Boris

as-:=;:..s~; . =

tI. s. s. R.

Wolfgan •

nZlC· WEST GERt1t

,-----------------------------------------------,

USCF BRINGS YOU

The very newest chess teaching sensation, available immediately to members!

Learn ta think the same way Bobby does.

Learn by progressive understanding, not just by reading.

Learn through the insight and talent af our greatest player, brought to you in easily absarbed, progressive, Programmed Instructian!

A new method for learning chess hos been created by the education division of Xerox Corporation and co-authored by the youthful United States Chess Champion. The system is unique in that it is easy to understand, trains the player to think four moves ahead, and does not require the use of 0 chess board nor the Icarning of chess notation. It hos solved many long.standing proble ms in teaching chess and presents the course as a tutor would to a stude nt. The learner becomes on active participant from the very beginning by acting on 275 differe nt chess situations and immediately putting to use the new idea expressed with coch position.

Th e reade r of this book require s no prior chess knowledge becouse of th e introduction on rules and moves and the fact that chess notation is not used. Designed primarily for the beginn er, " Bobby fischer Teaches Chess" will be inte resting to players in every category. Lower-rated USCF tourname nt players will find the course especially interest ing , since al­most every page conta ins (II problem-solving situation. The book is writte n in the first per­son, with Fischer actually " talking" to the learne r-correcting and coaching him through the program like (II private tutor. The re are several positions from Bobby's championship games and the learner is taught to make the move Fischer would make. By the end of the course, th e reader will be able to ploy the winning combination by thinking up to four moves ahead.

" Bobby Fische r Teaches Chess" was co-authored by the champion; by Or . Stuart Margulies, a top psychologist of Basic Syste ms, Inc.; and by Donn Mosenfelder, a leading innovator in education .

THE PERFECT GIFT TO THAT FRIEND WHO WANTS TO LEARN CHESS THE PERFECT BOOK TO SHARPEN COMBINATIVE & MATING POWERS

BIBLIOPHILES: A must for your collection, regardless of your playing strength; beautifully designed, produced, and baund.

198

Selling for $6.95 in leading bookstores and by mail order.

Postpaid to USCF Members

USE ORDER BLANK ON PAGE 208.

5.90

CHESS LIFE

.::r UNITED STATES ~

CHESS FEDERATION

PRESIDENT Marshall Rohland

VICE-PRESIDENT Isaac Kashdan

REGIONAL VICE·PRESIDENTS NEW ENGLAND

EASTERN

MID·ATLANTIC

SOUTHERN

GREAT LAKES

NORTH CENTRAL

SOUTHWESTERN

PACIFIC

SECRETARY,

James Bolton Harold Dondl$ Ell liou rdon Robert LaBell" Lewis E. Wood "1lehac l Raimo

Earl Clary Steve Carruthc" s Robert Erkes P hilip Lamb Pe ter Lahde Catroll M. Cru ll

Donald W . HUdln~ Dr. Harvey McClellan V. K Vandenburg

Dr. George Tie rs Hoberl Le rne r K en Rykken

W. W . Crew John A. Howell Park Bishop

Burrard Eddy Kenne th Jones Col. Paul L. Webb

Dr . Leroy Dubeck

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, E. B. Edmondson

NATIONAL CHAIRMEN and OFFICERS ARMED FORCES CHESS .. .......... __ _ .nober l Karch COLLEGE CHESS .. _ .• __ ......... ......... __ .. ... !"aul C. J oss INOUSTRIAL CHESS ... ... ...... SI" "lcy W. I). Klnll-INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS ........ .. .. Jcrry Spann

W"m", ,,', Int" rnal[onal.. ............ Kath ryu Sl .\~j

JUNIOR CHESS ............... ................... Robert Erkel MASTERS AFFAIRS ........ ... ............... Robcrt Byrne MEMBERSHIP ......... ...............•.. ... .. Donald Sehu ll~

NATIONAL OPEN ........................ Hcrma n F..alrada NOMINATIONS .................................... Frank · Skoff RATINGS & PAIRINGS .... ....... ... .. Arpad E, Elo RATING STATISTICIAN .... ........ Wm. Golchber, TAX DEDUCTIB1LITY .... .......... ..... . lIarold Oondls TOURNAMENT ADM •... ..... Geo rge KOltanowl kl TOURNAMENT RUI..ES ...... .. ..... ... J ames SherwIn TREASURER .. .............. ...... .. .......... Davld Hoftmann U. S. CHAMPIONSHIP ...... .......... Maurice Knper U.S. OPEN ........ .. .....................•...... .. ...... .. W . B. Akin WOMEN'S CHESS .•.••........... ......•..•... .•. Eva Aronson

WORLD CHESS FEDERATION (F.I.D.E.)

Jerry Spann

Vice·President, Zone:; (U.S.A.)

-,------SEPTEMBER. 1966

, Vol ume XX I N umber 9 Septe mber, 1966

EDITORS: Lt. Colonel E. B. Edmondson and Wm. Goichberg

CONTENTS

Piatigorsky Cup ., .... " ..... .. " .... , .. . " .... ... " ... " .. , ....... ...... . , .. ..... , ......... 200, 219

Byrne, Benko Tie in Open .... ..... " ... ...... ......... ..... .. .. ... ........ .... ......... .. ... .. . ,,203

Vo lley of the Moon ........ ... . .. " ........... , .. ... " ........ , ...... ..... .. .. .. .. .... ............. 203

Martz Tokes Masters Open .. " .. "., ........ .. " ................... .... ....... " .... ...... .. ,,203

Chess Life Ce lebra tes Twenty Years of Service, by Peter P. Bedow ................... " ............ .. .. .. ... ............ ... . " , .... .... ........ ".204

U.S. Intercol legiate Pi ons, by Paul C. Joss ..... " ... ........... .. .. .. .. ..... .. .. .. ...... 205

OOPs! (Ra ting Li st Corrections) " ...... ....... .. .. .... .... " ........ ..... ... ....... ..... ... .. 205

Cata log Changes .... .......... .. .. , ... ", ... ..... ....... .... ...... .... ........... ....... .. .... .. .... 205

Western Open .............. ........ .... " .. " ........ "." .. ", ............... .... .... .... .... ... ... . 206

Chess Life Here & There ......... " ........... " .. , ... " ... , .. ... ... .. ... , .. .. .. ....... . 208, 213

Attock a nd Defense, by Pol Benko .. ............ " , .. ... ... .. ... ... ......... . .. ....... .. ... . 210

Upset of a Champion, by Edmor Medn is ....... " ..... ...... ...... . .. .. .. .. ... ....... ... .. 212

Upset in U.S. Junior Open ... .. ............ , ....... ..... ....... ... ... .. .. ... .. .. ..... .. ...... ... 215

Gomes by USCF Members, by John W. Collins ..... ..... .... .... ... ............. ,.216

Chess Tactics for Beginners, by Dr. Erich W . Morcha r.d ........... ... ... .. .. ... 218

Tournament life .. .. .. ... .. ... ... .. ... .... .......... ................................................ 222

JOIN THE UNITED STATES CHESS FEDERATION

USCF II a DOD.profit democr a tic or,anlullon. t he oWdal ,overnlng body a nd FIDE unit for

"hess In the USA. Anyone Interested 10 advp nclng Amulcan chess Is eligible fo r membership.

Mambershlp, Includln, CHESS LIFE , ubscriptlon. eligibility for USCY·ratlng, and aU

pr ivilege.: 1 yr.: 5.00; 2 yn.: $9.50; 3 yr • . : $13.50; S Ul ta1n.ln" $10.00 (becomI ng liIe Member,h lp

attn 10 payments); Life : flOO.OO. Famllv Mamb4i!rship Itwo or mOre fami ly member. a t same add r ess, only one CHESS Ln'E subsc ri pllon): rate.s I , above for firs t family mem ber . plU5

tollowln, tor each addlUo n. 1 member: I y r .: $2.50; 2 yrs.: U .75; 3 yrs.: $6.75.

CHESS LIFE Is pubUahed m onthlY by USCF and entered as second·elu. matter at Ea.t Dubuque, nUnol. Non.mtmber I·yr. subscription: U.OO (U.OO outside USA); sln,le cupy: 4o,! (SOt!

outlide USA). Chanoe of addrus: Allow Ilx weeks notice; please ,Ive us both the n ew addr ess

and the old address, In elud~ the numbers and date. on the top line 01 your stencll.

Addreu all communications. and make aU Ch ecks payable to :

UNITED STATES CHESS FEDERATION, to East 11th Street, NEW YORK, N.Y. 10003

199

Fisher Surge Half Point Short Boris Spassky of the Soviet Union,

playing with unshakable consisteney throughout, went undefeated through eighteen grueling rounds of play to cap. tUfe the Second Piatigorsky Cup Tourna­ment, held in Santa Monica, California July 17 to August 15. Although Spassky was rarely In danger of losing a game, be did have to withstand a dramatic challenge by U.S. Champion Robert J . Fischer, who came {rom far behind to tie fo r first place with two rounds remai n­ing. Fischer was tied for last place , with three points, after eight rounds; after round nine, the half-way mark, he had 3% and trailed the leaders by 2Y.! points. At this point, a sudden change occurred - the Fischer who had won the inter­zonal 2% points ahead of Petrosian and GeUer, who had swept the U.S. Cham· pionship U .(), had returned. Reshevsky, Portisch, Ivkov, and Donner all succumb­ed in short order; none of the four games went as far as the firs t time control. Fischer then drew with Unzicker but defeated Larsen and Najdorf. Having scored an incredible 6% points out of seven games with top·flight opponents, Fischer had tied Spassky for the lead, both having scores or 10·6.

The crucial game, Fischer vs. Spassky, was played Sunday, August 14. A record crowd of over 900 was on hand, and many others were turned away. This was the largest audience ever to witness a chess tournament in the United States. Fischer, having lost to Spassky carlier with the black pieces, now had the advan­tage of playing white. But Spassky had a more important advant age; the one re­maining game on his schedule was against Donner, while Fischer had to

play World Champion Petrosian. Clearly Fischer would go all-out to win, while Spassky would be content with a draw. Fischer opened with a Ruy Lopez which Spassky countered with the Marshall Attack, once thought of as a risky, aggressive line but now considered a good drawing variation; Spassky had used it as such in his match with Tal. Jo'ischer played an unusual 12th move. He held the gambit pawn and did not aHow a Kingside attack, hut his develop. ment was always backward. While Fisch· er was in no danger, neither could he shake oU the pressure and use his extra pawn to play for a win. A draw was agreed to on the 35th move.

The final round proved decisive. Spas· sky played the Ruy Lopez against Don· ncr, avoiding the Marshall Attack with 'which the Dutch Grandmaster had earl· ier scored a draw against Fischer. Don­ner played ........ , P ·Q4 anyway, but soon ran into difficulties after Spassky kept the position closed . The Soviet star methodically s trengthened his position and on move 30 launched an irresis table attack. Meanwhile Fischer , playing tht! King's Indian Defense against Petrosian, created complications unfavorable to himself. Petrosian obtained good play, but apparently was eontent to draw. In the final pOSition, the World Champion still had chances.

Spassky's final score was 11 "h -6"h to Fischer's 11-7. Third was Denmark's Bent Larsen with 10·8. Larsen had battled Spassky on about even terms through round 11, at which point the two had 7·4 scores and were 1"h points ahead of the field. The Dane then encountered a disastrous slump, lOSing 3% out of 4 to . , .

! I I I

• , •

fall into a tie for fifth through eighth places. He recovered to score 2"h out of his last 3.

Although he did not win the tourna· ment, Fischer's performance in the seL­and half demonstrated that when be is in form, no one in the world is better. Spassky is more consistent; usually Petro· sian Is also, as are several other Soviet players; but Fischer seems superior to any when in top fo rm. His second balf score was 7!A .l lh , representing a per­formance rating of approximately 2900! Probably the only other player capable of having such a streak is the erratic former Soviet Champion Victor Korchnoi. Fischer, at 23, is much younger than any of the top Soviets; also, his slow start in this event may have been in part due to Inactivity. There is certainly reason to believe that he has the p·Jten· tial to maintain top form consistently. U he ever does, watch out!

Bent Larsen is another inconsistent player who displayed great strenglh at times. Several of his losses were due t,) pressing too hard for a win in a drawn position . His two fine victories over Petrosian are worthy of special not:ce.

Lajos Portisch of Hungary and Wolf· gang Unzicker of West Germany, who tied for fourth with 911.!:·8lh: , displayed solid, conservative styles. Both came out somewhat better than expected.

Petrosian and Reshevsky each made even scores to tie for sixth. Petrosian's score must be considered poor for a World Champion, in spite of the strength of the opposition . He seemed to lack the will to win-his three defeats, though, show him to have been in poor form.

Reshevsky's score was highly credit·

I I , . I

Boris SplSsky, 2nd Piiltigorssky Cup Winner, with Mr. ilnd Mrs. Gregor Piiltigorsky ilnd runner-up Fischer. Spusky holds his Champion's repliCi of the beautiful Pi iltigorsky Cup (foreground ), on which h is nil me is now enguved with Petrosiil" ilnd Kere" Co-Champions three yeilrs ilgo.

Olnmlrk's Bent L.rsen concentr.tts 'g.in,t World Chilmpion Tignn Petro,hln, whose attention is 'PPlrent· Iy w.ndering. P ... h. ps the Tiger should h.ve w.tched thi, pilrticullr opponent more closely; their score was 2.0 favor of L.rsen! (Note Iilrge displilY bOilrds .nd clocks.)

200 CHESS LIFE

able for a man in his mid·fifties. Hc out· scored his fellow tournament veteran and old rival, Najdorf, by one pomt.

Yugoslavia's Ivkov was almost unrec· ognizable, scoring 6ih ·IPh. His play was greatly below his usual standard.

Donner started fairly well, but col· lapsed at the end. As he was a distinct underdog, his 6·12 score was not unex· pected.

As tournament director Isaac Kashdan writes, " It was a great tournament. Thc chess world is greatly indebted to Mr. and Mrs. PiaUgorsky, who were the sole organizers and sponsors of the tourna· men through the Piatigorsky Founda· tion." In a time when It is difCicult to keep track of the many strong interna· tional events, the Second Piatigorsky Cup Tournament will nevertheless remain especially memorable.

At th lt Awards Banquet, World Chlmpion Petrosiln with host Gregor Piltigorsky and Mrs. Petrosil " . The clmerl? Petrosiln's, of course.

PIATIGORSKY CUP ANALYSIS by A. Buschke

FINAL STANDINGS POints

Finish , , , • , • , • • " 1st Halt 2nd Ha lf TolIl o. Spusky ._._ ........ _ ................ _ ... _ ... _x , I ! , ! ! , ! I I I I I I •• Fischer .. _ ........................................ 0 I X 0 • I , I I I I I , 0 • •• Lanen .............................................. 1 0 , 0 X , ! I 0 , , I , , I ~. portlsch .............. _ .... _ ... _ ... __ ._. __ 1 I I • 0 I x I I , I I I I I .... Undcke r .... _ ... _._ ... _. __ ... _. ___ . __ 0 I I I I , I I x I I I I I I ». Pehoslan -_ .... _. __ . __ ._-_ ... - ... --.1 I I I 0 0 0 I I I x I I , , .. ,. Reshenky __ ... _____ . ___ . __ . __ .1 I I 0 I 0 I I I I I I X I , •• Nlldort ._. ________ ._. __ . __ 1 I , 0 0 I I I I I 0 0 I 0 X

•• Ivkov _____ . ____ . ____ 0

I 0 0 , 0 I 0 0 I I I I I 0 I ". Donner ... ---- · 1 0 I 0 I , I 0 I I I 0 0 I I 0

PROGRESS ROUND BY ROUND Finish , , , L Spa$Sky .............. _ ................. I ' I , ,. Fischer ................................. I , , ,. Larsen ... ................................ 0 I , .... Porllsch .... ............................. I , , ... Unucker ............................... I I , " . Petro$lan ........................... .. I , , 6·7. Reshevsky ............... ..... ....... I ,

" •• Najdorf ..... .. .. ..... ...... ............. I 'I , 9. Ivkov .................. ..... .............. , , , '". Donner ...... .... .. .. .. .... .. ........... I , '!

Considering the small number of games won by either White (23) or Black (12), for 35 wins out of 90 games (not quite 40%), it is interesting to note that not less than 15 of these 35 games were lost by only four players in streaks of three losses each time (Donner had two such streaks):

By Fischer who lost in rounds 6-8 to Larsen, Najdorf, Spassky.

By Larsen who lost in rounds 11·13 to Donner, Unzicker, Spassky.

By Najdorf who lost in rounds 16·18 (the last three rounds!) to Larsen, Pe· trosian, Rcshevsky.

By Donner who lost in rounds 12-14 to Najdorf, Fischer, Petrosian.

By DonDer who lost in rounds 16-18 (the last three rounds!) to Portiseh,

SEPTEMBER. 1966

• , • , • , " '1 ,

" .. ' I • .. "

, , , , " ..

II 'I " .. , • , '1 , 'I • .. .. , II , 71 ,

" .. , 'I ,

" 'I " , ' 1 ,

" " • .. • , 'I 'I 3 • • .. • "

, 'I " 3 5 3 , '! 'I , 31 • '!

Ivkov, Spassky. Fischer also had the longest winning

streak, four in a row in rounds 10-13-Reshevsky, Portisch, Ivkov, Donner.

The longest drawing streaks went six in a row, twice by Unzicker in rounds 3-8 and rounds 13·18, once by Reshevsky in rounds 11·16.

Fischer won more games with Black than with White (4:3), his only win in the first half with Black and three each with White and Black in the second half.

Larsen is the only player who won considerably more with White (5) than with Black (2); 3:1 in the first half and 2:1 in the secoDd balf.

Spassky had three "series" o{ four draws each, rounds 3-6, 9·12, 14·17.

All photos, including cover, by Art Z.lIer .

" , " , , " 5

" " 31

"

, I I , • " "I , , I , 'I " " 0 , I , • • " I , I , .. , ' ! , I I I .. , 'I

I I I , • , , I I , I , • , , I I , 'I " • X I , • " ' 1 I 0 X , , •

" " " " " " " 'I II • .. " "I " I OJ 71 • 9 " "I u , ,

" 'I " " " " 6 " 'I .. 9 " OJ , '! 0 O! , " 51 • , 'I " .. 9

0 .. , " 0 0 • .. , 7! • 0 • •

" • .. '1 , 6 " 51 " " • 6 • 6

201

ROUND BY ROUND ROUND 14

Spassky .............. Ih Portisch .............. 1h Reshcvsky .......... % Ivkov .................. Ih Pctrosian .......... 1 Donner ...... "" ...... 0 Fischer ..... ......... lh Unzicker ............ ¥.! Najdorf .............. Ih Larsen ................ 1h

ROUND lS Najdor£ ... ........... 1h Spassky ............ .. J..2 Larsen ................ 0 Fischer ................ 1 Unzicker ............ Jh Petrosian ............ lh Donner ................ If.z Resbevsky .......... lh Ivkov .................. 0 Portisch .............. 1

ROUND 16 Spassky .............. lh Ivkov .................. Ih Porlisch .............. 1 Donner .............. 0 Reshevsky .......... Ih Unzicker ............ lh Petrosian ... ......... 0 Larsen ....... ......... 1 Fischer .............. 1 Najdorf .......... .... 0

ROUND 17 Fischer ................ Ih Spassky .............. lh Najdorf ..... ......... 0 Petrosian ............ 1 Larsen ................ 1 Reshevsky .......... 0 UlUicker ............ ¥.i Portisch .............. % Donner .............. 0 Ivkov .................. 1

ROUND 18 Spassky .............. 1 Donner ............ " 0 Ivkov .................. Ih Unzicker .......... "Ih Portisch .............. Ih Larsen ................ Ih Reshevsky .......... 1 Najdorf .............. 0 Petrosian .......... lh Fischer .............. Ih

GAME SCORES All games from the first four rounds

appeared in August CHESS LIFE; those from rounds fi ve through eleven are given here; rounds twelve through eigh­teen will appear in October, thus giving our readers a full move-by·move record of play in the Second Piatigorsky Cup.

Annotated games from the event will also be included in our October issue,

U",'ck er 1_ P·K4 2. N·KB3 l , P-Q. • . NxP 5. N ·OB3 6. B·K2 7. N-N3 I , B·KNS 9. Bx H 10. N ·OS 11. 0-0 12. 0-Q3 13. ,..QlI l 14. QR.o 15. K ·R 16, N-K3 17. B·B3 '1, 0 -K2 If, N·Q5 20, PxB 21. Q·B2 22, B·K2 23. P-B3 24, N-Q2 25. P,QR4 2'. N·B4 27. Q-N3 21. Q·R3 29. 0 ·N4 30. 0 ·N6 31 , N·R5 32. N·.4 33. KR-K 34. N-42 3$. N·B U . B-Ql 37, R·K2 ]I, K_N 39, 8-82

202

Round Five SICILIAH DEFENSE

"-Q8. P.Q3

'". N' KB3 P.QR3

P· K4 B ·K2 B·K3 .. B N,,' 0 ·0 '·B

.. N' P·KN3

B·R3 N·83 R-83 Q·N3 ... QR·8 N". P-84 K' H2 Q·B2 B·N4

P-KR4

.R" N,B3 P-R5 Q-K2 .... N·R4 8 ·85 .....

R·KR R·KB2

Q-.3 . ·K .. "

40. R(2)· " 41 . K· 1l 42. 0 ·B2 43, K·N 4C. 8 .N3 45 • • ,R2 46. Q·B2 47. 8 ·N 4', R·K2 49. R(2)-1< 50. Px P 51. Q.B2 52, 8-Ql 53. R·R 54, B·B2 55. QR-Q 56. Q.o2 57. K ,R 51. N ,K 3 59. P·R3 60, ".R2 'I. 8 ·0 3 62, P·N4 63, P.oII4 14, N·N4 6$. 1!Ix.P 66. R.oN 67. II·R2 61. KR.oB n . Rx R 70. R·K 71. 8 ,N 72, Rx N 73, Q.K 7 • . R,. 75. Rx R 76. N x P 77. N·N4 Draw"

F IKh..­

N·" R"B H' R4 8 ·85 R·84 0 ·N4 .... ' .K ••• P,QN4 ...

8 ,Ne

••• N ·B5 Q.N2 •••

B·N3ch R,KR N·R. 8 ·R2 Q'N 3 N·N6

R(' )·KB P· 85

'". R,QN 1t' 82

(R1 )-QB ... N ,K7

H·" N •• R·85 P·N4 Q·82 ...

QxQ,. K· 82

NIMZO' INDIAN DEFENSE Porti $Ch Spassky

Having defeated world champion Petrosian a couple of rounds earlier, Portisch must have felt it was only fai r to take a point from his recent challeng­er. He certainly tried.

1. p.Q. N ·KB3 17. P·N3 2. P-Q8. P-K3 I I. P' B5 3. N-QB) 8·H5 19. Px P 4. P·K3 0-0 20. B·N5 5. B-Q3 P·B4 21 . N-K4 6. N-B3 P.QH3 22. 6-B6 1. 0 ·0 8 ·N2 23. R-Q8 I. N .QR4 Px P 2 •. PxB f . Px P 8 ·K2 25. N (K )xN 10. R·K P-Q3 '16. Q·B3 11 . P·QN' QH-Q2 27. Nx P 12. 8 ·N2 R·K ,.. QxP 13. H·83 B·KB 29. RxP 14. P-Q5 P-K4 30, Qx8 15. H-Q2 P·H3 31. BxQ 16. N.N3 N·R. 32. B.N2

BEHaN I DEFENSE Donne r 1. P-Q4 2. P-QB' 3. P·OS 4. N·OB3 5. P·K4 6. N·Bl 7. B' K2 8. 0 ·0 f . H ·K 10. N' 0 3 11, Px P 12. P·B4 13. P-KN. '4. N·B2 IS. PxB 16. H xNP 17. K·R 1 •• N·K3

N_KBl .... P·KN]

B·N2 ... ' 0 ·0

P-K4 N· K

P'B4 .... '". O·K2.

P·K5 .. N .,. K·'

N·N2 N·B3

'UY

19. B-Q2 20, Q.K 21, Q.N3 22. Q·N5 23. QR-K 2.4. NxN 25. R· KN 26. B· R5 27. RxP 21. Ox N 2.,. Rx R 30. Q·K2 31. R·N3 32, K ,N2 33. R·K3 34, P.KRl 3'. B·K

LOPU

N·N2 OPx P

N .. N", K·R

Q·82 .. , N·B4 "". OR-B ... ...

BxPch Qx Rch .. R

Drlwn

Petro$l, n N·N

N ,R3 N(2)·B4

8·Q2 R·B3 . ,N •. , H·H2 ...

' ·K , .. B·N3 •. , 0 ·" R·'

Q·B7 Dra wn

lykoy 1, P·K4 2, N.KB3 3, B·N5 4. B-R4 5, 0 ·0

P,K4 N·Q8l P-QR3

N ·Bl B·K2.

P-QH4

... P· R4 .f. K.o2 SO. Rx P 51 , K-B3 52. R·RS

Reshey.ky K ·Q3 R·B6

RxPch R·KR7

P. R3 , . Il-K 7. B·N3 I . P·OR4 9, P-Q3 10. QN-Q2 11. N-Be 12. B· K3 13. ON.o2 14, B·R2 15. N·B4 16. KN-02 \7 , BxH II. NxB I t . H.o2 20. P-QB3 21. PxOP 22. PxP U . Q·B2 2 • • KR-N 25. N,B3 26. P,B. 27. B-Q2 21, R-R3 29. R(3)·N3 30. 8 ,K 31 . N·Q2 32, N·Ke 33, R·N' 34. O-Q 35, B·B3 36, BxN 37, Ox P 38. PxQ 39. R-K' 40. RxP 41. NxP 42, R_ON5 43, R-QS 44, R(N )xB 45. Rx R 46, K-B 47. K-K2

0 ·0 P.N' ... ' ' ·N B·N5 ... , N·R4 ..... .. ., N,N .. , N-N3

P-QR. P,Q.

'". ... KR-Q P-B4 P,B5 Q·Q3 8 ,B3

••• N .. ' ••• •. , N·B3 N,Q5 B·K2 P·B6 R" ••• RxOP ,., .,. ' ·B ... , .. N ... R·B' K· B2 K-K3

53. R-Q5ch $4, P-KR5 55. Px P e.p. 56. R-QNS 57. P·R5 51. R-R5 59. RxP 60. K·N4 61. K ·B5 61. R·Nkh 63. R·B6ch 64. R·N6ch 65. R·O& 66, P·R'ch 67. K ·H5 61. K ·B6 n. P-B5 70. R.Q7ch 71 . R·Q8ch 72. K·B7 73. P.B' 74. R-Q7 75. R·B7 76. R·R7 77. R.Q7 7'. R·Q8 79, K-O& 80, K_B5 81. R·05 82, R-QI 83, K -Q6 84, K·B7 85. 1l-Q7 16. R· K7 87, R·N7 U . R·0 7 .,. R-K 7 90, R' B7 91 . K-Q6ch 92. K-Q7 93. R·R7 Dr,w"

PIATIGORSKY CUP GAMES CONTINUED

PAGE 219

K_Bl P·N4

R· KN7 ... R·N I K·N2

R·Blch R·NSch

R·NI K·B2 K-N2. K·B2 K·N2 K·R2

R·Hk h K .. K ·R2 K ·N

K·R2 R,KRI

R· R2ch

••• R· KN K· R3 K· R2

R-N2ch R,N 3ch R_N4ch

R.N, R·N4th R.N 3ch R·N2ch

R·N R-KR K·R3 K· R2 K ·R3 K ·R2 K·N ' ·N

K ·R2

La r S4:" 1. P-Q4 2, P-QB' 3. N·QB3 4. P·K 4 5. 8 ·K2 6, N·8 3 7. 0 -0 S. P-Q5 f . N,K 10. N,Q3 11. B,Q2 12, P.B3 13, P·B5 14. R-8 15. Px P '6, N,N5 17, 0 ·B2 I I . poOR. n , 0 ·H3 20, R·OB2 21 . H·B2 22. H 'OR3 23. P,R3 24, KR·B 2$, BPx P 26. Px P 21. P·R5 21. B·K 29. Q,N6 30. PxO 31. B·R5 32. P·OH3 33. N ·84 34. N-Q2 35. N,B4

Spassky 1. P-Q4 2. N ,KB3 3. P'K N3 • • B.N2 5. 0-0 6. P·B4 7, QN-Q2 I . P' N3 t . B·H2 10. N· R4 n . QxN 12. P·K 4 13. Bx P 14. R·K 15. B,R I'. N .B3 17. P,05 , 1. R. K3 19, P.QH4

Fl$cher T. P·K4 2. N,KB3 3, B·N5 4, 8,R4 5. 0-0 6. P,Q4 7. B·N3 8. PxP 9. P,B3 10. ON·0 2 11, B·8 2 12, H·N3 13. Nx B 14, R-K 15. B·K 3 16. Q·0 3

" etro$lln 1. P.oBC 2. N.K B3 3. N· Bl 4. P·04 5. P·K3 6, IIPx P 7. B·K 2 I . OOO 9. Px P 10. P,ON3 11 . B·N2 12, P.QR3 13, N-QH5 14, QN·Q4 15. Nx N 16. B,Q3 17. Q.R5 I I. P·ON4 19. O·K2.

KING'S INDIAN DEFENSE

N ·KB3 P' KH3

B·N2 P,0 3 0.0

P·K 4 N.B3 N,K2 H.Q2

P·KB' N-KB3

P·B5 P·KN4

N ·N3 .,. R·B2 N·K , .. ,

B-K B P·K R4

P·R3 N;Bl

"N' P·N5

'". N·K R·N , .", .,. iI-o

N·K2 N·'

8.R$

' .. ....

36. 8-KB3 37. H-Q2 31. R·B3 39. N ·B. 40, 8 ·K2 41. R(I )·B2 42. R·R3 .3. P·N3 44. Rx P 45. R. R3 46. R(R)-QB3 . ,. B-Q 4'. 8 -83 4f. N ·Q 50, Bx B 51 , R·N2 52, KxR 53. K· B3 54. 8 ·N 4 $S. NxQP U . Hx N 57, Nx H 51. NxB n . H-Q7 60. K'Kl 61. N·H6 62. K-Q3 63. P-N4 14, P-Q6 65, N(l )-Q5ch 66. P,Q7 67. N. K 3 61, N .BSI;h 69, K ·B4

Naldorl H·B3 N ·K R·R , .• ' ·N

B·KR5 ... , ..

N·k2 •. , BxKHP Rx Bch RXRch

N·B3 ... , N(2jx P

8 ·K2 .. , ... K· B2 R·K

R·K2 R' 82 K-K2 K ·B3 R·R2 I(·K 3 R·R

K· K2 k ' K3

R.sIgI'l5

Round Six KING'S INDIAN DEFEH SE

N· K83 P·KN3

B-N2. 0.0

P,O. P·B3 .... N·K5

P-QR4 .,N B·B

Px KP B·R' N ·02. ' ·K

P.R3 P' K 4 P·RS P.R'

'UY

P-K4 N' OB3 P,QR]

N·B3 ... P-QN4

P·Q4 B-K3

B-QB4 0 ·0

B·B4 B.KN$

"'. R·K N ' K 3 P' N]

20. B·B3 21. N x P 22. RxR 23. 0 · B4 24, IIx N 2S. IIxll U . Q·K 5ch 27. OxOch 21. Bx P 29. 8 xNP 30. P.N5 31, 8-K4 32, Rx R 33. P-H6

Haidorl N·Nl .. N

HxBP "'. .,.

34. P·N7 3$. P.NI(O)

K .. 0 ·B3 ... ... R'0 7 B·K 3

Rx RP ... B·B5 P,R7

36, Q·N

LDPEZ

17. B.R6 II. N ·Q4 19. N x B 20. B-Q2 21 . O,B 22. . P·KN 3 2.3. Q.N2 24, Bx N 25. B·N5 26, P·KN4 27, R-K 3 21, P·H3 2f . Q-R3 lO. 0 ·R6 Re$lg"s

P.RI(Q)ch Drawl'l

La r S4: n N· K1 B·8 . ... Q·R5 N ·B4

Q·QBS N·Q6 .,'

P·OS3 H·N 2 ... ' P·N5

'". H' K3

TARRASCH DEFEHSE

N·KB3 P· K3 P,04 P·B4 N ·Bl

K Px P B·K2 0.0 ...

B·K3 •. ", .R" QR·8 ",N N,K5 B",

P-KR3 N ·B3 B·N5

20, Q·K 21 . P-R3 22, p·s e 23. R·B3 24. N· K2. 25. R·OB 26. Rx R 27. Q·R 2e. IIx B 29, N-Q4 30, K ·R2 31. N,K 2 32. N-Q4 33. Q.K 34. N-K2 35. B·B5 36. B-Q3 l 1. B·S5 Dn wn

Unllcbr B,0 2 N ·K5

' ·K ... 8·K2

B·KBl B .. o-N' ... B", 0 ·B2 Q.H3 Q·B2 .... B·RS 11·0 2 B·R5 B",

CHESS LIFE

Byrne, Benko Tie In Open The 1966 United States Opcn Cham·

pionship, played at the beautifu l Seattle Center August 14·26, was a complete su«:ess. 201 players turned OUl, a t re· mendous entry in view of the ai r line strike and Seattle's lack of proximity 10 the nation's major population areas.

Two pre-tournament fa vorites, Grand­masters Robert Byrne or Indianapolis and Pal Benko of New York, £inishcd with 11-2 scores to tie for first place. However, the story of the tournament is one of upsets. Only Byrne, who played outstanding chess throughout, went through the event without a deCeat. Ben­ko started slowly, unable to shake the poor form he recently displayed in East­ern tournaments. He was upset by Pet· er Cleghorn, a Cormer Californian now residing in Anchorage, Alaska, in rou nd four, and drew with Duncan Suttles of British Columbia in round eight. After drawing with Byrne in the tenth round, he put on a fantastic surge, defeating Senior Masters Saidy, Bisguier and l.om­bardy in the last three rounds. Byrne took a "Grandmaster draw" in 13 moves with Suttles In the las t round ; this proved insufficient to win the tourna· ment clearly as Benko then scored his first victory ever over Lombardy, an old nemesis.

20·year old Duncan Suttles took third plnee with a 10·3 score. Following, with 91h , were Senior Masters Anthony Saidy of San Francisco and Arthur Bisguier or Yonkers, N.Y.; Peter Cleghorn (who

gave the top rated player3 plenty of trouble) Ivars Dalbergs of Porlland. Oregon,' Ronald Gross o[ Compton, Culi· [ornia and Touradj Saidi of Long Beach, California. Grandmaster Lombardy, in unusually poor (orm, finished with 9 point s, as did Edward Form anek, Vik­tors Pupols, Andrew Kalotay, Je rry Han· ken, James MrCormick, and Viesturs Seglins.

Touradj Saidi's 9Jh score \\'on him the top Expert prize. In Class A, a massive deadlock resulted; tied for the lead with 8 points were Robert Holzinger, Dennis Fritzinger, Ken Pu llen, Bruce Haisfield, Joseph Kalteneeker, Terry Nelson, Jerry Wo](e, G. Alan Clark, and Jumes Tarjan . Holzinger took the trophy 011 tie-break. Robert Erkes took the B prize with Slh:; Michael Murray and Vincent Gillis tied for the C prize with 7Y.:. Winner of the " Unrated and D" prize was Norman Abrahamson, who scored 71h:.

Mary Bain of Kew York scored 7-6 to win the Women's Opcn Championship. Second, with 6Y.:, was Greta Olsson of Los Angeles.

Ninety·s ix of the players were from the s tate of Washington-a fine loca l turnout which owes much to the efforts of the Open Committee, headed by Steve Christopher and Buz Eddy. Atlanta, Georgia was chosen as the si te for next year 's OJ)('n.

More details, games and crosstable will appear next montlt.

MARTZ TAKES MASTERS' OPEN The second annual Masters' Open, held in Minneapolis July 18·22, was an eight­

player round robin which this year included several players a little short of the 2200 mark but remained an event of extraordinary strength. Wisconsin Champion William Martz, the 1965 U.S. Junior Champion, scored an undefeated 5Ih ·]lh 10 take first, one point ahead of defending champion Edward Formanek and Curt Brasket. Now 21 , Martz is no longer eligible for junior tournaments; apparently he is sett ing his s ights on qualification for the U.S. Championship.

MASTERS OPEN 1. William Marfl ..................................... x '12 112 I 112 1 1 1 5112 2, Curt Brl5ket .. ................................... % x 1 % 112 0 I 1 4% 3. Edward Fo rmlnek .... ....................... % 0 x ii Ih % 1 41f2 4. Gerald Ronning ......... ,. ........................ 0 1f2 0 x 1f2 1 1 I 4 5, Robert Wlchtel .. ............................... 112 0 112 112 x I 1 1f.z 4 6. Milton Otteson ................................... 0 1 1f2 0 0 x 112 1 3 7. Mark Schulman .................................. . 0 0 1f2 0 0 Y2 x 'h 1'h B. Brend.n Godfrey ............................... 0 0 0 0 V3 0 % x 1

CHESS LIFE ANNUALS 1961-1962-1963-1964-1965

VAlLEY OF THE MOON J ust before heading for Seattle to

direct th e HJ66 U.S. Open, USC ~~ Tour­nament Administrator George Ko ltanow­ski reported that his 16th Annual Valley of the Moon Outdoor Chess Festival at Sonoma, California, was a great success. This comeS as no surprise to anyone who has ever attended one of these happy and restive chess events, [or they arc always hugely successful and enjoyed by all_and that includes the ehessplay­ers' families, too!

Th e 1966 tou t'!lamcnt had 248 players in 62 sections of 4 persons each, plus 4 players giving s imu ltancous exhibitions. There were another several hundred friends, kibitzers, :lnd family members, all gathered under the lovely shade trees o( Sonoma's central park area, enjoying not only the chess but the picnic lunch, the good fellowship, and the aUractions of historic Sonoma and the nearby vine· yard areas.

Individual trophy winner s were: A Championship, John Blac kstone, Sara­toga; B Championship, Paul Vayssie, San Francisco; C Championship, tic between .Manuel Rivera, Pittsbu rg, and Rodger Tucker, San j<-I'ancisco; OVer 60 Cham­pionship, Carl Huneke, San Francisco; Women's Championship, llrs. Jean Oy· ler, Antioch; J unior Champion ship, Ridg­ley Sch neider, Redwood City; Furtltest Distance, G. SehOl, Los Ange les.

San j<' rancisco's Kolty Chess Club took the trophy (or most participants and the following clubs received t rophies for cumulative scores of members: Bank of America, San Francisco; Concord Chess Club; Presidio, San j<~ranc isco; Richmond, Oakland , :mel San Bruno Chess Clubs.

A special prize donated by "Off the Square Arts" of Sonoma went to the youngest participant, Donald King o( Santa Rosa, aU o( s ix years old !

In the exhibitions, California Cham­pion Don Sutherland or San Francisco won 24 and drew 1; California Open Champion Captain John Hudson, Mather AFB, won 22, drew 1, lost 2; in tandem, John Blackstone and Aki Kanamori won 12, drew 3, lost 1; and Ridgley Schneider , junior champ in Ihis event, defeated 5 other juniors in a s imultaneous,

Each volume ca nto ins all the issues of "Chess Life" pub lished in that yea r, sturdily bound. Ea ch volume is 0 chronicle of the most important chess tournaments and matches and contains hundreds of games, onalysis by the world's leading players, photos, etc., etc.

SEPTEMBER. 1966

Price: $6 per vol., postpaid

Avai lable only from USCF

80 E. 11th St. New York, N,Y. 10003

203

([bess rife Celebrates Twenty Years of Service by Peter P. Ber/ow

CHESS LIFE has served the member­ship or the United States Chess Federa­tion as its official publication for the past twenty years. During this time, its pages have recorded the jet-propelled rise of Rooort J . Fischer from an even score in the 1955 U.S. Junior to the U.S. Championship in 19:57 . H has cheered U.S. victorles in the World Junior and Student Team events, and lamented those years when the U.S. could not afford to send any team overseas. In its pages, major USeF projects have gained cnl.hus­iasm and grown, or have encountered apathy and died ; projects like the ~a· lional Chess Month 1947, National Chess Coordination Pian ]948, the Coast·lo­Coast US-Ca nada Match 1949, the USCF Rating System 1950, the Harkness Pro­motional Plan 1952, the National Chess Festival 1957, and the highly success· ful Operation 1\1 of 1958. The growth in USCF membership and CHESS LIFE readership Cram 1,000 in 1946, 2,100 in 1957, to almost 10,000 today has been matched by a growth in interest on all levels, and a ma jor inc rease in tourna· ment activity.

During its early years, the uscr relied upon the AMERICAN CHESS BULLETIN and CHESS REVIEW for month·to·month publici ty and communication. Yearbooks recorded the national results, continuing a t radition of the American Chess Fed­eration, and were edited by George S. Barnes (1939), Elbert A. Wagner, Jr. (1943), and Montgomery :Major (1940 and 1944-45-46).

The small USCF organization of 1946 had little upon which to base its broad plans Cor chess promotion. A base of solid support from sta te associat ions, clubs, and players was needed, and as a means of communication wi th these groups, CHESS LIFE, the National Chess Newspaper, was established. The history of CHESS LIFE can be divided into three equal periods. The Early Period : 1946-1953.

Chess Life first appeared September 5, 1946 as a 12"xI6" newspaper of four pages. This issue number 1 contai ns much news of important events: Herman Steiner won the US Open in Pittsburgh, followed by Seidman, Kupehik, Don Byrne (16) and U1vestad. Larry Fried­man led the first US Junior Champion­ship, followed by Berliner, LeCornu, Jim Cross, Poschel and 14·year-old Larry Evans. Botvinnik won the post-war Gron· ingen event, while Yankton, South Da­kota was planning a gala Pan-American tournament. The lirst USCF Problem­Composing tourney drew 226 entries, while George Koltanowski announced a transcontinental tour. Paul Giers had j ust advanced to the post of USCF Executive Vice-President, and Ed Trecnd took over as Secretary, under the leadership of President Elbert Wagner and Pr esident­Emeritus Maurice Kuhns.

.04

Editor Montgomery Major did a tre­mendous amount of work on the format and editing chores, while holding down a full·time outside job. He also found time to produce strident editorials on the major chess problems of the day, and to write numerous articles and columns, some under his "alter egos" of William Rojam and Guilhermc Groesser, includ· Ing a philosophical column "Under t he Chess· Nut Tree."

As CHESS LIFE developed in its semi­monthly format, i t gained a full page of annota ted games, edited by Eri -:: h W. Marchand, as well as a problem corne r, book reviews by J ohn French and Kester Svendsen, and a column by Fred Rein· feld , "Chess for the Tired Businessman." Readers wrote in, and found their letters in "The Kibitzer has his Day," while news from abroad (Koltanowskl). I\ew York, the clubs and the leagues fcund cover· age. A. Busehke contributed a remark· able column on "Alekh ine's Early Chess Career" as well as " l\Iemorable Chess Dates" and othe r historical mater iaL while Dr. P. G. Keeney eont ri !)Uted a column of compose:! problems. Articles appeared on Chess Philately (by Mr3. Pauline ~earing), the New Rat ing Systere. (Wm. Byland and Kenneth Harkness), and Swiss Pairings (Glenn Hartleb and Harkness), as well as a "How to" series on electric clocks, demonstratio:l hoards, and rapid transit timers . The Middle Period : 1953·1960.

In March of 1953, CHE5S LIFE gained a new face, a new s ize (10"x I3") and many new features. John W. CoHins took over from Erich Marchand to edit the page of Reader's Games, while Herman Ste iner presented "The Elements of Chess" and ending problems were con· t ributed in various forma ts by Edmund I\ash. Walter Korn, Vincent Eaton, and Nicholas Gabor. Most of the regular featu res enjoyed by members during the Enrly Period were retained, and new columns added by Larry Evans, Arthur Blsguier, Erich Marchand, and George KoHanowski ("Letters from a Wandering Chess Mi nstrel"). Other highlights in· eluded " Young Mas ters Forum," "C:-tess as We See It," " Chess Whiz Quiz," and columns fo r women, col.leges, and men in the Armed Forces.

Fred Wren took over the editorial chores in 1958, and added features by William Lombardy <! nd Samuel Reshev­sky as well as his own unique "Woed· pusher's Scrapbook." Anthony Santasiere wrote a series of philosophical essays on chess, and additional a rticles appeared by Paul Leith, Harold Sussman, Eliot Hcarst , James Sherwin, ' 'Hipponax'' and many othe rs. The Mature Period; 1961 to Date.

CHESS LIFE made a transi tion in J anuary, 1961 from an elght.page semi· monthly newspaper to a twenty page 81h"x Il" monthly slick magazine. The

new Editor was Frank Brady, who had become USCr' Business Manager in 1960. During his year as Edi tor , Frank intro­duced new columns by Leonard Barden ("Games from Recent Events") and by " Young American Masters," while retain­ing the columns by Evans. Collins, l\"1archand, Lombardy, Reshevsky, and Eliot Hearst, whose "Chess Kaleidoscope" soon beco me a very popular feature . Cov· erage of international, national, and local events was greatly expanded, and articles were published on "Music and Chess" by Louis Persinger, "Art and Chess" by Marcel Duchamp, "Chess in Prison" and " \Vomen in Chess," as well as fiction by Svendsen, White, and By· land.

Joseph Reinhardt became Editor in 1962, and introduced new articles on the chess openings by Barden, Wein­stein, and Adams, as well as "Fischer ta lks Chess," <'Marchand on the End· game," " Benko on Chess," and "Quiz Quartet" by Robert Cantwell.

J une, 1966 marks another change in editoria l leadership, but not in direction, for CHESS LIFE will continue to expand in size, in coverage, and in interest. The next twenty years will see CHESS LIFE in a conti nuing role as one of the finest magazines in chess history, and as an essential service to the USCF member· shi p.

[ am indebted to USc)<' Past· President Paul Giers, who led the Federation through the diffi cult years of 1949-1951 , fo r the loan of a complete collection of CHESS LIFE and other source material fo r th is article.

I BOOKS ON OPENINGS I Fine, Reuben PRACTICAL CHESS OPENINGS One Of the great reference work. on the openIng •. 196 dt.,r'mJJ. 410 PP.

LI.t Price $7.$0 Memben $6.30

Horowitz, 1. A. CHESS OPENINGS ; THEORY AND PRACTICE A new reference work covering the fUll Tilnl(e of modern openlng theory and with 4::9 complete iIlustr.tlve gamn.

Lll t Price "2.50 Members $tO.65

Znosko·Borovsku. E. HOW TO PLAY THE CHESS OPENINGS The sIxth, revised edition or this famous c1awc. (12 dla, farns. 182 pp.

Lbt Price $3.9lI Members $3.36

USCF 80 E. 11 St.

New York, N.Y. 10003

CHESS LIFE

TIME CAPSULE HEADLINES FROM CH ESS LIFE

TWENTY YEARS AGO ... USCF Publishes First CHESS LI FE, September 5, 1MG. Steiner Wins Pittsburgh Opcn Larry Friedman Wins fo'irst USCF Junior USSR Team ScoreS 12Y.t ·7'k Q\'cr US Team

TEN YEARS AGO ... Evans Captures Ca nadian Open Santasiere Tops New York State Hearst Takes New Jersey Open Ramirez. Tops California Open

FIVE YEARS AGO . . . 1,400 PLAY I ~ MILWAUKEE JUNIOR EVK:-JT.

U.S. Intercollegiate to be Held at Pe nn State by Paul C. J oss

After another successful round of events this past Spring_including t he New England Intercollegiate Champion. ship, which was held at Norwich Uni­versity in Northfield, Vermont, and won by M.lT., and the Eastern Intercollegi­a te Championship, which was held at Columbia University in New York City. and won by Cornell- plans 3fC now un· derway for the 1966 U.S. Intercollegiate Championship.

This year 's tournament will be held December 26 through 30 at the NiUany Lion Inn, on the beautifu l campus of Penn State University in State Colle.r;e, Pennsylvania. The event will be open both to individuals and 10 four·man teams, and a prize fund of at least 5250

is guaranteed. An economical meal plan, as well as co:nfor table and inexpensive accommodat ions, will be available to all participants at:d coachcs. Transportation to State Collcge is available by bus, trai n, and plane, as well as by road.

The tournament is being organized under the leadership of Internationa l Master Donald Byrne and Prof. John Paul Devereaux, bot h of Penn State. The event is backed fully by the Intercollegi­ate Chess League of America and by Penn State University, and will be 100% USCI<'·raled.

A complete description of the tourna· ment, including a prize list, will appear in the October issue of CHESS LIFE. Dc on the lookout for it!

Catalog Changes Your 1967 USCF SALES CATALOG will appear as pat·! of November's CHESS

L1.FE and we feel certaln you wil l be pleased with the addi tions to ou r inventory at that time.

Until then , please note that the follOwing items are no longer in stock and should not be ordered until furthe r notice. 1. Wind50r C.sUe weighted ,hess sels, No. 21 and No. 23. We still have a good stock of No. 27 unweighted Windsor Castle and of the weighted Players' Choice sets. However, the weighted Windsor Castle sets now bcing supplied to distributors by the factory are of such poor quality that we refuse to (oist them on our members. If the quality ever improves, we shall again oUer these for sale. 2. Books. The following boOks arc Oll t of stock and/ or out of print. In Hard Cover:

PAWl\ POWER IN CHESS, by Hans Kmoch. (Ava ilable in paperback at Sl .95.) ALEKHINE'S BEST GA:\fES 01-' CHESS, 1938·1945, by C. H. 0 '0 . Alexander. BOBBY FISCHER'S GAMES OF' CHESS, by Bobby Fischer. (Sec advertisement

elsewhere in this issue for his new book , BOBBY F'ISCIlER TEACHES CHESS.) In Paperback :

HOW TO WIN IN THE MIDDLE GAll E, I. A. Horowitz. WIN AT CHESS, Fred Reinfeld HOW TO FORCE CHECKMATE. Fred Reinfcld THE ART OF CHECKMATE, Renaud &. Kahn BRITISH CHESS MASl'EHPIECES, Fred Reinfeld

SEPTEMBER. 1966

Oops! On last month's rating list, we inad­

vertently omitlcd listing a number of names beginning with "K." They are listed below. Also, there were two mis­takes on the Master list: Herbert Avram should be listed at 2318 and Arnold Denker at 2308.

.... ... . ..

-... .. .. .... . ...

.-" ..... . ....

..... , .....

.. .... .. ... ..

'- .... .....

..." . -•.. "... . . .. ..

.. -' .. ...... .. ... ..... --.' .....

....

..... ".... . ....

--'. .. .... .... ....

" .-

...... ..... .. , .. ,

" ... " .. " .. ... ... . -".

FROM THE M ARSH A LL OPEN QUEEN'$ GAM BIT

H. LLOYD (11 ynn old) R. MAHON L p·Qe p ·Qe 3n. K·Bl p · He ,. p _QBe .. , 31. p ·B3 .. , ,. p ·K4 p-K3 32. Qxp K· N3

•• .., N·KBl 33. R·B1 p ·Re ,. p· KS N.Q4 3e. K·Bl R· R'

•• p·ou P·QR3 35. Q·K4ch Q.Q ,. N-083 ••• 36. P xQ R·R4

•• ... p'ON4 37. K·K3 ,., •• "" 8 ·K1 31. K·04 R·R4 10. N·B3 B·N2 ». kxp P·B4 11. O_Kl p ·R3 40. PxPch . ., n . B·K4 N· Bl 41. K·04 p ·N5 U . 8 ·k3 N·R4 42_ P_Re P·8S 14. eXB ... 43. K·K4 R·KB4 15. 0 ·0 0.0 44 . p ·Be 1'·11' U . B·02 H·R4 45. PxP ,., 17. KR·Hl H·BS 41>. p -B5 R. lll 11. lI ·el Q·04 47 . p ·B6 R·B2 " . H·0 1 N·R4 4'. K·K5 p · N' 10. p ·OR4 p _QB3 ... K.o6 R_KN2 11. PxP RPxP 50. P ·B7 , .. 12. 8 ·R3 ... 51. RxR K·B4 23. Rxll N·M S2. R_KN7 K· IIS 14. R~R .. , 53. K·K' K·B' 15. HxN , .. S4. " ·as P· N7 2' . P·R] R·R6 55. RxP K" 17. Q·1I2 P·N3 56. K· N5 K·B6 U . 0 ·01 K· Nl 57. KxP I(-K5 n . R.oBI p .oBC 58. K_N6 Rulon l

'"

WESTERN OPEN MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN JULY 1-4, 1966

International Grandmaster R o b crt Byrne made almost a clean sweep in winning the Western Open at Milwaukee over the Fourth of July weekend hut the loca] master and Wisconsin State Champion, William Martz, prevented this by drawing their Round 5 game.

Byrne was a clear winner with a score of 6 %-1,2 , Three players had 6-1 totals and were tied for second. They were Stephan Popel, Fargo, N.D.; Ivan Theo­dorovitch, Toronto, Canada ; and Hans Berliner, Bethesda, Md. Martz lost no games hut drew with Byr ne , Popel, and Dr. Martinowsk)' of Chicago to finish firth with a 5%-1% score.

The tournament, sponS(lred by the Milwaukee Chess Foundation and direct­ed by Miss Pearle Mann, drew 178 play­ers, the largest field in th e history of the event. The entry li st included eleven women playcrs, also a record number.

The women 's title was not decided until the final round. Although losing her game with Jack Buckner, Kansas City, Miss Kate Siltars, Chicago, with a score of 3-4, became the Champion when Mrs. Bertha Roberson, also of Chicago, lost her fina l game with Melvin Semb of Winona, Minn., and finished with a 21,6 -4lh score.

The junior title went to Charles Bassin of Detroit, Jl.Iich., with a 4!h-2'n fini sh.

Class awards were won by the follow­ing: Class A, Roman Golla, Chicago; Class B, J . Austin Bennett, Indianapolis; and Class C, David Loy, Rockford, 1lI. The merit award, presented to the best Class D or Unrated player, went to Otto Uhlir of Milwaukee Cor his 5-2 score. 29 players shared in the prize fund .

I GAME COLLECTIONS I Brady, Frank PROFILE OF A PRODIGY: THE LIFE AND GAMES OF BOBBY FISCHER A portrait of America 's fOre m olt player and a collectio n o r 7S ot W, moat im_ p ortant games.

Ll..st Price $6 .50 Ma mbar. $5.51

Clarke, P. H. MIKHAIL TAL'S BEST GAMES OF CHESS 50 annotated games from the period 19:11· 1960, covering Tal's caree r f r o m his ear ly d a y! In Latvian chess to the wtnnln, of the World Championehip match with Botvlnnik. Diagraml. 195 PP.

List PI1ca $lI.7:1 Mambers Special Prlca $3.74

USCF 80 E. 11 St.

New York, N.Y. 10003

-----------------Remittance {Check or Money Or-der} must accompany all orders.

No Credit or C.O.D.

206

1'- 3 4 5 6 7Scor. I . Robe rt Byrne, Indianapolis, Ind • .... ..... .... ......... , ..•..... . W81 W47 Wli WIO 05 W8 W6 61 2. Stephan Pope l, Fargo, N.D • ...... .......... ........... .. .. ... .•....... W80 W15 Wl3 W'J LI W 24 WlS 6 3. J. Theodorovltch, Toronto, Can ............................. ........ WIOI waa W31 W43 W1 05 04 6 4. Berline r, Bethesdil, Md • ..... ............. .....•. ...•. ......•.... W'J3 W49 Wa2 06 W:uI 03 6 5. Mlrh, Milwaukee, Wi5- .... ............•.•....•... ......... W61 W62 W20 01 03 011 51 6. Verber, Chicago, Ill . . _ ......... ............ ..... ............ W90 W68 WU 04 W51 LI 51 7. Edvnrd Formane k, Be r wyn, III • ........... ..............•.•.... .. .. WI4~ W5~ W51 Ll WI8 09 5! a. Joseph pundy, Chicago, III . .. _ ....... _ ... .............................. WIII W59 o n WU W1 LI W35 5! 9. Brende n Godfrey, M in neapolis, Minn . ............ ............ WllS W19 W12 L2 W16 W54 07 51

10. Wes la y Burgar, Detroit, Mic h . . ................................... WI08 W89 W 78 L I W10 W33 016 5! 11. Dr. E. Martinowsky, Chicago, m . ................................ W141 WIlO Ll wst W61 WSl 05 51 U . Angelo Sandrin, Chicago, III . . _ .........•..•.•..•.•..•.•..•.•..•. .•.• W96 044 W86 W75 L31 W78 W30 51 13. Milton OHew", Minne a polis,. Minn . ....... ............. ........ Ll06 WISI DaO WI40 W 41 WSO W31 51 14. He nry Maife rt, Milwaukee, Wis . ................ ................ WI18 W27 W24 030 015 0 31 023 5 1$. David Kerman, De t rOit, Mic h ......... ........ ............... ......... W91 075 W6S W40 014 W 39 Ll 5 16. Eric Bone, Bay town, Te xas .............................. ........ ..... . W87 W'12 W57 L6 0 35 wal 010 5 17. Dr. P. Posche l, Ann Arbor, Mich • ....................•....•...... W'J5 W53 OU wn L30 W:J.S 02S S 18. Marv in Rogan, Evans ton, III • .... .......... ..... .......... ....... .... WI36 L32 WIO I W79 W27 L7 W61 S 19. Charles W eldon, Milwaukee, Wis ...... ...... .....•. ...... ..•.... W132 W4' W64 U LU WIiO WS7 5 20. Er ic Karkllns, Chicago, I ll •......... .... .....................•. ...•. ... WU, W IlO L5 W94 L'O W7D W52 5 1' . Theodore Pehnec, Elkhart, Ind . ... ..... .... .. ... ................. .. W74 Oat. US W90 OU W66 W54 5 22. Albert Sandrin, Chicago, Ifl . ...... ..... .......... ...... ... ........... .. W98 W71 L34 L53 WIIS W}9 W64 5 23 . Larry Minter, Jr., Chicago, Ill •.. .... ...... .... ....... ..... .. ..... . WI54 WII4 L2 W117 0 81 W89 014 5 24. Otto Uhlir, Milwauke e , W is . ............ ............ ................ WlSD WI06 Ll4 WIll W76 L2 W58 5 25. Dr . R. Oifr ic hs, Oe Kalb, ill • ..... .. ..... ........... ...... .. ..... ....... 013' 0'07 W 63 032 W1I4 W59 017 5 26 . Norbert Leopoldl, Chicago, ill. ............. ... ....... ........ ..... W12D W15S L30 W91 L9 WIOt wss S 27. Roman Golla, Chicago, III. .. .... .................... ....... ... .... ...... WI66 L1 4 W 1Dt Wl07 LIS WII3 WSI S 28. Rich a rd Kuioth, Madison, WI •......... ........ .................... 0122 0112 090 W80 W75 W88 033 S 29. Plul Oupuls , Oatroit, Mich . .. .... ........ ........ ...................... Ll5 W164 W96 WllD C88 C43 W53 S 3D. Andrew Karklin., Chicago, III. ..... ..... .......... .... .... ..... ... W138 W 73 W:U 014 W17 L4 L 12 4~ 31 . limen Erkmanls, Chicago, III . ... ........ ......... ...... ..... .. ... W72 WI21 L3 WIll WI2 CI 4 L13 41 32, Michael Cellinan, Mlnne lpolis, Minn • .... .. ....... .... ....... WII6 WI8 Lt 025 0 21 W82 C34 4j 33.0on_Id Baron, Rosemount, Minn ..... ... ... ...... .... ... .... .... WI33 W41 L37 Wl0S WI9 LIO D~8 41 34. William Williams, Milwaukee, W is ......... ...... ... .. ... .. ... W6D W7D wa L5 LS2 WID6 032 4j 35. West Allis, Wis . .. .......... .......... .. .... .... W I 69 U W97 W77 016 W48 LB 4j 36. Wis ........ ..... ..... .......... .. ... WII3 W45 L6 0114 W 40 LI7 W75 41 37. Canidi ......... .... ........ ....... WI2t W99 W33 L4 C78 L49 W86 ~j 38. I o . .................................... W76 040 W 1l4 OSl 089 C45 C43 4j 39.11.. B. . ............................... ..... ... WI56 W77 06 L17 WIl9 LI 4 W8D 4j 40. Anthony ... . .... .... ........... .•........ .... WI42038 W44 Ll$ L36 WI35 W78 4) 41. Chirln . .. .... .............. , ............... WI63 Lit WI26048 LI3 W" W77 4j 41. J . A. Ind . ....... .................. .......... . W 46 L33 L79 W9t 094 Wl0S W88 4l 43. III • ..... .......... .................. ...•... 0107 WI49 Will W t3 029 038 4} 44. M inn • ............................ WllS Oi l L40 0113 017 W90 41 45. i M ich. . ............ , ..•....•...... WI62 L36 083 Wa4 038 046 41 46. I ........................... ......... L41 W133 W95 LBI WIll WI68 045 41 41 . . .... _ .. _ ................................... W170 11 L10i Wll2 W115 076 WII 41 48. Mi: h ....•....•.•..•..•.•....•.... L130 WF W'Ja C41 W65 L35 W94 41 49. L. B. I ..................•....•........... ..... W56 L4 0129 WIll WI30 W31 LF 41 SO. I WIl9 0106 WI3-4 wa3 L14 W76 41 51. I W66 L7 W61 W53 L6 L21 -4 .52. .... .... ... WI:J9 W69 038 W34 LII LlO 4 53. M;c h • •...... ......•....•... .. WIl4 117 was W22 LSI W56 L2' 4 54. . .......•.........•..•.•..• .•.•. . WI67 L1 WIIS W56 W5S L9 Lli -4 55. . .. _ ....•........ .•....•...... .......... W'J7 0 67 094 wsa L54 W92 L26 4

......... . _ ................ ...•. ...... . L49 W93 W92 L54 W73 LS3 WI2I 4 1:1 . .•.. . . W83 Ll6 0130 0 106 W87 LI9 4

..... ..... ..... ...... W146 WIl2 LS5 W74 WI40 L24 4 i LB WIS4 LII WI47 L2S WI06 4

to. Tom .... ... .......... ...... ..... .. ..... L34 WI73 LB' W62 WID3 L61 WII7 4 61. Carl ... ........ ..... .. ............ . .. . 052 C152 WI47 W \3S LII W6D LI8 4 62. Fred . ............................ ...... .. WI61 L5 L'1 L60 WI2S WII2 WllS 4 63. , Wis . ........ ..... .. ............. LS W161 L15 WI51 L82 WI20 WI23 4 64. W148 L19 L76 W9S W9T L22 4 65 . . WI5D LIS W137 L48 W8S C69 4 66. LSI LID7 W133 W148 L21 W1134 67 . A., .... .... .... ..... .......... ...... ....... WI53 OSS CI40 LSI LI09 WI 51 WI22 4 68 . . ......... ... ............ ... ..... ..... .. WI77 U LB7 WlSO L97 WI26 Wlll 4 69. . ... .... .... ....... ............ .... .... .. 0112 W122 L52 L 129 WIl2 W144 C6S 4 70. , W iS . .... ...... ..... ... ......... WI73 L34 L14S Wilt WI49 L2D WI07 4 71. I ... ......... ..... ... ......... ... W1S9 L22 LUO WIS4 La7 WI47 WI08 4 72. . ............. .. ........ ... ....... .... .. L31 LF WI28 LI03 W116 Wlla W114 4 73. . ... ..... .... ... ............. ... ..... ..... .. WI68 L3D LI 3S WI20 L56 WI56 WI" 4 74. Jack Mo . ............ .......... .. .... ... . L21 L137 W172 WII6 U8 WlS5 WIlO 4 75. George ., O . ...... .. ....... ...... ....... W171 015 W21 L12 US WIlD L36 3} 76 . Warren . . ....... ......... ... .. .......... .... L38 W142 W99 W64 L24 047 L50 3} 77. Robe rt ......... ........ ...•... .•..•.. . WI04 L39 WI03 L35 WI17 C44 L41 3} 7'. Pe ter .......... .. ................ ......... ........... WI19 WI3S LIO W87 037 LI2 L4D 31 79. , I ... .. ...... ... ...... ... ..... ..... W145 L9 W42 LIB WI3S L22 097 3j 10. i . .. ........ ... ..... ..... ....... ...... L2 WI" 013 L2S WI66 W84 L39 3j 81. Joe W174 WISS W46 C23 L 16 L47 3} 11. Wll7 L4 U9 W63 L32 095 31 83. L57 D4S W139 LSO 0121 093 3& 84. I ... W8S 017 L8 L4S Lao WIl2 31 '5. John Anderson, ................................ W29 L84 LS3 0102 WID4 U5 WI40 31 86. Steven Tennant, Chicago, • ..•. 0 21 L12 L113 W136 WIDI L31 3j 81. Bradley Ewart, Libertyville , I ..... WISt W6I L78 W71 L57 092 31 sa. Walte r Grombacher, Chicago, I .•.. L3 WI.I WI48 029 L28 L42 3j It. James Scherer, Westmont, III. ...... .......... .......... ..... ... .. WI28 LID W60 W82 0 38 L23 LF 31 to. Gary Lane, Ann Arbor, Mic h ............... .......... .......... ...... L6 WI77 028 L21 WI69 W139 L44 31 91 . Wa .. er Hene, Chicago, III . ............ ................................ L15 W111 W62 U6 L92 099 win 31 9'1. Au,ust Lauron, Grand lI.ilpids, Mich . ........................ WI$7 1.16 L56 W151 W91 LSS 087 31 93. AI_n Torok, Oatro;t, M;,h . ....... ................................. .... L4 LS6 W161 W167 U3 WII9 083 31

CHESS LIFE

94. Joseph L.,.nch, Mll w . ... kee, Wil . .............. ...... ............ 0149 WI5I OSS LtO 042 WIlt L41 31 95. Jeffre .,. T . nnent, Chicago, III ................. " .................. lI1 WI24 L46 WlS1 LIH W153 0.2 31 96. John Robinson , Chelsea, Mic h . .................................... lI2 WI2S Lt9 0100 L124 WI" WI43 31 91. J ohn 8u .... r , M id la nd. M ch . . _.-' ... .. " ............................ LSS WIS3 US WI7l W6I L.... 019 31 n . John 0 "'11. ItlCl n., W is. ........................................ ~ ...... 122 WIS9 L" 01" WlOO l41 WI" 31 99. An thon.,. Amo r t, 8 . ,011, Wis . ...... ~ ................ ~ ... ~ ......... WI72 L37 l1' L42 WU2 091 WI36 31.

100. ItO"rl G lick, Lin co lnwood. 1:1 . .... ___ . __ ._ ... _. __ . __ ._LI17 Llot WI46 on Ln WI34 WI44 31 101. M. lvi n h mb. Wlnon., Mi n n. " .......... ~~ ... ~.~ ........ ~ ... ~.U WI7' LII OIM WI43 LU WI4231 102. Nik o l.h K.mpa". Mllw .... kee, W is . ............ ~~.~ ......... 0134 LUI 0116 DIS 01t2 DIll WIlt 31 103. W illl.m Ston., Chicago, m . ..... _ ... ~ ................................ LF WI20 L17 W12 L" 0133 WIl5 31 104. J . m lS G ibbl, Itockford , m . ............................................ L77 WIS6 0112 LI06 LIS WI67 Will 31 lOS. O.vld Hll t h, Mllw . ... kee, Wis . .................................... L 14' WI16 0149 0101 l42 WIU 31 106. 8r. dfo rd Simmons. Milwaukee, Wis . ........................ W13 Lt4 WI04 OS7 L34 159 3 107. M. nfred J ohnson , Chicag o, III . .................................... 043 02S 127 0105 0114 110 3 108. WIII I.m For mln , Chicago, III . .................................... L1 0 WI1B W47 LU WI23 L4' l71 3 109. Anthony KU. ngl, Sheboyg a n , W il . ............................ L82 WIOO L27 WU5 W67 L26 L73 3 110. Mill K.II 51 111r1, Chicago, II I. ............... " ... "" ........ " .. WI27 LII WI67 L", WI41 Lit L74 3 Ill. J.mll Itll r do n, Chicago, 11! . ...................... " ................ U WI60 WIll L31 LU W124 L" 3 111. Andr. w Sch iller, O.k P. rk, II ! ........ .................. ........... 0" 028 LSI l41 WI4S LU WU7 3 113. WISI • .,. G . I.I, K. noshl, W s . ........................................ L36 0143 WU9 W86 044 127 LM 3 114. H ... g h Whll ilr. Ch lClgo, Il l. '-...... " .................................. W17S 123 WlS2 036 LU 0107 L72 3 115. L.wr.nea 8arl.nd l, O . k P.,k, III . ................................ Lt W I4S LS4 WI" l47 W14' U2 3 116. Edwin 8 ... rt on II, M llw . ... ku, Wis . ................................ 132 0136 0102 L74 172 WIS9 WU4 3 117. Dr. Ekr. m GOlum, Mlnnllpolil. Min n . .................... Wl OO U2 WIM l23 L77 W150 L" 3 11'. Fr. n k Ml th. w •• Itockfor d, m. _ .................................. LI4 LIM WI1S WI4S Ltt L72 W141 3 119. GlO rge 5plro s, UtiCiO, III • . __ ... _ ... _. __ . __ ~ ... ~. ___ ._ ... ~L" L50 W127 L7D W142 LU wIn, 120. Rev. Ambrow II I,nhr, Colby, Wis. __ ... _ ... __ ._. ___ .. L2' LI03 W115 L7l W16S U3 WI .. 3 121. GlOrg. Le ighton , Chl ciOg o, III . .... __ ._. __ ...... _ ..... _._ .. W143 131 WI" 124 0135 Oil LU 1 122. Ger.ld John.on , Chlugo, m . ........................................ 02. L6' L14' WI7' 0102 WI" U7 3 123. Clint VOH. a .y V III . g e, Ohio ........................................ W114 1134 LIlI W124 LIN W141 U3 3 114. Ch, rl .. W ild •• Ituin., Wis . ........................................ 153 LtS LIl' W173 wn lIl1 wIn 3 115. G.r.,. lIoo ko ... t. Indl.n . polls, Ind . ................................ L44 L96 LIlI Wi .... U2 W171 W15S 3 124. J o hn Mor ... .,. , Ch iu go , III ...... .................... ... ..... " ......... LF W142 L41 lI23 WI43 UI WIS3 3 127. L.ckl . nd Bloom , St . Lo u is, Mo ............................. .. ... ... Lll0 L147 LIlt WIS. LUI W152 WISO 3 121. Gl e nn 1I . ... m , ChlClgo, m . ................................. ........... 1I. LIOa L72 L174 W174 W175 WI47 3 129. Joe Cha bOt , Mllw.uk el!, W is ......................................... 137 W172049 W" L39 Lt4 LIOl 21 130. Ch. d " Adllh.k, M llw .... kee, Wil . ..................... " ..... W4I L20 W71 057 L49 L75 LF 21 131 . H. rry CI • .,., II loo ml n gt on, Ind . .............. " .................... OU WIOl l43 L44 L1 40 L142 W141 21 132. JOllph lIo h lC, St . Lo ... ll, Mo . .............. .......................... LIt W163 0104 l49 L" WIM LU 2) 133. Rlchlrd Andlrson , Elmh ... rst, III. ................................ Lll LU W1S3 LM WI" 0103 LIOS 21 1M. Min M. Conllgn .,., Mllw . ... kee, W is . .. _ .................. _ .... 0102 W123 L3I L50 Lilt LIOO WIM 21 135. JOH f Frledm en. Mllw .... kee, W is . ..... _ ... _ ................ ~_WF L7' W73 UI 0121 L40 LI03 21 136. Otto HlIIlr. Medlson . Wis . ..................... _. __ ............. _ ... _L1I 0114 LIU WI42 LI4 W137 L" 21 137. Mn. A . M. r kowsk l. T oledO, O . ...... _ ........ _ ...... __ ........ LI4 W74 OIOS US LI44 LI36 W17021 131. Fred Rl m ... s. C.lum e t City, I! ~ ...... _ .................... ~ ........ L30 lI61 W124 W142 L79 0101 LI04 2 1. 139. Ro"rt lIo ... t hUet, W. Spr ings, III . ...................... _ ........ 0152 LS2 wIn LU WI:J4 LtO L91 21 140. J ohn C. k •• WISt Allis, Wis . ............................................ LF W170 067 Ll3 Will L5I US 31 141. Mr •. H. Wlt r. n , W. Sprin gs, II! . ................................ LSI W16S LSI WI70 LIIO L123 0145 21 142. Mn. 8 . Rober SOn . Chlugo, III . .................................... L40 L76 0170 L136 WI61 Will LIOI 21 143. A lex GoldberV, Ch lugo, Ill . ........................................ lI21 0113 WI36 L45 LIOI WF L96 21 144. Si.gfr led L. ng. r, St. Lo ... is, Mo . ........ " ........ " ............ L7 lI67 0178 WISI WIl1 L" LlOO 21 145. Rob. rl A pr. l, Ch lu g o, Ill ............................................. L79 LIIS WI .... LU, L112 WIS40141 21 146. Robe r t Art h ... r, Milwa u kee, Wis . ....... "" ... "." ............. 157 LSI LlOO 0160 WISt LF WI" 21 147. 00n.'d 1t ... 1., Ourbor n, Mich . ................ " .................. LII wIn L61 WI4S LS. L71 LUI 2 141. Mrs. L. T.m.rkln , St. Lo ... is, Mo . ................................ WIOS L44 W70 LI. LM LI22 L120 2 14'. Miss M. Kop ... t , Mllw.ukle, Wis . ................................ 0.4 l43 WIl2010S L70 LllS LIlt 2 150. Thom .. Flln • .,., Itlclne, Wls. .................................... L24 US WI60 L4I WIst LII7 L127 2 151. J . m .. Ell ingson , W.terfo r d. Wis . ............................ L20 lI3 WI63 L91 WI27 L67 LF 2 152. AII. n Nore m . Mil w .... kee, WI, . .................................... OI H 041 Ln4 L63 L" LU7 W1712 153. SIIYln M. r kowskl. Toledo, Ohio ............................ ~ .. L" L97 LIl3 WI11 WI54 US Ln4" 154. Pe t . r H. n , n . Ch lc.go, III. ._. __ ...... ~ ............. ~ .. . _ ........ L21 W17S Lst L7I Lin LI45 W1722 ISS. Mn.. C. Wo lf, Ch!Clgo, II!. _ .................. _ .................. _ .. WF L26 III Ll" W174 L74 LIU 2 154. 0 Ityl H l n kl, Ho uston, Tues ..... _ ... _ ............................ Llt LI04 LIS1 WI72 WI11 L7l LI14 2 157. W illl.m F.llnn. r , Itock for d , III . ................................ Ln U7 WI54 19S LISO WI14 L112 2 151. Mrs. It . L.opoldl. Chlugo , Il l. ................................... ,065 194 LIH LI44 LI46 0141 WI142 159. M. rk L ... p rlCht, MlIw .... ku, W is . ................................ L7I LtS L1l3 L127 WI" LIl4 W17S 2 160. Dr. Ito ber. OI IOn, Mi n nillpolls, M inn . ........................ LS. LIlI LISO 0146 0161 WI13 L9I 2 161. Mlch .. ' ShOtm l k l r , M il wa ukee. Wis . ........................ LU U3 L93 DIU LI42 0151 WI132 162.0. v ld Ron', Mllwl ... k ee. Wis . .................................... l45 Ln4 wIn LUI Ll19 W172 Ln4 2 163. JOH ph McN.III, Ind l,napolil, Ind ............................. L41 L132 LISI WI14 Ln4 WF Lll' 2 164. C. M.lnh.rdl, WI ... W.tOU, Wis . ................................... . U4 129 L14S lIU L172 WI77 WI71 2 165. Ku r. Krog h , Gr • .,.IIIk., III . ............................................ LM LI 41 W114 Ll41 LnO LF WI"" 1M. Norm.n P , rr ln , ChlciOgo, 111. ........................................ L27 Will LII7 0101 UO Llll L134 11 167. P . ... I Fog.c. Mllw .... kle, W is ................... _ ...... _ ........ ~ .. LS4 WI44 LlIO 193 0160 LIM LUI 11 161. Howard GO\Ild , OI K.lb, 1'1. .. ____ ...................................... l73 W13' LIlI L115 LIn 0170 LI44 11 '''. Loth' r Gr. d " Rockford , III . ........................................ L15 UO WI73 on uo Lt4 LF I I 17~. O. n l • • Col.m.n , Mllw .... kee. W is . ................................ l47 LI40 0142 L141 OUS 01" LI37 11 111 . Mrs. H. C.r~nter, BrOOk field, W :, . ........................ 17S Ltl WI" L97 LIU LIU LI .... I 112. Joh n Trow b rldg., Ind i. napo lls, Ind . ...................... _L" LIlt 174 LI54 WI .... L14" LI54 I 173. Ch. rI .. H.ndr ickl, ChlClgo, HI . ................................ L7D L60 Ll" L124 WI77 LI40 L141 I 174. Al lHrl Ce rlson , Glenville. W.V a ................................. L123 Lit LI65 WI21 LU5 LI57 LISt I 175. Georg. Frl d , r lck, M llwa ... k ee. W il . ........................ LII4 LI54 LI20 DI61 0170 Ln, LIS9 I 17'. J . m .. BI.n k, Wller lo o. Wis . ........................................ L44 LIOS L171 LIn Ln, WI" LI4S I 177. Mr •• J . K ... loth , M.dlson , W is . .................................... L6I LtG L162 LIS3 L173 LI .... WF I 17'. L.rr.,. W l b . r , Holland, Mich . ....... ................................. ue LIOI 0144 L122 L159 lI" L152 1

ALFRED KREYMBORG DIES AT B2 The many readers of "The Fireside Book of Chess" will no doubt feel tbat

they have lost an old friend with the news of Alfred Kreymborg's death in a Mil· ford, Connecticut, nursing home after an illness fo six months.

Poet and poetic dramatist (over 4{1 published books), tennis and baseball fan , Kreymborg in his young days supported himsel! lor eight years as a chess pro· fessional. His love for the game and the people he met across the board is evident in every word or "Chess Reclaims a Devotee," his story in "The Fireside Book of Chess."

SEPTEMBER. 1966

Western Open Chemp Robert Byr'" gell hllnd,h.k •• nd check from Ar­ped Elo, MCF TrflSUrer lind USCF Rlltl"g Committee Cheirm.n. Hllns B.rliner end Richard Verb .. , show" cent.r, were .Iso .mong the prire winner • .

Marshell Rohl.nd of Milwlluk •• (on right), th.n USCF S.cr.tIrY .nd since elect.d •• n.w USCF President, com· petes eVllinst Joseph Boh.c of St, Louis.

.., MANUALS AND GENERAL

WORKS ON THE GAME ...J

Capobianca, J. R. A PRIMER OF CHESS This, ",e t her with the ne xt title, Ire works fo r t he be,lnner by the m .n meny conside r the , r utelt c hess ,enl us Of III tlme. 281 pp.

LI$t Prke $4.95 M. m"" $4.20

Capobianco, J. R. CHESS FUNDAMENTALS

Instructlon on slrategy .nd t .ctle.. 150 dl.gram •. m p p .

List Prl« $3.50 M.m"" $3.1S

Eualls, Lorry NEW IDEAS IN CHESS A luc id a nd com prehensive e :<poslUo n of the famou l F o u r E lements of Ch e5$: Space, TIme, F oree, P awn Structu r e.

LI$t P rke $3.9S Mem"rI 53.35

Fine, Reuben BASIC CHESS ENDINGS Whit MeQ I, to t he Open III,. t h " wor k .. to the end,.me--l he authorlta llve work in English. 607 diagrams. 573 pp.

Lilt Price " .50 Members $5.93

207

(;hess Harold Evans won the New York State

Amateur Championship on tie-break over Rohert Eberlein and Gary Lane. All scored 4lh-lh in the 40-pJaycr event held June 11-12 at Corning. Class prize win­ners: A- Denis Taneri, B- R Taylor Ba­corn, C-8tanley Urbanski, junior- Alan Piutzik- Peter Berlow directed.

* * • * • I5-year old Norman Weinstein posted

an undefeated 6-1 score to lead a fie ld of 23 in the Marshall Chess Club Ama­teur Championship concluded in June. Following with 5·2 were Arnold Guadag. nini, Howard Ant (both of whom lost to the tournament winner), Lonnie Kwartler and Jack Beers.

FRENCH DEFENSE NO RMAN WEINSTEIN HOWARD ANT 1. P·K4 P. Kl 16. P-N4 PxP "'.p. 2. P·Q4 P-Q4 17. RPxP K· Bl 3. N-QB3 S·NS 18. 0-0-0 R·KNl 4. P·KS N-K2 19. P·N4 N·K2 5. P·QR3 BxNch 2(). B·Q3 N·N3 6. PxB QN· B3 21. P·KB4 P ·QB4 7. P-QR4 B-Q2 22. P·BS P·B5 8. B·Q3 N·B4 23. PXN PxB , . Q·N4 P·KR4 24. QR·Bl B·Kl 10. Q·N5 QxQ 25. NxP! Rx N 11 . 8xQ R·QBl 26. R·R8ch R·Nl 12. N·R3 N·R 4 27. P·N7ch KxP 13. N·B4 N· K2 28. B.B6ch K.Bl 14. 8 ·K2 P·R5 2'. RxRch KxR 15. N·RS N· 84 30. R.Rl Resigns

-- - - -- - -- - ----

The Oran Perry Open, held June 25·26 in Odessa, Texas, was captured by Max Burkett of Las Cruces, New Mexico. Burkett tallied 472 ' 72 to lead Ken Smith, J erry Milburn and John J acobs by a halI point. Class prizes were won by: A­J ohn Han (3¥2), B- David Thomas (3), C - Alfred Sorensen (272), unrated _ David Line (2). John Moffitt won the j unior prize with 2V2 , Don Naylor and Roy Hoppe directed the 3S·player event.

~ .. ~ '" $

A 30·30 tournament held July 10th at Florida 's Gold C08$t Chess Cl ub was won by Jacques Mounier of Par is, France, on tie·break over Anthony Dr ago of Cherry Hill , New J ersey; both scored 3lh ·% . 17 players competed.

~ .. $ '" ...

New Mexico's Jack Shaw swept the Oklahoma City Open with a 5·0 score, ahead of John Schmidt of Texas (4%) :md Victor McBee and Bill Devin, each 4. Devin was top Class A; other prizes went to Max Zavanelli (B), William Ruckin (C), J im Berry (upset). The tour· nament, held June 11 ·1 2, had 40 play· ers. 15 others played in a nonrated j unior event which was won by Jack Kerfoot.

Here and There . • •

Portland won the Maine Chess League Championship for the fifth year in a row with a 7·0 sweep, Bangor , a new entry, took second with 5·2.

.. * , • Baltimore trounced T' .• • tlgton 18.8

in a team match r ~ une 5th at Wash· ington's National Chess Club.

'" .. . .. . PFC Asa Hoffmann, USCF Master,

scored a 5·0 victory in the championship of the First Army, played July 16-1 7 at Fort Meade, Md. 18 Army, Navy and Air Force players competed; second and third with 4·1 were G. Radican and W. Young, who both lost to the tournament winner.

• • • • • The Central New England Open, spon·

sored by the Waehusett Chess Club and played June 25·26 at the Fitchburg, Mass. YMCA, attracted 85 players, USCF Mast· er John Curdo of Chelmsford, Mass. edged out rapidly rising Leroy Jackson, St. Louis High School and Missouri State Champion, on tie·break. Both scored 5% ·lh as did thi r d place Alex Keyes of Cambridge. Next in line with 5·1 were David Tur ne r, Dr. Giorgio Battaggia and Denis Strenzwilk, Curdo repeated his

- - - - - - -- - - - -- - - -- - - - - -- - - - --1 ORDER BLANK

Please ship postpaid to _________ _____ . ___ _ _ _ ____ _ _ _ ___________ _

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

208

1 1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

• • • 1

Street Address or Box No. ___________ _ _ . ___ _ _ __ _ _ _ ___ _ ___ _______ _ _

City or Town, State, Zip Code _ ___ _ _ _ _ _ ______ _ _ _ ___ _ _ _ _________ _ _ _

How Urmy? Title or Description Ammmt

MODERN CHESS OPENING THEORY {ea.ch $4.20}

CHESS ENDINGS: ESSENTIAL KNOWLEDGE {each $2,SO}

-BOBBY FISCHER TEACHES CHESS (each $5,90 )

-

Total amount of order I

J Ellr;lo,w cheek or money order rmd send to: J

1 1 1 U.S. CHESS FEDERATION 1 I 80 East 11th St, I I New York, N.Y. 10003 I L _ _ _ _ __ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ __ __ _ _ __ ___ ___ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ~

CHESS LIFE

triumph of last year. Class prizes went to A-Strenzwilk (5), B-Mike Leman (4), CoD-Matthew Grzyb, Jr. (3%). Larry Tapper won the Junior Prize with 4 and Eleanor Terry the women's prize with 2Ih:. $530 in cash prizes was distributed.

• * • , • The Vermont Open, held July 16-17

at Norwich University, was won by Canadian Expert Gerald Rubin with a score of 4lh -lh. Tied for sceond with 4-1 were Harlow B. Daly, John CUrdo, Orlando Lester, Denis Strenzwilk and Ron Lohrman. Daly scored an upset win over Curdo in round four but was de­feated by Rubin in the last round. Strem­wilk and Lohrman shared the Class A prize; George Williams took the B prize with 3J.h ; Paul Tomaino and Paul Musk­at were tops in C with 2J.h. Best unrated was Dr. G. Battaggia, 2Ih:. The 34-player event was directed by Prof. Seth Haw­kins.

• • • • • Richard Noel posted a 4J.h -lh score

to take a dear first in the Cincinnati Open played July 16·17. Following in the field of 42 players were Robert TimmeJ, Adam Rueckert and Ted Mercer, with 4-1. Class prizes went to: A- Edgar Law· rence, B-Lee Battes, C·D-John Mingos, unrated-William McClain. Top junior was Gregg Stark. Donald Taylor directed.

• • • • • The Arizona Open, held in Prescott

July 8-10, was won by Master Ronald J. Gross of Compton, Calif. Gross edged Diek Heilbut of Salt Lake City and Andy Kraus of Tucson on tie·break, all scoring 4lh -lh. Next in line in the field of 42 were Jack Gibson, Greta Olsson and John B. Kelly with 4. Gross was held to a draw by Mabel Burlingame, frequent competitor in U.S. Women's Champion­ships. Trophies were awarded to: Women's Champion, Greta Olsson; Jun­ior Champion, David Carr ; Arizona Jun­ior Champion, James Pitts; Yavapai

County Champion, Roy Tillinghast ; Class A, John B. Kelly; Class B, Terrence El­lis; Class C, Cody Benjamin; unrated, Gordon Gill.

• • • • Major Richard E. Pirnack, USCF Chess

Expert, edged out MjSgt. Joseph Eiker· enkoetter for firs t place in the Hawaiian District Chess Championship, played at Wheeler Air Force Base, Hawaii, July 9-10. Each scored 4-1 ; Pirnack giVing up two draws while Eikerenkoetter lost to Pirnack. Sj Sgt. Darrell Smith, 3lh·1lh, placed third in the fi eld of 13 players. The top three players have qualified to play in the Pacific Air Force Cham­pionship to be held in J apan. In June, Major Pirnaek won the Hickam Air Force Base Tournament, conducted at Club Kakai, with a perfect score of 5-0.

• , * • • The Delaware v .. lley Open, held in

Philadelphia in late July, drew 121 play­ers, 52 in the Expert and 69 in the Amateur section. The turnout marks a new high for that city. Five Masters each scored 5-1 to tie for the top spot: Shelby Lyman took first on tie-break with James Sherwin second, after the two drew a wild time pressure scramble in the last round. Third through fifth were Paul Brandts, Orest Popovych and Herbert Av­ram, while Larry Kaufman and Charles Powell scored 4lh. Grandmaster Pal Benko finished with the unfamilia r score of 4·2, lOSing to Brandts and Avram. Bruce Fuchs and Douglas Pader tied fo r first in the Amateur with 5Ih:-Ih:; A. Alex· ander and Walter Fraser followed with 5. Donald Byrne directed.

• • • • • The Soy City Open, held July 30-31 in

Decatur, Illinois, saw James Gibbs score 4lh-lh and beat Samuel Naylor on tie­break to pace a field of 3S. David Taylor and Donald Millard followed with 4; Tom Mabee was fifth with 3lh. Karl Peterson directed.

100 SOVIET CHESS MINIATURES by P. H. CLARKE

In these games one is taken behind the scenes, as it were, in Soviet chess into that fiercest of arenas, the training·ground which has produced many of the out· standing grandmasters of the present day - Tal, Petrosian, Geller, Spassky and Korchnoi, to name a few. But the heroes are not the internationally famous; they are the ordinary masters, most of whom are hardly known outside the U.5.S.R.

Behind the br illiancies lie the lessons, learned the hard way by losers. It is the writer 's belief that a study of errors committed and of the methods of gaining an advantage from them will be of use to the practical player, and these miniatures make light of the work involved. Here are both instruction and enjoyment at tht>_ same time.

List Price . . . $4.50 USCF Membe" ... $3.85

SEPTEMBER. 1966

USCF 80 E. lUh St.

NEW YORK 6, N.Y. 10003

MASSEY JUNIOR COLLEGE

181 Peachtree St., Atlanta, G ... Tel. 523-8251

Proudly Announces

The Second Annual Peach State Open

NOVEMBER 25-27 AtJ .. nta, Georgi ..

For detoils see TOURNAMENT LIFE or write us. ----.;.,.-----...:

The 14th Air Force Air Defense Com­mand Championship was a round robin held August 1-3 at Perrin AFB, Texas. AIC Paul Murphy and AIC Chuck Single· ton each scored 41h-lh to tie for top honors.

• • • • • The Harlow B. Daly Trophy Tourna_

ment, held in honor of the veteran Maine Expert who has been winning New Eng· land chess events for more than sixty years, was played at West Boxford, Mass. in August. USCF Master John Curdo led the 2O-player field with a 4Ih: -1h score, a half point ahead of Richard Quimby and Donald Rosenberger. Daly scored 3lh-l lh to tie for fourth. Daly was presented with an engraved plaque decorated with the moves of his favorite opening. Bartlett Gould directed on behalf of the Merri­mac Valley Chess ClUb.

• • • • • The 6th annual Hudson Valley Open

drew a new high of 48 players to Wood­stock, N.Y. June 10-12. Master Orest Popovych scored a 5-0 sweep, half a point ahead of Leon Zukoff. John Meyer, Ariel Mengarini, Julius Kador, Jack Beers and David Hoffmann all scored 4. Organizer and Director was John D. Mager.

209

ATTACK AND DEFENSE A chess player who pa:rlicipales in

many tournaments. both professional and "open:' necessarily faces opponents 01 widely divers ified playing strengths and Rlyles. He must therefore learn to a dapt himself to the requirements of any situation. While it is alw ays pleasant to conduct a mating (lUack, one must a l­ways be prepared to defend against just such an attack.

In the first game given below, I faced Dr. A· Mengarini, a player with a dis­tinctly aggr essive style, who prefers wild lines in the openings in order to unsettle his opponent and place him in an un­familiar situation. In this case, however, Mengarini's anti-positional idca~ cause his defeat because he finds himself in a passive dcIensive position.

SEMI-SLAV DEFENSE P. BENKO A. MENGARINI 1. P·Q4 P·Q4 3. N·KB3 P·K3 2. P·QB4 P·QB3 4. Q·B2 ....... .

White decides to avoid the "classical" line 4. P-K3. He wishes to fianch etto his King Bishop, while the Queen defends the QBP, also having in mind a possible P-K4. 4. ........ N-KB3 5. P-KN3 PxP

This move should be criti cized accord­ing to the classical rule that one should not unnecessarily give up the center without obtaining some form of compen­sation, My opponent, however, has an interesting plan in mind. 5_ QxBP P·QN3 7_ B·N2 B·R3

Black's plan is revealed: he wants to take advantage of the fact that White's King Bishop has left its original diagonal by exerting pressure on White's KP in order to keep him from castling. Ther e now folloWS a short skirmish to deter­mine who will have the initiative. The "natural" 8. Q-B2, to protect the KP and allow castling, would fall in with Black's plans· But . . .

8. Q-R4!? ... .. .. . I decided to accept the challenge, and

to try to hinder Black's development. 8. Q-B2 is answered by 8 . .. .. .. .. , QN·Q2 and 9 . .. ...... , QR·Bl, with a satisfactory game for Bl ack.

8. .. ...... N.Q4

210

by Pal Benko Moving the same piece twice III the

opening is generally not to be recom­mended. But Black wants to keep White's KP under pressure by preventing the Queen Knight from defending it.

9. N·K5 ........ It seems rules were only made to be

broken. Thc text makes possible B-B3, protecting the KP so that White can cast le , while at the same time opening the long diagonal. 9. P ·K4? is met by 9 . ........ , N-N5, threatening ........ , N-Q6(ch). 9. .... .. .. B·Q3 10. N-QB3 ........

Of course 10· NxQBP is an error be­cause of 10 . .. , .. ... , Q-Q2, winning the Knight, White's developing move is now playable because if 10 ......... , NxN; 11. PxN, Blaek's entire Queen side is disas­t rously weak. Now White 's Queen is pro­tected and NxQBP is a threat, 10. ........ BxN 12. B·Q2 Q·Bl 11. PxB 0-0 13. QR·B1 R-Ql

Black is still unable to develop his Queen side as 13 . ........ , N·Q2 10scs a pawn after 14. NxN, KPxN; 15. RxP. As a result of White's 8th move, Black h as fou nd it necessary to make serious con· cessions simply in order to develop his pieces: he has placed his Queen awk· wardly to pr otect thc QBP, he has given up the Bishop-pair, and he is facin g the possible invasion of White's Knight at Q6.

But now that all of Black's pieces have been pushed to the Queen side, White suddenly switches from posit ional pres­sure to direct King side attack.

14. Q·KN4! ........

This is much stronger than 14. N-K4, which I r ejected because of 14 ......... , P-QB4; 15. N·Q6, Q·Q2; follow ed by ....... . , N-QB3 or even ........ , P-B3, with a play­able game. My opponent , however, told me later he planned to answer 14. N-K4 with 14 ....... .. , B-N4; 15. Q·B2, Q-R3.

The position in the diagram is very instructive - how is Black to defend against the serious threat of B-R6, with the consequent fatal weakening of his King's poSition?

In the first place, it is too late for 14· ........ , NxN on account or 15. B-R6!, P-N3; 16. Q-B4! , and now if 16 ......... , Q-Q2; 17. PxN (not 17. Q·B6??, Q-Q8ch and mate, nor 17. RxN?'! for the same

reason), and Black has no good moves (17 . .... , .. . , Q-K2 ; 18. B-N5, etc.).

Another defensive t ry, 14 . ...... ... N-K2, is st rongly met by 15. B-N5, followed by N-K4.

On 14 . ........ , N-Q2 ; 15. B-R6, P·N3; 16. NxN, KPxN; 17. Q-KR4 (not 17. BxP ?, NxP ; 18. Q-B4, RxB; 19. Q-B6, N-B6ch! , and if 20. K-B1, Q-R6 mate, or 20. PxN, Q-Klch; 21 · B-K3, QR-Ql, the QBP can­not be taken and Black stands better , 20. QxN, Q-K3). In this position, Black cannot defend against the three main threats : 1) 18. BxP, 2) 18. B-R3, to be followed by 19. BxN and 20. Q-B6; 3) 18. P-K6, PXP; 19. Q-K7, etc. If 17 ......... , N-B1; 18. Q-B6, N-K3; 19. B-R3, Q-Q2; 20. RxP! and wins. Or if 17 . ...... .. , NxP; 18. Q-B6.

Probably the best defense in the dia-grammed pOSition is 14 . ........ , K-R1, but after 15. N-K4, White has a multitude of attacking continuations at his disposal, while Black is still trying to get his pieces into the game.

The reader will have noticed that Bl ack's Queen Bishop, which had been assigned a starring role, plays absolutely no part in all the above variations. Black's opening experiment has been a dismal failure·

14. ....... . Q-B2? Planning to answer 15. B-R6 with 15.

....... " QxP. 15. NxN K PxN 16. B·NSI .. ......

Black's Rook cannot move because of the threat or 17. B-B6, for instance: 16. ........ , R-Q2; 17. B-B6, P-N3; 18. Q-B4, Q-Bl (forced) ; 19. B-R3, etc. 16. ... .. ... Q-Bl 17. P-K6! .... .. ..

Black was hoping, perhaps, that I might leave my Queen en prise.

17. ........ R-Q3 Under the circumstances, best would

be 17 ......... , PXP; 18. BxR, QxB ; 19. QxPch, with a slower (but just as certain) death.

18· B-R6 ....... . Black resigns, as if 18 ... .... '" P-N3 ; 19.

Q-Q4, P-B3; 20. QxBP with unavoidable mate.

• • • • • And now a word for the defense ... In the following game White builds up

a very threatening position on the King side. Black decides, however, after a few precautionary moves, that his King's posi­tion will hold and calmly proceeds to pick up a few loose pawns on the Queen side. The problem White faces in this game is quite common : having commit­ted himself to a King-side pawn storm, he could not spare the t ime to defend

BOOST AMERICAN CHES~

TELL YOUR FRIENDS

ABOUT USCF

C HESS LIFE

his Queen-side pawns, and after his King side attack comes to he loses because

W. SHIPMAN 1_ P·K4 P·Q84 2. H·KB3 P·Q3 3. p.Q4 PXP 4. NltP H·KB3 S. H·QB3 P·K3

P. 6. B-K2 7. B·K3 8. Q.O 9. P-B4

BENKO N·B3 B·K2 Q.O

8 ·Q2

The basic position of the Scheveningen Variation . The text move is one of the latest ideas in this line. It was previous­ly thought that after 10. Q-Kl, NxN; 11. BxN, B-B3 ; 12. Q·N3, White had much the better game becausc Blaek is un· able to take the KP. However, the dis-covery of the move 12 . ........ , P-KN3 has caused a re-evaluation of the position as leading to an approximately equal game as Black's Queen Bishop is well posted. White 's next move is dcsigned to avoid simplifications. 10· N·N3 poOR3 11. B·B3 R·N1

Necessary to prepare ........ , P -QN4, which if played at once is strongly ans­wered by 12. P·K5. The Exchange saeri· f ioo- 12 .......... PxP; 13. PXP, NxP; 14. BxR, QxB--crossed my mind, but was rcjected because of 15. B·Q4. 12. Q·Kl P·QN4 14. N·K2 P·K4 13. R·Ql P·NS

An important decision. The Schever.· ingen Variation is characterized by Black's "Pawn.fencc"_Q3 and K3--thc strength of which lies in its flexibility, that is, the possibility for Black to break with either ......... P·K4 or ......... P·Q4. or in some cases, both· Compare the game Palermo vs. Benko, Chess Life, May 1965, p. 100.

PAL BENKO Chess Clock

At Lost - a tournament chess clock rugged enough to stand up under the punishment of 5-MIN­UTE CHESS.

BIG, STURDY, RELIABLE!

Fully guoran teed for 0 N E YEAR against mechanical fa ilure. Measures: 8Y2" x 2Ya" X 4 3,4"

Price $23.00 (lnclud .. shipping charges)

SEPTEMBER. 1966

The text move temporarily restricts White's Knights and opens the possibility of ........ , PXP and .. .. ..... N·K4.

1 S. P·BS ........ With this move White commits him·

seU to a pawn-storm on the King side­P·KN4·5.

15. ........ N·QR4 Aiming at N-B5.

16. Nx N QxN

17. P·N4 ........ A pawn sacrifice which is positionally

fo rced. If 17. P·QR3, then 17 ......... , p ·Q4, breaking through in the center , as 18. PxP ? is answered by 18 . .. ...... , P·K5.

17. ...... .. KR·BII Much better than taking the pawn.

i.e.; 17 ......... , QxP; 18· P·Nfi , N·Kl. Black's position is crampcd and without counter·chances. The tcxt. moreover. frees KBl, which is nceded lor the Bishop. 18. P·NS N·Kl 20. N·N3 B·BII 1'. Ro02 QltP

Rendering the possible P ·B6 innocuous, and preparing to sct up a " porcupine" defense with P-N3.

21 . N·RS ........ Having committed himself to the at·

tack, Wihte must follow through. If he stops to defend the QNP, the initiatiVe passes to Black, already a pawn up. 21. ........ QxP 22. Q·N3 R·B61

There was no need for the risky 22. ........ , RxP, as two pawns are cnough to win. If now 23. N-B6ch, NxN (not 23. ........ , PxN?; 24. PxPch, K-RI ; 25. R·N2. NxP; 26. Q·N5!. etc.; 24. PxN, RxB; 25. PxP, B·K2~ , and Black is safe.

23. B·N4 Q·R6 Insisting on the pin.

24. R·Kl ........ Of courSe not 24. R·K2, B-N4.

24. ........ P·N6 25. P·N6 ...... .. Already desperate, White tries to mud·

dy the waters. ObViously, after 215. PxP. R/ lxP, the pin is too much, as on 26· R/ 2·K2, B·N4. it·s all over.

Black now has several passive defen· sive poSSibilities, such as 25 .......... P-B3.

$100 MAKES YOU

A USCF MEMBER

FOR LIFE!

but I prefer an active defense without balking at sacrifice. 25. ........ BPxP 26. KBPxP RxBI 21. PxPc:h KxP

28. RxR 29. QxB

OxO Q-B8c:h

White's last several moves have all bcen forced . as is his next one any other move costs a Rook. 30, Q·Ql P·N7 32. R/2xQ ........ 31. R·Kl QxQ

This is thc position I had in mind when I sacrificed the Exchange on move 26. Black has two connected passed pawns for the Exchange, which in this case is decisive. 32. ........ P·R4 33. N·N3 .... .. ..

The Knight must hurry back to try to stop the pawns. 33. ........ p·RS 34. N·K2 R·Bl

To prevent 35. N-B3, while attacking the QBP. 35. P·B! 36. R-Nl

P·R6 R·N)

37. N·Bl ........

White is forced to give up a piece, as it is the only way to stop the pawns. 37. .. .. .. .. Px N{Q) 39. R·Rl N·B3 38. KRxQ R·Rl 40. R·R2 ........

After 40. R-Kl, R·R5, the KP is lost anyway. White could have resigned here, but both players wer e in a sevcre time scramble. 40. ........ NxP 42. R·QBl R·Bl 41 . R/l·Rl P·Q4 43. R/2-B2 .. ......

White·s QBP is twice attacked and twice defended. But White 's Rooks aTe over.worked, as they must defend the pawn as well as the firs t rank. Black takes immediate advantage of this cir­cumstance. 43. .. ...... bP! 44· RxR NxR 45. RxN P·R7

Sheer momentum. 48. ........ P·R8(Q) 49. RxQ BxR

46. R·B 1 47. K·N2 48. K·B3

so. K·N4

8·B4c:h B·QS ........

K·N3

Now that Black has passed the time control. White resigned.

211

Upset of a Champion by

Grandmu ters Mikha il Ta l and Bent Larse n are two of the greatest dtacking players of our time. The more note­worthy, therefore, is the mal'lner in which youngsters J 'lIOsa ,lnd Ree defeat them at their own game.

M. TAL (USSR)

1. 2. 3 . 4. ,. •• 7. S.

SARAJEVO 1966 RUV LOPEZ

V. JANSA (Czechos lovakia)

P·K4 P·K4 H·Ke3 N·QB3 ... , P·OR3 .... N·B3 0.0 8·K2 R·Kl P-QN4 B·N3 0 ·0 P·QR4 ........

Umg advocated by British theoreti­cian Barden, this continuation has only lately become popular against the Mar­shall Attack. Tal al ready employed it in the 91h game of his match agai nst Spas­sky- whether successfully depends on one's point of view: Tal obtained a superior position from the opening, but eventually lost the game.

8. . .. ", ... P·NS Two other possibilities for Black are;

a) 8 . ........ , B·N2; 9. P-Q3, P·Q3 j 10. N-B3, N·QR4! j 11. B-R2, p oNS; 12. N-K2, P·B4!; 13. N·N3, 8 ·Bl with even chances, and b) 8 ......... , R·Nl ; 9 . PxP, PxP; 10. P-B3, P-Q3; 11 . P-Q4, PxP; 12. PxP, B·NS; 13. N-B3, N-NS; 14. B·KB4, N·R4; 15. B·K3, P-QB4 ; 16. P-R3, B-Q2; 17. PxP, PXP; 18. N-K5 with advantage fOI" White (San­guinetti·Cruz, Rio de Janeiro 1957).

9. P-B3 .. ..... . Barden prefers 9. P'Q3, 1)-Q3; 10. QN­

Q2, N·QR4; 11. B-R2, P·QB4j 12. N-84! with a positional edge (or White.

9. ....... . P·Q3 10. P-R5! PxP?

Originally played by Spassky also, but nevertheless inferior. Black gives up

MEDNIS his Q·side play by strellgthening White 's Pawn formation and is left with a weak pawn on QR3. The thematic 10 ......... , R·Nl was corrcct.

11 . OP;o; P 8-K3 12. ON-Q2 BxB

;.10 bettcr is 12 ......... , R-N 1 as played by Spassky as aHer 13. B-B2! White was for choice.

13·. Ox 8 0-02 14_ N-B4 N-Ol IS. B-NS N-K3 16. BxN BxB 17. N-K3 P-N3 18. N-QS B-N2 19. QR·01? ....... .

Exactly as in the game against Spas­sky, Tal leaves the correct straight and narrow path in preference for ambiguous Rook maneuvers. The thematic 19. Q-R4! with play against Black's weak Q-side would have lell White with a definite edge. After the text move Black gets good chances fo r a K-side a ttack.

19. ........ K-RlI 20. Q·B2 P-KB4 21 . P·QN4 P·B5 22. R-Q2? ..... .. .

Rather unsure at best. More in Tal's style would be counterattack with 22. P-B4, N-Q5; 23. NxN, PxN; 24. P-BS with chances for bolh sides. And a good defensive buildup was 22. K·Rl followed by N-KNI and P ·KB3.

$100 MAKES YOU A USCF MEMBER­

FOR LIFE!

e a';fer6 ,

22. . ...... . 23. P-R3 24. R/l-Ql 25. 0-03

P-N4 P-R4

OR-Ol P-B3

To continue his K·s ide attack, Black must £irst dislodge White 's Knight. Thus, an immediate 25 . ........ , P·NS would al-low the strong: reply 26. N·R4.

26. N·N6 0 ·K2 27. N-R2 p oNS!

The only wa~' to continue the attack. Again from a Tal one would expect 28. PxP, PxP; 29. NxP, P·B6; 30. P-N3, N-BS!; 31. Q-Bl ! and White keeps good chances after 31 ......... , N·K7ch i 32. RxN. Surpris-ingly, even alter the text move Wh itc may not be lost.

28. 0 ·B4 29. P-B31 30. K-Rl 31. R-K NI 32. QII:BP

P.P R-KNI

B·R3 R-N6

R/ I-KNI

This position looks hopelessly lost for White and yet Grandmaster Paehman

• OtCe

This set, introduced for the first time at the 1965 NATIONAL OPEN in Las Vegas, proved so popular with the players that EVERY ONE of the 100 toumament sets on hand was SOLD on the last day of tbe tourna­ment! Ideal deSign, proper base size and correct weighting make this the finest, most PRACTICAL chess set available at this low price. Made of Hi-impact, satin-finished plastic, it will stand up to years of tough tour­nament usc. The piece shown is actual size; King is 3%" tall. In maple and black; shipped in a sturdy cardboard box. USCF Members' Price only $8.00, postpaid.

212 CHESS LIFE

has suggested the fo llowing fascinating defense: 33. Q·B4!, Q·N4; 34. QxN, Px Pch; 35. R/ 2xP, RxR; 36. QxRch, QxQ ; 37. RxR followed by 38. N·Q5. And even if there is a way to st rengthen Black's attack, such a continuation would have given White excell ent chances. It should be mentioned that Jansa was in great time pressure wher cas Tal had plenty of time left!

33. N·BS?? ....... . This loses immediately, as the best

White can do is to t ranspose into the previous notc with the difference that Black still has his Knight! Jansa polishes off the game effortlessly.

33. ........ Q·N4 34. NxP N·Ql! 35. Q·KS PxPch 36. R/ lxP RxQ 37. NxR N·B2 3S. N·B7 N·Q3 39. N-B 1 RxR 40. RxR Q-RSch 41. K-Nl N·B5

Resign$ TER APEL 1966

ENGLTSH OPENING B. LARSEN H. REE

(Holland) P·K4

(Denmark) 1. P-QB4 2. P·KN3 ........

Larsen has had many successes with this apparently innocuous opening.

2. ........ N·QB3 3. B·N2 P-KN3 4. N·QB3 B-N2 S. p.QJ P-Q3 6. R·QNl ....... .

A well known position . Best for Black supposedly is 6 . ....... . , P-QR4 wi th other moves such as 6 ... .... .. , B-Q2; 6 ... ...... , KN-K2 or 6 ... ... .. . , N-B3 infe rior.

6. . ...... . B-K3 7. P·QN4 ....... .

Looks st rong, but preferable was Barcza's 7. N·R3! as in his game against Taimanov: 7 . ....... . , P·KR3; 8. P-B4!, Q·Q2; 9. N-B2, KN-K2; 10. N-Q5, N·Ql; 11. 0·0, P-QB3; 12. NxN, QxN; 13. PxP, PxP; 14. P·QN4 with a slight edge.

7. ... ..... Q·Q2 S. P·NS N·QI 9. Q·R4 ....... .

Hindsight te lls us that the Queen is misplaced here. Better would have been 9. P-QR4.

9. . ..... . . N·K2 P-KB3 10. N·B3

11 . P·KR4? This K-side weakening will be more

serious for White than for Black. 11. ........ P·KR4! 12. B·QR3 0 ·0 13. P·K3 N·B2 14. N·Q2 P·R3!

This tactical shot puts an end to White 's Q-side hopes. The justification is in 15. BxNP, PxP; 16. QxR, RxQ; 17. BxR, PxP; 18. PxP, P-QB3 as White will have great problems extricating his Bishop on QR8.

1 S. P·N6 p·B3 16. 0-0 B-R6

White 's K-s ide weakness is now appal" ent.

17. P·Q4? ...... .. To open the center with an insccure

K-position is equivalent to suicide. A strong defensive position starting with 17. Q-Ql was requir ed.

17. ...... .. BxB 18. KxB N·B4! 19. N·B3 KR-Kl 20. Q-B2? ....... .

Loses immediately. Only 20. N·K2 gave

some chances for defense. 20. .. ...... PxP 21. PxP ....... .

Or 21. NxP, NxRPeh ; 22. PxN, Q-N5ch; 23. K-R2, QxPch; 24. K-N2, Q·N5ch; 25. K-R2, P-KB4! with a winning attack.

21. ........ R·K61l

There is no satisfactory defense to the threat of 22 . .. .. .. .. , RxKN; 23. KxR, NxQPch. 22. N-K2 is impossible because of RxB and the most plaus ible defense 22. QR-Ql loses to 22 . ........ , RxKN! , 23. KxR, NxRPch; 24. Px!\" , Q-N5ch; 25. K-K3, R·Klch; 26. N-K4, B·R3eh; 27. P·B4, P·KB4 and Black must win.

22. N·Nl RxPch! Since the rook is untouchable (23. PxR,

N·K6ch) White's position is now hope" less. Due to inertia Larsen plays on for a few morc moves.

23. K·Rl 24. Q·Ql 25. B-N2 26. K·N2 27. BxN

Re$igns

NxQP RxQN

R·R6ch R, P

Q-NSch

He is "only" a picce and 3 Pawns down . A fine performance by Ree.

ess e~ Here and There ...

Thc Spring Tournament of the Argon. ne Che$$ Club (Illinois) resulted in an 8·0 swcep by D. Kucera. E. Rudzitis, 7, and R. Fabijonas, 6, followcd in the round robin. .. ,. " ... .

Ed Tusnadi, with an undefeated 5-1, won the P eoria Championship in a 10-player tournament J uly 8-10. He received possession of a 3-fo ot tall ro tating trophy. Next in Une were J ohn Roecker (4lk), Ron Millard (4), and Murrel Rhodes (3%). A nonrated section for juniors under 18 was swept by :Marc Witte, 6·0, ahead of ll-year ·old Russell Rhodes, 4·2.

.. * • ~ * The Peninsula Championship, held in

Newport News, Va., went to Tom Burgess with a 6-1 score. Second through fifth werc Robert Mack (5!f.!), Robert Nichols, Jr., Jerry Flowers, and Bcrnard Parun, Jr. (all 5). Robert Blount was declared J unior Champion (best under 18). 28 players participated.

Masters' Open Champion William Martz continued to forge ahead, running through the Paul Richman Open in In­dianapolis with a 5·0 score. The 52.player event, held August 6-7, saw James Kalan place a clear second with 4lh, half a point ahead of George Berry, Ted Peh­nee, Lothar Mayer, Bernard Parham and Mikc McIntosh. Other prizes: B--Gary Lane and Rober t Morey, C-Dan Shed· roff, Junior- Rony Adelsman. The T.D. was Larry Landry.

Chicago Master Richard Ver her scored a 5-0 sweep in the 5th annu al Fox Valley Open, held J une 25-26 at Aurora, Illinois. Scoring 4% -% were Chicago Master Ed· ward For manek and Robert Florian. Class prizes went to; A- Doyle Satterlee (4), B- Anthony LoCoco (3%), C·D- P . Meschter, Junior- S. Tennant, Unrated­W. Norm, Upset- P o Woods. 58 players competed in the event, which was di­rected by James F . Gibbs.

ALL ORDERS TO USCF MUST BE ACCOMPANIED BY CHECK OR MONEY ORDER

SEPTEMBER. 1966

1fi..year old John Jacobs of Dallas won the Texas Junior Championship, scoring 4%-% to lead a 14·player fi eld at Hous· ton. Tom Richardson of Houston was second with 4-1, followed by Tom Snow of San Antonio, 3lh. Jacobs cllnched the titlc by drawing with Snow in the final round; this was the only draw of the entire tournament. Fourth and fifth with 3·2 scores were John Dunning and Nat Snapp. Noteworthy is the 3-2 score also achieved by Miss Nannette Snapp, a high school student.

$ * • • • J ack F. Shaw, 5·1, edged Warren Miller

on t ie·break to win the Albuquerque Open, played over the Memorial Day weekend. Thomas Heldt, Gary Anderson and Sidney Brower fo llowed with 4% in the fie ld of 32. Anderson took the B trophy and Michael Gaspar the C; Robert Fletcher (4·2) and Paul Sands (31f.: -2%) won Junior trophies. Phillip Doddridge directed.

• "* $ * • Chuck Singleton and Clarence Moore

tied at 3 lh ·lh in the Tynda ll Air Force Base (Fla.) Championship, II round robin held July 16-17.

213

Tile Phoenix Clless Club ran two Sum­mer Rating Tournaments during May and June, prizes being free entries into the Rocky Mountain Open Labor Day weekend. Section "A" had 12 players and was won by James H. Aden, Jr. with 3*-Ih. William McLean and Michael J . King scored 3. The "Bt> section, restrict· ed to players below 1600, ended in a tie between Stephen Travis, Henry Yee and John Lentini, all scoring 4·1.

Phil Smith and Richard Schultz posted

ures by Jose R. CAPABLANCA

This slim but priceless volume contains the last legacy of Jose Raoul Capablanca, a series of twelve lectures originally broad­cast to Latin American listeners shortly before Capo's death in 1942. Prepared for the general chess public, but expressed with Capablanca's unique clarity and simplicity, they contain observa­tions on the fundamental princi­ples of sound chess thinking that a novice can follow, yet they touch on such profoundly impor­tant underlying themes thai the most advanced player will bene­fit by absorbing them.

Perhaps the greatest pleasure for the modem player will come from Capoblanca's lively anec­dotes and strongly expressed opin­ions about his contemporaries. Us­Ing their playas examples lor his observations on universal chess truths, Capablonca rates (a n d sometimes rakes) Morphy, Stein­itz, Emanuel Lasker, Nimovich, Alekhine, Reshevsky, Marshall and other chess immortals.

LAST LECTURES will enrich the play, as well as the library, of all chess enthusiasts.

A brand-new release from Simon and Schuster, copyrighted 1966; with a foreword by Olga Capo­blanca.

4.00 :oos: e::ers

($4.50 to non-members)

21<

4% -% scores to tie for first in the sec­ond annual Visal ia Amateur Open, held in April at Visalia, California. Following in the field of 41 were Dr. Theodore Bul­loekus, Bob Baker, Roy McCullough, Wal­ter Dome, and John Barnard, with 4. Barnard took the Class B prize while H. Duncanson, Erik Krogh and Chris Fotias tied for best Class C. The D prize went to Jerry Corthell and the Unrated to Jamie Miller. Dr. Bulloekus was the di­rector.

... $ ... '" ... On August 19th, Bent Larsen played

a clocked s imultaneous exhibition against seven players, mostly of Expert strength, at the Mechanics' Institute Chess Club in San Francisco; he won all the games. After giving a lecture at the Club August 20, Larsen played a larger simultaneous in which he was less successful, scoring 34% out of 43. lIe lost to Zangerle, Sav­ery, Blohm, Pruner, Pawlon, and Uskert.

~ . . . . The Capablanca Chess Clu b of Miami

held a Rating Improvement Tournament August 20-21 which drew 24 players. Robert Piacenza scored 3%·% and won on tic-break over Cyrus Neuman and Armando Bucelo. Piaccnza's 1825 rating ranked him 12th in the beginning list. Class prizes went to ; A- Murray Cohen (3), B-Martin Gurri (2%), C-Armando Bucelo (2).

• • • • 22 players competed in the Hawkeye

Open, held at Iowa City, Iowa Aug_ 6·7_ The winner was Robert Bradley, who edged Richard Cohen on tie·break; both scored 4-1 as did third place Larry Schmitt. Glen Proechel and Dan Reyn­olds followed with 3Vz. Murrel Rhod es and John Hoye won Merit prizes.

John Pamiljens seored 5%·% to lead a

field of l16 players in the Manhattan Open, played August 6·7 in New York. Second on tie-break, with 5-1, was Gary Forman, a Brooklyn College student with a pre·tournament rating of 1711. Also scoring 5-1, and following in order, were Paul Brandts, Miro Radojcic, Sal Matera, John Hechtlinger, Raymond Heitmann and Jack Beers. Heitmann won the A trophy and Forman the B; others went to Harvey Somers (C-4), Larry Finucane (D-3!h), Thomas Houston (E--2), and Joseph DeMauro (Unrated- 4). The sur­prising turnout forced the sponsoring Manhattan Chess Club to cancel plans to use its club room and to rent a large room at the Henry Hudson Hotel. Bill Goichberg was the tournament director.

'" • • * ~

Francis Brown successfully defended hi s Prescott (Arizona) Championshi p title by sweeping the l1·playcr event, 5-0. Following, with 3-2, were Richard Reece, William K. Moore, Gordon Gill and Dwight Stewart.

$ $"'** Charles F _ Whitman topped a field

of 16 in the Barstow (Cal.) Open, Aug. 6-7, by winning all six of his games. Vernon Fagin was second with 4% while Robert Gosline and Chris l"otias follow· ed with 4.

• • • • David Rickard scored a convincing win

in the Cornell Chess Club Championship, scoring 41h -Ih to top a strong 6-player field. Second was leLA President Paul Joss, 2lh -2%, while two Experts lagged behind.

Re mittance (Check or Money O r­de r) must occompony 011 orde rs .

No C red it or C.O.D.

SOLID CATALIN LIFETIME SET

No. 825 Red and Ivory No. 826 Black and Ivory

Solid catalin plastic Staunton Design, King 3%" high. Artisti<: craftsmanship, a superb set for lifetime enjoyment. The carrying case is velvet-lined with felt padded compartments. (16" x l1" x 2% "). Ust Price $30.00 ..... __ ...... .. _._ ........... __ . __ ...... ___ ......... Me mbers $27.00

u 5

c F

80 E. 11 St.

New York,

N.Y. 10003

CHESS LIFE

The Dumont Chess Mates, a newly or· ganized club with over 50 members, meets every Monday at 8 p.m. in the Dumont Borough Hall , 50 Wash ington Ave., Dumont, N.J . Novice or advanced players interested in joining please call Harry Strickly at 385·3772.

• • • • • The 8th Davis (Ca!.) Rated Tourna­

ment, which concluded in May, was won by Mohamed EI Sayed with a 6-1 score. Ross Barnett, 5Y.z ·l lf.! , was second, with Anthony Di?!nio, Eriks Leitis, Edward McCaskey and Serge Von Oettingen next in line at 4%. EI Sayed won the title of 1966 Davis Champion, while Barnett was best Unrated and McCaskey best undergraduate student. Ron Ingram won the rating gain prize and David Sterling the upset prize.

• • • • • 63 players competed in the New Eng­

land Amateur Open, held at New Haven in July. Herman Rose of Rhode Island, Elliot Wolk of Connecticut and W. L. Eldridge of Maine all scored 5·1, tie· breaking placing them in the order nam· ed. Bert Germalm and Anthony Miller followed with 41f ; also with 4% were Arkadijs Strazdins, who won the Class 'A trophy, and Ronald Morgan and John Ogni. Ken Newberry won the B, James Messina the C and Robert C(lrwin the

Unrated trophy. Top D was Martin Duhms and top Woman Mrs. Eleanor Terry, both with 3. Among the prizes were many subscriptions to Chess Forum and Shakhmaty-in·English. Directors were James Bollon and Eliot Wolk.

• • • • • The Schenectady Chess Club Summer

Tournament, a 5-player round robin, was won by Frank Valvo, who had to for­feit one game due to illness but won his other three.

• • • • • Stephen B. Rhodes scored a 4-0 sweep

in the Luke Air Force Base (Ariz.) Base Leve l Championship, a round robin held in late July. Michael Pitt and Richard Buck tied for second with 2-2. Rhodes qualified to represent the base at the Air Force Preliminary to the annual Armed Forces Championship.

• • • * • USCF Master Kenneth Smith encount­

ered little difficulty in winning the 1966 Dalias Chess Club Tournament, held fr om April through August. Smith scored 16-{J to lead second place Thomas Reagor by five points and third place Bob Tem­ple by 5%. Following in the field of 32 were Earl Wisler (9) and J acob Irvine (8112.). William Grinnell took the A prize, Wally Sihvonen and John Chilton the B and J ohn Travis the C.

Upset In U.S. Junior Open 19·year old Charles J . Alden of White Bear Lake, whose pre·tour nament raling

was 1808, scored an upset victory in the United States Junior Open, held J uly 10-15 at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis. Alden's score in the 34-pJayer event was 7-2; his big victory was scored over Joseph Savino of Mur ray Hill, N.J . in the final r ound. Savino led the tournament at the time; his f inal score of 6% -2% gave him second place on tie·break over Brendan Godfrey of Minneapolis. Following, with 6-3, were Gregory Nowak, James Davies, Robert Wachtel and Robert Fletcher. Godfrey and Wachtel went into the event as overwhelming favor ites, being rated far ahead of the r est of the field. Both had played in the invitational U.S. Junior Championship held in J une, Wachtel tying for second place, but this tournament was different- especially for Wachtel, who was upset hy Thomas Marcy (rating 1644) in round 2 and later drew with a 14-year old unrated player, David Beebe.

U. S. JUNIOR OPEN A,.

1. Alden, Charles, MInn . ... .. .. ... ..... ... .. 19 2. Savino, J oseph, N.J . .. .......... , ........... 18 3. Godfre y, 8re ndan , Minn. 20 4. Nowa k, Gregory , W is . ... .. ... ........ .... 18 5. Davie s, Jlme s, Minn . ......... ....... .... 19 6. Wachte l, Ro bert, N.J . ............... ..... 18 7. Fletcher, Robe rl, N.Mex . ... ... ...... 17 8. Ma rc y, Tho mas, Minn ......... .. ..... ..... 19 9. Simmons, Br ldford , Wis. .. .......... 20

10. Lien, Ronald , S.D . ............. ...... .. .. ... .. 19 11 . Tiling , Robert, Minn . .. ........... .. .. ... 20 12. Stree ter, Ro bert, II! . ... .......... ........... 16 13. Snoke, Ric ha rd , Minn ........ ... ...... 19 14. Avey, Malcolm, Min n . .................... 19 1$. Harge r , Da nie l, lowil .......... .. ............ 16 16. Carr, Da n W., Minn . .............. ... ....... 1$ 17. Pe nnig, J eff, Minn • • _ ....... ........ ....... 17 18. samsal, DORald, Minn • • _ .... ..... , .... _ ... 11 -19. T . nl, P. ul M., Minn . ........................ 20 20. B .... be, D .. vl d, Min n . ............. .. ......... 14 21 . Mille r, Cr.ll, Minn . ........................ 16 22. Vance II, Rudy, CaUf . .................... 19 23. Laso", Mark, Minn . .... ......... ..... ...... 16 24. Pappas, George, M inn . .................... 18 25 . Stearns, Wm. l ., Minn . ................ 17 26. Hennies, Richard, Minn ..... .... .... .... 15 27. Handeen , p a ul , M inn . ............ .. .. .. .. 16 28. BaUey, Donald, M inn . .. .. ........ .. .... .. 16 29. McDowell, Howard, N.J . ... ............. 16 30. Dowling, John, Minn ........ ... .. .... .... 15 31. Rot egard, Da n il , Minn . ................ .... 14 31. King, Ro be rt R., Minn .............. ... 1' 33. Mor riS, Greg, Minn ......... ......... .... ... 11 34. Fagerstrom, St even , Minn ..... .. .. .. 18

SEPTEMBER, 1966

, WU

" D" W, W. W,

" WU

" w" WU D' '" w .. wn WH

" ", US w'"' wn wu

" '" '"~ D" wn w" '"~ ". D" '" '" '"

, wu wn w" w" w" " '" w. WU

" " w" w, " '"~ WU

" w" " w" " Dn wu wn wn

'" '" Dn ". '" '" ''"' '" w"

, m, WU wn D. w .. W .. W" D, W" W" w" w .. w" wu " " wn

'" w,.

" '" " w, " '"~ en

" '" wn " '" '" '"~ "

• " w" w. w" W, D" '" " w" " w .. " Dn

" w ..

'" w" w" '" D. wn w .. DU W, W ..

'" ". '" " , '" w" wn ,n '"

, D. W" W, D'

" W. W" D" " D" " WU

'" '"~ D" W" D" D" Dn D' DU DU Dn wu DU W ..

" '"~ wn Dn '"~ Dn D" '"~

• w" w, " WI

" w" w .. W .. D" W" " " DU wn Dn D. DU

"" D" Dn

'" DW DU

" '"~ Dn '"~ D" " w" Dn '"~ w, "

, w. w. w. " m, " wu

" W" D" DU W" W" " Dn

'" wn " Dn D" w" '" " '" '" wn w, Dn WI' Dn '"~ D" '"~ "

• D. D' D' " W. D' WU D" D" D. D" D.

'"" w" Dn wn " Dn w ..

'" D" Dn '"~ D" wn w" WI'

'"~ '"~ '"~ '" '" w, "

9 Scor e '"' , L I 6 j, D9 6! WIS 6

" . w, • W12 6 W16 $I D3 51 W21 5.1 W20 5 " , " , wn , w" , L8 4! 018 41 017 4 j, 023 41 Lll 4 LIO 4 LT4 4 019 4 025 4 024 4 LIS 4 "' .. W33 31 L27 3 W, , D32 21 D31 21 us 21 " ,

The 1966 Tulsa Championship was de· cided in a 6·piayer final round rohin, players having qualified from an 18-player preliminary tournament. Ronald E. Pohle emerged as champion with a 4-1 score. Following were Eugene Amburn and J . F. Campbell, 3-2, and Victor Mc­Bee, Jr., 2lh-21h. As best scoring junior , Thomas Amburn was awarded the Tulsa Junior title.

• • • • • USCF Expert Dick Vandenburg con·

vincingly gr ained the ti tle of Boise, Idaho City Champion by sweeping a round robin 13·0. Following were Max Wenn­strom (10%), George Rasor (91f ), John Cosho (9) and Dick Shropshire (81f).

• • • • • David Taylor of Decatur, ill. captured

the Bradley Summer Open over second place Ed Tusnadi and tbir d place Glen Proechel on tie-break, after tbe three had scored 4-1 in th e event held at Bradley University in Peoria Aug. 20-21. Other prize winners; J unior- Marc Witte (3), Class B-Harold Saberhagen (3%), Class C-Peter Thayer (3), Unrated-Charles Teeter (2). 26 players participated, plus 8 in a nonrated Children's Division (un­der 14). The latter saw Russell Rhodes score a 5-{J sweep, 1 Y.a points ahead of John Klaassen and William Leighty.

SICILIAN DEFENSE Chules Alden

I . P· K4 2. N·K83 3. P.Q4 4. NxP 5. N-Q83 6. N·N3 7. B.Q3 S. PxP , . 8·Q2 10. PxN II. 0 ·0 12. R_KI 13. Q.B3 14. Q·K4 U . B-R6 ,.. R-K3 17. lbB 18. R/ l ·Kl 19. Q·KR4

P-Q84 P-QR3

••• N. K83 P·K4 B·NS .... ... ••• B-K2 8 ·B3 D·.

Q.B2 P· KN3

R·Kl II·N2

••• N·B3 Q-Ql

Jose"" 20. QxQ 21_ B· K4 22. N.8S 23. K·81 24. N·R4 25. R-Q3 26. PxR 27. R_NI 28. P-QR3 n . 8·B3 30. RxP 31 . NxR 32. PxB 33. N.Q7ch 34. NxPch 35. P.Q4 36. P.Q84 37. K· K2

SlIVino .... ... , P-8 3 P· N3 R-N1

••• N·K2 B·K3 P_B4 B·Q4 ... ... K-B3 K·B2 K·K3 N·Q4 N-N3

Resigns

POLISH OPENING Tom Ma rcy

1. P·QN' 2. B·N2 3. P.NS 4. P. K3 S. N·KII3 6. P-84 7. 8 ·K2 I . D'() 9. P-Q4 10. QN-Q2 11 . R·81 12. N.N3 13. P·N3 14. N·R4 1$. N·N2 16. P-84 17. 8.03 11. IIxN 19. Q-RS 20. N·R4 21 . QPxP 22. PKP n . Pxp 24. KR-Ql 25 . NXQBP 26. 8 ·R3 27. I(·B1 28 . NxB 2f . N x Rch

N· KB3 P-K3 .... , .. ,

QN-Q2 .-0

P-1I4 P-QN3

Q-1I2 8·N2 N·K5 P-84

QR·Kl P·N4

P.KR3 K·R2

N/2-83

••• P·N5 R·KN1 NPxP

R/ K.KBI 101·1014 Q·K2 11·81

N.R6ch Bx KP ... ...

Robert 30. Q·N6ch 31. QxPch 32. Q.RBch 33. N·N6ch 34. NxQ 35. R·B7 36. R/ I-Q7 37. RxP 38. R-R6ch 39. R.R8 40. R.R6ch 41 . R·B7 42. R/6-86 43. RKRch 44. P-R4 45. R-86 46. K ·N2 47. RxP 41. R·86 49, R-86ch SO. P-R5 Sl . P-R6ch 52. P·85 53. P' B6 54. k ·RI 55. P·B7 S6. R.B7ch 57. P. N6 51. R·Q7

Wilchtel

K·Rl K·NI ..Q K-N2 , .. K· Bl R-Kl B·84 R·K3 ... R·K3 .... ••• K-K2 ... , ... B.' K ·B2 ... , K-N2 N-1I7 K-R2 N·Q8

N-K6ch N·B4 B·N2 K.NI N·Q3

Res igns

2j5

GAMES BY USCF MEMBERS Annotated

by JOHN W. COLLINS

MATERA BEGINNING USCF Expert Salootore J. Mat era of Flathush ( Brooklyn , N .Y. ) asopho­more (It Brooklyn Prq J., is rapidly climbing the ladder of success. Hav­ing won the Manhattan C. C. Junior Championship, tied with USCF Mas­ter Michael V alvo for first and secU1ld in the Soubh Jersey Open, and won the Greater New York High School Championsllip, he lias also recelltly de feated USCF iHasters Popovljch, Rado;cic and Robey. The writer, who has been teaching Sal, IWW fifteen, for the past seGen (md a haTf years, predicts this is only the beginning, oll ly the beginning!

Sal's 1)1{l1j is dynam ic and aggl'essive in the following gam e and his notes (an initial effort in this fi eld ) pro­vide (In interesting insight, of his thinking at the stage of his career.

1966 Greate r New York Open

Notes by Sal J. Mate ra

SICILIAN DEFENSE Or. O. Popovych S. J. Mate ra 1. P·K4 P·QB4 3. P·Q4 PxP 2. N·KB3 P·K3 4. NxP P·QR3 This is more fle xible than Taimanov's 4 ......... , N·QB3.

5. N·QB3' Q.82 6. B·K2? ....... .

6. B·Q3 is better because the King Pawn needs protection.

6. ........ N·KB3 Threatening 7 . ........ , n ·N5. Now if 7. p . QR3, P·QN4j 8. 0 ·0 , n ·N2 and Black has strong pressure.

7. Q·Q3 ..... .. . If this movc is forcc d then 6. B·K2 is definitely weak. Black will now usc the flexibility of his posit ion to maneuver bis QN to QB4 to joi n in the attack on the King Pawn with tempo.

7. ........ P·QN4 8. p.B4? ........

This is too ambitious. u gly though it is, 8. P·B3 must be played to give the King Pawn its necessary support. 8. ...... .. B·N2 10. 0·0 QN·Q2 9. 8 ·B3 P·Q3 11. K·R1 B·K21 Black could have won the KP by 11. ...... .. , N·B4j 12. Q·K3, P ·NS; 13. N/ 3·K2, N/ 3xP ; but knowing my opponent's at· tacking reputation, I did not want to give him any counterplay as I felt the Pawn would fall eventually anyway.

12. Q-K2 ....... . If 12. P ·QR3 Black might have tried N· N3·B5 with an immovable Knight.

12. ........ P·N5 13. N·Q1 R·QBI 14. P·K5 ...... ..

White is getting desperate. If 14. B·Q2, P·QR4 followed by ........ , N·B4 threaten· ing ........ , B·Ra and ........ , NxP.

216

14. .. ...... 15. PxP 16. p.B4?

p,p N·Q4 ........

Although this move is hard to under· stand, it is also hard to find a good move for White.

16. ... ..... QxBP 17. Q·KB2 NxP

Black's position is overwhelming. 18. B·K2 Q·B2 19. N·K3 N·KB3!

U 19 . ........ , NxN ; 20. BxN, 0·0; 21. B· KB4, B-Q3; 22. Q·N3 and White gets more counterplay than he does in the game.

20. Q·N3 0 ·0 21. P·N3 N·N3 22. Q·K1 ...... . .

If 22. Q·B2, Q·B6; 23. N/3·B2, B·K5 wins. 22. ........ Q·K4 23. N/ 3·B2 B·K5

Quicker was 23 . ........ , B·Q3 ; 24. Q·N3, QxB!!

24. BxP B.Q31 Better than 24 . ........ , RxN, which also WIllS.

25. N·B3 ... .. .. . If 25. Q·N3 (probably best), QxQ; 26. PxQ, RxN wins quickly.

25. . .. .. .. . Or 25 . ........ , BxN and

26. BxR 27. P·KR4

Resigns

Q·KR4 wins.

BxN/ 6 BxPch

If he takes the Bishop it is mate in 7 and if not he is a piece down after 28. ........ , BxR.

WRONG WAY W /t ile is toppled by two unxepect· ed, pseudo·Queen sacrifi ces when he chooses the wrong way to regain a Paten.

1966 Glass City Open RUY LOPEZ

Dr. P. Poschel O. Gundlach 1. P·K4 P·K4 4. B·R4 N·B3 2. N·KB3 N·QB3 S. 0 ·0 B·K2 3. B·N5 P·QR3 6. P-Q4 ........ This is the Center Attack. Fast breaking and open, it is something of a specialty.

6. ........ PxP If 6 . .. .. .... , P·QN4?; 7. PxP!, KNxP; 8. B· N3, N·B4; 9. B·Q5! and White has the advantage.

7. R·KlI 7. P·K5 simplifies too much (7 . ........ ,

YOU'RE INVITED TO FLORIDA'S

MOST FABULOUS EVER CHESS TOURNAMENT!

·1966 OCT. 28, 29, 30 at

HOLIDAY INN of PALM BEACH

• TOURNAMENT DOOR PRIZE,

All Eligible !

• " Room with Q V iew for Two"

ONE WEEK AT HOLIDAY INN OF PALM BEACH -.-

FREE BUFFET LUNCHEON FOR ALL ENTRANTS, with Surprise Program

FREE COFFEE, PARKING, POOL AND OCEAN SWIMMING

- + -

ADDITIONAL PRIZES, De pe ndent upon number of Entries; Upset,

Women, High·Scorer, e tc. OVER $500 IN BOOKS, TROPHIES, AND CASH

, THREE DIVI SIONS

OPEN (Rated 1850 up), USCF & FCA Triple $ 14 up

Single $8 up - Double $ J 2 up --Rated 1st $200, 2nd $100, 3rd $50, plus Trophies Entry Fee $12 plus USCF & FCA membersh ip.

AMATEUR (Be iow 1850), USCF & FCA Rated I at $60, 2nd $40, 3rd

$20, plus Trophies Entry Fee $8 plus USCF & FCA membership. RESERVE (Below 1599 o r Unrated ),

Trophies to first Five P laces •

• Tournament Director, Ken Harkness

Assista nt Director, Ke n Embler

• MASTERS: Ask about complimenta ry

room accommoda t ions! --Advance Registrations, Inquiries, to:

Gold Coast Chess Club Box 4058, Lantana. Fla .

Phone 305·965·4272

• Room Registra tions to:

Holiday Inn of Palm Beach 2770 S. Ocean Blvd.

Palm Beach, Fla. Phone 305-582-5381

CHESS LIFE

N-K5; 8. NxP, NxN; 9. QxN, N·84). 7. ........ 0 -0

Or 7 ......... , P-QN4; 8. P·K5!, NxP; 9. NxN, Px8; 10. QxP, 0 -0; 11. B-N5!, R· N1; 12. N·B3, P·R3; 13. B-Bl, R-N5; 14. 0-03, B·N2 with about an even position.

8. P.K5 N·Kl This is better than B • ...... .. , K-Q4?; 9. NxP, NxN; 10. QxN, N-N3; 11. S-N3, P·Q4; 12. PxP e.p., 8xP; 13. B-KB4! and White's advantage is clear.

9. P-B3! A dynamic sacrifice.

9. ........ PxP 10. NxP P·Q3 11. PxP NxP?

As with 11. .. ....... QxP; 12. N-Q5! and 11. .. .... .. , PxP; 12. N-Q5, this gives White an attack. Probably best is 11. ..... ... , BxP!

12. N-Q5 ....... . Threatening to win a piece with 13. BxN, Px B; 14. NxBeh . 12. ...... .. B·K3 13. BxN PxB 14. NxBch QxN Threatening 17. N·Q4.

15. B·NS P·B3 16. B-B4 , .......

16. ..... ... Q-B2 18. R·QBl KR-Kl 17. P-QN3 B-Q4 19. N-Q4 Q-N3! Black's mcthods ar e La~ker ·like. 20. B-N3 RxRch 22. Q-Q1 N-B4 21. QxR R-Kl 23. NxP? ...... .. White wants his Pawn back, naturally enough, but this is the wrong way to get it, very wrong. H appears there i ~ nothing better thall 23_ NxN, QxN; 24. BxP, with a draw in prospect.

23. ...... .. BxN 24. RxP N-Q51

A surprise move . surprisingly strong. 25. RxQBP ....... .

As this Loses by force, it wou ld have been best to investi gate 25. P-KR3, NxR; 26. Q·Q5ch, Q-B2; 27. QxN.

25. ........ Q-Q6!

Shadc~ of Adams-Torre! 26. R-Bl .. .. .. ..

If 26. QxQ, H-KSch; 27. Q-Bl, N-K7ch; 2S ... K-RI, HxQ mate. And if 26. Q-Rl (26. Q·KB1, N·K7ch; 27. K-Rl, NxBch wins the Queen), Q-Q7; 27, P-B3, J\'-K7ch; 28. K-BI, NxBch; 29. I'x1'\, R·K7 and White is soon mated after he exhausts his Rook checks, 26. ..... ... N-K7ch 29. Q-B1 R·Ql 27. K·Rl NxR 30. P-B3 R·Q8 28. QxN Q·B71 31. B-K l ....... . Apparently hoping for 31. .. ...... , Q-Q7; 32. Q-B4ch with an eventual exchange o[ Queens (to avoid perpetual check) and an ending with a Pawn for the ex­change.

ll ... " .... Q-B8 Resigns

SEPTEMBER, 1966

YOUNG CALIFORNIANS This last nJrmd gnme prevented tal­ellter/ d ghtcell Ijear old D(llJid Blohm wrum becoming co-c/wlIlpion of Cali­{omin. Bill ,'IIaillal'd, twentlj-onc, a studcnt (It U.C.L.A., is champion of Southern California .

1965 Californ ia State Championship FRENCH DEFENSE

D. Blohm 1. P·K4

B. Maillard P-K3'

2. P-Q4 P·Q4 3. P-KS

While probing and cramping, this Nim­zowitsch Variation is subject to the strong counters ........ , P·QB4 and ...... .. , P-KB:~ . In t he recent World Champion­~h ip Match, Spas~ky met all Petrosian's Frcnches with the classical 3 . N-QB3, two continuing with 3 . ... .. ... , N-KB3; 4. B-N5, i'xP; 5. NxP, B-K2; 6. Bx~.

l . ........ P·QB4 4. Q-N4

White offers his QP [or K-side attacking chances. I'referable, however, is the staid 4. P-QB3, N·QB3; 5. NoB3, Q-N3; 6. P-QR3 (or 6. B·R2) or the alternative QP sncrifice; 4. N·KB3, PxP; 5. B-Q3, K­QB3 , N-QB3; 6 . 0 -0, P·B3; 7. B-QN5.

4....... .. N-QB3 Most booked is 4 . .... .. .. , PxP; 5. N-KB3, followed by 5_ ........ , N-QB3 or 5 ......... , P-KB4_

S. N-KB3 NxQP Canepa-Alekhine, .l\'lonlcvidco, 1938, con-tinued 5 . .... .. .. , KN-K2; 6. P-83 (correct is 6. B-Q3), N-B4; 7. B-Q3 (7. PxP should be played), PxP; S. 0-0, B-Q2; 9. R-K1, PxP; 10. NxP, P-KN3; 11. B-KN5, B-K2 and Black has a distinct advantage.

6. NxN PxN 7. B-Q3 P-B4 8. Q-N3? ........

White should take back his Pawn with 8. QxQP or S. PxP e.p., NxP; 9. QxQP_ 8. ........ N-K2 12. P-QRl P-QR3 9. N-Q2 N-Bl 13. P-N4 B·R2 10. 0 -0 Q·B2 14. R-K 1 0 -0 11 . N·B3 B-B4 15. N-N5 B·Nl In ordcr to more or less force 16. P­KB4, shutting in the QB.

16. P-KB4 Q-K2? A much better plan wa~ 16 .. ...... . , pons; 17. N·B3, Q-B2 followed by ........ , B·Q2 and ........ , N-K2, 17. Q·Rl P·R3 19. P-N4! 18. N·B3 B-Q2 20. QxNP Threatening 21. Q-N6.

20. . ....... 21 . K·Rl 22. R-KNl

Q-B2 N·K2 ........

PxP

Largely as a result of the time lost with 16 . ... ..... , Q·K2, White now has the attack. But a mistake would be 22. NxP? , B-R2 ; 23. P-B3, BxN; 24. PxB, B-N4 giv­ing Black a good Knight against a bad Bishop (after the exchange of QB for KB).

22. ........ B·R2 23. Q-R3 B-N4

The Pawn must be returned because if 23, ........ , K·RI ; 24. N-N5, Q-Kl ; 25. NxP.

24. N-NS? ........ This backfires badly. Most prudent is 24. QxRP, BxB; 25. PxB, N-B4; 26. Q-R3 and it is still a game .

24. .. ... ... BxBI!

A shocker, even though Black gets more than enough for hi~ Queen. 25, NxQ B-K5ch 27. Q·N4 QR·Bl 26. R-N2 KxN 28. R·R2 ...... .. If 28. Qxr',pch. K-Kl and both 29 . .. ...... , RxQBP and 29 . .. ...... , R-KNI are menaced .

28. .. ... ... N·B4 29. P·R3 R·B6! 30. K-R2 R/ l ·BI

Winning the exchange can wait since any more of White's KR along the rank wou ld be met by 31. ........ , P -Q6.

3'1. B·Q2 RxBP 32. RxR RxR 33. P·NS ....... .

With the idea of 34. Q-N6ch, K-BI; 34. ........ , K-Nl; 35. Q-KSch; 35. B·N4ch.

33. .. ...... BxR 34. QxB N·K61 35. Q·B3 ....... .

If 35. Q-B2 or Q-K2, RxB; 36. QxR, K­BBch wins the Queen .

35. .. ...... RxBch 36. K-Rl R·KN7

Black's great material advantage makes the win quite easy. But 36 ... .... .. , I'-KN3 or 36 .... ..... , N-B4 allows even less count-erplay,

37. P·B5 P_Q6 38. Q·R5ch .. ..... .

Or 38. PxPch, KxP; 39. Q-B8, P-Q7 and when White r uns out of chccks the QP will queen.

38. . .. .. ... 39. Q-R4ch 40. Q-R4

K-K2 K-Q2 .. ......

Threatening 41. P-N6ch and 42. PxB. 40. .. ...... K·K2 41 . NPxP ........

If 41. Q-R4ch, R·N4 wins. 41. ...... .. P·Q7 46. KxR 42. Q-N4ch K-Kl 47. K-B3 43. Q-R4ch K-B 1 48. K-K2 44. RPxP P·Q8= 49. K·Q2

Qch 5Q, K-B3

PxP P-N4 N-N7

N·B5ch N-R4

45. QxQ NxQ Resigns A hnrd-[ought, interesting game by two vigorous you ng Californians,

ANNOUNCEMENT In our next issue we resume a popu­

lar feature, "Larry Evans on Chess."' In addition to his usual fare, Grandmaster Evans will int roduce a section devoted to analytical questions submitted by USCF members.

Address your query now to: Evans' Questions and Answers CHESS LIFE 80 East 11 th St. New York, N.Y. 10003

217

CHESS TACTICS FOR BEGINNERS by DR. ERICH W. MARCHAND

1. Planning the Opening In a present-day Swiss tournament, one

bas little or no idea who his opponents will be. This is not only tr ue in the weeks before the tournament, but also during the event itself since the round-by-roun d pairings depend on how the various players nrc performIng. It is conseqmmt­Jy not casy to "scout" one's opponents or to prepare special open ings to try against particular players. This si tuation has a definite bearing on the selection of openings. For instance, a player who prepares some little-known opening sys­tem may easily catch many of his oppon­ents by surprise. On the other hand, the best defense against opening sur prises is firstly to have a wide knowledge o( \lar· ious openings and secondly to select openings which lead inlo channels famil· iar to oneself rather than to the oppon· ent.

As an exception to the rule, consider the case or the present writer who at· tend~ a large number or tournaments each year, especially in his own area. There aTe one or two other players who quite often attend the sa me tournaments in this area. A case in point is Ivan Theodorovitch. and a sore point it . was for yours truly on numerous occasIOns. Time and again I- found that. against my customary openings. Mr. T would exchange Queens at an early stage and then proceed to outplay me in the end· game. For instance, one one weekend in Plattsburgh. Mr. l' and I each entered the last round with 3 4·0 score. where· upon he beat me. The very next weekend in Pittsburgh, we each went into th.e last round with n 4·0 score and again he beat me in the last round.

About a year ago, however, I noted that against 1. P·K4 Mr, T was adopting what seemed to me a shaky variation of the Sicilian Dcfensc. This is a line which, though long considered dubious, has been the subject of some experimenta' tion in recent years, especially by the Russians. Armed with this knowledge and inspired with the thought that Mr. T would surely cross my path again and again I did a IHUe preparation.

Su;e enough. we did meet again . in 1965 and the strategy of abandomng my beloved English Opening for 1. p . Kol was rewarded by two wins against my nemesis. The second (given below) is of particular interest since it contains a sur prising sacrificial innovation in the theory of this Sicilian var iation. 2. An Opening Innovation

SICILIAN DEFENSE E. Marchfl nd I. Theodorovitch

1. P·K4 P·QB4 2. N·KB3 N..QB3 3. p.Q4 PxP 4. NxP P·K4

This is the variation mentioned above. It was long scorned by theorists bc<!ause of Bl ack's backward QP. On the other hand, after P·QR3 by Black so as to prevent N·QN5, the move P·K4 has be·

218

come very popular in the last few years, the main line being called the Najdorf Variation.

However. the to make all the line is still barely playable, and different and, in this writer's opin. ion, not in :Mr. T'~ style. The repeated use of this variation may perhaps explain why Theodorovitch has recently not maintained his high level of achieve· ment of a few years ago.

S. N·NS P·Q3 6. B·K3 ........

In Detroit, the game went 6. B·QB4. B·K3; 7. BxB. PxB; 8. 0-0 with White soon getting a clear, though not neces· sarily winning, advantage from the open· ing. Thus. White got the better of this opening by adopting two quite diffcrent systems against i t. Th is {act would indio eate that this defensive system is gen· erally unreliable.

6. ........ N·B3 7. B..QB4 B·K2

Black also departs from the system he tried in Detroit (see last note). avoid ing 7 . ...... .. . B·K3; 8. BxB.

8. O.() N·KNS

Here White would normally retreat 9. B-Q2 to avoid giving Black the advant· age of two Bishops. Then with P·KR3 the Black N would be driven back. However, a retreat usually entai ls :10 admission oC a partial defeat, not to mention the loss of time and the decrease in "hoard control" involved. So. we look a little deeper in hopes or avoiding the back· ward step and fi nd indeed a lovely idea for solving the problem.

9. B·NS! ........ White sacrifices a whole piece but not

entirely for free. On 9 ........ " BxB; 10. NxPch. K-K2; 11. NxP, White seems to get adequate compensation Cor his sacri· fi ce although some of the ensuing varia· tions arc quite intricate.

9. . ...... . N·B3 Black prefers more quiet waters but

allows his pawn structure to be badly weakened. Also poor would be 9 ......... . P·S3; 10. B·R4 after which Black's white squares would be weak and castling would be impossible lor a long time.

10. BxN PxB Of course not 10 ..... , ... , BxB; 11. NxPch.

11. Q·RS R·BI Forced. as 11 .......... B·K3j 12. BxB

loses a piece since the BP is pinncd. 12, QN·B3 ...... . .

White is in no hurry to capture the RP. Olten rapid development and posi. tional control arc more important than the grabbing of a Pawn. Besides, the Pawn cannot run away.

12. ........ P·QR3 13. N·R3 N·R4 14. B·QS Q·B2 15. N·K2 ....... .

Wh ite visualized an eventual P·QN4 by Black. threatening P·N5 and also allow· ing N·BS. It is clear that Wh ite must fi nd better squares fo r his Knights and also prevent B1ack's Knight (rom be­coming too active.

IS. ........ B·Q2 16. P.QB4 N·B3 17. N·B2 N·Q) 18. N·K3 N·K3 19. BxN ....... .

With Black's King caught in the cen· ter, White hopes to keep a tight bind on the Black center formation until thtl moment comes when some lines can be opened for attack against the opposing King.

19 . ...... .. 20. N·QS 21 . BPxB

ad a,N .. ......

The bind is there together with the open Q.B fil e. So. now Black cannot castle on either side. His ga me is di fCicull if not hopeless.

21. ........ Q·N3 22. KR·Bl R-KNI

Not 22 ......... , QxP; 23. QR·N l. QxP; 24. RxP with a st rong attack for the Pawn.

23. R·B2 24. QxP

As long as the Q must why not cat a Pawn?

R·N4 ........

move anyway.

24. ........ P·B4 25. P·KR4 R·NS 26. Q·R8ch ........

On 26. Qxl), RxP Black would get a little freedom for his picces. Besides, the text move wins a second Pawn.

26. ........ B·BI 27. PxP Q·QI 28. P·KN3 R·B1 29. QR·Q81 ........

Poor would be 29. RxR, QxR; 30. R· QBI , R·QB5! with active eounterplay.

29. ........ RxR 30. RxR K·Q2 31. Q·RS R·N2 32. Q-B3 B·K2

Of no help is 32 ......... , QxP; 33. P·B6. R·N4 (stopping Q·BSch); 34. Q·B3. Black is on the ropes.

33. Q·N3 P·N4 34. Q-QB3 BxP

Overlooking the following cute fin ish. But there was no defense anyway.

35. P·861 BICBP 36. g ·B6ch K·K2 31. Q.N7ch Resigns

Because of 37 ......... , Q.Q2; 38. R·B7 or 37 ...... ... , K·Kl ; 38. R·BS.

CHESS LIFE

IMPRESSIONS OF PIATIGORSKY CUP by Art Kaye

San Francisco Chronicle Correspondent The Piatigorsky Cup is to chess players

what the Davis Cup is to tennis, the Masters to golf, the World Series to base­ball, and the Nationa l Football League championships to football.

The other night, I had the opportunity to wald one round of a great tourna­ment and this is going to be just an observation and not an analysis.

At about 6:30 p.m. the spectators came into the Nautilus Room of the Mira­mar Hote\. After they were seated and quieted down, there entered--one by one-the ten participants introduced by the tournament director , Isaac Kashdan.

Photos P hotographers were allowed fi ve min­

utes in which to get their pictures. After that no pictures CQuld be taken.

Bobby Fischer, who bas phenomenal hearing, could detect the click of a shutter a block away. Since the pictures were taken during the first five minutes of play, Fischer refused to play and so penalized himself in time.

Bent Larse n and l\-[iguel Najdorf shoo· ed away autograph hunters. Mrs. Sammy Reshevsky said she didn' t photograph well and Mrs. Tigra n Petrosian referred her autograph hunters to her husband.

However, Reshevsky posed for photo· graphers. Hein Donner and Borislav Ivo­kov were last to arrive.

Setting Fischer did not like the chess set used,

so a new set had to be dug up for him. The setting is great- fi ve boards and a

magic lantern projection of the moves. The " white" pieces are actually pink to show up beller on the screen. There is literally no " bad" scat. Bllt the closer you arc the more Iun you get watching the chess greats.

How do they look? Well, Petrosian was very neat in 11 short·slecved plaid shirt. Donner wore the same type of shirt but with a hairdo a In North Beach. Portisch was very natty in a maroon·and·blue str ipe short sleeve knit shirt. Ivkov wore a sports jacket and Wolfgang Un­zicker a semi-Western style buff shirt and pants.

Boris Spassky appeared in a blue suit and ti e, Fischer very thin in a grey sui t and Najdorf in a blue suit, the jacket of which he hung over the back of a chair. In a white shirt, open at collar and with sleeves roll ed up past his elbows was Larsen . Reshevsky was in somber suit and toupee.

Pacers Habits-most of them pace when they

have time-Fi scher almost a military march as he steps from one playing plat· form to another _ thUmp - thump _ thump. Larsen walks up and down near the rope with his hands behind his back. Najdorf takes one player at a time and whispers in their ear. Petrosian usually

SEPTEMBER, 1966

walks with his arms folded. The most ner vous one is Donner who

smokes constantly and puffs nervously on his cigarettes. Spassky, on the other hand, lights each cigarette slowly, cup· ping the match as if lighting the ciga· rette m a high wind.

When Fischer sits down, he always shoots his chai r into the table wit h two short jerks.

Stlnce Petrosian folds his arms across his

chest, then leans forv.'ard until his el· bows rest on the board. His wife fo l· lows his game with a pocket set. Some· times he wraps his legs around the chair legs.

Reshevsky appears never to move any· thing, even the chess pieces. Donner bangs his knees together and has a sad look. Fischer and Unzicker arch their backs and almost touch heads when peer­ing intently at the board_

Spassky seems almost III a conversa· tional pose, Sitting sideways and well back in the chair wit h legs crossed and one arm usually draped on the chair back. Sometimes Petrosian puts his head in his hands and rocks sideways. Reshev· sky pulls at his collar and tie.

Noise The noise level was higher than at a

library, to my sur prise. There is an analysis room hut the fu n is out front and you might surprise yourself and actually come up with your favorite player's next move. They play slowly and use up most oI their time.

I had an orgy of chess and highly recommend the feat to all chess fans . .. strong players and patzer 's alike!

My friend, Art, would win mOlly more games at chess if he could remcmber his mQt;e.t as well (IS his v ivid Victlln: 0/ the participant" i n the PiCtigorsky CliP touma· ment.

I t mig/' / ill/crest tile fans to know tile ages 0/ tile contestants: Pc/rosian, USS R, W orld C/lOm pioll, 3 7; Donucr, 1I0llaml, 89; Fischcr, USA, 23; h;kov, rugos/a cia, 33; Larscn, Denmark, 31; Naidor!, Argentina, 56; Rcs/lCvskV, US A, 55; S jJas$ky, USSR, 29, allll Unzicker, W est G(,'rmany, 41 .

- Gcorge Koltanowsk i

BONFIRE BONFIRE, I neWliletter, reques" your leHer for publication diSCUssing Iny ISpect of chen. Letters should be wriHen IS open letters to BONFIRE's relders lind signed with the writer's Iddress includ'ed. Subscription ret" of BONFIRE are $1.30 for twelve 15-sues.

BONFIRE Box 14122

SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS (782-14)

NIMZO·INDIAN DEFENSE Reshevsky 1. P·g4 N ·K83 19. B·B4 2. P-OB4 P·K3 20. R· R 3. N.QB3 B·N5 21. Rx P 4. P-K 3 P·B4 22. 'h R s. B-03 P~ 23. P·R3 6_ N·Bl 0-0 24. P.o5! 1 . 0 ·0 Px BP 25. PxP 8. Bx BP QN-Q2 26. B·B4 9. B.Q3 P·QN3 27. Bx Pch! 10. P.QR3 Px P 21. Q-K6<;h II . PxP Bx N 2'.1. 8 .06 12. Px B B.N2 30. N-KSth 13. R·K Q.B2 31. RXN 14. B.Q2 KR-K 32. K ·R2 IS. Q·K2 OR·B 33. Q-B5t h 16. QR·B B.o4 34. R·K7th 17. P_84 B·N2 35. 8 ·K5 18. P.gR4 Q·B3 36. IbPch !

Porllsch I . P.Q4 2. P.QB4 3. N.QBl 4. P·K 4 5. B·K2 6. B·N5 7. p.QS 8. P.QR4 9. B.Q2 10. N-B3 11 . B PxP 12. 0-0 ll. Q.B2 14. P·R3 l S. 8 x B 16. P-R5 17. R· R4 18. B·K2 19. K_R2 20. B·N4 21. PxN 22. P·N3

KING' S INDIA N DEF ENSE

H ·K83 P·KNl

B·N2

'.0' 0 -0 P-B4

P-QRl Q.A:4 P·K 3 ,., R-K

Q-82 8-., b_

QN·Q2 R_K>

QR·K P_R3

p·KN4 Nx Sch B· K4ch

N·B3

23. P·B] 24. QR.R 25. Px P 26. N·K2 '.11. N·B4 28. 101 ·0 3 29. QxBP 30. RxQ 31. B· B3 32. Bx B 33. R-N3 34. R·N6 35. R_K 36. Rx R 37. K ·R3 38. N·RS 39. N·B6 40. RKQP 41. R·q 7 42. N x Rch 43. Nx P

Round Seven QUEEN'S INDIAN DEFENSE

Ivkov 1. P.Q4 2. P·QS4 3. N.KS ] 4. P·KN3 5. B·N2 6. 0·0 7. H ·Bl 8. Nx N 9. H·K 10. NxB 11. P-K 4 12. 8 ·K3 13. H ·84 14. R·B IS. H-Q3 16. P-B3 17. P-q1l:4 18. H·B2 19. BKP

H.K S) P·K 3

P-oH3 B·H2 8 ·K2 0 -0

H· K5

••• ••• P·Q3 _.0' <>.

P·QB3

' -K P·QB4

Q.R3 B·B3 ,., •••

20. Qx 8 21. QxQP 22. Q.Q 23. Q·B2 24. KR·Q 25. Rx Rch 26_ R-Q 27. Nx R 28. K ·N2 29. P·R4 30. p_R.5 31. N-B2 32. Q-Q 33. K ·B 34. K ·H2 35. N-R3 36. N-B4 Resigns

Donner qxRP

Q·B3 ' _R R • • R·R6 .. , ...

Q.QS, ... K ·H3

Q-QR4 _ .. R·R8ch

.-R K_B'.! K~

R·K S ResIgns

Iv kov • .0' P-R4

NxRP P·NS .. , Q·N5 ••• N·B3

NxKP

••• R{I )-K'.I

. R·02 N-83

N-NSch _<R K_. R-82 N-85 R ..

K-K2 Dnwn

5pl nky N-84

QxRP Q-NI K R.o

P·KR3 ... RxRch

g ·K 8th P·gR4

K-. K ·K2 Q·K6 P·B3 N·Nt. _.0'

NxQBP .. -QUEEN' S GAMBIT DECLINED

Donner Portl sch 1. P-Q4 N_KB3 20. R·R N·QBS 2. P-QB4 P·K3 21. K R·N R·R 3. N .QB3 P·Q4 22. Q.a H-R5 4. Px P PxP 23. Rx R RxR S. B-NS P· B3 24. R-R Q.Q 6. P·K3 QN-Q2 25. P·N3 N·B6ch 7. B.g3 B-K2 26. NxN 8. Q.B'- 0-0 27. B ·B5 9. N·B3 R-K 28. B·R3 10. 0 ·0 N·B 29. B·N2 11. QR.N P.QR4 30_ Qx R 12. P-QR3 N·N3 31. K x B 13. P·ON4 Pxl> 32. P· R3 14. P xP H·K! 33. K x P 15. Bx B QxB 34. K·N2 16. K R·B 8 ·N5 35. 101_101 17. N ·K QR-Q 36. K-N3 18. N-R4 P-N4 Dn wn 19. N·BS N.Q3

.. -P.R4 P·R5 h. ••• • .0. .. , • .0' N-84

N·RSch N_B4ch

219

I

ItUY LOPEZ UnJicker 1. P· K4 2. N·KB3 3. B·HS 4. B·1t4 , . 0.0

" A· K 7. B-H3 I . " .B3 t . " -KIt3 lD. P'04 11 . ON-02

P·K4 N-QB' "-QA3

N·Bl B·K2

"-QN4 0.0 ... ,

... " '·K •••

12. N-B 13. H·H3 14. B·B2 15. PxKP U. H·BS 17. N·A2 II. OxO " . PxB 2D. N· N4 21. PxH

Auh4",ky B·Q2

H-QA4 " ' BI ... H·es .,N

QAxQ P·K5 .,N P·K6

SICILIAN

22. K_B

DEFENSE D. l wn

LI.lln Pel rO l lin This may well turn out to be the game

of the tourname nt. Larsen got the typical white bind in the opening, and Petrosian never equalized. His knight march from moves 15 to 17 only lost further time and space.

Larsen's pieces completely dominated the king side. The brilliant breakthrough by 25. QxP! brought t; eoUective gasp Irom the large audience that was some· thing to hear. A few minutes later came a hearty round 01 applause for Larsen when the champion resigned. 1. P·KI I'-QBI I'. P ·KB5 2. H·KBl H-QB3 17. B·NI 3. P.QI I'xP 11. PxP 4. NxP ,,·KH3 It. Q·K81 5. B·K3 B·,n 2D. P·K5 6. P-QBI N·B3 21 . Q.R4 7. H-Qal N· KN5 22. Rxa • • OxH Hx H 21. R·81 t . Q-Q H·Kl 11. Q.A6 Ie . Q-Q2 "-Ql 25. QxPI 11 . • ·K2 B-Q2 26_ RxH 12. 0 ·0 0-0 27. B·Kkh 13. QR-Q B-oa3 21. RxA 14. H-QS It·K 19. R-KH5 15. p ·a4 N·a2 30. A_Hl

Nlldorf 1 . "-Q4 2. p-Qa. 3. N-oal 4. P_K4 5. a ' K2 6. II·N5 7. p ·QS I . N-Bl t . a · ltl 10. apxl' 11 . B·N3 12. "-02 13. 0 ·0 II. 0 ' B2 U . OR· K 16. P.QR4

"orllsch I. " ·04 2. " ·OB4 1. N·KBl • . Q.N3 5. oxa .. • . I'·KH3 7. B-N2 I . 0 ·0 t . H·B3 '0. A·K 11. O·H) 12. 0xQ 13. HXN 14. N·K5 15. axB 16. B-Q3 17. " .K3 II. R-Q 19 . .. -QR3 10. It· N 21 . " ·OA4 22. PxOP 22. PxP 24. PxP U . P ·N) 26. R-N2 27. QR-G2 21. a ·1I4 H . RxR » . aXR

22'

KIHO 'S IHDIAN DEFENSE

H·KB3 "·KH)

B·N2 ... , 0-0

P' 1I4 P.K3

P' KR3 ... P.kH4

P ·NI P ·1l3 '·K

0 'K2 QN-02 P-QN5

17. N·a 11. N.K3 " . N(3}-B4 20. BxH 11. P-KS 22. B·B3 23. NlIP 24. H(2}-B4 15. H·" 26. RxA 17. R-Q 21. P·R3 H . H(6 1-A5 30. O-BS 31. NxN

Round Eight SLAV DEFENSE ....

P·OB3 N·Bl ... 10·104

OH-Q2 " · Kl B·K2 0.0

101 -1<5 Q·N3 "0 hN N'N N·BS

P-QNI KA-a B-N5 B·K2 " ·KI

"lIQP a ·1I3 ... .,. N·Il' N·NI

0'" ". b. K·'

3'. P-B4 32. 11·03 33. K-N2 34. B-K2 35. II ·KIIl U . 1I · l(2 37. B-QR5 38. P-R3 3t. K·Bl 40. B·N' 41. 8081 I'. B-1t5 43 . B-Q'ch 44. B-QB7 4$. B.g6 46. B· B' 47. B·KR6 ... B· NSch If. 8 · N5 SO. B.Q' 51. a ·K8 52. a ·1t5 53. 8·1t4 St. a-Q2 55. K·H2 56. B·K 57. BxS 5 • • B·a6 st. a.a3

H·Rl N·1I4

ItpxP R.KB ... hN

N-K3 B-Bl 8 -N2 N·IIS .'0 R· B2

K·' P ·HI

Ilulgnl

Fllcher H· K4 N· N3 N·85 ... ... 0·'

II ·N2

0'" ". ' ·K ••• • . K ' ·N N",

Rell\ln l

Unzicker H·Ol

II-QSch P· N3

"-QB4 N· 1I4 K· K3 P· A4

N.K6t;h P· BI N·B7 N·N5 K·al K· N2 K·B3 N·B3 H· N5 K·K2 K·'

K·a2 K·N2 101·06 N." N", N·1I7 H·K5 .... .,' P·1l5

Drewn

GRUEHFElD DEFENSE Sp"l ky 1. P-Q4 2. P-oBI 3. H.QB3 4. PxP S. P·K4 .. PxN 7. B-QIII 8. H·K2 t . B-Kl 10. 0-0 I I . R-B 12. O·K n . P·84 14. 8 .Q3 15. R-Q " . 0 · B2 17. BxP " . PxB I'. N·H3 20. P·OS 21. PxP 22. P·BS 23. BxP 24. AxR 25. a · N

N-KB3 P-kHl ....

N" N,N B·N2

P-Q1I4 1'1·101 0-0

Q_B2

R" P·K3 N·1l1 p·al P·H3

PxOP .,. II· N2

.. " IIPxP QxKP ... , ".

R·KB Q-1I3

26. Q·S2 27. "xP n . 0 ·02 2' . • ·KII 3D. <H)4ch JI . H·K4 12. Sxll U . OxO 31. KxR 35. P·KA4 36. K_K2 17. K·K3 » . K·B4 » . K·K3 10. P· R5 41 . K·Ol 42. B· Il. 43 . K·B4 44. P ' R4 45 . P.RS 46. B·K4 47. K.HS ... II ·H ft. K· R6 50. B·R2

KIHG'S FIANCHETTO GAME Petroll ln ,. H·KSl 2. P·KN3 3. P-QN4 4. B·QN2 5. B-N1 6. 0 ·0 7. P·OAl • . PxP t . IIxR 10. P·B3 11 . P-QJ 12. QH.Q2 13. P ·B4 14. 0 ·B2 U . PxP '6. R·N '7. P·K4 n . N·N3 It. N·A5 20. P.A3 21 . 8 ·B 22. 0 ·0 23. P·Q4 24. NxP 25 . B·KH2 26 . HIQlxBI' 27 . HxN n . 8xB It. O·k )t. IlxQ 31 . RxB 12. 8xP 33. It· ltlch 31. B·KI 35. R·R7 '6. BxP 37. B-N3 3'. A· Il'ch » . R.R6 40. K·H2 41 . II·B2 42. A·QB6 4). R·1I5

Fischer I . P· t(4 2. N.KB3 3. P·QI 4. NxP 5. H·OB' 6. B·K3 7. B-Q3 .. 0 ·0 t . P·KR3 10. P·1I4 11 . BxN 12. 0-03 U . P·K5 14. O_Q 15. P·BS '6. PxP 17. QR.K 1 •• NxB It. 11-0' 20. RX"

0·0 P-Bl

P-GR4 .... ... Q·N3 ....

ON-Q2 Q·B2 P·KI ' ·K N,.

P-QNI H (4)-Hl

Q.Ql N·N

N·AS ... , 0·K2 p"

QxKP 0 ·K2 .,N h. ...

OxQ<h

'" ... , N-.6 K· N2 .,. K·.

R-K5 R-K1 '·K

A·Kl H·KS K·H2 H·Bl N ·K

44 . B·a 45 . P·AI 46 . B·B2 47. P-N4 41. K·H3 49. II ·K4 50. P. B3 51. B-05 52. K· B4 53. R·" St . K·K4 51. K-Q4 56. K·1I5 57. R·H6 51. K·OI st. p ·al 6D. B.K6 6' . B. N3 62. II .QS U. K.KS 64. K·Q6 65. B.K6 66. 11·11' 67 . P· IIS ... PxP n . A·H 70. k-05 71 . R.N6ch n . K.KS 73. K·1I4 74 . II ·N7 75. B·.3 7" " . RS 77. II-KI 78. K-K5 79. A· N7ch 80. R·NI II. B·Q5 U . P' Skh '3. It·H7ch ... R·QB7 IS. A· B' ." k ·Q6

Round Nine SICILIAN DEFENSE

P-oll4 H-Q1I3 .,.

P·K3 Q·B2 N·B3

P-<lR3 N·K4

P.QN4 H·1I5 0" P·04 N",

QPxQ N .. .,. N", ". 0.0.0

N-a4

n . A·1I6ch 22 . RxN 23. QR·B5 24. A.1I7c h 25. RxP 26. N·RI 27. P'ON3 21. R·K7 It. R·K6ch 30. A·K4 31. Rxlt 32. K·1I2 33. R.K2 34. K·Kl U . A·B2 U . K·1I3 37. K· K2 38. K·B It. R.K2 40. R·a2

Fllcher K .• ." K· N2

Q·K2 R·BJ "N ....

RxR c h ". H·B5 N·KI K·B3 N·B2 P' N4 N·R3 K·K4 K·03 P·H5 N·N

H-Al P· N6 N ·N

~" K·IIl Resigns

Hljdorf

N·B3 P· A3 N·A2

••• R.Rl R·K2

R· KII2 A·R2 . ·K2 . .. ,

A.K2ch R·R2 ... ,

R·Bkh R·K2 N· A2 N·'

N·R2 R·082

R·1(2,h R·A2

••• R·K.2 .,.

N·R2 K·B3 N·'

K-N2 R·K2ch

R-oB2 R·BI R-RI

R· R5c h N,P2 N •• K·'

R-R4ch K· N2 K·Rl K·'

It· N4 K. A2

. ellgnl

K·Hl ." 11·03 K-B3 P· N5 .... B·K4 P·B6 B·Q3

R· KII h. , .. ,

R·II4ch P-oftl

R_K4ch R· B4ch R·K4t h

P_RI A·Btch D.lwn

HIMXO.IHDIAN DEFENSE Donne r 1 . P.Q4 2. P-oB4 3. N·Q., 4. P·K3 5. N·k2 6. P-QRl 7. Nx B •. I'-oN4 ,. I'xP '0. NxN II. P·B3 12. 0 ·B1 13. P·K4

N.KS3 P.K3 II ·N5

.. -QN3 0.0

aXH e h P·Q4 11 ·1'12 N" .,.

O·KNI ••• Q.k2

II. B.K3 IS. 8 ·kl

'" QPxP 17. P·HS 11. 0-0 It. BxHP 2D. P.oA4 21. Q.B3 22 . Px. 23. KR-Q 24. OxA 25. 0·113 Drlwn

Spnl ky ... ' P·QBI ... !"-QU ...

1I·1t3 P·1t3 ." 0 .. ' ". 0 -.2 Q·H2

SiCiliAN DEFENSE Unz icker 1. P·K4 2. N·KII3 3. P-Q4 4. Hxl' 5. N-G1I3 6. B·K2 7. N·H3 •. 0-0 , . B·K3 10. P·B4 11 . BxllP '2. K·A 13. Q-K '1. R·Q 15. H·Q4 '6. B·B 17. 0 · N3 I • • 1'1 ·115 ,t. RxP 20. QR·O 21 . P-OIl3 n . PxB 23. HxP 24. H·QI 25. Rxlt 26 . QR.o 27. O·Hl 11. B· IIl 2'. A·B 30. OxB 31 . RxO 32. R·K3 33. BxN 34. P·B6 lS. RxP 36. K-H 37. K· B2 11. K·Hl n. RxRP

P' OB4 ... , ... N·KIIl " ·0113

P· K4 B·K3 0.0

B·Kl ... H-B3 •. , N· K4

KH-Q2 O·Hl kA·K , .• K·.

Q·1t4 P-QNI h. h. ".

AxOIl ... N·KB3

10·11' Q ...

0'. 0'0

P ·KItI KN· NS ." ...

It·OH It·Nlch A_H7ch

K·N2 p ·a3

40. R·RS 41. A·K7ch 42. R-QIIS 43. Kxl' 44. K· A3 45. R\1l-QB7 46. R-ill 47. k-N4 ... R· KH2 If. K· Blch SO. R·BSch 51 . A·K2ch 52. A·B7ch 53. R-N2ch 54. R· B$eh 55. R·K2eh 56. R·Q5 57. R. KB5 51. R·B4 59. K-H3 60 . K-N2 61 . R(2)- KB2 U . A· llSeh '1. P·R3 64. R·II 65. k ·Al 66. A(s )-84 67. R(I )-81 ... R. N3ch 69. P-A4 70. P·R5 71 . P-A6 72. R· N7ch 73. P·R7 74. K-N3 75. R-KA 76. R·N' 77. KxP 11. K· KI

I"ko" N· B5 K-Nl H·Q3

RxPeh R·A7 N·KS

R' Rkh ... ' Il ·R5ch K·al K·K3 K·B2 K. N3 K·B4 K.J[3 I(·B2 N.BS K_H3

N· KIch R-R6ch

I('·N4 A.R3 K .. , .... N·KI N· al N·KI R·Nl K·1I3 H·H3 N· I(I

••• K·1(3 R·I(A P·B4 K."

p ·aSc h N-Hlch Relllni

VIENNA GAME L.rsen I . P ·KI P ·k4 2. . ·114 B-III 3. N-oBS N.QBl 4. 0 -N4 P-KN3 5. Q.a3 N· 1I3 6. KH·K2 P·03 7 . P.Q3 II ·KNS • • Q. N3 P.KAl 9. P · III 0 ·K1 10. N·QS NxH 11. QxB N.1I3 12. Q·A3 N.QItI 13. B. N5ch P_B' 14. B-A4 P·QNI 15. B·N3 P.QI 16. BPxP QxP 17. P· B' HxB 1 • • PxN B-N3 I' . R·B B.o 20. II ·B4 a ·K3 21 . axQch PxO 22. N-ol P.P 23. NxBP It·R2 31. Hxll AxH 35. R·R6 PxP 26. BxP RxB 27. RxPch K'02

N' idorf 1. P-QB4 l . P-04 1. N'OBl 4. P ·K3 5. 10 ·01 6. N.B3 , . 0.0 I . P-oll3 9. BxBP ' 0. 8-Q3 11. H·K4 12. B_N

HIMZO·INDIAN

N·KBS P. K3 a · NS P·1I4 .... 0-0

OH-02 PXBP a ' RI Q. K2 .,N N·a3

21. kRaN It. ll-Q6ch 30. RxA SI . K·82 32. RxP 33. A·02 34. K-B3 35. P·QN4 36. K·K3 37. K·QI 38. K-BS 39. K-H' 40 . P·H3 41. KxP 42. R·H2 43. KxP 44. K.R5 45 . P· NS 46. K ·H4 47. K·B5 48. K-Q6 49. K." SO. K·H7 5'. P_H' 52. K·R6 51. R·H

DEFENSE

Porllsch ." K·K2 I(xRi3)

R·RI R·ON.

K· KI P.R3 I(·B4 K· N5 K· N6 .. ·N4

R.QRI 1t·01l1 ...

P· N5 K·1t7 , .•

R· llch

'''N Il· ach .... R·Be h , .•

P' H' R·a7

RUllnS

13. 11· 112 R" " ' ''lky ...

14. PxP U . Q·Ol 16. N.K5 17. B. K3 I'. II-Q2 It. H·H4 20. B· Kl 21 . N· K5 22. OR·B 23. a.N3 Dr,wn

P·KItI

' ·0 II ·H3 . .. , a ·1I3 N·K5 P·1I4 ....

OR·a h.

CHESS LIFE

I

I

Round Ten .. IRC.R08ATSCH DEFEHSE

Llrsen 1. N·K61 2. P-K. 1. P_04 • • N-81 S. 6 ·K2 6. 0-0 7_ 8 · Kl ._ 0 ·02 9. PxP 10. OR.ct II. RxO 12. KR_O 13. RxR I •• H '05 U . Px8 16. 6 -0 17. P·8] 1'. 8 _R .. I'. N·H4 20_ H.Q3 11_ Px8 2"2_ R·O 11. 8 ·H 3 11. K·82 1S. P-ORI 26. K-Kl 27. 8-84 28_ P ·HI 29. 8 ·H3

Unt.lcker 1. H·K81 2. P-81 ]. P-Q .. • . N-8, S. P-QR. 6. P-Kl 7_ 8xP •• 0.0 , . O-Kl 10_ P _R3 11 . R-Q 12. P·K. 11. P -K5 14. H·K4 15. PxP • . p . 16. H.Hl

I"_KH3 8·Hl ... '

H·K81 0<>

8 · NS H.83 I" ·K. ... ••• KR·O

'" N·K •• N N'" H.K]

••• P·083

8 .8. ... , .. 1". 81

Ntl ,. N1

K·' " ·OR4

K.Kl N·82

NtN)·K H.Ol

SLAV

p·OI P ·081

H·83 ." .·81 P.I; 1

8.oId ... 8 ·N5

8 .KR' ~H·02 ~ ·K2 N·OI

"·Ka' ... 8 .N3

30. P·R4 31 . P-RS 12. P·R6 11 RPxP l4 . R-Q8 U . R-QR 36. RxR 17. NxNP 11. NxP 39. H·N4 <Ill. H·OS 41. B-R. .2. B·8' 41. NxP « . NxP~h

45. HxP~h ". I"·R7 41. P·K84 II. K·Ol .9. P ·84 so. K-Bl st . P_BS 52. K·Nl n. K·R3 54. P-86 55. P·87 U . P·85 U. K·R'

DEFENSE

17. 8 ·KR' 18. a.ol Tt. Bx8 10. B·N3 11. R·K 22. 0-Q7 23. OR.8 24. I -~

15. R·B4 U . IbN 27. H.as 2 .. RxNP fl. RxR 30. N ·KI 31. Q·B4

QUEEN'S GAM81T

Ivko v

R·OR P·KNC

P·N4 NtOlx NP

H·01 ... ... ,., N.KB2

H·Nl H.Q2 H·B4

••• ... K·82 K_Nl K·N2 H·Q2 N·RI

N·OB3 11 ·8' N.Q2

H_ •• rh K·'

H·0 2

N·' K·H2

Reslgons

Donn . ... KR·K

P..QRI ... R·RI N·'

KPxR N.H3 N" R·N. ".

Rt RI·RI P.Hl ... R·N6

'lrlwn

Spnsky P.,..,.lln

This was the second meeting between the Russians, and the second quiet draw. This was expected, and it has become part of the normal state or thin gs that Russians competing in international tourn aments will draw with eact. other .

It is no help to their standings, since each player loses half a point. 1. P-OI P-04 12. a.Q2 2. " ·084 P~P 13. 8 ·83 3. N_KB3 H·Kal 14. OR·I!I 4. P.K3 p . ... , , S. P·KRl 5. 8xP I"·B4 16. Rx R 6. O,,() P OR 1 17. RxR 7. PxP axp 18. K-B II. O.O~h KxO I'. K·Kl 'OH·02 H·1I3 10. KH·04 10. R..Q K·Kl 11. BKH 11. H-Nl B·H3 n. N. 8

RUY LOPEZ

, .• a.o2 '·K

!hltch R.'

h:x R KK> P· H ~ N • • ...

D ... lwn

FlscMr RISMv, ky

Automatic draws are not the style with Americans, certainly not with Fi scher. The 23-year-old U.S. Champion had not won a game since the third round , and he was starving for points.

Rcshevsky had the wor.<;t of the open· ing, with a backward pawn on the open QB file, and the strong outpost for White's knight. Fischer went all out in the attack against the queen side pawns, eventually winning one.

The action then shifted to the king side, wherc Reshevsky attempted to find counterplay. In almost no time Fischer also had his queen and rook ready for mating threats. It was the black king which was more vulnerable, as Fischer soon showed.

SEPTEMBER, 1966

•• S. 10.03 C. 0 ·0 7. P-QN3 • • PxP 9 • • • H2 10. O·Kl 11. OH-Q2 11. OR·O 13. II· N I • . N·KS IS. Nx N 16. PXP 17. 11 ·0] II . H.B3 I t. KIt·K 20. Q.K] 31 . 8 .KB

N·KB] P·K3

,".QN3 8 -N2 P_B4 a ·Kl ... , ... ... H·Bl '.K

8 ·KB ,., ... "N P·N3

II ·KNl ... ' II ·H2 O·Bl ....

:no H· NS 23. P·KRl 1 •. 0 ·ON3 U . H·.3 26. o x B 27. O.oH3 11. P-Q5 29. RxP 30. Pxlt 11 . o x B 32. a .R' 33. a ·B4 3'. P·ORI 15. B·NS 36. 10 ·10' 17. 0 · 83 U . P·RS 39. Qx P '0. 0 ·R2

Dn,w"

Round Eleven

, .K P.oRI

B· N3 N·RS N.N

P..Q81 . ·K] .... '" ' ·N ... "N ... 0 ·R5 K·1t2 R·H5 K.R3

OXRP Rul,ns

Three games of the round were agreed as drawn in 20 to 22 moves. The game was even at all times. If one grand­master is satisfied to hold the line in this kind of position, there is little the other can do.

SICILIAN DEFEHSE Undckn I. P.K4 P'OB4 12. II·K3 2. N. KB3 P·0 3 U . 0 ·03 1. P'04 P x P 14. H..Ql 4. HxP N·KlIl 15. P.Q84 S. H'083 P'Olll 16. P.N1 • • P·KHl poKe 17. 0 -K2 1. H.N3 B·D 1'. KR·8 • • a ·N2 0 ·0 1'. P·OR. t . O..() P'OH3 20. Q.o 10. H.oS Nx N 21. p · Re 11. QxN R·R3 2"2 . KIt·N

QUEEN'S INDIAN OI!FENSE Ivkov 1. P·OI 1. p-Qa. 3. N·Ka, I . P-K N3 5. B·N2 ,. 0 ·0 7. H·B3 • . 0 ·102 t . OliN 10. 0 ·102

H·KB3 11 . H.K P. K] 12. Nx8

P'ON3 11. R·O B·H2 14. 0 ·1t4 B·K2 U . OxQ 0·0 16. N·a,

" ·K5 17. P·Nl N"H 11. N..Ql P.o3 19. B·H2

P·KBI 20. P 'OR3 KING' S IHDIAN DEFS HSE

Sp"sky a ·K3 ... , a·.

R·1I2 N·" , .N KR·B 0 -N2 p ·R3 ...

D ... ~wn

Hl rd o rf ." ... , N·83 H·KI

••• K·!l2 ,..I(H' . ·B3

P.oR4 Dn,w"

Donner Ltrsen Arter the exchange of queens on the

23rd move Donner offered a draw. Lar­sen might have accepted and joined the other players who were already through ror the rou nd. He decided to play on.

Having made his choice Larsen made some ef£orts to complicate, a difficult 'llaller ir a balanced position. Towards thl! "nd. Larsen's pieces seemed to be all in the wrong places, with his king far off . Something had gone wrong, and Larsen had lost.

It was Donner's first victory of the tournament, and Larsen's first setback since the opening round.

Query-should Larsen have accepted the draw? Certainly he would have been

better orr in the game. But he had also refused draws in other games and won. 1. 1'·01 2. p.Qa, 3. P·K"3 , . 8 ·Nt 5. PxP ,. poKe 7. H·K2 • • P.OS t . 0 ·0 10. P-oR4 11 . OH.B, 12. PxP 13. 0 ·H3 14. B·K3 15. HxH 16. BXOP 17. H-OI 18. KR·K 19. Q·B4 20. N·al 21. O.Hl

N·KlIl P· KHl . ..., .... ." N·N1 N-83 N·N 0 ·0

P·K3 ••• ' ·K P..QB, N" "N

0 · K2 N'02 N·B. .... N·K]

P.QR4

21. QKP 11. 8 xQ 24. 8 · 14 25. a-QNS u.. .·.2 27. R..QII 21. OR·82 29. Rx R 30. I"xa 11 , R·1I3 32. K·a2 33. P-R4 31. k ·K2 35. N..Q1 36. H·84 '7. K·Q3 31. K·Q4 39. R· Rl ... N..Q6 'I. K·K5

NIMZ()'INOIAH DEFIN$I!

..­B· •• .... . .. ••• a _1I4 , ..

a ·KS K·H2 P-R3 a ·o' R.oa I

N·II'ch B·K5 P·B4

H·Kk ... R'II,nl

R" .... nky P.tro,T.n No one would have ventured to predict

at the opening of the tournament tbat the world cha mpion would be languish. ing in the second division alter 11 rounds.

None of the other participants has In­dicated any interest in helping Petrosian out of his predicament, nor has he shown any great personal anxiety. What about the current game? Just another draw. 1. P..Q4 2. .. ..Q.4 3. N-Oll3 4. " . Kl S. 8.ol 6. N .• , 7. 0-0 • . Bx8P t . 10.03 111. P·ORl 11. PxP 12. R·K

H·K.3 "·kl 8 ·H5 P-84 ... ....

P x8P ON·02 P'OHl ... •. .,

B_H2 NIMZO-T HDIAN

11 .. 11.01 14, 0 ·K2 15. QR.Q 16. II .H5 17. H·KS 11. N-KI 19. 8x8 10. axH 11. o x ll 22. QxQ

Dnwn

DeF!NSE

P'ORl I"..QN.

H.H3 ,., ON.04

N • • N" ... .... N"

Port llch Fisc h , ...

Somehow games do not look drawish when Fiscber is playing. When he is "on," there is an inventiveness. an originality to his play that has not been evidenced by anyone else in the tourna· ment.

Givini up two rooks ror a queen is not generally a good trade. In the ending particularly, the power of the rooks is generally decisive.

Fischer of course was not playing gen· erally, but a speCific position. He saw that after the trade he would win a pawn, and that his queen and knight would occupy dominating squares .

Portiseh went in fo r it, perhaps judg· ing the situation differently. As the game went, Fischer was clearly justiried. His knight penetrated, and in a few moves rorced the win of the exchange. After that It was routine. 1. P'0 4 2. P'01l4 3. N.oB1 , . " . K] 5. H.K2 6. N·Nl 7. Pxll •. o ·al t . P·KI 10. HxP 11 . Qx N 12. B· . 3 13. 8-ol 14. oxR 15. oxRch ,.. 0-0 17. OR.K 1 • . a x8

H·KB3 P_K3 .. N'

P.oN3 8 .R3

BxH~h

P'OI ... PxKP N.N ... , , ·K

p·KB. N-1I1

••• N· RI ... • ••

19. a ·8 20. PxP n . 8-B' 22 • • ·Kl 13. a ·K5 24 . KR·K 25. P·KRl U . K· R2 27. R·K. 28. p ·KRI U. Rtl )KN 30. Rxl" 31. R·8kh 11. 8 · N7 33. I"xP 3 • • R·8'ch 3S. R-QR,

Rul,lns

p·BI ... P·K.'

P·N4 ••• K·B2 p _IIS P·R3 0 ·0. N_K6 ".

Qxltl" K ·K .... ...

K .. ' K·83

". --

TOURNAMENT LIFE Tournament organlle rs wishing an­

nouncement of USCF-rated Ivants should submit requests at I .. st six weeki before the pu blicat ion d. t e of CHESS LIFE on specia l f orms obUtn­able from U.S. Chen Federation, 80 E. 11th St., New York , N,Y. 10003.

Od obe . ' ·9

5th Annuli QUAKER CITY OPEN

!J..rd Swiss. 50/2, at Fiesta }\1(1tOt Inn , R"",te 'H, Phlladelphl~ Pa. (South of P I. Turnpike WI low Grove Jl,ldt). Ent ry ree $12. Prl~es : $200 1st, $100 2nd, $60 Srd, $50 to top Expert, $45 t op A, $40 tap B, $31) top C, plu! t rop hies to top EXpert, A, B, C, Woman. Senior, Col­legiate and others. Benko clock to top D, Junior helow 2000, Unrated, Handicap, Vfset, 2nd A, 2nd S, 2nd C. Regist ration 0 • . 7, 6-9 p.m. Late reglst ranl.ll may h ave 10 pay $1 ciock rental fee. Adjudications by Pal Benko. Special room rate~ for ehessplayers at Fiesta Motor t nn: $10 single, SI4 double, $17 triple. Site 1& served by PhiladcJpbla bus ;±'55. Entries and Inquiries, Albert E. Qulnd ry, 200 Loney St, Philadelphia, Pa.

October 8·9

NORTH DAKOTA OPEN 5·rd Swlu at North Dakota State University,

Memorial Union, ~'argo, N.D. $75 first prize; trophlu plus other pr12ea as cntrln permit. Entry fee $6.50, $4 to College students under 2(1. Registra tion closes 9 a.m. Oct. 8. Bring elock8 and sel$. Ma ke checks paya ble to NDSU Chess Tour ney. Entries and Inq ui r ies: S. A. P<:>pel, 1404 12th Ave. North, Fargo, N.D.

October ,.9 GREEN MOUNTAIN CHESS CONGRESS

OPEN 5-rd SwiSS 40/90, at Edwin W. Lawrence

Recreation Cen""r, 88 Center St., Rutland, VI, $50 1$t pdze, S30 to top Master, $25 top EJqlert, $20 top A, $15 top B, top C, top unrated. Entry lee: l'olasten $8, Experts $7, Class A $6, others $5. Entrants recel, 'e VCA membership. Entries close 9,3(1 a.m., Oct. 8; round one begins 10 a.m . Entries and in­qu iries: Ral ph Williams, Box 3(J6, West Rut· land, Vermont. Bring sets and e <X'ks .

October 7-Novembe r 18

18th Annual VALLEY OPEN

be played Frlday CbC41s Club, Del

Pasadena, Callfor·

~\~: ~ , ~,. Entry tee $5. ':",;" Alan Carpent . . u , Calif. 91106.

Od ohe r 14-16 EMPIRE CITY OPEN

Remittance (Ch eck or Money Or­der) must accompany all orders_

No Credit or C_O.D,

222 .

TRIPLE CROWN DATES August 14-26

U,S, OPEN Seettle, Washington

November 24-27 AMERICAN OPEN

Santa Monic., California

August 13-25, 1967 U.S. OPEN

Atlanta, Georgia

Odober 15·16

ANNUAL LANSING YMCA OPEN 5-rd Swiss, 00/2, sponsored by the LansIng

CheSi!l Club, at Lansing YMCA, 3 blocks south o f Capl.\o l. $10tl US Bond 1s t prIze plus Tr0-phY; ~ Bond {or 2nd, $25 Bond for lrd. Other prltes In aU classes . Entry Fee $6 (J rs. $5). Entries and InquIrIes to : Ed Molenda , 3105 W. Willow, Lansing, MIch.

October 15-16

SPACE CITY OPEN 5·rd Swiss, '5/2, at Ben Milam Hotel, 1521

Texas, Houston, Texas. Prizes: l$t $1~0, 2nd $Ioo~ 3rd $~O, Class A $40, Class B $30~ Class C $~(I, Class 0 $10. Entry fee $10 $.,,50 to juniors unde r 21. Entries and inquir ies: Er ie Bone, 51O!i Tamaraeh, Baytown, Tens 77520.

Oc:tober '5·" 2nd CLOUDCROFT RESORT OPEN

5-rd Swln, 45/2, a t Firemen's Hall in Cloud­croft, New Mexico. Reflster between 8 and 9 a.m. on Saturday, Dc . 15. Entry {ee $7.50; JunIors $5.00. A U entry fees accrue to prIze fund. Entries and Inqulrles: Chrlstoph~r Feuchter, 1605 Park Avenue, Alamogordo, N.M. 88310.

October 15·16

LAKE ERIE C.PEN 5 rd Swiss 50/2, at Hote l Richford 210 Dela­

ware Ave., Bu rralo, N.Y. Entry fee $7. l ~t prlzl" $100; others depe nd on entries. Entrl ,f Mnd In-lutrlc!: Ralph J. Nasca, 286 W. TllPtier St., RuffalO, N .Y. 14201.

October 22·23

CHESS LITERATURE

New catalogs available containing many items not offered for yeal"5, All language •. Please send wants, Collec­tions bought.

Burt Hockberg 574 West End Ave. New York, N.Y. 10024

October 18·30

Fifth Annual CENTRAL CALIFO RNIA OPEN AND

QUALIFYING TOURNAMENT

Oclober 28·30

GOLD COAST OPEN

October 28·30

7 th ANNUAL BALTIMORE OPEN

October 29·30

2nd Annual CAVOILCADE OPEN

5·rd S",158, 45/1, a ~ the Goodhu \l Hotel, 549 5th St., I'ort Arihu r, Texas. $150 1st prl7.e, $75 second , $50 top A, $40 top B, $30 top C, plus troph ies; other cash prizes as entries permit. Ent ry fee $10' $6 to Juniors under 18. Advance entries and inquiries: Samuel Lovett, 2209 3rd Ave., Port Arthur, Texas.

October 29-30

WRIGHT-PATTERSON OPEN

CHESS LIFE

Octobu 2'·30 Third Annuli

NORWICH UNIVERSITY OPEN

... o .... m ber 440

... o .... mber 540

PLAINFIELD OPEN 5·rd Swill. 50/ 2, at Saen,cr lIalle, 220 Somer·

"'t St. N. Plainfield, N.J . Entry fee $S. Prlze.: h t i&\ 2nd '30, 3rd no. 3 gDml!$ Saturday, 2 Sun~IY. Dlrectlonl 10 playing ! lle: take route "H .outh to Pla lnlleld, then ealt on Somerset St. to Saen,er Halle. Busea from NY. Port Authority 1 ... l lIabie. Entries ma)' be p.kl It the tournlment site f rom 8 to , I.m . Nov. S or mailed to Denis J . Bl rry. 10 Safran Ave., Pord .. N.J .

NOVlmIMr , 4th JAMAICA

COMING SOON! The Chess Charts

Blue Book All the openings- in easily read chart form- in a set of two uni­form volumes. Based on a statis­tical analysis of 60,000 tourna­ment games b y the world's greatest players. The winning percentage shown for every move. A postcard request will bring you free sample pages and complete information about the sensational money-saving pre-publication offer.

CHESS CHARTS Box 5326, San Diego

California 92105

SEPTEMBER. 1966

No ... ember ' ·12 UTAH OPEN

November 11 ·13 SOUTHEASTERN NEW ENGLAND

OPEN

November 11·13 NEW MEXICO OPEN

S· rd Swiss. 50/ 2 \-1 . at LOt I\ Ianl01 N.t lonal Blink, 1615 Centra l. Los Alamo', N.M. Entr)' fae 55, $2 to J unlor~ unde r 18. Trophiea to top three and top Junior; book pri~es to but Class A , B. C. P . ,\ ccommoda tloni avallablc a t Loa AlamQJl Inn, 2201 Trinity Drive. Enlrle! and Inquiries: v . L. Zcliner, 2473 35 St ., LO~ ,\I amol, N .M.

No~.mbar 12·13

KLAMATH FALLS OPEN

Noyember 18·20 Eleventh Annual

SOUTH JERSEY AMATEUR e· rd Swlu a t Plua Motor HOle l, Coopcr ~n<l

Sth SU., Camden. N.J. Open to all USc.' men, be" Cl(c:<.'pt r ated Maslen. ~;nl ry fee $5, S3 to Juniors under 2t . Trophies to top th ree , CIISIIf!S A, B. C, U, Unra ted, Woman, Senio r . plu. book p n zel tOl' runneniup In each ciap. One yell" PDS$Csslon of SerpicO Memorial T rophy to hlghe$\ SJCA mcmber. Entries and Inqu iries : Dr. H. B. Matty, W WindIng Way Road, St raUord. ~ .J . 08084 .

Hov.mb.r 19·20

2nd A. I. C. OPEN

No .... mber 2,"27 AMERICAN OPEN

Hoyemba. :15.21 Second Annual

PEACH STATE OPEN 6· rd 5,,'1 ... 45/ 21,4. at 1I1auey Junior Colle,e.

181 Peachtree St ., AUanta, Ga. $400 lit prba. noo 2nd. noo 3rd , $50 4th; $00 each to top A, B, C. 0 or Unratcd, Junio r under 21. Entry tee SU to playe ... rated 1900 and a b<7Ye, '11 to tho.e 1600- 1899, t9 to othcn. AdJudlu · tion aner ' Va hours. except m 6th round. Entrl ... a'l(l. Inquiries: Maney Junior Colle,e, 181 Peacht ree St ., Allinta, Ga. 30303.

No ye m ber 15·21

7th Ann .... , MID-SOUTH OPEN

6·,·d 5 wlu, 50/ 2". at 1I0tei Claridge 109 N. :llaln S t .bMomPhl., Te nnessee. Three divisions: OPl>:N IVISION open to aU; AMATEUR DIVISION open to aU axcepl. those rated above 1799; Rl:S£RV£ DIVISION open to aU except thol<! ra ted l b<7Ye 1.599. Entry fee : Open $8, Ama teur or Reserve $II. h i prb;e $100, 2nd $SO, 3rd m In Ope n Dlvl$l.on; trophIes to lit 1. .. other d lvlslonl, with books to 2nd and l rd place.. Enlrles close I P .D>. Nov. U . Entrlet and Inqulrle!: Y . Gnner, S$SO Pa rk Ave., lIelnphl., Tenn. J8117 .

Novemb .. 2'"-27

B~AVER VALLEY OPEjN", . ,",!',

Decembe, ~ 3rd USCF FUTURITY

5-rd S"'I .. , 45J1~ , at YMCA, 31.$ Pearl St .. HarUord , Conn. Open only 10 playen who have neve r " 'on a USCY· rated tourname nt . i':ntry fee f6, $S If paid by Nov. 26. Trophle. to Champion , lOP A. B. C. Entrle. and tn· qulrte.: F"redariek S. Town",nd, 10 8@rmuda Road, Wetharltlald , Conneetleut.

O<Icember 4 Ind 11

oa.;lm ber 1t

NEW JERSEY 30-30 CHAMPIONSHIP

INSTRUCTION

Economical a nd eflicient chess in·

struction for all chessplayers below Expert strength. A developed teach· ing method that is interesting and helpful. Send $1.00 ror subscription .

Chess Scribe 20 Simmons Street Providence, R.I. 02909

IT'S UP TO YOU ••. to tell us th.t you're moving. Cop~ of CHESS LIFE .ro not forw.rclfll by the postoHln. W. need six wHb notin of In'( chin". of Iddreu.

223

"0

Chess Endings: Essential Knowledge

by Soviet Grandmaster

Y. AVERBAKH The Soviet Union's lead ing expert on

end game theory has brought toge ther in this book all the information which he considers essential to provide the average chessplaye r with a working knowled ge of lhe endgame. II is concerned with the basic pOints, particula rly those which arc most often encounter~d in practice. The first chapter describes the elementary mates and can be understood by the be­ginner. Thereafter the standard is grad ­ua ll y ra ised in order to include material which the club and tournament competi ­tor needs to have at his cOll1mand. Finally, the reader is shown how the theory which he has learned is employed in practical endings.

The author has presellted the materia l in such a way that a reade r knowing only the rudiments of the game can progress step b y step to quite an advan ced stan­dard . At the same time, the expert player can profit from thi s book by using it to revise and widen his knuwledge of the clldgame.

List Price $2 .95

USCF Member's Price Only $2.50

Modern Chess Opening Theory

by Soviet Grandmaster

A. s. To quote from the book's preface , "the

author .is a leading Soviet Grandmaster who helped to coach and prepare Tigran Petrosian in his successful bid for the world title. H ere he fu lly explains the basic ideas of opening playas practiced by the great Russ ian masters. Them~s like the fight for the center, pawn saCri­

fices for the initiati ve, and attacks on op­posite sides of the board occur in almost every opening, whatever the grade of chess or the strength of the players. This book not only teaches you how to handle such situat ions, but, just as important , shows the vital process of transforming an opening advantage into a win in the middle game."

The chapters cover the following ground: the history of opening theory; basic principles and a ims of the opening; the struggle for the center in the modern opening; new paths in th e opening; how to teach opening theory. The di scussion of ideas and principles embraces th e most recent lines and systems and is copiously illustrated b y examples from master prac­tice.

List Pr ice $4.95

USCF Member's Price Only $4.20

Pergamon Press p rints these transla tions of the original Russian edi tions on pap er of exceptiona lly high q ua lity, using a very clear type face and bind ing the final product in a sturdy "soft cover." The result is a most durable book, pleasing in appearance and yet ex tremely practical.

CHESS LIFE