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FIVE TIE FOR FIRST IN MET LEAGUE OPEN The First N.Y. Metropolitan Chess League Open Championship

produced five eo-ehampions at their tournament recently conducted in New York City. The tournament wh ich was open only to members of Met League clubs drew 18 competitors for a fiy e-round Swiss. AU at 31h -l lh, the five winners were f' rank Brady (Marshall), Henry Herbst <Independent), Stephen Sousk (King's County), Eugene Stei nberger (J a· maica), Simon Wei! (Chess and Checker Club of N.Y.).

USCF Membership Chairman, Jose Calderon, opened the tourney by giving a speech whereby he asked all USCF members to cooperate with the membership drive and pledge one member in the next six months. Th e event was directed by J ack Stuppler and Everett Raffel!.

A NOTE OF THANKS by USCF Business Manager

Fra nk R. Brady The USCF Business Off ice has been conducti ng ~ many tou r na men t s la t e.

Iy that we have sca rcely eno ugh t ime to p roper ly tha nk /III o f those persons who make It POSSi ble for US t o conduct t hese events . tn every tou rnament , t he r e a re "men behind the su nei"-the o rig ina t o rs, the corre spondent., the toc31 peo ple who spend many hours In ge tt ing t hei r fe llow chenplaye rs to' compete in Our eve n ts. W ithout these Im portant worke rs, the USCF tou r. name nts wo uld nOI only be uns uccessf\;1 bu t they would have t o be dis. con t inued. A ve r y Important g r ou p of worke rs who are h ired "at the usual ra tes" are the adlud lcato r s. Not only must the ~ be on hand for hours a t a t ime but thei r analysis m ust be (orrect at aU times and t he st rai n can be someilmu mO re preSSing than If they wer e ac tua lly playing. So t o a ll tho . ~ who have m ade o ur tournam ents pOSSi ble , I say thanks a milllon boys-- I don't know what I would II /I ve done without you.

Be low a re li sted a ll of t he ad lud icat o rs t ha t have helped us in recant months-- I be lieve that I've named a ll and 'f I have n ' t, it'll cO me t o me one of these days whe reupo n I prom ise to make specia l me ntio n o f it. Paul Brandh William G. Addison Ja me s T. Sherwin Ed mi1r Mednl. All en KaUfm ann Francisco Ballbe Rll ymond Welnst e ln

Dr. Er iCh Marchand Wal ler Shipma n W illiam Lo mbardy Arl hur Blsg ul e r La r ry Eva n. John W. Collins Hans Km och

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Tal the "Terrible" When in the course of chess events a new star appears who wins

vb·tuall)' every important tournament in sight and strikes terror into the hearts of his oppon('nts, it seems only natural that such a cham­pion would unanimously rec('ive the praise of his opponents and the plaudits of the ehess critics. Mikhail Tal has tr iumphed in two of the last three Russian Championships (finished second the third ti me!), won the Interzonal Tournament at Potoroz, massacred his opposition in th e Munich Chess Olympics, finished first in the great international tourney at Zurich 1959, and just rece ntly achieved his greatest success by wi nning the Wor ld Championship Challengers Tourney I lh points ahead of Grandmasters Keres, PeU'osian, Smyslov, Fischer, Gligorie, Ola fsson . and Benko. The only obstacle standing between this Latvian chess gen ius anti the world championship is a 24-game match with Bot\'innik which begins in March. Despite this mass of evidence Tal has been more uniformly attacked with regard to his understanding of chess and his daredevil tactics lhan any other world championship challenger in history, even being called a "fish" or "patzer" by a number of the gl'll.ndmasters and r eperters interviewed in 8 reeent YlIgo~lav.ian news­paper poll. Let's examine a fe w opinions about Tal from those who ought to know:

1) David Bronstein (quoted in CHESS): "Tal won' t do it against grandmasters!"

2) Vassily Smyslov (Interview for Zagreb newspaper): "Tal wins by Iricks. I consider it my duty as a grandmaster to beat him properly."

3) Vasya Pirc (SCHACH-ECHO): " If Tal plays the way he did in the Challengers Tourney versus Keres and Smyslov, he hasn't got the slightest chance against Botvi nnik."

4) Vladimir Vukovic quotes in FIDE REVUE the following common opinion in Yugoslavia: "Tal has no chance against Botvi nnik and would even lose a match against Keres."

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CHESS KALEIDOSCOPE <Continued from Page 1) 5) Harry Golombek (CHESS): "Tal is certainly the riskiest player

evcr to have gotten so close to the world championship." 6) Sla"ko Krivcc and Paul Muller (SWISS CHt:SS l\L<\GAZINE): "Be·

fore Challengers Tourney the Yugo~avian newspaper BORBA took a poll of the players and their sccands i.'S to who would win the tourney' Tal gOI not a single vote, while SUlyslov I'cccived sc\'en votes and Petrosian four." . 7) Bobby Fischer (quOted in CHESS): "My most dangerous OI)pOllcnt In the tournament was Smyslo\'" (Note : Bobby scored 2·2 with Smyslov, lost 4-{) to Tal).

In addition to these comments about Tal's style and chess person· ality. we were surprised to read in SCI-T ACIJ·ECHO that severa l of Tal's opponents in Yugoslavia ac· tuaUy complaincd thot he annoyed Ihem during the game (other than by his moves??). Your reporter personally watched Tal play in the World Students' Tournament in ICela nd in 1957 (he 's a \'ery viva· ciOliS fellow, atmost a "card"), and did notice that he orten stared very intensely at his opponents while they pondered, as if he were either receiving their thoughts by mental tel epathy or transmitt ing to them the blunders he hoped they would commit. CHESS reo ports that when Benko arrived for a game with Tal Wearing very dark sunglasses. the whole :lUdi· ence broke out into laughter, as if to acknowledge that they under. stood Bcnko was t rying to lessen T:u's hypnotic powers!

Prob3bly the most profound and objective analysis of TOl l's chess techniques has been expounded by his second, Y. Averbach, whose own very logical , conservative style is virtually at an opposite pole from Tal's (is this why Aver· bach W3S chosen as Tal 'S second?). We reproduce in lull Averbach's comments from SOVIETSPORT. NOV. I, 1959:

"Tal's victory-that is the vic· tory of a new style. A new genera· tion of chessplayers has grown and with it a new approach to the chess b3tt1e. I would like to de· scribe Tal's playas of the ·'psycho· logic31" school, in contras t to the "classical" school of which Smys· 10'1, Gligoric and Pelrosian arc members and who are concerned with limiting the possibilities of their opponent and hence, in the course of the game, to gain an ad· vantage through positional play."

The chessplayer of the psycho­logical style prefe rs to leave the game completely open for both players. He understands how to create numerous threats, to in· crease the tension move by move, and to find a favorable tactical so· lulion, of len succcssfully sacrific· ing.

From the classica l point of vicw. to which 1 belong. the new ap· proach to chess is not logical. How· ever, the psychologie31 style Over the chessboard proves to be ex· tremely dangerous, cre3tes a resl· less game, and leads 10 complicat· cd positions which arc not always easy to solve."

What is the t rue s tory about Tal and his successes? It seems to this reporter thai Tal has been at· lacked so strongly by his critics and fellow grandmaste rs not be· cause his play is w!'!ak or lacking in dcpth, but because it is di£fer· ent. The current grandmasters

ha\'!'! been ra iscd 0 11 a die t of chess theory wh ich emphasizes the im· porla nce of positional play and the accumulation of small 3dvantages; a daredeVIl, sacrificial style like 'fal's not only sets them ncw prob· lems but also strikes at the very fundamental principles by which they have been guided. When Smyslo\' comments that TOll wins by .. tricks ," what he may reall)' mean is that Tal wins in 3 way "alien to Smyslov's chess philoso· phy." The I::real success of Tal's play indicates thai there is more than one way for a grandmaster to win a game of chess and that a win emphasizing she!'!r tactical alertness and psychological ins ight into an opponent 's sl rengths and weaknesses is actually no "worse" or less artistic or less subtle than a victol'y brought about by curc· Iul positional maneUVering. Tal has shown time and agai n that chess is a struggle between two in· d ividuals and not between two sets of s ixteen wooden pieces, a point which Lasker and' Alekhine equal· ly well never failed to cons ider. In the com pany of these two world champions Tal may not feel too uncom fortable!

We hope Ihat Tal dues not change his lS lyle, as h ilS criticlS de· mand for the Botvinnik match, si nce if the " tricks" work agains t BOlvinnik what course will be left but to call these "tricks" the pl'in· ciples of a new chess era ?

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U.S. Master lIans Berliner (Li t· t!elon, Colo.) writes to point out that in the well·analysed Keres· f ischer game from the Challeng· ers' Tourney Keres' monumental blunder (24. 8 ·N5?? in the dia· gra mmed posit ion) was not a move wh ich cost him at least a draw. as critics the world over have bCt!n quick to deddc. AU the annotators s tate that by 8 -83 followed by K·N2 while would have retained a pawn ahead with no losing chances. Berliner thinks that 24. .. .. , 8 ·Q7!! would have been a very strong answer \0 B·83 and SliP' ports this claim with the following analysis:

A) 24. 8--83, B·Q7 ; 25. K·N2, P.B~ !; 26. Q.R3. B-K6; 27. KR·KBl ,

R·B7; 28. K·HI, BxBP (Black has a st rong attack).

B) 24. B·83, B-Q7 ; 25. P·Q5, R·B7 ; 26. Q·Q4 (if 26. P·Q6, B·K8!! 27. P·Q7, RxRch; 28. K·N l, R·N7 eh: 29. Bx R, Q·B7 Mate), B·86; 27. Q·N6, B·H4; 28. Q·Q4, Q·N6! 29. R·Q3 tif 29. Q·Q3. R·B6) Q·N4; 30. K·N2. 8 ·N3 land everyt hing goes).

C) 24 . 8·83, B-Q7; 25. QIQ7. QR· QI ; 26. Q·N5, R·N I ; 27. Q·Q7. B· N4; 28. K·N2. KR-QI ; 29. Q·N4, B·K6 (with variations similar to A)

CHESS poses this chess conun· drum 10 its readers: "What is it that a king, rook, bishop, knight, or pawn ca n do, but a {Iueen can· not'!" AnslVer n('xt month.

GAME S, ANAL YSIS, COMMENT

Games 1 to 36 of the 1959· 1960 US Championship and Rosenwald have appeared in the February 5 and February 20 issues of CHESS l.JFE. Games 37 10 66 appear in this issue. We belie'Je that most readers will want to go over them again in the light of the analysis and comment on each game, appear· ing in Paul Leith's round· by· round commentary on that event, beginning below.

THE 12TH U,S. CHAMPIONSHIP by PAUL LEITH

The l)ulSali ng dramatic e lemenls. as well as Ihe resul ts of the 1959/ 60 U.s. Chess Championship were described in my preliminary article (CL 2/5/ 60). The present article summnrizes each rou nd with results and openings used. Refere nces are given to columns in MeO NO.9. In only one instance (game no. 11 : Weinstein·Sherwin) does the game duplicate the MCO colum n: in all the other 65 games the "book" is quickly ~ast aside. The results of adjourned games a re included in the origi nal rounds. The following players wcre gra~ious enough to reply to my request fo r informalion : Ault, Bisguier, Bernstein. Benko, Byrne. Denker. Mednis, Seidman :lIId Sherwi n; their comments are included. Each game bears its official number, accordi ng to the pair· ing sy.~t('m .

Round 1 Friday, Dec. 18, 1959

West Side YMCA, New York Geme White Black Opening Moves 1 Denker ................ 0 Seidman ............ 1 Gruenfeld Indian Defen" 44 2 Ault ...................... 0 Weinste in .......... 1 French Defense ................ 38 3 Sherwin .............. 1 Byrne ............... J King 's Indien Defense ...... 61 4 Fischer ................ 1 Bis9uier ....... .. ... 0 Petroff Oefense ................ 60 5 Bernstein ............ 0 Reshl vsky ... ....... 1 Benoni Counter Gambit .... 33 6 Med nis ....... ......... 1 Benko ........... _ ... .1 Sicilien Defense ................ 37

In 1/"'''''' 1"0. I. Seidman ",On a pawn on hi .. :!.Slh mO"e; and at Ihe e nd, ,,1IlIdnl the While Klng'a " 'ea\<ened pa"'n delen ...... threatenod m ... te by Q' ... and Roo\< on t be 8tb ran \<. Sayl ~ldm.D : " 'n the latter Plrt oC the gl me, lhere was some very Irl cky combin.tive pl.y In whlc:h the ........ a hllrllne difference betwecn ~lctof)' and dettal ." Col. 41 . p . 296, MCa No. , .

In lan'e No. 2 (Au lt.Weln.lttin l, Aul! t r lu oul , unsu':Cf'ssfUlly. an lM'eKUI'r " 'ay ot mf'etlne: the French Dcten~ . 6lac\< wins a pl"'n on his Uth move; Ind gets a pissed . and Inco ~l tabty promoted pawn.

In g;ome No. 3 (Sherwln.Byrnel. the playe r$ (irht II OUl, "'lIh Ihreatl .nd counle r Ih,.e~t'. At the end, e~ch has a Klnl': a nd Roo\< , with BI~c \< having a n ext r a pawn but IMurticient to win . In reply 10 the question: "WhO was your tou"helt opponent?", Byrne $lated : "Sherwin ,.ve mCO the most Irouble". Col. 13, I). 309, MCO No.9.

In game No. ~ ( Fl.!eh~r·Bt sRul('r ) . Blse\< exeh.ng~d Roo\<s jusl berore ad. jour nn ... nt. When lat .... th~ Bla.:k King moved OVer to the King side to wipe out Whiles passed Knight Pa,,·n. Whlte's Klnll c.ptured 1"'0 p~ .... n$, .nd Flseher remained " ' lIh a 2· 1 pa .... n majority on the Queen side. Col. 6, p. $7, MCO No. t. Bisguter statn th~t . ·\scher a nd Reshevsky ,,· .. re his toughest opponents.

In game 1"0. S (Bernste ln.Ruhcov,ky). Blac \< eslabll$h('d a Queen aide p.wn maj ority .nd emerged with • paued QN pawn. Inc vlt.bly promoted. Bemateln consldel'$ RUhevsky his 10uGhest opponent In the tournament , (rom the potnt ot view or the strain endured while lIeshcvsky wail eel patiently far hlln to make a mhtakc ..... hlch he dlel. Bernstein .dds: "Al/alr,"1 Reshc~sk)' I prepared an colabor . atc. but perhaps somewhat anemic plan 10 draw Ihe tang~ trom the relular BenonI. This plan Invol\'ed . ) fXch3nge ot Blac\<'. rtnanchelt~d KB, to prevent pn:lI.Sure .glnst Whlte's iquan:i on tl1:11 dl.gonal; b) \< eeplnll Whit .. •• KP back, so .s 10 pre"ent Bla.:k's o«up.Uon of White 's Q4 .qu.re by • Kni8ht (Bl.('\<'. Knlrhl orten I~S to hI. Q5 via QR3, B2 and 1'<4 In Ihls o~nlng). One conslder.tlon , Incldent.lly , In playing I . P-Q4 Is that Reshevi\<y I. an fXPC'rt In I. P ·K4 opening •.

"As il worked ou t. Bla.:k h.d .n .dcquate , It ra thcor p.sslve, pOllUon despite hIs loss of ... venl tempI In t he opening (In Ihls type of g.me. where slow m.neuver Is the rule. 101$ or t ime Is not hnportanl as lonr as White t aUs to try to 'stonn' with his center pawns. My opinIon Is thM s uch an ea r ly 'storm' docsn' t mean mUCh, since p.~ Is al .... ays met by ... N·K!. llIack has no wI nning p rospeels in thb li ne It White exerclses renonable caution." Page 2H. Me O No. 9; also Col. 39. I>. 233.

In g.me NO.6 ll\!ednls.B<' n\< ol, BI.c\< Irlu th rough ex('h. nges to secure .n .d'· ... n tage. but " 'lIhout result . Ea('h .... ound up with' 3·2 p.wn m.Jorlty. White on the Queen . Ide .nd KI • .:\< On Ihe King . Ide. Col. 147, p. 151. MCO NO.9.

Game Whit. 7 Seidman (1) ........ 0 8 Reshevsky (1) ...... 1 9 Bisguie r (0 ) .... ...... 1

Round 2 S.IIurdey, Dec. 19, 1959

Wl5t Side YMCA Black Opening Moves

Benko m .......... 1 Sicilian Defense ... ............. 39 Mednis W .......... 0 King's Indien Defense .... 42 Bernstei n (0) .... 0 Queen's Pawn Game-

10 Byrne U) .............. 1 Fischer (1) ........ 1 Hromedke System ........ 41

Queen's Pawn Game, Kevih:·Traikovich Defense .......................... 40

11 Weinste in (1) .... .. 0 Sherwin HI ........ 1 Queen's Gembit Accepted 15 12 Denker (0) .......... 1 AuU (0) .............. 0 Slav Defense .............. .... .. 22

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In game No. 7 (Seidman-Benko), Benko forces Seldman's King to the center of the board, gets three extra pawns; his threat to promote his QRP compels White to surrender. Benko considers this game and the one against Sherwin (game No .. 51) his be.st in the tournament, and his best strategic play to have been in this game. Seidman writes : "Benko took good advantage of my slow open­ing and then continued with consistently good play." Col. 161, p. 154, MCO No. 9.

In game No. 9 (Bisguler-Bernstein), White smashes Black's King side pawn defenses, yet Black castles on that side. In the ending, White has R, N and four pawns, while Black has two rooks and one pawn . The promotion of White's QNP is inevitable, and Black resigns. Bisguier considers this his best game In the tournament, "for Its original opening and interest ing complications". According to Bernstein, the variation he used In this game Is his favorite opening. With regard _to the opening, Bernstein states: "It involved a Pawn sacrifice in return for some pressure. I felt that Bisguler is generally unhappy when on the defensive. In this case, however, he reacted correctly by a counter-sacrifice on a pawn which if accepted would destroy my position. However, as a result of not accepting his offer, I remained with the worst of it, though I later equalized by strong play." Col. 22, p . 230, MCO No. 9.

In game No. 10 (Byrne-Fischer), Byrne whipped up an attack which netted him material superiority of a Queen against two Bishops. But unfortunately, his Rook could not come to the aid of his King and he was unable to avoid a draw by repetition. Says Byrne: "If It had not been for my time pressure blunder I would consider my game with Fischer my best In the tournament for it; sharp attacking play." He considers his combination in this game his, best In the tournament. Col. 43, p. 234, MCO No. 9.

In game No. 11 (Weinstein-Sherwin), White on his 23rd move, sacrifices the exchange in an attempt to ease his cramped position, but In vain. Surprisingly, Black has not yet castled. Weinstein soon resigns, since the Black Queen forks King and Bishop; and after capturing the Bishop, Black would be the exchange ahead. Col. 12, p. 168 MCO No. 9.

In game No. 12 (Denker-Ault), Denker displayed his attacking prowess which made him the 1944 U. S. Champion. In a combined attack by Queen two Rooks and a Bishop, h e succeeded in winning a Rook; and It was curtains for the 1959 U . S. Junior Champion. Col. 73, p . 221, MCO No. 9.

Round 3 Sunday, Dec. 20. ~';':;; ~

., ci.r ;,de YMCA

Game White Black Opening Moves 13 Ault (0} .. .... .. ... ..... 0 Seidman (1) ...... 1 Sicilian Defense-

Dragon Variation .... .... 21 14 Sherwin (H) 1

.... .. . . 2 Denker (1) 1 ·· ····••2 Nimzo-lndian Defense-

Samisch Variation .. .. .... 40 15 Fischer (H) ....... J Weinstein (1} ... J Caro.Kann Defense .. .. ...... 43 16 Bernstein (0) ..... J Byrne (1) .. ...... .... 1 King's Indian Defense ... . 12 17 Mendis U} ........... J Bisguier (1) ........ 1 Ruy Lopez .. ... ........ ..... .. ..... . 67 18 Benko (H) ....... .. .. J Reshevsky (2) ... J King's Indian Defense .. .. 16

In game No. 13 (Ault-Seidman), after Black's 13th move .. . P-QR3, three of White's minor pieces are en prise. Black wins a Knight, giving up two pawns. Col. 101, p. 142, MCO No. 9.

In game No. 14 (Sherwin•Denker), after simplification by both sides, Black has an extra pawn (doubled on QN file) , not enough for a win. Col. 81, p. 281, MCO No. 9.

A well played game, with each having a Rook and four pawns at the end, was game No. 15 (Fischer-Weinstein). Weinstein thus shared the honor of drawing against Fischer with International Masters Byrne and Sherwin and International Grandmaster Reshevsky. Col. 26, p . 89, MCO No. 9.

As to game No. 16 (Bernstein-Bryne), this "grandmaster" draw (12 moves!) was the second shortest draw in the tournament, second only to the 11 move draw (game No. 43 between Seidman and Byrne In the eighth round) . Can either player contend that there Is no further play in the position? Col. 81, p. 323, MCO, No. 9.

Game No. 17 was a well contested draw between Mednis and Blsguier, the second longest draw in the tournament. At the end, Bisguler on the black side has a promoted Queen against White's Rook and two connected pawns. Col. 111, p. 47, MCO No. 9.

Now we come to a "real" grandmaster draw-between two holders of the title of International Grandmaster: Benko and Reshevsky (game No. 18). Off the board at the end are only a Bishop and a Pawn on each side. Page 317, MCO No. 9.

Game White 19 Seidman (2) ·····-.1 20 Bisguier 0) ......... J

21 Byrne (1 U ·· ·······-·1 22 Weinstein (H) .... 1 23 Denker (1 U .......... 0

Round 4 Tuesday, Dec. 22, 1959

Manhattan C.C.

Black Reshevsky (21) .. 0 Benko (2) ........ . J

Mednis (1) ...... .... 0 Bernstein U} .... 0 Fischer (2} .... .... 1

Opening Moves Sicilian Defense ... ... .... .... 41 Sicilian Defense-Modern

Paulsen Variation ...... 891 Neo•Gruenfeld Defense .. .. 56 Dutch Defense .. ......... ....... 25 Queen's Pawn Game-

Dory Defense .. ... ........... 40 24 Ault (0} ....... ......... 0 Sherwin (2} ........ 1 Sicilian Defense .. .............. 41

The sensation of this round and perhaps of the championship as a whole was Seldman's brilliant, electrifying victory over the renowned Reshevsky (game No. 19). On the 20th and 21st moves, Seidman sacrificed In succession a Bishop and a Knight, to open up the KN file. He regained material; by the 30th move, he had a Queen against Rook and Knigh t advantage. He commanded the diagonal QR2·KN8, the final attack being made by his Queen. and Rook.

Seidman considers this the best game he played In the tournament. He calls attention to the " subtle threat of 18. NxKP, which led to Reshevsky's move 17 . ........ , R·QRl Instead of 17 . ........ , B-QN2" which according to Seidman "would have been answered by a truly profound combination." Col. 137, p . 149, MCO No. 9.

Seidman must have been spurred on to wipe out the horror of his 14 move loss to Reshevsky last June In the Manhattan.Marshall finals of the New York Metropolitan League Team Championship.

The longest game of the tournament was the 89 move draw (game No. 20) between Blsguler and Benko. After 51 moves, It was a battle between Blsguler's King and Rook, and Benko's King, Rook and Knight. Benko ably interposed his Knight against any checks by White, bu t found no way to win. He was finally compelled to offer a draw. Col. 117, p . 145, MCO No. 9.

Game No. 21 (Byrne.Mednis) was a Bishop and Pawn ending. After 33. BxRP, White has an extra Pawn (2-1 m ajority on the Queen side. After White gets rid of Black's passed QR Pawn by yielding a Bishop, Black Is forced to give up a Bishop to get rid of White's passed pawn on QN6, leaving White a Bishop ahead. Col. 5, p. 299, MCO No. 9.

Game No. 22 was a remarkable win by the rising luminary, Weinstein against the veteran Bernstein. Especially pleasing and effective was White's quiet move 22. Q-B7, P.laclng his Queen en prise. This move has some of the charm of

Richard Beti's famous final, crushing move 25. B-K8 In the game against Bogolyubov In the 1924 New York International Tournament which rightfully won Retl the first brilliancy prize. 22. Q•B71, R·KNl

If 22 . ....... . , RxQ; 23. R-K8ch, R•Bl; 24. RxR mate If 22 ......... , Q·B3; 23. QxN

23. NxQBP, ....... . Threatening 24. NxB, RxN; 25. R•K.8ch, RxR; 26. QxR mate; if 23. .. ...... , PxN;

25. R·K8. 23 . ...... .. , Q•N3 24. N-K5, Q•KR3

If 24. .. ...... , QxQ; 25. NxQ (smothered mate). 25. · B-Q5, Resigns

If 25 . ........ , N•B3; 26. QxRch, NxQ; 27. N-B7 (smothered mate). If 25 ........ . , B•K3; 26. BxB, B·B3; 27. QxRch, RxQ; 28. N•B7 (smothered mate); 1f

26 . ........ , N•B3; 27. QxR, NxQ; 28. N-B7 (smothered mate). Shades of Phllldor's Legacy!

According to Bernstein, the one who played best against him was Weinstein. After the game, he commented, woefully: " He clobbered me." He writes: "My Dutch Defense against Weinstein was inadequately prepared while tourney was In progress. An early transposition of moves gave Weinstein a group which he never r elaxed, and he concluded with a nice sacrificial combination." Col. 18, p. 246, MCO No. 9.

In game No. 23 (Denker-Fischer ), White starts a King side pawn attack, hut this is blocked by Fischer. By an exchange of Rooks on the 35th move, Fischer drives the White King into the open, and Denker Is helpless. Denker states that Fischer was his toughest opponent In the tournament. Col. 41, p. 234, MCO No. 9.

In game No. 24 (Ault-Sherwin), a combination by Sherwin, beginning with his 38th move . . . B·B5ch, wins him the exchange. The game was adjourned, but Ault resigned without resuming play. Col. 70, p. 135, MCO No. 9.

Game White 25 Sherwin (3} ... .... .. .!

26 Fischer (3} .. ........ 1 27 Bernstein U} ..... . 1 28 Mednis (1} ... ......... 0 29 Benko (21} .......... 0 30 Reshevsky (2k} .... 1

Round 5 Wednesday, Dec. 23, 1959

Manhattan C.C. Black

Seidman (3) ..... J

Ault (0) ........ ...... 0 Denker (1 1} .. ... . 0 Weinstein (2!} .... 1 Byrne (21) .. ....... . 1 Bisguier (2) .... ... . 0

Opening Sicilian Defense­

Dragon Variation

Moves

(with 2 ......... , P-Q3} ...... 44 Pirc-Ufi mtsev Defense .... 32 Polish Opening . ...... ... 2 Sici lian Defense ............... .52 Gruenfeld Indian Defense 38 Nirnzo.l nd ian Defense-

Rubenstein Var iation .33 In game No. 25 (Sherwin-Seidman), White's King side attack by rooks

doubled on the KR file failed. At the end of the game, White had an extra pawn on the QN file, but It was doubled. Says Seidman: " I played poorly again.,t Sherwin in exchanging my QN for his KB." Page 142, MCO No. 9.

In game No. 26 (Fischer-Ault), Fischer castled on the Queen side and launched an attack on the King side. When Ault castled on his 19th move, his King's pawn defenses were weak (NP on N5 and RP on R4). Fischer cleared the N file for the final onslaught. Ault writes: "I believe my best strategic concept In the tourna­ment was against Fischer, from the point where I played P·B3 (move 12), until I hesitated to press my advantage and instead blundered by castling (move 19)." Col. 56, p. 237, MCO No. 9.

In game No. 27 (Bernstein•Denker), Bernstein's combination involving the exchange of Queens wins two pawns, remaining a pawn ahead. Later, he wins a Knight. Black must give up a rook to keep White's NP from promotion. Col 5, p. 353, MCO No. 9.

Bernstein states that his best strategic concept was In this game. He writes: "I allowed a serious weakening of my Q4 square for the sake of developing a King side attack which could not be parrted satisfactorily."

As to the Polish opening, Bernstein continues: "This was not prepared; lt deserves mention since I played It four times, scoring 2½ points. Its advantage Is that White in playing a Sicilian with a move in hand has achieved one of the Sicilian objectives ( ... ... .. , P•QN4) without the necessity for the preliminary ........ , P·QR3.

"Unfortunately, It seems to me that Pachman's recommendation 1. ........ , P·QR4!; 2. P-N5 leaves White with a lifeless game, since he cannot operate on the QR file nor break through with P•QB5 if Black sets up the formation of pawns on QN3, Q3K4 and the N on Q2. Such a setup also prevents any chance of a White Knight arriving at the hole on QB6."

In game N0. 28 (Mednis.Weinstein) with Black's passed pawn on Q7, White Is forced to give up the exchange to get rid of the pawn. And when, at the end, each player Is left with K and P, Black's pawn wins out in the race for promotion. Col. 147, p . 151, MCO No. 9.

In game No. 29 (Benko•Byrne), after a sharp struggle, Black Is a pawn ahead, after 28 moves. Benko, however, exceeded the time limit, the only Instance during the Championship. Byrne believes that his best strategic concept of the tournament was In this game, adding: ''but time pressure muddled it." Col. 31, p. 294, MCO No. 9.

Game No. 30 (Reshevsky•Bisguler) Is a fine example by Reshevsky of a value of a pawn on the sixth rank; he maintained the Initiative to the end. Col. 44, p. 273, MCO No. 9

Game White 31 Seidman (3U ..... ,& 32 Byrne (3U ............ & 33 Weinstein (3U •..• 0

Round 6 Saturday, Dec. 26, 1959

Manhattan C.C. Black

Bisguier (2) ..... J Reshevsky (3k} .J Benko (2U ........ .. 1

Opening Moves Sicilian Defense ....... .. .. ..... 57 Nimzo-lndian Defense-

Rubenstein Variation .... 22 King's Indian Defense-

34 Denker (1 U ........ 0 Mend ls (1} .. .. ... .. .1 Fianchetto Attack ... .. ... 24 King's Indian Defense .... 29

35 Ault (0} ...... .......... 0 Bernstein (H} .... 1 Center Counter Game ...... 63 36 Sherwin (31) .•..••. .1 Fischer (4) ....... .! Sicilian Defense .. .............. 34

Game No. 31 (Seldman•Blsguler) was a keenly-fought draw, with White giving up three pieces for the Black Queen, and twice sacrificing the exchange. The White Queen, however, with two extra pawns could not win against Black's two rooks. Says Seidman: "I crushed Blsguler In the opening with the fine sacrifice of a Knight, but then let him escape." Col. 154, p. 152, MCO No. 9.

Striving for positional advantage through exchanges marked game No. 32 (Byrne•Reshevsky). At the end, White had two Bishops and a Knight (in addltlon to Queen and pawns), while Black had two Knights and a Bishop. Could Byrne have proved the superiority of the two Bishops In this position, or was he playing

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safe, In accepting Black's offer of a draw? Page 275, MCO No. 9. Game No. 33 (Weinstein-Benko): a fine game by Benko. When Weinstein shifted

his Queen to the Queen side (20. Q-N4), Benko Initiated a King side attack by Queen and Knight, winning the exchange (23. . ....... , BxR). Someone once wrote that ln co=enting on a Rook move, it Is always safe to say: "'wrong rook". This, I think, applies to Weinstein In this game. Col. 76, p. 322, MCO No. 9.

In game No. 34 (Denker-Mednis), a neat Knight sacrlflce by Mednis opened the way for the advance of his KNP. Col. 42, p . 315, MCO No. 9.

In the second longest won game In the tournament, game No. 35 (Ault-Bern­stein), Ault gets an advantage In the opening, but a combination by Bernstein wins a piece. Black displayed fine coordination of N and B. F'aced with the prospect of promotion of Black's Pawn on KB5, Ault resigned. Ault says: "This was my best game in the tournament. I got an advantage from the opening and maintained It, winning a pawn and slowly building up to advance It, until I blundered away a piece; bu t even after this, I still played well and almost drew." Col. 5, p. 162, l!CO .·o. 9.

In game • ·o. 36 (Sherwin-Fisch er), castled Queen side and started a King side pawn advance. Black started a pawn advance on the Queen side and then also castled long. herv.in h ad an extra pawn at the end, but not enough to win.

enrin considers this his best game ln the tournament, "well played by both sides", adding that while his professional work prevented adequate prepara­tion, be bad had time to prepare against Fischer's Sicilian Defense and "got a good game". Ope ning similar to game No. 28 (Mednis-Weinstein). Col. 147, p. 151, MCO No. 9.

Round 7 Sunday, Dec. 27, 1959

Marshall C.C. Game White Black Opening Moves 37 Fischer (41) ........ 1 Seidman (4) ...... 0 Center Counter Game .... 17! 38 Bernstein (21) .... 1 Sherwin (4) ....... .1 Polish Opening ....... .. ....... 58 39 Mednis (2) ............ 1 Ault (0) .............. 0 Sicilian Defense-

Dragon Variation with 2 ......... , P-Q3 ................ 41

40 Benko (3U ........... .1 Denker (11) ..... .1 Queen's Indian Defense .. 41 King's Indian Defense .... 41 French Defense-

41 Reshevsky (4) ...... 1 Weinstein (31) •••• 0 42 Bisguier (21) ....... .1 Byrne (4) ............ 1

Winauer Variation ...... 26 Round 7

No. 39 Dec. 27, 1959 Mednis Ault

No. 37 White Black

Fischer 1. P-K4 P-QB4 2. N-KB3 P-Q3

Seidman 3. P-Q4 PxP 4. NxP N•KB3 White Black 5. N•B3 P•KN3 6. B·K3 B-N2

1. P-K4 P-Q4 7. p.93 0-0 8. Q•Q2 P-Q4

2. PxP QxP 9. P·K5 N-Kl 10. P-84 P·K3 3. N-QB3 Q•QR4 4. P·Q4 N-KB3 11. 0-0-0 P-83 12. PxP BxP 5. N•B3 N-83 6. P·Q5 QN-N5 13. P-KN3 N•N2 14. B•N2 N-Q2 7. B-N5ch P-83 8. PxP PxP 15. KR·Kl N•N3 16. P•N3 B-Q2 9. B-R4 B-R3 10. P-QR3 R-Ql 17. N-83 N-84 18. 8-Nl Q-K2 11. B·Q2 R-Q3 12. PxN Q•KB4 19. N-K5 KR•Bl 20. N·K2 R-82 13. B-N3 N•K5 14. RxB RxB 21. K-Nl BxN 22. PxB R(l)-QBl 15. Q-Rl NxN 16. PxN R-Q3 23. R•QBl 8-Kl 24. B-R3 N-Q2 17. 0-0 Resigns 25. BxN NPxB 26. N•B4 N-B4 27. BxN RxB 28. R-KNl K-Rl

No. 38 29. P•KN4 PxP 30. RxP B-82 Bernstein Sherwin 31. N-Q3 R(4J•B2 32. Q-R6 R-KNl

White Black 33. RxRch KxR 34. N-B4 B-N3 35. NxB PxN 36. QxPch Q-N2

I. •P•QN4 P·K4 2. B-N2 P-Q3 37. QxPch K-Rl 38. QxP R-K2 3. P·QB4 N•Q2 4. P-N3 P-KN3 39. R-Kl R-Q2 40. Q-K4 R•Q7 5. B·N2 B-N2 6. Q•N3 N-K2 41. P-K6 Resigns 7. N-KB3 0-0 8. 0-0 N-QB3 ,. N-B3 R-Kl 10. P-Q3 N-KB3 No. 40 11. P-K3 P-KR3 12. QR-Bl B·K3 Benko Denker 13. N•Q2 Q-Q2 14. N·Q5 N-Ql 15. NxNch BxN 16. P-B4 B-N2 White Black 17. PxP PxP 18. N-K4 9.94 1. P•Q4 N•KB3 2. P-QB4 P-K3 19. N-85 Q•K2 20. NxP NxN 3. N-KB3 P-QN3 4. P-K3 B-N2 21. BxN QR•Nl 22. 8-86 KR-Ql 5. B-Q3 B-K2 6. 0-0 O·O 23. P-K4 B-R6 24. R-KB2 QxNP 7. QN-Q2 P•Q4 8. P-QN3 QN-Q2 25. QxQ RxQ 26. B-R3 R•N3 9. B-N2 p.94 10. Q-K2 PxBP 27. B-Q5 P-QB3 28. BxPch K-R2 11. PxP PxP 12. PxP N-R4 29. p.95 R•N2 30. 8-84 P·KR4 13. Q-K3 P-KR3 14. KR•Kl B-N4 31. R-Rl P-R4 32. R-QN2 RxR 15. NxB QxN 16. QxQ PxQ 33. BxR R-KBl 34. R-Kl R•B6 17. N-K4 BxN 18. BxB QR-Bl 35. P-Q4 PxP 36. P-K5 P•Q6 19. QR·B R·B2 20. B-R3 KR•Bl 37. B-83 B-R3 38. P-K6 P·Q7 21. B·Q3 N(R4)-B3 22. P-R3 R·B3 39. BxQ ►' BxB 40. P-K7 B-K6ch 23. QR-Ql N-81 24. P-QS R·B2 41. K-Rl B•Q2 42. R•Ql B•Kl 25. BxN KxB 26. PxP PxP 43. R·Q8 BxBP 44. RxB R-K6 27. RxP 28. R(6)-K1 45. R•QR8 BxP 46. RxP R-QB6 R-Q R(B2)•Q2 47. B-87 K-N2 48. B-K8 R-R6 29. B•B2 RxR 30. BxR R-Q7 49. RxR BxR 50. P-KR4 p.94 31. B-N3 N-Q2 32. R-K3 N-84 51. K-N2 P-85 52. B-N5 P-86 33. R-N3 P-R4 34. RxP P•R5 53. B-Q3 K-83 54. K•R3 P-N4 35. RxN PxR 36. BxP RxP 55. PxPch KxP 56. 8-B2 B•Q3 37. B-86 P•N4 38. P-N3 K·K2 57. P•R4 8·82 58. B-N3 B·Ql 39. K•N2 R-R6 40. B-QS K-83 59. Drawn 11. B-N8 K-K4 42. Draw

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Reshevsky No. 41 Weinstein 37. R-Ql K-Q4 38. 8-Kl P-86

White Black 39. PxP K•B5 40. BxB K-N6

1. P-Q4 N-KB3 2. P-QB4 P-KN3 41. BxRP Resigns

3. N-QB3 B-N2 4. P-K4 P-Q3 Bisguier No. 42 Byrne 5. N-83 O·O 6. B-K2 P•K4 White Black 7. P-Q5 N•R3 8. B•N5 P•R3 9. B-R4 Q-Q2 10. N•Q2 N-Kl 1. P-K4 P-K3 2. P-Q4 P-Q4

11. 0-0 P-QB4 12. P-QR3 P-84 3. N-QB3 B•N5 4. PxP PxP

13. PxP PxP 14. P-84 PXP s. B-Q3 N•QB3 6. KN-K2 KN-K2

15. RxP B-K4 16. R-KBl Q•N2 7. 0-0 QB-84 8. N•N3 axe

17. Q-82 N-83 18. P-R3 N-82 ,. QxB 0-0 10. B-N5 P-83

19. QR-Kl B-Q2 20. N-83 B-85 11. B·Q2 BxN 12. QxB Q•Q2

21. B-Q3 QR-Kl 22. RxR KNxR 13. KR-Kl N-84 14. NxN QxN

23. B•B2 N•B3 24. N-KR4 P-N4 15. Q-B5 Q-Q2 16. 8-84 P•QN3

25. BxKBP PxP 26. N•N6 R-82 17. Q-83 QR-Kl 18. P-KR3 P-KN4 27. B-K6 BxB 28. PxB NxP 19. B-R2 R•B2 20. RxRch Qx.R 29. Q-85 B-Q7 30. QxN QxN 21. R-Kl Q-Q2 22. R-K2 K•N2 31. N•Q5 K-N2 32. N-K7 Q•KS 23. K·B N-R4 24. Q-83 P•QB4 33. N•B5ch K•Nl 34. QxRch KxQ 25. PxP PxP 26. Q-Q3 p.95 35. NxQPch K·K3 36. NxQ NxN Draw Draw

Game No. 37 (Fischer-Seidman) was a beautiful miniature by the youngest International Grandmaster; the shortest game in the Championship. Black prevents White from castling King side by 9. .. ...... , B-R3. When this Bishop is eliminated, White castles, and Seidman resigned. Col. 1, p. 162. MCO No. 9.

Seidman writes: "I played so badly against Fischer that he didn't have too much opportunity to show bis strength against me, though I have some reserva• tions as to whether his opening play was best". He continues: "I chose the Center Counter game, because I wanted to avoid Fischer's knowledge of the Intricacies of the Sicilian Defense, and at the same time playing an enterprising game with counter chances, even at some risk. I didn't think Fischer's move 5. P­Q5 was proper (and still don't) . However, in re~~tlon to it, I played much too impetuously. I made a thoroughly unsound sacrifice."

In game No. 38 (Bernstein-Sherwin), once more with the bizarre Polish Opening, Bernstein flanchettoes both Bishops. Before adjournment, each player ~ tries to promote a passed pawn, but soon, both pawns are eliminated. Further advance of pawns Is prevented by the Kings on the King side and by the Bishop§., on the Queen side. Sherwin says that hi& best strategic concept In the toumam:ent was the pawn sacrifice in this game, but "the game was rulned"To---um.e pressure." Col. 5, p. 353, MCO No. 9.

In game No. 39 (Mednis-Ault), Black doubles rooks on the QB file (White had castled Queen side). With an early lead in development, Mednis attacks on the King side against the poorly defended Black King. At the end, White has three extra pawns (one a passed pawn on K6) . Ault states: "I had a number of cute tricks as we were getting out of the opening, but Mednis carefully avoided them." Col. 101, p. 142, MCO No. 9.

Denker calls Game 40 against Benko his "one bad game" In the tournament, commenting: "Strangely enough it was drawn when Benko decided to accept a pawn that I offered. After this sacrifice, he never had another opportunity to win, but instead bad to fight for the draw."

The highlight of game No. 41 (Reshevsky-Weinsteln) was the veteran's com­bination beginning with his 30th move QxN, which netted him the exchange and a pawn. Col. 21, p. 311, MCO No. 9.

In game No. 42 (Blsgu!er-Byrne), both players simplified through exchanges and at the end, material was even. Col. 52, p. 105, MCO No. 9.

Round 8 Monday, Dec. 28, 1959

Marshall C.C. Game White 43 Seidman (4) ....... .1

Black Byrne (41) ......... .1

44 Weinstein (3!) ... J Bisguier (3) ....... .1 45 Denker (2) ....... ... 1 Reshevsky (5) .... 0 46 Ault (0) ................ 0 Benko (4) .......... 1

47 Sherwin (4!) ....... J Mednis (3) ......... J 48 Fischer (51) .. ...... 1 Bernstein (3) .... 0

Round 8 Dec. 28, 1959 Denker

Opening Moves French Defense-

Exchange Variation .... 11!! Slav Defense .................. 31 King's Indian Defense.: .. 55 Sicilian Defense-

Modern Paulsen Variation .................... 36

Dutch Defense ................ 21 Ruy Lopez-Marshall

Counter Attack .......... 38

No. 45 Re~hevsky

Seidman No. 43 Byrne White Black

White Black 1. P·Q4 N-KB3 2. P•QB4 P-KN3 3. N·QB3 B-N2 4. P-K4 P•Q3

1. P•K4 P•K3 2. P-Q4 P•Q4 5. B•K2 0-0 6. N•B3 p.93 3. PxP PxP 4. B•Q3 N-QB3 7. 0-0 P·K4 8. P-QS PxP 5. P-QB3 B-Q3 6. N•K2 Q-R5 9. BPxP QN-Q2 10. N•Q2 P-QR4 7. N•R3 P-QR3 8. Q-Q2 KN-K2 11. N-84 N-84 12. p.93 N•Kl 9. N-82 8-84 10. BxB NxB 13. B-K3 P-N3 14. N-R4 R-Nl 11. Q•N5 Draw 15. NxN QPxN 16. P-QR4 N-Q3

17. NxN QxN 18. P-KN4 P-84 Weinstein No. 44 Bisguier 19. P-N3 B-Q2 20. Q·Q2 P·KB5

White Black 21. B-82 P-R4 22. PxP PxP

1. P•Q4 P-Q4 2. P-QB4 P•QB3 23. K-Rl 8-B3 24. R-Nlch K•R2

3. N-QB3 N-KB3 4. B-N5 PxP 25. B-Q3 B·K2 26. R·QBl P•R5

5. P•K4 P-QN4 6. p.93 P-KR3 27. Q-N2 P-R6 28. B-Kl QR-Kl

7. B-R4 P•K3 8. P-KS P-N4 29. Q-K2 R-KNl 30. B-83 RxRch

9. B-82 N-Q4 10. KN-K'l N-R3 31. RxR R•Nl 32. RxR KxR 33. B-84 K-81 34. Q-QN2 B-83

11. N•K4 N(31-N5 12. N('l)-83 8-K'l 35. Q-Rl Q-K2 36. Q-KNl Q-R2 13. P•KN3 B-N2 14. P•QR4 P-R3 37. P·Q6 Q•N2 38. QxQch KxQ 15. Q-Q'l Q•B'l 16. P•R4 PxKRP 39. K•Nl K-N3 40. K-81 B-N2 17. N•Q6ch BxN 18. PxB QxP 41. K-K2 K·B3 42. 8-Kl K•N4 19. N•K4 O·K2 20. RxP 0-0-0 43. 8-83 K-83 44. B-Kl B•R3 'll. N-85 Q•N4 22. p.94 Q•N3 45. B-N5 BxBch 46. PxB B•KN4 23. R•Bl N•R7 24. R•Ql N(4J-N5 47. BxRP K-K3 48. BxP KxP 25. B-N2 Q-87 26. PxP RPxP 49. K-Q3 B-R5 50. K-84 9.97 27. B-K4 QxQch 28. KxQ K-82 51. P•N4 K·K3 52. BxP B-N6 29. R(1J-KR1 N•Q4 30. RxP RxR 53. 8-Nl K•Q3 54. P-N6 B-K8 31. RxR Drawn 55. K•N5 Resigns

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Round 9 Tuesday,, D c. 29,. 1959

Manhatr n C.C.

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-_ " an . e ense ············ · .. -.v

52 IRe , av 1 , 1(5.) .. .. Sherwin (5) ....... 0 EngUsh O,pen11n,g .............. 51,

.53 B1isgul r (31) - . . ... 1 Ault 1(0] .............. 1 Gru,entel 1d l1ndi n Def ns _> '2 Denk r (,3)1 .. H••· 0 -·mxo-l 11naian Defe,ns _:

54 e:-,n 15]1 1 . , , -- .liil!l ■ •!II I!! I ■ Ii

Bern ·f in1 Wh:1t .

Ii P'-QN4 J. p , N5

PxP N'•K 3

-Kt 1. P'~ 3 BxP 5. N 12 7. N•N , 91 .. ip., N 3 1. N(N- ) .. __ 3. N B3 5. IN(3)~K5

Round 9

D ,. 9, 1959

No'" 49 .Seidman IB:lack

-.• I( -

P=QR3 RxR.

I " t ·0..0

:t B~ _2 ,41 ., P-QR.· 6~ Bx1R

P·K3 ·1111. 04 12. N .. 93 1 :. B-·K2 16~. Bxll 11.a •. 1N1•G-1, 20. a.a2· 22'. R·Rl' 24 R-R4 26. QxPch

P-K3 Px IP•-Q4

QN•Q2 N 1 Kl PxP

P..Q,N3 Q· e

Q-N'. Q'"R6, N-Ns:

N·x,RP Re.slgrn

Rub stei'n Var' ilion .... 43 .JJ1 N1mm Indian D•efense ..... · 9

M dn , 'Whit,­

, . P•K4 3- P•Q4, 5. N•'1B3 7'. P-KB . , . O ,O .Q1

11. •N I' .. p ., 5 I _. N -QS 17 -83 41t . K·- 1 2·1. P1rR 1-:­I QI 1(2 1J, Q-8 2 t7· N ~ . 41 2 . • N •1N ch 31 R N12 I:!+ Q 11 1_:_2 35. QI

No•. 50

P.Q'B PxP

P1rQ~3 B-K2

Q . -Q2 P.x:B

IP .. K B,x

' B5 R.QN I

-·B -R3

R~ 2 -N3

K B1 RxPc.h

Q-N4 RxQch

F ch -, Bia.ck

2. N•1KBl P•Q3 4. NXP' N,1f(B 3 6. B-KNS P-K 1 8. Q.a3 Q• ,1 io. P'·•KN4 p .. Q _ . 1!. P~QA31 ~N2 '14. KN•K1 '16 .• PxB 18 Bx ' 2 . k -R· 21 IKR-·k _ -, • 2 24. R•fJ4 KR' O ,I 26. R~1 . - R(l JFQ1 _ I 2 ,. NxBP Q.N12~ 30. p .. e3 • a a 32. AK 1R BxR 1

3:4. P~B,6 Ci••R 4 36. I( xR QxQ· P

B,enko --h ite

• p.c:;,a . 3. B· l 5. -N°B3: 7, 0 ·0 9'.. P•QN4 11. N-K4

3. N·kN ·,s. Bxs 17 NPxP 19. N-Q5 21. N-83 13'. Q,K1 25. 1Q . 4 27. P-B 29. P KR:l 3r1 Q-B.3 313. P' AS 15, R-Q1R1 l7. RxR 39. p, .. .,1. 'N •A4 43. N'•B3

• PxP 4,1~ N-NS . 49_ R·R7

11 • • RxN ,P'

53:. N•B5ch 55~ N-Q6ch 57. •K;4c;h

p .,g ,B , B•N'2 P'-Q,3 O•O

P N3 R-N1 NxN N :xB

QPxP QQ1 N •Q3 B· 'l P-B.4

IN IK.' P-KR

Q,xQeh R(2 )· . 1 R~Rl P-KN

NN11 N .1Q! K·B2 K••N3 N1xP

K~KS R•Q6 K•!KS K-QS K•N7

Nu .. ·eshevsky

hit,e-1.. P'•1Q I 3 N G,iiii3t s. Q1- , 3 1,., P-K 91

• ~NS 11. Q·N3

3. P-Q5 . 5, N•K6 17. P-QR·:I 1'P. R~Rch 211. QxP

-KB3 P-Q PxP P -Bl K·R P'•B3,

P-Q:R3 Bx N-R3 R'l!cR

Re.sign

,Sh-rw n Black

2. P1-KN 3 IP•K . 'JJ N~Q1B3 N..QB3

11 ~Q · 3 N·R:l ,8. R.NT l •Q•:Z Ut P Q3 N-84 12. B•N2 KN.QS ·14. p .. 1(3 N•B4 6. Q•Q2 Q•B1

18. N 83 N-Kl ·20, :R.N,2 P•K3 22.. P-QR I 1Q B1 2- . Bx B QXB 21. Q-K2 KR.--Q1 IB. R•1QI .93 30 !IC 2 R· I . 32. K·xg N~1

., _, pp

36. R(2] Q1 . 2 bR 31. K·K2 P·N5

D1• R; .. R R•KBl 2, A. R7 R•Ql

44. P fC PxP 4 6. P IKS K-84 48. PxN K:xP 50. R•R.6 P-K4 52.. N-Q6ch K QS 54. R•NI R•KB6 56. lR-1Q1 ch K-B6 58. R-Q I •_ igns 52

Aur't Bl-ck

P KN3 2

o.o KN Qr1 PQ _

Q•B2 N N'J

P•QR4 KR•Q·1

PxN

3'. IN ae·3 5. B,-Q3, 7. a .. o 9· •. ,q ,K2 1111. PxB 13. B•NS 1S. N·Q2 17. P·QB4 19~ PxP 21. RxR 23. BxP 25. Q Q2 27. P·•KR3 29. P·-BS 3 N-B4 313. 1QxQ 35. P'-87 37. INXB 39. R•B7 41~ ·NxP 43. ,. 03

Byrne White

1. 'P•Q · . 3. N-QB3 5. 'P-K3 1. 0~0, 9. N~K5 11. P Q1A3 3. B•B,2

15 B,Q1. 17. Q•B3 19. BxB, 21. 'B•XNI '23:. N6, 2St P K.N4 21·. P-N5 l9 Q-K,6ch 3.1 RxQ 33. R:cP

a,. : 0 1.01

P.x P . t

,g, QI Q _ l B N3 p .. 3 Px

P4'R3, R; .. BI K-12 B•R.5, R•N1 1Q •Q PxQ ~ Q2

P~R p .. a,, 'P .. R1

R, sE n _

N·KB3: B•N.5 O·O

P•1QN3. Q • 2 BR

PQR3 a. 2

P.QR I P-xl

l11-K 1B2 PN

'xP Q • 2 N-1B'3,

No 5:1

35. R·xPch 37. R-•N3 39. R·KB'1 41. R-Q

BXP1

B"N!I R 'R-1 N•B2 1 .. ,u

Bisgu· er Whi·te

1 ..Q IN --KB3

G-m Whi'fe.

Denker Bl _ 11:k

2~ --G1i. 4 P-K3

43. R.~QB7 45. RXP 1. R(IJ•B2

·· 11. R: [J'J,BS

'Ro~ :nd 1'01 ~ , dne -d 1 y.,. Dec·., 301, . 11959

nhatt ~n . C.C:

~R -KJ

N1-- -3

Bl ,ck Op n n,g

Paga· S 1960

IBXP .R•Cn

2 I..Q3. 1~-. B• _1 ,_,. QiR-11 1 _. N.•N3 20 •. a .. R3: '22. 'BXN ·2 :BxN 26 N RS '28, 1R•1QB 1 30. Q acQJ 32. N•Q61;h 3:. P•IB6

P'-B I

P•Q , P;..Q1N3 KB·•

B•KS K.A-Ql

-·Kl N•B1

RXRCh e·xa KxB

R-NI 1Q 'K-4

RxRP

36. IP• B·B~ Q)c11 lB. N ,- 6

K•Nl K-B,1 ax.Q P-RS R~N1 CJI '·RI

42. -R2 RxP

Wei·1nsfei·n Black

,illJ ~. ,4. 6 •.

2 • :x 26, PxP 2a. p .. a, 30, RxP ·s2. P Qs 34 R"K5 ·31,. BXP 38. B•B3 40. R,N4 42 R•,Q1

• P·R 46. R() KB.ii

• .97

p .. 1(3. P-84 P-Q4

KP.xP QK2 p.95:

PaQN4• B•M2 B N

N-KS P'~B3 QxN P·XP' P1CP1

QxQ 'N-Ql B·B1 ff .. 82 'N,Q3. N-R3 N-82 R•Kl N-K4 N K4•

Re i1gn :

55 Siudman (4.1 J .... , ... O W in _ f· in (4) ... .1 S1cih n, D -f· ,ns:e,........

56 ,Denker (3) ........... 0 B·yrne (6) ............ 1 57 Au It (0) . .. .. . . . . . . . ... 10 B i sg u i r ( 4 J ) .... I

58, Sberwi n (5) ........ ~D R h1 -v _ ky (6), ... . 59 F ·sch,er (7 ~) ... ~ ... 'I a,enk:a, (6) •.• . •• ~O

,o IBernst,ein 14) ~-····'o M In,-, (3 )1 .... n., •31 . .. P-Q1_

Bol .sl v ky System ...... 47 K1n,g-'s lnchan C,efense ., .. 37 Reti Dpening-B rcza

Si'y. f,em li•i ·••i •••.• "'"·· · ·· · 1••11 .. 1130 Sic·iH n1 c_,~., _- ............. 41 Sicili n .D ,f . ,s,e

R· clhl _, I u er A · aick ... 691 P,al111 h 0 1

p 1. p NxP N:•·KB3 HrJ1n1d 10 n~~. o 1919

D 55 i . N~QB3 PQ _· 3 B K2 P-K I

Seidm h Whi;te

1 P-K4 1P•Q 141

W1e'_n -teln Bir ck

2~ N KB,3 P.Q3

7., 91 ., 11·

-

13. 15-

1N N3 I_I ■ I ' _

0 ,-0 BxP N-Q5 p .. a4

-K1 • il-K3 0.0 B-K3 D P•B PxP

113 12. K•RI Q~N3, BxN 14~ P>tB N•K4

ICN-Q'l 16. R· B1 ,QR•B1

17', ,B 4 19. R' QB3 21 1-082 23. P 25. B,xR 27,. ,Q 29'. ArQl :n. k NI 33 P'•N3 35. B,-14 l7. R NI 39. B•N3 ,~u R Ql

3. IC 2 5 R~Q '1. IC·N3

Denk ., , Whl' e

,. p Q 3. N-Q,83 5. B .. K2 1 00

, B- 4 11 , N- KI 111. •B,2 IIS. IP-B '11. ,. 3 19. K-N2 21 . QR•KI '23 .. R KR1 25 n ' N' I l !lfiir ■ .

21'. QxNP 2 '. RxP ,Jl K•N2 33. IQ•NI -, 5. lltli: '

37. 1Q lch

Aulllf White, ,. N-KB3,

J. B-N2 .s. - Q 1. I l ,. I I

-2 •

'] 1., N '13. PK 15,_ PxP '117. 1PQR3 19. IK, . PQ'1 :n. 1Q-R6 23, RxR 25. N~•K -, 27. Q•N: 2 • Q .. ll(J 31. 1R r n

In

hi 1. P. K4, 3. P Qit 5 N1 QB3 1. Q'B• 9. 10 •0 1 0 '11, llCR Kl 13. If( N1 15, I -K3 '17 BxQ 1'9. r_ •l ,1 1' • NU J• N3' ,231. - •RS 15. RN 27. P R3

,Q,R.-,K1 P-Nl INxP Q-R5 N1xB RxQ

N-KS N ... R6ch

N-Q6. N-8 R-KI NxB

,ii;IP' ,R··IO'ch rP-K,R

P-R'Sc.11

'II., B.,8 20... ,1(3 22. B·· :I • Q 81 26,, I •Q -28. B•NJ 30, R Q .I 32. K•R11

3'4. R-QN 36. R·•N6 31'. R-Q,Bl

. NxN 2. R: . • K R3

•

B-B3 Q-1Ql BxR -K

Q· 4 _.Q,7

-- B7ch N,B.S R,K-4

N (l )-Ql N-N3 NxP

R: Keen N-K5

- c:h

Fisch r Wh1 .-

1 P·K4 J. P'·Q S . CUil, 1. Q ,Q ' 19 N•N3

R•N1 R .. 97 RxlP BxR

B.- ICN16 K-N2

No. 59'

:P-QB4, PxP

N-B3, B-k2 Q•Ni

Benko ■ 11; ck

1. N•KB::3 P•Q3 P N-KBl

6 •KN . P·Kl 8. 0 10 ·0 10-01

O. P'• 3 R-Ql No 56 11 ~ -K 3 '-'82

g,. r41 12. Q-82 . ~'2

N KB:! B.N2 0-0

P-,B3 JP .. l(N

N,xB p,.tcB4,

PxP N•N5 Q~B3

P-KR . Q .. N3 P-R.5 Q-Kl IB-RS

RK7ch K-R Rlil'R .. u

No.

P,Q4 B-B4 P·B3

p K'R3 0-0

Qx ·· QPxP

-Q QIA-B,

B•N3 B-87' RxR Nll.N Q-R2 B•BJ

' o

P-QB4 P111P

P-QR3 Q-R4,

P.QN4 0-0.a K-Nl N .. 1(4,

-Q2 P-K

PX.fl Nx.N'

BKB3 ~R7

2. .Q,B◄ • p. l( -

,6 N•83 N.S

Ul B,•Nl 12. RP,: I • PxP 11 • p

3 10. Q-02 22. RxR 24. N,QI 26, l •R3 28. K· 1 31D • • • · 1 32. I ' 1 3 • R- · 2 36. P-QS

Byrne B1.ack

P KN3 P-Q3

QNQ2 P K ,R3

-IR P-Kl PxP

N -83 B+Q1

0 -Kl RxR B·B3 R.-K1 PxP

IR•KBch R•K7clh N·•R1c.h

IP1KP • R· 1_gns

57 B1sguier Bl -ck ,. P-KN3 :N-K83

' ,a.o QN-Ql

13 NS 15, N(S,)•Q -

17. p,rp 19. N x N 21. QxB 2.3. I K-15. K 27 Q•K.5 29 A CU 3 ,•'1111 33. N,• ' 3S. P N3 37'. N •1<6ch 39. · PxP 41 R 0 R6

3: K~R3 45. RBc'h

7. N 9 P•R

51. - Q,ch 5,3. Q 5:5~ p . ·. 51. K-RS Si K·N6 61. p.1, 63. IK•l6 65 . K•B' 67. R N1

N{2)•K4 PxP PXN

Q-B5ctl P-QS N-B -, 1Qx1Q PQ6 · 85

B-Q . P•QR4

B,x R•Q5

R-R&ch R-R6, K:-B:Z P-N · P- S K•B2 P•N7

-K2 RxN:p

R-N6c:h K K3 R-R7

R QR7 R-KR1

14. p . N Ji .. QR3 16, P•N '

p Q4 18. P-K R4 N•BS 20. El · 5 BxB 22c. K Nl N-K6 2 El•Q3 B •K '3 2fi,. EhciN IBxB 2 RxQ1 P••N3 30. P . P BL Pch 31. R Kie 1RxR 3 · p .134 IC-Bl 36. Fl K3 P B3 38,. Rxe 1P:xP 4,D. Rx . P RxP' 42. K•N2 R-R1·,ch 44. PhdllP p .. KR3 6. ,P P RxP I. R R7 K~B

50. R Q7 P•N 52. · ·Q 1c:h K Bl 5 R. KN I R•N3 56. P 6 a .. · 3'th .58 R,cP R-R6ch 6,0 K • ,5, R•1QR61

62. R 'N 7 R-R8 6.4. K N7 R.•N7eh 66. K•NS R•N7c:h ,·a. P~R _ (•Q1) R·R1ch

' · QNGt a:. PN3 10. k -

p 1(3

B-K2 P-Q1R

9 K R2 R1e-sJ9n, ,

N,o. 6 1!. p • . 3 P-'QB 1 • NXP' r WP' 16. Q•K P-Q 3 18 QR•IEU KR-Ql 20. N" ,2 N'-83 22. 1R,Q2 BxNP 24, QXNP P-R.5 '26. 1P'XN B-QI 2 • Q•Q6 B·K.2 . o. Q . Q1 . J B-N

SB he sky

l8la1ck 2. N•K 3, p ,.c;,3 4, NX,P N•'KB3 6.. ,I< N5 QN-Q·.2 8. Q•Q2 p.1(3 'TCI. B•N3 e .. N2 12. P Q,R3 B·K·2 1 -. p .. 93 P•K R3 '1116. N R2 QxQ II. I •

20. B R2 p,. Si 21 P · N•,85 2 - KN QR•N 26. N -K2' B•K4 2B. R>tR RxR

1. PQR 3. P-Q3 s. p.l( ···13 '1. PXP'

00 N N3 Q•N4 O· 'l

· 7. N B4 1 K3 l ,. -1 R-K2. 2l I xB 25. 1• - 4, P•N3 21. N R3 Q.QB6 29. B· ~ 3, N-K5 :n. R• 2 B•N'2 33 R-N'I R(1 }-K5 3S. R[ )11QB1 R.xR 37 R ,c P R,.'NS 39 .. N •IR3 K•:N'2 · 1 K , P-B , 3 •. n.a, K..,BJ 5., p •. 5th K•K3 1. N• 3 R .. B

49. •N7 P-·R,6 5'1, N 2 ·B4 53 N•.Nl R·B6

R.oun,d 1 S,und y, Jan 3, 196.

W st Side YMCA

2'. - ., 6. 8, UJ. 12

.· dmis 1Bl -c •.

.. 1(4 N .. KB3 QN.Q:Z

B N2 R•K1 N*NS, NK

Ni )•Q2 N-BS BxN p .. R.3l

,QR:-Kl P -R -1 BxQ RxB R•Q5 RxP RxP

S -Bl IB, K2

RxNP - .p

P-1R5 R-R. . RJ

K-Q4

G m, White Bl ,ck Op n.ing Moves, C nter Cou,nte·r G . m •..... 49 R . tm Open• ng-

61 M -dn11 (41) ... , .... 0 S,e,dman (4 · ...... 1 62 I n1ka (6) .. ...... , ... , 1 B rn t ,ein ,(4 ), .... Q

163 11- _hevsky (7) ...... _. Fi -c er (Bi) ... .. !

Ba1rcu Sys; _ m ............ ,62 Queen's, Pa'wn O · ning .. 40

64 Bi u, r {5.iJ ........ , (SJ ... ....... "" .. D ,Qu _ 's Paw1n ,Qp ·rdn-;

,65 Byrn · (7J ........... .1 .................. t.llio ' lrcm dka Sys'lem1 • . .. 41

S mi-S,la1 Def ens, ..... ... 30 imio l111di -n Det n1se---6' · •, 1n 1- in (5,) ····~-1

G ,

Benko Wh t

1. N KB3 J:, P KN3 5. I • 2 "I. 0 11) 15111

. , N ·Q2 11. P-B-13. RaRclll '1.'i. BxNI 17, N 8 19. P•Q1R3 21. Q•N3ch 23. N.. 1 2S. Px 21. ,N Q2 '1'9 X :n BB, ll,. e,.,Q ::1:5, IP,R3 37' •. K 3 39~ K Q2 41. K-K3 43,, 11,•Q'l 45, liC K2 41, B R6

9. a .. K1 51~ I RP 53. K.,Q 55. ... '1 S'I P•RS S,91

• K P , ,1 K -Q·3

Re _h v ky Whit,

·• Q _ 3 •. N~IB3 ,5. --k:=.3 7,. e .. a 91

• O 0 111. 3 113. IPxN 15. B•R 17. B•KN5 1,. Px;P 11 Q1R, Kl 23-. P·R 2.5. GUtR 27. BI H . ,xPclh 3 1. R- ' 3,3. K .. · 12 35. K· . 3 J:7. p .. '' ,3,9. K ,'N4

IBH;;guier 'W1h1te

1. p.g, '

-No. 62

1B,ernstei n

N•KB3 2. P,B P•Q4, 4. Px 1P

N ~QIB l ,li. N-B3. P'-K .· 8. P Q3 B•Q2 1'0. N-B ,0 1.0 12. Px P BxR 14. B-K3 PxB 1'6, N3CP

,QxN 1B. R•N1 RxR 20,. 1QXR Q•B2, 22. QxQch

P-QR3, '24,. B·B1 B B4c:'h ·26. K .. N2

B•'K6 28. IK• 3 NXP' 3,. B· _

N-Q 1c:h 32. K .. B -P· ·. 3 3.- -. P'·K

,- .. e5 :JS. . ~es P•N · 38'. K· K2 p.RJ 40. PxP N•Q12 42. B•1N4 N•K4 • a .. e, k·K3 46. B K3

Bl, ck P•B4l NxP

.. 92 JB .. Kt p .. 13 p1x;p ~Nl

RxP R,NS N•N KxQ p .. 95 N•Ql BxN

P·QR>4 K--K3 p .. p5 N1-K41 P.R4 PxP PB 'l<•'Q3, l(,Q3

N-Bs 4D. a .. esch K-B3 N-N,4 N x P SD. K-Q3

K Q2 52. K-B P'~BS S4. B- · K•K2. S&. P-R ' -Kl 58. P,R .

:.P 0 1• P•R1

N~B2. ,62 K- 3

Na .. , 63

,N•K113 p..Q -

P.QB IP.:P 00

B Q2 R·Bl ft .. Kl Q1B2

BsKB4 BxN a ... 1ra BxB

N-K41

KxB

2, P,,Q __ ,, PxlP

,6 P 1(3 PxP

11~ R-KI 1~ P·Q1 . 3, 114. Qc.. _ 2 116 •. R•Kiif 11. P-KR , 2.01

• R•K'2 2'~ PxB :2 • IP•KD. 26~ Px , 28. QxN 3 _. RxQ1

•. Q ch p R& P-R7 B3'd1

. Q31:h R , l,~ilS

Fi,scher BIi ck

P•K3 _ xP

.QB3: Kt

..QR3, NixN

P'•KN:J . . B,1

P•K4 B,•ICN'5

RKP' RxR Q•l4 QxQ 'RkP

... Bl K•K3 P•N-4 R N3

32. "'Q -34,. R Kk · 36, PxlP

3 K -Q2 P'll!P

k·Q3 Cr wn

38~ A•N .94 40. R-N 'I

_o 64

N KB3, L

....•.•. 01

3. P"QS :5. PXP' 7. N-B3 9. 0 ·-0 11. R· Kl 13. •Bl 1'5. BxN(5) 17 .. P~ A3 19. P'.Q 3 2:J ' K2 231m KA 1 25. P·Q ·, 27. NkB 29. P-QR4 :n. p.,,.5 33. R~R,6 35. K-Q3 :37. KxlP 39. R·B1 , 1. P-!RS

B·yrne Whit ,.

I. P-Q-.3. N-K - 3 S. P•K3 7. 0 ·0 19. BxP

1. p.1(4 13. 1Q . xP 15. N,x 17, QR.-BII ,,. Ox9 21. P N , 23. P•N5 25 Q ·Q61 27. B•Q2. 2,,. R .. sa

S m"sch V,,ur•1af,an ..... ... : 11 - K3 4. N,Q1B3 P•Q:J 16. p .. K . B•N2 B. B-K2

R K 10. N-Q2 'B•Q2 12. IB--B1 N-K ·· ·• IB-iKIB .·

I 16i. 18 -

• Cl-A5 q , KP

K · ,1 1(5)-K, -I fOc.Rch P~R4 1R, Q 'B4

R·B2 K-K3, P•R IR 2

1 --

p.Q ,, N •KB'J, QIN-Q2

0-0·

a .. Qx· 20. QR B,1 22,. QxQ1

24. IR~B4 26. Rt)· 1 21. kxR 30. R.•B:Bch 32.w R·B6 l4. K .. Q2 3'6. RxP 38.. R-R6

10. P•R

2, P•QB 4.. N•B3 6. B~Q3 8'. Q•K1 Ht .. R-Q UL QN•, · 5 l , 1B Nl ·1·1. 1B K3 1B~. P KR , 20. R·· ··, '22~ RxR 24. Q•'Ci1 76. P KR4 28. B·B3 30. RxB

10 66

PKP1

P•KN3 00

N-R,3 N KN5

HIS PxB u "•1' • •

A Q, B4a5' ,cQP PXN

K•N12 K·D1 K--K2 R•N2 R·B2 IR 1Q2

. ei.n,s't in D_nk:er I •,, -

1. IP-Q4, 3. Q i 3 S,. PxB 7. BPxP ,. P-1( I

11 . PxP 13,. N 83 15. 10 •0 1

17~ B-QBI 11. P..QR,4, 21 . Q N3 23 Q..R2

5. RxP 21. e .. 1:n 19. Q-KB2 :n. R-81 33. B,•K5 35. Q-QRI 37 .. Q•N2 3.9. B·Bl t. ,9 _ . ,3

p NxP

1N -K2 QN•B3

B•N1 N-R4

' 3, G·'K2

JC ' K •Ql

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JOI?\1 THE USCF

SiciUa111 Defense: 6,. 7, 13,. 19', 20, 24, 25, 28, 31,. 36, 39, 46, SO, ss ... 5B, 57 ......... -.16 -20

Closed Gaines Benanl Coun·ter Gambit: 5 ........ ... ,!I • .,,. ............ "' . ~··----··- --'"·" •i• .. ................................ "' .......... !! .. , .. . .................... ......... .... 1 Dutch De-fense.:. 22. 41 ........ ...... ..... ..................................... .. ...................... .. ..... , ...... ........ ... .. . . • 2 Engrrs:h Opening: 51 ll!!!! '! ■ t''"!'l'llllllll ■ l l!l '" l l!l ■ 'l '" lltllll'tllf''t ■ t' "! !' 11• -- ·-- - ................ ~ ................ r■■■■ ll l!"fTII '" !!'" .................. ~.................. 1

1Gruenfeld ilndran Defense: 1, 291 52 .......... ,..... ................ ......................... .... ........................ 3 N eo-•G·rue rnfe l•d Indian Defe n,se: 2.1 . .. .. .. . .. ... . ... .. . .. . . . .. . . .. . .. .. .. .. . .. .•. . ... .. .. .. . •... .. .... ............ ... .. •• 1 King.'s ,1:ndian Defense: 3# :e, 16, 18, 33.. 34, 41; 45, 5,6 .......................... . ~............... 9 Nim:zo•l ,ndi n Defense~ S4 ... ........... .. .. ... ......... .......... ... ...... ............... ~······ ........... ... ................... 1 N I m:zo,.J nd ia n., Sam [ch Va rJ ati,on: 14•, 66 .... .... .... ,. ........... ·~··· .................... ................... , ... ,. .. 2 Nim:z:0-Jndi,an, ,Rubenstein ViriaHon: JO, 32, 53 ................ ... ........ ............................. ·3

6 PlrC•U•frmtsev Defense•: ·261 ia ■■ l ■ ll ■■■■ "•···••a; ■ l ■ ldl ■ ll ■ IOjl ■ ■ ll .. l ■■■"llll ■ ■ ■ l. l ■ l ■ l • •• r• •··· ·· ···· .. • .. ··•• 11 ■■ !111 ■ 11 ■■ 11 ■ !1 ■■■■ 1•· · ········•tl ., • .,. 1 Polish 'D·pe,n1In9,.: 27, 38, 49, 60 ............ 11 .... . a. ....... ~I Llli+ll .. • -- ••11 .. ...111.,a•"~ ............ I! .. , .... . .. . .. " ... . ......................... " •••• .,. 4 Que.en's Gambit Acc,epted: 11 ...................... ...... 4a,..; .11 LIEIIO,IOL:lli l ■ !!'.lll,l,ll,"lll~ .. + .. a.:.111. ...................... . .... , • • ,. • • , ., ....... ... . . . ,i ,

Quee•n's 11·ndian Defense: 40 .............. ..... .... ............ ... .. ....................... ..... .. ........ ... .. ............ ....... 1 Queen's Paw·n Game: 63 -~····· ··· .. ··· ............... ............ . , ............. ........................... ...... r •• ,., ........ . . , •• ,..r,,~ -- .... ... 1 1Qu,ee-n''s Pawn Gam,e, Dory· Defe·nse: 2.3, ,1;·· ••11•>1• •·• .. 1•11•• ·· · ....... .. , ...... lll.lla. ■ 11• •···· .. ··!l'· .. ······••11••'1·!1'1' ' 1!! . "il,fap,

,Queen's P,awn G.ame, Mrom2dka Sy5tem: 9, 64 ., ...... ...... ..... ................................. .. 2 Queen"5 Pawn Game., Kevih:•Tralkovrch Defense: 10 ................. ............... .. ...... 1 -

5 R.eti Open.ins, Barc:za System: 57, 162 ............ ........... .... ..... .............. ..... ..... .. ... .... ........... 2 SI aw· Defense:· 12, 44 .. , ............ _ ...... ·•--•··· ................ ......... ...... ........... ............ ............. ......... .. ... , . .. 2 s em I·.s1 av Defense: 6.S ............. ~ ......... ., ., ..... ., ............................... ., . .. . ... .. . .. . .. .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. .. . .. .... 1

40 • ·!I!"'!!!!!!!!! -----....---~...,..-; ~.-.-.-- .-----~ -

The most p,opu1ar defense was the Sicilian (1'6, games), Then t·onowed the K 1ing's. h,dia•n Defen5e ,(9 games) and the N,imza~1ndtan D·efense ('1 g·aimes).

Our· best pJayers cUng1 ta I P·Q4. The Ruy Lopez. was pl,ayed only twice.

Abou:t The Players Their ag range gocis- from 49 dDwn to

16. Their ages: Bnrnste1n-49; Resbev­sky-48; D,enk!er-45· Seidman-39j Ben­ko-31; R. Byrne---31] Blsguier-30; .Sherwin - 2tt Mednis - 22~ Aul't - 18; ·w einstein-18; Fischer-16.

The weakne·ss ln this age ran.ge Ues u1 the fact 'tbat ,only five of the t,, ·el e players a.re under t!blrty )'e,a1·s 0£ ,age. A n1ore· healthy age ra.nge can be estab­lhJ1ed by a wider youth cmnpalgn by the USCF to include t,ea•ching of young­sters by our masters. The work wlth

'jr'Oungsters- -by 'U. S. M,aste r J obn W. oUlns can seTV as a model ln 'this

respect.

How they make a living. Ault-st11. dent at Columbia Co]le.ge majoring fn. mathem.aties; B,enko--a clerk· Ber"D& sbeln--Assistant Dlrector.,. Dlvis!o:n of Motion Pi:ctu.res, N·. Y. State Educati,on Depaxtment.; Bis·gu!er-programmer and technical c.on.sui · ant, mM Program Ll­brarJ,"' Byrne~graduate student In phi­losophy; Denk,er-lood executive; Flsch­er~s·tude-nt Erasmus Hall Hlgb School~ !'vied nis----e.h emi cal engineer; Re~ ·hev sky­insurance broker; Sefdman-statlsti.clan; Sherwin ~ la-w:yer· Weinstein-student Brooklyn College.

Their hobbies. Ault-"lnterested in music, phllosophy. GOJ mathematical puz.tles,, j Bernstein-brhil ge; Bisgnier­contract bridge., · heater opera; Benk:~ literature: M,ednis - basketball., tabl1e tennt.s·· Denker,...--gol.f, cryptograms read Lng; s hlman-brldge; Sb(!rwin-.rea.d­ing·, music,. brldge.

Gener 'I On the 12tb. U. S. Championship,. as a

wholle ln co.,np,a:rison with previous ones. Mednis thinks the level of pla}' was «quite .high'".. adtHng: •'tanotner noteworthy result Y."a • 'th.at Re&hevsky could only flnlsh thlrd/.t Bei:nstein. 15

al s,o or the opinion that tbe level of play ,i.ras high, uwitb emp·hasls on the position.al, with cons.equent1:r a certain lack: of color and excttement ln. the play.' 1 Bernstein. con~ues: f~M - lmpres sion is that play was mo•re lively In previous tourneys, but also less precise, and that the level is rl.slng with a:n ,a.t~ tendant lessening In. the number of' blunders comm.li.tted.n Seidman calls 1 t a very hard fou.gh t to11.1nament~ with eever,al fine games,.~ D~nker considers the calll:Je:r of play ~rf'Dirb high.., but the playing condlfJ.ons and. prl2es «qulte low1'. He adds: "It se-e:n1s such a sh ,me ln this r!ch country that tbese condi­U:ons should become worse and worse io r' chess players:1 ,ivhen all ,over the ~,orld condltlons are gettmg better and ~etter.';t Sherwin :speaks of '"th,e u.n.for­u.nate absence of Lombardy and ~vans.·u But Blsguler Is Ln disa·gree• nent1 ca11.ing the level of play f'}o.wer". le refers to many mistakes: :made by ontest.a.n.ts , with 'tb.e least errors made

by l3yr:n.e~, Hthe greatest resiourceful.­ness lngenulty and fight were exhibited by Fischer; Reshevsk -tlle be t strate­gu;t-dJsp•layed a surprising· end for bi.m, unusual lack .o,£ confidence. 1

Wh .. t did the. think of our practice of selecting finalists according 'to the USCF Rating Llst? H ,vas said of

apoleon tbat every soldier ln his army figuraHvely ca.t"l"'ied in his knapsack a Marshall s baton. Seeming.h r 1n ag.re~ me.n · ·with this, nia:ny lea cling chess coun ·des. hold prellmmarJes :from the club level up. M'ednls tb:lnk~ the present me· hod "'"faJr and correct'·. Bernstein con id!.ers it trthe most equitable''. Seid­man approve~, sta'Ung~ ffit ls an ob ·e.~ ti v me.a.sure of stren gtb •· and S'tre·ng ht in. my opinion t shou.ld be the quallfica ti.O'.D. Ior· this tournament. Howeverl I think it extr,emely nn:fortu:nate that there is not a.n assurance ,of E!'nou.gb money t ,o. make n worthwhile for such pl,a-yers- as Evans and Lombardy to participate .'-"

As to -£a o:rUe openings Byrne, and Denket· play 1. P-Q4; \\~her.ea:; M'edn1s, Seidman and Amt pi•efer 1. P-K4. As Black, in an \\'er to l. P-Q4, /ledn1s plays the Klng•·s Indian and Du.teh Def n,es. Se idman- the Gru.enfeld and Qu PTI S [.nclh•n n~r U5•E'S. In ,::in~wcr to 1. P-K4t Mednis plays tbe, Si,cil:ian and Fren~h Delens s,, Seidman and Oenker­t:he Sicilian,

As to spec lal v a.rlation s prepared against particular OJliponents some have been included .in the round by round st :r ",. One play.er repU.ed tha he wouldn1 ven give thls information to his O\Vll mother. Four players indi~ated lack of ime to .Prepare such varlatlons.

D nkers e·slim.ate of the other play·~ ers, Is I think~ worth • ,epeat!ng. He states; ' (Fir.; •h · at tbe 1u o1nen 'I' is head and shoulders abo e the field and should dom.ina te ror some time to come. if he sticks to it. Weinstein ls tale.nted and young enough t,o develop if be has the incentive. R , Byrne l.s, .a gifted player but plays very seldom; ,and or oourse Resnevsk · ~ re all kno•w, Benko has flne pos1Uonal judgment but lacks sparkle. As for the re.sf,. they are pretty m_uch all grouped together/'

Like a .second eteran {Bernstem}, Denker mention~ fatigue In , be fin.al hour, writing: "l tired ver.y badly m the final hour of almost all games. Th:ls. I feel wn.s due to the fact that I woFked all day and played ,chess in the eve rungs, sometimes getting no, more than two hours sleep, , nd at the most, three. 'This can also ex:pla.1:n why r played bette,r on. week ends than on. wee·kdays. '"

('F,or Gam•e No 16 l Mednis-S.eidman,

See pag'e 8, cot 4l

FINAL STANDING CROSS-S.CORE

Round N'os. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 I 9 101'112 W L D Score 1.. ,R. Fischer .......... ... 1 11/2. ½, 1 'l l½:1 1 1·1/1! 1 11 ] I 11 7.0-4 9 .. 2 2. R.. B V r n e ................ I 1/2 I ½ I 1 1/211 11/2 I 1/2 I 1 I½ I I I 1 5-0-6 8 -3 3·. S .. Reshevsky ........ !1/211/21· 11/2 11 I '1 IO I 1 11 1 l 0 I 1 I , .. 2 3 I 71-31 4. P- Benko .... ,,. .......... j O 10 'Az.l IV.ii 111 1 ]1A1 l 11/i! 11 5 .. 2-4 I 7 _--4 Si A. Bisgu.ier ........... ] ·O l½I O 1/21 11/2 1½11 l½I' l 11 J 11 4-2-5 l 6}41 ·6. R. Weinstein .... .... ,1/21,D 10 0 !1/21 I t IO 11 ] 1 11 11 I 5-4-2 l 6 -5 7. H Seidman .. ........ 10 11/2111 D 1½101 ]½.I 1 I O 11I1I443 I ~i-si ,a. J. Sher·win ......... ... r½ I 1/2 o l i0 o I 11 I 1/2 I I 1/2 l½J1/2 I 1 I 2-3-6 I s -6 9. E. Med n is ...... , .... I O I D O I 1/2 I 1/2 ! 0 I O 11/i I I 1 I l I 1 I 3.5 .. 3 I 41-61

l 0. S. Bernste,i n .. . ..... ,Q 111'2 0 I 0· 0 I 0 ! 1 1/2 0 11 1 I 3 ■6§2 4 -7 11. A. Denker ..... .. ....... , 0 I O 1 11/2 0 0 I O ½, 01 Q, I 1 2-7 2 . 3 .. a 12. R. Au It . -... .. -.......... I O O I O I O I O O I 10 I O I O 11 0 l O I 0-1'1, .. o O -11

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1. l\.ns-tvers to Rea<.leri' Q·u.estions James Yee, lVIarysville, California, asks about the following line

in the T\vo Knights Defense: 1. P~K4, P~K4; 2. N·KB3; N-QB3; 3. B-B4> N~B3· 4. N•N5\ P-Q4;. 5. PxP N-QR4; 6. B~N5ch., B-Q2. Vlha.t is Wl1ite,s best cours,e against Black's last move (played instead of the customary 6 .......... , P-B3)? Answer: After 7. Q~I{2t B~Q3; 8. 0-0t O~·O (or 8 ......... , NxP· 9, BxBch1 QxB· 10. I.:t~Q4); 9. N•QB3 White has some\.vhat the better of it.

H. Feldhei111, New York, New Yorkj asks for a discussion of the following opening: 1. N-QB3, P-Qtl; 2. P-1(4, P-Q5; 3. QN-K2t P-K4; 4. P-Q31. B~Q3; 5. P-KB4 and submits a sample game to ilustrate it. Ans.wer: This opening is referred to in MCO9 as the Dunst Opening after Ted Dunst of Nev/ York. Some players call it the uwild Bu1Jt' opening. A number of Ne\v York players have played it from time to tilnet including .(\.. E . Santasiere.

M·CO9 gives the line 1. N-QB3, p .. Q4; 2. P-1{4, P-Q5; 3. QN-K2, P-K4 (or 3 ......... , .P~KN3 or 3. ········t P-QB4); 4. N-N3 1 B-K3; 5. P-Q3 1 N-QB3; 6. P-QR3J P-l{N3; 7. P-IIB4, PxP; 8. BxP, B-Q3; 9. Q-·Q2,. Q-K2 with equality. We _present the Feldheim. game.

DUNSiT OPENING Rating Improven1ent Tournament

New York, 1959 H. Feldheim R. LeveUe

White B•la,ck 1. N-QB3 P-Q4

On 1. .... ..... " .P-K4, .White plays 2, F-Q4, ait:e.i· which 2. ···~····~ P.xP ~.s satisfactory for Black.

2. p.l(.; P-QS. Also po~sible is 2 ..... , .. , N-KB3 (w!Uch l1.1n1:s it i.nto• an Alekhine's Defense varja_ti(Ul n.orrn~llY·. reached, PY 1. P­K4, N-IIB3; 2, N-QB3, P-Q4~ 3. p .. 1e5, P-Q5; 4. PxN PxN; 5. Px..r•.;rpJ PxPchJ.

3. QN •K.2. P•,K4 ~omewhat be.tt.e-r .is .eit.her 8. ······••J; P­QB4 or 3. . ........ J P-KN3 since .Black's game is hen more. flexlble i.n view of the im.pendin·g P-:KB4 by Whlte. 4. P-.Q3 B•Q3 5. P .. KS4 N-QB3 Black should play 5. .. ..... . ~ .B-J{N"5 be. fore '\Vhite can lock this ·nishop i11. 6. P-BS N-KB3 7. N--KB3 N~K2 8. B-NS P.-B·4 To avoid doubled Pawns Black should play 8. ........ N~Q2 \Y-lth 9. . ....... ,. P -IIB3 in 1nind. 9. BxN PxB 10. N,N3 ,,. N·RS e.e1 Or 11. ... ...... , R•l(Nl. 12. ,Q~Q.2 Q·K2 One n1ust; consider 12. .,, ...... J .Q_-Q3 bet .. te:r on general principles (mobility). There are four pieces whlc.h may need to go to IU so .,,-~l.hy not l~ave that squar,e free-? For instance on Q-n2.n.4 by White, .Black Vi-Till have B&K2 or K·I{.2 available to defend the .BP, 13. 0-B2 R-N1 14. Q.-R4, B-tra2 15. NxB RxN 16. Q-R6 R-KNl .Black cou~d bold the RP ,vilh 15. , ....... . K-Bl. For instance 17. N•NS, K~Nl (n.()t 17. . ....... , PxN; 18. P-B6), But '-''ith 17. P-KN4 White could initiate a dnngcrous attack. 17. QxRP Q-81 18. Q .. R4 Q•N2: 19. P•QR3 B·Q2. 20. P-KR3 R•Rl .Probabl.v bette.r was 2p. ,.~ ..... , 0·0-0. '21. Q-82 K·K2 2.2. B·K2 Q ,t .. Kf!Jl 23. P~KN-4 2,4. Q-N2 R-R3

QR-KR1 25 . P·K R:4 B-K1 26. P•NS PxP 27. PxP RxR A blunder but White had an extl·a Pawn and a m nc h su pe rtor position. '27. , ....... ~ P-B3 wouJd hold out for a ,vhile since WhiteJs NP js pinned.

2,8. P B 6c h Resigns

2. Converting Ad:nantages

a slight jnitiative). The fact is Lhat n1ost masters do n.ot try to ,vin in the opening. By trying for a small advantage I they have a better chance o.f attaining it. A n1aster does not seriously try to ,vin even a Paw·n in the opening (unless by chanc,e it should fall 1

into hi:s lap as so m.etimes hap­pen$). Blackls .. fil'st object~v:e.,, for instance. in th,e opening is to equalize the game, that is some­ho\,, ·to overcome the time adva.n­tage which White has because of having the first move.

But \vb.en on,e has achieved a small advantage1 \vhat U1en? Ac­tually a si11all ad vantage is J.'.ather hard to hold on to, If one has the ac_lvantage of t,~,-o Bishops, the op­ponent will usually try .to ex­change one off. And this is often difficult to avoid. The proper idea in such cases is to give up one .small advantage in such a ,vay as to- ga.i n another. In giving up the t\vo Bishops one rnay create doubled pa\vns in the ene1ny camp. The following game may serve to illustrate.

i3. llll1st-rat·ive Ga.111.e STONEWALL DEFENSE

Lake Erie Open Tournament "Buffalo 1959

l. Sczedlacsek E .. Marchand White .Black

1. P·Q4 P.Q4 1. N-KB3 P·K3 . 3. p .. K3 P~B4 On~ of the basic freeing moves, for \'Vhich Blacl;;: usually has to fight long and hard in. the QP Oll1;n1ings. T.he oth·· er is P~l{4. When one can play t.bjs freeb1g rnove early \Yithout being lm~ rnetlia tely punished, it sh ou] d of course be done. 4. p .. 1c1 Declaring his intention of setting up the Colle Opening based · on.· QN•Q2t B·Q3 and eventually P-K4. Seeing this plot ha tc.hll1g, Black deloys the de• \.•elopn1ent of his lGng's Knight, 4. ...... .. B•Q3 S. B,Q3 P•B4 This stymies Whites openi:ng· plan. 6. N-K5 BxN

1 Black1s procedure had created a tem ..

I

' porary h.ole at his K4. But the pl'e.sent excha.nge fll1s the hole With a. Wbite Pawn removing the weakness. It seems to. be reasonable to give up the two

thermoret hi a bloc.ked position Knights are better than Bjshops. What is 1nore, '\\'hiteJ-s QB w.ill be especi-ally ineffective. 7.. PxB Q-B:2

It ls H'llP·Ortant to compel V{ilite to fix ·the ce11tel' Pawns at once. Il White could get the chance to play P-BS and P -K.4 his Bishops might come to life. ,8:. p., l(B4 B•Q2 •9. P,B4 fxP 10. BxP P-QN4 11. e-K2 B·B3 1:2. N-B3 P•QR3

Not 12. . ...... . J BxP; 13. NxP and 14. N'-Q6cb. B]ack has actually achieved an adv21ntage out of the opening so fru·" Note t.hat, in case an endgame should arlse_. B!ack .. s Pa,vn n1ajority· on the Q-side could create a passed Pav,rn there whereas White's K-side P.a'\vns 'lr\a"ouid have, trouble doing so because one- of them is doubled. BlackJs undeveloped QB is a sevel'e liability. 13~ 0-0 N-k2. 14. B-B3 While i.s aware ti1at he ,cannot hold the advantage- of the t,vo Bishops since· Black~s Bishop ls too strongly posted an the king diagonal 14,. , ... ,... O•O 15. Q-Nl A serious mistake,11 and the f oilowing mo-ve is worse as the course of the game ShO\\tS, 1 s. . ....... . 17. RxB

P-B5 KN•B3,

BxB

This fs \\-That White overlooked. He must now lose a Pawn since 18. Q~ R3, P-N5 would lose .a plece. 18. Q·B5 N -Q2 19. Q·•Q6 QxQ. 20. PxQ N'•B4

P1'eparlng for R·Ql and also prev-ent­lng P·K4. 21. P-K4 i ■ :r ■■ li ■M

Siric~ Whlt.e in.ust lose a Pawn a1;1yway h e- does it :so that he will . get some sUg•h t freed om. 21. ,.,. .... PxP 22. R.-R3 N'-NS Also posB.ible was 22. , ........ , KR-Q1; 23, B-K3.,, .N-N2; 24, NxP, NxP. Bu.t Wh.ite~s pieces would become active, and Black's extra Pawn would be the sick1y backward KP. But after the text move 23. B·K3, N•QS ·would hold. the .KP and prepare fo.r a later assault on · he QP. 23. P'·QN3 25. N•K2

N•B7 PxP

2.4. R-Nl P-NS

Not 25. .... .... P-HS; 26, NxP1 PxN; 27. RxBP recovering the -ple-ce and great•• J:y i111provfng his position. 26~ ,PxP KR•Q1 . 27. B•K3 28. RxN. RxP 29. R-QBl

NxB R•Q6

This fl~shy move is not bestJ and Black dee.ides to ret.Tact on the next move Lhus los1ng two valuable temp:i. Not 29. .. .. ... . R·B3, {or 29. . ... ... . , R~QBl); 30. RxP ! , but 29 ., . , ....... , R--·Q4 was correct, 30. K-82 R•Q4 30. . ....... , JlxR~ :n. KxR, NxP; 32. R-

• QNl would make th,e win rat.her un• clear. 31. R-B4 P.QR4 32. N·Q4 · P-R5 Being two Pa\•,rns ahead Black is wHI­ing to risk losing one to establish a. second pw,:sed P.µ:wnt at least tempo.. rarHy. 33, PxP RXP' 34. N-86 \Vbite th1:eatened N-K'7ch a:nd NxR . With t:he pre.sei1t c-ombina.tio-n White alrnost pulls the game out of th~ £:ire. '35. NxP

(S.e~ di11g-rt1m top next ,olunnt)

~\ critical position., Unclear ls 35. . .... , .... 3

NAQ6c·h; 36~ NxN, RxR (or 36, ........ , PxN;. :]1. Rx:R . P•Q7; 38. R.-RlJ P-Q8 (Q); 39. RxQ1; 37. N~K5c.h. 35. ~· ....... Rx N 36. R )(R N •Q6,ch 31. RxN PxR 38. K·-Kl ....... , White can no,!j,• wlu the passed QP but ln doing so rnuch draw bis King a.way from hi.s othe.r Paw.ns. An lnst·rueUve finish ensues . 3-8. .....•.. R•QB4 40 .. RxR PxR 4:2. KxP K-B4 44. K...Q3 K·R6.

39. R•N2 41. K•Q2 43., P•N3 45. K·K4

R-B7 'K-B3 K•NS KxP

In master tournainents how are most gan1e:s ,von or lost? Usually the opening leaves the t,~ro sides fairly eve-n, though p·.e.rhaps one .side may emerge \Vith a slightly superior position (better control ot the center, better Pawn post­·H oni adv.antage of two Bishops, Bishops here to accomplish this. ~u.r-

1 46. P-N4

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Positio,n after 35. NxP

Or 46. K,K5, KxP; ,17. KxP, KxP_ 46 . .. :..... P-NS Or 46. . ... .... , P-B5;. "17. PxF\, PxP; 48. P-R4. 41. p. N 5 P-R4 4.S. p .. s5 Px Pc h 49. KxP P--RS 50. K•N6 ...... .. Or .50, P~N6J P-1t6; 51. K-K6, P-R7j 52. K-B7, P-RB(Q); 53. KxP leavin,g· a l'book,,, ending which Black 1vh1s :f'airbr easily. 50. ....... .. K•N5 Sl. Resigns This ·way ·white actually loses hfs l~st Pawn.

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