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Num~r I OfficiCll Publication of The tlnltecl States Cbess'federation Thursday, September 5, 1946

/STEINER WINS PITTSBURGH .OPEN larry Friedman Wins Title In

First USCF Junior Tournament

Ohio Shows the Way witll. Four Players Qualifying for Championship Final.

T hirty-two eager youngsters, ranging from fourteen to nineteen years in age, gathered in lhe ballroom o[ the Lawson YMCA in Ch i­cago to inaugurate the first USCF National J unior Chess Champion­ship Tournament. T hey represented the strength of junior chess in four teen states, and the official contestant from each state came as the guest of the 11liuois State Chess Association. From July 1st to J uly 6th the battle raged, and not until the last chess piece was re­moved from the board were the respective final positions of aU of the players decided, so close wa.s the st ruggle a.nd so evenly matched the players.

BOllt known nmong tho contowt. ants was Hans Derlln er ot the Washiugton Chess Divan (Cham· 1)1011 of thp. FArlf'Tn.l (!hp.!I~ Cluh) to whom lOUI'Jl!1I110ntij weru 110 novel­ty; but he had many rivals with formidable records. Amoug them

- ,\'7>'" l;"'T~ F',i.,(]u,,,,n (19~!i 'Junior Champion of Cleveland); Harold Miller (1946 Cleveland JunIor Champion ) and his twin brother. George 1.Uller , (1946 Cleveland City Champion); Philip LcCorllU (De­troit J unior Champion); Pau l Pos­chel ( lIUnols State Junior Cha m­pion a nd Ch(lIl1plon or '-he Ansltn Chess Club of Chicago); L.tm·y Ev­ans (Junior Champion or the M ill" shall Chess Club of New York): Ju· Han LQavltt ( top man of the H ar. vard University Chess Team and

. winner of the brillia ncy prIze III the Daniel Levlnne Memorial TOIII·n· ament in New York); l!Jugene Le· vin (victor in the ScllOla~t!c Tour­ney In ' the 1945 Pall·Amerlcan Tournament In Hollywood); and Donald Kilgore. whose tO UI'I\o,lIIelit experience dated back to the 1912 Opell Tournamont III Dallas III which he played' at the ag-c o! tour-teen.

But th e compeUUon wall 50 keen that not all ot these players quali. fied for the Champlollllhill 1~llIaI9;

some wel'e forced to YlOld place to lesser known contestantS in olle of the live liest preliminary b!~lU ell In tournament re<:oru • .

Round by round the nnal contest In the Championship Division was fought with grimness, and ouly three and one·halt Ilolnts separated the win ner frOIll the holder of slxtb place when tho s lIIoke of b.1 1l1e tin· ally cleared to emphas l~e the tight· ness of the s truggle.

~ Larry Friedman of Cleveilmd hit ( a winning s tride at once; he drew

with Philip LeCol'llu, Larry Evans and Carl Driscoll, lost to Paul Dietz (Pltts hurgh Scholaatlc Champion), but won his othor gallles, In cludiug those against hIS old rivals. the Miller brothers, to place fll'ijt with a clear one·polnt advantage.

I-Ian" Derlln e r urew wllh !'hllll) J..eCornu, lost to J,.any Friedman, l.arry Evans and Richard Kujotb Of Milwaukee, and won Il ls remain· ing games to Iioid a tie for second place. fn a brl11iant fa shion Phillip LeCornu rallied trom n \lad start

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PAN-AMERICAN TOURNAMENT AT YANKTON, S. D.

Sta rting olf with a burst of daz­zlin g II peed, the newly organizetl South Dakota State Chess Al!3OcI· a Uon inaugurates its prcgra m with a thrce.ring tournament tram Sep· tember 15th to SeptemilQr 22nd at the Hotel Charles Gurney, Yallkton, So. Dark.

A Pan-American Tournament, en. dorsed by the United States Chess Federation, tOPIi the hill with In· vlted parUclpants from South and Central America. Those Inv ited in· clude F. Plana .. (Cuba) , A . Loynaz (Venezuela); M. Citron and M. Co­lOll (POI'tO Rico); and Fred Rein· fe ld. O. Ulvestad, Sol Rubinow, Hans Berliner , Averill Powers, and Wil­limn ' Byland from the United States.

i n addition there will be tbe

1ST USCF CHESS PROBLEM TOURNEY HAS 226 ENTRIES

.l llrlgell Knnnnth R HnWA.rrl n.n d Geotrl'ey Mott·Sml th cannot com· plain of Il dearth of chess problems Cor many days to come. In select· Ing tbe winnIng problem composl· tlons lIubmlUed in the first USCF Chess P roblem Tournament they must s tudy 226 sep,uate composi­tions, some from distant countries; and pick the best

There were 134 entries re<:elved III the 'rwo-Move Toul'ney; and 92 wmPOsiUons in thc Three-Move '['oul·ney. The names or the wIn· nlng composers wlll be annonnced In ekeu Life as Boon us the judges have rendered their (lecision.

South Dakotan Chess Championship Tournament, the Woman's Cham· pionshlp tor South DakoLa, and a tournament open to a ll playe~!I who wl~h to enter. , Those Interested should write to Nancy W. Gurney, Secretary, Hotel Charles Gurney, Yllukton, So. Dak.

Toul'Ilamenl Director for all' the even ts wl1\ be George Koltanowskl, and a visit to the Black Hill s with a rapid trans it tourney and s lmnl­taueous exhibitions arc a part ' of the elaborate p rogrtl m for enter­tainment.

SEIDMAN RAN VETERAN

A CLOSE SECOND KUP:CHIK WAS THIRD

Ulvestad Sensation of Preliminary Rounds Fails to Maintain the Pace in the Finals

H erman S teiner of Los A ngeles addcd thc 1946 Open Tourna­ment Championship to a long list or distinguished achievements. He won the title impressively with only one loss and five draws for a total score of 13Y2 points out of a possible ] 7 JX'ints. Steiner has held the title once before (i n 1942) when he shared fi rst place with A. Yanofsky a t the Dallas Open To~u~'~n~a~m~e~n~t.,---_______ _

Second place wen t to Herbert Seidman, co-champion of the Mar· shall Chess Club, who totaled 121h points. His encounter with Stetner wall II hard and long·fought draw or 117 moves. Third vlace was held by veteran Abraham Kupchlk with 12 points. Kupchlk played sound and solid chess, 10Bin&: only two glllJiOS,oto Sleiller and Ulveslad .

Fourth and flUh place were shared by the IS'year-old Dennld By'rne ot tne irlanhatta.u Cl,e ~" Club and Olaf Ulvestad or Seattle, Wash. ingten. Byrne played with the ma· turity an olde r pla.yer might envy, and U1vestad lived up to his repu· tation as an analyst IlDd advocate of original play. During the prellmln· a ries it seemed likely tha.t Ulvestad would s weep the meet as he scored 6% poin ts out of a possible 8 points, including b is victories over Stetner, Robert Byrne and Seidman. But In the early rounds in thJl IInals he met Steiner again, buil t up an over­whelming advantage, sacrificed his

Queen for a wInning combinatloll­then faltered, and the Ingenious Californian found the way to vic­tory. With this loss Ulvestad's mor. a le seemed to crack and he lost the zest for victory.

The 47th Open Tournament or the United States Chess Federation was held at tile Roosevelt Hotel July 8th to 20th, under the ,oint sponsor'sh ip of the PittsiJurgh Down. town Y Club and the Pennsylvania States Chess Federation. Bein g the tlrst Open Tournament since the war, it attracted the largest and

one of the strongest fields ever as­sembled tor an Open Tournament. Tilere wero fiftY'elght entl'ants In the preliminaries from 13 states and two foreign countries.

Due to the number the prellmln· arlcs were conducted as an eight round Swiss Systcm with the ties 1ll'oKeil by tile Sonne·hom.nergor "wolghtlng" method. Then the nn· als were divided Into Six separate round·rpbln tournaments, according to the Sonneborn·llergt,r scores oC · the entrants In the preliminaries.

An indication of the strength or l he e nti re field is best illustrated by the known players who fail ed to qualify for the fi nal champion· s hip division. Among them was An. tbony E. Santasiere (defending Open Champion), George Koltan· owski (world· fa mous blindfolded ex· pert) , 'Veaver W. Adams (New F.ngland Cham pion), George Kram· er (New York State Champion), Miguel Aleman (Cuban ChampIon) .

[ t was decided by the tourna· llIent committee to carry over the pOin t scores comptied in the pre­liminary rounds as. a part or the tlnal score-for which a precedent had been establlshe{i by the 1914 St. Petel'suurg Tournament. This gave all added importance to each gamO iu the prolhninary rounds and made the competition tight throughout the whole tournament. Bight play. ers withdrew after the preliminar­ies were completed, and the flnals began with an even fifty contest· ants.

Eve n more tban at Peoria In 1945, this Open Tournament was re­marka ble in the tact that Youth was pitted against established reputa· tions-and did not sulfer In tbe con­tIIc t. Th.ree teen·age players fought

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BOTVINNIK LEADS GRONINGEN MEET

At the end ot nve rounds ot play Botvlnnlk leads at the Gronigen Tournament with five wins and no loBlle9. Euwe III second with 4v,.­v.. Denker holds a tie tor thIrd with Stoltz at 4·1. Other scores; Sm),slnv ::!¥.,.11A.; Tartakov"r 3 ,'f.,-1%; Flohr 3-2; Kotov 3·2; Najdort 3·2; Szabo 2lh·2y,; O'Kelly 2·3; Lundin 2-3; Bernstein 1V.-3%; Bole­slavsky IIf.,.3 Y,; Guimard 1%·3% ; Kotlnauer 1 "A,·3!h; Yanof.sky 1%· 3y,; ChriStol!el 1·4 ; Vidmar 1-4; Steiner %:-4y, . Fou rteen rounds of play re ma in.

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Vol ume 1. Number 1 Thursday. September 6, 1946

...... ' -THE FE DERATION FINDS ITS VOICE AND THE VOICE HAS A PURPOSE

M UCH has been written, vrlllsing the vaJue of sUence; and otten haa It been suggested tbat actions give speech in louder tones than

words. Yet In all its Ilspects our dally life gives constant denial to these hoary maxims from the ancient copybooks; otherwise the air·lanes, the newspapers and the malls would not ever seek to prompt us, coach· Ing us dally about the quality of pl'oducts or the virtues of people wbose own actions or worth can not ' apparently speak for them alter all.

Perhaps we are a forget(ul race, grown more so In the hurried at­mOllphere of bushless which pervades even those hours reserved by us for our leisure, !lnd therefore need and relish the prompting. At least, i t must be confessed that tho voiceless seldom find their actions noted or their virtues heeded In a world that has grown noisy a nd Impatient with activity.

The USCF has long telt the need ot speech to &"ive tongue to its earnest endeavors. Between each Yearbook ot the l<~ederation lay a vast expanse ot Industry and achievement, unexplored by the members ot the USCl<~, of which the Yearhooks could do no more tban cbart the ~_~_.~_ A~~ '_" __ , ~ ~ ,,_ , _~ _ •. ____ .. ... ___ v. vv ___ ... , .................. , .. '".~.

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chess players as a whole have always been entitled to a more detailed and dramatic story of the FederatIon's many eugrosslng activities on b#\baJf of chess; but hitherto there has been no medium of expression to convey that intriguing story to them. Now the silence Is broken.

CHESS Lllo'E is published for the chess players ot the nation. It is dedicated with this Inaugural issue to these certain alms:

1) A constant story ot the USCl<' program for the development of chess, as It unrolls-tournsments, Chess for the \Vouuded, edu­cation In chess, encouragement of junior cbess, Increased appre­ciation ot chess problems with emphasis on problem compositlou, and promotion ot chess In colleges and schools, in playgrQund and in recreational board schedules;

2) A continuous reporting ot the current news about chess and chess players (amateur and master ) with a particular emphasis placed upon the varied activities of chess clubs and associations through­out the country;

3) A thoughtful consideration of the problem that may confront the Individual player or Ilis club; and a department devoted to his quandrles where be may ask his questions treely and have them answered tully;

4) Game scores, chess problems and other departmental activities for the chess reader, running the gamut from the ridiculous (probably) to (we hope) the sublime,

The precise nature of the news and features in the future Issues of CHESS LIFE will be guided by suggestions [rom the readers. This is no solemn program ot Adult EdUcation (1) In which the Editorial Board decides gravely what the reader sbould have to Improve his game or mind. CHESS Lllt~E exists as a cooperative venture In which the r eader bas a voice and a vote.

But it Is also well to deHne at once the limitations set tor CHESS LIFE, It will not be a maga7;ine and will not attempt to perform the functions of a magazine. The various cheslil magazines now In circula­tion merit your continued support and we hope that you will continue to read your favorite magazine as well as CHESS LIFE.

Many voices In the past have clamored for tbe USCF to grow articu­late, Here Is the voice at last. but that voice has a body that must be fed. It eats paper and postage aud printer's Ink. Feed it with your subscription and those ot your trlends.

By

Maurice S. Kuhns Pre,ictenl Emeritu" T Ile Unitect Stalell Ohells FederaticJn

'1'0 the Editor of CHESS LIFE: ··Plece out our impel·fectlons with your thoughts."

Thank YOll tor the opportunity of addressing our members and friends in this, the Hrst Issue or the first newspaper published hy a national chess organization in tile U. S, A.

I bespeak tor CHESS LIFE the success for which you and our Fed­eration so earnestly hope.

It will be su"Cc':'l!sful because H Is dedicated to the Interests of all wbo worship at the shrine of Calssa. The masters, the experts and tbe rank and file of chess players,

It will be successtul because Its columns will be open to those to whom it Is dedicated. and I am confldent that they will make It their torum.

It will be successful because It will be tbe mirror reflecting the chess lite ot the United States,

It wIll be 8uccessful because it will be the channel In which wUl How the stream of thoughts, hopes and plans of our Federation, which in t ur n will give renewed chess life wherever It touches.

CHESS LIFE wlil likewise take Its place In European ChellS centers, as ou r Federation is one of the foremost Units ot F, l. D. E. (FederaUon Internationale des Eschecs) , from the President of which CHESS LIFE will soon contain greetings.

CHESS INTEREST REACHES NEW PEAK (MonthlIl Letter No. 33) By Elbert A, WlIIgner, J r.

Prelliaent , United Statell Che" Chell Jr'ederation

I NTEREST In chess in tbe United States is at a height never before attained and Is stili golug up. ThIs growth represents nothing of lIle

mushroom variety, or, to cbange the metaphor, Is no sudden boom. It Is rather the normal consequence ot a uniflcallon of effort, the result of cooperation on the part of people everyWhere who love chess.

This fact remains true llO mallcr Ir·om which side a CI·OSS section Is taken. Apllro:rch the c,ues­tlon on a geographical basis, and we find bec·hlve activity ou the Pacific coast as well at; th e Atlantic and innumcrable points between. In thi s respcct the F ederation has attained Ideal I·epresentatlon wlLh Its Executive Committee composed of men in eigllt pl"i n· clpal cities of the United Stat!;!s ano active Di rectors In 40 States.

Consider the matter on the basis o( age and we find a typical answer in the Open TOII!"llam ent r e­cen tly held at Pittsburgh where the younges t con­tcstant was only 14 years ot age anti the senior

£/ ' I • W J ""as a ripe and vigorous 78. ou n. .&",r,'. OUT Ilrogram has expanded so that it now embraces every field of

known chess activity. The Junior Pr,ogram. Chess for the Wounded. The Problem Department. Correspondence chcss, through a closer re­lationship with the Correspondence Chess League of Amer·lca. The Collegiate Program. A long list ot national championshlll a nd scc­tlonal tournaments, either conducted directly under the lo~edel·aUon aus· II\ces or with Us endorsement.

When the matter of playing skill Is regarded, we find once more that the Federation Is made up of every class, Mastel"!~, expel· ts, o l·dl­nary wood pushers and beginllers taking their fi rst lesson s. And the ~'ederatlon Ilrogram Is for every olle ot these. The master pluyers nre an ImpOI·tant IlfLrt or American chess and 'mtlllY o( them "re included III the officers and directors of the J.~ederatlon aud in committees wh ich are doing constructive work.

It Is our purpose to work in closest har mony possible with every­one whose goal is Ihe same as ours: The promotion of chess all a recl·e­atioll aud the develollment of the game so tllat the United States will a lways be a t or near the top In the international progmlU. We 1I0W

have the lIenellt of aud enjoy such cooperation. These statements ar'e not Intended to present a pictul"e of Utopia .

UUfCI'Cllces or opinion I\re as Illuch a II;U·t or eli"". n tlu Y ,II" th,' whole ot lire. Tbese have In geueral contributed to (lur KI·OI\lh mlilur than otherwise. When they cease to exist, so shall 11"1'. fill" tlll·n thl· .erm of our Jife will have atrophied and we shall lUI h .... "., ,· (·unllliluto a living bodT,

Such dUrerences as may here and there exist. which ca nnot 1I0n­estly be relarded as constructive, are likewise part of humall experi· ence, but it any field of homan endeavor, sports. Industry, politics. even religion. Is without them, It fails to come to mind at this writlug.

The overall picture, however, is most encouraging and we look for a year ot growth COmll!l.red with wbich aU that have gone before will seem but vel·lest beginnlugs, as Indeed they are.

Forward, together. for American chess.

From the Editor's Mail_&g

CJ F'or the original Issue of Chess lAfe. the comments havc becn stJectcd from the <.tnestlonnah·es sent to members, asking fOl· suggcs tlons In mak­Ing the wor·k of the USC~~ mor'c effective. Hercartcr. lhhl' COI UIlIll will be devoted to the opinions of tbe readers who ure Invited to eXllress theIr Ideas freely.

Continue to put good sound thought Into every phase o[ Fed­eration work, as you are now doing.

James F. Murphy Bradford. Pa.

The Yearbook Is fine. The USCF publication Idea dealing with mat· ters within the Federation, Inter­club news, plans. boosting ror na­lIonal or international corrections In chess thought necded. Something to knit Into one voice tbe thoughts of thousands, an Ideas clearing house.

s. J. Alexand er Manhattan, Mont.

Console the Chess Masters, paci­fy their pride and urge some Ama­teur to take their measure.

Judge B. C. Jenklnes Gary. Jnd.

I would suggest the designing and manufacture for sale to memhers at minimum cost of a striking lapel button which would show (first) that the wearer was a chess player and (second) that he was a memo her of the U.S,C.io~.

Charles 'V. Seaman Hollywood, Csllt.

\Ve should all or liS leacli more persons-old and youn g how to play chess. Inspire iu them lhe lure anti cxcllemeut of the game.

Henry G. Tyer Andover. Ms ss,

1 would like to lice U.S.C,F. Illake it obligatory for :luy orga nl7;cd State ASSOCiation to hold nn a nnual Slate (open) Championship snme nproxl· Illate time annually, Ilroperly pub­licized, or else U.S.C.F. docs not recognize said assoclallon. The mini mum that orgunbmd chess can do for the Illayers Is to hold snch tournaments.

Dr. Harold W, Tower Petaluma, Cnllf.

Your program of democraU7.ed chess should be continued. You a l·e on the right track. Look at the re· suits In Russia,

A verlll Powers ~lllw:lllkee. Wis.

None-Oames are fun and relax­ation; whcn they become toe serl· ous they 10lle hoth features.

F. N. Oe Leyer New York, N. y,

Maurice S, Kuh n.

It Is only proper to begin this series of chess biograpbies with tbe name of Maurice S. Kuhn s, tor that nanle hall been Identified with al­most every important movement for the organization of chess in Amerl· ca tOI· many ycars. Mr. I{uhlls was one o t the orgall izers of thl! Nation· al Cbess ~~ederation of the Unltetl States of America, chartered by the State of Illinois in 192\i, alld was Its only JlI·esident. When the NCF united willi lhe American Chess I<~eder'atloll to form the Jl resl!ut USCF in 1939. Mr. l<uhns became the PI·cs idont Emer'ltllS ot the lat­ter organizalioll, an ollice which was conferred 'upon him for life In recog­nitiOll of his services to chess in America.

It was undcr M r, Kuhn s' guidance that the present ser· jes Of biennial tonrnaments for the chess cham· pioDship of the United States w as IllaonOO, and the (tnt of s u c II tourna.­ments was held in 1936 wb en the U. S. Cham­Ilion 'Frank Mar-

M4wrir, S Kwb,/j shall g-raclous ly tl cslgnated the winner of such a toUl'namellt his successor in lhe champlOllship.

MI·. Kuhlls was also active tn th e promotion of the London·Chlcago cable match ot 1926 and the Lon­don·New York cable match of 1927. For lhese he originated an Improved )'11'· ... 11 uf 1I01allnu tor 11II1I"n111l810n

hI win. willi-II Wil l uII I'1i willi grent "UlTI'~~ In hOlh Iheli l' mntchell and IIlIlIly ot1u'r8 .11lCO tllllr ,Jate...

Active as well in lnternatlonal chess affairs, Mr. Kuhns is vice­president of Federation lnternatlon­ale des Eschecs (FIDE). an office which he has held for mnny yeartl. To Mr. Kuhns' credit may be added (urther the fact that he was In large measure reSpOnsible for tire estab­lishmen t of the International team tom'naments, hrougbt to an abrupt conclusion wltb the Argentlnu tonr­ney of 1939 hy the oulbreak of the war.

In ,1I"1"flte lire Mr. Kuhns Is a CCI'­Ufied pnblic accountant, holding one or the l!rsl ccrtificates ever Issued lIy the State ot New Yorf-. And Ulfl Kuhn s trauitlon in chess Is In Its second generation, (or a SOil, Dr. Ralph II . Kuhns, is a USCF direc­tor for Calltornla.

JR MEET FUN SAYS WINNER FRIEDMAN

The general sentiment ot tbose who lliayed dn the first USC}' Junior Championship Tournament Is cOllclsely eXllressed by the wIn­!ler's leUer to President Emeritus Maurice S. Kuhns:

Dear M-r, Ku,1i1u: [ wo,del like to tliallk you

very mlteh for the beautiful the.s set YO!I gave the 10/Imer of the Junior Chess Champion­IIhI/J. 1 like U very "II~"ch ana sliall always alwr/sh U in tlu:: years to come.

'J'he tournament t003 a lot of fun for all the bOll3 joho P<Jr­ticipated. We certaillill WQulll

, like to tltallk the U. S. Ohess fo'eaeratiolJ (or the lfx)IIllerful OllPortlmity the tOltNlament gave ·us , not ollly for playing 1I01ll.e gooa chess bItt (or giving u.s on opportunity to meet bOlll from all over tlie country,

In 'ny opinion the touNla­'nent 10(18 a great succell8. The (l1·,1t of 71WlIY to come.

Sincerelll yourl,

Larrv Friedman

By W illiam Rojam '

For Cheai II Life - both are the same; Temptation pitfall I each.

We win a pawn - then lose the game; A sermon without speech.

C HESS, a game for 1lI0ralis ts , philosophers and poets ! Did not Pope Innocent (my authority 18

Hone 's Yearbook. London, 1832) publish a grave Mor· a ll ty on Chess , In which he likened life Itself to the conmct on the checkered board ? For d id he not say:

The world Is nearly like a Chess Board, of which the points .. re alternately white and black, flgur. ing the double s ta te of life and death, grace and s in .. . In this chess·game the Evil on e says, "Check !" whenever he Insults and s trikes one with his dart of sin; and, if he that is struck ca n. not Immediately deliver himl elf, the arch enemy, resuming the move, l ays to him, " Mate" carrying his soul along with him to that place from wh ich there is no redemption. William Rqjam

And has not Omar Khayyam, Ils t ronomer, philosopher and Iloel, sung (my source Is Edward I<'itzgerald ):

Impotent P ieces of the Game He Plays Upon thll Checke r·board of Nights and Days, Hither and thither moves, .. nd checks and alaya, And one by one back In the Closet lays.

But not a lways has the Church smiled Its approval upon Chess, fo r we know that the sobel· St. Pe te r Dam ian, sometime cardinal bisbop of Os tia (cirro 10G l ) , thus thnndered at a wayward bishop : "Was it right, I say, and cons istent with thy tluty, to sport away thy evenings amidst the vanity of chess ?" Eveu John Huss, that embattled refo rmer. while pondering In II. prison cell ga ve la ment to the hours Idly wasted in pla y. ing chess, so dangerous t.o the soul because It might arouse a violent passion In the player.

With board crown not you r foeman 'lI pate In manner qu ite dillcourteous ;

It II howl a soul In II lnful IIt .. te, Alarming most to one John Huss.

EDWARD I. TREEND NEW SECRETARY

Amon g the changes In tlle ~~~s~l~n·eltm l~~r~~I!

118t.: '" 1·;xQcu.

lIv tJ Honrfl wu s the election ot Edward l. Tre­end of Detroit as the new Secre tary, Mr. Tr e en d has long been pro­min e n t in his s tate chess ch·cles botb as

Edw.," I . T,u,," Vice- P resident a nd as Secre tary of tbe Michigan State Chess Association and so brings unusual Quall flcnli ons to the Important post of Secre tary for the USCP. Au ono of the offi c ial epokoll· men of Ihe USCF he will be no s tranger to these pages ill t he days to come, and tbe USC I~ Is to be congratulated upon the good for· tune In obtahlin g hi s services.

NEW DUTIES CALL PAUL G. GIERS

In leaving the pos t or Secretary. which he has so ably fllled, Paul G.

A UQlt8t 10th, 194G Dear lI r. M ajor;

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En tries a re pouring In [rom all over the country for the u . S. Grand National Correspondence C h e s s Tournament, whose IInal winner will be recogni2ed by the USCF as the U. S. Correspondence Chess Champion. The tournament Ol>ens offic ially upon Octoher lst with en· trants contesting In preliminary

CENTER GAME Plttllburgh Open Tournament

Cham pionship Final s Notes by Erich lV. Marcrum"

White Black F. YERHOFF H, STEINER

1. P·K4 P·K4 2. P·Q4 Px P 3. QxP

The Center Game aeldom appears In tourna ment play s ince White's Queen is embarrassed for a good place. Black probably has in mind two ques t ions (1) Can I remember the intrica te details of the theore ti· cal refuta t ion? (2) Has my oppon· ent cooked up or looked up some new analysis?

3. Kt·QB3 4. Q·K3 Kt·B3 5. B·Q2

Black could refute the powerful look ing 5. P·K5 by 6. .. , KI.·KKt5 ; G. Q·K2, (it G. Q·K4. P·Q1!) , P·Q3!; 7. P·Kn.3, KKbKP; 8. P ·KB4, Kt· Q5 : 9. Q·K4, P·QB4 : 10. PxKt, P·Q4 ; 11. Q·Q3. B·B4; 12. Q·KKt3, KtxP ch,

S. B·K2 6. Kt·QB3 0·0

Black usually plays 6 . ........ , P·Q4 here before White can prevent It wilh 7. B·B4. S teiner's move seems no botter.

7. B. B4 8. Q·B4 9. B·Kt3 10. KKt· K2

Kt·KKt5 KKt·K4

P·Q3 Kt·R4

The elimination of t hl!O powerful Blsbop tully jus tilles the loss ot time Involved as well as the open· Ing ot the Rook fl.le.

11. Kt·QS 12. KtxB ch. 13. RPxKt 14. P· KB3 15. QxP

KtxB Qx Kt

P.K B4 PxP P·B3

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sections of ulne players each. In S tates having fiv e or s ix such sec· tlons, tile winners of each sectloD play ott a match tor tlle S ta t e Championship. States with smaller groups of entrants a re grouped with other S tates and lhe winners ot each section In these groups play oft" a match for a. regional title. Then winners or State titles or re­gional titles wes t of the Mississippi Il1ay fo r th e All·Western title, while the AII·Eastern title is being de­c ided by the win ners ot Sta te and

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This breaks Capablanca's r ule : P lace your pawns on the opposite color to that of your Bishop. Bu t the center Is of more importance here.

16. Kt·KU A good alternative would be 16. P·KB4 in order to exchan,e Queens. If then 16 . ........• B·B4 ; 17. Q·K3, etc. With the Queen s off, White can safely restrain the cen· ter with P·QB4.

16. 17. Q·K2 18. 0 ·0 19. B· K3 20. Q·Q2 21. QR·K1

P-Q4 Q·Q3 B·Q2

QR-K1 P·QR3

One cannot accuse Steine r of play· Ing dull chess. But, I[ White adopts a Missouri a ttitude, It Is not c lear how Black can get compen· satlon for hi s Pawn sacrifice. For Instance If 22. I1.xP, P·Q5; 23. Kt-K4, Q·Ktl ?; 24. BxP. Or It 23 ........ , Q·Kt3; 24. BxP. Or It 22 . .... , ... , Q. Ktl at once, threatening p·QG and KtxP ch., then 23. Q·Q2.

21. R·K3 22. R·Q1

lJp to this point Yerhott has beld bls own. Now he weakens some­what. In such a position, control of the only open IIle Is fund amental. White's Idea was probably to IIwlng the Knight to K4 and then to Kt5 or 85. But this Black now pre­vents. Either 22. R·K2 or 22. B·Q4 , KR·Kl ; 23. Q·B3! , Q·K2; 24. Kt·B5! would be preferable.

22. 23. B·Kt5 24. K-R1 2S, Q·B3 26. P.B4

Q·K2 Q·B4 ch.

KR·K1 Q·B1

The illus ion of an attack with this move and the next 800n tades, and how will this poor Pawn survive?

i3 good to kllow tMt they will now have a stili wiaer Circulation through a channel going fUr ect to the entire m embership .

With a n ewspaper of i ls ow n, anti other "otriclal orglm " of tlUJ Ir'efler' atiO l~ woula /ie slitler/ luo IIS , and. helJcefortJ~ t he .4MRRIOAN OIlEBS B ULLIiJTlN will coose t o l erue M luch. It goes w ithout l a'lling that t he f riend.ly and. helpful COOl1cra­lion, h i t herto e:ciBtln(J, 10m be con· tinuea f or the bellellt of t ile Jo'cdcr· alion anet chess in gelleral.

T heref or#!, it II w it h real p leasure that I ex tend the halld. of f ellowship to Mr. Montgomery Major, the edi­tor of OHEBB L JI'E , at t he .ame time congratulating the Pecter ation upon t he acquis ition Of an executive of proved fJb ilitl/. 1 f eel sure t M I , unaer hit t r a i ned. guidance, the new venture 11 ' bound. t o succeed .

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regional play·otts eas t ot the MiSs· issippi. At las t the c limax Comes when the All·Eastern wlDuer meets the All·Western winner In a match to decide the U. S, Cor respondence Champion ship.

The Grand National Tou.rnament Is almos t a s old as the Correspond· ence Chess League of America (a USCF Chapter) which s ponsora It. And, unlike other CCLA tourna· ments, It is open to all the chess pla ying public, memberll and non· members.

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26. QR·K l would make 2'. 27. P·8 5 28. 8 ·B4 29. BxR 30. QR·K1 31. RxKt 32. Q·Kt4

sense. Kt·KtS

R·K4 R-K6 KtxB KtxR Q.B3

White does well to decline the ex· change of Queens. III ally case he has three strikes against him ( 1) a weak Pawn (2) Black's <:ollt rol of the King's fil e (3) tbo advan tage or Bishop over Knight on an open board. For example 32. Q:< Q. P:<Q ; 33. Kt·R51 K·B2; 34. P·KKl4, R· I(1 ; 35. R·Bl does not hold ou t ror long. (But If 34. K·KU, R·K7; 35. I1.·B2, RxR wins a Pawn. )

32. B·B1 33. R·K1 RxR ch. 34. QxR K·B2 I 35. Q·RS BxP 36. Q·B7 ch. K·Kt3 37. QxKtP BxP 38. QxRP Q. K3

Black has mu ch the better of It because of his control o t the board, Of course, not 38. , BxP ;. 39. Q·Q3 ch . Yer hoft' s tili puts up a vigorous resis tance.

39. P· KR3 P-R4 40. Q·RS Q·BJ I

Excellent restra int ! A Pawn can mean so much in a lmost any entllng. But 40 . ........• BxP; 41. Q·D3, B·B5; 42. Q·B2 ch. gives .::ounter·chances.

41, K·Kt1 B·Q6 41. , 8xP looks quite playable, but o ther fIelds look greener to Ste iner.

42. Q·R8 43. Q·Q8 44, Kt·R1 4S. Q·R4 46. Kt·B2 47. Kt·Q3

Q·K3 Q·K4 K·R2

B·KtJ QxP

Q·Kt8 ch . Of course, not 47 . .... _ .. , BxKt ; 48. QxP ch. with perpetual cheCk. 8teln r conUnu I to pl_7 tor POll. tiona l fac tors Ins tCIl(1 or grubbing more Pa.wns. Desldes, he lays u. neat li t tle. t rap to terminato tbe game.

4!1. Kt·K1 49. K-R2 SO. P·KKt4 51 . K· Kt1 52. QxP ch.

Resigns

0 ·0 8 B· K5

0·Q7 ch. P· Kt4 K·Kt2

If 53. K·BI. B·Kt3 wi ll S tile Queen. A hard·fought, diffiCUlt. and well· played game.

NEW TOUR IS PLANNED BY KOL TANOWSKI

George Koltanowskl, blindfold ex· pert, pla lls a continental tour fol­lowing the P an·American Tourna· ment at Yankton, So. Dak. where he will serve as Tournament DI. rec tor. Plans for t he tour, which will start October 1st , Include s lm·~ uitaneous and blind fold exhibition s together with lectu res on ch ess. Last sea son Koltanowskl played in over one hu ndred chess club!} throughout the country, and eI' pects to better that record In the coming tour.

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their way Iota tbe Champions hip FinBla : Donald Byrne (16) wbo cr e­ated the biggest aeuntion by tying for fourtb place, Arthur Bialll ie r (16) who placed II:z:.th, a nd Walter Sblpman (17) wbo beld a four·way tie for seventh,

Firat honors 10 the Ma ttera ' R e­ser'la were divided by Robert Byrne (18) and George Krame r (11), while defending Cha mpion A. Sautaaler s plsed. third, S. Almgren four th, a nd Weaver Adams fifth. In this divi­alan Eugene Levin (16) of Loa Angele. and Larry E vaDe (l4 ) of New York were a wong otber pro­mlBing teen-agera ,who he ld the ir own In faat compa ny.

The Major Tournament was won by Albert Sandr!o (1946 Chicago Champion aDd formor Illinois State Champion). Second and third placea were aha r ed by J ames Or088 (16) ot Glendale, Callt. and Oscar Sha · piro (1946 Washington, O. C. Cham· pion ). In this same group played Hans BerUner (17) who tied tor second In the U. S . Ju nior Choln· plonshlp In Chicago.

The Maj or R eser ves ws s won by Paul Posch el (17) who holds t he Champions hip ot the Al.ls t ln Chess Club ot Chicago and Is illinois State Junior Cha mpion. J ose ph Ita uch (MonLreal Champion 1941 ) a nd Donald J . Sibbett ot Brooklyn, N. Y. s ha red second a nd ~h lrd .

The Minor Tournament was won by F. H . S toppel of Cicero, III. Mor­ton M. Scha ffer of New York City was second, whUe thi rd and tourt h were divided by Pa ul Dietz (16) the Pitts burgh Scholastic Cham. pion and Alexander Spit zer, a lso of Pittsbur gh .

in th e Minor R eserves first place went to Aln brose D. Gring (known 116 ..II PI"~g,mJ6J ) 01 JJ roolrlhle. Mil.,. J ll.lne. U. McCord (!:Iocond In I !lH New 1~ l\g l u 1l11 C1uu nlllon· sh ill) was second. McCord, who ha s a second In the 1 92~ South Atrlcan Cha mpionship to h is credit as well, Is a spry 76 aud halls fr om Oakbam , Mass.

H erman H elms, tbe " Dean of American Chess" sen ed again a a the Tournamen t DlreclOr with MU· ton Finkelat s ln once a gain ac ting as the Asslatant Tourname nt DI· rector. EJrceptiona Uy fu ll coverage ot tbe event th rough press r eleases waa handled by Gene Collett a nd L. A. Scbolpp.

Tbe entrantl in t he 1946 Open Tour nament at Pittl burgh we re:­Weaver W. Adams (Dedbam, Mass.); Miguel Bias Aleman (Ha· vana, Cuba) : Sven Alm " ren (New York City); Ha na Be rliner (Wal h·

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Ington, D. C.) : Arthur Bhguler (Ne w York City); Donald Byrne (Brooklyn, 1'l. Y.); R obert Byrne (Brooklyn, N. Y.); James Cross (Glendale, Calif.) ; Charles Deaktor (Pittsburgh); Pa ul L. Dietz (Pit ts· burgh); Tbomas E cken rode (Lan· calt er, Pa.) ; Dr. Karl Ertzman (P ittsburgh) ; Arpad E. Elo (Mil· wa ukee) ; Larry Evans (Ne w York City) ; Ha rry FRJana (New York City); Milton Finkelst ein (Ne w York City) ; Ka rl Forster (New York City); Jack Gilbe rt (Pitts· burgh); Hyman Gordon (New Yor k City); Ne wton Grant (Mon· roe, La.) ; Richard C. Grimm (South Cha rles ton, W. Va.); Ambrose D. Grillg (Brookline, Mass) ; William E. Grossma n (San Diego, Call!. ); LeRoy Guthridge (York, Pa .) .

OIenn E. Ha rtleb (Erie, Pi.); Durwood B. Hatcb (Altoona, Pa.) ; U. C. J eukluel:l (Gary, Ind.); Dr. Gerald Katil: (Brookline , Mass.); George Koltanows kl (New York City); Abrabam Kupchlk (New York City) ; George Kramer (Re­gina l)ark, N. Y. ) ; Eugene Levin (Los Angeles) ; J ames B. McCord (oakham, Mass.) ; Edgli r T. Mc· CormiCk (East Orange, N. J .): Ed· mund Nasb (Was hington, D. C.) ; Albert J . Ozgo (Detroit ); Rev. J u' lIus P aal (Plttsburgb ) : Paul P os· chel (Cbicago) ; Byron B. Price (W. Frankfort, 111.) ; Alber t Sa ndr ln, J r. (Chicago); Anthony E. San la· slere (BrolU, N . Y. ) ; Morton M. Schaffer (N ew York City ) ; Herbert Seidman (Brooklyn, N. Y.) .

Osca r Sha pir o (Was blngton, D. C.); Wa lte r Sblpman (Ne w York Cit y); Dona ld J . Sibbett (Brook· lyn, N. Y.); Alexander Spitzer ( Pittsburgh) ; Herma n Steiner (Los Angeles); L. Walter Stephens (Brooklyn, N. Y.) ; Fred H. Stop· pe l (Cicero, Ill.) : E rnest W. Strang (Ca mden, N. J .) ; Mark E. Surgles (Milwaukee) ; Olaf i. Ulve· II llId (Scnttlu) : John T. Wtl. l brook (IJ rooklY II , N. Y.): Rev. Ant hony R. Wllm le wsk l (McKecli llor t, Pa.): J ack Yaege r (Sewickley, I'll.): Frank Yerhotr (Regina, Canada).

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to gain a second place tie with Ha ns B'ed lnsr. To do t his he was faced with the g rim pros pect or playing t wo adjourned rames on Satu rday arternoon yd nett ing one a nd one· halt points out of th e POu lble two. He achieved t his victory by d raw· Ing wl t b Lar ry F riedman and de­feating Harold Miller .

James Cross of Glendale, CalU. Wa.8 fourt h, 101lng to the pla yer s ahead of hi m In t he fina l ata ndlng, but becoming practically invlncl· ble agalnat a U olbers. Pa ul Pos· chel of Chicago waa fi rth, drawing with P h ilip LeComu and defeating J a mes Cross. Larr'y E vans of New York d rew wi t h Larry Friedman and won from Hanl Berliner , yet lie could find no spot higher t ha n s ixth place in the fi na l s tandings, so even was t he playing strengtb of a ll the con tes tantll .

In the Consolation Tou rnament Eugene Levin of Los Angeles and JjlCk L. Hu rsch ot Denver tied for first place. Levin los t his games to Julia n Leavitt a nd Gerald Rolt· s tein : Hurscb lost to Levin and Dona ld Kilgore. A s pecial pla yotr game between Levin a nd Hursch a wa rded the tl lle to Levin.

In the Ciaaa A Tourname nt WIl· lIa m Grossman of San Diego (third In 194 6 Califo rnia J un ior Tourna· ment) lied with Robert Meredith of GreencaaUe, Ind. A playoff game be tween the two resulted In a draw a nd a continued tie for tbe title.

Among tbe odd happe nings of the Tournament was t be lIurpr lslng fa ct t hat t be de legation from Ohio con· alsted ot four players: Lar ry Fried· man, George and fi arold Miller, and Ca r l Driscoll : and a ll four qualified fo r the Champions hip Finals . The Ohio grou p was also dls llngulshed by t be novelty of bavlng Ilil twin r epresenta tives, the Mlilers. 'I'here 'nne ben m.~ h i 01 "'·tOrMif'1I play lUI( Chtl NII: In rocoll t yoar, wo ha vo hut! Ihe lIyrllOIl of Ne w York lind the Salld rlll ~ of Ittl uols , In Can· ada the Yau ofskn: \)u t Iwlus play· Ing In a che sa tourna ment present a atrlklng a nd unu sua l note.

The T ou rnament wall be ld in the ballroom of t he Lawson YMCA (lICene of the 1934 Open T ourna· ment) with seve ra l seu lons In t he i:>'IIlle rton A venue Day Camp In Lin· coin Park, overlooking Lake Michl. gan. Manageme nt of t he Tour na·

ment was In the hands of Howard Ohman, USCF director of the Pro­gram for Junior Chess. H e tre· ce lved local a ssistance t rom 8runo Czalkowskl of the Chicago Che" a nd Checker Clu \). while the fi na n_ cial a rrangements were handled by Edwin Asman of Chicago. He rman Steiner, the California mas te r. In· te r ruP ted bls t rip to Pittsburgh to serve a s Tourname nt Director.

On Wednesday e vening the con· testants were t be gues ts of the Glts Molding Corporation at a specia l banquet beld at Yonkers Restau­rant, at whlcb E lbe r t A. Wagner , J r., USCF Pres iden t. presided : and the chess sets used In t ho tou1"1la· me nt were t he donaUon of the Glls Molding Corporation toward tho d~ ve lopmem ot a Junior Chesd Pro+ gram In America.

' Vlnn ers In all div isions were pre­Sent'!ld with trophies 0 11 Saturday afternoon by P res ident Wa gner. Ad· d itiona l pI·izes in c hess books, t ho per sona l g ift of ~'red Reln te ld (New

Yo rk Chess Editor anll Wr iter), were awarded to place winners. An d the newly·crowned champion

was pr esented wi th a fin e chels let In addition to his trophy, a che" set bearing with It t be beat per· sona l wishes of Preside nt Emeritus Maurice S. Kubns.

Sat urday morning Herma n Stein· er entertained the playcrtl with a concise lectur e on chels, fo llowed \)y a simul taneous ezhlblUon

a gainst all the contestan ts. Un· fo r tunately t he Californian mas te r had to das h wildly for his train to Pittsbu rgh, leaving the exhibition unfin ished, 10 It will never be kl)own how well he fared In his brave cha llenge ,. ~ainst America's young masters o[ the future .

T be playe ra In this firs t USCF National J u n lor Ch ampionship Tourname nt were : R oy A. Ber g (Chicago ): Hana Berlinge r (Wash· Ington, D. C.); Henry Blume, J r. (Milwaukee) ; J ohn Carron (St. Louis) ; Roger Clites (Ga ry, ind.); J oaeph Cowan (Glen E llyn, Ill.):

Richard Cr ittenden (MUwaukee ) : James C,·oss (Glenda le , Callt):

Paul Dietz (l~jttsburgh ) ; Carl Dris­coll (Dayton); Larry E vans (New York City): La rry Prledma n (Clev(lla lld): Will iam Grossman (San Diego): J ack L. Hursch ( Den· vcr) ; Melvin J anowitz ( Minn~apo­

lis) ; Dona ld Kilgore ( Dallas): Richsrd KuJo tli ( Milwa ukee ) ; Ju· Iian Leavitt (Brookline, Mass .) ; Phlilp LeCornu ( Detroit); Eugene Levin (Los Angeles): T ed Lewis (Ch ica go); Lee Magee (Omaha) ; It 0 b e r t Meredith (Greencas tle , Ind. ); George Miller (Cleveland); lIarold Mille r (Cleveland ) : Pa ul Poschel (Cblcago): Sbeldon Rein ( Mllineapolls ) : Gerald ROitsteln (Omaha ) : James Romana (Mlsha· waka, ind.) : St epben Sma I e (Flint) : Mau rice Stiefel (Phlladel· phla): Ralpb Williams (Denver ).

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