Volume II Number 12 Offlclol Publication of me United States (bessfecleration Friday,

February 20, 1948

Chess·Life Poll Gives One Answer CHESS LIFE C'OUNTS , YOTES; FINDS REAiDERS SATISFIED Questionnaire Shows 82% of Readers

Approve Present CHESS LIFE Policies By William Roja'if \

Responding enthusiastically to the questionnaire published in CHESS L In : 011 December 20th under Ihe hc.1.ding "Our OWI1 Quizz Program," readers of CHESS Ln 'l::: have indicared without reticence their individual preferences; and the sum and tota] of their replies adds up t o.> a contjnuation oi pre,,,:nt CUESS LIFE policies with certain minor modifications. t

It has been gcncrally established that III a " preference survey" a return of one percent, if distributed equally over a ll the territory covered. will rcflt.'Ct a d ear and accuratc picturc of reader reaction. CHESS LIn: with the I1nusual response of two and one-half percent of its readers, geographica1ly distributed {rom the Atlantic Seaboard to the Pacific with Northern and Southern sections equally repre­sented has received an exceptionally clear analysis of reader r"action.

In such a surVey 1t Is usually Ques tion Three ranged rrom de· customary to d!lIcount to a degree tailed I(tas on procuring better the critical and adverse comments covera~e of local chelll! IIlld club upon the basis that the reader wbo lIews to he using of large!' type. Is dlss3liefied ill much more apt to Some real:lers demanded more news write his views tlmn one wlio Is !lems lind fewer fell tures: otlle rs sa llsflcd willi conditions 4'S they 1II01·e tentures and tewer news are. Aut the CHESS LI,,"E survey It~ll. I Several 8u!:g('stel\ more

-Ii"a~s -had Ute rare resuil of rCl:9W-' J) • ~"cover I\H~rytilli\g 'I/ertain. Ing such n predominant number Ing to chosa Including ddalled a n· ot retu ms fl·OIll I·eaders who de· alysls ot openings. etc. Thel·e wa!! sired no raalcal changes while ex· a dFma nd tOI· fuller annotations of prellslng preferences tor certain gamea and len news: and a vote types ot a rticles and teatures, that for more club news wllh tewer an· this usual di scoun ting of adverse nOUlted games. Some wished more C(lmDlcnl has been unnecessary, problems; others inAiste£! that the and the percentages cited In this problem corner he aboll.shed. There article renect the act ual pel'cenl- were several suggesUons for a sec· ages of the returns without the use tion deallng with end·game posl· or a ny discount factOl" . tions (a wllnt that CHESS LIFE

Foreign Chess New. W.nted Prlncitlle change desired by the

readers 0 11 the oosls of the returns was lhe pUblishing of eome fore ign chess news In a brief form cover· Ing the more Important foreign chess cvents. Most renllors voiced 'tlis$l\tlsfaction with tile dnily press In Its treatment (or lack of treat· ment) of ellen ncws abroad: and also complained that the news came too slo""I, In monthly chess publl· eations. They asked CIHJSS LIFE to fu rn ish the brief flashes on cur. relit news, leaving to tlle monthly ellea9 publications th e duty o[ reo porti ng Ole fu lle r details.

Bowing to tlJe mandate or its renders, CH}~SS Ll FE hall arranged tOr (orelgn chess newa unde,· the able editofflhip of George Koltan· owskl. tormer Belgian Champion and World·famous Blindfold Expert. wbose first column a}lJloars In this Issue.

In ann,·ering Question One, 8%';1(. ot CHESS Li1o~E readcn (On the ba/sls ot returns) Indicated complete satlstactlon with the pl'esent gcn· eral format and llOlicy of CIiESS T.WIi; : IS~i- infi ic."lted dl asu tistnc­lion. expressing a dealro tor a pub­lication or the magazi ne tYlle to compete with existing monthly chea8 publication!!. I

On Question T ..... o the voice or the readol·s was unanimous that CHESS LIFE could be Imilroved (a \' Iew shared by the Editor): but 12,* or the readers confessed in their tlUestionnalres ' that they oould orrer no concrete Ideas for Improvement.

General suggestions for Improve­ment oC CHESS LIFE in answer to

has recently undertaken to nU); and several readers requested a chang~ In tormat to permit easier fill:!.,; ot copies for tuture reference.

Order of P reference

Tho order or preference for vari· ous features in answer to Question F onr revenled some surpr\.!lng an(1 odd " alualions. Almost every fea· ture rccelved at least one vote for first plaoo, and every feature with· out exception ret;elvell several zero gMlclea from rcaders who found their chesf! Interest aroused by oth. er !terns,

llunnlng close together, 8.11(1 far ahead of the rC!Jt of the field. were TOU '1l!l.fDcnt Life anll Chess For Th e Tired Buslneaa Man, showing that annotated games remain the principle yen of most chess read· ers. Somewhat bellind these, but with a commanding leud, waR the P:dllorill, l In n surprising third place, for it Is thc Jest or news· paper men that readers skip the editorJals. Aud just a tew votes behind was Chess Life In New York.

A little behind th ese a nd by it· soH was "Who's 'Vho in American Chess" - another sur]l rl se, since the kindred "loren Who Work For Cheu" 011 ly earned an eighth place (p08slhly there was A C(lnt~IOII here). Then grau lled togethel·, with only a vote or two between eacil one, were Problems or Chess Lite (a new columll whleh has har(l1y yet had time to establish a dlentele), Readers' Road to Chcss, Mell Who Work for Chess, and Under the Chess-Nut Tree (what bappened to my readers!),

Plene turned to page 3, Col . 2.

POfitio .. No. J I B y H. Ri nck ( B ildalona )

White To' Play And Draw! In~en ulty savell ma ny a loot position: and 10 these elamplelJ \Vhlte

recognizes tbe tact that a red uction ot the pieces on the board mlty a~sure a draw by leaving Black not enough force to mate against bls remnlnl ng s tl'ength. Th\l problem Is how and when to torce the needed reduction,

Sol l.ltions wilJ .be pl.lbllshed I" th~ Mar<:h 20th 15$\.1(',

TEAM LINED UP FOR AMS1iIRDAM

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H. I-Tent? &. Co.: acques Coe of .Jacques Coe & Co.: and Altred E. "onne of Salomob RrM. &: Hutz­ler.

Dr . .. ~uwe. tormel' World Cham­pion, anti I. A. Horowitz. co-editor 01 Chesa Review will adjudicate all games. lIans Krhoch, well·known Inlernatlonal playerl will I'ellresont Aijl stcrdam In New York, aDd Mr. J . J . Va n Weer!n, will appoint a Dutch representative In Amster­dam to represent the American tca! l.

26 ENTRII;:S SET FOR U. S. PRELIM.

In Area Seven (New York) the U. S. Champlonsb.l p Preliminary Tournament opell8 ~ w lth 1\ s t roDg field ot 2(i entries. Including former U. S. Open Champion Anthony E. Sn lltnslere. According to Chairman Harold M. Ph ilJiliS. the entries are: Donald Byrne, Je;remlah F . Dono­va: , Sidney Bernstein. P . n . nan· ister, Irving Heitner, George 1(ra· me~, George Kra' ~ss, Sol Weins tock. I-lel"hert A. AvraID

1 AI·thur Blsguler,

PIA j BrnntltA, Marcel Duchamp, Larry Evans, JacI'~ Feldman, My· ron Fleischer, H, M. Phillips, Carl Pl'llk, Dr. J . Platz. Bertram Ross, A. A. Rothman , A. E. Santa· slere, George Shalnswtt, Walter Shipman, Jack Soudakotr, Abe Tur· ner snd George R. Traver.

I H. KMPCH FINDS CLEV£LAND TOUcSH

In a th ll·ty·one boal·d simu lta ne­ou s under Ille allspices of the Ohio Chess Ass' ll at Cleveland on Janu· ary 25, Hans Kmoch, the Vlennelle master, tound Cleveland tbe tough· est spot lIe has encountered and yleMed six losses and three draws -IUore than twice h la usual allow· ance to the opposition. VlcloT8 were T . EllIaon, R. Sachs, R. G. l\1orrlsette, L. Friedman, G. Mille r Ilnd E. l\tehwald, while H. Miller" A. Robbetoy and W. Granger drew the master.

Sensational was the eight·move victory of Ohio Champion Ellison who ca ught the noted annotator and analyst napping in II wild F I·ench as tollo ....... : 1. P·N-t. P·K3 : %. p. Q4, P·Q4; 3. Kt·Q2. P·QB4; 4. I<Kt­B3, PxQP: 5. J'::l'I:P. PxKP ; 6, QKtxP. Kt·KB3 : 7. B.KKt5, Q·R4 eh: 8. B·Q2!, Q·K4! and White re­slglU. ----

SEDALIA JOINS CHESS PARADE

Chess enthusias ts In Sedal ia (Mo.) ha\'e organized a chess club with :\Irs. Will . Woods III secretary_ 101,·5. Woods enjoys the unique dis· Unction ot being th e on ly lady solv. er ot the Problems of Chess Lite. The club has tAken a nylng s tart In persuading a Seda lia newspnpcr to grant them regular space tor a chess colnmn, Including Ihe dla· graming ot a problem.

ISAAC KASHDAN REPRESENTS U. S. IN ZONE TOURNEY

As winne r of the 1947 U. S. Ollen

Tournament aud as runner·up in th e 1946 U. S. Championship Tour· namcnt, Isaac Kasbdan haa been

designated by the USCF 8S the U. S, representative in the Zonal Tour.

namen t At Stockholm this summer.

GOOD DEED CALLS, AIDING ROMMIG

AI Nlat.cr to USCF VI ... ·Prtodcknt P.,, ' Q . 01.,.. by M .... Kmoch.

Hermann Rominig, age 70, Is a really noble character wbo lost everything In the war; his house by bombing, bls wlf~ by madness (caused by the war) , hh; son wbo died In active service a rew days before the war ended.

Rommlg was trea.surer of the Deutsche Sch~cbbund ulltll the Na· zis tohk over In 1933. founding the I;rossdeutsche Schachbuud. They dlsillaced Homm lg. knowing that he ;W IUI strongly anti·Nazl, r met ROlmnlg several times in 1934 (\ur. ing the second Alckhlne--Bogoljubov match and learned his IUjItI·war opinion •.

During the war Rommlg (a veter. an of the first World War) was stationed In Holland fOr a time doing auxiliary service. FIe visited me fl"eque ll tiy in my Amsterdam home aild I saw tbat bls a nti·war feelings had grown. We listened togetber to the B,B.C., etc. Once, rending !lOme death a nnouncements in \I German newspaper, each end­Ing wltb the,- sentence "He died fUr the Fu hrert RommJg told me that what wOI-rled him the most about his Bon (who sel'veel In the Luttwall'e) was not thut be migh t die, but the possibility that lome· one might put In a newsl>Bper "He died for the .... uhrer."

"Should thla happen," &aid Rom· mig, "I'll go back and shoot the man respollslble for such :l. dla­hOllorlng lie." r

If there is anyone In Ge rmany deserv ing relief, It Is this noblo gentleman, Hermann Rommi:. His old Mend, J acQuC!J Mlos6l, 8 Fltz.. john'lI Ave., London N.W. 3, Eng­land, would cord ially confirm this.

H,rmann Rommtg Buh,nlllu .. " t rille 21 c\:mhinr Zwetll"'c~en French Zon.

(!t,..'tTf m_, rut/it $10.00 10 Cl'lRB, ,0 nrtuJ SI., Nt'" y",,! Ci17; _IIJ lbil 0,,_111%.111;0,. "01 fo, iro/if .·iII l'/Ivt, "wltd I.;;I/rs 10 f it,., lto •• i, J. 1M ".., 0/ lIN 'O,",T. EJ.)

MARSHALL CLUB SET FOR HAVANA In tbe pending radio match be­

tween tbe Marshall Chels Club (N, Y.) and the C&pablanca Chess Club (Havana) to be played on J.'ebru­a r}, 15th, Team Captain Edward Lasker lIRA announced the follow­Ing lineu p tor the Marshall tcam: S. Reslievsky, Milton Hanauer, Dr. E. Lasker, JI. Seidman, A. K San· taslere, L. E,'ans, S. Pllnlck, J . F. Donovan, Dr. A. Mengarinl, C. F. Rehberg, N. Halper alia ;\irs. Mary BOlin ot Miami. Mrs. Bllln will play against Senorita. Mal'ia Theresa Mol'll., Cuba'" woman champion.

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Edit", ani! Bwi.uSt Manas., MONTGOMERY MAJOR

Contributing Editors Gene CoUett Milton Finkelstein John D. French Dr. P. G. Keeney George Koltanowski El'ich W. Marchand

Fred Relnteld William Rojam

Volume II, Number 12 P I'lda)', Feil.ruary 20, 1948

WE NOTE WITH PLEASURE

I 'f" \VAS wit.h pltlasurc. mingled l)eJ'cllaIlCe with a touch of cll3.grin, tbat we b3.ve noted in the January issue of Ch ess Review the ex·

ceHent s ummary of national and intel'lIational chess even ts compiled by Jack S taley BatteH. The chagrin, \Ye confess. comes t ront a wounded ego at being beaten to the goal by OUI' energetic contemporary, fo r such a s ummary has long been in out mind.

\Ve therefore commend Chess Review upon the genel'al excellence of this compilation of facts. recognizing that, in the compiling we nt many hOUI'S Of careful checking. It is not. therefol'e o!! UI'prislng that a tew omissions and one error 'alJpeal' in t he text, for it would be miraculons It the list were perfect. May we s ngg-est "the addenda: Orlando Lester as New Hamllshire Champion, R . Coveyou a s Tenuessee Champion, J . L. Sheets as \Vashington State Champion to cOlllplete the listings: and note that tbe Champion of Minnesota is Gem'ge S. Oarnes and not Dr. G,iles Koelsche. Da t'nes lost a challenge match and the title to Koelsche early in 1947 but regailled It In the State Tournament. .

It might be also noted that while \Vashington State won from Brit· Isb Columbia early in the year, In a r etUl"l1 match at Blaine. \Vashl llgton, Britis h Columhia had It !! revenge by :l, score of Hii· lH: wh ile In fait·. ness to our Puel·to Rlclln neighbors If. should be rellorted \ UHt'l Puerto Rico won the JI't-s t r!{lUo match Wltll (l! itlfllgo, e.!thotlgl~lt lost tllV' retUI'II engagement as lis ted.

WE ASK ADVICE, BUT WE MEAN APPROBATION

T H E XVIIIth Cent ury sage and cynic, caleb Charles Colton, has reo marked that we ask advice, but we mean approbation. Such, how·

ever, was not the Intention of "Onl" Qulzz Program" as publis hed in Ule issue ot December 20th. That Its re8ult in tbe final analysis was appro· bation, is very gratifyill g; but we learn our errors from criticism a nd not rrom praise.

Therefore, we must take time to thank those readers who have found the time to indicate the matters they dislike. as well as to ex­p ress our thanks to those who gave us such a satidying vote ot con· fldence In expressing thelr ~approval of CHESS LIFE.

W e kno* that it is hUlllanly impossible to please all readers, an"d that the attempt to .do so. would e nd III pleasing none. But guided by the criticism and praise a like, we will endeavor to s hape the policy ot CHESS LIFE to plea.se as many divergent tastes as we can, trusting that those minorities whose wi shes we mu st neglect will forgive UII for the necessi ty In knowing that their views were appreciated and studied even It c ircums ta nces made ~hose viewl Ineffective.

Mo'''gol"l/cr'), Ma jor ------ALLEN G. PEARSALL

I T IS with g reat regret that we must report the tratl'lc death on New Year's Day at 9:00 p . m. of one of the eldest (70 years of age) memo

bers of the Correspondence Ciless League of America and the San Diego Chess Club. Whe n Ihe a ccident occurred , he was retumlng home aCter a pleasant e vening of cljess at the San Diego Chess Club.

Besides being a strong c lub player, the best In San Diego tor more than 15 year.s , Alle n G. Pearsall was nat ionally known as one of the leading- cOTl"espondence cheas players. t he wi llner or many prbes in this field. The San Diego Chess Club Is to have his prizes and chess library as a permanent memory to one of Its greatest membfll·s.

Allen G. Pearsall 'was so well liked by everyone tha t he never lo!!t either the regal'd or friends h ip or anyone who ever k new hllll. As n player he wall so courageous and o ptimistic that these were undoubtedly major (actors In his winning of so many c hess games. Those who knew a nd 1)layed against him , will miss Ihe'cheer(ul and oIIUI'e touc h that he imparted In every game he played .

BE'NJA'MIN F RANK LIN ADVISES THE PLAYER H your adversury is long In playing. you ougbt not to huny him,

or express any uneasiness at his delay. You should not sing, 110r whistle. nor look at your watch. 1I0r take up a book to read, nOI' make a tallplng with your feet on the Hoor. nor with you l' fingers on the table, nor do anything that may dlstul'b his atte ll tion. For all these things displease; and they do not show your skill In playing, but youl' craUlness or your rudeness.

B~njdmin Frdnklin

Edited by Dr. P. <!. Keeney

Acldron .11 communication. for t hl. column to Dr. P. G. Keeney. 123 E.-17th St., New· port. Ky., oncloolnll. <elf.eddres.IIId •• tam""d enve lope If .-.p ly I. requested.

CHESS LIFE TASK COMPOSING COMPETITION

CompoSe a sound direet mate two.move problem, free at duals in main variations, /the key ot which s iml'ltaneousl y unp ins two black pawns, perm itt ing ea ch u np inned pawn two dllt;net moves with separate and distinct white mating moves.

Composers may submit entries, not to exceed two. up to June 10, 1948 to Probl~m Editor, CHESS LIFE, 123 Easl1 7th Street, Newport, Ky., who will act as judge of thc contest and award the composer o( the best version with Ii free year's s ubscription to CHESS L fF E. Since the task 'condltlons are vcr, restrictive, it Is a ntiCipa ted that similar versions may be submitted. Should lhls occur, [he prIze will be awarded the composer whose entry' antedates the others. Dr. P. G. Kttnq

QUESTIONS AND ANSW E RS Quory: 110"'" does Iloe, f:nl .. hop".r of F.i!"J' ClW50 ,,,m..,? I

:nn;'d:~'I~~,r !":~~ ~~~!!\'i~~~;p 00": :~';·"i~u~n l~c "',~'~ ~h!~"~:.w~:h:;' J::= l,a" """" ,n""UeMI I,y "'1 ...... de'" in Ih~ acl ion or Fail"}' Ch .... ,.i<lC<'O. I am co",pelLed for thlo tlmQ anll 11>11 limc ""I~·. to r~I""1 ~"d no t (ml.v c.plaln the act ion of t h" U ...... -hnpl"" Imt 10 dl ... .,."m ~ I'",bl~'n H, . t .",·".10 it .... tu.Uti"" (See Prohl~m No. Ito .. The G .... """"""er I. 0110''''' on <1l ol:",","n an ~n in,·". \",1 Qu....... It ....... 1">' dl,,~.,.II.'·. horl""nlally

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EARLY AMERICAN PROBLEM HISTORY The re is 110 ' record of ally chess problems composed III America

prior to 1846. The earliest American chess composition was that of Charles HenJ'y Sta nley's . printed in The Spirit of the Tim es in .New YOI·k. 1845. An orig in a l problem of Stanley'S pt"inted in notation in h is iultial col umll. l'."f(II·ch l. 1845. was the first to he puhllshed in this country. The tirst diagrammed to appear was likewise published al SO in The Spirit of the T imes June 20. 1846. It was a tonr move direct male composition by I. KnOll S. The position in For.sytbe notation is as fo llows: 8. 2p5. 2P5. 8. 3plplp. IPk SlR1B. P4PPI , 3K4.

In 184G a {nagazine. T he Chess Pal ladium. was publlslled . In 1847 a sccond one. The American Chess Magazi ne, made its appearance. Both were short Jived. A demand fOI" COIUIIIIIS and magazlner was in· c)'easing but tbe sPIl'it to elldow them with vi tality and creat? a wider reading public was lacking until the appearance of the ches!! l)rodigy. Paul Morphy. a t New York In 185i.

The n MOT})hfS sweeping successes in vtlllqnishl ug aU Ie. chess cl1 nlll illoll8 01 t1IU purlod . c rea letl u TI In te rest In the game. wh ich In· tllrectly led to , lIew awakening Interest In problem solving 0 11/1 com· Ilolling anti Il' gl" t lIi>\"tmd ot illt trss l:olll'mn~. wltlch 't)t'ob1em~ ~·dq~ted before they coul( be wide ly .studied. In 1857 Danie l WiIIlmi Fiske Jith the collabol'ntlol of Morphy published T he Chess Month ly whic h flour· Ished for five ye rs. ..-

The ye al' IH 01' to the advent o( Th e Chess Monthly, 1856 a chess column was pI'\! ted In the New York Cli pper under the guiding IUUld of ono ot the best oved of all American chess editors. Miron James Haz:el· tine. hom 1824. d ied 1904. This ctl lelJrated col umn was In existence for almost fifty ear.s.

The most noted young problematists at that time (to mention only a few) were J . A. Potter, Sam Loyd, E . B. Cook, T. M. Brown and G. A. Che ney.

Potter (01' one year conducted it. chess column In The Ame Nca n Union. He died at tIle age of 21. Nearly 60 of h is problems may be found in Ame rica n Chess Nuts. For the publication of this famous problem boOk In 1868, which was planned nine years earlier and Its appearance delaYl!.d by the Civil \Va1. problem lovers are indebted to the efl'orts of Cook, Loyd, W. n. Henry and C. A. Gilberg.

This remnrkable book ot problems contains 2406 I)roblems. the largo est parade ot composing efforts ever to be revealed ill a single volume. Two hundred a nd thlrty-one distinguished composers' names ate lIre­sented, of wbom a .... gr"ou p of seven contributed slightly more than halt o( all the p l"Oblems. T he p ublication of this volume in 1868 Bummed np problem compos ition In this country up to that date and definite ly c losed the pel'iod from the launching or Fiske's Ch ell Monthly to the end of the Civil \Var.

I 1m Indebled to E. W. Allen of Newton.llle, M .... for the clill uted In Ihl , nUcl • • nd hI! kTndn.u In ""ml lU ng me to u.e ...... I, grlllly . • .,.,recl&tw.

Problem No. 1J By C. B. Cook Dallal, T exal

Fronlispiuc To A/ain Whitt 81 .~k: 10 men

~. lI"R!I'pl"

II'D~)(d, S WIIlto mdH In two mov.

P,oblem No. 16 A 1-'.117 Chew CtnHon I

By Or. P . G. Keeney ( Newpo rt , Ky.) a nd P. L. Rothenberg (New York)

CMII R(~ie ... , Deulnbu, 1943 Block: 5 men

.) A:a:.t,"W,.",.-.,c ",.,,' Iw. m.~

b) Sub.tiluto While G .. u~op"", for Whit. Rc-ok .nd .".In WIllie mil .. J~ two mo",.

The above problem (No. 16), which was the fronti s piece in a book. T o Alain White, an appreciation tribute to Mr. \Villte by numerous

Pleale Turn to Page 3, Column 3.

eke •• eli/e })n new 1jorh . By Milton Finkelstein

I F Sarnmr "ReSllevsky doesn't learn how to handle his time·

clock. he may well provid e ana· tion of supporters with a diaall· pointiug result In tlte \Vorld Cham· pionship Tournament. In each or the three important exhibi tion games he has played In the past few weeks. he has been plagued by his old enemy- time PI·ess ure. Although there la no doubt that he is as fine a player under pressnre as lives today. we mus t remembel that no one can glvc a Bolvl llnik or a Keres the advan tage at halt an houl' in a crucial l ituation. .... Eveu the Amel' icall mas ters have learned t his at last. Kash· dan, In a game marked by fight· ing tactics on both s ides, came within a hair of drawing a diffi· cult ending, but faltered tow"hrns 11le e nd. Denker and Horowitz wel'e more s uccessful and each ot the m defeated the naUollal chant· I)ion. Denke r, opening WItII an original line agaiust the Two K nights Defense, beat Reshevsk? ((or tlte Ilnt time) atter the cham. pion made a second·best m ove with s econds to go. Horowitz came through with a simple attack which caused Sammy'S resignation alter 26 moves. All In all, this has been a most disappoluUng pre· limlnary for an attempt at the world title!

Young AI·thur Bisguler has climbed lo the lead in the Man· hattan Chess Club Tournament. At' the Marshall's, Lurty Evans aud Herbert Seidman will u1ldoubtedly finish as wlnnel' a nd 'Tunue i"· up. To quote MI·s. Caroline Marshall. "Lan-y shows even more promise than Rel{ben Jr~ine did when he wali a Junlol' player here!" \Vhat next,

, YQUUi" L.1T1"y.-lJlr ~~(L • ..o1...J.l!.c U. S. Champions hips?

Chartered During January

Cborfer No. 174 San Pedro Cheaa Club San Pedro, California

Presldcnt.... . .......... H. O. Heyer

Clnrfrr No. In Bridgeport Cheu Clu b

Bridgeport . Connect icut President .... .... Austln MacGregor Vice-President , ....... Leon M. Bellows Secretnl'y ....... H en ry G. SIII1II80n Treasul"er .... .. ........... Cltnrles Fl"I1.n:e

Ch~rltr No. 17' Tho Lookout Chell Club

812 Georgia Avenue Ch ll t a noogll, Tenn euee

PJ'esldent .. . .. Arthur G. Bradiug

:Jor :lke :loumament-minJeJ

Marth 27·28 Kentucky Junlon Champlonlhlp

Louisville, Kentucky Will ile 1)lu yed In Lou is \' llIe;

entry ree .60c ; age limit 21 years old: (01' deta.l ls wr ite 10 J. Mayer. 233 En.~1 Madlsut\, Louisville 2. Ky.

CHESS GIFT AIDS VETERAN PROGRAM

The splendid gift o( 1\ col\eclioll o ( ovel' 10,000 Il rinted chess games in clipping fonu (or d t.strlbutlon among tlH~ wounded veterans play· ing chesa in the USCF "Chess for Veterans" I)rogram comes fri:\m Danie l P. Sallel' of Philadelphia accornlng to an annollncement by USCF Cltainnan S. S. Keeney.

This mat~lal will be used both In cOI"I'es l)ond ence and visitation w ith the veterans. and be distri· buted among those with the time and desire to Improve thei r own chess by playing over games.

Cl.e~~ :Jor :1l.e :lired Bu~ineH man By FmJ Rein/tid

Genius In A Garret "No man-but a blockhead," !Aid Dr. Johnson, "ever wrOle except tor

money." By t he terms Or thl8 derillitlon, POOl' Zukertort. who h said to have died ot "malnutrition," was Indeed a blockhead. Yet the nnme ot Zukerlort will always remain a n unforgettable s ynonym (or e legant attacking play, When be was sti li a PU1JII of Andersen, he beat hla great teacher III the rollowlng fa8b 101l :

RUY LOPEZ Breslau, 1865

WIt.. Blaet J. ZUKERTORT A. ANDERSSEN

1. P.K4 p.K4 2. KI ·K8) Kt-QB) ). 8.Kts KKt·KJ:

'fhe Cozio Dc!en se, recommended for a t ime by Stotult:'.. I t cramps mack's ga llle excessively,

4. P.O} P'Ql

~: ~:f Kt~K~ 1. Kt.KtS --

True to his atyle, Zukerlort 10868 no lime III playing [or the Rttack.

1. _~ p.Kror The Bl't of defe.llsh 'e Illny WllS

still a myste ry In those days. Stein. ILz would have played 7 KI·R"-01' 1 3·K2 ; 8 Q-11.5, BxKt ; 9 IlxB, QKt-K:! with a crnlllllOO but fa irly defensible game,

1. KbP!l KIlKt t. 8-84M K·1(2

Black caVCB In, 9 p .Q" would have forced WhILe 10 work harder 10 demonstrate til t! soundnl!'S o( hk sacrifice the main lIue beinl; 10 PxP, "i-I<Il: 11 Q,R5, 8 ·Q3; 12 8.Q3, Q-83; 13. PXP, 8xP; 14 P.K84 with a wlunlng attack. 01' If 9 ... . K-Kl; 10 Q·R5, Q·B3; 11 P-KB4 with" powerCul game.

10. Q·RS 0-10. , 011 10 ...... A·KI Zuk(:l·tol't hadl

planned 11 1)· I<t6ch !, Pxl); 12 Qx· Pel!, 1"Q2; 13 Q·D{jch. 1, ·1(2; 14 Q·K6 llIate!

ll, Q·Kt5c:h!! 12. B~P m.tal

PIoobably t he most win ever achieved agulnst a master_. _______ ~

HYDE PARK WINS SECTION TITLE

Hyde Pnrk Chess Club Is III the City Division of the Greater Chicago Ches..s League Team Tourll· ament, while Au·stin Chess a nd Hawthorne Chess r emain tied for t he title In t h e S u b.u rban Division . Final wlnnel' hi the Snburban group will meet Hyde Park tor the League Championship.

City OI l/ilion , .. tc .... lIJ"k Pari<. Cl~ ____ " .• C1I_ Club 01 f.,"b.icag<)-! ·1 m. lniIt. of Tfl:h. ___ IPi K~J'I'Olda Ch __ . ___ ..0 .~

Subu.baII DlwloJon

~~~c...;;-=--==.~\: l Imng CIt.,. _. _____ .1·2 Ogdeo (Jbeooo ______ 1 ·3 Elfl:tro-)(oU..., Oh_ ~ ___ ..o ~

PoInb n ., n

" '"~ " 1:;~

; MEMORIAL WINS HUDSON CO. TITLE

Tn a closely contested team tourn. ament by t he lIlargln of one game :r."lemoria l H igh School or West New York e m erged as champions in the Second A nnual Inter' · scholastic Hudson Coun ty Chess League meet. ing at the Jersey City YMCA Chess Club. which sponsors the event. CharlO!> Selinsk i and Sydney Kl·eltz. berg lead In the Individual scoring of the team to take the Paul Hel· big trophy awsy from last year'S champio ns. Demarest High School.

Hudson Counly Ch...,plonlhlp Team Wlu-h" 0 .. ,,"

W~a[ UlJ:"h Scl>ooI ___ 8-1 u;..~ :u..marw;t R \¥h 8<:bool ____ 8-1 H·G ,uoYOlme Rich SchooT ___ 0-4, 1-19

CHGO. TEAM HOLD LIGHTNING MEET

'fhe annual team lO'seco nd lour. ney or the Greater Cllicago Chess r~e!tgue was held on January 25 at the Chess Club of Chicago. Five teams of .ab;; men ench 1131'ticlpnted ,

Teaml Ml lcher Polnil lIyde ,'uk CheM __ .• _____ ...3·1 81 AUltin ~ ________ 1.1 10 C1I_ Club of CMe'~ __ 3'1 !'7

, ~~o:.,,~I~~te~ = The EI·Og·Ha team was cOlllpo!led of tOI) board mombers from the )o)lectro-l\IoUve. Hawthorne and Og, den Chess Clubs. In the Individual lCOrlng. 10]) man fOI' each boara ,.,.a8 as fOllow s, wllh Ihe c urlou ll fact that the top team, H yde Park. had no intllvldllal winne r . ad. PI.,... Club

i ~: ~~.!"'_-==-~3':,';f~ ~ 8. R". IIIld..bnIMIt ____ ,\ u(in a-4. J. X" ... k A".Un 0-5. n. OOI .. Il ____ Ch_ Cl,," oJ, C'hlfO, G. 0, Stod:.... 1 .... lnl( 01 ...

READER SURVEY Continued from Page 1, Col. 2,

Close hehlnd these came the Gllost F:ditorlal a ud The Kibitzer. while tbe infrequent It·s A Question J"RII

" 1)O(lr twelfth with only a 10% a~lll 'ova l of its exbtcnce.

Tn tabul31' rorm. the rank ot fea. hlt'es In Qucstlon Foul' w6l'e:

1. 'rou .... ment l.lle 2. Ch,,, Fo. Til. TIred Bulin ... """n ). EdHorl.l. 4. C~"," Uf. In Now York ~. Who', Wh o fn Am.dun Ch,...

f: ~~~~~~. R!,"~'i~' c'-~!:. t. ""en Who Work For Ch ... 9. Under Th. Che ... Nu' T .....

10. Guest Edito.I .. .. lL The KlbUzu i n. ft' , A Ques tion

The answel'S to Quest! n Five were easier to evaluate a nd the vote 'gave a clea r IndicaUon that more news o( National Cbess Events was a defin ite desire ot the reader together with an Inc~ase in annotated ga mes. while ot'her. wise the desire was to maintain the status quo on other Items.

In tabular form the results were: -- P .... Cent __

!lame )10'" 1_ Yone CllIb Ne .... ~nd LocooT

No,.,.. ... __ .. _ . ____ .. _ AO M 15

~~;:t~t: .. lb~n~!.g':~~:':5 ~ -II USCIF Ne"", ... _ ... _ .. _ ...... _ .. 'iO 116 H Special Featu ...... .... _. __ .... 00 2S 18

Approve EdItorIals In answer to Ques tion S ix regard.

Ing the Editorials i n CHESS LIFE. the surprising ~otal ot 8" % ap. proved a strong and vigorous ed i_ torial polic y such as has been main tained In the past with crl tl . cal comment when neCB6sary. In equal division 3'jf,. ~'oted for light and oplnIonless editor ial s. and 3% for no editorials at a ll ; while 10% expressed no opinion on the sub· ject. or the 84% that voted tor vigor In editorials a little less than 3% disapproved of certain specific ed itOrials while applauding a policy of continued vigor. leaving 81% ot the total vote as unqualified In its approval of the editorial policy o t CHESS LIFE. Of this 81% a little helter than 3% expressed specific approval or the mOl'e drastic edl. toJ"iu ls lhat· llave allpeared In CHESS Ll}o~E.

In the secolld Tlart of this Ques· Uon Six. 74% or thel returns re. quested coverage of foreign chess llews in brier. pal· t!cularly of the more important events. and 26% ex])ressed a desire tor CHESS LIFE t o rest r ict its field to cover· Ing the American scene,

Perha1)S these percentages and thei r i ndication are not satisfactory to every reader. CHESS LIFE re­mains interested in the reader's vieWpoin t, and it is not too late tor any reader to s ubmit an answer to the questionnaire p ublished In CHESS LIFE on December 20th.

<Jl.e Reader; Road :10 Cl.e~~ By 101111 D. Frallch

THE BRIGHT SI DE OF CHESS by Irvi ng C hemev; McKay ($2.00) I I T may not help you win the club chamilions hip, but I! you're looking for

real filII In Chell8 (and a few good stories and games to you life of the l cheas part,..). send off a last letter to the USCF Service Department for "'l'he nl"lght S ide of Chess" by Irving Cherney, the "belleve-it-or.not"l man of chell, which David McKay, Philadelphia. bas ju s t publlsbed.

h;..vbll" dillS into his mtlllY notebooks, (he hns one each for brIght j game!/) uretty pl'oblems, jokes. Immortal games ant! a fe w other Cb$BSlc hleh s UOtB), to Dull this plea sant volume together. Ever hear the s tOry of Rubinstein In time pressure!; Anderson In a strange town!; Stelnltzl and his mally scllllooks? Eyer ~ee the "five Immortal clallll ici of chesl"', l he "ten best modem brlllian<.:es"; have YOIl tried " magic In th end game" (such 8.1 the position whe re a Rook pins a 8lSho)) thnt plna a OIshoI) that plnll a ROOk lhat pins a Rook!) or try a fow Il roblema that Include stich novel twists as selfm ute o r "mUXlmUllIlUel' chess" Or maybe YOII 'dl like a few EDlgrnlll!; of the past great s to s ilice your conversation or try] some of Irvlng's 67 t l'uely "brlght games", It 11 quito .hort, Oh, yes. It hus the 80lutiollS In Ule back. It's a ll loacls of fUll and n l)erfect gift item fOI' the mall who "Just doesn' t need another c hess book".

PROBLEMS OF CHESS LIFE Continued f rom page 2, Col. 2.

pro~]em fl'louds III cOllUlIemOI1\tJoli ot his 65th bll'thtlny, 1-tllI'eil 3, 1945, was COHl lloscd hy C. D. Cook (not E. B. Cook, as Incorrectly ap))oa~ ill the volume) of Dallas, Texas. now residing at Forth Worth, Texas. E, U. Cook. the renowned compoSOI' to wllom the 'preblem was Ineor rectly credited, was the EditOr or that Krea t I)rohlem work, American Che.a Nut., and til .,. builder of many fine c hess compositions. A col lectlOl1 or h ll w'lrks. I)ubllshed III 1926, conlalnlng his e ntll'e out]lut ot l)rohl e ms, 650 III all, has been jestingly called the "Cook-book of Chess." E. U. Cook Ilas8('d to the Gn~.1.t Beyond III 1915.

C, IJ. Couk. the lu'tUa l (Iuthor ot the above c reation. also n com· ]>oser of meri t. I~ slill alive aud advised me, oddly enough, that he w ill be 66 next Octoher 10. 'rhe pl'oblem is lllt orthodox creation but fea. tUI'ell and outlines. thll numhel' 65, a type of prohl em Indirectly l'lI­fel'red to In Iny article of a few Issues ago IUlI,ler th6 hendlng : "Somc Glmera lltlelJ About ProblclllS."

Solutions TI,l' ..,hul,,,, til I'rolokn. Xu. 11 i_: I . i'tl6 wllh llon'llt uf !. lid m .. te, It I .H. St>O;

"!. I''''. If I .. , ~:. ; t. f"I. II I .. . \'.1 (Q 0. It) ; "!. 1)eI. It 1._. I'.I(S): !. QI.oI. III 110 .. "ula! i<)11 1. .. _ .•..• ~I: 2. l'f~ Ihf !j m"". I. II t.lo,,·k "I" I<!rI~'moee" of the Il "" 87 """"~ II", 2. I ' f~ I~ , . 1,,",'<1 h' W' A ..... ",1·011 .. Ih, .... II ~I'ut . off 110" llI""k n un 107 Iron, CO I,tuMn!: I"r W1oU.· II "" ~-!. 1 ... lid' clo. i. n" .. wv~1 h.~ 2. n"n. A \'~lt"l .nd 1'\I'IlIIoll: ,>1"fIbleno.

,,"' oIOLiu\"" 10 i'roh\~", Xu. 1$ i.<: 1. QhI with a do"hl,' ,h18t of !.. f)T4 .. "I Set. K"y I. II " •• 11 I.il.l" Q --.-ifLr.-. I'rum "'~. ""'''',o;)lnf tlou doI,"le IloR .. t I. u 1oI"mlol,. \II .. ",,'~ '!!·Io·" .... <'OMi ~1 uf 1..., Q. II 0. Ibhl ; I.., QJI·ch. n .... '~'h"fl nuUnl ' nOVfl II)'

~~,\\~.!~,r1>;\'I~II .. ~'\n,;--h. SU :w4 s.s.q., It t _ Kx!1.. :.. ~f.I._ .,1",1,,1>( ...... "'~t .. ,It.-o.· ... h." . So".' II., • ., I .. ed 100 fll. 10' Inc fuol on In t hl. I ......

OOWNT'N Y ORA WS LOG CABIN CHESS

SallyIng forth to York ( Pa.) on F'cbruary 7·8, Uie Downtown Y Chess C lub o( Plttsburgb drew ..... Ith the e\'er·dnngerous Log Cabin Chess C lub ot New Jersey. and the n bested the Red Rose Cbess Club ot Lancaster (Pa.). In t he match w ith Log Ca-b(u viCtory was in 61ght until at 3:30 Il. m. the 17-year.old Paul Die tz tal tered wIth a win i n sight and let exhaustion r ule a draw.

Oownlown Y

~' A~ao~~:~"'::-":-'I! ll, n. llcOre.dy __ . 1 P. I .. Dleu_ ...... _ .. ~ W . 11. 118'nllt.on ..... O

l)ownl"wn . ___ .. . 11

Downtown Y W .... Ilyl.nd __ 1 F . A. Roren.,..n ... _ .. , R. R. :lfcOre.dy_ .. l P . I •. J)\~t~ ____ 1 W . R. I bftlilton_~ ~

LOll Cabfn J. "'mueher ... _. __ H I " K. Howard .... ___ l A'. HoU""",, ___ 0 T. t:. KnOl'1'H_"'_" ~ ~ A. flo""u ........ _ ... 1

1"'11" Cool'in _ ... _._21

R&d ROM Chesl M. P .. "I _ .. __ ,, ___ !

~~;I;i-;:iu-=-,,::.: ij T; .:.,it~nrod~ ___ 0 1.op(U~ _._. __ l

_' I

HOUSTON DOWNS CORPUS CHRISTI

Tn a hectic match of large pro­portions the Houston Chcss Club bested the Corpus Christl Chess Club at Victoria. Texas. by the score ot 18·10 In the first overboard match since the two lmm radio con· tests In whiCh each cl ub gained olle victory. Two sessions were played, and the following score does not Indicate pall·lngs.

Houl to~ Ch ... M. R'. Smllh .. _ .... _.ll O . • :. Mcr<:hantH"_"O Hoi""';. IIrl>'!r<!' .. .. _ .1

g~. I:;.t~,;;p~.~~:::a G. ll. !:mlth._ ..... ..... 2 K ("1. )' .. !loMJd .. ••. O J . Al'I"mtronK ... __ 1 n . M"cCIeoo'y _~._.l~ Dr. k. n. Stroo;lef_1 Am Oll S .... e-e~ ____ I Aaron P~ul . __ ._.1

~~:,,~~-==~ S. Smith ~. _____ ! Paul Ou~ntheT ... ..-0 I.yn" T a rbro\.gtI _ 0

IIoulton ____ 18

CorllUI Ch. Istl 110m"" "aher ....... _1 O,.,.n neath _ ....... l! M. H edh .. _. __ .. _ ... 1 ('onrad Boo""," .... ! lIan")' Oraham ..... 0 ,\. C. Rnacll_ ......... I

::'-' t o~~"~-=J ~:. F. Wencr_ .. __ l! GrAdy Oo!n _____ 0 Dr. 301m lA:ec"-__ 0 J . G. Nlehola.._. __ 1t 1I. t •. Welpnd..........I C. M. MItzner __ 1 E. (J. Yogi ___ 0

BEST BUY tN CHESS IS CHESS LIFE.

MT. LEBANON HIGH! RETAIN CHAMPION

Re peating last year's s uccess. Mt. Lebanon Hig h School (Pa.), ..... on tile Challl l)lollshlp o( the 'Ves· tern Pennsylvan Ia SchohllsUc Chesa League in a dou bl e·round IllaYOllj match on Janua ry 31 afler winning the championshi p of the Section J[

division of the League.

Led by veteran schoolboy Herbert: Hickman, the ... winning team all wore bright red aweaters and their,' t e ndancy to mutter c ryptic com· menls rega rding such u ni nte llig ible names as Makaganov a nd Dotvin. n lk are said to have led the P itts· burgh City Cou~cll to Inveatigate the dangers ot u. com m unis tic up­r ising among the young-er cl tlzell.'J.

ELMIRA BEATS ENDICOTT-JOHNS'N

On Jalluary 31. tile E lmira (N. Y .) Chess Cluh defeated the vlslUng En_ dicott-J oh nson Chess club by score ot 6·1.

Elml . .. ChelS It. Filq"l!l'Old ___ 1 .~. Pi ..... ____ I L. Tho .... ___ I I~ Kilm .... ___ , II . III", ___ 1 S. Smlt.h ____ • L. Clark ___ ,

Hhnl,.,. ~ __ 6

Endlcot t.Johnt6n n. Allen __ _ 1I. II lnl1l ___ • A. n.rUn" __ 0 A. Darling __ • J. 1I .nu~ ___ • Ji'. And ........ _~ __ ..1 K. AUe" __ _

Y,,,dtcou __ 1

YOUNGSTOWN WIN OVER FIRESTONE

Smarting under three lU'evloua defeats the Youngstown Chess Club bra ve tl ] 5 Inches or snow to In. ' ~ade Akron a nd In flict d e teat upon the Fil'es tone Cheas Cl uh by a score of n·2;.

Youngstown Peter t.-ounn ___ ! J """l'h K raja ~ ___ I H. Hclilnncy . ___ 2 C, St .. u. ___ 1 c. at ....... ___ , Oe<o~ Sill. ____ 1

M . A"tunovleh _ 1

FI .eltone E. SI.ler _ ..• __ .. II A. t:. I'luedd~",a"" I J . Chlncb _____ 0 O. Crombl~ "H~" __ 0 O. llooken ......... ,. _ .. 0 A. J. keller __ .~ 0 E. C. Raberu _ 1

),'treollone ___ "

Boost American eMu!

JOIN THE useF

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«bess tife Frid.,." Ftb,Uilry 10, 1948

Cl.e~~ ell;' ..Atroad

Page 3

By George Koitanowski

The Pon-Slovic T ournoment, Moscow

ORGANIZED ill memOl'y or the 10th all lth'ersary of the death

of t he great champio n and Russian patriot. !l1lebel Ivanowitch Tscblgo. rlne (bom in St. Petersburg, Octo­bOl' 31. J860: died In Lublin J UlIual'y 25. 1908) t his i llternatlonai tourna. ment. the tlrst in the U. R. S. S. s ince the 1938 Moscow Tournament olJl.alned n remark.able success. Th~ struggle was breathtaking with each round: and two ro unds betore the final. after the 13th round, Bot. vl nnlk who ill the morn ing had lost bls fl1'8t (and only) game of the tournlllllellt (against Pachmtln) was leading wi th 911,,; poillla, followed by Keres who Iiad 9 points and up to then had o nly lost one game (against Ragoslne). They were tol. lowed by fOUl' othel'S in a group: Bolesla vskl. Kotow, Ragozlne and Sm lslow, all with 8Y.r points. Any of these could still gain fIrst 1)lace!

In the 14th round (December 19) the two gl'eat rivals mel. The tournument llal!. the corl'ldol'S, t he balcony, In s llo l·t the whole block was tilled with excited spectators. The nudltol'iulIl was sold Ollt and IlIUl'al boards were d ilUllnycd n il over thc plnee!

KeI"OSi.. verl olltimlstic, st,'ll'led off with 1. P·Q4. After a short ilia­mo;otit. ltot.'l;'n\,tk ..... \,\;,~~ ... ~\.\, 1.. ,

p . ,, ;! Inviling his OI}llOllellt to a I,'rench l:>crense or which he Is a grea t "colunoiser". Arter 2. Kt.­KB3, h e played P·KB4, h ts other specis lty the Dutch Defense. The gsme w.as very exciting and was adjoUl'ned with a pawn advantago

, tor Botvinnlk {See Diagram O. The game was continued n ext day and after a nother 10 bours of p lay ad· j ou rned tor a second time (See Dla. &" ram II ). a nd -soon after that Keres resigned In a hopeless position.

In t he la.st round a short played gallic (the shortest ot the tourna­ment) against 'l'ri[u nowitch (lS moves to be exact) ensul'ed Michal Molsselewitch Botvlnnik ot the fir st prize.

Obliged t o play for a win in bls last game (against t he new chQ.lIIp, ion ot A. R. S. Novot e lnow) Keres brought In a lot ot compllcatlons-ot w hich he fell a v ic t im himself, f'

and tied tor sixth and seventh p lace with Novotelnow! The last n a-med and the benjamin of the

Please turn to Page 4. Col. 5)

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FriJlI'f. Feb,."...., 20, 1948

QUEEN PAWN OPENING Intercollegiate In divid ual Champ­

ionllh ip. New York, "'947

Nom by Erjch W. M,mlumd \\'hlUo Blad

I. RUBIN E. V. TRAIB.USH (Sr . ....... Ullt • . ) (8.00kIYII Col.) ~ ~~. Ktp~:~ 3. KI.QS) P-Ql

Black """"ld vLo.y 3, __ • I'.Q' In ord .. to Jlr""~nl ,'·Kj •• long III looulbl .. , 4. Kt.8) · QKI.Q2. 6. p~p 1 _ S. P·K4 P_K4 'rh!. i. o,mwllC -.inc .. It fr.:ctl Black'. con-

~~~L":I~~i~IO:d!n::'J: fu~'~\~;l~~in a .li~ht 6. _ _ p~p 10. Q.82 R·Kl 1. 8·KU B·KZ 11. QR.Ql Kt·Bl f. 8.1<.2 Q.82 n. IbKt

ii,~ ... no IrOQd 0-0..-, for pntl,,!!" ilLad 1be Ild .... " tagf' of .he IWII ~. I !. U·lU II

~'i~....:IW~~ti~~. ::;'~~~~;I'W~~~ ~uar~ . 1 . __ K~~ ~;. ~ •• ~~t4 KI·SS

~ ~:.~~ iij not vcry .... 1.tAbl .. ,*"IUoe 01 J)J~k·. vow~rfui \,Ill. . .' Hi U B~, B "it.> " 'ou ld be u""I_l. Sll.ll'h.ly mu •• pr~ ... than lbe tu~ ""ould be I". 1t-Q6, ll-K~ ; 16. n .Q2, ~.c. n. _ B·IO 11. D-BI

11;- ~~-Q;"t",!lR~~te ohoulJ be happ)· to I .. ~ Block ucbangc Ihll IJ lor the Kt. It 1><*lble plan lor White h~n! .... ould be 11. I(.>;n, IIx"-; 18. IUn "", QxJt: )0. M-Ql and :0. KI .K3 In order to " .. k~ t hb K. mOre

1~~~~' B·KtS 2Q. KI·K1 Kt·K3 lB. A~A R.R 21. P·R) I!l . A.R ~II. B.R 'rhl, """,,i~ iliaci; an aln",,"' Ideal llOfi.;on.

l~~'~ would beKt:~ II-Uri. P.R' P'QKO :!:2. Q-Q2 8-10 u. P.KP -1'1. t. ""'po 10 open ,.be pn>e glrlnc m ack'. IWO 1101 th" chance t o "" more o-fl...,tiv~ . Of COUrte Whik wu an~i ..... \" ",,_. u," po-or. ~rf,,1 ll'o~k lit. lIut 21. 1'·]1;; wu I.oeool. 24. ,_ Q.P 25. Kt·B2 -O" crlookh,\l' mac~ '. I",,,",,dol ~h m,,'·e. He ",on play:?;;. !'xi', n_l': 2G. a·m. 2S • • _ P~P u. P.P B·Kt'!

A/tn 26. ' .. , lJ·KI'I! T,al buIII

Rubin A!t8 the vrou.l~ 28. _, 6·11-3: :r.. Itt·1tS

~ ~tX~~ 1= ~f~..;, Q:.~Rl~tt'= WhUe', """e. ~i. Q~:t forw<l, l·or In~. iF n. Q.Q3, Kh IU: !S. Q .• Kt, QxlJ l''''' : C'Il. K·II1, B·BS wi,," a 1.lee'e. 21 •...•. _ Q.Q ~h. 29. K·AI B~K t

21. KtxQ B·KIi eh. And no .... m~clr. ~I. hi. P .,,,1 / .. , """Uy won tn",.m~ in addl'lon. While a>nlOOt r~'I)' 30_ ",· IN boecallM ol 100. __ ., D~RP

)O~ .!t~Ql-' ~~~~j> l2. P'KS ' 1. B·R' B-QIUS If at. 1I.Kt7, B·QIl1 wi"" U.o "t. White I~ MJI'I_. )2. .~ .... :n. P·R)

~ ::~~ :wi. B·8)

B·K5 B·Q4 K~' P·QA' P",,5

SICILIAN

31. K·R2 SaP ~h. )&. K·KIl P::fI'

)9. ~:~"'" v" DEFENSE

50urnamenf efJ/e c-Ju'u h Erich W. MIWchttnJ

Dept. of Mathematic. I Unl\lel"lllty of Rochestllir, Rochester 3, New York

J. 8. Ge. I<. Y. HuM Dr. J. PI.u Fr.d Rtinleld

Annotator. Richard HUTelI Edw. J. Ko,""nly G. E. Pape

lJ. _._ A·Al 2l. P·S) R·Klln 20. KbP AaP . 21. __ ." 11·1/.2 ; 22. ),·OJ (tOl"<:ed) , R·KU; 23. ,··ur; .IId iJlack ha. the ~d".nUoge 01 H YI. K ~ pi ... a 1-' ~'fI\tcr I', whi~h ·~~'~t.~t{1 ~'R8:~~ (Ko ... I~kt ). !'tin"" I" ,,'ha, 1011010'., m.ck hi, to light 10 obtai" Ihe d.(ll.w, be might ... ell hn" tried t~ lollowi"" ambitioo8 line: ~. _. It ( Klhl'; 1!:S. K-KS cll, n ·m, 24. RxBeh, K-KI!' !5. n_QKIS ( ... thCno"il(', I"'rp<>tual "hodi). IIJ:P and UiRCk h .~ two r. ("-lid ....... n . "other ) I'lu~ • f irml y held 7th n.ok wl)h th~ II'h U~ I{ t"' I'I"'d )\(:bInd It in ",. lurn lor hll pieee. 23. K·B2 A~R toe. KI·r(S P.QB4 Z4. R~A R·Ql 29. KbQBP B·BZ 25. KI·SS S-tll}o. R.R eh. BxR U. Kt-Q3 S.Q} 31. K-Ql! B-82 21. P·~U P.P l2. P·KKtl K·Sl? ,\ lost lemp<> ,,-hid, O)Uld h~ .... II, ... ,u,1 m,,~h. l'. KooK' P·R4

i:: ~~t 1'·!J3· ~-KQ!>, I'KU 00, RPrl'. I'd'; ;(/. KI K'i • ...-ms ~ iH:'1t<-r wlnlllng tTy. TI," I~~L lun,. tile lI'"nle Into a I' n.Cc with A relul\JLn( dnll'!': 34. __ . P·A5}6. P.P P·KU JIS. K~P p_p 31. K·B5 B·KIl! The ..crlli"" "G White's 'l"e..nlnlr liIe y~ld" • prtelou. t~D'PO. R ... ,,\t_In.llon. )&. K·KIl I PaP 50. Kt·B2 eh. K·Bl

K·>O K·BI . .... K·K7 K·Bl K·e6 K8' K·B6 K·BI

K·Kt2 K·R>

)9. IUB p,p 51. Q.KI' eh. (~. Kl .Ktl P--84~. O·Kt5 eh. 41. KI·K2 K·K2 53. O-QB5 eh. 42. K.Bl K·Kl~. Q.BS IIh. 4l. P·KU K·K4 55. Q. KIS eh. .,. P.KtS P·BS SIi. Q-oB5 e h 45. Kt·Kl K',KS 51. Q.QS oh . if, P·lSli p.!!§~. Q.Q( ch, ' I. P· KI1 P·Bl 59. 0·11> I h. 01&. P. Kt8 (Q) 60. Q.K3 eh.

..,. Q.Ktl eh.P.BU.'k1 o. KI.~~~

QUEEN'S PAWN GAME u. S. Open Champlon,hlp

Corpus Chrl l ti, 1947 Notes by Dr. J. PI<I/t

1\101t. mmck P. HERMANN EO. LASKER

1. P·Q4 p.Q4 2. KI·Q2 _ !!lime pl.,_ pol'Jl(*:lJ" .. yoid the otrolll!lfllt IJ\OYL!III In the """",Ing In ord~. to take tbe oppo»Cnt out 01. the book. The natunl "",ON for the Ke-rw .d .... "c:e 01 lhe BP

-lo-t. __ KI·KB} 3. P·K) P--84 ,. P·QB) P.P 5. KP~P B.B(

1. B·KtS .. KI·KS 9. Q.A4

10.0-0

p.", Q·Kt3 R·Bl

" KKI.B3 Kt·B} T"" ( .. me. White obou1d try to I('i&e the 1,,1·

~~'IKtd'\~· l,~k~I~3. HD~~: e~.I. "rBi!:t .... ~~1 l!. KlxKt.-I!. p.QtU. 111 • • _" B-Q} IS. Q.RJ 11. QKt·8) Kt·K5 15. KtoB 12. Kt.R4 BaKI H. P.QK" D. PoB KI·B4 II. QaKt H . O,Kt eh. P.B 17. Q.B4

After 19 . ..... ... , P.Bf L.sker

Herm~nn

,.,.~" Illark ~" I . rid of hla IInek,,'lr<l P. 20. QA.Ql? _ .... Ul .... ~. Q~I' White 11 •• Mtllln't 1(1 wnrry ah."'I , l.~. 211. Q~ I'. P _.P: !I. I'd', 1'4;; (noe !'I.. __ • QaKtI' ? !!. 1'_K6!); !!!. I'.(IH3 witl'J I,mbahl •• 0;1 ...... 20. _._. Q.Kl!:I2. P .P R.S"1j 21. P.QR' PaP 2l. R.Q' KR·Bll

SolutloT'lI': End Game Pos itions 1 antl

Pu blis hed In Che8B Lire, January 20th

~o. I by n . 111",," : __ 1. R.R? clI. 1\.1\tl; !. U(n·KII7. Q.KU eh. tlf 2. •• _. q.QI "" , 3. fll.08, QxKI : 4. It(S).J'6 mate.}; 3. R·M Q·KtG d.: t. K-RS. Q.1.I8 .::11 , 6. Kt-IG dJ . ."d nl.le In ~wo moV8.

~o. S by U. It in~k:_t. Kt· l\, (h, K·KU; 2. P.R~(Q), )'.f(B ( Q) : 8. Q.QtUs ro. K·HIi: 4. Q. U7 rh, K.KlI; ~. Q. KtO rho ".llS; 6. Q.RI\ ell . K·KI6, 1. Q.RlI . eh, K ·B7: !. Q-KI!l 1"11, K.QS; 9. Q,.KI! eh K.K1; .0. Q·QS mate. rf 2 .• , n·n~ ~h : 8. t(·Qs, )' .KR (Q); • . Q·IUS eh, K.)(5 (If L , K.Il8: ". Q.1l8 clI, d c.): 5. Q.1I7 ro, K.ltt--!: G. Q. KIG ch, K·R5: 7. Q· II O eh. K.KI6 : s. Q.R3 ,m.I~.

Black "" .... Ihreat~"" p .KR!, uchanp of It. alld n·w. 24 . KA.Ql P·B3 2'- P·R3 P·KRJ 2S- P.xP QxP 21. P·KtS K·Bl It II Imperath'e to pia), Ihe K o .... r to the "e"te'. 2!. P·R5 P·Kt' 31. R~Q A·B' 2L Q·Q2 RIR :)2. A·QKt4 K·K2 1O. QxR 12aQ 33. P·Kt6! _ APJNI~nll,. White ~ pl."ing lor & .-1 .. "'hiclt bow~ .. ~r __ unjost Uloo .. bw K u. llIO far awar r ........ the pia"" of _Ion. 88. K·BI ,..&11 Indicated. 3). _._ hP 34. PxP R·BS eh. b " "" a" .. nt' ge of Wltlt ~'. o",I.lon.

~!roK'~~""'I"" ~"'" 3&. ;~~Ilk. p.Xti R·QKH ; 1ft. n .. Ktll, d~. :Hi . •.• _ K-Q) O. PaP 37. K·Bl A.QKU 44. K·K2 )&. P.R4 K·B4 45. R-QB3 39. R·K t} RxP "" A·BS 40. R·KB) P·BS U . K·K! 41. PaP PxP U. A·KBS 42. P ·Kt1 R·Kt5

POP K.Q} K·K4

R·Kt7 o;.h. K·KS

If -lB. R·K8 ell IhM H;·M;~. 1M!?, R·tWl ch: 00. K.q2, R · KIlS aDd ,,·b ... U. .....•• P-Q5 511. R·KBS R·K1 eh. O. R·KI eh. K·B6 Win> til<) I' by''''''''' SI. K.Ql RaP 52. K·K] R·KY cb. 53. K-Ql R·QR1 5'. K·K! K·Ki 55. A·KS eh. K·06 55. R·K1 p.Bfj 51. K-81 K-Ql sa.. K.B2 K-QS cb. S9. KaP 'p.Q6

60. R·KAI 61. A.QB7

~: ~:~~7d'. "'. R·R2 d •• 65. R·RI eh. &Ii. A·KRl n. R·A2

Rtllgnl

p.QJ A·BJ R·Bl K·BI K·"

K·KI1 K·Bl K·BB

FRENCH DEFENSE Oklahoma State Championsh ip

Tul lia , 1947 N<>lU by G~,,~ PaSt

After fJ. X.lJ] Mayfield

ROil' .~. R. K1 R·BI eh. U. R·K t1 ch. K·R) '5. K·Q) K·Ktl , 41. K·K4 A·KBI Th~ "tI...,-.11I·'· l00l("1f 4;. . ...• _, Il ·f/Rl

Ihr~I~"I"1l" I" IJ tl .... lIiack I' "" Ih~ lullu ... • 1,111." I""'~ \0",,,1,1 II(' !"\JI~ b«,,,u,,,-,, . ~. a-117"h! II~K, 41'. 1'.IL~\Q) .. h. ,1 1'.

"C H E S S" Monthly Ma!u.inc for I!nthuliuu

SurfON.COLDPIELD ENGLANO

mt, ... EVER YTHlNG for CHESSI

OUt World CIt ... N«n> ote" l~ to I. m ..... Otip""l eontrlbatioa. by an !.be world'.

Judlng muter.. Openlll;--!'roble-rr.-lIumor-Anal,..t ..

Son.! ])<) In ltarnpo for rpec:lmcn copy to, CHESS _ SvUon·Caldn.ld, Enoll nd

Amerlol" SUlln ... Ornee ]2m Sinthmw! Ay,. DetroJ t 17, Minh.

'8. K·B5 P·R5(Q) ~9. R·AJ o~. K.Kn

GRECO COUNTER,GAMBIT . u, S. Open TouI·nament

Corpus Christi, 1947 Nota by Ric&",1 Harrell

While C. JOACHIM 1. P·K4 P·K' 2. Kt·KB) P·KB'

lIl....,k J. GJLeERT

l. B·B4!

A bnuld "" w del",,,,,,, Co t he Qrec:o, and ap­p~re"t1y IWI>1ld, . ltho·,gft 10nl_I.::.lly """,. 1'1... u"r"rlunar.cly thy dlO<."OVI!r)' 1.0 .""i­dental at J"""hlm e';d~n1ly d id !1Q~ """,1 -i"~ Ule Import of hto move. 1. __ • PaP a __ . Kt ·QlI3 g;v,,", a .. t id.dory IOo'm~_.

•• KbP Q·Kt4? After \l.b. iliad: o.hou.ld hue tcc:n I'_ru· ptoril.r ~rulhed. We rec:ommeud 4. ~ 1'-Q4 "'hen Whl.. _ la""", \.0 1Ilay 6. Q.R6~", p.K13; ft. )iU li lP, "~.Kna; 7. Q-K~"b. 1l .K!; it J{ U R, Pxll ; 9. Q.I\t5cl>. I'-US ; 10. Q:<)' ( 1:I5), Q--Qj; II. Q.>.Q, P"Q ond Wldte h ... U and t .... o I'. fDr ,"'0 ",Ino. pi"""" (the Kt muot gol-Whl1o for ",hole<!. i. KlOoS]?? _. Both pllyero , ... treading unl.'n.I1I .... ]!'I"1Iullo;I and abo", II. 6. I'.Q I I ..-.. ""~ r", aft«" __ QxK1l' t White f_ the ...-]" with ... ao.tound lllg mQW": 5. _, QoKtP 1; 8. II.BtU (a truly unique .;";'et; White u. f ....... ~ \.0 1.aJI" the U), Q.<R; 7. Q·R6 eh, K·QI ( Ji:- K! le,d. 10 male after 8. Q· D7 eh.); II. n·Kt5 ro, 1\.· 1:18 (noc. lJ·K2; 9. Kt·B7dJ, )i.KI; 10. Kt.Q6,J~l. clI., K·(,!l ; II. Q.JUj lI"'U); 9. BxKteh .. I'sD: 10. "t·II7<"1., ,,·I\ Z, II. KtxR al>d IU a~k mn. e \""" A l'leo:c. Or 1. Q-KU ch , 1'.KI3: S. KI.>:I\11', Kt I\llS ; 9. Q-Ko eh, K. A2; HI. Klxlt eh, ,, ·1\12 (....,... K-KU: II . Q.Kt .,K! Rl.c~ J,,; hell,I" al(O'Rlt the '""'"-t "I I? Q.D7 eh and lJ. Qxll fDr \I 11. " __ , ",·ua; I!. 1l·66 dJ); 11. II·Kt5, Q.D6: It. 1I-K2, Q· IISch. (Imeed); 1::1". K-Q!, etc. s. _ Q. KtP 7. Q-R51 6. R·Bt P-Q4I? DiaKtuWI: 7. IIx P i . """""t. _ » .KI\15; S. 1'.KIl3I Rd' (___ 0·1\ 2; 9. ~.K!:t; ~ . RxBI I'xlt; 10. Q:>:P, Q.<Q; 11. B.sQ, .. ~;

,. 0,. Bol. Ro .. a Soudakotf

12. IJ;(I' nnd White emergeo a P "I'. Blick may c'""nge hlij play but White """,". to be alway" oble 10 In't the ~t "I 1\ 1. __ Kt·KB3 10. B.K2 . B.A6 I. Q.K5 ~". KxKt n. K.Q1 ,. Q.BP ch. B-K2 Wb ite II I~IJ'I __ 11. _ B·KKt5 12. K·Kl Od D. IUB Q·B6 eh. 14. K·Kl KI·B3 A ",cllel.,,·. ''"'....-1 .... 1

IS. P-S, 16. R·KU

Rodan .

!<R·l(l QR·Bl

CHESS LIFE ABROAD Continued from P~ge 4, Col. 5

tournament, Cholm otf. were the revelations of this tournamenL

In a Radio-Moscow talk Botvin· nik declQt'ed he was satlsflod with his s portlt rosult but llot of his play wbich at t imes "lagged" In being Interesti ng.

"AB to me," said Botvlnnik, 'Tm satisfied In winning one a year." .

Here are the tlnal s tandings: J. . Botvlnn lk 11 pts; 2. Ragozlne 10 'h; 3. & 4. Boleslawski und Prllis. low 10: 5. KOlow 9~; 6. & 7. Keres and Novote low 9; 8. Pitc h man ICzcko·Slo. ) 8'h; 9. Trlfullowltch (Yugo·S lo.) ,II; 10. GlIgorlch (Yugo-510) 7 \f; 1I. llondarevski 6 %; 12. Choillow fi lA: 13. Kottllauer (CzeciJo-Slo). 5: 14. Plater (Poland) ancl Solmlsk i 4 ; 16. Z\'etcot! (Bul· garla) 2 pts.

From JIH EJilor's MQiJ-& g

Dear SI I"; In answer to the commen LS In the

Kibitzer by "A Reader" III the Jan· uary 20 CHESS L IFF;, I would like to point out that this unofficial c.olll\lu tu tion of lhe prohll'lll'l worM chaml)lons htp Is not 100% perfllct, hut I t Is certainly 1I0t "comilletely Callaclona'\

W hile It Is truo tbat tourlleyS vary greatly III Importance, only such tourn eyS we re conBhlel'ed lor computation which were tllOroughly interna"tlonal In character, In which composers all ovel' t he world had II r easonable chance to pa rticipate. Of course in a F innish tourney there would he more Fi nnis h com· petltors than In an Amerlcnn tour· ney, and In an American tOU1'ney the majority or e ntries would be by Amel"iClln8.

Uy Including smaH . aB w ell a8 la rge tourneys in the COIllI)utIIUon , the apl)roxhnately correct avel'oge Willi found. All flro5t. second and third Illaces ill tourneyS were cou nted. regurdless of the fact It thelle were lI rizes, honOI'ablo m on· tlons, 01' commemlationA. The re· fe re nce to Ille qnality ot honorable men tions In the Bl"ltish Chul Maga. zlne as compared to s mallcr tour~ n ey's fi rst prIzes is large ly a ma~ter ot opi nion. Ai a matter of fa ct, thero are IIlJlny eXI)erts who con· sider th e Btandal""d of s uch a s mall and cOl1l plll'atlvely Ilew and UIl· known COlumn like the onB In the Hom e New. of OakhUI'st, N ew J e r. sey. eonduct ('d hy Harry Conover, hig hel' tlta t the nCM.

ably for evel'y cOIlservative a nd old·fa shloned judge, there Is OIle hypermodern and progressive one. Many tOIll'neys have two judgoo, w hich assures a. compromise be· tv.-een will ely dl[foront tastes and opinions.

In c hess llt"olJlems, any expert l~ HID wm'hl may enlel" any and !U'_ many tourneys as he likes, and he ni llY chose any o f his wOI'k l tor the pUl"tlculllt· competition. In fact In a. large number of tourneYB It Is IIlwaYII t he Bame set of men who compete with each other, wbleh 10. sures approxima tely equal IItan· dards In most competitions. Dt course, a('l lve compolers have a. bolter r:ltil nce than inactive ones, but this is only right. H a com· p08er II really goocl, he may gst 30 I)olnl s with on ly t e n j)roIJIQll.ls, while anothOI' one may not 0\'611 score hair as many with J O{) prob­lems.

Jus t to lIhow that this COlll llll ta· t10n docs 110t del1end just on luck, In this yeal"s incomple t e tabu In· liOD-lt will be completed III i·'all -M. Wrobel ,of Poland, who was less IICtlVC the year betO]" I" on to l), ro llowed by J . Buehwllld­who Wtlll last yoal"s soconrl, and the wl·ltor of thcse Jines third. Dthe,' competitors ot the lust year like Ilielleit. GalllRge, Pede rsen, Eaton are close behind.

I th ererore cha llenge the "Road· er" to show me ally typo of taiJula. tiOIl tlwl might be Calrer, ·or to name any rleld o t competition In which the 1"0sultB a re lei. "ra lia·

Finally, as to t be dlvo t'gence or clous". opinion of judges, all compeUlors ImIC HA SSDERG

Brooklyn. New York are tflklng the same chlillcel. [>rob·

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