries could place no better than In a tJe for 12lh in the 16--playcr evenL
Firs t place went 10 l'I'Irs. Ludmilla Vladhnlrovna Rudenko with 11*-3*, losing a game to Mrs. Gisela K. Gretl8er in the opening round and thereaHer d rawing five games. Second Illace wen l to Mrs. Olga Nlko. laevna. Roubtsova (Rubsoyo.) wllh 10 'h-4 %, while third place was sharel1 by the two ollier Soviet ent rants, Valentina Bielova ' ~nd Ellzabe th BykoV'a, with 10-5 each . Jo'Uth place was a lie IJc tween the tonner
. Germ!ll1 \Vomon'. Champion Edi th Keller, the French \Voman's Champion Mmo. Chaude de SI18ns, aud the NUg-lish \Voman's Cilamplon Eileen Trnnmer .
The new World Champion, successor to the late Vera Menehek Stevelleon, was born in Lubny in 1904. She began to -play chess in 192!i a ul1 participated in the First Sov iet Women's Cham pionship In 1927 where site maced ntth. In 1928 s he WOII e ll 12 ga mes In the firs t \VomiUl's Championship of tho City of l\IO!!COW, f inishing IIJJ 1)OI II t li ahead of Iloublsova. And si nco then lIa .. " hatl lIumcrons othel' trl lllllllhll I II Lhe U.S.S.R. In llel' yout h I he Wil li dovoteel to I llor t l alld II lUI oxcellnnt !!wlmmor. lIy protelllion Khe I, n typographica l ·,';'er::c.,- :l~d ls n'ow er.l;ll .. :;.oG 111 the Ufn IJinnt.
Tho rUllller-up. tho dau jth ler of Nikolai Nlkolaovlch ltoubt50V who was II woll-known Hussia n )l!:tycr III 11r&SOI'lel dnY II, Wil li born In 1909. She WOI\ the flrll t Sovie t \Vollla n's Cllamll lonJO n ljl III 1927 :I nti the 80('·
ond So\'I('t \VOIII:IU'S Championshi p III 1931. i-ICI' s uceCSlior in 19H, SemOIlOWI, wrote at the tillle ill Sbllklllnnet nyl I~i. tok that she W:lS s tili probably the strongest Hussian WOlII:ln cheu Illayer--a jul1gment ./ille confi rmed by winnlnl' tllo Woman'lI Chll.mplonahl ll several Umell anel' 193>1, Including the tournamont tlJal culled In Ja nuary 1949.
The ":uglls h Woman's Cha m. I)ion Bllcon Tranmer fin ished s trollg, wlnuln, 6 and drawing 3 ill her las t eight games to pll ll iu to a lie for fifth. S ho j)es ted M n . Gr6llser hi the fin a l ronnd, while the Germoll Champion EI1Uh Keller was defea t ing M188 N. May Rarfl. In fact Mhl!~ Trnnmer has the aspeet at a dangerous threat in the future, a8 she I1 cfealed .Mme. Chaude lie S lIa u, In their gamo In the Cbam]Jlonsliip as well as In their htdlv lclua l game In a r ecen t Womal\'. TOIII'nllmont at 1.larcololl/\ III which they lit!d lor firs l IJlaee_
MANN IS VICTOR IN CENT RAL OHIO
To no 0 1\8'1 l urprise, 'Va.lter Mann, e urro.nt Ohio tltJeh'older, won the 100man Central Ohio Championship with u 4·0 lcore, giving second place winner, J . Schroede r , his on ly defeat. Schroede r had 3-1 to place second. while Freder ick and SIebrecht lied rur tlllrd wltJl 2-1 each.
lAWSON Y OFFERS BEGIN NE RS COURSE
Tho Lawson YMCA (Chicago) continues II.s practice of including chess in Its 46 courses termed "Clas8e8 In Modern L iving" wi th an eigh t week course In chess for beglnnen taught by Abe Swet, chair man of t lie Lawson Y Chess Clnb.
WOMAN'S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
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ADAMS TRI U.M PHS AT PORTSMOUTH
Wellver Allama, former U.S. Open Chlllll ilion nnd 11resent Now Eng-1:'\11(1 ti tleholder. Sllon t . wo d aYI in Ports mouth , N. 1-1. 011 the first I1I~h t hn Il:uve his f31110 ll il two-holl l"d lI imultnnC!O\l1I with led uro nnd h is "ietlln ll wore Orlando Laster anl1 Robert Jlux, wlnncr and runner,ul) In the recen t Newburyport Open Tournament. In the 2ij..board ex .. hibltion on the second evening Ati llma '"'II 21. 101:11 %, anrt drew 2 . Those wlnnl ll J: tholr gamell were Clark Cburch of Ames bury, (MOSII,) and Oamon Wallace of Dover (N. 11.). Draws wenl to 1lI11"t Oould of Newburyport (Mass.) and Orlando Lester of PortSII10UUI (N. II. ). De. spite the bad weather (snow and s leot) two 11layerll fro m Mulue droyo 78 milel! (one way!) to get theh' c rack at the master!
PLAN CH ICAGO CITY TOUR NEYS
T he Chicago City Championship, condncted by the llllnoii:l St .. 11 0
Choss Association, will be held at the Chicago Chesa &. Checker Club, 642 So. Dearborn St. Chicago, beginning Ji'ebrullry 8th.
The Chicago Chess League Indi· vltlull l Championship wi llll l.!lo b('~i ll In February a nd will be compoaod of len entrants, nominated by tbe member c.lubs of the league, playing In II s ing le r ound robin event.
M ETRO ' LIFE TOPS N. Y. COMMERCIAL
In the 16 team New York ComlUoreln l Choss League a t tho hal(· way mark, the Metropoli tan Lite Chess Club remains undefeated with an 8-0 match score for lint . honors; second and stili In the rnll' nlng Is the Consolidated Edison Chellil Club wlth 7-1, with Investment Bankefl Chess club close on their beels with 6'h-l%. n . H. Mo.cy with 6--2 III not far behind the leaders.
Position No. 69 By J . Peacock
B ury St. Edmu nds BriUsh Chess Magazine, 1949
POlitio .. No. 70 By Richard K . Guy Forest Hill , London
British Chesl i't1 agal'.iue, 1949
White To Play And Win! Conducted by William Rofam
F OR SO:\IE strange reason, a lthough ve ry popu}m' upon the Continen t, the ('"OIITpOslng: or end-ga me positions Is almDSt D. dead a r t in Ulese
United States anti i ll J!: ngland. Among American eomvosers who nre active, ""e have presented tbe infrequent CQ.mposltiOlls at Branton, Na6I1 , Groesser and i't1ajor-almosl the complete list for a rathor la rge country. Th is 1 S5!!~ we r~prin~ ~w9 txamp l~ ot th~ {?Iqualll r!lr~ Engll~h 9ri&\n,
ros ltlon No. 119 Is the fi rst trom J . Peacock In s ix years. It illustrates ill Ila rUcul:u- tho lI ocesslty tor ca re In e ndlllSS where both p layer8 threaten to Q.neen a pawn. It White Is beadlong In h18 queeJlhll', he (ind s n "book' dra"''''~iliLlon tile rewsrd for his Ila!:lle. I
Pos ition No. 70 by Richa rd K. Gny is aile o r his liJ;-hler comP05ilion a In whlell a typical proll iem theme Is utillted as the winning mancnver. LOllg Iho ranking DrltlSh cnd-pme compo&er, " Ir . Guy no longer com .. poses. reducing tile J<;nglish ranks or end-game experts a lmogt to ze ro.
Corrcctioll;~ l" Guy 8ubmlt8 ' 1'010 JA ndon th e following revis ion of h is e ndgame 110 lion No. G5 : Remove White Pnwn at Klt4 anl1 Inaek Paw n lit I';R>I. (Iii n Bhlck Pawn at 1(1(14. The pOlll lion In Forsythe will Ul en be: 8, k3113, 7p, 81)1, l UG, 3P4, 8 K7; and the sOlntloll wIU fOlloW th e or iginal In'-l n llo:1 without the nQ I)lnDUed Ya rlation of 1 , lJ .. t(S which defeated he origin"1 !:IotUng.
For lolutions, pleaae turn to page three.
Official Team Line-Up Announced
In U.S.A. vs. Yugoslavia Match
FJ:'o<A L ARTlA:"'lG&MJ<:NTS have been seWed for the spectacular radio matCh helwaon the U.S.A. Gnd Yugoslll.v la wlll~h will bo held from
J:o"ebruary 11 th l"ilngh February 14 aa a double 1'OlInli even l The mal.ch will 1.10 playell by short Wll.1I0 radlu !lnd tho UdOmll.lI 11 ca ble code will be usefl for the 1I10Ves. 'rhe unuSlla lly Cast lime limit (or ma8ter play Or rltty moveJI in tho fi rsl two hours Is I!xpocted -to Ipeed up the play considerably an,1 avoid lhe necosslty of adjudlcatlonl.
The U. S. team will IIlay !rom the Chanin Bldg, 122 Ees t ( 2nd St, New York Cily, and Uckets for SJleclatoNi may 110 obtained from Chess Hevlcw, which ~olntly !Sponsors lhe even t for llie U. S. with the United S ta t ell CheM F~erali()lI.
Both sidc~ 'Jia ve marshalled an Impressive line-up with ACl erlcan's premier players 011 tO I) OOIl. I·d, facing the lead ing Yugos lav masters, 80 the con tes t will he (I def inite lest ot strength hetween the U.S.A. and Oli O of the 8troll~est c1lell!! gn lll'Pll 111 EUI'oJle, nelda fl'oni the U.S.S.R.
The otriclnl Eue-lI l) of Ule oPPO" Ing ICII \llS will b~: WOII a match agaillst Glde::.n Sf"';, I.
berg. All three have held the YugoS ... r« UftUcd ShIL. 1. Sam ... y RflIwtriky I. Reuben F"I ... J. Io.aac: K.,hda .. 4. At Horowlh 5. Arnold S. Dc" ... " Herml n Sltln •• J, Arlhur W.O." I. AI.undor Kcoril. ,. Robert Brr ... 10. AIMr l S. Plnk,,"
Yugosl..,I, slav cbam plons hlp. YOUDJ:: Vidmar, Ion of t ho veteran Dr. Vidmar's a lmost his father 's equa l a.a a dangerous opponent , ""hlle Matauovteh (18) and Ivkov (16), represen.ting youtb on lile team, tied for fourth In the 1949 Yugoslav champions: Ii) .
v,. 5.,.,10, ... Glloorlch VI. v .. ,. Pl ra .". P. T.lfunovl~h .". VIII •• Rib .. .. .. "II," Vld .... r, Jr. .". Stor .... Pue n, Borl. Mtlleh " 0.80. 1. K",lleh ..... A. MII.novlell ..... Borb I_k ov
Yugos iavla hroil all enviable record III recellt 1.:::am evonts, beg inning with a IImashlng !Sorlel of .Ictorles in lhe first Balkan Champion· IIhlp In 19~6. Of ,110 Individual players Triru novlch, GJ ig-orlch and Plrc are equally forn Idablo. Trltunovlch placel1 10th in t1:e C,udhlat.ea Tour·
nament at Salta.jobaden, while GIIgorlch and Pire tied for 1Uh with Book. Recently Plrc tied Dr. lata:.: E uwe In a match a nd Trlfunovlch tied Migue l Najtlorf , while 0 1lgorlch
Am erica rests its hopes on an equally form ida ble line-up, headed by Grandmasters Samuel ReshevIIky and Dr. Rouben Fine. Re:lll "3Y' sky, five times U. S. Champion, has a dlsUngullhed list of Interna. tional achlo.eme.nts, which Is matched by Renben Fine, who I':aced In a tie for first In the 8peCu.cU" lar Awo tour nament of .L938. Rashdan also hilS a dlst ins nlshed list of European s uccesses , as docs AI Horowlu who was one ot ma ins tays of
( Plule t urn to page 3, co l. 3)
SANDRIN FOllOWS BLINDFOLD WAY
u.s. Open Champion Alber t Sandrln, Jr. continues in h is s pecialising In blindfold chess, following in ths steps at George Koltanowskl. In a weekend tour In J anuary aD Friday Sandrin played and WOIl a I II: hoard blindfold sLmultaneoUI at W ilson J nnlor College in Chicago ; on Saturday played a 10 .. board blindfold slrnultaneous at Decatur Chess Club In Deca tur , winning nine and loalng one game to DavId Mitchell ; and on Sunday played an 8-hoard blindfold s lmultaneons a t the University ot IllInois Chess Club at Urbana, winning seven and loaIng one to J . Bajorek. for a score of 22 wins and :'. JOSles out of M games.
An amus ing s idelight to the Decatur eTont was the tact that MIt.chell waa thirs ting for revenge which he gai lled, as he was sUll smarting under the ignominy of a six - move defeat in a blindfold slmuitaneoul held In Decat.ur In 1947 when Sandrln pounced mercilessly upon An opening error M fol.lows; I . Kt-KB3, Kt-QB3 ; Z. P-R4, P-Kf ; B.B-B4, B-K!; f . P-Q4, PxP; 6. p . QD3, ~fJ ; 6. O..o9! RII!lIr-l\1
AUSTIN HEADS GREATER CHGO
Austin Chess &: Cheeker Cluh leads In the Greater Chicago Chella League a.t tile half-way mark with a G-O match score. Second place II jo in tly hold by Berwyn Chess Club and Hawthorne Chess Club wi th 3·2 each .
In the Chicago City Chess League at the mid-season point ill inois In· " tl tu te of Tcchnology leada the "A" Secllon with 3·0 In matches; AuIUn Cheu &: Checker Club And Irv .. ing Pru-k Y Chess Club are tied for lead lu tho "8" Section WlUl 2-1 each ; a.nd I. I. T. College team and lloosevelt Collego Chcss Club a re lied for fi rs t In the "C" Section wi th 1%-% each.
FEDERAL lEADS IN D. C. lEAGU E
At the half-way mark, the Feder· al Chella Club bolds tho lead. In tbe Distric t of Columbia chess league wi th 6-0 In match points, while Washington Chess Divan , with ono less matcb played, is second wi th 5-0. Two late slar tera in th6 League, George Washington Univeralty and the University of Maryland, bave partial scores of 2%·1'h and 1-2 rel jlccU.ely, whllo Anny Map Service lags beb illd with ()' 6 as a matcb Icore.
CHICAGO TOPS INTERCITY PLAY
A Ch icago team, headed by U. S. Open Champion Albert Sandr in, i n a tr ip to Kankakee (111.) walked awlI.Y with a ll houora in a triangular match. In the morning Chlcac:o downsd tho Decatur (lll.) team by &-0 and In the afternoon bested tbe Gs'rY (Ind.) team 4 .. 1, while Deeatur outllOlntod the Gary Club reserves by II 3%-21hscore. The trloelty match was arranged by AI Sandrin of Chicago, Kenne th Rearick ot Gary a nd West Riling of Kankakee.
PublW.~ ~ice a monu. on the 5th and 10th by
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Address all co mnumlcatlons Editorial [23 Nonh Humphrey Avenue Oale Parle, IDioois on edi torial matters to :- Office:
""Dr. A. Buschke GuUherme Groesser Fred Retnfeld
Eiito, ""d BUllntss Man-'gt '
MONTGOMERY MAJOR Cont,ibu/ing Edito rs
Gene Collett Erich W. Marchand
William Rojam
Vincent L. Eaton Edmund Nuh
Dr. Kester Svendaen
Address all communications to the United States Chess Fedel'ation (except those re gard ing CHESS LIFE ) to USCF Secretary Edward I. Treend, 12869 Strathmoor Avenue, Detroit 27, Michigan.
Vol. IV, Number 11 Sunday, February 5, 1:)50 -FORT WORTH PLANS FOR THE FUTURE
I T IS PLEASANT to record the fact that the Fort Worth Chess Club ranks among the most tar-sigh ted in planning for the future of
chess In Us o wn bali wick. Realizing that the success of the enlarged . program of the United States Chess Federation for the promotion of chese. rests In great measure upon the qua lity ot SUP110rt the Federation receives from ali chess players, the Fort Worth Chess Club took steps at its annual meeting to a.ssure complete cooperation with th is program by adopting tbe NCCP without waiUng for the state-wide >action of the Texas Chess Association.
Under itl! new cons titution, tbe Fort ,Vol·th Club will parallel the Federation in organization with nine vice-presidents in charge of the nine functions Into which the U. S. Chess Federation has divided its actIvities. And each chess p laye-r, upon becoming a member ot the Fort Worth Chess Club, will automatically gain membership in the USCF, thereby assuring a complete support of the Federation program In Fort . Worth.
Forth Worth chess players -are to be congratulated upc..n the far· sighted move o f the Club in thus ooordinating its local program with toe nat{onnr pran, a nd (1'8at erMn rOr planning ami arranging tor th o cooperation goes to Frank R. Graves, Lt. E. M. 1\100ro. retiring president., and Col. D. F. Walker of the "~or t Worth Club, Lo nume but three
-'oD"1' ot ,g, long lis t of local ch<lsS worker!Jt and lell.dflYl.
Fort Worth llas sel an exam ple that other Clubs can pt'of! ta bly \mi. tate In those states where no State Organization exists 01' where s uch organization has failed so far to adopt the National Chess Coordination Program. For there Is no need tor Individual clubs to be r etarded In receiving the benefits of NCCP merely because state organizations of necessity move slowly III a dopting radical c hanges in thell' oWn COIiStitutlon!.
So It 18 Indeed with pleasure tbat we record the tact that Texas . once again, In the person of FO~l Worth, takes the lead In furthering the future of chess In these United States.
Mongomcy Maj~r.
mate 51.e Suttle Wag! by Vincent L. Eaton
Acldr.u .U communlaaUoft. to thb column to Vi ncent L. Eaton, ml CoftnloOliout A ... , N.W., Wahlnllton, 0 _ C.
N O. 139 was a Christmas aud New Year's greeting to CHESS LIFE from an ex pert San Diego composer. It may a{l1)8al to those who
like "syn thetics" for the .analytica l exercise they offer, as well as 10 the lovers {If problems as .sUCh. You are asked t.o find jus t wllCl'e t he Black K:ing s hould be placed 011 the board to (onn a PI'oble m In w hich Wlilitl can play and mate in two moves. You caunot, o f course, put him on a square whore he would be in check. Mr. Rosado's two·luover bas a SUrpr isin g keymove, nnd we think yoV wUl have some tUll even pfter you have guessed where the King should be placed.
Solution • . to prev iously published problems on page four.
p.ob/"m No. 1)9 By V. Rosado
San Diego, Calif. Composed for Chess Lire
BlICk: o' cm='r"~r---.--.
Prob/un No. 140
By Otto Oppenheimer New York, N. Y.
• COlllpOSed for Chess Lifc " ,..,,,,,.,----,Black : , mtn
P.oblmr. No. 141 By J a n Hartong
"Tljd" , h,iift", 1937
P,obltm No. 141 By B. J . de C. Andrade
"l'roblemlst", 1928
Unde, 51.e Cl.edd- nut 5,e. I By Wuliam Rojam
G REMLINIANA !pursues us with a grimness tbat sometimes
makes us wish we had never disinterred tlmt curious and almost torgotten branch lor the m·t of chess. After a long vacation we have been evoked l frolll tbe quiet of our g l"Uve to present a few new and choice specimens of this exasperating art to irritated readers.
Our first example Is the composition of a bright 1,2-year old chess player of Des Moines, Iowa, a nd rePI'esents the semi-gremlin theme. It bears 11 distant kinship to the only othClr known example of this theme whch was composed by no less an authority than Sam Loyd.
The example herewith presented bears the Challenge: W hite to mate
Sm'i_Grtm/in Them~
By Peter Lewis Des Moines, Iowa
In Half a move. I ""'''-'''W''hllt m.te. In Half a mowe For sol ution see Ipage foor.
51.. V<ttuzs, Jlad Jlid 2Jag from the Editor'! Mail Bag ,
Dear Mr. Major:
Please allow me to extend con· gratulations upon the appearance o f Part I ot "Alekhlne's Early Chess Career" by Dr. Buschke. Surtice to say, it ranks among the bes l that CHESS LIFE has ·publlshed.
The appearance of this scholarly, ye t very readable article not only points up the shabbiness of much of the chess literature publtshed In the United States, but a lso poses the question : What Is a n author's responsibility In regard to correctness, documentation, and thoroughness?
It Is unfortunate that most pres. ent.tJay writers of books on chess seem to have forgotten that a great deal of diligent resea rch 18 always necessary in order to present a true and full report; that if a work on chess Is to have a ny permanent value, it should Inclutle as much material as Is possible and, equally Important, be tully documented, e. g., itemize all sources consulted or
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used in any way and also include these works In a bibliography. T his additiona l material seldom requires more than a few extra pages. The tremendous Increase in the permane nt value of the work would cer· talnly seem to pay for the extra eUort involved. I
As I read Dr. Buschke's article on Alekhtne, I was very Interested to learn that the "Deutsche Schachblaetter" had publJshed a U the games from the 11 rounds at Mannheim. Atter I had played over the two games from the arUcle, I thought It would be fun to know what the original annotators said about certain moves. This will be ponible because ot the two-line "source" note under each game heading.
1 hope that o;le day soon Dr. Buschke will be a ble to fur nish us with a much needed "Alekhine Bibliogralll.iy".
GRANT TURNBLOM Jackson Heights . N. Y.
COMMERCIAL CHESS LEAGUE
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.AUl.in.~ Ga,11I C/"e:H Career
Additional Data
By A. Buschke
II. THE QUADRANGULAR TOURNAMENT, St. Petersburg
1913
I N ANOTHER oue or o ur notes ou "Aiekhiue Add end a"
(CHESS LIFE. Vol. IV, No. 9 or January 9, 1950), we called attentlou to the listing of the Quadrangular' Touruatnent at St. PetersbUrg, 1913 iu the "Summary of Resu lts" in Alekhine's "Best Games 1908·1923." In the English edition of the .book Alekhine reports to ha\'e played .. game~ In that tournaDlent without explaining why, then he continues to list 2 wins and 1 lOllS only. Of COUl'se he played only 3 games since this was a one.. round event. and the two games he won are llublished in "Best Games," viz, No. 16 against Duras (Aleklliue had White) and No. 17 agains t Znosko-Borovsky (Alekhine bad Blac k); a s to the latter game O. S. Bel'nstein haos submitted, in "Sha khmatnyi Vestnik" 1913 p. 200, a number of interesting suggestions , correcting errors In the annotations of the game by Alekhine In "Novoe Vremia'" (reprin ted in S h. Vestnik 1913 p . 1:41) , Levenfish in "Riech" a nd hlmseJt in "Ru.sskle VledolllostL" As tar as we oon .see, Alekhlne haa disregarded everyone ot BernsteIn's s nggestions in hIs notes to the game as published in "Best Games." or at least whenever- he might have made use of them, he docs not refer to Derns teIn's article.
The only game Alekhine los t in the tournament Is the game against Levenfish who tied with him "ex aequo" for first and 5econd, having won his game against Alekhine and drawn his two others agaInst Duras and Zllosko-Borovsky, w hile tbese two ended "ex aequo" tor third and fourth, having each drawn two gllmes. Duras, then one o( the leading European masters did not show m uch In thIs tourna~ ment: shortly afterwards he came ill first In a six masters' toul'oament in M(kScow. dropping only one hair point against Estrin (now a Vice-President of the Irving Tt'U9t Compa ny in New York, and or courSe not identical with another Estrin whose na me occurs occasIona lly in Soviet tournaments) ; a mong his other opponents in that tournament -were Pavlov, Aleksei, ~Iekhine (the maestro's brother), Zubarev (later well knOWn as a chess organize r in Soviet Ruse. la)
"and A. S. Seleznev (better know~ as endgame compOser). We are mentioning this second Durn tournament In Russia. only because s core tables mention as o ne of the participants usually only "AlekIIlne" and we want to state here once and for all that this J8 not
. the later World Champio n. hut his brother.
Alekhlne's loss In the quadrangu. Ia r touruament, St. Petersburg 1913, and -lhe other three games played ill that tournament tollow: take n togelher with the 2' gamoo Ilublls hed by Aloklline in "Best Cames" this collection constitutes the com plete collection or the games played In the tOllrnament.
'Source ; Shakhm.atynl Vestnlk 1913.
CHIGORIN 'S DEFENSE St. Peter sburg, April 7(20), 1913
I'.obably O"t 0/ I~C lhortCJI galllH Aldc.hillt trn lOll.
Whitc LEVENFISH 1. p.Q4 2. Kt·Ke) ). 1I·8( c. QKt_Q2 5. P.KR) 6. p.e) 1. Q.Kt) S. P-IO 9. B·m. 10. 8-Q} It ro. __ • 1M ch . 21 . RxQ ell
I<t-KB3 P.Ql
B·KtS QKt·Q2
II.R' P'B} Q-82 P-I«
O·():.O lIoKt
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R .'I~n J
Bl~Gk ALEKH INE
11. PoB P.Q4 12. P-QIW Q.R4 U. O·O.(l I<PoP 14. PxP P-KKU I S. K.KIl B.R) 16. PxP IIxKI 17. PxP Kt.Kt) !S. Q~P I<t(B»)-Q2 19. PxKt cP! RxP 211. R·Bl do Q.B6
Rxl!ch. K·Q.I; 22. Q.
FOUR KNIGHTS' GAME St. Petersburg, April 7(20) , 1913 White Black"
ZNOSKO-BOROVSKY OURAS 1. P-K' P·KU. II.KtS B.Kt5 2. Kt·Ke) Kt·QB3 S. 0·0 0.0 3. KI-8) Kt·Bl" P-Ql P.Q3 ( Please turn to page 3, col. 2) •
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E VERY modem player of note bas learned much from the books of Slegbert TarrQ8c h. The Illost Important lesson offered by TarrBsch
was h is Impressive demonstrallon of how to uUlize superior mobility. It was Tarrasch who made this type of exploi tation a standard process that could be u.sed repeatedly lAught and assimilated. He put c hess theory on the conveyor belt.
FRENCH DEFENSE Match, 1916
Wh!t~ B1~~k Dr. S. T. rraoeh J. MI ....
1. P.K4 P·IO t. p.Q4 p ' 04 3. KI.QB) P~P
Deliberate provocation! T h is defense gives \Vllite a m uch (c'eer game, 80 why play It against the virtuoso of sucll positions ?!
4. Kb;P KI·Q2 5. KI·KBl KKI·81 6. e·Q} 8-lU 7. ()...() KbKt I. B"KI KI·Bl ,. B-Ql P-QKtl?
A trouble-maker. 9. »·134 Is the best hid for freedom.
10. Kt·K5 0-0 A llowing a l)(Iwerrul Inv:l s lon by
Wbite's advanced I<nlght. !Jut 10. B-Kt2; 11 U-Kl5ch, K· IH; 12
B-B6 gives Black e ven drearie r pel'spectlves.
n. Kt·8' Q..Q} 12. Q-83!
A clevel' Interpolation. ror now the natural 12 . B·Kt21 loses a. viece by 13 KuBch. If 12 Kt·Q4!; 13. KtxB ch, QxKt; 14. P·B4 wins some material.
12. '_ _ 8 Q2 Not 12 ... Kt·Q~~, 13 Ktxllch,
QxKt; 14 P-B4 winning material. n. KbBch Q~Kt 14. B_KKtS .... _
At this early stage Tnnasch holds all ,the positional ll'umps and has good attack ing chances. The Immediate threat Is 15. Q·K4! torcing the serIous weakening move 16 . ...... , P·Kt3: for it 15. . ,Ktx Q; 16. DxQ, wInnIng ttt leas t the exchange (If 16 . ......... KR·KI1T; 17. BxKt etc.).
,J!'whe can an.s"'er 16. Q.a~·'!!lth 16 . ....... , KuQ.
15. KR.1(l KR-Kl 16 . ......... P·KR3 should hue boon
tried, although Black would have boon very uncomfortable after 16. B-R4.
Thers waa no J::ood reply to the threat of 17. BxKt and 18. Q.x.Pch. For example: 16 . ....... .. P·K4?; 17. DxKt! wInnIng (I. pleee! Or 16 . .. P ·Kt3; 17. Q·R4, K·Kt2; 18. R-TH and 19. U·B4 winnln,. If 16. P-KRS: 17. BxP, PxB: 18. Qx:RP tollowed by 19. R·K5 or n . R·K3 etc.
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Threatening mate in four, begin· nlug with 19. BxP ch.
1L ___ P·KB4 U. R·K3 QxP
Guarding against the mate at his K1<t2 after 20. R-Kt3 ch.
20. P·QB3! R .. I"no He must g ive up his Qneen for
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ALEKHINE'S CAREER (Continued from
J. 8·KtS BxK t I. P~8 P·KIU ,. B-KRC K·Rl In. R·1(l P·Kt4 n. B·KU Kt·KK tl 12. P-Q4 P·83
page 2, col. 5.) :lO. QR.Ktl Kt.1(2 11. P·KU KI-82 )2. e ·1O K·Kt) 33. Q-Q} K·81 )C. K·82 KbKI )~ KP"Kt R.KAI
~: ~i~F? 3-1i I~ 1'1 .1(2 Q.Kt3 16. B·R5 Q.Kt2 n. 8-8} QR·Kl I I. Q-Q2 KKi·K2 I'. 8·R5 R-Ql 211. Kt·Bl 8·Kl 2L 8.e QRlcB t2. P.Q5 Kt·Ql n. P·8l P.KB4 24. 8·82 P.KU 25. Q-Q3 P-QRC 26. Q.8.4 Kt·Ktl 21. KI·K3 P~P 2L PIP Q..Q2 ~. KI-85 K~A2
'" Q·K4 P_KR4 J7. R·KRl
R (Q)·KKIl lI. K-K2 R·KI2 19. QR.KKU ~.P 40. P.P R(2)·R2 4L RxR R .. R 42. R·KRI R"R 43. Q~R Q·AS 44. Q-R5 Q.P ell 4~ 8·1)2 K -Kt 46.. Q-Kt5 K·81 47. Q.K' K·KI2 ... g.Kt5 ch K·el 49. .'" K.K I2 SO. ·Kt5eh K-81
Dtawn
QUEEN'S GAMBIT DECLINED St. Petersb urg, April 9 (22), 1913 II'IIiC~ RJa"k
DURII.S LEVE NFISH 1. p·se P.Q4 2'. S·B2 KI·8 5
:: ~t.3:} KtK~~ [ :~~el K~~ 4. Kt.D) p.D) 2t. 8.KI) P.OB4 5. P·K} QKI'81:lO. P·OB4 R-QS ,. 8.Q) 8.} n. P.B) K.Bl 1. 0-0 0·0 12. K-82 R..QJ ch L P.I« PdIP)}. K·KU K.K2 rio :~:u ~~ rs: ~~~ ~j~ ll: ~i~~ Ki.K': ff: ~:~~ R.'it.g~ n. 8·K15 8·KKIS l&. K·85 K.K! 14. KI·8S 8"Q". B·R4 ~.RC IS. Kb.Q ch 8.Kt 4D. P.Kt4 R.P 16. KRoa KA·Ql 41. R~l p"p n. P.KR} ~-KR) U. R· 1 ch K-81 1L 8 ·10 Kt-Q& 41. Kx IP R~'
~ a~~t1 ~i~J! :t ~-:~ "Kb~ U , fJ>.R ch R"R "- a"Kt RIB u. 8"QRP R-QJ (1. RoKtP .... d !hi I), R.Q81 BJKt _ "will drawft 24. P.8 KloSS I f •• mo_ 1.11< zs. a .KIl Kt~R4 "'1 I
Solution, : White to Play and Win
POIIlilon lio. lIB (P~): t. K..Q6. K· 08 : !. P.I)4, p.R:i: 3. X·XII, 1'.Kt: C. I' · BIl l. I'd': i. I£IPr, X.M ; II. 1£ ·1\5. X·xUt: 7. K.Q4, !UP ; 8. X·W, X.R7; 9. K·B! .in .. If l. _ , K·Ka !: 3. I'.B/I!, Pl""; 4. " . I!.5r , K.II.:i ; 5. x.xa. K.Kte; II. P·R4 ... Im.. 11 1. _, K.K1 : t. P. fIC, .... 1\(1 : S. 1'.00. I'JP : 4. 1'.~ K.!I.:i; 5. K.KIl, X·KtC; a. P·Rt wi ....
P.-Ilion No. 70 (0..,. ): 1. 1'·117. B.Kt1 ; t. P.I£7, IloX1: S . .lU·KC. RI"'I ; , . 1'-N.5(Ql, It"" : i. QxD ... IM. If l. ___ Ddtt : 4. 1'. :b~) 4. ";:;--R.l:~)z. .T.;L' ,r·r :...2., PR~~!:Qt " · RlI ( Q) , wi ... If I. _. RdCl ; Z. " ·R8 (Ql, fbi' : l. Q.K~ e!,. or I . _ , R-K4: •• Q..Q8 do. X .IIJ': C. P·K1 ....... If 1. _. K-<lll?: !. P.I7. Its .. ; $. P.K8(Q ) wi .... Bul -. I. " .Xi, a"Kt: · !.. I'·KS(Q). II ·Ut ; l. Q"n. u .• I,l : • . 1'·Ri. II·Xl7 4 .......
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SHAW, MAGRI TIE FOR MIAMI TITLE
St.'lte Champion Stephen Shaw finished in a tie tor first place wllh Peter Magri in the Miami City ChamplOllslllp with equal scores of 601. Third place went to former Chicago player Clarence Kalonlan with 6%-1%. while N. B. Chunb, secretary of the Greater Miami Chesa Club, finis hed fourth with 3·3 In the eight-man round robin event.
A playoff for the City title is 8t111 Indecisive. Magri won the first game, Shaw lhe second, and the third was drawn. Tile four th game stands adjourned.
USA-YUGOSLAV MATCH (Continued fro m page 1, col. 4)
the U. S. teams In the International 'I'eam Matc hes. U. S. Champion Herman Stei ner Is also a vetern n or tho Internntlonnl Team Matches, as Is Arthur W. Drttke. Kevltz. many times winner of the Manhattan Chess Club Chamvlonshlp Is recog· Illzed as one or the countries strong eat playel's, while Robert Byrne (Intercollegiate Champion of 1946) is known as one or the tinest o r the younger Anlerlcan players. Albert S. Pinkus was winner of the strong Hallgarten Tournament of 1926 and has been a consistent bigh score r In U. S. Championship event s. All of these players, except Robert Byrne, played o u one o r both ot t he teams that w,aged battle wllh the U.S.S.R. team by radio a nd over'lhe-board In 19~5 and 1946.
Marsha ll Chess Club ( N. Y.) sees HellIer, MengaTlnl and Triansky battling tor tho lead in the c lub tournament, the flr h two with 7·3 and tlte last with 7-4 in the 19· man round robin eV,nL Club Cham· pion Lany Evans las a 6-1 score, loalng his only game to J. F. Don~ van, but hlUl missed ~evera l rounds while he was away at the Hastlngs Tournament. ~
pe~:t~nvdad~~:I~ne)a!~:;:;I~u:P;: ot the ,,1,ltln, Portsmouth (N. H.) team by the leora of 4JA.·lJA.. Orlando Lester won for tbe invaderS while his teammate Robert Dunn dNlw with Keya Sandera of Port· land. But Alex Sadowsky, Ralph Gerth, JeNlmlab Sulilnn and Harry Gamester of PortsnJouth bowed in defeat to Charlel Walker , Dr. Jacob Melnick, Dwight Parker, a nd Lee Jonal of tha Portland Club.
Piccadilly Chess Club (W illernie, MInn.) saw club manager U. S, Smith walk away wltb the victory In the a nnual 10 • second Chr istmas Tournament by a S('.ore of 6·1. A. L. Johnson placed second with 5·2.
Fireston e ( Akr"n) Chess Club brutally ma.ua.cred ! the Alliance Cheas Cluh by .111 8'4·2% ~cure, with nosa MeCre:ttl r of AlIIa nc!:! sa l· vaKln, Ihe \oS! !>OI nt In a drl'tw with
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NEED PRECISION SAYS OPEN CHAMP
By ALBERT SANDRIN, JR. u. S. OPtn Champion, 1949
One of the ral'est !blngs seen nowadays In chesa Is p recision; it seems to have gone out with the old sc hool, .the roman t ic ists. It isn 't too good to ha ve young vlayers adore modern pla.yers who uen' t - well, who aren't model'lI. Th is eooms to aim at lI10rpliy, but for now we'lI deal with one who. chummed around with a fellow named Capablanca. I reter to Einar Micbelson ot Chicago who was with Capa tor a few yearS some time back. While not really a pupil, Michelson a bsorbed much of the grandmastill"a skill througb many casua l games with him.
One of the best examples or exaotness and cold p recision I have ever seen Is the following game by Michelson, which I a m proud to present. Only by meeting 8uch s klU can one learn that amall elemoot tbat defies teaching because Its simplicity Of execution speaks for ilselt.
Oh, it can be taught; and the Quickest metbod Is by s howing it in action. Note how the basic Ideas of development a.re used to the limit before anything 1s undertaken. Then, when the weaker side, with l~ss development makln&" tbe weakness, attemPts to equalll:e with a central thrust, note how superior development asseru It· self. All of this with a prec.lslon that If anyone could maintain in nIe USA, that person wo uld bave 1\0 trouble In taking all the titles this uation can otter.
CENTER COUNTER GAMBIT Chicago Chesl League
Circa 1946 Whit" 81.ek r: ~~~rELSON p-Q4 6. II.ok'NDRINa.~~:i
2. PxP Kt-K83 1. P-kR} B·BC 3. P'Q4 Kb.P L p·a4 Kt·KU _. KI·K8} B.KtS t. Kt·al 0·0 5. a ·K1 P.KKt} In. 8.Kl P.Q8l I" order to pl. y QKI·Q! .llbout ftu or p .1U, • 8 ,;Kt,
U: Sif 1 o~:~ tt ~~~~t, 8 :8'_ U. KR11 KI.KS ". p..QKU A khod of _. u ... lly Oftriooqd b)' tile ,Mjon.,.. Ita tile In tb'- pme I. qalt, e'"T. 16. _ ~.K. 11. P.KKI4! ~,,~ 1lI.cI< ...... take th.. " bdon tile B ""n .-ttlftl . But While"" betler Ideu. 11. e .p adS If. p~a! P·84 Wblce'. poallon Ioab bad, but 110" d_lop. ",~nl now tell. qu\d.l,y. : a:::. ,.i~ ~ ~!j.~4 K~K~ U'-cI< I.~ 1'.84, but "" Uoat Whlll Inlended IbD! .fler that, when _ of lollo th~ pS- ""II be !U,elll II PJ. ... 1'10: Q·QB7. And It P,,8: B·Xa eh. 24. RK81 hR 28. 8 ·85 oh K·KU
~ ~~ ~ ~~~ ~: I~J ~~ K~K~: rI' ~t~~!P.KS~·~I, :';'p:.K:Yt e'::'l:,:: m.te. neIl "'o~
Very .. 11th lite C.pabl. ntIo.
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What'. :JI.. B •• t move?
By Guj[~ Grot:ssu
SQ.~. pqllpl.P. lp!p$. tP3,
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Send s olutions to Position No. 40 to th e Editol'. CHESS LIFE, by February 20, 1950.
Solution to Posit io n No. 38 "'1, w .. . """'PI .. U.~I,. o:aoy poaitlon, to
Judge by the nombel' "f 101 ...... wb.o found Ule correct IOlutiou. In tJoe pm~ Plotrow. oIt.i.Tet>enbo.um. ....mber~, tlI2IS, PiotrDW"lki ... ltJo White m.t .... in lour m<n"tOI b)':-l. Q.JU! ~h!, KxQ; 2.. P·IU7 clo. K·Ktl; 3. B·B?
ehc.:.!i .!iu~~~~ oc'k.!;1«Ivd ~hod ft"Om: ..Ioa1.h Rak.,.. (llaohlo). :Nell Ben>. tleln (1lrooII<Iyn). Mt.hur DoI&.a (Pbildel· pill.), STen Ilrook ( Attleboro). Ru_1I Chau. ~net (W. HyotlPllle ) , J. E. Com. tocl< (Duluth), W. J. Couture (HOWllrd), R. D. Don· RIdlOn (Wilmington), John W. Em.,.,. ( 1':Iy. ri.j, Dr. J_ph Y. El"tDan (Detroit), J<>e Y.ucher (:Sew Hzven), Dr_ Howard Oabo.
t~::t)·G~WIn(~!d'~."!~),""" f.:.t~tonj: Ont.tch (Flint), J. a. lIolt (Lonro Bueh). Jooeph Bu .. (Lancaster). Ed •• J. X...-pant,. (Wood.!de), J. H. Lockhart, Jr. (O"n ...... ), Art Me ..... ( II.Adh,~ ) , Dr. J. Melnick (Port. land), Cbn'"" T. Morgon ( Honttnlrlun). J,M Naoh (lI'uldnJl"ton), W. lter C. rt.nn (Pbll.· d~lphja), Abrahim Sherman (Brook'r;,)'
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OKLAHOMA STATE CHAMPIONSHIP
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ENGLISH OPENING Ma r,hall Cheal Club ChampIon..
, hip. New York, 1949 NOlu by A. E. S4"/fUint
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THE SPECIAL.IST A. BUSCHKE
80 East 11th St, New York 8 Ch • • & ChllChr LJ ..... t u .. B""oht-SolcJ.-..[~chuOt<l
Masonite and Folding Boards At Bargain Prices
We have a qu a ntity of masonite board, approximately 18"x18". No. 184G-1~" I5qul res and No, 184G-2" squilres, green and buff. Th ese a re seco nds of our boards retailing at $2,75 each,
P rice $9.50 per dozen. or $1.00 e ilch plu s ship· ping cha rg es, WeIght per doze n 39 pounds, each 4Y2 pound.,
We a lso have second. of ou r No, 182 fo ld ing leatherette board s with 1%" wal nut and maple li thographed squa r es, Reta il s a t $1,50 each. J UIt dandy f or c lu bs getting &tarted wi th limited ca s h.
Pri ce $5.00 per d'ozen, or $0.50 e ach plus s hip· ping charges. W eight per dozen 12 pounds, each 2 pounds.
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