World Champion Petrosian

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WORLD CHESS FEDERATION {F.I.D.E.I

Fred Cramer Vice·President, Zone 5 (U.S.A.)

Vol ume XXI Numl)e r 1 Fe l)r uary, 1966

EDITOR: J . F . Reinhardt

CONTENTS

Erevon .... ............................................................................... ............. 44-46

From the Spossky-Tol Motch ....................... .......... .... .. ............................ .46

Zinnowitz , 1965 ............................................................... ....................... 49

Chigorin Memoria l .... ................................................................ : ........ ... .. 50

Asztolos Memorio l .............. ........... .............. .. ... ...... ... .............................. . 51

Here & There ............. ................................... ....... .... ........ ....................... 52

Upse t of 0 Chomp ion, by Edmar MedniS ................................... ......... ... ... 54

Tournament Life .. ....... ........................................................ .... ............... .. 55

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CHESS LIFE

World Petrosian Tigran Petrosian, who won the world chess championship by defeating Mikhail

Botvinnik in 1963 by a score of 12Y.a-91h:, will defend his title against Boris Spassky in a 24-game match that will begin on April 11 .

As in previous world championship matches, the winner will be the player who first scores 12~ points; in the event of a tic, Petrosian will retain the title. The Champion will have Bolcslavsky {or his second, the Challenger will have Bondarcvsky.

Since winning the championship, Petroslan has appeared in four International tournaments: The Piatigorsky Cup, Los Angeles (tied for first with Keres), Buenos Aires (tied for first with Keres), Zagreb (third piace, behind Ivkov and Uhlmann) and, most recently, Erevan (tied for second and third with. Stein, behind Korchnoi). In addition, be has played in several Soviet events, sometimes with rather poor results.

Spassky, Petrosian's challenger, won his right to a crack at the title by defeating Paul Keres (6-4), Ewfim Gellcr (5'h .2'h ) and Mikhail Tal (7-4) in a series of Candi­dates matches played last year.

Ernest OIfe On Tuesday, January 18, Ernest OUe died in the Community Memorial Hospital

in Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin. He was 68 years old and had been seriously ill for many months.

Mr. Olfe, who was active on the national cbess scene for well over thirty years, served as secretary·treasurer of the old Western Chess Association, a post that he retained wben tbat organization became the American Chess Federation in 1935. Following the merger that created tbe United States Chess Federation, Mr. Olfe became the USCF's first secretary-a position that he beld until 1943, when he left the country in connection with Red Cross work during World War 11. His service with the Red Cross received official recognition when he was received by King George VJ at Buckingham Palace in 1945-

As a tournament director, Mr. Olfe was known to thousands of chessplayers from all parts of the nation. He directed the United States Open Championship in Milwaukee (1953) and Chicago (1963). The latter event, with 266 players, set an attendance record (or U.S. tournaments that stili stands. Mr. OUe also directed the new Western Open, an annual Independence Day weekend event that was instituted about ten years ago, and the North Centr al Open, held annually over the Thanks· giving Day weekend. In addition, he directed many Wisconsin State Championships and most of the local chess events beld in Milwaukee during the past three decades.

AIr. Olfe was employed by the municipal recreation division of the Milwaukee school system (rom 1932 to 1943 and, upon his return from the Red Cro", from 1948 until his retirement in January of 1965. Duri ng the latter period, be was director of Milwaukee's municipal chess program- by far the most famous and extensive program of its kind in the nation.

A chess column in the Milwaukee "Journal"_the " Game of Klngs"- was eon­d ueted by Mr. Olfe from 1937 until 1943 and he organized the "Night of Knights", an annual chess tournament sponsored by the "Journal" and the municipal recreation division.

In addition to h is chess activities, Mr. OUe was in charge of the Men's Municipal Center, 923 N. Market St., Milwaukee, for many years prior to his retirement.

Ernest OUe made many hundreds of friends during his years of service to the chess-playing community. By them he will be mourned and remembered.

* * * Coming- Up .....

The 1966 Greater New York April 1-2-3 - Henry

(See "Tournament FEBRUARY, 1966

Hudson Hotel, N. Y.C. Life" for details)

BENKO WINS BKLYN. OPEN Grandmaster Pal Benko turned in a

6-0 score to walk off with the first Brooklyn Open , played January 28-30. Benko's wins were scored against Joseph D'Atri, Sal Matera, Intercollegiate Champion Marc Yoffie, Morton Siegel, Arthur Feuerstein and Serge Goregllad.

Finishing a clear second in the 120-player field was James Sherwin, 5'h-2'h, who yielded a draw to the New York City Junior Champion, Andrew Soltis.

Scoring 5-1 and placing third through nintb were Paul Brandts, Goregllad, Dr. Orest Popovyeh, Edgar McCormick, Vir· ginia State Champion Charles Powell, Sal Matera and Harry Baker. Matera Is the New York City "Under-16" Champion.

Other prizes: Top Expert - Powell ; Class A - Robert Lopez (4-2); Top B _ Mathew LeGrand (3'h) ; Top C - JeHrey Satenstein (3); Top D - J . T. McGuin­nes! (2lh); Unrated - Steven Alpern (3'h); Junior - Matera; Women's Prize -Eclesia Cestone (2lf.:).

Rating statistician William Goichberg was the T.D., assisted by Bruce Pandol· finL

VALVO TOPS S. JERSEY The South Jersey Open, played in At·

lantic City on February 11·13. attracted 84 players and was won by Michael J . Valvo whose score of 5'f.t ·1h was equalled by young Sal Matera, New York City "Under·16" Champion. Prize money (or first and second was split, but Valvo had a slight edge in median points.

Placing third through fifth , all with 5-1, were Paul Brandts, William Goich­berg and George Proll. The tournament, sponsored by the South Jersey Chess As· soclation, was directed by Lew Wood.

• • • • • The lowa·North Central, played in Fort

Dodge on January 15-16, ended in a tie between Daryl Bohning and Glen Proe. c:hel, eacb scoring 4'f.t -'h . Matthew Baird, with 4-1, took third in the 22--player event.

• • • • • The sixth annual Mid-South Open, play­

ed in Memphis, Tenn. on November 26-28 was won by Jude Acers with a score of 4'h-l'h . The winner (rated 2202) lost, however, in a stunning upset to Marty Appleberry of Alabama (rated 1404 t). Ja mes Wright, Ken Williamson and Ap. pleberry-all with 4·2-placed second through fourt h in a field of 22.

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EKEVAN, 1965 BENONI

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Played September la·October 7 . A very fine victo r y for Korcnnoi who went 18. N-K3 .. , 36. Q·Q2 Res ig ns

through the tournament undefeated, scoring wins against Averbakh (USSR), SICILIAN DEFENSE

Filip (Czechoslovakia), •• Fuchs (E . Germany), E. Mnatsakanian (U.S.S.R.), FUCHS MNATSAKA N IAN , . p·Ke P.QB4 16. QR·KI B·K3 and B. Shashln (USSR). World Champion Petrosian and Soviet ch<lmpion·to·be ,. N·KII3 N·KB3 17. N·KS K· N2 Stein tied for second "d third. 3. N·B3 N·B3 II. N.Q3 B·B3

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•• R·KI ,. B·N3

•• P·B3

•• P·K R3 10. P·Q4 II. QN·Q2 12. P·R3 13. B·B2 14. P·QN4

2S. N /3·8 5ch 29. NxPch 30. NxR 31. P· KS 32. Rx Pch 33. Q·Q4 34. Q·B5ch

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P·K4 N·QB3 P·QR3

N·B3 8 ·K2

P·QN4 P.Q3 0 ·0

P· R3 R·Kl B·BI B' 02 Q.NI

P·QR4

, .. K·BT Kx. .. , K ·Bl B·KI K·N I

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IS. B·N2 16. N ·N3 17. QN·Q2 l a. N·Bl 19. N·N3 20. B·Q3 21. QR.BI 22. P·B4 23. BxP 24. BxP 25. BxB 26. N·Q4 27. Bx N

35. R·B3 36. R·N3ch 37. Q·B3 3S. R·K6 39. RxP 40. QxNch

P·N3 P·Rs B·N2 Q·N2 R·K2 N· KI •. "

KPxP , .. N·N4 K>B

N·83 ...

N ·R2 K· RI

P. K B3 P·QB4 .. ,

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' uy LOPEZ ." LIIiERSON ,. P·K4 P·K4 21. Q·N7 M·Ol ,. M·Klll H.QII3 22. Q. 1I3 B·B3 ,. B·NS P-QR3 23. II·B4 NO< •• B· R4 H·Bl 24. I(R-Ql a ·Nl •• 0 ·0 B·K2 15. H·H4 B·a S

•• R·I(I P·QH4 26. N·1(3 N>N ,. B·H3 0 ·0 27. PxN 11. 83

•• P· B3 ... ' 21. P·K4 P·IISch •• .... "N' H . I(.Rl QR·QI 10. P·QR4 H·QR4 30. P·K5 8 ·1(2 11. B·B2 I(Px P 31. a ·I(N3 B·1(1\4 12. BPxP P· B4 32. B·H5 ... 13. QPxP QPxP 33. Q" B RxRd. 14. Q.K2 N·B3 34. R" R ... 15. B- 1(3 N·N5 35. R-Q8 ... 16. H·B3 ••• 3&. Rx Rch .. , 17. QxH P·N5 37, g .qkh Q·I(I 18. N·K2 P·N6 38. g.q6ch I(·Nl " . QxNP N • • 39. N.Nl P·1I6 20. N·1(5 B·1(3 Ruill n.

RETI OPEHING PETROSIAN MNATSAKAHIAN , . P·gB4 P·QB3 19. P· 85 B.Hl ,. P·ON3 .... 20. 11·113 N·04 ,. 8 ·N2 H·KII3 21. a ·N2 N • •

•• N·KII3 II ·B4 22. g xN Q'02

•• ... , P·KRl 23 . R·1(3 N· 82

•• QN·Q2 ... , 24. B·BI N·N4

•• P·N3 B.Q3 2S. Q· Rl B·H3

•• B·N2 0.0 26. R'0 3 g .B2

•• 0 ·0 QN·02 27. Rx Rch .. , 10. P·QR3 P-QR4 28. Q· R8 g .B2 11 . Q·1I2 B·R2 29. P·1(5 H·86 12. P·K4 PxKP 30. N·84 .... 13. PxP •. ", 31. g .R3 P·H3 14. KR·1(1 KR.Ql 3'2 . N·04 ••• 15. R·1(2 H·84 33. Px P N.K2 '6. P-QN4 ••• 34. B·N2 Q·R2 17. Px P R" Rch 35. QxQ ... 11. 8"R N·R3 36. N," 6 Resigns

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1st Game of Match RUY LOPEZ

TAL SPASSKY 1. P·K4 P · K4 S. 0-0 B-K2 2. N·KB3 N ·QB3 6. R· K1 P.QN4 3 . B-N5 P.QR3 7. B·N3 0-0 4. B· R4 N·B3 8 . P·B3 P.Q4 1?

In his match with Keres, Spassky did not even threaten to play the Marshall Var iation, preferring 7 ... .. .... , P·Q3. Per· haps he did this to avoid (afte r 7 ......... , 0-0) Keres' favorite continuation 8. P ·QR4 which Tal played in the ninth game of this match.

9. PxP 10. NxP 11. RxN 12. P·Q4

N •• N, N

P·QB3 ........

In the fifth and scv<mth games Tal played 12. BxN, PxBj 13. P·Q4, B·Q3; 14. R·K3 .

12. . .... .. . 13. R·K1 14. P·KN3 15. B·K3 16. Q·Q3 11. N.Q2 18. P·QR4

B·Q3 Q·R5 Q.R6

B· KN5 QR·K1

R· K3 Q-R4!

In previous games Spassky h as pl ayed here 18 ........ . , PxP; for example Stein· Spassky (Zonal Tournament 1964) con· tinued 19. RxP, P·KB4; 20. Q·Bl , p .B5; 21. QxQ, BxQ; 22. RxP, PxB; 23. RxKP, RxR; 24. PxR, B·K2; 25. RxP, B·N4; 26. BxNch, K·RI ; '1:1. B·N2, BxPch; 28. KR1, BxBcIl; 29. KxB, BxN and thc game end· ed in a draw. Kcres annotated this game in the November 1964 CHESS LIFE, in· dicating tbat the whole variation after Black's 20th move is pretty much a Corced draw. Probably Keres' notes were an attempt to set SQmeone up (for in· stance Spassky) who would dare to at· tempt the Marshall Variation ag ll inst him. However , a few months beCore the pres· ent game, in the USSR·Yugoslavia match oC 1965, P arma showed Spassky the right way: 25. P·K4!, B·N4; 26. PxN, BxN (if 26. .... .... , B.K6ch ; 27. K·RI, R·B7 then 28. P·Q6ch) 27. PxPch, K·RI ; 28. R-Rl , P.N3

(slightly better was 28 . ... .. ... , P·N4) with a winning end ing for White. After the game Spassky was told that this was an analysis of the Yugoslav ma~ter Brad· varevich. An 01 this had been published in Bondarevsky's article on the fi rst Zon· al Tournament (including the improvc· ment on Black's 28th move) in "Chess in the U.s.S.R." no. 5 of 1964! It is possible that Keres was acquainted with a ll this and it is surprising that Spassky wasn't , since Bondarevsky is his t rainer.

With the text move Black strengthens his Knight on Q4 and prepares ........ , KR·Kl.

19. P x P RPxP

20. P.QB4 ........ Tal t ries to shar pen the ga me as soon

as possible, but, as will shortly be seen, with this move White throws away any chance he Ilas of obtaining an advantage. It has been suggested th at White should continue with the passive 20. N·BI here ; however, after 20 ........ . , KR-K1, White has no good moves. Also 20 .... ..... , B·KB4 is possible (21. Q·K2, B·KN5 or 21. Q·Q2, B·K5). Any exchange of the white· squared Bishops wou ld leave Black with good play on the white squares with a dominating Knight on Q4. In my opinion the only chance for advantage here is 20. Q·Bl! The position is similar to that in the game Suetin·Geller, 31st USSR Championsllip, except that the QRPs have been exchanged. Thc Q on KB l dcfends the KR and prepares R·Ra wll ich, if pLayed immediately, would be bad in view of the possibility of 20. ........ , N·B5 (21 PxN? R-N3 wins). 20. ........ , P·KB4 would also be dangerous.

After 20. Q·Bl ! Black would probably continue 210. ......... KR·KI (the attempt to draw with 20 ......... , B·KR6 fai ls after 21. B·Ql : e.g., 2L ........ , Q.B4 or Q·N3; 22. Q·K2-threate ning 23. Q·R5. or 2]. ........ , B·KN5; 22. BxB, QxB ; 23. p .B3, followcd by 24. 8 ·B2 or 24. N·K4, depend· ing on Black's reply). The move 20 ... .... .. , P·KB4 leads to nothing [or Black an er 21. P·KB4, KR·Kl ; 22. BxN, Px8 j 23. QxP.

However , alter 20. Q·B1! KR·K1 it is not easy to find an advantageous can·

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tinuation for White. If 21. R·R6, then 21. ........ , NxB ; 22. RxN, RxR; 23. PxR, RxP and nothing strong is apparent for White. For example: 24. R·R7, Jl..K3 (or first 24. R·RSch, B·KBI; 25. R·R7, B·K3) or 24. RxP, BxP! ; 25. QxPch (25. BxPch transposes) QxQ; 26. BxQch, KxB j 27. PxB, R-K7! (s tronger than 'J:1. ........ , RxPch ; 28. K-B2, R-R6 or Q6). Also pos· sible is 21. R-R7, P-KB4 (21 ......... , NxB is weak, of course, with White's Rook a t­tacking Black's KB2.) Possibly 21. Q·N2, which needs lurther analysis, gives White chances to capitalize on his material ad­vantage.

20. ........ PxP Both grandmasters saw the possibility

of 20 ......... , B·KB4; 21. Q·K2, B-KNS; 22. PxN, BxQ; 23. PxR, PXP; 24. BxPch, K-Rl. Spassky didn't Uke his position arter 2S. QR·Bl and Tal would have been satis[jed with t he position aHer 25. P-Q5 and then 26. B·Q4. II, after 20 ......... , B-KB4; 21. Q.K2, B-KNS, White plays 22. Q·BI , then 22 . ........ , B·KR6 ; 23. B-QI and now not 23 . .. ...... . Q-B4 because ol 24. Q·K2, N-BS; 2S. Q-B3. N-Q6; 26. QxQ, BxQ; 27. 8 ·82 but instead 23 .......... BxQ; 124. BxQ. BxBP; 25. NxB, PxN; 26. QR-Bl, 8-NS; 27. R-K2, P·B6 ; 28. PXP, NxP ; 29. KR·B2, N-Q4; 30 ... RxP, NxB ; 31. fuR, PxR ; 32. PxN, B-Q7 with a draw.

21 . NxP B·NS 22. KR·OB1 ........

The attempt to exchange Bishops with 22. B.q2 Jails because or 27 ......... , B-K7! 23. Q·B2. B-Kse, etc.

22 . ........ B·K7 23. B..Q1 OxPch?

After the game Spassky said that he had seen the quickest way to draw : 23. ........ , BxQ; 24. BxQ, BxN; 25. RxB, NxB; 2O ... PxN, B·Q7. He decided ins tead to recover the pawn immediately but this gives the winning chances to his oppon­ent.

24. KxQ BxO 25. N·KS B·N4

Worse would be 25 . ........ , NxB ; 26. NxB, NxB; 27. NxB (RxN, B·K2 leads to an approximately equal ending); 27. ......... NxNP; 28. RxP, R-K7 ; 29. R-B2! Also, if 25 ......... , B-KS then 26. B-N3.

26. B-N3 R-Ql 27. R·R7 P·B3

Of course this move weakens the diagonal KNI-QR7 and the second rank, but what can Black play? 27. .. ...... , R·KBl?? suggested by some annotators as a passive alternative loses a piece after the s imple 28. BxN, PxB; 29. R-N7 and 27 ... ...... , R-83; 28. B·N5, RxPch ; 29. K·Nl, RxP; 30. BxN, RxB loses to 31. R'RSch and 32. 8 ·K7, e tc.

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2B. NxP? ........ With this combination Tal allows the

game to reach a drawn conclusion. He was no doubt hoping hi s opponcnt would allow the beautiful variation 28 ......... , RxN ; 29. R-R8, R/3-Q3; 30. R/ l ·88, B·R4; 31. RxRch, BxR; 32. 8 ·KB4. R-Q2; 33. 8 ·87! etc., which he showed arter the game. Also 29. R-N7, recovering the piece, is good enough. The Riga master A. Peterson proposed in the press center of the match this idea: 28. R-Q7, RxR ; 29. NxR, obtaining a positional advant· age. For cxample, on 29 . ........ , R.Q3 ; 30. N·N6, R·Q1 can follow 31. B-KB4, K·Bl and now 32. NxN or 32. BxN, PxB ; 33. 8 -87, R-Kl ; 34. NxP, B·Q7. Black has compensation for the lost pawn, but in the luture lies a long struggle with better chances for White. Also possible is the simple 31. NxN, PxN ; 32. R-87, 8 -81 ; 33. R-N7, B-Kl ; 34. B·H2. B-82 ; 35. P·QN4. ete.

28 ......... 29. R·R6 30. R/6xB 31 . RxR 32. PxN 33. 8 ·84

.," K·Bl R, R "d 8 ·07 ..... ...

No better is 33. B·K6, BxP; 34. P·Q5, K·K2 ; 3a. R-B7ch, K-Q3 ; 36. RxP, R·QNI or 35. P·QN4, P-N3!

33 . ...... .. 34. P..QS 35. R·N6 36. R·K6ch 37. P·KN4

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2nd Game 01 Match SICILIAN DEFENSE

SPASSKY TAL 1. P-K4 P·QB4 2. N·KB3 P-K3

This elast ic system Tal's lavorite method Sicilian.

5. N-QB3 6. B-03 7. B·K3 8. 0-0

8. .. .... ..

3. P..Q4 PxP 4. NxP P-QR3

has long been or playing the

........

P-QN4

Usual here is 8 ......... , NxN; 9. BxN, B·B4; but after both 10. 8xB, QxB; 11 . N-R4. followed by P-QB4 and 10. BxN. PxB; 11. Q-N4, Black has a diICieult game. The text move has also been met with before. In the sixth game Spassky played 9. NxN, QxN; 10. P·QR3, B·B4 (weak is 10 ......... , Jl..N2; 11. Q-K2, Q-B2; 12. P·B4, P·Q3; 13. B·Q4. B-K2; 14. P-K5 with a winning attack: Litikov.Tal, 32nd USSR Championship); 11 . P.Ka, B·N2; 12. Q·B3, QxQ; 13. PxQ, BxB; 14. PxB, N·Q4 ; 15. N·K4 with the better ending for White. Now Spassky transposes to a setup which he has orten played belore. His game with Vranesich, Amsterdam Inter· zonal 1964, went 7. N-NS, P·QN4; 8. P·84, B·N2; 9. B·K3, P-Q3; 10. 0 ·0 , N-B3; 11. Q·B3, N-QN5; 12. Q·N3, P-Q4; 13. 1~-K5, N-K5; 14. BxN, PxBj 15. QR-BI , R-Ql ; 16. P-B5, PXP; 17. RxP, R-Q2; 18. P·QR3, P-N3; 19. P-K6 and wins .

9. N·N3 B·K2 10. P·B4 P..Q3 11. Q·B3 0-0

In a game Nezhmetdinov-Shamkovich, Black playcd 11. ........ , B-N2, but after 12. P-QR4, P·N5; 13. N-K2, 0·0 ; 14. Q-R3! Black cannot play according to program 14 . ........ , P-K4 because of 15. N-N3, etc .• threatening N-KB5. Black, continuing with 14 .......... QR·Ql; 15. P·R5, R·Q2; 16. P-N4, N.ql ; 17. N·N3, P-Q4; 18. P·K5, N-K5 got some counterplay. Tal's move 11. ........ , 0 ·0 makes it difficult for White to bring his Queen to KR3 be­cause or Black's QB.

12. P..QR4 ........ Before beginning active operations on

the K-side White stabilizes the position on the other side of the board and also prevents the possibility of an eventual ....... . , N·QN5. On 12. P.Ka, Tal could sac· rifice the exchange ; 12 . ........ , PxP; 13. PxP, NxP; 14. QxR, QN-N5; 15. R·B4 (15.

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B-B4, Q-N3ch ; 16, K-Rl, B-N2); 15, " .. '.", NxB; 16. Q-B3, QN·Q4 with active play and a good K-side majority,

12. "" "" P·NS 13. N,K2 P-K4

Nat t;rally Black counterattacks in the center where he has a pawn more,

14, P-BS If 14, N-N3, then

14, " ... " , lS. N-N3

" .... " 14, ."" .. " N-NS,

P-Q4

Bad would be 15, PxP? , P-K5! ; 16. BxKP, N-K4; 17, Q·B4, N·R4 (stronger than 17, " .. ,''' , B-Q3); 18, Q-B2, N-NS, etc.

lS •.. " .... N-QR4

It would be bad, of course, to block the center with 15, ... ,,_", P-Q5 because White would have a free hand with his K-side attack after 16, B-Q2 followed by 17. N-K2 and P-N4, Black also prevcnts the advance P -R5. Good prospects were offered also by 15. ".,,"' , B·N2 ; 16, PxP, N-N1; 17. N-K4, QN-Q2 and i f 18, P-B4, then 18, ".,," ' , PxP, e,p_, 19_ NxP, P-K5 ; 20, BxP, B-Q3 and on 21. QR·Bl follows 21. ".".", QR-Kl. However, after 15. ".".", B-N2, White has 16. P·R5!

16. PxP B·N2 17. N-K4

17. . ..... _. N·BS

After 17 . ..... "., NxN/6; 18. NxNch, BxN; 19, PxN, fo llowed by 20, B·K4 and 21. QR-Q1, White keeps his QP. If 17. ........ , NxP?; 18. NxN, QxN; 19. P-B6, etc.

In reply to the text move, the appar­ently strong 18. BxN, QxB; 19. NxNch, BxN; 20. N-R5 fails because of 20 . ...... .. , QxQP! ; 21. NxB, P·K5! with advantage for Black.

Also not good is 18. B-B5 in view of 18_ ........ , BxBeh; 19. N/NxB, N-Q7!

White should pr obably continue 18, NxNch. BxN; 19, B-K4, threatening 20.

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N-B5 followed by NxB and P-Q6_ If 19. "." .. . , NxB; 20. QxN, KR-Ql ; 21. KR-Ql maintains the QP. Better is the immedi-ate 19 . ... ... ", KR·Ql, retaining the choice between ......... NxP and .. " .... , NxB . If then 20. N-B5, NxB (but not 20 . ....... . , N-Q7 because after 21. BxN, QxNch; 22. B-K3, White keeps his QP); 21. NxB, NxR; 22. P-Q6! , Q-N3ch; 23. KxN, QR·NI! (if 23 . .. ...... , KR-Nl; 24. N-R5 but 23. " ...... , R-Q2; 24. N-B5, QxN is satisfactory fo r Black) ; 24. NxR, RxN; 25. R-Ql , RxP leads to a draw.

18, B-NS NxNP

Tal rejected 18 . ..... ... , NxN because of thc interesting variation 19, BxB, N/B­Q7; 20. NxN, NxN; 21. Q-R5! P-B3 (pre­venting 22. P ·B6); 22. BxR, NxR; 23. BxNP, QxB; 24. BxN, BxP; 25. R·Ql with an extra pawn and a good position for White_

19. P·Q6? ........

A bad miscalculation. Spassky had considered the reply 19 . .. ...... , BxN with the continuation: 20. BxB, BxP; 21. BxN, PxB; 22. BxR, Q-R2ch; 23. K-Rl, which allows White to win a Rook for Bishop and pawn, Some annotators have sug­gested, instead of the text move, 19. BxN, BxB; 20, N / N-B5, but after 20_ ........ , BxP; 21. NxBch, Px:'\!; 22. QxB, KR-Ql ; 23. N-K6, PxN; 24. QxPch, Q-B2; 25. B-K4, R·R2, Black has a solid position.

Damjarovich 's sugge~tion 19. BxN , BxB; 20_ Q·N3, K-R1; 21. P-Q6 is ans-wered by 21 .. ... ... . , Q-N3ch; 22. K·Rl , BxN; 23. ExB, QR-Ql , etc. Black has good play also after 20. NxBch, PxN; 21. B·K4, N-B5; 22. Q-N4 ch, K-Hl; 23_ Q-R4, Q-K2; 24. R·R3, R-K l , etc.

19. ...... .. QxPI 20. NxQ .. .. ....

White intended to continue 20. BxN, but overlooked the in-between check 20, ........ , Q-N3ch, Unbelievable but t rue. A pawn down, Spassky tries to save himself in the endgame with opposite· colored Bishops_

20. .. ...... 21. RxB 22. Bx N 23. B-K4 24. P-RS 25. P-N3 26. R·Kl 27. K-N2 28. R/ 3-B1 29. K-R3 30. R-B3

Bx N Px B

QR-Bl B-Nl

KR-Ql B-R2ch

R-Q3 N_BS N-K6

NxQBP

Black would win here with the quiet· er 30 . .. ...... , R-B6, but decides to r isk win-

ning a second pawn with the complicated text move,

31. R-QBl R-BS 32. R-Q31 ... ... ..

An unpleasant reply which, as r cvealed after the game, Tal hadn't taken into account. In favor of Black is 32_ BxN, R/3-B3; 33. N-R1 , B-Q5; 34. R-N3, R/3-B4!; 35. R-Q1, BxN; 36. RxB, RxB; 37 . RxP, R-B7!

32, ...... .. B-QS Fortunately for Black he has this

move. White can win two minor pieces for a Rook but this does not save him from a loss.

33. Rx N .. ...... Also insufficient is 33. N-Q2, R-B2 (not

33 . .. .... .. , R-B6; 24. RxR, DxR; 35. N-Nl with a probable draw); 34. N-B3 because of 34 ... ..... . , R-B4. Weaker is 34_ ........ , R/3-Q2 because of 35. R-K3. Now, after 35. R-N7, follows simply 35 ......... , N-K6, and on 35. PxB, PxN; 36. R-N3, P-Q6 ; 37. BxP the move 37 . .. ...... , N-Q5 is deci-sive. The continuation 35. RxN, RxR; 36. RxB gives Black the choice between 36 . .. .... .. , RxB or .. ... .. . , PxR, which leads to variations analogous to those in the game.

33. .. .. .. .. RxR 34. RxB PxR 3S. BxR P·Q6 36, B·Ql R-Q4 37. K-N4 ........

After 37. K-N2, RxP; 38. P-N4, R-K4; 39. K-Bl , the activation of the Black King decides, since White cannot strengthen his posit ion_

37. ........ R·K4 38. K·B4 R·K7! 39. P-R4 P·R4 40. N·BS ..... ...

White is in Zugzwang. For example, 40. P-N4, PxP; 41. KxP, R-B7.

40. ... ..... R-K8 41. BxP ....... .

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SPASSOV 1. P·K4 2. N·KBl 3. B·N5 4. H ·B, 5. QNx P 6. NxP 1. NxN 8. Q·K2 9 . P' KB4 10. P.Q4

HAAG T. P·K4 2. N·KB, 3. P·04 4. HxP 5. H.QB3 6. B·N5 1. P·B4 8. Q.B3 9. B·R4

,. ,. •• •• 6. Qx B 7. P.QH4 8. B-N2 9. P·K3 10. PxP 11. II ·K2 12. N·Q4 13. Q.B3 14. P·R3

HAAG 1. P·K4 2. p .Q4 3. N.Q2 4. P·K$ $ . P· KB4 6. P-B3 1. QN·B3 8. " .KN 3 , . PxP 10. K ·82 11 . N ·K2 11. P.KR) 13. P-N4 14. R·KNt 15. PxP 16. P-R) 17. N ·83 11. B·K3

RUY lOPEZ

P·K4 N.QB3

P-84

'" , ... "H

Q-N4 H·B l

OxBP

0'" SICiliAN

P_QIH , .. , '" N·KB)

P'OR3 P·K3 8-1(2 P·R'

QN-Q2

HENNINGS 11 . N x Pch P·B3 12. Nxll Q·N5eh 13. B-Q2 Qx B U . P· 84 QxNP 15. 0-0 RxN 16. 0 · K3 B·NS 11. Q.KR3 0·0 18. II ·K3 B-Q7 19. 8 ·B2 OR-Kl Re. Ic'"1

DEFENSE BEDNARSKI

10. 0 ·0-0 Q·1I2 n . B·K2 R.QNI 11. Q·N3 0 -0 13. B·1I3 P·QN4 14. P·K5 PxP 15. PxP P·N4 16. N ·B6 NxP 17. N x Ben Resigns

BOGOl YUIIOV. INDIAN

N· KB · P-K3

B·N5ch Q·K2

BxNen 0.0

P'03 QN.Q2

P·K4 ,,, " ·KS

N-K4 R·Kl

P.(lN3 F RENCH

P·K . ,..Q4

N-KB3 KN.Q2 P.QB4 N·QB3

Q.N3 ." B·N5ch

,.~

Q.B2 N·N3 P·N3 B.Q2

NPxP B·K2

P·OR3 0 ·0 ·0

15. R.QI 16. " ·NS \1. 0-0 18. N·N3 n . P·QR4 20. P·R5 2T. NPxP 22. N·Q4 23. B.R3 24. N-85 25. H ·Q6 24. 0 ·04 27. BXN

DEFENSE

DElY P.QRl

N/3-Q2 P·K83

B·N2 KR·QBl

P-B3 ." B·H4 Q·a2 R·B2 0 -K3 ."

Resigns

19. R-B1 UHLMANN

QR·NI K·Nl K-R2

20. N.QR2 21 . N·N4 22. H·0 3 23. RxN 24. P'OSch 25. PxN U . KxR 27. N ·N4 2$. Q.K2 29. N·Q2 30. 0 ·B2 ~ I. NxB 32. 0 -B2 33. N·N3 34. N·Bl 35. K ·82 Ru l,n,

N·BS

'" K·Rl

'" BxBP R·Ol B-teS B·O' ... P·B6 Q.B5 B·B4

R-NIch QxPch

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SPASSOV 1. P-K4 2. N .KB3 3. P.Q4 4. NxP 5. N.oB3 6. B·K2 7. P·B4 I . B·B3 9. B.K3 10. 0 ·0 11 . " · KN4 12. BxN 13. 8 ·K3 14. Bx" IS . K ·RI 16. R·Kl 17. P·N5

• " " " u .. " , , , , , , , , , , , , , • , , , , , , , I • , , , , , I I I , I , , • , , • , , , , , , I , I , • I , I , , , , , , , , , , , • , , , , , , , • , • , , , , , , , , , • , , • , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , • • , , • • I

SICil i AN DEFENSE

".Q84 N ·Q83

'" , .", Q· B2

P·QR, B·K2 P·Q3 N-83 0.0

H,H P·K4 ", B.K 1

OR·81 H", N-K4

11. 8-N2 I'. O· Bl 20. B·K3 21 . 0 ·Q2 22. N.QS 23. NxBch 24. QxN 2S. BxP 26. R·K3 27. R·K N3 U . R.QT 2 • . B· R4 30. PxP 31. P·B3 32. R·K I 33. RxPch

.. , '" , '" I " , •• , • , • , .. , " , " , " , ., , • , •• , .,

I • , ,

KOZMA O·gl N·N3 N·R5 P·B3 H" 0'. '" Q.Q2

R·KB2 P·Q4

R·QB5 R_B2 B·84 R·85 R·R5

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SUETIN I . P·K4 2. N.KB3 3. 8 ·N5 4. 8-R4 5. 0 -0 , . R-KI 1. 8 ·N 3 t . 1"·8 3 , . P.QRl 10. P·04 11. Ox8 11. QN.Q2 n . P.Q5 14. Q·QI 15. P·QN4 " . R._NI 11. N.B1 18. Q.K2 It. RPx P 20. N·N' 21. 8 ·K 3

RUY lOPEX

P· K4 N-QB3 P·QR'

N·83 8 .K2

P·QN4 , ... ' ... B.K3

'" g .NT 0 ·H 3

N.QR4 P.QB4

N·N2 KR_81 P·QR4 Rl"xP R·RS! P·N3 g .R3

KERES 22. N·Q2 R· R7 23. P·KB4? KPxP 24. BxKBP px" 25. PxP N·Qll 2'. R·KB1 ? R/ 1·B7 27. R·B2 N·Q2 11. 0 ·N4 N·K4 " . 8xN Px8 10. Q..Q7 K ·81 21 . N/ 3.B I Q·H3 22. Q·R' B·N41 (_ ) 3'. R·Ql 0 ·05 34. QxP BxN 35. P·Q61 K ·KII (b) 36. 0 ·R4 QxQP 37. K· R.1 0 .Q5 38. Q.B' II..RII 29. RxR Ic) Qx R/ ' 44. Q.Q' B·N4I (d) Ru lgns

(I ) Not failing f o r th l tr_p 31 . ........ , RxN?; 33. NxR, R.xNi 34. Q.R6( h .

(b ) If 35 . .... .... , QxQP; 3' . R/ lxB, RxR; 37. Rx R, IbR; 38. Q-R6ch.

Icl 39. R/ 2x8, R/ hR; 40. RxR/ Q2, RxNch! Id l Not 40 • ...... .. , 8 x l"?; 41 . Qx8, RxR; 42.

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0'0 INDtAN MIKENAS BRONSTEIN ,. P·Q4 N·KS' U. , .. NJb:KI' ,. P-QB4 P·Q3 ... H , H H, • , N·QB' P. 83 OS. B·K3 8 · frU

•• P·K. P· 1(4 ... .. , '" •• , ... 8-K3 n . R-84 N·B4

•• B·K3 o·~ ". ", H,H ,. N·B3 N·R3 ". O,H Q.84ch

•• 0·0 8 .Q2 ". K-II:l QxP/ 3 •• N ·K! Q·ln ". R· IVI P-R3

". M·Q3 B.QI ". P·QR3 KR· Kl

". P·B4 BPxP ". B·B3 Q·K4

". QBPxP N·B4 ". R·qNH I' ) .... _-

24 • ....•... Rx1"\1 Resigns (b l

(_, I f Inslead, 24. R·KNl?, QxNPI 8'" WIS 24. Q.Q4 or 24. R-0 4.

Ibl Since, If 25. PxR, QxRchi 24. R·Nl, R· Ki m .

QU EEN'S PAWN OPENING KORCHNOI KERES 1. P'04 N·K83 tl. N·KI P·R3 2. N-KB' P. K3 14. N ·OB3 P.(l4 3. B·NS P· KRl 15. P·B4 P· K84 4. BxN Ox8 16. PxP I .p . QxP 5. P·K4 P·QN3 11. P·RS P·B41 ,. P·gR3 B·N2 18. PxP PxP 1. N·B3 P.Q3 19. P-KN3 8 ·B3 t . Q.Q2 N.Q2 20. R·R4 R·KNI 9. 0 -0·0 P·KN4 21. N .Q3 R·N' 10. N·N5 K.Ql 22. N·82 " .85 11. P·KR4 P·NS 2' . NxNP 0 ·K21 I_I 12. P·K5 g ·N2 24. R. Kl? (b l .. .. ... .

~~~'=

24. __ ._ RxPI ' 3. R·B3 25. K x R. Qx Pch ~. Q·R2 2'. K ·Nl 8 ·N2! 3S . KxQ 21. N· K5 K ·821 '6. K ·R3 28. N·NSeh PxN 31. R·BI 29. P·B3 BxN 38. K.N4 30. PxB RxP 39. R·Rl 31 . R· R' R·N4 40. R· KR8 ' 2. R/ 3·K3 N·B4 Resigns Ic)

1_' Threa t ens 23. .. ...... , QxP! (b ) N. cess ... ., WU 24. Q.K3.

8 ·K I Q_Qch

RxRP N· K5 B·02

'" R·84 R·871

Ic) If 41 . R·R7ch, K·N'I; 42. RxB, R.N7d1; 43. I( ' R3, R·Nkh; « . K ·R2, NXl"ch ; 45. K ·Rl , R.NI mat ••

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SICILIAN DEFENSE CHIRICH lL1V1TSKY , . P·K4 P .QB4 22. poNS .,N ,. N·KB3 P·K3 23. Qx B B-B3 ,. P_Q4 ,., 2.4. Qx P N·B4

•• N., N_KB 3 25. BXN "~a •• N·QB3 P·Q3 26 . B-B4 R_K2

•• B-K2 •. ", 27. Q.Q5 .. , ,. 0<> 0<> 28. QR·BI .... •• P-B4 N-B3 2.9. Rx P ... •• B·K3 B·Q2. 30. Qx Reh K_RI 10. K·RI N.N 11. R·BI 8 ·B3 ll . BlC N B·B3 32. B.Q5 R_BI 12. B_8 3 N,,' 33. QxP P·BS 13. P-QR4 P ·K4 34. P·N6 B·QS 14. 8 _K3 .. , 35. P·R5 P·B6 15. BxBP N·K 4 36. B·K6 P-B7 16. B·K2 B·B3 37. BlC R Q· 9 "" 17. N.Q5 R·BI 18. B·BS P_N3

" . P-8 3 8 ·KN" 39. Q. N8eh K-N2 19. B-N3 R· KT 4tl. Q-B7c h K-R3 20. B-82 R_RI And the n 8 1aek ... 21_ P·QN4 N·'" sig ned

KING' S INDIAN KROG IUS JANSA , . P-Q4 N.KB ] 19. P·N3 P·Q3 ,. P-QB4 P_KN3 20. B·R3 B-N2 ,. N· KBS 8-N2. 21. QR.BI PlCP

•• P·KNS P·B 4 2.2. NlC Pc h K·RI

•• B·N2 .. , 23. N·B6 • • N

•• N" 0·0 24. Bx B KR_Q81 ,. 0 ·0 N·B3 25. 8 ·Q7 ... •• N·Q B3 Q·R4 26. BxR N·B4

•• N-N3 Q·R4 27 . Bx N ... 10. P·8 S P-N3 28. R-Q5 P_K5 11. P x p .. , 29. 8 .Q2 P·RS 12. P_K4 0 • • 30. P·QN4 B·8 3 13. RlC Q R-NI 31. poNS R·QBI 14. P-B4 N·QR4 32. P·N6 R·B7 IS. P-K5 N· N5 33. P· N7 R·N7 16. N·QS R· KT 34. R-Q8eh ... 17. P .KR 3 N·R3 35. B·8 3ch K· NI 18. NxN .. N 36. 8 lC R Re signs

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'UY LOPEZ OAMIANOVI CH !. P-K4 P·K4 17. Q-8 7 ,. N-K83 N.QB3 18. NlC Pc h ,. 8 · N5 P·Q3 19. RlCN •• P ·Q4 B·Q2 20. R-K3 •• N·B3 N., 2.1. B·B6 •• N. N .. N 22.. R.B3ch ,. BlC Bc h ••• 23. RxQ ch •• . .. N·k2 24. QxRP •• 8 -Q2 P-KB 4 25. Q.N6 10. 0 -0 .0 N·8 3 26. Ql<Pc h II. Q·QS ,., 27. Q.R6c h 12. NlCP P·KR3 28. Q· NSe h 13. KR·Kl 0 .0·0 29. R·Q4 14. B·B3 N·K2 30. Q·RS IS. Q-QRS N·B3 31. Q·R6ch 16. Q·Q5 N_K2 32. Q· NSch

SICILIAN DE F ENSE UNZICKER L P·k4 P-QB4 29. QR-kl ,. N_K83 P-K3 30. K-B 3 ,. P ·Q4 , .. 31. R/ I_K4 •• N., P·QR3 32. RXR •• N-Q83 Q.B2 33. K·K4 6. P·KN 3 N·K83 34. P-KR4 ,. B. Nt 8·K2 lS. P-RS •• 0<> 0·0 36. RlCRP •• P·B4 N·B3 37. K·B3 10. NxN NPx N 38. P.KN4 II . P·k5 N·Q4 39. P· NS 12. N·K4 P·KB4 40 . k -k4 13. PxP e.p. NlCP/ B3 41 . Px P 14. 8 ·K3 N.N 42. R-R2. 15_ BlCN P-Q4 43. P-R3 16. B-N2 R-QNI 44. K-KS 17_ B·Q4 8 .Q3 45. P-Q4eh 18. P· N3 P-B4 46. R-Q82 19. B. N2 B-N2 47. KxP 20. R·Kl QR·KI 48. PlC Pc h 21. B·K5 R·B4 49. P.Q5 22. Bl< B • •• SO. P·Q6 23. B·R3 R/ 4·Bl 51 . Rx Pc h 24. R·K 5 P·Q5 52. P·B5 25. Q·Q2 Q.B3 53. K·QS 26. B· N2 Q>e Bch 54. K·KS 17. QxQ ••• 55. P-B6 28. KlC B R_B4 56. P_8 7

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•• Honfi ................ _ .... .................. 0 • , I I I I I • • • • I • • • • •• ,. L engnl -_ .•.•........ -•.....•.•....•.... , , • • I I • , I I • , I • I I I, .• , •• c_ ................ ...... .................. 0 I , • , I , I I , , I I I , , I'· 61 •• Hu g _ .............. ......................... . 0 I I , • I I I , I , • I • • • I,. ' I • Flesch .MM .... ..... . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . ..... (1 I I I I • , • I I I I I I I I • • 1 1. KoluO'l _M" •• ••• •••••••• • ••••••• •• •• • ••• • 0 I , , I , • I • I • • • • • • • • 1 L BoriMnko " ........ .......... ...... ...... 0 I • I I • I • • I I I I I I • 1 • •

•• G. utonyl ••••••• " M . ...... . .......... .. . 0 , I I • I • , • • • I I I • • 1 • • 10. Kh" . r ...................................... 0 • I • I I I I , • • • I • I I 1 • • 11. Florl, n ............ ........ ,' .•..•.•..•.•. . 0 • , , • I , I , , • • • , I , 61· I , 12. Guensberll ir .......................... 0 • • I • I • I I , , • I , I • • • • ' 3. P lre ................. , .. , ... ... " .... , ... ... ... ,0 I I I ! ! , I I I • I • I I I • • • 14. SlIvl .......... ...... ........ ,., .... ...... , .... 0 • , I , I • I I , , , I • , I • • • 15. Forint" ........ . , ....... , .... ...... , ... .. 0 , I , , I , I , I I , ! • • , 51· ' 1 • Ui. P I OU ...... ~ ......... ... ... . , ... ... ..... ... .. . O , I , , I • , • I • , I I • • 31·11 1

Not I very strong f ield, but has anyone ever won a tournament by a wldar margin than Korchnoi d id here? 1 He finish ed no le$l than Slh points ah .. d of his closast rlvalsl

FRINCH DIFENSE SICILIAN DEFENSE HAAG KORCHNOI HAAG FORINTOS •• P-K4 P_Kl 20. P·R5 a ' R2 •• p· K4 •• P·KS • .... .... 21. OxP N-B6c:h

•• N·K83 •• .... ,. N.., ..... 21. NxN RlcRch ,. . ... 10. 8·84 ~ OPx P ... 23. K·!U P-KN3 •• N .. 11. 0 ·0 •• N ... ' ... , 24. Q-R' ••• •• N-Qa3 12. R_Kl •• ... .. . 25. QxR Bxap

•• B·K3 13. Bx B 1. N·B3 N·OB3 26. Q_B2 B·R2 1. N. N NPxN 14. B-Q6 •• B·QNS KN·K2 21. KN·Q4 N·K6 •• 0 ·0 0 · • 28. Q-Q2 R·Kl 10. KN-Q4 P .QR ) 29. R_Kl Q·N4 11 . B_K2 N·K4 10. Q·KB2 K·N2 12_ P.QB3 N·15 31. K· Nl B·RS 13. B-Q3 N·N3 32. N·Q2 N·QI 14. R-Kl NJ3-K4 33. RxN ••• 15. 8-81 R· Kl 34. P.R4 Q-K' 16. P· KR! .... 35. 8-81 8-N' 17. 10""1 D'" 36. N/2·8 ; • • N II. 8 ·'012 QR·Cn 37. Nx B ... If. P-QR4 P·KR4 Resillns

QUEEN' S GAMBIT DECLINED KORCHNOI

•• p-Qa.

•• N.g83 ,. N·B3 •• .... •• 8 .N5

•• hN ,. P-K3

•• R.Bl

•• P·QR3 10. P.k4 11. NxP 12. Nx8 13. 8..03 14. 8-N' 15. Q-82

FLORIAN N·K8 ) 16. 0-0 N", ... , 17. KR·KI N·B3 .... 11: QR-Ql . ...

8 .N$ ' f. Q· 153 B·Kl P-KR3 20. P-QS BPXP ... 21 . P·KN 3 P'Q5 15. N·K4 g .Q4 25. R-B7ch

.oO 22. RxQP Q·B2 16. g . B3 O·KB. 26. R/l·K7 P ·B3 2:. R· R4 N·R4 17. Q.N3ch K.N2 27. N·K • .... 2 • • P·KN4 N·N2 18. 8 x P Q·Kl 28. N·B'

" x k" 25. Q-K3 P_KR4 If. Nx" • • D 29. N·N4Ch .... 2'. Q.R' 0 -R4 20. N·Kl ch K·82 30. N-KS • • N 27. P xP N·B4 21. N-Q'ch K-N2 11. R·BSch . .,.. u. a xN ••• 22. R" xQ N • • 32. Nx Pch .... 29. N.N5 . .,. . 23. RxNch . .a, 33. R·8 k h

' -KN3 30. N ·K . Res.ivns 24. OR·Kl .....

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The South Florida Open, played in p'fiami Beach on December 17-19, aUract­ed 34 players in three sections. Winner in the I4-player Open Division was Charles Musgrove, USCF expert from Vero Beach, who had a median edge over David Brummer of Miami Beach. Each scored 4-1. Ricky Sylvester, St. Petersburgh, placed third.

In the Amateur Division, also with 14 players, Cyrus Neuman took a clear first with a score of 41h. -lh. The Reserve Division was won by Bernice Rill.

• • • • • On January 23 the Dartmouth College

Chess Club held what is believed to be the first New Hampshire Rapid Open. Twenty-six players from New Hampshire and Vermont took part in the event, with victory going to Miles Schlosberg (Dart· mouth '68) who posted a clean 5{1. Peter Sterling (Dartmouth '66) took second with 4·1. · . ... . ...

A 7·round BI·Club Invitolltionolll Tour· nollment. played at the Monterey Park (Cali!.) Chcss Club was won by Walter Cunningham whose score of 5'h · l lh topped a field of 28. Saul Yarmak, Sid Rubin, Jcrome Hanken and Steve Rains -all with 5-2-placed SC(!ond through fifth in the order listed.

... . ... ... . The Golden Gate Chess Club Cham·

pionship. with 21 players, ended in a lie between Arthur Wang and Alan Bourke, each scoring 8-2. David Blohm and Peter Dahl, 7% ·21h, tied {or third and fourth .

• • • • • The Western Amateur Open. held at

the Monterey Park (Calif.) Chess Club on January 28-30, saw Karl Stani eke out a tie-brcak victory over Frank Alonso, eaeh player scoring 5-1. Third, with 4'h , was William Stewart. A total of 24 non­masters took part in the event.

• • • • • Ronald Thacker swept to a 5-0 vic­

tory in the 1966 championship of the Chess Friends of Northern Californioll. played in Berkeley on January 23-24. Edgar Bogas, George Butler and Z. Bar· oudi- all with 4 pOints--finished next in line. A total of 118 players, in three sections, took part in the event.

• • • • • We have leollrned. with deep regret,

of the duth on December 31 of Alfred A. Wallace, USCF DlrKtor from Colo, rado, Mr. Wallace, who Wo1l5 48 years old. was an extremely actiYe chess organizer and directed mollny USCF-rated tourna­ments. He founded the Central Bank Chess Club In DenYer and was a former president of the Denver Chess Leollgue. At the time of his dedh he WollS tre.s­urer of the Colorado State Chess As· sociation. Mr. Wallace was illso active as a player_winning the Denver Open in 1960, hiking part In the U.S. Open in Puerto Rico, and reecntly playing in a

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match between the cities of Denver olInd Aspen. His passing is a serious Ion to Colorado chess ilnd to the U.S. Chess Federation.

• , • • • The Southern Cillifornia Chen Lelgue

now has permanent quarters at 3351 W. 43rd St., Los Angeles- in the heart of the Crenshaw district. Recently elected president of the League IS Dr. Allan Hendy of San Bernardino.

• • • • • Hector Guadarrama won thc 1965

championship of the Whittier (Calif.) Chess Club, scoring 5% -% to top a 24· player field . John Kuehn, Gary Chicoine, Bill Hayes and Larry Hoke all scored 4lh points to finish second through fifth. , • • • •

The 1965 Marple·Newton CPa.) Open, played during November and December was won bv Louis Teplitsky whose score of 4-1 was matched by Larry Daly and Edward Kelly. Tie-breaking put them in that order in a field of 15 players.

• • • • • The Atomics In'ernationill Chen Club

of Canoga Park, Calif. has had its club championship rccently-a 23-player, 6-rd. Swiss. Winner, on tie·break, was J . C. Gysbers whose 5-1 score was matched by runner-up H. Kolin and third-place W. B. Thomson.

• • • • • Michael Connelly, champion of the

Jersey City YMCA Chess Club, will defend his title against the leaders in the club preliminaries, played from Sep­tember to December. Charles Diskin, 6·1, Mayer Riff and Richard Grossman, 5-2 each, and Raymond Heitmann, 43, in the Knight Section; Edward Allen, 5%·11ft, John Power, 5-2, Sanford Lichtenberg, 4!h-2Ih , and Michael Trott, 4-3, in the Bishop Section will be the contestants. In addition, Harry Faivus, winner of the club's Summer Tournament, will take part.

• , • • • The first South Jersey Invitational

Chess Tournament, a team competition for high schools from southern New Jersey, was played on January 29 at East­ern Regional High School, Gibbsboro, ~.J. Seventeen teams took part in the event, sponsored by the South Jersey Chess Association and directed by Lew Wood. Toms River, Bishop Eustaoe and Pemberton took the top three prizes.

• • • • • Pennsylvania chess suffered a heavy

lou recently with the death, on January 20, of Harry Morris, USCF Master and four.tlme State Champion. Mr. Morris, who was 60 years old, was a past presi. dent of the Mercilntile Chess Club Ind I procurement officer in the United States Air Force until his retirement five years ago.

USCF Expert Hugh Myers, now with the Peace Corps in the Dominican Re­public, gave a simultaneous exhibition in which he won 14, lost 3, drew 3. He also defeated Dominican Cha mpion Gustavo Pena, 2-0, in a short match.

• • • • • The raUng list in our last issue did not

include the U.s. Championship. As a result of this tournamcnt, the twelve competitors emerged with the following new USCF ratings : Fischer, 2708; Resh· evsky, 2605; Benko, 2571; R. Byrne, 2550; William Addison, 2535; Larry Ev· ans, 2534; Dr. Anthony Saidy, 2507; Nicolas Rossolimo, 2484; Bernard Zuck· erman, 24tH ; Arthur Bisguier, 2419; Dr. Karl Burger, 2384; and Duncan Suttles, 2378. Biggest gainers were Zuckerman (35 points) and Byrne (31 points) ; biggest losers were Sutties (35 points)and Benko (28 points). Fischer'S rating increased two points from 2706.

• • • • • Jack L. Gibson of Phoenix defeated

defending champion Sam G. Priebe in a match for the Arbona State Champion­ship played on January 8-9. The score was 3-1, no draws. Play was in the com· munity room of the Gibraltar Savings and Loan Co. in Phoenix and spectators were able to fo llow the games on a demonstration board in an adjoining room.

• • • • • A rating tournament sponsored by the

Pace College Chess Club in New York City attracted 16 players on Decem­ber 12 and 19 and was won by Harry Ploss with a score of HI. Larry Stoller and George Spritzer, each 3·1 finished second and third respectively.

• • • • • Fifty-six players took' part in a tourna­

ment at UCLA from October 25 to De­cember 3. Winner, with a perfect 6-0, was William Maillard. L. Harter, P . Eberlein and D. W. Van Arsdale finished second through fourth in that order, all with 5-1.

• • • • • The 70-player North Florida Open,

played in Jacksonville on January 28-30, was won by Dr. Juan Gonzalez whose score of 4lh -% put him a half point ahead of runner-up Pro!. C. Crittenden and third-place "Duke" Chinn. Milan Momic and Philip Lamb, each with 3% points, took fourth and fifth.

Dr. Gonzalez also gave a simultaneous exhibition during the tournament which aroused a good deal of public interest. Playing 31 boards, he won 27, drew 2 and lost 2-to 15-year-old Bill Thombs of Pearson, Ga. and Phil Knox of Deland, Fla.

The tournament, sponsored by the Jacksonville Chess Club, was directed by Robert F. Turrill.

• • • • • New York City's Mlrshall Chess Club

held its "under·I6" championship in December- an a-player round robin. The result was a three·way tic at 5-2 among Marc Lonoff, Steven Spencer and Nor­man Weinstein. Spencer won the play­off, 2-0.

CHESS LiFE

The preliminaries of the Manhattan Chess Club Championship qUalified the following players into the Finals: Walter Browne, 5-1; Edgar McCormick 4% .Ph; Harald Hohenberger 4·2 (from the "Sat· urday" group) and John W. Collins, 6·2; Martin Harrow, 6·2; E. S. J ackson, 5% -21h and Nat Halper, 5'h -2% (from the "Monday" group).

• • • • • Thc fo llowing three games were play­

cd at th e Student Chess Club of Los Angeles and revcal that this new group has already produced some remarkable chess talents.

NIMZOVICH ATTACK S. GRUEN (11) T. PINKHAM (16) I. P.QN3 P.Q4 14. NxN NxN 2. N·KBl p.QB4 15. 8xPeh KxB 3. B·N2 P-J(3 16. Q·RSch K·NI 4. p.K3 N·K83 17. N·K4 P·N3 5. P·B4 QN-Q2 IS. Q·R6 P·83 6. P-Q4 P-QN3 19. BxN BxB 1. N·B3 B·N2 20. QxPch K·RI 8. B-Q3 B·Q3 21. P·B4 B·NI 9. 0-0 0·0 22. R·KB3 B·Bl 10. R·QBl PxBP 23. Q·R6ch K·Nl 11. NPx P N·NS 24. R·N3ch K·B2 12. P·Q5 PxP 25. R.N7ch K·Kl 13. PxP N/ 2. K4 26. Q·N6ch ResIgns

QUEEN'S GAMBIT DECLINED TELINGATOR (15) TARJON (13) 1. P·Q4 P.Q4 19. R·B3 B·NS 2. P·QB4 P·K3 20. Rj3·Bl QR·QI 3. N·QB3 N·Ke3 21. Q.B3 RxQP 4. B·NS QN·Q2 22. N·Q4 R·KR4 S. P·K 3 P·B3 23. QR·Kl Q·R1ch 6. N·83 Q·R4 24. K ·B2 Q·RSch 1. N·Q2 &oN5 25. K.NI Q·R1eh 8. Q·82 0 ·0 26. K· B2 R·R6 9. BxN NxB 21. R· KRI Q.Nkh 10. B-Q3 R·Kl 2S. K·NI RxP 11. 0 ·0 P·K4 29. RxR/ K3 Qx Reh 12. QPxP 8xN 30. QxQ RxQ 13. N·N3 Q·Ql 31. N·N3 R·Kkh 14. Qx B N·NS 32. K·R2 RxRch IS. PxP Q·RS 33. K xR P·B3 16. P·KR3 NxP/4 34. K ·R2 K·B2 17. P·B4 NxB Rn lgns 18. QxN BxP

RETI OPENING GRUEN SACKS ,. N ·KB~ P·KN3 IS. B·B3 N·B3 ,. P·KN3 B·N2 19. B· KN2 ... , ,. B·N2 N·KB' 20. N· K3 N·R2

•• P·Q3 , .. , 21 . B·N2 P·BS ,. B·NS P·KR3 22. PICP ,., , . ... , 0 ·0 2'. 8xB a •• ,. 0 ·0 P·83 24. N·B2 P·B6 •• P·B4 QN.Q2 2$. NxP B·NS

•• B·83 P' K4 26. K·Rl N·N4, 10. P· K4 P·QR4 27. N/ 2.KT Q· B3 11. P·N3 N·B4 28. R· KNI K ·RI 12. N·R3 N·R4 29. P·Q4 NjB4·KS 13. N·B2 P·84 ZOo Q·82 N· R6 14. N·R4 Q·N4 31. IbN BxNch 15. PxP .. , 32. B·N2 BxBch '6. N·B3 Q.N3 33. RxB NxPch 17. N·R4 Q·82 Resign,

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The Atlantic City (N.J .) Championship, played from December 1 through Janu· ary 15, ended in a tie between Fred Hap· good and I. Stenhouse, each of whom scored an undefeated 5-1 to top a field of 18 players. Adolf Berghoff, with 4;2, took third.

• • • • • Sheldon Gelbart scored 4% ·1'h to win

the g·player Class A Championship of the Gompers Park (Chicago) Chess Club, concluded in January. Winton Fulk, 4·2, was second and Walt Alberts, with 3% points, finished third.

The club's Class D & Unrated Tour· nament, played concurrently with the above, was won by Dan Shedroff with a score of 8·2. Rudolph Mayer and Bob Ferris , each with 7·3, shared second and third.

• • • • • Dr. Erich W. Marchand is again

Rochester (N.Y.) City Champion, scoring a 5-0 sweep in a lO·player tournament held on February 11·13. Donald P. Rei· thel, with 3lh , was runner·up and Robert Eberlein placed third.

" '" . '" '" Marvin Boskin, scoring 5% ·'h, won a

7·player rating tournament at the James· town (N.Y.) YMCA Chess Club. William Wilcock, 4'h ·llh, placed second and Ron· aid Main, with 3% points, was third.

'" '" . '" '" John Hall edged out KC. Terry for

first place in the Denton Knights Speed Tournament, a 15-player event held in Denton, Texas. Players from Dallas, Ft. Worth and Denton took part in the event which was directed by Tibor Rekey.

'" " • * • Martin S. Lubell successfully defended

his title of Pittsburgh (Pa.) Metropolitan Champion by scoring 5% ·% in a 29·play· er Swiss that ended on February 19. Robert Walker, 5·1, was r unner·up and George Doschek and Harry Noden tied for thi rd and fourth with 4¥i points.

" '" " . '" William Duhlmeier is champion of the

Parkway Chess Club in Cincinnati, Ohio, winning a 12-player Swiss that ended in December wilh an undefeated 5-1. J aek Riesenbeck edged out Michael Thayer for second, each scoring 4% points. John Petrison (4) took fourth place and Cin· cinnati Champion Rea Hayes was rele· gated to fifth with a score of 3Jh ·2¥.: . .. '" . . .

David Eisen and Samuel Greenlaw, each scoring 3% ·%, tied for first and second in the Abe Lincoln Open, played at the National Chess Club in Washing· ton, D.C. on February 12·13. Jack Mayer, WiUiam Bragg and Carl Sloan- all with 3·I- placed third through fifth in the 18· player field.

" " '" '" , Stanley Elowitch , winner of five

straight Portland city titles as a school· boy from 1957·61, regained the champion· ship tbis year by posting an undefeated 5·1 score. Defending champion Richard Collins was second with 4% , and 82·year· old Harlow Daly, a three·time winner from 1962-64, fini shed thir d with 4. Elo· witch won four games, including a key

5th round victory over Daly. He yielded draws to Collins and Larry Eldridge, who wound up tied for 4th place in the to·man field with 3'h points. . . "' . .

As reported previously, Nona Gaprind· ashvili retained the World Women's title. Here are two games f rom her successful match with A. Kushnir:

GAME 12 SICILIAN DeFeNSE

GAPRINDASHVILI 1. P· K4 2. N· KB3 3. P·Q4 4. P·B3 S. P·B4 6. 8xP 1. 0 ·0 8. N·B3 9. B·B4 10. B·N S 11. B·K2 n . BxB 13. B· 1(3 14. Q.Q2 IS. N·QS 16. P-QN4 11. QR·B1 18. BPxN 19. R·B1 20. PxP 21. B·N4 22. PxN 23. B·K6ch 24. Q.Q3

P·QB4 25. QR·B2 N.QB3 26. RxR

PxP 27. R.B7 P-Q6 28. K .B2 P·Q3 19. P·NS N·B] 30. R·B3? p· K3 31. K'N3 B·K1 32. Q.K4 P·K4 33. K .R3 B·NS 34. P·N3 8xN 35. Q.821 O.() 36. Q.B2

N·Q2 37. R·B1 Q·NI 38. Q·83 B·Ql 39. P·1(4 N·N3 40. Q.Bl NxN 41. Q.Bl N·K2 42. RxR P·B4 4:. RxPch

Nl(BP 44. Q·B' NxB 4S. B·N4

B·N3! 46. Q·QNI K·Rl 41. B·Ql

P·N · ' Resigns

GAME 5

KUSHNIR . .. Q·B2

Q.88ch P·QR4!

8 ·B4 P· RS P·R6 P· N3

Q·K8! Q·HS a ..

Q.Kl Q·QI

P·QN4! P·NS P·N6

R·R2! P·N11 K .. B·B7 Q·N3 8 ·Nt Q·B7

QUEEN'S GAMBIT ACCEPTED GAPRINDASHVILl KUSHNIR 1. P-Q4 P-Q4 15. Q· R4 R·BI 2. H·KB] N·KB3 16. B.NS P. KN3 3. P·B4 PxP 11. N· l(s N / S-Q4 4. P·K3 P· K3 lS. R-Q3 N ·R4? S. BxP P·B4 19. Bx8 Nl(B 6. 0 ·0 P-QR3 20. P·KN4 N·BS 7. P·QR4 N·B3 21. R. B3 N j 2.Q4 S. Q·K2 PxP 22. P·NS N·R4 9. R·QI B· 1(2 23. N·K4? R·B8ch 10. PxP 0 ·0 24. K·N2 BxP! , I. N·8 3 N·Q4 25. N.Bs B·Qt 12. B·Q3 N j 3·N5 26. N j B$·Q1 BxRch 13. B·NT B.Q2 21. Kx8 ........ 14. Q.K4 N·KB3

17. ........ K·N21(a) 18. NxR QxN 29. Q· K4 R·N8 30. P·R4 Q.NS .' 1. N·Q3 Q·Q3 32. N·KS Q-B2 33. M·Q3 R·RS 34. Q·K5ch QxQ 35. PxQ R·R6ch 36. K· 1(2 N / R4-BSch , 37. NxN NXNch 38. K·Q2 R·RS 39. K· B2 R.BS

40. R·R4 RxPch 41 . K·N3 R·B6ch 42. K·R2 N·Q4 43. P· R5 PxP 44. R·R4 P·R3 45. RxP PxP 46. RxPch K ·81 41. R.Rs R·K6 4S. R·Rkh K ·K1 AdJourned; White resigned without resuming plan.

(a) If 27. ____ .... , R·Kl? 28 . BxP. RltR; 29. BltBPch

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Upset of a Champion

by EDMAR MEDNIS The Sicilian Defense is a popular

weapon 01 the stronger player when meeting someone supposedly weaker. That tbe sword is double-edged is Ulu· strated by the losses sustained by famous grandmasters Portisch of Hun­gary cmd Vasiukov 01 the U.S.S.R. in the following games.

Erevon, 1965

SICILI AN DEFENSE LlBERSON (U.S.S.R.) 1. P·K4 2. N·KB3 3. P·Q4

P-QB4 P·K3 p, p

7. B·QB4

PORTI $CH (Hungary)

N·Qa3 p.oJ N·83

4. NxP S. N·QB] 6. I)·K3

........ An interesting and unusual idea in

this position. 'rhe normal quiet way is 7. B-K2, 8. 0 -0, 9. P-KB4, etc., with a Scheveningen · type posi ti on. Violent attacking players instead prefer 7. P-KB4. and 8. Q·B3, e.g., Tal·Larsen, lOth match game. Liberson aims for an attack against Black's K3 and is complete ly successful.

7. .. ... ... 8. 0 -0

P-QR3 Q-B2

This is inexact. Black should either decide to get his King into safety with 8 ......... , B-K2 and 9_ .... .... , 0 -0 or start action on the Q-side with 8. ........ , N-QR4.

9. B-N3 N-K4? Too fancy and without good basis. The

thematic move would still be 9. .. ..... . , N-QR4 or simply 9 . ...... .. , B·K2.

10. Q-K2! N/4·N5 11 . P-B4! ....... _

Having a big edge in dcvelopment, White starts a dangerous attack.

11. ....... . 12. QxN 13. QR-Ql

N, ' Q-B4

B·K2?

Much too late. His best chance was to go into an infer ior endgame with 13 . ........ , P-K4; 14. N-B5, PxP; 15. RxP, QxQch.

S4

14. P-K5! PxP 15. PxP N-Q2

Since this should lose by force, slight-ly better would have been 15. . ... .... , N-N5 ; 16. Q·N3, P-KR4 with a very dubious position, but apparently no forced win for White (17. P-KR3? Qx KP!)

T6. RxP!! ...... .. Beautiful and completely sound.

Black has little choice in his next moves. 16. ........ KxR T7. N-K4! QxKP

After 17 ......... , Q-N3, White reta ins a winning attack afte r 18. BxKP ch, K ­K1; 19. N·Q6ch, BxN; 20. PxB, QxQP; 21. B-N3ch and now (a) 21. .. .. .. .. , Q·K4; 22. Q-QB3! or (b) 21 ... ...... , N-K4; 22. P-B3!

18. NxP? ........ A slight inaccuracy. Immediately de­

cisive was 18. N-KB3! and thc Queen has no good defensive square: if 18. .. ...... , Q·KB4; 19. BxKP chI wins , and after 18 ......... , Q-QR4; 19. N-Q6 ch, K -B1; 20. QxP, N-K4; 21. NxB, Q-B4 chi 22. K-R1, QxN; 23. QxN is decisive.

18_ ........ K·KT 19. R·Q5! QxN/K3

Black has nothing better. Matcrially Black has enough for the Queen, but the exposed K·position must lead to his downfall .

20. N-Q6ch 21. RxQ 22. R·Q2 23. Q·K5 24. R·Q6?

Q, N N-B3 B.B4 B·K5 ...... ..

As will be seen shortly, White's King will need an exit. Correct therefore was 24. P-N4! and only after 24 . ........ , P-R3 ; 25. R-Q6!

24. ........ R-K BI 25. R·K6 R·B2 26. R-N6 B-B3?

Loses immediately. lnstea.a, 26 ......... , B-Q4 would hold since 27. BxB, NxB; 28. QxN? loses to 28 ....... .. , R·Ql; 29. Q·KR5, B-B4 ch.

27. RxB! 28. Q..K6!

An imposing attack

P, ' Resigns

by Liberson.

Polanica Zdroj, 1965

SICILIAN DEFENSE FUCHS

(E. Germany) 1. P·K4 P.QB4 2. N·KB3 P·Q3 3. P·Q4 PxP 4. NxP N·KB3 5. N·QB3 P..QR3

VASIU KOV (U.S.S.R. )

6. P-K N3 p·K3 7. 8 -N2 B·K2 8. 0·0 0-0 9. P·B4 Q.B2 10. P·KN41 ........

First played in Fischer-Gligorie, Var­na 1962. A good defense for Black still has not been found. Since Fuchs even improves on Fischer's play, it is easy to appreciate Vasiukov's difficulties.

10. . ....... N-B3? This logical move must be rated as

suspect. To be investigated are moves like 10 . ........ , P-Q4.

11. NxN 12. P·N5 13. P-85

P, N N-Q2

R-Kl ? With hindsight we know that 13 . ........ ,

R-Q1 would be better. 14. P·B6

So far the game was identical with Fischer-Gligoric, which continued 14. K-R1, B-B1; 15. B-84, N-K4; 16. P-B6. Fuchs' move is more direct, but even so leads to the above game via trans­posit ion of moves.

14. .. ...... 15. K·Rl T6. P-K R4l T7. B·B4 18. BxN!

B·Bl P·N3 N-K4

P-QR4 ........

This is White 's improvement over Fischer's 18. P-R5, B-QR3; 19. R·Kl, Q­N3; 20. PxP, BPxP; 21. BxN, as White's Rook can oecupy the more active KB3 rather than K1 squsre. And Black would be a tempo ahead if 13 . ........ , R-Q1 had been played.

18. . ...... . 19. P·R5 20. R·B3 21. Q·Kl 22. Q·R4 23. B.Bl l

P,' B·QR3 KR·Ql

• .oS QR-QT

........ Stops any counterplay. Black has the

unappetizing choice between 23. . ....... , B-QN2; 24. B-Q3! and the move which be now makes.

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23. . ...... . 24. QRxB 25. R.R3! 26. Q.N4! 27. Q.B3 28. Q·N4 29. P·N3 30. 0·B3 31. N·R4!

B,B K·Rl

R!1.Q2 R/ 5·Q3

K·Nl Q·R2 0 ·54 Q·R2 ... .....

The decisive Knight maneuver follows cannot be prevented.

31. .. ..... . 32. PxP 33. N·N6!

R·Q7 BPxP ........

that

The Kni ght can't be touched (33 ......... , QxN; 34. P·B7 ch) and thus arrives on QB4 with a gain of tempo.

33. ... ..... R·KB2 34. N·B4 RxQBP 35. NxK P IhRP

There was nothing bette I', but the win is quite easy. 36. Q·N4! would be most exaet now, but the move that White makes is good enough also.

36. NxR QxN 37. Q·B3 P·B4 38. R.QJ R·K7 39. R·Q7! Qd 40. P·B7ch QxP 41 . RxQ KxR 42. Q·KB3ch Resigns

A fi ne positional attack by Fuchs.

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51. Wilcox, R. . .. ......................... W81 W46 54. 8ullockus, Dr. T ..... ............ WI22 LIS 55. Gambo~, Dr. F •..... ... ... ......... WIOO LI4 56. Collins, S • •. ...... .. ...... ..... ..... .. .... LI2 WI22 57. Faelton, E •••••••••. •••...•.•..••...... W48 L9 58. HeIsler, R ..... .•. ...•. ... ......•... .. L21 W88 59. Kennedy, E • ......... •.••. ....... .•. WII6 W36 60. Klausner, M . . ........ ..... .. .. ...... L27 L84 61 . Olsson, G ............... .. ........ .. .. .... L3 0117 62. Ostrowski , D . ........................ L4 WI09 63. Pease, R • ........• ••..•.•.....•.•....•... L97 WII2 64.Slnglelon, H • .......... ... ... .. ...... WI13 L37 65. Stanl, K. . .................... .. ........ . W120 L21 66. Steffen, J ••.... ... ...•................ W32 L44 67. Stork, R •..•. .•.•••••••.••••... .. •••.•. .. W25 LI 3 68. Vaynie, P •........... ......... ........ L23 WIOI 69. Wren, G • •.......•.... .. .•............... L 19 L32 70. Calvin, L .•.•.. .. ....•.... .. ..... ......... L 16 W75 71 , Clark, R •..... ....... ....... ... .......... LI4 WI20 72. Cortes, R • •. ......•....•. ...•.. ....... W24 W50 73. Donahoe, P ................ .. .... ... L29 086 74. Epstein, A •.... .. .. ........ ... ... .. ... . L42 L43 75. Fennel, G. . ........................... L46 L70 76. Fernandez, A •....•.•.....•.... .. ..... WI19 W51 77. Gibuyo, E ..................•. ......... W86 L52 78. Gardner, M •............ ........ .... L44 L24 79. Hatch, A • ......•..•. .........•.•..•...... L II WI13 80. Hurt, J •................. .•....•... ......... 039 LIO 81. Jee, J •............... ..................... LS3 WI02 12. Maron, O •......•...... .•.......•..... L36 LI04 83. Neustaedter, R •.•........ .•..•..... L20 LI21 84. Perillo, P .......... ... ..... ........... Ll W60 85. Salter, S • ................ ........... ..... WIO LI9 86. Sawyer, S. • .•.......•. ....... ..... .... L77 073 87. Warner, G • •. .. ....•.......•....... .... WIOI 017 88. Anderson, G ........ ........ ..... ... . L22 L58 89. Bershad, N •.... ............. ........... L34 WI07 90. MCCollough, R •.... .•....•......... WIIS LII 91. DiFulvio, J ••...... .•. ...........•.. LI7 W93 92. Gray, M • ........ ...... .. .. .... .. ... .. ... L50 W40 93. Kent, J . . ....... ...... ........... .. ... .. LlO L91 94. Klein, R •............. .......•.......•... L15 W49 95. KrystalJ, D .... ........ ..•.•. .•..•.••.•. W40 L42 96. Larson, C . .... .. .•...... .•............ L37 WIOS 97. Matthis, J •...... ... .......... ......... W63 L47 98 . Nelson , R. . ...... .... ......•.•........ L38 L3S 99. Straun, J •.•... ....•..•.... .... .•....• L31 L2S

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