· three games of u. s. title match llnotated by fine...
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· Three Games of U. S. Title Match llnotated by Fine, Kashdan, Reshevsk y!
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R ESHE VSK Y ( left ) plays KA SH DA N in t he fi rs t ga me of the play·off match f or t he U. S. Cheu T it le at For t Jay, N. Y., on Oct ober 7th. St andi ng, left to r ight ar e Attorn ey S. GRADST EIN and Match Treasurer FR ITZ BR I EGER. T he c lock, were started at 11 .45.
RESHEVSKY 2, KASHDAN 1 Highligh ts and Backgrou nd
of th e Champ ionsh ip M·atch
By K ENN ETH HAR KN ESS Match Ref eree
A t t he end of the (hiI'd gnllle In t he plny·orr match for the U. S. Chess Chaml)lonsh il) between Sam uel J. Reshevsk y and Isaac K as hdan, the former Is leat!· Ing by a SCOl·e of 2- 1. Reshevsk y " 'on the first and thir(1 gamcs, was defeated by Kashdnn In Ga me No.2.
Th ese opcnlnJl; encounters in the 14'game series wel'o held ut Army Cam ps unde!' t he auspices o f t he u. S. o. I ~e~hevsky Jumped Into the lead w it h a skHlful win In thc opener at Fort Jny, Gover nor's Island, N. Y., on Oelobel' i th. K Ullhdnn cri me right back to tIe t he score In Game No.2 :11 CUlllp Upton, on October 10th. Undaunted by th is I'e\·el'snl. his flrst loss In defense of t he U, S. T Itle, Heshevsky
NOV E M BE R, 1 942
played @pectllculal' chess in t he t hird round at Pllltts· burg DIIl"!'IICkB, Plattsburg, N. Y., on October lith. fo rced K Hshdan ·lI res ignation in 40 moves.
A four th game, sChedul ed for Pi ne Ca ml), WRS CR n· ce lled. The match will be I'esumed on 01' about Novembcr 15th Rlld will be played at the I"Rte of three gameS a week . Schedule is not ye t nnnounced but the games ..... 111 be held at clubs In New York and other places within a rad ius o f 200 miles of New YOI'k .
Maurice W ertheim, Cha i rman of t he i\1Htch Committee. made the arrangemen ts which I'esul ted in U. S. O. lI l)OnSOI'shll) of these gnmes, w Ith t he worthy object o f I)rovldlng entertainment for 1101· diel's Rl trnlning eaml)lI and st i 'llu lat lng chess Inter· est in the Army, T reasu rer of lhe Match Com mittee Is F ri tz Brieg er , PreBhlell t of t he Queens Chess Club.
Co_ChampJons Ad opt Bl itz Tact ics Apparently chess masters a l"e beIng II rrected by
the lem llo of Ihe tImes, lire adopti ng the blitz tac t ics of modern wlll"fRre. F"olll the very th's t It becRme evident that the con testants ill t his mll.tch wel'e in· ten t on delivering quick k nock ·outs, T here Wn8 no
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preliminary sparring, no feeling each o l he l' out wilh a few le isurely drawn games to locate possible weak-nesses in the enemy's de fen se, The scorcs of the first three games tell an eloquent story of the type of chess played so far in this mateh: 3 games, 3 wins, no draws!
Heshevsky aIllI Kas hd,1I1 tled fa)' first place in the biennial U, S , ChHmpionship Tourname nt, held in New York la s t AIII'iI. At present they are reeog· nizet.l as co-charllpions but. from the way things are going, there seems little likelihood of an el'en score
' and another tie at the e nd of 14 game s, The boys are out for blood fllld no twirls ban'ed!
Reshevsky W ins Opener
The initial game of the match was he ld at Fort Jay' Governor's Island. on the evening or October 7tll, Captain Herm an Ded erer, Special Se l'l'i
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woolll'n 1l1('cI ' ~ a round a lJoa rll. Howev" .. , In spi te o f t hl' COIll I':'! ition. Ihe I{ame was we ll a nl' lIIled Mill " real SUCCI'S!' . Many pockf>\ 'Re ts were In 1"' ldence Il lllong t ill' l;u ·.I:;1' grOIl I' or so ldi l'l'!; w ho (:I"owuell into t he li bra ry and follow ed th l' ga me rl'om beg l:lIJi n.l:; to e nd.
II:lI ilhdan dl'clded to kef'1l going in ti ll' sa llie spi ri t a ~ th e fl na ga nU' and ollelH~d 1'- 11: 4. Ileshevs ky ~l'leClf'd nn old defens e 10 the Ruy (,0I ,e7 .. J!: :l\'c it a nl' \\' tw lsl with II:t· I\13 and Q·R3. oblalu ed R goot! gaml' . With Black in control or Ihe I{lng's win).!:, Iwitz, N. Y, Times Corres-
pondent H e rmann Helm~ and your reporter. the co-cha m Ilion II joul"nl'Yf'd III' to P la tlsbu rll:. on the s horl)s of La k
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Title Match Games Analyzed
by America's Leading Masters
GAME No.1 FORT JAY. N. Y. OCTOBER 7th
Annotated by
REUBEN
Accu ra te defensive play has always been one of Reshevs ky's out.
standing assets, In th e following game he p roduces a magnificent
specimen of this typ e,
GRUENFELD DEFENSE Aeshevsky
\Vhile 1 P.Q4 2 P .QB4
K ashdan
Dlack Kt·KB3 P,KKt3
Kashdan rarely resorts to any other derCllse th an the orthodox to the Queen's Gambit. His cho ice in-d ic·133 i s t he oretically pre· ferable becallse the Pawn sael'i!iee is somewhat dubious.
6 Q.Kt3 . . . . Heshevs ky apparently d oes no t
relish the gift. The main line is (i I'xP, Ktx P: 7 l(txK t, QxKl; 8 BxP, Kt· J3:l!: 9 K t· K2!, B·Kt5!; 10 P ·B3!, BxI3P!; 11 Pxll, QxBP; 12 H·KKtl, QxP, Black no\\' has two Pawns for the piece 1)lus at· tacking ch ances, The rew games between m a sters in which this line has been tried demonstrate p ra cti, Cally nothi ng (in one Husslan game
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" ' hite's defetl~e II' a" terribly weak ), Pra ctice or fU I'lhe r a na lySis will have 10 se ttle the iesue, but r in c line to th e beli ef t. ha t W hite shoul d Wll!,
6 , , , , P . 8 4! ?
Positi on afte r 6 P ·84 !?
Obviously Kas hdan's inten tion from the flrst. F o r the benellt of t.hose who have not penetrated t he mysteries or annot ating symbol-iSlll, let m e elUCidate that the ex· clamation poin t re l'e n; to th e fact that Kas hdan dev la te ~ from h is usual close ])os itiona l sl~'Je, while the question mark Ille an s tllltt the
FINE
line is, to the best of our knowl· edge, unsound,
Incidentally, ei the !' 6 , , ' P·D3 or Ii , , , Pxl' ~hou](1 equa!ir.c,
7 QPxP , ...
Alckhine would a ssuredly 1,la), 7 BPxP, which proves _ nothing, Arte r 7 BPxP, l'xP; 8 l'xP, Q l\t~ Q2: 9 n·K2, Kl · l~t3; 10 n· B~ White will lo!;e h is Pawn shortly, but will get the better o f the position (Loe· venCtsch- Bol\'inllik, l~th match game, 1937),
Heshevsky's choice has been an· alyzed a good d ('a l s ince the Ilion ' eer trial s in HI3, ,;;X and there have bee n some notable successes scored agai nst it by BlilCk , ch ie fly by t he nl1s~ian~ ,
7 . , Kt-K5
O n 7 , . , Q ' !(.I at once the reply 8 Q· I\t5 ! causes exce~~ i\'e diseom· fit ure ,
8 PxP Q·R4 9 Kt·K2 , , . ,
On !) H-DI, ]>·1(4 is even s tronger, Al't el' the text White threaten s Q·I1,1,
9 . , , . KtxQBP
9 ,, ]>· K4 was Sll rel y consid· ered. However, t he reply JO PxP e. P .. I3xP: I I Q·1(4 fo rces the ex· change of Queens, 1hereby break· ing the back of BlaCk 's attack,
10 Q-Q1 . , , ,
In a previolls game Cavablanca-l
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stronger). but Black had exce llent urawing chances all along. The t ext appeal's t o be somewhat. beller.
10 . . . . P·K4 11 8. Kt5! ....
Not 11 D-Kt3 because of II . 13-131 11 PxP e. p., ExP would of coul'~e morely bc playing into Black's hands.
11 . . . . P.B3
An ulinecessary finesse which yields a valuable . perhaps vital, tempo. On II ... Kt·K5 at once, J2 B·K;? H-Kl : 13 B·H3. B·Q2:. or 13 P·Q6. B-K3 a re both Quite promising, while 12 13-IH, P -KKt1; 13 D-KI3, I'·B4 are I.he ~ame as tho te~t except that White's QHP is at H2 instca(l of R3 .
.11 ... D·D·! woult! be adequatcly countered by 12 Kt·Kt3.
Position after 11 . P·83
12 P·QR31! Devil ishly ingcniolls. Quite a la
Heshevsky. Jr at oncc 12 D·H4 , P·KKt4; 13 n -K t3, D-IH with strong counterplay.
12 . . . . Kt·K5
This simplification (for the de· fender) is vil·tuaUy forced. 12 . . . I'xil; 13 !'-Q Kt4. Q·Kt3; 1-1 T'xKt, QxP; 15 ](t-](·I regains the Pawn for Black but leads into a strategi-cally lost endgame.
13 B·R4 14 B.Kt3 15 P·B3
P-K Kt4 P·B4
Kt>tKt
A crucial decision. One would normally cxpect (rl"Om Kashdan, nota benc:) 15 ... KtxB and there is indced good reason to belicve that it would have been preferable to the move chosen. On 16 KtxKt, P·K5!; 17 RBI, PxP; IS PxP, P· Il5 Black's attack is much more cffective than in the game, while if 16 PxKt, Kt·Q2 White's devplop· men! is still fa r from complete, which may eventually eOmlle1 him to resort to forced measures to do so.
16 KtxKt 17 8 ·82 18 R· Bl
NOVEMllER, 1942
P.B5 P.K5 ...
Position after 18 R·81
Illack's oftcnsive has reached the critical Hagc where the only really effe ctive eontinuation which main· Ulins immediate attacking chances is sacrifieial. That is, IS. . KPxP; :9 KtPxP, PxP; 20 BxP, H·KI; 21 K -B 2, HxE ! ?; 22 KxR, Q·Kt3th; 23 l{·K2 (as g-ood as forced). B·B-\; 24 Kt·R4, Q·Q3: Despite his Pawn and a pieee to the good White's g-ame is far from easy. Black thrcaten s ... Kt·Q2 rOllowed by a devastating eheck at Kl . \Vhrether t his would have sumced lo save the game is impossible to say, but it was at any rate, in Illy opinion, th c log-ical continuation.
18 • • • • 19 B·K2 20 KtPxP 21 BxP 22 0 ·0 23 B.Q4 24 K·Rl
8·84 KPxP
p,p Kt.Q2
QR.Kl Kt·K4 . . . .
\Vhite has completed his devel· opment aud proceeds to the coun· te r ·attack.
24 . . . . P·QR3
A confession of impotence which says in effcct: I am exhausted; let's see w hat you can do.
25 P.Q6 K·Rl
He must lIOt allow check Oil the diagonal. 25 . . . P-Kt5 would be Illet Quite simply by 26 PxP.
The position has again reached a CI"ISIS; this time White must make the deCision.
Position after 25 ... K·Rl
26 P·Kt4 • • • • This is not wholly adequate.
though the most p-owerful alterna· tive is not easy to find and not wholly conelush·e. On 25 Q·Kt3, Q·(11: 2; QxP. QxP: the simplifica· tion is all helpful fOI' Black, though White may still win in the long 1"1111 . Likewise neither 26 Kt·R4, Q.Q.! not· 26 (1·Q2, R·Q1 is COlli-' inc· ing. fl elatively best allpcars to be 26 Kt·KI , for if then 26 ... Q.Q.J; 27 H·B5, while if 26 .. . BxKt; 27 PxB. llxllch; 21' BxR th e reduction is good for White becaUse he has exehanged pieces rather t II a n Pawns and retains his strong QP.
26.... Q·Q1??
The fatal mistake, after whiCh he might just as well give UP. 26 ... QxRP was the only chanee lind would have left White without a clear Winning line. If, e. go, 27 Kt·Q5, Q·R7!; 28 B·£3, R-QI alld Black's Queen will not be lost. Similarly, 27 13·135, }{t-Q2 is not to be feared.
27 Kt.Q5 P.Kt5
A last desperate bid which meets with an elegant, exactly calculated refutation. 011 27 ... Kt-DS; 28 B·Kt6, Q-Q2 ; 29 Kt·K7! is crush· ing: 29 ... KtxKt; 30 H·B7, Q·K3; 31 PxKt, R·B3 (31 ... R-B2; 32 B·B4); 32 Q·QS, Q·Ktl (or 32 .. . B·Kt.3; 33 B·Q3); 33 H-QI, H-xB; 34 QxH, QxQ; 35 R·QS, B·Kt3; 36 R(D7)·BS and wins.
28 Kt.B7! 29 BxBP! 30 8xBch 31 KtxRch 32 R.B7ch
p,p KtxB K,B
Q>tKt K·Ktl
There is no defense. If 32 ... B·Q2; 33 RxKt, UxR ; 34 QxR, Q. K8ch; 35 K·Kt2, Q·Q7ch; 36 K·D1! Black has no ehecks, while H 32 . .. K·Kt3; 33 RxKt, B·K5 ; 34 Q. KUch, KR3 (or 34 . .. K·R4; 35 RxPeh!); 35 Q·Kt7ch, K-H4; 36 It-B5ch etc.
33 R·K7 Q·Kt3 34 Q·Q5ch K.R1
One last pre tty trap: 3·J . .. 1\·B2; 3G Hxll, QxR; 36 QxKt, D· K5 : 37 It-Ktlch and wins.
35 RxKt .,.,
Here Dlack overstepped the time limit, but his game was hopelessly lost in any event.
Editor's Note-Heubeu Fine's reg· ular Game of the Month Depart· ment wil\ be resumed after the conclusion of this serie s. month ]\·lr. Fine will annotate the founh game of the Heshevsky-Kashdan match. provided the game is played in time f01" inclusion ill lhe De cember i~sue.
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GAME No.2 CAMP UPTON. N. Y., OCT. 10th
R UY LOPEZ
Kas hdan Whito
1 P. K4 2 Kt . K B3 3 B. Kt 5 4 B·R4
Reshevs ky Ulack P. K4
Kt.Q B3 P.QR3
P·Q3 The Steinitz Defense Deferred.
This is infrequently seerL but quite sound.
5 P. B3 6 P.Q4
B.Q2 KK t- K2
:'>lore rrormal is 6 . find later . . . Kt·03. makes no erTol"l to White's center,
, P·KKt3 The t ex t challenge
7 B. Kt3
Forcing lJ1ack's reply, to Irrel'ent ~ Kt· l(t5. However, it is question· able wh ether \Vhit (l gains anything.
7 . . . . P· R3 8 B. K3 Kt·Kt3 9 QKt.Q2 Q.B3
A stron.e: mOl'e which gives Black con trol of the K·side. White de· cides to let him have it and hustles OW!r to the other wing.
10 Q.K2 11 0·0·0 12 Bx Kt 13 K· Ktl
8 · K2 Kt.BS
Q. B Kt· R4
Weak. as the J\l runs into trou· ble on lIrls square. A direct Jlawn advance, by 13 , . , P-QH4, or 13
, P·QKU, was more logica l.
14 B.8 2 0 ·0 15 Kt.8 1 . ,
Threaten[ng Kt· K3 and either Kt·Q5 or Kt·D5. when the Dlack Queen would be seriously embar· rassed, Whil e's hold on t he cen· tel' is beginning to be felt.
15 . . . . 8.Q Kt4 16 8 .Q3 P·K84
Based on II fallacious id ea, though the move is sufllcient to equalize, An allf'rnative wa s 16 . . , BxBch; 17 QxD. PxP; 18 Px P . Kt·D3. If then 19 Kt·K3?, Kt·K t5 wins the 1(1', Or 19 P·QR3. QR· Kl; 20 K t ·K3?, B·Ql with advan· tage, Howcver, White could con· tinue (after 18 . . . Kt·B3) 19 p . I(Kt3, Q·D3; 20 P·Klt-!. to be fol· lowed by p·KKt4, with excellent prospccts.
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Annotated by
I. KASHDAN
17 QPxP . , . . Therc are e nough way s to go
wrong: (A) 17 KPxP, DxBch; 18 QxO. 1'·1(5 wins a piece. (Il) 17 BxB, l'xB; 18 KPxP. QxPch: 19 Q·B2, QxQch; 20 KxQ, p ·K5, fol · lowc" by . .. RxPc h. (e) 17 Kt· Kt3, Uxflch: 18 QxB, 1I1'xl': 19 QxKI' (if 19 Kt(Kc3IxP. p .Q.\ and ... p · K5 wins) . QxQch: 20 KtxQ. p.Q.1, followed by ... P·K5 and
I t x I' 17 , . . . 18 QxB
Unt this loses. 18
Bx8eh BPxP ? . QxP(K5)
was essential. leatling to fill e ve n elld ill.e:.
19 Q.Q5eh K. Rl 20 R.Q4 .. ..
Hla ck mus t havc overlook ed the pin, which wins at least a pawn. If 20 QxKt, PxKt: 21 p·KKI3, Q. IHcll: 22 K· Hl. P-QKt3, followed by ... QxP.
20 , . . , PxP ? This only makes matters worse.
Artel' 20 ... Kt,D3; 21 Rx!>, Q·B2, Black has no comPCllsation ror the pawn, but there would stil! be drawing chances,
21 KtxP • • • TIII'eatening a "famlIy" Check al
Kt6. Inrerior would be 21 IhP, KH·QI !. 22 RxQ (not 22 Qx[(I'??, B·Q8ch: 23 K·B2. Q·DS mate) , HxQ, [md mack is out of the woods.
21 . . . . R.83 22 RxP , . . .
22 QxKt could be played, but Black would have some chances afle r 22 . .. 1'·114; 23 n-Q5. QxBP,
Best wOli ld then be 2,1 QxP: 25 I1·Q7. The text clearer play.
Kt-Kt 3, leads to
22 , .. , Qx8 P 22 ... R·QI would not do, be·
C1\u~e or 23 QxHch, UxQ; 24 HxQ, Hx lt: 25 Kt ·K t 6c h. Or 22 . .. R· Q3: 23 Kt·Kt6ch! wins. The best chancc was 22 . , . P . B3; 23 Q.Q3, Q xBP (but not 23 , •• Q·IH; 2·\ Kt·Kt3, Q·R2 : 25 P·Kt4, winning the ](1.); when White can settle for the exchange ah(lad by 24 R· K2, Q.Kt3; 25 Kt. Kt6e h,
23 Qx Kt 24 Kt·Q3 25 Kt. Kt3
R·QKt3 Q.P
, , , . Now eve rything is snfe.e:ual"ded.
alld the extra piece must will with· out much difficulty. Dluck has only about five minutes left in whic h to make his rcmaining 20 moves!
25 . , . . 6.Q3 26 R· K2 Q.8 3 27 Kt·KS Q. Kl 28 Q.QS . , , .
Threate ning Kt·B7c h which prac· tiCa lly Forces the folloll'ing ex· change. nut not 28 KB·KI ??, U· I\I ·I!; 29 Q-IH, [~xPch! winning the Quee n.
28 ... 29 Qx e 30 Q·B5 31 KR · K l 32 R· K8 33 RxRc h 34 Q xQ 35 R. K7 36 K· B2
Bx Kt Q. Kt3e h
Q.Q3 R· KKtl
Q. Kt3 K . R R.Q
R.QB3 . . . ,
The King is alHm]lortant in any (In\ling and it is never too early to get him out. Now Dlack has less than 30 seconds to go!
36., . . P. KKt3 37 K.Q3 P. KR4 38 Kt· K4 P.R4 39 K· Q4 P. QR 5 40 K. K5 R. Kt3
Seizing the 0JlPortunity For coun· le I" play. mack Is putting up the best fight possible, though in a hO\Jele~s cause.
41 RxP 42 K.B6
Mate was IlXch. 1
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GAME No. 3 PLATTSBURG, N. Y. OCTOBER 17th
Annotated by
SAMUEL J. RESHEVSKY
GRU NFE LD DEFENSE Reshevsky
White 1 P.Q4 2 P.QB4 3 Kt.QB3 4 Q_Kt3 5 QxBP 6 Q.Q3
Kashdan
Black Kt. KB3 P,KKt3
P.Q4 p,p
a_KS · . . .
On 6 Q·Kt5ch, follows ... Kt-I33!; 7 Kt· B3, KI·Q4 and i f X QxP'!. Kt(.I) ·K li .. , If 8 KtxKt. UxKt ; 9 Qx!'"!, KtxP, and again, if X P ·K L K t( ·I) ·l(t5 with good ]Jro!lpects. e . .c: •. 9 P·Q5, K t-D7ch . e t C.
6 . . . . 8·Kt2 7 P.K4 ....
Obtaining a s trong gril' Oil ' the cellte r .
7 • •. 8 Kt· S3 9 8·K2
10 0 -0 11 Q.B2
P . B3 0·0
Kt · Kl Kt .Q3 · . . .
It' 11 P-QKt3, ill order lu pre vent . B·B5, t hen Black t' r ees his galli e by . . . P ' (HH: \ 2 P ' Q5, B· Kt5. Or if 12 P-K5. I'xl'.
11 . . . . 12 8_84 13 QxB 14 QR.Ql
6·B5 B,B
Q.Kt3 Q.R3
l3lack's idea is to drive White'g Queen oft the Kin g fil e, where it ~erve~ to back up the advancc 01' the cente r Pawn s.
15 R.Q3! • • • • T o mninla in th e Q in it ~ prc ,;ent
pos ition. and Ilt the SIlIllC lime re-1ain pros pec ts for Ih!' Hnok 01] e ithc\" wing.
15 . . . . ~'inally. !3lack comlJletes his de·
l"eiopm enl. However. While's pos i. tion is superior.
16 P·K5 Kt·Kt4 17 Kt· Kt5! · . . .
Compelling Ihe relJ ly . a nd hence wellkelii ng mack's King sidc Pawn form a tion. \Vhite now threatens 18 P · K6 , whereas P -K6 immed ia te ly (i ns tead of the lext) prod uces no IIppreciable results . Thus, ir 17 P-\\6, \"txKt; 1S PxKt( 3 l. PxP ; 19 QxPch. I\·RI; 20 ]t·K3. HxB; 21
NOVEMIlER, 1 942
Qx Kt. Il ·B3 wilh equality.
17 • • • • 18 PxKt 19 Kt · K4
a lJ!u'oxlmu te
KtxKt P. R3
P.QB4
1~llabling the Black Quee n to ex-e rcise control ove r the third rank, whc re it may be neede d 1"01' prote c-tion of the King- s ide. It a ls o t ends to re duce the force of White 's ce nte r.
:20 KR.Ql
S o tllat 1he Queen action.
20 . . . . 21 P xP 22 Q.Q2 !
The action s tar ts . 22 . . . . 23 P· K R4
. . . is free for
p,p QR· Bl
• • • •
K R.Q1 · . . .
23 BxP, though enticing a ccom· plis hes little. Black COl ltinucs with 23 . . . KtxP; 24 PxKt (not 2'1 IJxB. Qxl~; 25 BxKt. QxKt: 26 (,l ·1l6, p . R3) . RxR: 25 QxR, QxQ : 26 RxQ, BxB ; 27 P.Kt3, R·B7 with even Ch
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CHESS NEWS Mrs. Manila
L.ask er , w orld 's
l.askc r , wido..... ot Dr. Ema n uel chess champiOIl rrom 1894 to 1921 ,
d ied last mont h at t he home o r hel" daughter, M rs. Gerhard DJlIl (>l ius, In Chicago. Dr. i.R sker died i n Kew York In Ja nuary , 19H.
• NEW YORK
At the M~nh"'ttitn Chess Club (100 Ccn lml I'al'k South) the prelimInaries or the A mateur Che~ 1! Chaml)lollsh11l T ournament arc \n progress, w Ith 35 entries I)la ylng In 5 s ections. F inals , Oct. 29 to No\', 3. wlU be held at the c lub, Sueded f .'om ou t-lIide Ne w Yo.'k are L . H. Cha ll l-cnel, Vi rgi nia; Irving Heilner. Philadelllhla ; A. C. Mart in, Prov ld~nce . n . I .... CH ESS HEVIEW'S Postlll Chess Player Charles Spielberge r recently WOIl t he club 's Light· nlng Chess Hand leal) Tourney, !Scori ng 12- 0.
At t he Marshall Chess Cl ub (23 West 10th St.) I"rank J, Marshall and l\I atthew Grt!fln li r e conduct· Ing c laHlSell for beginn ers and expe r t s fl vcr'y Thursday el'cnlng . . . 21 entrie s have becn receive d foJ' the annua l charnplons hljl tourne y and the prelim inaries ha ve be/\,un . . , A group of ten new membll r's s ta rt ed In a Nov ices' Tourna ment , Iliayed u nller t he sa me eondlt lOIlR IUJ lhe re t:"u lar Class A a nd Class D eve nts · .. 38 me mbe rs t ook Ilart In the In nll ,club ma tc h on Oct. 27 ... Irving Ri vis(' won the Class A fi nals of the Summer Tou rnamen t ; T ed Du ns t WII S r unner· 11 11 .. , The annual lourna rne n t for lhe indlvlduil l c hamlllonshiJl Of t he Intersehol:u;( lc l .esgue is now in progress IH the cl ub.
At the Queen'S Chess Club (4 0·05 59th 5 t .. \Voo(\· sld c . L . I.) H enlrl es have bet'n r ecelvell fo r' t he an· n uli l clw III pi on sh Ip tou mey; Ju lill ll Jlfl rl os, d ef e nd I n.c; lltlchold(,I ', nnd B. All man. cx·e hnmplon, will compe te,
At t he W lnl tzkl Chess Club ( .11 2 W . 48th St. ) a Llfl:htnlng T ourlley I!S being sta ged eve r)' Su nday at 3 II. m. M . Fi nke lstein won the fi rs t.
At t he Hawthorne Chess Club (91 I.enox Roa d, Drook lyn ) a tou rua ment is In progress wi th Jack W. Colli ns In the lelui.
The Commercial Chen League be gan its 1 9 ~ 2 ·~ 3 schedule on Oct ober 23["(] with eigh t tl'am s comjmt· iu!(". } of AUant a , Georgia. . . . Hector' Rossetto WOIl t he clmnlll ion sh i]1 of Argent ina in a match wi t h Ca r'los Guimanl .. . Dr Walte r Cruz re t a ined the championship of Dr'lI z il In' a ma tc h w ith P a blo DUar' te.
To win at c he .. or t o w in a wa r, mate ri al advan_ tage is the biggest factor, In war, material cost. money-so BUY WAR BO N DS to provide the milte, rial for the big break·through.
C HE SS Rf V t f.W
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Horowitz to Make Exhibition Tour
A bove photo was t aken last February w he n H oro .... itz ga ve his s imult aneous ex h ibit ion a t P o rt la nd, Ore, Left to right a re: Major C a rlton, H orowit z, I n t e rna tionalist Arthu r W . Dake, a n u n identi fied player and _ 50 help us _ Re uben F ine in d isguise ! Fine had been tra n.fe rred t o P o rtla nd JUI! before the exhibi t ion, dressed up as Oil gll g t o s ta rtle Ho r ow itz.
Inl'!l"nalll1lwl Ches~ -'laMer I, A. I-IOHOWITZ. Edllol' of CH RSS Il!~VIl~W. will s tart 011 hl~ nnnual lran~·eontlncntal e~llibi!ion lour about .JUllunry 1st. 194;1. j-Ie will gil'e lCl; lul'(lS i\nd exhllJltlons or ~imultall f'OU ~ and bliliMold play at all the lending che~!\ c lub;. o r Ilw United States il ll!L Cnunda In his 13.0UO Ollie wu r.
Th l" YCHr Horo"' itz will Jeellll'c on thl' hlJ;::hlights o f til.., Hl!s hevsky· l\.a shuan matc h for the U, S. Challl]!ious h ll) Title. H orowitz is attencl i ll J::" fill t he KalU(,s of the mateh in an oOlcill] calmclt)' nnd will be ablu to )l"l ve his a udiences a first·hand ,'e llol"t o r the \)v('nl , In aduition. he will explllln one of the garne~ 111 detail. from the poiut of vie w of the ave nlge plil)"er.
HOI'OII'It1. I ~ fI popular and entertaining ('xhlhltoJ". A rast Ml mull:lll eOUS player. he nel'er hUI'l"I ... ~ those who wis h to tnke Ulne O\' CI' Ihcir InO\·es. I I ... us ually 1!la ys II'ldo open games, \\'ilh lots or fjrcII'ork ~! A S:lml!le Is I;lvc n at the bOllom 0 1" the adJoin in/: colllnlll.
It inerary Now Be ing Arra nged
T he ~ee,'etnr l ... s o f clubg wis hing to lake a dvan-tage o f thi s O,' ,!Ol·t UUity to receh'(! a v ls i l f!'Om the Euhor o f CHESS I{ I~VI~;W and enJoy one o f his exhibitions , Should communicate li t once with I. A. HOI'O\\'ltZ, 250 WeSt 57th Street. "'ew York, N. Y. The iti)),' mry is now being arrangcd. l ,euI'ln l:; New York about Janual"y lsi . HOt"owit1. will nJ}pelll' at c lllb ~ In New J ersey and Pellilsylvania durin/:" t he fil"~ t ten da ys or the Ilew year. H e will t hen hcad in th., ~en cra l tlll'celion of Texas. by WHY or \\las h· ington. D. C" P ittsburgh, 1'
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ALEI{HINE v s. I{ERES
* World Champion Twice Defeats
Youthful Contende r To Title
* GAMES FROM SALZBURG 1942 TOURNEY
Annotated by
l. A. HOROWITZ World Champion A. Al ekhi ne
M .... NM;IN(; [DlTOIl.·S NOTE: The g~mes on these pa~es arc from a double. round tournamenl held in tlle Slimmer of thi s year at Sali:burg, Auslria. For Ihe scores of Ihe J::ames we arc indebted to our contcm. por~ry, the m~~lzine ell liSS, published in England .
As bridl}' reporte(1 in ou r Aug .. Sept. issue, the tou rney was won by Ak-kh ine, who (Ideated runner_up P~ul Kcres in the fi ft h round, :In,1 :I,c:ti n in Ih,· fin:tl round .
Slran~e and disturhing news of \Vorld Champion Akxan:Kt (not 15 B·KIH , Kt·1I4 + ). BxB ; 16 Kt.Bl, to be followed by 17 Kt·K3 and t hen to Q5 01" 0 5.
15 Kt_B1 16 P.K R3!
Kt_R4 , . . .
Otherwl!,e if 16 !lxH. Qx H. lind White 's "IH Iii vulnera ble. o r if 16 B·K3. " t·Q IlS is s trOllt;.
16 , . . , 17 Kt_K3
B_K3 · . . .
F01" if 17 BxB, Kt·KB5; 18 Q·K3, QxB; 19 "txP, Q·Kt·1 wins.
17 . . . , P-B3 18 Kt_R2 · . . .
W hite'S play I ~ or lleces~ 11)" s ha n). IS D·KR4 woul
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19 B_R6 a .Kat I I n order to OCelli))" the square
K H5 afte r l illuida(iul{ t he Bi" ho l'S, ~ BxB KxB 2 1 P· KKt3 RxReh
Not 21 .. DxKHI' : 2Z K1 ·Q5. 1"0110\\,(>[1 by 23 P ·KI
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the opposing K ing. H owever, the v iolat ion of principle-ear ly devel, opment of the Queen-should prove unprofi table .
5 , . . . 6 P_Q4 7 P_K Kt4!?
B,K2 0·0
, , . ' T he "blitz" iechnlque, good w hell
I t works, but whe n It fa ils ... 7 . . . , 8 Kt_B3 9 B_Q2
PxP e , p. P,Q4
, . . ' Subsequently. White discove rS
K3 as the better square for t he Bishop. T his involves a loss of time which he can 1JI afford.
Hence the texlmove detracts fro m [tny theore tical signifi cance this novel sla nt on lhe King's Ga.m· bit mRY have.
9 . . . . 10 0_0_0 11 B.K3
Kt_QB3 B·KKt5
P_B3
Aiming 10 demolish Wlli t e 's g rip in the center, w hen he must reo main wi thout compensation for his mat e rial minus.
12 P.KR3 B_K3
(See diagra m)
13 Kt_KKt5 , . . . Thus retaining the shadow of a
flghU ng chance, as the centeL' holds \Jl tnc t.
, 3 . . . . 14 QxKt 15 Q·K2
PxKt P_KKt3
P_KtS
White was t h reatening R-Ktl fol. lowed by RxP. T his counter·dem· onst rution parts with the P awn,
EN PASSANT by Will B. J o hnstone
Hcp " od \l~ ed by cou,·t csy 01 t ho N~w York W orld· Ttlltlg,.,ml
=~Alekhine
Keres
Position afte r Black's 12th move
but enables Black to swap lJ\shops ano fr ee his Queen.
16 PxP 17 K_Kt l lB QxB 19 Q_R6 20 B.Kt2
Pointeu! 21 ExP is 20 . . . . 2 1 QR.KB1 22 Q_B4 23 Kt_K2 24 B_R3 25 QR,Ktl 26 Q_Q2
B.Kt4 8,8 8,P R_B2 . . , ,
dangerous. Kt.K2 R.Kt2 B.K3
Kt·B4 Q.Q2
R_KBI • • • •
Ap]Jaren tly unaware of the threat of ... Ktx l>. RUI a lready Wl1ite's counle ,· lias ,'un O:Lt of s team, and his resources are fewer.
26 .. , . 27 QxKt
Klx P 8,8
28 RxP 29 QxP
B_B4 · . . .
Re legated to Paw n grabbing. Ye t the prospect of a normal e nding Is bleak.
29 .... 30 Q.R3 31 Q.Kt3 32 R_Q1 33 Kl.B3 34 Q_R4
Forced. 34 . . . . 3S R. K3
P_ Kt3 P_B4 B. K5 Q-B4 P_B!;j
· . . .
• • • •
An nal blundel·. bllt t here was nough t lO be done. mack's Kit and KK tP have ye t to ma ke thei r ]J resence felt.
35 . . . . BxPeh
" Q,8 Q,R " KtxP Q.B4 38 Q-B3 P_R4 Adequate . but not essential . " (2)·KD2 Is s trong.
39 P·R3
Intent upon the tiee. which is good
40 Kt·B6c h 41 QxR 42 QxQ 43 K_B2 44 K· B3 45 R_Q7ch 415 R_06ch 47 RxP 48 R_Kt8 49 R·K t8eh 50 R_KR8 51 R_R5
Resigns
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R· B4
follo wing sf\cr!· enough.
RxKt Q·84t h
P,Q K_R2
R_Kt5 K-Kt3 K_Kt4
P-R S P·R6 K·B5
K·Kt6 P·R7
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CHE SS REVIEW
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Chess Thrillers by Irving Chernev In this series we present, [or your entertainment, a selection of the
artistic, the thrilling, the brilliant games of master play. Here you will find the unexpected sacrifice, the sharp attack, the startling mate- in Ramcs ranging from the miniature brilliaocy to the" four _star" masterpiece.
Teplitz, 1928 CARO.KANN
Spielman's fierce made his opponents odds playe rs!
Spielman
White 1 P·K4 2 Kt.QB3 3 Kt_B3 4 P·K5 I) Q_K2 6 QPxKt 7 Kt.Q4 8 P·K6!! 9 Q_RSc h
10 Kt_SS! 11 Kt_KS 12 Kt_B7 13 Q·K5ch 14 B· KB4! 15 Q.B7eh
16 Kt_QS!
attacks o rIel! seem like r ook
Walter
mack P_QBS
P_Q4 Kt.S3 Kt-K S KtxKt
P.QKt3 P.QB4
P.P K_Q2 K_B2 B.Q2 Q_Kl
K-Kt2 P -B5 K_R3
. . . , Spielman rema l"kg "it would llave
been petty to capture the rOOk." 16 . . • • Kt-S3 17 Q_Kt7ch K·Kt4 18 P_QR4c h K_B4 19 QxKtchll BxQ 20 KtxP mate
Vienna, 1904 GIUOCO PIANO
A beauUfu] illustration of the "epaulet " mate!
Albin
White 1 P·K4 2 Kt_KS3 3 B_B4 4 Kt.S3 5 P.Q3 6 B_ KKt5 7 Kt_Q5 fl BxB o BxQKtch
Bernstein
mack P_K4
Kt.QB3 B·B4 P_Q3
Kt_B3 B.K3 BxKt
P_KR3 P.B
I" EMBER, 1 942
10 BxKt 11 P.B3 12 P·QKt4 13 Q-R4 14 PxP 15 PxKP 16 K_K2 17 K _K 1 18 K _B 1 19 QxBP 20 K·Kt1
20 . • . . 21 Q-Q7 22 Q.R4 23 R_KB 1 24 PxQ
Q.B R_QKt1
B_Kt3 P_Q4!
P- K5! ! QxPch Q-B5ch
QxKPch 0_0
R(B1)_K1 . . . .
R_K3 ! R.Q3 Q_K7
QxKt! ! R-Kt3 m ate
New York, 1916
QUE E N'S GAMBIT DECLINED
Dazzling fireworks by.lanowsky J Ja nowsky Chajes
White Black 1 P_Q4 Kt-KB3 2 Kt-KB3 P_Q4 3 P_B4 P·K3 4 B·Kt5 B_K2 5 P·K3 QKt.Q2 6 Kt·B3 p·B3 7 B.Q3 P.P 8 BxBP P·Kt4 9 B-Q3 P_QR3
10 0-0 P-B4 11 R.Sl B·Kt2 12 Q. K2 0 -0 13 KR. Q1 Q-Kt3 14 K t· K S KR-K1 15 P.P KtxP 16 BxKt B.B 17 BxPch K.B 18 Q_RSch K_Kt1 19 QxPch K _R2
!'Ilikenas and Kashdan arrived at exactly t he sam e position in their team tournament game at Prague 1931. but Mikenas COUldn't find the brilliant win that J anows ky scored. and took the draw by perpetual check!
20 Kt.Q7! KtxKt
White t hreatened 21 K txQ as well as 21 KtxDch, K·lll. 22 Q·R5 mate.
21 RxKt B-B3
Again, to provide against 22 QxD, or 22 i{xD.
22 Kt-K 4! 23 Kt-Kt5ch 24 P-Kt4!
B.P K_R3
P-Kt3 or course. I( 24 .• . KxKt, 25 Q.
R5ch. K-D3; 26 n ·Bi mate. 25 P-KR4 R_R1 26 Q-R7ch RxQ 27 RxR mate
W arsaw, 1935
DU TCH DEFENSE
Tartakower christenc(\ this br!I-!ian I gem "The Polish Immortal." For statistfcians- there are seven sacrifices!
Glucksber
White 1 P_Q4 2 P-QS4 3 Kt.QB3 4 Kt-S3 5 P·K3 6 B·Q3 7 0 .0 8 Kt. K2 9 K t -KtS
10 K-R1 11 P_B4 12 P_KKt3 13 K·Kt2 14 KtxB 15 K ·B3
15 . - -16 QPxP 17 PxKt 18 K ·B4 19 K _B3
Najdorf
Black P·KB4
Kt-KB3 P-K3 P_Q4 P·B3 B_Q3 0-0
QKt.Q2 BxPch Kt_KtS
Q-K 1 Q·R4
B_Kt8! ! Q_R7ch
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P_K4! Kt(Q2)xPch
KtxPch Kt_Kt3ch
P_B5!
Threa tening not onl y 20 . . . PxKtPch. but also 20 . . . D-Kt5ch, 21 KxD, Kt·K4 mate.
20 KPxP B-Kt5ch! 21 KxB Kt-K4ch! 22 PxKt P-R4 m ate
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The Immortal
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by Fred Reinfeld
The articles in this senes, and the accom-panying games, are excerpts from Reinfeld's new book oj the same title. published this month by Horowitz and Harkness. New York.
PART III
Challenger and Champion (1914-1921)
In Jul ), of 191·1 Capablanca lef t Europe to fu lfill II Hics o f cngaJ.:cmc nts in South America.. Before tb ... ship arrived ;It Buenos Aires, the World War had broken out. The result was (if one may mention so triflinJ.: a matter in the midst of so weat a calas-Irophe) that Caplblaoc;t's hopes of Feu;ng a match for t h(- title ",Nt'
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Tho notes to the following game a re from The Im mortal Games of Capa blanca by Fred Reinreld .
World Championship
Match, 1921
(TeIJtb Game)
QUEEN'S GAMBIT DECLINED
This is generally cOn!lidered t he finest game of the match, and t he one most characteristic Of Capa· blanca's styl e. It was Lasker who said, with com mendable objecti vity, that the logic oC t he Cuban's play from the 24th move on, was en, chantilig.
DR. E. LASKER J. R. CAPAIH. ANCA White mack
1 P- Q4 P- Q4 2 P-QB4 P- K30 3 Kt-QB.~ Kt- KB3 4 B- Kt5 B-K2 , P- K3 0 - 0 6 Kt- B3 QKt-Q2 7 Q- B2 P-- B4
While this move appears to fr ee mack 's game, it leads io now diffi· cultios. It is thererore likely that the more con ser va t ivo . . P- D3 is pl·ererable.
8 R- Qt 9 B- Q3
\\illite threatened B x Pch. How-evel·. this Pawn advance may turn out to be weakening latel' on.
to B-R4 It K PxP 12 B X P 13 B-Kt3
BP x P P xP
Kt- KtJ B- Q2
mack seems to have developed most effectively, as he has no or· ganic weaknesses (with the pos-sible exception of the advau ced KRP ) and may soon bo ablo to exert pressure on the Isolated QP. However, \Vhite 's position is so much rreer and more aggressive that the latter must be concede d [he better prospects.
140- 0 QR- Bl
In a later game with Stahlberg at lI"1 oscow, 1935, Capablanca at· \em]lted an ilnprovement with 14
D-D3; but alter 15 Kt-K5, D- Q4? (better .. . QIl-B1); ]6 KtxD, QKtxB ; 17 Q-K2, QH-Q1 ; 18 P- B4! Kt-K1; 19 BxB, KtxJ3; 20 P- B5! KtxP; 21 Ktx P! White had a winning at· tack.
15 Kt- K5 B-Kt4
NOVEM B ER, 1942
This much·admired move is ac-tually an inexacti tulie , as It loses a precious tempo in a critical sit· uation, driving the KR to a good squaro. . . . B-B3 at once was better.
16 KR-Kt QKt-Q4!
Laske r
Here is t he famous ])osition which hns Hllpeared nil OVOl' the world because or Broyer's sensa· tional analySis givi ng White tho be tter game. Bogolyubov has sub-jecled th is analysis to searching scrutiny, however, and shown that mack can still escape with an even game.
(Here Rein feld quotes analysis by Dogoly ubov. W e omi t this due to lack of space.- E d.)
17 KBxKt t8 B x B 19 Q- Kt3
Ktx B Ktx B B- B3
. .. 8-1{3 might ha\'e been tded here. However, Capa bl a nca realizes tha t despite appearan ces to the con t rary. White's QP will be weak· er thall Bla ck's QBP.
20 Kt xB 21 R-K5
PxKt . . . .
If 21 Kt - It-I (the na t Ul'al move) , KR- Ql (threatens ... R x Pj; 22 R-K5, H-Q4 and Diack has the better gamo.
21 . . . . 22 Q- B2
Q-K13 . . . .
Exchanging Queens would elim-inate Black's P a wn weakness, while Whi te's would romain .
22 . . . . KR- Ql
If now 23 Kt-R4 Dogolyubov suggests 23 . . . Q- Ktl; 24 R-QB5, Kt-B4! 25 Q-B3, Q-B5 ; 26 R-D~ . P- K1! with advantage.
23 Kt- K2 R- Q4!
H-K3 has been suggested in reply as best, bu t then 24 .. .
Kt - D4; 25 H-QKt3, Q-Ql ; 26 R-Kt4, Q-Q2 ( B o golyubov) threatens eithol' . . . P-K4 or . . . QR- Q I. Lasker therefore ex· changes Rooks, blocking a rrontal attack on the weak P awn but iron· ing out Black's pawn sU'uclure and giving him the QB tlle.
24 R x R 25 Q- Q2 26 P- QKt3
BP x R Kt-B4
P- KR4
A bit hasty, as it give s White l he opport unity for a simplifying exchange by Kt-Kt3 , with the re-sulting likelihOOd t hat the Queen and Rook ending can be drawn .
27 P- KR3? P- RS!
Clack is co nsta ntl y st riv ing to improve th e position of hi·s pieces, an d trying to li m it W hite's mob il ity at tl1e s ... me t ime.
2B Q- Q3 29 K- BI 30 Q- Kt1?
R- B3 P- Kt3 · . . .
Allowing the fo ll owing inflltra. tion , a nd thus losing more ground. Q- Q2 was better.
30 . . . . 31 K- Ktl?
Q- KtS! · . . .
Another weak move, whiclt should have been r€lliaced by 31 Q-Kt2 and if 31 ... P-H4; 32 Q-Q 2. But Black would have maintained the advantage in any event.
31 . . . . P- R4!
This will result in mack's being in a positiou to menace the QP and the QKtP simultaneously.
32 Q-Kt2 3l Q- Q2 34 Rx Q 35 P x P
P- R5 QxQ P x P
R- Kt3!
ForCing t he penetration of the Rook to the seven th r ank, for if 36 R-Kt 2, H-Kt5 wins a Paw)).
36 R- Q3 37 P-KKt4 38 P x P
R- R3 P x Pe.p.
· . . . Or 38 Kt x P , R- RSch; 39 K-
K t2, Kt-Q3 followed by ... H-Kt8. White will soon have to pa rt with a Pawn.
38 . . . . 39 Kt- B3
Threaten i n g
40 Kt- QI
. . .
R- R7 R- QB7
Ktx P
Kt- K2
If now 41 P- OKH. R- B8 fol. lowed by . . R-Kt8 and the QKtP falls.
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41 Kt- Kl 42 K - B2 43 Kt- Ql
R-BRch Kt- B3
R- Kt8!
He carefully avoids 43 ... Kt-Kt5; 44 It- Q2, n.- Kt8; 15 Kt-Kl2, R x Kt? 46 It x ft. Kt-Q6ch; 47 K- K2. Kt x It: -IS K-Q2 and the pOSition is a draw.
Arter Black's last move, however, the QKtP is lost. The longest mode of resistance would have been with H K- Kl. Kt- R4; 45 K- Q2, RxP; 46 RxR, KtxRch; 47 K-B3 etc.
44 K- K2? 45 K- K3 46 Kt- Bl 47 Kt- K2 48 K- B2 49 P- Kt4
R,P R- Kt5 Kt- K2
Kt- B4ch P-Kt4 Kt- Q3
Ulack's eventual objective is to piny .. . 1'- 03 and , .. P - K4, obtaining a deCisive passed Pawn; but before dOing this , he must re-duce White to helplessness by again controlling the seventh mnk.
50 Kt- Ktl 51 K- Bl 52 K- Kt2
Kt-K5ch R- Kt8ch R- Kt7ch
See the previous note. White must now allow his King to be con-finet! to the first rank, for if 5~ K-U3'! It- l37ch; 54 K- K3, R-KKt7; 55 Kt- K2. Tl- Jl7; 56 Kt-Ktl, It- H H etc.
" K - Bl 54 K-KI " K - Bl
R- B7ch R- QR7 K- Kt 2
. .. P- B3 etc. woult! have been a bit quicker; but White is helpless in any event.
,6 R- KJ
" R- Ql 58 R- K3 59 R- Q3 60 R- K3 61 R- Q3 62 K - Kl 63 K- Bl 64 R- K3 65 R- Q3 66 R x P
K- Kt3 P- B3! K- B2 K- K2 K - Ql
R- B7ch R- KKt7 R- QR7 P- K4!
p,p
II" 66 Kt- K2, R- Q7 (or K- D4) wins easily.
66 .... 67 R- Ql 68 R- Blch
K- B4 P- Q' K-Q4
While resigns, [or if 69 R- Ql. Kt-Kl~ch; 70 K- Kl, R- KKt7 winning a ]lie ce, as the Knight t!are not move because of ... R- K7 mate. A mastnly game !
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The selections are by 20 diffe rent composers, of whom Messrs. Almgren (whose fin e endgame studies are known to REVIEW readers), Heinemann, Holla_ day, l undberg and Rose are making their debut in these pages .
I am indebted to Dr. P. G. Keeney for the post_ humous No . 2003 by the late Dr. Gilbert Dobbs. It was originally submitted to Dr. Keeney when the latter was p roblem editor of the Cincinnati Enquire r. There are several more to which we shall be t reated in the near future.
N o. 20! 1 is by the genial Bostonian, C. S. Jacobs, who w rites: . . '5 '5 years ago I won several prizes .. . " Let us babes in the wood sit back and take notice. Mr. Jacob~· problem "seems to puzzle the chess crowd" in the Boston City Club. It is dedicated to No rman E. Ward, President of the Massachusetts Chess Association .
In No. 2018 the st ipul ation is (a) White to play and matc in 4 moves and (b) again mate in 4, after placing B (R6) on Q6. The twi ns are dedicated, respectively, to the welI-known problemist, Miss Paul ine Papr, and to Iler sister Irene.
No. 2019 is by a newcomer to these shores, who has done some fin e work in the self_mate field . The stipulation is that White, moving first, compels Black to mate White in 4 moves.
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July-August Solutions (Maximum Credit- 39 Points)
1979, 1 B·R6, K-Q4 or KtxP ; 2 B· ]{t7ch etc. J . . . K-B·I; 2 13·Q3ch (or P·Kt.Jch) etc. Diack P on KKt5 prevents unwelcome dual. 1980, 1 K-llo, p ·QS; 2 R-K7 elc. 1 ... n ·Q2ch; 2 RxB etc. 1981, intended k ey is ] B·Q4 follow e d by IHI.l·r·y play of B(Kti) against ma ck R. For example, ] . . . H-IH ; 2 B·Kn5 etc. 1 .. . R-R5; 2 B-Kt4 etc., but t he re a re 4 cooks: 1 D·QS, I n ·QB4, 1 B·QKt3 and 1 DxP. The problem is disQualiJled fOl" Honorable Mention awa rded it in the Loyd 3·mo\'e section. 1982, R-R4. 1983, Q.R3. 1984, Q·ll5! .Many solve rs fell for 1 Q·Q4 whiCh is met by 1 . .. RK3!! Nor will 1 Q·f{4 do, on account or 1 .. . BxQ. 1985, (2·Q6. 1986, Kt·KI. 1987, 1 ]J·n.>;, PxR; 2 Kt·Q4 etc. 1 ... 1'·04; 2 Jl·KBti etc. I . . . P ·B3; 2 Q·KKt7. :Most tries are adequately met by I . . . P ·04. 1988, set position: 1 B·RS. p ·n6; 2 K·QS. Kt·any : 3 K·DSch! Kt·Kt7; ., P-Kt7, Kt·any; S P-KtS(R)ch. Kt·Kt7 ; Ii R-Kt7, Kt·any; 7 Jl ·Kt4ch, Kt·Kt7; s n ·K4. Kt·a ny; 9 IlxKt Mate. With K on QB3 and a dditional \Vhite P on Q13 4 ; 1 n·ns, P-ItS; 2 P-Kt7. Kt·any; 3 P·Kt8(Kt)ch, Kt ·Kt7; 4 Kt·BS, Kt. any; 5 Kt·Q4ch, Kt·Kt7: 6 Kt·B3, Kt·an y; 7 Ktxnch, Kt-Kt7; 8 Kt-any Mate. Sven Almgren suggests that in t he la lter version the Bla Ck P at D7 is snperfluous.
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Korpanty o( MaS Pe th, New York, who tops tlle llst wi th 169 point s. T he standi ngs : 169: E . .J. Kor-panty. 168: \V. F. V!veiras. 161: S. Heinemann. 158 : A. M . .Jenk ins. 156: Prof. G. 'V. Hargr eaves. 143: J . Neurnark. 141: W. Patz. 140: G. M. Plow· man. 139: F . J. C. De Dlasio. A. It. Sheftel , I. Hivise. 134: T. Lundberg. 131 : E. Popper, S. Ryder. 122: S ven Almgren. 120: A . . T. Souweine. 115: W . I. Lourie. /14: J. A. McFadden. /12 : S. Spiegel. 103: \V. G. Jurgensen. 101: H. Seidman. 96 : J . Eisman, T . L. Ross !. 94: D. G. \Veiner. 92 : P . A. Swart. 83: D. L. Schroede r. 80 : C. E . Wlnnbe rg. 79: H . D. Daly, A. Rokoff. 76: Hays and Stolper. 67: C. S. Kipping. 65: E . D. Holladay. 64: Lt. L . n. Klar, S. La nger. 63: T. Talmadge. 60: O. H. Ludlow. 58: L. Halliwell . 55: B. Goldberg. 54: I. Bursteill. 53 : R. Steinmeyer. 52: .T. H urt. 50: III. Hanft. 46 : It. n. Goodenough . 42: M. Edels t ein , A. Saxer. 40: p. H . Glueck. 39: W. O. Peters. 38: D. Karpel. 32: 1-1. Rudholm. 31: W . Durk. 29: K. Mahlel·. 28: S. Galludo, G. D. Spencer. 27: \V. R. Mlila rd. 26: D. Mower. 25: L. G. Greene. 24: T. ShedJovsky. 22 : W. Jacobs. 21: E. A. Erickson, A. H. Weiss. 17 : Fvt. E . T. McCormick, J. Parker. 18: Anony. mous, 1. Hawkins. 17: G. Krogoll. G. Kibbey. 14: Lt. Com. C. H a lver son. 13: G. S. Thom fts. 10: E. R. Shaw. 7 : C. DuBeau . 6: M. D. Meyer, J . B. S tar-key. 5 : Mrs . E. Robin. 2: H. Hothberg, J r.
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Original Problems All problems Oil these pages are published for the first time, There
are twenty problems-by twenty composers! Names of the composer s are as follows :
2000-Sheldon S. Myers 2001 _ T. Lundberg 2002-G. F . Rose 2003-The late Dl', G. Dobbs 2004-C. B. Cook 200S- Simon Costikyan 200S-Edgar H olladay 2007-F. Gamage 200e-Geoffrey Mott-Smith 2009- C. '>';-. Sheppard
20tO-Mannis Charosh 2011 - C harles S . Jacobs 2012_ C. S. Kipping 2013-Nicholas Gabor 2{)14---A. J. Fink 2015-Sven Almgren Z016-Walt er Jacobs 2017-J. F. V't'. H fwnay 201£:-01', P . G. Keeney 2.019_ 8. Hein emann
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JAME S E. PALANGE of Lew is ton, Maine, holds the dist inc tion of
hav ing pl ayed in two section. of ou r Posta l Chen Tourney and w inning
both w ith a clean score in each case! He is now engaged in an indl.
vid ual ma tch with Morton Jacobs, under our sponsorship. W e w ould
l ike to sec Palange jo in one of our " A" sections In the Class T OU fl'l i -
me nt to see how he w ould fare against our o ther t op notch player • .
Pa lange i, 29, unmarried "a t present", was bo rn in Ma ine and hat
lived there a ll his life. He i , employed at a .hlpyard engaged in the
construc tion o f "liberty type" ships for the U. S . Maritime Commiaslon.
He "dilcovered" chess in 1930, h,1.5 been playing ever since.
P r ize.Winners T h is Month Section
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Player Rank Walter l\\ eitle n _____ _______ __ 2 Dr, H . Heichenba ch ___ _______ 2
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.\1_'. Correction: Hail drew with Parker. not Brown.
41- 26. 41-28. 41-:W.
12·( ' 3. H - C·1.
·!2-C5. ·! 2-C6. 12-e •.
~2·C9.
~2-Cl O.
~2-Cll.
~2-CJ2 .
~ 2·Cl:l.
12-CII.
Kelse ), defealed Kramer (I'.~ -~"). 1\1,,;sc I. H ays O. Van Patten 1. Hodgeson D. .l\lcxcwicz 2, lIuschke 0 (forfeit): AI (,x ewicz 1. Wilcox 0; Y.oudlik 1 ~~. Alexewic7- ¥, . Pnul 1. Boyd O. MundI 2. Li):;):;cU 0; Mundl I, Callis n. HoEff 1. " 'u udl O.
1942 CLASS TOURNAMENT
C"ruzzi 1. J Ur):;"n."cn 0. ,\ron~ .. m lost to Parker. l\eum,erk. Bo,,"mAn. Parke r drew willi Ilow111"n. Albrecht defcnled ,\. ('ouk. Kem ble and I'"u] ,1~f"fLlerl (;hauvc''' ·\. Paul 1. Hollft 0; ChauYe""l 1. .Jacobs 0 ; HoUff 1. Vlehuhm
" Holl defeate,l )'Irs. ~Iul r. n"udel' \\"ilhd ,·"w,,: "II hl ~ gflmCS "nnulled. KII,I.",y dcfc" t e\! Y"fI"ee a nd Petcr". dl"(,) w with Cas"". T" cllJer defeated l;pielhcrger. drew with Litlle, Spie llJergeer 1. ,\ . \Vdss II. I,'ele ll I . Campbell 0 ( forfeit) : w. :-f. P. Mit e;,ell 'h . CamplH1U 'h : I"eldl I. Mltc;,,,11 0:. R. W . Hen_ nell 1. Kimball O. All .::ame~ with 81'rln l >'0n fln-11,,11,,le lslein ~~ (ndll; Ye"hofr I, Dulin 0 (forfcit) . );piellJ"r):;",' defc:lted \\-. ),1. P. ).lil e hell. Siller defeat"d \\'"i n0ss and C1",~e; \\' .. J. L. Wallac" ddeated Oz,,"o ,,,,
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NEW IDEA S THE RICHTER ATTACK
by CH ARLE S SPIELBERGER ed ited by I , A , H OROWITZ
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1 he Hiehler A ttack or the SICI1!;l U DMcllse ( 1 P-K -], P·QD·I : :2 I{l·K D3. K t-Q U3: 3 p ·Q·I, Px P: ~ K: xV, K t·D3; 5 K l·QB3. P·Q3; 6 U· K K(5) bus g iven such evidences of st rength li nd has enjoyed so much pOllUlarity thnt perl'orce t here hag boon II defection in llJe m nkll or t he defenders. Somo s t ill a tt em pt 2 . . . p·Q3. hopi ng to fla nchelto the K D be fore the IJO leney uf n ·R tS Is IUllea:ohed. However, e ve n this idea hillS It >I dntw backs, since W hite !lillY e rrective ly co tll inue with the W ing Cmn bll De ren 'l!!.
Ye t. beFo re rt' lt'ga ting the defense to t he li m bo. the quclS t ion arise>!. Is i t nOt pOllJ; ih le 10 inlllro\'c Blac k 's o w ' n ing U:lC I\lll q \l c ~ I n thi !> con nect ion, we subm it the Fol lowi ng com l nnll tlon: Ii .. . P-K3; 7 Q ·Q2. U·J(2; l' 0 ·0 ·0 , KtxKt ; 9 QxK t , 0 ·0 .
" !le I ' . (I The open COII I)led wi th the of a Queen side Paw n Its!;lIu l t Illity te nd this.
It I!; interestin~ t o no te t he el'oJu tioll o r lhe fl ttack leading II I) til the s ugJ::estlon K . .. K t xK t.-l he only move to reta in tl);ht ing cha nces. T he main line recomme nded in :l1odern Choss O lle nings gives While a Il lus; I " ·K-I . 1'·Q04; 2 K t·K03, Kl·QB3; 3 P-Q I. I'xP ; ·1 K t xl\ I( t ·03: ;, Kt ·QB3. P·Q3: 6 B·KK t5. p· K3: 7 Q ·Q2, 0 ·K2: S 0 ·0 ·0 . P·QR:! : 9 BxKt. l'xB: 10 P·R·I. R·Q2 : I I 1'·8 5. a nd thc l'e is no conte ntion o n th is score.
The ~nme li: el"es·H e lnic ke. Uad Nau he im. 193i. offers a cl \1 (; to an improvement In the conduct of the ma ck forces, thus: 1 p ·K ·1. P·QIH; 2 Kt·KB3, Kl·QB3; 3 1'·'1 ·1. PxP; ,I K txP, Kt· ))3; 5 Kl·QB3, p·Q3: 6 )3·j( K1.5, P·K3: 7 Q-Q2, 13·K2; ~ 0·0·0, 0 _0 (ins teal! o r . . . P ·QRS); 9 BxK17, lJxB; )0 KtxKt, PxKt ; 11 QxP, Q·R4; 12 B·B4, B-I{3; 1311xB, UxKl -+- . Bul .. l .... l o(le l"ll Che~s OIJell ln g~" c I"iU cl ~. e ~ While's 9th move, and s uggest ll In It ~ placc 9 KKt-Kt5 with the following cun t!nuntlon : ... P·KH:I; 10 B-Kn~, P· li:~; 11 Jl·K3 -r .
Thel'e is nu 1!I~ ue to be rai sed \I·j th t he conclusion in :11. C. O. But thcl'e Is room rO I" improvement in B!lIck'l< !Ilh m ove.
We s u,!:",!:"cI!l in ilS place 9 ... (lH ·I . and we offer t he roHowill,!:" brief In liS behn lr; 10 llxKI. BxB; I I Ktx QI', I< t ·I
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Ins tructions With a IIt)'i!) of Iml!er, cov er all
tho mOI' Il!> III the box below excellt t he Il l's t muve.
~1 A.ke all the opcn l nJ: moves Oil )"OUI' board 11 11 to and Including the firs t mOI'c in the box (Wh ile 's si~ th).
Study the ]Jo~ ltion nntl Relec t D1ack' ~ reply. Write down your sillcctlu n. Thcn ex pose the next line .. IHI see Ihe move mack ac-tually made (at Ihe lefn. Score IIK r If yon picked th i ll move. If not , score 7,('\'0 , amI mnke t he co r -rect lIIilck move o n yOll r board.
Make Wh it e's next mOI'C, shown 00 th e lI lIme line, Cuntlnue ail be-for e. one line at II time. to the end or the game.
Notes on the Game Thi ll )l'ume was played lit Ostend.
1907. The o])cninJl," III the Stone-wall. I n "My System", A . N lmllo-vle ll 11f'!lcri bcs the ga m e as follOWS :
" A n excellent ex"rn ille or I)lay In Ihe o \,en li le. m"c k by I h i s. alone Im llds u" " Mlll(!rlor Ilosition and wllhollt Ihe eSla bH ~hrnelll of any outllost forces hi s way to the encmy'~ buse:'
!\'OICH I"erel" to Blaek mo\·cs.
7th: 'T'llklng atl\' R n t agc of Whitf"s m iiltake. 7 Q· DS 01' 1 Kt· H3 should have been IllaYfHI so thll t If i . . . Px1'; ~ K Px P.
8th: T he 1!J'e\lIde to subsequent fO I" (:(> ful play.
11th: ACCU rate s tl'ateg),. If now 12 I'xKt. BxH; 13 Qxll. QxB. win· ning t he exc lmngc.
12th: ~'o rc i ng the rollowlng ex· chlln,!;es. afler which W h ite is f" ced w ith I he ' '''oll iem of develol)-ing his Qn.
15th: 15 ... B·K 2 is an e xcellent aI WI'nAt!ve here.
18th : l~ . .. PxKt I" 111110 good.
22nd: In order to tie White's plCCell to the t1efc llllC o f lhe K P and QII I'.
23rd : The beginning o f a King excu rMion to lend its force In the fi na l llha~e .
28th: The falal tht'\l ~ t. White must 1I0W lo~e at least a Ilawn.
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In I~·mlnute test ~, one ef America 's lenr\!ng masters ~cored 6~
and a GIllS!; II club playe r scored 57 points In this month 's PLA Y THE
:\IAST~:I !S . Which det110l\!ltnHe~ that lu ck enter~ into the ~co re lIS
well fl S skill. Get out your hoard and pieces-or your pocket set- and
see what !lco rc YOU can m ake.
You ha"C B LACK and YOUI' IJIlI'lner I ~ I;:, A. Znosko-DOl'ov!lky ,
the aulhul' or 1111 those rll~ci !lalln,l; buoks on How Not to P lay Chcu,
etc. [ll s tt'uetlons given ~ t ler t.
Make These O pening Moves I P.Q4, P.Q4 ; 2 P. K 3, P.QB4; 3 P.QB3, P·K3; 4 B·Q3 ,Kt.QBS ; 5
P.KB4, Kt.BS. Now continue wilh the "w"es In the box be lo ......
Black Played
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12 13
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26 27
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Kt_ QKtS! __ __ ___ 5
B_ Q2 ________ ___ 2
A_ Bt __ ____ ___ __ 5
B_ Kt4! _________ 6
Kt_B7 __ ___ _____ 4
Q , B -- - - -- ______ 1 R , Q ___ ___ ______ 1 B_Q3
__ ________ _ 2
Kt_KS __ __ ____ __ 3
B_ Q6 __ _________ 4
B , Kt __ _________ 3 K _ Q2
__ __ ____ ___ 5
P , Kt ____ __ __ ___ 1 KR-QB l
___ _____ 2
R ( I ) -B6 ______ __ 2
K_B3! __________ 5
A-Kt6 _. __ ______ 3
R , R ____ ________ 2 K - Kt4
__________ 5
K _ R5 __ _________ 3
P_ QR4 ___ __ ___ __ 5
P , P ___ _________ 2 K , P ______ ____ __ 3 K _ Kt4
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B- R6 ___ ____ ___ _ 4
R , 80h ______ ____ 2 B , R _____ _____ __ 1 K _ B5
__ _______ __ 4
K-Q6 __ ____ _____ 3
Total Score _____ _ 100
Whit e Your Selection Playe d for Bl ac k' s move
6 Kt_ Q2 -------------7 KKt-B3? -------------8 BP , P -------------9 B-Ktl -------------
10 P-QA3 -------------11 0 - 0 -- -----------12 A- K l ----- --------13 B , Kt --- ----------" Q , Q -------------t5 P_R3 ---------- ---t6 Kt- Ktl -------------17 KKt_ Q2 -------- -- ---t8 Kt , Kt --- -- --------19 Kt-Q2 -------.---.-20 Kt , B -------------21 A_Ktl -------------22 P-QKt4 -------------23 K _ B l -------------24 B-Kt2 -------------25 R- K2 ------- ------26 K , R --------- ----27 K_Q2 ----- ---- -- --28 K - K 2 -------------29 K_B2 -- -----------30 P , P -------------31 K-K2 -------------32 K-Q2 -------------33 K - B2 -------------3. R , R --- ----------35 K , 8 -------------36 P_Kt4 -----_._--- --37 Resignl
Your Percentil ge __ ____ _
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READERS' GAMES Reviewed by Fred Reinfeld
[/1 fhi! d~p"rl",e"l we publiJh games hi' readers with ,mllo/,a;ons by ,/Oud rommenl,,/o, Fred [(eil/fe/d. .1'1)' ,,,buriher 10 CHESS REVIEW lJ welcome /0 /lU IlJis free sen,ire. Submit Jo tlr galliC! 10 Readers' Game.! Deparlll/ent. C!cIFSS REV!EW, 2~O Weu 57th Siren, ,'Vew York.
P laye d by Co rrespon de nce FRENCH D EFENSE
J. J, Rehr
White 1 P_K4 2 P.Q4 3 Kt_QB3
Yatron
Black P·K3 P.Q4
8·Kt5 As in the case 01' the more fre -
quent 3 ... Kt-KI33. th is compels White to make a decision regarding his K P. He cheoses the most en-ergetic and most difficult line.
4 P-K5 P-Q84
Black attacks the base or the Pawn chain- the logical procedure in th is type of position.
5 p .QR3 Bx Ktch
An exchange whose consequences are diflicult to appraise, On the one hand, White obtains two Bish. ops, a strengthening of his Pawn center, the open QK t file , H good S])ot tor his QD at QH3 'llld leaves Black with his less effecth'e Bish· 0]) . Yet the weak doubled QI3P goes far to nulli fy these g-ood points.
6 7 8
P,B Kt_B3 P_ KR4
Q_B2 Kt.QB3 . ' , .
\Vaste of time; the immediate P·QH4 rollowe d by D-R3 was in order.
8 .. .. 9 P·R4
B_Q2 P.B3
A move of Qllenionable value, as Wh ite cou ld now obtain a very strong position with 10 U-QKt5! for ir .10 . .. KllPxP; II BxKt, DxU; 12 KtxP with a magn ificent game.
10 B·KB4 Q·R4
13 0·0 QxP ( 6) 14 KtxKt QxKt 15 Q.Kt4 P. KKt3?
Serious loss of ti m e. Kt ·K2, establishi ng communication be· tween his Hooks, was much bettel'
16 KR_Ql! p.a4 ?
This time an even worse mis-take, After . .. Q·B5 there would stll1 be no attack, and Black could gl'lH]ual1y consolida te his position.
~~ Yatron
Reh r
17 Q-K2!! Q,B White's attaek mllst now triumph,
because of Black's laCk of develop· !\lent. No beher is 17 , .. Q-Kt5; 18 QII-Ktl followed by IlxPch with a winn ing position.
18 Q-KtSc h
OJ' ]8 . . . K·B2; 19 Q2: 20 Q·Q6ch, K·Kl; with a quick win, as I{t3 is impossible.
19 QxKtP 20 Q.Kt7 21 Q.a7!
K _Q l
QxBPch, K· 21 QR·Ktl! 21 . . . p .
R_Bl Q·R3 ! . . . ,
.. , R·B3 would have been an· swered in the same way, while if 22 ... P-Q5; 23 QR·Ktl in con-junction with P ·QB3 is very strong. The position is one which J'esists Dlack's best efforts to [la t ch it up,
23 RxPc h! KtxR 24 QxKtch K · K 2
Or 2·, . .. K·ll2; 25 Q·Q60h, I{. Kt2: 26 It·Ktlch and mack must likewise part with the Queen.
25 R_Kt1 Q.QKt5
The re was no othe r way to pre· vent R ·Kt7ch, for if 25 ... It·D2; 26 Q-Q6ch or 25 . . . H·QKtl; 27 QxPch, K·B2; 28 RxR, HxR; 29 QxPch etc,
26 RxQ PxR OnlinaJ'ily two HOoks are more
than a ma tch for the Queen; but here the precarious state of Black's King leads to the loss of the QKtP and then the passed Pawns are too much for Dlack.
27 Q_Q6ch 28 QxP 29 p-Qa4 30 Q·Kt5ch 31 Q-R6 32 P·B5 33 P- K 6 34 Q·Q6 35 P_B4
K·Kl R_Bl
R·Ka2 K _B l
R(I) .a2 K _Kt2
R ( Ka2 ). K2 K·a3
K·Kt2 White was
the move! hellJ less.
threatening mate on m ack is curiously
36 p -a6 37 P.R5
P· K R3 P·K Kt4
Losi n g- Quick l}". but the end was already in sight, If Ulack contents himself with )Jurely passive play ( ... K·H2·Kt2·H2 etc.) White carries out the following- steps : (1) Brings his King to K5. (2) Plays Q·Q8. (3) Plays K-Q6. (4) F;xchanges the Queen fo r both [looks.
To this the best r eply was doubt· less Q·Q2. The Pawn sacrifices which follOW are unsound: White hopes to benefit by the somewhat Insecure position of BlaCk's K ing, but this hope should com e to noth· ing with best play.
Very illlercHillg: if 22 QxT'(, K· Q2 fo llowed by . .. H-Dl and. I{t-K2 a nd White's Queen
Note that during the whole pro. is cedure, the Hooks are helpless,
11 B·QKt5? 12 axBch
KtxQP K,B
N OVEMBER, 1942
trapped,
21 . . . 22 QxKP
38 P.Kt4! Resigns
No matter how Dlack replies, White obtains two connected
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passed Pawns which must be de- With commendable sportsman-cisivo in ,:;hort order. A very ,:;hi!}, Mr. Harn!}ton has placed this pleasing" gamn which is sti ll an· gamo at Our disIJosal, des pite the other proof of the excellent chess 1 fac t that he lost it . M which our amateUl·S are capable. P layed by Corresponde nce Reader fklll" hails from Carlisle, PETROFF DEFENSE Pa.
Yale Freshman Tournament, 1942 FRENCH DEFENSE
F. S. Blacka ll, til Chri st ian White TIIack
1 P·K4 P . K3 2 P.Q4 P .Q4 3 Kt.QB3 PxP
An unusual ~ and b;b-ti(lI:T Aphy. )·'otto\\'ing; h·~.«"''' ~Iilt ~v"lbhl e , ~ on ).,' ;m,.()\';"h De-fen.,e: 2 on Q"~,( ' n" Gambil: 2 on Huy LoP(l z: 2 on Sicit ian De-fen se: 1 e Ach on ~olt c S,v~\,C ln, King;' " Tndinll . 1),, 1('/1 nCkl1~(l . Q\1 ee~ ' " Ind ;a ". He ll O]>l"ning , Frenc h Dcrc" ~c, e ll l'O-Knnn. Ai(lkh ;n()'H Dde n.< c. Each le •• on tmimool':raphe
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