• , -4me,.ica Che66 rJeWJpaper Copyright 19$' by United Stite, Chen Federation Vo l. XIII, No. 10 Tu esday , January 20. 1959 15 Cents S;Jf move? Conducted by IRWIN SIGMOND Send solutions to Position No. 248 to reach Irwin Sigmond, 5200 Williamsburg Blvd., Arlington 7, Va., by February 15, 1959 . With your solution, please se nd anal ysis or reasons supporting your choice of "Best Move" or moves. Solution to Position No. 24l will ,p- pur In the Much 5, Its' hSUI. NOTE: Do ,,(>, p/.ret JoluliolU to tTl'Q pOlitiom on on¢ ""d; br IUrt 111 j"",edlt tomut numbu of pontion btl", sot.,d, ""a ,i." 'hr / .. 1/ II.mIt ,,,,<1 <MiJrm of ,h r '(II.", to tUmt in " rotH' of ',l>IufU)... Posi/roll No : US NO RATINGS THIS ISSUE • We were pl .. nning on .. large double issue, combining Jan . 20 and Feb. 5, but U. S. Post,1 regulations forbade us to skip an iuue. You will, receive the Feb. 5 issue, which is devoted to ratingl, almolt simultaneously with the one .,. now reading. It II hoped that we the Feb. 20 Operation - 1000 = NEW MEMBERS Sensational New Figures Released! An inspirational and heartening story shows thru the new USCF membcn;hip figures just released. Comparison of the June 0 totals with the December 0 totals shows: 1. Very substantiel net gains ill memberships ill many states--g ains in some areas bordering on the sensational. 2. Smashing of " targets" set for OPERATION M in 9 states, and close appr oach to those targets in a dozen other states at the Dec. 0 d ate even the many slates did not gel ro lhn g until late fa ll . 3. A rising tempo In growth, as more and more State Mem- bership Chairmen complete their state organizations, and as more and more Local Chairmen and USCF individual members acquire the recruitin g spirit. This is a snowball effect! Are you rolling? 4. A surprising ehaUenge for leadership among the slates! Harry Borachow has lead his tremendous California organh.a- lion up to 3'11 member s- which is just 1 below what top-dog New York bad last June 5! But Jose Calderon, New York Sl ale Membership Chairman, has not been id le during that time, and has packed on 01 new members to maintain a good if diminish- ing margin over tbe westerners. The leading states, with the name of the SLate Membership Chair- man, are shown in the two tables below. The table al lhe left shows net gain in membership between June 5 and December 5, 1958. The table at the right shows percentage attained on December 5 of the OPERA- TION M target estabLi shed for next Jun e 5. Net Members G.ined Percent of Ta rge t CALIF. Harry Borochow........ 113 AR IZ. Mabel Burlingame .... 170% N. Y. Jose Calderon ............ 51 ALA. F. W. Kcmp ................ 152 MASS. Richard ThTell... ....... 36 MISS. W. Troy Mill er .......... 1l3 FLA. Frank Rose ................ 30 CALIF. Harry Borochow....... . 106 ALA. F. W. Kemp ................ 24 LA. A. Wyatt Joncs .......... l05 MISS . W. Troy Miller .......... 24 NEB. Alexander Lcipnciks 105 MINN. Sheldon Rein .. .. .......... 20 NEV. Fred Byron....:........... lOO (Continued on Page 2) CHESS LIFE INTERNATIONAL COMPOSING TOURNEY FOR THREE-MOVER AND TWO-MOVER CHESS PROBLEMS in no(1nory 0/ FREDERICK GAMAGE "Gam.g. Memorial" Inte r national Composi ng Contest By Ni<holas Gafx", ProM.no £Jiwr In the following we the results and Judges' Reports o[ the "Gamage I\1l·modal Cont est" as it was called amongst composers a nd problem-fans all over. The contest was announced by Chess Life's prob- lem·column in the March 20, 1957 issue fo r orthodox, original two- mover and three-mover compositions and publication of enlr ies begun in the May 20, 1957 issue, runn ing un in terrupted for a full year ending with the May 20, 1958 column. We leave the qualitative evaluation of the contest in general, and the published works in particular, entirely to our judges and confine our- selves to the numerical re sults. As the reader follows these lines, the results, evaluations, prizes, etc., will appear below. Our judges were: Mes srs. G. F. Anderson and Edgar Holladay in the THREE-MOVER section and Messrs. Vincent L. Eaton and Eric M. Ha ssberg in th e TWO- MOVER section. To them we express our thank s and gratit ude for their interes t, expert ly analysis and fair decisions. We reCeived a total of 183 entries from as many as 25 different countries all over the globe. These entries conslstcd of 64 three-movers and 119 two-movers from 92 . DUe to. various reasons, (faults, ,?tions. works more than tbe limited 44 diagrams, while the balance of honored nota- tion. The money-awards are indicated above rntries, from the fund donated by Mr. Vaux Wilson, Xxelrod, $10.00, a total of $110.00, for which we thank these contributors. The other honored compositions will bring their composers the award of (Continued on Page 2) FIRST PRIZE WINNER in the THREE-MOVER SECTION I" No. 9H by y - • of No. an ",ill, Ihe simple bllt mOSI tsunliai 0/ shlll- ;"g tht WhR 'rom KR7 to KN6. Tht ,uiproc ..l ,hallse j"Yo/ying Grims","" in· ter/trtllaS is .. striking tKhitytmtnl, in spiN 01 the Iu.n"y utfillg . Sd: 1. ........ , R·86; Z. N- 86th. 1. ..... , B-QB6; 1. NxKPch. A/ler I/'e kty: 1 • ... .. , R-B6; 2. N-..:KPch. 1. , 8-QB6; 2. N_B6rh. (A·H) A .:<,oa side·pl.ry ;s aadtd tht B slondin! On KN6: alltr 1. ... ,R;t R; 2. PxR p,omoting Itl N! • FIRST PRIZE WINNER in the TWO-MOVER SECTION '" No.7n /ry Guttman USA. A" stuay (tf ,,"a/(tgOlu unpin . rtH,ili"g in Black c/',cks ... "a bdl· • • ItT] main Tht 1O'.ry Iht nits try eltht, Wh N 10 QS, ch"ngc the respontts 10 1. • QxP ch!. (tlher BI Q dt/tnus, ""J Ihe Bl K's flight moyt is motl thlf"lly ronctiytd, "nd the W""1 10/ au atftalrd by ..Irun .. le /i",.op,,,i,,g' is ",bllt. Th, acwal kt'] h... Ihe sa,nt f/<1YOr as If,e tries, rounding orll " harmo"io"t conuplion ,.,hi,1, Frtdtr;c/c G..on"!t, ",1,0 IOOIe grttll atlight in .. n- pin·followed 1O'0,,/J ao .. bt/en J.g,.t ,t!ishtd.
Transcript
•
,
-4me,.ica ~ Che66 rJeWJpaper Copyright 19$' by United Stite, Chen Federation
Vol. XIII, No. 10 Tuesday, January 20. 1959 15 Cents
W~afj :J~e S;Jf move? Conducted by
IRWIN SIGMOND Send solutions to Position No.
248 to reach Irwin Sigmond, 5200 Williamsburg Blvd., Arlington 7, Va., by February 15, 1959. With your solution, please send analysis or reasons supporting your choice of "Best Move" or moves.
Solution to Position No. 24l will ,ppur In the Much 5, Its' hSUI.
NOTE: Do ,,(>, p/.ret JoluliolU t o tTl'Q
pOlitiom on on¢ ""d; br IUrt 111 j"",edlt
tomut numbu of pontion btl", sot.,d, ""a ,i." 'hr / .. 1/ II.mIt ,,,,<1 <MiJrm of ,hr '(II.", to tUmt in " rotH' ~Jilin8 of ',l>IufU) ...
Posi/roll No: US
NO RATINGS THIS ISSUE
•
We were pl .. nning on .. large double issue, combining Jan. 20 and Feb. 5, but U. S. Post,1 regulations forbade us to skip an iuue. You will, therefor~, receive the Feb. 5 issue, which is '~'~~:',,,"y devoted to ratingl, almolt simultaneously with the one .,. now reading. It II hoped that we the Feb. 20
Operation -
1000 = NEW MEMBERS
Sensational New Figures Released! An inspirational and heartening story shows thru the new USCF
membcn;hip figures just released. Comparison of the June 0 totals with the December 0 totals shows:
1. Very substantiel net gains ill memberships ill many states--gains in some areas bordering on the sensational.
2. Smashing of " targets" set for OPERATION M in 9 states, and close approach to those targets in a dozen other states at the Dec. 0 date even the many slates did not gel rolhng until late fa ll.
3. A rising tempo In growth, as more and more State Membership Chairmen complete their state organizations, and as more and more Local Chairmen and USCF individual members acquire the recruiting spirit. This is a snowball effect! Are you rolling?
4. A surprising ehaUenge for leadersh ip among the slates! Harry Borachow has lead his tremendous California organh.alion up to 3'11 members-which is just 1 below what top-dog New York bad last June 5! But Jose Calderon, New York Slale Membership Chairman, has not been id le during that time, and has packed on 01 new members to maintain a good if diminishing margin over tbe westerners. The leading states, with the name of the SLate Membership Chair
man, are shown in the two tables below. The table al lhe left shows net gain in membership between June 5 and December 5, 1958. The table at the right shows percentage attained on December 5 of the OPERATION M target estabLished for next June 5.
Net Members G.ined Percent of Target CALIF. Harry Borochow ........ 113 ARIZ. Mabel Burlingame .... 170% N. Y. Jose Calderon ............ 51 ALA. F. W. Kcmp ................ 152 MASS. Richard ThTell... ....... 36 MISS. W. Troy Miller .......... 1l3 FLA. Frank Rose ................ 30 CALIF. Harry Borochow ....... .106 ALA. F. W. Kemp ................ 24 LA. A. Wyatt Joncs .......... l05 MISS. W. Troy Miller .......... 24 NEB. Alexander Lcipnciks 105 MINN. Sheldon Rein .... .......... 20 NEV. Fred Byron .... : ........... lOO
(Continued on Page 2)
CHESS LIFE INTERNATIONAL COMPOSING TOURNEY FOR THREE-MOVER AND TWO-MOVER CHESS PROBLEMS
in no(1nory 0/ FREDERICK GAMAGE
"Gam.g. Memorial" International Composing Contest
By Ni<holas Gafx", ProM.no £Jiwr In the following we pre~ent the results and Judges' Reports o[ the
"Gamage I\1l·modal Contest" as it was called amongst composers and problem-fans all over. The contest was announced by Chess Life's problem·column in the March 20, 1957 issue for orthodox, original twomover and three-mover compositions and publication of enlries begun in the May 20, 1957 issue, running uninterrupted for a full year ending with the May 20, 1958 column.
We leave the qualitative evaluation of the contest in general, and the published works in particular, entirely to our judges and confine ourselves to the numerical results. As the reader follows these lines, the results, evaluations, prizes, etc., will appear below. Our judges were: Messrs. G. F. Anderson and Edgar Holladay in the THREE-MOVER section and Messrs. Vincent L. Eaton and Eric M. Hassberg in the TWOMOVER section. To them we express our thanks and gratitude for their interest, expertly analysis and fair decisions.
We reCeived a total of 183 entries from as many as 25 different countries all over the globe. These entries conslstcd of 64 three-movers and 119 two-movers from 92 . DUe to. various reasons, (faults,
,?tions. works more than tbe limited
;~~:~;~~v';'n~,t~:ries, 44
diagrams, while the balance of honored nota-tion. The money-awards are indicated above rntries, from the fund donated by Mr. Vaux Wilson, Xxelrod, $10.00, a total of $110.00, for which we thank these contributors. The other honored compositions will bring their composers the award of
(Continued on Page 2)
FIRST PRIZE WINNER in the
THREE-MOVER SECTION I"
No. 9H by "N~"ad P'lrQ~j( Z"gr~b, y "gosl,,~ia -
• R~·p"b/jutiQ" of No. an ",ill, Ihe
simple bllt mOSI tsunliai (ha"g~ 0/ shlll
;"g tht WhR 'rom KR7 to KN6. Tht
,uiproc .. l ,hallse j"Yo/ying Grims","" in·
ter/trtllaS is .. striking tKhitytmtnl, in spiN 01 the Iu.n"y utfillg . Sd: 1 . ........ , R·86; Z. N -86th. 1. . .... , B-QB6; 1.
NxKPch. A/ler I/'e kty: 1 • ... .. , R-B6;
2. N-..:KPch. 1. , 8-QB6; 2. N_B6rh.
(A·H) A .:<,oa side·pl.ry ;s aadtd b~ tht
B slondin! On KN6: alltr 1. ... ,R;tR; 2. PxR p,omoting Itl N!
• FIRST PRIZE WINNER in the
TWO-MOVER SECTION
'" No.7n /ry N~wm't1J Guttman
USA.
A" 'cxrtll~rrt stuay (tf ,,"a/(tgOlu unpin . Ip;~s rtH,ili"g in Black c/',cks ... "a bdl·
• • ItT] main Tht 1O'.ry Iht nits try eltht, Wh N 10 QS, ch"ngc the respontts 10
1. • QxP ch!. (tlher BI Q dt/tnus, ""J Ihe Bl K's flight moyt is motl thlf"lly ronctiytd, "nd the W""1 10/ I,i~s au atftalrd by .. Irun .. le /i",.op,,,i,,g' is YU~ ",bllt. Th, acwal kt'] h ... Ihe sa,nt Ih~tnali, f/<1YOr as If,e tries, rounding orll " harmo"io"t conuplion ,.,hi,1, Frtdtr;c/c G .. on"!t, ",1,0 IOOIe grttll atlight in .. npin·followed ·b>,~(",nttrchtck-pl..." 1O'0,,/J ao .. bt/en J.g,.t ,t!ishtd.
ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL MWltering the End C011l$
By W A.LTER KORN, Editor of MCO
One "Bad-Game" Game By giving an actual game score, Rankis·Bernstcin, New York State
Champ. 1958, with·br ief·annotations, we appear to deviate from the spirit of this column. However, to appreciate the ensuing rook ending, the whole game may be given for better understanding as White's en· tire strategy points up an early rcatization of the final position!
1, P·K4, P·K4; 2. N.KBJ, N·QB3; 3. N·Bl, N·B); 4. P·Q4, PxP; 5, NxP, S·NS; 6. NlCN, NPXN; 7. 8-Q3, P·Q4; 8. PxP, Q.K2ch. All book ~o far. Now come s II magnificent depllrture which Is confi. dently bnsed 011 anticipations of the position. after White 's ISth move, ,. K. Bll, PXP (a fter 9. " , .... , BxN; 10. Px8, NxP; II. Q·B3, 0·0; 12. P·IH, N·NS; \3. g·R3 or II. ...... ... B·N2; 12. R·NI. R·NI; 13. 6-QR6~ White ga ins) ; 10. S·NS, SxN; 11. Px6, 0·0: 12. Q·63, R·Kl; 13. SxN, QxN; 14. QxQ, PxQ; IS. P·KR4. The pawn plans to advance \0 KG, and the White Rook will occupy the KN me and In· In.de onto KN7. While In turn bas nO vulnerable spots for BlaCk to attack . IS ......... , R·Nl; ' 16. P.RS, P·QB4; 17. P-QB4, 8.R3: 18. R·R3, BxP; 19. R.N3eh, K·S (if for Instance, 19 ......... , K·RI: 20. P·R6!, R·Nl; 21. R·QI and Black in paralyzed); 20. 8xB, Px8: 21. P·R6! this s trangle hold Is more Important than the temporary plu~ possessed by Black In the useless double·pawn. 21. . ... .... ,
,R·K4; 22. R·Ql, R·N?; 23. R·N8chJl, K·K2; 24. P.N4 ' {1f 24. R.KRI, R·R4: 25. lUP. R·RSch; 26 . K·K2 . RxPch ), R' N4; 25. R.KRa, RxNP; 26. RxP, RxBP; 27. R·lpch, K.Q3: 28. RxP, R.N3 (One pa~tIng from th(' abysmal wa)' " 'as 28 . •.•.•...• R-B4; 29. R·K2. RxR; 30. KxR and a win for While wo uld be more difficult than what Blaek thought w~s a nice draw
Operation •
PENN. Mordecai Treblow .... 19 N. J. Edgar McCormick .... 18
ARIZ. Mabel Burlingame .... 17 WlS. Frank Inbusch .......... 15 VA. John Matheson .......... 15 LA. A. Wyatt Jones ..... ..... 14
George O'Rourke Sr. 100 Lanneau Foster ........ 100 John Matheson .......... 98 William Goetz Jr.. ..... 96 Frank Rose ................ 93 Gilliam McMahon ...... 90
"Hcartiest congratulations to all State MembCr$hip Chairmen over Target," were extended by Fred Cramer, General Membership Chairman, who added: "Perhaps some of the quotas were set too low. but we never suspected the potential in some of those states. When a few USCF members get to the job of recruiting with enthusiasm and with sincere conviction in the importance of U.sCF membership, they wHl surprise everybody-including themselves! And we know that hitting target won't stop recruiting effort!"
The full state·by·state report for all 49 states will appear in this column in our next issue.
SPECIAL CHESS BOOKS ; Znosko·Borovsky "How Not to Play Chess" $1.50 Purdy-"Guide To Good Chess"
$2.00
Send for fr~ catalog of chess literatUre.
University Place Book Shop 69 University Place New York 3, N. Y.
PORTOROZ INTERZONAL 210 games in English descriptive notation. 76 pp. Varityped Edition. Superb value! .. : See how U.s.A.'s Grandmaster Bobby Fischer qualified for this year's Candidates' Tournament! Send only $2 (bills) to:-THE BRITISH CIiESS MAGAZINE
'TD 20 Chestnut Road, Wont Norward,
LONOON. S.E. 27, Great Brltlln
PROBLEM CONTEST (Cont. from page 1) Eric M. Hassberg's booklet "The best American Chessproblems of 1946" equipped with the winning· problems on diagrams and signed. Distribution of all awards will wait 2 months after publication of this report.
THREE·MQVER SECTION
SECOND PRIZE $"
No. 889 by Nils G. G. "anDijk
B«g(n, Norway
No. 3 A bold composilion. The """'y i"Ur'
fuw,,", a" q"i/c bcwilduiMg '" th(ir (omplnily, ""d i" O"r opi"io" Ihu( is ' 10 lina "a,;arion in the wholc 'Oil/eli
Iha" 1. , R·K4; 2. B·KB5. (A) Co".. w(iyc R a"d B ;"I(Tf~rcnu, i" the 1. .. .. ... , B·K4 and 1 . ........ , R·K4 lincs. The lallN "a,;alicm if quitc brilliant. (H a~d A)
No.3
FOURTH PRIZE / '
No. 854 by S. C. Dull"
1.B·KB A "olha "dmirably <o"sl1luud prob.
I~",. Using 0,,1), 6 Bf m'~, th( co",pour hal cxpruud I/', lour Ih(mali, Pla,/'uUa intcrjcrmas "'ilh grul clarily. (A ) W.ur, bl,rg-Pla,hu/ta inlerla(rla, on K2 a"J K6 dc~r1? prucnl(d. (H)
•
Second Honorable Mention No. 836 E. A. WIRTANEN
HelSinki, Finland 2RNI K2/ 81pplppl /3k4 /lp4Nl /1 pi pP P1
B/lqPPb3/2r5 I.P·B4 An en passant theme with Interferances. There Is additional Intarest In the potential pinning of the pB1 If the K should mova to a Wh 5q. A fifth Inter· farence varletlon oecun Ifter 1 ••..•.•.. P·06.
Third Honorable Mention No. 896 WIlliam L. Barclay
Pittsburgh, USA The main feature Is the spectacular ambush. key well hidden, but the subs.equent pley has body, with 4 self. blocks and a self.pln.
Page 2 January 20, 1959
THIRD PRIZE
'" No. 811 by u,im"m Ma"galis
No. 3
Addaidc, Au,lralia ,.-
l.N·QN
Th,· Q ,md B 'Iake l,m'l 10 pi" Ih, black ,ook.s and ,tT, Ih,mlc/"e; pim"d i~ I""" b:.t "0'" Black. i" d,j,ndi"g Ih( lh r,au",d m<liu, ",'pi'" Ih,,,, in 1'<Tn. This <"mpl;caud Ih(m~ i, pre. sm/cd i" <I dca",ul and «o"o.ni,a/ sci· ti"g. (A , H)
First Honorable Mention $'
No. 878 by N athan Ruhm
Nelli- York, USA. ~
No. 3 l.Q·K7
It ;1 always difficu/r Jor <I light-wc;ght to (omp(/c . su<assfull? with Ih, hcary th<mati' '''I,iei. bUI I Ih;"k I/'is on, darrycs <I place. The splendid k.., ;ncrUSn Ihc lib(rty of (he Bl K I,om 3 to 5 ,quar", and 11,((( arc seyual "<I,ialio", and 10111( "'odd "'<f/ef. (A) Limiled ,Iralqy. bUI "" (xallmt k.., and some ",<1/ ",alef in a light sming. (H)
Fourth Honorable Mention No. 866 W. A. Whyl» Merrylands, Australia
B j2p2p2j2b2N2/2Q3pl /' p2f>1 Pili P3nlp/ 3plP1kj3K1RRI • 1.N..QS A block·threat 3·mover Is sufficiently rare always to attrect attention espec· lelly when, IS in this case, one of the set verlatlons (that after I ••.•. ... . NxRI Is pOintedly changed.
Fifth Honorable Mention No. 781 B. M. Bord
Arden, Oellware, USA I B RQ4jl p3Pljl PbS /Kl N2N2j I Pkbplp
1/6RnPplpnlj3rr3 1.R.Ql A flrst·rate key leeds to a Q ncrlflce threat, with 3 pl.uln!! pin matas. (A) Good key end threat. On. of the pin mates Is a dual one. Ifler 1 •.•..•.•. PXR. IHI
•
Fifth Honorable Mention No. 791 by Herbert Ahu .. , G. rml ,.y
"p. T,.,,, pb1fantl"J J,,,,ught.abo,,t moJtl 'n ate'.
/ 4n3 I. Q.R2 Th. t ry l .Q·Q7 15 much mo rlf p'-u,' b le th~n t h" adu.1 key, .nd bo th Iud t o f inely d lff. r entJat " d ch.nlled t-e ltbh.c kl !SO-Cilled "StCH:chls") In • nell .. tt ln".
The standard of entries was above the average, though not up to that of Chess Life's previous tourney. Some Of the best problems-No. 807 Petite, No. 809 ' Mansfield, No. 814 Smedley, No. 876 Holl aday, No. 88Q VanDij k, No. 90D VanDijk-proved ineligible for top honors because of anticipatiolls. We are indebted to Mr. Hermann Albrecht of Frankfurt, Germany, for checking prior rendi tions of the themes. GERALD f: AND~RSON
~DG.1R HOLLADAY Sixth Honoroble Mention No. In by RiCE·LIPTON, En"l"nd.
2101 R4/ 1pPrp2/ Rbttl ll2/ IIIQn4/ qln2P PB j"dgct. ThT~~·Mour 5«tum In the award we have laid s tress on those e lements of complexity,
originality and artis tic polish that characterizes the works of the great two· move composer in whose memory the tourney was held. Whel1-as oecured in several cases-there was a choice between two positions showing sllnil.iar schemes, we gave precedence to the one which seemC!d better to display the quali ties that characterize the composi· t lons of Frederick Gamage.
!2tpl N/ Slp2K2, 1 LQ-Q-4 A (omple ' " chan,e o f IIIf Hum. the me, with unp,ns . nd two .... II.dlff. r. nUlled ha lf·pln mat"" Is pro b. bly • new . nd re mltkab le . chl.v.m. nl .
Seventh HonorGble Mention No. '" by E. A. Wirt.n.n, F I.nl l nd
8/ 1p1Q Plf1r / B I kHNp2nl1 r / 1 p2P3{1 Kn 512R3bl 1.N.oB7 Two int . rler.nce malt, a r. ch ' n".d in .... t, 'ry and IdUl 1 play, but w ithout !Jr"a t disti nction .
Eighth Honoroble Mention 1010 . 792 by i. N. umann , In .. '
3b3R / 4Bp2 / 1 p2Grl n/ I Rlrb / K2N 31(/ 1 P 4pp/JpBPIH/ 2nIQ3 I .Q·1(3 Complex Interfe rences and corrections, in a rather crowd ed posit ion.
Ninth Honoroble Mention No. ISS by O. A. Smedl. y, Sln"lpor.
2b5/ R Rl p2Q I / I 101 k'h / l plb3/1 86 f1p / 4
No. 899 by j,,;:I: H",ing
Holi""J
l.N ·B4
December 1957.
-
SECOND PRIZE $11
846 h R(Jbul E. 6IOTS'"
Y 0'.4:
K3/ 8 I .Q·88 T ... o tr i"s a nd t he . clual k.y crill . three a n. la-gous ching .. afl, r d , f"nses on WH-s a i, Ih l .xecutlon beln" 1'11" but nol b r illi an t.
Tenth Honorable Mention No. 808 by M. Montan u l, 11 . , '1
lb. R4/1/ 2r1/ ' ppl pl / pPtkNl/ NJRI81/ l Mpl / 18l .KI 1.101.081 The lCH: uS o f I nler'. r~nce 11 cha n!rld from Wh'. 084 In the set play to ~ In the adu. ' , emphl1hed by IIv. clost 'r le.: 1.8 ·QRl, 1.101.06, 1.101 .1103, 1.8 ·82 and I .R·B).
P"r"II~1 C"""'1!~' "fin B I K flighlt ill Ih~ .ct· ""d t..,·p/orr, ,,·ith " €ompl~u di.",pl~" ill It..: "ct,,,,! pI"", t~ .,hol~ dont in <: Mn d itb ulling, ma.h " li,,~ I .. .J.; p,obl"m.
Eleventh Honorable Mention No. t06 by Ugo L, ncl., Italy
,ul "tWJU,. ~D1Jc I!.4 1.r::~u. I.2trno1bl /'BJ.~'4 A good sacrlficl,,1 key leads to 0 nlco .rray of w. II-d lffo .. nt lat. d mit •• , .lon, conventlon.l IIn.s.
Twelfth Honorable Mention No. 81' by Anthony T,ffs, USA
8/ 4p3 / " / 3B2PI / I rtkNt K1 / 4N2Q/ 2b-R3 !2R381 1. 101 .8 3 This IIghtw. ight hu a kood k.y and SOme chan"", bu' mO' II. r straitl Y . nd vlriety.
COMMENDED, in numerical order, as they appeared in Chess Life.
No. 823. Rubens, USA 4K)/S/Zpk4/ 87/1Q1I I P1b/1 86
I. K·87 Tm di,t'"g.mh"'g poi", hue i, th.tl aftn I. , P·84 1m Q m .. ,f ,~tJ(. 4f
Q.q irlJl~"J of QJ .0 as "01 10 gff m I~ "orr of llu 8 all QII sq.
No. 835. Vafa r •• cu, Ruml nia NJ!?2 K/ j poll Z pH p/ pi pi pJ! 1 f'1 PJ/ Q,,'IBt/lqPY/b'b I. B.R'I A 1;1I1~ ,,,,,,,,,,,/. Th( Z ",b.""fi"tio". by Ih~ BI ./0.,' i" Ihe I . , N·Q' ""J t.
, N·K' "" i"U1tSling.
No. 859. Morrl, Argentina 7K/7p/2P2Qpl /2pJpq/ '1B2p/2nlkJ/ IbPlbNRIIJB2R 1. Q.KJ No parli",!", Ilume, bl,1 ,omt q"irr
d . I goo ~""dllO"'.
I No. 860. Stevenson, Engllnd
lr2[?)/]nQ2p2! )/>I/>2/]kl Pbl/ nrN / hdPlnl/ZNP4/JK4 t. R.Q8 An jnlerur,,,!; po;,,1 it th"l ,.,ht" tht BIR ""d 8 m,,/udl/,! inlt./at, the,! IIlso ,,,, /Jff Ihe WhB "nd TO gin the BIK " flighl.
No. 884. Landi, Itlly S/2 pS/lplbJ! K IIt.I 8)/8/ 186/ IPIR4/ S
• 1. R.Q7 bl bit"·
Fourth Honorable Mention No. SIO h Witold M,d,,,11llt.
The following problems are COMMENDED, but not graded in order of preference, for a variety of Interesting featur es, though we do not consider them tiP to the standard of the problems given above. They are listed in their nu· merical order as they appeared in Chess Life's problem·column.
thllt 1I/I"S ;:";::Z~! . . im llg;ntd pld"f <twlrj"g in en.
IIti" m"ttl, .,hich rwOT id ... tic"lIi attn the kC)' bil l ,.,jlh ihe Il r"les'! fha"ged. The Iry I . N ·Q6 . .... ilh thc do"ble threat 2. B.N6 and t. N ·B' i. defended b"J I .
, N·Q', inttrftti", wilh th~ BQ, ""d by 1. , N·N6 illft'f~ring JIIlth Ihe 8R, produci"g "'''UI .,.,hich "'CU T
"R"i" i" the ,,(f .. ,,1 pld"f J,,,t ,.,ith diff~ •. ,·Itt sh,II'all tffwi. A"oth:, ,i", Iry il J. N·NJ. Thc,t "rc dcfem , ,,,,ch "' If" ;J!'n~I' af tlu hc.n-y Wh picctI, but Ihe cO"'tpIWn rr b,iII""" "nd tborough!" G"mlfg''''''
First
, Honorable Mention
" No. 8J4 by lAi",ons M"nglllis
No. 2 .Q.QB7
Thtrt "'t 10m, fin~ ,/un'gt. "'Itt mo~CI of 1m 81 Q, t",phll,i~cJ by Iht c'ou try 1. B:d' and I," lrf,pri,i"g ker. A ll 1M. i, 4(compli,htJ Iry o,,/y /J mcn, d"J " ilh "0 .,hitt P-"t ""J "" i,,";l. ing1" ate" seUing.
-Vincent L. Elton Eric M. Husberg
Judge,
THIRD PRIZE IW
N o. S91 b)· H",~<io L. M'U,,"IC
Arllt"li"d ~ ,
No: 2 I.Q.Nl
_.'I. Slriking sl",d" in clulngcl a, 'h.· .. · ull-bloclu on
i .: ~.
ut male alte, 1 . ... , ... , i ori. ;, "!"Cl~M I to g;"~ "p. The sl'''Ug" in u t· ""d <1<11'01 pi"" is "cr" h;',mo"io .. s, If" J " lo~dy op~n $cU,ng 10"nd, "",/ II b,,,utif,,l .... ork 11,,#, h" ." ytr, /"du the no"d ry 01 (h. first· If"J luo"J.prit t ,.,i". ntrS .
The ,fletl if not quite ", ;'''''''0'';0''' IfI '" ol""r ''''''''pler, ""d tt.~ po,ition i, " ,,,,.,IMI h".1ry.
«be55 eife I ...... ~ It), 19'9
([b~ss £if~ Vol. XIII , Number 10
January 20, 1959
Pub~hed twice 3 mon th 0" th e 5th and ~Olh by T HE UNITED STATES CHJ::SS FEDE RATIO N. En tered as second c1a~a mallcr September S, 19~6. at the pos t office .1 Dubuque. Iowa , under th ~ del of ~Iarch 9, 1B79.
Editor : FRED M. WREN POSTMASTER: Ple35e retu r n unde liverable coplon with Form 3519 to K.nn.th Hukness, U$CF Business M~nager, 80 Ent 11th Sireet, New York 3, N. Y.
1958 OPENING CEREMONIES
USCF-ROSENWALD CHAMPIONSHIP Remarks by: Jerry G. Spann
I think we can aU agree that organized chess, as well as gener .. , chess in terest, has taken a decided leap forward during this past yea r. How many ti mes late ly have you seen u chess board and pi eces in a movie or a T·V production, either as a part of the plot or a par t of the setting? . .. 01' in a" slick" magazine ad ? . . . or in a fnbric OJ" jewelry design ? . . . or in nn interior decor? I'm ,;ure all of you have read Al Horowitz's new Chess Column in the Saturday Review. These are all subtle indications of the rising surge of interest in Chess in America today.
Of course, there are the more graphic and significant manifestations and the outstanding success of the USCF-Rosenwuld Championships is one. A yea r ago tonight I stood before you in this very same spot when we kicked-off Ule fi rst one and a~ st rong ,IS it was, it is most certainly eclipsed by the second annual Nationfll Rosenwald commencing tonight , fo r this is the st rongest Chumpiomhip ever organized in the United States.
DUring the past yeal' we have S(; I.'11 aU!' 2 represl.'nluti\·es play at Portoroz and distin guish themse lves wit h top-fli ght play followed by well-deserved promotiolls in their in ternational t·anking. Til is coming year we will sec one or our sons and an adupted son playing in probably the st rongest Worlds Candidate Tournament cver held.
Las t Fall' we sen t a team 10 the World Olympiad for the firs t time in 6 years and made a creditable showing. Duri ng the P<lst year the Federation membership has heen increased by 1000 new members, and the American Chess Foundation has launched a drive for sustaining members who will contribute tax-exempt dollars to a general chess fu nd.
The impact and import of ali these events is self-evident. But not so self-evident is the vital causa l re lationship! Progress doesn't j ust happen! ! The SINGLE SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTL~G FACTOR is the EFFECTIVE COOPERATION of the AMERICAN CHESS FOUNDATION and the U. S. CHESS F EDERATION . . . to whiclt I say BRAVO and
it live!
just one year ago were some dire pre-[rom some interesting quarters about our HARMONY Program?
I seem to recall one description to the effect that I was a simple naive Southwesterner who was going to be literally gobbled ¥p by the City Boys. Even our venerable Senior Statesman, Hermann Hclms, wished me weH but speCUlated in prin t on my naivete! Well I'm still here and definitely not gobbled up .. . maybe the re 's too mueh of me, or maybe it' s just tha t I'm ind igestibl e! ! No, let's just put it this way: energy, en thusiasm, the life and spir it-giving qualities a lign themselves more happily with the naive . _ . not the cynical. I'm going to push for progress because I j ust don· t know any better! Therefore, I plead guilty to the na ivete all egation and my only hope is that I'U still be naive at n inety!
It's a real pleasure 10 be here with YOll , and thanks a lot fo r lis· tening.
Ame rican C ~ess Found atlon 1372 Broadway Ne w Yo rk 18, N.Y.
December 2 1, 1~5B
Dear Colleagues: . I g reatly r~gr.,t my Ina bility to a tt end Ihis impor t'lnl <eSSlOn , not only be _
csuse of the fq llowshlp at w h leh I ~m d,·prh·ed. but ~150 b~caus ~ of the slg;>tfl . cant a n d pCl"U n e n t matte rs to be di "~U5"ed a nd d~d 'ied upon. I am famJlmr with the agenda nfte r discuss ions wit h Mr. KnspH n nd M,·. Wall ach.
Since mos t of t he A m erica n Chess Foundation Voting Members a re also members of t h c United States Chess F ede r a tion (some a,'e officers 0/ thc ~- ed· eratio n ), there should be n o question in ou t mInds as to the w~o lc - heart~d sup· por t the F ed e r a tion Is g h'lng and w!ll co ntl n u" to g ive the prO ~ l"am Hnd good wo r k s o f the Found"Uon. There d oes appc ~l r to b ~ . h owc , ·e r. ~ome confusion as to th~ eo m par aU"e r oles of the t wo o '·ga nlza t ions . 50 I feel that this mess3io might prope r ly d eal with Ihis subject and clar ify the relatio n shlp . ,
frequent preparation and pU b lishing of ratings, p romoti n g m o re t(l urnaments at a ll Ic\"d of p lay, a n d Ihe teac~lng of eh~ss (particularly to Juni ors) by employing f ltr -r eac h ing . org;lUized m e t hods.
It is ti,e r espunsl b iuty of the United Sta tes Ch ess ~'ederatlon, th r ough Its dect~d OffIcials, to carry o ut the manda tcs of the Wo rld Ch .,ss Fed e r ation as t lwy a p ply 10 our Zone. The Federation and Its elected official s are cha r ged with th~ respollsibillty o f enfOlcing the .n VE laws of chcss with respec t to t he orga nu.. h~g and co nduct of :Ill "fficial c h~mpionsh l p nnd qua1!fylng ev.,n ~s In t he U.S. ,\nd l astly , It is the d u ty of the f-eder ation Executive t o vote, m a k e a p point· m e nls ami recolllmendat lt.>n s nn d sub mit p r cscribed r e po r ts to t he An n u a l CQn· gres. of the World Chcso Federation.
A; 1 see it, the role of the Amu lcan Chess F OUlldati on 1;; t o raise fund s f or t h e prom o tion of c hess and for the enlistmen t of pop u lar interest In c hess, and 10 dl""'" :,S l11 ~ n)' elem~nts a nd Inte rl·st. of the popula tl o n, as may b e p ossible , Into a CHIll"!" of public opinIon , tha t wllt encourage ch~ss-p la y and l ead t o t h e d~ \"I' l opment of c·hcss m~~ t e , ·".
In [h i' j-Jrogram, we of the United St a tes Ch ess Federation are rcady and eager 10 coo perale.
W,""ll~st F r ate-I'nal Regards, Jen·y G. Sp a nn , P r esiden t UnI t ed Sta t es Chess Federa tio n .
By Kestel Svendsell
MARCH OF THE PAPERBACKS • American players are now l' njoying what the Europeans have had
for many years- inexpensive ches~ book~ issued in paperbaek. Dover Pu hlications, 920 N . Broadway, New Yo rk 10, has reeent ly reprinted two more standard works, with others to come. Those at hand are Philip W_ Sergeant's Morphy's Games of Chess (x, 352 pp. , 235 d iags. $1.75) and Fred Reinfeld's The Treasury of Chess Lore (xi, 306 pp. 49 photos, 12 diags. $1.75)_ The games of Morphy have been difficult to come o y, Sergeant having long been out of print; and the Treasury has been the sor t of book olle would wish to add to his shell bu t would defer buying because of its cost. The forme r of these contains three-fourths of the four hUlldred surviving games contested by the Lirst American ehess genius . An introduction by Reinfcld condenses the reappra i s~l of Morphy tlla! has been going 011 fo r some time ; and his reputation is now more seeure than el'er, not becuuse his eve ry bl'itJiant:y was sound n~r because he played like a genius in every game, but because his emphaSIS upon sy~temalic, aggressive development was a major eontributi~n to the high level chess of today. And , as Reinfe ld says, a "big lead III development, quantitative and qualitative, automatically produces situations" in whieh Morphy's natural attacking genius couM assert itself. The latter book, the Treasurv, is a compe ndium of stories, memoirs, anecdotes, human interest ar t icles, and the like. Sections on "The Woodpushers," "The Golden Age," "The M"rtern Masters ," "Chess Lore," and "Chess Celebri ties" include sel~ctivns !rom the most dist inguished and
the3'ed ito~- of Chesl Life, with his inimitable Tales of a Woodpusnerj B. H_ Wood, editor of Chel5; Reinfeld himself; 8'.ld ~ score of others.
Having mentioned the Europeans at the beglOn lOg of. th.ese remarks, one is pleased to note the latest anivals from t~e pubhshlO~ house of Walter de Gruyler & Co., Genthiner .St~. 13, B~rhn W 35, Gel many. The first Waldemar Weigand, Das Konlgltche SpIel (80 p p_ DM. 6----about 512i)) is a beautifully printed little h is tory of the royal ga~e, II~ustr~ted wi·th 25 handsome reproductions of famous pictures a~d hlstOrH;al hUepages The ~econd is the fourlh ed ition- of Alfred Bnnckmann s50L)eh';; boch ·des Schachs piels {l39 pp., 188 diags_ .DM 7.~O-about $1. ' . ihis country it 1V0uld rank as an advance~ pnmer,. With heavy annotatIOn of the illustrat ive games and much analYSIS of variants. The glossy eo~erphotographs of t he~e two German book~ make them very attractive. Taken together, the four examples menuor:ed. here swell the ever-welcome march of the paperbacks in most gr al1fYlOg style.
F irst of J !J , It s hou ld b e c learly undnstood t hat, althoug~ th., Ino national chess organizatlons sh a r e t~e same Itims . they a rC not c omp~tltlve . do n ot ovcr· lap fu nctlon a lly . or w ill they at an.v time in the futu ,·e . Uut It Is recogn ized and Int e nde. that the aehle" e m ents of both wHI come bIg ger n lHI faster If we wo r k closely together a n d help eac h o t h" r In eve l·y way p llssible.
The United St ates Chess F ederallon Is a chapte r of the World Chess F ederation and as such 15 t h e governin g body of c hess in I~~ U.S .A. Our role is to Qrganize chess In ' t~e united State~ by enrolling ch ess p layers Into d u bs on t ~ e local a n d re gio na l 1,·,·.,1. nod Into the F ede raUon on the nn t ton al Ip~ eL Ou r key role, t hen 1< to build membushlp and tbrough Increased membcrsh lp , widen and Impr';,·e our servIces , by developing" a b l ~ g er a nd bcttn newspaper . more
17. B-B7 18. BxN 19. P_K5 10. B_N1 21. KxB
P_KRl '"0
B-R6 N_NS Q_K3 R·Q2 _ , ..
QR-Q ... P-R4
39. N.B6 B_N3 IS _ Q_NS N-B2 40. K.B3 p .B4 19. Q-R>! N·K3 41. P-R7 BxP 1(1. Q-R6 N· N 42. NxB ResIgn! 21. Q_B R:B3
39. R / I .B6 R~R
40. RxR NxKP 41 . NxN BxN 42. P-QR4 ResIgns
(Continued Col. 1. Page 5)
USCF MembHship cues, InclUdIng subscr iption !o Chess LlIe, perlodlcnl p u bttcatton 0( natio n al chess rating, a n d a lt other p rIVIleg es: ONE YEAR: ss_oa TWO YEARS: $9.50 THREE YEARS: $13.50 LIFE: $100.00
SUSTAINING; S10.00 (Becomu Life Membersh ip afte r HI p<1Vments ) A ne w member~hl p ~ta rts on 21st day of monlh o f enrollme n t , e x pires at t~ e end of the periOd fo~ which dues a r e pnld. Family Diles for Iwo o r more memo bers of one family livi n g a t SB Ol e ~ddres" . Inchldlng on l" one su bscriptIon t o Chess Lite, a re a l regul a r r a t es (see above ) for rirst m embe r shl!" a t t h e .fO!lOWIng rates fo r e 8c h additional member.~lp: One yea r $2.50: IWO ~ ears $4.75, three years ~.75. SubscriptIon r ate of Chess We t o n on _m emben 1.1 S3.00 per year. Single coplea 15c eaeb. ~
d u c tion . including number ~ and dates on t op line . . d h es of address to KENNETH Se nd m embersh ip dues lor sU9sc r<ptlon S) an"c argN York 3 N. Y.
HARKNESS BU l ines, Man<1ger, 80 Eu t 11 th ree, ew , , - If ) lind all commllnicatlons re·
Send Tourn~ ment ra t ing_ re port. (WIth fee,' ""e a;;,v WREN Editor 19 Dutch VII. gardl ng CHE SS LIFE ed Itorial matiers 10 . , , Iilge Road, Halifax , N. So, Canada.
Mue all check. In.va blc to: THE UNITED STATES CHESS FEDBRATION
,
CHESS TACTICS FOR BEG By U, S, Expert DR, ERICH W. MA.RCHA.ND
(1958 U.S. Amateur Champion)
Dr. M. rchand will an.Wer beginners' qllas tlons On lhls palla, If of lufflctant , . nen l In terest. Those wishing a parlonll reply Ihould . nc los" stamPld, .. " . .ddr .... d In .. l lop. , Addru s: Dr, Erich W. Mlrch,nd, I" Sl vlll. QrIVI, Roeh .. tar 17, N.Y.
1. Answers to Readers' Questiolls Robert Mclnlyre, San Diego, Ca tiforni. , as ks a bout the following
var iation of the Evans Ga mbit Declined : 1. P-K4, P·K4; 2. N·KB3, N· QB3; 3. 8 ·B4. B·84 ; 4. P-QN4, B·N3; 5. P·QR4, P·QR3; 6. N·n3, N·B3; 7. N·Q5, NxN. This is the move given in MC09. The question is why not 7 . ... ..... , NxP? Answer: This is a very rcasonable que!tion, but experience with this va riation seems to indicate tha t after 8. 0 ·0 White 's attack will dcve lop quickly and strong ly. Howevel" , White also gets the edge a ft er the book line 7 ......... , NxN; 8. PxN, P·K5; 9. PxN, 0-0 ; 10. B·N2!, PxN; 11 . QxP, QPxP ; 12. Q:B3, R·K1ch ; 13. K-B1, Q·N4; 14. P·R4. For instance, 14 .... ..... , Q·N5; 15. R·KR3.
William Bickh .. m, Jr., Urlve rslty Pa rk, Pennsylvani .. , asks how Black
EM·1 -
•
Tutst/<ty, Pege 5 ]"nlta.,., 10, 1959
..A,m.J. :;'o,ce. (;1. •••
by Robert A" Karch
•
Please send m. , posleard or I lett .. tell ing about your ehlls promotion and activities on Iny Army, Navy AIr Foret or Marine post or li hlp I nywhere on or off the urllt. Add r.n me ,I: 16025 Pueo del C.mpo, Sin Lorenlo, Calif.
The 19sa US Armed Forces Postal Chess Championship Is dosed now with 10 seetlons undcrwly. About 16 months from now, llnfi nlshed ;amH 'Will be adjudicat e<! and section wlnnus 'Will meet In a round robin In the Finals.
However. the 1959 tournament bal just opt'ned IIp ! All members o( the 101l1l",y serviee, ... hether on aetlve duty or In thc reserves, are eligible to en· ter ! f'rce. Just , end your name tQ Nor· rolk USO, 259 Granby Street, Nortolk, Virginia. Claude DJoodSood b doing a II rand job 1"lrlnB up tho players for these tOllrnament' :
can refute the line P-K4, P·~B4 ; 2. N·KE3, N·QB3 (or 2 ......... , P·Q3); 3. B·B4 agains t the Sicilian Defense. Answer: It is doul>tfu l if While's move can be refu ted completely. But by 3 . ........ , P·K3 Black can prac· tically equa lize lhe game a t once sinCe White's 8 (B4) will have almost DO attacking chances.
J esse J ones, St. Johns, Michigan, asks where one can find the fa · mous "Gold Pieces" game of Frank Marshall. Answer: The game was Lewitzky·Marshal!. Breslau, 1912, and can be found in The Gold. n Treas· ury of Chess, David McKay Co., Washington Square, Philadelphia.
While cho(l5('s a slmpllfying varIation "releasing the tension" In the c.:onter. One advantage of Ihl t It thDt Black's Kg will now ha,·c lillie ru ture as Dn Mtacklng wcapon on the lana: diagonal.
Williams IS the I'\tw Speed King of the Vogelweh Chess Club In Germany, Don Hal£:ren reporting. He won over defending, twl c~hamplon Art Wooten and current <:lull. cbamplon, Mr. Marry, InleresUngly enOUlh, WllllalWl learned how to play chen barely • ye ..... ,0 and l:5--or rather, wa,!-rated a <:lass "C" <:Iub player. -Appropo! of our COllimn last Decem.
Pat Cassidy, Represa, California, asks about the following position in the game O. Maschke-P. Smith (Chess Life, Nov. 20, 1958): 7. .. .. .... PxP 10. P·BS QNoQ2
8. B,1(3 P·B3 11. NoQR4 N·R4
bel' 5th, the Vogelweh ten seeond tournamenl attracted ten players, the largest turnout so tar!
Diagram EM·l (See top next eolumn~ 9. Q·B2 Q.K2 A unique and Imaginative approach PxN 52 KxP Intere. tlng here would be 11. ......... Is the Vogelweh "Tournament of ChlUll-
The question is whether White can draw by 51. NxP , ; . P.QN4: 12. P1<Pe.p. , P1<P; U. Q>tP (not plans" schedliled to start soon. It wUl since it is often said tbat lone RP and B are unable to win when the 13. NxP. N1<N; 14. BxN, Q·N5 ch; 1$. be a double rOllnd robIn betw~n all B' h d h ' A Th' Id be Q-QZ, QxB. However, Il. NxP, Q·N$ ch?; (ormer and eurrent re,JUlar and 5J' eed IS Op oes not control t e queerung square. nswer: IS wou OU"hol'.-, Bo' h. - ', 'h. , a' ·h·, on.
th 14. Q-Q2 would favor White), Q·N5 ch; .~ • ..- .... true if the defending King could get to the queening Square. But at 14. N.B3, QINP; U. RoQNl, of thO$e &:mtU Is recorded with no appears to be impossible here.' For instance 52 . ......... K-B6; 53. K-K3, 12. P.KN3 P-U 1,t. .. Ktu QN.B3 time llmlt, the othtr h at ten a!(!~ --~_. '" ... "" ... · ~ ,-__ 7 , .,.,,.. - --_ . .. ..., X l"" • .n..r't.· . n-, P."!"'S: .n,n'i,· . ... f · I~;r" .. _ J'p ,- ... I Wn *' hrl! . .wu. ...
" ; 82. K-B2, B·N6ch; 63. K-Bl , B·R5; 64. K·Q2, K·N7). IS. B-QB4. Howard Billian, Middletown, Connecticut asks two questions. Firstly, 1$. B·B4 ell. K·R1 16. 0 .0.0 P.KR3
after 1. P·Q4, P·Q4; 2. P-QB4 what is wrong with 2 . ... .... .. , P·K4; 3. PxKP, An error which may poulbly be can. P·Q5. Answer: This is a well-known variation known as The Albin Cou n- sldercd as the decisIve one. The weak· te G b't h ' h . ht I' 4 N 3 neSs ere3tcd at BIlek's KN3 appears r am I • W IC mIg con mue . -KB3, N·QB ; 5. QN-Q2. B·RNS; Immediate ly to be very . erlou,. Prob-6. p ·KR3. BxN; 7. NxB, B-B4; 8. P·R3, P-QR4; 9. P·KN3. KN·N2; 10, B.N2, ably best was IG . ........ , P.KS bllt not N-N3; 11. 0 -0 , 0-0. Most theoris ts feci that Black'S good position Is not IG . ........ , B·K3; 17. N1<P, BxB; 18. NxB. quite wort h the Pawn. Furthermore in some lines White can return the 17. N,R4 Q,Kl Pawn a t the right moment and retain a posi tional cdge. To prevenl N·Na eh ,,1nnlng the 'Q.
Bill ian's second question is whether 1 . ........ , N-KB3,is the best reply IS. B·K3 N.Q4 to 1. p.Q4. Answer: Most masters seem to th ink so a t the present time. Ria('k "'as Ihl'<'alened with 19. P·KN4, Th K' h ' - I. - ~._~~, .. e mg t move is conSidered more "elastic" than 1. .. ...... , P·Q4, since l'h tprote<"lcd by Whlt,,'s Q!), K.R2: 21. It allows Black to wait and see how White will proceed. Furthermore , it N1<R chI: 20. S"N. P"R; 21. PxP .... Innlng can lead either in to the Ninuoindlan Defense 2. P-QB4, P-K3; 3. N.QB3, "Pawn and malntalnlnr the attaek. B N5 . h Slaek. therefore, de~ ldu to sacri fice II
. or Into t e King's Indian eDCense 2. P-QB4, P·KN3 ; 3. N·QB3. B,N2 Pawn In a way which will prodllce Uvely (or ~vcn the Gruenfeld Defense 3 . .. ...... , P·Q4), these defen ses being COllnterchances fo r hIm . conSidered to offer Black not only theoretical equality but also practi· 19. BxN PxB 20. P'KN4 cal chances to play for a win rather than a draw. 20. R1< P. fj ·K3 would make It ellsy for 2. An Interesting Struggle Blnrk to de",,]op a "rong attack on
White's King. In a hard-fought game the outcome orten seems to hang on a . threa d.
In, such a game the least inexact itude I>y e ither pl'yer may make th e 20 ... .. ... :,,, p·QS d ff b
AlI:aln - v . .. ..... .. p·ns or 20. .. ....... PxP I ~rence etween victory and defeat. The foll owing game is an i\J us- ",Quld be ans","red by 2\. N-Nfleh.
tratlon. 21. B.Q2 ...... KING'S INDIAN DEFENSE this. One meri t of Whlte's flrsl move ," I. I'1< N. QxP seems to fa"nr Blllck.
Match, 1958 (ln6lelld of 5IIy I. p . Q4) is thlll he U n 21, .... _- PoQ6 13. N.N6ch Eas tman Kodak Co. avoid transposing Into th~ Nlnlzolndlan 22. QxP Q)fN
Def".....,. ThIs ofle n Is a very practical AI lea.t til. .. weakness erealed at move conslderallon. For Instanee, It mlly be 16 pro" es 10 be the Achilles Heel of known that Black I. a spedallst In the Rl ~ ~k's I(ame. Of eouru not 2~. PxN, Nlm7.olndlan but rarely plays th~ King's Q.~N! (one has to see these thlng5).
", Unive rSity of Rochester
While Black E. MARCHAND F.TROYON
1. P'Q84 ..... . .. ThIs openlnK b theoretIca lly harml"55. In practice. howev"r, one £lnds tha t BlaCk freqlltnUy gocs astray against It either by drIfting Into a poor p051110n or aUawlng While to transpose Into ' fa vorable varia tions of oUler openings.
I, __ .... N.K B3 Tbe reply I. ........ , P·K4 leadIng 10 reeu. lar ~:nr: lIsh Openln, Is consldcn!d IS an adequale altern; tlve for Black.
2. N·K B3 .. _ ... Here 2. N·Q63 or 2. P·Q4 are also saU", [:letol")'.
2. ........ P-KN3 Plann!nr to transpose Into a King's In. dian Defense. White can bardly avoId
Indian. 23. ....... . K.R2 3. N·Bl 8·N2 S. P.Q4 0 ,0 I,o~ lne the Rxch lln<!"e. UnfortUnately 2!1. . ~ •• M·~NI _ •• '.,_ •• _ Now 11 standard position of the Kln.ljl ', r h. K.B] ; 26. Q·Q8 ch. Q.KI: 27. N.NG eh. Jndl~n Ocrense hM been reaehed. K.NI: 28. QxQ eh wu even 1('$$ ~ppet!~. 6. P·KR3 ........ In e. Some analysts ..... ould constder Ihls D 24. NxRch ... 21. R·N6 8·K3 w:ute or time and an unneeesury ..... eak. enln&. Howe"er, Black does have a prob. lem o( flndln" a suitable development for his QB. and hence there Is some pOI nt 10 preventing B-N5 by Black. Also White wUl now be able 10 play B-K3 W\thOlil beln~ "nnoyed by N·KN5. 6. ....... P.K4 A standard freeing move In thl' opening. Now mack gel'! his share of Ihe eenter. The u erlflee of a Pawn If only tem.
25. P"N 26. B·B3
. .. B·N2
n. KR·Nl Q.B2
n , QR.NT 30. P·B4
P ..... ·('ntln ll B·N . .. nd also P·B5 ns threatenlna' B~P.
The 1958 Intercollegiate Team Champion;;h ip Tournament was played at Case Institute of Tech· nology at Clevela nd late in tle· eember.
The defending champions, Unive rsity of Chicago, repeated their 1956 t r iumph by scoring 5-1, to nose out second·place Harvard, who scored 41f.: ·l lh. The host team from Case took third place with 4-2. •
The Long Island Amateur Tournament (Golden Kings) resulted in 11 win for Joe Richman, a member of the Mars ha ll C. C., who won five and drew wi tl! second·place Chester Bacynski of Brooklyn, a lso a memo ber of the Marshall CC, who scored 5-1, a half·point behind Richman's 5lh·~2 . E. T. Vano, another Marshall player, also scored 5-1, taking thi rd p lace on median points, Fourth place was taken by Richard Egan of Jackson Heights, a member of the Queens C, C., with 4;2 ·Ph.. Jack Collins :md Larry Evans sel'ved as adjudicators of this 39-cntrant event.
T b.e P ittsburgh Amateur Tourna· men t was somethi ng of a disa~
. pointment. with only thirteen en· tran ts braving t he terrific bl izzard which struck P ittsburgh on the opening day. George Baylor won the event-no scores available.
,
GAMES BY USCF MEMBERS Annotated by Chess Master JOHN W. COLLINS
USCP MEMBERS: Submit yt1tl, Insl I"mn /0' Ihi' Jtpa..mn.t /0 JOHN W. COLLINS, 9/ Uno. R04J, 8'o<ltl'1" 16. N. Y. Spou lni"8 /imilnl. Mr. Collin, ",ill It/u l tbt mOSI jnU.tJri". and jnmuui>'t I" , publi.c"lIon. U " /fU OlM, .. iu ll<llN noIn /0 g .. mts tilt ,., M r. Collins.
Chess playe nl In coUe,e. throulh<>ut Ihc U. S. " 'blch as yet have lItUe or n o organized chess activity may be $timula te<i 10 expend some errort aloni organlz.aUonil l lines by leamlng or the success o f one club eshblbhed durlni the first semester of the c:urre nt acade rnl.., )·ear. Your columnlst·s 01'.'1'1 e-x· pe rlence in orlBnlitlnjl chelS actlrlty .t Wartburg Collele Is evidence ot Ibe facl that Interest snd playlni abllltye,'''n some of a high order-Brll ott en I)'ing dorm.nt, needing only some o r · ,anized activity to stlmul"te latent en· thuslasm. •
COBO-ARTEAGA Playing with great posit ional
precision and rare composure (in a manner reminiscent of bis illustrious predecessor Capablanca) E. Cobo-Arteaga of Havana scored 10·2 to win the .U.s. Open. His defeat of Larry Evans, second with 9%, and loss to Mien Kaufman, sixth with 9, have received the most aHention, hut this game (published without notes in CHESS LIFE, Sept. 20, 1958) is deserving 01 the spotlight too.
KING'S INDIAN DEFENSE M eO 9: p. IN, ,. J8
U. S. Open Rochester. 1958
H. AVRAM E. COBO·ARTEAGA White Black
1. PoQ4 N·I(BJ 4. P ·1(4 P·Q3 1. P·QB4 P· I(N3 5. ' · B3 o.Q 3. N·QB3 B·N1 Another handling b $ . ... ...... P ·K4 f ol· lowed by 6. KN·K2, 0 ·0; 1. B·N5. N·B3: Or 5. __ .. , P·K4; 6. KN·K2, KN·Qt, 7. I).K3, 1).R3!?
N·Q5ch. KxQ; 18. KR.Q, B.Q3 [19 ......... , K.B; 19. ax:>;: P"B; 20. N·K7chl n"N; 21. QxQ. BP, etc. I 19. BxN, PxU; 21. NoN·I, ·Q·N3; 22. P·D5, ........ , or If 14. ........ , Q.B7; 15. KR·U; QltRP; 16. N·B3 e tc. A LL the me thods o f ~topplnl thl~ t hreat lose as follows:
To date this year. members of the Wartburg club have played In tour team matches, ~ simultaneous elthlbl · tlon, nnd a 31).30 tournament. with two team matches and ps rtlclpatlon in the Mlnne~"ta Open Championship on the calendar for the near future. Larry Bielenberg. Wnrtburll'S t il'll board player. from Inglewood. Callfornl •• hU in the short spaee or a few months e.tablished hlmulf as one Of the strong. est chesB players In low.. Defeating USCF Ex~rt Geor ge Bsrnes In a well. ~Iayed lame In the slmult.neous IItve n by Barnes at Wartburg !lOon .ner the
A.- I' . ... .. _ .• P·QR3 n o make r oom for op.,nlnl o f the school ye.r. Larry went the Q on QR21 14. BltNeh, PxB; (14. on to defeat one of lowa'$ to p. r.llked ...... _. NltB; 15. Q.8S. B·QJ [Hi ..... ~_. I). playen; In Wartburg', openlnr: tum 1(2; 16. Q.Q1ch , I\ ·B; 17. D>tBch, N"B; la. Q.Q8ch " mate l 16. RxD! and wins. ma tc h, alalnst the Cedar V&I.le" Chen B , n. R R
Club of Wa tf!!'loo. low'. whlch Wart· .- 1 . _ ... _., . ; 14. x ch, KxR; 15. . • 0' ~. of , ••
R. ' K K' K B urg lo.st y ne nurow m .... ~, n · . Cn, . (I . .... ~ .... ; 16. QxP el c.) , 'c 0 __ 0' • NO p. ,. Q ¥.t. In j"e omu opla ~n __ Tour-. )(, c, x ( .. ___ .• NitS : 17. . , . ,. " B5 e tc.) 17. 1f.B6! winning. nament. he .. .t W.ter OQ "u .. nc
1958, continued: 7 •. ___ , P .B4 8. p. Re.igns
C .-~3 . ... _._, p.B3; 14. BxP. PxD; IS. Nx T han ksgtv1ng vacation . Larry Wll lead. Pch, K.Bl ; 16. N.K4ch. K.K (or K.N) 17. ing Iowa Champion Dan Reynolds colnC N.NS elc. Illto the slJrth and final r QUnd. He (tn. 0 ._13 ......... , P .D4 (the liest try) 14. N. ished In a tie for fourth place and (tnt KN4, N·K1; 9. P·lCK4, P 'QR3: 10. ~3,
White loresla lia 9 ••.....•. • P·9$. ,. ........ PxP 10. o.o.Q Q.Kl II. B·Q3 P.QR3
HavIng already obt.al.ned chances on the king·slde and in the cente r. Black. now $eek.5 lhem on the q·.lde.
ll. KN·Kl p.~' .• 13. 8·N5 ........
U 13. PJ<P. P"P; 14. 9xNP (14. NxP, futP) B·Q2, foilow ed by......... N·R3, ........ , KR·Nl, "nd a timely opening of t he KRl·QR8 dl. lonal, ,lv(lS Black II p romising q·slde attaCk. 13. ........ Q·Bl IS . 8ilQ8P N.Q2 14. QR·BI P il P 16. P·KR3? ........ 16. P·Kl\I4 oIrers IrUter fighting chancn . • ·or if 16 . .. ~ ..... PXP; 11. P ltP. QxR chi 18. RxQ. RllR chi 19. K·B2. KN·B' ; ZOo N·N3 a nd Black's KR Is enmeShed. 16. ___ . P·B51 17. N·1(4 N·NJ I&. B·N3 P·R4
n . P.QR4 10. Q·82
Q8·A3 K·AI
This is t he phase of rer:rouplllr:. reel· inr: Qut the oppone llt , mantuverlng tor ~ ttaek and defense. 21. R·QI QR.NI n . KR·Kl R·N2 An unwIse SQrlle.
13. R.Q2 24. Q.86
Q.N3
24. .. .. .... KR·QN1 26. 8 . R2 R· R2 25. N 2·B3 Q. B2 21. 8 · 114 a ·Qat Thr.., aten.in jl t o win the Quee-n wit h 28 ..... .... , B·Q2..
28. N·KN5· Q·NI 'j'hreal<.lllinil to win a piece with 29. ........ , B·B3; 30. N/ 3·K4, B·Ql and 31. ........ , P.R3.
29. 8-B2! P·R3! Not 29 ......... . B.Q2? 30. 8xN, BxQ (30. .. ....... PxB; 31. QKQP wi n.) 31. PxB! (with Ihrce threaU) and wins.
30. N/ 5·K4 Q.82 Black Black entices White t o play an un· sound combination.
31. BltN ... 32. NxP? .. .. .. ..
This ;$ II. Best Is 32. Q·B4, J!.R3; 33. N·QN5.
31. ........ Q.e1L Now White m usl lote hi. KN o r g ive his Queen for a Rook. Bishop, a nd Paym. But If 32 .• _._ .. . RxQ! 33. NxQ eh, K·R2; 34. Pd • • nd wlnt.
BLACKMAR·DIEMER GAMBI lB. QJ<Bp. R·K; 19. Q~Qe winning ma- pruent terlal o r matlne . • ' body of your
Co",.,ond,n" G,m" 1958 If 13 ....... ". P ·B'; 14. P ' BSI Q·R4eh; 15. up tbe •• ~ N.DS, Q.N5 {to ,top thll th rntened
Notu b, U.s. Mlfstu Cha'/u K,,/mt mate by 18. Q.Q7ch, (c·B2; 17. B·B4eh, -------- --- - -K·N3; 18. Q·K8eh . K.:B; 19. P -R4ch, K.BS; 20. P ·N3ch. K.B8; 21. K·B with mate t o follow) nnd nOW 16. Q·Q1ch and N. KAMPARS A. TEJLER
A S a ",suit of this mo,'e Black b fo rced In t o an a wkwa rd position. Suf. flc le n t 10 al least equalize wa~ 7. _ ..... _, N·S3!. If then 8. B.QN5 (8. I).KN5. B-K2 1$ lood fo r BI~ckl. 8. ......... B-Q2!; 9. ,,"xNch Black can pl ay e ither 9 . ..... _., QxN; 10. Blt.N·, BxB; I I. N"P. 0 ·0 ·0 wtlh complel e equality. Or 9 . ....... _. P1cN with the Idea of an eventual O·().() while N'lalnln jl the P awn plu!!.
t. 8..QN5 N·K2 Thl$ mo,'e s..ems too c lum$y lIS It blOl':ks .sl ack's K·sldc development and White can prevent Black from castung on the Q.~ld e , th us tying the K to the cenl er. Better would bave been 6 ...... ... . B·Q3.
t . a .N5 Q..Q4 10. P-B4 BxN
Dett~r might have b een 10 ..... ____ , Q·K3 with some ch~nc~s of freetng his game. If then II. N-BS, Q.B4: 12. QNxP. P _B3. Howev~r with 11. 0·0·0 'Nhlte seemS to retain the uppc r hand.
II. Q"B Q·Q5
(See diagram top next column) T his los~s outright. Forced waS II. ......... Q.Kl with chances to hold oul. I. e . 12. N.BS, Q·B4': 13. QxQ. NlIQ: 14. N",P. N·Q5!. Howevu 12. 0·0-0 seems t o ofrtr White the betl('r ch~ncel, I.e. 12 •. _ ..... _. P ·QR3; 13. B-QR4! Q"Pc h: 14. N.B3 wit h slr..,n, Ih reah such as '5. B·N3.
12. R·Q! 0 ·N3 If 12 . . _____ • Q"NP; 13. (),O! wins. The threa t Is 14. R·N. Q.QS (if 14 • . _ ..... Q>tP: 15. N.B3, Q·B7-best-16. B"N. KxD; 17.
BlaCk 1$ qutte lost. 14. P·QN41 P.QR3
There wu no de fense to the threatened 13. P ·C5 as well ss 15. D·K3.
1$. B·K3 R.Q BUCK could have u fely re~ined .
16. QxRch K·Bl 11. N.Q6ch ResIgns
Col!'g. , C!..~~ cf;f.
Conducted by William F. Goetz, 1 c,
AIL coUt,. clubs Ind pl.ylU"l , 1'<11 urged '0 n nd news Items '0 WHll l m F. GoeU, J r., e OK 651. Wartburg Col. legl, Ws verly, low ••
The biggest newt on the college ehe&!! seene thb nut month of the new year Is the r~pc~t pe rrormance of the Unl· vers)t y of Chicago ch en telm In csp· luring the Harold M. Phillips Trophy ss victOr! In lhe U. S. I ntercollegiate Team Toul"n nnlllni held In Illt c December. A complete 5tor . .,. on this event Is found elsewher e In this Issue.
Speaking In my r ole til tournament dlrect!)r o f the te Am tournament , I w~nt t o thank ~ \I co llege chen plAyers who tn any woy h ad II p~rt In making the tourney a iuece~ful one. College I~ e.:petlcnc!nl a growth ~lmll8r to that beln. UJ)erlenccd In other spheres of ehc~s lIcllvlty In the U. S .. Ind the en· thuslas m In e" ldence at Clevelsnd makes th b columnist hl,hly opllml!l1e . bou t Ihe future o f chess a t the col. lelltst e levd In thl. c<>untry.
Hew Yorker Wins Virginia Open
Stuart Margulies, the Columbia University student who tied win· ner Dr. Erich Mareband by scoring 51h .:\h in the U. S. Amateur Championship event at Asbury Park last May, won six in a row, and drew one witb Canadion Mast. er Theodorovitch. to score 6'k·:\h in the seven·round Virginia Open recently played at Newport News. Although rated in the "expert" bracket Margulies defeated USCF rated Master E. Hearst of Washing· ton. D. C. in their individual game, handing Hearst his only loss, Hearst took seCQnd plaee, with a 5¥.!·1% score.
Andrew Schoene came third with 5.2. Charles Rider, Tbeodorovitch. and Oliver HutaH each scored 4!h· 2%. finishing in fourth, fifth, and sixth places, respectively. on Solkoff point tie breaking. New Jersey Expert Homer Jones, CRESS LIFE'S "Whal's The Best Move?" columnist. Irwin Sigmond, Lawrence King, and David Shook, fin· ished in seventh, eighth. ninth. and tenth places. respectively. after each ha(} scored 4·3.
II\. "., T"",,,,, P.g.l \ .,,'S5 1.IJ e January 20, 1959
Ar. You .. Memberl " Your Friend .. Member?
FINAL REPORT IN 1958-1959 ROSENWALD AND 1.959 U. S. CHAMPIONSHIP (Closed)
B,
FRANK R, BRADY In Ih, D".mbn 10, 1958, issue "I CHESS LIFE. ,\/" BTddy s.rvc his ,.porl
on the '~.nIS "'f tho lsI Rc>und. H. no.' b,,,,gs yo" sj",oI~r wm"'~"1 Oil Ih. ''''1(1;''.1"
0/ the <vent. /?o,md 2:
Fischer's win over Kalmc and Donald Byrne's defeat of Evans gave them both a point and a half to put them out front as the leaders. Mednis had a credit table draw aginst Rcshc\"Sky, and Weinstein is showing that he mustn't be taken too lightly.
This is where the players start to get down to work . Fischer's win over Sherwin put him in the lead with 2'h points. Evans, Lombardy and Bisguier both have 2 points apiece and Reshevsky and the two Byrne brothers are close behind with a point and a half. Benko is the big sur· prise, losing to Lombardy, he has only managed to make % point out of three rounds.
$herwln·FIs<:her 0·1 Benko.Lombardy 0·1 D. Byrne.B;sguler 0·1 Mednl •• Evans 0.1 R. Byrne.Reshevsky V, ·y, K~lme·We;nstein V2"'i:t
RQu"d 4:
No draws in this round, which is a rarity in a tournament of this caliber. Benko keeps wandering into time pressure and can't seem to find his way out, Mednis had a theO!:etical book draw against Bisguicr before adjourning but faltered on resumption and lost it. Fischer is still out front with 3Jh points.
•
Rou"d 5:
Ev~ns, Bisguier and Reshevsky all at 3lh are close behind Fischer at 4 points. Sherwin is close behind tbat with 3 points and seems to be play· ing a st.rong tournament.
Benko-Fischer 'h"/i D. Byrne-Sherwln 0·1 Medls.-Lombardy 'h-Y:r R. Byrne·Bisguie r Y2'Y' K,lme·Evans 1/i·'h Welnstein .Reshevsky 9·1
RQund 6: Fischer'S twelve move defeat over Reshevsky will go down in chess
history and has caused a veritable sensation here in New York. The trap itself was known to a few players in the tournament and it did in fact appear in a recent issue of the Schacmaty bulletin. The effcct of this game on the other players is closely followed by Evans and Bisguicr, both at 4lh·1'"h.
R"u~d 7: Reshevsky came back by knocking E~'ans out of a tic for second place
with Bisguier. Sherwin is still playing a good tournament and his score is creeping up there, slowly but surely.
D. Byrne-FI$Cher '/i Mednls·BenkO 0.1 K;llme·Lombardy 'h WelnsteJn·Blsguler Y:r Reshevsky·Evans HI
STANDINGS AFTER SEVEN COMPLETED ROUNDS
(4 rounds to be played) FIs<:her 5Y:r·1Y:r Bisguler 5·1 Sherwin 4Y:r·l'h Ev.ns 4'/i·1Y2 Reshevsky 4l!2·21/i Lombudy 31/i-.lY:r D. Byrne 3'h'3'1:z R. Byrne 2'h-4'h P. Benko 2Vz-4Y:r Mednl$ 2·5 Kalme 2·5 Weln,teln 2-5
Round 8:
Nothing crucial this round. Fischer continues his lh point lead over Bisguicr. Reshevsky, Sherwin and Evans are close behind at 5-3. Lombardy has moved ahead in the· plus score group and will probably not be playing that match that he challenged Benko to, if they both come in last !
Flscher·Evans 'I"'h Blsgu;er.Reshevsky 'h·Y:r Lombardy.Welnstel" 1-0 Sherwl n·Kal me Y:r.1/i BenkO·R. Byrne 1-0 O. Byrne·Med",s Y:r·'1i
Rou"d 9: After 9 rounds of play, we find Fischer at 7·2, a full point ahead
of both Reshevsky and Evans, now his closest rivals at 6·3. Bisguier was served his first defeat ill the tournament. Evans finally broke the Indian sign that Bisguiers has been holding over his head for the past 10 years by de~'eloping a brilliant attack against Bisguier's Petroff. In addition to this, Reshevsky upset his even lifetime score with Lom~ardy by defeat· ing Bill King's Indian.
All of the contenders for the top honors of this tournament met each other this round. Fischer defeated Bisguicr in a game that he "couldn't" IVin and is certainly living up to the statement made by Herman Hclms the night before, that "The boy is well nigh invincible!" Rcshevsky turned the tables on Sherwin's Kings Indian (Sherwin , IVon last year) and won in 37 moves. Lombardy had secured a much superior posi tion over Evans when the game was adjourned, and on resumption, E\'ans failed to appear, apparently feeling that the game was hopeless. The Mednis·R. Byrne game was a battle to end all battles with Byrne a fult Rook behind at one point but some powerful past pawns as compen· sation. They proved to be too much for Mednis to counter. With eight points, Fischer is a full point ahead of Rcshevsky going into the last round and needs but a draw with R. Byrne to retain bis Champion. ship of the United States. However, if Reshevsky wins and Fischer loses, they will be tied for first place.
Rou"d 11: . , Bobby Fischer did it again! There is little doubt now that Fischer is
one of the brightest stars ever to appear in the chess world. llis draw agaiI;lst Robert Byrne while Reshevsky drew with Benko, left him a full point ahead of Reshevsky for a score of 8%·2'"h and the championship. Rcshevsky placed second with 7%-3% . Third place still hinges on the Bisguier.Lombardy game which was adjourned. Evans who was feeling a bit ill, lost to Sherwin who piled up an excellent 6%-4'"h score.
Here is the cross·score table of the tournament, subject to possible changes in some of the standings when the results are in from the Blsguier-Lombardy and Benko·Weinstein games, the first of which was adjourned, and the seeond of which was to be replayed:
• , , , • • , , • 0 '" n " .... " FI$Cher •••• , , 'n 'h , Y, y, y, , , , " .. .. ........... ....... •• Ruhevsky , .... , , Y, 'h , Y, 'n , v. ,
"" ........ ....
" Sherwin , , .... , , , y, , 'h '" Y, Y, ,y, .•.............• ., EVllnS 'h , , .... , , , , , 'n , , , ...... ................ •• D. Byrn, '" V. , , .... , , v. , V. 'h 'h , ...... .. .. ...... •• Bisguler , y, y, , , .... .d] v. y, , , y, '" ..................
" Lombardy y, , 'h , , '"
.... , v. V. y, , " .. ... ..... ...... •• Benko 'h 'n , , 'h V. , .... , y, , R' 4Y, ...................... 0, R. Byrne V. 'h 'n , , y, y, , .... V • , Y, '" ..............
,", Killme , , y, 'n v • • v. y, 'h .... Y, v. • .... ..•... ... ......... . n. Med"ls , , v. , v. , y, , , v. .... , , ..........•. .. _ ....
" WeInstein , , y, , v. y, , R' 'h V. , .... ,y, ................
ROSENWALD GAMES FINISHED Two adjourned games from the Rosenwald Trophy and U. S. Cham·
pionship TourOllmenti mentioned above, were concluded resulting in only a minor adjustment in the final standings as published above. Bis· guicr and Lombardy drew their game, the half·point thus picked up moving them into a four·way tie with Donald Byrne and Larry Evans at 6·5. The unbroken tie is for 4th·7th places. Benko strengthened his 8th place lead over 7th place Robert Byrne, by defeating R::..ymond Wein· stein in their 10th·round game whieh had been ordered re·played. Ben· ko's final score was 5lf.z·5lf.z.
,
I
Pogo •
s.I. ... :;. 1,U." :11.. Oul mw.?
Position No. 245 Duckstein.Kramer. Moscow 1956
Alt e r 1. Rx lCP I, P . R; 2. ft xP, K . .. mer f~gned because thtre are 100 m any m atlng th ru t$.
Correct soLulions nc a cknowledged rrom: Ceorsc W. Baylor. Howard Bll. l tan, Edwin Bl" nc llard, M. O. Blum(m. thal, Joe Bohac, Abe l Uombcrault. Ila. m on Cook, Curtl n, 'l'lIolllu W . CUilek, K. A. C1ern leckl , en\ Dove r , Brat! Do w. den ' . A. Du nne, Jou:ph C. £ lscnb3cll ' , O. E. Goddard , Eric Greenebaum ' , George Helmber i:, Herbe rt W. H lc kol. n , Donald C. HIll$, V\k tors T ka un lkl , Cam Jones, Andy Kafka, /Job K arch. U~rr)' Kaye, C. C. KeHer, Frank J . Kohlia , M. L adaek.l, Paul L.e lt h, It. Leona rtl , Alan Levlnion, . ', D, Lynch, J ack Mathe~on. M. Mlistein, E d Nas h , W. II . Newberry, Vincent D. NOla, George W. Payne, Fred P. Pennln~ l o n Jr . ' , Oran Perry, Henry C. Porte r ' , John PUnier, Ed. mund Rom. n, Georlle Ross, Frank C. Ruys, D. W. ltY$trom. R)1.S., M al< Schlosser, Bnry Schuller, J . G. Scripps, David SUver, Reue) L. Smith, Vlra:1I Smith· , Larry Snyder, lIerbert SoUn. sky ' , Jamel R. Stowe. Huntcr Thorup. son, G. Tre tnr, Hugh C. Underwood, Albert 1.. Welsh, Lu lie R. Whitman, Harris Wlernlk, William D. Wilson. Nell P. Witting, L. Ii:. Wood, Herbert A. Wrlgbt, Robert G. Wrla:ht, and Robert 1.. Zing. The soh'eu score a Shutout by 67..0.
•
USCF NA TIONAL RA TING REGULATIONS Any chess competit ion, including a Round Robin or Swiss System
tOUrD:J.ment for inaividualS or teams, a match between two individuals or teams, or a ladder conlest, will , be rated by the USCl'\ provided the fo llowing conditions are met:
I. The contest must be conducted by a USCI-' Chapter or by the USCF ilseU. lA mateh between two teams is e ligible for rating if one team represents an armiated Chapte r . A team tournament is cligible if the sponsoring orgamzation or League is a Chapter.)
2. AU contestants must be! individual ffie!mbe!rs of the USCF as of the d Ite 0 11 which the con te!s t sta rts. (EXCEPTION: Individual USCF membership is nOI mandatory for the players in a team tournament, a team match, or a ladder contest.)
3. The report of the event must be accompanied by a remitt.mce cO\'c ring the ra ting fcc of 10 cen ts per game actua lly played. E.g., the fe c is $7.50 for a contest in which 75 games are played. (EXCEPTION: An affiliated chess cl ub having less than 21 club member s :5 not required to pay any rating fcc for its annual cl ub championship tournament, restricted to members oC Ihe club.)
4. The results must be submitted on the official USCF form provided for the purpose, and certi fi ed as correct by the Director. Gamcs scored by defa ult mus t be clearly indicated. Reports of team toul'Ilaments, team ma tches, and ladder con. tcsts , must be accompanied by the full names and full addresses of non·members of the USCF wbo competed.
5. Play must be govcrned by the FIDE Laws of Chess, Official American Translation, as published in the USCF Official Blue Book of Chcss.
6. The contest must be condu cted by a person familiar with the procedure and with the Laws of Chess.
i . The time limit must not exceed an average of 30 moves per hour for each player , aod there mus t be no restrictions on opening m'l"es.
Publication of Ra t4ngs: Average ratings a re published per ioditaUy in CHESS LIFE, (ree of charge. Each ranking lis t con tains the names and ra tings of USCF members who participated in rated tour. naments and matches during the period of time covered by the list. Names of non-members who compete in rated ladder contests, team matches, qr team tournaments, are not included in the printed lists.
-
:Journamenl ofl/e Tournament org.nlte .... wishing an.
nouncements 0' th l lr forth tem lng U$CF r"ed events 10 epptar In th l. column "'OII ld mlk. applicat ion at lent "yen w .. k. In ad¥ancI, on special forms whiCh may be obta ined from USCF Buslnan Manager, Kennelh H. rtcnen, 10 EaU 11th St., N ew York 1. N. Y. or from Edllor CHESS LIFE, " Ould. Villa" 1l000, Hil l!'a.. N.S., Canadl .
Ftbnl4r., 21 ·12 62ND ANNUAL MINNESOTA
STATE CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP In the Game Room ot uniVersity or
Minnesota's Coffman Union, W'lhlnl'iO n. Ave., MinneapOliS. Sponsort:d b., Mlnne. sota State Chess Assn., and U. or M. Urdon Board of GOVQ rnO.8. Two set. tions leach a 6- round Swiss): MAJOIt, open to all chess players whO . re or become USC~' member.. EF: $5.00 to USCP members. plus membersh.lp fee of $5. to non·mcmbel·5. ($3.00 to high school .otudent memben Of USC~') Prizes: 1st, $50. and trophy; 2nd, 52.5. and trophy; lrd, $15.; 4th, $10. Hil'hest Class A player, Trophy; 2nd ClUJ A, Troph)·. 1st Cia ... B. Trophy; 2nd Cia .. B, Troph} .. MINOR TOURNAMENT: rl. strlctcd \ 0 unrated players nnd CI .... C: EF: $2.00, with trophlcs for etch of tint three places. Brln.ll' se ls and clocka, If possible. Furlher dclall_ from: Shel· don Rein, $901 Soulh Cedar Lake ROIId, ltmneapolis. Minn.
Ap~if J-' 1959 New J e r.e.,. Amatlur
ChampionshIp At Midway Diner Hammonton, New
Jersey, Route 206 and U.S. '0 (Wil ite Horse Pilr.e). Open to playe ... with rat· ml'~ up to 2,199, USCF, and NJSCF membership required.
• S ....
We take this oppOrtunity to thank the many solve" who sent II . Holiday GneUn,s and 10 wWl all of ollr rude ... a Happy and Prosperous 1959. We also wisb to remlw.l our lolvers thai I. te lolutlon., If not too late, reeeive ladder credit eYeD tbOUJIb tlI.y are 1I.0t aeIr.nowledl'ed In the column. Solveu Clll k ~ _ k ~:. - - ..... .. .. ~ PY""'b~~';';:'r-L-:::::~ .z'~~ .. ·~...,,~\:t~--- •
1"',,1'<'1' c~dlt tor late aotutlOZUI by r&- 35&360 of the Official Blue Book III " " kW". l'IU"- ' -" ,.,:t;;; ;~~ ferrlll.I to tbe Qed pulilbbed QU' rterly and 4 of the previous regulations, relating to the " ;~~:!~e to Qew IIOlve.... ings for master p layers, are still in effect.
USCF RATING CERTIFICATE
:{\O' stAlES CHESS ... II'" ~ .
•
~ 1tha 16 to urrif!J dux JohD flo.
, •
.~. -~~---'
This handsome certificate, bea ring your name and national rating, gives
you official standing in the world o f chess, brings you recognition for your
achievements, conveys the honor- and prestige of an official title- U . S. Rated
Player (Class A. B. or C) , U. S. E~pert, Mastcr, Senior Master or Grand
master. The certificate is suitable fo r framing, the actual size being 8" x 5"
(twice the si~e of the reproduction above) -or it may be folded and carried
in your wallet.
This certi ficate is sent only on requu t. Write for yours today, enclosing
25 centS to rover the COSt o f handling and mailing. Additional copies to
post in club rooms or carry in rour wallet: 10 cents each. Address your re
quest to Rating S tatistician, Uni ted Slates Chess Federat ion, 80 E. 11th St.,
N ew Yorlc. 3, N . Y.
GET YOUR CERTIFICATE Every player whose name ap
p(!a rs in the rating list in tbe Feb. 5 issue oC CHESS LIFE should oblain one of the Rating Certifi (!a tes pictured at lefl. If you are a Woodpusher you should have one to insure against improper pairings in your next tournament. If you are an ' Expe rt or a Master you should also have one-just lay it casua lly beside your board in your next tournament , and watch your opponent begin to shiver and lea"e pieces en prise.
Although th~ curren t rating regulations have been in effect for nearly a yea r , many tournament a uthori t ies a re s till somewha t hazy a bout thei r provisions . They :lre , there fore, reprinled above for the benefit and informat ion of all concerned.
Many trophies plus New Jcrsey Mil' .. te l' Potnts to be awarded. Proceeds to be used to lend junior players to U.S. Junior Championship, brtng clockl . nd sets. Lew Wood Tournament Dtrector. Write C. S. Pennlnl' ton, 1130 Wychwood Road, WesUleld, New Jersey, President NJS~F.
100';<> USCF rated .
M ,mh 14, H , 1 ~n9
4th ANNUAL
CAPITAL CITY OPEN
At Seneca Hotel, 361 E. Bro.d St.. Columbus, Ohio. Open 10 all who are or t\efOlne USCF members. 5 rd. Sw .... ; 45 mo,'",s In t hour . nd <tS minutes; Adjudication . n er 1~" hours of play. Entry fee: $S to USC.' member .. plua $S membership fee for non·membe .... Regtstratlon: 8:30 to 9:10 a.m., Ml rcll 14. Three round. Saturday, two Sun· dill' . Fi rs t prize S2S plu," Trophy. Other cash prizes. Tournament Dlr .. "tor (to whom Inqui ries should be addres$ed) James Schroeder. 1998 N. m , h St., Columbus, Ohio.
Probl~ ", f~'" h~vr p ,,,b~bl., no/Iu d th~t P~gr 7 of thr Du~mbtr , jwu 0/ Chell Life d ,d nOt eO"I~;n yo", "Jr<~1 i"lroritulor)' ,mri «pldndtOr)' " ot;u ,on<"nj,,~ .Ihe four prob/(tflS publj'hed in Ih~t iswe. Wilhout dtlt mpljng ~o tlC( "~t tht om,mon, II'. me glda 10 pub/ish the ,(>/Io",i"g {,mn M ,. G .. bor, .. nd /0 ,n/orm mlt rtlled ,OIY"1 t/, .. I if <1" )' pi Ihe ;"!or"'"lio,, giY(II b(/o", ",o!llri m .. ke them . 7I'i,h 10 <hd~, gt Ihe 10/U'
lio", ",hi' h Ih e, hay, .. I.,ad., It'" to him, II." m..,. ,ubm,t nt '" ,ol""ons, ,1>14 If·
(ti,·~ ful/ "ttlit f(>. thrm ,"'" .. I Ihis l"lr d .. /<, " I nollced wltll regret and dismay th.t my brief "editorial" ramark. con·
eernlng Ihl Deumber 5 column's publb lUd works (Nos. 961 , ,n, 9" and 1M) wi re omitted . ... Th.se 4 problems were selected for pllblle;otlon chl.fly for ctrt. ln peculiar it ies which m. y be of Interest 10 miny of our Ins experl.nced solvers .nd fan, . . .. Their nllmber Is continuously Incruslng. In my v. ry brief edltorlll remarks I hin ted SDmo of these pecul. rllles and asked them to gu .. , them. No . • 61 Br(>wn b faully, . Illegal, Imposilble position. The bl bl ' h. has never moved and wll Clptllred on Its original sqllare. Then how did II com. to KB31 Only by p.wn·promot lon. But wh ich p.wn was promotad, wltll ALL • p.wns on Ihe bo.rd '1?t?
N 9~ Is • block position aller Wh's first end second move_. No. '" II not a pro:iem It all I fo und It In a very old English mlglrl ... and decided to IIU It, with the . 1I.lmport . nt quu tlon: " How many different kaymov,,?" Sol ........ who find all posslbl. solving mo ..... will recelv. 10 points'"
