" Vol. VIIt: No. 20

Conducted by GUILHE RME GROESSER

SEND soluLlons to Position No. 143 to lhe Editor, CHESS LIFE,

123 No. Humphrey Ave., Oak Park, IlL . by July 20th, 1954.

Position No. 143 A forceful but quiet move inj·

tiates a combi nation that Black can neither avoid or repel. It is a move that has a problemist's {!tHllily to ii, und took both courage and calculation to pay over the board. Two main variations are re­quired to demonstrate the win by White.

Position No. 140 This position, now appearing in

newspaper advertisements of the USCF, is from the May 5th issue of CHESS LIFE. It is a study (not lrom actual play) composed by Dr. J. F r itz, ' but is valuable because it demonstrates a techn ique of end~ ing play wh ich may be useful in

BISGUIER U. S. CHAMP Arthu.r Bisg uier was crowned

new u. S. Champion scoring 10-3, while defending Champion Larry Evans tallied 9-4 for second place. Bisguier conceded no losses but­drew with' Berliner, Evans, Rus­solimo, Bernstein, Seidman and Wach s.

u.s. OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP

August 2-14, 1954 New Orleans, La.

Pl ace: Roosevel t Hotel , New Orleans, La.

Dates : Monday, August 2 through Saturday, August 14_

Directio n : Under the auspices' of the Louisian Chess Associa­tion wilh the New Orleans Chap­ter as hosts ; tournament direc­tor Newton Grant;

Tourn ame nt: Swiss system, ac­cording to regulations estab­lis hed by USCF Tournament Plans Committee.

For Detai ls, Write: A . L . Mc­Auley, 4225 So. Liberty Sl: New Orleans, La.

ALSO W OMAN·S OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP

AND ZONAL Two top ranking -women con­

testants declared U. S. Repre­sentatives to the Women's World Championship Candidates Toum­ament in 1955.

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Position No. 141

White to p l"y

actual game practice. Similar po­s itions can easily arise in Rook and Pawn endings.

NOTE: Do ,,,,t pIau solutions to two positions On 0" .. c<lrd; Iu sure to indi,ttte corue, n ..... ba of p<uition bei"g so["erl.

ULY ESTAD TOPS LOG CABIN OPEN

Olaf Ulvestad , W ash in gton mas­ter, celcbrated his return to tour· nament chess by winning the strong Eastern Slales Open of the Log Cabin Chess Club 61h-1h, de­feating A . E. Santasiere and W. w. Adams in the lasl two rounds 01 the 62-player Swiss even t. Tied for second at 51h -l'h . were Herbert Avram, Lev. Blonaroyvch , and E. S . . Jackson. Avram's only loss was to Santasiere. Fifth to ninth w ith 5--2 each were 'Weaver W. Adams, Claude HHiil1ger, Charles Kalme, Anthony Sanlasiere, and Morton Siegel.

Tenth to s ixteenth in-the 62 play­er event at 4Jh-2¥.o: each were such p layers as Dr. V . Berzzarins, Wil­liam Hook, Fnlllklin Howard, Al­lan Kaufman, John Hudson, Orest Popovych, and Norman T. Whita­ker. It was one of Ule stron gest weck-end chess events in a number of ycars.

PITSCHAK TOPS CLEVELAND CITY

Rudolph Pitschak scored 8-0 to w in the 9·pluyer Cleveland City Championship without a loss. Sec­ond and third on SoB with 5 1h -2lh each wcr e Dailon Stauvcrs and Lawrence Lipking, while. Dr. Emil Roethler was fourth with 5-3. Stau­vers lost to Pits chak and Thomas Ellison, while drawing with Roeth­ler; Lipking lost to Pitschak and Swuver:>, while drawing with Dr. R. R. McCready. Roethler lost to Pitschak and Lipking, while draw­ing with Stauvers and McCl·eady.

NEW ORLEANS PLUS

U.S. OPEN. To Scenic Beauty, Good Cooking

Add America's Chess Festival By MRS. C. L. DA NI EL

SoullKrn Repuuml<lJ;w. useE Wom~" '1 Co ...... iu« Old World charm in a modern setting bes t describes New Orleans

'~hich will be the site August 2·14 of the U. S. Open Championship. New Orleans which gave to the Chess World the international chess

genius, Paul Morphy, is indeed a city of contrasts. It is famIii arly known as "America's Most lnteresting City." _

Si tuated on a cres'cent-sh aped bend of the Mississippi river, little more than a hundred miles from the Gulf of Mexico, this city of 600,000 people h as grown from a small Frencb settleme nt in 1718. Miles of scenic beauty with palm trees and oaks hung with moss exist as the result of a climate wbich is minus the extremes of both summer a nd winter. - The city is a riot oC color in the sprin g when the azaleas and camellias are in full bloom.

Aris tocrats of old France and Spain who formed many of her first setUers have left their im­print with the distinctive Creole architecture which has been care­fully preserved . In the old part of the city with its narrow streets the houses are built closely to­gether and flush to the s idewalk_ Inside the gates are patios and courtyards. The streets bear such French and Spanish names as Bour­bon, Dauphine, Burgundy. This is the Vieux Carre or French Quar­ter, a mecca for tourists, artists and camera fans.

Royal Street with its dozens of antique shops and buildings with iron grillwork, sometimes called lacework, is the most famous street ~ the French Quarter.

, In the French Quarter are 10· cated most of New Orleans' famous restaurants. Here the taste buds of the gourmets may be tantalized by such seafoods as oysters Rocke­feller, shrimp remoulade, trout Mar g u r e y (with mushrooms), shrimp arnaud, trout amadine (w ith almonds), or perhaps a flam­ing desert like crepe suzette, or cerise jubilee ( ice cream with bing cherries). Best known of all is Antoine's, on St. Louis Street, where presidents, generals, admir· als, movie actors and tourists have dincd for over a century. and where the menu is printed only in French. Among other Quarter places to tempt the gourme t are Arnau·d 's, Brennan's, and jf you prefer courtyards - Patio ROyal, once the home of Paul Morphy,

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SM ITH, WADE TIE AT SALFORD

At Salford in Northern England Sgt. Kennet'h R. Smith, formcrly of Texas. ti.ed for first place with International Mastel· R. G. Wade with 3 lh- llh each in the Salford Invitation Premier Tour ney, a 10-player Swiss event. Th i.rd to fifth with 3-2 each were B. Cafferty, C. G . Hilton, and former Liverpool champion P. C. Hoad. Smith lost a game to J. lL Pollitt, the former Manchester c hampion, and drew with B. Caffcrty. Wade lost no games but drcw w ith Cafferty, C. G. Hilton, and P. C. Hoad.

U. S. JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP J une 29·July 9. 1954 Lontl Beach~ Calif.

Place : Lincoln Park Chess Club, Long Beach, Calif_

Dates: Tuesday, J une 29 through Friday, J uly 9.

Tou r na m ent: Swiss system, ac­cording to regulations estab­lished by ~ USCF Tournament Plans Committee_

Hous ing : For free housing accomodations, write p John P. Looney, Secretary, Lincoln Park Che.ss & Checker Club, Lincoln Park, Long Beach 2, Calif.

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ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL Mastering tlte End Game

By WALTER KORN, Editor 0/ MCO

A CASE OF CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM

A CREA 1'1VE improvement was offered by Botvinnik to the position . given on page 40 of BCE. It is No. 55, with the following position: Whit.: I( ., IiCK" ; P's ., QR2. QK13. ('iI • ...,m No.7

K R •• 8Iu.: K • • KKfl; PO •• , QKts, K ..

BeE claims a draw alter 1. ........ , K·84!; 2. K.BJ, K-K4; 3. K·KI4. K· KSI; 4. P·RS. P·84 ch; fo llowed by 5. K-Kt3, K·K6; 6. 1~·R6, P·B5 ch and both Pawns queen simultan­eously.

Botvinnik showed in 1945 thal 5. K.Rll. K-K4; 6. K· Kt3 wins Cor White. He exemplified the theme with a study of his own, diagram NO.7:

4, Solution: 1. K-82, "'-84; 2. 1(-113, K-

1(4; l. P.KI4, "xP c h; 4. KlIP, IC . I(S: S. " .R5, P ' 8 4 chi 4. Ie . R3I, p. as ; 7. P .R'. 'I ''-''---'''~:::::''''''-"!'c--!'>'''--' P·86; I. P·R7, " ·8 7; , . ", ·1(12 wlnl • •. ~ •.•• Whit,

The 1954 National Cha~'on. ship of the Philippines had a de­cidedly USCf !Iavor this year. Vic· tory in the 12 player round robin

. finab went to USCF member MeH· ton Borja of Gapan with 9-2 score, losing games to ru nner-up Carlos Benitez of Pasay, and Prospero Jaramillo of Pasay, both members of the Golden Knight Chess Club which is a USCF affiliated club' chaptcr. Carlos Benitez and Oren· cio Valera oC Manila tied for sec­ond with 8-3; Benitez lost two games and drew two while Valera conceded three losses. Prospero Jaramillo was fourth with 7%·3%. Forty-six pl tlyers competed in a four-section preliminaries {rom which th~ three lop players in e ach section were seeded into the Championship finals . :rhe Cham· pionship event was sponsored and conducted by USCF affiliate Gold· en Knigh t Chess Club of Pasay.

USCF member Rae F. Stiening of Pittsburgh scored a 5-0 victory over

. USCF member Frederick H. Kerr of Allison Park to win the P itts­burg Scholastic Championship for 1954, after a fi rst play tie in the tourney required the play·off. The match had the distinction of being the first individual two-player match to be 100% USCF rated.

'iV Chess hils more headlines with

cartoonist Reg Mann ing using it [or a theme for his work with the McNllught Syndicate. Appearinc in the Arizona Republic of Phoenix for May 18th was his cartoon oC Dulles dash ina; madly CrOln table to table in a simultaneous exhibition against our Allies, his critics at home, and our red enemies while thc " ne utrals" kibi tz. A sign pro­claims this "World War-of·Nerves Games", and the cartoon is headed "Playing the Ficld".

_u.s tift S."""" P". 2 J",,~ 20, 19H

First o(ficiai California State Women's Champion is Mrs. Sonia Gral Stevenson, who ranks as one of the Internalional Women Mas­ters of FIDE on the basis of her European chess record. Mrs. Ste· venson scored 8-0 in an eight play· er round robin event in Los An· geles. Second was Mrs. Gregor Pialigorsky. wife of the famous cellist, in a tie with Mrs. Lena Grumette. formerly of New York, with 61h·llh each. Fourth place wenl to Mrs. F rances Higgins with 4-4, followed by Mrs. J:o'ranees Oswald and Mrs. Frances Frazier at 31Jz 4 1h each, Mrs. Matilda Har­]I1at 3·5, Miss Henrietta Page 1·7, and Mrs. Mary Sheppard 0-8.

Dwight R. Parker, defending champion, successlul withstood the challenge of Steve Liponis in a three-game playoff to retain the l'ortland (Me.) City Championship. Parker and Liponis each scored 4-1 in the annual city event at the YMCA staged by the Portland Chess C1ub.

Ojars A. Cene won the Sacra· 5mento City Championship 3·1 in an eight p layer Swiss, losing no games but drawing with N. T. Austin and o. M. Meyer. Second on Solkoff was N. T. Austin with 2Yl-Ph, drawing with Cel]e, J. B. Gee, and Meyer. Tied at 2Ih·l lk on Solkoff points also for third were J . B. Gee and o. M. Mcyer. Gee lost to CelIe­,HId drew with Au:;;tin; Meycr lo:;;t no games but drew with Celie,' Austin, and J. A. Celie.

Dr. Julian Keilson, Massachusetts State Champion, won the Speed title in a rapid transit eve nt held by the ~ MSCA at tlie Cambridge YMCA with 10Yl -1h score. Second with 3-2 was Kazy Merkis, chess editor ol the LithUanian language newspaper "Darkininkas".

GARAIS TOPS CLEVELAND OPEN

19ors Ga rais topped thc Cleve· land Open Championship with 7·1 in the 44 player Swiss, losing no games but drawing with A. Ro/). boetoy and J . Gilchrist. Alfred Robboetoy was second with 6'h-1'h, losing one game to Gilchrist. Third to fifth with 8-2 each were Malcolm Patrick, J. Gilchrist, and R. Lar..:en, while sixth place went to R. JO}lnson with 5'1.1 ·2 '1.1 . Sev­enth to eleventh with 5-3 each were Dr. S. Trcsz, Dr. A. Nasvytis, R. Kause D. Zaas, ,IUd G. Bartkus.

McCOMAS TAKES MARYLAND TITLE

In a 17·player Swiss conducted by the Maryland Chess Club oC Baltimore Richard McComas ' and Boris Garfinkel tied .for the Mary· land ti tle at O'h · l !f.t e ach ; but Me· Comas scored 1'f.t·1fl in a play.off ma tch with Garfinkel to rctain the Utle. Former State Champion Lars Enequist and George Hardman tied for third with 5-2 each, wh ile Ber­nard Rosenthal scored 4'h·2¥i: for JiHh pJace,

In lhe regular event McComas lost a game to Lars Enequist and drew wilh Milton Goldinger, while Garfinkel ]ost to Michael Tilles and drew with Rolf Benxinger. Ene· quist lost games to Garfinkel and Armin Sur·gies, while Hardman lost a game to Garfinkel and drew with Milton Goldingc f and Mc· Comas. _

-----SHAW TRIUMPHS AT ALBUQUERQUE

.Tack Shaw by vir tue of a I Jh·Jh victol'y in a playoff with Roger Haines won th~ Albuquerque Cily title; both scored 5'k·11Jz in tbe

,regu]ar evcnt. Tie Cor th ird and four th was also broken by play· off whe n Hall J ones scored 2--0 over Jessliye Wheeler, who had tied him .. t 5-2 in the .. tourney. Fifth to seventh on Solkoff points were F loyd Miller, Art Innis, and Gordon Charlton with 41Jz ·2'f.t in the 23·player Swiss conducted by USCF arriliatcd Albuquerque Chess Club.

Shaw lost no ga mes but drew wi th Hai nes, Jones and F. M.iller; while Haines drew Warren Miller, Jones and Shaw. Jones, who drew with Hai nes and Shaw, lost a game to L. W. Dorbandl; while Wheeler lost games to Shaw and Haines.

PEJTERS TAKES COLORADO TITLE

In a five round Swiss lor the Colorado State and Denver City Ch ampionships, Rudolf Pellers of Ft. Collins, Max Wilker son of Den· ver, Lt. B. G. Dudley or Lowry AFB, and Allred Hulmes of Den­ver scored 4·1 and placed in the above order under tie·breaking ru les. The crucial lourlh round game betwecn Pc llers and Wil· kerson was adjourned until aiter the last round, keeping results in doubt until the fi nal resignation . Petters, who recen tly moved with his fami ly Crom Germany, gained t he 19::14 Colorado Championship Cup whi le Wilkerson took custody ol the Denver City title and the Reese Trophy for one year.

Cl. ••• .,f;/. .!In nw 1jort

By Eliot Hearst

S EVEHAL of us younger play­crs at the Marshall Chess Club

have been subjC(:ted to much josh· ing by Mr. Leonard B. Mayer, cap. tain of the Manhattan C.C. cham· pion team, who terms us " maid· ens"-.since we have "'been Mar· shall members for almost ten years and have yet to witness or participate in a victory over the Manhattan titOlns! The uptown club's skein of victories was lengthened again this year, eve"rl though for the fi rs t time in a long time the Marshall tcant seemed to have the better of it on " papcr"_ an observation Vo\h ich was ,not borne out by the 8-4 Manh attan win which r~sulted!

This ycar, instead of the usual split into groups of four and sub­sequent pairin¥ of these by pure lottery. two divisions 0'£ six com· batants each were made and these groups, tlS beCore, wert; paired by chance. The top six Cor the Man-­hattan: Denker, Shainswit, To/ner, Bisguier, Pavey and Horowitz, were believed to baY{! the adva ntage ovcr their respective opponents: Evans, Lasker, Santasiere, Simon· son, Collins, and Hearst, but t he Marshall was expected to "rack up" on the bottom six boarWl where their LeCorn u, Ulvestad (back in chess again!), Mengarini, Hanauer, Pilnick and Donovan were slated to meet the Manhat­tan's P inkus, Schwartz, Sussman, Sh ipman, Vine and Bernstein re­spectively. As it turned out, the teams fought to a 3·3 tie on the top sextet and the Manhattans scored a 5-1 romp on the bottom six ta­bles!

Certainly the match was much closer than the linal score indio cates and for some time during the evening it looked as if the Mar· shall Club might win its first vic­tory in a decade over its perennial riva ls. Ulvestad and Schwartz were the first to linish ; despite the continuous buzz 01 excitemen t over the lact Urat Ulvestad bad an "overwhelming attack," his re­doubtable opponent played steadi· ly, rcbu!Ccd t he onslaught and lin· ally scored the point when " Ollie" blundered ·badly in the endgame. Next to finish were Santasiel·e and Turner who contested one of those stereotyped " sacrifice or blunder?" games; Santasiere "lost-sacrificed" (?) a pawn in the very opening, but eventually regained it with a wi nning bishops o( oppos ite color endgame. The match thuS was tied at 1·1 and remained in a deadlock with subsequent draws between Collins and Pavey and between Hearst and Horowib:; the former game, pitting two recc nt N. Y . State titlists together, was called a draw in an approximately level position, while the latter contest found Horowitz a pawn behind but with a strong attack as compensa· tion for this mater ial diSOldvantage. The editor of CHESS REVIEW, however, not wish ing to take an unnecessary r isk and perhaps cost

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The Manhattan vs. Marshall Match By U. S. Master HAROLD SUSSMAN

The result or this year's tussle was certainly not a discredit to the bard righUng Marshall learn. Until the end of the., 4th hour when time pressure set in on many boards, the struggle looked close. The teams were paired this year in two groups of six players each and the Marshalls held theIr own in the higher group.

At board one; Denker took an early lead and won a pawn. Evans secured some compensatory deyelopment ,but it was generally expected that he wOl!ld lose. In the closing minutes of the game, Larry i'!tuitively sacrificed a bishop and IXnker oollapscd at the crucial point in an amazingly complicated position . In all fairness , Arnold was greatly dis­turbed by a commotion at the Bernst ein·Donovan table which caused havoc throughout the room, but it must be noted that Larry played very

" well indeed. - . ..,«~

At second board, Shai nswit, with Cornu down in the ending. The the white pieces, played a Queen'l$ game was somewhat in his favor Gambit Accepted in reverse. He se· all the way. LeCornu scaled at the cured the better game and was 41st turn but resigned the game expected to win, but ncar the e nd later without resuming play. of the four hour mark weakened and Dr. Laskcr outplayed him to even up the position. Shainswit scaled a vcry strong move and whcn the veteran made the wrong reply a few moves later, thc game was as good as over.

At third board, Turner worked a sly trap in the opening, a Gruen· fe ld DeCc!flse, to win a pawn very quiekiy. Sanlasierc had tiny com· pensation in slightly superior de· velopment, but it should not have been cnough. Somehow, Turner lost the thread o{ the game and lost back two pawns to ~ach what looked like a drawn opposite ·B ending, one pawn down. Apparently demoralized ~y the turn of events, Abc put up a weak resistance in the onding, .l"or Santasiere, ,after the opening, it was a superb per· fo rm:mce.

An event (ull ot struggle occurred at four th board between Albert Simonson and Arthur Bisgu ier. Si­monson played a Benon i Defense to a QP game, and Blsguier con­verted it to a Sicilian in the Rich· ter line! Both sides played wit!! originality but Simonson, a very talented playe r, showed his lack of practice and was outeombined. Arthur played the opening cleverly and won two pawns in the mid· game. He simplified into a win endlni where he ~ad a knight against Simonson's bi shoP' with one extra pawn. Bisguier's perform. ance was impressive. He i!< in top form and bears watchln~ in the U. S. Champion:;hip and Russian malth.

Fifth ~ board was relatively un­evenlfuJ. Pavey defended with a Nimzo·Indian, secured an even ga me early but could make 110 fur­ther progrcss. Collins forced an op­posite B ga me and the game was agreed drawn in 27 moves.

The play at sixth beard was amusing. I-Iorowiu got In his [av­orlle Ruy LopC7. and Hearst de­fended with the Ritd Defense via 3. Kt·Q5. In his element, Horowitz sacrificed a pawn anti quickly got to what looked like a wi nning posi. tion but apparently he couldn't lind it. for the ga me fizzled out after 20 moves in a draw by three­fold repetition. In fair ne!iS 10 AI, the so·called win was difficult to find (if at all ~here) and he was in I time pressure (as was Hearst).

Phil l..cclrnu was outplayed by ' the veteran Al Pinkus in a Nim1.o· Indian by the hitler. Plnku~ utilized superior strat~gy and wore I.e

The eighth board saw an excit­ing encounter between Olaf Ulves­tad Ilnd Eddy Schwartz. Ulvestad defended a Ruy Lope;>; with his usual ingenuity and sacrificed two pawns for which he received strong K-side chances. This game was counted in the Marshalls' till until ncar the very end whcn Schwartz suddenly played a strong Q move which should have drawn. Ulvestad refused to simplify and accept the half.point, and drifted into a lost nand P ending. Schwartz deserves much credit (or defending an on· erous posilion for several hours under heavy pressure o.n his K-side.

One of the most exciting games occurred at the ninth board where Dr. Mengnrini confronted Dr. Suss· man with his favorite repl ~ to the Grucnfeld Defense-3. Q-B2 (Men­F!arini Vllriation). Aftcr equalizing lhe opening rapidly, Black chose a very danf!crous continuation on his 14th and 15th moves whieh offered a piece for three ptlwns. Dr. Mcn­j;!arini nreferred to go his own way amI later offered mnterial in re­tu rn . The po~ition became fantas­t ienlly oomplicated and lbe time pressur(" on hoth olayers plus the commotion tit table twelve increac;· ed the confu~ion . When it was all ov('r. Mpnqarini had ocen outcom· bined. This !lome was in doubt until near the v<!ry end Ilnd both players crot II major "workout."·

Tenth board ritted Milt.on Han· al1er Il"nin.~t Wall.er Shinman. who"" KP ol)rnina was countered bv the Frpneh Defr.nsc. Shipman got HI" lvotter ""I\...,e anri won a nawn in the mid~ame. The I!ame was adiOllrnpri in :'I Rand l' end· inel with Wlilter havifil! R and two nalYn" aaa inst R and pawn. Tt lookeri won tor ShiTlman but he slinl"lf'd lIomf'whf'rp in the final ~ t.:U!f!S anri drew with Hanauer for the 3rd year in a row.

A dour strll~l!le ensued at the e levcnlh table where Ca rl Pllniek mel C:'I rl Vi ne. The Iormer Mnr­shall eham oion treated his oppon­cnrs King's Indian with I!rea t care and he ~ot the hr.tter "arne. Vine sacrifiood a J)i«E' for three pawns to achieve a orobable drawini posi­t ion bllt Carl mishandled the ad­journed position when he had at lhe very l ea~t a forced draw. Vine nJavl'd the Cinal stages of the end­in ~ with great skill .

The twelfth board pitted .Jerry Donovan against Sidnev Bcrnllt(!in. Rcrn~tein f)layed the Richter Var· iation against Donovan's Sicilian

and won a pawn in the mldga me. Donovan, although outplayed, de­rended tenaciously and near the end of the (ourth hour, Bernstein tried to gain lime on lhe clock by repeating the position several times in a won R und Kt vs. Rand B ending. Apparently he miscalcu­lated for Donovan claimed n draw by threefold repetition and then a "hassle" started with Louis Wolff of the Marsha ll and Hans Kmoeh. the referee, joining in. At long length the issue was~ solved amic· ably and Donovan was round to be r ight-Bernste in had repented the position lhl·ce times. and the game was drawn.

The match ended that evening with the score 4'-h·3lh and four games ad journed. It was thought the match would be close.

As in previous yeaTS, the games were or high calibre and both teams showed to advantage. Again for the MarshaUs, it was a calie .of "Wait until Next Year."

TACTICS AND MORE TACTICS W~n IW<!> /IIe/idll"l ,..ho 1/~,j .. t on

",..;IJ" /'01;li/"" mttl "'U", rhr bOtrTJ, upuillU, in II M,lnh.tulln·MII"h"U MrI 1..("11'" "fiuHltl," /he /0 .. ;1 bo"na /0 fly .

In the /oIlo,..;nll 111"'11,1;(1111, (Ilnlpln: ,uMUit, Nih ""IIIgll";'/1 lr.ttp punching ""~ "u"li/ tht Inll." Tht t (fllt! ltC/ill" II"J the li"'t prtlJlm I;"j,h si((ltl .. ilh Jlupcnlt unlit II ,,,,p.ising ,«ri/itt III II q"un (.m;tl /~ d...,. 'fht Ilpt"i"1f iIIu,. """1 lin ;"o .. II/io," 0/ D •. Mtn!II"" ; •• ntl if 0/ f;ll,,;/kll,"U I(> Iht GroIn/tlJ t!HtOrr.

KING'S INDIAN DEFENSE MCO: pat. 92, (olum" n

Noln b, U. S. MII,ltr

H"ro" SUllnl.",

Whit.. Olt . A. MENGA,ItIN I (M"$ham 1. P-Q~ KI.KII3 2. P-Q8. P.KK t3

JUack OR, H. SUSSMAN

(Manhattan) 3. Q·12

Or. Mpnllarlnl'. Innovallon whic h 1I111 received reco,nlilon I" the 7th :lnd 11th editions 0 1 MCO. n I, sUIi re latlv.1y un· Analyzed howeveJr , and Involves trick, tactlCI as we ~hlll soon ~c. 3. ........ p·O. 5. P·K4 Kt·KI3 4. Px P KlxP AvoldlnJl" Iho trnppy line 5 ......... , Kt· K!5"?; $. Q·R4 ch, QKt·n3: 7. p.Q~, win· nlnl! I pl~e. 6. Kt-Q1 31 M •• ••••

This Indlrec:t defenllC of hi' QP I, the sharpest. Naturally. on S. M_._' QxP!?: 7. KI ·K5, Q·K15·ch; a. B-Q2 wIn .. ,. .M.M.. a ·Kt1 7. I . K31 0.0 A wl.oe deelJllnn for 7 ......... , Blt"P1; a. Kt-KU!. KI·831 Itf II. M •••••• • PoQB4'; 9. BxB. PJlD: 10. Kt-D7 eh wlnl! t he ex· chAn,,,. while .ner A . ......... n ·K4? WhIte lIel.!. thc upper h.llnll with elthcr 9. Kt­K03. 8 ·03: 11'1. 0-0·0 nr 9. TI.QI . D·Q2: 10. Kt·8~. R.Q3: I I. Q.QB3!! etc.); 9. R.Ol, 1'.K4; 111. Kt·K~ relaln, th. pawn with ~n pdJ:e for While. .. K, .a3 M .... M

An ."cnu lve Alternallve b I . 0 ·0·0 10 which Blilek replln .M._., Kt-W to lernpl P..o~. 8nth playen would then hnyo lI t1 ftek lftll chances on opposlnJ: wings. I. ........ I ·KU Thl~ I~ an Imnr ovemc nt nver MCO', OKt-Q~. whlrh Il'avei Black A Cfamoed 1),,1 onlv JlII .. hUv Inferior po,lUon. The I .. d conllnlle. the pressure on White·. ap. t . Kt.KJ M.M ... My own n .... / .. rc~c III 9. R·OI . Kt·8~ : 10. P-O~. Kt-K4: 11. B·K2, KtxKt c h: 12. PxKt. D·RI! With ch ~ncu fnr both "D illv. C!"S, nf O. n .QI . P·1(4!?: to. Px1'. QKI·Q!. .. te. Whethe r m~c: k's 91h move II .ound however Is IInc le~r. t . . .. M... I ·K3 10. R·Qt Kt.oa3 A most dlf/lClll l det!l~lon to mike. The IIl1b,Utut .. II) . . M.M • •• 1'.QB3 Is nnt In the IiIllrlt nf lh.., o""nln .. but III quit.., SCluncl and wt11 _ n.lt7 .... Abo ula,.hle It lG. ........• QKt-Q2. 1 did not fur the reply

"ISS ti'e S'.''''' P'g- 3 .,., J I Jun~ 10, 1954

11. KlxKt (to lhe text) a. 11. _ ... _., pxKt; 12.. B-K2 Itt 12. Kl-R4, KlxKt; 13. QxKt, R-QKtl : . 14. It·Q2, Q·Q3! Is good for Black), R.QKU!: 13. 0 ·0, Q·Q3 and Black hu excellent compensalton for his doubled pawn. alnng the open QKt me and with the ~ tronlr posltlon 01 hl~ piece. tnwllrd. the Q·slde. 11. P·KB4 To be eon"ldered was 11. P-Q5!?, Kb Kl; 12. P xD, Q-QB; 13. Px1' eh, RxP but Black g"b open lines and b ahead in developmcnt In rdurn for tho isolated "1' and Whltc', two tI ,ame. 11 • .. _... KlxKt U. 8 .8$ 12 .. QPxKt Q·81 Th'l. biShop S/)I·lt., lIcs up Rlack temp. orarily. Th.., piece ~ctuaJly stood quite welJ at 1<3. 13. . II: ·Kl 14. B-Q3 B. KtSl? And away we go! Th~ complica ted man· Cuver which follow .. hrlnJ:8 Black 10 Ihe brink of dlsa.t"r bu t he mana,es to Jus~ hold h is head above watet. Safest was 14 •.....••. • P·QR3. prcpninJ: 8 ·M . The imnle{llalc 14 . ........• B·BS? loK:S to IS. BxU!, Klx8; 16. Kt·Q$!, etc. 15. R-Q2 P·Kt.!? Having said "A/' he IIIUsl ""Y "D." Aetuatly Ulaek Will happy here I" achieving a wild IDeUcal type of game In which he le lt com/ortable. 1~. P·KBSI _ ':H Dr. ""engarln l Irave! th is mOre 1Il1 rapt attention a nd fin ally d ecIded tha t It would win the QD. . In Ihls conclusion he was correct_ but ... ! 1' .. _M.M P·1(31 An astounOlnr:: mnye Which time III • surprise to Whitt. Actually, there II 1IUle choice. It 16 •...•....• BxKP ; 17. p. KRl, U-Kt6 eh: II. R-R2 wins. Or 16. _._M., KI.-Q2; 17. KI ·QS!. P·l(3; 18. Kt.K7 ch, RxKt; 19. Hxlt a nd Black', bishop Is .UII . trlnded. 17. P ·8' M_

A cruelal decil iun. Perhap~ better b 17. P ·KR3, 1'xPI; II. PxB, PxKtPI; 1'. BxKt, RPxR; 20. 0 ·0. Q·K31 nnd Blick also plck~ up the KP with 3 pawns for ~ pl .. '!:e ,,,tI a very ~ttonJl" K·.I(le at_ tack. In thl~ line, Mengorlnl "Would hAve rull· eount~rplay a10nJ: the open KB rtle . . 17. M...... I ·KIU The posilion of "Black·s bl. hous are amu"In, but muroh slron,cr than their IPpcuancf>. The Icxt t. forced. .Ine<.' 17 .•.......• U·KUI : 111. B:dl .nd Blllck'. duk &quar~. aboll t the K nre fatall, weak, While 17 . ...•.... , D·KRI pu18 the hlSh()o hopcleuly out 01 p ia,. 11. B.K3 ...... ~ The I nl.ly.11 enthused here oycr Ie . RxKI 10 prevent U,~t piece from e nter. InR lhe lamc but IIncr I' .........• :RPxB: 19. Kt·KI~. ft lmply 19 ....... _. RxP! and If 19. P·Kf!'I, R.R~! . lind In both cases White doe. the lIO u lrmlng. 11. ...•.... Kt.Q2 It. P.KtU •..... Thl l obvioul retort however 18 not the Ih8TPClt . Klene,l 18 19. 1'·1(RlII, B·R.: 20. 1'·K1t41, n ·81 ; 21. J'.KKI41? IMler etlher 21. BxKlP <'If P xP. Black" QD h u a la rc re~lden(e lit KR4 or KKt3. Black ten will win the ppwn .t hll Sf and mike prO!lrUII In the Cllntcr with P-Q84, clc.). Bx1'; U. R·KKt2, KlxKP I snd T am satls£Icd with Dlack'i potit1on. beIng confident or m,. puctl· .... 1 chancel nver the hoard. It. ........ Kt x KP 21. a·o~ 20. PxP 8 ·8 1 AlIh()"llh Ihl. may be the 101lnl1 move , om at ~ 11.1 .... to sugl1e81 a better t ry. Perhap. 21 . R.KR4 l.s str onger al though Mll-ck I. Ihreal~nlnR p .Qn' IItl"'ln,Iy wtth powerful c homcn on the Q •• lde and ccnter. 21. __ .. KI .I 3I 21. P.I(S _ .... Ariel ovctlonkad lny rei'll, and fu lly expeetcd 10 win .t thll stage. Ills threat Is 23. DxRI' ch. 24. 8 ·KII dl •. ch. ."d a m.le a! KR7 wtll eventuat •. 22 • . _...... B.KUI 23. Kt·K2 .... MM

An Inllel\lonll move Mler much thouJ:ht which perhapJI descrved a bettcr r. te. White III I tlllinie nt on Ihe mlill at KR7. 13. _...... Kt·KIS! At thIs point. thc dl!d~l\"c moment of thll Rame, the .. ommotlon lit tahl. 12 oceurn!d. nntl I found my"lf lI.ten· In, In Ihe ar,ument Instead of con­« nlntln!: on tht; PMltion. t fin allY sillmmpd Ih ll knllh t to Its .quare nnd went ov .. r to ~"c what wns caul lnJ: thc .. nmonoUon. 24. Q.KI3 Klx l ch 25. RxKt " .Q84! 80th plav .. u were now In dupernle Ume "reSlUrI'. The text turns the labl" complct .. 'v. IIf we !lhall !leC. 'nlliead 1.,. _ •• M •• RlIR 11\~tJnUy 10lIe~ 10 :!Ii. QxD, .Ie. 21. R.Q8l ••..•.•.

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Reflections on the World Championship Match

"Nfl. no!" • ..iJ 11K Q .. un. "S~nltnu first-"nJict 4tullo'#.J •. " CARROLL-Allce's Advent ... . H in Wond e rland

A T the risk of seeming ungracious and hyper-critical, we must never­the-less comment on the resul ts of the first and second matches for

the World Championship title in which Mikhail Botvinnik has emerged as victor. It is a curious coiocidence that both matches ended in drllWS with Botvinnik retaining the title on the basis of being the tiUeholder rather than the challenger. It may be remembered that the Botvinnik­Bronstein encounter in 1951 resulted in five wins apiece and fourteen draws, while. the recently completed Botvinnik-Smyslov match tallied seven wins apiece and ten drawn games.

These two inconclusive matches for the title are disaPPointing from a dramatic viewpoint; a champion should be a champion in performance and not barely squeeze through. In comparison with past World Cham· pions BotvinDik therefore secms a pigmy among titans. For did not Steinltz erush Blackburne 12% ·7%. Did not Laeker unseat Steinitz 12-7. crush the title bids of Marshall, Tarraseb and Janowski, and only against Schleeter concedc a draw match. Did not CapabJanca dethr one Lasker 9·5. Did not Alekbine triumph over Capablanca 181h-151h in a match with 25 drawn games. Did he not repulse the challenge. of Bogol­jubov twice with 15'h·9 1h and 151£·10% decisive scores. And finally did not Alekhine regain the World Title decisively 151h·91h aiter losing it to Dr. Euwe 14lh-15%_ These were champions who demonstrated their superiority over their challengers. .

Since Botvinnik is not a pigmy in chess, [or al\ the indications of h is two title matches, one must look for other explanations. Botvinnik has not been called "the Invincible" in jest. His tournament record since winning the World Championship has been almost impeccable. His losses of games have been fe w and widely spaced, and in the first World Championship Tournament of 1948 he demonstrated his ability with 14-6, three points ahead of his nearest rival, Smyslov.

ThereIore in view of the Soviet utilization of chess as propaganda the conclusion becomes almost inescapable that these two drawn matches form a part or a planned program. Retaining the title by his two drawn title matches, Botvinnik in effect is suggesting to the Soviet world that he is only primus inter pares-first among equals. The implication is that while he is World Champion (and therefore much superior to play­ers outside the iron curtain), he is actually only an equal of Smyslov and Bronstein in abili ty and skill. This implication Oatters the Soviet world with the thought that they have the equivalent of three world champions among their players. Thus the Marxian way of life is again demonstrated as superior to all others.

This reflection is reinforced by the fact that Botvinnik was among the missing when the USSR team arr ived in New York for the USA­USSR match. The Soviet chess autocracy well knows that Botvinnik's greatest rival in the non·Soviet world is Reshevsky. And it knows also that Reshe~sky is thirsting for the encounter. Botvinnik was originally scheduled to compete in the team match ; but the withdrawal at the last minute suggests that (he Soviet masterminds fear a pricking of the bubble they have blown up so impressively. It would be indeed a catastrophy if Botvinnik should suffe r a minus score against Rcshevsky!

Where then would be the dogma of Soviet superiority, and the legend o[ Botvinnik as primus inter pares!

'I;he Soviet press admits by its vehemence that Alexander'S victory over Bronstein at Hastings was a cr uel blow to Soviet pride and pro­paganda; they dare not risk another blow. U Bronstein's guilt was close to treason in losing to Alexander. at Hastings (and the Soviet press accuses him or indiUerence, impetUOSity and carelessness-for obviously he could not have lost honestly according to their dogma), what would the Soviet prcss say if Botvinnik suffered defeat! We will probably never know, as the SOviet masterminds show no signs of permitting such an e ncounter to occur.

NEW ORLEANS PLUS U. S. OPEN (Continued f rom

01' The (Au!"t of the Two Sisters, or Galatoll'e's. Hallmarks of the typj­cal French res taurant arc the blaek-coated waiters, the plain sur­roundings, and the quiet-no deaf­en.4Jg brass bands between courses to disturb the palate!

J ackson Square which repre­sents the heart of the old section of the city is a "must" for the tour­ist. Tbere stands S1. Louis Cathe­d ral, built in 1749. Nearby is The Cabildo or museum, named after the Spanish governing body, and the Presbylere or priest house. These buildin,gs face a park which contains a renowned equestrian statue of "Old Hickory," the hero of the battIe of New Orleans. The Cabildo houses an enormous cast of the original bronze statue of Bienville, the founder of the old city, and has a copy of the death mask of Napoleon and an original copy of the Louisiana Purchase. Young artists, some in smocks and some wearing beards, display their pictures in the open at this site ncar Pirates Alley which tradition holds was frequenlcd by Jean La· Fitte.

The F rench Market, near the river, with its wholesale and re­tail seafood and produce, offers many strange sights, particularly in spices and seasonings required in Creole cookery. ' The little cof· fcc and dou.ghnut shops which op­erate around the clock are a prime favorit e for natives and visitors. Here one spri nkles powdered sugar on hot doughnuts served with cafe au lait, steaming hot chicory cof· fee mixed with hot milk. Night clubs of all kinds abound in the French quarter, New Orleans is known as "the home of jazz."

All these sights arc within walk­ing distance of the centrally-locat­ed air-conditioned Roosevelt Holel where the USCF Open will be played over a 12-<1ay period. The Roosevelt, but a block off Canal Street, is near the city's leading department stores, shops and the· atres. Its Blue Room is famous for its food and entertainment and the Fountain Room is a popular ren­dezvous . Albert Kirst, a member of the New Orleans Chess Club, conducts the Lounge orchestra.

Also with i.n walking distance from the Roosevelt are the Inter· national House and the Interna­tional Mart wh ich playa vital role in commerce with Latin America and other countries. These two structures arc on thc other side of 17·foot wide Canal Street which divides the old city from the new.

The Amcricans, who followed the Creoles to New Orleans, formed on the othcr side of Canal Street the famo us Garden district with its ante-bellum homes set in the middle of land-scaped grounds.

age 1, column 3) T he Mississippi River whieb pro­

vides the main economic IUe of ' the city is almost completely hid­den !rom view by huge warehouses which line the riverfront. At !.he port freightcrs plying to and fro load or un load their eargocs of banana "stems," coffee, beans or cotton bales. The river may be viewed at the foot of Canal Street or better still from the steamer President which makes afternoon and eVening excursions alfording an intcresting sight of the harbor and su rrounding area, reVealing the industrial side of thc city. Fer­l"it:s fJl"U v iut; l lie unly t:russ lug a ~ this po in t, allhough 10 miles away one can cross the river over the Huey P. Long bridge, a ride above thc treetops, and see the levees which protect Ule cily f rom the r iver.

Sightseeing buscs with transpar­ent tops are available for longer excursions about thc city where the visitor may see Audubon and City Parks. Audubon Park, named for the famous bird authority and painter , contains the city's zoo. City Park with its rolling green acres and lagoons with swans swim· ming l azily about is the home of the Delgado art museum. Oppo­site Audubon Park arc Tulane and Loyola Universities.

The motorist also will see the beautiful cemeteries where the dead are buried above grou nd in

, vaul ts and in the otdes,t cemeteries, even wilhin walls. Here on All Saints Day, Nov. 1, the population tur ns out en masse to decorate thc graves with carload$ of chrysanthe· mums shipped in for this purpose.

A pl easa nt drive is along enor­mous Lake Pontchartrain, one of the largest inland lakes in the United States, which affords fine fishing of speckled trout, croak­ers, sheepshead and flounders, and bathing facilities at Pontchartrain Beach. Thcre along the seawall on a summer night entire families come equipped with picnic bas­kets, lanterns and cast nets to catch the highty·prized lake shrimp and crabs right off the seawall. The lan terns look like so many firefli es. The motorisl may pass an occasional pumping station which helps pump out the excess rainfall in thc city which is below sea level-a unique engineering real Some of the city's principal wide thoroughfares were once op­en canals.

Those chess playe l'~ who come by train will see the newly com­pleted Union passenger station with vivid murals depicting South­ern history. Thc murals were paintcd by Conrad Albri-,;io, a memo ber of the New Orleans Chess Club.

In all New Orleans is an Ameri· can city which is unlike any other.

YOUNG MASTERS' FORUM America's Leading Young Masters Annotate

Outstanding Games from Recent Chess Events

The Profi t from the Loss By U. S. Master CARL PILN ICK

P OETRY, it has been said, is ten percent vision and ninety percent reyision. And so is chess. The beauty and enjoyment come during

the game, but the ability to play tlle next game better comes primarily [rom the analysis a£ler the game (and particularly a loss), the moment of revelation when the turning point of the game suddenly becomes so obvious it embarrasses yOll . Now jf you can carry this one step further and have a light bulb Clash up in your head during the point in your next game at which you're about to repeat the same mistake, why then you rank with Gunga Din, and your place is reserved for the match against the Russians.

The following game is instructive in that the crisis comes so early. From the fifth through the eighth move, Black slides from the critical to the inrerior to the lost, and despite his desperate struggle afterward there Is no rest for the weary. It should always be kept in mind, how· ever, that having won game and winning it are two separate mountains to elimb. White deserves credit for sh:l:rp, accurate play.

SICILIAN DEFENSE Mar5hall C. C. Chempion5hip

1953 White

SANTASIERE 1. P·K4 2. P-oN4

Wekome, slrlnger! 2. 3. P-Qltl 4. K .. _P I. N·K83

Blick COLLI NS .. -084 ... .... •••

Up 10 htre, lUi III been done bero ... , Ind n:u.ny Urni'll. PCO now ,IVfl, S. H_, P.K.; 6. PxP, BllP with I IJU"O~ ed,e for Bilek In all varllUonl. ,. -Thll moVfl by Itself I. not but Ice whit hlppen ..

6. PxP

1111, Is thll tint pflbblfl or the IVlllnche. 6. .H.H •. ' P·K4 w •• mlndltory, leadlna-10 l uch Ik:klish VlrllUon ... n. N·83. Q·K3; I. N·QN5. B-QS; II . B·B4! Q.Kl; 10. N·N$!, N·R.S In whlcb Black, It hll h .. nfl!"Vet or I tccl, will survive.

7. N·8l O.QI Unfortunltely the ben or I bid 101. f'or eumple, 7. H_H. Q.KR4; I. N·QNS! Ind Blllck II In trouble.

I. N·KSI 0 ·11t11 Thl5 nails the corrin lid duwn. The only tlllihUn, chance wlS I ........ " N-QB3 saV· Inl! I n III-!mportant tllmpo. ThuI, after 9. B·N~, B·Q2!; lInd the IIUlck on White's powerful KnIght ro recs Ihupll. rtcatlon luch as 10. NxB. Q_N; 11. p . Q4, P.K3 and Black hold •.

t. B.NS ch N·83 10. P·Q4 P·Kl

For now HI. "H' B-Ql iii hnPOUib le be· C;'UIC of 11. Nill, QxN; 12. p .Q$. AI8I) d.ngerous I. 10 . .. H •• H , N·B3 beelUIlfl of II. B·K84. An ,10' cautIO It .ny . t"e P.QRl I. pretty but II doe. n ' t IttDek Inythlnl·

11. O·KB' Attleklng QB6 and KR7 .Imultlneously Ind Ihus preventln, further deCenee DC the pinned Knl.:ht. n . _ ... ,

lL a.Ql K· 81 Sad but ~u.ary tu prevent the Joss or Ihe QR Iner Clplure .. mlde on QB6. 11. _., R·NI hilt ',Ihut U. RxP.

13. ax,,", .. _a 14. o.()!

Wisely rMusln, 10 recapture the use­le"l rolwn which Impedel rather than Iidl Black. N·NS or N·QS I~ now ex· tremely unplcHOInt threll$.

14. __ axN 15. 8xa N·al 16.8-1t5!

Much beller thin B-N4 ch. The Black Queen hit no Ilood squln.

16. ........ Q.Q3 17. P·B4!

Agllin Ihe I hllrpest. It 17. _~H ' QxP1 then IL B·N4 eh, K·N I; 19. NxQBP Ind the Quelln. Kine Ind Queen Rook are all In I,Ony.

17. __ 8-en IL QltoNl

Ttltntenlnll I mere B-N4. II. _., R· QN1?1 loses after 19. P·B~!

11 • • _ K·Nl It. KIt-Q1 P· Klt3

UMleu, but there Ire no ,00II moves. 20. B·N4 Q. 82 21 . 8 ·K1!

And the bread upon the w.ten rfl lurnl. '·he mlCk Kniahi e.nnol movil.

n . _ 8 ·Kl n . 8lfN Pdl 23. Q xKB P O-Ql

PlelM!

24. Q·B3 No, thank you, Ma'm.

2<t • • H.H •• H. It ·N7 N. Itxlt 27. It ·en 2L P·Na!

In the ,rind Ity lll_

R·1I1 R·82

••• " ·K84

II. _._ It·R1 2t. K· lll 1t""2

It 19. _.HH, PxP; White his the ehoke of either Q-B6 or NxNP.

30. " x P PxP 31 . QlfKa.. Q.JU n. It·K3 p.Qlta

Whal dou this have to do wltb the .. amll! Only this, It Indklte. tho "Ime 15 over .

33. H·N41 B·N3 Any move of the BIlek Queen 11 fol· lowed by RxB ch.

34. ItxQ7

FOr the (Int time, White (alkn .Il,b('­Iy . 34. Q·81 eb, Q.D!; 35. NxP c:h! Ind It'. over. POllbly this wu I tlme-proa­sure Jl erlod.

34 . ....... . 3S. Nlf " eh l'. NxB 31. NxR 31. II:·K2

Ju~1 In time. 31. H •• H ••

It. K·Q3 '40. " · 8S

II olO. "H._' K·N5; 41. P ·Q5.

... K·lll

••• K • •

41 . !C·1I4 Itllllgni A rIne 'Ime by Santil lerc:. and tho only Iou of the lournlm~nt for the n~w Mlrth.11 Chlmplon.

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lI'kess tlf'f S""J." P,g- S \tlJ J I J"n~ 20, 1914

CondlU:/~J 6y Rhy3 W. fIay3

T HIS is the last oC this series for the prescnt seas!)n, but it will

resume in the £all. I intended to use this column to summ.ari:re the year's events, but some important news items have turned up and deserve prior attention.

The news from Pennsylvania in­dicates an enthusiastic group o{ college chess clubs there, with Swarthmore pacing the field. This college entered the Philadelphi" college chess tournament for the first time this year, and finished first in a field of five, winning sev­en matches and tying one (with Drexcl) in a double round·robin . This gained them possession of the Girard K. Rosenbloom Trophy for one year; last year, when it was first In competition, it was won by Penn. PeRn, Drexel, Haverford, and Temple also competed this year.

Fresh from this triumph, the SW<lrtbmore team then won tbe state collegiate championship by dcleating Penn State, representing western Pennsylvania, by 9¥.r ·~ in a double·round fille·board match. Members of the championship team were Paul Monsky, Henry Stockhold, Bob Augustine (cap. ta in), Tom Throop, and Hank My· ers. Clearly, much may be looked for from Ihis grou p in the future.

Meanwhi le, lhe University of Pennsyillania played un ambitious schedule, and turned in a credit­able record, in spite of the Illness of their captain, Bill Howard. Ron Fry took over most o{ the work, and the team fin ished second to Swarthmore in the Philadelphia le:lgue, and played matches aguinst CCNY, Navy, Johns Hopkins, Ford· hum, Maryland, and Columbia, fin · ishing with a better record than · 50% score. They also entered three teams in the Philadelphia Chess Association tournaments (not restr icted to colleges).

Tbe University of Michiga n reo cently contested return matches against the Toledo and Detroit Chess Clubs. They beat Toledo 7¥.r-3%, but lost to Detroit 7·1. Don Hurst, formerly of NYU, now plays for Michigan.

Of the fourtecn players in the cu rrent national championship, seven have competed in the Christ.­mas Intercollegiate during the pe· riod since 1945, when it became a USCF tournament. They are Evans, Bcrlinel·, Bisguier, Burier, Hearst, Sherwin, and Wachs.

And that about winds up what has been a most successful college chess season. A 'bricl review of somc of thc highlights : Albert. Wcissman, NYU, won the indio vidua l intercollegiate in a field oC 36; the University of North Caro-­lina won the southern colleie team championship; Leslie Ghebler 01. Texas won the Southwestern In­tercollegiatc; Swarthmore won the

(Pluse turn to pege 8, col. 1)

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

, . USCF MEMBERS; S .. bmil r""' Iml g4mtl /0' 'his dt9d1tm~t I. JOHN W.

COI.LiNS, 91 unoi: ROdJ, BrooH,n 26, N.Y. SP4u in,,,, iimiuJ, Mr. C"lIinJ will ItlUI I~ ,,,,ul ""nl'stinll .mJ mUm,til't 1o. pub/i'dliQn _ Un/til othn-win staId no/t. to /I"mu ." .. by Mr. Colliru.

ALBIN COUNTER GAMBIT Meo: page 114, colUmn I

U. S. Candidates Tournament Philadelphia, 1953

NOUJ by U. S. MtUlt, Ariel M~,tgdri"i, M.D.

White Black R. K LUGMAN A. MENGARINI 1. P·Q4 PoQ4 7. P·KR3 8 ·KU 2. P·QB4 P·K4 I. P ·R3 • P ·QR4 3. PxKP P.QS t. 8 ·Kt2 8-B4 4. Kt·KB3 KI·QS:) 10. Kt·Kt3 B_R2 5. QKt.Q2 O-KKIS 11. 8·04 KKt·K2 6. P· KKt3 Q.q2 12. Kt·R4 A ser ious waste of Ume. This opening requires very delica te trf!atment. 12. .....•.. . B·1(3 16. K'·OI I(t·R4 13. Q .81 P· R3 17. P·Kt3 R-Q' 14. 1(1·83 8 -KB4 18. 0-0 15. Q ·Ql P·R5 We both HI. P-ll5!

over looked the lru~traUnll

la . ....... . 19. Q Ktx P 20. R·81 21. KKI.Q2

,.p KlxP B.K3

KtxK t

21. III<KI l3. I(':R2 24. R·KtI

0 ·0 P·QKU

8.Q4!

$U PI)ort (or •. . ,.~ ..... 21. Px P :no Kt-Q3 30. Kt·B2 31. K·R2 Kt.B4 In this tragica lly lost position White fln(\~ a $\lrpri.slnl1 ,·etiOUTCe, whl~h Is however met by Bn even more ~urprls­In ll combination. 34. PxP e.p. 41. a ·R4 P ·KKt4 3S. B·83 Ktx P 42. a ·Kt3 8118 :16. Kx Kt Rx P 43. KXB R·8l 37. K·KI2 QR-K81 44. P·R4 PxP ch 3a. 8 ·KI P xK ' 45. KxP K·82 3t. KRx P Rx Reh 46. P . R4 K-K2 40. 8xR 8 ·82 and Black won

A SNAPPY GAME Whitt's play il mapP7. H~ IdUifiuI a

Pawn to p'''''tnl Black 'rom raslliH g, S<f" • i/ius tht ~,,(h<fn8C 10 sh,lt';H Ihc B/<f,k KiM/{ Rook, a"d Ihen tON il off by a,,' Ilo"",in/{ n,,1/~ in four.

ENGLISH OPENING MCO: page 31, column 2 (h )

Pos tal G ilme, 1951·1'954 (1) While m.ck

MERKIS PARMELEE 1. P·QB4 P·K4 4. P ·Q4 PICP 2. Kt .Q83 Kt·K83 5. KhP B-Kt 5 3. Kt· Bl Kt·B3 6.. B-KtS P·KR.3 Perhaps bette'· Is 6 . ........ , 0 ·0 ; 7. R·1l1, P.Q4. 7. B·R4 Kt· K4 S lightly lo Whlte 's advantage Is 7 ......... ,

«bess rife S,,,,J,,,,, Page 6 /lIMe 20, 19H

DltKteh ; II. PxB, Kt·K4; 9. P-84, Kt-K13; 10.3>:Kt, QICB ; 11. P.Kt3. II. P·K31 SICKtch 12. R P ItKt P·Ql 9 . PxB Kt·Kt3 13. P-K84! K'·81 10. 8 _K13 Kt·K5 14. P·QBSI 11 . Q.82 KtIC8 An Improvement on the book Une which runs: 14. 8·K2, Kt.Q2; with equal chances. The leltt offer.s • not very valuable double·pawn for more mobili ty and to pri:~ent Black from castlin g. 14. . PIt P 15. a·KISch Kt·Q2 Jr 15 . ........ , P·B3; 16. KtxP, PxKt; 17. BxPCh, B-Q1; 18. Q·l{4ch , .nd White emerges thf! exehallji:e and a P awn " head. And If U:- ......... Jl..Q2; 16. Q·K4<:h! Q-K2; (if 16. .. ...... , Kt-K3?; 17. KuKt. PxKt; 18. QxPeh, Q·K2: 19. BxBeh. wlnnlnJ:' a p iece) 17. QxP, QxPch; 18. IH·K2. R-QI; 19. R.Ql, and White has , winn ing tit­tRCk. 16. Kt·BS K·81 On 16 . ........ , 0 ·0 ; 17. 0-0·0. While ob-t.lns a w inning klng·~lde a.ss.ult. 11. R·QI Q.KI 19. B·1(2 Kt·a l U. K·B2 P·R3 20. 8 ·B3 QR-KtI If 20 ........ , BltKt ; 2 1. QxB, Dnd White wins the QBP or QKtP. 21. P-KI4 Kt ·KtI Now nunc of the .BlaCk plece~ are de_ veloped! 22. R·QS P.QKI3 23. KR·QI 8 ·K3 Better In 23 .......... BxKt. 24. R-K5 P·1(83 1'h ls m.kes nutllers worse by well kf!n­In .lo/ t he squ.rel arou nd the King. The best chance b 24 ..... ... . , K!.-K2. 25. R·K4 Q.Bl 27. P·8$ 1S·82 16. Kt· R4 Kt·K2 Not 27 ........ , ll-Q4?; 28. RxKt, BxB; 29. Kt_Kt6eh, K·Ktl; 30. PxB, and White Is n pieee UP. 28_ RlIKIl

" 28 . .. , ..... 29. Q·K4ch If 30. Kt_K7 ch , wins the Qneen. 31. Px8 Threatening to win with 32. Q.QB4, Q.K I; 33. 8·86, Q-K2; 34. \l.Q7. 31 . .•..•..• Q.KI 32. Q·85 P ·8] U 32. . ...... , U-QI; ~3. n·m! Q.K2; (33 . ........• QxB; 34. ltxRch , wins) 34. RxRch, QxH; 3S. B·Q1! Q.}{2; 36. Q.Q5 (th reaten . Ing 31. Q-Itllch) wlll$. 11. R·Q7 R·Q, llcttH Is 33 ........ , II-Ul. 34. R·B7ch K·1(11 31. R·B7c h I( . KI1 35. R·87 K·81 38. P. B41 36. 8 ICP Q .K4 To m~ke poulble 8·QS. lB.... R·K81 N ow Whltc was able to anno"nce m ate In fou r Olewes. But even aftel' 38 .. ... .• Q"Qch; 39. P"Q, Or 30 ......... Q-Kt7ch ; 39. K.B~. or 38.

.... , R-Q1ch; J9, K·B3, (threatenlne to force mate wllh 40. Q·B8eh . e t c.) t he throat of 40. B·QS, tollowed by a dis.­covered Check with t he Rook, enSllro~ II winning POslUon ror White. )9 . RO: Re h Ko:R 41. Q.o7ch K-BI . 40. Q· 88ch K·K2 42 . Q. B7 mate A logical Ilumc. And 14. P ·QD:) l nas r eDI theor~t!cnl 'Hljpllflcance.

THREE OF A KIND Whit~ might htl1'~ golttn by .. itb his

pilSJi,,~ third III""", (,), l''' ",ill. th .. ,,/I,a' ,,,nst,,,,,,,,,,c sixth, hilI the "J .. "tlopm .. n'­",., .... erst" ;?litiat .. J ,,01 hi. 14lh mOve is 100 ",,",1. for .. goot! thing. Florid" "ashel Ihro ugh .,.,it/' /In imp,us;" .. "com­hin"."

QUEEN'S GAMBIT DECLINED MCO: p'ge 171

U. S. Ope n Championship Milwa ukee, 1953

Noles by J. Normtltl Co/ur While Bl.ac:k

C. S HARP J. FLORIDO 1. P.q4 P·K] 3. P·K3 2. P.QM P-Q4 P I:,yable. but of dubious value. To volunlllrl.ly Shut in the QB Is q ue.sUon­able stralclilY. Better ,3 . Kt-Qll3, Ki.KB3; 4. B·Kt.5, etc. 3. ........ , KI-K8] 4. KI.Q8] P·83 An excellent plan. Florido will play for an eventual break at K4. P layable, al-though a bit "' loose" Is ......... P·B4_ Not so good w.7UId oe ....... • PxP trnn:<po.t!n~ to a vnrl.t!on of the QG Accepted. 5. Kt·83 QKt.o2 6. P·QR3? This lJoCrmlLs Black to take the le.d In develnpment. a nd can Only be expla ined on the assumption th. t White belleved I'lorido would t r ansp ose Into tbe Meran varlD\lon with ..... "., Pltl' When he (Shaq») could recapture B"P Without losing time. Instead 6. B·Q3 keeps the 1lal~nee. 6. B·Q3 a. 0 ·0 P-K41 7. B·Q3 0-0 t. p xK P ObviouSly .......... p .K!). m ust be prevented . 'fhe drawback InVOlved h I the text move I~ tha t Black'S pieces ~11 .uddcnly come lo life. Therefore 9 . P·K4 should have bee" tried. H then ..... .. , PxQPj 10. KKtx p. p"KP; 11. KtxP, KuKt; 12. DxKt. Q·R5i?; 13. P-ll4 w ith lighting chanceS, e.g. 13 ........ ,' B·B4?; 14. P·QKt4 or 13. .. .. u ••• Kt·KR~; 14, KL-BS! c tc. However, Ulaek cou ld contlnllf! ca lmly 9. P·K4, p xQP; 10. KKtxP, PxKP; 11. K txKP, KlJIK t; 12. B"Kt. Q.·B2; 13. P·84, R ·QI wI th po~lt lon 81 advanlnge, e.g. 14. Q. R5, Kt·B3. e tc. or 14. K\ ·U5. H·lM ch; 15. K·m, Kt·83. t. KI"P 11 . P xP Px P 10. KtxK t BxKI 12. P·B4 Some weake nlnll waS Inevlt.ble. n . ........ 8 -82 13. Q.B2 Secl)nd-gueulng Ind lcnotcs the Q would have been beller at KB3. 13. _...... 8·KIJ! 14. Kt·K2?

. Too . Iow. The game b possibly beYOnd n'(!emptlon. b\1t belter ch.nces for sur­vival lay in 14. B·Q2, R·Kl; 15. Qn·Kl or 14 . ...... , P·Q5; 15. PltP, Qxl' eh; 16. K·RI, Kt·Xt5; 17. Kt·QI with a precar­Ious gum~, but materi.l equ.lIty. 14. ........ R-Kl 15. Kt ·Q4 Kt·KtS! U1~ck ne"d not fear the consequencc$ or 16. BxP cll. K·HI whell White can not parry bolh ........ , Q·I.l5 .nd .. , Kb<KP. 16. KI·85 ....... . Olher movu peroult a M~rlrlce III K3, c.g. 16. R.B3, KtxKP; 17. BXKt. R"lIl; l!l. RxR , BxKt winning. 16. . P·Kt3 18. P x KI R·QBH 17. P_KR3 811Kt

This fllle Illterpolatton wins. Regardless of where White Q moveS the following enrl1hlnaUOn work¥. 19. Q · I(13 •.... Altcrnlltlves are equally hnpeless. E.g . 19. q .Qll RxPi i 20, Bill! Bx!) "hj 21.

R·1I2, Q·HS; 22. Q·Kl, BxR e h; 23. QxB, QxQ ch; 24. KxQ, DxB with. fu ll piece ahead. Or 19. Q·K2, RxB!; ZO. }{RxR, IbP! with a k illing attad<. 1t • • _ ... ~ RxPIt 20. BxR __ Ohvlou ~l y foreed In view of the tcrrlble discovery thre.tened. 20 • .. .. .. ,. 8 x 8 ch 21. R·B2 Not 21. K·Rl (or R2)??, Q.R5 m. te. 21. , Q·II:.5 22. R·K81 R·B$I

Res\gns IT 23. RxR. QxR·ch and mate n ext.

CHOCK FULL OF CHESS 'rh~ 'ol/(I .. iHg 8 ... m~ sums to b~ UII'

umal/y full of position pl..-y, rombil14- ' /wm (<fetll"! (lr po/t rt/''''/)' .. Il,.:k .. "Ii

·'ounUr .... II<f'ft., tusps, mililil~g .. m~ play, .. nJ enJgame p!<ty. NUme'ollJ moyes lIU

probl~ m.lik~. For IUJ/<fi"tJ in/erelt, .. gome th<fJ is ",&xk /ull" of CMU f,om btg j,ming t o c"J, flr i,· ll""''' it h",,/ t o bt<ft.

SLAV DEFENSE MCO: plge 191, column 7 (' 1

Pos t a l Game, 1947-53 (1) Nolet by Homtr H. Hyd~

White mack H. H. HYDE H_ ZANDER 1. P-Q84 P·Q83 S. P·QR4 , 8 -84 2. P.Q4 P·Q4 6. P·K3 P· K3 3. Kt-K83 Kt·B3 7. 8xP B·QKU 4 KI.83 Px P a. 0 ·0 0 ·0 A ve r y q uie t , conven tlonal 51.'1 so tat. t. 8.031 ....... . ou~ of the book, this Is a prelude to • K.slde at t llck. t . ........ 8 ltS K" 10. Qx8 Q·R4 11 . P·K4 p. Better migh t h ave been II . .......• llxKt tl) IItop \n. pendhlll a tt aCk. 12. P-K5 Kt·Q4 13. KI· K4 ~-.... W h ite'" QKt nOw ell tcrs the K·slde as­saul t. 13. ........ B.K2' , Apparently necessnry to stop t he (h rea 14. BltP! followed by Kt(J{4)-Kts. Black mUlit lilln"d h l~ KKt4 aquare. 14. P.KKt41 ...... ~ With Black's Queen away from tho K­~Ide White attackS by movin g II pawn th.t' ordln.rlly wuk~ns a King's pwl­lion. 14. ........ P_KB4 Counte r .att.cklng, pe rmitting thc KKt We to be opened fo r better or for wO rSe for eaeh player . I S. p x P PxP 17. Q·Ktl! 16. Kt· KU Q.R3 Wh ile maintains the p ressure OM the blockading KBP, which now cannot be supported and must there rore be ad­vancell. re-open ln l the diagonal. or course not n . Q·32? Kt.Kts, etc. On Q.Ktl the Queen Is unassailable, m llln­tulololl tho l enslr)n. 17. , .... ,.. p·as 18. Kt_R5 ...... .. Bcgln" ln!: an assault on the advanced KlIf' whlth finall y tails by n neat com· blnnUon beginning with thc 29 th move. 18. P·B4 20. K·RI KI.Q83 19. Q. K4 Q·K] 21. R·KICII He ,-e 21. Kt"UP? would be met by the nloo counter ........ • KtxKt; 22. BxKt. Q.1J:ll! .nd While loses a piece. The KBP, though overpowercd, m.1 n t a ·1 n 5 a ~hut'nled life for 80me time. 21 ..•.... ,. P·KKt4 22. P o: PI ...... .. Now Whites QP bears D charOled lire­Ula<:k'. B n\ust gu~rd his KKt4! 22. ........ R·B4 Here, Q.B2 to attack the dllnllli nR. Kt would be Olet by the nice oomblnat,on 23. Kto:BP. K t ll Kt; 24. ""IU. QxD; ~. Q.Kt6 ch, K·RI; 26. QlIP eh, K·KU ; 27. KtxP. BxKt; 28. RxB eh, K·32; 2ll. R-Kt7 eh nnd mate f ollowS. 23 . R·Kt4 QR·KOI Not 23 ., .. , ...• KL"I'?; 21. Kt.Q4 to.rklng Q and II. And not 23 ........ BliP?; 24. BxP, KtltB (on 24 . . ... , Ux P; 2.5. Bxl' the com· pllCIlUOM are out·of. t hl,·world! . U. KlxKt, n~Kt; 26. Q"n, lOlli n g the cx· ch anj:"e . 24. B·Q2 BItP 25. QR·KK tI S·K2 Ncce~~IlI'Y 3galn tn defend KKt4. Tho KP bea,·s a charmed life! Thc eompllca­tton~ 'are funta>;lIc hel'c, alsO. II 2.5 .

GUEST ANNOTATORS J . Normil" Coller Homer H. Hyde Aria ' Ma ngil,,"i, M.D.

Kh:P: 26. KuKIt> a nd BlaCk 'I ove r­",helme<! by tho pOwer Itacked up on

. the KKt tile. t.C. 26 ......... Px.Kq 27. RxP t h, RJeR; 28. RxR <:h , K·B2; 29. Q-R7 ch. K-Kl ; 30. Kt- Kt7 c h, wlnn lnl" the Qut."Cn. 16. QR_K!1 _ , Preplrlnll' for 27. P .R4, which would be premature now due to expm.lnll' Klnl" to POSlllb11l' check by _H_, Q·1t6 in some varia lions. U. 'H .. A. k · Rl 21 . P x P axp 21. p · R4 R·kkll H. ·klxp

White finally unload s the long-delayed, lo nl" p ..... p a red com blnaU(ln to win the KSP. What a b a lilo ove r (lno pawn ! 29. ...••.•. KlxKI 32. Rxll. ch Kx R 30. Bxkl RxB 33. QxB Q-k13 31 . AxR BxR White 15; now fae.:d with Ihe very diffi. cult p roblem of u n lU n g h is Iwo passed p ...... n •. T h e ~!U"cl lc , .. ".1 t""tle .. 1 lII"VC¥ to achieve lhla ~ hl\Oat g ive Black a draw by "",rpclu a.1 'C heck. unUl tile .. u ... p rise Kt sacrifice by White on nlOVe $4. 34. K·R2 K·k12 36. Q·B4 ch 35. Q·klJ? K·B2 W hite h a4 hoped t o Corce Ih e exchange of Queens. hu t n uw seu tha i 36. QxQ ch would 10JIC the KP. s ince the White K 1$ too far a way. '4. ........ 1( .1(' ' 1. P' 1(14 ,. . ... 31 37. Q·B4 ch k ·Q2 HHe Black overlOOkS the cute line 38 .... , .. ,' Q.R4 ch; 39. Kt.R4, KtxKP, and White leS(ls hl~ h a l'(I ,wull KP. Horc not 39. K·Kt3·! . QxKt c h i! nnd Black wins a p iece. (Of cou rse. n Ol 3!1 •.••. , .•• Q-R4 ch; 39. K .K13 . KlxKP?; 40. Q.Q:\ ch a nd While wins the piece). 3 •. P·Ie IS PxP 40. PxP KI.QI White', I D~t move. were d .... l.ned to d blodl"e !he Black Kt n, neccSAry to uniting the pawns. 41. Q-QS ch K· k2 4]. X·KI3 0 ·KI4 ch 42. KI-Q4 ' Q-R4 ch 44. K· B3 P.R4 Black now Irlu tor a pe rpetual c heck, whJeh he almOll! fletll, p i.... I. potent counter·throa t with the ItP! 45. Q·k4 k ·kl Not _HM_, p·ns; 48. Kt·ru eh. winnlnl" a p,,_. 46. Q-8S Q ·RS 47. k · k3 0 ·11.1 'II. P·84 Q· kll ch 49. K·Q3 Q--QI ch

SO. K·84 SI. K-Q5 S2. K-Q6I

How dOCIl Whl .... expect to stop th'e c heeQ without lOlling hill dang llne KI?! 51. _ ' .• M Q·R6 eh P ollollbly ........• K t·H2 ch Is be tle r here . There mlJ:"h t 10110w some very . ta rtllng ,·ariaUon~. M"~h ... : 113. I(.B7', Q ·B6 eh; 54. Kt-IJ.6!!, PxKt; 55. P ·Kl6!!, Q·R3; 56. Q-Q? c h , K.BI ; 57. P .K6. Q·IU ch; 58. KxP, Q·RS ch; 59, K ·KI2, Q.)(5 eh; GO.

a Q.S6 and Black II o ut of checks. 53. k·B71 0 ·B6 eh S6. PxKt '" 54. KI· B" KlxKt 57. Q.Q6 c h S5. Q·Q7 ch K·81 Not 57. QxP ?, Q,xQ ch a nd Slack qu~nB firs t. 57 . ..... _.. k ·KI1 59. Q.k"ch K.81 58. K.B8 Q·B5 60. Q.B6 ch /'101 60. QlIRP?, Q"P and White', ad. v 1" ntall'e evaporalc. or i, very diffi cul t from a tactical MundPQlnt t o pursue. 60 . .. H.... Q·IIU Loses oulrlJ:"hl, bu t the Ih rea t now On GO ........• K.K II ; 61. K·S 7 followed b y the advance or the KP could lIe_ree ly be countered. 61 . QxQ ch U . k--Q7 43. P· k' ch

... P·RS K·B3

... P.K7 k .B. 65. P·K'(Q I XxP U . Q·kl a eslgns

A most remarkable I"ame. In whic h White main ta Ined a s lig ht a d , 'a n t age lb roug h ou t . w inning by Ih. n a rrowest of margins.

GAMES FROM U.S. CHAMPIONSHIP SICI LlAN DEFENSE

Meo: pige m. column 129

U. S. Biennial Chilmpionship New York, 1954

White:. C. PlloNICK 1. P-K4 P-QBf 2. Kt.qBl KI.QB3 I . P·KKtl "·KKtl 4. B·Rt2 8-K12 .5. "-03 P-Ql '- KKt.K2 P-K) 7. 0-0 KKt· K2 .. B_K3 Kt-Q5 t. _ Q .Q2 Q -fl4 10. B· B4 P' K4 11. KlxKI 8PxKt 12. KI·Q5 QlIQ 13. BlIQ KIXKt 14. PxK t 8 .Q2 15. a ·KI' K-JU " . P·KS. QR-QBl 17. QR·KI P-8 3 11. P·8 3 pxP '9. letPxP P-K'3 20. P·84 " .OK!' 21. R·OBI B·B4 22. "·BS KPxP 23. P-86 B·Bl 24. flxP BxP

Blac k .t. BERLINER

U. R·klch k ·B2 U . • ·kRl p .B4 21. p ·K14 8-BS 21. P x P P·K'4 U . R.Q4 B·Ktl 30. p · B6 KB ... p 31 . 8-K6ch K· Ktl )2. " (4).01 B·K4 33. BxR RxB 34. BxP B·B6 3$. R·1(1 B· R4 36. a.BS p ·QRl 37. P.QA] . ·K" ]1. R.Q4 p·Al 39. R.QR7 A· I(I 40. 1' •• ' I( ·B4 41 . p.Q' It·K8ch 42. K·B2 B.K3 43. R ... p 8 .B' 44 . A·Q3 R·BI 4S. p ·Q1 B·K8ch 46. I(·K3 AXB 41. p.Q8(Q) A· K4ch 48. K.Q4 Raslgns

ENGLISH OPENING MCO: p~!Ia 35. column 24

U. S. Biennial Champions hip New York, 1954

Whi .... B lac k E. HEARST P . 8RANOTS 1. P-Q64 KI·KB3 N . KtxB R.O' 2. KI..QB3 "·K3 3. Kt·8] P-Q4

21. Q--Q2 0 .81 22. CIX B Pxkl

4. P·K3 B-K2 23. I ·B4 RxB S. P-QKtl p · u • 24. "xR 1''11 1' ,. B·Kt2 KI.B3 7. 1' ... 1' 1''111'

25. Q--Q, k • .81 26. "'·B4 KI.K2

I. P-Q4 0-0 27. "'· K4 P· B4 •• B·K2 B·K3 10. 0-0 It. lll II. P ... P BxP 12. A·BI Q.K2

2 •. Q·KS O-Ql 2'. "xP KlXf" 30. P·Kt4 Q·Ktlch 31. a·B2 Q.Kllch

Il. QKI·KU P-QII.3 32. K·kn KI .R5ch 14. B ... KI PxB 15. QKI-Q4 KI·K4 16. KI·II.4 Kt·Kt3

33. C.R3 kl.Kt3 34. Q· B7ch K·Bl 35. "'· KISch K·B4

17. KKI·BS· Q.02 lII. Q. B7eh • K·kS 11. B·Q3 KBxK' 19. II. xll. II. xR

37. QXPch k--QS 38. R·Q2ch Res lgn$

FRENCH DEFENSE MCO: page '". column " u. S. Biennial Championship

N.w York, 1954 W h ite Bl~ck

H. SEIOMAN ,. WACHS ,. p ·K4 P·k3 ". I·kl B· KI6 ,. P '04 . ... U. R·K2 P· KKt4 ,. KI·QB3 B·kt5 U. I · Kl B· KII .. , .. .., 30. R.Q' R(3)·kBI ,. kt·B] kl·k8J 31. Kt·k2 k ·82 •. ... , Q-k2ch 32. I ·Ktl P ·Kt3 ,. KI·KS 8 ·Kt5 33. IxB ••• .. P·Bl B·K3 34. P· B4 .. , .. 0.0 KI-Q2 35. R·Q7ch K·B3

/0. p ·B4 KlxKI :14. IxP .. , 11 . O,. ... Xt B!B4ch 37. hI' II. ·B2 12. K· lll KI·K • .s 38. R· II:2 ... , Il. p · a5 Q·R5 39. Kt·kt3 .... 14. P·kR3 K'·B7eh 40. l · k82 K.K2 IS. II. xKt ••• 41. g .Qkt2 K.8l 16. PJlB , .. 42. I(· R2 A·Kl 17. Q·X2 0-0 '11. I . K2 II.·K' II. B-Q2 P·84 44. 1·84 K·k4 If. P--QKt3 ... , 4S . ](I· BI R·KI 20. Q· Kt4 ••• 46. C·KI3 K·Q5 21. P~Q R·8J 47. a ·Q82 P·K4 22. 0·1(1 R·II' 48. 1e·1I2 R·KS 23. B-K2 ... 49. KI.Rl A·k' 24. A·Ql R·83 50. I(I·B3 K·KS 25. 1I--Q2 p·kR3 51. B·k15 Rtsl!lnl " . B·B3 R.QI

SICILIAN DEFEN SE MCO: p a ge 276, column S7

U. S. Biennial Chlmpionship , N,w York, 1954

While Black ,. BERNSTEIN J . T. SHEII.WIN ,. P·K4 P·QB4 14. KI--QS ... , ,. k'·K2 k'-Q83 IS. ](1 ... 1' B.kt$ ,. p ·Q4 ,., ,6. p·KS R·BI .. KtxP Kt·B3 11. Q·Kt3 ... ,. OKt·B3 ' .. , 18. PxK, BxQBP .. 8 ·XK15 P·k3 19. Q-QR3 ... ,. 0'" .. ~ 20. IHU ... .. 0 ·0-0 <><> 21 . P"'B Q.Bl .. P ·84 ICtxkt 22. XI· K2 .... 10. Qxkl P.KA3 " ..." Bxkl 11. 8·11.4 Q-.' 24. aXB Q·Kt4ch 12. 8 ·KI P; K4 RH lgns 13. Q·B4 ,.,

KING'S INDIAN 'DEFENSE Meo: pag. "

U. S. BieMi.1 Chilmpion5hip New -York, 1954

White S. WACHS 1. P.Q4 KI ·K.l 2. KI.KB3 P.KKtl 1. P· KKtl . ·K12 4. B·KI2 0-0 S. 0-0 PoOl ,. p·M QKI.Q2 7. KI·B3 " .K4 I. P ·K] .. ·.l •• ,P.QKI3 p ·KS 10. KI.Q2 "-04 II . B-oR3 R·KI 12. R·BI p-oR3 n . Q.82 KI·BI 14. KI ·R4 P-okl4 IS. KI·BS p .KIU

~~ ;~::t4 ;.~~ II. kl12r KI 3 P xP I • . BPx P KI.KU 20. QR' K! P·84 21. B·BI KI.R2 22. KI· ltS KI·Kt4

C. U . B-Q2 24. Q·KI3 U . R·Bl 26. P.QA4 27. Q·A2 2L KA· KI U . B·BI 30. KtxKI 31. Q· Kt2 l2. II.·RI 33. R·Rl 34. B·BI 35. Q.KI2 36. B·K2 37. QxKI 31. Q·Kt2 39. R·R2 40. B·BI 41. KA·K2 42. K·B2

Aaslgns

Black EVANS

KI·B2 KI·B3 Kt-Q3 Kt·BS 8 ·K3 8·82

KI·KtS QP ... Kt

Q. KI4 B·BI B·Q3 ....

K·Kt2 KlxAP

R·R' A·KAl Q~.Rl • B ... p

B·A7ch Q.RSch

KING'S INDIAN DEFENSE , MCO: pawe to. column $4

U. S. Blenni,1 Championship . New York, 1954

. E.W~~~ R5T I. p-Q4 KI·KBl 2. P--QB. P.KkI3 3. KI"'B3 a ·Kn •• P·K4 PoOl S. 1"·114 0 -0 ,. Kt ·Bl Kt.QI 7. B·K2 P·Bl I. P ·KR3 p ·K4 t. B·K3 Kt·R. 10. 8Px P Px'" II . P-QS KI·KIi 12. It·KKII PxP 13. BPxP Q. II.. 14. K·Bl KIXI IS. QxK' P· klS 16. P·Rl BoORS 17. P·OKt4 BXQ 11. PxQ B·QII.3 19. p" p P ... P 20. P·Kt4 kR· BI 21. kR--QBl Kt·B4 2'. 8 xKI ..... ,

DUTCH MCO: page

lJI ack A. MENGARINI

23. Kt--QII.4 R·KI4 24. 11.·8' p · B4 25, KIP_P PxP 24. R·KKtI II.·KBI 17. II.·B7 II.·B2 21. ilI:A kxR 29. KI·KI5ch k·Kl 30. Kt·K6 4 8 ·KBI ll . II.·KI' 1''111' 32. RXBch k · 1(2 3l. R-QR. P·KSch 14. Kx " R·R4 lS. Klxp II.xPch 36. k ·k4 K--QJ 37. R-Q,1kh k·Kl 38. Kxp lI.· k 6ch 39. K·84 R ... P 40. R-Q 7ch k·83 41. R·R7 8·K7 42. Kt--Q7ch k·K2 43.. kl·kSch k ·kl 44."~ R"~11:In~

DEFENSE 16, column " U, S, Bien nial Champions hip

N,w York. 1954 White Black

A. II1SeUI5R K. lIURG511. ,. ' ... P·kBt :no kl(4)-Q' P·1I5 ,. P .kktl kt·kB, 23. QxP k'·K13 ,. B·kt2 P. k) 24. 0-Q2 II.·BI .. P--QB. 8 ·Kt 2S. Rx8 QRx M

•• KI·Klll 0 .. 16. klXII: kl·klS .. kl.B) , .. , 27. P·KRl klxP ,. 0 .. Q· 'O 21. R·KBI KIJ<Peh • P-QKI4 Q.R. U . IIxKI ••• .. Q· KI3 K·RI 30. bAch klJ<R 10. P· 1I5 ,.~ 31. Q·1I4 Q"X. II . kl-Qk l S KI-o' 32. KI--Q' Q.RI 12. "xQP 8Px" 33. klxKIP KI·Kn 13. PxP KI--QB3 34. Q ·KII7 Q.QKII 14. B--QII.3 kl x R .. 35. K·kt2 P· A3 IS. Q-Ql ... , 36. QxP P·k6 I' . KI-Q2 Kt-QBl 37. Q·Qkh ••• 11. QR·KIl Kt·Bl lI. ktxQ K·IC'1 II. kR· BI P·k4 39. p ·R4 k·81 19. kl ·B4 P·K5 40. p·RS k ·KI 10. Q.Q, P.Qt 41 . " . 116 Rt$l"n~ 21. Bx a. ktxl

DUTCH DEFENSE MCO: P.g, " u. S. Biennilill Ctiampionship

N.w York. 1954 WhIte Black

y. BII.ANQTS O. I'ILNICK ,. P·Q4 P. K3 ". PxKt ... ,. P-QB4 P·KB4 II. p·KB4 P.QR4 ,. p · Kktl kl·kB3 I'. P· R4 P·R3 •. a ·Kt2 ,." 20. Kt·B2 II.·QK'1 ,. KI·QB3 ,." 21. KI-Q3 P ·kKI4 •. Q.KI3 .. " 22. kl·KS .. , ,. Kt·R3 Qkl-Q2 23. Pxp lI.·ktl •. 0 .. 0 .. 24. R·K3 " ·ktl .. B·B4 , .. 21. II. .KI3 ••• 110. QxB" KI·kl3 26. Px R Q·KI2 11. Q·KI3 QKt-Q4 27. p·B4 P·84 12. 8xa ••• 21. R·OI Q·B3 13. OR.kl X· Rl 29. R·Q8ch K·Kt2 14. P ·k4 KtxKt 30. Q·Q3 P·II.4 IS. P·KS QxQP 31. 0.06 Res igns 16. KtP ... kt ... ,

KING'S INDIAN DEFENSE MCO: pag" 91 . column S,

U . S. Biennial Championship New York, 1954

White k. BUAGER 1. P.o. KI·KB3 2. p.QB4 P·KKI3 3.. K'-QB3 8 ·Kt2 4. P·k4 1'.03 S. p . B3 P·k4 '6. pxP PxP 7. QxQch K"'O I. B.K3 B·K3 9. O-O-Och

KKI-Q2 Kt-QB ]

KI-Q5 P-Q83

10. BoO] II. kkt·K2 12. P·QKt3 13. B-oKtI

klxlCtch

~;: ~~ft 'p~~~~ 16. kR-Q1 kR--Q1 17. Kt·B3 B·Bl II. k ·kll P·B3 I'. II ·Q3 B·QII4 20. BXB k l xB 21. B·K2 Rx'" 22. R"R P-QR4 23. kl-QI R·kl 24. Kt·K3 P·B4 U. Pxp PxP

Blick A. MENGARINI

24. P· kKI4 27. kl·82 21. P·kR3 2 • • RP ... P 30. R.QI 31 . R,kl 32. k .B, 33. IIxp 34. R·KII 35. kt-04 36. k ·B2 l7. K-Q3 31. 8XB 39. P.R3 40. B.B3 41. p · kl4 42. P ... 8P 43. KI. kl3 44. p · R4 4S. K.B3 46. k!· lIl 47. B·QS 48. 1(·03 4 •• K·k4 50. l(·k3

Resigns

P'85 P· II.4

'" R· kRI R·R7 P·KS ~,

R·R6 .xKtP

kt·k5ch R.R7ch

Kt-Q7 ktxll. I(I ·k,

R·M] " · B4 ,.,

K·ktl R·Q3eh

kt·B4 KI·05

A·R3 R· II.7 P ·B' P·B7

SLAV DEFENSE MCO: P . !tO 191, column 27

U.S. Biennial Cha mpions hip

New York, 1~S4 While

M. PAVEY 1. P--Q4 1. kl·kB] a. P--QB4 4. P ... P S. kt·a] 6. B· U 7. p ·K3 t . B·ktl , . B--Q] 10. 0-0 11. RPxB 12. R·81 13. Q. K2 14. Kt·Q] IS. Kt·KI3 16. kl·as 17. Pxkl 18. P·KI3 I'. Q. Kt4 20. klxQP 21. Q·Kt4 22. PxKt 23. B·B5 24. KR·QI 25. QxO U . R.Q6 27. B·kt4

, ... KI·K8l

1'·83 .. , Xi.83 P·1(2 ... , 0-0

p--QR3

••• P-QK'4 B·KI2

R· Bl kl·Q2 KI·R4 ktxkt KI·BS kl·R' 0 ·k2 p ... kt K'· BS QPxP ...

R·B2

••• P.Ktl 1'·114

Ufo" A . BISGUIER

2L B·1(2 k · kt2 H . K·al R· a3 30. R--Q4 R(3r B2 31. P·R4 R.Q2 32 ...... P PxP 23. R· II.1 II.ICR 34. Pxll. 8.04 35. R·KtI R·k12 36. A·Kt4 K· IIl 3J. K·kl K·Kl 31. K·Q2 K.Q3 39. P ·B3 k · 1I1~ 40. K·83 R·R2 41. R·Kt2 R.R'eh 42. K·KI4 1I. · II.5ch 42. k . 1I1 k .kU 44. R·ktl K· II.4 . 45 . P·Kt4 P· 105ch 44. K·Q2 R· R7ch 47. k . K3 p . a5ch 48. k·B2 P·B6 49. K·81 P.k" SO. II. ·K I p ·KI7 51. B·Ql A. RS 52. K·B2 Rx R 53. K"II. 8 ' l(tI.

Res igns

SICILIAN DEFENSE

U.S.

MCO: p~ge 2to

Biennial Championship

New York, 1954 Whi.... m ack

, A. MENGAII.INI N. ROSSOllMO I . p .k4 · P-QII4 29. A ... R Rx R 2. P-QB4 Ki-QB3 30. P·R4 K·K2 3. kt-QBl P·kklJ 31 . PxP 1' ... 1' 4. P-Q3 B· kf2 32. R.A, k ·B2 5. B·K3 P--Q3 33. K·B2 A·K I ' . Q·02 KI· B3 34. P·Kt5 · 8 x P 7. B·R4 8 ... B 3S. R· R7ch k .83 8. QxB kl.QS 36. R ... P 8 .113 9. Q·Q2 Q·R4 37. lI.·ktl. A·Q81 10. KI--Q5 OxQch 31. k ·kt2 k ·k2 11 . kxQ ktxkt 39. k · R3 R.Rlch 12. kPxKI P·K3 40. K·Kt2 k.Q2 13. PxP . P ... P 41. R·K'4 P.k4 14. KI·k2 0 ·0 42. p ·K13 R·KBI 15. ktxKt pxlCt 43. a ·Ql K.82 16. P· B3 8·Q2 44. k·B2 P.Kt$ 11. 8 ·k] p .QA4.- 4S. P·84 P xP 18. kll.-QBI B·B3 46. RxP P .B6 I~. P·BS 1'-Q4 47. K· KII4 KXR 20. p-Qktl p .KKt4 48. p ... R P·Q5 21. P·OR3 K·Ktl 49. K-Q2 P ' B7 22. p ·QKI4 k · 1I3 50. K·K2 B.B6ch 23. kR-QKtI pxP SI. K ... P 8xll 24. PxP B·. KI4 S2. P· B5 k ·83 '!S. II--Ql k·K' Sl. K·Ktl kxp 16. B·kl3 p . R3 54. p ·B' K-Q3 27. R·KBI K-Q2 Raslgn l ,I. R·Rl B·B]

Say You S .. w It i n CHESS LIFE

([bess tife SllnJ"Y, P.ge 7

}unt 20, 1914

{"'ess tife S"oJ." P" • • '11, J .. n .. ZO, 1914

SJ .. / iOlO 5. W.("' l ~ :J/" B." 'mou,?

posi t ion No. 140 Not. 10 New Tri1l1 SuDsc r iboln: The

so lullon giVe" below ;s to l he posl'to" now appnrlng In newspaper advertlse­","fin..

This brilliant study by Dr. J . FrUz $erve<l a. a n a lertness-test ror CHESS LIFE r .. dcu. Judging f rom the Dumber of good solvers Who went aatrllY, very few reuder. remembered that Ihe ."me ))(lsltio!> h;lld appeared In Mr. Edmuntl Nash', "~1n l.l h It Ihe Clever Wa'1 n as No. 120 In Ihe J anuary 5, 1954 lasue!

1'hen at. severa ' very appcllllnlt' llDel of p lay apparent, but only one of tbern suIfI<:eL The keymor. II I. P ·Kt7! There follow. I ... ~_ ..• R·m (forced); :L Jt.Klch. K-Ql (not :L ......... K-Q1; 3. P ·Kt&(Q) and wlnl); s. n ·K7!! and wins.

1\10$t so lvers who went astray ch ose the very provocative line of I. R·QBl which dool win against aIL replies but the one they overlooked: I • ..... H •• K·Q2! Now It doc. not n,aUer what White pia)"', hi e;ln only draw. U 2. P·XI'J, R· Kt1 eh and whenever the White Kin, movu uwa)" {rom the 'Jih and IIh raub, Black pia)". Rook to hI, flnt rank and d raw. easily. On Z. R·B1 ell, Slack play. 2.. H ••••••• K·B3 and draWl IllS easily.

'J'ne lime ~eneraJ tnematlc une an· swera the ,ua:G"cstcd 1. Il.-QKtl or 1. ]t·KtS de.

Corrod so;olut\o;ons (1. P-Kt7, etc.) arc acll.nowledll:ed rcce;ved from: J. E. Barry (Ann Af OOr). K. Blake (New York), A. Bomberault IPIUshurgh). M. BUrD (Bronx). G. F. Chase (Bufrato), R.. Dick­InSO n (Redwood City). E . K. Dille (Nor­COlk), .:. Gau lt (Ralnbrld/: c). 1::. GOd­bold (St. Loub), D . Hambureer (Pitts· burgh), R. W. lIa)"s (New York), R. A. Hcdgcock (Frankfort), W. Jame~ I.·ox Lake), E. J. Korpanty (Wood~lde). H. Kurruk (San Fcm:.ndo), J. L. McDona]d (New York), !'IT. Milstein (New York). R. A. Monrne (KnQxvilJe), M. F. Muel­ler (Memphl~). P. lI1urthll (Mo nroe). E . Nuh (Washington). W. Newberry (Al­\o;on), W. N. Palincr (Ncwport), R. P ln­sQn (Salem). V. »u1>01s rracoma). L. A.. Qulndry (Phlladclphlll). N. Raymond (Hartford), N. Reider (san Francllleo), t . Schwartz (Durand). I . SIG"mond (Col. wick), U. Stlenln/: (pit tsburgh ). A .. 'I·rud. (Philade lphIa), F. J. V. ]vo (Guild· erumd Cente r ). J. Weininger (Schen· eet~,dy), W. B. Wilson (Amherttburt), N. p. W\ttlnJl" (Salem), N. Zemke (Oe­trolt), E . nom.n (New Brlt.ln, Conn.).

COLLEGE CHESS (Con t in ued f rom page S, col. 4)

Pennsylvania championship. En­coul":tging signs for the future Illay be seen in the plans of the inter­collegiate Chess League for play during the school year, and in the incrcased activity in four Jegions: Pennsylvania ; the South, especially North Carolina, Virginia, West Vir­ginia, and Maryland; the Middle West, especially Michigan and Dli­nois; and Texas. The l'~ar West also has its events. On the debit side: the failing of[ of interest in New YOl'k-slight in lhe city. consider­able upstate; the continued failure of the Ivy I..eague tournamcnt to materialize; and lhe similar fail­ure of the Jesuit college tourna­menL But it has been a great year, and evel'yone may look Corward to the re new:! l of keen and strong competition in the Call.

In an II-player even t at Tappen, N. Dak., Vincent Sauer scored 111J.z-21J.z Cor first place. Ralph Polasky was second with 13-7, Leo Stroh third with 121f.z -7 1J.z, and l'~loyd Ashburgcr fourth with 12·8. Sauer lost one ga me apiece to Stroh and Ashburger while drawing one with Melvin Hoff in the double round evenl

I :Journament eli/. I Ju.ly J.1

Alaba m a Stat e Cha mpions h ip Bi r mingham, A I.b a m a

At ~ntnl YMCA, 526 No. 20th St ., Bl rmlnlham; rtstrlcted to s t.t .. r e$l. den is; 6 r4 Swl",,; entry fee $Z.OO plu. $1.00 USCF n llnJl: fee Crom pia)" ..... not USCF me mben; casb po rhes; tOUfDDment directo r John F. Addlngto o; for details, writ .. : F. W. Ke mp. 220 So. 59th P lace, Birmingham, Ala..

100% USCF rated event.

Ju.ly J-' ,mJ Ju. /y 10·11

Michig. n State Ch.mpions h lp Detr o it, M ich,

At FundalOl Co;ommunlly Ulda-., NIne :1&11 .. Rd.: 5-0 m Qv ... In S hou ... : on tl')' Cee: $1.00 (wllh 1.00 USCF ratlna- fee addiliona l from non.m .. mbert USCF); Swlsa, B Nls Or mQr .. ; cash prbca (or 10 or more places with $1S to $100 (based on available prt .... . fu ndi) flnt prl •. e; upen to all but state title t"(:sl rl .. t­cd 10 Mlchllan resident ; speed tourna. m~n t also; dIrector: V. E. Va ndenbur, : for dc lllll$, write: Or. Howlrd Glib., 17300 Woodlnl"bam. Detroit 11. Mich. o r V. £. V.ndenbur /:, 50S W. Len . ... ee, Lanslq, Mich.

100% USCF uted event

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G-.. l Rwl~; t rophies a nd. c'lBh prlr,u; ent ry tCB $3.00 with u.OO user.' ratln!; fce fv. pl,,)"~' rll nol USCF members: rfl .. deh.Us, write, L. 1.. Frnlt~r, 121 Sa.luda Ave., Coltnnhl!\, So. Car .

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A u.gu.st 20-22 He art of Ame rica Open Ch ill mpion­

s hip, Ka nsas City, Mo. Open; lit Downtown YMCA CheU

Club; $150 't uaranteed first prl1.e; entry fee » plus $1 ul!n~ fce Qr member­s.h lp In USC~'; G cd modlHed lIarkoeu; entry fee. Jln for cash prize.; e ntries c1Q5e a:30 I.m., Frid.y, AUi. 10; pl.y starts .t 9 lI.m.; write to; J. R. Beltllnlf, Sec')", YMCA Chess Club,AU( East lOtb, K.nlas City 4, Mo.

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Ollen to !l.U; 1 rd Sw\",,; CRHh p .. !~el<; "nlry fee to be n n noull<.:ed l .. ter; 'r CA and USCF membership required Or .u l)l:l.y" .... : detail" l,u"r; fQr fu r lhe r In ­torlnat101"l, write: ClnTene .. A. Cleere, 1321 bl. La.IlC\UOt~r. ~'t. 'VQrth, TeL

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.September 4-6 Penns yl vania State Championship

Johns town, Penna. At J ohnstown YMCA; 7 rd Sw1u;

QPen to residen ts of P ennsylvania or membltn of Penn. Chess Club.; FrI· day c venln, Sept. 3rd Rapid TJ"lnsll tourney; cn try ree $2.00 p l.a $6-00 lor USCF a nd PSCF dues; ror d etails write: Dr. E. J . Gordlet, IOU Grah .rn Ave. , Windber, P a.

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Cee Cor non·members USCf'; , tOO min· imum 1st prize guarant~; $~ tobl prize. I" U.rl nteed; 50 move. In two hOll n ; location to be .nnouneed lo ter; for detaill, wrlle: Arpad £10, 3935 No. Fleh rantz Dr., Itt. 11, Milwaukee 10. Wise.

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The inddaUgable Geol"ge Kot­tanowski hus recently organized a Chess Frie nds oC Southern Califor­nia as a companion to thc Chess Friends of North California. The new organiZation is holding a iI·class Swiss tournament at the Water and Power Chess Club in Los Angeles to select 10 players of each class to compete in a r adio match with the Northern Chess l<riends.

N. Y. CHESS LIFE (Co nt in ued f rom pa~ 2, col , 4,

his team an important half-point allowed Hearst a three-move repe­ti tion which resulted in the claim or~draw upheld. A .similar eon­cI on occurrcd in the Donovan­B nstein gamc, although not with­out some displays of emotion on the par t of the members of both teams, when Hans Kmoch, match refe ree. at first dccided that Dono­van had not claimed thc draw cor­rectly - according to the FIDE rule on thill critical drawing mao neuver; eventually, th.ough, Dono­va n's claim was upheld upon re­construction oC the game.

F rom here on the Marshall tea m's chances suddenly took a terrific fall as SlUisman scored neaUy over Mengarini in a game which all the spectators had diag· nosed as a win Cor Mengarini; s i­multa neously, Simonson resigned to Bisguicr after losi ng 5everal pawns in an attempt to obtain an attacking positiol.l in which he plays his best. The last glimmer of hope appeared for the Marshalls whcn US Champ Larry Evans beat former uaCiolial champ Arnold Denkcr in a time pressure scram­ble that had the onlookers stand­ing on tables to ·get a good view oC the struggle ; Evans sacrificed 3 piece duri ng the "scramble" and mated Denke r just after the time control had been passed. Thus the match stood 4*-3~ Manhattan, with the other f.our games ad­journed ; in these unfinished con­tests, Hanauer-Shipman (l"hcsc mas­ters met for the third straight year in Marshall-Manhattan matches!) and Shainwit-Lasker looked like draws, Pinkus-LcCornu was a cer­tain win Cor Pinkus, while Pil nick appeared to have the edge over Vine.

DUring the next week when the games were completed, Pilnick tried too hard to beat Vine and lost an intriguing endgame, while Le­Cornu was forced to resign to Pin­kus without resumption of play. These victories clinched the Me t League title for the Manhattan club and it did not matte l" that Lasker late !" lost his adjourned position to Shainswit: and Han­auer and Shipman played their "annual draw"!

The 8-4 Manhattan tr iumph left the Marshall team once more in second place and one wonders if this position is pl'edestined to be theil's fO I" many years to come. II only we MarshaHites could call a few Manhattan players "m:l idens" someday!

I N BRIEF : We wish to express our appreciation to Karl Burger COl" the (inc job be did- covering N. Y. chess during this r eporter's en­forced :!bstinence from chess. AU I know about recent events in N. Y. chess circles comes from Karl's columns. The Marshall Ama­teurs, under the wing of Jose Cal­deron, are leading the Metropoli­I.4in 'B' League; Ted Lorie won the brilliancy prize in the Marshall Amateur Championship for his game against Gerry J acobson Watch this column (or the inside news on the long-awaited Russian match :lnd the U. S. Champion­ship in pl'ogress at this writing.

MATCH GAME (Co nt in ued f r o m p a ge 3, col. 4)

Settlnt the state tor . s urprisl", orre r of the BI.ck queen; but the rc 11 little e lse. Instead 28. QR·R31! , Pa8; %7. bRl', 8xR; 21. Q·KR3 II met "'lIh Q.QBI!, while 26. R·K831!, P~B; 27. Rx B, PaR; 28. Q·KR3, P·KIt3; 29. Q.KK t3 Is met by P·BM and Q·K3. 26 . ........ Px8 2._ 0 .0 11. RaQ QRx R D . KI·8 4 A time p reMure move. wblch . UowS the QP to march. Mu<:h better ,. 29. If t· B3. but there au any number of ways for Bl8~k to score the poln L 29. 'H'H~ P.Q7! 30. Kt.Q5 "H.H. An Ingenious product of desperation . TtI"re was no cUcdlve de{ellU .,alnst 84B1 and P·Q8(Q). 30. .•. PIIKt 31_ R-81 8 _B4<:h 31. RxB R. Bk h Ru 19M The end of • fa ntas tica lly complex struggle, replete with cbll1& and thrillS and a few erron at that. Dr. Mtngarlnl 1$ • c-ru t competitor but It Just wasn't hIs d ay. \

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The Redwood City (Cali!.) Cham· ber of Commerce unnounces a Red­wood City Chess Festival on Sun­day, July ll , as the firs t Pcninsula chess festival. A short tournament will be held from 12 noon to 6 p, m., consisting oC lhree games, with players classified in A, Band C groups and special events for wom­cn and jun iors. There will be a simultaneous exhibition by Inter­national Mastcr George Koitanow­ski, problem solving, etc. Entry fee prior to July 1 for tourn:lment is $1.50 and aCter July 1 $2.50-entry fee for simultaneous (30 boards only) will be $1.50. All fees should be sent to George Kol­tanowski, P.O. Box 428, Redwood City, CaliCo Players s.hould bring their own boards and men.

Illinois as represented by Glen Ellyn and Elmhurst Chess Clubs scored a 9lh-81f.z victory over Wis­consin as represented by Beloit and Racine Chess Club in a rel'enl in­terstate encounter.

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