Vol. vm. No. 21

Conducted by GUILHERME GROESSER

SEND sol utions to Pqsition No. 144 to the Editor, CHESS LrFE,

123 No. Hu mphrey Ave., Oak Park, m., by August 5, 1954 ~

Position No, 144 While seems in desperate

straights, but the player, famous in Whist circles, was not discon· certed. He hud a coup up his sleeve, not exactiy tile sacrifice or an umsupp·ortcd ho nOI" card, but something quite as eICective in blocking Black's efforts for victory.

Solufl.on In AUilust 20 lssu..

Position No. 141 This position published in May

20 issues comes from the Czecho­slovakian Master Tourn ament and ls one of Pachman's d£ective com­binalions in overboard play. It calls for the sacririce of the ex­change and the- carnage leaves White witb Kt and Q against two

SUESMAN TAKES RHODE ISLAND

In a round robin event sponsored by the Providence YMCA Chess Club, Walter Suesman, chess cdi­tor of the Providen<.'C Journal, won the Rhode Island State title 6-0. Second placc went to former Rhode Island Ch.ampion Albert Martin with 5-1, lOSing only to Suesman. Chesler Kis iel was third wHh 3'1.1 · 2% and Bruce Carpenter fourth with 3-3.

U.S. OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP

August 2-14, 1954 New Orleans, La.

Place: Roosevelt Hotel, New Ocleans, La.

o . tei: Monday, August 2 through Saturday, August 14.

Direction: Under the auspices of the Louisian Chess Associa­tion with the New Orleans Chap. ter as hosts; tournament direc· tor Newton Grant:

Tournament: SwiSl! lSystem, ac· cording to regulations estab· lished by USCF Tournament Plans Committee. '

• For o etaili, write: A.. L. Mc· Auley, 4225 So. Liberty St., New Orleans, La.

ALSO WOMAN'S OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP

AND ZONAL Two top ranking women con·

testants declared U. S. Repre­sentatives to the Women's World Championship Candidates Tourn­ament in 19:1:1.

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Monday, July 5, 1954 15 Cents

Position No. 144 ,-,-",,-,

Rs and B----but Black cannot cs­cape the mating net, squirm as be will. ;'-

For solution, pleaM turn to page twelve.

NOTE: D o "01 pIau 10/u,io", 10 I fI'Q pol;l;mu 0" "" ~ ca.d; M SUre 10 j"difalc fO.rut "umMr 0/ posilio" Mi", ,00"td.

STEVENS WINS TEXAS STATE

Blake Stevens 0{ San Antonio won the Texas State Championship at Corpus Christi by S·B points with 5·1 score, drawing with Owen W . Johnson and Joe Gilbert. Sec­ond and third with 5-1 e'aeh were Owen Johnson of Dallas and Hat·­ley W. WilbUr of Corpus Christi. Johnson drew with Stevcns and Wilbur, who drew also with WiI­liam 'Browning. Fourth and fifth on 5-B in the 38 player Swiss were Joe Gilbert ur Dallas ,lIld William B. Bills of Housron with 4% -Ilh each.

Shane O'Neil in 12tb place with 3%-2% became Texas Junior Champion as ranking j unior play­

·er in the e .... ent, while Mrs. Hanni Meyers became Texas Women's Champion with 2-4 score as rank~ ing women player.

HESSE CAPTURES LEHIGH VALLEY

H. v, Hesse with 14-1 score took the Lc-high Valley Open title in a I'ound robin e .... ent sponsored by the. Allentown YMCA Chess Club, 10SlDg one game to F. Schaeffer. Mahlon Cleavel' was second with 12%·2*, losing to Hesse and Schaeffer and drawing with Thom­as Gutekunst who placed third with 12-3. Gutekunst lost only to Hesse, but drew with Clcaver, Paul Sherr, M. Simsak, and Joseph Krefnus. Tied for fourth were P .. ol Sherr and Martin Slmsak at 10-5 each.

USSR 20: USA 12 Americans Lose Three Rounds

But Tie Last Session 4-4 By KENNETH HARKNESS

~ The international match between leading chess masters of the United States and the Sovict Uunion, held at New York's Hotel Roose· velt June 16th to 24th unde!: the auspices of the U. S. Chess Federation, ended in a victory for the Russians by a total score of 20 to 12. The visitors won the first three rounds by scores of 6·2, 5-3, 5·3, but were held to a 4-" t ic in the final ~cssion.

Although our team lost the match, the results indicate an improve­ment in the strength o( American players and hold out some hope (or a betler showing in the next contest with the USSR. Suffering from stage.fri ght and overawcd by the reputations of their formidable op­ponents, or elsc footishly overconfident, the Americans were crushed &2 in the fil'5t round. However, the morale and playing strength of the home team improved as the match progressed. The last·round tie by the Americans was an achievement unequalled by the teams 'of any oth er country playing against the Rus- -",--'-------'--­sians. It is just possible that a long- STEINMEYER TIES er match would have produced a e10ser total score or even a victory POMAR AT LAKES for our side!

Plu. Scoro. To D . B yrne, Evans

Samuel Reshevsky, the only Grandmaster on the American team, played four draws with Vas­sily Smysiov. At the other boards, it was the young American players (with the excepUon of Bisguier) who fared best against the Rus· sians. Donald Byrne and Larry Evans wel'e the two heroes who turned in plus scores against their opponents. Playing USSR Champ­ion Vuri Averbaeh, Donald won two games o .... er the board, scored a point . on timefor(eit, lost one game (or a tolal of 3·b l.arry Evans, facing Mark TaimanoY, won two, drew one and lost one for a to tal 01 2'h· Jlh. . Robert Byrne los t his l irst·round game to Alex­ander Koloy, then d rew the re­maining three games. Robert should h ave made all even score but overlooked a win at the l03rd move of his twice·adjourned game for the second round.

The Americans were outclassed at board 2, 3, 5 and 7. Pavey, Horowitz and Billguier scored only ono point apiece; Denker was blanked 3·0. Arthur Dake, who sub­stituted for Denker in the first round, lost his game, as did Alex· andel' Kcvitz who w'as put in to take the place of Pavey in the third l'Ollnd . Best indi .... idual scorc of the match was registered by Russia's David Bronstein who won all fo ur 01 his gamcs. Keres, Gel­ler and Pctrosian scored 3 points apiece. .

Big Crowds Attend Sessions

The match was witnessed by ca· pacity crowds 01 more than 1000 spectators at every session. Many

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In an exciting finis h U.S. Mastel' Robert Stcillllley~r lied Intel'na­tional Master Arturo Pomar for first place in the 96 player Great Lakes Open Championship at Chi· cago. In the scmi·Cinal round Stein· meyer defcated Pomar who Wt\S in time pressure through most of the game, but Steinmeyer himself was held to a draw by Angelo Sandrin in the final round .md so was forced to share first place with Pomar at 6-1 each.

Third to filth with M2·11h, scor es were l)ovilas Tautvaisas, Angelo Sandrin, John Turns, and Richard Kujoth in an even t which drew players ITom Ohio, Michi,an, New York, WisconSin, Minnesota, Iowa. Missouri, Kentucky, Indiana, Geor-gia, Kansas, and Illinois. '

The Class championship prizes wcre awarded to Robert Uhlman of Grand .Rapids with 5'fl -l 'h for Class A , Sheldon Rein of Minne· apolis with 5-2 lor Class B, and Richard Roth of Chicago with 5-2 lor Class C. The tournalll(!nt was di rected smoothly by Paul Adams of the sPonsoring Austin Chells lind Checker Club, ably assisted by Charles Brokaski. Success of this event hus the sponsors considering staging it annually.

SEE INSIDE PAGES

f., Stories o n

U. S. Championship "d

USA YS. USSR Team Match SlOT'ica - Game& - flcsults

Finish It The Clever Way! b, EdmurnJ N .. b

POIitio .. No. 111 I. Romanenko V5. S. Orakert

Eastern Stales Open, 1954 r-,."",

White to p l;oV and win

PO'trion N<J. 1}1 By Reuben Klugman

Bron x, New York

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White t o play ;lnd win

T HE Eastern States Open, held at the Long CaBin Chess Club in West Orange, N.J ., undel' the generous patronage of E. Forry Laucks tmd

the excellent di~lion o( Hans Kmoch. is a memorable event. The tourna· ment was so successful that a ,'cpeat pCl'fot'lnance is promised for Thanks· giving weekend in November. In l'osition No. 131, White declined to accept the apparent perpetual check (as Joss of the White Queen is the alternative) and won in 3 moves.

Position No. 132 is an original composition that 1 en joyed solving. For solutions, please tvrn 10 Page Twe lve.~

Send .11 contrlb"tions for this co t"mn to Edm"nd Nu h, l.S30 lith P I;ou, S.E. W nhington 20, O. C.

1j PENQUITE TOPS SO. DAKOTA OPEN

John " enquite of Des Moines scored 7·0 to win the South Dakota Open Championship at Rapid City. Second place went to Carl Weberg of Salina with 41h·21h, lOSing games to Penquite and Donald C.

. Emigh drawi ng with M. F. Ander: son. Emigh of Rapid City placed third with 4·3, losing games to Penquite and Richard 8. Denu, while drawing wilh Bertin Goddard and Kennelh Weberg. M. F. An· derson was fourth with 3l,~·3lk in the round robin evenl.

At the annual meeting of the South Dakota Chess Association, a USCF State Armiale, Richard 8. Denu was elected president, Don· aId Emigh secretary, Bryant W. Hol mes vice·president, and M. F. Anderson the USCF Director.

GERTH TRIUMPHS IN NEW HAMPSHIRE

Ralph Gerth, Jr. scored 5-0 to win the New Hampshire State title at Concord. P hilip D. Bell praced second with 4·1 . Third to fiHb on S·B with 3ih·l\h each were E. O. Fisk, P . B . . Ki lmistel·, and Almon H. Kelly in the 5 round Swiss event.

A vi;4l ilor rrom Melbourne, Aus· h'alia wulked orr with the Cleve· land Speed Championship, held at the S1. Patrick Clu \) . 'lwenty·two players eon Lested in the 10 I'd Swiss, and Alex S. Komives wilh 8lh·B~ tallied the top score, He was closely dogged Ily Cleveland City ChOlmpioll Rudolf Pilseh;lk and R. Kallse wilh 8·2 eneh, followed by A. Roblloetoy wilh 7'h-21f.r:.

lI\)ess ~Ift M.".,. P>g> 2 Jul, 1, "'4

! McLELLAN TAKES LUDWIG PLAYOFF

Richard MeU!l1an broke the lhree-way tic for first place in the Ludwig Memorial Tournamenl at Omaha by besting Ackerman and drawing with Ohman, while Oh· man and Ackerman drew in the play-offs.

.a N ew Orlu ns (1.1.) ChllU Club ccle.

hnlcd U.$ birthday with a b ir thday cllke In the (onn or II c hessboard d'-"<:OTlited wllh ehCSli,"~n . The novelty of the chess h lrlhdlly cRke drew a news Item with picture In the New Orleans T imes. P lcayu nt', and llbo In the New Orle.ns Stnlell.

MSCA ANNUAL OUTING The i\ta ... ~achu !lCtu Stale Cheill A:I­

IlUCla llon wl\l hold lt$ annual outin).! II Indian Head Clmp, Indian " e.d La.kc, Pen.broke, Ma.ss. (In Su nday Aug. u ¥t 29, 1954. The schedulo 'Of e~cnL' ca ll. ro} rcalstration at 10 • . m., · the s-cml.annu.1 meeting o f the MSCA ill novn. Rapid T ransit Tournlmenl Ind Team ~Icheo; at 2:30 p.m., and 51dUIu all day long.

In ;odditlon. there will be swimmlnll, ~Ung, and Indovr ;and outdoor pic-­nlclr.ln.e racilltles. Ughl ~r.-.:~h.nents will be served. The ou ting II op(! n lu everyune. Una~old;able fee: 50e to.· adults, chUdrcn free. Brlne $Cts ;.nd .... ro..

CONTRIBUTORS TO THE

U. S. CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAM ENT FUND

Charills A . Ames, Jr., Okla homa Citv, Okla. M~ Bella E~;o"I, New York, N.Y. Rom a n Flllpo~lch, Mln nupolls,

Minn. J eromiah Dono~'n, Brooklyn, N.Y. Fran k R. Gra~es. Fort Worlh , Tel(. Robert Ho llow.y. U. S. Armed

Forces. C larllnce Killenl,n, U. S. Arm.d

For ce$. E. Forry L.uckl. W. Orlngll, N.J . Or. J . MelniCk, Portl.nd, M e. WiIIi.m Scott, Atla ntll, Ga. Mirosl;av T"rianslr.y, Ch k;ogo. III. William St ephCfls, Ne w York, N,Y, Ernesto Villa'.nl, Puerto Neu~o,

P.M:. ' Lou is Wolff , New York. N.Y.

NEDVED TAKES 30TH TRANS-MISS

Kimball Nedved of Glencoe, for­mel' Illinois State Champion,- won the 30th annual Trans·Mississippi

• Open at Davl!nport with a score of 51h·1h in the 43 player Swiss event. Nedved's only lapse was a draw with Povilas Tautvaisas of Chicago in lhe 5th round. Taulvaisas was fourth in lhe tourney with 41h·l JA, losing to Hugh Myers of Decatur in the final round on a time forfe it.

Hugh Myers was second with a 5-1 score, losing a game lo Nedved Third was Charles Henin of Chica· go with the same ga me score but lowe r S-B raling. Arte r Tautvaisas came Albert Sandrin, Jr., Steve Wi nikaitis, Dr. Isadore Schwartz, John Ragnn, Martin Ptacek, An· gelo Sandrin, Edmond Godbold, Duniel Roszkowski, Daniel Fi~ch· heimel', the first lwo wilh 4lh·lIh scores and the remainder with 4-2 Other prilc winners included Lawr· enee Mahel' and Mclvin Semb in Class B and .fohn Roecker and Nor­\'al Stilmm in Class C.

The tournament was sponsored by the Tri·City Chess and Checker Club, Second and Brady, Daven· pof·t, and was held in the main au­ditorium or the Chamber of Com· merce. Prizes in cash and merehan· dise were presented to 17 prize winners. Nedved's first prize was $100. ----

ELO TRIUMPHS IN MILWAUKEE CO.

Arpad E. Elo for the third suc­cessive year won the Milwaukee County title (aUhough he actually lives in Waukesha County with n MiI·waukee P.O. address!). In Will' ning this year, Elo had an assist from Joh n Grkavae who was lead· ing in the (inal round unliJ lI e blundered the point away by leav· ing Ol nook e n prise to Dan Clark. This left Eto in undi1;puted (il'St

with 7ih · l ~ , wh ile second to third with 7·2 each were Dan Clark, John B. Grkavlle, and N. Kampan. Fourth and Hfth with OIh ·2 Y.t on SolkoH were L. Gaiga ls and Averill Powers.

Elo lost on~ game to Kampars and dr~w with V. Liepskalns. Clark lost to Elo and dl"CW with K:l mpars and Marshall Rohland. G~kavaes lost to Clark and E10. Kampa rs lost to Alfred Wehr1ey OInd drew with Clark and Gaigals.

Wiseollsin State Champion AvC;­ill Powers sta l·ted badly wHh loss­es to C. Gard ller and Melvin Co­hen in (it'Sl two I'ounds, but rallied thercartel' to conecde only one draw to Kalman i"arkas, ending with 6'!..t ·2'h. The relurn of two vetenms to chells competition a{~er mOI'C th:lII 10 ye:lTS' absen ce in Cul'lis Gardner lmd Alfred Wehr­ley indicates a general revivul of chess interest in Milwaukee, pos­sibly spurred by the excitement of the U. S. Open Championship in Milwaukee last summer. 57 playel'S (:o mpeted , setting a new record {or this cvcnt.

Unl~ersily 0' IIl1no ll ""lted Deea~"r In • ~(urn IDltch 5-1 with P. Poschel, C. II. LltI, J . il:. Wn~n, E. lUdtimo,' . ,11.1. and II. "", hart lcorlna: for llliuo~ while Hugh Myer .... lvl.Aed t he po i nt for Decatur,

c~ ... ofl/. !1n new Yor/'

B~I Eliot Hearst

W E leave to the regular news columns o( CHESS LIFE

the analysis and commentary reo garding the recenlly completed U. S. Championship tourney and turn bere instead to a description of the ' ',Russian invasion" of New York- how t'his metropolis gr~ted the Soviet team and how the Rus­sion players reacted in turn! It 's ·been a long lime since ll ny RU!!JIian master ever visited the United States and no doubt American chess fa ns will be more than a lit· tie interested in hearing about the' Soviet stllrs whose games they have orten adm ired but whom they have ncvel' scen in person. At this wl'iting the historic international mlltch is just beginning, but t>he six days priol' 10 the inili ll iion of competition found the Russians getting acquainted with the United Slates and the New YOl'k chess pub· lie in a big way! Let 's sec what happened to Messrs. Smyslov lind ecmpany after they alighted [rom their pla ne at G:15 A.M. Ju ne 11 up 10 the start or the match on the evening of June 16 .

June 11 : Russians arrive at 6:15 A.M. and are greeted by Presi· dent Philllps Of the USCF and Cap.. lain Alex Bisno o( the US team itS they enter Idlewild Airport ter­minal. Television cameras roll away as short speeches o( ·hospi· tality and international friendship arc made by the principals of both teams. A supposedly embar. rassing question "Wha t about Bot· vinnik?" is eventually asked of the Soviet delegation and, accord· ing to N. Y. Times reports, this query acted as a cue ror the Rus· sian deparlure to their weekend residenl"e at Glen Cove, Long l1l!and amidst such answers as "Bo lvinnik is sick" and "worn out from his hilrd fought m3teh with Smyslov". The Ru.~sians retire to Long Islllnd to rest (or a couple of days rrom their journey.

That night this reporler's com· posure is upset by the unexpeeled sight of observing picturus of reo nowned nus s i :I n chessmasters alighting from a plane on 3 late TV newscast. After weeks o( watch· ing the Army·McCarthy hearings at that hour, what :I sUl'prise to ree· ognize Kotov, Bronslein , :lnd SIlIYs, lov r ight in my own home!

June 12: Russians rest at Long Islalld while N.Y. newspapers pro· eecd to give tremel,1dous publicity to lheir arrival, the N.Y. Times lea· turing the :itory on I)agll one. We hear that lhe Russians will visit the l\1auhaUan C.C. the ne xt day at 3:00 P.M. and thence visIt the Marshall C.C. at 4 :00 dud ng the last round of the U.S. Champion· ship then in progress at the latter club. Your reponel' hope:; his game in the championship is over before 4:00 so he Cilll get a chan(.'C to meet the Russians before he J:ets in lime

. pressure! J une 13: The N.Y. Times Sunday

magazine section revcals Sammy Reshevsky a.~ a (e;ltu re writel' ill

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BISGUIER WINS U. S. TiTlE Undefeated Victor Concedes Six Draws

Outpoints Defending Champion Evans By KENNETH HAR KNESS

ARTHUR BISGUIER of New York became the new Chess Champion of . the United States when he finished in first place with a score of 10-5

in' the fourteen-man tournament held at the Marsball Ohess Club May 29th through June 13th. Defending champion Larry Evans of New York placed second with a score of 1M. The winncr und runnel'-up qua1iIied as the two players who will represcnt the United States in the FIDE World Championship Inte nonal Tournament of 1955.

The U. S. title did not change h ands until the last round of the t01\1'na. ment. Blsguier , the only undefeated playe r, had p iled up a score of 9-3 with six wins and six draws. Evans had won six, drawn fi ve and lost one (to Eliot Hearst) to enter the last round with a score of BIf.&-3 Ih. No ot.her contestant hOld a chance to t ic or outpoint the leader. The issue was decided when Larry Evans was held to a draw by Herbert Seidman while Bisguier went on to win from Dr. Ariel Mengarini.

The }' rank J . Marshall Trophy, em­blem of Ihc U.S. litle, was l)rCsenlcd to the new champion in t he garden a l the I'e:u' of the club. packed to ca­Ilacity by spectators and disting uished guests, including members of the Soviet chess team. Photographers had a field day as they took shots of Bis· guicr shaking hands with Tigran Petrosian, the champion's oppone nt in the USA-USSR match, surrou nded by Reshevsky, Evans, Keres. Aver­bach, Geller , Kotov, Taimanov and othe'T players of international renown.

Bisguier's Pop u la r ity Assured Our chubby, eheer(ul chess

champion for the next two ycars will be a popular title holder. As friendly us a puppy, Art Bisgu ier doesn't have an enemy in the world. JJ he c:lnnot say something nk-c about you, Art doesn't say anything. Hc bubbles over with boislerous enthusiasm fO I' chess and chessplayers. It is no effort for Art to win friends and influ­ence people; it is a natural gift.

The new champion is one of that rare species--a New Yorker who was born in New York. The happy event took place just 24 years ago, on October 8th, 1929. Young Ar­thur lelll'ned the chess moves whe n he was only 7 yea rs old, started to play in tournaments oC the Bronx­Empi rc Chess Club a rcw years later. IIis performance in the 1944 championship or that club was thc first to be recorded in the raling riles of the USCF. The future champion started his career as a Class A 1)layer.

In 1945, at the ;Igc of 15, Bisgui­cr entered his ril-st national tournament- tbe U. S. Amateur C h ampionship held in New York - but failed to quali fy for the

B. Bilguin fi nals. In 1946 Photo: '

R. 'Echevf!rrl.. Art joined the Manhattan Chess Club, took part in the powerfu l championship tournament of this famous club. In the same year, the budding young player made a strong bid for the United States Opc!n title at Pittsburgh, rose to the expert class in the national rati ngs.

Disguier shot to the fron t in 1948 when he won the champioll­ship of the Manhat~n Chess Club and became the United Stales Jun­ior Champion by winnifljt the title tournament at Oak Ridge, Tenn. At the U.S. Open in Bal timore, he tied with Pavey, Steinmeyer and Pinkus behind Adams, Kashdan, Ulvestad and Krame l·. These achievements gained him an invi­tation to play in the New York in­ternational of 1948-49 where he lied with Kashdan ahead of Denker and Steiner. behind Fine , Najdorl, Euwe. Herman Pilnik, Horowitz and Kramer. As a result of his per­formances in 1948, Disguier grad­uated to the master class in the USC'" ran kings.

In 1949, Bisguier again won the Manhattan Chess Club title and the United Stales Junior Cham­pionship, but fai led to caplure t.be U.S. Open at Omaha. The follow­ing year, however, Arthur topped 120 entries to win the national Open at Detl·Oit. Then, in his f irst foreign appearance, the young American won on S-B points over Tartakover in the Stevenson Me­morial Tournamen t at Southsea, Engla nd, ahead of Golombek. Pen­rose, L. Schmid, Bogolju bov and otber famous European masters.

In 1951, Bisguier did not fare too well in the Wertheim Memorial Tournament, New York, but this was' one of the s trongest interna­tional contests ever held in this country and it was no disgrace to f inish with a minus score. During the next two years. Arth ur's chess activity was curtailed by his serv­ice in the U.S. Army. He was sent to l>..'nrope but bis superior oUicers seemed to have a hard time re­sisti ng the Bisguier chnrm. The bulletin boards of the MarshalJland

u. S. BIENNIAL CHAMPIONSHIP N.w York, 1954

1~ USCF Rl ted Ih.eot

'''' I. Arthur BI'cuicr .... __ . __ ._ ... _ x • • 1 1 I I I • 1 1 1 2.. La r ry EVI'" _._ .... _-_._-_ ......... _-, • • 1 1 I • • 1 • 1 1 l. Herbert S~mOln _ .. _ .... _ .. _._. __ .1 • • • • • • 1 1 1 1 1 of. NIX Plve,. __ . ___ ._. ___ .. 0 • 1 • I 1 • • • • • 1 5. J lmel T. Shuwln __ ....... _ .. _ •.. _ .. 0 • 1 • • 1 I I • • • , 6. Sidney Be rnstein .... _ .... _ ................ 1 ! 1 • 0 • • I 0 I • • 7. Nlcllol .. Rouollmo .. ..... ..... _ .... _ ... • I I I I • • 0 1 • , I. Hans Be.rlloer .... __ . __ .... __ ... _ .... _ .• • 0 • I 0 1 • 1 1 1 0 9. SaUl Wachs -_ ... _ ... _ ....... _ ... -...... _ ... 0 • I I 1 1 0 • 0 1 0

l O. Eliot lIurtt _ .... _ .... _ ...... __ ._._ ... _ ... 0 , 0 • I 0 0 • 1 • 0 1 11. Karl Burce.r ___ . ___ ... _ ._ 0 • • 1 I I I 0 • I • , It. Carl P1Inkk 0 • • 0 I , I 1 1 • 0 • ll. Plul Drandb - : ____ ._. __ .... _ ... _ .0 I I 0 0 • • 1 0 • • 1 14. Dr. Arie l J\,1engarinl .. _._ ... _ .. __ 0 • • • • 0 0 I 0 0 1 •

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Arthur B. Bisguier's Tournament Record

YEAR TOU RNAME NT OR MAT CH Rank Scor. Perf. Av,.

Ril log Rat log Int In4 2.141

1144 Bronx·Emplre Che .. Club Champloo,hlp ...... _ ... _... :I 1945 Uronx.F.mplre Chen Club Championship ..... " .. _ ,

, ., ,. ,.. 194$ U. S. Amateur Championship, P rcllmlnary "" __ ,,._. s.a I94G Manhattan C hess C lub Chamlponshlp . __ . __ ._l3-H 1946 U. S. Op.en Ch;o.lJ1IIlon.shlp, Ptttllbura:h ---- .. 1947 ManhllUan C hess Club Championship _ .. _ .. __ ._ 7

:;i·lOi .. , n-51 n-n 51·10. .11·" , .,

212.4 2063

" .. 2261 1149 1161 21.9 2.104 2173 1947 IJronx·f:mpire Ch eN Club Championship __ .... __ Z

1!l~6 Manhattan Cbess Championsh ip .. _ ... _ ....... _. __ ...... _13-1 .. " .. 19-&8 U. S. O~n Championship, 1lJ,ltlmore _._._ ..... _ 7 1918 U. S. Junior Chllmpionshlp, Osk Ridge _ ...... _ ... _ 1 "" "" 19¢j} Internutlon;o. i Tournament, New York .................... 7-8

.., , ., H , .,

2500 2392

"" ]949 M;lnhattao C hesl Club Chatoplonlhlp ...... _ .... _...... I 1"1 U. s . Open Championsh ip, Omah;o. _ .. _ .... __ .. _ :; "" 1!M9 U. S. Junior Ch;o.mplonl hlp, Ft. Worth .. _ ....... _...... I

61," •• H 9.-2.1 6H~ ,.·21 91·3. lHl

"" ,n' 19~!:I N. Y. Slale Ch ampionship, Rochf'lle:r .. _._._ ........... - :; 1!H9 Junior tIIaste"" Tourname nt, Nf'w York __ ..... 3: "" 237 • 19SO M;o.nhaUan C1tea Club Champloosblp _. ,. .." 2402 2394 IISO U. S. Open Chlln.plonl h lp, Dt:1rolt .. _ ....... _ ... _..... 1 [950 1\'. Y. SI:l te CllaOlP/anslllp, 811tl!hamlol'l . __ ..... _ 3 "'" ]g~ Slevensun Memorial Toumey, Souths@a I 1951 !\tanhaUan Che$l Club Championship ..... . _ ..... _ .. 2.3

,.., "" "" 1951 Wer theim Memoria] 'T'otlrnl"nenl, New York ........ 10 U45 2428 2345 2428 1952 InternaUonal Tea,n ;rOUt'" e)', Hel»;nk] ................... .

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o .. "nl ptrjod lind II "til' .wt./fgt ""If .. pptllT on fhi FilII r ..... :.,·C",,_':":'C· _____ _ Manhatl:tn Chess Clubs in New York were plastered with post­cards [rom various spots on the Continent where Arthur was " on leave". The Army also gave hi m permission to play on the U.S. team at the Chess Olympics in Helsinki, 1952. Bisguier then wound up his European tour in spectacular fas h­ion by winning thc 3rd Annual Ch rislmas Tournament at Vienna, Ph points ahead of a strong field of European masters.

Returning to the U.S. in 1953. civilian Bisguier disappointed him­self and his f riends at the gar­gantuan U.S. Opcn in Milwaukee hut recovered his form to win the National Candidates 'foumame nt at Ph ilade lph ia whel'e he qualiIied for the U.S. Championship. This year, Bisguier lied with Pavey and Turner in the Manhattan Club Championship, half a point behind Arnold Denker.

Bisguicr will be a fighting cham­pion, has no in tention of resting on his laure ls. ru th is is written, he is playing lor the United States in the team match with Russia. He intends to compete in the Pan­American Tournament at Holly­wood and the U.S. Open at New Orleans. In September the U.S. Champion will play on the Ameri­can team at the Chess Olympics in Bue nos Aires.

T ourna me nt High lights Reshevsky, Horowitz and DiCa-'

millo were eligible but decided not to compcte. Donald Byrne was also eligible, intended to play, but last-minute duties at the Universi­ty of Michigan p revented him from coming to New York in time for the contest. The fo ur vacant places were filled by Sidney Bernstein, Dr. Ariel Mengar ini, Carl Pilnick and lIert>crt Seidman. The first

t h ree ' qualifed as substitutes by their standings in the Candidates Tourn:lmcnt last yea r . Seidman had been pl'om­ised qu alification from thc 1951 C ham p ionship, was disqualified by a resolution

u..ry E"II"~ passed too hastily at Milwauke<:!, then reinstated by Ute USCF Directors in a \'ote by mail.

Seidman pt'oved a WOrlhY con­tender. Possibly as a result of in­activity, he made a bad start, scor­ing only' 2 points in the first six rounds. Then the Brooklyn star forged ahe::.d with five wins and two draws to fi nish in third p lace with 8-5.

Max Pavey and J immy Sherwin tied for 4th-5th with 71f.t-5Ih. They were paired in the last round. Af­ter 73 moves the game had boiled down to a Rook and Bishop vs. Rook e nding. Sherwin had the ex­tra piece but decided, aftc r an agonized appr aisal of the situation, to give up any attempt to win.

To Jimmy Sherwin goes the du­bious distinction of being the first player in a U.S. tournament to be time-fOl'feited under the new FIDE rule specifying that "the last move is not considered as being com­plelcd until after the p layer bas s topped h is clock". Against Evans in the e leventh round, Sherwin made an incredible number of

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By Montgomery Ma;or

Professional vs. Amateur Th~ P .. ,i,.,,, h<JJd bt.,,·b..iti"Je, not bu" .. Jt ;1 g""t pai" 10 tlu lUar, but Ma'Ut

;t i'"~ pft"Jur~ to t~ JpUI,,/orJ. MACAULAY_History of England.

Once again in the USA vs. USSR Team Match we behold reiterated proof that the gifted amateur is rarely. if ever, the equal of the pro­fessional. No matter how talented by natural heritage, the amateur lacks that sometimcs brutal precision that marks the top professional as mas· ter of his trad~, that almost instinctive prevision which comes only from constant practice of t he art under aU conditions and against aU sorts of opposition.

In sport or in art alike, it is a rare amateur who can hold his own when pittcd against the professional-there is no reason why ctJess should be a single abnormal exception to this rule.

Therefore, there need be no surprise at the triumph of the Russian team-i.t was composed of eigh t talented professio{!als, an octet of marked ability and unsurpassed training and experience. Even if they had been amatcUl's, devoting many hours to othcr activities including working at a trade for a living, each one of the Russian tealn waS giftcd enough as a chcss player to have made his mark as a amateur. There­fore, whcn given the status of professionals with its freedom from tlie carc~ Qf ea rning a livelihood by other endeavors, it should cause no ~u .... prise that the perIormanees of each arc superlative. -

Against thcse eight professional t itans the USA pitted one profes­sional and a group of amateurs. The professional, Resllevsky, being one of the outstanding top professional chess players of thc world, beld his .own against an equally outstanding professional opponcnt. The others, being amateurs, however greatly endowed with natural ta lcnt, were not the equal o[ their professionll) opponents as a class--thcy lacked not so much ability as the trained experience of many arenas plus constant pl·actice. Occasionally, the genius of the amateur would triumph over the odds and the professional be dcleated. But such miracles of inspira­tion ,IUd good luck were nol suJficiently freque nt to save the U.S. Team (rom defeat.

Two gifted amateurs did display superlative genius in compiling plus scores against their professional antagonists-U.S. Open Champion Donald Byrnc and former U.S. Champion Larry Evans. Their succcss merely highlights the fact that the amateur is.at a disadvantage. And one of the!se in Larry Evans is a semi-professional player who plans to combine writing with chess playing as a v()(:ation.

It is obvious that new faces will make lillie change in the basic sH· uation. What the USA needs is not more chess talent so much as the environment in which such talent can becomc professional without the risk of starvation. Various young American masters, when single and carefree, have in the past proven that our more talented players can hold their own in any company under the proper conditions. This was proven in the era when Fine, Reshevsky, Dakc, Kashdan and other young American masters invaded Europe as professionals and made! their mark nn Ihe history of Intel'n:ltional Chess. But the pressure of o(!onomics re­moved all of these, save! Reshevsky, from the status of professionals. And the mol't~ cagy young maslers who follOwed them, were too wise to at­tempt a professional careel' in chess.

IT the USA is to exert once again the power it once held in interoa­tional chess, we must find a way to make the life of the pr?£essionar chess player profitable and attractive. Until a chess professIonal can earn a living at the profession, it is id le to expect our gifted young players to devote their e nergies and skills to ehess playing in prefer­ence to business. And until we have professional chess players, it is useless to expect many triumphs in team matches ugainsl professional players.

How to achieve this objective of creating professional chess players and creating for them a living wage is a problem that will not be solved over night, but it is one that should engage our attention . The easy solu­tion, o[ course, is tbe Soviet solution of a Government-dominated and Government-financed program. This, however, is the dangerous way for personal liberty. Better for all would be a program based upon a free enterprise. And the first step in such a program is to create a national chess organization strong enough and rich enough to direct and promote such a program. The Un ited Slates Chess Fedel'alion is growing; but it is still a long way from attaining the nation·wide support that is neces­sary to achieve such objectivcs. They will not be achieved until the .majority of chess players give their willing support to the Federation. When that day comes, then we can seriously consider the possibilities of regaining a leading role in world chess eVJ!nts.

CHESS LIFE IN NEW YORK (Continued from page 2, col. 4)

a discussion of Russian chess and.-. some of the ICllding Russian chess personalities; the Soviet team is termed the "grcatest collection of talent In the history 01 chess!"

3:00 P.M. The Rwsians arrive as scheduled at the Manhattan Chess Club and are introduced amidst tremendous ovations to the large crowd of members who came to see them. Alexander Kotov im­pl'esses with his flashy blue sum­mer suit, involving stripes of three di{[erent colors!

4:00 P.M. Your reporter breathcs a sigh of relief as his last-round game is completed at 3:45 and the Russians arrive at 4:00 at the Mar­shall C.C.! Downstairs in lbe "bridge room" of the club refresh­ments and vodka(!!) are set up and the Russians are rcgaled in the midst 01 autograph hounds, club members, amateur photographers, and just plai n chessplayers. We meet Taimanov first, find him to be a very personable [cllow who (vcry flatteringly!) mentions the Hearst-Evans game won by the lat­leI' in 1950 and even knows by 'heart the Hearst-Evans contest played in the U.S. Championship a few days before; since Taimanov is playing Evans In the ·forthcom­ing match, we figure be bas made a ·fairly extensive study of the ex· U.S. Champion's games! Next we arc introdul.-ed to Gcller and Pe­trostan, both rather short in stature but the Cormer aggressive and dom· inant (it appears!) and the latter a shy and quiet you th who we learn is the "baby" of the Russian team at 24 and who, though a natio.:,:c Armenian, is described as Russia's "Capablanca". In scattercd conver· sation with this trio we discover that Taimanov is a concert -pianist who often apr1ears with his wifc in piano duets on the conccrt stage in Russia. that Geller served as an aviator in the war and now is a ProCessor of Agriculture at the University of Odessa besides 'boasl· ing the muscles of a strong ama­teur athlete, and that Petrosian combines university studies and chcss while at home in the USSR. Keres, whom several women mem­bers of the Marshall havc com· mented en as resembling a movic slar, does not look his 38 years, <:Ind in fact could pass for under 30; he speaks English rather well <:I nd has his hands full meeting all

those who wish to be introduced to him and in autographing copies of " Keres' Best Gllmes" and his trcat· ises on the openings. Even afler all his international experience hc ap· pears a master overcome by the reception the Russian tea m has re­ceived!

We learn that Smyslov and Bron­stein arc tired and are resting in Long Island; they'll be in town to­morrow for the oCficial reception, though. The six Russians prescnt, including also Kotov lind Averbaeh, whom we 'have not met as yet, (inally go upstairs to watch the last round of the U.S. Tourney. Karl Burger, still playing his last­round game, is so overcome by the presence of ~he Soviet team that he makes five blunders in a row (!}-a nd only after the Soviets leave is he able to regai n a win· ning poSition! We analyze with Kotov and Evans and a score of other players and are ama1.ed at thc Russian grandmaster's quick sight of the board ; he goes ovcr to the Rossolimo-Berliner game, just completed, ar.d points out in a splil second a winning move for Rosso­limo which neither player had seen in the course of the gamc. Avt:rloach , a tall, lolunu and quid feLiow stands nearby and comments modestly, in answer to a query, l'hat the only reason he won the re­cent USSR .championship was be· cause "all the good ·players did not play." The Russilln team leavcs­ti ll tomorrow at the official re· ception and cocktail party.

J une 14: The reception supposcd­ly is for the twenty players and a hundl'ed invited guests, but there seem to be at least 300 or 400 with TV and newsreel cameramcn pres­ent. Smyslov, Bronstein and Bole· slavsky arc at this gathering and look much like the photos that have reached us from abroad. Smyslov, a redhead (!1), is some­what heavier than we expected and his dignified but friendly air is ap­parent even amidst the confusion of the crowd. Bronstein is a short, slight fe llow whose bil ldness is re­stricted to the center of his head­rather than to its pel'i'lherics where rus black hah' i!> by 110 means absent; despite the r;lct that we h3VC heard he spe:lks good f:nt.: !ish, he exh ibits no inclination 10 converse in that l:mgllat.:e with any-

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USAvs. USSR TEAM MATCH AT NEW YORK {Continu~d from

travelled hundreds of miles to at­tend the match. The audience fol­lowed the progress of the games as thc moves were duplicated on eight demonstration boards behind thc players on the stage. Overflow crowds in adjoining rooms were entertained by analysts George Koltanowsky, El iot Hearst and Nat Halper who explained the moves being made and discussed future possibilities at each board.

For one glorious week chess was (ront·page news in the United States! Newsreel, TV, newspaper, newsmaga7ine camera~en and reo porters covered the arrival of the Soviet team, the opening and clos­ing rounds of the match. Editors of tbe metropolitan press r ecognized the news value of the presencc of a Soviet chess team. opened their columns to wide covcrage o[ the contest. fo'eaturc stories and round· round resul ts, with game !>cores and big pictureli, appeared in the New York Times, the New York Herald·Tribune and other papers.

p.ge I, c:olumn 3) he did not know mucb about ehess. thought the last time he had played tbe game was against a "dummy" in the Eden Musee (the chess auto­maton of many years ago). In the N. Y. Times the next day, Mr. Baruch was repol"ted~s saying that a museum mummy could beat him - an understandable mistake on the part o( an inexperienced re· porter (not Mr. Helms!).

When the speeches were over, Mr. nisno and Match Referee Hans Kmoch shooed the photographers and reporters off the stage. Then the Russians asked for a short intermission. The strong lights had bothered them and they wanted to gather their wits for the fray. F inally, the clocks were started about 8:15 p.m. A surprise sub­s titution had been made at Board 2. Arnold Denker had contracted a virus infection and his place was take n by al ternate Arthur W. Dake of Port land, Oregon .

""010: A.ymond J&(obs

for this match by betting $100 to $250 that he would make a plus S(.'Ore. (P. S. He lost the bet.) At Boa rd 6, Robert Byrne, who startl· ed the Russians at Helsinki. played White against roly·poly Alexander Kotov, noted for his sitzfleisch ability. At Board 7, the dark·haired Armenian, Tigran Petrosinn, op­posed by newly-crowned U. S. Champion Arthur Bisguier. At Board 8, Leni ngrad's Mark Taim· a nov, a pianist of grent ability as well as an outstanding chess mas· ter, p layed our Larry Evans, ex· champion of the United States.

As play progressed, the seated audience watched the demonstra· tion boards, bowed heads over their pocket·sets, whispered to each other, becnme concerned about the positions. Some wandered back to the room where George Koltanow· sky was holding forth , analyzing the games. Then atte ntion centered on the game at Board 8. Mark Tairnanov oUered the sacrifice of a Knight against Larry Evans. The American snatched it oU without giving too much thought to the consequences. Whereupon the Sov­iet played launched an irresistable attack, forcing Larry's resignation at 11:55 p .m. First blood to the Russians !

The spectators applauded Taim· anov's decisive win, then turned their atte ntion to the other boards.

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It was obvious tHat the home team was being outplayed at most o[ the tables. Bronstein had Dake on the ropes, but the American was squirming around trying to avoid the knockout. Keres had all the play against Pavey. Howowitz was in tl"ouble at Boal·d 5. Robert Byrne's game with Kotov attracted most attention when the Hero of Helsinki accepted the sacrifice of a . Knight- -another Russian gift that apparently should nol have been ta ken.

At 12:45 a.m. Petrosian offered a draw which Bisguier accepted . A couple of minutes later another point was split when Smyslov and Reshevsky agreed to a dfOlw. Then 1I0rowilZ threw in tbe sponge after Gcller had won the exchange and taken away all chances of eounte r­play.

Around 1:15 a.m., the players at thc remaining tables were in Ume·presure and moving fast . Oake and Pavey collapsed at hoards 2 and 3 but Don Byrne won the ex· change. The session ended at 1:20

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Fi n;t·Round Jitten ~nd Jolts

Spectators stl·eamed into the RooseveJt 's Grand Ballroom and the SRO sis n wcnt up before the open· ing ceremony finished . With movie photographers sho()iing from all angles, U. S. Team Captain Alex­ander Bisno we lcomed thc vis itors. USCF P res ident fl. M. Phillips basked in the Klieg light and spoke his piece. USSR Chess Chid Dmitri Poslnikov, who had accompanied the Soviet team, re plied on be­half of the visitors. To comme mor· ate the match, the he ad man of chess in the USSR presented a flag and a good·looking cup tn the USCF. Then Mr. Bernard Baruch came on the stage and was givcn a big round of appla use. Mr. Baruch avoided the hackneyed line about cementing cultural relations be­tween OUT two countr ies, admitted

At the eight tables on thc stage, flanked by huge Russian and Amer­ican £lags, a Soviet chess team con· fronted a U. S. team on its home grounds for the first time in his­tory. The Russians had White on the odd numbered board!>. At Boa rd 1, tall , red·haired Vassily Smyslov faced the diminutive but spunky Sammy Reshevsky. At Board 2. Oregon's Arthur Dake had white against David Bronstein who bas lost all his hair on top but makes up for it with a bushy fringe. At Boa rd 3, handsome Paul Keres of Esthnnia sat opposite our Max Pavey. At Board 4, U. S. Open Champion Donald Byrne was op­posed by USSR Champion Yuri A vCI·bach who hasten!> to explain to everybody that " he won the championship when nobody was playing in it ." At Board 5, chunky Ewfin Gellcr (aced Israel A. Horo· witz who bolstered up his courage

BOX SCORE of the USA-USSR CHESS MATCH ... R' . R'. . ,. u.s.s.R. . , , , • Tot.1 Bo.rd U.S.A . , , , • Total R'. R'. ... R' . , RC&hevsky I I , , Smys lov • • • , , Denker , , , , Brons tein , , 'Ollke , , Brons to.::ln ,

Pav~y , , , Ke r H , , , 'Xevlil , , Keres • "" . Byrne • , • , Avcrbach , , , • , Hor o ... lt~ , • , • Geller • • , , • Robt . By rne , • , • " Kotov • • • .. , Ul.guler • • , , • P e t rosl. n • • • 8 Evan. , • • " Talmll no y • , ..

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RETI OPENING III, TraftSt)OSition)

MCO; PIP 216, c:olumn 16

USA .... 5. USSR Team M i tch

New York, 1954 Round Onl, .oard Onl

White BlaCk V. SMYSLOV S . RESHEV$KY 1, P·OB' Kt·K83 2. KI. KBl P·K3

1~. ISI·OI KI·K4 11. P· KI3 B· KI

3. P· KKU P..Q4 11. Klll rK2 KI·83 • • a · KH B·K2 I'. p... K· Bl S. 0-0 0-0 20. P· B5 P·K4 ~. P-o' p ·a . 21 . ".B~ R-ol 7. ".0" Khl" H . P,P(II Kx P

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KING'S INDIAN DEFENSE MCO: page n. c;oiumn 61 loll)

USA V5. USSR Team Mat(h

New York, 1954 Round One,

White A . OAKE 1 . P.oI t. P-oB. 1 . KI-Q8] 4. K I·B3 5 . P.KKj] ~. B· Kt2 7. 0 ·0

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Kt-K B3 p.o'

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0·0 QKt·Q2

P·K' .. P

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KERES· PAVEY

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O . BRONSTEIN 21. 8-05 Kt·K2 H . B-Kt2 I(I.B) 23. P· 83 Kt· KtS 2 •• P ·KI4 8 ·K3 U. P.oR) Kt·B] 2'. R·Ktl P·QK" 21. KI· B2 PxP 21. P xP Kt·R' H. Kf· K4 Klxap 30. Q-K ts KlxB ]1. RxK I P·BS n. Kf· B4 c:h 8 x Kt 33. O.B Q-R. 34. KR·KII O xP lS. II ·KI1 O·K' c:h 36. K·RI P ·Q6 )1. PxP 'P xP 38. 0 · 81 8.0'-RUi9 n ,

PfI'I't}' chme 10 t>f47 Iht Rotbr""ei" ",a,i",ion 0/ ,~ F,elllh Dtl,,,st (J . ........ , PxP) .. ",/ hi, P<H,i"t &'lItlli", 0/ Iht o"tllill, ,,, .. bid Kne, 10 builJ lip • prom· i,inK' "UMft. I,. 1M IMt of this .. ,,,,,,/t, t~ A mtrk .... 1e>"nJ '"' iIlR""io", mtlhod 01 txt",",ill, Q .. tt",. H o.",n, Krre.

USA vs. USSR TEAM MATCH GAMES Comme nt.ry by U. S. Masters ELIOT HEARST, HANS BERLINER and KARL BURGER

.... , tIKn in .. 10';';011 10 lorer 1M ,<tin 01 "n ;mpo,I .. " , Q-,;J t P_n. Wi,h 1_ P<'lItJ P .. ml, 1M E$lh(mj",,', Orl', p.ob. It ... .... , to nohl BiIMP" 0/ "ppoII/t colo, mJ, ... ".. OIlU ,hi, ti ..... ,"g pou;bilir,. .. ." pUC/llJd, l'_~'1 'oi,",,'/. -FRENCH DEFENSE

MCO ; pe!lile 54, co lumn SO (0 )

USA .... $. USSR Teem Mltc:h

New York, 1954 Round One, Board Thr ••

White ... KE RES 1. ' ·K' 2 . P-04 3. !C1·01l3 4. KIX P S. KI ·K8] •• 8.03 7. 8 .KI t. 0 ·K2 , . B· K) 10. 0 ·0 ·0 11. B' 0 3 12. p x P n . B· KKtJ 1 •• K·KI1 IS. KI·KS I .. P-Q64 11. Kft'Kl 11. 0·83 It. O· R] 20. O ·!U 21. 8 ·K) 22. BxO 23. 8- KI

P · K3 P .... P . P

0 ·0<2 Kt· K8) KI.Kt KI·Q2 p ·ou

0 ·0 KI ·83 0 ·82 o.p

8 · K2 8 ·02 8 ·8]

KR-ol I ·KI 0 · 8 4

P· KKIJI K· Kt2

KI·KIl 8.0

8 · K8'

Black M. PAVEY

2 • • RxR R,R 25. axOKIP Kf·R3 26. ... .. K I·8. V . IIIIP Kt-Q3 21. 11-8) 8xK' H. Pita, KbP )0. R-Ql R.Q7 31. P-oKI3

KI·R6 c:h 32. K· RI Kt·.7 ( h U. K· Kt2 Rltll 34. IIxR KI· I(ls 15. II-QI B-83 U. Ka.8] Kt-o. 37. P-QR. K ·BI 311. K· R3 K· Kl D, .. .gKI.. K-Ql 40. P· KI5 8-02 '1. K·Ktl K·82 41. K·8' KI·KI3(.h 43. 8 xKI (h Kx8 44. K·Kf' R"19n_

GELLER·HOROWiTZ C"II... ,,147,t! I~ Eu&.n" V .. r;"/;""

0/ Ih, Q .. ~tll" G"",bil D«/illt'/. B., m,a1/J 0/ Ihe u,ual millo,;/., all"'", the Rot";"" ""el,'/t'/ ill .,,,,ft tll ;lI, H o,o· .,ilt', Q"UII 1'""," .. 11'/ ;11 " .. lIi ... "rt",,' e 0" hi, t"ti" Q·,iJ,. /I c.dt "q"eMt of me>w, iIlYet/";II/( .. Q",," ,d,t.1 I e> QI ,";11' '/ I~ t1Ct"'"" ,0' Gelltr • ...1 ~ .-0" quid:'" Wrt .. /I ....

QUEEN'S GAMBIT DECLINED MCO, p ig. 166, column 65

USA Y'. USSR Team Match

New Yoek, 1954 Round One, 80ard Fille

While Ulack E. GELLER I. A . HOROWITZ 1. P-Q. KI· KB:J n . KR· Bl K'·BI 2 . P-Q 8 4 P· K3 21). P· Kt6 K,.o2 , 1. Kt.oBl P-QI 21 . KI· KIS O x P 4. p x P P x P 22. G-Ql B-oKtS S. Kt·Bl OKt-Ql 23. Kt·a, Kf·Bl 6. 0 ·a2 P·8) 2 •. KlxKR Rx KI 1. 8 ·B4 B· K2 25. 0 · 82 P·Rl • • P·K] KI·BI U. K I·K5 R·RI • • B-o] KI· KU 27. B· 85 Q-Q) 10. B·KI3 0-0 21. Bx8 Ox8 11. 0 ·0 Kt·R4 29. G ·B7 K,·I(S' 12. OR· KtI Klx8 30. Q.KfP R·KBI n. RP xKI 8 ·0 3 31. R· 82 O· M 14. ,.·OKII P ·OR) 32. P· KI4 O·KII IS . P· II4 B·K3 33. R·B8 RxR 16. P ·Kls BPxP 34. axR (h K·R2 17. PxP P·OR4 35. KbP RUi9n$ 11. G·K,) R·K I

IJONAL/J BYRN£·AVERBACH

I" .. n E",/ilh Ope"i,J/!., bOlh p(trye" jodC.qlJ /0' posi,ion - thro .. ,ho .. t I~ /i'1I 21 mOr" ",ill, mosl ob".",., /tt/· i" .. th..t A ""kh "..,/ • IIi.hl "' ....... ,"', ,/ .. ,i", Ihi' ,.&'Jt 0/ ,~ , .. me. Whtn bolh comb<ota"'s btc."'c ,ho'l 0/ time, 8",,,t t>f<I'Jcri inei,i",'" "...I • t .. le J·m""t com· bi""";"J "'e>ll him I~ uc&.ngt. A "u· b<tch hela 011 "'til .. lIa .. I .. Jjo.Hnmcnt, ,he '/rOIl8 polilioll of bi, Kin8, Rool.: a"'/ Knisht Ie/t him .ith ,omt c&. .. crs of .. '/,a.,. D<m"U'J u"u'/ mel'"~ "ro ... t J nry "'001, (10m' .. ,t ,/ .. bio", ., 10 .,~tJH.r the R"1Ii"" ,,_I,d. con,ia,re'/ ;t .. , "ff) .nt! e>IIce • />"Iltt! P .... " ., .. , forct,/ b,.

I~ A"'trK.II, I~ /(" ... e "'O,,t'/ t.,., to ",in. A prell., (onel .. '/i"1 comb'_' ion lillis~'/ th erbaeh 01/ .. II" 19 IIIe>"".

ENGLISH OPENING M CO ; page 36, column 26

USA v •. USSR Teem M.lch

New York. 1954 Itound One, a.o .. d Fovr

Whit, O. BYRNE 1. P.oB. Kt·KB) 2. IC I-QBl p •. Q' 3. P x P KlxP • • P· KKt3 P ·KK" S. 8 · Kt2 IC f .KI ~. KIPxKf B-Kt2 7. KI·.) 0 -0 I . 0-0 P·OU t. R·Ir( t1 Kt·Bf 10. P· B4 P ·K" 11 . B-Kf2 BxB 12. RxB B·Ktt 13. P-ol 0 ·02 I •. O ·Bl p ·a3 IS. O·Kl K·KIt 16. KI-02 OR-ol 17. KI· K4 8 · Rl 11. K"8] KR·1r(1 It. P.KRS ICf.os to. 8 x . RxB tl. K,Kt2 QIr-Q1 22.. " · KR' P.KR& n. P· R4 Kt·8 3 24. Kf-aS K·B2 25. Kt · B& Q·B. U . p ·al R-QS V . KI·R3 R· ICKtl :ta. " -84 Kt·R' 2'. It·ktS R(1ral )0. Kt-KIS (.h

K·Ktl )1 . O· K' eh 0.0

Black Y . AUERBACH

32. KlxO K·B2 3l. Kl x R c;h RxKt 34. K· 82 K· K3 35. It-Ql Kf ·B3 36. OR. Ktl K·a. n. P· K) K·KtS la. R· KIt P· K' 3f. R(2rQ2

P· KKt. 40 . RPx P BPxP oil . R·KKII K t ·K2 12. PxKP KI·Kt3 43. " · K' KI·K' II. R(2)-Ql K·a. 'S. p ·O' PxP 46. P xP KI.K'S (h 41. K· BS Kxp II. RIKfrkl eh

'.0' It . .. · .sth K'02 50. ltoQlIf R·lI l ch SI . K· K2. PxP S2. PxP 1e·8 ] $.3. K-oJ K-Q' 54. " ·86 Kt· K4 c;h S5. K· K3 KI·8S c h U. K·1C2 R·Bl 57. R(K)-01 (.h

st. p ·a, n . R-o.

K·" K·KIS

A .. i,ns

PETROSIAN·BISGUIER A ,,,Ihe, IIl1t'1'tlllfrJ 8"...... The lim

It"'n mow, 1I't.t itltI'Iti€ .. / 0" both ,iJts. The,u/ler, Pd,t&;..,.·s fIl I'mJ>l' to .. ..;" • poli' ;"I111/ ..I" .. nl .. ,e .. 01 _~re ;n Ihi' Reli O"tlli"I' A" e",,., ol/er 0/ • tI,_ by 8 il1-" i" ,,/ur QIICtI'I' .,er" t1Cch,,"ge'/ .,,$ rel .. /d, b"l " few min''' 1 .. It" ... ilh Ihe U. S. Ch .. ",pioll P(''''PI hltJlinl .. ,&.'/t t~ btller oj l~ en'/ill/(, Iht I'Dillt .... , ,,,/i,.

RETI OPENING MCO ; page 225. column 62 la ,

USA n. USSR Team M i tch

New York, 1954 Round One, BO&teI Seven

Whit. Diack A. BISGUIER T . PETROS IAN ,. Kt·Ka3 17. KR-Q I Kt-B]

K'· K8S II. P· BS K R·Ol ,. P.KIC" n . B· KBI ... P· KK I3 20. KxB 8·Bl ,. B· Ktt a · K12 21. KI·84 P·8S .. ·O~ 0·0 H. K·K2 K·82 ,. p.o, p ·as 23. KI·K) K·K3 .. P· K4 P ·K' 24. Rx R .. -,. O Kt·O~ 25. R-ol .. -QKI·02 26. KxR KI· Kt. .. KI·84 KI·Kl 27 .• ·Kt2 K I-Q3 .. P.o. Q·K2 21. Ir(t-Q2 8 ·113

10 .. P x P ... 29. K·K2 p ·a4 11 . P -Kt) P· Ktl lit. K-oJ KI· R& It. 8 · R3 P-Q64 )1. P· B] p ·Kas U. O ·O S KI·87 n. K'·Q S ... 1 •. Q-86 Kt ·Ktl 33. PxP BxK' IS . a-Q6 0 . 0 ) 4. KxB P·KR. 16. KlxO B-OR3 35. K·K2

ORAWN

ROBERT DYRNE·KOTOV

T~ /HIt .. "mt of tM 'Oll"t!. Roberl t>f47et! ",ell .,ai"" tht Kintc', InJi .. ,. D4ellft ul .. p by Kortw .. ...I """ " dillincl """",.I",t !,:oin .. i"te> l~ ",i'/'/', .. me. Kote>" I,it'/ P.QR6 " I • critic .. 1 II"gt, .. min" which ill.-oI",J Iht , .. ,,;.. lice 0/ .. "ita .hieh 8''"t sho .. M IIOt bnt ,,(uptca. A/ft, I~ Klli,bt ,,,,,ilia

""" betn t.ftCII, Kot"" to"/j" .. e. n,.t'" .. na ",.u"ed Ih" "itrt .,ith • P .. ..,. I e> hoot in • eombin .. ,ion ba,d e>1I " qlltcn. inK pon;bi/il.,. Bi'hops 0/ oPpolilt (fl/or i,/t 8"ne ",;,h lom~ J,,,.inS o"po,lulli· l itl h .. 1 lhe R .. JlY" G,,,nJ"'lIIltr'1 ,.re· / .. 1 ""n'//in3 01 Ih, rnJin, "~n/u"I'" "0'",/ h.m the poilll <tfltT ",. "'/;'..,11' mtlll ""J ,,"11. I.'\en.

KING'S INDIAN DEFENSE Meo: pall4 n, column 61 (01)

USA Y$. USSR Team Match

N IW York, 1954 Round 0 _ , BoarC Six

WbHc BI&ck -. BYRNI! A . KOTOV ,. P.o. K .... KB' ". "0' K·K2 , . ....... P·KKtl 32. K-Kf2 K· 8 3 .. P· KKI3 8 . K12 )]. II-R5 ... .. B· K,2 0 ·0 34. BxP K· Ks

•• Kt-oB' p.o' 35. K·82 K'06 .. KI·B] O Kt ·02 36. 6 ·K6 P · R] ,. 0.0 P ·K4 37. K·BS 8·K'

•• P· K4 P·B) 311 . K·82 a · B3 .. P· K RS It· Kl 39. K·.] B·K I& ID . A· Kl P-QII 4 40. K·.2 B· lltSeh 11 . .. KS .. P .1. K· B3 . ·KII n . Klxp KI· 8 4 .2. K· B2 " ·RI 11, Q . B2 p · ltS 43. K· KIl ,.· ItS(.h 1 •. QA.oI 4 ' R& II. K· KI. 8 ·01 15. P·B4 0.0' 45. P·R4 K·Q.5 16. 8 ·82 R·K2 46. P· R5 ,.·04 17. p · KKI, OR·Kl " . p XP P· B4 II. p · 1 5 "P Ie. 8-88 P ·BS U . KlxKBP axKt .,. K·.3 ... 20. K PxB .. - s.o. K· K2 P ·Kt4 21. Itxlt P· R6 51 . P-o' P·KIS 22. P· K IS P.P 51. K-ol P · Kt' 23 . " xKf Rx Rc;h S3. K-81 K·8 ' 24 • • x R .. ~ 54. B-BS • .0' 25. O.P Kt.o6 S5. K·KtI B-K14 24. Q-Q2 Ktxa U. P.Q7 K· KfS 27. O x Kt B.Q.5c;t. 51. B·K16 P·B' 21. K·Al K·Bl st. B-B5 K·B' H. O·02. OXKt Ru illn . 30. a xo , •• 0

EVANS·TAIM.-tNOV

E""", "Itrye'/ T.'m,,"e>YI B·K2 .,gttinll bi, Ki"g', l"ii"" .... a "'tlltll"I/'1 fXr&."g. ,,/ hi, K illS" P"WII lor B/fI(ft'l K8P-.. "

.. " .. ' .... 1 mtlbori of "'"'t!lin, ,~ etn,ral 1e>,m"lio". I,.,u"'/ 0/ "I.,.,i", ,he ce>m­

_t>fMt Q·.iJe dllfIC.\, £" ... , ""P""tI P·KKI4 .. 11.'/ .. K'siJe fII, ... II. W""" Ihi, .. tt .. lft .,a. /in<Jl/., ""'/".47, T";",.ne>",

of/ue'/ 1m: sfI(,iliu 01 " Knigh. ",hieh

let! 10 " Im",h,ng "lIacl.: <tfter E"'''"I 100.\

.Ih" "iue. I .... t" <1114/'1';' ,n-M/t'/ ,Iu/ " rtflfS<ll 0/ ,he s<lt,ilKt .-0 .. ", h.wt Il/t

1;;""111 .jtb • wisf"" ,oJ7 , .. mt. A, jJ

.. tnt, T .. i", .. 1WW ,...,,, t~ Ama;,,,n',

Q" UII !>., .. lorc~ Ifq"~IIU 0/ mO>'~I.

With 011/'1 " ROD.\ Itft ill IXC""n" Ie>' his QUt,,,, E ... "", Joon It,i, lIt'/.

KING'S INDIAN DEFENSE MCO: ,,&g" " laB)

USA Y$. USSR Team M.tch

New York, 1954 Round O lle,

Whit.., L EVANS 1. P ·04 KI. KB3 2. P·084 p .KKI3 3. Kt.QB3 II-Kt2 •• P· K4 P-Q J 5. K"83 0-0 6. 8 · te2 P·KI 7. 0.0 KI·B) I. P-QS Kt·K2 , . KI· KI k t-Q2 10. Kt-ol P· KB& 11 . P x P PxP It. P. B' P· K5 13. Kt-82 Kt-K8 ]" 1 •. 8·K3 K·RI 15. IC. RI R· KKII 16. R·KKfl P·84 17. P· KR3 KI·KI3 11. P·K KI4 PxP

Board Eight 1U;.('k

M . TAIMANOV n . p x P K'·R. 21). PxKI O ·RS ch 21 . K· Kt2 KtxPc;h 22. K· BI 8 ·R"h

·23 . KIK B a xK Ic;h 24. K·82 01t ·K81 25. 11-., KI·Okh 26. K·K2 Rx8 V. Q-Q2 Rx 8 c:h 21. QxR Q xPch 29. K-02 a ·Rl .30. Rx R c;h KxR 31. Kl x P axQc;h 32. Kx8 O· Akh 33. K·02 K'·K& 34. R· tel1 (. h K·81 35. R·Ktl O ·RS Resign.

USA vs. USSR TEAM MATCH GAMES Commentlry by U. S. Muters ELIOT HEARST, HANS BERLINER Ind KARt: BURGER

RESHEVSKYSMYSLOV / .. '~ , mlfi" ."", ;"1;"" 0/ 1fH. Sf ... D~

Ifni, Rtlhn1cS'f ", .. d, ,.., IfUrmpt to mix it Ijp. ""ttd, hr n:lh; ... ~cd 0/1 ,h,u min01 piuu jn ordtr 10 l(4Yt Sm),lfo v ,.,ith " J"ublrd KKIP. T hi' stt·"P. prO'ftJ to hr "0 J i,.ti",,1II4gt /or the KUllu", G ... nJ", .. ,ltr lI'tH/ II q" ict it .. ", . '''1 tnt 'rlll/l.

SLAV DEFENSE Meo: P.,I' ltl, col,,",n , IbB)

USA VS. USSR Team M.atch New York, 1954

lto..,rId Two,

White S. AESHEVSKY 1. p·04 P.o4 2. P·QS4 P·QBl 3: KI·1(83 K'·8 ] 4. Kt.B3 P x P S. P-OR4 .-B. 6. P·K3 P ·1(3 7. B"P IS-QKts •• ().O 0 -0 t . Q. K2 QKI.Ql 10. P·1(4 B·1( 13

Bo. rd One Black

V. SMYSLOV 11 . B-Q3 P-KR3 12. R.Ql Q-1(2 13. P·KS Kt-Q4 14. K t xKt 8 PxI(I H . Bxa P ita 16, B-Q2 K A·8 1 17. KR·S! Kt.l11 11. P· R4 'ha It. QxB Q-Ql DIlAWN

BRONSTEIN-DF.NKER

_Th~ /o .mt . U_ S. Ch"mpion, .tto'Yt!uJ /.om hil I"itl i/l" ~/I, chost to pilly Iht Sieil ... " DtJtnst ""J B,tmJU;n cou"uuJ by p/qi", 11K 7. P_BJ "<lTi41io,, ",,,;,ut BltHlt:'1 D •• ,on Jo"",,tioTr. A ";gO>l>UI

• tltHk IT)' 11K R,a,;." /orctJ ",e"lt:"eUtl in Denkd, K'liJt ",h~h ." uth.m,e oj Q"ans It ... d to flCa"t....ut. I" 1M nul. i"" 11K Amt'~'" m;su' one"ooJ J,,, •. i .. , tIN .. u ... J ,tsi" .. tJ without co,,· ti"";"8 pi., ",IK" lho",,, Bumsui,,', " "Id mo .. t .

SICILIAN DEFENSE MCO: PII,. 212, ~olumn .,

USA vs. USSR Team Mlltch

New York, 1954 Round TWo,

Wh ile D. BRONSTEIN 1. P· K4 P.oOB4 2. Kt·I(B3 PoOl J. P-04 P II P 4. KIIIP KI-KB3 S. KI·QB3 P ·KKtl , . B· K] B·KI2 7. P·B3 O,() I. 0-Q2 Kt.8) 9. 0 ·0 ·0 KIlIKt 10. BIIKt , B·K 3 11 . K·Ktl P ·gA ] 12. P· KA 4 P· KA 4 13. KI ·OS BilK> 14. PIIB KI-02 15. BII B KII B U . Q·04 ch P· IU 17. P ·KK I4 O· KU 1 • • 0 111) Kh:1) If. PIIP P II P 20. B· A] P ·B4 21 . P· KB4 K·BJ

PI1VEY·K£RES

BOllrel T .... o

U1l1ek A • • S. DENKEA

22. KA·KI KA· KIl 23_ P· KtJ P· K4 24. PII P lI. p . K· K2 25. R.-~ P-oA4 2' . BliP QR· KBI ]7. B· A) A.I(" 21. R·AI A·KB' 29. " ·B5 R·KKII 30. R·I)J AxA 31. "·B' ch KxP 32. A·BI ch K·K2 33. A·B7 ch K· I(I 34. PIIR A·KII ch 35. K·KI'2 A· KAI U . B· B5 R·A7 ch 31. K·BI R·AI ch 31. K.o02 A·R7 ch 39. K·OI KtoO.f 40. B-K4 KI ·K2 41. R·A7 K-ol 42. R·AI ch

Resigns

I.. .... F."8Iish 0,.,,,i"8 P .. v~ .. , .. i .. tho" " /'II"i .. t .... ,;"Iio .. "", n-t"l u</.II)! Kt.tl _I leJI .ilh , _ 8i,hopl .. "J " sI.on' "'''''''' tll ,..SltJ Qllun', P.",,, i" .JJilttm 10 • lomi",,'i,,1': Qua" ,..si· lio" ", .Jjo .. ,,,,,,tnl. M"taul "'", "tr. b"t polilio ... 1 .J ..... ,<I&el enabld tl.e £111.0,,; ... 10 p"sh White i",o p.II; .. t Jt· Je"se ""J Ji .. "II" 10 Joret 11K ,,,i,, 0/ ,II' im parl,wl Q·siJt p ... 'n. A It'" mllYtS lal ... 81«1:'1 nt",I)'<.taltJ />4SuJ QRP co"III " ct bt SIOpptJ II'"~ PtrY~ ftli, ,,M.

ENGLISH OPENING MCO: plilgil 34, column 1&

USA VI. USSR Team Miltch New York, 1954

Aound T wo, BOllrd Th ree White RInck

M. PAVEY ... KERES 1. 1('·KI3 KI·K83 l O. 0 ·K t4 g ·KB3 2. P. I)B4 P·O B4 31 . g.o02 K· l(tl 3. 1(1·113 Kt·B3 31. Jt. K I Axil ch 4 . P.o04 PIIP 33. gllA I . B2 5. KbP P·K3 34. g · Kt4 8 ·8) , . P· K3 B·KtS 35. !I· Kt4 .... g l 1. Q ·B2 P.o04 16. g-Q2 P.KA4 I . KhfKI PIIKI 37. B. K2 o.K3 , . 8-02 0-0 31. B· 81 g.o04 10. 8 ' K2 P·K4 3t. g · B2 p . A4 11. PxP PlCP 40. P· Kt4 P.oOA5 12. 0 ·0 B· I(f'l 41 . P .Bl P-A5 13. KA·I)'f Q· K2 42. KI·82 8 . 8 5 14. P ·I)Al B.oOl 43. B-eu o-K4 U . O-R4 P.oOA ) 44. K· III B·Q2 U . g . KA4 KR-QI 45. P· Jt 3 B· K' 17. B·g3 P-Al"'. KI.oOI a . KK I4 teo I)A· I I 0·11 47 . KI ·82 B.K6 " . B· BS B·K2 U . KI.QI 8 ·B5 20 . g.A4 P·Ktl 49. KI· B2 Q.!(6 21. a ' Rl P-Q5 SO. Kt-K" • • A7 22 . PII P PIIP 51. Kt·82 8 .1(16 23 . K,.K2 Kt·K5 52.. B •• , g lCR P 24 ..... R5 KI·84 53. 0 'Q2 BIIKt 25. AlCKt BII. 54. KlIB I)· K' ch 26. IliA RII B 55. glll) PIIQ ch U . j(j·i" Q..Ql u.. k'xP P· A6 21. K'.o03 B· I(IJ P. K-Q4 P . A1 29. g.l(t3 R·Kl Aesigns

AVERBA C fl -OONALD BYRN E A" E,,«lish O,.,ni"l1 b-y 11K R'I1I;""

C&.mpio" ItJt him ",ill, " Ir.,hl .J ..... /4t b,., Bpnt tt't"t,u.!ly nr:ul ."/ittli lhi, d ,t ",,1 hMI ... • Pp,oll;m"tely tqu.1 posilio" ",he" he m"Je ''''0 J is. Sttn>UI tim,.prts. I .. " bl .. "Jtl1, O"t toll;n, ''''0 pitttS 10' • R"",oI: . nJ lhe s«o"J ." nd",,,,t. Ht reli,nt' ",itho .. , rmr"i ..... , ~q.

ENGLISH OPENING MCO: pa!)e 36, column 21 (ICI

USA vs. USSR Teilm Miltch New York, 1954

Aound T wo, Bo.ard Four White Black

Y. AUERBACH D. BYRNE I . P-QB4 I(I·KB3 :z1. P-QKtl K' AI ] . Kt.oOBl P ·I( KI3 23. 0-0' g .K2 3. P·1(4 P .. CI) 24. gllO AlCg 4 . P-Q4 .... Kt2 25 ..... a2 K.KII ' . ....K2 KI(I-Q2' 26. A-Q' K •• 2 ' . KI_B3 P.oOB4 27. B· R4 B. a3 7. P-Q5 0 ·0 21. B lI a KIIB , _ 0-0 Kt·KB3 29. KR· I)I B·KI 9. P ·KA3 P·K3 30. K·Bl K. 8:t 10. P x P PxP 31. B· KI4 gA.8% II . P·K' PIIP 31. P ·KR4 P . I(A4 12. KhfP KKt-o, 33. B· B3 KR.g2 13. I(I·B3 Kt-QB3 34. Bil K' AxA 14. B·K3 P·KIl 35. B>eB ch K' K2 1$. KI·KKI5 36. AliA K >e A

U . P· B4 17. B·B3 II. KtXKt If. Q-Q2 20. OA.oOI 21. K I·K2

I(KI_K4 31. Bx P P .K4 I(I·B2 31. KI·83 R· K Kt2 B·1)2 39. KI·1(4 c h K·B3

AIIK' 44. P· B5 A.1)2 O· I(BI 41 . B·KI K.8 2 R·I( t1 42. BIIR I(xB

A·81 Aes igns

TAIM A NOV _EVANS A Ili"lhod bill txcili"R ""nt. T aim.

,,"' ... gOI 11K WOrtt oj (ht opt"in« 0" lhe Whi't liJ, 0/ " Nimtoi"Jian DtJ''' K b", "' .. , I,,'t, .. bl, 10 saui/ia tlK n· cI ...... , (.hich '1':,,"nl lho./J "01 &n.t 4('«'/Il,II) 10, • po .... !ul U"I,., P ...... lo'm.jo". T ';m."or missd "1I"'''OIiS

""N .. ;,,' to"ti" .... tio'" bllt m"" .. ,tJ to /Coli.. " P_ n 4$ the com""",,11 ,,,UrtJ 1; ... ,·.,>t(JJNu. In the nultt 11K R"ls;"'1 on,I,,.,I,,,J • mtJ'Yt! ",hicb to"II ""'" JOIC.·J f; ..... 1 uliK""I;"n ."d .t llu {Om' plrtio.. 01 40 mo .. " tlu A mnic"" h.J uJunwl his politicn JO .tll (Ju,( '" " .

/NseJ lbe J, ... proJ"UI' by hi, 0PPO"nll .. t ""jo" '11",''''. UPOll rtlumplio", T,,' ....

""0" pl"YM a loli", .... ,iIII;.,,, .. nJ " ,"I li .. ishi", comb;n.;':'" ..on " Rooit. ... J the g.mt lor 1':"."s. W ith b,lt P/"Y tIl..J· ;ou." .. mt,,1 Iht S01'itt m.sl" woulJ h-w, ""J /.;. J." .. ing du"ctl

NIMZOVITCH DEFENSE MCO: p aVlIS 101·109

USA vS. USS R Tum Miltch Nllw York, 1954

Round T .... o , Bond Eight Whi te Black

M. TAIMANOV L. EVANS .. P-oB4 Kt·KB3 >t. Kt.oS B.Kf2 ,. Kt-QB3 P ·K) 30. KI XP ... , . ..... ....K15 :n. B' A3 A·QBt .. P.K3 0.0 32. A·gI P ·A4 ,. K'·B3 P · 84 33. P·8S KI-K5 .. o.., BIIKI cit 24. P ·R4 K·1I2 ,. . .. P'03 35. KI.o07 KI.K,,, .. 0·0 Kt- B3 J'. KI. " K·Ktl .. KI-Q2 " -1(4 31. KI·K" KIIIP 10. B.Kf2 P·QKt3 38. A· KBI 1( ' ·K6 It. Q·B2 B· R3 39. A·8k h K· .2 12. P· B4 KPxQP 40. Kt·84 A_B7 n . BPIIP "P 41 • • ·B7 . · B3 H . B· KB3 ..... 42 • • ·B1 K'·Kts 15. BPII P Kt.oO KtS 43. P· K!) P ·Kts " . 0 ·R4 ... « . B·Kt2 ... 17. QIIKt B' A;) 45 . AIIB ... n, g" gp R·BI off. R·QK" R·Kt7 19. P· K4 8·K1'2 47 . K'IIP P·Kt6 10. Kt· B4 P-QKI4 .... A·KI 7 A·Kllch 21. Kt· K3 O·KI) 49. I( ·K!1 Kt·Kkh n. Q lI g "0 SO. K·B3 K'· B5 23. P'KS Kt.o02 51. KtllP P · 1(17 24 .• ·1(14 KR.oOI 52. KI·K' ch )C·A3 25. P·K' ... 53. K·K2 Kt-Q3 26. " li P KI·B4 54. A· KI6 R·KRS 27. P ·K7 R· KT .ss. I(M( U K·II:4 21. B II R .,. Resigns

HOROWITZ·GELLER

Horo",i~ p/")'t' .tll "pimt ,Iu Ki",'1 I .. Ji.." Deje"I' oj Gtlln "nJ m.i",,,j,,d II..! sUM'io. po,i' ;':'" Ih'o",hollt most 0/ II..! ,,,mt, ",ith ,h, R"/ri4" plqi", i". ,t"iou,1y to -tu.t, (0 .. ,,1"(""""1. AI ",,_ iOll."mt"', BiJOO", 01 o"po,ilt ,0/0, p,,,t. IK .. II'1 /orcr:J " J,,,,,, a{I"'mgh both siJ,1 ""J 10"" wi",,;"g trie,. The ,,,mt "'''I • wt ", .. J7ltJ, lhe pl.."rl as,tti", to " J,trW by Ir:/tphont.

KING'S IND IAN DEFE NSE MCO: p ilgil n , tolumn " fil l

USA vS. USSR Te.m M.tch

New York, 1954 Aound T wo,

While I . A . HOROWtTZ 1. P.o04 Kt· I(B3

. 2. P·QB4 P'KKfJ 3. Kt-oB3- B·Kt2 4. Kt·KB3 O.() S. P· I(KI3 P-Q3 ,. B·Kt2 d!KI·02 7. 0 ·0 P·K4 '. P.K4 p.a] f . P· KA3 P-QR4 !D. B·1(3 p · RI 11. 0-B2 I)· R4 12. QA· BI PIIP 13. 1(IlI0P 1(1·B4 14. KR·Ol KKt.o02 15. I)lC't·K2 R·KI 16. Kt·B4 K'·83 17. P·B3 KI·R3 18. O-B2 P· R' 19. P· KIl Kt.oOKts 20. Kt-03 KtlIKt 21. RxK I P·Q4

80ll rd Five

8lack: E. GELLER

22. KPx" PIIP n . P·B5 B-02 24 . B·1)2 g · Al' 25. R(3)- B3 B· 1(14 26. KIlI8 QIIKt 27. P · B' P II P 2 •. 8 · Bl Q·Ktl U . AII P KI·R4 30. K· Kt2 B· K4 31. P·.4 .... Kt7 :no gR·B2 Kt-Bl 33. Q-KI6 1('·K5 24. B·Kl g aO U . AlIQ OR-081 36. R(6rQB' AIIR 37. AII R P-oS 31. B·g3 KI· B6 39. B >e Kt PIIII 40. K·B2 A·g! 41 . K·K2 DAAW N

KOTOV·I(OBERT BYRNE

The 10",'11 ,.m, oj 11K m.teh, 1,,1t· i"8 10& ",ores. TIK ,.me "'''S .uljou,,,eJ I.itt .nJ 1001: 1 J 00"'1 10 {omp/dt. By.", .... " • P_" on 'M BIIIt*- liJt of ... E",li,h 0Mn;", ",,1 "Ittr ,IK J;m

' aJjvurllmc,,' mandgtJ to 1ft lip a win· "i"K posilion .i,h Z Bisho", a,,11 Z P" .. nl "as"1 BiJbop, Kni,ht . nJ ont

([bess tife MonJq, Page 7 ) ul)I 1, 1954

P" ...... Alit' Ih, teto"J .uljournmt"t, By, .. , fo.etJ • Bis/Hlp .nJ Z P .... , YI.

K"i~1 ,,"II P .. ", .i"";,,, ,,,J~me only to blIlM" • It. mores ~/olt lhe ,,,J. HttJ he pl""J h;s /G,,'I 0" QKI' j" .. " t ,,1 oj QKJJ Ko la .. ",ollld hm, bun ""ablt 10 #01' a BI"t~ P"lStJ P .... " I.om Q"rt";,,.1 as lit '" i.. llu «tual co'" l i", ... lion. A Jiltoll."ging concl.uio" Jo . Rob"l .ho WOI~' ~t". ,"",J 10 wi .. l ilt

' '' '''t. EN GLIS H OPEN ING

MCO; pllve 34. !Column 11 (h i

USA VS. USSR Tum M.tch New York, 1954

Aound T wo, Board Six White B IllICk,

A. KO TOV •• BYANE

•• ".oOB4 P ·OB4 ... KIlI P K.B2 ,. Kt.QS) Kt·KB3 57. P.RS B· K7 ,. P .KKI' ...I)~ 51. B·B3 ." .. ... K'xP 59. KI. K5ch K·Kl .. B· Kt2 Kt.82 60. K.Kt2 B·B" .. KI.B, KI·83 ". K·.3 .... , ,. 0.<) P. K3 n . P·Kt4 P IIPch • ... , B·K2 63. K·A4 O.K • .. B.K3 0 ·0 "'. KIIP " . A4eh 10. P-Q4 ... U. 1(·1( ' 3 K· B4 11 . Kt)(P KI .K15 " . B.o02 II·K2 12. KI{4j-KIS 67. KI· B3 .... K83

Kt:llKt " . 8-AS B-QKt4 13. KIlIKt Q .R4 n . 8-02 8 · K7 I ... Kt-I13 R·Ql 70. K·B2 ..... U . g .B1 Kt·BJ 71. K.KtJ .... '" " . P.oA3 8 .Q2 n.8· AS B-oKI4 17. P .oK'4 Q • .r4 73. K'·K15 8 ·K7 I I. A·R2 8 .KI 14. Kt·BJ ..... 19. A·B2 " · B4 75. K I·Kts B·K2 20. R-Ql . II Rch 76. Kt.83 B.Q:) 21. I)xR R.g I no KI·K5 B_K KI5

'22.. R.o02 ... 11. 8-02 8 ·B2 23. QxR P-QKtl 79. KI·87 ..... 24. 0 ·1l2 I)· B2 II. Kt.KS B·RS 25. I).B4 Kt.oI 81. KI· B3 ..... U . P-QR4 8 · I(B3 12. I(I-KS 8 ·Kl 27. p · RI ". 81. KI·B) 8-OKt3 11. P:IIP ..... M. KI·KS ... , 29. 8 · B3 Kt·8) as. K'·B) 1I· I(B2 30. Q • ., Kt.K4 " . Kt·K15 o. .. 31. Kt· R2 KI:IIBCh 87. Kt' IIJ B.oKtl n. PxKt P-QIU ... KI-I(5 8·K7 n . g .K16 ' 0 ·81 It. KI·B3 B-oK'4 34. Kt·Kt4 B.oK'4 to . .... B3 B·K6 35. P· R4 B·Ql 91. 8-02 ." U. Q.oO' ... n. KIlIB • B·K I 37. 8.04 8 ·g 1 n. KI·B4 B·B2 31.. K·R2 K. 82 f4. Kt.oOtkh K·K3 l'f. 8 ·BS 8-K83 9$. Kt·KI7 K ... 40. KI· B2 Q·Ol 96. K-R4 B.KI 41. 1)·114 QoOBl fT. P · B5 K·8:t 42. 1)-Q6 O·g l t l. KI· AS< h K·Kt3 43. Q . B4 ..... tt. KI·B<kh K-B4 44. Q·87clt ..... 100. Kt·RI K.KtJ 45. g .Ktt P· . 3 101. KI·B4ch K.B4 46. Kt-KI Q .KI 102. Kt.R$ 8 ·82 47. Q-87ch K.Ktl 103. Kt·Kt7c h 41. 8.00' K· A2 K· KtJ 49. P' B4 ... , 1114. KI-o' .... so_ g XO ... 105. P_. , P·A4 51. KI.oO] .B.oOS IN. P ' B7 ... 52. KI·85 8 ·K'4 107. KIlI B P·RS 53. KIlIKP ... 10'. KI .KS K.KI4 54. B·KS P . KU Drawn 55. Kt·.kh K· I(t1

BtSGUI£R·P1':TROSI AN

8is,";u pl")'el Ih, FOIl,.P..... .tt.clc a".j"/l II" Ki"fI's I"J .. " De/enst, wo" .. P"",n by clt'Ytr pllly bill 10",,' Iht Rill. ,i .. ,,'1 cO"""rpl0'l to bt almoll ",1I;,i,,,, (O'IIf>t"s<tlio" Jo, his m.'u;'/ i"l ... io.it )!. A SI .. "Jllill "'''' rt.cW a,,1 " J,.., agrttJ "po" bt/ort 40 mortS hd 6tt" m..at.

KING'S INDIAN DEFENSE Meo, PII" to, column .ss (p I

USA vS. USSR Team Match New Yllrk, 1954

Aovnd Two, Whltll

A . BISGUIER 1. P-Q4 Kt·KB2 2. P-Q84 P-KKI3 :to Kt-Q8J 8 ·K12

(PleASe turn to

B .... rd $even BIllick

T . PETROS IAN 4. P·K4 P-Q3 5. P-8 4 0-0 6. KI·B3 P·B4

page 8, col. 1)

•

Gbess tift M ont/try, Page 8 Ju/y 5, 1954

,. , .. Q-A;4 20. 8-1(16 Q.K1 .. 8·Q3 QxBP 11. PxKt , .. .. Q · l(l Kt·B3 22. RxBP KtxP 10. 8 · .(3 Q-QR4 13. QR)(P 8·1(4 11. 0-0 ,-1(1$ 2 •• QR·Q2 KR·Ktl 12. OR·BI Kt-02 25. B·BS Q-83 13. g _1(82 BxKKt 2.6. p·l(tl R-Qal 14. P)l8 P-QRl 27. 8-1<3 R-B6-IS. I(·RI P-K3 28. B·Q3 Kt·R6 16. B·KtI Q·82 19. 0.81 KI·SS 11. KIt-QJ Kt· B3 30. B· KKtl KI·1( 3 1'. KI·QS p xK t 31, 8·1(2 ...., .. 19. 8PxP Kt·KR4 32. R-Q3 DRAWN

SMYSLOV·RESHEVSKY Sm'1Jln ag<l;n p/<fytJ l~ C .. ta/"n O~n.

;"8 ,,1111 R.tIh~"sk-, employed _HI unusu,,1 dndopmtrll 0/ his Bishop on Q1. B'I quiel tlntlopmtnt tbe Sovid P/41tr ob­,,,ined .. tltfj"ite edge ,.,,(/ du.illg time­p' ts1I<te ",,,01 <I P"""" Tht uIIIsillg ttld· g"m~. ho",eu" ,..". Jut"'" by ta.tful pi"" "n tht A",t,ic<ln't pa'I ;" J6 m"vet.

ENGLISH OPENING Meo: pa.ge 36 (aA)

USA vs. USSR Team Match New York, 1954

Round Three, Boud 0., White lll aek

v. SMYSLOV ,. RESHEVSKY ,. P·Q84 1C"1C83 30. R·Ql ICt·Kn ,. P.KKt) P·K3 31. R(4 )-Q4 K· Bl ,. B· Kt1 P.Q4 32. Kt·Q6 KtxlCt .. ICt·1C83 .., 33. RxlCt let· B] ,. Q· R4ch QlCt·Q2 34. R-Q7 KtxKtP

•• Qx BP B·Q3 35. BxP R(I ). B1 ,. 0 ·0 0·0 ". P·Rt. R>. .. Q·B2 P·B4 37. RxR K· Kl · •. P·Q4 Q.B2 38. R.Q4 Kt. Q4 10. R·QI ICt·1C1l 39. 8xICt ... 11 . PxP 8xBP 40. RxP R· B3 12. B·K3 ... , 41 . R·RS K·K1 13. QxQ ... 42. 1e·1C11 IC· K3 14. B·BS R·K I 43. P·B4 P· R4 IS . ICt·8 3 QKt-Q4 44. K.R3 IC· B4 . 16. Kt·QlCtS B·KtI 45.K· R4 P.K13 11. ICt-Q6 DxK' 46. R·R4 P· 83 18. Bx B ... , 47. PxP K" 19. Kt.1C5 B·Kt4 48. P·R3 R· Kt3 20 . P·K4 KI·Kt] 49. P·Kt4 .. , 21. P·Kt3 ICR·QI SO. PxP R·B3 22. P.QR4 B·K7 51. R·R3 R· K3 23. R·Q2 Kt· Kl 52. K· Kt3 R·B3 24 . P· R5 ••• 53. K·83 R. K3 25. Rx B Kt.Q1 S4. R·RS K· B2 26. KI·B4 .... 55. P ·Kt S IC .Kt2 27 . P.KS R·Kn St.. K·Kt4 R.KU 28. P·QKt4 R·QB6 Onlw n · 2'. R·K4 R· BI

DENKER·BRONSTEIN Dwkc, pl""d the e alalltn Opening

.,hi~h t.d"SPOJta illlo th, T ar.asch Dc· It"st ",ilh Ihc loss 01 sC'I'tral ttmpi 10. While. A neal combind/io" Iry Bront/ein w"n tht tuha"gt anJ D"'ker WdS hopt· lusly 10SI al aJjournmt.I/. The A",rric:an ,nignd ",ithollt Tts .. mi"g pI"" ",h,n tnt g""'t I>'as schta"lcJ 10. (onti,,"a/ion.

CATALAN OPENING Mea : page 2::i1. column 43

USA VI. USSR Team Match New York, 1954

' Round Threll,

White A. S. DENKER I . P-Q4 P· K3 2. P ·KKtJ P.QB4 3. P x P 8 x P 4. B·Kt1 KI · ICB3 S. Kt. ICBl Kt.B3 6. P·84 P·Q4 1. P x P P x P 8. 0 ·0 0 ·0 9. Q.B2 8 · ICU 10. Kt·B3 B· Kl 11. B·Kts P· ICR3 12. Bx Kt QxB 13. KR·Ql QR.Bl 14. QR·Bl K R·QI 15. Kt.QR4 P·Q5 l6. Kl xB PxK t 17. P· ICtl P-<n 18. Q-Q2 B·KIS '4. R·B4 PxP

• 20. QxKP R. ICI 21 . R·K4 ICt·K4

Board Two Black

D. 8RONSTEIN 22. Rx Kt Rx R 23. QxR Q x Q 24. KtxQ 8 x R 25. BxP R-B2 26. B· K4 B· 111 27. B·Q5 IC·BI 28. Kt ·86 8 ·Ktl 19. P·QR3 B· B4 30. K·81 B· K3 31. BxB P x B 32. KIQ4 R· Bkh 33. K·K2 K· K1 ]4. K·QJ R·B8 35. P·B4 R. B7 36. K·B4 RxP 37. K.KtS R-Q7 38. Kt·86ch K.Q3 39. kxP R.Q6 40. P·OKt4 RxORP

Resigns

USA vs. USSR TEAM MATCH GAMES Commen tary by U. S. Masters ELI OT HEARST, HANS BERLINER and KARL BURGER

KERES·KEVITZ in an ~lfo" to I>'in. Rob"t uteri/iua " Bdlnt Ihurdlttr d,ilted i"to a a.dwi.h a I>'in b,,1 Pa.",y was b,,,chtJ for Ihis rou"d b-, Pawn , ana suauacd in gttling d stron, pOlitiolt. 80th kept tryin, fo.

Iht U. S. Tttlln C"ptdin . Alu"ndrr p4Htd Pa.,n I>'hi,h hrU tht d."w in I~ coulJ md.l:t no hcadw..". K"'il~ took his plaa bUI fa. tJ no beuer e"Jg4lnt. than tht M.",hallan Cbess Club std,. Kt"i,{ employed his Irno,itt Niln ~o'l'u:h DeJt"S~ agai",t .,hich Kt ru P/#1td a qNid lint gi'l'ing hi", d .Iight aa'l'dnlagt. A b..J bI"nJer b-, K""t'{ COSI him Iht u(hangt d"d Ibt.uJltr Keres l>'.apptJ .. p the gdme.

IRREGULAR DEFENSE Meo; page 131, column 3

USA V5. USSR Team Match New York, 1954

Round Three, White

P . KERES 1. P·K4 KI·QB3 2. P·04 P·K4 3 . P xP KtxP 4. KI·1(.83 Q·83 5. 8 ·K2 B.KISch 6. QKI·Q2

KtxKtch 7. BxKt 8. 0 ·0 9. KI·KI3 10. P·KKU 11. B·Kt:!. 12. P·QB3 13. P· KB4 14. KI.Q4 15. 8·K] 16. Q·Q3 17. Kt·B3 18. Kt·Q2 If. P·Kt3 20. KR·KI 21. Q. B1 12. P·QR4 23. P·QKt4

Kt· 1C1 0 ·0

Itt·B, R·Kl B·Bl , .. , B·K3 B.Q2

K'·R4 P·B4

Q.K3 P·QR3 QR-Ql B·Kt4 Q·1C13 ... , ,.,

Board Three

A. 24. B·KIt. 25. QxP 16. 8xR 17. QR·KIl 28. KI·84 29. KR·Ql 30. Kt· KIt. 31. R-Q1 31. Q·K3 33. P· R3 34. P·kl. 35. P·B5 U.0·K2 31. R·Q3 38. R. Re h 39. P .B 40. K·RI 41. Kt·QS 42. R.P

lUack KEVITZ ...

Kt·B3 R • • B·Bl B·K2

P·KR4 B·KtS

8 ·83 P· R5 8·K3 P·Q4

B·Kt4 Q. R3 ,., KtxR

43. R·KISch

B·K6ch KlxP B·B4

Kt·Q5 K·R1 P·B4 Q·Q3

44. Qx Pch 45. Q .K3 46. Q·KI Resigns

DONALD DYRNE.AVERBACH

Agdinsl A "erbach's Nimfo'l'ieh Dtfense By,,,t pitryca lor a K·side alla,,11 and ob· laintJ a ... i"ni"g aa'l'antage: Howt'l'rr, Iht II mtri(dn pld)'u .. Olt Iht point ",htlt A"t.bach OH.SttpptJ the timt limil.

NIMZOVITCH DEFENSE MCO: p age 109, column 41

USA vs. USSR Team Match New York, 1954

Round Thrn, White

D. BYRNE 1. P-Q4 2. P·QB4 3. Kt.Q B3 4. P.K3 5. Kt·K1 6. P·QR3 7. PxP •• ICt·B4 9. B·K1 10. 0 ·0 11 . P·QKt4 12. P·B] 13. Kt·Q3 14. Q·KI 15. K·RI 16. 8·Q2 17. Kt·BS 18. P ·Kt4 19. R·81 20. Q·B2 11. R.KKtl 22. P·.KR4

Kt.KB3 P·1C3

B·KtS 0 ·0 , ...

8 ·K2 , .. R· Kl P· B3

QKt.Q1 P·QR3

B.Q] Kt·Bl Q·B1

B·K8 4 R·K3 R. K2

B.Kt3 P·R3

QR.Kl P-QR 4 .. ,

Board Four

Block Y. AUERBACH

23. PxP P.Kt3 24. Kt.Q3 Q.Q2 25. R·KI2 P·Kt4 26. KI ·BS Q·Bl 27. P·RS 8·R2 28. Q ·R4 Bx Kt 19. KtPxB Kt.K] 30. R(I )·KKtl

P· KtS 31. ICI .R4 P·KI6 31. Kt.Kt 6 Q·Ql 33. B·QBl Kt.Q2 34. Kt·R4 8 ·B7 3S. Kt.Kt2 Q·Ktl 36. 8·Q3 8xB 37. KbB - Q·KI4 31. KI ·KU Kt.Kt4 39. R·KB2 Kt·B3 40. P· B4 Kt (4). K5 Bleck ove"t ePP4d Ihe time limi'.

ROBERT BYRNE·KOTOV

Robtrt obl<,;ned a thrortticall." won posi­tio" a/!,airtsl the Nim{oinaia" Dtft"st bUI imuaa 0/ prtllirtg hi, ad~anlllgt ht al· lo .. d Koto"'s Kirtg to tstapt to Ihr Q. siJt a"a Ih,n nClllMlitta tht K·sid, al· ,ack. This gtl>'c Kt)/o'l' all tl" chi/ncts. Wht" tht Russjan I;nal/y mdat tht bredk

NIMZOINDIAN DEFENSE MCO: page 107. column 31 (e)

USA vs. USSR Team Mateh New York, 1954

Round Three, Baud Sill White Dlack

R. BYRNE A. KOTOV 1. P·Q4 KtKB] 19. KI·BI B·Kl 2. P-QB4 P ·K] 30. KI· KU P·K R3 3. Kt-QB l B·KtS ll. Kt· RS BxK t 4. P·K3 P·B4:12. PxB K'·K I S. B·Q3 0 ·0 33. B·KI4 Kt ·KKI2 6 •. P ·QR3 8xKt 34. K·K2 K.,.2 1. PxB KI·B3 ]5. K-Q] R·ft\! 8. . Kt·K1 P-QKI3 36. R·KIl KR)ll P. p ·K4 Kt.KI 37. R·KI2 P·R3 10. 8 ·Kl P-Q3 31. K·B2 Q-Q2 11. 0 ·0 B·RJ 39. R·KKU Q·Kl 11. Kt·KI3 Kt·R4 40. B·Q2 . R·R2 13. Q·K1 R·81 41. R·R3 P·QKI' 14. p ·OS Q·02 42 . RPxP pxP IS. P·QR4 P·K4 43. P . P R.P 16. P·B4 P·83 44. RxR Q xR 11. P·B5 K·81 45. P· 84 QxPch 18. R·B] K·K2 46. QXQ KtxQ 19. Kt ·BI K·Ql 47. B. P KlxBP 20 . R·KR3 R·KRI 48. PxK I 8Px& 21. P·Kt4 K·81 49. P·B6 P·KS 22. KI .KI3 K.Ktl SO. P ·B7 It ·RI 13. K·B2 Kt·B2 51. R-QB 3 Kt·K4 24. Q .R2 QR·KIl 52. R·QR3 R·KBI 25. R· KlCtt Q·K1 53. B·K ' K· KU 26. B·K2 8 ·Bl S4. R.Kt3ch K·B2 27. KI·Bl B·Q2 55. R.QR3 K· IC13 28. KI·Q1 P.KICt4 56. R·Kt3ch Drawn

GELLER·HOROWITZ Tin most tlCciling 8<1mt 01 Iht malch.

Gtller lhought abo"t 40 minlltts con· siae';"g tht possibi/ilitJ 01 11. Q·R6, a Quu".sa"ilict I>'hi,h comrs 'l'C71 d olt to w;uning-bul p.obably 10Stl. Filially tht R'IIS;a" dtciJta jusl to ",in a Pd"'lt (ma th~ rtsulting POSilioll gan Ho.owil, gooa (hanal. In lime·pressure Gtlltr pl""tJ for a JIlin dnJ allowtJ Ho'o .. j~ to Ida;/ict II" t~(hangr ... hi,h ha 10 a will bU I Horo. "'itt milsea il in limr,p'lSSl"t . Tht Ame.· jClIn millea u'I'cral ",;"nillg lints, i"cI"Ji"g a Rain 01 4 Rook.. At rts"mption a/It . aajoll'''",,,,1 Hoto .. in slill boJ slight aJ­'l'alllngt but IIgrttJ 10 a a.dIIl will,oll/ (on/in" in8'

SICILIAN DEFENSE Mea: p age 183

USA vs. USSR Team Match New York, 1954

Round Three, Board FIve Wblte Black

E. GELLER I. A. HOROWITZ 1. " ·K4 P.QB4 22. RxP Q.Q2 2. KI ·K83 P-Q3 23. 8 ·84 P· II:6 3. P·Q4 P.P 24. P·K'4 OR·KI! 4. KbP Kt.K~63 25. RxR R. R S. Kt.QB3 p ·KKt3 26. P·KI 3 Q.B2 6. B-K3 B·Kn 21. K·BI Q·IH 7. P ·B3 0 ·0 28. p·B3 P .Kt4 • • Q .Q1 Kt·B3 29. K·B2 R.QBl 9. 0 ·0 ·0 Ktx Kt 30. R· Kl K· Kt, 10. 8xKt 8 · IC] 31. Q ·K3 Q.R4 11. K· Ktl P·QR3 31. R· KRI Rr84 12. P.KR4 P.QKI4 33. R· R3 RxB 13. P .RS P·KIS 34. Px R Q·RSch 14. Kt ·Q5 BxKI 35. K·Bl Qx8P 15. "xB 0 ·R4 36. R·R2 Q xQP 16. P MP AP.P 37. R·QB1 Q·BS 17. 8 ·84 KR·81 38. K.Q1 P.Q4 18. 8 · K13 Q.KI 4 39. Q.QJ Q·8 5ch 19. It·R4 P·R4 ' 11. Q·K3 Q·R7ch 20. QR.Rl P·R5 41 . Q.K1 Q·Q3 11. 8 x Kt BxB Drawn

EV A NS·TA IM ANOV E'I'a"s pl.,.,td an in/nior lille as Whitt

in Iht King's InJillll, YIl80sl~~ VII,ia/il)ll. but imp,o~tJ <)n /he StdhllurgStabo game, Salltobad~", 1951. At hi1 20lh lu.n E'I'a"s maar tht ""Iy m<)n 10 ntll' Irali~t 1'1I;mlln()'I"S aJMntaSt IIna tht

KING'S INDIAN DEF ENSE Meo, p l ge 92, column 61 (I)

USA vs. USSR Team Match New Y o rk, 1954

Round Three. Baud Eight While Blac k

L. EVANS M. TAIMANOV 1. P·Q4 KI.KB] 23. PxP PxP 2. P·Q84 P·KKU 24. KI-Q5 KtxKt 3. P·KKtl B·Kt:!. 2S. B.Klc h K·BI 4. 8 ·KI2 0-0 26. P·QR4 R.Ql 5. Kt-QB] P-Q3 21. KR·QI R·K 7 6. Kt·B] P ·8 4 18. R·KI1 R· R7 7. 0-0 Kt·B3 29. R·03 R-Q 3 a. pxP PxP 30. R(I )·Ql R·KI7 t . 8 ·K] Q. R.4 31. R·B3ch R·83 10. Q·R4 Q xQ 32. Rtl}.Q J P·KKt4 11. KtxQ P·KU ]3. B·K6 K·Kl 12. KI·KtS B.Q2 34. RxR 8"R. 13. QR-Ql QR.81 35. R·Q7 R·K7 14. KI-QB3 KR-Ql U . B·Kt4 R· Kt7 15. P· KR3 ,..KR3 37. RxP ·R"P 16. Kt·B3 KI· K l 38. R·KI7 R·KI1 17. R·Bl KI-Q3 39. B-Q1ch K·82 18. P·Kt3 Kt·84 40. P·B4 p"p 19. B·02 KI·KtS 41 . PxP B·B6 20. P·K4 8-QIU 42 . B·KIS B·R4 11. PxK t BxKt 43. R·Kt8 D.~w" 12. BxB RXB

PETROSIAN .LHSGUIER

Tht U. S. Champio» playeJ ml'~h I.oa opt,mi1lic dn oiJtuing altai~SI the Eltj/ish OpwiU8' The RUlsian ad~d~aa i" Iht ctn/u, a.i'l"n!'. Bisg"i., '1 pitus all o."n I/~ blJllra. I" atSPtrdl;On, Bisguiu la,. rilieta II pitet but this ;"11 IhD./tnr,J Ihe gamt.

ENGLISH OPENING Mea: p~ge 34, Column 11 {II

USA vs. USSR Team Match New York, 1954

Round Three. Board Seyen White • U!ack

T. PETROS IAN A . 81SGUIER I. P.QB4 P.Q84 24. Kt . R4 A. R3 2. P·KKt] Kt·QB3 25 . Kt.K83 P.Q4 l . B.KI2 P·KKI3 26. QPxP AxP 4. Kt.QB) B·Kt:!. 27. P.QR4 )(.Ktl 5. P-Q3 P-Q] 21. B.RJ , . R·KtI P· ICR4 29. Q.II:2 1. P·KRl r B-Q2 30. Kt .Bl •• P·K3 Q ·81 31. P.R4 9. KKt·K1 Kt·R] 32. Kt .04 10. P· Rl Kt·K4 33. P~B 11. P·84 8·QBJ 34. P~P 12. P·K4 Kt.Q1 3S. KtxKt 13. Kt·QS P · IC3 36. R·Kt2 14. Kt·K3 P·B4 37. R.K2 15. Q· 82 P . Kt] 38. R. Kt 16. P-QKt4 Kt·B2 39. R.QR 17. R·Ktl Kt·B3 40. K.82 lB. B·Kt2 K·Bl 41 . Q .Q2 It. R·QI Q·Q2 42. B.KI 2 20. P ·K IS 8 · Kn 43 . O . Och 21. P.KS Kt·KI 44. R.KB4 22. P ·Q4 a x8 45. Rx R 13. KbB R·Bl 46. B·KS

R·BI KI·82 P·Kt4 P·KI! ...

KIxK P KtxQP

PxKI R. B5

RxKt R.K3

RxRch IC ·R2 Q.K3 Q.R3 K • • R·K5

QP.P Res igns

Rtlhe~s.l: ~ playeJ tht l;"xc/'augt Va.ia. lion all";"Sr Sm,..lo,,'. S/a~ D(/tltlC. Piects wert S"'dppea off ~"J d" farl7 draw dsretJ upon.

SLAV DEFENSE • MCO: page 196, column 24

USA vs. USSR Team Match New York, 1954

Round Four, Baird One WhIte

S. RESHEVSKY 1. P·Q4 P ·04 2. P ·QB4 P.QD3 3. Kt·KB3 Kt·B3 4. P x P p l( P S. Kt·Bl Kt·B 3 6; B·B4 9·84 7. P·K3 p ·K3 e. B-Q] ad 9. Q x8 8 ·K2 10. 0 ·0 0·0 11. K R·Bl Q·Q2

nlack v. SMYSLOV

12. Kt.K5 KlxKt 13. 8xKt )(II: .BI 14. R·B1 R.B3 IS. QR·QBI

16. KI .R4 17. P·B3 18. RxR 19. QxR

Drawn

-QR-QBI Kt·KS

••• R., KI ·Q 3

USA vs. USSR TEAM MATCH GAMES Commentary by

BRONSTEIN ·DENKER

u. S. Masters eLIOT HEARST, HANS BERLINER and KARL BURGER

Bronstein ob/"int4 the M int type 0 /

posi, ion tiS in his g""'t ill I~ ,hi,d 10und ,.,;,1, .n-used to/OTt, H o,.,t Y(f, Drolutcin did no/ I,u~ tht ump; Danker /)(1<1 /OSI. The Americo" t,ied to /Ut his ga",e by Jtl fti/ iu of II pita, "';IInin8 h«1c the tII""mg'" " ftw mont lain . This Ie/t B,onJui" .,.,ith t~o Bishops atld " P"wn lor " -ll0(>..\:. The Soviet G,<tnd",t1S1cr /1tJI11/dtt J this ;,,10 " .. i.. by a clt'l'tr

R(I(l ~ /tU.i/,«.

NIMZOVICH DEFENSE MCO: pllllle 103, tolumn 12

USA vs. USSR Team M~tch New York, 1954

Round Four, 80ard Two While Black

O. 8AONSTEIN A. S. DENKER T. P·Q4 Kt·K83 19. KxO Q-RSch 2 . Po084 P ·K3 2e. K·KtT 8 ·K3 3. KI·Q83 B-KI5 21 . R·Q4 Q-K14ch 4. Q.82 P· 84 22. R-Kt4 BxR S. Px P KI .83 23. PxS P_84 6. Kt-83 O.() 24. P-B4 Q.K1 1_ P.oR3 8xBP 25. Bo04 Px P B. P_QKt4 8 -K2 2'. K·KI2 · Q.K3 9. B .K~ P.o4 21. R·RI P·KKtl 10. P-K3 B·Q1 28. K·KtJ R.8' 11 . PxP Px P 79 . 11..0 3 Jh,QP 11. 110-1( 1 R·Bl 30. R.-P K.-R 13. 0 ·0 B·Q3 31. Q·Rlth K_KI1 14. QR·QI Kt·K4 31. Q·R8eh K. B2 15. Q·KIl B·Kts 33. Q·Kt7ch K·KI 14. KtxP KI.-K' 34. B.KISch " . RxKI KtxKlch Res igns 18. PxKI BxPch

PAVEY -KERES

P"'~ry pl",y~" ..,~II "'nai'Ht Ihe King's Tn"i",n D~fenu, obr"';ni"g a dist;"ct .sd­""Mf"'sr. H01l"l'cr, the Amerjcan pi(t'jer JIIt fft aSlray d/lu "'inning d P"",n ",rod Kues got dff o~u..,fulming ",I/<u;/c. I,. limt ·pumu, Knes disdd;n ~d Ih~ win 0/ <S

p;ere, m;l$cd al m"" t, /;tI"lIy .... 0" the pitre under unf"~or",bh circumstanrrs. Kues' leahJ mo .. e "'''s his /a. , chance 10

aM"'. A/Ie, an in/erio, staleJ mOYt Pd .. ry c/,'Vury "''''ppeJ flp tht ",in.

KING'S INDIAN DEFENSE MCO, page 9S

USA vs. USSR Team Match New York, 1954

Aound Fovr, Soard Three Whit e Black

M. PAVEY P . KERES I . P.o4 Kt·KB3 3S. R·KOI Q.K4 2. KI·KS3 P·KKt3 36. K·Ktl 8.K3 3. P·B4 B·Kt2. 31. Q·Kt4 RXB 4. p·KKt3 0-0 3S. R·KI 0 .B1 S, B-Kt2 P'03 39. KI-07 R" Q 6. 0·0 OKI' 02 40. KI"O R. BS 7. Q·82 P· K4 41. A(2)'K2 R.sa 8. R·Ql R·KI 42. RxB R"R ch 9. K'·B3 P-B3 43. RxA K.Kt2 10. P·K4 P·QR3 44. KI·KI4 R.Kt6 11. P·KR3 P·QKI4 4S. R-OT B. KI4 12. Px KP Pl!KP 46. RxP RxQKIP 13. 8·K3 Q-R4 47. R·Q7 ch K. Bl 14. K'·Q2 P·KtS 48. AxP R.87 15. Kt' KI3 Q·B2 49. Kt·KS K.KtI 1&. Kt·R4 B·Bl 50. R·Q87 Al!QBP 17. P·85 P·QR4 51. K'xBp K.Rl 18. 8 ·KBI KHl4 51. P·R4 Bo07 19. KI-Q2 KI· KI2 53. R-Q7 8.K8 20. KI-84 KI ·K3 54. KI·K1 K. KI2 21 . QKI_I('I& R·Kll 55. KI_QS eh K.R3 22. QR-BI B·KKI2 56. KI-K3 R.Bl 23 . KtxKt BxKI 57. I( · KI2 R·QRl 24 . KI-KI& KI·QS S8. P·B4 P·KH 15. Q·R4 B-K3 59. P·BS RxP 2&. QxRP P·KI& 60. I( ·R3 P· KIS ch 27 . P·R3 P·84 61 . K·R4 8 MP e h 28. BxKt Pl!S 62 . I(KB R·KS 29. PxP BxP 63. KI ·QS K·K14 30. B·Q3 BxP 64 . P·B6 R·QS 31. Q·KI4 K-RI '5. P ·87 R·O' t h ~2. QxKIP B·A3 '6. ICI-Kil R·K86 33. R·B1 R·K6 67. KI ·K3 K·R5 34. K· R2 B_Kt5 68. KI _ P Re .lgn~

AVERBACH·DONA1. D nYRN/~

A II English Openi,,!; in "'/,id, I /'~ S,, · "';~I play~, got a ./iJl, I>! ~,":~ . " "w,·vet. fu I" ora ded ill " l"tl("J"i~ i(, ,1 /" ,hi"n

" na Donala built up '" siUMS posilion o n Ibe K·;iae. In time·prtssUrt, lht Amt ri· ("It ,,,ai/iua d piece ... hitn injured al leall a dr""" A/ur aajollrnment, DonlSld plar~d ~(",'iae"tI'f " nd ,«u,eJ '" "';n.

QUEEN'S GAMBIT DECLINED MCO: page 1&S, column 60

USA vs. USSR Team Match New York, 1954

Round Four, Boa rd Four White nlaek

Y. AVER8ACH D. BYRNE I . P·Q4 P-Q4 30. RPxP RPxP 2. P·QB4 P·K3 31. P· B5 Kt·KI4 3. Kt-QB3 Kt.KB3 31. 8 ·81 P-KI S 4. Kt·B3 P·B4 33. P ·R4 Kt·R6ch 5. PxQp KtxP 34. K· R2 p·BS , . P-K3 KI-Q83 35. PMKI Q·K16eh 1. 8 ·Q3 B·K2 3'. K·RI QxRPeh 8. 0 ·0 0-0 37. K·KtI Q.KI&th 9. P·QR3 PxP 38. K· RI Q _Apc" 10. PXP KtXK.t:n. K·Ktl Q·K'6Cn 11. P xKI Q· R4 40. K-KRI Q· It6Ch n . Q·B2 Q·R4 41 . K-Ktl Q-KI&ch 13. R·Kn 8·Q3 42 . I('·Rl Q· Rkh 14. R·KI5 P·84 43. K-Ktl Q·KI6Ch 15. R·KI P.olt3 44. K-RI Q·RSch 1'. R·KI& S·B2 45 . K·KI1 P·K4 17. R-KII R-KtI 46 . R·Kt2. PxP 18. P·QR4 B-Q2 47. A·K4 M..-A 19. B·K2 Q·Ktl 48. PxR 8 ·R6 20. B.B4Ict) K·Rl 49. B·QB4 Q· Kt6cn 21. B·R2 P· R3 50. 1<·11.1 B.KI S 21. B·R3 KR·KI 51. Q-BI B·B'eh 23. Q-Ql Q·Bl S2 •. R·KIl P·Kt' 24. P·B4 KI-QI 53. B·KI1 A.AI 25. B·Kt2 P·QKtl 54. B·A6 BxP 26. Kt·K5 B.-Kt 55. P·B6 R.QBI 27. Rl!B K'·B2 5'. Q·K2 P.Q6 28. R_1(1 Q·Kt3 Aesigns 29. P· B3 P-Kt4

HOROWITZ-GEl-LER HOlo",il~ pla~ed too pau iw iy agdinst

Crller's Sic;/i"n Dcltnu alld Ih~ RIISS;"'" bllilt liP a .. try .Irong 1XJsi(io>l. T his "'''S ""'flIII"l/y tTd'lflalt d in/o an O'renrfufm. ing tlt'".8i.hop ending . A lthn"gh malu _ id/ "'''S t v"" al aaiou.nme"i, H orowitt ,uigll t a without f"rlhu pl",y.

SICILIAN DEFENSE MCO: page 275, column 52 Ie ) USA vs. USSR Team Match

New York, 1954 Round Four, Board Five

Wh lie Black I. A. HOROWITZ E. GELLER 1. P·K4 P·QB4 23. P· B3 KtxB 1. KI·K8 3 Kt·QS3 24. QxKI B.85 3. P·Q4 Px P 25. A.Q2 P.KKt3 4. KI.-P KI·B3 2&. KI·KI3 Q.84 S. Kt.QB3 Po03 21. QxQ P xQ 6. B·K2 P·K4 2S. Rl!R ~h RxR 7. KI·Kt3 B·K2 29 . PxP Bl!P R. 0·0 0·0 30. Kt·BI R.Q3 9. P·B4 P·QR4 31. B-B3 R-Kt3 10. P-QR4 KI·QKtS 32. KI·K3 B.K3 11. B·0 3 Q·B2 33. KI·QI R-Q3 12. K-RI B·K3:14. K· KIl A.o1 13. B-K3 KR.ol 35. P·R3 B-QKt6 14. Q·BI B·BS 36. K·Bl B. K'6 15. R.QI QA-BI 37. 8 ·K2 K-Kfl lli. KI·Q2 8·R3 38. 8 ·B3 P·R4 17. Kt·81 KI-Q2 39. K·KII B.KBS IS. Kt·Kt3 KI·KI3 40. K·BI B· B5th 19. B-KI4 11.·11.1 41 . K·Ktl K· R3 20. KI·B5 KI·BS 42 . R· Ktl 8·Q' 11. KI·QS Kh:Kt 43. R·RI :(·KI4 22. Rl! KI B·B3 Aesl,ns

KOTO V·ROBERT BYRNE A Q,,~en's Cdmb,t D« /intd, I:nh,,",, ~

V"ri,,/ioll . Robut emerged ..,ilh a good ope"ing. Kolol' quidd~ ,oughl equality "uJ a/I~' several pieces 'l>'crt ex,hangd the position' was ()'tn. A a'"'''' was aglted "POf! .

SLAV DEFENSE Meo: page 197, COlumn 2&

USA \/s. USSR Team Matc:h New York, 1954

ROlOnd Four, Board Six Whl!. ~ Black

A. KOTOV R. BYRNE 1. P·QB4 P· K3 4. P·Q4 P·QBl 1. KI ·QB3 P·Q4 5. Kt·B3 Kt·B3 3. P~P PxP 6. 8 ·KfS P-KA3

7. 8·R4 B-K2 19. PxP ,..

BxKI Q· Kt3

P·R5 .,. B·81 R-1l2

Ktx P PxKt P·Kt3

8. Q·B2 QKI.Q2 20. 8·85 9. P-K3 0 ·0 21 . QxS 10. B·Q3 R-KI 22. Q·B2 11. 0.0 Kt.tCS 23. P·Ktl 12. B-KIJ Kb:9 24. PxP 13. RPlI KI B-QJ 25. 8-Q3 14. QR. K" P·QR4 16. P-K" 15. Kt-QR4 1<1· 83 27. KhtKt 16. K.·aS P-QKt3 28. 8x P 17. KI-OR4 8 ·Q1 DRAWN 18. K'-Q2 P·B~

BlSGUIER-PF.TROS IA N

Ag,,;flJl tht Russian's B~IIolli 5,I/e"" Bisguitt Ir"n ' 1XJ .trJ inlo a .. " r;"n l of Iht Marocty bina 0/ Iht Sici/j"'n Dt/onst. Pt ' rMi",,', d~l;"e Q_lid" "I", "'O« t&.n

~om~,.s"r"J /0' 8is/t.uiet's K·siJ" at/tIC/c. In a dtspu"lt silutltioll BisguieT maJe <s

lutile stIC.i/irt, Iht n TtsigntJ.

RETI OPENING MCO: pag e 2'22, column 49

USA vs. USSR Team M~tc.h New York.. 1954

Round Four, White

A. B1SGU1ER I . P-Q4 KI·KB 3 2. P-oB4 P· B4 3. Kt·KB3 Pl!P 4. KtxP KI·83 5. KI·OB3 P·K3 , . P-KKt3 B·84 1. KI·KI3 B·K1 8. B·Kt2 0-0 9. 0·0 p-Qi ... • 10. P·K4 KI·K4 11. Q-K2 Q. B2 • 11. 1<'·Q2 P.QR3 13. P' Kt3 P-QKt4 14. P-B4 Kf· B3 15. B·Kt2 P· Kts 16. KI·Ql P-QR4 17. Kt-K3 P· AS l B. QR_KI1 PxP 19. Pl!P R· R7 10. P·KI4 KI·Q1 11. P-KIS R· KI 22. K·Rl KI· B4

Board Sey~m

Black T. PETltOSIAN

23. P-A4 Q·Ql 14. R-B3 ' B-Bl 15. R-Ktl ' P·K4 26. P-B5 KI-QS 21. Q· BT Kt(s)xKtP 28. Kt.-KI KtxKt 29. Q-KI KI·B4 lO. QxP B·Kt2. 31. Kt'05 R·RS 32. Q-Q2 BxKt 33. QxS R· Kt5 34. B·K83 Q·Ri 3$, 0-Q2 Q-KI2 36. R-Kt2. R-KI1 37. B.ol QxP 38. B_S1 QxQBP 39. P-KI& Rl!B 40. PxAP c h K-Rl 41. OR·KKtl

42. R-A2 Resig nS

QxPch Q·KBS

T A IM ANOV-EV ANS

{."n y ... /uua '" prep",~J .. "ritt/ion 0/ fht King's InJittn . T",irn"TlO'r offered '" Rook tit his 19th I,m, "'hich Evtln. ""­s .... u~a by d (OJml.T-f"crij;r. 0/ a Knighl redaing 10 d fo.ad .... in. Ev,,"s haa to play Jhdrp /~ /0 prrss hi. ad .. ""lag •. This '''''S I~ mOJt lX(ili"R gamr 0/ tht /ourlh found, "nd lATTY'S bt. /- o/ l fu mat,b.

KING'S INDIAN DEFENSE MCO: page S9 (aB)

USA vs. USSR Team Matc:h

New York, 1954 Aound Four, 80ard "E ight

Whi te Black M. TAIMANOV L EVANS 1. P·QB4 Kt· KBl 20. Bl!B QxR 2. Kt·KB3 p·KKt3 21. B-R3 . Kt·K' 3. Kt·B3 B· Kt2. 22. Q-BI Q-KKt2 t . P·K4 0 ·0 23. R-B2 B·Q1 S. P·Q4 P-Q3 24. Kt-B 3 P·Kts 6. B·K2 P· K4 25. B- KI2 P-KI& 7. 0·0 K'·B3 16. PxP ' QxP 8. p·QS Kt·K2 27. B_B1 R·QBI 9. KI·KI Kt-Q2 28. Q_KI P·QKI4 10. KI·Q3 P·KB4 29. Kt·K2 Q·RS 11. P·B3 P·B5 3(1. P-Kt3 PxP 12. B·Q2 P·KKI. 31. KtxP Klxa 13. R· Bl R·83 32. Kt·BS R-KI3'h 14. P·&5 K"'BP 33. KxKI Q·A8,h 15. K"'KI PxKt 34. K· K2 R·B7ch 1&. Kt·R4 P· Kt3 3S. K·QI QxQth 17. P·QKI4 PxP 36. Kl!Q It·Ktach 18. B.-P B·BI Resigns 19. RxP Kt-B4

BOOST AMERICAN CHESS! By /oin inl{ the U.S.C.F.

~ USA vs. USSR MATCH (Continued from page 5. col. 4)

a.m. with the games of the two Byrne brothers adjourned.

The unfinished games were con· tinued the following day. Don Byrne had sealed a strong move and scored the first full point for the U. S. team when oAverbaeh resigned after 59 moves. Robert Byrne fought an uphill battle against Kotov, trying to draw, but the Iron man of the Soviet team played faultlessly to win the point.

Americans Fight Harder Big spreads in local papcrs help·

ed bring an even larger crowd to the second round. Recovered from his illness, Denker took his place against Bt'onstein at Board 2. The audience applauded Don Byrnc whcn he came on the s tage to play his second game with Averbaeh. The Rcshevsky·SmyslOv game was postponed until 9:30 p.m. as the Amcric:m Grandmaster 's religious convictions do not permit him to

. play until afler sundown on Satur· days.

With their backs to the wall, thc Americans began to show signs of greater resistance . Only three. of the games were concluded durmg the session. After the Reshevsky­Smyslov contest s tarted, the No. 1 man of U. S. chess, following his usual custom, studied more than half-an-hour before making his 13th move. Th e speetators applaud· cd when he finally played P-K5.

Again it was Iklard 8 that pro, duced the most excitement. At 10:40 p.m. Taimanov . gave up the ex­changti! for a Pawn and the attack. The' Russian won -back the ex· change about an hour later . Both players got into serious time trouble and the board boys had a hard time trying to show the audience what was happening. Taimanov missed several wins and LaJ'1'y succeeded in at least equal­izing the position when the' game was adjOUl·ned.

Another mad time scramble W3S going on _ at Board 4. Don BYflJe bad an even game but blundel'(:d twice and resigned as the session ended. Reshevsky and Bisgui Elr drew their games. The other con· tests were adjourned.

Continuation oi adjourned games was scheduled on Sunday. Horo­witz and Geller agreed to a 4raw by telephone. Denker resigned whe n shown Bronstein's sealed move. Larry Evans, having recover-' cd from a lost game as a result of Taimanov's oversights in time­pressure, succeeded in winning a point for the U. S. team. Pavey lost for the second time to Keres. Robert Byrne had a theoretical win against Kotov but it needed careful play and the Russian is a past-master at hanging on and fi ghting back in lost positions. The game had to be ad journed for the second time.'

Pavey Benched in Third Round The U. S. Team ,Captain decided

to substitute Al exander Kevitl: for Max Pavey in the third round. So far as we know, this is the first time Ihat a ehcsspJayer has been

(Please turn to p~ge 11, col. 4)

GAMES BY USCF MEMBERS Annotated by Chess Master JOHN W. COLLINS, Ma~shall Chess Club Champion, 1954

USCP MEMBERS: 7au, but ,"mu lor thil Jt,."tmtfll 10 COLLINS, 91 Lno:rr RN'. B,oo/dyn 26, N.Y. Sp«t ~i", fimiuJ , M r. Collins . ill Hiut the mllst /!lturd;", ~ntl jn"""tiu IlIr publit..noft. Un/ns otMnrin Jt~rtl nllt rt

til ,,,mrs .'.1 b, Mr. Cel/lilll.

OLAF ULVESTAD

0/"1 UI"rst..J, /ornur U. S. llll, •• n"tio,,,tI T f"m mfm~, ",.J dutbo, ell "Chtff CIN,ts," l«nfJ 6~·~ lei win ,ht A II E.sl"n S I./tS Oprn Cho ... pilllllhip ,,' Iht Lo, C.bift Chm C/llb MIJ onr the Mtmll';"/ 0"1 hfJ/iJ", . UI"ul"tI's eI,ig. inal optn;"~ pl«y tlntl t/,,'fJsi!'e, cllm· bin"liu '",Iis !'trt nrt/,Iy tlChiruJ a shut. oul .

ALBIN COUNTER GAMBIT MCO : p age 174, clli umn 1 (c)

All Easte rn States Open Ch<1lm pionshlp

West Orange, 1954 N",,. ",. nl4 111",.,,,,, .... J 1M EJito, 01 Ihis Departmmt

White 8lack O. ULVESTA D W . W . A D AMS 1. 1".04 1".04 2. p-oS4 p-K4 The Albin Cllunter Gambit. Adam!< h :u hwesticat~ IIOnd ~ed this dc but lor ~a,.. 1. QPl(P P.OS 5. ",.o1UI __ L 4_ Kt·KB3 Kt.o83 White's Idea Is to PRvent . __ , R-Kt:; ctI; or _ _ • Kt-Q.K tlli: and to _R QS for the Queen. 1t S. QKt-Q2. 8-KKt5: 6. P_KRS, BsKt: 7. Ktx8, 8-K~h ! ; 8. B-Q2, Q-K2!; O. BxD. QxBch; 10. Q-Q:l. QxQ.::h: 1.1. KxQ, KKt-K2; ~nd Black h as equaliud. 5 . . ___ PoOR" . O.o3! .• . _ .. An important Innovation. It llmJts or nullinel the acUon ot Black" QI), blockades t he QP. and t lves Ih. Queen more r;capc than lit QR4, QKt3. and QR'. .. .. _ ... P-KKI3? This Is very weaken ing. Better II 6. _. __ • R.QB4; foJl owed by 7. _ .. _ .. , KKt-

"'. 7. B-KU B_K2 BI:>ck di>;or.llnlles hit ro«:l!S. Rul If 7 . ........ Kt><P: a. Q.K4. P.KB3: 9. KtxK t , H.Kf'I.4 ; 10. QltKtP. Pzll; It. Q.Kt5ch, and White .... 1 ... at least a piece. 8. B·B4 a -KlI4 , . P 'K4 ._ ..... Wh1te can easUy .. trol"(!; to .Ive h ll op· pon ent a Pailled QP In this Rlup. U now 9. ___ ._. pzp c.p.: 10. Q.xP. lind WlIII.e'I cd,.. r a"n lind better pOsUI(m comprise II wlnnl~ Vlul. , . . _..... B-KU 10. Ql(t-Q2 p-Kl(t4 This further wcakelUl Ihe Jti nf ... lde. Black mh:ht Iry to. _._ .. Q.Q:; or 10. __ , B·KHJ rollowed by JI . _ ... B-Kt1. CasUlnf nn Ihe qucenslde (afUr 10. _ .. , ~) would be dange roul be­,-""u"",, or a pOtential While P llwn4torm on tll.ll ~i.ng. 11. B-Kt3 p· R5 n . p·R4 _._ F'Lt1l IIdwantafe or 10. ___ P ·KKt4 Ut" taken. 12. -'_.. B:aKt U . Px81 Nol IS. KtxB, P-Kts; a nd Black has more . hope tha n after Ihe te.xt. 13 . • _ ... PxP 14. B· R2

Gbiu tift MtmJ.." Jllly J,

While" ~dvantate ls overwhelmln,. He h u a m.alSive. mobile pawn-<enter, the Two BishopS, and ,enerally .... perl­or development. 14. __ .. Kt- R4 Necessllry Is 14. __ .... 1)·64. 15. p· lI5! ._ .... A tine II ne-openlnC move. 15 • .• _.... Kt-QB3" 11 15 ... _ .... B xP ; la. Q-Kt~h, li nd White wins the Olshop. I'. R·Bl R· R4 11. A·B4 BxP7 This 10_ lit least the exchange. A pn::tertlble wily to go afte r the QDP 18 17 •..... ... , Q-RI : and lR .... .. Q.R2. u. p · l(t. PxPe.p . 19. I( txP Q-K2 K2 s hould be lett vae.nt r or the KKt. Better I) 19. .. .. .... . I).Kt3: 20. Ku.R. BxKLch ; 21. K ·K2, KK t-K2; 22. p . B4, Kt-KU. :HI. KtxA KtxKt 22. Jl.-AJ K·BI 21. R·R4 p· Kt) 23. Q. I(U __ Flxln. the Queen to K2. For Instance, n. ___ • Q-Ql : 24. RxKt, and Whi te wlnl a p iece. 23 • . __ 8 xP A desP<l'rate bid for lOme CQO.Inler-play .-hleh ohly lnerea$f!s the scope and power of tbe White Queen ROOk. 24. RxP B-B4 25. R·Q7 White w inds up foredully. 2.5. _ _ Q·Kl 30. p.B-£ Kt· Kts U . Q.o3 Kt.Q8:l :11. 0-1(.3 Kt/t.83 21. p·B4 o-Rl 32. 1".1(' R·Kn (I, 2 •. 0-0 I(Kt·K2 XI. K· R1 Kt ·QS" 29. p· BS K·K1 A time pressure bluncie r . 1I0 .... ever . as Alekhlne points out, all moves In 1000t pO&i.Uons look like blundcrs. 34. PxPch 1(_81 U. Q.l( t4ch 15. PxR-Qch KxQ Resigns

KAUFMAN BESTS BISGUIER AND PA V EY

In Ihi, to".n"mfOnl, " ' y /irst M.nh"l­t"" C. C. ClNmpicmship, 1 !VO n only ,h,u g<lmn. T.,o 0/ t&:m, fKI",n<r., .,fO. r ",ai.ut PtI'n'f anti Bisgll;". rithr, 01 ",bom !VO"fJ htt .. t _n thr IQlnntmrmt h"J ht b' airn ",t. AI/ 01 .. bid, g~1 to P'O'rt a IhN,y 1 httvr long &:fJ: ;1 yo .. pi.,. tnollgh gamn . ith gooJ pf"yc.s,

1/1"" ' .,. • marltr will bl"n'" against you, a .. d yo u .ill In "bit 10 .in a B""'fO I'Qm hi.". .

SICILIAN DEFENSE MCO: palle 292,. column "0 {qB)

M.nhilft.n C.C. Ch.mpionship New York, 1954

N()/ts by U. S. E'JIipt,t AI/no LuI", ... White Bla.::k

A . KAUFMA N M . PAVEY 1. P_K4 1"-084 3_ Qx p 2. p ·Q4 PXP On.:: of the oldest sylte"", anlnlt lhe Slemlln. If Black leU up II Dragon formation, White will p l ily Q-K3, Kt­QH3, B-Q:!, 8oB4, and 0-0-0, followed by a K..s.lde pllwn advance. 3. Kt·KB3 5. g ·0 3 4. I( t ·OB3 Kt' 8 1 Now 5. Q-l<3 wUi not do beclluse 5.

.. • P_Q4 equalilci complctely. S. P· KKt3 7. P· 83 , . B·K3 . 8-Kt1: White Is nOW p layln l( a well-known SYS­tem agalrat the Slcllhm Iwo t t mpl be- . hind. 7. __ . o-A4 L 0 ·0-0 P.oA3 A rter the tame Ktvlb crlUeiud thb: move and ,uUested 8 ... _, P.Q3 and I. _ ..... 8-10. I believe that Pavey's move 15 at \e_ cquall)o 1"00<1. • . P_KKt4 Kt· I(U U . p-Kts Kt-Q2 10. Q.8 4 p-OKn 14. KKt- K2 0-0 11 . o-Kt3 1"-03 U . Kt.Q4 Kt·B4 12. p ·OR3 Kt-IU' 16. 0 . R2 .. __ 8111ck h as refuted Whllt's openinZ 1)''' ten.. and has established a clear ad­vant:aJ:"e. 81ack now cxcllanCeIJ R veral p ieces, undtr tbe ImprellSlon that h e ... 11\$ a pawn.

U . _..... KI.I(, 11. 1t.8 1(,·1(3 17. 8 . l(t 8 x8 19. R-QI B-Kt2 Diad: DOW HU that 19. ____ , KtxP 1_ to 20. Q-Cl'. rorklnlJ Kt and. R. Dladt .till maintains the inlfur,U'-e , however, and threatens ... .tron~ lOt_ u.ck with to. M __ , Q-KU!, 11. __ • p. QR4, and 21. __ • P-Kt$. 20. "-K it. O.K." 21. .-1('4 p.QR4 21. B-R3 KI·SS 23. P· R4 FOl"Olld. n. __ .. M P· KtS 24. K t · Kts 8-81? Glylng White IOma chane... Correct is 24 ... M •••• • " · lU l (}'avey); 25. Kt..Q4. P·K4 !; 28. K1.K13, U-W! and White Is los t, since tho Q u nDo t reenter the game. An atte mpt to c)l:lricatc It by K·KH-R! a nd Q-KlI· Bl foilS In view 01 _" _'h,

Q-S3 ond ........ J QxRP at the correct mom.:nt. 25. Q . Ktl 26. OxS 27. " · R5 21. R·QS

8 · 1(3 I( t xB Q.84 Q-B7

2. • • PxP 3D. R-Q2 31. 1t(2)·R2

h as won a pa~

eXPOSed to .. d an .-erool While can attack KB6, the mune In view or R-R8 ch and mlltc. Thererore: 32. Kt·., R·R2 :14. Q· K3! 33. 1(1.05 p ·K4 35. K·Kt1??

RPxp Q· Kt6 Ktxp

O .. erlooklnc I " Immedllltc wi n wilh 35. R·R8 ch. K·KI2; 36. RxR. KxR: 37. H·KU, winning the Kt. 35 . ..... _. p_B3 Since 36. _ ....... QxKt was threatened. U. A. R6 K_Kt2 37. Q· K2 QR·KB2? The r. lal error: Rlllck ovorrlooked !.he th reaL 1I1s came I, not easy In any even l. 31. p_K.' __ ._ Ttw. re Is no rood dden .... t() 39. RxP ch. KllR; 40. Q.R!1 ~h, K-Kt2; 4 1. Q-R6 ch. K·KtI: 42. Q.Ra mate. 38 • . _.__ R·KR I 40. Q.Kt5 39. Ax A PxP 41. Q·K8 Th~re II no de f4n..., t o R_Kta

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OLD INDIAN DEFENSE MCO: ....,e 97

M.nh.ttan CoCo Ch, mpionship N e w York, 1954

Not~1 by U. S. Erprlt Alttn K" .. I."." While m aek

A. 8 1SGUIER A . I(AUFMAN I . p-Q"4 Kt .1(83 4. 1(1_.3 P·K4 2. Kt ·K.3 p.Ql 5. p· KKtl B-K2 3. 1"-04 Q l(t.Q2 6. 8 ·Kt2 p.B3 White nlUl t now prevent 7 . .. _ .... P ·K5 and 8 ....... _. p.q4. A t Milwa ukee. 1S53, Horowlh played 9. P .K4! Disruler's move alSO prevent& 7. p.K5, but Is not II' ' tron, . 1. Q.82 Q·82

I dllcarded 7 ........ . , PxP (6. KtxP. Kt.Kt3; 9. P-Kl3, p .Q4; 10. PxP. QKtxP; II. KtxKt . KlxKI: 12. P-K4? KI.Kt5; 13. Q any. QllKt lind Wh.It~ reSUnsI be­cause of Ia. 0-0. with IIdvantage to White In this- varlaUon. I. 0 ·0 Kt·B1 This Idc. Is borrowe d fmm Ihc Phili­dor DereD~. The pOint ... to ..... J..n.g the QKt to KKt3. ' . Px" Px " Whi le wlln,", to play Kt-KKt-B:i. Ir he: had pll)'ed 7. P·K4 Instc ad of 7. Q-82, 9. Kt-1Ot4 could be plll)'~d Immedlately. The ~:xdunce' of pawn, n thc cenler .-really re:llevc' B I.ck'l congested po>ii­tlon .

10. Kt·t( R4 Kt·KtJ 12. p.K4 11. I(t-85 0-0 13. I( t-QR41 The best way ol proteeUng Ihe Q I)P . While tbrutcn' P-BS, P-QKt4. III110w~ by Kt-kl.2-84-Q6. "" 13. __ P-Kt3!

The foreg-oint maneuve r havln, been prevented, Ule tame .slandl even with a draw the 10J;:tcal ouleome; Blaek ha. no 'l¥cU.ness, White no plan. 14. "'1(3 I( R_QI 16. RxR R·Ql 15_ QR-QI Rx R 17. p.KtJ Bla.::k "'&$ t hreat.:: nln, 17 .. _ ... _. Iblt ch and 18 ._._., DxP. 17. _"__ RxR ch 11. OXR 0 ·02 19. I(txB ch KtxKt 20. OXQ KtxO 21. 1"-84 p-B3 22. 1(·82 K·B1

22. Kt-I13 24. 8 .QBI 25. B-Q R3 26. Kt-QS 27. P·8S

I(· KI K·Ql

p .Q84 Kt·83

8· 82

Here J urrcred II draw. The two B', mtan nothing In view of the blocked pawn position. Whit, r e rused .

28. 8 ·B3 P.oR4 29. 8 . B117

But this I. a blu nder, 1051 ..... a p aw" and thc ."mc. A lmo$l IIny othcr move {In cludln. lhe offer o f a draw> would h ave: dr .... n . 29 . ... _.. 8xKt 30. KPxll The Kt for ka Ihe RP a n(1 Qr.. 31. B-Q2 KtxRP 35. P· R4 32. K·K3 1(.1(2 U . P· KtS 33. P·Kl(t4 P·R3 31. Px P 34 . • · K4 Kt·KtS I

I( t ·Kt5

Kt · BI RPxP' Kt·A3

37 .. _ .... , PxP would be a mil take. "White playa K_U3-KI4, wi n ni ng back Ihc pawn and opc::nlnl( thc lIi:ame for the S .,.. 38. K_Bl I(t·B2 40. K·Kt4 KI-Ql ]9, 8-Q3 KI ·KI 41 . p · Ktn Thll; muve lea wea Al ACk no vlVbh:m •. '!"he c a,ne Is a win ro r B lock In any caR. but now BlIck can d emonstnale a procedure that wl nl by force. 41. Kt ·Q2 The sea ted m ove. Ourl~ the follnw-1"': .. ~k I apent t""enty-nv. hours on lhe position ,nd dlseavered thb plan : play lhe Kt's to Ql and K2. a nd then play P-K$ and Kt:xKllP. White lnun make wallin, DUlY"': he h as no de-­(ense. 42. K·.3 43. 8-081 44. B-K3 ... -Voila! SO. 8 ·.1 '1'0 gain .llCllrctl in. the K.

I( t · KtI I(t--R3 K .... 2

Kt(2)--KI

K-K1 Umc on foc t he

51 . 8.02 K.oI 52. B-83 1(-Q2 53. B-02 P·K5 TO<.> m"ny threats.

46. Jl.-Kl 47. 8.02 .... B-B2 4'. K·Kt4

Kt·81 Kt (K1K13

K·.I I(t·K2

'"' .. " .square whit.

r ••

51. B·B4 Ktt2)x8P 55. Bx P Kt-Q5

56. B.o3 KtxKlp 51. 8 · R6 One last I ry to hook the r"'h . 8luck thre,tened to Que~n Ihe QRP. 51. I(t·KI 5 • . I(xP Kt ·QS 51. K_R5 . Px B AUlgns

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FRENCH DEFENSE Meo: page 61, column 83

Di strict of Columbia League Match Washington, D.C., 1954 Not~. by U . S. Malttr A,i~1 Mmll",ini, M.D.

Wh it e Black W . HUCKER F . VAN BRUNT (Na\lcom A C.C., (LibrarV C.C.) 1. P·1(4 P·K] l. Kt·Q2 P.QB4 1. P·O. P -Q4 4. P XQP QxP 4 . .... ...• Px!' is more usual In l h~t the exposed Q·posttlon now permits WhIte " ,IoI'nln of time that even at mat erial ~ost ~l1ows White to dorni""t" the (u,'­ther con,S<) of the game. S. g .83 Kt·ICa3 6. 8 · 841? Q x P lJIaek I~ just too unaeveloped to arroro t his. Q.QI instead would bave left White with the problem of wha t to do ;,OOul. Ihe cenkr. 7. KI· 1(2 g·g1 ,. let-OB4 8 -K2 8. 8·1(t5 eh 10. 8·Q2 R·QK'I

QK"Q2 11. B·B4 Tile tlll'eat 11. B·llS has no", been JHlrried, hut Whitt, gQln" a tempo by taking t wo moves to go from BI 10 U4! 11. .•.. . It_II:I ll. KI·83 P·QR3 12. 0 ·0 ·0 0-0 14. 8xKI KlxB The weakness of his QKIP compelS furthe r demobilization on lllaCk '6 ].a.-l.

K"06 8·83 17. P·83 Q·83 K'(3)·K4 0 ·1(13

... P~ Kt Rulgn$

- --- -if DECISIVE GAME

The anI, /011 0/ de/ending ,h.smpi(l"n t""7 f; ~,,1IS il! the U. S. C/wmpiOlllhip­dnd i/ ,., .. s b, (hit one·point "'<I'gin thai Ih~ tide p<lucd 10 llisguin.

SICILIAN DEFENSE MCO: page 286, column 110 (no) U.S. Biennial Championship

New York, 1954 Whlle

e. HEARST 1. p ·K4 ·p.oB4 2. KI·K8" p ' Ol 3. P·04 PxP 4. KhP K'·KB3 S. K'-QB l 1'·0 In 6. P·84 0 -82 7. B·03 P·K4 8. KI·B3 P.QK!4 ,. Q. K::1 B· 1(12 10. 0·0 KI·O::1 II. p ·Oll:l p . 1(1l 12. K·R I 8 ·1(12 13. P xl' PxP U . O·B::1 O .() 15. 0·11:4 KI- II:4 16. KI·KI5 P_R3 11. K'·R3 O·Ql II. 0·8::1 0 - B3 n . O· KI 0 ' 0 3 20. B·K2 KKI· 83" ::11. 0·R4 p·K14 21. osx P Px s U. K KtxP 0 ' K 2 24. OR·Ot KR·Ot 2S. B·R5 KtxB 26. RXl' OXR 27. KlxO Kx KI 28. OxKI c h K·I('I

". 29. O·BS 1lI. Kt-QS 31. PxB 32. RxR 33. Oxll: t h 34. RiP 35. R·BS eh 36. R·OS 37. 11:·07 eh 38. R·OR] 39. P'01('4 40. RxP ell 41. R-RS 41. P'OR4 43. Rx P ell 44. PX Kt 45 . P·Kt3 46. K· KI::1 47. K·8 3 43. K·1(4 49. P·Kt4 SO. P· KtS 51. P·R4 52. I(·BS 53 . K·K6 54. P·KI6 55. P·R5 56. P·R6

llJaek EVANS

Kt·B4 8xKt '". R·K81 Ox. K· 82

K·K12 Kt-RS I(·Bl

I(t·B4 I('· KS

1(·1(4 I(t·B6

Ox, I(txR B·84 K '05 1(·85 <x. K·85 K·B6 KxP . B·K2 K·Q6

B·KU B·B6 I(·K5

lI:uigns

U. S. CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT (Continued from page 3, col. 4)

~aves while his clock's flag tee· tered on the edge of the minute­hand. J immy made his 50th move but the nag dropped before he punched his clock. Fortunately, t he forfeit did not make any di[· ference to the score. Evans had an easy win and Shcrwin rj!signed for thc record.

Sherwin got into serious time trouble in almost every game be played. When this young master learns how to ma nage his lime hc wiU forge to the top. He plays evell better than h is tournament score indicates. In each of the last two U.S. Opens Jimmy was paired wilh stranger apponents than any other contestant, might have won the title if he had becn givcn a bctte!' break. In the U.S. Championship, J immy lost points under lime·pl·essure. J:~or instance, against Bisguier in the 12th round, Jimmy had a forced win, accord· jng to the experts, but did not have time to see it. As usu al, hc h:ld to make about 20 moves in a split sec· ond and lost the game.

Veteran Sidney Bernstein, who has seen action in chess tourna.· ments for the past 25 years, demo onstrated that he is still a powerful player by tying for 6th and 7tb wHh ROlSlSolimo. Each 3corcd 7·6.

Nicolas Rossolimo, rated for life as :In International Grandmaster by the FIDE, made a poor showing for a man Of bis ability and repu­tation. He won {rom Hears t and tail·enders Bra ndts and Mengarini, lost to Ber1.iner and Wachs, drew the remaining eight games. Ros· solimo claims that he cannot ad· just to the time·limit of U.S. tour· naments. He is accustomed to the marc leisurely 40 moves in 2% hours and finds it difficult to make 50 moves in t he samc period 01 time. The former ~'rench champ· ion seems to think that time·limits are decreed by the l<' IDE, that the USCF has no right to specify a (ast· er speed than 40 moves in 21h hours. He is wr ong on both counts. For its tournament.", each unit of the FIDE specifies the "certain number of moves" that must be made in "a gi ven period of Ume" as required by Article 14(1) of ihe FIDE Laws.

Rossolimo is a very fine player and we have no doubt thut he will· fare better in the future. Under the UseF rating sys1.em, he scored 2421 points at thc U.s. Open and 2419 poinls in the U.S. Champion· ship. These figures arc about 100 points below his average ratings ill European and intel"lIational tour·

. naments during the past five years. I( he can adjust La our time·limit, RossoHmo should have no diffi­culty in establishing himself in OU I" Senior Master class. However, OUI' fa ting system is much stricter .than the rrce·and·ea~y FIDE meth· od of issuing Grandmaster titles on the basis o( a playcr's perform­ance in aile tourllamenl. It takes more than one swallow, etc.

Saul W .. ,hs P hoto:

R. Echeverria

P 1l iladelphia's

as a mas, ter in 1952. Saul could not main­tain his standing

dropped to 2255 points in the last rating list. The young colle·

giDte upset the dope, played bril· lian chess, finis hed with an even score in this fast company. After scuring only 3'11 points in thc first 3 rounds, Wachs aefeated Men· gari.ni in the 9th, toppled Rossoli· rno in the 10th, smashed Burger in the 11th: But he could not keep up the pace; in the last two rounds he lost to Pilniek and Hearst.

HUllS Berliner of Washington, D. C., who tied with W<:ichs with an even score, also earned one of his points at the expense of Rossolimo. Eliot Hearst ended in 10th place with 6·7 bu~ he won from Larry "::Vans, so Eliot counts the tourna· ment a success. There is consider· able rivalry between these two Marshallites. Karl Burger was 11th with 5lk·7'h. Karl graduated duro ing the tournament. His play was

-spotty, but he had his big moments, upsetting Pavey and drawing with Rossolimo. Cui P ilnick was 12th wilh s.8, could have finished higher if he had won some of his won games. Paul Brandls was 13th with 3·10, had more adjourned games than any othe r player, proved a hard man to beat.

Dr. Ariel Mcngarini, in the eel· lar with 2lh-lOlh, was off form. Hc can do better than this. There was a chance for history to repeat itself when Ariel was paired in the last round wi th Bisguiel·. In 1951, Mengarinl "won the HUe for Ev­ans" when he defeated Reshevsky. This year, Bisguier could have been the victim, but wasn't. His· tory did not repeat. .

This tournament was the prov­ing·ground for one of thc rules udopted by the USci" Tournament Rulcs Committce. Since the FIDE Laws do not specify what a Direc­tor is supposed to do if players do not keep scores, or if one player is writing down the moves while the other is not, consideration is being given to amending Article 17(1) to read as follows:

"A game is lost by a player who has not completed the pre· scribed number of moves in the time specified, provided that the pl3yer's opponent has recor ded ali thc moves of the game on his score sheet when the said player's time· control period terminates."

In other words, a player cannot win a game on a time·forfeit if he is not keeping score. The contest· :lnt~ in the U.S. Championship agreed that th is is a much·needed regululion. In pl" uctice, it proved to be a good rule.

moe55 £1"" Moo'"" P.g." 'Ill ~. July 5, 1954

USA vs. USSR MATCH (Continued from page 9, col. 4)

benc hed in an internatio nal match . In the International Chess Team Tournaments, an alternate is some· times put in to play against a comparatively weak team, in order to give a strong player a rest-but we haw never heard of a regular team member being benched be· cause he had lost two games. There was much lifting of eyebrows and a great deal of talk about the questionable ethics of tbe substitu­lion. Some mcmbers of the U. S. team rcsented the affront to Pavey. As it turned out, Kevi1z lost to Keres and then Pavey w()n his 4th­round' game- so there is at least a chance that Pavey might have done bettcr than Kevitz in the third round.

The audience was kept on tenter· hooks for one hour und five min· utes whilc Rcshevsky pondered his 10th move, gave a sigh of relief when the American finally came out at his trance. First game to fi nish was a draw between Evans and Taimanov. Then Bisguier reo signed to Petrosian.

The most exciting game of the match was played at Board 5. In a wIld position, Geller decided again3t a Queen'3acrifice alter thinking about 40 minutes. The whole audience was analyzing with him. Instead, Geller won a.. Pawn. As the time·control approached, both players were moving fast. Horowitz made a winning sacrifice of the exeha~e but failed to fol· low up his advantage and the game was adjourned in an even . position.

Nearly all the players were in time trouble. Kevilz blundered and lost to Keres. There was much ex· citement at Board 4 where Aver· bach's flag dropped before he made his !lOth move. The Soviet Champ ion could not unders tand why he was being forfeited. In the USSR, a player is not forfeited until one minute alter his flag drops. How· ever, USSR Team Captain Igor Bondarevsky conceded the point. Don Byrne claims lhat Averbach blundered at his 39th move, would have lost the point if the game had been continued.

Three games were adjourned. Af· tel' move had been sealed, Reshev· sky protested that Smyslov. had gained an unfair advantage b«ause the Soviet player's clock had stop· ped for :i5 minutes during the gamc. The Tcam Captains and Referee disallowed the claim, ruled that the game sh.ould be continued from the adjourned position with· out penalty. (The Laws of Chess make no provision for advuncing a clock that has s topped during play and specify no penalty.)

Adjoul"lled games were continued on Tuesday. Reshevsky had lost a Pawll.. in time·pressure but foun d a continuation that drew the game. Denker phoned i n his resignation. Robert Byrne, wilh two adjourned games, resumed his encounter from the second round. After struggling so long for a win, Robert placed his . King on the wrong

(Ple ase .furn to page 12, col. 3)

Q1)ess I:ife MoiiJ", P.ge 12, Jul~ J. 1914

Position No. 141 Thl:;- very Inte~sUn.c pO&Itlon trorn Ule CxechosIO" l klll" Malter TO\Imli ' ment 4emol\Stralcl V.e hmln .t h i' ~",t In eomblnaUve pl/lJ'. overwhelmlnc Ve.cl y by the .el ective eholce 01 the but. of M'Vera.l eontlnuatioM aller tha InlUal blow of 1. Rx8! There foUowed. I . __ • Q.xA. (wbat ebe! ); 1. 8xKKtPlt, QxR eh (I! the Q _k, welY. :I. KuQ dl eh b de ath): , . QxQ. h8: t. Q.Q-l! and Black resi,ned tor he u nnot d. rend .Clln~t 5. Q-BS eh and Q.R1 eh shnuluncoualy. If R-QIU; 5. Q-BS eh wlna both If QIt·BI ; Ii. Q-R7 ",,,,tet In two. U the KR mayu; $. Q.B5 eh al.o mates In two.

A clow, but not ' Llrctelt nt try , lubmlt­ted by "'a ny tolve r. WU; I . RxO, Qxn; 2. u .K3!! which II nvt as ded l lve .. It look" C(lntlnulnl' :to M ••••• • , QxKP (not 2. ....... .. Q.QB5); 3. 8 ·85 eh. KxK!; I. R44, QIIIO; 5. nxQ Ind WhLt. with Q and R .caln.t two ItI a •• d U by no means ean 'claim a wun game. And in Ulls variation 3, RUB en, RxRt I. even leu detlnoble.

!.I! ~~~ ~~~ -AI t . RxU, qxlt: :L RixR en, RxKl!; 3. BxKKt P e n, PXU; 4. IlxQ, RxR lor ev .. n less de clsive with Q a):alwot two RS. An irrun<:<!iate I . KtxD d\ t. met wlUl I, ,, __ , KxKt (not PxKt); whUe another pOpUlar line in I. B"Ktp ch, Pxll; Z. Rxll Civu White a very sliJlh t edge las mack ob"I01.I$ly will not play t ... _._., B"RP to provld<.! a mate in two by 3. R·Q7 en, R"R; 4. R-Q7 mate).

In all thl~ Is a very ins tnl(:Uve posl. Uon with IbI seve ral "almost" va ria· lions, and W<e colllralulait the success­ful .,o.lvers.

Correct lIOluUons Me a<:knowledled ncelvcd rrow; II. CleYelAnd (Chleago), J . E. Couat..oek (Duluth), R. DlcklnlKlll (Redwood City), H. E. Hart {Ollkwoodl, R. E. HUchcod: (Ann ArbOr), H. Ku ... roll: (San Femando), J. L. McDonald (New York), Dr. J . Melni<:lI: (P ortlllnd), R. A. Monroe (KnoxvUla ), P. Murtha (Munroe): W. H . C. Nawberry (Alton), Dr. M. Scbloucr (Deca tur). Dr. I. Schwar tz (Du rand), t. Sl,mond (Col· wick), fL O . Wilbur tCI)!"p .. 1 Chri5Ul, W. B. Wilson (AmhC"*tbur,), N. P. WIt­tin, (Salem ), N. Zemke (De trOit), E­Roman (New Britain).

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N. Y. CHESS LIFE (Continued from page 4, co l. 2 )

one. Boleslavsky looks more typi. cally "Russian" to us than any of the other team members; his heavy build mayor may not be the char· acteristic that givcs us this jmpres­sion! We regret to bear that he is s lowly going blind and has only a few years of possible tournament competi tion remaini ng.

Whi le the players are being in· troduced to the public, Kotov chats excitedly witb Newell Ban k s. checker champion from Detroit, the American tries to describe the difference between our and the Soviet checker game by noting that the English style requires that a "s ingle pi«e can't jump backwards." Averbach stands by, nltempting to transmit to the Byrne brothers the fact that he is 6'3~" tall ; his answer is complicated by the necessity of a double transla· tion between languages and be­tween systems of measure ment!

Next on the agenda is a ping­pong match between Keres and Reshevsky, billed as fOr the table [ennis cha mpionship of the world by Alex Bisno. It seems that the two competitors are about eveD, Keres having won In Helsinki, Re­shevsky in Zurich, and this rub­ber game is to decide the QUestion of which grandmaster is a better ping·pong artist! Kotov and Bisno even h ave a 25-eent or one ruble bet on the contest (or as Kotov said, "25 pence") and since Keres won 21-19, Kotov collected his first "capital ist, money!" Thereaf· tel', Bisguier and an American ex· pert, Amos Kaminsky, took on Keres and Geller in a doubles match and were soundly trounced twice, Geller 's reputed strong "drive to win" being very mani· fest. Kotov, who says he can't even play ping·pong, took on Abe Tur· ner and won easily, while Taima· nov defeated Evans in a subseque nt match.

Most of the guests have left but Bronstein r€mains to play skittles with Bisguier, the former winning about six straight games after the new U.S. Champ held him even in the lirst four contests. While these games are being played, Smyslov returns and engages in iI lively discussiCin with this re­porter's sister whose study· of the Russian language at college places her in an e nviable posilion with re­spect to communication with the Soviet stars. Smyslov tells of his liking for Tolstoy and Turgenev, his major avocation: singing (he lis supposed to have a fine baritone voice), and expresses his hope of getting to see an opera while in the United States. Regarding bis match with Botvinik be commented LhOit he tried to play sc ientific chess a la Botvinnik the first four games and, after his disastrous s tart in those slruggles, 'he just reo verted to "psychological chess" and did much better from then on. The seven hours he gained travel­ing from Russia to the United Sta~s are disrupting his daily ac­t ivity, he notes, but he does not subscribe to 'the suggestion that he can avoid losing those seven hours again if he never leaves the U.S.! Bronstein continues playing, breaking even with Evans in three games.

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USAvs. USSR TEAM MATCH AT NEWYORK (Continued from page 11 , column 4)

square at his l03rd move, permit­ting Kotov to draw.

U. S. Team Ties F in a l Round

The seating aecomodatioDS were inadequate for t he big crowd of more than 1000 that attended the final session.

A J9·move draw between Reshev· sky and Smys!ov did not meet with the .approval of the audien ce. There were many hisses and boos mingled with the applause. Apparently the crowd felt that Rcshevsky should at least have tried to mix it up with Smyslov in an effort to win a badly·needed point [or the U. S. team.

The Soviets clinched the match at 10:40 p .m. when Robert Byrne and Kotov agreed to a dr:1w, giv­ing the visitors a total of 161,2

• points. Although the match was lost, L3.rry Evans stopped the show when he smashed Taimanov with brilliant combinative play, turning in another full point [or the Amer· ican team. Th e ex-ehampion of the U. S. bad made a plus scol'e against one of Russia's Grandmasters.

The USSR added two more points to its total when Bisguier resigned to Petrosian and Denkcr lost for the third timc to Bronstein. The score stood 18lh·9lh in faVor of the Russians with four adjourned games, including the unfinished Byroe·Kotov encotmter from the third round.

In the afternoon of Thursday the four rcmaining games were played to a [inish . Horowitz r esigned to Geller. Robert Byrne drew with Kotov. Pavey finally broke into the

winning column by defeating P:1U1 Keres. Last game of the match was between Donald Byrne and Yuri Averbaeh. The 24·year-old U. S. Open Champion won h is thi rd full poin t for the U. S. team and tied the las t round S'eore by defeating the USSR Champion.

The match was over and the Soviets had won 2(} to 12. Although we lost to Russia, we beat Argen· tina! Against a slightly weaker team headed by Bronstein instead o[ Smyslov and with Boleslavsky at Board 8, the Argentine playcrs were defeated in all four rounds and scored a tolal of only 11 !h points. The U. S. team scored only one point at Board 2 and 3. At the other boards the total score was closc-13 to 11 in favor of the Russians. It should be remembered, however, that Denker and Pavey (with their alternates) wcre playing against two of the s trongest play· ers in the world- Bronstein and Keres. It rcmains to be seen wheth· er any other American player (ex­cept Reshevsky or Fine) could do Olny better.

The performance of our young players bodes well for the future . If George Kramer had becn per­mit ted to play-as he should_ be would probably have made a better scorc than some of tbe vcterans. By the time the next match with the USSR comes around (possibly next year in Moscow), we hope that Jimmy Sherwin and other young players will have demon­strated their right to replace the old-timers who can make no bead· way against the Russians.