USCF

Vol. VII Number 5 OfficiCll Publication ofjfje United States (oessfederation Wednesday,

November 5, 1952

USSR- SWEEPS INTERZONAL RIVISE TAKES so. CALIF TITLE

In an 18 player 12 round Swiss, Irving Rivisc of Los Angeles (and Cormel'iy of New York) nosed our Cormer State Chllm pion Raymond Martin on SoB points for the South­ern CaJifornia. title. Both scored 9Y~-2% but Rivisc had 73.50 in SoB to Martin's 68.25 points. Eugene Levin was third with 81h-3'h, while fourth and fHth on S-B points with equal 71h-4Jh scores were M. Gor­don :md M. AltshiUer.

Rivise, who led the tournament from the fourth round until Martin caught up in the semi-final, lost one game to H. Gordon, and drew with Ray Martin, P. Lapiken, and A. Weiss. Martin lost a game to R. J acobs, and drew with S. Almgren, M. Gordon, I. Rivise. Levin in third place lost to Rivise, Martin and M.. Altshiller, while drawing with M. Gordon. Rivise, Martin and Levin qualified for the California State Championship finaIs .

POLIAKOFF WINS NO. CALIF TITLE

In a 10 player round robin D. !':::!:::!:o'"! ~t:<)ro'l 13· ... ' ~'\. win the NOl· tltern California uUe, losing one game to B. popor£. Second place we nt to H. GroSS with 7-2, who lost to PoliakoH ;'Ind drew with C. M. Capps a nd B. Popo£f. C. M. Capps was third with 6-3, losing to Poliakoff and n. Currie, whHe drawing with H. Gross and S. Smale. Fourth place went to R. Currie who scored 5-4.

PoliakoH and Gross qualified for the California State Championship £inals, of which the other entrants were Rivi.sc, rt1:3rtin and Levin from the Soutbern Calilorni3 Championship, Burger from tbe Central CaliCornia Chess League Tourney. 1951 Open Champion Falconer, and defending Champion ArthUr Spiller.

DOE OVERTHROWS HOLOWACH'S RULE

In the Alberta Provincial Champ· ionship Rae Doe of Calgary upset the live·year reign of Walter Holo­wach of Edmonton by winning the Alberta title 7·1 in a 16 player 8 round Swiss. J)Qe lost no games but drew with D. Sinclair and II. Bergmann.

Holowach was sccond on S·B points with 5'h·2 Ih, losing to Doe, and drawing with W. Litwinczuk, P. Connell, and L. Moser. Third on S·8 with 51h: ·2ifl also was L. Moser, who lost to Doe, and drew with P . Connell, H. Bergmaqn, and Holowach. H. Bergmann placed fourth with 5-3. It was lhe strongest Alberta title event in recent years.

CFC ELECTS NEW OFFICERS

The Chess Federation of Canada elected Canon H. L . Roy of Van­couver prcsident; J . G. Prentice of Vancouver was named patron. The office of 1st vice.president was not filled , but Frank R. Anderson of Toronto was chosen 2nd vice·presi· dent, G. F. Cooper of Winnipeg treasurer, and J. F . Vest of Ottawa secretary.

BLACK, BOYER SHARE BUFFALO

The Buffalo City Championship was shared by veleran Roy T. Black and youthful Richard E. Boyer at 8·2 each, and play..off for the title WilS prevented by the illness of TIiehard Boyer, res ulting unfortunately in his dealh in August before all adjourned games of lhe tournament were completed. Albert E. VOssle r placed third with 61h·3 Ih, while Chester T. Fell, Jr. and Morton R. Sicgel shared four th with 5ihAIh cacho

Black drew with Boyer and Fcll, and lost one game to George J . Mauer. Boyer lost no games but drew with Black, Vossler, Fell and Siegel. Vossler lost games to Black and Alfred A. Allison, and drew with Boyer, Carl E. Diesen, and J ames J. Barrett, Buffalo's chess columnist.

In the Class A tourney, Charles E. Braun placed first with 7·3; Norman C. Wilder, Jr. ;:vas second with 6lh-3 lh, and Gordon J. Daven· pOrt third with 64.

Class B was conducted in two sections. In Section I Karl L. Wald,

. a young player, placed first with 6'h-1Ih, Henry M. Pinkham was second with 6·2, and Craig M. Schmidt third with 5lh·21h:. In Section IT victory went to Richard J . Bauer, playing from an iron lUng, with 8-1, while Joscph Baran· etsky was second with 7·2, and Paul O'Brien third with 5*-3* .

BALLOT FAVORS PLAN COMMITTEE

Me mbers of the USCF Board of Directors and Exccutive Committee were asked in a special balloting to vote upon the two special resolu· tions, of wh ich the text appears below:

Resolutions Submitted to Execut iye Committee tlnd Dire ctors of United States Chess Federetion for Vote by Mail ,

No.1 BE IT RESOLVED, that the Dlrec· torI Ind the Execut lYe Committ .. of Ihe Uniled SUleS Chess Feder.' lon, vol ing by m.il, do he re by utify lind COnfirm Ihe Ippolntme nt Of A. Wy.tt Jonu, Wm. M. By'.nd, Edgu T. McCorm ick, Herm.n S ieiner .nd F r . nk R. GUYU itS • Promotlon.l Committee to negoti l te with Ke n· neth H.rkness with • view of im· pleme nting the promotlonll pl.n outtined by Ha rknen, and We ex· press'y r " tify .nd confirm the adlon of the H id Committee In m.klng II conlra ct wllh Mr. Harkness I nd we do hereby .uthorize the Hoid Com· mittee to do any .nd eye ry thing wh'Ihoever necess.ry to be done and to execul e any p.pers rfljuired 10 -effective ly carry into operation the said Pi lln.

No. 2 BE IT RESOLVED, that the Pro­mot ion.' Committee Is hereby aulh­or ized to employ Montgomery Malor, or any other pe rson, lIS editor of Chess Life on any lerms .nd condl. tions Ihal 10 Silid Committee m 'y seem besl and prope r for a term of ye.rs not to exceed five yu,n.

USCF Secretary Major J . B. HoIt announces the final tabulation of the voting as follows:

Resolution No. 1 For 72 Against 3

Resolution No. 2 For 69 Agains' 6

Ballots were mailed on October 6, 1952, and the final date for re­cording votes was October 20, 1952. Five ballots received after closing date are not included.

Position No. 21H 8y Vincent L. Eaton

Silyer Spring, Md. First Publication

POJilion No. 204 8y C. 8. Cook

Fort Worth, Tex. First Publication

8, 8, SKI, 2plQ3, 2p2p2, 865, 8, 5Kl'l . 2rlkls, plspp3: 3pp2b, 2S1PplU, 3Sp3, White t o play .. nd win 5P IK. 6R I, 2RS

White to play and win

White To Play And Win! Conducted by WiUiam Rojam

Send 1111 cont ribut ions for this column to WIlliam Rolam, '" CHESS LIFE, 123 No. Humphrey Avenue, ~ak Park, illinois,

B OTH compositions this issue arc the work of problemists, and the tOllch of the problemist is evident in the soluticms. No. 2a3 is an

interesting study in the "Staircase th eme" with "switchbacks," technically di rricult to compose and not easy to solve. No. 204 with its sael'ificial key is also in proble m style, but has a constructive idea in progessivc eHmi· naUon wh ich is lrrquently quite applicable in an actual game in simiiar situations.

For solutions, ple"se tourn to Page four.

ENLARGED PLANS FOR CHGO LEAGUE

The Chicago City Chess League faces the 1952-53 season with an enlarged program [or chess in Chi· cago. In addition to the usual learn championship schedules, the re will bc a social team schedule, for lun not blood. Club memberships re­main $3.00; but in addition an in· dividual player membership has been added at $1.00 per player. Players on club teams arc not Te· qu ired to be individual members, but entrants in the various indi­vidual tournaments must become members (members of member clubs may pay SOc dues). Junior membership will be 5Oc.

Individual toul'llamcnts planned are: Chicago Christmas Social Tournament in December, 1953 Chicago Cily Championship in Jan­uary to February, 1953 Speed Championship ill February, and 1952·53 Chicago Junior Champion· ship in Decembt~r. The Chicago Board of Education is cooperating in thc last event. }' or information or mcmbership, apply to A. Kauf· man, 5531 So. Kimbark Ave., Chi· cago 37,

HOLD SEVENTH HUDSON CO MEET

The seventh annual Hudson Counly Interscholastic Chess Tourn­amcnt at the J ersey City YMCA Chess Club will see Demerest and Memorial High Schools struggling for permanent I)Ossession of the Paul Helbig Trophy, which cach team has won twice. Weehawken and Sweeney High Schools will be the other contenders, and the latter is the defending champion. The matches will be held on October 24, November 7, and November 14 at 7:00 p.m. sharp.

16 TEAMS VIE IN DC LEAGUE

The District of Columbia Chess League begi ns its 1952-53 season with a record number of teams participating in the play. For con· venience these sixteen teams have been divided into two sections, and the top two teams in each section wiII baUie in a three round play· off for the League ti lle.

In the section titled "American League" the teams are Department or Agriculture, Washington Ches~ Divan "A," Federal Chess Club " B," Georgetown Uni versity, L i· brary of Congress, Paragon Club, Naval Communications "B," lind Operations Research ' OiIice. In "The National l.,eague" sections lhe tea ms are Applied Physics Labora­tory, 8ald Eagle Chess Club, Wa.<; hi ngton Chess Divan "B," Fedel'al Chcss Club " A," Federal 5eeurity Agency, Maryland Uni­versity, National Chcss Club, and Naval Communications "A."

EUWE TO PLAY IN CANDIDATES

According to an announcement by FIDE, Dr. Max Euwe has de-­eided to play in the World Cbamp· ionship Candidates' Tournament in 1953. His entry will reduce to five players the number to be qualified fo r the Candidatcs by the current Intet'lOnal event in Sweden . .

At this s tage of the tournamcnt, it seems probable that all five qualifying players will rcpresent the Soviet way of chess and life. At pr4!scnt standings only Gligoric of Yugoslavia, Stahlberg of Swe­den, Szabo of Hungary, and Unzic­ker of West Germany seem to have any chance of overtaking the USSR quintette, conSisting of Kotov, Pelrosian, Geller, Taimanov, and Auerbacb.

KOTOV TRIUMPHS IN INTERZONAL

Soviet players swept the five top places in the Inlernational Tourna· mcnt at Saltsjobaden, Sweden with Kotov scoring 161f.a·3lh for first pla(.'C, while Petrosian and Taima­nov tied [or sccond with 13Y.,: ·61k each. Geller placed fourth witb 13-7, and Auerbach gained the coveted fifth place with 12 ¥~-7% on S·B points, althougb tied in games won with Gligoric of Yugoslavia, Stahlberg of Sweden, and Szabo of Hungary. Unzicker of West Ger· many was ninlh with 1l 'h·8lh.

It was notable that Kotov, Pet· rushm, and Taimanov lost no games in the 21 player event. Kotov won 13 and drew 7; Petrosian and Taim­anov each won 7 and drew 13. Geller won 8, drew 10 and lost 1-- to Gligoric and Stahlbcrg. Auer­bach won 6, drew 13 and lost one game to Stahlberg. It was notable that the Soviel playcrs drew all thcir contests with each other.

Former U.S. Champion Herman Steiner compiled a 11).10 score in a tic [or 11th place with Pachmann and I'ilnik.

INTERZONAL TOURNAMENT Saltsiobaden, 1952

!'in,,) SI . nGlng , "-I. A lexander Kotov (USSR) .......... 161· 3~ 2. T . Pet ruslao (USSR) .. _ ......... _13~· 6~ J. S. Tairna llOv (USStt ) .. _._ .......... 13~· 66 4. E. Ge ller (USSR) ........ ~ .. ~ .......... ~13 • 7 5. Y. Aue rbach (USSR) ._ .......... ~_12~. 1 1

;: ~~~~"::rsf:.l~f~~ (~~=!~)~~m: n 8. Laszlo Slibo (Hungary) ....... _._121· n 9. W. Unzicker (Wesl Cerman y) 116· 86

10. },;rlch t!lI.$ka~s {A rgenUnaJ .. ~ .. IO~. IIi ll . Ludek Pachman (C .... c's\ov.llkia 10 ·10 12. lierman Pllnlck (Arg~ntl ll a)._._ IO ·10 Il. Herman Steiner (USA) _ ............ _1 0 ·to 14. A . JI.I atanovlC (YugOSlavia) .......... 9 · 11 15. G. Ral"'C~n (l{ ulleury) ,_._ ........... ~. 8 ·12 IG. G<lUn Slo1t~ (Sw~ucn) ._ ......... __ 71· 12! 17. l~ A. Sanchez (Columbia) ..... _. 1 .)3 18. R. C . Wade (New Zea land) _ .... 6 ·14 19. Povllas VaIlQn.I.s (CAnada) ........ 5 .1' 20. Harry Colornbek (EIII: I,, "Ii) _ .. 4 ~·1' ~ 21. L . Prins (Nelh .. rll\nd~) .......... ~ 4~· 1511

USCF WILL RATE TEAM MATCH PLAY

The performances of players in team matches and team tourna­menls can now be rated , according to an official announcement by USCF Vice·President William M. 8yland and USCF Rating Statistic· ian Kenneth Harkness.

The mid·year rat ing lis t, as of J uly 31st 1953, will be the first to include the results of team play in the average ratings published semi·annually in CHESS LIFE; but forms to report these contests are now available (or distribution to club secretaries and tournament directors who request them.

Any tea m maleh or team tourna­ment heJd ·in 1952 will be rated if the complete results aro sent in, on an official report form, before March "31St 1953. For matches and tournamcnts now in progress, or scheduled to begin soon, report forms should be ordered at once. To insure the accuracy of ratings, evcry player is required to fill in and sign a report slip (a "pink slip" for a tcam tournament and a "blue slip" for a team match). These slips are mailed to the USCF with the complete results of the contest after it is finished.

The rating of team p lay pre­sented many difficult problems. After much effort and a great many tests, a method has finally been developed that gives accurate

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Vol. VII, Number 5 Wednesday, November 5. 1952

:J/'c}ttg/'tJ Oil :J.he "!)nl.erzoltaf

N o criticism can be dirccted at the conducting or the Interzonal Tonrnament, held at Saltsjobaden nnder the auspice'S of FIDE, to

qualily a limited number of enb'ants into the World Championsh~p Candidates' Tournament o[ 1953. The In\.crwnal was more fOi"tunate III

this respect than the last Candidates event at Budapest, which remains a monument to incompetence in arranging an important chess cvent. By this statemcnt we do not mean to criticize the actual tournament arrangements at Budapest, which were vcry competently handled. by the Hungarian Chess Fcderation, but rather to repeat our condemnatIOn of the spineless attitude of the FIDE Assembly which yicldcd to Soviet prt!ssuJ"e illJ9.. ~h9se Budapest in pt'eIerence to a prior and better offer {!"Om Buenos h ires .

It is now to be hoped lhat the Sw iss Chess Feder ulion will be suc· cessful in an 'anging the World Championship Candidates Tournament Ivr 1953", whero pla~cr" C,lIl m(!et or. nc::t.;·:ll grolln"' . Due t" &l'!ic! arrogance un offer to hold the Candidates' event in the USA was de· c1ined, and if Switzcrland can not alTunge the event, it is destined for Moscow as another cozy Soviet monopoly.

There is monopoly enough in lhe Candidates' event as it is with all livc players qualify ing [rom the Intel'"olonal coming from Ule USSR. The monopOly is unfortunatc for chess, but is nol su bject to criticism for the playcrs in question won the right to participation by superior play under equitable playing conditions.

In this connection one cannot 'even cl"i.licise the inclusion 01 Y. Auerbach· in preference to Gligoric, Stahlberg or Szabo with whom hc was lied in game score. Ties in un even t o[ th is nature are a:lways unfortunate and the S·B system of tie·breaking is not altogether a satisfactory way of solving the problem; hnt it is the best we have at present for such situations. As Aucrbach had thc best S·B score, his selection fo r the (irth spot was legiti mate and correct.

Howevel', the result is unlorlu nate in that it sUlTcnders the next Candidates' Tournament almost completely to the Soviet plaYers, with Dr. E uwe and Samuel Reshevsky as prilCtically the only players fr om the wOt'ld outside the Iron Curtain. Such monopoly by anyone country 0 1' reg ion is unhealthy ror chess. For this one must not blame the USSR lor pl"Oducing so many fine players (for this fad redounds to their credit), but rather one must criticbc the countl"ies oI the Wester n World ror not giving more support to chess. Chess· playing talent is not a monOpoly of uny raee; b ut talent thr ives best in those countries where popular support (01' govemment support) make thc lile of the chess p layer easier .

That the USA, wilh two places reserved in the Interzonal event, could only send onc representative, is a criticism o[ the indifference of American chess players regarding international chess. It is an indifler·

. ence that must be ovcrcome beforc the USA can hope to play an adequate part in in ternational chess events.

Montgomery AI ajor

By Kestu S,,~ndsen

THE HUMAN SIDE OF CHESS. By Fred Reinfeld . New York: Pellegrini I nd Cudahy, Pp. Ix, 302. $3.75.

"THE Reader's Road to Chess" welcomes yet another publisher to t he group who include chessbooks in Uleir trade lists. Trll~, Ab­

rahams' "The Chess Mind" was republished from England by Pellegrini and Cu dahy. But this present volume, written in America by one oI the world's most gifted and most interesting chess writers, is the first I have known to originate with thcm. It is a noble beginning. What Rcinfeld does is oller the first connected "stol'Y o[ thc world cha mpions: their triumphs and their illusions, their achievcments and thcir [ailures," He seeks below the surface of their records and their games for their qualities as bUman beings, from Morphy to Alekhine. In some he follows fa irly con, ventional interpr etation (Enwe and Alekhine); in some he revives [or­gotten evidence (Steinitz and Lasker). In at least one instance, he oIlers a br and·new theory: namely, Anderssen's understanding of the center and, in consequence, the r eal me~ning of the match with Morphy. Rein·

reid claims, and his analysis of the match supports him, is that ''Morphy won not because of a superior theoretical conception but because of a superior practical skill." This will come as a surprise to those who (like the reviewer) have always accepted Reti 's evaluation of the great Ger­man as an attacking player with no insight into positional chess or the close game. The , other discussions, though less challenging, are no less interesting. Fourteen annotated illustrative games, two from each man, complete the book, which (praise Allah and the publishers) h as an index.

This is easily one of the most fasc inating chess hooks ever written. ReinfeJd's grasp of human personality is as important bere as his pro­found knowledge of chess and chess history. He has no heroes or villains, no axe to grind. He is concerned to present the seven men as

. men excelling: at chess, not just as chess champions: Anderssen the Romant ic, laIorphy the Gentleman, Sleinitz the Lawgiver, Lasker the Philosopher, Capablanca the Machine, Alekhine the Fighter, and E uwe the Logician. His display o[ their stylcs and habits o[ play, their weak­nesses and their strengths, is set forth in some of the most readable prose I have seen devoted to chess.

by Vincent L. Eaton

Addr,ss a ll communications to t his co lumn to Vincent L. Eaton. '12 McNeill Road. Si lve r Sp ring, Mary la nd.

PROBLEM No. 375 is by a newcomer to problem compOSing, bnt by no means an amatcur at it. Sergeant Myzel, who is stationed at

Bolling Field Air Ba~e , in Washington, has been an cnthusiastic solver lor some months, and has reeenUy turned his hand to composition. From this eICort it will be seen that he possesscs ideas and the skill to carry them out.

The British Chess Fedcration has just announcc<i its forthcoming problem composing tourneys, as follows:

No. 71. I>'or three·movers containing at least two model mates. Judge: M. Havel.

No. 72. , For thrcc·movers without restr ictions as to the nature of tbe males. Judge: V . L. Eaton.

No. 73. For two·movers (limited to no more than two en· tries Irom each composer). Judge: A. W. Danicl. Composers mnst submit two diagram~ in clear chess type (stamped

or drawn) or each pmblcm enten.'<I . Both diagrams must contain the composer's name and add ress, the [ull solution, and nothing else. Send entries to G. W. Chandlcr, 46 Worcester Road, Sutton, Surrey, Engla nd. to arrive on or before }o~eb ruary 28, 1953. Prizes of 40, 30, 20, and Ie shillings will be awarded [or the fOUl' best problems in each tourney.

Whjle

~If-r- P",'I,m No. 177 ty'. By Ottavio Stocchi

Langt..irano, Ita ly First rublieation

Black: ., me n

White: ., me n 58 2, 2qp4. 4p3, plpkpSI R, Q1s5,

JSIP2, 21l1Kl, 2MB White mi les In two moves

Problrm No. 376 By J. T, Lightbourn Hamilton, Ber muda

First Publication Black: 1 men

Problem No. J7B By A. Akerblom

2nd Prize, Bri tish Chess Federation, 1951·52

Black ; II men

Wh ite: 4 men blrlkb2, prplppl, Ipp lSl, 8, 8,

4Q3, 31t1, l s5K While mi tes In th ree mo ves

NORTH DAKOTA STATE CHAMPIONSHIP Grand Forks, 1952

1. Gordon Anderson (Nor thwood, N. D.) ........•. W8 W1 W6 Wl OS 41- ' 17.7S 2. Leonard Orne'" (HallSboro) ..... _._ ................ W5 1.6 W7 wa Wg 4·1 14.50

~. ~'O lf.e r1i~0 Hi~~~~~e~~rand Forks) .. :: .. ::.:: .. : .. :: .. ::.\~~IZ ~4 ~~ I tA ~~O ; :~ I ~:gg S. Loui.s Wu; (Grand Forks) ...... L2 rAO W12 W4 01 26·26 7.75 6 MelVin Johnson (Nor1hwood) 2-3 (7 00). 7. Itlebard G. Wertb (Moorhea.!, Minn.) 3·2 (7.00~; 8. St.tnley S. JohMon (Grund l'orks) 3·2 (5.00); 9. Thor Nelson (Grana ~~~S~!b~~B~4.~); (2~gil)Fil'J;~n ~Pl~~r;m~nig;~k) 10\ (~o~i. 1 t. Jonas H lldremyr

SAN ANTONIO CITY CHAMPIONSH IP Siln Antonio, 1952

1. Leon Poliakotf ...... ..... WlO W4 W2 L3 W9 4 ·1 11.00 2. Hnn, Struck ....... . . ..... W12 W(I Ll W9 W4 4 ·1 7.50 3. }\lake W. Stevens ..... . ........................ D9 08 WIl WL L5 3 -2 8.00 4. Dr. 11. A. Murray.. . ........... WIl Ll W7 W8 LZ 3 .2 6.50

~: ~~~.~.BB.PU'~d lilg··· ·::::::::::gf Ei M 't,,'12 rial gt:~' ~:~ 1: ~~ie~ok ~~:lr~ J~: r;W2iir:"'ii:"Le&i~ Gh::~ ler ~ (4.~~ lJ~~au ) ~~'~Isher 3ij (2.25); I I. Morley Pastinsky 2·3 (2.25); 12. S~t. Marvin Ell!n ll"ston ()"5 (0.00).

Ellingilon fQi"Celted the lut two round8.

--4f.tl.ine ~ Garl,! Che~:j Career

Additional Data 8., A. BlI.lCM:.~

V. AlEKHINE IN SOVIET-LAND

C OMPARED with thc rather close resul ts of t he present

Soviet Champion, Keres, in the latest Soviet Champjonship Tourn. aments and even some o[ Botvin. nik's successes in such evcnts (70.59-73.68% for Keres; 67.5-88.24% [or Botvinnik), Alekhine's 80% in the F irst Soviet Champion. ship or 1920 appears rather im. pressive. However, we have to take into account that Soviet Chess in ] 920 was not what it is today, that only three recognized masters (Levenfish and 1. and A. Rabino. vieh) competed in the 1920 Olym. pics against Grandmaster Alekhinc, and that the participants were all or almost all-as has been attcsted cspecially by and [or Romanovsky, Shakhmaty v SSSR 1950 no. 10 p. 209; also "Ways o[ Chess Creativ­ity," in Rus.<;ian, 1932, p. 159-0ut oI practice at the time o[ the Olympics.

Wc have even stronger indica. tions 10 prove that Alekhinc's SUCCess in this tournament, in spite of the impressive figures, is not one of the really outstanding results o[ his chess career, not to speak of the quality of the games which, according to our best sources, were not so "hot" either.

Even Romanovsky. when he con­quered the Soviet Championship in the Second Championship Tourna­ment of 1923 in Petrogr ad, made 10 points out of possible 12, and

. against the 6 players who had also competcd in 1920 and against whom Alekhinc had made 4% points or 75 % (J..evcnIish, A, Kub. bel, lIyin·Zhenevsky, I. Rabinovich, Grigoriev and Zubarev), he had exactly lQe &Ilmc result; Lewmfish the runneNlp, who inflicted the only defeat on Romanovsky (*), made even 5lh or 91.67 % against this particular group of 6.

Even morc striking, however, are another Grandmaster's achieve· ments ill similar compeLition. We re(er to Bogolj ubow's successes in the III and IV Soviet Champion­s hip Tournaments or Moscow 1924 and Lcningrnd 1925.

In Moscow l!)24 (III Chumpion· ship), Bogoljubow won, without Loss (13 WillS, 4 dr2l,vs and 2lh pOints ahcad of Romanovsky who again was the runner·up; with the o players who had ;llso becn among Alekhinc's opponents in the ]920 Olympics (Romanovsky, Lev­en(ish, I. Rabinovich, Grcgoriev, A. Rabinovich, und llyn·Z henevsky), Hogoljubow made a perfect 100% score winning all six games while Alekhine had dropped half points to Romanovsky, Lcvenfish, and IJyin·Zhcnevsky and this made only 4 J.h points or 75%,

Also in Leningrad 1925 (IV Championship) when Bogoljubow met even 8 of Alckhine's 1920 opponents (i n addi tion to the 6 of 1924 also A. Kubbel and Zubarev), he Iinished lllem olf with a better score than Alckhine (6lh out of possible 8, or 81.25% against Alekhine's t.i or only 7fi%), and

(Please turn to page 3, col. 2)

( 0) This w~s like t aking revenge for the inglorious deCeat Levenflsh had sufferl'd from J{omanov8ky'S hands Itl the Chess Olympics of 192G-ilnd not without Alek· hlne's Interference. Levent'lsh reports th is s tory In "Shakhmaty v SSSn." p. 290: "I starh.'tl Ihe tournament very un_ fortunate ly. In tho £Jut round, mcetinB Homanovsky, 1 succeeded, after Inter· estlng light, In gettinJ: s duad won position. I walked about in expectation or my opponent'. reply wh on Alekhlne approached a nd said: ' I ~ee, you have pl"epared a ma te with rook auerUlce.' Just then Rom;movsky make!! hi. move, and I . like UgMeninB, sacrifice the rook . ... only to notice wltb lerror that the o[lponent'~ lUng bas II loophole and there is no mate. li s a result, I bad to resh:o a few moves later." Romllnovsky. In "Ways of Chess Creativity," p. 163, ellU~ th is m()ve, without mentioning Alekhlne's inn uenec on It. "one o r those

f~~;lf .. O~~~~g~~ ili~ic~ r~~t~,~n orc;'::c; I:reatest masters," but did n ot like this wlY to .win liuch a I,[sme.

USCF WILL RATE TEAM MATCH PLAY GII'ss tilt .. Cl.e.j ~o; :Jl.e :lind Bu.ine •• (Continued from page 1, col. 5)

By Frtd Rt in/eiJ credit to the performances of play­ers in these popular contests. As a by·product of this work, tlie rat­ing. of Swiss System tournaments has also been greatly improved. One of the most serious problems, however, is the added expense in­volved in rating team play, The cost of maintaining the rating sys­tem has increased T:lnidlv durin"! the past two years. This year, the performances of about 3500 entries in more than 200 tournaments are being measured by the rating statis tician in order to calculate the ratingl> of USCF members who take part in these events. In all probabi litv. the ' year 1953 will show a big increase over these fi /turcs as interest in the rating system spreads from coast to coast.

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dealing with almost every conceivable aspect of the game. Yet these books have neglected what is after aU the primary object of a game of chess: the actual process of checkmating your opponent's King. The purpose of this book is to instruct you, the reader, in all the many ways of achieving checkmate,

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• Mates in three moves

'alllW 911·g 'r. ~bxd 'q:> bxb .('; ~D:lxg 'q:> tIXDI '1 ·r.61

'auo S!tt1 pal.{sHoJ aA~q sU01l'uaual:f IIlJaAas 'aww (In·n '1)J.)[ . ~ ~q:> 9b-g 'bX)[ .('; ~q:> SR·b , ......... [ '''61

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N. Y. CHESS LIFE (Continued from page 2, col. 5)

also in the Moscow International Tournnmcnt of 1925, when Bogol· jubow mct again 5 from the same group (Romnnovsky, Lcvenfish. I HlliJinovich , 11yin.Zhel1cvsky, and Zuhar'ev), llgni nst whom Alckhinc made 3 out of possible 5 points, 01' 60% , Bogoljubow's score against this g l'Oup of 5 was 4 lJ~ or 00%. (Interesting sidelight: Emanuel Las· ker, 2nd prize winner ill Moscow 1925, made only 31h points or 70%, and Capabla ncc. 3rd prize winner, only 2lJ.l or 50% against the same group of 5!).

Wichita University Chess Club is being reactivated through the efforts of John Albright, Richard Sinkhorn, and Booth Myers. An orga nb::lt.ionnl meeting will be held in thc ncar fu hll'C.

Tri·City Chen Club (Borger, Tex) held ;1 5-round Swiss rapid transit event with 15 ~layers. Eugene L.1wrenCil topped the fi eld with 41h·'h:; second went to And ries Voet with 4·1 and 10.00 in S·8 while Mrs. O. D. Thompson was third with 4-1 and 9.00 in S·B; O. D. Thompson, Jr. was fourth wilh 3 Ih_lJ,i .

CALIFORNIA OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP

ALBERTA CHAMPIONSHIP Edmonton, 1952

1."R. Ooe (C<llgaryl __ ...... ........ _W3 T>6 Will WIZ WZ 04 W5 W7 7 -I 30.7~

1: ~. U~~;·(t!!'~n"(:~)to~! ... =::~:3 W, ~: ~:3 ~A ~\2 'j'jr B~ ~t:~~ ~~ I . H. Ber,m<lnn (J.:dmonton) .... WI6 W I4 OJ'. L :! W7 01 1):1 05 :; -, 17.7:; $. P. Conne ll (Edmonton) .... LlO WI5 W I4 WII 1)3 0 2 LI D4 4"3l 1 5.~ 6. O. Sincl. lr (Edmonton) ...... 00 D1 I.t LH Dill WUI WLI W I2 4X·3 llI.oo 1. C. ~'orry (Lethi)r\dgc) .......... DB L3 W9 WI.~ L4 WU WI~ LI 41.3 1 4.?_~ II. I ,. Darrs (CaJlla ry) ... ............ . D1 Ll3 1.3 Wlr. W & ' ,10 W I5 WII 4!:,'t 1 1.2.~ IX:~: ~~~::ld(Lri~~r~~f:~) "~:~W'S t~2 r.~l ~IO tJ'6 ~~5 r.'2'3 ::~ 1!:~ :::~ 11. II. Ue.ler (Ec1monton) .......... LIt WI& WIO 1.5 L I3 WI4 U; Wll 4 -4 9.50 12. K. lIoHm3'; (Etlmonh:ml 3 ~ .. H (1' .. 501; 13. W. t ,itwlncJuk fC"iJraryl 1~·$a (l 1.2!i); 14. J. Bayer (Edmonton) 2-8 (6.00) ; 15. W. 1"1int (Ed,nonton) U-$~ (3.2$); 16. J. Dull­man (f;<imonton) 1·1 (2,00).

WASH I NGTON WOODPUSHERS' TOURNAMENT Seattle, 1952

I. Sheldon Rein. (Minne.polls, Minn.) _ .......... W13 W3 Wll W4 1 -4 11.00 2. Jack Nou,"", (Port Blakely, WIll"-) .. _ .... ~_.W9 WS 1...3 WII l·1 G.IIO 3. 1'ed Warner (Seattlo) _ .... __ ..: __ ... _ .. __ ._Wll LI W2 WI3 3 ·1 5.00 ". Ken Mulrorc1 (Seattle) . . ............. W14 W7 W8 Lt 3 · 1 5.00 5. Floyd Hebert (Seatt le) ............ ~._._ ................ WI2 L2 W & W7 3 ·1 5.00

~: g~~I~M!!.~f:"{,~ld(S~~~~tll ej"··:::::=:::- .::: .. ::::::::::~&.~ 't14 ~~~ 'f.sll ~ :~ ::&'1 II. Max B3d<>cr, .Ir . ($caUlo) .......... _._.WlO W15 IA T..6 :1 .~ 3.00 9. Roy Lc.ch (Tncoma) ...... .... _ ...... 1.2 W l2 UI WlS :1 ·z 2.00

10. H H Robert!J (Seattle) ..... . ... .. _._ .. lA WIS L7 WI2 2 ·2 1.00 Jl . lIuss Ve lll3S (Scattle) 1-3 (1.00); 12. Ceorge Faithful (T3CQma) 1·3 (1.00); 13. Robert Collin. (Tacoma) 1-3 (0.00); 14. Jorgen Bader 1-3 (0.00): 15. Ken Bonkl (Su.ttle) 1-3 (0.00): 16. Laurence Orch.rd (se.ttle) 0-4 (0.00).

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Cl.e •• Hyde Park Chess Club (Chicago)

staged a very successful member· .ship drive in October, highlighted by an advertisement in Ute Chicago Daily News and a sel'ies of simul· tancous events. Joe Shaner won the lO-se<:and tourney. M. Turian· sky won 17, drew 2 and lost 4 in a simultaneous exhibition, drawing with P. Marcus and R. Floyd , while losing to K. Jakstas, B. Greenstein, C. Stein .. nd J. RaIl.

usc.:J. ollie member.

S INCE our last report in these pages, we wish to wclcomc the

following new LIFE MEMBERS of the Un ited States Chess Federa .. tion :

Car l E. DI~n

Tona wandl, N . Y.

Dr. WUlbm A. Henkin Mount CI. mons, Mich.

John J. O'Keefe DetrOit, Mlc;h.

KUNZ CAPTURES RACINE CO MEET

Rudy Kum:, Racine City Champ­ion, won the ) 952 Racine County Championship 6-1 on S·B points, losing his final round game to Ra· cine Club Champion E. Mack. Art Domsky placed second with 6·1, los­ing to Kunz. Third ;1nd fourth on S·B with equal 5-2 scores were n. E. Higg and E. Mack, whilc fifth and sixth on S-B with 4*·21h were defending County Champion H. C. Zierke and Dnn Anderson. 25 play· ers competed for the title.

Wl.at~ :Jl.e BMt move? · By Guilherme GToesser

Pm;tio" N o. 104

Send solutions to Position No. 104 to tbe Editor, CHESS LIFE, by December 5, 1952.

Thb hright little pOSition yields to the I'roblem·\J kc move of 1. B-BSI In the .o::-nme lte(]·Ounielson, Buenos Aires 1&39 t he re followed 1. ...... , QxQB; 2. B.K6 eh, K ·KI; 3. Q·R4 eh, R·Q2; 4. RxQP, Q.B2; O. R><R, KtxR; 6. R·QI and m ack r c· signed. Note that thc solution sugr,e$tcd by severn! Bolvers o( I. R·KBli, P·K3;

~~/~l~;k dr~~Ii:!O~i\'"hP2. t~~.}~~t~ 3i and emerges wlth ,m equa l or better game.

Cor"ect solutions are acknowledged r eeeived from; C. M. Banker (K,' nsas City), J. Dar ry (f)ctroitJ. F. Cabot III (..<:; t u r/:eon Day) ; J. E. Comslock (Ouluth ), W . J. Coutu re (Charleston), J . • ·aul:her (New Haven), Dr. H . Gaba (Oetrolt), K Cault (Philadelphia), E. Codbol<.l (St. I .ouis), A . Kaufman (Chicago). E. J. Korpanty (Woodside). "R. 1\. McCalllsl.cr (IIaekenSllck), D. C. McDaniel (Los An· I':"des). Dr. J. Melnick (Portland) . E. F.

;.~u~~r s,,(~nn~h~~g~)~S1>r : \i~S~~,~~~~lz ~~~::a~~)'ol.r\,ufvu l(~~~fii~~.~2n1iwJJ~t~~: W. IJ. WlI!IOn (AI1lherstbu ra;).,N. P. Witt­ing (Salem).

SOLVERS' LADDER

(Only IOI"trs ... ho h.n-t miJmilttt/ solu· tions to thf last ql<artu posilions <rtf lisleJ.) J . • 'aucher .... _ .. 40 W. B. Wllson .... 13 e. Y. Mullcr ...... 40 H. McCailIster .. 12. t:. J . KOfl'pnty .. 39t G. M. IJ.anku .... J1, W. P. Wltllnt .... 39 A. KauCman ...... 10 C. Joachim ...... 3t111 K. LIly ~ .. _._._ ...• 9j

~.FJ.~a~:1ur;::::l~ ~: ~':.~e:k··::::::' J . 1\. Baker ..... . 29} J. E. ComstOCk .. 8 Or .. 1. Erman .... Z9~ D. A . WaisdorL :a D. C. McJ)anlel 291 W . .fl . Jame •...... 5 E. Nush _ ............ 2&~ Dr. I. Schwllrt~ 5 ~~. G"uli _ ............ 23~ W. C. Adlckcs .. 4 H. Underwood .. M A . L. Welsh ........ 3li J . L. Welnlngt.:r 2S F. Cabnt Itt.._ .... 3 Or. lL Ga~ .... ~2 1 E. Godbold .~~._ l M. A. Mlchaela .. W} A. Hartwl,~._ ... _ 3 F. J. Skoff ._ ..... 191 E. W. Buer,er .. 2 1\. A. F;IIlan ...... I!l D. Hamburger .. I Dr. J. Melnlck .. 19 R. Hed&ecock .... 1 P. Klebe ._ ........... 18 R. Grande __ .... I F. : J. VlIolvo ...... 16' P. Monllky .......... 1 F. U. Knuppel .. 14 R. O'Neil __ ..•.. 1

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SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA CHAMPIONSHIP Los Angeles, 1952

~ :::~ -" ~~2 ~~, 'tf85 't14' g~ elf ~~ ~to tl ~~o {tIl, ~lf u:n ~::~ 3. Levin .... WII U 04 WIO WB LZ WO W12 L5 W6 W7 W18 8,1~1 liB.25 4. Gordon 1)10 W13 D3 D2 07 WII L12 Ll WIG WU W5 D6 ~ 52.~ II. AllSh'er Wl4 WU Lt Wl6 T-l2 W1 L2 06 W3 WI I IA WH 7~-4 50.~ 6. JlIoeobs .. LB 0 14 WI3 WI5 D9 WIO Ll Dti W2 L3 W16 D4 1 -5 47.50 1. H. Gordon

Will UI WI7 012 D4 L5 W14 ~ WI LI:1 J.3 W IG 7·5 42.15 8. Almgren Wli W1 0 2 LI L3 L4. W l3 Lit W17 WI4 WI8 L5 Gl-5' 39.1tI 9. Oeenc .. 1.1 LI2 Wli WI1 00 WI3 L3 L1 WIS Witl WI5 Lt" GHa 33.00

10. Hn.ud .. 04 0111 W1& L3 W15 L6 Wll L2 byt.: LI LII W17 6.. 27.00 11 . A. Weisa: 5}-$~ (30.75); It. P . Laplken ~1 (39.25); U. M • • ' 1000 1~·7} (20.00): 14. C. Hendel1lon ,,!.?}); I:;. C. Steven "-8 (15.00); IG. J. Keckhut 3~-8. (18.00) ; 17. E. I::dW31'(b 3-9 (10.50): 16. C. Marko 26·91 (UO).

Llllpiken withdrew alte r eIgh t rounds.

NORTHERN CALIFORNIA CHAMPIONSHI P San Frilncisco, 1952

1. D. Pollak ott _ .... _.. . .. .. x I 1 1 0 2. 11. Gro~$ .... __ ._ .... ............... _..... . ....... 0 x li t I

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10. F ... L. Jerrers _.~ .. ~.~ ... __ ._ ...... ~ _____ .. _ .. F F F F

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SICILIAN DEFENSE New York Stife Championship

Cannovia, 1952 Not~s by J. N . Cottrt

Wh.ik Black J . SHERWIN J . COLLINS 1. P-K4 ~84 4. KtxP Kf_.3 1. Kl-KBl Kt.Qfl3 5. Kf.C~.' .... eu 3. P-<l4 I"ll" " B_KKts ~ __ The R1<:hkr Altack, " variation rieb with aJft:reS$lve Ideu. ,. __ P-K3 The best move aecordinlt to PracUcal Chesa Openlnl:S. On the only renona-ble forclna" ~11.<:rnallve .. __ , Q-R4 , White can con tiDue with 1. SIKI, KtP"B; •. D .. KlS, H.Q2; 9. 0-0 "n(l tbe tllme Alekbl oe-

~~~. ~o~\:t,~~"weQ.~f3~ wll:~ ~.Qil.t P_QR4; 12. Kt-Q~ Q·R2; and White .s t andll better. 1. Q-Q2 B·Ie] 9. Kt-K" I. 0-0-0 P ·QR] Instead 9. KKt-Kt5 has been tried and found w"nUng WcauSfl of Ihe strong

~':r~ 'h~~ 'i::~ ~~eB~~~ S':!~:!lri~ t~~ ,-130 lion lrum ",",ndard play muy be an inwrovcment II. trade. ol> ly ease Black'. more cramped garne. , . .... __ Q·B2 11. P· 84 0-0 Less hardy lOOub wuuld prder _._ B·Q2 and _._ 0-0·0. 11 . BxKI P xB 14. Kt·K11 8-01 12. P·BS! K·Jll 15.l(t·D41 Q·Ktl 1l. B.Ql KI·K4 Whi le'", fine Kt maneuvc:r hn Ued down BI"ek'", QB to a pUr.l>ly defellJilve rOle. 16. B·K2 R·I(Ktl 1D . • xKI Rx8 11. KR·Ktl QR.oBI 21. Kt(1I4)x" BxKI II. PxP PXP 22. KtxB RxKP 19. KI.o4 KI>BS 11. Kt ·S4 .... _ Sherwin has emerced from the openin, ""j\.b <:emin lauglb le advanla"C:S whleh assun: him of the better proIlJ'eeLt. (1) A well placed Kt a,alnst an im· potent Blaek B. (2) A IlUperlor V for­m"Uon. The reduction ot the forcea h"~ made the au«:e" of a dln:ct a ... lt

}~ .... o;:.~~~~ :rm~nh':~~onCO:;~~~y J'~~ le"d to a wlnnln~ enClgame. 23 . ...... _ Q_B4 21. P·KKil Q-85 24. Kt.oS B-Ql :n. K·Ktl Q-KKr5 25. KR-.I R-KU lO. KI·B4 Q.Q2 26. KR·KlI I RxR ll . .. .oR1 R·K I4 27. R"R R_K tJ :n. KI-o]1 ._. __ Ab.solutely n:fu. ~l ng lo be (lIUr:!octed hum hi. goal. On the mOre UbVtou5 31_ R·K6 ¥imply . __ • 8 ·1(2 Imd It !l. Q-K2. R-K4! With the lext moVe S herwin dc prlves the llIaek It of 11.11 K4 5quan: and proceeds to " r ab complcte control of the open K·lUe lor hlmsell. 32. _ ... _ K-Kt2 34. Q· K4 P-QKt4? 33. Q· K2 K·BI It _mS unlalr to Cive thl.l m ove a question mark as Sherwln's ,nl.l:nllicent positional piay, the slmpllctty Of whiCh Is ren.lnl"""nt of some 01 CIlp:obl:'lnca', games. has len Collin. without a l ull.­able plan but In truth thc h:xt only cn:ate l rurther wcakne$$e' and urren L~W _venues of approach lor the White Q. 35. Q·R. P.QR4 U. Q·K~ B·B2? r'c rmltUn«, what Pl'Ovelf to btl a lalal pin. Thcn: was nothing bettcr than to mark tlma with " K move. l7. Q·Kt1 R·Kt2 31. Kt·B41 ..... _ The $quarel K6 altd Q:I loom Invitingly. 31. _ .... R·K2

:~rJI:t:k 'Uj," ari~!![ ~h;~ H. Kt-Q:I If. RxR QxR? t.o.lnll " pile<! outright. _M .. ' KxR wu Qt'Cc~~~~:h";!'Qui~thbe4(J 'lnKt~$ ~(II:~

Solutlons:_

l. Chnles ~. Braun ... M.M.M. 2. Nonnan C. Wilder. Jr . .• 3. Oordon J. Davenport .M

4. Oeorge F. Chase ... :I. Or. nohert 1II. nose 6. Nick DI Paolo

Wha t a p ity! A su .... rb positlonal victory Ih rown away wit" one h urried m<>ve. t 4. _. P·K" ch 45. PxP QIIQ

ResOgns Whkh pro,'~ th:lt the law ur :lvenj(CII

~h~cb~~~ r=~n'!;~~~;~:~ .. o':.'i: e ..... Pro .... r ma"3J:"emcnt or the dock mu.st be considered a prime requisite rUr the player wbo does not wish tn

~:td a~~I~'C~~g!ls Urb[u~~:''':s ::.~~ mit...., du ri ng th.."., h a ITowins n.omen ... wh .... the minute and second hands tlpproach the rata l hour or forleitu,-..

RUY LOPEZ U_ S. Junior Championshq\

Omaha, 195'2

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sharp. co ...... Un' of a serles of beavy blOWS aL the center. Black mUlt play energetleally-and accurately-if he Is to maintain the balance. 9 _ _ M.. Kt·B4 10. R-ol B-K2

Aft~, III • • _ ..... . B·KZ BU'RDICK

11 .BxPI __ ._ 'I'hls looks extre ..... ly strong, but there Is :.n equalizer. To an ""prepared oJ'­ponent.. however. this must have come u an awfully "npleasant " hock. 11. __ .... Bx. n_ KI'-Bl Xt·KIS?! An Interesting try which m1Jtht well nave soeceeded aplnst a less talented adyersa ry. The book move. which I I/h'e for the benent M those who either don't po_ (Uk! iskl) Or don't use (even louder "lsk! tsIt!") M(."O. Is 12. M .... .

a.US!. when BI.c .... active minor p~s _m tl) Illve him " u rricle nt play for his ",.terlal lou. I]. Kt-Kti .... __ WhlU! makes hute Slowly-the Imm/!­dl:. te 13. P.QR3? wu,,11I be more th.n adequlltely mel by 13. ____ • 8-B:i! n . ...... ~ P.(I8] Saving Lhe dny? Look ~ ,galn-the Kt h as been robbed ur It! only rctn:nt square. u. P.QRl Kl xP 15. KtxK t Kt-Kt6 Black. raced with the eventual 1,," or

~:n~r.~~~'!..r;:lchn :~~~ \i~ ~~erOt~~ Rs-nnd a I~t same. Fate bas no f.:worlle genefl,l prlncll, lea. U . R·Kt1 KtxB 17. QRxKt 8-B4 Prts n 'nab]y directed against the threat. ened 18. Kt·K3 but 17 ........ R-R2 lOOkS to be " hetter try. 11. Ktx8 P"KI 10. P.oKt4 B·K1 19. Q· .3 Q·Ktl Now White nnlsM~ 01' with t h ..... 'C vJt; .. m ln·packed Kt moves. There II IW de­fense. U . Kt ·K3 Q-R2 2]. Kt·B7eh! 22. K'xP 8001 R"sigRf

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R. CURRIE M. O. MEYER I. P-K4 P-K] 1_ BP"P PxP 1. P -Q4 P-Q4 9. BP ICP B-KtS e:h 3. Kt-Q.3 Kt-KB] 10. B.o2 Q-R5 e:h 4. P·KS KKt.o2 11 . P-Ktl BXB e:h S. QKt·K2 " .(1.4 12. Qx8 Q_KS • . P-o.3 " ·113 13. 0.113 0-0 7. P· K.4 P xQP Resigns

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Somerset, 1952

Notrl br PaNI Dvlt Iro," "En Ptnrtt.u" 0/ til< DO.,nltl ... Y MeA Chm Club 01 Piusb"gh

While YATRON I. P.oB4 KI'-KB3 1. P·I(K" P-KKI3 3. P-Q4 8-K12 4. . ·Kt2 0-0 5. Kt.Q.] " -Q]

BlaCk HAMBURGER

6. Kt·.l P·84 7. 0-0 Kt·.l I. P-QS KI-QR4 9. Q.o]

COnsidered belt hHO 1.1 9. Kt42 as In

~:l~h~;$i'lIf.~~c·f~III~;o1. I~~er~r~t P.QR3J. P -K3; 11 . 1>·QKt4, KtxQI'! 12. PxKKt. UxKt; 13. Jt-Ktl. BPxPI H. np" T'. IlxKt; IS. QxU. Kt-8:1: 16. Q-B.1 wlnn!n. tho CXeh8n~e for II 16.

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P-QKt4; I? B-RI5 and U U M.M.M_ KI-K4; 11. B-RG. R-Kl; Ie.. p.B4 (lhnl Kmoch). The text method or defend!ns the P hal several dlsadvan~ .. : (I ) One ot the main drawbJ!ck. of Black ptaylns hlI Kt lo QR4 Is the pouIblUty that

~~ ~n~~~9.P~~ s;!.t~"re!:~ QKtl well protected _hUe 9. Q-Ql does DOt. (2:) Black rna)' be able to pilly ... __ • 8-1(4 a t a Ume when the reply Is not available to Whle, e .c .. _M ..... P·IO; p­K4, PXP; KPxP_ (3) The White Q rna, be $UbJect lo aUaek by 8lack P I and plceel :os they advance on the Q· ... lnt. The 3rei point Is demonstrated In the ,sme. , __ ... P.QR' 10. P·1(4 ........ 11 10. R.QI 1'-1(3 alnce 11. PXP. BxP;

l~' %i!'Ck~x~~V':;. Rx~i.~~P I::te~~~rl~~ would be 10. 8·84 u thill restrallUl 10 . ...... M. P_KS and Ill . ....... , P-QKt4 (a

~~ft~'rscefu'i~t/'~~\{ ~~o~ li~n3.;v~I~~ ment ). It Dlack chasel bsck the D with 10 .......... Kt-Klt4: II. B.Q2 h il Kt will no l onJ{er bear nn the center. In rep ly tl) 11). U-B4 BI:'lCk ~hould p robahly p tay 10 ....... _. R.QKtt IntendlnC 11 ... _ ..... p_ QKt4. After ~hl.:i advsnce Whlto would wanl tu exchance 12. BPxPP. UPx" .. hiB center would be weake ned lind Wack ...nulu have a tormldable IIne-u.p on Ihe Q-slde and White's QIU> mlllht I.Iccome an objeet M nllck. To avnld this. White. a Her ]0. 8-1W, It-QKtI. could try II. QIt·1U /11. QIt-Kti . P.QKt4: 12. P-K L' lose5 the exehan.c:;c by 12 .. ~.~~. P-KCi l. P-QKt4! 12. P-QKtJ and Black can try

~~-~: g) ~terlo""'~~lt~I~~~h n:l~ might think (1£ 13. Kt-Ktl or 13. Kt-QI. then 13 . . ~ .. ~ .• U-IM CIVCIf mack a /(uod game). Or (2) 12 ....... ~ . hPJ 13. l 'xP. R-Kt5: 14. KJ..Q2. Kt.-Klt4 : 1:1. 8 'K3 US. 8-KI5. P·KR3), B-B4: 16. B·K4. Ux lJ an " White hu his piece. Jumbled In t' .... nt of his KP wh ich he would like to ad­vanee.

::. l'i'. .. ·Kt-Q2~.~~t1 al~d ~~~ ._._, p:iCi. -Hils'''iOSeI " P~;!;.e d~~g:~K:n 12. XtxP ~~ .... ~o~Q~~ra:-;.ntp'~I~~ Q.~h3~·~4 lit KII. P -IlS: 15. Q·D2. BxK!: 16. Plen 'and Blnck'S advantage Is nnt lal'ge . Though ""red for White to .... ke the P nn h i. 12th move. the best WilY to reh,se the p Is prob~'bly 12. R.KI, e.c.. 12. .... .. ~. P·K!..": 13. Kt-QI. a-1U: 14. Q·82. P·K:! : IS. Kl-K3 and White h3n;:,. on with tho Inferior ,arne. 12 . ..... _. PlIP n . KtxK P P.KtS Hamburger dellver$ the major I.unch. The threa t nt U. ._._.. 8-IU for~1I Whlltt·s rep ly. 14. KI·K2 B·QIl3 1'- QIIS KlxQP 15. Q·K.1 S IIKt 17. R·Q I P.K3 H"mborcer hili cal cub ted well and ~~.o~~~~at the"':_ls oaslly digested.

1I1! h.u ,m eye on Kl.R4 41 wt'! 11 11 tilt'! QBP. In view nt 81ack'8 next move It would seem that t he QB I hould mnve. Unrortun;, lely. It has no COOd ,",unel.

~-KII~' o~·Y1. :!Q~kth,!,I~~: ,:I~roc~~'d:-" " :;: B:K't5 .. K!.~!t!tenr;{":~~Uld -;01: low It. _ Qx8: 20. PxKt B-Q~ leavln/( Black In .. ooc:I ,hap<:. If I'. n .KtI . RxP and now 20. BxKt!? Ilr 20. (I·B2. Kt.LIIl· 21. KxKtrKU1. KtxR IQR); 21. QxR. QxKl

;;t.nsJ:n:~!~. Isn~tn~n ihe· .:.A'~: n . . _.... Rxll 26. QIIKt R.RI 20. KheRP Q·K2 27. B.K4 S x" n . Kt.o3 R.QI 21. " x P BPxP 22. P·Kil:4 S'B3 H. Q·.2 .xB 23. K-R2 R·R7 30. Kilt. Q-Kt 4 24. P.IlS? KI·8' 31 . ... . 4 25. Q-KI KIxR The Kt dt>es nnt move on account o( 31. __ .• Q-R4 ch: 32. K-Kt2, Q·RI m.le. t seeml to mo that Uamburger partic­Ularly likes to make sharp mnv.... If 110. he mllst nlaU,. hvo c njoyed thlt: I:'nme by whIch ho assured hhnlClr 01 2nd prlle In the tOltrn'ment . 11 . .. _.. .. Q-II:4 ch 1]. QxR Q-K7 ch 32. K·Kt2 RxKt R,Ilgns

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S .. n Fr"nciseo, 1952 White 8laek

J . SCHMITT C. CAPPS 1. P.Q4 Kt·KB3 4. . -K tS II.K2 2. P.Q84 " ·K3 S. P·K3 ().O 3. KI.oB3 ".(14 •. Kt.B] _ ~ln~~ Is 6. PXP, P'xP: 7. BQ3 with

•. . _.__ QICt.(l2 9. 0-0 P·KR3 7. PlI.. PxP 10. B·KB4 P.B3 • . B.(I3 R·KI 11 . Q·82 Kt .8 1 It KJ.-R4?, t hen 12. KtxP! 12. QR'Ktl ... " ... lntenttinll P-QK14. the "Minority attack." 12. ....... KI·K3 15. P.QKt4 PII P Il. B·KS P-oR4 16. P xP R.R' 14. P.(IR3 8.01 11. Q·Kt2 Q.Rl If now 1,8. R-nl?, then BxP! Ie. 8x Kt p"e U ilxB. then R·R I. 19. KI ·KR4 KI·Kt2 20. KR·BI To fnle the Q tur K-side actlvlty. 20 . .... _ P.Kt4 Tu mike room for the Q so a$ to double R's . 21. Q-K2 8xP I 23. RXB 22. KlxQP "xKt Klack'. 1'5 are all lIolat... .... and weak_ 2]. _ Q·R4 24. R{l r Kti Concentratlng on t he QKtJ>. 14. _ R.oSI £yelll.l:' Q"R. 2S. P-R3 R-R7 Chas... .. the Q to where It wants t o ~o. hut it is doubUul the posiLio .. e:an be held . 26. Q'Bl R·Re 27. QxQP! Tricky, bu t 8OU.nd. 27 . . _" R· •• eh 29. P-B4 28. K-R2 0.82 t h • Not P.Ktl beeause of B-B3 and a threat of R-Ra mate. 29 . .... _ R(RI)x R 30. RxR R.N mack begins to reel the time pressun:, M ... 111 White tihortly. 31. Q·RI eh Kt·KI 34. Q-Ill e:h Kt.KI 32. Q-K4 P-84 35. Kt·K1 ch l3. KtxP Kt·Bl AL lon& la.d some s1mpUn ""Uon! lS . . _ .. ~. K·Sl 37. QxQ 36. Kt·QS Q.BI The red II e»y. 37 . .... _. R"Q :11. Kt-Kt& R·81 39. KIlI8 ch RJ:K 40. BxP R·KI2

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