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ONE of the ch ief prejudices against problems is that they are not true

to life. The positions they depict are [tTtificilli and bear no resemblance to those which occnr ill e\-ery·dHY chess. Yet all sorts of picturesque situations and weird designs have appeared on the chessboards of practIcal pJayel·s.

Here are a few In which the Knights are the protagonist s . Their daneing !l]H] prancing is a joy to behold.

Khloyber

'Vhite 1 P_K4

Budapest , 1942

SICI LIA N DE F EN SE

P_QB4 5 N-Q B3 2 N- KB3 N-QB3 6 B- K N5 3 P-Q4 p,p 7 Q- Q2 4 N,P N-B3 8 8-K 2

9 N_Q5

Nagy

mac!, P-Q3

P-QR S N- Q2

P-KN3

"'hite prevents 9 . 13- N2, as then 10 Xx:-J , PxN i l BxKP snags the Queen .

9 . . . . P-B3

Bllt this is the wrong medicine!

10 N- K6 !

.<\ powerfu l move. The rlng-around-arosy pO!lition of the Knig hts is purely inddentHI, but very pretty.

10 Q_R4 11 N j5-B7t K - B2

12 N-Q8t K-N2 13 N-K8t Resigns

An Hmllsing, final scene. King and Queen h;\I"e fled, and the White Knights occupy their thrones.

t _ dleck; ~ _ db!. check; f _ di~. ch.

TURN ING BACK our history books a lmost a hundred years, we find a beau· tiful spedmen of a Knight cluster in a game which Schiffers cHlled immortal.

Dorpat , 1862

EVA N S GA M BIT

Clemens

Whi(e

P- K4 2 N-K B3 3 B-B4 4 P_QN4 5 P-B3 6 P-Q4 7 p , p

8 0 - 0 >l N_ B3

1(0 P_K5

P-K4 N-QB3

8 - B4 B,P

B-B4 p,p

B_N 3 P-Q3 B- Q2

p , p

Ei se nschmidt

B lack 11 R-KI K N_K2 12 N_K N 5 B_K3 13 BxB 14 NxK P 15 N xNPt 16 Q- N4 17 N-K4 18 N- K6t 19 N-B6t 20 N- N 5t 21 B_ R3!

P,B Q- Q3 K - BI B,P

Q_N5 K_Kl K - B2 K - Bl

Ordinnrily you would lind a diagl'a lll aftCl' a bl'illiant s:wrifiee, but we Hl'e saving our diagram fO I' nn artistic g rouping.

21 . , • . 22 Q- K6

Q,B N-Ql

Black prevents mate by 2a Q- B7 but. at the same time, give~ li S a III 'etty ph-tUI'e of the Knigh ts in (liagonal alignment.

23 Q-B7t!

A sacrifice of the Queen which must be ;[(,ce pted. and ill a fla~h the whole (lesign ehanges!

~ Nx Q 24 N-K6 mat e

IN OUR Nfo}XT GAi\I E. we shall ~ee t he KnIghts arra nge thelllse l \"e~ in eVE'll marl' remarkable formations.

Somew he r es at t he front, 1941

FR ENCH DE F E NSE

Patsehurk owski Rhod e

White m ack 1 P-K4 P-K3 12 R_ K l 0- 0 2 P_Q4 P_Q4 13 B_ B4 B- Q3 3 p,p p ,p 14 B-K5 QN_Q2 4 N-QB 3 N-KB3 15 B,B Q,B 5 N-B3 P_ B4 16 N-KS KR_ K1 6 B-N5t B_Q2 17 P-B4 N_ Bl 7 0-0 s ,s 18 Q-B3 Q- N3 , N,B P_QR3 19 NxQP QxPt 9 N_ B3 B- K2 20 N-K3 N-K3

10 B- K3 P- B5 21 Q,P N,P 11 P_Q R4 Q_B2 22 QxPt K _ Rl

23 N_B3

~3 Nj5xP fails after 23 . Jl - H2.

23 Q-N3 24 P-R5 QxNP 25 N-B5!

\Vhite th l'eatens 26 (IxI' male. T h O" four Knights stand like ~ol(jiE'r~ 011 thO" King BIshop file .

25. N-K7t! 26 K _ R l N_N5

l3laek guar ds bis Knigbt Pi\wn and . in turn. th r eatens mate on tbe ilIOn'.

27 P-R3 N-B7t 33 R-N8! R,Q 28 K_ R2 Q-Nlt 3' R,Q R,R 29 P-N 3 R_ R2 35 N_K7 RxBP 30 Qx B P R- QB2 36 NxR N-Q6 31 Q R_N1 Q-Bl 37 R-Q l N_Q5§ 32 Q- Q5 R-B4 38 N- Q2

And now, jnst befol'e the i\XE' fall s . look ilt the Wl1Y the KnighlH al'e all lined up in 11 l"OW!

38 RxN t Resigns

T HO U GH T FOR TH E MON T H

The re,1I liH'~ o f daz7.li l1 !!" ly brill iant dle,,~ g"1\ill~"" are ~o11\('[ i n l(' ~ hO J)ele",;;; l y IInl L ~Fillt'.

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Volume 20 Numbe r :I. February. 1952

EDi T ED &. PUBLISHED BY I. A. Horowitz

INDEX

FEATU RES

1951 USSR Championship _________ __ 38

Winn i ng Ch elis Traps __ ____ ____ ____ A6

DEPARTMENTS

Game of the Month _______ _________ __ 44

Gam es from Recent Even ts ______ ___ AS Postal Chess _____ __ ________________ _ 56

Readers' Games __ __ ___ __ • ____ _____ __ 54

Spotlight on Ope ning s ____________ _ -41 World of Ch ess ________ ___ _____ ____ _ 34

EDIT OR 1. A. Horowitz

E X ECUTIVE ED ITOR Jack SU"aley Unltel l

CONTRIBU TING ED ITORS I. Che rneY, J. ,V. Collins. T. A. Dunst,

H ans Kmoch. J..Ted Reln!eld

CORRESPON DENT S Californ ia Herbert Betk er, J . B. Oce, Leroy

Johnson, Dr. H . Ralston, l!. J. Royer. Colorado )1. W. Reese. Con necticut Edmund E. Hand. Delawar. R. D. Donaldson. Dlst. of Columbia N. P. Wil:"!;"inton. Florida MlLja,· J. D. Holt. B. Klein. Ernest

G. Werher. Georgia Grady 1\. Coker. J r. IIllnol. Floward .J. Bell. Indiana O. C. Hills, O. E. Rhood. W. Roberts. Iowa ' Y. G. Vanderburg. Ken tucky J. W. "luyC!". Kanaa, K. R. MucDo""I(J. Maryland Charl es Barasch. Massachusett. F .. "nklin J. S!lnbo'·n. I';. 111.

ScllUl(es . 3d. 'WaJdo L. 'Vaten. Minnesota 'Y. T. Cobb. Charles :lor. HanIingc. Michiga n R. Duskage,·. J. R. Watson. Nebr",ka B. E. Ellswor th. A. C. Ludwig.

Jack Spence. R. E. Weare. New Hamplhlre Alee SadowlIky. New York 'ValIer f·,.oehllch. Edward Lasker,

H. M. Phillips. Dr. :'If. Re18l. North Carolin a Sam Agnello. North Dakota D. C. MaCdonald. Ohio Lawrence C. Jackson. Jr., Edward 1'".

Johnson. Pennsylvan ia Thomas B. ECkenrode. Thomas

Gutekunst. \Vllllam R. Hamilton. Lee B. Hoover.

South C"roll n" Prof. R. F. Brand. Sou th Dakota M. F. Anderllon Tennessee )frs. Martha Hordt. J. G. Sulli

van. Jr. Tex", Jame, A. Creighton. l''rank R. Grn·es.

Homer H. Hyde. Utah Harold Lundstl'om. Washington R. C. Stol'k. Welt Virginia Edward M. FOY. WI.conlln A. E. Elo. },...,.ltz Rathmann. Wyoming E. F. Rohlfl'. CANADA: Alberta Percy Connell. Manitoba H. Gregory. Quebec Oslu Baln. Saskalchew;J.n Rca B. Hayes.

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O N THE COV ER

Tho Pennsylvania Stute Che~s Federation, a t it~ annual meeti ng on October, voted to bring chess to the vcterans and service mcn in the hospitals of Pennsyl· vania. It was proposcu to send books and magazines to the re<: reational d ivisions of the various hospita ls and to offer in· slruction, lectures, exhibitions and competi t ion .to further this campaign.

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In al1 of the years that I have been in· lerested in chess, I neVCl" before encountered such immediate .md enthusiastic sup· port. Everyone, cluhs and individuals, were generous fa r beyond my highClit ex· pectations. II was really wonderful.

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Up to dale, we have lIlai led over 350 pieces of chess material to the hospitab. The Christmas mailings a lone consisted of 54 lIlagazines, 36 newspapcr cli ppings, 19 lJOoks. 31 boards. 31 plustic chess sets and 16 (8"xB" ) peg.in ~cts for lise in the wards.

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{'..~'.. UNITED STATES NATIONAL EVENTS

Paging All Chessplayers In the Unil cd Stales Open Champiun

ship Tournament to he held at the Floridan Hotel, Tampa, F lori oa, during .J ul y, 1952, the welcome mal will he out nol only for all players in the United Slat es but for visitors fr em Cuba, South America and Canada, and, it is hoped, from ahroad.

Co.sponsors of this important event urc the Tampa Chess Club and the Florida Chess League, aided by the Floridan Hotel and the Tampa Chamber of Commerce.

Latest Arrival The well·known international master

and former champion of France, Nicolas Rosso!imo, is noll' in New York City, apparently intends to stay in the United States. His dashing style of play should enliven American chess !

REGIONAL EVENTS

In the Southland According to a belated report on the

open tournament of one faction of the Southern Chess Associat ion played last summer at Asheville, North Carolina, Mar· lin C. Stark of Bethesda, Maryland, vms winner with 6ljz.Y2. a full point ahead of runner·up R. C. Simpson. Edmund Nash, 5·2, placed third , while fourt h position was shared by J . G. Snllivan, Jr. , Robert Coveyon and E. Lipinsky, each 4%.2%. Stales represented were Georgia, i\ lary. land , ?lIassaehusetts, North Carolina, Ohio, Tennessee and Vermont.

. .. And Up North Results of the 1951 fall season in the

North Shore League were as follows : Portsmouth, New Hampshire, 17Y2; Hal" erh ill, Massachusetts, I I ; Newburyport, i\la~s . , 7Y2.

The tourney was a double round robin, with each city represented by a team of six players.

Moreover, the Newburyport Open, a 9·player, 5·round Swiss, was decided in

Vol. 2 0 , No.2 FEBRUARY. 1952

At the Illinois "Open"~(front to rear) AI Sandrin v. Edward Vano; John Wa rre n v. Mrs. T ur ner Nearing ; Jack Ha rt ley (left) v. Dr. B. Glaser; G. Garver v. H. Clyatt ; and L. C. Young v. Kimbal Nedved-(rea r to front) Jay Bajorek (stand ing ) v. Me lvin Semb; Fred Stoppel v. John Penqu ite; Dr. Max Schlosser v. R. D. Firebaug h; R. L. Pock lington (v. Clyde Gray, not s hown)~and (extr eme right) He nry Jeffre y v. th e

winner, Povi las Tautvaisas {standing right}

favor of Bartlett Gould of Newburyport when he tallied 5·0. Harold Lest er of Cen· ter Sandwich. N. H., took second with 4·1 , while Gordon Herndon of Ipswich and Charles \Vaterman of Ameshury finished in a tie for third with 3·2 each. T he

VUllO of East Chicago, Indbna ; Valdis Tnm~ of Chi e.lgo, Illinois : I .. C. Young "f 1'\'I,]( lisol1 , Wiscons in; Jolin Penqllit e of Des Moines, Iowa; and Dr. Max Schl osser of D~catllr , Illinoi s. The tourney was held ,It D~catur. It attracted 27 pla)'ers from

"Open" is an annual fixture for Newbury. fi l'e stal es. port, i\Iassachusetts.

ILLINOIS Victory in the first Illinois open tourney,

a Swiss event, went to Povilas Tautvaisas, Chicago champion, wid, a score of 5%.'l2. A tie for second between Chicagoans John TUlliS and Albert Sand r in , each 4Y2.1 Y2, was hroken in favor of Turns through his ~ llperior S.·B. showing.

Next, with equal 4·2 game scores, were the following players, who finished in the orde r named on an S.·B . basis: Edward

MISSOU RI Wilh a game score of 4-1 and a superior

S.·B. tall )" H. Lew of SI. Lnui~ won the state open t"urney over a fi eld of J.l pl ay. ers representin g fil'e 51'lleS. Second prize. likewise with a 4 · ] score out fe wer SAt points. was taken b)' f"rmer state tille· holder H. H. Steinmeyer. T hi rd and fourt h places on an S.·13. ba~ i s were gained respectivel y oy \Villiam .\1. Byland of Pitts burgh and \'i/alter Grornbacher of Chicago, each 3%.1 %.

CHESS RE VIEW, FEBRUARY, 1952

Th is st udy of youth in chen was submitted by ElLiott J _ Hyman, of Mi ;ll mi , F lor ida.

NEW JERSEY Edgar T. McCormick, sta te champion ,

added the state speed title to his honors when he registered a score of 12·1 in a 14·mnn rou nd robin at J ersey Ci ty. Richard Haefner and Henry Spinner (from Brookl yn, N. Y.) shared the runner-up posi tion with 11-2 each_

The state high schuol cham pionship was annexed by Saul Yarmak of Passiac High with the perfect tall y of 7-0. J oel Sweifach of Sweeney High and Norman Hurttlen of Union High, each 5Yz-II/z, placed second and third respectively on S.-8. points. Eight schools sent a total 01 18 players.

OKLAHOMA A newcomer to Oklahoma chess, John

Earnest of Tulsa, made off wit h the state championship by taking 4% ou t of 5 points in a 26-player Swiss tourney. John Blair of Tulsa, E. N. Anderson of Owasso and Al Miller of Tulsa, each 4-1, came in second, third and fo!!rth respectively on S.·B. J}Oints . Next on S.·n. points in the order named were Bob Garver of T ulsa, E. H. Gill of Oklahoma Cily and Ben Hernandez of Norman, each 3Y2-1Y2.

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SOUTH CAROLINA A score of 4-1 and S.-B. su perioritr en

abled La rs N. Enequisl of Baltimore, Maryland, to capture the South Carolina Open Tournament at Georgctown. Prof. Lanneau Foster of Coitulloia, South Carolina, also with 4-1 but fewe r S.·8. points, emerged in second place, and Paul Cromelin of Charlotte, !\ort h Carolina, placed third.

VIRGINIA In II 19-man , 5-roullll Swiss fo r the Slate

title, victory rested with Walter Bass of the University of Virginia, who scored 4'h.1h to fi nish 1h point ahead of runner-1111 W. J. Nucker of Arlin gton. D. Hatch of Arl ington, H. Nagill of Lynchburg and B. Baine of Richmond , wit h equa1 scores of 3V~ · 1 Y~ , finished thi rd. fo ur th and fi fth respcclively on S.·B. Iloints.

WISCONSIN Registering 6-1 in a IO·man Swiss for

Wisconsin speed supremac)", Arpad E. Elo of Milwaukee topped E. Rozkalns of Waukesha, also 6-1. by virtue of a better S.·n. showing. J . Kraszewski of :M ilwaukee, 5·2. was third.

LOCAL EVENTS Cldijorrlia. E. B. Adams, P asadena cham· pion, W(ln the San Gabriel Valley title by scoring 8·2 in a round robin a t the Pasadena Chess Club. Arndon and Aree, each 7-3, divided second and third.

Playing against 25 opponents simultaneously at the Lincoln Park Chess Club in Long Bcach, Herman Steincr, fo rmer U. S. champion , won 20, lost 3 and drew 2. L. Joyner, W. J. Keller and C. G. Phill ips

succeeded in winning trom the mastel' , while Tom Bascom and Ronny Gross drew.

A match between San ta Monica and Long Beach resulteJ in a 12-4 tr iumph for the fo nner. Full points fo r Santa :\10nica were gained by Ray Martin, J. Keckhut, George Steven, Leo Fielding, Hobert Greene, M. Donath, Jim Edwards, D. Hestenes, Walt Holmes and H. Wildman. For Long Beach, the winners were J erry Slavich, R. Sturgis, T. Golden, C. P hill ips, S. Gross and E. Miller.

In another contest, Sacramento defeated Pittsburg, 6-3. Successful for the victorious team were J. B. Gee, N. T. Austin, M. O. Meyer, O. J. Celie, A. J anu~hkowsk y and B. Berger. The Pittsburg win s were punched out by Sam Bean, J. R. Glorer lind Jess Garcia.

Florida. Chief wood pusher in the Miami Wood pushers' Tournament was Stephen Ferris, who chalked up an ll ·I score in the round robill. Hc was followed by A. Pederson and Anthony Talarcyk, each o( whom scored 10·2.

/lawaii. An ll-player, 7-round Swiss fo r the Oahu Open Olsmpionship at Honolulu was credited to Alva 1. Larson , fo rmerly of Yale University, with a 6%-% score. K. 1. Kum, (j. I, was a good second, and Charles Powell , 4%-2Yz, placed third.

lllillQis. Despite obstacles presented by the wors t Chicago snowstorm in fi ft cen years, the 1951 Christmas Social Tournamell t of Ihe Chicago City Chess League, held at the Eckhart Park Refectory, went ahead smoothl y on schedu le. The preliminaries sOl'ted the entranlS int o A and B finals, cach of which was a double round robin. K. J ones, 5·1, won the A group, ahcad of A. Kaufman, 4Y2·1 ¥.! . In the B section, W. Grombacher was successful with 11

scorc of 7-1, followed by James Scherer, 6Y2.1 %.

A simultaneous exhibit ion on 6 boards at the Chicago Chess and Checker Club by Lodewijk Prins, the visiting master from Holland, ended in a sweep by the single player.

Indiana. Tou many guns by an invadi ng cuntingent from Chicago spelled defeat of the Gary Chess Cluh by 4%-7'2 in an informal match.

Ch icago K . Nedved __ ____ 1 Angelo Sandrln _ 1 W. 'Grombacher _* C. P. Adams __ _ 1 SkulUns ________ 1

'%

Gary G. O. Dunkel ____ 0 D. Rhead ___ ____ 0 G. Martinson - __ Ih i\I. Cox ___ __ ___ _ 0 F. B. Bolton __ __ 0

I was not long at Simpson's, whcn one day l'l-Iason confided in me, in an undertone: "Stei ni tz has invented chess altogether. and Zu kertort has invented 1 P- K4."

-0. C. M UL I.ER

British Chess Magazir.e, 1932.

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A chess trophy designed by H . A. Ditt· man. Every piece is represented on it.

Louisialla. Frank Gladney is again king. pin of Baton Houge, with 0110 Claitor runner·up for the city title.

Michigan. As a consequence of scoring 7-3 in the double round rohin for the i\Jid· land Cily Championship, Alvin Brauer gathered top honors, ahead of Walter Ce· \lela and Charles Starnes, each 6·<t

Ne braska. " Is Chess Going to the Dogs?" asks the Nebruska Chess Bulletill in fea· turing on its front cover the sna pshot of a bespectacicll, scholarly looking boxer pup poring over a ehessboa rd ~!nd allpa rently about 10 make a well·eon sidered move. The SHme picture (a DaiJ)' Graphic photo ) in the EllgJish periodical Chess is captioned, "Doggone this game! thought I had him. He',; as dogged as I am. Well, there's nothing to do now but try paw to Qll3."

Ncw Jasc)" . A mutch bct ween the Log Cabin Che..;;; Club and the Monte];)ir Chess Club WH,; won by Log Cahin, 6V2·312. E. T. MeCurmick, It Haefner, C. Czernak, E. F. Lau ck;;, R. Coughlin and R. Hurttlen triullqlhell for Log Cabin, while E. F. George, F. Gartley and H. Clayton sal,·aged one point each for Mon tclair.

N ew rOTk. The good score of 9·1 won supremacy for Hoy T. Black, Sr., in a 25-man , JO·round Swiss at Buffalo fo r the Queen City Chess Club title. ill Siegel, 8·2, was close behind, and J. Ba r rett, 6Y2. 3%, came in th ird . R. 13o)'er, M. Holley, C. Fell and G. i\Iauer. each 6·4, finished in the order named un S.·B. points.

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A 4Y2·1 'l2 game score plus an S.-B. margin gave first place in the L!ke Eric Open Tournament to E. \V. Mareh.uHl. With equa l scores of 4V2·I V2, Russell Olin and Morton Siegel won second nnd third respectively on an S.-B. basis.

P roving unbeatable JIl a 10·player, double ruund robin for premier honors of lhe Hoehestcr Chess Club. Max J. Herz· berger rolled up an impressive 13Yz·Yz ~eore to Inke a commanding fi rst . E. W. !\Iarehand. U·3, was runner·up. and J. Hasenroehl, 8Y2-5%, gai ned third .

North Carolina. Twenty.fi,·e students and three teacher~ of the Central High School in Charlotte are receiving chess lessons from George E. Goodwin of the Charlotte Chess Club. A photo of the instructor teaching n part of a night class appeared ·recentl), in the Charlotte Obserr:/"r.

Oklahoma. The Oklahoma A & i\! College Chess C11ll> hallded Tuba Unil'ersity 11 4·2 defeat wilen Crocker, A. Ivcs . .J . I sbell and P . .i arvis overpowered their opponen ts while Tulsa was being I!eld to two points scored by 13. Virgin and B. Hine.

Washil/gum. A tie was registered between Charles .lonchim and Leonard Sheet,; for the Seattle Championship, each contestant scorin g 412·I'h in a fourteen·man Swiss. Third and fourth on S.·B. point s went respectively to Glenn ;lIuelier and G,~:ald Selw in , each 4·2.

Brushin g aside his opposition . Olh'ier LaFreni(.'re tallied 9-0 in the litle tourney of th e y.!kima High School Clw~s Cluh. Dick Dexter. R·i, placed s('cond.

w;.'ellll.';II. The stron~ -' Iil\\"aukee City Chess Tournament, a 35·man. 9·round nf· fair: w.!~ \\'on hy 13. Grkal'<lC. n recent ar· rival frum Yngoslal'ia . wilh a oeore of 7V~ · I V~ . Second was Averill PO\\"l'r~ . 7·2. while third tf, ~'~ "enth on S.·B. p"int~ wilh equal ~eorcs of 6·3 were the fnlluwin;;: play t~ rs ill the orde r listed: Arpad E. Elo. Hnlph Abrams: :'o.larshnll Rohland. Frank In· busch and On·jlle Franci sco.

Un it ed States titlehold er Larry E,"ans took Oil 58 pla)'('rs in a ~i mnltaneOllS ex. hihition at Milwnukee nne! defeated 50. Six games were drawn, nnd Averill Powers and Leonids Gaigals won from Lnrr),.

~CANADA Ontario

In a si multaneous exhibitioll on 16 boal'd~ ngninst Universit,· players ~!t Hart 1·lonse Chess Club in Torunto, Povilas Vaitoni ;; . Canadian ehnrnl'ion , won II games. lost 2 to T. J. Kagct~ 1I and E. Tal. vila. and drew 3 with H. G. Buck , A. Kur· vitz and W. M. Walkinshaw.

Que bec Simultaneous performances by Lodewijk

Prins, Dutch master on tour, resulted as

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Champion on Tour Uniied States Champion Larry Enllls

is on lell\·e f r o~.! the College of the City of New York and tonring the country tn ehe8s exh ibitions- see story in (·ollimn to teft (Wiseonsin).

follows : Quebec Cil)", 19 wins, 2 losses, 3 draws; Montreal ( first exhibition). 15 wins, 1 loss; !'I-[ontreal (secund ex!nbi· tion ), 15 wins,:1 losses, 3 draws.

A s imultan eous display in iIlontr~al ,,·ith docks againol lO experts snl\' Prins will· ning 6 games and losing 4 to I. lal)"s. J. N. Williarlls, H. LeBel and ~\1. Sehi.::k . In a sing I.:: exhibition game. Prins wao defeated by !\Ianri ct~ Fox, form er Canadinn titlclwldc r.

A ,h,uJ,le·r(Jnnd match on 10 board~ he· tween Sherbro"ke ,!"d Dnull!ll"mh·ilJe went to the former by a score (of 1·1·5.

~ LATIN AMERICA Argentina

l.ead ing by 3 point s, Elisk,!~<!s d,' cjsil'e· Iy Woll a l"Ouml rohin at C"r,I,,],;1. He wa~ f"llowed !Jy !'IJarini in ~eeol!d place. a~l(1

U"lh(Jclwn. Hamadan. n"~ett". San:!llin· cu i ,1lId Wex ler in a tic f"r third .

Another of my clients m 1'11 r~~cl rs wa~ n wea lthy City merehnl1t. !'Ih. I' ini. an !tnl· i;m b)' birth. but naturalized in England. Iiig English was worse th;!11 min e. auJ when a third party interfered iu his llamt'. making; remarks on a ce rtain mo\"~. -'Ir. Piz7.i would sn )'. ,·ery indi gnantl y: ··Sir, you must not lalk into the c1\('~,,:'

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England E. G. &rgean t captured a play·olI for

the London clutmpionshi p br beating R. F. Boxall two stra ight.

Hungary Gedeon Barcza won the Championshill

of Hun gary with a score of 17Y2·3lh, ahead of Laszlo Sutbo (16) i" a tourna· ment held lust November, in Budapest.

South Africa The chamllionsh ill of P ort El izaueth

Chess Club was gained h y E. D. lI i11 . A descent on Ihe Johannesburg Chess

Club by a detach ment of 40 1)layers from Pretoria und the Northern Districts was turned back. 2i·13.

Results of other reel'nt matches: East London i , Grahamslnwn 3; Port Elizaueth 6~, East Lond01' 3%.

Phol~ ~] T,d Bm"''' Samu el Res hevsky moves aga inst Or. V. A. Oavldian of Sm it hfie ld, N. C. , during a simultan eous exhibition at Ra leigh, N. C. Lawre nc e Wallace, Secretary of the NCCA

(back of Davidian) , looks on . Resh evsky won a ll 23 ga mes, topped State Champ.

Switzerland Except for the incl us ion of a Turkish

player, an 8·man round rohin at Zurich ..... as all a ll·S ..... iss a ff ai r in wh ich the win· ners were i\I. Blau of Bern and H. Grob of Zurich, who tied fo r fi rst with 5~.1~ each. Third was Dr. E. Strehle of Zurich, ,f·3, whi le the Turk ish enlr~ , Prof. S. P illa· \"1111 of htanbu l, placed fonrth with 3·4.

«?~ FOR E , G N Australia

In an 8·hoard Ielegraphic match , South Australi a scalpt d West Australia by 7%. %. Willners on the top hoards were L. Endzclins. H. Arlauskas, D. N. Bowman and C. E. Bcrz~.ari n ~ .

Belgium The nat iona l ti tle again went to Al be rie

O'Kelly de Galway, "perpetual" Belgian champion. b)' a score of 8Y2.Y2. A. Dun. kelblulll , 7·'1., finished second.

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Denmark A lie·J,reaking play.nfT for top Danish

h'!I1(Jrs was won hy .I. Enevoldsen over P. Bal'n . E ll evol d~C'J\ touk 3~ OUI of 4.

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THE 19th USSR CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP (November 10 - December 15, 1951)

FOR MANY YEARS, the Chess Cham· pionship of the Soviet Un ion has ranked

as the st rongest of the nat ional champion. ships in the whole chess world and strong. er than most of the international tournaments. The 191h Championship, November 10 to December 15, 1951, was most likely the st rongest of all. Hence it has been the subject of considerable propagandistic commen t hy $olliet writers and by Karel Opocensky, ed itor of the International Bulletin. of ChcS$ Illformation in Prague, Cu:eho-Slovokio. Aside from propaganda , however, the im portance of the 191h USSR Championship is ind isputable. So CHt;SS RE\'IEW presents Ihe following account . gleaned largely and somewhat toned down from those by Opocensky and Chess .Mas· ter Evgeny Zagoryansky of the Soviet Un ion.

Attend a nce and In terest

FRO.\ I T HE FIRST RO UN D ON, some two thousand spectator;; th ronged the Grea t Hall of Columns in the House of Trade Unions in J\'loseow-itself a magni. fieent background. embellished with )'cllow and white ehr~'santhemum5 and a specta. cular velvet curtain. The contestants oc· cupied a raised stage--where the i\loscow

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part of tile 1948 World Championship Tournament was played. T he spectators observed from the audi toriu m- though many cheerfully stood th roughout the fiv e hou r sessions. Others attend ed chess dis· courses held in neighboring places with running commentary on games in play. A ~ pccial bulletin, also, was published duro ing the tournament, the .\-I oscow Radio stution hroadeust news of the tournament rcguillriy, And play. by. play accou nts werc telegra phed throughout the USSR. The latter were reproduced on wall boards in Sl)orts eenlers, says Ollocensk)' , in all the ci ties of the Sovit:l Un ion .

Qual ifications

O~ E POINT OF" P lU DE in the propa· gamiist ic announcements is that of the principle of " the open road" for chess· players in the Soviet Union. Players in factories, institutes and collective farms cl imh the rungs of a "category ladder." In town contests, thcy muy reuch the first category. from wh ich a specified number of tournament victories confers the title of "Candidate·Master." One more " ictorr - in a " Candidate Tournament"- qual i6es a player for Ihe quarter.finals of the USSR Cham llionship, where Ihe "Candi· dates" m(."Ct the ?I'lasters.

The 19th Championship of Soviet Russia, 1951 II 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 91011 12 13 1t 15 16 17 IS lPoin t$1

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10 Anmin ............. ... 0 0 1 II 0 1 0 II 1 - t II 0 6 1 ! '. • 11 KOpylov IO I Il IO ILOill-Ut l l il SI 12 Kotlw . ... . .. 1 0 0 i II I II II 0 II I - I I 0 I 1 0 8 13 Bondace\'sky II I 0 II II 1 0 0 i I 0 II - 0 1 I 1 8 HSlmagln . . . O OOOlll lii IOli-iI1171 15 Lipnltsky . . 0 0 0 0 0 1 I 0 II 0 0 1 1 I - ~ i 1 &1 t6 :'>IOI~cycv .. . 0 0 I II 0 ,. II 0 0 II I II 0 0 II - 1 1 H t7 ,,"Ovotyclnov 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 I 0 0 0 0 0 II 0 - i 3 ~",=~T~';!'·'"""'~"~"==. ===.:=== ____ 0_ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0_ .1_ 1 1 0 0 0 0 II - I~_.

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Winners of the quarter.fin als qualify fu r the Semi-fin als, int o which the Grandmasters and some leading Masters are seeded . Four semi-final tournaments are held, with 20 com petitors in each. And, from these 80 tried contestants, only 16 qualify for the fina ls-four from each tou rnament. To these sixteen have been added World Cham pion Mikha il Botvinnik and the USSR Clllimpion Paul Keres.

The Soviet commentators dwell with pride on the results of th is selective process, and with some justice. or the 18 in the 1951 Chamllionship, Dotvinnik, Keres, Bronstein, Smyslnv, Flohr, Kotov and Bondarevsky (Isaac Boleslavsky was absent owing to illness) hold International Grand· master ra tings under the FIDE. And Si· magin, Lipnitsky, Moiseyev lind Novotyel· nov rank as masters. SlIt the remainder, Geller, P etrosyan, Taimanov, Averbach, Kupyluv and Aronin lire mere youngsters m comparison; and Terpugov, then a Cand idate·Master. had been shifting pieces on a display.boa rd during the Bot· vi nni k-Bronstein match only six mon ths earl ier. Yet these "you ngsters" could and did win even from the Grandmasters !

T he Early Stag es

AT T HE OUTSET, World Champion BOIl"inuik-as must ha ve beeu ex pected- led the way. In fi ve rounds, he scored 4·1, tying with Salo Flohr and again with Taimano,·, the young Leningrad Champion in round" 2 and 3 bu t downing Moiseyev, Lipnitsky and none other than his recent rival for the World Champi onshi ll, David Bronstein. In thai ti me, the former " Crown Prince of Soviet Chess," Vassil y Smyslov defeated Yefim Geller, the mOSI feared of the "youn gsters," but drew fou r games and actually lost to Averbach. :Meanwhile Keres also won fro m Geller but drew with Bondarevsky and lost to Kopylov. An d Bronstein had lost to Kotov in the first round (as well us to Botvinnik).

Postmortem by Gell er, Petrosyan and Gran dmaster Lili entha l (l eft t o rig ht)

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Last Roun d T hri ll! PaU l Keres ( loft) cll nch1!S title agai nst Master M. Taimanov.

Against Kotov, Bronstei n defended his possible num ber 2 standing in world chess by attackin g vigorously, sacrificing Pllwn after Pawn . Kotov hung on grimly, and, in time pressure, Bronstein declined an offer of the exchange-to keep up his att ack. But Kotov scored the fi n t senSIi ' t ion of the tournament by repuls in g the onslaught. (The second sensation followed shortly when Keres res igned in round 2 to Kopylov-who, by the way, also won from Botvinn ik la ter !)

In his fi fth round win, Botvinnik, who was Black, had no easy task. Bronstein sprang a surprise mO\'e against the famous " Botvinnik variation," sacrificed two P awns for a formidable attack. Finally he sacrifi ced a Knight but underestimated a subtle move whieh stemmed his a tt llck. The "25th game of their match," says Zagoryansky, " is sure to he studied lind analyzed by chess fans the world over," But Botvinnik's accurate defense t riumphed.

Later Stages FROM THEN ON, however, Botvinnik lost ground steadily. Kotov, indeed defeated Keres in the sixth round while Botvinnik won from NOl'olyelnov. But, in the seventh, Smyslov worsted the World Champion, who first equali7.e<i with Black, hut then committed Iwo blunders in succession and lost. "This dd eat," Sll)'S Zagoryansky, "evidently was the cause of Ihe series of draws that the World Champiou made in the following rounds." AI any rate, draw he did with Simagin, Petrosya u and Keres before he won from Terpugov, only to lose to Kopylov in the 12 round and Geller in the 14th. He tOPllOO Aronin in the 13th.

Keres, meanwhile, drew with Averhach, Floh r, Botvinnik and Bronstein, hut amas· sed solid points otherwise-in clud ing II

win from Smyslov in the 14th round. And the others ran a curious gantlet of wins, losses and draws- in which it grew more and more evident that any single player could win from any other.

Smysl(Jv, wi th another very impressive reco rd- note his ~ins from Botvinnik and Bronstein as well as from Geller, the "giant .kill er," Kopylov, and the "drawing master," Flohr-gained the lead in the 9th round. Then he came a cropper against Novotyelnov of Crozny, who had scored but a Iloini and a half oul of nine. "Smys-101' blundered inlo an interesting tra p carefully prepared by Novotyelnov," says Zagoryansky, "sustained heavy casualt ies and had to surrender."

\Vith that, Keres and Botvinll ik reo mained in the lead, closely followed by the "youngsters," Geller and Petrosyan and Averbach. (Thc latter had started, by the way, with successive losses to Lipnitsky and Bronstein ! ) And those renowned Grandmasters, 011 the other hand, Kotov, Bondarevsky and Flohr, had "modestly" (slIYs Zagoryansky) kept within the re· gion of "50 per cent."

But, by the twelfth round , when Bot· vinnik lost to Kopylov, the ultimate leaders forged ahead .

Botvinnik and Bronstein Something obviously had to he said

about the showing of the two recent World Cham jlions:lip contenders, and Zagoryansky says it. It seems that that match of thei rs was a Herculeau lask. After such 24 hard .fought games, "They deserved at least II year's rest." Of cour5e, before the match, the Slory was that Botvinnik was rusty and out of prllctice--and somethin g to that effect was said concerning some dubious Sllots during the match. But now, il seems, II six months layofi is not rest enough.

h is fa ir enough 10 say, however, that t ~l e pace of the USSR Championship is t rying. And that the "youngsters" are the .~ort to make it ex tremely so. Alert, aggressive, well prepared and, apparently, well cQnditioned- but above all, aggressive, they IIrc II psychological hazard particular. ly hard on the fa vorites who look vainly fo r a so ft spot, a breathing spell in the long tournament.

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Zagoryansky's summation is interesting: "The young must ers took advantage of the World Champion's condition. They did nol give him a chance to play the smooth·run· ning, logical games to which hc is accus· tomed. Instead , they forced upon him in. I'oil"{:d variations requiring precise and cxhausting calculation. They turned the thinker into an arithmetician. He would count well for the first four hours but would slip up in the fifth."

As for Bronstein , though, 13 years Bot· vinnik's junior, did he need a full year's rest? It must be that he was p~ycl\Olog. ieally handicapped by having to defend his "number 2 wodd standing."

The Last Round As chief referee Pyotr Romanovsky, the

grand old man of Russian chess. totaled the scores aher rOllnd 16 (and playoffs of adjourn ed gam es) , Keres stood at 11 points (his winning score for 1950); Gel· ler, Smyslov and Petrosyan at 10%; and Botvinnik and Taimanov at 9%. So there were still four contenders for first place.

The attendance naturally was unusually fierce- "the HOllse of Trade Unions; ' say~ Zagoryansky, "very much resembled a beseiged fort ress whose defenders were hard [)ressed repulsing onslaught after on· ~Iaught . " (A strange description for peace· lQ1iillg Sovictciom!) But the difficulties of gaining entrance were well rewarded.

5myslov lost ground at the end, drawing with Aronin to place fourth, but he had the satisfaction e:vcn so of outranking both Botvinnik (who drew with Averbach to place fifth) and Bronstein (whose final round draw with Bondarevsky moved him into a three· way tie with Averbach and Taimanov for sixth place) .

Young I'ctrosyan, after four hours of play, wrested the initiative from Terpugov by scvcral surprise moves-and the latter, in ~ore straits and scant time, soon losl.

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Grand St rategy: (left to right) Yefim Geller, Mikhail Botvinnik and A. Averbach are engaged in post·game analysis. Described as onlookers are Grandmaster V.

Ragozin (left rear) and Master Su etin of Tula (standing).

The game between Gell er and Novotycl. n"I" changed kaleidoscopically. Geller guim;d u deeisin: advantage and ~ acrifieed

a pi(~ce Imt then cnmmitt ed a serious blund er. 0iOl'otl'c1nn\" held the piece and wiped out all threats. Bnt theIl, pressed f"r time. he overl ooked a neat trap in which Gelle r sacrific ed H Rook and clin ched the issue with a ~pectHcular mate.

Wilh 11 % apiece, Gell er and P d rosyan n"w lwg;m casting Iwpeful glances ;It Tai. man"" who was at g rip ~ with Keres. But the laner I'igoro usl y pu~hed home his final attuck, exposin g the Black Kin g and winnin g in g rand styl e. The Championship was over and Keres had won the titlc fo r th e: second stra ight yea r.

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Concluding Observations

Paul Keres. it need hal'dl l' he said , well decierved hio victory. The Estonian who ranked as a World Championship con· tender before the last \\',Ir ~('('ms to have regained hi~ spirited ~td e . '\l ost promis· ing. indeed, is Zago r~' all sky ' s ohsen "ation that Keres was in hr illian t form at the finish, showing that he had betn abl e to withstand the strain inevitabl e in so long and strong a tournam/'nt.

Yefilll Geller (apparent ly pl"On onneed as Heller) of Odessa stelln:d the till e of Grandma~ t e r hy again fi g llrin g iu second place in the USSR Championship and ~eem~ to liu" e upheld the prom ise of his earlier- bu t stil l COllll';lrat il'cly rccentachievements.

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Tigran Pet ros ran at 22 L, 5 ,-cars Gel· ler 's j unior and thc )'o l! n~es t of the 1951 contenders. He began ( lik e ,h erh:Ich ) with two losses-but scored 11 % points out of the next lSi - with out a dde&t !! The Champion of iI'l oscow. he hecomes the brightest prospert in HII,~ian cit "s".

As ono fina l point, the USS 1{ Cham pion. ship is the Russ ian Zoual Tournament for qualifications of player~ to the Inl erwn al Hound on the road tn determini ng the next contender for thc W"rld Champion. ship. Aci a result of the stan d i ng~. thc fo l· lowing are in line to cOlllpek a t St ockholm during this year: Geller. I' t t ros l"an . _·h er· bach, Taimunov and Grand maskr Floh r. The latt er tied with Aronin but surpassed him on "the superior valnt "f points won," ' says Opocensky. Keres, Smysl,w <Iud Brrm· stein, of cou rse, (and B,,],:sl ;lvsh"I hold seeded places for the \-;;" orld Ch<lilengers Tournament (for whicll th e Interzonal is a mere qualification) . And Botl'inni k. to be SlIre, is the defending World Champion.

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Grandmaster Vassily Smyslov ( left) defeats Master Yefim Gt;IIt;r in th~ first round. For games, see page 50.

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Up-to-date openmg analysis by an outstanding authority

THE WING GAMBIT AGAINST THE SICI LIAN

THE Sic ilian Defense (I P.K4, P-QB4) has the virtue of preventing White from playing the kind of opening he has in mind when he plays

1 P·K4. Yet there i ~ at least one variation in this opening in which White can get "revenge." Th is is the Wing Gambit (2 P-QN4), which at once tears the game out of the normal, positional channels, and leads to a sharp tactical struggle.

The Wing Gambit, analyzed on page 437, columns 76 and 77 in Practical Chess Openings, yields a "clear positional advantage" for White. If this conclusion is valid, then the Sicilian is as good as discred ited. (Strangely enough, PCO merely remarks that the line recommended "opens new perspectives to the first player.") Both conclusions, as well as the analysis on which they are based, warra nt careful scrutiny.

Before going on to the cl'Ucial ana lysis, it will be interesting to see some representative games with this variation. White's advantage, if any, resides in his superior development. This suggests that, if Black sees to it that his development does not lag, White cannot obtain any advantage. But then, what will White have for his gambit Pawn? White will have a los ing game!

Ga me 1 Baden - Baden, 1925

F. J , Marshall F. Saem isc h

White Black

1 P-K4 P_QB4 5 B-N2 N- QB3 2 P-Q N4 p,p 6 P- Q4 N-B3 3 P-QR3 p,p 7 B-Q3 P- K3 4 NxP P-Q3 8 N- B3 B_ K2

Black is playing so timorously that White will have ample superiority in development to compensate for the gambit Pawn.

9 0-0 0-0 12 KR-Q1 R- K1 10 P-B4 P-Q NS 13 P_ K5! N- Q2 11 Q_K2 B_N 2 14 N-QN5! Q_N1

15 Q- K4 N_B1

Black loses a Pawn, but 15 P- N3 results ;n a serious weakening of his black squares.

16 PxP B,P 19 B,N K,B 17 NxB Q, N 20 QxRP Q_B3 18 B-R3 Q_Q1 21 B_ K4!

Now 19 N- K5 promises to be annoying. 21 . _ . . Q_ R3 22 QxQ PxQ 23 N_ K5 N-Q1?

BeUer is 23 • .. NxN 24 BxB, QR- N1 25 B- R6, N- B3 26 B- N5, KR- Bl. As the game goes, Black's difficulties increase until he loses material.

t _ check; : _ d bl. ChflCk: _ dis . eh.

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24 B,B N,B 29 p,p N- N4 25 R_R3! P-B3 30 R-KB3! P- B4 26 N_N4 K-K2 31 R,P P- QR4 27 R- K1 N-Q3 32 R_B6 R-R3 28 P-B5 p, p 33 RxR P P-R5

Black's Rook Pawn looks threatening, but Marshall winds up with a characteristically sharp fin ish. 34 R_Q1! R-K B1 36 R-Q7t K_ K1 35 N_K5! R_B4 37 R_ QN 7 !

Game 2 Carlsllad, 1923

Resigns

R. Spiel mann White

F . Saemisch Black

1 P_ K4 P-QB4 2 P- QN4 PxP 3 P-QR3 PxP 4 Nx P P_Q4

5 PxP 6 B- N2 7 N-N5 8 Q-B3!

Q,P N-Q B3

Q-Q1

by FRED REINFELD

FUED R[JNFELD

Black has played less conservatively, but still he is in ser iOUS trouble.

'l'he!'e is no good reply to the threat of 9 Q- KN3, threaten ing 10 BxP in addition to 10 N- B7t.

8 . 9 8 - B4

10 Q_QN3

P_ K4 N-B3

B- QB4

Despair. After 10 Q- K2, 11 B-R3 is brutal; and, if 10 _ Q-Q2, 11 N-KB3 with double threat of 12 NN5 and 12 NxKP. 11 BxPt K_B1 12 N-K B3 Q_ K2 13 B-84 N- Q5

14 QNxN 15 K- B1 16 R_K1 17 NxP

PxN§ B- KN5 Q_QB2

R_Ql

Black sets a lovely trap; 18 N- N5, RxP 19 NxQ, RxPt 20 K-Nl, R-B6§ .

18 B- R3!!?

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NOlI" \'i hlte sets an even lovelier trap. H IS HxN, 19 QxP!! wins, Du t the beautiful text leads Into a laborlolls end" Ing. whereas ili P-QU3 leal'es Wbite a fairly easy mlddle·game Wi ll .

18 BxB 23 K- B2 19 QxB t Q-Q3 24 P_N4 20 QxQt RxQ 25 R_K :'. 21 P-QB3 P- QR3 26 B_N3

P-K N3 P-A3

P_QN4 A_A2

22 P_B3 B-Q2 27 K R-K1 P_QR4

AfleJ' all his brilliancy, White st ill bas a trying end·game on his hands!

28 A-K5 29 B- B2

P_A 5 A-B2

So tbat, If 30 DxNP? NxPt. Despite Dlaek's Ingenious twisting, he is bound to lose more material.

30 K- N3 K-N2 34 B, R P-N4 ! 31 N, P R, P 35 R-K N 1 B,N 32 Bx AP N- Q4 36 Rx B N-K7 t 33 B_N3! N-B5 37 K- B2 Nx R§

38 K x N K, B Dlaek has anil'ed at a cl early lost end·

ing in a remarkably Ingenious manner.

39 R-N6 .w P-QB4 41 R_QB6 42 P_B5

K_N 2 ~-QB7

K- R2 K - N2

43 P-A 3 44 R_BB 45 P-B6 46 K_B1

K-R2 K- N2 K-B2

Resigns

While's simplest winning method Is to 1)lay his King to Ql (forcing the Black Hook oft the seventh rank) and then bring hi s own Rook to QB7.

Game 3

Mar del Plata, 1943 H , Rossetto J . Bolhoehan

Black Q, P

P_ K4!

White 1 P_K4 2 P_QN4 3 P-QR3

P_QB4 p , p

P- Q4!

4 KPx P 5 N- KB3 6 PxP B, P

\Ve have seen In the prevlolls games some of the dangers to which Black Is eXllOsed if he does not develop quickly ami eillclently. In Games 3, 4. and 5. we sh:il l see the correct methods of devel· opment, even though Black may falter In the actual executlon of hIs plans.

7 P-B3 peo (note g to Column 77) comments:

'")laJ'shall also suggested 7 B - R3, N - QD3 S BxB, 1'1xD 9 N- B3, Q- D4. 10 B- Ni)f, N-83 11 It- US. P-D3 12 Q-RI, N- K2 13 NK~, QxDP 14 P- Q3! with advantage to White.

However, by substituting the sensible 13 Q- N5! fOJ' the foolhardy 13 , .. QxDP, Black beats orr tbe aUack.

Also, If Wblte tries 13 BxNt, QxB 14 ll.xHP, Rxlt 15 QxR, 0 - 0, Black has the better game.

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7 ... . B-K2 Inrerior to 7 . , . B- Q3, says peo.

s N- R3 N-QB3 9 N-QN5 Q_Ql

9 D- QI is answered by 10 D- R3

and II N-Q6t. 10 B-B4 N-B31

ApparenU,·. Black underestimates tbe roree or White's rel)ly. ]O . . P- KS! II N /3- Q4 , NxN 12 NxN, N- D3leal'es White with no attack worth mentioning,

11 Q_N3

11. P-K5 NOli" Black Is in a bad way, If 11

0 - 0, 12 1'1- K5, Q-Kl 13 ",'- 07 wins; and, If 11 .. . N-QR4, Wh ite has a winning at· tack after 12 DxPt , K - 81 13 HxN, QxH H 1'1- N5.

12 Bx Pt K-Bl 13 N_N 5 P_KR3

14 B_N6! 15 P_Q4

N- K4

White'" actual 15th Is much more forcing than 15 1'1-KB7. 1'1- Q6t 16 K - BI, Q- N3 (Illrea leni ng mate) 01' 16 K - QI, Q- N3 17 NxH. B- K3 with counter· chan ces.

15 . N-Q6t Ir 15 . PxP e. p., 16 N- KDi, P- Q7t

1i DxP, N-Q6t 18 K-Dl. Q- N3 19 D- K3, and White lI"ins.

After the text, White must win sub· stantlal material, and the rest I, easy.

t 6 K-Bl N-Q4 23 R, P B, N 17 N-KB7 B-K3 24 NxB R, N 18 NxQ N-K6t 25 R- R8t K_B2 19 B, N B,Q 26 Rx R R-R3 20 NxN P QR_N 1 27 P-N3 R_R7 21 N/7_Q6 R_N3 28 K_N 2 N_QB 22 Bx KP N_N7 29 R,N Resigns

Reylewlng this game, we !;ee tbat 7 . , , D- K2 (condemned by peo) Is quite playable I f Black continnes wltb 10 ... P- K5! Instead ot tbe feeble 10 . . . N-D3?

Ga me 4

Mar del Plat a, 1943

H . Rossetto White

1 P-K4 2 P_Q N4 3 P-Q R3 4 KPx P

P-QB4

J. W esco Black

P-K4! 5 N-K B3 6 PxP B, P

B_QB4 N_KB3!

P_Q4! 7 P-B3 Q,P 8 N-R3

"An Improvement." peo correctly notB~. "011 8 .. . P- K5 9 N- QN5, K-Ql 10 KN-Q~ , QN- D3 11 Q- R·!, 1'1-8312 Dn3 (Marshall)"~wlth a favo rable game for White.

9 N-QN5 O_O!

The seemingl y form idable 10 N- D7! is totally refuted by 10 , .. DxPt!

10 B_K 2

10 .. , . B-N31

Feeble. peo gll'es the right line: 10 ... 1'- KS! 11 N/ 3- Q4., N- D3! 12 N D7 , Q- N4 with a winning attack after :

I 13 1'1xR, QxP 14 H- Dl, N- K4 15 PQ3, D-KR6 16 1'xP, NxP 17 Q- B2, nx1'1 18 1'xO. N- BSt 19 K - QI. 1'1xQ1'.

II 13 1'1xN, QxP 14 H- Bl, Px1'1 15 NxR,1'1-N5.

Note that II P-QR3 I~ pointless. 11 B_R3

Very strong! it 11 .. R- Kl. 12 1'1- Q6 and 13

wi nning attack. B-

D4. and White has a 11 R_Q1

Q-B3 B-B2

12 P_B4! 13 P-B5!

Of cou rse not 13 . DxP 14 BxD, Qx8 15 QH- B l and 16 1'1- n7, winning the unfortunate Hook.

14 0 - 0

14 ... peo does not

K3 (Hossetto) chance.

15 P_Q4!

QN - Q2?

mention that J.! Bgil'es Black a better

P-K5

And here R05!;etto gives 15 :\'- B1 16 NxB, QxQN Ii NxP, l\-Q~ as a bet· tel' derensil'e chance.

16 N-N 5 17 N xBP ! ! 18 B- B4t

P-KR3

Now I S ... N-Q4 19 Q- H5t wins right orr for White (19. . K - K3 20 8x:\' t wins the Queen). If I S . , . K - KZ, 19 KxB, followed by 20 P-B6~, (Iecides, And, if 18 K - KI , 19 P- Q5 is def· Initely killing. 18 . . . . K-N 3 20 BxN QxN 19 P-Q5 NxQP 21 BxPt Resigns

It 21. ,K-N4 22 P- 84 t . J)x1' 23 pHH, etc. Ir 21 .. K - D3, 22 Q- B3t, etc.

A very dashing game. but unfortu· nately unconvincing primarily because of Black's unfortunate tenth mOI·e.

CHESS REVIEW. FE BR UARY, t952

Game 5 Mar del P lat a, 1944

H. Rossetto J. llieseo Black

Q,P P- K4!

White

1 P- K4 2 P-QN4 3 P-QR3

P-QB4 p,p

P-Q4 !

4 KPxP 5 N-KB3 6 PxP 7 N_R3

PCO gives this move in column 76, continues 7 P-K5 8 N- QN5, K- Ql 9 KN-Qol, N- QB3 10 P-QB4, Q- Q2 11 B- N2, N-B3 12 Q- R4 (Marshall'~

analysis) and winds up with a decided plus for White,

However, Black's play in this varia, tion is absurd. His most effective course is the simple developing move, 7 . B- Q2! with the continuation 8 N-Bol (if 8 B- B4, Q- K5t!), N- QB3! 9 N- N6, QK5t 10 B- K2, R- Ql 11 NxB, RxN, and Black has a very good game.

Or 7 ... B-Q2! 8 B-N2, N- QB3 9 N- QN5, R- ll1! 10 NxRP, NxN 11 RxN, P - K5! 12 BxP, PxN 13 PxP, R- B3! and Black has a winning attack.

7 . . . . N-KB3!? This line is also immen~ely ~uperiol'

to the PCO analysis, bnt it Is unneces· sarily complicated.

8 N-QN5 O_O!?

Blac!!: takes the wind out of White's sails. The rather SUrprising point is that, it 9 N- B7, Q- Q3 10 NxR, P-K5 11 N- N1, N- B3, Black retains crushing preS~Ul'e,

in due course picking up the Knight and remaining with a Pawn [or the exchange.

9 B-K2 P-K5 11 NxN PxN 10 KN- Q4 N-B3! 12 B-R3

Or 12 N- B7, Q-K4, attacking White's Rool!: in turn. \Vhite's "attacl!:" has com· pletely evaporated, and he is in very serious trouble.

12 . . . . BxB 13 Nx B Q-KN4

Now White cannot reply 14 0-0 be· cause of 14 . .. B-H6.

14 K- B1 B-K3 17 P-Q3 N-N5 15 N_ B4 BxN 18 Q-K1 p,p

16 B,B QR_Q1 19 PxP KR-K1 20 Q_B3 Q- B5

Black has operated with simple but forceful moves.

21 P_B3 N-K6t 22 K_B2 NxP !

Resigns

H 23 KxN, R- K7t, followed by mate. If 23 KR-KNl, Q-R5t! is decisive. A very neat and convincing game. T he PCO column definitely needs overhauling.

CHESS REVIEW, FEBRUARY, 1952

Game 6

London, 1926 F. D. Yates White

1 P-K4 P-QB4 2 P_Q N4 PxP

V. Buerger

mack

3 P-QR3 P-Q4! 4 P-K5

This move has litle value, de.'\pite its aggressIve appearance. It leads to a bloeked Pawn formation; but, if White is to make nnything of his extra Pawn. he must keep the position open.

4 .... 5 P~Q4

N~QB3

Q-B2 6 N-KB3 B_ N5 7 PxP NxNP

Black is achieving an ide1l develop· ment anti has nothing to fear.

8 P-B3 9 N-R3

N-QB3 P-QR3

10 B-K2 11 0-0 12 Q-R4

P-K3 R-Q1

KN_ K2

PCO (column 76, nole c) rightly gives fllaek a big plus her e. It is ll~eful , how· ever, to have the whole game available, so that less experienced players cau get a clear idea of the way in which Black turns his advantage to aceount.

13 B-K3 N-B1 18 Q-N3 P_QN4 14 KR-N1 B-KB4 19 N_ N4 B,N 15 R-N2 B_ K2 20 P,B N_N3 16 N_B2 0-0 21 R-QB1 N-B5 17 B-Q2 N_N1! 22 B-N5 R-B1

Black has maintai ned his matel'ial ad· \'antage and is not in the slightest dan· ger. His only diflicnJty is the bad,ward· ness of his Queen nook Pawn, which c reates technical problems.

23 R-R2 24 R/2-R 1 25 N-R4 26 Q-N3 27 B_N4

Q_N2 R- B3 B_N3 R_ B2 N_ B3

28 Q-QB3 P-QR4! 29 NxB PxP 30 Q- Q3 RPxN 31 RjR1 _N1 R-R 1 32 R-Q1 R-R6

Black has overcome his teehnical diffi· culties, and White might just as well resign.

33 Q-K2 Q-R2 39 B-K2 N-R6 34 B- K3 P-N6 40 B- Q3 N,R 35 P-R4 P-N7 41 B,N Q-R8 35 K- R2 R-R8 42 P-R5 p,p 37 Q- K1 R,R 43 Q-KB1 Nx KP! 38 R, R Q- R7 44 PxN R_B8!

Res igns

No one who plnys over this game C[1n doubt that 4 P-K5 in the Wing Gambit is worthless.

Conclusion

Our over·an conclusion about the \Ving Gambit is that Black has a satisfactory defense with best play, and that none of the lines in PCO recommended as leading to White's advantage, stand up ngainst pt'oper' play by Blad,:,

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An outstanding recent game, annotated by a famous international Grandmaster.

THE PSYCHOLOGY OF DEFEAT

pSYCI-IOL?GY plays an import~~lt ro le in chess, as III all human contacts. I he moods

of the players before and during a game have tremendous influence on the outcome of that game. Each player is swayed by thoughts of what he wants to accomplish, what he must ac· complish, what he can accomplish (or thinks he can) and what he fears .

Each mood call have a positive or a nega· tive effect. Fear, for example, may be a uad counselor in a game. A player who timidly seeks to avoid all complications is practica lly DR. J\!u; EUWI::

giving odds. Yet fear can also playa con· Ex·World Champion

structive role in promoting care and accuracy. And, on the otber hand, the will to win may take the form of sound enter· prise or of superficial &acrificing. Precisely hecause these moods have such double aspects, it is vital to know which actually applies in the heat of the battle. Once you are 'aware of this dilemma, you can try to apply the favorable aspect of your mood.

A player who loses a game is thereby powerfully goaded to win his next one. At the same time, however, he has the pessimistic feeling that he may fail again . It depends, therefore, on the player's temperament as to whether the stim ul us to victory will outweigh the depressant which induces defeat. And the nature of th at defeat counts heav ily, too. A stroke of had luck, or what the player considers bad luck, may weigh more heavily on him than an outright drubbing. A simple defeat allows him to rel y on the popular concept of the Law of Mathematical Probabilities: "Today him, tomorrow me!" (Or the Brooklyn Dodgers' cry: "Wait till next y~ar!"-Eo.) But, when Fate turns on a player, he feels like a school· boy whose homework has proved unsatisfactory despite the most careful kind of preparation. His feeling is "What's the use?"

In the match between Germany and Holland at Duesseldorf, November, 1951, \Yolfgang Unzicker had the misfortune of outcombining himself when the game had hardlY started:

N I MZO.INDIAN *

Dr. M. Euwe W. Unz icker

White 1 P- Q4 2 P_QB4 3 N_QB3 4 Q_B2 5 PxP 6 P-QR3 7 N-B3 8 P- K3 9 P_QN4

10 tl_N2

44

N-KB3 P-K3 B-N5 P-B4 0-0

BxBP N-B3 P_Q4 B-Q3

P-QR4

11 P-N5 12 PxP 13 B_K2 14 NxN 15 P-B4 160-0 17 Q-Q3 18 N_R4 19 QxB 20 B-K5

Black

N-K4 p,p

B_K3 S,N

8-Q3 B- QB4 B-K N5 BxPt??

R- K l Resigns

Dlaek's pseudo'sacrifiee became a real sacrifice!

After this misfortune, Unzicker felt that he had to win the reWrn gallle; win if at all pOSSible, draw a hard·fo ught game if need be, But, in any event, Un· y.icl<cr had to have the initiative, For the Qualities which the (!dender must possess- 'patience, accuracy and tenacity - are difficult to summon forth when one is bent Oil revenge, And so we see that Unzicker w~s in the worst possible mood for the return game, Particularly so, liS mack seleds a Pawn sacrifice whIch gives hilll It lasting initiatil'e.

1'l'ue, tbe shal'p tums that Unzicker wanted make their appearance. But it is

·pco: 1)<';;6 2H, column 33.

by DR. MAX EUWE

one thing to prodUce these sharp tUrns and Quite another to be subjected to them. Unzicker does not succeed in reo futing the Pawn sacrifice; in fact, there may not even be a refutation. He loses bacl{ the Pawn and is conft'onted by a task which is too much for him under the circumstances; to put up with a siight but annoying positional d isadvantage.

Late in the day, pel'hal)S too late in lhe day, he rebels. He undertakes a countel'·attack which only hastens his downfall. The French saying: "To under· stand all is to forgive all." applies here, though it may ofTer scant consolation to Unzicker and his numerous admirers,

RUY LOPEZU

W. Un;dcker Dr, M. Euwe

White Black

1 P-K4 P-K4 6 R_Kl P-QN4 2 N-KB3 N-QB3 7 B_N3 P-Q3 3 B- N5 P-QR3 8 P-B3 0-0 4 B-R4 N_B3 9 P-KR3 N-QR4 5 0_0 B-K2 10 B-B2 P-B4

11 P_Q4

11 •• , , BPxP So far there has been nothing new

under the sun, but nOlI' Black varies from the standard 11 Q-D2, not caring [or the exchange I'arialion (11

. .. Q- D2 12 PxP, PxP. etc.).

12 PxP Q-B2 13 QN-Q2

White can also play thi!; Knight to QDS; but, in that case. it becomes a target for Black's counter·aunek (. P-N5 ) rather than an asset for White.

13 , , , • 14 N- B1 15 B-Q3

B-N2 QR_Bl

P_Q4

Black's last was recommended by the Hussians but subsequently ··de·recom· mended."

U pCO: page 351


16 KPxP

Also possible N3, P-B'!.

is 16 QPxP, NxP 17 N-

16 ... , P-K5 18 AxN 19 A-K1 17 BxKP

The alternative, ] 9 R-K3, has the drawback oC exposing the Rook to attack and hampering White's Bishop,

19 Q-N2 21 QxB QxQ 20 N-K3 BxN 22 PxQ

ThIs is the position whIch Black contemplated when he decided on the Pawn ~acrifice. Black is ahead in development, and White has several weak Pawns, though one, to be sure, is passed.

22 .. , . N-B3!

The Knight is sll'onger here than it would be laler on at QB5, and White has an excellent reply lo 22 ... B-B3 in 23 N-Q5 .

Kor does 22 ... KR-Ql accomplish a great de~l; for 23 P-Q5. B-B3 24 R- Nl, N-B5 25 R- QI, R-B4 confronts White with less troublesome problems than the ones which he encounters after the text.

23 N-Q5

Better, perhaps, is 23 P-Q5, N-K4 24 K-N2. In that eyent. Black must not be too hasty about recovering the Pawn lest \Vhite's passe(1 Pawn then become too troublesome. Black's most promising course is 24 N-N3 25 N- B5, B-B3.

23 .. , 24 A_K4

B-A5 QR-Ql

Herein we see the point of Black's 22d move. 25 RxE? RxN 26 B-K3, P-B4! leaves White's King Rook permanently imprisoned.

ON CHAAOUSEK

It is ~aid that, as his circumstances would not allow him to buy the German Handbuch, hc borrowed it from a schoolfcllow and copied it out by hand!

-Po W, SERGEANT

Charousek's Games of Chess,

CHESS REVIEW, FEBRUARY, 19S2

25 N_B7

25 , . , RxP 26 B- K3! favors White.

26 K-N2

Obvious, but bad. White ought to play 26 B-K3. I'eluting 26 .. . NxPt by 27 KN2, P-B4 28 R-KB'l.

So 26 B-K3 forces 26 , .. N-B7, atter which 27 R-Nl! NxB 28 PxN, B- B3 29 NxHP, R-Q7 yields about even chances: e.g .• 30 R-QN4, R- Bl 31 HxP, R/l·D7 32 Il- NSt, B- Ql, etc.

26 , .. , 27 B-B4

27 NxRP is met by 27 , H-Nl, R-Q8 after which tose material.

27 . , ..

B_B3

N-D7 28 White must

N_K3 27. P-N4 also favors Black, but the

text is more forcing. 28 NxN PxN 29 B-K5

White misses the best line, as he does several Urnes-from finding himself in trouble, both techn ical and psychological -with the ul timate resnlt that his dis· advantage becomes decisive. Better than the text is 29 P-QR4.

29 . . . . A_Q7 30 BxB 31 P-N4

And here 31 P-N3 is preferable. The exte nded advance of the Pawn proves faulty in the course of time (move 36) .

31 • , .. R-Q6 ! Black wins a Pawn by force: if 32

H-K3, R-N3t and 33 K-BI, RxH 34 PxR, R-N6 or 33 K-R2, R- Q7.

32 A-QB1

Striving for counter· play-a wise de· cision.

32 ... Aj6xP

and undergoes P- R3 33 It-K3

Black takes the Pawn the checks; for 32 . leaves the variation given above mean-

t _ check: ; _ dbl. check; I _ dis. eh.

ingless for Black since \Vhite 's remain· ing Rook .penetrates into Black's game afterwards.

33 A-B8t 34 R-B7t

K_B2

But now 34 .. , K-N3 is unsatisfactory because of 35 R-NH. K-R3 36 R-Rlt, K-N4 37 R-N4t, K-R4 3S R-B5t! K-R3 (if 38 ... H/6-B4, 39 RxKNP) 39 R-R4t, K-N3 40 R-N4t, K-B2 -!1 R-B7t , etc.

34 , . . . K-B l 35 A_K2

White is even worse off atter 35 It-BSt, K - K2 36 R- B7t, K- Q3 37 RxP, RxPtor 35 R-Q4, RxPt 36 K-N3, R/3-B6t 37 K-N4, K-Nl !

35 , , . P-R3 Now this loophole has real value.

36 A_Q2

On 36 R-R7 or 36 R-B6, Black has an effective reply in 36 ... It- U6! (See the comment on White's 31st mOl'e.)

36 ... , 37 A-Q8t

K_N 1

A last try, neither good liar bad,

37 38 Aj8-Q7 39 K-N3

K_A2 AxPt

There is more resistance with 39 K-Nl. although there can be no doubt ahout the outcome after 39 . , , K-N3 40 RxPt, K-R4. White's King is in greater danger than Black's.

39 .... 40 K-N4

Decisive. 41 KxP

Aesigns

A/3-B6t P-A4t !

A_KN7

Black threatens 42 ... RxP mate, and, if 42 K-R4, K-R3 decides at once; if 42 R-Q4, RxPt 43 R-R4, Black has the choice of coming out with three Pawns 10 the good (I.e. 43 . .. HxRt 44 KxR, RxP) 01' with a Rook ahead (I.e. 43 . . . R/6-KN6 H R- Q·l, H-N3).

ON AETl

Rcti studies mathematics although he is not a dry mathematician; represents Vienna without being Viennese; was horn in old Hungary yet he does not know Hnngarian; speaks uncommonly rapidly only in urder to act all the more maturely and deliberately; and will yet become the best chessplayer without, howc\'cr, becoming world champion.

-011. SAVIELI.Y TARTAKOVER

Die Hypermoderne Schaclipartie.

45

WINNING CHESS TRAPS by IRVING CHERNEV

THOUGH Cherney's Winning Chess Traps is no longer a new book, it has 'such great value for the aspiring chessplayer that we review it here

lor those who have come lately into the world of chess. The examples given have been selected at random from the King

Pawn openings and represent some 300 opening traps. Imagine what an arsenal this is from which to sally forth and rout one's hitherto triumhpant chess foe! More important, though, is the light this book sheds on the main lines of such treatises on opening theory as Practical Chess Openings and Modern Chess Openings-to both of which the format of this book conforms. In those treatises and others, many a possible Pawn capture goes ignored- and the reason may be found in Winning Chess Traps. Thus, for example, Chernev's Trap 179 explains a point which the otherwise excellent Game of Chess by Tarrasch ignores in the French Defen!Oe. Hence this book is a val uable adjunct to any and all books on the theory of the openings.

Note: each trap of Cherney's is set neatly on a page by itself in very readable form. We have had 10 reduce them here to our standard format. Comments ill italics are our o'vn.- Eo.

FOREWORD

THE average player who wants to 1m· prove his game knows that he must

"learn the openings." But t his process is often unrewarding and s ometimeR meaningless. When he plays through the scores of master games, he is baffled. Positions that seem to invite exc iting complications fizz le out into peaceful equality. Opportunities to win Pawns, or even pieces, are disregarded-or are they overlooked? Instead of forcin g the attack at once with whatever pieces are avail· able. the players prefer to bring Ol1t more pieces.

One question arises again and again. \Ve know that, In most games, the advantage or a Pawn is suflicient for victo!·y. Yet well-worn opening analys is shies away repeatedly from the win of a P awn; at times the gain of material is sanctioned by theory. Why the dis tinction? Sometimes tbe qUestion is answe!·ed. A player captures an "innocent"' P a wnand, as a result, loses the game. A new trap has seen the light of day .... even World Champions are listed among the casualties . ... If a knowledge of traps is important for the master, how mil ch more so is it for the average player?

In these opening traps, brilliancy is blended harmoniously with material which is of the utmost pI'aeUea! value to every chesspJayer. Hence we present these delightful traps to the reader in the confidence that he will learn a great deal abont opening play, and that he will thoroughly enjoy himself as he learns.

In this review, we give samples of traps arising only from 1 P·K4. (There are, of course, many Queen Pawn, English and Reti openings in Chernev's book.) The Alekhine De/ense alone has seven tricky traps. (ED.)

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ALEKHINE DEFENSE

White to Play. White wins a t least a Pawn, bu t the slightest slip·up in Black's defense will cost him hi s QUeen.

1 P-K4 N_ KB3 5 P-B4 p,p 2 P-K5 N- Q4 6 BPxP N-B3 3 P-QB4 N- N3 7 B-K3 B-B4 4 P-Q4 P- Q3 8 N-QB3

S B-Q3? would lose a Pawn by 8 ... DxB 9 QxB. NxKP, etc.

8 .... P-K3 10 B_ K2 0 - 0_0 9 N-B3 Q-Q2 11 0-0 B-K2?

Black should play 11 . P- B3.

SEE DIAGRAM

12 P-QS! PxP If 12 ... N-Nl , 13 N- Q4 wi t h a power

ful a ttack. 13 BxN 14 PxP 15 N-Q4!

RPxB N-N5 P- N3

I[ 15 .. . B-N3, 16 B-N4 wins the Queen. If 16 . .. B- B4, 16 RxB! QxR 17 B-N4, BxNt 18 QxB also wins the Queen.

16 NxB PxN 17 RxP!

H 17 ... NxQP (on 17 ... QxR, 18 BN4). 18 P-K6! PxP 19 RxN ! PxR 20 B-N4 wins the QUeen. ~

White has won ... Pawn

It is interesting to observe that, in the somewhat stodgy Caro-Kann Defense, Ciwfllev has found no less than fourt een perilous pitfalls. Evidently, there is no Slick thing as a safe opening in the whole repertoire 0/ chess!

CARO-KANN DEFENSE

White to Play. The sacrificial Knight fork moti[, which occll rs frequently in the Caro·Ka nn, is again used here.

1 P-K4 P-QB3 2 N_QB3 P_Q4

3 N-B3 4 NxP

p,p B_ B4?

This leads to a bad game. Black should play 4 . . . B- N5. 5 N-N3 B-N3 6 P_KR4 P-KR3

7 N-K5 8 Q-RS 9 B- B4

B-R2 P-KN3

So tha t , if 9 ... PxQ? 10 BxP mate. 9 . . P_ K3

10 Q-K2 N_B3?

Overlooking White's crushing reply. However, aflel' 10 .. Q- Q2 11 P-Q'I, Black's game would be hopeless .

SEE DIAGRAM

11 NxKBP! Moving the Queen would cost t he ex

change immediatelr, with more losses to follow.

12 QxPt 13 Q-B7

K-N2

Black has been checkmated

The "dashing Max Langl' Attack" is mad enough in its mainline; bllt Ch f f/lfV hus three ineidentlll traps here-('~'cn ill this very restricted vuriation.

MAX LANGE ATTACK

Black to Play. White has a dange rous Pawn at B6. The natural impul se would be to re move this Pawn. \Vhy wou ld the capture lose?

t _ check ; t _ dbl. check; § _ dill. ch.


1 P-K4 2 N-K83 3 8-84 4 P-Q4

P_K4 N_Q83

N_83 p,p

5 0 - 0 6 P-K5 7 PxN 8 R-K1t

B_B4 P_Q4 P,.

An important position, as it can be reached from several openings, sllch as the Gluoco Piano, Scotch Gambit, Two Knights' Defense, Bishop's Opening and Center Game,

8 8_K3 9 N_NS

SEE DIAGRAM

9 . . QxP?

The correct move is 9 Q-Q4. If Black takes the Pawn by 9 PxP, 10 NxB, PxN 11 Q-R5t, (llld White wins 11 p:ece th~ same way as in lhe text.

10 NxB 11 Q-RSt 12 QxB

P,N Q_B2

White has won a piece

Another "sale" line- with 13 lraps/

PHILIDOR DEFENSE

White to play. Black's last move seemed to be logical, but remarkably enough it leads to the loss of his Queen!

1 P-K4 2 N_KB3 3 P-Q4

P-K4 P-Q3 N_Q2

4 B-QB4 S N-NS 6 P_QR4

P-QB3 N_R3

B_K2?

That this should be the losing move Is a tribute t o the subtlety of the trap. 6

. N-N3 is relatively best.

SEE DIAGRAM

7 8xPt! N,. Forced, as, aftel' 7 •

wins tbe Queen. , K-BJ, 8 N-K6t

8 N-K6 Q-N3

01' 8 ., Q-R4t 9 B- Q2, Q-N3 10 PR5, QxNP 11 D- B3, Q-N4 12 N-B7t wins the Queen.

9 P-RS Q-NSt 10 B-Q2 Q_B5 11 N-B7t K-Q1

11 ... K-BI loses ,,, the same way.

12 P-Q N3 QxQP 13 N-K6t

The number of Knight forks at White's disposal in this trap is remarkable.

White wins the Qu een

As might bt; expected 01 so popular an. opening, the Ruy Lopez has fifty-two

CHESS REVltW, FEBRUARY, 1952

RUY LOPEZ

White to Play. Black's Queen is overburdened as it is doing a double job in protecting both the Queen Knight and the King Pawn-but can White play to win the Pawn?

1 P-K4 P-K4 7 8-N3 P-Q3 2 N-KB3 N-QB3 8 P-B3 N_QR4 3 B-N5 P-QR3 9 8-B2 P-B4 4 B-R4 N-B3 10 P-Q4 Q-B2 5 0-0 B_K2 11 P_QR4 QR_N1 6 R_K1 P_QN4 12 RPxP

13 PxKP

SEE DIAGRAM

14 NxP? The right move is

14 , . .. 15 RxN 16 P-B4

14 QN-Q2. Q,N

N_N5

RPxP p,p

16 P-KN3 fails because oC 16 ... Q- R4 17 P - R-t. P- N4 with a winning attack: e.g .. 18 BxP. BxB 19 Q- Q6, DxP 20 QxR, B-Ql 21 K-BI, N-Hit! 22 K-Nl, N-B6t 23 K-Dl, B - H6t 24 K-K2, 0-0 25 HxP, B-N4 ! a:ld Black wins, as he threatens 26 .. . HxQ as well as 26 ... N-K4§.

16 17 R_R1 Hl R-K2

Q-B2 P-BS!

Dlack has too luany threats. If 18 D-K3, NxD 19 RxN, B-QB4 wins Black.

18 19 K_B1

Q-N3t NxPt

20 K-K1 21 K-Q2 22 K-K1

Black wins the QUeen

Q-N8t N-B8t N_K6§

. including tIll' grand daddy of all /raps, included jor his/orical reasons.

RUY LOPEZ

Black to Play. -White has captured a Pawn mechanically, and without thought. Black now wins a piece, with three forceful moves.

1 P-K4 2 N- KB3

P-K4 N- QB3

3 B-N5 4 B-R4 5 N-B3

P-QR3 N- B3

5 0 -0 is best. Black then has choice of two good lines of play : 5. . NxP 6 P-Q4, P-QN4 7 D-N3, P-Q4 S PxP, B-K3 9 P-B3, D-K2, etc., or 5 .•• B - K2 6 R-K1, P-QN 4 i D- N3, P-Q3 8 P-B3, N-QR4 9 B-D2, P- D·J 10 P-Q4, Q-D2.

5 6 P-Q4 7 B-N3

7 PxP is preferable.

7 8 NxQP?

P- Q3 P-QN4

-White could still save himself with 8 B-Q5, NxB 9 NxN, regaining tlle Pawn in due course.

. SEE DIAGRAM

8 N,N 9 Q,N P-B4

10 Q moves P-85

This is the famous "Noah's Ark" Trap. Despite its venerable character, It still claims thousands of victims annually.

Black wins tne Bishop

The Sllares given tor /he Sicilian Defense number twenty.jour. And, needless Iii say, there are olher King PawlI traps.

SICILIAN DEFENSE

White to Play. In offering a series of exchanges, whiCh can be carried out in dirrerent ways, every possible capture must be carefully studied. Here Black's neglect of this principle proves expensive.

1 P_K4 2 N-KB3 3 P-Q4 4 NxP

P-QB4 N_QB3

p,p N-B3

5 N-QB3 6 B-K2 7 B-K3 8 0-0

P- Q3 P_ KN3

B_N2 N-KN5?

8 . . 0 - 0 should be played. The text is a premature attempt to simplify by exchanging, which costs a piece.

SEE DIAGRAM

9 BxN! BxB

If 9 . NxN 01' 9 •. . BxN, 10 KBxB wins for White.

10 NxN

Not 10 QxB, NxN with

10 . , , .

equality. .,Q

No better is 10 \Vhite is a piece up.

11 NxQ

PxN 11 QxD, and

White ha's won a piece

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Ent.,tainingand instructivegames by HANS KMOCH annotated by a famous expert.

t,,;}.. INTERNATIONAL

SWITZERLAND Championship. 1951

Merc ilessly Efficient Like Joe Di Maggio's fie l ding, White's

play in the following game looks 80 easy because it is done so well by title winner Henry Grob. Each of his moves Is mercilessly efficient and accurate.

As for Black's play, one should know that Walter Henneberger has heM his place some forty years as among the best players of bls country. He excels particularly in counter-attack. But this time he gets no chance to start any.

PH IL IDOR'S DE F ENSE

peo: page 137, colum n 8

H" Grob W. Hennebe rge r

White mack

1 P- K4 P_ K4 6 B_ K2! B_Q2 2 N-K B3 P-Q3 7 B-K3 N-B3 3 P-Q4 PxP?! 8 P- KR3 0-0 4 NxP N-K B3 9 Q_Q2 R_ K 1 5 N-Q B3 8- K 2 10 P_ K N4 !

ThIs variation is good for White, anyhow, but Grob handles it particularlY wel l. His attack is as s t rong as in the similar lines of the Steinitz Defense to the Ruy Lopez (PCO: page 390, colu mns 169 and 170).

10 10 NxN

. B- KBI is slightly 11 Qx N 12 P_ N5 13 P_K R4

better. B-B3 N-Q2 P-B4

In his critical position, Black tI'ies via· lently to obtain counter ' play, but only weakens h is King position further.

14 0-0- 0

or cour se, 14 PxP e.p. KBxP offers Black excellent cou nter·play.

14, .. , B-B1

t = check; ::: db!. check; I dis, ch,

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Now come6 disaster. 1-1 PxP was neces' \Vhite th r eatens 11 DxPt, forcing at sary. least the loss of mack's Queen in rec·

15 PxP! ompense: 11 . KxB 12 N - N5t, etc,

Ob'iously the right hardly call it a sacrifice.

15 . . .

move. One can

B, R P-B3 16 RxB

Black prepares for 17 ... Q-K2. On 16 .. Q- K2 17 B- E4t, K-RI IS Q- Q5, he

has no good answel' to the threat of 19 Q- N8 mate.

17 P-R5 Q- K2 18 B- B4t

'\lhlte wi ns by force . 18 , . , , P-Q4

18. "K- IU is met by 19 P-R6. Q-K4. 21} PxPt, K xP (or . " ExP) 21 RxPt! and mate follows- or 21} . QxP 21 PDo, etc .

19 NxP Q-K4

On 19 . .. PxN, 2(l QxQPt fs conclusil'e. After the text, \Vhlte announced mate in four:

20 N-K7t 21 N-N6t

K_ R1 P,N

22 PxP§ Q-R7 23 RxQ mat e

ITALY Reggio Emilia, 1951

The Other Extreme Black sbies from Pawil mOl'es in this

game as though under p~ychiatl'ic com pulsion from bad experiences wlth too many Pawn moves previously in this opening. He tries the other extremehardly touching a Pawn at all-only to make the painful discovery that pieces a lone cannot do the job, eithel". One ex· treme is as bad as the other.

Tournament winner :Miguel Czerniak t allies an easy point with a slack attack.

KING'S IN DIAN DEFENSE PCO: page 278, colu mn 140(n)

M. Czerniak Is rael WhIte

P-Q4 2 P_ K4 3 N_QB3

P- Q3 N_ KB3 P-KN3

H . Kelle r

Aust r ia Black

4 N_B3 B_N2 5 P-KR3 0 -0 6 8 - K3 K N-Q2? 7 Q-Q2 R- K1

Black postpones P-K-I until that necessary advance becomes impossible, Now, Indeed, 7 . . . P·-K4 8 D-KR6 favors White; but it is a Jei\Ser e l'il to the t ext move.

8 0-0 - 0 9 B_ KR6

10 B_QB4 !

N-QB3 8 -R1

10 . . , , P- K3 HI P - K4 fails again st 11 N-KN5,

H-K2 12 N- Q5. Black now has a definitely miserable

game, and Whi te's ensuing attack vir· tually plays itse lf.

11 P-K R4 ! N- N3 15 P-K5! Q_K2 12 B_N3 N-R4 16 Q- B4 P- Q4 13 P- R5 Nx Bt 17 B-N 5 P- KB3 14 RPxN N-Q2 18 RPxP! P,B

19 PxPt Q, P

Manls[estly, there is no hope for Black Hfter J9 . K - NZ 20 NxNP, either.

20 QxPt Q- N2 23 QxRt N- B1 21 RxBt! KxR 24 R_Rl Q-N3 22 Q- R5t K- N1 25 Q-Q8 Resigns

,""i, UNITED STATES

NEW YORK, 1952 Manhattan Club Championship

Superior Judgment White's str ategy in the fo llowing game

culmiaates in the ca pture of a Pawn: It proves, however, to be a Pyrrhic victory. Kramer deserves high praise for this fine, Ilt\ol'thodox performance- to which he was Jed by superior positioaal judgment,

NIM ZO.INDIAN DEFENSE

peo : page 256, co lumn 71

Dona ld Byrne George Kramer White Black

1 P-Q4 N_KB3 5 P , B P-B4 2 P-Q B4 P-K3 6 P-K3 N-B3 3 N-QB3 B-N 5 7 B-Q3 P- Q3 4 P-Q R3 Bx Nt s N_B3

An u ltra·deep conception. " ' hite anticipates any danger to his foremost QUeen Bishop Pawn, as he can easily protect i t

CHESS REVIEW, FE BRU ARY, 1951

by N-Q2, The usual 8 N-K2, however, fol , lowed by P-B3, is preferable since it offers mOl'e mobility in the center.

8, ... P-K4! 9 P-QS

A necessary concession, In positions of this type, White ought to al'old this ad· vance 01' at least postpone It. Dut here there is no choice.

9 .... N-K2!

Superior to 9 .. , N-QR4 as that Knight has no future after 10 N- Q2,

10 N-Q2 11 P-K4

9-94

An optimistic continuation. WhIte reo tains his bad Bishop-pel'haps hoping to find use [or it later. But 11 BxB is prefer· able.

11 , , , . 12 Q-N3

9_N5

The Queen ought not to leave the cen· tral zone. More consistent with White's eleventh move is 12 P - B3, B-Q2 13 P-N3. White may then he unable to castle safely. But he can afford that. He need!! his King·side Pawns for possible action, anyway,

12 13 R-QN1

Q-B2 R-QN1

14 N-B1 15 P-B3 16 N_N3

N-R4 9-Q2

16 P-N3-ln order to prevent 16 N-B5-ls better,

16 . , , , 17 BxN 18 N-RS

N-B5! PxB

'White's last is consistent but too com· mitting, The position requires P-N3 for whlch White has a better chance by 18 N- K2, N- N3 19 Q-B2, 0-0 20 0-0,

18 .. .. N-N3!

The only playable move. 18 .. , P- KN4 fails against 19 P - KR4,

19 NxPt

With his Knight at KR5 (instead of K2) where it is exposed to possible attack, White lacks time to p'repare quietly for P-N3. And P- N3 (or P- N4) at once is premature because of 19 , .. PxP 20 PxP, 0 - 0: e.g., 21 P - B4, P-B4 or 21 QB2, N-K4 22 B-K2, P-B4 23 P- B4, N-N3 24 B-Q3, QR-Kl wIth superlor chances for Black,

Accordingly, White has to take the Pawn.

19 , . . . K-B1

Both Sides have been heading for this position. White has won a Pawn, but he has actually accepted a sacrifice for which Black has excellent compensation.


20 N_B5

Already, White has to make the concession of weakening his Pawn formation.

The consequences of 20 N-R5, Q-Ql are worse: e.g., 21 0-0, Q-N4 22 P- N4, BxP- or 21 P-N3, Q-N4 22 NxP, NxN 23 PxN, Q-R5t-or 21 P-N4, Q- R5t and either 22 K-Q2, Q-Bit 23 B-K2, BxP!or 22 K-Q1, K- K2 ai' K- B1, BxP!

Black's attack is "ery strong in the 21 P- N3 line and wins In the others.

20 21 PxB

BxN Q-K2t

22 B-K4 230-0 24 R-B2

N_R5 R_N1 Q-B3

Black has the advantage, He can recover the Pawn any time. The question is only to do it so that he obtains control of the King tile, if NxPj4 is answered by BxN.

25 Q-B2 26 K_R1

P-N3 R-K1

'l:7 P-R4 28 R-N1

Q-K4

28 P - R5, PxP 29 R-R1 looks more natural but offers only meager counter· chances. One trouble is that, after 29 . R- N4 30 RxP, NxPj4, the Kn.ight (which r.annot now be taken) becomes too active: e.g., 31 RxRP, N-N6t 32 K-Nl, R-R4 (threatening ... RxP) 33 P-R3, P-B4 34 B-Q3, Q-KSt-and Black ought to win, in the end,game if not ill the mfddle game.

28 .... R_N4

Black is now read~' to make the essen· tlal headway with 29 ... NxPj4.

Hence the desperate counter·action by White.

29 P-B6 30 Q-Q3 31 P-N3

P-KR3 QxKBP

Now White would have counter-chances if Black has to move his Knight or to take with his Pawn.

31 .... Q-N2!

Conclusive, Black threatens to win the Bishop by ... P-B-I and the Knight Pawn by ,. PxP. The main point is that White's Queen cannot move (so his Bishop may retreat) in such fashion as to hold the Knight Pawn. Also, the Bish· op is still lost after 32 P - N4, P-B4.

32 Q-Q2 PxP 34 RxR QxR 33 PxP RxNP 3S QxPt

The result of White's capture Is to open another line for Black's attack.

3S .... 36 Q-K3

K-K2 K-Q1

36 . R-KRI also wins: e.g., 37 R-KR2, QxRt! and White has no discovered check of any effect.

37 R-KR2 NxP! 4' B_B3 Q-NBt 38 QxN Q-K8t 44 K_BS Q-N6 39 K_N2 R-Nlt! 4' K-K4 R-RSt 40 K-R3 R-R1t 46 K-K3 Q-K4t 41 K-N4 RxR 47 QxQt PxQ 42 Q-B6t K-Kl 48 B-K4 R-B5

Resigns

PHILADELPHIA. 1951 Intercollegiate Championship

Satyr Play White gains the edge cunningly but is

then greatly helped by his opponent's blundering away a piece. Nonetheless, even the subsequent satyr play of the tragedy-as Tnrrasch would have de· scribed such a case-Is amusing,

FRENCH DEFENSE PCO: page 87, column 46

R, Sobel

White

1 P-K4 2 P-Q4 3 N-Q2

P-K3 P-Q4 PxP

White'~ last is NxNt or 6 B-Q3. as

6 . , , . 7 B-Q3

B-K2 0-0

Schwartz

Black

4 NxP 5 N-KB3 6 N-N3

N-Q2 KN-B3

inferior to eitber 6 Sobel rightly states.

8 Q-K2 P-B4! 9 B-KN5 Q_B2

9 PxP is correct: e.g., 10 NxP, N-B4 11 0-0-0, Q- R4 with Black for choice - or 10 0-0, Q-N3 with a good game for Black (comments by Sobel).

10 0-0 P-QN3

10 .. PxP 11 NxP, N-B4 no longer involves the threat of 12 ... QxN and is easily met, therefore, with 12 B-QB4.

11 P-QS!

A clever combination desIgned to net a moderate but lasting advantage.

11 _ . , . NxP

] 1 ... PxP 12 QxB, R-Kl 13 BxN, RxQ 14 BxR, P-D3 loses to 15 N-B5. There is no way to trap White's Bishop.

12 BxB 13 Q-K4 14 QxR

NxB N-KB3

B_R3

Instead of Black's last, a blunder, the forced line is, of course, 14 .. B-N2 15 QxP, R-Rl 16 QxR, BxQ. Then White has a better game as he holds two Rooks for the Queen and may get a passed Pawn on the Queen·side,

15 QxRt KxQ 16 BxB

The ~ame is practically over; but Sobel finishes it energetically and at· tractlvely.

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16 .••. 17 QR-Q1 18 B-B4 19 B-N3!

N/2-Q4 N-QN5

Q-B5 P-KN4

20 KR-K1 21 N-K2 22 B-R4 23 N-N3. 24 R-K4!

N_B3 Q-B4 N-K2 Q_BS

The first of a number of sham sacri· fices. If any is accepted, White wins the Queen.

2' 25 N_K5 26 N-R5

Q-Nl P-N4

N/2_Q4

After 26 ... N/2-Nl, White intended to pl'oceed with 27 R-Q7!

27 RxN! Resigns

The finish might have been: 27 PxR 28 NxN, Q- N2 29 N/5-Q7t, K-N2 30 R-KS, PxB 31 R-N8t, K - na 32 N- N4 t , K-R4 33 N/7- BBt, K- R5 34 P-N3t, K- Rli 35 1'- 133 and 36 N-B2 mate.

'~p fOR EIGN

RUSSIA 1951 Championship

An AmazinCJ Turn It is amazing how this game suddenly

takes a turn in Black's favor just as White has seemingly gained a considerable advantage. The fact is, indeed, that Black has to abandon a piece! But tournament winner Keres finds a powerful way of doing so.

Geller, by the way, tied for second with Petrosyan, thus outscortng even sllch Soviet grandmasters as Botvinnik and Bronstein, So this game certainly counts as among the most importaant in the tournament.

AUY LOPEZ

PCO: page 355, column 61 Y. Geller P. Keres White Black

1 P-K4 P_K4 8 P-B3 0-0 2 N_KB3 N-QB3 9 P-KR3 N-QR4 3 B-N5 P-QA3 10 B_B2 P-B4 4 B_R4 N-B3 11 P_Q4 Q_B2 5 0_0 B-K2 12 QN_Q2 BPxP 6 R_K1 P_QN4 13 PxP B_N2 7 B_N3 P-Q3 14 N-B1 QR-B1

15 B-N1

15 B-Q3 may seem more natural but otters Black the following counter· chance: 15 ,. P- Q4 16 PxQP, P - K5 17 BxP, NxB 18 RxN, BxP 19 R- Kl, Q-N2 after which Black has strong positional pressure for the Pawn. In the game, Un· zicker-Euwe, Black maintained the initiative even in the end·game and finally won. (See page 40 for Euwe's appraisal. White missed at least one drawing line. - Ed.)

It may be added that Bronstein evaded this variation, vs. Keres in this tournament, by playing 14 P-Q5 (instead of 14 N-Bl). The game continued: 14 ... B- B\ 15 N- Bl, B-Q2 16 KN-R2, KR- Bl 17 BQ3, N- N2 18 P-QN4, P- QR4 19 B-Q2. PxP 20 QBxP, N-B4, and It ended finally in a draw.

15 16 PxQP

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P-Q4 PxP

16 .. , P-K5 now loses a Pawn without compensation: 17 N-N5, BxP 18 N-N3, Q-N2 19 N/5xKP, NxN 20 NxN, P-B4 21 N-B3-an(I, if 21 , .. BxNP, 22 RxB!

17 B-N5

To provoke a weakening of King position.

Black's

17 . , . . P-R3 18 B_ R4 NxP 19 Q-Q3 P-N3

20 B_N3. 21 BxB 22 Q-Q2

B-Q3 Qx'

White's last hastens to create the seemingly serious double threat of 23 QxN and 23 QxRP.

Correct, howevel', is 22 QxQP. White may then have no tangibl e advantage; but he does hal'e a good game.

22 ... , N-KB5! ! A most sllqll'ising coullte r·stroke.

23 QxQN

White has nothing better than to carry out his threat on the piece. 23 QxP is met by 23 .. , QxQ 24 NxQ, BxP. And 23 B- K4 (loes not sulllce against 23 N- B3,

23 .. , . 24 PxB

'xN NxPt

Black has two Pawns for the piece in addition to a very strong attack. His combination Is obviously correct.

25 K_N2

On 25 K-Hl. Black proceeds with 25 . . Q-E5: e.g. , 26 K- N2. Q- R5 27 Q-Q2,

N-E5t 28 K-Nl, Q-N4t 29 N-N3, N-R6t (winning the Queen)-or 26 N-H2, Q-N4 27 R-KBI (27 N- N4, P-R4), R-B8 28 HxR, NxP mate.

25 26 K_N1

N-B5t N-R6t

29 N-N3

27 K-N2 28 K-Nt

N-B5t Q-Q4!

The alternatives are: (lJ 2g R-K4, Q-N4t 30 N-N3, R- B8t 31 R- Kl, Q- R5!! 32 Q-Q2, Q-R6! and mate follows; (2) 29 B-K4, Q-R·I!! (stronger than 29 ' Q- N4t 30 N-N3, P-R4 which may also win) 30 Q-Q2 (there is nothing better against the threat of 30 ... Q-R6), Q- N4t 31 N-N3, N- R6t and Black wins the Queen.

29 . , , . P-Q6

Threatening 30 . QxBP now that 31 B-K4 is eliminated.

30 N-K4 Q_KB4

Black threatens 31 ... Q-R6,

31 Q-N4

Now White meets 31 Q- R6 with 32 N-B6t and 33 Q:xN.

31 Q-Q2 is met by 31 . KR-Kl! (with threat or 32 , RxN) 32 N-N3, RxRt 33 QxR. Q- R6 34 Q-KBl, R-B8! 35 ExP, Q-N7 mate.

31 KR_K1! Resigns

There is no adequate defense to the threat of 32 . RxN, followed by 33 .. Q- N4t and mate next.


Kopy Makes Copy Kopylov seems to be the most aggres

sive among the young SO\'iet masters. He drew but thl'ee games, and both Eotvinllik and Keres figure among his victims!

In the following game. he attacks the World Champion from the very beginning, Finally, when progressive slmplifi· cation has exhausted other means, he carries on his attack with h is King alone.

The finish of the Rook and Pawns ending is really amusing.

DUTCH DEFENSE

PCO: page 302, note a (1)

M. Botvinnik White

Kopylov Black

1 P-Q4 2 P-KN3 3 B-N2

P-KB4 N-KB3 P-KN3

4 N_QB3 5 B_N5 6 Q_Q2

B,...N2 N_ B3 P- Q4

Black's last institutes a profound. sacrlficlal combination which gil'es a n idea ot Kopylov's imagination and cO\lrage,

7 BxN BxB 8 NxP BxP 9 NxPt K_B2

Not 9 QxN 10 BxNt. QxE 11 Qxn, with a clear advantage for \Vhite.

10 N_B3

White wisely refuses the Rook: for Black's a ttack after 10 NxR. BxPt Il K-Ql, QxQ t 12 KxQ, R- Ql t 13 K-B3 (forced), B-Q5f 14 K- N3. E-K3t may 01"

may not be decisive fl'om the analytical point of view, but it certainly is ex· tremely dangerous for White over the board; .


Botvinnik tries instead to secure a slight advantage in a safe position.

10 . . . . 8xNP 11 R-QN1 QxQt

Another sacrificial combination, jess convincing than the first, but still rea· sonably promising.

Black realizes that, after 11 ... QxN 12 RxB, he faces difficulties, particularly on the King·slde, with no chance for active counter·play.

12 NxQ 8-86 13 R-N3

White still refuses to take any risks. Indeed, the consequences of 13 NxR, RQl are obscure: e.g .. 14 R-Ql, N-R4! or 14 0 - 0, HxN 15 P-K3, B-R4!

13 14 KxB 15 NxB

BxNt B-K3

White wi11 win a Pawn. but that is 110t the best.

More promising Is the positIonal ad· vantage which he can obtaIn in the Rook ending. as follows: 15 NxR, BxR 16 RPxB (16 BPxB also is strong), RxN 17 BxN. PxB (if 17 ... R- QIt, 18 K-K3!) 18 R-Rl {and, H 18 ... R- Qlt, 19 K-B3!J. 15 KxN 19 R-N2 R-B4 16 RxP KR-Q1t 20 P-K3 N-N4 17 K-B1 N_Q5 21 R-Q1 KR-QB1 18 R-K1 QR-B1 22 R-Q5

As White is tied UP. he faces a problem of how to make headway. The text starts a liQ11idation which does not work out as well as he may have expected.

22 . . . . RxR 23 BxRt KxB 24 RxNt

24 .... K-K5! There Is the catch. Black's King

comes dangerously active. 25 R_N7 R_K1! 26 RxRP

A COMPLETE BUST

b,·

During a Paris tournament once, Baratz asked me if I would pose while he sculp. tured my head. Feeling greatly flattered, I consented. When I left, he promised to send the result on to Antwerp for me. Next year I met him and asked him what had become of it. "Oh, I sold it to a friend of mine," he answered. "Oh, how nice," I replied, mollified at once; "who was it wanted a bust of me?" "They didn't want a bust of you," he replied, "they wanted one of Alekhine/'

-GEORCE KOLTANOWSKI, Chess, 1935.

CH!SS UVt!W, FEBRUARY, 1951

Whlte loses after this move. But :t draw is obtainable with 26 K-Q2, K-B6 27 K-Kl: e.g., 27. . R-QBl 28 RxKP, RxP 29 RxQRP.

26 . . . . K-86 27 P- QR4 KxBP 28 P_R5 P-N4

29 P-R6 30 R-N7 31 P-R7 32 RxP

KxKP P_K4

R-QR1

This seemingly tlme·wastlng capture of a mere bystander does make sense if considered against the background of the following line: 32 R-N5, P-K5! 33 RxP, Rx P. For the prospects then are that Black wlll force the win of the Rook for his King Pawn, then lose his own Rook fOI' the Bishop Pawn but, In the meant ime, capture White's two remaining Pa WIlS and finaBy win the game with his King Rook Pawn! Much the same result follows from 32 R-N3t, K-K7! So White takes the Rook Pawn, but that loses even more quickly.

An attempt to bring the White King Into action also fails: 32 K-Ql, K-B7! 33 P-B4, P-K5 34 R- N2t, K- B8! 35 RR2, P-K6! (35 ... P-B5 36 PxP, PxP 37 K-Q2 offers White some chances for a draw) 36 P-B5, P-B5 37 PxP, PxP 38 P-B6, P-B6, etc.

32 . . . . P-B5 34 K-Q1 P-B6 33 PxP NPxP 35 P-B4

Or 35 K- Kl, R-KNI 36 K-Bl, R-Ql 37 K-Kl, P-B7t, and Black wins. 35 ... _ R-Q1t 37 R- KB7 R-QR1 36 K-B2 P_B7 Resigns

Black threatens 39 ... RxP.


Omaha and Moscow The following game demonstrates

what has been demonstrated many times before-that hanging Pawns, if allowed to break loose, can easily become the vanguard of a brisk attack on the KIngside.

Readers of CHESS REVIEW may take a particular interest in this game; for it deviate!! so late from one which was played at Omaha, in the 1949 U. S. "Open," as published in this magazine.

QUEEN'S GAMBIT DECLINED

peo: page 195, column 105 p. Keres M. Ta,lmanov White Black 1 P-QB4 N-KB3 8 B-Q3 ' p,p 2 N-KB3 P-K3 9 p,p P-B4 3 N-B3 P_Q4 10 0-0 p,p 4 P-K3 B-K2 11 PxP N-B3 5 P-QN3 0-0 12 Q-K2 R-K1 6 B-N2 P-QN3 13 KR_Q1 R-QB1 7 P-Q4 B-N2 14 QR-B1 This is the position reached-though

after an entirely dilIerent sequence of moves-by Bisguier vs. McCormick, Omaha, 1949 (CHESS REVIEW, September, 1949, page 278).

McCormick played 14. •.• N-QN5 and, after 15 B- Nl, courageously traded his finachettoed Bishop in order to weaken White's Pawn formation: 15 ... BxN 16 PxB. Only then did he proceed with 16 ... Q-Q3.

McCormick's method may be daring, but It has the advantage of making White share some risk. Talmanov's continuation is ' too comfortable for White.

14 Q-Q3 158-N1! Q-B5 16 P-Q5!

The hanging Pawns break loose. It looks risky to play this last move

while White's Queen stands on a file with Black's Rook. Any attempt to take advantage of that fact, however, is met by 'White's winnIng a number of pieces for his Queen.

16 . . . . PxP 17 PxP N-N1

Any mo':e of Black's King Bishop fails against 18 PxN! RxQ 19 NxR-or first 19 PxB, etc. So the Knight has to move, and it makes little dllIerence where it goes. White now obtains a powerful King· side attack. 18 R-Q4 19 QR-Q1 20 N-K4 21 RxN

Q-Q3 B-B1 N,N R,R

26 BxN

22 QxR 23 N-N5 24 P_KR4 25 Q-B5!

Q-R3 B-Q3 N-Q2 N-B3

White's last is not necessary, and 26 NxBP! at once Is stronger.

26 __ .. 27 NxBP

P,B Q_88

Black's counter-combination (28 RxQ?? RxR mate) loses quIckly. With 27 KxN, he can put up tougher resistance: e.g., 28 Q-Q7t, K-N1 29 QxKB, R- B8.

28 QxPt K-B1 29 NxB!

This secures a winning advantage. 29 QxRt 30 K-R2 QxP

30.. BxP is met by 31 Q-R8t, K-K2 32 NxRt-but, · after the text, the same line fails: 31 Q-R8t, K- K2 32 NxRt, KQ2! and Black recovers the piece. 31 NxB Q-K4t 34 P-R5! 32 P-N3 R-82 35 Q-R7t 33 Q-R8t K-B2 36 QxR

37 K-N2

R,N K-K3

QxRPt Resigns

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Master of Mobility Alexander Kotov did not fare so well

In this tournament, scoring 8-9. He may have his weaknesses but still is second to none In the art of preserving the mobility of a position, The foll owing game shows him at h is best ' in this respect.

Black, a master of mob!11ty blmself, plays for attack but is denied the bit of safety that a partially closed Pawn formation might offer him, Subsequently, Whi te superior center and his two Bishops carry their point.

NIMZO.INDIAN DEFENSE

peo: page 254, column 62 A. Kotov P. Keres

Black P_QB4 P- QN3 N-KB3

White 1 P_Q4 2 P-QB4

P-K3 B-NSt

3 N-QBs 4 P_K3 5 KN_K2

The Franco-Indian Defense (1 P-Q4 , P- K3) has as usual led to another open· ing. This position can he reached also by way of the Nimzo-Indian Defense.

6 P-QR3 B_R4

Intent on playing for a win, Black takes chances. 6 PxP is safer but more passive.

7 R-QN1 8 N-N3 9 P-B3

N-R3 B-N2 P-R4

The same tactics: Black's plan is to attack on the King-side, combined with

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... 0-0-0. Blit Kotov renders this plan ineffective, mainly by avoi(\ing any timid Pawn moves which might restrict the mobility of his pieces.

10 P-K4! 6xNt 11 PxB P_R5 12 N-K2 P-R6

17 P-R5!

13 B_N5! 14 6-64 15 N-N3 16 P-R4

Q-B2 P-Q3

0-0_0 N-QN1

For the sake of mobili ty, White has aVOided 10 P-KR4 as well as 13 P-KN3, moves that many players would have made. Now, with this important sacrifice, he keeps the other wing open. Black must not be allowed to bring operations there to a standstill by 17 N-B3 and 18 ... N- QH4.

17 18 PxRP 19 B-K3

QN-Q2 N_R4 P-B4

20 NxN 21 B-N2 220_0

R,N PxRP

\Vhite sacrifices his foremost Queen Bishop Pawn, too. He masters the follow· ing complications beautifully.

22 .... 23 Q- N3 24 KR_Q1

N-N3 B_R3

BxP

28 Q-R2!!

25 Q-R3 26 PxKP 27 PxP

N,B

PxKP 8-K7 N-B5

28 ... BxR is met by 29 QxN! threatening 30 RxD as well as 30 Q- R6t, K- Q2 31 R-N7.

29 QxB

With three mIghty threats: 30 QxR, 30 QxN and 30 Q-R6t. Black finds the only feasible reply.

29 ..•. 30 R-Q4!

QxP! P-K4

Black's last, however, is definitely in· suffiCient. He must play 30 ... NxB.

31 QxN!! 32 PxP

P,R Q-KN4

Black's last is bis only means of sal'ing his Queen: hut It doesn't save his game.

33 Q-B3t

Up to this point, Kotov has treated the game in admirable style; but now he almost destroys his mastel'piece with a wopatzerschach."

33 Q-QN3! wins simply and immedi· ately: e.g., 33 ... K- Q2 34 Q-B7t-or 33 QR-Rl, 34 Q- K6t, K-B2 35 P-K5!

33 . . . . K-Q2 34 P-K5 K-K2

Here Keres falters, in turn. After 34 .. R-QB l , White is in trouble as he

cannot operate freely with Queen and Rook without exposing himself to very dangeroUs checks.

35 Q-B7t K-B1

35.. R-Q2 loses to 36 PxPt . 36 P-K6!

Conclusive.

Wopatzerschach, widely uMd in interna_ tional che~" clrcles, m eans a patzer ( weak player) who g iv<Js cheCk wh,m<J \'cr possible, not iooking for a ny thing better. The tempta. tion, however, sometimes O,'CrCOm<'s even a IIrandmaster.-H. K.

We are pleased 10 illustrate with an ex· ueme example.-Ed.

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CHESS REVIEW, FEBRUARY, 1952.

36 37 Q-B7t

K_N1 K_R2

38 P- K7 39 R_K1! 40 B-K4t

R_ QN1 Q- R5

Resigns


Rout of a Grandmaster Bronstein's defeat in the following

game is sensational! He 15 driven to despair in only ten moves whell an unfortunate experiment Incurs disaster.

Winner Vass l1y Smys]ov earned particular satisfaction In defeating both Botvinnik and Bronstein to finish fourth ahead of both or them.

SICILIAN DEFENSE

PCO: page 435, column 74

V. Smyslov

White

1 P-K4 2 N- QB3 3 P_KN3

D. Bronstein

Black

P-QB4 N-QBS

Smyslov Is the only grandmaster of our generation who uses this system regularly. In the past, L. Paulsen and J. :\lieses were consistent protagonists of It.

3 .... 4 B_N2 5 P-Q3

P_KN3 B_N2

P-Q3

More errecth'e Is l he usual continua· tion, 5 ... P- K3, Collowed by 6 .. . K N-K2, 7 .. . N-Q5 and, possibly, 8 . KN-'3.

Bronstein has II new idea here, but it fails.

6 B- K3

Players who \!ke thi S system usually continue with KN-K2 at the earliest pos· sible moment. But White is better off it he postpones the development of the King Knight, keeping open tbe possibility of proceeding more aggressively with P-D4 and N-D3. He may a lso be able to re·act to Black's ... N--Q5 with QN-K2 !

6 .... N-R3 Bn:msteill'S new Idea: he wishes to COil'

Unue with 7 . .. P- D4.

7 Q_B1!

A disturbing z·eply. Dlack must have expected only 7 P-!{1'tS after which 7 ... P- B4 8 Q-Q2, N-B2 gives him a satls· factory game.

7 •••• 8 B-Q2

N-KN5 N-Q5

Now, it seems, Black wishes to play .. P-B4 without an exchange of his

King Bishop as follows after 8 . . P-B4

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9 P- KRS. N- KBS 10 B-R6. With the text, howeve r, he loses time, and the Une indicated Is a compaz'atively minor evil.

9 P_KRl N-K4 sun in tent on ... P-B·l, Black avoids

9 . . N-K E3 II'hich is relatively better. 10 QN-K2!

A characteristic maneuver ill this vad' atlon.

10 .... Q-Nl Dlac1; realizes apparently that his

gume 11'111 be bad, anyhow, after 10 P-B4 11 P-B4, N-B2 12 P-B3. So he changes hl~ plan and t ries for a (ancy combinaUon.

11 P_KB4! NxBPt This sacrifice nets three Pawns for a

piece, but it is s ti ll unsound. 11 . N/~ -nS 12 P-BS, NxN 13 NxN

a lso favol's White, tbough not so dis tinct· ly as the text.

12 QxN 13 QxQ

Q.P NxPt

14 K_Bl 15 R_N1

B.Q

Three Pawns are supposed to compen· ~a te for n piece ; but they never do so In an In[erior positioll-as is Black's in thi s case.

15 . . . . B_K3 White ought to win also after 15

B-N2 16 B-QBS; but his task Is more diOicult then.

16 B_QB3 BxP

Dlnck might as weB resign. To p~zt up any resis tance, he ought to pro~:eed with IG .. , BxB 17 NxE, P-N3.

17 RxB 18 BxN

N.R R-KN1

As three minor pieces equal two Hooks , Black is now really a whole Rook down. Such a heavy loss in piece'power cannot be compensated by Pawns unless anum· ber of (hem are far advanced passed Pawns.

So the rest of th is game Is lIIerely an execution.

19 K-B2 20 N-KB3 21 KxB 22 R_Q1 23 N-K5t 24 NxB P 25 P-K5 26 B-QR1 27 N_N5 28 N-K6t

B-B5

'.N K-Q2

P-QR4 K-B2 P_R5 P-R6

KR-Kl R-R4 K_Q2

29 B-Q5 30 P_N4 31 N-N5 32 P-B5 33 PxBP 34 B-K6t 35 PxPt 36 N-K4 37 NxQP 38 B-K5 39 N_B4§

40 B- Q1 Is checkmate.

P_R7 R_QB1

R-B1 PxBP P_R3 K_B2 P.P

R-R6 RxRP

R-QR1 Resigns

W e expect to offer mOre Russ ia n Cham. plonShip games, ne xt month.-Ed .

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Games played by readers, annOlaled by one 0/ America's leading masters.

MAR9UIS OF 9UEENSBURY RULES

T HE RULES of the game cover a mu ltitude of sins. They a re, nevertheless and notwithstanding, the cou rt of last resort.

There is the story of the Rook·odds patzer who was abollt to win hi s first game in ten. >I< His Pawn marched down rank by rank, unmolested to the eighth. Zealously, he grabbed a Queen and placed it on the proper square, when 10 and behold! Doth he and the Queen chunged color. The Queen should have been Black; it was White. Immediately, he set out to rectify the error by attempting to put a Black Queen where the White Queen stood. His professional opponent, however, WlIS adamant. It couldn' t be done, he a verred. And, to prove it, he exJli bite<1 <I rule book of some fifty yea rs ago, when it was possible, according to some interpreta' tion , to promote to a piece of an ad verse color.

The following game, too, is shrouded ill a mysterious set of rules. Undoubtedl y, How else cxplain the tactics which prevail. First, Black can s'wap Queens and remain with 11 Rook to the good. 1'hut ought to be sufficient. But he will not swap. Then White can swap Queens and exert a terrific, winning bind. But he will not swap. Then White has a second chance to swap, after which he'll merely be able to win. But he will not swap. Fina lly, Black's Queen crushes White's King.

Is it against the ru les to exchange Queens-or is it ungentlemanly?

K I NG'S GA M BIT DECLINED

peo: pag e 121, column 8

S, Golomb

White 1 P_ K4 2 P_ KB4

Dr, Z. Va lenzu e la BlaCk

P_K4 B_84

K ing's Gambit Declined, a compara· tive ly safe way of a void ing t he pi tfa lls which beset the gam bit a ccepted, T be p rimary o bjectb'e of the I<lst move Is to exploit the weakness created on White's d illgonai, K NI-Q R7, by t he ad· vallce of Wh ite's King Bi shop P awn , At tbe same time, Black Intends t o main· ta in the cent eJ', \Islng his Pawn at K 4 as a strong 1>oInt,

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3 N- KB3

Of course not 3 PxP. Q- H5t and DOWel'S !

3 , , , P-Q3 4 P-B3

One of a number of Inte resti ng alter· natives. among wh ich fi re ~ D- D4 and ~ N-D3. )Ia in poin t of the tex t mo\'e Is to acl \'ance P-Q~ flncl re pa ir t he breach Oil Ihe a (oreme ll tloned diagomtl. Its draw· back, howe \'er, lies In the ten uous sta te of the center Pawns. once t he Queen Pawn goes to Q 4.

Here again not .. PxP, PxP 5 NxP, as 5 .. , Q-H5 t wi ns,

4 .. N _QB3

, , , N - KB3, cou nter' ,l tta(:k lng Wbite's King Pawn, is somewha t ~ h al'pe r, As be· tween two moves of equat stll tUt'e--one uggressi ve and the othet' defen~lve-the psychologica l element favorS the attac k,

5 P_Q4 PxP

Black parts witb bls K ing Pawn, leal" Ing \Vhile's e ns uing center p"wn arra y, however, without tbe necessa ry p rops,

6 p)(p B- N5t

• 13)' I)rof"ssion:tt standa rd~. one ,L( aZll e out of len 10 " Hook-odds playe,' I ~ one tOO m an y ,

by I. A. HOROWITZ

" Al ways check It may be mate" Is tbe g u idi ng princill\e. 6 ' , , D- K3. bea r ing d irect ly on the t1lrget Queen Pawl! a nd indirectlr on lhe weakened d iagona l, Is defi nite ly SUllet'IOI'. The t ext move suc· c ee!ls only In !ll'omot in g " ' h ite 's del'elop· ment.

7 N-63 8 8-641

N_B3

With tbe King P awn under ti re , White 's nrs l consideration should be for it s s ecur ity. l! n-Q3 is indicated.

8 .... 0-0

T he text mO\'e Is tenable; bu t t here surely Is no reason Cor o mitting to ca rr ture t he King Pawn , Mater ial and posi· tion lire Bla ck 's, for the t aking and he tooks askance,

9 P_K5

;\[ore 0 1' less fo r ced as there is no good way of hotdl ng the K ing Pawn.

9 .. , , PxP 10 BPxP N-K5 11 0 - 0

11 Q- Q3 is well met by 11 ., . B - KB·1. " ' b ite co nsequen lly s hoots t he works,

11 , , • • NxN 12 PxN BxP

Whlte ' jJ careless eighth paYli tribute, His cen ter I s In complete di~il1tegratlon,

13 N-N 5

Con His t()nt wi th the de~jle('ado polk}" His beHt chance Is In 1:.\ fl-K 3 a nd a prayer,

13 . . • . BxPt ?

Co r rect is 13 QxPt, (;om jlel1ing the ex· cha nge of Queells-and then cur tai ns. With Queens on t he board. there is every opportun it y for White to WOt'k up a promising a ssau lt,

14 K-Rl NxP 15 Q_R5

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A, prophesied. Once again the posI-tion Is delicate.

15 .... P_KR3 16 BxPt?

Another inacclIracy. 16 N,P ;, 'h, move.

16 .... N,B 17 NxN R,N

This move deserves a double question mark. Yet friend Golomb in his notes sp!'!nkles an exclamation point here. 17

Q- Kl wins much material quickly -whereas the text move invites disaster.

And this points up the reason why 16 NxP was essential. In that event, the text position would have been forced.

18 QxRt K-Rl

After the melee, material Is approximately even. \Vhite, however, enjoys the initiative.

19 QR-Nl

Undoubtedly, this game Is conducted under some /lew set of rules, unbeknown to this annotator: Queens mu;;t not beexchanged. OtherwIse, why not 19 Q-BSt, QxQ 20 HxQt. K-R2 21 R-Nl, P-N3 22 B- N2, I3xB 23 HxB, I3- N2 24 RxR, I3xIl. 25 Il. - Q2, and White must pick off a Pawn or two, The reluctance to exchange Queens is a mystery.

19 .... 20 Q-RS

Q-N1

Here the exchange of Queens does not result in the sUllie bind.

20 .... B-K3?

A minor tactical errol' by comparison with what has precede(i. 20 • , , B-Q2 is better.

21 RxP?

21 BxP. PxB 22 QxPt, Q-R2 23 QxB is called for,

21. 22 R-K1

R-KB1 Q-B2

B1ack's best chance is to preserve Queens with 22 .. B-Q'l 23 RxBP, QK3! He must know, however, that White cannot swap.

23 Q-K2

Of comse, 23 QxQ should lead to a win, But, if it is against the rules for this game, that is another story.

CATCH PAUSE It is reported that. at a recent chess

tournament, the kibitzers In the lobby made so much noise that the management ordered them out, stating: "'Ve're pulling our cbess nuts out of the foyer."

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23 .... B-N5 Now Black comes into his own,

24 Q-Q3

White must guard his KBI.

24. . . . Q-B7 25 B-Q2 B-K7!

A crusher, resembling the Novotny theme of pl'oblemdom; White must cause interference ill his own ranks.

26 Q_N1 B-B6

Threatening mate and Rook. 26 B-B8 is even stronger.

Resigns

THE following game is so profound and , beaulifnI, it would appear, at first

sight, that a genius has escaped the notice of the chess world. Page 242 of Pr(lclicrd Chess Openings, however, divulges the secrct. The genius is none other than the composite of Kcres and Flohr and Bogolyuboy and a host of other grandmasters. Of the seventeen movcs, the first fifteen are "book."

NIMZO-INDIAN DEFENSE

Irving G.

White 1 P-Q4 2 P-QB4

Gordon

N-KB3 P-K3

Oscar Jungwirth Black

3 N-QB3 B-N5 4 Q_B2

The most usual defense to the NlmzoIndian, whose popularity at present Is at its peak. White's Queen move serves a manifold purpose: It protects the Knight so that, if ,I , DxN. White Is In position to recapture with the Queen and avert the (loubled Pawns, It focuses on K4, allowing for a possible P- K4, while, at the same Ume guarding against an enemy Incursion on that square. It clears the first rank toward early use, i t need be, by the Queen Rook,

4. . . . P-Q4

As sharp as any of the alternatives at Black's command. (4 . _ . P-QB4 leads to an entirely dlITerent pattern of play.) Now White's possible P-K4 Is no longer feasible, and the center Pawn play creates a mounting tension,

5 P-QR3 To rid Black of his all important King

Bishop.

5 BxNt Otherwise, If 5 B-K2, the normal

Queen's Gambit Declined position Is reached, with Black a tempo minus.

6 QxB N-KS

At least, Black enjoys a minimal ago gression.

7 Q_B2 P-QB4 Black aims to open the diagonal,

QI-R4, for future use. The move, how· ever, involves delicate calculations.

8 Px8P

8 ..•• N_QB3

One point. It 8 , NxP, 9 P-QN4, fol-lowed by B-N2, gives White a free and easy game, Now Black threatens 9 .•. Q-R4t, and '\\'hite cannot interpose his Knight Pawn on account of 10 ... Nx NP. because White's Queen Rook Pawn Is pinned.

9 PxP

Not 9 P-QN4? Q- B3, simultaneously attacl,lng Rook and King Bishop Pawn.

9. . . . PxP

9 ... QxP is tenable, but the text move frees Black's Queen Bishop tor immediate action. This plus overshadows the minus of the isolated Queen Pawn.

10 N_B3

Again, not 10 P-QN4, Q-B3, In any ease. White is a trifle behind In deyelopment and must catch up,

10 ....

Apparently threatening 11 winning the exchange_

11 P-QN4 A subtle pany!

11 •...

B-B4

. N-N6,

0_0

For, if 11 N-N6, 12 Q- N2, NxR 13 QxP, and Black's weakness on the black squares ~hOllld result in the loss of the Rook and more too.

Now, it appears, that White's extra Pawn is permanently guarded. His deYelopment, however, is still lagging.

12 B_N2

Again, in order to meet the threat of N-N6,

White's Queen-side men are all operating. But his King side-the vulnerable side-Is still peacefully slumbering.

(Continued on page 59)

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A<;:tlvlthu of CHESS REVIEW Postal Chlst pl;ayers: game reporu &. r~ting$. n;ames 01 new pl;ayert. prlze·wlnners. $elected gam ... tourney Ins truc tion. &. editoria l comment.

POSTAL SCRIPTS It's Your Move

A nu mber ot ou r old postaliles have complained of late about lack ot punc· tuallty-Indeed about lack of reply at all-on the part of their opponents.

III t racking down and trying to dng game results especially from those in the ta rdy Golden Knights tournaments . lI'e haye found far too many cases whe re both pla yers concern ed have JUSt let thei r games lapse-for months and even to a complete bl·eak.

We have been urged to s treas tbat the i2 hou r llme·limit (see Rule 12) is t he ma)(imum lInle for you to study you r I'e' pi),. And tbat replies should normally be posted within 24 hours of receipt of a move.

All right. we do stress it, for those who may have been unaware of the fact . And we urge you to Jearn what prompt play does for your interest in postal chess. Those who play promptly have a continuity of Jnterest and a sense of progress that keeps thei r games alive. Those II'ho lag will fi nd their games a pt to become a difficult chore. Snappy reo plies will give pepp), games!

But we urge, too. those who encounter tardy opponents to do something about them! InSist on observance of Rule 3 (as on page 3i 9 in December-29 In January). And I·ellol·t per Rule 8 (on faul tily recorded moves) jf opponents reo fuse to observe Ilule 3. And report them Cor time. too, when a delay is obylous.

It takes jusl ~lIch 1111 effort to make the r ules work so you ' ll get Ih'ely games. For tbat- h's your move!

TOURNAMENT NOTES Progress Reports for

Golden Knights Tournaments 2nd Annual Championship-1 946

As a result of cUlTent Postal Mortems. Finals section, 46·Nt 29, has com pleted play, and lhe conle~tanta therein score the fo llowing, weighted poin t to ta ls: '

.... W. P lant H.6 ; N. Nelson 31.9; S. Jacobs 29.5; n . S. Sanderson 28.55: E. H . Dhein 26.15; J.~. P e louze 23.8; and D. M. Scheffer whhdrew.

Now three sections. witb but one game ilt each, remain to finish. EJ[cept for hlgll scol'ers in tbese, the '46 Golden Knights leaders are:

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PRESENT LE ADE RS' It I, ,\Ik"n .~5.i It 0 Konkel ... ~5.7 C :-; ~\'t:lle .... 4:>.2 1>. Mad";d .... 4;;.2 I" \V 1'1''''l .. .. H .6 C Zah"rll k i~ .H.G H g "'a ,·,ln . ... U.35 C I" Hchl '''l"I:: .. 43.~5 ,\ 1 Santlr; ,. Jr .43.95 P L DI"" .. ... . 43.0 I H Fl e;~c h",· . ·1~ .85 I I Hill ... .. . ... ·11.85 H l~ Smith .... H. S5 H U';rli""r .... ~ 1.8 Dr J P I,"Z . . . ..!O.S E J Becke,· .... ~ O.S W H ~li1ler ... 40.1 I, II Uolw ,,~· .. 39.75 E E linderwood 39.75 J P Fnbcr ... . . i 9.55 II }{ Olin ... 39.55 L COl rn~te"d . . 39.5-5 n l(uJotll ... .. 39.5 P S LelnwdH:r 38.~S 1>11l.1 Ha,·,·I~ . . . 38.65 N Xel~o" . 38.5 A D GIbbs . .. . 3US I~ HUUln,cl ... . 38.1 II A Hou~g"a\l .38.35 Dr H Ho~sa .38.35 H \'rolney .... 38.0 S 1.(:".,. . . .31.9 ,. Ii Hanks .... 39.Sa G A naul~ .... 3'.8a A G Clllrk .... 3' .H L R A)·er" ... 3'.3a E W :'I larehl\lld.37.3~ J A Bowen .. .. 31'.3

\\" (: l..oona nl .31.2;; ~ I C J,,,:kson .. 36.7 A I .• )1<::\lIle), .36.3 E H )lallderllOn 36.2~ G UellC-(!NC ! ... 3fi.1 Ii IlO~" ......... 36.1 Dr 0 Wheele" .36. 1 I.' I ·~ .J " hn ~\onc 3(;.1[, P T,·"ulll .. . ... 35. ; A C l'ce hl c~ .. 3~.2;; \\" 1-1 I""ce)' . . . 35.2 L L,,,ll'e'"\\'ood .35.15 H~\' J )I\ln(!c .. 35.0 E F Ha~"dl):e. 3 ~ .55 I{ W Jon"s ... 3~.55 T ]>el.""h ..... H.55 C )0' 'I'hon"'a ... 3~." \\' H \\'"us 3·1." C P Pcrry .... 3~.4~ \\' J l~"v" .... 3U)S Y 0,, 1>1..:: .. . .3UlS A ~I CI,,,·k. . 34.0 R " Clan'o,,:: .. 34.0 R Il Hl')'''~ .. . 33.95 I·' Ye,·holT ... .. 33.95 o Olie'·OIl .. . . . 33.R,; Dr ,\ S 1\'(:111 ... 33 .G5 :'II ar~cn~pu" .. 33.55 W G U:otlard .33.4 £ 0 W"lh'ca . . 33.~ A H Du\';1I1 .. 33.05 L CI,ul.H)Ile .33.0 J C :'Ilon k ... 33.0 .\1 Wick~n"'n .32.85 C Ilonorf ..... 32.15 H }:'nJa,,~ ... .32.75 R P POtier .32.75 R J Zondlik .. 32.7~

3rd Annual Champi onshlp_ 1947-8 \Va still have no new quallllers Cor the

4i·F!ua ls hut may get enough to fill out a. i 'mall Flnala aectlon fl·om potential quu1!lIers. In tact, If not enough ., point ones come through, we have to draw on liighest rated 3~ point winners to fill out a s ection with these. previously quall/led: R. J. H enson, M. Semb, S. T. Mil· lard alld N. )1. Garner.

4th Annual Championship-1949 A~ a result of curren t POlt al Mortems,

the following now qualify for assignment to the Finals: Dr. W. S. Morris, A. Weiss. O. W. Holmes and L . Sweet.

5th Annual Championl hip- 1950 As a result of current Postal Mortem,.

the following now qualify for a ssignment to the Finals : K. Runkel. E. I~. Oell. G. King, J. McClure and F. D. Ly nch.

• t'lell.$C chl..::k your \\"ei/l:hled point totals III soon "8 YOIl See Ihem l'ubUshc(\. The)· are dctcrmlne<! 011 a b(lsl$ of 1.0 IJOlnl per wh, In p""lim rO"l1d: 2.2 JIOtnt~ III the scm! · O"nl~: lind ~.S IJOints h' the tln"ls. Draw, COllnl hal( \"" Iue in each Instance.

Che<:k new IIst ll1gs alSO 10 I:.e "ure rOll lm\"o not been inadvertently omitted.

JACK STRALEY BATTElL Postal Chess Editor

As a res ul t of current Posta l Morteml, t ile fo llowing now qualify fo r a ssignment to the Seml·Hnn ls: S. W. F irman, P . Mill· man, H. Pas ternak and ;1.1. Semb.

6th Annu al Cha mpionship-1951 A s a reSUlt of current Postal Mortems,

the following now qualify for assignment to the Seml·flnals: C. A. Glass. Dr. I. Schwartz. J. Shaw. L . E. Wood. H. Wall· gren. C. J . GIbbs. W. Crowder. E. God· bold. K. I(]opper, P. L. Cromelin, J. Ducllesne, J. Heckman. G. D. Oakes, D. D. Holmes a nd E. M. Gault.

POSTALMIGHTlES! Prize Winne rs

The folto\\"!nit JIOstalttel h,.,.e \\"on prl~e~ in Ihll i9~~. 1956 and 1951 Prize 'rOllrne)·s U " '·esutt or II"ll mea felJOn"" in Cll,·,·ent Po",,1 Mortem •. Tourn ey Players Place Score ~9-PS5 W :lleehan .... .. . . . . . I gt 51· • D, C \\' \Vlnch..,,,ler . ... 2nd ~ '.I i H -PGG I" B Perra.ndill. . . .. . ..... 1-2 , .,

C \'n:elflnd .. 1_2 , ., ~~-P9t " Y Schum"" .2nd 4Hb aO·P21 0 " :'I IeEwc-n ..... 15\ • ., D Fidlow .. ........ 2nd , ., 5(I· PGii C Gille$j)ie ....... I ~I , .,

S Galloeelo ........... 2nd 41-li SO-P85 " A Reid .............. ISl 51· I

0 \\' :'I1ll.l%ke .2nd , ., 50· 1'88 :'IIlSll V L COll'httt .... I~t • ., 50-P ItiO I~ Btttmnn ........... I~t , .,

]0; y Be\"el".1l<'<": .. 2nd ~ H~ SO-PlOt H H Brl u'Uler ........ . Isl , .,

G E Burber ... .2nd ~6·1~ 50-PlOt " KroooJ~I))'i ... . 1·2 , .,

F W V,u'/i"h"n . ..... 1·2 , . , :;0-P I07 , W lll1(heW~ .. I~t ~~. I~

H Anon .. 2-3 • ., G Stllnl"ler ......... ..... 2-3 • ., 51_ P IS V Wi loJt ....... lsl • ., Certificate Winners

The following Il<)st llllle~ haw, ,,""litlcd for \'ictor)' Certlftcll. tu In 1949. 1950 and 1951 CI"u Tonrne)·s llS U rc~ull of g:lIl)"5 ",pOrled in ellrrf!nl POstA l Mortem$. Tourn ey Players P lace Score 49 -C~7 J J~onlr u ................ ht r, o·cn .r E Bow",·,h ........ .. 2·4

M Pau lson.... . .. ~ . . ! .\[ Rothmu ll .......... .. 2··!

50·CSl It 1l 1'01\(1,· . ... . ... . lst )11"" ~-: HOl"owlt~ .. 2nd

"\I·e90 J \\" ,\lIl<n ..•. Ist J H Frlluce ........... . 2·3 It )fllnchcNtcr .......... 2·3

51J·cg~ J H Youna; ........... . 2n<l aU-CI I!> H W n Oj;"rs ... ......... I~I ~O-CUO Dr R C Werlh .......... I ~I 50_C123 'r L Root .............. 2nd 50-CI2; A COhen ... 151 W-C I35 )0' (: H!l.lIen .1",

(;en'l f'S CI,,,·k ..... 2·~ J )[ WllllflJni .... . .2· ·1 1.01$ Zans .... . ... ... 2·01

50· C151 Col H W l"e'·J;ll~on .2nd 51 · C37 J KetfH .... . .... . . .. . 2nd

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CHESS RIVIEW, fEBRUARY, 1952

POSTAL MORTEMS Game r-eports received during Dece mber, 1951

'£0 report your results all you need give is section "um!)er. full names both players and the outcome or t he game-but, for Class and Prize TOUl'neys in 4-man sections. slate al so if it is first or second gam e to have been flnished with that same opponent.

The fo llowing examples show how to give results wilh minimum effort for YOU and maximum clarity for p roper recording: 52_C 466: Paul Morphy 1 A. B. Mek 0 (1st) 52_P 401: A. Halprin ~ H. N. Pillsbury 1 (2) 5O_Nf 13: F. J. Marshall 1 H. E. Atkins O. In these. t he year (52), the type toumer (Class , Prize. Golden Knights Finals) and the section numbers appear in the initial key. And, for Class and Pr;?e tourneys, the first 0" ~ecolld game is indicated in the fi nal parenthesis. Plea~e give game reports separate from any other correspondence. as they must be filed So. A postcard is ideal fo r size. easy 10 send.

Please r.ote: \Vinners (and those with the \Vhit e pieces in case of draws) must report ' ''' soon as resu lt is confirmed by opponent. The opponent may report also to enSure his recoru. and rating g oing lhrough but must then state clearly that he was the loser (or player] Black in case of a draw).

Gam() reports sent in t ime for receipt by dates given aboVe should be printed below. And players who so reported s hould check to See that they are so published. To spot lhem. look under your section number, flrst by the key (52.C indicating Class Tourney begun in 19,;2) and by number (466) g iven in tcxt below the key.

Symbol f indicates a win by forfeit with· O\lt rating credit; a shows a rating credit adjudication ; df marks a double-forrell. when both players failed to submil round· closing a djudication reports.

CLASS TOURNAMENTS Tourne ys grad e d by rating classes

Started in 1949 (Key: 49-C) Notice: All games are over·due now~xce])t those which were extended on reques t of both pl ayel'~. l<'or another month. however. We shall accept hclated reports. Hied properly per notice. page 28, January.

Tourn eys 1·194: 47 Kontra conks Quamme.

Started in 1950 (Key: 50·C) Notice ; Games running for more than two years are due to be reported fo r adJudication by both player~ "fter two years plus one month. An ex tens ion or three months for furthur play w!ll loe g ranted if We reo ceive request for sllch here earlier than the

Cll,s ,sLANT ON TH INGS

IS BAI> FOR KINGS HIS E.THIC$ ARENT THE H"'H"T.

THE BISHOPS ROLE.

TO REACH HIS GOAL

IS WITH MOVES THAT ARE. .",5<',1

CHESS REVIEW, fEBRUARY , 1952

two year date: e.g .• if your game began In April. 1 ~50. req"e~t mest be mailed in March, I ~~2.

For adjlldications. give full record of moves made to date. diagram of position reached and st"tement of how YOll propose to win Or draw.

Tourn eys 1· 154: l' Gould bests Bone. 27 Paelson t.o ps E,·midis. ~O Brown downs Swanson. H \Vitson whips Sargent. 62 ]\Ia,.~ton top~ Ayres. 73 Shea withdrawn. 71j J\lan"'arin~ be~ts Bancroft. 79 Schwerner hits Heino. 83 Horowitz bcsts Gilbertson. 84 Ca~e halt~ Homan. 87 Clark clips \Vig"en. ~O Shea resigns to M"nchest<lr. wi t hd,·aws. 95 Fowler. YOllng tie. 100 SmIth smites De Cracl<cr. 10·! ,\oyes nip~ )Ioon. 108 Slade downs Holmes. Roberts. De Leve. 111 Young tops Schwartz. 115 Portseheller defeats Homan . 117 SChlll~e /lips Fliegel', 118 Rogers. Doherty down Homan. 120 \Verth conks l":offman . 123 Root rips )leG!nnis. 125 ;\fartin tops (f) Greenberg. 126 Bass bests (;hristi"n~c" . 127 Cohen tics Kaufman. tops K elly. 130 Dishaw downs B oy ton. Sampson. 13 ·1 Haudek lies Robert. Goldman. 135 Clark tops I·'ribourg. t ies \Villiams; Zaas bests \Villiams. 1 ~(; ~1001l tops Bancroft. PompH, ties Bloomquist ; Pomper jolts Johnson. 140 Golden halts Hall . 144 'Vyller whips Jordll ll. I~G F re iman licks Lucas. 150 Latnik tops .\farlin. 151 Ferguson fells Smith. Nte1'e!.

Started in 1951 (Key: 51~C) Notice: These tourneys are not really overdue yet. bm neither are unfinished games over one year old exac t ly prompt. So please u"ge opponents to mO\Ce promptly. get games In. esp. those started early in 1951.

Tourneys 1·44: 2 Oeder downs Grubb. 6 B eurd h ests Ch"pman. S Reeker defeats )lalzke; Jl.IcCllmg cl ips Zalewski. 9 Porter. Xordin liu. 10 Rhodes bows to Ogilvie. t ics Jl.hn·phy. 11 .Jorgensen halls Hilussling. 14 Dulieai downs )'facGr;,dy. 16 Anderson de· feats Jensen. 20 Mali lies Fenn. '\lcGavock. 22 Bell rips Ridlon . 28 Duncombe downs \Veare. P earson: I'ear"ol1 whips \Veare. 29 Hu~sin. \Villiamson tie. 30 TIundiek bests Clevenger. 32 Connell ~onks Race. 33 Mathews !.>ows to \Villiam50n. besls Durham. Guttman; Guttman tops )lill",.. 3·1 \Vhltcomb downs Draughon. Green. bows to Kohne; Antunovich w ithdl'aws. 35 Ritter r!ps Sellner. 37 Keifer bests 1"10. 39 Prindle bests \Vurl; Spear downs >;ch,·amm. ·to Cranmer !Jests Mills. bows to Lynch. ~2 Carte,' rips Ross; Stevens tops (,,) \ViIliams. ~3 Forgach, Horner tiu. H Conway. Smith. TIest halt Hogg; Best bows to Dommie beats Gibe.

Tourn eys 45·79: ~5 \\'eber l.O]l~ (0 Golden. 46 Bass jolts Johnson. · I~ K~plan withdraws. 51 Cook wllhdraws. 52 Kline clips Gifford. 54 Kennedy conks P" inter. 56 Perkins tops Coker; Bates beats Xicholas. 57 Chemerda tops Coolidge. 58 )'1iller resigns to \VishnefC. withdraws. 59 \Villey bests Allen. Gay; Clark clips Allen. Gay. 60 Brady defeats Pitcher; Buekendo,' f down~ Prcnde'·gasl. G2 Magee downs Brown; Howen halts Schultz. 6S Ralyea l'ips Alter; Zufelt. Bauer best Broshce,'. "9 T",'l.phnm licks Ferguson. Don_ nell)'. 70 Hohlff rOUl s Luttrell. 71 Risler be.~ls 13ancroft. bow~ to Goodale. 72 Maue,· lOPS Ols en. 73 Murray clips Clark; Van der Lip wlthdraw~ . 74 Alien breal(s Glass. bo\\'s to Ritter; Glags cuts Ritter. 75 Berg be~ts

,,'yller. Hance. 76 Hundley halts OPP. 77 Sween tops (a) Huggins . 78 Howard defeats Fecrst; Miller withdraws. ;9 )1c1ntosh tOllS Levy. Mayer.

Tourneys 80·173: 81 Bancroft. Bryant top Turetsky; Spies Withdrawn, loses (a) to Bryant. 83 Gage downs OlMn. Keeney: Lemke tops Olsen. 8·1 Goebbert withdrawn. 91 Gage. Aitken best Miller. 92 Huffman. Sherwin tr!p Tremear. 93 Newman nips Me· Ginni~; Albert !Jests )Iayrcis. H Fry be"t~ Baxte,'. ~.; "'assey rips Robinso n. 98 nade bcst ~ ROelt; Shortz conks Cohn. 100 Bateman ~mlte~ Smith: Huglund halts Abington. 101 Smith smites lITacDonough. 102 Clark clips Dottercr. 103 ,Vhitman l'ip~ Rea; Kingston tops Ha~an, 104 \Vendrowski best5 Schultze. 105 Klein dips Dunkin. Hog-aboom; 'l'u rpin tops Dunkin. 107 Morse lid<s Ladley. lIO Erdos downs Stettbacher; Stock halts Haas. 111 "'lueller tops Smith. (f) Whitlow. 117 \Verth wallops Thorstenson. 118 KenIston

PLAY CHESS

BY MAIL! One of the best ways to improve your

cltess skill_and to have a fin e time doing it-is to plilY chess by mail. If you hilve not yet taken part in our Postal Tournaments you are missing a lot of fun and va luable e xperience. There are hundreds of CHESS REVIEW reilders eager to meet you by mail, willing to matoh their skill at chess with yours. No matter your p laying strength-weak or strong_there are CHESS REVIEW playe rs who will oppose you on even terms and give you a good game.

You need no experience to play Postal Chess. The re is nothing mysterious or difficult about it. It is played the Silme way as over.the·board chess--except thilt you send your moves on post cards. Com. plete rules and instructions are mailed to eaCh new p laye r.

Postal Chess playe rs are issued num· bered ratings. Eventually, your rilting will depict your chess ability, compared with other players'. We keep track of your wins, draws and losses, adjusting your rating accordingly. Rat i ng changes are publ ished each quarter.year.

PRIZE TOURNEY OPEN Start plilying chess by mail NOW!

Enter on e of the 4-man groups of our Prize Tourneys.

You will be assigned to a s ection with 3 other players about equal to yourself in playing skill. You p lay both Wh ite and Black against the other three. You plilY all six games simultaneously, two games on one set of postcards.

You stand a good chance of winning a pri;r;e, too! Credits of five dollilrs are awarded to the winners In each section. These credits may be used to purchase chess books or equipment.

If you have not played in our tourneys before, please specify in which class you would like to start. We' recommend Class A for unusually strong p layers, C lass B for above ave rage players, Class C for ilverage players and Class 0 for below ave rage. If you have played, please state your latest published rilting.

The e ntry fee is only $2. You may en. ter as many sections as you please at $2 e aCh. Mai l entry coupon below, or copy of it, to CHESS REVIEW, 250 W est 57th Street, New York 19, N. Y.

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Contents of Kit One or the most important it ems in

th e kit I, the Postal Ch ess Recorder Al_ bum _ the g reatest aid to posta l chess ever Invented. Th e six miniature chess IIcts in th is album ena ble YOII to keep t rack of the posi t ions, move by move, in a ll s ix games of your s ection_ On the seon!_cards, supplied with the album, you record the moves o f the g i m es. The u pto.date s core of each game flces the cur· r e nt position. Score-cards are removabl e. Wh en a game is fini shed, r e move the old card a nd Inllert a new on e . 12 extra score cards a r e Inc luded in the k it.

The kit al s o conta ins 100 M ove · Mail!ng P os t Ca r ds fo r s e nd in g movu to your opponents, a Chess T ype Stamping Outfit for pr inti ng posi ti o n s o n t he mai ling cards, a Game Score Pad of 100 sheets for submitting scores of games to be adjudicated or pu b lished, comp lete instruc_ ti ons on how to p lay chess by mail and th e Offic ia l Rul es of P os t a l Ch ess.

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nip~ :-.'!<:o la l. 12,; Savage he~!~ Ba!eheller. 130 ~1 "nI 10p~ 1·' nHlz. 135 S hl:l wllhdrawn. ! 5S H"~le(! re plnec" V"nle lsoll . Ir.~ Jf'nll ings replaeell Hall. I f.:! K ramet rO I'ln~e .. She" .

• PRIZE TOURNAM~NT5

" Class" T o u rneys f o r Premiums

Storted in 1949 (Key: 49-P) Notice: All !: ame~ arc o" cr-d"" now-cxcept Iho~" which wc,·c exl end"d o n '·C<IUHl of hOlh l'lnycr~ . ' ·'or ,"'olher monl h. ho,,"c,"cr. we ~ hn ll ' ' ''CCI' I bela led r CPOrl~. IlIcd p ro,'HIy. 110IW "olicc Oil ~'-C lour" cy". I" ' "c 28. .Ionunr)l I~~"c.

Tourneys 1_112: as Ha!lctl. Mcehan t o p S h.Qcy; Mcchan 510]lll sm. 5G H it·c . S l ,,"l c~' hos t Buh",.o '·. 61 HullOIl h a il s ~lu~grove. 66 Pern,,,<1;~ fells BulJoeku~ . (,01111>"5. Grecn . )rouIlWlUprr. ~S HodGe. \·"u~ha" t ie . D7 O li n011(1 downs Greife.-. 102 ~!ceh" n whips \Vo bsle r.

Started in 1950 (Key: 50~P) NO llo;e : Gnmcs running for mor c Ihan t wo )'cnn n r u duc 10 be rCllOr led for a dJud l'·u l lo n hr both pl~ye ril nfle r two ~'ea nl pit,. onc month. An e~,,,n~lon of thr~ moulhs r" ,· further 1)1 1\)' will bc !;:ra"ted If we ,·eeel'-I! re'l ues t fOI· ~ \\rh here earlier than Iho IW () ye" ,' d l\le: e .!;: .. if your gamc l>c-1-\"'" In Alll 'iI. 19,;0. reqll C~1 mu~ t l>c m ullcd In ~l" r<· h , 19.';2.

1·'01" adJudication5. gl'·e fu ll rCl'ord o f "'O'·U ",,,dc 10 dale. d lnl1rn lll 01 llOl'!ilion n:=,oe:hed " nd stal .. ",ellt o f how ~·ou propOBe 10 wi" or (Iraw.

T ourneY5 1·109: 21 McEwen fclls l" ld lo w. 23 Dn.n {~1 downs Loomis. li2 S herr defeats ~ve"'d~en. 5G Page conks h:off",,, ,,. G5 GIll e~lllo Il'jp Trull. 1>7 Donn. We~tfall down Ktol l)·. 73 Thomas tops HO]lki,·k. 74 W lll a s h" ll ~ Ho~rcher. 75 ~l cC'HII:I, e )" ],est s C' un "illlth.11ll. iG Kraemcr tics BI"ck. Ha zlitt. l>OW~ 10 I~ onkcl. SO Sherwin lud l $ Holbrook. Oruel. 85 Cnrron w ithdrawn. 8, ~"'''zie r top.~ If) ~Ioon:=. S8 Coghill h~ll a I-Ic i): h..-,,)·. 59 \\'hltne)' hcats Ch am berli n. 91 :-.'. Neumann n ll)$ I{,,):"an. ~5 )Io rri s 10111 C harlc swor th; !{lchmo n(l withdrawn. 96 Van Sickle stoJl/l Slo\lle: \\·" Iker withdrawn . 97 I·'erguson fcll ij YOi\"el. as Secord n ips Nledc r. 100 Bever(lge. Brown lie. 101 Brimmc ,. ];>O S( 8 Boehm. 102 Vau):"IUII' halts Hyma ns. lOa ~(c!'·"dden wllh . drawn. 10.1 Egcelslon lies JO$ep h. l>ow~ to Yell. lOS natcs ben lB Undcrh ill. 107 Stringe r tOIlS .\ stun, Ka plan. 1()S U",." kendor f, Urue t lie; GUli s downs O,uel . Peery. 109 Wa ll W5\! Zeller.

Started in 1951 (Key: 51·P) Notice: 'i' hese tour"cY$ Are no t rea lly ovcrduo ye t. but nei t h er ue unftntshed games over one yea r old exactly prompt. So please III·ge Ot>llonenls to move prompt ly. !:d games In. C$I). Ihos" stMted earl)· in IDSI.

T ourney$ 1_49: 2 H ayes, )I"r~halll ie twice. 3 R Olhenhe rJ:" di]lll Clc,'ebnd, He" rn . 6 RcynOld s 101);1 (2 f) GOlde n. 7 I~Olhcnher!; w ins fro Ul I·'ouqllct. (Z) \'ou,,):". S Weaks t ri P" Tra ne)" .. Iolly. 10 Kn lb I\ ( I'~ :-.'''hin . 13 Gou led withdraw". H ~ICHi cr lOllS OI·I""do. (2) Seroplnn. 18 Wildt win s (2) frnm Itnutled!:Ce. 20 Bn.~ te l· "c~t~ )lcCau!:,hcy. 22 S~hi " k . Doekes win (l,,) f,·o,", 87.0Id. 23 S~hwart~ takea 2 from I~o nlra. 26 FicldlnA" h"lt~ Huffm an. 27 C hase hCK IS ~!cycr. bows to Ley. Cooke. 29 Howllrd. Gmlss down ]) rueL 3 1 WiIliam5. Kellh Splil two g a m es. 35 Ch"merd" w ins (2) from Hcnlon. t iCll O we n . 3i ~Ic;fert bestS Uochlll . ~ O Thon' " a 101'S (~) ltasche. 4:; Cleve", nd wins ( 2) from H arward. Benish . ~G Ral n~ ri l's Godbold . H F l<ldrlc h l)e5l! J ohn!lO". bo ws to ZlI lya. ~9 FOwler fell . W e lnlnl;"cl·. Tour~eYl 50_149: 51 Helt. n"bcnstcin tie.

55 Jo~cph j "lls )IcCaug hey. 62 ,lcn ~cn ri ps 1-I0.!1I$. "·1 Klebe clIps ASIon. (07 J""h,h jol l! Merk i6. GS P ell;!;rew wln /f (2 ) from EllI~on. G9 Hore her6 w ithdraws. 73 Wll llc withdrn"·n. n. na)l:<lr takes 1\1'0 from Vetdh,m " . 16 McIntyre " ·ithdra"-n. 78 fu uer hc"'" A! hey. SeabrOOk ; At he)' 10P$ P os t e l. 8~ Edin"cr withdraws . resi"ns (2) t o Klllr: Lankhorsl wlll~ (2(1) from Edinge r . 86 Fr9nz beSl1 BOOllllra. 87 Hailparn halt s Rlcufre nte. 94

C I"tron tnke~ two from Wlll!am~. 98 Ottinger 1 000e~ '0 Irwln. l ocala O rl!;!; •. 105 Ru benatlln 1'1 11$ ~[ " l1ern. 112 T em[)hl lOPS Bnl>cock.

GOLDEN KNIGHTS Prtlcreuive Iluallfleat lon tournament .

2nd Annual Chompionship-1946 F INAL S (Key 46. Nf)

See tl o ns 1·32 : 29 f'clolll.e tops Jacol>~ .

3"d Annual Championship-1947-8 SEM I_FIN A LS ( Key: 41 . N~)

NotlCl: ,\ 11 ~mi- f1 na ls gomc,; a r e over-due. I n d etn" lt of ",.me repor ts o r reports for adJudication. w" s hall dou ble·forfclt ""Rnlshed games ( e> de"r Ihe w a y for e~tabtishing IRS t qual!ficrs for thc F'lnals.

Se<;l lon, 1-84: 1 Go rdon . Sob"l" df. 34 Brown . ~foran (If. 79 ~I OT", hobel dr. 83 ~te'·ell" "IO,,~ Lu prcchl.

FI NA L S (Key: 47·Nfj SUllon . 1-31: II Jnn ltson. )lcAu ley tie. %I

IUe hmolld n:=signs t o McOulre, wilhdro."· • . ~2 Kns h ln 1 0P~ French. ties Bischoff. 24 OwenR IIck~ L llcall; CoprlnA" . . Johnson tie. ~~ An{U"ovkh beat, Gordon. 26 Du VAil. Hllrr;,. cli p C lark; Hsrrt8 halta m st. 30 Carr \J ~S I S C"'· I",,,ler. 1;>ows t o Deftne .

4th Annual Championship-1949 S E MI-FIN A L S (Key: 49.Ns)

NoUu : Unllnished games which ha'·e run fo r 0'" m uch"" IWO yen n rea lly become over -duc. l[ YOU have a n )·. repor l s !ale of progre~~ iu t hcm (0 Ihe P QJl I,,1 C hcn Edito r. t hen t,·y to nnl~h p t omplly. In fac t. moat s hould fllll~h i n one yea l' !

Sectleos 1-47: 4 Butlerworth defeat s Cox. 5 [",(l e lba1\m be~t ~ 13uckelldorf. 7 Weiss jolu J CU~l": C "I"n5~o wlthdrn w... 13 Lambert lOPS Soly: &Olt wllhdra w$. 16 Sweet whllM W illis . 17 \\'crncr overcomes CUnningh am. 30 H olmes ha lt5 1'IMI. 36 Holm cs. S h l rr t ie. 37 ~Iorrls halt s H inkley, ~ I T an 10pa Co,·en. He! WI1lC)·. 43 f;alltwood halU H "cndig u .

F INALS ( Key: 49· Nf) Sections 1·14: [ K(I!"," downs Val)' .

K .... t.:!: c Ups Clark. 4 P e t CI·aon besis Deftnc . l)ow ~ to 8v"n~. 6 Payne . Wyvell ha ll Han ~en. 7 }''nl"ewell. Sk oler tIe. 8 \V1~cgarver beRIl Mc r rill .

5th Annual Champianship-1950 P RE LI M IN ARY ROU ND ( Key: SO· N )

Notlce: Untlnished tlnll ro und game~ whlo; h have rnn e ighteen months are really o~·erdue, If you have a ny , r e port stale of [ltOGress In them to the POSlal Chc~~ Et\ltor. the" t ry t o fin;~h promptly. Ot h erw; ,c. they may have to be adjudicated soOIl.

Sectlon. 1·1 12: 30 Flrm"n dcfeal5 Coad. Smith. 31 Kni!:'ht nip. Clark . :'0 Xamson. T a llu. I ll . Sl Clcve nger CIlPIJ Alden. g~ )Ic· Olinh lOPS Antuno,· leh. 88 Callis be~ I H Vona. " Poll ... il hd ..... wa. 99 ) Itl ilnan ha lts Hannold. !(I~ P "slernak ddcall Dick son. Slokes, J ones. Clc\·cnger. 108 MOrlra" lOllS Krug lo ff. I II SCm I) do"'n~ Cox . lIeF"r"'",I . tics l"laud Ing.

SE M I_F IN A L.S ( Key : 5Q.N$) S ec tion . 1·24: 3 'Vallate whips \V"rn er.

I·'relman lOPS CO". 8 Bell bests Spnde. 1.0 -ll ener. 10 Ki"K" conk$ Schooler; Shnw tOt>6 Adlcke~ : Suyker belli Van BrunI. II P eale rl!)ll n nymon(!. H)·de, Emo)'er, loses 10 1I )·l n . I! IlIck lc",. downs Kuhn. J)o l~·. 10$e~ 10 Ley. 13 Brl<:c-X,,~h ,,1P3 !Joren. I;; )lcClure bel" l;Iuo;kcndorf. HOf;"lu"d: GrI~-.dcr ha lts Hog· I\ IIld. I t; ]o'" ,· l) el' defeats )Iorrl~. [; Bucke,, (lol·! bows 10 S!l'·C I·, bests ./0""". [8 Schwa rlx Io a lta H enin: Gl1 lll lul(\ <lo\\"n ~ ~! orri a . 20 Shll"llo n b<)~\~ Wcngfll.f. 21 Lynch I1 cka I·'" k c . M"r~dmer. \Vl1Iu: \VlIl",. whips ~["r ' IIchner. 22 Hansen. ROl!enb h un tOt> K ohout. t3 $ch"errcr lops Vfl. n Brunt, lie5 ,\die kes. 2 4 H ook, Scn>b halt W arro.

Sectlo", 25·3g: 20$ :-.'eal nip$ )lcInlu rff. 28 Proper bows t o 1'homsa. bcSls E cllal re. 29 Ho~k ha ilS )lcE lro)'. 31 Colemon conka Col· lIns . 33 Harr ison halt s \\'tlll"hi . 35 Harper. Newbcrry be3t Hog o.boom.

CHESS REVIEW , FEBRUARY, 19S1

6th Annual Championship-1951 PREL IM INARY ROUND (Key: S1_N)

Secticns 1_39 : 1 Kloper dips :Mc\Vhlney. 3 Bevier tiCS Bosik. 101).'1 (n) '\' oold '·idJ;e. 7 Nelson tops (a) Arrington. S Bender. );i<"keI tie. 11 Co~s conks KolYman. 13 Cromelin rips Reily. H Glass tops lIlO\lser. 16 Schwartz bests Yascolt, Corda; I~onn er fells Corda. n Duchesne downs Cushman . 23 Fab",· halts Hayes; Coss conks K isch. 2G Hornst"ln blasts Bleakley. 28 Eash defeats Can'; Richter hows to j',·oren. bests Jl.lantii!;,o. 29 Heit, Herlriksen halt Hunt. 30 Seholt:>; (Ops \Yise!;Can'er; \Veiss bests Busic. 31 Jnekson jolts Zufelt . 32 Faber, DUly defeat Caplllon; Heckman bows to Katz. bests ~Iat~; Daly. Katll tie. 34 "'000 downs Podolsky. 35 Shaw bests Parham. 37 Draug-hon, Zalkowsky Ii",. 38 Wallg-ren, Carl beat Young 39. Led"erwood halts Harrah, Gibb~; Gibbs nips :--'u"ison.

Sections 4(1 ·59: ~o CrOWder tops Peterson; Capo downs Chayt. 41 \Veberg, Godbold. Nordin best Buekendorf ; ·Weber". Nordin down Larsen; GOdbold beats Nordin; Buekendor!, Peterson tie . ·12 Dayton defeata Dnu_ sacker. 'Vnlllek. ~3 Antunovich withd,·aws. H Oakes OVerCOmes Breitman; Glnesser withdraws. ~S Johnson bows ( 0 Haymond, Harris. bests Beaulieu. H Bro!z. Rodkin. \Vatson top Plumail. 48 Holmes. ~Iartin rip Rll.blnowla. 50 Pilawski bests Canter. 51 \Veil whiPS 'Vhltncy. 52 Bo(h""", bests Beach . i\"oonnn. bows to Klugm"n; Beach beats Young. 53 P ,'osser defeats Ferguson . O·Conncll. H Henderson downs ]),."ugholl. 55 Spies wltbdrawn. 56 Aguilera. Gault blast BlasiUS. 51 'Varner. Perkins down Denham; Bryant tops Erkiletian. 58 Fife, Galvin feI! Green. 59 Homer trips '1'1·,,11.

Sectlon$ 60_85: 60 )[oser bes(s Poole. 61 )1ann lick$ Ll!lillg. 63 'Yeissman \\"ilhdraw~ . M \"'-eiss whips Wilson . Siralzkc. 65 Hofe bestil SmIth. bows (0 'Yilso". 66 )Iessle,· downs Ent:elhll.rdt; Van der Lip withdraws. loses (a) to \Vhitney. 67 Luecke stops Stepbens, loses to "'right; Farber fells Lekow ski. 68 Hlau nips j',·unnallY. 70 Schwartz bests Marschner. 71 ~Iitcbell top., Jonah. ties PaVlak; Hinkley halts Sherwin. 75 Lieberman halts Ham. 16 McCallister hits Holt; Zwerling withdraws. 77 Smith tops Marschner. ties 'Vicneek. 79 Fullum tops (a) Cyr. 80 Baxter tops (0 Pabon. 81 ) Ionroe halts Hogaboom; Thompson tops Hyde.

SEMI-FINALS (Key ; 51_NI) Sections 1_8 ; 1 Joll~' boWs to \Vildt, bests

Barber. 2 Henriksen replaces Vichulcs; Zieten replaces Siller. 8 Parhom replaces Hon kin.

POSTAL CHESS RATINGS

New (Old) Rating System Starts As we previously announcell, we are

returning to our original rating system. The ratings on the following pages have been carrlell through all games reported here by December 31, 1951, on the old system-the system then in effect. But, from here on--on all games reported in January, 1952, and thel'eafter-we shall use the new system. "New" is an odd word here, as this is really the original rating system introlluced by CHESS RE· VIEW.

A few postalites have complained of this change. !\lost of these agreed with us after receiving a personal explanation of the factors involved. We trust we need not give more such personal explanations as they take lime sorely needed. Please read over the account on page 343 of the November, 1951 issue. The accuracy with which ratings refiect the abilIty of the players must be our paramount concern-and the system going into effect ensures that.

CHUS REVIEW, FEBRUARY, t95"2

How the Ratings Work The essentials of the '·new " system

are the same as those of the old. And this "new" system, by the way. will apply to all Posta l Chess games-we don't int e nt! to nor could we rate some gameR on one system, others on another. The major difference is that now games will be rated on those ratingR which the players have at the time that the game results are reported here.

To t'e\'i ew the elements common to the t wo systems, fil'st, rating p:Jints are won or lost according t o the Rating Chart (below ). Basically, it oplayel' gain~ 50 points when he wins from a n eqnally rated opponent. He loses 50 when such an opponent defeat~ him. He neither gains nor loses on a draw.

For each 20 points difference, howevel', in the ratings or the two players, the winn el' gains 2 less J)o ints if he is the hi gher rated , g:!;illS 2 more if he is lower.

Th e Hating Chart redtwes this to a l able: in ('olumn I, we list the differential between the playe rs (at the time the game r esult is scored): in column 2, we list the increment (anti loss) if the higher rated player wi ns (the lower loses as many ]J:Jints as the winner gains): In column 3, we haVe the change that applies jf the lower rated player wins; and, in column 4, we see how much the lowe r rated player gains, the h igher loses, if they dt·:!;w theil' game.

For example, If player A has 800, his opponent 858, the differentia l is 58 In column 1. We ta ke 60 as t he nearest 20. If playel' A wins, he gains 50 plus 6 (2 for each 20 o.iffel'enCe) and A wins 56; BIoses 56 points, per colu mn 3.

U player B is the winner , B wins 44 (50- 6); A los es t he same 44 . If they draw, A gains 6 points for holding the higher r ated B, and B Ioses 6 point.s.

RATING CHART Col. 1 Col_ 2 Col, , CoI,4 ,

" SO , " '" " 2 <0 46 " 8

" H " , 80 " " 8

'00 <0 '" " 120 '" " " 110 '" " H

''" " " " ''" " .. " ". 30 '" " '" " " " 28' 28 H 28 280 " 78 28 280 " '" " 30' 20 80 30 32. " 32 " "0 " " " 380 H " 38 38. " " '" 800 " 90 80 820 S " 82 880 , .. .. 880 8 98 88 880 , 98 88 SOO " '"0 SO

The Effect of the "New" System As ratings wet'e computed, each play

er was rated on his tourney rating figure (the rating at which he stal·ted play in that tourney). 'rhe main drawback was he went way up on win!; (or down on losses) before he could be assigned opponents corresponding to the class to which he qualified. It meant that, most likely, he !"ose to a class well beyond his actual ability-had to ])\ay opponents who uniformly trollnced him .

As rati ngs a l'e now being computed. that rise is checked in the process. If playel' A , mentioned earlier, wins at 800 frDm player B, that indicates he should ri se-am I he does almost to D's 858. Two more such wins put him into Class Dwhere he' ll meet oPP3nents mor e worthy of his ability.

Bu t, as he rises, he wm gain carre· sponding less from those like B. For eXample, a w in against C at 858 nets him an even 50-on his 856 after his win from B. So he shOUld "brake" to a stop at his proper class .

(See .. Iso pHg-e 1;;1. )

READERS' GAMES (Continued from pag e 55)

12 .... P_QN3

A determined effor t to collapse the Queen's wing in order to open mo!"e lines and expose the White Queen to flailing blows from other directi ons.

Oddly enough, 12 ... N-N6 wlll not do: e.g., 13 Q-B3 (threatening mate), P-Q5 14 NxP, NxN 15 BPxN (creating a loophole for the King in the event or a check at B71, and Black Is In trouble.

13 P_N 5

Consequent, yet Black Is ready.

13 . . . . PxP!

Parting with a piece. OtherwiSe, if the Knight moves, 14 P-B6, and the passed Pawn puts an end to all of Black's aspirations. Now White must take the piece. If he fail s to do so, his posi tion is breached, and he has no material to salve the coming abuse.

14 Px.N 15 N-Q2

Black thl'eatens with 16 ... NxN.

16 0 - 0-0

Q-R4t QR-N1

to recover h !s piece

It is, Indeed, difficult to say what is W h ite's best plan. 16 P-B7 might gain some time for defense, since 16 ... NxN can be met by 17 B- B3. It Is barely pas· sible, that White is without good reo source.

16 .. 17 P-K4

If 17 QxD. RxB penetrates White's de ' renses quick ly.

17 . _ .. B-N5 Resigns

"Never resign. One cannot win by resign ing," is axiomatic. This 'seems to be a case in point. 18 N- N3 offers a semblance of res istance and Black can easily go astray.

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B Babb P E ••••. 600 B abcoc k G E .. IOU Bab<"Ock W E 7' ·1 Bach K S ..... 854 Bade W L .... 1022 BaKley A J •. 852 BaKley R W .. 1168 R."1.KlH .. lo R A .. 77% R. ... l1(\on V R .. 702 Balley J W .. 774 B~jorck J 11 34 B~ker C D 960 Bake,' I D .... 5S0 Bake,' n A .... GOO Ra ke r R C .... 1096 Baldwlll ~r L .. lJ.10 Hall 't sa B a nerofl G S f iOj 8 Bancroft H ... 33·1 Ba:"~ er FI W . . . 1636 napt ;"t AS .. 111 6 Baraquet T /II. 135: Bara sch C •••• IIno Ba rhr G E .. . 1328 n."rhu~h l , •.•. 50S Barnu C :'1 .•. 70S R. ... rne'· J D •.. 522 Barnhlaer W C a u Ba rron Cal)l D GOI! Barrow R ..... 1352 Barrowa E S • . 630

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R enr da n j D .. llh Reason .r ... 1028 Rechtman M 1178 Heddy R W ..• 36S Redford IIf C .• 714 Reed I" C 642 Reed W • .... .• 1040 Ree ke r E L ..• 50S Reu e J S 390 Ree~e J \V 1264 lteeve H T 11Sf Re id .J J 1261 Reid n A 678 Reily C S 11 5~ Rein S M 1300 Henik H .. ..... 1234 Rere" .J . .... . 818 R eynolds D .... 900 Reynoldl ~' S . n o Rey nold s W N . lin Reznic k .J S .. 600 R hodes B Y 1134 R ibow~ky M ... 1208 R icafrente 5 1538 Rica.rd J H lno R Ice C L 11 48 R ice .J I~ 1Z54 R ice S . . .....• 1084 Rlcha. r dson J W 1390 RIchardson R L 1572 Richmond 1-' H. 1018 Richter R F 171)6 Rickless E W 1342 Hideout E W 910 Kldcr C W .. 822 Ridge R J • . 1126 Ridlon H 788 Rie Or G A 808 Riehle L J ... 1158 Rle lllllnn A E . . 792 R ingler D JI •. 604 R io rdan R •.•. 600 Ris ler S •.•••. 1088 R ist .J 1098 Ritter A R 1048 Ritter .J \V 996 Riv lse 1 U56 Robb T D . . 6(l0 R obert P ... 1162 R obert s 1) •. 1208 Robcr t ~ .\Usa G 6(l0 Rober l ~ .J M •. 146 Roberts R .. • • 1032 Robe r t s R A • • 1200 Rob.inlOn A G. 508 Robinson B A . I nz Robinson E .. • 1012 R obinson H ... 1182 Robinson .J lo~ . . 550 Ho bln .... n "-l iM L iS8 Robin oron :\[ R . 600 Robinson S H . 78£ R oby C C • .• ... 870 Roche M T .. . . 536 Rockwell IE. 110 Rocque A • • .• •• 8U R OO kin G !If •.• 770 R oehm Rev L J US R o te 0 G .. .••. 1194 Rogers H W .• 1150 Rohlft E F . .. .. 686 Rolo 0 l [ . . .. .. 850 Romano 10' R !tOO Root T L . .... . 1222 Rose E •.• •. ... 482 Rose Or H 1230 Ros .. W 0 482 ROl enbaum D 1300 Rosenberg S .. 1222 Ros enb lum B 0 1316 Rosenblum R 1) 1245 Rosenston K .. 1238 Rosenwo.ld .J . . 1270 Rosenzweig H 1030 Ro~s C B . . . 600 Ro~s E G 154 Ross HE: ..... 1110 Ro~s Dr 0 B .. 1280 RI>S.!!RS. l 00 Rot b.nrt C 900 R oth M . . . • .... 1182 R otb enberg: C . 1166 R othenberg G S 946 Rothman Mrs B 600 R othman I ... . 1298 Rothma n M ..• 1404 ROlhm~n Mid 'n 1902 Rourke R •..... 48: Rousseau R 1U RoU{led~e E.J . 664 Rowe J L .. . .. 638 Rowland .J M . . 800 Roo m" " 0 [ 0 1136 RaZia Dr B .. 1390 Ru ben stein .\t . 1046 Hu by .J C • .•.• 1110 Rucke rt H G .• 1272 Runke l K 1314 Rush lI! :'-1 . •. • 400 Russell :\Iajor C !ZOO Russ cll G 53' RuY$ Dr F C 141~ Ryan J I' .. . 796

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Sadowsky A .•. 1226 Suffern W .... noo St PI",re J A .. 832 Sump.!on S .•. 818 Sanden CT.. 8U SanderJ>()n B S I OH Sanderson H C. 1~2 Sansom!! Nancy 123% Sanson R E .• 646 Santoro Dr A J HG SartOU Dr L H 1564 Sargent H W .. 978 Saro.y E J .... n2 Savll!;e E .. .. 948 Sa\'age R C .• 12011 Savage R S .. 950 Savary GA... 584 Saxton J Ii. .. 95~ Sayle. T l~ ... 136 Scha<lfer R •... 600 Schaeffe r G ...• 1834 _Schaeffer R C. 89~ Scharp N ...•.. 712 S~.hl1 tz R ....•. 634 Scheidt r·' M 101.18 Scherer J A ... ~OO Scherr C W ... 9~4 Schick k"v W F 130 Schin"a"cl J ... 900 Sch lager Iii ••• ;'80 Schmid W •.• 1314 Sch m idt C .•.• 900 &:hrnlll H •... t54 Schneeb."m J . 1554 Schneider L M GBG Schneider Dr R 40U Schoenborn FI V 1428 SchollZ M .... !l06 Schooler R .... 1282 S~hool c)l W A . 1UH Schow H ..•.•. 8~G Schrade r DC. 119~ Schrader Ii. W. 512 Schramm H .. 82~ SchreilJe r it ... 896 Schroeder C . •. 494 S chroeder W G 6!0 Schultz A W •• &36 Sch ultz J M ••. 1344 Sch u ltze R ••• 31! Sch ulze F P ... 1018 Schul~e W W • . 1300 Schupp C J .. 712 &:hurr D .•.• •. !ZIO Schuster J .... ] 272 Schwarl~ Dr H. GOD Schwar tz Or H ]240 Schwartz Or I 1768 !:lchwaJ'lz L S 710 Schwartz P ... 1656 Schwa,·tz n J . 1170 Schwelg Dr K. 75G Schwe ltur fI •. 1606 Schwerdt man l-l 9U Schwern~r N H 1050 SclarreUa D 1206 Scorza S ...... IW~ Scotl J P ..... 8118 Scoville G P •• 1466 Scrlv • . n er R S • 1548 Seabrook H H. 5. 8 Seehe.. W £ .•. . 40 Secord P F .... 1192 Seekamp K .'. 982 Seewald J H •.• 970 Seibert J P ... 1242 Seith CA . ... 1040 Selby J .. ..... 900 Seletz Dr A A 1078 Self A R ...... 11(0 Sellner R 0 •.. 742 Seltzer N .•... 300 SelveS-KI P ... loa Semb M .•.... 1396 Seroplen A ... sao Servb N S .•. . 6G4 Sext on E F •.• Wu S hack 0 l n6 Shafer MJ'$ M. :SO S hanno n J ..•. 1354 Slumor VB . . . 100 Shant~ EM .. 135.2 Shaw J . .. •••. 2000 Shay E SGO Shea R L ... .. 274 Sheahan J N .. 100 Sheldon e w . 1138 Sh ephard Or li 948 Shepherd J H .• 15 1& Sherar n R ... 560 Sheridan G ••. 900 Sh erman 0 .. . 1200 Stlerr P 1~2 Sherr S L:::: 942 SherwIn J T .. 1580 Sherwin M ... lU ShleviU: A L . Zz.4 Shonlc k W ••• 452 Shore man E M 566 Shortz Capt R. 818 Shue R .•.• .•. 900 Shull W W ... 900 Si8..!lJR ...... 420 S ielaff R W .• 1328 Sigler Dr H Y. 1462 Sill G ...• ..••. 888 Siller H ....... 1260

Sliver H ..• . . . 950 Sllvers HR.. 600 Simer" J F .•. 788 Simmons W G. 902 Simms L R •. $76 Simon AM... 9011 Simonide~ 0 .. 900 Simpson R C 1500 S inclair R V B '10 S iratzke C E •. 1BG S irota J ...... lit O S iwasllan G . .. 630 Skarsten i\I 0.. 866 Skelton S E ... 101t; Skema K ... •. 1302-Skinne r HE • . 1346 Slabey R S . ... 330 S lade C B •... 1222 Slater Dr R C 1480 S lomowitz J 900 Sluder W J .••. 550 Smith Dr A ... 258 SmIth C T 1200 Smith D ...... 912 Sm!!h D :"Ie .••• 1144 Smith EA ..• • 1262 Smith E J ..... 99% Smith F H ... 900 Smith GA ..... 1100 Smith H J ... sst Rmi th H N .... 888 Smith H e len At 90& Smith J 82% Smith Jay 33: Smith K R .•.. 1146 Smith L J ..•. [;00 Smith Dr iiI J 1098 Smith .M L 500 ~mlt h N E 10"~ SmIth P 1328 Smith P R 786 Smith R A 1200 Smith R F 1020 Smith R L HO Smith R M IOn Smith S • ... 892 Smith S J .... 1194 S m ith T C 768 Smllh V E .•• Ill') Smith V L .... 1]02 Smook R •.•••. 1158 Smyers L ois 576 Snyder J S .. 418 Snyder V W 540 Sobala n J 954 Sobel R • 1390 Sokoler M 1600 Sallf rey W le32 Soly F 1126 Sommer A J .. 230 Sophrin H L 5S6 SOUCy P .. 1100 Southard H A. 574 Srmde S C ... 908 Srmldlng H A.. 718 :';rnHks G W ... 91t Spau ld ing S E. 900 SjH:a r Rev H C 1306 Sperling F J •. 123.2 Speyer D r E 302 Spidle S A 1200 S pies C 1154 Spies E R 90t Spire, H F .. 588 Sprague R A 924 Sprague Mrs R. 608 Sprenger F .•. 1E24 SprlHKbett G.. 600 Springer P GOO Staffer J . . .. • 1624 Stallard H N . 900 Stafford R H 930 Stahre K J .•. 926 Stamer R C ... 1130 Stanhope LT . 1300 S l o ni ion S .•.. 844 S lanley WE .. 684 Stark L ....... 744 Stark S .. ..... 184 SLaser E W •.. 1026 Stautrer Lt F.. 594 S Ul.wowy R .•• l OG Slunberg T l<~ 856 Steffen Dr J T 1184 SleI;Cer J F E.. ~O Sieln P . . .. .. COO Steinberg n "IN 594 Stelnfe!d E .. . 1282 Sle!nfeld J L • 706 Stephan W . •. 828 Stephens Mrs M 890 Stephena W L. 862 Stephenson L D 9~O Sterling L R .• 816 Stern A ...... 808 Stern B W •.• 800 Stern I ...... .. 912 SUnbache r H J 1540 Stetzer D F .. . 1296 S tevens D M .• 785 Stevens L C ... 1&4 Stevens R S 880 Slevens W L .. I OU S tevens W S •. 1398 Steven.wn D •. 914 Stinson D 602 Stlx E R 1226

CHUS RiVliW, FURUA!lY, 1952

StOC k L ...• . 142<1 Sto~kwe ll A J 1088 Stoke~ Jane 788 ~lO l lio C 6UO Slollle .f 8S0 S t olz D .... . . 5~U Stolun ber g L • 2000 Slone »Q .... 832 Stone GA.... 684 Stone Cpl J L. 944 Stonku. J .... 1350 Strader G A 426 S lraoo()y E R ~IIO Stra han 0 W •. 1494 StriCkland H D 900 !Hrlckland \V E 1200 ~trln8er Ll G . 1166 Slrom a C ...• ll S4 StU1<rt AI... . 780 Stubbe .J S . .. • 1026 Stubbs C J ... 184 Stuhl A •.. 12H Stuppler J it{lU Slurge! R H 1036 Stutz E C . ... ~ I O Suthobeck A .• 2000 Sum"o n J G .. 1116 S u lUvn n R P . 900 Sun""e rll -GIlI R JU5S Sumne r A ..•. 600 Suplee F' P ... 60U SI.pp ln&"er E A 982 ~UO"acj A ..... 1216 SUler Mrs P 0 9'18 Suve .. krubbe ,V 314 S uyker Re" A C 1278 Svendsen Dr K 932 Swa.n~y C G . 584 SWanson J V .. 4GB Swo.n~on 1\1 S . . 750 SW>lrl~ G A 12 ~ !:iween C J •. 1072 S w eeney X S 678 Sweet L 1400 SWUU J A . . 1654 Swenson S ...• 884 Symlngl on J H 1508 SY\\"I.k M . .. . .. 560 Szarek F 6110 S~u.udllk J A . 1528 S:&old Dr E 600

T T aber W F 1695 .. nft J E I2~S Ta lla J . . 856 'hlley £ A . . 436 'ralley L 600 Ta.niar T S 748 Taplin A 10 9~ TataFA . . 954 T llu tva ll has P . 1622 Toylor A D 566 T aylor C ..•... 916 ToylOr C F .... 976 Taylor DC... ~90 Taylor G E ... 882 T aylor G O . .. 99~ T llylo r Mrs J T 1076 Taylor S ...... 900 Taylor W S ..• 136 Temple R Ulf Tenney H :u .. 344 l'epker RD.. . 600 Tepk er H F ... 950 Tereck Lt G E 6GO Terry F L GGO 1'ha rp G J . . .. 868 Theis eA ... 730 Thie~ DE .. .. • 1152 T homa. C F •.• 1682 Thom8..!l e I( •• 142 Thomu D J • .• 1348 T hQm,.. G S 1320 ThomllA H C 900 T homa.. K • .. 534 Thomas 0 H .. 1000 Thompson B 0 1484 Thompun C E 1500 T hompson D I. 1000 Thomp.on H .. 1452 Thomp.on J H 1658 TholnPlc)Il hi .. 600 T homps Dn 0 D 1300 Thompson R T. 905 T hompsDn S L 1742 Thordsen W M . 500 Thor~ t e n ~ en J R 856 Throop T A 1376 Thurner R J 968 Tiserio R . . 600 Timmer C A 814 TIshler l\I! ss E 600 Tishler S H .. . 9{l0 T oUter W .... 600 ToU"er },{ ..... 650 TOlncutdk A S 946 T o nllr J F .... U SZ Toom bs C C ••• 870 T raber t L .•.• 1174 Traney L F .• 1288 Trapp H 900 Truk F . . 1702 Treoour A • . .. 670 1'remear ·W C. lOG Trink. W R •• 99( T ru ll E V ••.. 1762

Trumbull S L. 990 Tuggle J •.... . 1318 Tupper C W •. S22 TuretskY R A . 10S8 T urne r )0' :.r .. 662 T urne r L ..... 668 T urpI n PL... 666 TwlU T K 1014

U U nderh ill J A. 532 Underwood A K 1354 Underwood E E 1978 Underwood H C 1338 Unger J ... l OIS Upham J P .. 992 UphOIt 11 • . . .. 60S Urbach H .•.•.• 1408 UrbaCh Major R 792 UUer .M 1028

V Va lvo F' J . . 1454 Va n Brunt C A 1212 V:l.lIdcmtuk F E 1074 Van der Lip G 814 Van Lonkhuyzcn 900 Van Mart e r L . 1(130 Van Nat tan WR 6H Vano E ••.•... 1616 Va :l Pauen H T 1328 Van S!ckle W A 664 V"n Woert K B n~ varga F ...•.• IZ,W Va rn B ..•. .•. 82t Vauilnko, L 1022 Yaugha n F W 1006 Vaug hon HWF 85S Veg u illa J A •• 1420 Velaa R M ..... 1258 V .. neaaar K ... 1110 YenelSky M .•. 814 Vert D ........ 954 Vlctlules L P .. 1346 V lcl nus L F' .. 910 Vier t el R ...... 550 Vis h naoll V •.•. 384 Voas W ••••.•. 1018 VOKel R A 604 Volet fJ • ••••. SOO Vollm er J .. . . 316 Vollnhofer C . S06 Volpe J ~' .... 912 Von A bele R •. 880 Vo n 'rench G. 828 Vosloh M F .• 1200 Vukelich A J · 79.

W Wade Q S. 378 Wahler T J 966 Walch FI " .... 1434 Waldo I< C SOO W~ld reP Capt C 1300 ' V"Ie. C • ...•. 902 W .. lke r ColO F t88 ,Val ker L A... 8!4 Walker T H ... 900 W a ll R J ••. 1I2~ Wallace EO .. 1380 W a llace L H .. 1200 W a llach A .... 900 Wallg" n H •.• 1698 Wallg ren J A. 600 Wallick E E .. 850 Wallick R •.. . 3(8 W a lrath J K . . 490 W al.dorf 0 A 1514 Welsh T ..•.•. 1050 Wolte,.. 1\1" JC 5St Walton e E .•. 1132 W,.rg o P ... ... 1120 V,Torner :.tn eM 566 Wa.rner J .•.. .• 876 W arner R ..... 1136 W arne r R B 1 0~ Warren J E ... 130 war re n J G •.• 1604 W3rrlner R ... 834 Wauon Mn L . 656 'Valerman C K 8U Watkln e G E.. 174 Wa.tlon B G •.. 13& W alion C M .• 6t 6 'Vl taon Mre EN 5H Wattl W H . . • 1512 \Vax C •.•. •.. . ~8S ' ' 'o,yne 0 J S4S W ta k. L ...... 1942 W eA re R E 786 'Veaver A • . 600 Weave. F H 1392 W eaver Q L ... 1300 Weaverling E R 512 Weber J H .•.• 700 Weberg CA .. . 1484 We berg K •..• 674 Web.ler N B .. 1522 W ehde C .•.. 1416 Wddler E ••.• 1048 Wen W .... .. 1468 W eIm ar R 940 W einbe r g M 346 Weininger Dr J UOS "'elser P •..•.• 550 \Veln A A •..• 10(2 Wei u l. A .•.• 1686

Weiss W F .•. 80~ Weissb .. od 10' 1200 W einman A 1330 Weiu P a. lJO' 'Veldz!us W S02 Welle r La. 520 "'ells L P • . 900 Wellstood R • • 71H Wendro,,·sk ! X 638 Wendt 0 G ..•. 1172 Wengrat W L . I2tO 'Venner. lein J . $92 \Venlworl h Q C 1184 Werne,· El J ... U26 Warlh D r R G. 1088 Wes t \V ..... . 3(2 'VeSlbrGok III M 1016 " "'estcrftcld P S 278 'Yestrall H L •. 746 ,VestlnK El R .. 13. \Vestwoo(\ F \V GOO Whelan R .•.. 600 ·Whitcomb A L 6U Whitcomb C L 1656 White T E .... U8. Whitlow Pvt D 1160 Whitman FR . COO , Vhltmore R E 52. Whitney D V •. 836 Whltne,' WE. IOU Whitney W R . 1002 Wholey J S .. . 1186 W lck$man Dr M 1~ WiecklnK R W 9$4 'Yiedls R .•. ... UOO WIencek 'I" R .. 109( Wlgren PIC •.. 110a WilIJur H 0 .. . 1186 'Vilcox H L 1296 Wilde A ...•• 1300 Wilde R A . ... 760 W ildman Or 0 1182 Wildner A A .. 1000 Wild t V .....• 1688 W i lke G ... 11 50 Wilk in JR .. . . 13645 W ilk inson 0 A 884 Wllkofl' R K .. 1042 W lllas G •••..• 96-4 Willcox W H . 1134 Willey F G •.. 1636 'Villhe!m A .. • 80 t 'Vi ll iam. A . . 918 '\'ill i,un8 D A . ~:1 Will Iam. J C . 1568 \\'ilIia.ms .r M. 602 \ VilIiams R L. 800 \Yilliam~ 'V 0 600 Wil liam~on D A 960 Wllliam$on Mrs 738 Willie SKt J J 9U Wllinl;"ham C .• 600 'ViHi8 H lo( •.•• 900 Wlllis T A •.•. U62 Wilsey R H ~ 50 WIl :&On C V • . 1258 '\'il"on H D 800 W ilson J • 1180

Wilson J E 102e Wi ll an R 0 .. 1478 Wln~ton B D 1044 Winston \V 0 .. 1014 Wise H L ..... 810 Wisegarver 8 B 1418 Wbh netr L S .. 920 WlImom R F .. 556 Witteman R W 600 \ VI lIman" F .• li68 W itzel F .. .. .. 302 Woll H H .... 900 Womack R M • 1200 W onK B . •.•.. 506 Wong E..... 140 Wood III . •.••. 600 Wood Dr J G .. 900 Wood JR. . .. 972 \Vood K D.. .. 752 Wood L E . .. . 1718 WOodard !lfrs F 8$2 Woodbury W N 1338 Wooldridge S . • 966 'Vor th ma.n H .. 1178 W right H F .. IH2 W rig ht J B ... U 54 ' 'lr lght SM... 600 Wurl H ...... 510 Wyant D ...... 6n Wyller R ..... 151 Wymall T .••.. llOD Wysow.k l S .. . 1446 \Vyltrach F .. IIH Wyvell l\,f 111 1220

Y Ya n e L L • . 8H Yarm~k S 1448 Yll~colt J 700 Yellw A 1244 Ye ll GO 764 Verhoff F' "j'::: 1800 Yost R .. 830 YounK R ..•... 733 Young .r B •.•. 196 Young J H ..•.. no: Young or C ..•• 1122 \ 'oung WE... 400 Young W W .• 1460 , Z!I.II." Sgt D I . '1$ Zaas Lois .... 7n Zalkowski L J 1276 Zalewski J S . 606 ZalYI I ••....• 1802 Zander H . ..... 1272 Zeller R .. 732 Zemke N 1402 Zieten A L 1306 ZlIlus S 1462 Zimmerman A • 1326 Zirker M . . 878 Zobel E C .... 1046 Z Olla rs Capt A 1030 Zoudllk R J •. 1326 Zufelt E J •.• 928 Zwerllng D r MFI 50t

More on Ratings ( See page 59)

In the CUI'I'ent ratIng I1st. we have sel an fll"bitrnry ce!Jfllg of 2000. Some [our 01" flve postalltes topped 2000 but are listed at that figure. We do th i s because the previous rating system dId not "brake" s udden ascents (or desce n ts) e!fectively e noug ll.

Even some ra tings below 2000 may be d ispropm·Uo liale. Dut, at- 2000, w e hal'e trimmed orr the wild fl ights without trim· ming of{ toa m any pos t a lltes. And we teel that those a bove 1500 will have done well to- but dAserve their chances te>-hold their s tandIngs six months from noll'.

By that time, we shall l·e·institu te the listing of "Postal Mastet·s·· as a I'egular feature In the raUngs.

F or a fe w otber p:>l n ts. u nmentione d on page 09: C lnss A r atings are given In boldface ty pe; Class E players are c a l· culated even In to minus QUantities but tben pu blished with II. minimum of 100 poin ts. The maximum gain Oll any w i n is ]00 poin t s; on any draw, 50. All games are ratetl--Golclen Knights, Prl~e and Class Toul'neys--except wins by forfeits.

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POSTAL GAMES from CH ES S REVIEW fourney'

annotated by

JACK W. COLLINS

Evergreen Candidate :Mr. M . Antunovlch of Clevel and, OhIo,

submits t he followjng as h is best posta l game and desc r ibes It a s a " pal zel" s bid (o r IIn mortal! ty," The u]l]}el\alion seema ill chosen, but the game might well be selected for a ruture "Golden T reasmy of Chess:'

NI M ZO. I NDI AN DEFENS E

pCo : page 239, column 21 Hyman Gor don

While

M. Ant l.lnovleh

Black 1 P-Q4 N_K B3 3 N-QBS B_N5 2 P-QB4 P_K3 4 Q-Q3

T h Is j ~ \lIlhandy. "The same old stuff," . , P- K3 or ~ Q- D2, Is a dvisable.

4 . . . • P-Q4 5 B_N!5 QN_Q2 6 N_B3

S im plest Is 6 P- QR3. 6 • • • • P_B3 7 P_QRS Q- R4

Clack establi shes a Cambr idge Spri ngs' lik e Defen se i n w h Ich the W hite Queen is mis placed.

8 B- Q2 In order to Ilvo!u weakened Queen

side Pawns lIud to obtain tbe l wo Bishops.

H 8 R- Dl , BxNt 9 QxB, QxQt 10 RxQ, N-](;; 11 R- Dl, NxD 12 N xN, PxP 13 HxP, P-K4, Black has t he edge. And, if 8 N-Q2, PxP ! - Black gains a Pawn.

Despite the 16ss of the " the t wo Dishops." howevel'. there Is somet hi ng to be sa!d fOI" 8 DxN. NxD 9 N-Q2.

8 . .. , 0 - 0 9 R_Bt BxN

Not 9 .. . B- K 2? 10 NxP! 10 axa Q-a2 11 N_Q2

W hile ought to k eep pace with 11 P- K 3 or I I P- KN3.

11 •• ' • 12 NlIP 13 B-Q2

p , p N_Q4

P_K B4

Black restrains Whi te from 14 P-K~.

14 P-KN3 P_K4 17 B-N2 B- K 3 15 PxP NxP 18 0 - 0 QR_Q1 16 NlI N Qx N 19 Q-a2 QR- K l

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Dlack th reatens 20 . . QxKP, which C;1II 1l0t be I)!ayed a t once because or 20 K H- K I and 21 RxB .

20 K R_Kl 21 P_K4

.... 3

A mlsl ake w hich sel s the stage br lllla nc:es. Best seems 21 Q- D5.

21 .... 22 ax?

fo,

Stro ngest i s 22 B- K 3, defend !ng the D1shol) Pawn and dcfen lng the captll l'e of the Killg Pawn.

22 , , .• 23 K_R l

23 , ...

Qx Pt

B_RS!

Threateni ng 24 . . . RxB 2;; Qx R (I f 25 [h:R, Q-N7 mate) , QxB.

24 BlIP t K_Rl 25 B-K4

H 25 D-N 5, B-N7 Illllte. And, If 2;; H- KN1 , U- Ki, Black mat es at KN 7 01" JOU.

25 , . , . R- B6!

Even sll'ongel' than 25 ... Hxl3 26 Qxn, QxB 27 Q-R4t, Q- R3 28 QxQt, PxQ wh ich also w ins Cor Black .

26 R_K N I N_B3!

Th reateni ng both 27 .. RxB and 27 .. . N-NS.

27 B-Q3 R- K 7!!

T h reaten ing 2:'1 . .

2e Bx R Resi gns

. Qx!> mate.

N_N5!

Black mat es at K N7 01' K It7. Note how 27 . . R- K7 brougil t W hite'!; Dlshop to K 2 and t hns prevented t he Whi te QUeen rrom defending the K ing nook Pawn.

The Caro Can! CA RO.K AN N DEF E NS E

peo: page 19, co lu mn 7

M. Kapla n

Whi te

1 P-K4 P-QB3 . 2 P-Q4 P-Q4

J, C. Buet ers

Dlack

3 N- QB3 Px P 4 NxP N_Q2

Mos t common is 4 . .. N - D3. T he text avoids the doubled K ing Bishop Pawns that Issue from 4 ... N- B3 5 NxNt .

5 N_K B3 K N_B3 7 e-Q3 P_B4 6 N_N3 P-K 3 8 P-B3

Spielman- H oenlinger . V ien na, 1929, conti nued: 8 0-0, P--QN3 9 Jt- K I , B - K 2 10 p-n., PxP 11 NxP, D-N2 12 P-QR3, 0 -0 13 P-N3, N-B4 14 D- D2, Q-D2 15 Q- KZ, after whi ch Whi t e stood better.

8 .... B-K2 9 Q-B2

Prererable Is 9 0 - 0 and 10 Q-K 2. 9 . , • • P-QN3 11 NxP B_N2

10 N_K4 PIC P 12 0-0 0-0

13 N-K N5 Whi te stri k es simultaneously at KG

and KR i . Dut the move i s prematu re and therefore interior to 13 R- K L

13 .. .. P-KR3 14 N/ 511K P

Consistent bu t unsound .

14 .. . . 15 NxP 16 NxR

P, N Q- Bl

Q-B3! By t h is Impor tant In terpolation, which

t hrea tens 17 . . . QxP mate, Black managell to Improve the position of h is Queen, Rook and K ing B ishop.

17 P-B3 B- B4t 18 K-Rl Rx N

Now Black has an advantage In rna· t erial and posI tion.

19 B-Q2

Compar atl vely best Is 19 B - B 4.

19 . . . . N_K4 21 B_Q N5 Q-Bl 20 Q-N3t K_R l 22 QR_K1

22 . • • . N/ 3-N5! !

The fi nal attack . Such threats as 23 .. N-Bi t , 23 .. NxRP and 23

NxDP are hi t he air. 23 P_K B4

It 23 PxN, Dlack has 23 . .. DxPt ! 2·' KxB, QxPt 25 K - Rl, RxRt 26 RxR (It 26 ExH, Q- N S mnte ) Q- K;;t 27 H- D3, QxR mate.

23 , . . • NlIP! 24 RxN

H 24 K ltN, Q- NS soon f orces mate. H 24 PxN, NltR (threlltenl ng 25 . .. NxB and 25 .. . Q- H6 mate) w ins ea si ly . bu t 24 ... Q-R6!! mak es a beauti f ul fini sh.

24 . . . . 25 BIC N

N, R Q- R6 mat e

t _ cheek: t = db!. check; i _ dis. eh.

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