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Volume I Number 15 OfficiCll Publicati on of The UnHecl States (I)essfederatl on Saturday,

April 5, 1947

Third Interna~tional M-atch

, Puerto Rico Wins Test Radio Match

-Between Chicago And Puerto Rico Sunday, March SO, witnessed the playing ot a test short·wave radio

match between picked teams from Chicago and Puerto Rico. Atmospheric conditions were excellent until nightfall when the band taded out and

, forced abandonment" of play. ,Prior to t he fading out, Chicago team Captain A. C. Margolis conceded victory to tbe 'Puerto Rican team.

The most important result of this short·wave match from the point of view of the USCF was the knowledge acyUired in the practical side of sho,l.·t·wave matches tpr the future activities of the USCF Radio League, which is bein!!, organized. .

In Chicago George KoItanowski acted as referee and USCF Presl· dent EI,bert A. Wagn~r, Jr., spoke briefly before the mat ch began. In Puerto Rico Dr. Jose Gonsalvez, President or the San Juan Chess Club, and i~rancisco Prieto, Secre· tary of the Puerto Rican Chess League, said a few words of weI· come.

Glenn May of Chicago (W9·JDE) was the local short·wave operator 'who cooperated, / while in Puerto Rico the radio reception and send· ing was entrusted to Roger 'Wilson (KP4'AM) or Santurce.

MARCHAND MAKES IT A HABIT AT ROCHESTER (N .. Y.)

l"or th o'J fourth time Erich W. Marchand has won the City Cham­pionship of Rochester, N. Y., while other chess players of the city shake th!)ir heads and wonder if It is haJ)ii-forming. Thill yeal"s tourname~t, h')wever, provided a , thrill in lile final round battle be· tWE'en Ma rchand and Max Herz· berger (tied at lhe time for first place). With thie final victory over hls rival , Marchand beca me the undisputed champion of the city.

Puerto Rico YS. Chicago A. Colon \/s. P. Poschel M. Colon VB. D. Thompson. F. Benietz \/8, A. C. Margolis. L. Rojas vs. S. Cohen. R. Cintron vs. E. Davidson. A. Higuera vs. F. Stoppel,

FORM CHESS CLUB AT VALLEY FORGE GEN. HOSPITAL

0 --As a result of Veteran program

of the Mercantile Lihrary Assocla· tion Chess Club (PblladelphIa) the veterans In the Valley Fd\'ge Gene· ral Hospital have formed a chess club. Pfc. Gerard Collette was elected president of the club and Cp!. Dominick Zumbo the secretary.

Under the guidance of Leon Ro­senfield of the 'Mercantile Club the new veterf:.n chess group Is organiz­ing a tonrnament to determine the strength of its membershIp, In ad· dltion tIle program ot the club calls fo-r the teaching of chess to other interested veterans in a weekly session In the Red Cross Io-unge, and the development of a special program or chess for bed patients unable to attend the meeUngs.

t "I,oto: V~rnon W. Cady, Clc"elo",] Pl.i" n".leT Staff l'hotogral,her.

junior chen pia.,,,s 0/ Ci,,,e/and engrosud in th"ir mOYlS al lhe j~"ior Sp~d Tournam~nt. Standing al the left is Larry F,jedman, CI~ydand', Spud Chjmpion and U. S. junior Ch'us Champion. Th~ Spud Tournam~'1t i, part of the junio, program of the Cln'CIand Ch~H Anociation which ;, conducted j" t~ b~autiful Treasure Room of Cleye/and Public LibMry 0" Satu,day 4ternoo ....

ABINGTON YMCA SURPRISE SECOND IN PHILA LEAGUE

F Jnal standings o r the P11llade l. phla Chess League show the Mer· cantile Library C!~b team the nndis· puted victors with six wins and no draws or losses, inCluding a smash· ing victory over Abington with a score of 5·1. The p ewly organized Abington YMCA Club team was the surprise runner·up \vith fOUl'vlctor. ies, one draw and one loss, Detend· ing champion Franklin Chess could place no better than a tie for third with North City Chess.

Fina l Sianding. Matches a am ...

::r~:~~~IO y~'C~r~ ... ::::::I:::::::: !I~~ ~tl~l Franklin Che ...... __ ......!.. __ ).~ 19·]1 North City Che ...... ____ ._ .. _ ) ·3 19 ·11 Germantown Whlto .... _ ._,_ .. _ 21'~1 lS!."! Gflrmanlown Red 2 ·4 15·20 Rheem Mill. Co ......... ~ ... ~ .. _ .... 0""' 2 ·3~~

LEXINGTON BESTS LOUISVILLE -CLUB IN CLOSE MATCH

Invading the Hermitage House headquarters ot the LouiSVille Cbess Club, the Lexington (Ky.) Chess Club 'led by Dr. Jose Puente retired triumphantly with t11e vic· tory by the close score of 14%· IS'A..

Ledngton L.oII1.v11ro )loyse .. _._ ........... _. 0 &,hrnitt ._ ........... _ ... . 2

Puente .... 2 Ryden .... _ .......... _ .... 0 Mo.<'Quown "_"~""_ 1 Shield. .. .. _ .. _ ... _ .... 1

Dowden ..... _ ...... _ .. a Yunke~ ... 1

I.ong ...... ___ ........ _ 1 Lopez ......... _ .... _ ...... 1

Oat ........ _ ... 1 WiUWrspOOTl ...... _ •. 1

Ki"gBnh'cr _ .... _ ... _ 1 Allioon __ .... _ ... _ ...... 1 "'n~eT""n 2 Fowler .... ___ ...... _ 0

Zimmerman ...... _ .... l ~ Moadow. .. ................ 2

Grot e .. _ ................ __ ! Gnlben .... _ .............. 0 Porter ___ .... _ .. __ .... 0 Turn"r ..... _ ....... __ ... 2

Kann~pel ......... _ .... 0 :Brakmel,," .............. } Mayer·Duke ...... _ .... 0

l'utnBm .. _ ... _ . ___ .. 2 Rinl'(O ._ .......... _ .. " .... I! ~l .. nd _ .... _ .......... _ .. 2

],hington .. _ ..... 14i Loulsv!1le .......... 1S}

NEBRASKA FORMS STATE ASS'N USCF COOPERATES

So new that the officers and Boal'd of DIrectors have not yet been elecl€d, ·the Nobraska Chess Asso-clatio'l has been formed with Jack Spence of the Omaha Chess Club acting as secretary·treasurer In the interIm and as editor of the Nebraska Chess Bulletin which has already issued Its first num­ber. A. C. Ludwig. Nebraska State Champion, is aSf:oclate editor.

Organization of the State Asso· ciation W1.S with tbe oooperation of the USCF whose directors and members in N'~braska tormed the Imdeus .l.bout which the Initial group wac; collected.

J<'urther evidence of chess activl· ty In N91)rask~ is given by the organization of a chess club in the Jewi.'lh Community Center in o.maha under the supervision of David ' Fi ilhman, Diro'Jctor of Youth Activities. Phil 'Lubman was elect· ed pl"esidpnt of the club, Harry

' Feldman lhe secretary·treasurer; and Rabbi Mushowltz Is serving as itll sponsor.

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MARYLAND CHESS BESTS TEAM OF CITY COLLEGE

In a six board match with the City College Chess Club, the Mary· rland Chess Club (Baltimore) won by the declsiv(' score ot 6·6. The victorious Maryland players were: Charles :'3arasch, Herbert Bern· hardt, Hobert Ilderton, A. Quail, Joseph Snouffer, and Leo Frank.

WASHINGTON v •• BRITISH COLUMBIA THIRD TOURNEY

Under the joint auspices or the llrltlsh Columbia Chess F e deration and the P 1!get Sound Chess League of the Swt e of \Va shington, t h e third Int0l'nutional Chess Tourna­ment was held at Moun t Vernon (Wash. ) or. March, 9. Washingto n won the motell by .l. score of 3Sb to 22~ . r

Seventy boards wore contested in the l'IIollnt Vernon Moose Hal l, scene of the battie, of which sixty­one couIl~d officially In the match: and f~ur hundrEd spectators crowd· cd the hall to en joy the ba ttle ot wits. Oldest playe:' wos W. D , ]31-ew5t8r, 87, of Sea ttle, Washi ng· ton ; y6ungest was A lbert Creem· er, 12, of Vancouver, B. C.

As a ~pocial featUre of t he oc· \ cas ion A l'thul' Dake of Portland, Ore., played an exbibltion ga me against Ola f Ulve stad o f Seattle, W!!9!l" wi l).!).i JJR in .u m9Yf'~, GCg, l{oltanowskl, the blind[olrl wizard , acted all l'cfel'ee for the exhibition game aao magter or ceremonies COl' th e II'1'lr ~1:ltnfln1.

Cooper!l..;ing c1uhs for Canada were: Vaucouver Chess Club, Van· ' couver Jewish Chess Club, 'city Chess Clu o. University Cbess Club, Russian Cness Club, Mission Chess Haney Chess Club, Chilliwack Chess Ctl:b f!nd Victoria Chess Club. Waflil ingtull was represented by; Tacoma Chess Club, Unlver· sity of Wasbing'ton Chess Club, Everett Chess Club, Bremerton Chess Club, Queen Anne Chess Club, Seattle Chess Club, Bain· bridge Island Chess Club and Skagit County Chess Club, hosts for the occasion.

'['bini .wd bi,E:gest of the series, the meeti,lg of March 9 brought happy memorleo ot the original In. ternational '['onrnament at Mount Vernon when the Skagit County Ch,'ss C!~lb acted as hosts on March 24, 1946 and Washington won. The lIecond meeting was in Canada in July, 1946 and tho Cana· dians had their revenge with a stirrl"ng victory. A fourth meeting is planned for the future.

GEORGE S. BARNES REGAINS MINN. STATE TITLE ·

In the annual Washington Day State ChamplOl;'shlp Tournament played in Minneapolis, George S. Barnes regained the Minnesota State Cllamplonship title, lost in a challenge matc.h to former State Champion, Dr. Giles A. Koelsche. The ten leaders in the field of forty entrants were:

Soore P\:llnb George S. Barne ..... _______ 6 23~

W. R. Jone •. ___ ._ .. _ _ ._. ___ ._ S 18

Roger Heln .. .. - - .... .. -~------ 4l " r~;ld:;" ~~i~en __ =::=:.::..-::.::-.::::: : ~~ Duld EnMon .... _,_. _ __ __ 4 141 c. F. We ... r __ .... _ .. _. ___ ... __ 4 D

~.ens;~~,;;, ..... ~ .... :::::::=::.:=:::: : . m Dr. L. T. Kn aap ._ .. ___ ... __ ._~ 4 9

In the Minor Tournament Isaiah Guttman was victor with the score of 4% and 12 points. Mflton Otte· son was second with 4 % and 11 points. Burt Kronstadt was third and Robert Youngman fourth among the eleven entries.

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Volume 1, Number 15 Saturday, April 6, 1!H7

BUT TO

LET'S ERR NOT

-IS HUMAN REPEAT THIS ONE

(An Open Letter to "CHESS" and M. Botvinnik)

I N the Marp.h issue of OUl' es teemed contem))ora l'y, "CH ES S" app,ears an article by M. M. Botvinnik ill which he taI,es the United States

Chess ~~ederation to task severely for a proposal ~)ubJlsb ed in CHE:SS REVIEW conce!'J) ing the World Championsilip.

'Ahout the proposal in CH~S REVIEW there is no comment. It is an interesting expression of ideas. A~ld cert'linly the/ e()i toJis of CHli]SS REVIE\V, as all independent c hess publication. al'e entitled to publish their opinions a nd proselyte f or theIr Ideas.

But we must respectfully reque~t {tha t hoth "CHESS" and Mr. Bot· \'illnik come to a tarny realizat ion that tho views expressed in CHESS H~~VIl':W represent the oplnlollS of the od1tors ur thut. llUlJ!lcuJlon, UII . on many matters of chess the USC]<~ a mll CHmSS REVIEW cooperilte, but tlley cooperate as independent hodies and the policies of one al'e lJ,9t necc,ssall ly the policies of the other. { \

1i>O .~ ~ 'line oHlc!ul s lateliwnts or lhe poude\{ of the ' Onl ted States Chess! ,Federntiou are published through t hl'! medium e[ CHESS LI FE, usually und er the signature of President mlbert A. Wagnel:: J I'\ or EXflC)ltlve Vi ce-PI'esident Paul G, Giers, No othel' voice is autllorized to s peak for the l]SC F.

JOHN HAROLD BELS,ON

O N Tllursd;>y, Marcll 13 John Harold Belson wag the victim o[ a sud· den seizure and passed away, Chess players In the Uni t ed States

will rem em bel' 11im as a participant in the finab of the 1934 Open Tourna· men t in Chicugo anll the 1935 Open 'foul'llament in Milwaukee whel'e his quiet, unassumIng ways coupled with his In'.'.l lllgcJlt chess lIlalle hint nllLny friends.

T wice Cheils Champion of Canada (in J931 and in UI4G) Belson had held the Toron to City Cham pionship (:onUn:lOltsly almost fol' many years. He was victor In 1932, 1933, 1934,1935, 1!J36, 1942 flnd 1946, There were no tOUl'nalllent~ in 1943 and 1!J44.

Bol'll In Helsin ki. ~~Inland on ~'ebrual'y 23, 1~)06 . Belson lou\'Iled his chess from an uncle but did IlQt play sel'iously until after he lanned In Canada in 1924. By profession he was It machinist and br<l/ls worker with th e Bettie Cadillac Ltd. of TOI'onto.

A Illflmhcr or the ChUI'ch of All Nations. gel'vlces were conducted by the Rev. George A. KOPPollen, and R K Martin. pI'e~jde llt of th~ Gambi t Chess Club. C, A , COInpton ami Keith Kel'ns were among the Imll-bcarers,

Delson Is s urrlved by his mother, with WhOl~l he lived. an d a mal'l'led hrother. Chess players in t1~e United States join with those i n Canada iu expressing their sympatlly' alld sorrow. Alllong chess players John Hal'o1(\ Belson )Yi!l lJe long i'emembel'ed as one of the U)ost pleasant aud unassuming gentleme n who evur played the game.

CLEVELAND WELCOMES FUTURE MASTERS By A. R. P,hillips

Py(lsid"II /, OiJio CIJI'H ASSOCiafion

C LEVELAND is host to the U ni ted States Chess FederaUon's second national ,Junior Chess Championship Tournament Ihis year 'This

Is ' a fittin g tribute to Larry ~~ I'i edillan who won the lItie at Chicago last year.

We, here, want to wt:llcqm e the hl'ight young l11en who are coming to visit us from all parts ot the nation, We hope that you will leave reiuctanUy at ;;he c lose of th e tournament.!\lay all of you ,\om l'! back again to 'vis lt us. J ust what Is In stor t:l (0 1' you here w ill be leal'ued aftel' you arrive aud during Hie two weeks or youI' stay.

Our committee hel'e Is al ready working on plans for a program that we hope wi\! equa l, 'If not Burpass. th at of Chicago last year, En­tries silould be sent in as early as possible because part of this prog't'a m will be planned to be especially of Interest to certain ones of OUI' guest~,

o r course, we assume that Cleveland's Parl, S~stem, her g reat all" port, he\' library with the finest chess collection in the wOI'ld. and coulltless other aitmctions al'e known to everyone, The" tournament

this year will he spread over two full weeks so that there will be time fQl' other e lljoymf nts as weH as Chess. _

Cleveland wlecomes the Chess Masters of tIle future! q The views expressed In this Guest EditorIal are not necessarlly t~ose of CHESS LIFE ,

THE NATIONAL JUNIOR CH~SS TOURNAMENT

(Monthly Letter No . 40)

I' B.y Elbert A. "\V;\gnel' , JI'. Presidwl, Un'/ed Statu Chen Fedna/ jon

I N t he montb of Marcil two basic changes were- made in t he plans for the ~ecorlll [QIUI'nament for the .Tunior Chess Cham pionship of the

Un ited States which is to be played at Cleveland next summer. 'The firs t was the pJss ing of t he follo wing I'eso l:ttion by the Fedcmtion Directors: I

Any boy o r girl who has not yet reached his twenty_first birth. day shall be e l ig ible to e nter the tournament for the Junior Chess Championship ,of the Un ited Sta tes.

The Coml1]ittee on Junior Chess shall have authority to make such divis ions linto age groups in ~ny particular tournam e nt as t hey may consider j'ldvisable in orde r to encour.<lge the you nge r playe rs and to promo je the ge ne ral s uccess of the tournament.

'The way ha thus Ireen opened to that large group of youngC-!' play­~rs who arE; b,etween 19 and 21. That this development is o[ great Importance IS readily agreed by all, even though opin ions differ as to

whether' the change is desirable. 'TIle effect can better' be judged In retrospect after the second all-

• nual junio r tournam ent has heen played,

Age gl'OUps of under 1,5; )5·17; 17-19; and 19-21 are nahll'al divisions which may he usen, When all of the eutdes are in, a somewhat differe'nt group. ing may appear to be more adaptable. In any event, the highest age d ivision wlil IlOt he changed; that is to say. no Iroy undel' 19 will he required to com­pete against a bQY over that age until the 'Tourna­ment of Champions when the the winner of each a.ge group will s ta,-t the Hnai rULllld rul./!n [01' tile grand national ~uIJior Clrarupiollship.

'The second forward Istride. one worthy of se\'en removal at all othe r restrictions as to entry. De.

ii::J:~\:~~:%'~;:~:t;h~I"~":seeminglY unqualified "tatemcnt sweep me let me hasten to say that there is a numb'or cannot rcnsonably Ire made. Thus, whil e

I' any li mitation upon numhOl' of players who may S tate. or in any particular nge group, the Junior

Tounun",,"t ,,"v,m""'" may close the entries if the total number be­for convenient handling. now ho l! uh11l1tted, und II'hll , Il I ~ lou much to s oy eutl'les will uecossndly be those which aro ulUmately I being equa l. t he entries whloll are first l'ece lved

't~" : h:'~:~:;;:':'~ o\'el' lhose which come in later, It will \lay.

an nounced, the Cleveialln sponsors qf the Tournament have gen'H'ously ol1'el'ed to furnish

players. 811O\l ld the totul entry exceed th ir l figure, U, Jlosslbi1lty wlJ.ich is en tirely !iI,ely, tile committee will have to de­cide Willch of tbe playel'S should he gh'en the be ne lit of the housing accommOdation~t Here aguln. the tact that a 1)layer Is among the t!Jost GO enU'les does ot necessa1'lly rllt~an that Ii., will he lavol'ed in this respect (as som regard must be given to a fail' distrihution a mong the various sectiong or the country) but dil igence ill nIing his entry may nevertheless be til., determinin g factor.

J::Isewhere in lhi s l!lsue there is an entl'y bla nk. If you want to pIny in the J unior Championship Tournam ent" read the applicatiorl care· fu lly. then send it witll YOIll' ent l'ance ree to Mr. S, S. Kee ney al Cleve­lund.

From lIN EJiI01"S Mail-& g

Dcar Si r:

As stat.,!! 1l\any Ume8, it is up to we individual playel's to Interest others. JC each or U!l would teuch just olle new player and in turn that playllr teach another, tIle r tl· suIts would bo astounwng. As [or me, I am very ;:!'ratef1l1 to thp varty that toolc the pains to leach me. He has givell me mauy houl's of enjoyment. Those I ha ve t,\ught fee l grataful 1.0 me also. i'{o one, ullfamillal' with chess, can posslhly aJlJlreclute the thl'ills 011 th~ cl!ess board. It iR U\l to us to put that fact acr09S,

We ,formed ~. chess club ut the office all ~1 hnve twelve 'members. ' I'here is ,\ bee·hive of activity dm'­ing the !'),lch period, Chess games allover the place. OccaslonalJy we have tt)ul'naments and auy un­finished ,!;ames are Illarked up and finished at anoiher time, When on

shol 't tim'J we play s kittles. 'These short. ~nupl)Y ):,ames ul'e V€I'y ex· hilerutiug. \Ve also play two hoard at ollce, Instead or t he usual one.

, T his I~ vcry interesting alsO.

Bring a chess set to work with you. ll tar t playing by you l'self­othel'S wlll sllow In te1'es t. III a short time a new chess player is born,

Play .ciless-and Ih'e!

Dear Si r:

D. J. GRAY. Denver, Colol'Udo

Let's idolize our Chess Champ· Ions, pal'i1cularly " that guy Sam" Hcshevsky.

Let's Itltve some ntlw" or aI" ticles a bout them.

P . PALAZZO. Lorain. Ohio

Funny how people I'eael to U,e I)l'o~pect of s ucceBs, -:rhe hardest game to win (and Ihe easiest one to lose) Is a "Won" position. . . .

Hl tlel' didn't invent the "war of nen'es," He ~tole the Idea from some of the chess players at tile local cll ess clu\) .

American e~e:jj A_ R. Phillips

BOI'lI Oil a farm in Rooks CQun­ty, KanSDS, flu}, Phill ips is Hevel·· theliess an Ohlan by trad ition. fo, ' hi ~ parents had moved f('om Ohio to "homestead '. in the Ilew coun­try.

Because of his fa th,"f' s contempt fQr "learning" in the fo rma l sense, P hill ips had to acquire an educa­tion 011 hi, own by earning his OWll way through Campbell College, a small SChool in Holton. ["ansas.

'Those were the _ days Qf the s tel 'eosconic vie ws .. and on lea ving

colleg~ une!' graduatio n Ra y ma d e them hig busi. ness. travel_ ing all over the- west sell­ing views and ol'ga.n/zing in coli eges fo !, a matter of over four year's.

\Vodd Wa [' intervened,

A. R. Phillip. a nd Ray en-listed in the

army, att~Il(,I.jn3" Officer-" 'Training. Du ring his pre-war wandCl·ings

in 1913 Ray learned to play chess from. a student at Penn College in Oskaloosa. iowa. He has ll'\lVel' been ahle to unlearn i t since.

In 1943 with Stanley_ Prague. S. s. Keeney and othel 's. Ray Phil­lips WIlS instrumen tal in forming the Cleveland Ches~ Association, One of th~ ranking cltY , ciress a s­sOCiUtiOllS wilh a cOlllpl'ehellsive chess prOg'l'll.m. Phillips \ was presi­dent of 1 he Association for two 1""" " .. " "'I"eu. · v' LUll .... . ~·V\l""'\1 Chese Bulletin 'fol' one year und a imlt ~

In UH5 Hay became president of the Oili9 Chess Allaoclntlo" upon ' Its organization and st;,i11 hold;s that oWee, Tn 1944 he WriS named a Dil'ectOl' ill ihe L'"SCP and ha s been active In USCl<~ affair'S ever since,

S, S. Keeney BOl'n on lL rann in northern Penn­

sylvania in 1889, S_ S, Keeney saw his lIrst game ot chess aftel' he had Ilnlshed co\1ege (SYI'acuse 1!J1 2) when one evening at the YMCA in Dl'ldgeport. Conn., he watched several meu playing chess. The Knight's movo l)articulal'1y in­trigued him, so he paused to watCh; and that was his downfall. SOon he was pushing the pieces himself,

Sime (as his friends call him) feels tha.t he played a better ga.me at the end of his Ilrst three years or

s. S. Krn'~y

play than he does today, Si ngle the n. he played chess' nearly every nigllt and over th e week·en<,!s, Championship chess. accOl'd· ing to Sime, is for the rela­tively few who h a v c almost unlimited time to dovote to

It; but the gl'Cat I)opularity or cness stems frolll l he fact that two play­el's or relatively the same st1'ength will get a worlrl or enjoyment out of the game, re'gardles~ of their Jlroftdency by clJalllpion shill stall-dards. '

Sime Is USCF Oil'ector trom OItlo and a trustee of the Ohio chess As­sociation. He wa s active in the formation of the Cleveland Chess Association and served as IIrst chairman of its Industdal League. He Is president oC the Checkmate Club, 1\'I08t important of all, Sime is Chail'll1a.Il of the "Chess fo r the Wounded" program of the USCF, reorganized as "Chess fOl' Veter­ans"-a must on the USCF agenda tor many years to come.

By MOlltgomery Major

L E ARN C H ESS FAST By S ammy Rel hevlky a nd F red Rel nfeld ($1.00 ) It III so meth in g or an a ch ieve ment tv com pl'ess w ithi n lhe SCOlle of

144 Ilrln1e d pages it c~m lliete and adeQual e i lltl"oducUo n to t he game or c hOIll. In "Leal'lI Chess I<'ast" this mlJ-acie has been accomplished IW adequately that thla reviewer has no cri tical comments 10 make. The I)ro(u se use of over 300 diagrams clcnrly t race each IStclI a long the way, and the iIIus tnlUve games have been chosen w ith elllXlcial care to 8uggCllt to Ule begi n ner t he card ina l pl"inc1plea of good ollenlng I)lay.

T he re has ' Iong been a need for nn adeqlla t e guide to ches8 1)lay fOI' t he novice that was both lucid aud IneXI)ensi vo. Till8 work ot Reshcvsky and Itelnfeld ~dm lrnblY fulfills thc3C quallflcntlons. a n d Is col"I"cctly s ubtitled " A sllol·t-<:ut g uide to the royal game." As the joint work of 'he U. S. Champion and of o ne ot lhe onl!>tand lng a nno­tatQrs ami writers on chess. it speaks with an a ut hority lhat cauoot be denied . yet Is ' Ilhrn&ed so cle& r ly that It I Ilrlnc ljlles can be gra81led without elforL

CI."J :Jor :Jl.e :lireJ BUJineJJ man By Frd Rr.i1l/"ld

Can You Top This One? ThiS gume goes only e ighteen

moves ami end~ in a draw a t t hat. Yel I cOll!llder It the moat remark· able game eve.' played. ClUJ you think o f !l. bett er cundlda te?

Vitnn., 1872

VIENNA GAME Whit,

L HAMPPE 1. P·K4 P·1(4 2. KI·QB) B-84

Black h ilS 10l>t

81..:k J. "' E' TNER

J. J(1·R4 i 7 O. Pch! ? 4. K~O Q·R5 eh

no lime in mak· lng lhe t:acrlflce wh ich his 0010100'

\:lil t hus pro\'oked. The sequel is a s lou ndlnz· 5. IC ·K) Q·8S ch &. K·KU Kt.qRJ " K..IJ) P..Qot ,. P..IJRJ 1. K·8 ) O_ KP

Alld whllt wou ld you Illuy 1I0W

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S. KOWALSKI WINS NO. NEW JERSEY CHAMPIONSH IP

The North New Jersey Cllam p.. 10UI>\)II) t:uded in the v ictory of Stephen Kowa ls k i. win ner of last yelLr's :-<cw J ersey Champlons llip Tournament at Trenton. w Uh a score of a·I . Second was Ii'. Howard with a score of 4'h·l iJ.,. Doczar and McCor lllkk tied for third willi 3'3 each. OUlP.r finalists ere Badert· scher with 2'h - ~'h, Jones ..... Ith 1f.,2· ::1,4 aud Hering with 'h.·51Al.

ORLANDO LESTER NEW HAMPSHIRE CHESS CHAMPION

In the New Hampshire State ChUIllI)iOnship Tournament, vlclor y went to Orlando A. Lestel' of Cen te r Sandwich (:-I. H .) who won th e ti tle wltho nl loss of a ga me. A veteran of three rears Cif ovcrsea s service . Lestel' Is IlltOl'ested In m usic a nd poetry In add it..l on to chess. and is possessor of the largest phonograph collect ion in his stllte.

AI tile a nn ua l meet.lng of the State Chess Association. conCU l"J"e n t with tbe tournament, Cbarles ' Vil· Iiams of Nashua wa s elected presi· d en t. HalTY E. Fellows o f Concord vice-president, and Aboot Gotshall of Sandwich . secretary· t r easurer. Fred A. Barker of Manchester. who was fi r s t selected a s secretary i o 19 18, a nnO.n nced b ls d esire to retire after a lmost thirty years of service as secretary to th e o rgan iza tion, prior to the e lectlon.

,. _ _ Oxl(lIlh!! 11. K.I( I' P.R4 eh! 10. KxO Kt·B4 eh 12.. Kxl(t K t.I<2

Wac k Is a Qileon a nd two pieces tlOWII. hut he ... 1\1 have no trouble in gettln.; a d mw! The Imm ed iate lIlI'eat Is 13. , P·Kt3 eh: loI. T"·Ktli . B·Q2 mate. l}. B.Kts eh I(·Ql 15. K.K15 Kt..B 14. B·"l P ·Ktl eM

Now t h e th r-dt"lt III Hi. , Kt· Q5ch : 17. K·R4, U-Q2 mate. H llari· OUII wou ld be 1 6. P·Q4, Ktx P ch: 17. QxKt, I3-Q2 mate! 16. I(.Kt B·Kt2. eh1 1

ii'ol' if 17. KxB? K-Q2 ! ! and mute II unavoidable. n. K.KtS1 8 ·RJ eh 11. K-8'! _

Not I S. K·R4?!, IJ.U6! fOllowed hy 19. ,P·Rt4 mate. II. _ _ B.Kt2chl !

Abal)u uued as Ii d raw!

CI:UB OF THE ORANGES BESTS IRVINGTON-POLISH

On March 7 the Chess Clu b 0 ( 1

t he 01'an >;e5 In vlgol'ous s t yle de. feMe(1 the \j·vlngtoil.P oUsh (N. J .) Chess Cluh. defendi ng Champions or the Suburban Chess League. to maintain t beir firm grip on first Il lace In the league. Among the features or the match was the vic· tOI'y or proble m ist 1(. S. Howard ove r tbe lIew North :-<ew Jersey Cham pioll. S. Kowa lskI.

Club of OranllO" K. fl. IInwRnl.. __ 1 )'. MO"'am _._. NeOt>nnld< ___ .<lj. Pmtrh __ . ___ I }·.m",,,,, ___ ._ 1 Slan/leld ___ , Jf. tllI; _. __ , rlllllt _. __ ,

Ora"l<" ~_ .. _!l1

l,v lnglon.Pono" no",·.'oIIl _._._._ 0

e~d.~-:-=~j~ n»cdcO .. · ... 1 __ 0 W ... to ...... 1 •. __ 0 MICh ...... kh __ • Koplll! ___ ._ a

''''Iurton . __ .. _ t

LONDON TERRACE CHESS (1'01. J .) BOWS TO LOG CABIN

On March 15 In the second round of the Metl'opoUtan Chess L eague the Lo g Cahin Ch es~ Club (West O,·a nge. N. J.) score d a vic· tOI'y ovel' Ule Londen 'l'eITace Chess Club.

LOg C.bln C. 1' • ."..,lee _ 1 A. lI<>c:aar __ o Y. 1I0W11n1 __ 0 T. I'!. Kno" __ 1 H . .101'," _ •• _1 II. IJadcrtochn .... _} R. McCormick . .. _. I n . C<>hen .. __ .... _!

1""Il" Co.btn ____ 41;'

LOll60n Teo-race If.~ Dueh2mp_ I R . )1 . I"hl,i __ 1

nr. R. Sehl ... ill&".".J .\ . O. To ..... n __ 0 c. n ut. __ .... __ .. _ 0 ~f. )'1111. _ _ .. __ .: .. t R. n"'" nels .. _._ .. _ 0 M. Krattler __ .. _ •

i.<Indon T~"""'"",.a.lI

BOISE (IDAHO) CHESS OUTDOES TWIN FALLS CLUB

In the first c bess ri valry be t wee n Twin Falls and Boise ( ldalLo) on March 9, the visiting Twin Falls team bowed in d efeat i n a dou ble round malcll w ith the Boise Chess Cluh.

Bolo. elM .. Harle _ •. _ .... _ ~ St~"'ut _ .. ____ . 2 J ohn""" __ . __ .... _ 1~ Pcr"lr.r;cul. _ .. __ 1 PauL __ ... _._ 1

Uol", Ch .... _ S

TwIn Fall. Che ..

th~:I.~ll';i;t~;;:::.lt L. KUnlptou __ ._ li "''''l,1ly _._ ... ___ I fIco~t _ .. __ ..• _._ 1

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CANADIAN CHESS FEDERATION TO ISSUE YEAR BOOK

T he Chess Fp.derutiolt of Canada hu s ,ulIIollllced Illan s fo,' t h e publl· "cation of its fi r st Yenroook Con· tonta will inc lude artlc l~s or Can· adian c he3s events o f the past and futu re, It directory of the c hess c lubs In Canada, a ud be Illus trated with numorous h8 lt·l0nOI:ll of cbess personali ties and events lu Canada. A II ml led Ilullibe l' of these Year­hook s w ill be avallablo to Il illyen h\ the united States. Those In· Ic r(>sll!tI 'nay wl·lte to D. A. Mac· Adam, !!l84 Decarie 8Ivd., Mon· trefll %8. Quehec, Canada rOI' tur· thcr details.

P A R·7K=-=DC-:A--=-L-=E--=-L-=E-:-A-=-DS IN TORONTO (CAN .) SCHOOL LEAGUE

Parkdale Collegiate took a firm grip on Ule cliumplonllhip of th e Toroilto secondary school cbess leall"ue lJy defeating the f'astcrn section w ln nel"!'!,' Upper Canada College, in the fil'lS t of two lIlutc hes \)y the dcrlsl\'e !!Core of 6·1. .

P .... eI.l. up_ C.nM.

~:: ~= -== : :::~:r -== : I'! . K .... ·C!Q· .. _ 1 U. Connell __ _ 0 W. Oabr ___ 1 II. C<><k>unb _ a 1I. 01 ... _ __ 0 II . SI"" I~' ... n _ _ 1 E. ' lald ",ln ___ I 11 . S .. tht.'.nel _ a

I'~"" 'A '~ . . ... _ 5 LOG CABIN BOWS TO MARSHALL IN METRO. LEAGUE

In the ope ning round of tbe Metropollilln Le<tgue matc hes the l..og Cabi n (N'. J .) Cheu Club bowed to t h e boavy slegeguns ot t lt tl Mnrshll ll Ch cIs Cl u b (N Y. ) .

Ma"hall Chen LOll C. bfn Ch.1I J . l)ono~al\ ___ II F. 11 ........ 111 ____ 1 A. !i.lIlLUfH,I I .t . HIItlrlll." .... _ 0 It . .... )1". __ I P. " .m'~l .... _ _ I to: I ....... ~r __ I ~. Mr{'ormlr .. _ I)

A. .\Il~'lC1lrl"l _ I I.. ~ddlcll __ 0 (lold~.Ifl" __ 1 T. K ........ _ . ____ 0 L. "~a ... ___ .. ~ A. Jlo<,o ... " ___ 0

:i: A~~l:: ::~-::-_-=-: ~ ~. ~(I'l~:,,~I._=:= 2 .J. HaU ... r ___ ...... adj. H . Jo n~ • ..•. _._ .... adj.

Mar_ha ll _ ....•. _.71 Lo,r Cftbl" _ ...... lb

STERLING CARTER POUGHK E PSIE­CHADWICK CHAMP.

By besting Vi1tor Bohm In t wo out at tlw ee match ga ines, E. S t e r· ling C'H"ter beco~n es cha mpion or t he Pougllkeepsi&(:ha(lwlck (N. Y.) Chess Club. Car ter and Doh m fin· l slle<! tn a deadlOCk ill the annual tou rnament a n d Ihe playoff was necessal"y to decide the litle. Carter gave a s imultaneous exhib ition (one ot the duties of th e new cham l)lon). scor ing seve n WillS, lWo d"aws and on e loss in his Ini tia l exhibilioll. --+----­QUEENS WOMEN'S CHESS CLUB HAVE BIRTHDAY DINNER

On rotal'cli 9 the Queens ,Vomen's Chesa Club (Cle'lelalld) celebrated their nin th H1'ftllday wi th a dinner i n t he "Pine Hoom" or An ders Res taur.lIlt in Clevela nd. Many c hess frien ds joined thenl tor the occas ion and t h e dinner ended In a l'OUIl(i Of social chess.

The Ch~ Bug Sez, Dr llo6son

AND I THOUGHT WE'D SEEN EVERY·

THING

FRED REINFELD WRITES ON CHESS FOR CHESS LIFE

Wllh Lhl!:! Issue CH ESS 1~ l l>'E welcomes ('ll behalf of 11 11 "caden the rtrs t of many contrlbuLlons by the well·known c bess anallst and author~ P ''Cd Reiofeld, whose col. ullin ou "Chess for t he Tired Bus i· ness Man" will become a regula I' lentul'e of the paper.

lJorn Oil Janna l'" 2i, 1910. Pred Heinfe ld waited until the lIIatu re age of tom·teen to lenrn che9s. T he record shows that he leal'ucd It t horoughly, despite th e late s tart. Manled and proud pal'en t of a tou r yen r old !Oon. Reinrtlld hOI foun d tim e Iii a busy schedule of activity to becom~ th e World 's lIIost 11I'0'

Iltlc lIut ll o1" 01) c hess. Of til(' many titles he has fOL heretl, " Keres' Best Gam es" was t h p. book Fred e njoyed mOAt In writing.

.'\s a 1,Iayer Relnfe ld rnnks III the UPller rJlgJtL Rcs he va ky, Fine, Danke,·, Horowitz. Lasker, Pinkus, 811110nllon, Marshall have a ll bow(l(1 to 11111 IIklll In tou)"lJamelit Illay, and he dl'ew in all " n cou n ter with Aiek. h iDe . To u rnament flrstIJ inc lude Hal/Dna) IMeroollrl1nl l'o C)IIU11l}jQ}1' uhh), New YOJ k S tate Ciliunpion. ship (t\\,;",o), Marshal! Chelis Club CbamllLolI'lhlp and Manha ttan CheslJ Club C1l.1lliIPIOl\ll.lJil).

j"i'o r several yearll Relufeld servo cd nil li: .~(>cu tlve E dltOI' or Chess Rev iew. a n d Is now c hess editor for Duv!d McKay ComplIlIY, lLlId consultant for thei r ex t l'e m('ly ae· t h 'e prog::lllJ or chess publication.

SALEM (WASH.) CHESS CLUB W INS FROM LONGVIEW

MpPIi"g: ;n th., club rooms Qr th .. POJ·tlnnd ( OrR) Chess Club-(ilty nli les rrom Salem (\Vush.) and t1fty milell fro m Longv ie lV (Wash.) -lhe Sa le m Chess Clu b gaine d a vlctol'y by the score or Salem 21 to Longview 11 in a do uble rOUild match of s ixteen board s . A match with Eugene (Ore.) i .. III pros pect fOI' the Salem Club.

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5.'I<r""7, April 1, 1947

fionor Roff 0/ Cfut CI.~pterJ

Chartered Dur ing Month of Fe brua ry, 1947

Ch,.,ta No. 146 Sub urban Ch els League

St.lIe of New Jersey Secretliry.TrCas. Wa ller Wooton

43 Winchester Road r Ivlngston, N. J .

Chn./tr N(I. 147 Rockford C hess Club

Rockford , Ill inois Preli id ent . .. ~~raJl k \ V. BOlicd lc t Vlce·PI·esldcnt . . Pau l O'Malley Sec,·et:lTy·'rreas . .. Russell Cockrell.

Cb.rltr No. 148 Am erican Chesl a nd Checker

F ound a t ion Detroit, Mich .

Dlredol' in Charge .... Georgc F abia n Presldent. .. . .... Wllllam D. Wilson Exec. Sccl'Ctary_ ....... Olen . W . P a lon 1s t Vlce·PI·es .. E. J . P ec kover 2nd Vice· P rell. J . Mazlu k 3rd Vlce- I~res. O. S. Wilson 4lh Vice·Pres .. . JUrs. W . E. Thom!s Honorary V. P. . .. .... W. iiJ. T homis r'lnnnclal Secretary .... R. A. Ryder T reasu reI'. . . ... C. Walke,'

Meet s evel'y 1"ri<lny- 7 : 00 '1). Ill .

to mldnlght- G.A.R. Building, 1942 West Grand Hiver Ave.

This cillohas about a hundred ae-­live members s nd over 700 sustain· I ng members.

P I'es e n lation of the Federation c harte r was mad e by Secretary E d· wa l'd I. Treend 0 11 Mu rc h 7, 1947.

Chn",.N~, n, Kenyon Chus C lu b

Kenyon College, Gambler. Ohio President . . .. Britton Blllzerit Vlce-Prf'N~den t .Lloyd ;M. Col C Ol")". Sec, ..... New ton Tschaesche Roo. Sec.·T reml. George Masker Team Capta in _ J ohll N ich olson

Meets \Vedllesd ays at 7:00 P. m. in the Music Room of 1'le t'ce H a ll.

Chnrta No. "0 Ford Ch ess Club

Dcar bOJ"D. Michigan Presiden t .. 1\lu l"l11y G. O'Neil

Meets a iterll'J-te Tuesd ays. u sing FOI'(\ Mot"ll' Co. facilities.

Membersh\J) restricted to em-1)loyees oC Ford Motor Co.

Charta N(I. '" Y. M . C. A. Chess Clu b

Salt Lake City. Utah Pl'cslden t .H . A. Dittmann Vlce·P rqs ident. . .J ackson Beyer Secretary. .. Kenneth J Olles Trens u l'e:' ... Ir w in \V. Taylo r

Mee ts rriday Jl lghts at the Y. M. C. t .

T o the Un ited States Chess F e deration :

Please accept my entry to the Tourliam~llt tor t he JUli ior Chess Challll)lonsliip of t h e United Stat .. s, to be p layed at Cleveland. Ju ne 30-July 12. 194i.

Name: !'Ie:urc ,'rllli .

fool'''''III''mb<>, ell,. St:.te

Date of 8 h·tll: Yen

Tournaments won or titles held:

It Is understood that ftoo hous iag accommodations are to be pro­vided tOI" 60 players III t he J u nior Tournamen t. In the e vcut that I am 1I0 t a lllOIl&" t ho~ .. t o ..... hn m hnmdn g ;g to " e g iven w itho ut Cllll t , I s h a ll .. , .. shall not ........ be a hle to play.

I ag,·oo to be bound by the playiug r illes of t he Un ited States Chess F ede l"atioll aud to comply with the d ecisions of the R e feree t he T ou r na-mellt Dh-eclor and the Touruament Com m ittee. '

(1'1"""" "i~ full nl moe)

All e ntries should be sen t t o S. S . KEElN E: Y, 511 P a t k Building , c;eve­la nd , Oh io. together with e u t rauce fe e In the a mou n t or $5.00. Checks or mo ney orders !:Ihou ld be 11Ilyabie t o S. S. KEEN E Y. Please d o not se nd currency.

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SQ/Uf(/<J)" April 5, 1947

COLOMBI:A vs. CUBA Board 4, Caribbean T eam

Tournament Match

No/ts by Rj~h"rd Hamil White Black

R. JIMENEZ (oorombll)

A. ALVAREZ (Cuba)

, 43. QxP PxP «. Kt.sl r.l~ di~t ~lUl"k agtIi""~ tim Pawn fa ll ...

1I01'C IOftiCOI _ ....... IU·K4 ... ith bl<><:k.od. illl\" tleti"". 44. _ P-I(S 46. Q-RS 45. Q-Kl Kt·B) 'rb~ I'awn it _ hnm .. ne .., Wbite JlO<' back to J (j In order to cheek i/ need be. :t "Ki7iC3 K~:~ 4S. ~t.B4 Jdt.~T an e""h."I>" t.he mack P"",n. could n<t L<l held.

:t. "Q:ij's oh. ~:~~ ~: ~~K~ Q-~~i~i ~~.' Kj:4i' 1',,1'. ~.:~t7 ~h. wino t he Knight .

']'Inlp!I",( 19 :>2. q.KS thl'<)atcrting the KP and perjICtun l cbock on Kt6 and Q8, but [,2, _ .. _, Q.A7 fruot rat"" it lor !I 53. QxP, Q.>:I' eh: (1.1, N.l!.!. IH·DS and ll1~~k'. pa..ro J'own will won d""idc. 52. _ __ Q.R6 TN. ]lrcHnt6 the th .... atcnOO perpet"al cheek, hut Whl! ~ bU, In oce the point. S). !(j·as ell. _ 'I'M. 13 rd •. tN bu t the..." is hanlly any· thin~ betl er. , Afler 53. p~p. Ktd' eh. Black

~ .. ~.~~.~l .. CIlfl~~il~~ ~r. Q~k~1le Slluat~~~~ 54. QxQ P·K7 :No <'heck., no noU.injt'1 While .UU hOA a little k;~~ now.y ....

~: Q:B2 .h. P.K~.<& 57. P·R4

\\fiil ~r·rr~"il\"i. I;[",t of ii poor vii. \;,n'. Iii.. <l~.d. White'" fQIIQwl~", ~uld,- QQllol'oo I. traooable dinetly to this 'nov~. A Quo"" m~v" or eyen K·R2 would be bHler .Ince tlli. Un,lW~ the BlQok Knight to u";' KKU

~~~~,/!'l1':U'h:m~~ .u~f ,,:u~~::: ~~~ Knio.:lJt InOV.. but ~ven so. ~eneral prln· dpl~. ohoul-:l bave made him wan- 01 the Pawn pu'll>. 57 ..... __ Kt·B3 58. Q·R2 " ...... While mistake. Black's last lnoye as a pre· lude to the adyance 01 Ihe \'awu and "" pins it; Block, however, hno a morc pointed l<iea In mind. 511. ........ Kt.KtS!

;J,o; r~:~!te~l. i~! S~:~ed~~I~ ~OQ~""~I~~ KIlight lor Queen and Paw", alter "tlleh the I'awn end ing i. ea,iI.y won. 1'he situation I. made mO..., pOi{:""nt that WlIite OIIn't do anythlno:; abont It. 59. Q·R8 ah. K·R2 SO. Q.B) M_

R<>oignatlon I. In order; there II no longer even IUlY """,blance of ,,,,,i.tonee. White eou ld hue "mided the cxehMlge of[ QUeenA, ""rely, hut t o do OIl he would have had to allow Q"'P eh. alter which all iB OYcr. The remaindel' n..,d~ no, comment ; all good rliociple. of Reuben Fine know bow. 60 .... _... QxP eh. 64. P·KtS K.B4 61. O"Q KtxO 65. K.B) Pi Kt3 62. KxKt K. Kt) 66. K·K3 v 'Kt5 6), P·Kt4 P·R4 67. K·K4 KxP

Ros lgn$

RETI OPENING . Rochester Championship, 1947

(Final round, score t ied)

I Notes b, EriCh W. Marchand White maek

E. MARCHAND M. HERZBERGER ~ ~~B~B3 J ~:~ 3. P.QKt3

The Ret; froquent)y tran"p<>IIeII into otber openlnl(ll. ITc..." 8. p.Qt yield. a Queen'. GambIt. 3. M__ P·QB.. 4. PxP _ In order to clear t he .,quare QBf for uoe by a Knight. 4. _ .. _ p"p 6. P-Q) 5. B·Kt2 P.Q5 Otlocorwi ..- P·Q6 by mack eo"ld pr(we "m· balTa .. in". 6. _ .... " _ Kt·QB3 s. B·Kt2 1._ .. P·Ktl Kt·B3 In the Retl one m.hop or the other i . u."ally v<:Q:. . tro"f(- oomdime. both . :: 0:0 g:~ 10. Kt·RJ R-Qf(U

llJ ack Mo"ld castle here or on th e next ",-ove. Hi. failu", 10 do 00, as 00 often, lelt . h Im on the .bort end when sharp comblna.

ll~"K,~f··n to S~B2 12. B.Bl Kt.Q4 The th"'~1 .... r course wao 18. 1l ·D4. Now

~~'fio':~li~~~:PJU:' 18~e?'_~'Kt.~6 a~~ H. __ .. _, Pxil:t. ' ]3. Kt·Kl Kt·B6 Whit e threatened 11. B",Kt and 15. D·m.! 14. Q. B2 Kl·Kt5 15. Q.Kl2 Kt(5)-Q4 II 15 ... _ ., Kt·QS; 16. Q.Q2. Kt·D6; 17. P.QRS ... ith II good game. 16. P·K4 __ White'a pow...tul looking Knight. ouddo-nly find thClooelve/I in desperate "trait •. 16. _ PxP a.p. 17. P~P B.KB) Wha t el.e will oIon hoth 18. P·K4 and Rl.., 18. BxKt. KixD; 111. QIl', B·KBa; 20. IuD etc. ?

M: ~~~i Kr'Q~ g .. ~:~t ~.~~ 2O'IQ.()B2 Kt(4)-B6 23. Kt·Q6 ell. _ .... 28. U~U and 2~. QxK.t will ou..."ly win In the long run, too. 23. ........ K·K2 N. Q~P Q·Kt3 Hoping to tntde OU<'CIlII, but he only trade. 011 bl. Own. 25. Kt·BII oh. Reoilln.

V RETI OPENING

1946 u . S. Cha mpionship Tournament

Nol~' by Erirh W. MauMnd Wllile m.ck

G. KRAMER G. , DR£XEL 1. KI.KBl P.()4 2. P·B4 P-Q5 'ralTlllch'$ d~fe""" to the lIet.i . Th~ Id .... :~~~~l.Y P·RBS ~"d P·Kt with a powerful

3. P· Kl ..... _ 1'~i. mO,'e Qh d tho next Nn.tit"t" tho bert )I'ay t.o meet Olack" plan. ). .. .. _.. P·QB4 4. P.QKt4 PxKP Ala(k d~ld~~ to ~cccpt the offered " Rwn which I'''''V." to t... a Greek gift . due to White'. ,trong eentCT and open Kh Ill~. 5, BPoP P oP 6. B·KZ An,,!lw tond oy.tcm lor While 10 6. l;:(;i:i lInd 1. B.QS. 6. __ ... KI·KB3'. P·04 B·KZ 7. 0·0 Kt.B3 10. QKt.Q2 Kt·Kts S. S ·Kt2 P·1O 11. Q.KO P-84 l!Ia('k'~ 1'",00<111" mo.... em ly hal! m""nlng

~1:~!I~;·"1h,~I~':·~awb: i~l .~-;;-, ttl~:;' hi~ game .~d weak"" the Whit(: r .wn • . If 'lorn "12. f'xl" Kt(5)d'(&); 1:1. Ktxllt., KUI Kt; H . BxKt. QxKt; 15.nxp . n·KIt! or if 12. 1'. lillS, lit-liS: 18. P~P. Kt·B(. \~: ~~t · ~~ 14. Q·Q3 With the i"tention 01 vlay!nll: Kt(8)·Ktf,. 14. ........ Kt.B1 16. K.Rl Q.R4 15. Kt·Ktl Q·Ktl 17. B.Q1 __ Thi. lIi.h<>p will ~" u""lul cither .t 112 or KtS.

Nioltc"·~, •• h~ o~~2the Ifl;i!:.~QS;f m .... · Di;;:~k acc~pl. i he Pawn. lS . ... _ .. _, pxl'; 19. P~P. lIt ~ 1' (II W. "_'_'. QxP; 20. B·1\.18); 20. 0 .112. p .RRIS; n. B·Rt8 and Whl te'8 at· uek-- will ..oon win. 18. __ . . PxP n. PoP KI·KU

22. Q.Q2 23. QR·Q1

20. B·B2 Q.KI4 21. Q.o- ·Q·B4

24. KI·K5

AIIU U . . _.:. _._, B·KI4

KrameT is. KHI§! __ , ... 11'1"(.', !,n,alon !. fA r ' ''I'odor Rn~ ",ok. lh~ followl"..:: .1"rtlh,1l' ",,~Tifte .. 'Iuit" logic.ol. ~~: Q':i<tS ' K~~~ 27. Kt·Kt6 eh. w~a. wl!1 be down a Rook and a Knh';ht

~:ttl ~l~" ·';~'i;;.· ~~r;..~'~~~tt ~i,'~'pi!ir~tf 27. _..... PxKt 28. BxP oh . K·R2 11 Black accept. the third ""ermood pie"" ~~~ ~;".~: .. "" Ktxl\; 29. Q·RGeh. an d male

29. Q-R& ch. K·KU 32. RxB ch. Kt·B3 30. KbB ch. Qo Kt 3) . BxP eh! 31- Q·RS oh. K·B2

If S::!. !t~I\l el,. Q.,R wi". fOr Dluck. One " '()ndcno if White ... Ily oaw thi. winning mOVe b.t~k d mn.e 2!i. The er.._ a", that Intuition helped pta" lIIe w~y. 33. _ KltB 31. Q·K6 eh. l4. Q.R6 eh. K·B2 3S. P_Q oh. lS. R~Kt eh. K·Kl 39. RxR U. RxR eh. K.Q2 A truly remarkable g~mr.

0" ,,, Rul lln.

NIMZOINDIAN DEFENSE 1946 u. S. Championship

Tou l;nament

By Etirh WO. Marchand Black '

I. KA SHDAN 7. P·1O I P·B) S. B.Q) R·Kl 9. 0.0 QKI.Q2

ll: ;:8~4' P~Q~

axKt

23. __ BxPI , nut tlli' one i • .rood .IId win6 m"ck the ~~~h.n J:"e or mo~. 24. Px B Q·Kt40h. 26. K·R l ~S. Q·KtA Kl·B60h . If 26. R.BI, tit.-I~7 eh. "ins the Q"ecn.

~~. P~Q K~=2~: ~!~2 ~t:~ 28. B(3)"P Kt·Kl2 3], B·Kt5 R·QBl Th~ U,l.lt 1* ftiIW iff; W'i""in, • lIi1l(\l, hit II 10 10" 1"""'''' ," .he l!\)ok . n ~"e' '"', ' ~ \" nnJ c. .. , 31.. B·Rl A·QB7 33. B·KtA Kt· B4 34. BxKt RxB 35. Kl·KG R·'87 36. K·Ktl Kt·B6 ch. n. K·Kt2 KbP

39. K·KtJ 40 . Kt·B6 41. BoKt «2 . BkJ> 43. P·Kt$ 44 . P·K4

K·BI KIxKt

K·K2 IhRP R·R4 ,,'

38. Kt·Q4 R·Rl, HQW to mak~ a tedlOUII endinll: CII.Y as pic. An extTa l'"wn will do lhe t rick . 45. PxR K.Q3 41. P·B) 46. K.Kt4 K·K4 ("",led move) ~Vhite re.i!{lled WiU"", re.umin!, 1,I ~y .

VIENNA OPENING Simultaneous Game, Boston, 1947

Nolls by EriCh W. MarcMnd White Dlnd<

~. p~~:MS P.K4 4--: KI.B3 :t~B~ 2. Kt·OSl B·B4 S. B.Kt5 P·.a3 ,J. P·B4 p.Q) ~ ......... , Q·K2 "'ould be more Judlclou~. lllack 1<'Cla that ot Ie ... t hi. Ki wllJ be """urc, hut I. it? 6. PxP SPxP S. Q.R5 eh K·BI 7. KbP PxKt

!~~~. 9: .... BxIft~2fJ·; ~t.Q5~~ ~h 6~in~~~ If S . .... _ ... l[.Q2; 9. QxKP. ,. R·Bl ch. KI·BJ 10. KI.Q5 B·IO o..n yo" fin.] " betf"",,? 11. P.Q4 KIxP n. B·R6 ch. K·KU 12. RxKt ell. PxR 14. B·QB4 p·a3 What. el.e? mack ('an""" no barmlul ehecl< .. IS. Q.Kt4 chi __ If 15 ... __ , B~Q; 16. Kt·K1 mate. IS. __ K-B2 n . KbKBP eh. 16. Q.Ktl c~. K.IQ R .. Ion. A I'l"..~i"l: !:"lme, v..-ry m""h In Adam.' rtyle.

RETI OPENING Milwaukee Vii;. Chicago Match

Notes by RicMrd Harrill White

KRJ\ZEWSKI nl$ck

GORDO N 1. KI·KB3 KI·KB) 3-. K.t·Q83 Kt-B3 2. P·B4 P·B4 The "YmmetTical defen.e to the neti Open. ing i , n Jro(ld d""l, bul thi. i. InfeTlor. 3 . .. _ ..... /,·<,14 wa. in order. 4. p.Q4 P~P 5. KtxP P. KKI) An "nhappy thoURht---lllock turn. the game Int" tI'e nrn~n varlati<>/l 01 the Sicm.n but fail., to rcali7.c Ihe Im""ru",,,,, of the lact

~~i'~v::rl't:;1:::d .... na~~ :~ntM~Cm :;.crl:::. t~~ SieWon game sin"" White l .. s pbyed p.QB4. ( In the no.mal Sicilian. tlte Q.LlI' ito blocked hy 'lie QKt). Uul If 110, he WQ 'ICl'lou61y ml~u.kcn . Anytime While io oble to play fl,e Qllf' Ul' ... lety-br trnnBl")f;ilkm or oth. U"'i$e-in Ihe Sicill3n. lIlack'. ddenoe i. """i""sly ha",~ed. If C<]".llty wa~ .tm tn I,. olotained. 5. .. ...... , p.Q~ "'.. the only ~h.noo. 6. P·K4 7. B·K2

P·Q3 B.KU

8. g·K) B.Q2

AI ..... ody mad< ftnd. hlm!!l>lI hlnd.red by the QIJI'. !n the usual Drogon Black eutl.,. ]'('Iore movinll: the QB. whkh comlXlI . White to "lay Kt(Q4) · KI3 in order to PT'IVOnt I'.Q4.

;;;~~~h oili1"it3 ~~![;;'d t~1 w.~~nl~t~~~~~:

I :!reot:; i~",,'i:" h~~~~, i:ln~lIlV~ife !:.:l~ "" .. te "0 lime with Kt·Kt$ ( , lnce tbe QBI' elJ'-'<:ti.-c;ly plUg>! In lilac .... 0 1') 1>111 wo" ld ""ntlnue Immediately willi his deYflopmcnt by 0·0 ~nd P·1l5. T hu. "'e _ that Whit.. d"", not ","en In«! the theoretical Icmpo (luil Illack thoUO:ht. UJaek lI"d8 out that 'VI,;l e h ..... ~JJ the ehaue ... 9. 0·0 0·0 10. Q.()2 .. _ With the intention or 11. 1).116 to force the excha,,~.., of fIIack·. ftnach~tt.oed m,hop. It I.. howe. er. an In"""",,,,,y ,in"" it allow. m.ek to bTlng aoout au exchan~ which ~ive. hun a little mOre b",.!.hill!: op,ce. An lmrnedia.\e 10. P·Dt was llrOpet. 10. ,....... Kt·KKts 12. P·B4

,11. BxKt a xB If now KiJ.l!6!4 Il~Kt; 13. Bxlt, Q.< B and mo~k ha. wun the ~~ch~n"e. 12 •. __ .. Q·Bl A.n ineomprehcnaible move;' Black "",m. to

~~r~.~~I1~i"i~~ .~.!.ilh..'1it !:~aJid c:'.'!'J'~e~~~ pi"""" and ""80 fhe l it""llon immelUlely.

~~~I~~ BI~~J em: =1:ar:'t\I~e ~,e!~~rio:;; wh.t Rctually happens.

M~e~I'~~nti"\l'" ~~ aiml('M wood--"lttiog. 14. p·KeS PxP Thi. i. the only "'~y Black an l"t'OCUe hio QB ; .., we a .... n't allowed to oall it B t.hmrleT, hut it .tlll lead. to collapoe at e~p...,.. train .»<)Cd 15. PxP _ BoKI l!. BxBP II·Ql 16. BxB alP 19. Q·R6 Rel lgn~ 17. Kt·B6 eh. PxKt

~~~ekol ":.'n~':v,,~i:,g 1~1. ":,?I~h fJ:l! .... ~~~! ~~K8: but ,nw n·o", that it allow. Wh it e to win the Bi.l:"~'.,-__ --=,-__ _

TWO KNIGHTS' DEFENSE ' Intercollegiate Rapid Tra nsit

New York, 1946 " Poinl~d Pa",,,"

While mar.k ,. FAUCHER A. BISGUIER (Prlnceion) (CCNY) ,. P·K4 P·K4 n. Kt·QS KlxKt ,. Kt·KB3 Kt·QB3 H . P"Kt KI·KU ,. B·B4 Kt·B) n. P.QB4 Q·K t 5 .. ,.." B·B4 " . 0-0 P·KB4 ;. Kt·B3 P.Q3 n . KR·Kl P·KKt4 ,. '.K> B·Ktl IS. P'QKt4 Q.R4 ,. Q·Q2 B·K3 19. R·K2 P·Kt S .. B·Kt3 Q.Q2 20. Kt·Kl R·KU .. Kt·KKt5 BxKB 21. P-KKtl P·B5 10. RPxB P·KR3 22. PxP '" J1. Kt·B3 0 ·0.0 a QoP P·Kt~ 12. a"B RPxB 24. R·K3 PxRP eh.

Resign,

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