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America ~ e~e:M n6W61'"l'er Vol. XI, No. 19
Copyright 1951 by United States Chess Federation
Wednesday, June 5, 1957 15 Cenls
Conducl«l b" POJitio1l No. 209 IRWIN SIGMOND -
S END solutions to Position No. 209 to reach Irwin Sigmond, 5200
Williasmburg Blvd., Arlington 7, Va., by July 5, 1957. With your
solution, please send analysis or reasons supporting your choice of
"Best Move" or moves.
Solution to position No. 209 will ap· pear In the July 20, 1957
Issue.
NOTE: Do "at pldu solutions to tl>'O pOlitio"s 0" o,,~ ~d,d;
b~ JUrt to jnJjCt1t~ Cf)rr~a numbe, of politio" being solyd, d"d
giye the full n"",e dnd dJd,t!f of the solyer to dSrist in p10ptr
~1tdjting of solution.
Chicago Team Captures Mid-West Inter-University Tournament
By FREDERICK KERR College Uft Edito,
The United States Intercollegiate Championship Team from the
Un!-vers ity of Chirago finished first in the strong 1957 Mjdwe~t
Inter-Um-versity Team Tournament. The Chicago team was the same one
that captured the national title at Philadelphia last December; it
is composed of Mitchell Sweig, Robion Kirby, Michael Robinson, and
Leonard Fran. kenstein.
The event was the second in an annual series. It was held at the
Uni. versity of Chicago on May 11 and 12.
The University of Minnesota and
=c-;c=-=::-~;-o-:::-::-:-:=---the University of Michigan were
BURDICK WINS second and third. Only one-half INVITATIONAL of a game
point separated each of the first three teams. 1. u. of Chicago (A
team) .......... 14'h. SV2 2. U. MInnesota
............................ 14 _ (\ 3. U. of MIchigan
.......................... 13'/.1;· 6'h 4. U. of Illinois
.............................. 11 . 9 S. U. Of Chicago (B team)
........ 5'h-14'h 6. Southern illinoIs U ............ .....
11f.z_181f.z
It became evident in the early rounds that a close race between
Chicago, Minnesota, Michigan, and lllinois was at band. In the
third round, Michigan defeated Illinois 3·1 to knock the mini from
the top group. Michigan's depth was too much for the lllinois team
led by USCF Master Paul Poschel. This left the Wolverines with a
eom\ manding lead.
Minnesota scored a close win ~ver Chicago when Arturo Colon, the
former Puerto Rican Champ. ion, drew with Mitchell Sweig. Chi-)ago
bounced hack, however, to win ~heir match with Michigan 2%-1% ;0
take the title.
U. S. JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP
July 8-14, 1957
San Francisco. Calif.
Donald Burdick of Duke Univer· sity tallied 41h_% to win the
().. player North Carolina Invitational Tournament comprising the
six ranking players in the state. Run-·ner·up with 4-1 was Berti!
Westin of Raleigh who drew with Bur· dick and Dr. A. M. Jenkins of
Raleigh who placed third with 3%-1%. Dr. Norman M. Hornstein of
Hope Mills finished fourth with Pete Henderson of the University of
North Carolina fifth and Dan Diano of North Carolina State Col·
lege sixth. The tourney was played in the public meeting room of
the News and Observer-Raleigh Times Bldg. at Raleigh and drew good
pUblicity and a number of specta-tors. Stuart Noblin directed the
event.
COHEN COPS PHILA TITLE
Dr. Max Cohen tallied 5¥.!-% to win the Metropolitan
Philadelphia champoinship, drawing with Attilio DiCamillo who
placed second, also with 5¥.!-%. Third and fourth with 4·1 each in
the 22-p!ayer Swiss were Gilbert Raich and Mrs. Mary D. Selensky.
Scoring 3%-llh were G. Marcus, S. Geller, D. SCiarretta, V. D.
Smith, Jr. and W. A. Ruth. D. A. Giangiulio directed.
Rohland Triumphs In Wisconsin State USCF Secretary Scores 6 -1
Victory
USCF Secretary Marshall Rohland of Milwaukee tallied 6-1 i.n the
23rd annual Wisconsin State Championship event at LaCrosse to Win
the Wisconsin State Championship, succeeding Jerome ~l'aszcwski w~o
did not defend his title. The new champion learned his chess on
Mil" waukee's playgrounds, a contribution of the famous Milwau~ee
ch~ss program, and as a junior won the Milwaukee Journal's ~11,clty
JUnior Championship, but Illis is his first major victory in
statewide chess.
Second, also with 6·1, was Alfred vice-president, Arpad Elo of
Mi!-Wehrley of Milwaukee, who lost waukee secl'etary.treasur~r.
Madl-out to Rohland on weighted points son was awarded the 1958
state after drawing with the champion tournament. in the fifth
round in a game which FRENCH DEFENSE spectators believed Wehrley
should Meo: p~ge 56, column 58 (i) have won. Third place went to
Wisconsin State Championship William Banerdt of Milwaukee with
5lh-l%, while fourth to ninth all weighted scores with 5-2 each
were Werner Schroeder of La-Crosse, Dr. L. C. Young of Madi-son,
Dr. O. Wehrley of Milwaukee, Huse of Appleton, Helke of La-Crosse,
and Weldon of Milwaukee. Tenth to twelfth 41,-2-2% each were Arpad
Elo of Milwaukee, Herman Zierke of Racine, and Mrs. Lois Housfeld
of Milw:mkee.
Mrs. Housfeld, for many years Wisconsin Woman Champion,
re-gained the title from Mrs. L. Schuetze of LaCrosse who has held
the title since 1953. They drew their individual encounter. The
Wisconsin junior title went to a brilliant new star in David Allen
of Sturgeon Bay, 15, who finished sixteenth with 4-3 in the
46-player Swiss.
The annual meeting of the Wis-consin Chess Association saw
Her-man Zierke of Racine elected pres· ident, Dr. L . E. Young of
Madison
BENHAM TAKES SO. JERSEY TITLE
Thomas Benham of Trenton tal-lied 6-1 to win the annual South
Jersey Chess Association Individ· ual Championship, losing no games
but drawing with Lewis E. Wood and Andrew Chressanthis. Placing
second, also with 6·1, was Andrew Chressanthis of Philadelphia,
rep-resenting Camden, who also lost no games but drew with Benham
and Tom Jorgensen. Tied for third with 5·2 each were Philip
Selvaggi of Moorestown and Lewis E. Wood of Haddon Heights, while
Leonard Streitfeld of Hammonton was fifth, also with a 5·2 score.
Sixth to eighth with 4%-2% each were Gus-tave Krauhs of Trenton,
Ewald Carlson of Camden, and Thomas Jorgensen of Wildwood Crest.
The Junior title went to Frank DiEian-ca of Atlantic City with
3lh-3lh score while Herbert A. Wright with 4-3 won the Class B
prize. The event, held at Hammonton, was directed by Lewis E.
Wood,
laCrosse, 1957 White
M. ROHLAND 1. P·K4 P-K3 2. P·Q4 P.Q4 3. Kt·QB3 B·KtS 4. P·KS
P-QB4 5. P·QR3 BxKt eh 6. PxB Q.B2 7. Kt.KB3 Kt-Q2 8. P..QR4 P.QA4
9. Q·Q2 P·B5 10. B·R3 Kt-Kt3 11. Q·Kt5 P.KKt3 12. 8·B5 R-R3 13.
B-K2 Q.Q1 14. QxQch KltQ 15. K-Q2 Kt·K2
Black DR. O. WEHRLEY 16. Kt-KtS K-Kl 17. KR.QKt1 Kt·Q2 18. R·KtS
P.KR3 19. Kt·B3 Kt·QB3 20. QR.QKtl P·KB3 21. Kt·R4 K·B2 22. P.KB4
P·Kt4 23. B_RSch K·Kt2 24. Kt-Kt6 KtltB 2S. PltKt R_Q1 26. RxKtPch
BltR 27. RxBch K-Kt1 28. KPltP A-R2 29. P.B7eh ReSigns
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THREE SHARE 1ST IN MARYLAND
The Maryland Open Champion-ship at Baltimore ended in a
three-way tie for first place between CHESS LrFE columnist Irwin
Sig-mond, I. Kandel, and N. T. Whita-ker with equal 5--1 scores. AU
three were undefeated. Sigmond drew with both Kandel and Whitaker;
Kandel also drew with M. Pivar, and Whitaker with R. McComas. Since
Sigmond is a resident of Virginia, Kandel and Whitaker be-came
co·champions of Maryland. Fourth to sixth with 4% ·Ph each were R.
McComas, M. Pivar, and Dr. B. Garfinkel, while seventh to eleventh
with 4·2 each were C. Cross, H. Heimlich, O. Hutaff, I. Zucker, and
L. GUden. Gliden, 14, was declared Junior Champion while Mrs. Krieg
won the Woman's title. The youngest pl·ayer was 12·year old S.
Sloan who had to withdraw-but had an excellent reason
(chicken·pox!). The tourna-ment was held in the Jr. I.O.A.M. Bldg.
and was directed by William C. Koenig.
58TH U. S. OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP
August 5·17. 1957
Cleveland. Ohio
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Finish It The Clever Way! b, Edm •• d N~h Po/ilio)) No. 201
E. Nash 'Is. J . Galvins Wnshington, 1957
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POtiliol! N o. 102 M. Stark 'IS. E. Nash
Washington, 1957:-_
B OTH positions above occurred in the District of Columbia chess
championship tournament, in progress as this is being written. What
is amusing abOllt Position No. 201 is that a nationally rated
master had looked at it ,l11d declared it a "dead draw"; so I heard
later. How· ever, a two·move combination decides; Black resigned
after White's third move.
Position No. 202 belongs In an enti rely different class; it is
higllly instructivc because of the fine points involvcd. By a
fantastic coinci· dence this position, 'like Position No. 176, was
an adjourned postion (White had sealed the move B(N8)·B4). Many hou
rs of analysis showed that there's no way fOI" Black to save his
Queen Rook Pawn: however, analysis also showed that Black's loss of
tile QRP is not fatal if both een-ter pawns are off the board, for
then the Black King and Knight ean prevent the advance of the White
QRP! The beauty of this position-it is in fnct an endgame
composition in esscnce-is in the way Black achieves his purpose. As
the game was played ou t, all the points men· tioned are H1ustrated
(see solution).
For solutions, please turn to page eight Send .If eontributlons
for th ll column to Edmund Nuh, 1530 28th PlaeR, '.11.
Wnhinglon 20. D. C.
John R. Beitling won the Greater Kansas City Championship with
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HAVE YOU R TOURNAME NTS OFF IC IA LLY RATE O
New Regulatio1l3 Effective March I, ·1955 Tournaments, malches
(Individua l
o r 'urn; round ro bin or Swln) are r" l""blll wh~n spoon,or""
by USCF afllll.,,,,, organizations, If playRd under FIDE Laws,
direcled by a compotent Offic;;}I, and p layed II time limit of not
mo re .han 30 movel per hou r .
The .nnual championsh ip t Durn .. ment Df .n USCF Club Chap'er
.nd tho annu.l championship t ourn .... ment o r any USC"
IIflJlialo who-se By·LiWI provide tna •• 11 iI, m.m· ber, mut t b.
USCI' members alto are reted withou t char".
All olher eligibl~ even.s "r, ral ed on ly If official ropDr' of
event Is acco mpanl l d by • rern ith nc. cov· orlng a nllng fe e o
f 10e per game for all ,.rnes adu.lI~ played In the contils'. ( In
a Swb. one-half t ha number Df "Iaye" tlme$ th. num· bar of rounds
rtp re,enls to.,,1 gameS played if no byes or forfell$.)
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By SAMUEL BARON and MORTON SIEGEL
A Ferocious Draw! T IUS game. Keres-Walter, is (rom the team
match between the USSR and Swiuer land in the fin als of the Chess
Olympics at Moscow last year. Although the game ended in a draw, it
was by no means a level struggle. as fi rst one side and then the
ot her had the advantage. U there is a moral victor in this game,
it is undoubtedly the young Swiss, Edgar Walter , who outplayed his
famous opponent early in the game, and then later. when he had lei
his advantage slip, held him even through many a perilous si
tuation. W31tcr also r,ieserves credit for his enterpr ising
sacrifice of the exchange. This is not to say that Keres did
nothing at all in the game. On the conlrary, he came up with many
sparkling con· ceptions. This is a gllme Ihllt docs credit to both
players, a game which extended both sides to the utmost, and a game
full of fascinating posi· tions.
SICILIAN DEFENSE MCO: palla 292, colu m n 139
Internat ional Team Matchel MOICOW, 1956
Whlle P . KE RES (USSR)
1. P·K4
BliCk E. WA L.TE R ($wlturllnd j
P.oII 4 2. Kt·K2 ........
A ("vor lte syslem of Kercs·. He r etains Ihe opUon ot pllyln,
the elo.ed va ria· lion (with P·Ql) Or of adva nd n, P .Q4 ~lIher
Immediately. or a rter P.KKI3. 8 ·Kt2 and 0 ·0 .
2. . ..•.... l . P·KKtl 4. II·Kt2 5. 0-0 6. P .QII3
P .. , Kl.Qlll P ·I(Ktl
8 -1(12 P· 1(4
Black do.,. nol wa nt to arrive at a pa llSlve polltlon such u
occur red In Keres-PUnlck. Amsterdam, 195&. when White achieved
P-Q4 easi ly (for example. 6 .......... Kt-B.1; 7. P-Q4).
7. KI·ltl t . KI ·1I2
I(KI.K2 " ·Q41
Aftcr B ......... . 0 ·0, 9. P ·Q4 White haa the Inltlallve. But
now BlaCk haa a r rtved fl rsl In the center . Walter hal found a
good melhod ot combltin, Kerel ' , ·arlatlon.
, . P-Q3 '0. Kt .K3
0-0 , ... 10. ........ . B·K3 Is perfcdly , ood, but Black II
already atrivtng f or m ore.
11. Kt.oS ........ The Knight II awkwardly plleed here, but 11.
PxP . KPxP Ia rilJky for White IS t he Black Q'llde majorily comea
fo r . wsrd ve ry quickly. For (nl ta nee: 11. PXP, KPxP; 12.
Kt-B2. P ·B5; or 11. PltP. KPxP, 12. KI.B4, P-QKt4.
11. ........ P ili P P laying to ex~ a weakness on White'. Q3, I
nd In this sense bctter than 11. ........ . B.K3; 12. P-QB4.
12. Px " 13. PxKt 14. Q.Kll
K'IIII( I Kt ·K2
........ While ..-old, p.QB4 bce.UIC of ........ . P·K5; 15.
R.KII , PxP; 16, QxP , Kt·B4 Ihreatenlng ........ . KI.q3 Ind
......... B·84.
14. ........ KI.1I4 lS. P.oII:4 I(t.o.J n . Q.Rl ... 1(" 17.
R-Ql ...... ..
White would like 10 undermine B]ack', solid pawn It ruelure on t
h e Q •• lde. He holds In r ead lneu the break p .R,S Ind nOw with
Ihe lexl mo,'e preparel a pou lble P·Q4.
17 . ...... ..
PrevenUng P·Q4.
11. R·R2 QII.Rl
Again d lr ecled against P 'Q4, Ind thru tenlng on his part
....... .. P·K~ .
". R·B2 ........ S o Iha t he can anawe r ........ . P.K~ 20.
PxP, KtxP; 21. 8·Kt2.
I' . ....... . . .. , 20. P·83 .~ .....
also
By a l temptlng to th,,'art Black" I d· vince of the KP, While
leACM the ae-thit y of hll pleen atln further a nd livn Blick the
opportunity to puib hla QBP with advantage.
• ". P.B$ >0 . "" P·K5 U. KI.B4! p" n . ." The pr ecedln, ..
xehange8 have brou,ht abou t a basic change In the posltlon . The
p3\\"n posillon Is no longe r rluld. Now the pieces strive to liIke
up dom· inatl ng pOSitions, and It will be noted Ihat Blac k b sUU
In the lead In thla part of the stnlg,le .
23. . ...... . R·K2 24. P·A:S
Kerel Is a nxious to snatc h some Inllla . li ve on the Q·slde
of t he board, but by this n,o\·., he gives Black a tac tic ..
opport unity which young Waller d oc, nOI ove rlook .
24. .. ...... 8·K141 T h ru te nlng .... .... , B.RS.
25. II: ·QKI2 lI: / l ·K l Threa te nln!: ........ , R·KII
ch.
26. KI.KI2 27. R· ll l 21. B.KI5
.... 8 .KI6
........ White II sor ely pressed by I h ... threats of ........
. KI·Kt4 and ......... Kt·JU. He rtgu rea th.1 only acUv ... p lay
.... n .... ve him now.
21 . ....... . Kt-KI4 2t. Q·Rl
While may have Inte nded 29. Q.Kt4. KlxQP"?!; 30. BxR ! But now
h e fel!he. that On ~. Q.KI4 the answer ........ . B. III ~ Is 100
st rong. T he quee n will be t ra pped.
n . ...... .. Khr llP Ii An e nte rp r ising 5i\crtflee of the
eha nge. T he crisis Is at hind.
lO. BxR 31. K ·1I:1 32. R-Q2
BxP eh ... . .......
Absolulely forced. The threat was Kt·R5.
32. .. ...... B.Kt2
Now th rea t!'n lng
33. P.o6
....... ..
...
.. .. .... .
( See diagram top next column ) Safer was ........ , R·KI . But
Black did no t see Whlte'li r e ply.
34. PxP'
A surprlsln, resource. If now ........ . )(1. K5 , 35. QxP! and
White wins. (Not , howe .. er . 35. PxP? BxQ: 36. P ·R&(QI eh,
R·K ]; 37. QxB. KtxJt; 38. R·B2. KtaB; 39. IbKt, Q:lP with a WIn
lor Black.)
,.. , ...... , ",p 35. Q.tt. ch R· I(, 36. Q·96 ...... ..
AI a r esult of hi s two surprt~ln, ahots lmo\"e' 33 and 3~) wh
ich took Black some" 'hal hy lurprlse. White hal gotten a much
needed brut hln , s pace. (Time p reuure mlly h.,·e been a facto r
.) Bis ek no longer hDi D win. T he eame Is . UIl fe r~lou.ty
dlrrlcult, however.
36. ........ a ·R51 36 . ......... QxQ; 37. BxQ, R·QI ; 38. P
.Q7 followed by 39. R·K I b not ,ood fo r Blaek. Ill' dec tdct to
fight fo r a win and , Iv ... s up a pawn.
31. QxKtP Kt ·K5 lI. 1I: .R2 P·1U1
This I I,"ong pa .. 'n Is Blaek'i only r .,· malnlng t ru mp. A.
• n>aller of fact, White must no w play ... ery well to avoid
105lng hi mself.
)9. Q·'71 ........ T hrCltenlna: 40. SxKI. RxB; 41. RxB! . QxR ;
42. QxP ch. K·R ]; 43. P·Q7 and wina (43 ......... . Q.Q5; U . Q·KB
eh).
39. ........ Kt .o11 40. R" II QxR
Not 40 . ....... .. QxQ; 41. PxQ. KtxR; 42. R·QD4 and wlnl.
The . dJourned poll tlon. White has two moves thllt _m to win
orrha nd: 41. 8 ·86 Ind 41 . P .Q7. But neither o r the m .du i lly
d ocl!
If 41. a·oo, Q.QBS! (detentt. KB2 and Ihr..-alenl male) ; 42.
R.B], R·KB I ; 43. P .Q7. Kt·Kt6 ~ ; 44 . P .QII{Q). KlxR; 4S. Q·Q
I. I(I ·Q8! and wins,
If 41 . P ·Q7. Ktx R; 42. B·86!, KtxP eh IThe ..... Ing
reaource): 43. PxKt (not 43. QxKt , Q.QBeh; U . )(I .KI , RxKteh;
4S. K.Kt2. R·I(t8 ch ; 46. K·R3 . Q.R4eh; 47. Q·R4 , Q·a4 e h and m
. lel), Q-Q8 eh; U . K·R2 , Q·R4 c r. ; 45. Kt-R4, Q·K7 eh and draw
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S o Ke rel ma ke. a sharp third choice, a O1o .. e which r el
alna m ost o( the win. nl ng chanCe!.
41. QxP chi . ...... . W ith '" polnl that " ........ , KxQ; ...
B.Q~ mate! ... ........ K· Rl ... P", , .. , Now IJI'ck aceml IO ..
e ll off again. He mus t wI n the QP. Or d ocs he1
43. II: ·KlI
Forced a nd fo rcln,.
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m'ess "'fi JVt JntsJ.ry, P's.- 3 \ll' 1..1 e /rWi ~, 19~7
e~e'6 .,lit 3n nW Yo"/'
By Aben Rudy
I N BRIEF; We noted with keen disappointment the leiter of P
rcsident Frank Graves Ilnnounc· ing thc withdrawal of the Chess
Olympics fro m the United States. Whose letter will appear next?? .
. . A four game match has been arranged to decide finally who will
be the fifth member of thc team that will represent our country in
the World Students Team Tour· ney. the choice is betwecn Robert
Sobel and Ronald Gross .. . Warn· ing to those intending to visit
New York this summl'r-it is safer to place you r arm in a lion's
den tha n to shake hands with Oscar Freedman. This ex·wrestler will
kill you ... Poets and playwrites. tradi tional inhabitants of
Green· wich Village CoUC(!·Houses. are yielding grou nd to the
onrushing stcps or the chessp layer. Sidewalk chess cafes are now
th~end in this Bohemian section of New York ... Surprise of the
Month : Victor Guala sacrificed a piece-and won. It happened in the
Met League match between the Mar· shall A team and the Manhattan
Resen'es. Our good fri end Allen K:lUfman was his victim ...
Ru-mors persist that Dr. Reuben Fine will desist (rom observing
ches players under his psychologica. microscope long enough to play
some tournament chess again ..• The chess clubs are overflowing
with junior members who are relatives of well·known chess ex·
perts. Julius Gre5ser . SOil of U.S. Women's Champion Gisella Gres·
ser. and Hamilton Fish, nephew of Fred Reinleld, immediately come
to mind ... Is it true th. t Sara GQOdman is for ming an as·
sociation to be known as "Chesso-holies' Anonymous"? ... Dr. Dan·
iel Beninson, poss ibly the strong· est nOlI·tournament player in
the world. recently demolished ana· tionally known chess master
1().1 in skittles competition . .. The fo l· lowing chcssplayers
have becn
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PAUL MORPHY Centennial Tournament
Yankton. S.D. August 21-September 2
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$50, 51h : $25; 6th; $15 ; 7th : $10 . • 'urlher ~pccl~ t priZe!
for top playe r from Soul h Dakota, and 11 apecia l pri!C tor each
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FEDERATION. Entered lOS ~ooo cl.uiP rnalUlr Sept.embe.r It
Dllbuqu., lo"a, IIDder the act of March g, 111'19.
Editor : MONTGOMERY }!AJOR
Vol. Xl, Number 19 June 5, 1957
POSTMA$TIR: PI .. se r. hI,n undell .... r.bl. copl" with Form
35" to K.nn ..... H.rXnln, USCF Bulln.,1 Manlglr, 10 Ellt 111t!
Stru t, New York 3, N. Y.
By Montgomery Malar
Limited Objectives N" o,,~ (a" I CC Ihl .. -hol( PC/It'" on ,ht
loom Im/,/ th( /"b,;! is complr/dy .. ·onn.
II! L GULA al-5ong o f th. M yi l icl.
M ANK IND is too impatient: it is too eager to reach the e nd
and con· sequently t r ips over the middle, for when we set OU~
eyes upo.n the stars We invite our [eet to stumble into pitlalls.
AchIevement IS attained hest by keeping the eyes on the path ahead.
not the heavens above, and by progl'cssing from onc definite but
limited objective to the next.
There is another reason why the limited objective best serves
the purpose. Where the vision of future glories may aUract the
dreamer, it repcl~ Ule practical man as \lnohta inablt'! . He can
be persuaded s tep by s t{'p along a route of limited objectives to
a goal he would never have 3ttcmpted to reach if it has been given
him originally as h is ob· jective.
When Ar thu r Stilwell, that great ra ilroad bui lder, took
charge of the sma ll Ka nsas City Southe rn . he realized that it
would never pros per unt il it reached the Gulf of Mex ico ; he a
lso realized that h is Board of Directors would be so appalled at
construction costs that there would be no hop(> of getting them
to share his vis ion. So he set a ser ies of lim· ited objectives.
F irst he persuaded extendi ng the road to reach some g rai nfie
lds, then to reach a n oil·field. then to service some callie
country. Step by step he led his board adroitly until finally the
railroad te rmi· nated in Port Arthur, Texas (a man·made port so
justly named aller Its creator).
Chess has the problems that bese t mankind. On one hand we have
the impatient visionaries who want miracles accomplished in a day
and pout because s uch miracles are not immedia tely accomplished.
On the other ha nd, we have the practical players who can only see
into the immediate future, who grow wary and s uspicious whe n
faced with long range pla ns that seem to the m impract ical o f
accomplishment. These are the players who were skeptical of the
Rating Syste m when it was originally adopted ; they had to be
persuaded slowly to accept its valUe.
Therefore, let us at the Cleveland meeting of the USCF be wary
of adopt ing vis iona ry programs thaI are not susceptible of
immediate ae· complishment. Let us not y ie ld to dreams a nd
visions, but stay to the practical. Let us proceed by limited
objectives, setting our eyes upon the immediate goals before us
rathe r than the ultimate goal to be at· ta ined.
May we suggest t hat these limited objectives deserve careful
con· s ideration:
1) Retog nition of the bas ic fact t ha t nothing is ever gained
perma·
over cism
4) other cussed or the limited
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time demonstrated its incom petence that drastic eriti-",,;
becomes permissable.
:~;. :',~ of the a bove, it becomes possible to set vt J( the
USCF, based upon the program dis· in 1953 (a program never put into
erred because calamities of New Orleans, 1954). Some of these
were :
grim I
of U$..CF memhlrship by Idvert iling .nd direct , c) Developm.
nt of d) Developm. nt of eJ R.vlslon 0' more recent
developm. nts Chess. II these limited are served conscie ntious
ly, chess in the
USA will find itself apprO
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SACCHIC DIALOGUES By "HIPPONAX"
The Virtues of Inexpectation O NE of the principal weaknesses of
your game, aside {rom your lack of talent," rema rked
Klcinerteufel, "is the fact that your attack is obvious at all t
imes. By the time you have marshaUed your pieces to your
satisfaction, your opponent already knows precisely what you plan
to do and has had ample time to prepare his defenses. If you had
sent him II polite note of your intentions in advance, he CQuid not
be more forewarned. But do not blush, you are no more inept in your
strategy than most club players."
I was not blushing, being by DOW inured to Kleinerteufel's blunt
discourses, but I saw no point in indicating this fact. Instead I
hastily bit into my dou,ghnut belore he could seize it from my
plate, for his had already vamshed in two enormous bites. And my
strategy with the doughnut was rewarded by a mournful and
reproachful glance from those St. Bcrnardian brown eyes. So
disconcerting in fact, that I hastily ordered more doughnuts and
coffee .
"Take Alekhlne," said ArisUdes Kleinerteufel didactically,
taking two doughnuts as he spoke. "Did he telegraph his intentions
in ad-vance? Did he forewarn his oppo-nent of an impending
King-side onset? No. Rather he sought to divert attention to other
possible objectives, so that the fi rs t trum-pet of his onset came
as an un-expected and stunning blow.
''There was his game with Bogol-j uboff. Triberg, 1921, which
jusUy won the brilliancy prize. After twelve moves the position was
as follows :
....,::BOOOLJUBO"-F
ALEKHINI! " 00 you see any King.side attack
shaping up for White? Neither d id Gra ndmaster Bogoljuboff, so
do not be ashamed of your lack of perception. There followed the
al-most casual routine (?) moves:
13. e .Ktsl H. KtxKt 15. AxP I
Kt.q4 . PxKt Kt·KtS
,....:.~OOOLJUBOFF
"And then, with one unanticj·
pated blow, Alekhine unveils the decisive King·side attack he
has been building behind the quiet structure of his position:
16. B-K4! "There is no adequate answer.
If 16. ___ • P-KR3; 17_ BxP, p.B4; 18. Q-Kt5, Q-B2; 19_ BxKIP,
QxB; 2{1_ QXQ ch, KxQ; 21. R-Q7 ch, [01 · lowed by 22_ BxB. And if
16 . ..... , P-Kt3; 17. B-B6, KtxR; 18. BxKl BogoljubofI chooses
instead to trade Queen against Rook and Bishop.
16. _._ ..... 17. BxP 11. R-Q8ch 19. BxQ
"And Black moves later.
.... -... resigned el-cvcn
"Or consider another brilliancy prize 'l!ffort, Alekhine-Sterk,
Buda-pest, 1921, if you think the com· bination against BogoljUbOff
was a lucky fluke. The position shows Black with his main power
cramped upon the Queen-Rook file . However, who would expect the s
tunning sufficiency of AJekbine's neKt move, unmasking an
unan-swerable King-Side onset:
ALEKHrNE 23_ B.B61 KR·B1
"Of course, not 23. . ....... , PxB; 24_ R-Kt 4 ch, winning the
Queen. And 23. ,P-R4 is answered with 24. R.KKt4!, QxQ; 25. RxP ch,
K-R1 ; 26. Kt-Kt5 and Black would be helpless. For 23 . ....... _.
p_ R3; 24. Kt-K5 with 25. Q-Kt4 is more than adequate.
24_ Q·KSI R.B4
"Note that 24. ____ , QxR, 24_ ._._ ...• RxR, and 24. .. .. . ,
PxB are an in-adequate as replies_
(See diagram top nC;ft column)
>S. ". ". ".
STIi RK
"Black cannot trade ing a piece down.
P·Kt3 Q-Q6 Q.B4 Q-87
Queens,
29. Q·R6 RltSlgns
be·
"Then, there is that brill iancy, Alekhine . Rubinste in.
Carlsbad. 1923. For a ll of White's pos itional superiority. where
is any evidence of preparation for an impending King·side
onslaught? Yet it is there.
....,...RUBINSTEIN
21 , B_B1 "Ob~ous[y. . .... • BxP is fatal.
22 . Q-B6 R-Q2 23. P-Kt3! Q-Ktl 24. Kt·KUI KR-Q1
~~RueINSTIiIN
ALEKHINE
"And now, the lethal attack is there!
2$. 8 .Kt61
"On 25. . , PxB, there is no an· swerlng 26. Q-K4!. BxP; 27_
Q-R4 ch, K·Kt1 ; 28. Q-R7 ch, K-BI; 29_ Q-RS ch, K·K2; 30. QxP ch,
etc.
2S. Q.K4 26. Ktxf'ch RxKt 2'_ BxR g ·K84 n. KR·Q1
[0 "·f w t'/nt$lJ~'" Page 5 \t~eS5l..1 ~ ]rmt5,19'7
"Simple and decisive; after the t rade of Rooks, Black soon
resigns ---on move 32, to be exact.
"Lastly, lest you think only Alek· hine had such strategical
meth· ods under copyright, le t me show you what a not-sa-famous
master can do in the same unexpected vein. Let's look a t
Landau·Van Docsburgh, Hilversum, 1940. The position after fourteen
moves is interesting but does not suggest that an overwhclming
avalanche Is overhanging unsuspecting Black.
VAN COE5BURGH --:-
LANDAU
15. Rxl( tl BxR 16. Ktxl(lch PxKt 17. 1
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GAMES BY USCF Annotated by Che$. Mas"', JOHN W. COLLINS
USCF MEMBERS: Submit 70;/1' btlt g .... " /0, Ihis tlt p.ttmetll
til JOHN w.. COLLINS. 91 i.1
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GAMES ABROAD (Continued from page 3, co l. 3)
43. ... ... .. Q It P ll Blac k fl nds the o n ly way. Ir now
44. QxQ, RxQ; 45. R·K8 eh, 8 ·131 ; 46. RxB eh, K·Rt2; 47. R·QRS
(not 47. n ·a4 , p. B7 wins). Kl xn; 48. KI·B4, R·Q7 win$.
44 . R· K1 ........ Kerca chooses still a nothe r way- a nd "
gain the Black pO$ltlon hOld'!
44 . .....• ~ QxR! 45. Q . Q R·KBl 46. KI · B4
And White R(:S that he Clnnot ad-u nlal' .... u ~ly $:Ive his
Bishop. J! 46. B·K2. P-8 7; - 47. Q.B7 (or Q·BS), Kt·KS!; 48. QxP.
KI.B7.::h; 49. K-Kil , Kt-R6 eh a nd d r aw$. Waller has p roved.
h!n'MU equa.l to eve r y emergell(:Y!
46 • •. _.... KbB Now Ihe n\al eMIII Is a lmost equa l. Blac k h
as n , S, and P for t he Q .
41. Kt ·K6 ........ A new and danger ous winning .ttempt.
47. .... .... R· I( KII 48. Q..QB7 '" '"" ..
Why not 48. Kllta , RxK! ; 49. Q.B8 eh and wIns the Kl ? Bccau~e
on 48. Kb:8 Black a ru wcrs .. .. .... , P·87! and then on 49.
Q·B7, RxKt ; ~ O . QxP the same can· not be won.
49. . .... .. .
Transposing Into thc 49, QxP
P,81 above variation.
Kt.QS SO, Kt·Kt51 ........
Keres h ~ s II. I~! t lac tlcal Jo ke . SO, ........ R·Klll 54,
K,Kn 51 . Q· B7 P,R3 5$, KI,Q' 52. Kf.l17ch K·Rl 56, Q.QSch S3. 'l
.'l7 KI·8 4 51, KI,8 7
K·KI1 KI.Q S K·R2 R·Kl
Now al the second adjou rnme nt tb e mighty Keres deelsed that
he h as had enough of hi s dOll i hly Swl &.ll opponent, and a
draw I~ agreed to.
Minnesoti Siale Chest Au'n : A nnual election Of offlcen saw
Sheldon Rein chosen prnldent , Robert C. Gove 1s t vlc ....
pruldent, Or. L. T. Kna pp 2nd vlce,preslde n t. Fred Galvin. 340
A1,on· quln Ave .. SI. Pa lll , MInn. sec rebry, William E. Kaiser
t reHllrer, a nd Ai· den Riley, Willia m R. Jones. CUrt 8ras-ke to
K. N. Pedersen, a nd SOmncr SOr · enson d lrec lo rs. A user Sta te
Affiliate.
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N. Y. CHESS LIFE (Continued from page 3, col . 4)
missing fro m the New York scene for qui te a while: W. J.
Bryan, Jack Beers, Nat Kurtz, Richard Ellis, Mubin Boyson and
Vladimir Hecht. Anyone know their where· abouts? ... Good News:
Jimmy Sherwin is scheduled to be s tl(' tioned in New York
throughout hiS service in the Armed Forccis ... An interes ting
article on New York chess act ivity appears in a coming issue of
"Holiday" maga· zinc , . . Therc has been much dis· cussion about
tbe newly published ratings. Those whose ratings rose thought the
ratingli to be just. Those whose ratings fell thought them to be
unjust.- Who says chcssplayers aren' t human? . . , A Reminder:
Every chessplayer ~hould have a hobby.
, A THOUGHT FOR
CLEVELAND All Ihdl ;s nU~Hdry lo r th~ triumph
(Jf t~il is Ihar good m.n do n(Jthing. EDMUND BURKE
Id.ho Ch •• s Association: Officerl of the assoe.la Uon arc: Bob
Campbell, president; DIck Vandenburg, t reasurer . Vandenburg is
aJso editor of the "Ida. ho Chess Qu .. rterl)~', 913 N. 22nd SI.
HOlse. Idaho. Clubs m .... tl ng regularly in Ida ho a t p~scn t
are : Boise Chen Club. YMCA Bld,g. on Wednesday n'lj'hls ; l!.t am
pa Chess Club, Lal;evlew 1 Plrkhom", on Thursday n4hts; Ru pert
Chess Club, Cham he r of Commerce of · Hee On Wednesday nlChts;
Twin "'alls Chess Club. Rogerson Hotel On Thurs-d ay nights; PDI.'a
teUo Chess Clu b, s tu· d l'nt UnIon Bldg. of Id aho Stale Col.
lege on Wednesday nights. Othe r clubs a re repor ted In
organization at Idaho Fall. and Glenns Ferry. Planl for early In
1958 lnelude I n "Open" State Tour-nament, to be USCF rated.
Pannsylvan iil Stilla Unive rs ity Chan Club: Ar thur Weinstein
of Brooklyn, N.Y. scored 6-1 to win the clu b cham. plonshlp In a
3O-player S,,1ss event, losln; one J:ame to r u nner .... p Dr ,
Orrin F l"i nk who also scored 6-1 bllt placed second or S·B. Dr.
Frlnk forfeited One game. Third to fifth with 1!-2 each were Dr .
Fred Brock, Carl Deitrich, nnd MIchael Ccsonek, w hile sixth and s
evcnth with 4'h..2Yi were Arthur Stein and Frank Toth. A USCF Club
Aff iliate,
Bro(Jklyn IN,Y.) Ce ntral YMCA Chan Club: At the annual mee tlng
Edwin FInnell wlls elected president, Dcnald Bo\S(:h vlce
'president, RI ch ard Hayel tournament director, Eugene Shapiro
Instructor , and l'Ilarjorie Finnell, 55 Hanson Place. Brookl yn.
N.Y. secre-ta ry.t r .. al u rer. An nllal me mb ership duel "'·e
re .... t at $11.00, A USCF Club Af· tiliate.
ThIs list Ineludn solu tion!> received u p to the 30. A prU
endi ng with No. 7~ of the !'>lareh 5 colum n. Names marked with
asteri!ik • Indicate solvers who reached the top du rtna; (Ju r
edltorsh ll) and eontlnlle .endill&" In solli tlon5. Names of
solvers who. for any r u son. stOPped send ing solutions were
eliminated, but any time thcy reSlime thei r particIpation In the
Laddel', their scores wW be reinstated. Points fOl· solvln, helpma
tea we re gIven is indicated In each cue. (20 ilnd 10 pOints
reSpectively) bu t for rulure helpmate solutions 5 polnta will be
granted uniforml y.
Our congratula tions 10 SOlver KIIl"t Blllmbc r.e- who rinlsbed
on top of thb Ladder with 82:1. polnh . He receives the usu~ 1
award, a book on chess of his choice. lIb p~$ent points arc
canceled and he starts climbing all"aln. 'K. Blumberg 822 J.
Kaufman 374. E. Benj am in 134 Mrs. Klllou/l h 50 M. Michael. 805
·K. Lay 364. S. Clusman 132 C. Labowltz 50 Dr. Reidel" 800 L.A.
Wore 334 " B.J . Korpan ty 120 S.C. Marshall 44 E.T. Dana 725 J .
Halibur ton 320 Dr. HOllander 104 V.R. HU me «-C.W. Payne 723 A.
A~clrod 320 I. Slemond 96 D.J. Campbell 44 A. Strazdlns 701 'Dr .
Sch\\'a rh 304 Sfe. Karch 96 C.J . Cleve 36 P.H. SmIth 104 Dr. Bli
lloc:kus 300 I. llesen 94 Dr. Welker 34 A. Salmon 689 Rev, SChick ~
H. Leer 94 J .W. Plunkett 22 R.M. CoJUns 669 O. Buchanan 252 R.E.
Bli l ry 90 S. Hartma n 2.2 J.M. 8oge 614 W, CrOwl %44 S.H.
Kowalski 88 D.E. Hamil ton lO T.J. Sullivan 528 H. Schramm 206 P.
Leith as J. F rank lO C. Musgrove 5.' Dr. Brlla ln lOS D. C ..
ssell 76 A. M~cGllvlry 20 J .W. H(Jrnlns 498 W. Vllnnu, t 2()4 J
.J. Soretb 76 W.D. Fulk 14 P .L.Jamel 492 P.I . Smith 192 R. Owen
74 K. Berger 12 R. O'Neil 471 R. He
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IV~J"tJJd1, PIISilII 8 j""t 5, J957
Position No. 106 ITr i.1 SubKr ib.n: Tha f ollow ing Is
Ih. lolul lon 10 I he pOlltion Idverl iud In naWI PapUS 10 be
publis hed on Jun , 15lh a nd 16Ih.) mv\tsky·Kercs, MOSCOw 1955
ThU posi lion n lulled from one of Crandmu ter lI:e re,' " e ry
r. re endgame blunders. In a posilion In which he had good winning
chances, Ke res c are leUly advanced a pawn from KB3 to KB4 to
reach Our No. 206. Now White wins a whole Rook! IUvJtsky conllnued
I. K.R4!, R·N3; 2. R'Q8ch!, K·!t2; 3. RIR7H\8, R·R3; 4. P·/'o;5.
and Kern resigned. U 3 .......... &·B3; White mates by 4.
R·RlIch , K·N3; 5. PxPch, K.H2; 6. R·QR1. Some o f our solve rs
suggnted 2. KIP, but t hls Is not convincing after 2 ..... __ • K·
IU; when any win for White Is. at bell. ~ lonl way off. Tho try 1.
P·B4 IS reo fu ted by 1. ......... RxNP.
Correct 50lullons arl.' al.'k . .IlowledCed from: George W. 8
a)·lo •• Gerald Blair. Curtin, Carl E. Dlelen, Edwin Gault, Edmund
Godbold, "lIchael CoUnman", J ohn E. Ishkan , D. W. Johnson. And.ew
Kalko, John KreuJ;ler. M. MUsteln, Ed Nash. George w. PI)'ne.
Edmund no-man, ~' rank C. Ruy., I. Schwartz. Dob Stelnme),er. W .
E. StevellJl, FranCli Trask, HuCh Underwood. a nd William B.
Wilson. The fo llowl.nC TeCelve ~ point : M. D. Blumenthal, Abel
Bomber· ..... It, Thomas W. Cu,lck. J. B. Ge r maIn, Barr y R.
Schimel, Max Schlosser, J. Welnlnl[er. and Harvey B. McCleUan. The
50lvers s>:ore handily by 26-5. ' Welcome to new solver
I I Fln ilh It Thll Cleve r Wllyl
POlltlon No. 201; I •. &>
