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Vol. XI, No. 15 Friday, Ap[il S, 1957 IS Centa

Conduc/od b. IRWIN SIGMOND

S END solutions to Position No. 205 to reach Irwin Sigmond,

5200 Williamsburg Blvd., Arling­ton 7, Va., by May 5, 1957. With your solution, please send analysis or reasons supporting your choice of "Bes t Move" or moves.

Solullon to Position No. 1IS w ill ap­PUt In the May 10, 1957 lu ve.

NOTE: Do not piau willi io ns 10 1,.,0

posil ious on "ne ca,d; br 11l'( 10 illdicau <o"te/ IlIHnbt, of position br,", sO/'I'rd, dnd ,''I't tilt full Ildmt and addrtss of Iht soi~tr to ,mist jll proptr rrdi/i"8 of solution.

Position No. ZOJ

Wanetick Wins Log Cabin Independent,

Five Share 1st Place Game Tie Saul Wanetiek scored 5-1 to win the Log Cabin Independent Open

Tournament at West Orange, N. J. on Solkoil points. Second to fifth in the 61·pl:lyer Swiss, also with 5-1 each, were Matth~w Green, ~htlr Feucn;tel.n, Geza Fusler of Toronto, Canada, and Anthony E. Santaslere. Sixth to fourleenth with equal 4-2 scores were Bobby Fischer , George E. O'Rourke, Jr., Attillo DiCamillo, Ellot Hearst, Norman T. Whitaker, William J. Lombardy, Homer W. Jones, Jr., and Claude Hillinger .

Fifteenth to twenty·seventh with 3Y.! ·2% each were Joseph Tamargo, John Falato, Herbert M. Avram, Alexis Gilliland, David Gladstone, Sdmund Godbold, Sanford Greene, Sigmond Hauck. Char les C. HeDin, E. S. Jackson, Jr., George Krauss, Jr. , George J. Mauer, Jr., and Eu­gene Steinberger.

In winning Saul Wanetick lost no games but drew in the semi·final and final rounds with Ellot Hearst and Matthew Green respectively. Matthew Green also drew twice, witb Hearst and Wanetick. Arthur Feuerstein lost his second round encounter with Hearst. Geza Fuster lost his third round contest with Wanetick. Santasiere lost his initial round game with Feuerstein.

[n the 42 scoring group Bobby Fischer lost games to Herbert Av­ram and Santasiere; George O'Rourke lost to Matthew Green and drew with Whitaker and Ed­mund Godbold; Attilio DiCamillo lost to Feuerstein and drew with Whitaker and Lombardy; Eliot Hearst lost to Santasiere and drew with Green and Wanetick; Norman

U. S. JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP

July 8·14, 1957

San Francisco. Calif.

T. Whitaker lost to Fuster and drew with DiCamillo and O'Rourke; Willinm Lombardy lost to Wanctick and drew with An'am and DiCamil­lo; Homer Jones lost his firs t two games to Wanelick and George Pa rtos; and Claude HilliDger lost to Hearst and Fuster.

The event, which was heJd in commemoration of the great Ameri­can master, Paul Morphy, drew players Crom New York, New Jer­sey, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Con­necticut, Virginia, Minnesota, Wis­consin, District of Col umbia, and Ontario, Canada.

MAROCZY INVITE TO MINDSZENTY

The Maroczy Chess Club of Cleveland has recently extended to Cardinal Mindszenty of Hungary (aL present safely sheltered in the U. S. Embassy at Budapest) an in­vitation to take residence in the USA with the Maroczy Club acting as "sponsor" for entry ' into the country. In honor of the Cardinal's high courage thl'ougb long and sus­tained tribulations in Hungary, the Maroczy Club has elected Cardinal Mindszenty its Perpetual Honorary President and permanent member. Through the efforts of Dr. Sandor Tresz, president of the club, this invita tion has been forwarded to Cardinal Mindszenty via the State Department diplomatic mail bag to Budapes t.

Tourney At Mobile To Commemorate

Morphy's Triumph At New York, 1857 From April 26th through April 28th, 1957, there will be held at

S1. Joseph's College, Spring Hill (Mobile), Ala. the Paul Morphy Open Tournament, commemorating the l00th anniversary of Paul Morphy's fin;t major tournament success in the First American Chess Congress of 1857. Morphy enthusiasts will remember that St. Joseph's College was the schoo! at which Morphy studied from 1850 to 1B:i5 and it was there thal hc cst,lblished his life-long friendship with C. A .. Maurian, a fellow student.

The tour ney will be a s ix round Swiss System, held in the college library and sponsored by Log Cabin National Chess Affiliates. There wUl be fiv e prizes with 1st prizc $75, 2nd prize $50, 3rd prize $25, 4th prize $15, and 5th prize $10. There will also be two junior prizes of $20 and S10. It will be a USCF rated event.

Dedicate Morphy Plaque A special feature of the tow'ney

will be the dedication of a com­memorative plaque to Paul Morphy. The tablet, designed by Ted MUier of the Log Cabin and Irvington Chess Clubs, will be 3'h feet by 2 feet of bronze on an aluminum base, set on a stone base. The dedication will form a part or the ceremonies of the "Old Home Week" at SI. Joseph's College.

Donors of the Morphy plaque are: Dr. Bert ram Roberts, George Partos, AleX Gilliland, Tom Mahon, Robert Durkin, Homer Joncs, Eu­gene Steinberger, Paul Walbrecht, :Mrs. Rosalie de Serrano, George O'Rourke, Edmund Hand, David Gladstone, Julius Goldsmith, V. Alt­man, S. Haucks, ' B. H. Dermalm, Alcx Goodi ng, Ralpb Coughlin. and E. Forry Laucks.

Large Attendance Expected It is anticipated that a host of

cbessplayers will attend for tbe dual purpose of honoring the mem­ory of Paul Morphy and playing: chess. Col. Jose J. Araiza of Mexico and his son J. J . Araiza, Jr. are expected as well as many New York experts. Thc tournament commit­tee, thel'dore, has requested that all participants bring sets, boards and clock, If possible.

LOMBARDY WINS IN EARLY ROUND

In the early munds of the Inter­national toumament at Mlir del Plata in Argentina, William Lom­bardy, sole U. S. representative, was off to an excellent start with two wins and a draw, ticd with Miguel Najdorf, one half-point be­hind the Russian masters Keres a nd Kotov.

Other participants are Oscar Panna, Raul Sanguinetti, Jorge Behrensen, Miguel Cuellar, Fer­nando Casas, Bernardo Wexler, Erich Eliskases, Alfredo esposito, Carlos lncutto, Walter Adler, Hec­

_tor Rossetto, Fernando Aguado. Joao Mangini, and Horacio Albert.

SEE Page Three

for photos of Morphy Plaque

WORLD TITLE STILL SEE-SAWS

With seven games completed, the World Chess Championship Title remains illusively undecided, with 11 games yet to go. Botvin· nile 3'h, Smyslov 3*- .

Vassily Smyslov won the first game of the match from World Champion Mikhail Botvinnik. The second and third games were drawn. Botvlnnik rallied to win the fourth and fifth games and ob­tain a lead which was immediately shattered by Smyslov's victory in the sixth game. The sevcnth game was a draw.

Botvinnlk won the World Champ­ionship in a five master tourney in 1948, scori ng 14-6, with 10 wins, 8 draws, and 2 losses (one each to Reshevsky and Keres). Smyslov ta tHed 11·9 in this event, Resbevsky 10112 ·9 %, Kcres 10112·9% and Euwe 4-16.

In match play, defending his title, Botvinnik has not been as impressive as previous World Champions. Four years ago he re­tained his title by drawing a 24-game match with Smyslov; two years ago be remained the champ.. ion by drawing a 24-game match with chall enger David Bronstein. The nip and tuck results of the first seven games of this match, al­though "fighting" chess, do not In­dicate a more decisive conclusion.

58TH U. S. OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP

AU.l(Ust 5~17, 1957

Cleveland, Ohio

Finish It The Clever Way! POJjlj~n No. 197

Ivkov 'liS. Ingerslev 12th Chess Olympiad, 1956

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PMi/io," No. 198 Tal vs. Klaman

USSR, 1957 -:;:::

I N Position No. 197, a fo ur·move combination decides. The new USSR Chess Champion, and the newest international chess

grandmaster, Mikhail Tal, indeed played brilliantly in order to finish ahead of Keres and Bl'onstcin. In Position 19B, he discovered an exciting and profound combination that after five moves left Black's game lost ; however. Black did not resign until after White's 12th move.

For solutions, plll" l1 turn to page eight Send illlI contributions for this (olumn to Edmund Nash, 1530 2Sth Pllf:e, • . E.

WashIngton 20. D. C.

Queen City (8uff.lo) Chus Club : U.s. Master Emerlhu Roy T. Black won the annual dub championship wi th 8-1 score, drawlnr with Dr. Henn' L. Frel. tag and Cheste r T. Fell, J r . Dr. ~-rel· tal' was second with 7-2. losing to Dr. S. R. Frueella and duwlng with Blaek and Norman C. Wilder, Jr. Third to flnh with 6.03 each were Zygmunt A. Stoplnskl, Chester Fell, and Vernon Gable. Slxth and Ie\'enlh In the 14 player Swiss with ''h.J1h eaeh were .owen MUie r and Peter Sellant\. 11111· Ie .. won a playoff ,arne f rom Bellantl for the e!ub Junio r champlohshlp. A USCF Club Affiliate.

HAVE YOUR TOURNAMENTS OFFICIALLY RATED

New Regulations Effective March 1, 1966 Tournaments, mal(h.. (Indlvldull

or team; round robIn or SwIU) ara utllb'a whan sponsored by USCF .,fll1al&d o rga nluot lonl, If played u/\der FlO!! lawl, dlrul&d by a (ompal"nl offlclal, and playad .t tlma limit of not mot. Ihan 30 mo .... "r hour.

Th. Innu.1 ""~mplon"" l p lourna. mint of In USCP Club Ch. pt., Ind .... .nnu.1 <:h. mplo .. "hlp lournl. mea' of anv USCF .ffllla ll ""'_ By.Law. pro .. ld. th" all III main-­~" must b. USCF member, allo ar. ra'-<! without <:h at,. .

All olh • •• U,lbl ..... nll ar. r.lad CHlly If offIcii' , aPOr! of Ivanl I s a«ompanlad by a ram lttanca co ... arlnll a .allnll f .. of Ilk; per gama for aU IIlmll ac tuilly played In tha conl,st. (In I Swlu on .. half tha numblr of plaYl rs 11m .. thl num­b.,. of rounds reprllints total IIlmel play&d It no bYII or forla1fs.)

Nl>t, that JOr H.,I/J'''g f,( prr 114m' is col/aId f'om ,,/I pi..,ttt, "''''dh~, USC, m~mbus 0 , "Qt.

Ratlngl will be published pl rlod. lcally of .11 partlclp~nts In aU USCF. R.ted avants.

OffIclel r,tlng forms ,hould b. MCI.IM In -advance from:­

Me"lgomwy M.ior 121 No. HumphNY Avenue Oak Perk. lllinol.

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Birmingham {Ala.1 Chess Club: In I double round match at Attalla. AI, . the Blmllngham Club sutrered I s.y.. 8".. defeat at the band5 of the Chat· l anooga Chess Cluh. Scoring twice for Birmingham was team eaplaln Brad Cambrell , while Christian Wlnllard, J . F . Addington and G. Fesperman tal· lied one point eaeh with Tom Langen. backer drawing one game. For Chat,. tanooga C. W. Sweets and Tom Clro. thers lallled two points each whUe James Wright, Tom Flnueane, and J. B. MullinIx seored one PQlnt elch. J. R. Scrivener tallied a win and .. draw. i\ USCF Cluh Affiliate.

Camden (N.J.) City Chl$s Club: Ed· mund B. Ellis seored s.O In a Z4-player Swiss to win Ih" club championship. Wlll~rd Shundle was second with 4-1, losing onc game to J . Cocoz:u. Third to fifth with 3'h·g" each were E. Carbon, J. Cocona, and H . Kramer. Joseph Cocozza won the "B" prize and Lawr· cncc Moskowitz with a 2%·2.'h score the "C" prIze. A USCF Club Affillal.e.

MornIngside He ights (NYC ) Chess Club: This new club meets every Sun· day afl.ernoon at the resldenee of the Secrdpry, Don Mosenfelder, S]7 Wut 111lh SIred. Apt. 86, telephone: RI· 9.s909. The dub has no eonneetion with Columbia University although anum· ber of members are graduale students. Rh}'" W. Hays Is presldent. Those Inter· c~ted In the dub should contact the see ..... tary at the addrei<S given above.

Allantic Citv {N.J .} Chess Club: US. Cham pion Ar thur B. Bisguler wUl ,iV1t a simultaneous eIhlbltion of fo rty or more boards o n May SUI II Ihe club quuters In thc Jewish Community Cen. ter , 138 So. Vlr~m" Ave. Membus of the other elnbs In the USCF Afflllated South Jersey League (Trenton, Camden, Woodbury, i't[iIlvilie, Hammonton, Wild· wood) a re In\'lted to participate to al· ford Champion Blsgllter s trong a pposl· tlon. A USCF Club Affiliate.

NOTICE TO USCF MEMBERS

The USCF Nominating Commit· lee Invlles recommendations from the members in reg~rd to the nomI­nation of candidates for the follow. ing USCF offices: PresIdent, VICI· P.e sidents IS), Se(fel~rv, •

All recommendations mUit be In the Committee's hands not lala r Ihln Mav 1, 1757.

JERRY SPANN Chairman

USCF Nom;""ri .. g Com",ittu 314 Colcord Bldg. Oklahoma CIty, Okla.

TO THE MEMBERS OF THE USCF

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tbls team th is July,

tbe n~es.sary

1I$Slstanee. For tbls rea· ien I ask elch member to COn. tribute ONE DOLLAR or MORE SO th~ t VOU Cln make tbls event 1X's. alble for America 10 pltUclpate.

All dOnaUOn5 may be sent to: WIIII . m Lombardy % Studtnt Tn"alinll Fund 961 F.lIa Streel Bronll: S', NIlW York

Sinea ralv, WILLIAM LOMBARDY

I,v lng Pa rk (Chlngo) YMCA Chess Club: Harold Stanbridge tallied 13.3 in I double.rOllnd event 10 win the club title, 10$lng lIame' 10 Joseph Kozak and Mrs. Ev. Arolllon whlle drawIng ",Ith Ntnu5 Aronson and MAlI: Maslo. Val. Joseph Kozak plaeed second with ](1-6, While Nlnus Aronson was third wllh 9·7. Fourth and fifth with 7\.!i.a'h each were Roy i'ttattes And MI~. Eva Aronson. 'n tho Cia" "B" "vent the vlclor wa. Frank Ahrens with 1S.1. Ronald Sehue t ~ WII St'eond wilh 13..l wh ile Tom McCloud " 'IS Ihlrd with 12v.,.J'h and Ed" 'ard Brodbali fou rth wllh 9'h06'h. A USCF Club A({W~le.

Mar$hall (N.Y.) Chess Club: Mareh 31st saw the OPening of tbe 4th annual AlaNiha ll C.C. Amateur Champlonsb1p, open 10 all dub mernben who do not hill'e a USCF loIa.ler RaUne. PreviOus events were won by M),ron F1elseher (19M ), Will iam Drake.t (19M), and Rog. er Q. Martin (1&$6). A USCF Club AI. tlllate.

Prflldlo (Monterey) Chass Club: On April 30th Grandmaster Nleelas Ro,.. sollmo "'Ill III\'e a slmultaucouti ell: . hlbltLon u the USO. In preparation the club 1.1 IIC hldullnll matches with neigh. borlnll' dubs lor a tun ... up.

london Tarnca (N.Y.) Chess Club: In a m~tch held at the elub quarters LQndon ,'cL'race lx>st"d the new Morn· In;-s\de Heights Chess Club 4.2.. Scoring for \.andon ,'efl'ace were M. Ducharnps, P. £llas, S. Mottur, and W. Wldney, while n. Hays and W. Ratdlffe sal. v"lI'ed POil,l. tor Mornlnll'slde Heights. A USCF Club Artlliate.

Washington (D.C.) Chesl Divan: Larry Gilden scored 9~·1V. 10 win the club S title, losing onc game to R. l\tDllson and drawln, wllh Vallee. J. Fawcett was sec. ond with 1.4, M3li$on WIS third with 6'h·4~. bud tied tor rourth with S.s eact! were Cunnlnaham, O'Rgurk.e, Sr., Ind Vallee.

Dlstr i(1 of Cl>lumbJa Lu gue: The Wuhlnil ion Divan lelds wUh 10V.·V., S liver Sprln a: Is K'Cond wllh g.l, Federal C. C. Ihlrd wllh 6~·2'h, and ArUngton fou rth wlUt 8.:1 In the IlHeam league com petition. C. D. 111011, playing first or 5CCond board for the Olvln has tied the lengue reeard " 'Ith 16 stl:ll1ght wins (6 last sanon a nd 10 Utr, se ... son).

The Montreal (Canada) Star has initiated a weekly chess column in its Saturday Issues with. William Oaker liS the column editor. Oaker has participated in a number of U.S. tournaments, being best re· membered for his 6%·3% tie for thh'd in the 1952 U. S. Junior Championship at Omaha.

The Consolation Tournament of the 'New Orleans City Champion· ship was won by Mrs. Irene Vines with 5.() score. Dave Walsdorf was second with 4-1, losing one game to Mrs. Vines. Jack Settle placed third in the &player round robin with 2'k-2lh .

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c I>,.J"cttti 6,. Frederick H, Kerf>

All (oilell. e'ubs Ind players arl urged to send ne" .. Itlms to Fraclarlck H. Kerr, NIHany :n·13, 1100111 271, Plnn· syl .. an;... SI ... t. Unl .. erslty, ynl ... r,Jty Park, "ennlyl .. lnl • .

I N the fi rs t round or the Phila· delph ia Metropolitan collegiate

Chess League, Temple University scored a big upset win over the powerful University of Pennsyl­vania team 3·1. Temple was given a shot in the arm by the addition of USCF Master Robert Sobek. Al­though Sobel is an evening stu· dent. Morde Trehlow, the league director, ruled that he is eligible because he is taking undergradu­ate courses. In the same round, Haverford College defeated St. Joseph's Coilege 3·1. Ogontz Cen­ter of the Pennsylvania State Uni­versity drew a hy;e. TEMPLE PENNSVLVANIA Sobel I Cantor 0 Weiner 1 Bross 0 Stevens 1 Levl.ne 0 Rothwarf 0 Dinnersteln I HAVERFORD ST. JOSEPH'S Marsden I Tkact 0 Rhoads ~ l\IuhlhouHr i Dietrleh I Llp$lul 0 Rivers ~ Duggan I

Youngstown, Ohio, was the scene of a match between Youngstown University and Gannon College of Erie, Pennsylvania. By pulling his game out of the fire as the clock ticked off the last few minutes. Ben Caserta enabled Gannon to post its first victory in chess. The score was a.2. GANNON VOUNGSTOWN F. Necci 1 P. Tremmel I B. Doml$eh 0 W. Tuslan 1 D. Thaler 0 N. P~p"rodls 1 B . Caserta 1 R. Lau,thUn 0 .B. Discher I G. Crotheu 0

The Gannon Knight continues to give the college chess club excel· lent publicity. Its chess articles are as good as your reporter has seen in the big three chess publications and The New York Times. The pa­per has been under {ire from ath­letic circles [or featuring the chess club in almost every issue. The editor of The Gannon Knight re· plies that, as long as the most ex­citing activity on the Gannon cam· pus is chess, he will conLinue to report i t.

The Bethany College Chess Club of West Virginia invaded the Com· monwealth of Pennsylvan,ia ex-. pecting to walk over the Pennsy~· vania State University team as It had done during the past two years. The Nittany Lions were, however, equal to the task this year. After a long battle. Penn State had a 3lh·l \h victory to its credit. PENN STATE BETHANY M. Cesanek & T. Linden ~ C. Deitrich 1 M. TlItlle 0 G. Moeller 0 D. Gold 1 A. Stein 1 H. St.etnbllum 0 F. Kerr 1 A. Prince 0

Down Texas way a new chess club has been organized at Rice Institute. The Houston Chess Club defeated the Rice Owls 4-2 in a practice match. Lee Hyder reports that the new club is seeking radio matches willi other colleges. Any club interested should write to him at Box 385 Weiss Hnll. Rice Institute, Houston, Texas.

(Please tum to plge 7, col. 4)

Grandmaster Dr. Max Euwe, only living ex· World Champion, is visiting the USA on business. But he bas found time to give anum· ber of simultaneous exhibitions­five in New York, one in Chicago, and one in Cleveland to date. Known as a mathematician as well as a master chess player, his col· lection of aU known master games from tournament play since Lon· don 1851, classified as to opening and cross·indexed as to mid·game combinations and end.game themes is not too surprising an achieve· ment [or a combined mathemati· cian·chessplayer. But perhaps some chcss players do not know that in addition to being one of the great· est players and analysts of chess, Dr. Euwe is gifted with versatility. He is a college professor, account­ant, and athlete. As a young man he was the amateur heavy.welght boxing champion of Europe.

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Details of the Idaho State Champ­ionship at Boise show that K. R. Jones won the open title with 5-1 score while Glen Buckendorf tallied 41f.z·Ph for second and the Idaho State title. Third to sixth with 4-2 each were Fred Byron of Portland, Ore., C. H. Stewart, Dr. David Grocnig, and Dick VandenbUrg. Lloyd Kimpton was seventh with 3!h-2!h.

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jl:l . Bob Horne, Jr. won the Plainview Cit y Championship, sponsored by the Plainview (Tex.) Chcss Club,' which will be host to the annual Panhandle Open Championship this summer. Horne came from behind to win the title, winning his final two games for a 5·3 score. Second place went to Bob Hilburn with 4-4, and third to Ivy Hart witb 3-5. Tbe championship e\'ent was a three­man quadruple round robin . In tbe 12-player Class A Tournament Davis Horne, Bob's brother, scored 6lk·* to win tbe Class A title.

RUDY TO WRITE N. Y. CHESS LIFE

Allen Kaufman, who succeeded Eliot Hearst as the New York Chess Life columnist in the October 20. 1954 issuc. has bcen forced to reo linquish the task to attention to his His lasl service as columnist was 10 ",;;,t io the nom· imll ion o( his successor, j ust as his predecessor. Eliot Hearst. assisted in selecting him as columnist some two and one-half years ago.

Aben Rudy, whose first column appears in this issue, probably is not as well and widely known out­side New York chess circles as his predecessors, largely due to the fact that he has not participated in many tournaments and has con­fined his activities to the Eastern Scaboard area.

Lear'ning chess in fourth grade, Rudy began to play it seriously in high school circles. winning 1st prize for best second board score in the Team Championship of the Interscholastic League of New York. In 1954., playing for CCNY where Rlldy is mtljoring in Ancient Eastern History, he amassed a to­tal, of 5~2 points out of 7 on sec­ond board In the In~rcollegiate Tcam Championship. His tourna­ment record, although limited, is distinguished. First place in the 1955 Manhattan Gambit Tourna­ment, ahead of Artbur Feuerstein, Karl Foster, Brian Owens. etc.; lied (or first with Bobby Fischer in the 1956 Manhattan Champion· ship Consolation Tourney; first junior prize in the 1956 Log Cabin 5O-SO Tournament.

Rudy is particularly known for his vast knowledge of "oU-beat" openings, such as Brentano's De­fense to the Ruy Lopez (1. P-K4, P-K4; 2. Kt-KB3, Kt-QB3; 3. B-Kt5, P-KKt4?O. He is a member of the Manhattan Chess Club and will be listed as an Expert on the next USC}>" Rating List.

Peter Lapiken and Irving Rivise lied for firs t with 6'-h-2'-h eacb in the Hcrman Steiner Memorial Tourney, Mastel' Class, sponsored by the Herman Steiner Chess Club of Los Angeles. Sven AmJgren placed third with 6-3 in the 10-player round robin, and Saul Yar­mak was fourth with 51h·3!h. while Robert Brieger and Robert Lorber tied (or fifth with equal 4Y.z -41h scores. Lapikcn lost games to Brie­ger and Morris Gordon while draw­ing with Rivise. Rivise lost no games but drew with Lapiken, Yar­mak, Lorber, Robe rt Jacobs, and Sam Geller. In third place, Alm­gren lost to Lapiken and Rivise and drew with Yarmak and Lorber, while Yarmak lost to Lapiken and dr'ew with Rivisc, Almgren, Brie­ger, Gordon, and Robert Cross.

Harry Yanofs ky and Prof. Jack Woodbury lied for the Manitoba Championship with 6-1 each; both drew with Winnipeg Champion Dougherty and drew their individ· ual encounter. S. Sazbo was third with 5·2, D. Dougherty fourth with 4-3. P. Ihssen (ifth with 34, S. Ped· lar and J . Matynia tied (or s ixth with 2·5, and K. Oliver eighth with 0-7.

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})n nw 1}orl By Aben Rlldy

T HREE interest ing events will (orm '-the core of New York's

chess activities during the next few months. The most exciting of these will be the American debut of Beograd's lamed Par tizan chess tcam. which includes among its members, Grandmasters Gligoric, Matanovic and Trifunovic. After playing here, the group will make its way throughout the country on a grand goodwill tour. Less exotic perhaps hut still diverting will be the renewal of the Met League ac· tivities, in which Ncw York's own clubs will again pair off. Present champion is the Manhattan, but thc Marshall promises stiff oppo· sition. Finally, more adventurous New Yorkers will be wandering out to Wcst Orange, NJ., where E. Forry Laucks is sponsoring an un· orthodox tournament. This will be a repetition of last year's popular 5O-SO, in which players are re­quired to make illly moves in just that many minutes. Thus, play is at twice the usual rate and presum· ably players will be harder put upon to complete their number of blunders.

Blunders or no, as your new re­porter I sh'all try to continue to bring t.be readers of CRESS LIFE news of the New York chess scene, as my predecessor did 60 well be­fore me. In so doing, communiea· lions of any kind from my readers will be greatly appreciated. They may be addressed to me at 825 West End Ave., New York 25, N.Y.

IN BRIEF: At the recent Euwe­Fischer match, won by the former, Ilh-lh, a spectator was heard to ask "Who is this Dr. Euwe who's

, h'· S' playing Bobby Fisc er? - IC Transit Gloria l'alundi!! ... Ray· mond Weinstein, Marshall Junior Champion, placed first in his ini· tial appearance in a Manhattan Rapid ... New Kibitzes: Author Jack Collins: "Ah ben Rudy. Who you ken?" Most embarrassing <\h must say.-Joe Lavandero : "How old were you when Lombardy was six?"-Max Wilkerson: " I'd really like to help you out. Which way did you come in?"-USCF Expert Erwin Sobin is returning to New York in August, after an absence of nearly two years. Sobin, it will be remembered, is a vociferous ad­vocate of Bird's Opening, the mer· its of which he is always ready to expound.

~ Robert Higginson and William

Voget tied for first in the Spokane City Championship with 5-1 each. They will playa two-game match to decide the title. Higginson lost a game to Ray Kromer. and Voget lost to Higginson. Third and fourth with Hz-llh each were Ray Kromer and Gordon Cornelius, while fifth to eight in the 2&-player Swiss with equal 4-2 scores were Robert Kitt· redgc, Wililam L. Bailey', Donald Daniels, and Rober t Morgan.

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GERALD GREEN_The Last Angry Man

C HESS in the USA represents the microcosm of the clements or strength and weakncss whieh build or destroy our country. And

most cvident in Chess today is the placid acceptance of fraud. dcceit, and bitchery. In Chess as in the USA today we l:lCk the Angr~' Man. We lack the couragc to stand up and shout down deceit and fraud-we find it easier to shrug and acccpt such rascality as inevitable.

But we forget that there would have bcen no USA. if there had not been angry men. And our country spread wcstward from the Eastern ShoreJine only because angry men would not compromise with difficulties and accept the easiest solution as the only onc.

Much of the difficulties of organizing chess In the USA today arises from the fact that there IS no statement of firm principles ad­herred 10 with a religious zcal. An organization that can elect to office its traducers, pat its slanderers on the back, and compromise miserably with its enemies rather than affirm honest principles may eke out a bare existence. but it can never command either respect or enthusiasm. And because mankind has never found a way to repeal the Spencerian Law of the survival of the fittest, it is inevitable that sueh organizations eventually perish of the compromises they have accepted. No govern­ment has ever survived the cankerous rot of fraud and deceit; it may flourish with a false bloom of health for a time, but the rot beneath undermines it until eventually it falls. For evenhlaJ1y in every age there arise the angry men who will not compromise with fraud, deceit and bitchery. There comes a d\lY when even cowards become brave in revolt against the evils of compromise and misrule.

As it is with the governments of the world, so it is with Chess. If the USA is to have a strong, respected and creative chess organiza­tion, we must sound the trumpet of our wrath against deceit and fraud, against traducers and slanderers. against the enemies of truth and growth and honest administration. Therc is no salvation in compromise with evil. '

Therefore, members of the .USCF. thc future of chess lies before you, to create or destroy. At the annual USCF meeting in Cleveland this August. you may assure the USCF of an honest. able and competent administration under whose firm and uncompromising hand the USCF may step forward to greater eHorts. Or you may shrug your shoulders and accept the ignominious and pusillanimou~ policies of compromise and drift along the easy way of least I·csistance to an inevitable (but unforeseen by some) eventual failure.

The future is yours! And the future belongs to thc Last Angry Men!

When Is A Draw II "Grandmaster" Draw? Dear Mr. Major:

I read with great intere$! the remarks or several readers In your August 20th tsm.e of CHESS LIFE and would ilke to me what may become a minority r e port within your pages concerning the Issue or "grandmaster draws." rt hope that I do not mlmnterpret, mtsquote, or misrepresent What has been said In your pageS heretofore.)

FIrst of aU, It seems to me thai there are two sltuaUon~ which have been lumped togetber under the label of "grandmaster draw." One is the prearranged draw, in which tbe two players either overtly or tacltty agree to a draw before tbe game begins. I definitely hOld no brtef for thIs sort of behavior. It has all tbe etblcal Quality of a "fixed" boxing match.

The second type of "grandmaster draw" IS the One In which Iwo players sit down to the game with Ihe intenUon of playing to win. After 1$ or 20 moves, however, (or perhaps even less) Ihey arrive at a pomUon In which neither player

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has any adVantage or any prospect of attaining an advantage. In reCogniUoD of t his fact, the players agree to a draw. It is thtl type of draw which I believe I.s perfeetly legitimate In Chess (morally as well as legally) and wWeh, as I under. stand It. Is what Mr. Bisno ami the Eldtor object to.

Let mc begin my defense of this second type or "grandmaster draw" by describing a situatlon that rreQuently occurs In golf between two masters or good players li t any level. If one player hits his ball .... 1thln one or two feet of tbe CUP. the other player, as a gentlemanly gesture, concedes the next stroke to his opponent, rather than make him "putt In.'' He Is In e({ect saying to his opponent, "I Tt'cogni>.e your skill as a golfer, and I know that you certainly could sink this two·fOO! putt without any tro;mblc .... hatsoever. Therefore J won't Insult your golf­ing abUltles , as .. <"('II as delay the game, by forcing you to finish the last putt."

To gc t back to Chess, what Is resignation but sn analogous courteous recogn!­tion of the opponent's ablUt)· as a chcssplayer? Let us eXClude the situation in which a plnyer resigns Just a move or two ahead or mate, but rather look at the more typlcnl situatlon In .... hlch One player has a decisive material advantage for which his opponent has no compensation al all, not even any prospect for a pro­longed sturdy reSistance, to counterbalance this. (Another fairly typical CDSe oc­curs when one player has an unstoppable passed pawn In all ending where material Is eve n. In such clrcumstances, playe" by resigning are doing the oniy courteous thing po~s lble. What they are In effect saying to their opponent Is thill: "I recognize your abUlty M a chessplayer and know that you could eventuallY win this game with no;> trouble whatsoever. Therefore I won't Insult your ehessplayi.ng skU! as well as delay the game by forcing you to play until you checkmate me." I think most chcsspllly.::!rs ..... ould IIgrce that this Is the tacit thought sequence behind a playel··s r eslgnallon.

Now fo r the main topic or this di!l<:ussion, the "grandmaster draw." Let me repeat that I am not trying to derend prearranged draws, but ratber the type which arise ..... lthin 15 Or 20 mo .. ·es between two masters who sat down to the game "honestly." that Is, de\.::!rmlned to play for a win. When two such playeu agree to ~ draw, what they arc saying to each other in eUect Is the following; HI reeog· nbe your ability as a chessplnyer as being equal to mine. I have not been able to obta tn any advantage m'er you thus far In the gllme, or even any superiority of position. If ..... 1.' continued the gam~, It would probably result In a drawn end­game'. I respect your chessplaylng ability enough not to expect any gross blunders on your part later on In the game. Therefor.::! I won't insist on continuing the gam e In eXlwetation of such a blunder. So let us agree to a draw now, Instead of playing the g3me out to Its conclusion, ..... hleh ..... ould probably be a drawn endgame." I bellev.::! that this r.::!presenls the taclt thougbt processes of two mastera who agree to a grandmaster draw shorily after the game begins, that Is. within the flrst 20 moves of the game. Frankly, I cannot find anything morally reprebensible in such ac llon, provided, as I have alrcady stated, the t ..... o playe" sat do ..... n to the game with the Intention of winning.

Ha .. ·lng stated my reasons for believing that "grandmaster draw"" are morally defensible. I should like to comment on some potnts that Mr. B1sno made in his letter publlsh~d In the Aug. 20th issue of CHESS LIFE. He says, for example, the follo\\1ng th Ings ;

"I have opposed the rigllt of two players In a tournament to agree on II 'dra w' whenever the~· felt It was tn their tntere$!s to so do."

Mr. Bisno calls this "unfair" and "unsportsmanltke," but who el$e should determine what is a contestant's best Inlerest at any glven point In a tournament? Some third party such as the Tournament Director or the adjudicators? Would It be " fair.::!r" or "more sportsmanlike" for a third party to tell a contestant wben he may accept a draw and when he I.s not allowed 10 do 80? It seems to me tbat a contestanl in a tournament Is thc best judge of what is his best Interests during II t ournl'y. If he ,,1shes to accept a draw, and risk falling behind htl rival(.) by 1h pOInt, while they are winning, I belle"'e that that Is his business, primarily, and no l that of the TD or any other third party. Mr. B1sno states In another part of his letter that he would require "consent or the Referee" In 5Uch draws u I have been di scussing, somethIng I don't believe would serve the best Interesl.!! or any contest ant In the tournament. _

"The agreeing on a premature draw b bound to adversely affect .came or the other contestants or the tournament, which is certalnly unfair."

I'm n ot sure I understand the nature or Mr. Bisno's critlclsm of "prematu.e draws" (a term that 1 would question as a descriptive phrase for short draws). Anything that any player docs at any point during a tournDlllent 15 "bound to adversely a ffect some or the other contestants." This Is certainly truer If a player wins than if he draws. Is this "unfair?"

"There Is no questlon, but that In most cases where a draw Is called by mutusl consent ... that the game It played to a conclusion, would result tn a victory for one side."

Firstly, I doubt that "there ts no question" about gTandmaster draws ending up decisively If played out, but even so, I believe that among masters, it would be a I:"ross Insult to the other player's ability to Insist on continuing a game from a drawlsh and equal position, in the hope thai one's opponent will make .. serious blund er which would permit a win. t bellev.::! r explained this point earlier In this le ttl'r. Would It not be just as great an Insult for a player who has a com· pll't.ely hopeless posillon to continue playing unUI he Is checkmated, 1nstead of resigning , In the hope that his opponent will make a gross error latn on? Sucb behavior may Bult the woodpushel"s of the "never.glve·up·untll·you're-mated" IiChool of thought, but It lIl·becomes a master to exhibit such "sore loser" tactics.

"I think that the question ... Is a legitimate matter for inquiry and discus­sIon hy a p roper commtttee oUbe United States Chess Federation."

I couldn't agree with lI'Ir. Blsno more completely, except that I believe thls matter of "grandmaster draws" Is one which the entire cht'ss-playlng public should think about lind consider carefully before any oWclal body of the USCF hands aown a li eclslon that would bind all tournament committees of the future.

CHARLES E. GERSCH

N= York, N. Y.

/" fa irn'H 10 Mr. Bimo, "'t bclieu it should b, indic41rJ 11,0/ his con/trlNO" Ihod "I I" gmnt ;f played 10 a (one/mio", ",auld r(fI,lt ;n tt "ie/ory for Ont sidt" I>'<IJ" nol bauJ 0" Ih( ("n"pl that on( pla"er ,..""Id NtntuaU,. blundt(, al Mr. Gersch lUg­gats. N o do"bl, Mr. Bisno had in ",ind such txa",plts a' II... brjfliall",-pri~t M."co­M",o(~y . Vi,nna. 1899. In this ga"" both plctytrJ ",ould h<n"t bun httpP1 to dr_ Ih ( Yny p""fic opening wilh ill Qucrn t,ade On moY .. 22, anly unfortunattly tl... to"''',1»Unl ",/fs demandd 30 moyn brlort " dra", rOll/d be agrud upon . .And by mOw JO M",oa.,. is no -/on$((' inl(r(rt~d in " d,,,w-M<fTro hal not blunJtuJ, but th. f!.a",~ has (Om. /0 lik Ma'o,,-y dots not ",in "nti/ 78 ml»'tl art plctytd-tht pritt ~·i .",ing (o",bi"alion is j"ili"ud ",ilh mOyt 69. B"t ,,1/ oj thif would h,/'"" bun 1(1It

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LARRY EVANS ON CHESS UNITED STATES CHESS FEDERATION

OFFICERS By International Mas"'r LARRY EVANS President Frank R. Graves

The 1st Game of the

Botvinnik-Smyslov Match

AT the time of writing, Botvinnik leads 3·2 after five games. In view of two previous drawn title matches it is significant that three of

these games were decisive. What this means is that the present match is likely to be a fighting one. Smyslov, the challenger, won the first game -and this has considerable psychological overtones. First, it means that Botvinnik cannot afford to sit back and play fo r the draw. Second, it means that Botvinnik must play lJ.ggressively to get the point back. Third, it sets the pattern 10r aggressive chess in all twenty-five games. Had the first game been drawn, it probably would have set the pace for the whole match. And, indeed, the champion missed a possible draw in the endgame. For the reasons already outlined, this is a good thing for the chess world.

White M. BOTV1NN1K

i. P-QB4 2.. N..QB3 J. P-KN3

Black V. SMYSLOV N·KB3 P·KN3

B·N2-4. B_N2 0-0 5. P-K4

This IS a move that 1 would never make) It Is superfluous. It hems In the Billhop. It leaves a gaping hole on Q4. Why Bot_ vlnnlk did not play 5. P_Q4 is a mystery. Probably a prepared variation. If so, the point ill never apparent.

5. ........ P.QB4 Natu rally l Black seizes the opportunity to prevent P44.

6, KN·K2. N'B3 7. 0-0 P·Q3 S. P·QR3 .H • ••••

II 8. P-Q4, PxP; 9. NIP, NIPi and Black' stands beUer.

I. ........ B-Q2. 9, P-KR3 N-KlI

A very strong move. It unleashes the KB, prevents P·Q4, and prepares the maneuver N-B2-K3-Q5. Black's advantage lles in his bet ter Pawn Structure.

Position afh.r 8 ......... , N.KIl

That an already well developed piece should be retreated Is perhaps grating to one's sensibilities. Indirectly the real purpose of the move Is to increase Black's control over QS.

TO. P-Q3 N·B2. 11. R·Nl R-Nl 12. B_K3

White has heen outplayed. Despite all his elaborate preparations for P-QN4, It is Black who gets there first! 12. p_ QN4, J'xP; 13. PXP. P-QN4 would have been in Black 's favor.

12.. ..... ... P.QN4 13. PxP NxP 14. NxN RxN 15. P.Q4 Q·Bl

15. PxP leads to simplification. Smyslov prefers to malntain the teDHlon.

i6. PxP Pxp 17. K·R2. R.Ql 18. Q·Bl N·QS 19. N·B3

1\1. NxN, PxN would leave Black with a protected passed QP. Th~ fad that "White cannot afford to exoftinge pieces indicates that he is In trouble.

19. .....•.. R.N2 20. P-B4 ....... .

This leads to an undesirable further \Veakenlng of the Pawn formation, but

what else can White do? If 20. N·QS, B­N4; 21. R ·Q1 , P_K3 drives back the Kn ight. Black can occupy his Q5 where· as White cannot. Therein lies Smyslov's great advantage.

20. ... .. 8·Q83 2.1. R·B2. P.QR4

Ultimately the point of this suhtle ad· vance will become apparent.

:2.1.. Q.BT N-N4 2.3. P_KS .•.•....

In view of what follows. White would have been belte r advised to play 23. BxP. By placing h is Pawns on Black's squares he leaves himself with the bad Bishop.

2.3. ..•..... NxN 2.4. PxN BxB 2.5, RxB RxR 2.6. QxR Q_83 2.7. R.Q2 ....... .

~o~l,tt;ef~~ f~e~g~~o~~~l ~~·te~~ allows Black a hind.

27. ....... . RxRch 2.8. BxR P·BS

To prevent P·B4. Now Whit e hll$ a very difficult endgam e. H1s Pawns are on bad squares.

2.9. B-K3? •..••.•. The losing move-probably due to time_ pressure. The correel drawing chance Is 29. Q·NIl eh . B-Bl-and now White has two continuations: 30. Q·Q8. Q-B4 (30 . ........• P .R5; 31. B·l(3. P-B3; 32. B.Q4 event_ ually t ransposes); 31. P-R4---and It Is not clear how Black can make headway. If 31. ........ , Q",P then 32. P ·B5, threatening B·RS. This line Is unclear. Probably the best continuation would be 30. P·B51 cthreatenlnl:" B.n S). 30 .....•.•. , PxP; 31. P-QR4!! and Black cannot free hlmsclI. If 31. ........ , QxP; 32. B·R6. Like-wise, P -B3 is met hy B·RG. If 31. ....•..• , K-N2; 32. Q-Q8 and QxP Is met by R­R6ch, with 11 draw. After 29. Q·N6eh White has excellent, If not forced , dra\\ing chances. With the text he permits Smyslov a subtle winning maneuver.

2.9. ........ P-B31 Now 30. Q-N8~h can he met with K _B2.

30. B·Q4 K·I32. 31. Q.QI P-IlSI must never he allowed to play Now the weakness of White's

":;;;;~~ a d ark square-Is fatlll. Incl. '! the rea!On tor Black's 21st becomes clear.

Q .. ' ... .. ... Even here the ag gressive P -R4 offers be t ter chances. Botvlnnlk seenlS to play with a sense of his own immlnent doom.

33. .... ... . B·B 1! The poin t of Black's play. The BIshop Is to be brought back Into the game with devBsta ting effect.

34. P_BS 35. PxPch 36. BxP 31. Q·B2ch 38. Q.B6 39. QxNPch 40. Q·R7ch White Resigns

PxKP P,.

P· K3 K-KI , .. K·Q2. B·K2.

He cannot stop the advance 01 Bl ack's QR Pawn without heavy ma t erial loss. Note even 1n t hi s final posltlon the difference If Botvlnnik had played 33. P ·R4 instead of the passive K-NI. He would still have conSiderable counter. chan ces with 41. B_B6, Q-B4; 42. BxB. QxB; 43. Q-B2 followed by P-R5.

Sam Teitelbaum and Farrell L. Clark shared the Salt Lake City championship with equal 4-1 scores' Teitelbaum lost a game to Clark; and Clark to Hunt. Third place went to Stanley Hunt with 3%-Ph, a loss to Teitelbaum and a draw with Don Card. Fourth and fifth with 3-2 each were Richard Owen and Alma Madsen. The 14-year old Owen was awarded the Junior Championship.

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S E:VERAL foreign chess publications have crossed the reviewer's desk III recent months. The f irst to hand is Know the Game Chess pro­

duced for the British Chess Federation by Educational Productions, Ltd., 17 Denbigh Street, London, for two shillings (28c plus postage). It is a forty· page streamlined primer with some f ifty-odd diagrams and photographs. The second item is the ql.iarterly Chess Reader, founded in 1955 by K. Whyld, 125 Trowell Road, Nottingham. England, at three shillings sixpence a year. It is intended for chess bibliophiles, the con­tents consisting chiefly of reviews of current books and journals. All good chess magazines publish reviews, but other departments and features tend to squeeze these out. Mr. Wbyld's ventur e is alone di­rected to the li terature of thc game. The Mw-rays and Van der Lindes of thc fullire will find their tasks casier and the players of the present will find their pleasure in the game enhanced if this little paperback is encouraged. The third foreign publication is also a journal new to the reviewer, Chess Digest, edited by G. Wojciechowski-Wilton, from Melbourne (Vic) , Australia, a monthly at two shillings ninepence ($4 per year). This is a stapled electro-type offset of fo rty pages per issue, paged continuously. The three numbcrs under consideration offer gen­erous sections on theory (derivcd 1rom current intern ational tourna~ ments), gamcs (ditto), lessons, and news both Australian and international. Fin:lIiy, there is the continuation of Dr. Max Euwe's monumental Theorie der Schaeh·Eroffnungen Tell XI-XII OFfene Spiele II und III (Berlin­Frohnau, Germany; Siefriend Engelhardt Verlag, Remstaler Str. 21. 152 pp., 64 diags. , DM 5.60- about 51.10 plus postage). Part Xl covers Two N, Guioco Piano. Evans, Hungarian, Scotch, Pomiani, AJekhine (called Russian here, as has been customary on the continent.- since 1945), and Philidor 's Defense. Part XII deals with King's Gambit, Vienna Game, Bishop's Opening, Center Gambit, and mi~cel1aneous openings after P-K4, P-K4. As in the other volumes of this great work. the or ganization is clear, the systematic treatment of variations is a ddight to the eye and the mind, and the opinion is that of grandmaster who is also a mathematician. Chess vocabulary is easily picked up, and so even those who do not read German wiII find themselves understanding much of the comment and thus learning a little German along with their chess.

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GAMES BY USCF MEMBERS • Annotated by Che .. Master JOHN W, COLLINS

USCF MEMBERS: S"bmu yo." bm ,mI'l lor this J,pntmnlt '0 JOHN W . COllIN S 91 U,I<1% Rod, BrooMy" 26, N . Y. S/'<Iu 1m,,! limiuJ, Mr, Colfin l .-.11 " 1«1 1M ~ost inlt,ntilll: onJ irlltnoChn lor ,,,blk<lliofo . U n/t ss Mh"",;,t st4l"" "ott l 10 &crm" lITC by Mr. Col/ins.

BREAKS AT K4 li ND Q' BJ.c" l toms .. Jisl i"ft /y ' UP"i(), I'Osi·

tion .,..1Im his oppon"n' /.,;1, /0 pn'l'tnt

idtfJl, thmftlti' pmm-6., .1cs <If K4 on" Q'. A Bi,hop I d s in ,I., ,i ... , blow!.

BIRO'S OPENING MCO: P"_ 121, column J (d)

Louisian. Open Tournament New Orlean(, 1956

White Black A . M . LOC KETT • 1. " · KII 4

2. P·K3

J . .. Il EEMAN P.Q4

KHea 3 Alternati ... es Ire Z .......... P·KKt3; and 2.. •.•• ~... P-QB.f.

3. Kt ·K83 ..... ... U 3. P-QKt3 ? P.Q5t_ e:ood break.

3. ...... .. 8 ·KU Thill mo ... e. whl~h aim. a t ........ . P-Kf, is Schlechter" . Playable too are 3 . .... .. _. P-Bf: 3 . ...... .. . P-KKt3; and 3 . ........ , F-K3.

4. ..·K Rl ....... . P referable I. f . 8-Kl. bu t the text I. sufrlcient too.

.. ..•...•. 11 ·114 AlthOUIb It Is thl. t.ame Bishop that f inally wl.n$ the e:ame. the excu n,-. and cootinuaUon 4. _ ...... BxKt; S. QxB. QKt-Q2; e. P-Qf, Kt_KS; 1. 8-Q3. P _KBf; hi book.

$ . I(t ·Rf7 ._ ..... CI' .... lnr the Bl5bop hi not so talD'.

Jhould play S. 8-1U. or S. p . B-Q2; e. 8-Kt2.

$. .... ... . .. '-QKt 3

Better hi e. P·Bf.

... , ........

,. .... .... P ·K3 7. 1(1.1(113 KI·1I3 • • I ·K2 .. .. ... .

Wltb could dd",

8. B·KtS and 9. 8;cKt. Whit. ,et rid ot his bad Ballo)) and or pH .... nt ......... P -Kf.

• • ........ 11·0 3 , . o.of

Correct II 9. 8-KU, Q-K2; 10. P-Q4. the prevention of t _ ......... P.K4; beln, I 61rateg:lcal n«e5&lly.

,. ... ..... O·K17 Black should play 9 .......... P.K .. ; whfle he CIlD.

11). II·K12 1 10. P-Q4. ba. It. drawbacks. but they ani leu serlou. than. those which nl1.ll t fr(lm allowln, Blick to break a t Kf.

10. ... ..... P' Kr'~' _

Now Black h .. a ,,, ;,~ 11. P x P KlxP 12. Ktx ICt 8 x Kt 13. 8 x 8 Qx ll

U. A·B31 ........

This mbpll CU the KR. But Is 15. 8 .83. IS. ........ p .QS

Thla second pawn·break accentuate. ~laC.k'l pI~!-'t_ d l.!e.lop~nt ~~~.::.e:

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16. PII P Q.Peh 17. IC ·AI KIl·Kl It . Q·K l . mlcht be

11. R-Q3 '9. Q-K BT

t ried. " . _. . 8 ·8 3

Q·KRS

Threatenlnr 20. ..._ ... , RxR; 2J . BllR. Qx P eh .

10. Q·SSe,," 21. Il·K81

J(· Ktl .. ......

21. K.KtI. is ponlblc too. 21 . .. . AXAI 22 . Qxll

If U. BxR, (2Z. Pill, P·KKt3! ",1m) p . KKt3~ 23. Q.B2, (23. QIIKt! QxP chi 24. K ·K U, QxP m~tc ) QxP chi 24. K ·Kt!, Q·Kl~ : nnd m~ck wins.

22. . ... Kt ·K5 23. Ktx Kt

This loses. 23. K ·K U, 1$ the only mO ... e that holds (as Black threatened both 2:1. ...... ... Kt·Kt6 ch; and 23 .......... K t-af ehl. But after 23. K.KU, KtxKt : 24-PxKt, Whl le's Pawns are welkened.

23. Ble Kt 24. Q·Q7

It 24. Q.Q B3 or 24. Q.K!. (While must protect the k"RP) 24 . .... .... , axP eh: IIUI Wln i .

24. .. ...... 8 x Pchi Aesigns

F or It 25. KxB. Rill ch; and mate in th ree mo ... es.

• DRA GON PLUS ONE ENGLISH OPENING

MCO: p.ge n. column ' Marshall C.C. Championship

New York. 1956-57 Nefti by U. S . MtUl~r Sidn~ Bmut~in

White Black S. 8E RNSTEI N A. AA NK1S

I . P·Q84 p .1« 2. Kt·QB3 KI-K83 3. P· KK'3 ....•...

Whltl Is playing the Dragon VariaUon ot the SIcilian Defense. but with a move In band (whic:h makes a con61derl hle dlrterence) .. 3. ....... . P-Q4 6. K •• B3 KI-1I3 4. P x P KtxP 7. P-Q3 8 ·K2 5. B·Kt2 Kt·Kt3 8. P..g1l 41 P' QA4 Thl! Dlove Is pracUclllly t orced. unless Black wiShes to move t il e Blf hop ag 4ln b y II ....... ... B·QKIS; after which Wh ite would play 9. 0 ·0 . and th"ate n 10. P.R5, Bx?: 11. KtxP.

9. B·K3 P.8. 10. 0 ·0 8 ·K3

Not 10 • . _ ..... , (}.()? 11. Q-Kt3 ch, K.RI ; 12. Kt.QKt:i (threa tening 13. KtxBP). Kt-Q4: 13. KtxKP. Kt:xB; 14 . Ktl<Kt . P. Kt; IS. PxKt, R-R3; IS. Kl-Q4. 104 White 11. .. a winnin g game.

11 . BIIK.I ....... . Just in Urne. bo-fore Black e sclpes wit: . 11 . .... _ ... Kt.Q2. Now WhIte ls, in el· ' ed. a P',"'n ahead, while BI.clt muat re ly on his Blshop·palr tor counter. play.

11. Px l 12. P·K3 0.0 13. ".Q4 II· B5

On 13 . . _ ..... . P XP; If. KtxP, KbKt; 15. PxKt. lea ... es Bla~k with no compell6l· Iton for his flpponent's passed-palO'n .

14. R·KI P·KS IS. K'.Q2 .. 8 2

No better Is IS • .. _ ....• B-Q6; 16. P.B3, PXP; 17. KtxP.

16.. P·B3 P x P 17. Qx " ICt· K'S

Thl! unpalatable alternaU ... e I! 17 .... ..... . P ·Kt3: 18. Kt-Q5 (mcnaclnll 19. Kt·QB41. B!\;K!: 19. QxB eh, with the better end. 1111 ror White .

18. Qx BPl B.Kt3 19. Q·K6ch B·B2

B);:.ck b hopinll' for a drlw by repe· t itian because of the th reat of ........ . Kt·B7.

20. Q.. R3 . ·Kt 3 20. ......... Kt·B?; Is me l by 21. B.K4, threalenlnA' mate .

21. R·KB I Kt ·., Loul.s Ley)' suJ:gesled 21 . ... _ .• B-Kt4: durin, the p05t.mon..m. One in ... ol ... ed line would be 22. Kt-B4, Q.B2: 23. K t­K5 t:lS. P·Kt3 ? BxP eh) Ib:P c h i 24. K-Ill . B:r1": 25. Kb;B. PxKt: 26. Q.KS ~h, K·R2: 2:1. B.K4. and Wblte wins.

;2. Ax Ach 8 x R

23. R-le 8 ' Q. lCt4 o r course not 23 ••. ...... , KtxKP? U . Q. K6 ch , or 23 . ........• K t KQP ! M. B-Q5 ch, and BIllICk loql h i' Knleht.

14. Q .K6ch I(·R l 25. R·84

Ir ~ .......... n .K1; 28. White Wi n. th" enc1lng. 26. Kt-IIS Q. 1l3 31. 21. K'· K5 A· KI 32. 28 . Ktle8c h OxICt 32. 29. QxO PlIQ U . 39. A.A4<; h K· KtI

B·QSch A·Alch AxA ch K· B2

K· Bl K·K2 ."

The poslUon I, now hopeless tor Black:. .. ho must lose at least a nflthe r Pawn. It no .. 34 ... _._ •• S xKt; 3S. P XB. P-QKt4; 3f>. K·I(2. dc .... In .. 34. ........ 8-K2 31. IC·8 3 Kt .B3 35. a · IC4 KI-Kt S " . Kt'KtS~h K-Q. 36.. a x pch K-Q2 40. P.Kt3 Kt . Ktl 37. ".kh K-Q3 Forced by lhe th reat ot 41. P.K4 mate . Black should ~s!,n . The reat require. no eomment. 41. P· A4 46. K· Kt6 8 . P 42 . K·K,. O . K-A5

... , Kt · A3

8 ·82 K· . 3 . ...

41. "xB Kx P ... p · KK.a Kt .1I4

44. P·K4c h 4'. Kx P KlxKtP 45. P' KS 50. P· AS Aesig n ,

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VIENNA GAME MCO: p l ,e 3f0, column 11

Midwest Open Ch. mpionship Lincoln, 1956

Wh ite Bli ck J . L. SPIiNCI' J . SOBOLEVS KIS

1. " · K4 p ·K4 2. K' ·QU B-B4

Ge ne rllty prVe ru d I. 2 ....... _. Kt·KB3. 3. 8 ·14 PoOl 4. P·Q 3 P-QB3

Bllck's Idea I, w e ... en tually force the brenk ._ ..... . P.Q4. Simple r 1$ 4 . ... .... .. Kt· KD3.

5. P·B4 Now White h .. a King', Gambit De­clined fonnaUon.

S. ... .... 8 x Kt1 Sacrificing the minor cxchante (the KB was doi ng /I , ood job In p....,ve ntirl&: eastUn,) Ind &:olnl:' pawn·hun tlng is a $erIOUS mls t, ke . Better are 5 ...... ...• KI' B3: S ........ .. Kt·Q2; and S ......... , p .QKt4; 6. B·Kt3. Kt·n~.

a . Ax B Q· A5ch Ch~nlln, pla ~ s wllh 6 . ........ . KI·53: II be tter.

1. K·.' Px P If 7 .......... Qxl"; 8. Q·B~. Kt.Q2: 9. 8-K3. KKt-Bl; 10. P-Q4 ! a nd White has the Idvllnhge _ bette r development and play a,alnst the e llposed Black Queen. • • 0 ·8 , P ·KI(. 4 11. B.Q2 Q·R4 , . P.KA3 " •• Q2 12_ P·KKK! 10. P.Q4 KK' ·B3 On the one h l Dd , In exch.nge of Queen • • nd ~n unfa vorable endlne 1$ avoided , and aD the othe r the klne:.s1de Pawns a re set . ml klng futUre brei", at KM a nd In the cente r feasi ble .

12. ... ..... Q·Kt3

U I%.. ........ , PXP e.p.1 U. QxPI with many a lla cklng chanCel.

13 . B·Q3 ........ Thr e"tening to win a pl«. with 14. P ·K5.

13. . ... . O· ICt2 14. A·I( I 0.0

With U. p .K5 menaefli, Dlac.k must casUe. risky as tbal 1.5 too.

15. P· J( R4 P_J( II' I'. P x P P x.P 17. A·K RI Kt-IUf

Thl. rna"" loses by tore.. With 17. .. ...... . R·KI ; Black hold , t or the t line be!ng, but White's pi l Y on the opln fil l! and poten tial break It KS mll tt " i n e ... en tually.

IS. P·KS

". I'. KI·" . " ....... . Or 19. KBld', l\.xB; ZO. PxR. IlDd wins.

19. ..... .. 'xP 20. Px" KIx'

Otberwbe 21. P·B6. winS. 21 . QAIIKtl Ox R 22. 8 .8 4ch K·Kt2

U 22 ......... , B-KS; 23. BxB ch. wiDs; Ind If 22 . ...... _. R·BZ; 23. RJdCt wtD.I.

'13. Ax Kl c h l ....... . The Rooks are explndable.

23. ..... KxR tt 23 ......... , K.B3; White Cl n win with 24. RltKI. 24. R·R6 en. or 201. Kt-Kkb. Here White announced mate in three with 24. Q.R5 ch, K·Kt2; 25. Q·Kt' ell, K·R I; U. Q·RG. A plca,lng flnlsh l

KING'S INDIAN DEFENSE Me o : p.~ 97, column 12

Log Cabin Independent Tourney West Orange, 1957

N oIcs by U . S. MtlJfu A . E. Ssntlllic" WhIte Black

A. ! . SANTASIEAE A. J . "ISCHe ll: 1. Kt ·KIl3 KI-K 8 3 5. 8 .Kt2 p·eu 2. p · B4 P·KKt l 6. ,..Q.t q Kt-Q2 3. K'·83 B·Kt2 f . 0.0 P· K4 4. P·ICK.3 0-0 S. PxP The .,"Stem (m"ve. el,ht to el .... e u) which begins with III" m(We w .. ID· \'ented by me, and has (Mfore thl. Il,me) brou llbl me vlctoriu o ... er LaM')' Evins. Hans BerUner Ind Dr. Paoli (champion, ltaI,. ). i. ........ P>:P 10. a xK. Q x8 9. 8 .K" P·KRl 11. Kt-Q2 l(I-a4 Bobby's th...... predecessors all played he re P·B3. White'. Idea the n I. KKt· K4 wi tll entry at Qa. 12, R· BI .... . . . Thrcatenln ll P.QKt4.. 12. ... ..... p-QA4 13. Kt·Kt3 A.Ql 14. KI·QS Q·Q3

15. KI:rKt " . Q·K U

QxKt 8 ·81

Played after ... ery long Itu~y. Once t wlltched Marshall think one whole brain· on a mOve. When he came o ... er to mc. he ,.., Id: "I tult mi d. tbe wont moye on the board." H. bid a ,Nlal capacity for bdn&' n e rcely antI')' with himself. I incline towal'd Mareus Au· rellu_HSomelbln, hal befallen. the'" It II wen.,;, . .. Ir. I(A.Q l ., K·Kt2 It. 0 ·K8 3 ....... . Not onl), d earin&: the .... I y for the QKtp. bu t thrulenln, at Bil ek'. "'ellkened KBJ. I .. ....... A·A3 20. , oQ IU . ....... a . P·K4 QR·cn

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GUEST ANNOTATORS Sidney Bernstein A. E. Santasiue

The t hreat of P -QK t 4 p ractically forces Black to lose his QRP. as will be secn. '.10. ,. __ p . R.$ '.12. P·R.3 P.QB3 21. 8 ·Bl P·R4 23. Kt·B3 R-B3 A somewhat desperate decislon which hopes to crash through to the White K with the two Bishops . 24. QxRch KxQ 28. Kt·Bl 25. RxR B·R3 29. K·Kt'.! 26. QR·Ql B·Kl 30. PxP 21. KtxP Q·R4 31. R/8.QJ

P·R5

'" B· K6

The game is app r oaching a cUmax. Th e text th l"eatena P·QKt4. 31 . 8·QS 33. Kt·K1 32. P-QKt4 Q·R2 The only mO Ve to save the game. II now ... ..... , ExP ; 34. R-B3 ch, K.Ktz; 35. Ktx B. BxE ch ; 36. QRxB with action against Black 's K. 33. , _ . P-84 And If DOW ......•. , B.K!7; 34. R·B3 ch, K.Kt2:; 35. R-Q2 when ... ..... , BltRP will lose a piece t o 36. R.R2. 34. KtxB BPxKt 36. P·B! 35. R-B3ch K·K'.! A has ty move. wh ich gives Black his oppor tu n ity. P-Kt4 was correct. 36. .. P·B4

pr eSSll re

". ';~:', No t al so a

". 39. R·Ktl K_Q3 was 41. PxP

'0 ." .. , better. .".

38. K-Ktl ... di agonal pin , but

rank. 40. RxPch K-B3

'rime pressure blunder. PxP was ncc· essary. (On the strength Qf his con_ nected p assed pawns, Fische r claims a wi n after 41. ........ , P xp --JWC). 42. PxSch KxP For if ... ..... , QxR; 43. R·B7 ch! wins.

BI~ck resigns.

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH ENGLISH OPENING Meo: page 33, column 11

Game One World Championship Match

Moscow, 1957 W hi te

M. BOTV1NNIK I. P.QB4 Kt.KB3 2. Kt·QB3 P·KKt3

Black V. SMYSLOV

11. R-82 P·QR4 21. Q-B1 Kt·Kt4

3. P·KKt3 B·Ktl 13. P· K5 KtxKt 4. B-Kt2 0·0 24. PxKt BxB 5. P-K4 P·B4 25. RxS RxR 6. KKt'Kl Kt_Bl 26. QxR Q.BJ 7. 0 -0 p.QJ 27. R·Q2 RxR 8. P·QRl S.Ql 28. SxR P.8S 9. P'R3 Kt.Kt 19. 8·K3 P-B3 10. P·Q3 Kt·Bl 30. 8·Q4 K-82 11. R-KtI R-Ktl 31. Q·Qt P·R5 12. B.K3 P.QKt4 13. PxP KtxP

31. Q-Kl Q·Q4 33. K· KtT · 8.Bl

14. KtxKt RxKt 34. P·B5 PxKP 15. PoQ4 Q.Bt 35. PxPch Pxp 16. PxP PxP 36. BxP P.K3 17. K·Rl R-Ql 37. Q-82ch K.Kl 18. Q·Bl Kt-Q5 38. Q·S6 8xP 19. Kt-B3 R.Kt2 39. QxKtPch K-Q2 20. P·B4 8·Q83 40. Q·R7ch B.Kl

Game adjourned at this point , but Botvl nnlk resigned withou t r esumption of play. Whit e, i n time t rouble , made hi s last 16 moves In 15 minutes.

SICILIAN DEFENSE Meo: pag" 177, column 63

Game Two World Championship Match

Moscow, 1957 White

V. SMYSLOV Black

M. BOTVINNIK 1. P·K. P-QB4 2. Kt·KB3 KtoQB3

15. PxKt BoQ3 16. Kt.R4 K.Bl

3. PoQ4 PxP 4. KtxP Kt-B3 5. Kt-QBJ P·Q3

17. 8·B4 R·Ql 18. P'QKtl B-QBl 19. R-Kl P-B3

6. B·KKt5 P-K3 20. Kt·Kt2 B·SSch 7. Q.Q2 P-QRl 21. K·Ktl 8.Q3 8. 0-0·0 P·R3 22. R·KB1 B-85 ~. B-K3 Kt·KKt5 10. KtxKI PxKt 11. B·B5 B·Kt:!.

2l. Kt-Q3 B.Q3 24. K·Bl P-QR4 25. P·R4 8·K2

11. P'KR3 PxB 13. QxQch RxQ

26. R-Kl B.Q3 27. P-K5 SxP

14. RxReh KxR 28. Ktx8 PXKt

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29. RxP K·Q3 38. R-B3 K.Q3 30. R_ K3 R·K81 39. K· K3 ,,,. 31. P· K83 P-K4 40. R·Q3 K·B2 32. K-Q2 R· BS 41 . R-Ql R-B3 33. P·Kt3 R·Bl 41. R-KRI K.Q3 34. R-Q3ch K·S2 U. P-84 B·B2 35. R-K3 K-Q3 44 . B·Q3 K-K2 36. B_Kl B·K3 45. B·K4 R·Q3 37. RoQ3ch K·Bl CRAW AGREED

KING'S INDIAN DEFENSE Meo: page 93 Game Three

World Championship Match Moscow, 1957

White M. BOTVINNIK 1. P.QB4 Kt-KB3 1. Kt·QB3 P· KKtl 3. P·KKt3 B·Kt:!. 4. B-Kt2 0.0 S. P·Q4 P·Ql 6. Kt·B3 Kt_B3 7. 0.0 P-QR3 8. P·Q5 Kt.QR4 9. Kt·Ql P·B4 10. Q.B2 P-K4 11. P·QR3 P·Kt3 12. P'QKt4 Kt·Kt:!. 13. R-Ktl S·Q2 14. KKt-K4 KtxKt 15. KtxKt Q.S2 16. PxP KtxP 17. KtxKt KtPxKt 18. S.Ql KR, Ktl 19. P-K4 RxR 20. RxR R·Ktl 11 . R-Kt3 RxR

Black .t. SMYSLOV

22. QxR KB·B3 13. P-KR4 B-Q1 24. K·R2 Q-Kf3 25 . Q·B2 P-KR4 26. B-Rl B·Kl 17. B·B3 Q·Ktl 28. K·Kt2 K· R.2 29. K-SI P·R4 30. P·R4 Q·R3 31. Q·Kt3 Q·Kt3 31. Q-R2 Q.Kn 33. K·Ktl K·Ktl 34. K·Rl K·R2 35. K-Kt2 K·Kt1 36. Q.B2 K-IU 37. 8·Q2 B·KBJ 38. K· R2 Q.Kt3 39. B-B3 S·Kn 40. B-B8 B·R3 41. K.Kt2 ORAW AGREEO"

KING'S INDIAN DEFENSE Meo: page 93 Game Five

World Championship Match Moscow, 1957

Wh ile Blac k M. BOTVINNIK V. SMYSLOV 1. P·QS4 Kt-KB3 27. R-K3 Q·KB1 2. Kt·QB3 P·KKI3 28. R·Kt5 R·Rl 3. P-KKt3 B-Kt2 29. Kt'R4 Q_Bl 4. B·Kt2 0·0 3(1. Q-83 P·R4 S. p.Q. P·Q3 31. RXRP R·Ktl 6. Kt·B3 8 · KtS 32. Kt.Kt2 K.Rl 7. P.KR3 8xKt 33. Q'Kt3 Kt·Ktl 8. BxB Kt.BS 34. Kt·Q3 Kt' RJ 9. B· Kt2 Kt-Ql 35. R· Kl Kt·Kt5 10. P.K3 P·K4 36. Q-R4 Q·K2 11. P·Q5 Kt.Kl 37. K.B2 KR. SI 12. P·K4 P-KB4 38. R·R7 Kt-Kl 13. P·KR4 P_B5 39. BxKt PxB 14. B-R3 R·B3 40. Q.Kt5 Kt'B3 15. Q·K2 B·R3 .1. P·R4 K-Ktl 16. B·Ql Kt·QB4 42. Q·RS QoQl 17. P·QKt4 P·B6 18. Q-Bl 8x8ch

43. Kt·Kt2 Kt.Q2 44. Kt·Ql Kt-Bl

19. Kxs Kt-R3 <45. Q-KtS Q-K2 10. P·R3 P-B3 46. P-QR5 Q.R2 21. Kt-Bl 47. K·Q3 R·B2 12. R·KtI 48. Q-Kt2 Kt. R4 13. P-QR4 49. R-Ktl P-Kt4 24. P-B4 50. PxP QR_KBI 25. Kt.K1 51 . Q·Q2 R-BS 26. Kt·Kt2

by Niche"" Gab ..

Problem No. 763 By Frederick Gamage

Hochberg Memorial Tourney 1941 First Prize

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Problem N o. 765 By Frederick Gamage

American Chess Bulletin 1906 -

Problem No. 764 By Frederick Gamage Falkirk Herald 1940

First Pr ize

Proh/(m N o. 766 By Robert Darvas Budapest, Hungary

Schack 1953 L

a) as ;;', b) plae" on c) place B1K on d) place BlK on

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T HE 3 problems of the late Frederick Gamage presented above were selected at random and with the iutention of showing some more

samples of his skill and artis try to those of our followers who may be not closely familiar with his style. We refer again to our March 5 colullln in which the "Gamage Memorial Contest" was announced.

No. 766, with its "Four Corners of the Board" idea shows a trick which will leave its solvers breathless.

I I No. 753 Hermanson: key I. B-B3, thr eat 2. Q.K5 m ate. Bla ck B-P mutual llne

Interfer e nces dou bled! U nfortunately a WhP on KR2 was left out. eauslng duals. No. 754 Kowalewski : In t ention 1. Kt·B? threatening 2. R ·K5 mate. but after L ........ . R·Q6 Ihere Is no mate. Extra 4 polnis to solvc r $ who pOinted out this flaw. No. 7SS St r aldlns: 1. B·Q3 threatening 2. BAP etc. If 1. .... ...•• PxB, 2. P -K4 etc. and after 1 ... ,. ' .... K·B4, 2. Q.B6 eh! K·Kt5, 3. B·K2 mate. No. 756 Bellel!: diagram: A) KtxP. Kt BS 2. Kt B3. KlQ7 mate. B) BB6, KtQ6-BB3, KtB5; C) RIt6, KtxP; RB3, KtQII; Dj QR8, KtQ6; QB3, KtBS. E) P·B3, KtB7-RRsq .·KtxR mate.

51. KI·B3 KtxP 54. Q·Kl Resigns 53. RxKt Q.R7

COLLEGE CHESS (Continued from page 2, col. 4) Ralph Clark of Long Beach, Cal·

ifornia, has written suggesting a United States Intercollegiate Corre­spondence Tournament. H enough collegians ar e i,nterested in either a team or individual correspond­ence event, the ICLA would be glad to sponsor it. Let me know!

Frid",. April 5,

Pag_ 7 1957

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Frid<1], Page 8 Aptil " 1957

Sol",,,,. ~

WL.I'. :x au m...? Posi t ion No, 202

Tartakowcr·Znosko·Borovsky , P a ris 1940 T artakoll'cl' forced a qu ick win by I.

Pxl1il'ch , P xNP ; 2. QxPch~. K·~sq; 3. B-QB4ch, P·K3; 4. QxKPch, K.Rsq: 5. RxRch a nd mate ne x t m llVe. If In this 4 ..... .. ... K·R2: Ihe n 5. B_Q3ch, 6. Q.N6. The main va ria li lln is 2 ..... .. ... KxQ ; 3. B.Q3ch. R_B4; 4. BxRc h. K·B2; 5. BxNch fllUIlwed by 6. BxQ. If 2 .......... K_Rsq; then 3. B-Q3. Finall y, if 1. ...... ... K-Rsq; then 2. P xKBP, N·B2; 3. Q-N6.

Co rrect slljull o ns are acknllll'ledged Crllm: RIlbin A ult, P eter Berlow', M. O. Blumenth" l, A be l R. Bombe r llult. J. K CIlms lock, Cur tin , K . A . Czernicckl, Jes~c D~ \"ls, Cllrl E. Oiese n, Fredric FOllt e , Ivan Fra n k , E . Gaul t, J . B. Ger. m ai n, Richard Glbian. John Horning, Leonard Lichow '. P e te r Muto, Edmund Nash, G. W . Pa~'n c, Herbert J. RIlberts. I. Schwar tz, J . G. ScrIpps, RIlbert E. Seid e n , Bob St e iumcyu, W . E. Steve ns, Donald St u bb lebine , Franc!s W. T r ask. Hugh C. Underwuod. J . L. Weininger. William B. Wllslln, and Nell P. WItting . The s llivers scorc a ellm fllrt a ble vic· t ll ry by 31 -.3 . ' We lcIl rne t il n eW sul vl!rs

I I Fini sh It The Clever Way!

PIlsitllln No . 197: 1. RxHP. 10tH; 2. Q. K6 ch, R·B l ; 3. B_Rt6!, Q·B2; 40 . R-Kll, Black ,·eslg ncd.

P osition Nil. 198: 1. BxP!. PxB; 2. RxB ch i. KxR: 3. R-K l ch, K·Ql; 4. Q.R4 ch. P_1l3; S. Q-R6, Q-R4; 6. K t-Ktl, Q.Q4; 7. Q"R eh, K-H2; 8. QxBP. R.KI; 9. R·QB1. e ·RS; 10. Q_Q4, Q·Kt2; 11. R-Ql, R·K3: 12. Q·B4ch, and Black reo sig ned. If ..... ...• K.Q2; 13. Kt·B5 chi

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April 6-7 12th Kentucky State Open

Louisville, Ky. Open; at LIluJsvlll e YMCA Chess

Cluh, 231 Wo:st Broadway, LouIsville; begIns 1:00 p.m . S al. , April 6 CST. last rd 7:(I{I p.m. April 7; tWll dlvls!ons; e n try fc cs: -1l3 a nd $2; 1s t p r ize maj <>r dtv. $25 and Cou rle r..Journal Shllwaltcr Trophy , 1st prize [Ilinllr dlv . $10 p lus l rop h y; 4 rd Swiss ; TO R. W . ShieldS; rllr ddalls, wTlte: BIlb Cml r tney, 231 W. Broadway, LIluisv!ilc 2. Ky.

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April 26·28 Paul Morphy Open Tournament

Spring Hill (Mobile), Ala,

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Western Open Championship Milwllukee, Wis.

Open; at Venetian Room, Anor R Il­tel. 924 E. Juneau Ave.; sponsored hy Milwaukee Chess FIlund atilln; 8 rd Swlss. 50 mllves In hrs. first 3 games, 50 mOveS In 2>1 h u. last 5 games; entry fee, $10 for USCF m embers, $11 for non.members ; p l ay begins 10 :00 a .m . CST., J uly 4. las t r ound 2:00 p.m., July 7; 1st pme $300. 2nd $200. 3rd $100, sISIl $400 to be awarded on game lind tle.breaking points with guaranteed minimum prize fund of $1,000: light­ning p lay t llurname n t with separate prize fund Friday, 12 noon, entry f ee ~I; Tn Ernest Olfe: for d etaUs. write Miss P earle Mann. 1218 RaIlway Ex­change Bldg .• Milwaukee 2, Will. 100% USCF r ated event.

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Indiane State Championship Logansport, Ind.

Rest ricted to State r eslci"ents and out­o f-stllte members III a recognlzed In­dIana Chess Club: at Barn'll Hotel. LIlganspllrt starting: at 1:30 p.m. Sat­urday, May 4; li-rd Swiss, S-B tie-break­Ing; prizes III $2.5, $15, and $10 f or tat three places are contemplat ed with a prObable brllIlancy pme rllr a n on­prlze·winner; entry tee: $3; no advance regi s trallon necessary; b ring boarda, sets, and clocks Il "Ilasible; r ill' fu rther detailS, write: D. E. Rhead, 2715 Gnlen St . • Gary, Ind. Tn EmU Bersbach.

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M<1] )0, j"n( 1-2 Albuquerque Open Championship

Albuquerque, N.M. Open : a t Hilton Hotel, Albuquerque:

7 r d SwIss. 45 mllves 1st two houn and 24 mllves per hr t here afte r; s tarta 8 :30 a. m. to midnight Thursday, May 30; I p.m. t o 11 p .m. J une I ; 8 a .m. to 6 p.m .• June 2; Harkness pairing sys­tem; entry fee : $3 with no e x trllll: pmes Include 2 cups and 3 m ed als f or lien­Ims. cup and book fllr Jun Iors and oth­er Items; rllr de tillls: write W . A. Muff. 2717 Espanola, N.E., Alhuq uerque , N .M.

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Open ; al Ilbr~ry <>f St. JIlseph 's CIlI. l~ge . Spr ing 1Il1l; 6· r d S wiss; registr a · \lun: I I lI .m. April 26th; Ms 1 and 2 F r iday, r ds 3 a nd 4 Sa tu r da y . rds 5 and 6 Su nday: dedlcalilln of MIl r phy plaque Il n Satu rd ar . Ap r il 271h ; entry fee : $10 1wll h $5 rc turn:.blc on completion <>f schedule), rllr j unlllrs b llrn after April 26, 1936 $8 (with $5 ret urnahle); prizes: 1st p rize $75. 2nd $50. rd $25, 4th $15, 5th $10 with j u nIor prizes or -1l20 « nd ~I O ; sPIl nsored by LIlg Cabin Chess Club National Arriliates ; held duro lng " Old Ho me Week" and "Alumni Game" a l Sl. J oseph 's; hring se ts. blla rd s and clockS, If possIble.

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Weste rn Massachusetts Championship

Greenfield, Mass. Rest ric te d to residents of Western

Massachuset ts ; held at the YMCA, 451 Main St .• G reenfie ld, by Con n . Valley and west Ma ,.,.. Ch ess Assn.; 6 r d S wiss, 2li mllve. per hllur ; entry fee; $4; trophies only for 1s t, 2nd &: 3rd in Class A . B, &: C; vic t llr is w estern M"", sachusetts ChampIon; TD Vernon Hwne; (Ilr ddalls, write : Vernon Huml!. 19 Seh()Ql. Shelburne Falls. Mass.

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Maryl and Open Championship Balt imore, Md.

Open; at Maryla n d Chess Club, 1216 S l. Paul St.. Baltimor e; 6 rd Swiss, :> moves In 2 h rs. , 4 hr. playing ses­slllns; e ntry fee $7 including $2 return_ a ble dcpllsl t ; cash Iwards-40%, 30% . 20%, 10% t o first f ou r p laces ; Mary­land State and WIlmen's tlile r estrict. ed to h Ighest ra nk in g Md. players : en­t r ies accel,ted until 12 nlllln. April 27; TO WUlla m C. Koen Ig: bring chessmen and dllcks; for d e t ails, wrlte: WIl­Uam C. Koe n ig, 810 Braeslde Rd, BaI_ tinll>re 29, Md.

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M<1] 1-5 Wisconsin State Chllmpionship

LilCrosse, Wis. Re s tricted til state re sidents and IlUt­

Il f_s t ate m e m bers Ilr state chess cl uhs: a t Stoddard Hotel, LaCrllsse: 7 rd Swlss; entry Iec; $:> wIth $3 CIlr J u n­i." r s; tr<>p hles for first 6 p llsltlons, b est Ju n IOr a nd best wome n's sCllre; winner WIsCllns in Sta t e Champilln; TD Ernest OUe ; rllr details. write : Hugh Gauper 626 Pine S treet, La CrosS<!, Wis. '

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Cll rolinas Open Chllmpionship Greensboro, No. Car.

Ope n ; at Municipal Office Bldg., Gree nsboro: 6 rd Swiss; r egIster: 12:30 p.m., June 2S; en try fee: $5 and $2 NCCA or SCCA dues; 1st prize $100 and tr<>p h y; WIlmCn'S, Jun io r, and other cilSh prizcs: CIlr details, wrI t e : NIlnnan M. H Ilrns tein, l\UJ ., Southport, N.C.

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