Vol. IX, No. 13

Conducted by RU SSELL CHAU VENET

S E~D solutions to Position No. 156 to Russell Chauvcnct, 121

Gist Ave., Silver Spring, Plfd., by April 5, l~. With your solution please send analysis (lr reasons ~supporting your choice as " Best Move'.' or moves.

Solvl.o:" t o Position No. 1S6 will .p­pur In the APril 20, 19S5 ISI U8 .

NOTE: Do rrtJ/ piau solun"ns to /"'0

pfui/iom on 0,,/1 ced; bt SII ., to inJkttlf (Orrell numbn 01 position bting so/ud, a .. d gJ", the full ",,,M <tnJ .JJ,us 01 I~ Jo/ .. n / 0 .usist in pro,t, ad"ing 0/ solulwJI.

SVENSSON WINS SPOKANE TITLE

.The Spokane OiLy Ch3Jmpionsilip, sponsored by l.lSCF Affilia ted Spo­ka ne Chess Chili and held at the Univcl'Sit y Club. ended in a tie between Leon Svensson and Gor­don Cornelies with S'h-'h each, drawing with each . other. In a play-Off ffi.<ttch for the title Svens­son scored l 'h-'h to .win the Uhle.

:'Jlhird was Phil .Aikma n with S~l, losing no games but drawing with· Dr. G.H. P a rker and J ohn Vhaq. Fourth and fifth on Solkoff ;points with 4'h-l 'h ea'eh were Dr. Parker and P.A. ·Lybcrger. P·arker lost to Svensson and dl'~ with Aiklman; Lylber ger 10sl to P arker .and drew with Donald Dan'iels. Sixth to thir teenth with 4-2 ea'c:h in' the 42 player event were Robert Higgin­soo, Robert Dyc us , AI Mohr, Ken· neth Roberts, Eric Thunberg, Ray Kromer, Emil Ma.ykowshyj , and 'Robert Dineen. Dr. Griffi th H. Parker acted as tournament d irec­tor.

EUWE PRAISES AMERICAN CHESS

In an exclusive article in Ute C~veland Chess Bulletin for Feb­ruary 15th, Dr. M.ax Euwe speaks in flattering terms of the future of American chess, particularly stressing the growing interest in chess, the development of ehess interest among women. and the fa ct that American partiCipants in a simultaneous exhibition cannot be bluffed.

U. S. OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP

August B-20, 1955 Long Beach, Calif""""

ess ..America 6 CJ..~ n.Uldpar" Copyright ' 955 by United St ;l l., Chess Federa t ion

Saturday. March 5, 1955 IS Cents

Positio" No. 156

White to p l.y

WILLS TRIUMPHS AT NEW ORLEANS

Alfred B. Wills with a score of 8·1 again won the New Orlea ns City Cha mpionship; he was unde­feated, giving up draw.s to A. L. McAu~' :lr,d F:-ank Chu.vez. A.L. McAuley came in a close second to Wills , scoring 11f~-1 'h. Mrs. Irene Vines, who made such a brilliant record in ,lhe U. S. Women's Open last August, placed third with a score of 6'h~2'h . (She had plaee:d 6th place in last year 's city tourn· amcnt.) Frank Ch'a'vez was fourth with 6-3 ; an<! iDr. KeiUleth N . Vines was Iflflh ·wilh 6-'1.

C. 1. Cuolillu, a new comer to the ~cw Orleans Chess Club, won t~ Reserwc Tournament. lCueullu, undefeated, had a score of 7-2

'since he had 5 wins and 4 draws. William P. Naser willi a score of 7~ lost out on first place in tie· 'brC31king points. Third place went to J. C_ Settle with 6\h-2!h. GaIlY Eedd was fourth with 6~-2'h, and N. E . Simoneaux fifth with 6-3.

MILIC TRIUMPHS AT BEVERWIJK

At the scventecnth annual tour­nament at- Beverwijk in January the growing imporlance of Yugo­slavia in ehess was further indi­cated by the 6*-2* triumph of Mi.l ic (no losses and five draws). Bou wmecster and Donner, both of Holland, shared second with 6-3, while Kramer of Holland was fourth with 5Y.! ·3*. Sixth was shared by Czerniak (Israel) and Prins (Holland) at 5-4 each.

Other scorers in the event were Kovae (Austria) and Pilnik (Argen­tina) 31h-5Y.! ; Bergsma (Holland) and Perez (Spain) 1-7.

Although first prize went to Yugoslavia, the performance of the Dutch masters, even without the aid of Dr. Euwe (then in the USA) was impressive.

Howard, Lombardy Share Championship

In Marshall C. C. Title Event By WILLIAM SLATER

In a breath-taking, hair-raising, neck-to-neck finish , l<"ranklin How­ard, lcading New Jersey master, and meteoric young William Lombardy. seventee n year old New York state champion, each scoring 1l'fJ: out of 14, swept to victory a full two points ahead of the field to share the cov­eted Marshall Club championship tllIe.

The two leaders ran side by side throughout the tournament. Each lost but ' a single game, Lombardy bowing to Claude Hillinger in the fifth round, and Howard being defeated by Florcncio Compamanes in the eighth.

Otherwise the performance of the two leaders was identical in every respect. Each drew a total of three games, drawing against each other , and both drew their games against A. E . Santasiere and Edmar Medrus as well.

Tide at 9lh-41h for third and fourth were youthful Edmar Med­nis and Anthony Saidy of Fordham University , outstanding st'orer at first board in the InteN!oUegiate Team Tournament.

Tied for fifth and sixth were Claude Hillinger and Allen Kauf­man, completing wbat was virtual­ly ·a fie ld day for youth.

Veteran Anthony K Sanlasiere, compeling in the Marshall cham­pionship for the thirty·fourth time, finishcd in a triple tie with Nicho­las B<lkos and J ohn Westbrock for the next three places with 71h-61h each . .

MARSHALL CHESS CLUB CHAMPIONSH IP

1. F . HowOl r d ................... 11 ~· 2~ 2. W. Lom bardy ... _ .................. , ... ll ~- 2 ~ 3. E. Mednis ..... ................................ 9 ~· 4~ 4. A. Saldy .. ............... _ ................. n· 4?i 5. C. llUUnger .... ___ ...... ...... _ •• .••. a -6 •• 6. A. Kaufman ._ ........ _ ................... 8 - 6 7. N. Bakuii' .................................... n· 6~ 8. ' A. 1::. Santastere ................ ~ .. _. n· " 9. J . Westbrock _ .......... _-. .. n- 6~ 10 . .1. DonovOln ........ _ •• _ .......... _ •. _ .... 7 _ 7 11. F. CamppmanC$ ........................ 6 _ 8 12. M. De Ueto ........................ _ ...... >1 -10 13. A. Kaminsky .... _ ......................... 4 -10 14 • .I. Nussbaum ._._ .... _ ............ _ .......... 2 ~-111 15. L . I(u]>t'rsmith ............................. I -Ill

REISMANN W INS IN PUERTO RICO

Paul Reismann, oorn in P<>land but a resident Of Puerto Rico for the P<lst six years, won the P OONO Ric-a n Championship, losing one g 3lDle '1.0 Arturo Co'Ion who pla~ed second. Puerto Rico's almost per­enniel champion, Miguel Cintron, who regained the tiHe last fall in a match with Francisco Benitez, did not C()mpete in the e:vent w.b-ich othel'lW:ise drew aD of P-uerto Rico's outstanding players.

The new ehaIIilJ)ion, who is also vice-president of the Puerto Rican Chess Fedel'1aoon and of ,the San Juan Chess Clu'b, has been very active in bringing to the island val'·

I ious notal:loks of ch~s as visitors, including Najdorf, Guim-ard, and Ulve~ad.

VOTE OF CONFIDENCE REQUESTED BY

USCF WAYS & MEANS COMMITTEE

USCF Secre t a ry J . B. Holt hilS submitted t he oHicial cou nt on the ballots from the USCF Board of Director s lind Ellecu­~;ye Cl)mmjtte~. Tht' v cte c Hi· da lly expreues the confide nce of the Board in the USCF Ways and Means Com m ittee as fo l­lows : Approv~ l : 51 votes Djwpprov~l: , voles Not Voting: , ml!mtN'u

( For tc"t 0/ lbe '~$ol .. tjon JubmiJUd /0' b<tllot ;"ll. p"~4.e tum to p.tgc /o .. ,.)

USCF PUBLISHES NEW AFFILIATION

(In this issue , the USCF publishes the Rcvised USOF AfEiliation .re­gulations, cffec'liJVe as of March I , 1955. All present affiliates ,will be no t:liicd of the changes. in regula­Lions and tournaments in prog­ress or announced prior to March 1 under the old ' terms of affiliation will be accepted for ' rating under the old conditions.

,Principal differeoC'e in the new rerm s of AIfiliation is in the 1ib­eralizing of conditions to permit a Stale organntion or a League to affilia te without requiring that all its me mbers become USCF mem­bers. S ince only -the events con­ducted by affiliatad uni ts will be eligible for rating after Mal1ch 1 (salVe those events already in IPro­gress), aK chess officials are re-

(Please turn to pa ge 2, col. 3)

U. S. 1UNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP

July 15-,24, 1955 Llncoln, N ebras1ca

Finish It The Clever Way! Po/ilion No. 147

GeUe r VI, Plp.poulos Amsterdam

1954

Po/ilion No. HB By Robert Brieger

Houston, TelliS First Publication :::.::.;;;;;;.-"...",

W HI'J'E mude onc move in Position No. 147 and Black rcsillned. The original composition by Robel'l Brieger is a fascinating tun·

talizer. The solver may consider the win as de monstrated if White ends up with a Rook and Bishop against Bishop; to end up with only a Rook against a Bishop is a draw (in exceptional positions a Rook may wi n against a Bishop. but not In this endi ng). The solution can be demonstrat· ed in four to six moves, depending on the variation.

For ",luHon, pleue turn to Pige Eight. Send I " .:ontrlbullons for !hl. column '0 Edmund H u h, 1530 28th PI. u , S.f.

WlShlng'on 20, D. C.

James Gore scored 6·2 to win the Major iJlescI'vc TOllrney at the Manhalt.an Ohess Club, I()sing (me game to R ay MUllitz 'and drawing with tAlbert Seropian and J erry Schmmel. Scropian was> second with 5Y::t-2~, ·while Joe Tama l1go placed third with 503.

HAVE YOUR TOURNAMENTS OFFICIALLY RATED

New Regulations Effective lIIarch 1. 1955 Tour n . ments. m . tchel (indi"idu.1

or t..m; I'OUnd I'OOln or Swiss) . ... ra t •• bl . wh.n $l)onsore<! by USCF . H iII.ted Or,.nl"lIon., if pl.yed unde r F IDE L .. ws, directed bY • com" ' ent offlcl.l, and pl .. yed . t t ime limit of not mo~ .h .. n 30 mo"e,. per hour.

The .. nnua l champ Ionship 'ouma· men. of .n USCF ClUb Cha pter and the InnU11 championship lourna· me nt of any USCF I ffli late who" By. LawI provlda th .. , all its m emo be" mvtt bt USCF mtmbort .. Iso ar a ra," w Ithout charge.

All olhe r ellgibla a " a nts .~ raled only If officl.1 ... port of event Is ICcomp.nlad by a remlltance cov· e rl"'lll • ra llntl fee of 10c per g.me for . 11 gemes eclu .. lly played in ttle contest. Un a Swiss one ..... lf ttl a nu mber of players l ime s HIe num­ber Clf roundli r epresents '01.1 g .. mel played If no byes Or fori.lts.)

NUIt th4, lOt R",in8 Irt pt. 8<m1t il colluted I.orn ,,1/ pl<l)'ttJ, ,.,hdhcr USCF mcmbns 0. not.

Saml ... nnu. lly rltln,,1 will be pUb' II shed of' III pullclpanls In a .. USCF.Rat.d events.

Offic;i.1 r a ting forms should be secured in ad .... nce from:_

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A nQW che.ss magazine "Chess H~:roer" has ·been announced. It will be confined to the interest Of chess book.Jlovers, and /Will cover books and 'magazines on all aspects of chess, and in all languages, ac·

. cording to its publisher, K. Whyld. There w~l be no game soorcs (ex­cept those quoted in revit!IWs), but specia l feat.ures will ioolude ans· wers to readers' queries, articles on "hess llbraries and full bibU· ogrll ph-ies on specia.l aspects o[ chess, such as , faif'Y chess, end­glllllCS, e lc. Subtcription is 3-6d a year, inoluding ·postage (orboul 55c) with llll SUbscriptions based on the oven volume number, end­ing at end of each year. No single copies so1d. Thosc interested may write: K. W~ld, !Editor and Pub· lisher, 125 TroweU Road. Wollaton, Nottinllbam, England.

• At the mid-point of the Lansing

Cilly Tournament lEd Banwick and Loo Zaikaws'ki share the lead wilh 3 points apiece, closely followed !by John lB. Kelly WIth 2'h. Six pla~en arc tied at 2 each.

Pill sbury (MemphiS) Chess Club : Or­,.nl!;ed lanu .. ry 27, 1955 with MIX F. Mueller. presIdent; A. O. Gruen, see­relary; I . A. Wrlghl, treasurer; and Hunter Weaks, tournament dl~ctor. Meetings Ire h eld every Thursday eve­ning: In Apartment 4 (H unter Wea~) at 150 No. Cooper St. The new Club al­read~' h ll I.uueu .. club bulleUn "Cats­.tan Potpourri" edited by Mil'. F . Muel· ler. 769 Un .... er$lty St., Memphis 7, Tenn.

City Chen ClUb (Vaneou"er): £U,ene Butkov cmer,ed as victor with S..,.y. In t h e club open tournament, while M. JUr$CvE!kLs wu runner-up wi th ,"'·ni. I,. M. DuvlU scored 7-3, a nd J . M. Taylor ~ In the ll·playcr event.

S.n Francls.co a ay Aru L"lIue: Gold­en G.1e trouneed ~Ue 6"'-" .nd UnJ­venity of C .. lI1o r nia do wned PUtt Alto 5-2 In Iie<.:<.lnd round, leav ln, GoI(!en Gate In the Iud with U. In the B D~ vIsion Alameda bested Golden G.te 4-3, a surprise vIctory, and Meebanle. In· sUtuta d eruled Kings 5-2.

INTERZONAL GAPS ALMOST FILLED

The cntry list of eligibles Cor the Interzonal Tournament at Goteborg this summer has come close to completion ,with the cltception be­Ing the Soviet Union where II

tou l'fla.l1).ent is in progress to name four and Oanada 'Which has not yet nominated Ib .participant. Twenty-lour players will compete and those fi nishing In the first six pla ces wi," be ent,iUed to oompete next year in tile Worfld Oha mpion· ship's Canilldatcs Tournament, the winner of which meeting Botvinnik in a match lor the WONd Champ. ionship title.

Those so far qua1jtied are: Un­zic.ker (Germ-am'), Donner (Holl· apd), Rabar and Fuderer (Yugo· slavia), P.achman and Filip (Czech­oslova'kia), S z a'b 0 (HungaIo/ ), Stahlbeng (Sweden), Panno and Najdo l'~ (Argentina) , lReshev.\,1t!y , Bisguier and Bva ns (USA), and Keres and Bronstein (USSR). It is not clear whether Medina (Vene­zuela) or CuoUar (Columbia) will represent Central America, or fNhc · the r P'ilnik or Guimard (Argen. tina ) will 'be 'the third representa· tive of the South American Zone. Canllda is cxpcct.cd to nominate ei·ther Yanafsky or Vaitonis.

USCF AFFILIATION (Continued from p age 1, col. 4)

qucsted to stlldy the new terms of affilia:Uon carefully and act prompt­ly in rcnewing aifiliation or appl.y­ing for it for organizations hlth­c:tu nOI aailia·tcd. ,All am>1ealions for a'Hiliatlon or questions regard­ing it should be addressed to: Kenneth Harkness, oUSCF Member. ship Secreta~, 81 Bedford Streel, New York 14 , N.Y.

rI'ext 01 the new Conditions of Af£iliation a.ppears on page four ol this issue.

Further details o[ the fabulous Nevada Championship at Las Ve­

. gas have been releascd. It will be held April 9-11, a seven round Swiss with $5.00 entry fee ($8.00 if the player Is accompanied by wife). Entries and r eservations for hotels or motels should be addressed to Fred Soly, 905 Cashman Drive, Las Vegas, Nev.

Joseph Lavandoro with 9'h-2'h won the Manhattan C.C. Premier R~rvc..'S, losing one game to Dr. Isaac Spector, while drttwing with Nathan Cohen, Alphen Murphy, and Ben Schiller in the double round event. Eugene Pflumm was second with 7 Ih -4'h, and Dr. Spector was thi rd with 7·5.

Cle"eland Chess Le'IIU': ln the Club Leal:'\le eurrent standlnt's ahow in the Western Division, Atlantic Internallonals luding 1Hl, Uk r ainlan·Amerlc.na He­ond 5-1, and East Clevel. nd noo~ th1rd wIth 4-2. In the Eastern Dtvlslon. East Sldo HUll£"iIIrla.lUI lead with 5..,41, sec· ond ta Cleveland Cheq ClUb with . 1, wb lle AUanUe Natlon. ls and Clenl.nd Twb t Drill have_ 401 each. All m.lehe, mu.st be concluded by February 28th, ~s the playoffs belween E.,t.cm and We.tem Division tuna begint Mar ch 7th. A USCF AffWated Lelrue.

(J. •• ~ .Lit. .!In 11_ Yo,/'

By AU.. Kaufman

O F all the forms of chess played In this city the most dynamic

and the most controversial is, .with. out doubt, blit~. Considering the I his tory o! chess, blilZ was inevita· ble. Time li mits have evolved f rom none at all in the last century (re· member Morphy bursting into tears at his opponent's procrasti· nation?), throu&h tournamentcbess (twel ... e, eighteen, then (orty moves I an hou r), and 30-30 dJess (thirty I moves in half ttn hour), to rapid transit (ten seconds a move). And now blitz.

Blitz has its supporters, who say it quickens the tactical sense; its detractors, who want that it ruins onc's serious chess; and its ad­dicts, who claim it Is the pures( form of the game- no thinking, just playing!

The gnme, daily gaining in popu­larity here. Is played at several speeds, rll ng in~ rrom seconds a move to absoi ll te move-on-move. Julius l'.artos has apothcosized blitz-necOl'ding to his rules each player simply moves as quickly as he can, regardless of what the other one does. Consequently, the penalty for moving slowly is that you get fewer moves in.

Blitz is most enjoyable when ac· companied by the slamming of pieces and kibitzing. (A kibitz may , be defined a~ a quip 'vaguely l:tJll·

nected with either the position at hand or the opponent un der foot, and demonstrating the kibilv!r's erudition and skill at language. The bc..'St kibitzes arc those that , arc general and so can be used t aguin and again.)

Since blitz. games are fiUed with blunders, it is not uncommon lod skilled blitzers to give phenomenal odds to those less experienced. In I Progressive Blitz, tbe odds are in­creased after each game the odds­giver wins, and decreased afler each game he loses.

)<'ollowing is the soore or a game played during a progressive match a lew days ago:

Whit.. , Black ELIOT HEARST R. E.

(Rtmo .. t Whiu's Q,w:n, Qurtn'l Rook., .. nil RinS's Kni"ht) t . P-QKt3 P·KKU 2. a ·Ktl Kt-Kal 3. P·K4 a ·Kt2 4. P·K!l4 P-K R4

5. P·KKt4 PXP • . P' R5 KtxP 7. a "a K'"B t. R"R male

IN BRIEF: Forry Laucks gave a pllr ty for Lombardy and Howard, newly-crowned Marshall C.C. 00-champs .... Albert Pinkus 4*·1'h leads in the Manhattan C.C. cham­pionship. This yoar's giant· killer appears to be Feuerstein, who up­set Bisguier.

North Je r MY Chell Lea9ue, In the sixth round Irvin,.Polllh bested New lel'SeY City ... Z; Orang" dOlY1led EUu.­beth 6-2; Irvlnt:ton won Crom Northern Valley S'l~·2""'; Mal'(lezy drew with P lalnlleld 4-1; Ind Phllldor drew with Montdalr . ...... Maroczy le.ds with 5-1 (two drawn matches) whUe Irvington. Polish, Northern Velley, Or<lIlZe, Phm' l dor, and Plalntleld Ife t-2 eacb.. A USCF Le.~e ArIWlIte.

CosmOi (LOI Angelel) Chus Club: Elected as ofllcer, wel'(1: Charlea Ed· ward Gray, president ; Sotero Rodriguc~, i .... e·y..ueuurer; ... nd Tommy Cragg, tournlment dlreetor.

YOUNG MASTERS' FORUM A.merica's Leading Young Masters A.nnotate

Outsumding Games from Recent Chess Events

South American Complications By U. S. Master JAMES T. SHERWIN

O SCAR Panno recenUy won the South American Zonal Tournament ahead of Najdorf, Eliskascs and Pilnik without tile loss of a game.

The following difficuH game is a good example of his complic3icu style.

OLD INDIAN DEFENSE South American Zon.1

While Dlack 8 . WE XLE R O. 'ANNO

t . 1"044 KHC83 2. p·Qa4 P.Q3 3. Kt.(lB3 ctKt.Q2 4. 1(10113 P-K4 S. ' -K4 II ·K2 6. 8 -K'1 0 ·0 7. 0 -0 " -8)

Kotov and Ilron. lcln hlw(l I'(lvlved I ml v up ularlzed Ih lJl fC¥Ulenl ollenln, .

•• A·Kl A·Kl •. a ·81 PoOR)

Black blurf. .t P-Q.KU-Ono of Ole Idelll In the Old lndl.n. Kotov UIUalJ.y pill''' Q.B2 and P-KKIJ, a!ter II whUe lurnln, t he g~me tnttl II Kill;:'. JndJan with tempi :Ill askew. P anno w.nts, however. til keep KKl3 (o r hi' Kta lind the (,,11""'."11 Intricate 'ntineUVer Is desl"" •. ,d to h"ld the e..n ler and C.in complete (.'O"lrol of the plvo">l KIlS.

10. P-QKtl 8 ·81 11 . 8·Kn

Also 1:00<1 for White ..... p .KR3 UJ6 fJ.Kl .

11 • . _ .... U . Q·B2 U . QR-QI 14. R·Q2 U . KI·Q1I 16. "-QKt4 17. Kt·K2 II. P·BS ,t. Kt·84

Kt·R4 Kt·85 Q·B3 8 · K2 8 ·Ql B·82

Kt·81 Kt/ ' ·Ktl

B·KUI

Bo th $100. h."e achieVed Ihelr objet· U"K bu t Whlt~" Pn'SSUr-e In Ute eco· le r gJ"es him the f!'dll"e .

10. R· K3 20. PxQP. U",Kt; 21. hUll) (else Q.Kt4 and K t·H5). Kt-lI.5; H. n ·1(3. Q-K14 eh; 23. K .HI . R.K3; 24. Kb:P. BxP and lUack '" allack I~ ferocious.

20. •....... Px 8P mack can no Illnger hold the eenter . whit.· ~ho"ld nOw play 21. PxKP and 22. ,.(j.Q4j "·heU".: r the Black Queen i:'OC' to K 2 M K1.

21 . Kt llx P PxQP! 22. KhB Q·l(l 22. RxP

If 23. R.KKL1. P·KIt4 wins the trapped Kt.

23. ~_ ... 24. P·KS

QsKt QR·QlI

(Di .. sr .. m lOp 0/ n"~1 w/umn) :z4 •• "._, Kb:KP; 25. Q·K~! . Kt/4-KU; U. QllR clI. RxR ; 27. 1t.1t ch. I(t·1/.I; '1.8, P ·K\! (a"ors Whi te. I'ur example:

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........ KI· RS "h; 29. BxKt. Qxll : 30. Kt-K5, BxKl; 31. 1t/~-Q8. B-Q3; 31. RxB a nd wi • •

Wblle should sw~p 2S.. q.Q2 is oke,..

Or defend h is Q4.

25. __ Rx P 26. I(h'KfP

RxRIQS) KtxP! •••

Q·R'ehl

27. 8xR 28. BIIK t

. 29. Rll R 30. 8 · 81 3,. Bli P

... Q IIPch

n. 1(·8 1 33. K·1(2 34. 1(-Q2 35. Q·K8 5 u. ().eseh 21. Kt· 8S 38. K·1(2

().Rkh Kt·BSch

KI·Q4 p ·l(tJ K·KI2

8 · BSch Q· R4eh

38 . . _ .... KI·US ch; 39. K.0Q3. KtxP wln~ .. t One.. .

39. K· BI Ktx~'

Ab". shOUld tr.nspose Into the line "00"".

40. Kt·Kkh! 41 . Q · l(t7ch 42. QxK I 43. 1( .1(t'l 44. K·81 45. Q·8 k h 46. 8 .BlI

Unneceu ary_ thf!' Wh ite en to III bet--t dlXl(On .. l.

47. Q-Ql(tl ... P·R4 .9. 8·B7 SO. P· RS! 51. P' R' 52. B·1(6! 53. B·81! $4. Q· K6ch

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Q·Qleh Q-Q4c.h ... ,

"·K. ... , QIIC"n Is o r i"·

P·R. .. · 1It5 ... , p. ", P·R' ... " P ·R7

Also 54. K·KU rnak<!5 the ... me very d1fncult .. .n...r Q-B4 White Il"ell a pe'l'f!'tu.1 thed, and ........ , K.Kt2 : ~. Q-Kt7 eh and BzQ 15 drawn.

$4 . .. _ K.I(t2

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SS. ........ ().841 The "",,her.

56. P·R7 ().....,h S7. 1(. 1(2 Q-Q7m

lIt eslglft U $8. X·B I, Q-QI "b wint.

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MARYLANO S ilyer Spring YMCA Chess Club

Meels 1st and 3rt! i\1ondaYJi at /I p.m . at 511.s:0 Creek Clubhou5e . Sliver SprlnJl:. Md. Memberllhlp open to xli. PreSl tJenl: Robert Fieuriot ; VI.,.,..P ru: A . G. Carl· ton; Tl'e .. : Wffilam HocQ:lOn ; 5ec:'»: F.rvIn S. Bluc ber . .Jr. Mill IddnM: P . O. Rox II, 811 Pershing Dr., SlIyer 5prlnC's, Md.

WASHINGTON Spokane Ch". Club .\Iccts lit University Club (RtdpaLh

111111). SI' oknM. Wash. on Thunlda,y& at 7 p.m. Pre.: Dr. Grlfflth H . rarke r. 416 Hyde Bldg., Spokane I, Wuh.: See'y·Trc ... : Donald F . DanIels.

Sfl.l.Jic:J in p~wn GnJinf/'

By A ndrew Efron

SI""', No. J

Whit. to play a .. d win

(for sol"tw" . "'m 10 ""'c ci,ltt)

Clf!'yell nd Chess League: In the In­dus trill] Lea,u <!, In the !::astern Division. Lincoln £Icctrtc: tops with 5 .... ·1,\ .$Core. f ollowed by Cleveland Twilt Drill with 5-1 and Horlxonll, lnc. with 4-2. In thO!' Wutem Dlvlllon , N.C.C.A. lead, the procession with SI,\-Y.tt, follOWed by Clevdand Twilt Drlll with 4-1, and At· lanu" Tool a nd Ole wUh 41,\.2'1.1.. Re­v ised sebedule of Iexcue mat"hu "on· Linuf!'d In lo April bdore play·orr. are .seheduled. A usa Affiliated Le .... e.

Log Cabin Ch.n Club IQnng." The ~nd issue of "Dlv"rtlvf!'6" eontalns n umerOUI Kore. from the re"ent Loa: Cabin Eutcm States ThartksJivlD.c ()pen., new, Item, and rommen.a. .nd samf!' remark. on the Ruy Lope, by Wea.ver w. Adam.

Wonllm ~

Ct. ... on;. By W/Ua WhUe Owe ..

U NITED Slales Women's Open Championship will be played

at wng Bench, California, August 8 to ro. as put of the USOF Open Championship - the woman fin· ishing hi,gh.est in the Open ~eejv. ing the t.iI~e. This is the second most ~m'portan t women's title in thi s counlry-Inc U. S. Women's Champioruhlp, .P1ayed ·for biannual. ly, being the 'tirsl

'f.he Helen Cobb travelling lro~, which was est:ihlished in 1939 to accomplmy the tW.e df U. S. Woo men's Open Chtl mpio n, was reo tir.ed in 1950 rwhen 'Miss Mona May Karff won permanent ,possession 0( the cup, having won the tit1e and ouslod,y of 'the cup three times. Miss Karff has acituaUy hol'd the ti.tle four limes, as she was aJ.s.c the winner in 1!n8. Mr.s. GbeIa Gresser is the present Wo.rn.en·s ~n Champion. ,

The annual USCF Open Tourna. ment is · a wonderful qpporO.inity for .women 10 take their first sl$ inlo nationad chess. It is patlicm. al'ly valuable tournament for woo men when it is hdd as a 'm1xe(l toll r rnt meIPt, as it will 'be this year. TIiis gives women an oppor . tunity to try tJteir -streogtl! against the SlrnDgcst men or wom.en play· ers whom their abililly will allow them to m.eet in a twelve round swiss tourna merlt..

Mrs. lEva Aronson of Chicago made her ddbut on the nationa~ scene in (he 1'953 Open, winning the women',s title faT that year. Mrs. Irene V·ines oi New Orieans made her first national appear . ance in the 1954 Open. Mrs. Vines did not w.in the formal title, but her performance of taking 2'1.a poinls !rom the three idternational women ma sters present won her

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UNITED STATES . CHESS FEDERATION

SCCTtl1lrJ

Mt mbrnltip Sr~'tlll'7

OFFICERS

Frank It. Grall" 202 Fa rm & Ho .... 8Idg.. Ft. Worth, T ell. O . A. Giangiulio .. E. Marsha ll Road Lansdowne. Pa. ~Ior J . B. Holt Lon. 8 each II" Sarasota. FIL Ken .. e t h Harlt.neu t3 Ba rrow Str .. t H.w York 14, H.Y.

Vkr·P,"iJnw Rhys W . Hay. Mu: P.ve., H ... Yortc. N.Y. New York,. N.Y. A . W.,att JO".I wma Whit. ow.'" Sh,..yeport, I... A"on Lak •• O. E. T . McCormlcj( Dr. H. J . Ralslon E. Or..,... NJ. Sa" Fra".,l"o, Cel. PhU J . ~ry Dr. Bela Rene Clnc / .. n.,I. O. Tulle, Okl • •

P<fII P,.:siJmls PaulO. O'-n E. A. WI.n.r. Jr.

' F.y.tt .... llle. N.Y. Chicago, ilL ......... M. .... nnp. N_ Yertc. N. Y .

Vol. IX, Number 13 Saturday. March 5, 1955

Publ,shed twIce a month on the 5th Ind 20th by T HE UNITED STATES CHESS FEDERATION

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Sfltd m .... bershlp d l.tfl to. s ub$C.lptlons) .nd c han,n of . ddr.ss to KENNETH I'fARKNESS, BUSiness Mll n. ge r, ' 1 Bedford SI." " N_ Yor k 14, N. Y. S. 11Ii toumll m enl r. t ln, ' I9OMS Iwilh f.u, If . ny) Ind . 11 commun .... '1ons _f" a.nftn. CHESS LIFE .. mo.I. 1 m . tt.n to MONTCOMellllY MAJOR, II!:dltor, '23 Aortfi Humphrey A venue, O. k P. r k. III.

Malee 1111 checb payablt 10: TIiE U NITED STAT ES CHESS FEDERATION ---Text of Resolution Submitted to

USCF Board of Directors

R EPRODUCED below is the text of the Resoiution submitted by the USCF Ways & Mcans Committee in sceking a dcar mandate [rom

tbe USCF Board of Qirectors and Excculive Committee on the policies and man::agemcnt of USCF affairs placed under their authority: TO THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE A ND BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE UNITED STATES CHESS FEDERATION

In July 19U Ihe Uniled Sta tes Chns Fede rat ion, d ue to the desper~te stale of il$ .fhin, with pa rt icu lil ' r eferenee to fln,", ees, h ced a serious threa t of d isso lution. At Ihe A nnual Meet ing . t Ta m pa th . t ye a r, Mr. Ke nneth Harkness pro­posed . nd p ... sented a plan of promotion '0. the Federilt ;.",; t he Board of Oi­... cton the n crellted • " Promotlonll l Plan Committee", consist ing of A. Wy.tt J one s, Chlllnn. n, F rllnk R. Graves, W. M. Bylllnd, Edga . McCo rmick, ~nd He rman Sieiner, . nd clolhed th . t Committee with IIu lhoti t y to Invutig. t e the plan o ffered by Mr. Ha rkne$$ li nd , If It HW fit , to Impl.ment $lom e by e n te ring inlo iii con t ract with h im , . nd also to co nside r the I ppointmen t of a n editor for CHESS LIFE, as Ihe p resent contr.ct with Montgom e ry M.jor wu eXpi r ing. Pu rsua nt to Ih is lIuthori l y, ttl . Promotional P lan Committee entered Into a s.year conl.<Jd wi th Mr. Hilr k ness, as Business Manage r of t h e Federation, .nd a lso a S-ye. r e"ten sion of the ex~ling contr. ct with Mr. Millar 10 edit CHESS LIFE; th.se lId lons were the n p .... sente<l to the Boa rd 0' Oirec lors f or. vall by mllil •• nd Ihe contracts a pproved .

At the l ts3 Meeling in Milwa u kee, Ihe Board of D;redon again a ppro .. ed the ulion t llken by t h e Promot ional PI.ns Co mmittee, and c ruled the "Ways and Mellns COmm;" "", conSist ing of A_ Wyll" J ones, Chairm a n, Frank R. Gr.ves, and W. M. 8yl. nd to ad as rep resenlll " ..-" of the e nt ire mem bership in dealin~ wilh tile Business Manilge r and Editor, . nd to do all things necl'SSlIry to In su re ,the SUC~I'SS of Ihe adopted " Promotlon ll l P ill n", u nde r the then ... i.ting COfll ra~ l s.

Th. W.y. lind Melns Comm ittee h.ve d one, li nd lire now doing, to the bes l of thei . k nowledge a nd . bili t y, tIIat w hich Ihey believe best fo r o rg . n iled chess in Ame r ica, a nd part l~ululy fo r Ih. m embersh ip of the USCF. They . re lIiving the ir tim. li nd . n .... ll y to the t.sIc; t hey lI.ve drawn noth ing f or tr. ve l, phone ca ll s, po$tq e, slat ionlll ry,.tI r o ther expen~ inclde nl to t hei r d uties, but each h as pa id such expense ou t of h is own pock ...

Ttl . " PromoUon.1 Pilln" h ll, in Ihe Committee's OfIlnJo n, proved ent irel y suc­cenfl,l. Sinc. July 1952 tile Federa tion me mbe rsh ip h as morl tha n do ubled, the Fe6erltlon h ... hlr Ih l f int lime In years, been able to meel it s current e.pen ses, and h. s .... 1'1 been able to slightly reduce the outshndln!l indebtedne$$. A more in ten sive e ffort . Iong " II lines of . nd ..... o r IS curre ntl y in progress, . nd Ihere IS5(l0 re.son NI be lie ve th. 1 this e ffo rt will prove olhe rwise than successful.

A I Ih. 1954 A nnu. 1 Meeting, . nd subseque nl the reto, Ihe pr .sent Federalion mlln.~emen l has been subjected to severe a nd constant c r it icism of its policy, ob jectives, . nd lI ccomplishmen ts. Th. bulk at Ihis criticism h .s em ll n. led from the offlcl. 1 Ca llfornl. ch.n assocl. tion, , nd se .. e r ll l USCF Diredors from that St ... ; iI g re. , number of you h i ve seen copies of cor ... spondence embodying ttlel r critic isms.. The undersigned Committee hn been in con$l . nt communica t ion with tIIis g roup, .nd has been endeavoring to e.pl.in lIS pollcles fadull il y to them, believing th . t the m a iorlty of c riticism .rlses from m lsundenflnd ing, ""m or, Ind in for m . 1101'1 wh ich h .s no fa ctn" , b.sls. A. st . ted by our Committee in a r ecent in .... of CHESS LIFE, w. ar. pre pa red to conSid e r 11 11 c riticism lind compi ll inls f rom this group, Ind, . fte r careful study, will render. fo r m . 1 r eport th.reon 10 the Baird of .oirectors; • form l l list of compl. inls is currently be ing drawn by the C. llfoml. group fo . p resentation 10 UI for "'is purpose.

E.ch of you h . ... r ecei .. ed • copy o f Norma n T , Whltll ker's ... icious . tt . ck on the Fede rll llon I nd Its m ll nageme nt lunder date of Decembe r 3(1, 1954.) We would like to point out . t once Ih. t the crit icism of Ih. C. lifornla group, whUe a ri sing in some Insl .nces from m isunde rst . nd ing .nd mlsinform. Uon as to faets, is constru ..... ti ve In Inlenlion If in some Inslilnces iII .. dvlsed, and In no way r eflects the .. icious ness .nd scurrlJ[ty o f Whlt. ke r'S apen lette r .

W. will not h. re attempt to refute Whitaker', remir k, ble document in d etail , no r will w. res.ort to h is methods of ulumnliltlon by painting OI.It ce rtll in f . d s in h is background which m ake pei;vl ia rly inapproprl.te Ihe h igh mor lll tone of Indign. tlon evidenced in his lette r . We will cOfltent ourse lves by .... ply ing 10 sever.' of ttl . more serious ChU g fl mllCle, loS follows: 11 Both the Bu~neSi Mlnager " nd T ,..,.surer h,," e been cont inu. lly under bond

since llsumlng Ihe ir dutfes. Such prlld ice Is s.o much 11 p art .. f ordinllry busi­ness procedure that any SJj. clai notice of Itt n lstc"ce would constltUt. an Insult to lIIe intelligence of our membersnip.

2) Mr. H. rkness's I .. com. fo. the past f lsu' year , IS attested by the CPA r .. t llined by ttl. Fed.r.tlon to audit its . ccounts, WllS $2.549.53, rll ihe r th . n the $7,.500.00 " guessed" by Whltllke r .

J) Elect ion procedu res of the Fedention are governed by the preHnt lly.LaWI. Re .. islon of the li tte r h as been under , t .. dy for some monthS, but th is Com ­m itte. fee ls t hll l It should nol be STampeded into ~h.nge wlthoul giving ca r .. f ul CQfl sld er lltlon to .11 contingencies liable to . r lse; thi s work h n proceed.d slIt isfildorily, . nd it Is hoped that. defin it ive r .port fro m Ihe By·L.W'S Co m. mitt" will be forthcoming with in the ne xt few months.

41 Mr. Harkness has b •• n • res ident of the United Stilles since 1918. While h is rell l nll me. Is St "nl.y Edg. r, . nd " Ke nneth Harkness" is a pen-n.me, the latte r h IS bien used by h im prof essionllil y (both In h is ...... sl ... r adio cllree r . nd In chess workl sin~e th" t time. There a re no siniste r Impl ica tions In t he .. se of Ih is nom-de-plume, . nd our Committee h as the utmosl confide nc., both in Mr. Harkness's abllily . nd ch . racte r; the Fe6era t ion m e mbersh ip should be grllte­f ul for h is ef fo r ts In Ita behillf, rilt he r t h an lole r a nt to . 1'1 I ttempt to wup the knOWn, Innoc. nt f acts of his life inlo a " deporta b le 1Ilien" sl alul.

5) An aud ited report of Ihe fl scll i yell r's trllnsad lons w as p reHnted 10 ttl e DO. r ecto rs . t Ihe 1955 Meet Ing; .s il il business of Ihe Fed.ration was conducted . t tile New York Office, I hls r eport WIS announced .s the A nnual T reasure r's Report. A sep. r . t . du pl icate .. port by ttl e T reasure r was not onl y u nneces­IIry, b ut imprll cfic.1 unde r the Circum stances, liS the T re",urer wu con­st ilntl y e ngaged . s the A Ssista nt Directo r of Ihe Opon Tourn . m ent, a nd Di­reclor of ttl e Women 's Open Championsh ip Tourn. m ent, durin, Ihe ent ir e New Orlu ns Mee t ina. The foregOing w ill ser .. e to expose Ihe del1bera te Inaccur.cy Inherent i ..

Whlhker's lette ' , . nd it shou ld be un ne cessa r y to comme nl on h l$ use of quot.· lions out of conlext , and his Impliutlons of support from Ind ividua ls who hl ..-e no desire to be an.odated, eithe r publicly o r private ly, with W hitilker's think ing.

In .. iew of the c riticism s we h a ... e su sta ined d ur ing the p.st sev.n months, the Ways . nd Me.ns Committee, being Ihe policy·fixing body of the Federa t ion, is e ntitled to know if Iheir conduct of Fede rllt ion affll irs meets with the IIpp ro ... a l of t he Executive Comm ltt" and Dlreclo n . We .re the re for. IISlti ng for ... o le of e ilhe r A PPROVAL or DISA PPROVAL. If the m llio rily vote fo r . pproval, we sh il ll contln..,. OI.I r e fforts to hl rty r epresent the in'eresl$ of ALL t lte member'$, bu l if t he m aior it y vote d lsaopprov.I, the unde rsigned Commit '" w ill immedi. l ely submit its resign lltion.

It should be clu rly unde rstood "'at if a .. ole of co nfide nce Is accorded this Committee, the unders igned will take immediate st eps, through the ch. nne ls p ro­vided in Our By-LlIws, 10 re .. oke the Federa tio .. me m bership of No rmll n T . Whit.· ke r, " nd render h im conseque ntl y inel1gible to compe le In. " n y ... ontes ts s.ponso r.a by, or a ffili ated wit h, the USCF. Such action on ou r Pi lt w ill be In il i. ted 1'101 th roull h an y deSi re 10 .void justifi able c riticism, bu l because no orgilni~ation clln lole r l t e such ... icious a nd scu rrilous att . cks on it s m an.gem e nt by one of ih me .... bers. Indeed, such action on the pa r t o f the Fedenl ion .gllins' Whitaker ;s long o .. e rdue, and we free ly ad m it that our POlicy of to le rance toward such indiv ldUilb w ithin our organilation h as been a m isl ilken one.

We uk onl y th l t you ... 01. your conviction, but P LEASE VOT E by send ing your ba llo t to Secr.h ry Mil ior J . B. Holt, Long ll ellCh, V I~ S.raso la, Florida . To be counled, Ihe ba llo t must r u ch Ma ior Holt not la te r Iha n February 15, 19S5.

USCF WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE Frank R. Graves W , M. Byland A. Wya tt Jone s, Chai rman

aAllOT Do yo u approve the presenl policlU, a nd past hll nclllng, of Ihe ilH.lr s of ttle

UNITED STATES CHESS FEDERATION by the WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE? ANSWER: (Yes or No) "-'-__ '---''--_ REMARKS: lif . ny )

S igna ture of Voting Office r o r Director

Change In USCF Affiliation Basis

EFl!'EL'TIVE as o[ March 1, ·1955 the basis or AHiliation with the USCF for Clubs, Leagues, Associations and other chess organizations bas

been modified, both to Qdjusl terms of aWliation to thc ncw USCF Rat­ing RegulQtions and to render the b::asis of af£i1iation more practical in it<> scope and economically sound in its application.

Copies of the new Conditions of Affiliation, together with applica­tion blanks for affiliation, will be distributed to all af£iliated units as soon as possible so that these organizations will ha ... e ample time to con­sider the changes before their ncxt annual mcelings.

PRIVILEGES AND CONDITIONS OF AFFILIATION WITH THE USCF

Elfc'I; .. ~ M4rch I, J9H 1) Fr. nch ise Applications: An y ehese o r ,an1u.Uon, IncludinJ: a Chess Club. a

Slate Cbess As.soc!atlon, a Regional Chess Association, a City o r County Chess AssoclllUon, a League of Chess ClubS, or Iny other o-rtani>.ed chess ;:-roup. may apply to the US. Chess "'ederatlon lo r a rranchl.e lIS an alflllated USC~' Chapter.

2) Aulhorlty to Conduct USCF-R.11d Conlests: A USCF Chapter b .uthorbed to conduct r.ted con tests under the conditions set rort h In tbe USCF Natlon.1 Rallil;: J!.C.l[u IIUOn5 eHectl ... e Ma..ch 1St, 1955. {The n;>Uona} -rllUI\I Itystem .. f Ihe USCF 1$ nOw restricted to the perform.ncel or playen In toum.amenl.$ a nd matChes conducted by the USCF .nd Its .mUatcd Chaptcrs. Ttle eonterta of unarmh.ted organinUons are not -rated.)

3). CommiSSions on USCF Mem bership Dues: A USCF Chllpter I" .uthorizt.-d to eolled Indl ... ldual USCF rnembenlhlp dues lrom any penon, and may deduel a commlulon on such dues when lorw.rdlng paymcnt to the USC? . The rerul.r Cbap te . commission Is l~ of the st.nd ard USCF membership

rates. Howe\·e-r, " com mlssl.on or 20-:' may bo deducted by any Chapter with . Constitu tion ur By.Law ~pccUyln.¢ that . 11 Its mcmbers must also be members of the USCF.

Nole: The eommlsslon applies only to dues aetu.lly colleeled by a Chapter­at its own t()U r naments, Or .s a ~sult of Its own effortl! In mernbel'llhlp prom~ Uon. Commission Is not credited to any Chaptcr on dues paid dlrei:Uy to the USCF by Individual members or by anothc-r Chapter. No commttsion is "-'Iowcd on dues collected at a USC? tournament (e.g., the U.s. Open Championship).

4) Spec: I ~ 1 Publl~ lIy in ChlSs Llf.: 'nIe activities of USCF Ch.pters II" rea· tured In CHESS LIFE, the oUida! USC? porio<llcal. The "Tournament LlfeH de­partment b reserved exclusl ... e ly ro-r ad ... ancc announeemenls 01 ratcd contests eonducted by Chapt.crs. News and re$Ults of contests are publlshed, wUh !!ross­tables If apace pennib:. The n:ames a nd addresses ot 1111 Chapters are pu blished In the an nulll Dlre<:tOry 0 1 AlIm .. te •.

~) Othe . Pri .. lleges: A USC? Chapter reeet ... es II subscription to CHESS UFE, may purch ase ebeu books and equlpmeat l rom the USCF a t the special prices allowed members. Is "nUlled to one ... olo 111 the IInDua} membershi p mc:etln&. A SLate Chapt.cr mil)' select and certUy the USC? Dtrecton to re p..c8ent the Stllt e lit .ny time before J une 30th I nnually.

6) Franchls. Fee: Except as provided below, a USCF Chapter it nqU~ to pay • f-ra nchtse fee or ' 10 for one ".ar, $1!1 for two ye.rs, o-r f27 ro-r three years.

{.) A Chapter p ays no franchise lee 11 11 III speclfled In Ita ConsUtutlon or By-Laws that .11 its n'e mbers must lliso be me m ber$ or the USCF.

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ilJ)ess Cife Sal ll .t1", P .. ,. 5 Ma,rh J, 19"

LARRY EVANS ON OPENINGS By International Maste .. LARRY EJI ANS

u. S. OPEN CHAMPION, 1954

Theoretical Contributions of the Rosenwald Tournament, 1954-55

RET! OPENING ( Barcza Svstem)

In sevcral ga mes White attempt­ed to sel up t he 8 a,'(.'%8 System, an inverted K's Indian 'formation wllh a move in ihand. II Black unreserv­edly occupies 1hc center his game I>ccomes inferior. The following position was reached thrice: 1. N· KBl, N·K B3; 2. P·KN3, P.Q4; 3. 8· Nl. P·K3 (3. . 8 -84; 4. 0·0, p. KR3; 5. QN-Q2. 'QN-Q~; 6. Q-Kl 1, P-B3; 7. P·K4, '1:'xP; 8. PxP. n.Jl.2 i O. P-QR3 is slightly in White's r .. • vor: Shcrwin-Bisguier) ; 4. O.() (1)­Q4 transposes into a Carala n), p. 84; S. P·Q3, N·B3; 6. QN·Q2, B·Kl ; 7. P-K4. 0-0;

Position . f " r 7 . ........ 0 -0

Rcshevsky..sherwin: 8. R·Kl , Q. 82; 9. P:.;P, NlCP; 10. P.QR4, P-QN3; 11 : N.B4±

Evans-Bisguier: 8. P-K5 (Prema­ture), N·NS; 9, Q-K2, P·B3; 10. PxP, BKP; 11. p.B3, Q.Q3; 12. P·04, PKP; 13. NxP, N·Rl (Correct is NxN); 14. N(2}.Nl, NxN; IS. NxN, N·B2; 16. B-Kl+ White 'has t ransposed into a iFrenclt Defense; Black's ccnter is frozen.

Evans-Sherwin : a. P· Bl , R·NI; 9. R.KI , R-KI; 10. P·K51, N·Q2; 11 . N.BI , P·QN4; 12. P·K R4!, P~R4; 13. 8-84, B·Rl; 14. N(1)·R2, Q·B2; 15. P.RS, with a strong a'ttacking formatio n.

NEW LAWS OF CHESS

Official Americln trans11tion of the new laws of Chess, copy­right 1954 by the United St.tes Chess Federation, now aVllil· able in mlmeogr"Phed form. Contain5 a ll the r.test changes in the Laws, .s amended by rile FIDE Congress .t Schaf. fhau5en, 1951. Crarifi" many OilImbiguous laws in the old code. Send 50 cents for one copy, or $ 1 for three ClOpies, to the United StOIItes Chess Feder.tion, al Bedford, New York 14, N.Y.

SLAV DEFENSE Evans·Kramer: 1. P.Q4, P~R; 2.

N·KB3, N·KB3; l. P·B4, P·B3; 4. N·Bl, PxP; 5. P·QR4, B-84; 6. P_Kl, P·Kl; 7, BxP, B-QN5; a. 0-0, 0-0; 9. O-K2, P-KRl;

Pos.it ion " fh. r 9 _ __ • P·Kft'

10. R.Ql (better t han 10. I'-K4), N·K5 (loss of time-as demonstrat­ed); 11 . N·R2!, 8.ol; 12. N·K51, B­B2; 13. P-B3, N-Ql: 14. B-N3, Q·K2 (better is QN-Q2); IS P·K4, B·R2; 16. B-Kl, K-Rl; 17. QR-BI +

MERAN VARIATION Kramcr·Bisquier contained ma­

jor ~heorclica l importance : 1. P~4, P-Q4; 2. P·QB4, P·QB3; 3. N-KB3, N·KB3; 4. N.B3, P-Kl; 5. P·Kl, QN. Q2; 6. B-Q3, PxP; 7. 8xP, P.QN4; B. 8-03, P-OR3; 9. P·K4, P·B4; 10. P-KS (P-Q5, N-N3; 11. P-QG, P-B5; 12. B-B2, P-K4!= ), PxP (N-N5 is also s trong); 11. NxNP, NxP; 12. NxN, PxN; 13. Q-8l (or 13. BxPeh, B·Q2; 14. NxB, Q-R4ch! 13. Q.O is the natural move here), B·N5ch;

Posltlon ;ofter 13 • . __ B_NSch

Where does the King belong? 14. K·BI? ("Book" is 14. K-K2,

R-QN1 ; 15. Q-N3, Q-Q3; 16. N-B3!, Qx.Q; 17. RPxQ, B-Q3; 18. NxP, B-Q2; 19. R-Ql ±. It soon becomes evident how 14.. K-Bl? is refuted. Best of aU, however, is 14.. K-Ql!, which has received no practical tests.), R·Nl; 15. Q-Nl, Q-821; 16. N·B6{?). (Now NJB3 is .forced, even though the King is placed badly

{or the endgame. With t he King on Qt, however, N·B6 would be playable), 8-Q3; 17. QxP, R·Nl ; IS. QxN, QxN ; 19. P-B3, 8-Rl-; 20. K·B2, P·NS; 21. 8-K4, O-B4; 22. R· Ql , 'R-QB1 ; 23. P-KN3, P..Q6c:h: 24. 8-Kl, Q·KR4; 25. O-R6, R·B7ch; 26. R-02, RxRch ; 27. BxR, B-B4ch + +

NIMZO· INDIAN DEFENSE 1. P·Q4, N-K B3; 2. P.QB4, P·Kl;

3. N·QS3, B-NS; 4. P-K3, 0-0; 5. N.K2, P-Q4 (5. 1'-84 'followed by I'-QN3 'is u good Ol llemative); 6. P-QR3, B·K2; 7. PxP. ::r..,....."",

, Byrne-Reshevsky: 7. .

a. NxN (better 8. Q-B2!, as in Evans-Reshevsky, US ChOlp., 1951), PxN; 9. N-B4 (better N-B3), p·e3; 10. B·K2, A-KI =

Ilcshe\,sky·Evans : 7. PxP; a. N-B4, P·B3; 9. B·Q3, R.Kl; 10. 0.0, B·Q3 (bettel' P-QR4): 11 . Q·B2, ON­Q2; 12. P.QN3, P·QR3; 13. P·B3!, BxN; 14. PxB, N·BI ; 15. P-BS-/-

8yrne·J:."'vans : 7. PxP; 8. N_ B4, P·B3; 9. 8-K2 rbet.tcr B-Q3 to prepare P-K4), P-QR41; 10. 0-0, R­Kl ; 11 . P-83, 8 ·Bl; 12. R-N1, B. K84; Il. N.o3, P-R3; 14. P-KN4. 8 -R2; IS. P-N4, Px P; 16. PxP, p_ QN4; 17. R-N3, QN~2; lB. Q·Kl , o.B2; 19. P·R4, N-N3; 20. poNS, N·R41; 21. N·K5 (or 21. P-B4, BxN; 22. BxB, NxP: 23. Q-N3, N-K3+), P-B3; 22. P-N6, PxN; 2l. Px8ch, KxP; 24. P·B4, PxQP; 25. BxN, p_ N3; 26. 8-K21, PxN; 27. B-Q3!=

Q'S GAMBIT ACCEPTED Sherwin-Kramer: (Black chose a

tricky variation which -was known to have been refuted.) 1 P-Q4, P­Q4; 2. P~84, PxP; l . N·KB3, N­KB3; 4. P·Kl , P-QRl; S. 8KP, P-B4; 6. 0-0, P·K 3; 7. O-K2, P-QN4; B. B-N3, B-N2; 10. N.B3, N·B31?; 11. P·QSI, PxP; 12. P·K41, P-Q5; 13. N·OSI, Q.Ql; 14. B-K84!, R·Bl;

Posilion .Uer 14. __ R·el

15. P-QR41, PxP (forced: if 15. ... P-DS; 16. PXP, PxP; 17. NxPl);

16. RxPI, S·K2; 17. N.NSI, 0-0; 18. NxNchl, BxN; 19. NxRPII, P·N3 (again .rorced; if instud 19 . .. r. KxN ; 20. Q·RSth, K-Nl; 21. R-Q31 ); 20. NxR++

Q'S INDIAN DEFENSE Bisguier.Evans; 1 P.Q4, N-K83;

2. P-QB4, P·K3; l . N.K B3, P_QN3; 4. 8-N5.

Position lIn er ... B·N S

4_ ... P_KRl; S. B.R4, B-N2; 6. N-B3, B-N5; (P-Q4 is too passive) ; 7. Q-B2, P.KN4!? (Varying {rom 7. ..... 0 -0 ; 8. P·K3, P-Q3; 9. rB-Q3, QN-Q2= OlS in Flohr-Eliskases, Mos­cow. 1936); B. B·N3, N·K5; 9. P-K3, BxNch ; 10. PKB, P.o3; 11 . N~2, NxS (correct is NxN!; 12. QxN, P~KB4); 12. RPxN, N.Q2; Il. P-B3+

St. P" ul (Minn., Chen Club: Tho c lu b chil.mpIOn$hlp, a double rollnd robin, wu won by O"nc Smith with ~I, loslng one ' ...... e to Eu,ene Hoeflln who lln­Ished sec:ond with 4-2. lA the h ro ·sec:tion semi-tInal$ section One went to Dane Smith with 6,",·'h. d ... Winc with Fred Galvin.. Second pbc:e went to R4be r t Cove with 5,",·I Y.I, while Hubert Aller. wu thin!. wIth 4-2. In Section Two, Eu. gene Hoerun bllled 5Y.t- l Y.l, I~ " ,&me to Ge rY)' Fel.o::htne r lInd d rawln, with Clen Proechd- A. 1.. John$on ... '" seeond with 4 '!.1-2\.;. whUe n a tTY Field, Stanley Ortlo U, lInd Clen Proc:lI(:l tied lit 4-3 ""Ch. •

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GENlUS AT WORK Bi""i ... 111#11 .,n, 0/ /HI /ttW»ilt "..,;.­

liootl . TIK """,,,M, ,;mpiiary ani in­not.bi'"., of 11K ,tf"tuiD" ,"',./ Olle, "pli" R~'Ic7', , .... i, ....

BUDAPEST DEFENSE Now by U. S. MfljUt Sidney 8mIJuin

M e G: p .. e 2(16, column 17 Rosenw~ld Trophy Tourn.JIment

New Yor k, 1954 White

5. RESHEVSK Y A . 1. P·Q4 Kt-1(81 1. p"p

Black BI$GUI ER

Kt·K5 2. P-QB4 P·K4 4. P-QRl! A new ldel. The Immediate 4. met by __ • P-Q4. 4. ... .... K t-QSl ,. Q-B2 5. tel.Kal P-Q3 1. tet-B]

Now Blick KltoQl. 4. Q.BZ. P-Q4; S. Kt-QB3. KlxQP; ,. equant )·. 7 • .. _ _ • Khl8P

....

Yielding two pleOX'a for ROOk, with· out compensation. But Wblte would remain a Pawn ahead lifter the aller-native 7. .... ..... KtxKt: I. QxU, Kt.-IU; 9 . P·K6, P.W; 10. Q-QKU, Kt.-KU; 11. KW4, P..QR3; 12. KtxKt ;nd nOW: f) 12. __ .. , Q-Bl; 13. Xt.-R7 ch, hQ; 1". KtxQ, (thrutenln, 15. P.K7). RxKt; 15. PXP, etc. 11) 12. _. ... ... rxQ; U . KtxQ, RxKt (th-e threat w;s I". Kt.-B7 ); I". Px.P. 'l"hul the who!!! Itne IIppcan; un l.l ayabl!! (or Dladt. I. Qxl!l KbR I I. QxPch Q·K2 , . P.K' P xP 11. Q.o5 __ ._ Much stron,!!r thnn the rGlltinc ex· e h anJ::e ot Qut)en .... Nuw I3h,cJi. cannot pl ay I I ......... O.Q.Q beCDUse of tb!! r eply 12. B·Kt5. 11 . ...... _ P ·KR3 11. P·KKt3 And nOw it 12.: ... ...... 0 ·0-0 then U . B-KU with the letha! menace 14. Kt.-Q4. 12 . .. .. _ . ....KK t4 15. I!I·R2 Kt-K4 13. B-Kf2 KtxP 14. B.Q2 P· KU 14. PxKt B-Kf2 LosiIl,J ttu. Pawn needle~ly. Beller wu ". __ • P·W.

17. 8 1l1(I P p ·KR4 Or 17. ~_, KtxB; 11. Q-R5 ch-II.. B-8S P·8 3 n. o.K" 1(.01 Bellcr I'. __ • D·B3 to prev!! n t u.. Knight's In<:U~On. 20. Kt·KKt$ 8 ·83 22.. 0-0-0 K· Ktl 21 . Kf· Kl-f;h K·81 :no B· f14 .. · KI' Dopln, (or aome aU.t::h t COllnter .play al"t<!r 24. DxKt, 8xB; J5. QxP. DxP. But W h ite's reply 4cmonstrat<!s the (uUlIly uf furthe r ns1st.nce.

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,11, ~ • ,_e "., ...nl. _lit _

"'"7 .......... -' ,m yo. • t""-.Io ,... ..... e -'7,;J. ftc IHI.

M •. Co/lim .ill .I", ___ .., _

., " .... , , .... u fa, • Itc al 11.

<!bess rife S.,.,i"" P'g. 6 . M .mh 5, J9H

14. I(·Ktl A!!tJ9nJ If U . • __ • K·Xt1; 25. Kt-QKU wins rna· terl.1 125 . . __ .• J>~; 26. Pd', PUCI; 27. p-Qt tlb.ch.) whll., maiotalnlll(!" thlt attack.

81q:ulll!r dOC-$ not show to ad ... n .... c In Ihb 1:1Im~but he ... u 1.,.1 al rnov. 7. •

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shllle,,! ."d .,,/,,1 I.aics. £.",,1, ... 11,. he «"",iye, .. IT", .hich '''.,n hil 'to

JOHbl..ble "",",ury. (Ru.ius "'.,. linJ it ,rlu,ell;", II) lOmpfnC M.,rr, Bernstein's .. .,,, .,ilh IhoK .. J Cb.rm,..,. B;I~"iCF, .1. ... 1. .PfK .. , in t~ Ftb,,, • ., 20th i,,_ Eli,o,.)

KING'S INDIAN DEFENSE M eo: page to. column 53

Rosenwa ld Trophy Tourname nt New York, 1954

N .. let "., U. S. M"JIt, Sid"cy Bn "su j" White 8 1:lek

A. S. 8tSGUIEill S. RES HE VSKY 1. P·Q4 KI·1(83 •• P · 1(4 P.Ql 2. P-Q1!I4 p · I(Kll S. 8·Kts 1. Kt-QB l B-Kt2 MCO ttV!!' first 5. Kl.B3, 0.0.

S • . _ p ' KRl 11 In.stead 5. __ , 0-0, t hen IS. Q-82 and White wlll try a K·side P awn donn In conjunction with 0.0-0 sod B-R6. '. B· R4 0-0.. ~S 1. P·84 p.f14 To the Inexperienced player, I. PxP might _m !CI rone. since Black could not reeaptur"C imme diat<!ly b<!-cau ... or 9. QxQ rOl lowed by 10. P·K5 and II. Ibp. But •• PxP would be adequa tely met by'. ......... Q-R4 (th relltenlng 9. _ .. ':_ . ' KtxP) and if 9. Q..Q2. then ,. .. _ .... • QxBp.

•. ~.. . . .. P·Rl Of C..,UI'$C not 8. p·K3 ?: 9. p.}(5 win"ln, a plcce. But th!! t!!xt I" too ~I ow. DI'lUlcr n:commendl S. q.R. III more dynamic. ,. Kt- l!Il P.oI(14 10. B-Q3 _ It 10. PxP. P x P ; 11. Bxl', Kt:lrKP ~; 12. Kllo:Kt, q.n4 eh etc:. And the advance 10. p.K5 I, tuo risky, Klncc otter 10. ... _ . QPxP: 11. K UPxP (11 . KK t xP. 1'·KI.$ Is cood lor Dlackl. Kt.KI.$; 12. P-Q&. 1'·X'. ; 13. Q-Q5. R·R2; 14.. Qxp. i\.Ql; 15. Ij·Kt.3, KPx P; 16. KPxP. B·K I ch: 17. B-K2, Kt.K6 leav!!s White woo· (ully behind In de'·elopment. 10 .. ~..... P·IOS 12. 0-0 QKt.o2 tl. Kt.K2 I·Kts 13. Q-Q2 o.I!I2 The hnmedla!e 13. ......... p.K3 would Icave hl.~ Kt danJ;!erou!<ly bptn,,~dn. ~nd would be refuted by 14. p .K5. 14. Q Il·K1 QR·1(1 16. Rx8 P· K3 U. P·K ll l 8 xKt 17. p"p Il" P lie b (arced 10 kave a "bale" at hll Q4. 'incc It 17. _ _ • rxP~; 18. R-Kt3. wlnl a Pawn U8. __ • K·R2! ; I'. P·K5). 11. Kt·Ktl Kt· R2 19. Kt·81 Heading (or the "hal!!".

n . _.__ QKt .Bl;:':;::l''''''

The lor;lng move. It W.$ imp!!raUVe to keep the position at "dOKd." as p(lui­b le aJ::amst the oppa$lrtI Illshop·palr. Correct WlI$ 19 .......... R(3}-KI to be .ble to IInswer 20. p·w with 20 ....... _. p·Kt4.. SUCh an advance by White would alllO ,Ive Black a .. tron, paint at K4. On the uther h~nd, II 20. Kt ·K3, then 20. _ .... _, QKt.-lI3 attackIn, the KP. Perhap5i beet • fter 19. _ _ , R tl }-K l .... _Id be 20. P·Kt4 wllh some .dvantage to Whit<!. HI. p ·B5 R·K2 21. h R P" R 21 . p " p P It P 24. 8ltP P ·KS 22. P.KS RIt P The be.t try-but White'. DbhOf>l .re mlght)·. Not 24 ••• __ , R.QI ! ; 2S. Uxkt ch, KtxKt; 26. Q-B2 ch, ete. U . R· KKt3 o.K4 2'. Kt .Kl Q·B5 If 26 ......... , Q-QS: 27. QxQ. PxQ; 28. Kt ·B.5, K I·KI W hite eml choose belween 29. Il-K7, p.Q6; 30. 8 1t 1t. P-Q7, 3 1. 8-!l5 and 29. KtlCB, Kllo:Kt ; 30. BxP. etc.

27. Q-KlI Cute! Ir 21 . .... _ .. , QxB!; 28. BxKt ch, K·RI; 29. Kt.8S, Q-I»; 30. Rx8 . Kt.-Kl; 31. R·Kt4. The text .1110 lets a trap whl~h Is m«eSlM.

V . _ KI· l(t'" O""rlooJl;inJ: th!! .... ply--but h ia c.me .. ·as bad 'ny".&),. Yor instance, t7 . . _._. R·QI; 28. Kt.85, R-Q1; :19. 8xK.l eh, KlIB (29 . •• _ . Ktx8; 30. KtItB , RxKt, 31. Rx.R ch, KxR; n. Q-Kt.) eh gives mack an even worse endlll,J); 30. KtxB, UxKt (not 30. _ .. _ . Qx8 ?; 31 . Kt.K6 with the double threat 32. R·Kt7 .. h or 32.. Kt.-US eh); 31. RxR eh. Kx R; 32. Q·KU ch. QxQ; 3.1. BxQ, K ·D2, 34. 8-Q6, Kt.-Q2; 3.5. P·K14 winning e;uUy. 21. RxKI PxR 29. 8 · Ktl KI·1l4 nla~k eould relllJ:n here! . The rest reo quire. no comment. 30. I lIQ Ktx l 31. B--8S 8.oS n . B·I(U Kt-Q4 33. o.K2 R·B7 :14. QIlR KtxQ lS. KxKt BIt P 31. R·SS P·R. 37. BliP " ·R5

38. 8 · 82 39. PXP 40 . B-- I(tl 41. K·B3 41. K·k4 41. k ... 82 ... P.IeK"

ETERNAL V1Gl1.ANCE

P· K" P· R' K·82 K·K1 ....

B-Kt7

RHlgns

M 4llni!ictnt P(>1ilion.f pi#,! by Rtbold ,"i"hl &r.t CO'"t 10 "" .. ,hI h.d hit .,p. p.",nol g .... ped Ih~ ~J;ntr" til hit JOth I"",. T~ ..bund.,ut_ al txttllelll m<WCS

t",,,.l::n thi, ~ ... ~ .tll _ th Ihe pf;l1i .. ,.

QUEEN'S GAMBIT DECLINED Meo: pag!! 1", eol..,mn '3

Central Ohi o TourniJment , Columbus, 1944

Notu by J. No,m"n Collt, WhIte Ilbck

W . PRATT W . REBOLO 1. P.o4 kt·kB1 3. Kt..Q83 B· KU 2. P-QB4 P· k3 So fa r a Nimzo-Indlan.

4. KI·8l Most popular these (hyl I, 4. p.K3. the Rubinstein Variation.

•. -- • .g. Trall5JH!oSin= to t h-e Ra,oaln. S)'Item. popularized hY' th!! R ..... I.n p;lndm_ ....

5. P·K3 __ S ince thl.s varlaUon (.cconilll.l' to th!! lat<!st analyzis) Icacts to II. p lu. lor OIad. , Prall .. o w d do better to fol. Inw t'- ""'In llna with 5. Q-RA ch , Kt.-83: 6. p.K3. e te. as In RNheViky. ~nzln, $emm!!rI ... ·Bacten. 1'37. An· oth!!r good and clear a lt<!mative I. 5. Q.Kt3, K t.-B3; 6. P ·QR3, ete. S. __ 0-0 '. 8-03 P.f14 6. p.oRl DxKtch 9. 0-0 A· KI 7. pxa QKt-Q2 10. Q-1!I21 ~ __ Arter thl.s !!uY'·goln, move Black h .. all the play. N!!ceuary 11 10. PxQp to minimize the dfeet 01 . __ • P ·K" or rompletely cllmlnlte It. (All. after ___ • KPxP, .. hlch la probably the bed. reply, fa, On 10 .. __ • KtxP; U . P -lW and 11. D·KU with ,ood P'-7). I t. ___ " . 1(" 14. 8 . K1 8 ·84 11 . PxKP KbP U . o.Kt3 P.ol(t3 n . I( .... kt ItJr.Kt 14 . • . • 4 13. PXP RxQP . U Whit!! trln lorclbly t o brellk the , rip on th!! Q-fUe wltb 16. 8-Kt2, R-Q7;

I I. QR (or KRrQI , U·B7! winning'. (The InterpolaUon 01 17. lI-lI3 Is slle:btly bet­te r bul stili doe., not hresk the stran­glehold.) 16. ........ R.o2 17. B·KtS _._ II Inslcllu 17. Il-Kt2. R-Q.7! (Inyway) lor act!!r IS. BxP ch. K·IU Black has ~ mendou. poIIUon.1 advantage. 17. _.. 8-Q'1 11. 8 x R __

.Or 18. BxD. R&D; 19. Il-Kt2, Q-Q3; 20 • QR-Ql. R-QI with .I. coDlplet.e rontrol. " . __ 8 x11 21. Q-Kt4 8-Q4

f 19. B-86 1l •• T 22. p -QA4 B--1(5 20. B-83 P·BS 23.. 8 ·R3 A)>iO U. ilxD. KtxB lelves Black ' with a wlnln, came althou,h It onay be a shade l upcrtor Ihan the teK t .... hlch per­mlu a da ngerous we.kenill.i: o r the K·posltlon. n . __ .... 1 /1. 1 24. PlI B Kt.o4 U 26. K·HI ~. Q·B4 ; decbivt.

2S. Q.Kf2 24. K·1!I1

31. K.Kt2,

Q ·KI4Ch

R·B3 Is

16. _.. .... R·Kl With ; wlnn in , poaIlJon timln, is yltal· Iy Important. At this point Blad should contJnue with 16. _ _ q.lS4~

brlnBl... lnun .. 'dlate p reo<IUre t o bear on the _all KUP. ThUll. 27. p ·K4, Q-R6 ch with a wlnnlnll: pOdlion. The Q mu.d. Il:uanl QDl lind all 21. P.B4 Or %7. K·K2, .... __ • Q-Q6 ch II p<n'erlut. 27. Q-Q2 o.f14 2 • . R-QI _. __ There Is • ylli l dlrlerence In this posi. Uno where White h .. a double a U.cIt on the .Kt u IIOOn will be liCe n. 28 . ....... . Q. Il6ch· 29. K· Kl ....... . rr 29. K· KIl H . R.K3 w lnnh' J:: q.olcJtly.

29. _.. Kt·8S

34. K·Ktl Q·D7ch 35. K·RI P-Q7

Ru igns

lame throuChout.

GRUENFElD DEFENSE Meo: pave ... column n

Rosenw iJ ld Trophy Tournament N aw York, 1954-55 •

No/cs by U S. M"Jttr Gcorgl: Shain .. ';1

White Black D. BYANE G. KRAMEIl 1. 1'.04 Kt· K83 S. Kt.oI1 p. B3 2. P-Q84 P· KKt3 , . o.Kt:l PxP 3. p ·Kkt3 P-a4 7. Qx l!lP 0-0 4. B--Kf2 I!I·Kf2 •. 1(t-83 Kt.R3 The root o£ all hll tuture trouhles.. G!!ncrally Kt.-Rl la pl.,..ble wh!!D the Blaek QDP h .. DOt moved y!!t. 110 that P · IU can be effected without the! I ...... a( a v ital t<!mpo. 8-10 st o nce """_ preferable, q.R4 In answer not being a. gOOd .. In t he actu a l came. 9. 0.0 8 ·K3 n . R~lI 10. Q-R41 p .... A almpl!! ct.veloplng m ove and Black'. ,ame I. to 1111 int<!n ts and PUl1>OSel praetleallY hopo1ea. A, a N'lSuU o(

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8Iao:k's faulty opening p ltly While will soon control the enU~ «nter with mobile pawns and pleees. 11 • .... __ Q.Kt3 14. Kt.KS n. P.QS B-Q2 lS. P·K. 13. Q ·fl4! I(R·KI

QR-Ql Kt· ft.

Losing patience. B-BI ap~ars betler. 16. KbB RxKt 17. p· KKr4! The Black Rook at Q1 deprive$ the Kt of ill flig h t SqUIU"e. If .• ~ ...•• Kt-B3 ; 18. P_K!>, etc. H. ......• axK. If, ._ •.... , B-Bl; 18. Q·RJ wUh the threat or P-Kts. The mlsplaecd Rook! lB. P xB Kt·let2 22. B·8 3 19. Ro03 P·K3 23. B·lets 20. R·~3 P-R. 24. 8·1(3

.-Q' P' B3 R· R1

N"alurally! If .....•.• KxR; ZII. Bl<Kt ch. K-Kt2; 29. Q_Kt4 ch, K·RI; 30. B-Kt6!, R-K2; 31. BxU, luB; 32. RxR ch, KxR; 33. Q.1l5 ch, clc.

21 . Kt· PxP KtxP 27. ........ RI1.KRI 31. RIKt 28. Q.Kt4 P-QS 32. R-Kt7ch Despite all valient defensive effort.s

t he two BIshops ,md the all.a.ck m ll>;! p revail. 19. PxP P x P 33. Q_Kt6 Resign5

27. RxPI 30. B·Q1 Kt·B4 25. I(·RI U. R·KKtl

p,p K·B1 A game t h ai waS lost in the opening.

MARSHALL CHESS CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP fiNALS N e w York, 1954-55

100% USCF Ra ted Event t. Fra okll" Howard ...... .......... x il & 1 I 1 1 ~ 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 2. W illiam Lombardy .............. l X il 1 0 1 1 I 1 Ill. 1 1 1 3. Edmnt· Mcdnls .............. ..... _.1 ~ x 0 I , I il 10 0 1 I I I I 9~ -4 ~ 5. Claude Hillin.!:'er ............... 0 I 0 il X 1 0 1 ~ 1 0 1 1 I 0 8 -6 Il. Allco Kaufn,an .. _._ ...... . :_ ••. _0 0 Ii ~ 0 X 0 I 1 1 ill ~ 1 1 1 8 -6 7. Nicholas Bakos ._ ............. _ •. 0 0 0 0 I' 1 x 1 I 1 1 I 0 0 1 7l..ti ~ 11 _ A. E. Santasiere ._ ........... _ .• il lilt 0 0 0 X 0 ~ 1 1 1 1 1 n-6~

9. John Weslbrock ....... , ............ 0 0 I 0 ~ 0 i 1 xl I ~ 1 1 7t-6 ~ 10. Jeremia h Donovan ........ .. _0 0 1 0 0 0 0 & ~ xlIII 1 7 -7 11. ~'lorencio Campomanes 6-43, 12. Mathew De Lleto 4-10; 13. Amos Kaminsky 4-10; 14. Josef Nussbaum 2Y.!.·U 'h; IS. Leo Kupersmlth 1-13.

Kaminsky forfeIted to Mcd,n.., s, Kaufman, and DeUclo, Kupcrsmllh to Kaul. man, Bakos, and Kaminsky. Will iam Sla te r and W. A. Radspinne r, tournament t1i,·.,etors.

SPOKANE CiTY CHAMPIONSHIP Spokilne, 1955

100% USCF Rated Event 1. Leon Svensson ...................... W2-4 W7 W4 W I] 1)2 WS S ~, ~ 24.00 1. Gordon Corneliu s ................. W3O W29 WI7 W6 01 W7 S~- II 20.:;0 3. Phil Aikman ......................... W38 W31 W12 DI4 D4 W6 S -I 19.00 4. Dr. G. II. P arker ............... _ .... W41 Wll Ll WS D3 WIS 4/;· H Z2.5O 5. P . A. Lyberger .. _ ...................... DIS W4(t Wll 1.4 W19 ' 'W14 4~-H 18.50 6. Rubert IIig~inson .. _ ............... W8 W9 W I S 1.2 WI0 1.3 4 ·2 25.50 7. Robert Dycult .... _ •. _ ............ _w28 LI WIS W21 W14 L2 4 ·2 23.50 8 . AI Mohr ._ ............. __ ............... _.1.6 W32 W29 W9 WII Ll 4 ·1 20.50 9. Kenneth Roberts _ ........... _.W32 1.6 W26 La W21 WI8 4·2 19.00 10. "'''ric Thunberg .... _ ................ W33 LI2 W22 WZ5 1.6 WI9 4 ,2 19.00 II. Ray Kromer .. _ ......................... W40 1.4 LS W IG W24 WI7 4 ·2 18.511 12. Emil Jl.ta;·kowshyj ................... W 42 WIO 1.3 L I9 W!i3 W22 4 -2 17.00 13. Uobcrt Dlnccn ......... __ L I8 L2a W32 W34 W31 W2S 4- _2 IS.oo 14. John Vhay ......... _ ........... ____ W39 W22 W20 03 L7 LS 36·2i 20.50 IS. Donald Daniels ...... _ ........ _ .. D5 W41 L7 W35 W20 LA 3~-2' 18.00 16. Karl KIs;:ely ......... _ ............ _ .LI7 W36 028 LIl W30 WW 31·1} 16.SO 17. Paul II. Neuman ................. _ .. W16 W21 [,2 L I W29 Lll 3 -3 2:1.$0 18. Michael Austin .............. W13 W26 L6 W23 1.8 L9 3 -3 22.00 19. Wllilam VOllet, Jr ............. _.1.20 Wa7 W39 W12 LS LIO 3 -3 18.50 :20. Kenneth Warren _ ........ __ .... WI9 was L14 W:W LIS L16 3 -3 18.00 21. James l-'arrclly ._ ...... _ .• _.W36 1.17 W30 L7 L9 W%8 3 -3 17.50 n. John Breakey ............. ....... _ .... W27 LI4 LIO W39 W3S 1.12 3 .J 17.50 23. Floyd Morris ....................... _ ... L26 W13 W31 LIB L25 W33 3 -3 17.$0 24. John Campbell ............. LI L28 W41 W30 LI I W29 3 -3 16.00 25. Dunbar Triplett, Jr, .... .... _ ...... 1.31 W38 W3S L JO W23 LIS 3 -3 16.00 26. Robert J ohnaon .. _ .... _ .... __ .• W23 LIB 1.9 L29 W38 W34 3 -3 15.00 27. J ack l-'redene ..... __ ......... __ . L22 1.39 W37 1.33 W40 W31 3 -3 10.00 28. A. J. Huber 1'h-3>h (18.SO), 29. Ray Alexander 2--4 (20.50); 30. Edward H ay 2-4 (19.00); 31. David Alberts 1-4 (l9.OOJ; a:>.. ~"red Gleeson 1-4 (17.00); 33. AI Lunde 1-4 (17.00) ; 34. Dougl as Olsen 2-4 (l§.00) ; 35. RICha rd Durant 2-4 (13.50); 36. Gary Glenn 2-4 (13.00) , 37. Jack Frost. 2-4 (IUIO) ; 38. Roy Brandt 1--5 (IS.00); 39. Uoy A. Goforth 1-5 (14.50); 40. Steven· Ste..,non 0-6; 41. Tony Miller 0-6; n. WUllam Trog­don 0-6.

Svimsson won t he title playofl rrom Cornellus l 'h-'h. Kromcr forfeited to Lyberger; Vocet forfeited to Lyber£:er ~nd Thunberg; Hay

to Kl~iely; MolT1s t o J ohnson ; Durant to Breakey, Frost to Voget; Gororth to VO&l:ct. Breakey, and Frost; StencI'$I)n to Durant, Glenn. and Frederic; Miller to CAmpbell and Gleeson; Trogdon to Brandt and FrosL SolkoU polnt.t: u.sed. Dr. Grlrtllh H. Parker tournament dIre<:tor.

MANHATTAN CHESS CLUB 'CHAMPIONSHIP New York, 1954-55

100% USCF Rated Eve nt CHAMPIONSHIP MAJ OR TOURNEY

1. Richard Ellis .............. _ .... ___ ....... _._ ........... _.x il 1 i 11 il 1 1 1 1 7 -2 !. Paul RIchman .... _ .•• _ ..... _ •. _ .. ~ ... __ ..... __ .~ i x 0 I 1 Ii I l! 1 1 6 -3 3. Sidney Zarkln ........ _ ....................... _.1.. ......... _ .. 0 1 x 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 I> -3 4. Kenneth Blake _ ... _. __ ....... _ ........... _ ... _ ........ _.. i 0 10: • ill 1 I S/;-3. S. Sydney SChiller .. __ •• _ ... _ ......... ___ .......... _. t 0 1 I x 0 I I II 1 SI-311 6. ' Max Sokoler ....... _ ......... __ ...... __ ... _ ..... _ .t li 0 ! 1 x • II 1 1 Si-311 7. Ann.and Katz ...... __ ...... _. __ .... _ .............. _ ...... 0 0 1 0 0 11 xI I 1 411-4) 8. Charles M. Sessa 3-6; 9. W alter Leibman 1'h-7'h; 10. Nicola!! Loren:t ¥,,-8'h.

Kah forfeited to make; Loren~ to SOkoler. CHAMPIONSHIP MINOR

1. William Richards ..• _ ..... __ ....................... ___ x 2. Jomothan SllSSDllIn __ ....... __ ........ __ ......... _., 3. J ohn Prior ..... __ •• _ ....... __ ......... _ ........... ·.1 4. Joseph Ala m ........ _ ...... __ ......... __ .............. 0 S. Jay Klein .... .......................... _ ........... _ ................... 0 6. JDhn Marberry ...... __ ......... _ ............... .:.. .............. 0 7. Leonard Parker __ .•. _ .• __ .... __ .. ____ 0 8. Edward T urner •• _ ..... _ . ......... _ ...... __ .. 0 9. Col. Roland Stenzle W; 10, NIcolas Calyo 1-8.

TOURNEY Olllill x 0 1 1 I 1 l xOl01 01IOOO 00 1 II0 0110xO 00 1 10][ 1 ' 10110

, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

7H~ q S~-3~ H U ... ... ••

Klein rorfelted Stenzel and Sus.sman, Marberry tq Parker and Turner; Parker to Marberry; Turner to Richards lind Stenzel. •

by Niclwlas Gabor-

Solutioni, r emarics, SUllllntions, .k., IS well IS eomposltioM by I ... ., inc! .11 eomposers ire we lcome, Address .11 commvnlcatlons to Nkholu Gabor, Hottl Kemper Lane, Cincinnati 6, Ohkl.

P,ob/~m ND. F. Vaux

Pmbhm No. HI I;'y Robert ~. Surger

Oakland, California First Publication

Probf~m No.. 540 By William J. Couture

Charleston, Mass, First Publication

Problem No. 54Z By Vincent L. Eaton

Silver Spring, Maryland l-' irst P ublication

A· LL l'roblems published in today's column are original contributions to CHESS LIFE's problem department. Vincent L. Eaton, our es·

teemed editor for many years, who reeenfly retired from this post, is demonstrating his continued interest in our column by contributing his charming miniature No. 542, a gesture most welcome to all of us.

All original (first publiution) problems appearing in this column are automatically subject to a yearly informal composing contest, its results to be announced at the end of the year. Judges' names, awards and other details will be announced in one of the coming issues.

The time limit for sending and accepting solutions has been extend· ed to five weeks from the date! of each issue.

WOMEN'S CHESS (Continued from page 3, eol. 4)

the informal title of The Terror of The Tournament,

Both Mrs. ·Aronson and Mrs. Vines will be invi'ted to co'mpete in the Uni:ted Stales Women's Ohampionship Tournament to !be played in New Yo~ this year. This tournament will be a round robin restricted to the twelve strongest

~women players in the Uni'ted States. 'Mrs. Gr.egor Piatigorsky ha'S re­

signed her position on the WOo men~s Committee due ,to the ·pr.ess· ure of other activities. lit is hoped that these other a'Ctivities will. nat prevent her pla.ying in ~uture na­tional tournaments as she is one of ·the s tronges.t women players in the oountny.

She has pJayed marw more inter· esting games than the one giVen

. here. I ha·ve never 'been .particu· larly fODd of this game, but since

I wiil never tive it do.WIl any.way, I might as wcll ,publish it for aU tho-se people who .ha.ve asked me, " What happened? " It happened that the roof calVed in!

U. S, Women's Ch. mpionship New York 1951

White Black J aeqve line Pla t igorsJey Willa Owen s ,. P·K4 P-KS •• N,N P,N

• .... p ... ,. B·N5ch l . .., • N-Q' P-QB4 •• P,P BxB1T

•• KN.B3 N·QB3 •• Q·RS! .. ., S. pxQP NxP f? 10. QxBcl1 Bolngl

New Orleans (L/I! .) Cheu Clvb: A simuItanous exhibition by Samuel Re­Shevsky Is SCheduled for M/I!r~h 29 when the Grandmaster wlll play a maximum or 40 boards, aeeording tn announcement or club president, Dr. Kenneth N. Vines. A USCF Club M­Mate.

BOOST AMERICAN CHESSI

Ql)ess tlfe Page 7 19H

S .. f,,,JtI'f, P"g. 8 M .. ,th " 1911

s.tJIIM 5 .. WJ..,~ 5~. /1.., m...?

Solution to No. 153 MKAuley.Kerr, Corr. Champ. of Ire­

land, 1949. In the d.u.,:ramlllCd poIiUon. Wh ite Nslgned. lie ml'ht h ave won afle r I . RxRP! TheN Kem to be rour pr indpill variation.: I ) I . .._ U.xR 2. QxBch a nd win,; II) 1. ~__ BxQ 2. Rx Reh K·K1 S. UxJCP Q.Q83 ... BxBPd.ill.ch il-Kl 5. UxNP .nd. win.; Ul) 1. ._ n·N 1. RXNI'! R.-It! (If BxR. 3. Bl<KP) 3. ft..R71 ft..N! (LorIe can be . .. rprWnc) 4. Q-.N5! PxB S. Qx.QP P. NS (It Willi neeeuary to PIlrT)' the th reat of 6. RxPeh QxIt 7. Q.Q6ehJ S. Q-QU5eh K.N2 7. Q.H7 itxI' 8. Qx.B •• nd now • lnee I'xP or Rxp raU '1I.1n, t 9. a·lUI. Bll1ek m .. st conUn .. e e ..... ~ .. N· R3. when g. Qx.QBP QxQ 10. PxQ lellvea Whi te with II won ernlfl:lI" lt; IV) 1 ... H_ N·JUI! 1. BxN (It wUl not d.o lO t ry 1. RxU NxQ 3. Rx Bch K·1a 4. Rx ll QxB with a . mell o t mate In Ihe wi nd) 2. ._ .•. BxQ :I. Rxnch K·K1 4. Rx R PxB 5. Px P a nd White hu the better of the tomewh at dl rllcu lt c nd lng.

All toh'en who submi tted I. IlxRP! b acked u p wi th wlnnlnsr play for Whi te In ",t lea.t twO of the flnt three va r ia· tlon. h ave received full eNdlt tor eo .... rect toluUun .... 1 L.eU (,Gmplel;e follow. "ps ot 1. RxRJ> e"rned. 'h potn t awarda. 1\ special a ll'anl of ~ point I. made to Ivan t ' r ank for h is orla-Inal d lsoovery of 1. __ N·JU!, a dere ... u ndreamed ot by either the eoI.um.nlst or any other 5OI.vo: r . yet acl .. aI1,. BI.ck ·, Slron,est line:. n .d Mr. F rank not dllmed a win for Hlade. hls powerfW au&,estion miCht have received more poinU. lor . l is very u nusual ror all or our soJven \0 overlook the stro>1.:est de lense In one 01 our p roblem..

Correct soluUons ( I pL) are acknowl­edged trom:

K. Biumber .:. MUl.on D . Illumenthal. Allan Brison' . Gcon:e F. Ch ase. J . E. Coachman. W. J . Couture. B. Deer ' . J. DOU"ld Dt,tln e. Robert Dlcldnson. D r . H. B . Gl b •• Edwin Gault. J oh n W. 110m· ina-. Maur y Klein . He ino Kurruk. Eu· .ene T . Le in inger. J . L . MeDon.ld, Howard llun-IIY, Charl~ Mu.grove. Ed· m .. nd Nuh, WUllam Newberry. Qeorte W. Pay ne. lIerberl C . Pierson. Geor.e V . .... tnam . Dr . I. SchwartZ. lrw1n Slg· m ond, David Silver. P a .. 1 H . Smith. Eph, ,." im SOlkofl. Paul J . SOmmer. Andrls Slaklls. W. 1::. S lIl vc n$. Oav ld A. Wal&­dorl J r .• J. L. Weln ln~er, Harley O. Wilb .. r. WIUlam U. WllJSon. NcU P . Witting. lind Phil Wor k. J>arUally cor· ,-...:t sol .. tionll ('h point) ... e .cknowl· ed.Eed [rom: A bel ll. Uombcrault. S / Sgt . R. T . Cokewell". and Fr .:derlck H. Kerr; plus special Y.o pi to tvan Frank' u mentiuned above.

,'he sotve" 4efeated 153 by 39- ~. and voted a nearly willI p~le~nee for challen ging. no ther than easy post. tio"'. We'll t ry to o bu,-e. with an 0c­casional simpler problem to encounage new solvei'll. • New SOlver

CHESS WO"LO • .. 1D1>' e ...... I~. "-_r. I\.o. __ ..... dn~ ..t lted by C. J . 5. "'nl1 . b11e1-.

onnouted p .... -",-, .... . $3.00 per "11' __ 11 taun

SuopHt ""'". _

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WHAT"S THE BEST MOVE? Ouarrte.rly Ledder

(Conldinin, "Il "triiud scorl l t h ro ugh Ihr so/" Iio'll 10 Po,ifi"n No. 111 /rom ,,/1 Mfit'l SO/ .. , . ,.) R Gaul l ' 59 J. COaehman 4.i. W. CwWre 51 ~ C. Cleere .f,J, J . Conutccli: ' 4'1 T. Oavlll 41 Or. I. Schwutt.""'l S. Einhorn 4 , J . Weininger "'1 C . Simmer ~ u. KU.lTUli: 44 1.. Ware 41 J . Balter 4U P . Work .q W.stevens 38 JII. li. Cha 4 J . Ka .. fman n. E. Hallman 4 E. Roma n "II F. S. Klei n 4 P. Valvu 3:i1l S. Rein 4 1). n aml> .. rle r Sf J . E. Byrd. 3, I. Sigmond S3 J . t.c. SI N. Witting ' 3S H . Mellerl 31 G . Payne 31 U . Gould S N. ~ke 30 C. Joadum' S D. Waudorf J r . 2S~ H. Klndl.e 3 E. Godbold Z9 C. Morgan S G. Chat!(! %7 O. WllltlnfOn 3 E. Korpanty" %6~ 111. . Klein 21 E. Nash" 26 M. WoodllOn 2~ K. Blumberg 24 O. Am" 2 D. Silwer 13 Prot. Anthony 2 F . Knu llpcl U, T. Bullocku , 2 F. 1'ruk 21 ~ G. Gilbert J r. 2 A. Bombera .. lt 21 1.. Hravey 1 J . Denne In R. Hay.. 1 R. Monroe I II E.. n oUaduy 1 G. H.nkcr lSi E. Mille r 2 M. lJl urrw;: n tha l lSi R. RellNI 2 C. Musgrove 15~ &. Solkoff 2 M. Mueller 141 A. Stalll", 2 A. "t'rud.. It J . Sleven$On 2 M. Burn 13. A. Waten 1 Or. SChlosser IS C. Grachlm 16 H. Wilbur U i J . p agwell 1 M. MlliIteln 12 V. Rrlehcr P. Smith 1.2 1.. Brittain H. U nderwood ' 1.2 J. Curdo It. Hurry III R. Dobley D. Arcan ian II I W . Gctz R. Stelnlng 10~ R. Hewes .J. McDonald 101 A. Hulmes M. Luebbert J r . ' l B. rves J. Haliburton 8~ R. .lol l,. 1 P. MurUla ~ H. K.),e I Dr. R. Pinson • Eo LeininJ:e r 1 J. Carpen ter 71 S. L iD,. I I •. Hyde r 71 P. Maller 1 W.A"leku J r. 7 G. Man;den 1 W.Da .. m 7 1.. Martin 1 R . Dieklnson 7 A . McAuJey ) B. Sidey 7 R . Me rric k I P . Sommer 7 Dr. K . Alicha ilc I H . WelRand 7 Dr. K-I:'North ru p I W. WlI5Qn· · ·· 7 J . Pinney I R. Baker II R. !'.Ice I W . Ncwberry . II RYD Dist rib ·.." I H. Pie r50n I J. Selle rt I F . Athey .J r. 5~ J . Sh adle 1 H. Mur ray 56 R. Simp snn 1 G. PUtnam 51 N. St.~mm I Dr. H . Ga ba S D . Sullivan 1 R. !locker 5 K. Wa rne r 1 L. J oh nston J r. , 5 B. Winkelm.n I E. LaCroix S R. Rle rman i R. O'Neil ~ W. Chisholm I V. Pupots 5 F . Kerr ~ W. Shucert Jr. S J . Kolesar I G . T1cn S W. Youn " i

Inadiv. Solvers PI.a~ Not. : . If you have less than 24 points. and

d Id not submit a solution to any of 147·U2. you~ nlm. Is not publi shed but your points arot still good In ou; rf!Conls a nd you mlY reSume wtte re you le ft off at .ny t l", • .

CO:-':GRATULi\TIONS to Edwin C aulJ.., "" '" wins the Ladde r P rize lor this Qn arte r and (who no'" starts ov ... r l rom ,..,ro ror Ule _xl I .... dder.). It .,.,.,... pletes h ls ac:cond ascent..

• Each asterisk equalll one p revious Laddcr win . (COrreeUOn" welcomed II OU r ",cords are incomplete).

NIMZOINDIANDEFENSE Simultaneous Exh ibition

Clevelend. 1955 W~It:.,

DR. M. EUWE 1. P-Q4 Kt·K83 2. P-QB4 P·K3 1. Kt-QB1 B·KtS 4. Q. B2 p .&4 5. PxP O..() 6. 8 · 84 8 x P 7. P·K1 P-QR3 •• KI·B3 Kt·B3 t . R-Ql P·QKt3 10 8-K1 8-Kt2 11. ()..() R·Kl 12. P-QR3 QR.81 11 1t-Q2 8-81

lliack MRS. W. W. OWENS

14. KR.QI Kt.QR4 U. 8 ·KtS P-Q3 n . P-QKt3 Q.81 17. 8xKt Px8 , &. Kt.Q4 P-Q4 19. B-Q3 p.B4

' to. Kh"BP Pa~ 11. PXP Ktx P 22. 8xKI QxB U. R-Q4 Qxkt 14. R·kt4ch K ·RI

Resigns

:Journamenl ."Ilf. S.nd to CHESS LIFE. l U No.

Humphrey Av... Oak park,. ilL for iIfIpliu tlon form for .nnounc:lng tournam . nt In th is c:olum,.,

April 14-11 New Jersey High School

Chempionship Hoboken, N.J.

R()l,Jtrk:led to under.:rad lutes of any hlth K hool . publle o r prlnt.e, In N.J.; e I'd SW1u; at p rlla a medal .,nUl o the r vat ... ble prt~lI; entry fee ,1-00 with USCF menlbenh lp required of aD par­Ilclp.n t.t ($5.00): ERlrttll and Inq ulrlea to: WIUiam W albreeht . 6 Webster Ave .• Je.-.cy Clly 7. N.J .

100% USCF rated . v. nt .

April '/3·14

Inlend Empir. Open end Eastern W .. hington Open

Spokane. Wesh. Op",n; 6 rd Swill with 2'11 h our ti me.

I1mlt; e ntry 'eC! 13.00 plus USC" r a t. Ina- fetll: gUllrll n t.e..'(! t lrst prlJ.e of $2$; rankl", Eelll Wllllhln,ton retident ",Ins F.. W&IIh. title; . t De ..... rt Hotel. 1. 1 and PCNlI . Spokane; to r deta.lls. w rite: Dr. Gr1trlth 1I . Pllrker . 416 lIydll Bldl., Spok.ne I, Wa. h.

100% USCF "ied .v.nt.

M.., 28·JO Texas Stete Championship

Dallas. T e x. Open to Texu rt. ldenl.& and military

personnel llatioDcd in T exas' 6 rei: .s .. bs, two g.mes per d'y; "'; .... n tecd

niE WORLO CHESS CHAMPION· SHIP. 1951 , b y Wm. Wlnt. r and R. G. Wade. All 14 ,am eli of the Bot..-In­n Ut·Bronsteln m.teb for the wor k! title. tullJ' . n not.:lted. A lto hlsto ry of world ch amplonahlps. I'" pp .n dla, rams. .. W .2(I: $1.50 leal 4l~ H ___ $ I ...

SOO MASTER GAMES OF CHESS by Or. S. Tartak_.r .nd J . DuMont. Greatetl an d be.t CQmpendlum of mutcrpleeea ever p rod uecd. · ClassI· (jed under orten'n", 1111 , ames ar e ru lly . nnotated. Co'"r.lete ehes.s lI· bn.ry In one bl, vo UrnII'. 728 p p M7 d l a~ram.. .. W·U : " 0.00 lea ts~ .. H_ ••.• H. __ f7.SD

CHESS THE HA RD WAY by D. A. Ylnofsky. " .. \Oblonlphy . nd an no­t ilted g.mel or brill"nt youn, Can · adl. n m llSter who be lt Botv1nn1Jt. ISO pp ., 1~4 di'a-r am •. Y·l0: $4.01 In s 10,. ......... H._ . ..... H •• $3.60

kiNGS OF CHESS by Wllllam Wlftter. Vivid acco"nt of world Utle matchell by La$Jo:e r, Capa. Alekblne. Euwe Botvlnn.l.k. ADrootated ,ameli. n2 pp ' at dl., ram.. . • W·1S: 15.75 Ie .. ItS ____ $4.ts

Solutions:-Finish It the Clever Way!

Position No. 147: 1. Kt.K6! and Bla ck n::si, ned. If I ..... _ . PxKt; 2. RxB ch. and Q m . tea next movC! .

Position No. 148: I. B-JU. B-KS; 2. K·B5!. BxR (il2. __ H, KxR; 3. K-Q4 en. &-B3; 4. U-Ki2 wins); S. R.Ql do. K·K2; 4. R-Kl wins. It I. _H_, B·Of: 1. R.BI. 8x1t ('h; S. K·XIi, 8-B3; ... R·N c::b. B-KI ; S. B-Kt2 a nd I . U-Of wins. 11 1. -.. I)..RI ; 1. R- KKtl. BlI.R eh; S. K.K6, K-BI; 4. R.K", eh. K·X12; S. U·Kt2 ch wins. If 1. _.H., U-R3; 2. K·M. 8xR: S. R.QI eh. K uwvca; 4. KxU win •.

Solution :­Studies in Pawn Endings

St .. dy No. S: 1. Kt·US eh. KII:Kl lor AI; 1. p ·Be! II now ........ • PltP or _ ... • P·K13(4). In ord.c r 1.0 prevent 3. PxP ""d 4 . P·Kt6(QJ. then 3 .• 1'· Rl) wlnnll\jf. It 1 .......... Kt.Q3; 3. PxP. KtxP; 4. P·RI winn Lng. It 2. .. ~._. Kt.Q4: 3. PII:P. K .... B3; 4. P.RS a nd. 5. P·1I1 wlnnl ..,-.

(A) 1. ........ , K·K:I ( I' I. ... _.. K.Q2. the n 2. KtxKt and Whlle ('Omea In Um e with his Kin,); 2. KtxKt c h. K-Q4: 3. P -86 with Ihe t h reat o r 4. !, ~ J> Or (On 3. ~ ...... • PxP or 3 . . _.H .. P.KU or .:I • • _ •••• • » ·Ktt: 4. p·RG wtnnlng .

Jnoo r rect I. 3. K .... KL1 ot' 3. Kt-KI because Wh ile 1_ both pawn.. B.d also Is 3. K· ln . " ·W; 4. K.K3. KtxP; . nd 5 . .... ~ .. • Kt·KIS. dr.wlns:.

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