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CHESS

PRESIDENT Fred Cramer

VICE PRESIDENT Major Edmund B. Edmondson, Jr.

SECRETARY Marshall Rohland

REGIONAL VICE·PRESIDENTS NEW INGLAND WUllam C. Newberry

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MIO-ATLANTIC

SOUTHIItN

GREAT LAKEI

NORTH CIiNTRAL

SOUTHWISTIi:RN

PACIFIC

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David Hoftm.lnn Charles A. Kener All. n Kaufmann

Dr. Swert Noblln Jerry SuWvall. Lan •• au "oaler Jao;:" O'Keet. F. Wm. B'lIe r Dr. Howard aaba

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Juan J . Raid C. Huold Bone John BeIUlna

HeDQ' GI'OIII Richard. Vandenbur. Mabel Burl1na.me

NATIONAL CHAIRMEN ANO OFFICERS

AFFILIATI ITATUS ..... ..... Speneer V.n ~ldcr

ARMID FORCES CHESS .. " ... " ..... .. Robort K.lr

FISCHER WINS U.S. TITLE FOR FIFTH TIME Bisguier Second; Three Tie for Third

Robert J. ("Bobby") Fischer won the United Slales chess championship for the fi[th time on January 3, 1963, by defeating grandmaster Arthur Bisguicl' in a dramatic last-round battle. A ca· pacity audience in New York's Henry Hudson Hotel broke into loud applause as the two pLayers, champion and runner-up, shook hands after Bisguier's resig-nation. Both players were smiling; Fischer obviously happy and relieved, Bisguier apparently undismayed by what must have been one of the bitterest dis-appointments of his chess career.

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62 Championship, in which he was run· ner·up to Larry Evans. His combined score for the last two U. S. Champion· ships is 4 wins and 18 draws. The fig. ures are deceptive, though, since many of Byrne's games are intricate and dif-ficult struggles, far removed from the ordinary conception of the "grandmas· ter draw."

What Happened?

The two biggest disappointments of this year's championship were undoubt-edly Pal Benko (4lh-6%) and James Sherwin (2lh·8%). Benko's performances have shown a definite falling·off since his splendid showing at Curacao and the explanation may possibly be put into three words: "Too much chess." Also, his time-pressure problem seems almost as bad as ever. At the start of the tournament he was hampered by a cold; he did well in the early rounds but was, by his own admission, "lucky" and not in good form. He never quite managed to get started and fell off badly during the second half of the tournament.

Sherwin's poor result, though unex-pected, is not likely to be the symptom of anything serious. He got off to a wobbly start and began playing with an aggressiveness that bordered on the reckless. There is no doubt that he lost a number of games that he might easily have drawn if he had been content to take the half point. Jimmy's career has shown a number of setbacks in the past: for example the U. S. Seeded Champion-ship in 1959, where he also finished last, without winning a game. It seems that Sherwin, who began playing ser· ious chess rather " late" in life (i.e., in high school) suHers more than some of the other players from the psychologi· cal after·effects of defeat and is likely to go into a slump after a poor start. He's always come bouncing back in the

past, however, and there's no reason to think that he won't be a serious con· tender for the V. S. title in '63·'64.

Ros$olimo and Steinmeyer Two welcome additions to the toUt'na-

mcnt were Nicolas Rossolimo and Rob· crt Steinmeyer, though neither played up to his capacity, Rossolimo, wiihout serious practice for many years, was obviously rusty at the start and was so disappointed with his showing that he wanted to withdraw from the tourna· ment after blundering in the fourth round against Bisguier. Fortunately, he was prevailed upon to continue and went through the rest of the tournament without losing a game! His fine finish agaimt Benko in round eight received a loud ovation, and his attempt for a brilliancy against Sherwin in the final round came within an inch of success.

Steinmeyer, who like Mednis and Sher-win was handicapped by having to put in a day at the office before playing his evening rounds, was by no mcans out-classed. Now a ::'>l"ew York City l'esident, he may find time for more practice against top·fIight opposition.

• • • This year's U. S. Championship was

remarkably strong. Of the top ten play· ers on the 'CSCF rating list, only Wil· Iiam Lombardy and Donald Byrne were missing. All the players, with the cx· ception of Berliner, were rated above 2400 (senior master) and Hans was as close as you can get .. -2399! It seems safe to say that his strong showing in this event will put him into the senior mas-ter class with something to spare.

• • • The tournament was again conducted

as a cooperative venture by the U. S. Chess Federation and the American Chess Foundation. The championship

BEFORE THE START. Reshevsky and Addison chatting before the start of their first·round game.

committee, under the chairmanship of i\1. J. Kasper, consisted of David Hou· mann, I A. Horowitz. and J. F. Rein-hardt. The staging and management of the tournament were under USCF di-rection, and had the valuable assistance of Mr. Morris Steinberg of the Manhat· tan Chess Club.

Fischer, by winning, will again have his name engraved on the Frank J . Mar-shall Trophy and will receive a formal presentation at the Mal'shall Chess Club.

HERMANN HELMS

The man who was known for al· most a quarter of a century as "The Dcan of American Chess" died in Brooklyn, N.Y. on January 6, at the age of ninety· three.

That trite obitu3l'Y phrase, "his passing marks the end of an era," surprises one, in the case of Her" mann Helms, by havi ng the ring of simple truth. Already in the early 1890's he was a player of master strength in the then·power-ful Brooklyn Chess Club. This was before Brooklyn oecame a borough of Greater New York. before Harry Nelson Pillsbury became the hero of Hastings, and before Dr. Eman· uel Lasker became either a world champion or a doctor of philoso· phy. The chess career of Hermann Helms reached from Steinitz to Bobby Fischcl'.

Almost from the start. it was a career devoted more to chess journalism than to tournament competition. Though he retained his playing strength to a remark· able degree, and played some sprightly games when he was well into his eighties, it was in the field of journalism that Hermann Helms made his great contribu· tions to American chess. As a col· umnist for the Brooklyn t;agil!, as chess editor of the N.Y. Tim es, and as editor and publisher of the .. \ mcriclln Chess Bulletill, he pro-vided, almost single·handed, a chronicle of the American chess scene for the first three decades of this century. The American Cf,ess Bulletin, founded in 1904-----the year of the gt'eat Cambridge Springs Tournament_is still being pUblished, and one hopes that some way will be found to keep it going as a valuable part of America's chess tradition.

Hermann Helms was a hard and dedicated worker. Nothing but death could have put an end to his labors. He built well, and there is little that is good on the American chess scene today that is not, in some degree, his me-morial.

" CHESS LIFE

GAMES FROM THE 1962-63 U. S. CHAMPIONSHIP

Byrne-I

I . P44 2. P.KN3 1. B· N2 4. P·OB4 5. N. KB3 6. 0 ·0 7. N·Bl 8. B·B4 9. B·N5 10. NXB 11 . N-Bl 12. P·05 13. PxP 14. P-N3 IS. N·04 16. 0-Q3 17. OR-QI 18. 0 ·02 19. P·B4 20. P·K4 21 . NxKP 22. P-KR3 23 . Px P 24. N·K82

ROUND ONE

DUTCH DEFENSE

ROS$ollm-o

P·KB4 N·KBl

P·K3 B·K2 P·03 0-0

O·KI N·R4 ...

P·KR3 N·OB3 ... , .. , N·KB3

P.B3 ... , .-'" N(I ).B2 N-N5 .. , B· BI p .Q4 .. , N·B3

25. KR·KI 26. H-K6 21 . RXB 28. BxP 29. R·06 30. BxNc h 31. OxO 32. RxR 33. R·02 34. K· N2 35. P·KN4 36. P·B5 37. PxP 38. P-R4 39. P-N5 40. PxP 41 . N·K4 42. K·BI 43. P·N6c h 44. P· B6 45. Px P 46. N.B6ch 41. R.KB2

NIMZO·INDIAN

... , ••• ... ,

OR·OI

••• K •• ••• R·BI R·B6

P·QN 4 P·QR4

P· RS .. , R.-QR6 , ..

N_R4 N·BSch

R·K6 K·KI N-K3 ... K·BI

Resigns

Sle in mey , r_I Evan-o

1. P·04 2. P-084 3. N-OB3 4. P-K3 5. N· Bl 6. B·03 7. 0-0 8. BxP 9 . P4R3 10. PxB 11. R·KI 12. P·K4 13. B_KN5 14. B-Q5 IS. B·R4 16. Px KP 17. NxN 11. B-N3 19. 8xR 20. B·06 21 . R.-QBl 22 . RxQ 23. RxB 24. R(3)'03 25. R·04 26. R(I )'02

H·KB3 P .K] B· NS 0 -0

P·B4 P·04

OpxP Q.K2 ...

QN-Q2 P ·K4

P-QN3 P· KR3

R· NI B· N2

N(2)xP ••• QxBP ••• B· N6 ••• ... ' ... P· BS H·B6 N ' N4

27. RxP 28. RxR 29. R·B6 30. P·OR4 31. R·B8ch 32. R·B7 33. RxP 34. PxP 35. R· N7 U . P-B3 37. K-B2 38. R· N6ch 39. R'06 40. R·QS 41. Rx P 42. R· N4 43 . K· K2 44. K·0 3 45. K·K4 46. K·K5 47. K· K6 48. K.Q7 49. K·K7 SO. K·K6 51. R·N4ch 52. K_B6

... ... N· N4 N.QS K_R2 P·R3

P ·QN 4 .. , K· N3 K_B3 P ·Nl K· III4 N·B4 P·R4 P· RS K· R4 K·R 3 K·Nt

N.Q 3ch N_B2ch N-Ql c h

N·B2 N-R3 N·B4 K·R4

Resigns

RET! OPENING

Be nko-V,

1. N_KB3 2. P·KN3 3. B-N2 4. P-B4 5. PxP 6. N·B3 7. Q· N3 8. OxO 9. p ·0 3 10. B·K3 11. N·ON5 12. 0·0 13. KR·BI 14. RxR IS. KN.04 16. P-KRl 17. NxN 18. P-KN4 19. P·84 20. N·Nl 11. P·B5

P·0 4 B. N5 ... ,

P.QB3 .. , P·K3 Q ·N3 ••• R_BI B·03 B. NI N· K2

RxRch N_B3 K", ••• B_R4 B.N3 P·B3 N·R5 .. ,

JANUARY, 1963

Blsgl/ l .. _ 'I:I

22. BxQP N x P 23. BxNP PxP 24. N·B5ch K·K2 25. B-Q4 B·K4 26. BXB PxB 27. PxP R-QNI 28. B·K4 R. N3 29. K·B2 B·B2 30. P·R4 P.KR3 31 . P·R5 R. N4 32. N. N7 I!I.Q4 33. R-B7ch K-B3 34. N' 06 RxP 3S. N-Klch K· N4 36. Rx Pch K.R5 37. BxB RXl' 38. RxP R-QS 39. N·N7 KxP 40. R-K7 HxPch

Dr.wn

F ischer_ O

I . P .K4 2. P ·Q4 3. N-QB3 4. P ·K5 5. P-QR3 6. PxB 7. N·Bl 8. P-OR4 9. B-03 10. 0 ·0 II. B_K2 12. B·R3 13. R-KI 14. PxP 15. B·KBI 16. N·R4 17. Q-RS II. P-H3 19. B·ON2 20 . R-Kl 21 . K·RI 22 . NxN 23. Q-K2 24. K·NI 25 . P.R4 26. Q·B3 27 . 0 ' B4 21. B·H2 29. QXQ 30. P-QR5 31 . B-QRl 32. B· N4 33. R(l)·KI 34. B·B3 3S. B·K2 36. K· N2 37. R· R1

Add lson_ l

1. P-04 2. P-QB4 3. P-KN 3 4. B· N2 S. N·OB3 6. N· B3 7. 0 ·0 8. P ·K4 9. P·KR3 10. NXP 11 . 8 ·Kl 12. 0 ·B2 13. QR·QI 14. N_N3 15. NxN 16. 0 ·Q2 17. KR· K1 II . N·Q5 19. KPxP 20. BxN

1. P-Q4 2. P ·QB4 3. N-QB3 4. P·K4 S. P· B3 6. B·K3 7. 0-Q2 8. 0 ·0 ·0 9. P·KR4 10. B·R6 11 . KH. I(:l 12. BxB 13. P·R3 14. N.N] 15. P_RS 16. P ·B4 17. P·B5 18. NXN 19. Px8

FRENCH DE F EHSE

P-K3 ~ .. B·NS

, .. u BxNch

Q.B2 8 ·02 N· K2

QN_B3 P-BS P-B3 0 _0

R·B2 .. , R·Kl N·N] R· N2 0 -R4 N·OI N·B2 ... , ... R·R2 K·B2 P-B4 N·K5

R·QBI Q.B2 ... R·B3

R-QR] R· RI B·B3 ... , N· KS N-B3 B· KI

38. K-1!I3 39. K_K3 40. P .B3 41 _ P ·N4 42. K· B4 43. P-RS 44. OR·KNI 45. K-K3 46. PxNP 47. R·Rl 48. 8.0' 49. Px8P 50. R·KR4 51. B· R1 52. K.Q2 S3. K.Bl 54. B·Bl 55. B-B4 56. R-KR2 57. B.K3 58. 8 · N5 59. R-K2 60. Rx R 61 . K·OI 61 . K·Q2 63 . B·H1 64 . R_Klch 65. B_R6 U . B·l!lach 61 . I!I ·B5 68. R-QR1 69. K·K3 70. K·B4 71. B· N4 72. B.KR3 73. B·K7 lind White

N·K5 H·Bl ... , B·KI .....

NPxp B·KI P· N3 ... R· N2 R-R1 , .. K·K3 R· N1

R/2·0N2 R/1. NJ

H·HI P_R4

P-QR5 N· K2 K·B2 R·K3 K .. H·Bl ... ' R_R2 K.Q3 P·R6 K·B3 R·Rl p ·Rl ... , N·N4 P· RS N·B2

res lgn,d.

KING'S INDIAN

N·KB3 P-KN3

B_N2 0-0

P·Q3 QH·Q2

P.K4 P-B3 , .. R·Kl

P·OR4 N·B4

KH·Q1 0 ·K2 ••• B·BI B·K3 ... N·K5

Bx RP

Reshenky-e

21. B-Q4 22. Q. B3 23. B·03 14. RxR 25. R·KI 26. QxR 27. P-ON4 28. Px P 29. 0 ·K3 30. K·R2 31. B·K4 :n. 04B3 33. Q ·N2 34. Q.R3 35. Q. R8ch 36. B-K3 37. BXB 38. K· NI 39. B·R6

0 -B2 QR·BI

P·R5

••• Rx Rch Q-02

Px P e. p . Q· N5

O·Olc h B· NS B-R3 B.Ql P_R4 B.R3 B·Bl B·B6

••• P_R5 Resigns

KING 'S INDIAN

H.KB3 P·KN3

B-H2 P-03 0 -0

P·B3 P-QR3 p·QN4 QN.Q2

P·K4 Q.R4 K ••

N· N3 PxBP B.K3

QR. NI N·R5

••• BPxP

BuUner_ 1

20. RPxP g .N6 21 . QPxP QPxP 22. 0 ·B3 QxQch 23. PxQ R·N6 24. PxP Rx Pch 25. K-H2 RxN 26. BxP RxP c h 27. K. N3 R·Nlch 28. K.R4 K·Rl 29. BxP NxKP 30. R·QBl R.QH4 31. RxP N·B4c h :n. RxN R~R 33. B_N8 R-QN4 34. R·R4 R·KB7 35. 8 -B4 R·BS 36. RxR PxR Wh tt. ove rstepped

the time limit •

B1591/ Ier_ 1 I. P-K4 2. N·KB3 3. P·04 4. NxP 5. N·QBl 6. B.K2 7. ·0-0 8. B-K3 9. 0 ·Q2 10. p · u 11. H_N] 12. B-1!I4 13. P-KR3 14. B-K2 IS. NxH 16. B·B3 17. B·04 18. PxP 19. B-K2 20. OR·Q! 21 . N· NS 22 . RxQ 23. N·B7 24. Nx B U . P-I!I] 26. BxN 27. BxB 28. P. KS 29. R·B6 30. R·04

ROUND TWO

SICILIAN DEFEHSE

P-QB' N.gBl ,.,

N.B3 P·0 3

P· KN3 B_N2 0 -0

B_Q2 R·Kl B·NS ... ,

N-QR4 B_B3

••• ... , P·K4 .. , B.Q2 I!I-K] ••• KR-Ql

QR. B1 ... H·BS

••• K •• P.Q4 R·KI R·B2

31. R·QR4 32. K.B2 33. RXR 34. K-K3 35. R. R6 36. P-KN4 37. P· KR4 38. P·R4 39. P·QRS 40. RxP (S) 41 . K-Q4 42. RxPch 43. K_BS 44. K·Q6 45. KxP 46. R-Q7 47. RxQP 48. K·B6 49 . K· K7 50. K·Q' SI . P· K6 52. K_K7 53. P-HS 54. R-Q8 S5. K-cH 56. K·Kl 57. K-K8 58. P·K7 59. R· B8

Mednl~

P· N3 R·KBI

K" R_KB2

K·Nl K-R3 R_K2 K_N2 .. , R-N2 .. , K-HI R·N6 ... , .. ' R·BI

R·Klch R·Blch R·B2c h

R_R2 R· Rlch

K_N2 R-R]

R-R2c h R.R3ch R·R2ch

R-R3 R.R2

RUlgns

SICILIAN DEFEHSE RO!5ollm_lh Fischer_ lh

KR·BI K .. ,

I. P·K4 2. N·KB3 3. B·N5ch 4. 8xBch 5. 0-0 6. Q-K2 7. P ' B3 8. R·QI 9. P-Q4 10. PxP II . NxN 12. N·R3 13. N·NS 14. B_B4 15. B·R6 16. P-B4 17. B·N5 11. PxB 19. Q_N4ch 20. OXOch

P·QB4 , .. , ... , •••

N.gB3 P·KN3

B-N2 P_K4

KPxP ... ... N·K2 N·B3 B-K4

D-o·O B·I!I]

••• Q.K2 Q-K3

,,-,,-,,-,,-,,-,,-29. K·B2 30. K·K3 31. K-Q3 32. K·01 33. K·B2 34. K·02 35. K_B2 U . K·Q2 37. K-K2 38. K-Q2 39. K·K2 40. PxP 41 . P-QR4 42. K·K3

••• K·K3 ... , ... K·B3 K·B4 K· N5 K·B4 K", K· B5 K·Q5 P_N4

P-QR4 p-., P_R6 K·B6 .. , K·Nl

21 . NxP (4) 22. RxN

"'. ••• P_K4 43. K.Q2 Drlwn KING 'S INDIAN

Berllne r- 'h I . P ·Q4 2. P.QB4 3. N-QB3 4. P·K4 5. P·84 6. p .QS 7. N·B3 8. 8-K2

N-KB3 P_KN3

B· N2 , .. , , ... 0 -0

P·K3 .. , N·KI N·B2 P_B4 ... ,

13. P·QN3 14. B· N2 15. QR· KI 16. H-QI 17. Bx B 18. RxR 19. Q.N2ch 20. P·N3

Byrne - lh N·Bl B·Q2 R·Kl N·R4 K ••

••• K·HI Q.KBI

9. KPJ{P 10. 0 ·0 11. I!I·Q3

21 . R·Kl 22. OxQ 23. N·B]

Q.B3 ••• Drawn 12. 0 -B2

PREVIOUS WINNERS OF

U.S. CHAMPIONSHIPS 1936 .... ...... .. .... .. ..... " .... .. ..... ..... S.ml/el Ruhe vsky 1938 .... ........ .. .. .... .. .......... .. .... ... S.ml/e l RUh.vsky 1940 .. .. .... .... .. ...... ......... .. _ .. .. ... .. S&ml/e l Rllhev l ky 1942 ..... .. ....... .. ... ....... ..... .. ... .. ... Samu. 1 Reshevsky 1944 ... ..... ... .... " ............ " .... ...... Arnold S. Denk .. 1946 ... ... ...... .... ... ... ... ........... .. ... S. ml/el Reshevslcy 1948 .... ..... .... .. ....... ...... .... ... .... .. ... . He rm.n Stllner 1951 ...... .. .... ... .. ... .. .................. ... .. ...... .. L. rry EVins 1954 ...... ...... ................... __ ...... Arthl/r I!I. Blsgl/ler 1957/ 8 ............................... ........ Robert J. Fischer 1958/9 ... ...... .. ...... .. _ .. .. _ .. ______ .. _.Robert J . Flschlr 1959/ 60 ... ................................ Rober t J . FIl(:her 1960161 ........ ........ ............ ....... Rob .. t J . F ll(:her 1961/ 62 ..... ............ .. ... .. ...... .... .... .. .. ..... L.rry Iv.ns

5

(Notes by lArry ECQm)

Blac: k eommlts the ,~~:.". Ing a n attaek b~rore oped. His own Kin .. , ~;;;;P:!~ eenter, eventually bec:ome. the a duzllng counteraUack. Ev~n 50, must have s leady nerve. to tempt the at • !llDe when no d ear refutation was dghL And Sherwin m ust be tIIven great CNldll for in-Jecting com plica tions Dta ins t his bette!;" judi· ment. The n:planalion for these sharp t.a.c· tics b that tbe game was played In round two atte r we had both liCored juIcy loose eggs at the oulRt. Owing to the metaphyatc:a of the point Icorlng system , whe n bo th play· ers are delc:rmlned l.o come from behind ra le may ra vor on ly o ne. 1\ draw would have done ne lthc: r of UI a ny good.

EVANS QU •• N'S GAMBIT

1 . ... ~ ~. N·KlIl 3 . .. ·.4 4 . ... Kl 5. II ... ..... 1. Q.K2

ACCEPT'I!D SHERWIN

P.Q4 N·K.3 .... ~·K) P·.4

"--mean sudden deilth. The IS . .. _ ..... p·tU cannot be

15. H·'" U , P·831 _ ..... .

The belt .nd only deren~el U 18. P·K4, p.w, 17. P·M, PXP; 18. 1'x"P, N·B4 with a ftne g.me Cor Black.

16 . ....... .

This 10,Ical plunge crclitCli irr. mMiable weaknesses, but It Is the only w.y to conllnue the ".ltack." U 16 . ........• ~-R5; 17. P·Nf closes t he linea. Re la U¥ely be51 Is the . Ue mp! to cunsolld.te with 16. . ....... , P. I'" ( to prevent P· M ); 17. N·NS, ().() though Black'i ,lmC! I! In fe rio r.

1" P.K4 ... NS 11, • • H$ R·H1

Now Blick'. " attack" comes to an I brupt ltandlllUl . But If 18 . .. ..... , PXP; 19. QzP, N·N5; 20. NzP!. PxN; 21. Rz1Il I, KxR. (21 •.. _ .... , Q. H2ch, 2:2. B·K31; 21. Q.B7eh, K.B3; 23. Q~h, Il-Ql; 24. ft.-Ql (among othert) wlnl hands down. Indeed. It Is to nt .ck" credll tha t he consta ntly averts these brilliant wlyl to luse.

, ...... . P081t1on. lly Black 18 now lost . H. has no

more att.ck, bl, Kin g I, urlnded. In the cent~r, . nd his Q·sldo plccel a re herded like c.tUe. It I. just a m. tte r or time.

" . _...... Q.R2 20, K.III K, III

20 .........• Q...O.() loses to 21. P ·K$ or BlilCk tries to s hellcr his Kin. on thl but he h n too many we.knes,u.

21. Q • • ll

QR-B1. K-skl e,

A walttn, move which s~n'tben. Whlle's PQJIIUon, Also .trong II 2 1. B·RSch, K·K2; 22. P.K$, N·Q4.; 23. P·BS, but Black'. Kin. is hetter placed on 1(2 than KN2 II In the ,arne.

21, ........ K·H2 22. P.KS H·Q4 23, P· .31 . ·H3

Ag~ln Bbck avoids 8 pretty wlY to lose: 23 . ....... . , PxP; 24. Qxl', R-RI; %5. B·BSch!, Nl2x8; 26. P,,-"'ch, NxP; 27. Q.N~h, K.Bl; U . QxN and. win$. There Is no .ood de refl.ge all)'W~y.

24. Hx. U . PIIP 26. ".RS!

•• N . .. To deflect Black', Queen trom a ,ood d lag·

o nal and relDove lla gua rd or t he KP .ftcr Whlt-e play, P ·BS. Not 26. QxNP!?, N·K6eh.

2'. ........ QII~ 21. P·IS R •• ' 21 .•• KR4 R·Rl 29. PxP PxP 30. QxPch K· RT 31. Q-HS! ....... .

DeclsiYe! A peculiar position In umuch 8S m.ck's Rook Is trapped. The reml lntn, moves • re acade mic.

"OSitiOfl . n . r 31 . Q.HSI

31 ...... .. 32. K·NI U . • xR 34. "xH 35. K·R2 U. PxN

R·.'Ch .... H·aS .... N ••

R •• I,nl

ORUEHFELD DEFENSE Reshevsky_1 .. P-

KN-

Mednb_l

1. P·K4 2. N-KB 3 3. B. NS 4 . B·R4 5. O;,() 6. 0 ·K2 7. B·N3 •• P ·B3 9 . P-Q3 10. R'OI 11. B-B2 12. ON_Q2 13. N·Bl 14. BxN 15_ P·N4 16. P·OR4 17. N-K3 lB. P ·04 19. NxOP 20_ P-K5 21 . N{3J-Bs

Add lso n_ O I. N-KB 3 2 . P·OB4 3. P_KN3 4. B_N2 S. 0 ·0 6. P'04 7. ON-Q2 a. P · N3 9. 8 ·1'42 10. P-K3 11. N· KS 12. KPxP 13. 0·K2 14. P-B4 15. BxB 16. PxP 17. P·OBS III. PxN 19. R-82 20. QxB 21. 0 ·Q4

RUY LOPEZ

P_K4 1'4 ·083 P·QR3

N·B3 B·K2

P-QN4 , .. , B_NS P-II: 3

N·QR4 P·B3 N.R2 N_N4

". N·N2

0 ·0 a .. ,

I

POll tlon ,fter I'. K ·Bl

The , arne .

R-Rl with a powerfu l aDd p robably winning attack. It 23. R·K! (the th reat Is ........ , Rr(3). Rxl' II hlrd to mcet .

m. FllcMr's 20. B-Q4! and Black h as two main linn. IA) 20. .. ...... , Q.B6. (8) 20. .. ...... . Q·R5. Let's give this another diagram.

POlltlon after 20. B.Q4

Orlglnslly 21) . ...... .. , Q·RS p",unted u~ with som e trouble . We analyzed 21 . R·K,NI . R-QI (I r 21. __ ._ .• R-B7; 22, R oN3); 22. QxReh, QxQ; 23. BxB, Q.RS (l r 23 . . _ ... _. R-Q7; Z4. RxR. QxR; 25. B·86, Q-Q3; 26. P·K6!. q.Q6eh; 27. K.N1. QxN; 28. R·QI wlnl); %4. B-Q4, QxRP; 25. 8 ·86. R_N I; 26. R·N3 which White s hould win as SO(ln as he eonllOlklates.

Nex t day Fischer announced that amply 21. N-QSi wtns.

8

•

.T,~",e troublesome continuation Is 20. .. ...... ,

. ~ 21. R·KN I, R-B7! (It 21. ....... ., P'Q1l4; 22. 23. Q-Q3!, Q·B3; 24. R-KN3. B.any; rollowed by BxR Ind wins.; 22_

is better?). Q·R8ch; 23. R·NI, Q. with a draw by repetllloa.

th is varlallon Is drsw~h wheth . 19 . ....... _. QxQ or 19 . ...... _. Q-B3!?

be able to In.p royc on ou r Bnal ysls. unless Whit e can find some way or Improving earlier (be rore 9. R·Ql) this " long line" agaln d the Gruenfeld Illves him no winning chancel wha~oevcr. The WBy t hat lJotvlnnlk played (10. B·K2) Is al so un-satisfactory.

ROUND FIVE RUY LOPEZ

Sher ..... i n_ v,. Add ison_v. .. p·Ke P·K4 16. NoQ2 B·B4 L N·KB] N.oB.l ,. 8·NS P.QR] 17. P·Bl Q.N3 I I, Q.K'1 KR·KI •• II ·R4 N ·B3 1' . Q·KB'1 RxRct> •• ... ~., 20. RxR R·KI •• .... ... 21. RxRch QxR ,. P-KS N-K5 n . H·H3 B_H ] •• N • • 0 ·0 23. P_KRl P.KR4 •• N ·85 •. ", 24. P.QR4 K _R2 10. BxN ... 25. N·8 S P·R4 11 . N x Bch •• N 26. P·R4 Q·K4 12. R·Kl P·8 3 27. Q·Qe Q·KSch 13. P.KB3 N·N4 2S. K ·R'1 B.K 5 14. PxP ••• Drawn IS. 8 x N •••

SICILIAN DEFENSE FlictHtr_ 1 Rltlll ltYl ky-O .. P·K4 P.QB4 28. R·KR3 8 _BI ,. N·KB3 ... ' 29. R/ I -RI R_B2 ,. . ... ... 10. R·R4 P.Q4 •• N .. N_KB3 31. R·RI R·B3 •• N.Q83 P.QR3 32. PxPch KxP •• P·K R] P_KN3 33. R·Qleh K ·1(3 ,. P-KN4 B·N1 34. A_QI K ·B4 •• P·NS N·R4 3S. A.AS A.K 3 •• B-K2 P·K 4 36. A·R3 B.N'1 10. N-N3 N·B5 37. AXR BxR II . N·Qs N •• 3S. AxP R·Kl 11. QxN N_B3 39. R·B7ch K ·NS 13. B·N4 ••• 40. p ·B3ch "·N6 14. PxB 0 -81 41 . " ·Q3 P-KSch 15. Q.ol N ·Q5 4'2. Px P R.olch 16. P·QB3 N.N 43. B·Q4 K -Ns H . PxN Q·K 3 44. R·BI B·K4 11. R.QR5 potU 45. K ·K3 B·8 2 I • . Q.o5 ••• 46. A·Nlch K ·,II:4 '10. RxQ K'" 47. K .B] R ·O~ 21. PxP ... ... P·KS R·1I2eh n . P·HS 8 ·K2 .... K ·K4 A·B4 '13. K ·K2 QR·KBI SO. P_K6 II·QI 24. B·K3 R·QBl S1. 8 ·B6 BxB 25. P·N4 P_N 4 51. PxB RxP 16. R/ s'01 K -K 3 53. K·OS R·B7 21. R·Rl R_B3 54. R·Kl Resigns

SICILIAN DEFENSE M ednls-V, Evans-V, L P·K4 P·QIiI4 ". bN ••• ,. H·KB3 P-Q] ". K .. , R·BS ,. . ... ... U. P·RS B·N1 •• N" N·KB3 " . ... ... •• N-QIiI] P-QR3 34. RoQ6 R·87ch • 8 ·KNS P·K3 » . K.o3 K_R' ,. Q·IiI ] P·KR3 U . R.o7 A-K3 •• IiI·R4 8 ·Kl 37. P·NS P·KR4 •• 0 ·0 ·0 Q_82 31. H.QS K· Nl 10. B_N3 0 ·0 39. N ·K 7ch K ·BI 11 . B.Q3 ON.Q2 40. R.K 3 Ax Reh n. Q.K'1 P-QN4 41. KxR K ·K1 U. P-QA3 QR_Nl 42. KxR K .. 14. N-R2 B.oN2 43. NxP ••• IS. P-1I3 KR-OBI 44. N ·84 P·AS 16. P-KR4 B_KBI 45. P·N6 P.R4 11. B·KR2 P_K4 '6 . K-B3 K ·K2 IS. N-Bs .... 47. N·Q5eh K·B I I t . p ·K Ha ,.. .... K .N4 . .. 2Q. px P N (2).84 ... K., K ·N1 n . N·B3 N .. SO. K·NS P·RS n . IbN HxKP 51. N ·B3 B-K2~h 23. N·QS .. - 52. K .BS P·R' 24. Rxlil Q_IIS 53. N·R2 B·B3 25. QxQ ... So4 . N ·N4 8 -B6 U . 8xKP R·Kl 55. N .R2 B-07 27. B-Q4 P·KN3 U. K.KS K •• 2S. N-K 3 R_83 57. K ·QS K·R4 29. R·R3 N-B3 U . K ·B5 Drawn

NIMZO·IND1AH Sieinmtyer_v, B119uln-1/z 1. P-Q4 H·K83 12. N (3)xN PxN 2. ".oB4 P· K3 13. B-B4 NxN 3. N 'OB] B·N5 14. BPxN BxB 4. P·K 3 0.(1 15. oxB B.Q4 5. B.Q3 P.o4 16. QR.oBI Bx B 6. N ·B3 P.QN3 17. Rx8 QoQ4 7. PxP Px P I S. KA.QBl QA.o'I S. N ·K5 8 ·N2 19. P.QR4 Px P t. 0 ·0 OH.Q1 20. QxP P_KR3 10. P· B4 P.B4 Drawn I I . B·Q2 N .KS

NEO·GRUENFELD By rne-V. Benko-V. .. P·Q4 N-K83 10. 0.(1 ... ,. P.QB4 P_KN3 11. B·02 N(1 ).QR3 ,. P-K N3 .... 12. Q-Kl P·KB4 •• B·N1 B·N2 13. Bx N N •• •• . .. N .. 14. QxN ••• •• p ·Ke H.H5 IS . PxQ ... ,. .... P·QB3 16. A·R2 B·K4 •• N ·K2 ... 17. N (I)·B3 Drawn •• P.oR' Q·R4

SICILIAN DEFENSE Rossellmo-'12

•• p·Ke ,. H·KB] ,. P·Q4 •• N .. •• N·QB3 •• B·K 3 ,. B·K'1 •• 0.0 •• ,.. 10. P·Q6 11. N (l).NS n . p.oll-4 13. Q·R4 14. NxN 15. N·B3 16. BxN 17. QxBP 18. N ·Q5 I'. HxPch 20. HxQ 11. H.o4 21. P-K R3

8isgui tr_VI I . P-K4 2. P.Q4 3. H.QB3 4. N·B3 5. B·K2 6. 0 ·0 1. P·K5 8. HXP 9. B·KB4 10. IiIxN 11 . 0 ·Q2 12. OA·QI 11. P·QR3 14. BxB

Addison-VI 1. P·Q4 2. P.QB4 1. P·KNl 4. B·N '1 5. P·Q5 6. N.QB3 7. H. KB3 B. 0·0 9. P·K 4 10. P·KR3 II . QxB 11. P.oR4 13. P· RS 14. PxP 15. R·R3 16. N·A. 17. p ·N3 11. KPII" 19. IiI·Q2 20. R-HI 21. P·QH4

Berliner_V. P-QB4 ". b • b. N ·QIiI3 14. PxB ... , , .. 25. P·QH3 R.QBl P·KN 3 26. KR' 01 R·H7

B·N2 27. R.o3 K·H2 N ·B3 18. R.KB3 R(I )·B7 0.0 19. P.IU ,..QR4 . ... 3(). A·Kl R· B2

N·QN5 31. R·KS .... , ... 32. AxP R(7)xNP Q.QI 33. RxR b'

P.QR3 34. R·R7 P·Rl N ·B3 35. P·N3 R·Nkh

HPIIH U . K_N'1 A.QR' N·N5 37. P·B4 It.B3 ... 38. K ·B3 R·llich Q.81 39. K ·K2 R·KN. ••• ... K -B2 A.oRS K ·RI ". R·R6ch K ·H2

OA.81 ". P_BS R·R7ch ... Drawn • • N

ROU ND SIX

P_KN3 B-N2 ... ,

N-KB3 0 ·0

P· B3 ... QN.Q2

N.N 8 ·k3 Q. R4

KR.QI N·Kl N ••

Berlll\er-I/z 15. N·K4 16. RIIQ 17. N ·BS 18. N·R6 19. R/1·01 20. H·H4 21. N·Q3 22. N·K5 23. AxB 2~ POO5 25. RxP 2'. H.o1 27. R·Q3

Draw"

••• ~ •. P·N3 A·Q2

R.QBl P·QA4

B·B5 . .. R·R2 ... N ·B4 P·K3

P'ON4

KING' S I NDIAN

N·KII3 P-KN3

B·N2 P·B4 P'0 3 0 ·0

N .A3 N.B1 B· NS b. R-NI

P.QR3 P·N3 b' P·K3 R·N 5 ... N ·02 R·N2 B·QS N_K4

n. Q· K2 '13. K_R2 24. R/ 3_N3 25. B-K81 '16. 8 -B3 17. Bxll 2S. P-B4 29. 0 ·KN2 30. BxP 31. BxQ 32. B.Q7 33. 8-B6 34. K-RI 35. H -B3 U. P·NS 31. Nx P 31. BxN 39. NxP

lI)'rn_l':I Q.Q2 Q·B4 Q-B1 R-KI Q.B4 . .. P·Q6 N ••

N·K' N •• A-K7

N·K6eh R·NI

R-CtB? , .. 40. RXR

Draw

N /2J!P N •• b' ... ,

CHESS LIFE

Reshe vsky- l Mldnl$-O SLAV DEFENse ROUND EIGHT .. P-QB4 N. KBl n . K·Rl R·B1 Byrne-V, stelnm. y.,_V:! DEFENSE ,. H·KBl P· KN3 "- P·H5 H·B' .. P' 04 P·g4 11. K·B' P.gR4 SICILIAN ,. H·B3 B·N2 ,.. P·gR4 P ·gR4 ,. P·gB4 P.gB3 11. K· K2 R·g2 Blslule r_ 'h E ..... ns-'h •• P·g4 0 ·0 U . PxP '.P. ." , . N·KB3 N·Bl 19. P· B4 R/ I .gI •• P·K4 P·gB4 19. B·K3 P·gN3 •• ... K4 P ·Ql '6. NxB . ,. •• N· B3 '" 20. "'· KNI H·KI ,. H·KB3 P·g3 20. "xP ." •• B·K1 " ·Bl 21 . K·Hl R·B1 •• P·QR4 B·B4 11. P·K5 ." ,. P '04 '" 21. H ·H4 0 ·H1 ,. 0-0 P· K4 U . B·Q3 H·B3 •• P' Kl H·R3 22. BxR ... •• ." H·KB] 12. K·RI KR·Kl •• R·KI Q.Hl 29. RII )-QNI 0-0' ,. .., H-QN5 U . P·N3 ." •• H·QB3 P-QR3 23. P-QNl II ·Kl •• p·QS P·84 30. Q·Q82 H·R4 •• 0 ·0 P· K3 24. OR·QI B·84 • B·K2 P·K4 24. N(3)QS .,. '0. P'OR3 N·R3 31. P·R5 ,,' •• Q.K2 B·N5 25 . R·QI K·BI , . H·N3 B·K3 25. NxN .,. 11 . B·Q1 P· R3 31. R·HI Q·Bl '0. R.g, B·K1 26. N·g, R· K5ch •• 0 ·0 QN·Q2 26. R)l.B R·B6 12. P-QH4 .... U . B· K4 R(2).Rl 11. P· K4 0-0 27. H·K3 ." •• 8 .K3 8 ·K2 21. B·02 R·B3 ll. R·Hl N·Kl 14. O-R4 0 · 1(1 12. B· Kl .... 28. R/ 1·QI " . 10. P· B3 0-0 U . 8 ·RS KR·Hl 14. P·H3 p ... 3S. a ·QB2 H·B3 13. QR.Bl Q. R4 29. pxa .... 11. p ·QU H·H 3 29. P· N3 ,." IS. H·KR4 g.B3 U . P· R4 Htl )-Q2 14. P·Rl .,. 30. axN KPltB 12. P· R5 H·B5 30. K·H2 '" 16. PltP '" 31. Rtl)·Hl H(21·B1 15. QxB .,. 31. R·R8 R·R4 13. BltH ... 31. PltP K·RI 11. R·H3 P ·HI 31. P·H4 K ·H1 16. PxO QR-OI Dr . .... 14. R·B2 Q·B2 32, B·KI Q ·BI 18. B-Kl ."'. )t. N·K4 .,. 15. II ·Ql OR·BI 13. R·R2 R·H2 19. Q-Ol K·R2 411 . BxH OxP? U . N·BI " ·R3 14. R-Q3 Q· K] :HI. P·B3 ... , .II . P·H5 Ru lgn '-

SICILIAH OEFEHSE 17. B·H' g ·HI 35. R· KBl Onwn 21. B·KB1 Q.K2 Fllch.r_ 1 Addlson-o 11. H{I )1I2 H·Q2

BAIICZA SYSTEM .. P·K4 P·OB4 24. B·N4 R.Q5 ENGLISH OPENING ,. N·KB) N·QB3 25. R·KB' N·H2 Benko-VI F ischer_ VI ,. P'04 '" 26. B·., N·B4 lIeshenkV_ I B.,lin.r-o .. H·KB3 H·K8] n . OXOP HxQN •• ." H·B] 21. Bx" .,. .. P·g84 P·Kl 11. HxP K·H2 ,. "·KH3 P·KN] 12. PxH .,. , . H-Q83 P·K] 2 •. "xH R·82 ,. N-QB3 P ·04 18. KR· KI R·QI ,. B·H2 8 ·H2 13. 8xg . ,. •• H/ 4·HS B·N5 n . R·N6 K.Q] ,. '" '" 19. N·N3 Q·Bl •• 0 0 ·0 14. PxH B" ,. P-QR) 8xNch 30. 8xBP RxOP •• P'04 B·K2 20. HxNch " . ,. P·B4 P·B3 15. 8 ·R' KR·Q' •• ." P'04 31. RxP B·N2 ,. H· Bl N·KB] 21. R·KS H·Q2 •• P·Q4 , ... 16. BxQNP QR·Nl •• '" .,P 32. B. K5ch K·Q4 •• B· B4 P. 83 22. R.K8$ g ·Q3 ,. p,p p" 17. OR-Ql BxBP ... B·02 .,. 33. P'OR4 R·07 ,. 0 ·82 P· KN3 23. H·H5 P·83 •• H·KS • • 84 18. RxRCh . .. 11 . IIxN oxgch 14. P·R3 K· B5 •• P·K3 B·KB4 24. N·1t4 Q·K3 •• N-ClB3 H·K5 '9. K·N2 Dr.wn '2. RxO P·B3 35. R· B2 JI / 2'02 •• B·03 .RB 25. RxRP N· llI 10. Q·H3 N·OlIl IS. P· 1I4 B·02 36. RxR ... 10. oxB N·R4 26 . H·8S O·KI

14. B·B4 0·0·0 37. R·H6 K·H5 , I. 8 ·R6 8 ·B' 11. RxNPch K ·Hl 15. 0 ·0 K·82 38. P· R4 8 ·K5 12. Bxll ." 2'. 0 · ltN3ch 0 ·N3 HIMZO.INDIAN 16. OR·K' KR·Kl 39. R·H1 ." 13. P·gH4 0 ·K2 29. N·K4 H·g2 E ... ,ns-V. Rossol lmo-'h 11. R· B3 B· 81 40. P·R5 ." 14. 0 ·0 OxHP 10. IIxH ... • • , ... N·KBl 22 . OxR P·KR4 II . R·N3 R·K2 41. P· R6 .... 15. OR·NI g ·K2 31. NXPch K·B2 ,. P-QB4 P.K2 23. O·O'ch K·R2 I'. Rf3·K3 R·03 42. K·R2 P· R4 16. P·K4 '" 32. RxPch R. signs ,. N·083 B·N5 24. B·Bl N·K3 20. P' OH4 .... 41. P·R1 8xRP

•• N·83 P·B4 25. 0 ·02 P·gN4 21. P ·HS 11/ 2·02 44. RxB P·1I5 OUEEN' S INDIAN ,. P·k3 0 ·0 " . P· KII. O·Bl 11. 11·03 P·KRl 45. R·R7 k ·N5 Benko-O lIoswlimo-l •• B", , ... 17. O·Kl p·as 23. R·N3 P'ON3 46. P·N~ R.slgns •• ' ... N·Klll 13. P ·KB4 ." ,. 0-0 H.B3 21. 8 ·K1 O·N) ,. P'084 P·K3 24 . OXO 8xoch •• P-CiRl ". n . BxRP P·Nl ,. H· KII3 P·QN3 25. K· Rl H· K5 •• 'RB "xBP 30. 8 ·8] N·B4 SICILIAN DEFENSE •• P.K3 B·N2 26. H·g3 B·Q5 10. 8xP Q.82 31 . P·K5 B" M. dnls-V. B, nk_VI ,. B·03 P·II~ 21. Bxll '" n . 8-Q3 ' .K4 32. 'x8 N·RS .. P·K4 P-QB4 11. O·K 1 8 '02 •• 0 ·0 8 ·K2 21. B.83 8 ·Rl 12. Q·82 R·K! 3]. OxQ .,. ,. H·K81 N-oB3 12. 0 ·"' ] .,. ,. P-QN) 0-0 29. RxR ... 13. NxP H,. 34. k ·82 H·Q4 ,. P'04 '" 13. B~H 11·113 •• 8·H2 '" 30. K·Hl R·1I6 14. PxN ." 35. 11'02 K·N2 •• ." P·K3 14. P ·KS '" •• "p ' ... 11. N· N4 ... IS. P·B3 ... ' U . K-H3 P·B4 •• N-Q8) Q·B2 15. BxK' Q."Uch 10. ON·02 ON-Q2 11. Hx. ' ... 16. R-Ql B·B3 37. K·1I4 H·82

•• P-QR3 N·B3 16. K·Rl H· Kl 11 . 0 ·K2 N· R4 33. N·H4 , .. , 17. P·K4 N·R4 :II. 8 ·K3 p · rn ,. B·Kl P'ORl 1,. B·03 p ·H1 12. P.KN3 P·KN3 14. K ·H2 R·B1ch '8. II·Bl QR-Cll 39. K-Hl K·81

•• II ·K2 8 ·K2 '8. N· lt4 13. gR·BI N·H2 35. K·H, R. lt7 40 . II ·N6 N·lO .... ~ .. 14. ItR·Ol '9. 8·N2 H·B5 •• P.B4 , .. , On' .... R·B' U . K·81 ... 10. RxR ... 41 . II·Kl It· KI '0. 0-0 0 ·0 IS . H·KIlI H· lt1l4 31. K·HI R·lt1 21. R-Ql ... 42. K· B2 Dn ,wn I' . H. lt3 N,. 38. N.Bl H·B'

17. QxN R· KI 39. K· B1 II·R7 OPEHING ROBATSCH DEFENSE

, • . II·K81 B·K81 40. K·Hl ." ENGLISH 19. 8 ·N2 4 ·K2 .II . KxR N·86 Slelnmeyer_ 1 Sh.rwln _ O Rossolimo-'12 R. sh .... sky_ VI 20. N. Kl N·83 42. N·K) P'05 •• P.Q8 • P·K. 20. OIl.Kl II·B3 .. P·K. P·KHl 13. Px8 NxNP 21 . p ·a5 '" 41. R4S19ns ,. N-QB) P ·O] 21. B· 8S K·N2 ,. P' 04 8·N2 14. "xOP R·Kl 22. PxP P·k4 ,. P·KN3 P ·KN3 22. P·Nl P 'OR4 ,. N·K81 P'Ol 15. 0 ·0 ·0 BPxP •• B·H2 B·H2 2]. Q.KB2 K·R2 •• H.B3 B·NS 16. Px" ." KING 'S INDIAN ,. N·Bl H·01l3 14. Bx" N·N' ,. B·OB4 P·K3 11. PxN .. , Addison- I Mednl$-O •• 0·0 KH.K2 25. R·K'

.,. •• 8 ·K3 N·OB3 II. HxP K·N' •• P·Q4 II. gxR R·H I ,. P'03 0 .0 26. Ox8 p,p ,. Q·02 N·B3 19. '1·0 3 0 ·N4 ,. P'OB4 19. O·Bl R· N5 •• B·g2 ' ·KR3 27. NPxP N·83 •• H·KH5 P·04 20. N·B4 gR· )(1 ,. P ·KN) B·H2 20, P'OR] R·H2 •• N·Kl 8 ·K3 U . R/ ' ·Kl R· NS •• 8 ·N5 P·KR3 21. OxP .,. •• 8 ·N1 0·0 21 . P.KR4 P·R4 '0. N·g5 ' ·B4 U . P·N4 HxNP 10. NxBP K,. 22. NxO ... ,. N·OBl P'03 22. 8 ·112 O·Nl I' . P· B4 B·B2 30. P.Kll l H·B3 I' . P· I(R3 P·K4 21. H· B4 R·K81 •• N·83 H·1I3 23. II·Nl 0 ·01 12. N·1I2 R·N' 31. P·O' '" 12. BxN ". On' ..... ,. 0 ·0 P·ORl 24. R·KI 0 · N3 13. B·g81 N·OS 32. RxOP O·KBI

•• P' 05 N·gR4 25. 8 '03 O·gl 14. P·K4 B· Kl )3 . R/l.K, R·Hach •• N·02 P' 84 26. P· K8. 8 ·H5 15. PxKP QPxP 14. K·R2 N·KI HROMADKA SYSTEM 10. 0 ·112 R·NI 27. R·KIII 0 ·H3 16. NxN ". 35. R·O' R·K2 lI.rlln.r-CI Ih.ns-I n . " ·N) P·ON. U . p .K1I5 '" 17. 8 ·H4 .,. 36. RxR ." •• P '04 N·K81 20. HxN 8 ·N2 12. 8 ·H2 ... , n. 8xP .,. 11. K"xa R·82 31. R·01 Resigns ,. P-084 P·84 21 . P·8S ." 13. KII·HI Q·82 30. Rxa P·B] 19. Q-K2 P-QN4 ,. P·OS P·K3 22. NxH ". 14. N(1)·K4 .,. 11 . RxKRP K·81

ROUND SEVEN •• N·OBl '" 23. PxP Q.Nlch IS. BxN .,. 32. 0-Q3 K·KI ,. '" P·03 14. K·Rl BP"P 16. Rx8 ,,' 33. R·Rlch Resigns •• P.K4 P ·KN3 25. a .K1 Q·81 17. PxP ... 'UY LOPEZ ,. P .B4 8·N2 U . B·1I3 ...

Sherwin--O BISgul.r_ l •• 8 ·HSch KN-Ql 27. Ollxll ... KING'S INDIAN P· K4 n . R·K2 P·Hl •• B", 0-0 21. Rxll 11·111 Sherwin _ V. ayr ne_ v. •• P·K4 ,. N· Ka3 M-olil n . B·R3 P-Q.4 10. KN·K2 N·R3 n. B·Rl B·K4 • • , ... N·KB3 11. Px8 PXOch ,. B.NS N·81 14. P-QN4 B·OH2 11 . 0 ·0 N· 82 30. p ·R3 Q·BS , P-oB4 P·KNl 12. BxP QxBch •• 0 ·0 ." 15. PxP '" 12. P'OR4 P·ORl 31 . P·Hl 0 ·K5 ,. N·OB3 B·N2 U . RxO R·HI ,. R·Kl ... , 16. R·Hl R·N' n . R·R' R·Hl 32. K·R2 R·QB' •• P·K4 , .. , 14. P·KR4 ." •• ." B·K2 11. N·K4 .,. '4. R.Hl P ·ON4 13. P ·R4 R·87ch •• P· 83 P-QR3 15. H·K2 N·02 ,. B'" .,. 1'. RxR ." 15. PxP P·BS 34. K·Hl p ... •• B·K3 P·B3 16. N·B3 B· N2 •• ., . 0 ·0 19. BxB R· ltl '6. IIxP H·84 35. O·Ol B·05ch ,. 0 ·Q2 P·ON4 17. 11 ·03 P·gB4 •• H·Bl 8 .B3 20. P'03 H·H4 17. R·R3 p" 36. K·B' R·1I7ch •• 0 .0 ·0 Q. R4 II. B· K4 ........ 10. R·K3 P·KN3 21. R.slgn, '8. P-QN4 NxKP 37. RxR oxoch •• P·K5 P' N5 Dnw 11. P'ON3 B·05 " . B·03 .,. 11. Rulgn , 10. PxN ". JANUARY, 1963 9

Steinmeyu--o I . N·KB3 2. P-KN3 J. B-N2 4. p .Q" 5_ P.QB4 6 . Q·A"ch 1. 0 ·0 I. QxQap 9. R·QI 10. Q-Nl 11. Q·B2 12. Q· Nl 13. N·1I3 14. Q.Al 15. N·Hl 16. A·Kl 17. HxN II. Q-N .. " . P-Kl 20. N· A3 11. IIxP

N-KI' P.KH3 , ...

I · N2 .. , KN..Q2 QN_1I3

0-0 H .H3 I ·K3 1 ·1 ..

'..QA .. P · AS A·A" • • 117 ."

KlxH A-AI I ·H2 B·14

A..QNI

Fllchu_ l 22 . B·Nl Q.Q3 23 . Q· A5 II· K3 24 . P' K4 Q-K4 25 . Q· A6 KA·Ql 26. A-QNI A· AI 27. Q.K2 BxP 21 . B·B4 Q·Q5 u . a"p axR 10. Bx1l: A" B 31. Rxa Q·Q7 32. QxQ AxQ 31. P.QH3 B_QS 3". PxP RxP 35_ K· AI HxP 36. N-N5 II· K4 31. K· NI A.o7 "- K· II.I H·H7 n . H·Rl P·KR4 "0. 11.111 P·R5 oil . H·B4 Ind Whil e

Rlllgnl

ROUND NINE FOUA KNIGHTS

Ros.ollm_'h I. P_K .. P·K4

N·Qe, H-Bl

2. N·KBl 3. H·B3 4. p .Q" 5. NxP 6. NxN 1. B·Q3 I. PxP 9. Q.Kl 10. QxQeh II . 0 ·0 \2. N·NS 13. N·B3 14. B·K2 IS. PxB 16. R· NI 17. B-B. II. P.oA .. 19. AxA 20 . A-N7eh 21 . P-QAS 22. 8-Bl 23. B·K2 2 ... A·N6th 25. a -Ql 26. BXP

Enns--'!I 1. P-K. 2. H·K83 3. P-Q" ... NxP S. H..oB] 6. B·K3 7. a ·QB4 8. B· N3 9. P-Bl 10. Q ·Q2 II. 0-0·0 12. K·NI 13. BxN 14. N·N3 IS. APxB 16_ P . A .. 17. H·Q5 1 • • AxQ 19. PxN 2.11. P·RS 21 _ PxP 22. P·KN4 23. P ·H5 14. PxP 25. 6-B. 26. eXB 27. P·K84

'" B· NS NPxH

P.Q4 Q.K2ch .. , ...

P·B. P-QA3

P· BS ... 11·11"

I(A-QHI R-H4 ... .. , K·'" .... B·KS P·Q5 K·B< .. , H ·Q4

SICILIAH

, .... N·QI3 .. , P·KH3

B.H2 H·Il 0 ·0

Q. A4 P·H3

II_QA3 N·K4 N·B5 .,. .,.

KIt.el R-Bl

••• "'. A·83 ' .. ' APxP ... , P·Kl .. , .... ... A·K2

Addl.on_1f! 21. P ·N4eh K-III 2. . a-Qleh K-K4 29 . A·QB. B·Q6 30. a -KB3 A.QI 31 . BxH Kx. 32. A_1I7 B·K7 33. P · A3 ' K·K3 34. a ·B3 A·(H 35. B· N4 A-Qie h 36. K·Nl \l.Bl ch 31. K·N3 A·Qkh )t. P-Bl A·N' 39. B·B. P ·H4 40. K-B2 B·Q6 41 _ A_B6th K-K4 42 . AxP A· N7c h 43 . K-H3 A.QR1 44. 8-A6 p ·e6 43 . A-Qe6 P·8 7 .6. exp AxP 47. K·e2 K·Q4 ... A·el R.Al fl. K·Kl a · N3 SO. K·Q2 10·&4

Dnw

DEFENSE It . lh . .. wy- '!I

21. KR-QI R·QB3 :It. P_B3 K·81 10. P-H. R·1I5 31. R· KII2 1t/ 5·K5 32. K· A2 !l·KI 33. A/ I ·Q2 K·K2 3" . K·H3 P_H4 35. A' Rl A/ l ·K5 36. R/ Q2· KB' P·R3 37. P.85 'xP 3 • . AxP A·K4 39. A/ 5·B2 A"P 40. A-R7 K·Kl 41 . A/ 'xp A·H3 "1. R·QN' A_QA8 "3. R·N' A·H4 44. A·Rl A·H3 "5. A·H1 A·8 3 .... R-K2ch K-Q4 .,. R·H' R·H) .... • -K' R·N7 49. A-Qt A·H 3 SO. A-Q7 A.RS 51. R-QA7 K·Kl 52. AxHP PxR 53. AxA K..Q2

Or.w

QUEEN'S GAMIlIT DECLINED Byrne-"" Bh""I. r_l'J I . P-Q4 H·K83 15. N.B3 8-KB3 2. P-Q84 P·K3 16. B.oII4 NxN 1. H-Q83 P-Q4 11. P"N H· A4 4 . PxP HxP 11. B· A2 AxP 5. N·B3 I'·B4 It. R·KI N.Bl 6. P -K3 N·1I3 20. P-Q5 PMP 1. B-Q3 B·K2 21 . 8xPeh K· AI •• 0-0 0-0 n . Q-Ql AxH 9. P-QA3 PxP U . axR BxA 10. PxP 8 ·Ql 14. AXB Q·83 11. Q_B2 P·KN3 25. A.QI B·BI 12. a ·R6 A-KI '6. B-HS Q· j(4 13. N-K.. QA.BI 27. B·K3 K·HI 14. Q .K2 P ·B. Dr.wn

10

Fiscner_ l

I . P·K4 1. N· K83 3. H-B3 4. B-NSch 5. P-K5 6. PxN 7. PxNP • • QxP 9. 1..Q3 10. 0-0 11. I ·K. 12. Q-Kl 13. PxP 14. A_HI IS. Q . ...

SICILIAN DEFEHSE

P-QB. N·KB3

P.Q4 B·Ql P·Q5 ...

PxPch ." Q-Bl P· BS H·B3 P·B6 B., O~~

P·B4

sntrwln-O 16. QxB 11. N· Ns I'. NxKP 19. QxQeh 20. H ·H3 21 . A·KI 21. AxPch 23. B.B4ch 24. AxA 25 . A·Qldl 26. H_B5 21. K·BI 2'. H-K1ch 2t. HxB

... KA· NI

H·Q5 ... B·B3

NxlP A·Q2 K·II K .. K·ll

A"Pch P-H3 K-H2 A· NS

Ind resl"n.d

GRUEHFELD DEFENSE B. rlln , r-'h I.nk_""-

Q· A4eh Q .1t4 , .. I . P..Q" 2. P..QB4 3. N-Q13

... PxP 5. P.K .. 6. PxN 7 • • ·QB4 I . N·Kl t . P ·KR. 10. B·N3 II. P· A5 \2 . APxP 13. PxP 14. QXH IS. P-B3 16. Q·HS \1. Q_HS

N·Kel P_KNl

P·Q4 -" .. -B_Nl 0 ·0

N·B3 N· A4

p .Q •• BPxP APxP _ .. B_NS B_Kl A·BI B·B5

" . Q·R4 It. B-Ql lao Q"Q 11 . AxP n . B·R6 23 . RXB 24 . P·K5 25 . KxB 26. K·Q3 27 . A(I)·KAI 28 . A· A7eh '9. R·R,eh 30. AxA 31. A_A'ch n. A.oN. l1. AxPch

Drewn

K1I:.QI ... P· KS ...

R_B7eh A"NP K· N2 K· III K·K2 K ..

K·Kl ." K·II

PETAOFF DEFEHSE

M. clni_1h 1. P-K4 2. N·KBl 1. P·Q4 4. P· K5 5. QxP 6. PxP • • p • 1. H ·Bl '. Q-K84 9. B· NS 10. H0Q4 n . NxH 12. BxBc h 13. 0-0 14. B·K3 IS. QA-QI " . '..QN3 11. Q_B' 11. 8 ·B5 I'. N. A4 20 . B·Q4 11. P-B. 22.. N·85

P-K4 N_KB3

'" H-K5 , ... NxQP

H·B3 8 -B4 .. ., ... , ••• '" 0-0 A-KI Q-H l 8 -BI Q-Hl A· K"

QA_KI A.Q"

R·KB4 ...

St.lnmey.r-""-13. N"Q A_B4 2.4. HxN PxH 15. KA·KI A-K3 26. K-Bl P-QA3 2.1. P_KRl P ·KA" 11. P_KN3 R·KN4 fl. AxR PxA 30. K·K2 A·Ke4 31 . II.K3 R·e2 32. K-Ql R·H2 11. K-K.. K·e2 34. P_KN4 PxP 35. PxP B·K2 36. K-Q3 P .K. 37. A-K1I:1 R-QNI )t . R_AS K·K3 It. R_A7 A·KNI "0. P_II" PxP "I. B.P A.KBI "1. K·Kl II·B3

Drewn

ROUND TEN

QUEEN'S Ill l lul.r-¥2 1. P ·Q4 1. N·KII3 3. QN..Ql 4. P-K4 S. 8 ·a .. .. 0.0 1_ P·B3 • • PxP t . NxH 10. Q .Bl 11 . R-KI 12, N·Bl 13. a ·1(3 14. N-Q2 IS. N·BI 16. QA-QI 17. N"N II. Q·Kl 19. B· N3 10. AxRch 11. A..QI 22. A-Q3 23. Q-QI 2 ... Q"R 25. K·BI '6. K·NI 27 . Q·QI 21 . Q·Q3 29. B_QI

N·1(83 P_KN3

B-Nl P ·Q3 O~

H·Bl P·K4 .. , ,.-.." ... ,

P·KA' P_H3 N·N5 .... , ... P·83

P-QN4 P-KR4 ... B-Q81

8 -81 ... K_N2 Q. A5 Q.H4 Q_B3

B..o84 P·A5

PAWH GAME A .. h . .... ky- If!

30. P-KAl Q-Q~ 31 . QxQ IxQ 32. a ·N4 ax. 33. NxB P_K84 34. PxP PxP 35. N·K) K' B2 36. K-BI P.QA4 37. K·1(2 P · AS )t. H ·Bl K·K3 39. N·K) B·K2 40. K..Ql P·KSch 41 . K_K2 B·e1 42 . K-Q3 II ·K4 43. P·QH3 P· IIS 44. H ·1I2 K.Q4 45. N·H4ch K-Ql "'. N·B' K..Q4 47. H-H4ch K-Q 3 .... N·1I2 PxP 49. PxP P ·B4 50. H-KI K_K3 51. P_82 I'_K.". 53. K.ol K-Q4 53. K·1I2 B-Q3 54. K-QI • • K4 55. K·Bl 1 ·82 56. N·Q3 P-'85 57. N·Bl

Dnw

KING' S INDIAN IIl nko-G I . P-Q4 1. N_KB3 3. P-B3 ... 8 ·HS 5. QN·Ql 6. B· A4 7. I · N3 • • P-K .. t . B·QB. 10. Q·K2 11. 0 ·0-0 12. H ·Kl n . BxH 14. Q·B3 IS. H ·BI 16. P·KIll 17. N·Hl II. PxP n . Q·Kl 10. Q-K3 21 . PXQ 22. R-Q2 23 . R-KBl

H-KB3 P-KH3

I ·H2 P-Q)

P-KAI P·KN4

H-R4 . .. , P_K3 N·Bl H-N3

N/ 4-IS ••• H·H3

P_KA .. ... , P·HS H· A5

Q ·N4ch QxQeh .. ,

K. K2-B-A3

24. K·Q2 25 . KR_BI 26. B·Kl 27. B..Ql n . H-Kl 29 . H ·H3 3D. H·B$

Fllcher- l 1. P-K4 2. N· KBl 3. B-NS 4. 0-0 5, P.o4 •. exN 1. PxP .. QxQch t. N· B3 10. N· K1 11. N· B4 12. NlIe 13. P·KN4 14. B-B4 U . KR·KT 16. B·N3 17. P-83 II. P· N4 , •• K·N1

Berllner_ T 1. P·Q4 2. P.o84 3. N-QB] 4. P ·K4 5. NxP 6. 8 .Q1 1. BKa • • N·K2 t . Q -Q6 10. 0 ·0 ·0 11. Q.87 12. N ·N] 13. R·Q6

ROUND ELEVEN AUY LOPEZ

P·K4 N-QB3

N·B3 •• p M-Q]

QPxB N-B4 ... I( ·Kl 8 ·K3 B-g. , .. "' ·K2

P..QSl N-N3 B· B4 N· Bl B·N3 N·K3

20. N_R4 11. " · KR3 22. p"p 23. R·RI 24. N_B51 25. M.Qloeh 26. RxR 27. P-KS4 28. " -85 n . " -K6 30. N·B1 31. B· B4 32. B..Q6 33. BXB 34. N-Q8 35. NxP 36. P"N 31. NxP

P-KR4 p ..

P-N3 B-Q1? ...

K_81 P·QN4

)(· Ml N·81 1'-83 8·1(2

"·N" R-Kl ... R·I" ... ...

Resigns

SEMI _SLAV DEFENSE

p ... P-Q83

" · K3 PxKP

B_NSch •• p

QlINeh ... , P·K4 Q-H3 Q-K3

P_KS" "B>

Stelnmeyer_D 14. a ·RS P·QN] 15. QxSP R-NI U . R-Kkh K·Ql 17. B·N4 P'QR4 18. B_B3 "' ·K2 19. g·06 " -85 20. axp PlIN 11 . RP"P R·Nl 22. B-Q3 P-R] 23. B-K4 R-QR': 24. R.g! K-Kl 25. B·N' Resigns

KING'S INDIAN

R45hevlky-1;', Byrne-'h 8·1(3 Q _B2 M·02 B·Bl A·gJ ... Q.81 8 ·1(2 .. , B-Bl Q -RI Q . Ai

1. P·QR. 2. P-Q4 3. N ·QB] 4. P·K4 5. B·K2 6. N·B3 7. B· K3 •. 0-0 t . B· NS 10. 8 ·Q2 11. P.P 12. P-QN4 13. P·85 '4, Q.N3ch 15. KR-QI 16. B·K3 17. AlIR

P·KN] N·K83

B·N2 P·Q3 0 ·0

P_K4 QN-Q2

N·N5 P·KB]

N ·R] QP"P

" · 83 Q.k2 N _B2 ... , N·Bl

•••

18. P· N5 , • • Q-A. 20. H -Q2 ," N ·B4 21. N·N6 23. NlIN 24. QxP 25. Q.N6 26. PxP 27. R·Nl 28. B.QR' 29. 8 ·N7 10. Q·N2 31. RxQ 32. B.Q2 31. N·Nl

Drawn

••• R·Q6 B· Rl ...

SLAV DEFENSE

EVilns-'!2 1. P·Q4 2. P .QB. 3. N·Klll 4. N-B3 S. P ·QR4 6, P·K3 1. BxP S. 0-0 t . Q-K2 10. N·KS 11. NxB 12. R·OJ 13. P. K4 14. P-QS U. NxP 16. exN 17. B· N3 II. RxR n . P · N3 20. P·R. 21 . B·N5 22. B-05 23. K· N2 24. B-QB. 25. R-QNl 26. P _N3 27. P·83 28. P·KN4 '9. B.Q2 30. R_KRI 31. P_N5 32. exN 33. QxQ 34. 8-05

p ... P·QB3

N·83 P.P 8·B4 P·Kl

B.QNS 0 ·0

8 ·N3 QN.o2 RPXN Q·K2 P_K4 P.P

••• N·N3 QR-Ql ...

8 _B4 ... , N-8 3 B-QS R·Q3 R_N3 Q-Q2 Q.N5 Q.Q2 N·R2 N·Bl N·K3 8-B6

Qx8(7) ... K_BI

JANUARY, 1963

Addlson- lh 35. K ·R3 36. B·B4 37. R.Ql 31. 8.05 39. R·Kl 40. P·N4 41. p·QRS 42. R.QBI 43. R-Ql 44. K·N4 45. P·N5 46. P·R6 47. PxP 41. R·QNI n . R.QRl 50. 8 _N7 51 . R-QBI 52. B·Q5 53. R·BS 54. R-B' 55. R_BI 56. R·B2 57. R·QN2 58. R·Nl 5t. R·N5 60. 1'·84 61. KxP 62. K-N4 63. P·RS 64. KxP 6S. p ·K5 66. KxP 67. K ·N4

R·NS R_N! ... , B·t(6 8 ·N3 R·02 B.Ql R_82 ... , B·K2 B·Ol .. , ... , R_N3 t( ·K2 .... B·N3 P.B3 ... , ... , ... , R-03 K ·81 I(.K2 K -81

Px8p K_K2 K-Bl

PxP~h P.P

R·R3ch B-Qlch

R·N)

FRENCH DEFENSE Mednis_ 'h 1. P-K4 2. P-Q4 3. N·02 4. KN·B] 5. P·KS 6. P-QN3 7. 8 ·N2 8. P'OR] 9. B-N5 10. IIxN 11. PxP 12. P·84 13. P.oN4 14. NPxP 15. 0 ·0 16. 8 ·113 17. P-B5 18. 8 ·N4

P·K3 P·Q4

N-QB3 N·II3 N·Q2 8 ·K2 0 ·0

P·B3 p·QR3

P" P ..

R-82 P·QR4 ..P

N·N3 R· Rl N·R5 B ·III

SICILIAN RonoJlmo--V. 1. p ·K4 p .QB4 2. N·K83 N·KIIl 3. p ·K5 N.o4 4. P·KN] N·QB3 S. B'N2 P·KN3 6. N. B3 N·B2 7. N ' K4 N· K3 I. P·83 P.o4 t. PxP e.p. P-84 10. N / 4'N5 NxN 11. NxN P·KR3 12. N-B3 QxP 13. P.o4 PxP 14. PxP 8 _N2 15. 0·0 NxP 16. B· B4 Q.N3 17. NXN BxN n. R·8! p . N4 19. 8·B7 Q.KB3

19. R·Kl 20. R·N! 21. N_N3 22. N-R5 23. N·R4 24. Q-82 25. N·B5 26. Nx8 27. Q·Q2 28. PxP 29. RxR 10. R· KI 31. N.N3 32. Q·K3 33. N.Q2 34. N·N3 35. N'Q4

DEFENSE

8yrne-lh R·K2

8-KN2 B-QR3

B·N4 Q·Q2 P-K4

R(2)-Kl K •• Q.B4 .. P P ..

R-KI R·K3 K·82 P·KS R·N3

Dra .... n

Sh.rwln-lh 20. R·II4 8·N3 21. R·KI 0-0 22. Q.Q5ch P·K3 23. Q·Q6 QxP 24. BxB PxB 25. B·Q5 PXB 26. R·B7 Q_83 27. R/ l ·K1 R·R4 21. QXNP RxP 2t. Q·Q6 R·Q1 30. QxQ RxQ 31. Rx8ch R·B' 32. R/ a-B7 R·8 3 33. R-N7~h K ·BI 34. R·R7 K·Nl 35. QR·N7ch K-BI 35. RxQNP K ·Nl

Drawn

WEAVER W. ADAMS The death of Weaver W. Adams

is a gr eat loss for chess lovers the world over.

Sacrificing relentlessly every other consideration, and endur-ing even poverty (all on a !ife-time background of poor health), he devoted his entire life to the theory and practice of creative chcss play. He was full of enlhus· iasm llnd the spirit of adventure-but always with the soul of an artist , a poet. He loved chess dearly.

Many of his efforts took the form of discovering new ideas, and reviving interest in openings long ill disfavor, and to all intents and purposes dead-such as The King's Bishop Opening, The Vien· na, and The Albin Counter Gambit. Especially effective were some of his ideas for the White side of the Sicman, one of which WKR3) has only recently becn adopted by many, including Bobby Fischer.

As a teacher, he was stubborn, often dogmatic, not always cor-rect. But we all can err. And he Ilad, in compensation, a fierce love and artistry .

Many of his games are immortal struggles with touches of startling beauty-always alive, always fas-cinating. We must go to them again and again.

In Wellver W. Adams America and the whole world has lost a creative chess artist.

-A. E. Santasiere

Trifunovich Wins Oklahoma Open

Seventy-five players from six states swarmed into the Oklahoma City Shera-ton Hotel to ptay in the 17th Annual Oklahoma Open, inspired no doubt by the chance to see and perhaps play against Grllndmaster Petar Trifunovieh of Yugoslavia. Trifunovich accepted Jer-ry Spann's invitation to play in the Okla· homa event as part of his current Amer-ican tour. Trifunovich and Spann were opposing team captains at the 1958 Chess Olympiad in Munich.

Trifunovich's winn ing score of 41 was equaled by no fewer than nine others and he was held to dr·aws in the final two rounds by USCF Master Ken Smith and Expert Robert Potter, both of Dal-las, Texas. Smith took second place, Dr. Bela Rozsa of Tulsa, Oklahoma was Ihird, and Fred Tears of Dall llS was fourth . Th e others with 4·1 scores were John Jaffary, Fort Sill, Oklahoma; Rob. ert Potter; Ronnie Taylor, Ft. Smith, Arkansas; Tibor Rekey, Denton, Texas; John BeiUing, Kansas City, Mo.; and Dennis Sims, Fayetteville, Ark.

The Oklahoma State champ ionship Iro. phy was won by Dr. Rozsa for the tenth 0) time. Th e tournament was directed by F.I.D.E. Vice·President Jerry Spann.

FROM THE NORTH CENTRAL OPEN Milwlukee, 1962

BARCZA SYSTEM I. Th.o

Games From The Soviet Championship

RUY LOPEZ (M arshall Attack) M. TAL N. KROGIUS

An lmp(lr ta nt ga me Lo play over if )'011 a re ever like ly to (:omc up aga inst the Marsha ll . lIlack's plan of d oubling rook $ o n the K til e (move 16) has b ecome popular r eeenUy owing 10 t h e un r eliability of ()ther variati ons. F or a complete survey, readers are referred to my forthcoming book THE Rto"'Y LOPEZ.

Here, Tal smashes the black sys~m. With h is klng 's sid e s t ymied, Krag tus h M to sau l-rice the exchange (0\" . n au ack which mls· rh'es.

1. P · K4 2. N ·KB3 3. B. NS 4. B·R4 S. 0 -0 6. R·Kl 7. 8·N3 8. P·83 9, PxP 10. NItP n. RxN 12. p.Q' 13. R· Kl 14. P-KN3 15. B· K3 16. g ·Q3' 11. N ·Q2 18. BxHI ". p · Ral

p·1(4 N.QII3 P.QR3

N·B3 8 ·K2

P.QH4 0-0

P·Q4 ... ••• P.QlIl ... , Q·lts Q.R6

II ·KNS QR· I(I( I)

R. K3 ... P·N5

'-0. Q·Bl '-1. P .QB41 11. QxP :ll. P·Q5 14. P' R4 15. Q.Q3 26. BKR U. PxP 28. QR·B1 29. RxR 3~. Q.Q4 31. R·B2 32. H·K4 33. Q.Q2 34. P·Q61 35. R·B5 36. NxB~h 37. P·Q7

'After I'. Q·Q3 SICILIAN DEFENSE

Q.R4 ... P· M4 a·R3 R·Bl ... ••• ... •••

B·Nl ... , Q.R ... B·K4

BKRP Q·Nl

8·KB3 •• N

Resigns

(a ) The a lternati ve m ethod or a ttack {rom t he d iagram was sho wn to be Indfeo;tlve In Bole · slav~ky.Tal, Sovie t team chaml)lonshlp 1961: 16 . ........ , P .KB4; l7. P·XB4, QR-KI ; 18. N·Q2. K·R I; 19. BxN, PxB; 20. Q·m , Q·R4; 1 1. p . QR4, P . N4; 12. RPxP. RPxP; 23. P x P , RxB~?; :24. R x R, P·BS; 25. P x P !, BxP ; 26. Il-N 3~, Q xP; 21. K-R I, R-K f\'l; 28. K·B3, Q·B~ a nd now Instead o r 29. Rxl3? as played, White could have r ema ine d a ,ood pawn u p by 29. N·K5~

SICILIAN DEFENSE M. TAL M. TAIMANOV

Gr andmaster Talmanov Is t he or iginator and popularlser of l he newest piece ro rmaUon ror Black in the Slclllan-... .. ... , P .K!; .... ... . , N-QB3; a nd .... .... , Q.B2. Here he tries a not he r varia · t io n ot h is ma in them e, aiming to con t ro l the centel' black $quares with bisho p a nd queen.

TIle Idea Is 'ound, t he execu tio n fa u ll,y . Blac k o ugh t to play 11 . ....... .. 8-85; 12. Q-Q3, P.K4; 13. B.1(3, S KB wi l h a ~sonablc game. What actually happe ns Is that T a l posts his que en o n an agg~sl Ye square a nd combines r ook pressu re a lo ng the quoon '$ tile witb a pawn s t orm on tho kin", $ide. An elegant combina tion nets h i m two plcees f or a rook, and T ai man(lY resi,n$ a hop eless game a t adjournmen t .

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Erevan, Armenia, 1962.

Pre.ented by LEONARD BARDEN

1. P·K4 2. N· I

SIC ILIAN DE F ENSE J . KOTZ M. TAL

Exchanging knlghlS on White', Q~ and forc · ing recapture with the queen Is a good POsI. tio nal method for Black when WhJ te devel-(IPS hIs KB at KNZ agalnlt the Slelllan.. Koh c bQO.'le~ tho wrong m iddle &,ame plan (a t tack (In Black'" QRP) by 120 KJl..BI: better Ideas are 12. QR·Bl followtd by P -QU4 (li'I.scher-Petro~ lan . Cura-cao 1962) or 12. N· R4 f ollowed by N·N6.

In tbe m iddle game, White grabs the QRP when he shouldn 't , and Is c rushed by a fierce aUack .galnst h is ung\larded back ra nk, • . P· K4 p ·QU .,. Q,. ' QR_BI 2. N·KIIl N ·QB' 21. Q-Q3 p .Q4J' 3. P.04 P a P 21. Na P Na N 4. NItP P·K) 22. P a N Ra P $. N.oBl Q.B2 21. Qa P1 B·B4c:h 6. P.KN ) N·B3 14. K·Rl QR.QII 7. 8 ·N2 P.oR3 21. QaQ R-Qkh • . 0-0 Nx N U . B·al BxQ 9. QxN P·Q3 27. K-N2 R(I )-o7ch 10. P-N3 B·K2 21. K. R3 Ra R II . B-N2 0 ·0 n. Ba R R.QI 12. KR·Bl P.oN4 30. R.R5 8 ·KB! 13. N.oI 8 -N2 31. B.QN2 Ax B 14. N.K) KR·QI 32. R·N5 8 · BTeh 15. P .QR4 P x P 33. K·N2 R.o. 16. RxP 8 -B3 :Jot. 8 ·83 R·QBS 11. R·R2 Q·N1 35. RaslgM 18. P.K83 P ·K4

' After 20 . .. __ ., P.o41

S IC ILI A N OE FENSE M. TAL L . ARONIN

A rare event-Tal 1$ outplayed In tactical compUealions. li e has the bette r ot the open. ing (e.g. 18. Q .K2 maintains a positional ad·

I van tage) but decides to I.lc rlrlce a rook •.. for Aronln ' l aUlc k . 1. P·K4 P·Q84 20. QIt P N·N5 1. N·KBl N.Q8, 21 . KR·KlI? Qaap 3. P·Q 4 PaP 12. A· KBI Q·N4· 4. Na p P·KH 3 13. Rx P I? H·B51 5. P·QB4 B·N2 14. P-N3 KxA 6. N·82 P·H3 1S. N·Qkh K·Hl 7. B·K1 B·QR3 26. Px N QxBP 8. 0 ·0 A·Bl 17. NxR Q·Bkh , . N·Q2 N·B3 2 •. K· NI Q.B7eh 10. P.QN3 Q.B2 n . K-Al Q.B6eh 11 . P·B4 0 ·0 30. K·NI Q·B7eh 12. 8 ·N2 P·QN4 31. K.Rl Qx B T3 . P·KS N-K I 32. A·Ql Q.K7 14. PxP Bx NP 33. 8 ·NS Q·B6ch 15. Bx B Q.N3ch :Jot. K· Nl B.R3 16. N-K3 Qa Nch 35. NxPch K-Al 17. I( ·RI N·B2 36. P. KR3 Q·B7eh I I. B·A4 N·K3 37. I( ·Rl B·B5 It. N·B4 Q· I(S n . Rall lll1 l

' Aflu 12 . ......... Q·N4

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GAMES BY USCF MEMBERS Annotated

by USCF MASTER JOHN W. COLLINS

BEST GAME AWARD White received the Best Game Award

tor this one. YMCA Rill ting Tournament

Sa lt Lillke City, 1962 SEMI·SLAV DEFENSE

MCO 9: page 207 Sue Thompson (1612) S. Hunt (1 993) 1. P·Q4 P-Q4 4. N·B3 P·K3 2. P.QB4 P.QB3 5. P-BS? ...... .. 3. N.QB3 N-83

This is a fundamental crror in thc Queen'S Gambit Declined. On the onc hand it rel ieves the pressure on the center and closes the QB fil e. while on the other it creates a weak pawn chain whieh Black readily breaks.

5. ........ B·K2? The refutation is 5 .......... P·QN3; 6.

P·QN4, (6. PxP. PxP and 7 . ........ , P-B4 favors Black) P·QR4; 7. PxRP, (7. PxNP, BxP or 7. B·Ra. RPxP j 8. BxP, N·Ra) PxBP and Black wins a Pawn .

6. P·K3 0·0 7. B.Q3 QN-Q2 8. P-QN4 P·QN4?

Having neglected to break loose with 5. ......... P ·QN3. Black now neglects to frec himself wilh 8 . ......... Q-B2 and 9. ......... P·K4!

9. 0 ·0 P·QR4 10. B-R3 P·R5

Better is 10 . ......... PxP ; 11. BxP, Q·B2. II . B·N2 N.KI 14. P·N3 P·R3 12. P·QR3 p.B4 15. K-N2 N/ l .83 13. N·K2 P·N4 16. P·R4 P·NS

The inter-locking (picket·rencc) pawn chain does not mean an impasse as White can break with P-B3.

17. N·Q2 18. N·B4

0,. 18 . .. ....... R-B3.

N·K5 N/ 2·B3

19. N-N6 R-KI 20. N·K5 0 -82

Prefer able is 20 ... ...... , B-Q2. One should not deny White the "opportunity" to take this Bishop!

21. P·83! 22. RxP 23. R·B4

PxP ch P·R4?

.. ...... Threatening 24. B·K2 and the win o(

the KRP. 23 ..... .... 24. Bx N! '15. NxKPII ........

Positio n afte r 25. NxKPll

White wins a Pawn and cracks the position.

'15 ......... 26. Rx N!

A part of 25. NxKP. 26. ........ BxR 27. OxPch K·HI 2a . QxRch K·R'1

........

29. Q·N6ch K·Rl 30. Oa8ch ........

Or 30. N-B7 ch, QxN; 31. QxQ, B-KN2; 32. R·KBI , and mate in a few moves. 30. ........ Q.N'1 35. PxB R·QBl 31. QxQch KxQ 36. R-87ch K.Nl 3'1. NxP 8 .N2 37. R·N7ch K.81 33. P·Q5ch K·R2 38. P·B7 Re$ign5 34. R·K BI BxN

DR. ZABIN FIRST IN MONTEREY Dr . Zahin wins a neal cnding in the

final round, scored 4lh points. and f in-ished first in the Open.

Monterey County Open Salinas, 1962

CENTER COUNTER GAME MeO 9: p . 162, c. 5

Or. B. Zabin (1968) S. Rubin (1932) 1. P·K4 P·Q4 2. PxP N·KB3

This has largely supplanted the older 2 .......... QxP.

3. N·QB3 ........ Altcrnatives arc 3. p .Q4. 3. P·QB4,

(wb ich usually tra nsposes into the Panov Atlack in the Caro-Ka nn) and 3. B· N5 eh.

Mednis-Hearst (a Ce ntel' Counter prac-. . u.s. Champ., New York, 1962,

p .Q4. NxP ; 4 . N-KB3, P -B·N2; 6. 0 -0. 0-0; 7. P-QR4. P-QR4i 9. P·R3. N-NS; 11. N-BJ, P·K3;

PxP. QxP; 14. N·N5.

........ NxP 8-84 P·K3

Or 4 .......... NxN j 5. Q·B3, P-K3j 6. Qx!\' . N·Q2; 7. N·B3, N-E3.

5. N·83 P·KN3 After ......... p-Ra. a KB fia nchet to is

often dubious. Possibilities are 5 . ........ . B·K2 and 5 ....... .. , NxN.

6. 0.0 8 ·N2 7. P·Q4 ........

Why take on doublcd QBPs? Prefer· able are 7. N·R4 and 8. P-Q4 or 7. NxN, PxN; B. R·Kl eh, B-K3; 9. B-N3.

7. ........ NxN 8. PxN 0 ·0 9. R-Kl P·N3

Or 9. ......... P-QB4 and if 10. B-R3. N-Q2. 10. N·KS 8·N'1 11. B·R3 R-Kl

BeUer is 13. B·Q3. 13 . ........ 14. P·84 15. B·N3?

1'1. 8-N5 13. B·B4?

N·Q2 N·B3 ........

P.QB3

The intention is 16. P-84 (taking con-trol of the important square Q5), but Black does llot cooperate. Best is 15. Q-B3, Q·B2; 16. Q·N3.

(CDntinued on page 19)

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by U.S. Senior Master ELIOT HEARST

REVIEW OF INTERVIEWS World champion :r.fikhail Botvinnik and his Armenian chal-

lenger, Tigran Petrosian, will meet in their match for the world title in March or April, 1963. Botvlnnik wanted to start the match in March but Petros ian insists on adherence to the rule which .allows a period of {our months to pass from the time the contract is signed until the match actually be· gins. He wanls every minute of time permlued him ior preparation. Just as in his over·the·board play, Petrosian doesn't like to take unnecessary chances,

The two contenders have granted several interviews to Western correspondents (particularly BriUshers Golorobek and Wood) over the past few months. Here arc some excerpUi from these question and answer sessions :

PETROS IAN Q. How did you pl ay in the Candidates' Tourney in Cura·

cao? A. I believe that the Candidates' Tourney is the kind of

event where one should play "to win" rather than "creatively." It was on this basis that I built my plans.

In past years my style has somewhat changed; it has become more active. When 1 arrived at Curacao and became acquainted with the tournament conditions I concluded that the best principle to follow would be the old tactic: not to lose.

After the tournament I heard that many sports commen· tators had accused me of being too peaceful. Some of them had advised me throughout the tourney to throw myself into combinationsj that this was Ute only way to win. Many top masters avoid reading sports magazines during their compe· ti tion. I have a different opinion. But, anyway, the Soviet sport s journals arrived very belatedly in Curacao. In any event I would have paid no attention to their advice and in the end I was right.

Q. Did you think you would be lirst? A. I think all eight competitors thought they w()uld be

first. Otherwise it would be senseless to participate in such a competition. I expected a favorable result because I had played three times in the Candidates' and each time I did better. In 1953 I was fifth , in 1956 third through seventh, and in 1959 third.

Q. What about the other players at Curacao? A. Generally the pre·toumey favorites were Tal and

Fischer. But Tal didn't really recover from his operation be· fore tbe tourney. Even so, I believe that if Tal had started well in the tourney he would have finished out the tourna· ment and would have bcen among the leaders, if not first.

On the way from Moscow to Curacao I spoke to Keres about Bobby and we concluded that at best hc would be th ird. Many writers had been telling myths of an invincible F ischer.

As often berore, destiny was unjust to Keres. It is much more difficu lt to finish second four times than to be fi rst once. I believe that Kercs has as much right as I for a match with Botvinnik.

Benko continually gets into heavy time pressure. That is his weakness as well as his strength. It is a fact that he is a rather uninteresting player but when he has no time Jeft and only a few seconds to think then he shows real "class." Par·

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tjcularly under time pressure he sees much and far ahead. U he were not slightly weaker than the other players he would not have such defeats.

Q. What about your match with Botvinnik? A. Against Botvinnik I have played five times, three times

in official competition (two games were practice). All games were drawn.

Like many grandmasters of the middle and younger gen· cration r have learned from him and shaH keep learning from him. One of my til'sl chess books was a collection of Botvinnik's games.

Q. How will the match end? A. No one will believe me it I say r don't expect to win.

Botvinnik certainly doesn' t Intcnd to lose. We shall see.

BOTVINNIK Q. To what factors do you ascribe the extraordinary reo

versal of scores in your two matches with M. Tal? A. The results simply show that he who plays better wins. Q. What do you cons.ider the factors in your own character

which. have provided the main contribution to your success? A. It is impossible to attain great successes without the

will to win. Q. What do you consider the mai n strengths and weak·

nesses of the British and American players you have met? What advice could you oHer them?

A. In my opinion the British masters lack all·round play· ing strength. R. Fischer has no longer any need of my advice.

Q. In how many years do you think chess by electronic computers will become a serious !actor in the game?

A. I believe the time when an electronic machine will begin to play chess well is not far on .

Q. There has been speculation as to how much your work as an electrical engineer is a distraction from your ehess? What proportion of your lime do you give to each?

A. Perhaps my work as an engIneer both hinders and helps me as a chessplayer. I have always combined the two and not without success. While I am working as an engineer 1 contine myself, as far as chess is concerned, to collecting in· formation.

Q. Would you be willing to play in a Swiss System tourney and what is your opinion of this system?

A. I do not like the Sw iss System but sometimes it is nec· essary.

Q. What opinion of the general standard of play at the Bulgaria?

A. to answer as I have not played over all 1400 games. it is my impression that the games were much harder·fought thaD bcfore.

Q. What d() you think of the USSR team's play? A. It was on the level of that o( previous Russian teams

with the exception of first board, who did not play so weIl as first boards in the past (Botvinnik was first board- EM).

Q. What advice can you give about preparation or teams for the Olympiad?

A. In the lirst instance each team member should do his own preparation . Once this Is done the team should get to· gether and discuss plans, variations, etc. for a week or so before the event.

Q. In your opinion are there any young players in the USSR who might follow in the foot5leps or Tal and Spassky?

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A. A few years ago there were none, but now the situation is better. While it is as yet too early to talk of a second Tal or Spassky there are some of promisc. For example, there is the champion of Minsk and White Russia, Kapengut, who at 19 is ·already a Soviet master. And there arc some others although none arc Soviet masters yet.

Q. Who are the most promising younger players in the world?

A. The s tandard reply to this question is Fischer and of course as lar as young players up to twenty are concerned he clearly excels everyone (we are not taking into consideration her e Spassky since he is some years older). Other promising players are Pat·mn and Hart. Parma should become one of the strongest Yugoslav masters and Hart will probably be as good as Filip or Pachman of Czeehoslovakia .

Q. What importance do you attach to opening theory? Has it acquired more importance than it possessed in the past ? Do you think the time may come when opening theory will be completely known and hence played·out?

A. Every good chessplayer must be completely equipped and a knowledge of opening theory is part of such equipment. But in addition every strong chessplayer should have some· thing more than Is pUblished in this respect. He should have his own ideas and his own variations. P art of Petrosian's s trength is that he knows somcthing more than the others (this remark should also be taken in relation to the next question and answer). In the past onc could just sit down and play but now theoretical preparation Is essential. Statis-tically .and mathematically opening theory is limited but in practice (or mankind it is inexhaustible.

Q. What would you say is Petrosian's particular s trength as a player?

A. Petrosian's main strength is that more Ulan any player he knows how to play the typical middlegame positions that arise out of modern openings. He is intuitively mor e at home in them than any other great master.

WHY BE CONSISTENT? Here arc two of Alekhine's annotations f rom the Notting-

ham 1936 tournament book, one oC the finest volumes ever produced :

Game 20 1. 2. 3. •• S.

C. Alennder P.QB4 N-QB3 P-KN3 B·N2 P-K3

Vs.. S. RHhev5ky P-K4

N-QB3 P·KN3

B·N2 ••••••••

"This weakens the squarc KB3 without necessity. To be considcted was 5. P·Q3 followcd eventually by P·B4."

Game 102 Dr. E. Laske r VI. C. Alexander 1. P·QB4 P·K4 2. N·QB3 N·QB3 3. P·KN3 P-KN3 4. B-N2 B·N2 S. P-Q3 ....... .

"More promising is 5. P·K3 as played (with colors reversed) by BotvinniJc against Alexander in the first round."

KNIGHTS WITH A PARANOID RUSSIAN In an article in the London "Sunday Times" Lord Taylor,

who is r eputed to be an eminent authority on medicine, made the foll owing comments on the Russian mind (If I'm not mis-taken these statements by Lord Taylor also appeared in the New York Times Magazine some months ·ago):

" Pure paranoia is a rare mental illness whose synonym is systematized delusional insanity. Us essence is that it com· bines suspicion with organized tortuosity. All of us arc apt to become paranoid at t imes, to think others are talking about us or even scheming against us. Al most always we are wrong. In business and litigation, politics and war, a small measure of paranoia may be a useful protective mechanism. But as a rule paranoid (eelings are a disadvantage to both parties In tbe situation . There is only one place where, as a temporary

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cxpedient, a paranoid appronch is a positive advantage--on the chesshoard.

"It will at once be obvious that the Russians have more tban Uleir fair sbare of paranoia. It is a national handicap which they are only just s tarting to overcome. One may guess tbat their favorite piece in their favorite game is the knigbt. Time and again one can observe them making intellectual knight's moves. For the knight, Ulere are eight possibilities, not one of which is straighUorw.ard. Knights·move·think..ing is rare among Anglo·Saxons; when they meet it, they do not recognize it and think they have been cheated."

I wonder who would most resent these gross oversimplifi· cations: chessplayel'S, psychologists, or experts in international :tCCairs? Maybe what we Americans need to equal the Rus-sians in chess is more of that elusive "knight's.move-thinking"l

• • • ONE-MOVERS: Before the war Salo Flohr was gIving

an exbibition in Prague and one of his opponents produced a five·inch pocket chess set with all the pieces virtually the same size and the colors all an Indis tinct grey. " I can' t play with that seU" exclaimed Flobr. "Why not?'" said the other . "Grandmaster Reti played with it and he was blindiolded." (Leonard Barden) ... Paul Keres, commenting on Fischer's protest about overt consultation among the Russians at Cura· cao: " We chatted with each other whenever we felt like it, even after Bobby's protest. Why should I keep silent for five hours because Bobby wants me to?" .. . "Fischer is too con· vinced of his own superiority, if one can believe Ule various s tatements made by him to the press. Overconfidence in one· self does not do too much harm. In chess history we have cases of optimistic players who have been successful just through their optimism. But wbile overrating oneself need not be unprofitable, underrating one's opponent is most dangerous and may be catastrophic. Fischer ecrtainly must have under· rated his opponents at Curacao. (Former world champion M. Euwe) .. . Paul Keres, introducing E. Geller to Euwe at Ule 1956 Candidates' Tour ney: "Here is Geller. He always plays for mate !"

ANOTHER ABSURD CONTEST: Our last contest (the gentle glossary oC chess terms) was so successful that we must initiate another. The five readers who send in the best "absurd headlines" will receive free copies of Ule Hastings 1895 tournament book and the Nottingham 1936 volume.

Here are a few samples to start the ball rolling: "FISCHER·RESHEVSKY MATCH TO BEGIN AT 9 A.M." " BENKO OVERSTEPS TIME LIMIT; DOES NOT PRO-TES,.-" PETROSIAN SACRIFICES PIECE" "RUSSIANS ACCUSE FISCHER OF CHEATING" "BOTVINNIK REGAINS WORLD TITLE FOR FIF-

TEENTH TIME" "FISCHER RESIGNS WORLD 'l'fI'LE TO TAKE UP

CHECKERS" "JERRY SPANN WINS US OPEN TITLE"

(Send aU contributions to this column to Eliot Hearst, Arllng· ton Towers J -1125, Arlington 9, Virginia)

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Brooklyn College T earn Wins Intercollegiate

A Brookl)'n College team, led by USCF Scnior Master Raymond Wein· stein, eked out a tie-break victory over Columbia in the U. S. Intercollegiate Championship at LaSalle College, Pa. on December 20·2!), Philip Ratner. David' Daniels, David Hall , and Stuart Chagrin all turn ed in fi ne performances ;15 Brooklyn rolled up an 18-6 game score in the largest college chess event ever held .

One hund red and th irty-eight players. (rom 28 tea ms representing 25 schools of the United States and Canada, turned out for the tournament. Contrast Ih is with the largest previous coll ege tourna-ment: 1950 when sixteen teams turned up. In thai yea r, 9 of the teams wcre from New York, with entries from as far awuy as Miami, Michigan, Case, Yale, Penn, Temple and Princeton. This yeat· too, we had many teams from the New York·New Jersey-Pcnnsylvan ia a rea, 15 in a ll. Slightly less than half the tour-nament t ravelled long distances to get to P hiladelph ia, including the University of Puerto Rico, Los Angeles Sta te College, and Florida State Univer-sity. In fact, every uscr Region but VII was repre-sented_

For the [i tst year invita tions wet·e sent 10 every college in Canada and several in Mexico and Central America . We were very pleased to sec two Canadian

by Peter Berlow

entr ies In this event. not to mention a good parl of the Puerto Rican Olympic Team!

Many of the teams were experienced in this event, led by Columbia wh ich has played in a ll nine team champion-shil)S_ Eight of them had competed in the 1960 event in Princeton. includ ing all of the prize·winners! This may very well be the s t rongest college event, with fi ve USCF-rated masters, and ten ex-perts. Previously, the 1953 Individual Championship had held this honor, with USCF Masters Bisguier, Berliner, Bur-ger, Harrow. Crittenden, Kaufman, Blo-narovych, Henin, Popovych and Kerr competing. Naturally, most of these play· ers were comparative unknowns at that time, achieving chess greatncss only re-cently. It is interesting to speculate on how many of this year 's college players will go on to become maste rs, and form the nucleus of some [uture US Cham-pionship event.

The talent a t LaSa lle was not limited to chess mastery_The coaches at the tournament included Senior Master Don· aid Byrne, USCfo~ Junior Chess Chairman Mordecai Trebl ow, and Florida S.C.A. Prexy R.L. Froemke. Strangely enough, all three of their teams did poorly in the standings! ICLA organizing talent was there in excess. with past ICLA of-Iice rs Berlow and Trebl ow organizing,

New lelA President Walte r Fraser ilwards the trophy to Raymond We in-stein of the winning team. Other Brooklyn players are (I. to r _) Stuart Chagrin, Dav id Daniets, Philip R,tner lind Dllvid Hall.

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Pierce playing; and newly-elected ICLA officers Fraser and Harris playing, Pax-ton directing. More on that later _

A lew Sidelights on the tournament : as is usual in a Swiss, some teams played unusually st rong opponents. This turned out to be particularly true of the Canadian entries, which accounts rOI· their relatively low standings. It would be very difficult to seleet the outs tand-ing player in the tournament; masters Weinstein, Valvo, Rivera, and Cunning-ham did well as expected. Perhaps the biggest upset was the defeat of David Grimshaw by low expert Steve Brand-wein, who went on to be the on1y player in the tournament with a perfect &0 record! Even a most-valuable player would be impossible to select, since ev-ery player on the Brooklyn and Colum-bia teams had a fi ne record, and con-t r ibuted gr eatly to the final scores.

Perhaps the mos t exciting games of the tournament were turned in by David Grimshaw and Walter Cunningham, who were both consistent ly in severe time t rouble. Cunningham won their individ-ual ga me, a lthough Grimshaw turned in some amazing feat s of blitz play, espe· cially in his game against Rivera .

Aside from the first-round upset of Los Angeles by lowly host LaSalle "A", there were few surprise results in the tourney. The event was an unusually even one, and even in the last round, anyone of three teams eould have won the Championship.

Final places were determined firs t by match points, then by game points; fin al standings were then settled by using Solkorf match points of opponents, al-though in reality, t ics in game· points remain unbroken. By game points, Brooklyn College was declared the Na-tional Champion, and retains custody of the Harold M. Phillips Trophy for two years, as well as a 575 USCF-credit awa rd_ Each membet· of the winning team alsO received a prize. Columbia as runner up receives a 575 credit prize, as weU as a new permanent trophy to keep as defending champions_ Wayne Sta te and Pilt will share a $50 credit prize.

Interestingly enough, none of the players on the top two teams qualified for a board prize. These credit awards went to 1) Stephen Brandwein. Boston U. 6-0; 2) Ronald Finegold, Wayne, 5-1; 3) J ohn Young, Pitt and Arnold Gua· dagnini. Poly. Inst Brooklyn, 5·1; 4) Ral ph Betza, Pitt 5'h-lh.

A special featu re of the event was a s imultaneous exhibition by Dr. Petar Tri-funovieh on Friday evening. No one de· feated the Yugoslav grandmaster in 32 games, although there were many draws.

CHESS LIFE

At the annual leLA membership meet-ing, new officers were elected: ICLA President, Walter Fraser , 9 Cherry Street, Willow Grove, Penna.; le LA 1st VP, Larry Paxton , 125 W. 10th Ave., Columbus, Ohio; ICLA 2nd VP, Owen Harris. 2833 West Greenleaf Ave .. Chi· cago 45, Ill.

All of these offieers-elect arc ener-getic and capable, and will bring much crcdit to college chess. Walt IS well known as organizcr of many Pennsyl-vania and Philadelphia college cvcnts, as well as thc driving fo rce and sponsor of this tournament. Larry is editor of the only college weekly chess news-paper in the country, the Ohio State University Phllanx. Owen is one of the most energetic organizers thc midwest has cver seen, with a full staff of as· sistants responsible for college chess in Region VI. These people deserve your support and cooperation. Remember to send in news and all results to the ICLA officer nearest you (or to Ihis columnist) and don't neglect that important ICLA membership application!

As tournament director, I was so im· pl·essed by the facilities LaSalle oltered [or this evcnt, that I would like to in· sert a few more very neccssary superla-tives. This was the finest tournament site ever found for a college tournament, perhaps f OI' any such event. A spacious, well·lighted ballroom, in a new, well-equipped coll ege union building; a cafe-teria and store one floor below, stores one block ·away. Accommodations in the LaSalle dorms were superb, and close by. The cooperation of the staff at La-Salle, and of the team members them-selves in arranging and maintaining the tournament, was stupendous. George Marker especially deserves a heap of credit for doing a lion's share of the work, all while playing on the LaSalle "B" team. Walt Fraser was, of course, scurrying about on errands while com-peting Cor the "A" team. To top it all off, the publicity for th l:! I:!vent was the greatest ever. with full AP coverage. good local publicity, and even an ap· pearance by Berlo\\', Frasel' and Wein· stein on a local daytime radio show!

• • • Well, what docs next year hold in

store? First o{ all. we will be preparing for the ninth National Intercollegiate Individual event. It's unofficial now. but there will be a trophy {or the top 4·man team in the event next year which will be worth winning! So: plan to send not only your club champion, but your whole team to the Na tionals next year. We broke records in 1961 with 50 players; let's double that in 1963.

If your club wants to sponsor the 1963 National Intercollegiate event, the lime to start working is now! Bids for the tournament will be accepled by the ICLA President (Walt Fraser) through June 1st. Your bid should inchlde: a prize fund of S300 or more; good play· ing space; inexpensive accommodations {or over 100 players; and a group of energetic workers who will be willing

JANUARY, 1963

1962 NATIONAL INTERCOLLEGIATE TEAM CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP

laSalle College, Philodelphio, Pennsylvonio

December 26-29, 1962

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Thc sponsor will be selected as soon after June 1st as possible on the basis of th e attractiveness of the bid , and of gcneral accessibility to the tournament site. "Extras" in your bid, such as a banquet, special cvents, additional funds, ~l('. will help your chances. Everyone h,IS a chance, and even the smallest col-lege can sponsor a hig event. so start l)lanning now. Keep ('ollege chess mov-ing forward, along with the USCF!

Send college chess news, comments, and queries to: Walter Fraser, 9 Cherry Sireet, Willow Grove, Pennsylvania,

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LESSONS IN THE

ENDGAME by DR. ERICH W. MARCHAND

ENDGAME LESSON VIII 1. Transition to the Endgame

One of the important reasons for stu-dying endgames systematically is be-cause of their relation to the middle-game. In the middle·game one frequent·, Iy faces decisions of whether to ex·, change Rooks or not, whether to ex·, change minor pieces or not (and if so, which way?) whether to compli cate or simplify, and so on. The importance of doubled Pawns, backward Pawns, iso·, lated Pawns, balanced or unbalanced Pawn structures, better King position and numerous other points bear on the decision of whether to try to head for an endgame or not and if so what type to try for.

2. An Illustrative Game The foll owing game is given in full

to show in some small way how the middle·g.ame is related to the endgame., Naturally, one cannot generalize too-much from one example since this prob· lem can arise in many different forms ..

IRREGULAR OPENING W. Grombacher E. Morchand

Western Open, Milwaukee, 1962, 1. P·Q4 p .Q4 2. P·K4 PxP 3. N.QB3 N-KB3 4. P-B3 P·K6

After 4 . ........ , PxP; 5. NxP Black will have to suffer for his extra Pawn be-cause of White's quick development. The text·move indicatcs that Black prefers to fight the battIe on a different ground, returning the Pawn but leaving White with awkward development.

5. BxP B.B4 6. B·QB4 P·K3 7. KN·Kl B·K2 8. Q.Q2 N·Q4 9. NxN PxN 10. B..Q3 Q-Q2 11 . P-B3 N.B3 12. Q.Bf BxB 13. QxB P-B4 14. P·KR4 ....... .

With 14. 0·0, 0-0 the game would take on a peaceful character. However, Whitc's last move indicates his intention to castle long and attack on the K-side.

14. ... ... .. 0·0 15. 0 .0 ·0 N-R4 16. K·NI P..QN4 17. P·RS P·NS

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18. P-N4 19. B·Bl 20. NPxP

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Here Black is faccd with a major de· cision: conver t to an endgame by QxP, forc ing the exchange of Queens, or avoid it with RxP. In either case Black has some advantage because of the ad· vaneed p()Sition of his Knight and weak· ness of White's KBP. However, when the two players are attacking on oppo-site sides, as here, great complications can arise, in which minor positional ad-vantages may not make much d iffer-ence.

20. . ...... . 21 . QxQ 22. PxP

QxP RxQ ........

This leads to thc loss of a Pawn. A number of plausible alternatives such as P·N3 or R-Q3 or P·B4 could be con· sidered.

22. . ...... . 23. P-R3 24. PxP 25. K·B2 26. R·R3

RxBP P-R4 Rx P RxP P·B3

With no fast way to make progress Black nails down the QP, fr eeing the de· fending Rook for morc important duties.

27. R·NI B·B3 28. R·KB3 R·KBI 29. R(1)-BI R·Kl 30. R(1)·B2 B·R5 31 . R-R2 R-R2

Black invites more exchanges knowing that the closer he comes to a pure King and Pawn ending the better his winning chances become. However, there arc ex· ceptions to this since pure Rook and Pawn endings are often drawish even with an extra Pawn.

32. RxB RxNch 33. K·Q3 R·KT

Less entcrprising but also safer than 33 ......... , R·K8j 34. R(4)·B4.

34. R{4)-B4 R-N2 35. K-B2 P-R3

A useful move preventing P-R6 as well as giving the King some air and also fixing White's RP as a later target.

36. P·N3 N·Q3 37. B·R3 N·B2

An interesting idea: The Knight will go to N4 so that White's RP cannot be defended f rom the side. Despite all kinds of general principles one can learn about endgames, everyone is a little different from the others. It is st ill necessary to look for special fea-tures and to fi nd devices to exploit po· silional advantages by mcans of com· binatorial methods.

38. B-BS 39. K-QI 40. R-K3

R·K7ch R·KR7

........ or 40 R·BS, N·N4

40. . ...... . 41 . R·KSch 42. R·QB8 43. R{4)-B8 44. R·RSch 45. RxBPch 46. R-BSch

RxRP K·R2 N.N4 Rx'

K-N3 K·B4 K·K5

Black is happy to see his King driven forward since it becomcs a useful piece and there is little danger of his being checkmated with so little material left .

Black should win easi ly now, but there are always t ricks to guard against.

47. K·B2 R·N6 48. R·B2 K.K6 49. R·Q2 N-K5 50. R·Q3c:h K.B7 51. RxR KxR

White is fighting back well. He recovers one of his Pawns.

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Not 52. R·N6ch, R·N4 or 52. R·B7, P·N4. Black gets onc Pawn but cannot stop the other.

52. . ...... . 53. R·B7 54. BxP 55. B·K5c:h 56. R-KR7 57. K-Q3 58. K-K3 59. BxN 60. K·B4

R·N4 P-R4 P·RS K·N7 P.R6 N.N6 P·R7

RxNc:h R-KR6

Avoiding a final trap in 60 ...... .. . , p -R8(Q) j 61. RxQ !, KxR?j 62. KxR and White wins the King and Pawn ending.

61. Resigns

CHESS LIFE

3. A Position Revisited The position bclow was given in our

last article (C.L. Septcmber, 1962) with the assertion that, even with Black to move, White wins.

Robin Ault has pointed out that Black has a drawing line based on the par ticu. lar positions of the Rook and two Kings. The main line is

1. ... ..... K·N6 Black threatens K·B6. For instance 2.

P·RB, K-B6; 3. KN1 (3. K·K1, K·K6, ctc.), R·N2ch; 4. K·R2, R.R2ch ; ~. K·N1, R·N2ch; 6. K·BI, R·KR2, etc.

2. K·K2 K·8S 3. K·Q3 ....... .

Or 3. P·RB, K·K5; 4. P·N6, R·R7ch ; 5,

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15. ........ P.QR4t 17. Q·B3 Q-B2 16. B·B4 N.Q4 18. BxN ........

As a result of the thirteenth and fifteenth moves, with 18. ......... P.