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Levenstein Wins N. Y. State Tide Robert Levenstein of the Marshall Chess

Club defeated Prof. E. B. Adams of the Brooklyn Institute Chess Club in the play-off for the N. Y. State Championship. It required five games to reach a verdict and the final score was 3-2.

N. Y. State Problem Tourney . Coincident with the Syracuse Masters

Tournament, the N. Y. State Chess Ass'n. held a problem solving tourney. The prize was awarded ~o , David Polland of New York City 'who solved all eight problems correctly in 37 minutes.

- - -Bronx 'CoUnty Championship

At the end of the 7th Round, the leading scores in the Bronx County Championship, sponsored by t)1e El)1pire . City _ C. C, are!. E. Schwartz, 60-0; A. Simchow 50-0; P. Ellis 5-1 ; S. Stern 5-2. _

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22 players to Philadelphia to play a return match with the M ercantile Library Chess Ass'n. The Marshall Chess Club won by IIYz­roYz.......:one of the closest intercity scores in re­cent years.

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City of Boston Championship Thirty-six entrants started in the City of

Boston Open Championship Tournament. Games are being played at the Wells Me­morial Institute. The Tournament Director is Franklin J. Sanborn. A large silver loving cup emblematic of the Championship has been donated by George Sturgis, President of the Massachusetts State Chess Ass'n.

Cleveland vs. Cincinnati Cleveland defeated Cincinnati in an inter­

dty problem solving contest ' by the score of 7-4 and I t ie. Prizes awarded for the best solving record were: A. Szabo, first prize; W. F. Streeter, second prize; Erwin Krisch, third

, prize-all of Cleveland.

. Copenhaqen-Tournament ' , Aaron ~imzowitsch came through a strong Scandinav1an field to take first prize at Copen. hagen. The leading scores: A. . Nimzowitsch 6.0-1.0; E. Lundin 6-2; G. Stahlberg '5.0-2}1.

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Washington State Championship Olaf Ulvestad of S~att l~ won the Cham­

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Alekhine Exhibits At N iendorf, Germany, Dr. Ald.:h ine, the

World's Champion, play~d against 54 com­petitOTS-4 of them without sight of the boa rd.

__ H is score was 50 wins, I loss, and 3 draws. All four of the blindfold games were won.

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Championsh ip Tournament held at Paris. The contest was very close and he barely nosed out Raizman, who finished second, and Gibaud, who finished third-both former t itleholders.

Botwinnik Wins at Leningrad The dark horse of the chess world is un­

doubtedly Mischa Uotwinnik, Champion of R ussia. T he recent Len ingrad T ournament again d~monstrated his genius for the g:;i.me. H e wrested fi rst prize from a strong field that included D r. M ax Euwe of H olland, (who is scheduled to play Dr. A lekhine for the World's Championship next year). T he lead­ing scores: Botwinnik 7,V2-334; Rjumin and Romanowski 7-4 each ; Rabinowitsch 6}1-411 ; Khan 6-5; Dr. Euwe 50-51'S.

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QUEEN'S GAMBIT DECLINED G. Stahlberg Dr. I uhr

White Black 1 P-Q4 P-Q4 24 R·R4 2 P-QB4 P-Kl ~ RxB 3 Kt-K83 Kt-K83 26 X-Xl 4 XI.B3 P.Q84 27 RxRP 5 BPxP XIXP 28 KtxPch 6 P·K4 KtxKt 29 RxKt 7 PxKt PxP)O R_R7ch 8 PXP XI-B} 31 R-QKt7 9 B·X2 B-KtSch 32 R·QB7

10 B·Q2 Q-R4 33 R·QKt7 11 R-QKtl Bxlk:h 34 P-Q5 12 QxB 0·0 35 K-Q4 U B-Kt5! QKQcb 36 p"p 14 KxQ XI·R4 37 P.KI" I5 KR-QBl P-QKtl 38 P-Q6 16 KI-KS B.Kt2 39 PxPch I' P-B3 .. XR.Ql 40 -P-Q" 18 K_K3 QR.Bl 41 K·Q5 19 8-071 Kr-B5ch 42 K-K6 20 K-K2 RxB 43 K-Q6 21 Kt"R B-R3 44 K-B6 22 K-B2 P-B3 45 KxP 23 R-Kt41 R-Ql

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Lest We Forget By William Ewart Napier

A MacDonnell This year, the hundredth anniversary of

the Homeric encounter of La Bourdonnals and Macuonnell. mSPIJ es the true cness-1Ovcr With • fresh ardor, not only for proud, beautiful, elusive chess, but also for its imperishable an­nals, its wholesome rivalries of nations and even races, and for the two masters who were too great to be understood in their own day, save only that they beyond aU doubt under­stood each other. At all events, they were getting acquainted when the series of matches was finally interrupted. And it is a poetic end of these volcanic adversaries that they lie not far apart in the same London cemetery.

My earliest chess trophy, won in some in­considerable contest was a copy of "Walker', Chess Studies", and later on I came across many of the games they played in Paul Mor­phy', chess column in the New York "Ledger", embellished, of course, with his an­notations. If the original impression of gran­deur needed any tighter grip on my admira­tion, Morphy supplied it abundantly.

In all there were six successive matches, comprisin&: 8S &:ames, thus:

First match: La Bourdonmds 16. MacDonnell 5. Drawn 1.

Second match: MacDonnell 5. La Bourdonnals 1. ThIrd match: La Bourdonmois 6. MacDonnell 5.

Drawn 1. Fourth match: La Bourdonnaill 8. MacDonnell

3. Drawn 7. Fifth match: La Bourdonnals 7, MacDooneIl 1,

Drawn 1. Slath mete": MacDonnell 5. La Bounb'IDal' 1. The last match remalM;d noSnl-bed.

Viewin, both the record of the tide of battle and the iames move by move, 1 have long harbored an impression that the frail MacDonnell would have overtaken his robust opponent within the year had they been des­tined to play on. They were different types and constitutions, and for parallel one might imagine a continuous debate between a bluff, hearty Ben Jonson and a serene, quiet Mar­lowe capable on provocation, however, of mighty thouiht and mighty phrase.

Posterity has seen fit to award the &teat bulk of praise to La Bourdonnais, but al­though, justified. it is somehow. an un~tisfying verdict. It is the state of mind whIch finds no fault with our common ve~dict of "Not

guilty but pay the COSts." Or, still closer. one may reall to mind that venerable question whether Napoleon or Wellington was the ireater general,-and the kindly, rustic answer that Napoleon may have been the greater, but they "paid-off" on Wellington I

Let me take leave of this brief tribute by in­troducing games won by MacDonnell; for from these may be inferred the preeminent mastery of the other man who won a majority of the games played. What La Bourdonnais had to overcome in order to win is. I think. more significant than the mere fact of his win­ning,-which applies to chess contests in gen­eral.

FRENO{ DBFENSB (By TrantpOsitioDI

c. P. A. MacDot!,DdI De La Souf'donnai.

White 1 p·X. P.Q"

P·X3 P.Q4

Black • P.Q4

2 p.J(84 3 XXt·B3 • p.J(5 5 P.83 6 Xt.R3 ., Xt·B2

QXt.B3 P·B3

Xt·R3 B·JC2

• 8.0' 10 8-lQ 11 ().() 12 Xt·X3 13 X·Rl t. BPxP

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P·K4 KI..Q1U P.(,lR3 QPxB

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1) Q.Kl B-1(] 14 KI-Q511 Q-B4

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Brilliancy Priu Game in M • .ner Tourne,. at Iccl.nd. 1934

QUBbN'S GAMBIT DECLINED Tbr. :;iaurdeon Sv. 'fhorwalduon

~~ Il.to: ll,ao.:k. 1 P'Q4 P-04 11 XtxBPI KxKt 2 p.QB4 P·t<,l 12 BxPchl KxB 3 Kt·J(83 Kt-KHl Alter 12 • " • K.HI; .. Xt.B3 QKt.Q2 13 P·KS regains the , P·X) P·lO piece, but Black can 6 B-Q3 B-Kl then put up a sem. '1 ().O 0-0 blance of a defense. 8 P·K4 PxBP 13 Q-Kt3cb Kt·Q4 9 IbP R·Kl 14 KtxKt K-82

10 Xt-KKt5 P-KR j? lS KI.B4<:h lind mate 10 .•. Kt-BI was in thrH moves.

better

Played at H ambufC 1933 ENGUSH OPENING

Wilke White

1 P-Q" 2 P.I{4 3 BPxP 4 PXP 5 B·KeScb 6 B-B4

P ·K3 P-Q4 PxP

Kt·KB3 B-Q2 B_IQ 0-0

B-O' '1 Kt·QB3 8 KKtlC2 9 0·0

10 KxB DxPchl

Kt-Kt5ch 11 K·KU? •••••

Pri ... onitz Black

Better was II K_Ktl 11 • • • • • Q-R5 12 R-KI QxPch 13 X_RI R-KI 14 P-Q4 R-K611 15 B-Q2 ..... Not 15 BxR. KtxB threatenIng Queen and mate. 15 ••• _ • R-R6ch 16 PxR Q.R'1mllte

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(Continued from page 196) 15 P·KKt4 KtxKt 31 Q-KB2 Kt.B8 16 Bdt B·Kl 32 BoR4 Kt-Q6 17 Q-Q2 8-XtJ J) Q.81 P.Kt4 18 Kt.J(t!l BxXt 34 8-82 1(1.84 19 BxB Q-Q2 35 PxKt BxB 20 P·KR4 P-Kt!l 36 P-86 B·R,5 21 K·R2 PxP 37 P.B7 R·Xl 22 PxP P·R5 38 Q -81 QxP 23 P.R5 · 8-K5 )9 QxKtP B.8'1 24 P·R6 P-Xt3 40 B·88dil.ch B.Kl3 25 B·86 QR.l(t l 41 B"P Q-Q2 26 B·Kt'1 Q.K2 42 8-Q6 P·Q5 27 X-Xt3 RxR 41 Q.B4 Q-ih 28 RxR P-R6'" QxP Q.Bl 29 R·B6 ICt.R4 45 Q.R7 and ... ina. 30 B-Ql Kt·Kt6

GIUOCO PIANO c. P. A. MacDonnell

De La Bourdonnlli. Black White

I P.K4 2 B·84 3 Q-X2 4 P-Ql 5 P.QBl 6 P-B4 7P-Q4 8 QBxP 9 B-Ql

10 P·QR41 11 P-KR3 12 Xt-Q2 13 0·0-0 J4 X.Ktl 15 PXP 16 XXt·B3 17 P.KKI4 18 QR.Ktl

P·X4 "84

KKt·Bl Xt·Bl Xt-K2

PXP B·Xtl P-Q'

Kt-Kt3 p_"" R-Kl Q_K2 P-" P.P

P-QR4 8-02 P.Rl P-R>

19 P ·Kt' PxP 20 BxP P-R6 21 P·Kd B-Bl 22 R-Xt4 B·R4 23 P·R4 BxXt 24 Ktx8 R·R4 25 P·R' RxB 26 RxR KI.B5 27 Q-B3 KtxB 28 P'Q' KtxQP 29 KR·Ktl Kt-B&:h 30 K·RI BxP )1 R>tPch K·Rt 12 Q·KI) B·Ktl n PxO Q·K8cb 14 RxQ R"Rdt 35 o..R KtxQ 36 R·R7ch X,XII

and Black ... i ....

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The Richter Variation By F. REINFELD

PART I The German roaster Kurt Richter is noted for his

daring and fearless play. In the middle game one may always expect all sorts of sacrifices and sur~ prise attacks from blm; and so it is not strange that he has originated a number of interesting gambit attacks in several openings. If Richter had lived a hundred years ago, he would have played Muzio Gambits, Evans Gambits, Cunningham Gambits, Allgaier Gambits_in fact, any kind of gambit but the Queen's Gambitl

But since Richter's style unconditionally de­mands gambits, he must perforce introduce them lnto such sfaid and dull openings as the Sicilian Defense. In 1932 he played a game against H. Wagner in Hamburg, and play proceeded thus!

1 P·K4 p.QB4 2 Kt-KB3 Kt-QB3 3 P-Q4 PxP 4 KtxP Kt-B3 5 Kt-QB3 P.Q3

SO far all book. Now comes a move which Is not "theoretical"; it is so much against the spirit of the opening that only an extremely Ignorant or an extremely original player would hit on itl

6 B-KKt5 P-K3

This is Black's best move. Alternative continua~ tlons like ••• P~KKt3 or . _ . B-Q2 would be an· swered by 7 BxKt and which ever way Black re­captures, his Pawn position is compromised. The reply .•. Q-R4 will be considered In a later ar~ tide. ~

, KtxKt 8 P-K5 • • • •

The key move to the whole variation, and the only possible way to justify 6 B-KKt5, for against moves like 8 B-Q3, Black could simply reply •. B-K2 or •.. P-K4 with an excellent game.

H. Wagne~

Richte~

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""""""""""";"",,,""""""""""""" 8 •.• Q-R4 suggests Itself here. The strongest

reply, given by Griffith and White and other au-­thorities, is 9 B-Kt51 for example:

I. 9 ••. PxB; 10 PxKt,P-Kt5; 11 Q-B3 (not 11 Pl.P, BxP; 12 QxP, QxB; 13 Q-B6ch, B-Q2; 14 QXKch, .1:\.-1\2; nor 11 Kt-Ki-, Q-1\.'II). k-QKt; (but not 11 ••. PxKt because of 12 Q-B6chl and wins) 12 Kt_Ki-, B-Kt2 (if 12 " •• P-Q4: 13 PxP, PxKt: Ii- Q-B6! or 13 ••• BJr::P; 1.4- Kt..Q6ch, K­Q2: 15 Qx~ch, KxKt with advantage); 13 PxP, BxP; Ii- l\.txPch with a winning game.

II. 9 ••• B-Q2; IO PxKt, BPxB; 11 PxP, BxP; 12 0-0, Q-B2 [if 12 •• , BxKt; 13 PxB, Q-B2; 14 W-l...!-:I out not i L , , • P-t. .. h; 13 l\.tx£'J .1-'x1\.1: 14-Qx£' and Black must castle, lor if 11 , •• QR-S? 1:; R~Kch, 13~t<3 and White mates in 5 begin~ nlng with RxBch); 13 Kt-K4, P-Q4; 11 Kt-B6ch, K~B ( .•. BxKt would also lead to a lost game, but the text is much worse); 15 Q-B3! (threatening Q-R3ch), P..QRi-; 16 P-B4-!! (a beautiful move). R­b l ... K_KL was relatively best); Ii' B-&:Il P-K4 (or 17 ••. .Q~B3; 18 PxKtP, QltP; 19 B..Q6 mateIJ); 18 BxP! and Black resigns (Koch-Babel, BerHn 1931).

Before taking leave of this variation, we may pause to note that 9 B~Kt51 is really White's best move, for after (a) 9 BxKt, PxB; 10 PxQP, Q-Kt51 (b) 9 BxKt. PxB; IO PxBP. Q-Ki-ch; (cl 9 PxKt, QxB; 10 PxP, QxP (Kt2) _Black has much the better game because of his compact pawn cen~ ter and the splendid developing facilities offered by his open files and diagonals, \

9 Q-B3 QR_Kt

A poor move. Black has at least two satisfac­tory alternatives:

I. 9 ••• B-Q2; 10 0-0-0, B-K2; II BxKt, PxB; 12 B-Bi-, Q-B2; 13 Kt~Kt5, Q-Kt3; 14- Kt-Q6ch, BxKt: 1, );{xti, QI{-Kt; 16 P-Qi\.t3 (Richter~}{odl, Swinemunde 1931), -

. II. 9 ... B-K2 (the writer has come to the con- "'1

elUSion that this is Black's best line for over the board play with a time limit, and he was pleased to see that no less distinguished an authority than Dr. Tartakower inclines toward this opinIon): 10 QxPch (10 R-Q, Kt-Q4 or 10 B-Kt5, 0-0; II BxP, R_Kt): B-Q2; 11 Q-R6, 0-0; 12 B-Q3, Kt­Q1 with an excellent game.

10 R-Q 11 Kt_K4

Q-B2

He could also play II BxKt, PxB; 12 QxP, R­Kt but the text is more aggressive_although les!l certain in results!

11 • • • • B·Kt5ch

This is bad: • , , Kt..Q4 was the right move.

12 P_B3 KtxKt •

(Continued on page 199, col. 2)

Mistakes of the Masters BI/ LESTER W. BRAND

Bad Ki~ingen. 1928 Yates

Nimzowitsch

Black to play and win. The Play: 1 . • . . • Q-Q8ch?

2 K.Kt2 Q.B7ch? 3 K·B3 Q.Q8ch 4 K.KtZ P·QR4?

Missing his last chance. Black could have brouaht the game back to the winning positlon with 4 ••• Q-Kt8ch.

5 KtxKrPch • • • • • _ Drawn by perpetual check.

The Win: 1 • . . . . Q.B8ch 2 K·Kt4 Q·K7ch 3 Q.B3 P-B4ch

Or 3 KxP. P-Kt4ch: 4 K-Kt3. B·B5ch! • • •

Homburg, 1927

White to play and win. •

Tartakower seomed the prosaic win of I PxP! but instead played the brilliant (7) move of:

1 QxR? PxQ 2 pyp K·Kt2 3 K·BS K·R3 of P·Kt7 K_R211

(Continued from Page 198)

Likewise 12 ... B-K2; 13 BxKt, BxB; 14 Ktx Bch, PxKt: IS QxP is greatly in White's favor. Now comes a sparkling finish.

13 B·Q81 •••• Much stronger than 13 R-Q8ch, QxR; 14 'BxQ,

BxPch: IS PxB, It-Kt8ch; 16 K-K2, B-R3ch; 17 K­K3, R_K8ch etc. (Tartakower).

13 • • • • Q·Kt2 14 QxKt B.B

Either ... B·K2 or ... B-Q2 would at least hold out longer.

15 QxP B-Q2 ' Too late.

16 B·R61 P·B3 A pretty variation is 16 ••. QxP; 17 B-B7, R-R;

18 Q-Qi etc. 17 BxP PxB 18 Q·R5cb Re"jgns

-+-White had figured on 4 ••. KxP whereupon he

would win with 5 KxP. 5 K·B6 K-KtI 6 K·Kt6 ~ Stalematel

Showing there is still play in the game with only two pawns apiece on each side.

• • • Bad Kissingen, 1928

Spielmann

Tartakower

White to play and win. After I PxKt? R-BI. White missed several other

chances. finally permitting Black to draw.

The Win: 1 RxBPI Kt·Q4 2 R-Kt7ch K_Rt

If 2 ... K-Bl; 3 R(Q7)-B7ch. K_KI; 4 P-K6 wins.

3 RxRPch 4 R(Q7).Kt7ch 5 P·K6 6 RxKtP wim.

K·Ktl K.Bl R-KI

Game Studies

Syracuse Masters T oumament August, 19.34

IRREGULAR DEFENSE (N otes by I. A. Horowitz)

I. A. Horowitz A. Kupchik W hite Black

1 P-K4 P.K4 2 Kt-QB3 ••••

Reverting to the pre-historic- but there is st!ll some of the C<lve-man wallop In this opening.

2 . . • . 8·64 Expecting 3 P·KB1 which would lead to a

King's Gambit Declined position, favorable to Black. Better is 2 ... Kt-KB3.

3 K{·B3 • • • • A change in tactics to take advantage of Black's

weak 2nd. White now' gains the center by for.:e. 3 • • • • P-Q3

Or 3 ... KI-OS3; -4 KtxP, KtxKt; 5 P_Q4! 4 P·Q4 PxP , KtxP Kt-KB3

In<teacl 5 ... Kt-K2 would avoid the annoyiitg pin that follows.

6 B-KKI5 P-KR3 7 B-R4 8 KtxKt

Kt.B3

• • • • A good alternative would he

9 Kt-SS. 8 B-QKt5, 8-Q2;

8 • • • • PxKt 9 B-Q3 Q.K2

10 0-0 Q-K4 Not 10 . _ . P· KKt4: II B~Kt3, P~KR4; 12

P~K5! The idea of the text is to follow up with ... Q -KR4 forcing the exchange of Queens.

11 Kt·R4 B-Kt3 12 B-Kt3 Q-K2

Now 12 ... 0~R4 would be pointless on account of White's reply 13 0-02.

13 KtxB 14 P·K51 15 BxP 16 R_K1 17 Q.B3

17 . . . B-Q-1 would be met by 18 B-Kt5

RPxKt p"p

0-0 n·K3 P-B4

18 Q-Kt31

• • • • The object of this move becomes apparent as

the game progresses. 18 . • • • KR_QI 19 B-B6 QR-B1

If 19 ... R-R4; 20 P-QR-11 and the Rook Is shut out of play.

20 P-QR4 Kt-Kl Black must of necessity mark time and await de­

velopments. 21 P-R5 PXP

Otherwise P-R6! etc. 22 RxP 23 B-B3

P·Bs Q-R5

Intending ... Q~Kt5. 24 R-K4 Q-K2

Q-Q3 Q-K2 Q-Q'

2S P-R3 26 R-Q4 27 R-B4 28 R-Q4

Gaining on the proper plan.

• • • • dock, while formulating the

28 •••• Q-K2 29 B-Q5 • • • •

To Isolate Black's weak Pawns. 29 • • • • Kt-Q3 30 BxB QxB

Oddly enough the alternative ••• PxB holds out longer.

31 R-Kt41 32 R-K5

A. Kupchik

L A. Horowitz

Kt-K1 • • • •

32 • • • • Q-Q2 33 RxKtch RxR 34 RxPch K-B1 35 Q-B4 ••••

Almost depriving himself of victory. In his earl­ier calculations White had counted on 35 R-Kt8ch to lead to a mate, but on further examination found it to be wanting. e.g. 35 ... KxR; 36 O~ Kt3ch. K~BI; 37 Q-Kt7ch. K~K2; 38 Q-B6ch, K~ BI: 39 QxPch, K~K2; 40 Q~Kt5ch~ If now 40 ••• K-R1. th"n 41 B.Kt7ch soon mates. or If 40 ... P -B3; 41 QxP mate, or If 40 ••. K-K3; 4:1 Q.K5 mate. BU'l 10 ... K~Q3I and wins.

Other lines that suggested themselves were 35 B-B6. and 35 0-B6, but both fell short. After 35 B. B6, R· K8ch; 36 K· R2, Q..Q3ch; followed by ••• R~K3 with a good defensive position.

After wading through the above White found himself short of time and missed the best move 35 R·R7! This would have ended the game much sooner.

Still Pawn.

35 _ ••• 36 QxBP fearful of

-R-K3

R-KKt3 R-R7, but this costs Mother

, N 0 V E M B Bit, 1 934 . .. . .

37 R:x.R PxR 38 Q-B4ch Q.B2 39 Q"Pc.h K·Kl 40 ·R&b K-Q2 41 .Q4cb K·Kl 42 ·lOcb K-Q2 43 ·Ktxb p·a3 44 Q.Q3ch X·Kl 45 Q .Q6 P·B4 46 Q.R6 K.o2 47 B,K5 Q·~3 48. Q.Kt7ch K.Kl 49 P.I(B4 P·B5 '0 Q.K4 K·B2 51 Q.Kt7cb ••••

White overrated the strength of hI$ position. He believed the foregoing manoeuvres would pro­duce 301M tangible results-bul actually little head~ way has been made.

51 • • • • K.Kl 5l K.R': R·O! '3 P-QKt4 PIlPItP 54 p",p R-07 55 P-OKt4 Q.Q4 56 Q.B8ch •••.

Exchanging Queens here would lead to a diffI. cult endga me, as White's QKtP Is not far enough advanced.

56 • • • • K.82 " Q.Kt4 Q-Kl ,. Q>Qd> •• "

Now Black canDot prevent the QKtP lrom reacb· Ing the sIxth.

58 • • • • KxQ 59 P·Kt5 R.Q6 60 P·Kt6 R·QXt6 61 'B·B7 X·B4 62 P·Klokh K·K3 63 K·KI2 K·Q2 64 P·R4 K·K3 6' K.82 K·02 66 K.Kt2 K·Kl 67 P.R5 •.•.

In spite o f Ihe occasiona l repetiti-on of moves to get In under tbe time limit, the endgame Is very in· structlv e . .

67 , ' , • • PxP 6A o..p X·R3 69 K·R2 K·84 70 K·Kt2 K·B3 71 K·82 K·Kt2

White's plan is to march his King over to the . Queen side. His Pawns on the King side tie up the . Black King. and there is little further resistance.

n P·B; K·R) 73 P·B6 K·R2 74 l(.Q2 X·Ktl 75 P·R6 Reigns

Liebwerda Tournament August. 19.14

QUEEN'S PAWN GAMB (Note by T. K.uhdan)

S. Flohr Prof. A. Becker Wh;te Black

1 P-Q4 P·K) 2 P·QB4 _ B·Kt5ch

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This generally results In loss 01. time. u happens in this game. The Idea is to disturb While 's lI$ual fo/"Cl of deve\oplIlen t. or to double the ' Pawns II 3Kt..QB3.

3 Kt.Q2 Kt.KB3 4 Kt·B3 p.Q4

, 5 P.K3 0·0 6 P.QR3 B·1(2 7 B.Q3 P·QXt3 80·0 QKt-Q2 9 P.QKtl ••••

9 P-QKt4 is also worthy of consideration. If then .. . P-QR4-; 10 P.Kt5. or 9 ... P-Bi; 10 QPxP, KtPxP; 11 P·Kt5. with a strong game on the Q ueen .side in either cast.

9 • , . • ]0 J\.K(2 II Q-Kz 12 KR-QI 13 QR·Bl 14 Kt·Bl 15 Xt·rc;

B-Kt2 R.Rl P-B4

Kt·K5 B·KB3 Q·K2 BPxP

It Is almost alt[omatlc that the player who IIrst exchanges in this tyoe o f po.sitlon gets a d!sadvan~ tsoe. 15 ... KR..QI was In order, to walt for 'Nhite to declare his plan.

16 KtxKt 17 KPIlP 18 R·B2

QxXt B·Kt4 8-B5?

All this oD..1 y weakens Black's game. The B was best placed a t KB3.

19 Q.Kt41 • • • •

r=~:;~~~O?(;';;A. B«~'~u~~;;~

19 • • , . B·Xtl? Overlooking the force of White's plan. 19 ...

B-KR3 was now necessary. 20 BxKt PxB 21 P·Q51 P.Xt3

11 21 . . . P·B4-; 22 PxP. Q~K2; 23 QxPch! QltO; 24 Bxo. KxB; 25 R.Q7ch. etc .• with a wilUling endgame.

22 PXP .... The simplest Wa.'l Qx.P ( Ki). White Is playing

for the attack. which Is sufflclenty . strong: 22.... QxP 23 Kt·K31 •.••

Wen played. Black da re not exchange Queen·s. and the Knight wt ll $OOn enter with crushing ef. feet, - , . .

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23 • • . • QR-Ql

If 23 .. . P-B4; 24 Q·Rt threatening QR-Q2. etc.

24 QR-Q2 25 RKR 26 Q.Kt,

RxR B-B3 • •• •

N ow Kt-Kt4 Is a terrible threat . ... P·B4 Is practically forced but Black did not realize It and played:

P-Bl? 26 ••••• 27 Kt.Kt41 • • • •

Of course the Queen cannot be taken becauu of Kt-R6 mate.

27 ..•• U.K4

If 27 ... K· KI2: 28 KtxP! RxKI; 29 R.Q8. S-82: 30 BxRch, QxB; 31 R-KtSch, a nd the Queen Is

""'. 28 S"S 29 KtxP 3. Q.Q&' 31 K't·Kt4

PxB R·B4 B-Kl

• • • •

Again this squarel The Black posed to offer much resistance.

King Is too ex_

31 •••• R·BI 32 P·R)I • • • •

Threatening to win the Queen by R-Q6. and Kt-R6ch.

32 •• •• 33 Q.B7

Thls loats quickly, done .•

34 Kt-BlSch 3~ KtxPcb 36 Kt-B6eh 37 Q.B4 38 Q.R6cb 39 Xt-Kti

B-., R·Bl

but there is nothing to be

K·BI K-Kti K-Bt Q-B4 K·8l

Ruignt

Wiesbaden, Germany August, 1934

SICILIAN DEFENSB (Note.s by 1. KashdsrI)

Dr. 1.. Rod! M. Blumich White Biad,

J p.K4 2 K!·KB3 3 P-Q4 4 KtxP , Kt-Q83 6 B·K2

P-QB4 Kt-QB3

PXP Kt·B3 P·Ql P-R3

With this. Clack takes a slow ddemlve forma~ tion, wait ing for a favorable opportunily 10 gaio the Inltia llve. The alternative is 6 ... P·KKtJ. In .. lI he~ ~I!.~e. White has much the freer gaJru!, and the Slcil!an Defense as a whole is losing favor In master play.

7 0 ·0 8 B·K) 9 P·84

10 Q.Kl

B·K2 Q-B2

P-QR3 • • • •

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More usual Is 10 Q..Q2. but the text Is a clever Idea to prepare foT Black's threatened Kt..QRi and KI'SS, without having to weaken the Queen $kIe.

10 . , , • 11 R-Ql 12 B-BI 13 B-B3 14 P-OKt3 15 B·Kt2 16 P·KKt41

Kt-QR4 KI-BS

P-QKI4 B·Kt2

Xt-Kt3 0-0

• • • • The proper attack. White has full conttol of

the center, and his pieces are all ready to cooperate In the advance on the King sIde.

16 _ • • • 17 P-KtS 18 Q.Kt3 19 R·B2

M. Blumich

Or. 1.. Rodl

KR.QI Kt-Kl B·KBI P·K4

Black must make a bid for freedom, or White will proceed at leisure with P-KR-i, or P~BS, etc .. with a crushing attack.

20 KI-B' 21 QxP 22 P-KS

p'P P-Q4 • • • •

Much better than tlI:changlng Queens. when Black would have sufficient defense.

22 ..• , 23 lU-Q4

B·B4 P·KtS

Preparing for his next move, which proves the decisive error. 23 ... B-QBl, followed by ••. B-K3, was an essential precaution.

24 QKt.K2 Kt·Q2?

Here It Is, apparently winning the KP. The "defense" that White found must have come as a horribly rude shock.

2S QxPl:hl! · . , . Brilliant. and ending the qame in line style.

Black will now have Uttle time to think of the KP.

25 ... , KxQ

If 25 ... K·Rl; 26 B-Kti wins quickly. After the capture it Is a forced mate.

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26 BxPch 27 B-87ch 28 B-Blch 29 R_B4ch

X-Kt3 ""P

K-KtS Resigns

As it Is mate on the next mov~.

Syracuse Masten Tournament AuJU$C. 1934

INDIAN DEFENSB (Note$ bll P. Rein/eid)

B. Tholf. n A_ S. D~nker White Black

I P-Q4 Kt-KB3 2 Kt_KB3 P_KKt3 3 P-Bo4 B_Kt2 4 P-KKt3 P-Qo4

This move has been experimented with quite often in conjunction with the fi anchetto develop~

< ment, but it does not seem quite logical : ... P.KKt3 Is played with a view to arriving at a dose position, while ... P·Qi might open up the

. game,_and not to the .second player's advantage. S Kt-B3 _ ••• •

More straightforward seems 5 PxP, KtxP: 6 P~ K4 and Black has no compensation for his oppon~ ent's commanding a rray of center Pawns . .

S ••• _ • P-B3

5 •.. PxP would have been answered by 6 Q­Rich: but now Black threatens to capture the Pawn and retain It.

• PxP • • • • •

Simple and good. If 6 P-Kt), Black bas an eJ:.

cellent reply In ... Kt·KS. 6.. .. . PXP 7 B-Kt2 0.0 80-0 Q.Kt3

Possibly 8 •• • Kt.-B3 was better: Black's at· tempt to deviate front the symmetry does not tum out In his favor.

9 Xt-X5 R-Ql 10 P_Xt3 Xt-B3 11 Kt-QR41 •••••

A very Rne move. If now 11 .•. QxQP: 12 KtxKt, QxR (Or 12 ... QxQ; 13 KtxPch, K~BI: 14 KtxPch followed by RxQ and White has won a Pawn); 13 KtxR. Q.Ki: 14 B-Bi, Q·Bi: 15 Kt~ B5, P~}(i : 16 P .Kill PxP; 17 B·K3 and wins, e.g. 17 , •• P. Kt); 18 Kt-B61

(SEE DIAGRAM)

11 •••• , 12 B-54 13 B"Kt 14 R-Bl

Q-B2 KtxKt Q.R4

, , . - -White has gained cOru!ldertlble time with his

last few moves and his control of the black squares, coupled with his stranglehold on the QB file gives him a st ra teoictilly won game.

14 ___ .• Kt-KI

After 14 , • _ P·Ktl (In order to parry the threat of 8-B7) , Black's Q ueen would be badly out of play ,

A. S, Denker

Position after 11 Kt-QR4

15 R-B5 16 B1tB 17 Kt-B3!?

E. ThoUsen

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17 RxP was good enough, but White Is carrying out a very pretty but not wholly sound manoeuvre.

17 __ ,__ P-X3 18 Kt-Kt5 , .. -.

With the fearful threat o f Kt-B7_

19 P·QR3, Q-R4; 20

18 , • , •• 19 P-QRJ 20 P-QKt4 21 Kt-B7

P-KI3 Q-R4 Q-R'

, - . - ,

"

And here Is the ··flaw" : Black can a nswer 11 _ . _ QlIRP. thougb after 22 R·B2, R.KI); 23 Q-Q2. he would still have a very difficult gall1e. White's $U'

perior IDObllity amply compensates for his Pawn minus.

21 , •.•• Q .l((2?

After this move Black Is simply smothered.

22 R-B3 R-Ktl 23P-K4! _. __ _

A powerful stroke; If 23 . . . PxP 24 P-B3, P-Bi: 25 PxP, PxP: 26 R-Bil or 24 ... Kt-B4: 25 PxP, RxP (25 .. . KtxP: 26 P .KS) : 26 Q-BI, Kt-Q3: 27 P·KS, Kt.KS; 28 Q-Bi and wins.

23 .• _ • . Xt-Kl 24 Q-Bl - . . . .

Very Bne play which maintains the pressure.

24 _.. .. PxP 25 P-B3 Kt-Q3 26 Q-B4 P·B4

There l~ nothl"" to be done: e.\1. 26 ... P-f(6; 17 Q-B6, R-Bl; 28 P·Bi. Kt· KS; 29 Q·KS, P-Bi; 30 KtxP with a winning attack.

27 P_Kt5 XI-KI 28 p",p RxP

A dererate moVO!' In tlme-pressure; of course If 28. ._ PxP; 29 Q .B8 mate.

29 Kt" Kt 30 l((-B6ch

B-Q2 Rulpt

A Gallery of Grandmasters By BARNIE F. WINKELMAN

Dr. Emanuel Lasker Part II.

The record of young Lasker's matches scarcely offers a key to the high estimates of his skill that were aroused after his first arrival in England. Even before his participation in the British Chess Association Tournament of March 1892, the London press had stated:

"He had already made a very favorable im­prC5s:o" on th", cheSll world, a"d m~ny nerple were of the opinion he would carry off first honorl in the light."

During the Tourney he was described as "a brilliant young Berlin player, now domi· ciled in Engbnd." It was further noted: "As this was his Erst important engagement in this country, public interest was from the first cen­tred upon him."

"Young as he is," wrote another observ­er, during the subsequent Qu intangular Match, "he looks every inch a king of chess, as he sits at the board, calm, imperturbable, and with an easy grace. He plays neither too quickly nor too slowly, and as he moves, he gives the onlookers the idea that he has the game at his finger ends. As a player he is not bound to any school. He can be as brilliant as Morphy or Blackburne, or as cautious as Staunton or Mason as the occasion demands."

"Like t11e B C.A Tournnment, the Quin. tnngular Match has ended with the success of the young Master Herr E. Lasker," ran the comment. "To commence with, he played ri.e;ht throu gh the match without losing a sinde game, though he was opposed by the four strongest players in this country." (B1ackhurne. Mason, Gunsberg, and Bird).

Later in the year came his match victory over Blackburne. The young master was now the toast of the British chess world. On -July 5th of that year the Continental Chess Club, of which he was Secretary, tendered him a complimentary dinner, and two days later he was the guest of honor at H. F. Gastinau's Annual garden party at his home, "Ivy House" in , Peckham. The veteran B1ackburne who was also on hand, spoke of his admirable sports'manship, and averred that Lasker had shown him the greatest consideration through· out their match.

With Lasker absent on account of his health,-and possibly a desire to rest a bit on his laurels,-the Dresden Tourney resulted in another first for Dr. Tarrasch. In the interim the younger expert had chalked up a second match victory over Bird. The veteran, with Bri tish grace in defeat, expressed his belief thereafter that greater victories were in store for his opponent.

The repercussions of this series of triumphs agitated the distant centres of the chess world. At the New York City Club Herr Lasker's visit to the States became the topic of discus-­sion. Samuel Loyd donated one hundred dol­lars toward a prize fund for the American player who would make the best score against the foreign menace. There was also talk of a possible match with Steinitz, which the latter discouraged; allegedly he was too busy with the second volume of his Chess Instructor.

In the fall of the year Lasker arrived in New York; after paying his respects to the world champion, he filled his engagements at the leading; clubs. His successes against the best American talent were impressive and uni­form, though Hodges reaped a measure of glory by scoring a brilliant game.

Reviewing the chess events of 1893, S. Tins­ley in London voiced the general opinion in rating Lasker as the undoubted hero of the ,year. However this was coupled with the perennial cry as to why the professionals were so chary of meeting each other . . . why so much negotiation, disputes and parleys?

During his engagements in the leading American cities, his simultaneous exhibition at Baltimore, where he met S4 with but a single loss, was outstanding. At Havana in the early part of the new year he defeated Golmayo and Vasquez, the Cuban and Mexican champions, in short matches. A contemplated encounter with Walhrodt did not eventuate, and caused some irritation between Lasker and his hosts. The former, however, was interested only in a match with the champion.

Shortly thereafter he was reported to have challenged Steinitz for the title, and the latter was reputed to have acknowledged that the deft was entitled to respectful consideration. There were further victories over the leading

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American players, a one-sided defeat of Sho­walter, lectures at Tulane University on mathematics, and some rumors of his abandon­ment of chess for a teaching post.

Meanwhile Tschigorin and Tarrasch pre­pared to fight out the qu estion of individual Sllnremacy. Lasker continued to make a favor­able showing against the American experts. But raising of the necessary stake for a world contest was still remote. At this juncture a much-touted congress of the leading American experts was finally arranged in New York. Lasker's thirtef'n suc('r~~ive wins over a field that included Albin, Delmar, Lee, Showalter, Pillsbury and Pollock, brushed aside the last doubts as to his worthiness to contest with the great Steinitz.

ALBIN COUNTER GAMBIT

LUker White

t p·04 2 P.QB4 3 OPICP 4 Kt·KB3 5 P.QR3 6 P·R3 7 KtPxB 8 p.B4 9 B·KI2

10 P·Kt4 11 B·Kt2 12 Kt·02 13 Kt.Kt3 14 0·03 15 8·K4 16 Xt·S5

P·04 P·K4 p.QS

KI·OB3 B·KKt5

BICKt XtxP

Kt·OR3 0-02

p·OR1 R-Ol

KKI-K2 Kt·M B·K2

Kt.(H Q.Bl

Albin Black

17 8.KB3 18 R·KKtt 19 KI·Kt3 20 0·0·0 21 K·Ktt 22 R·K'4 23 B"Kt 24 R"QP 25 P.R'> 26 OxRP 27 R(04)·Q3 2S K·.04 29 R.K3 30 Kt·B2 31 RxB

0-0 Kt·K1 0·02 Q.03 O"BP Q·R3

OxB R-O' R·K1 O,P

Q·Kt7 R·JB B·Ol R,P

Resignt

Near the end of the year the Havana Chess Club made a bid for the match, and after some delays the moneys were finally sec\1red. Over one thousand dollars was subscrhed toward the event at a banquet tendered to Steinitz in Montreal uoon conditions that attested the general confidence in his inv incibility: The ar­ticles were duly signed and the most Important chess event in nearly three decades was on.

The contest between Tarrasch and Tschi­gorin had jus.t been concluded, and criticisI? had been evoked against the former by hiS adherence to a single opening,-the Ruy Lopez in ten out of eleven of his. games w.ith the white forces, A memorandum In a RUSSian magazine threw a prophetic though in.direct light upon the chances of Dr. Lasker In the

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forthcoming struggle. An astute, but partial critic wrote:

. '"Havinl' studied the games ef B. Lasker during the JlII,t two YMr" we are ready Ie a~sert that his olav i, .ruo~rior to that of Dr. Tarra!ICh, and that the latter will .ruccumb in a match".

From the outset of their meeting it became aooarent that Steinitz. who had reached his ~8th year, was uneoual to the task of holding his vounger rivaL The years had indeed taken their toll. He trailed after the sessions at New York and Montreal, dropped all three games at Philadelphia, and had to bow once more in the final games in the Canadian city. The score: Lasker 10, Steinitz 5, drawn 4.

However the veteran had lost none of his native sportsmanship. As he resigned the con­cluding game he rose from his chair and called for three cheers for the new champion. Then Dr. Lasker asked for three cheers for the man who had so long maintained the sceptre of chess against all comers. Thus began the reign of a new chess monarch.

In Montreal the greatest excitement pre­vailed, The Herald maintained an enormous exhibition board at its offices, lighted at night by electricity and showing the position after each move. "Crowds of pMple who knew noth­ing about the game kept staring at this, and many were so interested that they picked up a respectable knowledge of chess before the match was over." (British Chess Magazine)

Lasker White

1 P·K4 2 Kt·KB3 3 B·KIS 4 P-Q4 5 QKt.B3 6 B·QB4 7 KtxKt 8 QxP 9 Q·K3

10 B·Kt3 11 Q-Kt3 12 P·KR4 13 BxB 14 B·KIS IS 0·0·0 16 B·K3

Firrt Game of Match RUY LOPEZ

P·K4 Kt.QB3

P.o' B-02

KKt·K2 KtxQP

PxK, Xt.B3 KI·K4

P-QB3 Kt·Kt3

B·K1 OxB

B_K2 P.K4 0-0

Steinitz Black

17 Kt-K2 R·B2 Kt·B5

PxB Q·R4 Q·K4 B.B3 R.K1 B-Ql

B.QB2

18 P·RS 19 BxKt 20 Q·KB3 21 K·Ktl 22 KI-Q4 23 P·B3 24 KR·Kl 25 Q·KKt4 26 KI·B3 27 Kt.Q2 28 P·B3 29 R·Rl 30 P.KKt3 11 Q.Q7 32 QxQ

Q·B3 KR·K2

P.o4 R·K4

R·KKI4 Q·B2 KxQ

EVERY SUNDAY -W.H.N.-AT 1:45 P. M.

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33 P·KKt4 B-KI3 34 PxP PxP 35 Kt-QKt3 R·K6 36 KR-Bl R(Kt4)-K4 37 KI-Hl 8-82 38 Kt_Q3 R_KKt4 39 Kt-QKt4 R(K6)-K4 40 R·Q4 . B-Kt3 41 RxPch K-Kti 42 Kt-Q3 R-K7 43 R-Ql B-K6 44 R.Kt4 P-QKt3 45 R·R4 P·R4 46 P-Kt4 P-Q5

47 p.QB4 48 P-KtS · 49 R-Kti 50 P-B4 51 RxR 52 P-QB5 53 R.B4 54 R-Kti 55 R-Ql 56 P.KI6 57 P.Kt7 58 K·H2 59 R-QKtl 60 R-R4

B-Q7 8·86

R-Q7 RxKKtP

RxK, R-K6 P-Q6 P-Q7 p,.P

B-Q5 R-Kl

R-QKtl K·H2

Re5igns

The fall of 1894 found Lasker in London, still worn by the strain of the match. He at­tended the tourney at Lcipsig, but did not par­t icipate, and once more Tarrasch scored a first. Steinitz, chafing at the delays encountered in arranging a return match,-due in some meas­ure to the new champion's apparent reluctance to hazard his title at an early date,-penned a bitter letter, and in fact claimed the cham­pionship by default. Lasker, however, lay ill in London with gastric fever, complicated by the breaking of a blood vessel. Only the extreme solicitude of his brother Dr. Berthold, who came over from Herlin, turned the tide in his fight for life. Thereafter we find him deliver­ing a series of lectures in London, and editing a column in St. Paul's. In the summer the great Hastings Tourney was quickly brought about.

That event is more fittingly the property of Harry Nelson Pillsbury, who managed to en­ter the contest at the last moment. After a stirring finish he was followed by Tschigorin, Lasker, Tarrasch, Steinitz and Schiffers in an order that is nearly expressive of the real strength of these masters.

Pillsbury's great victory led to much specu­lation on the possibility of a match for the title. The New England champion expressed his faith in his own star in no uncertain terms. Though a formal match did not take concrete form, a tense rivalry between these two great masters developed and stirred the chess public for nearly a decade. At St. Petersburg near the end of the following year, Pillsbury, Steinitz, Tschigorin and Lasker met in what was a combination match and tournament, each player contesting four games with his ad­versaries. Dr. Lasker led the field with II y:; points; two full points ahead of Steinitz, with Pillsbury third.

At Nuremberg in that year Lasker scored another victory, with Maroczy second and Pillsbury and Tarrasch tied for thinl and

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fourth. This success was particularly sweet as his tourney clashes with Dr. Tarrasch · had been infrequent, and the record of the Doctor in the International arena was indeed impres­sive, even as his own forte apparently had been match play.

After many parleys the return match with Steinitz became a reality, and on November 7th, 1896 the two outstanding fi@res of the hour sat down once more for an r.istoric en­counter. To the normal vicissitudes and delays of a chess match, there were added further po­litical difficulties.

Mr. Steinitz had arranged to telegraph the moves of the games to America in cypher. His cryptogram had to be submitted to the censor­ship of the Russian Government, and he had to convince the authorities that there was noth­ing nihilistic in the mysterious messages which he sent.

This match resulted in even a greater tri­umj:h for Lasker: the score 10 wins, 2 losses, drawn 5.

The dosing years of the century saw the great Vienna tourney, of 1898, in which Pills­bu ry and Tarrasch emerged on even terms; (Dr. Tarrasch winnin1! the play-off), and the Paris Tourney where Dr. Lasker gained first prize, scoring T4~ points out of a possible 16, losin~ only to Marshall. The new champion was well ensconced. In Match and Tourney he had demonstrated his supremacy.

In our nl!xt issue WI! shall contimu thr story of the carter of Dr. Lasker.

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Manitoba and Saskatchewan At the annual meeting for 1934-35, the

Man itoba Chess Association elected as its of­ficers : President, J. H . Booker; V ice-Presi­dent, J Ortman : Secretary-Treasurer, E. G. Baldwinson. One of the main subjects was a special match. dating bad: to last April , in wh ich the Winnipeg Jewish ch~ dub and players WeTt overwhelming victors against an amalgamation of all other Winnipeg clubs and players--arran~ments were mad e for a return match scheduled for October.

Problems, and more problems !-Saslcatche­wan chaHenges Manitoba to a chess problem solving contest, a nt:w idea associated with cor­respondence chess. Each week, a specially se­lected problem is published in the W innipeg Tribune, the Ma nitoba Free Press, the Saska­toon Star-Phoenix. and the Regina uader­Post. The competition is now on, the final result is anxiously awaited. The Provincial team captains are, for Saskatchewan. M r. A. Benson; for M anitoba, Mr. S. H all. The score recorded from the first contest problem, a three mover. favored Hall's team, w ith the count as M anitoba 92, Saskatchewan 83. All solvers throughou t both provinces have been invited to compete.

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Sid Kirk_President The T oronto Oakwood Club w ill operate

throughout the present season w ith its re­cently elected officers at the helm : President, S. Kirk : V ice-P resident, W. Sharp; Secretary­Treasurer, L. P. Essex; T ou rnament Director, G. Beauchamp; T eam Captain , W . Sharp ; with M essrs. Beauchamp and Sharp as City­league representat ives. Under the supervi­sion of Sid K irk, a lively t ime is anticipated, as Mr. Kirk. is an enthusiastic worker and a fine leader, having done much in the pas t to support and promote the game for boys, and in this part he became directly associated with the Rotary Club. -

Toronto Chess League The chess league competition in Toronto

for the ensuing 1934-35 season is now a lime­light feature, and with its newly appointed live-wire executive-a bang-up program is na­turally e."<pected. The man with the li ttle hammer is to be M r. T . Schofield , P resident. Other officials are: 2nd Vice-President, A. E. Forde, Toronto C. C.; Secretary. n. Freed­man, Jordan C. C.; Assistant ;Sccretary, H. Storey, Oakwood C. C.; Treasurer, C. Len­nox, Beaches C. C.

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Correspondence Chess The c.c.c.A., M ajor Tournament 1934-35

was commenced last month, October I , with the P rovincial Championships due to start in this month of November. The Canad ian Cor· respondence Chess Association Championship '934, was recen tl y won by H. Opsahl, T ernis­bming, Quehe<:. S. Hall , of Winnipeg, is the Manitoba correspondence champion.

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Selected S)'I'.1CUH Maen Tournatamt

. AUgull, 1934 BRILLIANCY PRIZE GAMB

CARO·KANN DEFENSE M. Monticelli R. Fine

White Black 1 P·X4 P-QBl 12 B-Kt3 2 P-Q4 P_Q4 13 P·QR4 .3 Kt-Q83 PxP 14 B-Q2 4 KtxP B.B4 15 XI-HI , XI·KI} B·KI3 16 0-0-0 6 XI.B3 P·K3 17 Q-K3 ,. B.QB4 XI·B3 18 PxR 8 Q ·K2 QKt-Q2 19 K.8Z 9 Kt-I(S KlxKt 20 Q-R3

10 PxKI Kt-Q2 21 K·HI ] 1 P-B4 B-QB4 RailfJ1l

• • • Zuneb Jubilee Tournament

Augwt, 1934 RUYLOPBZ

P-QR4 Q.Kt)

0·0-0 B·XI5 K,·B4 R·Q6

KuBch

"Q'" Kc-Q5i:h Q.Kt6

A. Aluhine P. Johner White

t P·K4 P·X4 Xc·Q83 P-QR3

Xc·B3 P·Q3 B-Q2 B·K2

2 KI·KB3 3 B-K" " B·R4 .5 0·0 6 P·B) '7 p.Q" 8 p.Q.5 98·82

10 p.B4 11 P-KR3 12 XI·53 13 P-KK!4 14 Q .K2 " B·02 16 K·J{tl 17 R·RI 18 P·KR4 19 Kt.Ql 20 X1·J() 21 XI·S' 22 KIPx8 23 QR.KJ(tl 24 K·Hl

Xc-QXcl B.Xc5

QXI.Q2 B·R4 0.0

B-Xc3 Xc-Xl

P-R3 B·R2

P_XXc4 P·XB3

R·B2 XI·Bt BxKt

R-KR2 Kt-Kt2 Q.KI

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Black 2j Kc·R2 26 KI-XI4 1:7 Q·B3 28 PXP 29 RxRch 30 R·RI JI R-R6 32 B-QI 33 Q.QKt3 34 Q·R4 35 QxP 36 KlxB 37 KtxR 38 Q-B8cb 39 BxKt 40 O-X8 41 Q.RS 42 J}.R4 43 B-B2 44 P·X5 ., P-Q6 46 B-K4 4' Q.R6

• Wutl:m Chest Ass'n. Tourney

July, 1934 QUEEN PAWN OPENING

Kc_R4 XI-B) K_Kc2 RPxP KtxR X·RI Q·B2

R·Utl P·Ke3 B·Bl B,R

Q·Ke2 KxK, Xt_H I XPxB P-Ke5 P_Xt6 Xc-R2 Xc·Ht Q"'P

p .... Q.o2

Rnicns

A. S. Denker M. RundeU White Black

1 P-Q4 P-Q4 13 B-Xt2 2 XI.K8) P-K3 14 B-B4 3 P_K) XI.XB3 15 XI,XI5 4 B-Q3 QKe-Q2 16 BxB 5 P-QKt) p .. B4 17 Q-B3 6 0-0 P-QKt3 18 KR-QI 7 XI-K5 KlxKt 19 RxRcb 8 PxKI Kc_Q2 20 R-QI 9 P-XB4 p.B4 21 Q-RB

10 P-B4 B·KI2 22 R-Q8ch II PxP BxP 23 RxKd 12 Xt·B3 B-B)

P·KR4 Q.K2 ed<,

0.0·0 Kt'XII P·Kd Q,R

Q.82 Q.QKt2

K_B2 Rnian•

Games .

SyracUM Mati", Tournament

Auauu, 1934

BRILLIANCY PRIZE GAMB

BUDAPEST DEFENSE

S. Reshevaky White

1 P-Q4 Xt-XB) 2 p.QB4 P·X4 ) PxP Kt·Xt' 4 P-X4 P-Q) S B-K2 KtxXP 6 P-B4 Xt·Xc' ,. XI-KBJ Kt-QB3 80.0 Bo02 9 XI·BJ B-Kl

10 p.KR.J Xl-B3

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A. S. Denlces-Blad<

II p.K5 12 PxP 13 B-K3 14 B-QJ 15 Xt·XX" 16 RxXt 17 Q-R.5cb 18 BxPch 19 QxPcb

Pxp · Kt·XXtl

P·B) p,p

Xt-B3 Bod<

P-Ktl "'B

1(.1<2 20 B-8S mate

• K1(H1Cem.ubura: Toumament

July 19)4 PETROFF DEFENSE

Sir G(!orge Thomal Whice

1 P·X" 2 XI-KB) 3 K<xI' 4 Xe·KB) , P-Q< 6 B-Q3 7 0-0 8 P·B4 9 PxP

to Q-X2 II B-QKtS 12 Ddt

P-X4 Kt·KB3

P-Q3 K~P P.o.

B-KKtS B.K2

~I-XB) XlxP

XI-QB) 0 ·0 PxB

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Dr. H. Well Black

13 Xt-B) 14 Xb:Kt 15 B·X) 16 KR-QI 17 P-QXI3 18 P·KR3 19 PxB 20 KI-Rz 21 P-B) 22 QxB Resign.

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.. B3 Q"'"

KR-Kl R·X3

Q·KR4 BxRP Q,P

B-K41 BxKtcb

R·KtJch

Liebwerda T outllament

AuJV'l, 1934

QUEEN'S GAMBIT OECUNED H""" . White

1 Xc·KB) Xt-XB3 2 P-Q4 NO 3 p.B4 P-Q4 4 Xt_B) P·B3 S P-X3- QXt·Q2 6 B-Q3 PxP 7 BxBP P-QXt4 8 B-Q3 P.QR3-9 0·0 P·84

10 P-QR41 p·XcS 11 XC,XII B-Xt2 12 QKt-Q2 B-1<2 I) KI-B4 0·0 14 Q-K2 Q·B2 15 KKI-Q2 PxP 16 PxP Q-B) 17 P-B) P-QR4 18 Xc·Kc3 Q-Q4?

18 ... Q-82 followed

EIr.1:ua Black

by ••• KR-B! better.

wu

19 B.B4 20 KR-Bl 21 B·K4 22 Q-Bl 23 BxQ 24 O·Kl 25 I<I-Q6 26 K-RI

KR-Bt Kt-R4?1

K",B B-R) PxB

B-KK14 ICt·1C7cb

K ... 27 RxX, .....

Or 27 KtxRl 27 ••••. 28 KtxR 29 KcxB )0 P-OKI3 3-1 K.Ktl 32 Q-02 3-3 Q.Kt2 34 ICt.K2

B,' R.K,

Xt-Kd K,·Q2 XI.BI R_B6

Xt_lC) R·K6

NOVBMBER . 1934

Zurich Jubilee Toum.ment Augwt, 1934

FRENCH DEFENSE Dr. I.&Iku A. Nim:zowiue:b

White Black 1 P:X4 P .X3 34 R·X4 2 P-Q4 P-Q4 35 PxR 3 XI-QB3 8-Xc5 36 X_81 .. P-X5 P-Q84 37 X-Q2 5 B-Q2 Xc_K2 38 X_X3 6 Xc-Xc5 BxBch 39 P-R3 7 QxB 0-0 40 Kc-R3 8 P-QB3 Xc-54 41 K-Ql 9 P-ICKc4 Xc-R5 42 K-i(2

10 P-Kd PXP 43 K-B3 11 PxP Xc-B3 .... X-X3 12 0-0-0 Q -R4 45 XC-I'd 13 X-Xd QxQ 46 Xc-R7o:h 14 RxQ P-Bl 47 Kt-j(d 15 KcPxP PXP 48 Kt-R7cb 16 8-R3 PXP 49 Xt-Kt5 17 KI-87 R_Kcl '0 X-Q4 18 XtxKP R-,tS3 51 Kt-K3 19 Kt-»7 8x8 52 Xt-84 20 KtxB Xc_56 53 Xc·RJ 21 (",!K-QI PxP 54 Kc·U4 22 .lI..txP R·84 55 KI·R3 2l (lICt·54 QR.XJn 56 X·Xl 24 Xt-Q3 (",!KI.j(4 57 K-Q3 2l XtxKc RxKt 58 Px"o:h 26 Xt.KlI Xc·Kt4 59 X·82 27 P·KR4 Xt·XJ 60 K·Xtl 28 R·R2 R·X5 61 K·R2 29 P·B3 R·X6 62 K·R3 30 R·K.z R·B5 63 KxP 31 R>tR PxR 64 P·Xt4 32 R-Q3 RxRP 6S P_Kt5 33 RxP Xt-QS Ruiilll

• • • Zuricb Jubil~ Toumament

.. , K·B2 K.B3 X·X4

P·KR4 P·R4

Xc.B7ch Kt·K8ch

Kt·Xt7 Xt·RXb

Xt·Xl3 X·,tS]

K·Ka X.ul K·K2

Xc.X4 X·Q3

p.Qkj P-R5

P·Kc] P·KC4

Xt-83o:h K·B4 p.""

JW> Xt-Q5ch

Xc·Xl X-B5 K-Q' lW'

X-86 X-XI7

A~,1934

QU5EN'S GAMdlT OECUNEO M. Eu •• White

1 P-Q4 2 P-Q84 3 Kt·KB3 ... Kc-B3 5 BPxP 6 P.K4 7 PxKt 8 B-Q2 • B-o'

10 0·0 II P·K51 12 KI-KeS 11 8xB 14 R_Kl 15 B-B2 16 Q .Kt4 17 B-n ... 18 B·86 19 Q-RJ 20 'B,XI5 21 B-X4

Kc·KB3 p.", P-Q4 P·84 KtxP

K<xK, Kt-Q2

B·K2 Q ·B2

p.QR> P-QKt4

BxKI B-Xt2 P·B'

Kt·Kt) Xt-Q4 P-KcJ

R-KKtl P-XR4

O-R4 Q-R6

o. Naeadi Black

22 Q-83 23 P-QR4 24 PxPep 25 Q·Kt3 26 Q·B3 27 P-R4 28 p,.p 29 RxR 30 P-Kt41 31 BxPch )2 Q·K4ch 33 QxPch 34 P-B7ch 35 B·R6ch 36 P-B8( Q)cb 37 QxRch 38 Q-R7ch 39 Q-RSch 40 R·K8 41 R-BSch

Q .Bl p.84 X_02

~K" ·B2 ·B' p,p

B, R R·RI ""B

X-B2 K·Kl3 K·Xt2

R,B K,Q K·B2 K·Bt K_B2

XI-B3 Rtsia:n •

209

Zwicb J ubil" T OUm.uDeot

AUi\Ut, 1934

QUEEN'S GAMBIT DECUNED A. Alekhi.at

White 1 P-Q4 2 Kc-XB3 3 P-84 4 Xc-B3 5 B-Kc5 6 P·X) 7 p,.p 8 Q-Q21 9 R_B!

10 B-R4 11 B·B4 12 PxXc 13 R-QXll 14 B-KKc) n BPxP 16 KlxQ 17 B·Xc) 18 P-X4 19 P-B3 20 K-X2 21 B-B7 22 BxXt 2) X-Q3 24 R-Kc) 25 PxP 26 K.B2

Xc·KB3 p·04

. P.K3 P-8:l

QXI_Q2 O·R< ~txP

B·XI' P·KR3

0.0 XcxKI Jl.R6 P-X4 P,.

OxOch Xc·KI3

8 -84 QR.XI

B_B1 X_Rt

Xt-Q4 P, B

P-OKC3 8 ·X2

B-RJch R·Bt

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A. Nilll20wiucb Blade

27 R·B3 28 P·Q61 29 KxB 30 Xc·84 31 P-QR41 32 P.R5 33 XtxP 34 Xt.Xd 3S K.Xc4 36 P.Q5 37 Kc-Q4 38 R·Rl 39 X·R5l 40 X·Xc6 41 X,XI7 42 RxP 43 X·Xc6 .... XI.X6 45 Kc·BS! 46 R·R8! 47 XlxR 48 B-081 49 X·B7 50 R_R5 51 8 ·X7 52 X.Q8

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B-Xc' B,'

B-Kc4 P-Bl

B-Q2 p,p

R·B2 B,XI4 P-Rl

X-KIt ? B·Kl R-Rt R-Q2 R-B2 '-01

QR.Q2 R·B l 8-B2 B-XI K-B2 BxXt

X_XI3 B·XI4 B·Xt R·82

Re.ignJ

Liebwerda Toumament

Augult 1934

SICILIAN DEFENSE 8oro. White

1 P-X4 2 P_QXt4 3 P-QR3 4 p.K5 '"-Q4 6 p,.p 7 P.QB3 8 Q-Kt4 9 P-R4

10 Q_B4 11 Xt.B3 12 Xc.Xt5 13 Xt-Q2 14 R·KR3 15 B-R) 16 RxB 17 B-KI5! 18 P-B4! 19 QXt-K4!

P-Q84 p,.p

P.Q4 Kt.QB3

N" BxPch

B·K2 K·Bl

P-KR4 B·02

Kc·R4 KI-R3 0·B2 P·84 B,B

P.KXrJ P·KIJ

p,p K.K2

Blumich Black

20 KtxPI BxKt 21 O-Kt5ch X·BI 22 Q.B6c:h Kt-B2 23 Xt·Kd B-Q4 24 KtxKI QxXt 25 QxRch X·J(2 26 Q-R6 K·KJ 27 KR-KKt3 R-XKrl 28 R.Kt5 P-B5

If . . . K-K2: 29 RxRP, P-R): 30 Bx RP, PxR: 3! Q-Q6ch, foliowed by B-K15ch and mate shortly, 29 RxP O-K2 30 R-R4 B-K' 31 QxBP! X.Q4 32 P-K6ch ResiJilM

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ProbltfM, Problem wlutiorl3. criticisrnJ. contmt nts and all matter.! pertaining to tnt Problem Deparimeni Ihould be sent directlu to the Problem Editor at J06·22 215th Street. BtUllire. L. / ., N . Y. Por pt rsonai replies and the return of urtSuitable contributions. Inclose II stamped, , elf-addressed ent.elope; otherwise replie.s will be made in the correspondence column,

Good News The Problem Dept. of the CR. which now brlD.gs

alternately amclu on "Problem Constrllction" and "Who's Who i.a Problemdow", besidu SWl4ry in­terspersed stories. will add two more SwaLS, be· ginning with the next number.

The (Nlt seriu. enti tled " Problem-MlI$lngs" wlU comprise most OlDy topic of interest to problem lovers. The other one, under the caption "Master­pieces" will p rint the eli te work ot lamous co~ posers, past and present, with a detailed analysis /letting forth whll the problem is a masterpiece.

You may submit entries for the "Masterpieces" Rrial, but observe the conditions caretully. cvc:ry problem you sefid must be properly diagramed, hear name of the composer and the publication II'OIll which It was clipped, if possible date of pre· vlous pubilcatiocl, fuli solution and your own name and address. II these details are neglected the problem goes in the waste basket. Do not send the originals (rom your collections but copies on/", b«ause none of these entries will be returned, stamp or no stamp. I abo announce beforehand that I reserve the unrestricted right to decide whether or not the problem deserves a write-up.

If you have a Christmas problem und It lit once. I cannot print it in the December number un­lellll it Ls in my hands before November 10th.

I am still lhort of 2 move and .. move problellU. P!eate come to my .aistance. Have rlenty of 3 move problenu . nd a fair number 0 uH·matet. Fairy problem. are alto IIrgrntl)' nrrdrd.

Please put your names and addresses on all solu~ tion $beets and problelllll and wrile on ODe side 01 the paper. Use ink. not a soft pencil

In the January number all scores will be de­cimated, that Is a score of 11i will be 11, of 217 will be 22, etc. ThLs Is done to save space.

Some of you do not vote for the "But" pr'W lem. Pleau do hereafter. The more votu the fairer the decision.

Problems were received from Charom (1), Rosado (2), Beers, Hoy (returned), Orasln. Burke (Correction ) . WatlWn, McCarthy (2), Kipping and Krisch (6). Thank you.

OOlina d ate for IOtutions in this number: December 10, 1934.

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Solutions - No. 187 Lynn Davis (2M) Ke3 A femilier melin~ n.I.-Or. Dobbs. Key. ,,,king

nighl squore spoils th,s effort : otherwise II niee prob· lem for e be~ i nn8t.-h8ts. V"r,alions too few but 'lood.-Evens. NNt. qu ia t. limple "min".-Pon. A piqu"nt eppetizar..-Nou.. Considoring the few piee" e very d in;cul! problam. 8d3 is a good try.- Stonlon. Tho Bishop mO'lol or. int.",t;ng._Silver. Key is quit. obvioul.-Bur~ •. A pretty miniol"re Ihough Ihe moles ore fomili" r.- V" il. A much o'l'rworl",.d mele.-Melz· borg. Arlistie moves in lilis one.-Tongemon.

No. J8B S. J. Benjomin (2M) 8f6 Just "n e'lorog. Mer.dith.-Dr. Dobbs. Cute effort.

- Beers. 1~0 1 "xllclly a waitor but has SOma of the el.m.nn.-Evens. Only fei r. O ne good m"to-Polt. f.ino kay.-Emery. f'lleot. incomploto blod.-Hoy. Tho Kn ights oro w. 1I ploced.-Si .... or. Clever dll4renc. key in In;s woilor.-Ie ngomen.

189 Frank V"II (2M 1 Sd4 Smerl work but the rook b4 hos no n.c.ess.ory Nnc.

tion.-Or. Dobbs. cr.ver end d&coplivo-Vonwinklo. Hoovy but 9rool ploy.- 8ea". Th. best 2 movers 0" the eesiest to 101'1'. Th is kind d&Velops your intorest in chess.-bons. My ideo 01 0 900d bloding problom. Bed 2er in this inuo.-Polt. Vory doeeptive.-Silver. There efe 10m. nieo '1oriellonfo-Burke. A rether heovy position.-Rothenberg. Subtle shul-off key here: fine problem with dever Iries.-:-Tengeman.

No. 190 G. Mott·Smlth (2M) 9·e8 Att rective he lf pin.-Dr. Dobbs. Vory. very clever

key.-!leers. I Ihint No. 190 ,s spl.ndid.- Berry. Key nol hord to find bul good. Blod certllinly me$lM things up trying 10 unpin hi, pewn.- Evelli. Nice pins by rook end queen.- Pelt. V.ry • • cellent probl.m by Motl·Smith wiln neel hal/pin. My " Ieclion for month. --Hoy. The position ".ms more than crowded.­Silver. The helf-pin idee is n.,,!ly e~pressed here. The koy lI lso is very elever.-Rolke. The th rallt is well hidden.-Burke. Prelty pin motel.- VeiL-lnteresting hll lf'p in theme.-TllnOjj. men.

No. 191 8il1 B" " (2M) Qd4 The triple pi~ il. of eourse. the fell ture.-Dr. Dobbs.

This gets my vot •. I wllnt to get ONE vote anyhow.­BeefS. Bi ll gets no prite for this.-Evens. The triple pin is unique.-Polt. Dalfiest probl.m I hll'le run ocro" in two yee., of Iolving.-Mu.phy. Most pililen ~ey I &ver lew.-Emery. The pins ore lhoroughly . n· joyable and the position is a bit humorotls.- Si!v., . Key is very simpl •. but the mele efter Kdl is pretty. _ Rllike. Give som. of your other eompol8f1 l1 ehance. - Brll'le rmon. (Why do they not send 2Ms1-Ed.) Pleosont.-Rolhonberg. Future is 0 triple pin ofter night.-Tangemon.

(ContInued on page 212)

• Who's Who In Problemdom Otto W urzburg

Not satisfied with tfie renown of domicil· ing h ' lLuaUl .;)11I1ll(,man, tile prouu:m fi.;u~r of till;: wOtUl, tile c,ty ot LJraua l'I..aplUS, l\l~ ICIl .

PIUCI(CO anotlier calssalCaJ laurel lear 101' useU, WHen, 011 me tenm oay 01 July HS75, It Pe­came tile Dlrtll place at vuo h urzilurg. l~ epnew and diSCiple at the semor Wlza. d, ut.o IS Known UlIougnout prOUlemlalio as "'1 ne J umar W,zard or Grand Rapids", To­day, at tile age oi 59, he IS StiU res,u,ng 10 tne city at hiS Dlrm, tile most iamoas OICSS [own at bve contments.

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I can tell you but little about Wu(zburg, the man. '! 'nere is a veil, woven of reserve, dignity and extraordinary modesty, wrapped secureiy about Utto's person, and it is liard to penetrate It. Knowmg him for 25 years 1 am even now umntormed of his vocation in dally hfe. Nor have 1 been able to learn how many chess problems he has composed, how many prizes and honors he has conquered, save the fact that their number must be tremen­dous. 1 do blow that there is scarcely a re­mote corner in this world where he is not hailed as one of the most eminent exponents of the composing art. that there is hardly a ma~azine or chess column in existence that did not, at some time or other, publish a "Wurzburg".

As a solver he ranb among the foremost. Nothing, however involved and difficult, feazes him. As a critic he is one of the most oddly notable. He rarely criticises inferio r work. What he says is invariably character­istic of the man : Brief. terse, positive, honest. He possesses that fine gift of telling a story in one happily chosen word.

When Wurzburg's name is mentioned in the gatherings of problem composers and sol­vers, in chess dubs, two questions are frequent­ly asked that seem to intrigue the problem lovers.

These questions are:

Has Shinkman's eminence been a benefit or Ilindrance to the career of the younger com· p~r, and-is Wu rzburg as great a problemist as his illustrious uncle?

On the first quest ion some would con . .. nd that since no star is visible in the midday , . glare of the sun, Otto was at a disadvantage III his composin~ efforts. Others would insist

that. on the contrary. Wurzburg was "Lucky" , because some of his successes were in all probability due to the valuable aid and in­structions he rtteived from his uncle. To state, which of the two opinions is the correct one, is simply impossible. All I can offer to enlighten disputants is that Wurzburg, personally, in one of his letters to me, wri tes: " I was lucky to have Shinkman for an uncle, a guide and a monitor." I can also mention that 1 know plenty of problem friends, both composers and solvers. espttially the latter. who rate Wurz... burg above Shinkman.

This, in a measure, supplies also the answer to the scrond question. I t is plainly a matter of opinion.

What is my personal conception?

Being familiar with the chess work of both wizards for over 25 years, I believe that my selection of ShinJ.:man as the ereatest problem­ist is justified and probably accepted by a great number of composers, especially foreign ex­perts. H owever, there are some words to be added to cl arify the situation. Shinkman prob­ably is the greater " all around" composer; wonderful, masterful in every branch of the composing art. Yet, in several respects, I do not hesitate to proclaim, Wurzburg undoubt­edly surpasses even his incomparable tutor. Agreed that Shinkman was more versatile, pro­lific, captivating and witty; that his work scintillates, glitters and radiates; yet there is no denying that in the profound depth of ideas, in the terseness and vigor of admirable strata­gems and the vi rile ruggedness of truly amaz­ing ttthnique, Wuuburg need not acJmowl· edge any peers, not even his unde. Both are about even in respect to originality, but that of Wurzburg appears greater bttause of the overpowering masculinity apparent in every­thing he composes, a masculinity strangely con­trasting with the velvety, often female charm that distinguishes the creations of the older master.

I have compared the beloved Shinkman with the most beloved musician in the world: Beethoven. Continuing this comparison I would l ike to call Wurzburg the Richard Wagner of problems. Like Wagner's ponder­ous song dramas Wurzburg's problem works manifest an Olympian strain, a majestic at· tribute, an elementary, sometimes scarcely

OTTO WURZ8URG Pithhllrgh Gatette limel, 1914

OK'

White Mete in 3 Moves

bridled force. breathtaking in unexpected volume and robust energy.

To employ another comparison, Shinkman's work is hlo:e champaille. It prickles, bubble/j, in­toxicates with sheer joy ana beatitude. Wurz.. burK's compositions create a different delight. the sort you find in the taste of mature, cool Rhinewine, mellow yet dangerous with hidden power, with a tan2; of tartness that the epicure appretiates and the connoisseur properly ap·

° praIses. Such, right or wrong, is my personal im­

pression of the two wizards. It matters little whether I am right or wrong, since posterity will speak the final word.

W urzburg informs me that he has done little composing during the past 5 or 6 years. He expresses a fear that his "composing vein is bloodless". That made me smile. because the concern registers the only "weakness" I ever observed in this st rong personality. Olympian strain and "all-Wurzburg is human.

Wurzburg has returned to active chess. As the readers of the C.R. know, he edited these very pages for a year. He also conducts a fine column for the Grand Rapids Herald that at­tracted some of the cleverest solvers in the land. I n view of his present activities there is every hope that his allegedly dry vein will presently fill with the fluid of life as richly as (;ver before.

For the greater 2;lory of problemdom, for the Kreater glory of the U.S.A., for the greater glory of Otto Wurzburg, may his future career be as noble as his past. may it in­deed be long, prosperous, useful and famous.

THE CHESS REVIEW

(Continued trom page 21 0)

192 M. Charolh 13M) I. QB1, Ke). ·2 ~Ich, afc. I ••• ~ e4. 2 Blc4. ett. Cooked by Qb2. Qbb end Sf7. Mr. Chero~h ~ enf e correction. pillcing II billd pown

on cS, which would hava mllde thll problem solvllble by two ~ eys only. Bul Ihe problem wal IIlre~dy prinled when the correction errived.-Editor

No. 193 Dr, 6. Dohbl (3M) I. KbS. Ke4. 2 BGbch, a te. I •••• , hfS. 2 Bb3ch. etc. I . , . . , Kdb. 1 BeSch. etc. I, • , • RI P. 2 kbth. etc. The mete, e r. v.ry s ... btla lind d iffic ... lt.- Vllnwin_

Ue. Dobbs King move~ renk with the best.-Even~ . Fine cooper., lion b.tween S and 8·s. Anolher good Dobbs problem.- PeU. Best point is the chllnge ef· feeled by Peb.-Every. The try Bcbeh le.,d~ to the key.- Hoy. My ehoice for honor pri:G. A Gllie! key end good v.,rialion~.-Si l ver. The pow",rf,,1 billd force stllmps this liS II thrul probh.m lit the r,rd glonce.­Burke. A ~trong threel though the Docior m!lnoges 10 .,rriv(\ ot 0 numb",r of fi ne mlltes._Vll il. The cie r<;JY does the "dirty" wor~. A beautiful problem _ Br.,ver. men. Splend id! Cle ... , r B lind S mllnouvering. Gels my vote.-Rothenberg. A beeutif,,1 rroblel1l o!thou'lh Ihe key is re ther obvioul beteuse 0 the fl igh t to Q3.­l .,ngernen.

No. 1'14 W, Vanwinkle 13M) I. ... Bdl . Kc4. 2 QxP. etc. I •••. , Kcl. 1 Qc7ch. ele. I .... .. Kd2. 2 Qd7d,. etc. I. .... P eny. 2 Oc1. elc. The echoes heva been done often before.-Dr.

Dobbs. A masferpiac' of echo models. PI.,y foliowin<;J Kc4 i~ the mosl one clln d~$ l re.-Evllns. Gets my vola for bed probl"m.-Peit. A v9ry pretty · mllting net on a wide open boll rd .-Dr. Berli ner. Quite difficult. The Q.P var. i~ pleosin g.-Nllih. Key lind play superb. AlI bul one mete economical.- Emery. Another gem by Bro. Venwinkl e.-Hoy. Nice work.-S ilver. Key re ther eO$y bul the Kc4 vllrietion b reth .... difficu ll.-RIII~e. BNlltilul herrnonio", tooperetion of t he white piec8$. - B ... rle . l he bMt perf of th is problem i~ the continlle' lien ofter Kc4.-Her<JNlllves. On Ihe whol.. vary poor.-Blumenfeld. Cannot compere wah hi$ prize problem I 58.-Melzlarg. Be,1 problem of month; gals my vole.-Brevermen. Mr. Vftnwinkle sure ~et~ up $ome fine minie l u res.-Patric~. Difficu lt problem with difficult continuotion ofter Kc5.-TIIng"m~n.

No. 195 W. T, Scott (3M) I. 8h8. Ke1. 2 Oel . elc. I. .... I< c7. 2 Qc1ch. etc. Note: This probl.m wei .... ithdraWII by the editor

from ptt rl icipll iion in Ihe voting eoniest. becallse it is completely IIn ticipetad by e problem by H. F. L

ooo, :which eppeered in the "ChM5 Boquel" in A. J . Sovweine. the noted boord expart.

editor', r.~t info,,,,.nl. A pleasing lill ie Brido1.- Dr. Dobbs. A fi ne end

pleft$ing Brido1. Perfec tly eonstru cted.-Vonwjn~le. Clever illuslrlliion of line dearMce. Gets my vol". If I vole for Vanwintle ', problem he mighl get egotidie

(Continued on page 216)

FAIRYLAND Today we offer three dlffcrC.Dt type: problclll.$

to the fairyiauders, eacll one of which iJiu.strates a neat idea.

No. 6 is a llimoler by the famous Bridge Ex~ pert G. Molt-Smith, who Ls evidently determined to become equally adept In problems.. In view of the fact that Mr. Mott~Smith had Dever CWD heard of a lJemotcr until I Introduced them, his problem is 01 most remarkable maturity. It shows complete maslery of the theme, which. as I explained, stipu.­lates that every man aboard is reduced to the next lower rank as .soon as he has completed a move. Pawns in this problem are excepted. Kings never change in any problem. Points will be allowed for solution$, separately from the Regulars. The "fairy ladder" herewith begun will. eventually, also reward the top man, but, of course, not until we have the necessary "crowd:'

N o.7. Dr. Gilbert Dobbs, one of the greatest living problem masters and Internationally rew Downed for his charming and beautiful creations, turned to fairy cheu not so long ago; yet such Is this author's acumen that. despite the brevity of his eXperience, he produces masterpieces from the very start. He Introduces No. 7 as a helpmate. However. since the I. P. S. decreed that all fairy problems must begin with White moves, this probw tern, following a previous custom. e.g. beginning helpmates with Black moves. Is no longer a help-­mate but a help-selfmate. So don't forget that in No. 7 Black starts aDd the Black KJng Is mated.

N o.8. An unpretentious. dlrectwm3te Grasshop.­per "minnie", easy to aolve. the only d istinction of which is that. a rter the solution Is found. you transfer Sa2 to b l and, doing the whole thing over, produce the exact echo to the 8nt poli tion in a different direction. 3 points for one solution. i points If the echo Is T«orded a lso. But only fully written out solutions will win points. Thi, goe, lor all tair" problems. elltn 2 moilers!! It Is not enough to send Keys (for fairy problems) or abbreviated hlots. Onl" full wlut/ons win point"

P. 6. (Original)

GEOFFREY MOTT·SMITII

Pawns

Beginning today, I am going to publish lo every lssue OJ calry/and success.ive Items pertamlng to fair y che.u. such as de$Criptloos 01 new pieces, ruJes and regulatio~ and numerous other details that will afford assistance to the solvers and com.

-~ Wbile fa iry chess Is not nearly a s restricted and

hideb"';W1d as o rthodox problem chtu. it is, neverw theless, governed b y certa in laws which are gen. erally accepted and have been approved b y the I. P. S.

Start today a little book In which you record the important items of which you become cogni: w ant. Such record book II properly continued. will become a useful and valuable fairy manual and aid

·you in both composing and solving fairy composl. tions.

(ContInued on Page 216)

D"

P. 7. (Original)

GiLlJ ....... ·l OOBBS Carr~ I110n. Ga.

Helpmate In 3 Moves Black Starts . , .

P. 8. Original)

DUKOFZER L. I.

SOLUTIONS TO THESE PROBLEMS AIlE DUE ON OR BEFORE DEC. 10th 1934.

214

21l ( Original)

Mate in 2 moves.

213 ( Original)

Dr. GILBERT DOBBS Carrollton, Ga.

215 (Original)

DAVID C. McCLELLAND Jacksonville, Ill.

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212 (Original)

DAVID C.

moves.

214 (Original)

G. W. HARGREAVES Auburn, Ala.

Mate in 2 moves.

216 (Original)

MANNIS CHAROSH Brouklyn, N. Y.

=

217 (Original)

WILBUR VANWINKlB Endicott, N. Y.

Mate in 3 moves .

. 219 , ( Original)

CARLOS JIMENO JR. Mexico

Male in 1 moves. . .

221 (Original)

Dr. G. EROOES Vienna, AUlitr;a.

moves.

218 (Origin«l)

LBYSENS Ohio.

220 (Odgirtltl)

R. CHENEY. Roche, :cr, N. Y. Dedicated 10 Dr. G. Dobba.

Male in 5 moves.

222 (Otlginol)

D!!'. GILBERT DOBBS Carrollton, Ga.

=

Selfmate moves

S olutions to These Problems MU$t Be Received by December 10, 193;

(Continued from pl!Ige 213)

Here are a few starters:

I . In fairy problelllS pawns on the 7th square cannot be promoted to plt<::es not appearln; In the diaGram (except to orthodoJ: men) .

Thus a pawn cannot promote to, 5I!IY. a grass· hopper, unleu there is at least one grasshopper In the dlaqram.

2. The demoter and promoter are regulated by the lIovemlnq de or pro-motion clause, which prectde, every olher rule. Thus in a promoter a pawn becomes a Knl"ht, and only III Knl~ht. even on the 8th square. O f course. if In your promoter the pawn was excepted from the clause, then such pawn follows the general promotion rule and can become Rny piece of the orthodox type, or any piece of the fairy present In the diagram.

3. In ckmoters pawns. If rK't excepted from the demotion clause, Cliln fwo Dr.m,..,,,," to queens (ao­Ing In the circle : Q ·R·B·g· P-Q·R, etc. ). but It Is nece~~ary to sfl!lte Ihls on the arobll'm to avoid confllSlon. Pllwns. not excepte" from the "emotion clllust. can also be reduced to "blncks." A "hlock" III • "8""11 reduced to the nature of a mere plu<'l. It can n .. fther move analo, capture or ch .. rk : bllt it can block a square even 00 the promotion (8th) row.

<t. The Knl .. ht Is u!ltd In fairY ch '"~~ for many DeW plecu . It Is then usually Inverted or lvlnq :l1,.I .. ~·" .. ~. h ,."A ' ''' " • ..tn~... . I., ~"~h ",,~ .. ~ II Is MCU'ary to ~ta te under the " .... hI .. m wh;<lt piece III repreR'nted bv the Inverted Knlaht and ho\>.. II moves. ...Ivina the t xac! n"",""'r of lateral and dla'1ona! squares of the Individual move.

In III Tater Ix.,ue I ~h;<lll (lIve a detailed description of 1111 these plecu and tht'lr m(lves.

So mu( h ((I" todav. In th .. n'"1(! \. . ... 11" t ~hall offer othu details worth reC(lrolnQ In Y(lUt book.

(C(lnf/nuro from page 212) o"d 1.1 down in hi, wo<t IBut Vonwin ~I • . b&ln(l Ie<:· ond ch"k •. n()W (I"h th" vot" onyhow! I-Edito.) Ew,n •. F"I .... H,.,;~ .... 8. 'Jiv .. ~ .. -e"",, 'V (I/Oin in I"''''D<I to ",ol • . -Pon. Si",p!o. y,,' 10"t"lirlng until 0'" d.ops to .~~ hv._(;I,, ~ •. r-. .. t< ",y v~' " II! I.,"sl ... 1 110 .. "' ..... 110. IToo bod! '" w",,"d yol .. ! Ed.l_Rot1 •. B~"uti. ful 8ri, tol.-B·, .\ • . P."tty I!IJo"'plo (I' Ihh Ih.", •. _Ho.· gre"ve.. Fi". ",,,tos 11ft.,. e beoutiful \.y._Voil. 1\.;;. curet. pley.-Tengomon.

No. 196 R. Cheney (o4M) I. So2. IS. 2 Og2ch, Ke). 3 Sf4 . .,te. I .. , " Bg3 or d6. 2 S or B.B. K o. P any. J any,

o ",ot.,. I ..... B ol~e. 2 Sd.4. any. 3 Sf) ch . • Ie. Uke most of Clooney's miniofu.01 this i, not too eoty,

but 110. mot .. ~ 0'0 nolhinq 0,1<0._0 •. O"hM. V.ry clov ••• nd difficult mi .... i., wilh b .. ouli' ul B & S ploy. _Vonwinkle. Chonoy is 0 mini"lu." . " ;<I ._Evons. ThoUQ hl I hed Ihi, problom c001"d wilh Sb). "' ,1 0'" "I"",, i d;.{~' I . " i. 100 Q.........t f", Ihll'.- P"'t. I"!Wi· .. I •. Tho Key 11 lihly 10 b" (lvllrI001ed, considering 1100 diffi· cuity of Ii .. ding 1100 .ight c(l .. 'i~ ""lir>n.-Nalh. Th . .,.e is " ponibiiily of " co01 by Sd1 . but i hnd no I,,,,,, '(I qo th rough 011 vo.i"tion,.-Silv"r. Subll" def.",e

THe CHESS RIVII':w

p.ev.nts eoo.,.-8o".h. 1\ M"uliful ",inj"tu .. by III

melle ' mi"i"tu.. cO .... POs ... -V"i!. POSIOU01 lhe Ch"ney I ."dem" .~ but il b.l()W "'i, st"nd".d of "ccu,· "cy.-T"ngem"n.

No. 197 D. C. McCI ~nand [o4MSuI) i. Bol. c.b; 2 B.el, PIP: ) Bd?, otc. r. ... , ... ; 2 .. .. b4: ) Rd2. "te. : ..... cld. 2 RoJ. PoP; 3 RdJ, .,tc. Cooled by RoB "lid Oil i"'pouibl" position' boc"u ..

of 80S. No. '" G. Go.n., (9MSul)

I. dB=S . • S: 7 ICh3. l(.f3 : 3 810-4. IC&4I: 4 O. lch, K13: S Qdlch. IC.4: 6 qS =S. 0 ; 7 Sf6ch. ICf4: • 0,,4ch • • 4 : q 5g4. l'gm"I".

Nol t.olly "coo~ed" but den>(llish.,d. bee"", ,, it c.n be d(lno wilh '~o . u,hot', Key in 6 mov01. I. PdS=a. P.,S: 7 Kh}. K15· ) 8;'4. K&4: 4 P=8. I\ny: S Bd5ch, "ny: 6 Qq4ch. P,o...."I • .

Olliy Ihose 110", fo"nd II.. 6M Iolution received c.otdit. beeeuse the p.obiom i, e d.faelo b ",ov.r. C."dil qo." (lniy 10 0 •. Dobbs, N. M"izb'rg, P. L Roth.nb •• g, end G.o, P.rto,.

• • • Correspondence

C. E. Silv.r Jo"'n B. Tan9.",all :. I .m Im",ensoly pleased th"t you h"v., joined th., fomily. The neatu01!, "ccur"cy .nd eompolency you lbo.hll) IIlhibit K as ....... "r\"bI. M it is UIIU1U,,1. Will r.orint 11011 1<'o";ng fOf coob .tc. ;11 .n • .,fy lnuo. Th. ,cor01 will be de<:im.ted with ,f,,, II"", y.,II'. but' .rll "Iw" y! cu",uiotiv.. I hope you wi1l ."",,, ill in our mids' for " long tim •.

C, HlggTn,:. W.lcom. 10 th" family. In 0 ,.lfm"l •• 11 m"le, musl b., forced bv 110. Whilo pioc." unlil the whit. ICing i, "'of.d. W.lch th" coming "rticlos Oil p.obl"m c(lllsl".ction. PI.e,. Y(lt. for th. "besl" prob­lem ev"ry m(lnlh. W. P.t:z:. lettlo fu ... ,,1"01 .. fult ",aqnum quadlurn atq .... volllo' .. ,o.cl.n,. SUII.rbu, '''''' t ... n, In m.O (lr." ........ I..1~ ..... Hco dlvl" .. Iu ..... ,udltum 11"911" I.n. ~"It, SeIt"I0!1.", ", .. rn haM"

Bin II ...... ,. PI,,", .. 5 .. .. <;1 .... " m"'" o...,hI.",l.. ~o.da"y 2 mOIl" "nd " or S mov.: but ~.~ down in you. r.cord thet you lOn' the ... to "'0 ond don'l hev. thm lI"bli.h .. d .. 1 ... wl, .. ,. boo~/O"'" I """'''ot prillt th .... "t ""r... . I "'" oi~rf you ,oIv •. R.g".d~. E .. I .. K.l,eh,. Wel~n,"" ' (I 0'" (",.,ilv " .. tf Ih"nh r Ot

11,6 fA: ·i".. Pi .... , .. w.j'" ... n nn .. 1M .. "f ... A ..... ' onlv " .. d sian ev.ry ,h •• 1 with n ...... -.nd PLEASEI don't "phllOey" .yerything th.t displ.es., you. not evon in e j<K(ls. W"y. Plul Murphy:. Weleh Ihe nllxt gr"ssh(lpp"r feiry prob. iem. 1\ desniplion 0' Il,e G. mov. will go wilh Its public"' jon. Gi"" yQUtSOillj",o: vou will le.,n "n lhet n_ .. ... ... A .. . < _ .. ...... i< re.lly not foolish but f"cinoling olld not h"rd to grasp. Mkhe.1 LYllch:. If you thill~ th"t I can cheng. ,,11th. loiry n"mel Of pieces you t.nd"r mo " ..molly I"' .. tlled compliment. Why tolk 10 .... "ovo. Iho I.,nc."7 Why MI .... 1, ... , ioin ",1 Wo lik. the bag inn"", ", mueh .. th. m"d"",. A. J. Souw.I ... :· Th"nks lor tim.ly inf(l.motion. Con't I enn.x you?

F. Evans:. Please write onon~ side of the poper only. You pos5eiis '0 fine -sense of,humor,

congratulations on your victory in Cincinnati where you sparoledl

" , ,-., ' , " "",. '- ' '- ,, ' "

f. A. Nalih:. The CR. Problem Dept. publishes ONLY originals, but our new serial, "Masterpieces" will ta~e ca-re of your request. Scores will be cut Janyary 1935.

S. Ko",geard:- For 2 move problem only key moves need be sent. F~iry problems are printed in the "Foiry­land" saction. n..,., omong the Regula",.

' P; L - Rolh.nbarg:- Youi latler waf" lovely tribute but I do nol deserve that much leudation, my friend. Thank you mosl cord:"lIy and sincerely. Hochberg Brol.:- Glad you like my broadcast but do not tell ME; write to the station direct (Program Di­redor) and it moy do some good.

6. Goeller:. Ihre widmungsoufg.be teille das 101 .lIer d"dlcaroonsprobleme. b war In 6 zuegell loesbar.....-j Schadel W. V.nwlnkl.:- Problems from you are a'w,ys desir. aOle, any kind. You won the honor pri2e aqoin and share with Dr. Dobbs the distinction of this repeot. When 0 9 mover can be done in b, b points is oil you get if you find the solution; th" rest does -not count at 011.

C. S, Kipping:_ Thonks fcir problem which is tI "Kip- . ping" from head 10 toe. Your work with your young· siers is e~cellent and could be a pettorn for others to fol low: bul why quit problems?? However, you can't do 11'-, not for long if I know you right. Kindesl regards. S. Brtlverman:· Chonge of eddress noted.

O. H. Ludlow:- See Vonwinkle raply, Thenks for kind wishes. Whal'-No probJemn

Paul Negreanu, Bucharest:. Thenk you for your clip­pings ~nd th ., huly fr~lerne l spiri t you have shown me repeatedly. I deeply eppreCiate your unfailing court· esy. The CR. wilJ come 10 you regulerly.

M. W. p.trick:- Please put name on solution sheets. Why no criticisms?

Geo. N. Cheney:· Welcome to the fam ily. Are you rel~ted to our R. Cheney?

A. Szabo:. Score corrected. Thanks for fine lett"r and A. Chess:- Many Ihonks for your list of prize·winners which will be used In our new series "Mesterpieces".

PROBLEM SOLVING LADDER ..... ~2l:0;:;::~~ .... U"\~!::::~

Name Score e:: ;:: ;:::; £: ~ ~ -::.; ~ ~ ... ~ ... Scor., Nash, E. A ......... . ...... 479 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 4 8 . ,13 Vanwinkle. W . .. .. ... .. " .. .. : .. .. 470 2 2 2 2 2 9 3 3 3 4 4: 0 506 Malzberg, N .............. H3 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 0 i 6 4/5 Rothenberg, P. L ..... ...... 389 2 2 2 2 2- 3 3 3 3 1 8 6 i29 Szabo, A. . . ............ 382 2 2 2 2 2 9 3 3 3 3 i 0 il7 Burke,H·· .. ··· · ··· .. · .. :·380 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 4 8 0 il-l Dobbs, Dr. G . . ... .. ..• • •• 363 2 2 2 2 2 9 3 3 3 4 8 6 409 Partos, G ...... .. .. . . . . . . . 367 2 2 2 Z 2 6 3 0 3 0 1 6 399 Riggin, C. W ............ 358 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 0 380 Hargreaves, G. W . ... .... 320 2 I 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 0 4 345 Davis,Lynn . ..... .. ..... 274 2 2 2 2 23333140304 Foote,B.A ..... ...... . . .. 284 2022 . 333 299 Hoy, J. O ......... . ..... 230 2 2 2 2 2 9 3 3 3 3 4 0 265 Chess,A ...... ... . . ...... 2262222233331.252 Emery, 9. R . .. . . . ... . . .. 199 2 2 2 2 2 6 3 3 3 4 4 0 232 McCarthy, E . ........ ... . 189 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 4 4 0 219 Patrick, M. -W . , . . . ..... 186 2 2 2 2 2 9 3 3 3 4 0 218 Hochberg Bros . .. . " ." ." .... .. . 160 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 1 4 190 Vail, F. . . .... . . . . .... 150 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 -I 1 180 BerHner. Dr. M ........... 1i6 2 2 2 2 2 6 3 3 3 0 4 0 175 Young, Earl F ........... 123 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 4 .of 0 153 Tudor, W. B ........ . . ... 134 2 2 2 2 . 1i'2 Ratke, R. J .. . ...... . ..... 108 2 '2 2 2 , 2 6 3 3 3 i i iii Braverman, S . . . ... . . . .... 110 2 2 2 2 2 6 3 3 3 0 4 0 139 E:uans, F. ...... .. . ....... 98 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 .of 4 128 Young, T. C. . . ....... .. . 97 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 4 4 127 Berry,G.F ......... .. .... 113 2 0 222 . . . 12 1 Greenwald, I. ....... . .... 78 2 2 2 2 2 6 3 3 3 0 4 107 Blumenfeld, A . ... : ... , _ .. 78 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 0 4 0 lOot Tiesler, G. P ... . . . . . . " . . 66 2 2 2 2 2 12 3 3 3 97 Wahby, M. . .... ... . . . .. 70 . . 70 Pat:, W. .... . ... .• .... 42 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 4 68 Hannan, J. .............. 58 2 2 2 2 2 68 Murphy. P. ..... . . . .. .... 30 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 .of .of 0 tiD Korsgaard,S .... . ...... .. 32222220333400 55 Stanton, St ..... . ........ . 3322222. 33 49 Tanqeman, J. B. . . ........ 0 2 2 2 2 2 12 3 3 3 4 8 0 43 Ludlow,O.H .......... . . . 022222933334 0 35 Silver,C.E ... ........ .. .. 0222226333" 4 0 33 Krisch.Erwln .. . . ..... .. . 0222229]3304032 Cheney. G. N. ... ......... 0 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 0 ] 0 4 n Beers. W .... . .. . .. . _ . ... . 0 2 2 2 2 2 3 13 Higgins, C. .............. 0 2 2 2 3 9

Remarks Wins Prize

Scores of solvers whose names do not appear in thIS list are kept recorded for six months and then cancelled.