Vol. VI Number 18 Officlnl Publication of The Unttecl Stutes (I)ess 'fecleroti on T uesday,

~ray 20, 1952

RESHEVSKY WINS MA,TCH Kujoth Wins Wisconsin State Title

In 70 Player Event At Waterloo In a State Tournament whieh set a new record for such events in

number of participants, Richard Kujoth regained the Wisconsin State title which he has held thrice previously with fiV2-Jh in a seven round Swiss. Kujoth drew with Dr. L. C. Young of Madison, :llld l1is only narrow escape was in a victory over former Chicago Champion Einar Michelson, now of Burlington, in whieh a draw seemcd the probable result.

Dr. Young, who kept pace with Kujoth through the length of the tournament, lost the title narrowly by an upset dcIeat in the final round to Robert Schmidt of MilwaukcC". Schmidt lost to Mark Surgies in the third round but was thereaHcr undefeated for second place with 6·1, while Dr. Young placed third with 5% ·1% on S.B. points. Einar Michelson, who lost to Kujoth und drew with Averill Powers, Milwaukee chcss editor, placed fourth, also with 5V2-Ph.

Sixth to eleventh on S-B points with equ1l1 5-2 scores wcre Mark Surgies, Marshall Rohland, John Grkavac, RaJph Abrams, J 0 h n Fashingbaner , V. Liepskahlans.

The entry list was one of the strongest for any Wisconsin event in addition to being thc Jargest. But there is some question whether scven rounds b sufficien t to handle 70 pl~lyers with complete [lecurllcy. While sevcrnl noted Wi sconsin pJ"l'''l'~ . ~ ,,( · h "" fnr' m (~r S t a t c Ch'lnlilion Arp'ld Elo, Dr. O. M .• 1. Wehrley, Orville Francisco and I<:d­'."::::'d V~T) .... . .!'H .... "t"-t I>rlrh nlhcT .. players Witll less reputation on slightly ensier schedules slipped nhead or the m in fin,, 1 ratin~s . 'I'his. which is always :l possibility wilh the Swiss. cou ld have been beller controlled with a fc.w more rounds of play_ If Wisconsin eonlinues to hold such large events, it will be­gin 10 nced more time for the play­ing of them.

Al the nnnual meeting or the As­sociation, Frank Stokes of Water­loo was reelected president, Adam Stikl of Green Bay beetl me vice­president , a nd Arpad E . Elo of Mil­waukcc was retained as secretary­tl·C:lsurer. The 1953 Wisconsin State Championship was awarded to Green Bay.

The ]952 event was ably directed by Ernest OUe and P aul Liebig and playing conditions were ideal despile the unseasonable mid-sum­mer heat. ------,-,--

SMITH TRIUMPHS IN MONTANA

Victory in the Montana State Championship at Lewistown went to Adam Smith of Butte with 5-0 in the six player round robin_ J . W _ Stevenson of Grea t Falls was sewnd with 3·2, losing a hard one to Lowdnes Maur y and refusing a prnrfered draw from Adam Smith 10 whom he eventually lost. For ­mer Slate Champion J . Van Tey­Hngen .lIld Lowndes Maury t icd for thi rd with 2Y.l-2~. Van TeyHngen lu~ 1 to Smith and Stevenson, while Maury 10sl 10 Smith and Van Tey­lingen; both drew with John R. B:1rlo.

The Class A tourney ended in a lie between 1or. D. Garretson of Great Falls a nd James Shcire of Butte, who expect to hold a play­off (or the title. Art Thompson or Hiliger won the Class B title; and Kim 10liUer of Great F alls swept the Junior group_

.John Barlo of Great Fa lls was elected p resident of the Montana Chess Ass'n and J. W. Stevenson of Great Falls the secretaty-treas­urer. The 1953 tourna ment will be held in Great Falla.

TURIANSKY TOPS CHICAGO C ITY

Miroslav Turiansky scored 8Y.!-2¥.l to win the Chicago City Chllm­pionship in a strong field of con­tenders, losing no games but draw­ing with Tau1.vai sas, Cohen, Dahl­strom, Albert S,Jndrin and John 'rums. A very close contender, Po­vilas Tautva i ~ ~ ls rini shcd s{~cond

with 7'1"-:,';:", losi ng g: lIncs to Cohen, Da vidson, and Ncuved, and draw­ing wilh 'l'uriansky. Taulvaisas was neck und neck with Turiansky until he lost unexpectedly to Davidion in UlC semi-rina l round, and then in oVl'rea.gcrncs.~ to win lost 10 Cohen while Tu riansky was held to a draw by Dahlstrom .

Sam Cohen pltlced third with 7-4. losing to Angelo Slllldrin, Dahlstrom tlnd Davidson, while d rawing with Turiansky and Nedved_ Angelo Snn­drin was fou rlh with 61k-4'h:, while tied rOi' fifth wel'e Burton Dahl­strom, Earl Davidson, Illinois State Champion Kimball Nedved and Albert Sandrin with equal 5Y.l­Slh scorcs_

The tournament was conducted by Illinois State Chess Ass'n and the contributing sponsors w e re Lewis J . Isaacs, Sol R. Friedman, ~faurice Seymour, and Dr. Donald R. Abel.

PENQUITE TOPS IOWA STATE

Young John Penquite of De s Moines with a perfect 5-0 score won the 31 player 5 round Swiss a t Wat­erloo to gain the Iowa title which he shared in 1951. It was the first lime since the cha mpionship event was resumed in 1948 that the vic­tor had a perfe<! t score. Scwnd to fourth on SoB points with equal 4-1 scores were S_ Sorenson. C. H. Gray and Marvin Bald ..... in; aU three lost their games with Penquite_ A. C. Ludwig of Omaha again directed the tournament.

HESSE CAPTURES LEHIGH VALLEY

Herman V. Hesse of Bethleham triumphed in the Lehigh Valley championship at Allentown with 9-1, losing a game to Paul Sherr in the 11 player round robin. T. C. Gutekunst of Allentown was second with 8Ih -1 ~, losing to Hesse and drawing with M. M_ Simsak_ Simsak placed third with 8-2, lOSing to Hesse, and d rawing with Gute­kunst and Armin Herrmann. W. W. Young of Allentown was four th with 7-3 losing to Hesse, Gutekunst and Simsak.

Posilion N o. 81 Taimanov vs. Heller

USSR, 1931

1'01;1;0" No. 82 Szabo- vs. Botvinnik

Budapest, 1952

Finish It The Clever Way! Condncted by Edmund Nash

Send 811 ~ontr'bullon l far thl . co lumll t o Edmu nd 148.h, 1530 28th Place, S.E •. W8. hln c ton 20, D. e.

T~E ability to draw npparently lost games is the bll11mark of the Grand mast.er . Confidcnce in this ability encourages the c nterpl'ising

p\;lye[' to undertake vcnt uresome actions in the o reflin~ anli mid-gn me :II\(I produCt's exciting cllCSS.

In Position No. II I , White missed a problem·li ke forced draw in four ,moves and l o~t the game_

In Position No. 82, Black saw the three-movc combination, invnlvinl,C the sacrifice o[ Ihe exchange. which leads 10 an unusua l thcoret ically dra wn posi tion_ This posilion is takcn from lhe IS-man international tourn iunent in honor of Geza Mal'Oczy held in Budapest in March . Ke rcs was [i1'St with 12"h points; il eiler second with 12; t ied for lhinl wilh 11 we re Botvin nik, Smyslov and Stahlberg; then followed Szallo (lO Yd, Petrosan (9%), 3nd O'Kelly (9).

For solution s, please lurn 10 page fi ve.

fiow tl.e R alinff S'J. tem WOI'I.. By KENNETH TlARKNESS

USCF 1&1;"8 Slfllirt;c;." (Kt""uh fl.,k,,,cH, co·.,<l1>or 0/ "A" I" .. ;/./ioll /a Cheu" . wI ""thor 0/ '",,, .. ;l,,tion 10 BriJ,,," U I~ i"~t"lO' 0/ tM m.,~.".ti{,,1 ,. , inS! rJlttm ;M/opl,,(1 by the USCF 10 , .. "k Am",;'-"" chcupl".,cu. t" ,hi, SUicl, M,. H .. r/u.ell t"pla;'1J 1M muhtmici 0/ lIu rJttem.-Thc F.Jilor.)

M ANY rcaders of CHESS LIFE were favo rably impressed by our recent forecast o( the resull'i of the international tournament at

Havana. With one or two exceptions, which we will hasten to explain now that the race is over, the predictions were about as near as you can wme without the use of 3. <,rystal ball.

To get some idea of how e10sely the national r ating system measures tournament playing strength, Jet us compare the ratings earned at Havana with the last averages of the contestants: Playa. L .. st Hanna

A"I!' .. g . Ritlng Na idorl M .. MM ...... ...... _M. _ •• 2104 2m Reshavsk y ............... 2114 212S

We predicted a photo-finish be­tween these two grand masters, giving the edge to our ex-cham­pion. An unexpected draw with one of the tailenders cost Sammy the lirst prize, so he tied with Naj­dorf.

Note how the ratings earned at Havana confirm the correctness of the previous ratings - and vice versa. A di fference of less than 50 points is negligible. GlI go rl c .. _ ............. __ ... 2654 2650 E lI sk .. " ...... .... _ .. 2"'. 2600 e" .. nl .................. .................... 2660 2600

We cla imed that anyone of these three could take third prize. rt was Gligorie who ca me in third, with Eliskascs and Evans tied for four th and filth . ~:'~~'11:1 _=-= ____ .~.~ .. '-__ .:=~~ ~~~ ! H Of'Ow it'Z .. M .... M ... _ .......... _ .. ..2473 2425 100 m . . • __ .. M .. _ .... __ ........ 2211 24251 Toran ...... _._._ .............. _ .... _22n 24251

Without the aid of ESP (extra­sensory perCeption) and relying solely on the past performances or the players, as measured by the rating system, we claimed t h at Rossolimo, Horowitz, Gulmard and

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Prins would finish hercabouts, giv­ing a slight edge to the French cha mp Rossolimo.

The eX'Parisian, now a welcome resident of the U.S., came through as prophesied ; but Cuba's Dr. Gon· zales, playing on his home grounds, horned in to take 7th p rize.

So Dr. Gonzales was under-rat· edl It bas happened before, a nd it will bappen again. Pr ior to Ha­vana, the Cuban master had play­ed in only fOUf rated tournaments, so the system has not really had a chance to produce an accurate average. Dr . Gonzales may be an improving player who has not yet reached his peak, or we may just lack data on his performances in Cuban tournaments.

Horowitz finished about where we said he would_ In the ear J y rounds, when this American play­e r was leading the field, bis friends were figuring out what his income lax would be on the first prize. L a t e r , Horowitz got bumped a round and sank to his Dormal level. The syste m knows I

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NAJDORF FAILS IN LAST ROUNDS

With two games to play, Reshev­sky has already clinched the tine of Champion of the Non-Communis_ tic World with a score of 1O%-5lh by winni ng the 14th game, drawing the 15th, and winning the 16th game_ The two rema ining games can not affect the final result. In many respects the 30-move 16t.h game was the most impressive vic­tory in the match.

GLiGORIC WINS AT HOLLYWOOD

SvetozarGligorie topped the Hollywood International Tourna­ment with 7Y2-1 1h , while Arturito Pomar placed second with 7-2 and IIerman S(.einer third with 6-3. AI'-thur Dake and Lionel Joyner tied for four th with 5-4_

A qualifying tourney, held to place the tenth man in the Holly­wood toul'llament ended in u vic­tory for Rnymond Martin with 4~-1'k Willia m l-T . Steckel was sec­ond wiih 3% 1 21'~1 A!'!l!~!' §1?iHsr tl1ird with 3-3 and Irving Rivise fourth with 1-5 in the doullle rotmd evenLMartin lost a game to Stec­kel uud drelV olle w'u; J(lvi.ie. .

NAJDORF TRIMS , RESHEVSKY lEAD

[n the fivc games at Mexico City, Migucl Najdor£ staged a ral­ly to overcome a pa rt of Reshev­sky's com manding lead in the ir ]8 game match. In Mexico Najdor( won three games and drew two to make the sta nding 8-5 in Reshevsky's fav­or - a marked improvement over the 7-1 SCOfe of the games in Ncw York. The duelists now move to San Salv~ldorc .cor the fina l five go:mes. and interest ill the match has been considerably revived by the Na jdorf rally in Mexico.

OMAHA INVITES JUNIOR EVENT

Omaho has invited the U. S, Jun­ior Championshi p to be played in its city, the scene of the recent 1950 U. S_ Open Championship. Provisional dates for the event have been set as August 25-30, so as not to w nflict with a numbe r of other announced tournaments. De­tails will be announced Jater .

INGLE REPEATS IN WYOMING

Chester Ingle successfully de­fended h is Wyoming State cha m­pionship with 6-0 in a 12 player 6 round Swiss at Thermopolis. Sec­ond place was a tie between Ted Nast and Arch Bliss with 4-2 each. 80th lost to Ingle, and Nast lost to Bliss while Bliss lost to Don Mc­Manus . }~ourth place went to Vic­tor Stlllick with 3\.-!i-2'h, l os i n g games to Ingle and Bliss, and drawing with Harry Ingalls.

The ' Big Horn Basin chess team won the team matches, replacing Casper, sweeping all five matches. Members of the victorious team were Chester Ingle and Jim John­son of Thermopolis, R. E . Scott of Powell, Harold Pickett of Worland. and Tom Reed of Thermopolis.

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Vol. VI. Number 18 Tuesday. May 20, 1952

NOT WORTH THE CANDLE?

I T IS a poor sport that is not worth the candle, said George Herbert. But Chess seems oU-times such a sport in the opinion of ill; amateurs

who scorn to lend the needed support to t hose organj~alions by which alone Chess can live and thrive while its followers wax proud.

Thus, those of us who have devoted our years and exhausted our energies in the forbidding task of creating what appal'ently chess players want creatcd~a strong national organization to develop ehess ~we may be pardoned if perchance eventually we tire of the fruitless struggJe against the weighted apathy of chess players as a class. If we, growing weary befol'e our years entille us to the luxury of weari­ness, look eagerly to that happy moment when we can cast our bur­dens on the younger and stronger shoulde.rs of those who have not yet faced inevitable disiliusionmeIJt, who can condemn us?

Your editor confesses that he may no longer evade the dispond­ancy which eventually enwraps almost all organizers fo r chess. For some five and one-half years he has struggled to create in CHESS LII~E a scU·supporting vehicle ot chess expression, dedicated to the unlty ot chess in these Unitcd Statcs under thc guidance of the United States Chess Federation. After thcse five and one·haH years, not greaUy crowned with success, he must now COlIless that his modest talenll; were unequal to the task.

It seems, therefore, appropriate to suggest that ,lnother more fortunate individual might succeed where he has tailed.

Your editor had retired from organizational chess work when he was persuaded to return to create CHESS LIFE and edit it. He knew what he assumed when he accepted that task. He knew, for example, that hc was ded icating most of his cvcnings and weekends to a t hank· less job that would leave him weary, causc his own Camity to eye him with caustic suspicion, and make his pefSOnlll friends suspect him o( being the unfortunate victim of some strange form of insanity. Hc knew that he was accepting the role of target at which every crank and disgruntled individualist would aim mtllicious, libelous and der oga· tory tirades. He knew that he would automatically be accused of favorit· ism, dishoncsty and chicanery by those who disliked his policies or dis­agreed with his opinions.

He also knew, as those who invited him to this task could not know, that the unending parade of details would gradually sap his energy and render his performance as an editor less effective ..

Bul for assuming these tasks and accepting this burden, your editor expects, arid expected, no thanks and no commiseration; he knew what he was un(iertaking, and he thought then that thc sport was worth the candle.

Now your editor begins to doubt. And if the sport is not worth the candle, he bas no moral right to deprive his own (amily of the dubious benefits of his company and his labors. His eHorts in chess and for chess can only be jusUfied by some small meMiure of success.

Yet he rema ins leath to desert the many readers who have sup. ported his whirllS, dialr ibes tlnd sermons so complacently through the long yem'S, not complaining more than could be expected, but oUen praising far more generously tha ndeserved.

So, your editor has decided to let the reader assist him til a decision. If a sufficient number of these readers still beHeve lhat it is his duty to continue in his rather unequal struggle (or a national chess publica­tion and a strong national chess organization, be will (:onsider thcir opinions a mandate to continue unti l such time as the Federation it­sell may dccide to dispense with his services.

But if, on the other band, the concensus of opinion indicates the general belief that a new management and new policies arc needed for CHESS LIFE, he will accept th at verdict gratefulJ and retire into private life. It would be pleasant once agtlin to playa li ttle chess.

However, let there be no mistaking the choice. TI youI' edjtor does continue in his role, he will also continue in the policies he has hitherto upheld. I{ other policies are desired, another editor must implement them.

For your editor believes in chess for the whole United States­not in chess conducted for a chosen few. He believes in a Federtltion governed by its elected officials and directors, working together for the interests of all~not in a dictatorship of one man or group, making secret decisions in tI back room (or the exclusive benefit of a favored few. He believes in decisions openly arrived at that are not influenced by personal prejudice or politics. Furthermore, he believes that the decisions of the USCF Board of Directors should be implemcnted and not obstructed by Federation oHicials. He believes that CHESS LIFE serves the purpose of informing the chess public, not of mis­leading it, in regard to events in the world of chess. Also, he be­lieves in the infinite possibilities of chess in the USA, if all chess players will work together in harmony for the commoo cause.

A comment on a postcard from the reader will be sufficient; and it is to be hoped that no one will expect a re ply. Contrary to the burden o[ a once-popular song, your editor has fo und the nights all too short for all that should be done. Check! It's your move, now.

by Vincent L. Eaton

Ad d ress a ll commu nication5 to t h is co lumn t o Vincen t L. Eaten , 612 McNe ill Roa d, Si lve r Spring, Maryland.

Problem No . 331 By I. N. Petrovic Tile Problemist

July, 1947 Black: , men

\Yhite: 8 m"n ZRB4, 681, 6Pl'8~5ru-4Slb<:JPlkPk, r6R1 .

White mates in two moves

I'roblun No . JJJ By Comins Mansfield

First Prize El Ajedrez Argentino, 1926-27

Black: 10 men

Problem No. JJ2 By J. Ha rtong and Dr. M . Nieme iier

L'Italia Scacchislica 1950

BI~ck: 5 m e n

Whit,,: l~ m,," 3, 3Klp2, ',PPl, 5sRl. pSlkS3, P2B2PI,

~Pl, 4B3 Whit .. m,tes in twe me yes

Problem No. JH By J . T. Lighfbourn Hamilton, Bermuda

First Pubtication Black: 7 men

Fo r solutions to previou. ly published problems, please turn to page six.

HOW TO TH INK AHEAD IN CHESS: THE METHODS AND TECH­NI QU ES OF PLANNING YOU R ENTI RE GAME. By L A. Horowitz a nd F red Reinfeld. New York: Simon and Schuster. Pp. xii, 269; 17 photos, 212 diags. $2.95.

T IIS is the book for which teachers and average players have long sea rched. The idea isn' t neW; George KoItanowskl used a similar

device in his Practical Chess (now out-of-print). But it has never be· (ore been developed so systematically a nd so dramatically. It is not a royal road, of course; but it is the clea rest and most fo rceful training in chess strategy available. It will not make a master of a nyone; but mastery of this book will elevtlte Ule beginner into respectable ehess faster lhan anything clse e>:cept person,,! tu toring by a master.

What it it? It is three openings-the Stonewall Attack, Uie Dragon variation of the Sicilian, and the Lasker Defense-exptained so as to answer these questions: What opening shall I playas While? what de· (cnse shull I play a~l1ins t L P-K4 ? what :lgainst Quccn 's Gambit? A fourth section demonstrates how, on the basis of the preceding strategy, one should exploit inferior opening play. The method of instruction is analytical and practical, with every advantage afford by typography. The chapters on the Stonewall illuslralC the pattern of the whole.

Chapter II oUers first, in boldface type, a brief introduction point­ing up the main fea tures of White's position after Ihe opening. Then comes the actual game, minutely annotated, not as to long.winded alternatives but as to the function of each move and its part in the general plan. There are 21 diagrams to this game; the moves are given in boldface, the comment in roman, and special points in italics; I mcntion these points because they add up to relatively expensive typog· raphy, and the publishers are to be commended for their interest in making the most of the material. A realistic touch is the photographs of positions taken so that one sees the position as board and men before him. General principles arc stressed at every chance, and the annotations throughout are designed for the learner, not the master or the advanced player . Even Ute mOVeS and the pieces are dramatized; e. g., "the powerful Knight at K5 .... the Bishop's magnificent at­tacking diagonal." The chapter concludes with a summary of the strat· egy of this game, again in boldface type. Chapter m gives the normal position for White, with every pawn and pie« accounted for, and a

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el.m ofl/e ..!In r/ew York

By Eliot Ht'(fT$t

J UDGING from the fact that the ann u a I Marshall·Manhattan

match pits the two strongest clubs in the nation against ooch other and from the observation that t he re­spective teams seem fairly even "on paper," one might certainly expect seesaw battles and continuous al­ternation of the Met League title between the two titans. Bul such is not the casel Your reporter, de­spite over seven years of steady membership at the Marshall, has yet to witness a victory by the club of his choice, tor, since the great Frank Ma rshall's death, the. Manhattan has won every single time.

This year was no exception. The Manhattan tea m, supposedly bad­ly weakened by the absence of , Rcshevsky (playing Na jdorf), Bis­guier (in Germany with the US Army ). and D. Byrne (at Yale pur­suing his studies). came through with a lOY.!-6 ':-~ success, although it must be admitted that the Mar· shalliles also suffered a loss in strength, due to the non-participa­tion of Simonson and Fine. The match wus extcmely hard-fought, however, and in doubt throughout most of the evening until several Marshallites erred badly in time pressure. Before continuing to say something about the individual en­counters, it is pertinent to men­tion the system used for pairing players in Met League contests, for any ordinary chess fan would have trouble finding a r ational rea­son for listing Larry Evans, the US Champion, at 4th board. Just before a Met League malch begins, the contestants are divided up in­to groups of fours ~ with the top four of each club paired off by lot against the top four of the other, and so on down Ute line. Such a system prevents the pai ring of th~ same players year after year and thus makes for a more interesting, if not too well-balanced contest.

The best game of the match was without doubt Evans' fine win over Kramer. Just belore this encoun· ter, tbe latter had gone undefea ted through 14 rounds of tough Man­hattan CC competition in annexing its coveted tiUe and had convinc­ingly outclassed the field there. Here, though, Evans, playing the black s ide of an unsual variation of the King 's Indian, found a most pretty resource in a complicated position and scored a scintillating victory - A contest which chess fans will certainly sec published in many places. Don't miss r eplay· ing it!

Denker's win over Hearst was also of interest. The former US champion employed a tricky varia­tion in his favorHe Nimzo-India n DefenSe and eme rged from the op· ening with a mtlnirest advantage which eventually resulted in th e win or two pawns. Bishops of oppo­site colors gave the MarshaUite some drawing chances, but a time pressure blunder on his part cost two more pawns and the game' (although the bishops were still of opposite color at the finish!).

Kevitz and Seidman both obtain· ed minimal advantages against their respective opponents, Pavey and Hm'Owib, but were unable to win. The Manhattan strength showed itself. as in the past, on the "midd\e boards" (fro m Gth to 14th, for exa mple) where the up­town club scored seven out of a possible nine points.

Thanks are in order to the cap­tains of the two teams, Leonard B. Meyer of the Manhattan CC (replacing the Itlte Sidney Kenton) and Jerry Donovan of the Mar· sha ll (he should have played in the match, too!), (or bringing to­gether such a representative ago gregation o( New York chess ex· perts for this traditional struggle. The Manhattanites can justly be proud of their victory, while the Marshallites can but echo their us· ual warning, " Wait till next year! "

MAKUTENAS WINS AT INDIANAPOLIS

The Indianapolis Open Champion­ship was won by Stasis :r,'lakutcnas, a Lithuanian DP now a den­tal technician, with 4-1 score, draw­ing with H. Peterson and A. Gruen. Second to fifth on SoB points with 3'h-l'h each in the 16 player 5 round Swiss werc H . O. Peterson, A. Gruen, 1.. Binder, and B. Hof­mann.

H. O. Peterson in second drew with Makuteoas, Holmann and Bin­der. Aldred Gruen, 1950 Indiana State Champion, drew with Peter­son, O. Taylor, and Hofmann. Leo­pold Binder, a native of Poland but now a resident of Indianapolis, the defending Open Champion, lost a game to Gruen and drew wHh Pet­erson. Bert Holm;)DD drew with J . Dillon, Peterson and Grnen.

TOURNAMENT TIED AT SACRAMENTO

The Sacramento City Champion­ship ended in a tic between 'M. O. Meyer and R. L. Richards with 5-1 each in the 12 player 5 Tmmd Swiss event. Although Meyer topped in SoB points, a match will be played to determine the title. Meyer drew with J. B. Gee and S_ G. Johnson; while Richards lost to Meyer. Third place with 4-2 went to USCF Vice­President J . B. Gee with a loss to Richards and draws with Meyer and O. A. CelIe. .

Fourth and fifth on S. B. points with equal 3'h-2 y'!' scores were O. A. 'Celle and J. A. Celie, while R. E. R ussell plac{!d s ixth with 3-3.

In the Reserve Tournament, J. H. Hastings placed first with 6-0. Second place in the 11 player 6 round Swiss went to J. Hardy who scored 5-1, losing a game to Hus­tings. H. W. LaBerge was third wilh 4-2, losing games to Hasting and H:ndy, whle W. II. Allen was fourth wllh 3YJ-21,lJ.

COLON, GUIMARD TI.ED AT SAN JUAN

In a small international event at San Juan ( Puerto nieo), Carlos Guimard of Argentina and Miguel Colon of Puerto R ico tied for first wilh 6·1 each. Guim ard drew with M. Colon a nd 1'aul Reissmann, while M. Colon drew with Guimard and brother Arturo Colon. I n third place was the former Polis h master Paul Reissmann, now a resident of San J uan, who scored 51h-l lh los ­ing to M. Colon and drawing with Guimard. Arturo Colon p I ace d fourt h with 4-3.

WACHS TRIUMPHS AT MERCANTILE

Saul Wachs, U.S. Junior Cham· pion, 3.dded the Mercantile Library Chess Ass'n of Philadelphia to b is long lis t of triumphs, scoring 5·0 in the finals. Robert D. Sobel was second with 4·1, while third place went to Vladimir BomaDov with 2'h-2~. Master Emeritus William A . R uth scored 2-3 for fourth place in the G player final s.

In the preliminary events, S a ul Wachs won Section A with 8-1, los­ing one game to Robert Sobel who placed second with 71f2-1lh. Sobel drew with 1\Irs. Mary D. Selensky. Tllird place went to Vladimir Bo­manov with 7-2, lOSing to Wachs and Sobel in the 10 player round robin .

In Section B, WiUiam A. Ruth scored 9·0 for first place, while E. RDymond Glover was second with 7-2; losing to Ruth and E ugene W. Funston. Third place wen t to Samuel Sklaroff w ith 61h.-2¥.:z, los­ing to Ruth and Glover and draw­ing with Stanley Amllrniek.

LaFRENIERE TOPS YAKIMA COUNTY

Oliver W, LaFreniere repeated as Yakima County Champion by nosing out William H. Hoge in the 14 p layer rollnd robin evcnt. La· Freniere scor ed 10'h-11h.. Ho ge was second with 91h-l lh, w hile John Tauve nge was third with 7-4 tied with Robert D. Laird.

WASHINGTON TOPS PHILADELPHIA USCF President Harold M. Phillips

In an 82-board match at the Aberdecn Proving Grounds in Maryland, Washington out-pointed the Philadelphia team by a close 43 % -38'h score. As Philadelphia brough t more players than Wash­ington, some of these (including some members of the ubiquitous Log Cabin Club) pLayed for Wash­ington so that the final issue was not clear-cut in its decision. While a spectacular event, in numbers it disappointed its sponsors who planned for 100 boards or more, heing no larger in fact than any of the many Chicago vs. Milwaukee team matches played in the 1930's.

HAYES REPEATS IN SASKATCHEWAN

Rhea B. Hayes once again won the South Saskatchewan Champion­ship a t Regina with 5-0 in a 10 player 5 round Swiss. Jim Eadie of Regina was second with 4-1, los­ing to Hayes, while L. l't1eK. Robin­son and J. Zurowski of Regina and H. P ihrug 01 Yorkton scored 3-2 each.

HERNANDEZ WINS TAMPA CITY

Once again Nestor Hernandez lopped the Tampa City Champion· ship with 12-0 in a player triple round robin event. Karl M . Hedges was second with 6-6, losing three times to Hermandel and once each to B. F. Lopez and B. L. Robertson with whom he aL~o drcw. Bennie F. Lopez was third with 5-7.

DINA CONQUERS FT. WORTH · OPEN

Louis Dina with 1l~1 score tri­umphed in the Fort Worth Open Championship, losin~ one game to Edwurd Tubclls in the 13 playe r round robin . Second pLace went to Owen Burnet with 9-3, while At bert Wuelling placed Ulird with 8% ::t ¥.! . Rebert Powelson :llld Edward 'l'ubelis shared Iourth with 8-4 each

Burnet lost ga mes to Dina and 'l'ubelis, while drawing with Floyd Sc-dig and Waldo Waters_ WueHing lost to D ina, Burnet and Sedig wbile drawing with Waters.

C. A. Rcnton won the Class A event 11-2; D. B. Martin waS sec ood with 10-3 ; and USCF Vice President Frank n. Graves and C. F. Waldrep tied for third with 81h-4'h. In the Class B event Cecil Parks scored 5·0 for first while Grady Rice was second with 4-},

WIEGMANN TOPS QUAD-CITY MEET

Karl Wiegmann of Rock Island (III.) again won the Quad-City ti tle fo r Ule fiIth con5C(;utive year, whcn he downed challengel' Lawrence Maher of Moline in three straight games at the '.fri·City Chess Club Davenport , Ia. Mahcr won the Challengers' Tomney cowHer i n Ule year, and was Quad-City Champion prior to 1947.

ICCF INVITES CHESS PLAYERS

The International Corrcspon donce Chess Federation h as issued 3n invitation to all players inter ested in correspondence chess to try the thrills of intcrnational play by entering in one or more 01 the ICC F international Corrcspon dence events . T he' scheme 01 the ICCF 7 -player tourneys is t hat cuch section contains 7 players or the same class, bnt no two from the same country. Entry fee for such events i s 5 shillings sterling or ils equivalent at current rate oC exchange. Those interested may contact the Match Secretary; H 'fer Btaak, Postbox 5101 , Amster dam Z-I, Holla nd. Those inter ested in the ICCF publica tion " Mail Chess", w hich is issued in a text of English, French, German und Spanish on a monthly basis may obtain a free specimen copy I by writ ing Mr. Ter Braak.

Issues Invitations for u.s. Team In arranging for participation of a USCE' Team at the Internatiunal

Team Tournamen t a t Helsinki this Aug ust, USCF President Harold M. P hillips has issued a general invitatiun to r anking U. S. players to ex­press the ir willingness to pLay in this event. Text 01 the letter which was sent to a lis t of top USA players is publishe;d below:

THE UNITED STATES CHESS FEDERATION OHiee of the President Harold M. Phillips 2~ Broadway, New Yurk 7, N. Y.

May 1, 1952 Dear Mr. ----

The United -States Chess Federation hopes to be r epre­sented at Hensinki by a team 01 its strongest player~, four regu­lars and two alternaies, according to the plan in vogue in these International Team Tournaments since their inception. The members of our team, naturally, are expected to pLay without compensation, as an act of patriotic devotion by an American citizen to his country. We realize that their expenses for travel ought to be furnished tu the m by the Federation_ We hope that the time is not far distant when the financial rcsources 01 the Federation will enable it to furnish those expenses; but, unlortunately, at the present time thc Federation cannot under­take s uch obligation.

However, in eonIcernec with some members of the Tourna­ment Committee, it has been decided to invite the Grand Master, the Senior Masters a nd the Masten; as p ublished in "Chess Life" Issue of Man:h 5th, 1952, to become members of the American Team with the understanding that the Invitecs will pay their own expenses for travel , etc.

You are amongst those that are elig ible; and, we hope that you will find it feasible to accept this invitation under the conditions as outlined. We understand that maintenance in F in· land will be furnis hed by the Helsinki Committee. We hope to receive your acceptance by Letter which must be post-marked not later than May 30th, 1952. Of those that will have sen t in written acceptances, the six highest (the four highest as Regu­lars and the next two as Alternates) will be selected , according to the Rating as published in "Chess Life," Issue of March 5, 1952.

Please address your r eply to t he President at the above addl·CSS.

Yours sincerely,

HAROLD M. PIIILLIPS, Pr~$iJ~I1f, U .s.c.P. H. HELMS,

Seac/",)' Pro Teo" , Tor""""uut Commillce NOTE: The dates fo r Hels ink i International Team Tournament nrc AUGUST IG-AUGUS'I' 30, 1052.

THE READER'S ROAD TO CHESS (Continued from page 2, column 2)

review of the salient objectives "for While . Chapte r IV, "Swooping Down on the Open King Bishop File," follows the plan of Chapter n, again with a n actua l game, detailed explanation, and a s ummary of what happened and why. Chapter V shows with still anotber game, what to do when Black evades the Stonewall by 2 ...... B-B4 or some such.

Parts Two a nd Three re~at with the Dragon and the Lasker and nine illustrative games the procedure with the Stonewall. The authors do not attempt to leave the impression that White has a forced win or Black a forced draw. Two of the Lasker's DcIense games are drawn, a nd thei r comment is s ignilicant: "thc casc with which Black obtains a draw is in itself a qUalitative success. Black's problem is to find a defense which allows h im to enter the middle game without d isadvantage, and this is the problem which Lasker's Defense solves to perfection." P art Four annotates four games in answer to the question "What if m y opponent doesn't Callow the book?"

As the authors indicate in their introduction, the book is oot ad­vanced as a cure-aU or a miracle-worker. But playing these three openings with a n unde rstand ing oC their objectives will improve beyond belief the learner's g rasp of strateg ic principles. The openings, per­fectly valid in themselves, wcre chosen because of the casc with which their basic objectives are g rasped: control of K5 in the Stonewall , simplifica tion by Kt-KS in the Lasker, and pressure by the King B ishop in the Dragon. I h ave been using the book for the past month or so to teach strategy at the Univers ity of Oklahoma s tudent chess club, a nd its s uccess has been remarkable. And the romantic p layers need not fear stereotyping or stulUfying. Once these openings are mastered, he Can branch out, confident that he knows what be is doing a nd why. Instruction on this level has never been handled so brilliantly as in How to Think Ahead in Chess. II ever there was a chessplayer's best scller, th is is it.

Augu:rt 1-4 Colorado Open Championship

Denve r, Colo. Open to all; two champions, open

a nd state; $100.00 cash first prize; entry fee $6.00; for details, write: Merl W. Reese, tournament direc­tor, 1740 Glenarm, Denver 2, Colo.

A "gusl 30.scpftmbu 1 Southwestern Open Championship

Dallas, Tex illS Open to all; 7 round Swiss; ti­

tles: Southwestern Open, Women's a nd J unior Champions, a lso Texas State Champion; cas h prizes and trophy; other details later ; write for information to: Fred Tears, T­CA P resident, 2849 Fondren Drive, Dallas, Tex,

Ausud Z9·Srpftmb~r J New England Championship

Newburyport, Mass. Open to a ll New England resi­

dents, including students aUend ing New England schools; beg ins 7:30 p.m. Friday August 29; 6 round Swiss; First prize $100.; a rated tournament ; held at Newburyport YMCA, 13 Market 81.; for details write: O. A. Lester, Jr., 63 High St., Newburyport, Mass.

Stockton (Calif.) Chess Club doub1e round robin championship ended in a victory for L . WooUe with 28 points. Second was ?If. Saun­ders with 201.6, while W. LeDoux and P. Hubbard, Sr. scored 20 points each.

SAVE THESE DATES-JULY 14-25 U. S. OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP AT TAMPA

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Tursd<r'/, Mny 20, 1952

ALL PLANS MADE FOR TRAN-MISS.

The 29th annual Trans-Missis­sippi Open Ch ampiowhip at Daven­port (Ia. ) Chamber of Commerce Bldg., Fourth and il1ain, on June 7-8 will be the largest in its his­tory according to ,John Warren of Rock Island, chai rman of the tow'nament CQmmittee. Pre-tourna­ment entries and inquiries indicate that from 50 to 60 p layers will vie for the $227.00 in cash prizes. First prize is $90.00, and there will be cash awards for the top seven places, plus merchandise awards.

li'r~nz Neugebauer of Chicago, who IS one of two players to have wun the event IoUi' times (Enos Wicher of Moline is the other) is expected to p lay, as is Dr. Giles A. Koe1sche of Rochester, dcIending tiUist and Min nesota State Champ­ion. Among other expected entries arc Illinois Cha mpion Kimball Ned­ved, former U. S. Open Champion Albert Sandrin, Povilas Tautvaisas, AUred LudWig, Robert Stdnmeycr, and C. M. Burton.

An added attraction will be the pr ize-winning "chess" stamp CQllec­li on of Mrs_ Pau line Nearing of Decatur, which will be on display­some sixty pages of unique art­work with interesti ng s tamps, cards and cancellations about chess. Mr. Turner Nearing will direct the tour nament.

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50r 5!.e

5ournament- miniei Mt1}' 30·}rme 1

Nqrth Texas Open Championihip Fort Worth, Tex.

Open e vent ; 7 round Swiss; spon­sored by "~t. Worth Cbess Club; for details contact; Frank R. Graves, 960 East Mulkey or A. G. Miller, 3725 Wes tcl iff Road, Fort Worth, Tex.

},,"C 7.J1 28th Trans-Mississippi

Championship Davenport, Iowa

Open to all; conducted by .Tri­City Chess Club at Davenport Chamber of Commerce; 6 round Swiss; entry tee $5.00; $90.00 first prize ; $227.00 cas h prizes p lus merchandise and specia l awards; entries ~Iose at 12;15 p _m. CST, Saturday; play ends 8:00 p.m. Sunday; bring clocks if available ; for details, write; John Warre n, 1336 15th St. , Rock Island, m.

}"nt IJ-15 North Ca rolina Open Championship

Wilmington, N.C. Open to all, out-of-state players

invited; at Community Center; be· giLs 7;00 p.m. Friday June 13; 6 round Swissj prizes; me mbersh.ip in NCCA required, a r ated tour~ na me ntj for details, write: Mr . Harris, Director, Department of Recreation, Wilmington, N.C.

}uly J-6 Southern Chess Ass'n

Championship Meridian, Miss.

Open event; Swiss tourney; p ri­zes; at Great Southern Hotel un­der auspices of Meridian C h e s s Club; details later .

july 4-6 Dallas Invitation Tournament

Da1ls, Texas P layers rated Class A or higher

are invited to participate ; 6 round Swiss; ent ries accepted to 1:00 p. m. Friday July 4; entry fee $5.00 minimum with final fee and dis­position o f prize money subject to m ajority vote or players j play at Skyline Lounge of YMCA, 605 No. Ervay St.; rating qualification bas­ed on USCF National Rating List; for details contact; Fred Tears, 2849 Fondren Drive, Dallas, Tex.

Mechanics Institute (Siln Fran­cisco ) saw Svetozar Gligorie score 24 wins 9 draws and 4 losses in a simultaneous exhibition against the best Bay Area talent.

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Tuc.s4ay, M.rt 20, 19~2

METROPOLITAN CHESS LEAGUE

New York, 1952 Ma nh;olbn Chess Marshall Chess

LA. U , .... 4. G. 5. W. , ... 7 . J. II. G. 9. S.

10. J. 11. A. 12. A. 13. J .

Club Club E. Hearst H. s..ldman A. Kevitz L. Evans 111. Hanauer 1':. Lasker ,. A. A. B. ,'. M . D.

14. K. 1"oster T . 15. E. Schwurt! >!

ll~: ~: Jo~~::k~t t Manhattan lO~

C. L. Levy H. l'·ajans

Marshall

HOLLYWOOD INTERNATIONAL TOURNAMENT Los Angeles, 1952

1. S. GlIgoric n·lfj 6. J. Cross 4H~ 2. A. Pomar 7,2 7. L Kashdan 405 3. H. St",lner 6 -3 K. W. Pafnutleff

3 ·6 4. A. Pnke ~ -4 9. IL Mnrtln 2~-G} 5. L. Joyner 5 -4 10 .. Mrs. Gra f·

S tevenson ~ -a!

WASH I NGTON- VS. PH I LADELPH I A TEAM MATCH

Aberdeen Proving Grounds, 1952 Washington Philadelphia

I. Afros 0 S. Amarnid, J. Jo1. Arbuckle 0 MiII...-H . Amould 1 H"n

~: ~~r~~er i ~vo~r~f" Bailey 1 (;Ia.i<son N. Bakos I n . Bolden B cr.:reen 0 Brauner E. Boscbun I n .. ,cker A. Brown >! Friedlnn d

~. ~u.c~:rson A ~~~~hS R. Chauvenet 0 H . Morris 1 N. I H. F . Winke lman ~ R. I R. Keder 0 K I T. Tait 0

~~. a ~i-y Boldlm i ~: : ~: I b~j'~~r i J . 1 Chamberlain 0 • J. ~ H. La("ou~lne ~ n. 1 V. Ud fartlno 0 F. W. C I",a!><ln 0 F . Arnold I ilaefne r 1 K fruth fl O. n. Halch I Karl' 0 R. Houghton ~ C. ROI",nblum ~ Y.. llol\adoy 1 D. S",rg (I

~: ~;,;~~erOft · 1 fi. ~~(~~kl ~ ~: :: t~~~~~f~n I ~i-/rr..rner ~ 11. V. K lein 0 GonulC1l I E. M. Kna pp 0 C . Marcus 1 L. Ko r><S1.l'om 0 H einla I Knlcke 0 F.. N. Speelor I S. Kucherov a Mordell ~ E. H. Laird 0 Mall fl4!n I E. F. L:oucks 0 1':. Ural1lflls I J. R. Loee 0 W . Kappel I n . I.ewis I 'rullou 0 A. Loob 0 I G. A. Lyle 1 0 L 0 1

~ ~ i g: ,i mkk i 6. Naidol 0 E. Nas h 1 0 W. J. Nucker 0 1 C. O'Uourke 0 1 w. Pl~"'l)in 0 1 It. Podol8k 6 t A. l'rokopovltch 1 0 L . N. Rcynn lds I 0 J . R. R icc ~ ~ N. Itobins 1 0 :to n. ROlle 1 0 E. Slldow~kl 0 1 V. g"j><)rlto I 0

111· D. F. Steber O. Slok~ lf~. J. Stokes M. S.well G. R 'h.y]ur J . Tilles " 1.· .. iII6 K. Veley G. Vld lak J . wan n. Wallace D. M. Seherrc r M. II. Wlcner J. C. WIIII«ms S. Ynrmak :tUck.lrD1pn

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1_ A~h P . Sberr

43, '81

CENTRAL CALIFORN IA LEAGUE

Fina l Standings, 1952 M, tchn G~m ..

4I t·l4~ 3H1-I7 ~ 28,-ISil ~o -36 24 .2(1 18 .'1:1 IO! -414

1. A. 8. E llis (Nampa) ........ _ ...... 2. J erry Eo Slanko (Nampa)

ONTARIO PROVINCIAL CHAMPIONSHIP Toronto, 1952

1. Frank n. Anderson .... ... ~.WS L1 W5 W9 D6 W4 4!·H Z. John Oespard _.__ ...... _ .. W1 W I D-i W 6 L3 W9 4J·a 3. Ivan Suk _ ......... __ .Ll W1 W6 L4 W2 Wf> 4 ·2 4. Ross SielUJns ._.__ ......... ..... 09 Wli 0 2 W3 WB LI 4 -2 5. J::arl T. Jewltt .... . ........... ~ W8 1.6 LI WIO W7 Bye 4 ·2 6 . L. Z. Sarosy . __ .. .. ........ WlI W5 W 9 1.2 01 L3 3~·2~ 7 . Peter Avery ..... _.. .. .... ~.~ .. L2 1.3 W I0 Rye L5 W11 3 ·S 8 . Cordun Weaver __ " .. __ ............. .. _ ........... _~Ui Bye 1.3 Wll U WIO 3 ·3 9. Phil Hale), 2~ .J~; 10. Arthur Dorro' l 2-4; 11. WI lliam Angley 1·5.

MASSACHUSETTS STATE CHAMPIONSHIP Boston, 1952

1. Sol ,. ~ W9 0 2 W3 W7 5!· i; 20.00

3. C. 4. S. 5. fi. 6. w. 7. A. 8. S. 9. J.

10. n. 11. E. (3.23); (1.50); (J.25) ; F. J. Keller

WIO 0 1 W9 Ol 5 -1 17.00 W7 W 14 Ll 0 2 n -ll 12.50 WI8 W6 L7 W9 4 ·2 10.50 WI5 L9 W11 WIO 4 ·2 a.oo Wl3 lA WI2 Wll 4 ·2 7.50 L3 Oil W4 Ll 3~·2 t 9.25 0 12 WIG WI3 WI5 3~·2t 8.00 L1 W5 LZ L4 3 ·3 6.50 L2 WI2 WI4 L5 3 ·3 4.50

2. A . J. Deerf;eld (Ro>[bury) 2~ ·S~ . W. A . Perk;"" (Swampscutt) 2A 16. N. Rior dan (Lexington) U·41 W. Ii. Pike (Lynn) G.6 (0.00); I ~.

n) 0-1_

MASSACHUSETTS B CLASS CHAMPIONSHIP Cambridge, 1952

1. S . Lor ris (Cambridge ) . __ ._ ..... WlO W14 WS W2 W6 W8 6 -0 16.50

t ft: t':r'!;r (b~;:.,~rid~.;)"~==:::::~3 ~: 'l2 ~11I Wt2 ~~ ~ :i ~g:1',& 4. G. .._ .. WI4 L? W3 0 5 1.8 W 9 31;-21 8.15 5. Ur. .._ .. W13 WI1 Ll 04 W7 L2 l~·21 8.15 6. F. .. ...... W9 L1 W IO W7 Ll L3 3 -3 8.00 7. E. ........ WI2 W4 L2 L6 L5 WI3 3 ·3 7.50 8. J. . ...... WU 1.3 L9 WI0 W4 Ll 3 ·3 7.50 II. T. L6 WIl wa Wll L2 U 3 .~ 1.00 10. M. n. M"r~hall (Ar linJ!ton) 2-4 (4.(0): 11. P. Traver.. (Arlington) 2·4 (2.00); 12. II. A~loo (Brookline) 2-4 (2.00); 13. J. I::gan (Watertown) 2-4 (0.00); 14. F. Mon· arcb (Cambridg e ) iI-l.

MASSACHUSETTS STATE INTERSCHOLASTIC CHAMPIONSHI P Cambridge, 1952

I. J o h n Trayers (Salem High) .... .. 2. Shelbourne Lyman (Hoston Latin) 3. David Rosenbaum !Brookline ll igh) 4. Ger nld Farrab (Bo.~ton English) ..... ~: ~: ... ~ Sny~er (Per k!ns Institute)

7. CharleS 8. Robert S. Rich:. rd ". H.

" 13. Cerald 14. Cary I~. Ge rald 16. I rving Guyett, Pro (perkins

.. ........ __ ._._ .... 6 -0 ..... ... _._._ .. ... ... _ ........ 5 -I

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BERGEN ·PASSAIC COUNTIES CHAMPIONSHI P Paterson, 1952

".00 11.00 10.00 10.00 .. " 9.75 '.00 '.00 '.00 '.00 '.00 4.75 LOO '.00 '.00 '.00

...... W IS W 9 W3 0 2 W7 ,41 · ! 15.75

...... WI9 W Il W6 UI W9 41· 1 IS.75 .... W5 Wil LI 1.6 Will 3 -2 11.00 .... LI2 W5 Wll L7 W6 3 ·2 11.00

" .::::::::::::: L4 WI3 W8 WI4 3 ·2 8..00 WI I L 2 W3 LI 3·2 8.00 WOO WI6 W4 LI 3 ·2 7.00 L3 WJ.1 1.5 Wll 3 ·2 7.00 1..1 wla Will loa ;) ·1 6,\19

I. Britton IT nrwood (Clifton) 2·3 (3.00); Robert M~Cal11ster (Haekensaek ) 1-4

(&';,.~~~I~~~g~a)(O~ot,);(li~)it~yC::fn~ (CUtfside P a rk) 0-5 (0.00); 20. Frase r

withdrew Ift e .· f1n<t r Oll nd.

FORT WORTH OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP Fort h Worth, 1952

1. Loull Olna .. _~._. ____ ...... ___ ....... _. __ .x; 2. OWen Bu rne t .... __ ........ ~ __ ..... _. __ 0 3. Albert Wuelf,ng __ .... _ .... __ ._._._ .. 0 4. Robert P owel.<On __ ..... _~ .. _.. .. ... _ ... 0 :1. F.dward Tuhells ._._ ..... ~ ......... I ;: f.J~r:o ~t'!~r,; .. ·~~::·····························~~ B. R. E. Ozment 9. J. W . Harris

10. A. R. Nelms ...... I I. H. R. McDavid 12. Georgc Elkins 13. C. P. FCl'brache .. .. _ .••.. .....••.••••..•..•..•••••..•

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MANHATTAN CHESS CLUB CHAMP IONSH IP New York. 1951-52

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SAGINAW VALLEY OPEN Saginaw, 1952

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1 1 · , x 1

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I. Leon Dr 2. LaVerne ,. (~t~tiw~._:.~:.~.:~~=.~~ ~~ ;~ 'il

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O. S. 8. 7. Tard~ Hn" czu Alfred Da'n bra'ns !Bay Wm. Vnn O .. agt (Flint)

... __ .W IO W6 Ll 1.3 W6 S ·2 6 .00 ...... __ .... L2 WIO W11 W8 LA S -1 4 .00 ..... _ ...... 1.1 W12 Lt W9 WII 3 -1 3.00

(3.00); 8. J obn ~ma~eW3kl (Flint) 2-2 (2.00); 9. ( fr)jo!"'K~~a!~Ulkre(~:: t'rt~I01) (J.~)~O'oo); u.

INDIANAPOLIS OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP Indianapolis, 1952

I . S. Makutenas .... _. __ .. W II))2 W14 P3 W9 .. · l 9 .SO 2. H. Pe terson ............ _ ... W 7 DI 05 W6 D4 3~·1! 11 .500 3. A. CnJen .. .. ... WIO DI4 W4 DI 0 5 3 ~, 16 10.00 4. L. Binder .... . ................. WI8 W6 L3 W'1 0 2 3 ~- 1 6 8.%5 5. R. H ofmann ....... ~._ ... 09 wn 02 WIO D3 3 ~- 1 1 B.25 6. C. O. Skaar ....... ... _ .... W I2 L4 WA L2 WIO 3·2 7.00 7. O. D • • Johnson .......... 1.2 WI2 WI3 L4 WII 3 -2 5.50 II. R. Fells .... t.13 WI 1 1.6 WI5 WI4 3 -2 4.50 9. J. Dillon .. _._ ........... _ ...... .... ......... .... ........... P5 LI O WI6 WI4 L I 2t-2l 3.75

{S: 'k ~e~~rl 1i·:Wt~~k;l : ·I~I: 8.~~:u;-3H(~rh.~;;; Ji 3~·P~t~~e~sg~a~ :~~a.s:.f; 16. C. WII80n ~-4~ (O.75).

NAMPA CITY CHAMPIONSHIP Nampa, 1951 _52

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4. Gould \NampiI) ........ _ ........ __ • __ .... ~.~ .. ~ ......... _.O , , 1 ; • , , , , , , , , , ~!:I~~ ,. _ ... _._ .... __ 0 H 1 g · '"~ , , , , , , , , 25-13 ,. ....... _-_ .. _-- .. __ 0 ,

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With drawn without completIng schedules were: i .j·:·&h SummervUle 1~~·2 ~; 15. Bruce Markus B-8; 16. Fred A_ Robinson 8-10; 17. 1-'Ol'C8t T~ylor 7·10; 16. Ceorge Abrahams G ~ .(I; 19. Carl Solts 3-11; 20. D. P . MacArthur t-3.

Hale 12.75); Schaetze 60. A . L. (5.00); 63.

W I$CONSIN STATE CHAMPIONSHIP

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sehkC! I-G 66. H. A. John Damman ~-G lo (0.25); 69.

,~ PUGET SOUND OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP Seattle, 1952

..... _ ...... W9 W4 D2 W3 W7 WS 5 1;-- I IS.50 Uc) _ ........ W7 Wl 01 W4 05 ",\."8 5 _I 20.50 Ie) __ ~ ......... W5 L1 W6 L t W8 nyC 4 ·2 18.50 Ie) .... _ .. ~ .. .. B e ~19 'ff: ~6 ~ 't2 ijj~ ~t~

L7 L3 1.5 Bye W9 3 -3 13.00 .(0); 8. Douglas Gorton (ScatUe) 2-4 (17.00); e.) 1 1-4~ (17.00) .

WASHINGTON STATE JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP Seattle, 1952

I. Dennis Chipm an (Seattle) _ ...... W8 WII W4 W2 W5 1.3 5 · 1 20.00 2. Allen Clark (Seattle) __ ........ WII W6 W IO LI W3 W5 5.1 IS.OO S. O. Ld'renle r e (Yakima) _ ........ W9 WIO W7 U L2 WI " ·2 21.50 4. Ted W arner (Seattle) ._. __ .... 06 D7 LI W3 WIll Wll 4 ·2 20.00 5 Rod monoff (Seattle) __ ....... D7 BYe WlI W8 LI L2 n·z. 18.00

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!QWA STAT< CHAMP!QN~H!P Waterloo, 1952

1. J ohn P enqulto .... __ _ 2. S. Sor enSOn ...... ... _ ....

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Wo WOO W. L' WOO W" W.

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3. C. H. Gray ...... .. 4. Marvin B.aldwln ,. 8. ,. • .. ". H .

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(1.00); 30. Gc ne Morok oCC 1-4 t Slraln 1-4 (0.00).

LEHIGH VALLEY CHAMPIONSHIP Allentown, 1952

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CHICAGO CITY CHAMPIONSHIP Chicago, 1952

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SAN JUAN INTERNATIONAL TOURNAMENT San Juan, Puerto Rico, 1952

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......... .::88g ~g~o SOUTH SASKATCHEWAN CHAMPIONSHIP

R egina, 1952

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"." .... W2 W3 W4 W5 WIO 5-0 .... LI W3 WG W7 W8 4--1

...... Ll L2 W4 W5 WG 3·2 .. .. Ll L3 W1 WB W9 3·2

........ _ ...... ..... _._ .......... __ .......... LI 1..3 \VB W7 W9 3·2

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in round o rder.

TORONTO CITY CHAMPIONSHIP Toronto, 1952

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10. K. Kerns ...... 4li-4~ 20. S. Gray ..... .2 -7

C/'e •• :Jor :J/'e :1reJ Bu.in€j. man By Fr~J R~infelJ

All r lljlhts reHrved by David M(;Kay Complny, Inte rnition;ll Copy. right, " 47. No ~rt of thb art icle m .y 1><1 reproduced in II ny form w ith­out wrlttltn pennlsslo n fro m the pub lishers.

CHA~LENGE TO CHESS PLAYERS

I N RECENT YEARS we have had a great many fine books on chess, dealing with almost every conceivable aspect oi the game. Yet

these books have neglected what is after all the primacy object of a game of chess: the actual process of checkmating your opponent's King. The purpose of this book is to instl"uct you, the reader, in all the many ways of achieving checkmate.

BIRD Lond ..... 1886

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-dpl l~;gI s,~u!1l l(Jl1]g 3q.L 'alum <nI-g 'z ~bx)l '4:1 gxb '01.

(Th~u positions <I,t rtp,oJllCcd by ~rmissio" from ·'Ch..llc"M To Ch<upl<l7cr/' by Fretl Rei,,/tld, p"bli,hed by Da"id Mel&, Campa",. Fa, .. comp!de dt sc,ipt;"t C",,,108'U' 0/ olhe, fint bGolu iuutd by ,his fi,m, _ilt: D,..,.;d J\.f ,K..., Compa"", Dtpt. CI., 12' r"rlc A"en"t, Nt. York 17, N. Y.)

- ------------------------------Syracuse ( N.Y.) Chess Club

staged a most successful s imultan· eous exhibit ion by U.S. Women's Champion Mary Bain, who won 13 games while losing 6. Victorious Syraeusans were AUred H. Cope, Georgc Farnell, P. Louis Glucke· mus, Joseph F. Loemer" George C. Scriabin, li nd Stanley J . ZYer­blis. Mrs. Guin preceded the ex· hibition with a knights tour blind­folded. Officors of the Syrllcuse Club are John C. Cumminis presi.

dent, Allred H. Cope vice·president, Mrs. Ca rl S. Nyc corresponding secretary, J acques S. Levey re­cord ing secretary and Donald D. Dann treasurer.

International (St. Paul) Chess Club lost a close one to Minnea p· olis Cbess .md Checker Club, 7\?· G1!J. The score was tied GY.t·Gv.& until after a 4Y.t hour battle former Minnesota State Champion George S. Bar nes gained the deciding point by besting Henry Muska.

I. Ne~tor Hernande~ ........... ......... xxx til 111 111 111 2. Karl M. lIetl.u _ ....... 000 xxx OU 10~ 111 3. Bennie Y. Lopes •• _ ..... 000 10l xxx 001 111 4. ll. L. Robert.on ._._... • ................ _000 OJ! ltO xxx 000 5. Jas. D. Gibson, Jr. _ ...... _ .... _ .................... _ ............. _. __ 000 000 OOl III xXx

MERCANTILE LIBRARY AS'N CHAMPIONSHIP Philadelphia 1951-52

I. Saul Wacha (PhUade lphla) _ ............. __ ._._._. ___ ._ .. __ x 1 I I !. !tnbert D. Sobel (J>hUadelpbla) _._. __ ......... _._._._. __ 0 x 1 I 3. Vladimir Bomanoy (philadelphia) __ ... _._ .. ____ ... __ 0 0 x I 1 4. WnL A. Uuth (Phlladelphla) _. _____ .... ____ . __ .. __ 0 0 i x I

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LOS ANGELES COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP Los Angele5, 1951-52

~ r.~~~ J~~e~n ..=::=3 ~ : r J t~, ',' l, : : ~ 3. Ray Martin ___ . ___ 0 II x I I I 1 1 1 4. Steve Muner _______ 1 0 0 :II 0 1 I I I 1 1 1

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9. Larnr W .. ron:.off ._._._~. __ o I 0 I) 0 0 • x 0 1 1 I 10. nerbcrt Abel ._ .... _._ .... __ ._0 0 0 0 0 0 0 I x li 1

~~ ~mla~ ~ii~~~~.~!. ... :·:.::·~·:::7.S ~ % g b ~ ~ t g ~ 0 '" ~ i \ 13. R. Gross .... __ ._._. __ ._ ...... _. __ .0 0 (I 0 0 0 0 0 (I 0 lOx I 1

:~: ~onP~~~o:,'ll .... :::::::::.::::::::::::8 g g g ~ g 8 g ~ g g g g ~ ! J oyner won plaYO,r >natt"h for Ulic 3-1.

QUALIFYING TOURNAMENT For Holl ywood Interna t i'lna l T'lurney

Los Angeles, 1952

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SACRAMENTO CITY CHAMPIONSH IP Sacrament'l, 1952

1. M. O. Meyer .. ____ . ___ .W9 D3 W4 D7 W2 W6 S · 1 14.00 !. R. L. Richard. _._. __ ._. __ .W4 WII W7 W3 LI W8 S ·1 13.00 3. J. n . Gee .. ____ .... ___ ._ WI2 DI W11 L2. WI D4 4 ·2 7.00

~: y. :: g:ll: :==:=:==1: 't!J tl ~:~ ~O ~37 U'~l _~~ 6. R. E. Russell _. ____ .. ____ . ..1..11 D~ W12 DB W9 Ll 3 -3 -1.00

't.i.~.(~~)inl~ .. l.· ~~~ . .:n' t:n(~6'oi.~ ~:3~.(A~:i%a;e ~'j!i ~; I!. N. E. T a lcott 1 .... 1 (-11.00).

,

HOW THE RATING SYSTEM WORKS (Continued from page 1, column 4)

Pomar and Toran, who t ied with we cannot expect our pred ictions Horowitz Cor 8th to lOth, placed on other tournaments to tum out higher than we listed them , but as well as they did for the Ra· the error was not the fa ult of the vana contest. However, this writer rating sys tem. Since Havana , we is not giftcd with second s ight and have received the results oC the the laws of cha nce do not explain 1951 Spanish championsh ip in the high percentage of " hits " in which Pomar and Toran tied for this forecast. Only a good measur­firs t , earning 2400 points each. At ing system, capable of comparing Gijon, J951, POlnar scored 2408. the perfor manccs of players in Then, early in 1952, Tor an made various wntcsts, can produce rc· 2413 points a t Punta del Este, sults like this. The system proves Uruguay, when he placed second itself when players come together to Eliskascs. In other words, both in a tournament ann perform in ac· theSe youngsters arc advancing so roroance with their ratings, dcspite rapidly that their la st average rat- the fact that they had seldom or ings arc now out of date. We rccog- never met before. For instance, nized the signnls in the case of Larry Evans had never played ill Tor,m, making him our 100 to 1 the same tournament with Gligorlc h)ngshot, but Pomar caught us nap· or Eliskases. The U.S. Ch:lIn· ing. Apparently all he needed was pion earned nearly all his r a ting to hea r us say that he had been a points in tllis country, his previous disllppoinlment. fore ign experience being limiTcd to P r lllS ................ 2478 2400 Hastings, 1950, and the C h e s s g~~lIrd" "'::. : .. ::::::1481 m~ Olympics of that yea r . At Hastings l J im lnel 2350 Lar ry placed 4th and Rossolimo

Prins and Guiman\ scored below took 2nd prize; at Ihe Olympics, their previous averages but wi thin Larry was a reservis t on tlle U.S. their usual ranges. It is normal for team and of COllrse did not plllY a player willi an established r aling against Gligoric, Yugoslavhl's No. below the Grandlll:l s ier class to 1 m an. score within 100 Pl.Iints above or be- Gligoric had met Elisk:lses only low his h lst avenll~e. A devia· oncc - at Mar del P lata, 1950, rect ion is not exCel)tionaL For this when the Yugoslav master took reason a lone, predictions on the (irst and Eliskases could do no bet· n nal sta ndings of :my tounmment tcr than sixth. Willi this cxception, cannot be enti~ly accurate. Gligoric earned all his rating L .. sker . __ .. ·· .. ·._._._ ............ 23U 2315 poLTJ.ts in EUropean tournaments '''w;'.'' -,-....... --._._-... -..... 2421 ~s while El iskascs scored h is points in

p nced Edw~rd Laskcr lust Argentina and Brazil. There is cer. ~Iow Herman SteJne~. our Holly- tainly no indication in these past .... ood ~Ia mor.boy. As It turned out, records of the final sta ndings at they hed for l5·16th. Havana.

I-Jerman bounces up and down . like a rubber ball, so we cla im a Despite the wi~cly sepD;rated real vic tory lor the rating system sources of t?e ~atlDgs prcvlOusl~ in getting as close as we did . earned by Ghgoflc, Evans and Ell·

k ·· skases. these three playcrs came La s er IS a s~eadl~r playcr. Note together at Havana and confirmed

that ~e went In "':'Ith 2342, came the correctness of the ratings that ~ut w~th 2325-- a difference oI only had been issued to thcm. Their

R~!!'::~: .............................. _ 222S avebrageh, 'dndicated that they would Pl lln;os .......... 2110 2 1SO be unc e together below Najdorf g~~:." ... _ .. 2,.,7 ;gi~ :lIId R?shevksy, af)oyc llossoJuno.

PI d Al nr, HorOWitz nnd other fnmous IJlay· . :lit:IS . an . ~m~n co Irllle( ers. And this is precisely how

their ratings, flnls lung ncar 1 h e they fi nished . More Important, the bottom. The other~ were unrated. ratings scored by lhe:ie pl ayel's at The Mexican entries droppc<i out. Havana werc reasonably c I 0 11 e ~nor Quesada of Cuha died dur- to their previous avera. Ing thc tournament. . . es.

Similarly, Rossolimo and It 0 r 0-

witz had never played in the same tournament before they mct at Ha­vana. (They represented their re· spective countries in the 1950 Olym. pics but did not play against eaeh other.) Rossolimo had built up his average of Z507 points in European tournaments; Horowitz had scored his 2473 points in American con· tests. Nevertheless they finished in approximately the positions pre­dide<! by their ratings - 100 per· cent right in the case of Rossolimo and almost right in the case or Horowitz. And the Havana rai.Jngs of these players confirmed their previous, independent r atings. (This iJ thot 'irst 01 " J~ r;eJ 01 lfrtic/tl b, Mr. N",lt.n~tI. Tht Jutmd ,..iII lfPPt'" in the nC.lt i,,"t 0/ CHESS LlFE.-Tht EJitor.)

The Hayana tourney aVeraged 2400 points. To win a C<lntest of this Ilrength, a player usually has to earn a performance ratiog of more than 2100. For many years, Najdorf and Resheysky have been scoring above this figure in nearly all their tournaments. They were the oustanding favorites and per­formed as expected.

Gligoric, Eliskases and Evans were tIle leading contenders, ac· cord ing to our system of ranking, but each of these players has scored above 2100 only once jn thc past seven yellrs. With average rat­lngs around 20[)O, it was conceiv· ~b le that one might take first prize; but it was not surprising that all three fll iled to do so.

Horowitz was the only other con­testant who has earned above 2100. This player did it twice when he was at his peak, in 1936 and 1938, but he failed to graduate into the Grandmaster class a nd ha s fallen off in the past 14 yellrs. His pre· sent.-day average is 2413, which is 241 below Reshevsky. This means that Horowitz and othcr wntest­ants with ratings under 2GOO had practically no chance or winning this tournament.

In a horse-r:lCe, a longshot can win without causing a riot, but good chessplayt:rs are milch morc consistent than racehorses. When the entries include two players with ratings aoovo 2100, and three llboyc 2600, you ca n forget about the rest of the field. Only a near­miracle could muke it possible for a player raled around 2500 to win such a contest.

Now, we arc quite prepared to admit that we were lucky on this one. The heayy concontration of strong masten made tlle conditions ideal There arc many reasons why

------Hakoah (San Fr. ncJsco) Chess

Club saw I . Rosenblatt win the dub title 13Y.a·l~. closely followed by It. Loewy with 13·2 in second place and n . EdeJ.stein with 12·3 in third place. Rosenblatt lost a game to Loewy and drew with Ed­e~tein. Loewy lost games to 1 . Dienstag and F . Neumann, while Edelstein lost games to L 0 e w y and I. Dublin and drew with Rosen· blatt and ll. Rosenbaum .

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U. S. OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP AT TAMPA

Page S

T,, ~,d"1, MtrJ 10, /952

What'. :J/'e Be.t move? By Guilhnm~ Gr~Hn

Send Solutions to Position No. 94 to the Editor, CHESS LIFE, by June 20, 19[)2.

Solution to P05ition No. 91 To solven who thnught that No. 91

WII. too Simple, we can .. nly r<'ply that a number of them failed to find the corTed ~oluUon, for "II the simplicity _ nd the nelua l i'lay~ r of mack In the tournllment game also muffed IL At Uud.pest. 1951, ll.orbely vI<. Eperjesy, Blac k p lay'!d in this position I. . .... _ .. , K.K5?; z. K-Q6!, K·D6; 3. K·KS, KxP; t.. K·&! and Billek reslJ!ncti. Note that

ila;;k'''~s ~~ic 3ha~~ln~~<;Oth~~~~1. 110n.

Correct play Is I. . ... ... , KK4!; Z. K·LIG!, K·K3 maintaining the opposition Cnr a d>"llw. But White ~an lose by playing 2. K·D4?, KK.'i!

Corr ... '<:t solutions ~rc a~know ledged r ec.!lvctl from: G. 101. 8anker (Kan!;:l.S City), T. Blzar (Dron,., N.Y.), J . E. Com. s tock (Duluth), Dr. J . I'rt. Erman (De­troIt), J . Faucher (New H"ven), H . FIll:' le r (Rio de l Mar), E . Gault (New llrlJ!hton). J. Kaufman (Beverly Hills),

~.."o~i~1d.~\ :IIIi.lll~:~;k); t; • .JP1 :f~;:;:";t: ~~rC8!~ li:fr~)' P. ~el~~~ol~::rtl~~~>."~: M<.>rJ:'~m (TahIQquah). ~:. t"'. )Iullcr (FUnt). 1':. Nash (Washongton). lJ. C. Onde .... .... ood (\VDxhl n ,,:toll), F. J. Valvo ICulld" .... land Center), n . A. Wal5dorf (New Orlean", J . Welnin;.:c r (Fore.t Hil lI), W. Wll.on (Amhe .... tbur81, N. P. Wiltlq: (Salem), Y. V. OganellOv (Montere, Park)..

Revtewl.ni Mr. W. B. Wilson'. soluUon 10 the tl1c:ky No. 89, we hava dec:lded In aee.pt hili alternate solution a. lOund and eredlt him with one rull poi.n! ror it on the Ladder. AI Mr. Wllmn wnn the Quarll!rly wdder Without the point cndlted, WI! can onb' ofler him the technical lIIItlllftCtion or bl!ID,I ri&ht.

Sa rnia Y Chess Club saw P. G. Ha ley win the 13 player round rob­In club championship 10Y.t-Hia, los· ing II ga me to J. Skcrbcc and drawing with R. Kostick. Second place went to L . K. Smith with ]0·2, los ing to Haley and H. Stell· macher. It Kostick placed third with 81h·3!f.1; and J. Skerbec was fourth with 8-4.

Solut ions: F inish It the Clever Way!

P o,1I1<:1n No. III: I. RltR. KxR (If I. !f' C:~ I!c~, 2i<~'g;')~.2. Q~K~13C~I~: ~& IIl nlemate.

P osition No. 82: I. .. _ .... , RxRP1; !. Kt-

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KING'S INDIAN DEFENSE Fourth Mdt(:h Game

New York. 1952 i/ NOtC5 by J. E. Howa'lth

W h ite Black S. RESHEV5KY M. NAJDORF 1. P-Q4 Kt·1(83 6. P-KKtl P-K 4 2. P-QB4 P _KKt3 7. B_Kt, QKt·Q2 3. Kt-QB3 iB_Kn 8. 0-0 P-B3 4. P_K4 0-0 9. P-KR3 5. KI·83 P-Q3 Botvinnik, against Bronstein at Moscow 1 ~45. continued with 9. P -Q5 and there followed 9 . ..... _., PXP; 10. BP"P, Kt-tH; 1l. Q -L\Z, l'-QR.4; 12. Kt-Q2, P-Kt3; 13. Kt-K13, B -QRJ; 14. R-QI, Kt (1I4)-Q2; 15. P.QR4. H -IH; [6. B -R3, 11-132 wit h equal­It)', A ::00<1 al t Hnat ,ve here is 9. p. K13 and afte r 9 . . .... ' . PxP; 10. Ktxl'. R-K I ; 11. B ·K12. Kt-1I4; 12. Q-B2, P-QIt4 ; 13.QR-QI and i f n ow 13. . ... .... , Q-Kt3; 14. P-QJU w ll h WhIte slight ly be t ter. 9. _...... Kf.R4 A stronger move was 9 . ... .....• P xP. In fact alte r the break in t he center with 9 . ........ , PXP, i t w ill be hard f or White t o obtain any tangihle advanlnge. After t he t ext, however, White's better de· ve lopment w ill 3teadily increase while Black 's, on the othe r hand , will soon be in such a complcx s late that h e wID need more than the allotted t ime to figure a "way·out." lG. B·KJ Q.K1 Najdorf's plan is to a ttaek the ccnter of the board. which, while a lw ays good strategy. m ay he r e suUer due to his lack o f developmen t o n the Q·sidc. Here HI ...... ... Kt·Kt3 , leaving the center as it is, may a llow Black to get his re­servCS in line. II . R·Kl K-RI P reparatory to the advance of the KBP. For if h e re 11 • . __ , __ ._, P·KB4, then 12. P"BP, P-K5; 13. Q-Kt5. 12. Q·K2 Q·KI T he ide a is t o p rotect the Kt on R4. But t h is seems like a w ast e of time. Since Black's we" kne"",",s are concerned WIIh mobility, w hy !lot 12. ........ , PxP? 13. QR-QI P_KB4 14. PxBP P_K5 This lookS ve ry promising, for on I:>' K t-KKLS, PxP puts a b it of " life" in Black 's development. How2v"r, rca lizing tha t Black w ill f ind It hard to guard :<11 his ",.'ak po ints, particularly on the K·s ide, White springs a snrprisc 15. KtxP! Qx Kt 11. PxP 16. Kt·R4 Q.KI If 17 ...... ... l-'xP, t hcn 18. Q·82 and White is poised f or aUack in a U din..,· Uons. lH. Q_B1 Q-QI 19. B·B4 ...... _ The attack is taking sh"ye. Bve ry mOve In a s ituation such us th is should meun something: White m"kes pr" parations for a "brc"kth ,~, ,,gh" on the K·slde. 19 • ..... _. Kt·Kt3 21. B·Kt5 .. B-Q2 10. I"xp R·KI If 21 ........ , RxR chi ~2. R"R, and Black ~annOl p lay :!2. __ ... ___ , Il-Q2'? becausc of 23. K t ·Kt6 ch followed by Kt·K7 ch. fl. P.Kf3 RKRch ~4. a.K4 QKt.Q2 23. Rx R 8 .KI 25. a ·Klt.

CUNNINGHAM GAMBIT Luebbert In vitation Tourney

Correspondence, 1951-52 Notes b., Dr. M. G. Stu r",

White Black DR. M. G. STURM S. BRASK 1. P·K4 P·K4 4_ B·B4 Kt·KB3 2. P_KB4 PxP 5. P·K5 Kt·KtS 3. Kt_KB3 8 _K2 t.. 0 ·0 KI.QBl! The latest defense, ~nd the best, stron g­er t ha n 6. . ..... _, P-Q3(1) , when _ White simply captures th" QP w ith h lS KP. and mo unt s a powerrul attack, aided by the e "posur e of Black's I.l (Keres). e .g. Stunn-Ma t hot, Cor"e~pondence. 194~ , 6. . ... , P -Q3; 7. P xP, QxP; H. P -Q4. 0 ·0 ; 9. Kt-QB3, l-' -1l3; 10.' Kt ·K.I, Q-U3;

~k:5,K~Wli ; IV1~6~_~~: If;~~~'4t~~; ~t 85!! with a w inning aUack. 7. P.Q4 P-Q4 9. R·K l ch

~;, ~~~ e.~!,.'iO B~ssian Cha,opionship, against Alatortsev, Keres played 9. Kt­B3 and lost in 18 moves. 9. ........ Kt·K2 11. QBxP! BxB 10. Q.K11 0-0 12. QxKt Qx~ Black need not e xehal1ge Qs, but he IS

~I'{,\~er the do m.s;:;tOt ~~t~~~~'i~hger';;~pRg~:

ttons, more diffic ult fo r t he second player, as for instance 12. ........ , BIp chi ; 1,1 . K -KI (not KtxB?, Q x P ch), Q.Q3! ; 14. QxP chi, ItxQ; 15. R ·K8 'h, Q.BI; 16. BIR ch, Kx8; 17. RxQ eb, KxR; 19. Kt"R wi th equality. If 14 ......... , K·Rl!!; 15. Kl ·Kt5! 1 Kt-B7 ch t! (not ... ..... , RxQ"; 16. KlxR ch, etc. ); 16. QxKt!!, R xQ; 17. R·K8eh, Q-Bl! ! (not ._._ .. , R·B I7; IR. Kl·B7 <:h wins); 18. RxQ eh, R " R; 19. Kl·R7 ch, nxKt; 20. BxR with equal!ty. 13. RxQ Kt_K6! 14. B·Kt3!!? ....... . Safer, but less In the Gambit sp idt, Is 14. Kt·R3 . KtIB; 15. K t xKt, B-K3; 16. Kl(4).K5. 14. ___ -._-. 15. RxB!!? 16. BxP eh Threat P.QIi .

B_KJ P ..

K·Rl

' 11. Kt-Rl 1a. <P -B4

18. . ' QR-Ql 21. PxP 19. R_K I R-Q1 21. Kt·B4! 20. P·Q5!1 P x P Recaining the ExchlHlge i n any varia_ tion. e.g . 22 . _ ....... . R(3)-Ql; 23. Kt(4)·K51 22. Kt-K6!!!

A fl ..... 22. Kl -B4! I1RASK

Ext"aonllnary! J.·or II "Queenl<:n" game, t his une Is packed wlth p lenty dynll' Dllte. 23. KhcR BxKt 14. R.Q!!.II ..... ... No t 24. R"Kt? l"I-'n4; 25. K.m , II-Kl!;

~ :~~~i.. r:t::t~I~' KItB, P -KR3; 24. , .. 1. p .KKt3 16. BxR P.Ktl 25. R.88 RKR At th is point the game WP I d rawn by

tY:'~:Ublut'~~:':dclri~ t!t t~~h~~;!s ':rif~~ t oU rtHlmen t , there Nn be no d raw prior tu 41. move~, 1fO! 27. Kt_ KtS B_K2 3G. K_BI n. KI·K6 Kt.Q1 31. Kt·Q4 29. P.QKt3 B.Rt.

Kt·B6 B·Q3?

Here Black m isses a cha"ce lo jusllry

~~e e:e~~~\iW~ :\:'r;;tty'p::;3~!! I~~I~~ I5-Crvl n~ the balan~e. II 31. ......... KtxP; 3~. Kt·Kt~ 31. P·QR4 BxP 33. KI·K t 5! Kt. K5 Or JJ. _ ••.•• KuKt; 34. PIKt Draw. 34. K,x p KI .Q7 eh 4G. B·B6 Kt·K7ch 3S. K-B2 Ktxp 41. K·B2 Kt.Q5 36. P.Kt] Kt·B4 41. B·Q7 K_Kt2 37. K·Kt2 Bd- 43. I<t·Kt5 KtxKt 33. KKB Kh:P 44. BxK I 39. B.Q1 .• _ Kt'B6 ,

Solutions: Mate the- Subtle Way ! No. 323 (Crossl): 1. Q·Kt7. An example of t he "~'leek" theme, in which the

kcymove &CU up a multlil le thrcat, but ellch or Black'. «plies eliminate . 11 bu t one o r the th r e a tened mate, .

No. 324 (Fink)! 1. 8- 1<5. A beautlru l qUartet of Intc rfereneCS by the halt-pinned B lock Knl{lh ts arICr 1. ........ , K t.-B3, I<t·B5, Kt.K3, and f( t.-K5.

No. 325 (Chk-co)! I. P·K~7. "A delightfu l p iec<l of work, wl~h a number or spe(! lacular . nd I)(wu tllul plays, The thr4!U of 2. P llB(Q.j II dudly enough ror the most ca l!ou~ P~Yl'r"-1':arl W " atherfQro. I

R'R3~oi 3:K\~f l~o~.g).: _.~ •.• I~~y; rg!~f8r ~r Ii .. ~::::::, ~~J~ i g~W c h. It 1 . ....... . SOLVERS' LADDER

(Two poinls lOT t wo·mol't 'S; /011' pcin/s for IhTu·mo~r's. Ell/r" points Jor COfTea t1i1ims 0/ "co(J/u," i.e., y"lid mlltlions not mlend,,:! 6., the CO'N polt U. This liI/i)' tO~eH solutw"1 /or proble",s in t~ A pri/ 10 illlle recei"td lib to Ii", . We JIIe"t to press, on M .". 10. 5"/l<lionl JIlbscqr,e1ltl., rutl-ud I>'il/ be c;edil.d on the nOll/ J-ttrida.)

R. O'Neil N. Yoe Dr. t;. Kassner R. Miche ll E. On.y~huk M. A. Michael, J . E . Lueas n . K. Ton ak J . Il. t-"rance P. H. IIu II$icket

2fi2 Y. V. OgallCSQV 244 C. Smith 242 .f . Kou tma n 242 R . M. Collins 242 J anie. Dolton 234 E. W('la therront 2t6 F.. Narroway 21Q Kenncth Lay 174 C. J . Kock 148 E. J . Korpanty

'18 B. M. Marshall 32 74 I. Llchten8teln 26 G8 S. N. Y armak 20 G1 W. H. James 16 54 nev. G. Chldley 10 4G A. KOUlk 10 42 E. Seh er 10 40 n. A. Skerla 10 3G Dr. O. Biankcnshlp 0 3Z R. A. Jledgcocit Z

A h('larty' welcome to new IfOlvcrs Edward Scher, R. A. He<I.I:l'od:, pnd Alell:' andet Kozak, w ho berln their ellmb on Ihe Ladder with th~ i sslle .

the draw wi th l he following ~'a riaHon, 46 ......... K-Q5; 47. K-Kt4, K_B4; 48. K-Kt5, P -Kt4; 49. B·B7, p.Kt~; ~O. B-Ki8, etc. White could st ll! lose !f he tried , b ut would refrain out of consideratio n for F ine's "l!as\c Chess Endings."

So t he game u; DRA W;'>.I.

NIMZOINDIAN DEFENSE Manhattan Chess Club Champion­

ship, New York, 1952

Nolh b, Dr. J. P!ilIZ W hHe Black

DR. H . SUSSMAN R. ILDERTON I. P--04 Kt·KBJ 6. pl<B 0·0 2. P·QiW P·KJ 7. B-Q3 Kt·B3 3. Kt-QB3 B_KIS a. Kt-K2 P·Q3 4. P_ K3 P_B4 9 . P ·K4 P ·K4 5. P·QR3 BxKtch There wa s no hUrTY to m ake thiS move w hich locks the ~enter In White's fav or. Ind icated, t o keep t he I' po"ition [l u ld, was 9. __ ..... , K t-K I as Rcshe\"sky played al!alnst Botvinnik, World Cha",p io nshlp Tournament, 194& 10. P-QS Kt-QR4 Rlack Is going t o attack Whi te's \l-·eak· n"ss, t he doubled P . In thc meantime White builds up a K·sidc attack. II. B·KI5 P·KRJ Rlaek wants t o g et rid o f t he p in, but the KRP is a t arge t. 12. B·Q2 P-QKU 15. Kt·BS QR_QI 13. KI·Kt3 B·R3 It.. Q·B3! 14. Q·K2 Q.Q1 Threatens K(x RP ch. 16. . K_R2 17. KtxRPI

A /In 17. KI"RP! ~_==_~';LDERTON

17. _____ __ . Kt·K t6 l H. KI·BS! As the Whitc QB ta kcs p~ ('t in thc K ­sid., attack, I H. _ • .--. _, KtxB "l'peurs more log!ca l. 19. Q·Kt3 Kt·KI If ln~U'nr1 19 ..... .... . Kt·1l4. then 20. Q-I\(r. , P· Kt~: 21. "I K7', "1·Ur.: 22. IbKt, 1' ,,11; 23. p . K$. II .KKtI; 24. P ·KG, Q.Kl; 2.~. Kl " ll, K"Kt; ~>(j. O-O! "t long last! nnd win, . 20. Q·R4 c h K·Ktl If insle",\ 111. .. ...... , K·K~3. the sa me move ""Ill follo w as In th", te xt. 11. Iet·K7 eh QxKt 24. QxKtP S KP 21. QxQ Kt.B3 25. BxB! 13. Qx Rp R·1l1 Roth sidcs nlav ver y darln!! c hess. 25. .......• QR.Ktl 17. Q. K1! R. KI8ch U. QxQP KtxKp 28. K·K1 RxR Black l",s no c hoice. 18 .......... n·K t 7 is InsuHlcknt: 29. II"Kl (but not 29. R­Ql. Kl>:P ch; 30. j(.KI Kt-B7 eh: 31. K·B I, KtXR..{ 32. p.qfi, R-l<t8; 33. 1Ix1' ch .

ru'~h ~';d ~~~eCh;'e!rB,:iov:!~~', ~ftk ~ R.R2, Ktx B cll; 31. JuR, KtxR; 32. P .Q6 and wins . 29. P ·Q6 R-QKt8 31. BxP chi Rx B 30. P.Q7 QR·Ktl 32. P.Q8(Q)c h

Resigns A lame o[ r are beanty, r e rreshlne- and de l ghUul. •••

NIMZOINDIAN DEFENSE Capablanca Memoriill Tourname nt

H ilvtlna, 1952

Notu Iry John E. HOll'<ZTth White B lack

L. EVANS L. PRINS " P-Q4 Kt·K 8l 3. KI·QDl B. KtS 2. p .QB4 P ·KJ 4. P·K3 .... ... .

~t ~~e cf.ltl"~'e ,,;~~~~b'a;,tI~)~8:it.el~;~/h~~ the masteI"!l prefer 4. Q-R2 beeallse It p,~venb the doubl ing o f White'. QP on the 8 tile and keep. the $(j,uare K4 under guard . 4, .••. ~.. P-QKtl Slne('l White hali not playcd 4. Q·n2 or 4. P ·QR3 (Sa('lmlseh Varlatl()I1) and has g a I ne d n "sllght·tempo-IIdvanta/te," m ack is wcll ad vls"d t o con tinue hcre

~~~hp~D.1;· ··i:' 6.~4~:Q~'~~' ,gp~,6p~ 9. BxP with even chance~. A lso good herc I. 4 . ...... _. 0 ·0 ; 5. n ·Q3 (or S. Kt­K 2, P-Q4!; 6. p..QR~. n ·K:!; 1. r xp, KhP!: II. KtxKt, P xKt; 9. P·KKU, Kt-

~ivl~~ik, "lv~o,t~~38f:~4l:te~:V!M; evtn eh,1nces. S. Kt-K1 . __ _ Or 5. 6-Q2, B·Kt2; 6 Kt-B3. 00. 7 6 ·Q3. P ·Q4. etc. Or ~ B Q3, B Kt~: fl Kt·lll (no t 6. Kt·K2?, BxP; 7. R·KKtl , B·K5!; 8. fuB, Ktx R and after 9. RxP, KtIP! wit h advan t age). 0·0; 7. 0 ·0,

~dV~r\.8·1l~~~ Ka~~ ~~~ ~q;;;'lity.8.Kt5 5. ........ B.R3 One of Black', best (!ounter·ldea~ In thi s d('lfell$c I~ to l'r~"are .. __ ., P .Q4 li nd to l'hal1l'n~f' the ~e(..II" !n the center Wi t h th l~ advance. Hence ]lerl'aps best

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6. P-QR3 B·K2 7. Kt -B4 Kt.B3 llIaek docs not """m to be doin g every_ thing In his .power to :maintain a bal. anced p OSitio n. Here 1 . ......... 0 -0 f o llo w. ed hy _ ...... , P·Q4 would be better. 8. B·K2 .... _ .. On U. P ' QKt4, P-K1 was the logical reo Joinder. a. ....... . 0-0 10. P-QKt4 '1. 0·0 B-Q3 He'll t.ake the doubkd Ps, for t hey'll p r ov .. c o han dicap. 10 .... _.... BxK t II. PxB Kt·K2 12. B·K3 B·Kt2 11. B·Q3 P-Q3 14. Q·B2 P·QR4

15. QR·QI ,t.. P It P 17. Q·Kt2 l B. P-KtS

",p KI_B3 P·Q4

White now g ,lins the upper h ,md with his m:l.neuvers against the weakened Q-sidc. 18. l'Ct·QR4 24. R·K3 PxP 19. P-BS PxP 25. KtxKtP Kt.QB3 211. PItP Q.KtI 26. B_B3 B_R3 11. B·Q4 P·B3 17. Q·B2 P _Kt3 n. B·K5 Q-QI 18. Kt-Q4 23. KR·K I Kt·KT F eeling thllt he has the init iative, and rightly so, White decides to exchange pi.,..,es SO t hat he can jne r ease his ad. vantage. 28. .... .... KtxKt 30. Qx B R·R5 29. BxKt BxB 31. P_Kt3 J ust a iittle protection f o r the K. 3T. ........ Kt·B1 'I'he Kt Is just "bont Isolat ed! 32. B· KS Kt·KI

A fter 32. ,Kl·Kl pR !NS

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~~~":"11~~ g~ft~f~o(~'~ ~~~l~r~r ~~'I~~~~ eHort. 33. p.s.s P.B3 36. Q.Kts 34. B-K t1 Q·BI ~7. R-Kt3 3S. R-QBl R.B2 3a. Q.Kt71 :m .......... nxQ; 39. I'xR and wi ns.

KR·R2 R{S}.R4

Q·B1

39. Q_Kt8 QxQ 41. P-B1 : Resigns 4G. RxQ R·RI A very convincing and wel l pla~eu ll",ne !Jy E vans., • •

RUY LOPEZ M a rshilll Chess vs. N . Y. Academy

N ew York, 1952

Notes by F. S. Ho.,.·ttrd Whit" Waek

F. S. HOWARD DEERING (Ma ... ha ll ) (N . Y . Academy) I . P·K4 P· K4 6. R·K T P-QKt4 2. Kt·KB3 Kt-QB3 7. B·Ktl P.Q3 3. B-Kt5 P.QR3 8. P· B3 Kt.QR 4 4. B·R4 Kt-B3 9. B· B2 P_B-4 5. 0-0 B·K1 10. P·Q3 A quiet (1) line. 10 . ...... _ 0 ·0 13, Kt·Kt] B.K3 II. Qkt·Q2 Q·B2 14. B·K3 p .Q.4 12. Kt·BI Kt·83 IS. P.Q41? .... _ •. White eannn t !.ell wheth~r t hill Is good o r not. Bu t he do Cli :see B laek'K weak. n e!\SQK on both the K .,nd QB flies os w~l as KR7. 15 • ... _.... BPxP 17. Kt(3JKKp PxP? 16. BpxP P KKP

H~~tr l~. ~txKt;··PII~tttk..18~~iK~~~ a hard ~ame. 18. B-Kt51 .... ... . W hil e Ih reatens KaKt and Q·Q3 ch. 18 • .... __ Kt.Q4 19. R.QBl ..... _. Note: all Blac k weaknesses show uP . I.e. It ......... , nxB; 20. Kt(4) .~B. 19 • .... _.. Q.QI n. Kid KtxKt 2G. BxB Kt(J )xB , 13. Kt·BSI 21. Kt xP B·84 'I"he only winning move. Agains t other nlOVell, Kt·Q:i nr QKCi Is s t ronl' • 23. ........ Kt.R5!? Against, 23 . . .... _ ... Kt (4·K2 White has a b ill' PO'Sltion:l J adv"ntage. 1"hls attack a l­mn.t works.

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