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THE KEMERI TOURNAMENT

PAUL MORPHY AND PAUL KERES

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PAUL MORPHY and

PAUL KERES Paul Morphy has aptly been called "tile pride

and the sorrow of chess."' At tlle age of 22, thefe were no worlds left for him to conquer! He lw.d attracted attention as a dlild prodigy, he -had won the American Championship at the age of 20, and the following year he had de. feated Lowenthal, Harrwitz and Andersscn in set matches, had distinguished himself by some of the finest blindfold games that have ever been played, and had generally defeated his 01" ponents with an case and unexampled brilliance tInt have remained proverbial for almost a cen. tury. W e still use the expression · ·Morphy.like elegance," and Blackburne had no need to ex· plain in more detail whenever he ca lled a com. bination "a bit of Morplly,"

PAUL MQRPHY

And yet, so far as serious chess was con· cerned, Morphy died at the age of 22! He came back (rom Europe a ,hero, with all the world (all the chess world!) at his feet. He was young, famous, a scion of a well.off and even aristocratic fam ily. Yet the rest of his life was wrapped up in illusions, disappoint. ments, bitter guarrels, futile law.suits, indiffer.

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cner and even aversion for chess. A tragic fate! That is why Paul Morphy -has been called "the pri de and the sorrow of chess."

It may SOllnd heartless to point out that there is one angle from which this sorry end of Mor_ phy's chess_playing days does not seem so bitterly ipoignant. For he retired into the shadows at the -height of his fame, at the very apex of his playing strength. In the years that have passed since his retirement, the d1CSS world has often had to witness the pitiful decline of the powers of a great master. Stcinitz is per_ haps the best example of this tendency.

But in Morphy's record there arc no dark spots. Everything is dear and bright and joy_ ous, and beautiful moves Aow endlessly from the inexhaustible cornucopia of his genius. One always chinks of Morphy as a young man­another Mozart. Morphy"s chess has an aristo­cratic character: hi s games are elegant without being lifeless, his combinations arc brilliant 'without being flamboyant- for they are rarely unsound and just as rarely superfluous. This rigorous self_control, this sense of harmony, of good taste, the impression of achieving great effects with seemi ng effortlessness- all of these were new in Morphy's day.

PARIS, 1858 (Black to Move)

Delannoy

The conclusion was: 1 .•• KR·Kl ! 2 BxB, RxR; 3 KxR (if 3 Q_Kt5, KR_K7 wins), R.K7 ch!! 4 KxR, QxPch; 5 K.Kl, Q_KtSch; 6 K.K2, B_R4ch; 7 K.Q2, Q.B7 mate.

Perhaps it is only one of History"s well_ known little ironies that in the very year of the centenary of Paul Morphy"s birth, a namesake of his should have risen to fame.

Paul Keres was born in Pamau, in what is now Estonia, on January 7th, 1916. Like Capa_ blanca, he learned the game as a child while watohing his father play chess with friends. His

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amazing combinative abilities (or at least their development) may be credircd to the large amount of correspondence chess which he has played; for, prior to his winning the Estonian Championship in December 1934, he had played only in such local tOi.lrnaments as the Students' Championship and t-he Championship Tournament of Parnau.

PAUL KERES

But once he participated in internationai tournaments, he made a name for himself very guickly. Playing top board fo r Estonia in the Warsaw Team Tournament in 1935, he achieved the fine score of 12 wins, 5 losses and 3 draws. The following year he tied Alekhinc for first 'p lace at Bad Nauhcim, and then tied Tartakower for thi rd at Zandvoort (both of these tournaments had very strong fields). Shortly thereafter he made the best score of all the players at the Munich Team Tournament (12 wins, 1 loss and 7 draws !). During the current year ·he has done so well that he is now ranked among the grand masters, although he is not yet 22! He tied with Fine at Margate, and a few weeks later they repeated the same performance (Ostend), with Grab being added to figure in a triple tic for first. He then went on to Prague, annexing another first prize with_ out the loss of a game. And in the recent tour_

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nament at Kemeri, he tied with Alekhine, miss_ ing a tie for first by only half a point.

With these triumphs already behind him, Keres seems destined to become one of those great masters who stand our not in one tourna_ ment or one year or one generation ; one of those who, like Morphy, will be remembered as long as chess is played.

While Keres is just as "brilliant" as Morphy, it is a different kind of brilliancy that is needed nowadays. In Morphy"s time, his opponents often p layed so badly that Morphy's combin_ ations simply developed inexorably out of his positional advantage. This state of affairs stead­ily recedes to the background nowadays, as the average strength of weaker players steadily rises. A brilliant contemporary player like Keres must be cO[ltinually keyed up on every move to find something [lovel. something "different," some­thing which will give the game a difficult twist so that ·he can utilize his superior tactical abilities.

CORRESPONDENCE, 1935 (White to move)

~~SchaPiro

Keres

There followed: 21 QxBP! KtxB; 22 PxP, Ktx KP; 23 Kt-Q5ch, K_K3; 24 QR_K1 (threatening mate in three), Q_B1; 25 Kt.B7ch, K_K2; 26 Rx Ktchl PxR; 27 Kt·QSch, K_Q1; 28 RxBch! RxR; 29 Q_Q6ch, Q _Q2; 30 QxQRch, Q_B1; 31 Q-Q6ch, Q-Q2; 32 QxRch, Q-K1; 33 QxP, resigns.

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Miniature Games FROM A SIMULTANEOUS EXH I BITION

Valga, 1936 PH I LI DOR'S DEFENSE

p. Kere·$ Amateur 'White Black

P-K4 P_K4 8 Kt_KtSch Kt-KB3 P_Q3 9 Q.B4ch B-B4 Kt-KB3 10 KtxQP Kt-B3 QKt_Q2 11 KtxKtch P-Q4 p,p 12 Kt(5)xPch Q,P B.K2? 13 Q_Kt8 mate BxPch! K,B

AN OPENING TRAP Played by Correspondence, 1936 QUEEN'S GAMBIT DECLIrfED

Demetriescu Dr. Nagy White Black

K_Kt1 P_Q4

Kt_K4 K.B1 RxKt

1 ·P_QB4 P_K3 8 0_0 0_0 2 P_Q4 P-Q4 9 PxP P_QS 3 Kt_QB3 P_QB4 10 Kt-QR4 8_B4 4 BPxP KPxP 11 B_Q2? B-K5 S Kt_B3 Kt_QB3 12 Kt·R4 BxB 6 P-KKt3 Kt_B3 13 KtxB Kt_KS 7 B_Kt2 B. K2 14 Q.B2? P_Q6!!

W.hite resigns, as he must lose a piece no matter how he Jliays ! If 15 Qx p. QxQ; 16 PxQ. KtxB. If 15 PxP, K t-Q5; 16 Q-Ql, KtxB; 17 QxKt, Kt·B6ch. If J5 Q·Ql , PxP; 16 QxP, K tx B; 17 KR-Ql, Kt-Q5!

ECHO THEME Murau, 1935

CENTER GAME Haecke Dr. Reinle White Black

1 P_K4 P_K4 5 B_QB4? Kt_K4 2 P_Q4 PxP 6 B_Kt3 B_KtSch! 3 QxP Kt..QB3 7 P.B3? B_B4! 4 Q-K3 Kt..B3 8 Q.Kt3 BxPoh!! White resigns. as he must lose the Q (9 QxB,

Kt·Q6ch, or 9 KxB, KtxPch).

REPULSING A PREMATURE ATTACK Jurata Tournament

May, 1937 NIMZOWITSCH DEFENSE

Schaechter White

1 P-Q4 Kt.KB3 2 P-QB4 P_K3 3 Kt-QB3 B_KtS 4 Q_B2 Kt_B3 S Kt·B3 0·0 6 B-Kt5 R_K1 7 ·P.QR3 BxKtch 8 QxB Q.K2 9 B_R4 P_Q3

10 P.KKt4? P_K4

Woiciechovsky Black

11 p.QS 12 Kt.Q2 13 P_R3 14 B,Q

B,P PxKt Kt_K4 K,P

15 16 17 18

Resigns

P_KS! Kt_K4

KtxQP! KtxQ

Kt·Q6ch! PxPch

P_Q7ch! KtxKtoh

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The Kemeri Tournament The Kemeri Tournament, the grcltcst since

Nottingham, had more than the usual number of upsets. One notable departure from the cus· tomary was the showing of the American Champion, Sammy Rcshcvsky. True to form, he finished at the top; but, whereas he usually starts badly and fmishcs like a whirlwind, he started off with a rush this lime, assembled a big lead, and waJuall}' saw it wither. Onlin. arily one would expect Rcshc\·sky to beat players like Rdlslab and Boo~, and it was this double upset that cost him a dear flfst prize. But even a tie for first place, in such company, after hardly any serious chess for a whole year, is convincing proof of Reshcvsky's class,

One naturalY expects to find Flohr among the leaders, an Kemeri was no exreption. He went alonF: in his usual unadventurous way, adding a ,)oint here and a half_point there (more hal _points than points!), and was the only one to go throu,~h this gruelling tourney undefeated. His attempt to bore Keres to death by continuing in a barren position 1\1 104 moves, turned out a failure .

The fine showing of the Latvian Pe~rov came as a great surprise, but he fully desen'ed his J1igh pIKe, and might have done even better had he not blundered away a won game against Reshcvsky in the very first round (sec G",IJlle SIlIdies ). It will be interesting to sec whether he will be able to m,lintain his (lne form at Stockholm- probably not, if certain masters obtain the revenge they arc eagerly awaiting!

Alckhine retrieved himself to a certain extent after his poor showing at Margate. His victory over Reshcvsky (appended below), shows that he is just as dangerous as ever in a single game, and the sparkl in,ll: finish created a well_merited sensation. That he is still not 'iuite his old self is seen in his poor play against Mi!{enas, despite his heroic resistance later on in this game. This loss had a ('hastening effect on him, and subse­guently he played with more care. The extent of hi.~ nervous preoccupation may be gauged from the fact that in one of his games be p"l)"ed 111'0 1II01 'es ill JlI((eHioJl(.l). Hans Kmoch, (he tournament director, was unable to invoke any penalty, as the playing rules say nothing about such a possibi lity.

The fad that young Keres missed a tie for first place by half a point, and that many people found (his a tl isappointing showing, shows how highly Keres is thought of! His play continues to show a steady advance toward maturity, with no lo . .,s in his tactical skill.

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A. Steiner, younger and less well_known brother of Lajos Steiner, produced the (mest performance of his career. Like his brother, Andreas almost always plays 1 P_K4; he loves a complicated game, avoids simplifications, is always getting into fearful time difficulties and oversteps the time limit with relative fre,-[uency . But this time his aggressive and tenacious style scored a triumph.

Dr. Tartakower comes next, pretty ncar the top, but his play was a bit of a let_down after his magnificent showing at Jurata. During this latter tournament, he did not lose a single game during all of its 2t rounds, and he likewise went through the first 6 rounds of the Kemeri Tournament without suffering defeat. But the longer this string became, the more fearful was Tartakower, since the probabilities of his losing became stronger and stronger with every addi_ tional game. The last straw was Apshencck's congratulations to the Doctor after the 27th game. Instc'ad of being pleased, Tartakower was very mur h annoyed: he knew that the spell would now have to be broken! And sure enough, he lost the next day to Steiner. Tartakower brooded on revenge, and this is how he got it: by tile enJ of this round (the seventh), Ap_ sheneek had not yet lost a game. Tartakower went over to him and congratulated him on llis fine showing. The next day, Apsheneek's luck came to an abrupt end. He lost! To whom,

- -'T 1"k f' you mqlllre. 0.... arta 'ower, 0 course. (see Seluted Gawes.)

The great disappointment of the tournament was the other American representative, Reuben Fine. According to the correspondent of the Niell1l'e !?olterd(/illsche Couralll, the tournament was played in an almost tropical heat, (could it have been any worse than our own hot spell at the beginning of July?!), and this proved particularly disastrous for Fine, fatigued and stale as he was from his many travels and tour_ naments and exhibitions (luring the current year. Fine is getting a good rest now and wi11 doubtless be his old self at Stockholm.

Further details arc shown in (he accompany_ ing score table.

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QUEEN'S GAMBIT DECLINED (Notes by Fred R ein (eld)

S. Landau

White M. F"ig in

Black

(It tvas the consensus oj 0P;/I;Oll among the players takillg part in the tournament that this was the finest game played in the first halj, and it was comidered a likely candidate for the brillial/cy prize, )

1 P_Q4 2 P-QB4 3 Kt-KB3 4 P-K3 5 Kt.B3 6 B·Q3

P_Q4 P-QB3 Kt-B3 P-K3

QKt.Q2 B. K2

This move has a double pur pose: it avoids t he complications resul ting from the Meran De­fense (6 , , , PxP ; 7 BxBP, P-QKt4 etc,) and it is superior to the symmetrical line of play 6 , , , B·Q3; 7 0 ·0, 0·0; 8 P-K4, PxKP; 9 Ktx p. when Black is p ractically forcecl to exchange Kt8, leaving White with a free r positlon,

7 0_0 0-0 If now 8 P ·K4, PxKP; 9 KtxP, P·QKt3 fOl­

lowed by". B-Kt2 and , , . P·B4 with ap­proximate equality. White therefore follows a dil'te rent course which, despite Its harmless appearance, gives Black some difficulty.

8 P.QKt3 P_QKt3 9 B_Kt2 B_Kt2

10 Q.K2 R_B1

Despite the almost symmetl'ical character of the position after 10 . , , P -B4, Black would not have an easy game, The essenUal dlffer-

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enCe would consist in the placement of each player' s ICB, which would ilmit Black to defen· slve play, and at the same time allow White attacking chances. Another embarrassing point, from Black's pOint of view, would be the lack of a good square for his Q, White's best reply Is 11 QR-Ql, and here are some of the resulting possibilities:

I 11 , , , Q-H2 (thinking that he prevents Kt·K5); ] 2 Kt-K5! (a "\lhony" sacrifice of s. Pawn, for H 12 , , , KtxKt; 13 PxKt, QxP? 14 KtxP! winning a piece, for if 14 , , , Q·Q3; 15 KtxKtch amI .16 DxPch winning the Q), BPxP (this only helps White's com ing attack, Kmoch recomlnends 12 , , , QR-Ql); 13 ICPxP, QR·Ql; 1-1 p-n~, P-Kt3; 15 n·Ktl , KR-Kt; 16 R-Q3! with a s trong aUack (Dogolubow- Spielmann, Match 1932).

II 11 , , , Kt-K5; 12 QPxP, KtxKt; 13 BxKt, KtPxP; 14 PxP, PxP; 15 B·R6! with R strong in itiative agaInst the "hanging Pawns," (Euwe­Winter, Nottingham 1936),

11 QR_Q1 Q-B2 Being fully aware of t he dangel'S resulting

from the advance of the QDP, Black evidently intends to postpone th is move until his devel· opment is com])leted,

12 Kt-K5! • • • •

Revealing the flaw in Black's plans , If now 12 , ~ . KH·Q J; 13 P·B4, P·B~ ; 14 P-BS with a strong attack,

12 . . . , 13 PxKt

or course not 13 14 P.B4

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KtxKt Kt.Q2

QxP? 14 KtxP etc, KR.Q1

In order to bring the Kt to KBl, In the llope of avoiding the weakening advance of one of his P awns in front of the King, But White at once refutes this "Ian,

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15 R_B3! 16 R_R3

Kt_B1 P_KB4

White threatened 17 BxPeh, KtxB; 18 Q-R5 etc. The alternative 16 ... P-RtS is hardly more inviting: 17 P-KKt4, P-QB4; 18 Kt-Kt5! Q-Kt1; 19 P·BS, P-QRS; 20 P-B6! Or 18 ... Q-Q2; 19 PxP, BxP or 19 ... PxP; 20 P-B5); and now not 20 Kt-Q6, BxKt; 21 PxB, QxP; 22 B-R6, because of 22 ... B-B6!! 23 RxQ, BxQ; 24 RxR, RxR; 25 BxB, R-Q7; instead White plays 20 B-B2 ! with a powerful game.

17 PxP e. p. BxP 18 PxP KPxP .

The alternative ... BPxP is hardly feasible beca.use of 19 Kt-KtS, Q-K2 (if 19 .. . Q-Kt1; 20 ExE. PxB; 21 Q-KUch with a winning posi­tion); 22 BxB winning a Pawn If nothing bettel' is avallable.

19 Q.QB2 P_KR3? Overlooking the beautiful combination which

follows. . .. P ·KtS was absolutely es sential.

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20 B·B5! • • • •

The first move of White's finely calculated combination. Tile pOint of the text is to force the QR to move, thus leaving the Q unprotec ted.

20 . . . . R.R1 Can't be helped. If 20 .. . K t-Q2; 21 B·K6

Q~Bf;~1 i_Q3~124 'Kt~~%a2l!)~-~~\~K\~2;a;~ Black is helpless against the threat of RxPch; for example 22 ... Kl·B4 ; 23 Kt·Kt5!

21 KtxP!! RxKt 22 BxB! •••.

Stronger than 22 RxR, BxB etc. 22 . . . . RxReh 23 QxR Q.B2

Note how White's combination clicks. If 23 ... P xB; 24 R-KiSch, K-Rl (if 24 ... Q·Kt2; 25 RxQch, KxR; 26 Q·Q6! with an easy win. Or 24 ... K-B2; 25 Q·R5ch, K·K2; 26 R·Kt7ch, K­Q3: 27 RxQ, KxR; 28 Q·B7ch and Black can re· sign); 25 Q'R 5, Q·K2 : 26 QxPch, Ki·R2; 27 R· R3 wins. Another posslbllity (Instead of 2"5 . .. Q·K2) Is 23 . . . B-B1; 24 QxPch, Kt·R2; 25 BxKt and wins.

But the text seems to be a bone-crusher; for how is White to avoid the loss of a piece?!

24 RxP!! . . . . This far from obvious move is the real point

of the combination . Neither of the pieces which

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are now en prise can very well be taken: 24 ... PxB; 25 Q-Kt4ch, Q-Kt2; 26 B-K6ch! Ktx B; 27 QxKtch! (stronger than R-K t6), Q-B2; 28 R·R8ch! and wins. Or 24 ... PxR; 25 Q-Kt4 ch, K t·Kl3: 26 B-K6 winning easily.

24 . . . . B_B1 25 BxB PxR

If 25 ... RxB; 26 Q-Kt1, R·Kl; 27 D·K5, p ­B4; 28 R-R3 and White wins without any diffi­culty.

26 Q_Kt4ch K_R2 or course if 26 .. Q-Kt3? 27 B-K6ch, K·R2;

28 B-B5. Or if 26 ... Kt-Kt3; 27 B-K6. 27 B_Q4 ....

Tills constitutes a slight aes t hetic flaw in WhIte's play. More logIcal was 27 B-B5ch, Kt­Kt3; 28 B-K5, R-KBl; 29 B'K4 and there is no defense against P·KR4·5. The text could be a nswered by . .. RxB, which would not sav·e the game, but would spoll White's combination.

27 . . . . Q.Kt1 28 B.B5ch Kt.Kt3 29 P.KR4 P-B4 SO B-K5 Resigns

A TIME PRESSURE FINISH Kemeri Tournament

June, 19S7 ALEKHINE'S DEFENSE!

Dr. A. Alekhine S. Reshevsky White Black

1 P·K4 Kt_KBS 19 Kt-R4 B_R4 2 ,P.K5 Kt_Q4 20 P· B4 B.B2 S P_Q4 P-Q3 21 P. KtS P.BS 4 Kt-KB3 B_Kt5 22 PxP Q.KS 5 P_B4 Kt_KtS 23 P-KRS KR-Kt1 6 B-K2!? PxP 24 B·Q4 KtxP 7 KtxP exe 25 Q-QB3 Kt_Q2 8 QxB QxP 26 P-B5 KR.K1 9 0-0 Kt(1)_Q2 27 P_QKt4 Kt_Kt1

10 KtxKt KtxKt 28 Kt.Kt6ch BxKt 11 Kt_BS P-QBS 29 PxB QxQRP 12 B_K3 Q_K4 30 Q-KKt3 R-Q2 1S QR.Q1 P_KS 31 B.B5 Q_B2 14 Q·BS 0-0·0 S2 R.R1 Q_Kt3 15 BxP Q_QR4 33 Q.R2 R_K4 16 B-Q4 Q_KB4 34 R·R8 R_Q7? 17 Q.KtS P_K4 35 RxKtch! KxR 18 S. KS B_Kt5 36 QxRch! Resi 9ns

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June, 1937 FRENCH DEFENSE

L. Rellstab White

1 P_K4

G. Stahlberg Black

2 P_Q4 S Kt-QB3 4 B.Kt5 5 P·K5 6 BxB 7 P·B4 8 Kt_Kt5 9 P-B3

10 Kt_SS 11 B_QS

P_KS P_Q4

Kt_KB3 B_K2

KKt-Q2 Qxe

P_QB4?! 0-0

Kt-QBS P.B3

PxKP

12 BPxP 1S PxP 14 0·0 15 Kt_Q6 16 Q_B2 17 Kt_R4! 18 B.R7ch 19 Kt_Kt6ch 20 QxB 21 RxR!

PxP Kt·KtS

B_Q2 B_K1

P_KRS? B_R4 K_R1 BxKt R.B4

Resigns

Addenda to Griffith and White 8, FRED R EIN F ELD

FROM'S GAMBIT

Since Bird's Opening was played very little over a period of 40 years, it is no wonder that no innovation of any importance was introduced in From's Gambit in this time. With the in. creased popularity of Bird's Open ing (see the articles In T he Chen RevIew, April and May, 1937) , there soon appeared a revival of one of the most interesting lines of play in this open­ing. Colli/lim 12 and 13 deal with the Hne of play 1 P.KB4, P_K4; 2 PxP, P-Q 3; 3 PxP, Bx P; 4 Kt.KB3, P_KKt4; '5 P .Q4, P_Kt5. The main line has always continued with 6 K t-K 5, and this has been strengthened for White (through the game Brinckmann- Tartakower, KCC$kemct 1927 ) as pointed Ollt in CO//II/II/ 12. Nole (g) , however, touches briefly on the nov. city 6 Kt_Kt;; (adopted in a consultation game in 1890!) and analyzes it O\lt in Black's favor. Recently, ,'>Orne important discoveries have been made aoo\lt this move.

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(after 6 Kt_Kt5!)

In 1926 the move 6 Kt_Kt;; was revived in an obscure game Smirnov- Jacobson which took the following course:

6 . . . . 7 P.K4

. ·P.KB4 P_KR3

Wins tne Kt, which White has so blithel y l ert en prlUl. But he obtai ns a strong COII\I)eu­sating a ttack.

S P-K5 9 Kt.K R3

10 Q.R5ch

8-K' P x Kt K·81

The only K move which Is worth conside rin g:, since after 10 ... K--Q2; 11 QxPch, K·Kl ; 12 Q·Kt6ch, K-Q 2: 13 P·KKt3! White haa three Pawns fol' the piece, a mighty attllck, and Black's development remains In I'ather an addled s late.

11 B·QB4 12 QII:P ( R3)

Q_K1 Q_Kt3

There follow ed J3 0-0, K-Kt2: 14 Kt-n3, P. TI3; 15 Kt-K2 ! 8 ·Kll: .16 Kt-Kl3, Kt-K2; 17 Kt· R5ch, K -Bl (01' 17 , .. K-R2 and White main· tains the pressure with 18 B·Q3); 18 n·Q3 ! K­K1 ; 19 R-B2, R-Bl; 20 n .xJ3, PxB; Z1 Kt-B6eh, K-Ql: 22 P-KKt 41 and W h ite's attack ca rried the day- wh ich Is not to b e wond-ered at, as his lead In development -and h is st rong center Ps, coupled <with the eJ[ pOSied positlon of the Black monarch, are U10re th/Ul sufficient compensation for his malerlal inferlor ily.

Ten yeats later, this variation received its bap. tism in serious tournament play (Hromadka­Gi!g, Podebrad 1936 ) . H romadka, who is something of a specialist in ~his opening, fol_ lowed the previous game for the first eleven moves, Gilg branching off with:

11 . • • • 12 Q_Kt6 13 BII:P 14 QII:Kt

In view or the t remendous Black must retu rn the piece.

14 . . • • 15 p .B3

R_R2 R_Kt2 KtxB . . . ,

th reat Q--R8ch, Therefore :

B_Kt5ch Q_Kt4

Obviously tlle l'e 16 QII:Q 11 PII:B, 18 R.Kt1

is nothing better. R,Q p,p

Kt_B3

Gilg deserves great eredlt ·for his Clever de­fense in a variation which he had in all prob­ability never seen before .

19 Kt_B3 20 K _B2 21 BxB 22 RII:P

KtxQP B-K3 KtJ[B

R-R4! White Is -a. Pawn ahead and shoul d therefore

win, a lthough thls task is by no means an easy one. As the actual game went, Hromadka did

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not make the most or his opportunities, and Black's tenacious defense was good enough for a draw.

The two quoted games show that it is unwise for Black to SllJ' at the precariously placed Knight. This Ie to a more prudent approach to the problem: why not interpolate a develop_ ing move before going after the Knight in earnest?

A little reRection yields the required move: 6 .. . Q_K2. This move likewise threatens the Kt with .. P_KR3, but it avoids the attack­ing possibilities of the foregoing games.

In the Team Match between Czechoslovakia and Sweden at Munich, Hromadka again adopted this variation, and his opponent Dan_ ielsson utilized the occasion to introduce the new mOve (see Diagram I);

6 . . . . Q_K2 7 Q_Q3 • • • •

Guarding the Kt's retreat to K4, 7 , , . . Kt.QB3

A new threat: 8 ' , , Kt·Kt5! (stronger than 8, , , P -KR3; 9 Kt-K4, Kt·Kt5 ; 10 KtxBch, Qx Kt; 11 Q-Ql, QxQP); 9 Q-Kt3, P·KR3 etc.

8 P· BS P·B4 But now it seems that Black can no longer

be cheated out of his IJound of flesh ( , , , p. KR3).

9 P·KRS ! . . . A new r esource. 9", P·KR3 is to be an·

swered by 10 P xP . 9 • • • • Kt. BS

10 PxP KtxKtP

It 10 .. , PxP; 11 Kt-Q2 followed by 12 KKt· K4 and the prodigal son has come home, 'fhe best move is doubtless 10 .. . P-D5!? as IJlayed by Winter in a similar situation, (see below),

11 Kt_QRS! BxKt Blacl, was confr onted with a diIDcult choice.

After a "normal'" mov·e like 11 , , , B-Q2, White can remove the KB with Kt·B4 or Kt-Kt5; and since his material superiority remains and his Kt is in no danger. his position is definitely su­perior. 'fhe texl has the great drawbaCk of opening an impor tant line for White, and this, in conjunction wilh the two Bs, leads to a pretty finish, The game was given in its entirety in the November 1936 i ssue of The Chess Review, but the conclusion is repeated here to show t he sad consequences of the text: 12 PxB 8-Q2 18 RxPch! 1S P_KtS 0 _0 .0 19 QxPch 14 B_KKt2 K.Kt1 20 Q.R6ch 15 QR. Kt1 P·Kt3 21 0_0 16 B_B4 P_KR3 22 RPxQ 17 Q_R6! PxKt 23 P_Kt5!

P,R K_R1

K -Kt1 Q_Kt5

p,s Resigns

About the same time that the above game was played, 6 . . . Q_K2 was adopted in the game Tartakower-Winter at Nottingham. The continuation was :

6 . , , . 7 Q.Q3

Q.K2 P_KB4

THE CHESS REVIEW

Prevents Kt·K4 and therefore threatens. , . P-KR3, hence White's reply is forced,

8 P.KRS Kt-QBS . . . Kt-KBS Is weaker, There could follow

9 PxP, KtxP (if 9 . , , PxP; 10 Kt-Q2 or even 10 P·K4. Hence 9. P-B5 is best); 10 P·K4!? with a wild game.

9 PxP •••• '1'0 judge from the continuation, it would

have been safer to tranH)Ose into the pl'evious game with 9 P-D3.

9 . • . • Kt_Kt5 Dr. Euwe has suggested the fantastic·looking

continuation 9 , , . B-Q2; 10 P xP, 0-0·0 with a strong attack for the three Pawns, Wbite's position is quite diIDcult: on 11 Kt-K6 Panov gives 11 . , . BxKt; 12 PxB, KtxP) Another possibility is 11 Kt·QB3, KtxP! 12 QxKt, B·Kt6 ch; 13 K-Ql, B·B3. Or 11 p·m, RBI; 12 p . KKt4 , Kt·B3 with a s,trong attack,

10 Q_QKt3 P_B5!? A strong move, which will give White consid­

erable difficulties with bis KD. White loses back a Pawn shorUy, and his material super· iority arter that wlll be worthless.

DIAGRAM II

11 B-Q2 • • • •

Dr, Euw-e has suggested the interesting con· tinuation 11 RxP, RxR; 12 QxKtch, K-Q2 ; 13 QxR, QxQ; 14 KtxQ, KtxPch; 15 K-Ql, KtxR and White can probably win the Kt. Even more Vromising, however, is 13 KtxR! (instead of 13 Q'xR) , K t xPch; 14 K-Ql, KtxR; 15 P·Kt5! with a winning position, The threat Is Kt-B6 ch followed by Q-B4ch and wins . Or 13 . . , Q·R5ch; 14 K-Ql, Q-B7; 15 Kt-B6ch, K·K2; 16 Kt-Q2 and wins. This was the logical continua· tion for White to adopt, as he must steadily contend with diIDculties from this point 011.

11 •• , . KtxPch Panov points out the [allowing line, which

is even better: 11 . , . BxP! 12 RxP, RxR; 13 QxKtch, K·Q2! 14 QxKR! QxQ; 15 KtxQ, Ktx Pch; 16 K-Ql, B-KB4! etc. It might be added that after 14 QxQR (instead of 14 QxKR) Black's attack is altogether too strong, for in· stance 14 . , , KtxPch; 15 K-Q1 (if 15 K·B2? QxKt wins easily), R·R 8; 16 KxKt, B-B4ch etc.

12 QxKt QxKt And Black has a very good game, He lost

because of subsequent mistakes,

AUGUST, 1 937

Summing up our present knowledge of the consequences of 6 Kt_Kt5, we may say that the move is quite playable, for in the ti rst three games studied above, Wihite had the advantage, and in the fourth, where he got a bad game, th is was due to his avoidance of the safe move 9 P-B3.

Played in

BIRO'S Evashim White

1 P.KB4 2 Kt.KB3 3 Kt.B3 4 P_K4 5 P_Q4 6 B·Q3 7 0·0 8 P_Q5 9 PxP

10 Kt_KKt5 11 Kt. Kt5 12 Q_K2 13 KtxQP! ? 14 P_K5 15 KtxKP 16 KtxR

Kt_KB3 P_Q3

P_KKt3 B.Kt2

0_0 QKt.Q2

P.B4 P·K3 p,p

Q_K2 Kt_K1 P.QR3 KtxKt Kt_B4

KtxP! KtxB

Russia, 1936 OPENING

Ezoshnikoff Black

17 QxKt 18 P_B3 19 P-KKt4? 20 Q-R3 21 P-B5 22 B_B4 23 QR_K1 24 PxP 25 Q.K3 26 P_KR3 27 K_R2 28 R_K2 29 Q.B1 30 BxP 31 B·B4

Resigns

KxKt P_QKt4

P_B5 Kt·Q3 K·Kt1 Kt_K5 B_Kt2

p,p Q.K3

Q.QB3 R_Q1 R_Q6

P·Kt4 B_K4ch

Kt_Kt4!

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Women in Chess It is an encouraging sign to (lOd women not

only playing chess but tak ing a part in organ. ization activities. From Michigan comes word that M rs. A. H. Palmi, of Jackson, the runner_ up in the women's tournament held in that state this February, has been elected treasurer of the Michigan Chess Association. We also were interested to learn that Mrs. Palmi has been making a name for herself in riAe matd1es. The funds of the Association should be safe in her care! We hope, however, that she leaves her rifle at home when she plays chess, it seems too big a psychological advantage!

On the whole feminine activity in the field of chess has been at a minimum this summer. The American Chess Federation has, however, announced that if tile number of entries warrant it, a women·s tournament wilJ be held in con_ nection with the annual Congress. The date of the projected women's tournament is Sept. 1 to Sept. 3; the place, the Congress Hotel, Chicago. Women who are interested should write at once to Mrs. Dora Dobrow, 1828 Euclid Ave., Chi_ cago Heights, III.

In England, where annual tournaments are held to determine the British Ladies' Champion, Miss R. M. Dew has just acquired the title, Mrs. F. F. Thompson, the Scottish ladi es' dumpion, coming out se~onJ and Mrs. R. P. Mitchell placing thi rd. Mrs. Holloway, the holder of the tirle, was unable to defend it because of her expected part icipation in the women's tourna. ment to be held at Stockholm at the time of the International Team Matches.

For the first time in many years an American woman is playing in th is to:Jrnament, compet_ ing for the title of Woman Chess Champion of the World, a title now held by Miss Vera Men_ ch ik. The representative for the United States is Mrs. Mary Bain of New York, who finished second to Miss Adele Rivero in the women·s tournament this spring at the Marshall Chess Club in New York. It is to be regretted that Mrs. Rivero was unable to go to Stockholm this year. There 11as been considerable speculation as to the showing Mrs. Bain will make on this, her first appearance in the international arena. We arc sure Mrs. Sain wi ll do us credit, though it is certainly too much to expect that she should displace Miss Menchik from the honors she ·has held so long . We shall report the outcome in our next issue.-E. L. W.

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Checking the News IPith JOSEPH G A N CHI:R

E. Lundin of Sweden has won a six game match for the championship of Scandinavia from E. Andersen of Denmark by the score of 31;2-2;.S:. A good showing by the Danish master against his formidable opponent.

After several changes of plan, it has fina lly been decided to hold a doublc_rou nd tourna_ ment at Semmering (in place of the monster marathon of masters discussed in the June CHESS REvmw ) , with the fo llowing entries: J. R. Capablanc.a, E. Eliskases, R. Fine, S. Flohr, P. Keres, V. Petrov, V. Ragasin, S. Reshevsky. Dr. M. Euwe, world champion, will be tourna. ment d irector. Play will start either August 18 or 25.

The recent (th ird! ) match between E. Elis· kases and R. Spielmann ended in a victory fo r the former (2 wins, 8 draws). T he most inter. esting game of the match will appear in next month's CHI:SS REVIEW.

American O larnpion Sammy Reshevsky fo l. lowed up his tr iumph at Kerneri with a clean sweep in a small tOurnament completed a few days before the beginning of hostil it ies ( the team tournament, not another war!) at Stock. holm. Danielsson, who is on the way toward establish ing himself as the premier Swedish player, led his compatriots. An interesting fea. rure was the absence of drawn gamei! T,he details: R<lnk PI<l)'~' !POII Lou DMIN/ TO/<ll

1 S. Rcshc~sky . . . . . 3 0 0 3-0 2 G . Danicluon . ... 2 1 0 2-1 3 E_ Lundin .... . .. t 2 0 1-2

• G. 510hz ..... . .. 0 3 0 0-3

A re<:ent tourney held in Germany was small in numbers, but significant because of the par. ticipants. Final scores: Dr. M. Euwe 4-2, Dr. A. Alek hine and E. Bogoljubow 3YJ:- 2YJ:. F. Saemisch 1.- 5.

T here has been considerable chess activity of late in Massachusetts. Plans are being made to organ ize a Central Massachusetts Chess League; at present the Worcester, Attleboro and Gardner Chess Clubs have expressed a desire to participate.

The Massachusetts State Chess Association is hol ding its annual summer outing on the estate of Ral ph H. Rowse at Bedford . Spe<:ial plans were made to commemorate the centennial anni. versary of the birth of Paul Morphy, which oc. curred June 22, 1837 .

THi, CHESS R E VI E W

In doing honor to Paul Morphy's centennial this year, most of us are apt to forget another one of the game's immortals who was born a hundred years ago Captain George Henry Mackenzie, who rates at least a brief summary of his brilliant career.

Mackenzie was born March 24, 1837 at Bell. fiel d, Rosshire, Scotland. He haq a mercantile training, but found ord inary business life too slow for his vigorous nature, so that 1857 saw him in the mi litary service. He served in many of the British Empire's famed outposts ~yond the fa r horizons, and in 1863 decided to join the Union forces in [he American Gvjl W ar. Ikfore the end of the confl ict he had earned his captaincy. Hostilit ies over, he found the intri . cacies of chess an inviting study that absorbed him seriously, and in 1871 he won a tourna. ment in Cleveland. He scored another victory in Chicago three years later, winning a total of 26 games and losi ng but three in these tourneys.

From 1878 on, he represented this country worthil y in many of the g reat tournaments of the time. He achieved a splendid record, his outstanding feat being fi rst prize in the Frank. fort Tournament of 1887 ahead of such giants as Tarrasch and Blackburne.

He died in 1891 of a lung ailment which .had been brought to a head by constant and wearing activity. The following game attests eloquently to the attacking genius of this gifted master.

1 2 3 4

AN OLD Tt M E FAVORITE Pari" 1878

FRENC H D EFENSE G. H. Mac kenzl, J . MatoF1

White Black P.K4 P.K3 12 P·B4 ! P-Q4 P·Q4 13 R.B3 Kt.QB3 Kt.KB3 14 QR. KBl P.P P. P 15 Kt.K2

P.B3 Kt.Kt 3

Q.B2 B.Q2

5 Kt. B3 B.Q3 16 Kt.Kt3 QR.KKt1 6 B.Q3 0 .0 17 Q·R6ch!! K.Q 7 0·0 Kt.B3 18 Kt (4).B5ch BxKt 8 B.K Kt5 Kt.K 21 19 KtxBch K.R4 9 BxK t p.s 20 P.Kt4c h ! K.P

10 Kt·K R4 K.Kt 2 21 R.Kt3ch K.R4 11 Q. R5 R.R1 22 B. K2 mate!

A welcome innovation in European national championship tourneys has been the inclusion of several fo reign masters. The recent Jugo. slavian Championship Tournament. held at Rogaska.Slatina, 'had the interesting result that th ree foreign players ca rried off the honors! T he leading scores: M. Naidorf 9Y2-4Y2. J . Foltys, V. Pirc and F. Saemisch each 9- 5, Breeder, B. Kostich, E. Gereben and Dr. P. Trifunovic each 7Y2-6Y2.

AUGUST, 1937

Game Studies Kemeri Tournament

June, 1937 QUEEN'S GAMBIT DECLINED

(Notes by Dr. Ma.x Euwe) S. Resheysky V. Petroy

White mack

(This game, played in the first round of the tournament, is of great importance for the theory of the Meran Defense. It is a pity thai Ihis otherwise 50 finel y played game had to con· elude with a blunder.)

1 P.Q4 2 .P.QB4 3 Kt-KB3 4 Kt.B3

Kt·KB3 P.K3 P.Q4

QKt.Q2 As is well known, 4 ... P·B4 .is a good alter·

native here. Many theoreticians the re fore can· sider 4 B-Kt5 stronger than 4 Kt·B3. sinoo the Bishop's move practically makes 4 ... P·B4 impossible.

5 P.K3 P.B3 6 B·Q3 PxP

Adopting the Meran Defense. which is at present considered to be in \\'hite's favor. How· ever, the a lternatives a.vailable to Black at this point also involve certain difficulties.

7 BxBP P.QKt4 8 B.Q3 P·QR3 9 P·K4 ....

The main variation of the Meran Defense. T his variation. it is· true. leads to great compli· cations. but it gives more chances than the other move chiefly played a t this point, 9 0 ·0.

9 . . . . P·B4 10 P.K5 PxP 11 KtxKtP ....

All book! 11 . . . 12 KtxKt 13 Q.83

KtxP PxKt

Stahlberg'S continuation, at present looked upon as best. It is because of this very move that the Meran Defense is considered favorable for White.

13 . . . . 14 K.K2 15 Q.Kt3

B.Kt5ch QR·Kt1

• • • •

This strong move was first recommended by Reshevsky. Strangely enough. however, this game teaches us that he is not fully acquainted with the consequences of his own move.

15 . . . . Q-Q4

Relatively the best defense is 15 ... Q·Q3. whereupon there follows 16 Kt·B3! threatening B·KB4 or QxP. Black must then exchange Qs and after 17 RPxQ he has an in [erior ending.

After 15 . .. Q·Q3; 16 Kt·B6? (instead of 16 Kt"B3!). however. White would find himself in great difficulties. It is true t hat he wins the exchange. but after 16 ... QxKt; 17 QxR. 0 ·0 Black has splendid attacking prospects.

16 Kt.B6? .••.

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This- lea.cls. after the ga in of the exchange, to t he same variation as was given in the previous note (arter 15 . . . Q~Q3; 16 Kt·B6). Cor rect was 16 Kt·B3. which would have been even stronger than after 15 ... Q·Q3, since Black's QR is attacked. a nd at the same time 17 QxP, winning a piece, is threatened. Black would have nothing bettel' than 16 .. . Kt·Q2. which is answered by 17 QxP with decisive a dvantage.

16 . . . . QxKt 17 QxR 0·0 18 P·83 B·Kt2 19 Q.K5 Kt·Q4

A strong move. Wbite cannot ver y well cap· ture the QP because of the reply 20 ... P·K4 followed by ... Kt·B5ch. And besides. t he capture of the QP would expose White's King more tban ever.

20 B·Q2 Q.B4 Threatening to win th.e Queen by ... Kt·

B6ch. 21 B.KB4 22 QxKt 23 Q.B5 24 Q.B6

Practically forced; on would follow ... P ·B4 threat of ... P ·K5.

24 .. ..

KtxBch P.K4

P.Kt3 . . . .

other Q moves there with the formidable

P.K5!

A pretty combination which enables Black to open new lines for the attack.

25 PxP 26 BxB

~~V. PetroY

s. Resheysky

BxP! R·K1

The point of the break·through w ith ... p. K5. White cannot delend the KB. for if 27 Q. B3. Q·B7ch or ... P-B4; while 27 K-Q3? is ont of the question because of ... Q·B5 mate. 27 K-B3 is refuted by 27 ... Q'R4ch; 28 P ·Kt4 (if 28 K·Kt3. RxB with a winning attack), Q. R6ch; 29 K·B4? B·Q7 mate.

27 KR·QB1 28 K.B2

RxBch Q.KB1

The only move-but a strong one. 29 Q.B3 Q.K2 30 R·B7 Q.K3 31 R·B2 R.K6 32 Q.B4 R·K4 33 K·Kt1 ....

180

In view of the threatened \OS9 of the Queen, White h&ll not.hlng better than this Hight with the King. It seems that he has In this way avoided all tlange.' ; but-8!t we shall ue from the conl!nuation, Black already has a decisive advantage.

S3 • . . . 34 R.BSch 35 Q.Q4

p.QO J K.Kt2

K_R3?1 A terribl'8 blunder in time pressure which

I OSEIS at once. Correct was 35 ... B-Q7! Whlte's position

WOUld then have been a critical one because of the immediate threat ... B-K6ch and the sec­ondary threat or withdrawing the B (say to KH, followed by ... p.Q7 and ... R·KSch. Relatively the best line available to WI. Ita would have been (after 35 ... B-Q7!) 36 R ·De. for example 36 ... B-K6eh; 37 QxB. RxQ ; 38 RxQ, PxR! 39 R-QI and now White Is con­fronted with the painful al ternallve of allowing ... K·B3·K4·Q5 or playing 40 K·B2, R·K7ch; 41 K·BS, RxQKtP; 42 RxP, RxRP; 4a R·KtS, R-R4 and thuil leaving h is opponent wilh two passed Pawns ahead.

Thus Black could have won the game with 35 . . . B·Q1! Instead of the unfortunate text· move, which costs a Rook.

36 QxB 37 Q.B4ch

Q,R • • • •

Now the Rook Is (orced Into a l)tn which proves deadly.

31 •••. sa P.KR4 39 K.R1

R.Kt4 Q.B~"

• • • •

in thi s totally los t Dosltion Black oVerstePDed the Ume limit. (TraIl1Jat~d from DE $cHAAKWERELD by F. R.)

Toam Match: Vienna ve. Brunn (Flnt Board) January, 1931

QUEEN'S GAMBIT DECL.INEO (Notes by Qr. Max Euwe)

R, Spielma nn E. Zinner White Black

(The followjn~ ~ame is cond"cted br. Stiel. lIlallll ;/1 hi! well'/wown aftarilill!t Ity e. He diJregards ,ht UJlakming of his Pall'" strNctNrl alld troCttds wilh ollly Ol1e pm'pose: a~grlssive acriOI1 agaillsl his opponmt's King. 1 hese lar· ,irs lead '0 Sl/retSJ al1d the VieJJlle!e Gralld. ma!ler forCe! Jbe iJJNe wi,h a il/I'trising Qltet/11 JarrifiCt.)

1 P .Q4 P.Q4 2 p.Q B4 P.K3 3 Kt. KB3 Kt.KB3 4 Kt-B3 .. , .

By developing this K t first, White rese rves the option of playing his QB to KB4 or KKtS.

4 , . . . QKt.Q2 Better Is •... P·B-I or •... B-K2. After

the text White exchanges In the cenlel' with a slighUy bettel' game.

S PxP 6 B.B4

p,p • • • •

TH E CHESS REVIEW

Arter the center Pawn exchange, White's QB Is more advantag8()us ly developed on KB4 than on KKI5.

6 • . . • 1 Q.B2 8 P.K3 9 B.Q3

10 0·0 11 QR.Kt1

P.B3 B.K2 0.0

R.K1 Kt.S1 · . , .

Intending to Initiate an attack on the Q ~lde by P·QKt4·5. From this purely positional man· euver, one would ne ver expect that the game will shortly take a wHd tUI'll.

1 1 • • • • Kt.R4 12 P.QKt41 · . , ,

White perml18 the break-up o( his Pawll s tructure because he hopes to s torm the Black King 's position by advancing the K side Pawns.

12 , . . • KtxB 13 PxKt B.Q3 14 P.B5 1 P.KKt3

For the tlme being, Black haa a satisCactory game. He has two Bishops, and White's attack has little sle:nlftcance.

15 P·Kt5 • • • •

It seems as though Svlelmalln is pur~sely making aUel'natlng Pawn advanCes on the K side and on tile Q s ide.

15 . . . . 16 PxBP 17 P.Kt4

Otherwise White would and P·BG.

Q.S3 QKtPxP

.,p conti nue with

18 PxP ..•.

P·Kt5

Now the KKt I'Ile Is ODen, but the manner In which this waa accomplished is, strangely enough, the only defect In White's attack. The White KKtP, now on 86, Is a serious obstruc· tlon for White's Bls hop and QUeen.

18. . . . Kt-.Kt3! ... Kt·K3 (so 81:1 to b.·lng the Kt to Kt2) also

deserved consideratiOn. 19 K.R1

or course nOl 19 the initiative.

, , , . PxKt, QxKt and Black gains

19 • • . . R.Ktt 20 RxR BxR 21 Kt.K2 Kt·SS 22 R.Kt1ch K.R1 23 KtxKt BxKt

Black stili has a good game, thanks to his two Bishops and hiS supel'lor Pawn position. Bnt his game Is not easy, because the oven KKt tne Is a SOUI'C{! of aU kinds of tactical dlfftcultlea.

24 R.Kt41 .... A strong attacking move. The Bishop has to

move, leaving White In control or either K5 or KKtS_

24 ... , B·B2 25 Kt.Kt5 R·K8ch

Black Is Invlling trouble. Ins tead 25 .•• B· Q2 s hould ha.ve been played, arter which the continuation or White' , aUack ·would have been a. dim cult problem. Tbe 100Dortance or 26 . _ . B'Q2 w1l1 soon become aDparent.

26 K.Kt2 P.KR41 This seems to win by force. The Rook haa

no flight square but ru and that would result In loss or the Kt.

AUGUST, 1937

..,~E. Zinner

27 QxP!! Resigns White's last move is a nice surprise that de·

cides the game at once. Black cannot take the Queen because of 28 KtxPch, KR2; 29 P·B6ch, R·K5; 30 R-Kt7 mate. White of course threatens QxQch, and 27 ... Q-Kt2 will not do because of 28 KtxPch.

(Translated from the HAAGSCHE CoURANT

byJ.B.S.)

10th Russian Champion-ship Tournament May, 19S7

N I MZOWlTSCH DEFENSE (Notes by V. A. Alatortsev)

V. A. Alatortsev V. A. Ch·ekhover White Black

1 P_Q4 Kt-KBS S P_KKtS . B_Kt50h 2 P_QB4 P_K3 4 B.Q2 Q_K2

If 4 ... BxBch, then 5 QxB is the boot reply, reserving the possibility o r developing the QKt via QB3.

5 B-Kt2 6 Kt_KB3

Kt_B3 P_K4?

This move should .have been played only after due preparation. At this stage of the game it leaves White with the superior position. Better would have been 6 ... BxBch compell­ing 7 QKtxB (not 7 QxB, Kt-K5!; 8 Q-B2, Q­Kt5ch!).

7 PxP KtxP Better would have been 7 ... Kt-K5; 8 0-0,

KtxB; 9 QKtxKt, KtxP; 10 Q-B2. 'Black would be left wi t h two Bishops as compensation for his weak center. S KtxKt BxBoh 10 Kt_B3 0_0 9 QxB! QxKt 11 0_0 ....

Black will have dimculty in developing his QB. In addition White controls the central squares Q5 and K4 and threatens P -K4 as well as P ·KB4 after suitable preparation.

11 • . . . P_Q3 12 KR-K1 • • • •

Not the best. It. was first necessary to play QR·Ql and if Black reIllies 12 ... KR-Kl; then 13 KR-Kl, or 12 .. . Q·KR4; 13 Kt-Q5! in each case with advantage to White. Black immediately makes use of this Inaccuracy .

•

12 . . . . 13 Kt.Q5

SimIllifying the position.

Q.QB4! KtxKt

14 PxKt Q_KtS 15 QR_B1 B.Q2

"16 R_BS P·QB4

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If 16 ... QR-Bl ; then 17 R-Kt3, Q-R3; 18 Q-Kt4! There rore Bla ck clarifies the IlosiUon in the center on the assumIltion that White will find it difficult to caIlitalize Ms· advantage 1n the ensuing Queen and Rook ending.

17 PxP e. p. BxP 18 BxB! PxB 19 KR_QB1 ....

White forces the advance of Black's QBP so that he can begin a. blockade of the backward QP. Not 19 QxP, QxKtP and t he ,position of the Black Q on the 7th rank is annoying. 19 . . . . P_QB4 22 R_KtS Q_R3 20 R.Kt3 Q_R3 2S R_RS Q.KtS 21 R_R3 Q.KtS

A repetition of moves to gain time clock. 24 R.Q3 QR.Q1 26 R_Q5 25 P·KtS Q-BS 27 P·K3

Not 27 QRxP?, QxQR! 27 . . . . P_KR3 29 R.Q1 28 Q-Q3 Q_B2 30 P_K4!

The threat is P -K5! 30 ....

winning a pawn. R.QB1 ?!

'" th'

KR_K1 • • • •

R_K3 • • • •

Black might have defended a little longer with ... P-B3 but Ilrefers to force the game into a difficult rook and Ilawn ending believing that White will not be able to call1talize his extr a Ilawn. Sl RxQP RxR 32 QxR QxQ 33 RxQ P.BS!

It 35 R-Q8ch, K-R2;

34 PxP 35 R-R6

36 R·Q7, P-QR4!!

R,P · . - .

35 . . . . RxP 37 K_Kt2 R.QR8 36 RxP R-K8ch

Black's dreams have come t rue: his Rook 1s behind White's QRP. If White advances t his P to QR7, then, as is well-known, White cannot win. Therefore the P must l"€main fixed for lhe Ilresent.

38 P_KR4 • • • •

An al ternative was K-B3 immediately. 38 . . . . P_KtS 39 K.B3 R_K8

This allows White to swing his Rook to the second rank. But if Black tried to temporize by 39 .. . KKt2; then White would answer 40 R-R4 and then bring his King to the Q side. 40 R·Q7 K_Kt2 44 R_Q2 R·QB8 41 R.Q2 K_BS .45 K_Q3 K-Kt5 42 R_K2 R.Q8 46 R.B2 R_Q8ch 4S K-K3 K-B4 47 K_K2 .••.

White is 'playing for adjournment. He should have Illayed at once 47 K-B3, P-B4; 48 R-Q2!, R-K8; 49 P-R4!

47 . . . . 48 K_K3 49 K_Q2

A possibility to be R-K5.

50 K_B3

R.QR8 R_K8oh R·QR8

consid,ered was

P_Kt4

49 . . .

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The following ending is very instructive: its finale most interesting. 51 PxP PxP 54 K.Kt3 1'.85 52 K.Kt2 R_K8 55 PxP PxF 53 P_R4 P_84

This loses as the continuation will show. 55 ... KxP offered better chances to draw. It was important to keep the last Black Pawn on the KKt file, but the temptation to remain with a Bishop's Pawn in an ultimate Q VB. Pending was very powerfuL 56 P.R5 P_B6 58 P.R7 R_K1 57 P.R6 K.R6 59 R.R2! R_QR1

Forced! If 59 ... K-Kt7; then 60 P -R8(Q), RxQ;61 RxR, KxP; 62 K-B2! and White wins.

60 K.B4 K.Kt7 61 K_B5 R.QB1ch

Once again Black cannot give up his R for the two pawns. After 61. RxP; 62 RxR, KxP; 63 K-Q4, White wins.

62 K-Kt6 R.K1

63 K.B6!! • • • • • White cannot :play 63 R-B2 immediately he­

cause Black draws by 63 ... R-KSch; 64 K­Kt7, R-K7!! W h ite cannot exchange Rooks in this variation because his King blOCkS the long diagonal and prevents him from Qu'*!nlng with check. Therefore he must play to avoid the possibility ... R-K7.

63 . . . . 64 K_Kt7 65 K_Kt6

K_BS R_K2ch

R_K1

Not 65 ... R-K3ch; 64 K-B5 fOllowed by P­R8(Q).

66 R.B2 67 K-B7!

K.Kt7 • • • •

Again not K-Kt7 because of . if 67 _. R-K7; 68 RxR, PxR; et c.

. . R.-K7! Now 69 P -R8(Q)ch,

67 . . . . R.K2ch If instead 67 . .. K·B8; 68 K·Kt7, R-K7; 69

R·Blch! followed by P-R8(Q) . 68 K_Kt8 R.K1ch 72 Q.Q5! 69 R·BS RxRch 73 K.Q7 70 KxR KxP 74 K·KS 71 P_R8(Q) K.K6 75 Q·R1

K.B? K.Kt6

P.B? Resigns

(Tran,lal8d from the Bulletin of the Tournament by N. G. Grekoll. )

THE CHESS REVIEW

Vienna Tournament

March, 1937 QUEEN'S GAMBIT DECLINED

(Notes by R. Spi-elmann)

E. Glass White

K. Palda BlacK

1 P_Q4 Kt.KB3 7 Kt-Q2 B-Kt5 2 Kt· KB3 P-Q4 8 Q.B2 0-0 3 ·P-B4 P-K3 9 B·K2 PxP 4 Kt.B3 P.B3 10 BxKt KtxB 5 S-Kt5 QKt-Q2 11 KtxP Q.B2 6 P-K3 Q·R4 12 0 ·0 BxKt

Not to be r'ecommended. Better is ... R-Ql at once, with ... B-Q2-Kl to follow. After the text, White gets a somewhat freer game. 13 QxB B-Q2 19 KR_Q1 P-QKt3 14 Kt_K5 KR-Q1 20 P_K4 Kt-S5 15 QR.B1 S_K1 21 Q-K3 Kt-Kt3 16 B_B3 Kt-Q4 22 KtxKt RPxKt 17 Q-R3 Q_K2 23 R_B3 R.B2 18 Q_Kt3 QR_B1 24 P-QR3 ....

By. way of preparation for P-QKt4, which is to hlllder ... P-QB4 . Also, the square QKt4 is to be taken away from Black's Q. 24 . _ _ _ Q-Q3 27 P_K5 25 P_KKt3 Q-K2 28 P_QKt4 26 K .Kt2 P-KKt4 29 R_B4!

KR-B1 Q_Q1

• • • •

Threatening the Pawn sacrifice P-Q5, followed by R-Kt4 and P-KR4, with a dangerous attaCk. 29 . . . _ P-Kt5 32 Q-B4 B-Kt4 30 B_K4 P-QB4 33 R(4)_B1 PxP 31 KtPxP PxP 34 RxP! QxR

White's last move has hrought about ex­tremely interesting complications. The Q sac­rifice is practically forced, e. g. H 34 ... Q_ K2; 35 QR-Ql followed by ' QxP. 35 RxR B_B8ch! 38 QxQ 36 K_Kt1 RxR 39 P-BS 37 B_R7ch KxB 40 K_B2?

R_B8 B-Kt4ch

• • • •

Subsequent analysis showed that 39 P-B4! would very likely have led to a draw, but even now 40 K-Kt2 would have held the game, Black having nothing better than a perpetual cheCk by ... R-B7ch-B8ch etc. 40 . . . . R-B8ch 43 QxRch 41 K_KS RxPch 44 KxB 42 K-Q2 R-Q6ch 45 K.K4

BxQ K_Kt3 K.Kt4

The King and Pawn ending is most instruc­tive. Black's next move will leave 'White in Zugzwang.

46 P-QR4 P_KtS 47 P-R5 P-RS

If now 48 K-Q4, K-B4; 49 K·B5, KxP; 50 K­Kt6, K-QS; 51 KxP, K-B3; 52 K-R7, P-K4; 53 P·R6, K-B2; 54 K-R8, P -K5; 55 P·R7, P-K6; 50 P·R3, PxP; 57 P·Kt4, P-R7 and mate next move. 48 K .K3 49 K_Q4 50 K.B5 51 K-Kt6 52 KxP 5S K_R7

K_B4 P_Kt4

KxP K-QS K_BS P_K4

54 P_R6 55 K_R8 56 P-R7 57 P-RS 58 P_Kt4

Resigns

K-B2 P_K5 P-K6 PxP P.B4

(Tran!lated from the WIENER SCHACHZEI1'UNG by F. R.)

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Combination Studies

NO.1 NO.2 (White to move)

Played in Berlin, 1937

~~Wittwer

•

Zander

In the above positlon White playM 1 E­Kt4 a nd Black replied 1 ... QxB! From this point White win s brilliantly. See how you would do it. 2 RxKt! K_B1

Kt.Q2 Kt_Kt1

5 RxKtch! 6 Kt_B6ch 7 R-R8ch

3 Kt-K5 4 R-RSch

If 7 . . etc.

K-Kt2; 8 KtxRch, KxR; 9

NO.3

(White to move)

Played in Chile_May, 1937

J. Salas, Jr.

G. Letelier

White Wi ns in Capital Style

K,R K_B1

Resigns Q-K4ch,

1 RxP!! , KxR; 2 P ·K6ell!, K-Q1; 3 PxP!, p. B4; 4 Q-Qlch, KBZ; 5 R-K7ch, K-Ba; 6 Q-B3ch, K-Q3; 7 QxB, QR-QBl; S B-Q3!, Q-Kt5; 9 P-B5, Resigns.

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(White to move) U. S. S. R. Championship, 1937

=~panov

Lisitsyn

At this point Lisittyn pl ayed 27 B·K3 and subsequently won. There' was a more di rect an d more beautiful win by 27 QxPeh!! K xQ (il 27 ... K ·R1; 28 BxKt , etc.); 28 B-85ch, K-R4 (if 28 . . . K·Kt4; 29 B-K3ch. K-R4; 30 P ·Kt 4 e h, K-R5 ; 31 B-B2eh, KKt4; 32 P-R1 mate); 29 P-Kt4eh, K txP; 30 H-R3ch. K-Kt4; 31 Kt-I<>I mate.

NO.4

(Black to move)

Jurata Tournament, Ma y 1937

Tartakower

Lowtzky

Black won by 31 ... Q-Kt3ch; 32 K-Rl, Q­Kt4; 33 KKtl, Q-B4ch; ' 34 K-R1, Q-85; 35 K­Ktl. Q-Q5ch; 36 K-Rl, Q-K5! 37 Q·QBl (if 37 Q-KKtl, Q-K7 wins; or 37 Q-Rl, Q-K7; or 31 Q·Ql. Q·KB5!), Q·Q6! 38 K-l5=tl, Q-Q5ch; 39 K­RI, Q-Q7! aUd White l'esigued.

AUGUST, 1937

It is rather a pity that the tournament at Jurata was somewhat neglected in the press be_ cause it was immediately followed by the great tournament at Kemeri. Some very ,pretty games were played at Jurata (a selection is g iven in this issue) . The five highest-placed Polish players (Tartakower, Naidorf, Appel, Reged_ zinsky and Szpiro) qualified to represent Poland In the team tournament at Stockholm.

JURATA INTERNATIONAL MASTERS TOURNAMENT

Rank I 2 3 ,- 6 4_ 6 4- 6 7- 8 7- 8 9-10 9-10

II 12 13 14. 16 14-16 14·16 17-1 8 17-18 19 20 21 22

May, 1937

Player Won

Dr.S.Tartakower.13 G. Stahlberg .. . II M. Naidorf .... II !. Appel . . .. ... 10 V.Pirc . ... ... 9 A. St~in~r .. . .. 12 T. Rcgtdzinsky . 7 A. Szpiro . . . . . . 10 J. Foltys .. • .•• 7 E. Gers(enfdci .. 10 A. Woiciechovsky 7 H. Friedman . . . 4 E. Andersen ... 7 F. Apsheneek .. . 5 L. Kremer . . . . . 5 S. Zavadsky .... 7 M. Lowtzky .... 6 K. Piltz ..... . . 6 !. Schaech(er . . . 6 A . Frydman .... 3 I. iagielsky .... 4 L. Wiedermansky 0

Lost

o o 2 3 2 , 3 6 , 7 6 , 9 B B

10 12 12 Il I I 14 20

Drawn Total 8 17 _ <I

10 16 - 5 8 15 6 8 14 7

10 14 7 4 14 7

11 12 1/2· 8V2 5 121/2- 8%

10 12 9 4 12 - 9 8 II -\0

1210 -II 5 9Vr"1/2 8 9 _12 8 9 - \2 4 9 -12 ~ 7% -131/2 3 7%-13% 2 7 .14 7 61/2-141/2 ~ 51/2. 151/ 2 I 1/2-201/2

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Schmidt is a phenomenally gifted young player. about the same age as Keres! The two are keen rivals.

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A WEAK PAWN POSITION

Kemeri Tournament Juno, 1937

INDIAN DEFENSE

18'

R. Fine White

S. Reshevsky

1 Kt.KB3 2 P-KKt3 3 B-Kt2 4 P-Q4 5 P-B4 6 PxP 7 P.K4 8 0-0 9 B.K3

10 P-K5 11 PxP 12 RxQ 13 QKt.Q2 14 PxKt 15 Kt_B4 16 B_B1 17 B_K2 18 K_B2 19 Kt-Q6 20 Kt· Kt5ch 21 BxB

P-Q4 Kt_KB3 P_KKt3

B_Kt2 P-B3

KtxP Kt.Kt3 B-Kt5 P-QB4 Kt_B3

Q,Q Kt.B5 KtxB

0-0-0 B_K3 B_Q4 K.B2

KR.B1 BxKt

K-Kt1 KtxP

Black 22 B-K2 23 Kt_B3 24 PxB 25 P-K4 26 R-Q5 27 B_Kt5 28 RxR 29 K.K3 30 BxKt 31 R_KB1 32 P_Kt4 33 P-KtS 34 R-B4 35 R-R4 36 PxP 37 R-B4 38 R-B1 39 R-QKt1 40 R-KtSch 41 P-QR4 42 R_K Kt5

Kt_B3 BxKt K_B2

Kt_K4 Kt_Q2 Kt_B3

R,R Kt_Q2

R,B P_K3 K_B3 K,P K_Q3 P_B3 K.K4

R_KB2 R,P R-B2 K-Q3

P-QR3 R_B8

\Vhite .·eslgns. as he must lose another P; 43 P -R5. R-KR8; 44 R-Kt2, H-R8; 45 R-KtS, R­R 7; 46 P-R·I, R·H7 etc.

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Selected Games THE APSHENEEK JINXI

Kem .rl Tournam ent June, 1937

SICILIAN OEFENSE Dr. S. Tartakower

While A. Steiner

Black 20 P _Q4 1 P.K4

2 Kt.QB3 :3 P. KKt3 4 B_Kt2 5 p.QS 6 KKt.K2 7 B. Kt5 8 Q.Q2 9 KtxKt

10 Kt.K2 11 B.R6 12 QxB 13 Q.Bl 14 0 .0 15 P-QB4 16 PxP 17 Q-R3 18 QR.Ktl 19 P.KB4

P·QB4 Kt·QB3 P.KKtS

B.Kt2 P.K3

KKt.K2 0 .0

Kt·Q6 ! PxKt P-S3 B,B

Q_KtS! P·Q3 P · K4

PxP e. p. K_Kt2 B_K3 Q.a2

P.Kt3

21 SPxP 22 R.92 23 QR.K81 24 Rx R 25 RxR 26 8 -81 1 27 Kt·el 28 P-Q5 29 P·94 30 B·Q3 31 PxP 32 K.Kt2 33 Q.Kt2 34 K.Rl 35 Q.Ql 36 QxKt

Re.lgn.

REV ENGE IS SWEET! Kemeri Tou rname nt

Ju ne, 1937 INDIAN DEFENSE

KR-Bl BPx P R·Bt R,R

R.KSt K,R

K.Kt2 Kt_Ktl

B_Ql Kt.S3

P_QKt4 a-KtSch

Kt_KtS Kt.K6ch

Kt_Q8! B_R6! Q.B7!

F. Aplheneek W hite

1 p.Q4

Dr, S. Tartakower Black

2 Kt-KB3 3 P_QKt3 4 B-Kt2 5 P.K3 6 B_K2 7 QKt_Q2 8 0-0 9 P_KR3

10 KtxB 11 P-B4 12 Q-B2 13 Kt.Q2 14 PxP 15 B.KB3 16 P_B5 17 P_QKt4 18 KR_Kl

Kt_KBS P-03

B.Kt5 QKt.Q2 P.KKt3

S_Kt2 P-BS 0 ·0

Bx Kt Q.B2

QR.Ql P. K4 p , p P·Q4

Kt-Kt3 QKt.Q2 KR_Kl Kt_Bl

19 P.Kt3 20 RxR 21 RxR 22 P.KR4 23 K.S I 24 Q.Q3 25 P-KtS 26 Px P 27 Kt. Kt3 28 K.Kt2 29 Px P SO Qx P 31 QxKtch 32 BxQ 33 B.Kt4 34 B.Q7 35 KtxKt

RxRch R_K l KtxR Q_K2

Kt_K 3 P_B4

Kt (1 ).B2 Px P P_B5

• p,p QxRP ! QxQP !

KtxQ KtxB K_S2 K_K2 K,B

ilnd wins

Thus have I ~n a King at chess, The Rooks and Knights withdrawn, His Queen and Bishops in distress, Shifting about, g rowing less and less, With 'here and there a Pawn.

- Earl of AiJeJbury'J MemoirJ, 1686

TH E CHE SS R Il VlllW

WHITE IS OUTCOMBINEO Juratil Tournilment

MillY, 1937 QUEEN ' S GAMBIT OECLINEO

E. Andersen Whit e

1 P-Q4 2 Kt.K83 3 P·84 4 Kt·S3 5 P·K 3 6 B.Q3 7 8xBP 8 B.Q3 9 P_K4

10 P_K5 11 KtxKtP 12 KtxKt 13 SxPch 14 BxBch 15 KtxKt 16 0 -0 17 B-B4 18 B.K5 19 R_Kl

p.Q4 Kt.KB3

P-K3 P.B3

QKt-Q2 p,p

P_QKt4 P·OR3

P.B4 p,p

Ktx P PxKt B-02 KtxB OxKt B.K2 0·0

KR_Ql Q_<;I4

A. Stplro Black

20 P-QR3 21 B.Kt3 22 Q-Q2 23 QR.Q! 24 Q.81 25 R·Q2 26 KR.Ql 27 Q.84ch 213 RxP ?! 29 R. K4 30 O-KII 31 R_K BI 32 OxRch 33 P.R3 34 0_B2 35 R·Bl 36 Q.B8

Resi gn,

P.B3 P.K4

KR-Kt1 R·Ktll !

QR. Ktl "Q3

Q. Kt2 K.Sl

RxB ! R-B1

R_QII! Q,R K.B2 Q.Q4 P.K5 R. Q7

R.Qach

BEWARE OF THE BISHOPS ! Jurillta T ournament

May, 1937 QU EEN ' S I. Appel White

GAMBIT OECLINED

1 p.Q4 2 P_QB4 3 Kt.QS3 4 BPxP 5 Q.R4ch 6 QxQP 7 QxQP 8 P-K 3 9 Q.Kt3

10 Kt-S3 11 B_K2 12 Q_Ql 13 Kt_Q4 14 PxKt 15 KtxKt

P.Q4 P.K3

P·QB4 SPxP "Q2 p , p

Kt.QB3 Kt_B3 B·03

0 ·0 B.K 3 Q_K2

KtxKt Kt_Q4 BxKt

L. Kremer mack

16 0 -0 17 B.K3 ?

If now 18 Q-K5. I S P.KR3 19 PxR 20 B.BS 21 Q. K2 22 K.RI 23 RxB 24 R·B2 25 P.K4 26 R.Bl

Resi gn,

QR.K l Q.RS

P·KKt3.

RxB ! BxKtP !

B, P Q.Ktllch

B, R R.Kl B.B5

R.QBl R.BS

A t0ll:rnament p layed at Bad $aarow (Ger_ many) In June, produced a sensation in the form of a tie for brst place between K. Richter and a hitherto unknown German player, W . KI!-ppe .(each 7- 2) . Bogoljubow came a poor t~Jrd with 5Y2-3Y2. The only foreign parti_ Cipant, K. Macarczyk of Poland, came seventh with 3 Y2~5 Y2.

As we go to press, we learn that S. Landau has been awarded the brilliancy prize at Kemeri for hi~ viet.ory over M . Feigin. The game ap. pears In th IS Issue.

Problem Department B1 R . C H ENEY

AJdrt lJ .. II cor,u pondenre .tlming 10 ,his J' PtzI',muJ to R. Ch, IIH. 13J9 & 11 Au .. Rochtlttf'. N. Y .

THEME PAI.AES'I'kA Two.move miniatures, like fi reflies, are fre.

quent during the heat of summer. Nos. 763 and 764 are "gleams" chosen at random from Mr. Mott.Smith' s collection in "Microcosm, " Similarly, Nos. 76'), 766 and 767 are airy lightweights mainly of seasonal interest. D r. Dobbs describes No. 766 as "a somewhat dif. fe rent 'American Indian'."

In No. 768 Rage Istvan, a new contributo r from Hungary, attempts orig inal variety em· ploying line opening strategy.

No. 77 1 by Vincent L. Eaton is a study in Black promotions with Bredes.

Nos. 772 and 773 are settings of a complex decoy idea which the Viennese composers nave dubbed the "N ew York T heme. " However, Mr. C. S. Kipping, Curator of the A. C. White W orld Collection, advises us that in his opin_ ion it is neither new nor does there appear to be any outstanding theme.

No. 774 by K . S. Howard happily blends a strategic key with three original model mates.

In No. 77 ) an amusing tempo duel is unex_ pe<tedly staged by the two major pieces.

Prizewinners from the 31st Briti sh Chess Problem Society Tourney are g iven in N os. 781, 782, 78 3 and 784. 1. Lindner, judge of the tourney, comments on N o. 781, "Note the fi ne mutual Schiffman motifs after 1 . . . QxB (g!i ) and 1 . . . QxB (e6). In add ition to the /ine play on d6 there is the functioning of the battery after I ... Qxf7 and I . .. Qf6. ·· Of No. 782 he states ,. An extraordinary 'tour de forcc·, showing seven White line intercep­tions and six different vari ations.

Vincent L. Eaton, judge of the three_move section, says of No. 783, " A pleasingly light sett ing of the Pawn_Switch idea which should suggest new lines of research," and of N o. 784, "The main idea, combining the unpin and in_ terference, is ingenious; there is a gOod second­ary sacri ficial line and 1 .. . Rxe5 leads to a near mate."

G. Paros describes the theme of Nos. 78!i and 786 as the opening by two bi. valve moves of two defensive Black lines; with consequent mates by Black self.interfe rence on a thi rd line. For instance, in N o. 78!i, the key, 1 Pxc6 threatens 2 Pe7 and 2 Bc!i mate. The defenses by Black line opening (e2_e6) Or (fl _f6) enable the interference mates 2 Sxf 5 and 2 Se4 mate.

Nos. 787, 788 and 789 are from the 1937 International Cheney Miniature Tourney. No. 789 is described by the judge, Otto W urzburg, as a constructive masterpiece.

In conclusion, we are continuing with a fur_ ther excerpt f rom " Microcosm" by Geoffrey Mott_Smith.

MICROCOSM By G EOFFREY M OTT-SM IT H

(Coflf'd from !tll,)

I I. SYMMETRY True symmet ries, with key pz·eservlng the

symmetry. are rare, fo r t he reason that they a fe likely to be puerile. Unique of its type is the classic cited below. where initial pseudo­symmetry Is made genuine symmetry by the key:

BONUS SOCIUS. W_ Kd3, Ra7, R h7. B_ Kd8, Sd6.

I have te n examples of symme tric w ith asym· met r ic key. mostly d ra wn [rom the A. C. W. Asymmetry. In the Dawson-Pauly te rminology, the e asiest type to co ns t ruct Is the '"·posltlve, late ra l, with Queen." for example :

MOTT-SMITH . W-Qe1 , Ke6, Sd7, Sf7. B_ KeS, Be7.

Positive pla y by Rook and Bishop has been shown . but not well. The only examples of positive King play, White and Black. are the work of Bai rd. Many other categories remain open. White Pa wn asymmetry Is shown In :

MOTT-SMITH. W_ Ka5, Qg5, Bb5, Bc5, Pf5. B-Kd5, Re5.

11 1. MAT E PI CTU R E S Many minia tures are made solely to s how

s trik ing mate pictures. T he commones t Q.ues t is of course the mu lt lpllcallon o f model!. 1 prefer to CI&88 these problems acwrdlng to the means employed.

A popular subject Is the "Red Indian" mate . One version:

MOTT-SMITH. W_ Ke7, Qh3, ReS. B-Kd4, Re1, Pd5, Pe5.

And in each of the following the jnterest Is concentrated on a single mate p icture:

MOTT-SMITH. W_ KhS, Qf8, Sc4. B_ KlI. 1, Rb1, Sc1, Pb2.

MOT'T-SMITH. W_ Kg6, Qc3, Sg5, Ph2. B­KeS, Rd4, Pd6.

I V. B I FURCAT ION ANO EC H O One plan at bifurcatio n Is to place the Black

King on the axla of symmetry (or near-sym­metry) and deliver cognate mates when he moves to either side. Another plan is to pla.ce the King to one Bide of the axis with a threat of mating him where he stands, with a cognate mate if he moves across t h{l axis.

187

188

No. 76, GEOFFREY MOT T_SM ITH

N ew York Ci t y

No. 76·1 GEOFFREY MOTT _SM ITH

New York City

No. 76) BILL BEERS

W illmar , Min n.

Original Section

No. 766 OR . GILBERT DOBBS

Carro llton, Georgia

Mille In 2

No. 767 DR . GI L BERT DOBBS

Carro llton, Georg ia

No. 768 RAGO IST VAN

Kooser, Hungary

Mate i ll 2

THll CHE SS R EV1EW

No. 769 SIMON COST1KYAN

New York City

No. 770 M A XWELL BUKOFZER

Be ll a ir e , Lo ng Island

No. 771 V . L. EAT ON

Washington, D. C. ~

Male ;0 3

SO LUTIONS TO TH ESE PROBLE M S ARE DUE SEPTEMBER 10th, 1937

AUG US T, 1937

Original Section (cont'd)

~

No. 772 FR. FENZEL

Vi e nna, Austria

Mate in 3

No. 773 K. HAJEK

Vienna, Austria

Mate 10 3

No. 774 KENNETH S. HOWARD

Erie, Pa.

Male in 3

No. 77~ WALT ER JACOBS

New York City

Male in 3

No. 776 G E ORGE B. SPENCER

St. Pau l, Minn.

Male in 3

No. 777 J. F. TRACY

Ontario, California

Mate in 4

No. 778

FRED SPRENGER New York City

Mlue in 4

No. 779 G. GOLLER

Vien na, Austria

SELFm(lte 10 7

No. 780 DR. GILBERT DOBBS

Carrollton, Ga.

SELFma(e in 4

SOLUTIONS TO THESE PROBLE·MS ARE DUE SEPTEMBER 10th, 1937

189

190

Quoted Section

No. 781 No. 784

F. FLECK E. A. WIRTANEN 1 Pro B. C. P. S. Tourney-1937 2 Pro B. C. P. S. Tourney- 1937

Mate in 2 Mate in 3

No. 782 No. 785

F. FLECK DR. G. PAROS 2 Pro B. C. P. S. Tourney-1937 1 Pro Magyar Sakkvilag-1935

Mate in 2 Mate 10 2

No. 783 No. 786

T. R. DAWSON DR. G. PARDS 1 Pro B. C. P. S. Tourney-1937 1 Pro Magyar Saakvi lag-1931

Mate in 3 Matc In 2

THE CHESS R E VIEW

No. 787 FRANCOIS PABOUCEK 1 Pro Srd Inter. Cheney

Min. Ty.

Mme In 3

No. 788 DR. GILBERT DOBBS

1 Hon. Men. 3rd Inter. Cheney Min. Ty.

Mate in 3

No. 789 OTTO WURZBURG

1 PI" 3rd Inter. Cheney Min. Ty.

Matt !Il 4

SOLUTIONS ' T O THESE PROBLEMS ARE DUE SEPT EMBER 10th, 1937

A UGUST, 1 93 7

NA HRAWAY. W_Ka6, Qf7, Se5, Se4, Pd. B-Kd!i, P . 6.

MO'I'T ·SMITH. W_ Kh6, Qd4, Pc6, Pg3. B­Kf5, Pd6, Pg4.

It Is not easy to dl'aw. the !l ue be t wee n bi fur· calion lind echo. but t he dis tincUon is 1I0t 1111' IJoO f(R nl. A hybrid form i!; t he bifurcation In which the ax is Is nOI It row of squarell but t he line bel ween two I'O W S :

M O'I''f·SMI'l'H. W_Kf2, Rd3, Rf8, 5bS, Sg5. B-K.5, SbS.

T he I m p l'es~ lon of echo can ~cal'cely be c l'eatell tr lh l:! Ki ng I s flxed , and of coul'~e it III en han ced wh en t he echo is a chllmel(lon. T he best I'x llmpl" or homoge neous echo(ls lR this li lll e ·k nown Ill'oblem:

PJo:lt H \'. W _ Kh8, Qa7,Be6, BeS, Sf4. B­Ke5, SfS.

Sev .. ra l seUings have been made of t he chame leon ('choes in :

GR t-;t-;N Woon. W-K h4, Qc2, Ba2, Bf8. B_ KeS.

I IHl ve nlltde severa l echo('s wi t h Ihe com bl n· aLion Qu ,'ell and two Knight s, for example: MO'l''I' ·S~ !l 'rH. W-KaS, Qe2, Sa4, Sf7. B_

Kd5, Pb6. The Bluck Pa.WIl lend~ itseU rea dily to cham·

el eon ec llo ~eHb IOcks. H ere is probably the s"llIdeI'e~ t possible setting:

MOTT·SMITH. W-Kc7, Qd2, Pc2. B_Ka4, Pb5.

I hnve also made s everal exam ples o f ~ho se Ublockli by t wo Pawns:

;\IO'I"T·S~IITH . W-Kg8,. Qa8, RgS, 5 &4. B_ Kf4 , Pe5, Pf5 . .

The co ns trllclioll o f echo block s by othel' Bla c k pieces bristles with difficulty. 1-I e l'e are three blocks by Rook. Aft er the mOV ll1l 1 .. . Re8 an" I ... Kd6 the pi eces s tand In til l:! r el atlon ~h l p of ch ameleon ecllO, but the m ll. l e a fte r the latter move Is lam entabl y u neconom· ical a n" Im l)llre.

MO·I" ]'·S;\II'fH . W-Ke4, Qc4, Ba 5, Sf7 . B_ Kd7, Re7, PeS.

V. S ELFBLOCK S The COlllmonclit device of Black slrategy In

m l n httun~1I Is t he lIeUblock . In addit ion to 111'0-vld lng machinery fOI' a wide ra nge of theme.;. It ortel'lS in itself many ta sk themes. Dlocki ng by a ll t he Blac k piect'li has been ~hown . T he re is not s illtce hel'e rOi' a ll t he wOl'thwh ll e examples.

T he maxImum of th ree blocks by one Pnw n: MOTT·SM ITH. W_ Kg5, Qc3, Bd7, 5f2, Pd6.

B-Kd5, Pe7. DUB BE. W_Kh1 , Qe5, Sd4, P hS. B-Kh4.

Pg4.

NOTES AND NEWS The Ladder Prize Is WOII by G. Plowman,

who comple t es his second ascent wIth It total of 512 pol nta.

Again J . F. Tracy wins t he right to the ti tle of solvel' psycholol;is t since he hns unerringly compoSl!d problems w hich aUI'act ravor. No. 72·1 received three times as many vote~ lt8 all other pI'oblems PUl together ; wh ich hilS all the alllleara nce of "a llpl ied psy chology."

Cer tai n !lolvll rs who have III'Oressed nn Inub· ili t y to und~rM tand t he ir low scor es li re I'e-

19 1

mi nded that acco rding to our system of scoring. a Wl'Ong sol ution subtracts the s ame number or points tha t a correc t lIolution a dds. ThIs Is a lso true of fa lse c la ims or cook.

We al'e much Indebted to Mr. C. S. Kipplng. Cu ra tor o f the A. C. White World Collection , who ha s generous ly polntml out sevel-al Rntlcl· pa tions, and l'cn d el'1!d vnl llnble g uid a nCe In OUI' presenta tion of t hemes.

INFORMAL LADDER " G. Plowman 512, 65 : · H. B. Daly 453, 65; J .

F. Tracy 415, 47; A. Sh.ftel 374, 44 : W. Patz 347, 53 : Dr. P . O. Keen. y S26, - : I. BUl'Stein 3 12, 49: · M. Gonzalez 245, 57 ; - I. Kashdan 238, -; I. Genud 227,73 ; I. Alv lse 212, 48: H. Haus. ne r 197, _ ; L. EI, ner 169, 52; W. Jacobs 164, _; G. Be rry 158, 16; L. Greene 155, _; Bourne Smith 155, 29; u P . Rothenberg 149, 69 ; M . Herzbe rger 145, 51 ; K , Lay 140, _; · A. Toku h 79, - ; · " Dr. G. Dobbs 76, 80; W. Keysor 75, 13 : M. Gershenson 66, _ ; G. N. Cheney 60, - ; A. Pa lwJck 56, _ ; V. Aondo 52, - : H. Stenzel 49, 52; B. Wi segarver 41 , _ : Lady Clara 30, S2: W. Neuert 30, 6: W . Vanwinkle 27, -; C. Miller 23, 48: W . Towl e 22, -; I. Schmidt 18, 14: I. Burn 17, -; K. S. Howard 17, -; J. Casey 16, -; P. Pa pp 16, _ : E. Shortman 8, _ ; W. Raw lings 7, _ ; J. Tur ner 7, _ ; E. Korpanty 30; B. M. Marsha ll 11; Dr. S imo n 0, O.

SOLUTION S No. 111') hI R. J. th nn .. <k,. I fIJ I

1 "'0 hr. .. ti" . 1 K h<Ito.- t .. F.i sncr. Plusi~ moJ~b. R~m .. h bk ¥ar;tty f<lt f<l.ee .. sed.- Soo,,,,, Smith.

N~ 710 by G. Moll·Sm ilh . 1 S,4 No,t .. «ifoci.1 hy .• ,Ioli~htfu l gle.m .-lIourn~ Smith.

No . 7 11 by G. MOII ·Smith. t Q<;(; Tho ,· .. Ilinl< " .. ialj,," i, Iri{' l y. - P. Roth.n b(,.~.

No . 7 12 b)' 1\ill Ik .,,,. I B.) N ot . diff'lul! hy ,<J 'indo hu t . , ljp ro'Y . el 10 Ma in .r, .. find inl<: ....... 1 of Ih" m .. ", .. ., only jusl m .. ~s._W. Key"",. Some"'h" >iiBli l 101 ", .. ~.i.1 u .. <I .- U"u '!I<: Smi lh .

No>. 1l} b1 D •• G . O"bM. I Q.,I' I:nli •• < h.nl\~ of p.<ltItom hum. "[>fOP"."" 1<> . n .tUr~ .;lu",on.-6. 1-1. M . ... h.lL. A Ii"" mut.,o. ­G . Plowman.

N o_ 114 by V . I .. Ealon. I S.I~ A popula. unpiM illJ! kC'Y .llow'n!: BJ.,-~ I" ,heck . T I", i •• sup«iotiry OJ .h. K " ;0 • " mi" <lr " f.<'I" .- 6. M. M."hall . Play "''''''rhblr ..... icd. Ii, ... va<;.,ioo, (,om S".j .1", ... _ &u."" Son" h . Put'· ti,-. Ily anl;rip. IN lor <:. M.n>f ... ld. F.I~ irk H ... I " . 11''w.-<:. S. KiP!',n~ .

No_ 1n by E. H_ H,~h"ll . I Rf4 Pl."in~ ta.kor. fou. · fu ld ddon><: by , i"glo m ark p .... n.- lloourn. Smi' h. Tlo i, pi<bninny 1,,..,,> i, th o mo,l ",·",k .. r ,,/ .11. 1'hi, h., • fr.{'" 0/ ",. i~in ,liI Y w ith unpi" of tl i, hop. bUI in tho main I<.!u,,, is . ntid J!..tcd. rio J. C. J. W.i n wrj~hl. S' . l.uui , G I"bt ·o.,nH .. ",t. II' I '. - C. S. KiWIn,l:.

No. 71 6 by M . Ch .. ~l1. I 1:1.3 . th.ut; 2 &, I .. Sb-I: 2 Bh2rh , .... s.:~;lSd 1 .... R~'; 2 Bhlrh 1 .... Rb4 :'SC) I .... R.) ; 2 1Ib~ ( "" .. I R·S intCf f •• cor!lS.- t .. F.i,,,,,r.

No. 117 by S. Cus, iky. n I Kc7. ", . S ; 2 Oa P"h 1 . ... Kd ' , ! Qdld' I .... s.i7 an y : ! Si=(,d, 1 .... P.4: 2 ,X(",h Th. 1"'0 nights fu. Ih. 1lI.d Ki n/( male Ih. , .. Iu· liull ' •• y li~ l y.-W. KOY ..... Goo.! ~ey .nJ inl" " .,.t in~ ".,i1tiuns.- L. Eisnor .

N" . 7 1~ hy D • . G. Dohbs Int. nl ion : I 11.1'1. Kxll : 2 ~xrkh Coo ked by: I Sd

192

No. 719 by I'r. . D. Gibbs I QxP, th roat : 2 Qf6ch 1 •• _, BxP; 2 Jl:f4 1 .. "' SxB ; 2 QxR male

No. 720 by I. H. Guttm. n In tenti on: 1 Be] , threat; 2 Rf6 mate

I .. ", Qf2 ; 2 Sd4 1 .. .. Bd;2 SJ4 1 .. .. S<7 : 2 p .8 (S ) eh

Cooked by: 1 SfS No. 721 by A . J. Fink

1 Pc4, KxP: 2 <tk,l ch 1 • . . . PxP;22 1 .. .. Pa2;2 Bd I Fine Indi an with • s. " ifice thrown in.-P. Roth­enberg.

No. 722 by H. Ko,ou.ki No so lution. If 1 KxP , Pl; P : 2 K1P, Kb1

No. 723 by Dr. M. Niemeyer 1 Bb?, thre.! ; 2 Ke7 1 .. . . Pdl; 2 Pd4 1 .. "' Pe l ; 2 B.3ch 1 ." ' PI) ; 2 Relch To the point. wi th . qu iet th r. at. - L. E!.ner. T hi . ' pp<'" distinctly origi n.!.----<::. S. K,pp,ng .

No. 724 by /. F. Tracy 1 Rdl , K.R; 2 Rxc4 I .. "' Kf4 ; 2 Rd4c h And when one h. qui ckly tool: There appeared another rool:: .-P. Rolhenl><rg .

No 721 by M. Bukofzer · 1 Bh4 Pf6' 2 BfZ, Pi~ ; ~ Q h6, Pi4 ; 4 Sd6 · b~ . Sci

The tim ing of Whitt ' s move. i. i ntere'tin g.~L. Ei ,ner.

No 726 by G. Mott·Smith · 1 Oea. P03; 2 ReSch . Ka6 ; 3 Qe6,h, BxQ; 4

RxPeh . Kb7; ~ RoS. BxB mot •. 1 PxR ' 2 ReU h, Ko6 ; 3 RI2,h. PxR ; of Bb7~h : ' BxB(KxB ) ; ~ QeS.KxQ mat. Or , Qc6. BxQ mote . . A very di fficu lt and p le. , ing . ui .- P. Rot hen b"'g.

No . 727 by Dr. O. CO$l1ehel . No ,olution . Intenti on Pd4 defeated by 1 . . . ' M.

No. 72S by A. Ellerm~n . 1 RxP. N o. 729 by A. W. G.linky

1 Ph6, BxP; 2 Rg , No . 730 by S.m Loyd

1 Be,; SxB ; 2 Q.7 1 . . . . Sd6; 2Qd7

No. 731 by 1. Moller 1 ~!(S, BxR ; 2 P. 8 (Q )

No , 132 by H. Vetter 1 Qg6. P"I ; ; 2 &6.

No. 7.n by And re C leron 1 Qc4, Bb; ; 2 Ofl Anlleipated by C . Berg, Deutsche Sehleh.eituog , Aug . 1930.-C. S. K ippi ng.

No H4 by Andre Cheron · 1 Rd , ReB ; 2 &7. R.C7 ; ; Rd3. Rd7; 4 Bd4.

Rg7 ; ) B.g7. Kg I ; 6 Rd l m.t. No. 73~ by M. Bukof .. t

1 Kg4 . B. 7 ; 2 RdSch. BfS ; , Q.4ch, B.6 ; 4 Kh3 , h ~ ; ~ Qh4, Bel mote

A PORTENT FOR STOCKHOLM?! Stockholm Tournamont

January, 1937 INDIAN DEFENSE

R. Fi ne W h ite

1 P.Q4

G. Danielsson Black

2 'P_QB4 3 Kt-QB3 4 Q_B2 5 P_QR3 6 QxB 7 Q_B2 8 P_K3 9 B_Q3

10 Kt.K2! 11 0 .0 12 P_B5 13 P_QKt4 14 P_B3 15 B-Q2 16 Kt-Kt3

Kt.KB3 P-K3

B_Kt5 P_Q4

BxKtch Kt_K5

0-0 Kt_Q2

P_KB4 P.B3

Kt.Q3 Kt-K5 P_QR3

Kt ( K)_B3 P_KKt3

P_K4

17 P_K4! 18 Kt.K2 19 KPxP 20 B.B3 21 PxP 22 BxKt 23 Q-R2ch!! 24 P.Q5ch 25 Q.B2 26 QR-K l 27 KtxPch! 28 RxKP 29 QRxP 30 BxKt 31 Q_Q3 !

P_B5 P.KKt4

BPxP P-K5

KtxKP P,B

K.Kt2 K.Kt3 Q_Kl R-B4

PxKt Q_B2

Kt_K4 P_KR4

Reslgnfl

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