Vol. V Number 10 Official Publication of me Unlted States (lJessfedetation Saturday,

January 20, 1951

BROOKLYN DISPLAYS CHESS Columbia Chess Team Wins Intercollegiate

In Hard Fought Battle At John Jay Holl By JAMES T. SHERWIN

Columbia College's Chess Team won a hard fought victory in the Intereollegiate Team Tournament held at John Jay Hall, Columbia Uni­versity, during the Christmas vacation, December 26-30. The Lions with 19* points gained possession of the Harold M. Phillips trophy, which had been held by City College for the last four years.

Columbia and City jumped ot! to early leads and it appeared lhat their individual match would decide the tournament. City won 3-1, but the Lions rallied to take seven of the ir last e ight points from Syracusc and Brooklyn, while City could score only five against lighti ng RP.I. and Michigan teams. City College finished a close ·second with 19 points while N.Y.U. wilh 17* and Miami with 17 finished strong to capture third and fourth place.

Individual scores of the winning Columbia Team: Captain and New York State Champion Eliot Hearst 4%-2*; James Sherwin 6-1 ; Fran­cis Mechner 41f.z-21h ; Karl Burger 31h-l '-h;; Ernest Berget 1-1.

At the eonclusion ·of play prizes were ;.warded to the high scorers on each board. First board- Larry Friedman, former U. S. Junior Chnm l)ion, Ca~e Tech. 5'h-J'h. Second bonrd---Clarencc Kaleni:m. Miami U. 61f.r.-Ih. Third board-­Roberl Cohen, City College 51h-H2. f'':: '!Tlh . hn'lrtJ - .M:lrlin_ (,~':)CIL.

,'I.Y.U. 5-1. ' The ncw IntcrcoUegiatc Rapid

fransil Champion is Arthur Dis­guier, Pace College. Larry Evans, City's star !irst board, received a: prize for the best played game.

The difficult job of running the tournament <lnd finding accomoda­t ions for the players was splend­idly handled by Rhys Hays, Milton Finkelstei n, and J osh Gross.

HYDE PARK HAS CHESS COLUMN

The Hyde Park (Chicago) Chess Club has been successful in in· augurating a loe.al chess eolumll in its local weekly newspa per, thl) Hydo Park lIe.·ald. This should suggest a (ertile field of publicity to other chess t'11I!)!; in citics when) local newspapers are publishcd in addition to the citywide press.

Celebrating its continued growth, Hyde Park will have I. A. Horo· witz for a s imull4lncous exhibi tion on February 3 at 6 p.m. for his only Chicago appearance. Every opponent, win , lose or draw, will receive a COllY of the Chess Re­view Annual for 1946 or 1947, which retails at $5.00. Fifty to sixty board~ will be played at the simultuneous, and those desiring to play shoulll contact Dr. Leonard Pcal, 7103 Suo Ridgeland Avenue, I Chicago (Hyde Park 3-4413). Ad­mission and playi ng fee is $3.~ and general IIdmis."ion alone $1.00. Players should bring their own sets and bm.rds.

SMITH IS VICTOR AT PICCADILLY

u.s. Smilh of Willernie was vic­tor in the Piccadilly Chess Club Victory Tournament with 14-2 in a double round-robin event, losing one game eneh to Henry Musk,l and A. L. Johnson. Muska was second with 13-3, losing one game each to Smith and Johnson and drawing one game each with Paul Winters and K. Moen. Third place went to Johnson with I Ph-41h.

CCLA REELECTS TOP OFFICIALS

The ;l nnual election of the Cor­respondence Chess League 0 f America, an affiliate of the United Stutes Chess Federation, resulted in the reelection of the top oUi· cials. Maj. J. B. Holt was rc· elected wesidcnt by GOl voles. W. Slwckman. editot· of the Chess Cun-cspundcnt, waN reelected ht vice·preside nt with 442 voles. F;lected 2nd vice-presidcnt w a;i uSC ~' Direcl{'r E. N. Anderson 01 Owassa, Okla.. with 383 voles. James R. campbell of Hot Spt'i ngs, Ark ., was reelected treas· urer by 602 votes. (llr. Cllmpbell in non-chess moments iq Speaker of the Arkansas House oC Repre· sentntives.)

According to regulations. threc new Directors were elecl.<:d to t.he Bollrd, con~isting of Pic Wigren , Robert Bruce, and C. }>'. Tears Of th~, Pic Wigren repl'esents onc oC the few women who have come to the fore in national ad. ministration in chess. In a scnse lhe directorship represenL~ recol(. nition of her efficient sen 'ice a~ ratin, statistician for the CCLA the past year. Mr. 8mce has been active in the administraUon of the giant postal tourn:,Unent be­ing conducted by the Americ;1JI Telephone and Telegraph Company for its employees. Mr. Tears is a promi nent player and chess worker in Texas.

CCLA Secrelary Dick Rees was not up for election, as his term of th ree years has two m 0 r c YCars to go.

BALLET DANCES CHESS TO MUSIC

Among the features on the Sad­ler's Wells Ballet. now on tour in the USA is a ballet entitled Check­mute wiUI music by Arthur Bliss

... nc choreography by Ninette l'Jis. The plot is somewhat

orical with the players in the Prologue r'eprescnting Love lind Death, while the at'tual ballet in alle){odcal measures represents 3 g;r me or eh,)~.

PENQUITE TAKES DES MOINES CITY

In a 6·player round robin event, John Penquil,e captured the Des Moines City Championshi p wit h 8'h·llh in a double-round event, drawing with Max l<'oget, Jim Hyde and Richard Mclellan. Sec 0 n d plate went to Max FOiel with 7'f.t:-2'h, whlIe Jim Hyde placed third with 6'h-3*.

Pt,)J;lio,. No. 49

Finish It The Clever Way! CondlLcted by EdmlLnd Nash

Send . u cOftlnb"tlons 10' this 001"",,. '" Ed",,,nd HMh, 1530 21th PI-. 5.E_. Washlnu"'n 2U. D. e.

I N POSITION No. 49, Black resigned aHer White's first move. Black in Position No. 50, by a five·move combination, wins

bllck (he cxchanjle and oOwfns an easily drawn Jlosfllon. In my previod:; column, the sentence in the middle of my discussion '

of Position No. 40 .should read: "To win, they demonstrate, Black moves his }"Ook pawli otf.-,: wilen the Ehtck King is on B3 ulld the White King ilLo

B2 or R2; also w'\'cn the Black King is on K4 and the White King on R3. However, it nppears that the Soviet analysts also missed their way in recommendinJ: ! 1. ,K-B3; 2. K·R3, K-K3 ; 3. K-KtZ, K-K4; 4. K-B2, K-B3(?), fOl' this leads nowhere after 5. K.Kt2(!), as Black docs nol have one oC the three winning positions dcscribed by them."

Further analysis by D. [.evadi, J. Bolton and E. E. Hand indicates that Position No. 42 is more eomplieated than it appeared ear lier, and that White cannot win with correct play by Black. A subtle line pointeci out by E. E. Hand and checked by J. Bolton refutes liIe claimed winning' move (1. Q·Bl)as follows : 1. ,Kt-B5; 2. B-Rt6, J'-K4(!) ; 3. R-R8 eh, KxR: 4. Q-KRl cll. Kt·R6 chI!); 5. P-Kt4, BxP. etc.

Please turn to PAge three for solutions.

Queens (N.Y.) Chess Ctub saw the annual club l;hampionsh ip go Lo David GJadstOIH! with 7-1 score, losing onc game to Dr. G. Soos. Second place went to CHESS LIFE annot,ltor E. J. KOl'panty with 6-2, while Dr. G. Soos lind Dr. H. Box­er :;hared third with 5-3 each. N. Babykin was fourth with 4 '-h; -3%, defeating Dr. Boxer in the last round to depdve the latter of a possible tie for second place.

Omaha (Neb.) Chess Club's an­nual New Year's nay simultaneous saw Rev. Howartl Ohman substi­tUling ;It thc lasl minute lor Lee Magee who was rorced to rcturn to Fort Riley. Ohman won six, drew one and l o.~t four. Among his victims were David Ackerman and Delmar Saxtoll, while he drew with Ludwig.

University of Washington Chess Club saw the championship go to Ken Mulford detisively, drawing only olle U<Hnc II ith Rod Dimoff. Second place wenl to Charles Bal­lantine ,lDd third place 10 former University Champion Gerry Schain .

Portland (Ore.) Chess Club championship weil l to J. C. Burn­ham with 6 1-2 - t 1-2 score. E.G. Short W;lS seconll with 6-2 and Glenn Bill" and Donald Turner lied for third with 5'f.t:-2Y.! each.

Lewis and Clark College scored a 9'f.t:-81f.z victory ovcr Pacific Uni­versity in a recent team match, and tbere is prospects oC lhe fo rmation of a collegiate league.

Racine (Wis., Chess Club saw Cily Champion Art Domsky add Ule speed title to his collection with 6-1, lOSing a Single game to .Jim Weidner who finishl)d second with 51k-1'-h. Third plllcc was a lic between Dan Clark nnd Dan An­derson with 5-3 each.

CHESS CHAMPION WINS CHECKERS

J. M. Stull of the Wichita (Kans.>... Chcs.q Club, who won the Kansas Chess Championship in 1947 and the Wichita Chess Cham. pionship in 1045, took time out Crom chess to gather in the Kan­!:as Stale Checker Championship lit Beloi1 in Dct.'embcr. The re were 47 entries, lind Stull played 32 games without a loss. It was the seventh time he has held the Slate Checkcr tille.

MADISON TOPS FOUR TEAM MATCH

Madison (Wis.) Club ~'topped a rour-team match at Janesville, Wis. by a 171f.: ·% score. Racine was SttOnd with 11-7; Rockford (III.) third with 6-12; and Janesville fourth with Ph-161h. The victor­ious Madison tcam of Dr. L. C. Young, carl niesen, Dr. R. H. Bing. Roger Zobel, Prof. R Kolisch and Gilbert Speich missed a perfect score when Racine's David Argan­ian held Speich to a draw.

LIBRARY OPENS CHESS DISPLAY

The Brooklyn (N.Y.) Public Li· brary has open a display of chess sets and books which is attracting large crowds. Among the sets are such rarities as an "Alice in Won­derland" set designed by Alice f>rank Merriam, in which the Ten­niel charactcrs become C!hess pice-­es, as welt as several ancient earv· ed sets. At the opening night a match game between lormer U.S. Champion Samuel Reshevsky and Hermann Helms, veteran editor of the Amcrican Chess BuUetin_

LUDWIG TAKES OMAHA EXPERTS

Victory in the 7-player round robin Omaha Experts' Tournameot went to A. C. Ludwig with 5'f.t:.* , drawing with David Ackerman. Second place went to J. L. Spence, editor of the Nebraska Chess Bul­letin, with 5-1, losing a game to Ludwig. Third pJace was reserved for youthful D. Ackerman with 3'h-2'h, losing to Spence and ur<lwlUb with Ludwtg, Antram and Underwood.

The Ludwig·Aekel·man draw was 3 cU;'icu:: incidllnt. .'\djourn:!d tit J:

,·ery crucial moment, before re· suming play Ackerman offered a draw because his private analysis or the position eonvinecd him that he had u lost game. The draw was acceptcd by Ludwig whose own pl'ivate analysis had convinc. cd hi m that he had a lost posi_ tion. When both confessed their reasoning, a post-mortem in which .ill the players participated proved that the position for aU its appear. ance was indeed a draw!

UNZICKER TOPS AT HASTINGS

Wolfgang Unzicker, 25-year old German student, topped the field at the ann ual Uastings (England) Christmas Tournament by drawing his last round game against Nich­olas Hossolimo of France. Um:iek­er, undefeated, scored 7·2. Second place ended in a tic between AI. berie O'Kelly de Galway of Bel­gium and Rossolimo with 611,z-2% each, while fourth place was a quadruple tie at 4%-4'h betwccn Vinccnzo Castaldi of Italy, Henry Golombek, Jonathan Penrose and A. R B. Thomas. Former U.S. Open Champion Weaver W. Ad­ams faired poorly, bcing ninth with 21h·6Y.t, scoring hi s two wins against ~nrose in the last round and Phimps.

BISGUIER WINS COLLEGE RAPID

The Intercollegiate Rapid Trans. it Championship went to U.S. open Chnmpion Art hur Bisguier of Pace wit h un 8·1 score in tbe finals, drawing with Mauri~.'e Ginsberg and James She rwin. Second place in the 100piayer round robin fin­als went to J ames Sherwin of C0-lumbia with 61h-21h, losing one game to E. Deering and drawing wi 1 h Francis Meehner, Bisguier, and Robert Leonard. Third place with 6·3 score went to Saul Wachs Of. Temple, losing to Bisguier and Sherwin, and drawing with Mech. ner, and Ernest Berge!.

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Vol. V, Number 10 Saturday, January 20, 1951 ---ALBERT C. MARGOLIS

C HESS players will regret to learn of the unexpected passing by heart attack of Atbert C. Margolis of Chicago on January 4, 1951.

In the thirties Mr. Margolis was one of the outstanding chess masters of the middle west, winning the Western Chess Association Champion· ship at Kalamazoo in 1927 and thereafter upon numcrous occasions be­coming Chicago City Champion.

Mr. Margolis, due to ill health, retired early from active chess participation, although he occasionally returned momentarily, tieing for second in the Yankton Intcrnational Tournament of 1946 and playing in the two Chicago vs. Puerto Rico radio matches of 1947.

But Ja.1r. Margolis will not be so much remembered as a player, although his gifts were great, but rather grate(ully by the average ches!> player as the man who was most responsible [or the "Open" tournament. It was h is persuasive tongue which was most directly responsible for the decision of the American Chess Fcderation's tourname nt committee to make an "Open" tournament of the 1934 American Chess Federation Congress at the Lawson YMCA in Chicago-and it was the success of this first Open Tournament which established it as a permanent event for t hrl (!hrl!<:!<: Jl1l\vf!r. Thp. Jlroven vlline of the OpP.n 1'mlrnllmp.nt both to the player and to chess stands as Mr. Margolis' greatest and most appreciated contribution to the cause 01 chess.

LOUDER THAN WORDS

A CTIONS, so the proverb runs, speak louder than words. Il this were indeed true, we would nol fcel impelled at this time to voice a

brief but earnest appreciation of the long and diligent labors in the world of chess performed by the retiring USCF President Paul G. Giers. For if actions could indeed give voice. there would be no need lor words.

Fcw, save those most intimately associated with the toil and per­plexities of those criticaJ years, appreciate now how shaky was the recently cemented foundation of the United States Chess Federation wben Elbert A. Wagner, Jr. succeeded to r the presidency a nd began the dilfieult ta.'dc: of consolidating t he organization. IDs success has been related in thcse columns some time ago. It now but proper to add to this aceount the fact that in tbis rebuilding of the organization Paul G. Giel"S, first as secretary·trellsurer and then as Executive Vice'Prcsident, was invaluable both as builder and as counsellor.

Were this the only contl'ibution that Paul Giers had made to chess, it would in itsell be sufficient to e ntitle him to the' respect and ap. preciation of all chess players in the USA. But his real contribution was something ral" more valuable than the years or toil devoted to chess

... administration as Secretary-Treasurer, Executive Vice·President and finally as Presldcnt, valuable as these were to the Federation. It waS' the conception and designing of the National Chess Coordination Pro· gram under which the Federation is becoming closely knit with Its various affiliated chess associations in the various states.

It is unfortunate that chcss administration becomes in time a back· breaking task which is calculated to wear down the strongest spirit.­principa lly because too few arc willing to share the burdens, althOUih many can be found to cntize those s houldering the load.

Therefore, we cannol in good conscience bewail the {act that Paul G. Giers, impedcd in his work by illness in the household and a greater weight of personal business, lound it necessary to pass the burden on. We can only lament the fuct that chess so drives its administrators that this becomes a natural consequence; and express our own regret that Paul Glen could not escape Ule general rule.

That he gave iencrously of his time, his eUorts and himself not only for national chess in the USCF but local chess in the New York State Chess Association for a number of ycars before the Federation called him to Jarier tasks, will be remembered as a debt chess owe!t to him.

Fortunately, his counsel is not lost to us; but as a member of the Executive Committee his voice will still be heard. And it is to be hoped that ho will remain us FIDE delegate of the USCF, a function which he f illed with tact, diplomacy and lorce, together with a somewhat rare understanding of world chess polity which is difficul t of achievement by Americans. ~ We will miss Paul Giers (or many reasons; but we would be most seUish if we did not wish him a happy relaxation in his retirement and the opportunity to enjoy it little 01 the chess that he has done so much to make more readily available to so many others.

by Vincent L. Eaton

AddrnJ all ........ m".lutlont I. Ibl. column lot Vincent L EalMl, 6l.Z McH,1II Ro..!. Sll .... Spring, M.,yllnd.

Problrm N". 22J By Philip Barron

M,rg,te, Kent, Eng land }..nlry in 'CHESS LIFE

Composing Tourney . Dluk: 1 men

Probltm No. 21" By Dr. H. L. Musante

Buenos Aires, Argentina Entry in CHESS UFE

Tourney

Problem No. 226 By V. Pachman

Pn,gue CzechO$lovakia First Prize, Olympk Tourney

(Section 2), 1948 Blac:k' , men

FIFTY-oNE BR ILLI ANT CHESS MASTERPIECES. By Fred Rei nfe ld. r"ew York : Capitol Publi shing Company. $2:50. 106 pp.

T liE MASTERS know how to handle the famous Colle System, but it is still in the opinion of many (among them Koltanowski) now onc

of the best opc!nings (or an average player to use against strong opposi· tion. Colle won some bl'illiant games with it before gastriC ulcer killed him in 1932 at the age of thirty·five. As one plays over the games here, he has no hint of what Kmoeh says in the introduction: "Poor Colle was sick-I ncvcr saw him in any other condition ... I never heard h im complain All his games were hard·fought; and lengthy, dlflicult tiri ng gallles wel"e pm·t 01 his style. Only his stupendous will·power carried hi m through those games." Colle played in more than lif ty tournaments in ten years, won many prizes, and defeated such lum· inaries as Euwe. Yatcs, Rubinstein, Tartakower, and Bogoljubof!.

These fllty-()ne games arc Colle's best, selected and anotated by that pri nce of chess writers, Fred Reinfeld. Colle was an aUacking player in the tradition of Alekhine and Spielmann, and tbe cleven Colle System games given here make up, as the annotator says, "3. comprehensive course of study in one of the most uscful and successful opening variations of modern times." To the usual indexes of players and open· ings, Reinfeld adds those of tactical motifs, strategical motifs, end games, and ga mes quoted in the text. These features, occasionally met in continental anthologies, but seldom in American, enhance the in· I slructive villue of the book._

Belore offering a specimen game, one must regretfully remark the extremely poor J)resswork and production job done on the volume. The ! paper is too stiH, the inking and impression are uneven, sometimes too heavy, somctimc-s too light, and the covers arc starched. The result is" a W;lrpcd book with btu.rred type and diagrams (sec pp. 52, 76, 97·1}8 (or typical examples), bad presentation, bad read ing. Chessplayers will be glad to have this re·issue of Reinfeld's book, but they will think tha~ a 10G·page chesshook at $2.00 ought to be well printeu. The games and t he annotations, however, are so valuable that they will put the volume, howevel' undistinguished as to production, into mnny a chesser's hnnds . .

The most (;mIOlL'I or Colle's bCllutiful games is his brilliancy prizcr against Gruen{eld, Berlin 1926, but it has often becn reprinted. The game below, less fami liar but described by Reinfcld as one of Colle's best, shows how he dC£ended against his own system as played by the un· pronounceable f'rzcpiorka, l~rank[ort 1930.

White, O. Pneplork~, 8 1Kk: E. Colle. T. P-Q4, KI·Kel; 2. K'.K B3, P.K3; l. P.Kl, P.Q N3; 4. B-Ql, 8 .KI2; S. QKI.Q2, P·B4; 6. 0 ·0 , K ' · 'U; 7. P. B), Q.a2; a. It·KI, A·a l ; f. KI· al, P-Q41; 10. a.o1, a .Ql; 11. R·BI, 0 ·0 ; 12. P II P, 8}(P; 11. P .84 P-Q51; 14. P.QA,. " ·QR4; 15. P·K4, B-Ql!; 16. KI·KIl, KI-Q21; 17. Q ·K1, K It-Q1t; U. 8: k ll, KKI·K41 ; I f. Klllkt, K IIIKI; U . K. ltl , P. lt5!; 21. Q ·Ql , 0-8'; 22. K I·K2" 8 .Ktl ; 21. a .a4, " ·CUt; 24. KI.Kl l, K'xP; 15. 8-01. Q.Q31; 26. KI.B3, KlxKIP; While res'sns. If 21. a .KI4, KIXQ; u. 811Q, ItIlA ,

-A!e/'hine'. Gar!';! Che~u Career

Addicional Data B, A. Bu.lchke

IV. THE " MOSCOW CHAMP· IONSHIP TOURN AMENT 1916"

ANOTHER ALEKHINE LEGEND SHATTERED

(Continued) With the exception of the re­

viewer of the English edition or Alekhine's book "My Best Games of Chess (1908-1923)", in Shakmat· nyi Lislok of 1927, - and he at least left Alekhine's opponent in the "famous" game anonymous -usually no source is given whenev· er we find this "famous game" reprintcd - and no wonder, fo r this "game" has been reprinted SO oIten since tben that it really does not matter whether it is just "eine Schweizcr ische Zeitung" (Caissa, 1949, p. 295), or F. J . Wellmuth's "Golden Treasury of C h e s s .. 1943, game no. 345, or any of the numerous other publications; jn which this "game" or the five queens' position can be found; it is only 100 obvious that one compil· cr copies uncritically from the other.

However, tbere is at least one publication which actuaUy gives its source - and just in this case, we can prove that the author of the statement is wrong: Irving Chernev, in his "Curious Chess t~acts", (1937), fact no. 130, says bluntly:

" In. g .. me bel .... H n Alekhine ~ r>d Gr igor l~ff, quoted in MY BEST GAMES OF CHESS, there were ~ I ..... lime FIVE QUEENS on Ihe bo~rd!"

The "ga me" as such is quoted in "My Best Game of Chess", as we have seen belore, but certainly NOT GrigorieCl's name as Alek­hlne's opponent in this IIgame" . W h i 1 e Chernev refers to the "game" between Alekhine and Grigvrleif repeatedly (e.g.; Ch1:!S~ Review, Dec. 1942, Feb. 1950; Bright Side of Chess. 1948, p. 40), we could not find the misquote of his source repeated in his more re­cent compilation of "Curious Chess }~acts" in the "F ireside Book of Chess" - but what was his REAL source (and that of the many oth· ers who have reprinted the "game" again and again)?

There really ARE earlier publi. cations of the "game" than Alek­hine's own publication of the score (without his opponent's name and without stati ng clearly who play. ed White) in "My Best Games of Chess (1908-1923)", but the discov. ery o( these earlier sources, for wh ich I am indebted to :Mr. M. V. Ande{'SOn of Melbourne, Aus­tralia, rather adds to the mystery surrounding t his "game" than helps to solve it.

So far, the earliest publication 01 the "game" with Alekhine as White and Gregorieff as Black is the chess column in the "Western Mail", Perth, of August 7, 1924 _ while we here find the names of both "players" all that is s.a i d about the place and date (later so often repeated as "Moscow 1915") is "played some time ago in Rus­sia". There is no explanation where the editor of this chess column found this "game" _ on the other hand, we can hardly believe that such a rather obseu.fC! and distant source as the chess column in a Western Australian newspaper 01 1924 could have started t h i s "game" to make the rounds in the chcss press all over the world.

The next publication of the "g arne" in another Australian neWSpaper, also discovered by Mr. M. V. Anderson, can be found in the "Australasian" of May 22, 1925 and here, fOr the first time, the source ill revealed: DuMont's "Ele· ments of Chess", "Recently pub· lished". "'But this cannot be the source of the much earlier publi· cation in the " Western Mail": ae· cording to ;I II records known to us, DuMont's "Elements of Chess" was published in 1925; a review

(Plene turn to page 3, col. 4)

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Green Whiskers C HESS writers are fond of saying that a bad plan is better than no

plan at all The wisdom of this platitude is very doubtful, and in' any event it is rarely borne out in practical play_

In UIC following game, Black realizes that he must try to get rid of the pin on b.is Knight. The method he selects is very bad, the punish­ment appropriate. A comical note is introduced by the antics of this Knight, who reminds us of the White Knight in Through the Looking Glass:

"But I "'", thinking 0/ " p/.m To Jy~ ont', ",hisi{ul ,.«n, Ihu/ "{-"'IZ]S uU 10 (".ge .. fan Tlotst thf7 could not b~ ucn."

FOUR KNIGHTS' GAME Prague, 1913

White Black K. OPOCENSKY J.HROINA

I. P·K4 P·K4 2. Kt.KB3 Kt.Q83 3. k t ·83 K t ·83 4. B·KtS 8 ·KtS S. OOO O OO 6. P.Q3 POO3 1. B·KtS Kf·K2

7. . BxKt is more customary, but, as will be seen, Black can put the Bishop to good use.

a. K t ·KR4 P·81 , . 8.Q84 K t·KU 10. KlxK t pxKI 11. P· B4

The logical move: he wants to open the King's Bishop file, as the resul t ing prcssure should give him a very s trong game because of the pin on Black's King's Knight.

11. Q·Ktlch? RighUy l'calizing that he must

get out of the pin, but executing t he idea v!! ry badly. The " book" line is II. B·B4Ch! (see the first not!!); 12. K·Hl, B·K6!; 13. Q·B3, BxP; ]4. BxB, I'xB j 15. QxP, Q·K2 with a fairly level game.

12. K·IU Kt·KtS 13. Q ·KI Kt·K6

The move that Black relied on: the double attack on Bishop and Rook will ensure the removal ()t While's King Bishop.

14. p · aS!l ". . '- While sees further into the

position. His concentrntion of force against the King·side enables him to ignore the superfici;ll, not to

frivolous, Knight mancuvers.

14. I<tx8

Necessary, for if 14. KtxR: 15. PxP (thre.:ttening to win out­right with 16. Q·R4), P·Q4 j 16. Q. R4, PxKtPj 17. PxP, PxP (or 17 .. Kt·K6; 18. BxKt, QxB; 19. P·Q6ch, R·B2; 20. Q-Q8ch etc.); 18. KtxP and wins!

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"10 Q.ochambu u Av~u. No.... Yflrk 67, N. Y.

White does not bother to pick up the errant Knight, as he is weaving a mating nel

15. .. 8 ·KtS If 15. PXP; 16. BxP followed'

by 17. Q-R4 and 18. Q.R8 mate. Amusing is 15. BxKt; 16. Q. R4, B·Q7j 17. PxP!, KxP; 18. B­Blkh and mate next move.

16. Q·R4 B·K R4 11. P·K'4 Kt·K6

The Knight huffs and pulls in his (idgety effor ts to play an im­porumt role.

18. P>(B KtxR " Now will you pay attention to

me?!" But White goes brusquely lor the mate.

19. P·R6!! Resigns The threat is 20. RPxP and 21.

Q·R8 mate. Either 19 . .. . PxBP or 19. PxRP allows a quick mate.

(One of many brilliant games in­cluded in RELAX WITH CHESS by Fred Reinfeld, published by the Pitman Publishing Corporation.)

Wt.al~ :JI.. Be"l moUll?

By Guilh"me Groess"

PO/;I;,,,, Nfl. 6J

Send solutions to Position No. 63 to the Editor, CHESS LIFE, by F ebruary 20, 1951.

Solut ion to Position No. 60 This deoclslvo but rllther tricky pot;l.

lion hest ilIustrate~ UJc way that over­confidence may lose. Had White not had ti uch a dominant advnnta!:'e. hc might have b.;en mora (;areful and Dot been maneuvcred Into a position where Black eas]]y wln~ by I. , Kt·R5! Now If 2. K:><Kt, n-nll mate. U 2. K·n2, KtxQ nnd Blnck's pRwns win. SlmUarly If 2. PxKt, n ",Q wln~. 'l"hls .... as the declslvo blow In 'l"hornlcy·CrU'fIth, London, 1903.

Some or our good solvers went astray: one. peAAlm"'Uc over Black's pOlliIUon scttled ror a draw with 1. , Kt·Kt4 cb; 2. K·n 2, Kt·R6 eh, etc.; othen l<'Iund a pseudo-win by I . , R·R9 ch; 2. K· K12, Kt.l15 ch, rorgettlng that White can. now play ~lml'ly 3. PxKt!

w , acknQwledge correct ~olutlons rrom: David Arganlan enaclne), l ame, ~::.:;~y }0'1rol:lak~rell(::~~\~I)~ ~~~i Baron (Brooklyn), J . E. Comstock (Ou'

~~l!~herA '(N:';" :=;~~:ri ), (:::~!~ra1i;rll~~: ("evllnt), JOlIcph HuSS (Lancasler). Charle5 Joachim (Seattle), A. Kaurman (Chicago). F.dw. J. Korpanty (Woodside), n. A. McCallister fHackcmsack), Or. J. Melnick (Portiand). F~ F. Muller (Flint), n. Michell (IJrew.tcr), M. 'F. Mueller IPIUsburgh), &I. Nash (Washington). v. V. Ogane""v (Los Angeles), W. B. Wilson (Amhcrstburl:'l . N. P. Wilting (&llenl).

Jo~vt~.'~~,ci. eo/ !~~ 'k~ R'j~~r~~~\~st ,.;1~~ 2:21 poin t", each, representing a second ascenL of the ladder Cor each of Ihcm. We will Jlubl1~h lhe c()J1\p l<:: te ladder In ned Issue. but will Indlcalc that the It..,,dlng """ .... rs nrc Eddie Gault with ~~. PJ~n~:'u~i.~~pl~;Ju&. W~~$~o~wftc:!n~ pOint. each. Ind Dr. J . Melnick with 19 pOint •.

SeaHle (Wash.) Chess Club elect­ed T. Davidsen president, Fred N. Burgess vice-president, Clar!!nce Bushnell secretary - treasurer, Paul Sturges director, Glenn Muller tournament director, and Carl Enz ladder tournament direetor.

Austin (Chicago) Chess & Check­er Club saw Mrs. Eva Aronson win the club l 0-sec0nd speed tourney by a 3lh· lh sC<lre. Ed Bodenstaub and Ed Buerger) tied for second with 3-1. Another 10-second tour­ney played three weeks later saw Roy Gilbert, former club president, earry of{ the victpry with 5-1. Paul Adams and Julian Braun tied for second with 4lh}llk. Plans for a galloping simultaneous and "clock" specd tournamj,ts, including a handicap event, re being arrang­ed (or the imme iate future.

Portsmouth (N.H.) Chess Club drew 31h·3* i a match with a strong Boston team, headed by Dr. Putzman, W. Adams and H. 8. Daly. C. Sharp of Portsmouth best­ed Dr. Putzma R. Hux lost to Weaver Adams O. Lester won from Harlow l]Ily, A. Sadowsky drew with H. Sdetsky, 11. Lester defeated C. J acobs', while R. Gerth and J. SUllivan l lost to J. Gates and J. Cheevers respectively.

Janesville (Wi*-) travelled to Ill · inois to defeat ole Rockford Chess Club by a 3-1 sc~re. Dr. I. Schwartz of Rocklord salxaged the 0 n I y point for Rockford on board one, while M. Moser, K. Morford and C. Morford seo~ed for Janesville.

HASTINGS CHRISTMAS TOURNAMENT Hastings, 1950-51

g~~~Jt.~r .: :: -6~!2~ ih~="" :t~t Ro"""Umo , . 6~·2} Barden .. . 3-6 Castaldi . . . H-c4} Adams .... . 2~.6.~ Golombek . 4~-4t . Phillll'S . I J.7a

Madison R~clne .. f"l ookford .Ianesvllle

11&. ~ 11 ·7

6 · 12 1 ~· 16}

Montreal Chess Club was host to the Club de Mat, a group of blind chess players, winning a hard fought match by 'an 8·2 sC<lre which does not reflect the true quality of opposition encountered. .

University of Pennsylvania Chess Club won its fourth consecutive match against Stetson Hat Co., in its drive to retain the Phil.:tdelphia Chess League title won last year. Penn has defeated North Cit y Knights 5-1, North City Bishops 4-2, Temple U. 5Jh·* and Stetson Hat 6-0. The s trong Penn team is manncd by Sol Rubinow, John Hud· son, Sol Gartenhaus, Joseph Cotter and Barney Schwalberg.

Solutions: Finish It The Clever Way!

Position No. 49: 1. bB, and Black rcslgned, (or If 1. , QxR; 2.. Q·KtG and Black cannot coontcr the threat 3. QxRP mate, or 3. QxKtP mate if the mac}< Rook DlO\·cl.

PosItl<in No. 50: I. , B-Kta ch; 2. QxB, Q.K1 en; 1. Q·Kt2, QxQ ch; 4. KxQ, B·KG ch, and 50 , D.xn.

Alekhine's Career {Continued from page 2, col. SI

can be found in the April 1925 issue of " British Chess Magazine", p. 186, and while review copies of the book might have reached Aus­trali a at approximately the same time, it is very unlikely that ad· V3m.:e copies should h.:tve been sent to Westcrn Australia about 8 months earlier so that a newspa· pel' in Perth could cite the "g.:tme" from this book.

(To be Continued)

MIAMI CITY CHAMPIONSHIP Miami, 19S0

1. C. Kalenlan 6·1 l1. n. Washburn 2. A. Goldman 6-1 3,·3~ 3. S. Shaw S)·U 12. D.flrls Ross ~-4 4. 1'>1. Donon 5-2 13. E. Hymans 3-4 S. N. 8. Church 4-3 14. R. Eastwood 3-c4 tI ...... aUI'on, 4~ l a. AI raUKHta ..... 7. Joe Zucker .·3 16. n. Justice ).4 8. L. L. Orkln 4-3 17. T. McCunnlgle IJ. C. Shaw 4-3 ).4 10. S. Ferns 1~·3i 18. M. Zalchlcky ., Knlenlan won title jllay-orr by 2·1 .score.

U. S. INTERCOLLEGIATE TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP New York, 19S0

Mat,he, Gam" I. Columbia .. ..... W3 0' WII W, L' W12 W. S~·a ,., ,., 3~· t ,.,

I " .~ ,., 191· 8~ 2. City College . W. W' W6 W. WI W' W, ,~ , -, H 2!-Jt 2Hi 3 ·1 2Hi 2~'H 19 . 9 3. NYU .... LI W>O WI6 '" W. WI WI2 , -,

I _, !~.Ib 2H~ ,., 2 ~. 1~ 2~· 1 ~ 3 ~ · 6 17610~

4. Mlarnl .. L2 W35 WI2 CO W1I L3 WII · ., H , -I 3-3 1 !·2~ 3-3 IH~ H 17 ·11 5. Michigan . . . . WIO DI LO W' "' WII "' '" , -I ,., a·2~ 21-1& ,., H a·2~ 16Hlt ,. Pennsylvania .... Wl6 W32 '-' L3 0' WIO W7 4~·2:!I

7. R. P. I. 3}· a 3 ~· ~ IH~ 1·3 2·2 2~·a 2!·lb 16~·1I1

.. ....... W13 UI 09 WIl WIO L2 ,. 3H~ 2~·1 ~ 1 }-:!~ 2 ·2 , -, H Il·2~ 1 ~·2~ 16 ·11 .. Syracuse .. WI! W7 W' "' ,~ W13 L7 1-3 2 ~·3~ 2~' I A 2H~ ,. H·2~ 1 ~·2~ H I -, 15!- 1 2 ~

Y('"shiva .. WI5 '-' 07 L3 L< WI< Wit 1~·3~ 3-7 H ,., I ~ , -, H 3 -l 15 ·11

" _ Case Tecb ... L5 1.3 WI< WI< L7 UI wn • • , ~ H·2!1 2-lil~ <-0 ,. 11·2~ • • 141·13~ II. 'remplc .. .. L8 W13 L' D32 WIS L' .2~-c41

n ·2} • -I ~·3~ I -, 2 -, 3 ~ · ~ H 12H5~ 32. Brooklbyn ....... WI4 .. L< W13 011 "' r., 2H~

Yale 3~· t l·' I ~ • -I , -. , -. 1·31 10).176

13. .. ....... L7 II W" LI2 LII UI W76 H I ~.2~ I -, 2b·11 " a·2~ ,. n'H 10 -18

H. Cornell .... Ll2 "" LIO 073 W13 LO L< • -5 ~-ll

,., 11:1~!

,., n·li 0 -4 ,. 81-191 ,,-M3nhattan ... ... ...... L9 U DI< "I< LII LIO " I " I -, IU t , -. , -. 1·3, ,. . -", ,,-Princeton ... 1.6 DI< LIO Dn 1.9 L73 I. H I , -, 1 ~·2! 0-4 , -, ,. lil·2~ 7HO!

U. S INTERCOLLEGIATE LIGHTN ING CHAMPIONSHIP New York, 1950

Championship Finals I- Arlhur Blsgule~ (Pace) , • I I L I I • -I ,. J;'lmcs Sherwin (Columbia) .. . . • , , , I I • 61·2) ,. S:.ul Wachs (Tcmpl~) . . , , , I I I I I ,. .- Fr:mclll Mechncr (Columhla) , • , , , , I • 51·~ .\ ,- K DeerlnJl: (City College) . ....... ...... 0 I , , , • • I 51·31 .. Maurice Ginsberg (Svracuse) .. .... ....... 0 , • • , " , • I H ,. Stuart Mar!:,ullps /NYU> .. .. . , " , I , I , , I .., .. Ernest Defllel (Columbia) ... 0 , , , ! , I , I 31-S} ,. Jamcs Ricard 1ft P') , ,

! , , , , • • • -R

10_ Robert Leonards (City College) ...... 0 • , , , , , • • " DES MOINES CITY CHAMPIONSHIP 0 .. Moinel, 1950

I. John PenQultc ... x·x ... '-I 1-' .-. 1-' 8Hi 2. Mil", ~'nA'c l ... ... ....... .. 1-0 ... .-, 1-, ' -I I -I 7H~ 3. Jim Hyde .. . .. . ._ ~1 ." ... 1-, '-I 1-' 66-3~ 4. Richard 1ofcLeIl:.n ~! " ... '-1 I- I 5~-c4' ~. nm MMninll ..... 0.(1 .. , . ... 7-3 U 8. \lOb Mllnnlng .. .. " ,. " .-. 0 ·10

OMAHA EXPERTS TOURNAMENT Omah " 1950

I. A_ C. I.udwlg .... . .• >( , • n'l ,. ,_ I .. Spence .. . 0 . • , -I ,. D_ Ackerman .. ..... ~ , • I 3 ~·2!i . - G_ C. Halscy . ..... ...... ...... .. 0 , , • • 2~·1! 5. A. C. Antrnm . , ,

I , ; , .

S. n. F. Undcrwood , 0 , • 1 )-c4~ ,. I. Hamlin ........ 0 , I • , • I -,

PlCADI LL Y VICTORY Willernie, 19S0

1. U. S. Smith (WlIlernla) . X I I 2 2 2. 2 2. 2 14 ·2 :to nenl')' Muska (St. Pllul) . I >( 1 1:1. 2. 11 2: 2: 2. 13 oJ 3. A. L . Johnson CWlllr.rnle) . 1 t l( 2. 2 1 1 U 2 11 ~-c4~ 4. P au l Winters (8,,1<1 Eagle) 0 ~ 0 x 1 2 I~ 2 2 9 ·7 5. H. Mebtnnd (St . Paul) 0 0 0 I X ~. 2 2. 2 !I ·7 6. K. Moen (Mahtomrdl) &·10; 7. JIm Delchantv (White Rel'lr) ~1I: 6. V. O. Lowe, Jr. (Mlhtomedl) 2~.IU; 9. Douglu Swa~lclt (Mahtomcdll 2-1 •.

(!bess tile Page 3

S"I",ci#'j, J",./Ury 20, J911

CI. .. " ollie .In r/.w yort _

By Eliot HearJt

W E LEAVE to others the re­port on thc recent Inter·

collegiate Championship tourna· ment as well as the description o( the near pandemonium during the exciting last round. The em· phasis here is on the "Case of the Missing Trophy."

The trophy, donated by Harold M. Phillips, . was a subject of deep Concern to the p.:trticipating teams from all over the country. For C. C. N. Y., the defending champ­ions, admitted that a detailed se.:trch of their premises yielded no trace of the prize won by them for four successive ycars. "We'll have to win again, so we won't have to worry about Joc.:tting the tropby," the City College captain confessed.

Columbia, overC<lming an early City lead, squcc2ed out a half·point victory, and with it won the tr0-phy. Now the quest was on in earnest!

Your reporter, as Captain of C0-lumbia's team, felt that perhaps the C.C.N.Y. chessmen were not too eager to part with the prize, perhaps even lacked the incent­ive to make a careful search. So a teammate and myself invaded C. C.N.Y. to conduct .:tn "inspired in­vestigation" for the missing Phil· lips trophy, which we had learned was massive, ornate, and rumored to be the most beautiful reward ever offered fOI" any chess title. Obviously such an objeet couldn't disaoDear into thin air! But where w.:ts the trophy?

A e.CN.Y. team member recall· ed seeing the trophy "about a year ago" in the Lavender's athletic .:twards showcase. But DO such chess trophy reposed there now. The Dean of Students disclosed that no one knew its preseRt whereabouts. "Maybe it ~ver came to City," suggested one 01· ficial ; " perhaps Brooklyn College, the last winner before City, never turned it over to us."

This sounded logical enough. Olf we went to Brooklyn College to follow through on this hunch. For a time there we were stymied by red tape, but a chance mceting with Fred 'furim of Brooklyn Col· lege's chess team aided us greatly. We gained admittance to the Stu· dent Activities Room, where a sec· retary said words we were long­ing to hear," Sure, the Intereol· legiate Championship trophy is in Professor Pitts' office. I saw it on· ly yesterday. But I'm afraid he's gone for the day." Our eloquent and obviously ins istent plea of "But we've come so (ar to get it" must have touched her heart, for she softened, .:tnd opening the professor's door, she switched on the light to reveal an Intercollegi· a te Championship trophy. Was this the beautifu l Phillips award, this rather commonplucc bronze plaque? The engraving brought us back to reali ty; it said INTER­COLLEGIATE BRIDGE CHAMP· IONSHIP, BR OOKLYN COL­LEGE. Holding back her laughter, the secretary eXQ.ressed her apolo­gies lor hcr grie"ous error and es· corted us, dis.:tppointed, to the door.

Finally, on the subway back to Manhattan, my teammate got an inspired idea. "Maybe Mr. Phil· lips would know whe re his trophy is," hc suggested. The brilliance of the idea struck me at once -now to contact Mr. Philips him­self. I found him that night at the London Terr.:tce Chess Club and posed the al1·importunt question. "Come here," he said with a twin­kle in his eye:- He wcnt on, I sent for the trophy 3 few months ago to h 'lYe it redecorated - you boys

(Plene turn to page 4, col. 5)

«besstife Page 4

Journamenf JJ/e Co1Id.mJ h7 Erich W. Mnchami

192 Seville Dri ve Rochester 17, N. Y.

KING'S INDIAN DEFENSE Internat ion Al Tetlm Tourne.,.

Dubrovnik, 1950

NotCl fry Dr. J. PI"I~ White Black

$, II.ESHEVSKY GLIGORIC (U.S .A., I YuSJo$l .v~1

1. P.o4 Kt·KB3 3. P·KKtl 8 ·1(12 L P·QB. P·KKt3 4. 8 · IC12 P.(Ia This moye lran5p~ the orlgll,.1 Kln8" Indian Into the Grueateld Defense which Is ch"raeterlzed by P.Q4 at D moment when White thr eatens lo play P·K4. 5. p)lp Kt... 1. 1(1.1(1 0.0 6. P-K4 Kt·1(13 Black prefer.'! to develop quietly rather thlln to harraJl$ the White centcr with 7. • lJ.-K15, hut White answers 8.

&:lli: I1f:QI~:KL,,~~~O:Pl!:I~ r~O;"eO;~r White (Rctl-E"w,·, KlMln,en, 1928). 8. 0 -0 ,..Q8l 10. "·K.3 t. QKI-Bl K'·Rl Thl~ safcgll~nl~ While's QU. 10. KI_Bl 15. a·Kt. PxP 11. B.QRl 8 ·1(15 ' 6. P It P 8 ·1(3 12. P· B3 8·BI 17. R·l( tI KI ·BI 13. Q.Q2 P·QR4 18. KR.QI Kt.lt3 14. QR·BI P·RS 19. B·QR3 KI·B2 SII<)nl orrel' or a draw which, howevcr, Is d , .. cllned by W hite throu,h hb next mOVe. . 20. Q. Bl KI-Q3 21. P·KS .... 1'0 m~k<) this move wlllch leaves him with n backward QP requires a lot of eo\'r~!(<). lJIaek wilL now try to ex· change some piece. and . leer lnto lin cnding. 21. Ktm·Kt4_.fIIJ' i'U.".. 18: A playablc :ou.crnaUve wu 21. , Kt.lJ.4. lIere tb" Kt QC<:uples • s trol'l outl'O'it :ond eannol be dislodged without ~Cri01l 5 weakeoiof{ of While'. posiUon. 22. Kh:Kt KtxKt 14. R·Kt2! 23. B.Kt4 Q-Q1 While is On g uard III 81ack wu about to .&C1~.c the In illa tl ve with n · R ? and doubllnl: of ~hc RII o n the It·fUe. 24. KR-QU Now Illack threatenK IJxKP, hut White pllrrles wllh II counter th .... at. 25. Q.B5 B·Bl 1'. Kt.B4 KI·B2 "hl~ seems nece5""ry, ••• rter w. , Jl.Q4; 71. Ktx8. PxKt; 28. Q·B2 White'. only wl!aknc~s, the buo.:kward QP on the open file, hll~ dlsuppeued und the two n.~ wlll soun aUer! theIr I>ower. 17. B·RS! KR·BI fl. KheB QxK! 28. BxKt RxB 30. p . B4 Q.Bl Whil,' lhre1.(.('ned r·Q$. 31. Q.Bl P·K3 n. P.Qlet4! . Th lti I)revenl$ p . QIJ.4 and In~ututes the minority aUaek nn the Q·slde! 32. Q·QI 33. B·B3 .. W hite 1tlSO I>r~I';"'c~ a l'·lIdvance u n the othcr wing. 33. R·Q2 3S. P ·BSI II.· Rl :U. " ·KU fl·fl5 To tllke the P I~ very dangeroul fo r Black ns lhe folluwln&: v.rlpUon iIlu ..

~.Q\~: ;;P; 38: ~Kr~::: ';t~'l PM:kU; ~ithBX:::a~)!l; :: ~~~: ~ 41n~~::' Q.Q4!); 40. RXR, QxR; 41. p ·Ke eh and win. 36. PxleP Px P . 3f. RxP R·81 31. Q·B4 Q·K2 40. Q·K2 3L P-QKtS Px P Of COUZ'Ml not .0. Q-Xt3 b«'uff! of

:O~~r QII.. 81 43. RxP Rx R .,. Q.K4 Q-RSI 44. QxR Jl.KI eh C1. R·K81 8·Rl.$. " · lt l .. · .. 1 Black Is ton timid . Aftu-.s •... , R-B7; 4&. Jl.Kt2., R· lJ1 I ClOnot nnd II win f o r White b«aull8 47. R·RI 111 nlet by R_K7. "'- Q.Q7 Q.R'''' Q·".I 47. QxKP eh K·R I -8"III'tt«1·""· .... ' !IiIJ This Is the muve lUack m.y no t ruave fo rc_n In a ll Itt consequences. It now 4a. ,KxB, then 49. Q.B8 ch, X·XU; SO. Q.Kt7 eb willi ell.Hy. 4L BxP

A/Ut 46. , BlCP G LIGORtC

JOIN THE USCF

VIENNA GAMBIT Southe rn Open Championship , Durham, 1950

Noln bry Eliot H.-Iml White

H. BERLINEII. mack

E_ HEA Il$T 1. P_K4 Kt-QS3 Just a hluff! 1 Wall eager to avoid the main varlaU,ms of the King'. GambIt, IkrUoer's most potent weapon. 2. Kt-Q83 P·K4 3. P· B4 ...• 1·h ... more 10g-ICaJ 3. P ·KKtl is lIOuode1". But then aga in very few moves In Ihi , game a ppear demonstr ably sound ! 3. .".. I'xl' 4. Kt·B3 P·KKI4 Practically forc ing While 1.0 sacrlClce • p lec<:. for unlike similar va r iations 10 the Kio.:'" Gambit, White's K t can no lonj:er ':0 to K5. S. P-KR4 P·KtS , . Kt·KKtS See I;.st nute . ,. ... p·KR3 8. P-Q4 p ·Q4 7. KlxP KxKt B. , P·BS is <::qually good. ,. PxP . ...

:'rt~:~. , IV eS, ~~I~ w~r;;.~~~ri:~:l ; bli~ B·K2, Q·Q2; 12. 0 ·0 , K-KI2 Black should bl! ab le to weatller the storm . , . Q·K2 ch 10. B·K21? ... In • game p layed by Capablanea In 1902. his opponcn~ Corzo continucd 10.

~~~l, l'Q~~!~h; I :fL K~.i&l. J.'it~!~; l:: QxQ, RPxQ; 15. K t·Q4, B·QB4; 16. P ·B3, n ·RS! and thc cu tur e world champion wun easily. 10. . p · B61? lIere We i:'o! For the next ten movu Ihe eumpllc"lIons ~re t..rrifk. II . O,()! Qxp 12. 8xBpl? . 12. PxKt~ is not feasible because Jl. Q3 wins immedilltely. 12. .. 8.Q3!1 Olher rno,",8" lellYe Black In hoi wate r ; e.g. 12. .. , P xD!?; 13. QxP ch, Kt-U3;

I~c~~~d a;~ay!~.I"t~ ~r'k b~aJ.~K4~~ 13. Jl.R5 dbLch, K·K:!; 14. Q·K2 eh males I horlly. 13. P-KKt3! Obviously (!!) the only move! Dlscovel'll'd eh..,.,ks me"O nothing and Wllite must tit"" tbe main threat DC B-R7 eh maUng. 13. . Qx P e h 14. B·Kt2 eh K·Kn 14. , Kt.U3? would lo~e the ..,ntlre game after 15. RxKt eh, KxR; 16. KI· K4 ch, winning the Q. 15. R·B2 Q_R7 ell 17. B·B41 16. K·B I P·KU

Proving that the comp!icaUon, arc not over! 17 B·R" Nnw threats uf Q.Jl.8 eh hecome poaibll!.

If Itll~;Kt, n :< R will win. If 18. IJxKB the amp le l'x8 leaves White with too many threal$ 1.0 meet . I I. . BxB eh If 18.. , KtxP??; 1!1. B·K5 ch males! 16. , J{·KBI wou ld alro win. but the text hu the merit or beln!! u Iyplcal "Westbrock mo,",e" (In N. Y. che .. circ les, " move .... hich exchange. ' IPecnR when Doe has a matN'lal advanlagc\. n. RxB Q·RI eh 10. K· K2 Kl xP eh Thl, KI has been "en prise" fur eleVen "'oves! 21. K.K3 KlxQ 21. RxQ 22. RxP ch d U<!ll not work ror then Kt­Kt4; u. ItxQ. R·KI ch wins .nother piece.

KI· BJ 21. Kt.Kt4 24. RxP 23. B,,8 P"B The rest of tile gamc Is quite tnten:st· lng, considering Ihe lime pressure on botb Dde~! I'm s ure no one eould erlt· l~ Berlin..,r and me for havln, con­~tlnled more Ihan a UUle Ulne on Ihe lint 20 ""oves; or wu thc position 1'ImpJer than We IbouCht!! 25. K-Q4 IeR· lel 21. P_U KI·KS 26. Kt·IeIS R·K5 eh 29. R·Kt2 R·KBI 21. Ie-Ql R·1e4 30. K-Q4 Threatening 31. KUQp! 30. R·1e2 n. K-Kl R·" ell 31. R-KI R·aS 33. K.Q4 R·8S Obviously tt'> ;:ain time on the c lOCk. l4. K-Kl R·R5 35. Kt-Q4 • Loses quickly. but the position i ... uf course, hOP,·I""". 35. KI·B4 ch 36. Iet·K'eh Kl xle t 37. K-Q2 K· R2!

38. K·Bl St. K·KI1 40. R·RI

Resigns

R_P eh R·KS

Kt-Q 5

Nul II ga,ne f,>r Ihose with weak hCll rtJj!

Solutions: Mate The Subtle Way! No. 215 (Keeney): I . a ·H8. No. 216 (Uue hwald) : I. n·KI2. Nu. 217 (Hanher!:); ~forc the key, If I. .. ,1(.K4; z. Kt·B4 mate or I(

I . .• Nt·~, ~il~!l~~t~~tt ~~7.krr :~ 1. K,l·rR7~h~~I:::~~i\J.h~:e I:'sel " .m~~~t 2-

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/0' ,.robltmt itl tht D(utllbt., ;UUt. ule so/"'ioll1 .ill bt trtdittd itl t~ tltxl /""/dn.) J a me. Ilollon .... n 'f ed Lcwlll ....... _. 48 Alain White .... 26 Rcv. G. M. Chldley .. 62 K. M. Comns ........ 46 K Graham .... _ .... :n Murray Bum ...... GO Jtobert Craodo 44 R. E. Duma. ....... 20 Ewhen Ony:l(:buk 110 ... Hunsicker ....... 42 W. J. CoutuN: . IS F . A. HollwllY .M Sal'Vlno Jo'errero . 40 M. W . Luebbert, Jr • . 14 Edw. J . Korpaaly . M Gardner Murtllu.lb .. . 38 Charles Baraseb .••. 10 )I. A. ~'lc:b.a'" .. . .$6 J . t'fi LOCal! l6 L Hart ......• 10 Richard MIc:IleIl . 52 Yul')' v. OC.ne",v ... 14 Otto L. Neal ...... 10 Kenneth Lay ....... 48 Or. J . M. i!!rman .. 32

8eveul In.ctlve eolve'" haVe been dropped from tile Ladder r ecord, but tbelr Kores will b, relnslatC!d when tbey be,tn sendln£:" In solutions .,eJn.

RUY LOPEZ

Qxlet n. Q·Bl Resigns

P ,falls, and the end· ., ' SICILIAN DEFENSE

M.nh.ttan "'1. Capablanca Club New York, 1950

Notel b, }. F.. Ho ••• th White Dl:ack

QUESEDA R. IIYRNE (C' lu,bt.rlu) (Manha"an ) 1. p ·1e4 P-Q84 1. Kt -KBl P-Q'l The 1\10:11 or the I"~ t is to avoid the Rlchwr AU.ck, c.I.: %. , Kt.QBl ; 3. P-Clf, PXP; 4. Ktd', Kt-B3; !i. Kt-QBl, P.Q3: II. H·KKt:i (Rlehtcr). :I. p ·a1 Mo~ popular here I~ the line: 3. r.Q4,

~~; c~e. KJ:':tc~~~l~ ~: ~~~~' wfJ; 'fOme luCCcsa. 3. Kt ·K8l 4. 8 ·BU

t.Jt5~3'7.X~~h3~· :tx(iht:'KJ;~~' 8~K~t ~IIC~r> ~l~~t~~a~~lh ~bo~i ~~~~, c~~~~e;; seem. b efl . 1I0wuvcr, 11 4. Jl.K15 eh. then 4. • QKt·Q2: 5. P·K.~. PXP; 6. KbP, P -QltJ; 7. II.Kteh. Ktx8; 8.

~!;t'or Il:.:~:n ~~r.~. Wllh, ~.Q2~ r&.h/ii, P.K': G. P .Q4. tlPxP: 7. PxP, Kt-R3; 8. P -Q!i. KI·K2 wllh equ"llly. Or. If 5. , HxS; 6. QxBch, Q·Ql; 1. Q.Q2, Q·KtS!, cle::. 4, .... p·K3

!. pj~ ~~1t!i.Sh~~S"chbe ~u~l~fk bas 5. Q.K2 8 ·K2 10. 81'_1' p-QRl "P-Q4 O,() 11. P.QR4 P-QKtl 7. p .KS Kt-Q4 12. Q.K4 Qlet.KIS L 0 ·0 Kt-Q81 13. 8-Q1 R-Kn ,. R-Ql P xQ P 14. hI'

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14. QxP If. p .KU p-QKt4 IS. Kt·B3 8-Kn 20. PxP PxP 16. Q·1e5 QR· BI 21 . 8 ·Q3 p -KtS 11. KtxKt KtxKt 22. Q·Kt3 Kt.B6 18. QR_BI Q-Q1 ~::e.lmPOrtance or • P ·base .. app.rent

23. Q·R3 P·Kt3 26. 8 -82 Q-Q4 24. Bxlet RXB 27. Q-R' R.Rt 25. RxR Px R 21. Q .K3 8 .KIS There 15 IIOme weakness in the White sct.up. WhUe there is nO overwhelming superiority at this SU8'l--the more avallabll! a ttacking forces on the Black sid e should p r o,",e .dequa t.e enough to enforce II victory. fl. Kt·K' R·R7 30. P · B3 Black WllS threutcnlq RxB and

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u. _ . Bx B 40. QxQ RxQ 37. Q·B8eh K-Kt2 41. PxP 8 ·B4ch 38. KlxB Q-KI7 Resigns 39. P·Q5 QxKt A well played g,am~ bY, Byrne. , \ ,

SICILIAN DEFENSE , , ' Wisconsin State Championship

Milwaukee, 1950 Nolet by N.i~h4.d K"jolh

While RI;,ck R. KUJOT,", FASHINGBAU"II 1. p-K4 P ·Q84 ,. P·KS Q. 8 2 2. P.QKt4 .. x t' 7. P.Q4 Kt.Q4 3. P·QR3 Kt·Q83 I. p ·Q8 4 Kt·KI] :: ~~:ts · KI~t;m ;0. ~: :~l, .ndK~~~ For Black mu.t los t a piece: If 10. • Q.Qt: It. n x p. RxR: I~ PxJl. Q·R4ch; 13. Kt-I)3!!, KbKt; 14. PxKt(Q) KtxQ eh;

~n,~; ~:;:, II~~~ ~h:~'1~~n~R~f! ~~"'! ~~~nf:~IW~~. pawn wons to

, . . . \ \ NIMZOVITCH ATTACKi' u. S. Open Championship

0 4troit, 1950 Notu by f._Ie Ho.ard lrom Bw tI;tI

0/ Chm CI"b 0/ tilt O ..... Rt1 White lU"ek

R. 8USKAGER E. T . McCORMICK 1. KI·KBl p-Q4 4. P·,U p·K4 2. P-QK t1 P-Q84 S. Kt " p 1. B·Kn 1'.83 An "unwund1" Nerlflee, but they :o.~ the kind thllt usua lly work. 5. PxKt I. Iet·8] KI-QB3 6. Q·AS eh K'K1 t. Q.K13 KI·83 7. Qx P eh 8 .K3 10. 8 ·Q3 Kt·QKtS? Wule or lime. K_0 1 lind l.\·t(Z o r Q3 w u better. II . 0-0 Kt_8 t4. p ·BS B.Ql 11. P xK t K·B2 l S. Kt x p i B.B3 13. P· 8 4 B·K2 KtxKt ; Q_ .. eh. (Hell)). 1'. Kt·84 8 .Q3 20. Q·lets QR·QI 17. P·K4 It·Kl 21 . p .KS Ie .Ktll II. QR·KI 8xKt 22. Q· lt4? Q·K2 19. RxB Q·a2 11. QR.K81 Rx p i After a rcw White s lipt, Black p low. throuih In a brUHanl example of bril· llanl eheQ. 24. PxKt .... .. ..- ~:'- .-~-

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