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SEND solutions to Position No. 193 to reach Irwin Sigmond, 5200 Williamsburg Blvd., Arling-ton 7, Va., by November 5, 1956. With your solution, please send analysis or reasons supporting your choice of "Best Move" or moves.

SOlullon 10 Position No. 193 will "p_ peu In the Nov embe r 20, 1956 inu •.

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HESSE TRIUMPHS IN PENN STATE

Herman V. Hesse tallied 6·1 to win the Pennsylvania State Cham· pionship in a 54·player Swiss at tlle Franklin·Mercantite Chess Ciub of Philadelphia. David Hamburger scored ~jlh· l'h for second pillce. Third to eighth wilh equal 5·2 scores on weighted points werc Thomas Gutckunst, Charles Kalme, J. Glenn Wallz., John A. Hudson, Ralph J. Kneeream, and Janis Sube. Charles Kalme, as ranking jUluor, was accorded the Junior Championship. Mrs. Rachel Guinan of Philadelphia tallied 4-3 to win the Pennsylvania Women's Cham· pionship, outpointing former woo man's champion Mrs. Mary Selen· sky who scored 3n even 3 'f.!·3'f.!. Thirty.five of the 54 players came trom metropolitan Philadelphia.

A rapid transit, held prior to the championship event, lured 13 contestants and was won by Joseph Shaffel', with Saul Wachs second and Charles Kalme placing third. William A. Ruth, assisted by D. A. Giangiulio, directed the events.

The Pampa Story By GEORGE KOLTANOWSKI

USCF To,m14mtnt AJmin;ur .. "" I say it can be donc ! Over Labor-day week·end a gl'eat number of tow'naments took place

all over the United States, and had each player who participated in these tournaments, joined the USCF, our ranks would have been many hundreds more, these hundreds after finding out the benefit of be--longing to the USCF would pioneer amongst their friends. Am I dream· ing? No ladies and gentlemen. As I said above it can b. 9one. The com· mittee in Pampa we re convince~H~~ were the 42 participants at the Panhandle open. They ALL JO THE USCF, who in turn gave one trophy. 1 gold medal, 3 silver and three bronze medals to the first three placed, and then to the first and second B player as weU as to the first and second C player. On top of all that the playen; received at the end of the tournament a new tentative rating. FJere is jUst one com· ment or the many I received after the tournament in Pampa: From Ben· jamin E. Thurston, Albuquerque, N. Mex.,

DUo' Mr. Kolt~now s kl: L.et me congratulate you on the fin .. ,w'Y you ran the nc.nt Pan· handle Open. I thought It went much better than In 1955. A!so, I want to tell you thlt I think your idea for m.d. " for the separate classes in the tourna· ment WaS gr.at . nd mOl t suc· cessful. Probably. We sh.1l copy It for the 19S. N, w Mexico open. I u~ th.t you g.t this practlc., adopted throughout th .. U .S. toumlmants.

Money tournaments should NOT be abolished, but surely the mao jority of players, playing in a two· day or three·day tournament would prefer the official' USCF medals. Thanks to the Pampa Chess Club a start was made and I am convinced that the idea can be sold to most clubs in ' the Unit· ed States. .

As most of you know, I shall be s tarting on a tour this coming Fall. Will be very h:appy to pI:ay in any chess club. (I always am!). 1 inlend to organize a number of these OPEN AMATEUR Champion· ships in connection with my ex· hibition in a number of places, so that the groundwork can be laid for a long range program for the near future.- In aU other clubs, I expect to impress the leaders there on thls most recent idea, wbich helps stimulale chess activity and will bring more players of all ranks to the local chess club.

his bed, which has a large chess king embroidered on it! Patent At-torney for the Ansco Co. in Bing· hampton, Fred learned the game in Hungary from his two elder brothers, who beat him constantly until he bought a book and studied secretly. then he wiped· the floor with them. They refused to play him after a while, as they claimed he had used unfair tactics by read-ing a chess book. By the way, you should see his chess library now!

My next article (soon I hope) will show some sensational new innova· tions that have been started for United Chess and we may also have the first announcement of the US OPEN for 1957!

I s lill say, IT CAN BE DONE ... but won't you help?

TEAM TOURNAMENT PRELIMINARIES

l!f>R Rulll"'ria SWilz,ecla"d POlnnd

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12th Chess

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I N Po~it.ion No. 185, Black made one move and White resigned. Position No. 186 occurred in the four-board match between the Saar and Bulgaria during the record-setting (34 countries) 12th Chess Olympiad held in Moscow during September. In the game, White re-signed after Black's fourth move.

For solutions, pleilo$e turn to Page eight. Send all contributions for thl$ column to Edmund Nash, 1530 28th Place, S.E.

Wnhlngton 20, D. C.

Edmar Mednis is first among New York Latvian players. He met the three ranking players of the recent Latvian Tournament (Ran-kis, Pamiljens, and Zirnis) in a double round event for the Latvian title. Final results: Edmar Mednis 4%-1%, Jobn Pamiljens and Peter Zirnis 3-3 each, and August Rankis 1lf.z 4%. In the hard-fought battle Mednis was forced to concede one draw to each of his three oppo-nents.

HAVE YOUR TOURNAMENTS OFFICIALLY RATED

New Regulations Effective lJlarch 1, 1966 Tournaments, matchet (Individual

Or team; round robin or Swlu) ..... rateable when sponsored by U8CF .. ffll1ated organiutlons, If pl .. yed under FIDE L .. ws, directed by .. competent official, ~nd played .. t time limit of not more th .. n 30 mOV" per hour.

The ennu.,1 dlamplon5hlp tourn .. -ment of an USCP Club Chapter .. nd the annu.l championship tourn. ment of .. ny USCF aHlIi .. t. _h_ ay.Laws pre>vide th .. t all It. mClln-ben must be USCF memben .. Iso are rated without chuge.

AU other eligible events Ue , .. ted only If official report of event Is acce>mp;mied by .. remltt.nco eov. erlng a reting feo of lOa per game far all games adually pl"yed In the contest. (In a Swiss on.half tI'Io num"er of players times the num. ber of rounds repnsenf$ to~ gam .. pliyed if no byes or forlelh.)

Nott that 10e Nati"g ftt pn g_ II ,c/{f(t~J f,cm all playa/, ",bcthn USC! m~mhlS 01 net.

Seml·ennuilly r.tlngs wll/ be pub-lished of all P.rt/elp .. nh In .. II UaCp·Ra-f9d evenh.

Official rating forms should be 50Cured in advance h-om:-

. Montgomery Malor 123 No. Humphrw Av.flue OM Park. lIIinola

Do lUll "'rilt to otlwr USCP oIllcU1U lor tbm ,n. I""'".

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PRINTING FUND NOT YET ENOUGH

The CHESS LIFE Printing Fund is growing s teadily, but still is not enough despite the generosity of munerous readers. While there was never any expectation that suf· ficient would be collected to com· ptetely retire the deficit , it would be a happy augury for the future if enough could be collected from individual chess players to make a noticeable dent. Below are a few comments from contributors:

Certainly all who enjoy and beneIit from the game of chess should make an effort to shaw appreciation for what Chess LIfe and the U .S. Chess Federa-Han are trying to dOl for us .

• If everyone Can help juat a little, we might generate enough enthusiasm to get out of debt, and then continue to e-row without getting Into the Same trouole again.

JOHN P. A. GREENWOOD This small cantrlbutlon Is tar

less than the pleasure which the Chess Life gives me.

DR. RICHARD R. R1GLER At the annual meeting of the

North Carolina Chess Assocla· tlon on Labor Dsy, shortly he-fore the final round in our 1956 state championship tour_ nament, the tWenty players present readily and gladly con· lrlbutcd the enClosed amount to the United States Chl!5s Fed· eratlon. We want you to apply this to the Chess Life Prlnting Fund as our small boost to the USCF and to American · che.'lS.

STUART NOBLIN As of September 15, the Fund

stood as follows: Previously 1Jsted ................. ............. $ 181.00 Lewis J. Isaacs .................. ...... ............ 2:>.00 Players In North Carolina

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MRS. VINES TOPS IN LOUISIANA

By a half-point margin Mrs. Irene Vines became the first wo-man to be champion of Louisiana and the second woman to hold a state title in the USA; the other was Mrs. Belcher who won the Ver-mont title two years ago. Scoring 5lf.z·lh, Mrs. Vines of New Orleans conceded one draw to Robert Scri. vener in ·the final round. Second and third on Coons points with equal: 5·1 scores Iwere Newton Grant of Monroe and Robert Scriv-ener of Memphis. Grant lost one game to James Noel and Scrivener drew with Mrs. Vines and Alwyn Buckland. Fourth to eighth with 4%·1lh each were Alwyn Buckland of New Orleans, John Freeman of Bellaire, Tex" Kenneth Vines of New Orleans, Woodrow Crew of Shreveport, and Gary Erdal of New Orleans. Nine to fourteen in the 47·player Swiss with 4-2 each were James Noel of Shreveport, A. L. McAuley and A. M. Lockett, both of New Orleans, Fenner Par-hem of Natchez, Miss., Dr. Richard Rigler of Baltimore, Md., and Da-vid Walsdorff of Ncw Orleans. The event drew players from Tennes· see, Texas, :M.ississippi, Maryland and Louisiana, and was directed by Newton Grant.

ROECKER TOPS IN IOWA OPEN

The second annual Iowa Open Championship, a three-day 7-rd Swiss event, was won by John Roecker. youthful Peoria, m. play-er, who won all ~even of his games, among them a victory over Hugh Myers, also of Peoria, nationally· rated expert. In second place, los-ing only to Roecker, was Myers with 6.1. Winning Class A honors was Dr. A. W. Davis of Ames, la. with 5-2; second in Class A was John Warren, Moline, m., with 4-3. J. B. Smith, East Moline, m., was the Class B willner, while John Freund, Davenport, la., was second. Class C honors went to H. J. Kre· bill, Fort Madison, la., and Mrs. Heide Ferguson, Algona, Ia. A handsome engraved trophy with five ·inch king atop was presented the winner. The event was held at the Tri-City Chess and Checker Club, Hickey Bldg., Davenport, Ia., and 15 players competed.

POSCHEL TAKES OHIO STATE MEET

Paul Poschel, University of nIi· nois graduate student, won the Ohio Open Championship at Co· lumbus with 6lf.z·lh, drawing with T. Anderson. R. McCready placed second with 6-1 and won the Ohio State title as ranking resident play· er, losing one game to Poschel. Third to fifth with 5·2 were T. Anderson, Charles Heising, and Walter Mann. Sixth to eleventh with 4lh·2lf.z each were D. Fidlow, H. Snyder, E. E. Stearns, V. Nut-schall, R. Ling and R. Lake.

M. Hill scored 4-3 in the 40-player Swiss to win the Ohio Jun· ior title and Mrs. Willa Owens took the Ohio Women's title with 34 score. Only one player withdrew from the event-after five rounds.

Cotf.'1B Ct. .. !! ofl/e

CondlUt~J by Frederick H. Kerr

All college clubs and players are urged to send newS items to Frederick H. Kerr, Nittany 32·13, Box 171, Penn· sylvania State University, Unlvenlty Park, Pennsylvania.

A LTHOUGH Virginia Polytech-nic Institute does not have an organized chess club, an elimina· tion tournament was held for the school championship. Robert Bon· well of Roanoke took the title ahead or Arthur Old of Tidewater. Almost 150 players participated in this event. Mr. Joe W. Guthridge, co-ordinator of student activities, writes that a club may be formed at V.P.I. in the near future.

The team representing Case In-stitute of Technology has qualified along with the Cleveland Chess Club in the eastern division of the Cleveland Chess League. These teams will compete against the Cleveland Latvians and the Atlan-tic Internationals for the metro-politan championship.

Michael Cesanek has transferred to the Pennsylvania State Univer-sity from Muhlenberg Coll-ege. Last year he took the unofficial Penn· sylvania intercollegiate individual championship hy winning every game on first board in the state team finals. Mike is a welcome ad· dition to the Nittany Lion team.

Collegiate chess has hit Ver· mont. Rutland defeated Castleton Teachers College by a scoLe _(tf.. 121h ·5lh. Williams College of Mas-sachuset ts took a match from the Bennington Area Chess Club by 7lh·6lh. Bennington then took on New York's Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and lost 7%4lh.

Daniel Fidlow is now the city champion of Richmond, Virginia. Hc finished second in the tourna· ment with 4-2. Robert Feeney won with 6-0, but he does not live in Richmond and cannot hold the ti-tle. Fidlmy is the chess star at the University of Richmond.

Fordham University, the United States Intercollegiate Team Cham· pion, was the correct answer to question 4.

Question 9: Eliot Hearst, vice· president of the USCF for college chess, is an instructor in psychoJ.t. ogy. Can you give Ute name of his school? If you are one of the first 5 to do so, you will have the pleasure of a fine smoke. The Mail Pouch Tobacco Company will give you a package of Kentucky Club Aromatic Mixture for sending me this answer. If you don't know where to buy postal cards, go to your tobacco store and get some Kentucky Cluh-its great!

Madison (Wis.) YMCA Chess Club hu been organized, meeting at the YMCA. 207 West Washington Ave., Madison, Wis. on Tuesday evenings at 7:30 p.m. William Sims Is acting cha.\r. m~n of the commIttee to draft by. laws and Robert J. Watson is director of the tournament that is already started t o rank the members. There will be a class tor beginners on the first Tuesday of every month. Visitors are cordially invited to attend the club.

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Member c lub or S .J. Chen Assn. Ad· dress Dr. Leonard Strc llfe ld. 125·A Bellevue Ave., Hammo n ton . N .. I. Mlllvlll a Ch i n Clu b INo vembe r 30. 19$1; ).

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Spo n50,.." Eastern S lales O pt' n . )Ieets a t 30 Collam o r .. T err .• \ Vesl Orange , N.J . Ad d ress E. F or ry L:lucks a l m..., t-In g place. Grn t e r Wildwood Chus Clu b (ON. 30, 19:>&1.

Membe r club, So.J. Chest Aun. MCJ ne~. New Yo rk Acade my of Chus and Checkers IAug. 31, 19S7).

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of New Yo rk Authority Bld l., III EIg hth " "0., New Yo rk 1I, N.Y. Add rell.S Bdty (luala . Rm. 1503, at meet llli p]a~ c address. Nilgan Fil li s Ch ..... Clu b (J a nuary 3 ] , 1957). . Mc~1tI ~'rld a)' s 8 p .m .. Sepl ember

t.hrou sh ~I .)· . a l Echo Cluh, 341 P o r\-a !(e Rd. Conducts Niagara Count)· c h .m· plon ~ h l p In May. Address Robt. E. Rob-InllO n. P .O. Rox ]92. Youngslo,,"n , N.Y. I.M.C. Indu, t r la l Che • • LUljlu , (Ap ril JO. (957 ). M~ .. \tI 2nd a nd 41h Mo ndays. 8 p .m.,

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KrySt, (141), P' nidt"l 0/ tht Nt'" JConduc ts Southeastern N.C. Open Oe t ober.M. rch . M""ts Tuesdayl 7 p .m. at Community Cente r , Orln .e • 2nd. S IS. Addrel$ M. J . McChe,ney, ] IIS S. 5t b Ave .. Wil mIngto n , N.C.

NORTH DA KOTA B1smerek Chen Club (Ma r ch 31, 1957).

Meets 2nd e nd 4th W ednesda ys, 7 :30 p .m ., a t Wo r ld War Memo ri al BId • . Add ress J o hannes F oisl ad , 50e • 2nd St .. 8 I5m. rek . N.O. Grand Fork, Chen Club (A pril 30, 19571.

Meets Wednesds ys 8 p .m . a t -"tWLA. Norlh 5th 51. Address Mel v]n '1oKIf: son , YMCA, Grand F orks, N.D.

OHIO Ohio Chess Assocll t lon (July 3 ] , ]SS7).

Open c hampln nsh lp La bor Day week· end. Duel Include USCF m e m benhlp. Add relll Will a White O""el\ll. ]24 South Poin t Drive . ,\ von La ke, O. T h. Clav. l.nd Chess Assocl. t lon (Oc· lober 30. 1956).

City cloM'd and open champIonships, leam tournaments In ClUb, Indust rial and S

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, Publlsh.ed twice a mo;>nth on the 5th and 20th by TIlE UNlTED STATES CHESS FEOERATION. Entered A.I ~ond cl.a.&s matter September 5, 1946, at the pust (lfU",,, at Dubuque., Iowa, under the ACt

Swiss tournament play. In giving my own opinion, I may as well follow the points Qutllned In Mr. Bisno's letter publlshcd In August, but pleDge !loic that no malice j5 Intended. Now for the spllt.halrs:

I. When a player Is supposed to ~how the public the stuff hes made of, should it be In individual games or rather in his e nUre overall tournament showing ? Suppose a player Is likely to be paIred with Reshevsky whe ther he wins or draws. Wouldn't It be logical to make a draw as SOOn as possible in order to con· serve Some of that v!tal stuff, to a~old fatigue, and to get a little more tlme for pr"paration. As rar as that goes , a draw might allow a player to avoid a par· tieularly strong opponent yet enable him to place Just as high , when playing .said strong oppenent c(>uld ruin his chances with a loss. Maybe an agreed draw .In one round coo ld aHow a player to finish with the same score but with a higher set of tle·breaklng pOints.

2. Of course the premature agl·ccmenl of a draw will (or more safely said, may) CaUSe a change In the standings of othcrs. Regardless, 50% of the players will finish In the bottom haif.

3. It Is no doubt that many agreed draws would fin ish otherwl~e, bot let 's take another example. Suppose that by drawing a game ! could be pal~ed with Master Ulveslad or Master Zemgalls In ~ local tournament. lily paIrings wou ld not be changed If J IVOn the tournament game, but If I lost, my chances would be ruIned . In an undecided position, of CourSe I'd take a draw. It would be II great opportunity to get to play either of these people and I wouldn't want to hurt my chances.

Unfortunately, this could bo conslde,·ed a moral problem, hut I think I know the perfect solution, Ban the Swls~ System. In a round robin a player must play to win if he Is to show. In a swlll however, things al·e So Indefinite that showln~,.. may be way out of proportfon to actual player strengths. Of course, that's en_ couragIng for the not.so.strong pla)·er (and I happen to belong to th~'1 group), but It does make the above possible. Well, If It Isn't possible, why al·e draws agreed to prematurely?

In a recent tournament, I reached a state of mental e"hau,tion by the last round. My opponent allowed me to force a draw by repetition. not thinking I was playing for a draw. 1 could not have won the game and I had one game ad_ journed. I lost the adjourned game and ad':.41.""n·wlth opponent received" bot· tom half prize. No draw was actually p~'tl'i";nged. Whnt about situations I1ke this?

DENNIS E. HAMIL TON

We p"biish belo",

LARRY EVA ON CHESS By Internalional Ma.oter LARRY EJ' ANS

The Fall of a System

T HE following game was crucial. It decided the title in the last round of the recent Canadian "Open" championship. Sherwin, needing only a half point to insure himself of a tie for first, adopted a dubious system with which Black has scored some striking successes in the past (notably Horowitz's victory over Reshevsky in the Rosenwald, 1955-56, and Pan-na's victory over Bisguier at Goteburg, 1955). Here, after move 14 White achieved a positional stranglehold. How? The strategical principles are of sufficient general interest to warrant inclusion of the whole game. For an opening advantage, properly exploited, should cut right into ilie endgame,

BENONI COUNTER GAMBIT WhIt.. Black

EVANS SHERWIN I. P·Q4 N·K83 2. P.Q84 P·Q84

This In troduces the "Benoni." It leads to sharp counterpl ay, lind may be Black'. hest way to Injoot an early .tnIggle Into the game.

3. p.Qs . , And this Is White's best way to hold his advant age. Several r""'ent games have shown that the natural 3. N·KB3 permits Black full equality after PIPJ 4. NxP, P-K31

3. P.K4

Sherwin adopts this system when he Is playing for a win. At the time of this game, he and Lombardy Were tied for first with 7'h, whereas I trailed by a hall point. A win would have assured Sherwin clear first (Lombardy offered Valtoni$ an early draw), but after the t irst dozen moves the prell-sure was off. and he gladly woul d have settled for a draw. At New Orleans, "Open," 1954 (where we also met In the last r ound), Sherwin chose 3 . ........ , P-K3; 4. N-QB3, PxI' ; 5. PxP , P-Q3 which gives Black more chances b!>

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:~:,;"~:,;~;:n~ Game, 1956 :'. M. Hornstrin, M.D.

Black N. M. HORNSTeiN 5. Kt-K83 P.Q3 •• 0-0 Kt·.31 ,. P.OS Kt-QR4 •. '"' This move, which hu beeome to lear-

some In the lut two yean, provel that the borl"" adage 'nothlnr Is ever new' (50 popul,r with some annot,tonl should ba thrown In the &shcan to-gether with the works of Spencler-the only serlou. philosopher or the repetitive Ihc ory. In 1951~2, the Chul Corrnpondent printed en enc,clopedlc remw of tbe Kin,'s IncUan. At thet time. mester pie" only revealed 1 ..... _ .• Kt.KtI \lSUaUy ludint:: to an adve.ntage for White. The text move, bowever. has won '0 many master games Ibet 7. p. Q5 hIS almOl t been given up. a. KKt.Q2 ...... .. The best move. If 8. QKt-Q2, P·B4; 9. P-QR3. P-QKt4! •• ........ P· B4 Spa$$ky'll move 8 .. _._., .P.B3! rna" be better. The Kt ce.nnot be trapped b" QKt4 aner BI~k plays Kt-Kt. ,_ P-QR3 Kt-Q2. 10. 0-82 .. _ .. _ Euwe statel that th is Is In Improve-ment over 10. R·R2. KI·K"; 11. Q-B2, 80M!; 12. P·X" B-Q2; 13. P·KR3, P-QKt4 with superior ity for Black plrtly on aceount of Whlte'$ weakness et Q3. This suggestion (orl,lnally of Bouwmeester) is adopted In the text but It ill .eems to gl"e Bleek en adventage. 10. ........ P-Q1t3 11. QK ... 3 kl.K4I With Ulil move . Black enforced htJ next mew. .... u. complete freedom of all his pleee • . Posttlon.ally one should

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GUEST ANNOTATORS Claude Hillinger Norman Hornstein, M.D. Ar;~1 Mengarin l, M.D.

then take note. thai he Is better off than White because the Iianeheltoed Bishop h~s much more sweep than his cQnnterpart. Tl1.ls is the secret of Black's later win and underscores the weakness of 7. P-QS---the old standby. 11. Kt-Ql P.QKt4 '4. R·KtI PxP 13. Kt· K3 B.Q2 U. P·R3 Q-Kl A cute move, which makes White's last trappy maneUVer a temp" deficit. On the previous move, White bad no better than the /l'eneral cl(change of Kts at Q84 when Black still would have had n.ore range of motion. 16. Kt/3xP 18. QxKt R·Ktll

QKtxKt 19. P·QKt4 17. KtxKt KtxKt White has to get his Bishop Qut, but the lext move gives Black a deflnlte edge. 19. P'QKtJ was belle,', If 19. Ql< RP, B-Kt4; 20. Q-R4, BxKP; 21. a-KI, B-Q6; 22. R-Rl, BxK1P; 23. BxB, RxB; 24. Q-BS, Q.Kt4 and BlaCk stands heU Agrinion, Greece

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Prob/t m No. 718 By Nils G. G. van Oijk

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Problem No. 720 By Erio Salardini

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Problem No. 722 By O. Stocchi

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I No. 699 Linden; Set: 1. ......... R·Q3 chi 2. QxR; 1 ......... , B-K6 chi 2. ~; 1. ......•. ,

Q.BS chi 2. BxQ. Many unsuccessfUl hies. Key 1. R.RS chi giving 2 flights. 1 .•..•...• , I. Q·B3 threat 2. QxKN. 5 fine variations alter the defenses of the 2 knights and RxQ. No. 704 Groeneveld: set play: 1. ..... .. .• P_B4, 2. N·K3; 1 .••.....• , N·B4, 2. N-Q6; 1. .•.. .... , N.N4, 2. PXP. Key 1. Q·N2, threat 2. Q.K4. Changing the set play wtlh $ R-Q5. 2. Q-Q6; 1. ........• B-B4, 2. Q-Q3 etc. No. 700 Linden: Set: 1. ........• KxB. 2-QxN; 1. •..... . ,' N any. 2. QxBP; 1. .. , ..... , N-BS, 2. QxKP. Tries: 1. BxN or NxQ... B·ru·! Key I. N·QS threat 2. RxN. Changing the fll.ght and unpinning the queen1 No. 701 Haring: 6 seemingly workahle places for the Q as tries. Only 1. Q-R4 functlons completely. No. 702 Haring; As in the previous entry. 5 gDOd tries with the Queen. Only correct move Is 1. Q.K6 with 2 threats: 2. R.Q3 and 2. Q-N3. No. 703 Groeneveld; set play: 1. ........ , NxB. 2. N-Q4; 1. ••..•. .• , NxP, 2. N.N7. Key variations.

ATTENTION SOLVERSI Corrections: No. 6&4 (Bartolovlcl: Key

1. Q·KKtl. N(I. 706 (Lubell): Black Knight on QKtl.

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Position No. 190 Endgame study b,-·N. D. C rlgorlev

White dr. ... $ by I. K.Q5!. K· N7 (not 11 • .. _._., K}tP; 2. K.K4 . K.N7; 3. K·Kl and White wins); 2. P.R4 . KllP ; 3. P·R5. K·K6; 4. P.RI, P.B1; 5. P·R7, p .B&(Q); 6. P.R8(Q).

If White h.eS played 1. K · t{5 , Black would now win by I . ...... .. • Q.QRBeh. SlmUn ly. 11 White haeS pl ayed 1. K.BS, Bl ... ck queens with ch~k at h is tilth mOve Ind wins by 6 ......... . Q.Q"R.8 or 6. ......... Q.KBsq. On any other flnt move by White, Black wlnl by I .........• Kx.P.

Correct solu(\ons a re acknowledged !"rom 8my Adams. Robin Auit', Glor~e W. Baylor. M. D. Blumenthal, Abel R. Bomberault, Oonald Burdick, G. Chap. puiS, Georg(! Chu(!, Edmund T. Dan, ' , S. J. Einhorn, Jusa Davl l , Robert Fe n-ton, Ivan Frank, Winton D. Fulk ' , Eric L. Gans, J. B. Ge rmain, Edmund God· bold, V. Guala . Dcnnls E. HamUton, Thomas G. Ha rris, R. U. Hayes, R. A. Hedgcock, P. R. HeUbul, J ohn E. Ish· kin, Andrew Ka fk o, Stoll.nley Kalma-wtu ' , Harry Kaye, Russell H . Klme, John Krueger, F. D. Lynch, M. MUsteln, Charles MU$grove, Edmund Nash, J8.lfiQI R. Naylor ', Geor lle W. Pay ne , J"",u W. Plunkett' , Edward B. PO"'o:lI, Her· but J. Roberts, Edmund Rom ... n. Frank C. Ru )·s. Rarry Schlme l. I. SChwaru, Robert E. Selden, Bob Steinmeyer, W. E. Stevens. "' r ands Trlll k. Davis A . Walsdorf J r . , Harris Wlemik. WUUam B, Wilson. NeU P. Wilting , L . E. Wood. and Phil Work. ~.. point , oes to Roy E. Dllllels · .

The solve rs win by 52y;, .1I '4, ·W.lcom. to H.w Solv. rs.

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PMlUon No. 18S: 1. ... .. ...• p .1l4 eh ! and White ri~ed. If 2, Px.P e.p .. Q.B4 eh and 3 . .•...... , Q-R4 mate; if 2. K·R4, Q·RB mate.

P o.odllon No. 186: 1 . ....•... , KtxQ,P!; 2. KlxKt, QxKtP!; 3. R·R1 (If 3. R·Bl, P·K4), Q·K5 Chi 4. B,IO, U·K4! and White res!e-ned,

Kenneth R. Smith tallied l OIh-I lh to win the Dallas City title in a double round event, losing no games but drawing once each with C. F. Tears, Robert Hux, and R. B. Potter. C. F, Tears was second with 8lf.! -3lh, and Robert Hux placed third with 7lh ·4lh, Robert B. Potter was fourth with 7·5.

The 81. Louis "Yanigan" Tourna· ment was finally completed (held up by one unplayed game) with Er-nest R. Straedey scoring 8-0 for the victory, James Plunket, a promising youngster and newcom· er, tal:lied 6-2 for second, losing games to Straedey and Osborn. Marvin Osburn placed third with 5-3, and Paul A, Orth was fourth with 4¥i ·3¥i in the g.player round robin.

In the recent "Heart of Amer-ican Open" at Kansas City, James Plunkett of St. Louis won the Junior title, and Mrs. P. W. Morrell of Kansas City, Kans. retained the Women's title. The 46-playcr event was directed by William Ward of Parkville, Mo.

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Nf>Ytmbcr 10·12 New Muic:o Open Championship

Albuquerque, N. M-Open; at YMCA, 101 Centnl An .

N.W .• Albuquerque; 7 rd Swbs, 20 moves ~r hr.; entry fee: $3.00; Tropblea for 1s t , 2nd, .td and JuDlor, UU. of New Mu lo:o State Champion to bj.he5t rank-In. r Kldent; tournament lponaored by Albuquerque C. C.; TO W. A. Muff; for detalt., wrlte: R. O. Adair, 202 Dart. mouth Dr. S.E., Albuquerque, N. )l.

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Noytmbtr 10-12 Masuchusetts Open Chllmpionship

Newburyport, MlISs. Open (A '" B Clan); at Newburyport

YMCA, 13 Market St.; 6 rd Swiss, 4S moves !n 2 hrs.; entry fees: $10 for Class A, $S for Class B; lop prizes In eash; TO BarUett Gould; for details, write Bartlett Gould, 15 Walnut Street. Newburyport, Mass,

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6th Mid·W.st Open Ch.mpionship Lincoln, Neb.

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