Vol. Vlll. No. 12

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M".,,,, LARRY EVANS

u. S. Chm Ch.mtpion

U. S. Oprn Ch.nnpio .. , l,,,·n

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1. ___ R·KlCti

The losing move. The drawing move, so simple that it is ,prob· lemalic, is 1. "' R-Q8 eh! Now White has two main continuations: 1) 2. K-K3, RxP; 3, R-R6, R·K4 eh; 4. K-B3, R-K5; 5. R-KB6, R-QB5 and draws. II) 2. K-B4, R-Q7; 3. K·B5, RxP; 4. R-R7 eh, K-Kl; 5. K-Q6, R-K7 (ur P·BS), and it is White who is bard-pressed to find the draw.

2. It·Rl _

Now White connects his pawns and wins witbout difficulty

1. 1(-03 3. P _," K·KI 4. ft ·K2 ~h !CoOl S. R.QB1 K·84 6. R-Q2J R·K BS

UTAHNS SCORE AGAINST SAMMY

To prove that chess talent is not confined to the Eastern snd Western Seaboards, two Salt l.ake players scored victories against Grandmaster Samuel Resbevsky at h is 44. board simult<lneous ex­hibition at the Salt Lake Stock Exchange . These wel'C the fi rst two games lost by the master in his current tour, who bas been very chary even of conceding draws.

Victors were Alex Hizos and Martin Capell, who were actually not expected to give the viSiUng master as much trouble as several other better known Utah players.

u.S. OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP'

August 2-14, 19'54 New Orleans, L'a.

Place: Roosevelt Hotel, New Orleans, La.

Oates: Monday, August 2 throullh Saturday, August 14.

Direct ion : Under the auspices of the Louisian Chess Associa­tion with the New Orleans Chap.. ter as bostt;; tournament direc­tor Newton Grant;

Tou rnament: Swiss system, ac­cording to reg ulations C5ta~ Iishcd by USCF Tournament Plans Committee.

For e etail5, Write: A. L. Mc­Auley, 4225 So. Liberty St., New Orleans, La.

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ess 1 e America j Cke~~ n~w~faF'er

Co.,y r l9ht 19$4 by United StitH Chess Feder.flon

Saturday. February 20. 1954 15 Cents

NEW YORK, 1924 BOGOLJUBOW

T A RTAKOWER Black should d n w

If 6 .....• R-QB8; 7. K-K3, K-Q3; 8. R·Q4. R·B7; 9. RxP, RxP; 10. R-Ba, R-KtB; 11. R-Q4 and wins (Alek­hine).

7. K.K1 R·KKtI •• K· K3 K~3 t. P·BS ch Kx P 11). P~ R·KI ch n. K·a.4 R·Kt n . P..Q7 R.Qt 13. KlIP Black Res;gM

For if 13 . ..... , K-B3; 14. K-Kt4 picks up the King-side pawns.

FORM COMMITTEE FOR WOMEN

Mrs. Willa While Owens, chair­man of the recently appointed l'Ommltt~e of the Women's Divi­sion, has announced the member­ship of her committee consisting of U.S. Women's Open Champion 1'o[rs. Ninus Aronson, Central Rep.. resentative; Mrs. C. L. Daniel, Southern Representative; Mrs. Caroline Marshall, Easlern Repre­~elltalive; Mrs. Gn.gor Piatigorsky, Western Representative; and Miss Edith L. Weart, PubliCity.

The Women's Division will serve in the dual capacity of ;promoting greater interest in chess a.mong women and of planning specific. ally ror fu tur~ women's cheu events, including the U.S. Women's Open and U.s. Womcn's· Cbampion­ship Tournaments. In the latter role, the I Women's Division will work in close cooperation with the Tournament Plans Committee.

BRASK VICTOR AT ATTLEBORO

Sven Busk won the AtUeboro City Championship 6~-Ih , drawing with D. l:Iudnut. A. C. Martin and D. oHudnut tied for second in the 10 player Swiss with 5¥.z-llh each, while K. E. Gustafson was fourth with 41h-2lh. Martin lost to Brask and drew with Gustafson, while Hudnut lost to Martin and drew with Brask.

No Kidding-- The Russians May Come

But Don't Hold Your Breath Waiting By' Staff Write r WILLIAM ROJAM

Dmitry Posnikov, Deputy Minister of Hculth and also Chic( of the Central Board of l'hysica l Culture, bas announced in Moscow that the Soviet Union is in terested in sending a strong track team to the USA this spring and also is planning to send a crack chess team for a match in New York in Ju ne. 1t is reportcd that this time the U. S. State De­partment bas okeyed the plans for the Soviet team to live at Glen Cove, L. I. and commute to Ncw York City ~or tbe match, removing tbe basis for previous Russian pro'p0Ran~~ !!!!!:I§~~:

In New York USCF President ------------­Harold M . Phillips, who is person­

. ally handling t he negotiations for the Federation, bas not yet issued any statement beyond confirming the Cact that the Soviet team, is considering a return engagement in the USA and that the State Department has relcnted on its previous strict regulations.

But as every Russian has at least one "nyet" up his slceve, chess players are advised to remain sceptical until the Soviet team ac­tually lands in New York. For there is m~ny ~ slip between til

Soviet team and the chessboard when the latter is set up in the USA.

Rumors aver that Botvinnik and Smyslov will head the Soviet dele­gation; aside (rom Rcshcvsky the composition o[ the U. S. team bas not yct been suggcsted.

CLEAVER SCORES AT ALLENTOWN

The A11entown (Pa.) City Cham· pionsbip went to ldahlon Cleaver, Tei·State and Pennsylvania Junior Champion Cor 1953, with 10-0 score in the Il player round robin event. Tied Cor second with 7-3 each were Jack Mack, Paul Sherr and ·R a y Rockel. Mack lost games to Cleav­er, Sherr, and J oseph Krefnus; Sherr lost to Cleaver, Rockel, a nd drew -with William Schuler and Leon:lrd Losito ; while Rockel lost to Mack and Cleaver and Krcfnus.

MARSHALL CHESS PLANS NEW EVENT

To celebrate .the fiftieth anni­versary of Frank Marshall 's famous lriumph at Cambridge Springs, 1904, the MarshaJJ Chess Club is holding an Amateur Championship event for its Class "A, Band C players, beginning February 28th_

Tbe tourl;lament will be a Swiss, held on successive Sunday after­noons and will be supervised by a tournament committee of the rank­ing Marshall players.

Member Jose M. Calderon has donated the Mauricio Jose calder· on Tropby in memory of his father.

U. S. OPEN GOES TO NEW ORLEANS

Chairman A. Wyatt Jones of the USC"~ Ways and Means Commit­tee has announced the acceptance oC the bid of the Louisiana State Chess Ass'n and its New Orleans Chapter for the I.954 U.S. Open Championship Tournamenl The , event, therefore, will be held in New Orleans at the Roosevelt Ho­tel from AUi ust 2 to August 14 inclusive and will conform with the basic principles of an " Open" tournament as established by American chess tradition. The ex­act form of Open will be deter­mined later, based on the gener al preferences ~spressed by U.S. chess players in answer to the three aUernative plans offered by th e USCF Tournament Plans Committce as published in the Jan­uary 20 issue of OHESSL-IFE.

. At the same time, the USOF Tournament Plans Committee bas a nnounced that the dates for tbe U.S. Junior Cha mpionship Tourna­ment at Long Beach, California have been derinitely set as June 29th, through July 9th, as pre­viously announced.

Deta ils on both events will be published as soon as the respective committees can prepare plans in su(ficient detail for announcement, but the Tournament Plans Commit­tee has already been assured by Mr. John Looney of the Lincoln Park Chess Club of Long Beach, hostt; to the Junior event, t hat housing costs will be held to a minimum and meals at inexpen­sive cost will be provided the Jun~ iors, for whom the club has already made a number of plans for off-day entertainment, including probab­ly a picnic, boat-ride and other moments of relaxation.

U. S. JUNIOR CHAMP IONSHIP

June. 29-1uly 9, 1954

Long Belch, Cl liforni.

ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL Mastel'ing the End Gam.e

By W A.LTEU KOlIN, Editor of MCO

SINGL Y, EVEN RUSSIANS ARE VINCIBLE

I T Is easy to ,ues5 that lhe event behind our headline is the twu consecutive victories of Chess Amateur C. H. O'D. Alexander at

Hastings 1954 ovcr Bronstein and Tolush. We have no room today l Of a diagram as we bring the whole game

and even have to omit notes, but unit your columnist takes time out for s0!llc timely co~mcnts cOllcernlng the participation. so (ur lacking, of British players In American tournaments. It is 110 longer valid to ar~ue that they are not good enough, nor have t hey been ostracizing ~mcrlcun players. Denker and Steiner took pari in Hastings 194.6, In the same ycar when Alexander won his radio match game against Botvinnik.

Prize money in Europe, coupled with travel expenses, are not tempt. ing for Americans; but we have been supporting 11 $·short world in every other r espect, aftd befriend· ed Belgian, Dutch, Frclleh, Span· ish and whll t 1I0t players with· out responding to Ua slings 1949·50 where Larry Eva ns too-k part, to Southsca J950 (Bislluicr), Hastings 1950·51 ( W. W. Ada lll~, with H. Byrne invited though absent), and to Hastings 1952·53 (covered by Ed Lasker).

There ar e few tournamenl.$ in the USA and the Ocean is wide. But I believe that Marshall 's Morphy's and Pills bury 's memories might well be honored by creating some chance here lor loreign players in· eluding British (and that is Eng· lish, Iri sh, Scottish and Welsh ones) by allowing them to pa rU· cipate ex officio in our National Championships. Thus we reserve the select ion of our National Cba m· pions yet combine It ut little added cost, on a Federation bllSis, with an International event, giving addi. tional practice to our own play· ers.

Getting back to our gume, from the 24th move onwards it virtually is an endgame, from th e 36th move on one of opposing Queens and Pawns. It is more difficult than most of the positions in Ule appll. cable cha pter of Be E ma inly be· cause Bla ck's King lac~s adequate shelter of pawns protecting him from a perpetual check. Neverthe· less, the winning procedure be­comes almost self·evident as It un· folds its elf 10 the reader play ing (We advise the usc of two bOll rds, one 10 follow the game proper and another for analysis).

HAVE YOUR TOURNAMENTS OFFICIALLY RATED!

Ask your Club Secretary or tournament director to write for official rating forms to re­port the results or YOUl" next IQ.urnament or match, · specHy­ing the type of contest and the approximate number o[ players.

Officill nting form. should be sec~red in Idvlnce from:­

Montgomery Major 123 No. Humphrey Avenue Oak Plrk, lIIi noi.

Do !lOt write to other USeF o/flcial.r lor the" rotlng 10f'fN,

Satu.tfd'/,

Ftbru",., 211, 1954

Alexander first maneuvers bis King to the Q·side in order to force a pawn exchange (60. PxP). This exchange bares the White King und thus tacilitates threa ts or exehang. ing Queens. Then Alexunder m:lIl· euvers Ule King back to the K· ':'ling ill, order to help estOlblishing a single passed pawn there. 'nlis process is done b" cons t,~ ntJt thrcatenlng the exchange 0 f Qlleens although si multaneously Bl ack has to war d off any possible perpelual check. Finally the Black King moves. back to the · Q·wing {or more sheUer so that thc passcd pawn may advance and the con. verging K, Q, a nd l's end White's strugg.l.e.

DUTCH DEFENSE Hastings Christmas Tournament

Hilstings, 1953·54 , White Blac k O. BRONSTEIN C.H. 0 '0 ALEXANDER I, P·Q4 P·KB4 2, P· 1<4 hP ]. KI·QB3 KI·KB] 4. P ·B3 PxP 5. KlxP P·KKI3 6. S·KB4 B·Ktl 7. Q.Q:Z Cnlln 8, B·R6 P.Q4 9. BxB KxB 10. Cast ll.. B·B4 11. B·Q3 BxB 12. QxB Kt·B3 13. QR· Kl Q·Q3 14. K· Ktl P.QR) 15. R·K2 QR·KI 16. KR·KI P·K3 17. KI.K5 KI-Q2 lB. KI·B3 R·B4 19. R·K3 p·K4 20, Px P KI (Ql)xP

21. KlxKI R(B4)xKt

21. RxR RxR 23. Rx R QxR 24. QxQP QxP 25. Q·Q 7ch. K. R] U. " · R] Q.QJ 17. Q·BI Kt-Ql 21. " · Ktc I4 K.Kt2 '9. " ·Kt3 P·8 3 30 . ... KU Q·1<2 31, Q.Kt4 1<1· 82 32. I<I·K4 QxR .. 33. Q·K6 Q·R4 34. Kt·Q6 KtxKt 35. Q. B6ch K·Ktl 36. QxKI Q. K8ch 37. K.R3 Q·Kl 31. Q·87 P·Kt4 39. K·K tl Q·K8ch 40. K·Kt2 Q·K3 41, P·Kt. Q.K5 42. Q.Q8ch K·82 43. Q .B'c h ~K I 44. Q.Q' Q."Q4 45. Q.B6 K.Q2 46. Q·Kt7ch K-Q] 47. Q.B6ch K·82 41. Q·K 17ch Q.Q'1 49 , Q.K5ch Q·Q3 SO. Q.Kt7(h K· !(U 51. Q·Bl Q· K'1 51. Q·Q4ch K·KI2 53. P. B3 Q-QB2 S<I. Q·RI K·Kll 55. Q-Q4ch K·Kt 2 $6. Q.R. Q·Q2 $7. K·RJ Q·K2 51. Q ·B6 Q·Q82 59. K· Kt2 P-QR4 60. PxP QxP

61. Q ·K6 Q. B2 62. K.KIJ Q·B5 63. Q·Q7ch K·)(13 64. Q·QUc h K·84 65. Q·K7c h K.KtJ 66. Q·Q Uch K·54 67. Q·Klch K·Q4 68. Q .Q7ch Q.Q3 ,69. Q.Kt4 Q. B4 70. Q·Q7ch K. K4

' 71 . QxRP )(.B4 12. Q·Q7ch KxP 73. Q·Q2ch K·BJ 74. Q ·Q8ch K·B2 75. Q·B7ch Q·K2 76. Q·B4( h K·Kr2 71. Q.Q4c h Q. lll 78. Q·K4 K·1l2 79. K.K I2 Q ,QJ so. Q·8~h g .Bl 81. Q·K 4 P ·Kt4

·82. Q ·R7c h K·K3 aJ. Q·K4c;h K-Q3 84. Q-Q~h K· B2 85. Q ·R1ch K·KI3 86. K·B2 0 ·B5 81. Q·K7 Q.S7ch 88. K·KIJ Q-01 89. Q ·K8 Q-cHc h 90. K·KI2 Q-QJ 'I. Q·K3ch Q·84 n Q.K8 Q·87ch 93. K.Kt3 Q ·83 '4. Q·Q7 K.84 95 , K·B2 Q.K4 9ii. Q·Q8 Q.K5c h 91. K·KI'1 P. KKts 98. Q ·Q7 1(·85 99. Q·Ql Q·K17ch 100. I(· Rl P·B4 101, Q·82 Q.BBch 102. K·)(t'1 I( ·Q4 103. Q·Q2ch K.K5 104. Q·KI5 Q·94 lOS. Q·R4 )(· 86 IG(;. Q·Rlch K·)(7 107. Q.K12ch )( · )(B 108. P·B4 P · )(!S 109. Q. ICtlch )(·IC1 110, Q·Ktlch )(·K6 111. K·KI3 Q ·Qkh 112. )(·R4 QxP 11 3. Q· IC 13ch )(-Q7 114. Q. 82ch K·86 115. Q· IC~h K·K I7 116, Q.ICSch Q·86 111. Q.KI' P. KICt6 II I. Q ·KI4 P· ICI7 119. Q· Kts Q ·BI no. QxBP Q.87c h .

Res igns

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GLADNEY TOPS A T BATON ROUGE

w. J"rall k Glnd lle), scorcd 8 U\-'.!;· III victory in the Ba ton !louge (La.) City Championship. Second a n d thi l·d . on Solkoff were George Pal· rick and Otto Clailor with 4'h·2'h each, while i:'~rancis Lee scored 4·3 fOI" fourth in the eight player final evcnt. Thc Consolation Tourna · men t was won by W. D. Hudgens with 4·1, while B . E. Chaney was second with 4-2 and Fred Steffgen thir d with 3-1.

.£) With the impoSing title of Second

Pan·America n Chcss Congress In· tcrnaUonli1 Open Tourna ment, the Hollywood Chess Group is sponsor. ing a group of gra ded tuut"naments, to, be held at the Holly,wood Atb· letie Club, 65 2:'5 Sunset Blvd. , HoI· lywood 28, Cnlif. There will be six scpa r(lte events from Master to Cl11SS D, with players placed in the various groupings nccordlng to theLr USCF I'uli ngs. Entry ree wj.ll be $15 ,00 and will include admis· sion to other special events sueb liS rapid transit, living c h e s s gllme, students' tourna ment and ladies tournament. Prizes arc lin· nou nee d totaling $3,700.00 lor Mas· ter event with trophies for other groups. Closing da le on entry J uly 9th, 1954 ; date pI tourna ment July 10 through J ury 24. f'or details players may write Hollywood Chcs~ Group, lOS No. Formosa Ave., Los Angeles 36, Calif. This is not a ra ted event and contra,·y to ea rlier allnoun ecmcnts is not in a ny way sponsored by the user'.

Unl vo r l lty 0' North Cako l ~ Chess Club, accordIng to faculty IIllv isor P r of. S. S . Johnson, I~ "nxloll! to !> rocure mQtches with other Unlvem ty l.c~ms, eIther by mall, ov~r·thc·bo .. rd, or via 8ho .. t·w~v'" 1"adlo, The flut UnIversI ty Ope n Tournament at the scbool had 16 entl'lInlll, Jo"n Cordon of G rand ~'orkA wn" Ihe Sllldcnt ' title and the OI)Cn tIIlc wcn t to C. L. Crum ot the Law jo·acuIty. Tht) club f"culty ad· vlllOr, Prof. JOhn~O'" 18 Nor th Dukota Slllte Champion.

T rl.ClIy Che.. and Ch e cker Club ICave npor l , II. ) (lcfcMeti the f'corln (Ill .) Chess ClUb In a dOuble round m~teh ItW,.:z Va ~ l GaleSbnr~, 111 . K. WIegmann scored two vlctorles, A. fiocho w and J, S mlth a win and d ' ·'IW I'I p leCe, L. Mahcr, J . Fn.:u n\1 Imd L. I.In<J badc " win anti II. ,lerrrcy a drlw tor Trl-Clty. while C. Lyon had a win and a dl"lw, O. Lybar¥cr a win, and U. Cramcr and J . Rue<:ke,· a draw apieco Cor Peorla.

Photo: Cour'tsy O.tlrll N.w.

CURT BRASKET MIDWEST MENACE

lIy WILLIAM ROJAM I SI41 Wrjltr

Because of the nncven quality of midwesl tournaments, which may be much stronger than casually all. sumed to be or on the other hand much wea ker than one might sup­pose, victories in midwestern events frequently are not given full credit in the eyes of the chcss world. Thus, although 8 young man na med Curt Brasket h(ld Wlln a large 1'ra ns-:\lississippi Chnm • pionship and also gained the U.S. J unior title, 'he re maint.'d nn un· knOWn quantity 10 those who gath· ered at Milwaukee in 1953. He did not, however, rcmain unknown fo r long.

Beginning with a victory ovcr Arthllr Da ke, Brasket proceeded to bowl over the opposition, besting S~ U illSWit, EVllllS, Berliner, Sher· Wlll , Sha ffer , Zem glllis nnd Sh:lrp while drawing with Horowitz [lnd O'Keefe. fUs ' losses were to the velcrn n Kevilz, and in the la st two rounds to Max Pavey (lnd' Nich. olas HossOlimo, who pl:lccd second a nd th h·d in the tournamcnt. Unlil the semi·final round , he W:IS among the leaders and even the collapse of his a mbitions in the las t two r ounds from what amollnted to nero vous exhaustion at the strain of his second rC(ll1y m:ljor tour na mcnt docs not dim the recol·d he compil· ed nor the respect th at he e(l rned from master playcl·s in the event who unanimously consider hi m the br~ghtest sl(l r to ri~e in mid· west chess circles in a long ti me.

Most rema r:kable in this achieve.­ment was the fact that Brasket learned his chess the hllrdest way , - by stlldy of books :1Od correspon· denee play. Isolated in an area where therc were Icw opportunities t o improve by ove,· . board pIny with bctt~r players, he yet man. a ged to improve by study withollt practice, which Is on explOit of great r arety in the annals of chess.

Those who watched his · perfor­mance at Milwaukee arc convinced that much may be expected of Curt Brasket in the fu ture.

The re w~s a Scotchmln On( . Who r efused 10 gIve ~ check In a ch.n game. But he gaw. It c heck for CHESS LIFE, bcc~use Iha t was It b.argaln.

YOUNG MASTERS' FORUM America's Leadin.g Young Masters Annotate

Outstanding G,ana.es from Recent Cltes& Events

An Undercurrent 01 Drama By U.S. Master CURT BRASKET

COM1t1ENTlNG on lhe iollowiog game, the Mil­waukt.-e Journal had this to say: "There was a

dC!(!p undercurrent of drama Wednesday when Braskct and Sherwin sal down at their board. Bras­ket was the 1952 ju nio~ champion last spring when a committee of the United States Chess Federation (lassed h im over to pick Sherwin to represe nt Amer­iCan juniors in the world junior tournament at Coplmhagen, Denmark. Allbough the situation was

~ unspoken, the eyes of this tournament were on the

~' Braskct·Shcrwln board Thursday night to sec how

~' . Brllskct . . would react to his fir st cncounlcl' with .. the young New Yorker whom Br:lske t might under-

derstandably had usw'ped his place at Copenhagen .... " While I ClITI'y no I,l:r.ievance against the USCF' for their decision,

mainly because 1 was already over·age for the world junior event, I feel tha t it is wrong to select represelllativcs fo l' any tournament solely on the basis of lhe rating list.

SICILIAN DEFENSE U. S. Open Championship

Mil.waukee.1953 W hite B ....

J . T. SHERW IN C. 8RASKET I. P·K4

I had nttler expect ... -d I . P .Q4, bu~ S~rwin hOia done 0111 . right w ltb Iho lext. ill5o, lor example. hb .. amClll with Evans and llyrDe. fimpa, 1952, In both 01 "bleh J immy obtained a win. nlng PoMtlOn a ll alns t the Sicilian.

1. _ ~._.. p .QB4 Aceepllq the ehalle"n~e. with a fa vor ite varlallon oJ tho OrltAlon In mind.

1. Kt. K8) P-Q3 3. P.o4 p"p 4. KtltP KI-K83 S. KI-Q8l P.KKI) 6. B·K2 _._ ...

Fine'! peo recommenda tion ot ti. p .B4 IS m.., t sati&faclorlly by elthotr_ ... .... Kl.U3 or ..... P_Ql!3. Whllo ' , most entc,·prl.s lng line, In my oph,lon. Is the one with n·K3 (or KKIS) In eonju ocUon with 1'·83, Q. Q2, 0-0.0, P .KKt4, and P-KR4.

6. .......• B_Kt2 7. B·K3 0-0 8. P·84 Kt ·Bl 9 . - Kt-Kt3 PoORl

An alLer nallv.., Is ...... ~. P -QFW, e .•. 10. P·QR4 , Kt.QKtS; 11. B-B3, O.K3; 12. Kt-Q4? 8·Kt5~ with li n e"c(lUent , ;orne f o r JJl:ock ffirukel· nonovan, Tampli. 1952). The l"d move, along with the Q. side follow'II" ........• P-QKtA a nd ... ..... , B·QKt. 'nllL.~t.·~ :I father unan a lyzed Dragon I<yjil" ", whic h. t,owever, hilS yielded guod .. " s uits fo .. mc In &evera ' tourn;lIncnt g an,,",. ·,·h.., elo»o!*t thing to It whkh I C'''' rln!! In th. '"hooks'" 's eolll,nn 15. " " 1:<' 44. PCO-an Eng lish Ope nlnll w l",ro' shnllnr position s arise with "u'o ,"" rev <, ... ",'''. The 'eonelus lon ( I ) would IlIdk " l " mlva ntnge to whlto In lh.' l'~"" nl Il~",e . hilt tht. Is debate_ ab lc ~ Ine" Ih .... "'''n' 13. p ·QKtS In the quot",,' 0:""''' """,n!! ' . ... ·mniur<:.

lG. 0 ·0 Has tily ,.,"v ... ,. W I, b 10. R-RS h e t'Ould havl: p reY""I ~ .. , 1I1 :> .. k ·~ nn"t move (be­elusp or r I. P·" 5 w inning a pleee) and thu.'lt ro~-d Ih.· I:"ilnle In lo more reCUlar e h:onnclll atter __ • B-K3 or -. 0-Q2.

' 0. _ ... _ PoOKt4 I I. 8-Bl

White II 1'1a.Y11lJl " d ilngerously passive l anle. ImhEr here or on the nexl n.ove K~-Q5 (pcrha"s preeed~'tl b y p_ QR"J could have bf':en paYed- .., .... , I L P-QRA. P-Kt!i; 12. KJ..Q2. (_._ .• KtxP?; ' 3. KJ..K6, R .KtI; 14. Q-Q5); 13. P-B3-" b u t eYen t his would not be without danger lor him.

ll. _... B-Kf2 11. P-Q1t3 _

Not only il ,.....,aking mo,·c. b ut a _ute of time sine.., P·KtS was not yet a serious t hc:oL

11. _ ......

Now Black ~l>tens not only .~ .~ ..• OxKt d isruptlnll Whit..,', pa wns, but an Inva~ lon or QIl5 (via QKU) as welL Jimmy 5P<'nt about 45 mlnut..,. on hla rep ly, which Is as good as a ny at Whltc', d isPOSal.

13 Kto04 KI·R4 14. P.oKIl

A horrlbl., weakening of the black squarcs on the lonll' dIa gonal, bu t a t least It shuts Black's QKt temporarily out of play.

U. __ R.8! 15. Q·Kl ___ _

SLIg htly Pfcfcrabl.., w"" Q.Q2 (lnter sug. gCllled by Sherwln) In nnler to ' ov"'l" p .. ot~'Ct Q4.

15. __ .. P.K4! S~lrlng a central square tor the KKL Th.., ned f ..,w moves play themselves.

16. p"p KtxP(4) 17. It-ol KI(It ).B3 18. KtxKt R"Kt

Thr.;aten!ng ... ...•• RxKt. 19. 8-Q4 Q.R41

LARRY EVANS ON OPENINGS A Nero Feature Coverind Opening Strategy, Novel­ties. and Ideas

Beginning in March 5, 1,954 18.~ue

20. P-QR4 ... ... . . ' I'he only way to IVOW Immediate lou ot a pa"'n. mllek d oel not ye t thr~:otcn to "ouble rook$ on the Q8 W e of Kt.­Q5 in rep ly. threat..-,n lng n 3-way fork a t K>.

20 ... ~_.. PxP 21. P.P Q.KU 22. Q-K3 _.' ...•

MceUn, the threat to win a plcee, and i t (Ii i i.ime Ume p fayini lor _, fa. BS~; 23. Kt-Ql~ ... lIh complleallon$.

22. _.... 1t·81. Now. at last Black can pl;oy _ ... _. KR_Bl 51nco KI-Q5 Clln be met wltb .. _.-, O.Kt t ol lowed b y _ ...... , RxP o r _._ ..• QxP.

23. 8-K2 KIt-81 24. R·KIl

A t1me-prelillUre ovel"llight (Jimmy had j u~t a lew minute. in whleh to eomJ)let .. hls fifty mov"'$) whlcb ..,venlually loses the e)[ehanll'e and a eoup le of paWn5-­lIe lallvely best Will n. Kt-QS. BxKt; 2:S. p"e. QxRP (not . ___ , RxP; 26. BxP aUacklng th.., rookl ; •. p .B3 and th.., win sUlI pn.'SCnta ('Ilrncullles.. Now It b ehlld's ph'".

24. __ • 15. QxQ U . Itx Kt 27. K· BI 28. Klt x 8 2'. Rx8 30. 8 xP

Threatenln, mlt..,_ Sl . R-Ktl 32. 8 · KI$ n. K·Ktl 34. K ·81 :1.5. K·Ktl 36. K·81

Qx8' K-B6 eh 8xQch

BxK, h. R,'

R·1t7

1t{l)-87 R-87 eh RxP eh RxKItP

QR·Kt7 eh R-KU

Qr s imply .. _ ... .. n-IUI eh; p. K"n, n,,"Ft 37. It·Kt4 R-1t7 38.· R·B4 K_Kt1 39. 1t·87 1t_85 ch 40. K· KIl It.KP 41 . R.Q7 It·K ' ch 42. 8 ·8 1 It(7)-R' 43. K .Kn ItxB

Itesigns Actua lly White ove rstepped th.., time limit b efore re slllnlng. ~herwln's only lou In the 13 .-ountll of this c roellng even t .

51. Paul (Minn., ChH S Club, Robert

C. GOVe won the dub ehamplonship and rece lv.-:d a 5J)eellll trophy donated hy Ihe St. P,ul Pioneer Pr.-:ss and Dispatch, which cave press publldty to the cvcaL

Cess ~ife S<l/,mJ<I'I. Page 3 F~b'N<l'" 20, 1914

Contributors to th. YOUNG MASTERS' FORUM

Ham Be,lin.." Arthur IIl sgule r Curt ll .. iI,kH

Eliot Hea l"$t Gf':Or§e Krame r Ca rl Pilnlck

James SMrwin W al1er Shipman

CI.e66 ott. .In r/ew yort

By Eliot H~"TS/

A s compared to last year's Mar· shall Championship where the

contest for the Litle wns not de­cided until the Hnnl hour of the final game, this year's tourney was rather a quiet onel J ack Collins took thc lead early in the lourna­me.nt, lost only to runner - up Tony Santasiere, and had the title prac­tically clinched iour rounds be­fore the end _ a rare occurrence in these hard·fought metropolitan club tournamenL~ .

The winner needs little introduc· tion to CHESS LIFE readers, for his " Games Department" is onc of this newspaper's most distin­guished reatures; Jack. too. IS an annotalor for CHESS REVI EW and one 0{ the United States' top cor­respondcnce masters. No pushover in master tourneys. either . J ack Is a previous N. Y. Stale Champion and has won numerous prizes in Mal'ShaU C. C. and Brooklyn C. C. club championships in past years. The Collins domicile in the heart of Brooklyn is noted for its fine col­lection of chessbooks, the hospital­ity of Jack and his popular sister, E thel. and the 'Brooklyn Dodger partisanship which is' not uncom­mon in that part of New York City! Anyone whQ has seen Collins com· peting in a tournament will remem­ber too, that a supply of candy "Life-5avers" is always a t his side; no wonder he squeezes out or so many difficult positions!

Tony Santasierc, last year's co­champ along with Carl Pilnick (who did not compete this year), [inish­ed a clear second with 81h·3~, a point behind the new titlist, while Jimmy Sherwin ( 7'ti-4Y.1) took third prize. J erry Donovan 7·5, Richard Einhorn and Edmar Med­Dis 61h-SIh were the other pri%e· winners and qualifiers into next year's championship tourney.

The IManhattan Chess Club Cham· pionship, which has five of the na · tions top mas ter s competing this year. is almost (our rounds com­plete now and the leading scorers include Max P avey 3'h-Ih, Al'nold Denker 3-1, Alex Kevitz and Abe Turner 21h·l * and Arthur Bisgui­er and George Sllainswit 2Y./ · l 'h. Some features of the openinm rounds were Turner's titanic 90-move dr aw with for mer U. S. Champ Denker and ' Anen K auf· man's upset victory over top U.S. master Bisguier. As the reader

(Pease turn to pilge 8., eol. 4)

Vol. VIlI, Number 12 Saturday, February 20, 1954

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•

Is Chess Isolationist?

By Montgomery MaJor

G,.u" Muonir_. i<tctrt Jib; Rom .. Mtm>nrm.

Anl[(i.r Milton"m j4Ct,,' Illriq ... P"'nff. SELVAGGI-Ad Joann.m MlI 'onum

OIUR Learned contributor Walter Kom poses a question of some im­portance when hc asks why the USA has not done more to in­

vite European masters to these shores by staging more International Tournaments. Ccrtainly, there wO\1ld be a convenience to American players who Me seeking distinction in importing foreign master talent for important tournaments, rather than Iorcing our eager youth to go abroad tor proper blooding against Ule best of Europe's chesa might.

or course, the catch (there is always one) is that an International Tournament is lm expensive affair, for it must have adequate remunera­tion to lure importa nt distant masters to these shores. But it would pay U.S. Chess golden dividcnds to hold more of sueh events in the polish­ing of the styles of our younger masters.

We do not, however, agree with Mr. Korn that the proper beginning is to open Our own U.S. Championship to visiting masters. As a matter of national eeonomy we are endeavoring to hold ·the U.S. Champion· ship down to a reasonable two weeks or play at tbe more leisurely pace or play that is desirable for such events. AIJd to do this, the entry in the U.S. Championship must be held to a limited number, It does not, thereIoN!, seem feasible to limit the number of possible contenders more narrowly by per.mitting entry of non-contcnders from other countries. But this doeS not mean that other tournaments should not be staged to whieh such visiting masters should be pressed to enter and encouraged by substantual prize awards to participate. In directing our attention to the needs of the great majority of average ehess players, we must not forget nor neglect the masters, for the professional is just as essential to an art as the most gifted o( amateurs.

The USCF is not at this moment in a position to stage Interna­tional Tournaments on a large scale (or its resources are more im­mediately demanded in the development of local chess. But it is the writer's sincere h6pe that before too long the Federation will attain that sceurity and prosperity which will enable it to sponsor a nu mber of International events. Let it never be said that American Chess is isolationist in character.

As to Mr. Kom's suggestion that British masters have been ig· nored or overlooked ,because they were not considered strong enough, it can only be said that Mr. Korn hardly does his countrymen justice. Certainly no intelligent American player considered Sir George Thomas, Winter or Yates as inferior pll1yers; certainly no well.informed Ameri. can player would deny the ability and prestige of Atkins and Alexander. to name only two active players of this era.

Thus, we must say to Mr. K()rn the equiviIent of Selvaggi's lines on Milton: "Greece boasts her Homer, Rome can Vi rgil claim; England can either match in Milton's fame."

But lest it still be Celt that Britain has been too long overlooked, let the sponsors of the next U.S. International event invite a few British masters. Surely, tbere are a (ew American players who would feel honored at the opportunity of scowling across the board at Al. exander .. who might himseU be sighing (or new worlds to conquer.

PAULINE PAPP O N Sunday, January 24th dealh took Miss Pauline PapP, one oC

the charter members of the famous Queens Women's Chess Club of Clevcland and onc of the most enthusiastic supporters of the concept that chess was a women's game, Miss Papp, who usually played first board for the Queens in the Cleveland City League matches. was an opponent not to bc underestimated and she was equally success­{ul In correllpondence chcss play. In recent ycars Miss Papp had become interested in chess problems and some of her compositions were very commendable in this difficult field . We wish to express our sympatby to the Queens Chess Club, which bas lost a most valuable member and fine friend. as well as to all others who knew and cherisbed her (riendship.

MARSHALL CHESS CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP New York, 1953-54

''''' USCF R.I~d Ev.nt 1. J. w. CoIIII" . .... x , I 1 1 1 1 1 I 1 1 I 1 '~ l2t • A. E.. Sanl.a..lcrc _______ 1 x , 1 1 • 1 I 1 , • 1 • .... 3. I. T. Soor-"ln ___ . _____ ._.~.I 1 • • • • • I 1 • 1 1 1 7,-4) 4. J . F , Dollo¥an _. __ ._ ...... __ . __ .. 0 • 1 • , • 1 • • I 1 1 1 ,. ,. R. t:lnhom _. . ... __ ._._0 • 1 • • I 1 • • 1 1 • • 6}-Sl 6 • .1=:. MedDII ···· __ ·_ .. ........ _. __ ._._ ...... 0 • • • " • I • 1 • 1 1 1 G}·St 7, T. Dunst ···._._._. __ ._ ........ ____ •• _ •.•• _0 • 1 • " I • • 1 1 • , I .. II. A. Saldy ._._._. ____ ._. __ ._. ___ .. _.~.O • • 1 1 • 1 x • , , • • •• 9. P. Ilrandl ... -.-.-.~--. _ ... _ ... _ .... _._._.iI , • 1 , , , 1 • • I I 1 tll-41 10. C. £a.lmlln _. ___ ......... _._._. __ .... 0 I • • , 1 , , • x , 1 1 ,,-6)

I I. II. Fajllnl •. _· _____ ._ ......... _. __ . __ .... 0 • , • , , • , • , x 1 1 4t·7, 12. N. BllkOS ······--·-·--·--····~-··. __ ·._._._l , , • • , , 1 • , , x , 2i.tl 13. J . ramlijenl ___ ._._. __ .... _____ ... 0 • • • • , , • , , , 1 x 2j.·tj,

BraruU. forldted to Sllntaslerc.

HEART OF AMERICA- MISSOURI STATE OPEN CHAMPIONSH IP Kansas City. 1954

100% USCF Rlt~d Event J. I. V. Rllall n (St. Loull. M .... ) .. _ .. DG WZS WIS WI7 Wl W2 51. I 2. 1.. 'r. Magee (Omaha. Nea) __ .W7 W2J 1)3 W~ W5 LI 4~ · ll 24..50 3. 1.. I"rankcnsteln (Kans. City, Ko.) W20 WI 02 WI:I LI W5 4J· l t 24.00 4 . .I. Spence (Omaha. Ncb.) _._._._ .010 WG W19 L2 W IG W!;I 41.l a 21.50 5. II. Hor.k (Lawf'tnce; K.!U.) ___ W8 WII WI7 WI!! 1.2 1_1 • . 'J UN! G. R. Srle,cr (Houston. Tex.) -01 1.4 WZS W23 0 12 WIS 4·2 21.00 1. J. P~nqultc (Dca lIolnts, la." -L2 L12 WZO W29 WI7 WII 4 ·2 1'.00 .. Ane. Sandrln (Chlca,o, ilL) __ .L5 W34 wn 010 Wt3 Oll 4 ·2 16-$0 9. E. ('..odbold (St. Louis, MoJ __ .. WI4 Ll WlI 012 WIS 1.4 31·2} 2UO

10. P. Morrell (Ken. City. Kans.) _.04 029 W:U OS 0111 Dn :1).26 2(1.00 II. W. Newberry (Allon. 111.) ___ WIG 1.5 L9 Wt? wa m 3Hi 19.50 12. Uu,b Myerl (Decatur, 1JJ.) _ ..LIS W7 W31 D9 De: DlO 3HI 19.50 13. D. Scherrcr (Omaha, Ncb.) __ .W30 015 W24 Ll LA WU 3).%) 11.50 14. M. &ktwln (DH Moines, la.) ._.L9 W20 1.11 W33 W1:2 DIS 3}·2~ IS..50 IS. 11. WCS<:nberr (ll:an. City, Mo.) _W12 013 W23 LS La DJ4 :1·3 20..50 16. V. HalTll. Jr. (Kanl". City, Mo.) LlI W30 W14 \Vn lA La :1 ·3 2O.SO 17. J . Danenreltb (LIncoln, Neb.) __ .. W'rI \V31 1..5 LI L7 wt5:1 -3 It.SO 16. E. H. 0_1'11 (K.n, .. City, Mo.) _.wn D23 Lt W24 010 L1 3 -3 19.00 19. Robert Grande (Dcnver, Colo.) .. 024 \V32 4 W25 LII nu 3 ·3 11..50 20. M. W. Rcc.c (Denver . Colo.) ._._Ll 1.14 L7 W34 W3lI Wt7 3 ·3 1$.00 21. A. Llepn(ekl (LIncoln. Neb.) __ .. W34 L1 LI0 D31 WZ4 DI' S -3 1$.00 tt. n. Vlne"nl (Omah •• N .. h.1 .. _ .. _ . ..L23 W3l \VB t.11 LI4 WIG 3., 1'-00 2:1. E. J. I.hn (SI. Louis. Mo.) 2~-3" (lUIO); 24. M. D. WUkenon (D(!nver, Colo.) 2}-3, (16.00); 2:S. J . f . Northam (Manbattan. Kans.) 2!·3~ (14.50); 26. G. E. Prewitt (CoUey· ville, K.n,.) 21·3 ~ (9.50); 27. J . H. Roll (Audubon, II.) 2-4 ('1-00); 28. J . D. Define (Florlss.nt, Mo.) z..t (17.,SO); 2:9. W. G. Vanderburg (Shan Reek, In.) z..t (1UIO); 30. Jame~ Magllll'<l (Wlch lln, Kans.) 2·4 (l4.GO); ~1. Louis Slephen. (r.ast Altnn, m .l 1i-4} (17.00); 32. l . R. BcllUnt (Kans.,. City. Mo.) It-'l~ (12.00); 33. D. \V, Edwarde (St. LoUis , Mo.) HI: U. DaYId Ackerman (Omaha. Neb.) 0-&.

Ackerman lorleltcd to Prew itt. neese. Bcilllng, and Vand enbur.. Solknff POlnu- u.sed.

U. S. INTERCOLLEGIATE LIGHTNING CHAMPIONSHIP New York, 1954

CHAMPIONSHIP FINALS I. A. Bluuler (P_) __ . ______ ..I 1 1 1 2:. K. BUfler (Columbia) ______ 0 xli 3. D. Samuela (pelln~l vll nlll) __ . __ 0 0 x 1 4. H. Berllne. (C. Wu hlllJl: ton) ___ 0 0 0 • 5. C. lIcnln (Chk: • .ceo) __ . ______ 1 0 0 0 G. A. RUQ (C.C.N.Y .) _._. ______ .11 I) I 0 1. A. w .bm1sn (N.Y.V.) ~ ______ O l 0 0 a. O. POpGvyc:h (Rul,en) ____ ._._0 0 0 0

BIa(Uler won play-oft :J-I . PRELIMS

, 1 1 1 x • , •

SECTION 1. H. Berliner (G. Wu hlnlrloa) __ ._x I o · I 1 1. A. Welu m.n (N.Y.U.) _____ , x 1 0 1 3. D. Samuell (PenDSJ'tvanlal ___ , o x I I "- G. Hardman (J ohn Hopkins) ___ , lOx 1 $. R . ita"", (West ..... Reserve) 3-4; 6. R. sylv'nb) t-S; S. A.. R ich (C.C-N.Y.) ,1-51.

Shapiro (Chlca,o)

SECTION 2 PRELIMS I. A. DI$l:\Iler (pace) ..... __ . _____ ~ , 1 2. O. POPOV)'ch (Rut.cean) .... ______ ~_o x 1 :I . . C. Snvel (pennll)'lvanlttj . ____ ._. ____ 0 0 x 4. G. Sheridan CHoty Crea) ._ .... _ ... __ ._0 0 0 I- M'arlYlil H ea ... t (Barnard) 2-4; 6. Vau,hn (Columbia) sylYanla) 1-5.

SECTION 3 PRELIMS l . K . Burllcr (Columbl.) ........ _._ .............. ___ .x 1 1 ,_ C. Hllnln (Chlc"·o) ............ _ ...... _ ...... ____ .. 0 • 1 S. A.. nudy fC.C.N.Y.1 .......... _. ___ ...... ___ ._ .. 0 0 x

• ' ·5;

~ . R. 'Frlcdenth.t rBrld{!cporl) _._ .... ___ .. 0 0 0 x 5. J . ON!n,tcln (Columbia) _._. __ ._ ...... __ 0 1 0 0 6. W . Ho .. ard (pennsylvllnb) 1-5; 7. n cb. (Columbia) 0-&.

• 1 1 , • 1

• 1 1 I 1 1 1 1 1 x I • I x • I I •

1 I 1

• 1 1 , • 3-4: 7. n. Fry

1 , 1 , 1 1 1 1

7. C. ZWl!lgeJ"

, , I 1

•

1 1 , , ,

, 1 1 1 ,

ALLENTOWN CITY CHAMPIONSHIP Allentown. 1953

n·tl Slotl 41.2• U U U , .... 1 •

.., 5·' 5·' 3HI

(penn.

.~ 5 · 1 ,~ ..

(penn·

.~ .. , . ., .. .. 1. Mahlon Cleover ___ . __ . _____ .. __ ... __ x 1 I 1 1 I 1 1 1 I 1 10-0 2:. Jllck Mack ______ ._._._. ___ .... _ .. ____ 0 x 0 1 0 I 1 lit 1 7 ·3 S. Paul Sherr .... ___ .... _._. __ ._._ ... __ .0 1 x 0 ~ 1 I I 1 1 1 7 -3 4. Ray Rockel .. ____ ._. ____ . __ . ____ ... 0 0 1 X 0 til I 1 I 1 -3 S. WIlliam Schuler ___ , ____ . __ . ____ 0 0 1 t • 0 1 I tIl S,-3j, &. J08<:ph Krdnus _._0100 I x 0 1 I I 1 &-4 1.Leon.rd Smllh. 00 I 0 0 1 xlIII 5)-41 a. Dnld Berg ,.1; , . ErIoc ErIc:son 2-8; 10. CIolrcnee ZieRler 0-10; II. Thorn .. Dlrd 0-10.

Bert. Zlecler and Blrd .. lIMrcw without completing sched.ule.

• SECOND DIRECTORS' MEETING

Co",,,,jtt,., ]too"" , Wi,to" ,i" Hol"

THE Meeting was called to order by F rau R. Gno ves. Aetl na- P realdanl.

There was • d l!ICll$lIlon laatllljlt' oyer an hour concernln. Inlcrnatlonal Cheat aff.l.... Ma ny mo liu .... were made and w\thllr.wn, .... not cover ' '''' the f ield.

Tho folluwln g resolutio n on Inler­national Cheu utra1n wu prcacn ted by Mr. Gibson :

RasoNed: That the Chai rman of the WIYI I nd MU ftI Comm ittee " ,ulho ril" 10 appoint ' n InteNl'_ t iona ' CommLttH of not more t h i n fiye me mben to handl, all Inle,n,­tiofle ' chen , Ualn connec ted with the USCF Inclucl lrltl Ih ' conduct of tou ..... . ment . Ind le .. m ma 'cf!.e' li nd the .. Iee l lon of Ie.", •• nd Indl"ld ... l l$ to rep resent HIe United St l t ts In In terna tional Compe t it ion. A s pro" lded In the USCF By- Laws, the USCF P reSide nt, or hi , dn lg­n il". will cont inue U 'oHlcI,,' re p. re .. nt. t l.... . f the Fl a.,.lIon . , " II meetings 0' t IM In l. rnallonll i. F.de rlll ion des Echecs. bul 1111 mi t . le rs of Federll tlon policy .nd COif!' mllments will fall under the lurl$­d ldlon of Ih. " lnl. rn ltlon.1 Com. mitt ... "

The moUon was !Jeconde tl by Rev. H. Ohml n, and w .. p __ d.

(T~ b/rr".lia" . ' AII.ir. Co",.illn .. lbo,lm .hol1#: .... , . r/il""r/ wilb Wi/­Ii •• M. B, I •••• rJ..i' ..... M .... PII~, Hr. .... Slti"u,lInJ Dr. It. , . 1\. "/0; . )

NCCP wns d l>'CUSSo!!d a t leni:th. Fin. a lly a muUon was paQed. that the refel"(:noc to It In the By.La... be deleted.

Furthe r dl5c\l.$$lon .... ~nte red Into as to procedure In Ueu of the NCCP. A moUon was pused tbll t the WJI,)'S and MelllUi Comm.1ttee au thorae the Pl""OOl'dure. aner consulUnc with MT. HarkneS$., /IS they deem n_nary and proper.

Now Wal opened a dlseuulon .. tG the U.s. ChampIonship, and the fol. lowing reaolu tlon w .. pDued:

Recognlting that the prOj:lOsed p illn of h .... ing a u ndld . tu' lour. n.menl In 1953, the winne r of which is to pl.y • match In 1t54 wilh Ih. Uniled SI. , u ch. mp.. ion for 'he title, Is unpOPul . r wl'h II ml lo r l'y of 'he prominenl chu s pl.yers In Ih. coun'ry, the d lrecton he re assembled modify .. foilow l the 1953 and "54 lourn. menl. ma tch plllY they . pproved by b. llo'.

II The u ndid. tas towm. manl sh .. 11 be he ld in " 53 as . pprowad. This 1$ to be In Phll. delphl. Sep... lember 11th through Saplambe, 20th. It Is to be • ~n r_net Swiss. Eligible 10 pl . y Is any perman. nl reSidant of the United St, tes hilI" ing .. nt lng of expert or h igher in the USCF ra 'ing sca la.

2) Inslead of a mil tch in 1954 between the United St.tes Ch. mp... Ion .. net the winner of the 1fS3 C~ndida"" tourn. ment, II United States Championship Iournill..,.nt sha ll be h' ld in 1954. This lourn ... m. nl shall be .. round robin tourn,,· ment of low rt" n pl~Y'rL

3 ) Th. pl,,.en to be seeded into the 1954 United Stilies Chi mp· ionshlp Tourn~m.nt ,h. 1I be:

II ) Th. th ree pl.y.rs who pl. ced highest in t he 1951 Chillmp... ionShip. Thew a r. L. EVi ns, S. Reshevsky • • nd M. P" .. ey.

bl T he six pl llY.rs who pl llCed h lghn t In Ih. 1953 Cllnd~ d l ;a t~ Tourn~m.nt. H II ny of Ihe players . Iready li re _ d­. d , the next high. st p laya .. In t he tournam' nt sh. 1I be weded to mllko II 10,,1 of . ix.

c) The f ive el ig ib le pl.yers who place highest in t he 1953 UCF

Open Tourn llmenl. If II ny of the lop pl .. y. rs ere not . 1. Igibl. , or a re a lrUdy seeded, tho h ighest e liglbl. pl . y.r sh .. U be seeded to m.ka • tot ll l of fI .... .

d) If any of Ih. lI bOVi! . lIglbl. p layers, onc. seeded. .I.d not 10 play in the "54 Championship Tourn . .... nt Iho USC F Tou rn.men' Com. mltte. shall w ed into tha Chllmplonship Tournament the next e ltglble pl.yers f rom Ihe 1953 C. nd ida ... • Tournament to m .. k. a t ollli

A",tlJf 1-4, un. MII., ... l "_ Wi,. of fourleen pl / ylng In the 1954 Ch. mpionShip Tou,n. ment.

.) If ti.. occur II mong_ the pl . y.n In . lth. r the 1953 USCF ()pen Tournamenl or ' h. 1953 Candid.tas' Toum. ment, Iha mann. r of bre.k. ing the ties 10 dete,min. who lIfIa il b. seeded inlo ' h. use Ch. mpionship T_ rn.ntanl shill! be de~nninad by t he committee in ch" .. e f a.m .f t heM tourn l menls..

4) Th. time, pJ .. c. and u n,nge­m. n.. for ttl e 1954 ChllmpionShip Tourn. menl shllil be h. ndled by the USCF T_ ,nilment Committee wi th Ih. und. ntilnding th. t . 11 pl.y.n II,.. tr •• led equ. lly by Ih. Feder. t ion.

5) The di rec tors reCOllnll. th.t these change, m.y u use embllr r. u­ment I. some of tlte pl . n l .nd publicity of the 1953 Cllndld l l ... Tourn. menl.IobUI by Ihese ch. nges, II Is hOfl"tld Ih. t tha populll r ity for th is lourn. men' will be Inc ruMd . nd mOre promin.nt players will ante , . (Au(),Ji"K 10 Ib~ pr() l'ilmJ ()I Ibi.

' floIlII/OII, the /o.,/tnO tJi,iblr pl"';Jff' ,0' IIx U. S. Cha .. pJtJ.JhJp TO.f. _ t tl t .lft: L E."tI., S. R.nbrvo!7, M. P.W7. D. n,t.t, N. R.ouoli .. o. , . T. Shn-tvi" . 1. A. Iforotl-il;, £. ltu .. l, A Bu,.m, U. Brr. li,ur, K. B"'8t " A. DIC. .. illo• P. B,,,,u/., ...J S. w,,(b •. )

llernuon Sle lner Issued ;1.0 invitation for the 19S4 USC'" ()pen Tournament to be helet In C..tifornla In cue no oth.r place was ...,.,.,p led..

Mlgue1 Colon, of San .Juan. Puerto Rico, ~ad t ile rollowing' ldl.(!r or In­vitation:

Genti.m.n: AI l uthor ized I1y the PrO$ldent

of tha Puerto Rican Chen Feder. t ion, Judge P. J. S~nlilgo L.vend· , ro, I nd It. Board of Dir.cto .... I wlln' 10 m .. ke a bid fo, the 1954 USCF Open Toumllm .... t. to be p ll yed in ~n Juan, Puerto Itl«l.

W. I ... I sking for a 60 o r 90 dlY term '0 give our fin,,1 word Of .. <c. ptanc •. This is so bec .. use w, ere look ing for the Gov.rnment to help . nd we need thllt t.rm to know defini'ely whet he r ttl . Goyernment will bllck UI. Mr. Lllvendero is very optimistic lind h. beli.yes thai there is III 95% posslblll.... th l t w e will g. t ,ha Governm.nt he lp.

Wa .... hOping to make the tourn. ment lIS good as the on. we lI re hllving in Milwaukee. At I.nt we plan to offe r Ihe same.

Hoping thlt you will gl ... Pu.rto Rico Ihe honor of pl il ylng the 1954 U.S. ()pen. I remlin

Sincerely y_rs. (Signed) Miguel Colon.

I ~ w .... ltaled by the P resident th.t the ExecuUve Committee wouJd de­tennlne the matter.

MoLIon was pllSSed that the United State" Chess Federation "",tenet the Milwaukee Chess Federation • vote or th llnks ror putting on the larl:es t Open Tuurn<lment In our history.

}-;(Igar McCormick. II d irector (rom New .Je.-.y, submitted his ~s1gna­lion as d irector. The adln:" President ruled that It was IHlt of h l.e- province 11& IICli ng Presiden t to arc::cp t It. The ma tter was dropped .. net 1II.r. Mo> Corm.1ck ~malned II director.

The meeting adjour ned. J. B. H OLT

USCF !kerr/.r),

R.gim.ntlll Chess Club (Fort 8.n­nlng): T he First OrIleer Candld.te Regiment of Fort Iknnlng held a chess to\fnlIlRlent over the Chri$tmlS B oll. days IS the ata rt In organizing • Rf!clmental Cheu Club. Victor WIS S,t. Karch with s.o score, while O/ C Bing· ham placed secOnd with 4-1. Lt. Bllld. win and Pvt. Hoffman tied t or third with 2·3 .aeh.

REDWOOD EMPIRE CHESS LEAGUE: A .single f"9Und schedule has been ad­opted fo r th is league. coruisUng of Slinia RO$;l, Petaluma, VilleJo, Crockett and the newly organized Sacramento Chess ClUb (not to be conC..,.,et with the CapItol. City Chess Club of Sac· nune.nto tn t he Central C;alll. League).

New Orleln$ (L • • ) Chess Club: D.vld 1\. W. Isderf, .J r. Wall eleeted club presl-4e l"l t to luceeed nlll"l C.vltt. Other o r· fleers ~Iceted w.~: Dr. Kenneth N. VIn" vlee·presldent, 1\. L. MeAuley IOCr. Iar,., I nd Funk Ch. ve" treasurer. The New Orleans Club now has ap­proxlm.tely 40 pl.,.en .ntered In the CI~y Chlmplonlhlp, tho lugest CDtry since the club wu organized ae .. enoJ. yurt '1:0.

Hollywood ClMu Group (C. llf. ): Her­rn.n Steiner won Ibe to rd club ehlm­plo lUlhlp .. t , d r.wl", with S. M.~er

and S. C. Uer. Irvin&: RlvlH was MColld with &Jh: -I 'h .nd S. H ilmer tblrd with 7. ,

Q'bess I:ife S.turJ". P-..5 Frbru.,., 20, 1914

There is III lot to be .. kt for gett in, th. r ight "lint on .hing$ In life or in chets. Look a t II Bishop comm. n6-ing the king d l,gonlll.

In lif. 0' ch.U, w.tch the board. MIIny . n absent·minded biIo'chaklr h" been m.ted because h. Wetn't lookln,.

Hitle r II I'td St.lin didn't Invent the HWIIr of n. rv.s." Thay both , 101. the idOl frolf! l ome of 'he cha., plllY'" , I Ih. loui ch... club.

tn chen or Iif., it I , no' wh.t your till . Is. but wh. , you do; • Plwn Cl n be mo,.. dllngaroul than • rook In the right s ltu l tlon.

Ther. ... 101$ of willin, p. epl. In th is world_. faw Ir' Wli lln, to work. .I'td the rest are willing to Witch them do It. pl rt lcullr ly In • ch.u club. .

Greed I, . lwl Y' lIfIor'·"ghted. I'V. seen • f. "_ so • • ge r to qu"n • p.wn h. ~ouldn't '" th. t it w/Wld gil" hl5 GlllXtl1ent , ' airmlll :

How To Make A Pairing Table

For Round Robin T ournamenfs By Staff W riter WILLIAM ROJAM •

R E CENT q ueries from readers s how that the r ound robin tourna· m e n t is s till j us tly popular f or club even ts , b ut that m an y chess

clubs are stymied by the fact that p airing tables f or r ound r obin even ts are a ra l'ety i n chess p ublications. While the USCF expects in the n car fu tur e to supply this want, along with material on m a ny other d e tails of tourna m e nt m a nagement, in the mean while IIere- is a very s imple method of making your own .pairing tables (o r a ny n umber of con tes tants. There a r e mor e e l aborate sys tems, b u t this h as the v irtue o f s implicity a nd can be easily remembered .

Ass u me t h at i t is plan n e d to run S o in a t e n p layer event the a n in e r ound e ve n t ~th e ither f irs t round pairin gs would be n in e or ten e n tran ts. The first Player No. 10 vs. P layer N o. I, step is to write out t h e numbers P layer No. 2 vs. P l ayer No. 9, on e t o nine in the fo llowing pat.. Player No. 3 VS. P l aye r No. B, tern: Player No. 4 VS. Player No. 7, and

1 7 l 4 5 P layer No. 5 v s. Player No. 6 . In : 3 : :! a nine player even t the p airings 7 • , , 2 would be t he same, except tha t 3 4 S '7 there would be no P l aye r N o . 10 • : ! ~: and Player NO. 1 would have a b ye. : 1 2 1.. In all cases the p laye r w h ose DUrn-S , 7 • 9 ber is first in each pair ing has the

T here w ill be nine rounds o( pl ay white p ieces. as t h is sys tem al ter . with eithe r nine o r ten p laye rs ; nates the col ors automatically. and each line in the numerical p a t- The second line r ep r esen ts the tee above represcnt" on c rou n d of second round pairings, the tbird p lay. But this is only the f irst step lin e the third round pa irings, etc. in ma king the pairings . This sys tem may be used for

Next, you write behind each o f a n y number of con tes tants. F o r the se n u m bers in your original example, if a tab le is n eeded for pattern the n umbers one to nin e, a 13 round e vent (fo r 13 or 14 beginnlna: in the lower rig h t-band players), the "initial patte rn would corner a nd working backwar ds begin lik e this : from t h e bottom to the top , b u t ' 2 3 .. S , 7 a lways ig noring the n umbers in ~ ~ ': 1~ 1: '~ ~ the f i rst column. This w ill p r o- '10 '11 12 13 1 2. etc. duce a p a ttern a s follows: and whe n completed by the b ack-

1 2-f 3-1 4·7 oW w ar d inse rting of the ' n u mbers in ~ ~~ !: ::! g the secon d step , the firs t fe w 7 U 9-S 1-4 2-3 lines would read : :) "2 5-1 '" 7., , 2·13 3-12 .. ·11 5·10 '" 7-1 • 9 _7 1", 2-5 3-4 • '-7 10-1 11·5 12-4 13-3 1.2 .. 5-3 "2 7·1 " 9 2 3-1 .. 13 5-12 ' ·11 7·10 " ' , .tc. 9 1-1 2-7 " ' .. 5 B y this s imp le method, which 5 .... 7-3 .. 2 '-1 k "

The first column (not ptrlred) rep- d oes not ta e more than fiLteen resent s the byes in a niDe player m inutes to complete a pai ring even t. In a t e n p layer eve nt, place table. any club can arrange its the number 10 alternately in f ron t own pairings for a round robin a nd in behin d Ole s ingle number e ve nt of any num ber of con tes--of the first column.. making it cta_n_"_, ___ _ ___ _ _ _ _

read down as 10.1, 6-10, 10-2, 7 -10 , Join the USCFI It 1$ III"'" a sound 10-3, 8-10, 104, !HO. 10-5. opening move.

GAMES BY USCF MEMBERS ,

A.nnotated by Chess MaSter JOHN W. COLLINS, Mar.1ud! Chess Club Chdmpion, 1'954

USCF MEMBERS; Submit ,.o.,~ but , .. ma lor this JtjJtttlmenl to 'JOHN W. -COLUNS, 91 Unox RuJ, 8UN.It"." 26, N.Y. S/NKt h-ting limited, M" Collin, Jrill .ded /11<: m(l$l itt/uff,i", ."J in/l ,ue/we for pu6lk .. /jon. Unl", oIhnwist JI",rtf ftOIt.

I~ ... mrl Me by M" Colliftl.

NIMZOVITCH DEFENSE Meo: Pflie 101. not. h Hastings Tournament

Hastings, 1953·54-NotN b, 'nlt,lItIl iontJl M<lftcr lmr~ Koni.

White Blac:k TOLUSH B~ONSTE'N 1. P ·Q4 Kf·KB3 S. P-Q1l3 BxKfch 2. P ·Q84 P. K3 '- QX8 Kt·Bl 3. Kt·QBl 8 · Kts 7. P' K3 P·K4 4. Q· B2 P-Q4 S. PxK P p·as

alysla Wh~":h?~~.i .. :,~;~:~~~;~~;;::Ej~ Iuo me, bu t he ha.,"", _'.'" " "_ befQre he could 'Vhen TQln5h , known lent thco~Uclan, saw studied lhe PQsltlon for an h our and tf!n minutes and eventual ly f'lund • line that anowc<l White equality. 9. Q-Q3 Kf.KKIS T5. KtxKI KtxKt 10. KI· Bl PxP U. B.Kt4ch K.K, 11. OxQch KxQ 17. B-QB3 P.KB3 12. PXP K·K2 18. 0-0 8 ·1(3 13. B-Q,2 R.Ql It. BxK! PxB T4. 8-K2 .20. KIl.QI K·K2

KI (KUlx P{K4 ) 11. K·B2 .. .Q1l4 Dr. wn

jl SCOTCH GAME

MCO: p. ge 15'. column 10 (I, U. s. · Open Ch. mpionship

Milw.ukn, 1953

NOUI by U.S. Mtls(tr Curl BTtulut White Blaell:

C. BRASKET J . SHAFFER 1. P· K4 P·K4 3. ".04 2. Kt .Ke3 Kt..QB3 The SCotch Game lti not a. weak ... the t ext claim It to be. To aVOid the 4'. . .. __ , B-IW vanatlon. however. It would be sarcr tQ transpo~e r rom tila Fou r Knight '. Game (S. Kt·83, Kt·D3; 4. P-Q4). 3 • .... _ .. 4. KIIIP ".

B· B< Q.83

-, . P.QB3 7. 8 ·084

KKI' '52

5. B·K3 MQre u5ua l sre Kt.B2, Kt.Q2. Q-Q2, or

PERSONAL SERVICE

T~ Editor 01 tltis D'Pt'"mml . .ill pUr, ' 70U • J.mt ",. ..,.;t, tomm"" 011 WtrJ _, ..oJ p~ 70 11 " tho,_sh JIOft.

1Jo""C analysis. F~~ 110. Mr. Collnos .ill .JIO ..... ot.t~ ..., ""

01 YOII, g ..... U /0' • 1« 0/ 11.

Q1)ess Cife P.ge6

F~b''''''71fJ, 1914

P·K64, all of whlcb lead to a ~ood g.ame for Bl.ack. The text SI,.'em. beller lIS It p reven l.$ .m immC(1ll te P-Q4, wbJJe an attempt on B lack .. p,lrt to win a p.wn would give Wi1lte a very prom· IMIlJ!f 'lame, e.g.: 7 ..... _~. K t·K"; 8. B.Xi. q --QKL3; 9. 0·0, QxP; 10. Kt·Q2, Q·Kt3; II. P·KD4, Kt(4).U3; 12.. P·BS or 7. __ • Q·K13; 8. ().O, QxP; 9. Q.R51 7. __ .. 0 ·0 S. 0 ·0 a ·Ktll It lru:lead P ·Q3 Wblte e»uld establish a X·slde r>:;twn mnjQri1y wJt h KtxKt. hKl ( ........ . BxB?'! , KhKt cb; BxB, !>xB. 9. P· B4 P·03 10. 0 ·03? .. _ .... In o rder t o play QKt·Q2 and Qft..K1 with an Impresslve·Jooklnll game, but Shafre r r efutes this scheme vcry nicely. 8 ·KU 01' K ·RI were better move •. 1 ~. _...... KtxKII 11. Bx Kt • __ •. 11. hKt is 5U'11wel"fll In Ule same WIlY. 11. __ ~.. P..Q4! 12. axp KtxB If __ , n ·Ql . then 13. Q.1M. p .B3; J4. !>.KS, PxB?; 15. PIIQ. PxQ; 16. hKi. n . P xKI B· KB4 14. o-a4 Q·K131 A dlff'lcult move to meet . Black threa t e ns ..... _ . • B-Q6. :and If Jt.82?, BD{L 15. R·KI B..Q'? As SharIer pOinted out lal...-r , __ ._ .• D-K5; IG. P·KU. QR·Ql would h .. ve re­positional .. dv"n!'Ige. 16. Q·Ktl B-KS II. allB BliP!? 17. P·KU O R.Q I A darinc ,acrl~ or a p leee whleh barely bib. White ,",uld h:;tve little to fear, however. after ___ • RPIIB; P ·84. I'. P ·64 . 8 ·B31 The alternative was .~. R.'tP; 20. Qxn. QIIB. Qx8 ch ; 21. K-R1 . QxP; tt. Q·B3!, Q·K87; ~. Q-K2., Q-Q5; 26. Kt.R3 and White ' ho uld win. 20. 8 ·B2! _ . N~ssary to prevent a sacrirlce 'It KKU aner BIsck's next move. Of COIn'lie not 8·K3??, Q·K5 and mate 'nUows. 20. • R.Q6 21 . KI·B3 O·KtS!

At this point White had a bout ~O I minutes a nd Black Qnly about sill mlnutes In which 1.0 eomplet.. fifty moves. But with gOOd r eason White wn$umcd more t h an 20 'lf t hoSfl. 'pr«:IQu, minutes on hb nex1 move. What can he do~ Jl 22. K-B!. 1J.B6; 23. R.K3, Q·R6 ch; 24 K-KI . RxR eh; 25. BlIR. Q·Kt7! or H 22. R-K~, 1J..B6; 23. K·8 1?, Q.R6eh; 24.. K.Kl, Q.J{t7 01' 22. R·K3!, Q·R6. 21. R·KSI! Q·B6 1t ......... B-B6 White finesses the w in with R·lO! 23. R·OSt P..QKt41 "White cannot capture the p awn, but the win Is stUl tbere! 2a. R..QII . PXP 27. OxB QxO 2S. R(T)x RI PxR '28. KtxQ P..Q7 2'- o-U 8xR U. K'·831 ._._. Of course n ot Kt.K3?'!. R·KI; Kt-Q.I . n · KS eh and wins! The remalnder of the ,arne wu playcd to erlreme Urne pressure, neither player keeping score. Afte r a couple of minutes of "'bUtz" White', nag fe ll .. but re-construetlon or t he tame showed tiI:;tt a t least 54 moYCa had been made. :and Black's dllhn of forfeiture ' was thus ton ll· d .tc<l. A hlrd·fought 4Uuggle.

2f. M.M.M

)0. 1(141 31. K·81 n. P-QRI 33. ,,·1(1 34. 8 ·1(3 3S. exp 36. B· Bl 37. K-Q2 3L K-82 39. P.l(tlch 4O. K.Q3 41. Kt·K3c:h 41. B.Q4eh

.... , ... , R-QR3 p' KBe

K·82 1(·1(3 ....

P' Kt' K·85 ft_1<3 ....

P-QR4 K ·84 " .83

41. K·84 R·Kl 44 • • .oKt4 PxP 45. fOx" I( ·Q2 ... KI·QS R.1(1 41. Kt·B6ch K·1<3 41. Klx," RxP 49. Kf.lCt5ch K.Q2 Sit. K-Q5 R·KKt1 51. I(.K$ Ax P $2. I(·IU K.ln n. KxP K.Kle 54. B-B5 " ·85 55. Kx P I(·Q4 56, K·KI, RI!51 gn5

OFFICIAL WINS i

E. A. Coon', St(rtM,y·Tudm,u olth~ P~nnl7ll'. ni" St.tt Chtl1 Fdutlt ion, ."i'~! hi, 0"'" book .nd Cd'~S in on i, in thi, g.mt.

QUEEN'S 'GAM IT DECLINED MCO: palle 17', column 13 tkJ

P e nnsy lveni. Stat. Tourn·.ment York, 1953

White 81'lek J. G. WALTZ E. A. COONS 1. p..Qa P.Q4 '2. P..QU Kt·KBl? Tbl.8 losoes control of t he cente r. Better arc the regula r 2.. M_", P .K3; 2.. M_" p. QIl3 ; and 2.. M'_.' hr. 1. Px P I RefUtation. 3. __ . Ktx.. 4. " · K4 But thlti 1I)'lI'ly lookin, move 1$ . not best and Ihoul('l only III'ad to equality. CQrrect ts 4. Kt.KN! (to pre ..... nt the counter _._. P ·K4), 8 .B4; 5. Q-KU, K t;. Qll3; 6. QKt.Q2! . (not 6. Q~ QKt­XU; lind wins) K t- Kt3 ; t . P·K4, B-Kt3; 8. P-QS, Kt-KtJ; g. P..QR4. P..QR4: 10. Xt-IU, Q.Kt-Q2; I I. B-QKU. Q-BI; 12. Xt (Q2).Ba. a Dd White hall a distinct 'IdvantllJ:"e. . . ._ Kt·KB~ 5. KI..Q83 P·Ka! DIad: explolb tha oml.-lon 'lr 4. Kt· K B3! r. P..Q5? Quest.!onable, It lee"". The recom­mended line I. 6. K t;.B3. PXP; 7. KtxP, U·QlJ4; 8. 1J.K3, Kt-KU; 9. Kt·KG. QxQcb; 10. lIxQ, Hxt'lt; 11 . DxB, p. QK1.1; 12. B-Q4. p .QlJ4; with even chances. If 6. P XP -li QIIQeb. 6 • .• __ • P·B3 7. B..QB4 Again. It 7. P xP1' QxQch. 1 • • __ PxP'. PlCP " __ 1\ lItt1c belte r . If not whon y sa t \.$[a.,. tory, l' •. KtxP. KtxKt ; 9. BxKt. a..KUch; 10. 842. The ~d, lsolated QP, whleb the text establishes, turns out to be a liability. •• ~_._ .·Q3 A Nlmzovltehlln blockader. , . KKI·K2 0.0 Or 9 ........ P·KIU; 10. Q.O, P ·R3; aDd then 11. M __ ' Q().; avoldln,r a plD on the XK t and pre5l! rvln,. the ICD. 10. 0.0 Or the pin - 10. B-KKl5. 10 . . M_ P·KRl 11. Kf.KU Sou nde r 1$ 11. p .KR3 and U . D-K.3. 11. ___ . P ·R3 13. P.KR3? 12. Ktx8 OxKI This lose. t h e QP. Necessary ill 13. p . Qnal . 13. ........ QKt..Q2 14. B·Kl ..•. ~_ If 14. Kt."B3, P .QKt4; IS. B-KCl, B·Kt2; (ollowed by ._ .... Kt.Kt3 and ...... KR-Ql" and BI.ck win. the QP . 14 . ..... _. P .QKf4! 1\ etronS' move. 15. B·KIJ a·Kt'2 16. Q..Q2 II 18. Kt.D3, p·I(tS; 17. Kt moyes, and then Black ta kCl the QP. 16. _._._ Kt·K5 The Immediate capture of the QP \.$ playable too. 17. 0.03 _. __ 17. Q-B2 lave. a move. 17. __ • KI(011-84 19. PIKt II. Q·8 2 Kill. Inavnuch .. lbe QP mus t laU anyway. White should avoid doubled QKtPs w ith 19. Qx.Kt(Kt3). 19. _. BliP 20. KR..Q I Threatenln, 2 1. Qrl(.t. , DxQ; 22.. RxQ, and ..... IN. 10. M_ Q.KJ 21 . KI· Bl lJettf!r lti 21 . R-Q3. 21 • • __ KR·BT 2'.1. Q-K2 0, 21 Q.Q3. B-Kt2; U. P-QKI.4. trylnc to poIIt the Knl&bt at QB$.

u. _ R·a l 25. B· 82 Kf.84 23. p·83 Kt·I(I' · 2'. P ·KK t4 N. Q.Q3 R..Ql A fahd _akenln~ of tho kln,""de. Hettel' 26. It-QKt6. 26. _. Kt·K2. 27.8-Kt3 R(83.-o3 T b.reatening 28. _._. B·nS. 28. Q-K3 Kt.Ktl 30. P·KI4 P· B4! 29. R·KI P·B3

Black Intend>! to crack White'" de· tenses with .. __ • p .K5, 31. 8-81 __ •. II White s naps at tile Palm with 31. lSxP? t hen 31. __ •..• P ·BS!; 32. Q·K:l (If 32. BxBP, KiIIB: 33. QdCt. Q.x:Reh ; wln l) K txB; :13. tp:Kt. Q.x:Q; 34.. RxQ, BlIP; and Black haa I clear..,.. WOIl e ntJ lng. 31. _ •• ~_ P·B5:n. 0 ·113 P-K 51 Threat: ~ .. _ . P·KG. 33. PxP II x P 34. KI·K" Black wins the ending after M. Q-QKt.3 (UlreatenlDg 35. nxlS) QIIQ! 35. KtxQ, B-KU; 36. Kt.R5. 8-BI; 37. IMa. thank. to his exir a UP. 34. _ •. _ 0-0' 35. OR..QI o-RI Not 35. __ • Q-Kt2~; 36. Kt.R5, and White wins tile 8ishop. 36. RXR RxR l7. 8 ·aS ·ntls I()$C' a piece. But there lti no dden soe. If 37. Kj;..B5 •• IIRA: 38. K·BI, Q-Kt7ch; 39. K.1a, r·86eh; 40. X.to, Q-R7; and wins. If 37. Kt.Q4 (37. Kt.Q2, R--QG; wins) Kt-K4; · and m ack hal! a wlnnlnt attack. U 37. 8-Q4, Kt-R5; wlnll. 37. M .... _ 1t..Q6 lI. Res;sn,. 1" 01' I' 38. Q.IU, RxKt; win,; a n tJ If 38. 'Q-Bl. R·Kteh; 39. K.HI, BxQ; wins.

• A Q U EEN IV ANDERS While il loud 10 />tI7 100 m .. ch

'tlnlOm To, a Quan I&'I ",."Jr' l olf tllon~ anil buomn .. nmuhtd i" nltn.)'

PHILlDOR'S DEFENSE Meo: pas, 132,. co lum" 3

E~st Tennes5ee Open Tournament Bris tol , 1953

White Black a. RUCKER K. NEDVED 1. P· Ka P·K4 2.. Kt·Ka3 P..Q3 Bli><:k .dopts In 'lId con t l.uratlon. lhe Pbilidor Defcnse. wbJch Is no loncer In vogue because of Its c ramped nl' tUrf!. J . P.Q4 Kt.o1 This ts the H 'Inb:;tm Variation. In which

NEW LAWS OF CHESS Offici a l Ame rin n transl.tion

of the new Iilws of Che n , copy· right 1954 by the United Statel Chesl F e d e ration, now avail· . ble in mimeographed form. Conlains all the latest changes in the Laws, as ame nde d by the FIDE Congress ,It Sehaf· fh.u sen, 1953. Cluifies many ilmbi guou s laws in the 'lId code. Send SO ce nt, for one copy, or $1 for three copies, t'l the United St.tes Chess Federation, 93 Barrow Street, N e w York 14, N. Y.

GUEST ANN~TATORS Curt 8ruket Imr. Konig Dr. Erich MarchanG

ilack lUau tL.:.ina • l'awn at K4. Ljke J • •..•.••• 1" .t'xr-; Ulla. ._._ .. " .a(t-KS3; 1t d~'1l nut .... Ult" ..... luall1C. ... B·QKIS? _ ... _. ~OW .blou.:K llIak"" a i, cU$lomaf), 4 . . __ .• , l'~J; u &: ... uu m oy >.:, Wilil tcn:tp.J. whIlA! Ii e>carL~ wuy 1.0 aClllevc an ad·

"Vanu.gc 15 'I. 6-Q.l!4. I'· QLU; .5. 0 ·0, ·kS-A"; u. "- t·W • .a< ... I·llJ. 7. I··QI14, !'·KJtJ; 0: i""\lt>\..S, Q·U,,; \:I. ll-Kt:l. And 4. U· Q B"'. 1'·QD3; S. 0 ·0, ll-K:t. 6. 1':11.1-', PltJ? ., . ....1-hW • . U;d(.t; 6. Q·u .5, p .ru(t3; 9. QxU. QxQ; 10. ~:(Q, Y·K tt3; U. B·QZ, ... liO 51JJ:lIl1y III VO"" \Yl1 lte. 4. •. __ .. P ·Q.B) 6. Q.Q31' S. B-1(4 KKt·b3 'J.h1s should cOlit at (ca5t a Pawn. Be5L Iii 6. Q·K2. 6. ........ B·K2? With 6 . ........• l 'xP; 7, I{txl' (7. Qx.P? j',QKt1.; tI. 11·1..::t3. P ·D4; 11. Q·K3, P -ll5; ana Uiack win5 a pie(le-NulIh's A I·II; Tl'ilp) Kt·B4; tI. Q.QIU, Q·l14dl' 9. Ktr 83, KtxJ:S; 10. QxKt (llIa(lk williS It piece on lO~ F·QKWI Q·KoIj QxQ; u. KtxQ., KtxP; UJ3ck ,arnct":!! It J'awn aud a proba ble win. 7. P · B4 0 ·0

R·;(l 8. P·KR3 l'referable B'.

Iii UIU

, . B· K3 10. P-QS

. d eveluplne 10. Kt..

10. _ ... _. 12. P-QKI4 P-QKt4 11. up"p M· !) 1 13. B· KIl " ·01' ir 14.. I,!x l ', K tl l! ; ev,m 14. 8-Q2 p ", p 1"- KI-83 1.5. BxP Q .KIl 17. 0-0 Another id ... a is 17. _ •.• _. QU·Bl ........• Kt-B4. 11. R· Kt Q·I<t l

P-QR4

""w"". .. ., Kt· R4

alld 18.

J1J.a ... .II: wanta to shin hi' KU t o K t3 a nd must prutect hl.s Q.P aCain In order to do It. 19. QR.Bl B-Ql 10. Q·Kl .... The lIl·fate d wunderina l>egln s. 20. Xl· K2, tollowed. I( pOSSible, b y tbe doub­line of Rook$ 011 the Q8- CUe, o ffen; hapilier Pl""O$pecta. S . ..... _.. B·Ktl 21. O· KU? _._. JOUI"Iley uf no return. Whi te s hould s tay near h omo with :U. Q.Q2. 21. ........ K t ·SSI The relreat 0 1 the While Queen Is cut of.f and 22 . ........• Kt-QG, whlolnG: the .,xchan ge, Is menaced. 21. B·62 K I· B3 23. Q · B5? Thc fatal ,o;t e p. Wh ile s till h as u Ifame with 23. Q.~t3 o r :t3. XL·K 2. 23 ..... _.. S ·Qll X·raylng KKl4.. 24. Q-Kt5 ....... . Thb would bc toreed .$OOner or l."ter

' b y ...... _. 8 ·QB I. 24 • . _..... Kt(lj-R4 Or 24 ...... _ .• KUQP rullowed by 25. __ ...• KtxB. Black w :ants even mure r aJlll()m for the surroumlln A" Queen.

25. Q·B5 8 · Bl 26. BxP \Vh!te mU.'!lt pay two mlt,or l,tcee.e to save his QUI.'OJ.II . Th" re~~, 11 casy lor B lack. 26 •••• __ . 21. Q xP 21. Ktx O

••• ••• B· 6 31

:19. P. KIl :10. P xKt 31. P ·K5

BxKt BxKt

IT 31. Klt-QI, KtxP; wlnll. l l. ...... 8xR Resigns

SICLIAN DEFENSE M ... U · ... a9" 2b, (Olumn 1

Team Match, Board One Rochester, 1953

Not.:s by u.s. t:,,(PCTt v" #,i,h Mtluhulld . W nile lUack

M. J'LASSKACH E. MARCHAND (Ukra'n Self·Reliance) (Rochester Chen) 1. P·K4 . P·Q84 3. 8·84 1. Kt.K83 ' Kt-Q83 A n ole IUQ\I(! wuich bas I.M:CD revived. lau;iy. n offen> \Vnil.e nu adyalll~ •. 3. H.H •• : p.1(3 S. P-QRl 4. K t · 83 P-QR) OJ'i. lu~l· is S. l'-(,hli .sInce U is mON r.:.l!Ilrictilig. Uc>wo,:vcl". it docs yield CUB­U'OI of \'Illite 's QK,lJl. s. P'QKt4 7. P·Q3 6. B·R2 ;<"·&3 l( 7. 0·0, P·KI!.i whmlnJ: a pawn. 7. ~·82 11. Kt·K2 !l. 8 ·,etS 9-1(2 11. P·Bl 9. 0 -0 8 ·K12 13. P-QKt4 10. K·1(1 P ·Q3

0.0 KR·Ql

P·SS

A crucial (.iI,Icisiun. lJ/ack must follow up Willi. a :;iU11'P combination or (lISt) ~d 0111 illJlll'ior posilioll. 14. BxKt •.•. M. The m "ln vuriilLlun. H 14. PsI', KtxKP f!Ov ol'S UJ:lck. Artcr lIle text move While hopC!i for H. ........• BxB; 15. 1>·c;,1 ! (nol 15. ""P, Pd'. 16. BxP, Klxl'; 17. ll.xKl', FxH; 111. RPxKt, Bx..KF). 14 . ..... _. PAPI ' j ' h i>;; hi the :twlschenzul: ULlOck was counting 00. 15. BxB PxKt 16. QxKP U 16. BIH.. then P xQ(Q); 17. lliQ. Q-Q6; 18. QU·In, Kt·K4 a n d it I. Dot poaible for Whit .. to trap the Q. 16 •.... __ K lxB 19. Q R·B l P · Rl 11. P ·B4 PxP 20. R·82 , .. 8aP KR·QBl I{ 20. DxRP, !.bell 20. ___ .• Qx.R; 21. BxB, ""P. 20 • . .... _. Q·Ktl Here Sh'ek could 10ie a PIOWD brU. !ti'ntly with 20. • ••... _. Dx P; 21. QxB, » -Q4; %2.. HxQP, PxU; 23. ltxQ; 14. UxKt. l'xKt; Z!".i. PxF. U.·86; 26. K (l)-K3 21. B·KIl ..... . 21. KK·Qlll wa. in order .0 a. to co nlO!st the QB f ilc. 11. .... _.. RxR 24. P ·Kt3 Q·R3 22. BxR R-QBl 25. KI-Q4 2.1. Q-Q3 Kt· Ktl If 25. It·QUI. QxP. 2S. ........ Q..Il~ 16. R-K3 O·KI7t

Far beller than lallina into thc t rap 26 ........ _, Q -RS ch; 27. Q.QI, QxQ eh; Z!l. BxQ. R·BS; 29. R-KI. BxP?; 30. Kt·K13:, R.x.B; (If 30. ._._ .. , R·B+-or Kt8-; 31. Kt-Q2); 31. Rx.R, a ·U7; 32. Itxf'. 8xKt; 33. RxRP with a better gume for \VhUe. 17. Q . Ktl? _ ..... . /'t.. blunder to be sure. but Black h al no d C!C".tsC. If 17. n ·K2, Kt·K4, 28. Q.K3, Q xKt , 29. QxQ. Kt·BG ell. U 17. a ·Qt, K l·K1 and the Kt is 100t. 1£ 17. 8-Kt3 (or 11.4), Kt-K4; 28. Q.Q1., R-B8. U 1:1. P ·B4, P·K4. etc. 17. QJ(KT Resign.

Attleboro, 1953 w, w,' I. Sven Bra.-U: ._ .. _._ ..... _ .. _._ W2 WI D 3 W4 W6 6 ,· I 'L" 19..is 2. A. C. Martln .... _ ...• _ ...... _ .. LI W9 wa W5 W3 W6 04. 5;:;.111 3. D. lludnut .............. _._ ... _._W9 W4. D I W6 LZ W7 wa .5~·11 4. K. E . GU5taCIIOn .... _ ... _ ...... . WG 1.3 W9 L I W7 W10 D2 4.1.2i 5. lly Fine 3-4 (6.25); 6. E. A. Caplilon 2l..ol ~ (5.00), 7. D. B rask 2~-4t (4.00); Gustarson 2-5 (4.50); V. G. A. Martin 2-5 (3.25); 10. S. m ebllng 1-4; (2.50).

16.7 5 10.75 & F.

NOTE : In this issoe ", re crosl·SCOrfl< of several toornaments played In 1953 which w e re not 10D% USCF Rated Events. Hereafter, any tourn",ment played after December l l , 1953 which II not 100% U SCF Rated will not h ave its erIK" scor e table publis hed In CH ESS LIFE.

BY ' Charles Morgan

• PAUL MORPHY

THE most meteoric plaYer chess has ever known and the first United States Chess Champion. Paul Charles Morphy, wns bom of Spanish

and French parents on June 22, 1837 in New Orleans .. He was the son of Judge Alonzo Morphy of the High Court of Louisana and Thelclde Carpentier. He was one of {our children-two sons and two daughters.

P aul attended the Je!!erson Academy in Ncw Orleans, graduated from St. Joseph's College at Spr~ Hill, Ala. in 1854, and obtained his IllW dt'!gree "from the University of Louisiana. He was admitted to the bar b~fore reaching his twentieth birthday. His brilliance was al· ready evident: fluent in four languag~ and knowing, word·for-word, almost the entire Civil Code of Louisillna, •

His lather taught him the ladies of New Q,rle:ms ,society moves at the tender age of ten. since he was a "mere chess Chess was the f<lmily game for player." A mos t crushing blow the older Morphys, but, soon, th ey was the Confederacy's refusal to were no match (or the future accept him for diplomatic serv­champion. He taught himself chess ices. strategy and tactics by following In 1869, Morphy quit playing their games. Morphy's first ad· any form of chess. venture into master chess was in 1850 with J . J. Lowenthal of Hung­ary whom he beat Ph·ih .

At the age of twenty. invited to the First American Chess Congress in New York. he won his first major title. the U.S. Champion· ship, by beating Louis Paulsen of Iowa. 5-1·2 (wins-Iosses-draws) in the final round. Returning borne, the young champion repeated his New York challenge of a Pawn and move to any American citizen, but it was not accepted. - In 1858, at London, Morphy beat

Lowenthal. 9·3-2, and the Rev. J . Owen, at Ute odds of a Pawn and move, 5-0·2. l\torphy challenged Howard Staunton, a Shakespearean scholar and one of the ranking players of that day to play a match, but his eHorts were fruit· less.

Many consider ·the year of i\{orphy's rt'!liremelll from clJess as the year of his death. at least as far as intellect is concerned.. He was the victim of a persecu· tion compLex; he would eat food onLy from h is mother or sister Helena. His famil y tried. unsuc­cessfully. in 1882 to put him in a s.anatoriuID.

The " pride and sorrow of chess," who, in three short years, rose from obscurity to become World ChampiOn. died on July 19. 1884.

, By Maurice A. Druet

SqUare No.3

2 3 4 5 At Paris, Morphy. in spite of David Harrwitz's frequent "indispo­sitions" and his O\VD weak start, beat · the 'King of the Regenco' (Harrwitz), 5-2·2. Morphy's greatest 2 triumph was his victory over Adolf Andcrssen. World Champion and winner or the great 1851 3 London Tournament, 7·2-2. Morphy then became the new 'Vorld Cbamp ion. Immediately. he offered 4 a Pawn and move to anyone in the world. No Challengers.

I I

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Not broad or aeneral

BcCore leaving Paris, the new 5 champion played ' a "friendly match" with Au gustus Mogredien. Pres ide nt of the London Chess 1. Club, winning 7.(J.D. 2. Enrag ed

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s

2,. Any p lant. eenus ArUplelt

In May 1859, Morphy returned to New York and Boston and a host of banquets attended by such dignitaries as Agassiz. Iiolines, Longfellow. and LowelL P laying a match, at the odds of a knight, with James Thompson, one of ,the sixteen participa nts in the First American Congress, Paul won 5-3.

RetUrning home. Paul issued his final Pawn and move challenge, but . receiving no response. de· clared his chess career closed. He .. would not nccept Louis Paulsen'S challenge of a match on equal terms.

Morphy failed to develop a law practice since everyone considered him "only a chess player." His proposal of mnlTiage was rejected hy one of the prominent YOUDg

3. To neCled 4. BIblical nlUDe S. CllESS

3. To hide 4. One of Three

MusJc.eteers S. Mallgn look.

AU wunl. u sed In theae square. may be (ound 1n W e b s ter'. l ntern:r.tlonal Dictionary (Unllbrldeed ). Solution in March SOI',ue.

Solotlon

•• S C R E E C H E S S RAAKS ACTEA WEARY

Salem (O re.) ChUI Club engaa:cd the Cascade Chess Club of Albany in a match at Salem YMCA. Cahlins: a 16*· 911z vk:tory over the vi5itora. Chess p layers. beglnners Ilnd visitors, are Invited to meet with the Salem Club which eonvenes o n Monday evenings at the Salem YMCA.

d1)ess Cife SGlurJtrY. P.O. 7 FtbrWlr/ 10, 19'.4-

Sttt'lrJ"" Page, Fn,TII4r'I20.19H

Wl.at'6 ::Jl.e B~t mOil.? 8, G~ GrTIIMKr

Position N:'.:...;lJii'O;;,-.,.,..,

to pl.y

Se.nd solutions to Position No. .135 to the Editor, CHESS WE, 123 No. Humphrey Ave., Oak Park, Ill. , by March 20, 19M.

Solution to Pos ition No. 132 'l'hiII ill olle lit ManhJ,oU'. brllU.P.ot

IOwlnal.Ln; draWL lD. Manluill Mcl:tw"~, New York. 1!1~ White pillyed 1. R-MI and. Lh\lre lolluwc<l 1, ._~~. ItJtR; It. "-lUI(Q,) ch. ItxQ; 3. P·K~ .l.alemaw[ 'l'here 15 • leu draruaUc but l.'quaUy el!~U¥e line I.D t : lUt', axil; 1.1'.lt8(Q}­cl:l KxQ; 3.. P·KI.5. alao stalcmale; aDd both .... ,uU ......... ·e ... """, • ......" .... eor,,,,,,'­(It m[illl be noted lbal White 111$0 draWl wllh 1. n·ns. Ill' 1 • .ll.-K6. Ilr 1. R-Kt6 In the ume thelWlUc !.lnc,,"olu· Uons whlch arc acceptl.'<l).

Oddb> CDOUih. White IIIII.)' abo dnw wllh I. " ·Kla, for L ~~._. It-lU 15 ans~red b)' 2. R·U4! Our IOlvtra wer~ almost alL «>rrect I.D flndlfli one of the $bt. drawlnll vUiaUons, aDd maDY found $Coveral We pu bl iihed tile ~O$lUOI1 main­ly tu __ II II W;l.¥ pOUib l" lor .0"'''1 to mIu all 5lx of the drnw.. But how Ul4UY would have n:lund them In oyer· bllunl Vby!

CIl!'r...,;:t 1I 0lutlon:s are acknowledied reeeived (rom: W.C. Adtckell (Ashe. ville), J. E. !lIrry (Ann Arbor). M. n. lliumenLllal (llelblre). A. Bomberautt (Plttsbu~), R. .ll.onwell (Pituburih). It. :aurl')' (Jo'L LOIudud.le). O. 1". ehllse (Buffalo). W. n. CLark (Orand Vorkll). J. Comstock (DuJuth), W. J. Couture (Nllrtolk). .1. D. Venne (~'lorluant), K K. Dille (Norfolk), H. A. Dittmann (Salt Lake CIty), C. E. I)le.en ("r ona· wa ... lldll). D. W. Earl (Lol AJamll$). E. Godbold (St. Loubo), 11. W. Qould CUe­Kalb), R. Crande (pal"lltl MB), J. Haliburton, Jr. (Allen). l.l. Hamhur,er {PItUburjlhl. 1.. Harvey (t·ortan.). 1.. Hyder (Jloc:kdlle), C. Joachim (SelltUc). J. Kaufman (Los An,e1es), 1'. Knuppel (New York City), E. J. Korpanty (Belle. View) • .H. Kurruk (San Fernando). M. W. Luebbert. Jr. (KIIDUS City), J. Mel­nick (portlalld), 1.. A. Mercy (Burbank). n. A. Monroe (KnoxYille). C. Mus,rove (Northlake). E. Nash (Wasllln,Wu). Y. V. Opnuov (Monterey Park), C. rayne (Webner Ot'Oves). W. 11. PhllllPI (Kala· mazoo). N . .ftaylDond (liartford). W. L. Reddy (lndl.mapolls. N. Relde r (San Francisco), E. Roman (New Britain) .... t . Schlouer (Dcclltur). I. Schwartz (Dur­and). r. Sil:mond (Colwlck). D. Silver (New York), P. Smith (Charlellton). W. E. SteYena (Laramie). 1.. Thompson (Waslllnllton), L. Towle (Durham). Franclli Trask (Plymouth), A. Troci:s (Phlbdelphla). II. C. Undcl'WoOO (W;uh. lniton), F. J. Valvo (Cullderlaod Center), J . 1.. Welnger (Schenectady). W. B. Wilson (Amheratbur,l. N. P. Wlttini (Salem). N. Zellika (Detroit).

Wo wish to tbank reader Anslaus ~1I11~ ,,, .. Identllyln&, po,ition No. )U .. 1..emgall$-Enduollns. Wellt Cermany, l 'U.

Mldd[atown (Conn.) Che,. C!ub: .New Jo.ng land Champion James Bolton scored 13 vktorlu and 3 Ioues~ wbllc i:lvlng Knlzht odIU to 11 of bh 16 opponents In the jlmull.aneouL

Jou.rn.am.sni JlIly 2·'

Colo rado Ope n Champ ionship De nver, Colo.

Fn"U4T'I ' 21 N e w H aven Che ss ChAmpions h ip

New Haven, Conn, 1St r ound belll..nJi Thursday. Jo·eb. :t5 at

1:30 p.m. at YMCA on Howe SL; open W res1denu of greater New Haven; entry fee 15 p.OO (or $2.00 (or USCI'" membera); $1.00 refunded on comple­tion of aU ,ameli; SwiA it more thaD 10 entranu; Cbll$S and CbccJr;.er Club ot Ne'" HoYen guaranteel $20.00 tn prize, ; tournament d1rector. Spector.

100% USCF rat .. d avenl. f"tb,U4T'I 26·27

M arch ,. Muicop& County Ch&mpion$hip

Phoenix. Aru.. Sponabre4 by EDeanto Chess Club of

PhocniJ:; for details write: T. W. CUD­nlnjlh lm. 3$40 W. McDowllll ~ PhocniJ:. Art&.

1~ USCF rated event. FtblUary 27·28

57th Minnesota State Champions h ip Minneapolis, Minn.

At MlDneapolis CheSll Club, 31 Gl .. n· wood Ave., No., MlnneapoU.; 6 rd Sww; Intry lee ~.I1O ($2.00 refund OD. comple­tion ot ..::hedule p lWi $1.00 raUnc fee for non·member'S of USCF; lSt prhe $1:;.00, t nd prl~e $10.00, 3M pritt $5.00; rlillstration 7;30 a.1ll.. February %7th.

100% USCF uted evant. . March 6·7

Southwest ern Inte rcollegiate Ch.mpions h ip Austin, l'exas

lndlvlduul (not telUD) championship. sponsored by Tenl Chess AA'n throuCIl Teol Unlycnlty Chess Club; open to all collece Itudcnll In .auUi· west; entry I~ $2..00 plu$ $1.00 natlonll ratln, le-e tor non·USCF members: :; rd SwIU. SOlkOff tie-break lni; begins 7 ;00 a.m. Silturday, March 6. conClUdes 6;00 p.m. MDnh 7; Prhel: trophy for first pllce. cups and mcrchandl5e pmes lor at least !lve Pl~'!.i send e ntrance fee to O. J . Bedford. 1_ San Antonio Av .... AusUn, Tex. who will also handle bo\l&­Inll qUI del; for other details. wrlte D. B. KsrlLn. 1208 Momlngslde Dr .. Austin. Tex.

100% USCF ra ted event. - April 15.17

Nevada Sta te Cha. mpio nship Ca.rson City, Nev.

Open La 1111 Neyad .. , Utah and Idaho vlllYeu; en try fee $$.00 plus $1.00 ral­Ins: tee for non.members 01 user; lor details or entry •. write; Harold C. Klsperl. 428 Lon, Street, Carson City. Ney.

100% USCF ra led evant. MUll 15-10

India na State Cha.mpionshlp Loga.nsport, Indiana.

At Bamea Hote l; open W Indiana resident •• bellns at 7:00 p.m. Saturday; S rd Swill; bU5lness meeting ot A:ss"n at 1;00 p.m. will consider USCI' State AIfma tlon; enlry fee to be determined at meetlnl'; ror detaUs. write E. E. fi head, 2715 Cr~n St .• Gary. Ind.

100% USCF rated event.

Subo;e.iptLouI ACClpwd lor

THE BR [T[SH CHESS .. ABAZ[NE " onnded tn 1881 . nd now lb_ olde.t t hea perto<llelll extant. Cam .. Editor: H. Colomoek_Problem Wor ld: S.

Sed,wlek -Q.OO per year (12 lIIIuU>­

So.cl .. e.. eop¥ !k Splola l lhln,pDp~r o.<IIU' .... .., .. t b y

Airmail $4..70 p er year.

CA NADIAN CHESS CHAT I OIf[o[ l[ Or ' .... If til.

CMu Fl<lorl Uon fII Clllld. Only ,ubll , "Uon w[ III _tln. L ....... l1"li ' [',nb, 0 ....... A.Uel •• I n" "". OIll UU .. _

c.n ... lln CIMIt II ... ! Annual Sublerlp'''n: "-'$

CHESS WOl'lD eo.,rtll.ad... A. ...... II.. ""- ....... til •• "Lud II, C. J . s. Punl1. Anlel.,..

Innont'" 111_. proble-. ........ $%.40 per year-a 1Muel

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O"/~, From CHESS LIFE. In Ho. Hum"h.IY A .... ·

OK Part . il L.

M.ry 1·2 Bueunee r Open T ourna m e nt

Corpus Christi, T eIC, At Nlleclll Hotel. in conjunction with

corpua CIu'l5U'I annual "Buccaneer Day .... celebration; S nl Sww; open to all players; e ntry lee ft.OO plua '1.00 ratlne fee to non-members or the USCV; &ll entry teel diltrlbuted In cash prize:s. $SO mlnlmum lit pri= guaranteed. plu:s I"('vo~ Buc<:unccr Trophy; for detaU., write: Harley D. Wlibur, 4.217 Cambridge Drive. CorpUS Cbrktl, Te:x..

100% USCF rated event. M.ry 29·JJ

T exIS Stilte Champ ionship Corpus Ch r isti. T ex.

At Nueee:s Dotel; S nl Swiss; opei'I to residentll of Texas aDd military per­$Gnnel Itationed In Tex .. ; entry fee $$.00 plus membersblp trl the USCI' and the TeSat Chen As:sn (dues $5.00 lid· dltional ror non-n.em!)crsj; $100 lit prize gusrantee<!, addltlo.,.1 prluo:s and trophle.; f nr detaUs. write: Harley D. Wilbur, <lZ17 Cambridge Drlv~, Corpl" Chrlstl, Tex.

100'% USCF nted event.

M~ 29·10 Great Lakes O pen Cha mpions h ip

Chicago , Illinois Held over Memorial Day wcekend.

Yirst prlze to be expe",e paid trlp to the 19~ United St.,tc:s 0.,,, .. Cha,.",Lon· ship o r $ 17!;..00. For Information wrlle: Austin Chell &: Checker Club. AWlUn Town Hall. 5610 West Lake St., Chtcago 44. Ill.

100% USCF ratld ennl. Jun~ 4-6

Tran5-Mississippi O pen Davenport. Iowa

Details t.:m rn .. y .

latcr on tills Sl).year-old

100% USCF n tld event.

BOOST AMERICAN CHESSI

•

'Jbla event hili been caneeUed ror 19S4 bul will be relIUmed next year.

N. Y. CHESS LIFE (Continue d from page 3, col. 4)

can tell. this is one of the strong· est mctropolitan tourneys in recent years!

IN BRI'EF: Army's chess team paid a two-day visit to New YDrk reccntly, dropping a 7·1 decision to the Staten Island C. C. and a 6lh·l ¥.i CQunt to the Marshall C, C. . .... M.arshall C. C. is setting up

an eight·board postal match with London .... For the second time in two months the Marshall C. C. has played Cupid, as the recently· wed Mr. and Mrs. Matt DeLicto Iirst met at the club scveral months ago ... Herb Seidman, with 2O'f.z·1Ih, won a top·notch Mq.rshall Rapid celebrating the completion of lbe club's c h ampionship tourney.

An Eastcrn Intercollegiate Lea· gue is being [ormed to schedule regular competition among col· leics next yell 1', compuable to the set-up in the various FootbaU and Basketball major conferences. Intcrested colleges should contact either yours truly at 200 W. 20th 8t. N. Y. 11, N. Y. Or Bill Howard % Univ. or Pcnn Chess Club, Houston nail, Philadelphia . , I'a.

Maryland (e a. ltlmore) Chen Club: Gr.mdmutcr Samuel Reshevsky .eared 48 wlns, I draws and no 10KeI In a 5G board Simuitaneoull exhibition.

Windsor Castle Chessmen Made of solid pin t le. Big lead weights molded into bases. Fe lts ce m e nted permane ntly with plastic glue. 3¥," King. Comple te set in lea the r e tte-covered case, as illustrate d : No. 21:-BI.ek and Maple ... ~ •. ,., .. Retall $15 80 No. 22-Red and Ivory ........... ~ ... $ 2Q.OO ' Leu 21 % discount to USCF members

Comple te set In leathe re tta-c.overed d e luxe case with Indi­vidual fe lt· lined divisions for aU pie ces: No. 23-Black a.nd Ma.ple ............ Re1all $19.75 No. 24-Red a.nd Ivory ................ $2S.00 Leu 21 % discount to USCF members

COlnple te set o f Black & Ivory m e n l felted but NOT weighted, in s h ipping carton: . No. 27: $ 10 leu 15% to U$CF members............... $8.50

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