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Seidman Takes Marshall Club Title Mednis and Santasiere Share Second

Coming from behind, Herbert Seidman tallied 11-4 to win the Mar­shall Chess Club Championship. scoring nine wins, four draws and two lossa. Tied for second with JO* -4* each were Edmar Mednls and An· thony E. Santasiere , while sharing fourth with 91/z·51h were Eliot Hearst and Anthony Saidy in the IS-player championship finals.

It was an exciting race, with Tony Santasiere leading most the way, until his long string of vic­tories was upset by Saidy. There­after the magic seemed to have vanished, and he lost another game, while drawing five.

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STUDENT TEAM READY FOR TRIP

With most of the funds collect· ed and the rest in sight, the U.S. Student Tcam is ready to repre­sent the USA in the International Student Union Tournament in Upp­sala. Sweden. Credit [or fina ncing the venture goes largely to Eliot Hearst of the USCF Affiliated In­tercoIJegiate Chess League, at­though a number of others deserve much credit for assistance ren­dered. The team will £Iy to Swe­den via Icelandic Air Lines and will consist probably of Edmar Mednis, William Lombardy, An­thony Saidy, Charles Witte and Shelby Lyman, a formidable quin­tette wh ich should give a good accounting of itseU.

EDELBAUM TOPS IN CO NN STATE

Scoring 5¥.! -¥.! with a draw to F.JI.iot Wotk, Ted Edelbaum of West Rartiord won the Connedicut State Championship in t he 6-rd Swiss conducted by the USCF Af· Ciliated Connecticut Chess League in which two rounds of play were staged at Hartford, two at Middle· town , and two at New Haven. Sec­ond and third on 5-B were J ames Bolton of New Haven and Ronald Morgan of Niantic with 5-1 each. Bolton lost a game to Edelbaum, and Morgan to G. F. Ames. Fourth and fift h with 4¥.!-1'fl were EI· liott Wolk of Starrs and Arvid Klavins of Hartford, while sixth to ninth in the 36-playcr Swiss with 4-2 were Richard Rapuano, Robert Mitchell, Edmund Hand, and Otto H. Palm. William Weil directed the event

LI EPNIE KS WI NS LINCOLN CITY

Alexander Liepnieks t a II i e d 511l-1¥.! to win the Lincoln, Neb., City tille, losing no games but drawing with Julian Sobolevskis, John Danenfclds, and Andris Stak­lis. Second to fourth with 5-2 each were Julian Sobolevskis, Richard Hervert, and Vladimir Rajnoha, while fifth and sixth in the 20-player Swiss with 41h-2¥.! each were Carl Gardner and John Danenfelds. Seventh to ni nth with 4-3 werc Anton Sildmets, Norman Strand. and Ernest Admini!.

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International High School Tourney Draws 34 Players from Nine Nations

Twenty Northern California High Schools and contestants from nine nations were represented in the first International High School Tourna· ment, sponsored jointly by the American Field Service, Chess Friends of Northcrn CaliCornia, Ernst O. Anders, and Mrs. Starr Bruce. The tour· nament was held at the Press and Union League Club, San Francisco with the arrangements in the hands of Miss. Tilly de Res and George KoJtanowski serving as tournament director. Thirty·two players from some twenty high schools competed, with eleven of them representing nine foreign countries, being students in American high schools on seholar· sbips provided by the American Field Service.

First pl-ace went to 15-year-old Mike Bredo!f of Sequoia High in Red· wood City, while second with 4'h points was Norman Buder of Oakland High. Scoring four points were Doug Willis of Oakland Technical, Hardy Thomas of Piedmont High. Robert Dickinson of Sequoia High, and Bern· hard Ebner of St. Gall. Switzerland, representing San Rafael High. Bred­off was presented with a special plaque awarded by the San Francisco Chronicle.

Other prize·winners in various c1asscs were Ben Carter of Bcrke­ley High with 3%, John Corporal of Polytcchnic S.F. with 3, Peter Sirag of Soest, Netherlands repre­senting Mill Valley with 2%, Hans von Stockhausen of Vienna, Austria representi ng Santa Clara with 2, Tord Claeson of Gothenborg, Swe.­den , cprcs"nting Camino High with 2, and Marie Polenski of Athens, Greece representing Piedmont High with 1 point.

The foreign student competitors in the event were: Bernhard Eb­ner. St . Gall, Switzerland (San Ra· fael ); Uwe Friesel, Hanover, Ger· many; Heinrich Rothert, Heide· Holstein, Germany (Yuba City); Peter Sirag, Soest, Netherlands (Mill Valley); Eva Munktell, Upp­sala, Sweden; Hans von Stockhau­sen, Vicnna, Austria (Santa Clara); Tord Claeson, Gothenborg, Sweden (Camino High); Anna Wozen , U ­dingo, Swedcn (San Mateo); H. Pei­ter Krieger, Hessen, Germany (Palo AHa); Marie Polenski, Athens,

Greece (Piedmont); Ali Muderri· soglu, Istanbul, Turkey; Peter Ack· erman, Berlin, Germany (Pied· mont).

EVANS PERFORMS IN TOP FORM

Former U.S. Champion Larry E-vans. now touring Europe under the auspices of the U.S. Depart· ment of State Specialists Program, was guest entrant in a Speed Tour· nament of the Upper Austrian Group of thc Austrian Chess Se­ciety. Meeting the eleve n top players of the Upper Austrian Group, Larry drew with Herr AdoU Rabit.sch and won the other ten. Rabitsch is former champion of Salzburg Province and member of the Austrian Olympic team. Oth· er players Included Franz AUer, Austrian National Champion of 1955, and Alcxander Prameshuber, also a fo rmer member of the Aus­trian Olympic team. The speed event was held at Lim.

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O VERSIGHTS by world chess champions 3rc no ,novelty, Accordln,g to an ana lysis submitted by Mr. Neil Bernstem, of Brooklyn, It

appears that two formel' world champions, Steinitz and Lasker, missed drawing lines In Positions No. 165 and 166 in the December 5, 1955 issue of CHESS LlFE. Can any reade!' discover winning continuations aga inst the follow ing defenses suggested by Mr. Bern.stcin? In PosiUon No. 165: 1. R-Q7, Kt·Kt4 eht: 2. K·Kt4, KlxR ; 3. RxR, K·B2. In Position No. 166: 1. , Kt·Q6 eh; 2. BxKt, PxB; 3. B-B7!! (to capture the KBP and break White 's mati ng net; I have not been able to see a winning continuation beginning wi th 3. • P·Q7). In publishing these two posi· tions from the Russian book on Chigorin, I had assumed that the Rus· sian editors had analyzed them comple tely: but I suppose that they can· not be blamed for missing something that two world champioos did not see.

The tripie tie lor the Soviet chess championship mentioned io my last column bas been N!soived. Mark Taimanov is the new champion; (he drew 2 games with Yu. Averbakh and won 2 from B. Spassky). Aver­bakh won second place, and Spassky third.

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The Maryland Chess Federation, n USCF Affiliate, has scheduled a home and home team match with the Dist rict of Columbia Chess League. Tile first match will be held on Sunday, April 22 at 2 p.m. at the Arion Chess Club, II No. Carey St .• Baltimore under the aus­pices of the Maryland Chess Fed­eration and the Maryland Chess League. The return match will be held Sunday. May 27 at the Cen­tra~ YMCA, 1736 G SI. N.W., Wash· ington under the auspices of the District of Columbia Chess League. William C. Koenig is team captain for Maryland and Ivan Romanenao (or Washington. 25 to 30 player teams are planned with 50 moves In 21,2 hours and adjudication of unfi nished games. Visitors will be welcomed as spectators a t both matches.

The Maroczy Chess Club 01 Cleveland, Ohio has taken out a membership in the Cleveland Chess Center in the name of Cardinal Mindszenty, the imprisoned arch' bishop of HWlgary, as a gesture of protest against the continued in· carceration of His Emminence. In 'Iln Open Letter Dr. Sandor Tresz, president of the Marocty Chess Club, reminds chess players that Cardinal Mindsrenty was a friend of the great Hungarian m:.aster Geza Maroczy and is himself a player and patron of chess.

SMITH TRIUMPHS IN MINNESOTA

Dane Smith of 51. Paul (now sta­tioned at Ft. Bragg, N.C.) won the 59th Annual Minnesota Sta te Cham· pionship with 51h·'I.I. drawing one game with Peter Muto of River Falls. Wis. Thus the two-year domi­nation of K. N. Pedersen of Minne­apolis was broken and the beauti­ful 18-incl! traveling trophy re­mains in circulation for at least another year. Defending Champ Pedersen f inished well down the list (in 23rd place) with 2~-31h score In the 41 ·player Swiss event. Second and third on weighted poinbi wi th 5-1 each went to Mil· ton Oueson of 51. Paul and George Bames of Minneapolis, while fOU1·th and fifth with 4 Ih ·l'h each were WilH am Jones of Minneap­olis and William E. Kaiser of West St'. Pau l. Kaiser also won the "Class A" trophy. The "Class B" trophy went to Eugene Hoeflln of St. Pau ! in Oth place with 4-2 score. Sixth to eighth, also with 4-2 scores were Ctayton W. Larson of St. Paul , Werne r C. Schroeder of Caledonia, and Sheldon Rein of Min neapoliS.

In the 28-player Minor Tourna· ment, fi rs t place went 10 James Haj icek wi th 5- ( on tic-breaking points. Hajicek lost one game to Mervin Wright. Serond to fourth, also with ~l each, were E. M. Lut­gen, Robert Shogren, and James Jenkins.

An Interesti ng oddity in the tournament was the entrance of James Seilert into botb the major and minor divisions, thus subjed· ing himself to a s imultaneous ex­hibition, particularly as the two events were held on different {l001'S of the Coffman Memorial Union. The Interesting fact is that he did better In the Major tourna­ment. Hoth events were ably di· rected by Lewis George of Jackson, Minn. and the events were pro­claimed the most successful chess tournament held in Minnesota in at least 10 years with 69 players participating. Observers predict a chess boom in the " Land of the Sky Blue Waters" .

CRITTENDEN TOPS INVITATIONAL c. C. (Kit) Crittenden, graduate

student in philosophy at the Uni­versity of North Carolina, won a six-m. n Invitational Tourney at Raleigh, N.C. with a perfect 5-{)

store. Donald Burdick of Duke University was runner·up with 4-1, losing to Crittenden. Third went to Dr. A. M. Jenkins of Raleigh wi th 3-2, dropping his games with Crittenden and Burdick . Pete Hen­derson of Chapel Hill finisbed [outtll, Dr. Norman Hornstein ol Southport fifth. and Paul Newton o{ Raleigh sixth. Sponsored by the USCF Affiliated North Carolina Cbess Ass'n , tile tournament was limited to players who had won prizes In statewide events during the past three years. Dr. Stuart Noblin served as tournament d i­rec tor.

Hl rm.n St.ln .. (1.01 .... n"lK) CMSS Club: Under Uu! able edltor.mlp of Mrs. Len. Oru~lIt Iht dub is n olll' IMuIq a photo-ofhet bulleUD "lltnn.n Steiner Ch ... Oroup NtwSo H A USCF Afrillated Club.

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By AlIen Kaufman

I N BRIEF: The Marshall Chess Club Championship ended In a

victory [or pre-tournament favor· ite, Herbert Seidman, the highest rated entrant. But Herb did not have things all his own way. Going into the last round he had a slim balf-point lead on fellow Marshal· lite Ed Mednis. The laUer was paired wi th Tony Saidy, . nother jun ior who has come to the rore in recent months. Alter a tense struggle wi th Carl Pllnlck, Seld· man's game petcred out to a draw, assuring him of at least a tic for first. Attention switched to the Mednis·Sflidy game: a win fOl" Med· nis would mean equal first with Seidman. Pressed for time, Edmar offered a draw. Meanwhile, San· tasiere was defcating Ted Duns t, and. as a result, was ahle to equal Mednis' score. This lert Seidman, 11-4. as clear victor. with Mednis and Santasiere tied fOI' second and third at IOIh-4I!.r . Hears t and Saldy followed wtih 91h -51h each. And so ends the strongest Marshall C.C. Championship in several years ...

A close struggle is also in prog· ress a t the Manhattan C.C. Lead· ing scores are. af ter thirteen rounds: Pavey, 9'h·2-n ; Feuerstein and Lombardy. 9·4; Pinkus, 8-n · 3Y4; Bisguicr, 8·5; Denker, 7·5; Bernstein, 6-4. An impreuive array of lalent! As can be readily seen from the scores, Pavey, Pinkus, Denker. and Bernstein have ad· journed or postponed games. Some interesting games of late : Denker defeats Bisguier, lhen the foUow· ing week Feuerstein beats Den· ker, and then Bisguler beats Feuer· stein ....

Thirty-six have entered the Mar· shall Amateur Championship. The Consolation Tournament of that club (those who just missed mak· ing tbe Championship finals) was captw-ed by Jerseyite Stanley Win· ters. Sidney Zarkin was second. By winning this contest Winters qual­ifies for next year's finals ....

Just a rew dollars (relatively!) stand between our collegiate team and a trip to Europe. If aU the cash can be obtained, Lombardy, Mednis. Saidy. Witte, and Lyman Oy to Sweden this week. Tbere was some question o[ Mednis being able to leave his s tudies at N.Y.U., but he now probably wUl be able to secure the necessary permission. It will be a hard team to beat!

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AUSTRtAN SPEED TO URN EY For",,, U . S. Cha",pioll LII1Y E .. ""s (right) facer AJoif Rabill(h, jor"'''

Ch"",pwn 0/ S"l::b"'g P", .. i,,(~, in "SpuJ Championship ~,,(nl al Lin~. Aust,ia. Rab,luh .... ,,. Ih~ o"ly pl.zyrr to d",,,, ",ilh Ih( A",.,ira" 1,,/un~/ional "-Ias/u.

A letter from the Massachusetts State Prison a t Charleston reveals that the spark star ted by William J. Couture and fanned carefully by Paul H. Smith has flamed into real interest, with over 100 players, ranging from neophytes to almost experts, engaged in continued prac­tice of the royal game. Other insti­·tulions might note. Chess also flourishes at Howard, R. I. , McNeill Island, Wash., and Washington State P ri'Son.

George KoUanowski who is giv­ing a 61}-board simuttaneous at San Qucnt in Prison, CaHfornia-a not inIrcquent practice of the blindfold wizzard who began his San Quentin chess visits in 1947-rcports that the San Quentin Club has over ISO members and a good Hbrary on chess. Frequent team matches with visiting grou ps from the Chess Friends keep the inmates in fight­ing t l'im and sustains inte rest. Some twenty·five years ago the la te Bill Prewitt, correspondent chess enthusias t. made fr cquent visits to San Quentin to encourage chess there- it is interesting to know that his work was not in va in and that other hands have ably sus­tained and developed what he be­ga n.

Phill ips Exeler ACidemy Chess Club (Exe ln ): David O. W il kinson lalllcd 9-0 to win the P .£.A. Chess Club Cham· plonshlp In a 23.player Swiss. T ied for second with 7·2 each were H. Ph elp$ Gates. Gerasimos Tsandoulos. and ~-ran· cis C. WllS<ln. Tied for flfth wi th 6·3 we,.., Laurenee M. Ridder and Nonnan T. Slnde. Gates lost games to W Ukln· son and Slade; Tsandoulos lost to W tl· ktnson and Gates; and WUson lost to WUktn .• on and Slade. A USCF Cluh Affiliate.

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Billed as a "Drama in Real Life" in the April issue of Read· er 's Digest is a very gripping vig· nette entitled ·'Your Move. Hun­garian" by Ferenc Laszlo. It will undoubtedly lind its place in fu· ture chess anthologies.

Pl ans are being e laborated for the Chicago City Championship, first 10 be USCF rated. under the recent affiliation of the Greater Chicago' Chess League, in the an­ticipation of making it the most outstanding city event in many years. Co·Champions Alber t Sa nd· rin and Povilas Tautvaisas are ex­pected to defend their ti tle against such contenders as former cham· pion Miroslav Tur iansky, Angelo Sandrin and Sam Cohen.

North Cn"DUna Chess Ass'n: A grou p of No. CaroUna's strongest player s de· fea ted the touring Log Cabin Club ot N. J . 4-3 In CllntQn . Wl.nners tor No. Car. wer e Dr. Nonnan M. Hornstein of SQuthport, Rev. M. J. McChesney of WUmlngton, and Pete Henderson and Jack Godfrey of Chapel Hill. Log Cabl.n pOint-makers Were Nonnan T . Whltaker , IZ-year·old Bobby Fische r , and Raymond E. Glovl. A USCF Affiliated Asso..:latlon.

UnIversity Club (Pi ttsburgh): The Mel· Ion Institute of Industrlal Researeh er05lJf!d swords wUh the University Club, the hattle r esu lting In two wUu and a draw aplec:e tor a 2>,<.,·21-'.1 tie match.

Kod ak Office Chesl Clu b (Roehesler): VletQry In the Kodak Office Tourna· ment wen t to Sherman Nelron who lallled 11·2, with one lOBs t o Ge ne J ohn. son and t,,·o d r aws against L. Gixl rge Hannye. Hannye plaC<!d &ccond with 10>,<.,·2>,<." losing one game to Charles Z. Case and drawing once with L ud wig Bach and '''ice with Nelson. Bach was third with 51-'.14"", and A rt FuchS fourth with 5-5. Pnllmlnary sections qUalified players for the tinals, but the la t~r was Incomplete because or the difficulty In arranging for all players to meet. A USCF Affiliated Club.

San Antonio (Tex.) Che-ss Club has moved !Is mectlnj: place to the W ood­lawn Gymnasium, 1103 CinCinna ti, San AntoniO. mectlng on Wednesday nights 7 p.m. to II p.m_ Correspondence Should be addressed. however, to Allen H. Baker, Jr. secretary, 1811 Edison Or lve, San Antonio, Tex. A USCF Affiliated Cl ub.

EDWARD LASKER IN BLUNDERLAND

By WILLI AM ROJAM Conti nuing his chosen career of

misin forming Europe in regard to the history and understanding of the American chess scene, Dr. Las­ker's latest achievement is "Of Chess Life in the USA" in the Russian publication "Chess In The USSR". issue of J anuary, 1956. It is full of factual inaccu racies, such as describing the American Chess Federation as being centered in Boston (probably because its last president, the late George Sturgis. resided there) and being limited to the s ix New England States. Bet· ter informed readers will identify this as probably being the New England Chess Association. which was not in any way related to the national America n Chess Federa­tion.

Repeating his false implications in the a rticle in the Deutsche Sehachzeitung, Dr. Lasker states that the new USCF President Frank R. Graves appointed a tour· nament committee of three mas· ters as if this was some new de· parture in USCF policy. By impli­cation Dr. Lasker. in condem ning previous tournament committees as "not being able to organize mas­ter competition". suggests that such tournaments committees of earlier years, like that composed of Hans Kmoch. I. A. Horowitz, Hermann Helms. etc. are incom· petent, for all the fact that FIDE named all three International Judges. To others. such statements may merely suggest that Dr. Las· ker is incompetent to discuss sub­jects on which he obviouslY · is lacking in knowledge and under· standing.

Fortunately, some Russian read­ers win be sufficiently informed to discou nt Dr. Lasker 's state­ments. For example. some will ra ise their eyebrows at the fla t declaration that "during the past year there h as only been one com­petition held where the greate r number of the participants were masters, that was the champion· ship of the Manhattan Chess Club." With a wave of his hand, Dr. Las­ker abolishes the 1955 Rosewald Trophy Tournament in which six masters (four of them Internation· al Masters) competed. Were it not for his other articles of a s imilar nature. one might charitably sug­gest that Dr. Lasker 's article in "Chess In The USSR" was a de­liberate endeavor to undersell American chess in the hope tha t Soviet players might become over· confident in fu ture encounters. However, there is every indication that chess in the USA will con· t inue to develop despite the han· dicap of Dr . Lasker's advocacy.

Toronl o lOnl. ) Chess League: In the Champions hip divIsion the Estonians captur~d the t!tle 25-\1: second waS Toronto C.C. 19.17: then Gcnnans 17·t9: and Hungarians 1t·25. Members of the wi nnln!! E~tonl an team were E. Rose, V. Tark. N. Kuttl s, U. Veslngl, Ii. Utto­paerl , and A. Kald"eer. Kuttls complied a perfed score.

North Carolina Chess An'n: A t ClIn· ton two teama matches were held w ith Wilmington 's " B" team tieIng Chapel Hilt "AU with 2-2 and Raleigh's "AU tea m being defeated by t he recently or­ganized Clinton team 3·1. A USCF Af­flllated Association.

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ConJ"aeJ by Frederick H. Kerr

All college clubS and play. " .... urged 10 send news Itlms to: Frl dar lc:k H. Kerr, Ham ilton Ha ll, BoX "I, " I nn_ sylva nia Statl Uni ve rsity, Unlv.rslty Park, Pen nsylvania.

I I' gives this reporter great pleas· ure to announce that the Unit·

ed States will be represented in the Third Wot·ld Student Chess Tournament. Although all the mon­ey needcd is not yet in the hands of the committee, enough is in to assure American participation. The team. Edmar Mednis of NYU, Wil­liam Lombardy of CCNY, Anthony Saidy of Fordham, and either Shel­by Lyman of Harvard or Charles Witte o[ Columbia, will fly to Swe­den by Icelandic Airlines. Credit for the success of the money-rais· ing program goes to Eliot Hearst. He has been holding down two jobs and working on his Ph.D. in addition to worki ng [or American chcss. The bulk of actu al collect· ing has bee n done by Mr. Jose Cal· deron. In addition to the appeal [or funds in CHESS LIFE, Mr. Her· mann Helms of the New York Times and Mr. T. M. Cherington of the Pittsbu rgh Sun-Telegraph brought the request before their readers. Othe r chess columnists have probably a lso helped support the tou rnament, and "College Chess Life" wou ld like to thank them also.

Penn State defeated Gettysburg College 3·2 in the first match in the Intercollegiate League of the Pennsylvania State Chess Feder a­tion. I made the trip to Gettys­burg as referee to keep the Ni t­tany Lions in line. PE NN STATE GETTYS BURG Deitrich I ?>tiller 0 Herr 0 Reich I S~ln I Hoffman 0 Friedman 1 Wh itten 0 Gallaghcr 0 Ribble 1

Dr. Orrin Frink, head of the De­partment o[ Mathematics, won the 1956 Pennsylvania State University Chess Club Championship with 7·0. He formerly played for Colum­bia University and t.he Manhattan Chess Club in the New York Met­ropolitan League. With tourna­ment wins over such players as Kashdan, he is no fish. Next with 5·2 were Herr, Kerr, DejaiHe, and Friedman . Stein and Deitrich scored 41h·2 1h . Next were Toth, Mintz, Spayde, Billste in and Dr . Brock with 4·3. Wetzel, Walker , Greene, Juzi, Lchmberg, and 01· ney ended up with 34 . 2-5 was the score of Moroski , Boyd, and Win· slow. Whitney, Spahr, Frederick, and Cohen were able to win one game, but Nowicki, Kosoff , Hart· man, Robinson, and Goodwin fa iled to break into the win column. You bet you\" life this was a USCF rated event.

The University of .Buffalo de­feated Toronto 3·2. The Bulls are covering quite a bit of territory in thei r travels this year. They also defeated the Independent Team in Buff alo Industria l League 4lk·2'h.

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m, " 'f VoL X, Number 15 ""ess 1.\ e A.,..,«> CJ.- no .. ,.,.. Ap";J 5, 1956

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By

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The Auditor Reports A m",,,1 into,"' ' IVe .u')' POIU'';S . """''''/ tlcp,nJi,,, ,, "j"<fa" 5;" . '~"' /I httppin( JJ.

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CH ARLES OIC K EN S-Davld Copperf ield

I N this issue we publish the auditor's report for the first six months of the fiscal year. Although no grea t profi t is shown in the operations

of the USCF, th e report confor ms to Mr. Micawber's sagacious definition of happi ness. Not only have the six months' operations shown a profit but the deficit, as of June 30 , 1955, has been slightly reduced. There is movement in tbc right direction, cvcn if the movement is slow and de· li berate.

In reading th is rcport , i t will be well to remember Ihat it represents the beginnings of a recovery from 11 year of criticism and atlack made upon t~e Federation by various self·appointed "redeemers", which for the pCrlod of ovcr a year prevcnted thc proper promotion of the Fedcra· tion. No orgl'lnizal ion can bc successfu lly expanded while it is being sub­jected to a barrllgc of noisy criticism, whether the criticism be based on fact or fancy.

rr, having exhausted their inventive powers, their data and their venom , these self·elected "savioul'S" of chess will be content to remain silent for a time, there i ~ every rcason to believe that the future foreseen at Tampa with the adoption of thc Harkness Plan can be fulfilled. All s igns point that way. Chess grows more popular day by day, rated tourna· ments arc on the increase, and more and more chess organizations are affiliati ng with the USCF.

Of course. none of this can res tore the lost year- it is with the snows of yesteryear of which Frll ncois Villon sang. But we can spare that year, if it is not prolonged with other years. If chess players will in the future be content to promote chess and not promote feuds, the next Auditor 's Report will be much more encouragi ng. What chess needs (and has al­ways needed) is workers, not critics. And chess has always found the lat­ter to exis t in grent profusion, while the form('r remain much-sought rare ties.

There is an old French proverb about the pitcher that goes to the well once too often- it fin ally gets broken. Any organization can survive a certain amount of adverse and destructive cri ticism-but finally the critical attack can break the pitcher.

Annual income twenty pounds, annUlll expendi tures nineteen six, result happiness. It is a simple formula-let's make i t work!

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ExhIbit " A" - Stltmen t of AUIII ilnd 1I1btlltllS As of December 31, 1955 Ex hIbit " B"-S"lemln l o f Profit .nd Loss for thl Six Months P erIod endld

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Dtum/>(t J/ , [9JJ

CURRENT A SSETS ClSh In Ml nuflc tur, .. Trust Co • .............. .. ...• .. $ 1 • • 11 Pe tt y ClS h Fund_ N. w Yo r k Off ic I ........ ... ....... 50.00 P. tty ClSh Fun d-Ch lugO .................................. .. 50.00 5 n l. ll

USCF Membership DUll, Inc luding subscMptio n t o Chess Life, seml-annulI I publl· eatron of naUonal eMu ra ting . li nd /ll! o l her pMvl lege5: ONE YEAR: $$.00 TWO Y EA RS: $t.50 THREE YE A RS: $11 . .50 LIFE: '100.00

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OTHER ASSSTS Off ice Fur nitu re & F lx l ures .... .. .....•... ... ...•.. .. .... .... $192.11 Il u : Rlservl for Dl p r.cI, lIon .•... ................ _... .. 14.60

Secu r ity OI Po$11I ...... ................. .......... ..... .......... ....... . P"Plld E. pe nslS ...... .................. .. ............................. .

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LI AB ILlTt l!$ CURRENT LlA II 'LITlE$

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TH' EXHIBIT " B"

SIX MONTHS "NDeO

IN COME SeIIlS o f Merch.ndls •..... ....... .. ....... .... ......... .. .... ...... IU 5: CO$l of Sales

Inv e n t ory_ B. g ln nlng ............................... ..... ...... $2,11 ... 19 P urch.sts ... ........................... ............ ..... ......... ......... . l,906.3S

To llI I ....... ............... ... .. ....... .......... ..................... ..... .... $5,121.14 Inve n t ory_ End ............ ... .......... ...... ..... ..... ............ . 1,129.17

C05' 01 SIIu .................... ....... ..... ........... ... ....... ...... .

Gron Profit on Si llS .... .......... . _ ......... ................. . IndIv idua l M.mba r-lhlp DulS ....... _ ..... .......... __ Affltlilion . nd Clu b Dues .......................... _ ....... . Chan Llfl Subscr iptio n s (non·member) _ ..... . Ril l ing Fees ....................... __ ._ ...... _ .. _. _____ ........... . Incoml from Toutn.ma nl Fees ____ ............. _ .. .. Do n. t lonl .............. _ .......... _ ...... _ .. ____ . __ ......... _ ... __ .. Ch i li Llt l Ad\le rt lsl ng ._._~ ... _~._ ... _ ........... __ .. .. Forllg n MI9Uln. ·Svbl,rlp tion . (co m.) .. __ .. .. Mlsc. ll. n . o us ............................ _ ............. _ ................ .

TOTAL INCOME .•.•..•.•... _ .......... _ ...... _ .......................... ..

EX P ENS E Admlnl"fll " v l Ex plnses:

Pr in ti ng & M.llln9 ................ ............ ............ ..•... $ MI,,,II.n.ous ....................................... .......... ........ .

PUbllc.tlon of Ch.ss lIf. :

21U9 15.00

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3,191.17

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I I Finish It The CI,ver Wayl

Posi tion No. 173: I . . ... • BxKP!; 2. QxB. Q·KIP ch: 3. U·KI2, R-KRI, and White ean resign .

P osition No. 174: 1. K·Bli!. K_K13: 2. K.BS! (t o keep oppOS ition), K_KI2 ; 3. K·B7, K-KU : 4. K-K6 , K-B2; S. K-K7!, R-B3; 6. K·Q8, K-Q3; 7. K.88, K-B3; 8. K_KI6 , K. )(13; 9. K·R8, and wins, as the Ol"ck Rook p aw ns must t a ll .

Play ing ~hlss w ith frIend or fOl, By all m U nS Thin k you' ll b • • t him. Bu t keep your words swe.t li nd lOW, Fo r ••• yo u m ay hlv. to .. I th. m .

Mlny a good m. n WISt .. h IS IIf. m.k· lng mon. y . nd n . gl . cts h ll CMIS.

Your pl.ylng remlndl m. 0' I til b •• , thl longer In hot w.te r thl stron"r.

"Do you play ch. u?" "YIS, bu, only with opponent, be ttl r

th.n tim." " Heck, th l t'l so IUY."

When o rderlnr c hInle ~enl Issue or exac t repro-

Send m. m be rsh lp dues (o r sub:w:rlp tlon. ) Ind ch i ng" of address to KeNNIiTH HAR K NESS, Bu sl ne n Ml n . ger, 8' BH'ord Street , New Yo rio: 14, N. Y.

l eM, If . ny) and . 11 commu nications r.· to MO NTGOMERY MAJOR, Editor, 123

Makt . 11 chuh payable to : THE UNII ED STATES CHESS FEDERATION

LARRY EVANS ON OPENI By Inlernntional MllIler LARRY EVANS

U. S. OPEN CHAMPION, 1954

Pawn Structure This is a plug. · I don't deny i t . But I want to wri te a book- l really

am enthusiastic about it!- a book on chess that can be read . I should like in this Issue to pay a vis it to my colleague, Mr . Mar­

chand , who has been ba ttling manfu lly with the problems of the stu­dent. Often it is good to return to basic-basic. We speak of the "open­ing" as if it lived, breathed, and had dimensions of its own. Actually, it is an abstraction. A game of chess is an organic whole, By dividing it into phases (for pUrposes of conveni ence and classification) we tread on dangerous gl'ound. There IIrc no nbsolute definitions of the opening the mid-game, or the ending-wheI'(! they begin, where they end, where 'they merge. We have already sown the seeds of the ending after advancing our initial' Pawn. So let us not be slain by our own dragons !

In most pl'imers, with good rea· The forces are so reduced and son, endi ngs are taught fi rst- the material so even that one is though the novice rarcly compre· tempted perfunctorily to dismiss hends why. " Pawn endings ar e to this as a draw. U anything, Black's chess what putti ng is to golf," }(jng looks more active than wri tes Purdy. Carrying the ilnalo- White 's. Howeve r White's tiny QBP gy a s tep further, of what use to is that mighty midget-the outside drive Ihe ball within 10 Ieet of passed Pawn. (Black's KP is the the hole if you can 't proceed from ins ide passed Pawn in this case.) there? So how can the novice sus· The principle involved is that peel that aft er a handfu l 01 movcs Black must rush his King in fr ont the master is a lready (subcon· of White's QBP in order to block sciousiy) e~aluating his position in its queening path, whereupon terms of hIS endgame chilnces, his Whitc will pitch or sacrifice this Pawn strueture? Should he simpli· Pawn and in the process march his fy? Should he exchange ? Should King to the remaining Pawns on he play Cor an attack? And so on. the other wing and gobbl"e them If we digress n bit-it's really not up. a digression_ we can see how this works.

Consider the endgame prinCiple of the "outs ide passed Pawn." It states; "when there arc no passed Pawns every effort must 'be made to create one." If the Pawn struc· ture is balanced, of course, this is impossible. That is why, for ex· ample, if each side has six Pawns, masters generally make an attempt in the opening to force some kind of imbalance such as 3 agai nst 2 on the Q's s ide (the value of the Q·side majority) and 3 agains t 4 on the K s ide, rather than a st raight 3 against 3 on each wing. The reason is that it is easier to create a Passed Pawn with 3 against 2 than 4 aga ins t 3.

Buytr·Nybolm , / 9/4

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Th. " ut s lde PlIstd P'lwn_ Wh ite wins wh". " e r mo" ..

tT&, fo//"",;n, d;s(uu io" ;, f ,om ,~ mu . of BA SIC CH ESS OPENING STRATEGY b7 'Arry [,..m1,,0 be I'"b, lis&:d ~ Pj' m"n l<ltt ,bil yt'".

Black ceeded:

to move, the game pro--

1. , P·R4; 2. P·R4, P·K4; 3. P·B3ch, K·KS (or 3. , K·BS; 4. K·B2, K·Q4 ; 5. KK3, with eventual transposition to the text) ; 4. K·K2, P·N3; S. K.Q2 (Notice how White marks time while Black exhausts his remaining P awn moves, where· upon his King must give way), K·BS (Black is trying to dissolve his K-side Pawns before rt!turning with his King to block the outside passed Pawn, so that when White marches his King to the K·side there will be no Pawns left for him to gobble. This fails due to lack of time); 6. K.Q3, P·N4; 7. PxP, Kx P; 8. K·K4. K·B3; 9. K·QSI (Not the hasty 9. p.B4?, K·K3; 10. P·B5, P·R5; 11. p.B6, K·Q3; 12. p . B7- the pitch- KxP; 13. KxP, K· Q2 ; 14. K·BS. P-R6!; 15. PxP, K·K2 --draw- the RP ca nnot win when the opposing King gets in fron t of it), K·B4; TO. p.B4, and now if P·KS; 11 . K.Q41, K·BS; 12. P.BS, P·K6; 13. K·Q3, K·K4; 14. KxP, K.Q4; 15. K·B4, KxP; 16. K.NS, K·Q4; 17. KxP-White wins. If you don't know why, read an elemen· tary book on the endgame then re turn.

Now consider the exchange vari· ation of the Ruy Lopez after scven standard moves : 1. P·K4, P·K4; 2. N·KB3, N·QB3; 3, 8·NS, P·QR3; 4. BxN, QPx8 ; S. p .Q4, PxP; 6. QxP, QxQ; 7. NxQ.

For the nonce Jet us content our· selves wi th the fo llowing observa· tions : (a) in effec t White is a Pawn lIhead on the K·side-Black's

Wh ite Has A W inn ing Pawn Si ructure

doubled QBP's are worthless since they are held in check by White's 3. <It is impossiblc fo r Black to force a passed Pawn against prop· er defense- try it some time tQ satisfy yourself by removing all the pieces f rom the board and jus t trying to create a queen with one of the Black Pawns.) (b) as a result of his superior Pawn struc· ture White has a fo rced win in the endgame: therefore, (c) each ex· change brings him closer to vic· tory.

This, then, is White's strategy­to swap pieces at each and every opportunity. The fly in the oint· ment is that chess Is a game of conflict; dynamic, not static. Black's Bishop pair give him com· pensation in other elements be· sides Pawn structure (t ime and space). "Befo te the ending the gods have placed the middle game," said Tarrasch, to explain j ust such positions as these where one side has a wi nning advantage in the ending i f he can ever get to it . Bu t right now the important thing to nole is the simil-ar ity, in princi ple, of this diagram to the previous one. To do this , mentally sweep all the pieces oU the board except the Kings. It wiII look like this_

Si nce this is an ar t icle on open· ings there is litue poi nt in wasting time on the specifi c solution here. It may require 20-perhaps 30 moves-but that's not our concer n. It has now fallen into the domain

(Please turn to P"ge 8, col. 4)

Th",Jday , Pi g. 5 A pril " 1916

Ct. ••• oCif. By Willa White Owens

Add ress news It.m s and lnquLr'" .In WGmen ', Ch.n to Mr .... W il la Whitt OW.nl, 124 SGUl h PoInt Dr ..... , Avon Ll k. , OhlG.

M ISS Paula S. F'ulk of May· wood, Ill inois , and Mr. John

L. Biach, of Cranford , New Jer· sey, are prize winners in the CI' rousel contest. Both have received the Staunton che~s set and chess clock tor succcs~ru l solving Carou· sc i and the lie·breaking problems Tanta lus 2n d Tant alin imvs. One of the solutions of the la tter turned out to be a "cook" . The presence of a " cook" in an ot her· wise beautiful pl'oblcm like this, of course, brings fort h deep shud· del'S of hOlTor f!"Om all problem lovers.

The proble m Tlnh lissimus with COITect solution and ';cook" fol· lows :

, . ,. ,. ,. , . ,. ,. ,. ,. ,. , . ,. ,. ,. .. ,.

T ANTAL ISSIMUS

IAI B·K2!! ... , . Roc P( h ... B·KS!! '" •• Kt·R3 m i te

I " p·B' l Q) ,. . .. '"' K·Q7 B·Kt5ch •• B·K6 or

R·KI5 mit.

" B·Q3 ,. R/ 4·a6 .., K t .K3ch K·KJ •• ••• m ale

Insert A .' .. B· K6 •• RocK!" m ilO )Ch ach ... .,

". K ·BI ., ., R·KISch •• K t .Q4 m at .

the " cGok" RocKtPch K· K3 ,. Kt·Q4ch I(.Q3 a·)Ct1 ,., •• B·a, mat e

O' K·Q3 •• B·BI O' .,

Kt..Q4 .. , m at • O'

K·Q3 , . R·Kt6ch K ·Q4 B·K Sch ... •• Kt·K 3 milt .

CAROUSEL

White 10 pll y and wIn (Please turn to page 8, col. 1)

GAMES BY USCF MEMBERS

Annotated by Chess Master JOHN W, COLLINS, MUI'slMli Chess Club Champion, 1954

useF MEMBERS: Submit your beu garnet /0' Ihis d~p<frl"'~"1 /0 JOHN W. COLLINS, 91 L, ,,ox Road, Breok/;", 26, N. Y. Spact being limited, Mr. CollitJ, ",ill sdea lh. I1lOsl iIllUeSl;"s m,d ;uUruaiyt /0 ' p"bli'<ltion. U"ku olhuwiu ,'au d "olU /0 gamts ,"~ by Mr. Col/;u,.

D OU BLE UPSET "IT MANHA TTAN Formu U. S. Champio," Arnold Dtn­

k,n lost" /jydy 8<fmc /0 Ih~ rising yo .. "g A rthur f c"""s/,-;,, , and U. S. Champion A rlh", Biss ui(T fal tered fata lly;" a eOI1-

Us/ ",ilh w lc""" Alcxa"J", K' l'irt tH tht Manhattan Champion,hip u,,,,td tho ji,,;sh finc.

KING'S INDIAN DEFENSE Meo; page 95, column 75

Manhattan C.C. Championship New York, 1956

While Black A. S. DENKER A. FEUERSTEIN 1. P·Q4 Kt·KBl 10. B·Q3 B·B2 2. kt·KBJ P·KKt3 3. Kt·B3 P.Q4

11. Q·K2 Kt'Q2 12. PxP PxP

4. 8-84 B·Kt2 13. 0 -0·0 0-0 5. P·K3 Kt·R4 14. R-R2 P·K4 6. 9·KS p.Ke] IS. PxP PxP 7. B·Ktl KtxB 16. B-KtS P·KS 8. RPxKt P-B3 9. P'K4 9'K3

17. KtxQP Kt·Kt3 18. QxP KtxKt

". B· 54 Q·B3 ". R·K5 ". 10. RxKt QxPch 211. BxBch .. , 21. K.Ql Q·RSch 2'. Kt. Kt.$ch K.Bl 22. K-Q2 Q·B6th 30. KtxP(h K-Kt2 23. K·Ql KR·Bl 31. QxQKtPch 24. B·Kt3 Q.R8ch B-B2ch !S. K·Q2 B·B6ch ". K·B3 26. K·K2 R· Kl Q·Q8 mate

4 ENGLISH OPENING

MCO: page 32, column II Manhattan C.C. Championship

New York, 1956 Whi t e

A. BISGUIER 1. P·QB4 P-K4 2. Kt·QB3 Kt-KB3 3. P'KKt3 P·Q4 4. PxP KtxP S. B·Kt2 B.K3 6. Kt-B3 Kt·QB3 7. 0·0 B·K2 8. P·Q4 PxP 9. Kt·QKtS P·Q6

A. 10. QxP 11. KKt·Q4 12. KtxKt 13. Q-Ktl 14. R·Ql 15. B-54 16. QR-BI 17. Kt· KtS

Black KEVITZ

0·0 KtxKt

B-KKtS Kt-Kt3

Q·Bl P·QB4

Q·Kl B· K3

(Sa diagr"", lOp n ~xl (0/""''' ) 18. Kt·B7 BxQ 21. KtXR QxKt 19. PxB Q.BT 22. P·KtS R.Ql 20. P-QKt4 P_BS Resigns

PERSONA L SERVICE The Editor 0/ Ihi, D~p"rt",ent "'ill

pi..., Y"" a game by ",ail, comm~nt on ( )ltry m"Y~, atld gil"( Y" " a thoro"gh p",t_ game ."",Iy,i,. Fee $10.

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atly one

([~e5S rife Thwd"" P, •• 6 Aprrl 5, 1956

T HE KNlGHTS SLUG FOR PAVY T wia the ""li""1 Knight Jd iycrs Ihc

Idli"g blo", itl I"h pdjr "J g"mes 'rom Ih~ «u,,·,,1 l.lan/'alla" Club Champi"n. sh j~onre I h~ bl"w Ihredlen, the rart A rabian male, Ih e ,~cx l lim~ it dearly ,trlnou"cc, " w;"" j"g ,tid;,, /! .

SICILIAN DEFENSE MCO: page 289, (olumn 121(b)

Manhattan C.C. Championship New York, 1956

Whit e Black M. PAVEY W. LOMBAROY , . P-K4 P·QB4 22. QxP K·Rl ,. Kt·KB3 P·K3 23. Q· RS Kt·K4 ,. P'Q4 '" 24. B-Q3 B·B2

•• KtxP Kt·Ka3 25. Q-R3 Ktx8 ,. Kt·Q83 Kt·83 26. QxKt R-K4

•• KKt·KtS P-Q3 27. Q·B3 Q·Kt4 ,. B· KB4 P·K4 28. Kt_KB4 R_KS

•• 8·KtS P·QR3 29. Kt·R3 Q. R5

•• BxKt '" 30. R)(P B·Bl 10. Kt·R3 P·B4 31. R.Q4 B·B4 n. '"' '"' 32. Kt·Q7 BxRch 12. Kt·B4 B·K3 33. PxB R-Ktl 13. Kt·QS B·Kt2 34. Kt·B6 Q)(Kt 14. P·QB3 0 ·0 3S. QxR ". IS. KKt·Kt6 R-Ktl 36. RxQ '"' 16. B·K2 Kt·K2 31. Kt_B4 R·Q l 17. 0 ·0 Kt-Kt3 38. R-QKt6 ,," 111. Q-Q3 R·KI 39. RxKtP P·K6 19. QR-Ql P-KS 40. P-Kt3 R·Q8ch 20. Q·K3 P·B4 41. K·Kt2 B.Q4(h 21. P.KB4 PxP e.p. 42. KtxB P·K7

Cleveland Industrial League: As 0( Fcbn,ary 15 ElectriC Controllcr led the Western Dlvlsion ~.1f.. In matches and 15 '10-9 ';" in games, follOWed by N.A.C.A. wltb 4-1 and 18'h-8'1.: and U. S. p(}st Office "Wit h 2'h .1'h. and 9-t1. In the Eas tern Div isIon Cleve land Twist Drill led 4·0 and 15-4, followed by Lincoln Electric 4 'f.!-'h and 13-7, and Reliance Elec triC 4-1 and 18'f.!-9'h. A USCF League Affiliate.

KING'S INDIAN DEFENSE MCO: pige 92, column 61(01)

Manhattan C.C. Championship

New York, 1956 White

M. PAVEY 1. P·Q4 2. P·QB4 3. Kt·Q83 4. Kt-BJ S. P·KKt3 6. Q.Kt3 7. QPxP S. Kt·QS 9. Q·R3 lG. B-Kt2 II. Kt·B4 12. 0·0 13. Kt·QS 14. Kt·Q2 15. BxKt 16. Q·Kt3 17. B·B4

Kt·KB3 P·KKt3

B-Kt2 0·0

P·Q4 p.B4 p·QS

Kt·K5 Kt.QBJ

P·K3 P-B4 P·K4 B·K3

KtxKt P·K5

Kt·K4 R·82

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.. ,

A. S. IS. BxKt 19. P·B3 20. P-B4 21. Kt·Kt4 22. Kt-Q3 23. KR·Ql 24. P-B6 25 . Q·KtS 26. QR·Bl 27. BxR 26. P-KtJ 29. Q.R6 30. Kt·KS 31. Q·Kt5 32. P·QKt4 33. P·B5

GAMES WANTED

Black PINKUS

'" P·K6 B·Kt2

R·QBl B·Bl

P·Kt3 KR·82

Q.Q3 .. , '" R-BI R·B2 B·Bl

B·QKt2 P·QR3

For volume two of hb edltTon of the games of Emanuel Lasker, J. Gilchrist of London Is seeking for the follow • Ing so far unlocated game s(ores: 8er­tin Masters, July 1890 agaInst Mleses; Graz, Sept. 189G, WIns against Albin and Mar(o and draw with von Feyer' fell (lI$1ed as Myllus In tournament table); London BCA, March 1892, wins against GossIp, Jasnogrodsky, Lee, Lo­man, and draw with Lacock; London Qulntangular Mar.Apl 1892, two wins asalnst BIrd and draws, Gunsberg.Ln­ker and Lasker.Mason.

In match play the following games are sought: drilw against Bardeleben; 2nd game with Mieses; 3rd, 4th and 5th games In match with 8ird, IS90.

Of the two mat(hes In the USA agaInst Showalter, the following sames are ilso desired: lst match, January 1893, lst game (Ruy Lopez) won by Lasker, 2nd game (Ruy Lopez) won by Showalter. 2nd match, April 1893, 1st game (QP) WOn by Lasker, 2nd game (French) won by Showalter, 3rd game (QP) drawn, 4th game (French) won by Lasker, Sth game (1?), 6th game (Ruy Lopez) won by Lasker, 7th game (?1).

Readers who can forward scores of these games or informatIon as to where they Can be found, please write to Frank J. Skoff, 4333 No. Avers Ave., Chicago 25, III. who will forward to Mr. Gilchrist with proper (redlt as to source.

Vancouver (B.C.l: Grandmaster Sam­uel Reshevsky tallied 33 wins, 4 draws and 1 los.o; In an exhlhltlon at Alma Hall, losing" game to Nick Savehenko of the West Vanco uver C.C. He dre-w wlth J ohn G. Prentice. Frank May. W. J. Maler, J. Patly . and J. Kegel.

North Jersey Chess League: After 7 rounds of play, i!"vlngton and Plainfield arc tied wit h 7-0 each In match pOints. Ora nge Is third ,,1th 6-1. and Phmdor fourth wIth 5-2 in the 10 cil!\;> league. A USCF I..<;a¥ue Affillate.

--Anat'llicaf w"anf1!e.

ThiS column will be devoted to an­alytical comments submitted by readers of CHESS LIFE, preferably In discussion of various annotations or suggestions ap· pearlng In CHESS LIFE to whICh the reader offers dissent or elaborallon. Master and Amateur alike are invited to air their views.

MORE ON ALEKHINE'S DEFENSE

By RICHARD CUNNINGHAM

Bl!:mG a subscriber to Chess Life, I have been interested

in the recent analytical wrangles columns by Weaver ' Adams & Lee Hyder on Alekhine's Defense. I have studied both of these articles and I believe I have an improve­ment for Black.

In varia tion "B", after the move!!: 1. P·K4, N·KB3; 2. P·K5, N.Q4; 3. P·Q84, N-N3; 4. P_Q4, P·Q3; 5. P-B4. PxP; 6. BPxP, N-B3; 7. B-K3, B·B4; B. N·QB3, P . K3; 9. N.B3, N-NS; 10. R·Bl, P-84; 11. P-QR3, p)(p; 12, NxP, N-B3; 13. NxB, Px N; 14. Q·83, Mr. Adams gives 14 • ... ... . , Q_Q2 a s be ing .• trong for Black, but po in t s ou t that IS. R·QI leadS to an ad· vantage (01' White. Lee Hyder also shew~ t hat IS. P_BSI gives White the uppe r hand. In view of this 1 suggest H. .. . , NxKPI (Instead or 14 ......... , Q..Q2) with the following varlatlo".:

(A) IS. QxBP, N/ K4xP; 16. KBxN (or 16. Q-NS ch, Q-Q2; 17. QxQ ch, KxQ; IS. R..Ql ch , B·Q3; HI. QBxN, Nx8; ZO. B-NSch, K·:K2 lind Black has the edge), Q.RS(h; 11. 8-B2, QxB/ B4 and Black has much the be tte r of It.

(B) IS. QxNP, Q-QB1; 16. QxQch, RxQ; 17. P_QN3 (white m ust lose a pawn, so he make~ the bcst of It). BxP; 18. R-B2, B·NS and Black has the advanboge.

These variations, although they may be demolished by future analysis, appear entirely satisfac­tory for Black.

By E. M.

If you are a ty.ager-slxty\ seventy, eighty or ninety-you are el glble for the Brittle League.

Charley Jaffe followed the horses al . most as faithfully as chen. He studIed the charts and made analySiS and bets between chess games. Engrossed In doping the next bet, he was Inter­ruptad: "How do you do, Mr. Jaffe, remember me?" "The pece Is familiar, but the mane escapel me," replied Jaffe without lifting his head,

•

Dear Mr. Major: Mr. Thomas Sullivan's critique of the Solkoff sys tem is a masterpiece of illogic .

T hat so man y obvious e r rors ~hould emer ge from Lhe brain of a chess player L. a strange phenomen on.

B('foJ"e proceeding, the axiom on which all tie-b'·eaking sysLems are based should be repeated to cast a few rays of ligbt on confused mInds . "Ties are broken In a d irect ratio t o the s trength of oppositio n".

Let me l!.~t Sullivan'S curious mistakes In eritlcltlng the SOlkoff: 1). He compares chcss t ournaments where mlnd t riumphs OVer matter to box_

ing w here the mind suffers punLshment at the hands of brute strength . F urthe r­more, the Swiss tournament Ls never used in a t hl etic events . ThCL"efore, the question of He-breaking never COmeS up In ~po,ty 'knoekout' events.

2). Sulliva n C<lndernns t he Solkoff system because he thinks tbe Medlan System Is no good!!

3) . He condemns t he Solkoff because It falls to break a tle between a plaYeJ" with 5'h· l \!! (Saidy and Mednis) and 5-2 (Witte )!! By the nat ure of things, the oppo· sitlon of the tournament winner is a lways weaker than t hat of !<Ome lower p layer.

4). " Neither Mednls nor Sald y needs statisticians to win tltles"_ this state­ment p r oves the e m otional r a ther than Intellectual contents of Sul!lvan 's attack on the Solkoff. Va lld statistical principles are vital in tie-b r eaking. 1'he d,·awlng up or II .'Cor e sheet Is a mathematical process. 1I One does not r ealize this clemen. tary fact, one Shou ld not atten'pi t o criticize an y method of tie_breaking.

T he SolkOff system is far mor e advanced tha n the Sonn~berg. Having used It in cUredlng several tournaments, 1 find that It needs one amendment . T hat In h r eaklng a tie hetwee n two p layers with eq ual game score$, ther e must he a mini. mum of one point represent"'g Ios".,.s as repre,(mted hy two d ,·aws or a lninlmum of l 'h poin ts rep,·csentin g a d,·aw and D loss. Furthermore, accurate pairing is essential. The Hark ness or Coons palling syst em Is used . In these systems, One advances to a greater st rength by winning over loul:h opponen ts. Thus , in the laUer rounds of a t ournament, 11 a Class A playe,· n,.,els a Reshcvsky and lo~es. more cred it Is gIven for t his loss on t he basis of two reasons: A). He h as advanced over hard opposItion; B) . The lo~~ Is less an indIcation of the player's weakness than a loss to a man with a very low score.

Lastly, II the Solkoff system reveals a tie, n n effnrt Should be mnde at ti e­hr.,aklng. The resl.llts should be declared a draw. This would ha ve avoided the Unjust tle-hrea k at the U.S. Open last year.

NORMAN M . HORNSTEIN, M.D. Southport, N. C.

TOLEDO SILVER KNIGHTS OPEN Toledo, 1956

100% USC F Rated Event 1. Dr. Mark Pence (Adr!an, Mich.) ...... W32 W7 W 13 W9 W2 W3 W4 7 -0 .... ... . 2. W. J . Walter (Fremont, 0 .) ..... ..... W34 WI7 WI9 W3 Ll 08 W9 5l. t/; .... ... . 3. F. H. Ashley (Toledo, 0.) ....... .. ..... .. W23 W22 W5 L2 W14 L I WO 5 .2 19.50 4. It. C. Lake (Toledo, 0.) .... .... ............ .. W24 L8 W IO WI9 W6 W9 L I 5 -2 19.00 5. J. H. COchrane (Toledo, 0 .) .... ... ..... W30 WI6 1.3 W7 L9 W22 WI3 5 .2 18.5O 6. G. E. Robinson (Toledo, 0.) .......... W25 Lt9 W I2 W13 L4 W16 W IO 5 .2 18.50 7. A. R. Kend all (Toledo, 0 .) ... ......•...... W 15 L l WI7 1.5 W25 W 14 W26 5 .2 17.00 8. R. J . Henry (Toledo, 0.) ... ............. WIl W4 1-9 W20 W22 0 2 L3 H -2b .... ... . 9. Lawrence C. J ackson, J r. (Toledo) 4-3 (14 .00); 10. Ernest W. Mowr (Toledo) 4-3 (12.50); 11 . Earl Mowery (Toledo) 4-3 (11.00); 12. Emil flIrls (Toledo) 4-3 (IO.SIl) ; 13. Car l E. Comstock (Sylvania) 4-3 (&.50); 14. Willia m F. Maxwell, J r. (Toledo) 4-3 (9 .00); 15. Mrs. Bxalena Colllns rl"oledo) 4-3 (a.50); 16. Rober t Redman (Toledo) 4-3 (8.00); 17. Leon Kempf (Toledo) 3'h·3\-it (10.00); 18. Dr. Edward A. Gribbin (Toledo) 3'h ·3'h (5.75); 19. Georg e Netter (Toledo) 34 (1 2.00): 20. Dr . i\1.lUwood A. Custer (Toledo) 34 (9.S0); 21. A rthur Bazar (Toledo) 34 (7.50); 22. Ben Ka tz (Toledo) 34 (7.00); 23. Stanford S. Etor er (SylVania) 3·4 (6.00) ; 24. Alfr ed K. Harrison (Toledo) 34 (5.50); 25. Zdlslaw Domaru;k! (T o ledo) 3-4 (4.SO); 26 . Paul Haydon (Toledo) 3-4 (4.50) ; 27. Charles F rench (Toledo) 34 (1.50); 28. Elmcr Sc hoenrock (To ledo) 2-5 (4.oo); 29. IUehar d J . Kwapic h (Tolcdo) 2·5 (4.00) ; 30. Albert Hale (T oledo ) 2-5 (3.00); 31. Mrs. Mlldred X. Grib bin (Toledo) 2-5 (2.00); 32. DaVid J. Grthbin (Toledo) 2-5 (1.00); 33. John J. Pollock (To ledo) 1.j;; 34. WUllam Brewe r (ToledO) 0-7.

Tournament Director: Max Moldawsky .

JUNIOR DIVISION 100% USCF Ra ted Event

1. O. Hatch (T oledo, 0 .) .. ....... ... .......... W I2 W 4 W3 L2 W6 W5 W8 6 -I ....... . 2.. A. Hatch (Toledo, 0 .) ................. .. ... WIO WO W6 W I W4 L3 L 5 5 .2 21.00 3. J. Smith (Toledo, 0 .) .... ...•.•..•..... ... ... W7 W5 Ll W IO WI2 W2 lA 5 -2 17.SO 4. T. TelUlcy (Ottaw a HIllii, 0 .) ....•... .. W9 LI Wll WI 2 L2 W6 W3 5 _2 11.00 5. R. Underhill (ToledO, 0 .) .•........ .. W14 L3 W9 WI5 08 L I W2 41-2~ ....... . 6. Paul H. SUI (T oledo) 4-3 (13.(,0); 7. Wllilam Kinnear (1'oledo) 4-3 (0.50); O. Rein WalLer (Fremont) 3",",-3'h; 9. Robert O'Oesky (Toledo) 3-4 (5.50) ; 10. J oh n Otto Schropp (Sy lvania) 34 (5.00); I I. David Torok (Toledo) 34 (5.00); 12. Bruce K u­jawski (To ledo) 34 (3.50); 13. Bruce Gaweck\ (Toledo) 3"'01 (3 .50); 14. Frank Veres (Toledo ) 3-4 (1.00); 15. David M. Williams (Walbrid ge) 1-6; 16. RObert E. Burris Toledo) 1>-7.

WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS & CONNECTICUT VALLEY CHAMPIONSH IP Springfield, 1956

100% USCF Rated Ev"nt I. Dr. Joseph P latz (E . lIa rtford, COIUl.) .•.. WIS we W2 WS 03 4~· ~ 16.25 2. Robert Lane (So . Glasto nb ury Conn.) .... WI 4 Wl3 LI WO W6 4 ·1 13.00 3. Ell Bourdon (Holyoke , Mass.) •. .......... ........ L5 WI6 WIO W7 01 3l1·l./. 11.25 4. Vernon Hume (Shelburne F a Us, Mass.) •. DI2 L6 Wll WI5 W5 3H} 11.00 5. Francis Keller (Northampton, Mass.) •.•..• W3 W IO W9 LI L4 3·2 11.50 6. J·ack Owen (AVon, Conn. ) ... .......... .. ........... D9 W4 0 7 W13 L 2 3 -2 1l.25 7. J ames SlIittery (WesUleld Mass.) ... ... ........ Dll W I2 D6 L3 W13 3 -2 9.75 9. Nlek Raymond (Hartfonl, Con n .) .... ..... ... WI7 Ll W14 L"2 W9 3 ·2 6.50 9. Roland J ohnson (Feeding HlIis, Ma.s.B .) 2'h.-2'h (0.50); 10. Rlcnard Gleason (Sprlng!leld, Mass.) 2'h ·2'h (5 .50); 11. Robert Selden (Chicopee), Mass.) 2" .... 2'h (S.OO); 11. Karl Allured (N ortha mpton, Mass.) 2·3 (5 .00); 13. Jerome Makara (Sprin g_ field, Mass. ) 2-3 (3.00) ; 14. John Ducharme, Sr. (Easthampton, Mass.) 1-4 (1 .00) ; 15. PhUlip Pinkham (Westfield, Mass. ) 14 (1.00); 16. Eugene Nafranowlc2 (Ho lyoke, Mass.) 0·5 (0 .00) ; 17. Mike Nafranowicz (Holyoke, Mass.) 0·5 (0.00).

CLASS B TOURNEY I. Rohert Moynlhan (Holyoke, Mus.) .. ... .... :W4 . W12 W2 W4 L3 4 ·1 14.50 2. Robert Loomis (Springfield, Mass.) ....... ... WII we LI W7 W5 4·1 13.5lJ 3. E rnest Andrews (Avon, Co nn.) ........ ....... ... WI3 L5 WI2 W6 WI 4 ·1 12.00 4. Jack S tern (Sprln{;(tJeld, Mass.) ............. . D7 Bye W5 Ll WB 3Oh-I"'" 9.75 5. Bert Dygert (Longmeadow,. Mass.) ... ..... .. W IO W3 IA W8 L 2 3·2 11.00 6. A. Davenport (Shel burne F a lls, Mass.) ...• wa L2 W9 L3 W l0 3·2 9.00 7. Rheo BeauUeu (WWiman!leti, Mass.) 2'h.-2"", (6.00) ; 8. John Duchar me, J r. (East . hampton, Mass. ) 2·3 (5.50); 9. J ames Seheerlng n v . Spring field, Mass.) 2·3 (4.00); 10. H em"y Rock (Becket. Mass.) 2-3 (3.00 ); 11. Robert Bessey (W estfield, Mass.) 1-4 (1.00); 12. Jeff Baker (Mt. H ermon, Mass.) 14 (1.00) ; 13. Roger Simoneau (Sp ringfield , Mass.) 0-5 (0.00) .

b y Nicholas Gabor

All commu nications concerning this proble m -column, Including solvtlonl .. well ;1$ or l" i n ~ 1 compositions for p u blication (two- and thra.mover direct m;lml f rom composers a nywhe re should he sent to NICholas Gahor, Hot". Kemper Ltne. Cinc innltl 6, Ohio.

Problem N o. 651 By Edmund Kowalewski Revelstoke, B. C., Canada

International Contest Entry

Problem N o. 655 By J. Szoghy

Budapest, Hungary International Contest Entry

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Problem No. 657 By Herbert Ahues Bremen, Germany

International Contest Entry

Probl~m No. 654 By Robert E. Burger,

Long Beach, L. I. and F. Vaux Wilson, Yardley, Pa.

International Contest Entry .-

Problem No. 656 By O. Stocchi

Langhirano, Italy International Contest Entry

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Problem No . 658 Esy O. Faria and Erasmo Jr.

Pocos de Caldas, Brazil (Afte r B. Gaspa r )

International Contest Entry r-

I No. 635 (MacKay ): I. K-R2, threa t 2. Q-Ktl. No. 636 (Musante): 1. K t ·Q7, threat

2. Q-QB5. I. .. .... , Kt(7) random; 2. Q.R6. 1. ........• K t ·Kt4; 2. Q.R2. I. ........ , Kt(4) random; 2. R-K4. I. .. .... .. , Kt-B6; 2. Rx P . Ail o ther tries with the key·plece have a sIngle dcfeat. Correc!.!ons In the tries as well as In actual p lay. No . 631 (She p-pard ): I. B-K3. t h reat 2. R_Kt6. 1. .... .. , Kt(3) random (to RO, BS. Q5 Or Q7) a llow 2. Q.R3, wlttr'two cor rections. 1. ...... . , Kt-B4; 2. Q·Q6, and 1 . .. ....•. , Kt-R4; 2. Kt.-B5. F ine Mered it h , free of pawns. No. 638 (DeMorae$): I. B-Q8, threat 2. R·K4 db.ch. Moves preven ting the dou ble check pennlt three ''lWyai Battery" mates. 1. ...•. ... , R_K3; 2. K·KtB. 1 ..•.. .... , R·B3; 2. K-Kt7. 1. .... .... , B.K3; 2. KxP . No . 639 (Kellerman): I. Kt·K5 releasing the Queen , t hreat 2. Q·B7. Precise play foll owing the Queen's moves. Mr. Sheppard (637) and Mr. Kelle rman (639 ) prove the theory t hat ' 'LIfe Begins a t 80" . No. 640 (The Hong Oe): 1. Q_R2, th r eat 2. Kt( Q3)·B2. Three good variations. ...

<ibe ::s life Thr",d~y, Page 8

Apr;1 " 19'6

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Wt.." .:7" B." rn...? Posi t ion No. 178

Goldl)<'rjl".Jouk (o r igi n uncc rlal n). Black ('an win Onl)' by ma.'Ching his King to KRZ. Art",r I. ......... K·K1; 1. p.i\'S (In o.-dc r to anSW .. r 1'·63 by p· N61. K·ln: 3. K.I!.J, p·ns; ~ . K·N1. n ·N I ; S. K·Bl. K.1I1; 6. K·Nt. P.8 3; WhIte Is ruined, slnC(> 1. P·N6eh . • UOWI K. !U Cl<'. T he on ly tr )" hI 7. K.8 3, PlCp; 8. P ."'P , K.Nt: 9. K.N2, K·U2; 10. " .33 "·K3 and Whl h, mla ht a$ well reslg~ mnce II. 1>.116. Px1>; 12. P x l", K·33 I" Ob" ~OUSI)' f"U le. Afte r 1. K·K3? or I. :·lb Black Can stllJ "'in by trangpo$llljl" mto the abm'., line, bUI he mUll avoId t he fatef ul tl'a p or aruwcrln~ 2. 1',"'5 wllh K·B~ . In Ihb pos lUon White marks U,.ne on Ihe Q"c r. n ~ld e, and Iho Black King da ,..., not pJay KleT' (p.R6! then wIns for Whlh~ l. Upon 3, .... .. .. , K .K3 Ihen 4. P·R6. P"f'; 5. P"P. K·D3 loses to Ihe surpl'l se move 6. p .55!! 01' here 3 .......... P·81; 4, P·NG socu rel'! Ihe dn.w. Black .caJ1 ~I so draw b~' 1. " .. , P.N4; 2. P.B~. if he InsIs ts on not wl nnlnll'.

-Correct sol ullons art: a~kno "'led.li:ed (" 001 Donald E. Benge. ]'.I!!ton D. Blu. menthal . Abe l R. Som bera uit. L t. n. G. Dudl~y . J ohn II. Hurn lnll. J ohn b hkan, A. K" rko. Bll! Koenig. F.dw~rd J . Kor. pan ty. Heino K" rruk. Col. F. D. Lynch. Max F. Mueller, Cha r les Muse-rovc Pelc r ]'.Iu lo. Edmund N:llh . Georllc w: Payne. Dr. Ray P. Pinson Edwa rd B Powell ' . Herbert J . ROber~. '",,1n SIjl": n.,ond. Bob Stelnmoye r. Francis Trask, L J. Valvo. WWlaon B. Wilson NeU P Wlttinjl", a nd L. E. WOOd. • .

The "oh'C,-" were lWale n . 32-26, as ?fll'n S<!em~ to hap~n In t r icky end. ~l\gs .... ,I h a dcc<,p l h'e ly Sim ple look. Welcome 10 New Solver.

WOMEN'S CHESS (Continu e d from p a ge S, col. 4 )

IAI I. 1{·l{tJ P' KI$ 2. KI. K4 T his Kt ca n ruso go to R4 M d thence to Ktl, wIth th '" r est of the movu un. chnnged. ,. ,. •• ,. •• ,.

KI/ 4-81

'" K·R4 K·R3 K·R2

K'Kt8 K·BB K·57

K·KII K·87 K·58

B. K·KIl' K.KIB 9. Kt ·Q3 K.RB 10. Kt·KI4 K.KII 11. Kt·83ch K Iny 12. Kt· R2 o r

82 male

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K·R8 Ind tonllnues IS ,., K·R4

2. Kt·QS

K·R7 In A. K·KIB

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T hh Is a "cook", lhoug h It tak';:s a m ove longer . as no (Iennlte number or mo,'e" hsd been IIp(lelfled. 2. K·KI8 t. KI.R2ch K.Kta 3. Kt / S-Kl K·Ra 10. KI·Ql K.RI 4. KxP K·R1 ll . KI· KI4 K. Ktl 5. K·R4 K·KtI 12. Kt·8 3ch K .ny 6. K·R3 K·BI U . KI.R2 or 82 1. K·Kt3 K· KtI B. Kt·BJch K·BI

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COLLEGE CHESS ( Continued from page 3, col . 4 )

Play continues in the Greater Chicago Chess League . The Uni· versity of Chicago drew the Rog. ers Park Chess Club in the latest round. U. of CHICAGO ROGERS PARK CC G JU5S ,

FI~hhehn<' r , ~'rankenAeln 0 Na thans , Ki"by , ~I ,.~. Aronson 0 G ottcsman 0 Mr. J\ron~on , R ohln.on , 1':.><1I3U , , weig , J ohnson 0

Clev .. l~nd Club Lugue: AS of F ebru· ory IS C I ~ vel and Latv ians le c!. the Wcst­(.'orn DivIsion n urowly " ith 4.0 In mateh .'<Co r .. ami 1 4'h·2 ~~ In ,amn, followed by A tla nllc Interna tionals with 4-0 and J5·3, and West Side Hungarians with 3'~ 1'/~ and Il· JO. In the Ea, tern 01· "Islon CI"" ~k1nd Ch<lS$ Club leU With 3.0 and 18·1, foUowed by Case Chen with 1.0 and 7·1, Ukrain Ian Am~rlcaru 2·1 and Iltil -<l 1,'.z, lind East S ide HUD' jl"arlaru 2· t and 7-6. ,\ USCF LUIUC Affiliate.

50urnamenl ofJ~ Send 10 CHESS LIFE. 123 No. Humphrly Ave., Oalc Plrk, Ill. for appllca.

tion fonn for announcing lournlment In thl1 column.

Unlan otherwi.e speclfJld, a ll tourn.ments Innounct<! In th is colvmn Irl 100% USCF ule<!. Rlt ing ~cs, If any, Ire Includld In I P. clll. d enlry fn; no .ckIltlonl. utlng fee for non.members USCF.

Aptil H·fj

Mid.West Inter·University Team Tournament

Chieago, · iU .

':r l~v:ofo.~r(E:i%Or ~~~;:~ ~!:,t~~~ . of Chi. Cljl"O • . Courts.

1005 E. 45 moves In 2 hrs ; entry $1 )X'r ($15 ~r team ); prize award~ for ,1nd, and lrd placing tesms wllh mini· mUm firs t prize, trophies to SCOrer at each bosrd; 1'D Roblon . pilY beglnB 9 a.m. Saturday p.m. Sunday ; re servatlons for rooms ror Sal. night at S2 per person should be made through R. Klrbl' by March 26; please bl'ln,r at least two chess sets per te"m Rnd any available clock,,; reglstratlon: by mall no later than postmark oI Api'll 10lh, Includhli entry Jee~ pay· able to University of Chicago Chess Club, addressed to R. Kirby, 1005 E. 60th St. . Chicago 31, Dl. For Inform .. · Uoo. also addres.s R. Kirby.

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April 14· 1$

Kentucky State Championship Louisville, Ky.

Ope n; at C<.>ntral YMCA, 231 W. Broad· w.y. Loulsv llle, Ky. ; 5 rd Swbs; entn' fees! $3 for 1st Div., $2 (or 2nd Div.; 525 t rophy ror winner of 1st mv .• 510 trophy for winne r of 2nd m v.; TO Rlch. ard W. S hie ld,,; for det.alLs, write Rlch· ard W. S hie lds. 614 E. Market SL. Loub­ville Z, Ky. or Robert COurtney, 231 W. Broad way, Louisville 2. Ky.

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April 21·12 Inland Empire Open and Eastcrn

Washington Combined Spokene, Wash.

Open to all, at Desert Hotel. First and Post; 6 "d Swiss with 2., hour limo llmit; entry fe e: $3.30; priu awards, guaran teed $25 first prize with a ddltlonal ca:>h prltes for leaders In 2nd hal( of 5landlogs; highest ranking E. W~sh . resIdent deClared E. Wash . Champ; TD Dr. Griffith H. Parker; for detail" or advance en try, wrIte: Dr. Grlrtlth H. Parker, 416 Hyde 6ldjl"" Spokane I, WaSh .

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April 28·29 South Texas Open Championship

, Corpus Christi, Tex. Sponsored by So. Te;us CIlesa Assn.

and Buccaneer Days Comln1.sslon; Open; M ExposItio n Hall, Shoreline Blvd; st.lrli Saturday 9 a.m.; S rd Swiss, 50 movC'$ In 2. 1lI'S; 3 dlv. : Class A, CI_ 5 and Ladlr.s ; colored motion picture wUl be taken or tourney; cash p rlle5 and trophies; ent ry fee $3 f or members STCA, $1.50 ext ra for non.members; I U holels will be full, make reservaUon ear ly, ror detal15, write : Henry Younl:' man, P.O. Box 844, Corpus Cbrtstl, Tex.

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A pril 28.l9 ,"'" Mq ,·6 Chicago City Chess Championship

Chicago, III. Open to a U resIdents of Chicago and

Its suburbs; at the University of Chlca· gO Campus. Burton.Judson Courls, 1005 E. 60th 51.; 8 rd Swiss, 4S mOVeS In 2 hr~.; enlry fee: $6; guaranteed lst prIze of $7~. othcr cash prizes; reg!s­Ir.allnn opens 10:30 a.m. and entries close at 1 p.m. on Aprll 28, 1st rd begins at 1:30 p.m. : players are re· quested 10 bring sets. boardS, and c10ckii If possible; TD Robert Sandbug.

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ju"t 2 ·] North Dakota Championship

Bismark, No. ·Oak. At Wnrld War ]'.Iemol'lal Bld jl".; I"e­

st rlcted 10 Norlh Dakota reSidents ; 6 rd Sww. ;to mOve" per hr .; entry rOle: $3.00; t roph ies ; TD D.C. Macdona ld ' for de tailS, write: J ohanne" Polstid' 50fi 2nd 5 1 .• 5i~marck, N.D. '

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M"., ' .6 Minnesota Junior Chillmpionship

St. Paul, Minn. Restrlc~ to MlnDHQta re&ideDts, 21

YNrs or age or younjl"e r . a ' DowntowD YMCA, 91h and Ccdar Streets, St. Paul; TIme of nlist.rallon, 8 ' .m., Saturday "hy S; play bClllns 8;30 I.m. May 5; 5 rd Swiss, 4S m ovts in two bours, en l ry f~, S1.5<1; Trophy and cash 1st prUe. p lu. othtr prius; ipotlsored by St. Plul CheQ Club; ror deta.lh. Write: Rob('rt C. Gove. % Downtown YMCA 9th a nd Cedar S ..... S t . Plul, Minn. '

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MIt'j , ·6 Indiana State Championship

Logansport, Ind. At Barnes Hotel. Logansport; open to

Indiana r""ldents (Incl. !tudenb at In. diana schoo15 and out-of·.tatl! members or Indl~n8 club.); 6 rd Swiss (round· robin play-off or tic for rtrst o therwise S·S r anklng) ; !)ellins promptl~ 1:30 p.m. Saturdsy. Ttlay 5; p rizes of 50%, 30%, and 21)% for first to third plus brll. nl ncy prize; entry fee: $3; TO Emil Btr. bach; brlnl boards, eloeks and sets if possib le: for detaUs. write: D. E . Rhead. 1715 Green 5 1 .• Gary, Jnd .

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MIt'j ,·6 .,,.,J 12·11

Maryland State ChHs

Championship Towson, Md.

Open to all Marylanders, mem!)ers of Md. cheSi clu bs and sen'lce men sla· Uoncd In Maryland; .t TOWlOn Senior Hi8h SChool . A lgburth Ma nor Road , j ust north ot DalUmore; 7 rrl Swls$. SIJ IIIoves In 2 hrs" 15 min.; entry fee S7 ",Ith $3 r eturned aner 7th rd to tbo~ with onc forfett or le55; prltes e!lllmaled to total $100 with prizes to top 10% of entry, entrles accepted It playing room (Towson H .S.) Sa.turday May 5 from 11 •. m. to 12 noon' TD WUHRIn C. Kocnl~; brinll chess' sets and clocks U pOS$lble; for deti lis wrlle Donald W. lIancy, 1710 White Osk Avo. Towson, 4, Md. '

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M"r J8·lel Albuquerque Open Championship

Albuquerque, N . Mel{. Open; al YMCA. ift and Central Sts.;

II rd Swl$$; entry fee : $2.00; tropbtes only. lat, 2nd, 3rd, and Junior (under 18 yea rs); winner to be Open Cbam· pton and ranklnll Albuquerque player CIt~· Chlmplon; T . D. W.A. Muff; lor detaIls, wl1te: R. O. Adair. 202 Dart­mouth Dr. S .E .• Albuque rque, N.M.

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Nor th Clrolinl Open Wilmington, N . C.

Open to aU; rel:tste r 6-7 p.m., June 1 at Community C<.>nter , Oranjl"e Street· II rd Swill, SO moves in 2'h hr$ ' eDtrY fee : $3.50 p lus $2 NC dUel; first prize: Trophy p)UI ~, other cash prizes' Bt!.autuul b eaches ten mUes away; fO; complete dota.lls. writ"" Nonnan M. Hornstein, M.D" Southport, No. Caro­lina.

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j uly 19·22 The Clrolinas' Open Championship

Myrtle Beach, S.C, Open : " OCe bn Forest Hotel, 7 rd

Swill (Solkoff tle·breaklng); 1st rd begins 7 p .m , Thursday, July 19; 1st priz", $100, 2nd $SO, 3rd $30 plus t rophlcs ror flr¥t th ree place. ; Junior p rizes: 1st $25, 2nd $20 snd 3rd $15: four other senIor prbet; entry fee: $4 plus me m bers hip ($2) In SCCA or NCC,\ and USC}'; s peclll convention rate. on room . at Oce~n Fores t Hote t; ror fu r ther In formation, write: L. L. FOS ler. 12.1 SalUda Avc" Columbia S.C. '

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jU"t Z·J 32nd Trans·Miulssippi

Championship Davenport, Iowa

Op(lO to aU; al Ch amber of Com­merce, Davenpor t ; 6 r d SwlSi t rom 10:30 a.m. CST June 2 to 7:30 p .m . June 3; ent ry fee: 57.50; "'ntrlcs d OH 10:00 a. m. June 2; 1125 1st prlze. with totals of $71), $60, . nd $41) p rllf11 In Classes A, D, and C: total p n za Itsl $4.15. plus merchandize; lor de la lls, w rite ; J ohn Warren, Moline Despa tch. Molinr.. Ill.

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EVANS ON OPENINGS

(Continued from PIli" 5, 1;01 3) of endgame technique. The Will '

ning process is similar to the first diagram, but even easlC!r because White virtually is a Pawn ahead. Note only that if the Black Pawn were on Q3 instead of WB3 the game would be a theoretical draw.

n.w and Renewed YSC:; .AlftI;a/ ..

• Renewals of Charters

FLORIDA Inlf!r·AmeriCiin Chin Club M.;~ml, FII.

Addr<'Sll el o Ernest C . Seheupleln, Alclt ... r Hotel, Miami. Fla.

INDIANA ·FI. W.yne (hess Club Ft. Wayne, Ind.

Muts at YMCA. U6 E. WasJI lnt ton Frida )' evenings ?-I2, Labor D3Y to Memorial Da),. P~sldEont: Fred H. Veltmeyer ; Vlce·Pres: Willard Wilson; Treas: Wm. Shule r ; Sec'y: Don Joncs, 34.24 No. Washlnjl"ton Road , Ft, Wayne ,

"" . KANSAS 'Wichlta Chess Club Wichlt., Klns.

MeeLq at Cenlral YMCA. 424 E. Flrsl Street. Presidenl: W. D. MeLaulthlln; Sec'y.Trea5: Clrl iIlurrell, 719 N. Broad. way, Wleblta, Kans.

VIRGINIA Vlrglnl, Chess Federation

Conducts State Chlmplonshlp, PRsl· dent: C. W. Rider; See·)··Treu: Jam"" McCarthy, 12.20 Westmoreland Ave., Norfol\<, Va.

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