Vol. XI. No. 21

Conducted b" IRWIN SIGMOND

S END solutions to Position No. 211 to reach Irwin Sigmond,

5200 Williamsburg Blvd., Arling­ton 7, Va., by August 5, 1957. With your so lution, please send analys is or rea~ons supporting your choice of "Best Move" or moves.

Sol..,t lo ... to POl i l ion No. 211 wil l .p­p .. r In th' Augus' 20, 1' 57 Inu •.

NOTE: Do 1'01 plar~ SO/U I","' to 11>'0

pos;l ioll' 0" o,u cd.d; b~ JU '~ fO indj(41~ rcrucl numlur of po,irjon h i". Jo/nd, and gi~t t he ! .. II '''''". <Ina tJlJ,btlf of Ih. so/v., / 0 " Ilift in prop. , ~Jili"g 01 Jo/u, ion.

BERLINER TAKES DISTRICT TITLE

Hans Berliner retained the Dis· trict of Columbia Championship with a 7Y.!·lIh score in onc of the strongest District events in recent years. He Jost no games but drew with Eliot Hearst , G~:lr G:e Meyer . and Michael Tilles. Tied fo r sec· ond with 6·3 scores were Hearst and Ivan Romanenko, while tied for fourth with 51h-3lh each were Herbert Avram and Tilles. Just behind the prize-winners with 5-4 each were Carl Gardner, Homer Jones, George Meyer, Edmund Nash, Oscar Shapiro, and Martin Stark.

In placing second, Hears t lost games to Tilles and Avram while drawing with Berliner and Roma­nenko, and Romanenko lost to Ber­liner while drawing with Hearst, Meyer, Shapiro, and Stark. Avram lust games to Berlincr, Jones, and Shapiro but drew with Stark, while Tilles lost to Romanenko, Gardner, and Meyer but drew with Berliner (in the fi nal round).

KAUSE TAKES CLEVELAND TITLE

In a startling upset, Richard Kausc, the new Cleveland Open Champion, won the Cleveland City title from U. S. Master Rudolf Pit­schak in a smashing 3·0 match. Kause, a former Cleveland junior cbamp, was not expected to have a chance against the veteran master, who rarely lost a game in match or tournament play in Cleveland.

U. S. JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP

July 8-14, 1957

San Francisco, CaUf.

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Friday, July 5, 1957 15 Cents

PEREA CAPTURES SO. TEXAS TITLE

Victory in the South Texas Open Championshi p at Corpus Christi went to Norris Perea of San Benito with 4-1 score, losing no games but drawing with John G. Payne :lnd Ursulo Villareal. Second to eighth. also with 4-1 scores, were Ronald Pohle, Morley Pastinsky, Roberto Trevino, Higinio Elizando, J ohn T. Campbell, Jorge Aldrete, and Gerald Blair. Scoring 3lh-l lh for ninth to tweUth in the 45-play· er Swiss werc J ohn C. Payne, Stephen Jones, J ohn De Vine, and Rafael Lerna. The event drew well from South Texas and· old Mexico was represented by fi ve players: Jorge Adrete, Higin.io Elizando, Rafael Lerna, Roberto Trevino, and Ursulo Villareal, aU oi whom finished among the fi rs t four· teen. Henry Youngman directed the event.

INNIS TRIUMPHS AT ALBUQUERQUE

Arthur B. Innis of Albuquerque scored 6·1 to win the Albuquerque Open Championship, losing the final round game to Jack F. Shaw who fi nished second. Shaw tallied 5 \.2·11,2, losing one game to John Matthews and drawing with Alan Brison, J r. Ben E. Thurston was third with 5-2, losing games to In­

Ill is and Shaw. Fourth to eighth with 4lh·2 Lh scores were George Morris, Warren Miller, John Steele, Jr. , Thomas Heldt, Jr., and George Murphy. Thomas Heldt, Jr. was awarded the title of Albu­querque Junior Ch ampion. Ninth to eleventh with 4-3 each in the 26·player Swiss were Phil Luks, Leonard Tristram, and Robert Couch, Jr. The tourney drew play­ers from Texas and Arizona.

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T HEY SAY THEY'RE AMA TEURS Scm~ 0/ Iht 131 pltry .. rr al Ihc U.S. A,nat"" r Champiollship in A sbur~ Parle,

N .J., O>"tl tht IVuletlul of l Ull" 7·9, aIr sho",n in this ~ i .. '" of a uction of Ih .. H ottl MOII /trQ'J lalgrst bal/rO<lm ",h .. ,r tht /oU ln"mr,,1 "Was htld.

Photo: Mont,r. y Hotel Photos

U. S. Amateur Championship Proves Record Success As Tourney

By KENNETH HARKNESS U.s. Amdw., Chdmp;oruhip T curnamt n/ Direc/or

Competing in an unprecedented field of 131 players, Harry Lyman of Dorchester, Mass., took undisputed first place at the United States Amateur Chess Championship tournament held over the weekend of June 7-9 at the Hotel Monterey, Asbury Park, N.J . Lyman won all six rounds c1jnching his victory in the final game against Horner W. Jones, of Rockville. Md ., who was the only other player to win the first five rounds of this popular Swiss System event conducted annually by the USCF.

The ncw champion made the grade on his thi rd try to win the Utle. At Lake Mohegan in 1955, Lyman placed third; at Asbury Park last year he came in s~ond . This year, he moved up to first place and took home the special trophy emblematic of the 1957 national amateur champion· ship.

So far as the records indicate, Lyman has not competed in any other national tournaments, hav· ing confined his chess activities to Massachusetts and New England contests. In 1955, he won the Mas­sachusetts Open at Westfield and has always placed near the top in other local and regional events. With J . A. Burgess, Lyman edits the chess column in the Boston Sunday Globe.

The champion finished a clear point ahead of the field. He was followed by five players who scored 5 points each: S. B. Win· ters of Newark, N.J. ; Morton Sie-gel of New York; Homer W . Jones of Rockville, Md. ; J. Norman Cot­ter of Harrington, Del. ; Ivan Ro­manenko of Washington, D.C. Jones was awarded a special tro­phy as the highest-scoring Class A player. He entered the contest with a rating of 1990 points, just below the expert class. The other

four players who scored 5 pOints all had expert ra tings.

The grOup scoring 4lh points comprised : Edgar McCormick of E. Orange, N.J .; David Hamburger of Upper Darby, Pa.; Leslie H. Ault of Cranford, N.J.; George Bul· ler of M t. Holly, N.J .; Charles E. Gersch or New York ; Boris Gar· finkel of Aberdeen, Md. ; Lt. J . A. Hudson of Dover, Del.; Dr. Paul S. Pressman of New York; Samuel Baron of Brooklyn, N.Y. Butler was awarded the special trophy of-

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58TH U. S. OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP

August 5--17. 1957

Cleueland. Ohio

Finish It The Clever Way! Posiliotl No. 203

Yuchtman vs. Chistyakov 1956

Position No. 204 L. Szabo vs. V. Smyslov

--,USSR, 1949

White

I N Position No. 203, White ~lade .the .wrong move (the 72n~ move in the game) and lost. The dntwmg line IS short but p,-:oblern·hke. In winning the title this year, World Chess Champion Vassily Sm!s­

lov owed much to his extraordinary skill in endgame play (see, for in­

stance, Game l7 of the match , in CHESS LIFE of May 20 this year). In [act, some cons ider him tu be the world's best endgame player. In Posi­tion No. 204, we have an earlier example of his virtuosity in playing the endings. Readers will recall his endgame composition, published in this column as Position No. 178.

For solutions, please turn to page seven

Send a ll contr ibutions for th is column to Edmund Nash, lS30 '·',IBth Place, S.E. WaShington 20, D. C.

Preiidlo of Monterey (Calif.) Chess Club: lnternationnl grandmaster Nlcho. las Rossollmo scored 30 wins and con­ceded three draws In a Simultaneous e"hlbltlon against playc)·s from Salinas, Carmel, Ford Or<1, Monterey and the P,...,s ldlo. The d r aws went to Major Don R. Stewardson of Fl. Ord, SP3 Russell Q. Maeth of the Arnly L anguage School. and PIc John Coyle--Korcan Language StUdent (who only l earned to play chess last Mll rch!).

HAVE YOUR TOURNAMENTS OFFICIALLY RATED New Regulations

Effective March 1, 1956 Tournaments, matches (Individual

or team; round robin or Swiss) ar. rateable when sponsored by USCF affiliated organizations, If played under FIDE Laws, directed by a competent official, and played at tlma limit of not more than 30 move. per hour.

The annual cl'Iamplo .... hlp tourna. ment of an UsCF Club Chapter and the ioonual championship toufna. mtlnt of any USCF "'flUate whose By·Laws prOVide that all lis mem­bers must btl USCF members also are ralad without charge.

All other eligible evants are ral&d only if official reporl of event Is ilccompanled by a remlttanc. cov. erlng a rating fee of 10c per game for all games actually played In the contest. (In a Swiss ona·half the number of playus times the num. bar of rOUllds represents fOlal games played if no byes or forfeits.)

Note that 10, Hating fu p~r gam, is (ol/uteJ from aI/ p/tryus, 1IIh~th~r USCP merniJr.s Or nolo

Ratings will be published period­Ically of III participants in all USCF. Rated events.

Official rating forms should be tocured In advance from:­

, MOlllgomery Majoc-123 No. Humphr .... Avenue Oak Park. IIlInol,

D<> 11« writt 10 oIhc USCP "ffkJ.rU lot thm r..hrs6 /orms.

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J. NEW PRIZE PLAN AT NEW WESTERN

Always alert to improve tourna­ment procedure, Milwaukee will try something different in allocat­ing the cash awards for the New Western Championship in the Ve· netian Room of the Astor Hotel, July 4th to 7th, according to Ern­est Qlfe who will direct the tour­nament.

Under the new method, every contestant finishing with 5% out of 8 possible points wiN share in the cash awards. The guaranteed minimum cash fund wiJI be dis­tributed as follows:

The f irst three finishers will receive $300, $200, and $100. The $400 performance awards will be divided into equal shares and allo· cated among the remaining win­ning players-each of whom shall receive one share for each haU­point by which his game total' ex· ceeds five points. Where there is no ti e in game points, the player shall receive the amount provided for that particular position. In each case of a tie in game point scores, the money allocated to those players will be pooled and divided in proportion to the Son­nenhorn·Berger points scored.

. Each tied player shall receive one ' share for each SoB point in his

score. Arpad E. Elo, the originator of

this new conception for prize divi­sion and the Milwaukee statistical analyst, assured CHESS LIFE that even the lowest prize should amount to more than $20 for each game point scored over five.

Montreal (Canada) Chess League: The City Speed tiUe went to former Ca· nad lan Champion Maurice Fox with 7·1. H. MaUhal was second with 6--l. Third to ~ixth with 5\~.2'h each were I. Zaly~ , J. N. Williams, L. Witt, and E. VUres.

READERS OF CHESS LIFE: This IS an urgent appe.1 for one

and ill 10 give as much as possible as soon as pOiSible in order to send the student teem abroad. Everyone must help. WI') still need at least POO more. As soon as you read this, please put a donation In the mall immediately.

Many thanks to those who hive alreidy given.

w. ,. A. A. FEUERSTEIN R. D. SOBEL

Note: Donations should be sent to: William Lombardy c/ o Student Traveling Fund '61 Faile Street Bronx 59, N.Y.

CONTRIBUTIONS STUDENT TRAVELING FUND

E>c,hibilion at Log Cabin C.C. ~52.S0 E. F. Lauck. " ... .. ,' ,' ' ' ' ' ' -.' . 50.00 Exhibition al Marshall C.C. " ., 3G.GO Exhibition at Manhattan C.C. 25.GO Sam Baron , ... ,." '. , ... , .. "' ." .,. " .. .. " .. .. .. , 20.00 Dr. Dan Beninson , .. " .. , 20.00 C. B. Saxon " ... .. " .. , 20.00 M. MitChell " "", "." , .. , ... ,.," " ' . 15.00

Contributions of ~10 each received from the following: Bridge Player, I. Chernev, E. Ezekiel, Mrs. G. Gresser, H. G.<>ss, C. Gutwirth, Lt. J. Hamilton, Dr. W. A. Henkin, E. T. McCormick, D. S. Mclntosh, Dr. E. M<>s. cowitz, E. M. Reubens, Dr. B. Schmidt, W. A. Scoll, W. J. Shipman, Southern Callfornia Chess League.

ContributIons <>f $5 each received from the following: V. Aultman, G. P. 8at, R. Benedicto, A. BomberauU, E. Dimock, C. GerSch, L. Glildslone, Mr. & Mrs. V. Guala, W. M. Keasley, Jr., P. Ligtvoet, H. Lyman, Manhattan C.C. member, Miss H. Mor. ley, H. E. Ohman, W. Radspinner, Sl fc Ramos, M. Salhberg, N. Saltzman, B. Schiller, N. Schoenberg, Mr. & Mrs. Sliter, M. Sokoler, Dr. I. Spector, R. Spero, E. E. Stearns, M. D. Treblow, L. Wolff. Mrs. H. P. Killough , .... ' ., .. " .. , .. ... . ,"', . •• 00 J. Goldsmith ... , .. " .. " "'" " __ .. " .. " ... , 3.00

Contributions of $2 nch received from the following: Anonymous, A. Auuns, Mrs. R. De Serrano, w. Drakert, L Galgals, R. L. LaBelle, E. Mehwald, Dr. Mernlt, J. W. Rich, F. H. Roe, A. E. sanlasiere, W. C. Schroeder, D. Shiltanoff, L. P. Srmpson, A. Zujus.

ContrIbutions of $1 each received from the following: W. W. Adams, H. BllIaln, Clara Col· lins, J. Collins, J. B. Cullum, H. ·Eck· strom, L. ·Fondlller, O. Freedman, Mr. Herschfeld, A. Kaufman, Mr. Prosper, F. Sardo Anonymous ,. ,. ,. "."." ..... ".. ..".,. ". . .sO , ... , . Total ,. , "-, ... .... .. , .... .. . ,." , .. , ... ... , ~517.CIII

KAUSE TRIUMPHS AT CLEVELAND

Richard Kause won the Cleveland Open Championship 6-1, losing the 1st round game to Tom Ellison. William Granger was second with 5%-Ph, losing to Kause and draw­ing with Chavayda. Third to sixth in the 23-player Swiss with 5-2 scores each were Gans, Schroeder, Sprague, and Krumins. K I au s Schroeder as ranking junior won the junior title with Sprague as runner·up.

In the Rapid Transit event vic· tory went to Rudolf Pitschak with 17 points. Second to fifth with 13 each were Klaus Schroeder, Ernie Wyman, Pete Harvey, and Richard Kause.

Hawthorne (Chicago) Chess Club: In recent matches the Hawthorne Club scored a 54 victory over the PolIsh­American, a 5-1 victory over Stewart­Warner, and a 5-1 victory over ft. R. Donnelly , whUe losing a 6--9 match to First National Bank of Chtcego. Plans are in progress for a small Industrial league next season conslsttng of Haw­thorne, 1st National Bank, Stewart­Warner, R. R. Donnelly, Chicago Title & Trust, and nllnols Bell Telephone. A USCF Cluh Affiliate.

Coft'le Ct._.. ,Lie

ConclUded by Frederick H. Kerr

AU college clubs and players are urged to send news Items to Frederick H. Kerr, 1776 Sample Road, Allison Pitk, Pennsylvania.

C OLLEGIATE chess never had a better year than 1956-1957.

Regular readers of "College Chess Life" may have noticed that eigh­teen new college chess clubs were organized during the year.

The four iron men from the University of Chicago, Mitchell Sweig, Robion Kirby, Michael Rob­inson, and Leonard Ftankenstein, upset everything by winning the Un i ted States Intercollegiate Championship. They went on to win the Midwest Inter-University Team Tournament by only one·half point proving that midwestern chess no longer needs to take a back seat. .

William Lombardy and Arthur Feuerstein of CCNY have proved that American college players can compete on the same level as the greatest masters in the world. The same must be said for Edmar Med­nis of New York University and Anthony Saidy of Fordham Uni­versity. Saidy and Lombardy are to be congratulated for doing the organization work in order to send an American team to the 1957 World Student Tournament in Ice­land. As this column is writ­ten, all indications are t~:~: team will be able to make. 1 although not quite enough has been raised.

Professor M. S. Ru)lin of Gannon College has made outstanding pro­gress with college chess in Erie. UndergradJl.!ltes will have an op· portunity to see Gannon chess in action next December.

Another western Pennsylvania group, the Pitt Chess Club has be· come one of the most active clubs in the nation after only one year of organization. Gerald Orner can -take a great deal of the credit.

Morde Treblow continued his out­standing job for the college pro­gram of the Pennsylvania State Chess Federation including the or·

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PAUL MORPHY Centennial Tournament

Yankton, S.D. August 31-September 2

WHO CAN PLAY: Open to all players. Every participant receives a Paul Morphy Gold Centennial Medal.

PRIZES: 15t prfze $2S0 plus tro. phy; 2nd: $150; 3rd: $75; 4th: $50; 5th: $25; 6th; $15; 7th: $10. Further special prIzes for top player from South Dakota, and a special prite for each 10 participants.

ENTRY FEE: $5 plus USCF mem­bership ($5) from non-members.

WHERE: Hotel Charles Gurney, Yankton. S.D.

Send your entries to: MRS. NANCY GURNEY HOTEL CHARLES GURNEY YANKTON, 50. DAKOTA

TYPE OF TOURNEY: 6 Or more rd Swiss; 1st rd starts at 12:30 p.m. on Saturday, August 31st.

LARRY EVANS CHESS By Internalional Masler LARRY EJ' ANS

O CCASIONALLY someone asks the books I recommend to form the nucleus of a chess library. Natu rally the answer also depends upon

a player's abili ty. In this and the next article I will make a quick check list of books for the amateur, expert, game collections, tournaments openings, middle game, endgame, problems and studies .

FOR TH E AMATEUR MY PRAX IS, Aa ron Nimlovitth. CHESS FOR FUN AND CHeSS FOR London, Printing Craft, LI d., 1936. BLOOD, Edward Lasker, Philade l· A brilliant didactic elaboration phia, Dav id McKay Co., 1942. of the ideas of "blockade," "over-

A sprightly account of the auth· protection ," "centralization," and or's reminiscences drawn [rom his " prophylaxis." An indispensable mellow memories of tournament grounding in pr ofound theoretical play. conceptions. C H E S S FUNDAMENTALS, Jose STRATE GY AND T ACT I C S IN C"pablanca. CHESS, Max Euwe. Philadelphiil,

An insight into the basic ele- David McKay Co., 1937. ments of chess supplemented by an Deals with strategical and tacti­analysis of all the author's lost cal motifs in a systematic fashion games. Somewhat disorganized, but with examplcs from actual tourna­lucid and sparked with keen con· ment play. eeptions. HOW TO THINK AHEAD IN CHESS, t. A . HorDwin aM Fred Rei nfeld. New York, Simon and Schuste r, 1952.

An original attempt to clarify and simpliiy some techniques of planning. MASTERS OF THE CHESSBOARD, Richard Reti, New York, McGraw· Hill Book Co., Inc., 1932.

A survey of style and evolution of chess theory with a brief bio­graphical account or the leading mas ters from Anderssen to the moder ns. MEET THE MASTERS, Max Euwe. London, Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, Ltd., 1940.

A biographical account of the then e ight leading contenders for the World Championship with illus­trative games and critical analysis of their styles and contributions to cness theory. MY CHESS CAREER, Jose Capa. bl ilnca. New York, The Macmillan Co., 1920.

A highly readable account of tbe author's rise just before his victory over Em. Lasker for the World's Championship in 1921. An insight into Capablanca clearly written and devoid of false modesty. MY SYSTEM, Aaron Nimzovitch. Philadelphia, O"vid McKay Co., 1930.

Classic exposition of the author's theories with a supplementary sec· tion on 50 of his annotated games.

FOR THE EX PERT

LASKER'S MANUAL OF CHESS, Em llnuel Luker, Phih,delphia, David McKilY Co., 1947.

A philosophic and practical in· vestigation into thc aesthetics of chess written by a bri1liant mind. Touches on position play, competi· tion, education, and the role of chess in the world. Also contains games, analysis , and pr actical in· struction. MODERN IDEAS IN CHESS, Rich· a td Rati. Philadelphiil, Dilvid Me.. Kily Co.

Sets fortb the hYPcrmodern theo· ries of the younger generation after Wor ld War I and revolts against classicism, naturalism and "Ameri· canism" in chess.

TOU RNAME NT BOOKS NEW YOR K INTERNATIONAL TOURNAMENT, 192.4, Alexilnder Alekhine. New York, the American Chess Bulletin, 1925.

Classic notes by the one and only Alekbine of onc o{ the greatest tournaments of all time which brought togethcr Capablanca, Las· ker and Alekhine-more or less in their primes. NOTTINGHAM, 1936, Alexander

David Mc· Alekh ine. Philadalphia, Kay Co., 1937.

Deep and piercing analytic notes of the tourn:l ment that brought to­gether the World Champioll, three ex World Champions, Botvinnik and the cream of the younger gen· eration - including Fine and Re· shevsky. TROPHY CHESS, larry Evans. New York, Charles Sctibner's Sons, 1956.

Exhaustive annotations of all games from the Rosenwald Tourna· ment, 1954·55. Games by Reshevsky and the cream of the present young American ' generation: Evans, Bis­guier, D. Byl'ne, Shenvin, Kramer.

PROBLEMS A N O ST UD IES

CHESSBOARD MAG I C, Irving Chernev. New York, Chess Review, 1943,

An anthology ning composed magic!

of 160 pl'ize·win­endgames. Real

CHESS STUDIES, Leeds Whitehead 1937.

A. A. Troitzky. & Miller, Ltd.,

360 studies by th e greatest c(")m· poser of them all. Not "probletmi" but genuine positions that have the ring of reality to them. HOW TO SOLVE CHESS PROB. LEMS, Kenneth S. Howard, Phila. de lphiil, Dilvid McKay Co., 1945.

Intended primarily (or the aver· age solver of chess problems with a preliminary section. A lucid in· troduction into the realm of chess fa ntasy.

LDg Cabin (N. J.) Chess Club: Some­thlrtg new In exhibitions was staged at the Log Cal>lo Chess Club where Art Feuer~leln , Bill Lombard)" aod Ton), Saldy gave a trip le tandem slmultan. eous elthlblUon. the p roceed' ot the "Vent 1.0 ilo to the fund {or el<\len&ell or the U. S . team to the World Student ChampionshiP at Rc)'kJavick. A USCF Club Affiliate.

ADAMS CORRECTS ONE VARIATION Deal" Larry:

It is embarrassing to be wrong in so many instances, but ' appar­ently Black has a defence against my sugges led 8. Q·Q5 in the pos i· lioo: 1. P-K4, P·K4; 2. N-QB3, N·KB3 ; 3. B-B4, N·B3 ; 4. P-B4, NxP; 5. N·B3, NxN; 6. QPxN, PxP; 7. BxP, B·K2; (8. Q-Q5). The defense con-sists in 8 ....... 0-0; 9, P-KR4, P·Q3; 10. Q·KR5, Q,Q2, and I cannot find a winning continuation.

However, there is 8. BxP ch to be considered, and I don't think I would want to be playing the Black s ide against this move. If 8 .... , KxB; 9. Q·Q5 ch, K-K1 ; 10. N·N5, and whether to .... , R-B1 ; or 10, .... , BxN; 11 . BxB. Kt-K2: 12. Q·K5, P-Q3; 13. QxNP, R_Nl ; 14. QxR ch, the White ¢eces mobolize rapidly against tbe exposed Black King.

WEAVER W. ADAMS

EARLY ENTRIES FOR "CHAMPION"

The concept of the "Champion of Champions" tournament has caught the attention of state cham­pions and the early entry is un­usually lar ge, considering that most chess players shun advance entrance. To the names of Mrs_ Irene Vines (Louisiana), Arthur C. Anderson (Oklahoma), M . F. An­derson (South Dakota). and J<tck Sbaw (New Mexico) have been added: Hans Berliner (District of Columbia), B. Pehnec Undiana). Edmund Godbold (Virginia), Rob· ert E. Edberg. Jr. (Washington). while inquiries from other states ~ndica te that <l number of other state champions will file entries before August 1st clos ing date.

An interesting sidelight on the "Champion" tourney is the fact tbat Treco Refinery Engineers of Tulsa, Okla., for whom Oklahoma State Champion A. C. Anderson is a drafting engineer. are so proud of the fac t he will represent Okla· homa in the Champion of Cbam­pions tourney that they are paying his travel expenses to Yankton and back. picking up the tab for all his meals and misteHaneous expenses during the tourney and in addi tion giving him full pay for the three days he will be absent from his work.

Distr ict of Columbia LUgu,,: C. Mat t of thc I)I\'an [lo~ t cd t he be st first board .<COre In l eag\\e match<'.S with 9'..4. -"'. Second was L. R. Cha uvenet of Na" com with 9-1 . ..... hlle th ird was N. Wh itake r or Federal with 7·2.

Montr". ; tC3nadl) Ch H S League: E n Pa$sant C.C_ won the Class A dlvl· slon 12·4 with MeGill University see· ond with 10-6. Montreal C.C. third with 8'h..7 l!! . WInn ing t eom was composed of M. Fa " . M. Gu'.e. A. Garelick, C. Podlone. a nd ,T. Gersho. Thc Class B tHle went to tl1 C Lithuanians with 17-7. with En P U M"t second w ith H;·9. and Montreal thI rd ,,1th 14'h·9'h . Winning tum conSisted of J . Villusis. J . Slauc_ lulls, A. Myle, J . Malalska, and V. Zil. Inskas.

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By AiJell Rudy

SLASI-ITNG through his OPPosition like a scim itar, Massachusetts

Expert Harry Lyman, with a score of 6·0, made off with fi rst place in the 1957 United States Amateur Chess Championship. He went un· defeated in the Swiss competition at Asbury, downing such stalwarts as Homer W. Jones and Chess Life's own .l\10rton Siegal. It is somewhat remarkable that Lyman's score was unequalled by any other partici· pant. For the Cact is obvious (and this is, of course. no reflection on the ultimate winner ) that six rounds is infld equate fo r a 131-man Swiss.

Others fortunate enough to earn a trophy were: Mrs. R. DeSerrano (who is our ncw Woman Amateur Champion. It should be noted that Mrs. De Serrano was {ormeriy Wo­men's Ch ampion of Costa Rica . She thus has a good start on capturing the world title _ country by coun· try.) Homer W. Jones (bighest score [or a Class A player). George Butler (highest score Cor a Class B player). And Timothy L . Kent (highest scorc for a Cl ass C player). Congratulations to you all!

Anecdota l Triviil: When last seen Sandy Greene "and Arnold Dubow were still scarching for the room they had rented for the duration of the tournament. It seems that both these normally bri ght lads had fOl'gotten the name of the hotel at which they were s taying. This memory·loss can only be attr ibuted to an attack of that sometimes [atal illness, to which we are all prone, Chess Fever.

SCiltter • Shot Items: A unique triple·tandem simultaneous exhibi· tion, given at Forry Laucks' Log Cabin, found tbe team of Arthur Feuerstein. BiU Lombardy and Tony Saidy crush ing its opposition by the incredible score of 24*.*_ The sole "drawing master" was poker· player Norman Hurttien ... Chess goes on apace down at the Marshall where a strong Summer A Tournament is now in progress. Irving Bi~ar, Jack Straley Battell, Myron Fleischer, and Edward Mar· tinson are among those hoping to capture the first pri't.e ... The addition of an air·conditioning unit to the Manhattan Chess Club has made all its members very happy.

Bali lc (New York) Chess Club: Flnal~ of t he Club cham pionshIp saw AUg\l.st f;. Rankls score 8",·1\"2 to win the tltie, losing one game to Peter Zlrnls and drawing w!th Hnns AUlk. Zlrnls was 5~ennd with 8·2, .rohn A. Panllljens third with 7'h -2."". and Unns Alllk fourth wIth 1-3. T he consola Uo n event was won by O. Tamurs wit h 4·1, whil e M. Pagasts was s<,cond with 3',i. ·I 'I.! . A USCF Club AtllJlate.

U.S. INTERCOLLEGIATE CHAMPIONSHIP

December 26-30, 1957 Eric, PenJ71s!/lr)(mia

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Vol. XI, Number 21 July 5, 1957

Publlshed t .... Ice a month on the 5th and 20th by THE UNITED STATES CHESS FEDERATION. Entered as second class matter Se ptmbcl' 5, 19%, at tbe post of rice at Dubuque, lo .... a, under the act o f Jllarch 9, 1819.

Editor: MONTGOMERY MAJOR to Kenneth N. Y.

By Montgomenj Major

Agenda for Cleveland Th or.· arc tnuhs ... hich arc not lor al/ m~", "or lor all /;mu.

VOL TAIRE-Uller to Cardinal de Bernls

T HE future status of CHESS LIFE as the official publication of the United States Chess Federation is a question which should concern

members and directors alike whcn they convene in Cleveland this August. There is need that its position be clearly defined, either as the submissive organ of USCF management or as the occasionally. independ­ent voice of the membership in protest against what it may conceive to be the errors of management.

Mr. Jerry S]lann. the sole candidate for the USCF Presidency. has definitely stated in a recent le tter to the Editor that: "I will not accept the PI'esidency without this veto-authority (i.e. over CHESS LIFE)_ Con­sultation and agreement on CHESS LIFE in the general policy area will not suffice." This blunt uttimatum to the Editor has, of course. destroyed any possibility that this Editor will reconsider his decision to retire in December. Under pressure from various groups in the USCF the Editor had consented to discuss the poss ibility of renewing his con­tract with the USCF and continuing the work he initiated in 1946; but this Editor will not accept this proposed overlordship of a comparatively unknown newcomer to the field of national chess promotion.

However, it is not the privilege of MI'. Spann. any more than it is the privilege of the Editor, to decide what general policy shall govern the future of CHESS LIFE. That is the privilege solely of the member­ship, speaking through their elected Board of Directors at Cl!!veland.

There is much that can be said on both sides of the question, and we do not propose to summarize these arguments. But the issue itself is c1ear·cut. Does the membership desire CHESS LIFE to renect solely the viewpoints and policies of management. whether a substantial pro· portion of the membership is in disagreement with those viewpoints and poliCies or not? Such a policy creates the illusion of harmony and serves to disguise error and misjudgment; possibly the iUusion of harmony becomes a reality in time. Or does the membership wish CHESS LIFE to act as a brake or balance-wheel in the USCF structure, pointing out erroneous conceptions and voicing the opinions of the membership at large?

It may be appropriate to indicate. that in the past the "Harkness Plan". adopted by the USCF Board of Directors at Tampa, was made effective over the strong opposition of USCF President Phillips in a large measure through the combined protests of a group of USCF Direc­tors and CHESS LIFE, while more recently it is quite probable that a defective set of By·Laws would have been adopted by the Board (no experts on By·Law procedures) if CHESS LIFE had not editorially ex· posed the fact that these proposed By·Laws were not even legally sound. Under Mr. Spann's proposal, CHESS LIFE would have been effectively muzzled by presidental veto in both instances.

But we do not propOse to argue the pro and con. We merely wish to emphasi2e that whatever is the wish of the membership in regard to CHESS LIFE policy, it is their responsibility and duty at the meeting in Cleveland to define the status of CHESS LIFE so that this Editor's successor will know what authority he possesses. and more important still , whether he speaks lor management or mem~ershiP-Dr both.

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Pursuant to engagement, r have audIted the accounts of the United Statel Chess Federation, on a quarterly basis. for the nine montbs period ended March 31, 1957 and submit herewith the followlnll: sta tements:

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UNITED STATES CHESS FEDERATION STATEMENT OF ASSETS AN.D LIABILITIES

AS AT MARCH 31, 1957 ASSETS

CURRENT ASSETS Cash In ManUfacturers Tn.Ist Co .................. .... ...... . Petty ClUlh Fund ........................ ...... .. .......... .... ....... ..... ..

OTHER ASSETS OIOce FurnIture and Fixtures .................................. $ 311.20

Leu-Resel'Ve for Depreciation ................. ..... 43.81

Security Deposit ...... .......... , .......................................... .

TOTAL ASSETS .... .............. ... ............... ....... . .. LIABILITIES

CURRENT LIABILITIES Accounts Payable ... ........ ...... .... ............................ ... ........ .. . . Accounts Payable-Telegraph_Herald ........ ............. . Aecl'Ucd ExperuJcs Payable ........................... ... ......... . Tax". Payable .... ... ... .................................. .. .......... ... ...... . Laans Payable ... ............ ... .......... .. .. ..... .. ............ .... .... .... .. . Excbange ............ ....................... ....... ............ .... .. ....... ... ... .. .

TOTAL LlABILIT/l?S ............ ... _ ....... ... __ ... " ... NET WORTH

DEFICIT-July 1. 1956 ............ .. ............ .. ................... . Add-Rating Fee Expenses proporUonately

reduced by adjustmen t to business manager's commissions for prtor years ....

Leu_ Over.accl'Ual of F.I .D.E. Expense previous year .......................... ........................ $ 39.90

- Telegraph·Herald F und Donation ..... ...... ..... U4.00

TOTAL LIABU,ITIES AND NET WORTH

Inventory or Merchandise and Supplies Needed at March 31, 1957 to Show Neither Profit nOr Loss ............. ...... ...... ....... .. ... .. .

• M .", 100.00

$ 273.39

115.00

$ 160.00 2,109.61

834.19 153.09 550.00 108.15

$(2,152.%)

( 709.80) $(2,862.26]

173.90

RALPH ROSENBLATT

$ 164.09

388.89

$ 552,48

$ 4,516.30

(2,688.36)

$ 1.827.9-4

$ l.275.48

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UNITED STATES CHESS FEDERATION STATEMENT OF INCOME AND EXPENSES

FOR THE NINE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 1957 SALES OF MERCHANDISE ........................................ .. COST OF SALES: Merchandise Inventory----July I. 1956 ............ .............. $1,849.24 Purchases ........... .... .... ... .. .. ... ... .. ... ... .............. ........... ..... ........ 5,228.24

GROSS PROFIT ON SALES (exclusive ot closlnl/ Inventory ....... .. .. .. ...................... ....... .... .. .. ...... ..... ... .... ... .

OTHER INCOME Earmarked DonatloDS ....................... ............................. .. Individual Membership Dues ......... .... .......... .... ..... __ .. .. __ .• ArClllation and Club Dues .................. .................. ........ .. Chess Life Subscriptions {Non-members) .... ..... .. ..... .. Rating Fees ...................................................................... .. .. Income from Tournament Fees ....... ....... ... .. ..... .... ..... . .. DonatIons ........... ........... ............................. ............... ........... . Purchase Discount.'! ............................ .. ........... ................. .. Commissions on Foreign Magazines ..... .............. ..... .. .. .. Chess Life AdvertiSing .. ........ .. ................ ....... " .. ........... ..

TOTAL INCOME .................... ............... .... .. ....... .... ....... .... . EXPENSES Membership Promotion and Retentton:

Printing and Malllng ... ....... ............. _ .................. .... .. Sellini' and Shipping Expenses:

Printing ot catalogues ................... ..... .... .... ... .......... . $ 554.10 Parcel Post and Freight ........................................ 468.96 S hipping Supplies and expense ..... .... .... .. ............ . 486.95

Tournament Expenses .... ........ .. .......... .................. .... ....... . Stationery and Supplies .. .. ..... .. ... _ ... .... _ .... .. _ .................. .. .. Miscellaneous Expen.es and Sank Charges .... .. .... .. Aflillated Program ................... ........... ... ..... ........... ...... ...... . Inventory or SuppUe$---July 1, 1956 ..................... .. ...... . F.r.D.E. dues, etc. .. .... ... .. .. ....... ....... ..... .. .... ... ...... ... .. ........ . . Publication of Chess Life:

Printing end Maliing .... .. .. ........... ..... ...... ... ................. $4,145,42 &lItortal Fees and Expenses .... ........... .... .... ........... 1,189.39

BUSiness Manager's Commissions .............................. .. Administrative Expenses:

Printing and Mailing ....... .. ..... .... ...... ___ ..................... $ 204.86 Miscellaneous ... ....... .......................... .......... .. .. .... ... ....... 185.78

Travel Expense .. ...... .. .. ........ .. ........ ........ ....... _ ......... ........ ... .. Rent ................................. ....................................................... .. Ceneral Postage ............................................... ...... .... ..... .. . . T elephone and Telegraph .. .. .. .. ....................................... . Accounting and Legal ............ .. ......... ............................. .. T axes .... .. ............... ...... ............. ....... ........................................ .

1,510.01

""." 144.91 288.80

15.45 536.45 3(13.30

5,334.81

2,016.67

390.64

383.17 900.00 173.97 165.23 "".00

72.78

$9,280.12

7,077.48

$.2,202.84

om ... 6,829.74

908.00 362.08 ,64.30 776.38 93 ... 47.53 ".56 11.20

$12,702.11

Rating System Expenses-CommiSSions 362.15 $13,971~7

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CHESS AS WE SEE IT Contribution3 from the Pens

0 1 Outstand ing Chess Arwlysu and W rite"

CHESS By U. S. Master ANTHONY E. SANTASIERE

W OULD you like to enjoy a cigar, a cup of coffee and unlimited chess all [or s ixpence? The scene is London, the place Ries Divan in

the Strand, the yeaf 1846: and your opponents would include not only tbe internationally famous English champion, Howard Staunton (who was, at that time even more eminent as a Shakespearean scholar) but also a • youth of sixteen years of age who played anybody, and aceepted any odds offered to him. This young man was destined to occupy a far higilCf place in the hearts o[ chess lovers than the revered Staunton. His name was Henry Edward Bird ; and his fame rests on a premise and an 0[[' shoot therefrom. For the former , we may say by our standards that he was a "romantic" chess master who knew the meaning of love. For the offshoot we present "Bird's Opcning"-a charming, speculative manner of beginning a chess game, an opening which while not entirely original with Bird, nevertheless was indebted to him for almost fifty years of consistent :lOalysis and practice. In 1885 the Hereford Times acknowl­edged the debt by conferring the name "Bird" to this particular opening.

Since then the more romantic masters have all sensed the charm of "Bird's Opening", and have been attracted to it. II is one of my favorite openings; and when, lD

an important game, I adopted it, I commented , as a critic (in [uU sympathy with the opening's mood), "Look at the birdie !"

That-you will opine-is a ra· ther crazy way to begin a serious essay on that deligbUul, time-con· suming creative activity (pregnant with Heaven and/ or Hem which we call chess. But I brought you to Henry Bird not only disarming­ly to expose you to the first warm rays of romanticism in this (so­called) game, but also, and very simply, to quote him:

Chess I. so Inclenl t hll, by Ihll d ill l n ~ll on Ilone, II _ m. l iken beyond t he ntl,ory of glmn 111"!Ielher; I nd It hu been Slid th l t It problbly wo u ld h lVII perllhlld long 19b If If had nol b .. n dllt lned to live forever.

Chess has been played in all cli­mates, in all tbe countries, and by all sorts of people. More than a game, it is at once a medium for the creation of ideas and beauty, and a battlefield alive with the spirit of eternal struggle and ad· venture.

Simply as a medium of creative expression (the "scores" of master chess games can be preserved for the en joymcnt of countIess lovers of chess in fu ture generations-in other words, these battles can be recreated), chess deserves to rank on quite as higb a plane as music or painting. This statement the general public may consider an exaggeration, but I can only say that I am fully Qualified to ex­press that opinion, since I have studied music (with great love) for more than thirly years, and through twenty-cight years have created more than threc hundred oil paintings. (My cheSS career be· gan more than forty years ago.) It may interest you to know that at one time of my life I had to fight through a long period of acute and unrelenting suffering. I can honestly say that chess did more for me then than either mu­sic or painting. I was able "to lose myself" for hours at a time at the chessboard.

Cbess is really wonderful'-It bas everytbing- 8 mind, heart and

In t his and succeeding IsSUIS 0 f CHESS LIFE, IS space permits, we will pr ••• nt some Interesting Ind Inst ructive ncerpls from an unpu blished "Sly "Chess" by t he no led U. S. Muter and brUllln t anno tator, Anthony E. Sin· tlSlere, whose approach to chen I. 11 unorthodox IS It Is spec l lKullr, both In wrl t ln, abou l the game Ind In eXlmpli. f,l ng t hose t heorll1 u pon ,he chen· board-Tit. Editor.

soul . guts, gambling, human weak­ness, hUlllor. It is at once an art and a science, a tragedy and a comedy, soulful, yet intellectual. U you would know the heart and soul of a man, play with him some games ol chess. There, on tbose sixty·four squares, will develop the story of his personality. He may be cautious, bold, sound, reckless, timid, imaginative, nervous, dull, briUiant- humor too may be on display. Here we see the fascina­tion and the fu ndamenta l worth of the game of cbess. It is not merely an exercise in intel1ectual gymnastics; it is a struggle of heart and soul with overtones of subtle psychological forces.

Let us now consider the ex­pert at chess. He must know wben to be cautious or bold, he must j udge nicety the opportuness of aUack or defense, he must have a thorough knowledge of the tech­niques necessary for carrying out his ideas. Yet, through it all , in­nuencing his strategy, roloring every single detail thereof is his personalily and the story of his living. It is inevitable that the very essence of his being shall en· ter fully into a contest of such serious intent.

Here, in America, we have been far too anxious to worship suc­cess-in chess, as in finance. To playa good game of chess, one had to be the winner; to have a great reputation, the number of first and second prizes was the only proper criterion. It matters not that we have on display the heart and sout, the reasoning of a hUman being-we bru~h it all aside with the sweeping Question_did he win the game?

This superficial attitude bas for a great many years obscured tbe true worth of a great American champion, a man who added a thrilling chapter to the glorious

traditions of Pillsbury and Mor­phy. That man was Frank J. Mar­shal.!. Here was a master who knew how to be brave, to red uce to a minimum any motive of rna· terial gain, to play adventurously, to welcome danger, to stake all on the thrill of a tempestuous charge-his play was like the fli ght of a bird across the rising sun , like the downpour of rain on limiUess plans, like the warm handshake of a friend. Of such a man they said-how many first prizes did he win? You may rest assurcd lhat many a winner of first prizes will long have been forgotten, while certain games of Marshall will Jive on and on, to create again and again tbose stories of rousing adventure which he told so well.

To you who fear dereat or the opinions of others-to you who worship material success, who sac­rifice ideals for profit, I say this: you are already dead, you are ig­norant of the most exalting, the most divine moments a human he­ing can experience. And, to re­turn to chess, would you rather produce a thousand victories predi­cated on sound technique and the mistakes of your opponents, or just one game where genius and sparkling wit and dashing bril­liance sweep the board?

Dare to be yourself-rise above fear ; put aside thoughts of re­ward and punishment. You may fail, go down in defeat, but from the ashes of your suffering will emerge a real happiness, a success of h'ue spiritual worth- you have lived, lived in the grand tradition, and your soul has embraced the one and only Truth.

(To b, continued)

J ,m.lu Chell & Chacker Club (N.Y. ): Jam alc u, captllned by Mu: I . St . ub, and f..ondon T u n ce . captained by Davld lIortman, won the Ir st'ctlons of the Metropolita n B League of 16 t eam •. In the play-off for the Utle , Ja­maIca " 'on by I 4-2 $Cor e . reWnlnll custody of the B.Lugue Trophy, won In 19$6.

Like County (O hio) Chen Ass'n: Ne " ' ly o r galliled ,,' Ith III own prlVlle chess C<! nler 10 which members hi ve keys, the Lake County Chells Ass'n It 3% N. Stale S I., PalnesvUle, Ohio Is I n'Cfger of four . mall clubs: PainuvUle Clly, Daco, Fairport, and Pe r ry.l'oI ldl$On chess clu bs. Edward F. Meycr Is p re Sident, S. E. Jaborsky sec· retary, Dixon Cate vl cc-p reddent, Mor_ rell Bi ker Irenurer, and Sherman Mullin, di rec tor. Openln .. of ' the cen. l er was CfO.kbra ted by a simultaneous eXhibition by Klaus Schroeder, Cleve. land Junior Open Chlmplon, and a sI. multaneous exhibition by Dr. Jmnls Zemz8ts I. scheduled for the near fu. tu rc . The AII 'n plans to enter a team In the Clevel and City League Eutern m" ls lon as well as conduct a five or Ilx.team contes t In the dub. Plans aro al so beln, readied for I Lake Coun. Iy Ope n Tournament. Interested play_ ers may contlct Club Secretary S. E. Jahorsky, losa No. St . Clair, Paines­ville , Ohio. A USCF Club Afflilate.

Independent (Eut Orlngl) ChlSl Club : Th is club II spon, orlne the Idea of I chess center fo r the Oran' e5. 10 be open every day from nOOn to ?! ... Ith Wen'er W. Adam i u club profe$­Iional. Annu lII dues $30 ror adults, $12 for Juniors undc r 21 yea rs, Ind $10' for persons IIvl n, more than 30 miles .wIY. TtlOS(' Interested mly learn the det l ill of this cheu cente r program by writing Edllar T. McCormIck, 102 No. Maple Ave" ~lIlIt Oran!;e , N.J.

:lle CleJJ mOl'gUg Cor"/llruJ by

Ray Kooyman

Questions on game scores, chllt h i .. t o r y and chess miscellan ll wlll " I n­swered in this column by Mr. Kooy""n In so fa r IS h e u n f ind the .ntWlrL Info rmll d iscu ssion on t he,. II liso Invited. Addre" ,oyr communlClt lon. to : ItlY Kooymln, P.O. BOll 10l, Si lt Lake City, Uhh .

R EADER C. M. Burton o[ SI. Louis, Mo. sent a very inter­

esting query. I quote from his let­ter:

"Can you or some reader sup­ply a short biography of C.M.D. Gossip? I started to play chess in the late 1920's and began to browse around the games sections of libraries. It seems that more than half of thc books devoted to chess were written by that nebu­lous character. For sheer quantity oi output he seems to have held the championship until Fred Rein· feld came along.

"The catalog shows his full name as George Hat£Ield Dingley Gossip but gives no dates of birth or death. The title page boasts of his winning a correspondcnce tour­nament in 1874, the year in which my father was born.

"Somewhere I read that he was born in Australi a. In the Yannigan section of the London Tournament of 1883 (the major event was won by Zukertort), he made a good showing, finishing mth, alter Bar­deleben and a few others.

"At New York in 1889, he did poorly but came close to winning the brilliancy prize in his game with Showalter.

"Does anyone know any more about him?"

After exhausing all my resourc­es I am willing to admit I don't know even that much and could not add more even if I wanted to. Thanks for an educational letter. Perhaps some other reader can

(Cont inue d on P ig. 8, col. 1)

U.S. CHAMPION Of CHAMPIONS TOURNEY

Yankton, S.D. August 3D-September 2

W HO CA N PLAY: Restri c ted to all orrlciDl sla .... ch.mplona, Inelud· Ing t hose of Puerto RI co, HawlU, Ind Alaska, as o f Aut/usl I, 1957.

TYPE OF TO URNEY: Seven round Swis5, beglnnln ll" at 7: :J.O p.m. on Friday, AU llu5t 291h.

PRI ZES: 1st prIze $150 plus tro­phy. and title " Champion of Ch.m· pions"; 2nd: $I~; 3rd: 175; 4th: s-:rO ; Slh: ~2!i; 6th: $IS; and 7th: $10. All state champions partlclpatlng will receive the Plul MOll'hy Centennial Gold Medal.

ENTity FEE: $10 plu! USCII' memo bershlp ~ $S) from non_membors.

WHERE : Hotel Charles Gurney, Yankton, S.D.

Send your entrlel, before lune 15, 1957, to:

JERRY S PANN 3011 Pueo OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLA.

S PECIAL NOTE: St.le champion. partICi pati ng In the Champion of Champion T ourney will receive thelr Hotel accom mod. tlon Free durlne the tournament.

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GAMES BY USCF A.nnotated by Cheos Master JOHN W. COLLINS

USCF MEMBERS: Submit :rout but glZmts fo r this d~plZrtmtfJt to JOHN W . COLLINS. 91 Ltnox Road. Brookl:rn 26. N. Y. Spae~ being limittdJ Mr. ColliM T>'ilI stlt et the most i,,/t rcsti"g lmd jns/rue/iyt fo, publicotion. Unlcss othuT>'jst SIIIIu} notts 10 glZm rt lZ,t b, M,. COIUIlS.

QUEEN'S GAMBIT DECLINED MCO: page 169, column 7"

Capita l City Open Championship Columbus, 1957

W'"" G. WALTZ t. P·Q4 2. P·Q84 3. Kt ·Q83

This Is tile Tarr asr h 4. 8Px P S. Kt.83 6. P·KKt3

Black T. AND ERSON

P·Q4 P·K3

P-QB4 Defense.

KPx P QKt·B3

WhIte adopts the Rubinstein Vsriation. which Is considered best.

6. ....... Kt·B3 Or 6 .......... P·BS; 7. B.Kt2, B-QKts; 8-0 ·0, KKt-K2-l.hc Folkestone Variation . But this. Uke the whole Defense, Is not quite satisfactory. 7. 8· Ktl 8 ·K2 10. Kt·QR4 8 ·8 4 8. 0·0 0 ·0 II. B·B4 9. px p P.Q5 Alternatives arc 11. P·QR3. 11. P·QKt4, and 11. Kt·R4. II . ... .... , 8·K5 13. P·Kt3 QR·QI 12. R·81 Q.Q4 14. Kt·KI1 ........ Exchanglns the vital l hmcbettoed BLsh. op Is a se r ious s trategical mistake. 14. Q-Q2, lollowed by 15. P-QKt4. Is cor· recto

14. ........ KR·K1 With 14 . ......... BleB; Black m akes sure or the exchange.

15 . .... BxB1 Oddly enOulh. White Insists. Best 18 15. P·B:!, B·B4; 16. Kt ·Q3, with a pawn. p lus. ...

16. Kt ·Q3 11. R·Kl

KtxB B·B1

=P.KKt41

Square and a Rook.

18, B·Q2 R·K3 19. R·81

Bette r 1$ 19. P·DS. 19. QR· KI

Threatenlns 20 . ......... Kt:ill; :no QxKt. RxP.

20. Kt.Kt4 21. KtxK t 22. 8·I(H

Q·1J4 PxKt

If 22. P·W. KtxB; 23. QxKt, RJtP; wins: and II 22. K.Ktz., Black wins with 22. ......... R·R3; or 22 ......... , KtxB.

22. ........ Q.R6 Resigns

The reason: 23. .. .. ..... R.R3.

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SU RPR1S ING PA W N CAPTURE SICILIAN DEFENSE

MCO: page 28(;, column 107 (f ) Hea rt of America Open

Kans a s City. 1957 Notu br U . S. Experl J. D. DeFi"e White Black

J , D. DEFINE A. F. NlKA 1. P·K4 P·QB4 S. I(t ·QB3 P.QR3 2. I(t.KB3 P.Q3 6. B·K2 P·K4 3. P.Q4 PxP 7. Kt.B3 ........ 4. KtxP Kt· KB3 1. Kt-KI3. 8 ·K3; 8. (),O. QKt-Q2; 9. P ·B4. Q·B2; 10. P·DS, B·W; ll. B·Q3. P.QKt4! (Rlco-Najdorl, Spaln·Arlentina Radio Mateh 1949) is an alternaUve. However. ll. P·QR4!, R·BI as in GeUer.Najdorf. Zurich 19:i3 Is better. 1, ........ B·K2 I . B·K3 ........ lsaacs.Evans, U. S. Open 19$2 continued 8. 0·0. 0 ·0; 9. B·KKtS. QKt.Q2; 10. Q·Q2, P·R3. 8. ........ 0·0 9. P·KR3 Q·B2

12. B.83 I 13. Kt ·Q3

10. 0 ·0 QKt·Q2 14. R· Bl 11. Kt·Kl P.QKt3 14 . ......... Kt·B4 was pr eferable.

B·Ktl KR·Bl

P·R3

ts. Kt·l(t4 Q·B5 17. Ktx Kt Bx Kt 16. Ktj 4-Q5 Ktx Kt 18. P.QKt31 _ ...... An Important zwlschenzu,. After 18-Px8, Qx:RP Is avatlabl~ and 18. QUI Willi uninvItlng. I I. ........ Q·B3 18. .. ...... , Q·B2 seemed prefer able. 18. .... ,, ". Q·BS looks better but It Is doubtful that the Queen can bc maintained there ,Ince B·Q2 Is always avallablc. 19. pxB Q· Ktl 20. P·I(Kt4 20 ......... , P·B4 would be very strong. 20. ........ B·Kt4 22. Q·Q1 ........ 11. BxB PX8 With th e Black square Bishop ,on e. 22 ......... , R·BS Is II distinct threat . 22. ........ Kt ·1J3 A mlstake. 22. ......... P·KU! was Indicated. Whtte has no Intcntlons of 23. QxP as It allows the powerful' 23. ......... R-B6! otherwLse, White could play 23. QxP with ImpUnity since 23 . .. " ..... KtxP? Is a paeudo·threat (24. P ·B4! and 8Iack loses a piece). 23. P·B4 P·Kt3 23 ...... "., P·KW looks better. 24. QxP K·Kt2 2S, B·Kt2 Q.R2 Thinking to prevent 26. P·B4 slnee he wlU get a good move (26 . ........ . P·Kt4) in, p lus a discovered check, plus a Queen _ penetraUon. plus " pin alalnst the adverse Queen. 26. P·B41 ........ Full specd abead! 26. ........ P·Kt4ch 27. I(.R2 Q-K6 Thl$ looks very stron,. White', BP Is pinned, Ills Queen has but one move, and 28. P·R4 Is an attempt to alleviate the pin will fall agllinst the pin 28 ......... , R·RI. But White has a plan . .. 28. QR·Kl Q·Q7 30, R.B3 Q.K> 29. R·Ql Q-K6 White's efforts to free the pin h ave aucceeded but now BlDCk has split the Rook .. 31. KIJPxP II ........

A llgbtning bolt: In addition to the move actually played, Whlte had to COnsider I) 31 . ....... ., QxRj8; 32. PxKt ell tal 32. ........ , K·Bl ; 33. R·K3 ! loUowed by 34. Q.R6 ch and 35. Q.Kt7 mate (b) 32 . ........ .

K·RI; 33. Q·R8 ch and m ates next (Il) 32 . ...... ". K·KU; 3S. Q-R6 and mates next (d ) 32 . ........ , K ·R2; 33. Q-R4 ch, K·Xt1; 34. Q-R6 ch and mates next (II) 31 ...... _., KtxP Chi 32. QxKt !. QxR/ 8; 33. RxP ch, KxR; 34. P-K6 ch, K moves; 35. QxQ (m ) :11 . ........• QxP chi 32. QzQ. PIQ; 33. H/ l · KBt , Kt moves; 34. R%P cb (IV) 31. ___ • Kt· ft4 with proo:edure as In game (V) 31. _._ ... , Kt-Q2; n . p .K6 (a) 32.. ___ ., Q . K4 chi 33, Q-B4, QxQ; 34.. RxQ, Kt-K4; 3S. PxBP; (h) 32 . ......... Kt-K4; 33. R/ 3-KBI t hreatcnlnl 34. R/Q-Kl and 33. RxKt; (e) 32 ......... , PxKP; 33. Q-K7 cb, K·Hl (otherwlJc 34. H·B7); 34. P·Kt5ch, K· ft4; 35. Q·R7 ch, KxP; 36. P-R4 ch, K_KtS; 37. QltP ch, KxP; 38, R-B4 ch wins; (d) 32. ., .. ".,' QxRj8; 33. RxP eh wins. 31 . .... __ K t ·K5 32. Q·K7 Witt. the th~eat of 33. RxP ch and mate follows. 32 •...... _ R·Bl 33.. A/ l .KBl ........ Renewing the mate threat. There II no real defense. 31. ........ QR·KI 34. RxPch Res;gns For (I) 34 . ......... RxR; 35. Rxa ch (a) 35. ......... K·R3; 36. R·R7 mate (b) 35 ....... .. . K·Kt1; 01' 35 .......... K·RI; 36. QxR (II) (al 34 . ......... K·R3: 35. R.R7 mate (b) 34. .. .. .. .. , K·Ktt or 34. K·Rl ; 35. RltR ch, RKR; 36. R"R mate.

LYMAN VICTOR H .. rry Lyman of Douk5tU UaT~4 snc

Jtraight Yi<l<"i~s to btComt Iht new U. S. AmlZlt ur Champion. HiJ glZme 'll'ith Mor· ton Siegel of NeT>' York;, on~ of six '11'1,0

T>'trC jllsl bt hbld "'ith JeOTtS of 5·1. ;s " Jptcimt n of the d:rn<rmic <hUI which ~anud him tht /itlt.

FRENCH DEfENSE MCO: pig, 48. column I I(f )

U. S. Amateur Championship Round 5

Asbury Park, 1957 While Black

H . LYMA N M . SIEGEL I. P·K4

Lyman opened eve r y game with this move.

1 . . " P·K3 2. P·Q4 P·Q4 3. Kt·Q83 Kt-KB3

Lyman.Dubow. 2nd Round, Same event . continued: 3. .. ....... B-Kt ; 4. P·KS, p. QB4; lI. p.QR3. BxKt ch; S. P.xB, Kt­K2; 7. Q.Kt4, Kt·B4; 8. B-Q3, P·KR4; 9. Q-B4, Q.R:I? (9 .......... PXP!) 10. Pxp. Kt.Q1; U . Kt-K2, KtxBP; 12. BxKt. QxQ; 13. KtxQ, PxB; 14. KtxQP, 0-0; IS. 8·K3. P.QKt3; 16. 0-0. R.Ql ; 17. KR.Ql, B-K3 ? 18. Kt_B4, P.Kt3; 19. BxKt, PleB; 20. KtxB. PxKt; 21. K·BI . and White won the ending.

4. 8·KtS B·K2 Lyman-Shaw, 4th Round, same event. continue d: 4. .. ..... . , B·Kt: 5. P·KS. p. KR3: 6. PKKt, PxB; 7. PXP. R.Kt1: 8. P.KR4, PxP; g. Q·R5, Q.B3; 10. RxP. QxKtP: 11. Kt·B3, Kt-Q2? (better 1$ 11. ... _ .... , KI-B3 and 12. .. ...... , B-Q21 12. B_Kts, P-B3; 13. B-Q3, QxKtP : 14. n.. 84; Q-Kt2; Ill. 0-0-0. B-Q3; 16. Kt-KS. KtxKt; 17. PxJCt. BxP; 18. R.R4. Q­Kt4?t ch: 19. QxQ, RxQ: 20. P-B4. BxP; 21. RxB, P.K4; 22. R-R4, and White won the ending.

S. P·K5 KKt.Q2 6. P·I(R4 P.QR3

ThIs Is not completely satisfactory. The recommended Une Is 6 . ... _ .. .. , P·QB4!; 7. BxB, I{X'B!; 8. p.B4, Q·Kt3!

1. Q. l(t4 K·Bl White abo secures a slight advantal'e on 7 . ..... , .. , P·KB4; 8. Q.RS ch, P·Kt3 ; 9. Q-R6.

I. C).O.O 8. R·RS! Is definitely stronger.

I. ........ PoGU! As so often hsppens in t he FrenCh. this hlow a t tbe center equaIlzes when White dOe$ not fInd the very stro~.

est moves. 9. P.84 P·KR4

Preferable Is 9. .. ...... , K t·QB3; 10. Kt-83. P·Kt.4; 11. BxB ch, KtltB; 12. P-R5, P.R3 •

10. Q.R3! A King's Field 6acrlfice. White could

also p lay It simply with 10. BxB rh. QxBi 11. Q.R3.

10. _.".,, _ K!.Q83 Black wise ly declines the tift. U 10.

P.B3 ·' · White can win with either ii:"·B-Q3!. 'PXB~ ; 12. BPxP, threatening 13. R-BI (ch). 13. QxP (chi. and 13. B-Kt6 (ch), Or 11. P_DS!, PxB; 12.. BPxP. p ­KtS; 13. Q.Kt3, threatenln' 1'- Q,B4 ch, a nd 14. PxKt.

11 . PxPI ? · .. .. C"·'-

lc~s way. 11. .. Ktx8P

Black de"liA.,,; a second time. although ac~ptanee Is a posslbUity. E.g.. 11. ........ , P·B3 ?!; 12. P·B5!. PxBli (12 ......... . Kt13xP; 12. . __ ._ ... , Kt / 2XKP: 12.. ........ , P.Q5; 12. .. _ .... . , KPXP; and 12. .. .... .. . BPxP ; are inadequate) 13. BPxP, p . KtS; 14. Q.Kt3. Ktj 2xKP !: U . Q.B4 cb, B.B3 : 16. KtxP, (It 16. R>cP, ' Q.B2; or If IG. Q·B5, P·KKt3) BxKP; 17. Kt-Kt6, Q.Kl; 18. KlxR. QxKt; 19. KI-1<2. K-K2; with materlal equality and an unclear position. However, there are numerous alternaUves for both sides. 12. Bx 8.:h KtxB 16. Q.1(3 P·Kt3 13. Kt ·B3 Kt·B4 17. 8·K2 B·tcH 14. Kt-Q4 Ktx:Kt 1 • • P.KKt41 ........ 15, RxKt P.QKt4 This is the thematlc break. White's position ts definitely beiter-sDfer Kin!! gr~atcr lUobUlty, and a good Bishop aga ln.t a bad one. Wi th the text mO\'e, a Pawn 18 sacrWced to opcn a fil~. p xP n .

19. BxKKtP RxP Else 20. P-RS.

2G. RxR Qx R 21 . P· B5 , .......

Threatenl~ 22. PxKP. PXP?; 23. R·M eh. K any; 24. QxKt (ch).

21. ___ .. I(tPxP 2l.. BxP Q·Rl

1£ 22 . ......... Q.R8 ch ?: 13. R.Ql , wlna. '21. R·KB4 Q. R3

Black has his troubles. If 13 .......... Q.RS ch'!; 24. Kt ..Ql, P xBi 2S. QxKt ch. K.Kli 26. Q·Kt6. wins : and 1£ 23 ..... .. .. , R·81; 24 P.Kt4, Kl·Q2; 25. BxP. wins.

. 24. QxKtch K·Ktl ? Alter 24 . ..... , .. . K·J{l; 2~ . Q·82. P"B; U . Kt.J{1:, (and 27. Kt-Q4) White hal a distinct advantage.

25. Q.Ktl ch 1(· 81 1 After 25 .......... K.RI; 26. Kt.K2. PxB; 27. K-Ql!, R·KKtI ; 28. Q.Q4, White has a distinct advan tage. But Black had to try this (or 24 . ........ , K·Kll . what· ever their wor th, because afte r the text move White h as a de monllt rable win . p," 26. Q·Kt4i

27. QxP ........ T hreatenln;: 28. QxP mate. 27. " ... .. , Q.KrJ 29. QxPch ,Q',Q, 28. P· K6 P·B3 30. RxQ.:h . If 30 ......... , K·KtI ; 31. R-B1, R·KU o 32. R.Q7. and Wblte wlnJ.

31. R·R6 R·Ql If 31. ........ , K--Qt ; (31. ... w .... P.Q$; 32. Kt-K2) 32. R·R7. and wins. The ted move loses a piece immediately.

'.K< R·QBI

R.signs

32. R·R8.:h K-K2 35. R.Kt6ch 33. R·R1 ch KxP 36. Kt·K2 34, RxB P·Q5 37. K·Q2

U. S. AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP (Cont inued f rom P,ge 1, eol. 4)

Cered for the Class 8 player who made the hi!Jhest score. Six of the other players in this group had expert ratings; two had Class A tatings. Lt. Hudson was the de. fending champion but did Dot play with the strength he exhibited last year.

As an encouragement to the lowcr·r~ted players in this noD­master tournament, a special tro­phy Was offered for the Class C player who made the highest score. H was won by Timothy L. Kent of Fombell, POI. after break­ing a three-way t ie among the players who scored 2 points. It was not necessary to break ties in ol'de .. to decide the winners of the olher trophies.

Only four women competed for the title of U.S. Woman Amateur Chess Champion. It was won by MI's. Rosalia De Serrano, of East Ol·ange. N.J. The new champion was awarded a trophy emblematic of the title. Mrs. Dc Serrano de­feated leadi ng contender M.iJdred Morrell in the fiflh round and finished with a score of 3 points. Mrs. Morrell, formerly of Kansas City, Mo.. but now travelling around the country with her hus­band Phillip and stimulating chess interest wherever they go, made a good showing with a final score of 21,2 poinls. The other lady com. petitors were Dorothy"Hubbard of New York and Isabelle Lynne of Washi ngton, D.C. Each scored 1 point.

After four hours of play ill each session, unfinished games were ad­judicated by Chessmasters Johll W. Collins and WiHiam Lombardy. The USCF is gratcCul to these men Cor contributing their services in this way. They did a fine job, espeCially when considering the time clement. With only 111.1 hours between sessions on Saturday and Sunday, it was necessary to adjudi­cate games as quickly as possible_

The unexpectedly large number of players made pairing between rounds a difficult task for the tournament director, but we suc­ceeded in getting most 'rounds

COLLEGE CHESS (Continued f rom P.ge 2, col. 4)

ganization oC the Intercollegiate at Philadelphia. One of the groups giving him a great deal oC help was the University oC Pennsylvania Chess Club.

Tim Anderson and his club at Ohio State have done things never attempted by a college chess club. Their regular television program in Columbus is the only one of its kind.

Marvin Bender can take major credit Cor the new Dartmouth Chess Club_ The gT'OUp now pub­lishes the most outstanding club newsletter in the collegiate cbess fraternity_

Cooperation between the USCF and the ICLA has done much for chess among the colleges_ Eliot Hears t. George Koitanowski, Ken­neth Harkness, and Montgomery Major of the USCF have done a gT'eat deal of work for college chess during the year. The entire ICLA staff have given their best talent and much of their time to cooperate with your president. Thanks to the

started within hall·an·hour of the schedule. The results of the con­test were most gratifying as evi­dcnce of the pairing system. It was freeiy predicted before the cvent started that we would have a dozen ties for first place-which might easily have happened if pairings were drawn by lot or made under systems that match s trong players in the early rounds_ As it turned out, by Callowing our Oll'n system of pairing (adopted by the USC F). a single winner was developed, and very few weak players infiltrated into the high­scoring groups.

With the usual exceptions, play­ers performed in accordance with their national ralings. Harry Ly· man , who won the tournament, was the highest-rated contestant. Sixteen of the nineteen players with expert rati ngs fini shed in the top quarter oC the field (the top 32)_ Twelve of the experts finished among the top twenty. AI the oth­er end of thc scale, 20 of the 28 players ra nked in the bottom quar· ter of those with national ratings, finished in that section of the field, or lower. With the exception of George Butler, who had a pro­visional rating of 1780 and won a point by a forfeit, no Class B or Class C player finished above posi­t ion M.

VIENNA GAME MCO: Pig. 308. column 3, h (a) U.S. Am.teur Ch.mpionshlp

Asbu ry P. rk, 1957 Tht Jt<it; .. t IfJJI-rounJ gllmt ;t

II /iydy ont White

H. J O NES 1. ,.· 1(4 P-I(4 2. I('-Q13

1(1-l(a 3 3. 8·8 4 • . 8-4 4. P-1S4 P-Q4 5. PxQP 0-0 6. Px" ISx l(! 7. Rxa kt.KU 8. P-1(6 Q.1t5ch t. ,.·l(t3 Qx" 10. QXl( ' Qxltch

Blick H . LYMA N

12. I( t · I(4 PxP 13. axpch 1(_lll 14. Q.R, I( t -a 3 15. P-I(13 Q-a lch 16. 1(·1(3 Q.K8ch 17. I(-Q3 a .I(U 18. Q-1l2

,,_ 1(·8 4 20. I(t ·1(1S

kl·l(t3ch 11. 1(·1(2 Px,. Reslgnl Aner 21. 1\·83, Q.1(4 ch; 22. P-Q4. Q-R4 ch ; 23. I\ -KI2. I\t-85 chi 24. K·l\ tI (not U. P"Kt. Q·Kt5 mate). Kt-HB eh; U. K-Kt2, D-B4 Black Is out of danKer .nd a Hook .head.

vice president, Anthony Saidy; the presidential assistant. Stephen S. Jennings; the Advisory Board, Rhys W. Hays, Eliot S. Hears t and Harold M. Phillips; and the Assembly, Uldis N. Bross, Carl H. Deitrich, William E. Higler, Virgil R. Rino, and Howard Schain.

Special thanks goes to Checker Master Newell Banks {or giving a great deal of time and inspiration to lCLA efforts.

In the next (ew issues guest col­umnists will discuss topics of spe­cial interest to college players.

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Probltm No. 787 By M. Lipton

London, England "Gamage Memorial" International Contest

P.obltm No. 789 By E. Steven50n Surbiton, Surrey

Engl. nd "Gamage Memorial" International Con.st

Mi l. I

Probl~m No. 788 By J. E. Driver

Kettering, England "Gamage Memorial" International Contest

P.obltm NfJ_ 790 By P. C. Al bury-Smith

Brockley, London Engl.nd

"Gamage Memorial" International Contest

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W HILE the publication oC entries to our "Gamage Memorial Contest is in Cull swing, we suspend temporarily bringing to our followers

any other type of problems.

LI _----.:s.=:J.=.�="""=,-:.;m:.:./.::..:t::::t..=s.='.J,~I!.=W.="'I_=f~_;;_,;:;_=r No. 755 OuHmln: tries I. N4-o" ilnd I. N6-BS are ddntcd by 1. ____ • Q·K7 aDd

I Q·K r uple"Ctlvciy I. B-B8 Is met by I . ..... _ ..• Rxlt_ Key I. B-Q5. threat 2-Q.R5":··No. "6 aeHln gilr: -Intention I. B-N7 with threat 2. R"P. Cookert by 1. bR. No. m HUtberg: trles 1.- B-B7 ilnd I. N.K4 are ddeated by 1 ........ , R·K8 only. Ptay: L N.B7, threat 2.. BQ6 to any or 8 Iquares foUowert by 3. N-Q6 mate. Fleck tbeme In "Decal!!t" form (10 pieces) showing a batlle between the bl Rand .... h U. Active Inter(erence by 7 In 7 VllrliltlOns whlle pll&!llve aner I ......... . R-QB. 2. N·KS. No. 771 Til ffs: key 1. R-R2 ahort thrut a. 8-82. AnnihUatlon of Q. folloWI aU de­renses: Q·QNa eM, Q-N5 Ch!, Q·B5. Q·R2. Q-R6.

I I Finish It the Clever Wayl

Po~ltlon No. 203: 1. K-B4! (If 1. K-R3. Black wlnl by K.B7!; a. Rl<P ch, K.Bel, R-Kt7 ; 2_ R·KRI. R-KtS; 3. R.Ra eh draWl.

Position No. 204: 1 ......... , Q-B8 ch; 2. K-R2, Q-B2 ch: 3. K.RI. Q.B3I; .. K_ Kt!, Q-B5; 5. R(K2 )-Q2. K-Kta: 8. R-Q.1, Q-84 ch; 7. K.Rt , Q-83 ch; 8. K-KU, Q_ KB6: II. R(Q)-KI , Q-QB8: and Wb.lte .... st,ned. (It 10. R(N)-K2, P·R7 ch: and If 10_ R(K)-K2, Q-B8 chI.

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CHESS LIFE PRINTING FUND

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P05ition No. 208 Eml,.me I tudy by C. N. Sa~hodJakln

Like many fine mlniaturn . this fe· n,arkable posItion gives the Impression of h""ln, been "discovered" rather than composed. Positlons In whleh Il nook and Knight cuolbratc more ef· fecUvely (}Il the (}Pen oard than two BIshop¥ arc unusual, and this 15 one of the best examples.

The best move is I. N·K4 threatt'nlng 2. R·QR2 Ind 3. N.nsl ~ h, wInning the Queen 81sbup. T o m <><! t Ih ls Ih reat, Blllck must play \. ......... 0·1\.2; but White wins a Sisbop neverthless by 2. R·Q, S·R5; 3. R·KR7, B-K8; 4. R·Rsq, S-R4: 5. R·]bq. Note that In thl, varia· lion Bl.~k cannot defend by ]j.QN2 at· tackIng the KnIght l>cuuse the Whltl! Rook caphll'es Ihe other BIshop and dcftnds his Knight. Rook and Knlehl aealnst one Bishop b, o f courS(!, a rOU' ti ne book ... ·In.

Contrary to the o lll n lon expressed by 5I:,'erll solvers, L R·Q6 does not win .... c:aus ... lifter I. ........• BxN the result· lng posItion is a book draw regordless of whIch Sishop White .. booSIll to capture, Likewise, l. N-Q5 Is Ins"UI­clent sInce Black need not I,l ay l. ._ ... _ .. , Il,Qsq \>.llowln, 2. N·N4.

Cu,'rect solutlons ar... acknowledged f rom: Georlle W. Uaylo r , Kenneth Bla ke, ,\bel Somberaull , SUI BundIck', Thomu W. ('''Uslc k, K. A . C~tnleckl. Carl J::. DleJKm, Edmln C.ult. Edmund GOdbold, J ohn E. Ishkan, Andre'v Kif· ko, J ohn Kreurer, F. D. Lynch, John D. Mathe50no, Max MIl.teln, Chules Musgrove, Don Napoll, Ed Nash, George W. Payne, Robert S. Raven, Herber t J. i'1oberts, Edmund Roman, ~'rank, C. Ruys , I. Schwart~, Robert Selden, Pnul Smith, W. E. Stevens ~'rancls Trask, H. C, Underwood, / WelnlngH, Will iam ]j. WILson. and Neil P . Wl ll ln/o:. '.;' point goes to J. B. Ge r· maIn and Mal[ Schlo.>5Ser. The loh'us • core comlortably hy 33-5. ·Welco",e To New Sol"e ...

M4'1 8·0ao/.t. 20 U. S. Intercollegiate

Correspondence Tourney n utrlcted to lull.tlrne reeula r under ·

e uduate college student.; Ipon$Ored by Intfrcollcrate Chess Leaeue 01 America; held In a owrles of r ound robin .... c · tlons; regilltration open f r om lIIay ft to October 20, 1957; entry fee: $1.25 (mem· bers Of l eLA member c lubS may deduc t 251' ); Imall prizes fur Individual. and coliel/eM, t o be announced later: wInner bceomu U. S. ]ntercolle,late Corres· I'ondencc Champion, and wlnnlne group tr.;on, Ja nll! school the U. S . I ntereol· lcgla t e Corespondence Team Chimp Ion; TD F rederick H . Kerr; for detaUI, write: Y,'e(lerick H. Ke rr. 1776 Sample Road, Allllon Park, Penna.

Not USCF rlted, corrnpondtnca pllY.

CHESS MORGUE (Continued from Page 5, col. 4)

furnish further details for this col· umn.

Here, incidentally. is the near­brilliancy·prize game (rom the New York tournament:

SCOTCH GAME MCO: page 258, column I

• Sixth American Chell Congress New York, 1889

While J . W, SHOWALTER 1. P·K4 P·K4 2. Kt·K8l Kt.QBl 3. P.Q4 PxP 4. Kt ;ll P Kt·1I3 5. KtxKt KIP;IIKt 6. B·Ql P.o4 7. P,KS Kt·Kts t. 0 ·0 8-QB4 t. B·KII4 P·Kt4 10. 8 .Q2 Kh<KP 11 . R·KI Q·K2 n . Kt·83 1I-Q2

G. Il. Q.RS 14. QB;IIP 15. B· R4 16. B' R6,h 17. B,Ktl 11. Q.QI ". B·KIII 20. P·Kt4 21 . Q·Ktl 22. Q.Ktl 23. QR·Ktl

Slack GOSSIP

0-0-0

~"' Q·Kt2 K·KtT

KR·Ktl Kt·Kt5 Kt· 1(4 B· Kts ... ,

P· KU

BOOST AMERICAN CHESSI JoIn the USCFI It Is alwaY'll a ••• au ....

openIng move.

Sind to CHESS LIFE, 123 Na. Humphrey AVI., Oak Plrk, HI. far Ipplln· lion form for Innounting tournlment In this co lumn. U. S. OPEN

CHAMPIONSHIP

August 5-17, 1957 Clevewnd, Ohio

Unlell o therwise speclflad, aU tournaments i;mnoun"d In tbis column art \00% US~F rated . RIling fees, If Iny, ara included In spacl fled e ntry fee; no addltlonll rlt,ns IN for non·memberl USC F.

AII, .. st If·lj AII,lISi JJ-S~pt~mbt, 2 ELlGtlllLlTY: Open t o all players who are (or become) members,

Panhandle Open Championlhip 4th Saint Paul Open Chillmpionship Plainview, Tex, St. Paul, Minn. PLACE: Mlln Sall Room of Minger

Hotel, 1801 Eut 13th St. Cleveland 14, OhIo. IAir.condltione d)

Open: at Huton Hotel: 5 rd Swisll: Open; at St. Paul Olspatch.Ploneer entry Ice 14: trophies for lit, 2nd, and Press Auditorium. 4th st. between Ce. 3rd, plus Panhandle tlUe to resIden t, dar & MInnesota Sts.; 7 r d Swll8, 45 plus cash prl~l!!; TO Oeoreo Koltanow· moves In 2 hr •. : registration Sat. Aug. ski: for detpll1l, write: Bob Hilburn, Sox 31 at 8:30 a.m .. 18t rd begins 1:00 p.m.:

TYPE: 12 rd SwIss, USCF Tourna· mcnt Rulel. W moves 1St 2 ..... hours, 20 moveS per hour therelfte r . Ad. journed g.mel pl.yed nut day. ENTRY FEE : tiS to USCF members; 520 10 non·members 1$5 USCF duu). REGISTRATION : From 2 p.m. Sun· day. August 4 to I p.m. rolond,y, AU!lUst 5. Mailed entries mUll be postmarked no la ter than Aueust I and addreased to: Cleveland Che .. Ass'n, 1374 Wut !17th St., Cleve. land 7, OhIo.

St!, PlaInview, Tex. entry tee: 57 (HIgh Sehool Studenl.t $3); IQ.O% USCF ra ted even t. lsi prize 512S plu~ t rophy, S300 tn eash

A U,lIfl JO-Stpumba 1

Champion of Champions Y Inkton, 5, D.

Tourney

See spec ial .nnouncement on pille 5

A II.put }O, S,pltmbu Z .. New England Championship

Hartford, Conn. Reatrlcted 10 residents of New Ene·

land ; at Uotel Statler , Hartfo rd: ., rei S""I55, 40 moves In :'. hn: entry I~: fo r " A" $15, for "S" $10 (Includes ban· quet): prizes: In "A" $100 and trophy for 1st, eash 10 5th. other prl!u to about 15th. speelal prl!es; l or "S" tro­phic! to 3rd.: ~ponsorcd by New Ene· land Che" ASS'n: for detllU" write: T , N. Edelbllum. 152 Henry St., Windsor, Conn.

100% USCF rated e~'nt.

A ,.g .. ,l JI-Scplt",h. 2 Louililna State Open Championlhip

New Orleans, II. Open: .t Map Room o t June Hotel;

6 rd Sw15ll; winner to be " Open" Champ. lon, ranklnll Louisiana pl~yer Stlte Champlun : entry fee $5 plus LCA mem­bership ($l); New Orleans Chesl Club, host; tor delalls and prIzes. w rite: C. J. Cucwlu, 8121 panela St., New Orleans. La. ; for hole! r eser vations, "'rite: Mr. Rodney B~ker, Reservation Manager, Jung 1J0tel, Nell' Orleans, La •

100% USCF rated e~ent.

A"gusl 11, Stplonbu 1·2 Southwestern Open Championship

DIIIIIIS, Tex, Open; at Adolphus Hotel. Dallas; 7

rd Swiss. 45 move. I!t two hours: reg· Istratlon close. 12:00 noon; entry fee: $5: first prl~e $ISO and trophy: other cash prlzel as cntnDl:e feel pe tnlit, add itiona l trophies; fo r delall., .... rlte: O. W. J ohnton, WI Wylie Drl~e, Dallas 35, Teu •.

100% USCF rated evenl .

A"g"si JI·S,pttmh, 1 Pennsylvania State Championship

Pittsburgh, Penn. Restricted to uu r"sidenll and bona­

nde membera ot Penn Chess Clubs; at the Plttsburch Chess Club, Downtown YMCA. ~th and WoodJ Sts.; 7 rd Swlss, 50 IDOVes In 2 h .... ,; entry t ee: $9 Inelud· Ing USC~' end PSCF membership; Tro· phil'S mnd c~lh prizes : TD S. C. Marshall. For detailS, write: Adam K. Der t % Plttaburch Chess Club, Downtown YMCA. 4th and Wood. St •• , Pittsbur,h 22, Pa. Plene bring clocks.

100% USCF rlted event.

• 24. B;IIP 25. P;IIKt 26. B·Ktl

21, K·R2 29. B·Rl Resl"ns

prizes and $100 In merehandlse prizes !lUar .. nteed, trophies and prlUI tor Class A, B, &: C; for detaUs o.>f . dv.nu reglstratlon, w t lte: Robert C. Gove. Rt e 2. Wayzata, Minn.

100% USCF raled event.

Augun 1J·Stpttmbtr 2 3rd Arizona State Open

Championship Phoenix, AriL

Open: at Luhrs Bldg., 8th n oor. cor: Central &: Jeffcrson; 7 rd Swlsa, 4S moves In 2 hra &: 24 move. pe r hr . thereaner ; Hllrkn~S$ palrlnes. Median tle-breakln , ; entry fee: $3; play starts 8:30 I.m .• Sa t . AuC. 3151; several tro­phies, cnlh and merchandIse prlzu, specl~ 1 t rophy tor hlgh<:st placed wom. an; played In a!r-conditloned quarterl: please brln, c:locks and &etll; for de­talll Or hotel 3ccommodaUon.. wrIte: PhUlip T. Luks, 211 W. Citrus Dr., ScottJdal .... Ar iz.

100% USCF rated event.

.'1", .. 11 JI-S~pl.mbtr 2 Paul Morphy Centennial Open

Yankton, S. D. See specIal announcement on p',a 2

BOOST AMERICAN CHESS By J o;n;ng Ih~ U.s.C.F.

PRIZES: 11.000 cash for lit pl.ce and 19 other cash prl~es; cllh prizes fo r hl,he~t "'oman'l seore and title of U.S. Women'. Open ChampIon; Top-Flight Medal to be awarded to aU playen rinl!llIne In top one·halr of siandings. SPEED TOURNI!Y: U.S. Llghtnln, Championship on Saturday. Aueust 17th; Entry tee: $5. Cash p r lle" ACCOMMODATIONS: Hotel accom· modatlons and meals at reuona!:!le prlees, Hotel Manger; Make reHr· vations In ad"ance wltb hotel. EQUIPMENT: P layers are ureed t o bring boards and sets. and especial. Iy cheu clock .. TOURNAMENT DIRECTOR : Inter· nallonal Muter Geon':e Koltanow. ski BILLETING &. i NFORMATION : Write: I1ela Suranyl, 4880 East l09th 51., Cleviliand 25, Ohio: OR A. Bur" yan. 21M Welt 98th St., Cleveland 2, OhIo.

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No. 21 (1Illck & I~ory ) Or No. 21 (Red & Ivory): Feltld bvt unlodld li t In lelthereHe-cove red cue, 81 JUustuted. $10 50 Spe<;la l blr.llnl $1$.00 len lO% to USCF m.mbus... •

(In doten loh, wIthout CISH, '7." Plr Mt) ,

No. 21 (1Ilack &. Ivory) or No. 2.2 (Red & I~ory): Felted and huYlll' 101d. d let In teath.reH_evlr,d cne, 81 shown. $16 95 $20.00 lUI 1$% to USC .. m.mb.rs. ... H ... H.H • • • • •• • H ._ .... HH..... •

(In dOlln tots, without can., $1'%.75 per Ht)

No. U (1Ilack & I~ory) or No. 24 (Red & Ivory): FlltJ;d and .... vlty 10l ded set In teethe .. "e coverld de luxe caH w,", 'ndl1rktU., t. ... Iln. d di visio ns for an p le<:es (not shownl. $19 75 $2$,00 IISI 21"" to U'CF membln_ ,_,H __ HH __ M'_ •

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