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Games from t he U.S. Open, by B. Zuckerman ............... .. .. ......... .......... 234

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Ivkov's Brill ia ncy, by N. Rassolimo ......................... .. .. .. ......................... 236

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ship played in Washington, D.C. The five Air Force players scored 28 points in the nine rounds of play to retain custody of the Thomas Emery Championship Trophy,

The individual champion, not decided untH the very last moment, is Airman David M. Lees of James Connally AFB, Texas. Lees' total of seven points placed him a half-point ahead of Army PFe George W. Berry of Fort Benjamin Harrison, Ind.

Scoring six points were Airman Alfred W. Kershaw of Tinker AFB, Oklahoma and the Navy's Samuel E. Greenlaw of Washington. Kershaw had the edge in tie. break points and was awarded third place, Greenlaw taking fourth. Filth place went to Coast Guardsman Zacarias S. Chavez fro m the Philippines who edged out Air Force T/ Sgt. George Krauss Jr. of Westover AFB, Mass. Each scored 51h.

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A total of s ixteen players took part in the tournament which was sponsored for the s ixth time by the American Chess Foundation with the cooperation of the De· partment of Defense, USO, American Legion, U.S.C.F. and recreation authorities of the Army, ~avy, Air Force, Marine Corps and Coast Guard. The games were played in the American Legion "Hall of Flags" and competition began on Saturday, Kovem. bel' 6, following a National Capital USO Club luncheon that featured greetings from Vice President Hu mphrey and American Legion National Commander L. Eldon James.

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Tal in the Saddle by Rohert Byrne

In his candidates' match with La rsen, Tal looked. througb the first nine games , more like the underdog than the world-beater he is. In fact he had needed - and gotten - some lucky b rea ks to keep a n even s core against the Devastating Dane. But. in the tenth and deciding malch game. it was Tal in the saddle a gain. For the first time in the match he p layed h is ope n ­ing sharply to obtain the advantage. Having achieved that. he immediately rocked the board with a n electrify ing sacrifice- the kind tha t h is fans expect of bim a t his besl. The beautiful and profound cOmbination triggered by the Knight sacrifice is what makes the game.

SICILIAN DEFENSE

T. I Larsen

1. P-K4 P·QB4 2. N·KB3 N·QB:! 3. P·Q4 PxP 4. Nx P P·K3 5. N·QB3 P·Q3

5 . ....... . , Q·B2 is more u sual here ; Lar-sen is switching from the Taimanov Sys­tem into a Schcveningen variation .

6. B-K3 ....... .

In the eighth game Tal adopted the quiet , positional 6. P-KN3, but even though he got some slight pressure with it, Larsen made a draw without t oo much effort. The text move is more in line with Tal's aggressive style sinCe it permits White to set up an attacking for mation.

6. ........ N·B3 7. p.B4 8. Q·B3

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B-K2 0·0

Since White obviously intends Q-side castling, it is possible that it would be safer for Black to do likewise by ........ , P-QR3; .. .... .. , B·Q2; and ...... .. , Q-B2.

9. 0 ·0·0 Q-B2

Black had to be P-K5. -

10. tU 4-NS

on guard against 10.

........ This move, which temporar ily dis­

places the Black Queen, should not alter the position in any significant way, since the Knight will be driven back at onCe. It dOes, however , tempt Larsen to save a move by not bother ing to re­turn his Queen to B2 and it thus plays its part in setting up the combination which wins the game.

10. •• •••••• Q.Nl 11. P·KN4 ... .....

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The White stra tegy in this, as in so many Sicilian variations. is ult ra-simple. It just calls for the checkmate of the Black King.

11. . ...... . 12. N-Q4 13. BxN

P·QR3 Nx N

P-QN4

The alternative counterattack 13 ......... • P-K4 fails, although only after some ex­citing tactical pJ ay. The answer is 14. P-N5! and then

(a ) 14. . .. ..... , PxB; 15. PxN. BxP; 16. N _Q5, B-Q1; 17. P .BS and W hite's K-slde attacking chances will pr evail. If, i n this tine, 15 . ..... ... , PxN then 16. PxB, PxPch; 17. KxP. R·K I ; 18. p .K:;! R" P; 19. PXP, R·Q2; 20. Q.K4 (see dIagram 1) and m ack Is h clpleSll . (b) 14 . ........• B·N5; 15. Q.N3, BxR; H). PxN. Bltl{BP; 17. N.Q5, P1B; 18. NxBch. K-RI ; 19 . R-KN I (see d iagr am 2) and mack can resign. If, In this l ast line. IS. . .......• PxB. thcn 16. RxP. B·R4; 17. P " N. BxP; 18. R·Q5. B.N3; 19. P ·BS, B_R4; 20. RxP (see diagram 3) an d White h as a pawn and threat s to Black's K-slde (R x:B is the most obviou s) that are all but impossible to p ar ry .

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14. P·NS N·Q2 15. B·Q3 ........

It is obvious that White has an awful lot of firepower aimed III the dir ection of Black's King.

1 S. . ..... . . P·NS 16. N.QSI! ........

The lightning bolt that shatters open a veritable Pandora's box of combina­tive havoc.

16. ........ Px N The sacrifice cannot be declined by

16 ......... , B-Q1 because then 17. N-B6 chi wins. For example: 17 . ........ , PxN; 18. PXP, BxP ; 19. KR-N1 ch, K·R1; 20. P-K5, B-KN2; 21. RxB! KxR; 22. Q-N4 ch, K-R1; 23. R-Nl and mate next.

17, PxP ....... . The primary threat is to win the

Bishop by Q-K4. In response the retreat 17 . ...... .. , B·Q1 fails against 18. BxPcb! K.xB ; 19. Q-R5ch, K-N1; 20. BxP! KxB; 21. Q-R6ch, K-N1; 22. P-N6, N-B3; 23. KR-N1, B-B4; 24. P-N7!

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It is very difficult to decide whether this move or 17 ......... , P·N3 gives the best defense. The laUer envisions bring. ing Black's QB to KB4 (after N-B4) to help in the defense. It has the disad­vantage of giving White the opportun­itY of opening t he KR-file by P-KR4-R5. Still in tbe time it takes to do that, Black might be able to bring his Q-side pieces to the defense.

18. QR-Kl R-B2

Black must defend his seventh rank as well as his Bishop. If 18 . .. ...... , B·Q1, then 19. Q-R5 sets up the threat of a Bishop sacrifice on KN7. Tal gives 20. ........ , N-B4; 21. BxNP! NxBch; 22. K-NI (not 22. PxN, Q.B2 ch) NxR; 23. P-N6!! KxB; 24. QxPch, K-B3; 25. P-N7, R-B2? 26. P·N8=N mate. Here 25 . ........ , R-Kl is better, but still loses after 26. R-NI ! N-N7! 27. P-N8= Q, RxQ; 28. QxR and Black is helpless. However, Black's best is 22. Q·B2! 23. BxR, NxR! 24. RxN, Q·B2; 25. QxQ ch, KxQ; 2S. BxP and with White 's three pawns balanccd by Black's piece, the ending will be no walkaway for either side.

19. P·KR4 B.N2

19 ......... , N·B4 loses to 20. P-R5, NxB chi 21. QxN, B-Bt; 22. poNS, R-K2; 23. RxR, BxR; 24. P·R6!!

20. BxBP •••••• ••

20. P-R5 with a follow-up as in the previous note may be the best.

20. . ...... .

21. RxB

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But this makes things easy for White. Correct was 21. ........ , R-B2j 22. RxR, KxR, but after 23. R-Kl, Q.Ql ; 24. Q·K4, N-Bl; 25. P-RS. Black still has no hope of saving the game.

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22 . ........ , R-B2 now fails against 23. RxR, NxR; 24. P-NG! PXP; 25. QxP, Q­KBI ; 26. R-NI, and there is no defense.

23. PxN R·BS? Better was 23. . ....... , QxR; 24. QxR,

BxP which at least denies White a strong passed pawn in the center.

24. O-K3 R-86? This leads to a Bishops·oC·opposite­

color game which, however, is an easy win :Cor White. Larsen should have tried 24 ......... , BxP; 25. PxP, RxB; 26. Qx:R, BxR; 27. QxQNP for even though White's three pawns and dominating position outweigh the piece, Black can still put up a Cight. Black also had the choice of 2~ . ... ... .. , BxR; 26. RxPch, QxR; 27. BxQ, R-BSch; 28. K-Q2, KxB, getting two Rooks and Bishop for White's Queen. But, despite Black's material adVantage, White smartly :Corces the win here by 29. P·Q7, R/ 8-BI; 30. P·R5!! and, if 30. ........ , QR·Q1, then 31. Q-K7 ch, K-N1; 32. P-R6, or, if 30. ' ........ , K·B2, then 31. Q-K5, QR-Ql; 32. Q·B6 ch , K.NI ; 33. Q·K6 ch, R·B2; 34. P-N6.

2S. Q·K2 QxR 26. QxR PxP 27. R·KI R-Ql 28. RxP Q·Q3 29. Q·64 R·KB I

29 . ....... . , BxP?? loses the Queen after 30. R·K8ch.

30. Q-K4 P·N6 A hopeless attempt to create a diver·

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from the 1965 U.S. Annotated by Bernard Zuckerman

VIENNA GAME R. W.dl.tel D. Grimlhflw

1. P· K4 P·K4 2. N.QBJ N·KB3 3. B.84 N·al

After 3 ......... , NxP; 4. Q-R5. N·Q3; S. B-N3, both 5 .........• N·B3 and 5 ......... , B·K2 are sufficienl Also 3 .........• B·B4 is a good defense.

4. p.B4 ....... . Most authoriUes reeommend 4. P·Q3,

but the late Weaver W. Adams cn· dorsed the text.

4. ........ NxP Theory claims that this move proves

White's last to be premature, but, as this game shows, it is not without dan­ger for Black.

S. N-Bl N·Q3 Here it is possible to continue 5 . ........ .

NxN; 6. QPxN, PxP (if 6 . ........ , Q-K2; 7. P-QN4- but not 7. O-O?? Q·B4 ch) 7. BxP, but in this variation White, In return for the pawn, has good develop­ment and possibilities of attack.

6. B-QSJ ....... . An improvement by Adams. "Official

theory" recommends here the retreat 6. B-N3, which allows Black the possi. bility of exchanging this Bishop with an eventual ........ , N-Q5. (For example, in the variation 6. B-N3, P·K5; 7. N·KN5, P-KR3j 8. KNxKP. NxNj 9. Q-K2, Q·K2 (or 9. ____ . ___ , N-QS; 10. QxN ch, Q.K2) 10. QxN, QxQ chi 11_ NxQ, N·Q5 with the better ending in both cases.

6. ._ .... _. P·K5 7. N·KS 8-K2

7. __ .. .. __ • Q.R5 chi 8. P-NS, Q.R6 interesting possibility.

8. P-Q31 ....... . is an

Formerly Adams recommended such continuations as 8. Q.R5 or 8. 0-0, only advancing the QP later.

a. . ... ' ... 9. 0 ·0

PxP N·N5?

Exchanging the Bishop .on Q5 for the QN only loses time and brings White's Knight into the game. Black should look for a way to remedy the basIc defects of his poSition : the badly misplaced N on Q3 and the strong position of White's

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N on K5. This, however. is Dot so sim­ple. After 9 ... _ ..... , 0-0 (to protect the KBP and prepare for __ ..... _, N-Kl) there follows 10. Q-R5! with the dangerom threat of 1L R-B3 and 12. R-R3. If Black answers R-R3 wiUt ........ , P-KR3, White has the possibilities of N·N' (with a N sacrifice on KR6), P-BS (and BxRP) and Q·N6 with threats on KR6. After 9. .._ .. _ .. , 0-0; 10. Q-RS. there arc possibili­ties of defense with ]0 .........• N·Q5 or 10 .........• NxN j 11. PxN. P·KN3. After the text, Black is lost.

10. P·B5! B-B3 11. B·KB4 12. NxN 13. N·KN4! 14. K·Rl

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In order to stop 15. P-B6, but White has other possibilities. Simply Hi. BxN and 16. QxP would leave Black with an untenable position. P laying for mate in this position, however, cannot be critl· cized.

15. QxP B-K4 16. BxB ---.....

Stronger than 16_ NxB, PxN; 17. BxP, N·K1 ; 18. Q-B4! wbich would be su ffi· cient.

16. . ...... . 17. p.B6! 18. N·K7ch

PxB P·N3

K·B2? In case of 18 __ ....... , K-Rl the game

would end soon. also, after 19. Q-R3! threatening 20. NxPch. (19. . ....... , R·B2 or 19. _ .......• Q·K1; 20. NxKP!) Weaker would be 19. NxP ch, PxN; 20. QxP, R-B2, which would allow Black to resist a little longer.

19. Q-Q5ch 20. QxKP 21. Q·K2

K-KI N·B2 --_ .....

The text is not too bad a move since Black resigned at this point, but a pret­ty conclusion would have been, as Wach­tel pointed out wbile showing me tbe game, 21. N-BS chI! NxQ; 22. N-N7 ch, K-B2 ; 23_ N-R6 mate!! A very beautiful and unusual mate with two Knights.

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KOTOV-ROBATSCH DEFENSE D. River. D. Suttles

1. p.Q4 P·KN3 Suttles invariably adopts this "rat" de-­

fense, believIng it to be sound_ 2. P.K4 B·N2 3. POOB4 __ ..... .

White makes no attempt to refute Black's opening, preferring positional methods.

3. ........ POO3 4. NoOB3 NoOB3

Most players would prefer 4. .._ .....• N·KB3, transposing into the King's In­dian Defense, but Mr. Suttles goes his own road in the openingsj one, however, which cannot be recommended to the general public. Suttles prefers the text move to 4 . ...... .. , N-KB3 since the latter blocks the KBP and the diagonal of the KB and since, also, the KN may in some cases be developed on KR3 or K2. This reminds me of Philidor's opinion that after 1. P·K4, P·K4 the move 2_ N·KB3 is a mistake as it blocks the KBP_ Kotov has often employed the text move, the idea ot which is to star t an immediate counterattack on the point Q5, which has been weakened by the moves 2. P-K4 and 3. p.QB4.

5. B·K3 P·K4 6. POOS QN·K2

This move has had a bad reputation since tile game Averbakh.Polugaevsky, XXVth Soviet Championship_ There White got the advantage with 7_ P·KN4. P·K84 (Barden suggests 7 .........• N·KB3; 8. P·NS, N-Q2; 9. P·JCR4. P-KR4 j 10_ PxP e.p., BxP; 11. BxB, RxB with a game that "may be tenable") 8. NPxP. PXP; 9. Q-R5 ch. K·BI; 10. B-R3, N·KB3; lI. Q-B3, P-QR3 (stronger is 1 L _. __ . ___ , P·B5) 12. PXP. Q·Kl; 13. KN-K2, Q-R4j 14. QxQ, NxQ; 15. B·N5 .

More usual is 6. ........• N-Q5, which leads to an exchange that develops White's KB after 7. KN-K2, NxN; 8. BxN. Suttles rejects this as being too drawish, since a piece is exchanged.

7. P·B3 P.KB4 • • P·B$ ....... .

White attempts to disorganize Black's position with a check on N5.

8. ........ N·KB3 9. B·N5ch K·B2?!

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A move typical of Suttles, who doesn't mind takrng his King for a walk in the openrng as long as his opponent has no way of taking advantage of il In this case, the position is too closed to ex­ploit Black's King position and the White KB Is misplaced. Bad was instead (as Suttles pointed out) 9. . ....... , P-B3? 10. PxBP, NPxPj 11. B-R4. After 9 .... ..... , B-Q2 there could follow 10. Q-N3, or if 9 . ........ , N·Q2 ; 10. P-B6, PxP ; 11. PxP, N-B3; 12. Q·N3 is a possibility.

10. P·KR3? ........ A serious weakening of White's K­

side as well as a loss of time. White wishes to prepare 11. P-KN4. r estricting Black's Knight s and preventing tbe ma­neuver 10 ......... , pxKP; 17. PxKP, N·N5. Simply 10. KN·K2 was hest. If then 10. ........ , PxKPj 11. PxKP, N·N5; 12. B-Nl would be dearly bad for Black. He would do best to continue (after 10 KN­K2) with 10. .. ...... , P-BS, followed by ........ , P-N4 as in the game, but White could avoid the move P-KR3.

10 ... ...... 11 . 8 . 82

P·BS P·N4

Black hegins immediate operations on the K·side. White must now quickly can· nect his Rooks.

12. KN·K2 13. PxP 14. Q.N3 lS. 0-0·0

P·KR4 Px P

P·NS ........

It would be better to exchange (15. RPxP. PxP) first. although in this case, also, the weakness of White's K·side is cause for serious anxiety.

1 S . ....... . 16. B·K1 17. N·KNl

P·N6 N·N3 ........

White wishes to defend his KNP with the BishOp because after ........ , N·R5 de­fending it with the Rook would allow the pOSSibility of a sacrifice on KN7 or possibly on KR6 or KBB, perhaps after the preparatory maneuver ......... N·R2-N4. How White expected to get out is be­yond me.

17 . .... .... 18. B·Bl

N.RS ........

Even Steinitz, who was famous for keeping his pieees on the first two ranlts, never had a position like this! Now, with White all tied up on the K­side and no possibility of an immediate breakthrough there, Black turns his at­tention to the other wing.

18 . ...... .. 19. K·Nl 20. KN·K2 21. N·Bl

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P·R3 P-N.

N·Q21 N·B4

22. Q·B2 B.Q2 23. P·N4 ........

White brings his N to QR5 where it controls the weak square QB6, but, since he cannot coordinate the Knight with the action of the other pieces, it all comes to nothing.

23. .. ...... N·RS 24. N-N3 NxNch

There was no need to hur ry with this exchange which could have been re-placed by 24 .......... R·QBl.

2 S. B_N Q.N3 26. N.RS KR.QBl 27. 0-02 R·R2

Possibly more accurate was the im-mediate 27 . ......... B.KB3, followed by ........ , B-Q1; ........ , Q-R2; ........ , B-N3; ........ , R·B2, and ........ , QR·Bl.

28. B-N2 B_KB3 29. R·Bl ........

29. B-Q3 would be a more realistic at· tempt at survivaL

29 ......... 30. BxR 31 . K-B2

R lI: Rch 8.01 ........

White apparently wants to use his King to defend the K·side.

3i . ........ R. B2ch

The Rook must now be placed on QBI so that it does not interfere with Black's Q and KB.

32. K·Ql 33. N·N3 34. B·Q3 3 5. R·Kl

R-BI Q ·R2 B·N3 ........

White, for some reason, now wan ts to get his pieces out, hut overlooks Black'S reply, which wins the exchange or tbe KNP.

35 . ....... . 36. B·BI 37. QxB 38. Q·K2 Resigns.

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Competing, in addition to Fischer, will be: Samuel Reshevsky, Pal Benko, Lar. ry Evans, William Addison, Robert Byrne, Dr. Anthony Saldy, Nicolas Res. solimo, Arthur Bisguier, Bernard Zuck· erman. Duncan Suttles and Dr. Karl Burger.

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'UY LOP EZ TAC S PASSKY

L P·K4 P·K4 11 . RxN P·QBl ,. N-KBS N.QIIl 12. P·Q4 B·Q3 ,. II·NS P·Q R3 ". R·Kl Q_RS

•• B· R4 N·1I3 14. P-N3 .... •• 0.0 II·K1 15. 8-K3 II·NS

•• R·Kl P.QN4 16. Q-Q3 QR·Kl ,. II ·N3 0·0 17. N.Q2 R.K3

•• P·B3 P·Q4 II. P·R4 Q·R4

•• '" N" 19. PxP APXP ' 10. NxP N. N

· Poill io n .fle, 19 . . ..... _. RPx P

20. P-QB4 21. NxP 22. KR·QBI 23. B.Ql 24. KxQ 2S. N·KS 26. B·N3 27. A·A7 11. NxP

S PASSKY L P·K4 ,. N·KB3 ,. P·Q4

•• N" •• N-QB3

•• B·g3 ,. 8 -K3

• 0 ·0 •• N·N3 to. P·B4 11 . 0·B3 12. P·OR4 13. N_K2 14. P·BS 15. N·N3 16. PxP 17. N·K4 1 • • 8 -NS

". P·Q6 20. NxQ 21. Rx B

'" B·NS B·K7

QxP.:h ". B·N4 A.QI P·1I3 •• N

S ICIL IAN

P.QII4 P·K3

'" P.QR3 g .B2

N.g lI] N·B3

P·QN4 B·K2 , .. , 0·0

P·NS P.K4 P·g 4

N.oR4 B.N2 N-IIS

Nx NP Qxgp ". ..N

29. A·R6 30. Af6x B 31. RxA 32. PxN 33. B·B4 34. P.QS 35. R·N6 U . A·K6ch n. P·KN4

DEFENS E

22. BxN 23. B·K4 24. P·RS 15. P·N3 U. R-K l '17. K·N2 28. A / 3-81 29. K·A3 30. R·8 3 3t . R·QBt 32. R-Q 3 33. RlI: N 34. Ax B 3S. BxA 36. 8 ·01 n. K·N4 31. K·84 :no. P· R4 40. N·BS Aesignl

K·81 ... N • • B·Q7 ." B·Q7 K·K2 K·B I

Dr.wn

TAC , xa

QA·Bl B·Nl

KR-Ql B· A2ch

R·g3 N·IIS N·K6

NxgBP R.BS .... ... , .. , ... A·g4 R·1(4 A·K7 P·A4 A-K'

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Ivkov's Brilliancy By Nicolas Rossolimo

(The following game, pwyed in the Capablanco Memorial Tournament, wa.s awarded the brilliancy prize !Of" that event. The prize--a set oj ivory chessmen-wa.s donated by Grandmaster Nicola8 Rossolimo, himself the recipient of many brilliancy awards. The choice was made by u special committee in Havana.)

RUY LOPEZ Boris Ivkov Johannes Donner

1. P·K4 P·K4 2. N-KB3 N..QB3 3. S-NS P·QR3 4. B·R4 N·B3 5. 0 ·0 NxP

•• P·Q4 P·QN4 7. B-N3 P-Q4

•• PxP B·KJ

The open variation of the Ruy Lopez, wbich has been deeply analyzed by Dutch players, Euwe being the leading authority. A usual continuation would be : 9. P-B3, B-K2; 10. B·B2, 0 -0; 11. B-Ka, Q-Q2; 12. N/I-Q2, NxN; 13. Q.xN, QR-Ql; 14. QR-Ql, KR·Kl; 15. KR-Kl = .

9. Q·K2 N·B4 10. R·Q1 NxB 11 . BPxPIl ....... .

An ingenious idea! Instead of making the mechanical move RP x P, White pre­pares to blockade the black squares on the weakened Q·side and in the center. It's wonderful to see Ivkov find some· thing new in such an old and over­analyzed variation . And now Donner is faced with the terrible problem of find· ing the correct defens e, in the tourna· ment hall and under pressure of the clock, to an attack which certainly was carefully prepared in advance.

11. ........ B·K2 Black should immediately play 11.

......... N·N1; 12. B-N5! B·K2; 13. BxB, QxB; 14. N·B3. P·QB3; 15. N-Q4. R·R2; 16. p .B4, P-N3; 17. P-KN4. P·QB4; 18. N·B2, R-Q2 or 12. N·B3, P·QB3; B·K3. N·Q2.

12. N·Bl 13. B·Kl 14. QR·B1 15. N·K4

O.() N·R4 N·N2

B·KNS The only way to prevent the block·

ade. If. for example, 15 ......... , R-Bl; 16. N·B5. NxN; 17. BxN, BxB; 18. RxB, p. QB3; 19. N·Q4, B·Q2; 20. P·B4, Q.N3; 21. R/l·QBl with a power ful attack be·

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caUSe of the K·side majori ty. 16. P·KR3 Bx N

FOrced. If 16 . ........ , B-R4; 17. N·N3, B·N3; 18. Q·Q2, B·K5; 19. NxB, PxN; 20. Q·B2, winning a pawn with a crushing positional advantage.

17. QxB P.QB3 If now 18. RxP, Q·K1! A better t ry

was 17 . ........ , PxN; 18. RxQ, PxQ; 19. RxQR, RxR; 20. Rxp. B·Q3 ! 21. PxB, NxP; 22. PXP , N·B4; 23. P·QR4, P·N3; 24. R·N7, NxB; 25. PxN. R-QB1 = . After the text move, the White Knight pene· trates to KB5 with multiple threats which cannot he simultaneously de· fended .

18. N·NJ R-Bl 19. N.BS P.NJ

Last chance for a defense was 18. ........ , K·Rl; 19. Q·N3, R·N1. Now comes the brilliant conclusion.

20. RxQP! Q·Kl 21 . B·R6 Resigns

This is the kind of game that I al· ways admire: a new idea in the opening, an excellent conception of the middle· game and, finally, a spectacular K-side attack, involving some sacrifices. I am fully satisf ied with the decision of the committee that the ivory chess set which I donated should be awarded to Ivkov for this wonderful game.

CAPABLANCA MEMORIAL

COBO 1. P·Q4 2. P·QB4 3. N' OB3 4. P·K4 S. B·K2 6. P· B4 7. P·Q5 8. N·B3 9. BPxP 10. P.KS 11. Px P 12. B·KB4 13. P·K6 14. p.Q' 15. Q·Q2

KING'S INDIAN

P.Q3 0-0

P·84 P·K3 p,p

N· R3 PxP

N·KN 5 R· KI pxp ... ,

N· NS

CIOCAL TeA 16. 0·0 R·KBI 17. P· KR3 N·KB3 18. B.B4 P.QN4 19. NxP N/ 5·Q4 20. B·R2 N· N3 21. B.K2 R.Nl '21. N·B7 P·BS 23. N·K5 N.RS 24. Bx P RXP 25. Q·K3 H·N3 26. Nx B H/ B3XN 27. QxPeh K·Rl 28. RXReh NxR?? 29. Q· N8 mate

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'UY LOP EZ FISCHER KHOLMOV , . P·K4 P·K4 25. 0 ·K4c h P· N3 ,. N·KB3 N·QB3 26. OxN R·B4 ,. B. N5 P-QR3 27. Q·K4 0 ·Q2 •• B·R4 N·B3 28. 8 . Kl Q·Q4 ,. 0 -0 B·K2 29. QxO " . •• R·KI P-QN4 30. P·B4 P· N4 ,. 8 · N3 0 ·0 31. P·N3 ",P •• P·B3 P'03 32. P x P R·Bl •• P·KR 3 N-QR4 33. K. N2 K·N 3 10. B·B2 P· B4 :W. R·KNI , ... 11 . P' 04 0 ' B2 35. K·B3ch K·B4 12. QN·Q2 N·B3 36. R·Nl B'OI 13. PxBP p,p 37. R. N7 R·Nl 14. N·Bl B· K3 38. R· N8 R·N2 IS. N· K3 QR·Ql 39. P·Q R4 P· KR4 16. Q·K2 P· BS 40. P x P , ,p 17. N·N5 P·R3 41. RXP B.R5 18. NxB PxN 41. K.K2 R· N7e h 19. P·QN4 N·QS 43. K.Bl R·KR7 20. PxN p,p 44. K· Nl R·K7 21 . P·R3 p ... 45 . B·N' P. B6 22 . BxP Ox. 46. K.Bl R·K R7 23. N· N4 K·R1 Resig ns 24. P·K5 N.N

SICILIAN DEFENSE TR \ NGOV COBO ,. P·K4 P-QB4 23. P·QN4 N·RS ,. N·KB3 P·KN3 24. R.B3 Q· N4 ,. p ... B· N2 25. B· NS KR·KBI •• N·B3 ,,p 16. P·B4 N· N7 ,. NxP N·QB3 27. Rx RP Q·B3 •• B· K3 N·B3 18. R.QN3 ,,p ,. B·QB4 p .. , 29. Qx P Q·QS •• P· KR3 0·0 30. Q·1(1 Q·B3 •• B· N3 N .. , 31. Q-QB3 .x. 10. 0 ·0 N· B4 32. Rx Q N·RS 11 . R·KI B·Q2 33. R·B3 N· N3 12. 0 ·Q2 P' OR4 34. R·Kl R.B7 13. NxN 'xN 35. B·KB RxQBP 14. B·04 Q·N3 36. R/3x Pch Ox, IS. Bx B 'X. 37. RxRch K· Nl 16. N·QS ' x. 3B. P-N5 .,p 17. PxB KR· KI 39. RxNP R.BSch 18. R·K3 Q·NS 40. K·R2 N·B2 19. Q·K2 0 ·KR5 41 . B·B6 N·K3 20. B·B4 Q·B3 42. B·OS R·K8 21 . P' OB3 P·RS 43. P· N6 K·Bl 22. R· KI P· R6 44. BXN Res igns

'UY LOPEZ IVKOV ROBATSCH , . P.K4 P·K4 31. PxO R· NI ,. N·KB3 N-QB3 32. K· BI N'Q4 ,. B· NS P'OR3 33. BxP .,p •• B·R4 N·B3 34. R· R7 K·Bl ,. 0·0 B·K2 35. P-OS R'OI •• R· Kl P·QN4 3'. P·B6 PxP ,. B·N3 P", 37. P·BS N,p •• P.BS 0·0 38. R·Nl P·B4 •• P· KR 3 N·QR4 39. B· Nl P· NS 10. B·B2 P· B4 40. K·B2 P·BS 11 . P·Q4 Q·B1 41 . Bx P P ·N6 12. 0N-Q2 N.B3 42. P· N4 N·B6 13. Px BP ,,p 43. R· N4 R·Q7ch 14. N·Bl B·K3 44. K·KI R-Qk h IS. N·K3 QR.QI 4S. K.B2 R·Q Ba 16. Q·K2 P·BS 46. P·R4 K· N2 17. N.B5 s.. 41. B·B5 P' N1 18. P x B KR·KI 48. P .RS P· N8(0) 19. N· NS N·Nl 49. BXQ . x' 20. B·K3 N/ l ' 02 50. K·K2 R·B7ch 21 . P'OR4 N·B4 51. K·Q1 N·R6 22. BxN ' x' 52. R· R4 R-QR1 2S. PxP PxP 53. P· NS P· B6 24. P'QN4 B·N3 54. P·R6ch K·RI 25. KR 'OI RxRe h ... K·R2 26. Q x R Q·B3 ... P·B7ch 27. N· B3 P·K5 R· R8 28. N '04 Q·04 K·Nl 29 . R·R6 'xN l O. O x B •••

Q UEEN' S GAMBIT DECLINED PACHMAN WADE ,. N· KB3 P·Q4 13. N· K5 B·Q1 ,. P·B4 P-QB3 14. NXQBP Q. NS ,. P·Q4 N·B3 15. R·Q4 B·B3 •• N·Bl P· K3 16. B·B7 N/4·KS ,. B· NS B·K2 11. N.K5 ••• •• P· K3 QN-Q2 18. RxQ Nx Bch ,. Q·B2 0 ·0 19. QXN 'x' •• R' Ql P·KR3 20. NxB P • • •• B·B4 P·B4 21 . Q·B4 N·Q4 10. QPx P .,p 22. B.KS B· K2 11. B·K2 Q·R4 23. Qx P Res ig ns 12. 0·0 PxP

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N-KB3 ••• ... , 23. R·R3 24. PXR 25. P-KR4 26. Q.o3 27 . R·Nl 28. Q-KB 3 29. P-R4 30. R_Kl 31 . P-N3 32_ K-R2 :3. P-KR5

QN-Q2 P-K4 N_N5

P-KBl P.KN4

N ·R) N-a2 P-N5

34. N/ B5.o6

GARCIA

••• R·Nl P-N3 B_Bl Q·Bl 0 -B3 N-Ol N·K3 N·B5 N·N3 N·K2 P·B4 K· N2 Q_B3 •••

P-QB4 QN-1(4

"B QPxB

R·IU

••• K· Rl R-R3

35. N -B7ch 36. Nx KP 37. P x P 38. QxQ 39. P·N4 40. P- B4 41 . N·Q7 42. P·R6ch 43. HxH +t. R_KS

RUY LOPEZ

••• ••• ... , B·K2 B_R5 K·RI R·RI

Resigns

CIOCAL TEA p·Ke

N-Cla, P.oR!

P' Ol B.Q2

p·QHe

••• P·Q6 N·B3 B·K2 • • 0

N·K4

••• B·I(3 .-0> B", N ·B4 •• B

P.oR4 B •• Q.RS

22. P. N3 23. Q-K4 24. P x P 25. P-Q84 26. PxP 37. Rx P 28. P ·B5 29. R·05 30. R::Rch 31. P.B6 32. Rx P 33. 0 ·05 34. B·B4 35. 0 ·8 3 36. K-H2 !1. R.o5 38. OxR 39. Bx B '"'. P ·B7 41. Q·N7

PIRC DEFENS E ... , N-KII3 P ·KH3

II ·N2 • .0

N·8 3

••• N·Q4

••• B· N5 OR.ol ... ,

II·K3

14. 0·0 15. Bx B 16. 8 -B4 17. OR.oI 18. P 'ON3 19. P-K6 20. P x Pc h 21 . N.H5 22. OR·Kl 2~. N·K6 2<4. Nx B 25. K·R2

R£TI OPENING

P-OB4 P· KN 3

8 · N2. H.o8'

P·K3 KN -Kl

••• ••• ••• P' 03 P.K4 P.KS P·B4

P-KR3

20. N.K6 2.1 . Px B 22. 8 '05 23. 0 ·N2 24. Bx P 25. B.o5 26. K·RI 27. Px P 21. 0 ·R3 29. OR'OI 30. R.o<4 3T. R·R4 32. B·K4 33. B· N2 34. R·RS 35. Rx8P

0 ·B3 P· N3

RP x P

'" OR·NT ."

B·K2 R·Ol B ••

B_K2 R· NS Q·Q3 R·Q5 0 ·N5 K-N2.

••• B'" •• B Q-B6

Res ig ns

P EREZ B", • • B

P.oN4 P·OR3

N·R4 R·Bl

••• R·B3 poNS

'" Q xQPch Resigns

FISCHER B • •

Q.K2 P·B5 R.B3

R/ T·KBI K-RI N·K4 ." P-B6

Q-KR2 P-B7

R·KNT Q-KN2

N·86 ... , R_N3

Bd P-R3

P· KN4

••• N-N3

36. R/S-K B5 Ru lgns

Q_Rk h

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SMYSLOV 1. P·QB4 2. N·QB3 3. P x p 4. P-KN3 5. B· N2 6. H·B3 7. p .QHe 8. B·N2 9 . P ·QR ' 10. 0 ·0 11 . P'0 3 12. R·Bl 13. N 'OR4 14. N-02 15. N·K4 16. N / K4.B5 17. Nx B 18. B·QSch 19. R·KI 20. P·Q4 2T . B·KB 3 22. Q x P 23. 0 -R4 24. KB. Rl 25. 0 ·OB4 26. Q.B4 27. OR·QI 28. NxN 29. R-Q3 30. 0 -R4

SZABO I . P'Q4 2. p ·OBe 3. N·QB3 4. N·B3 5. P·K3 6. B·Q3 7. 0 ·0 S. P-QR3 9. BPIt P 10. P x P 11. P x B 12. p ·Be 13. P x P 14. P ItN 15. p ·Ke 16. K-RI 17. BxB 18. B' N2 I'. o·oe 20. P' 0 6 21 . R· KI 22 . 0 ·02

KHOLMOV 1. P'Q4 2. p .QBe 3. p .Q$ 4. N.oB3 5. P x P 6. N·B3 7. P-K4 S. B·K2 ..... 10. No02 11. R. KT 12. P·KR3 13. B·Bl 14. p ·ORe 15. Px P ,.. Bx N

TRINGOV 1. P.K 4 2. N·KB3 3. P·04 4. N x P 5. N·OBl 6. P ·KN3 7. B. N2 8. 0 ·0 9. 8 ' 1(3 10. P.oR3 11 . P·R3 12. p · KN4 13. N /4-K2 Te. P·B4 15. PKP 16. RPx P

ENGLISH OPENING

N·KB :; 31. p ·Be P' 0 4 32. I(·BI NKP 3l. B·B3 P·K4 34. BKB N·K2 35. 0 ·R5

QN·B' 36. Q·N6 P-QR3 37. R/ l.ol

N·B4 38. K· KI B· K2. 39. K·Q2. B· K3 40. PKR 0 .0 oil . K·B3

P-B3 42. B·81 Q.o2 43. Bx N N·R3 44. R·KI Q-BI 45. Q·K e BKN 46. QKO B·R6 47. RxP K· RI (8. K-02 N.oI 49. K·K3 P· B3 so. K_K2 PKP 51. R· K4

N-K3 52. R-K7 N· N4 53. RxP N·84 54. R·KR 7 N-Q' 55. R·Rl

N/l.82 S6. R.KNI N·K3 57. K.o2. Bx N 58. R·Rlch

N· N4 59. R·R4 K·Nl Res;gns

NIMZO-INDIAN

N·KB3 P-K3 B· N5

••• P· B4 P'Q4 N.B3 B·R4

KP It P B •• 8 · NS N·K4 NKN B·R6 N·Q2 B • •

••• P·QN3 P·B3 K·RI N. K3 N·N4

23. 8 · N2 24. R.ol 25. P·Q7 26. P ·B4 27. QxR 2B. RKN 29. P· K5 30. B·B6 31. P·QR4 32. RPKP 33. P·K6 34. R·Q3 35. K· N2 36. R-K3 37. K· BI 3B. R·Kl 39. K_N2 40. PKR 41. R-K4 e2. B-Qe 43. P ·R3

BENONI

N·KBl P ·B4 p ·Kl ". P·Q3

P-K N3 8·N2 • .0

R·KI N·R3 R-NI B",

p ' QNe N·B2

NKNP B.B

17. RKP T8. N·8 3 19. R·Re 20. P_KS 21 . P·I(6 22. Px Pch 23. R·R2 14. B_Kl 2.5. Q·Rl 26. BxH 27. Rx Rch 21. R·Rt 29. Q·R6 30. RKRch 31 . N·KNS 32. Q·R8

SICILIAN OEFEHSE

P·QB4 P· K3

••• P·QRl

0 ·B2 p.QNe

B-N2 B·K2 ... ,

N-K83 N·8 3 P. R3 R·QI P·Q4 P· N5

NKQNP

17. B·Q4 18. Nx N 19. O-KI 20. P·8' 21. Q-82 22. QR·Ql 2'. N·N3 24. K-R2 2.5. B-K5 U . Q-K2 27. B·Q4 21. RKN t9. Kx B lO. BKP 31. BKB Resigns

JIMENEZ N.R6c h

8 · N5 p .KR<4

••• Q·K 3

QR.ol H'

Q·N8ch RKRd\ QKPch

••• ••• ... 0 ' N4

Q·K4ch

••• R·BS K· R2

R·B6t h K· R' K· N4

P· KN3 R·83 P ·N6 K·NS

R·K3ch K· R6 K·H7 K-B6

GARCIA N·B2 R·Bl R·B ~ R·0 3 ••• 0 ·B2 R·QI K-NI

P .QN4 Q-R4 O· NS

Q·Kk h .. ., Q.NSch Q-Qkh Q-Q6ch

••• K-B2. P·KR4

P·R5 Resigns

PEREZ B.Q6 Q· N3 P·BS N' 02 N·B4

"'. K·HI Q. N6 0 ·N5 • • B

••• R·QBl R-81 B • • Q.82

Resig n .

IVKOV KNKQP

••• 0·. ... , 0·01 B-RS R·KI 0·B2 .. B. P·B3

NKK Bp BKNc h

P.K4 • • B •••

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A total of 67 players competed in the event, held under the auspices of the Philadelphia Chess Association and di­rected by Robert Lincoln and Ed Strehle.

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245

Post-Mortem of a "Brilliancy" In the firsl round of the Olympiad in

rei Aviv last year. I outwitted Bednar­ski of Poland in a game that has been published several times in Europe as a presumed "brilliancy." To the aver­(lQ'8 player or even moster. the piece sacrifice looks convincing. for did not the opponent collapse within eight moves?

Ah. but there's the pilfClU of combina­tional cbess. The first evaluation bare· ly glimpses the ramilications-and. as I shall show. the combatgnis. in the heat of the arena, have no full grasp 01 the complexities, Even a great grand· master's post-mortem gnalysis, pro­duced in tranquillity. may be inaccu­rate.

KING'S INDIAN DEFENSE Saidy

1. P·QB4 2. N·QB3 3. P·Q4 4. P-K4 5. P-83 6. B·K3 7. Q·Ol 8. B-03 9. KN-K2 10. 0-0 11 . BxP 12. B·N3 13. N·R4 14. KR·Bl 15. R·B2

Bednarski P·KNJ

8·N2 N·KBl

P-Q3 P·B3

P·QR3 P.QN4 QN·Q2.

O.() p,p

N·N3 P..QR4 B-QRl KN.Q2.

........ I have passed over the opening

moves. White's Saemisch Attack seems to have established a satisfactory sway in the center . The Black QBP is back· ward , but capturing it by 15. RxP would give Black strong play via 15. . ....... , B·N4; 16. NxN, NxN and 17 .. .. ..... , P·R5. But now White's serenity is destroyed by

1 S. . .. .. .•. P·QB41

Keres ("British Chess Magazine", December 1964) q ueries this move. Nevertheless, in my considered opinion, it is impeccable.

At this point I pondered for forty valuable minutes, appalled by the dis· jointed position of my own pieces and

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by Dr. A. F. Saidy the fact that Black had so swiftly freed his position. 16. PxP, !"lxN; 17. BxN, NxP gives Black a f ine game. I must admit now that, had I seen a quiet way to retain an edge. no " brilliancy" would have been hatched (with such a long gestation period).

16. NxPt? ....... . Keres rewards this sacrifice with a

pure "!". saying, ''The combination is original and easily overlooked". (Per· haps it should have been!)

16. ........ PxN 17. PxP P-RSI

Keres seems to prefer 17 .. ....... , N·BI, but then White would enjoy ample corn· pensation fo r the Knight.

la. BxPch This weakcning Black's King position

is the only chance. (White now had less than a half hour left for 23 moves).

18. .. ...... RxB 19. PxN BxN?

Keres: "Certainly Black's best prac· tical chance". Here I must take issue. Best is 19 . .. ...... , P·R6! and the long pin is highly embarrassing; e.g., 20. N·B4, PxP; 21. R·Nl (21. RQ1?? , RxN; 22. BxR, QxPch and 23 ......... , P·N8= Q), 21. ........ , N·BI ; 22. N·Q5, N·K3 and White has reached the end of his attacking rope. White's best chance is a further sacrifice : 20. R-Ql , PxP; 21. RxP! , 8xR; 22. QxB and the advanced passed pawn and good positioning may conceivably succecd in baJancing B1ack's extra Rook. There is no obvious conclusive line for Black:

Played automatically- why waste pre· cious time on the obvious? But, as I never suspected until reading Keres' notes, 20. P·N7! givcs White the advan· t age. Moreover, after 20 . .. .... .. , R·N I (not 20 . ...... .. , B·N4; 21. R/ I·QB1) 21. R/ I· QB1 , he makes the rather extreme allegation of "no adequate defense." However, any obituary notices for Black would be highly premature in view of the resource 21. ........ , B·QR3; 22. R·B8, R·KB1! ; 23. RxQ, KRxR; 24. R·B7 (to force the Knight back rather than allow 24. Q·R5, QBxP; 25. QxP, N·K4, ctc.) 24 . ........ , N·Bl (not now 24 . ...... .. , N·K4; 25. Q·R5, QBxP; 26. RxB, R·Q8ch; 27. K·B2, RxR; 28. Q.R8 with check) 25. Q.R5, QBxP; 26. QxP, KBxP! with definite piece counterplay against the Queen and threc pawns; e.g., '1:1. RxP (27. Q-N3ch. B·Q4) 27 . ......... B·KB3; 28. Q-B4eh. K-RI ; 29. Q·KBl?!, BxR; 30. QxB, K·Nl! and 31. ........ , R·Q2.

20. ........ NxP Again, 20. . ....... , P·R6 is. of course.

playable. but after the planned 21. R·Q1, PXP; 22. RxP! BxR; 23. QxB White bas sacrificed a Rook with a full tempo ahead of the similar variation discussed above, with a draw very probable; e.g., 23 .........• Q·Kl ; 24. P-N7, R·QI; 25. B-R7. N·N; 26. R-QBI. P·K3 (or 26 . •.......• R· KBI; 27. B-N6) Z'I. R-B8, RxR; 28. PxR (Q), QxQ; 29. QxN= .

21 . RoOl ........

21. ........ Q·Nl?? The decisive error in a flawed con·

test-and the main reason for the mis· named "brilliancy." 21. ........ , N·Q2 is the only move-and more than ade· quate. Probably Black feared 22. R/2-Q2, P·K3; 23. Q·N5-overlooking 23 . ........ , Q·NI , saving the piece. for if 24. QxQ ch. NxQ; 25. R·Q8 cb, R·Bl; 26. B·B5, then 26 ......... , N·B3. After 21 .........• N· Q2 White would have an uphill battle with two pawns and pressure for the Knigbt. but now he has an easy win.

22. Q.NS N-Bl Despair. A little more resistance is

provided by 22. ........• R·B3, but after 23. R-B6. RxR; 24. QxR, Black cannot save the Knight ; e.g., 24 . ........ , R·R3; 25. Q·K6 ch, K·Rl; 26. R·QBl and White wins.

23. R-Qach R·Bl Or 23 . ........ , B·Bl ; 24. QxQ, RxQ; 25.

R/2xN, RxR; 26. RxR and the rest is child's play.

24. Q·QSch Resigns Because after 24 ......... , K·Rl; 25. RxR

ch, BxR; 26. B·Q4 ch Black must sur· render either his King or most of his material.

"A nicely played game," says Keres. A nice compliment, too, but no medal of perfectio n.

BYRNE EXHIBITION Robert Byrne, international grandmas·

ter, will give an illustrated lecture on chess and play a simultaneous exhibi. tion on Friday evening, January 21 , at 7:30 p.m. at the Evanston, Illinois YMCA, 1000 Grove SI. Price is $4 a board or 51 for spectators. For information or reservations Ed Peterman at above ad· dress.

CHESS LIFE

Here and There ... The Mlrsh, 1I Chen Club (23 W. 10

SL. New York) is holding "40-20" tOUf­naments every Saturday at 2 p.m. The novel time limit of 40 moves in 20 minutes enables the entire tournament to be played in an afternoon. Entry fcc is 81 for top section, 50¢ fo r others. Non­members arc invited to play on a trial basis.

• • • • • Mark Wells scored 6-0 to take lifst

place in the 1965 Los Alamos (N.M.) Tou rnament, played at the rate of one round a week [rom September to Novem­ber. Donald Dodder , 5·1, took second in a field of 18.

• • • • • The Grelter Boston Open, played on

October 16-17. ended in a tic between William Robcrlic and Alex Keyes, each scoring 4~l: - lh. They were declared co­champions in an event that attracted 53 players. Third and fourth were John Curdo and Lawrence Kaufman, each 4-1. Class awards went to : David ScheUer (1st A); Thomas Barham (2nd A); Robert Gwirtzman ( 1st B); Layton Holloway (2nd B); Walter Hesse (lst C); William Margulies (2nd C); Ker mit Pransky (Top Unrated). The tournament, sponsored by the MSCA and directed by Will iam Lukowiak, offered a circulating trophy dona ted by the Lit huanian Chess Club of Boston.

Grandmaster Arthur B. Bisguier top­ped the 37-player 2nd Norwich Univer-5ity Open, played a t Norwich University in Northfield. Vermont on November 6-7. He was touched for draws in the final two rounds, however, by F rank Hacker and Canadia n expert Gerry Rubin. Bis­guier's score of 5-1 placed him a Y.t-point ahead of Les Lowry, Ron Lohrmann, Rubin, Hacker, and William Hemme les. The tournament, sponsored by the Nor­wich Universi ty Chess Club, was directed by Prof. Seth C. Hawkins.

Bisguicr also gave a th irty-board simultaneous exh ibition in conjunction with the tournament, scoring 28 wins and yielding two draws.

• • • • • The third annual Cent ..... 1 California

Open and Qualifying Tournament, play­ed in Sacramento on October 22-24. end. ed in a four·way tie among David Blohm, Frank Thornally, William Haines and Arthur Wang. Bloh m qualified to play in the Stnle Championship next month, with ThornaJly as fi rst alternate. Class prizes were awarded to Alan Benson, highcst scorer in the 1600-1999 group, Allen Moxley. who fi nished bes t among those r ated below 1600 or un· rated, and Chris Fotias. highest finisher among those ra ted 1600 or unrated who were not members of the Central Cali{. ornia Chess League. The tournament. which was directed by USCF Pres ident Ed Edmondson, had a turnout oC 78 play­ers, including lwo masters and ten ex-

NOVEMBER, 1965

e perts. A total of $386 was awarded in prizes.

• • • • • Floyd Stretch scored 4 Y.z points in five

rounds to take a clear lirst in the Gotd· en Days Championship, played in Fair­banks Alaska on July 2,3·25. Don Ander­son a~d Robert Gamble, both with 4·1, took second and third in a field of 19.

• • • • • M.l.T. swept all f ive of its matches

to take firs t place in the Norwich Un i· ve rsity Invitational, played in Northfield, Vermont on October 23·24. The Univer· sity o r Massachusetts ' " A" team was next with 3Y.z·H~, the "B" tcam was third and the Norwich University "B" team was fourth. Board prizes went to: 1. Carl Wagner (MIT) 5-0; 2. Dave Palmer (Mass. "A") 5-0; 3. Wayne Porter (M IT) 5-0; 4. Bill Walker (MIT) 5.(1.

• • • • • The Wi5consin State Speed Champion'

ship, played in Hawthorn Glen on Octo­ber 10, was won by state champion (and U.s. Junior Champion) William Martz. Martz took top honors in his 100man pre· liminary section, then went on to score 21f,, · Y.t in the Cour·player finals, ahead of ~owak, Weldon and Gaigals.

The East Brunswick (N.J.) Chen Club, which meets each Wednesday evening from 7:30 p.m. at VFW Post 133, Cran­bury Rd., is one oC the most active ch~ss groups in its area, having an active membership of about ninety. Among other events sponsored by the dub Is a

student tournament held each spring lor the school ch ild ren of the township. The club is sponsored by the East Br unswick Recreation Commission as a town activ­ity.

• • • • • A record turnout was registered ill

USCJo~· rated Labor Day tournaments throughout the nation. Rated events were held in twenty·three states and In· volvcd a total of 1480 players. New J ersey led the way, with 195 players, followed by Illinois with 165 and Massa­chusetts wi th 130. About one-n inth or the USCF membership competed in tourna· ments over this one holiday weekend; undoubted ly many more would have done so if tournaments had been sched­uled for the other 27 states. A reason­able goal fo r Labor Day '66: a chess tournament in every state!

• • • • • The Centra l Bank Round Robin, played

in Denver, Colorado on successive Fri· days from October 1 to 29, was cond uct­ed in lour 6-p!ayer seclions. Section winners were Danie l Gollub (Arizona) and George Pipiringos (tic), Chr is G. Lova ta, Dennis Tenney and (despit~ his name!) Robert Loser. Tournament Direct· or Al Wallace reports that one or the non-winning players scored the tourna· ment 's biggest victory - in the Irish Sweepstakes, to the tune of S28.000!!

• • • • • Dr . Alex Dar bes of Charleston, Wes t

Virginia scored 4.Y.t .Y.z to take Cirst place in the 21·player second annual Ashland (Ky.) Open, played on October 2 and 3. John Spencer of Columbus, Ohio and William Payne of Huntington, W. Va . each scored 4.-1 and took second and third. The title or Ashland City Cham· pion went to Bobby R. Duncan.

Grandmaster ARTHUR BISGUIER gives iI ledun at Norwich University before play ing his 30·board uhlbition and winning the Norwich Univenity Open. (Story ilboviI)

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The sixth rating tournament of 1965 at the Slinta Moniu Bay (Calif.) Chess Club was concluded on October 4, vic­tory in the 27-player event going to Frank McReynolds who turned In a 6-0 sweep. Jerry Porth, 5-1, was runner-up.

• • • • • USCF Senior Master Michael Valvo

breezed to a ~ victory in the 14-player open division of the Gold Cout Open, played in Palm Beach Shores, Florida. John L. Foster and !Iofurray Cohen were second and third r espectively.

In the 19·player Amateur Division George Lawhon won the "A" HUe while E. Grafton was tops in the "B".

• • • • • The Labor Cay Open played In Gard­

en Grove, Calif. , was won by Ronald Gross with a score of Mi·*. Second, with 5-1, was Ben Kakiml and third, with 4* points, was Ben Schaeffer. A total of 26 players competed. · . . , ,

G. C. Bates, scoring 5-1 , topped the 17-player Alabama Open, played in Birm· ingham on September 3·6. Salvador Martinez Jr. , with ~.2 , placed second.

• • • • • John Pamiljens of BrookLyn, N.Y.

swept to a 5·0 victory in the fift h annual Southeastern Naw England Open, played in Providence, R.I. on October 23-24. James Bolton of New Haven, Conn. was a clear second in the 37-player field , scoring 4'f.z·1h . Placing third through sixth-with four points-were Alexander Keyes, Cambridge, Mass.; Robert Barry, Providence, R.I.; Gary John, Cranston, R.I.; and Alan Staub, Brooklyn, N.Y . The tournament was sponsored by the Rhode Island Chess Association and was directed by the Association's president, Phil Hirons.

• • • • • The 14-player Cornell Fall Open,

played at Cornell University in Ith aca, N.Y. on October 22-24, was won by Dr. Erich Marchand who edged out runner­up Peter Graves on tie·break points. Both scored 4~V-h. Anthony Serafini was third and Steven Grant was fourth, each with 3lh. · . , . ,

Thirty players took part in the quali­fying tournament of the Phoenix (Ariz.) Chess Club from September 17 to Octo. ber 15. The top five players-Mark Lit­terman, Armand Bosco, Maynard D. Pedersen, Richard J . Mann, and Fred W. Kessler, Sr.-are eligible lor the finals of the club's 1966 Championship. All S(!ored 4-1.

• • • • • Richard Hulswit scored a 5-0 sweep

fo take a clear first in the East Detroit (Mich.) Open on September 25-26. AI­thur Mack, Fred Morningstar, Michael Swalya and Ben Crane fin ished second through fifth in the order listed, each with 4-1. Thirty·six players took part in the event, sponsored by the East De­troit Chess Club and directed by Roy E. Collins.

• • • • • Roy Hoppe swept to a 5-0 victory in

the Central N_ York Open, played in

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MARCHAND SWEEPS GATEWAY Dr. Erich Marchand of Rochester, N.Y.

swept to a 5-0 victory in the sixth an­nual Gateway Open, played in Pitts­burgh, Pa. on October 2-3. Second place in the 68-player event went to John Telega of Clairton, Pa. who scored 414 · *. John Phythyon, Columbus, Ohio; Arthur Renna, Old Forge, Pa.; George Doschek, Pittsburgh; Robert Walker, Pittsburgh; and Robert Larsen, Erie, Pa.-all with 4-1-shared third through seventh.

Erich Marchand

Syracuse on October 23·24. George Mauer, 4-1 , was second in the 20·player field and Gregory Grant, with 31h , took third.

• • • • • The third annual Brazos Open, played

at Texas A &. M University on September 25-26, attracted a field of 29 players and was won by Robert Brieger of Houston who had the tie-break edge on Eric Bone, Baytown; J. B. Payne, Corpus Christi ; and C. Bill Jones, Houston. All the leaders posted 4-1 scores and placed in the order listed.

• • • • • The first Prescott City (Ariz.) Tourna·

ment, played in August and September, was won by Francis Brown whose score of 4-0 topped an ll-player fi eld. Dwight Stewart, 3-1, was runner-up.

, . . . . Tim Delaney, with a s<!ore of 51h ·l 'k .

won the championship of the San Ber· nardino (Calif.) Chess Club. Second in the 8-player round robin was Steve Skrypzak, 4-3.

• • • • • Thirty.one players were on hand for

the Mill Varley (Calif.) Open on October 9-10 which was won in a 5-0 sweep by 19.year-old expert David Blohm. Arthur Wang, Kenneth M. Grover , Roy Cuneo and Don Kendail-all with 4-1- placed second through fifth in that order.

The annual Chicago lndustrllli Chess League "30/ 30" was won by Angelo San­drin whose clean SOO topped a field of 22. Walter Grombacher, Ted DeParry and Victor Narkevicius-all with 4-1-placed second through fourth. . , . . ,

The Ch icago Chen Club, located at 64 E. Van Buren St., has revived its Friday night rapid transit tournaments. Start­ing time is 7 p.m. The October 22nd event ended in a tie for first between Ray Wenzel and Danny Fischheimer, wi th Angelo Sandrin, Edward Formanek and Joseph Pundy tying for third through fifth . Craig E. Busse, a new and as yet unrated player, was on the top rung of the club's ladder tournament during the entire month of September. The ladder now has ninety 0) players. , , . . ,

Forty-seven players turned out for the second annual Hoosier Open played in Indianapolis, Ind. on Octobe~ 23-24. Ed Vano, with 41h points in five rounds . ' was a clear first; Theodore Pehnec, Rich· ard Braden, Henry Tyler, Edward Ernst, and Wendell Lutes-all with scores of 4-1- placed second through sixth in the order listed. The tournament, sponsored by the Indianapolis Chess Club, was directed by Paul Richman, assisted by Gordon Morey and Nick Van Duesen. , . , . ,

Postal chess plilyers are invited to take part in the second Peachstate Post­al Chess Championship, sponsored by the Georgia State Chess Association. En­tries will be accepted through December 1965 and full details may be bad by writ­ing to Philip M. Lamb, 779 Orange St., Macon , Georgia. , , , . ,

Pittsburgh downed Cleveland in a 14-board match played at the Cleveland Chess Center on October 17. The match was a close one, the visitors scoring 7"h to 6* fo r their hosts. The full results:

Pltb bur , h Cleveland 1. R. Waker 0 R. Kaute 1 a. M. S. Lubell 'h J. Schroeder 'At , . F . A . Sonnsen 1 R. M8'luehowskl 0 4 . L. W. Cardner 1 M. Paruta 0 IS. W . Byland I D. Laas 0 8. G. Doachek 1 H Can, 0 7. D. MeClellan 'At H: Hintze! 'h-8. D. LAwrence 1 J. Joyce 0 II. J . Tele,a 0 E. Kosuk I

10. n. Bury 0 G. Kromp 1 11 . R. Kinney I W. GaJe'Wsky 0 12. J . Kolts 'At J . Hottman 'At 13. E. Dollaro 0 L. Than 1 14 . J . Lowenthal 0 L. Batte. 1

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TACTICS FOR BEGINNERS By Dr. Erich W. Marchand 1. SlcrificinSl

One of the first things beginners must learn is to keep track o( material values in simple combinations. A Knight or Bishop is worth about three Pawns; a Rook, live; and a Queen, eight. For a long time, the beginner must t rain him­sell to avoid little traps where he loses the Exchange (Rook for Bishop or Knight) or a piece for two Pawns, or a Queen for two minor pieces.

Eventually, however, comes the day when a player must learn to sacrifice material when this is called {or. Usually the sacrifice is only temporary, but the point is to be ever on the watch for combinations where the first move looks completely illogical at Iirst glance, but where deeper analysis shows that the lost material will be returned with profit.

2. Queen Sacrifice If one can get three minor pieces for

the Queen or two Rooks Cor a Queen, it is clear he has a good deal as indi­cated by tbe values listed above_ How­ever, in the foll owing game the situaUon is even simpler since a careful s tudy of the pOsition after the "sac" shows that White will win the opponent's Qucen in return, plus an ext.ra piece_

North Centn l Open, Milw. ukee. 1964

ENGLISH OPENING E.MARCHAND " ZVERS

1. P-QB4 N-KB3 For a regular English Opening. Black

would play 1. ... .....• P-K4. But the above alternative provides a sati sfa ctory way for Black to withhold his intentions.

2. N-K B3 •••• •••• Somewhat less common :md so less

analyzed than 2. N·QB3. 2. ....... . NoOB3

Very unusual and not quite as com-fortable for Black as 2 ....... .. , P-KN3, or 2 ......... , P·K3, or 2 . ...... .. , P-Q3, or 2. ........ , P·B4.

3. P-Q4 .. ..... . When caught in unfamiliar opening

situations, one must rely on basic prin­ciples. Fighting for control of the center and rapid development of the pieces are two of the most important opening rules.

3. ... ..... P-Q4 4. Px P ....... .

Whiche\'er way Black recaptures, Wh" 'II . " " 0 ) e WI gam a tempo. n 4 ••••••.•• , QxP; 5. N-B3, Black must lose a move to protect his Queen.

4. ...... .. KNxP 5. P-K4 N-B3 6. N·B3 B-NS

Emanuel Lasker once stated a rule that one should not pin the opponent's KN until he (the opponent) has castled. The usual reason is that the maneuver P·KR3 (and if B-R4, P-KN4) can be played in reply with the idea of castling on the other side of the board and so

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not leaving the King exposed. In the present Situation, Lasker's rule applies for a different reason as soon appears.

7. P-Q5 ..... .. . On 7. B·K3, BxN; White m ust play 8.

PxB. weakening h is K·s ide. For 8. QxB, NxP loses a Pawn. Furthermore, While 's last move lays an elegant t rap.

7 . .. _..... N·K4

B. NxNJ ....... . Would you have seen it? And, if so,

would you have dared to play it? B. .. ... ... BxQ

Of course Black must accept the Queen since, otherwise, he has lost the Knight for nothing.

9. B-NSch P-B3 Naturally 9. . ....... , N·Q2; 10. BxNch,

QxB would leave White a piece ahead . 10. PxP P-QR3

A curious s itu3tion. Black has a num· ber of tries, but in each case he must give back the Queen with an extra piece to hoot. For instance. 10 .........• Q·B2; ll. PXP eh. N·Q2 ( ll . ........• K-Q l ; ]2. NxP Mate); 12. PxR(Q) eb. Or 10 . ........• D-N5; ll. NxB! Q·N3; 12. PxP eh, N-Q2 ; 13. PxR(Q) ch.

11. P-B7 ch 12_ PxQ(Q) ch 13. NxB

Now White has a "won game" with a piece for a Pawn. But such games have been known to slip away. Correct strat­egy calls for (1) completion of develop· ment, (2) exchanging pieces where pos­sible to avoid complications and also to increase the ratio of material advantage.

14. 0-0 ....... . Also playable is 14. P-B3, RxN Chi 15.

KxR, N·B7 ch; 16. K·K2, NxR; 17. B-K 3 and RxN.

14_ ....... . 15. N-KB3 16. B-K3 17. N-Kl

P·B3 P-K4 B-K2 .. -.....

Preparing to drive back Black's Knighl

17_ ....•... lB. P.B3 19. B-N6

K-B2 N.o3 •••••• ••

The natural-looking 19. N-B3 might give Black some chances by 19. . ....... , N-BS.

19. . ...... . 20. N-K3 21. N-Q3

Black is making a cibly straightening

RoOBt K-K3 N-BS

little headway, for· out his doubled

Pawns while gaining a tempo. But every exchange of pieces helps White's cause too.

22. Nx N PxN 23. N-B2 R-B3 24_ B-K3 P-B4 2S. KR_KI ....... .

A good example of the X.ray princi· pie. The Rook exerts influence beyond the Bishop and Pawn which seem to block its file .

. 25. . .... .. . ".3 26. B-Q4! ...... _.

Heading either for the strong post a t QB3 or ror a sacrifice to create fu r· ther exchanges_

26. . ...... . R-KI 27. BxPI B •• 2B_ RxB chi .... ....

Stronger than 28. P·B4 wiheh all ows Black to get one Pawn back.

2B. ........ KxR 29. R-Kl ch K-B3 30. RxR P-B6 31 . P:.: P ....... .

Surest. 31. N·Q3. R-Q3! might cause some problems. Even with a won game a player can never relax.

31. . ...... . R.P 32. R-Kl

Black threatened R·BS ch winning the N.

32. . .. .... . 33. R-RI 34. P-KR4 35. R-Nl

R_B7 P·R4 K-K4 ........

Playing for s implicity where the ex-tra piece will be overpowering.

35. _.. ..... RxP 36. RxP K·B3 37. R·N6ch K-B2

B1aek's King must retreat and so not get any chance to help create compli. cations. For 37 . ....• K·K4; 38. N-Q3 ch and 39. N·B4 would win the RP.

3B. N-R3 R-R5 39. N-NS ch K-K2 40. R.K6 ch K-Bl 41. R-KS P-N3 42. r -B4 K-Nl

Of course not 42 . ..... ... , RxP; 43. N-K6 'h,

43. P-N3 R-R7 44. K-BI

So as to play R-K2 and make a " bridge" for the advance of the King.

44. ... ..... K-N2 45. R-K7ch K-NI

Fatal would be 45 ....... .. , K-B3; 46. R-B7 Mate.

46. N-K6 ........ The bridge can wait. White hopes to

speed things up by winning the NP nrter which the other Pawns must soon fall . Many players on the Black side would have resigned long ago. But Black has n smnll idea.

46. .. ..... . 47_ R_N7 ch 4B. RxP 49_ K-N2 SO. K-R3 51. R-R6 ch 52_ RxP

R-R3 K·Rl

R-RB ch R-R7 ch

R·R8 K-Nl K-B2

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MARCHAND-Contd. from p . 249

53. N·Q4 54. R·N5ch 55. Nx P ch 56. R·N7 ch 57, R-N7

K·N3 K·R3 K-Rl K·Rl ... _ ...

On a move Uke 57. P-R5 Black can create problems due to the fact th at his King has no moves. For instance, 57. ........ , R·R8 ch; 58. K·N4 (58. K·N2, R· R7 ch; 59, KxR? stalemate), RxP (not 58. R-R5 ch, NxR!); but White still wins by 59. R·N7.

57. .. ...... Now he should really

58. P·R5 59. K·N4 60, N·R4 61 , P·R6 62. N·N6ch

Because of 62, ........ , Mate,

R·QB8 resign. R·R8ch

R-R7 R-R8 R·R7

Resigns

K-Nl; 63, R·N7

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by JOHN W. COLLINS

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Portland. Maine, chess dub, submits th is ga me with the comment: "A game by a young Collins who bas heen making news in the Portland a rea. This lirst round upset made 18-yeor-old Rich­ard Coll ins the Portland City Champion ---a title beld by Daly lor three years."

Portland Championship, 1965 QGD: TARRASCH DEFENSE

R. Collins H. 8 . Da ly 1. N·Ke3 P.QB4 3. P·KN3 N·B3 2. P·B4 N·QB3 4. N-B3 P·K3

This leads to an inferior opening. Sounder arc 4 . ....... . , P·KN3 and 4. n, " " ' ,

P·Q3. 5. B·N2 p.Q4 6. PxP PxP 7. P·Q4! .. ..... .

Another Collins, another Queen Pawn player! White has transposed into the Rubinstein Variation of the Tarraseh Defense with a favorable position.

7. ........ B·K2 8. 0 ·0 O,() 9. B·B4 ... .... .

A good move, less booked tban 9. PxP and 9, B·K3, which are good too.

9. ........ 8-84 If Black wants to play the Swedish

Variation (which he does on his next move) he should omit this.

10. R·Bl P·B5 11 . N·KS N·KS?

This loses a Pawn and the game. Cor· rcct is simply 11. .... .. .. , R·B!.

12. NxQN PxN Of course not 12 . .. .. ... . , NxN??; 13.

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A Pawn ahead with the bettet' pawn· poSition, the win demands only the good techniques which White supplies.

15. .... .... Q·N3 16. Q·B2 P·KB4 17. B·K3! ..... .. .

If 17. RxP, QxQP. The Bishop move de· fends the QP and wins the QBP.

17. ........ Q·R3 18. P·QR3 QR·Bl 19. R·Bl P·KN4

Or 19 ..... ... . , R·B3; 20. P·Q5, and wins. 20. P·Q5 P·B4

If 20 . ...... .. , P-BS; 21. B·Q4. 21. BxBP BxB 23. QxR QxKP 22. RxB RxR 24. P·Q6 ...... ..

This unstoppable Pawn is one that counts.

24. . ...... . 25. P-Q7 ........

Threatening 26. QxRch, KxQ; 27. p. Q8:::: Qch.

25_ ... .... . Q·B3 26. QxRch !

Regardless. 26. ...... .. Resigns

Both 26 . .. ..... . , KxQ and 26 ......... , QxQ lose to 27. R-B8(ch).

Bravo, ColIins. And a long, successful career!

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