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VoLm N umber 17 OfflclalPubltcation of me UnltedStatesCoessfecleration Thursday, May:;, 1949

SAN D'RI N, WINS AT CH'ICAGO Rising Young Canadian Player Is Consistent T,ournament ,Winner

With remarkable consistency In the Quality o f his play. Toronto's ace i'Tsnk R. Anderson again won the Easter tournament at Toronto, retaining the title of provlnctal chess champion of Ontario. Play ex-tended over four days at tps Queen Cily Chess Club, with eight rounds contested under the Swiss 6ystem, and in winning all bis games Ander-son was never in sorious difficulty, or greatly pressed {or time.

Anderson's strongest rlval was the newcomer Povllas Vallonia of Hamilton, a fo rmer_ Lithuanian champion. The two met in the second rouud, an'd Anderson's victory proved w be tlie ...... decldlng factor In the tournament.

At twenty-one Anderson has a rine record during the last three years. Peter Avery won the first Olll.ario provincial championship in 1947, but Ander.son deposed h'lm a year later. Anderson also won tbe Toronto City Championship, and the tl rol'inclal and city "Ipeed ti tles ill 1947 and 1948. Last year he !in-is hed in a. tie [or first in the U. S. 3ul)\0)' Open Cbampiol)ship at Oak Ridge, Tenn., losing the t itle to Bis-guier o n S·B Iloints.

Valtonla lJy losing to Anderson had to be contented wHh second wllh a 7·1 ,score. Retlpath Drum· mond of Hamilton, with his usual eqterJlFlIJpg che~jI. JJ.!.l1! time )let· led third 1I1·11.e ullder the tle~break. IlIg fl.Y8 lcm. Ross SiemEnS, jilat In hi, l OODlI, dOllorvos high prn ise [or tak ing four tb l)rl1.O with 6-3 His tOst fOr combinations ,Is really sUr-.rIng. Bad luck with one ot them 'cOSt him a point. Fifth prl1.e went to Michel Moskal, third party in the tie.

Success of the tou:t'nament was largely due to the -effort.s of Ber. nard F reedman who organized it anti Malcolm Sim, Ches8 Editor ot (.he Toronto Telegram, who served as tournament d irector.

CCLA . MEETS CCLA IN CHESS MATCH

Correspondence chesa takes on a foreign flavor when the CCLA. (Corres pondence Chess League ot America) faces the CCLA (Cor-respondence Cbess League ot Au-stra.lIa) in a titanic chess match hy maH. Doth organizations are members ot the ICCA, tbe corres-pondence cbess branch ot FIDE.

Total number ot boards wlll de-pend upon the enthusIasm shown In bolh countrle8, bu t the total is e1pected to exceed 190 hoards. Two games will be played by each player, wUh play recommended via airmail (the 10c postal Air Letters are recommended).

A SOc entry teo wlll be charged to cover costs ot arrangements, and should be 8ent to CCLA Sec-retary Dick Hee8, 2826 Correction-ville Rd, S ioux City 19, Iowa, not later than June 10th. P layers of all strengths from Masler to No-vice are encouraged to pa rticipate. Membership In the CCLA Is not required, hut lion-members s hould be recommended by a CCLAer or well·known chess playe r , fO I' pur-poses ot gauging theIr playing strength.

H . Falconer o f the CCL ot Aus· trallo 1iI1pects to have Koshnltsky, Ooldstel.o anti otber strong AU8-t rallan p layers head his team, a nd the CCL 9f America wishes to match these with equally noted players.

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THE UNITED STATES CHESS FEDERATION Entered .. ooeo!1 ~ -'I>~.IJ.J &J.u:I~tT!lUJil ~Jm:ll l/:1JI llllW CDIlDD lIIult t,Piry,

HO, ('umrlu!o" "Mhor rollnd tho Illulu'e bottrd nnd nil you play learu the fuu41lmetltAi vl:'tm.1J.llos of Ml'IrKtSM.! No doubt j the sacrl tlce illus-trates the law of dlmlll ll> hlllg T(lturll.S as ,s tated III Das Kapltal. And cer-tainly the loser's a libi Is a I'Itudy ill dialectir; materialism. There is ouly one catch-the red piecee do not have the tlrst move In chess. So we must alter that capitalistic error.

Chess has turned ultra~modern and Is no longer the Royal Game! Montgomery MQjor

Edited by Dr. P. G. IC.mltY Addr .... ll ~ommu~l .. tl onl for thl! oo lumn to Dr. P. G. KHMy, 123 bd 7th St. N,w-

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What Is Your Excuse? C ONFUcrOUS Say: ,

Any time you are glvep. checkmate It grants you the r .lght to eLate-(From your cigar taking a whitt) "J could have won that game If you ... If I ... well, If .. ,"

Very few players defeated In chess games concede the ir losses grac-Iously and usually eeek to alibi the ir tatlures to win with varied and ine)[hsusUble e)[cuses s uch as:

I lost through overcontidence 1 was UP against a. prepared varia.t1on. 1 was unfam iliar with the opening. I was too t ImId because of his reputallon. 1 was too aggressive against his hcdge-hog defense. I had him at my mercy but blundered In the mid-game. The sacrifice ortered was unsound. He played hetter than I anticipated. He caught me In a trap that I knew but had torgotten. Yes, he won that game trom me but I refuse to admit that I am not ble maeler. I was not at my best today. My nerves were on edge and I was unable to concentra te. I was out ot practice and will make a better shoWing whed I can devote more time to the game. r lacked the tralnlug and exper ience to cope with a playe r ot hla ability. Age cannot expect to vanquish youth. Had I been the player I W8S in my youth, I would not have made s uch an oversight. I dIdu't know he was "loaded." He dIdn' t "play lIke It ! He knew I was "loaded." I played like It. He outmane u,'ered me under cover of a smoke screen. Smoke got In my eyes.

. On my 23rd move I oUered hIm & Q sacrifice w hich, had he .ac-cepted, would hsve led to his being mated in five moves. Appar-en tly hp did not obeerve he could capture the Queen. Instead be took a pawn which I overlooked was en prlee. This led to my downfall as I waa never able to r egain the pawn. The rapidity with which he moved resulted In my attempt to Imitate his rap,ld play with a d lsasterous termination tor me. I now know bow it feels to be struck by ligh tning. ,

Overstepping the time limit caused my loss. He moved so s lo w I freque ntly lapsed Into s lumber whIle waiting his move. I was /?/ fJ,JJ a sleep when the r cferee awakened me and told me I 'had lost, Lhe,:u ol.ifil etc., etc., ad llb., ad infinitum. - n n 'Ij. I How much better it wQuld be if the loser would grasp the haud of In ew ork

the vict-or and congratulate him for his splendid 'Play tn winning such an in teresting gBlbe! By MiltOft FitJulstein

And how much hetter It would be' If the victor would return tbe I C ______________ , handclasp with real fervor and remark " I was lucky. It was touch and go. You might, just 8a rcadily, have upset my applecart. Although you lost, I congratula1;e you on the genera l e)[cellence of your play."

And when wil1 this happen? Not un til excuses have been &llausted and the average chess player changes trom a lameoting "poor" loeer to a complimenUllg "good sport."

What Is your ,alibi whcn you lose?

Problem No. 79 By williarlt J. Couture

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Problem No. 80 By Grant Turn blom East Lansi ng, Mich.

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Whl l. m.les In two moves White mal., m_ In the column today I resume the publloo.tion of problems composed

espeCially for CHESS LTFE. The fOllr problems diagrammed ar·e all orlg· inal compositions and portray the handiwork of both novice and master problem builders.

Problem No. 79 by Wm. Couture Of Howard,r R. I. Ie an Interesting composition with some strategy bearing a resemblance to what modern composers elect to style Third Degree. Mr. Coutllre Informs us he has been composing problems tor 12 years and declares h e is not a novice. Study of bls oUerlog Of today would indlca:te that lie Is right In his oontentlon. .

Problem No. 80 Is the maide'n composing attempt of Grant Turn-blom. a student ot the University at East Laneing, Mich. For a malden eUOI'! the problem Is exceptionally well composed and gives promiRe ot greater excellence tor future compoeitions that b e expects to construct and contr ibute to Probleme of Chess Life. .

Problem No. 81 Ie the exquisite offering ot Newman Guttmann of Minneapolis. a young American com poeer who has gslned prominent recognition In cOluposing circles in the last few years. Hla first effort W1le so good biB talcot for composing was Immediately recognized and the prophecy at t.he time was that someday he would be recognized as Q. maeter composer. Tbe prophecy appea l'!! to be a bout to be verified. He Is steadfastly climbing to the summit. ot tbe ladder of composing fa me. .

Problem No. 81 exbthlts hie attempt to compose a

By WilliDHl. Rojatn

F ROM Sacramento chess columnist J .. B. Gee of the Sacramento Unton comes the following story, translated from the ' Swedish by a tel-low Sa,cramento chess player, S. G. Johnson.

The Russian Chess Master Michael Tsch igorin was on the way to a chess tournament on the continent , and stopped to wait for transportation a t a RUSSian Inn. To s pend the time

while waiting, he brought fo r th his chess men and board and commenced to analyse chess openings . The inn-keeper saw this

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some," answered Tschigorin, irritated at having been interrupted.. "That is inter-es Ung," said the inn-keeper. '" can teU you that I am a n enthusiastic chess player a nd beat everyone in this distr ict. If we can play a game I will s how you." The chess master did not teel like tu rning him down aDd played an a bsent·minded. game, aDd the inn·keeper succeeded w ith a mating com-bination and T schigorin lost. "Now you can see," he said, "that I never lose a game."

Disappointed with his mistake, Tschigorin said, "Let U'l play another game, and this tinle I will give you a castle." The innkeeper. did not know what odds meall t, and it had to be ex-plained and the game commel:lced . This time T-I Y. EpolliEy _1-5 R. E. Orlando 41 ·Si Y. 01 .. __ ,. p . Aver, __ 404 Y. SpoIIkJ' __ .. a-G s. O .. y ___ 4-4 B. FIb __ -'>,

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(Mrs. Rusull Will,rams, Jorm~T sn::(tta.'Y oj Iht Chkago City Chtss uagut, fonllards t~ follo ... ing ""rraljv~ .."d illuJtralionJ of }apmttu c~ss stir, rn::tivrd from ~r ntphtw, Its, ,~",'-ns with tht occupying fOITts-Editor.)

C hess sets have become very popular In Japan where two style s are In vogue----the conventional "Staunton" pattern or a modification of it and the hand carved oriental pattern. Materials are either ivory or bone. The best-and most expensive ivory comes fro m IndG-Chlna and tbe balance from Africa. The bone Is usually whale bone, using the tusk of the whale (sperm whale, I think)-mnch smalle r than the ivory -tnsk, somewhat darker and app.;eclably harder_nd correspond-ingly more difficul t to carve bu t more durable wben completed.

One set marketed through the Post Exchange at abont $25.00 has a 3" K ing, in white and a dark broWn stained coloI', with a beantitully inlaid wood case, has taken my eye and I have acquired it.

Another set marketed througb tbe PX is in red and white and has a materially inferior esse-also In the conventional pattern (as to pieces-not case) , but the price Is vel'y Itttle lower.

The third style set appearing at tbe PX fro m time to time Is of hand carved ori~ntal pattern but witb very small pleces--I would guess the k ing to be ;not over about 1%", and a handsome box, rune about $53.00.Th e conventional pieces are made largely on a latbe whi91 accounliB for tbe great dltference In cost.

On the Ja panese market one must deal in yen and the inDation of the yen makes l 'eal cosls uncertain. Early in 1947 the ottlcial rat e at exchange was increased from -15 to -50 per dollar--compared with a pre-war rate of eXchange ot something like 66c per yen. With low wa.gea and correspondihg low cost, it was generally conceeded in thos e days that a yen would buy about what a dollar would buy In the United States. Anyway, the exchange rate went to Its present level of -270 per dollar early in July, 1948-f!O that's bow we mus t figure. A very handsome set, exquisitely C!lrved, of wbale bone hu t withou-t a case at a shop in the Imperial Hotel bas interested me greatly-exccpt fo r the price! They arc asklng-37,OOO, wbich is :J137.04-but might come down tor .a quick sale. When told the otber day O W' U< · ., ,,- Ankenu .... M. __ .... *._._ ..... _. __ . ___ .. _t.l •• • U .... .>0 W" ,. ''"' ~.rbtlck __ . ... ~ __ ~ .... .. __ ......... ____ W" La .. U> W," .. ,. ,~. Shn~1 •.. ___ ... ___ ... ____ . ____ 1.18 !.l0 .... n ., U> •• .. , Oreenlee __ M ..... _____ " ___ ..UI W," .. LH ,,, ... , ,. " .. - _._. __ . ___________ L7 LU .... L" Lmltodo. (Duluth). B. Klein (Atlan_ tic Bc:>ch ), Edw. J . KMpanty (Wooda:Ide), J'*'I)h S .... (Lanc:aa.et), Frank A. Neal (Son Fri>ncieeo). Dr. CaM (Detroit) ia pc.. olbly mOl'

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