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News

Zurich Jubilee Tournament The results o f the Interna tional Mas ters

Tournament at Zurich . Swi tzerland ran truc to form. Dr. Alekhine , the W orld Champion. although lOSing one game to Dr. Euwe, ( the accepted challenger for next year's t itle match ) . came out on top wi th a score o f 13-2. ' C lose on his heels came Dr. Euwc and Sa10 F lohr. tied for second and third prizes a t 12-3. The young Czccho-Slovak star was the on ly play~r to go throug h the tournament with-out losing a ga me! Fourth and fi ft h places went to E . D . Bogolubow and Dr. Emanuel Lasker respectively. T his was quite a respectable showing for Dr. Lasker in his first attempt to re-enter the chess mena after a lapse o f ni ne yea rs.

The fi nal standing: Player- Won Lost Player- W on Lost

Alekhinl.' .. 13 2 Jahner . . .. . 7~ 7)1 Euwc . . . . 12 3 Hennebergl.'r r 2 16)1 Flohr ... . . 12 3 Gygli . . . . . Y, lOY, B~oluhow 11 J1 3J/z Rosselli .. .. of 2 2 Laskl.'r ... 10 5 Grob .... . . of : : Bl.'rnstl.'in . 9 6 Muelkr . ... of Nimzowitsch 9 6 Nal.'gelj .. . . 3 12 St;lhlhl.'rg . 8 7 Joss. . . . . . . 2 13

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Events

Western Chess Associa tion Championship

The 35th An nual Tournament of the Western Chess Association is now a thing of the past. But the results will not be fo rgotten so soon! Fine and Reshevsky lived up to expectCl tions and divided the fi rs t and second prizes between them. But Kashdan 's poor showing was a stunning surprise. Perh

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Southeastern Chess Ass'n. Meeting The 13th Annual Session of the South-

eastern Chess Associa tion was held in Albany, Georgia from July 9 to 13th, 1931. A good time was en joyed by a ll the parti-cipants and after the Anal mate was re-corded the results were: announced . W e give the lead ing scores:

Class A--Nestor Hernandez 10-1. P . J. Walker 9-2, Perry Hewitt 8-3.

Class B .......... A triple tie between Luther Willia ms. John T . Gregg, and Lou is R-Lang with scores of 6-'i .

Officers of the Association for 1934 were unanimously fe _el ected. They are:

Chas. S. Roberts, Jacksonville, P ia .. President.

W . N. Woodbury, Birmingham. Ala .. V ice. P resident .

Art hur S. Harris, Savannah . Ga., Secretary-Treasurer.

The fo llowing citieil competed for the honor of staging the 1935 Session : Atlan-ta . G a.: Knoxville. T enn .: ~avannah . Ga.; Winston-Salem. N . c.; and Columbus. Ga . O n the second ballot Knoxville. T enn . received a ma jority of votes and was duly elected to be the 1935 host .

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New Jersey State Championship The New Jersey C hess League info rms

us that at a meeting held Friday. August 10 it was decided to hold a tournament among players from N orthern New Jersey to establish the champion of that section for 1934. This northern Champion will later play Mr. Wm. A. Ruth. title holder o f the South Jersey C hess Association fo r the N ew Jersey State Champion~hip of 1934. THIS CORRECTS ALL PRE-VIOUS ERRONEOUS AND UN-AUTHORIZED NEWS ITEMS.

The Northern Title T ournament will be held at the rooms of the Newark Rice Chess Club. 186 Wi.lliam Street. Newark. N. J. and will start ~t 9 :30 A .M . on Sun-

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Off;cial Philadelphia Ranking The 20 leadin g Philadelph ia players

have been ranked by a committee of the Philadelphia C hess Association . We give the first ten :

1. W . A. Ruth 2. J. u vin 3. D. Weiner i . S. DrEls!n 5. A. Regen

6. B. F. Winkelman 7. R. Bailey 8. S. T. Sharp 9. H. Morri$

10. S . Mlotkowski

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Reshevskv vs. Kashdan

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Miniature Games By ARNOLD S. D ENKER

Readen . re invited to submit brilliant ga mes 0/ no( more than 20 movu to A rnold S . Cknker • care 0/ The Chess Review. 6O· IIJ Roosevelt A venue. Woodside, N . Y.

PI.yed at Gambit Che" Rooms London, England, 1932. SICILIAN DEFENSE

M . Oenlby W hite 1 p ·K4 2 KI·KB3 3 p .Q 4 4 KlxP , B·R2 6 0 ·0 '7 Kt.QB3

, Jacques Cohl n

Black P-QB4

P·K) P.P

P-QR3 Q·B2

Kt ·KB3 p.Q

Canadian Section by F. W. Watson

Articles pedairdnf/ to this department will be accorded special attention if. addressed to the Editor at 191 Jone~ AVerme, T oronto . Ontario. Ca"lldq.

The Dominion Chess Congress 1934

P lay in the Canadian Chess Champion~ ship Tournament is scheduled to be in ef~ feet from August 25th to September 8th. Arrangements were finally completed to stage the event in the Automotive Building at the Canadian National Exhibition in Toronto , and great credit is due the spe~ dally appointed committee for its untiring efforts in completing all necessary prepar~ ations, Undoubtedly, it is to be the great~ est fete in the annals of Canadian chess-which has gradually, bu t surely, improved with the march of time.

As a means of elaborating the initiation ' of Toronto's first Centennial Chess Cong-ress-it is planned to have three separate tournaments in conjunction: these to ac-commodate players of the various inter-mediate strengths. with which a tourney for boys is associated . Prospective en-tries for the Canadian title inc1ude- R. E. Martin. titleholder: J. H . Belson. Toronto champion: B. Blumin. Montreal champion: A. Mogle. Winnipeg and Manitoba cham-pion: S . E. Gale. J. S. Morrison. and M. Fox. former Dominion champions : L. Richard. ex-champion of Montreal: and other Canadian expert players.

For the delegates. and as part of the program. the City Council Chamber pro-posed a ci'vic reception. R. G. Hunter. Treasurer of the Toronto Chess Club. was elected President of the Honorary Committee. which also includes the Rev. Canon Plumptre: J. Warren. Reeve of East York; L. A . S . pack: Alderman F. Hamilton: C. Q. Ellis and S. D. Ballard.

'Will Martin Be Guillotined? , '

The eyes of the chess world are now focused on picturesque Toronto.-with its National Exhibition and centennial cele-brations. the waving of flags and blowing of trumpefs.-and . in the midst of all . the ' great st ruggle fo r Canada's supreme chess sovereignty. Players from various parts of the Dominion . in one massed congregation. will declare their solemn allegiance with respect to the day of coro~ nation and recognition to the King_the King of Canadian chessdom (or is it dome?). Somebody must be crowned. Several members of the congress seem to be of the opinion that it is high time now for the present monarch to abdicate the throne. Seemingly it appears that t here must always be a few so-termed disgrunt-led radicals who are never satisfied with any form or government.-and so the world will a lways have its troubles wheher it be chess. politics. or what have we?

Of course, there could not be enough confusion without the usual juggling act. when it came to the part of selecting which month in the year would be most suitable for a choice of' a number of days from one week to run into another so as to conveniently accommodate the partici-pating combatants_and which also would not conflict with Mr. Freedman's holidays to necessitate the cancellation of his fish-ing trip. and Malcolm Sim's golfing expe-dition. etc. So now the time fQ r com-mencement of the big event is repor ted as being August 25, the play is to continue from that time to September 8_whether this is official. or just another guess. will depend p~rhaps upon whether it is raining or not, on the 25th of August!

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Miscellaneous News · Scores of the: recent Montreal C ha m-

pionship T ourney have been received . The leaders: Blumin, 12Y2- 1Y2: Davis ll Y2-~!1: Gaudet, 11-3: H arvey and Lid-sky, 9Yz-4Y2: Saunders, 8lA -51/, : Keller-Wolff, 7Y2-6}'2 .

The "Laurels of Canada Aspirants." a contingent from Montreal-with other in-vaders from the North and West of Can-ada - will press into the thick o f a mon-ster battle for Canadian chess monarchy shortly a fter the sc heduled dis tributio n of this publ ica tio n, a nd- believe it or not, the Montrealers have come fresh from a spe-cia l training tournament staged last month in their home town as a means o f whip_ ping th em into condition. Will M ail rice Fox pick up the crown which is proclaimed as being a mere loan to Toronto1

Peterboroug h prescribes as its latest s timulant for chess activity. a ladde r tour-nament; and o f those pa rticipating in this ancient form o f chess t rea tment . it is reported that H. B. Cowa n recovered nicely a fter a five-game tussle against Rev . E. R. James. emerging from second position to displace his amiable op-ponent from the coveted top run g. G. Snowden nnd A. Mitchell, in fou rth and third positions respectively, were bea ten by H . Morris coming from the Afth rung, although in his attempted climb for th.e second peg Mr. Morris was pushed back by Rev. James. E. Mitchell gained two rungs from six th place by defeating Snow-den a n(J ·A. Mitchell .to settle himself com-fo rtably in fourth place. It is pred icted that Snowden. a former city champion, wi ll brush all obstacles from the ladder jus t as soon as he catches his breath!

In Winriipeg-E. G. Baldwinson is creatinn quite an interest in the study and solving of chess problems . A special team-of. Ave solving match is now under way with Sa~katchewan and Manitoba in opposition . Problems fo r t.his contest are bein~ specially published by the Regina Leade r and the Winnipeg Tribune .

T o ronto-during the past month - was in quite a turmoil of chess con fab and ac-tion. The big clash for supreme Canadian honors seemed to be approachin~ wit h (11] th e velocity of a !=Ireat and ferocious tornado. with prospective competitors run -ning amuck o ffering one another' a Knight.

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or a Rook . and in some instances a Queen odds! All this as a means of special training. Practice matcbes and spite matches. Rared up here and there-in T o-

,.ronto the chess fever is bad, they just vir-tually tear at each other's throat!

Duffalo·T oronto Match J une, t 9H

FRENCH DEFENSE (Note~ bJl B. Garfinkel)

W hile R. E. Marlin

Ch .. "',pion of CarllH/1I T oronlo ] P·X4 2 P--Q4 J Kt·QBJ 4 PxP 5 B·Q3 6 KI·K2 70·0 8 B.KB4 9 B"B

10 Q ·Q3 11 KR·XI 12 B·Xt3 IJ Xt·54 14 XI"KI 15 R.K2 16 QR.Kl 17 P·QR3 18 Q"B 19 RxR 20 Q·K3 21 RPxKt 22 Q--QB3 23 Q·B5 ch 24 RxR eh 25 ""RP 26 J{.R2 27 QxP

Black B. Garfinkel

C hampion of Buffttlo Buffalo P·X) P-Q4 B.Kt5

P.P Xt·K2 B·KB4

0·0 P·QB3

KtxB Kc·K2

Kt·KO KI-Q2 Kt·B3

RPxKt R·XI

Q·Q2 B",Xt R,R

Xt·K5 Kt>

Game Studies

Wcstun Chess A~sodation Championship July 1934

QUEEN'S PAWN OPENING (Notes bll S. S. Cohen)

A. S. Denker I. Kashdan Whi te Black

1 P·Q4 Kt-KB3 2 P_QB4 P·B3 3 Kt-QB3 P·Q4 4 Kt-B3 PxP

Black's idea as borne out by his following move is to avoid the usunl difficulty experienced in developing the QB. It does no! recommend itself because it leaves the Q s ide weak aod per-mits While to gain time later by P_K4!

5 P_QR4 B-B4 6 P-K3 Kt-R 3 7 BxP QKt·Kt5 8 0·0 P-K':3 , 9 Q-K2 QKt-Q4 ,

This system of development for the Black pieces in the QP g;\111(> is not originui. It bas beell played often in the pa~t, nnd probably will crop up frequeiltly in the future. Nevertheless, it is not good. On ~he surf

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First 9 . . . P_QR3, anticipating 10 B-QJ with 10. .. PxP followed by ... P-QKt4 and ... P_QB4 with a virtual gain in tempo might have '>een considered here. But in this line White ,night choose to simplify with 10 PxP and then ;,ry to exploit the weakness of the bluck squares on Black's Q side. The text clarifies the play in the center.

10 BxP Kt·Q4 11 DxB QxB 12 Kt·K4 KKt·BJ 13 Kt·Kt3 1'·84 14 0·0 PxP 15 KtxP Kt·Kt3 16 B·R2 R·Ktl

16 • • . B-Q2 was good e'lough. If then 17 Q·B7, QR-Ktl followed by ... KR-Bl driving the Q. The text appears to be ' over precaution_ ary.

17 P·K4 R·Ql 18 KR·Ql B·Q2 19 P·Ks Kt.Kl 20 B·Ktl p.Kt3 21 Q·K4 B·R5

A typical Lasker manoeuvre_apparently losing time, but actually creating a marked weakness in his opponent's position.

22 P.Kt3 B_Q2 23 P·QR4 Kt·Q4 24 B·Q3 QR_BI 25 B-B4 B-B3 26 K!xB PxKt

26 .. , RxKt was also playa,ble, but after 27 BxKt there would be little left to play for .

27 R·Q3 •••• The idea was to bring the rook into the fray

on the king side, but this was achieved at the expense 01 sacrificing the queen's file , Instead 27 R-Kl, protecting the KP, releasing the Q, and in turn permitting the later entrance of the White Kt at K4 wf1s indicated.

27 . • . . " 28 R·KB3 29 P·R4 30 P·R5 31 R·KI 32 PxP

Kt-Kt5 R-B2

QR-Q2 Q_Kt4 R-Q5

• • • • Pretty play but unfortunately not very force-

ful. After 32 . . . RxQ; 33 PxBP ch, K-Bl; 34 hKt(Q) ch. KxQ; 35 KtxR, Q-Kt3; (35 . .. QxP; 36 Kt-B6ch!) 36 Kt-Q6ch, K-K2 (best); 37 R-B7 chi!

32 • • • • RPxP 33 Q·K2R-Q7 34 Q·Bl • QxP

After this White quickly succumbs. 34 Q -K3 forcing the exchange of queens would still leave a tenable position.

34 • • • • Kc-Bi 35 Kt-K4 QxP

Turn about is fair play_ Black now offers the queen.

36 Kt-B6 ch 37 RxQ 38 R-BI 39 B·K2 40 B·B3 41 Q-B4

QxKt KtxR

Kc-K5 Kr-Q'l KtxBP Kr-Q6

Lasker

Euwe

Position after Black's 35th move.

42 R-Bl 43 Q-Kt4 44 PxKc 4S K_R2 46 K-Rl

If 46 K-Kt3, P-Kt4! 46 . . • . 47 Q .K7 48 Q-B7 49 R-Kl 50, QxSP ,Resigns

Kt-K4 Kt{K4)xB ch

Kt.K7 ch Kt-S5 ch

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R(Q7).Q5 K.Kt2

R(Ql)-Q4 R-KKc4

R-QI

Zurich Jubilee Tournament July 1934

QUEEN'S GAMBIT DECLINED (Notes by S. S. Cohen)

M. Euwe A. A[ekhine White Black 1 P-QB4 P-K3 2 P·Q4 P-Q4 3 Kt.QB3 P.QR3

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This move in the Queen's Gambit ' Declined seems without point. Since it is not a develop~ ing move, White by exchanging pawns immedi-ately, proves it to be a loss o f time. Although plowed by the World Champion. he has him~ self Stated that it is not the best.

4 PxP 5 B·B4 6 P-K3 i BxB 8 B-Q3 9 KKt"K2

P.P Kt-KB3

B·Q3 Q.B

Kt·S3 • • • •

A good move. The idea is to hold the threat of planting the Kt at KB5 over Black's head. Also. it impedes the development of Black's QB by destroying the efficacy of ... B-Kt5.

9 . . . . 0-0 lQ P-QR3 ...•

White wishes to take command of the open QB Sle with Q-B2 and R-QB I. The text prevents the Q froll) being annoyed by a Black Kt at QKtS and also prepares for P-QKt4!

10 • . • • Kt_K2 11 Q·B2 p.QKt3

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Black is confronted with one of the major dif-ficulties experienced by the second player in the Queen's Gambit_the development of the OB. He elects to fianchetto it but in doing so renders the QSP ·'backward." The manner in which White eventually wins Ihis pawn is a pleasure to behold.

12 P -QKI4 B·Kt2 13 0.0 KR-Kl 14 Kt.Kt 3 . Kt-Kt3 15 KR·B! Kt-R5

The object of this move is shrouded in mys-tery. Black may have had vague hopes of even-tually opening the major diagonal of his OB but just how he was going to accomplish this is per-haps better Jeft for a clairvoyant. Its only re-deeming . feature is that it holds the square KB1.

16 QKt_K2 P-B3 This move compromises the OSP ilTevocably.

Also it locks in the OB. Better would seem to be . . . R-K2.

17 QR-Ktl 18 P·R4

R.K2 . - . .

The Brst part of White's strategy is to establish a "hole " at QB5.

18 • • • • Q R-Kl 19 P.R5 P-QKt4 20 Kt ·84 R • .D2 21 Q·B5 Q.Q2

Black does not care to exchange as the ending j, unfavorable for him.

22 R·Kl Kt-Kt3 23 8-85 Q-QI 24 Kt-Q3 8-Bl 25 QR·BI Kt-K2 26 Bx8 KlxB

Black's intention is . to place his OKt at QBi and obstrud White 's atta( k upon the weak QBP.

27 Kt-K5 ' R-K3 28 P-K4! KtxP 29 KtxKt PxKt 30 RxP P-B3

Alekhine

Euwe

31 KI·871! • •. . One of the few times in recent years that Dr.

Alekhine has been caught napping. One can hardly blame him for not anticipating White 's elegant reply . aud we would not be surprised to learn that it literally knocked the worthy doctor off bls chair! It wins ·the QBP by force.

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31 • • • • Q-KI If 3 1 . . . KxKt; 32 Q-R5 ch, K-K2; 33 RxR eb,

KxR: 34 R-KI ch, K-Q3; 35 Q-B5 cb, K-Q2: 36 Q_B5 ch, K-Q3; 37 Q-K6 male.

32 RxR 33 Kt.Q8

. 34 KtxP · . , , At last! The beginning of the end.

34 • • • • 35 P-Q5 36 P-R3 37 P-Kt3 38 K-Kt2 39 R-Kl

P·R3 Q·Q6 Q·Q7 K·Rl

Q ·Q6 · , . ,

Taking command of an important open !lIe. 39 , . , . . K·R2 40 R,K3 Q-Q7 4t R_K8 Q.Q6 42 Q·Q4 Q ·B5

Endeavoring to secure a passed pawn, which would give him a little counterplay.

4 3 Q -K4 ch QxQ 44 RxO K-Ktl 45 Kt.Kt8 , •••

Another p

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16 ij·KIl 17 BxKt 18 Q·R7 eh J9 P·K4 20 KR·Ql

E. Tholfsen

A. W.

ij.K12 B,B

K·BI Kt·Q2 K·K2

20 . . . Q R-Q J is slightly pre ferable. With the text mov~ t h f(' akning to w in the Q , Black burns his br idges behind him.

2 1 R"Kt eh 22 P·K5 23 QxKIP

KxR B-QI R·K2

If 2.1 ... BxKt: 24 Q xBP eh fo llowed by 25 Q " B,

24 R·Q I ch K,Bl ·25 B·K4 P·B4

This move 1 0s ~s outr igh t. 25 . . . R-R2 would have held o ut longer fOI' Black.

26 PxP e_p.! Ru igm

If 26 . . . RxQ : 27 P:

Vanity and Chess By B " RN tE F . W I N KELM AN

"Chess is a matter o f vanity ..... Dr. AlclmH.ler Alekhine.

( From II reported ;" la " ;(" I".)

T o those o f us who. like Reti. view the Royal Game as a n escape from the pett y annoyances o f daily Iile . it comes as a shock to learn that even in the heroic s tress o f over-th e-board combat . all is vanity .

Illusory, it seems. is the thesis o f D r. Lasker. _ grandmaster o f chess a nd phil-osopher of st ruggle.- tha t in the clash o f match and tournament. the fa lse a nd the unsound are unmasked , and t ruth an d honesty duly rewarded. All about us. he avers. are blustering nonentities. insolent mediocrities, who have crowded a lit o f politics a nd business. able a nd worthy, but more modest men. H ence the conso-lation of the chess board, the last s trong-hold o f the S partan virtues.

Such is the burden o f muc h that has been written about chess.- the game o f the unappreciated. the forgotten man . In other fie lds books are written, issues de-bated . important posts occupied, by those who. if the tru th were known.- chessic-ally speaking. rate the odds o f a rook:

W ith all this in mind it is disconcertlIlg to learn that chess too , award s its laurels on the basis of vanity. Which requires a bit o f explanation, if not of apology.

Let us admit that in chess as in all things, confidence, belief in one 's star. is a necessary and valua ble asset. But such assura nce is d is tinct fro m egotism- the brazen effrontery o f the jostling arriviste. - the man on the make . Rigorous prepa-ration, native talent . imag inative genius. are pre~requisite to participation in the national or international a rena.

W ithal the amour propre tha t ma kes victory possible in the baule o f each man against the world , cannot be nourished chessically by delusions of grandeur. It must be supported by pe rformance. W as it not Ca pablanca who wrote: "Only co~tinued success in interna tional competi-tion can give the chess master self-con-fidence and serenity as he faces his op-ponent."

Yet in a not her sense vanity is a neces-sary ingredie nt in the peculia r melange of qua lities that constitute a grandmaster. f o recall a few classic lines:

"Then let me ma ke so bold as to request the recipe o f fortune: How much man, how much of lion and how much o f fox, how much o f jackass and how much of hog, it takes to make the rich ragou t suc-cess?"

( Rinaldo)

We have learned that too much of fox or qog militates s trong ly ag ainst the chess master- these q ualities, do not in chess. -as in life,-form the bulk and body o f the .s tew.

Even in chess. - as in all 8rt- it may well be urged that o nly one o f ino rdina te va nity can devote a life t ime of effort to a game which requires forge tfulness of all else, a nd in which t he chief a llure must remain the thrill of personal tri umph . Bu t let us be g ra teful that in ches.'; such is the restricted role o f va nity. and that in a broad sense, the more robust qua lities form the backg round o f the master. .

Strangely va nity does play its part. When two grea t experts meet for ulti-mate decision, it may determin e the choice o f opening . . . H ow else explain the re-currence o f both antagon is ts a t Buenos Aires to the Sc"'lme va riations?

A nd as the game proceeds and variOliS alterna tives present the mselves-the g lam~ orous combinat ion or the more conservative positiona l ma noeuver- the da ring inno-vation or the tried a nd accepted pa th-is not every te nse momen t a challenge to the pride' o f the master?

Or having embarked upon our course. shall we now re trea t and confess our j.L1 dgment at fau lt ? Again we· must make a cl"itical choice- shall st rategy yield to tactlcs. or in the light o f detached ap-praisal must we confess our advantage illusory a nd be content with a draw?

SEPT E M B ER , 1 93 4 , ,

On the mounta in top o f chess, where the dogmas of a ll the sc hools vibrate in es-sentia l ha rmony, it is this qua lity of ju -dicial eva lua tion that most s ig na ll y ea r-marks the champion.

All this , no doubt Dr. Alekhlne had in mind. wh en he emphasized the importance of vanity in match o r tou rna ment. But le t him not be misunderstood . F or in no

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field is blind conce it mo re speedily pun-ished, and mere front of so little va lue.

W ell may A lekhine be pardo ned th e apparent exaggeration of his quotation. For he

End Game Studies By n.~ I\N 1E F. \V1NKl:I, l\'!AN

Henri Rinck To the query as to who is the greatest

figure in the long history of the game, chess enthusiasts will present a bewilder-ing diversi ty of opinions. Prohlemists . thrilled by the masterpieces of their fav _ orites . will no doubt urge the claims of Shinkman. or Loyd. or Pauly; those in -terested in match and tournament will point to Philidor, Morphy, $teinitz. Las-ker, Capablanca, or Alekhine.

With due respect to each of these im-pressive names of past and present , we submit that no master or problemis t has approached Henri Rinck in his extraor-dinary faculty of revealing the powers of the pieces and the depth of possible man -oeuvers on the board.

It is the mark of the great composer that many o f his studies betray so li ttle of the hand of the artist that th ey appear to have been discovered l}y him-ra the r than to have been laboriously constructed . In subsequent issues we shpll present sev-eral examples of such endings, which seem to have ex is ted through the ages only awaiting the call of genius to b ring them to life.

We have spoken of the "richness" of Rinck, and for this purpose we give only a s ingle study.

Black

White to play and win.

1 Kt-Q3

Variation I. 1 . , • • 2 Q.R8eh

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Q-Q8 K-Kt4

Par 2 .. . , K-Kt3 sec 3 Q-Q5 ell

Sub-V lI riation (1\.).

4 Q·Q4eh 5 Q-K14eh 6 K·B7

K-KI3 K-KI4(R4)

K·R3 Q -B7eh

7 Kt-B5 eh wins. S lIb- VllrilltiOIl (A ) .

2 . . . . K-KI3 3 Q .86 eh K.R2

If 3 . .. K_R4; ~ Q -Q5 ch. K-Kt3: and con-(inue as in the main varia tion.

4 K-B7 'S Q _B5 eh wins.

Varintioll II.

Q-Kt6

1 __ •• Q .K6 2 Q -R8 eh K-K{4

If 2 ... K-Kt3 sc~ SlIh-V Hrin tion (8) or 2 •• • Q -R2 s('c Sub-Variation (C).

J Q-B6 eh K.R4 4 Q .B3 eh K-KI3

If 4 . .. K-Kt4 ; 5 Q- Kt4 ch follow ... d hy 6 Kt-R5 dl wins.

5 Q-Kt4 ch K_R2 6 K-B7 Q -Kt6 cit 7 Kt.B4 win~.

Slit., V ll rintion (8) . 2 . • , • 3 Q-Kt8 ch

If 3 ••• K-R4 ; 4 Q-Kt~ eh, etc.

K-KI3 K-R 3

4 Kt-BS ch K-R4 .5 Q-R7 ch and wins the Q or m~le .•.

SlIb-Vllrin tion (C) . 2 . . . • Q-R2 3 KI-Bs eh K.KI3

White mates in thr ... c .

V ariation Ill. I . . . • Q-Rs 2 KI-5S eh K-R4

If 2 .. K-Kt3( 4): 3 Q-Kt7 or 86dl, ,.tc . 3 Q-R8 eh K-Kt4 4 Q-R6 eh and wins the Q.

Variatiol! IV. I . . . . Q .B6 2 Kt-BS eh K-KI4

If 2 .. . K-R4 ; 3 Q -R8 ch aad mate in two. 3 Q _B6 ch and mates or wins the Q.

Var iatioll V. 1 • • • • Q-Kl 2 Kt.BS ch K.R4

If 2 . . . K-Kt4; 3 Q -Kt2 eh, K-B5: (_ .. K-R4. 4 Q -R3 ch. e tc. ) 4 Q -Kt3 ch a nd mat ... s next move.

J Q-R2 eh K.KtS 4 Q.Kt3 ch K-R4 .5 Q-R3 eh and mate in two.

V ariation VI. I . . . . Q-R4 2 Q_R8 ch K-Kt3

If 2 .. . K~Kt4; 3 Q-B6 mate. 3 Q-Kt8 eh K-R3 4 KtoBS ch win!.

Mistakes of the Masters BII LESTER W. BRAND

It is, ·of course, no news to regular readers of th is department that the very ,best players frequ ently make the "very best" mistakes. Let us add that these mis-takes have been published with no idea of shaming the erring master but rather to hearten the novice and amateur who often get · discouraged at the regularity with which they lose "won" games, and to ad-monish them that eternal combinative vigilance is the price of victory .

Morphy more th,n once pJil,ced a piece where it ;could be snapped off with im_ punity. Steinitz made scores of laughable errors. Rubinstein over-looked a mate in one. Both Dr. Lasker and Dr. Alekhine "gave away" pieces "in World's Champion-ship play.

Buenos Aires--1927 Alekhine

Capablanca White to play and win.

The Easy Way L R(K6)xKtP QxP

Selected Games W esle rn Ch cSilI A ssn . Tourney

July. 1934 QUEEN 'S GAM8IT DECLINED

S . Rcshevsky White

A. W. Dake

1 P·Q4 2 P_QB4 3 Kt ·KU I 4 Kt-IB '5 H-KeS 6 P·K3 7 Q .lJ2 8 UP"P 9 B-Q 3

10 B·il o; 11 0 -0 12 Ih U 13 U"Kr 14 Q -B5! 15 Q " QP 16 Q-QKt5

Kt-KU 3 P-K3 I'-Q4 U-K2 0-0

Q Kt-Q2 P·84

KPxP P-BS ?

R-Kl KB " (_ I .. R,B

B, B P-KKt3

Q ·B2 P.QR3

B l il~k 17 Q .R4 18 Q·B2 19 P-Q R4 20 P-K4 21 KR·Kl 22 P· KS 23 Q .K4 24 Kt_Q5 2 5 Kt·Kt6 2 6 Kt"P ! 27 QxKt 28 P.R') 29 R·K4 30 P-R4! 3 1 RxB!! 32 P-KI3

W eSlern Chess Assn. T o urney J uly 1934

Q-Q3 B-Kt2 Kt·Q2 Q -B5

Kt_Ktl Kt_B3 Q _R3

QR-QI Kt",QP!

KtxKt ch R·K2

Q _Kt4 B"P? Q_B3 Q ' P

Resigns

QUEEN 'S GAMBIT D ECLINED S. Re. hevsky V. Gri i:o ricff

White Bluck 1 P-Q4 2 P-Q1l4 3 Kt_KIB 4 KI_ IH ') " .K3 6 B·Q J 7 0-0 8 Q -K2 9 P·K4 1

10 K,,,P 11 Kt-IBl 12 1',,1' 13 H.H2! 14 Kt-QKtS

KI_KB3 15 5·8·1 P.K3 16 B-Ks P·Q4 17 B_Kt 3 P-lB 18 Kt_B3

QKt·Q2 19 8P",Kt ! B·K2 20 Kt·Q 5 0 -0 21 K·RI

P.QKt 3 22 P",B PxKP 23 QR-Bl! B-Kt2 24 Kt-R4 P-B4! 25 flxRP chi! KtxP 26 Q_R~ ch Q.B2 27 Kt_Ke6 Q·83 28 R·BG!!

W (>SICtn Chess Assn. Tournl'Y Ju ly 1934

SCOTCH GAME I. Kashdan n. IIMey

White 131,Kk I P·K4 2 Kt-K8 3 3 P-Q4 4 Kt"'P 5 Q ",Kt 6 KI_B3 7 B·KIl4 8 B_K2 9 Q-Q2

10 Kt _Q5 11 P-QB3 12 0 -0 13 B·KI3

. P·K4 14 K'xB ch Kt-QIB 15 P-KB41

PxP 16 QR-KI KtxKt? 17 B-Ql

P-Q3 18 B.KIJ B.K 3 19 R-B3

KI_K2 20 KR·K 3 Kt·B3 21 Q·KHZ B-K2 22 P-K5! B_B3 23 P-B5! ! 0-0 24 R",P

, Kt-K4? 25 P-56! Kt_Kt3? 26 R-K7!!

Kt·KR4 P-Bl P-K4 Ke",B

Kt-K3 Q -B4 til B.~Kt? Kt-B2 Q-Q3 R-B2?

K, B K·Ktl R·BI

Resigns

QxKe B·B1 R·Kl P-Kt3 B·R3

H-Ke2 Q·K2 K_RI p,p

Kt-Bl Q-Q2

Kt-Kt3 Resigns

W estern Chess A ssn. T ourn(>y July 1934

FOUR KNIGHTS GAME A. H. Palmi I. K"shdan

W hirr I P·K4 2 Kt_KI!3 3 Kt-B3 4 B·KtS 5 KtxKt 6 P·K5 7 P",Ke 8 QPxP >J B·Q 3

10 0·0 11 Q-R5? 12 R-KI ch 13 B·Q2 14 P ·QR4

P·K4 Kt-KB3

Ke·B3 Kt_Q S P",Kt P"Kt Q"P! P-B3 P·Q4 B·Q3

P-KR3 B-K3

O·O-O! P·KKt3

Black 15 Q-QI 16 B-K 3 17 B-KBI 18 P·QKt4 19 R·R 3 20 PxQP 21 B_Bl 22 P·KeS 23 B-Kt2 24 KxB 25 K-RI 26 R",P

P_KKt4 P-B4

P-KR4 B·K4! P-Q5! PxQP P-Kt S P-R5

n ",p chI P-Kt6 ch

P-R6!! Q,P

W(>st(>rn Chess Assn_ Tourney

J uly 1934 Q UEEf')'S GAMBIT DECLINED

S. Rf's hevsky

1 P-Q4 2 P-QB4 3 Kt·KB3 4 Kt-B3 5 P_K3 6 Bo03 7 B"P 8 B-Q3 9 P-QR4

10 Kt_K4 II 0-0

\Vloit~

Kt·KB3 P.QB3

P-Q4 P-K3

Q Kt·Q2

12 QKt-Q2 13 P-R5! 14 Q _K2

p ",p P·QKt4 P-QR 3

P-KtS P-B4

B-Kt2 B·K2 0-0

Q _B2 15 Kt_B4 16 KKt_K5 17 R·Ql 18 B",Kt 19 p_Q Kt 3 20 p"p 21 B-Q2 22 QR_B I 23 Kt-Kt2! 24 KI-R4 25 R" R 26 KI·BS 27 QxB 28 R-KI 29 Q-B4 30 Kt"'P 31 Q _Kt4 32 KI-SS 33 Q ",Q 34 Kt-B4!

KR-QI Kt _BI

Kt-Kt3 RPxB

p,p Kt·Q4 B·KB3 Q -K2

QR·Bl B·Kt4

R,R B,B

Kt-B6 R-Ql

B-RI ? P-Kt4 Q·Q3 (),P R, Q

R-Ql

I. K:uhdan Black

35 KI·Kt6 3G R·RI! 37 P-B3 38 K_B2 39 Kt·RG 40 R·Q1! 41 KtxP 42 KI-B2

Kt_Q4 K·Hl K-K2 B·B3

K-Q3? B.Kt2 K-B4

4 3 P-QKI4 chI 44 Kt",Kt

R-KRI K-KI4 B"Kt

4 5 Kt_K3 46 R-QBt ! 47 Kt-B4! 48 Kt·Q6 49 P-R6 50 p_R7 51 RxS 52 K-Kt3 53 KI-B7 54 K_R 3 5 5 K"P 56 KxP 57 R"p 58 R-KIG 59 RxP 60 Ke·K5 6 1 R-KI6 ch 62 K-B5 G3 P·B4 64 R-K6ch! 65 K-BG 65 K_Kt6 67 P-BS 68 1'-86 69 K_R6

B_IB R-QlH

K, P R-B2 P.B4 R,P

R·R7 ch R·K7

P-BS ch P-KI5 ch

R"Pch R.P

K_B4 K·Q4 K-K3 R-R7 K-K2 R-R4

R-Kt4 K-SI

K·KII R-Klt K-Rl

R-Kll ch Resign,

SEPTEMBER. 1934

,Zurich Jubilee Tournament July 1934

QUEEN'S GAMBIT DECLINED A. Alekhine Dr. E. Lasker

While B!ack

1 P·Q4 2 P-QB4 3 Kt·KB3 4 Kt·B3 S B·Kt5 6 P.K3 7 R·Bl 8 B·Q3 9 BxP

10 BxB 11 Kt·K4! 12 Kt·Kt3 i3 0·0

P-Q4 P·K3

Kt·KB3 B.K2

QKt·Q2 0-0 P·B3 p,p

Kt·Q4? Q ,B

KKt·Jl.3 P·K4 p,p

14 KI-B5! IS KKtxP 16 B-KI3 17 KtxB 18 Q·Q6!! 19 KR.Ql 20 Q.Kt3 21 Q·Kt 5! 22 Kt-Q6 23 P·K4! 24 R-Q3 25 Kt-RS eh! 26 Q xKtP !!

Zurich Jubilae T ..,urnamenl July 1934

CARO·KANN D EFENSE

Q .Ql KI-K4 BxKt

Q .Kt3?? QKt.Q2 QR-Ql

P-Kt3 K·Rl ? K-Kt2

Kt-KKtl P-BW K.Rl

Resigns

Dr. E. La~k ('r White

P-QB3 P.Q4 p,p

8-84 B·Kt3

P·KR3 B-R2

H. Mueller Black

1 P-K4 2 KI·QB3 3 Kt.B3' 4 KtxP :s KI.Kq 6 P-KR4! 7 KI-K5! 8 Q-R5! 9 Q ·B3!

10 Q .Kt31! I I Q xP 12 B·K2 13 QxR 14 P ·R4 15 R·QR3 16 R-Kt3

P-KKt 3 KI·tH ~_Q4

QxKt ch Q·Q 3 Q-B2 D-Kt2 0-0

P-Kt4

17 PxP 18 Q!K17 ]9 R-KI4 20 P-Q3 2] P·QIB 22 QxRP 23 RxB! 24 Kt-B5 25 QxKt 26 R·Kt4 27 RxP 28 Q.B4 29 Q·R4 eh ,30 RxB eh 3 1 Q xR eh 32 DxQ ch

Z urieh Jubilee T ournamant July, 1934

NIMZOWITSCH DEFENSE

p,p Q.B5 Q·Q3

QKt-Q2 Kt·B4 Kt -Q4

K, R Q ·K4 QxKt Q -K3 P·B4 R·B3 R-R3 K,R Q, Q

Resigns

A. Nimzowitsch W hite

W. H enneberger

Black 1 P·Q4 2 P-QB4 3. KI-QB3 4 Q-Kt3 5 PxB 6 P·B3! 7 B·Kt5 8 P-K4 9 R-Ql

10 P-QS 11 P-KI4 12 B-Q3 13 Kt-K2 14 B·Bl 15 P-KR4

Kt-KB3 P-K3

B·KI5 BxKI eh

P-Q3 0-0

Q-K2 P·K4

p·54! QKt-Q2

R.KI KI·Bt

P·KR3 KKt-R2

Q-B3!

16 KI-Kt1 17 P-R5 18 BxKI 19 B·K2 20 R-Q3 2 1 KtPxP 22 Q-Kll 23 K-Q1 24 K-H2 25 Q-KI 26 R-Q2 27 K.Kt2 28 K.R3 29 KxB 30 BxP

Kt·Kt3 KI·B5!

Q , B Kt-Kt4 P·B4!!

BxP! R·K2 B.Q2

P.Kt4! PXP

B.RS eh R.Kn eh KR-Kt2!!

Q·B2 Q·Q2ch

31 K.R3 32 B·KI3 33 K·KI2 34 Q-Ql 35 R-KB2 36 K·RI

Q·O B2 . Q·R4 eh

P ·BS Q·R5!

RxB eh! Q.R4!

161

37 R-B2 RxP 38 KR·R2 R(B6)·Kt6! 39 Q-Ul P·B6 40 KR·Kt2 R·Kt8 chi!

Resigns.

SYRACUSE MASTERS' TOURNEY August 1934

ENGLISH OPENING E. A. Sanllu ierc

Whi te 1 P.QB4 2 Kt.QB3 3 P·KKt3 4 B.Kt2 5 Kt-53 6 0·0 7 P·QR3 8 P·Kt3 9 B_Kt2

10 P-K3 II P·Q3 12 Q·B2 13 KI-QKt5? 14 KxE 15 P.Q4 16 Kt.K2 17 P·Q5 18 QxB 19 Kt·Q4 20 P·B3

P·K4 Kt·QB3 P·KKt3

B.Kt2 KKt·K2

0-0 P·QR4!

P·Q3 P.R i ! n .K3

Q .Q2 B·R6 fixE

p·5 4! P·K5

QR·Kl B,n

Kt.K4 P.KKI4

21 Kt(Q2)xP Kt (K2) .KI3

A. W. Dake

Black 22 Kt.K6? 23 PxR 24 Q-Q4 25 Q.Q :; 26 RxP 27 PxQ 28 KxKI 29 R·QB t 30 P-K4 31 K·K3 32 KxP 33 PxP 34 R·Q 1 35 K. Il '5 36 P-QKt4 37 R·OK!! 18 RxP 39 K·D4 40 P·QR4 41 R.Kt8 42 K.B3

Rcsia;ns.

RxKt! Q -B3

P-KtS ! PxKt eh

Q xQ KtxR

K.KI2 P·B3

Kt.K4 eh PxKP R·B7 p,p

R·K7 eh P·Q4

Kt·B5 ! p,p

R·K4 eh R" P

K.B3 R·K5 eh

KI.K4 eh!

Western Chess A ssociation Tourney

July 1934 Z U KERT OR'f O PENING

Cape. J. J. Araiza White

I KI-KB3 2 P-Q4 3 QKt·Q2 4 P·K4 5 B-Q 3 6 P·K5 7 0·0 8 P·B3 9 P-QR3

10 R·Kl 11 Kt·Bl 12 Q .K2 13 Q.K3 14 KKt.Q2 15 B-82 16 P·KB4 17 O·R3 18 Kt·B3 19 P·Kt4! 20 Kt_K3 21 K_R I 22 B·Ql

Kt·KB3 P·K3

P·QKt3 B·KI2 P-Q4

KKc·Q2 P-QB4

Kt·Q B3 P-QR4

B·K2 0-0

R·Kl p.B4?

P·QB5? P·QKt4

P·Kt5 Kt·Bl Q ·Kt3 P.Kt3

Kt-Ql P·Kt6 Q ·B3

V. G rigorieff Black

"'~"~" ( l _ ~ ,,_ • • J. t

24 Kt·R4 25 Q"B 26 R.KI3 27 B-B3 28 P I< P 29 Jl·Q 2 30 PxR! 31 K·KI2 32 Q·K7 33 R·KRI .H Q ·K8 ell 35 Q-R5 36 P·KI4 ! 37 K·B2 38 BxKIP 39 B·B3 40 P·B5! 4 1 Q ·R3 42 Kt·KI4! 4 3 Kt-R6 44 Kt"R 45 B·R6!!

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PROBLEMS "The Poesy of Chess"

Bv MAXWELL BUKOFZER

Problems, Prol>lc-m .

SEPTEMBER, 1934

Those o f our readers tha t know mt for ytars and know of my nevu waning, her( ulean eHort3 to foster and propagate the problem composing art; those that saw me spend my time and Rnancial substance in aiding th( upbuilding o f problem dtpartmwts: those that a re aware of tht fac t that I am infa tuated with the lore of problems, that I am and a lways shall be a protagonist o f our beilutiful "Poesy o f Chess:'-surely they will be-lieve me when I exclaim that I am the lm t mll n on cnrth to do something to chess. any brauch there_ of. whereby its welf

The Lesson that Failed By MAXWEL L B U KOFZER

Terry Is one o f my oldl's! and d('all.'~t pals. I kOl"w him inlimatt'l y years before he .~u rrtndl' red to the dH,rms of the I"dy that no ..... pr('~ ides over his houli(·hold. T erry h"l1 numerOlili Im-po$ill!l qua Uflca!IOlls but olle l'x"spnating fu il lng : He ins ts ts, ~1Uhh()rnly. 011 livinu in a diminutive Jersey town. six t('(' n miles from my homl'. T erry is notewor thy for threl" pMtindar rCiJsons. First. he is. like !lIysdf, "c. a t )' aho ut che$.~ prohlcm .... " S~courosiX'ctive hilllke r. at prcsent tryinn 10 carn his S20.00 ;! week salary, could be considtred a s r;lIlking il5 Eiletn's filvorite boy frie nd.

I looked al T erry who, pipe in mouth, sat III his armchai r, to a ll appearances digesling the afler-noon P

SEPTEMBER. 1 934

"Omit the w~-c racking ." I cried. I "k .-l'r. I'o ~~~.

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No. 187 ( Original)

bYNN DAVIS

N . Y'=' ~~

moves,

No. 189 (Original)

FRANK VAIL Rochester, N. Y.

in moves.

No. 191 (O riginal)

BILL BEERS Willmar, Minn.

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T HE C H ESS R E VI E W

No. 188 (Original)

SAN FORD J. BENJAMIN New York Ci ty

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in 2 moves.

No. 190 ( Original)

Mate in 2 moves.

No. 192 (Origina/)

CHAROSJ-I , N. Y .

Mate in 3 moves.

S EPTEMBE R , 1934

" 1('1. 19' (O .. iginal)

DR. DOBBS V • .

No. 195 ( Original)

W. T. SCOTT D.mver, Colo.

No. 19; (Origin El I)

DAVID C. McCLELLAND Jacksonville, Ill.

Sc1i1natc in 4 movcs.

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No. 19-+ (0";9In81)

VANWINKLE N . Y.

M"tc in 3 movcs.

No. 196 (OriRinnl)

R . . CHENEY

-=iii~ RQChea(u. N. y~. =""",1

Matc in ., movcs.

No. 198 (Original)

~~;~!;GOELLER

Soh.l.tions to these problems must be received by October 1. 1931

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