USCF

Vofume II Number 10 OffieiCll Publication of jffe Unitecl Stutes (oess'federatlon Tuesday, January 20, 1948

Sullivan, Rozsa~ Sheets Win Titles , LA'URELS "''''0' N" , """i,, No , , ' SULlivAN TAKES R.

IN BYRNE ADDS TO By H",' By H ... , R'"ok TENN. VALLEY

s. E. P. A. Aug. 1943 WINNING INTERCOLLEGIATE OPEN TOURNEY

Large Entry In Tournament Proves Interest In Collegiate Events

As reported in the J anuary 5 issue of CHESS L IFE the v ictory of Robert Byrne of Yale in the largost and s trungest In t ercollegiate Individual Tournament to date emphasizes both his own cla im to r ecugnition as a player to be r eckoned w i tll a!ld the '-eloy evident glXlw-iug in te'rest of co ll egians in ('.hess

It was signitieRl1t o f tbe r apid dev elopment of latent chess ta lent in the collegiate age that two comparatively unknown players placed second and third a bove othel"S already recognized fOI' Uleir feats in cbess. Andrew Acrivos of Syracuse Univel's ity made the event inter· national by coming fro m Greece to place second. while Chester T. FeU of \Villi:llns College ~col'ed third, coming fl'o m behind to gain recognition ,

The lop foul' men were tied with a game score of 5 ~-H, but the Son-neborn-Berger tie· breaking meth-od gave 25 1loints to Byrne (who defeated Acrivos) ; 22 points to the colOl'fu! Greek; 20~ points to Fell (who drew Byrne ill the last round); and In points to Sol Gar· tenhaus of the Un iversity of Penn-sylvania, who never got a crack at uuy oC tho lcaucl'!; ,

~'or comins out fin;t vest In the seven grueli ng r~:mnds, Byrne won two·yeal' [lQses&ion or the H. Arth-ur NaIJel trollb;)', girt o( Mr. and J'l.lrs. Kubel In memory or their son. a college playel' who died during the Slil' ing Stl-meSlcr last ye:u·. Byrne also takt:s over two-year possession ot the Levinlle trophy, whleh Was taken in the first in· dlvidual ch:unplonships by I

The event was operated by John D, ~'rench , Harrisburg USC F di· rector, as touruament di rector: ({hys Hnys, tou rnament commit· tee cha irman; a nd l\flHon Fin kel. sleln. USCF College Chess chair· man. who secured the prizes, tl'Ollh.

_Ies, and ulTanged for the playing I'ooms at Colum bia University, hav-ing IJean tounlament director or or most ot the previous college event!.

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White To Play And Win! I~rom the compOSitions of Henri Rinck, these two positions elll·

phasl:r.e the oft ·quoted fact thai nothing is easier to win than a won endgnme, if YOIl know how! Position No. I illustrates tlle l'elalive inJiloteucc o( the Q against a pail' of well-lmJld led Rs : Position No, 2 emphasizes the rutility of being olle /llOve behind on a Q,

So luti ons wi ll be publ_ hed 'i n F ehru ary 20th i ssue.

ROZSA RETAINS OKLAHOMA TiTlE; GARVER SECON D

!n the sEkolld 'annual Oklahoma Chess Ass'n Tournamcnt on l)c. cemhcl' 27·2S, helel untlel' the ans-lllees or t.he Tul!l(l Chess Club a t Tulsa, Okla., Dr, Bela Rozsa. suc-cessfully defended bls title with a. perfect score of 5.(1 iu a fh'6 rou ll(l Swiss toumey.

In the fie ld of thl rty·tour en-tl'ants, Ito bert Garver ot TulSa was second with 4~-6, [lnd Alhert Roddy thiN! with 4-1. Miller Wltll a score at 4·1 a lso y.'as piaced fourth on a tle-bl'eaklng system.

Two handsome t rophies were awarded and Ilr lzes dlstriIJulcd to lhe eleven leuding players In Ihe meet. A featm'e o( tile tourn~ment was the play of T. Boote who placed fifth wltll a score of 3Hl atter playing chess tor less than one year.

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You must not, wllen you have gained a victory, use any triumllh-ing or insultng expl'ession, nor s how too mu ch pleasure; but endeavor to console yonr adversary. and make h im less dissaUs f1 ed wilh Illmsclf by every ki nd of civil expression, that may be IlSed wit ht ruth , such as, "You understand the game better than I, but you are a little Inatten· Uve," 01', "You play too rast." or " You had the best of the game, but somelhlng ha]lpened to divert your tboughts, and that turned il ill my favor. "

Ct.e!)!) ollie ..9n r/ew Yor!.

By Milton Fin!ulsteitl

Tomorrow's Champions

The su ccess ot the National In-dividual IntercollegIate Tourn-ament points an Inle!'esting moral COl" Amc l'icall chess. Orga,llz.ed conlllcUUon can IlI'oduce powel'ful chess players! It is only 8 years since tht:) Na tional Intercollegiate Chess League began to organize large· scnle college events, a.nd only three years since these ovents have beell part of the over-all USCF program. College clubs to· day are almost as num erous as non·college clubs, and they are at· u'acting the chessmastel's at tomor· I'OW to thcll' r ank'!!. 'I'hese are our champions or tomorrow!

The g l'owth ot college chess is best exemplitled by the fact that experienced New York players like Plesset, We[natein and YauoCs ky finished well behind neWcomel'S to the toul'llament field like Fell a nd Acrivos ( each pla yi ng in their first major event), One of the most significant resulta of this tOurlln· ment should be a scramble ou the part of the nation's chess clubs tOl' these talented youngs tel'S, And wlmt finer method of attracting thcm tban to invit e your loca l col-lege leam to play i ts matches at your club?

Meanwhil e, the college players or yesterday and today lead in the competitions of the powertul Mar-shall and Manl,attan Chess C1ulls. At the forme r, Herbert Seidll\ah has captUred tbe lead, with Cnrl Piluick i ll second place. At the M",,, h ,,,tt,,, ,, . PII"! •• ",, gy~ ., ,,,, 0;:1>:1"

man and KI"Umer, all products of loca l jUl1ior and colle&"e compeU-lion, have begun Illay In l he finals or the club cballlplonsblll, ill which this colulUnist confidently Ill'edicts that they will flulsh ahead of sev: era l of lhe nation's mosl ·publiclzed veterans.

. :Jt.. .:J(;tUzer J Frmn the Editors Mail-Bag

Dear S il': 011 tne first page of the October

6, CHESS I~II"I'J is un item healled "Americans 'Vin 'Vol'ld Problem Championship". I would like t~ point out why I think Ule method used there lo rank Ule world's problem composers Is completely faJlacious and such a tabu lation of points gives no indication of t he re lative , quali ty or even quantity of t he wOl'k of different cOlllJ)osers.

J . Composing tourneys va r y greatly in Impor tance. An "holl-orable mention" t n such a n Impor-tant tOll l'lley as the recent USCF Tourney or one of the haIr-yearly British Ch ess Magazine ones may we ll be a bettel' problem than a "first prize" In a small affair con-d ucted by a local publication.

2, Some composers send t heir better problems to hnportant pub· lications with wide circulatiOn raUl. er than to places where they are more likely to get "prizes". For example, the America" Chess Bul-letin In pas t yeal'S has pu blished a multitude of Cine pl'OhleUlS, yet

.. ou ly one "prize" Is gi ven each year.

3. T here Is oHell considerable difference of opinion among com· posers and critics as to t he r eo lative merits ot IlroblenlS and tournoy judges al'e not in faJlib le.

l'lence, I be lieve s uch tabulated composite I'esu lts are quite mis· leading. It Is bette ]" to Si ml)ly pub-lis h the results of individual com-posing tourneys of intcreSt ' 10 I'eaders as they occur.

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SilY you SilW It in CHESS LIFE

C!'e •• ~or :l!.e :lireJ Bu.ine.. man By Fred Rdnfrld

First Come, First Served -

C HESS. contrary to the Impression held in some quarters, Is not a game for Umld 60uls. It Is a contest which calls for considerable combative vigor. Since it is not con sidered proper to smash the board and pieces over your o llponeuCs head whenever you make a mistake. the pent-up energy must take the form of (lOwerl'u! attacking moveS. Let either player faiter, and he will find himse!! the victim of a mur-derous onslaught (by Ills oVponellt's..:p'C'C'C"C'C'C· _________ _

QUEEN'S GAMBIT DECLINED Bad Lovisa, 1934 ( Brilliancy Pril'c)

Whlt~ m.ck R. KROOIU$ I. NIEIIIALA

1 P_Q4 Kt·KBl 2 P·QB4 P_IO ) B-KtS P.Q4 4 P. IO QKI_Q2 S KI-KBl 8-K2 6 QKI-Q2 0-0 1 B-O> p .QI«} ! 0_112 8_KU 9 PaP P.P

Black Is now prepared to floe, his game somewhat with ... 'P-B1. Therefore, Instead of contenting himself with the routine 10 ()..O, While tries to 1I0id tbe In ltaltlve with:

10 KI.K5 KbKt! 11 P.Kt Kt·KS!

He need not fea r exchanges, for exaDlllle: 12 BxB, QxB; 13 KuKt?, P1Kl and Black wins a Pawn ( 14 8xP!?, Q·Kt5cb). Or 12 KuKt, PxKt: 13 BxB, QxB with the same , ·ariation.

12 P.KA4! 1 KuB The opening of the Kn tile la

riaky; the same Is true of 12 BxB, with t he possible continua· tlon 13 PxB, QxP: 14 KtxKl, QxKtP?; 15 Kt·BSch!!, PxKt; 16 0..0-0 .and wins !

lJ PxKt P·KU 14 P.B4 P.QB4

In order to drive \Vblto's Blshol) oft the ali'ong u.ttnck ing diagona l. 14 8xP;]5 Pxl3, QxP brings iu three Pawns fo r a piece, bul 'Vhite's attack coutlnues uunbated.

1! Q.Q1 ,..,.,,}

.~' :;rdl:? plexus blow. If no;.' Hi KxR'!: 17 Q·R5ch, ]';·Kl2; 18

Q-R6ch. K·](tl: 19 UxKtP, 20 QxPch. K·R1 :-21 K·B2! and winll.

IS also wrong; is demorall.zed. He shou ld have played 16 BxP! (fighting back!): 17 UxKtP! (best). 8· R5cll!; 18 K·BI, Px13; 19 RxQ8, Q·81: 20 Kt·B3, QxR: 21 KtxQ with chances for both sides. .

11 K·B2!! P·B) Or 17 ... KxR ; 18 Q·Rlch, K·Kt1;

HI Q·RS and Black must heiJl lesllly await 20 R·R!. A curious li ne III 17 BxP: 18 Q·Rl!; 8·KBS; 19 Q-R6! and again 10 R·Rl decides,

II Q-.Rl AMlgnl Agains t the threat of 19 Q·R6

he has only 18 R·B2, allowing 19 R·R8cll and mate next mo\·e.

A BULL MARKET! N. Y. STOCK EXCH. PLAYS AMSTERDAM

On February 14th the New York Stock Exchange will meet by cable a team from the Amsterdam Stock Exchange in an endeavor to restore Amerlcan chess prestige In the world market. T he ten· board learns wlll be selected with the re-s t rictioll that each player to l,le eligible must be a m e mber. I>urtner or employee of the Stock Exchange or the firmll in the Exchange.

The New York t eam will be cap-tained by Isaac Kashdan, who will play board one. Other American team m embers a re to be selected but will inclnde E. Schuyler J ack· son. Maurice Wertheim and Jacob Menkes, The Amsterdam team wlll Include such strong players as Van Scheltlnga. Muller a nd Crabben. dalll. In 1940 the Amsterdam Stock Exchange won a match tram the London Stock Exchange: and In 1947 Londoll won from Am~ter' dam.

NEBRASKA CHESS SHOWS ACTIVITY

In l.Jincnlll. Nfl}). VlilnlJ flrc lJrlu,l;' In!!1 to reorj!"nni1.e the Crqlltol ('Ity Chess Club wIth Quarters in the Lincoln YMCA wilh F. C. Swear· ingen. ]:127 Rose Stl'eet acting u.s organizing secreblJ·Y. It is hoped to hold a City Tournament, as the las t touJ"lJament was held in 1941.

In Minden a series of weekly c hess lectures is being conducted by V. W. Binderup and Is being well attended by a group jlnxlous to learn h ow to play chesl!.

Tn Hastings a new chess club Is bein g organized at the Hastings YMCA under the direction of "Y" Secretary Fred P. Veith. while plans are being laid at Alma for a Washington's Birt.hday tourney un· der the auspieces of the Nebraska Chess Ass'n. In addition the Ncb· raska Chess Bulletin. ably edited by Jack Spence o f Omalla. liaS weathered tlie perils of its first year and faces the [uluI'e unper· lUI'bed. \

MARYLAND CHESS SPONSORS 'OPEN'

The Maryland Chess Club will cooperate with the USCF In spon· soring the 1948 U. S. Open Cham· plonshlp. Recently elected omeers o f the club are Ira Lo\'(~tt, presl· dent; David Bentz. \'ice-presldent ; George M . Lapoint, t reaSU I'er: and Charles Barasch. secreta ry.

MECHANICS OF THE SWISS SYSTEM Contin'ed from pag e 2, column 1,

dl'awing of such players. If a player has met all persona In hla scoring group, be must be matched against a player III the next lowest group.

10) The methOd of scoring shall be 1 }>OIn t for a win , 'AI point for a draw, and DO point for a loss. A player re-ceiving a bye shall be scored 1 point, exactly as if he had played and won.

11) J( a player withdraws in the counle o f the meet, he Is scored zero for the remainder of his ga mes and his card I'emoved from the drawings. All scores made 8l,'"ll inst him by the otber players, prior to his withdl'awal Ilre allowed to atand. (Note that this procedu re dltrers from that usually followed in round rohln tournamenl)

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The d irector s hould provide hims-etr, prior to tbe open in&" o r tbe meet, with a series of filling carda, about 3 IJy 5 inches in alze. One of these should be assigned t o each player, aud his nam e should be written at the tOI). Underneath should be provided colulllns as ropOW!:

Round Opponent Color Resul t Cumu]a tlve Score

The director should make ~Iltries OIl these cards aner ench draw. ing and lit the completion or each game. This lJI'ovldes him, at 111\ times, with a mnlling accou n t of the tournament, showing opponents mel, colol's of men played and how many times, and the player's sco re to dale. The backs of the cards should be "ept free of notes and SCI'U' pulously clean so the cards may be used [or drawings for color and op-pOlleuts. when such drawings are possible.

The director should have a blackboal"d on which he can keep an up·t

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TuuJtry, }"""",.., 10, 1948

KING'S INDIAN DEFENSE Intercol legiate Chllmpllonshlp

New York, 1947 ~ Wbite

~Sy~~~OS 1. Kt.KB) Kt·KB) U. R.Kt

r. P·84 P·KKU 21. p.1Q 1. P·KKU B·KU 2L 1»8 4. B·Kt1 0-0 2!1. a.a 5. Kt.B) p.Q»)O. R·KIl 6. p.Q' QKt-Q2 '1. P-Q5 7. P-KIU p.t« n. AxP L B.1O R-'O ». P_B'

III""k R. BVRNE

(V"I) B,'

8xKI B·K> R ..

p.QKI4 ,,' R,' R,B

,. Q.QZ P·8»)4. 1'-87 10. O.() PxP lS. R·Ktl! ch

R·Bl K·KI2

R'xO p .QS

lJ. KbP Kt·KU ". P.OI{O) 12. P·KO P-Q4)1. R.R n. p·as QKt.Q2)1. R·B] 14. P-QKU Kt·K4 ». R.QJ 15. B·R6 KI·SS 411. 1(·81 16. Q.91 B·Rl 41. I(·K2 n. B.KtS Q.82 42. R.P II. R.Ql Q.K4 O. K.R

~: ::~!5 p%~: :;: ~::: 21. a.pl t PxP 4'. K-82 22. KO.Kt P.KI 47. K·K t2 2J. O,p Kl-KS 41. P·84 24. e .. Q KhQ 49. K·Rl

, ... p.Ql K·8) K·84

R.R ch. K·KS P·R4

ch. K'05 K.Q' K· K' p·B)

p·K14 ,,' 25. B-Q6 KbR~. PxP • Rtlll1""

'RUY LOPEZ Inte rcollegiate Championship

New Vork, 1947 Whil e

C. T. FELL ( William" 1. P·I(4 2. Kt·KB) l. B·Kt5 4. B·fN 5. 0 -0 ,. p.QoI 7. B·KU L PxP 9. P·B} 10·0Kt.Q2 11. BxKI

P·K4 K\'OB} P'OR} KI·B} Kb'

P-QKIt ,.", B,OO B,B<

KIKKI KI.QR4

Ullek F. S. HOWARO

12.8·82 11. O·Kl H . P-QKtl IS. B·K) 1'. OKS 11. KI·O' 11. P·KB4 lJ. KhB 2O.0·KB) r l . P·B~ 22. 1"-8,

(Newark) KI.QBS p ·KR} Kt·KU

B,B ..... o." p-Q84 .... 0-0

Q.QI) R .. lgnl

SIC ILI AN DEFE NS E Puerto Rico Ju nior Championship

San Juan, 1947 NaJr, by,. B. Grt

Whll ll m""k R. DIAZ M. NARTINEZ (T,uJlllo Alto ) (Siontu .... ) 1. P·K4 P OB4 2. KI·KB) p .QKU

Til,. L< 100 _low. I" ... aI''''' g~m~ WbllAl "'I\}' ~ •• ily """u..., " . 1""'''11 "dy~"t""e w l,~n mack (h .. oJy IIL'I(lec(.o th~ >cult·r. ). P.Q4 P~P 4. KtxP P·K4 Dbck'. QI' b nOW h' hi. wlty. Whlle c." I«' la·n:, or Kt-KII.'l. hoth .1'0 ~00OII1toj out 01 the n,l[ ~B} ~i~'g 15. B~" , -n .......... 1 rule- ., to cal>W~ fll1Il with u.e ....... kH' fl'-In ",II _ tile XI. I .. lIw:t I,,", KI "1).IId lion bH:r 0tll .. mnre 1011'1. co.!, \lut Ihe" !O. l'·Kt~ ghu Wh ite rood e""'\CeII. 211. Kt·K2 Q-K14 2], Kt·eS e.B 21. KI.KI) Q·Kt3 24, R,B ~A

~ite~R:: q.,R :l2! w~'I'~~!n I 8liiM I dnntage la poIillon. Noto. how the Whit,

~:: .. ~amJ>CHd R!'~p~I' own PI.

A/In 25. .. .. , R.xQP! ...

S\oalborg

,.,,_ prohlcmlike movII le~,," Whlle !WIn,. "'" . ..., Mnr 'Illite pHtd'aclory. H . KhR(BS) _ 01 "''''_ il !I$. KI:I ...... •• ~·olly") . 3. B·Kt2 KI·B} ,. Kt·B} Q.B2 4. p'Q4 PxP 10. B.KtS R.KtI s, Khp P·K4 11. Q.82 p·Ql 5. KbKt KtP~KI 12. KR'OI B·K} 1. 0·0 8·K2 13. KI·K4 KI·Kl S. P·QB4 0·0

II 13 ... ~_, KlxKt; 11. BxB, Q>:B; 16. BIB, and White wlo .. a r. 14. B.O OaB 1'. KI·B) Q.QB2 IS. P·KO P·KB4 Th""" """ml no eI"", ..... y for 1JI~cl< 10 IDI.I