Wwe ae) 1 The Pillsbury Attack, The 2 White closes the flanchet Bishop pin was not a novel to diagonal by § PxP, PxP, Idea, but Pillsbury so used and development proceeds: IN REAL "MOVIE" STYLE It as to putthe Queen's Gam- 9. B-Q3, B-N2 10 0-0, P-Bt Dit Declined into a decline. 11 R-K1, PBS 12 P- Richard Reti singled this game out for its movie style flashes The game continues 4. . QRd 13: N-KS, PNP of action in alternate scenes, the villain trivmphing in one B-K2 5 N-B3, QN-Q2.6 R- BY az on diagram 3. The quarter (Queen-side) as rescue plans progress. appa Bi, 0-0 7 P-K3, P-QN3. solid centralized Knight on all too slowly in the other fn the nick of time, Too, P acteristic motifs here vs. 2 P-QBs, P-K3 3 N-QB3, N. En Ww BoE ‘Amakitt ig-side), with success White's setup is typical: KS is another Pillsbun bury sets up his most char- Black's was superceded by mark, akin to the sch (Black), 1 P-Q4, PCH the more al P- Stonewall with its chances KB3 4 B-N5. See Diagram 1. QBB, See Dia for a Kingside attack, 2 Black's Queenside. how. 419... P-R& prompts 20 N- Q-B2 27 N-BI.P- 6 The villain threatens the ever, is set for action, and Nd with serious. King-side S-K2 holds Blick's fair Queenside: 28... QR. e's King Hook misplae- menace, and Blick is redue- defenses in King's wing and af (threat of NxP!) ed. Both sides fence: 14 ed (0 defensive moves. first in center and starts his induces 2. 30 RAE R-KI 13 Q-B3, N-B116N- —Kingside: 20. , . K-it1 21 Queenside in motion, It is B2 by threat of attack be. K2, N-K5 17 BsB, RsBIS PBS, Q-Q2 29 RBI, R-QI —Pillsbury’s first great Inter. ginning with N-BA still BxX, PxB 19 Q-N3 where 23 R-BIQ-Q321Q-IU.QHR- national tourney guards the Queenside: upon White's dominating KI 25 N13; now in the 1895. Is a start a K-N) 31 N-BI, Pon 32 P. Knight and threatening mo- center 25... B-Q4 in nec- experienced master Tarrasch — QN3, Q-S, and White, now tif of P-DS-RG induce his essary preparation for de too much or him? Here Re —detending “ean no longer ‘opponent to make & move fending his King Pawn with began his “film drama” as merely defend vs... R-RI since criticized. Queen behind Bishop, from next diagram, and... P-Ri-8t 7 Calmly now. White starts & He has, quite a few! 3 9 No, as Reti puts it: “But 10 That quiet move setting up ‘an apparently tortoiselike —- KN2! starts Uhreats (0 open now ‘allows, in the nick of a mating net drives Black to coun d Queen-side ad on Black's King: .... K-R1___ time, the long prepared ca. desperate sacrifice (o avoid vance races vs. Kingside! 40 PxP, PxP dl NsB! RxN — tastrophe," 44 Q-N3t! Black the mate: Q-Q4 46 R- 33 P-KR3! P-QR4 31 N-R2— 41 N-RE and Black can de- has but one fensible move. —_KN1, QvBP 47 Q-Rit, Q-RE P. PONG, PXP 36 PxP, fend anly With... R-N2.42 ur that is to take White's 48 Q-BAt, Q-KN4 49. RxQ. TRL 87 PONS, R-R6 38 N- RXR, Kx follows. Some Knight — for no obvious re PxR 50 Q-Q6?, K-RI (on 30 Na, BxP, and Black has ar) very’ brilliant. pyrotechnics turn: 48... KxN, and what K-N2, both Knight and rived first! ‘The Queenside — but now what? Black has does White now have?! A Rook must fall) 51 QxN, P- is in shambles: the Pawns but to push... P-B7-8(Q). mere check or (wo? No, the BT? and a shortened nevi must promote. Has White and the White attack bas supreme finishing touch. the table: 52 Gx? mate, a move? run out quiet 45 K-R1!CHESS REVIEW Tm PICTURE emEss MAGAZINE Volume 26 Number 1 danuary, 1958 EDITED & PUBLISHED BY TABLE OF CONTENTS FEATURES 28th Anniversary First Here, First There, Everywhere Game of the Month My Best Games (Fine) — Chest in the 12th Century DEPARTMENTS, Chess Biscuits Chessboard Magic! Chest Caviar Chess Club Directory - Games from Recent Events On the Cover Postal Chess Readers’ Games Solitaire Chess Spotlight on Openings — Tournament Calendar World of Chess —... You Too Gan Be Bri EorTOR 1 A Horowiez EXECUTIVE EorToR Jack Straley Battal CONTRIBUTING EDITORS. A.B, Bionuler, L Chere, 3. W. Collins, 3A. Dunst, Br. al Euvte, Hane mood, W! orm, Fred Teinfela, Aben 1udy. iret CORRESPONDENTS: Collegiate F. H, Kerr Alabama 1.5, Cockrel California Leroy Johnson, FR. UMalston, XM. 3. Royer. Leigh, Dr. Ht ii. Le Frosmike, Jd Warren fata D.C, Hills, D. B, Rhead. towa W. @. Vandervura. IRentucky Maryland Charles Daraseh Masrachusette lsranklin 9. Sanborn Michigan ‘It Busknger, 3. R. Watson, Minnesota it, C. Gove Mlesourt B.A. Talley Nebraska 8: E. Eilsworth, Jack Spence, Nevada BR. Ly Wheeler New Hamperire toslphn a, Gerth, New York Walter lrgetlich, Edward Lasker, orth €aratina Dr, §. Nobili, North Baketa b. 6, Macdonald. Ohio"J. Re Schroeder, Pennsyivania J.C. Bortner, Hamilton, ‘Lee, B.” Hoover South Carolina Prof, L. L. Foster Seuth Dakota at. Anderson, Tennessee Aira, Martha Hardt, J, G. Sule ‘vam, de ‘Terat James A, Creighton, Frank R, Grave omer Hi, Hyde, tan Harola Lindstrom, Virginia: Ceonsed Alor West Virginia Gf. Slorgan. Wisconsin R Kusoth Wyoming BL ¥. Rohit CANADA, ‘Alberta Perey Connell, Manitoba De. X. Divinaky. Guebee Osins Bain Sasieatencwan Prank Yerhon. CUBA: E, Berger, Woilam CHESS REVIEW, JANUARY, 1958 ANOTHER WORD FOR CHESS In December last. we published a good word in behalf of chess as appeared in the New York Herald Tribune (p, 380) Here is another and much stronger boost for chess likewise on that paper's edi- torial page (November 28) Chess, Anybody? The other day this page reported that the State Department had declined to per- mit Soviet cartounists to attend a meet ing of the American Association of Edi torial Page Cartoonists in Indianapolis next May because that city “is in an area closed to travel hy Soviet nationals.” Now comes word that the State Depart- ment as refused permission to David Bronstein, Russian chess champion, to attend a chess tournament scheduled for Dallas. Tex.. on the grounds that Dallas is also offlimits to citize Union Well, chess ean be a treacherous game. That eminent detective. Mr. Sherlock Holmes, deserihed excellence at chess as a mark of a scheming mind, And since this fellow Bronstein is the cham: pion of the Soviet Union, his mind. doubtedly twems with schemes, His Pawn to King 4 may well signify # secret order for a general march of the workers upon the oil fields; or he may attempt to ine troduce a new opening known us Khrushe chev’s Gambit. the cunning design of whieh is to rivet the attention of his op- ponents on the chessboard while he hin self tiptoes off with the trophy. Incidentally. one very substan why the Soviets are out-maneuver us at almost every step of the cold war is the fact the Soviet Un is a nation of universal chess playing. Where our youths like to do rock and roll or watch TV, Russian youngsters. prefer tu sit down to a quiet game of chess. The importance of this ix that chess can be learned without imparting to the learn sense af tacties and of strategy — the importance of timing. the ability ‘of the Soviet le tw outsguess ancl at er a ke to throw the epponent aff balance by a bold and slashing attack, the unimport- ance wf superior force if it is hamstrung and rendered impotent by the opponent's superior strategy, Instead of discourag: ing the study af chess, the State Depart ment might do well ta launch a national pragram to stimulate it, But that would he the kind of bold thinking peculiar to +s players and so often missing im diplomats, We have no quarrel with the State De: partment, or the Justice Department whieh actually denied Tronstein’s visa As the Herald Tribune itself said a day earlier, the restrictions are retaliation far those imposed first by the Soviet nnion and our government was rebutted on offer we both drop them, Russian chess:players travel with entourages of suspiciously non-chessic personnel (Rus cartoonists probably in like. elr- stances). And however we play that tune, Soviet propagandists will pirate it We won't quatrel elther with some im. ceuracies: Bronstein is a Russian cham. pion in a broad sense, and he has tried PAK. on aceasion, if not often, We won't even quarrel with Sherlock Holmes, though the “scheming” of chess: players Ix seldom as odiously prevalent away from the board as he implied, Instead, let us heartily applaud the endorsement of chess. If there be some exaggeration therein, certainly there is no over-exageration. A surging interest In chess here would strike @ shrewd blow skainst such ills as Juvenile de Hnguency and in behalf of alert and shrewder national thinking. And promo- tion of chess by the State Department would serve admirably toward cultural prestige for the nation hose truly interested in the welfare of chexs, however, must not merely nod complacently at the Herald Tribune edi- torlil, BACK IT! Write to the State Department to press upon it the values of the Herald Tribune's recommendation, Action now could mean great things for and in chess! CHESS REVIEW 1s published monthly by GHESS REVIEW, 250 West sith Sew York 19, SY. Printed in 0-8 entered as second-class matter August 1, ‘Ot the Post Office at New York, N, under the Act of Afarch , 1879. General Offices: 250 West S2th Street, New York 19, NY. “Sales Department. (Room 1328) open daily 9 trom 240'6\p. m, ‘Telephone: Circle ep. mn Saturdaye 258 Subscription Rates: One year $5.50, two yours siufo, three years $18.00, world-wide. 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The following position is one in which he achieved the miraculously Sm: possible — or s0 It seems to lesser players who lack his marvelous fight ing spirit and his splendid imaginative grasp of attacking possibilities White Is 2 Pawn down, and Black's coming QR-BI seems to spell trouble, "White's Queen Is unprotected, his Rook on QB4 immobilized — or so it seems, Yet there are factors in White's favor too, He has a concentration of force on the King-side, and Black's Queen is un- protected. Best of all, Alekhine knows Quiz how to make good use of even the weak: nesses in his position 4 BBE! bone ‘A bolt from the blue. The idea is 1 <. . PxB 2 R-N4f, winning Black's Queen! Nor is this all White threatens 2 R-KN4!! QxQ 3 RxPt and mate next ‘After the discourse above, why not try your hand at some equally inspiring combinations? move. And, if Black tries 1... P-Ri, there follows 2 R-KN4!! QxQ'S Pi, K-R1 4 N-N5! and Black is_helpless against the coming § R-R7t and 6 R-RS mate! But the best is yet to be! RBI la 2 Qk cece Now White threatens Q-KNS winning: ek. 2... QxR 8 Q-KNS, K-EI 4 QxPt, K-K1 5’ Q-NSt, K-Q2 6 N-K5t, K-B? 7 QxPr! and White wins If2.,,. ReR 8 Q-KNS, R-KNS (forced) 4 QxR, PLN8 5 QXN and White wins. Of course, If 2... , PXB, 3 R-NMt leads to mate In two. eee Ras 3 ONS PINS 4 ARN ce Having won a piece, White has an example of — overcoming Solutions, page 31. White to Play Create a Knight fork, ‘One Rook gets you two. White to Play Black to Play Find White's weak spot. White to Play Hound Black's King. 5 Black to Play Find a surprise pin, ° White to Play Win Black's Queen. Biacl Black “discovers, White to Play Demolition tactics. White to Play 8 Mate in three! Black to Play 12 Smash through! White to Play Pick up material White to Play Look for Knight forks. (CHESS REVIEW, JANUARY, 1958CHESS REVIEW INTERNATIONAL Dallas International ‘The strongest international tournament in the United States for a long, long time finished at Dallas just as we were going to press, Samuel Reshevsky of the United States tied for first with Sveto- zat Gligorich of Yugoslavia, at_8Y/ n this duuble-round affair, cored 5 wins, Daniel A. Yanofsky in the twelfth at which time Gligorich overtook Reshevsky)) ent Larsen of Denmark tied with Las. alo Stabo of Hungary at 774-614, Yanofsky ‘of Canada came fifth at 27, ahead of Olufsen of Teeland, 647%, And Miguel Najdort of Argentina, Evans, former U. S. Champion, 5:9, did seein tw be off their usual form. ved time and from any other, Evans won from Qlafsson rd round, and Najdorf in the last, Olafsson and Larsen. and then Szabo seemed likely to win the tournament; and Olafsson hardly ever drew, but alternated wins and losses, with the best, Gligor lost only ane game, won 4, drew 9: the 3d round, hhis Joss was t0 Szabo i Battleship" Bronstein Gotha. East Germany, was the seene of tournament triumph’ by D, Bronstein (Soviet Union), 1- Close behind were Pachman (Czecho-Slovakia), 104-4 Vasiukov (Soviet Union), 10-5. Milich (Yagoslavia), Bilek (Hungary) and N kirch (Bulgaria) all tied at 9.6, Sliva of Poland was the only player to take a point from Bronstein, who, according to Chess, went down “like a fighting ban ship. in a blaze of desperate sacrifices. Event in Poland At Srerawne-Zdraj. Poland, © Seviet Union was successful ahead of Cholmor ith 1-4, and Srabo (H Geller uf with ye Boreza Wins The Hu 2461%, was first at San Benedetto del Tronto,’ aly. Gereben, 83, was runner-up. arian Barca, CHESS REVIEW, JANUARY, 1958 Scene for the New Year! chess with a will Mike Sosa, J But Bobby Fischer beware! Vol. 26, No. 1 JANUARY, 1958 ‘ypities the new 1968 hitting out at We saved this picture for come months for this occasion, and Mike, Jr, may be ready to take Fischer over now! Two “Firsts” The first international tournament held in Malta, resulted in vietory for Kara ach and Ivkov, both of Yugoslavia, with tallies of 84-114 each, Attard of Malta lied with Boskovieh of Yugoslavia for third and fourth id Swiss. Another “first” tourney was reported (rom Mozambique, where Durao, Porto: guese titlelulder, emerged first with 8.0 sweep. fullawed by Heidenfeld of South Africa, 7-1 UNITED STATES REGIONAL TriState Tourney With a score of 41, Donald Burdiel West Virginia co-champion, won the Ts State Championship Tournament held in Huntington, West Virginia, His only loss was to Ohio junior champion Richard Noel of Cleveland, Runner-up was Ross Spraugue, als of Cleveland, with 3:2 who was declared TriState junior title. holder. ‘The states of Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia each contributed two players to the field of six Held concurrently was the 19 player Ohio Valley Open tourney, won by J. Hanken of Covington, Kentucky, with 4 Long Island “Amateur” Raymond Weinstein of Brooklyn, junior champion of the Marshall Chess Club of New York, nephew of former Southern champion Stanley Winters and cousin of national champion Arthur Bisguier, won the second annual Long Island | open championship at the Kings County Chess Club with a score of 5%1%, Sanford Greene. who drew with Weinstein in the final round, tied for second at 5-1 with Edgar T, MeCormick. ILLINOIS The Illinois Open Championship, held in Chicago, was captured by Povilas Taut vaisas, 7-0, one point ahead of Tibor 3Weinberger. Angelo Sandrin, 5%41%4, was third. Fourth to seventh’ on Swiss points at 5:2 each were Charles Henin, Vasa Kustic, George Mauer and Edward Buerger in the order listed, Forty-four players participated. NEW JERSEY Tn a 17 man tourney for the New Jer- eur Championship, held at the ent Chess Club of East Orange, Leroy Dubeck, 41, topped the list by tue of superiority in Solkoff point for second and third, both in Solkoff points and 31 game scores, were Leslie H. Ault and Herbert Hickman, while fourth was Robert Durkin, also 3.1, but slightly behind in Solkoff scoring. Next were Robin Ault, Robert Coughlin, Clin. ton Parmele and De. Vladimir Altmann, 3.2, who finished in the order men- tioned on Solkoff points, OREGON The 44 player Oregon Open at Port. land, reported as heing the largest tour- nament ever held in the state, was won by V. Pupols of Seattle, 5-0. Tied for second to seventh at 41 were V. Seglins, I. Dal- heres, Dr. A. A. Murray, H. Hughart, F, Byron and D. W. Johnson, who placed ON THE COVER Scene Through Twelfth Night Though our cover picture was taken much earlier, it represents a sort of scene which must have taken place fre quently through the Yuletide and New Year's Day. Here two soldiers from Can- ada and Finland play chess, while two from Canada and Colombia look on, A frequent pastime activity of the United Nations Pmergency Force situated on the borders of the Holy Land (Gaza Strip and Sinai Desert). Correction Mrs, Slater reports a correction on the final standings of the U. 8. Wo ‘man's Championship as appeared in the press and in our December issue (page 385). Miss M. Karff placed third with T4, and Mrs, Aronson and Mrs, Slater Wied for fourth at 6%-4% each. Women in Chess In this century of progress, Iet_us hot overlook the phenomenon reported by the members of Great Britain's team ‘on thelr return (rom the Women's Team Championship. Eileen Tranmer, partially quoting her teammate, Elaine Pritchard, says that the final tournament was dom: inated by Bast European countries and there has emerged from them a new type of woman player entirely, very young and keen, and that, where the average woman player formerly looked for a good move, these will now look for a good idea’ or a procedure and will produce fluently a lot of quite competent moves in demonstration of the validity of her idea 4 Winners in the 1987 New Jersey Amateur Championship Dubeck tet; Leslie Ault and Herbert Hickman 2.3; and Robert Durkin 4th, in the order na ‘The states of Idaho and Washington were represented as well as Oregon, One novel and popular feature of the competition was the presence of a cutering service that provided coffee, soft drinks. sandwiches and pies to tournament players, In reporting the event, the Oregonian published an interview with Pupols. He stated he was horn in Latvia 23 years ago and has played chess since boyhood. It was his opinion that a winning player must have “both vanity and the killer SOUTH CAROLINA Grady Brown, Stephen Shaw and Lt Col. Rubin C. Slater tied at 4 te 1 in the State Championship and were adjudged as placing in that order on the tic-break. The leaders staged a teiangular impasse Broven son from Shaw. Shaw from Slater and Slater from Brown, Shaw is the sn States Champion, Col. Slater is from Brooklyn, New York. The next high: est scorers were Dewen Varu, who be- came Junior Champion and Alex Edels- burg. beth 3.2. TEXAS Active in the promotion of Texas chess. leaders of the Texas Chess Association were successful persuading the Legis- lative Council of the University Inter scholastic League to help form additional chess clubs in high schools. R. J. Kidd. Director of the League. will publish in- formation in The Interscholastic Leaguer, circulated in all schools, as to where chess books. equipment and sample copies of Cais Review are to be obtained, while the TCA promised aid in providing chess Instructors, Chess classes for youngsters, (left to right) Leroy oth by regular teachers and TCA players, are already under way in Hous- ton, Dallas, Fort Worth, San Antonio, Corpus Christi and other cities and towns, Among TCA officers in the forefront of this missionary work are C. Harold Bone, president, Homer H. Hyde, secretai treasurer, Dan Carter, chairman of Region ix, George H. Smith, in charge of tour naments and matches, Robert Horne, ac tive in_ membership affairs, and W. N. (Bill) Wells, head of youth activities LOCAL EVENTS Arkansas. A score of 4.0 enabled Leonard Seott, Jr. of Little Rock to win the Mal vern Open Tournament, sponsored by the tile Rock Chess Club. Richard Douthavt id Orval Allbritton, each 3-1, tied for second in the 11 player Swiss. lifornia, In the Oakdale Qualifying Tournament, Don Foley of San Jose seared 3.0 to beat out his three rivals, M. K. Saca, J. Bender and E. B. Edmondson. The San Gabriel Open Tournament, sponsored by the Pasadena Chess Club. went to N. Hultgren of Caltech, 514-144 followed by A. R. McCrady, 5-2. District of Columbia. The five-minute club championship of the Washington Chess Divan was credited te Martin Stark, Yes, Mlinois, With a fine tally of 15-2, Frank Skoff Jed an 18 player field in the cham: pionship preliminaries of the Irving Park Chess Club of Chicago. Bracketed in sec- ond and third places at 13/344 each were Harold Stanbridge and Mrs, Eva Aronson. closely followed by Ninus Aron son with 1354 (CHESS REVIEW, JANUARY, 1958Kentucky. The “Wild West Open” Louisville Chess Club was won by William Batchelder of Bloomington, Indiana, 444- mner-up was R. W. Shields of ey veas an 11 player ina. Al Buckland, invincible with 7. won the New Orleans Qualifying Tournament, held for the purpose of qual- ifying players for the 1958 New Orleans city championship. A. L. McAuley. 544 14, was second. Others who qualified were Irene Vines, Andy Lockett, Dave {. Mark Biallas, Gary Erdal and woneaux, each 5: In a 10 game match with Ibrahim Bah- sat, described in the LCA. News Letter as “Egypt's second ranking player.” Mil- ton Blumenthal won decisively by 6%4-3%, Bahgat is attending college at Houston 1d taok part in the recent world junior pionship. New York, Returning to the chess wars 1 double round robin for the Buffalo city championship, John Rather, a former Cutrss Review editor and always a for- midable opponent, took first with a 62 tally. Chester T. Fell. It 5%2%5, was sunneraup. Other scores were Dr. S. Rob- cert Frucella's 4-4, Roy T. Black’s 344-446 and Dr. Arthur Feeitag's 1-2. The winner made a slow start in the first half with ‘one win. one loss and two draves. but fine ished with a 40 sweep and the title A crushing 180 score gave the cham- pianship of the Port Authority Chess Club to Victor A. Guala, far ahead of Fred Horowitz, 1414-3%4, in second place. Irv- ing Sheraga and William Walbrecht, each 14-4, tied for third and fourth, In a match between a team of the Mar- shall Chess Club of New York and cadets from the United States Military Acaden @ former triumphed by 7-1 wins by M. Peckar, A. Wate mer, A. Franeeschetti, D, Lecker and Mrs, Margaret Widmer. West Pointers M. Lane and W, Brown drew sith H.W, Park and Mrs. M. Fuchs respectively. The Kings County Chess Club defeated the Polytech Institute by 614274, Vietors for Kings County were A. Agree, H. Win- ston, J. Skolen, E. Finnell and Mike Menn, while L. Shepp won for Polytech. Three azantes were drawn, North Carolina, A duel between Chapel Hill, newly erowned state team champion, and Raleigh, the 1956 winner, resulted in 8 444% Ii The fourth annual 30-30 Open Tourna- ment in Raleigh attracted 23 players from For Sale: Smoked and white nine inch Chinese ivory chess set, Carved con. centric balls at base of each piece. Non-communist certificate of origin write to: K. C, DeGood 2644 Schroeder Toledo 13, Ohio (CHESS REVIEW, JANUARY, 1958 states and the District of Columbi the second straight year, Norman T. Whitaker of Shadyside, Maryland, the winner, scoring 4% points in the five round Swiss. Dr, A. M, Jenkins, Dan Diano and Charles C. Crittenden finished respectively. Dr. Hornstein was tournament Norman M. director, Ohio. In the Columbus city title event, Ervin Underwood came in first with @ 5.1 score. Runnerup was John Biddle, 4%4- I In the championship tourney of the Lake County Chess Association of Paines. ville, Dr. Janis Zemzars swept to an 11.0 1: itoward Le: Winings and Dizon M Cate shared second and third at 9-2. Pennsylvania. Horst Boustein, 7-0, a nexed first place in Group A of a King’s Gambit Tournament, Second position was gained by Dimitro Grenda, 6-1 The Y Chess Club of Yark broke even with the Red Rose Chess Club when each team chalked up 3% points. York win- ners were H. Bottstein, Jack Schultz and John Lambert. For Red Rose, the were Roth Hater, Bill Freund and Henry Huffman, Rey Guthridge of York drew with Mery Saunder. Texas. The Dallas city title went jointly tw Leon Poliakoff and R, B, Potter, each 62 in the round robin proper and 1-1 in a play-off. Third was Robert Hux, 5%-2¥2, Wiaconsn, Owucoring 40 layer fie Tibor Weinberger. 8.0. won the ann Milwaukee Chee Cha chompionsap at Hawthorne Glen, Runner-up was Abrams, ha. CANADA Ontario The fourth annual Harmonie Chess Club Open Toronto was won by breaking points tlt bet avd 3 Kine each had sored TY2% in games. The only woman eom- petitor, Mrs, Freda Ullrich, placed thied with 64.3%, In the Fastern Ontario Chess League, the Comwall team made a 4-1 match score to take first, followed by Belleville, 334 1%, and Hull, 32. I championship fell to Leonard B. Joyner with a perfect 64. G. Weaver. 5-1. was second, while A. Siklos. P, Heller and E, Radney finished third to fifth respectively on S-B, points with 414.1% each, Plans have heen laid for the formal ‘opening soon of the Montreal Chess Cen: are, A permit from the City of Outre- mont is still to be obtained, A GREAT BOOK by a GREAT TEACHER CHESS SECRETS by EDWARD LASKER iN thi a wealth of fascinatis low volume of mem det sake Emanuel. Capablanca, Alekhine other gre he learned the fine points of chess by erassing swords with them. 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Portela at the Club Argentino de Ajedeez with 16 wins and 3 draws. Panno, 17-2, was ‘lose behind, Brea At the South American Zonal Tourna- ment in Rio de Janeiro, Panno took first with a 13-2 tally, followed by Rossetto and Sanguinetti, 11%4-3%4 each, Costa Rica Ricardo Charpentier, national champion, successfully defended his title against Alfonso Morales by sweeping five games. Earlier Charpentier narrowly retained his honors by defeating Rogelio Sotela by SYS FOREIGN England H. Gotombek. 54-174, won the Premier ‘Tournament of the Paignton Congress. P.H. Clarke and B. H. Wood, each 5.2, tied for second, France In the French Championship, Dr. Ber- grascer, 8Ye2%4, came in first, followed by Boutteville, 8:3, Holland A twelve man Swiss for the Open Dutch Championship saw C. P. van Weezel suc- cessful with a score of 5%-1%, Malaya The Malayan Championship went to J. ©. Hickey from Ireland. Dr. Phoon W Ong was runner-up. New Zealand Rodney Phillips and A. Feneridis jointly gained the national title as co-champions Nerway For the sixth consecutive time Olaf Barda won top Norwegian honors. South Africo The Bulawayo Chess Club Champion ship was pocketed by Sam Gochin, 54444, Runner-up was L. Fox, 5 Soviet Union ‘At Leningrad, the city title was won by Korehnoj and Furman, 14-4, each Switerland Kupper and Nievergelt. 844.2%, tied for the Swiss Championship at Lausanne, ‘WHERE TO PLAY CHESS ;: ENCANTO CHESS CLUB ‘The Den 2700 North 15th Avenue Phoenix, Arizona HERMAN STEINER CHESS CLUB 103 North Formosa Avenue, Los Angeles 36, California: open five evenings and two afternoons a week Phone: WEbster 6.9355. PUEBLO CHESS CLUB ‘Young Men's Christan Association 112 West 8 Street Puedlo, Colorado MANATEE COUNTY CHESS CLUB (Bradenton, Florida) P, . Box 176, Cortez, Florida, c/o L. 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WHAT is so rare as a game in which both players reach for the initiative? At Leningrad, 1935, Hungarian master Lilienthal essays the double-edged Budapest but is repulsed by Soviet’s Alatortzeff who seizes the lead and by positional incursions mounts the pressure until Black’s game gives. The opening: 1 P-Q4, N-KB3 2 P-QB4, P-K4 3 PxP, N-NS 4 P-K4, Cover scoring table at line indicated. Set up position, make Black’s next move (exposing table just enough to read it). Now guess White’s 5th move, then expose it. Score par if your move agrees; zero, if not. Make move actually given, opponent’s reply. Then guess White's next, and so on, COVER WHITE MOVES IN TABLE BELOW, EXPOSE ONE LINE AT A TIME Your Seore White Played Par Score Black Played ++ NXP KN-63 B-NSt Ke NoRS 0-0 eae Pas at axet N-Bs Pee NxP Pxn 8-34 RxE tReB2 N-K2 NoNa? @-ast RANI Rat Dicrt Rat N-B1 ONG. [PKR Resigns ‘Your Selection 5 Pad 6 B-K3 7 N-B3 8 @ 9 N-K2 10 "1 «ey © N-NS! Cd)? RxP Total Seore 100 | Your Percentage SCALE: 75-100—Exeellent; 55:74—Superior; 40.54—Good; 28-29 —Fair Notes ro THE Game 4) Inconsistent, 8, . . BxNt at least shatters the adverse Pawn position. From here in, White controls the important center and re- mains with the superior development. b) Abject retreat, ticd to Black's 8th, ©) Premature, Black ought not to open lines while lagging in development; the lines will fall to White. d) There is no defense: eg. 31... NaR yields Philidor's Legacy: 32 N-B7i, K-NI 33 N-R6Y, K-R1 34 Q-NBt, ete. *Position ajter 30 N-NS! jacovered check‘An outstanding recent game, annotated by a former World Champion, by DR. MAX EUWE WAGENINGEN ZONAL TOURNAMENT Support from industri made it possibl chess organ ing about an national tournament. Of the three European zonal tournaments, that of Wageningen (Hol- land) undoubtedly had the strongest players: the younger generation in particular was well represented. It is a pity that the gifted Berlin master, Klaus Darga, could not he present and so West Germany missed its strongest player. There were, however, such young players as Larsen, Olafsson, Ublman and Ivkov who could demonstrate their equality with the well established grandmasters Szabo, Stahlberg and Trifunovich. First class masters like Duckstein, Clarke and Donner had opportunity to provide surprises. In the first round, attention centered particularly on the game etween the two Scandinavian representatives, Stahlberg, one of the older, and J.arsen, one of the youngest participants, Larsen played well, while Stahlberg played somewhat below his usual level. In the middle game, Larsen captures a Pawn and finally secures a strongly advancing, passed Pawn, At the 39th move, Stahlberg oversteps the time limit and so loses; hut his position is completely hopeless. KING'S INDIAN DEFENSE Yugoslav Variation and busines the Netherlands to by nportant inter G. Stahlberg Bent Larsen Sweden Denmark white Black 1 N-KeS N-KB3 2 Pee POKNG ‘The King's Indian is a reliable weapon against most flank openings. 3 P-KN3 e-n2 8 Ne 0-0 50.0 P84 Position after 6... N-BS In the past, it was believed that this Salta ares el ran a Rar however, showed that Black has st with advantage for White; cient counter-play. Stahlberg has hi ae P-Q3 $ PxP, PxP 9 B- in this variation, and this background NOt Unfavorable for White: e. tay well be reason far Larsen's choice. Q-R4 10 N-Q5, P-K3 11 B-Q2! 6 P-a6 : 3) 7... P-QNS § P-K3, P-Q3 9 PNB, 6 P-08 here is insuttiefent B-XS with about eaual chances 6 ee N-aRS 8 kW-a2 5 ee ‘The customary method. White hopes ent eee to place his Queen Knight on QB8, White's text is probably less, ood ite the King Knight may go 10 QDI han 7 N-B8. Consider the following after the Queen Bishop Fawn is ex possibilities: changed off weak P= db Geek PS din he 8 p-ara ‘As compared with the usual variations, Black has omitted . . . P-Q3 for the time being. His text prepares for action on the Queen-side 9 QN-83 RANG 10 P-Ka oe ‘This lust move forces Blick to move his Queen Pawn, but it weakens White's center. Better ix 10 P-QId whereupon Black probably has nothing much else but 10... P-Q8, anyway: e.g. 11 Q-B2 B-Q2 12 PNB, P-QNd 12 RPXP, PxP 14 B-N2 with about equal chances. foe Pas 11 Plane P-K3! Black's text is better here than the advance, .. . P-QN4. 1) 12 Q-B2, PxP 18 BPxP, P-QN4 with an excelient ‘game for Black; 2) 12 KI, PxP 13 KPSP, BABI with good chances for Black 3) 12 PP, as in the text. 12 PxP ‘The objection to this move 1s that Blick obtains a center Pawn majority. Ie is remarkable that the weakness of Black's Qt Is of so slight significance mew. BxP 13 PING - 13 N-Q5 is not satisfactory either: eg. 18... NBS HM R-KI, N-g2, and the weakness of White's Qi acts para- lyzingly on White's game. The disadvan- tages of 10 P-K4 are now quite obvious, 3... NoNS, 14-82 goa White's last costs some important tempi, Correct is 11 B-N2. eee N-oas Of course. The Knights reach ideal positions, with tempi 15 BND (CHESS REVIEW, JANUARY, 1954Black's N-Q5 cannot well be stopped: eg, 15 N-B3, N-Q5 16 Q-N2 (16 NxN, PSX, followed by 17... P-Q6 loses the Exchange), NxNt 17 BRN, Q-B3! (not clear is 17... NxRP 18 KxN, Q-B3 19 B-BH! ete.) 18 BYN, BxB, and White will not be able to prevent serious trouble. Roe N-@5 16 @-at peer Here 16 Q-Q3, N-K4 again loses the Exchange, ieee N-Ka 47 NoK2 N/+-B3 Black retains a strong hold on his Q5. Better than 17. N-Q6 after which foliows 10 BxN, PxB 11 NUB3, ete, 18 NxN NN 19 R-RZ pee White protects his Bishop and removes the Rook from reach of Black's King Bishop. He can now start attacking the strong Black Knight with 20 N-B3. 19h P-aN4! ‘Thus, Black remains Protection of the Ques aa serious problem for Dieces are practically all ‘a situation whieh, in the Jo result in material gain, stroke ahead. ide Pawns is e. The Black leally posted, run, must 20 BPxP a Undoubtedly, Stahiberg already has his eyes on an endgame with Bishops of opposite colors (see next diagram), though at the cost of a Pawn, Other possibilities are: 3) 20 RPSP, PxP and a) 21 BAN, BxB 22 Q-K2, PsP 28 PXP, RNS 24 R-BI 3 with a great positional advantage Black; b) 21 PxP, RxP, and White's sen Knight Pawn must eventually go lost; ©) 21 Q-Ri, PxP 22 Ps with consequences’ similar to 2) 20 Q-R1, PxBP 21 PxP, Q. decisive advantage for Black. Pxe 5 : The consequences of the previous move, Still, this Queen Rook Pawn can: not be kept, Meee R-RI 22 Bi : Nelther is 22 P-K5 of any avail due RNP 28 RXR, QR 24 PXP, R-QL BxB 26 N-Ki, Q-NS after which Bx8 5-86 ans Naw Black secures the Rook Pawn, 25 N-NS ‘CHESS REVIEW, JANUARY, 1958 White's objective, It is practically im possible for Black to avoid Bishops of ‘opposite colors, F xP . B-Q2? White suddenly obtains good’ counterchances with 26 PAKS: Alter 25 26 RxR an 27 NxB Pen Stablberg had probably visualized tis position at his 20th move. In spite ‘the Bishops of opposite colors. Black has 2 decisive advantage: his Bishop and Rook are more active than Waite’s; he has the center; his Bishop can attack fon both sides: and Black can combine the advance of his prospective passed Pawn with a Kingside attack. In view of these factors, Larsen has no further difficulties. He plays the finish compellingly and strongly. 2B BRI RBI 33QK3 GAT 29Q-K2 Q-R¢ 3RQI PKS 30 K-N2 @-NS 35 RLKBI 8-Q5 31Q-G2 PBS 36 Q-KT PBS 32 xP PxP a7 BN4 PBT Now Black threatens 8... RxPt! 36 B-B3 ON 39 B-K2 ne or 39 RxB! 40 Qxit, QxQt AU KxQ, B Black wins a... ane Here White lost by overstepping the Uimelimit, But there are no longer any defenses ‘against the threats: 40 RsPh. 40 B-NT or even 40 P-B8(Q), White wins ae a a et 8 a ‘The meek shall Inberit the earth, No. 2 White wins White wins that to spell victory. A knight and a fork; Solutions on page 26. ‘A merry chase nets the prey, Rinck ‘the wayee (Gaya) e XX. | LEARN TO PREPARE VARIATIONS After my successes at Zandvoort and Nottingham, I planned to stay on in Europe for some time and accept whatever invitations eame my way. They were not slow in forthcoming and, from then until my return home in 1938, I was engaged in a continuous round of chess events. In the fall of 1936, after arrangements had Leen completed for a ve- tur match between Euwe and Alekhine, Euwe invited me to act as his see- ond during the match. ‘There was still a year to go butt, in the meantime, my job was to help prepare openings and study Alekhine’s style. Tn the hurly-burly of tournament play, the prepared variation was an indispensable weapon against the stronger player. Their styles and favo- rite openings hecame well known to me, and I tried to save certain lines for future encounters. Back home, this had rarely been necessary because the American masters did not bother with the openings very much, One of my earliest opportunities to win a game in advance, so to speak, came in the Amsterdam tournament of 1936, arranged by the Dutch newspaper, Het Volk. Ernst Gruenfeld, one of the other competi- tors, probably had the most encyclopedic knowledge of the openings of any master of the day. In his home in Vienna, which I later visited, he had all the leading openings classified and codified on scroll-like sheets of cardboard. Most of his time was devoted to studying and re-studying these scrolls. Some openings he knew by heart: “The Queen’s Gambit Declined,” he liked to say, “I know like the palm of my hand.” But Gruenfeld had some obvious psychological weaknesses. Pethaps because of his physical handicap (he had a wooden leg), he had grown increasingly cautious with the passing of the years. His ambition in a tournament was to win one game and draw the rest; once he had one vie- tory, he was content to halve the point in every other game and did not like'to make another attempt to win even against the weakest players. He took a child-like pleasure in his erudition; when he was working. for Euwe on the card-index of openings, he insisted on entering his con- tributions on green cards (Gruenfeld: green square). But there was one serious flaw in his armament: while he knew everything which had gone hefore, he had ceased to he creative and could not think of anything new. novation was suggested, he would immediately try to demolish it by pointing to some obscure game in which it had been played befor Like Capablanca a decade earlier, he had retreated to the defeatist posi tion that nothing new could he discovered in chess. As a result (and again like Capablanca in 1927), he was extremely vulnerable to any real error in past analysis. I was able to find such an error and use it against him, Amsterdam, 1936 ‘An invitation to the Vienna Variation QUEEN'S GAMBIT DECLINED in which Gruenteld was considered an MCO: p, 188; col. 86 hei oo R. Fine E. Gruentela : * He accepts. Waite Black fens Fabs 1P-Q4 PQS SPB = PKS —_The allermative 5 P-KS leads to the 2N-KBS N-KB3 4 .N-B3 —,,.. Quoen’s Gambit Accepted. By REUBEN 5. 6 BLNS ‘i ‘The sharp continuation whieh had pre: viously been considered of donbttul value. 6 P-K5. N-K5. tried In the Alekhine-Hogoljuboy match of 1936, 3s inadequate, 6 16 Pad _ P-KRS, White sets up an ad vantage with 7 BsN. QxB 8 Q-IUy, N-B3 9 Dx. 7 PKS xP 8 O-R4t : A emcial move. Gruenfeld had been snccesshll in previous encounters against 8 PAN: ex. 8... PAD 9 Q-RIT. NBS 10 0-0-0, BxX 11 B-RI? P-Ni_ 12 QxNP. R-QNI'13-QsNT. B-Q2 11 QxP, BsP} Qn. and Bla ruenteld, 9 0-0-0 Bae Black's Inst is foreed, 40 N-Ka! 8-K2 11 Pan PxP AIL this was handled by both players with extreme rapidity. Black, with three Pawns for the piece, seems to have mutch the better of it 12 BRA! So far previous analysis, which ended with an immediate win for Black, sinee White as to lose fis Queen (13 Q-R3? chess REVIEW, JANUARY, 1958N-Q61). But actu clear biunder, Correct is 12 with wemendous complications, still need more analysis, 13 QeN The surprise. first played in 2 game, hy the text move is 2 ROB which Gereben-de Groot, Munich, 1936, nae BxO 14 NxPE K-81 15 RxQP! gee Suddenly, Black finds himself with a Jost game: another piece goes, after which White will have three pieces for the Queen, plus a strong attack oe Rt On the alternative 15... BRS, 16 NXP? is decisive. 18 NxBt KK Black's King cannot leave the center of the board: eg. 16... K-N2 17 B- BG}. K-N3 18 N/3-KSt leads to mate or loss of the Black Queen, 17 N-B6t K-81 18 BP Rat 49 KN The air has cleared somewhat: White has three pleces for the Queen, which or dinarily is about an even exchange, b Black's position remains thoroughly dis- organized and his King too vulnerable, odes Pore Black hopes fer some freedom. If 19 K-N2 20 RNIf drives him right back, 20 KR-@1 BK? Again, if 20... K-N2, 21 P-Nd! chases the King back to his corner. 21 N-@7t KKI 22 B-KNS R-KNI 23 P-KRG eee White marks time for the winning breakthrough. ‘There is little that Black can do. 2... ANZ 28 PLRG PoNG Desperation. 25 BNI PLNS Black's move leads to a quick death, which he prefers to a slow one, (CHESS REVIEW, [ANUARY, 1958 26 PxP xP 27 8-Ks! RxP RLS 28 N-B6F Is no better 28 RxB! The decisive combination 2B... QR 30 RG} K-Bt 29 NBG} K-K2 31 B-OBt ‘The point; the vest is easy are. xB 32 Rea PP No better is $2 33... , PBI? fails against RxPt. 33 R-O3 K-K2 34. NxRP R-Bsy 35 B-at : ‘There is a trap to be avoided K-27 RBA! wins a piece, sas ae 36 NUO6 Here I became a little careless. The quickest road to victory is the obvious 36 K-B2 R-KNI PKs KK 38 K-R2 39 RxR x8! RON: Suddenly, White has to sweat for the point. 40 N-Bat cee Actually, all the possible alternatives win: 40 NxKP, RxN/IL 41 N-Q3! (de. fending the Reok Pawn), as Well ax 40 N&RP, RxN 41 P-N4, RxP 12 PNG, RRT (3 N-B6! inns PxN 41 NLQSt K-83 The King must stay wway from Ki 42 R-KBI R-RGt 43 K-NT ee Again, 43 K-N3 is more accurate, 4. RRS 46 RXR} PAR 4¢N-B3 | RLKS 47 K-82 P-KS 45R-K1 ROK3 4a KG K-Bd 49.N-a2 K-N4 Hope springs eternal 50 K-Ka K-RS 51 KxP KxP. 52 KxP Resigns K-K2 33 NH, for | | A SUPERB PEG-IN THE MIKADO, the finest pegin set available, made of smoothly finished Teuge wood in a handsome Staunton cherty pattern (King height 1”), is a su- perb gift for a real chess friend. It is en- hanced by a handmade twotone leather beard and an unfolding case attractively covered in rayon velvet. ‘When opened (see small photo), the hinges slide the top underneath to be- come the supporting base (as in top phota), Closed size is 7/4" by 5/4" by 1%". Playing board is 4)4” square. The size of board and men gives ex cellent playing visibility. 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Invitations to play are zealously coveted, particularly by the younger players who in recent years have comprised the majority of the part This year, the tournament has even acquired additional for two reasons. First of all, the USCF has given its offi and the winner will be recognized as the new USCF Champi pants in this event, nificance al blessing n. Second, the toummament will also serve thus as the qualifying tournament for the Interzonal Tournament next summer the FIDE program of qualifying tournaments toward the World Championship. The United States is en- titled to send two players to the Interzonal, and they will be selected on the basis of the order of inish in the Rosenwald. Should either of the first two players fail to avail themselves of this option, the place will fall to the third ranking players, or, on other abstentions, to the next, down the line. Tn the light of the great interest this tournament has engendered. it is faseinat- ing to speculate as to who will do. what and why. And predicting the results of this year’s tournament is especially diffi ‘cult for various reasons. Usually. the task fof selecting a winner in most American tournaments is an uncomplicated affair — if Saswuee. Resttexsky is in it, look no further, This year, the wise money still hacks Sammy. During the two past years. hhe has won matches from some of our leading players. Lombardy, Bisguier and Donald Byrne. and he should get off to a flying start after having had the benefit of a strong. international tournament (Dallas, Texas). Still, Sammy may yet have his troubles in winning top money. For one thing, the strain of playing in Iwo tournaments so close together can be dquite severe even for a young man, and it should not be overlooked that he will be giving the odds of a full score of years to mast of his opposition. So, if one of the other players gets hot, there ean be an upset. Tn such event. Lanny Evaxs probably has the hest chance of upsetting Sammy. Notable for his alertness, tenacity and fighting spirit, Larry will’ also have had the henefit of sharpening his play in the tournament at Dallas. He certainly ill have an edge in the early rounds of the Rosenwald. Nor should the factor of fatigue prove so serious for him as for Reshevsky since Larry has twenty years 12 ight in his favor. Neither Reshevsky nor Evans will be indulging in any other work dur. ing the tournament so, to some extent, they should be able to recuperate from day to day. Though Larry seems to be en- ‘ng difficulties in the early round at Dallas, I predict he will acquit him. self very well in the Rosenwald ‘Tourne- ment. Wiuutam Lowwanoy is another player who should score very well. The potential of the new World Junior Champion is tre: mendous and, on the basis of his wonder- score in the World’s Junior Champion ‘more than respectable show. America, his chances of achieving a high prize must be considered very good indeed. He displays a versatili ty of play and a maturity of style that is rot often found in such a young player. Ronent Byane: also should easily finish in the top half of the tournament, Known for his sure positional judgment. excellent technique and coolness under fire, he has been handicapped in recent years hy his lack of consistent tournament practice alone has prevented him from 1 more favorable results. He fi ured in a tie for fourth to seventh places im the last USCF “Open,” and my guess is that is about where he should finish in this event. Bonay Fiscitsn, our youngest luminary, should finish slightly over the center mark i this tournament. He is probably the player in the tournament with the great~ rity with the latest wrinkles in opening theory, and he is quite possibly the most gifted of all the players in th tournament; still, he has had no exper ence in tournaments of such consistently even strength. Neither he nor his adnir- ers should be discouraged if his result here does net quite measure up to his other triumphs. This is a strong field, and the hoy will continue to improve, never fear. As Al Horowitz would say, “You can take rat poison on that.” Eoar Meoxis is another player who should finish right about in the center of the tournament. Wonderful nerves plus a good chess-playing disposition strong assets in his favor. His opening repertoire is limited. but the lines. which hhe chooses he usually knows quite well He is a hard player to beat, and he will score his share of points even in this field. Announ Dexxen is another real enigma, Hee has been Manhattan Chess Club Cham pion several times and is a former U. S. Champion. This record is certainly testa- rent to his considerable skill as a chess- player. Still, he will be fighting against strong odds in this tournament. For sev- eral years, he has been strictly a week: end player who hasn't been able to put together a few weeks consecutively for play. He will be working full time dur. ing this tournament. And he and Reshev- sky are the two oldest competitors, All in all, these are no, mean odds to. spot such a strong field As for the other players, HaNs Ben- uaven, Jaates T, Smenwin, Hernerr Sez max, Groce Kramer, Anvitun Fever: sreiv and Ant Tuxnen, these are all fine players, capable of winning any average tournament. But this year's Rosenwald is not an average tournament. It is one of the strongest. if not the strongest U. S. Championship ever staged. OF this group. Berliner is the best outside bet to score cll, He has been playing regularly and will be coming {rom Washington with the Vorv Tate, and Sot only writ fina then Byrn ament.” ‘Sidney Bernstein and Attilio Camille’ have Seen encered in thele stead ‘Ande might nz well also add that Arthur ne expressed. inthis iz own and. not those Ese REVIEW. — Ee. Article are entirely ofthe editors of Ci (CHESS REVIEW, JANUARY, 1958,express and sole purpose of playing (and doing well). ‘The other players, Sherwin, Seidman, Ki stein and Turner, will all be hampered by lack of practice and the discomfort of attempting to work during the day while playing chess at ight. Good luck to them As for myself — I rate myself on the very short ends of the betting odds for first or second place, I have played no serious chess since the USCF “Open,” and I also expect to carry a normal work load during the day. Add to these factors, the known fact that I am x notoriously slow starter, and the inevitable conclu sivn is that TH have to be lucky to score I. [ have usually displayed strong powers and @ determination whi compensate for other temperamental in adequacies. ‘The Rosenwald Tourn: of the past have been dominated hy Reshewsky, first of all, then Evans and myself. Perhaps. iter of habit, this is the way Anyway, your ‘guess is probably as good as mine, or, 28 2 well known comic phrases it: “You aye your money, and you takes your Tournament wo games from the Dalla folloxe. “The first is a Reshevsky victory ‘over one of his favorite whipping boys, the Argentine Grandmaster, Miguel Najdorf. This game is typical of Reshevsky at his hest. “He obtains two, connected, passed Pawns on the Queen's wing which appear very menacing. Yet, surprisingly, it is a Kingsside diversion — the advance of his King Pawn — which yields him a strong attack and enables him to win Najdorf's Queen — the modus operandi by which Reshevsky speeds his vietory. NIMZOINDIAN DEFENSE NCO: p. 272; col, 36 8. Reshevsky IM, Najdorf white Black 1P-Qt N-KB2 9 QxN P-QNS 2P-Q84 P-K3 10 P-QR3—BxN 2N-QB3 BNS 11 NxB PxP 4 PLB4 12 PXP PQS 5 PxP 13 BLNS} B-@2 6 PxP. Pas 18 0-0 0-0 7-85 N-KS 15 PLQNG XB a NxB 16 NxB | N-RB 17 N-Q6 = Q-az ‘CHESS REVIEW, JANUARY, 1958 18 P84 QR-N 19.P85 KPXP. 2QR-Nt PxP 21 xP K-RI 22.0-B3N-B2 23. NxP/5NAKS 2EN-G6 PBS 25 Q-KR3 KR-Q1 26 KR-K1 27 R-KBt 28 Nea. 29 PNB 30 @-a7 31 ReR 32 P-B6 33 PRA N-as oxR RxN NxP. N-B6 RxR N-KS: Resigns ‘The second game, a vietory by Evans aver Olafsson, is also typical of his play. Black seems to equalize quite e apparently ly and lulled into a false sense of ity. With Black's 18th move, he en- ters upon a series of exchanges and com. pleat in which Evans always seems to see one move further than his oppo- nent. The accurate tact repay caréful study displayed will KING'S INDIAN REVERSED CO! p. 3:6; col L. Evans White 1 N-KBS N-KB3 2 P-KNS P-KNS 2B-N2 B-N2 40-0 0-0 5 Pas Pas @QN-a2 N-B3 7 P-Ka PAKS 8 P-Bs P-QRE 9 KI PxP 29 Px 30 NxNP- 31 N-KS 32 @xR 88 QxPt 34 0-08} 35 @-Q4} checks $ xR R-Ki xn PXP K-81 Keon KONI hy the student of 0) F. Olafsson Black to pxP N-G2 1 @K2 PANG 12N-B4 B8.QR3 38-81 0-83 36 KN2 KS 18 PNG PRS 16.8-R3 KRACK? 7-82 NK2 se aR-a1 PRS axnP/s B-NG axRP R-KBt a7 36 PKS P-aBd 37 @-NSEK-BI 38-85 Q-K7 39 P-KE = QxKP 40 axa Pxa 41 K-83 K-K2 42 K-K4 Resigns abi, check; § = dle ch IN A WOODEN CHESS SET YOU WILL FIND NO BETTER BUY Than THE CRAFTSMAN A Superb Chess Set Lis for a wooden chess . exacting and long-lasting durabilityy —at a reasonable price? If your are, then ‘THs Craetsaan is the set for you. Its pieces are shaped in the graceful Jines of the famous Staunton pattern, in 1 smoothly finished wood, called Tsxge— one of the finest and most expensive in Japan—and are perfectly weighted for balance at the base, which is felted with billiard cloth. The King is 3% inches 12.13% inch base; and the other fe Staunton proportions, ces, which come in deep black and sleek yellow, are heautifully turned | out and carved. A particularly lovely de- tail is the wonderful carving done on the Knights—in the best tradition of famed oriental workmanship, This outstandingly good-looking set is | boxed attractively in sturdy Nara wood, favored for furniture and flooring because of its durable kualities. Striking to look at and perfect for chess play, this set is a lifetime buy at an amar. ingly reasonable price! Catalogue No, 26. MAIL YOUR ORDER TO CHESS REVIEW 280 West 57th Street, New York 19, N. Y. 13FIRST HERE, FIRST THERE, FIRST EVERYWHERE By T. A. DUNST ‘The year is 1980. ‘The first American thas just Landed on Mars, Who cere briskly climbing out ahead of all the other peuple in the ship? There can he only one answer: the space traveling chapter of th Club of West Orange, New Jersey, led by hat intrepid pioneer, E, Forry’ Laucks ‘They are seeking Martian chess players © purpise of engaging in the first atch. the greatest in the interminable piled up by the Log Cabin Chess history of Cabineers Do you think, tough-minded reader: that we are jesting? Nething of the kind. ‘This is ax sure a prophecy as that the ish will celebrate next St, Patrick's Day. In order to extrapolate, we mer take a look at some of the act on th “firsts” log of these ubiquitous wande were first in the Western Hemi avel by yacht and plane to first tw be televized while fen route tw Fairbanks and first ta play matches in forty states, Whimsieally, they were first went hy and first in the Mold guns, anship. of the west chess league (beating Marshall Chess Club in dle so) and hav pas light Westen Hemisphere to hold a bli tournament. As for thei heacy they have won the chau ceountry's stro fout the powerful New York City theis had on nembership list all classifications of U.S. champions, including the nation: open. amateur, women’s, correspondence and junior, Even the bright face of da ger has heen stared deswn hy the neers, as on the wccasion when they went fon a hazardous tip of exploration te + Mexico City: iF two motor cars snow-capped mountains 1 almost losing one of th daring the journey, Who is this almost legendary figure, Log Cabin chieftain E, Forry Laucks, the vast enthusiaams, unteam- ination and passionate deve- on tw the cause of chess? Born back in 1808, he luuks like a darkish, intense, ready at a mome tice to laugh at himself and at any of Neatly halane: ud business interests is his Mt for art, as evidenced hy the paintings wan in his forties, life's ludicrows situations, ing his social Ps ‘one which hang upon the walls of his home and which have been exhibited at the Montelair Art Museum, the ‘Trenton Academy of Art, and the Art Center of the Oranges, He was reared in York, Pennsylvania. industrialist, and antended Dummer Academy, Mer cershurg Academy and Philips Exeter, He first wok notice af chess when he about nine years old and at eleven visited the Manhattan and Marshall Chess Clubs in New York City, During his bayhood, however. the game did not mean much to him, so that 1 wae not antil many years later thar he began his checkered car (harmless pun intended) as player and n 1933. four to Josephine Frances Lehmann, joined the West Orange YMCA Club, As far as he was personally con. cerned. he inn flaw in the closing time, To a born “nigh sch as at his best at three ‘or four in the morning. midnight is the ng awake. not going to reasoned Farry, there must chess players like himself as the son of a promi fare after his Laweks signal foro: bed. Surely Ihe nuetrn At left, Plaque of Morphy, donated by Laucks, April 28, 1957, is unveiled by Henry Luscher, Mayor of Mobile, Ala bama, where the World Champion had been 'a student at Spring Hill College Leftmost is Father Moresque, Vice. President of the college." Ferry Laueks; Mayor Luscher; and V, Ander son, Pres, of Spring Hill College Alumni, (CHESS REVIEW, JANUARY, 1958Why nat est Kindred souls, irked as they are ns which absurdly put the her abave the lure wf Caissa? With Laucks, to get an idea is to act; <0 he went to wark at nce to ereate the world’s liveliest chess elub, Inspirai ish a haven for thes Ina way, the Log ‘lub per. sonality.” if one may use this tern just_a happy mushroom growth: in ane ether sense, it was the natural result of effart, planning and devotion, When the idea for a chess club first took root in Laue his residence at 30 Collamore Terrace in Wet Orange, New Jersey the has an other home at Old Lyme, where he lives with his wife and two chil dren) seemed just the thing for his fortahle. relaxing. ° mind, the spacious basement of atmosphere: the answer transform his basement into a cabin” sith furnishings to mateh, Here. own words, is what he sought to er tow palatial, as son wealthy elubmen’s are, nor so poor and J that it would lack comfort or a ent. {refi od that everything, even to the wall decorations, furniture and sates in Keep h the surroundings, or else just one piece out of place cauld spoil the effect of the whole. ... Therefore I made and designed all the furniture just ax if 1 were in the backwoods where ils, had 10 be chined, finished pices.” When this Ihar af love Laueks’ chess-playing friends descended with a ery af joy upan the new chess clu was done, Where else, indeed. cauld they find reams whose main house rule came close w avoiding all rules and whose perfect play z conditions were not marred by orders of “Tights aut” and other erruptions af chess genius of creation? The first sessiun, January 31. 1934, did not break up until J Axl, Subsequent meetings Insted ill 5 amor dawn oF such time as Morpheus intolerable in- the throes A his ose, Formal organization of the Log Cabin Chess Club took place an July 28, 1934, and resulted in the election af E, Forry No cunstitution was Laucks as. president drawn up at that time and none i need this kind of machinery Te did wot take the Log Cabin Ing 1 a rendezvous af champions, deen wore the elub simply does not in tournaments and league matches. The greatest victory of all, duly celebrated at the Waldorf—Asoria Hotel in New York City. weeurred when the Cabineers wan the championship of the Metrapolitan Chess League af New Yark ahead of the us Marshall Chess Club, “Although the perennial champions of the Manhattan fun ‘CHESS REVIEW, JANUARY, 1958, Chess Club were not competing that year (1948), many of the nation’s strongest players tak part in these matches, the triumph of the Cabineers. the wok on epic proportions, Not to be and fore wutdone in any sphere af op: he Lang Cabin claims to ym and tw he the subject of. a matter than any other ehess club dition to a steeam of letters, id xo fo cludes Log Cabin Chess Divertives, issued rly as anews bulletin, the ook Log Cabin Chess Club Champion. ship Tournament of 1951, edited by A. N. Towsen, and Selected Games from the Log Cabin Chess Club Spring Tournaments, 1957. edited by Jack Spence. Titleholder ef 1951 was Weaver W. Adams, while joint winners of the 1957 Log Cabin In- depen Open were A. Fenerstein, G. Fuster, M. Green. A, untasiere, an S. Wanetick. Among titles of fut books will he Log Cabin Firsts and Tour- nament Games and Barnstorming Trips of the Log Cabin, ve is alse preparing. a book of Log Cabin games whieh will include scores taken from its first 1957 Marphy Cent in Alabama!) the Lay Cal plaque in hanor af Morphy It is safe te predict that any little that Laucks and his merry men have n attended 10 will he taken care of time, Laucks himself, the center fof all this ferment, is determinedly un: wbtrusive and_unassumi host and as pres as player. as is, although strang enough to have defeated F. S, Jack. son, Jr. in a New Jersey cha tourn: he grades himself as Class B and shrinks feom having any of his win ning. sen ubli cations “so penple Ww is fellow Laueks is such hot stuff as a player.” His hospitality has heen likened to that of the Great Gaishy in Seott Fitzgerald's: novel ‘of the 1920's. except that Laucks enter: tains on a more madest seale and without henefit of a staff of servants, Chess play. ers. after all, canmat he bothered with fulderal when they are intent upon the serious business of stalking the oppo: nent’s King, The m Chess: Chub. unique ite hership card af the Log Cabin ax might he expected. is a 1. On the front are listed no three teleph less than tandard, Joud-speaker Underneath the name, “Log Cabin Chess ost diversified, Wester Hen sphere." On the other side af the card is printed the clubs mott We are the Pioneers Far the most animation, First here, first there, First most everywhere, We are ready. up and forward! Log Cabineers!!! an expression of the Let's schusse! “Let's xchusse, Pennsylvania Duteh. is roughly translated That just about sums up the club spirit, To return te our opening theme: if there is ever an interplanetary chess match, we know sho face the extra-terrestrials over the chessboard, as “Let's he up and doing will he first In one Log-Cabin.ish room of the Club, Olaf Ulvestad, winner of 1st Eastern States “Open”; E. §. Jackson; referee Hans Kmoch; L, Bionarovych; and E. Forry Laucks.25th ANNIVERSARY of CHESS REVIEW With the December issue of 1957, completing the events in the world of chess, some critical phases in the 25th volume of Cress Review, the magazine passed a course of the magazine itself and a good many special landmark of sorts and now celebrates its silver anni- items of various sorts. But we feel these pages may versary. The 25 years in review present some stirring the most pleasurable and most graphic form of review. For those who may he unable to ret the magazine first appeared in January of 1933, As we skim over the pages today. there is some sense of a difference in style and format as of quite an. other time — and a notable sense of skimpiness! ‘The pages were both smaller and fewer. The major change first to appear was in 1943 when a beginners, Chess) and a growing Pi Chess department led to the of page hecame larger. Looking atthe sue. January, 1933. we pers ceive a hit of artwork; and, dy the June issue, we find photos and then, in a bull combined iseue, November. December, a first cartoon (Discovered on the facing page. From then on, artwork, photos, caricatures and cartoons came in more and more frequently. leading ne to the subaitle, “The present at least, we are giving some of the best of the cartoons from the older issues. as many of one readers. may well remember later carto: In the May issue of 1939 appeared a reproduction of a cartoon from Esquire, I is the adjacent one, and it bore the caption: "What would you do i you were in my place’ cartoons came usually hor the press at Later, Harry Harrison ted regularly, then Pete Niewarsky. Alexis Gil: liland and B. C. Fikso. 16 JANUARY, 1958tesy of The New Yor ‘a year not only of mor That to the right was apparently to have been @ series by ane Mason. It was in September issue, 1939. (CHESS REVIEW, JANUARY, 1958 7Games played by readers, annotated by one of America’s leading masters. WHEN IS A CENTER NOT A CENTER? It is a sine qua non of chess mastery that it is es. 1 to control the mid-section of the hoard during the opening phase of the game. The actual technique of arriv- in the diseretion of the indi. /~ rd method, that conforming to SPs ing at this gainful goal is vidual. The straightforwa the school of the classicists, is to usurp as much of the ») center as good, common, sound sense warrants, without.» seriously jeopardizing either the material or positional balance, | Cy And there's the rub. Rarely is it possible to use ant. A. Horowitz than or AIL this is anent the opening in the following game. On his third move, White plays the disputed P-K5, In the theoretical evolution of the French, at different times, this move has been con sidered good, bad and indifferent, Today, the issue is clearly In doubt. The point is that White wishes to control vital, cen val terrain, restricting, as it were, his opponent's ‘lebensraum. ‘The action is moot, For, while he gains space, he loses, time, and his Pawn position is the more vulnerable, ‘The pluses and minuses are, indeed, tenuous, The kame ought to stand or fall on the strategic import of the opening. It does not, unfortunately. Soon afterwards White commits a tactical inaccuraey, and that is the deciding factor Academically then, the game has little strategic significance. ‘The redeeming feature, however, is the attractive tac tical play which rebuffs White's. incon graous predatory assault, FRENCH DEFENSE Matthew Morgenthau Walter Meiden White Black 1 PKS PKe 2 Pas Pas 2 PKS Usual bere Is 3 N-QB3, maintaining the tension in the center. The text move was in favor, on and off, some twenty or thirty years ago. Its main strength is its control of vital squares in Black's terri- tory, thus restricting the adversary's mo: Dilly. Its weakness lies in White's Pawn 18 infallible measuring rod to pit unlike factors against each other. Is the gain of a square, or even as ferior to, say, a certain Pawn formation? Judgment along these lines is developed in the tens of thousands of or, for example, better rial encounters. chain, Black ean strike, for example, xt the central phalanx with... P-Qlt and Tollow up by exerting additional pres sure, by, ‘N-QBS, Q-NS and eventually .'. | P-KBS, tn an atempt co collapse White's command, White's plan is to exploit the extra space In the center, comparatively 0 the short run, Black, on the other hand must cantain’ any impetuous ineursions and recoup the center in the long run. 3.. Pans 4 Plas NoaB3 5 N-Ba One of the vexing questions of this opening is whether White ought frst t6 fortify his King Pawn with P-KB4. The idea has been tried with varying suc cess. ‘The advance of the King Bishop Pawn, however, not only costs a tempe which might advantageously be devated to development but also limits the action of White's Queen Bishop. beer ans 6 as 8-42 One of the reasons for Black's last move is rather obvious: as 6... PsP T PSP, NxQP 9 NaN, QxN 10 BANS} wins Queen, he guards against that fing check, thus adding indirect pressure on White's Queen Pawn, 7 PxP 2 Q-82 White is off on the wrong tack, Cor: rect is 8 0-0. followed by a staunch defense of the King Pawn, if necessary, and the maneuver, QN-Q2-N3-Q4, The xP by I. A. HOROWITZ onus of a sot Black, ‘The text move is out of contest, True, the Queen does double duty: It detends the beleaguered King Bishop Pawn and eyes Black's King Rook Pawn, Yet each of these actions is of such minor im ort. it does not behoave the powerfiil Queen to participate im them one Ret! Already. it is evident that White's Queen is under fire, Black's Rook sits fon the same file; it is portentous 9 BxP cee When White says “A.” he also says + consequent, even if ch defense then falls on a... N-NS! Thereby disrupting White's forces 10 PxN : White is in trouble no matter what he plays: but 10 Q-Q2 is relatively best 10. BxBP} ‘The point. 10... BSNP# 1 N=, and White still has a ilfe, Tue text moves spells finis 1 as xB} 12 K-K2 White Is well versed in the elementary principle: “Vou cannot win by resign ing.” The game requires no further com ment. 12... BINGE 18 K-BS 0-0 138-@5 BxB} 19 PLS R_BIY 16KxB QQ 20 K-NG eR 18RxR —N-K2 21 PNA RPE 16 R62 Q-Ba} 22 K-82 GABF 17 K-@4 N-Bat-23.K.Q3—G-B7 mate Boom, Boom, Boom “This Is a real Western, White's cheek matches Black's contempt, and the end Is gory. (CHESS REVIEW, JANUARY, 1958FRENCH DEFENSE MCO: p, 104; cot. 46 Daniel Fidiow ‘Amos Kaminski White Black 1 PKA PKS 2 Pas Pas 3 N-aB3 BANS ‘The Winawer Variation, the current treatment of the French. The pin on the London, 1932 Portall@amesigas’ Knight alleviates the pressure on the | pineck’s weird notion of flanchettoing A trap worth knowing, as it has center. It is akin to the selfsame pin fn this opening leads to disaster in the Nimaovieh Defense against the acne epee up in several games, cen the minor exam | we Bick poke nexes "a chances are enhanced theoretically, Up | 1 P-K4 PKS 4nxp KN-K2? 2 POs ee a to now. however, White has been unable | 2 N-KB3_ N-QB3_— 5 N-QB3 P-KN3?? a eeee ane 2 PQs PxP «GG BKNS! B-N2 4 NxP 8 B-KNS! to come up with any clear cut refutation, 4 PAKS. ‘This Pawn advance is viewed with sus: icion in some quarters but was used by Smyslov in_his match with Botvinnik last year. The general precept is that Bishops show to advantage over Knights fon an open board and this move by tix: ing the Pawns may favor the Knights One way of obtaining resiliency is 4 1k, PxP'5 PoQK’. It Black adtempts fo take and hold the King Pavn, he is subject (o 8 pronounced assault 4... P-Q86 6 PKB NBS : selans “ast 7 QNE RNCKE Pinter apt Miack’s lasts a gallant ty. The Kea More or tess conforming to modern | Disregavting. the threat to the other pigee ypt |” NG? PAG Black practice. White Knight i as . es nen edema Resane Here, too White passes up the oppor: | Or7.,.N/D3xN § BSN! ‘or, if 9... QXP, 10 B-NSt wins the tunity to open the game wide so his Two | nxa nee A Gliese y Ane aweoh pea pe een a Bs, Hit 11 B-KS, White oui to win PAP 10 N-RS grants White the one imitative, In reserve, aso, isthe Tasted, ; King Nook Pawn, Both potent and, —————————— —) Australian Championship, 1957 latent threat. K-BI 17 QRS, KAK2 18 QxPy, | _ White makes ingeniots use of his open eo... KOKI 18 QaPt, K-Q2 alter which 20 Nab | King Dishop fit seas leaves lack in strate, KING'S INDIAN DEFENSE White threatens a stock sacrifice: 10 13... PAKRS Mi MN; 7 a ' ree Kes 160: 5.321; col 73, ) KxB 11 N-NSf, K-NI 12 Q-R5, k pts the Tr h ul ‘Campomanes G. Koshnitsky ; | p-ess n-Kes Reni od we avnong ethers is vod enough. | 2 N-OBE PeKNG PxP 9 N-BA effectively thwarts any une ® we 3 P-KNS B-N2 N-N3 toward advances, The text move invites 18 BxP Q-R4 4 B-N2 P-Q3 P-K4 what isto follow. 46 ka PxP seas ange ae 10 p-KRA Pas 37 Grek : Ses oo aes tt pons xB White's move is slow: 17 W-R8, aim. | 7 KN-K2 — PAB4 aa 12 Paw apa? Ing for QR-T, or even 17 D-B6 gives | | Beer 14. .QN-O2. fair attacking chances. | cee ane | | But Black is oblivious of what is in store. A modicum of relief ix available by 17 P-BS(Q)+. hitting at the White program of tripling major pieces on the King Rook file. 18 R-KS R-B4 Now 18... P-B8(Q)# is virtually es sential. Then. with a piece to the good and an exposed adverse King as a turget Black ought to emerge reasonably well 19 ny3-R3 oR? 13, NANB, onan It Is clear that Black hasn't the fala 15 BxN! od Here White is in serious trouble if est notion of what is coming. White wins @ piece (if now 15 he cannot press his attack. He prob) 20 @-R8t K-82 22 R-R7t K-01| Dax. 16 P-KNI!, BxP 17 N-KN), ably overlooks his best chance: 19 RxP, 21 QxPf! —-KxQ_ 23 RRB K-82 Boo. x8 KSR LM N-NS}, K-N1 15 Q-R4, R-BL 16 2 RAT mate | 16 PoKNG Resigns (CHESS REVIEW, IANUARY, 1958 19Up-to-date opening analysis by an outstanding authority. d DOING A SMYSLOV VERSUS SMYSLOV Though it is quite some months since the World Championship bout between Botvinnik and Smyslov,* their games still merit study. Indeed, championship games must do so; so, to put a point to our platitude let us hasten to specify: these games show that, far from that universal concept of the almost infallible, utterly precise grandmaster, the grandest master is yet a tense, human individual. This feeling is pro- jected especially by Botvinnik’s conduct of his games. They are more human, because more fallible, and judgment of Smyslov’s psychology (as apparent from Botvinnik’s choice of openings) seems to have heen sometimes at fault. A prime example, and one of the most interesting games of the match, both as to choice of opening and execution, is the Sixth Match Game. Therein, Botvin- nik as Black chooses a Gruenfeld Defense, applying against Smyslov a variation which bears the latter's name! Technically, the line is as well known to Bot- vinnik as it is to Smyslov. Also, it has for some time heen in disfavor. But, as Smyslov analyzed it origi- nally and introduced it into tournament practice, its adoption by Botvinnik against the purported author implies an especially challenging provocation. It sug- World Championship 6th Game, 1957 ‘By first playing 5 Q-Rit, B-Q2 6 Q- gests, too, that Botvinnik has a hitherto unknown im- provement up his sleeve. But, alas! no such innovation accrues, the strategical possibilities do not mater and a superficial summary might leave us with the question of why Botvinnik committed suicide in so se: lecting an “inferior” line for use against its previous author. ‘The fact is, however, that a closer look reveals the “Smyslov Variation” so chosen by Botvinnik to he mo favorable than suggested in the shadow of Botvinnik’s subsequent defeat. And so this opening makes a fine study for the Spotlight: it is unfair not to dispel the cloud now hanging over the Gruenfeld because of this game and both the subsequent and other prejudiced opinions; the Gruenfeld is still a defense full of tac- tical possibilities and based on sound principles. We are therefore dissecting this game and some sidelines more thoroughly than has heen done and, in doing so, as will be seen, turning up an amazing amount of contradictory analysis in the literature so far devoted to this particular game, From the many different magazines, we give a running commentary on what others have had to say. The divergencies are spec- tacular. Actually, the preference for 5. . . P. GRUENFELD DEFENSE MCO: p, 280-1; ea!, 11-16 V, Smysiov 1M, Botvinnik white Black 1 Pas Surprise! Atter having olayed 1 P-K4 almost exclusively for a tong time, Smyslov departs from his habit. Such departure is obviously, for good or bad, fone of the prerequisites in a match. seer N-KBS 2 Paes PLKNS “Botvinnik usually plays the Slav or Duteh Defense. ‘This is an ception" —Golombek. Is Botvinnik reciprocating? f 3 N-@B3 Pas 4 N83 BAN2 5 Ns ce "Actually, the return match will soon be held. resuiting either inthe mantle return Ing "to. Botvinnik or in. Smysiows. newly filded ite acauit the patina of esta Tished masesty. — W 20 N3, PxP 7 QxBP (not 7 QxNP? N-B3!). 0-0 8 P-K4, B-NS, White may transpose in the text further below; but Black ean deviate to better effect with 6 B-B2 1 N-KS, PxP 8 QxBP, 0-0 9 NxB. Nat 10 PAKS, PKG! White has the alternative 5 P-X3: but we shall not concern ourselves with too many possibilities at the moment “he text 1s directed against 5 P-B4 which would offer easy equality, Consequently, Black is forced into his next move.” — Czeskoslovensky Sach. ce PxP "5... P-K3 or 5... P-BS are not quite satisfactory.” — ‘Schachecho. “5 P-B3 is to be preferred.” — British Chess Magazine and Sueddeuteche Sehachhett |The comparative anaivaes, so contradic lors" ‘and often by: being missing (whieh ie hued to indicate here) are set off im quotes or otherwize. Our own comments, without uotar are also Parngraphed separately. we BB is based in our opinion merely on a too gloomy view of things to come, Objectively speaking, 5... P-B3 leads to a better game for White after 6 PxP, NaP (6... PxP 7 BONS, N-BS § P-K3!) PKA, NNS 8 BK3, or 7... NxN § PRN, P-B1 9 P-Q6, 6 axeP 0-0 7 PKA BANS! ‘The cause celebre, Smyslov's move. (CHESS REVIEW, JANUARY, 1958.By way of rehabilitating the Gruen feld, mention must be made here that Black has an excellent fighting resource in 7... NRG, followed by... P-QB4 On $ P-QN4, he has 8... B-KS 9 P-Q5, NxKP! or $/Q-N5, R-Ni (Panov) 2 8-Ka KN-@2 Black's last is the other hub in Smyslov's stratagem, The King Bishop diagonal is opened, and the Knight uansfers at the cost of but one of the two tempi involved, as the second forces a move by White's Queen, 9 0-0-0 eee This is only one of several replies at White's disposal, and it is amazing that the majority of competent commen- tators hail It as an “innovation.” Bot- vinnik may have been outplayed in the moves to follow, but he was not fooled vecause of any superior analytical crafts of Smyslov's, This inflated claim of an novation only obscures the true pie ture, and tends to dull our attention as to Where Black actually went wrong ates ‘The move occurred in Keres-Pachman, Moscow, 1947, and the idea of protect ing the Queen Knight Pawn with the King (which really Is in no danger on the Queenside) was used most promi- nently in. Preinfalk-Bertok, Yugoslav Championship Semi-final, 1949, among other games. All this, and more, was certainly known to both Botvinnik and Smyslov, as well as to the Editor of Modern Chess Openings. ‘The hitherto most popular alternatives were 9 R-Q1, 8 Q-N8, § B-K2, 9 N-Q2, 9 P-KS and $ P-Q5. Taking facts as they are, it is out of our range to go into de- tails on these lines. May it be prag- matic proof of thelr innocence that Smyslov, in disregard of so many al: ternatives, falls back on the obscure text — or was it just the champions touch? N-ass ‘The touch works its curse. While opin: fon about other points varies in a be wiklering array, those few commentators who do pass judgment on this move agree that it presents Botvinnik’s first error. It is best against some of White's al- ternative Sth moves, especially the most popular 9 R-Qi, But here there is no Feason to digress from either the plan of opening the Queen Bishop file by 9 P-QBS or that of attacking with 9 2 NoN3, ‘Trying to get some order from a real tangle of comments, we have i (CHESS REVIEW, JANUARY, 1958 ‘check check; § = is. ch 1) 9... P-QBS 10 P-KRS, BxN 11 PxB, N-R3 or 11... . P-ORA js Kmoch’s sug Gestion in CHBSS REVIEW of May. 1957 (p. 140), and players of his caliber can certainly defend such a position suc- cessfully. 2) 9... N-N3 at once seems most flex ible as it does not commit the Queen Knight and allows 10 Q-BS, P-K3 11 P-KRS, BxN 12 PxB, QN-Q2! 13 QRS, Q-R5 with equality. It also provides for (9... N-N3 10 Q-B5) 10... P-K4 (instead of ... P-K3) and either 11 P-Q3, QN-Q2 12 Q-Ré, BXN 13 PxB, QaR5 or 11 PxP, QN-Q2 12 Q-R3, Q-KI 13 PRB, Boks with full equality in either instanc Lilienthal offers $.. , N-N3 10 Q-N3, P-QR4! but inadvisable Is 10... N-B Mi P-Q5, N-K4 12 B-K2, NaN 13 Pxd BERG 14 P-B4, BxB 15 NxB. 3) 9... PoB¢ 10 PxP, Q-Ré 11 BK? may have been viewed with suspicion Decause of a win by Simagin in 1956 after 11... N-B3 12 K-N1, QR-BI 13 N-Q5!! Trifunovich points, however, to A more rapid and very effective employ: ‘ment of Black's forees with 11, ., RBI! 12 N-Q5, K-B1! regaining ihe Pawn with a better and menacing game. 10 P-KRE After 10 B-K2, N-N@ 11 Q-Q8 (the pre viously customary square of retreat), Q-BI! 12 Q-B2, P-K4! we arrive ai forerunner No. 1, Keres-Pachman, Mos- cow, 1947, aif Nong Critieal point No. 2, again with much confusion in various comments on the alternative 11... P-K4. 1) A. Brinckman in Deutsche Schach zeiting takes a positive view, offering 12 P-Q5!? N-Q5 18 P-Bi, P-QDi with equal: ity, Actually, this 1s" forerunner No, 2. Preinfalk-Bertok, and it continued: 14 PxKP, P-QNI 15 NXP, NaN 16 QaN, BxP 17 R-Q2, I-N1 18 Q-Q3, Q-B3 19 P-N3, P-QIt, ete, 2) ‘The fly in the ointment, however, and Botvinnik’s refraining from 11... P-K4 lies in White's better answer: 12 PxP! N/IxP 13 Q-N3 (Trifunovieh gives 13 Q-Q5) NxP 14 B-K2, N/6-K4 15 PDA, N-QBE 16 B-N4, or 12... BxP (12. .- N/2xP 18 RxQ)'13 P-t, all to White's distinct advantage, Black threatens... P-K4 next, but White's coming move prevents it. 12 0-85 PBs Here is another instance of how the final outcome of a game influences the commentators’ opinions. For most of them considered Black's last move haz ardous. (In order not to undermine the veader’s confidence and to keep criticism in proper perspective, it must be said that the divergence of opinions merely illustrates the infinite intensity of anal ysis. thinking and emotion which goes into such high voltage championship play, and the variety of temperament which dictates the players’ and the com- ‘mentators’ thinking, thus evincing how far away chess stiil is from being an “exact science.") Here is an extract 1) A. Brinckman: "12... P-QRS and « PORS was better, trying to weaken hite’s Queenside.” And” elsewhe: “he text threatens... P-BS." 2) Golombek: “"The text weakens Black and better was moilestly 12... P-K3, 3) A Czech comment: “The move does not seem bad.” 4) Dr. Trifunovich: “No good, as White easily prevents... P-BS! 12... P-K3 was more precise, keeping open various possibilities.” 5) Finally, Lilienthal makes the re- mark which’ we fully second, that the text is the right choice of a dynamic and disrupting ripost, called for by the position and in Botvinntk’s style.* 18. N-k2 ‘A wise choice, planning for 14 N-B4 and 15 N-K6, and refraining from 13 P- QS, N-K4 14 PBS, N/4-Q2 15 Q-R3, PxP! 16 /NxP, N-B3 17 NUNS, NxP 18 N-K6, Q-Q2 19 NxR, KxN! Golombek’s sugges: tion, however, of 18 P-Q5, N-K¢ M4 B- K2 is noteworthy, B.. a3 Here is the turning point — with the turn completed in Black's next move — in which Botvinnik'’s defensive staying power may be beginning to crack, faced with Smyslov's steady choice of solid moves. For, foreseeing Smyslov's 16th move, Dotvinnik can here prevent it by interpolating 13... PxP. ‘The text is justified omy if followed up by the variations given in notes to the next move — but these Botvinnik id not play either Unsatisfactory are: 1) 13... Q-Q2 14 NBs, PXP (14... QR-Q1? 35 B-BA) 15 PxP, 'BxP 16 BXB, RxN 17 B-KS! etc. 2) 18... P-K3, which one commenta- tor calls necessaty to hold the game, together with 1... R-B2 and... R-Q2, But, after 1 N-BIY Q-Q2, which an other commentator calis tenable, it is all too bad; for comes Trifunovich who shows 15 P-Q5!! BxPt 16 K-N1 with a vastly superior game for White, All his in the quietude of the study — who can blame Botvinnik if he errs? 14 PKS! ‘previously. was ove of Black's “counter-piay,, He eaten 12 Pulss, "Quieter but also eka Mr Korn Was Tn ine with ab- Pemarkable, ‘Wwe n that Mtr, Kinoch anno: fof the ehampio!White again prevents 14... PKA. 1“. axa Definitely a mistake, and a pity at that. All comments agree that the move Js faulty, and some take the move (or Branted, ‘thus indirectly taking a fatal- Istie view of the whole opening. 14... Q-Q2 Iw admittedly risky, too. While Black may hold the game after 15, Poi, P-K3 16 N-B3, N-K2, or less surely after Kmoch's 15 P-KR4, P-K3 16 P-RS, N-K2. Trifunovieh's attack probably demolishes Black: 15 N-B4, P-K3 16 P-Q5! PxP 17 NxP, NxN 18 RxN, Q-K1 19 BBA, K-R1 20 P-BAY Rut Flohr gives the waiting move, 14 « Q-Q4! 15 N-B3, and omly now 15 - QxQ (not 15... QxBP? 16 B-K2!) 16 PxQ, P-U5! (the dynamic riposte!) 37 PXN, PxB 18 PXBP, NxP with full free- dom’ for Black, N85 ‘This move almost winds up the game, shutting Botvinnik’s Bishop out for good, protecting the Pawn and seating Biack’s impotence. We say “almost,” sinee Black still ean mount more stub: orn resistance on his next move, 16. KR-Q1 In desperation. An active attempt to break the stralght Jacket is 16... P~ KN4, hoping for something like t7 B-N2, PsP" 18 NxP, NxB 19 PxN, NxP (Tri- funovich), But 17 N-Qi, NxB 18 PxN, NXN 19 RxN, P-K3! 20 B-B4, QR-K1 21 BNI, PxP 22 PxP, R-B2 leaves Black weak’ for the ending, So does 16 QR-Q1, though & more tenacious defense than the text. So, despite the consen- suis that Black may be betier able to hold the game with either of these al ternatives, the opinion is no longer con vineing in view of the chess hammer blows of today's masters, Now White plays 17 B-N2, threatening both 18 B-Q5t and 18 BxN, and the final moves are 17... . NxB 18 PxN, N-NS 19 BxP, QR-N1 20 P-B6, K-B2 21°N-Q4, P- KS 22 N-NS, N-Q¢ 23 ReN, Pxk 24 NXBP, KI-QB1 25 Bxkt, RxB 26 NxP, RxPt 27 K-Q2, K-K3 28’ N-B3, Resigns, face one of the less sparkling games, and yet, penetrating more deeply, we find i fall of drama, like the whole match, All the tensions and “inexplic: able” moves and defeats take on more meaning if divorced from the subjective view of merely one commentator who may often and understandably be in fluenced by his own style and outlook fon the game, 22 Chess had become so well known and popular a game in England by the end ul the twelfth century that a descr ‘of the pieces and their moves was cluded in a contemporary encyclopedia, De Naturis Reram, written hy Alexan der Neckam, Alexander Neckam, scholar, texch man of letters and of science, was born September, 1157, on the same night as Richard the Lion-Hearted and was brought p in the royal court. Fducated at St, Albans, he became a distinguished pro- fessor at the University of Paris in his arly twenties and later returned to Eng- and where he entered the Augustinian order and wus elected Abbot af Cirences- r. The author of many works in both prose and poctry, Neckam is particularly known for his lengthy treatise De Naturis Rerum, a manual of the scientific know! | edge of the age.’ I have translated below he chapter dealing with chess, Tt pleases me to write about the game of chess which, according to some, owes its origin to the cleverness of Ulysses. In this game, the infantry are arranged in a line, and the rest of the pieees are assign- ed various places according to various rules, At the outset of the game, the in- fantry are set up in the second row with the more important personages in the first row. ‘The infantryman progresses in a straight line except when lie makes a hostile move against an enemys in. that case, he udvances on the diagonal. When lhe has completed his course and arrives at the last cow, he gains the rank of queen. The feminine sex, however, lucks its usual attributes, for he, having reached file, rejoices in a new gait: nother Iphis strides forth? This infun- tryman who, as a. private citizen, € move only in a direct line, nov, after promotion, can move diagonall An old man in the guise of Nestor’ acts as a scout; th monly ealled alphicus.' He duplicates the ‘of the queen on the diagonal as i were laying an ambush, ‘The soldicr, who represents those sol- -s who follow the camp, in one jump makes the queen's move along with the move of an infantryman as he advances partly on the diagonal and partly ina direct line. The rook. which represents the fastest soldier in the army, was called by the an- ts a double-headed Janus; since he ed by two heads. This piece never deigns to move on the diagonal but always keeps a straight course. The king. at the discretion of his royal now moves diagonally. now in a | straight line, His is the privileged pre: CHESS in the 12th CENTURY By BETTY NYE QUINN rogative of never suffering capture, It is told that Louis the Fat‘ king of the Franks, routed by Heney I. king of the English, entrusted himself tw flight, A stalwart soldier, fiercely pursuing him, aught the reins of his horse and pro claimed that the king was taken. ofthe way. you illiter soldier.” cried King Lou know that even in chess. not per- * Rrandishing his sword, with one flashing blov, he e the soldier's body in t But let's get back to the empty waste- fulness of chess. ‘The players i much attention that you would thi ictory brought some great reward. And the loser is in such despair that you would think he had wdergone great peril. The game ix re- wed again and again, the battle lines drawn u each side, The infant arches out from its station to make the ial contact with the encm ie players is completely ah strategy; cach measures his own talent on ie outcome of the contest the keenness of their wits is thought to he happily engaged, they never grow weary or bered. But sudden arguments arise — now the pallor of a livid face, now the fiery red of indignation betrays the anger of outraged souls, Often in the midst of a game, quarrels break out, The ‘contest does not continue as serious busi- ness but degenerates into a brawl, How many thousands of souls were sent to Hell in the troubles which arse in the court of Charlemagne when Reginald FitzAymon led a noble chieftain, his opponen fone of th chessin 1 CLAN, Pat. Weight, Rerum Britans hicaram Medli Aevi Serlptores, vol, 81, 1am don, 1868, 2. A Cretan maiden brant wp as 9 boy. Be ‘Via Tanthe, she was changed tea man Weald "e¥e through the intercession the "weddeas Isle Neckam's phrase, friend “Tobie than usta), 3. Tho ween the’ hie name for this plee revervedd ‘shanieh hnave Bishop, alti, (CHESS REVIEW, JANUARY, 1958Entertaining and instructive games annotated by a famous expert. by HANS KMOCH pe ue BULGARIA, 1957 Zonal Tournament at Sofia Beni, Vidi, Viei Yes, Beni saw a series of captivating possibilities, winning not only the game bat the briliianey prize White starts a premature King-side action, then accepts an obviously very Gangerous Pawn sacrifice and finally fails to exchange Queens alter which his King is doomed. A mate in the middie of the board duly crowns the winner's Fine performance, KING'S INDIAN DEFENSE MCO: p. 313, note (aye B. Sliwa A, Beni Poland Austria White Black 1P-Qi N-KBS 4P-K4 — P-Q3 2 PQs PLKNS § P83 PAKS 3N-Q83 BAZ 6KN-K2 0-0 7 B-NS White's last move is somewhat incon: sistent. As White has mai tension in the center permitting a King Knight move and de- velopment of the King Bishop. Tt is in portant 10 protect the Pawn on QU by a minor piece so us not to have to re capture there with the Queen, 7. P63 ade Ki Black radically shakes off the pin, Wut now his Queen is not well placed 9 P-KNG, : Seriously inconsistent. Storming on the wing while the center is unsettled and most of the pieces undeveloped this cannot be good. Correct js 9 0-0-0 with a satisfactory game, © Modern Chess Openings, wh calition, Now ‘hat this new edition fe ont andthe mre the hott fecent awliie, We the variations per MCO for the con mare closely we may cite in our he Headline. “Otten, ‘whew our leary, we, may by following. th Inovee to the first point of vnriation the fact eo ub for itera! (CHESS REVIEW, JANUARY, 1958 PxP lay is necessary’ three moves to ob tage: 0-0-0, B-KS Energetic cot for White needs oni tain a winning ad and N-N3, 10 NxP Pad! ‘The Pawn sacrifice mentioned above. It offers fine chances for attack, for quite suddenly Black's Queen is well placed 11 BPxP pxP 12 BxN BxB 18 NxP ogg8 Accepting the Pawn js horribly risky. Mueh better is 18 0-0-0. 13..., BRS} 14 Kai aKa 15 B84 N-B3 Black’s last, simple move is. remark. ably strong. He recovers the Pawn by foree. 16 N/KO sees 16 NAN, PsX is worse as it gives full control of the Queen file to Wack: 17 DE or N-K3 fails against 17... R-Q1. and 17 N-N1 or N-BI allows Black the same resource as in the text, but with more effect, Bee. xP 17 PXB is prohibitive because of 17 QsKP, 17 R-KBI 8-k3 18 N/2-83 White is In bad shape, Yet his firmly centralized Knight offers some hope. ieee @r-at 19 PBs @-a5 Black plays with wise restraint, His Queen has no strong moves, and there is even some danger Unt, after a period of maneuvering, the attack may change hands, mainly Because of White's domi nating Knight, So he aims rather for a moderate end-kame advantage 20 BAN te Keeping Queens on the board Is obvi ously dangerous. Either White expects only 20... QxQt or is unduly worried about his King Hook Pawn, He ougiie to play 20 QxQ, NxQ. 21 B-Q3: eg. 21 BANS} 22 K-Q2, N-Buy 29 KK, NxP? 24 RRL, N-UG 25 HxB! Nwit 26 1d. 27 Nx, Fyapse 20... QxQt 21 KxQ, BARS 29° KN offers W terplay. 21 K-81 B-NSt -Q5 22 B-Q1. hite fair coun T= check: ¢ 22 Q-N2 ee White Intends to drive back the Bishop and then, with 22°-R-Q1. the Queen — which is'an illusion, ‘The exchange of Queens, however, no longer breaks the Black attack: eg. 22 QxQ, NxQ 23 B. QU (23 K-N1, P-QRA!), BR 24 RoI BM! 25 N-K7t, K-N2 26 Nett, 27 RNS, PANS. The difference is only that, after the text move, Black's at tack becomes more pendero in appear- ‘The brilliancy starts. 23 axB Other possibilities are: 1) 28 NeNt. BSN, and Black wins: eg. a) 24. QxB, HSN} 25 Pal, B-RGH 26 1-NT (26 K-B2, QxKPF and 27... R-Q1). Q-OQ6} 27 B-B2, QXAP and mate next: b) 24 K-B2, P-N5 25 QxB, QxPt! 26 K- BI, Q-K6} 37 K-B2, RNt 28 Pst, N-Q1, Q-06} 26 B-B2, RSF 27 QxR, QxR; 2) 28 KONI, NaN, and Black wins: ¢g a) 24 PAN, BI} 25 B-D2, BxBt 26 KxB, PANS; b) 21 BxN, Q-Q6¢ 25 K-B1, B-R6: ©) 24 NXN, Q-Q6t 25 BB2, RB; d) 24 QxB, Q-Q64. 23... Nxn 24 BxN ; Not 21 Psi = RYNE 25 PSR, QxP} 25 K-N1, B-B8, This activa tion of Black's Bishop is his main tramp Dut devends on elimination of the pos: sibility of P-K5, Guided by this idea, Black can meet the complication of 24 R-QI in the fol lowing rather simple way: 24... Q-K6t a) 25 K-B2, QxPH: b) 25 R-Q3, B-KS: ©) 23 K-Ni, NxN? 26 PSN, QxPt 27 B-W2, Q-K2 with an easy win (28 R-QT, Q-KSt or 28. Q-Q7, Q-RE). 2. RxNt! 25 PR @xPt 26 K-NY 8-83! There ix a special point to this move 27 PKS. 23Obviously forced as are White's next two moves, ae ast 28 KN 2-54! 29 K-82 BxP: This fs the special point Bishop revived, Black must wi are 100 many threats. 30 RBS 20 QR-N1 fails against 30... Q-B6t 81 K-Q1, Q-Q8f, and so does 30 KR-QN1 vs. 30 G-Bit, winning the Bishop with cheek, with bis ‘There 00... ent at K-53 Rai 32 PB eee ‘There 1s no playable move. a2. RxBt 38 KLK3 a7 34 KK4 @-@5 mate RUSSIA, 1957 Hungary-Esthonia Team Match Joywalkers Black gives up the center and makes no attempt to restore parity there. In- stead, he embarks on a far-reaching plan designed to obtain the hegemony on the while squares. At one moment, it seems he has succeeded as all White's Pawns are on black squares, Black lacks the means, however, of blockading these Pawns and, since hypnosis would not help, they finally start jaywalking with devastating effect, White finishes the well played game with a series of beau itul combinations. Remarkably, Bareza defeated Keres in both games of this match. KING'S INDIAN DEFENSE MCO: p. 345; col. 22: p, 200; cal. 7 Gideon Barcza Paul Keres Hungary Esthonii White Black 1N-KOS PQs 4 PQs N-KBS. 2P-KN3 P-KN3 50-0 0-0 3 BNZ Bus 2 6eiee ee ‘The opening has irregular features: a mixture of King's Indian, Gruenfeld Reti and more. Some people therefore call it the Bareza System, but that is ‘only part of the story as Keres is also involved. Take your choice Pap All right, provided Black can get in = P-QBS with impunity quite soon Otherwise, there is the safe 6... P-B3. But Keres has probably dismissed it as Reti's way of recovering the Pawn ere N-B3 Consistent seems 7. . . N-R8, followed - P-QBA, or maybe even 7... PBA at once. Keres has an entirely differen plan which fails, however, to work prop- erly. SNP BKS «11 R Bt QBt 9P-N3 P-QR¢ 12 P-K3-R-Qi 10 8-N2 B-Q6 13 P-QRS-Q-K3 14Q-B2 —PLRS 24 Now Black's plan is obvious. striving for hegemony on He is the white squares. His text move Js a preparation for 15... BK5, as 14... B-KS is met by 15 N-Ns. 15 KR-KI N-KS Now Black sees that the intended 15 B-KS still works poorly because of 36 Q-K2, followed by 17 QN-Q2. Also he realizes that trouble looms if P-K4 is played. Hence, his text, which serves better, indeed, if in reaction to 16 QN- 2 as it then offers at least some relief, But Black lacks any good waiting move, 16 KR-Gi! With the ultimate threat of P-B3 to enforce P-KA (after 17 N-K1), 16... N-as The exposed Knight must quickly re: treat. 16... PBS, so as to keep the Black K5 under control, fails against I N-KI: eg, 17... N-Q8 18 BXB, QxB 19 N-KS, winning, 17 N-KI PRS A bit of consistency. Black is still trying to get control of white squares, and his QN4 is his immediate target. 17... BxB 18 KxB (so as to protect KB), Q-KSt 19 QxQ, NxQ offers no ri lief as White retains a distinct advan tage with 20 P-Q5! N-Ni (the only move) 21 BxB, KxB 22 N-KS, And this is only one of the promising possibili- les which White has. 18 BxB axe 19 Pans N-R 20 N-KS! eee ‘This Knight is tabu. Eas N/A 21 Nyi-as KS, 22 Q-K2 coer In a way, Black has scored a success Inasmuch as White's entire force of Pawns is on black squares, leaving bis Bishop black-bound, But, as stated, it Is an illusion as the Pawns are mobile, and in the center with an obviously very powerful effect. 2. eas 23 NAS ROR2 ‘There is a little trap involved: 28 «PONS 24 N-B6! (24... . PxN 25 NxR, WxN 26 QPP!) And the Queen Knight Pawn does need extra protection be- eutise of 24 NxQNP, NxN 25 QxN, 28 Paks ORS 25 N/B-a3! opaa Sacrifices are now in the air: eg, 26 N-KBS, QB] 27 NxBP, KxN 28 PKS. Be. PANG Black keeps a Knight out but invites a Pawn, One enemy is as bad as the other, 26 P-Ba! sees ‘The beginning of the final stage. White is closing In on both the King (by means of the open King Bishop file) and the Queen (by enmeshment through P-BS and N-B2), 26.... @B1 28 PxNP PxNP. 27 PGS PKS 29 BT PP. 30 PxP QR 7 = checks $= GB) check; § = dia, ch Black aims to prevent $1 Q-RS. There Js, however, much more on hand, 31 NxPI! oe The brilliant finish of a fine game sere Nxt 32 PRNE xR 38 R-BIY Kent Nor can Black get two Rooks for his Queen by 32... QxRt because of 24 QxQt, KONI 35 BsB, KxB a5 Nast threaiening both 87 QxN and 37 N-KGt. 36 BxB eae Or 34... KxB 35 Q-K7t. 35 8-86 5 The main threat Is 36 Q-R6, Fovecn aK 36 ON 5 ‘An elegant continuation: 36... . @-Kst 37 R-B2! RxP 38 Q-Bst, K-R2 39 Q-RB}, K-N3 40 Q-N7f, KU 41 K-N2! and mate next, 36 xP 37 NS Biba ‘The final combination, 37.0... RAN 39 QE KURZ 30 BxR QxB 40 R-B7F KN 41 GANG} Resigns ‘As Dlack can foresee: 41... K-R4 42 Q-R7}, K-NS 48 P-RB! KxNP 44 Q-03t HRS 46 KRT mate. TEXAS, 1957 International at Dallas Disappointing Sensation ‘When the first report on this game was received in New York, it was the gen- eral belief that Olafsson must have per formed exceptionally well. The game ft- self, however, does not justify stich ex peciation, Neither side plays particulas ly well. White emerges from the open- ing with a slight minus. He concedes a Pawn In an emergency, but Black's re- fasal to take it leads to equality. The next step is a slightly dubious action on Black's part, and then Black blunders In all, a somewhat disappointing sensa tion. NIMZO-INDIAN DEFENSE MCO: p, 273: col, 44 Frederic Olafsson Samuel Resheveky leeland United States white Black 1 PQs N-KB3 4 P-K3 0-0 2P-Q84 P-K3 5 KN-K2 PQs 3N-Q83 B-NS 6 P-QR3 B-K2 7N-Be (CHESS REVIEW, JANUARY, 1958White departs from the usuat 7 PXP, which has the practical advantage of setting an asymmetrical Pawn structure and so preserving tension. eee pea 2 PxP BPxP Reshevsky shuns $... KPsP (or 8. NaP § NSN. KPxP) as he likes to play: into this type of Exchange Variation himself when White. ‘The text leads into an_onusual if n new line of defense, The position Is barren, owing to the symmetrical Paw structtire, Yet there are two microscopic Features which may favor Black. First Js the fact that White's King Knight is vi ly astray; it has moved twice but i is not so well placed as though xt KBs, aL QN 9 B-K2 10 0-0 “The other is White's Pawn holes 3 and QBI because of his 6 P-QR3. N-83 RB Pans B-N2 11 P-ONs. 42 B-N2 13 N-@3 To be considered is 13 P-QN4, 50 as to anticipate an attack on QN3; but then QB4 becomes a hole and an invit on for a Black Knight, 13... NAKS 15 NBS TENKN © PxN 16 RBI RRR 17 BR Q-B2 Indeed, Black has quickly obtained a1 edge. Now he threatens to seize full control of the Queen Bishop tile, and that factor would be decisive. N-Ray 18 B-a2t Aon ‘The best there is, White must give up a Paw 8 RB Why Black misses 18... BxP is hard to tell. The best guess Is that he lacked Uime for the necessary careful check on the consequences of 19 P-QN4. The nniain line then Is 19... N-B5 20 BsN 20 Q-B2, RB), QxB 31 Q-R4, B-NT 22 RON1, R-BL! and White is in trouble. Best for White seems to be (18... BP) 18 BXX, PxB 20 B-Bs, but it is an emergency mensure offering only some chances for a draw, 19 BN xB 20 8-84 K-RI Here 20... BxP is less appetizing be cause of 21 NXP (21 P-Q5, R-Ql 22 PxP, RxQ 23 KxR works in many variations but not after 28 21 P-QRG fee Now White is out of danger, and the game is in the balance. Black has not ‘enough ehanee, with two doubled Pawns, to open up the position and make par- ticular use of his Two Bishops. Hence his following attempt to exchange off both his minor pieces and get control of the open file, B-QB1) 20... BGS 25 RBI P_KRS 22 PNG -BXN 26 K-N2Q-K2 22NPXB 8-04 27 G-at Bo 26Q-A5 02-28 PAR BND ‘The attempt to make progress on the Queenside has failed, and White now has a slight pull, thanks (o his better Bishop. Still, a draw must be expected 29 K-R2 K-R2 20 @-Na PLING (CHESS REVIEW, JANUARY, 1958 A moment of blindness for Black, and disaster strikes. He has several reason- te continuations: eg, 30... Q-Q3 or 30... BGs, 31 Bx! é Decisive, as the King Bishop Pawn must fall with check and White also gets the Bishop, with seads of Pawns for the Uschange. Black has no choice: he must take the Rook, and White's ensuing plucking campaign then speaks for itself, Me. QxR a7 QPP K-KT 32 QBS}! K-N2 38 Q@-K6t K-81 32QxBP} -K-R1 39-86} K-K1 3¢Q-86t K-R2 40 @-RB} K-K2 358-85}! KNIT 41 NTE KOKI 36. Q-NG} K-BI1 42QxB RB? 43 QxPt Resigns TEXAS, 1957 International at Dallas Defies All Caution White cleverly recovers from a medi- focre start but then captures a Pawn in defiance of all caution, Not only does his opponent have a dangerous passed Pawn but he can also penetrate to the th rank with a Rook. This Rook he uses brilliantly, sacrificing it twice, the second time with a mating effect QUEEN'S GAMBIT DECLINED MCO: p, 196: col. 78 Larry Evans Bent Larsen United States Denmark white Black 1 Pas Pas 2 Paes oka 3 N-aB3 Mf White wants to adopt the Exchange Variation, favored today, he must play PXQP at this point as otherwise Black ean evade it, Opees Paes ‘The Tarrasch Defense which, despite its poor reputation generally. has long had a satisfactory rating in’ Scandina- vian countries, 4 P-Ka White elects not to go into the Rubi stein Variation (1 PxQP, KPXP 5 N-B3, N-QB3_6 P-KN3) apparently lo deny Black the choice of battleground. Larsen Is a Scandinavian after all; and Bot Ik haz for the same reason done like: 6 B-Q3 (which Tarrasch thought was best here) leads to the Queen's Gambit Accepted with an extra tempo for Black alter 6... PSBP. Bo... KpxP ‘The Scandinavian toueh, Black ean try 6. .KNxP safely but prefers to keep & Pawn 0% (4 despite its possible isolation. 7 BANS oe A strange continuation, 7 B-K2 as Bot vinnik played against Stablberg is prete able, It offers no particular advantage but is at least non-committal and steady. Jagen UL pene 2 Bxnt PxB 10 PxP xP 11 PK White first made a concession and now strives energetically for equality. Wee. 0-0 12 BLNS 8-K2 13 Na Beet Clever play. 13.. a-a3 Clever count Both 18... BN2 (14 PxP, PxP 15 N-B5!) and 13... B-Q2 (4 PXP) lead to a good game for White. 14 PKS foe ‘A witty twist 4. QxP IG NxBt K-RT 15 NP QB 17 NxBQRKN White bas removed Black's Two Bish ops and Isolated his Queen Pawn, turn: ing the tables, one might say. But the Isolated Pawn is not that good old fel- ow we all like so much if It is not ours, For, risen to the rank of a passed Pawn, which is inconvenient, it rather repre ents the wolf in sheep's clothing. Black hag a slight edge. 18 0-03 Poe ‘The passed Pawn must be stopped as quickly as possible, and the job ought to be done by the Knight, The only ques tion Is where the Knight serves best, fon Qi or on Q3. To leave both passibili: White can play 18 N-K2, Th is not bad, provided it is made exclusively in order to cor solidate. 18. kR-at! 19 QxRP onal White's last is hard to understand Evans usually excels in common sense, but here he gives an exhibition of reck lessness. He must have miscalculated something — but what cannot be traced from the course of the game. 19 QR- QI is indicated and sufficient to hold, oe. Pas 20 NLK2 R87 Now Black has obviously a great ad- vantage, His advanced Pawn and Rook each count heavily. 21QR-G1 Q-K4 23 KR-KI @-a4 22N-N3 PLAS! 24 RAK? Pat 28 R-K3 White hopes now that the Queen Pawn Finally will become weak, Now Fate stvikes from a different angle. \nex Ruby says, if Cures Review could sell popcorn with its “Chess Movies,” the iagazine would he made. 25Beautiful and devastating, There is a wonderful point coming, 26 N-K4 acon Or 26 KxR, N-NSf, and Black wins fi awalk, 26.. NxN 27 R/axP eee Seemingly winning. a. Rast! ‘The wonderful point, This Rook has learned the art of self-sacrifice. 28 RxR White hopes to get away with the loss of a piece, 28 KxR loses to 28... Q-Bét 29 K-N1, Q-Bif and a Philidor’s Legacy 30 K-RI, N-B7 31 K-N1, N-R6t 32 K- 1A, Q-N8} 33 RxQ, N-B7 mate, @-aat! Black mates by force in a few moves (29 K-R1, N-Bif 30 RxN — else again the Philidor's Legacy — Q-B8t, etc.). LPR LS) NEW JERSEY, 1957 Independent Chess Club Championship Prelims Lovely Refutation White's lovely refutation of a trap compensates for and, in a way, even justifies his reckless striving for com- plications in the first part of the game, SICILIAN DEFENSE MCO: p. 149; col. 197 & ef. 139 E, T, MeCormick William Jones White Black 1PAK4 — PQB¢ NXP N-KBS. 2N-KB3 P-Q3 5 N-GB3 P-QRI 3 Pas PxP «6 PBs White's last is playable but commit. ting. The usual continuation today is 6 B-KNS.* More modest, yet more flex- ‘ible than the text move, is the conser- Solutions to CHESSBOARD MAGIC? No. 1 White wins with 1 P-Bdt, K-Q4 2 P-BS, BxP 3 N-Bit, K-Ki 4 R-Q1, P-B3 5 R-Q5t, PAR 6 N-Q3t, PxN 7 P-T mate Ne. 2 White wins with 1 R-R8, Q-R7 2 R&P, Q-N1 8 R-RS, Q-R2 4 B-NG, QxB Ne. 3 White wins with 1 P-N6, PsP 2 K-B2, ReN4 3 N-K6! vative 6 B-K2* which offers White the choice between P-KBI and P-KB3 as may be useful later are pKa 8 P-QR¢ QN-a2 7NB =@B2 9BGI .... White's is a harmless setup, just gool enough for equality. On Q3, the Bishop interferes with White's obser. vance of the key, square, Q5. But then this Bishop is White's ‘problem child in other lines of this aystem, too 9.0... PONS NGKI BK2 100-0) NZ 12 @NS ‘The Inst move is an unnecessary con- cession. Any of these moves is prefer able: 12 K-R1, 12 P-R8 or 12 B-Q2, 12. PxP 12... N-RI is stronger as White then ‘must’ part with his important Queen Bishop and even make efforts to avoid the loss of x Pawn: eg, 12 Q-NA? N/2-B8! or 13 Q-B2, NxP 11 BxP, PxB, 13 QxNP ‘Though 18 QBXP is no Rood because of 13 Rd, the text is much worse. Correct is 18 QxBP with still about equal chances. “The slightly awkward position of White's Queen and Queen Bishop has no particular significance, 3 R-KNI 14 ORS N=NS 15 QxRP aoe 15 QxBP fails against 15... Q-Bit 16 K-RI, N-B7f 17 -RxN, QxR without proper compensation for ‘The text, however the Exchange, is just as bad, if not worse, 18.... N/2B3 18 K-A1 NAB7t 16Q85 BOB 19 AxN QR 17. QxP —@-BAt 20 N-KNS ‘The last is White's only move (20 P-KN3? D-R6! or 20 N-RI? Q-KSt 21 B-B1, R-N5S 22 Q-B8, RsN 23 P-KS, B-N2!), aieaee NoNS: Now White gets the opportunity to re cover. Correct is 20... QxQ! 21 BxQ, N-R4 with a further gain of material After 22 N-Q5, NxB 28 N-Bif, K-Q1 24 NaR, RN 25 NxP, B-N2, White has Mhree extra Pawns, but they are not well enough distributed to compensate for a piece, 21 NARS 84 22 N-Q5! BNG Black misses the point. With two Pawns down and a lot of weaknesses for which the Exchange does not fully com pensate, he has a bad game, anyhow. But the move indicated is 22... B-Q1 28 Nxt! N-B7t 24 QxN! axa 25 B-KS. What Black thought a blunder, losing the Queen proves to be a fine combina: tion, winning plenty of material for that Queen. At this point, White needs a Rook to get even (aside from the Pawn count), but that ne must get as both Black's Rooks are under the hammer, In trying to save the Rooks, Black runs into more trouble, 2... ars 26 NLKBs eat ‘The Queen has no good square, though on KRI it is a little less en prise, 26 BxNP B-RE Black tries desperately to prolong the battle. But the rest is easy. 2 8xQ = BxPt AS R-N7 RABY 29K-N1 —-KxB 36 PRS K_N2 30K-82 9 BXN 37 PLR QR-QI B1KxB PRG 38 PLR? K-NT a2P-Ré ANT 29 N86 RERY 33. B-NS R-KRi 40 AXP QR-KE1 34. ROKN1 K-B1 41 NUQ7t Resigns NEW YORK, 1957 Long Island “Amateur' Like a Grandmaster Black may not be happy with this game, but he has at least the consola- tion of having played as did a grand master, For grandmaster Evans has ex: actly the same disaster on his record. ‘Tournament winner Weinstein displays what knowledge and skill there is to display in a game predominantly copied from one by his grandmaster cousin Bis- suier. ‘A case with many angles, isn’t it? At any rate, it has something to do with chess of the highest ordi QUEEN'S GAMBIT MCO: p. 167; col. 7 R.A, Weinstein E, T, McCormick White 1P-Q¢ Pas 7 BN 2N-KB3 N-KBS 8 Q-K2 3 Ppa PxP 9 NBS 4 P-K3 PLQR3 10 PxPI 5 BxP PAKS 11 NxN 60-0 © PONS 12. N-QBI! 13 Qt So far as in Bolbochan-Evans, Hel- sinki, 1952 (p, 307, CHESS REVIEW, Oct, 1952). Eg = bl check; § = ais. ch. (CHESS REVIEW, JANUARY, 1958,Evans played 19... . N-B6 and held out a few moves longer than White does here: 14 PxN, Q-N3 15 Q-K5! B-N2 16 B-K3, Q-B3 17 B-Q5, Q-BL 18 BxB, QxB 19 P-QR4! R-BI 20 PxP. QxP 21 Q-Q4 PKA 22 Q-KN4, R-Ql 23 RxRt, KxRt 24 R-QH, K-K2 25 Q-D5!! (with threat of 26 B-BSt!!), Resigns. ‘The main point, however, is that White has a won game in any event though it sakes some sharp moves to enforce it: eg, 1) 18... Q-R2 M4 BXN, BAN? 15 BxP! PxB 16 QxP}, B-K2 17 R-Q7, ete. 2) 13... Q-N3 14 BSN, B-N2 (or 14 BNI 15 B-KBI! or 14... RR? 15 BKS B-BY 16 BxB, QxB 17 QR-BI!) 15 B-KG, B-BI (or 15... Q-B2 16 QR-BI, Q-Q2 V7 B-B6! or 16... Q-K2 17 B-B5, ete.) 16 BXKB, QxB 17 BsB; 3) 19. . | Q-B3 14 BeN, R-QNI 15 B-B6t, K-K2 16 Q- Qa! ete. 1$Q-83 NRG} 18 Q-Q67 K-89 18 PXN QRZ 19 QB4FK-K2 16 Q-B6t K-K2 20QR-81 K-Kt 17B-K3 @N2 21 RB7 GNI 22 GxP mate NEW YORK, 1957 Long Island “Amate Due Precision Black plays a gambit but fails to ob- tain satisfactory development, let alone any attack. So it goes without saying that White wins. The job is easy. but White still deserves credit for doing it with due precision BUDAPEST (COUNTER) GAMBIT MoO: p. 232; col. 32-5, Raymond A. Weinstein Edward Scher White Black 1 Pas N-KB3 2 P-QBs PKs 3 PxP N-KS ‘The Farajarowicz line, 4 P-aRS eae ‘The antidote to the Parajrowicz ae N-aB3 562 N-B4 Black Is not supposed to get enough compensation for the Pawn, true: but, having adopted a gambit, he must at least try to get out his pieces in gambit style — at this point, by §. .. P-Qs, But he makes no such attempt, handling the game as if he lost the Pawn by acci- dent and was overwhelmed by a re signed spirit, 6 N-KEa OP-K3 P-QNS 7 B84 10.N-B3 BANG a BNa 11.8-Q3 NANG Black’s last move is a futile attempt at recovering the Pawn, 42 NaN xn 13 0-0 0-0-0 Not 13... NXP? 14 P-BS! 14.N-O5 His mobilization finished, White starts to attack. The way to Tipperary is short, under the circumstances. 14. N-K2 15 PLONa! PxP Or 18... NxN 16 PSB. ‘CHESS REVIEW, JANUARY, 1958 16 PxP NN 17 PxN Now not 17 PxB, N-NS! 17..., BXNP 19-54 BRS 19 B-R6 = @-N3 20 P-K6! Pasa Black's last move is forced, 21 a6! A neat finish, > FOREIGN SOVIET UNION, 1957 U.S.S.R. Championship Marshall at his Best White plays an almost forgotten Mar- shall gambit and wins the game in the very best style of Marshall himself. Remarkably, it is not for the first time that a Marshall gambit bas had its glorious comeback in Soviet Russia. Many brilliancies have been played over there with the following Marshall line 1 P-Q4, P-Qd 2 P-QR4, P-K3 3 N-QBS, P-QB3'4 P-K4, PxKP 5 NxP, B-NSt 6 B-Q2 (Marshali!), QxP 7 BxB, QUEEN'S GAMBIT DECLINED MCO: p, 196; col. 76 Boris Spassky David Bronstein White Black 1P-Qs PQs 3N-QBs P-cBs 2P.QB4 PKS 4 PXQP-KPXP 5 P-K4 ‘ Marshall's remedy against the Ta vaseh Defense, a supposedly poor gambit ea PxKP 6 Pas P84 A risky continuation. Black definitely holds the extra Pawn but loses time and creates weak spots about his King. 6 “ N-KBS is much safer, 7 eKee oe Better than 7 P-B8 which favors Black because of 7... B-Q3, poe Bas 8 NST Be An improvement. Burn one played § INORG against Tarraseh, getting nowhere atter § P-QR3. Now Black must move his King, ao... K-82 9 NRE N-KES Here there is the important question of whether Black can play $.. . P-QR3. If he can, he must quickly obtain a st: perior position, for then White has no reasonable place for his King Bishop. It seems, however, that, after 9 P-QR3 10 N-NSt, White can ignore the attack on his King Bishop, getting a strong attack: ex, 1) 10... K-B1 (0 K-N3 works out the same way) 11 N-KG}, DxN 12 PxB; 2) 10... K-B3 11 QNxPH; 3) 10... K-K2 11 Q-R5, PNG 12. Q-RiE 10 B-Be! sees Ww White has the time to anchor his King Bishop on this strong square, 10.... PQA 120-02 Qk2 11 PLQR4¢ R-K1 13 PLAS QN-@2 Black's last is apparently an oversigh as White's Knight now is invited to K6. Tho text move ought to be prepared by 18... PRS as, after 14 0-0-0, QN-Q2 15 BXB, QxB 16 N-B4, Black has the strong reply, 16... NK, 14 N-NSt kona Not 14... K-BI because of 15 N-Két, K-N1 16 N-BT (16... BsN7 17 P-Q6S). But Black does better to wry 14 K-N1 15 18 N-K6 Pura 16 P-KNA! fee In the genuine style of Marshall. This brilliant shot thwarts Black's clumsy Arive for safety, 16. PxP Or 16... NXNP 17 R-KNI with simi. Jar consequences. 17 0-0-0 NeKa 18 BxN BB 19 NxKPI B0nn One stroke after another. White's at tack is now irresistible because he has blasted the main part of Black's protec: tive Pawn wall, Nxns It is important to pr bility of B-Q3, too. 20 21 KRLKt ao 21 QxNf is rather silly as Black then serve the possi 83 wins time with 21... Q-B4, a. BxPt 22 K-Ni BxN 23 PXB B05 Vainly trying to save the piece, 28 RxN K-NG Black’s last is desperation. 24 Q-Bi fails against 25 B-Q3! (mich stronger than 25 RxPt) 25 RxPt! oo A la Marshall to the et 25. KR 26 @Kat Resigns For mate impends. 27Activities of CHESS REVIEW Postal Chess players: game reporte & ratings, names of ew players, prize-winners, selected games, tourney instructions & eaitorial comment. POSTAL SCRIPTS Best Wishes for the New Year With the New Year, we offer chances for postal play in Class and In Prize Tournaments (ee page 31) und 4180, For master-rated players, Special Rating Tourneys (in either Prize or Class types of tournament sections — see p. 82). Our 1957 Morphy Memorial Golden Knights Tournament closed owt finally with I8t sections, or 1288 entries — no record for the Golden is series but sull, so far as we know, larger than any other tournament in the West ern Hemisphere, and some points ast! But please do not apply now for Golden Knights, When and if we are about to ron another, we will give due notice in hilenty of time for you to enter TOURNAMENT NOTES Progress Reports for Golden Knights Tournaments 8th Annual Championship—1954 As a result of current Postal Mortems, Finals section, 61-N€ 9, has now com: pleted play, and the contestants therein score these weighted, point totals:* 8. Rikvem 406; f, Lateiner 39.6 Riedel $3.0; 1. F, Johnson 28. Bowman 20.86; RB. Hayes 16.0 Dr. D. N. Metncuwtt withdrawn, ‘Adding these into the list of prospec tive cash prize winners, we have PRESENT LEADERS: A245 $0 Wavener 21.25 Tae 28 Gonmon “223368 ce XD Homo 30.58 Mut Uy Ueices Nash 33-8 3835 1 Skemn as ma ss [3635 HE Goabota 17020263) Ue WE 32.68 BW Reidel 2/38 fra 3 ME Mucler vans TC Migaictrook 123 1 Pajor BEG Ie Haven erste G RPayne 20M Mitehetl 160 WW Tatene | In addition, we have one qualifier to the Finals, J. B. ‘Tangeman; but_ still lwek by one, enough (o fill a new Finals section, m3 9th Annual Championship—1955 As a result of current Postal Mortems, the following qualify for assignment to the Finals: 1. Farber, R, Dickinson. P. SWelghicd point totaly feltowing, eeute’ 1.0 points per Prelims 2 in gonieainates ate 43 48 Brawr cotine ait thexe valves, 28 Rohiting, FG, Haley, T. 8, Levine, §. Simon, C. P. Podione, T. Peisach and 5. A. Lekowski For the Semitinals, of which is to be filled one with 3% pointers from the Prelims in onder of highest ratings (when ratings are com pleted for the February listing), we seem to have but one more qualifier to add to the waiting F, Ekstrom: he is ©.E, Daly the last seeti 10th Annual Championship—1956 ‘As a result of current Postal Mortems, following qualify for assignment. to the Finals: H. Branch, M, Aron and 1 Farber (not enough, with two previous nd waiting) to fill a section, For the Semi-finals, the follow ng have qualified for assignment: W. CMe: Comas, i. E, Daniels, G. M. Banker, BL Goma, C.J. Gibbs, W. H. Davies, M. Gelbard. GE. Morrie and RN. Bicknell 11th Annual Championship—1987 ‘Aw a result of current Postal Mortems, we have the first qualifiers to che Semi Ginals in this tournament: R. J. Kneer- eam, W. Katzenstein, 8. Klein, 8, L. Anderson, W. H. Pleiss and F. B. Beck nian -— but of course we need still ane more in order to start the first Semi finals section in play. NEW POSTALITES Tho following new Loxtal Chese pl A at 1200: J, ba Hoven, me, OO Hiatt fom Dr, Re. Taatig, WW. Metin an CLASS Hat T2000 1, Adio, head 1 Hagen, Ie Waylon, J Teeter. ei, iiryan, Fi, Ia, Creek Com WS Davideon’ Ko Field, Ge Kongin, G. Grady, 8. Helfetz, DB. & Kahn, Tose, S."Makuienas, G, & Maroulo, sf NGietiy. i. Patrice and C. B, Waldron: SSC at M00: C.-M Althouse, 1, Ate roush, WT. Taird, Dr CG Taker, Tirown, 3. live, tee SP 'Chagvin, 8. Chernoff, ot, ba Dammann W. Doster Fisher, FW 1 Goherte, WW tT Ritmen, Je Ririy, it Kingtess 3 Kolesar, Me MC Love, Mt La Late,” ie Mevtynen. Po Maewolio, th lars Ay Moore, "WJ Newnan,” BW. Pertachak, WRF Poterson, B.C. Presion, (. H. Price Me Rees at te Reebnery oR. Rothrack KAT Roviteehiigs dR. Ralf, 4, Salen 1 Sampson te Seiione, tn de Sogin, O. 8 Taylor Prete, HB Thoms, A JACK STRALEY BATTELL Postal Chess Editor ‘Thompson, NH, Wanhaukh, EK, Weleh san Te Wil CLASS 1 at GIN: I Anundsen. 5, 1 Ba, exe eatin, Colter, D: Mine TeL,billon, As ee A. Putkenton, ke Ges ‘D. Glisnows W. "3 Giocoxs, it, tiers, Mra. Me Hunde 8 HL Caton, Ga. Lavine, D, Ue 'Messenxer, H. Miler Senn Mt Newman, 2. Kee Olson, ek Or noma, 3. RETURN POSTS wore who renmed play i ted with these (lormwer) eat ont M.D, Nialloe st We. Coe 1426 Sou"sea, JM, ruby ke POSTALMIGHTIES! 19ah," see nd 1957 Levee ouenements ae lit ‘of curves! Postal Mortems, Tourney Player Place Score Pity a bavi Wt first 0 188 snl 1957) Class owen Ihents x result of current Postal Morceme, Tourney Player Place Score LF Towel tet F-t Cot A Kain br C Weare SX 'Nowite GA Coote Mlacent 6 Rolin ou Sollusky 331 Priewer 3 Chartesssorti 1 It Gon tee S21 tt & Chariesworti I él ws TN 'Cowan cnt 6a (CHESS REVIEW, JANUARY, 1958hie ee Ee) Ce are Our Postal players are Invited to sub- mit their BEST games for this department, The moves of each game must be written ona stand- ard score sheet, or typed on a single paper, sheet of and mark: for publica, annotated by JOHN W. COLLINS Award to Audacity ‘The speculative Marshall Counter Attack breaks through when White misses some of the best Hines. RUY LOPEZ an MCO: page 43; column 63° W. ¢, Barnhiser Ww. L. Prosser White Black 1 PKs PKS 5 0-0 B-K2 2N-KB3 N-QB3 6 R-K1 P-QNS 3B.NS PQS 7 B-NS 0-0 $B-R6 N-B3 8 PBS 8 P-QRI dodges Black's next, 8... Pas A Pawn for open attacking lines — the Marshall Counter Attack, 9 PxP xP. 19... P-KS 10 PXN, PSN 11 QxP, B-KNS 12 Q-N3. R-KI 13. P-KI6, B-Q3 M4 P-Q4, NIU 15 RXRt, Qxit 16 Q-B2, QxP 17 P-KR3, B-BI 18 B-Ql, N-03 18 B-B3, White stands slightly better 10 NxP NxN 11 BAN P-aB3 TOM. NBS, 12 PARA! 12 Pas Or 12 BxN! PxB 13 P-KRS! 2... 8-03 13 RK Bo 18 RK? gives White an edge, 100. 13. ans 14 LNG ars. 15 BxN Now this capture leads only to equal chances. Sharpest is 15 R-KI! PoN4 16 N-Q2, BARBI 17 B-B2! KORY 18 R-K2, BXB 19 QxB (Slade-Trevenen, Plymouth. 1819) after which White has an edge. 8. PxB 16 83 B-kBd 47 N-@2 17 Q-N2 and 17 QxP equalize, but the textmove, which blocks the Queen Bishop is unsatisfactory. meee R-K1 18 RKS KS 19 @xP ‘i ME19 NADL, B-KS wins Ube Exchange ‘SMedern Chess Openings, mb wilition, Se note, ps 22 of this fase, — Ed. (CHESS REVIEW, JANUARY, 1958 Black sparks a ten-move combination by offering elther of ils Bishops, Now threats like 20... Rxi 21 Px, BxP 22 PxB, QxPt 23 K-RI, QxP are brewing 20 RxR ane Naturally, 20 RXB? K-KSt 21 N-BI RAN ig mate. Buc the textexchanse ‘opens the King Bishop (ile for Black A serious mistake. Correct is 20 Q-N2. 20 Pak 24 @-N2 oe A move (oo late! On 21 QxB, RxP! 22 K&R, Q&RP$ 23 K-B3, Q-K7t 21°K-BA, P- RG! hreatening 25... P-N4 mate) 25 POKNA, Qalt7} 26 K-K3, OQ (28... Q- Kf draws) 27 KxB, Q-N6t 28 K-B2, QP the material Is equal, but Bluck's (wo connected passed Pawns and White's Jack of development will tell a. ara 22 PBS Paka 23 PP. fee ‘The text loses by force. In a bad way, White's best try Is 23 P-N3, and, if given me, B-N?2 and R-KI a-B4t OxKP Hf 25 N=, Q-KS wins. 25. RxP! 26 BEd : If 26 Qxit, BRN wins the Queen. 2. axn Resigns A Resourceful Defense Once aguin the Wing Gambit fails against a sound, resourceful defense, SICILIAN DEFENSE MCO: p, 155: col, 166° Dr, N, M, Hornstein G, Zerkowite 1 PKA P-aas 2 P-aNa PxP 3 P-QRa PxP Black takes everything ~ and gets away with it! The “column one” line is 3... P-QUAKPSP, QxP 5 N-KBS, P-K1 6 xb, BXP 7 N-Ra, N-K2t 4 NxP PQs 6 Pat KN-83 5B-N2 N-Q2 7 B-G3 Not 7 PAKS? PSPS PXP, QIU, 7. P-KNS 8 N83 BLN2 90-0 0-0 Black has carefully contrived to reach a healthy Dragon-formation ~~ with a Pawn ahead, ON-QNS P-QR3 13 PxP_ KN-GS 11-02 NONS 14 QN-Q¢ BUNS 12 P-KS—-PXP 15 QR-KI Better is 15 KR-K1 Bo... BN! Simplification, development and pre- vention of 16 P-K6, are more important than preservation of the two Bishops, 16 NxB R-Br Black threatens to remove one of White's Bishops with 17... N-QHS, WRK PKS 19 PBS NK? 18 R-KRG N-G2 20Q-K3 Q-B2 White's omly hope is a direct attack against the King. Black has play against the weak King Pawn and Queen Bishop Pawn and a potential winning end-game advantage in the passed Queen Rook Pawn, 21 R-KI N-as3 22 BRS oe In view of what follows. 22 Q-B4 nerhaps with a continuation of 23 Q-N3 and 21 Q-I83, appears to be the best Rie. N/2xP! Soundly judged! 1 22... KR-Q1, 28 B-Q6 cramps Black badly 23 BxR axe 24 NONS NxB. 25 Qxn N-Ks 125... QRS, 26 Q-K3 holds 26 @-KRS PLKRS 27 RAB4 White has no promising way to press his attack: e&. 27 P-Nd, B-D3! 28 P-B. DXN 29 Pxbh, NENP! BU the textmove loses back the Exchange. ae 28 RKBP, Or 28 NxKP, G-1t1 29 Q-KS, Qultt 20 Nas QxQ, Nx@ 31 NsR, Bs, and the ending with the passed Pawn is all Black's, 2... xr 29 Gen ans 30 @-K3 ae ‘This last is the sole move to protect both the Rook and Knight. I 30 N-B3, RXN wins, Roe a5! Resigns White's Queen Is overworked — so ie Js attacked! Simple, attractive and de- After 31 QxP, BxP} 32 K-B1, QR 23 QxQ. BsQs 34 Nek, KxN 35 KXB, K-KR and, with poetical justice. the once scorned gambit Pawn (on QR3) wins the ending automatically in chock: § = dis oh 29POSTAL MORTEMS Game Reports Received during November, 1957 ‘To report your results, all you nend giv jection umber, full names of Both Di find the outcome af the game—but, for Cl ‘Tourneys int man sections, state algo If It Gtinat or second game to have been finished ‘With that dame opponeat (not Game A or 3). ‘The following examples show how to Eive retulta ‘with. minimum effort for you “and maximum clarity for proper recording: 28-6 466: Paul Morphy 1 A. 8. Meek 0 (tet) S2:P sot A Halprin 4M. N. Plilabury Ye SBN “1a: F. 9, Marshal TH. E. Atkine O In these, the year (58), the ype tourney. (Class, Prize, Golden Knights Prelims) and tion “numbers, appear’ Ip" the.toldal Tin the reports for Class tourneys, the rai or second result ix indleated’ im the final parentheses, Please give game reports iparate tom any other cofresponden: hey must be filed 80, A postcard is a {er size, easy to send. Pease note: Winnera (and those with the ‘White places im case of drawa) must report ‘soon aa result 4x confirmed by opponent ‘The opponent. may report also to enaure his Fecord and rating going through ‘but. mous then state clearly that he played lack in case of = Game reports gent In time for recelpt by gates given above should be, printed. below. And" the playere concerned” anguld, check o'see that they are so. published, "To spat them, look under your section nurmber, first bythe key e'e Inateating 1858) and by number ‘Symbol f indicates a win by forfeit with~ cout rating. craditz a shows a. rating. credit Sajudlcations ef marke © double-forteit CLASS TOURNAMENTS 4-man tourneys graded by rating ¢l Started in 1955 (Key: 55-C) Notice: All 1955 Class Tournament result fhecame over-dve ty end of December. We ontine. losing’ out “tourney herewith by publishing Joubjesforfelts on tourneys start fe, November, 1955, Which Were due for Fe- ports In November, to. be scored during December, blished™ in this “iegue Next month, we inish similarly with De ember, 1288, Courneys. Tournays 1-217: 211 Bokma, Greiner at 2g Prana, Koftman 2 dt. 218 Daniels tops ‘218 Nickel dé. with Rain, White“ gume each). 330 Flog: ‘Hayward 2 a(. 381 Uokma, Levy 2 a6 Se Yctoin, Nobite dt: Coaden "2 at with Klein and Haussiing 255" Bokms, ‘Toor 2 ats Bokina, Cootey af Started in 1956 (Key: 56-C) Notice: Tourneye 1-32 In this tournament Rroup began nisy i Janu after two years, all res pew due. If you und oppor Tintahed ame can agree ona drave or if One. fs willing. to resign. report foal res accordingly, "Otherwise, file an udjudiation feport which must esntain the. folowing: Fecord of ail moves made, clearly stamped Giagram of position reached. nnd statement ‘Sf how you propose to Win or to draw. For fie group, also, as not having had” previous hnotice, We will entertain requests for exten= Sion of play: ff filed by Doth players during lg month (be sure your opponent files, too iy. or extension sll be invalid hin first, by next enrd it ‘Spponent. has not been” answering or is Ite, "report. time complaint at once). February fate reguente larters, in Tourneys 48-61, can for extension af play” this NOTICE: “Postal Mortems” in December issue comprised game reports received bere during October, not September as erroneously stated in December. 30 mmionth (January) on terms stated above, or they mila stand responsible for sending Gal results of adjudieation Tenors strictly fs stated above under a February postmark ‘Tourneys 1.314 $ Kaser conke Hofvendad 102 “Munger mauis Furnisn, 162 Goodspeed aXes Vanis, 118 Sirota sinke Cotter 20 Well Whine Gordon, 214 Cooley. SteCrea the, 208 ace, O'Kelly “tle a8) Roti tops "Cole lee. 240. Bishop, Stevenson tie. 2 Price Stapleton. 247 ‘doets,” Holmgren. we 2E6"‘Anton tops Graves. 267 Aruolé, Boren ‘own Dykes, 268 Clarie bows co Perking but lope" Waivon ‘tice, 209 "Anderson defeats Boke, 218 elsecker. Moernine. the. 28) Boknia tops (21) Fardon, 281 Plieger pfline Beardsley. "Hosenow. 258 Uelaecker_ berte [eeld. 290" Charlesworth conks ‘Cooley, 29) MeCiurd. loseo to” Dudiey and to. Kilian, then ties Killan. 285 Beckmua bests Schmitt. BE" Perking insta Black. 30s Crippen tops (if ‘Muithxan, 308 Dottarer tops Baas. owice, 312 Jewett jolts Stonebacks 311 Mancroti beats Oster Started in 1957 (Key: 57-C) Notice: Players are responsible for renart- tog thelr renuita ‘prompts ands checking 3 sce “that "they." appear. correctly “here In "Ponta" Mortema’ br due te and tor 1 Porting any correction “Postal Sortents™ Niunit’ che” ont of ubliention Normally, ‘games finish within a. year ot diay ni_fonmest, "Ht "you ave "got Pinning over a Year, report prowess" thes homer of moves complied) nd It oppo: ment hus bean tardy in replies or nol. 1 he I"tardy trom hereon, report tine com: mt promptly to Postal Chess Holter, Tourneye 1.80: § Johnson Jolts Elkins 6 "Leake ice. '§ leomin J Wratcoka ‘tweed Puts bests rety Bere sumo ‘bent T'Staneat_ stops Erammitton. 19. Merkis tops (20) Balan, 20 Schoerner conks ‘Kinusient Heunleh stops Stetthacher. 24" King. conke’ Horromee. 26 Hansen halts Schinter. 39 "Schulte. rips Ritter.” 32 Joy jolts Kristiansen. SMaccht Leste ‘Bookalam, 87 Hastings hits Maddux 42 Kelley toe Webster twice) “and. Ede urn Hare bite Sulvan.) 6 wats Sieuncon., 17 Sanders siuke iS Mackay Tourneys 51 MeNutty. 32 0°O Sf Duykers towne St saccbron jonts Hlarper,. #8 Lowry tops Hamilton. (0) Thon. fon. 3 "Gayetty, Sandon split. wo Smith smites Stanley: Welly” tops, Ross twice, G2" Philipy fing "Sixt Lower “ter Six, then top Evans, Six. 66 Ares x Gehier. To “Poze tone _Strachen. 71 Phin: urd tops, then. thes Saunders” 72. Dennis Gowns Vieinte. 17 Chaslesworsh tops Reba. fey" Cvvice)" and Woodbury: Repusky ring WS" omnson jolts. Spitsbury, 73 Hpe Kick. $3. Wehner wipe Quavte. St ‘Plowman’ tops Shutt” (uwieel. Wernit. 8% Groseman mauls Vallee, ‘Fourneys 91-120: 91 Bradiord, Lems tie osteo. 32 Harnd. top Kedrowsk (1a). 3 Gorty ripe Robinson twiee, 28. Drown Mauls Miner. 91 Gaenge’ withdravta, 39 Medutien Toves “to avis, leks. Gorham: Gorham, Lewls rip Wright. 100. Vernier tone Lipset. avice). ‘Hamburcer, 101 De ievere aps Scholland twice. W02” Probat. Hanley Dest Von Holtz: eats, Probst, ot owe to” Victor: King tops Vielor twice. 103 Cowan cons. Vicins 103" DeWeese tops, then Wes. Schick. LL Dutient downs Schroeder. 111 Koftiman, splits tivo with: Hllensworth,. tops. Conan, Tomaworth splits two with Deer, tons Seer tops ‘O'Nett twice, 120 Egethaat halts Draich, Tourneys 121-170: 121 Norden tops Faber cuvlee), Higley. 122 Davidluie downs "Tay= for 124 Fasano heats Bock. 25 Verner tops Beor twice, 130, Keller withdraws loves (08) 101A. Keller, Nelson nips. Kwartler. 132 Van Wagenen whips Gray. 135 Tuning eipe Bancroft, 138 Brum jolts Jacobs, 139 Childs chops Walton, Curry. 140 Mgeun. mauls Welport, it Fronezak, Sehuller conk Can field 148 ‘Baum bests’ Seligman tylee,. 146 Lawrence whthdraves, Mf" Nelson lps Kot Hips Harris, 158 3 Davidiuks “Moore te, loses (2a) to. Johnson jan twice, 183" Roberts im mauls: Sampion. SE eo Daven, ‘Phomas Hoth top’ Lieberman (vice, 16h Harris, hits Holstein, 105 Meltes este Webb, ows Hall, 168 Lambert lieks Mogren. "160 Gold tnilth topr‘Goulls_ twice. 166, Kazmierczale onks Kurs, 162 Goldsmith, Covinston top Sigeist Tourneys 171-321; 173 Bolatell icky Kies Radys: Radye. clips ‘Klein, 176. Moore bows fo. Mora. este Joyce. 119 Willams, whips Briedman, 182 Goldstone, Leather ie twice, 180 Scheider ileke Wilkerson, loses 10 Kahn: 182 Ray ops (31), Wells, 195 Perilo lores (0 O'Donwell twice, Eastman twice, Stettach: er; ODonmell dawns stettbacher. 127 Dread Ile belts Francis. 206 Noga nips Gleeson telee. 280 Willisms este MleCox, bows to Schiller, 225, Cuny withdraws. 240 "Mackie mauls Zinek, 251 Newman beste Schonbers PRIZE TOURNAMENTS 7 man tourneys for premlums Started in 1955 (Key: 55-P) Notice: Ali 1955 Prize Tournament revulte Lecame over-dite by end of December. We contin closing’ out ‘tourneys. herewith by publishing doublesforfelts on tourneys start 4, November, 1059, whieh weve due for re ports in November, tobe scored during December, ‘and. published in this “lssue Next month, we ‘inlsh’sieailly with De: ember, 1958, tourneys, ‘Tourneys 1-128: 93 Correction: Pattee tops (0 Syeeti. 110 Montrose af vwith ays lon, Corson, 127 Giton' tes “Chick, topa Gear, Started in 1956 (Key: 56-P) Notice: Tourneye 1-12 in this tournament group bosan play in_January, “T3s6: and, ow due, Mt sou and opponent inant an finlahed xame can ageee on a draw or fone is willing to resign, report tinal result Secordingly. Otherwise, flie an adjwaication feport_ which ovat contain “the. following fof how yout propose (o win or to drat this group, also, na not having had pre tice, se’ will eutertain reqiests for exten lon of ‘pay if fled by" Hoth players dueing {hie month (he sure your appenent files, too, ind promptly or extension will be inva lear’ with hint frat, by next ened — Me Shponcht ts. wot heen ahewering oF i ey "report tinve. complaint. at once). February starters, in Tourneys 18-23, con file reitiests for “extension of Day this ‘month (January) an terms stated” above, or they invist stand responsible for sending final result or adjudication reports st af suted nove under = Frbrtary post ‘Tourmeye 1-110: 15, Evans ver. "24 Wiikingon ‘whips Cu tue axes" O'Shaughnessy: 43 Gosse Yer tie, 43 Goldstela stops Peterson. 43 Gregoire drubs Drago. 30" Shenkin shakes San Glonglo. St.'Throop tops (in) Leflar Gt ason mauis Lelbowite. 65 Ne Nemo. “71 "Bhnly “ripe. Randiet Ticks.” Maruines,” Neldleman, 82 Gregoire ‘tines Sulllvan? Reid socks Sandera. & Lohse, Dutton tle. $6 Ayer: balty: Hajano- wien, 99" 'Grat rinds. Bronner, 31 Win fon mats Siulthot. "100 Savin sinks Werner, 1a? ‘Broidy” stops Coulter, Stel 108 Werner teblpy tidebrant: Smith Samites Goedel Started in 1957 (Key: 57-P) Notice: Players are responsible for report: Ing thote Fextlts prompiy and checking to tee ‘that "they Appear. correctiy here ‘Postal Morteme™ in due thie, and for re porting any correction on “Postal Mortem Sithin the month of publieation Norm inka within a year of play it “Tongent. "Ir you have “games Pinning over a year, report proweeas huniber of maven completed) ‘und If obo” went hae been tardy In replies of not, Hf he Clark” 109" Dine licks Lelweke, CHESS REVIEW, JANUARY, 1958ls tuidy from here on. laine Daniels! downs "Tugste, Jolte Sperling: "Stevenson stops "Eva Eeavvens Imbriate, Kel bests Belisle. 7 é “Goeppen Wetherhee ‘Stops Stevenson ‘Daniels “downs Pat ‘Struume. 14 Orbanovall Derr tops (0). Peterson ‘Tourneys IT Clark, Womack tle: Sacre socks Miller." 19. Bibild bests Hen Gricks, ‘bows to Margantl: Douglass, May antl Ue. 20 Anderson bests Bendtx, “Shook Shook’ beats Bendis, 21” Hayes withdraven 22 Abramton rips Rezman: Cotter” Janes Ue. 23 Carr loses to Rachlin, Ties Werner, 2 Beer beste Fastno, Thomas, 25 Bower beats Ramuhun. Bowman, 26 Lechrle, stevenson defeat Douthart: "Haynes withdraws. 27 Bowen bes Douglass, Sleeropal, Oruanewsk clip. Clem Genin 36 Beer, Seeland socks, Heino, 32 Tilford bests Hose man, Barmack, bows to Danton, 72° Weed, Toseph Jolt Joudrey: Wood conks Cart 3 Jordan ‘Weepe Noterman, Townsend, Or- ianowall, Moors, 38 HoweN Deata Dickerson, Seybols Dickerson” tops (0) aller, Tourneys 36.88: 36 Pavitt fells Fox. 37 Logas ties “Goodstein, ‘Stevens: Peihaal licks Karlen, loves to Stevens: Stevens stot Weston, 28 Daniels downs ‘Tellier, 40 Roxen: hal, Kunkel defeat” Davidiuk. "42. Clanes, Bratz clip Grat 13 Jordan Jolis Noterman. A Cnster jars armies Conway beats Cure tee, hows to Hoftmian, 15 owen bests Vu de" Care, Hitt, 40. Dragich sinks’ Sullivans Woods ‘withdrawn, 1 iodechko stops. Ste Neng, ‘Derr: Potter whips Winred, 48 Ellis Feats Buchanan. st” Mott. mauls’ Goons: Green mers lit Pulls. Jones, G2 oe fle. 6g. Magnan!” mauls Shot main, Welssmian te St tarad tops (a) Sehlater. 1 Sum= nips Nelbel. 88 Hoxas sweeps AN ‘Stachowsk GOLDEN KNIGHTS ressive Qualification Championships 7th Annual Championship—1952:3 FINALS (Key: 52-NO) B26 16 Molaing alts, Laird 17 Mauer mate -Hutbiet ro bests Base, Willams: Cody "whipe Oaken“Wollams 8th Annual Championship—1954 SEMI-FINALS (Key: $4-Ns) Seetlons 1-50: 14 Lockett tone (a) Clark 19 Tangeman tops Graets. 50 Goldberg. bows to Kuyelmass, vests Wu FINALS (Key! 54-NF) Sections 1-18: 3 Prlumm tons (a) Carlyle, 8 Kiusman tops (0) Wood. 9 Lateiner axes Elkrem, 12 Wealts whips Friedman. 13 St fer move hindman, ishor, Neuersoly wi Gravee, 26 Sith amiter John oluen= ‘erg stops Jehnsen, Sokol 9th Annual Championship—1955 PRELIMINARY ROUND (Key: §8-N) Sections tri42r Closing reports. 132) heise Mnnsens Spering df 135 ‘Collins tops (a) Miers." 1 Dutty tone ch Sixes” Anderson. Sigel at SEMI-FINALS (Key! 55:Ns) Sections 1-53: $ Haley tops (0) Fisch. 12 Levine tops Gibbs, ties Pover. 18" Robit= {ne rips Philips, #1 ‘Daly downs. Resnolda 2B pekhardt bess Bender. 23 Diekinson de feats’ Palor. "38 Podione, Vouruba tie. "30 Sfetiacherm tons (a) Johnson, dt Valva’ tons Gherakov." tier Zerkawitn. i2) Farler felis Bicknell. 32 Simon. socks tudoiph. 36. Sleep singe Gedraitis, 39 Amburn Uesis Potter, (CHESS REVIEW, JANUARY, 1958. {0 Soller tops (a) Le Cuer: Wisegarver Mutier "whip. Pangloch, Ht" Bagwell bests Scott 2" Petrolt ripe Rempel, 1 Reson: blur, Villani tie. 42 Shase maul 6) Roynotds, ins" Guhse, Benyes; ests Benes! 2 Linburn beats” Kas FINALS (Key: 58:NO) Sections 1-12. 3 Blumenthal licks Hyd Use t Farber, Snethlaue tie, 10 ‘als Pelsach, ‘Warren ‘e 10th Annual Championship—1956 PRELIMINARY ROUND (Key: £6-N) Notice: or flrt round pames, you have 18 tmonthe ‘of play: ‘and’ aduieadons Eivelvou"tinlaed by then, So'move actively fepont Wt PD Juno starte aye 'now overdue" Ju G3" must report to rene 1H both nays a raw or it one ie tog ta resieee Port that result as inal report, Otherwise (Continued on page 22) Solutions to CHESS QUIZ ‘You Too Can Be Brilliant, p. 2 1 White wins with 1 N-B6t, K any 2 QxBt! KxQ 3 N-Kst and 4 NxQ. 2 White wins with 1 N-NG!! (threaten- ing R-R8 mate), RxR 2 N-BS}, K any 3 NxR§ and 4 Nxit 3 Black wing with 1... NxP! (threaten: Ing 2... NxNf and’3 .. . QxQ) 2. NaN (on 2 QxN, RxR? wins), P-QR4! as White's Queen can no longer guard his Rook 4 White wins with 1 RxB! PxR 2 QxPi, KXN 3 Q-N6}, K-Ks 4 R-KIH, K-Qs 5 @NBi, ete, 5 Black wins with 1... Q-Qi!! and the threat of 2... RxRP mate: 1) 2 R-BI, RxRPt 8 K-NU,R-RSt! 4 KeR, Q-Rit and mate next move: 2) 2 PxN, R-R6 mate; 8) 2 QxN, P-KRG! 9 Q-Ri, BBB! 4 P_ BA (not 4 QxB? RSRPF, ete), QBS 5 N-RS, Q-K5 6 R-K1, R-QS! 6 White wins with 1 BNP! PxB 2 QxPt, KGRI 8 BsN, PeB 4 RxB! QxR 6 R-Q4, Q-BS (forced) 6 RxQ, NxR7 Q-RSt, K any 8 Q-Naf and § QxN. 7 White wins with 1 Q-N77!! KxQ (only) 2 N-BSt, K-N1 & N-RG mate, 8 White wing the Exchange with 1 N- KI! RxN (the Knight must be cap: tured and other captures yield Queen or 2 Q-N7 mate) 2 Q-Q5t and 3 QxR. 9 White wins with 1 N-NSt! K-R1 (hardly 1... K-N32? 2 P-R5 mate; and 1... PAN 2 PeP, Q-B2 3 R-RSt, K-N3 4 BuRst forces mate) 2 R-B3, Q-N3 3 PLRS as Black's Queen is trapped. 10 Black wins after 1... NXB 2 NxN, NxQP! eg, 3 RR (3 QxQ? Raitt N= | Bi, N-K7f Is mate next move), QxQ. and Black easily mops up. 41 Black wing with 1... N-B6t! 2 PxN, B-K4 9 P-KR3, QxRP 4 PBS, Q-N5t 5 K-Ri, BxP 6 R-K3, R-K4, a6 there Js no good defense to the coming RRA. 12 White wins with 1 RxB! (a necessary preliminary, as 1 N-B5? PxN 2 N-B6} can be met by 2... RxN), PxR 2 N-B Q-KB2 (now, if 2... PeN 3 N-BGt wins) B.NxR, QuN 4.N-BY, ete, CHESS BY MAIL If you have not played in our tourneys before, please specify In which clase you would’ like to start. We recommend Class A for unusually strong players, Glass B for above average players, C) © for about average players and Class D for below average. If you have played, please state your probable rating. 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