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Sensational Finish of Ventnor City Tourney Many Master Games 000 Opening Innovations

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REVIEW I. A. HOROWITZ FR ED R EJNFELD

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Copyright 1939 by THE CHESS REVrI!W

"Reentered as second class matter July 26, 1940, at the post office at New York, N . Y., under the Act of March 3, 1879.

The Ventnor Tournament By FRED REINFELD

The second Ventnor Tournament, again held in the early part of July, was if anything an even greater success than its proud predecessor of 1939. The municipality was just as in_ terested, the tournament officials were just as courteous, helpful and efficient, the entry was stronger and the bonus money for non.prize. winners was increased!

Shortly before the tournament was slated to start, it suffered two sad defections. J. Levin and the writer had originally been invited to play and had, of COllrse, accepted. Almost at the last moment, however, they were com_ pelled to withdraw for business reasons. The Committee was indeed fo rtunate in being able to replace them with two such powerful play­ers as Donovan and Stephens.

VENTNOR CITY, 1940

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The tourney took an exciting cou rse from the very start, and Bernstein and Hanauer (the order is alphabetical!) had to win their games in the last round to come first. The chess was as lively as one would expect from such an excellent field and such pleasant playing conditions. Donovan was perhaps the most surprising of many surprises in this tournament ; he reinforced the good impres_ sion he had previously created in the Marshall Championshi p Tournament, no mean feat for a youngster.

I know that I express the sentiments of the players in voicing my appreciation of Mayor Hodson 's keen interest in the tournament, as well as of the masterly handling of the

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tournament details by Messrs. Wayne, Des. sauer and Phill ips.

An important innovation of the tou rnament was the exclusive use, for thc fi rst time in tournament history, of all.electric clocks (de. signed and made by one of the tournament officials, Gera ld Phillips ). The cl ocks gave absolutely no trouble, not a sing le complaint from anyone, and not a second 's anx iety as to breakdowns or inaccuracy! At the end of four hours' play, every onc of the six clocks registered eXI/Cll y four hours every session.

On July 14, the regular and special prizes wefe awa rded, al though one of the players returned his bonus money in o rder to main. tain h is amateur standing. As the tournament was important enough to warrant morc (>x· tended discussion, all the special priloe games will be g iven in succeeJ ing issues of T be Cbell Review.

T ournam ent Dir ector RI C HA R D W . WAYN E

W bite'J deep pit" aJJ/lreJ bill! 1I lie for firJl prize.

N IMZOVI CH DEFEN SE ( NOIOs by S. N. Berns tei n )

S. N. Be rn s t e in White

1 P. K4 2 P. Q4 3 P .K !) 4 P .Q B3

H . Mo rr is IJ lac k

Kt .QB3 P .Q4 P_K3

P _QR4

The l'illlPective Stralegical 1. lalls al't:! no w clear: White w!1l try to sm a s h through 0 11 the K s ide , llIack o n the Q s ide, T he Sole mlng ly b izarre text III lle rfect ly logi cal : Ill ack w ishes t o eJ(c!Ja n/1:0 o rr Wh ite's da nge r ous K B, Whltll could avol(l th is o xchange by P -K KI 3 li nd ll-ll3, bu t he Is loath to leave Ulack 's QU In con t ro l o f so Im lJOl'lant II diagonal. 5 IJ ·Q3 follo wed by 6 Q·K2 would be II waSle o f time, as Black co ntinues w ith , , . KKt-K 2 foll owed by . .. P ·QKt 3, . , , K l ·QKll and .. . B-R 3 Jus t the same ! T hus \Vh lte a t t his early Slilge re­conciles h lm lle lf t o the eJ(change and OWI'efol'e nevel' plays D·Q3, which w ould only lose u tempo.

5 P . K B4 6 B. K3

K Kt . K2 . . , .

TH E C H ESS REVI EW

An o l"ig inal maneuver. Us ua lly t he B is left a t home, in t he va sue hope o f Il Pawn brea k ing th l'ough to o pen t he dlngonal Q B1-KR6. W hi te Ilrefers to s tatio n the U a t K 112 w he re it g ua rds against possib le checks li t KR~ and from w here It can in SOUle posi t ions go to R 4 w illi a n an· noying p in.

6 . . . . 7 Kt-Q2 8 Bx B 9 Kt· K2

10 B.B2

P.QKt3 B_R3 R,B

Kt·B4 P_R4

The typical m ovc in th is k ind o f pos itiOn. m a ck cont rols w hite s quares to frus tra t e W hite 's K s ide a tta ck and prepares fo r ... P·Q Kt4·5 fo lluwed by .. ft. K t3 a nd an even· tual ... P -QB4.

11 Kt_KKt 3 P · Kt3 or co urse not II ,., KtJ( I{t ; 12 PxKt. P-K t:! ;

13 P-KKt~ w in ning a I-' , 12 Ktx Kt Kt PxKt 13 Kt_Bl P_R5

Appare ntl y fOl' cc(J, fO I' Whlle Is threatelii ng s im p\}' P -K R4 and 15 Kt-Kt.3 w inn ing the KRP. If 13 .. , !3· K2; 1<1 I'· K l t~ , P-Kl~ ( if 14 , . . !t-K t!: 15 Q J( P, itx!': 16 K t·Kt.3 wi ns t he eJ(change); 15 Kt· Kt3 , Il x l': 16 Kt J(RP w ith 1I w inn ing Ilos ltlon.

0 1' else 13 ... Kl· K2; H D-IH! Q-Q2 ; I ;:; Kt· Kt3, Kt-KL3; 16 B·1I6 rollowed by K uUP etc.

14 Kt · K3 B_K2 More aggresslvc seem s ... I'-Kt4; bu t the

deve lopi ng text " l\ove is Il la usi b le e nough. 15 Q· K2 R· Rl

Morri s

16 K_Q2 ! . , . . Est ublishing co m munication bet ween t he R s

fi nd in suring m phl succcss on t he K s ide. If o nly Black 's QR hadn't m oved, he wo uld be ub le to castle Q s ide and a void t he s to rm!

16 . . . . 17 P_K K I4! 18 QxP 19 Q_Kt7

o r cuurse not 19 .. It-KIJl ; 2Q QR_K Ktl 21 P · B5 ! 22 P-B6 23 RxQ 24 KR _K Ktl !

Q.Q2 p , p

K.Ql Q. Kl

20 DJ(P. Q_B l K_Kl Q,Q B· Bl B,R

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Declin ing lho sacri rlce wou ld Hkewh:le be of no avail.

25 PxB 26 8xP 27 8 .8 6

R_K Kt1 K t_K2 • • • •

A nd not 27 B)(Kt, K)(B; 27 . . . .

28 P ·KR4. P·KD~ e lC.

Fo, Kt-B6.

28 29 30 31 32 33 34

R_K t4 P_KR 4 Px Kt (Q) R, R P.R5 P.R6 K t· Kt4

ho \s hcll)leS.!! against

Kt.K t 3 K.Q2

Kt_B1 Q Rx Q

R,R R.Kt6 R.R6

Resigns 3;:; B·Kti unll 36

A UIIU bl/flle fl'orlh, of Ihe 1;111" rOf/1U/ ! ENGLISH O P EN I NG

(Notes by M . Hanauer ) A. E. Santasl~rre M. H anauer

White Ulack 1 P_Q64 P·K4 5 p,p Ktx P 2 K t .Q 6 3 Kt.KB 3 6 P·KK t3 B_K 2 3 Kt_63 Kt_B3 7 B_Kt2 B. K 3 4 P.Q3 P.Q4 8 0 ·0 0.0

9 P.Q R3 9 P ·Q·1 elln be plll~'c cl , but Wilh t he los t

tcmpo is not s o effe clive. The cont inuation migh t be 9 ... KlxKI; 10 PxKt. P· K5 followed by ll lay on the while squa.res ( ... P· Il<! .•.. U·Q·1. ... KI-R"·U5). Or 9 ... PxP ; 10 KlllP. KtxQK I; I I PxKt (11 Ktx Kt ? 01· KtxB! loses a. piece). KtxKI ; 12 PxKt, 8 -133.

g . • . . 10 Q.B2 11 K t·K4

P.B3 Q.Q2

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While· ... s l.l·a tegy is to in vade QUti. wi t h pressurC on the lines KR 1·Q R8 lind qltZ.KKtf.:. But It Is nil II ques llon of rim ing . ami on e crfcct of t ho Black Kt on Q-I is to j)l"el·e nt the mOI'c B·K3. and so to slow up the develolHnen t of W h lte·s pieces.

11 . . . . P_Q Kt3 ! ?

A bold countor! Dlaek opens UII the white diagollal, and seemingly weakens the Q DP. H oweveL·. t he position of While's pieces on lhe QD file ll ilows B lack t o figh t fOI· Ilosse8sl01l or this line.

12 P.Q Kt4 ? · . . . A furth e r neglect of developme nt. The move

is nOI !Ill Important t hat it cannot b e dela ~'e ( 1 in favor Of n ·Q 2 IIIHI R ·R l.

12 . . • . 13 P. KtS 14 Ktx Kt 1~ P.QR4

P.Q R4 Kt_QS P xKt · . . .

Q-R·l i8 met by . .. P·KB·I! If t hen 16 Kt·K t5. BxKl; 17 Bx B, P ·B5! IS PxP, p -n3; 19 B·R4 , Kt-U6 ! 20 Q-B2, lJ-R6 ; 21 B-KtS or 21 BxR. Q-Kttie ll ), 8~B; 22 K~B. Qx K1P.

15 . . . . QR_Bl 16 Kt_Q2 ....

Ide1l : I<t·n ·l . nU l since he nel'ct· Illllk e!; Ihe move, n ·Q2 would have been more jll"ll(l e nl.

16 . . • • P-B3 17 P xP. Rx P 18 Q_Kt2 Kt.B6!

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H anauer

Santasi ere

19 R_K l . . . . If 19 BxR, Ktx P ch; 20 K·R1 (20 \(·Kt2, n·

RSch), Qx Bch: 21 p ·B3, n ·QKt5! 22 I<t-K 4, Kt-136: 23 Q·B2 (llroteeU ng the HP). B·Q4: 2~ B-Kt2. P·!H: 25 Kt·Q2, R·J( I ! 26 H.·B2 (not 26 1(.!(t2? 1t· IO ch; 27 R·B 2, RxPeh ). H.·KG.

lliaek hll~ a IClTltle bind plus th re a ts of winni n g- the QRP or I<Il I' (via ... P·KKt1·5) and if Whi Le attempts a ll ), counter ·atLack ho loses imme diately: 27 DxKt? PxB; 28 K t·D·!. ItxP ; 29 Rxn. DxReh; 30 K-Kt l. B·B·\eh; 31 K Ill. B-K7eh!! 32 KxB, Q·Kt7eh fOllowed by . .. Q-BS mate.

H 19 Kt·B4. B-K15! 20 CxR, Qx ll (th reaten­I ng ... B·Kn6).

I 21 P-K·" KtxH P ; 22 Q-B2. P-Q Kt4 ; 23 Kt-R3. Qxq; 2·. KtxQ. B·B6 ; 26 H-R3, K t·B4 etc.

I. 21 p · ns. I<tx HP: 22 Q·R2. P·Kt·l; 23 Kt· m. Q-136! !

White the re for c eomlll"omiscs on a third m ove- with tllC usulIl ba d r esu lt.

19 . . . . B_Ql<t5!

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The k iller! H Wh ite now l akes t he R. he can' t "lOI'C a. I)icce: 20 BxR, Qxll; 21 P-K4. Px P C. p.: 22 I'xP, Klx RP ; 23 Q-Kt l. n ·RG; 2·1 p · K'I. q · U·lch; 25 "'· R !. Q-Di ; 26 n.· I·al, BxK t.

20 P , KS 21 FlxP 22 P_Q4

p,p R.'l3

R.QS 1

BeUel' tha n .. have uo mOl'es.

KlxP; While's pieces s till

23 R.KB1? ,\ blundel', but. things arc hope less: If 23

K-!t i, P· IH: 2·' ,,·1,0. K·R l; 25 K-RI , KLxP e tc.

23. 24 K .8 2 25 'l. Kt '

Kt.K7ch B. B6

KtxB 26 Al!K t ...

Qx Kt Is mel by ... Ox!'. 26 . . . . BxK t 30 P·K4 27 RxR c h QxR 31 Q.K3 26 Q-Q3 B.QKtS 32 Q.K2 29 P-Q5 8 .KB4 33 K.SI

34 R_'ll

Q.84eh Q.B7eh B.B4eh

Q. B6

To ~top . .. Q-Q5: after m ack win s ',he fl.}' (sU ll the ~a rne one!) he is t hl'l:l\t(!nlng .. . D·Kl·1.

34 .... 35 R_Q3 36 A.'li

Resign/i

a .Q2 Q.R8c h 'lxA?

HOI/) pl'l)'eo Ihow Ut"", COllrl/ge, bill 8"1(£ appr(/iuJ (be /,llI)' m()re (I(mra{el),.

QUEEN 'S GAMBIT DECLIN ED (Not !!!! by A. Eo Sant aglere)

J . Donovan W hit e

A, E. Santulere Black

1 P.Q4 2 P.Q B4 3 Kt.KBJ 4 P.K J

P.Q4 P.QB3 Kt·B3

One of t he strongest cont inuations a t \Vh i te 's disposa l.

4 . . . . 5 K I _B3 6 B.Q]

P_K 3 QKt.Q2

p,p

7 BxBP 8 B·Q3 9 0·0

P_QKt4 P_QRJ

As is well ·known. 9 P · K4 Is more aggressive (see HCI'nste in·l\lcCormlck. Ventnor 1939 ) .

9 . . . . P-B4 10 PxP .••.

To !l1'01l1 It Ilossi bl e isola te d QP; but it is 1,reUiatUl"e n lHI ultra·s imple. In the first pi nee, the isolated P was not ,l ce rtainty; secondly, an i solateu P II> not a death w al"l"ant- lI'hat wilh Ol'en lines and the In itiative. I n chess. one must I,e read)' t o lil'l~ dangel'ously-Ihe reward is !lure 10 be g reat- alHI the su rre l'lng too ! Q·"2 shou ld hal'e been Illayed.

10 . . . . Bx P 11 P_QKt3 , . ..

Inferior to P·QR3 and P·QKt ·l. , 1 . • • . 12 B·Kt2 13 R_Bl 14 Q. K 2

Due to White's questionable stroug conlln uatlon is poss ible.

B_Kt2 0.0

Q.K2 B.R6

11th move. this

TH E CHESS R l, V rIiW

SANTASIERE plots •• •

15 BxB 16 Kt_Kt l • • • •

Correct; he can not IICI'mit Black's Q ma in in so domlnatl n j: n Ilosl lion.

16 , . . . 17 P-QR3

Q.R4 KR·Bl

to teo

To IlCrm lt ... Q·Q I. rcsen'e QK t3 for QK!.

which will in turn

18 P.QKt4 Q_Ql 19 QKt.Q2 · , , ,

Though Whi te ha ~ los t some time, this Is no t serious. as he ha ~ e liminated weakncs~e s on Ihis Q side lind cOlllpleted his de~·elopmell t.

To

19 . . . . RxR 20 RxR R_B1 21 Q.Q l Rx R 22 QxR P·Kt3

f,'ee t he KKt 23 Kt_Kt3

Rli well as t he K .

· , . . Playing to win on the Q s ide, regard less

of the resulting K slUe weakness, Donovan is a brave a nd talented young master and it Is refre s hing to see him reject t he cautious Q·82 fo r II frank s peculut lon,

23 . . . . SxKt Black is pe rfectly wltllng 10 "mix It op";

hc has already decide d to abandon the Q side for a K side nll llck the issue of whi ch Is by no lII!!ans cel'tllin.

24 PxB Kt·K4 25 B.K2 P_Kt4!

Bolh to hinder powerfol ... P·KI5.

26 Q.B5 27 Kt_Q4

P,U4 and 10 prepare the

Kt-Q4 , . , ,

Donovan is 6ti!l In 11.11 a dventu rous mOOd. Q'Q~ was safer anrl 11' 011](1 have given the game quite a differen t com plexion , I.e, 27 .. . P-B3 (seems bes t); 28 Kt·U5 (and not 29 Q·R7, Kt·B6!), Q-B1 followed by . . . Q·B3,

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27 . . . . Q_B3

The die i!t ea~t: 28 Q. BSch 29 Qx RP 30 BxP

Black's Q side PlJ a l"e los t. K. Kt2 Kt_BS

P _KtS!

The wlnninl/: m OI' e; there is no dMenlJe (3 1 PxP. l( txP). White has paid tOO high II price fo r hl~ p~: Ihe temlJOrary inactivity Of his Q ant! U Is rutal.

;",;Santas iere

31 B. B6 32 0 _B 1

Donovan

p , p Kt. K7C: h

Winni ng It piece; now W hile'l! }{ will be continulIlly bom blll"lled until h is oll1clal demise.

33 KtxKt PxKt 34 Qx P Kt~B 35 Q. R6 Q.Kt3c: h

Better lhan 35 37 Q· KI2c h.

. . . Q·RSeh; 315 Q· B1. QxI{P?

36 K· Bl 37 P _Kt5 38 K. Kt2 39 K· Bl 40 K.K2

Kt_K4 Q. KtSc h Q_KSch Q. RSc h Q· B6ch

As pesky ltll II hOI"!;e lly. 45 K.Kt3 46 K_Kt4

T h e me and 47 Q. B8 48 K. Kt3 49 Q_B4 50 K. Kt4 51 KxQ

VI\ I·i llllons. Q.QSch

Kt_Q6 Kt ·B4ch

QxQch Kt_Kt2

41 K· Kl 42 K_Q2 43 K.B3 44 K·Kt4

Q·Q6c: h Kt. K4

Kt_KtS QxBPc: h

QxPc:h Q·Q5c:h

S2 P .Q R4 P . B4 53 K·K t4 P . BS 54 P . R5 KtxP

W hite l'e~l~n~: the K x P e!lliln~ Is lost.

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5/)0/" dlld ill 'f'el .

H. Mo rr is E. T . McCorm ic: k White Ulack , P .Q4 P .Q4 10 8·K KtS B· Kt2 , P .QB4 p , p " QR.Ql R. K l

3 Kt. KB3 Kt_KB3 12 KR. Kl QKt·Q2 4 P . K3 P·K 3 13 Kt . KS P .QR3 5 B,P P·B4 14 KtxP Kx Kt 6 0·0 p,p 15 QxPc:h K. Kt3 7 p,p B_K2 16 Q.B7ch K,B 8 Kt .Q B3 0 ·0 17 QxPch K·B4 9 Q. K2 P·QKt3 18 6_K6ch Resigns

Le ft t o r ight: S TEP HENS. BURDGE. U LVE_ S TAD, DO NOVAN, BER NSTE IN. HAN AUE R,

MORRI S, SAN TA SIERE

All oll/millK bllll/der iJ plIIliJbed feill/illenl,. S ICILIAN DEFENSE

(Nole~ by W . W. Ada!ll~) W . W . Adams H. Morris

While 1 P·K4 2 Kt·KB3 3 P .Q4 4 KtxP

P .QB4 P .Q3 p ,p

Kt-KB3

mack 5 Kt.QB3 6 B_K2 7 B_K 3 8 Q.Q2

P. K Kt3 B.Kt2 Kt. B3 • • • •

With the ide:~ of castl i ng Q side fo llowed by II I< side attack vin P·K U3, P· KK t~. P· I'R·I·5 etc. [t is true thnt Illack can noll' force an c)(changc or Wh ltc'~ KR by .. . Kt· KKt5. but Ihis i~ the leij~ I'nl uable of Whitc's Us and s hould be \l'O!·tlt flO more if flot Icss lhall Black 'S \\"ell·l .o~ted 1(\ a\ KB3.

8 . . . . P.Q4 ?

Somebody once nWde II rule that in 1he Bragon \"HIHllon. Blllck s hould always play ... P-Q~ in answer to Whlle's Q·Q2. BULlhi s does nol allllly bMore Black ha» castlcd. due to White's IlOwerfu l rejoinder.

9 B.QKtS ! 10 P x P 11 P_B4 12 B. Ktl

B.Q2 K t_ K4

QKt. KtS P_KR4

Otlterwiilc White pl llYs 13 P· Kl t3. Kt-It3; 1-1 P- I{ KU with the unl.!clIs:m! lltreat u f 1'· 1(15. 13 P_KR 3 Kt. R3 20 R_Q4 KxKt 14 0_0·0 R·QB 1 21 B.K6! QxR 15 Q.K 2 P . R3 22 BxQ BxB 16 B·B4 Q. B2!? 23 Kt·K4 Kt. B4 17 P-Q6 ! QxP 24 6 _63 B.Q4 18 Kt_K6! Q· Kt5 25 KtxKt PxKt 19 KtxBch K. Bl 26 BxPch Resigns

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A l.ETTER TO THE EDITORS

Gentlemen: I take this opportunity to correct an erro_

neous report concerning the outcome of my game with Dr. Emanuel Lasker on February 30, 1911 . Dr. Lasker very modestly says he lost this game after sacrificing his eight Pawns, two Bishops, two Knights, two Rooks and his Queen. As a matter of fact, only two Pawns were sacrificed (not eight), and the doctor won the game when I missed a saving move in fo r a mate in 27 moves. Here is the

My last move- a check with the Knight­proved a mistake, for now Dr. Lasker mates in two moves, beginning with K-K6.

A still more interesting finish occurred in my tenth match game with the Emperor Nero. As a reward fo r my teaching him the game, he sportiogly offered me a chance to save myself from the lion pit All I had to do was beat him in a ten_game match, Unfortunately for me, he picked up the game with amazing speed, and the best I could do in the first nine games was 4Y2-4l(;z . In the tenth game, however, r was at my best and worked up the following

, which is an easy win for the White

While I was [which, naturally,

my next move cannot be P_R8 (Q, R, Kt

THE CHESS REVIEW

or B) because of the stalemate,] Nero grew angry when he saw that he would lose quickly after P_R6 or BxPch. Cunningly noting the stalemate after P_R8, he feig ned a yawn and commanded, "} grow ti red. Either you mate me in two moves or you lose the game."

Imagine my dismay upon hearing this! Pro_ testing that there was no rule in chess penal_ izing the side with the advantage for failure to mate in two, proved of no avail. So there was nothing to do but mate him in two moves. I foun d the solution in two minutes, but I doubt that anyone else would find it in two years, so I merci fully give it here.

The first move is P_R8. What does the Pawn become?! Since it cannot remain a Wbite piece or Pawn because of the stalemate, it must obviously become a Black piece! Of course a Black Rook or Queen or King is out of the question because of I ... R or Q or KxB. If it becomes a Black Bishop, then 1 . , . BxPch wins for Black. If it becomes a Black Knight, then 1 ... Kt_Kt3 and there is no mate in two for W hite. But if it becomes a Black Pawn , , . . !!

In the actual game there followed 1 , . , P_R2 (the only time I .have ever seen such a move in any recorded game) and 2 BxRP mate. Yours,

JOSEPH A. FLIEGEL P. S. He threw me to the lions anyway.

Blindfold Exh ib it ion, Boston 1940 COLLE SYSTEM

G, Kolta nowsk l G. Stu l'gis (Blindrold )

W hite 1 P_Q4 2 Kt_KBS 3 P_K3 4 P-BS 5 B. Q3 6 QKt.Q2 7 0 -0 8 PxP 9 P. K4

10 Q_K2 11 PxP 12 BxPeh 1S Q_K4eh 14 QxKt 15 Kt·KtS 16 Q_K4

P_Q4 Kt_KBS

P_B4 P-KS

Kt_BS B.QS 0-0 B,P

Q-B2 P_K4?!

KtxP K,B

K·Kt1 B_K2 B.KS P_B4

Black 17 Q. K2 P.QKtS 18 R. K1 B_BS 19 B-Kt5 QR.K1 20 BxB RxB 21 QR. Q1 P_K5 22 KKt·Q4 R.RS 23 P.KR3 Kt_K4 24 KtxB R (l) xKt 25 Kt_Q4 R(K3).Kt3 26 P.KB4 RxP!

For if 27 PxKt, Qx KP wins (28 Kt·B3, P xKt ! !), 27 K_B2 28 K_Kt1 29 R.Q2

Resigns

Kt_Kt5eh R_R7

R(S) _RS

- - - -SOUTHERN CHAMPIONSHIP

'This year's Southern Chess Associa tion Tour­nament produced the following resnlts:

C ha mpionship Class: First, Woodbury 7'}.-, -1 '}.-, ; second, Hel'llandez 7-2 : third and fourth. Henderson and Mitchell 5·4.

Class A: First. 3m'lon 7'}.-,-1'}.-,: second and third. Palmer and \Voody 7·2.

Class B: First, 'I'aylor 8'}.-, -% : second, 6·3; third and fou r t h, Brown and Mrs. Harrison 5h-3h.

New Ground In The Gruenfeld Defense By M. YUDOVICH

A number of important continuations in this defense have had new light shed on them in the course of the Correspondence Champion_ ship of the U. S. S, R., which is now in pro_ gress. The attention of theorists is now concentrated on the well_known position which is attained after 1 P_Q4, Kt-KB3; 2 P_QB4, P.KKt3; 3 Kt-QB3, P_Q4; 4 8 _84, B.Kt2; 5 P-K3, 0.0; 6 R-Bl, P.B4; 7 QPxP, Q_R4; 8 PxP, R_Ql (see Diagram I).

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This was how the A vro encounter between Capablanca and Reshevsky developed . Capa_ blanca continued 9 Q_R4 and after 9 . . . QxQ; to KtxQ, KtxP Black obtained more than adequate compensation for the Pawn.

In the eleventh Championship Tournament of the U. S. S. R. (Leningrad 1939), the Len_ ingrad master Tolush played 9 Q_Q2 against Botvinnik, unexpectedly answering 9 . .. KtxP with 10 B-B7. T his superficially effective move was energetically refuted, however, by Bot_ vinnik who played 10 . . . QxB; 11 KtxKt, RxKt! 12 QxR, B_K3; 13 Q_Q2, Kt-B3 with a formidable attack.

In his notes to this game, Botvinnik pro_ posed what he considered a stronger continua_ tion for White: 9 B_B4. This move was analyzed very carefully by the Leningrad player A. Orobeiko. The principal line of his analy_ sis went as follows: 9 ... B-K3; 10 Q_R4, QxQ; 11 KtxQ, KtxP; 12 Kt.KB3, KtxB; 13 PxKt, BxB; 14 RxB with White retaining the extra Pawn .

If, however, this variation is continued for just one more move, it is easy to conclude that Black has at least an equal game : 14 ... p _ QKt4! 15 PxP, PxP (see Diagram II).

If for example 16 KtxP, RxP etc.; while 16 Kt_B3 is fo llowed by . .. BxKtch or even . . . P_QKt4. This is the refutation of Orobeiko·s analysis.

A new possibility for White was fou nd by the Moscow player Polkvoi in a game against Rosenkrantz in the Correspondence Champion_ ship: after 9 B_B4, B_K3 he played 10 P_ QKt4!? (see Diagram III).

This was followed by 10 ... QxKtP; 11 Q_Kt3, QxQ; 12 BxQ (bad is 12 PxQ, KtxP; 13 KtxKt, BxKt; 14 R.Ql, B.BGch) . Now 12 ... KtxP; 13 KtxKt, BxKtj 14 R_Q l , B_B6ch ; 15 K_K2 is unsatisfactory fo r Black as material loss by P_K4 is menaced. Likewise the sacrifice of the exchange by 13 . .. RxKt after 10 P_QKt4! ? QxKtP; 11 Q_Kt3, QxQ; 12 BxQ, KtxP; 13 KtxKt is also insuflicient.

It seems, however, that the simple retreat of the QB to Q2 parri es the latest attempt to refute the G ruenfeld Defense: for example 10 P.QKt4!? QxKtP; 11 Q-Kt3, QxQ; 12 BxQ, B_Q2; 13 Kt-B3, R_QB l ; (weak is 13 ... Kt-R3 ; 14 P_B6, PxP; 15 PxP, ExP; 16 BxPch, KxB; 17 Kt_K5ch); 14 Kt_K2, Kt­K5 and Black wins back the Pawn with a good position. Or 13 P_K4, Kt-R3 ; 14 B_K3, Kt_KKt5 and Black again regains materi al equality.

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TWO OF A KIND

As the Gruenfeld Defense is one of the most popular and also one of the most complicated opening lines of present day tournament play, fascinating variations are being discovered with almost amazing regularity, Here is a case In

point. Amsterdam 1940

INDIAN DEFENSE H. Kmoch

White 1 P_Q4 Kt_KBS 2 P_QB4 P_KKt3 3 Kt-QBS P_Q4 4 Kt-8S B·Kt2

9 PxKtl 10 PxB 11 BxB 12 8·KS 13 0·0 14 QR-Q1 15 PxKt

B,Q K,P

Kt_BS Kt·Kt5 Kt_B7 KtxB

P.QB4?

L. Prins

Black 5 Q. Kt3 6 QxB? 7 P·K4 8 P·K5!

p,p 00

P_Kt3 B_K3

16 Kt-Kt5! P.K3 17 RxPchl Resigns

F or it' J7 ... K-R3; IS RxPch' Kx:Kt; 19 P-R4ch, K-Kt5; 20 E­K2ch leads to mate.

Makovetz M emorial Tournament Budapest 1939

I NDIAN DEFENSE

L. Szabo G. Barcza m ack White

1 P.Q4 2 P_QB4 3 Kt_QBS 4 Kt.B3 5 Q_Kt3 6 QxBP 7 P·K4 E: P.K5! 9 PxKt!

10 PxB 11 BxB 12 0·0 13 R·K1 14 B. B4 1S B.KB1 16 p.QS 17 PxP 18 PxKt 19 B·KSch 20 BxP 21 P.QR4! 22 B.Kt5

Kt·KB3 P·KKt3

P.Q4 B.Kt2

B,Q ",p

P.QB3 P.QR4

P·R3 P.QKt4

Kt.Q2 P·KtS PxKt p,p

K.R2 Q,P

KR.QKt1 R,B

23 PxR 24 B·R3 25 QR.Kt1 26 B·B5 27 B. Q4 28 B·R1 29 Kt.K5 30 KR.Q1 31 Kt·B3 32 R·KtS 33 P.R4! 34 BxP!! 35 Kt·Kt5ch 36 R(1).QS 37 R.Kt8ct> 38 R·Kt6ch 39 R·Kt7ch 40 RxR 41 K·R2 42 R.QR7 43 RxPch

Q,P P·K3 Q·Q6 Q.Q4 P·R5 P·R4 R. R2 Q. K5 Q. B4 P·B3 P·K4 P,B

K.Kt2 R·KB2

K·63 K.K2 K·Q3

Q.KtSch P·R6

Q.KtS K·Q4

44 Kt·R3! and wins

THE CHESS REVIEW

PARADOX!

The amateur is warned, and with good rea· son, to concentrate on bringing out his pieces rapidly and to avoid too many Pawn moves in the opening. Yet in the following game, White starts off with fourteen cOnJ(J(utiw Pawn moves.'.'.' ... and a won game! All of which shows that Marshall still retains his old touch.

Marshall Chess Club Championship 1939-40

SICILIAN DEFENSE

F. J. Marshall H. Rogosin White Black , P·K4 P.QB4 0,· 10 . . . Kt·B2; 11

0 P-QKt4 p,p P·KBS, KtxKP; 12 p . < 3 P .QR3 Kt-QB3? Q4 etc. 4 p,p Kt. B3 " PxKt KtxP 5 P·KtS Kt.Q5 12 P.Q4 Kt· Kt3 6 P.QB3 Kt·K3 " P·R4 P·K3 7 P.KS Kt·Q4 14· P.R5 • • • 6 P.QB4 Kt(4).B5 How long can this 9 P.Kt3 Kt·Kt3 keep up?!

10 P·B4 Kt(Kt3)xP

Marshall

14 • • • • B·KtSch 21 Kt·KtS p,p 15 B.Q2 BxBch 22 p,p QxQch 16 KtxB Kt.KZ 23 R,Q K_K2 17 Kt·K4 Kt.B4 24 R.R3 P.Kt3 18 P·R6 P.KKt3 25 B_Kt2 R_QKt1 19 Kt_B6ch K.B1 26 Kt(S)xRP Resigns 20 Kt_B3 P_Q3

The Central Indiana Chess Association held its fl nnual tournament this year dnring the last two weeks or April. Forty·rour men were grouped into seven sectiolls , each man p laying two games with every other man in his section. The section ohampions then mel and played in the same way Jor the individual champion­ship, which was WOll by Mr. B. F. Collins, a student a.t Butler Un iversity, with Mr. Clark B. Hicks as runner·up.

The two final game s betwee n these players were played at the association' s annual ban­quet on April 30th, and Mr. Collins, the winner, was presented with a set of chess men. At this banquet, the association also awarded its team t ro p-h ies.

The National Championship Tournament

Following is the authorized list of contri . butions to this year's National Championship Tournament as subm itted by L Walter Ste­phens, Chairman of the Tournament Committee. It will be noted that there was a considerable fa lling off from the previous tournament's to_ tal of $2188.34. But this only highlights more prominently the generosity of those who did contribute, as well as the efficiency of Mr. Stephens in carrying out a very difficult task.

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Olle of tbe positiollal IfJaJterpieces of the tOflrnamellt.

GIUOCO PIANO

(Notes by S. N. Bernste in

White 1 P_K4 2 Kt .KB3 3 B_B4 4 P_Q3 5 Kt_B3

S. N. Bernst ein) S. Reshevsky

Black P_K4

Kt_QB3 Kt_B3

B_B4 · . . .

lntemling, after 5 ... P·Q3, to essay the Canal Variation (6 B-KKt5, P-KR3; 7 BxKt , QxB; 8 Kt·Q5) . But Dlack probably guesses his opponent's intentions and decides to fon them!

5 P_KR3 6 B·K3 B·Kt5 7 0·0 BxKt 8 PxB 0·0 9 R_Kl · . . .

[n order to make this piece effective in the event of 9 ... P-Q4; 10 PxP, KtxP; 11 ll·Q2 attacking the KP.

9 . . . . P.Q3 10 R·Kt l

n ut this is pointless. P·QR4 or p.QR.3 was in order to take the sting out of mack's next move.

10 . . . . 11 B_Kt3 12 RxKt

Kt.QR4 KtxB

P_QKt3 mack doesn't mind c)·eat ing holes on his

white squares, since he still has the wbite­s quared B while \Vhite ' s is gone.

13 P·B4 B·K3 14 Kt_Q2 • • • •

With a view to 15 P·ll4 or 15 P·Q4. White hopes bhat the sequel will allow him to bring his Rs to the K side fo r an attack.

14 . . . . Kt_Kt5 15 P_Q4 KtxB

No TIs of opposite color ! 16 PxKt 17 P-Q5 18 PxP 19 R_Bl

P·KB4 B-Q2 R,P

• • • • \Vh ite vacillates. Correct was 19 P ·K4, R·

KH; 20 R-Dl. Or 19 .. . R·B5; 20 R·KtS. 19 . . . . 20 KtxR 21 Q.K2 22 Kt_Kt3 23 P_K4

RxRch Q.R5

R·KBl B·Kl

P layed ve ry reluctantly, since it creates a terrible weakness at KB4. But otherwise Blaek simply plays ... ll-KtS, . .. Q·Kt4, . . . p ­KR4·5 followed by ... O·K5 wi th an over­whelming positioll. An attempt by W h ite to preven t this m aneuver would be futil e : 23 R·Ktl, B·Kt3; 24 R-KDl, Ib:Rch ! 25 KtxR (forced), B-R4; 26 Q·Q3 (forced), Q-Kll; 27 Q-Q2, Q-Ktll! 28 P-U3, B·Kt3 with a winning game.

23 . . . . B_Kt3

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24 R.A3 2S R. KBa 26 Q.81

P.Q R4 R_S!! · . . .

W hile 1& r educed to passivity , ye t Black caD' not captu re tile KP now o r next move because of RxR.

26 . . . . Q_Kt4

Threatening .. . P ·KR4-S. Black's play Is admirable.

27 Q.8 1 28 P.K RS 29 K.R2 30 P. A3

Q.Kt!l Q.R5 P·R4

• • • •

Foresccln~ the Ine vitable endin!;, Wll ite gets the P ofT the w hite sqUQI'e.

30 . . . . 31 Q. 9 1 32 Q.81

Q.83 Q. Kt4 Q.R3 !

Very fi ne . Now the t h reat is .. . P·KR5; S4 Kl-B5, BxKt; 35 ,PxB, RxQBP since m ack's Q is IlI·e lecte d. Or 35 RxR, QxRch; 36 QxQ, PxQ; 37 PxO, K·D2; 38 K·Ktl , K·B3 ; 39 K-B2, K xP ; 40 K·03, P·R5; 41 p ·n3, P· KKt4 etc.

33 K_Kt1 P. KR!i 34 Alt A Qx R 35 QxQ ?xQ 36 Kt.K2 Bx P

Be r nst e in

37 Kt .Q4 · . . . The gl'elll liquIdation has len White with a

lost en ding; If Ins tead 37 KLxP, BxBP; :18 Kl­K6, D-I<LG ; 39 KlxBP, Ex P; 40 K l-R8, P·QKu and wins or 41 1<t·K t6, K·DZ; 42 Kl·BiI, K ·B3; 43 KtxP, K ·K 4 etc.).

37 . . . . K·B2 38 Kt.Kt5 B:>: BP 39 Kt:>:BP B.Q6 40 K t_RS P_Q Kt4 41 PxP B:>:P

42 K_B2 43 Kt_K t 6 44 K. B3 45 Kt-R8 46 Kt.Kt6

K_S3 B.R3 K .B4

B_Q6! P_Kt4

T he posit ion Is

47 P.R4 48 K t.RS 49 K t· Kt6 50 K .S2

" Zugzwangy" for White.

B-R3 B_B5

B.Kt6! K_K5

W h i te resigns. A l though I fought hard, I couldn't help being im pressed dur ing the game by Reshevsky' s, ma.sterl y position play.

TH E CHESS R E V IEW

This game wal awarded (be prize fo r Ilu bell pla,eJ game.

S IC I LIA N DEFEN SE (Notes by W . W. Adams)

W. W . Ada ms M. Gree n W hi te B lack

1 P_K4 P-Q B4 is Kt_QB3 P.K3 2 Kt_KB3 Kt.QB3 6 KtxKt QP:>:Kt 3 P_Q4 P:>: P 7 QxQch KxQ 4 Kt:>:P Kt_BS 8 B·K Kt5 .. . .

Shaz'per and stronger Is 8 P-K5, Kt·Q4; 9 Kt-K4. The text perm1le Bl ack too easy a development.

8 . . . . B·K 2 12 R.Q2 Kt_B3

• O·O·Och Kt_Q2 13 K R_Q1 B-K3 10 B:>:Bch K . B 14 P·83 K A_Q1 11 B. K2 P.K4 15 Kt- A4 R. R

Wbite r etain s a mOdicum of Initiative, but scar cely enough to be called an advantage.

16 R:>:R R·Q1 17 R:>:R K:>:R 18 Kt.B5 B·B1

Or simply 18 . . . P·QKt3 and White would lLave no way t o win .

19 B·B4 K_K2 20 Kt-Q3 Kt.Q2

T Ills, howevez', begins I<> b, " little uncom· ror table.

2 1 P.QKt4 P.B3 22 P.Kt3 Kt-B I 23 P.B4 K·Q3

Better perhaps would have been 23 . . . PXP. 24 P·B5 P.Q K t3 26 K_K3 Kt.Q2 25 K.Q2 B.Kt2 27 P.Kt4 Kt.B1

It is d i ffi cult to nnd a pIau for Black. 27 ... P·QKt4 (i ntending . .. P-B4) would be met by 28 B-K6. and If 28 .. . K l ·Bt; 29 . K t· B5 w i ~h a w inning position.

2S P·KR4 P.K A3 32 29 B.Kt8 B·Bl 33 30 p.B4 B.Q2 34 31 P.B5ch K.8 2 35

36 B.R n

P.K Kt5 AP)( P P. Kt6 K t· B1

• • • •

RP :>: P P·Kt4 K_Q1 B.K 1

Pressed for t ime and fearing tbe conse· quences of ... K t (or B) xK t P ; W hite fall s to observe t hat this move alfords Black the liberating .. ,B·B2. Black, however, also ovedook s th is opportunity.

36 . . . . Kt·Q2 39 B. Kt8 37 Kt·Kt3 Kt.K t l 4G P-R3 38 Kt.B1 K.K2 41 K_B3

Kt·R3 Kt.B2 . . . .

T he commen cement of a deep laid plot. While's plan is to maneuver his K to KR5. followed by K t·Q3·B2·K t 4·R6 and finally t o KKtii in o rder to attack simul taneously Black's KB3 and K 2, the only square from which he can defend K B3 w ith h is K. Due to t he ne­cessi t y of preventi ng the advance of W h i te's KKtP, Black 's KKt P can not capture either at KR3 or KB3. Mean while Black can do nothing but mark time.

4 1 . . . . B·Q2 46 B.R2 B· K1 42 K.Kt4 B.Kl 47 Kt _Kt4 B.Q2 43 Kt_Q3 B.Q2 48 Kt.R6 Kt-K1 44 K.A5 B· K l 49 Kt·KtSch K.B1 45 Kt· B2 B·Q2 50 B.B7 P.R 3

AUG.-SEPT. 194 0

Black's only move to lose a. temilo. White. therefore, loses a move with his B in order to put Black in Zugzwang.

51 B_R2 52 B_Kt3

Green

Adams

52 . . . .

B-B1 • • • •

B_Q2

It has been suggested t hat Biack would have clone better by 52 ... B-Kl2, but White, I believe, would s till win by the following J.lro­cess ; 53 B-B7, B-R1 ; 54 Kt-R6, Kt-B2 (if 54 .. . PxKt; 55 BxKt, K-KtZ; 56 B-Q7, B-Kt2; 57 B-K6. B-Rl; 5g 8-B8); 55 Kt-Kt4, K-K2; 56 KtxK P , PxKt; 57 K-Kt5, P-R4; 58 P -B6ch, K-B1; 59 K-I35, PxKtP; 60 PxP, Kt-R3; 61 KxP , KtxKtP; 62 PxPch. KxP; 63 K-Q6, Kt-Q6; 6·1 P-K5, KtxKP;65 KxKt, B·Kt2; 66 K-Q6, B'RS (if 66 . .. P -Kt5; 67 B·B4); 67 KxP, P ­Kt5; Sg K-Q6 and should win.

53 B_B7 B·B1 54 BxKt KxKt

If 54 . .. KxD: 55 KtxPch, PxKt; 56 K·RS, K-BI ; 57 K-R7 and the KKtP Queens. 55 BxP K_BI 63 K.Q2 56 P-R4! PxP 64 K.Q3 57 BxP K·K2 65 K·B3 58 P_S6! K-Q3 66 K.B4 59 K_Kt4 K_B2 67 K_B5 60 K_B3 P_R4 68 P·Kt6 61 P.Kt5 K_Kt3 69 B_Kt5 62 K.K3 K_B4 70 K_Q6

Simple cheJJ and "simple") cheff. SICILIAN DEFENSE

(Notes by Fred Reinfeld)

K.Kt3 K.B4 K.Q3 K_B2

K_Kt1 B_R3

B_Kt2 Resigns

G. Littman F. Re infeld White Black

1 P-K4 P_QB4 5 Kt_QB3 P_KKt3 , Kt.KB3 P-Q3 6 P.KKt3 B_Kt2 3 P_Q4 p,p 7 B·Kt2 0·0 4 KtxP Kt·KB3 8 0-0 B·Kt5 The combination of White's 3rd and 6th

moves is rarely seen, [or or the two fianchet­toed Bs, Black's is obviously better oft. Black's la s t move is played to induce t he advance or the KBP, which will create a weakness in White's position.

9 P·B3 B_Q2

10 B_K3 11 Kt·Q5

Kt.B3 KtxQKt

The advanc;ed Kt was too strong. 12 PxKt Kt_Kt5!

131

Naturally not . .. KtxKt, which simplltles too mUCh. The Black Kt eventually finds a good square at QB4.

13 P_KB4 14 P_B4

P.QR4

This and ,Vhite 's next move r oun d out his Pawn position on the Q side in a manner whie-h appeals to the eye. But Black is infiuenced by more practical considerations.

14 . . . . 15 P·Kt3 16 Q-Q2 17 QR_BI

Q_B1 P·R5

Kt.R3 • • • •

Very plausible, bul trouble is on the way. 17 . . . . 18 PxP

Threatening . . . BxKt. BxKt just the same.

19 Q-QB2 20 R_Kt1

p,p Kt-B4

If now 19 P'QKt4,

R_R6

Losing the exchange, but it was no longer jJossible for White to come oft scot-free.

Re infeld

"'"

Littman

20 .... BxKt! '1'0 give UP such a beautifu l B is a lmost a

statutory crime; and Black debated with him­self earnestl y to make sure t hat the foll owing play was foolproof.

21 BxB B_B4 22 Q-B1 R.R3!!

Not 22 ... R-R7 (the P 'QKt 4, BxR; 21 QxB etc.

23 R.Kt2

obvious move); 23

If Z3 R-RI, KtxP wins. Or if 23 P 'QKt4, SxR etc. (Black's QR being safe!).

23 . . . . Kt_Q6 24 Q"K3 KtxR 25 BxKt ....

Or 25 QxP, KtxP; 26 Q·B6, Kt·K4; 27 PxKt, PxP; 28 QxP, P ·BS and Black's material ad· vantage will ultimately assert it self. This was the variation w'hlch gave Black the most con· cern when he decided ·on his 20th move.

25 . . . . R.R7

1)2

26 R. B2 27 P.R3 28 P· K Kt4

Q. B2 P · R4

Rea lizi ng thal t he ga me is Im; l In the lo ng run, While hOI.t!!I to make something ou t of the well kencd state of Rlack's K side. n Ul the venture yields nothing ou tside o f It IItlle exclt.ement.

28 ... 29 PxP 30 Q.QB3 . . . .

(I' 30 p· ll :', Il " p; 3] BxB (i f 31 Q-H6, Rxll!). RxB:

30 . . . . 31 B_K 4

p.e 3 K. B2

m ack III ICHlbl), pressed for li m e (ti l l mO\'e 36), bUI reulizl.'!! t ha t he mlls t "take !lle llll."

32 B· Kt l R (7). R l 33 R. Kt2 Q.B4ch l

An Im lJOflllUl luLerpola l ion. 34 K _S1 Q.BI 35 Q. KI3 R·R1 l l

Vcry cool! lJesplte uhe brlc!' lime le Tl. Bla(.:k SCI)H tlHlt 35 ... B-D·j? allows H curlou8 tlraw by 36 Qxl'cll !! llxQ; 37 BxBch NC.

After the text, if 36 Qxl3, R-HSch Wins euslly. 36 P. B5 BlCP 37 R. R2 ? .. ..

A b lunder, b ll t t ho cnd WIIS nigh. 37 • . . . B~B

Res ig ns

A 'richy altack fails. SCOT CH GAMBIT

(l\'ote\l by D.

A , S, Denker WhIte

1 P. K4 2 Kt . KB 3 3 P.Q4 4 B. B4 5 0 ·0

Polland) D, Polland

Black P. K4

Kt.QB3 p,p

B· B4 . . . .

Denker aLtelll l) ts to l r a m;)lose Into the Ma x Lange All HCk. with which he has scored sev· en, l "lewd"'l .

5 , , , . 6 P.B 3

T he cll ll lure .ldves While 11 strong a!la ck fOr the P.

7 P.QKt4 8 P. Kt5 9 Kt~Kt

10 B. R3

P .Q3 P.Q6

free game and a

B· Kt3 Kt· K4 P~Kt Q.8 3

i\~ White thrtlnteus to tic up th o m nck pieces. this ltp [)cars the only reasona ble way of l1eve\o[llul(; It I)rel)arcs fOl' either ... Kt· K 2 (111<\ .•. 0·0 or . .. B·Q2 and ... 0 ·0 ·0.

II QlC P Kt· K2 12 Kt. Q2 Kt. Kt3

Black decides to a dOllt the second plan men· tioned In the prevIous note . bu t wIshes \0 in· vi te weaknessclI in White's K side. Oespite the nlf'n ~ (:ln ~ np lIC(trance o C Whitc'" Os, Ulac k has Ihe ~ tl'on~er allacking posltioll.

13 K. R l Kt.B5 14 Q· 82 P.KR4 15 p . Kt3

THIi C H ESS RE V I EW

PO L LAND pens ively ponders his score P rac tica lly forced. to stop ... P·R5 and .. ,

Q·K t3, w hich would open the l)osition to lJIack 's great a dvantage.

15 . .. , Kt·R6

~~POllan d

De nker

16 P·B4 B· Kt5 Avoitlillg the Inv ili ng I)H rnll 16 .. , P·RS;

t7 BPli:P, Kt · 137ch: I f( RxKt. QxR; 19 R ·KDl . PxP; 20 RxQ, I3 xR: 21 Kt·B t . B·R6: 22 K u P . OxKt; 23 P xB. IH lSch; 2" K· KtI. Bx B : 25 Q·R4! and W hile hftl\ a winning llos ition.

Bu t now the tllI'eft! o f ... P·R5 forces im· mediate liq uidation. If 17 Kt·B3, PxP ; 18 P·KS. Q· Kt 3 and White has no good defe nse.

17 PlCP Kt. B7ch 18 RlCK t ? , , . ,

A gross blUn der, bUI the alternative look s bad : lR K ·I(t! ( If I R 1\·Kt2, B-H6ch etc.), Q. Kt·l : 19 RxKt (0), 19 nxpch, KxB; 20 Kt· D4, K·Ktl: 2.1 KtxB, Kt-R(ic h etc.) , BxRch: 20 Kxn, P·R5 or 20. , , 0 ·0 ·0 gives Blac k a 8trong attaCk.

18 . . . 19 R. KB I 7 2Q KIlCB

" 22 BlCPch P· K6

Q,R B.B6ch

Q'Q K.Ql P·B4

If 22 ... Q· K7 ; 23 P ·K7ch, K ·B I (23 .. . K·Q2? 24 1\t·K5ch Mild wins); 24 B-K6ch, K. Ktl: 25 Kt·Q2 and the Kt may not be cap· tu)'ed at ollce: he nce ~he lext. 23 PxP e.p. PlCP 26 R. B7 24 B. Kt6 Q. K7 27 K. Kt2 25 Kt.Q2 QxKt 28 K. Rl

Q. K8ch Q. K7ch

R· Kl

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Keres·Euwe Match Eflwe failed fhis game all "lfnfinished sym.

phony oj compli(afiom." Match 1939·1940 (Seven th Game)

RUY LOPEZ (Notes by Dr. M. Euwe)

Dr. M. Euwe P. Keres White

1 P. K4 2 Kt. KB3 3 B.Kt5 4 B. R4 5 0·0

P· K4 Kt ·QB3 P·QA3 Kt.B3 B·K2

Black 6 R.K1 7 B.KI3 8 P·B3 9 P..Q4

10 p·Q5

P.QKt4 P.Q3 0-0

B·Kt5 Kt.QR4

11 B· B2 This advance Is the

12 p"p

P.B3 indicated co ntinuation.

13 QKt.Q2 KtICBP P. Kt5

A quiet conti nua t ion would be u nravo rable for BIRCk, for White will have a good g ame If he Is allowed to bring his QKt 10 K3.

14 B· R4 .... An attemllt to refute m ack's last move. Th e

aeque! llroves t ha t the m ove is not bad but leads to a very com plicated game. Simple an d good was 14 Px P, Kl"KtP ; 15 B·Ktl .

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The necessary point of 13 . .. P·Kt5. 16 B.Kt7 PICKt 17 B"QP A,Kll

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18 BICP • • • •

White's posit ion l()(lks very good. If now 18 ... Rx P; 19 B·B3, R·Kt3; 20 B·B1 followed by the advance of Ihe QRP.

Euwe 18 . . . , P.Q4 !

A very strong move, which gives the game a s urpris in g turn. Wh ite's KP Is menaced, and he cannot play 19 PxP, P·K5; 20 P ·KR3, D·R4 ; 21 P·KKt4, PxKt because of the result· Ing weak ness of his K s Ide.

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19 B_K2 BxKt!

Not 19 ... PxP; 20 KtxP. 20 PxB • • • •

If 20 DxB, Black forces a draw with .. . PxP as in the analogous vat'jation given above.

20 • • • • B.B4 Black must play for the attnck. H 20 ...

RxP; 21 n -n3 Followed by BxP and White obviously has the better ,ll"ame.

21 R.Kt1 • • • •

Guarding the KtP and threatenin,ll" P·Kt4. 21 • • • • PxP!

This cannot very well be answered by 22 PxP, for then follOWS 22 ... BxPch! 23 KxB, KtxPch with advantage. 22 P·Kt4 would also have its drawbacks, rOl' after 22 . .. B·Q5; 23 B·K3 loses the KtP (23 . .. B·B6).

22 B·K3 B.Q5 2S BxB PxB 24 B·B1 Q.Q4 25 PxP KtxP 26 Q_BS P_B4 27 P_KtS •• , ,

After It series or mOre or less forced moves, the situation has Cleared somewhat. White's connected passed Ps On the Q side al·e a great advantage In themselves, but it is difficult fo r him to exploit th is advantage as loag as the Qs are on the board. WhIte's K side Is exposed, giving BlaCk the opportunity to op­erate with taellcal threats, An objective judgment of this Position is not easy to formu­late.

27 , • • • B·B4 was threatened.

28 P_QR4 29 QR.Ql

Q_R1

R_Kt3 Q_R417

A terrible blunder. which loses at Ollce. After 29 ... R-Kt3ch; 20 B-Kt2 (not 20 K­Rl? KtxP mate), Q-R4 the pOsition would have bee n extremely interesting.

SO B.B4ch ReoS ign8 If 30 ... K·Rl ; 31 RxKt wi ns a piece,

Metropolitan Chess League Match 194{)

(Bril liancy Prize Game) QUEEN'S GAMBIT DECLINED

Dr. J. Platz Wl1ite

1 P.Q4 Kt·KB3 2 P_QB4 P-K3 S Kt_QBS P_Q4 4 B.Kt5 QKt_Q2 5 P.KS B_K2 6 Kt_B3 p.B3 7 Q_B2 P_QRS 8 R_Q1 0-0 9 P-QRS P_R3

10 P_KR4 Kt_Kt5 11 B-B4 P_KB4 12 B-QS PxP 13 BxP Kt_Kt3 14 B.QR2 Kt.Q4 15 P_KKt3 K.R1 16 Kt-K5 KKtxKt

J. Korpanty

Black 17 QBxKt 18 Kt_K2 19 PxB 20 B_Kt1 21 R_Q4 22 P_KKt4 23 Kt·B4 24 R_Kt1 25 Q.Q1 26 PxP!! 27 KtxPch 28 KtxRch 29 PxPch 30 Q-Q3 31 Q_Kt6

B·Q3 B,B

Q_K2 Q_KB2

P_KKt3 B_Q2

QR_Q1 B_B1 P_B4 P,R

K_R2 QxKt K_Rl Q_K2

Resigns

Match 1939_1940

(Second Game) RUY LOPEZ

13'

P. Keres White

Dr. M. Euwe Black

1 P_K4 2 Kt.KB3 S B_Kt5 4 B_R4 5 0-0 6 P_Q4 7 B.Kt3 8 PxP 9 P_BS

10 QKt.Q2 11 Q_Kl 12 Kt·Q4 1S B·B2 14 KtxB 15 Kt_B3 16 KtxP 17 QxKt 18 Q_R5 19 Q. R3 20 B.R6 21 QR.K1

P.K4 Kt.QB3 P.QRS Kt·BS KtxP

P.QKt4 P_Q4 B_KS B_K2 0-0

Kt_B4 Q.Q2 P·B3

KtxKt p,p

KtxKt B_Q3

P_Kt3 R_B2 B_B5 B,B

22 QxB 23 P.KKt3 24 P.B3 25 Q·K3 26 P_KB4 27 Q.Q2 28 RxR 29 P_B5! 30 Q_Kt5 31 Q_B6 32 BxP 33 RxKt S4 QxR 35 K_Kt2 S6 K_R3 S7 K.Kt2 38 Q_B2 39 K.R3 40 Q_B6 41 QxP

CORRECTION

Kt.B5 QR.KB1

Kt-R4 Kt-Kt2

R_K1 R(2)_K2

R,R p,p

R_K4 Q_Kl KtxB R,R

Q-K6ch P_BS

Q_RSch Q_Q7ch

Q_Q6 Q_B5

QxRP Drawn

Myer Edelstein of Somerville, Mass., sub_ mits a valuable correction to one of the notes to the beautiful Euwe_Keres which appeared on Page 113 of the June-July issue. The note in question is to White's 31st move: "If 31 Q_B2, R_K8ch; 32 K_Kt2, R.KtBch; 33 K_B3, R_K6 mate." Mr. Edelstein points out that this is incorrect, as White has 34 K_B2, but that '·Black then wins with 34 , . . R_QB6ch; 35 RxB, RxQch; 36 KxR, PxR:'

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It has been something of a misfortune for American chess that Chicago, which is the second largest city in th is country and has so many chess clubs, so many chess amateurs and such an excellent array of good players, lacks a chess column . Such a column would be more valuable than ever before, as it would re­inforce the efforts of the Un ited States Chess Federation to spread interest in the game. In a recent communication to the Chicago Tribulle, one of its readers presented the case fo r chess very fo rcefu lly.

From a C hess Devotee Melrose Pa rk , Il l. , July S.- J us t why is

it that none of Chicago's newspapers has a dai ly ar ticle on chess? New York and other' American cities think it important enough to include a daily feature , ye t this, the secon d largest metropolis in t he United States seems to be barren of che ss de , votees)

A game that has endured wars and the dse and fall of nations) A game whose greatest asset is t llat It is not a fad~but eternally popula r because of Its interest a nd the abse nce of luck in any outcome,

Presumably, the gre a test ba rrie rs have been its sup posed difficult moves , plus t he ill conceived fa ble t hat every chess game takes from a day to a week to fini s h, Ac­tually the moves are comparatively simple to leal'n, t he game is as difficult as one cat'es to make it, an d th e game Rapid Transit is r apidly gaining foothold against the marath ons that have perhaps he lped to bring the game into its pre sent disfavor,

There is space for the daily crossword puzzle R7 % of your readers don 't work, and space [or the bridge problem 50% don 't rea'(]~why not space 1'01' the chess lesson tha t might qu ite conceivably be read by 99% or yOUI' readers, It will be a featu re t hat will interest t he child as well as the adult ,

T h is is a call to arms, ye followers of Calsss! Long neglected , now may ye r ise in revolt for what is yours! Here is the move ror a Ruy Lopez or a Re infe ld,

Ca rl .II, P ierson, Th is letter, admirable on the whole, contains

one or two statements that require amplifica_ tion. Thus, when the writer says that Chicago "seems to be barren of chess devotees," we take it that what he has in min d is that one would gather from the complete absence of chess matter f rom the Chicago newspapers that there are not enough chess players in that city to make a column worthwhile, If this is the view of Ch icago newspapers, it is of course quite erroneous.

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Match 1940 ('l'h lrd Came)

QU EEN ' S COU N TER GAM B IT H. St e i ner p , W ol i st on

Whi te 1 P_Q4 2 P·QB4 3 QPxP 4 Kt·K B3 5 P.KKt3 6 QKt ·Q2 7 B_Kt2 e 0_0

P_Q4 P_K4 P_Q5

Kt.QB3 B·K 3 Q_Q2 B_K 2

mack 12 Q. R4 13 R·Q1 14 R-Q3 15 P·R3 16 Px P e.p. 17 KtxK t 18 B.Q2 19 R_Kt3 20 P_B5

Q_K3 K _Kt1

P.K Kt3 P. B4

KtxP Bx Kt

KR_Kt1 R_Q3 R.Q4

K t .Q1 9 K t ·K4

10 K x B 11 P.QR3

B· KR 6 B,B

P_KR 3 0 ·0 ·0

21 Q.R6 22 Rx Pch Resign's

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Game Study All illstmctive ending with tbe beavy pieces.

1

Marshall C. C. Championship 1939-1940

SICILIAN DEFENSE

(Notes by H. Seidman)

E. Lasker H. Se idman White Black

P_K4 P.QB4 8 0-0 P_QR3 2 Kt_KB3 P_Q3 9 BxKtch B,B 3 P_B3 Kt_KB3 10 P_Q4 0·0 4 P_K5 p,p 1 1 Kt_B4 B_Kt4 5 KtxP QKt_Q2 12 QKt_R3 p,p 6 P_KB4 P_K3 13 QKtxB PxKt 7 B· Kt5 B_Q3 14 KtxB QxKt

15 B_K3

Much better than 15 QxP, QxQ; 16 PxQ, R-R5; 17 B·K3, K t·Kt5; or 15 PxP, R-R5; 16 O·K3, Kt-Q4; 17 B·B2, QxBP. 15 . . . . P·Kt5 19 P_Kt3 16 BxP PxP 20 Q_Kt2 17 PxP KR_Q1 21 BxKt

R.R6 KtxQBP

Q_B4ch 18 Q-Kt3 Kt_Q4 22 R_B2

Or 22 K·Rl, Q·B3ch 22 . . . . 23 QxP 24 QR. KB 1

followed by R,B R_B7 P·R3

. . . . . RxB.

He prefers retaining the pressure to 24 ... RxP; 25 K·Kt2.

25 P-QR3 26 Q_B3 27 Q-R8ch 28 P_QR4

R(1) _Q7 R· B6 K_R2 Q-K6

T hreatening ... R(6)-B7. If then 30 Q·B3, QxQ; 31 RxQ, R-Kt7ch and mate in two, or 30 Q·Kt 2, Rx.-R; 31. RxR, R-B8ch winning t he Q.

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29 Q-B3 Q·Q5 30 Q_Kt7 R(6)_B7 31 Q_B3 QxRP 32 RxR RxR 33 R_K1 Q_Q5ch

39 Q_B2

34 Q-K3 35 Q-K4ch 36 Q-B3 37 RxP 38 R_K1

Q_Kt6?

137

Q. Kt7 P-B4!

R,P R.QB7

R·B6

In time pressure Black was under the il· lusion that 40 K-Kt2 could not be played be­cause of 40 .. . R-B7, ove rlooking t he defense 41 R-K2.

Black should play 39 ... R·B7; 40 Q·B3, Q-Q5ch! winning easily, e. g. 41 Q·K3, Q-Q4; 42 R-K2, Q-Q8ch; 43 R·Kl (i f 43 K·B2 all t he pieces are exchangeu with a won end ing), Q-R4! and White is lost ; or 41 K·Bl (41 K·Rl, Q-Q7), R·B6; 32 Q-B2, Q-Q6ch winning the KtP (43 K-Kt2, R·B7).

40 K_Kt2 Q_Q4ch 41 K_R2 Q_Q6

La·sker

White's best drawing chance is now 42 R-K2, R·BS; 43 R-Q2!! Q·K5; 44 Q-Kt2, Q-K8; 45 R·QB2! R·QR; 46 R·K2. _

Notice that if here 45 R-K2 Black wins by 45 ... Q·Q8 e.g. 46 K-R3, R·B7! 47 RxR, Q-R4 mate. Or 46 R moves, Q-R4ch; 47 Q-R3, R·R8ch; or 46 P-Kt4, Q-Q5 (not 46 ... PxP?? 47 Q·K4ch wi t h a draw); 47 Q-Kt 3, R-B6 or 47 R-KB2, PxP.

There is a study like win after 45 R-QKtZ or R-QR2; 45 ... Q·Q8; 46 R·KZ, R-QR8; 47 P-Kt4, Q-Q5; 48 Q-Kt3, Q-B5!! 49 R-KB2, Q-B3!! White now has several defenses, all inadequate;

I 50 Q·Kt2, QxQch; 51 RxQ (5l KxQ, PxP), R·R5! 52 K· Kt3 (52 -R-B2, PxP), R-R6ch; 53 K -R4, R-ll6 winning another P.

II 50 R-KKtZ, Q-BR; 51 Q·K D3, Q-RRch; 52 K-Kt S, R-KKt8; 53 PxP (53 RxR, QxR ch; 54 K-R3, PxPc-h; 55 QxP, QxQch and wins), RxR ch; 54 QxR, QxQch ; 55 KxQ, K· Kt1; 56 K·B3, K·B2; 57 K·Kt3. K-D3; 58 K-Kt4, P·R4ch; 59 KxP, KxP winning.

III 50 R·B3, Q·88; 51 Q·Kt2, PxP; 52 R-B2, Q·K6 and wins.

42 K_R3 43 Q. K3

43 Q-81 is the only drawing 43 . .. . 44 R.KKt1 45 Q.QB3

R_B7 • • • •

chance. Q_Q4 R·R7 Q-K5

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46 Q.B5 R_QKt7

Allhough 46 ... P-K t-I leads to a Qui ck mate, Black planned the following fiuls h; 46 . . . R-QKt7 ; 47 Q-QBS, R-Q7; 48 Q-D5, R-QR7; 49 Q-Q88, K·Kt3 and White is helpless against Q-B6 and Q-K7. On the 46th move It wou1d not have been good to play ... K-Kl3 be­cause of 47 Q-Q6ch. K-R4; 48 Q-Q7 etc.

47 Q-R5 Q_B7 Resigns

BRAZILIAN CHAMPIONSHIP

The recent match for the Brazilian title between Dr. W. Cruz and O. Trompowsky resulted in a surprisingly easy victory for the former by the score of 5-1 and one draw. The sixth game, given below, was the best one of the match .

Match 1940 QU EEN'S GAMBIT DECLINED

O. Trompowsky Or. W. O. Cruz White Black

1 P.Q4 P.Q4 19 QxPch B_K3 2 Kt-KB3 Kt_KB3 20 Q·R5 B.Kt5 3 P·B4 P_K3 21 Q_R4 P-B5 4 Kt.B3 B.K2 22 P.R3 BxKtch 5 B.Kt5 0 ·0 23 KxB PxPch 6 P·K3 QKt·Q2 24 PxP R.B7 7 R·B1 P. B3 25 P.KKt3 8.Kt5 8 Q.B2 Kt·K5 26 KR·K1 QR. KB1 9 P.KR4 ? P.B3 27 Q.B4ch K·R 1

10 B·B4 P.K4! 28 K·Q1 B·K3 11 B.R2 KtxKt 29 Q.B5 Q·Q2! 12 QxKt P·KS 30 K.Q2 B·KtS 13 Kt.Q2 P_KB4 31 R·B2 Q.KB2 14 PxP p,p 32 Q.B4 Q.B6 1S Q.Kt3 Kt·B3 33 R.B3 P·KR3! 16 B. KS B.Q3! 34 K.Q1 RxB! 17 B.K 2 Q.K2 ! Resigns 18 BxKt R,B

STATE CHESS MAGAZINES

One of the most hopeful ind ications of a cise in chess interest is the appearance of magazines devoted to (hess activity in specific states. Among these are leney CbeJJ, whose managing editor is Walter Wooton ( 271 Ivy Street, Arlington, N. J.), with J. B. Snethlage and Harold Burdge as contributing editors­and the Wisco1lS;n Chess utter, edited and published by Fritz Rathmann (4124 South Austin St., Milwaukee, Wis.).

Both magazines are written in a lively style, contain annotated games, and give particulars about chess activity throughout the state. We can therefore warmly recommend them to the attention of all chess players in their respective states. The subscription to each magazine costs $1.00 per year.

If editors of other state chess publications will tell us about their magazines, we shall be glad to give details in The CbeJJ Review.

THli CHESS R nVIEW

CALIFORNIA: NORTH vs. SOUTH

For the fourth consecutive year, the North_ ern cohorts carried off the palm of victory, the current score being the most decisive of the series. " It's no small task, " W allace H. Smith comments, "to get so many players to go so far (San Luis Obispo, site of the match, is 240 miles south of San Francisco), and I think Leslie Boyette, captain of the North, deserves special credit for his efforts in getting out a strong team."

Indi vidual results: Bd. North South

1. Barlow ____ _____ 0 S t einer ________ _ 1 2. Fink ___ ___ ______ 1 Kovacs ____ _____ _ 0 3. Simon ______ ____ 1 ____ ___ ____ 0 4. Clarke _____ __ ___ 1 o 5. Howland ____ ___ 0 .Jr. ___ l 6. Pafnutlerl ____ ___ lh Gl'abill ____ ___ ___ lh 7. Vedensky ___ ____ 1 Syvel·tsen ___ ____ 0 8. McClain ____ __ __ 0 Levitan ___ ______ 1 9. Lapiken ___ _____ 1 P. D. Smith ____ _ 0

10. Lewis ___ ___ ___ _ 0 Jaqua ____ ___ __ __ 1 11. Capps _____ ___ __ I Ericks on ________ 0 12. Ralston ___ __ ____ lh G. Reinhardt __ __ lh 13. Fawcet t ___ ___ __ I Hall _________ __ __ 0 H. Boyette _______ __ 0 Keys ___ ______ ___ 1 15. Christensen ___ __ 1 Spiller __ ___ ___ __ 0 16. H endricks ______ 1 Aronson ____ _____ 0 17. W. H. Smit h ____ 1 Donnelly ________ 0 18. R obinson ___ ____ 1 Chernls ________ _ 0 19. Ekoos _____ ____ _ 1 Dobsevage. Sr. ___ 0 20. Ruys - - ______ ___ lh Fuglie ___ ___ ___ __ ih 21. Falconer ____ __ __ 1 Hufnagel __ __ ____ 0 22. Hong ___ _____ ___ 1 Cohen __________ _ 0 23. Arvineus ___ __ ___ 1 W. Reinhardt ___ _ 0 24 . Van Geidel' ___ __ I Hendel'son ____ __ 0 25. Abnhams _____ _ 1 Crofut __________ 0

18\1 '\I

Simultaneous Exhibition, Tulsa 1939

SICILIAN DEFENSE

I. A. Horowitz Wh ite

1 P·K4 p.QB4 Kt-QB3

p,p Kt. KB3

P·Q3

2 Kt-KB3 3 P.Q4 4 KtxP 5 Kt.QB3 6 B. K2 7 0·0 8 Kt.Kt3 9 P·B4

10 B.B3 11 Q_K2 12 R.Q1 13 K.R1 14 P.QR4 15 Kt.Kt5 16 Kt(5).Q4 17 Kt.Kt5 18 KtxP 19 PxP 20 BxKt

P.KKt3 B·Kt2 B.Q2 0·0

R.B1 Kt.QR4

Kt.B5 P.QKt4

P.Kt5 Q_KtS

P. K4 P·QR3 KtxKt

Kt ( B3)xP Q,B

Roddy Black

21 QxKt 22 Q.Q4 23 QxQ 24 Q·Ktl 2S KxR 26 B.Q2 27 R.K1 28 BxP 29 R. K3 30 B.Q6 31 K.B1 32 Kt.R5 33 K .K2 34 K-Q2 35 K .B2 36 KxB 37 K.B3 38 P.R3 39 Kt.B6

Resigns

B.B4 KR.Q1 RxReh QxQch BxKP

R,P B,P

B.K3 R.BS R,P R.B5

R·BBch B.Kt5eh R·QBch

R,B R.Q7ch

R,P B.K3

R.KR7

Problem Department By VINCENT LEATON

AddrnJ all correspondence relating 10 Ihis deparlmtnllO V .L. Ealon, 2237 Q Street, N.W. , Washing/on, D.C.

In this month's selection, Nos. 1636·1651 are originals, and Nos, 1652-1662 are illustrations for Mr. White's article, which continues below. Nos. 1636·1653, inclusive, wlll be scored on tbe Solver's Ladder. As explained before, the ini· tials "G," "M," and "W" above a problem in· dieale that it was selected for publication by F. Gamage, Comins Ma nsfield, or Alain \Vhite, respectively.

Composers seem to be taking long summer vacations, and my stock of originals is getting very low. All allpearances to the contrary, notwithstanding, I don't very much like filling the diagrams with my own wOl'k, and I hope that composers will rally around to prevent a repetition of such a calamity . .. if not [or my sake, at least for the solvers'!

No. 1647 brings back an old frien d to the composinr; ranks, after several years' absence. Veteran solvers will remember the fine prob· lems Mr. Mowry submitted when the Review was considerably younger. Special attention is also called to Dr. Keeney's piquant self-mate, No, 1650 . , , the type o t" problem almost every· one likes,

As we go to press, we learn that Georrrey Mott-Smith has accepted the editorship of the Chess Corre'spondent problem department, snc­ceeding the Hochberg brothers. "Geoff" is an experienced editor and a fine composer, and it is hard to think of a better chOice for the post.

Miss Pauline Papp is conducting the problem section of the Mid·West Chess and Cheoker News. The til'st issue has just come to ihand, wilh a good selection or twenty·four original and quoted pl'ObJems, .. .. . .. .

SIXTY TWO·MOVERS OF THE PAST SIXTY YEARS

Part III By Alain C. White

The blend ing of two 01' more motives was taken up almost rrom the start of the period 1915-1930, and many compositions of the great­est intricacy and beauty soon resulted. There were unpins with self·blocks, as in No, 1652, and unpins in combination with interferences and half·pins (No. 1653) ; and half-pins in every imaginable a ssociation, with crosschecks (No, 1654 ) , with unpins (Nos. 1655 and 1656), with Interferences (No. 1657), and an endless se­quence of other multiplied effects. Problems of this general style became more and more entrenched Without serious competition unt il the close of the 1920's, when there suddenly flas hed across the Chess sky a meteor of extra­ordinary splendor in the person of J, A, Schiff­mann. His problems were quite In t he tradi­tion of the preceding ten years, if anything rather simpler in their materials. His No. 1634 has already been mentioned. It is an example of mates by two unpinned W,hlte pieces; but t he re is somet hing about the key-move -changing t he mate after a threatened Black

check - and t he open construction, that made his problem seem entirely personal. No. 1658, another of h is unforgettable two-movers, de­pends on nothing more elaborate tban a cross­Check and a couple of White shut-off mates. No. 1659 involves mutual Black Rook and Bishop interferences, Nos. 1660 and 1661 each have two Black flight squares a nd two White Knight batteries, with a couple of Black self· blocks in the former. There is not an extreme effect In any of these problems, and yet it seemed as if they had expressed in a few vari­ations all that the composers of the entire period had dl'eamed of strategy and beauty. Death carried Schiffmann away at what seems to u s the height of his creative powers and we shall neve r realize to what greater com­positions he might have advanced. But his paSSing seemed to foreshadow some change in the ideals of composition , it the two-mover were to continue in t he un iversal popularity it had attained.

Until 1930 the themes and blendings of themes we have been reviewing were in the main very direct . In the majority of cases Black made his thematic defense in response to a White threat and in doing so laid himself open to a mate, by reason of some direct in· hel'ent weakness in his defensive move _ which might Involve an unpin, a self-pin, an interference, 01' what n ot. In so beautiful and complicated a problem as No, 1657, Black's defenses defeat the simple White threat In almost elementary manner, The key 1 Sd7 sets us the threat 2 Sb6; and to defeat this the Black Queen, in one variation, captures the Pawn at f3, opening a flight at e4. While making this simple defense, Black quite in­cidentally manages to self-pin both the Qf3 (direct self-pin) and the Be5 (half·pin), per­mitting a beautiful double pin mate, 2 Sxf6. In the var iations 1 . , . Bf4 and 1 . . , Bg3, there follow combined half·pins of the Black Queen and interferences in turn of the t wo Black Rooks, leading again to delightful mates. But the actual defeat of the threat ensues simply from the removal of the Black Bishop from e5, wh ich would permit the Black King to e scape by that square H White continued his threat. This problem well illustrates the beautiful effects rendered possible by intricate Black self·restrictions, arising quite Inciden­tally in the attempt to defeat a White threat in a purely direct manner, Compara. tively few problems of this ent ire period had a defense as strategic in itself as the famous 1 . . , Sg3 of No, 1622.

But defenses of deeper signifi cance were gradually being introduced, revealing new in· tricacles whose full possibilities were still hardly suspected. There is, for instance, a charming thought in No, 1652. Here, after the key, if the Black Queen should unpin the White Knight at b7, White might try to mate by a double-check at c5 or d6, if it were not that these moves would shut ol'l' the action of one or the other of the W.hite Rooks, permitting the

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Black King to esca pe at a5 or d4. Dut If the Bia ck Queen, w hile try ing t o dereat W h ite's t h reat. were to self·block t hese squares. t hen indeed t he unpi nned W hite K n ight cou ld mat e by one of the moves indicated. Especiall y in­teresting Is Black 's defense 1 . . . Qd4, because it cuts o rr the guard of t he Whi te Rook f rom d3. This Is It kind o f " com pensating" move, bring­ing thematic a dvant age a nd tll sa tl v8u tllge sl­multll neously. It Is advant ageou s t o Bl ack to shut ott the W,hlte Rook's gUlud In this man ner, and It Is disadvantageous to m ack th at the slime move provides a self·block on the same li ne a nd perm its the mate. In the compan ion variation, 1 . .. Qe5, there Is no s!mila l' com pensating play. Dlack moves his Quee n In thIs case simply to defen d d irectly aga ins t the th reat . not to obstruct the W hite Rook .

What the composers of t he 1920's we re work­Ing towa rds and what t hose o f t he 1930's have realized so brli lillnUy is the concell t of com· pan lOn var latlous wil.>h compensa ti ng piay. No. 166 2 w!ts a comple te example o f this, or vel'Y near ly so. The key Is 1 Ra3 , th reate ning 2 Px P mate, BllLck clLn defend by moving el thel' Kn ight, ope ning the guard of the Dl ack Queell 01" Rook upon f3, but at the same t ime pel'· mitti ng R ne w con ti ngent threat to come into 0])e ration-2 ntl5. To offset t his, Dlnck has two them nt lc "corrections," 1 . . . Se6 a nd 1 . .. 5 f6. These mO\'es unpin the White Quee n and a t tl rs t Il: lan ce seem to allow her to mate a t e ither dS a nd e5 or e5 and e7 accord ing ly; but now we see the compe nsat ing effect of Black's moves. which in turn shut off each o f the two W hi le Bishops , 80 that White mu!:! t mate by 2 Qe7 aFter 1 .. , Sf6 and by 2 Qe5 after 1 .. . Se6. The mates a re fur ther rendered e ffective by the half·plns wilich also result from Black 's moves . Thus In each variation there Is a Black IIne·openl ng to defea t the original threat; plus shut·orts or the White Dishops to de feat the continge nt t h reat a nd to make the \Vh ite mates accu rate; p lus supplementary un p ins o r t he White Queen and hair-pins o r the com panion Kn Ight.

('/'o be continued)

INFORMA L LADDER (Maximum score for Nos. 1573-1590: 91 poiuts;

fOI" NOli . 1600·1 617: 50 ,Joints ). T . McKe n na 897, SO, 40 ; · W . Patz 852 , 39, 40;

.... P. L. Rothenberg 798, 57, 50 (T he Hoc h. berg memoria l idea is excellent ; shou ld like to feat u re It when t he White articles end); . J. H an n \.ls 731, 60, 33; A. Ta\.lber 635, 83, 50 ( Man y tha nks for the new original); G. Fairley 643, 60, 50 ; K. Lay 639; A. A. J. Grant 509, 46, 50; J . M. Den nison 508, 46, 48; ""Dr. G. Dobbl 531, 68 ( H o pe that you are now feeling ha le a nd hearty ); . 1. BUrt;te in 594 ; Dr. M. Hen:be rge r 500, 42 ( Let'-s hear from y OIl mo re o lten, MI)<; ) ; 8 . M. Ma rshall 443, 21, 30 (T he ne w o rig ina l I I fi ne. I thought you w o uld e njo y the Wh it e a rt lc lu) ; P . A. Swart 392, 57, 42 ; .... H . B. Da ly 355, 63, 50 ; Or. W . F. She ldo n 423; . Dr. p , G. Keeney 352; · E . Korpa nty 232, 64, 50 ; R. Neff 246, 46, 44 ; I. Sapir 328; .... G. P lowma n 205, 68, 50; J. Donaldso n 218, 42, 46; C. E. W innbeng 143, 53, 50; " I. Rivlle ISO, 64, 48; E . Popper 239; B. l. Fader 109, 68, 50 (Good work); S. P . Shepard 176, 35; A. Fort ier

TH E C HESS REVI E W

197; u A. S hefte l 78, 62, 50 ; A. B. Hodgu 103, 59 ; J. H\.Idso n 61 ,40,37; W . C. Dod 115, 51, 40 (T hanks for t he ide", for " rt icles ; w ill try to use lom e of them w he n t he W h ite u sa y e nd s. W ill wri t e about the ot he r m atte " you mentio n); T . L\.Indberg 36,48, 45; A. D. Gibbl 76, 41 ; C. Lawre nce 42, 46; J. Dubin 48, 37; M. Edelste in a nd T . F . Bu r ke 45 ( Wel come! ) ; W. R. E ilts 36 ; R. W . HaYI 29, 6; F. Gr ote 28; T . L. Goddard 24; C laude Du Beau 16 (Welcom e to the Ladde r, an d many than ks fo r th e originals. Sha ll fea ture th e Bar ry m emo o ria l when spa ce permits) ; I. Hart 15 ( W e i. come!); u F. Sprenger _ ; · W. O. Jcns_.

• • • • • Congra tulatlon s to Tom Mc Ken na, who

reaches the summit of the LadueI' this month, and Otto Wurt bUl'g , whose beauti fu l ec ho three·e r, No. 1579. W AS judged the best of last Qua rter's offe ri ngs .

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No. 1571

No. 1!>1!>

N O.

~'o. 1577

:-10. 1578

N O. 1519

N o. 1580

:-;10. 1581

N o. 1582

( T wO

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. P e 3 ; 2 QHeh. • R f G; !> Rd2.

h a .... ty SUggests t he In le re"Onj;\" m"neu·

\\'h il e fore .. -

the Proble m painu ) t ry 1 P~8 (Q) ,

and Whil e haM

A UG. - SEPT. 1 94 0

No. 1636 F. GAMAGE

Brockt on, Mass. (Contributed by J.B. S nethlage)

No. 1637 OR. P. G. KEE N EY

B~lIev\.le, Ky. Dedicated to Will C. Dod

No. 1638

GEOFFR E Y MDTT_SMITH

New York, N. Y.

EITHER SIDE mates in 2

Original Section

No. 1639

W , B. SUESMAN

Cra n$ton, R. I.

Mate in 2

No. 1640

F. W. WATSON

Toronto, Canada

No. 1641

THE PROBLEM EDITOR

Mate in 2

141

No. 1642

T H E PROBLE M EDITOR

No. 1643

T HE PROBLEM ED I T OR

Mate jn 2

No. 16H

CLAUDE DU BEAU

Stockto n, N. J.

Mate in 3

SOLU T I ONS TO THES E PROBLEMS ARE DUE SEPTEMBER 20th, 1940

•

142

No. 1645

CLAUDE au BEAU

Stookton, N. J.

NO. 1646

THE CHESS REVlEW

Original Section (cont'd)

No. 1648

THE PROBLEM EDITOR

Mate in 4

No. 16'19

No. 1651

THE PROBLEM EDITOR

(Suggested by No. 1650)

SELF·mate in 5

THE PROBLEM EDITOR L. W. WATSON

Los Angeles, Cal.

No. 1652 (G, 1\1, W) A . ELLERMAN

First Prize, Luigi Ccutul'ini, Genoa, 1925.

Mate in 3

No. 1647

H. C. MOWRY

Malden, Mass'.

Mate in 3'

SELF·mate in 5

No. 1650

DR. P. G. KEENEY

Bellevue, Ky.

SELF-mate in 5

Mate In 2

No. 1653 (M)

A. MARl

Mate in 2

SOLUTIONS TO THESE PROBLEMS ARE DUE SEPTEMBER 20th, 1940

AU G . - SEP T. 1940

No. 1654 (M ) G. GU I OE LLJ

F irst P rize , L'Eco DegJi Scacchl, 1917 .

Mate In 2

No. 1665 (G)

Quoted Section

No. 1657 ( M ) A . EL L ERMAN

First Prize, Good Companions, 1921

Mate in 2

No. 165 8 (G, M, W)

No. 1660 (G. W) J. A. SCHIFFMANN First Prize, Lonclon

Observer , 1928.

Ma te in 2

No. 1661 (G, M, W ) J . A. SCHIFFMANN Firs t Prize, Bri tish

143

G. GU tO EL Lt Firs t Prize, Br isbane

Courie r, 1917.

J . A . SCH I FFMANN FIrs t P rize, Bristol TIm es

and Mirror, 1927. Chen Problem Society, 1930

No. 1656 (M) C. W. SH EPPARD

First PrIM!, Good Companions, 1921

"='

M ate In 2

No. 1659 (G) J . A. SCl-l I FFMANN F i r st Pr!ze, Brisbane

Courier, .1.929 .

Mate In 2

No. 1662 (W )

G. GUIDE LLt

ion" 1918.

Ma te in 2

T HESE PROB L EMS A RE NOT SCORED ON TH E SO L VERS' LAD DE R

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( MAV PROB LE MS)

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\)Olnll<) ':x o:c J)f ionnU), ",·,·"..,,1,' '·'·o.~",,,,. ·k plfty

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