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VoL XlII, No. 5 Wednesday, November S, 19S8 IS Cents

Conducted by IRWIN SIGMQND

Send sQlutions to Pooit ion No 243 to reach Irwin Sigmond, 5200 Will iamsburg Blvd., Arlington' 7, Va., by Dec. 1, 1958. With your solution, please send analysis or reasons supporting your choice of "Best Move" or moves.

I Solullon to Pasillon ND. 2U will .p_ pe~r In the D.c. 20, lUI lnu •.

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Operation I

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1000 = NEW :MEMBERS

• "These States Will Set a Fast Pace!"

"Enlisting your friends into USCF is the best way every chess player can help his gam~and his friends," according to Tom Jenkins, past Vice·President of USCF, who bails from Michig"an, the birth-place of OPERATION M (under the Tom and Jerry influenee)_ "The north central states have a very fine group of Stale Membership Chairmen," Tom states, "who are well into the task o{ intra-state organizing. This part of the country is going to set fast pace."

Membership ligures for these states, released by Fred Cramer, Gen­eral Membership Chairman, show state totals on June 5 and Sept. 5, as well as the state targets set for June 5, 1900:

Slale Population JU"" 5 S~pl . 5 . Ohio _ .. _ ..•.•....•.•. H,5~5,OOO IN I ~

Illi nois .... _ •.. _ ..• _ 9,114.000 142 14S Mlthlgan _ •..•.. _ •. 7,070,000 131 143 Wls<:onsln ..• _ ••.•. 3.~O,OOO 67 'nI M lnn~iOta ........ 3,106,000 39 58 Ind iana ~_ ........ _ 4,%80,000 ~5 4!r Missouri .•..•..•.• 4,155,000 33 38 Iowa .......• _ .......... 2,6013,000 14 1:1

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Chairma n St even MarJ;owskl J ohn No" 'ak Ed Dicke rson Frank S. InbulICh Sh~ldon Rein Mildred Mor n ll J . Donald Detlne William Goel:l Jr.

A quick run·down on stale·by-slate activity refl ects tbe /soundness of Tom Jenkins' optimism: OHIO: State Membership Cbairman Steve Markowski doubles in 'brass as President oj the active Ohio Chess Association, whose membership he has tripled, while also doubling its dues! Between June and September, Ohio suffered some drop-outs from those who joined for the USCF Open

j n·Cleveland in August, 1957. To make that up, Steve llas put none other than Willa White Owens into Cleveland as _Local Membership Chairman. Other appointments to {ollow. MICHIGAN: State Membership Chairman Ed Dickerson was tbe first to name a complete slate of local chairmen, the first to publish his own OPERATION M bull etin, and the first to send in a new member in this drive! "We'll be first next June, too," Ed challenges. "We have plans to leave other states in our dust, but if any other states have trouble, let us know and we'll show them how it's done!" His Committee includes Don Bohley, Grand Rapids; Ar t Derouin, Jackson; Don Napoli, Lansing; Tom Jenkins, Huntington Woods; Al Baptist, Ypsilanti; Tom Limperis, Inkster; and Lucille Kellner, Detroit. WISCONSIN : State Membership Chairman Frank lnbusch is the 'man who built membership In the Milwaukee Municipal Cbess Association from 38 to 72. "100 Wisconsin USCF members will be a breeze," he s tates. He has named Richard Kujoth Local Membership Chairman at Madison.

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U.S. TEAM FOURTH AT MUNICH The power·packed USSR Olympic Chess Team lived u~ to pr~ ·tour.

/lament predictions, and swept through .the eleven·round flll~l s Without losing 0. match or a game, winning eight matches, co.ncedlng dr~wn matches to Yugoslavia , Argentina, and the USA, and taking 34'h POI!lts from a possible 44. Yugoslavia, with 29 points, placed second. Argentina scored 25% to take third place. The United States p~aced a close four~h, with 24 points, and a record of four matches won, SIX drawn, and 0. sm· glc loss to Yugoslavia.

Thirty.six nations competed in the intel:national team c~e.nt, held in th e beautiful Deutsches Museum in MUnIch, Germany. DIVIded for qunlificatlon purposes into four secti~ns ~f nine tC3":1S .eacl~, 3 e~mplete round.robin was pl ayed in eacb sectIOn III the preitmlnarleS, w1th the top three teams qualifying for the twelve-team finals . The next three teams in each section qualified for another t ..... elve·team battle for Con­solation A honors. while the last three teams of each preliminary sec· tion went inlo Consolation B competition.

F inal standings in all events were : FINALS

1. USSR ............................ 34% - 9% 7. West Germany .......... 22 -22 2. Yugosl avia .................. 29 -15 8. Switzerland ................ 19 ·25 3. Argentina .................... 2M~ ·18lh 9. Spain ............................ 17 'h ·26'h 4. USA .............................. 24 ·20 10. B.ulgaria ............. .. ....... 17 -27 5. Czechoslovakia .......... 22 -22 11. England ...................... 16 .2.8 6. East Germany .. .......... 22 ·22 12. Austria ....... .. ............... 15'h -2.81h

CONSOLATION A

1. Hunga ry ......... ... .......... 31 -13 ,_ Poland .......................... 22'h -21'h ,. Nethe rlands ................ 28'h -15lfl .- Sweden ........................ 17 -27 3. Canada .... ...... ........ ... ... 24'h -19¥.: 9 . Iceland ..... :: ................. 161h ·27 'h

•• Colombia ................. ... 24% -19% "_ Finland ......... ............... 15'h -28lh 5. Israel ........ • ............. ..... 23'h ·20lh "_ France . ....................... 14lfz ·29lh 6. Denmark .................... 23 -21 12. Belgium .......... ..... ~ ...... 11 -33

- CONSOLATION B

1. Norway .... ................ .... 30 -14 .... 7. Portugal ...................... 21 ·23 2. Philippines .. .............. 291,.2·141,.2 8. Iran ............. ................. 18 -26 3. South Africa .............. 28 -16 9. I reland ........ ............... .13'h-30lh 4. Italy ............................ 26'h-17 'h 10. Tunisia ................. ....... 13 -31 5. Scotland ....... ... ... ......... 25'h-18'h 11 . Lebanon ..................... .12\k -31lh 6. Greece ........................ 25 -18 12. Puerto Rico ................ 11 \k -32'4

With an enlWuraging record in the preliminary rounds, and a bril­liant drawn match with the USSR in tlle first round of the finals, the American team seemed on .its way to a p lace in tbe sun. But unexpected

. draws and losses 10 theoretically weaker opponents in the finals cost them their chances 3S serious title contenders. The follo wing compara· tive individual scores, compiled against the same opponents tell the story.

. USA GAMES IN FINALS USSR GAMES IN FINALS

" W,n ""t Drawn W,n Lost Drawn Reshevsky ........ 2 1 5 Botvinnik ......... .4 0 3 Lombardy .......... 2 1 6 Smyslov ........... .4 0 3 Bisguier ............ 3 • 3 Keres ..... '1' .. . ..... . . 3 0 4 Evans ................ 2 1 • Bronstein ....... : .. 3 0 4 Rossolimo ....... ... 3 1 6 T.! ................... ... 7 • 2

Petrosian . ... .. . .. .4 • 3

The overwhelming USSR victory was about the only pre·tournament prediction wh ich was fulfilled, with upsets coming Irequentl~ in pre­timinades and finals. Hungary, a favorite to finish in the first five, failed to qualify for the finals. Netherlands, Poland, Iceland, and Norway were similarly disappointed. England, Switzerland and Spain played sqarply in the preliminaries and were serious threats throughout the finals. Unzicker of West Germany defeated Reshevsky in the preliminary round, while Duckstein of Austri a handed World Champion Botvinnik his ooly defeat of the event. Tal continued his winning streak from Portoroz, C<lnvinelng many of the experts that he is the strongest, most imagina· tive, and most daring player in the world today. Relegated to sixth or seventh place by thc majority o{ the pre·tournament forecasters, the United States Team confounded the experts by drawing its_ matches wit h the USSR and Argentina, aDd ~y its strong fourth-place finish ahead of Cz« hoslovakia, East and WeJ;t German teams, Bulgaria, HllDgary, etc_

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Finish It The Clever Way! by Edmund Nash

ND. 111 Pac:hm"'nn VI. P,etrosi.n • PortorOI, 1958

No, 214 , Robert Brieger

San Diego, California

In position No. 213, Black made onc move and White ~esigned .

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In position No. 214, White can Coree a draw in -four moves. The tempting 1. RxD ch(1) falls after 1. .... .... , KxR; 2. R·QI, K-B7(!); 3. K-R2, RxP(! ); 4. K-R3, KxR; 5. P-N7, RxP; 6. P·N8(Ql, R-R4 ch ; 7. K-N4, R·N4 Chi 8. QxR, PxQ; 9. KxP, P-R4 and wins.

For solutions, please turn to page 8.

Send all contributions for tbis column to Edmund Nash , 1530 28th Place S.E., Washington 20, D. C.

(OPERATION M-Continued from Page 1)

(Wisconsin USCF Di~ctor Fred Cramer is also General Chairman of OPERATION M, and Inbusch dots not surrer from lack of supervision.)

MINNESOTA: State Membership Chairman Sheldon Rein also serves as President of the Minnesota Chess Association. "We will be mailing out 450 announcements of our state tourney," he writes, "and I want- 450 USeF brochures. I believe we easily ought to double our present 50 or 60 members."

, IOWA: State Membership Chairman William F. Goetz Jr. agrees with Rein, saying "We'll double Iowa USCF membership!" His Local Mem· bership Chairmen, making him the second state organized down to the local level, arc; Lloyd Gayman, Dubuuqe; Wayne Wild, Storm Lake; Kenneth Grant,< Cedar Rapids; Dr. Julius Weingait, Des Moines; and John Ossness, who also is Secretary·Treasurer of the Iowa State Chess Association, Waterloo.

MISSOURI : State Membership Chairman J. Donald Define, who is on six months temporary duly at Obio State University in Columbus, Ohio, has named four or MissourI's best·known chess supporters to carryon as Co·Chairmen: Jim Darrough and Charlie Burton, SL Louis; and Bob Beitling and Gerald Banker, Kansas City. 'Tm positive"""e will increase USCF membership considerably in Missouri," Define writes. "These four men are enthusiastic supporters, and you'Ulind them eager and capable." What state is in betler hands?

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After three rounds of an important U. S. Tournament two U. S. masters or experts were comparing notes. One said (in eUeet) "Three games, and three draws against stupid jerks no one ever heard of!" The other said (in effect) "My score is the same. But the three gentlemen I played produced some good chess. Anyone good enough to draw with me (_n't be stupid."

Which reminds us of two widely·separated (by about 20 years) in.. eidents il}- our own chess carcer. The firsf came after a play,off game Cor a club championship had been won by your editor. The crestfallen but always-coneeited loser and runner·up extended congratulations by saying, "I don't know what was wrong with me tonight. I never played such a lousy game." The second incident occurred this past summer after a game, in which we had clobbered a visiting fireman from New York. He introduced us to a friend as a ehess·mast~r. And when we insisted upon wood pusher rath er than master status, he r eplied, "Non· sense. Anyone who beats me is a master, regardless of rating technicali-ties." .

MORAL: If there is a moral, it lies in the reply which you make to the question : which of the two masters or paragraph one, or which of your editor's opponents, do you imitate in similar circumstances?

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America's Number 1 Player Illustrates the Technique 01 Victory

B-.r International Grarnlmaster SAMUEL RESHEVSKY

, Lack of Development The principle of rapid and effective devclopment of minor pieces

in the early stages of the game can not be sufficiently stressed. Every good chess player recognizes the importance of this principle. Occasional­ly, however, every player becomes a victim of under-development. The usual reason for this is the selection of an inferior opening line.

In the following game my opponent chose an unusual variation of the Nimzowitsch·Indian Defense. The choice of a rare or new line is obviously to surprise one's opponent. This can often be extremely bene­ficial and effective, especially when the time factor is such a significant

~ factor in modern chess-competition. Extreme care is, bowever, recom­mended in the selection of new or rcjected defenses.

After nine moves it was obvious that white's development was far superior to black's. By opening up the lines the strength of white's two bishops became apparent. A gradual build-up against the black king occupied my opponent's attention, preventing him from effectively devclop in~ his queen·side pieces. NIMZOWITSCH-INDIAN DEFENSE

MCQ: P .. g~ 281 , Col"",,, 85 Not~ (L)

Rosenwald Tournament New York, 1957-58

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White Slack Reshevsky

1. P_Q4 2. P.QB4 3_ N-QB3 4. P_K3

Kramer N-KS3

P·K3 S.NS N_KS

A move very rllrely seen. I was SUr· prised by It but not shOCked. White preceeds to prove it to be a loss of time.

5. Q-S2 ... . , ... Hasty action gets white nowhere. For instance: 5. Q-N4, Nxi'l; 6_ P·QR3, B-K2; 7. PxN (7 . . QxNP? B-B3) 0-0; 8. P-K4, P·KB4 with an excellent garne.

5. .... .... P.KIW . 6. B-Q3 O'()I

GivIng a pawn for nothIng? Not quIt ... 7. N_K2 ....... .

If 7. BxN, PxB; 8. QxP, P-Q4! 9. PXP (9 . Q_Q$ Is no better, because of 9 ..... .... , Q·N4; 10. P-KN3, P·QN3 with the serious threats of PxP followed by B·N2 and B­QR3) PxP; 10. Q-Q3, Q-N4; II. P·KN3, B·KB4 with more than ample compensa_ tion fQr the pawn.

7...... ... P-Q4 8. P-QRl BxNch

I 9. PxS P-QN3 A logical WilY of trying to develop the bishop. AS will be seen, however, this Impereeptlble error tUrns out to be the cuuse of black's trOUbles. Better WaS the m(lre s(llid 9 ..... , P-QB3.

10_ PxP PxP 11. P-QB4 PxP

Black has diff!culty in maintaining his pawn at Q4. For example: 11. . .... , P-Bl; 12. PxP, PxP; 11. N_B4 threatenlng NxP and If black captures the _ knlght, he loses the queen with B·B4. (13 .......... B. N2; 14. N·K6. 13 . ........ , N·KB3; 14. BxP. Finally, if 13 ......... , K-RI; 14. p.KR4 with

17. B_N2 P.QN4 Black Is compelled to try to get rid of ODe of white's bishQPs; otherwise he would have suceombed to an Irresistible attack. In devoting his time for defen_ sive measures, black Is reluctllntly un_ able to develop hl8 pieces.

18. p·QS , N-8S 19. 8xN PxB 20. R.Ql ....... .

Better than 20. QxBP, Q·Nl; 21. Q.Bl, Q-N5 where an ending would have re_ sulted wIth somc fighting Chances left for black_

20......... Q-Q3 Best, under the circumstances. If 20. _. __ .... , PxP: 21. NxP with the nasty threat of N-BS.

:11. QxQSP PxP Relatively best was 21. ........ , Q·N5 ch, but after 22. Q-B3 (22. QxQ, PxQ would have opeDed black's queen rook needlessly) QxQ; 23. BxQ and black's chances of survival would have been POOl'.

ll. NxP ..... ...

t he thrent of P_B3 or Immediately 14. ' p -Ra.

The threats of 22. N-BS and 22. N-B7 are annoying.

22. ........ B_Rl

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12..BXPch 13. N-B4

To prevent B-Q5.

K·RI P-B3

14. P-QR4 M ......

Preventing P·QN4 and at the same time glvlng white the option of pladng his queen·bishop at QR3.

14. ........ N.Q3 , IS. S_N3 P-QR4

With the intention of anchoring his queen_knight at his QN5.

16. P·KR4 ........ (See dt"agzam top next column) After lS_ 0-0 I would have had the bette r of It, too; but the attacking pos­slb!lltles Qffered by the text-move Were too temptlng. The immediate threat is 17. P.R5 follow .. d by N-NSch culminat_ ing In mate.

16_ ... _.... R-I<1-It now 17. P·R5, P ·Rl averts the mate. The alternative IS ......... , R-B3; 17. P-RS, R·R3 would have also parried the threat, but the rook would have been In an awkward po$ltlon.

There Is nothing better. If n. . ....... , B.K3; 23. Q-B3, R-R2; 24. N-BS. If 22 ......... , R-Qt; 23_ 0-0, B·RJ (23 • . _ ...... , B.K3; 24. Q-B7, too) 24 . Q-B7, QxQ; 25. NxQ, RxR; 26. RxR and wins. IT 22 ......... , Q·Bl; 23_ N·B7, R-K5; 24. Q·B5!

23. Q-87 24_ N.N6

Simple and sufficient.' 24 .........

Q-Bl ........ p·es

There Ii; no adequate defense. If 24. R_K1: 25. R-Q8 wins. Blac k Is making a final desperate effort to save himself.

25. NxR PxP 16_ P_S4 P.R3 17: N·N6 N·Ell

Pieces have no sll1nllicance at this pOint. 2~ QxN QxP

(See diagram tDP next column) Threatening mate on the ' move.

29. BxPch After 29. QxRch, K-R2 It looks off hand as If white has no defense against the thr .. at Qf mate. Sut he does have an adequate defense with 30. R-Q2. for

POSition after 28 ......... , QxP

after 30 ...... ... , PxRch; 31. K-QI , Q-NSeh; 32. QxP, QxNPch; 31. K-B3 avoiding per_ petual check. I chose, however, the text­move, because it was a more pleasant way of finishing the game.

29. .... .... K_R2 If :!9 . ..... ... , KxB; 10. R.Q7 ch, K-Rl (30. K·BI; 31. simply Q-Q6 ch) 11. Q-B3eh, R·K4; 32. R.Q8ch, K-N2; 3$. Q-B7ch, K­Nl; 34. P-R5ch, RxP; 35. R·KN8ch, etc.

30_ Qxpch' Resigns

In the following game an in· ferior opening plus a premature attack led to a quick collapse of my opponent's position. _

ENGLISH OPENING MCO: Page 332, Column ,

Manhattan-MarshaU Match New York, 195.!J

White Black S. Reshevsky

I. P.QB4 S. Bernstein

N.QB3 An attempt to steer known Uncs_

away from

1. N-QB3 p·K4 3. N·El3 P-Q3 4. P-KN3 B.K3

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Might be an Indication that black has intentions of casUlng on the queen.slde.

S. ~·Q3 B_K2 , 6. B·N2 Q-Q2 1. 0-0 B_R6

To tTy to get rid of white's king_bishop Is a good Idea, hut not at the expense (If losing time. Preferable was 7 ......... , N_B3 followed by castling on_ the king­slde.

8. P·Q4 P-KR41? AmblUous, courageous but unwise. Safer -was 8 ........ . , BxB; 9_ KxB, PXP: 10. NxP, N·Bl In which black has the worst of It, but is not lost.

9. PxP 8xB 10. KxB P-R5 11. PxQP RPxP

po;stlon after 11. PxQP

Black \s forced to sacritJce II piece. It II_ ........ , BxP; 12_ N-K4. tt 11. • ....... , BPxP; 12. N.Q5---ln either cue black has no visible comperisatlon for the pawn.

Qbess rife W~dn(sJtrj, Page 3 Noytmb~T 5, 1958

12. PxS Q-R6ch 13. K-HI P-N7

RelaUvely best was 13_ ........ , N.K4; 14 • BPxP, NxNch; 15. RxN, QxRPeh; 16. K·Bl, NxN (16 ......... , Q_Rlich; 17. K_B2, R_R7ch; 18. K-K3, Q-N7; 19. N-Q5 and wins. 17_ B·K3, N·B4 with SOme fighting chances.

14. R-KI KNxP 14 ......... , N·K4 Is met by 15 ....... _., B-B4.

15. S·B4 ........ Black'S attacking chances have suddenly completely disappeared.

15. ........ R·Qt 16. N-QS N·N3 11. B-N3 ........

If 17. BxP, N(N3)-K4~ IT 17. NxP eh, K-BI; 18. B_Q6 ch, K-NI and the threat oC N_K4 could have caused annoyance.

17 . .. ..... ~ K-BI 18. Q-N3 P-B3 19. QR·Qt N(N3).K4 20. NxN pxN 21. QxP R-Q3 22. R-Q3 ........

Also good was 22. QxBP, R-N3; 23. BxP. 22. ........ R(Q3)_R3 21. Q-RBch K_B2 24_ R_B3ch Resigns

McCORMICK WINS SOUTH JERSEY OPEN

Edgar McCormick of East Orange won the Third Annual South Jersey Open played at Ham­monton, New Jersey by scoring 4-1 in a 22 entry, 5 round Swiss. Rohert Durkin tied McCormick in game points (also in median and Solkoff points) but took second place when his 11 S·B points just failed to match McCormick's 12. Gustave Krauhs of Trenton topped a four-player tie for 3rd-6th places ahead of Alan Spielman, Michia! Rotov and Leonard Streitfeld, eaeh scoring 3%-lIh . Thomas Serpico, H. A. Wright, Robert Lincoln placed in that order, 7th to 9th, after their 3-2 tie had been broken.

MORAN TAKES ATLANTIC COAST AMATEUR TITLE

Dick Moran of the Jamaica Chess and Checker Club scored 5-1 to top the 34-player entry Jist of the Atlantic Coast Amateur Champion, ship at Asbury Park. Rated 14th among the entries, he upset the pre-tournament calculations in winning his first tournament.

Dr. Edward Epp, research scien­tist from Hartsdale, N.Y. placed second with 4% -1%.

Third to ninth places were taken by the following players, each of whom scored 4·2; William B. Long; Joe Ricbman; William Fredericks; Norman' Hurtlen; Homer Jones; Gustav Krauhs; R. T_ Durkin.

UNDERWOOD PANHANDLE OPEN CHAMP

R. S. bnderwood of Lubbock, Texas, scored 4% points to take the tiUe in the Senior c1-ass of the Panhandle Open at Borger, Texas_ The event drew 31 Senior and 12 Junior entries from Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, and Kansas.

Max Burkett of Memphis, Jack Shaw and Benjamin Thurston of Albuquerque, each scored four points.

In Junior competition Neil Wil­son of Plainview scored 4% points, topping his closest competitors Garry Simms and H. P. Killough by a full two points,

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Vol. XlII, Number 5 November 5, 1958

Publlahed twice . month on the Ith and 20tb by TH.I!: UNITED STATES CH);.SS FEDERATION. Ente red al second el.u matter September S, 1946. at the post office at Dubuque. Iowa, under the act of Marcb I . 1879.

Editor: FRED M. WREN POSTMASTER; Pi ..... r.turn uncl,lIv.ubla copl .. with Form 1519 to Kannatt! Hukn ..... USCF Bu.inn. Mana .. r, to East 11th Str .. t, N.w York :I. N. T.

Whenever we hear a master or an expert annotator dismiss an opening or a sUf;gested line or play with these words, we are reminded of the story, probably apocryphal, of tbe aeronautical engineer examin. ing the carefully scaled blue·prints prepared by a facetious designer, showing the wins ·spread and fuselage of a bumble·bee. Thinking that the drawings represented another impractica l airplane design. he threw them down with the classic remark. "It'll never get of! the ground!"

Now it is generally admitted. that bumble·bees do achieve flight. And, with increasing frequency, the opening or variation in chess whieh bas been refuted or disr egarded in the past, comes to life as a practical and dangerous weapon in the hands of one of today's masters. As one example, we cite Botvinnik'S success against Smyslov with the almost­Obsolete Caro-Kann. As a potentia l example. we mention Bob ' Durkin's 1. N-QR3, the move which constitutes the opening popularly known as the Durkin Attack. Perhaps we should have said unpopularly known, for the constantly.increasing list oC masters and experts who bave turned down their king in defeat after a game which Bob has opened in this fashion contains few, if any, names of players who will concede that the Durkin Attack contains any degree of merit.

Off-beat theories and bizarre openings are not new on the kaleido­scopic chess scene. Tart.akower·s "Orang-dutang" and "Sanlasiere's Folly" made no lasting impact on master chess. Franklin K. Young's attempts to interpret chess in terms of mili tary tactics are unknown to tbe major­ity of today's players. We venture to predict that the Durkin Attack will have longer life, due principally to the ornery nature of most chess players. who, when playing Black against 1. N-QR3, devote more time and thought to rc!utation 01 the move than they do to tbe ga me whicb develops from it.

Now Bob Durkin is one of the country's s trongest amateurs, and he has the courage of his con\' ictions. No matter how important the tournament, or whether his opponent is master or woodpusher, when­ever Bob plays the white pieces he opens with 1. N·QR3. Within the last 14 months he has played it and won against Collins, Fwter, Turiansky - masters all- and a dozen USCF-rated experts. His games have at­tracted attention in tbe British and Frencb chess press, to the extent that his opening will probably be included in the next edition of MCO.

As a public service to CHESS W ' E readers your editor will now tell you how to beat the DUl'kin Attack. Just regard 1. N·QR3 as a wasted move whieh gives you, as Black. a tempo and the initiative. Forget about the knight. grab the center, castle queen·side, and play chess. Then. iI you are :m expert or master, you should either draw or win-you cel'­tainly should not lose. l£, like your editor, you are in the 1600 class, or lower, you will probably lose, exactly as you would if he played 1. P-K4 or 1. P·KR4-not because of his brilliant and mystifying opening move, but simply because he is a stronger player than you are. Don't, however, brand the opening as no good until you have demonstrated its worthlessness. You might lind yourself as embarrassed as the aero­nautical expert who proclaimed the bumble-bee's inability to fly. -A.J ..A J.I.pp~ Bu.tU.~ 50 'ljou

With every publication in the United States extending editorial congratuations 1.0 THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR on its 50th birthday. it see~ particularly fitti ng lor CHESS LIFE to join the chorus, since Cew, it any, AmeriCan newspapers have carried the banner of American chess so far for so long a period. Our superficial research on the subject has not established the date on which the MONITOR began to carry a weekly chess column to its readers throughout the world, but it is believed that the £irs t column, edited by the late George Babbitt. came into being at least Corty years ago. When he died in 1009, the Sports Editor of the MONITOR· tapped a young student who had just finished Cour years at Board 1 for the Harvard Team, and whose ac­complishments in intercollegiate chess, as repor.ted by Mr. Babbitt, had made the name of Frederick Chevalier Camiliar tbroughout the editorial quarters. For more than twenty·nine years he has carried on. We, per­sonally. have seen his column in chess clubs in England, France, Hotland. Germany. Switzerland. and Canada, and we know that it has been highly respected in several other countries. In keeping with the policy of his USC'" M.mbershlp Dun. InclUdJnj lub.cr1pUon to Chell Ufe, pertod.lcal pUbU. ntton of national chesl raUn,. In III other pr1vlle,el: ONE YEAR: $J.OO TWO YI!ARS: If.sa THREE YEARS: $13.50 LIFe: $100.00

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, paper, his column has always featured objective, factual. and literate eovel'age of the chess scene, and while congratulating the MONITOR on its birthday, we include congratulation for acquiring and retaining the services or a columnist of Mr. Chevalier's statul'e. And to him go our thanks for ne:lI'l)' thi r t.y years of work, atl oC which has been bene-ficial to Amet ican chess. -

Mr. S. H. ln"mann of Irvln!jllon. New Jersey, wrote. II follows. to oUr Probl. m Editor. Mr. Gabor:

'" Ju. t re.::elved CHESS LIFE of September 20th with the re port of USCf' Membeuhlp a nd DIrector mcellnl!. There are reports sbout a ll kinds Of past and comln, ehess affair •. but nowhe re Is there 8ny men tioning of Cheu Probh; ms. Not even sueh an Important eve nt as the "Gam age Memorial" was found wonh· .... h Ue 10 be mentioned In the report. Maybe It has to do with the raet , that the Buslnefl Mana,er and Membership Secr., tary Mr. Harkneu is not Interested at a U In proble ms. a. he told me In Asbury Park.

Such Importa n t cheu pa per. "$ the Chess Review ha. nO problem eolumn. In Europe n ear ly evc r)' Im por tant chess tournament sta r ts with an open

IOh'ln, eontell. where l to 4 different problems are given to some Ume. UO SOIVH' and those wllh the . hort<,sl snlvlng time fo r complete lolutlon. , et Pr1US. 4I'

Yo ur proble m column Is In the whol" very good. But It IRke. for a ,ood solver ~ to 6 ~ eau 10 come to the top . Since I 8m already 62 yeaT' old. who kno ... ·5 If I li ve so long ?

If yo u would In future give specIal prl~es for such contests as the "Gam.,e Memorl~ I " It would bo already li n Improvement .

I take Ihl' opportunity to thank you, Mr. Gabor, ror "II you arc doing for the U. S. Problcm. f rlends!"

Don't get d IICOUra,N, Mr. Helnem.n. Our USCF Chen bv Mall prol.ct, Ilk. Chl$1 Probl,ml. wil d lscun.d only In committee, and d Id not r •• eh the agenda of .I'her g.n. r. 1 milling. If OPERATION M goes over to the extent that the USF fln.nc • • ruch the b'uk·lnk sIde of the ledger, we . h . 1I be lObi. to Sillily tha d.mands of •• v.rlOl sp.cl.Hnternt groups of m. mber_mono th. m th . prob­lem fans. Ed.

Ollv. r S. T 'ylor of Sp.in!jlfleld, Ohio wrltn: _ '.'1 " 'ould like to' !lOke this opportunity to I'''press my admlrttlon for the Job

you a re aU doin l: . The whole tone of the USCF hat chan,ed since I wa. Intro­duced to It II yur ago. You ha ,'e , ra,,'n up and becom e errecUve at th" same tln'e. Most Impressl,'e.

Just one requclt- t ry to gc t PIO I Benko I Job In I che$!l town. It would be • ,rI'll H rvlce to all of uS who wb h to nu rture ,reat chess In this country."

Sinc'tM curr.nt Inue Of the CLEVELANn CHESS BULLETIN .flt .. th.t Grlndmll'e. B.nko Is due beck In Cleveland In December, . lte r vulous axhlbltlon 'ou,. In Europ., IOnci since CI.vel.nd Is deflnlt.ly a "ch.u town," w •• uu",. th.t Mr. T.I,ylo r'S r . qu.st hll bu n tak.n car. of satisfactorily. If not, watch out, CI._ li nd; MllwlOuka. might !jIrlb h im. Ed.

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to get II ehen elub s tarted. COUld you $end me any Information pertalnln, to tbis? I would apprce l:lte It very mueh.

SIne . 'h I. II • difficult m.h.r to hindle by remote control . w. PIIS th. buck to IlIInoll or!jl.nlu,rl, ... klng th.m to give Lirry the Information and h.lp need. d. Ed.

TWO NOVEMBER 2BTH, 29TH & 30TH, 1958 ' 1. Third Annual Long Island Amateur Championshir-in eo·

opention with the Civic Center Chen Club at 157 Mon­t. gue Str •• t, Brooklyn, N.Y. (Take BMT to Court St., or IRT to Bora Hall or CI.rk St., or INO to Bora Hall. Ample p. rk· ing after 7 p.m.,

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Condi tions and times of play are the same (or both tournaments! Open to all exce pt rated masters. Winner awarded engraved GOLDEN KINGS Trophy. Engraved GOLDEN KINGS medals to 2nd and 3rd piace fin ishers. 1st and 2nd in Classes A, Band C. All tropby and medal winners, plus top two unrated players. awarded chess books as prizes.

Six round Swiss. All entrants play in one event: no division into groups or cl asses. Every player has chance to win the title. Harkness pairings. 50 moves in two hours. Unfinished games adjudicated. Per­formances rated by USCF. Directors: Kenneth Harkness (Pittsburgh); Frank Brady (Brooklyn).

Entry Fee $5 to USCF members. Non·members must pay additional $5 dues. Mall entry to address below. or register at playing site on Fri­day, November 28th between 6:30 and 8 p.m. Play starts at 8:30 p.m. sharp. Last round ends about 7 p.m. Sunday.

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OF PLAY By International MASTER WILLIAM LOMBARDY

World JWlior Champion

lVORl~D CHAMPIONSHIP CHESS The Interzonal Tournament at Portorel, Yugoslavia did not exactly

start of[ with a bang! All the players with a lew notable exceptions seem to be in a mood of utter passivity accepting draws in ten or fif­teen moves or else playing so entirely careful that they arrive at posi­tions where there is not the slightest chance to play for the win.

In Ihis tourney six arc destined to go on to the 19:>9 Candidates Tournament, the winner of whicb shall struggle with Botvinnik in a 1960 match for the World Championship_

This being the case onc would think that the participants would endeavour to keep the games lively so that the possibility of winning would be greater. However, they have adopted the famous policy of watchful waiting and while they watch and wait Tahl and Petrosyan are running off with the honor and two of the six precious qualiCication places. •

In a ll fairness though I must say tbat Gligoric and OIalsson have been playing some of the best chess in the tourney but have met up with some bad luck which is hurting their chances. Gligoric lost winning games against Sherwin and OIafsson and OIafsson lost winning POSI­tions with Neikirch and Rossetto.

They say that chess is a difficult game but onl) never knows exactly how difCicult it really is until he plays in a nerve·shredder such as a twenty-one round international tournament where every half point might mean the difference between qualifying or not.

Fuster for example had seven complctely winning positions from ten games with the others heing dead drawn. You may have an idea of his result but if you don't here it is: two draws!

I shall give some more highlights of th..e tourney in a late r issue. Meanwhile I give you what I think is t he best game up to round ten plus an example of Gez3 Fuster's hard luck. I would like to say en passant however that Fuster usual­ly takes two bours and twenty-nine minutes for the first fifteen moves and is left with only sixty seconds to play the remaining twenty-five.

(Editor's Nole: If Ihe Itnf .. seem 11 bit ml_ed In Ihe foreS'olng Itxt, It Is because the article WllS written during the PorlotOI tournament, ~fore the .,11(le on Bobby Fische r, wnlch w. pub­Illned In th .. October S Inue.)

KING'S INDIAN DEFENSE White BllIc:k

B. L.rsen S. Gligoric: Denmark Yugoslavia

1. P·Q4 N·KB3 2. P·QB4 P.KN3 3. N·QB3 IS·N2 4. P-K4 P-Q3 5. g·K2 0-0 • • N·83 P_K4

or all the pOSitions in 1M KlnS". 1od1an this Is the most infamous. While', prob­lem 14 whAt to play!

(a) 7. 0 ·0 leads to thc well known NaJdor f variation where fOllows 7. ... ..... , N-B3; 8. P'QS (B. 1',,1'. PXP is completely even) N·K2; 9. N·Kl, N·Q2, 10. N·Q3, P·84; 11. p .B3, P.B5. A posl­Uon wllh equal chanen but where Il\ack 's king side attack a lways aeems to be more dangerous. (Re,hevsky vs. Lombardy, 1958 U. S. Cbamplonsblp I , a goad example.) (h ) 7. B.N5 al.o seeTn.ll to Iud to noth­Ing /Ift e r 7 .•.......• P·KR3; 8. B.R4, QN­Q2; 9. 0·0, P-B3 with At least equal ch~nce. for Black. ICI 7. PxP, PXP; 8. QxQ. RxQ; 9. N_ Q5~ NxN; 10. BPx..'1, P_QB3! with equal. Ity.

It appears tbat we still have not wIved \hc problem. What must White do?

7. p·QS! ...••... 'fhls Is considered the best of All the ~lternatlvel. True It's an Old lug but Swart:t hn his difficulties ':Iga ln ~t It. Let ul Ice how Black tries 10 solve this problem.

7. . •.... _ 8. N-Q2 ....... .

The well traveled route Is 8. 0·0, N­B4: 9. Q.B2, P·QR4; 10. P·QN3, N·Kt; 11. N·Q2. p ·B4 with tt fighting Rame.

8. •....... p .QB4

EXee!!e:!! ~~~e3!must open the- Que'en's side before Black can bellln Ills Klne:'s attaek. '. . ...... .

10. P·KR4 .• _ .... White likes to burn the Cindie At bOth end • . 1>t:.e ... ~~ .. the point Is ~'~4 R·QNt.

II. P·R5 N·B3 12. RPxP RPxP 13. N_83 N·B2 14. N_KNS Q·K2 15. Q.Q] P·BS

White s~ms to be forcing all the pl.y but he sUII h as a surprise In sto re for "m.

16. B-Q2 A preplrl tory move. ImmedJately.

I '. . ... ... . 17. P_KN3?

........ Better wn P·QN4

Position after 11. P_KN31

WhIte Is under the wrong ImprelSlon that he tin attack on the KEng '. wIng. The point Is that be u n It he tim settles the situation on the Queen flank with P.QN4!

17 •. _. __

18. N·R3 ..... -"aJack mu.1 be desperate. I 1m going to win. pawn."

18. . ... ... . P·ON.I "I offer a gtft." Grecian or Yugoslav U'! all the I~me.

n. NPIIP KPIIP 20. BIIN • __ ..•

White tlnnol permlt N·K4.

... '11. NIIBP •..•.•..

"Ha! You see? I have a clear pawn more with a strong attack!"

21. ........ RII"!U -

POSition Iner 21 • •....•.• , RIINtI

"Here, go a head and make • pig of younclf."

:no BIIR PxP 23. QIIP N·N4!

The point of the varlous ucrlflees II now clear. White King position Is unsafe and he hn weaknesses on both White and Black SQURres.

24. K--Q2 ........ What else can he play?

24. .. .. .... R·K81 25. 8 ·K3 B_B6I 26. KR.KNI NlCN 27. Pd4 BIIKP U . Q._KI ~_._.

Docs WhUe think 'or winning! I don't think 10. He Is only looking tor In op· portunlty to return the elll:cbange .0 h e may have drawing chinen.

28. ........ B-B4 2f. Q. N3

threat was 29 .......•.• 2 •• ........

......... Q·N21

P-8S1

pO$ltlon .fter 29 ••.•..•.• , P.BSI

30. Q.P R_81 Black's pieces Ire too' active. WhIte b helpless Also hopeless..

31. Q·1!;4 32. K-K2

"Oh how Can 1 end the White monarch.

32 •........ 33. K·1l4 3-4. K_K2

White resIgns. Mate is they .. y.

Q-N4ch QxPch B-Q6ch

un.voldable, as

CARD·KAN DEFENSE

White Blaek

D. BrO""el" G_ Fulfer USSR Canada

1. P·K4 P-Q1S3 2. N-QB3 P-Q4 3. N-I(B3 B·NS

This deren,e hn been revtve4 due to Botv1nnlk', experiments 'WItb S. ___ ,

"or W~J"tJJ4f, P.ge 5 ((bess )..1 e NORmlm J, J918 • •

l]...N5Jn hl$ recent match with v. Sm~ lov. There mu.t however still be much analy!l . done before we mAy come to any eonchulon.

4. P ·KR3 BlCN . 5. QIII!; P·K3 ,. P_R3 _

So far Sm),.tov "'. Botvinnlk but bere Bronstein choase. to vary. The "new move" does not give Black &IlJ' dllrk:nUy In equalWng.

, . ._..... PIIP 7. NlCP N-Q2 8. B·K2 KN-83 9. P·Q3 8·K2 10. 0 ·0 O·Q 11, Q.N3 ..... _

White alwa)'s seem, to have the better or It but neyer quite enough to win. 11. N.N3 might have been " better .t. ternativ. In order to keep pieces on tbe board.

11. _ •.. _. NIIN 12. P.N Q.Nl!

Gaining time for development . WhIte must take time to defend his QNP.

13. P.K5 ....... . A simple R·QNI Immediately It: better.

13. ..•..... K_Rl There w81 a threat.

14. P·Q!3 _ ... _ Nov; R·QNI rollowed by p .QN:J-8·N2 caJUlot be plAyed because Q-B4 is threat­ened.

14. . ...... . 15. R-QNl

Now White hu nothing he does It!

QR-Ql ........

else to

15. ........ Q-B4 16. 8.KB4 P-KN41

d. ~

An Intcrestlng Idett whlcb beg1na the complications. It Is nf!CelSary for BlACk to keep eounter·play aJlalnst the WbHe .kIng pawn as long as J>O$SIble.

17. B·K3 Q·R41 Who sel.'! the tup~

I'. B-Q4 19. B·R5 20. QR_KI

R·KNI R-N2 Q.82

White still mu~t WOIT), about hll kin, pawn.

21 . R.K4 22 . R_K2 23. B_K3

N-84! N·N6 ....

N-B4 Is beUer. 24. 8 .8) R(4)-41 25. B_K4 N·B4 26. BIIN __

Now White doc. this because be en­visions an aUaek lllong the White squares. H~ might simply have retrtAted his Whlle'lquared Beer-shop.

26 ......... BII8 21_ K_Rl K-Nl

Now I3lack (Fuster ) I! ulUAI h .. to m,ke umpt«n moves In less tb;n • m1DUt ... We know what h;ppens dOD't we!

2 •• B-B2 K·Rl n . P·KB4 PIIP 30. Q.P QR_KNI 31. P·QN4 8_K2 32.. Q .R' IS-N4 33. Q·R5 Q.!(2 34. P_KN3?1 _ .. _

Thirty mInutes left! 34 •. _ ... _

". ". PIIP .. ..p. R(2j·K82

P_KB41

"" R·N4"

Potl1lon ,fit' '" _-. R·"411

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36 . •..•....• RlCP; :rr. ~, Q_N2! 38. J:l..N8. RxB; 39. RIIR. QxR; 40. QxQ, RJlQ; 41. R.137, R·N2 wltb a drAW! Ah C'en 1a vtet

37. Q·R' RxP Too late for learl.

38. RlCB R.N2 39. B-K4 P_K4

And Black r u1rns. He ~ b i d five ICC· onds to dO IO!

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GAMES USCF MEMBERS Annoroted by Ch ... Master JOHN W. COLLINS

USCP MEMBERS; Submit )'0lIl' !Hit ~_u /or Ihu Jrpc'mnU ,. JOHN W. COlllNS, 91 UnOlt Ro.ui, Broo!'l,1t 26, N. Y. Sp.I« wg "mufti, Mr. ColliN riJ s~i~(t thr most iltlnrsting .nul inst""t;", for tyb&41ion. /.1ft/,II 011,. •• ;', d61M ""u. 10 S<lmu 41r by Mr. Cofliru.

LOUIS J. WOLFF Louis J. Wolff, a prominent

New York attorney, former profes­sor at New York Law School, and a governor of the Marshall Chess Club, was captain and second board for the 1906 Columbia University Chess Team in its Cable and Inter­Collegiate Matches-when the im­mortal Capablanca bandied its first board! With the same combi· native skill wbich marked his play in those days, the Columbian sacri­ficed his Queen and two Rooks to. win this little gem a few months ago.

MAX LANGE ATTACK MGO 9: pa,r 19

Metropolitan League New York, 1958

Notes by John W. Collins

White Black J. SANDOW L. J. WOLFF (Qveens C. C.) (Marshal! C. C.)

1. P·K4 P·K4 2. P·Q4 ...... ..

The opening runs through tha Center Game. the Saokh Game. and then settles on a version of the Max Lange Attack. -

2. ........ PxP 3. N·KB3 N·QB3 4. B-QB4 N·B31

On 4. . ....... , B·N4 ah, White obtain.! good play after both 5. P·B3, PXP 6. 0-0, PXP 7. BxP. and 4 ......... , B·NS <;h 5. P.B3, PXP 6. 0·0, P·Q3 7. P·QR3, B.R4 8. P·QN4, B·N3 9. Q·N3 and 10. NxP.

5. 0·0 P·Q3 The main line of the Max Lange At­tack continues 5. .. ...... , B-B4 S. P·KS. P·Q4 7. PxB. .

. "6. N·N5 ........ This amhltlous mOve turns out badly. White should he content with 6. NxP.

6. ........ N·K4 1. B·N3 ....... .

Better is 7. QxP, for If 7 ......... , P·B4 8. Q·B3, p.l{R3 9. N·B3 (B. p .B4? NxB 10. QxN4 PxN 11. PXP, B--K3 12. Q·N5 cb, N·Q2 wins).

7. .. ...... P·KR3 B. P·K84 ....... .

If 8. N·KB3, B·NS and BlaCk remains with a material and positional advant­

'age. B. .. ...... 9. PxN 10. P·B3

"N . PxP

........ White's aversion to regaining Pawns deters 10. BxP, B·K2 11. Q.B3.

10. ........ B.QB4 ' Black threatens 11. ........ , PXP cll and

deploys the KB for the coming mating attack.

11. K·Rl ll. BxP 13. BxP ch

It 13 ......... , KxB 14. QxB.

... , B·KN5

K.Q'

14. Q.KI QR.KBI IS. B·N6 P-Q61

Threatenlng IS . .. ...... , B·K7 17. R·BS, N· N'.

16. P·N4 ........ It IS. B·B5 ch, BxB 17. RxB, f':I"·N5 18. p. KR3, RxR 19. PxR, P·K5 forces mate. And If lB. BxN. RxB 17. RxR (17. B·m ch. BxB 18. Rx8, RxR 19. PxR, P·KS ZO. P·KR3, P ·KB wins) QxR 18. B.B5 cb, BxB _ 19. PxB. QxP wins.

16 ......... 17. N.Q2

pr 17 ....... .. , K·BI In the next-note. . 18. N·84

B·N3

"K' - to aVOid the

........ llo,

W~dMSdll'l, Page 6

fVl>ytmb~r 5, ?9j?

This move costs at least n piece. The strongest continuation Is 18. B·B5 eh, J(.Ql 19. N·B4, Q·K2 20. NxB, RPxN 21. R·H2.

18. ........ ~.N51 Threatening 19 ..... .. .. , RxP mate 19 . ....... . . QxB.

1'. P·KR3 20. RxR

... RxP ch!

Position after 20 ......... , RxPchl

And mate In two with 21. PxR. QxP ch 22. R·B3, QxR. A real sparkling finlshl

SICILIAN DEFENSE

MCO 9; Page 13 4, Column 67

S. California Championship 1957

• NOles by US. Exput N ejl Fa/.o.1tT

(Reprinted from. M, CALIFORNIA

White

G. RAMIREZ 1. P·K4 2. Kt·KB3 3. P-Q4 4. KtxP 5. Kt-QB3 6. B·K3

Black J. CROSS

7. P·B3 O.() 8. Q.Q2 Kt·B3 'I. 8.B4 KhcKt 10. BxKt P-QR3

Now White can play 11. P·QR4 and 12. 0 ·0 with a fln e game. But White cor· rectly estimates he can keep the Q,slde under control after 11. 0 ·0·0 while pres· sing his own attack on the K·slde.

11. 0·0·0 P·QKt4 12. B·Kt3 B-Q2 13. P·Kt4 P·QR4 14. Kt·QS

White relieves the pressure on his Q. ' side by advancing In the center. White th,'eatens 15. KtxKtch and Black's Pawn position wiU be mined.

14 •. _...... KtxKt 15. BxB KxB 16. BxKt , R·Bl

This and the next move are the decisive mistake, Black Is already threate ning to win the White B by 17 ........ P·K3 and 18 . ... ..... , P·M. H ad Black played 16 ......... , R.KQtl. then after 17. P·QR3 (to provide a hole for the B) 17 ..... ~ .. P·Kt5 Is very strong (18. PxP. PXP and 19 ......... Q·R4 and If 20. K.Ktt. R·QRl ). U Instead White play~ 17. P·K5 (to answer 17 ..... ... . PXP by 18. Q·B3, regaIning the P by threat of 19. B·B6), then 17 ......... P·K3; 18. B·K4, P·Q4; and 19 ......... P.Kts. 20 ......... Q·Kt3, 21. ........ P·R5. 22 ... : .... . R-Bl and an eventual P·KtS give Black a threatening attack. As Black plays It, he has no pressure on the Q.slde to counte~ Whlte's on the K·slde.

17. P.QR3 B·K3 lS ......... R·QKtt is still the right move. although White might now try the Odd· looking 19. P·Kt4,

18. P·KR4 '" 19. Px,!

Position

And now Black's position ' has suddenly become desperate . n, for exam"le. the plausible move 19 ... ...... Q·Kt3. 20. QR·KI. R·B2; 21. P·RS, R·KRI; 22. PxP, BPxP; 23. R·K6 with a tremendous al:tack. Black must find some answer 10 the threat of P·R5.

19 . ........ P·83 To answer 20. P.RS with

20. QR·Kl Presumably to prevent varia tion.

21) . ... _ ... P·Kt4. R·BS

Q.Q4 in some

21. P·Kt3 22. P·KtS

If 22 ...... ... P.B4. 23. P·R5.

R·B4

'" 23. PxP _ ......

And now the threat is 24. Q·Q4ch, K.Ktl. and 25. RxRP leading to a rapid win.

23. ........ K·Kt1 24. R·K61 Q.B2

The only w,ay to try to save the K·s:lde Pawns was by 24 ......... Q·KI (to meet 2~. Q.BlI,) but White can then play 25. R"RP! . KxR; 26. Q.R2ch, K.Ktl; 27. Q·R6.

25. Q·R2 K·B2 Not 25. R·B2; 26. RxPch.

26. QxPch _

~~-27. QxKtPeh 28. Q·K4 2'1. R·Kl 30. RxP

R/ B6xBP Q·B4

31. R.K8ch? 31. P·QKt4 forcing Black's Q away trom the P at Q3, wins at once.

31 ..... .... 32. Q·K1ch 33. RxR 34. K-Q2

K·B2 K·Kt3

QxRPch

U 34. K·Kt1 ? 34 ... : .. ... RxKtPch leads to perpctual check.

34. ...... .. K·B2 35. K·K2 RxR 36. QxR Q.K5ch 37. K·Bl Q-RSch 3S. K·B3 ........

White must return to R to avoid per· petual check. And n ow it lookS like a long tough game for White to wln_ but he Win.!' it qulekly .. '

3B. ........ QxR _3'1. QxPch K·Kt2

40. Q.B6ch K·R2 41. Q-Q7ch K·Rl 42. QxP Q·R8ch 43. K·K3 _

.. .... .. by simply marching his K to QKtS. 43. .. .. .... Q.KtSch 44. K·K4 Q.Kt1ch 45. K·KS QxKtPch 46. K·Q6 Q.Kt3ch 47. K.BS QxPch 43. K·Kt6 Q.B7ch 4'. Q·BS ReSigns.

ROCKET RIDE! ENGLISH OPENING

MCO; Page 334. Col. 17 7th Midwest Open,

Omaha, Nebraska. 1957 No/,s by u.s.

JOHN RAGAN White

1. P·K3

Exput Don D~fj"t

JOHN ALLEN Black

. ....... This modest mnve goe~ by the name of Van·t Kruys Opening. It usuB]ly transposes Into an EnSUsh Qf q4een fAwn game.

I. 2. N.RB3 3. P·B4 4. PxP 5. N·B3

N·KB3 '.Q' P·B4 N.'

The pOSition Is nOw Identical to Keres­Fine (USSR_USA Team Match 1(46) "'ihch continued 5 . ......... NxN; 8. NPxP. P.KN3; 7. Q.R4ch. N..Q2; 8. B·R3, · Q·B2; 9. B·K2. B·N2; 10. 0·0, 0·0; 11. P·Q4. P·QR3; 12. P.B4, P·K4 wi th compllca· tlons.

•• .. ...... QN·B3

•• B·N5 N.N ,. NPxN B·Q2 ,. 0·0 P·QR3

•• B·K2 P·K4

". P·Q4 BPxP 10 ........ .. P.R5; I I. N.Q2, P·B4 would prohahly lead to a premature opening of the p<»;ltion (for Black) after 12. P·IlS (Q·N4; 13. N.B4).

11. KPxP .. .. .... Typically Raga n. Most players possibly would shun the Isolanl by 11. BPxP. PxP; 12. NxP(Nili?; 13. Qi'N, B·Ia; 14. -R.Nl hitting both Knight Pawns) B-K2; 13. B-B3 but t his would ellmlnate the attacking atmo$phere.

11. ........ 12. PxP 13. B·Q3 14. R-Klch IS. B·NS 16. Q·K2 17. B·Q2

,., B·g3

B.KNS N·K2 Q·Q2

· P·B3 0·0

Allen has successfully coped with , the "pen King Jile and Its reSlI,ltant p~ns. SInce stage .one has bur ned out, Ragan ignites stage two·selzure of the King file .

lB ...... B4ch 1'. P.KR3 20. B·K6 21. Q.K4 22. p·QS 23. B·B4

K·Rl B.R4 Q. Kl Q·B3 Q;Kl .. ~ ....

Whlte ' has made much progress cramp· ing Black's game. ~ow he hopes to destroy the blockade on his passed Pawn.

23 . .... .. .. 24. Q·Q4 25. N·R4 26. QBxB 27. QR·Ql

B·N3 Q·Ql

B·KB2 ... QR-Ql

Stage two has gone ·as tar as posslhle and a successful ·outcome appears dubi­ous since Black'S game begins to look menaclng. Stage three--A diversion .

2a. Q.R7 B·R4? 2'. P·N4 B·B2

Compare this pOSition with that after Black's 27th. White has heen given two tempi whleh he uSeS to advantage..

30. BxB RxB 31. QxNP R·Q2

. 32. N·B5ll

•

SHAZAM!! A kicker and a half (with TCP)

32. ........ NxN 32. .... ..... RxQ sets up a knlght fork with 33. NxQ. Or 32. ......... QxP; 33. QxQ wins and on 32 .......... Q.B2 (cover· In" the Rooj<) 33. QxQ. RxQ; 34. P·Q6 heads for paydlrt.

33. R·KBch Resigns For 33 .......... R·BI; 34. Q",R. Another Ragan vJctory using his taeUcal shook treatment method.

•

, PILLSBURY, CHESS IMMORTAL

b, •

PA UL LEITH

December 5th marks the B6th anniversary of the birth in Somerville, Massachusetts of Harry "Nelson Pillsbury, one of the three greatest chess players of our American tradition. He was ODe of -that marvelous trinity-Morphy, Pillsbury, Marshall.

• Tartakower and Du Mont wrote: "Amongst the attacking players of

all time, Pillsbury occupies a place of honor." Said Reti: "Pillsbury's will to victory and his -power of combination were expressed in such beautiful playing as will Dever be forgotten." Reuben Fine affirmed: "He became one of the monumental figures in the game, a towering and distinct personality." Frank Marshall called him "a marvelous genius.'t

Pillsbury learned the game when he ' was sixteen; yet, only seven years later, in his first international experience, at the Hastings 1895 Ip.ternational Tournament, he won first prize, ahead of the best players in the world (World Champion Emanuel Lasker, former World Champ" ion Wilhelm Stcinitz, Mikhail Tchigorin and Dr. Siegbert Tarrasch). Fine called it "the most sensational event since Morphy's triumphal tour of Europe." •

Our memorable forerunner lived and breathed chess, giving his occupation in Vol. 1 of "Who's Who in America" as "chess player." His play showed deep positional understanding, rich imagination and swilt, exact calculation. He wa,s a master at producing and exploiting weak­nesses in his opponent's position.

Pillsbury, was remarkable, too; at simultaneous blindfold exhibitions, estaolishing at Moscow. in 1902 a world 's record of 22 games, which lasted until Reti raised ' it to 24 games in 1919. At exhibitions, Pills­bury: would play blindfolq at the same time, twelve games of chess and six games of checkers; and a game of duplicate whist, besides.

His poor health was worsened by the mental s train of blindfold ' platjng, and he died on June 17, 1906 at Frankford, Pa. at the early age of 34 .

One of his best games was the following win over World Champion Lasker at the 1904 International Tournament at Cambridge Springs, Pa.

White Blilck Pillsbury Em. Lasker SAGE WORDS FROM SOUTH 1. P·Q4 P-Q4 4. N·B3 P.B4 2. P·QB4 P·K3 5. ' B·1U BP,~P

_3. N-QB3 N-K83 6. Q~P N-B3 This was the position in the Pillsbury.

Lasker game at St. Petersburg, 1896 when- Pill~bury Iplayed 7. Q-R4 and lost. Pillsbury said he waIted eight years for a slm.llar p osition against Lasker. This Hme, he played: 7. BXNI P~B 19. P'B~I PxP 8. QoR4 PxP 20. Q,Q4 P.B3 9. RoOl B-Q2 21. Q~BP Q-QB4 10. P·K3' N-K4 2.2. N·K5 B.KI 11. NxN P~N 23. N·N4 P.B4 12. QxBP Q·N3 24. Q·R6ch K.B2 13. B-K2 Q~NP 25. B-B41 ... R.B3 14. 0·0 R·B) 16. RxPch Q~R 15. Q·Q3 . R_B2 27. R·KBI Q~Rch 16. N-K4 B·K2 28, KxQ B.Q2 17. N·Q6ch ,K_BI 29. Q·R5ch K.NI 18. N:B4 Q-N4 30. N-K5 Ruigns

Tartakower and Du Mont cal! this "a splendid victory ("500 Master Games ol Chess," Game No. 38.5, PP. 490·1). Well­muth ("The Golden Treasury of Ches.o;," Game No. 269. pp. 15Q.l) states: ''This hfalorlc game, played in the grand man. ner by Pillsbury, created a sem;atlim at the time. He had walled eIght years for the. 'sweet revenge' that now was his."

WITH THE CLUBS The Pittsfield (Mass.) Chess Club 'has

had an active summer. PittSfield YMCA upset Schenectady YMCA by balding the 1958 Genessce and Susquehanna Cup cbampions to a 3-3 stalemale. Joe Weininger. Mike Valvo, and Steve An. der,on won tbe top three boards Cor Scbcnectady • . but John Semenlw. Ed Kot"ki and Henry R<X'k emerged vic. t<;lrj<;lUS lor Pittsfield on the l<;lwer lhree b<;lards.

Fred T<;lwnsend W<;ln the Pittsfleld Open Teo-Seeond Rapid Transit with a 9·1 tally. Dr. Kurt Hirshman was sec<;lnd with 8.5·1.5. l<;lslng to T<;lwnsend. fI<,-lU."l!.;, Rock Was thll"d wlth 8·2, whUe Peter White and J<;lhn Semenlw also registered p<;lsltive SC<;lres.

Dr. Kurt Hirshman topped a field of eight players [<;ll" the Pittsfield City Championship with SiAl_I,:!. R)lImer-Up WDS Henry NJI!dzlenskl, witb Fred Tmvn·send - finishing third. Townsend scored a terrific 13·1 to flnJsh £irst in the Club's ·Summer Rating-POint T<;lur. name!!!.

words. . over two thousand the same idea years here Is the "Gettysburg chess writing. The <;lnly Is struck in the last sentence. you reaUy think, Frank, that chess will <;luI;­live the bula h<;l<;lp?

"The main fascination of chess lies in ,the fact that it is not an e~act science. True, it Is based upon scien­tifIc principles, bul as yet no one knows all the answers. Chess is sf'iU a great uncharted wilderness like the far.flung galaxies. This is its Immense appeal. This Is also the reason why the maiority dexos nol play il.

Most p.eople haye never been taught to Ihlnk for Ihemselves. They hilve accepted the pat answers of p~renh, teachers. ministers, politlciilns, editors and olher leaders. They parrol the thinking of other. and fool themselves Into believing that the thoughts are Iheir own.

N~turally Ihese people diSlike chess. For the first lime in their live. they discover that the Pilt little ilnswers are no substitute for logic, Imagina· tlon and crCiltlve thinking. They are bewildered by their InabilIty to cope with the royal game; so they ~Irlke back by saying, "Well, after all chess i$ only a game. It's realty noJ; Impor. tilnt." Ah, but they are wrong. Chess 1$ Important. It teaches people to put theIr minds In order, to think clearly and logically. j

You can read all the chen books ever wriHen and still there comes a time wIthin each game when you are on your own. Then no frIend or teach_ er can come 10 your aid and hand you the magic answer; you must figure It out for yourself. That Is why chen is so faScinatIng. And that is why It will be played and enjoyed long after ~o'" of our present activities have fad. ed away to dIm memorIes."

Wedrluri<1'y, Page 7

N(Jv~mber 5, 1958

• mate ::J". Subtle Wag-! by Nlclio1a3 Gabo,

All COmmunIcations concerning this problem-column, InclUdln" ..,""10111 _ well as orIginal compOSitIons for publication {two- .nd three-movu dl .... ~). from composers anywhere Should bto .ent 10 NIcholas G.bor, Hotel Kemptor L ..... Cincinnati 6, Ohio.

• P",bl~m No. 95]

By H. Hermanson Unbyn, Swed/en

Original for Chess Life

P",~lem No. 955

By J. E. Driver Kettering, England

Original for·i:hcss Life

Pro~l~m No. 954

By E. Georgiev Sofia, Bulgaria

Original 'for Chess Life

P1ObI~m N<;l. 956

By J. C. Morra Cordobil, Argentina

Original for ' Chess Life

All contMbut<;lrs presented ab<;lve have partlclpate:d In <;lur '"Gamage Memorial ;:::ontest." The w<;lrks publisbed to~y are all "<;lut of c<;lntest" entrtes.

Solutions to "Mate the Subtle Way!"

No. 941 BarclilY: kcy move 1. B_N4 threatening 2. B.BS. If 1. ........ , K·NS. 2. N·BS dbl. chi 11 1. ......... N_K4, 2. N_Bl; I! 1 ......... , NB3-QS. 2. N·B2; it 1 .......... NN4-Q5\ 2. N-Q3; if 1. .. ...... , It·B3, 2. N·KB3. NO. 942 Brown: set play: 1. ......... N any, 2. N·K3; 1. ...... _., B any, 2. QxP. Keym<;lve 1. Q·R w~t1ng. C<;lmplete block with 2 added mates: \. ......... P·N7, 2, Q.R3; I ......... , B-N4, 2. N·KS! 1. ....... . , B <;lthers, 2. Qx.P. No. 943 FJltery: keymove 1. "QxP with multiple threats (4). Black moves {<;lree 1 only! (Fleck mechanism,) The- 4 threats are: Q·135, Q·K6. Q·Q5 and Q·QB4. No. 944 Fillery: amended versl<;ln <;lC No. 1148 Cor the c<;lnlest. Key L N_N4, threat 2 . .R-K5 'short mate. Six good variations, as m<;lst s<;llvers Iound them. -

GAME FROM MUNICH

White Hiliistrom Finland 1. P·K4 2. N·KB3 3. B·N5 4. B-R4 5. QoK2 6. B·N3 7. N~P 8. RP~N 9. P-Q4 10. N-B6 n. Q~Q 12. P-KB3 13. N·B3 14. N-R5 15. K-B2 16. B-Q2 17. KR·QB lB. N-Q 19. N·K3 20. PxP 21. P-QN4 22. K·K2

~

RUY LOPEZ

P-K4 N-QB3 P·QR3

N·B3 P·QN4 N·QR4

N •• o-K' , .. 3 ... ... N-B3 R·Q2 P-B3 K·B2 B-B4 BrK2 P·B4 .· P·N3 .. , K." ,.,

Black RO$solimo

USA 23. P·QB4 24. BxP 25. N-B6 26. N~B 27. B·N4ch 28. R~Rch 29. B·R5 30. R.QB 31. K-Q3 32. K-Q4 33. K.BS 34. R'Qch 35. K·B6 S6. B-B7 31. K·Q6 38. R·Q3 39. K~R 40. K-K4 41. B-KS 42. K-Q4

".

P~P G.P. K",

KR·QB K>N K·K

••• B·K3 K,,' R·R2 R-N2 poNS K·K

R-N4 N.Q2 R-K4 N·"

,NxRch N ..

P-B4<:h K", PoOR4

Re,lgn5

WOOD PUSHER'S SCOREBOX Game from Panhandle Open, 1958 White-Thurston Black·Milburn

(1839) (2064) , . PoOB4 N.KB3 22. R·N P·KR4· 3. ,N·QB3 P·KN3 23. N_K2 B.KR3 3. P·Q4 B·N2 2~. K-N N~"'''

•• P·K4 '''3 25. Q~N o.N ,. P·KB3 0·0 26. B~B P·KR5u

•• 8-K3 P· K4 27. R-Q3 KR·QN ,. , .. , N·R4 28. Q-QB2 ... • Q·Q2 Q-RSch 29. Q-R4 R-N3

•• B·B2 Q-K2 30. R·QB K·.

". KN·K2 • P·KB4 S1. R/l.B3 K·", 11. N.N3 N-KB3 32. R-N3 8-N3 12. 0·0·0 P·QR4 33. B·B6 ,.", 13. B·Q3 P-BS 34. R-N5 o-oN 14. N/N·K2 N-QRS 35. R-Q2 ••• IS. P·QR3 P-QN3 36. B~R B·B3 16. N·NS N-B4 37. R-Q3 Q·KR 17, B~N NP~B 38. R-N3 ... 18. N/2·B3 39. B·B6 .... 19. B-B2 40. R·NS Q·R3. 20. P-KR3 41. R·Na B·N2 21. B.R4 42. B·NS . Rulgns • Offered a drilw. • •• Insisted game WilS iI draw.

I

W~Jn~fJ"" Pa ge 8

No~mtl'f' " 19'8

.C?t·u- 50 at> x BHI rn_.?

Position No. 240 B r ons tei n ·Uni, Mos cow 1956

Bronstein played I. RxBPch l. KxR; 2. 8oNiSch. KIll; 3. Q,.Rch. and Black re-sillned. If 3 ......... 1(·85; 4. Q·M mat .. . If 3 . ....... . K.R4; 4. HxPch. U 3. .. ..... . K·ro: t. R.K4. P·N4: 5. Q·B6ch. K·R4; 6. RxP. FInally. If 3 ......... . K·84; 4. 8oB4! , P,.P; S. Q.K6cb, K.N4; 6. R·KSch.

Most of our solv"rs chos.. Bron· steln'l conlf"nuaUon. but .ome showed that White can ilio .... 10. \,~llh I. Q-Q6. The malo. threat is 2. QxuPeh, K.!Uq: 3. R.Qsq. The prettiest varlatlon Is I. '1''16. QR.Ksq; 2. Q,.BPch. K·Nsq; 3. R.K6! (Ind not R·B8 because o f R·KB2. Now R·KB2 I .. ads to • q uick mite alter QxKPtI. Q-Q2; 4. ..Itber RxKP, ete. There Ire a number of ot/l" r defensive tries Ifter 1. Q·Q6, but none 0( them seem. to he ~ufflclent. For this rea· lon, we are allowinE full credit for I. Q·Q6. Since. bowe,·er. we do not consider this as good a move as 1-RxBPch. w" are not allowlnl" douhle credit ror both solutloll$.

Correc t solutions are ackno ... ·ledg .. d from: Philip Albert, Leslie If. Aull . Robin Ault, Harry Bakwln. Ceorge W. Blylor, M. D. Blum .. ntbal, Joe Bohac. Ab .. 1 Bomb .. rault, Mlrahall Brooks, Al· fred Carter, Al'lllliilron Chinn Jr., Ra· mon Cook, Thoma.s W. Cusick. K.eA. Cze r nleckl. Henry DaviJI, Cl rl Dover. A. A. Egsleston Jr. ' . Ed Cault, Rich. ard Glblsn, O. E. Goddard. Bob Har· din', Rea Hayes, Bob Hewes, Herbert W. H1ckman, VIktOfl lkaunlk • • John E. lsbkan. Donald W. Johnson. Andy Kif· ko, Frank J. Kohila. Dlvld Kornreich. E. J. KOrplDty, B. ).coonan!, F. D. Lynch. Jack Mlth .. SOn. Hravey B. Me· C1ellln , Jack MWer, M. MIl,leln , Ed Nuh, Vincent D. NOla, George W. Payne, Oran Perry, Kent Pullen. Ed. mund Romln, Frank Rose. George R05l;. Frank C. Buys, D. W. RYllron, Max Sehloase r , . I. Schwlrtz, David SUver, CI.ude Sink ' , Larry Snyder, Bob Stein­me,..r, W. E. Stevens, Richard Strus­bur .... G. V. D. 'I'k!n, Francis TrlSk, Georle Tuller, Aleltll Valueer, F. J. V.lvo. M. Walten, Joe Welnlnser, Wll. llim B. Wlison, Nell P. Witting. L. E. Wood, Herbert A. Wright, Ind R. G. Wright. The solverl score • complete 5hutout. 67~. " • Welcome to new solveu.

.s.luu-.5. :J;n"~ ;t I~. Ct. ... Wa~, Posit io n No. 213: 1. ......... RU)·K3! and

Whlte resl,n(!d as be c.nnot mee t the threat of 2 .......... R (6)·K4ciI which en· .bln lllick to w1n the Queen by dis­covered check.

POlitlon No. 214: l. R-Qil BxR; 1. p. N7, s.N5; 3. RxBch, RxIl; <t. P .N8(Q), RxQ; .tllemat.e.

:Journamenl ollie To u rna m. nt or!IiJ l n lzeU wlm ln !IiJ an­

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CORRECTIONS Oct. :; i ssue CHESS LIFE: Page 2. Col . 2, we omitled the

n ame of Mn:. Mildred Morrell , who sC{)red 4·3 in t he Heart of American Open. and whos e tie· breaking points placed her just above Cha r les Weldon in the finel standings.

Page 6. C ol. 2. The California Open Champ's name is Irving ruT vise-not Revise . Sor ry, Mr. Rlvise.

Page 8. Col. 4 . Black's 4th move should have been N·QB3 ins tead of QR3.

Oct. 20 is sue C H ESS LIFE: Page 3. Col . 2. Diagram No.3.

The black knight should be at QR3 ins tead of QN1.

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•• N·QII3 P .Q Rl 22. R·S 0·0 .0 ,. S.NS P ·K3 23. P-QR4 KR·B ,. P·S4 II ·K1 24. Q·K3 p.R4

•• Q·S3 P .R3 2S. Q.R7 ... •• ••• ••• U. QxPch ••• 10. 0-0-0 Q·12 27. S xQch K·82 11 . P·KN 4 N·fU 28. B·B4 .... 12. NxN ••• 19. P·R4 R·R4 13. R.Q3 P.QN4 3D. R·S4 . .. 14. Rx P ••• 31. S ·Q3 R.QB4 15. P·_KS ... 31. K-Q2 P·K4 16. pxB . ·N 33. R' SS P.N3 17. Q.B6ch ... , While Resigns

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