HONOR PRIZE PROBLEM

A . D. GIBBS Rochester, N. Y.

THREE MOVES

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nw·OFJ.'ICIAL ORGAN OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA CHESS FEDIRATION

MARSHALL C. C. CHAMPIONSHIP CHESS IN HOLLAND

DR. EUWE • FINE • SIMONSON • HANAUER

APRIL, 1940 MONTHLY 30 cems ANNUALLY $3.00

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Copyright 1939 by TJ-ui CUESS REV1EW

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CHESS CONSC IOUSNESS GROW IN G

Many of our readers huve seen the superb ~evcn.page spread ~iven to chess in the Janu. ary 29 issue of Life. Two pages were g iven to photos of beautiful chess pieces, four pa,t.;es to a photographic reprod uction Cin glorious terhnicolor," as it were) of Marshal!"., win against T chigorin in one of the Monte Carlo Tournaments ; and a final page dealt with the recent Intercollegiate chess matches. . a hot. headed reader called LiJe to task the next week because of a fancied error, but he kid to cat 1 ' _ his words ... The recent i\faurice Evans' re· P. ~ --vival of Richdrd /I featured a chess p:ame in ~ ! progress during one of the scenes; but the _ position (as seen through opera glasse~ ) was one never before seen on land or se:\ _ In Tbe hili oj Cbi«/)!.o. the inevitable :Ultiyue ivory chess set appear.~ in the ineyit :lbk English -castle. _ . The most recent issue of Arls dud De(IJJ'fllioli featured a handSOlTIe and pnlCtical , set of pieces on a chessboard for its f ront ,

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cover . . . chess cartoons are becoming more "--c::-:-:ccc~ ==~==,J:~--,0.C':!,~ popular, and the stereotyped theme (one of ---~ MOP':Y DICK ""0 TI!~ nUKE.

the players growin~ a full.fledged bC;lrd while "Tbi· z " .. ;, ,u;mo£ my;". ".".-y-i ,h .. hI . 1 zon<"p.n<) "' •• '<II •. "

his opponent "thinks") is at last getti ng a well.earned retirement.

"There is a stabi li ty about chess," writes Howard Vincent O'Brein in COlIIll1ll l?e _ r ieli', "a guali t}, of permanence that is cheering to people who must endure the disappearance of one anchorage after another, Boundaries may shift, nations may vanish, the rules of lesser games may be altered from year to year; but chess, immune to all the assaults of lime, goes serenely on its unchanging way, played exactly as it was when Robespierre rushed from the Cafe de la Regencc to join the march on the Bastille."

As w e go to press, we are able to g ive

the nam es o f the players who have qual i.

fied from the Preliminary sections of the

U. S . Champ ionsh ip:

Section A, G. Shainsw it, A. S, Pinkus

Section B, S . N. Bernstein, M. Green

S ection C, H. Seidman, F. Reinfeld

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JOHN F. BARRY PASSES ON

On April 9, Boston's most notable chess player, John F. Barry, died at his home in West Roxbury, after several months' illness.

Mr. Barry was born in Dorchester, December 12, 1873. He served as Clerk of the Municipal Court for 28 years and in the meantime studied law, being ad. mitted to the bar in 1905. In 1917 he resigned to take up the practice of law.

His record as one of America's out­standing chess player's is best attested by the long string of brilliant victories he achieved in the series of Anglo. American cable matches in the '90s and in the first decade of the present century.

He regarded chess simply as a recrea­tion, always declining to make it a pro_ fession . He did, however, playa match with J. W. Showalter for the U. S. Cham_ pionship, but the latter retained the title. He also played and lost a match with Pillsbury, but won the distinction of being the only man in the world who was ever four games up, at one ,time, in a match with that distinguished op_ ponent.

Barry's weekly chess column was a feature of the Boston Tramcript for a quarter of a century, having had its inception in 1915.

• BLINDFOLD EXHIBITION AT TI-IE

HARVARD CLUB

Symptomatic of the welcome revival of chess interest at the Harvard Club in N ew York, was the recent interesting blindfold exhibition given by Emerson W . Axe (Harvard '20), Mr, Axe played six games, winning three and drawing ing three games. A good example of his trenchant style follows:

Q~U~E~E~N~'~S-G~A~MCC:BC"T E. W, Axe (Blindfold) G. Cobb and B, Sage

White Black 1 P_Q4 P_Q4 14 B_Kt1 P_KKt3 2 P_QB4 PxP 1S Kt_K4 KtxKt S Kt-KB3 P_KS 16 QxKt BxB 4 P_KS Kt_KB3 17 KtxB P. K4 5 BxP B.K2 18 Q_R4 P_KR4 6 Kt_BS P_B4 19 Kt_K4 Q_K2 7 0_0 0-0 20 Kt.B6ch K-B1 8 P.QRS PxP 21 Q_Kt5 K_Kt2 9 PxP Kt-BS 22 KtxPch Resigns

10 B_KKt5 Q_B2 If 22 . K-Kt1: 11 Q-QS P_QRS 23 Q-R6 Is devastat· 12 QR.Q1 R.K1 jng. l S B_R2 Q_QS

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TWO CLASSIC ATTACKS

Here are two games from the recent Hamp_ stead Invitation Tournament in England, which illustrate in varied ways the formation of a powerful attack against the hostile King. In both cases, Black handles the opening listlessly and soon finds himself under heavy pressure.

SICILIAN DEFENSE

p. S. Milner_Barry M. Blum

White Black

1 P-K4 P_QB4 16 P-KS Kt_Q2 2 Kt_KBS P_KS 17 P_KB4 P_QKtS , P_Q4 p,p 18 P_R5! P_QKt4 4 KtxP Kt-KBS 19 B.Q4 R_Kt1 5 Kt-QBS P-QS 2Q P.QKt4 R-K1 6 B_K2 P-QRS 21 R.RS! P-BS 7 P_QR4 Kt-BS 22 R_RS R-Kt2 8 B_K3 Q-B2 23 B.QS P-B4 9 Kt.KtS Kt_QR4? 24 K_R1 K_R1

10 KtxKt QxKt 25 P_Kt4 P-KtS 11 0·0 B·K2 26 R.KKt1 R-KKt1 12 Q_Q2 O-O? 27 Q-BS p,p 1S Kt-Q5! Q-Q1 28 RxP Q-K1 14 KtxBch QxKt 29 BxKKtP Resigns 1S P_KBS P_Q4

SICILIAN DEFENSE

Sir G. A. Thomas W. Rit&on Morry

White Black

1 P·K4 P_QB4 12 Kt_QR4 Kt-R3 2 Kt_KBS P_QS 13 Kt.BS BxKt S B.KtSch B.Q2 14 B,B Kt_B4 4 Q_K2 Kt_QBS 15 QR_B1 P_Kt4 S 0-0 P-KKtS 16 BxKt! B,B 6 P_K5! P·Q4 17 Kt_Q4 K_Q2? 7 P_Q4 p,p 18 KtxKt PxKt 8 P_B4!? PxP e.p. 19 P.K6ch! p,p 9 KtxP P-K3 20 Q-KS Q-KKt1

10 B·KtS B_K2 21 Q-Q6ch K_B1 11 B·KS .- P_KR4 22 KR_K1 R_RS

Thomas

2S B_Kt6!! 24 RxBch! 25 QxBPch

R_R2 P,R

K_Kt1

26 B_Q4 27 Q.Kt6ch 28 B-KSch

P-R3 R_Kt2

Rel~gns

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APRIL, 1940

The U. S. Championship Mr. L. Walter Stephens, Chairman of the

Tournament Committee, supplements last month's article on the tournament with the following changes and additional details:

1. Mr. Gustave Littman, the Southern Chess Association Champion, Mr. Weaver W. Adams, the New England ranking player and Mr. David Polland, former American Chess Fed_ eration Champion, have been seeded and are permitted to play in the Final Championship Tournament without qualifying in the pre­liminaries.

2. The prizes for the Tournament have been increased to a total of $1500.00 as a maximum as follows:

First Prize ... . .. . $600.00 Second Prize .. . . . $400.qo Third Prize ..... $250.00 Fourth Prize . .... $150.00 Fifth Prize ...... $100.00

3. The Committee has also decided to pay bonuses to non_prize_winning players of $8.00 per point for each game won and $4.00 for each drawn game.

4. All players in both the Men's Tourna_ ment and in the Women's Tournament both in the Preliminaries and Finals must be citizens of the United States.

5. The pairings for the successive rounds will follow exactly the Berger system of pair_ ings following the drawing. No inter_change of rounds will be made to suit the occasion.

Those who have not sent contributions to the tournament and would like to do so, can send in their remittances to L. Walter Stephens, at the Hotel Alamac, 71st Street and Broadway.

An unfortunate error crept into last month's account of the tournament conditions. The sentence "We have made a time limit of 36 moves per hour and 18 moves each hour thereafter, instead of 40 moves per hour in the last tournament," should of course have read "We have made a time limit of 36 moves the first two hours and 18 moves each hour thereafter, instead of 36 moves the first two hours as in the last tournament."

The entry list for the Preliminaries was dis_ appointingly small in number but gratifyingly high in playing strength. The players were divided into three sections as follows :

Group A--G. Shainswit, A. S. Pinkus, M. Saltzberg, E. S. Jackson, Jr., D. Hallman, E. 1'. McCormick, B. Winkler and N. Bernstein .

II

Group ~G. N. Treysman, S. Bernstein, M . Green, J. Soudakoff, B. Friend, W. Murdoch, K. Forster, P. B. Banister and T. Barron.

Group C-F. Reinfeld, H. Seidman, O. Ulvestad, J. Feldman, W. Frere, J, S. Battell, J. KhotinJansky, J. Fulop and Miss A. Raettig.

Jackson and Treysman subsequently dropped out, leaving the keenest "dog_fight" to Group C

Miniature Games Metropolitan Team Championship, Boston 1939

DUTCH DEFENSE (in effect) W. W, Adams

White 1 P-K4 2 P_Q4 3 Kt_QB3 4 KtxP S B·Q3 6 Kt_KB3 7 KtxKtch a 0-0

P-Q3 P_KB4

p,p P.B3 8-84

Kt.B3 KPxKt

B,B

Chauvenet Black

9 Qx8 10 R_K1 11 Kt_KtS! 12 B.Q2 13 Kt_K6 14 Q.KKt3 15 P.B4 16 QxP

B.K2 P.Q4 Q.Q2

P-QB4 P_B5 B.Q3 B.K2

Resigns

(The winner of Ihis game is (/ schoo/boy; lei's hope his oppollenl here is nol one of his teachers!)

Kollnick White

Cape Town 19~0 RUY LOPEZ

SChur Black

1 P-K4 P_K4 7 PxP KKtxP?? 2 Kt-KB3 Kt-Q8$ 8 Q_Q§ B_Kt2 3 8_KtS P.QR$ 9 B.Kt3 KtxKP 4 B_R4 Kt_B$ 10 QxB Kt_B4 5 0_0 P,Q3 11 KtxKt! KtxQ 6 P-Q4 P·QKt4 12 BxPch Resigns

New Ycrk 1925 MUZIO GAMBIT

F. Reinfeld Amateur White

1 P-K4 2 P-KB4 3 Kt·KB3 4 8_B4 § 0·0 6 BxPch 7 QxP 8 P.Q4 9 BxP

10 QxBch

P_K4 p,p

P·KKt4 P_Kt5 PxKt K,B B.R3 P_Q3 B,B

Kt_B3

Black 11 P-K5 12 Kt_B3 13 P-Q5 14 PxBch 15 Q_85ch 16 QR.Ql 17 RxKt 18 QxKteh 19 Kt_Q5 20 Q-Kt5 mate

B.K3 QKt_Q2

p,p K,P K_B2 Q_K2 Q,R

K-Ktl QxKt

CHESS IN THE LYNN HIGH SCHOOLS It is interesting to know that all si:.: of the

secondary schools in this New England Ci ty have flourishing chess clubs . In one of these schools, Cob bet Junior High. there are eighty chess players altllough t he faculty advisers have been playing for only t wo yeal·S. Chess is steadily beeomlng a favorite extra-curricular activity in many schools In this country: bu t the Intense enthusiasm for t he game In Lynn is something decidedly out of the ordinary.

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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA CHESS FEDERATION

By W . M . P. MITCHELL

1940 marks an epoch in the hi story and development of American chess, since it wit. nesses the formal organization and birth of the United States of America Chess Federation, the first united body of chess ,followers, I think, which this country has achieved. Under the able and enthusiastic leadership of its first president, Geor~ Sturgis of Boston, we hope and expect to bring together eventually under one head all classes of chess players throughout the United States, and to perform on this continent the same fu nction which has been accomplished by O Uf British cousins through the medium of the British Chess Federation during the pait thirty.five years.

Our organization is now complete, but is still a mere shell within which we shall strive to gather the various units of our hi therto scattered American chess world. We desire to enlist these units in the form which shall appear most practical and most permanent; as State associations, as chess dubs, as individuals, or as all these combined.

We urge all state. wide chess organizations to take immediate steps to affil iate with the new Federation on the basis of their tota l enroUed membership, insofar as this may be practicable. We urge the country's chess clubs, and in particular the larger and more influential metropolitan dubs, to affiliate with the Federa. tion in like manner, either directly or through their State associations where these exist. Last. ly, we urge all individual chess devotees, whether they are active players, passive " kibitz. ers," or mere stay.at.home enthusiasts, to join our Federation in their individual capacities. where they are not members of organized clubs or State bodies, or where for any reason they cannot affili ate as members of such dubs or bodies.

Any such individual players or followers of the Roya l Game are hereby invited to send their names and addresses to me at 17 Milton Road, Brookline, Massachusetts; or to Mr. Stur. gis at 111 Devonshire Street, Boston; or to Mr. Ernest Oife at 1111 N orth 10th Strf!et , Mil. wauk~, Wisconsin. They will be dU1 en. rolled as members of the Federation, an will be bi lled according ly fo r one dollar's annual dues by our Secretary or Treasurer- a small enough contribution to the cause of national chess efficiency and unity!

W e realize furthermore that there exists a vast body of chess players in this country who,

THE CHESS REVI EW

either from choice or through residential en· vironment, confine their chess activit ies to cor· re5{'ondence play. We appeal to such players to Identify themselves likewise with our Feder. ation, either as individuals or through their various leagues and associations, such as the Correspondence Chess League of America, of which I am proud to be a Director and Life Member.

FINE'S TOUR

Reuben Fine has recently returned from an exceptionally successful tou r, as may be seen from the following figures (won, lost and drawn games are ind icated by the respective symbols +, - and =; while S indicates blindfold games) :

JAN. 27, Philadelphia . . . !:IS: + 5, =3 29, Richmond ., ... 22: + 21, = 1 31, St. Louis,.,. , . 21 : +20, = 1

FEB, IS , + 1

2, Tulsa . . . . , .. . 15: + 14, = 1 IS , + 1

4, Dallas .. . .. . . . 27: + 27 IS , +,

10, Mexico City. " 6 (serious games): +5, = 1

12, Mexico City . . . Consultation game vs, Araiza and Soto.Larrea =1

13, Mexico City .,. 20: + 19, = 1 15, Mexico City . . . 23: +22, - 1 16, Mexico City . . . 8 (serious games): +7,

= 1 17, Mexico City .. , 51: + 47, 1 18, Cuernavaca , . . , 19: + 18, = 1 19, Monterrey , . ... 14 : + 14

2S , +2 22, Denver. . . " . , 12: +12

2S, +2 24,Chicago . .. . . . . 31: + 26,-1, 4

28: +1, = 1 25, Detroit. .. . . . . 25: + 25 27, MinneapoJis ... 37: +34,-1,=2 28, Winnipeg .... . 29: +29

MAR. 2S , + 2

2, Montreal .. .. .. 15: + 15 18: + 1

4, Ottawa .. .... , 21: + 21 IS , +1

,Total: 397 ordinary games, compnslOg 376 WinS, 18 draws and 3 losses. 21 blindfold games, comprising 17 wins, 4 draws and no losses.

Marshall Chess Club Championship

MARSHALL CHESS CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP

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Th~ splendid fidd assembled for this tour.

nament would have done c~djt to many an

international tourney. The superior styfe in

which Fine achieved his victory, therefore de­

serves all the more credit. Hanauer was the

only player who proved to be a serious menace.

Marshall made the most of a happy combina.

tion of a youthful style and rich experience.

Polland, Lasker, Seidman and Reinfeld ran

a pretty even race most of the way, with honors

going to Polland because of his greater stead i.

ness. Bernstein and Santasiere had the double

misfortune of being in poor form and at the

same time goading on their opponents to

their best chess. Donovan, a very gifted young

player, made an admirable score, and Collins

lik~ise produced some excellent chess, Another

interesting .score is that of Heal !

The close competition resulted In a great

many interesting games, as may be seen from

the fo llowing selection, Many of the games,

by the way, have impo rtant theoretical value,

( The {fltcitll game!)

CARQ.KANN DEFENS E (Notes by Reuben F ine)

R. Fi ne

WhIte 1 P·K4 2 P-Q4 3 Kt.QB3

M. Hanau er Black P·Q83

P·Q4 , , . .

Whether th is or 3 PxP is chosen is ultlmately a matter of ta~te .

3 , . . . 4 KtxP 5 Kt.Kt 3 6 P· KR4 7 Kt.S3 8 B·Q3

p,p 8.84 -

B-Kt3 P. KR3 Kt.Q2 . . . ,

There is a cute lillie t rap alter 8 B-QB4 : II . . KKt·BS; 9 Q·K2, P·KS; 11} Kt·K5, B·R2 1

11 KtxKBP! and the Black K will soon breat he his last. 10, . . KtxKt should be played.

8 . , , . 9 QxB

10 B.Q2 11 0·0·0 12 K·Kt1

B,B KKt.83

P. K3 Q.B2

, , . . More usual Is ] 2 KR·Kl (see e.g. Spielmann·

Calla.blanca. New York, 1927) ; the s uperlo rlly of the t ext will soon becobl8 cleal'.

12 . . . . 0-0·0 13 P.B4 B.Q3

Th.e development of t h is B appears very natural but is in reall t y premature beciluse by deferring it Black reserves the option of play· ing the B to QB4 In one move. Best Is 13 ... P·H4 ; 14 B-Ha. PxP; ]5 DxP, B·B4 etc., with about an even game.

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14 Kt. K4 15 QxKt

KtxKt P.QB4

If W h ite's K were s till at QBl , 15 ... K,t-83; 16 Q·K 2, B-8 5 would ·force t.he exchange of Bishops and lIe81l-oy W hite's min imal ad­van tage.

16 8 .B3 Kt.B3 17 Q_K2 P-R3

Or 17 ... PXP; 18 BxP, B-B4; 19 ExB, QxB; 20 Kt-K 5, Q-B2 ; 21 P·B5 ! and Black 's position is still quite diffic ult.

' 8 Kt.K5 This has obvious drawbacks,

al t e r mltive Is ha rd t o tind. 19 P )(B 20 R.Q6 21 KR.Q l 22 P . AS

Intending ,' . . RxR.

23 Q.K3

BxKt

but a plaUSible

Kt.Q2 Kt. Ktl

K t.B S KR.Ktl

Kt·Q5? Getting panicky before the ship atal'ta sink­

ing. The flrst p)'lnclI)le of the defenee ot cramped J)osltlons Is to react only to specific threats. ConseQuently. despite Its ullappetlz­ing 81)pearance, 2.3 . . . P ·QKt 3 s hould h ave been j)l ayed. It then 24 Q-K4, K -K,t2 and 1t 24 Q-B3, RxR ; 25 RxR, Kt-Ktl (not 25 ' .. K·Kt2 ; 26 RxK t !, QxR; 27 Qxpch) a n d tllI'ough t he Ice Black Is s kating on may be t h in It 13 !ltllI fa r from cracked.

24 RxRe h RxR 25 BxK t PICB

T he re Is no way in w.hleh t he Ilin can be used . If 25 . , . Q-K t3; 26 BxP! R.x>Rch ; 27 K-m , Q-Ql ; 28 B-Kt6, Q-Q2; 29 Q-BSch IV in s Black's Rook, Relatlvelv. best WM 25 . , , Q­Q2; 26 Q-KKt3 , PxS; 27 ~xP, P -Q6 : 2~ Qx RP, Q-B3 but W hit e should win In the long run ,

26 RxP RICR 27 QxR Q_R4

",,~H anauer

28 P. KKl4 ! - . . ,

The key move. White now has all his Ps defelllied (by the c entralized Q) a nd will pro­ceed to get hl~ K into t he game. 28 p -Ra would have been weaker, for 'aCte r 28 _ , . Q-K8ch; 29 K-R2, Q-K7; 30 P-Kt4, Q-D6 the win Is mu ch more than w,hat annotators Uke

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to call " a Qnestion of tec hnique." E.g. a fte r 31 Q-B5ch, K-Ktl ; 32 Q-KB8ch, K-R 2 ; 33 Qx Kt P, Q-Q6! BllLCk should d raw.

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28 ... Q-KlS was belle,', 29 K_B2 30 K-Kt3 31 K_Kt4

Q-K8eh

Q. K7eh K. Kt l , , . .

Threatening to march the K to K t 6, w hich Black can h ard ly prevent.

31 _ , . . 32 K_R4 33 K_R5

Q_KSch Q_K7 Q-B6

If now 34 K-K t 6, Q-B3ch. 34 Q-B5 l , , - -

Decisive_ 34 . _ .. 35 P.QKt4

The l~t chance : I{ 37 Q-B7ch, QxQ mate! 36 Q_Q6c h QxQ 37 PxQ P-KKt3 38 K_Kt6 K. Bl

39 P-B5 40 PxP

Q_K7 Q-Q6

41 P-Q7ch

A " SIMPL E" ENDI N G

p,p P_K4

Reaigna

Des pite all a ppearances to the con trary, it is ·by no means e a sy (or \VhUe to draw_ H ill Pawns on the K-lI lde are disunited, while on the other wing Black Is at least t wo temp! ahead ( i.e . in case or a deadlock on the K-slde Black ,has two extra ,moves at h is disposal) . ~he first winning I) lan which comes to mind

consists o( maneuvering against the weak K­side Ps. Thus, e.g, 1 . . . K-B5; 2 K-B2, P­Kt5; 3 P xP, KxP; 4 K·Kt 2, P -KR4; 5 K-B2. K·R6; 6 K-Ktl, P -R5; 7 K-Rl but now no fUrt her progress Is I)Ossl ble.

However, Instead o r 2 .. _ P -Kt5, Bla ck m ight try 2 _ .. P-KR4 ; 3 K-K2, P-Kt5; 4 PxP, PxP ; 5 K-B2, K-Kt4; 6 K-Kt3, P-K'l3 ; 7 K-B2, K·R5 ; 8 K-Kt2, P·Kt4; 9 K-Ktl , K-R6 ; 10 K-RI , P-Kt6 ; 11 PxP, KxP ; 12 K·Ktl. Thus this variation would also re sult In a draw but It furnishes an Impol'tant .hInt for a winning scheme: If White's Pawns on the Queen's s'lde were weakene d, I.e .. It his QBP were at QB3 the K could march over (after 12 K-Ktl) and gobble up a Pawn, ConseQuently Black's first

APR I L , 1 9-10

effort Is to l nduce a Pawn ad\' a nce' nn the Q­~ ide.

1 , , , , 2 K.Q2

K. QS P·QR4

S ince Dlaek can only force W h ite 10 11\I .. h UII h i:! Q lJ r at lhe 1)(Iln t of n gun hc i!l going to I ry lilt) r(lI'e r lSC o r hh~ ltrill Illa n, i.e. weake n Wll lte '" Q·"hJe P IS, force the W hile K 10 ;t ta nd g ua rd o ve l' lhem , e~chllll g(' II lld fi nally !lhi "l O\'CI' t o the ot her w ln /o: , W hy the lext WIi S

neeessMI'Y will s oon bll !;C.'1.' II , 3 K_K2 4 K_Q2

P _Kt4 P·BS

If Black 's P w e re !>t lll lit (! H3, White could draw hen~ b y 5 QPx P, I'x l' : ti I',K H.

S Kt Px P , , , , Tills 101le s , but ISO .IOC',; e n · ry!h lllg e lse. In

v ic w of the S UI'IWhll whl<:h (h is c llll -galll e al 'oused w hen It w ~ s ll1ayc d II is inter es t ing to exa m ine the o lhe r v nrlll l lon ~:

I 5 P ·D3c h, K-t·H (bette r i hH.1l [; ... K­D,I ; 6 P' Q4ch , K'(~ 'I; 7 K·1\2): 6 KtPxPch, PxP; 7 P·Q·I (7 " x !'ch, KxJ> : S K -U2 , P·R5), K-K3; S K-K 3, K -B ·I ; (I K -D2, K·U5; 10 K·{(2, P-R4; 1I K-D2, P-Kt5: 12 Jl):P. P x l' ; 13 [( ·K2. K-KU; I·' K-D2, K· R li ; Hi K-KI 2, P-H5 ; 16 K.RI, K·R6; Ii {(· KIl, P ·K t6; 1~ Pxl' , Kx P : 1 ~ K-B I, K-D6: 20 K· K !. K· K6: 21 K.Ql, K·Q6 ; n K-llI , p ·R6!; 23 !'x l', KxP; 2" P-R 1 (I f 24 K· Ktl , K·Q7 01' 2·\ K·QI, K· K t1 ) , K · K t5 (24 , . , Kx i-': 2" K· Il:l " 'ou ld uil ly d l'aw); 25 K ·B 2, Kx l' : 26 K·1I3, K·KI·I lind WillS,

II 5 1'· 1I3ch, K·(j ·I ; Ii l!P~ l'c h , 1':.:1' : 7 I\:·B 2. I'· II ·I! (7 .. . I' :d'cll woult l dilly <Irllw ) ; X Px P cll , Kx P : 9 " · KI3eh or !J K ·Q2, K-K t6: 10 K-DI, P-U5; I I K· Kt l . ,,·Wi ; 12 K-Bl . P-RS; 13 Px P. )(xUI' w in ning ) . K-t!4 ; !I K-Q3, p ·m; e ll : : 10 K ·B2, K·B~ : I I K ·KI2, 1':.: 1' ; 12 Kx P . P ·!tSch : 13 K x » , K, IIS; H K-ltS, K xl' ; 15 K·Kt6, K ·Qti lind Hlack ge ts t here fi rst.

III 5 K -K 2, 1'·lIti ! (t he ;li m lllCI; t) : ti I'xl'ch, Kxl' ; 7 K -Q I , I>-Ra and ltKaln W h ile will hn l'e to Kiv", III ' t wo.> 1';I \\' n ~ IU ,,10 11 l ite Illtl'.

S . • • , Px P 6 PxP . , , .

Mnti n there i~ o nly ;I ~hojcf1 of "' I ' il ~ . If 6 P -USch, K-R4: 7 P·q ,l c:h (I f 7 K_1l2, l'xPch ; 8 Kx P, P..R5 ) , K·Kt1 ; x K·B l. K·H5; 9 K·m, P-I t 4; 10 P ·R3, t'·H5 a nd the BIll. ck Ki nK again !)llne ll'a te~ 10 KIH whf' I'o he must wi n a P t:'v enlually ,

6 , , , , 7 K-K3 8 K_K4 ?

K. P P·RS

, , . . He cou ld have I,n t up muc: h more !"('siS lanCf'

w ll h S P-II ·I !, w hi) 1l tllll win \)cco nll~s excf'ed ­ill~d y IJl'Qlolelll· likfl, II' 1101 \lroble mllti c. Tht:' 1111lin \' a r la llOIl th tl ll III x . , . 1' .~ l' ch (not S . ,. P·R4 ; ~ t'· I"'t3eh: llru \\'S Imme dia t el)' ); 9 Kx P, K·Q5:; 10 K·1l3 : I', H·I :: (10 . . . 1'-114 ; II K-K Z, p·m,; 12 K·Q Z, 1'· l3 ti ch ; 13 K ·ll l : and 110 w ill . is l'O"" i\)II.! ) ; I I K, K2, K-K5 ; 12 R-1l2 (lUI)' l'all'lI IlIU \'!:! I" rata !) . R -B5 ; 13 K·K 2, K-K I4 ! ( Blac k ll1u ~ 1 lose n m or e); J.I K·1l2. K· Kt5; 15 K·KtZ, K·m,: 16 K-B2. p·n s; I, K·K2. K·Kt a ; Ix K·1I2. K· IUi ; 19 K·Kt l. P·1l4 ; 20 K-llI , !'-US ; 21 1'·113 (e lse pon G). K· R t5: 22 K· Kt 2, 1>- lUic h: : 23 K· II2, K· n 5 : 24 K-K 2, K -K 5; 25 K·Q 2, K·1I6 ; 26 K ·K l , "'· KG! ( 1101 26 , .. K·Kt ' beca 1.l~ BlllCk win !! Iht- It!> blll K{'h s t uck in t he cOI'I\('r ): 27 K·Q I , j{ ·Q6 ; 2S

" KUI . I'-H6 ; 29 1',, 1', KxP; 30 P·R ,I. K, KtS alit! Black will one by onl' tf'm lln:

8 , , , , P.B4

"OW i l 's ~ i lll l,h.. . Ir W hi te goes a ft e r t h e­Blac k Pi! a ll he K('t~ I" Ihe Inul h ional las l me;11 o f Ihe condt:' lU ll t:'d ma u. !I "'· BS. K-KIS; 111 K· K I6. I'·m:; ; II " · B3eh, K·R t6 CIC.

g P· B4 PxP 10 KxP K.Q5 11 P-R4 P.BS 12 P·B 3ch K·Q6 13 K.B5 K.B7 14 Resigns

( I'. R. The va ria t io nll Kive n a bove are so enOl" mou~ l y comll l ieah~d Iha t , am not III ;1]] sure thai lIwl'i' hs no fla w in 11m ana lys is ! )

- Re uben F ine ----( A ll IIllrmll'c" li"" ,d !;,WI<', ,md IM~ "i 1l,.~,11 Ih~<J '

"" lifA , ·" f lle.) ENGL ISH OP EN IN G

(Notes by ~l. l[ IIIUUler) M. Ha nau er

W hU e 1 P_QB4 2 Kt_QB3 3 P-KKt3 4 PxP S B.K t2

M. Green Black P. K4

KI. K B3 P,Q4 Klx P

Kt.KtS '1'111' KI 1:<l11110t loe n m lnt<l l l1 (> d at Q., b )' •• •

B· K :l. e.g, ti Kt -D3 , Kt ·(J Il3: 7 0 ·0 . I1,K2 ; l\ l'·t!4: Bla ck ha ll now a c hoice of t h ree line .. , a ll u nMll isfac lo ry:

1 s . .. I'xP ; !I Kl xl> , QKlxK I ; 10 Ih:K I ! ( H a ll llul' r·Bal in l , e. S. t; lm m IJlo ,\s h il) I>re llnll· na rie ll 1!l3S).

II S . .. Px l~; 9 Kh P, KKtx KI ; 10 J> xKt , KtxKt : II Px Kt. P ·(!B3; 12 It·KIl . Q·Q 2; 13 Q.R-I, 0 ·0: 14 I" Q5! ( lIa l1:lUe r·H orowl t :r.:, Mar· sha ll C. C . . :>'l a u lHlllan C. G. :>.Ia le h, 1937) .

II I S . . . KtxKt : ~ Px K\. I'· KS; 10 Kt ·K l . 1'·8 4 ; II p ·D3. I'x l': 12 IIx l'. ().() ; 13 U-n4: (Hltnll1Z{·r·Ka ~h t! all , I I , R Ghll lll l. lon shi)J. 193N) .

6 KI.B3 Kt . B3 7 0·0 B. K2 8 P·Q3 0·0 9 B.K3 P. B4

HOl'ow itz's idea : to kl'C' j) baek Ihe IJ a t QBl. (:Ollt inui ll ,l:" ... B· B~ , . .. Q· I{2 nnd , , , R ·QI Il'i\ h an e veJllua l .. , Kt ·Q!i Ami ", P·D4. (See his gam e ·V8. ~a nln .~ I CI 'C' , T ke C keaa Re· view, ~nve llI ber, In\!, 1'. 236,)

10 P.QR4 A ~rj(>c i a l a t te nl !' t t o 1" Ii"U le

10 . . . . 11 BxKt 12 Q_Kt3ch 13 P_K 3 !

, . . , L1l e above li ne. P.Q R4

Pd K. R l

, , , ,

Wh ite 'li Illa r has ke l,t m uek f l'om CO ntro l· l ing Illa c k' s (14. The tex l Ilre \'en tg m ac k rronl con t rollin~ Bl ack's Q5, or cour~e. Ir 13 . . , QxP ~ 14 Q Jt·Q l . Q-R3; l ~, KI,Q K IS e le ,

13 , .. , P . BS! The co rl"Pct countt<r.

14 P.Q4 !?! , . . . ,\ 11 " t! \' l' nl1.l 1"(11.l" P lIac l'i![(;I' , iUnocen ' in II I)..

Ilt'a ra nce, l lJl ll not e nUre !)' ,wct-ssar)' , !;IIIOO Kt ·K4 would do w("11 e llough,

,

14 . . . . 15 BPxKP 16 KtxP

BPxKP p,p

AxAch? An error: KtxKt at once was better.

17 RxR KtxKt 18 PxKt QxPch 19 K_R1 .• . .

Green

Hanauer

An t his Is logical and consequent - but no-w what? Black cannot develop his QB at Q2 nor at Kt5:

I 19 ... B·Q2; W Q·87! R-K1; 21 QxB or 20 __ . KB moves : 21 R-Q1.

II 19. __ B-KKt5; 20 Q-D7! B-QB4; 21 P­KR3! Q-K6; 22 PxD, Q-R3ch; 23 Q-R5.

19 . . . . Q-Q3 20 R. K1! B-Kt5

If 20 .. . 8-Q2; 21 Q·B7, R·Kl: 22 Kt·Q5. 21 Q_B7 ! Resigns

For if 21 __ . B-KB!: 22 B-Q5.

(M,U/ bedlS Fine - Ihd(J newJ!)

QUEEN'S GAMBIT DECL.INED (Notes by M. Green)

M. Green White

1 P.Q4 2 P_QB4 S Kt_KBS 4 Kt.B3

R, Fine Black

Kt.KBS P.K3 P_Q4

B_Kt5 Fine has had great guccess with this vari­

ation. My reply Is an attempt to transpose Into the Exchange Varllll\on or t he Q. G. D. (wh ich I 'believe gives White a slight advan-tage) .

5 PxP KtxP .. . QxP would t ra nspose Into the Nimzovich

Defense, as for example In Fine's game against Suesman In the li. S. Championship Tourna­ment of 1938. 1"lne claIms -lhat the text line has nevel' been played berOt·e. 6 B_Q2 0 .0 10 0_0 P_QKt3 7 P·K4 KtxKt 11 Q.K2 B-Kt2 8 PxKt B.K2 12 KR.Q1 Kt_B3 9 B-Q3 P.QB4 13 PxP .... 13 P-Q5Is metcieverly 'by 13 ... PxP; 14 PxP.

QxP: 15 B-KtS, K t·Q5! 16 PxKt, BxB; 17 PxP, QxP and Black has a P plus without too much discomfort - enouj:"h rOI' Fine!

THE CHESS REVI E W

13 . . . . p,p In subsequent analysis Fine and I decided

that 13 . . . BxP was quite playable. For If 14 P·K5, B-K2 (the move Fine says he [aBed to consider ; without It the K side attack Is ha rd to counter, which e Xllllains the text); 15 B·KR6. PxD; 16 BxPch, KxB; 17 RxQ Black gets 100 much for his Q.

14 P. K5 15 QR.Ktl 16 B.KB4 17 B.K4 18 Q.B2

Q-B2 QR.Q1 Kt-R4

B_B3 P-Kt31

The only move that can I'eally be crlUcized. 18 . .. P-KR3 was necessary, II!:> wlll be seen la tel" on [n the game.

19 RxR 20 R_Kl

A,A • • • •

Not only followIng Nimzowich's Idea of ovel·· 1))·oteotlon. ,but having In mind .the possible utilization of this R later on (see move 3ll) .

20. . .. Q. Kt2 At this point I realized that I -had somewhat

the .better of It-but how to continue?? I had already consumed an hour and three-quarters to Fine's hour (4ll moves In two hours being the time llmit), and I fell that after this last move he was going to put the llressure on, and LUrn the ·game in his favor-as he so often does In such positions !

21 P_KR4! 22 BxB 23 ' P.R5

Kt_B5! Q,. Kt-Kt3?!

ThIs move didn't look right. Yet It >threatens the exchange or Qs lind II winning end-game.

24 B_Kt5! BxB "Alas!

played! " If only 18 ... P·RR3 had

25 KtxB Q_R5 26 Q.B1! Q_R5

been

If 26 ... QxP; 27 Q-84 , ,R-Bl; 28 Kt-K4 w Ins. 27 Kt.K4 K-Kt2

Forced. He can't ·perm!t Q-R6. 28 Kt.B6! P_KR3

29 R-K4, winning 29 PxP 30 R.K4 31 Q.R3!

the Q, was threatened. p,p

Q.Kt4 R.Q8ch

A last stab. It's all I'apld transit from now 00.

32 K_R2 33 QxBP

Even stronge l' than QxPch. 33 __ ..

Q.B8 • • • •

K·B2 If 33 ... R-RSch; 34 K-Kt3, Q-KHch; 35

R-Kt4 and that's all. 34 Q.B7ch 35 KtxKt 36 K.Kt3 37 A.Kt4 38 R.B4ch 39 Q.Q6 40 Q.B8ch

Kt_Q2 R_R8ch

Q_Kt4ch Q_K2

K_Kt2 Q-K1

• • • •

It 's a check, and It's the 40Lh move! Black resigns.

A v ictory over a grandmaster is nol COIl­ducive to modesty- I hope this ex.planatlon excuses the personal nature or the comments!

AP RlL, 1940

(A curio/lIly abrupt jilliJh with all twist.)

. . Iromc

QUEEN'S GAMBIT DECLI N ED

F. J. Marshall W hite

1 P.Q4 2 Kt_KB3 3 P_B4 4 Kt_B3 5 B_Kt5 6 P_K3 7 Q_B2 8 PxP 9 B_Q3

10 0 -0 11 Q.Kt3 12 QR_B1 13 KBxKt

K t ·KB3 P_Q4 P-K3

QKt-Q2 8_K2 0-0

P-QR3 p,p

R_K 1 Kt-B1

P_B3 Kt-Kt3 RPxB

S. N. Bernstein Black

14 K t-K 5 15 B_B4 16 BxKt 17 Bx B 18 Kt_R4 19 Kt_B5 20 KR_K1 21 P_K4 22 KtxP 23 Kt_Kt 5 24 Q-Kt3 25 Q.Kt3ch

Kt-Kt5 K t xKt

B-Q3 O'B

R_K2 R_B2 Q.B1 p,p

B_B4 Q_Q 1 P_B3

Res igns

(Note the sudden trallSltlOn from beelle­brolf.!ed positional cheu to direct attack.)

ENGLISH OPE N ING

A. E. Santas!e re White

1 P_QB4 2 Kt-QB3 3 P-KKt3 4 B_Kt 2 5 Kt-B3 6 Q.B2 7 0-0 8 P_Q3 9 8_K 3

10 P_KR 3 11 P_KKt4 12 BPxB 13 P-K4 14 Q_Q2 15 P_K3 16 K t-R2 17 Px P 18 Q-K 1 19 P- K t4 20 K t- K2 21 Q_Q2

P_K4 Kt_KB3

Kt_B3 B_Kt5

0 -0 R_K 1 P_Q3

S_Kt5 B_QB4

S_R4 B, B

B_Kt3 Kt_Q5

P-KR4 Kt_K3

p,p Kt.Kt4 K t .Q2 Kt_B1 P.QB3

P_B3

F. Reinf eld Bl ack

22 Kt-K t 3 B_B2 Kt( 1)_R2

P-KKt S K _K t2

KtxKtch

23 Kt_B3 24 Kt.R4 25 R_B2 26 Kt.B3 27 Bx Kt 28 K_Kt2 29 R_R 1 30 Kt xR 31 Q_K2 32 K_K t 1 33 B_Kt2 34 K_B1 35 Q_B3 36 K_K2 37 Ktx Kt 38 B_B1 39 K_K1 40 P_R4

Resi gn s

Kt-Kt4 R_R1 R,R Q_R1

Q.R6ch R_R1

Q-R7ch Kt-R6

Q-Ktech KtxR R_R? B_KS

P_KKt4 P_Kt3

The championship of the Bronx Chess Club has been won by A. L. Friedman. Here is 'an interesting game from the tourney :

QUEEN'S GAMBIT DE CLINED

S. Ste infe ld White

1 P_Q4 2 Kt_KBS 3 P_B4 4 P_KS 5 Kt_SS 6 B_QS 7 BxSP 8 B-QS 9 Q-K2

10 P-K4? 11 P-K5

Kt·KBS P-Q4 P-B3 P-K3

QKt_Q2 p,p

P-QKt4 P-QR 3

P_B4 p,p

Kt_ Kt 5!

A. L . F riedm an Black

12 Q.K4 Kt.B4 K t xBch

PxKt ' Q_B2 !

13 QxR 14 K_K2 15 B_Kt5 16 KR_Q1 17 Rx Kt 18 K x Kt 19 K-B2 20 KxP

Resig ns

Kt (5)x BP KtxR

Q_B5c h Px Peh

B-R6ch !

57

( A n Nncr)ll vemiom;/, lough ballfe.) SICILIAN DEFENSE

Dr. E, L asker S. N. Be rnstei n W hJte Black

1 P_K4 P_QB4 21 P_Q6 Q_Q1 2 Kt_KBS P_KS 22 KtxPch QxKt S P-BS P_Q4 23 QxKt 0'0 4 PxP O,P 24 PxQ R.B4 5 P-Q4 QKt_BS 25 P_Q7 R.Q1 6 B_K2 p , p 26 B_R5 Rx KP 7 PxP B.Kt5eh 27 BxPch K.Kt2 8 Kt_B3 Kt.SS 28 R-Q3 R.Kt 4 9 0-0 Q.Q3 29 P_KKt3 R.Q4

10 P_QR 3 S.R4 SO RxR B,R 11 Q_R4 0 _0 31 B. K8 P.QR4 12 B_KKt5 P·QRS 32 R.B7eh K-Ktt 13 BxKt P,B 33 K-B2 B-B3 14 QR_Q1 P_Kt4 34 R_K7 P_K4 15 Q_Kt3 B_B2 35 B_B7ch K_B1 16 Kt. K4 Q_K 2 36 R_K8ch R,R 17 Q.BS B.Kt2 37 B,R Resigns 18 P-Q5 B.K4 If 37 " , K -K2 ; 38 19 Ktx B KtxKt P-Q8(Q), 20 P-B4 QR.S1

BRONX COUNTY CHA M PIO NSHIP The Empire Ci t y Chess Club, located at 464

East 157th Street at T hird Avenue, Bronx, N . y, announces that it will hold a tournament to determine the Championship, of Bronx County for 1940-1 94 1.

Thi s contest will be preceded ,by an El i mi na. tion Tournament f or the pu rpose of reducing the number of cont estant s to no more Ihan fi fteen, This Tournament will be ar ranged i n groups of eight or ten and will begin play as soon as the first group is f ormed , on or about M ay 1st.

The leaders of each group wlil qualify for the Final s.

Pl ay will be condu cted on days suitable to the maj ol'fly of t he pal'tici panls,

Registr ation for the Elimi nation T ourna ment i s now open and wl1\ cl ose on or about July 1st. There is a charge to non-members of tlfty cen ts for the Elimi nati on T ournam ent , ] ' 01' the F i nal s thel'e will be a charge of $2,00,

Former Bronx Count y Cham pi ons wlll not have to pl ay in the Elimi nat ion T ou r nament.

'Those i nt erested will please communicat e w ith t he Director of the Tournament, c/o the , Empi re Ci ty Chess Cl ub an d gi ve their first, second and third chOice of days,

The Cl ub rooms ar e now open on Monday, Wednesday, T hursday and Sarturday evenings but w l\l be open dally for the accommodation of t he tournament. A ny chess j}l ayer r esiding in Bronx County 01' a member of a Bronx chess ciu'b i s eligibl e to compete.

'rhe prizes w ill be as follows : 1. (a) A gold pi n,

(b) Forty Dollars In cash, (e ) Free membershll> in Ihe E m pire City

Chess Club for a yeal', 2. (a) Twenty Dollars in cash.

(b ) Free membershh} for one year, 3. (a) Ten Dollars in cash,

(b) Free memb.ershlp for one year, 4. (a) Five Dollar s in caSh,

5. (bl Free member ship for one year ,

Free memberShi p for one year,

Manhattan Chess Club Championship

CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT

MANHATTAN CHESS CLUB

I 9 3 9 •

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.. . .. . . . ,

· . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . .. . . .

• •

· . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • • • • . .

... .. .. , . . . . .. .. . . . , .. . . . . ,'

. .. .. ..

(lndsil" pltly bJ Whi/~.') FREN C H DEFENSE

O. Te nner White

1 P.K4

J . F el dman

Black

2 P.Q4 3 Kt.QB3 4 B.QS :I Kt-BS 6 8 -K 3 7 K KtxP 8 Kt>cKt 9 PxP

10 Q.Bl 11 0 ·0 12 Q.K4 13 QItK P 14 Q.Q4

P. K3 P .Q4

Kt..KB3 P.B4

Kt-SS BPx P P·K4 PxKt KtxP

B_Q KtS 0.0

p _Ke4 R.K 1 B.QS

15 Ktx Kt 16 Q.QR4 17 B.QKtS 18 QR.Ql 19 P·QB3 20 P_KB4 21 R.B2 22 PxB 23 B- Kt 5! 24 B.B6 25 QlI B U Q.K6e h 27 Q. K7

8 . K4 P x Kt R.K3

B.Kt2 R. KKt3 P.Q51!

Q.R5 Q_RS . d axa

R.KB1 K. R l

R"lgn5

(A strikillgly original gallle II NrI) lIIirro/'J tbe il1ureJli llg personality 0/ (he wi llner.)

M anhattan C. C. Champ ionship 1939·1940

SICILIAN DEFE N SE

( Notes by A. C. Simonson ) Dr. J . Platz A. C. Si mon.on

White 1 P.K4 2 Kt.K S3 3 P_Q4

P_QS4 Kt.Q S3

p , p

Dlack

4 K t x P 5 Kt.QS3 6 S_K2

Kt .S3 P.Q3

P. K4 ?! Although t his move is u IIl lan\ollll..bly b9.d

all chess. I t hink t hat any thinll III fO l'glvabl e to get "wny from lhe dull , rou1ine " book " moves.

7 Kt.Kt3 8 8 .8 3

o.K 3 • • • •

A very poor w ay of IJre\'enUng ... P-Q~ . It l akes an aetive B Oll t of pl ay. M uch better was t he developing m ove J),KKt5.

8 . . . , Watch t h i ll baby Jl:rOW

9 S.K3

• • •

• • •

.an d (;1'011' . ,

10 Kt_S I

and GROW !

11 P-Q Kt3 12 0.0 13 PxP

. . . P-QR4

P-R5

P.RtS

K t_QK t 5 P.Q4

8 _K S4 T he QP could ha ve been c i lltured by Black ,

but he \Jreferred add Itional complication s.

14 Kt-Q3 P_K5 ?! 15 R_K1 • • , •

Bettel' WIIS 15 I<tx Kt , Ox Kt: ] 6 Q-Q4 , Q·K2 (I ti . .. Bx Kt ? .17 Qxll, Pxll: 18 Q-K5ch , Q·K2; 19 QxB wllh an ea lli ly won game): 17 B·RIS, BxKt : 18 QxB. 0,0: 19 KR·Kl , QR-Bl: 20 Q-Q4, Q-Q3; 21 DxKl . Qx D; 22 QxQ, PxQ: 23 BxP. Bx B ; 2~ fuU. Rx l>; 25 R-Kt4ch. K-R1; 26 R·Q4 . R-K1: 27 P·Kt3, R (I )·K7 : 28 P-Q6, R ( K7)-Qi ; 29 RQl , RxRc h : 30 RxR, R.-QD1 ; 31 K·Kt2 a nd wins.

15 • • • • 16 KtxKt 17 Kt -S4 18 B xQ

QK txQP QxKt OxO

B_QKt S

\ Vhi le Is quite well k on dlll'k squa l'es, t ha nks to t he Trojan w OI'k done by Black's QRP.

APRI L , 19 40

19 R_KB1 20 R_Kt1 21 B_B 1 22 Kt_K2

B_B6 23 RxB Kt_Q4 0·0-0 24 Kt.Q4 B·Kt3

B_Q7 25 Kt.Kt5 P_B4

Just a loan . 26 .... 27 R·R1

BxB 26 KtxP .. . w hich w !ll be repaid.

. Kt.B6

P_Kt4 ! T h is Illove im lllobilizes White 's fOl'ces Qui t e

eITecO vely. 28 R_Kl 29 B_K2 30 K_B 1 31 Kt.Ktl 32 BxP

Hoping for 32 . . . Kx D; won game.

32 . . . . 33 RxR

"",~S i m 0 11 S 0 t'I

Dr. Platz

33

K·Kt2 K_Kt3 R·Rl Ktx P • • • • . Rx K,1.

Kt·Kt5 R,R

34 B.R4 ....

with a

I f 3·] P·QD-I, K t ·Q6; 35 R·QI, R-Ri ; 36 R-Q2 (i f 36 Kt-Q2? B-R1; 37 P·B3, P·I{6 and wins) , R-RS; 37 .R-Q1 , B-RA; 38 P-D3, PxP; 39 PxP, DxP; ~ O ,Rxl<t, RxKlcll; 41 K ·B 2, B-K5 and Black should w in w ith his superior ;position,

34 , . . . KtxP 3S R.Ql R_QB1 36 Kt_Q2 K. R4!

I cOnSider t h is quiet move the best of the game. I t preve nts K t-D4ch ( . .. oRxKt) which would allow W hite to rapid ly conSOlidate h is for ces and obtain an eve n game. 37 B.Q7 R_B4 42 R.Q7 38 P_Kt4 P_B5 43 Kt,Kt6 39 B.BS SxB 44 Rx P 40 PxB P·K6 45 PxP 41 Kt_B4ch K-KtS 46 R_Kt2

47 R.Kt2ch K. B6

47 , . . KxR wou ld al so wi n, but not as quick ly : -IS Kt·B-Ich. K-DS; '19 K t "-1R, K -QS; 50 K l -Q3, K ·Q7 ; 51 Kt·KJ , P-R-I ; 52 P-R4 (i f 52 P-R3, P-.R5; 53 K t ·Kt2, K t-D6 w ins), P-K 7ch ; 53 K ·B 2, Kt·B·I ; 5-\ Kt-B3ch, K-QS ; 55 K t·Kl , K tx P et c.

48 Kt-R4c h 49 R·Ktl 50 K_B2 SI K_Kt 2 52 Kt_Kt6

K·Q6 P-K7ch R_B4c h

K_Q7 P·K8(Q)

53 Kt_B4ch Resigns

K_K7

19

(Black alJo t/iS a break_throflgh /IIi/h falal remils.)

INDIAN DEFE N SE B. Blumin

W hite J . Soudakoff

1 P_Q4 2 P.QB4 3 Kt.QB3 4 Q.B2 5 P-K3 6 P-QR3 7 QxB 8 Kt.B3 9 B-K2

10 P-QKt3 11 Q·B2 12 0 ·0 13 B-Kt2 14 QR_Ql 15 Kt.Kl 16 Kt·Q3 17 P-B3

Kt_KB3 P.K3

B·Kt5 Kt_B3

0·0 BxKteh

P_Q3 Q.K2

P-QR4 Kt-KS

P·B4 B-Q2

QR·K1 B-B1 P.Q4 R-B3

Kt·Kt4

Black 18 Q_Q2 19 Q_Kl 20 Kt.B4 21 Q_Kt3 22 P_K4 23 P.B5 24 B.B3 25 PxP

' 26 P-Q5 27 PxP! 28 PxKtc h 29 RxQ 30 Kt-Kt6c h 31 P-B8(Q)eh 32 RxRch 33 PxKt

( Black loses 100 milch time.) QUEEN 'S GAMBIT DECLINED

R_R3 R_B l Q·Q3

Kt_B2 Kt_K2 Q_Ql

BPxP PxP? Kt_B4 KtxQ K .Rl R,R

PxKt R'Q

K.R2 Resigns

G. Shai nswit O. Tenner Wh ite

1 P·Q4 2 P·QB4 3 Kt·QB3 4 B-KtS 5 PxP 6 P-K3 7 B·Q3 8 Kt-B3 9 0-0

10 8 _B2 11 PxB 12 R·Bl 13 Kt_K5 14 P. B4 15 KtxKt 16 Q·RS

P_Q4 P.K3

Kt.KB3 QKt.Q2

p,p B_Kt5 P_B4 Q.R4 P.B5 BxKt

Qx SP Q-R4 0·0

R-Kl KtxKt

P-KKt3

Black 17 Q·R6 18 P-B5 19 PxP 20 BxP 21 BxPeh 22 BxQ 23 B_B4 24 B-K5 25 R·B4 26 RxRc h 27 QR.Bl 28 R_Kt7ch 29 R_Kt8 30 R_B4 31 R.B7 32 B.B4ch

•

BOSTON NOTES

Q-R6 Q_B 1

RPxP Q,Q K-R2 R·Rl

Kt.Kt3 R_Bl R,B

K.Kt3 Kt.Q2 K·R3

P-Kt4 K-R4 K·R3

Resigns

The Boston City Cl ub fin'ished in Ill's t place i n t he M etroPolitan League tearn match t our. name nt with the excellent score or 1714 points out o r II possibl e 18. ·A to l al or t en teams partiCi l lRled. Among its 'other act!viUes the City Cl ub is no\\' playing a cOITesl>ondence match 'by ait· mall, w ith the Ha.vana Chess Club, w i t h si x on each Si de. F rank J, M ar­shall, fOl'mer Uni ted States champion, is sched. u led to vis i t Attleboro where he w i!! give a simultaneous exh ibition against plaYers from tlle Southeastel'rl M assachusetts L eague on A pril 9th. H al'low D. Daly is leadi ng in t he M assachusetts State Tourney (7 Wi llS and no l osses) in a field or ] 6. 'J.;he fi nals i n the I nterscholasti c tournament w!ll be played shortly at the Ci t y Cl ub w i th Pit t sfield, Spr ing' field, W OI'CeSler , N ew Bedford, B oston and L ynn r epresented in t he first round.

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Chess Masters, Beware! By GEORGES KOLTANOWSKI

Upon my return from Mexico City last June to Guatemala, I found a letter waiting for me from Mr. Ernest Olfe, Secretary of the American Chess Federation, in which he asked if I would not agree to come to Milwaukee to spend the summer holidays there and see how great the interest was for chess by the children on the playgrounds. Having heard on my last tOUf through the United States of the Mil_ waukee plan for promotion of chess, I thought it a good idea to get in closer touch and see what they were really doing. I therefore jumped at the occasion to be able to come to Milwaukee.

Now that I am at close range with the work_ ing of the chess department and the children in action on the playgrounds, I am simply flabbergasted. Never could I have imagined that chess could be organized to such a great extent and on such a solid basis as here in Milwaukee.

During the course of my travels, I have come across many schools where chess has been taught, but then it is understanda~le that children will take to chess when it is taught as a part of their regular school curriculum. But to think that during the period of summer holidays, children between the ages of seven to fourteen and even older will clamor for chess boards and sets on the playgrounds during the greatest imaginable heat at all hours of the day is unbelievable. Usually it is considered in other countries that t:verything lodged in the United States is just mere bluff. I will admit that before seeing this well organized method of teaching chess, I was not quite convinced of its value. But after the Tournament held last Wednesday in which seven hundred thirty boys and girls took part, and after meeting the thousands of children I have taught chess on the playgrounds, I can only take my hat off to the pioneers of this great promotion for the fine game of chess.

Seven hundred thirty boys and girls parti_ cipated at one time. Some schools walked as far as four and one_half miles to get to the playground where the Tournament was held, which, by the way, was organized by the Milwallkee JOllmal in conjunction with the Milwaukee ,Public Schools, Department of Mu_ nicipal Recreation, under the supervision of Miss Dorothy C. Enderis and direction of Mr. D. B. Dyer, the real brain trust of chess in schools in Milwaukee. Seven hundred thirty

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players, some of whom did play King takes King or castling with the Queen. But, I doubt if any masters' tournament game was fought

. with a greater fighting spirit than these young_ sters fought their games. Even I was surprised at the way some of them would fight their games to such a bitter end, and a draw only came when each had only one King left. Could anything be fairer than that?

There they sat on the grass, with the board between them, the sun blazing down so that I, just coming from Central America, received a brown tan. But that did not worry them. At each end of a round (they played, by the way, the single elimination system) most of the children ran to have a cool drink of water and came back in time ·for the next round. Even the players had their bunch of supporters like in any other sport. At one moment the supporting spirit knew no bounds. When I ruled one player out, his supporters hooted me all over the place. But they became quite good friends with me, all shaking hands, when they heard that I would come and teach them how to play chess.

The organization of this tournament was one of the best I have ever seen. Everything ran very smoothly. The Milwaukee J01l/"llal was so impressed by the great amount of entries and the keenness of the competition, that it has definitely taken upon itself to arrange this event annually, thus proving that chess is not an old man's game.

It is not for me to return the game to the question of the value chess has in our lives, but it is certainly pleasing to find that in Mil_ waukee every year five thousand or more new chess players are developed on the playgrounds. Within five years I am certain that Milwaukee will not only have the greatest amount of chess players in the United States, which I think it has already, but will also turn out the best players in great majority. They say that the threat is more dangerous than the fulfill. ment; therefore, I can only say to the other towns,"Wake up before it is too late. The Milwaukee system is the best."

According to Sidney Skolsky's column, George Brent is an expert chess player. It would be interesting to see a match between him and Ray Milland, who is generally con_ sidered one of Hollywood's best chess players.

APRIL , 1 9t/O

Chess in Holland •

Despite (or hecause of? ) the e\'er_growing war tension, chess conti nues to become more and marc popular in Holland and there is a steady round of interesting master chess in continual progress. An instance of Dutch enthusiasm for chess is seen in the fact that qu ite a few of the leading papers published long accounts of all the games of 1"11e Keres_ Euwe Match, each game appeari ng with \'ery detailed notes the day after it was played, sometimes taking more than two full columns - and this despite the inordinate demands made upon !oday's newspapers by war news!

Delft 1940 SICILI AN DEFEN SE

Dr. M. Euwe S. Landau

White Black

1 P . K4 P_QB4 10 K_Rl R_Bl

2 Kt_KB3 P .Q3 11 Kt_Kt3 P .QR3 3 P.Q4 p,p 12 B_B3 Q_B2 4 KtxP Kt . KB3 13 Kt_QS KtxKt 5 Kt-QB3 P _KKt3 14 P"Kt Kt. R4 6 B_K 2 B· Kt2 15 KhKt QxKt 7 0.0 0·0 16 P .B3 R· BS 8 B_K3 Kt: B3 17 Q_Q2 P .QKt4 9 P_B4 B.Q2 18 KR _Kl KR · Bl

~~ Land au

Dr. Euwe

Larnl " u hll!4 overlookcu the following move, whleh win s some material.

19 Q_KB2l 20 B. K2 21 B·Q l

Q .Q 1

R· R 5 R· K5

22 B.B2 23 R"R 24 P _B5l

Lead s to an exciling Finish.

25 BP"P QBP"P 30 B_Kt l 26 P"BPch ! K. Bl 31 R,R 27 QR . K 1 B.KB3 32 R_KBI ! 28 B,P R_B8 33 Q.Kt6 29 Q. Kt3 B·Kt2

R,B P _Kt5

QKtP)(P

RxRch Q. R4 Q. B6

Re,jg ns

(, 1

CHE SS IN MILW AUKEE

( II:.'IJo' ; alld{i!illg?!) Du t c h Club Match 1940

A. J . d e Ruyter White

1 P _K4 2 P_Q4 3 Kt_QB3 4 B.Kt5 5 P. K5 6 P_KR4 7 B.K3 8 Q_Kt4 9 R.R 3?

10 B"QP 11 Kt_B3 12 QxKt 13 Kt.QKt5? 14 Q_KB4 15 K.Q2 16 P_QKt4 17 KKt.Q4 18 QxKt

P . K3 P _Q4

Kt_KB3 B. K2

KKt.Q2 P . KR3 P .QB4

K_B 1 p , p

Kt .QB3 KtxB

Q· Kt3 B· B4

B"Pch 8 _84 B. K2

KtJ<P ! B. B3

A. S noep

Black 19 Q.K3 20 KtxPch 21 Q"Q 22 Kt_B7 23 KtJ<R 24 PxB 25 Kt. Kt6 26 Kt. R4 27 K·Q3 28 8 . Kt2 29 Kt. S3 30 Kt. K2 31 Kt·B l 32 Kt· Kt3 33 Kt.Q2 34 Kt.Ktl 35 B_Bl

Resigns

P. R3l QlCKt

B,Q BlCKR

B,R K.K2 K_K3 B_QS B_R2

P .Q Kt4 R.Ql K_K4

P_Kt3 B_Kt3 K.BS

K_Kt6 • • • •

---( F(lb"/OIIJ 1;/111/ /,feJJIITe ftlkeJ ilJ loll.')

Played In a Club Match 1940 QUEEN 'S GAMB IT

( l\"o leK by Dr. M. E u we) 0 ,. M. Euwe S. La nd a u

Wh ite Bl ack 1 P_Q4 P_Q4 15 B,B Q,B 2 P_QB4 p,p 16 P_K5 KR .Ql 3 Kt_K63 Kt.KB3 17 KR_Ql • • • • 4 P.K3 P. K3 IJ·K4 ! was much 5 B,P P. B4 stronger, establishIn g 6 0-0 P.QR 3 terrIfic IJressur·e. 7 Q_K2 P-QKt4 17 • • • • Kt ·Bl 8 B·Q3 B· Kt2 ? 18 KR·QB1 Kt-Kt l 9 p,p Kt.B3 19 Kt·65 Kt·Q5

10 P .QR4 P-Kt5 20 KtlCK t RlCKt 11 QKt_Q2 B, P 21 Q. K3 QR.Ql 1! 12 Kt _Kt3 6 . K2 22 BlCP B_R l 13 P_K4 0 ·0 23 Kt· Kt3 ? • • • • 14 B_KKt5 Kt·Q2

Simply I3 · B I WIIS In ortler. 23 . . . . 24 Q· B5 ?

BeUer' was Q· ]H6, by R -BS.

R_K5

inte nding QxRch roll owed

62

24 . . . .

Thre&tening 7- • . R-K8ch.

25 8_B1 26 R.Ql

Q.Kt4

KtxP R.KB1?

Overlookin.g the prettty finish 26 . .. Kt· B6ch; 27 K-RI, R·R5! -28 RxRch, QX1R; 29 F-Ra (or 29 P xKt, Q·Ktll. RxPch! 30 PxR, Q-Ktl etc.

27 K-R1 R_R5

Threatening to win outright with ... Kt·Dti.

28 R.Q4 29 Kt.Q2

29. ...

• Landau

Dr. Euwe

R. R6 • • • •

Kt.B6 ? !

Tbe m()l'e prosaic once.

Q-R4 wins almoot at

30 Qx Rch 31 KtxKt 32 QR_Q1

Or ::1 2 P_R1, R-R6ch etc.

32 . . . . 33 R.Q8 34 K_Kt1

• • • R-QKt6 was quicker.

35 R( 1)_Q7ch 36 R·KB8 37 P.R51 38 P.R6

If no .... , 39 P.Jt7, Q·QB4 wins.

39 R(8)_Qa 40 P·8S 41 K·R l

K,R RxKt

K·K2 B.K5

R.KR6

K · 8S B_Kt3

R.QKt6 R,P

Q.B5 Q_K6ch

B_R4

Or 41. . RKtS; ·j2 P-Kt6 etc.

R-Ql, RxR; ' 43 RXiR,

42 R_Ql 43 R (8)·Q3 44 BxB

B<P BxPch

Q<R

45 RxQ 46 8·B1 47 K .Kt2

R-KtSch RxBch R.QRS

(White resigns. The numerous time pres· sure blunders w.hi-ch mar this inte restin.g ·game ar e of course ·by no means r epresentative of t he skill of these two fine ·players. - F.R.)

(de Schaakwerrld)

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VENTNOR CITY INVITATION TOURNAMENT

In the summer of 1939, the first Ventnor City Invitation Tournament was held in the Sun Room of the Municipal Pier at Ventnor City, N. J. Admittedly an experiment, it turned out to be an event as enjoyable as it was dis· tinguished. Twelve players were invited, and a splendidly balanced tournament resulted . Although none of the -grandmasters were in_ cluded, the play was of a high level and was characterized by its fighting quality. A young newcomer, Olaf 1. Ulvestad from Seattle, con· tributed to the color and "fightingness" of the play.

The Committee in charge of this event has announced the date for this year 's tournament, which will take place July 6th- 14th, inclusive.

It is the policy of this Committee to extend invitatioos to masters of recognized ability and also to up_and.coming young players. The Committee has found that the sportsmanlike and gentlemanly manner of the players adds a great deal to the interesting character and genial atmosphere of the tournament

Those who contributed towards the funds of this tournament last year, should have a warm feeling of having materially assisted at the inception of what should . soon come to be recogni"zed as Olle of the premier events of American chess. Due to the fortunate condi. tions under which this tourney is conducted, actual tournament expenses are almost negli. gible, with the result that the players receive practically all the monies subscribed, thus bring. ing the prizes to a very satisfactory level. In addition, the ideal surroundings and climatic conditions all tend to make the week spent in Ventnor a memorable one, so that players who receive invit.ations consider themselves honored and fortunate.

Patrons and lovers of the game who desire to contribute to the funds of this. event, this year, may send their checks to the General Secretary, Me Gerald H. Phillips, J 16 N. New Haven Avenue, Ventnor City, N . J . The entry list ·is fully made up now, and is to be annouoced very shortly.

. CACLC'"F"O"RCNCC-, A:-:NCO=T E S The championship of the Northern Qalifornia

Chess League has been won by the Russian Chess Club. Here are the details: Russian Chess Clu,b ____ . ___ __ ____ ~_ 4%- '12 Mechanics Institute ______ __ _______ 4 - 1 Castle Chess Club __________ _______ 3'12- 1'12 San Franc-lsco ________________ ___ __ 1'1,,-3* University of California ____ . ____ __ 1'h- 3'h Ala.rneda ______ ___ _____________ ____ 0 -5

In the Mechani-cs Institute Championship the title was annexed by Harold W. Simon, with V. Pafnutieff, second, and V. Lapiken, t hird.

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White to pl ay find win

Robert W!IIman has sent us the above re· cent composi t ion. It hll.l some very pretty points and each piece is ulled to the besl advantage; and i n addition. t he reader can deri ve some Intel~sting polntel"! wh ich wil! be of value fol' over-the-board {>lay.

It Is Important to remember thM the player with the Bishop must keep h lg Pawns on the oppo.ite.colored squares. Thus if White were to -p1 ay t P·K7! he would be completely Sly­mied after ... K·Q2.

The solution : , B.K5 R.Kt1

White lhl~atened to win at once w ith P-Q7ch followed by B·B6ch.

2 P.Q7ch 3 B.86ch 4 K.Q5

Forced: White t hreatened by K-Q6.

5 Bx P 6 B.Kt3ch!

K_Ql K.B2

R.QR1 n-KSch followed

P_Kt 5

While wants to brin g hh. K to K5 wi l hout allowing Black to reply . ' P ·K16.

6 . . . . K.Ql 7 K.Q6 R_R3ch 8 K.K5 R_R1

nest. Ir ~ . . R-R4 ch: 9 K·IlI:i. P·Kl6 : 10 B-R4, ,n -RI; It K-B7ch. K·B2 ; 12 P-Q!!(Q) ch and wln ll.

9 K.B6 P_Kt6 10 B. K5 .•..

Not 10 1l·1l2, K-B2; II B-K l6ch, K-Q3 and draws. The text threatens K-B7.

10 . . . . R·R4 Ir 10 ... R-R7; 11 Il-Q4 wins.

11 B_Q4 R-QKt4

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12 K. Kt6! R.Q4 13 B. B6ch K_B2 14 P_K7 !! I(KP 15 K. B7 ;lin d wins.

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us a strikingly original chess theorist. Franklin K. Young. Now the same city presents us with a chess thinker who is e<jually original but has the merit of being much closer to actual practice. This reviewer cannot agree with the central thesis of the book, believing as he does that ou r knowledge of chess is still inadequate to enable us to affi rm that the fi rst move is sufficient of an advantage (some theo­rists have claimed that it is not an advantage, while others have almost claimed that it is a disadvantage!! ) to wi n the game.

Nevertheless, it can emphatically be said that this is an extremely interesting and read_ able book, packed with stimulating ideas which will help many amateurs to' vitalize and im_ prove their play. An especid ly attractive fea ­ture is the great number of elegant games which are used for illustrative purposes. - F.R.

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The Keres-Euwe Match (One cafeless move pfactically dec;deJ the

;JJue.)

P.

Match 1939-1940 (Tenth Game)

INDIAN DEFENSE

(Noles by Dr. M. Euwe) Keres Dr. M. Euwe

White Black 1 P.Q4 Kt_KB3 2 P_QB4 P_K3 3 Kt.QB3 B_Kt5 4 Q.B2 Kt·B3 5 P.K3 · . . .

5 Kt·U3 is generally considered stronger, in order to prevent . . . P -K4. However, Keres wants to try a different variation.

5 . . . . P_K4 · . . . 6 PxP

Better than 6 Dresden 1936).

P-Q5 (as in Keres-Alekhine,

6 • . • • 7 B.Q2 8 P_QR3

KtxP P_Q3

BxKt 8 ... B-R4; 9 P-QKt4, B·Kt3 also deserved

consideration; ,but in that event the KB would always be in acute danger.

9 BxB D·O? 10 Kt_B3? , . . .

Both players overlook that White can ob­lain a clear advantage with 10 P ·B5 ! After 10 ... oR-Kl; 11 0-0-0, P-Q4; 12 Kt-B3 White would ,have a very s-trong attacking posHion. Thus it Is clear that Black should have played 9 . Q-K2.

10 . . . . KKt_Q2 In order t.o mainta in the strong Kt on K<1

as long as 'possible. . .. KtxKtch would be too risky because White can still castle Qside.

11 B_K2 Q.K2 12 R.Q1 KtxKtch

'l'his exchange cause White"s Q

13 PxKt

is now ,unobjectionable be­,side castling is 1mp.ossible.

• • • •

Somewhat risky. Whit e acceDts a weaken­ing of his P position and virtually abf\.ildons K side castling, without obtaining compensat· Ing attacking chances on the KK t file. Sounder was 13 BxKt, . Kt·K<1 ; .14 B·K2, B·Q2 (14 ... B-K3? 15 P-B5!).

13 . . . . P_KB4 It is important to safeguard the KKtP a,.t

once. The text provides {or ... R-B2. 14 R.KKt1 ... .

65

After 14 O..() (intending K-Rl and R-KKtl) Black could seize the initiative with ... P-B6.

14 . . . . R·B2 15 Q.Q2 ....

Preventing 15 ... P·QKt3? which would be answered with decis'ive effect ,by 16 Q·Q5 threatening QxR and RxPch.

Dr. Euwe

Keres

15 . . . . Kt.B3? Indicated was 15 . .. Kt-B4; 16 P-Kt4, Kt·

K3; 17 p·n4, B-Q2 with a satisfactory ,game in every respect [or Black.

16 P_B5! • • • •

Black has over100ked .this advance a second time, ,but not so W,hite. And this time it is a much more serious matter than on move 10. 'Dhe threat is 17 PXP winning a P .

Iii .. . PxP? would lose at once ,because of 17 Q-Q8ch etc. Nor does 16 . .. Kt-Kl help because of 17 Q-Q5, K-Rl (17 ... B-K3; 18 QxKtP); 18 B-B4, R-B1; 19 PxP , PxP ; 20 K-K2 with a winning a ttack.

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Black prefers to give up 2 Ps, hoping for countenplay on t he K side.

16 . . . . 17 BxKt 18 QxP

While t.hl"ealen ed B -I34.

19 QxKtP 20 P·B4

Directe d againilt .. . P-BS.

20 .... 21 R.Q2 22 QxRP

P.Q4 Q,S B.K3

QR.KB1 . . . .

R_K2 8.82 Q.R5

With Ole double threat o r . .. QxRP and IlxP. Black is 3 Ps down, but he can regain 2 of them. How ever, the enuing is untenable. Tile remainin g play, dul'ing which both players we re ~hort or time until the 4'1 s t. move, is callY to tinde l'HI.and.

23 Q.Kt7 RxP 24 Q.Kt2! P · KtS 25 Q.KtS R·RS 26 QxQ RxQ 27 R.Q4 RxRP 28 6.83 8_Kl 29 P·R4 SO R.R1 31 BxR 32 8_Kt7

43 T he l!\ ~ t

44 45 46 47 48

R·B3 RxRch

K.B2 8.B3

R.Q1

~ hi\llce .

R,R P·Kt8 (Q) K·Kt4 K·R5 K.Kt6

33 BxB 34 P·Kt4 35 K.Q2 36 P. R5 37 K.B3 38 P . BS 39 P·Kt S 40 P_Kt6 41 PxP 42 P_Kt7

R.Ql

P.R8(Q) Q.88ch

Q. Kt7ch Q.86ch

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R,S K_K2

P·R4 R.RS R·Rl R_Rl P_R5 p,p P.R6 P·R7

(Anotllel ' way was 48 Q·K t-leh. QxQeh : 49 KxQ, KxTt; 50 j{·Kt5 and White wins the ending thanks to t he tempo move P·B3~J.R.S _ )

48 . . , , Q· Kt5ch 49 K_B7 Re~igns

(Transla te·1I (rom the f{'''' f, uhe C OIII"IIIII oy ).B.S.)

(Sm"/,riJe : ElI/ve'J firJ/llf ol"e!) Match 1939·1940

(First Game)

RUY LOPEZ

Dr. M, Euwe P. Keres

White l3laek

1 P_K4 P_ K4 11 B. B2 Kt_K1 2 Kt·KBS Kt·QBS 12 QKt.Q2 P-K t3 S B.Kt5 P_QRS 1S P .QR4 P_QB4 4 B·R4 Kt. BS 14 p,p e.p. P_Kt5 5 0-0 B·K2 15 Kt·B1 KtxP 6 R.K 1 P.QKt 4 16 B_R6 Kt. Kt2 7 B.KtS P_Q3 17 Kt.K3 B_K3 8 P_B3 0-0 18 p,p R_Ktl 9 P_Q4 B_ Kt5 19 P_Kt5 p,p

10 P·Q5 Kt.QR4 20 p,p R,P

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21 B.R4 R·B4 2? B·Kt5 R.Q3 22 Q.Q2 Q·Ktl 28 S,S Q,S 23 KR .QBl R·B1 29 KtxP BxKt 24 R,R P,R 30 P,S R,P 25 BxQKt R, S 31 Q·K1 Drawn 26 Kt·Q5 B.Ql

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We report with sorrow the death or our able contributor and colleague, young Morris Hochberg. An Invalid for many years, Mr. Hochbe!'g had not allowed circumstance to down him: to speak only of his chess ac­complishments, he ,had bee orne an excellent solver, composer, and critic of p roblems, anu for more than a year had collaborated (with his brother Isador) in editing the problem sec­tion of the C.C.L.A. Bulletin. It will seem strange to see the familiar initials "I. and M." no more over a problem, or in a solving list, or signed to a kindly letter. OUI' very deep sympathies go to the surv-lving family.

• • • • • Results in our recent solving and composing

lourneys are n ow ,being comv-lIed, and they wlll appeal' in the May Review.

Our indefat igable con tributor, Mr. P. L. Roth· enberg, who likes to seek out the unusual in chess problem strategy, ,has worked out some interesting variations on an old Loy.d theme which supply the material for this month'~ article. For t he solver's and printer's COIl­venience, we have grouped the "original" and "quoted" problems separately.

UNDERPROMOTION TO KNIGHT­FAR AFIELD

By P. L . .Rothenberg The theme is not original. I wish -it were!

It all started when Sam .Loyd's fascinating, inimitable problems ·began to fire my l!mited imagination. Nos. 1591·4 indusive appear, re­spectively as 616, 617, 618, and 619 'in Alain c . W,hite's "Sam Loyd and his Chess Problems." Loy d Is quoted (p.. 403): " I do not feel that I have done the subjeot justice in any of these illustrations, but they wj]] sumce to give my readers a hint or twO." Of No. 1591 Loyd says, in his usual style (p. 403): "If the capture seems a hopeless move ... then it Is obviously well concealed, and the most difficult key move that could be selected. The nature or the key move is or no consequence whatever ... "

The theme involves White nnderpromotion Lo a Knight, w,hich is so remote [rom the enemy King that it can neither check him nor 'Control any of the King's adJw::en t squares. Nos. 1591-3 illustrate blocking of a Black piece, the first two directly, the last indirectly; and NQ. 1594 shows capture by the Knight alter­natively of one of two defending Black pieces. I have tried to app.ly the theme to grab and clearance play. Collectively, these otrerings are not at all enigmatic, for once the key of one p.roblem is obtained, the solutions or the others follow with ease. They are therefore being presented rather as a study. Individually, some are difficult, and one can imagine how hard it was to compose t.hem by examining closely the final position.

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In No. 158 2 we encounter the necessity of blocking a Blw::k Pawn. Solvers may be in· terested in observing why 1 P-liS (Q) does NOT work, and the proper key move does.

Nos. 1583-6, inclusive, deal with the "grab" theme, involving Black Pawn, Knight, Bishop, and Rook in order. No. 1583 is somewhat weak, having been composed to complete the cycle; No. 1584 shows grab of a Knight in an eight-spoke wheel; a semi-wheel was presented in Shinkman's pretty No. 1595.

No. 1585 is a Meredith with a number of tries, notably 1 P-R8(Rl. In No. 158 6 we have a complete waiting pOSition, with added variety from the key move, which opens the seventh rank and allows the Rook to have maximum mo.bility.

No. 1596 blends a chase or the Black Rook with blocking a Black Pa.wn, an idea canled out in slightly di!'terent form in No. 1537. In both t hese problems the promoted Knight is of aid in two thematic variations, rather than one.

No. 1588 doubles the gra·b theme, to include Bishop and Rook. Here, as in some of the other examples, there are some of the short mates that seem inherent in grab strategy. An amusing try is 1 QxB, RxB; 2 PxR stale­mate! No. 1597 shows a tWOfold ,block of a Black Bishop by anticipation- a kin-d of doub­ling of the central Idea of No. 1591. In No. 1589 we find another position without a set waiting move. and ,by extending the Black Queen's mobility we combine block and gra·b strategy. No. 1598 shows an allied idea: eli­minating a Black Rook's control or a line by jnte!'I)()sitlon of the promoted Knight.

No. 1590 !llustrates the clearance idea. The set position does not show any immediate possibility of clearing the seventh rank, and the result may be surprising. Finally, No. 1599 masterfully p.resents the square-vacation theme, involving the "finding of a place unde!' the sun" for the ambitious White iR.ook.

'1'0 be frank, I have not explored the field exhaustively; more may have been done, and much more, certainly, can be done. The ](wer or problems who follOWS this idea through its various forms of exp.ression wlll invariably find the result most pleasing. The enigmatic aspects of problem chess fascinated Sam Loyd and continue today to fascinate his admirers.

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APRIL, 1 940

N.O. 1573

R. C. BEITO

Willmar, Minn.

Mate in 2

NO. 1574 WILL C. DOD Oxford, Ohio

Dedicated to Dr. P. G. Keeney

Mate ill 2

NO. 1575

DR. GILBERT DOBBS

Carrollton, Ga.

Mate in 2

Original Section

No. 1576

THE PROBLEM EDITOR

No. 1577

DR. P. G. KEENEY

Bellevue, Ky.

Mate ill 2

No. 1578

AUREL TAUBER

New York, N. Y.

Mate in 2

No. 1579 OTTO WURZBURG Grand Rapids, M ich.

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Dedicated to T he Pr oblem Edito r.

Mate in 3

No. 158()

THOMAS S. McKENNA

Lima, Ohic

Mate in 4

No. 1581

DR. GILBERT DOBBS

Carrollto n, Ga.

SOLUTIONS TO THESE PROBLEMS ARE DUE MAY 25th, 1940.

THE CHESS REVIEW

Original Section (cont'd)

No. 1582 No. 1585 No. 1588

P. L. ROTHENBERG and

THE PROBLEM EDITOR

Mate in 3

NO. 1583

P. L. ROTH EN BERG

New Yo'rk, N. Y. ~

M ate in 3

No. 1584

P. L. ROTHENBERG

New York, N . Y.

Mate in 3

P. L. ROTHENBERG

New York, N. Y. ~

Mate in 3

No. 1586

P. L. ROTHENBERG

New York, N. Y.

='

Mate in 3

No. 1587

THE PROBLEM EDITOR

In Memoriam: Morris Hochberg

Mate in 4

P. L. ROTHENBERG

New York, N. Y. ~

Mate in 3

No. 1589

P. L. ROTHENBERG

New York, N. Y. ~

Mate in '\

No. 1590

P. L. ROTHENBERG

N ew York, N. Y. ~

Mate in 3

SOL U TIONS TO THESE PROBLEMS ARE DUE MAY 25th, 1940.

APRIL , 1940

No. 1591

SAM LOYD

Holyoke Transcri pt, 1877

Mate in 3

No. 1592 SAM LOYD

Second Prize, Paris Tourney, 1867

Mate in 3

No. 1593

SAM LOYD

Detroit Free Press, 1876

Mate in 3

Quoted Section

No. 1594

SAM LOYD

American Chess Nuts, 1868

Mate in 4

No. 1595

W. A. SHINKMAN

Mirror of American Sports, 1884

M ate in 3

NO. 1596

W. A. SH INKMAN

Chess Players' Chronicle, 1879

Mate in 4

No. 1597

H. and J . BETTMANN

Baltimore American, 1883

Mate in 3

No. 1598

E.FERBER

Deutsche Warte, 1904

Mate in 3

No. 1599 H. WITTWER

First Prize "ex aequo," Olympic Tourney, 1936

Mate in 3

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May iss ue); Dr. W . F. Sheldon 423; P. A. Swart 321 , 30; I. Sa pi r 328; .... H. B. Da ly 251 , 63 {:Ilonuu's (jpa t h was a g reat blo\\"); e Dr. P. G. Keeney 306 (corrcct io n "cccil'cd too late) ; "~ 1. Hochberg 193, 69 ; E. P oppe r 136, 63 ; · E. Korpanty 148, 38 ; J. Donaldson 155, 17 ; A. Fort ier 135, 27; R. Neff 101, 61 ; ~"~G. Pl ow­m a n 94, 65; S. P. Shepard (am testing thc problems ) 11 7, 25; *(' 1. R iv ise 43, 63 ; C. E. Wi nnbe rg 67, 34 ; V. Rosado 79 ; W . C_ Dod 75 ( am tackling thc t wo-Black-piece Knight whee\); B. L. Fade r 63 (welcomc ; a Ilile s t art ): A. B. Hodges 57 (hope to se e you ill Washing· ton soon) ; u A. S heftel 35 ; F. Gro t e 28 ; T. L Goddard 24 ; J . Hudso n (wclcome: w ill w ri te soon) 23; J . Dubi n (wclcome) 22; Bill Clubb 19; A. D. Gibbs 16 (excuse lhe misprint); R. W . Hays 8, 6 (good work : keep it li p).

To Fre d Sprenger. who makeg anothcr suc· ccssful L.Rdder climb, and A. n . GIb bs. who takes thc quarterly three~lllove pl-!ze w ith No. 1504, go s incere congratu lat ions.

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SOLUTIO NS u y .J. M . Denn ison ; 1 Qa6 ( T wo poi!lt s) 1\" <:,, [ way of un p ;,,,,;ug S t o d i."~o\'('" .. hed(. c1o~ing l h (> H laet( p"~s,,geway­~J a "., 11" II. COHs id" r .. 1)1" p] .. y - Sh"p" rd. .-\ m ,, ~i,,\;" ho,," a ])ot<:"1 " ·h ;I, · f" "e,, "" ' ~, "II",," Bi""k cI, c ('k s ber",'" Ih e ,'0 "]) u" "",,,'c- I ("t h CIl be,·g. br DI". G. Dobbs: 1 H~7 ( T wO J>oin l ~) ( :'omplemc n{l\ry h loc k pia)" p ret lily echoed - Hoth",,!)p ,·g . Good !l'Y Il l' I !l1;2_ P",z. lJ~' D ,·. G. D olJlJs: 1 Sb3 (Two points ) Good h a lfpin c r os sch" c k ~l\" I WlI "e]"s i n ""onomie noltim: - H.o l ho n b,)rg. !'"rmit­tillg e))('( ·k a nd fo,.cin g .,,, lflo lo<;k_ Mar _ ~Il" tI .

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by D ,·. P . C . KO Gn oy : 1 Qd·! ( ')'wo l>oi,,1s) I ),.. Kp", ,,,y Ix "I>))"""" l ly .. "pl",'i"l; the l nt l'i c acie ~ o f th <: fa.,d"a t ;ng m"t a l e­Hot h""l)/: ,·g . D e llghtr"l. t ho"g h t he S a l <: 1 , ·",",-·"I~ I h o key. T YI'i<'nl I{eeno )" in­I ";~ " " - I ' " 1)\.

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