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Volume Number 5 OfficlCll Publication of jfje Unltecl States (bess'federcltion Tuesday,

November 5, 1946

Denker Defends His u. S. Title TWENTY PLAYERS IN EVENT, STRONG FIELD COMPETING Reshevsky Seeks to Regain Championship · Nineteen Others Set to Thwart His Hopes

One of Lhc SlrOllgest fields in the history of the U. S. Champion"­ship Tournament is assembled at the Chanin Auditoriall1 in New York Ci ty to contest the right of Arnold S . Denker to cont inue as the U. S. Chess Champion. Among them are the former U . S. Champion Samuel Rcsllcvsky and r. Kashdan. Others arc Albert S. Pinkus, 1. A. Horowitz, Herman Steiner, Olar 1. Ulvestad, vVeaver W. Adams, George Kramer, Anthony E. Santasiere, A. Rothman, Attilio DiCamillo, Jacob Levin , IJewis r Isaacs, Albert Sandrin, Sol Rubinow, Dr. G. Drexel, A. j. Fink, Walter B. SlleSman and Ste­

phen W. Kowalski. Results oC the first round we'·c.

Isoa(!s O. Drexel 1; Fink %. Dj­Cumtno %; Ulvestud 1, SUOs IIJun 0; Kowalski O. Pinkus 1; Rublnow O. HO"owitz 1; Levin 1. Sandrin 0; SRntRSloro %. R eshevsl!y 'AI: Kra· ,wOV' 1. RaOlm,1tl 0; Dt'llk('r 1. Adums 0; l\i\shdan St.elner, ]lOst ]loned.

Round two "es ults WCL'e: Drexel 0, l .. unLl," ::'" R"t:"l';:;'" (l, DCll lt..:'T 1; Reshcvsky lJ." Kramer %: Stei· ner O. Santasiere 1; Sandrin O. KaslHlan 1: Horowitz 'fl. Levin %; ]'inkus L Rubino,," 0: Suesmall 'h. Kowalski 'h; DiCam illo 1. U1ves­tad 0; Isaacs O. Fink L

Round three results: Reshevsky 1. Danker O. Kashdan 0, I:1orowitz 1; Pinkus %. Levin 72; Steine" 1, Kramer 0: Santasiel'e 1, Sandl'in 0 ; Ulvcstad 1, Isaacs 0: Drcxel I, l<' ink 0; Kowalski 1, DiCamillo 0; Rubinow 1, Suesman 0; Rothman vs. Adams adjoul'ncd.

Hound foul' results : Drexel 0, Rolhrhan 1; Reshevsky 1, Adams 0; Sandrin 0, Kramer 1: Horowitz 1, Santaslel'e 0; Suesman O. Levin 1; DiCamillo 1, Rubinow 0; Isaacs O. Kowalski 1: Fink %. Ulvcstad 'h; Stciner vs. Denkc,' and Pinkus vs. Kashdan adjourned.

MARYLAND CHESS CLUB 100% USCF 44 MEMBERS JOIN

The newly organized Maryland Chess Club (BaHililoro) set some· thing of a "ecord whon forty-four ol its members united to send in their individual dues to the' United Statos Cbess Federation while the Club was filing for a cllarter as a Club Cbapter. or the fifty members at the organizing meeting, the oth· er six were already individual mem­bers of the USCF.

WM. R. HAMILTON EDITS BOOK OF PITTSBURGH OPEN

William R. H amilton of Pitts­burgb is acting as editor for a book of the Pittsburgh Open Tour­nament games, which will con tain two hundred and eight game sco res -all the games played by tbe top twenty players ill the tournament. l'ublication date has not been an­nounced but the book is subject to an advance sale to members of the USCF at a special pre-publica­tion price.

H.A. DITTMANN PRESENTS USCF CHESS TROPHIES

II. A. DIttmann. crart!lmnn and nl'th:Lt of Snit l..nktl Oily, lHnh. lUi!! ]lresented to t he United Stntes Chess ~'edel'atlon a very nOI'el and 4~auli rll l !:lot of Ulree tropbies fo( the U. S. Championship Tourna­ment.

For the winner or the U. S. Cham­llion sh h)--the I( ing. The chess· board is holly and macc!\ssa r e bony. the hOl'del' is lacewood (Australia). The hlack lace is imJia ebollY with genuine gold leaf 10U(!ring. Thc H illg itself is o( bleacllCfl maple.

The winner of the U. S. Woman's Championship- the Queen. The Queen is made of maple on a base of birds-eyo maple and mahogany. with the black trim of African black wood.

'J'lle Pawn Assembly. designed for the player in the U. S. Champion­s hip with the lowest score. The Pawn is of local mountain mahog­any, l'arc wood on a base of Afri­can mahogany. The black pawn is or Afl'ica.n black \vood, the red ]lawn is Philippine Yaekal. stained red. and the two pawns in the rear are Yackal in natural fini sh.

WILMINGTON CLUB TUNED-UP FOR G. KOLTANOWSKI

The Wilmington (Delaware) Chess Club is tuning lip for a visit from George K oltanowski by a strenuous lad dol' tournament. Kol­tanowski will appear on Novcmher 26 when he will give an exhibition of blind(old play and will also 1llay 30 boards simultaneously against members of the club and their friends.

Plans progress fol' the short-wave match with New Rochelle. and five members or the Amateur Radio Club of Delaware have been named to handle the radio part of the Wilmington end ol the match. The date bas not yet been settled, but according to Dr. Harold H . Morris, club pres ident. the match will prob­ably be played on a Saturday at· terJIoon in the fall.

A. SID. TEST SAYS:-Don' t be greedy. Many a player

has grabbed the QKtP aDd lost the game.

Photo: Coune..y of Salt Lake Trtbm,. INSPECTING U. S. CHAMPIONSHIP TROPHIES

If. A . DiltlllIJU II. arl;,q( (l nd cr(lfta1tJ{IIt in 100011, {JIve! II /lIlliE i7l$lIcct/on to the U. S. Glrompumship '1'Ol(I'IICHILcnt TI'ophicII which hQ /Ias donate(! /<'1 //0.> nft; f"'f1.",<tUJJ.".~1Jhe.1J.Jl Pedel'flN"'"

WOMEN'S U. S. CHAMPIONSHIP MRS. GRESSER DEFENDS TITLE

Tourney Played Saturdays and Sundays At Chanin Auditorium Oct. 26 -Nov. 16

Ten player s wi ll contest for the \;'lomen's U. S. C hess Cham­

pionsh ip title; and of the ten players four have hold the U. S. Cham­

pionship in previous years. Mrs. Gisela Kahn Gresser is the de­

fending Champion w ho won her tit le in f944. Dr. I-Jelen Weissen­

stein, Mrs. M ary Dail1 and Miss N. May Karff were co-champions

in 1939. Of these Miss Karff repeated as champion by herself in

1942. Among the o.ther contestants Miss Adele Raettig, Miss Kate

Henschel and !\.liss ' Vally Henschel were veterans of the 1944 Tournament, and lvf iss R aettig's

meetings as wen. The complote list or entrants in­

clude Mrs. Cise la Kahu Cresser.

Miss Adele Raettig. Dr. Helen 'Velsscnstein, Mrs. Kathryn Sla ·

tel'. Miss Kate Henschel. Miss N. May Kar([. Mrs. Catherine Nye,

Miss Wally H enschel, Mrs. Mary Bain. and Mrs. Raphael McCready. Mrs. Rain Is from Miami. ].'la., Miss Raettig from Hoboken, N. J., ' and Mrs. Nye from Syracuse, N. Y.

Otherwise tile players arc all [I'om New York City.

Among t hose invited to play who were unable to attend were Mrs. Adele Rivero BelCher (New York), Miss Nan ny Roos (Los Angeles). Mrs. A. H. Palmi (Jackson, Mich.) . Mrs. Charles Gurney (Yankton, So. Dakota), Miss !\fary Selensky (Philadelphia), Miss Elina Hol'O­witz (New York) and Miss Edith \Vaat·t (Jackson Heights. N. Y.). Mrs. Carolin e D. Marshall will act as Tournament Director and Miss Edith L. Weart a s Assistant TOllr­nament Director. Play will be held in the Chanin Auditorium on Sat­urdays and Sundays from Octoher 26 to November 16.

career covers the 1942 and 1940

A SMART FACULTY SHOW FACULTY AT PLAYING CHESS

Eight members of the faculty of the University of Oklahoma at Nor­man, Oklahoma, travelcd as a team to Oklahoma City and de­feated tbe Oklahoma City Chess Club by a score ol 11 to 5. A ro­t urll mat cb will be played at Nor­mall on November 3 when the memo bers of the Oklahoma City team hope to prove that they can out­s mart the professors in chess

, DUBUQUE CHESS CLUB ORGANIZED BY C. E. RHOADES

As a chess player and recently elect~d director ot the USCF it has irked C. E. Rhoades to know that his home town had no place for the serious playing of chess. This has beeu remedied by the formation or the Dubuque Chess Club which wl\l become a chapter of the USCF as soon as tpe final details of its or· ganization are completed.

(By Spccial Wire)

RESHEVSKY LEADS HOROWITZ SECOND

Ileshevllky a lone hi unlldeated with two draws and tlve victories. Standings at eud of seven round II wllh Ulree games adJollL'ued: Relh&vlky .............. '-1 Plnkul .............. 3~.2 ~ Horowttz ........ __ 5~·1~ St8tn8l' .............. _ ..... 3_3 Lovin ...................... 5-2 Fink ....... " .... " ... " ... 3·4 Kramer ...... 4~·2~ Rothm an ................ 3.4

~~I~~r ..... :·::::::~.~.4~t ~~::I'ki ·· ...... :::::U::} Denker ............ 4·2 Adam . .... __ . _______ .... }·6 DlCam'ltto .............. 4·2 lnle ......... " ............ I-li Rubtnow ............... 4_3 Sandrln .... .. .... I·' lItveltad ................ 4-) Suc.man ...... " .......... I-li

\Vomen's Champion Grisela Gres­ser lost in lhi)'d ,'OUllll to Dr. Helen Wclssenstoin. Stan dings !IrQ: Mrs. Siln _ .......... 3·0 MI .. Rlctllg ........ 1·2 Mis. Kadf ............ 3·0 Mr<. Slate, _ .......... 1·1 Mr< . NYI ............... .l.} MIll W. Hon.oh.t 1-' Mr<. Orouer .. _ ...... 2·} Mh. K. Hen lohe l 0-3 M". Wou.nl t.tn .... 2·1 Mrs . MoCre. dy .... a-)

DELMAR SAXTON WINS FIFTH CCLA U.S. CHAMPIONSHIP

'1"11" 1·'lfllI (1037) (ir",," Na!lonnl COrt'I' ~ I)ond(' lLce Chf'88 Tournnlllellt ot l he COl'l'cs!)ondenee Chess I"e.. .. g"e of 1<1U"l:;cn hn~ I.'ndrd in._ the victory of Delmar Saxton of Omah ... Nebraska. who becomes the CC LA U. S. COlTeSI)Ondence Chess Challlj)ion. Saxton Is also an over-the·hoard player or nolo ami has held the Champions hip of Omaha four times and oC t he Stu te or Nebm ska twice.

CLEVELAND CLUBS START TEAM PLAY IN ANNUAL MEET

Novemher 10 will see the first round of the annual team match play between Cleveland chess clubs undcr tbe sponsorship of the Cleve­land Chess Association. Eight teams fro m eight clubs will partici· pate in the seven round tOUTlley which was won last year by the P awns Club. COlnllOsed of junior aged players, iacluding the Nation· al .Junior Champion Larry l~l'icd­

mall and Cleveland's City and Jun­ior Champions Ge.orge alld HamId Miller.

Clubs e ntering teams in th e team tourney a re: Drooklyn Cbessnuts Club. Checkmate Club. K ings Of Chess, Lakewood Chess Chtb, N. Y. C. "Y" Chess Club, Queens Wo· men's Chess Club, South Euclid Chess Club, and Pawns Club. Five of the eight clubs are Cllapters of the USCF.

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Volume I, Number li Tuesday, November 5, 1946

THE TRIUMPH OF MURPHY W ITH the United Slates Chess ClmUiplonshlp Tournament Ln full

. swing at the Chanin Audlto,'lu lU in New York City. i t is fitting pel'haps llJat we pause to th ink of that first Un ited Sates Chess Cham­pionship Tournamcnt held In New York City n Dder Lbe tlUe of Firs t American Chcss Congl'ess, which Ol)ened upon Ocober 5, 1857, This first championship tournamcnt was s l)ecifically a tribute to the organizing drh'e of a Daniel Wlllnrd Flst.e, who wns to becomo editor of Ihe Chess Monthll/. and It WItS rcpresenlfLliv(:ly American as a tournament In the fact that of the sixtecn competitors ill tho main event only niue were born ill the Un ited States and sevon were born abroad: Lichtenstein and Paalsen (Germany). Mal'ILche ("'rance). F'uller, Perrin, Stanley and Thompson (England). It resultcd in tho triumph or a Murphy.

This particular "i\1urJlhy," who wa s destined to do mauy spoctacu­lal' things in chess, In his own ancestry persolliiled the strikiug dlvcr­gence of Alllorica from }i~1U'O]le and exempli fled that blendiug of many races into one that Israel 7.allg-wlll has dramatized as the "meltiug pot." NamGII of 111!\ !lIH!l! llliIiOHI to tho t1110 of U. I{ Ch,1mpian from LiIJ§chnt>r.. Showaltcr and PlllslJl1ry through "'(nAhall, Heshe\'sky and Denker mercly emphasize the fact tJlllt In America Ihere ts and has bccn no plai'e for' racial d!scr'imlnatlou to the detriment of art and progress, for' the United {/tates I" lim! hmd where riH)ee rnout and blen(l.

This l\hU"phy of 181)7- wulI one Paul Morphy, whose great·grund­fatller was a Michael Murphy (1\11';1101 Morphy), an emigrant from Ire­land to Spain dul"ing the Jacobite trou bles. Oddly enough tllis Irishman with the name III Spanish spelling became the United States Consul at :Malaga. For details. !ij!e ilftjrJl/r1} OICtllliligs by Serg-ennL Paul himself was of m ixed Irish, Spanish, ~~rench Hugnenot a nd Creole French des­ceut- In other words, his r ace was Amcr'ican.

So, whoever wllll~ when t he !:l llloke of battle clears on November lG, whethel' the name Is nurphy or .Ionel! 01' Zimbraskl- Il does not waUer. 'Vilat matters III the fact thaL In this trouhlcd world once again wlhout m alice or tl]"ejudlce tile U. S. Chess Championship ha s been settled In the old Ame rican way- as it was In the days when MUrphy triumphed. In these times that ring wi th tbe biased cl"lell of rage against this or that, it Is good to remcmber that ill cilews there is s till no race, or caste, no prejudice----in chess all men remain brothers.

CHESS IN THE SOUTH By 1tartill Southern

l>rc,tldCII/ , Soutl~cMl Ohcn Association

M ANY tl!lll g-S arc booming in the south. Among them is chess. P er­hap~ a little less cxplo~ively than Ule atom bu~lness.

This is the countl'y t hu t gave you Morphy, Showalter and Hodgcs. in mOl'O reccn t times, tllJs Is the eou ntry o! Nestor Hernandez, \V. N. Woodbury. tho famou s Sweets brothers, Major J, B. H olt, Dr. G. Drexel, PI'O!. J a mes McClu rc, R. S. Scrivener , Leon Jourolmon, Frank Gladney, Max Greenfleld, Paul CI'omell n, Paul Bar tOli. R. B. Edgar, Russell Chau· venet, M . H . Davis, John N. Buc k, J ack P almer. A. T. Henderson_

And Mary Hoffer bert, d id anybody ovor h ea.r of Jler? And Mrs. Jo1m Harrison . Our b-oy prodigy, Gorry S ullivan. And ultra-radioactive Bob Coveyou of Oak Rldg-e. Gone fro m our ranks a re our beloved W. W. Gibbs, tbe gl'uclous Vlrgl ulan, Cilarles S. Roberts, A. S. Harris , Peny Hewitt, and Atlanta's blind coroner, Paul Donehoo.

The Southen l ChOf!,8 Assoclntion grew ou t of the Georgia-Florida Chess Association org'anlzed In 1922. The twenty-flftb annual tourna­ment was held III 'rampa las t July. Most popular meeUug place has been Atlanta, but two sessions i n Knoxville, In 1935 and 1944, wore very ]lroduetlve of new Ilorsonnel. ,

We have hatt many visitors from other sections to ]larllclpate in tournaments . Among- t.hem havo been the Federation's genial vlce-presl­d~nt, J_ C. Thom]lson, and 01'. 'Ve r-thammr, N. J. Hognauer, and W. M. P. Mitchell.

It I had apnce here I would like to dwell more on the history of our Association, in wbich we cherish a reasonable pride, but ]lerhaps tllo presont and future or chess Is more nearly in line witb our Bubject. I would like to sery that l)raCUcerlly no tOIll"llament has ever been hold in our twenty-five y eerre that has not been dominated by our Hel'nandez and Woodbury, or both, a nd their personal confiicts are classics of tbo gamc.

Small cbess clnus and associations arc flourishing. The North CarOlina Association and the Virginia Federation have almost ns many traditions a s the Southern. Plans are bolng laid now for an invita tion Tennessee tournament. Tennessee furnished this year's winner of the

Champlo]lshlp Class, O. 'V. Sweets. and the wlnuer of A. Class, J. G. Sullivan, Jr.

~'or a smull club I would IIkc to refcr bl"iefiy to the l(noxville Club. 01'gaulzed in tnt. It has not missed 'holding its weekly meeting n dozen limes In Its h is tory. Twice it has been hos t to the Sou thern Associa tion. It lIas played two rno.tchcs with the Atlanta Chess Clull. aull three matches with the Chattanooga Chess Club. This fall It ]llayed a most i nte resting- match wi th tho Jo'r'anklln Chess Club of Johnson City and Elizabethton. and a bilterly contested match with the Oak Ridge Club, Heturn matchcs with both are on schedulc_ A city tournament to de termlne the Knoxvlllo Challl ilion is n ow in ]lrogress.

The quality of play may lie slig htly below some of t he metro]loilta a reas, but we have been highly flattered by loll". J . C. Thompson's kin a p]ll·alsal.

It Is t rue that we have been dilatory in associating ollrselvf' ~ wit U.S.C.F. ami othcr chess e nter]lrises. and T believe that can be attribute partly to the tact we bave never played the game " profeSSionally." an that even our better playCl'S llave treated it as a game. \VO havo ox. plolted the cultural I'osources of the game. aud T for one am Inonlillately 111'oud ot illY a ssociations with cultured and I'efincd geuUem en wh ' viay chess.

The bonefits of assoclallng with enterprises ba s been re\'oaled t~

us In tile Correspondcnce tournaments. We nre proud Or ollr ncWl rrtellds In otil er sections of the country, a nd want to a ssociatc morEi with them In the future_

'Vo want to know you better, and want you to know us. OUt" lloxt tournament will be in St. Pctersbm'g July 3, 4, [I and 6. We have ulwo.ys ke]lt the wel come sign out for visitors. and although our prizes Ul'O al­wuys token nwards, w o may make up in other ways a jus tification to r the expense of a vis it and to ]llay with us at Cbess. (J The views expressed in this Guest Editorial arlll not necessarily those of CHESS LIFE.

A VENTURE IN DEMOCRACY (Motlthl]l Letter No. 85)

By Elbert A. Wagner, Jr. Presirlcnt, United 8latcs Che88 I<'edcrolion

T HIS Is being written durin.; the early rounds ot the six th tourna­ment tOI' the c hess c hampiOllsh ip of the United States. The s ixth

in the ser ies ot toul"IHlment.s whiCh had its beginning In 1936, but In a dllfe l'e ll t senile, the first truly national tournament lor tbe national Chamj)ionshlp. 1"01' t his is t he first timo in thc history of the ovent t hat e ntry Into the lour'naillent liaS been Ollen to any chess Iltayer in the Un ited Stalos.

'I'he holding of the current championah ip tourna­\llent l'elJrCsellts the fruitio n of the error'ts ot mnny ]lcopll). P cople working logether and peOllle work­ing independently. but all coordinated luto ono great whole. To the Tournament Commltteo mllst be ac­ol'ded high llrals e for theil' accomplishment. Theirs W!lS a laq;c and difficult task and Lhoy have dono It mugnlficently. or basic Importance also was the work of the AI'en COlllmittees in each or the seven Areas luru whidl rho country wns liivilil' li iOl' tho 11111' I)O HO

of quulJfylrrl: finalis ts for tho Ch!lI11t)lou s ht" t)luy. For a venture of expcrlmerrUlI naturll . the results

IHI\'O heen ['n co-nraglng llolhwitilstlu1( illlg It numlJer ot . '\'ci\kllo;;ses Wilic h havu beeu delllOn ~ tl"al['tl II ~ WO

r:1f~rl A. Wltt."tr, J'- have goue along. But tho Ill'iuclple Ullon wh ich we have constl'ucted the present tournament has been demonstrated to be sound. ReUneDlolltf> a ro needed and they will IJe made. It Is apparent, for ins tance. Umt the time of the year is unsuited for obtaining the mos t favorable r~l)]"escntalion In tile tournament. Robert nyrno, to name bu t one, won the New E ngland Clmmpionshlll and with It the .-Igbt to COIllj)ete for nallon a l h onors, but h is studies at Yale would not permit him to lake the nccessary time w play tbrough t he long schedule.

The entire subject will receive the cal'nest cOlls idemtion both of Ule J!;xCClltlve Conlln lltee li nd of tile Directol's of the l~edcratlon, not at lile uext annual meeting but Immediately after the finish o~ the tOUl'na­ment. The oxperlence of the past year has brough t many intel'es ting fucls to light of which good lise can be made in planning fOI' the n ext champiollshlp cOlUpetilioll. TilC reports of the various Area. Committees will be studied carefully so that the maxllll um benefit lIlay be obtained frolll tho Ill'eplll'atlolls for the tournament. 'l'he master players who are taking Imrt In tile tOlll'nament wi ll he asked to s ubmit their suggestions so thut knowledge mny be Ilvallable from evcry possible source.

Many ben tl/lt.s have uee]] realized which wcre not foreseen whon the Area. system or (Juallllcalion was planncd. In the State or Ml9soul"i

.. a new and greater state assoclatloll has come Into being Wltll a PI'O­

grn. rn of activity sUl"J)a~sing anything that has gono before. There wae nothing !l ew lujected In to j\Iissouri [rolD the outside, hut in wot'klng together fOl" tho larger goal the chess ]llayers t here found new llfe within thoh' own hordeI'll.

And 60 It hilI:! gone in many parts of the country. Achievements of las ting worth have far outweighed thc im]lerfections willch /lave here and t he ro been I'evealed. The formel' will be expanded Into greater ct­fectiveness, while the laUer will be eliminated as rapidly as Ingenuity and iluman error t can do so.

:11.. ..i(;tilzer From the EJitors MlZiI-&g

Dear Sir: I would like to t.n.k e friendly Is­

sue with Oueat Edi torialist J. C_ Tholllll80n's assertion that Staun­ton's contr-!butlon to chess was greater than Puul Mor]lhy's.

A study of chess coudltlons In thl~ country IlTlor to the Morphy era ahows that Staunton's text books and chess promotion Jla.d mndo little impression in tile s]lread of the game. Chess was still con· tined to n few s mall cliques In the large cities. \

What hnll]lCne(1 as a direct result of Morph Y'1:! triumphs? Let m e quote the words of Editor D. W. r"ls ke In the November 1858 Chess Monthly:

" ... the most ma.rked result springing from the Ilela t of Mr.

Morphy's European triumphs Is the impetus given to chess in the Western World. Clubs are everywhere rapldty formIng; chess publications are large ly increasing. Hundreds of people now play chess who, half a year since, were ut terly Ignor­ant of the moves. It is In thl. that Pa ul Morphy has laid the chess community of our coun­try under lasting obllgatlons." (Page 347)

In the inner world or cbess It­self. Morphy's career wall also ot

the utmost importance. He showed with startling clarity that the !Iop. I1Y opening I)iay Of tilat age wou ld have to be refol'med, and he lett a collection of games whoso world­wide hrfluencc has becn felt to n

Amel'ican

Martin Southern A native of KIlo.xvilie whcre he

s till I·esitles. Ma rtin Southenl prac­tices law tor a IIl'ing and (or the edification of thc conrts. P e rll:t\ls the re Is Horne conce aled alinity be­tween tho law as a profession and c heRs a s a hobby. But chess was 1I0t adeC]uate as a wife, so In 1931 Mal' tiu took un assistant who has jlrOVell sufficlcntly broadmlnded ahout her IlredecesSOI' to permit Martin to teach clle~s to their two SOilS all d two dallghtel's.

Marlin c;tered into the active work of the Southern Chess As'so­t;iatiOll in HI30 and has become i ts president. He haB also bcen active in local chess affairs in the thriv­ing- Knoxville Chess Club which has twice bee n host to the Southern ARsoclation Tournament. Among his hobbles, aside from the playing of cheH~, has beell thc collection of chess books and chess novelties. It Is said that these so intrigued I~red Relnfelli on a visi t that ho l"Cmul ned ror several days, wOI'killg on on e of his books in competition with the Illooing of the neighbor's cow 1~ll d t he walling of one of Mar­tln's infants.

Aside fn>m chess Martin Soutll­em Is Interested in poetry, poli­tics a.nd psychology, and has con­tributed Ills s er.vices to the Doy Scout 1ll0VClllcut by acting as nelghhorhooo commissioner.

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His/Qry, Laws, PerIanal Elmes

Question: We a re a newly organ­Ized club and are Jookiug for in­formation on handling a tourna­ment, pairing the l)layers, writing rt. constitution, etc. Where can we obtain this Information?

C.A.K. (Minneapolis) Answer: One system of tournament

pall"ings Is described in detail in tbo 1940 Yearbook of tho United States Chess Federation, which also lias an a.rticle on "How to Promote and Organize A Chess Cluu" by Samuel A. Collins. COIll­plete with s keleton mooel con­stltutlon. A f ew copies ot this Yearbook are still obtalnablo from tho USCF Secretary More eomploto information 011 various systems or tournament pairings, Including tbo now ]lopular Swiss, will be contained in tho Club Manual now being compiled un­der the editor ship ot Geno Col­lett, tog-oilier witll much general Infol"lna tJon Oil successful clu b management and organization. The USCIl~ will llUblish this Club Manual sometime this tall.

A_ SID. TEST SAYS:-In lifo or chess. walch tho board.

MallY an ahsent·mlnded hachelor has been mated when he wasn't looking.

degree to which Staunton's times can nevcr hope to aspire, despito the lattor's unkhld crlticism In his ChCR~ Pra xis. which was the final proof or Stannton'l! ill·will.

I thought wc ought to kecp Lbe recol'd straight 011 tilis matter nnd It IH rat" t.hls reason that T 1I1erefore take el(celltion to lile contention that Staun ton was of a greater uencfit to tile gnille of chess than our own Paul Morphy.

JAltES J. BARRETT, Bnffaio, New York.

E VER inventive was the genius of Benjamin Franklin, and so it Ig not SlIl'I)rlsiug that even ill chess the snge fro m Philadelphia found

a novel approach whereby the joys of the gamc were combined with all ingenious system o[ instruction. It 15 an idea that should be com­m ended and bl'ought to the attentiOli of all educators, and Franklin ex­plains i t vividly in his own autobiography;

his

I had begu n in 1733 to study languages; I soon made myself so much a master of the French, as to be able to read the books in tha t language with ease. I then undertook the Ita li an. An ac' quaintance who was also learning i t , used often to tempt me to play chess with him. Finding this took up too much of the time I had to spare fol' study, I at length refused t o p lay any more, unless on this condition, that the v icto r In every game shou ld have the right to impose a task, either in pa rts of the grammar to be got by heart, or In translations, which tasks t he vanqu ished was to perform upon honor before our next meet· ing. As we played pretty equally, we thus beat

lVil/h,m Roj.m one another into that language. There now is the plan for some far·seeing pedagogue to Install in classes and unite UIUS happily scholarship and chess.

PRTSON Tn and Prison Out - tlte fault and the salvation lay in Chess. For Thomas Middleton wrote a comedy entitled "A Game at Chess"

which wa!:\ performed nine timcs at the Globe Theatre - Shakespeare may have witnessed a performance there. It offended the Church (and more to tbe point, the Queen), so James 1 suppressed this satire and lodgcd its author In gaol. There he stayed until this whimsical petition sought and won him freedom:

A harmless game, coin'd only for delight, Was play'd twixt the Black House and the White. T he White house won; yet still the Black doth brag, They had the 'power to put me in the bag. Use·but your Royal hand, 'Twill set me free, 'Tis but removing of ~ ma n - that's me.

J'hoto: Coo'rWooy ot The Auotln;le PLAYOFF OF ILL INOIS ST AT E TITLE

PaId Poschei (seatert left) plo'l/S JOhn N01lio k (seated right) 1IJhile i111erested memb/ffs of the A 1I.fti11 Chess O1uL ChecJ.;er Clztb, to which both II/ayers belong. Watch the procecai1tgs. The playoff at the AllStin Clu,b 10as necessitated by a tie for Itrl.lt place j" the IllinOis State TouTna.1ttent, played in Garfi.ela Park .. Palll Poschel 100n the l)l~off from ,fohn Nowak, 10ho is tlte ten·secolla chess clW1nlJ1on of the Austin Olub.

CABL EGRAM The Hague. Hal/and,

Cktober :?8, 1940. '/'0 M. S. Kuhns .11 SO. l~a SrllIe Street, Ollioooo, Ill.

Atay OHESS DflN? be the symbol of ,wol,perity in all activities of the USCP. Live lrmg as Etltcrihl$ PreB~ (lent. Kindest regards.

Itueb, PIDK

A JUNIOR CHESS LEAGUE FORMS IN TORONTO, CANADA

Pago a

'l'uesday, No"!",embc)" G . .f9~6

CHECKMATE CLUB ELECTS OFFICERS HABAN PRESIDENT

Tbc Checkmate Cluh (Cleveland) has Inaogurated its fall seasoo with thc elcction of oflleers at the all· nllal meeting. l" rank Hahan was choscn as pl'esldcnt; S. S. Kenncy as vicl)"[)]'cllident; John Meller as sccrelnl'y; anll Charles l3Ielecki as tl·easurer.

The Check\llate Club Is among the group which have established the individual rating system for all memil(lI'S, covering aU gallles played (whethel' SCI'{OUS, ca~lIal 01' matcb). By POI'cclllago points won 01' lost on a g raded .scale each member's individual record is kept and his standing determined by the wins aud losses lie has hOod.

Among the more prominent memo bcrs of the clnb Is S. S. Keenoy, USC~~ dil'ectol' for Ohio.

RED ROSE CHESS LOSES MATCH TO WILMINGTON CLUB

Wilh Its fll'st matcll of the fall seaSOI) the Wilmington (Delaware) Chess Club s wung Into a victoriOUS s tride as it defcated tho Red Rose Chcss Cluh or T~allCa6lc r, Pennsyl· vania. The score was 7'h-'PA ill Wilmington's favor .

FOOTNOTi TO THE CHAMPIONSHIP

Saturday, Octoher J.9. lIa w the Ol'ganization of t he Junior Chcss I~eague of TOI'onto whe n repre­sentativc hoys and g irls from lwelve sccondary and JIll b I i c schools of 'I'ot'onto lIIet at the Central YMCA and ele(:ted oOleers (rom . their own m embers. Five other sdJOols with active c1lCSS clubs were included in the mem· bcrship of thl) new lengue althongh not rcpresented at the organizing mecliug and othcl" schools have a1so indicated that thev will en· t l' l' n l\ tlOUII ri ll thoy hnWI com 1) !OI~d fOi"llluUOIl or chess dlllls .

WilmIngton Smith ......... 1 .. ~'ii!Ch~r .................... 0 Han.haw ... 0

lanca.te, e",.""" ........................ 0 1'nul ...... _ ......... 1 Mc])cv1tt .......... 1

For -- "You Can't Tell the Players Without a Score Card" Arnold S. Denker: Defending U. S.

chimplon. winner of the 1944 U. S. Cbnmpiouship Tourna· mcnt: tied for third with A. S. l 'inkliS In thc 1!J.l2 U. l:i . Clwm· plonship; tlcd wilh A. KU11Chik for sixth in 1940 U. S. Cham·

~p!onshjp; ti'~ rt for second with A. Dake in tile 1!l3G U, S, Open Tourn;ul\ont. Sevcral t imes Ne w York Stnte Ches!; Cllampion. In 1945 lliacod in ;\ tie for thinl with H. S teincr In the }lastings (England) Christmas Toul'na· ment, and subsequc ntly Illaced third in hiS' section of the 1946 Londoll Tournament.

Weaver W. Adams: First place in 1915 Venlnol' C ity lu vitaUon Tourn cy ; tied fOI' seventh wlUI H. Steincr in .l!Hf'i Pnn·American; tied (01' olghth in 1944 U. S. Championship; lhh'd in 1941 U. S. Open Tournnment; tied fOI' twclfth with H. Seidman In 1940 U. S. Championship; tied for third with K Marchand in 1940 U. S . Open Tou\,nameJJt. New England Champion in 1!l~5 and several times previously. Aulhor of )\'Ilite to Play ana )Vi1', and exponent or an aggressive c1wss.

Attillo DiCamillo: Tied for tenth witll S. \Veinstock in 1944 U. S. Championship; ti e(J for thIrd In Consolation 'fou mamen t of 1936 U. S. Open with R. Drummond. 19H P ennsylvania State Cham· pion.

Dr. Gustave L. Drexel: Il)45 Soulh· ern Chess Association ChanllJion; second in 191G Southel'J\ Chess ASSOCiation Tournamenl.

A .. J. F ink: flellm' known as chess p~'obl cmist alld composer Wau as a player; last nppearnnce in a national tournament was lI.

twelfth in the 1932 Pasadena Iu· t el"llational Tournamen t which Alekhine won. CallfOl"llia Slate Champion In 1922. ]928 and 1929, as wcll as in oUlel' years.

Israel A. HorowItz: Fourlh in 1945 Pan"Amerlcan; lIc(J for third with H . Stciuer In 1944 U. S. Championshlll; Ilrst plaeo ill 1943 U. S. Ollen Tournament; third in 1!H2 U. S. Opell Tourna· ment; s ixth 11\ 1942 U. S . Cham· pionship; th ird In 1939 U. S. Opon Tournament; tied for first with I. Kashdan In 1938 U. S. Open Tournament; first in 1936 U. S. Ollen Toul'llament. Co­Editor of Chess Heview and chess ann9tator.

Isaac Kashdan: l~ifth in 1915 Pan· American; tied for first with S. Reshevsky in 1942 U. S. Cham· plonship; th ird in 19~O U. S. Chnll1lll()Il ~ ld[) ; lied ror Ilrll t wllh I. 1!0ro ..... ll7. 11\ IU3S U. S. Open TOlll"lmmenl; tied fol' fourth in 1936 U. S. Open Tour· nament; third in 1935 U. S. Open Tournamenl; second in ]932 P asadena Intel"llatioJlal Tom·na· mont. In 1930. fir !!t in Berlin (Gcrmany) 'I'onrna ment; firs t In ]930 Stockholm (Sweden) Toni'· uament; tied for first with Alek· hlue in 1932 Moxico CUy (Mexi· co) 'I'ournament.

Stephen W. Kowalski : 1946 New Jel'sey State Champion, now Cll· t ering his rll"s t national tourna· ment.

George Kramer: Tied fOI' first in 1!H6 Mastel' Hesel'ves of U. S. Open 'rournament with nobert Byrue; 1945 New York State Champion. Youngest 111:1ycr In the Cbampionship Tournament.

Lewis J. Isaacs: Tiell fol' twelfth with L. Neldich in 1941 ll. S. Clmlll]lionship; 191 (; illinoiS Slate Champion and many timcs previously. Tbe dean ot those entered in tho 1946 Tournument.

Jacob Levin; Pirst in 19014 Vcntnor City Invitation 'l'ournament; tied fOl' e ighlli ;'vith T~. T...cvy In 1942 U. S. Championship; first in 1941 Vcotnol' City Invitation Tourna· ment; 1939 PennsylVania Stale Champion.

Albert S. Pinkus: Fifth in 1944 U. S . Champlonshi11; tied for third with A. S. Denker in 1942 U. S. Championship; tied for fourth with Q. Simonson In 1940 U. S. ChampioJlshi11; fourth in 1939 U. S. Open Tournamcnt.

Samue l Reshevsky: I.:;'it·st in 1941) Pan·American; fir st in 1944 U. S. Open Tournament; ticd for first with I. Kashdan in 1942 U . S. Championsbip; first in 1940 U. S. Championship: secoJld in 1939 U. S. Open TOIIJ"\1ament; first in 1938 U. S. Chnlllilionsil ip; first in 1936 U. S. Championsh ip: Lied for first with R. Fine in 1934 U. S. O pen 'l'oUI'l18ment; tiod for tllil'd with A. Dake anti H. Steine r in 1932 })asadcnll. In· t e n lll.Uonal Tournament. In 1937 first at Hastings (England) Tour­]lament and ticd for first with l,'lohr anll Petl'ow at Komeri. First in 1935 Margate (England) T ournament ahead of CalJablan·

"'

A. A. Rothman: Tied for twelfUt with L. Isaacs and L. Ncidicll in 1914 U. S. Champion ship; lied [01- seventh in 1943 U. S. Ama· h HIl' 'l'ourllnIllGlO t willi J . S. Hu t· te ll. I •. \'I. Stephens 11.1111 \)J'. L. 'i"aIJUtwik.

Sol Rubinow: EOjlrth in 1943 U. S. Amateur Tournament, otherwise this is llis first national tOlll'lm· 1I1enl.

Albert Sandrin: Firs t in j\fajol' Tonrnamcnt of I HG U. S. OIIC]): lhil'll in 19-1[i 11. S. Ovc n Tourna· mcn t: l!lH llIi noi~ State Cham· pion: 1943 Illinois .Ju nior Stale Clmlllpion.

Anthony E. Sa ntas iere: Fir!>t III 19·15 U. S. Open TOII\"l\umelll: second iu 19'1(; VnulllOI' City In· vitation TOllrnament; sccond in 1!l44 TJ. S. Open Tournamcnt; seco nd in 1943 U. S. Open 'rOllt'­llament ; ticd to r fifth with H. Seidman in .1939 U. S. Opl)n Tour· nam e n t; firth in.InS U. S. Opcn 'l'onl'lmment; first ill Consolation Tourncy of 1!l:l7 U. S. Opcn; tied for scventh ill In6 U. S. Open Tournament wi th D. Mugl'idgc. 1946 New York Slate Champion.

Herman Stei ner: 1"irst in 1946 U. S. Open Toul"lJalllcnt; tied fOl" seventh with 'V. Adams in 1945 Pall-I\ IIIcrican; tiod for tll irll with I. Horowitz in 19'14 U. S. Cha mpion!>hi ll: lied (or first wltll A. Yanofsky in ]942 U. S. Open 'l'ournamen t; li!lh ill 1942 U. S. Champlonsllh) ; secoud in 1941 11. S . Open Tonrnament; secon(\ In 1937 U. S. Ollen Tournamcnt. TICd for lhird with A. Denker In 1945 Hastings (Englanll) Christ· \lias Tournament; first in hiS section of 1946 London (England) 'l'ournament. 194 G California State Champion.

Walter B. Suesman: Tied for sixth with W. Adams in 1941 U. S. Open 'Tournament; tied for s h.::th with C. Pilnick in Consolation Tourney or 1939 U. S. Opeu; ninth In Consolation Tourney of 1938 U. S. Open; ticd for fifth in Consolation of 1937 U. S. Open; eloven th in Consolation Tourney of 1936 U. S. Open. Third in 1946 New England Chamllioush lp.

Olaf I. Ulvestad: Tied fOI" fourth with D. Byrne in 1946 U. S. Open Tonrnament; tied for ninth with W. Adams III 1939 U . S. Open Tournament. Known as a writer and analyst or chess.

Ol11eel"lI clected lVerc WILl leI" Pl"ysta.wski, 111'esident; Ma"garet Swain. secretary; 1'oTary Karch, as· Slst,llIt seel'claI'Y; Bob \'Ial'IICI", Il'en8ul'er; l)f,v o Douglas. toul'lla· meU L (\In:elol'; and !l:llph I.lcrl"lll. a ssis tant tOIlI'))UIIIClIl dil·cclor.

,\J\ Adl'lsol'), Boal'd or te :1ch e rs nlld chess Icadel'S was sel 1111 with II. I~. Gul!itoll uamod a~ COI~venel·. Bernard F'r(lodmall outlined a ll Lhe deta il s o( orga ni1.atiOIl for the Icague null ;\11'. Gemmell of F:aslcrn 11lg-1i SchOOl of Commcrce acted as secl·clary. lUI". File o r Central 'J'ecllll icai. I\"TI·. Brovm of Danforth Technical. Mr. Hubinoff of King 8dw(\r« Community Ccntrc and MI'. flowers of Rosedale School wCI'e the other adult advisors or thc League Im:lSenl at the meeting.

Wame' .. 0 Pat/';"on •................. 0 Hope ..................... 1 lI~rg"'.n. . .......... 1 I.<:<>nard .......... _~ Lew;' ..•.....• _1 liuir ...... _ ._1 uruu1in _ .• _1 Brc_li" ................. _1

Ilckcnrode .......... _._.1 1'1""1 ..... ' _ ... 1 1.01;"11(, ••••••••••••••••••••••• 0 lInwk~ .... • _._ ..... 0 Mille, _ ..... _ ....• ...... ~ l'itJ'.I",trielr: ............. 0 n.obin""n •. _ ..... __ .• 0 JII •• _ .. _ .. __ .. _ ••.. _ •. 0 .'(114) ........ _ .......... _ •• __ 0

\\'ll ml" I(1~ 1I ....... H I.n r ..... l~r _""" .. ~, Lllnc'lI lIte l' hnd whlto 011 lhc odd·

lIuml)cl"ed l!Curd s.

CLEVELAND SHOWS LIVE INDUSTRIAL CHESS LEAGUE

The Indus t !"ial Chess I..eague o f Clel'cland. Ohio. was oIl to a fast start 011 Oc tollel' 1 when a nine­rouud 10llnm mcII l began between the tc n tCUIlIS which fUI'w this League. Thc QI"IllS sponsoring Utese che~s teams :11'e: Atlantic Tool & Die Co.; Cloveland Grn1Jhite BI'onzo Co. : E. ~~. Hauserman Co.; Murray Ohio Mfg. Co.; New York Central R.R.; Ollio Dell Telephone Co. ; Par· ker Appliance Co.; Qualily Tool &. Gage Co.; Sll'ong, Cobb & Co.; and U. S. Post Olliee.

ANNOUNCING

THE BOOK OF THE UNITED STATES CHESS FEDERATION

47th ANNUAL OPEN TOURNAMENT HELD IN

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania July 8-20, 1946

Contains the complete play-by-play scores of all games played by the top twenty players in each of the

seventeen rounds of the tournament.

These total 208 games. The Top Twenty

ADAMS ALEMAN ALMGREN BISGUIER D. DYRNE !t. DYRNE l!:VANS

Players, Ou t of 58 Contestants, Were :

f"A.JANS SANTASIERE FORSTEH SEI OMAN GORDON SHIPMAN KATZ STErnER IOtAjI,'IER ULVESTAD KUPCHBK YERHOFF LEVIN

Advance Sale to USCF Members Only Until January 1st - $1.00 each

(Price $1.50 each jfter publication) &lid Orders Jo:

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u. S. Ch a mpions hip T ournament 1946

While m ad< A. SANTASIERE S. RESHEVSKY

FRENCH DEFENSE Pittsburgh Open T ournament

Preliminaries NOlell 1111 Erich W. Marchand While BlACk

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SICILIAN DEFENSE Ohio State Championship

T ournament, 1946 N(!I('~ llil ~:r1(",," W . i\fordl(lR(t 11'1011,' 1I""'k

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• • • TWO KNIGH TS' DEFENSE Pittsburgh Open T ourname nt

P reli m inaries NotelJ by EriCh ll'. Mllrch(Jlltl Whit/' lJIack

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14. B-Q2 Qo02 15- QR-Kl QR_KI

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22 . Q.Q) Q.KB2 Drawn

12. B·K2 KbB

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