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Vol. IX, No. 4 Wednesda y, Oclober 20. 1954 15 Cents

w/'al ~ :;/'e Bedl move? Conducted by Positio" No. 147

RUSSEll CHAUVEN ET - -;r"".,....,,,,,,,, S END solutions to Position No.

147 to Russell ChauYcnct, 721 Gist Ave., Silver Spring, Maryland, by November 20, 1054.

Position No. 147 Evidently the prospect of a long

endgame did not appeal to White in th is position. Five moves of the main variation will suffice for full cred it.

Solut ion to Position No. 147 will ap · pur in the O.umber 5 issue.

NOTE .. Do lIot pidlr 10/111'0'11 / 0 1,,'0 positio", 0 . / o,,~ (",J; be JU re to ;"Jirt/It ((",,'(/ >u""ba 0/ pos;,;o" bfing lo/~cJ, .. ".I ",,"'~ ,lIId .. dd'c1$ so/ye,.

BEST M OVE MADE BY CHAUVE NET

Headers of CH ESS UFE will un­doubtedly welcome the latest move made by Russell Chauvcnct, weil· known Wal;hington (D.C.) chess "i .. yu- allti former editor of the Dist ric t o( Columbia Chess Bul· le t in. It will be the "best move" Mr. Ch:mvenet hos ever mode in the opinions of many, lor with this issue Mr. Chou\'enet restores the CHESS LIFE feoture, former ly ed ited by the lote, lamented GuB· herme Groesser, " WHAT'S THE BEST MOV!::?" Ladder solvers will be happy to learn thot the ir prevo ious scores will be honored on the new Ladder that 1\I.r. Chauvenet will establish.

HEN IN TRIUMPHS IN IL LI NOIS

Charles C. Hen in scored 7·0 to \Vin the 43' !l layer lllinois State Champio nship at Peoria. Second place went to Miroslav Turiansky with 6·1, losing one game to Povi· las Tautvaisas who placed third with 51h·JlAc. Tautvaisas lost a game 10 lIenin and drew with lorm· er sl:lte chompion Kimball Nedved. . Fuurth to seventh on S·B with 5-2 each were former stale champ· ion Paul Poschel, Dr. I . Schwartz, Karl I I. Wicgmonn ond Dan iel Fischlwimc l". forme r U. S. Open Cham llion Albert Sandrin led the Qui nte t ~(:oring 'P ~ ·2%, followed by Mitchel Sweig. Dennis Raszkow· ski, Robert Chapin, and Angelo Sand rin. F'orliler Stale Champion Kimball Nedved lopped the group sroring 4·3. Most impressive per· forma nee in the event was that of the ju nior player Sweig, placing ninth. a comparative newcomer to ehe~s who lost only to Henin . while drawin~ with Angelo Sandrin, Hugh K :i\!yers, and J ames E. War· ren.

ESTONIANS HOLD AMERICAN MEET

The All·Ameriean Est 0 n i an Championship at Toronto saw the title shared by Anatol Shilov of Montreal and Koit Tullus of Sea· nrool~, N.J. wilh 3·1 each. Erik Vih'es was third with 2·2, and fO Ul·th and fifth were shared by Nikolai Kuttis and Eduard Rose with 1·3 each. Shilov lost a game to Viil'es, wh ile Tullus wus down by Shilov. Of these playe rs, Shilov wa~ second in the 1952 Montreal City ch:lInpionship, Rose second in the 19.34 Toronto City cham pion· sh ip. and Tullus tied for s ixth in the U. S. Candidates Tournament in Philadclilh ia in 1953.

During the tOlirnament the Es· tonian <;hcss Federation in E xile was reorganized with Eri ch Kal· mar (Toronto) as president, Anatol Shilov ja (Montreal) as vice·presi· dent, Hugo Anto as secretary. Com· millee members arc: Esmo Ridala (Finland). Alcksander Hildebrand (Sweden), Max Poolake (England), Valler Poder (Australia), and Koit Tullus (USA). The Estonian Chess Federation publishes a bimonthly magazi ne l-:csti :".lale in Estonian, edited by Koit Tullus, 1314 State Road, Sc;]brook, N.J.

NO. JERSEY A FF ILIATES

The North J ersey Chess League with its nine clubs and some 75 acth·e Jllayers became the second Chess League to affiliate with the uscr. getting its papers in scveral days berore the Cleveland Chess Association.

To this League belongs the dis· tinction of ha\,ing th e firs t fully rated league season, s ince the 1953· 5 .. season of play was 100% USCF rated by the payment of rating fees in :1 lump su m by the League rather than ind ividuals.

Cleveland Chess Association Affiliates With the USCF

The Cleveland Chess Association celebrated its e leventh blrU1day by voting u nanimously at its annual meeting for aHiliation with the Un ited States Ches.s Federation as a League Chapter. It was not the {irst League to aff il iOlte, as the Intercollegiate Chess League has been afIi liated for scveral yea rs, ond the North J crsey Chess League h as also h ad affiliation prior to Cleveland, but Cleveland can state without de nial that it is the largest league active all the year around to become af· (iliated.

Size of the Cleveland Clless As· soeiation activities is best demon· strated by a stat is tical review of the 1953·54 season. There were three separate leagues: the Cl ub league with 12 teams and 117 players, the Industrial league with 16 teams Rnd 122 playel"S, and the Scholastic league with 15 teams. In addi tion the Association conducts a City Championshi p, an Open. Champion· ship, a Junior Championship, and in coo peration with the Cleveland P ublic Libral")' has a n act ive j unior program at the main library build· ing. It promotes numerous intercity matches, aod publh;h ed the well· edited and inform~tl\'e Cleve:and Chess Bulletin, which appcaf5 t wice a month during the season, and monthly in the oU·season.

Officer elected at the annual meeting of the Cleve land Chess Associ:1tion were : Ernest Mehwald, president ; Juan L. Pujol, 1st vice· president; Joseph Chavayda, 2nd vice·president; Lois Zaas, secre· tary; Donald Zaas, treasurer ; Cy Duda, director Club League; An­thony C. Froberg, director Indus· trial league ; Robert Komend a, ·di· rector Scholas t ic d ivision ; Brooks Hine, director Jun ior chess; Mar· ton Antunovieh, ed ilor of the BUL­LETIN.

HEARST LEAVES N.Y. CHESS LIFE

Close on the heels of WiUiam Rojam and Guilherme Groesser, CHESS LIFE columnis t El iot Hearst has resigned his post as reporter of New York Chess Lile ; but for different reasons. Mr. Hearst has determined to complete his s tudies (or a Ph.D. degree pdor to his probable service in the Armed Forces, and this decision will de· mand complete concentration on his studies to the exclusion of chess, although 1\Ir. Hears t has ex· pressed the intention of eontinu· ing to contribute to the " Young Masters' Foru m" whenever pos· s ible .

Successor to Eliot Hears t will be Allen t Kaufman, young New York Expert, whose rise to prominence as a chess player has been aeeom· plished in the las t few years. Mr . Kaufman's initiaL column appears in th is issue.

STOP PRESS! RESULTS WRONG

The final s tandings in the Inte l" na tional Team Tournament a t Am· sterda m · we re 1)I'OVell incorrectly reported whe n a fi na l revised list· ing DC results was r ecejvcd . Ac­cording to final official s tandings, Argentina placed second and Yugo­slavia third, and scveral other teams in the championship division were incorrectly placed. The Con· solation Stand ings as reported in CHESS Ll l'~E (October 5) were cor· reet. but the CUP Finals sbould have read as foUows:

CHAMPION S HIP FINALS USSR Argentina YugoslavIa Czecho·

34 .10 Is r ael Z2 ·22 27 · 17 Ho lland :U ·23 26'·171 England 17 ·27

Bu lgari3 17 ·27 slovakia 241·\91 S"·eden IS ·29

W. Ger. 23~·20} Iceland 131·30! Hungary 23 ·21 -----SHIPMAN TOPS NEW JERSEY STATE

Walter Shi pman with 61f.: · 1f.: lopped lh(! 64·player New Jersey State Cha mpionship, drawing with Ivan Rom:lllenko in the semi·linal round. Peretz 1\Iiller was second with 6·1, losing by forfe it to Ship­man for his only loss. I Villl Roman· en ko placed thi rd with 5lh·1'"h, drawing with Shipman, but losing a game to Reu ben Klugman.

Four th to sixth with 5-2 wcre Norman Whilaker, Orest Popovyeh, and Norman Hurttlen. Whitaker lost to Shipman and !\IiJler; Popo· eyeh to Morton Siegel and William Jones, while lIurtUen lost to Popo· vyeh and 1\I orton Siegel.

Seventh to fifteenth with 4%· 2 ~!.! were John Westbrock, Edgar

·:MeCor miek, Abe Turner , Morton Siegel, Leo Blonarovyeh, W. Schuy· ler Jackson, Samuel Baron, Wally WolH. and Clinton Parmelee in what was the s t rongest New J ersey event of reccnt years, with players li ke Weaver Adams, Saul Yarmak, Reuben Klugman, and John Pamil­j ens crowded out of the prize· winning circle.

Ned Issue Su pplements No. 3 & No.4

F IDE Laws of Chess

ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL Mastering tlte E nd ,Gam e

By W A.LTER KORN, Editor of Meo

MUCH ADO A BOUT NOTH ING

T illS time just take the preamble [rom OUf previous column and read i t over again. You remember the remark t.hat after covering

sheets of exhaustive analysis, authors often have disasterous Haws dis­covered in a vital place!? This same unhappy experience we meet In No. 85 of BCE which' we l"eproduce (diagram no. 12);

Dj"I,,,m No. 11 ---- - ------- ---

F ine devotes almost two pages of erudite analys is to prove that Black wins after 1. " ....... 15·04; 2. K-K3, P-R5; etc. Yet, a ll the time, there is a draw tlfler 2. P.QR4. To prove why 2. K·K3 loses, but th e text draws, the reader may l in d it ins truct ivC! to follow the reason· ing in BCE.

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St. T homas More Chell Club (Ch l_ UIIO) Is the newest addi tion to eheM orll'anlzatloni. mecllng ThW'sday nl,MB at 8:00 p.m. In t he School, 8130 So. Calif ornia, Chicago. T he Rev. Philip T . Wild Is orianlzer Dnd the firs t r egu· Iar meeling on OctOber 7th w ill see the start of the flr at club tournmnmlt. Chcckor pluyers arc ulso welcomed to t ll.e club. •

Golde n Gate Ch ess Club (Sa n Frui· ci,col saw Hobert Currlo wIn Ihe clu b title 16·3. WlLlLain ,\ddlson and 1I0bert Konkel !Jed tor second wIth 15!1.!.·3\.'!1 , and POSSl bly lIenry Gro" may Jo i n t hem If he wins one remalnln" gamc. Caroll Capps scot<ld l4·5 and J ames Schmitt \3·6 In t he U).l'laycr event. A USC~' Arflllatc .

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O ctober 20. 19H

Centra l C~li fo r n i," Chess LU5l ue: Mcctln~ to plan the 1954·55 SeaSOI1, the Leaiue members elected Mike HaU· pa m (F resno) presIdent. F rank Olver a (I"ltbburji!) vlee·pl"<lsldent. F rancis Cr()­fut (San J ose) se~<!r<!t3ry·tr<!asurcr. It was decided to have all l<lag ue matches l' l ayecl on 8 boards with t h<l flnt ma tches scheduled to r O~tober 10. The Qu alifying Ind iv id ual 'l'ournam<ln t lor the Stlae ChampIonship w as set for M D<lesto, October 23·24 os a t our roun <l Swiss.

A ust in Che . s and Checke r Club (C hi· ca go): Annu~1 ~le<:tlon saw the follow· Ini offkers Chosen: Paul A dams. presl. dent: Frlln k S. Haubold. vlce'presldent, che~s; Albert J. Jlunter, vice.presldent , checkers; Robert Stein, secretary; Char les Brokaskl, treasu rer. Plans were formulated for a number of Interesting e ltesK 31'tMli~ during the! oomln: ,ea· son. A USC F C lub Affiliate .

Downtown Y Chen Club (P lt h b ur gh): Vlclory In the champIonship tour nam e nt wcnl 10 Bob Hor nholz " ' ith 7\1 ·'h, w ith Bill Byla nd second with 6'!.r· I 'h, ," nd 1)3\' ld Hamburger third w ith 5-3. Three fonncr Pennsy lvania Sta t e 1I111S15 In I.ou ls W. Gardncr (l9~O), Bill Byland (1949), and Don McClellan ( t9SZ) w ere In Ihe competi tion. A USC}' Club A f· filIate.

Montgomery Major , editor of CHESS UFE, has resigned his membership in the USCF as a part of his withdrawal from all chess activity. He will remain as tcchni· caJ editor of the publication until his cont ract eXpi res in 1957 but will in the fu ture take no part in determ ining editorial policies nor in prepari ng any special feat ure wor k. Readers are requcsted to write him in the fut ure only in regard to new's items for CHESS UFE-al! inquiries regarding ot her USCF activities should be directed to the proper USCF officials, as Mr. Major will not in the future have time to answer or forward such inquir ies.

The City of Miami Championship conducted by the Greater Miami Chess Club resul ted in a 4·2 vic­tory for August Swan on S·B points. Second, also with 4·2, was Richard O. Murphy, while thi rd to s ixth with 3 ~~ ·n~ were Charles D. Wisch. Murray Cohen, Carleton Hurst, and Charles A. Shaw. In winn'ing, SwaT,o; lost no games but drew with Wisch and Cohen, while Mu rphy lost a game to Swarz.

Chess Editor F rank Fillery of the Vancouver P rovince h as chan ged his address to 1778 East Fourteenth Avenue, Vancouver 12, B.C. s ince the publication of the news i tem in CHESS LIFE for September 5. Mr. Fillery will welcome direct two· move problems f rom American composers for use in his chess column, send ing proof or Clipping upon publicat ion to the successfu l contributors.

FERRYMAN WINS FT. WAYNE OPEN

Frank Ferryman of Middletown, Ohio, present Ohio State Champion, won the sh'ong -w.player Fort Wayne Olle n Championship by a SCO I'C of 4 1h·!f.t . Ferryman as tound· ed the tournament players by cour­ageously playing the Danish Gam, bit in his las t round game with sec­ond place winner W. H. Donnelly. The game was drawn in 48 moves.

W. H. Donnelly of Valparaiso, Ind., Emil Bcrsbach of Sedalia, Ind., Ed Va no of Highland, Ind., and Dr. Mark Pen ce of Adrian, Mich. tied for second with '1-1 each in the above S' B order. The brilliancy prize was won by Emil Bersbach (Black) for a steamroller 22 move game using the Stonewall pattern in the Dutch DeJcnse. Of great in· terest in the tournament was ihe entry of the current OhiO, Indiana, and Iowa &talll champion~. Th e best score from the sponsoring For t Wayne Chess Club was that of Robert Erps with 3lfz-l lfz i n sixth place. who did not lose a game. 'fhe tournament director was Fred Ii. Vietmeyer, president of the Fort Wayne Chess Club.

ACKERMAN TAKES SWENSONTOURNEY

D.wid Ackerman scored his first major ehess t riumph in winning the 7lh annual Swenson Mem orial Tournamen t at Omaha with 5'(). Previous winners were Howard Oh· man ill 1948, Lee Magee in 1949, and the la te Alfred Ludwig four times straight in 1950·53. Rev. How· ard Ohman was second this year wilh 4-1, while Bernard Lainson placed thil'd with 31-:.1%, and Rich­ard Vincent fourth with 3·2 in the 14·jllaycr Swiss.

PLAN TOURNEY FOR MASTERS

Plans are well advanced for the Lessing J . Rosenwald Tropby Tournament-a double·round event to be held in New York City, be· ginning on or about December 18, 1954 and conti nuing for 14 rounds. Se\'c n rou nds will be playcd at the Marshall Chcss Club. and seven at the Manhattan Chess Club.

Invited to participate in this mas· ter event arc Samuel Resh evsky, Dr. Reuben F ine, Rober t Byrne, Donald B}' rne, Al"lhur B. Bisguier, Larry Eva ns, and George KIamer. Hans Kmoch and 1. A. Horowitz will be the two refcrees.

The organizcrs of lhe tournament arc AleXander Sisno of Be\'erly Hills, Ca liL, Lessi ng J . Rosenwald of Jenkinslown, Pa., Maurice Kas· per alld Jose 1\1. Calderon of New York Ci ty.

Cll.eu Club of the Or . nges IN.J . ), mee ting a t t h e Orange YMCA, plans a club toumumcnt to begin on October U with prll,ea for tOr> three p layers, The t o\lrn~11len t will be USCF r aled, u the Chcu Club of Ihc Oranges hu re<:<lntiy become a Club Affiliate of t he USCF.

Syncun, (N.Y.) Chen Clu b: An nual m<le ti llg b November S, 1954 at 8:30 p.m. {Du ... $9.00 r<lgul.r m<lmber , $5 .00 s t u· de nt mem ber, $1.00 (Oq ul pm<ln t fce). Sat . urda)' and TU<l lday tournaments as Slop· arale eV<lnl~, ... llh w inne rs o f each group p l' yl n g aU fo r Ih<l prizes. Meels al lH! W. Wash ing ton S L Syracuse. A USCf' Club Afflllstc.

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By Allen Kaufllum

THE winler chess season in New York is 1I0 W in full swing. as

evidenced by the many activities boll, in progress and uciug plan· ned. Perhaps most exciting of a ll is the projected "Lessing J . Rosen· wald Trophy Tournamcnt," in which seven top American masters will compete. Reshevsky, F ine, the Byrne brothers, Bisguicr, Bvans and Kramer have been inviled to play. It will be a double round robin tourney, and is schedulcd fo r Dece mber at the Marshall and tI'lan­haltan Chess Clubs. It shou ld be a very exciting tournament; your reporter expccts to be ablc to hJ'ing you a first· hand account or these ' masters in action!

Prcli minaries of the Marsha ll C. C. Ch ampionship are concllHling now, wi th Mcdnis, Kaminsky, Saidy, Howard, Westbrock. Hillinger, :md Kupersmith as probable qllali fi crs fOl" the finals., Players whQ a~~ "seeded" (that is, who can play in the fi nal s d irectly, wi thou t having firs t to qualify) includc Sa ntasicre, Donovan , and Lombardy. The Man­hattan C.C. Championship is getting under way too, with Harrow (usual· ly called " Foxy" Harrow because of his t r icky style of play and be­cause of the book "The Foxes of Harrow"), J ackson, Campom:.ncs, Nussbaum, Klugman, and Kamin· sky among the leading prelimi nary players, and Denker, Pavey, Turn­er, Bisg uier, Kevitz and Shainswit among those seeded for the fi nals. As in years pas t, much of the top NYC chess lalent will play in one of Ihese two club championships.

IN BRIEF: The Marshall C.C. de­feated a vis iting Frankli n , C.C. (Philadelph ia) team, lO lh·6 if.z. On the top board DiCamillo and Bis· guicr drew .. The ncw chaml)ion of the Jamaica CoCo is Louis Witten· berg . . . The championship of NYC's h igh schools has begu n at the New World Chess Club. Lom­bardy and :".I ed nis arc among the competi tors.

As your ncw repor ter, r shall try to continue to br ing the readers of CHESS UFE news of the New York chess scene, as Illy pl'edeces'

(Pl ease t u rn t o page 7, col. 3 )

CONT RI BUTORS To Th e

U. S. W OMEN'S OPEN CH AMPIONSHI P

Contr ibutions to the funds of the U. S. Women's Open Champ· ionship and Zonal Tournarnf!nt a t Nf!w Orleans, August 2-14, 1954, ar c gratcfully acknowledg· ed from the following donors:

Mrs. Kama R. Ma rlin, S.nson , Fla. Jun Hitc ke y, H. wall. Doro thy A . WIIII.ms, Maplowood,

M o. Nord. T r oy, Cleve land, OhIo. Anne Sain t A mour, Cleve l," nd, Oh io J u lie tt e De Mea , Clev,l.nd, Oh io, Cathe rine Ke lly, Cleve land, Ohio. Eva Aronson, Chicago, 111 . Gizell a Bence, Cleve land , Ohio. Margare l Gould, Ne wbu r yport,

MISS. Lois 'Ha usfeld , Milwaukee, W I, .

THE CHESS SET A mqam, s;tllp{; f;ea delig" /1)' Er"est W right ill whirh Ihe billie iac"tify;"g

,hrsr</rferislics qf Ihc Sla"nlo" Pal/ .. " rem"i" .tcqgnifabk

'''Tempo'' Presents Modern Chess Men In Basic; Functional Designs

By ER NEST WRIGHT Auislll"t Pro/cllor 0/ A .rhi/utl"li DClign, RtTlsulrsCl Po/ylcchnic Intli/14/t

I N the last ye ar or two there has been quite a spate ot new designs for chess sets. I think that it is likely that this reflects a need. When

one considers ( 1) the great change towards simplification that has oe­cm-red since Victorian times in all aspects of our environment- furni­ture, kitchen equipment, typography, etc.- and (2) the increase in chess activity in recent years, especially by young t olks, it does seem surpris­ing that the game has been played so far into the present century with Victorian symbols.

However, Invariably, modern d epartures from the standard Staunton design have fail ed to meet the most basic functional requirement of a chess set: identification. Invariably, the radical pieces have been harder to tell apart than those of the standard set. thus confirming a deep­rooted pr ejudice among chess players--a prejudice born-of ~xperience­that any set other than the Staunton will be more difficult to play with. The Tempo chess set, on the bther hand, has been designed with primary aim of getting the maximum visual clarity, One user of the Tempo set compared the improvement of it over the Staunton set to that of the Staunton over the Florentine.

In this set, red undant Victorian detail has been eliminated. Instead of a small symbol at the top of a decorative base, the whole p iece is the symbol. The resulting clarity makes for ease of play, for in the concentration of the ga me the play­er reads the position by simultan' eous vision, much as a reader scans the printed page. Pieces are seen out of the corner of tlie eye.

I arrived at the actual for ms of the pieces through an eHort to maintain some aspect. of the famil­iar Staunton design, yet at the same time simplify greatly, get plenty of contrast between pieces, lower the centers of gra\' ity for a plcasant fee l or " heft " to each piece, and adapt to modern ma­

r chine production. Thus the Bishop re cognizes the acorn-like head as

, th e essential form which is the identiry ing key to the piece, and makes this form the whole piece. The King is the most abstract. Its, straight simplicity is intended to be in ch;lracter with the King's place in the game, and at the same time make a strong masculine con­trast to th e more active Queen. Each King ha~ a small inlaid cross of the oppo~ i tc color wood . This This is the ti e to tradition, and at thc same ti me gives a special vi sual emphasis which reflects the role the King plays as the focus of a position . Onc doesn' t set the King and Queen up on each other's squarcs when playing with this set, nor is one so apt to commit the gross blunders which often frus­trate a game of h igh-speed chess.

The pawns have low enough cen­ters of gravity so that a pawn may be "pushed" with just the fore­finger applied at the very top, a nice way to make the sinister move. More important, the pawn skele­ton stands out sharply on the board, and keeps the end game potentials just a little more clear­ly in mind. The Knight is a horse 's head that can be mad on produc­tion woodworking machines, and Is given a negative taper in the plane opposite the profile.

The Tempo design is intrinsical­ly more economical to produce than the standard design for two rea· sons: (1) no hand carving on the Knight. and (2) the optimum size of the set is considerably smaller than that of the Staunton .design because as the size of a chess board increases, there is a disadvantage in the widening angle of vision, forcing the player to move his head as he scans the board.

What refinement there is in the de5ign is due to lhe fact that I worked it out myself on my own lathe by a gradllal process of trial and error, and am myself a chess playe r. The set has been weIl- re­ceived by serious !!hess· players who have examined i t. Larry Evans owns a Tempo set and re­ports that he is using it for h is . set in white maple and walnut or rosewood is now on the market. In­analysis. An improved model of the formation may be obtained by writing to: E~est Wright. 9-5 Edgehill Terrace, Troy. N.Y.

MEET THE EDITOR CURIOUS READERS

Montgomery Major was born. In Chicago and lived there most of his life, although he has roamed through !)tost of the USA. Intended for a ctlreer In law, be exhibited his natural perversity early in ,life by concentrating on Romance lan­guages a nd literature instead. While in hlg'll school he was memo ber of a group of e mbryo celebri­ties which includt:d Ha rlan Ware (scenario and sh<)rl-s tory writer), Ralph Bellamy (movie and stage actor ), and Fenn Germer (concert perfOI'mer on the Clavilux and sometime private secretary of tbe Theosophist Messiah, Krishnamur­ti) . Among his earlier literary achievements wa s a one-act play " Noblesse Oblige" in collaboration with Harlan Ware, whic.h was pro­du ced by the Studio Players at Hull House with Ralph Bellamy in the stellar role.

On leaving college, where he played on the Harvard chess team, ~ditor Major was variously Assist­Oint Editor of The Northsjde Citizen (a community newspaper), Editor of Albert Whitman « Co. (publish­ers of juvenile books ), and Editor successively of· Motor Life and Store Equip.ment And Supplies ( two trade publications). He acted for a time as manuscript reader for Wil. lett, Clark & 'Colby (book publish­ers), recommend ing for publication a manuscrIpt" by a then obscure Lutheran minister lJoyd Douglas entitled " Magnificent Obsession"_

Consistent in his inconsistencias, Editor Major deserted the literary

- field to write institutional copy for~ Sears, Roebuck & Co., and later transferred his ollegiance to the Pullman Company where his post in the Accounting Department is as far removed from literature as he could achieve. In intervals be­tween these endeavors, he was twice employed by the Judson Press (purveyors of ; religious books).

As a writer he has contributed sporadically to trade and national magazines on topics r anging from an article on the f1 aws in the Sun­day School curriculum to surv.eys of new methods of using visable card file systems' and the trends in automobile body deSign. He has ­pUblished a scattering of verse and several plays and some of the juvenile works he wrote or edited for Whltman are still in print_

As a chess player, his technique has much to be desired, but he has occasionally taken the measure un­expectedly of all the strong m id­western players of his playing days . He scored, for example, 11-2 on first board for t he Wilmette Chess Club in the Chicago City CMSS League In 1932 with a limit­ed repertoire of Greco Counter Ga mbit, Center Gambit (In a ver­sion sometimes called .Major's Gambit), Alekhlne-Chatard Attack in the French, and Budapest De­fense. He never did as well again, but can never be relied upon.

For eight years he was Executive Secretary of the Chicago City Chess League, whne simultaneOUS­Iv active as Secretary or Vice­President of the TIlinois State Chess Associ::.tion . He served on the Com­mittee which organized the 1935

ft)tSS tl'e W,d, ,,d,,, p,.- 3 oj i OClober 20, 19'4

U.S. Open ( the first open! ) Tournn· ment, and .acted as one of the referees ,Jar the 1937 U.S, Open Championship. He was one or the organizing directors of the Ameri­can Chess Federalion (a fore-run· ncr of the U.S. Chcss Federation).

In 1940 ne retircd from all pro­motional chess activity, but was persuaded carly in 1941 by the late George Sturgis to edit the 1940 United States Chess Federation Yearbook. In 1 945 he was again in­vi ted, by USCF: P~esident Elbert A. Wagner, Jr. to edit Ule USCF Year­books, and prepared the 1944, 1945, and 1946 Yearbooks.

In 1946 he \\las invited to design and edited a Federation newspaper and reluctantly became active in chess promotional work again as Editor of Chess Life.

He edited Chess Life for 14 months without charge, and since then has accepted a token fee of $300.00 per year-eonsiderably less than he could have earned by free-· lance writing. But the monetary sacrifice was never regretted until August of this year.

Editor Major 's hobbies are Mili­tary and Naval History, and the Life and Works of Francois Villon (of whom he has been writing a biography for twenty years). No~: ·He no 10!lger plays chess.

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_USCF Tournament Committee has announced the awardin)l ilf t lfe 1955 U. S. J unior Championship Tour nament to Lincoln, Nebraska. Dates have not been set definitely yet but the event will probably be held in J uly. Members ' of the Tournament Committee are : New­ton Grant (Monroe, La.), Dr, ~H. J . Ralston (San Francisco, Calif.), Eliot Hearst (New York, N.Y.) and Marshall Rohland (Milwaukee, Wis.) Determining the site of the 1954. U. S. Open Championship is the next important duty of the ,com­mittee, but so far no commitment has been made_

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The Morals Of Chess BENJAMIN FRANKLIN

(T h_ Fdthcr of Amu;,,,,, ehn .) 1779

P LAYlJ\.'G at chc!;s is the m05t ancient and most universal game known among men : for its original is beyond the mcmory of history, and

it has. for numbcrlcss age5, been thc amusement of aU the civilized n a­tions of Asia. the Pcrsians, the Indians, and the Chinese. Europc has had it above a thousand year5; the Spaniards have spread it ovcr their part of America, and it begins lately to make its appearance in these states. It is so interesting in itself, as not to need the view of gain to induce engagi ng in it; and thencc it is never played for money. Those, therefore, who have lcisure (or such diver5ions, ca nnot find one that is more inno­cent; and thc foUowing pieec, written with a view to correct (among a few you ng friends) some li ttle improprieties in the p ractice of it, 5how5, at th e samc time, tha t it may, in its effects on the mind, be not merely innocent, but 'l dvantageous. to the vanquished as well as to thc victor.

Thc Gam e of Chess is not mercly an idle amusement; scver al very \'aluable {jual itic5 of the mind, useful in the course of human life, are to be acqu ired and strengthened by it. 50 as to become habits ready on all occasions; for life i5 a kiu d of Chess. in which we have points to gain, and competitors or adversar ies to contend with, and in which therc is a nIsi variety of good and ill events, that are in some degree, the effeet of pl'udencc, or the wa nt of it. By pla~'ing at Chess then. we may lcarn: 1st . Forcsight, which 100k5 a little into futurity , and considers the con· sequentcs that may attcnd an aclion; for it is continually occurring to the pl aycl'. "If I move this Piece. what will be thc advantage or disad· \'antagc of my new situation? What use can my adversary make of it to an noy me? What othcr moves can 1 make to support it , and to defend myself fro m his attacks"? 2nd, Cirtu mspection, which surveys the whole Chessboard, or 5cene of mOlion:- the rclation to the several P ieces, and their s ituations; the dan­gel'S Iher arc repea tedly exposed to; the several possibilities of their aid ing cadi other; the probabil ities that the adversary may makc this or that move, and attack thi5 or that Piece; and what different means ca n bc used to il\"oid his stroke , or turn its consequences against him. 3d, Caution. nol to make our moves too hastily. This habit is best ac­q Uil'cd 'by ob~crv i ng strictly the laws of the game ; such as, if you touch a Piece. you must move H somewhere; if you set it down, you must let it stand .

Therefore, it would ,be the bettcr way to ob5erve these ru les as the ga me becomes thereby more the image of human life. and particul arly of \\"a r ; in whi ch if you hilve incautiously put yourself into a bad and dangerous position, you can not obtain your enemy's leave to withdraw you r troops, ilnd place them more 5ecurely, bu t you must abide by all the con!;eq uences of your rashness.

And, la5tly, we learn by Chess the habit of not being discouraged by present b;ld appearances in the state of our affairs; the habit of hoping

for a fa vorable chance, and th at of persevering in the search of re­sources. TIle gamc is so full of events, there is such a variety of turns in it, the fortune of it is so subjcct to vicissi tudes, and one so freq uently, alter contemplation, discovers the means of extricating one's self fr om a supposed insurmoun table difficulty, that one is cneourilged to COII ­

tinue the contest to the last, in hopcs of victory from our skill , or, at least, from the negligence of our ad\'ersary: and whocver considers, what in Chess he often sees inst'lllces of, that succe55 is apt to produce presu mption and its consequent inattention, by wh ich the loss may be re· covercd, will learn not to be 100 much discouraged by any prcsent sue· cesses of his adversary, nor to de5pair of fin al good for tunc upon evcry litt le check he receives in the pursu it of it.

Th at wc may therefore , bc induced morc frequently to Ch005C this b~neficial amusemcnt in prefercnce to olhcrs, whi ch are not a ttended WIth the same advantagcs, evcry circumstanee that may incrcase thc pleasure of it should bc regardcd ; ;md evcry action or 1V0rd Ihat is un· fa ir? disrespcttful, or that in ally way may give une.1siness, should be aVOIded , a5 contrary to thc immediate intention of both th c partics, which is, to pa!;s thc time agree.lbly. 1st, Thereforc, if it is agreed to play according to thc strict rules, th cn thosc ru les nrc to be strictly observed by both parties; and should not be insisted upon fO l' onc side, while dcviated from by thc othcr : for thi5 i5 not eqllitable. 2nd, If it is ilgreed not to obse rre the r ules exactly. but onc pilrty de­mnnds indulge nees, he should thcn bc as willing to ;,Uow them to -the other. 31'd, No fa lse moves shoul d evcr be made to extrit;l te your se lf out of a diHiculty, or to gain an il(h'anlage; f or therc can bc no pie<lsure in play­ing with a Illan one detcctcd ill such unfair praclicc. 4th. If your adversa ry is long in playing, you ought not to hul"l'Y him, or expl"t:.~s an uneasines5 nt his dclny; not evcn by looki ng at ~,()U!. wa tch, or taking up a book to rend ; you should not s ing, 1101' whi5llc, 1101' milke a tapping with your' fee t on the floor, or with your fi nge rs 011 the table, nor do anything that may dis tr .. et his attention; for a ll thesc things di5pleasc, and they do not prove your skill in l>laying, b-Ul your crafti· ness and youl" rudeness. 5th, You ought not to endcavor to a muse and deceivc your ildversary by pretending to have made bad mOVC5; and saying you have IlOW lost the game, in order to flJ ilke him secu re a.nd care less, and inattentive to your 5chemes; for this is fra ud and deceit, not skill in the gamc of Chcss. 6th, You must not, when you have gaincd a victory, use any triumphing or insu lti ng expre55ions, nor show too much of the pleasure you feci; but endcavor to console your advCl'sary, and make him feci less di5sat· isfied with himself by every kind and civil expression that mily be 1t5ed with truth ; such as, you understand the game bettcr than I, bu t you are a li t tle inattentive, or, you play too fast ; or you had the best o[ the game, but something happened to divcr t your thoughts, and that turned in my favour. 7th, If you arc a spectator, whilc othel's play, observe the most perfect silence; for if you give ildviee, you offend both the parties; him agains t them you give it. bec<luse it may cause him to lose the game: him in whose lil\'our you give it, beta use, though it be good. and to follow it, he lose5 thc pleasure he m ight havc had, if you had permitt ed him to thi nk t ill it occurred to himself. Even after a move or mo\'cs , you must not. by replacing the P ieces, sho\\' how they m ight have been placed better; [or that displeascs, and might occasion disputes or doubts about their true 5ituation.

All ta lking to the players l es~cns or diverts thei r attention; and is therefo re, unpleasing; 1101' should you give the least hint to eit her par ty, by any kind of noisc or motion; if you do, you arc unworthy to be a spec· ta tor.

If you desire to exercise or show your j udgment, do it in playing your own gamc. when you have ,10 opportunity, not in cri tic iSing ur meddling with. or counselling the play of others.

Lastly. if the gamc i5 not to bc played rigorously, according to the rules before mentioncd. then mOdCl"il le your des li"e of victory O\'cr your adversary. and bc please d with one o\"cr yourself.

Snntch not eagerly a t every advil ntilge offered by unskillfulness or inattenti on: but point out to him ki ndly. that by such a morc he places or leavc!; a Piecc en prjse (unsupportcd); thnt by another, he \\'i ll put his King into a dangerous situation. ctc.

By this gcneral civility (so opposite to the unfai rnes.-: before for­bidden) you may happen indeed to lose the game; but you wi ll win what is better. his e5teem, his re5pect, and hi5 affect ioll ; together wi th the s ilent il pprobiltion and the good will of the spectators.

Whcn a vanquished player is guHl y of illl untl'uth to cover his di5· grilce, as I hilve not played so long,-his method A opening the gallic confu5ed me.-Ihe IBen wc re of an unusual 5ize, etc., all such apologies (to ('<Ill thcm no worse) must lower h im in a wise person's eyes, both as a man and a Chess player; and who will not sllspect thnt he who shelters himsclf under such untruth5 in trifl ing matters, is no very s turdy mora]· is t in things of greater consequence, where h is fan e illl d honuor arc at stake? A man of p roper pride would scorn to account fo r h is being beaten by one of these eXCU5es. evcn wel'e it true; because thcy have all so much the appcilrance at the moment, of being untrlle,

Daffy Definitions (From "En Passallt" of the Pittsburgh Y Chess Club)

Backward Pawn- A club member or visitor who does not wish to play chcss. He prefers to watch any game in progress and gets a vicarious

thrill by siding with the victorious side, all the while pointing out to the loser ju~t where he made his errOl":

F, I . D. E.- Federation Internationale des Echecs, the international gov· erning body of the chess world. Note to the student-this is Ihe or· ganiziltion which Byland does not yet control.

Exhibition- A gathering of fellOW chess enthusias ts who engllge a viSit· ing maste r fOI" simultllneous play. It is unclear as yet whether the Jll llster or the gathering has priority rights on mak ing an exhibition of themseh'cs.

Cais5aphobe-No, No, Paul, that's nothing bad-just someone who h ates chess, but plays anyhow j ust to be sociable . II may a lso llpply to any player who has lost a t least 100 points on the U. S. C. F. Rating System- like Little Spiro, for example!

Philidor Legacy- Spiro's F ather's Day present to Uncle Byland. Erl::l Game-That di fficult porllon of chess which turns up mainly in

adjourned games. Fi ne'~ book is usually consulted artcr the ad· joul"lled game and it i ~ this activity which usua lly characterizcs the transition h om middle g:lIne 10 lhe end game in modern practice.

Mein System-Nimzovilch's plan in tournament play, later adapted by Lippy Durocher. In substance, a given tourney can be \\'on by draw· ing the lop th L·CC pl~yers an d "moidel"ing the bums". How to deter· mine whieh a rc the top three players is explai ned in Nimzovilch's, Praxis, Wh ere Nimzoviteh decreed. "Was happiness no happiness hCl":LU ~ C il did not long endure? One cannot lllwllYS be happy", m arks Ihe trans ition between positional play and s trong end·game tact ics, a~ lat e l· shown ·by Du rocher. (Note to the student: Durocher is mar· r il'd to Lill" ilille Day.)

J 'adCtube- As soon as player has made a move and notes Ihnt it is an ohvious blunder, he may, if he is quicker than his opponent, an· ILUUlLce: ".' ·adouue", ,lI lll retract the move. Experienced players 1l1ways [wnnit th is C01"l11, of ".J'ado uhe odds", for thc next move is usually an even bigger blunder.

Gambik-An opening with a questionable pawn sacrifice. It may turn out poor or prosperous. This is also the Ukranian variation of the Queen's Gambit as pi[lyed by Uncle Joffe.

FCtrced Mate- This refe rs to a checkmate which cannot be avoided. In actual practice, it is frequently overlooked, which is the reason we have [lllllota tors .

IsCtlani-A chess player who has turned to bridge. En Prise_S;lid of a pawn or piece exposed to capture, as in Portifirio

Rubirosu vs. any young maiden.

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GREAT LAKES OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP Chicago, 1954

100% USCF Rated Event I. A. P omar (Madrid, Spain) .... W 24 WIS W O W20 W3 L2 W 32 6·\ 28.50 2. n. S t elnmey<,r iSt. Louis) .... W5 K71l WI9 WI? Wll WI D4 6·1 28.50 3. P. Tautva lsas (Chlcngo) .... WI2 WU W37 W28 L1 WID D6 5Hil 24.25 4 . A. Sandr!n (Chicago) ........ .. 1.16 W67 W70 W14 W8 ·W9 02 5> ~'1l 23.50 5. J. Turns (ChIcago) ......... .. ...... . L 2 W40 W14 W25 D23 W42 W26 5P~ 21.25 6 . R. l<uj oth (l\Hlwaukce) ...... .. W9~ W9 L 1 WI3 W45 W32 D3 5 H& 20.75 7. R. Uhlmann (Grand Rapids ) W67 W84 W25 L I D W46 D12 W42 5>H~ 19.00 6. D. Flschhlemer (Chicago) ... :W53 D17 W39 Wi9 L4 W43 010 5 ·2 20.25 9. J . A. Nowak (C h icago) ... ..... W22 L6 W 54 W 41 W31 L4 W39 5>·2 20.00

10. J. E. Bnrry (Ann Arbor) .... WIS W34 031 W83 W27 1.3 DS 5·2 19.50 11. H. E. Myers (Decatur, Ill.) 021 W38 W49 W29 1.12 023 W51 5·2 19.50 12 . L. Sto lzcnbN/! (Detroit) .. .... L3 D59 W~2 W77 W29 01 W20 5·2 ]8.75 13. R. Roth (CIllca go) ..... 052 056 W3~ L6 \\'58 W88 W30 5> .2 16.25 14. S. Rein (~lhmeapol\s) ..... ..... W61 043 083 L4 W86 W36 W27 S·2 15.75 15. J. Schroedef (Columbus) .... LlO 1.70 W69 W92 W67 W40 W28 5>·2 15.00 16. J . O'Kcefc (An n Arbor) .... W4 1.1 D55 W59 W48 027 019 4.!·2, 17.75 17. K. A. C7.ernlcckl (Chicago} \\'26 D8 W60 L2 L20 W44 W47 4! ·2 , 11.00 to. }". Anderson (St . Louis) .. .... W 40 ","29 W73 L45 W41 W37 D25 4~ ·2~ J6.75 19. E . Bucrger (Evanston, Ill.) .. W48 W50 02 L8 W78 030 016 4.i\ ·2~ 16.75 20. A. Zujus (Chicago) ........ ... W41 W71 W35 L1 D42 WI7 1.12 4.~.2~ 16.75 21. W. Gromhnchor (Chicago) .. 011 W64 D43 D44 L47 W59 W 46 4!.2~ 15.50 22. A. Kru n1.l n s (C hicago) ..... .. ... L9 W{\g W64 D.15 D39 D31 W49 4~·2~ 15.50 23. C. Hels1ng (Hamilton) ... .... . .. W63 L28 W80 W83 D5 011 D35 4!·2~ 14.50 24. K. Jakst<lS (Chicago. Ill.) . ... LI L27 W55 D53 W8Z W 48 W43 4~·n · 14.25 25. G. Johnson (el.leag-o) .... ... ... W75 W86 L 7 L5 W68 W33 0 18 4~·2~ 13.75 26. O. Francisco (1IlI1wal,kec) .. L17 W87 03 WI8 WBO W47 1.5 4 ~·2~ 12.50 27. P . P oschcl (Urbana, TIl.) . ... D29 W24 WS7 W 47 LIO 016 LI4 4·3 15.00 28. W. Kaiser (St . Paul, "Minn.) W70 W23 W45 1.3 L32 W34 L t5 4·3 14.50 29. '11 . Turlansky (Chicago) ...... D27 WI8 W44 Lll L12 W78 031 4 ·3 14.50 30. M. Sw e ig (C hlca>:o) ... ... ...... .. 1.81 W61 D26 W56 W 57 D19 LI3 4 ·3 13.50 31. N. Wilder, J r . (BUffalo) ...... W79 W81 010 036 L9 022 D29 4·3 13.25 32. John Ra g an 1St. Louis) .. \V.')9 L3 W85 W37 W23 L6 Ll 4·3 13.00 33. 111. Smoron (Chicago) ..... ..... L71 L58 W89 W54 W65 L25 WS8 4·3 11.50 34. S. \Vlnlkaltls (Chicago) ........ W36 1.10 L 13 W70 W88 1.28 . W56 4 ·3 11.50 35. E . Hoeflin (St. Paul, Minn.) \\'93 W85 L20 022 036 D46 D23 4·3 11.25 36. E . Godbold (St. Lon is) ....... ... L34 W89 W88 D31 D35 LI 4 W59 4·3 11.00 37. F . Golec (Chicago) ..... .. ... .. . .. . W65 W62 La 1.32 W83 Ll8 WS6 4·3 11.00 .18. H. A. Ber/!, Jr. (Chicago) .. D42 L ll D7{\ L61 W74 W70 W57 4·3 11.00 39. J. Mnne~n (Mil\\"~nk~p) O~O \VS?, LR wr,? O?? W4~ L9 4·3 11.00 40. J . B. Grl<n\"ac ( ~lilwankec) .. LI8 1.5 W94 IW76 W61 L15 wsO 4·3 10.00 41. R. LIng Wail·h orn. 0.) .. .. .. .. 1.20 W94 W 92 L9 LI8 W67 W63 4 ·3 8.00 42. ~f. Sur/!Ies (Milwm,kce) .. .. .. D38 D46 W51 W68 D20 1.5 L7 3 ! ·3! 12.75 43. J . L. Pusccker (Columbus) WB7 014 D21 0 48 W49 L8 1.24 3'·3~ 12.00 44. G . V. n. T iers (St. Paul) .•.. W58 W68 L29 D21 LI7 D56 D55 3~·3~ 11.50 45. J. Kalni ns ( Chlca~(ol ..... .... .. . W66 W73 L28 W 18 L6 L39 062 3 3·H 11.50 46. S. Olescn (Chicago) .............. 047 042 W58 W75 L7 035 L21 3!.3! 11.00 \ 47 . E. Bersbach (Sedali a. Ind.) .. D46 W82 W72 L27 W2t 1.26 L I7 3!.3! 10.75 43. E. V. Gu tmnni s (C h lca/!o) ... Lt9 W 53 W27 043 I.IG L24 W76 3~·a. 10.25 49. J. G. Roccker (Peoria, II!.) .. W51 W74 Ll1 W81 L43 W6 5 L2 2 3 ~.3! 9.75 50. H. W hee le r (Chicago) .... ..... ... W69 Ll9 D81 L57 W79 111'60 L40 3!·3~ 9.50 5 1. V . Contoskl (Mlnnenp01ls) .. L49 W.'j5 L42 07 1 W84 W72 Lll 3!-3~ 9.~5 52. R. W. Golln (Chicago) .... 013 L39 L 12 · L32 W91 W'l'iJ W77 3!·3~ 9.00 53. F. NcugchallCr (Chlc~go) .... L8 L48 W90 024 1.72 W82 W73, :H·S~ 8.50 54. D. W. Edwards (St. LouiS) 1.73 W93 L9 L33 064 W80 W72 3&·3! 7.50 55. J. E. Oherg" (Racine) .... .... .. L57 LSI L24 WI39 W92 W75 044 :111·3, 7.25 li6. Ray Vollmnr (St. I .ouls, n o.) 3·4 (10.25); 57. Rohert C. Govc (Wa yzata, Minn.) 3·4 (10.00); 58. David I\rganlan tRaclne, W i s.) 3.01 (9.00) ; 59. Kimball Nedved (Ft. B~nn!ng, Ga.) :).4 (8.50); 50. Lucille Kellner (DetrOit, M ich.) 3·4 (B.OO): 61. J. Schwartz murand. Ill.) 3·4 (8.00); 62. Dr. Gaba (Detroit, ~nch.) 3·4 (7.25); 63. O. Roszkowski (C hlcal(o , Ill .) 3·4 (6.25 ); 64. Alan Bardwlck (Homewood, Ill.) 3.01 (6.00); 6.1. Bruce Sidc:" (Cincinnati, Q.) 34 (6 .00); ·66. l.eonlds G<~lgcls (JlIlI "'nu kec, WIs.) 3·4 (5.50); 67 . Dr. L. C . Young (Madison, Wis.) 3.01 (S.OO); 68 . . Doyle Satterlee (Elm· hunt. m. l 3·4 (4.00); 69 . Gordon R. Payne (Mid lothian, IlL) 34 (4.00) : 70. Marshall Ro h land (Mllwaukce, W Is.) 21;·40 (R.7S) ; 71. Casimir Ramasauskas (Chleago, m.) 21A~ (8.50); 72. Rohert H. Stein (Chicago, Ill.) 2! ·H (7.00); 73. W. Karpuskll (Chicago, Ill.) n·4~ (6 .75): 74. Mclvin Scmb (Winona, Minn.) 2~·4 ; (6.50); 75. Gerhard W. Suhs (Hammond. Inti. ) 2!·4} (6 .00); 76. Jackie Maycr (I.oulsvllle, Ky.) 2!.oI! (5.75); 77. Kurt L. l.oenlng (Columbus , 0.) 2~Al {5.75); 78. Hcnry G. Horak (Lawre nce, Kans.) n·4 ~ (4.50) ; 79. Hobart C leveland (Chicago, Ill.) 2 •. 411 (4 .00); 80. Oanlel c. Kum r o. Jr. (Ch icag(), II!.) n·4! (3.~0): Ill. Dr. Max Schlosser (Decatur, III.) 2·5 (£.75); 82. Chnrlc" M. Burton (St. Louis, Mo.) 2·5 .(5.75); 83. WlllInm TrInk! (Ham. m o nd, Ind.) 2·5 (4.75); 84. HallS J osephson (Libcrtlyvillc, 111.) 2·5 (4 .50); 85. Nroval Stamm (Hasting . Minn.) ~·5 (3.75); 86 . K. Venes~nr (Chicago. Ill.) 2·5 (3 .50); 87. Harvey J. Krchil1 (Ft. Mad ls ()n, Ia. ) 2·5,(3.00); 88. Wlmam I,. Rcbol d (Columbus, 0.) 2·5 (2.50) ; 89. Carl Urban (Appleton, WIs.) 2·5 (1.00) ; llO . Jmnes Seifert (Minneapolis, 1I11nn.1 11·511 (3.50): 91. Clyde H. Gray (Rock Island, ll1 .) B·5 ' (1.25); ll2 . Henry G. Cramer (Peo ria. Ill.) J·6 (3 .00); 93, H. W. Gould (DeKalb, III .) 1·6 (2 .00); 94. Aldcn n. Riley (St. P au l, 1\1lnn.) 1·6 (1.501; 95. E. Levy (Chlc~go, Ill.) ~·61 (1.50); 96. Walter Alberts (C hlc ~1I0 , TIl.) 0·7 (0.00).

Levy and A lberts withdrew after 3rd r d .; Gould after 5th rd. T he Austin Chess nnd CheCker Club offers npologies -ror the , 'cry late submls·

s lon of thIs rcport. paul A(Jam~ i tournamcnt !llrcctor; Charles Brokaskf, IIsst. t .l\.

GAMES BY USCF MEMBERS Annotated by Chess Master JOHN W. COLLINS, Marshall Chess Club Champion, 1954

USC F M EM8ERS: S .. bm,t 70 "" bf:5t •• :.: ...•• ' ". COLUNS, 91 Lcnqr ROdJ, Brookl,." 26, Id~<t the ""ut j"Urrlling ImJ jn$l,uctj"r fo. to 11''''''1 d,r by Mr. Collins .

dt partmtnt 10 JO H N W . bfing lim itfJ, Mr. Collin , ,.,ill

p,,,";''';''". U nit., othtr,.,;n slaltd notf>

SICILIAN DEfENSE Meo: page 280, ,alumn 1l (lA )

U.S. Biennial Championship New York, 1954

White

Nottt by U. S .· MaIU, Sid",,, B.,.l1 l ltil1

S, BERNSTE I N E. 1. P·K4 P·QB4 4. KtxP

Black HEARST

KI·83 P· K4 1. )(t.K1 Kt.QBl S. QKt. B3

3. p .Q>! P:.:P 6. KKt. K2 It 6. Kt-B 3 Or 6. K t ·KtJ. th ,m 8.K~ Is annoylnr. 1f 6. Kt-55, P·Q4. The only good aile rnaU"c to the lext Is 6. Kl (4).KI5, P ·Q3; 7. B.K t5, P·QR3; 8. DxKt . 6, ._..... 8·84 7. Kt. Ktl p . Q ] O r 7 .. _ .... , Q·Kt3; 8. Q.Q2, Kt-KK t5; 9 . Kt.Q l followed by 10. P ·KlU and 11. Kt-B3 with the threat 12. K\.R4. 8. 8·)(2 I:\.K3 9. 0 -0 P·Q4 This looks risky- but Black felt it Wall his last opportunity to nC hleve this liberating ad,·anee. 10. Kt·R51 Kt)( Kt 11. PxP B x P Nol all ........ , KI·OS; 12. Bxxt, PxD; 13. Pill. pxP; 14. B·1.I4 (thTeat: 15. Q.R!i e h ), QxQ; 15. QRxQ w ith a winni ng e n d · Ing . 11. QxB 12. Ktill, Kt.-B 3 leads t o no t hln¥. · 12, •.•..... Qx Q 13. Kt xQ R·Qll Not 13 ...... ..• O-O·O?; 14. BxKt , fuK I; 15. BxP and 15. ._~, R.Q2? loses t o 16. B·K6. 14. Kt·B7 eh 1S. B'xKt

K·Q2 KxKt ". n.

. .. B·R5.

KR·Bl P·KKt3?

T h e l osi n g move a~ it enables White t o g a in a n a ll.impo Ttant te m po lateT with B·RI>' T he re was a d r aw b y 17. .. ... ... , nxP; 18. RxR. n.KBl; 19. B·B:I, P .K5; 20. K·Bl t, BxR; 21 . BxP! , B-Kt3 d is .ch ; 22. B.1.I3, K t -Q5; 23. B·K3, KtxB; 24. B xB ch, etc. IS. B·KI4 P·KR4 22. KxB P·K5 19. B-K2 Rx P 23. 8-R6 R-B4 20. RxR R·KB1 24. R· KI PxB 21 . B·B3 BXR ch 25. PxP P'KKt4 ~5 . K t-Q5 m erely l oses time b e · c ~psc of 26. R·J(4!! (26 ......... , KtxQBP~;

27. R·n 4 c h o r 26. . ... • KtxKBP; 27. B.B4 c h o r 26. R xP ch; 27. K-K I2 a n d wins). 26. B·Kt] P·KtS 28. P·QR3 Kt·Q4 27. R_Kl KI·Kts 29. R· Kt3! P·R4 E m bar king on n il In g'e n lo us p lan (which a lmost succeeds ) to e x"han g e enough Pawns t o r each a draw. 30. B-R6 P_Kt4 JJ. Px P PxP 31. K-Kt3 P-KtS 34. B·Q2 32. RPxP RPxP E"en stronger, tha n 34. KxP, R·B7

PERSONA L S ERV ICE Th~ Editor 0/ thil D~P,"fflw.t ,.,iII

pl,z;r you a g .. mt Iry m<tit, commtnl "" ",~ ry mOT~, tmJ S .... t YMI a t horQugh ~It. 8 .. m~ """iYliJ. Ft~ 1 10.

M •. Collins ",ill al,o annolat" .. n,. """ of .. "U, 8<1mrJ fo, .. Ifft 0/ 1'.

, (!bess Cif~ ~Vtdnr5d<rJ, Page 6 Odoba l li, 1914

• whleh shou ld a l!iQ win b u t Wh ic h I n· volves furthc r whittl ing down_ 34... ...... R·R4 . 35. R·Q3t SaleI' t h a n 35. BxP, R-R6 e h ; 36. KxP, ItxP (not 36_ .... .... . RxR?: 37. B·R5 eh, R-Kt3; 38_ K.Kt5, etc.) and White mUal gUard ag~lnst a p<mslble $aerlflce or thc Kt for the Pawns. Art"r the text, the threat of 36. n 'Q4 it decISive. 3S. K · B1 39. RxP 36. R-Q4 P-Kt6 4(1. B·B3 eh 37. Rx P Px P 41 , R· K2 38. R· B4 eh K _Q3

K · K 4 K·B4 Ki llS

A n excha n g e Is fo r ced. U 41. . .... _, K· K13 ; 42. R·KG eh and 43. R-I{$. 42. Px Kt R-R2 The rest Is rou t ln e_ Elio t e xplained arter the game that he was h oping t o l ure me Into the trap t o which my II· lustr ious n a mesake Or. Osslp Bern· ste in once ~uecumbed, n amely: ' ''hlte: K o n QD4, R on I{RI, P a wns on QB5 and K R6; B la e k : K o n QJ33, R-Kill. White played 1. P-R?????, RxP! a n d draws. 43_ P.R3 44_ K· B3

R·Kt2 ch R· KR2

45. K· Kt2 R· Kt2 eh 46 . K-B2 47. R-Q2 43. R-Q4 ch 49. R-Q3 50. K · K2 51 . R-Q4 eh 52. K-Q3 53. P-R4 54. P-B4 55. R.Q5 ch

K-B5 R·QB2

K .K4 K ·K 5 R·Bl K-K4

R-QRT R-Rl

R-KKtl K . K3

56. P-RS 57. K -Q4 sa. P· BS 59. K·B4 60. R-Q6 61 . K·Q5 62. p· R6 63. P·B6 64. P· B7 65. K-B6 66. P·R7 67. R·Q8

SICILIAN DEFENSE

R-QBl R-KRI

K -K2 R-QKtl R-QB1 R·KRI R.QBl

R·KKtl R·QBl R-KRl R·QBl

ReSigns

MCO: page 276, column 57 Pcln·American Championship

Los Angeles, 1954 Nou 5 by U .S. M ada Ha, ry B070~ho..,

Wh it e B lack SHELBY LYMAN H. BOROCHOW I . P_K4 P·QB4 7. Q_Q2 B_K2 2. Kt-KBJ KI·QB3 8. 0 ·0.0 KtxKt 3. P-Q4 PxP 9. QxKt O.() 4. KtxP Kt·BJ 10. P-B~ P_KR3 5. Kt·QB3 P-Q3 11. B_R4 Q_R4 6_ B·KKtS P·K3 12_ B-KT Ap paren tly a n eW move, bu t It g ives up the K5 sq uare ro r BlaCk's Kt, w ith n o compensatIng advantag e o ther Ihnn t he w eak B lack QP. 12. P· K4 ll. Q-B2 13. K t-Q5 (o r o n t he f ollowin g move ) loses a Pawn to QxKt , e tc. 13_ Kt.KtS 21. R_Q2 14_ Q. Bl PxP 22. BxB IS. Kt-Q5 Q-Ql 23. Q-Bl 1(,. KtxBch QxKI 24. Q·KtS 17_ B·Kt4 R-Ql 25. P_QKt3 18. QxP Kt·K4 26. KR-Cll ,,_ B·K2 P·QR4 27. P-B4 20_ B-RJ .P-QKtJ

B_Rl , .. R(3)-Rl QR-Bl

R_B.] Q. B2

A wealfenln" m ov e , confining his Q 10 n m.rrow r a n>!e . Very risky Is the win of the P awn by 27. BxP, R(~) xB :

18_ QxKt , RxR; 29. QxQ, RxR eh: 30. K-K t 2. R(1)-Q~ , w ith all the Winnin g c h" nces in t he e nd-game favorin g b lack. 27_ K ·R2 28. P·KKI4 With no ae tlon possible o n t he Q-wln g o r ce n ter, \"h lte m"kes t h is weakening move against nlack'~ p llS, lble b uild u p of _ .. ...... l'-B~, ..... ... , Kt-R2, with eOneen· l .... tJon on the wc~k I{P to f ollow, t il the hope of I:ettlng actIon with h is pi""es on the K-.~Ide. Althou g h t his m o \'c d idn ' t actu al!.v cause loss. per· haps ho ldln!! the pOSition and g iving Black tad lca l p r ohlems w as to be p r e · ferre d_ A gainst 28. BxP?, R {3IxB; 29 . QxKt , RxR ; 30. Qx Q, RxR eh w ins easl.l y for Black. 28. Q.K2 i 8. ._ .... , P-B3 fo llowed b y Ki-R2 p resent. ed t oo many b d ;"al diffic u lties for coordin~ tion of Black 's p ieces , because o f the hackward w eak QP_ Whit e could "I least h old t h e pos iti on o n the Q _ wing and e ent eT, a nd then perhaps hrea l, through o n the K-slde . Hence, u ow o r neve r , t h e a ttaek a gainst Wblte's weaknesses.

19. K·Ktl In view of White's dccislon to capture. the QP with the B instead of tho B .Ilt ... :aUnJ:' to command a different di­agonal, his ' K WaS better placed a t Kt2 th;, n at KtL. lie probably didn't wis h the K to be In II pOSition to be ~heckcd by t he Kt {or some p oss ible fuuiTe com­hillution, but eXl'oscd hlmscl r to tho KP capture with a check by the Q. 29, ........ Q.83 31. BxP Qx KPch 30. R·Q5 Q·66 32. K-Kt2? 'I'hi s lo~es. 32. K·RI!, then if 32 . .... ... .• RxU (what else for Black!); 33. R xR, ,R:< lt; 34. llxR, Q·B7; 3$. P·QR3 draw~ by perpotua l c heck. ~ l nce the Black Kt can not enter to aid In mating , due to White's counter threau. 32. ........ KtxPch l

34. Q-Kt3

t hreat ~aving t he game a J,!alnst the fi nish e s It.

34. _ .. RxB 36. RxP Q·K7ch 35. RxR R-KtS 37. K · BI RxQ

Resign5 If 38. P ill? Q-KS ch w Ins a R; and if 38 .. · nxR, Q xQRP; 39_ R·QB3, QxP and Black has II w on e nd·ga m e .

j1 DUNST OPENING

MCO: page 135, column 8 New York 5"'le Championship

Binghampton, 1954 N Oln by U.S. Mast~r A. E. Sttfltaf iu~

White ;Black A_ E. SANTASIERE E. W . MARCHAND 1. KI·QB3 The W ild Bu ll. t h e m agnificent obses­sIon of Ted Dunst who p lays It with W hite or Black in wi n ter or summer to the utt eT d isma y o f h is o p pon e nt s. T h ere is only one good defe nse-the Krazy Kat Defen .• e which, a s you know, is a sort of Dutch Defense in f ear and t rem blin g (P-KB3) . 1. ..... P.Q4 2. P·K4 P-Q5 To b o o r n o t t o h~r w here Is m y wande rin g child? T h e e xpe rts who don't k now sa ~' t hat B"P is hett .. r . ~. QKt-K2 P-KKI3 S. B-B4 Kt·KB3 4_ Kt_Kt3 B-Kt2 6. P-Q3 P_KR4 FloTeS, t h e ooc-lime c hampio n o f C hile and the Marshall Chess Clu h pla yed this ~ nmc (do u btful ) m ove against me; and I Ihen mad e t h e m istake of eo u n terin$! with P ·KH4 which leave s a rip e hole a t Black's K Kt5. I n th is g~me Y OU se c t hat I do remember and Improv e. 7. P.KR3 KKt·Q2 Since he f Inds this Kt bltln $! on gran ite, h e moves t o a greene r v all ey, hu t a l a cost i n t ime. 8_ P·B4 P-QB4 9. Kt-Bl P_RS H e ru.~ ac~ v"'l' lbl!~ <l .mly (he serious weaken ing of hl~ K-slde p",w ns. to. Kt·K2 P-K3 13. 0 ·0 8-Kt2 11. P_B~ PxP 14. P.BS 12. PxP P_Kt3 A fte r th is pawn sac rifice B lack Is stat ..... gl ca lly lost; b ut with t h e slim mest reo SOUTC eS h e p uts u p a rn agnJ flecnt fight. 14_ ... . KtPxP 17. P.Q4 Kt_R4 15. PxP P>cP 18. B-Q3 Q_B1 16. B-B4 QKt·B~ . N ot B·KS; 19. K t -K t 5, Q-K2; 20. Q-B2~ Kt-B3; 21. B -K5. 19. Q-B2 R·R4 21. Kt-KS 20. QR·KI K-Bl ThIs J thought w.o uld smash a ll r esist.­e n ce. hut E r ie f inds a s tartHn g r e p ly a ll t he more omin ous f or b eing s o q Uie t. Or, a s the Spaniards sar., "When

you leas t out ." 21 . K · Ktl 22. R-82 Rc a lly to t h reaten KtxKt which now Is answered by Q.B3. 22 . .. _.... Q·K2 25. Px B R.Ql 23. KtxKt QxKt 26. Kt-B4 R_Kt4 24. B·K5 BxB BJlleJr.'ti game r;eem$ to have improved eon~idcrably, but W hite I~ T"ad y with a b it of a rchi tectu re. 27. P.K6

Rc lie\'l n g the t hreat. nlnck'~ rel"'iy lO_ BxQ 31. Rx Q Rx Pch 31. R· Kt5<;h An alert zw lt;chenzug whl~1) J9fllU tho K to an u nfavorable square. 33 ..... ~ _. K_B2 39. RxP K-Q4 34. Kt-Q8-ch RxKt 40_ R_QR6 K-B3 35. RxR BxP 41. R-R6ch K.Q4 36_ R· RS B-K3 420 R(KR_)xP 37. RXRP 8xP Kt.BS 38. R-Q7ch K·K3 43. R·KtS Resigns And t h e B has no escape. A g ame where I rea lize m y Ideal of (co nstructive) chess p lay .

Whit~ d)()oj~$ tht Nirn , Qwi/ch V ....-i .. -Ii"" dg"ifl~1 I h~ Fr~,,<h D~feflu . Bu_u BL.ck pl<rJ1 Ih ~ op ~Tljng r"l h~r indifluuI I. 17 "nd /aii, to lah imm~di .. t t a<tio" "g"inlt th, ad .. ilnur! ~V hil t pa1Vn -c~ nlt1 h~ due ,~~dly gdl a ,,,,,nperi game. Ht f,eel hi; 8a", ( by /requt " / n~hang(5 b ut drift . in /o a last ending whi~h W hitt wins in good Jlyie. .

FRENCH DEFENSE MCO: page '4. column 96-100

U. S. Biennial Championship New York, 1954

NOIOJ by u.s. EXPUI D,. J. Plal~ W h ite Blac k

A. BISGUIER C. PILNICK I. P-K4 P·K3 3. P-k5 2_ P·Q4 P·Q4 >'

Nimzo witch vaf"i ation is r a rely seen today in m aster tour naments. J . P-QKtl This m o,"c is wea k for s eve ral r easo ns: II it d o cs nothing for control o f t he eenter, 2) it d o es not d evelop, 3) It takes a square a way wbleh is usually oc<:upied by Ih e Black Q in this vaTia· tion. lnstea r;!, a n Im media te a ttaek o n the White c enter. b y :1 • •. _ •. __ ., P-QB4 w as called f or_ 4.. P.QB3 P.QR4 O ne w e Zlk mOY e neceulhte5 another. Blil c k h ad d ecided t o e xchange his QB aga inst W hi te's KB, but if he p lays 4. . _ ~ ____ , B·R3 h e loses a p ie<: e b y B x B a nd Q-R4 eh. S. Kt-Q2 t.. Kt· R3 7. Kt_B3

Kt-K2 Kt-B4 B·R3

8_ BxB 9. P-KKI41

K ... Kt-K2

At fi rs t sIgh t o n e wonders w hy B lack re t rea ts and refrain s from the apparent. ly Sim plifyi n g 9_ ....... . , Kt·R5. hut White wou ld win a plcee by as sImple a move 3S 10. Q·lt4 c h. 10. Kt·B4 Q-Q2 13.. B·Kl 0-0·0 11. P·KR4 P-QB4 14. P-R3 P_BS 12.. P·R5 Kt·B3 W ith t his Black p reven ts the open ing of lines against h is K but h e admits his f ailu Te in -the 'nih! for the center.

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1!i. P.R6 16. RP"P 17. Px P

P·83 BxKfP , .. 18. R·R6

19. R·R5 B.Kt2

... ,~t

-j sqUni"c.' F rom R.5 he controllil SqU" "'~ in f r ont of the back ward

~~\\:~: Kt-B2 20: Q-B2 . Kt·K1 Ir Ins tead 20. • p.R3, then 21. Xt· Kt6 and lJ lack Is he lpless. But if nOW 21. RxP, Kt·B3 and Black gets counter­p lay , It is often better to let the oppon­ent w orry abou l hi s w eakness r ather than remo~c I t. 21. Kf_K5 8xK' 22. PICB K,·1(12 In the long ru n t hc RP cannot b e held , so Bla ck decldes to part with it now. 23. RxP KtxP 24. 0-0-0 RXR 24 .. ... . " Kt-Q6 leads after 25. Kt" Kt t o nothing. 25. QxR Q.KB2 ,28. Px Kt 26. Kf_RS KlxK! 29. R·RI 27. QxQ KtxQ

R·RI P·Kt4

In th is posi tion with~ play o n both wings, Ute H is far superior to t h e Kt. 30. P·R6! .... _ According t o Nlm zowitch this is the pa ssed pawn's " lust to expcnd." 30. ..... K-Q2 Unfortunately for alack, he cannot stop the R P., i.e., 30 . . ...... , R·R2; 31. RKtl , K ·Q2; 32. R·Kt7!, etc . 31. P·R71 P·K4 36. RxP 32. P· B4 P·Q5 31. RxP 33. QBPxP PxBP 38. B·KSch 34. BxP K·K3 39. K·B2! 3S. R·RS! K·B3 Leaves n o hope for Black. 39" . R·R& 41. Rx8P K·Q4 40. R·BS Kt·Kt4 42. R·Bl Resigns A game w ort hy oC a champion.

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QUEEN'S INDIAN DEFENSE MC;;O: page 122, eolumn 26

U. S. Biennial Championship

New York, 1954 Notes by u.s. Expert Dr. M dX H tr, b" gt1

White Black DR. A . MENGARINI C. PILNICK 1. P·Q4 KI·KB3 •. Kt.Bl P.Kl 2. Kt·KBl P·QKI3 5. ' B·KIS B-K2 3. P·Bol B· Kt2 This move may be better than tbe b ook mo ve .of 5 . ... _ .. , P ·KR3. 6. Q·B2 P·B" 1. R·QI Maybe 7. 0·0·0 1$ sater. 7. .....••• 0 ·0 9. P·K4 P-KR3 8. PxP PxP 10. B_R4? The B is very nccc~sary later on. 10. j)·nI W3$ p r eferable. 10. ,....... KI· B3 11. P -K5 ~ •...•• 'I'li e SU1·t of an Ingen iO us maneuver, with the inttnlion of pl llnilllg a K t on his Q6. H owever, his oppo n en t d emon­strates t hat Wblte '~ K is safe e nough In t h e e~nter. . 11 . ... .. ~. . KI ·KR4 14. B·Q3 P·B4 12. Bx8 QxB 15. PxP e.p. 13. Q·Q2 QR.Ql 'l'his IO~C $, opening the KB.! ile. B ut al­ternati ves do no loo k e nUctne, s in ce Black Can otherw ise prepa..... the ad· vance o f h is K·slde p a wns wilh &mother · i n //; effect. IS . ...... ~ QxP 17. Kt·Q& B·RI 16_ Kt·K4 O·K2

Q-K3 m ay have set more difficult p r ob l ems f o r Black, h owever 18. KI·B5; 19. B·Bl, Q-B3 and the Black p r essure will b e o ye rwhclming. If 19. O-O?, K t xKtP; ro. KxKt, Kt·Q5; · 21. B-l\:4, RxKt d ecides effectively. 18. ~. . RxKt! A be autiful and decisive move. Tbe main variatio n is 19. Q-B2, K t·B3; 20. P xR, Kt·Q5; and wins. Or 20. Kt-K4, Kt-Q5; 21. KtxKt ch, QxKt!; and wins. T he rest is pretty and eas ily under· sto od. There is n o escapnig Black's i" res titab le at tack. 19. pxR KI·Q5 20. Q·RS KtxPch 21. , K·Bl Q-RS 22. P·KR3 R·KBI 23. ,QxBP KI_K'4

24. R_KKtl 25. Q·Q4 2&. K·Kl 27. K·K2

Resigns

KlxP RxPch R·BSch

•• Q

SICI LlAN DEFENSE MCO: page 183, column 92 (eJ

U. S. Biennial Championship New York, 1954

White H. SEIDMAN I. P·K4 P·QB4 2. Kt·KB3 Kt·QB3 3. P-Q4 PxP 4. KtxP KI·B3 S. KI·QB3 P·Q3 6. P·B4 P·KKI3 1. KtxKt PxKt 8. P·K5 KI·Q2 9. PxP Px P 10. B· K3 Q·K2 11. Q·Q2 B·KKt2 12. 0·0·0 0 ·0 13. B·Q4 Kt·B3 14. BxK. Qx B 15. QxP B_K3 1&. P·KKt3 QR·Ktl 11. Q· R3 R·Kt2 18. Kt·R4 KR·KII 19. P·KI3 B·KIS

Black J . T . SHERWIN

20. R·KI B·B6 21. R·Ktl Q·R8ch 22. K·Q2 Q-QSch 23. B·Q3 B·Bl 24. Q·Bl Q·87ch 25. K·B3 B·KtSch 26. K·Kt2 B-Q7 27. Q-Rl Q·QSch 28. K·Ktl QxKI 29. QR·KBI B·Q4 30. Q·Kt2 Q·R4 31. P_DS B·QB& 32. Q_BI B·QS 33. Q·R& RxPch 34. BPxR RxPch 35. PxR Q·Rkh 3&. K-B2 Q.K17ch 37. K·Ql BxPch

Resi.gns

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100% USCF Ra ted Event 1. Dr. Max He rzberge r •. ~ ... ~.~ .... _ ........... .. . .x . 1 0 2. Dr. E r ich W. Marchand _ ..... .......... 0 x 1 3. Maynard Ncvld ._._ ........ .. :. ... . .... _ ....... 1 0 x

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.5. Wal ter Rudin 3·4; e. Georle C. S witzer 3-4; 7. E. A. Cileski ()'7.

1 1 Il&'l 11· 1 1 6 ·1 0 111 5-2 11114-3

Schmucker 1·6; 6. W. E.

PANHANDLE OPEN CHAMPIONSH IP Amarillo, 1954

JO O% USC F Rated Event I. Sh ana . O'Neill ......... . _.. . . ... .. _Wl4. we W27 W5 D2 4.b-. 32.75 2. Owen W. Johnson ......... . .. WI7 W44. W.16 W4 01 4~. Ii 23.75 3. Dr. A. J. Welker . ... _.. . ... .... W 28 0 23 W25 Wll W 9 411·'!; 25.n 4. Alfred P . Coles m _ ........... ~ ............ . W IQ W8 W15 L 2 W12 4. · 1 32.4.0 5. Or. A. Vaet ............ _. . .. _WI2 W I B W I3 LI W23 4 -1 28.40 6. Dr. R. S . Underwood .••... W24 L I W 17 W26 Wll 4. .,j 26.40 7 . Lee Bal'ry _ ..... _. . .. .. wn Lll W20 W29 W15 4. ·1 25.60 8 . Vikto r s P u pol.'! _ .W21 L4. W 41 W27 W I8 4. -1 22.tlO 9. MII~on S. Wilt .•.••. ..W46 025 W23 Wia L3 311-11; 22.15

10. JuriS J urevics .•..•. . .•.. L4 W24 W43 014 W 26 3Hi 21.30 11. Ot .. C. G. Brindley .. ... . W40 W7 W 30 1..3 L S 3 -2 25.!O 12. Elmer L. "MW Ct • . .... L5 W42 WI9 W13 L4. 3 ·2 23.60 13. C. E. Loter ....•... _. . ..... ...•. _ ............. _ W31 W2C1' L 5 LI2 W28 3 -2 22.010 14. Jack Shaw ......... .. .. .... .. _ .. .... ............ .......... Ll W21 W45 0 11) D24 3 -2 22.40 I S. O. O. 'l'hom pson, Jl·. . .. _ \\141 W19 1.4 W30 L7 3 -2 A I.60 16. J ohnny R eese •.•.. ... _ •..... •. W32 W 35 La 1.9 W 30 3 ·2 2t.60 17. W::t l'ren Mille r ... _ ....... _L2 W38 VI \V4.5 W33 3 -1 20.20 18. Hall Jones .. ..•..• . ..... ...... W43 L.5 W 32 W33 La 3 -2 - 19.60 19. Maxw e ll B. MUler ... _. .• __ ..•. .•. W34 LlS LI2 W39 W 27 3 _1 18.1() 20. J o llu R. Whee l~k _. . ~ ... .•... W43 L13 L7 W40 W32 3 ·2 17.4.0 ' 21. J oe Gilbert ..... .LB L14 W47 W41 W34 3 _2 1i\..JO 22. Don Gar d n e r .. L7 Wi W46 W 42 W29 3 ·2 15.20 23. 1. Hart ... W36 D3 L9 W44 L5 211·21 21.75 24. !'.lr j. E . B. Edmo ndson . L6 LI0 W37 W31 DI4 21-2} 21.50 25. Max Burkett •... ~. ..... .... . .. W39 09 1.3 L26 W43 2~·2 i1 18.65 26. Dr. Rober t Freeman ... .•. _ .. 047 L30 W 39 W25 LID 2~·21 15.45 27. G . A. 1Iia hler, Jr. 2..:1 (21.80); 28. Joel S. Quinone s 2-3 (19 .30); 29. S herman Sherrill 2·3 (18.80); 30. T hom ns O. Rcager 2-3 (17.80); 31. G. F. Guerrette 2-3 (17.00); 32. Jim Mann 2·3 (14.80); 33. Wm. H. Batche ldcr 2·3 (14.60); 34. T hurm a n TIgart 2·3 (10.40) ; 35. Gene Weaver 2·3 (lOAO); 36. A. J . Crow 2·3 (9.80); :>1 . Ra lp h T. Priee 2-3 (9.70); 38. Warrcn Spauldin l,! 2-3 (a.80); 39. Philip Godwin n·311 (13.85); 40. Jimmy Wa lker H·3~ (I0.65); 41. Robt G. Bearden 1-4 (18.40) ; 42. Grnvil G. Grady 1-4 (17.20); 43. J ohn A. Bond, J r . 1-4 (17 .20); 44. W. C. Marshall 1-4 (17.20); 45. PhilIlp Borden 1·4 (10.00); 46. o. F. Hartzell 1·4 (H:40); 47. F. M. Keswr ~ ·4~ (14. l..l) ; 48. Buek Smith 0-5 (10.20).

Spalding f o r feited t o Brady; Kester f orfeited t o Sp alding, and Hartzell to Gardiner. Coons p Oints used.

KANSAS STATE CHAMPIONSHIP _.Hutchinson, 1954

100% USCF Raled Evenl I. Carl Weherg ~. .. ...... W21 WI6 W 12 W6 W4 03 5 i1· i 17.75 2. Jim Callis ... ~.WI4 ' 04 W8 0 3 W6 05 4~-U 17.00 3. Bert Brice-NaSh ..... _. _ W 18 05 W20 0 2 W7 01 41·11 15.25 4. 'Yi1lirun D. McLaug b lin . ........ W 23 0 2 W5 W I2 L l \V8 411 -11 13.75 5. Kirke Mechem . . ... .... W 11 0 3 L4 W9 W17 D2 4 -2 13.50 6 . R oy N . Meister .. .•... . W 2O WJ7 \V9 Ll L 2 W14 4 ·2 11.00 7. Bob Oeppe rschmidt ... ..... L I6 Wig W I3 \VJ8 L3 W11 4 ·2 10.00 8. Boo th Myers ....... ~WI9:Q9 L2 W IO WI3 L4 31·2!. 10.25 9. James H. M aguire _.. . .. .... W 15 08 L6 L5 W 19 \V20 31-23 8.75

10. Gordon Sprin gbett ...... .. L12 W23 011 L8 W16 W17 3~·2~ 7.50 ll. Geo. E. Prewitt .. _ .. L5 \V15 0 10 0 17 \v18 L7 3 ·3 8.00 12. HUl!o 'I·eufel .W IO W13 Ll IA W21 F22 3 ·3 8.00 13. Hobart Hoy t e ..... _ .. W24 L 12 L7 W 15 La W I8 3 -3 S.OO 14. Dr. A. A . Herman _ ... ...... L2 L I8 WI9 W22 W20 LS 3 ·3 5.00 15. K. R. M aeDona ld ~ ... .. ...... .. .... . L9 Lll . W23 F 13 W25 W 21 3 ·3 3.50 16. Henry B. Amsde n n·n (5 .7(» ; 17. Herman W . Brauer 2~·3 ~ (5.00); 18. Abe Wein. lood 2-4 (4.5.(1); 19. Kenneth W eberg 2-4 (2.00); 20. J o h n C. Wright 2-4 (2 .0Cl); 21. Wm . B. J o nes 1~·4 l (2.25); 22. W. J . lII cMillan 1·5 (3.00) ; 23 . P . M: Herman 1-5 (1.00); 24. Wayne Thorpe 1-5 (1.110) .

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ILLI NOIS STATE CHAMPIONSHIP Peoriol, 1954

100% USCF Raled E ven l 1. Charles C. Henin ...... W28 W 17 W4 W25 W9 W 3 W5 7 -0 37.00 2. Miroslav Turiansky ~ ... WIO L3 WS W39 W IS W13 W4 6 ·1 30.50 3. Povllas Tautvaisas ._ .... W43 W 2 DI3 W ll W25 Ll W 19 5~·U 25.00 4. Paul Poschel ..... W34 W5 L I W26 W IO W8 L2 5 -2 24.511 5. Dr. I. S ehwa..tz ... \V I2 L4 W7 W37 W 14 WI9 L1 5 ·2 24.50 6. Karl H . Wi egmann ..... . 00 014 L2 W41 W26 WlS W15 !.i _2 21 .75 7. Daniel i"ischheimer .. .. 0 14 0 18 L5 W21 W37 W28 W13 5 ·2 21.50 8. A lbert Snndrin ... . 06 W15 W2S LI3 W22 IA W 14 U-2! 21.50 9. Mitc hel S w elg .. ........... W32 W 23 W20 D19 Ll D IS DI2 4!-2} 20.25

ICI.Oenn!s Haszkowskl .... .. L2 D34 WlS W29 IA W32 W 2O , 4 ~-2! 18.75 11. Robert Chap in .... . W 3S 0 20 W 41 1..3 LI5 W31 W 28 4 , ·2& IS.25 12. Angelo Sand rin ... .. 1..5 W43 LIS' Was W31 W25 09 4~·2~ 14.75 13. Kimba ll Ned ved •. W18 WIG D3 W6 0 19 L2 L7 4 ·3 ' 21.25 14. S o lomon Garlenhaus .... .1)7 DS W17 W27 L5 W29 UI 4 ·3 19.00 15. HUgh E . Myers .... . 0 17 1..8 W34 W20 Wll D9 L6 4 ·3 111.75 15. Roy A. Berg . ~... . ..W4C1 LI3 WI2 W22 L2 1.6 W 29 4 ·3 17.00 17. John Tums ..... . 015 L I L14 W3" 0 18 W 26 W2:i 4 _3 16.50 18. Kazys Jakstas .... . L13 D7 Ll0 W36 D17 W39 W 27 4 -3 16.00 19. James E . Warren W42 W26 W29 D9 013 L5 L3 4 ·3 15.75 20. J ohn Roecker ...... W36 0 11 L9 LUi W40 W 23 LlO n·n 13.75 21. Robert H. Stein ... L 25 D42 W23 L7 L32 . W 34 W36 3~·3~ 12.7S 22. Math Rot h .... .. L37 W38 W3 2 LIS L8 033 W39 3~..:I~ 11.2S 23. Louis G. Stephens .. .... . 0 41 L9 L21 W42 W 27 J,20 W32 3,·a t 11.25 24. Dean Lybarg e r .......... ... L 26 L U L38 Bye W 30 D40 W33 3.·3, 10.00 2<>. Hans J oscph5en 3-4 (11.50); 2ii . Jacob Ka ln iu 3-4 (11.00) ; 27. R. L . Fletcher 3.4. (10.50); 28. M arlin Placek 3·4 (10.00); 29. Art Shanahan 3-4 (7.50); 30. Gordon Winrod 3-4 (7.50) : 31. Hobart Cleveland 3-4 (6_50); 32. Clyde H. Gray 2~4~ (10.00) ; 33. Frank Cosplto 2!.4~ (9.25); 34. A l P oscbel 214 ~ (7 .25); 35. L o renee O'RU5Sa 2 ~-4~ (5.00); 36. Curtis Glass n-4~ (5.00); 37. H. W . Gou ld 2·5 (8.50); 38. Dr. T homas R. Charles 2-5 (8.00); 39. Glcn Ba bcock 2·5 (7.00); 4(1. Dr. Max Schlosser 2-5; Gerald Garver I ~·5! (S.75); 42. C. A. L yo n H-5~ (3.25) ; 43. Gustav Anderson (}'7' (0 .00).

Anderson withdrew after f our rounds.

IV(J,,(jJQ~, Page 8

October 20, 1954

Open.in.g (junJ By M. G. STURM, M.B.

A STRONG MOVE, OF OBSCURE ORIGIN, AGAINST THE ALLGAIER

J. 1'-K4, P-K4; 2. P-KB4, PxP; 3. Kt-K83, P-KKt4; 4. P-KR4, P-Kt5; 5. Kt-Kt5, P-KRS; 6. KtxBP, KxKt; 7. P-Q4, P-Q4; 8. llxP, Kt-KB3; 9_ Kt-83, 8-K3!

I do not know the history of this move, and Clln find it neither in .MeO nor PCO_ Originally I blamed it on Euwe, who gives it in his 'Th. d. Schaakopcningcn' with the text that White has no possible compensation for the sacrificed piece. He then quotes, as White's unavailing best, Lasker's continua· tion 10. Q·Q3, Kt-U3; 11. 0·0·0, PxP; 12. KlxP (12. Q·K3, Kt-K2!), KtxKt; 13. QxKt, Q·Q4.

In 'Th. IIloderniho Sachu,' Pach­man highly recommends the move, without further analysis, but some· what confuses the issue, in a his­torical seme, by attributing the whole variation to L:lsker.

Keres, in the second volumc of his work on the Opellings, indi­cates a better line with 10. B-K2i, intending 0·0. (Keres C:lll be count· ed upon to chamllion the King's Gambit. He has :llrcady, aided and abetted by Flohr in 'Shakmaly,' reiloated one seemingly grounded IineJ

9 . ....... . , B·K3! certainly wants watching, e. g., Mitchell-Sturm (CCLA Gambit, 1952) which pro­ceeded 10. B-K5? Not the best, but leading to a most unusual man­euver by black, who places his own King in jeopardy, but his op-ponent's in great danger. 10 ...... , .. , B-Kt5; 11. B-Q3, BxKt chi 12. PxJ3, PXP; 13. BxKt, QxB; 14. BxP, R­Kl!; 15. Q·K2, B·M (cqually in reply to 15. R-KEl); 16. B·Q5 ch, KB1; 17. QxR ch, KxQ; lB. BxP, 8-K5.

A miserly tactic, 'saving the Ex­change' in an elliptical sense, as now Black, a piece down, b denied t wo Rooks for his Queen, having t o be satisfied with Rook and Bishop. 19. BxB, Kt-B3 with heavy lnaterial superiority.

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At Downtown YMCA, 1~28 Locust St.; upen II) all, hlo::hes t p laced 1I1lssourl resl­<Jent wins State title; G or 7 rd SwiSS; entry f cc 57.00 plus USCF MCA memo lJershlp (comlJlned dueS $6.00) ; guaran· teed 1st prl:<e $125, 2nd prize $60, 3rd pl"l~e $30--total $250, all In cash, guaran· teed; TD M. W. Gilbert; for details write: M. 'V. Gilbert, 507 No. Central Ave., University City 5, Mo.; brlng boards, sets and clock, If possible.

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THE WORLD CHESS CHAMPtON· SHIP, 195 1, by Wm. Winter and R. G. Wade. All 24 games uf the Botvln· nik·Bronstcln match for the world title. fully "nnotated. Also history of world championships. 144 pp., 47 diagrams. W·20: $2.50 less 41% ... .. $1.48 500 MASTER GAMES OF CHESS by Or. S. Tarlakower and J. DuMont. Greatest and best compendium of masterpieces ever produccd. Classi· fied under openings, all games arc fully annotated. Complete chess Ii· hrary in one hig volume. 72B pp., 267 di"grams. W·15: $1O.0U less 25% ..... $7.50

CHESS THE HARD WAY by O. A. Yanofsky. Autobiography and anno· tated games of brillant young Can· adian master who beat Botvlnnlk. 150 pp .. 154 diagrams. Y·IO: $4 .00 less 10% ............ ..... .. ... . $3.60

KINGS OF CHESS by William Winter. Vivid account of world title matches by Lasker, Capa, Alekhlne, Euwe. no!.vlnnik . Annotated games. 272 PP., 61 dIagrams . W·lS: ~5 .75 lcss 14% .... . $4.95

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Annua l North ·Centnl Milwaukee, Wis_

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Open to all; entry fee $7 plu, $1 rating fec for non·members of USC~'; $100 mlnl",u,n flrst prize liuaran tccd, $250 min. total prizes Guaranteed; 7 rd Swiss, ~t.~rt1n" 8:00 p,m. ~'rlday, Nov. 2G; entrl"'$ close 6:00 p.m. t·rlday; 5POII­sore(i by Wlscon~ln State Ass'n and MilwaUkee Chess FOUndation; for de. 1"lls, write: A. 1::. 1::10. 3U35 No. Fie. bn<tlh u.-., Milwaukee IU, Wb. (Orlili. n~ lIy un nOli need n~ WI.con~ln State Openl.

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Novtmbu 26·28

Wichita Open Champion s hip Wichita, Kans.

Open; at Central YMCA, First A ... e. a t Bml,orla; 6 r d Swiss; ontr! too $5.00 p u" $1.00 fallng fee for payers wIthout USC~· membership cards; guar. anteed $100 first prJ~c, remaining priz­es dctermlned by entries, trophies also· for detailS, write: J ames fl. Maguire' 717 Lexlnllton Uoad, Wichita, Kans. '

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Dtcember 11·12

Oklahoma State Championship Norman, Okla.

AI Siudent Union Bldg; overnlte ae' eomodaUolls available; entry fc c $3.00, • tudenls $1.50 Wllh S1.OO raUn, feo ad · dltional for non·USC~· members; tro· phles and medals; for details, w rite: Dr. A. M. de la Torre, % University of Okl~lIol1"', Norman, Okla.

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TRl·STATE CHESS CONGRESS will be held at Whecling YMCA. W. Va. wah annua l TrI·State Championship and JunIor ChnmpJons hlp restr icted to c ham pions nnd runners·up (or substl. tutes) of Ohln, Pennsylvania ,md west Virginia . The Trl·State Open will be a 5 rd SwiSS, open to all with prize. :lIId entry f cc to be announced later. William M. ilyland will be tournament dlreclor. Da tes are November \3 ·14, \954. Address Inqulrics to: E. !II. ~·oy,

9·B Brookland Ct., Charieston 1, W. Va.

Chess Club of the Cornell Aeronau· t lea l Laboratory (Buffa lo) is interes ted In matches with industrIal eheu teams in or nCar nurrnlo. also wishing to eon· tact such g.-cups with a view to forming nn Industr ial chess league In Erie County. Interested group~ may contac t : Donald W. /laney, C.A.L. Chess Club. % Corncll A e ronautica l L aburatory, -'455 Gcnesee St., uurtalo, N. Y. A USCF Club Affiliate .

Chess Club of the Orangu (N.J. I: On Novembe r ~, Wcaver W. AdMns will give a lecture mId shnul toneous exhlbl • tlon nt the club In the Orange YMCA. Lecture wllJ start at 7:30 p .m. and ~Im\lltaneous play at 8:30 p.m. There wlJl be a ehur~c or $1.25 to piny and p layers will be limited to first 2S ap· lille atlon~. Ap]liteutlons lire to be made to C. S. Pennington, 1130 Wychwood Road, Westfield, N. J . A USC~' Club AltlJlate.

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