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RUBINSTEIN'S CHESS MASTERPIECES

* We hall the publication of "Rublnetetn'S Chess

Masterpieces" giving 100 of his bes t games. - David Robb, Cleveland Plain Dealer.

Chess lovers will want to add this volumfl to their library. not only for the games themselves, but also because the book deals with one or the greatest cheu masters who ever lived . • • • •

Here, In these 100 games, the reader will find classiC exam ples of various winning techniques. There are many sacri ficia l attac ks and deep, subtle ~ndlng8 . Rubinstein was a fighting player and he knew how to win n game In more than one way,

"Rubinstein's Chen Masterpieces" Is a worth· while book for IlI1 true lovers of chess.

- Ed Foy, Charleston Dally Mall. • • • •

A r:harmlng reminder to the present generallon that Aklba RubInstein Is one of r:hess 'll Immor· tals, a su[)erlatlve artist of world cham[)lonshl[) caliber. .. ': • . [)rofoundly and lUCidly annotated .

Anyone wishing to Improve by playing over recorded games, and this Is one or the beat ways to Improve, should not miss this excellent book ,

- Walter D. Sues man, Providence J ournal. - J . C. Thompson, Dallas :\lornlng News.

• • • • • • • • • A real contribution to the history of chess and A portfolio of beautiful chess .ar·t works. The

compilatIon of Rubinstein's gems will be a source or keen enjoyment to those who apl)reclate art· istry and perfectlo:l In chess.

a fascinating study for devotees of the game. - Marcus A. Wolff, Newark Evening News.

• • • • Students of the game will do well to lay aside

their text books for a spell and learn how to play winning chess by applying Ru blnllteln's technique to thei r own games.

I con~ratula te Horowitz and Harkne811 on the publication of "Rublns teln's Chess Mas terpieces." It Is as good a chess book as I have ever come across and I hope It Is only the firs t of many.

- Pau l G. Glers . Syracuse Herald·Amerlcan. - Charles A. Crompton, Toronto Daily S tar.

50 LEARN HOW TO WIN! Y OU CAN GET morc practical information on how to play

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By playing over the lIelecUonll in "Rublnstein 'lI Chess Masterpieces," Just published, you will see how this great ~trateglat developed his game with acr:uracy Ilnd precl~lon, overcame hie world·renowned opponents with crushing blows In the mlddle·game or with supe rb, polished technique In the end·game. You will lea rn how to apply the underlying prinCiples of Rubinstein's winning s trategy and taclic! to your own gamea.

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CHE SS RJ-:VIl:;W Is becorlling 1lI11 t h m or e va.l llflbl e t.n I.I w,;e of u;; wh o are leal 'lling ehes!! by (he I'e c\w l, addition of fe a t ures s uch f\ ij the Ches~ Qu iz alld the Readers ' Games Depart. nl(!ut. 'I'h" more of thcse the bc Ucl',

He fc l'I'iru:: 10 ~'O UI' ,'cccnt aniclcs on studying l'Ccol"ded ,t!';I IllCS. I would l ikc 10 recOllnncud a sys(Cm of ,;corl n~ w h Ich ella bles thc s l udcnt to COm l)are hi ,; e ITorll! wil h those o f l he nl;l,;' lei'S , t h11U' lIc d th is me t hod rrom Malcolm Patrick i ll 1936. Here II is:-

F ulloll' the genel'll l j)rocellu!'e !!uggested by Matthe w G reen In t he Oetober IA;;ue, cove l'lns up the m\)v !' ~ or t he g am e and m ak i ng you r OWII He l ll cUon~ . but fo r b oth ~ id e~ , On a. sc plli'a.lll l oi ('cc or Ila per , II IHIIl!' I. ho hcndi ngs W h it e and Hliu:k, r ecord t he IlUmbe rs of lhe moves yon se lec t.('d cOITectl y.

T hus, i n (h e Ol)enl ng, review meil lall ~' each o f t il.;! I)O;;;;ib le /1:0011 I'u r la nls and credi t YOU I'· sel f Ir an~' 1Il()I'C you considered pla ya ble h! malle, O nce t he g a llle Is beyon d t he open lug s tage . Cit'IOse t he IUOI'e YOII wou ld ha "e IImde and credit yourself w ith that m ove w he n YOUI' Iliay cOineide>l wi th that 0 1' t he gam\!, T hon a lld Ill' t he n um ber or moves YI)U Ilillyed COl'. I'cet ly Rnd com pute your lJeI'CCll tll/::C or the tot lll m ovcR In t he s a m e,

T his meaMu rcment of pcrCCIl tf\,t!'es wou ld be even betto r If ~O lll C system could be devi 8ed fo r gi v ing addlUmlll1 cl'cdi t fo r mak ing COIT cct key nl0vei\, A l:l llllcrficlal k nowlcdge of ope n. i ng.> I'a;,;\,s one'~ l)e rCOntago undui)·, as do fo rced 1II0\'e>! , II m ig ht be beu e r to couul Ie>!!! for I h" openi ng mo\'e~. 0 1' not 10 eou llt the m a t :tll.

W A LTF:l t "'J.: Jl) I~N Cohnllbu~. Oh io,

In th i,~ issue we be$in a serics enti t led PLAY T HE MAST ERS With a percentage scoring system , W e arc indebted to Reader Mci{lcn for sUJ>,l;c.~ting the idea , As adapted , we allow hij;h SfOrcs (or key moves, obscu re moves, brill iant moves, etc, only 1 poin t" for forccd or ohvious moves, no score fo r ope ning movcs, - hI,

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Critic is ms , likc evcry o t her forms o r I)rot es t . come ill II' ;II' C ~ , H ClIce, I take courage to Sl)eak for Ihe ",nlHll, I'ery s mall ma n (in Ihi ", instance. a w onm n),

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W e are attempting to inc:Jude a gem:rous share of material which should appea l to weaker pla)!ers. To Mrs. Robin and" others who wish to improve we recommend perusal of Readers' Games Department which is full of instruni"e ad"ice.- eJ.

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Allow me to th row you an orchid fOI" the "Readers ' Games " ~ecUon wh ich ] find enjoyable an ti Instructive. ] ha\'e consistently rollowed the games of the mast ers and ex· pert s , but I ha ve l'efus(!(1 to delude myself In to believing that. t.he illsph'ation of the II" PrO· round strll.tegy could IIwllken In me chess talents which- mercy me- just do not exist. The readers' section. however- with tile most hell)ful alinotli tl on ~-ofTe rll Illore of a klns ]ll l): " Let 's s,," how Illuch be tte r o r worse t he other l>alooka:.; al',, !"

There'!! j ust one annoying fea t ul'(!_ After I saturate m),self w it h a good bi t of chess knowledge, cul1ed from t he Ilages o r the C H ESS R EVIEW, ] con t in ue t o \o~e chess game~. One lIUorney hits a(\v lsed m e tba t I have no cause of action I\~ainst you. I shall cons ult another.

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HARVARD WINS H. Y. P. D. TOURNEY The annual Christmas Tourney between

teams of four representing the Universit ies of Han'ard, Yale, Princeton and Olrtmouth, held at the Marshall Chess Club on December 21st and 22nd, was won by the Harvard 'luartet with a total score of 10_2 , includ ing nine games won, two drawn and onc lost.

The Crimson team, captained by Clarence W . Hewlett, Jr. '42, thu, rega ined possession of the Belden.Stephens Trophy which they had held consecutively from 1935 to 1938. Yale won the cup in 1939 and 19-10.

Summary of Results

Fil'~t Hound- Harvard 3'h. Dartmouth \6. Yale, 2, Princeton 2.

' Seconil Hound- Haryard 4. Princeton O. Yale 4, Dartmouth O.

Third Roulld- Harvanl 2'h. Yal e 1 %. Princeton -I. Dnrtmouth O.

The decision was reached in the fi nal round match bctwcen Harvard and Yale. The de. fending champions from New Haven still had a ch:met' to overt<th: their riva ls from Cam. bridge . Yale 's N o, I player Rohert B. Moss succeeded in winning from Hew lett while Harvard's Roger p, Stokey and Yale's W illiam R, Gennert foug ht to a draw at Board No, 2. The Crimson players at the lower boards, how.

Princeton's R , B. BL IZARD They woke him up

CLARENCE W , H EWLETT, Jr. He captain ed the w inning team

ever, came through for their Alma Mate r with two wi ns and clinched the title fo r H arvard. The Eli team had to be sat isfied wit h second place, their final score being 7Y2.4Y2,

F ina l St a nd ings and Ind iv idua l Scores

Harvard Players \Von Lost

Clru'ence \y, H ewlett, '42 ____ __ ___ 2 1 Rogel' p, Stokey, '42 ______ __ _____ 2'h 'I., Alan G, S ke lly, '·13 ___________ ___ _ 3 0 Henry B randt, '43 ___ ___ ______ __ _ 2'h 1,2

T ot al ___ _____ ___ _____ ___ ___ __ 10 2

Yale Players Won Lost

Rohert R. Moss, '44 ______________ 2 .1 William It. Gennert, ' .\01 __________ 211., 'h Hillary ll , Waugh, '42 ___________ 2 1 J erome S , Ras kin, '45 ___ _____ ____ 1 2

-Tota l ___ ____ __ ___ ___ _________ 71,2 41,2

P r inceton Players WOll Lost

Stephe n p, Diliber to , ',12 __ ____ __ _ 2 1 Llo)' d H , Shaffer, '43 ____ ____ ___ __ 1 2 It. Il Dli7.al'd, '45 ________ ________ I 2 V. D. WithHandley, ',15 ___ _______ 2 1

Total ___ __ ____ __ __ ___ ___ _____ 6 6

Dartmouth Players Won Lost

Raphael E ban. '45 ____ __ __ _______ 0 3 J ohn ~fhhlleton, '42 ______ _ __ ___ __ 0 3 Eastman Dlrkctt, "42 ___ ______ ___ 0 3 H enry F , H e rllI, '45 ______________ 'h 2;';'

TOlal ____ __ ___ ____ _______ ____ 'h 11'h

The touranment was directed by Richard G, Holbrook, Dartmouth member of the graduate committee of the league.

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CHESS RE VI EW' S Cand id Camera m a n Ned Gold.c hmid t snappe d these cl on . ups o f the 2nd rou nd. At top, Diliberto and S ha ffe r ( P ) pl a y H e wl e tt and Stoke y ( H ). S econd : Ras ki n (Y ) and H erzl ( D) ; at rear Waugh ( Y) and Birke tt ( D); thi r d: I. to r. Middleto n and E ban ( D) play Moss and Gennert · ( Y), Botto m: J . Midd le t o n, Da r tmouth Capta in.

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GAMES FROM H. Y. P. D. TOURNEY

IRREGU LAR OPEN ING Eban ( Dartmouth)

W h ite 1 Kt·KB3 2 p · e4 3 P. KKt3 4 B. Kt2 5 P.Q3 6 0 .0 7 Kt. B3 8 P. QR 3 9 B.Q2

10 Kt·Q5 11 P~Kt 12 P . K4 13 P .QKt4 14 P~ P

P , KB4 Kt. KB3

KI· B3 P· K4 B· B4 P ·Q3 0 ·0

P .QR4 Q. K l

KhKt Kt · K2

B.Q2 p,p

B· K I3

H e wle tt ( Harvard ) Black

15 Kt·Kt5 16 Kt . KS 17 PxB 18 Q.R5 19 R~R 20 K. Rl 21 B· Kl 22 Q.Q l 23 RxQ 24 B.QB3 25 B. BI 26 K· Kt2

Resig ns

P . R3 B~Kt

Q. Kt4 R,R p , p

Q~QP P . KS Q,Q p , p

P . K5 Kt . B4

Kt· K6ch

TW O K N IGHTS' D EFE NS E Diliberto ( Pri nceto n ) Moss ( Yale)

\Vhlte Black 1 P · K4 P . K4 21 Q,P Q, Q 2 Kt. KS3 Kt.QS3 22 Kt~Q B.Q5 3 B·S4 Kt. S3 23 QR.Ktl B~Kt 4 Kt·Kt5 P. Q4 24 B. KB3 R.QKtl , p,p Kt.Q R4 25 P · R5 R, S 3 , B. Kt5c h P . B3 26 P .Q4 B, P 7 p,p p , p 27 KR . KI R. K3 (; B·K2 B.Q B4 28 R~R e.R 9 P ·Q3 0 .0 29 R~Kt R,R

10 P .Q83 Kt. Kt2 30 S~R B· B5 11 P .QKt4 B. Kt3 31 e .K3 B, B

" 0 -0 P. QR4 32 p~e K. Ktl 13 P. QR4 p , p 33 P. RS a , p 14 PxP Kt .Q4 34 B~B K.S2 15 B.Q2 P . KB4 35 K. B2 K. K3 16 Kt.KB3 Q·83 36 K.B3 K. K4 17 Kt. B3 Kt~P 37 P·R4 P . R3 18 Q. Kt3th Kt. Q4 38 B· Ktl P · Kt4 19 KtxKt PxKt 39 p,p p,p 20 Q~Pch K. RI a nd Wh ite \\'OU ,

E NGL IS H O PEN ING Moss ( Ya le )

Wh ite 1 P .QB4 2 KI .QS3 3 P . KKt3 4 B. Kt2 5 P· Q3 6 KI.B3 7 0 ·0 8 B.Q2 9 P·K4

10 Kt .Q5 11 B. RS 12 B~B 13 Kt.K 3 14 P .Q4 15 Kt~P 16 P·B4 17 K~B 18 Q. Kt4 19 QR.Ql 20 P·KB5 21 R~Kt 22 KR .Q! 23 Q.B4 24 Q.Kt4

P. K4 Kt .QB3 P . K Kt3

e . Kt2 P.Q3

KKt· K2 0 -0

B. K3 Q.Q2

Kt.QI P.QB3

K,B p . e 3 p,p

B.R6 B,B

Kt. K3 K. B2

QR.Q! KhKt K. Kt2

Q. B2 P. KKt4 Kt. Ktl

H e wle tt ( Harvard ) Bla ck

25 P·KR4 26 Q. R3 27 Q~P 28 R· KRI 29 Q. RSch 30 Q. R4 31 KR.Ql 32 KR.Q2 33 Kt·Kt4 34 K·R2 35 P . K5 36 Kt . R6ch 37 KhQ 3(; K. R3 39 K~Kt 40 R~P 41 P. Kt4 4 2 R.Q7 43 R~R 44 R.K7 45 KtxR 46 K·Kt3 4 7 Kt.B5c h

Kt. RJ p,p

Kt. B2 Kt . Kt4 K. Ktl Q. Kt3 Q~Pc h

Q." Q. BSc h

R.Q2 Q, P

K. Rl Kt. BSc h

KocQ BPx P

R (2 ) . KB2 R. K ' R,R P· K5 R,R P , KS

K. Kt2 Resigns

c. C. N. Y.

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LAVENDERS NOSE OUT

BROOKLYN CHAMPIONS

IN THRILLING LAST

ROUND T he winning team. Seat ed, I. to r.: I. SALEM, S. RUBI NOW , D. LE VI N E, B. KAPLAN (Substitut e), M. FINKELSTEIN, C. PILNICK (Capt.). Standing: A . GREENSITE (C.C.N.Y . Club President) and S. W E IN STOCK (Substitute) .

Tht CoI!cgc of the City of N tw York che~s team won flfSI ' pl~ce honors in tho:: 4 2nd an_ nu:d Christmas Tournament of the Eastern Intercollegiate Chess League, held at the ivlar. shall Chess Club from Dec. 26th to 30th.

Seyen colleges competed for the custody of the coveted Harold fI'L Phillips Traph}'. emblem of the league championship. The final standings :md scores were as follows: C. C. N. Y. ________ _____________ 20 -, Brook lyn ____ __ ____ ______ _______ 19%- .\% Corn elll __ __ ____ ______ __ ___ __ ____ 1 0 %~13%

Cooper Union ___ _____ ~ _ __ __ ____ n%- 14'J..:: Yeshiva ___ __ _____ ____ __________ !I - 1.5 Re ll ~ ~ c lac r Pol. lnst. ___ ______ ___ S',<'~-15%

N, Y. U . ______ ___ __ _________ ___ 7 -17

The C. C. N. Y. team won the champion. ship in a dramatic last round defeat of the Brookl)'n College team, former holders of Ihe t itk. The Brookl),nites went into the last round with a score of 18- 2, half a point ahead of Cit)' College. As tile two teams were closely matched, this sl ight edge gave the Kingsmen a decided adv:lIltage. In the final round,however, the Lavenders ddeateJ Brooklyn by 2Yl- 1"Y2 and took the title away from their rivals by a half.point m:u,gin.

Cornell, eight times champions in the past', re.entered this year and put in an unexpectedl), stron!; team. They finished in third place with IO Yl - 13 Yl . The Ithacans threw a sc ne into the Lavender team in the fifth round when

City College barel), outpointed Cornell by 2h- l h .

The showing made by N . Y. U. was dis. appoint ing and unexpected. Even the presence of the beauteous Miss Eileen Press in their line_lip faike! to keep them out of the cellar. SEIDMAN STARS IN L AST APP EARA N CE

Outstanding hero of the tourney was chess master Herbert Seidman, Brooklyn '42, who was invincible al Board No. I, finished with a perfect score of 6- 0. In five Intercollegiate tourneys, Seidman has scored 26 wins, 2 losses, 2 draws.

Inlercoliesiate Chess League President M. Finkelstein, who has done much for college chtss, :lg:lin :lppt'lred in the C. C. N . Y. line. up, winni ng both his games. Other mem. hers of the victorious team were S. Rubinow (~- 1 » ; Bronx County Champion C. Pilnick (~-I) : I). Lcvine (3- 1); I. Salem (3- 1) and 1. Levine (2- 0).

Nos. 2 ~nd ., playcrs of the Brooklyn learn were A. A. Bakst and J. Kelson who each scored 3h- 1"Y2,

Tht tournament was sponsored this year by City College, past training ground for sllch masters as Fine, Kashdan, Reinkld and Bern. stein. Under the same sponsorship, an indio vidual collegiate championship tourney will be held during the Easter vacations.

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M. FINKELSTEIN President of the Intercollegiate League

Intercollegiate Tourney Games Comme nts by F red Reinfeld

Credit Paul Keres witll all assj,;t on Ihis olle: the Win g' Deferred stll! work,; wonders. As a matt eI' or fact, hOWm'(ll', Bl"ck'~ lo~s rllay b(> attributpd to sins o f omissioll and com · lIli ~~ i()n,

SICILIAN DEFENSE H . Seidman Tucc i (B rook lyn) ( Coopor Un io n)

Whit\' Bla ck 1 P· K4 P.QB4 21 Kt· K4 KtxKt , Kt· K B3 P.Q3 22 QxKt Kt.B3 3 P.QKt4 p,p 23 Q.K 2 Kt · Kt l 4 P.Q4 Kt · KS3 24 P. RS B, KB3 5 B·Q3 P·K3 2S Q. K4 Q.K 1 6 0·0 B.K2 26 Q.Q3 Kt. K2 ? 7 P,B4 PxP e ,p, " B.QKt4 Q.Q l , KtxP Kt · B3 " B,P B.QKt4 9 p·QS Kt · K4 " KtxB PxKt

10 B· KtSch K· Bl ? 30 S.QKt4 K·Ktl 11 Kt.Q4 P.QR3 31 P.Q6 Kt.B3

" B.K2 p,p 32 BxKt R,B 13 p,p P.R3 33 P.Q7 R, K3

'" P. B4 QKt. Q2 34 R.QS1 ! R. B3 15 P.QR4 Kt·B4 35 R,R P,R

" B·B3 B.Q2 36 P · R6 Q. R l 17 R. K 1 R. Bl 37 P ,R7 P , Kt3 Ie Q.K2 R·B2 " B·B3 ! B,B 19 B.Q2 R·Bl ? 39 P.Q8(Q)ch

" R. R3 Kt· Ktl Res igns

ThuS, Whit e 's 10lh 1110"', w as a sh ot in the dark which shou ld h11\'e been answered by , .. B·Q2 followed in tlue COllrse by ... n ·o . 10 ... K·B I'? left lJIack's 1,1t ou! of 111i1Y for Ihe ba la nce 0 1" Ih e ganl('.

IJlack should thereujJoll hal' e coneen1.rlltetl hi s ener~ies 011 artilieial eastlinf:"- gettillg his K llI~ to KR 2 ;lIId bri nging hi~ KH into the game. Thi~ !;ou ld hal'e been accomp!i ;;he tl by 19 ... B·Q Ill, for ex amille , freeing his K ing from the dC!"en se of the KB. !\"or does Illaek IWI Hny b('nptit from the ,lepl> knee lwnding pxel'ci~es of his KKt in the fo llowing play.

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O n move 2G we gd the in(·\"it ablc blunder whi ch comes frO It' too mu ch preoccupation with a n Ullrcwanli ng position, The tina I Ill;lr wi th the two Ilassed Pawns, hCl(" in ni ng with mOl'e :11, is handlpd I'el")' nea tly by Seitlman.

NIMZO.INDIAN DEFENSE La ndman Salem (N.Y . U. ) (C.C.N. Y.)

Whit!' Bla ck 1 P.Q4 Kt.KB3 " P· K4 P · BS , P·QB4 " B. K2 P . KKt4 3 B.Kt5? " B. Kt4 B·B 1 4 Kt.B3 " B,B R,B 5 BxKt 25 P.B3 P·KR4 6 Kt. B3 0 -0 " K.R l P· KtS 7 P.QR3? BxKtch 27 R·KKtl R·R2 8 P , B P. Q3 28 Q. K2 K·Rl ! 9 P . K3 Kt.Q2 29 R.Q3 R. K Ktl

10 B. K2 R. K1 30 P.Kt3 Q. R3 11 0·0 P·K4 31 PxBP Q,P

" R.K 1 P.QKt3 32 p,p R,P 13 Q.B2 B·Kt2 33 R,R P,R 14 QR.Q1 R·K2 34 Q.K Kt2 Q.B8ch? 15 p.QS Kt·B4 35 Q. Ktl QxRP ?? 16 Kt .Q2 R. KBI 36 QxP Q.B8ch 17 Kt·K4 Q.Kt3 37 R.Q 1 Q. BS 18 B.Q3 KtxKt 38 Q. 8 8ch K. Kt2 19 BxKt P.KB4 39 R.Ktlch Resigns 20 B·B3 Q.B3

A galliC with a moral. mack oU\J'la)"~ hi ~ Ol,ponent in the opening and cal 'I'ips OI'PI" a cOllsi <i l)l"able l'()~i li onal adva nt age i!lto the middl e ga n w (although 22 . . . B·BI! kee llll lg White 's infm'io l" HiH ho p OUt or play, would huvp be ~'n m o re to the point) .

Hut then Hlack s tumbl es badly at mOl'es 3,t flnd 3;;, g'oi nJ..:: aftPI' a \1'orthlt'Hs PaWll alld ' ' x· Jlo~in;:- hi~ Kin;:- to a fatal a!lack. Co n ect WHH :II .. . H · B~ : a nd the n'a.~t~·ry of the "lI filp win~ fol' Bi;t<:k .

,\nd on 1))()\"e 3;;, Bla ck ha d ... (j · B:;. re · tainillg the " I'tion or again controlling the KII lilt,.

MISS EILEEN PRESS She played for N. Y. U.

This was ])I'ubabl), the !lIost interesting game 1.layed in all thc ma tches.

KING'S INDIAN DEFENSE

Ke i lson (Brookl y n )

White 1 P.Q4 2 P.QB4 3 Kt.QB3 4 P·K4 5 Kt.B3 6 B·K2 7 0·0 8 P_QS 9 Q_B2

10 P.KR3 11 B_K3? 12 P-R3 13 P_QKt4 g KtxKt IS Kt_Q2 1G KtxP H B.B3 1B Q_Q2 19 PxB 20 K _Kt2 :!1 KxR 22 K ·Kt2 23 KxKt 2~· K _R2

Kt_KB3 P·KKt3

B·Kt2 P_Q3

QKt.Q2 0·0

P_K4 P.QR4 P·Kt3 Kt·B4

Kt_R4! P·B4

KtxP PxKt Kt·B5 B·B4 Q_Q2 BxP!

KtxPch RxB !

Q_B4ch QxKtch Q_B6ch

P.KS!

D. Lev ine (C.C.N.Y.)

Black 2S B_B4 26 Q_K3 27 QxQ 2B BxP 29 RxB 30 R.QBl 31 K .Kt3 32 R.B3 ? 33 KxP 34 K_K3 35 P·B5? 36 PxP 37 PxPch 38 R_B4 39 K·B3 40 R_R4 41 K_B4 42 K_ K 4 43 K _Q5 44 K _BS 4S R.Q4 46 RxP 47 R_R7ch

R_K B1 S,R P,Q P,S

R_BS K _B2 R_Q5 P·RS K _K2 R_Q8

KtPxP R,P K,P

R.K4ch R_QR4

R_R2 K_K3 K·B2

K_Kt2 P_Kt4

R.KB2 R,P

Drawn

11 B ·K3 is an inaccuracy allowing Black to work up a dangcl'o\l!> ini t iati ve. Preferablc was II Kt·Q2 irllend ing Kt· Kt3 and at thc sam e t ime ]lrevent ing . .. Kt- ll·L

Illack's l~ th nl()ve begitl~ a n admirable com· bination. It is doubtrul whet hc r White would havc done bctte r with 22 K· K2, as 22 .. . QxKt would hal' \;! left Black with a Ilow('rful a ll ;tck.

White had to r etu m his e xtra mate l"ial at !lIol'e 2(;. as 2t; I\·K I 3? would IUlve beell reo futed by . . . H· n ·] ('lC.

White weakencd hadl y in thc ending. !II iss· in,!:" at leas t two chances to draw (32 PxP followed by 33 P· Il:;; and later on 35 K ·K-O .

At th e eu d Black I.as an .. asy win. but a draw s ullices to ga in t he titl e .

A t ense moment in the game between SCHLAEFER (le ft ) and BAKST

Hero HERB SE I DMAN and K ib itzers

A Illerry little sche rzo, ably handled by WhiH'.

SIC I L I AN DEFENSE Guber (Rrooklyn)

White

Finn (Rensellacr) Black

1 P_K4 P_QB4 8 Kt·Q6ch K .K2 2 Kt_KB3 Kt.QB3 9 Kt_B3! ! KxKt 3 P_Q4 PxP 10 P-QR3 K_K2 4 KtxP P·K3 11 PxB Q_B2 5 P_QB4 B·KtSch? 12 Q.Kt4 Q_K4? G B_Q2 Q_R4 13 B_B4 Q.B3 7 Kt.KtS P-QR3 14 B_K t5 Resigns " ' hi te's ninth move comes aH a cleve I' SO l '·

prise. Xflturally it cannot be ilnswered by ... Il.x Kt? because of 10 Kt·Q5ch winning l he Queen. T he result is that BlaCk i ~ left with a lasting hlferiori ty.

llIack's twelfth is a had mistake. but if in~t,:ad 12 ... K·BI ; 13 P·K t5 with a posi· t ionally lost game fo r BlaCk.

I!" 13 ... Q'Q~; 14 R·Ql WirlS rajlitlly.

SIC I LIAN DEFENSE Schlaefer (Coover U nion) Bakst (n rook lYIl)

White 1 P·K4 2 Kt_KB3 3 P.Q4 <; KtxP 5 Kt·QB3 6 P_K R3 i ' B_K3 ~ B.K2 9 0·0

10 P_QR3 11 Q·Q2 12 QR.Ql 13 P·B4 14 f<txKt 15 B.B3 16 R_B 2 17 PxP 1C Kt·QS 19 PxB 20 P_QKt3 21 P_Kt 4 22 P_B5 23 B.K4 24 QR_KBI 23 K_Kt2 26 PxP

P.QB4 P_Q3 p,p

Kt.KB3 P-KKt3

B·Kt2 Kt·B3 B.Q2 0·0

P.QR3 R_Bl

P.QKt4 Q_B2 BxKt

P_QR4 P.Kt5

p,p BxKt R·Kt1

KR_B1 Kt.Q2 Kt·K4 Q.Ql R_B6

Kt.Q2 BPxP

Black 27 B.R6 28 BxB 29 Q.Q4 30 QxQ 31 B-Q3 32 B_B4 33 R_B7 34 K·Ktl 35 R(I) _B2 36 K_Kt2 37 PxKt 38 RxP 39 R_K l 40 R.QKt l 41 R.Q2 42 R.Q3 43 R.Q2 44 R.QB2 45 K.Bl 46 R (f) xP 47 RxR 48 R.K t6 49 K_Kt2

Kt·B3 K,S

Q.Kt3 R,Q

K _R3 Kt-K5

RxPch Kt-Q7

R.B8ch KtxB R,P

P_Kt6 P_Kt7

R (5)_Kt5 K_Kt4 R.Kt6 K _R5

R.Kt6ch RxRP

R,R K,P

R·B6eh R·B3

Whit e l"esiglled on the ij~th mOI'e.

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The Game of the Month B y R EU B EN F INE

Each !IINllh Grandm,IJler FiliI! exp/aim ,wd ,uIIIOI,,/eJ " raelillypl<l}'ed galliC CMIJidered of gredlnl currelll ;1IIereSf 10 CHESS REV!liW ' S

redder! . TIN! GIIIIIC of 1l)1! 1>1mllh jm- 1M! i JJ lle is iro1/! Ihe Ch,lm/'ioll' Jhil' 1'Ollf,umCll/ of fbI! i\lARSIIAI.l. CIIESS CLUII, 1I0 r" ill 1"'0/1.",,-<1 . Twcnty-yt'Jr·uld LOIJIS LEVY, who "WI 'hiJ K"llle, iJ /'x-clI/""i" of the ,"T. Y. U. CheJ;' T(!,u".

For centuries now the two ideals of the ( hess world have been, orig inality and bri!. lia!J(Y. Up to the present century brilliancy was the Otltstanding requisite and any game which did not sparkle with sacrifice was d is_ carded as hopelessly dull. It is commonly bdievcd- although there arc no facts to support it- that Morphy's play abounded in brilli ancies and conscguclltly everybody is dis_ advalltageouslycompared with Morrhy. T hough the Ilumber of people and alleged cri tics who still hold to such views is fortunately diminish_ illg, they are still prevalent.

Now, every master has had his '· J,.-[orphy period," when he deliberately and regardless of cost steered his games into channels where sacrifices were bound to result. And yet vir_ tually all have toned down this youthful im_ petuosity alld conducted the game along orthoJox positional lines. Why? Is it, as somein this country Ilotably C. S. Howell- hold, because of laziness alld the desire to play safe? No: there is no justification for such accusa_ tions. The real reasoll is that the techn ica l C<Juipment of the modem player has increased to such an extent that brilliancies as a rule arc either impossible or relatively easily re_ futed. As a resu lt, to play wild sacrificial chess is eCjuivalent to suicide and everybody who expects or hopes to win ag ainst equal opponents has to forego such tact ics.

The more intelligent critics have recognized the indisputable fact that brill iancy is an ac_ cident and have ills\cad demanded originality. Mr. Sanrasiere faI1s into this category. But he makes the mistake of exaggerating the value of nove lty in the opelling and champions the curious notion that only bizarre moves can produce interest ing chess. He often indulges his pCllclHmt for "crazy'· and ··romantic"· openings, but the restllts he seLUres are more than enough to scare other pl ayers away from them.

For some lime now the '"Orang_Utang·· Opening has been one of his favor ite weapons (,nd he has puzzled many an opponent with

it. On principle, of course, there is nothing to fear because: White makes no attempt to secure the upper hand in the center. Still, though there were a number of known lines which led to easy equality, th(;re were none which yielded Black any superiority. The following game is important because for the first time it indicates a method which demoL ishes White·s open ing idea completely. San will either have to find some improvements or stop being romantic.

"OR A N G·U TA NG" O P EN tNG

A. E. Sant a si ere White

1 Kt .KB3 2 P .QKt4!?

L . Levy lJ1ack P.Q4 . . . .

We are informed by usually re liable sources t hat ;\\1·. Santa!!iere ha~ requested the governmellt to cO]lyrig-ht lIlis muve ..

The advance uf till' QKtP is useful in eel·· u \ ill variati on >! o f He li"s Ol)ening (as. e.g .. in the rall\ou~ !'lleOUII(f'Z· ileti·Capablanca. "'ell" York . .192-1) but me re loss of tinHl (II most case.~. Whi le it does not give White ally 'HIvantage. it has. up to liOW at any rate. had the merit of lead ing La most unus ual position s whe re the player wiLh more dari ng aud originality would have the uppel" hand .

2 . • . • P. K B3!! A natu!"al z·cply which nobody seems to have

thoug ht o r before . Ordinarily. the ea l"ly advance of tlw KBP is bad beeaU8e it deIJrives the KK t of its best square, but here it is "cry much to the Iloilit beca\l~e Black ca ll build a strong Pawn phalanx in the center.

3 P.Q4 P . K4 ! 4 P_Q R3 • • . •

A routine rellty. after which mack secures an ol'e!"whclming position. 1'l"ue, 4 PxP. ExP ch; 5 P-B3. B·QB4 Is likewise very mu ch in Black·s fa.vor. But he might have trie d 4 P-K-I!? and if the n 4 .. . PxKP; 5 l{txP! in true gambIt sly Ie. Afte!· 5 ... PxK t ; 6 q-R5ch, K-Q2; 7 Q-B5ch, K-K2; 8 Qx Pch, BK3: 9 B-K l5ch, Kt-B3; 10 H-QB4. Q·Q3 ; 11 BxB, QxB; 12 QxPch. Whi te at lemlt has sOllie material fo!" the piece and retains some attacking chances.

4 . . . . P-KS 5 K K t-Q2 B-Q3

6 P_K3 P_K64

W e now have, with colors reversed, a var Iation ot the French Derense which Is h ighly fa.vo rable to t he a tta cker (here Black ) and wh ich Is particularly s t l'ong because White has made two wholly useless moves 0 11 the Q·slde (P-QKt4 and P·QR3). No more com· plete re futa t ion o( W hite's faulty ope ning slrntegy could be thought of.

7 P_QB4 8 Kt_QB3 9 Q_Kt3

P-B3 Kt_B3 • • • •

Tht s sortie lllnstrfltes White's di lemma. If he trles 9 IJ-K 2, 0·0; 10 0 ·0 , B·K3 fO llowed by ... P·OS !It the appropriate moment, his King will be expose d to a powerful fLttack. 9 ]'·G3, normally good in the F rench Defense to brenk u p the enemy Pawns, comes too late: Black's foot soldiers are too strongly entrenche d. W hite a pparen tly hopes t hat the Q-stde diversion may produce someth ing.

9 . . . . B_K S 10 p " p • • •

Cl ar ifyi ng t he si t uation in the center only helps Black, but White has no constructive plan available . On 10 P -B5, 13·132; l1 P ·Kt5, even J1 . .. 0·0 ; 12 PxP, KtxP ; ] 3 QxKt P, Kt·QR4; 14 Q·H6, P -B5 is quite powerful.

10 , . . . Px P 11 8 _K2 QKt-Q2

BlfLCk has so s trong an initiative that normal de velo pment creates a pos itional t h rent: the occupation of QB5 by a K t. W hite ma nfLges to IJreven l this, but at terri fi c cost.

12 P_QR4 R_QB1 13 P.R5 •. • ,

Levy

Santasie r e

White'" Iloaition is cramped, hut it looks safe enough. A bomb explodes his eeron1ty. Of course, whil e m ack retains the better or it with the simple .. . Q·KZ and ... l)·BS, t he Une chosen is fa r m ore forceful.

13 • . . • BxRP! Obv ious and strong. The

less obv ious, but still stronger. 14 P.Kt3

continua tion is

. . . . T he only hope. 14 Kt( B3)xKP, BP xKt; 15

RxB, 0·0 leaves W hite's game torn apfLr t and doomed to quick defea t because he can not cl!.Stle on ei ther side. On J4 RxE, Q-1l2 wins a Pawn fO!' nothing.

14 . . . . BxP ! I

This Is the real point to Black's play : he gets three .Pawn s fOI' the piece plus a strong attaCk.

15 PlI S 16 Kt-Ql

Q.B2 • • • •

Too pasSive. Olle of the Hrs t prinCi ples of defense is that one must be as active as poss ible, else the IJleces are so cramped that the material superlol'lty becomes meaningless. Following this line of thought, here White could have secure d better Ill'ospects by 16 B·Kt2, QxPch; ]7 K·Ql. '1'rue, then 17 ... QxP wins another Pawn, but th e reply IS Kt-Kt5! , Is hard to meet. After]8 ... QxQch; 19 KtxQ. the double threat eompels 19 ... K-K2, when 20 KtxP, R-Rl; 21 K t-Kt5 restores material e quality and gives W hite a powerful passed Pawn, than wh ich nothing can be m ore effective with a piece to the good. And H Bla ck attempts to hold on to his material by 18 ... Q·B5, then 19 R·K Dl (be tter than 19 KtxP Which. wou ld re turn t he Initiative). Q·K ll; 20 P·R6! , P-QKt3; 21 Q·K3, 0-0 ; 22 Q·D4 is extremely annoyin g because Whi te has a ll the pla y.

16 . . . . 17 Kt.B2

Eviuently forC ed. 17 . . • .

• • • •

An attacke r a.lwilye 18 BxKt

keeps the lines open.·

]8 R·Bl, KtxP Is hOjlele si'!. 18 • • • • P.B

19 Kt (Q2)x P ..•.

Justifiable suiCide. On the tempting alternative 19 Kt·Bt, there tallows 19 ... Q·Kt7!; 20 R-R2, Q·B6; 21 Kt-R l (relatively best), P-R4 and if now 22 Kt (B 1) -Kt3, P·R5! ; 23 RKB2, PxKt! ; 24 RxQ, HJeKtch; 25 R-Bl (or 25 K-Q2, KthR; 26 n -Kt2, P·Kt7), P -Kt7 and it is all over.

19 . . . . Q_Kt7

After th is the th rust ... no matter what Wh ite does.

20 Kt·Q6ch

P-Kt6 is a klller

K_Q1 21 P.K4 • • • •

Or 21 KtxR, P·K t6; 22 R-B], R·DI !; 23 Q·B2, PxKtch; 24 RxP, Q·KtSch etc.

21 . . . • P_Kt6 22 B_Kt5ch Kt_B3

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23 8xKteh • • • •

Ollwrwi~e the II will be e n prise; fl.).: .• 23 1~· Kl3l . I'xKtch; 24 Rxl'. QxB e tc.

23 . . . . P xB 24 R. KB1 P xKteh 25 Rx P Q.R 8eh

In view 0 1" the expo~pd Whit" King position Ill(' reHt i~ simple. Levy repeats 1Il0VeH at ~evend point s. doubt!('s8 to gain time 011 hi.~ eloek.

26 R· B1 27 R·B2

Q·RSe h • • • •

\ \'hi tn ha s no choicp. On a 1< mov e ~ueh as 27 K·Q2. Q·H7ch willI< the Kt.

27 . . . . Q.R8eh 28 R·B1 Q.R 5eh 29 R·B2 R·K Kt l !

Rimple and force ful. i~ df'adly .

On 30 KtxR, H· Ktkh

30 K·K 2 31 K·K 1 32 K. K2

Vinally.

33 Q.R4 34 K.Q2

Resigns Anticipating the mat l' .

B·K t 5eh B.K3

R.Kt6

a· Kt5ch Q.R3ch

'l' ,0 K -1<1. Il KtSch; :16 !t·KB!. Q· Kijeh matp.

is a II almo~t )JUI 'C

,\ "igorollH and plpa~ing- g-ame.

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Chess Federation Calls Off 1942 Championship Tourney

The followin,t; statement, signcd by George Stur;.:is, President, and L Walter Stephens, Vice.president, has bC<.-!l issued by the U. S. Chess Federation:

"P()r a IOIlg" tinw prior to lJecembf'1" 7 th anll Sth the U. S . eh"",.; l~e d \'rati oll, through its ?\"atiolla l Cliallll'ioll ~ hlp Tournament. Commit· tee. had he!'n planning" ij" reg-u tnl" biennial ChI'S!' "l'oll rllanu'll t for -'larch. 1~ · 12. The mo· lllf'1l101lS "YPIlIS o f t ho ~f) \WO days ha"e eOlu , plf'It'ly ehanged plans and pros]Jeels I'or such a. t.ournament. . T he Uni1.('d Stale~ Goverllment has i~!< \ll'd 1I elll ] for an ,,11 out s trug"l .. In a \\,al' Which has been lhnl HI Ul,on U~. It i~ ob\"Ious th at Olli' \"(~ry national safety i!' al slake. and 0111' Instituj iuns and OUI" homp" en da ngered. Our way or li re i~ in I-:I'ea\ llel"il.

In view of Ill ., ,,e fact~. ti l\' U. R. Chess F ei!e ration . llcting l.hrou.c:h ils Exet: u(.ive Com· mltl~·('. hal< deehlcd that the presp n t lime Is 1I0t prol'itiml!' fo r hohlin,c: thc Championship TOllrllamenl. Hathe!" il is a time whe ll we shoilid devote our enti re t houghts. eITorts HII(I rf'~()I1I'e('S t ow"I'd brin g-ill).:: this wal' to a ~IW· ce~Ml11 concll1~ioll. For t hese rea ~olls the tournament will IIOt lJe h"l<1. \\' e look forward. howe"e r, to a lIIon ster ""jubil ee" 01" "l"ictOI".I''' tnunJalllenl Ht a later ilate which we hope wil l lIo t be ill the 100 rar di~l:lIIt future ."

The Editors of CHESS REVIE"" frankly regard th is as a most unfortunate decision on the part of the U. S. Chess Federation officials. [n

effect, the Federation announces that it has withdr:lwn its support of ,hess for the duration of the 1\\l. f. Thc stalement cven tells us that we should not play chess Of think of chess duro ing the war. Surely this is somethinji wh ich each ind ividual should decide for himself.

The United States GOI'ernment is activcl), encomaginji sports and recreational activities. Other countries at war afe continuing to hold ch('ss tournaments. Right noll' the Russian Na. tional Championsh ip tournament is heing pl ay. ed in ]\ioscow, of all plates . Tourncys afe still being held in England, France, evcn in Gennan),.

Chess should he more USefll~ nOI" than ever as a relaxat ion from the more strenuous thing., we Sh~l!l all he underLlking. Chess expends no defense materials. Money contributed to a tournament remains in the countr}" is not di . vertcJ from defcnse. PlayinF: chess is not in _ coml,atiblc with war efforts, whether it is pl ayed socially or with a litle at stake .

We sincefely hope that the United States Chess Federat ion wi!! rt~' onsidtr it.-; dccision.

I. A . HORowrrz

KENNETH HARKNESS

PLAY THE How would you like t o p laya gam e againM

one of the le ading Am erican mast.e rs- with a gl'andmastel' as your partner in consultation?

Here'~ your oPPOI'luni ty. Gct 0111. YOIl!' board and pieceR- or your pocket set- and get ready t o p lay with Uubinstei n again s t Kashdnn!

or connIe, Rubinstein and K ashdan [tcillaHy player] th is game some time ago- a t the Prague OlympiCS in 1!)31 · - but if you haven' t see n the game bero l'c, 01' have fo rgo tten it, you're on your own now.

Start with t he right hand column below. ,\rter the opening, we show only the m oves mad!) by Kashdan (\Vhite ) wi t h blauk spaces

B LACK MOVES (Rubinstein)

COVER T HESE MOVES WITH SLIP OF PAPER. EXPOSE ONLY ONE LINE AT

A T IME

Black Played Sco re

7 . .. P·KR3 (Sec next line) __ ___ 3

Score 5 points fur . . . P -R ·I. 8 P_B4! __ ____ ___ __ __ _____ __ _ 5

9

10 1 1 12 13 14 15 16 17

" 19 20 21

22

23 24 25 26

27

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30 31

32 33 34

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• B P xP! _____ _______ __ ___ __ _ KtxP __ ____ ___ _____ ______ _

PxKt R·Kl Kt_B3 B.KB4 !

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QxB ______ __ ____ ___ ___ ___ _ Q_Kt3 ___ __ ______ _____ ____ _

QR_B1 P-R3 ___ __ _______ ___ ______ _

Kt_K5 ___ __ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ _

B-63 __ ______ ____ __ ___ ____ _ R_B5 _______ __ __ ___ _______ _

R_B1 (Se e next li ne). ____ _

6

3 1 3 3 6 1

3 3 3 5 2

3 1

Score;;; IJoint s for 22 ... R -D2.

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K_Bl 3 P·Kt3 ___ __ ______ __ _______ _

7 BxP ___ ___ _____ ___ ____ ___ _

3 BxPch ______ __ ___ ____ _____ 1 Q.Kt4c h _____ _________ ___ _ 5

Q-B3 __ ______ _____ ______ __ _ 3 B· R2 _____ ___ ___ ___ ______ __ 5

K_Kt2

Q.K3

RxR! RxRch R_Q7ch

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2 3

Total Score ___ ______ ______ 100

MASTERS foJ' the replies. It's up t o you to fill in t hose blank spaces!

T he scoring system enables you to compare you rself with Rubinstein! The moves he made al'e given in the left·h and column. COver those moves up with a strip of paper and expose them olle at a time, aftel' you have se lected your own move. Score par if you picked t he s am e move.

Don 't expect to makp n high SCOI·e. It isn't eas;', but i t 's fun-a nd how your chess will im prove !( you follow this series.

' Cornpl"IC Hllnol"l i on~ of th ~ g·"rnc ~nn h e fOll. Hl in .. R"llin~ l ein's CllUS~ l\lasterpteccs" ['age H~.

WH ITE MOV ES (Kashdan)

QU EE N'S GAMBIT DECLIN ED

Openi ng Mov es: 1 P·Q4, P ·Q4; 2 Kt·K B3, Kt-KIl3; 3 P·D4, P -K3; 4 K t·B3, QKt·Q2; 5 G-Kt5 , B-K2; 6 P·K 3, 0 -0;

White Pl ayed

7 Q-B2

8 8_B4

9 BPxP

10 KPxP 11 KtxKt 12 P.QR3

13 B_K2

14 B_B 7

15 QxB 16 0_0 17 QR .Kt1 18 Q.Q3 19 Kt_R4

20 Kt-B5 21 KR.Ql

22 Q.KB3

23 Q.Kt4

24 B_B3 25 Kt_K3

26 KtxP 27 K_B1

28 B_K2

29 P-K Kt3 30 Q.B4

31 QR·B1 32 B_Kt4

33 BxQ 34 K _K2

Res igns

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II

MY FIFTY YEARS OF CHESS By FRANK J. MARSHALL

U N ITED STA TES C H ESS C H AMPI ON 1909-1936

CAR OL IN E D. MAR SHALL IN 1904 "She has f oug ht all my battle s. "

CHAPTER IV

(Colllllllled )

It was shortly after the Cambridge Springs tourney that fate dealt me a cruel blow in the death of my father but then comforted me by allowing me to meet Carrie, the girl who be_ came my wife, the mother of my son, my de. voted companion for the past 37 years.

Carrie has travelled with me wherever chess has taken me. She has been a constant help and inspiration. As my business manager, she has fought all my battles for me.

Carrie has devoted her whole life to my interests and the welfare of chess. Today she is the secretary of the Marshall Chess Club and her job is by no means an honorary one.

I remember well the occasion I first met Carrie. It was on August 27th, 1904, at the wedding of her brother Charles. That very nisht r went to Carrie's mother and said:

"r have fallen in love with your daughter

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and J"m going to steal her: ' H er mother laughed, but that's just about what haprened.

A few weeks later I had to leave N ew York to play at St. Louis and to g ive exhibitions. I returned just before Christmas and began a "blit<:" courtshi p which lasted for about two weeks. I was leaving on January 7th for Paris to play Janowski so I rushed things a bit.

We were married at 11 :30 a. m . on January 6th, 1 90~ . At 9 o 'c1ock the next morning we sailed together for Paris. As Carrie expresses it :

"j thought ' had better marry him as he told me it was my last chance."

On the way over, there was a group in the smoking room playing chess all the time. The day before we arrived I went in and watched them. When I saw one of the players make a "Iemon", I couldn't restrain myself from teJling him he had a won game if he hadn 't made that move. Whereupon, his opponent said to me:

"Ii you play chess, why haven' t you shown up hefore?" I've beaten everybody else on board the ship."

.. , didn't feel like playing," r told him.

" Well, why don't you play now?" he asked. " Sit down, I'll g ive you a rook."

" N o, you won't g ive me a rook," I answered, 'TIl give you a rook:'

This was too much for my new.found friend.

"N obody cao give me a rook, " he spluttered. 'TII het you lifty dollars you can't ."

"Well, , could take the bet," I told him, "but it wou ldn't be fair. My name is Mar_ shall."

When he learned he was talk ing to the win_ ner of the Cambridge Springs tournament, my fr iend calmed down a bit. I let him off his bet but he insisted on buying us a dinner in Paris.

In Paris I met Janowski and won my match with him. Then, later in the same year, I won

first prize at the Inkrnational Tournament at SdlC\'eninAen, Holland. A .l;amc from th is C\'cot appcars on Page l .-J.

A word abom the SL l ou is tourney. TIle American cham pion H . N. Pillsbu ry was i ll and un:tblc to play. The tourn:tment commit. tt"e then announced that the winner would be. rome champion of the United States. In fact, they presented me v,' ith a medal in.';(ribcd "!-"rank J. Marshall , rhampion," However, 1 did nOt awce with the ,!ction of the committee and pub licly ack nowkdgcd that I regarded

"No fine r sportsman

than Frank Marshall

ever sat down to a

chessboard. nor

could anybody hope

to find a better

friend, "

F'rom Thomtls Eme ry's in troduc tion to MY F'lfTY YEARS OF' CHESS.

Pill sbury liS st il! the champion. J hoped that it would he possible, on my return from I:u. rope, to play a match wi th him. Unfortun. atdy, Pi llsbury <li ,'<1 in 1906, before a match could be arran.s.:ed.

The chess world (hen accepted me as the U. S. Champion hut [ sti ll did not feci fiAh! about it. Tn 1 <)0<), 110wc\,er, I played an d won a matd l wit h Jackson W. Showalter, the cham , pion before Pillsbury, and [ then felt that 1 had a clear ri,!.lht to the title.

I J

Schel'cningen 1!l05 QUEEN'S GAMBIT DECLINED

A surprise S~lcri fice dercllse.

F. J. Marshall While 1 P_Q4 2 P.QB4 3 Kt.QB3 4 B_Kt5 5 P.K3 6 Q.B2

O. Duras Black

P.Q4 P_K3

Kt.KS3 QKt_Q2

S_K2 . . . .

I was 1'(>1"1' fotHl of this maI'o at this siagr • of my careel·. Jt.!I c lastic character appcaled to me; f01" instance . it jlrovides for ~iuecJ1' side ca!Hling in some instances.

6 . . . . 7 PxP 8 BxB 9 Kt. B3

10 KtxKt

P-B3 KtxP Q,S 0·0

KPxKt And th is Pawn form ation is one frequently

goon in my games. In recent years it has been adopt.ed a p'eat deal, llart.icularly by "'loh!" f\ll(i Hcshcvsl(y.

11 B.Q3 Kt_S3 12 0·0 R·Kl 13 Kt_K5 P.KR3

Preparing to move his Knight. so that he can undermine the commanding I.osilioll of White's Knight.

14 P·B4 If 14 ... Kt-K5; 15

(not 16 Qx[{P?? 1'-133) chances .

15 R_B3

Kt_Q2 DxKt, Pxll: 16 P-BS with gOOd altacking

. . . . This movc has the double object or guarding

the KP (macl, was threatening ... 1>-133) and of placing the Rook in an aUacldng position.

15 . . . . Kt-81 16QR_KBI P-B3 17 Kt_Kt6 KtxKt

mack has succccdcd in dislodging the annoying Knight, but in so doing. he hal'< created tal'gets fO!' attack which will be uti li7.ed la ter on.

18 BxKt 19 P_B5 20 R_Kt3 21 QR_B3 22 RxB 23 P_KKt4

R_Bl B·Q2 B_K1 s,s R_B2

White's attacking plan is Clear. He will advance his King·side P awns in order to ollen lIll av enues of attack against the Dlack King.

23 . . . . R_Kl 24 P_KR4 Q.K5

An ofrer which White natlll'ally declineI'<, Since II!! wllnls to continue the attack ~lnd to avoid an ending in which his Pawn position would be unfavorable.

25 Q_B2 Q_Q6 '1'0 go Pawn-hunting with 2" ... Q-KtHch;

26 [{·H2. QxRP would be very risky. to say the least. fOl' then the thrust 27 P-Kt5 would be all the more powerful with Black's Queen out of play.

26 P·Kt5 27 PxP 28 RxKtP 29 R_R3

RPxP p,p R_83 R_K2

29 . Q-K5 gives an easier defense. Black's

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pressure on the Paw ns hampers the execu· tion of \Vhite's attacking plans.

Duras ~

Marshall

30 K-R2 . . . . At first sight it ltVlOears that 30 Q·lt1 would

havc won, ror cxamVle: I 30 Q-R-I, K·132? 31 HxPeh! and wins.

H 30 Q-H-I, RxEP: 31 Q·H.8ch. K-B2; 32 RxPch, K-K3; 33 R-H6ch! K-Q2; 3·1 HxHch, KxR: 35 (.j-Rich followed by a Hook check, or 3f, Q-I(tich . H-UZ: 36 Q-K5ch winning in eithm' event.

U[ 30 Q-RI, Q-Kt:'(ch; 31 [{·HZ. Q·87ch; 32 R-Kt.2. Qx\3P; 33 Q-lt.~ch, K-B2; 3·1 HxPch, K-K3: 35 Q-BSch, K-Q3; 36 Q-QSch. R-QZ; 37 RxHch and wins.

Howel'el' , there IS a draw after 30 Q·R4 by 30 ... R_R3!! 31 QxR, Q_QBch; 32 K-82, QQ7ch; 33 K_Ktl (if 33 K-KI.3 or K-n3, RxPch etc.), Q-KBch; 34 K_R2, Q_B7ch; 35 R_Kt2, QxRch; 36 KxQ, PxQ with equality.

30 .. _ . K_B2?? Runnin.e: into a neat sacrifice. . .. Q-K5

was still tho movc. 31 RxPch! Resigns

On 31 ... [(xI{. there is a forced mate wi th 32 Q-Kt3ch, K-8 2; 33 R-R7ch, K-K1; 34 QQ!Wkh. K-Q2; 35 QxPch, K-Ql; 36 QxRch, K-III; 37 Q-87 !\lute.

II' 31 ... K-Dl; .32 H-Kt5 winning easily.

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GAMES FROM ARGENTINE TOURNEY As reported last month, Swedish champion

Gidcon Stahlberg and Polish master Moishe M. Na jdarf divided fi rst and second prizes in the International Jubilee Tournament at the Cl ub Ci rculo, Buenos Aires, held Oct. 18th to Nov. 11th, 191 1.

Each of the eight competitors played two rounds with each of his opponents, making a total of 14 rounds. The final standing s werc:

W L 0 S COI"C N a j ol o rf 9 1 • 11 - , -- -----Stahlberg 9 1 • 11 - , ------Frydmnn ·1 2 , 8 - 6 -- --- -M ichel -------- , 2 9 71h- 6% Gu illlD.rd 1 , 1 , - 8 -------P lInlk 3 6 • 5 %- '" -- ------- , Czern iak 3 7 • , - , ------Pulg gl"OS ------ 0 10 1 2 - lZ

Najdotf was a member of the Polish team wh ich was stranded in Argentina at the con. clusion of the last team tournament of the In. ternat iona l Chess f ederation. Paul Frydman, third prize_winner, was a member of the same team.

Some nne g ames were produced in this tourney an(1 we pr(~en t two specimens on these pag~. In each case, the pla~'er wit h Ihe White pieces is C. E. Gu imard, champion of Argcn_ tma.

Buenos Aires, 1941 FRENCH DEFENSE

(Noles by Fred C. Gui m a;rd

White , P·K4 2 P.Q4 3 Kt_QB3 4 P_K5

Reinfeld) P. F rydman

lllack P_KS P.Q4

B- Kt5 . . . .

Ex tens Ive ana lysis seems t o indIcate t ha t If W hIte Is to secu re au advantage, I t can be on ly w I t h t h is move.

4 .... 5 P_QR3 6 PxB 7 Q.Kt4

P_QB4 BIIKteh

Kt·K2 PIIPI ?

An i n tere ~ t l ng mOI'e. Th e sa fest is i Kt· lJ.1 ::Iu d i f 8 B·Q3, Q·R5.

8 QxKtP 9 QxP

10 Kt_K2 11 P_B4 12 KtxP ?!

R_Ktl Q-B2 p,p

QKt.B3 . . . .

. . .

I ngel1 iou6, but n o t as strong as 12 Q·Q3.

12 • • . . 13 Kt·Kt5 ! 14 PIIKt 15 K_Q1

Ktx P ! Q_Kt1

QxPch P-R3

Pre rernblo t.o 15 ... QxB; 16 Kt· ll7ch. K · Q1 ; 17 Kt xR. Q-Kl; '18 Qx]>, Q-K tl ; 19 B·KB·\

nnd a very strong J:n rne, Wilh h is t wo Blsh o l)!I and powerfu l pnslled 1(l t P.

16 Q R_Kt 1 PxKt 17 BIIPch B_Q2

No t I • . . . J{ ·QI ; IS QxP wi t h a w inni ng game.

18 BIIB ch 19 RIIPeh

K,B K.B3!

A reSOllrCe wh ich White mn!;t hnve over looked.

Gulmard

The K n ig h t ca uuol be CltJlLUred because M · lei' 20 RxKt, K lh P (lhrXlnteni ng . .. Q·K i male) ; 21 R·K1 (I f 21 Q·Q3. Q·R-lch ; 22 K ·Kl, Q·R i)c h winning l he R ook) , Q_Q5eh; 22 Q.Q3, Q_Kt5eh; 23 R_K2, R_KiSeh ; 24 K _Q2, Q_Kt4eh and win s.

20 B.Kt2 21 R-Kt4 22 R·Kl 23 K_Bl

N ea t pla y. H 24 l lxR , R · Ktl etc.

Q_Kt4 Q,P

Q_86ch RxP!

QxBch ; 25 R·Kt 2,

24 Q_A4 K t _B4 25 Q.B6 A-KtS!

Now a su rpl'llIe mQve w ith l he olher Rook ! A p ictur esqu e IIOII IUOII, w i th both Black Rook s en prise !

26 RxR 27 K_Kt1 28 B_B 1 29 P-R4

The cOll1lt erchnuce !

Q.K6ch QIIRc h Kt-Q3 . . . .

29 . . . . Kt.K5 ? T his tu rns ou t to be a se rious wa ste or ti me.

cosliug t wo te11l11 l. . . . R-IH o ffered better lllX)spects.

30 Q.RS 3 1 P_A 5 32 P_R6

Kt·Q3 R_R3

Q.K8 ! T he Paw n 113s become "ery menaci ng

result o f Black 's In l)Se. bul h e is ~ li ll to sto l) i t.

33 R_Kt3 . . .

" " able

If 33 1'-133. H·RS ch! 3,1 KxR, QxBch; 35 K-R2. Q-B7 cll etc.

33 • • • • Q_R4

34 Q.B3e h Q,Q 35 R)lQc h Kt· SS 36 P. R7 R. Al 37 R_KR 3 R. Ktlc l'l 38 K-R2 · . . .

Still tryIng fOl' !\ wIn. as 38 H-Kt3 , R-KIU ; 39 n ·KR3, H.-Kli ch: ·10 R-Kt3 draw!! a t on ce. H owever. t here is noth ing t o be ga ined from the follow ing pia,.. w h ich, a l though in t.el'csti ng . olIenl no w i nn i ng clmncc. l31ack'!! ·Ilst move saves t he day. 38 . . . . R.Rl c h 39 K· Ktl R. K ll c h 40 K_8 l R_KAI 4 1 B-Kt S Kt .Q 3! 42 K .Q4 K t .K S 43 8_84 P .S 3

K.KtS P_S S

RxPch P·B7 K. B6

K ·K t7 44 P.B4 P.K4eh 45 BxP Ple Beh

48 K.B5 49 K·K t6 50 K·Kt7 51 R x R 52 R·R I 53 K_B6 54 K. K5 55 RxQ

P.B8 { Q ) K,R

46 Kx P Px ? Dr aw n 47 K)O;K t K .B4

A well·knowJl theoretical position lias been reachccL

B uenoe A ires T Ol.lrnOim ent. 1941 QU EE N 'S PAWN O PE N IN G

(Notes by F red C. Guim a rd

W hite 1 P ·Q4 2 Kt.KB3 3 p"p 4 P.QR3

Rel n feld) P. M iche l

Black P.Q4

P .QB4 P-K3 · . . .

W hite Is r ell lly I)tay ing' Ule Q uee n's Gnmblt Aecellted w ith a mOV(l In hand. The extra tempo makes Itself [cit In that W h ite develollS \'ery ellsily, Without ha ving t o worry I\boll t his opponen t's ga ining lIle In it iati ve.

4 . . . . ~ p. B4 6 P · K3 7 P .Q Kt4 a P x P

B,P Kt . K B3

Kt·83 8 .Q3 · . . .

A good fd~a. '\ 11 III l1 c k 'lI Illece!l are mo re aggr~sslvely l)()l:I led. W hile ,,;[\'es him t he bm" (le n of an Isolated <) 1', which wi ll \'cq uire con· sta nt protection; In add ition , Wh ile w ill be s t rong on the black squares, p al·t!cularly h is Q4 . A Kn ight I)lfln ted on t his SQuare will he ideally pO!ile ll. for It wlll be strongly cell· tra li r.cd without beinA' Rubject to ex pulsion .

8 . . . . p)(p 9 B. Kt2 0·0

10 B. K2 R. Kl 11 0.0 K t· K S 12 Kt.B3 B· K3

Illack's p ieces nrc "11 11 ul'cssecl U]I wi lh no p l a~c to go." The ro is ll W e [01' 11 ,('m 10 !lo. as Whit e Is a mply jJ rotected agll ins t King· side aUack s. GII'QlI these conditions. the w eak · ncss or t he ISOlated QP become~ mo re 111'0mi· nen l.

13 Kt.QKt5 ! 14 Kt (5).Q4

B. Kt 1 • • • •

As explained In the note to White's 8th mo"e. th~ Knight Is strongly entrenChe d here.

14 . . . . Q.83 15 R.B1 •. . .

Til ls s im ple mOI' e sU'c us t henR the PI'cssurc consider Rbly. 'rhe de\'elopmeu t of Hla ck's

16

Queen·s ide is a pretl y hope less 15 . . . . 16 KtxKt 17 P· B4!

III·oblem . KtxKt !,. QR3

• • • •

A terrible·looking move. It leaves It b ack· w ard KP, but It enhances '""'h lle's com mand of the black squares lmme llllurnbly. Its strength will soon be come a lll.arent.

17 . . . . 18 B.R I!

B.Q2 • • • •

With t he pos lLl o llal t h rea t o f Kt-lJG, )::e t tlng r id o f Black's vita l KB. Black pa r r ies the th reat, bll t Gulmard tu kes a d vlln lu)::c of the re movnl of Bla ck's Q ueen to ga in ground on t he K ing·s ide.

18 . . . . 19 B·K 141 20 Q)(B 21 Q. R3 22 Kt · BS 23 B.Q4 ! 24 R·B7

Q.QKt 3 B,B

Kt. B3 B.Q3 B· Bl Q. K3

• • • •

~~ M ic nel

Gu im a rd

While has manoeu vl'(lIl very c le vcrly 1.0 cs· I.ahlis h a u -emendOlls Iloslllonal s Ullcr lorlty.

24 . . . . Q R. KU 2~ KR·B l K ·Rl

Bla ek has j us t abont r un o ut Or mean ingful mo ~·ell. H 25 ... Kn·B ]; 26 RxR, Rxlt ; 27 RxR, Q xR ; 28 K t·R 6c11 w in s. Or If 25 . KR·Ql ; 26 Kt·R6eh ! PxKt ; 27 QxQ, PxQ; 28 BxKt with an eas!1y won endi ng.

26 Kt·R6! R. K2 If 26 ... PxKt; 27 QxQ. HxQ : 2.~ P·ll ::;,

R·Q3 ; 29 R xIl P . n ·I{t2; 30 13·K 5. Qn·Q] (if 30 . . . n ·Q2; 31 I~xll w ln H): 31 R(1) ·1l7 and \\!h i le regain s the p iece wit h n won t:fllne .

27 P· BS R)(R Or 27 . .. Q·Kr, ; 211 l{txPch, K·Ktl; 29

Kt·K tG wint,; ttg easi ly. 28 R)(R Q· K5 29 Kt.>IPc h K . Ktl 30 B)(Kt R· K l

F or if 30 .. . PxO ; 31 Q·Kt3c h leads to male. i,' urthel' I'esis t an ce III uselclIs, 11M mack has not hing for the ]llece.

31 B.Q4 Q. Kt8c h 32 K·B2 33 K t · R6c h 34 R·sa 3~ K·B 3

A fine game by t he

I1. K5 K· R I

Q.R7c h Resigns

Argen ti ne Champion.

CHESS BRIEFS CONC ISE CURRE NT C O N D EN SED

W eaver W. Ada m s WOII hi~ game with nonkm'lu llill 1alPst I'Dlm\! or Ih t.< i'llanhattan ChCA~ Clu t) C ha mpionship tU\ll'Ill!mc nt and l eacl~ t.he fi e ld wilh 4')~-1 'h. Following AdalllS nre Plllk lU; (3'h- 2'h1. Bern~tcln (3- 0), Reln fcld (3-1) aud Denker (3-2), T he LOu rucy will proba bly be COlllllleted a bout fo"ebma ry 1st.

World Cha m pion A lek h i ne recently ~a vc A simu lt aneous exhibi tion Against ; 5 Germau or· lic cr ~. [lecol'ding to a Vichy radio HIlIIQUIICement. "ou're a gn~at c he~!I .!layer, doctor, b ut you're IJluyl ng on the 10sllll\' s ide thiH time.

O"r Br itish a ll ies don't t h ink H is unptltrlotlc [0 contin ue Ch OMl activities. A warn repl'csentl ng t he Dritish Services l'cccnUy defeated a ll nllietl team of C"'OOI18, F ree F rench, Poles a nd Dutch men in a match IJlayed aL NottIngham, a Ccord ing to a cabl e dis patch.

Herbe rt Se idman ls ItHulin!\, in t he Marshall CIHlss Club Cham Jlion~hi p tournament wi th Lhe n ne ~co )"", or 7- 1, .\l ill01l H llnnlle r is a good seCQ nl! with (i - I , foll owQd II), L. Levy (G ih l lh) lind A. K Sallt llsl fll"fl (5- 2) . Marshall has heen unaOle to pIny mOI'C than two g-HIUOS 01\ accou nt of h is heallh .

Boris Blum in, fo r mer CanadIan cham l,iQII, )" the new Bro nx Cou uly Challlvio n. C. PIJlIJck. Illst yeal"S Wl nIUH', d idn' l come close t his t ime, fl nillhe \! ill 8th p i li ce.

Th e Metropo litan Chen League held Its tuLnurtl Ill(ldiou at the 1\I stllhilltan C. C. Ilil Ja uua l'Y ijtll. All office r s were r e·e le cted for 1111-othel" Y!!lIr: Lconanl U. Meyer, Presiden t; K, \ ' . Post coluillni>lt H. n. Ulgelow, viCe· lIrelll· dent; :\ilhon L. H anauel', U'c IIMu rer; Renjftlllln Al tuHl!!. Mecre ta l"},. The l.ellKue delegate;; wl11 meet nt t he :\fa ]'~ha ll C. C. 011 F l'hnm ry 3rd to recehof> fi nal e ntries and anange the schedu le.

Oa vid Prze piorka, ramous Polish chess m as· t tl r and jll"oblem composm', has died at Warsaw. IIgcd til . acconll ng to 'l"OI 'onto colulllnl~t Char]()s Crompton. Prze]liorka was reputedly one of the I'lclH.l Ht llIeli ill \Varsflw herore UIO Nazi lnvlIs ioli. He be n t hl>; ('fforts ullt i riot.,ly towards lhe ]lromol ioll of Pol ish chess, his prime a(!!lievement be ing his wor k in connectiOIl with the 1935 chess o ly mpics at Wa rsaw.

A. E. E lo and J . Kruzewsk i t ied fo r first place in t he a nnual Milwnu kee City Cha m pion· ~hip tournament. A. POWCl'S was thil'd and J i"as hlngbauel·, last ycu!" 's wln ll l'l' , callie In fo urth. R. Durk in. who Illade II good s howing at Ventnor City last ~ \lmlll e l', llllisJled sl~t h In a (lelll Of eight.

F rom 8 0:;;ton comce I,he news that Rcshe~" sky Illllyed 33 opponcnts in a simulta neous ex· h ibl t.ion lit the Boylston Club on New Yca r's Day. T he L'. S. Cham pion won 30 gameR, d rew with Godl!'ey L. Cahot of the City Club, ]O~t to Flle)!;!! l ot the Boy l ~ l oll Cl ub.

On Jan uary 3r d, tile nO)ll~toll Club J>lay ed flo 12·bollnl match with Clly Club, Willililli< 6\i! -5 Y~ .

T he n ORtOn cham l) Jon~hhl tou!'namen t 18 now In 1I I"Ogress with twelve players compet· ing. Among the entries hI t :arhard Kat )!, a refugee lind COm lJamtive Ilt'WCOmer in Ilos ton

(:he:;s ch'c les. Katz de feated OSCAr S ha piro, Olle o t: the city's h:adln g- experts, In an Ila l'ly ]·ou nd.

J ulius Pa rlos won the Queen~ Cou nty cham· l'ion~h il) in the annual tounmmon t S l,on~ored by the Queen~ Chess Club of Wood~idc . .Par tos tin l~ hed with a score of 9-1 . Benj amIn Alt· man , who won la~t Yl' a l'. was 1"(1IlIWI··Up wilh S\i!- I\i! . 1. S~hmolka divIded third and fourth prizes with J . Koninsky o[ City College. The Class A tourncy Wilts won by Geol'l!;c Pa r tos. the chaml, (o n·s bl·othel·, w ho s cored 8lh-lPh. Second. third and fOll l·th Iw iz'!!:! were shared by Mrs. NaU ll )' R oos . .\1. DUl"ll ll tl and D. Mills.

The Minne.ota State Cheu T ou r ney will be ~tagc d a t the Mi nneaJlo lis Che~lI and Check er Club on ~'ebrunl'y 22nd.

Ph iladel p hi a's In t e rn at iona l C. C. I~ leading III Ille play·off ro r t he 19·\\ Champlenship of the Phila. Chess A~sociation. The in t e rnationals have wo n 26, lost HI g llmes. with ~ adjo urned gamell sti ll to he pla yed, Camden City ill close w ith 26 wins. 20 losses and 2 a djOUrne d gn lllcs. Delmont. thc defend ing c ha m pions, and Nor t h City, winners In 1937 and 1939, n l"O out of the running with 26 los t games.

Kelv in Domovs, 16·year·old s tude nt lit the New Utrecht HIgh School, W OII the Individual dIH1II 1J ionshi v o f t he l " t e l' ~ch ol,ut lc Chess League o f Kew York. Eight hoys COm peted in i he chalilp lo llllhhi tl na ls w h ich ended in a triple tie fo r finn place betwe en J)om oys, :\1arey Hanft, o f JetrOl'son . a nd J. Hidalgo. Jr. of the High School o r Com merce . A \1 hnd score s or 6-1 . A unique situation arose when the three cntleavol'e(l to break the tie wl Ulout success in the fll"~t play·off . Hanft won f rom H ilialgo, who in turn defeated Domovll. Wh cr eupon, Domovs cOlll llieted the circle by winn ing from H a nfl

Determ ined to bl"Cak t he deadlock, the three schoolboys started all over aga in and Domoys emerged the fin al "leto]·. He defeated H idalgo and drew wi t h H a nft rOI" a play·off ~core of "'- lA:. Hl du lgo wall second wit h I-J , vanquishing H ann, Who llnished w il h 'h-l\i!.

.Albert I';ngl omnnn of Evander Childs and Nichol as Anaek of Ea.stern Dis tri ct tied for tll"~ t !)Iace in t he CO nsolat io u toul'ney. Donald "Immcrnm n. Uoys' H igh, was th ird.

Awards were mnde by Millon H a na nel·, facul ty direc to r o f t he toUl"lla ment.

PRO BLE M DEPA RTMENT W e regret to announce the resign at ion of

Vin(cn t L. Eaton (rom ed itorship of the P roblcm D epa rtment of CHESS R EVIEW, His servi(e.s to th is periodical, fo r t hc pa.~t th ree years, and to t he che.~s p rob lem wo rld in gene ra l, h ave betn exceedingly valuable. In the emp loy of th e Federal G overnment, Mr. Eaton find s himself ha rd_pressed fo r time. It is a "priority" which none of us, espe(ia lly at a time like Ihis, fa il s to recognize as paramount. In cxpress ing our heartfelt thanks to the ta lented reti ri ng edi to r, we do so with a hope that he wi ll con tinue to favo r us w ith h is fi ne contribu tions.- l:'d.

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WITH OUR CORRESPONDENCE PLAYERS I~OI" il long t ime we have promised to rate

ollr COITcspoutlcllce playel's. 'Ve have finally gol a round to uoing it a nd the results a \!\!ear un the next Jwge.

Our rating 8Y81em is rair anll accurate, will eventually I)Ort!"!!y a plnyel"s !1hili t y compared wilh others. The numhel' of points w i th which YO\l are credited or debited l'oJ' each fi nished game depends upon the rating of y o ur opponent. \Vhen you have played enough g-am es yOUl' mting will be representat ive o f your playing strength. In our t a ble, some players have finished only a few games and their ratings may change radically later. P layers ratuu with an e ven 1000 have not cOlllpleted any games.

1942 TOURNEY UNDER WAY T he 1942 tournament is off to a flying SI[\I't

with t he first section in vlay and entries coming in clai ly. ':-';o\,r that we are c lassirying entries it t akeR a lillie longer lo get Hection s startecl-~() be patie n t.

P layers witll CHESS REVJF:W ratings will be enteJ'ed in sections fts follows: Class A Sectious : P layers rated above 1050. ClaSH B Section: Plavers rated 950 to J050. C la~s C Sections: PlaY 'l!".'I rawd below 950.

[f ; ' Oll have not played in our correspondence tourney, please note the followi ng change in lhe rule concel'n ing classifleation of new e n· tries:

New entries , on w hich we have no da t a, wi ll be g iv en an in iti a l 'ra ti ng of 1000 a nd w ill be p laced in C lass B sect ions. Ho w eve r, new ent ries of know n playin g st reng th w ill be ra t ed a nd classi fi ed in accordance w it h thei r a bi lity. New entries are requ ested t o give deta ils of the ir pa st experience, if a ny.

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PRIZE-WINNERS THIS MONTH J . HO LI FF lias won Section 10 by 7- 0. He

won two gllmes from C. L. Hardwick and de· feated R. \V. Hays ouce. n. \V. Davis with· drew in the early stages a nd all his games were forfe ited. Stetler, who finished half his playing schedule (3 out of 6 gllmes) forfeited h is 2 games with Hoiiff. HoEff lIas an unfini.'lhed game with Hays.

L. P. V ICH UL E S hU8 WOIl 1st pl'jze in Section 12 and seconil pr ize in Spction 13. He cOlll lJle ted his schedule in Sed-ion 12 with a linal score of 7- 1. defeating G. i\Iilldinieh, J . P . Quille]] and \V. i\l eiden by 2- 0 1\]](1 divid· ing 1- 1 with I~. I. Treend. III Section 13 his final score was 5- :1.

L. R. C H AU V EN E T has won first prize in Section 15 with a score of 7- 0. He defefttcd N. '1' . Austin alltl J ose Benardete by 2- 0, scored 1 point ag-a inst O. \V. D ishaw. with whom he has au unfinished game. Andrews forfe ited all games.

DR. B. W. PA UL has WOIl Section 16 with a final score of 7- 1. He defeateil L. R. Chauvenet and D ,·. S. 81 Eddy, .1r., by ~-O . Sillit 1- 1 w ith .1 . .ill. Palmer. J 1". K1"\lSkal forfei t ed all games iu thls section.

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GAME REPORTS • 1941 TOURNEY S ection Result s to Ja n. 10t h

3. :'IIal"tin.1, Dishaw O. Gennel" l and 11. Hozsa drpw twice (1 - 1) .

6. :'Ilayers 1, Emmermann O. Aron~en 1, :'Ilayers 0 (1- 1).

1; . B. no~sa won Game A, drew Game B with Ceringer (1¥a- l;4). il. Rozsa 1, Work O.

10. S t etler forfe ited 2 games to HoUff. 11 . Glynll defeated Wallace. 12. Quillen 1, Meiden 0 (2- 0). Quillen J ,

't'reend 0 (1 'h - 'h) . H. W. H. Sm it h 1. Lippe~ O. Lippes 2, I3utler

O. Lippes and F'allellbeck divided 1- 1. 1.~ . Chauvenpt defeated Dishaw. 16. Ilr . II . Paul won 2 games from Chauveuet

and deleal.ed Dr. Eddy in their 8econd en· countcr (2- 0). Dr. P;1uj and Palmer split 1-1. l!;ddy defeated Palmer. Krusklll forfeite d all games.

jH. T. Hozsa won fro m Allured and dl'ew with L . K. Smith (l ¥a- l;4). Kemble de feated Slubblefield.

21. Hatch defeated Chism and drew with C. .ill. l,'euley.

22. Hicks 1, Benardete O. Andel 'son 1, Ben· anlete O.

23. Hobinson defeated Pratt. 24 . Koon>lll ~Ild Stauffer both defeated Ham·

ilton 2- 0. Greenfield won his se~ond game with Hamilton (2- 0). Stauffer I , Greentield O. Palmer J, Gl'eenflehl O.

26. Faucher and Rivise both defeated Ham· ilton 2- 0. Spielberger 1, Hamilton O.

27. Little 1, Tishk o 0 (2- 0). Lit tle drew with Powell. Frulkin defe'lled Tisliko anti Powell.

PLAY CHESS BY MAILI Correspondence chess is fascinating,

improves your game, gets you acquainted with other chess players.

Sections of our 1942 Tournament arc now being formed. This is your oppor_ tunity to tes t your skill and get a CHESS REV[EW rating.

You stand a good chance to win a prile, too. Award., valued at $4.00, $2.00 and $1.00 go to the fir~t, second and third. place winners in each 7.man section . As far as possible, sections are composcd of players of the same strength .

Entry fee is $ 1 pcr section and you can enter as many scct ions as YOlI plcasc. Copy of Rules sent on request.

Mail your entry now to;

CHESS REVIEW Prize Correspondence Tourney

250 West 57th St., New York, N. Y.

CHESS REVIEW RATINGS These ratings of our correspondence players

arc from <III reports rccci\'cd up to Jan . 10th. W e have tem porari ly classified players as fol. lows: Class A- above 10)0; Class B- 950 to 1050: Class C- bclow 950.

* * • • • * Alexewicz. W. ___ ___ ___ ___ __ __ ____ ____ __ 1000 Allu red. K. B. ____ ____ __ ____ ____ _____ ___ 1055 Antlenion , E. N. ____ ________ __ __ ______ _ . 10-16 Arolilien. Maud ___ •• _______ ___ ____ __ __ __ 992 Auslin . i'\. 1'. ______ _ • ___________________ 99~

Ax ln n. S. ______ ________ __ _________ _____ .1000 Be ll llniele . J . ______ ______ ______ ___ __ __ __ 1005 Bel'inger, T . H . ____ __ _____ __ ___ ____ _____ 1033 BOl'ker, L . _________ __ ____________ ____ ___ 1000 Boyd. R. ;II. _____ ___ ___ __ ____ ______ _____ 1000 Briggs. A. __ __ ____ ~ ____ ___ _ ~~ __ ~~~_~ ____ 889 BI·oll'n. H. L . ~ ~ ___ __ _ ~ __ _ ~ __ ~~ __ __ _ ~~ ___ 1020 Buscilke. A. ~_~~ ~ ____ __ ___ ___ ______ _____ 1 000 Butler. H. C. ~~ __ __ ____ ___ ___ ______ __ ___ )(76 Callis. L. __ ~ ________ ________ ____ ___ ____ _ 1 000 Campbell. C. W. ______ ____ __________ ___ _ 1000 Ceruzzl. A. ~ ___ ______ ______ __ ________ ___ IO OO Cllllll\·e nct. T~. It . ____ _______________ ~ ___ 105S Cil l!lm. S. M. ___ ___ ___ .. ____ _____ _____ ____ 893 Cook. W. N. __ ______ ________ ______ ____ __ 1000 Dav is, D. L. _________ ________ __ _____ ~ __ ~ 928 Dayton. K _____ ___ ____ __________ ______ _ 10·10 Dean. P. L. ______ ____ ________________ ___ 1000 Dis haw, O. W . _______ _____ __ __ _______ ___ 763 Dudley. n. ___ ______ __ __ _____ ______ ___ __ 1015 F~u(l y, DI·. S. S .. J r. ________ ____ _____ __ ~_ 950 Emmermau n, H. __ _________ _____________ 1033 EnoCh!lon. H . _____________ _________ __ __ ~ 1000 J."'a llenbec k. to;. _ _____ _ ______________ __ ~ _ _ 1026 Faucher, J . A. __ ____ ____ ____ _ __ __ ___ ___ _ 102~ }o'el l, C. _________ ___ ____________ __ ___ __ _ 1000 Fen ley. C. M. ___ ___ ___ ________ ________ 1003 i"ieldlnJl; . L. W . ___ ___ ___ ______ __ ____ ____ 1000 F rlenu. B. __ ____ _______ ___ ___________ 1000 F t"U t k ln. A. :'01. ____ ___ __ ________ ________ _ 1070 Gabol". N. ______ __ ______ __________ ______ 1000 Ga)". :'oI l'S. H . 8.. JI·. __ __ _________ __ _____ __ 911 Gennert, C. K ___ ___ _____________ ____ _ 1016 Gilut ln, K __________ _______________ _____ .1000 Gluski, H. B. ___ ____ __________ ____ ______ 1000 Glynn, J . __ _____ _____________ __ ________ _ 1143 Green fie ld. H. __ ______ ____ __ _________ __ _ 898 Hal verson, C. ____ __ ___ ___________ ______ . 1000 Hambur,l:"er. L. __ ______ ______ __________ __ 1038 Hamilton. L. B. ___ .. __ ___ ___ _______ __ ___ 637 Hanlwlck. C. L. __ __ ___ __ _______ __ _____ 971 Hatch. n. Il. ____ _______ __ ______ ______ __ 10:11 Hays. R. W . __ ___ ____ ~ ____ ___ ______ ___ __ 866 HeIsey. H. C. _____________________ _ • ___ • 873 Henry, F'. L. _______ ___ ___ ___ ___ _______ _ 1000 Henry, L. L . ________ _______________ __ ___ 1000 Hlcks, G. R. ___ ____ ___ ____________ ____ __ 1018 Hodgson. A. G. _________ ____ ______ __ _____ 1000 Hogan. J. G. __ ____ _____ _________________ 1000 HOit. H . S. ___ __ ___ ___ ______ _________ ___ 106i Hollff. J . __ _______ __ __ _ .. ___ __________ __ 11 5·1

Jacobs, i.,L ______________ _______________ _ 1107 J a mes. W. J. _____ ____ ____ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ 854 J urge nsen, W. G. ________ __ _____________ 1000 Ka hn. L. __________ ____ ___ ___ ___ ________ 1000 Kaufman. A. H . ______ __ ____ __ _________ __ 1000 Kelsey, H. M. __ ___ ___ ______________ ____ 1000 Kelllble. It. p . __ ____________ ___ ___ ______ 1077 Kingsla nd·Smlth ________ __ ___ ___ _____ ___ 1000

Kirkegaard. ill. _______ __ ___ ________ __ ___ 992 Klein, B, ____ _____________________ __ ____ 912 KOCh. J. A. __ ____ __ _____ ___ ___ ____ ___ ___ 11 09 Kokcn. J. C. __ ____ __ ____ _____ _____ __ ____ 1000 Kolisch , R. ___ __ __ ___ _______ ____ ________ 1 000 Kosl ow. B. __ __________ ____ _________ _____ 850

Kramer, :'of. ___ __________ __ _____ _________ 1000 Kresse, A. O. __ _______ __ ___ ____________ __ 936 L,a cey. W. H .. J r. _________________ _____ _ 1000 Las kotf. I . _____________ ___ ___ _________ __ 1000 Lay. K. __ ____ ____ __ ___ ___ _______ __ ____ 1000 Les h. J. ____ __ ___ __ ___________________ __ 1051 Liggett , H. N. ________ _____ ___ ___ __ ___ __ 1000 I~inder. A. __ ____ ______ __ ____ ________ ____ 1035 Lippe s. A. ___ __ __ __________ __ ___ ___ ~ ____ 930 L illie. P . ____ ____ __ ___ ~ _______________ __ 1008 Magel'. J. __ ______ __ ______________ _______ 1000 Marcelli. N. __ ___ ______ __ __ _____________ 1063 :'ofartin, E. B. ___ ___ __ ______ __ ~ __________ 1060 Mas ke t . A. V. ___ __ ________ _______ ______ 1000 Mayel·s. D. _____________________________ 107·1 "'eekel", J. ~1. _____ _____ ___ ___ ____ ___ ____ 937 III eiden. \Y. __ _______ ________ ____ _____ ___ 932 Mi lchell. N. W. ___ ___ ___ ___ _______ ___ ___ 967 Mitchell, W. M. P . __ ____ _____ _____ ______ 972 }'l laulnich. G. ____ ____ ___ __ _____________ _ 10 16 }'I uir , Mrs. D. S. ____ __ ~ _____ ____ ______ __ 1184 i\'IlIHlt. J . _______ ___ _______ _____ ________ 1000 N icholson. W. ____ __________ __ ___ ______ 1174 Nolan d. 1-1 . __ ___ _______ _____ __ _____ ~ ____ 1000 ,,"oonan , T . H. ____________ ___ ______ _____ 1035 Palange . J. 8. __________________________ 1229 Palmer, J. ilL, J r. ____ ________________ ___ 101 1 Parker, A . .,V. _______ ____ ___ __ _________ _ 1046 Pal·malee. C. __ ___ ___ __ ~ __ ______ • ___ __ __ IOOO Paul. Dr. B. ______ ____ _____ __ ___ __ __ __ __ 1108 Paul. P. __ ___ ________ __ __ _______________ 1030 Persinger. L . __ _____ ___ ___ ___ _____ __ ____ 1054 Powell. J . :'01. ______ ____ ________ ___ ___ ___ 964 Powt!rs. A. ______ ___ _____ _____ ____ ___ ___ 1000 Pratt, i\I . U. __________ __________ __ __ ___ _ 960 Qu illen , J . P. ___ _____ ___ ___ _________ __ __ 1019 Reael , H. L . ___________ _____ ___ __________ 1000 Hehl'. J . J. ____ ______ ____ __ __ ____________ 1000 Reichenbac h. 1-1 . ___ ____ _____ _____ __ ____ _ 1000 Rh 'ise. I. _____ __ __ ____ _____ _____ __ _____ _ 1022 Ro!)crl S, C. __ ____ ___ __ __ ________________ 1000 Hobinsou . N. 1. __ _______ __ _______ ___ ____ 10,10 Rockel, It. S . ____ ___ __ _____ __ _________ __ 1036 R OZSII , Bela __ ____ _____ __________ __ ___ __ 113 1 Roz~a, 'I'. ________________ ______________ 1013 Rubin, :\1. _____ __________ __ _____ _______ 966 Russ, N. ________ __ ___ • ___ __ ___ __ ____ ___ 1000 SechlcJ'. C. __ ______ ____________ ________ _ 1000 Shellhal·d. H. C. ______ __ ___ ___ ___ ~ ____ __ 10·1O Smith. I~. 1<. __ __________ _______ _ ______ 928 Smith. W. H. _________ _______________ ___ 1102 Spielberger. C. ___ __ ___ __________ ___ __ __ 101,1 Staufrcl' , I) . __ ___ ______ _ __ _ _________ ____ 1063 St et ler. C. E. ______________ ________ _____ 1071 Stubblc f!e hl , A. __ ____ __ __ ______ ____ _ • ___ 90 4 Tel' Veen . R . __ ___ _______ _____ ___ __ ____ _ 1000 'I'ishko. W. K ___ ______ ___ __ __ ______ ____ 879 "i"reeml. I~. I. _________ __________________ ~H2

Treiber. W. J . ___ ___ __ ______ ___ ____ _____ 1000 Umben;-er, E . H. _______ ___ __ __ ___ ___ ___ 928 Van Patten, H. _______ __ ____ __ ________ __ 100 1 Vichll les, L. P. ____ ________ __ ___________ 1281 Wallace. W. J . L. __ ________ __ _______ ____ 922 W ilco". H . I~. ____ __ ____ ____ ____ ____ _____ 1000 Williams. T . __ .. __ _______ ____ ___ _____ __ _ 1000 Wor k. T. A .. J l·. ____ __ ____________ ____ __ 1002 Yatfc. I .•. 1... ____ ____ ___ _________________ __ 936 Zoud kli k. R. J . __ __ ______ __________ ___ __ 990

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PROBLEM SECTION P. 1 . R OTHEN BERG

Problem Editor

The re Is t he stOfY of the Greek sage who, when nsked why no statue had been a!"ected In his honOr, l' eplled that he s hould much prefer to be asked why not than why so. That, in effect, is m y reaction to CHESS REVIEW'S offer or respons ibility (01' its Problem De])art· menL

T here ill a keen realization or the necessi ty to oluster all (and I mean ALL) o f my resou,'ces, In o"de,' to live up to the standards es tablished by my predecessors. Without exceptio n, all of the problem editors o( CHESS R EVI }o~W-Wurzburg, Bukober, Jacobs. Cheney and Eaton-have certainly proveu thelt' metier as experts In the art of problem chess, We feel indehted to each o( them for val uflhle mentorshlp, This publlcatioll's sentim ents , ex· pressell elliewhere in thi s issue, regal"cllng my Immedlato predecessor, the bril\!au\ Vincent EatOll, completely reflect my fe elings,

, am also mlml l'ul of the fact that CHESS REVIEW Is entering into it.<! tenth. year. Its ell!toniJ have s trive n constantly to ti nll fo r chess lhe widespread popular ity It deserves. With that as a. goal, I am ce rtainly ha ilPY to join the fa mily.

As a li lti ng tribute, practically all o f this month's problems are compo!!illons by formei' editors of th is depar tment. I have picked t hem at random from the early issues o f CHESS REV IEW, Whereas no problem I~ IleCeSS(Lrlly meant to ll1ustrate any pal'ticul fll' skill or predilect ion or the composer, you wll1 note, nevertheless, that none lacks the touch ot the mastel',

In No, .1 920 you will find all unOI·thodox piece, the Grasshopper, represented IlS Iln in· verted Queen. It moves and cllptures vel" tically, hOrizonta ll y a nd diagonally olle 8qua~ beyond the nearest piece of either colo r. E.g., the Grasshopper on R 3 can capture the Pawn on K 6; s imilarly, the one on RS can ca pture the Pawn on K2 ; neither has any othe r move. Mr. Bukofzer Skilfully resorted to the use of ill FaIry piece in order to illustrate a fas clnat · ing theme-elght distinct interrerences by a Black Knight, leading to eight tliStlllct mate[ - which Calluot be expressed with ol,th odox force s.

No, 1923 was amended slightly to overcome ([ hope) o.n unfortunate flaw occuning .Ill the origIn al. No, 1927 is by a distillgulshe() col· league whose work In "gleams"-tWQ.lllove minIatures-Is widely kuown.

LRsUy, No. 1928 de monstrates an intr igUing· Iy nJ llpant echo task. it is ded icated to the undlSllu ted Dean o f Chess PI"Oblemdom. A. C. W hite, who recently expressed the task In Rnother form, and to Mott·Sm ith who directed my attention to it.

And 80 we have begun! This department hopes to IIUbliSh mostly original problems. P lease submit contributions . iJegillnlng with the problems In the February l~ sll e, lh e sol· vel's' llH\lle r will be resumed,

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All COffeJI'ol1dmc8 pef/ailling 10 this depart. ment should be addresud / 0 P. L. Rothenberg, C H ESS REVIEW, 250 Weil 571h Street, New York, N. Y. For personal replies, please en· d ose sei/.addreJltd, ilmnped envelope.

CHESS AND CHESS PROBLEMS !. POWE R OF THE P IECE S

Some chess pla yers appear to shy away [rom chess problems because or a resis tance to synthetic positions whi ch they deem to be unrelated to ac tual lliay. 'regard s uch at· titude as unwlu '."auted , An cil thusiastic chess player s hould evince a n Interest in any phase of c hess. CHESS REVI EW ran a n account some time ago abou t U'. S. Champion Sarouel Rcsbevsky who, IIl'esentct! with an ext remely difficult four· move chess problem, s at t1 owo, ga ve his all anu, rising with a smile, recited every one of the Ilumerous variations, That is to be expected. Isaac Kashdan is probably one of the outstllntlillg chess problem solvers in the wOI'ld. EXllmples of the interest of top·notch chess 'pla yers in chess problems /tre numerous, Wh y the res istance of the less expert players?

'rrue, chess l)l'oblems will not help YOU deve lop your middle game In , say, the Ruy Lopez opening. Oil the othe.· hand, chess problems wlli g ive you an unders tanding o r the power and coord inatio n o( the pieces, in 1"Clatlon to certai n positional settings. A brill iant sacrifice in a game of chess is, in effect, the solution of R chess problem ; a more difficu lt solution, to be sure, in the absence 0{ preananged s tipulations. but a solution nevertheless.

Let us consliler the power and coordination or the clless pieces, Place \Vh ite King on K7, White Queen 011 RR6 <l.lld Black King on K4. Wilen tile Queen checks at KilG, 1(6 aod Q6, there are two rree squares to which the King can escape. Now place a White Knight on Q2. \'Ihite can now mate i n two moves. 1 Q-KB6ch, K-Q1 (fOrced, fOr Black's K 5 Js now controlled by the Kn ight); 2 Q·Q6 mate, for now the Knight cont rols both escape squRres previously ava ilable,

Elementary, d id you say? Agreed! Consider however, the following position, an endgame in actual play :

Whlto to piny: Who wins? I

OTTO WURZBURG 1933

MAXWELL BUKOFZER

RICHARD CHENEY Chess T ,Dec" 1933

VINCENT L. EATON

Chess Review, Jan., 1934

OTTO WU RZBU RG 1935

WAL TER JACOB~S",~

R ICHARD CHENEY

Chess Review, Jan., 1934

Geoffrey MOTT_SM ITH New York City

(Original)

MAXWELL BUKOFZER 1933

WAL TER JACOBS ~,-1933

VINCENT L. EATON

Chess Review, Dec., 1~33

P. L. ROTHENBERG Dedicated to A. C. Wh Tte

& G. Mott_SmTth

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READERS' GAMES REVIEWED In this J(P"fl llltll' Wt pnb/ish I1flmu by f" 'u/I'N

I/ 'ifh III/flo / plio n s by nOll'd { OIlIlIlI'III,/lo r Fred /{(·iNff ld. A ll)' IN f)1(1i~ 10 C II ESS RI,VJEVC' iJ U·d ( (UiU' /0 "'t 1M, /,re It, ri((' , SNbmil JOM /.:""'I.'J 10 Ri'.IJ(.'~I· GdmtS fJep,lf/lII l'IlI . CiIl:$S RM'ln'l' , VO W"'JI )7,,, Stree f, Nt", Y o, /: ,

H er e Is n hl' c I'lty whi ch illu sl l'nt e ~ one or the worst fauh ", which (-an be fou nd in Hn illcxpcl"ienced pillye r 's gnmcs. Wri t es Hendel' S tee le nlnck n ll : " I han~ al\\"a )" 11 c a ll{)d It " The PUI"I, u lt o f t he Knights:' A nu i t Is Ju><l t ha I - wit h 1\ \'C II,I;"(lH ncc!

QUEEN 'S PAWN OPEN ING

s. 81aekall A. Smith

Wh ile Black , P_Q4 P_Q4 2 P.QB4 Kt.KB3?

This Is the f:nllt \0 wh k h 1 refcncil . inex perienced )! l a~' er!l o n en fail to realize the necessi ty for mainla i nin,l;" a linn foothold In Ihe cento r . Th is nmy bo done in o ne o f tll"O wa ys: e it hor hy ]I]anting Paw ns I1l"1ul y o n t he (;e n te r 1j(lu n l"c~ (whl r, h is the us ual wa y) o r by cont r o illn/:" Ihc~c s a me cl:!n tc r l! ' t U II 1 · t' ~ by t ho Action o f ])Ieces 1I"01'k in J;" f rom Ow w ing!!.

In o lt he l' c a s l'. the fore('s com lll :'l ndim:- or cont roll ing Ihe co n te r must be reaso nably safe from a ttack. H they C,U) be e lim inllWl1 0 1'

d riven 01T. yo u w ill hal'o to yie ld the cen te l' to your OIJllOneut.

\Vh"l Is 11' I·o n):" . somo wi ll a s k . with yi (>ldi ng thc ccnt Cr to one 's o ppo nent ? Jus l Ih lll: the Ce nt Cl' III Ihe /1l 0~ t I'a hwbl e pari o f Ihr bOl1l"(l . from Ihe ]lo lill o f I' iell' o f ma intai ning co m · munlca t lon or your !lir el)" and hal·ln.!:" theil ' exer t lJreS~UI'C on your o[lpOn l) u l 's .!:"amc. If you lose YO Ul" foo t hOld In t he ce n tCI·. you r pieco~ will Ilr d rivcn off to inc ff('c t llli l '«I!la re!! : r ou will nf' I'f' r bo a blc to "en~lop you r II IN 'f' S to .l:"OOd s q u n reM. ,\ n tl II", wors l of il Is Ih :11 thbt 1M j U>l1 the k ind o f dis;IItn lllla g f' wh io:: h keeps on g ro ll' ln lo:-; for if a p layer combines co mma nd o f the ce nt e r with good deve lo pme nt. he w ill be a b le t o ut ilize the a lr eady accumu· lated advantage to a.cqui re new advantages.

~~,.om thc ro re j:;oing re m arks. it Is c le a r t hat Black wo u ld hal'c done be tte r 10 I,III}, 2 ... "·]( 3 o r 2 .. . I'·Q B3. In th is "-a y li e would have maintai ned Il l s foothold in th e (:e nt.l'1".

3 PxP KbP Or 3 . . . Q ~l' ; ~ Kt-QB3 a nd W h ite de

I-e l o]l~ with g a in o f t ime . 4 P.K4 • •

il lustrati ng the eomrneu t o n lJ1 ack'~ l'oco nd movc _ W hi te lIe l' e1011;'; wi th gai n or t ime , Ollc ns up no w II Ve n uf' S fo r t he d c p lo ymon t o f his ])ie o::efl; 01 1111 he doe~ ,h is f ree o f c lla l'ge, so 10 II IJe :lk . s ince mac k mlls t lo se l ime ro , t rea ting h is Kll igh t.

4 . . . . Kt.KB3 5 Kt_QB3 Kt-S3?

HCI,elltln/:" tl le m is lake or tlle secon d move , s in cu t his lIe-collll Kn ight will a t O Il C t" b r d l"ll' c n off. Re lati vcl y be ttc)" was !:; • .. ,,· I, ;\. d e · s pite Its pall~lve o:: haracw ,·. Bla c k wo uld the u

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By FRED REINFELD

"im i"or . . . P -fj·l. wh ich w ou ld to some extent ll (> ut,·,,1i1.e 111(' 1'0\\"1'" o f Wh il e 's centCl·. The c hall coos a re Iha t Il1Hc k would a lways ('emaln wi lh a CrnmI)l"d g a m e- but l ha t was ine,· ltablo:. aftc l" hi s second and t hird mOI'CS.

6 P-QS Kt_K4 To ret reat 6 _ . . Kt ·Q KtI nnd allOW 7 P-KS

w ilh furthel" con~lrlo:: ti on of h i ~ IJos ition, wOli ld be e n ' n mon' Ull l.h':ls ant. Note wlla t PI' lIs mac k -II faul t )" Oll(>u iu f!: 1)la ), ha;; b l"OUg ll t about ~

7B_KS4 , .. .

Again develo llll1 jl; w ith gn ln or time! 7 _ . . . Kt (4 ). KtS?

I t if, true t hat nftc ,' 7 . .. Q·Q3 Black threatI' IIS 10 obtain some fr eedom wtl h 8 . . _ Kt'Q6c h ( I he player with f!:l"eat e ,· f reedo m of ac tion mus t always be on guard agaln os t s odl s llI'prl se move;;) : b u t While call Il revcnt this b y t he itllllll't!iat e 8 n·K t 3~ li nd !l Inc k 's lI·o si t lo n would be (Iu ite m ise ra b le (threa l ; 9 P· B~ fOllowetl b~' 10 P· K5 wi nn ing a p icce ) .

Ite lmi\'e l}' tws l. ho wc I'e r , wall "j • • . K t-Kt 3. a 1t houf!:h anl' l' S II -K I3 !lInc k '!! !los ilio n would be u nen v ia ble . The fac t t hat even best Illay cHnno t g ive JU(lc k a p lilYll b le game. s how >l how se rious Wil li hl!~ Ini t ia l OITO\·.

8 P_KR3 9 P_K5

Kt_R3 Kt_Q2

An ,, \" nine nUII·,·s . Ulnc k ]\a ~ brooght out ol\ ly the tWO 1i:IlI){h{a, lind both 01" then'. ;"[ • .,.. Il\i ~ t'rllbly p lac OJ d. Dut nOw White Is abl" 10 lllake de ci.~lvc u ~e o r h lw wUIlc rior pOs i tion.

10 BxKt 11 P -K6

P , B Resigns

5 111'1)l" ill ing, ios u 't II ? H o we \'er, I I _. Kl-Kt3 o r 11 ... K1-l13 is a nllwered by 12 fj. KtSc h w in n ing a piece (if 12 _ _ _ 1'·113 ; 13 P x P Hnd Blac k is he l l)less ) . If 11 . _ . K t·K ,I : 12 p-n~ . Kt-KI 3; 13 II -Kt Elc h w in ll.

Another 11 1'(11)' ]101m : If II . . . PxP: J 2 Q-n" c h and :\1 ;\ '1'1-:.

• • • • • •

TWO KNIGH T S' DEFENSE

A g a m e f rom w hich t he rc los a gre llt deal to he Ica m e l! becauose of t he m a n y inco nsisten· c ies o n bo lh ;shle!!. T he " Ia ye ros have In lc r· os t ing ideas, b u t t ll !!lr 1ll0Vf'lI ha ve a h it ·or·m lss q lla l il y.

L eo Ka.hn W hill'

1 P_K4 2 Kt_KB3 3 B_B4

Amateur Wack

P_K4 Kt-QB3

Kt_S3 White's la st mOI'O holtl ~ OUI Ihe pososl bl1lty

of an attack ugainst Dlack 's wcukcs! pOInt, bls KDP. It 19 therefore customlll'y 1,0 [) lay 3 . ' , fHH , in ordel' to answer ·t Kt,Kt5 wi th ·1 ... 0 ·0 . HOWe\'el', S . , , B,B·I ofte n leads to dull . 8),m me tdca l pos itio ns. so thOlt ;Iggn~ssive players ha \'e a lways p referred the tex t move,

4 Kt_KtS . . . As ,will be seen, this virtually ensures t he

wi nni ng of a Pawn , at the cXllCnse or glvlug Black IL consIderable lead in de velopment,

4 , , . , P_Q4 S PxP Kt_QR4

To those unfamiliar with t his va rIatIon , thIs may !leem It very peculial' move. The nnturul re il ly 5 , , , KtxP leads to the famous "FrIe d Liver AUack"·: 6 KtxP !! Kx Kt; 7 Q-BSch, K-KS : 8 Kt,SS etc. The atUick Is IIll1tly tlcally unsound, but Ilobouy re lis hes gettin~ h is King in SUCh a n eX l)Osed l)Osition in acwal 1)la),: hence. Insteau of aeeeilling the Knll;:ht. t he lext i>l usually ]l layed, although It Involves the >llIcrl Hce of a Pawn.

6 B_KtSc h 7 PxP 8 B_K2 9 Kt_KB3

P.B3 p , p

P_KR3 P-K5

It has 1I11'eiluy be come apparent that in retUl'll fOl' the slIcI'l fl ced Pawn, ma ck III mak ln~ a con ~ lderab l e gain in developmcn t . SUIl, the orr'Kllle ])osillon of his QKt Is bound to be disqu ieting, Th is piece will requi re alleu llon la te r Oll, us Itll ])rcscnt si tuation leave s It quite useless.

10 Kt ,K5 Q·Q4 Not tho be st. The usual ])roeedU l'e Is 10 .. n ·Q3; II P-KH~, 0 ·0 ; 12 O·O ! (g iving

back his ex tra Pa wn for reasons that will goon be all llnrcnt), Hx Kt : 13 PxO. Q-Q5ch: 14 K-HI. QxK P : 15 p.Q.,: and W hite haH the better ,l:'ame: he has two effective Blijl!olJII, the o jJcn KB fi le and the Queen-sille majority

, {I t P awnK. which Is very stron g he re. Black , on Ihe olh el· hand, has seriollR disllt!vantages:

his QK t Is out of the game. a nd it III no t ciellr just how Itl~ to Dc pla ced to better fHII'antage: his Queen·slde Paw ns are s pli t and we;lk : h Is rema ining Olslloll will Dc bad In an endluJ; nnd his blnck s quarcs a l'C weak.

While 10 .. , Q·Q-I is less gOOd, Ihe fon lgoing weigh ing up o f ad vantages and dlsuuvantages a llplles to some extent to the fo llow. log Illay.

II P.Q4 B,Q3 H 11 . , , i'x l' e, p. 12 KtxQP, QxKtP ? 13

B-B3, Q·Kt3: 1'1 P-QI\H with a wlu nlng po' s itlon.

t2 Kt_QB3 Q-K3 The old story: Black's prematu re develop_

ment or the QUL>en is answered by later de_ velopme nt with gain of time.

13 B. KB4 The Dls holl Is some what

P·B4 would Dc mo re solid,

13 . . . , t4 B_Kt3

. . , . insecu re here ; 13

Kt-Q4 , . . ,

The stralll'htfOrwa rd continuatlon would have been 14 KtxKt, PxKt : 15 Q-Q 2. Kt· KI.2 : 16 P·QIJ.l wit h a very ~ ll'ong game. Note how logIcal s uch a line would be: it tak(>jj a(]\'an· tage of th l:l QKt's poor position, and ~Pts the

Queen·side Pawns moving. 14 . . . , 15 0 -0 t 6 P_KB4 ?

0·0 P-KB4 . . . ,

A bluntlf'r. los ing We oxchange. Tllf're are t wo lh hll;:~ to noto a bout this

move. The fi rs t Is lhat '''hlte has tra nsgrcssed again~t the need for exam ining ea ch move scrupulously t o ma ke ce rta in that it does not leave anyth ing en prlae. The second Is Ihnt we havl! here IIlI I:lXanl lJlc o( how a. raulty mOl'e (l,t B·KI S) Ofte n lends to diHiculties which are conducive to making a blunder.

16" .. Kt-K6 17 Q·Q2 KtxR t8 RxKt BxKt

Despitc the win Of the exchange, Black's game is qui te dlfOcult . due to the weaknesses o r h is IlOsl tion nH'nt loneu prev iously. The le xt Is b:ul because i( op'ens u p t he black squa res to exploi ta t ion, but it is di me ult to s Uji:ge;;t a whOlly satl>lfactOl'y mo\'e, 18". B·B2 seems about besL

19 QPxB B_Q2 LOSing a Pawn,

vi t iug, 20 KtxP 21 QxKt 22 P-Kt3 23 Q_Bl 24 B_B4

but • • • Kt·Kt2 is not In-

PxKt K_Rl Q_Q4 P·B4 Q.B3

Or 2·1 ... Q·Q5c ll: 25 QxQ, PxQ: 26 H·QI and White shoulu w in.

25 R_QI 26 R·Q6

",,~Amateur

Kahn

QR.QI Q-B2

White c learly l HI ~ the ad\"antage, He has p ~ayed we ll the lnst rew moves. llud all his pl ece~ are powerfully e ntrcnched, wh ile BlaCk Is afflicted with se vet'ul weakll esseK, The logical eontlnUlltlon Wlt)t now B·Q5. wInning 8tlll another Pawn, wi t h It certai n wIn In jJl'Os llO;let.

Instea d, \\' h l ~e cm blu'ks on a combination which, (h~SI)i le Its ingenious c ha nlc te r , is Ina ilequa te. While live ly combinat ive play is enjoyable a nd desirable, its possi bilities must be we ighed with spec ia l care when it is adopted in place of a line of play whi ch offers very strong wi n ning prospects without a ny risk whatever,

·Can lilly I'cade l' le ll liS how this name origl· nated.

23

leadinl'('

27 RxPch?! 28 P.K6ch 29 P·K7 30 PxKR (Q ) 31 P.BS

P,R K. R2

8 . KtS RKQ

Q.Q2 ? 32 ... Q·!'2 ;;hO\I I(\ ha \, (, 1)""11 1.lay",d, to the im mediate downfal l or the KBP. 32 P· 86 Q.Q8c h

32 , , . Q·Q5ch proba b ly loses: 36 QxQ, I'xQ; 37 n ·K5 !'te, '

33 K.B2 P · K6ch 34 QxP ? . . . .

" ncr 3~ KxP the ouu ;ome Is not c lea r. but see m s to fa \'ol' Whltf'.

34 , . . . RxPch 35 8·84 QKBPch 36 K.Kt3 B.8411

T h is loscH, 36. " R· KKt3 WOuld IHl v!' lert White with 110 1I1 ro rna tl\' e b u t re~lgnlltlon (31 n ·Q3. n ·D4 ch or 37 K· IH, QxKtP: <IS (1· Kt3. Q·Il3! ) , \ Vhen the I11 lI 1'gin bet ll'(lell v ic tory anrl dl,reat Is so hug.,. It bphool'('s us to tl e \'ote considerable cnn~ to Llw crucial m O\, I).

37 Q.K7ch K.Kt3 38 Q.K8ch Resigns

• • • • Hollywood Chess Clu b Championshi p 1941

HUNGARIAN DEFEN SE It Is IU Le l'es tin}:; 10 i;I' I' how loss of tim" is

somet imes tnlllsfol'llU'd in lo posll ional wf'ak· nes~e", whic h in tUI'll in,'ol" e ne w l os~es o f time!

S, Kova c. White

1 P·K4 2 Kt.K B3 3 B· B4

J, W eiut ein Blltc k P.K4

Kt.QB3 B. K2

I ta re ly IJlayed I)('ca tlse it lea tl s to 11 c r;UtllJe tl I'('ame.

4 P .Q4 5 P.B3

p,p . . . .

COnl lJlica tetl, 5 Ktx l' is s im l)i t." (lilt! ~ootl,

5 ... , Kt·BJ Afte r a , , , Pxl' Whit., Ill ay>! Ii Q·Q5 wit h

seemingly llLurtlerOUli ('rTec l. Bul clIP lul l'an· tage ill nOl elf'ar: I> , , , K t· H3: 7 Bx Kt , O·O~ !\'ow Wh ite has the cho iCe between S KtxP, PxB aud 8 B·QB I. Kt ·Kt5! 9 Q·KH5 (if 9 Q·Ql, p-m and H 0 'l·l24? ? Kt· B7ch L Kt·B7ch with a rattlf'!' InHCI'uwbh) posit ion,

6 P.K5 Kt· K5 7 PxP ? , . . ,

Giving Blac k li m!' fo r the Im lJOrlant ad· ,' anc, ' of his Qf' , Cunroc t \\"11 1'< 7 U'Q5! Kt·n ·l; 8 PxP, ];:1. . K3; H B · I,a~! th)'cutc nin.!!: P·(l5 a nd le a vin K m ack in a vt' ry tllJll cl1 lt [l u~IUun.

7 . , , , P. Q4 W lwl't'as now Black ha~ 1111 e xcelle nt ):"a m e.

8 B.Kt3 9 Kt.B3

0-0

Again bllt! tim ing. 0 ,0 at once wouhl han~ a,'oitlcd Ihe ell Huing dillic \lhles,

9 . ' , . B.QKt5 10 Q.Q3 ? .. . .

Going cOll n te l' to the ru le aga ln!!t b rin.ll:i u .ll: out t he Quee n too \'ar1)' In thr .ll:a nlQ, U·Q2 W:II, l'l"Cferab le , all houg h .. , D' Kt5 wou ld bc a troublcsomc reply.

1 0 , . . , J)evcIO]Jing with

Is Ilu'c ateuml, 11 Q.K 3 12 0 .0 13 P.QR3 14 KKtxP 15 PxB

8 . KB4 gain or time. • • •

Kt-K2 P . B4 p,p

BxKt R. Bl

Kt·Kt6

Ail II I'esul t o r h ill 100!ise.; or tim e, White has wound UI' wit h II wea k Pawn on t he QB JIIe ; in the natu re o f l hlng!!, th ill Pawn w11l e i the r be lo s t in s ho .'t ord e r. 01' If It can b,' m a inta ine d . will compel un nll t ural a lld Ineffectunl gl"Otllling of t ile \\I ll ite Ili "ee~.

16 KtxB • • • •

Now the Pa \\'u go,'", Tlw only way lei holtl it would ha ve been 16 l\ t-K2, wl l h a Ilke l lhood t ha t the Q D wou ld huv, ' to l!'0 to QKt 2 !

16 , , . . KtxKt 17 Q.B4 Kt.K2 18 B· B2 Kt . Kt3 19 Q_BS KtxQBP 20 B_Q3 Q. K2 21 Q_R5 Kt. K5

Not 21 . , . QxK I"I'! ~~

22 B.Kt2 23 Q.Q1

Ih l\t etc, Kt.85 Q. Kt4

Black hail definite ly tak e n 24 P· Kt3

the init.!atlvc. KtxB Q.Q7 25 QxKt

26 Q.Kt5 . . , . Ite!aUvOolly better wa~ 2G QxQ, KL xQ ; 27

KR-QI , Kt·B5 ; 2!! n ·Q,1. P'QKt:l, The endi ng would present tech nl!:a ! difficuH it"II, wlll'l'(' a l\ anel' t he text m ac k ol)ta ln~ II cr\l .~ h iJtg Hl l ack,

26 , .. , R. B7 27 B·B1 Q. B6 28 B·B4 KtxB P 29 QxQP Kt. R6ch 30 K·R l Q. Kt7 31 P·Kt4 KtxB 32 Q.B3 RxPc h

Res ig ns

SOLUTION TO PROBLEM

White, al ready a piece beh in d , Is aPPiOl'cntly in des perate s tra its , fOl' mate In tll'O ( I . , , R·K[)\eh; 2 K txR, Q·Kl7 ma l e) 01' lo ~ ~ of Queen ( 1 Q-QD3, KtxPc h : 2 Qxl{t. ilxQ) , follo we d by a Quick mat f' , Iii threate ne d , Should \Vhite choos e to lllllY 1 Q. Kt5 ch, ho m ay !I S \\"ell r e!:lign. H ow abouL nll.a(:klng? Whll.c ·s pieces seem to be s utlicl rnt ly 11'011 cool'dlnate tl,

A, I R·Q6eh? K· 132 ; 2 H·0 7c h, KlxU : 3 Q, Quell, K-RI: " 1i:I ' ln ch, I':; ·QI: r:; Kt· IWeh, QxKt! and While i~ he lp ie ltK , for Ii QxQ i.; followed by 6 " Kt xl' MlltO, i,el'J)ctulli Check i R no t POHslble and Itny other move i i; ho))rle)SH.

n, 1 Kt·Kic h. K·82; 2 H-Qich lcnds 10 the samc variation as A, The re .'em a ln s

C. I Kt'Q~ch! ! P xKt (If 1 , , , 1\· 112; 2 Kt·K6ch ant! mate next 1110\,1' ) : 2 Q . KL6ch! ! Kx R (If , . ' K· Il:!; :l Q·Q6Ch am i mate next m ove): 3 Q·Q6 ;>OJa la! . ,

You now ha ve a m ating IJo!litlon COn OSI)ondi ug co m ]Jlete ly to lhe coordina t io n o f Ihe Queen all tl K u ir:ht ,'revloll!;h ' e XllJ'esse t! In our "elenWll tary" l>f' ll ing~

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