HON OR PRIZE PROBLEM

DR. P. G. KEENEY Bellevue, Ky.

WH ITE ) fA'rES IN It!VE ;\IOVI~S

TH E OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE AMERI CAN QIESS f EDERATION

INTERNATIONAL TEAM TOURNAMENT FIRST STEPS ,

, '.' THE "DRAGON" REVIVED

ALEKHINE • CAPABLANCA • KERES

OCTOBER, 1939 MONTHLY 30 (ems ANNlJALL Y $3,00

OFFICIAL ORGAN Of THB

AMERICAN CHESS FWERATiON Vol. VII, No. 9 Published M o.lllhly OocOOer, 1939 .

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International Team Tournament The German chess team turned out to be

the Abou Ben Adhem of the International Team Tournament at Buenos Aires . .. its name led all the rest ... but, and sadly~for the fine players of the twenty_seven nations assembled there ("'may their tribe increase"), the swift_moving cataclysmics of modern in_ trigue, propaganda and violence which .far away were vented upon the world during those same fateful days, and chaotically engu lfed rna!:!.\! of thei r native lands, were cruelly designed. to bless them with an awakening from any "dream of peace".

President Ortiz of Argentina, surrounded by ,his cabinet and diplomatic co~ps, formally opened T,he Tournament of the Nations in the Politeama Theatre on August 23rd, after a speech of welcome by the Mayor of Buenos Aires.

The entrants were then seeded into four s&tions and actual play commenced August 24th. The groupings and preliminary scores follow. The top four teams in each section were advanced into the Hamilton_Rmsell Trophy finals . The baJan<;e of the field com_ peted for the "Argentine Cup", donated by President Ortiz of Argentina .

Coincidentally, the cup finals of the Tour_ nament of the Nations with its mimic struggle of the chess strategists, moved into action September lst~the same day upon which was enacted the openin£ drama of the sterner and more vicious European confl ict.

Possession of the trophy was in doubt until the last game of the last round was fin ished! Eliskases, former Viennese, added the crucial half~point by drawing a six_hour duel with Van Seheltinga of Holland. Poland, a half_ point behind, placed second.

S hrapnel Bits One scans the reports from Buenos Aires

with the growing realization that the hopes, fears and sympathies of the chess masters mirrored the intransigeant emotions of restless European homelands.

Cabled messages speculated upon the con_ tribution which the outbreak of war made to the German victory, and noted the strength_ sapping effect of reports of the invasion of Poland upon masters like Tartakower, Najdorf and Regedzinsky, the latter without word of the fate of his wife and children in besieged Lodz.

FI N E V ERSUS RESHE VSKY

Efforts are now being made to raise a purse for a meeting between Reuben Fine, present holder of ~he North Amer. ican Open Championship, and.his arch_ rival, Samuel Reshevsky, present United States champion.

Plans call for a sixteen_game match - the purse to be divided 60.40.

Contributors will r&dve a souvenir book of the match and admission to all games, which will be contested in various clubs which support the match fund .

England, having Cjualified for the Hamilton_ Russell finals, was unable to fin ish, as Sir George TJlOmas, Milner_Barry and Alexander were obliged to return home following war dedarations September 3rd.

France and Poland versus Germany and Bohemia_Moravia were irreconciliable on both hemispheres, with the result that their indiviJ. ual match scores were ,halved without play.

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An unconfirmed report tells of France willingly conceding to Poland all four points of their match, during the critical final stages, in the hope that this mutual-assistance pact would enable Poland to overtake Germany.

When the standing of the teams was read on the final day, announcement of the German victory was perfunctorily applauded by the crowd-while Poland's win of second place was wildly cheered!

The German embassy staff, who accompanied their team, applauded the name of every nation - except Poland and France!

President Augusto de Muro of the Argentine Chess Federation is now the president of the F. I. D. E. (International Chess Federation), headquarters of which will be transferred to ArRentina.

PRELIMINARY QUALIFYING PLAY

GROUP A

j Point ...... Totals

Bohemia-Moravia ___ __ 15 2 7 18'12- 5% 9 18 lh - 5'h 9 13'h-l0~ 5 12'12-11 ~ 8 11 -13

Poland __ ____ _________ 14 1 England _______ ____ __ _ 9 6 Brazil ________ ________ 10 9 Canada ________ __ ____ 7 9 Paraguay __ ______ ____ 2 16 6 5 - 19 Peru _______ __ __ ______ 3 17 4 5 -19

GROUP B

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~ Latvia _________ ____ __ 13 Germany _________ ____ 11 Chile _________________ 11 France _______________ 9 Bulgaria _____________ 7 Uruguay _'" _______ ____ 7 Bolivia ____________ ___ 3

o t; ~ 3 0 2 9 3 10 7 6 6 9

11 6 14 3 18 3

GROUP C

~ Argentina __________ __ 15 Lithuania ____ __ __ __ __ 13 Holland ___ __ _________ 10 Denmark _____________ 10 Iceland _______________ 9 Ireland _______ ______ __ 2 Ecuador . ____ __ __ __ __ __ 1

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~ ~ 3 6 4 7 4 10 7 7 7 8

17 5 18 5

GROUP D o

Point Totals

17%- 6% 16 - 8 14 -10 13JA-I0'h 10 -H

8'12-15'12 4%- 19%

Totals Point

18 - 6 16JA- 7% 15 - 9 13%- 10% 13 - 11 4%-19% 3%- 20'12

~ Point ...... Totals

Sweden __ _____________ 13 5 Estonia" ______________ 11 5 Palestine ___________ __ 7 5 Cuba ___________ ______ 6 6 Norway ____ __ ______ __ 6 10 Guatamala ___________ 1 13

2 14 - 6 4 13 - 7 8 11 - 9 8 10 - 10 4 8 - 12 6 4 - 16

THE CHESS REVIEW

HAMILTON_RUSSELL TROPHY FINALS o

g t;; Point . s: .3...... Totals Germany ____ __ _____ __ 22 6 28 36 -20 Poland _______ _____ ___ 26 11 19 35'12-20% Estonia ______________ 24 13 19 33'12- 22'12 Sweden ____ __________ 24 14 18 33 - 23 Argentina __ __________ 23 14 19 32'h-23~l!

Bohemia-Moravia _____ 22 14 20 32 -24 Latvia ___ ____ _____ ____ 21 14 21 31'h-241,l! Holland __ ___ _________ 20 15 21 a01,l!-25i:Z Palestine _____________ 16 20 20 26 -30 France ____ ___ ________ 13 20 23 24'h-31lh Cuba __ __ ___ _ . ___ ______ 17 28 11 22'h-33'h Lithuania ____________ 15 27 H 22 -34 Chile __ ___________ ____ 17 29 10 22 -34 B!'azll _______ __ __ ___ __ 10 24 22 21 - 35 Denmark _______ __ ____ 12 33 11 17%- 38%

Capablanca won a gold medal for his record of six wins and five draws without a defeat in the finals. Alekhine played one game less, posted an individual average of n % against Capa's 77%, and ranked second_best point_ getter of the event.

Cuba presented a Capablanca..less line_up for their match with France, and so no Alek_ hine versus Capa game resulted. Capablanca wants a return match for the world title, but Alekhine must soon assume war duties for France.

The Hamilton_Russell Trophy which was awarded to the German ClJess Federation, was delivered to the German charge d'affaires at Buenos Aires.

PUT THIS IN YOUR OPEN FILE

A month of prep and study Under Alekhine the champ,

Was had by Argentina, At a "concentration" camp!

The return trip home rfor the players of Bolivia, Chile, Ecuador, Guatamala and Peru, via the International Trans_Andes Railway may include a few looks over mile_high precipices, or even a few hungry condors, but it still won't pack the thrills some of the others will get aboard the Belgian S. S. Copacabana en route to Antwerp peering for periscopes.

'Jihe steamship company was reluctant to carry the French players, fearing to increase danger from V_Boats, but finally relented be_ cause the German quintet were also to be passengers. , . .

The Polish team will remain in Argentina­marooned where they labored for Caissa, in a strange, if friendly land-wondering if Home will ever be Home again. Some other Euro_ peans are also to stay.

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HO W THEY DID IT IN BU ENOS AIRES

EL CAMPEQNATO MUNDIAl DE AJEDREZ POR EQUIPO~ QUE SE OISPUTA ~N

BU E NOS AIRES

(1) ALEKH I NE ( Fra nce) reca"ds .1 move by ZWETKOFF (Bulg~ ria), (Z) Argentina 's ch.1rnpion , ROBERTO GRAU. ( 3) VERA M E N CHIK STEPHENSON. Worn;,n ch~ mpion of the world. (4) The Women's Tournament ~tto'ncts n 1,lI'ge g a l le,'Y. (5) CAR L OS E. CUIMARD. forme," Argent ine ch~mp i on. (S) CZERNIAK (P"lestin~) h~s Wh i t~ "\lainst Cuba's CAPAB L ANCA. (7) RUTH BLOCH NAKKEAUD, won, an c h,''''plon of No .. w~y ponder"s. (8) DORA TREPAT. A'"gent;n ,, ', wOlllnn ci,a 'npion . thinks it oyer ~ s SONJA GRAF puffs .1 cigarette . (9) MARIA BEREA of Argent ina. (10) ERICH El.ISKASES, top board of th e winn i ng German team (but he's Austria n) . (11) PETROV ( l.atvia) concent r ates as ALE K _ H1NE look~ on.

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200 THE CHESS Rl;VlBW

Argentlna __________ .Grau, Plu:j;lnl, Balbocban, Guimard, Plee!. Bohemla.Moravla ___ .FoltY8, Pellkan, Opooensky. Skalicka, ~lta. Brazll ______________ .Sllva.·Rocha. \v. Cruz, O. Cruz, Trompovsky. SOu$R·MclHles. Chlle _______ __ ______ Salasromo, Flores, Leteller, Reed, Castille. Cuba _______________ .Capablanca., Planas, Blanco, Lopez, Alema.n. Oenmark ___________ Enevoldsen, Poulsen, Chris tensen', Sorensen, Larsseu. EngLand _______ _____ Alexllnder, Thomas, Milner-Barry, Golombek, Wood. El tonia _____________ Ke l'es. Schmidt, Rand, Frledemann, Turn. France _____________ .Alekbine, Gromer, Kahn, Detz, Romettl . Germany ___________ .ElIs kases, Michel, Engels, Becker, Reinhardt. Holland ____________ .Van Seheltlnga, CorUever, de Groot, Prins, de Ronde. Latvia •• _ •••• _. __ ._ .Petrov, Felgln, Aps heneek, Endzelins, Melngalls. Lithuan ia ____ . ______ Mikenas, Valtonls, Luckis, Taulvaisas, Andrasuna. Paledlne ___________ .Czernlak, Foerder, Wlnz, Kleins tein, Rauch. Poland __ . _____ _____ .Tartakower, Najdorr, F rydman, Regedzinsky, Sulik. Sweden __ ___ . ______ .Stahlberg, Lundin, Danielson, Bergkvist, Ekenberg.

ARGENTINE CUP PL.AY

Canada set a -hot lace for ten rounds, due largely to D.year.ol Ahie Yanofsky's mag ni. ficent 8~ points in nine games, but were cooled off in the eleventh and final round by Iceland. 'f.he 2~-1 Y2 defeat in this critical match cost our ·friendly neighbor the one.point lead which they had carried into the final round, and enabled Iceland to tie. Uncler the rules of play, ties were broken by awards to the team which had won most matciJes or the individual match, and Iceland thus earned possession of the Argentine Cup.

Yanofsky again came through with a win, boosting his individual average to 9'%! But even this excellent mark was only good for second place in the individual rankings. Jon Gudmundsson of Iceland played every round and won every game and we call that voting a strnight ticket for Iceland.

ARGENTINE CUP FINALS

Polnl Totals Iceland _______ • __ . __ ____ ._._____ 28 -12 Canada .. __ __ . _________ ..•. ____ 28 -12 1§prway .,,~;~ _____________________ 27 -IS

:u-.r~ay"' -'---.----------- ---_ --- 26 - 14 Bilig~~IA:;' ___ n ... n __ . n_________ 25 %-14 % Ecuador _ .. _. __ _ • __ __ ... _. ______ 21 - 19 Guatamala . __________ . __________ 15%-24* It-elanu ______ . __ ________________ 15%-24% Peru _._. __ ._ .... _____ . ____ ._. __ 14 -26 Bolivia ... _ .......... ______ .. ___ 10 -30 Paraguay . _____ .. ___ .... ________ 9'h-30'h

••• Montevideo, Uruguay, is currently the scene

of. a tournament wllidl was arranged upon the c~nclusion of the International Team Tourna. 'ment by the British Minister, Millington Drake, Dr, AJekhine and Vera Menchik Stephenson (all the world champions of chess, no less) pIns t~le Englishmen, Golembek and Wood, and :1 coterie of Uruguayans comprise the field. 11le procttds go to the British Roo Q=.

WOMAN CHAMPION RETAINS TITL.E

The women's championship tournament, which was run concurrently with the Internat . ional Team Tournament, produced one more bit of evidence (if one more is needed), that Mrs. Vera Menchik Stephenson is still Queen of that Realm. Nineteen rounds without a de. feat and her finaL 18- 1 score doesn't miss first prize often. It didn't.

Sonja Graf, formerly of Germany, but now mentioned as a free agent who will probably return to England, further cemented her posi. tion as second ranking woman, which she es. tablished in her 1937 world title match with the champion oy compiling 4~ points while losing llY.l:---4~ .

The Chilean senorita, Berna Carrasco broke into her first international med with an amaz. ing 1)y'!:-3~. Miss N . May KarH kept the United States in the top five with a good score, missing fourth place only through an unfortunate loss to Friedl Rinder of Germany. Twenty.year.old and blonde Milda Lauberte of Latvia, one of the more promising finds of the Stockholm gathering of '37 placed sixth bIlis year.

WOMEN 'S WORl.D CHAMPIONSHIP

Point t.otals Vem Menchik Stephenson, England 18 _ 1 So nja Graf, Free agent _____ ____ ._.16 - S Uerna Carrasco, Chile ___ . ____ ...•• 15lh- 3'h Friedl Rinder, Germany __ ... _. __ ._15 - 4 N. May Karff, United States _.' ___ •• 14 - 5 Mlida Laube.te, Latvia _ .. _. ______ 12 - 7 Mllria Teresa Mora, Cuba ______ ~ __ ll - 8 H. Roodzandt, Holland ___ . ________ 11 - 8 Beatriz Janecek, Bohemla.Moravls_ 9 - 10 P. Schwartzmann, France _____ ____ 9 - 10 Ingrid Larsen, Denmark _____ ~ ____ 8 'A.-IO~

Ingaborg Anderson, Sweden __ ~ ____ 7'h-ll'h Dora B. Trepat, Argentina __ .. . ___ 7>,i-lllAt S. Relscher, Palestine __ . • . __ ___ __ 7 - 12 Maria A. Berea, Argent ina ___ _____ 7 - 12 C. M. Stoffels, Belgium __ __ __ __ __ •• 6'h-12 1,~

Marla A, de Vigil, Uruguay __ ~ __ ~~ 6 -13 E. Racla us kiene, Lithuania _. _____ 3lh-15'Aa Ruth Bloch·Nakkerud, NorwilY ___ _ 3 -16 Annabelle Lougheed, Canada ______ 2 -17

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Games from the International Team Tournament at Buenos Aires

SHalt.jacketed by ftrateg y. QUE E N ' S GAMB I T DECLINED Petrey G'rau Latvia Argentina WihUe Black

1 P-Q4 P.Q4 10 QKt_Q2 2 Kt-KB3 B_B4 11 0-0 3 P-B4 P_K3 12 P-B5 4 Q_Kt3 Kt_QBS 13 Ktx8 5 B_Q2 R_Kt1 14 P·B4 6 P_K3 P-QRS Hi P.QKt4 7 B_Q3 BxB 16 P_QR4 8 QxB Kt_Kt5 17 KR_81 9 BxKt BxBch 18 P_K t 6

Insufficien t to equalize would be

Kt_BS 0-0

BxKt P.B3

Kt _Q2 P_B4 Q_B2 R_R1

KR_Kt1

19 . . . RPxP; 19 P xP, HxR; 20 RxR, P-QKtS be1:!ause of 21 KtPxP, QxQBP ; 22 R-R6.

19 Kt_BS 20 PxP 21 P_Kt6 22 RxR

RPxP Q_Q1 RxR P·R3

22 .. . R-R l, challenging White's posses sion of t he fi le forestalls fore ver t he intrusion by R-R7. Her e 23 R-R7 is refuted by 23 . .. RxR; 24 PxR, Q-R4. 23 R_R7 24 Q_K2 25 Kt-Q2

K_B2 P_KtS Kt-B3

26 Kt-KtS 27 Kt_R5 28 Q.R2

K_K1 Q_B1 . , . .

T he thr ea t is 29 KtxKtP, R xKt ; 30 RxR, QxR ; 31 Q"R7 ~ and the pawn m ar ches on, 28 , , • , Kt.Q2 31 P·Kt4 K·B2 29 Q_KB2 Kt_B3 32 P_Kt5 _ ••• 30 Q-R4 Kt-Kt 1

Subtle and clever , Black's knigh t is now stymie d, W h ite returns to the Q side to con­summate his origin al plan-to which ther e i~ n o defen se so long .as t he Black k night is denied access to Q2.

32 , • • • 33 Q_B2 34 Q_R2

Petrov

P_R4 K.K 1

Kt.K2

35 KtxKtP RxKt 36 RxR Res'igns

For ·after 36 .. . QxR; 37 Q-R7!

The Peruvian King goes to Canada~in the point column, and across the eight ranks of the chessboard, too,

FRENCH DEFENSE

Yanofsky Canada White

Dulanto Peru Black

1 P_K4 2 P.Q4 3 Kt_QB3 4 B. Kt5 5 KtxP 6 KKt_B3 7 KtxKtch 8 B_Q3 9 Px P

10 P-B 3 11 0-0 12 R·K1 13 Kt.K5 14 BxKt

P.K3 P_Q4

Kt-KB3 PxP

QKt_Q2 B_K2

KtxKt P-B4

Q-R4ch QxBP

0-0 R.Q1

P·QKt3 BxB

15 BxPch! 16 Q_R5 17 RxB 18 B_K4 19 BxB 20 Q-R8ch 21 QxP 22 RxPch! 23 R_K1ch 24 Q-B6ch 25 R_K5ch 26 P_Kt3ch 27 Q_Q6ch 28 R_K2ch

K_B 1 BxKt Q_B2

B_Kt2 QxB

K . K2 R_KKt1

KxR K_Q3 K·B4 K_B5 K_Q6 K_B7

Resigns ·

"How to Will a Pawn in fi fty-two M oveJ­or, Life 011 a Treadmiti," by Alekhine.

SICILIA N D E F EN SE

Alekhi ne Zwetkoff France Bulgaria White Black

1 P·K 4 P_QB4 14 QxPch 2 Kt.KB3 P·Q3 15 Q_R6 3 P-B3 Kt_KB3 16 Kt_Kt3 4 P-K5 PxP 17 Q_R5 5 KtxP Kt_B3 18 KtxQ ti KtxKt PxKt 19 B_K3 7 B·B4 B_B4 20 Kt·Kt3 8 P_Q3 P_K3 21 P.QB4 9 Q_B3 Q_Q2 22 K R_Q1

10 P_KR3 B_K2 23 RxR 11 Kt_Q2 R. Q1 24 R-Q 1 12 0-0 BxQP 25 Kt-R5 13 B xB QxB 26 R-Q3

Q_Q2 0-0

Q_B2 QxQ R·Q3 R_R3 R·B1 K_B 1 R_Q3 BxR

K _K2 B-K4 R_B2

If 26 ... BxP ; 27 R-Kt3, B-K4; 28 a nd W h ite gains valuable ground.

R-B7ch

27 R-Kt3 Kt_Q2 34 R_Kt3 28 P-B4 B·Q3 35 R-Kt 5 29 K-B2 Kt-Kt3 36 P-R5 30 K-B3 K-Q2 37 P-R3 31 R·Q3 K·K2 38 K_K4 32 P_KKt4 P·B3 39 K_Q3 33 P-KR4 K t_R5

Kt-Kt3 K.Q2 K_K2 K.Q2 K_K2 K_Q2

W hy should Missouri"?

a Bulgarian say, " I'm from

40 Kt-Kt3 41 Kt.Q2 42 P_Kt3 43 Kt_K4 44 R_R5

Kt-R5 K_B3

Kt.Kt3 Kt_Q2 B_K2

45 Kt-B3 46 Kt_Kt5 47 P_Kt4 48 Kt_B3

R_Kt 2 K _Kt3 P_QR3

K .B2

Finall y su ccumbing to White's adroit m an· agement or his prevonderance of Dower on the Q side . 49 RxRP 50 Kt_Kt5ch 51 PxP 52 RxP 53 B_Q2

PxP K_Q1 B,P B·B4

Kt·B1

54 R_B6 55 K _K4 56 K_Q5 57 B_Kt4ch 58 K_K6

Kt_Q2 K_K2

B.Kt 8 K_Q1

Resigns

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More Games from the International Team Tournament at Buenos Aires

TartakoUJl?r elf/wl'ly mgine<lrs a piec/?JflC'rifice 10 Jtrand ALex,mder's Q and Kt-after which his KP fltns a g<uwllel ,,"·whacked.

ALEKHINE'S DEFENSE Alexander Tartakower England Poland White Black

1 P.K4 Kt_KB3 19 Kt(K)_B2 2 P.K5 Kt_Q4 20 Q·Q3 3 P_QB4 Kt.KtS 21 P-QR3 4 . P_Q4 P.Q3 22 KtxKt 5 PxP BPxP 23 8.Q4 6 Kt.QB3 P-KKt3 24 PxP 7 B.K3 B_Kt2 25 RxR 8 Kt-B3 8_Kt5 26 P-Kt3 9 B_K2 Kt_B3 27 BxB

10 P_QKt3 0-0 28 Kt.Q4 11 0-0 P.KR3 29 Q_Q2 12 Q.Q2 K.A2 30 R.K1 13 Kt.K 1 BxB 31 RxR 14 KtxB P.K4 32 KtxP 15 P_B4 PxQP 33 QxKt 16 KtxP P.Q4 34 K-Kt2 17 P_QBS Kt_Q2 35 Kt.K5

Kt.K5 P_QR4

R_K1 PxKt p,p R,R Q.RS Q.R4 K,B

Kt-S3 R.K5

Kt.KtS P,R

KtxP Q.Q8ch

P.K6 P.K7

18 P.QKt4 Kt.B3 Resigns --,--

Extrali Capa refmes a gambit pawn. EVANS GAMBIT DECLINED

Rojahn Norway White

1 P.K4 P.K4 2 Kt.KB3 Kt.QB3 3 B.B4 B.B4 4 P.QKt4 B.Kt3 5 P.QR4 P.QR3 6 P.B3 Kt.B3 7 Q.Kt3 0.0 8 P.Q3 P.Q3 9 B.KKt5 Q·K2

10 QKt-Q2 P.QR4

19 . . . • 20 QKtxKP

If 20 QxKt. p.Q,j; 20 . . . . QKt.B3 21 Kt-Q3 PxP 22 PxP KR.B1 23 P.B4 P.QKt3 24 QR.B1 R.R2

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Capablanca Cuba Black

11 P.Kt5 12 0.0 13 B.K3 14 Q·B2 15 P·R3 16 KR. K1 17 PxB 18 KtxB 19 P·Q4

KtxP . . . .

21 Q·Q3, P·K5! 25 Q.Kt3 26 P·Q5 27 KtxKt 28 Kt.Q4

Kt.Q1 Kt.K3 Kt.B4 B.K3

QKt.Q2 BxQB

B,B P.B3

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QR.62 Kt·64 RxKt Q.K5

If 28 . , , KtxPj 29 Kt·B6I White's horse· manshij) during this critical phase of lhe gallle redeems the ittlierenl weakness of his pawn structure-contributing largely to ,the draw wltich his tenacious defense eventually earns. 29 Kt.B6 R·K1 33 Q.62 QxQ 30 Kt.Q4 Kt.Q2 34 RxQ Kt.K4 31 R·B3 R.K4 35 Kt.Kt3 R.B2 32 R·KB1 R.Kt4

35 ... RxBP is punished by 36 RxR, KtxR; 37 R-Bl~

36 37 38 39 40

R.Q1 Kt.Q2 R.B3 R·KB1 R·B4 Drawn

K.B1 R.KtS R.RS K.K2

R.KBS

DiJOrganiZ<?d d.efenders call1lot reach theil' kiNg ill time. While pickJ" off the J"Jrdgg/en.

QUEEN'S PAWN GAME Guimard Minnis

Argentina Ireland White Black

1 P·Q4 Kt·KBS 5 0·0 0·0 2 Kt.KBS P·Q4 6 QKt.Q2 QKt.Q2 S P.K3 P·K3 7 P·QKtS P·B4 4 B.Q3 B·K2 8 B.Kt2 P.QKt3

Inasmuch as it is already evident tllat Black's counter·play is to occur on the Q side, it seems preferable to l)!'oceed with . , . P·QRS and ... P·QKt4. White must then submit to ... P·B5 w llich leaves his bishol)S wlLb les· sened scope, 01· pave tho way for a Black knight's entrance to K5 with PX4BP.

9 Q.K2 B·Kt2 15 BxKt 10 QR.Q1 Q.B2 16 P.BS 11 Kt.K5 PxP 17 R·B4 12PxP QR.B1 18 R.Kt4 13 P·KB4 KtxKt? 19 QxB 14 BPxKt Kt. K5

P,B Q.BS

B.Kt4 BxKt

P·KB4

If 19 .. Q·B2; 20 Q·Kt5, P·KtS; 21 R-KB1! Q·Q1 ; 22 R-B6 and Bln.ck's king dr i fts into a mating net.

20 PxP ep 21 P·B4 22 P.KR3 23 R.Kt3

",:,~MinniS

R,P Q.Q2

P.KR4 Q.KB2

OCTOBER, 1939

24 P_Q5! • • • •

Initiating a final decisive 24 . . . .

combinatio ll.

25 PxP 26 RxR 27 Q_Q7! 28 QxQch

R-KtS QxP QxR Q_B2 KxQ

29 R_Q7ch and won Black made six mQl·e moves.

wby. Nobody knowR

Stahlberg, a pawn behind, fights with Ihe cOIJrag.e of despair- only to lose a tJIel"fY halld_ lo-halld baltle ill the end.

FRENCH DEFENSE

Keres Stahlberg Estonia Sweden White Black

1 P·K4 P_K3 14 B.Q3 OxO 2 P.Q4 P_Q4 15 RxO Q_BS S QKt_Q2 P_QB4 16 B_K2 Kt_KtS 4 KKt_B3 QKt_B3 17 Kt-K3 B·1<3 5 KPxP KPxP 18 P·Kt3 Q-QS 6 B.Kt5 P.BS 19 R_R2 P_KR3 7 0-0 B.Q3 20 B.Q3 B·R6 8 P_QKt3! PxP 21 Kt.Q2 QKt-K2 9 RPxP Kt_K2 22 P_KB4 B.Q2

10 R¥1 0-0 23 Kt_B3 P_Kt4 11 Kt_B1 B_KKt5 24 Kt·K5 KtxKt 12 P_B3 Q_B2 25 BPxKt Q.QKt3 13 B.R3 KR_Q1 26 P-QKt4 P_QR4

Black's aggressiveness here ean scarcely be vindicated by later developments. With his QP already weak, he now adds to bis defensive problems ,by -making ·an oIl.,n-file target of bis QKtP. 26 . . . KR-QBl; 27 Q-Kt3, B-K3; 28 KR~l, P-.R3 ·otters a solid defense with ·pros· peet s on the QB file. Here 29 R·w.; (tbreat· en lng 30 BxP) is met ·by Kt-B3! 27 PxP RxP 30 Q_R3 Kt_Kt3 28 Q_Kt3 RxR 31 R_Kt1 R_Kt1 29 QxR Q_QB3 32 Q. Kt4 Kt_Bl

Tbis costs a pawn. Better was 32 ... R· Kt2, for after 33 BxKt, QxB !; 34 KtxP, B-B3; t o be followed by ... Q-K5. White is cut on. the bias.

In this v.ariation trickery via 35 P ·B4 is frustrated by ... Q-K5 (not however, 35 .. . PxP?; 36 QxR!. BxQ; 37 K t·K7eh). 33 Q_Kt3 B_K3 39 R.Q·B1 B.Q2 34 K_B2 P_Kt5 40 K_Kt1 R·K1 35 PxP Q_Kt3 41 Kt-Kt2 Kt_KS 36 Q_Kt2 Kt_Q2 42 Kt·B4 Kt_Kt4 37 P·KtS P_B3 43 K_Kt2 • • • • 38 PxP KtxP

Safer tban 43 KtxP for uhe reply .. . Q-K3 leaves tbe White king position too well ven­tllated for comfor t. 43 ... QxP-cb; 44 QxQ, Kt-B6ch. elc. would simply lead Black to an unhappy ending.

43 . . . . 44 R·Bl 45 P_R4 46 B_K2!

B. Kt5 R-KB1 Kt-B6 • • • •

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Keres

46 . . . . RxKt Tbe game is to be saved only if the White

K can be prodded into prominence. El.a.ck ca nn ot ,be optimistic enough -to expect 47 PxR, KtxPch; ,18 K-Kt3, Kt·B4ch; 49 KxB?, Q-Kt3 cb ; 50 K-any. Q·Kt6 -mate, but even after 47 PxR. KtxPch; 4g K·Rl, BxB; 49 QxB, Qx QP White must proceed carefully.

47 BxKt RxP Also leading to a lost ending i s 47 ...

BxBeh ; 4S RxE, RxQP;beca use of 49 Q·KB2, Q·B4; 50 P·Rt6! Arter 50 . .. QxP White m ales in three, w,hile if 50 ... R-QBS; 51 QXQ, RxQ; 52 R·Kt3, R·El ; 53 P-Kt7, R·Ktl Whit e brings his K to the ·cen ter and wins the ending. 48 BxB 49 Q-K5! 50 P·Kt6 51 QxQPch 52 R·B8

R,B Q_Kt3 R-Kt 5 K_R2

Q.B7ch

53 K.R3 R-Kt7 54 Q.Kt8ch K-Kt3 55 P·R5ch KxP 56 Q·B7ch Resigns

Mate in three is for ced.

ONOJlle colored biJhops bring Peace- after all en~·elopillg maiU.!i/vel" is repulJed.

SICILIAN DEFENSE

Capab lanca Tartakowe r Cuba Poland

White Elook 1 P·K4 P-QB4 6 KKt-Kt5 B·Kt5 2 Kt.KB3 Kt-QB3 7 P_QR3 BxKtoh 3 P_Q4 PxP 8 KtxB P-Q4 4 KtxP Kt_B3 9 B.Q3 • • • • 5 Kt-QB3 P-K3 Better t han 9 PxP, PxP; 10 B-Q3 for a fter

10 . . . B·Kt5 ; 11 P-B3, B-K3; 120-0, P-KR3; 13 K t·K2, 0-0 ; 14 Kt-Kt3. Q·Kt3ch ; 15 K-Rl. QR-Ql Black·s pieces are ,better ·developed.

9 . . • . PxP 20 R-Q6 P_Kt5 10 KtxP KtxKt 21 R_R6 PxP 11 BxKt QxQch 22 PxP R_Kt2 12 KxQ B_Q2 23 B.B5 R_Kl 13 B_K3 P_B4 24 P-B3 P_B5 14 BxKt BxB 2S R-R5 K_B3 15 P_KB3 P_K4 26 B·Q6 P.K5 16 R·Kl K-B2 27 Bx;P PxP 17 K·K2 P_KKt4 28 B_KSch K_Kt3 18 K·B2 KR_KKtl ·Drawn 19 QR-Ql P-QR3

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Cross Country WI SCONSIN Y S. IL.LINOIS

1 ..... ·0 hund l'ed chess players with their faru­ilies and fri ends assem bled Augus t 27 at Grant Park in South Milwaukee, located on a high bluff overlooking Lake Michigan, to e njoy a day of p icnickin8. ehe" and !:Il»OI1 !:1. The e ven t. arnmged wit h the he ll) o( local leaders In both IIUltee and Dorothy E nderls find E rnest OUe of the Milwaukee Department of Munici pal ReeI'eaUon was a ,rlUld l ucceS8.

High. SpoLS o f the lIay were the fonnlng of the Wisconsin Slate Chess AssoclaUon, and a mammoth t hirt y-nine (count 'em!) board In ter­state team match between Wisconsin and Ill i­nois. The match was dedicated -to the mem ory of Charles H ugh Leach, who until his death last year, was an Ardent wOl'ker ror chess throughout the Mid-West.

Officers or the newly·tormed W. S. C. A. were elected aH followij: Pl'eHldellt, Glen Ran· dam of Green Day; Vlce'PI'esldent, H. L. Atlee or LaCrosse; SeCl'e tRl'y·'l't'easll rer, Joseph L . Alcorn or Racine; 'l'oumamellt Director , J. V. Reinhardt or Stevens Point; DiI'ector oj' Pub· licity and Promotion, I"rltz Rathmann of Lake.

IJIlnoi, L. J. Isaacs ___ __ 1 Samuel Factor __ 1 B. Da.hls trom __ _ 0 Kirk Holland ___ 1 W . Youngquist __ 1 H. E lmlund __ ___ 1

I. Nords trom ___ 0 A. Bis no __ __ __ __ 1 Adams _________ % Flossi __ __ ______ 1 C. Fallert ______ 1 A. Anderson ____ 1 F. Vigfussen ___ 1 E. Bergstrom __ 1 A. 'l'atge ________ 1 G. Knapp _______ 1 E. Karlson ______ % B. Stade ___ _____ 1 A. Steed ________ 1 L. F. Denoyer ___ 1 J. Rimmer ______ 1 J . J ackson ___ ___ 1 E. E. Bacons __ __ 0 J. Hinson _______ 1 J. Koldeway ____ 1 J . Anderson _ ___ lh A. Irving _______ % R. G. Longmire _ 0 Dr. Beckel' _____ 0 J. Holfmann ____ 0 N. HolTman n ____ 0 A. Elmquist _____ 1 A. Nelson ______ 0 Gene Rose __ ____ 1 H . Koenig ______ 0 G. Hovey _______ 0 MI'S. Nova lo'Unt. _ 0 t;lIsabeth Caughey 0 Wm. Becker ____ 0

Wi ,consin Arved Elo ______ 0 H . W . Knulsen __ 0 WAiler Heyn ___ 1 C. KrastewHk l __ 0 E . 'rell ilnsky __ __ 0 R. Radtke __ ____ 0 Dr.O. M. J .

Wehrley __ ___ 1 C. Mlkollc ______ 0 J . Fashlngblluer _ * A. Kle in ________ 0 W. llanerdt _____ 0 Robert Durkin __ 0 H. Holenweg ____ 0 D. Ande l'Son __ __ 0 L. Manll' _______ _ 0 O. Rathman n, Sr. 0 H. L. Atlee _____ 'AI F. Dlum ________ 0 C. Deck ___ _____ _ 0 E. Edwards _____ 0 E. Malmquist ___ 0 01'. Fancher ____ 0 J . Sc hue fer _____ 1 J.' I·IUlk Sigg _____ 0 R. Kunz __ ______ 0 W. JohnsOll __ ___ "h DI·. Guelle ______ 'h F. Frilling ______ 1 M . Dec hel' ______ 1 W. Oneby __ ____ 1 J . V. Relnharl __ 1 EmU Nimphius __ 0 W . Decher __ __ __ 1 L. Vasil Ion __ ___ 0 J . '1'hom l)ltOn ____ 1 I';. 10'. Doe ri ng ___ 1 M 111. I~ . Housfeld I I;':. HUI1!1€n ____ _ 1 1>. Ib.lhmann ___ 1

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TEXAS CHAMPIONSHIP

T he 1939 Texas Chess Championship 'rour· na.ment, played in Houston over the La.bor Dsy week-end. was won by O. W. i'of fLnney or Tuc· son, AI·izona., with the excellent score or 8%­'h. Manney, fOI'merly ot E I Paso, WOIl lbe ti rst Texas cham lJionl;hi l1 SI)()llsored by the s la te association in ]935, and although now a resl · dent of Ari;rona, the Texas c hess frate rnity hIlS never l-e linquished i1s c la im "l)()n him. EdgRr H~rls"eld , 1936 c ha nl))ioll , 1,laced seco nd, whlle thll'd place wellt to the de fe nding cllamploll , J . C. T hompson. JRmes P. Dell of Fort Worth secured the lone d raw against Manney.

The final standing: POints

O. W. Manney ___ .Tucson ___ _________ !l~- MIl Edgar Hal'tsf\eld_ Dallas _________ ____ 7 - 2 J. C. Thompsoll __ .Dallas ________ ____ 611f1- 21-f1 G. A. Andel'son __ .Fort Worth ________ 51,i-3~ C. Hrissikopoulos C. Ch. _____________ 5 -4 J . P. BelL _____ __ .Fort Worth __ ______ 41-f1-4 Y.I J . W. Stapp ____ __ Dallas ____ ____ __ __ 41h- 41h J. C. Murphy __ _ . . San Antonio __ ____ 11h-7 "h Dr. L. J. Spivllk __ Houston ________ ___ 11h-7 ~ W. Jane8 ________ ,Waco ________ _____ ~-8"h

1939 Tax .. s Champi onsh ip Houston, Sept. 2, 3, &. 4

RUY LOPEZ

O. W. Manney Tucson, Ari:!!.

White 1 P. K4 P·K4 2 Kt.KB3 Kt-QB3 3 B.KtS P-QR3 4 B.R4 Kt.B3 5 0 ·0 KtxP 6 p .Q4 P.QKt4 7 B-Kt3 P.Q4 8 Px P B.K3 9 P·B3 B.K2

10 Q·K2 ().O 11 QKt·Q2 Kt.B4 12 Kt·Q4 Ktx B 13 KtxQKt KtxB 14 QRxKt Q.Q2 15 Kt xBc h QxKt 1S P· KB4 P.KB4 17 P·QKt4 P.B4 18 PxP QxPch 19 K·Rl QR.B1 20 Kt.Kt3 Q_Kt3 21 Kt.Q4 R.B5 22 P·Kt4 P.K t5 23 KtPxP Bx P 24 KtxB RxKt 25 Q·Q3 R ( B5)xK BP 26 QxPch K.Bl 27 RxR Rx R

J . C. Thompson DaHu IlI fLck

28 PxP 29 Q·Kt2 30 Q·K4 31 Q·R8 32 QxQch 33 K. Kt2 34 K.B3 35 P.QR4 36 P.R5 37 R.BS 38 R.KtS 3g K.K4 40 K.Q5 41 R.Kt7ch 42 P. K6 43 K.K5 44 P. Kt5 45 P. R6 46 P.K7 47 K.B4 48 R.R7! 49 R.Q7 50 R·Q8ch 51 P. K8 (Q) 52 RxR 53 R.K5

K.K2 R.B2

P.Kt3 Q.Q

K,Q R.Q2 R·Q7 R.R7

RxK RP R.QKt7

K.K2 P.R4

P.Kt4 K.Q

R.Q7ch P. Kt5

p,p K.8

R. K7ch P.Kt5 K .Kt K. R

K .R2 R,Q K,P

Rulgn.

BERGEN COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP The Pillsbury ehe3/; Club, 7 North Broad

S ll-eet. R idgewood , N. J .. wlll be the IIcene of I he o pe ning round o r lh t:> BOI'Ken CoUl)l)' Ches;< Champions hip Tourmune nl which cuml1lel1ce )( Oclobe l' 14. E nt"les close F r iday. Octobe l' 13. They should be sen t to J ohn n. Silethiage, 50 Ohurch Street, New York Cll),.

OCT 0 6.1lA . 1939

UTAH STATE TITLE

Rlc hartis Durham of Salt Lake Clly, le ft lILlie to chance, and less LQ his opponents In the Utah S tate Chess Champions hip Tourna.­menl, wlunlng seven s traight games to relain the tlUe In convincing style. The tourolUnent was run olf over the Labor Day holidays In conjunction with a supporting event where nine others competed for Drl~e8. Melvin U. Pralt or Ogden made a clean swee p In the Bupportlng tourney.

State Title Tournament Won Lost Drawn Points

7 -<l DuMam __________ 7 0 0 Taylor _______ ____ 5 2 0 , - 2

4~-2lh · -. Page ____________ 4 2 1 Morgan ____ ___ __ _ 4 3 0 Moore _________ __ 3 4 0 , --< Kooyman _______ __ 1 4 2 , -6

1 ~-1) 1AI 1 - 5

Davis ___________ 1 I) 1 Girard __________ _ 1 6 0

Major Tournament Won Lost Drawn Points

5 - 0 Pratt _____________ 8 0 0 Fonnesbeck ___ ___ 6 2 0 5 - 2 , -, Wheeler _________ 6 3 0 Brownstein _____ __ 3 3 2 · -. Reed ____________ 4 4 0

• -< 3*- 4* 2 - 5 2 - 5 1*- 6lh

GrlmUl __________ _ 3 4 1 Naylor __________ 2 6 0 Sqllires ___ .., ___ ___ 2 6 0 J ones ______ ___ __ 1 6 1

MARSHALL C. C. MATCH

The monthly Intra-club match of the Mar­shall Chess Club grew to 23-board proport lolls . a8 a team captained by Frank J . Marshall won from I\. team captained ,by George Elmlen Roosevelt by the narrow margin of one polu t on September 14.

'rhe line-up: Walter Carey ___ 0 Louis J. Woltr __ 0 Bruno Forsberg _ 0 J . Stuart Riedel _ 'Ii M. Relmn ______ 0 PrOf. E. B. Adams 1 Donaltl Green ___ 1 J. W. Barnhart __ Ih John B. Kelley __ 1 I. Bookman _____ 1 M. F inkeillte in __ 1 Hollis Dann __ __ 1 Percy E}mory __ _ 1 Karl Baer ______ 0 H. Ablcht _______ 0 Kenneth Howard_ Ih Fred Re lnfeld __ % Frederick Sard __ 0 Prince Oboleneky 1 Herman HeJma _ 1

Eric Mole __ ____ 0 Z. L. Hoover ____ 0 .T. R Ol\.ttell ____ _ 0

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F. J . Marshall __ 1 Charles Rubert _ 1 Donald HaUman _ 1 Jacob Bender _ _ % George Donohue_ 1 H. M. Hartahorne 0 Frederic k King _ 0 Julian Burgeaa _ % Clyde M. Murray 0 B. Isaaca _______ 0 S. Georgaroa ____ 0 Paul Rockwell __ 0 Francl5 Simonds_ 0 M. Sarli ______ __ 1 William Puetter _ 1 Ernie Clarke ____ % S. Berns tein ____ Ih M. Green _____ __ 1 Johannes Foerster 0 R Smlrka. ______ 0 Dr. Helen Wels-

aensteln ___ __ _ 1 B. W. McCready_ I John C. R./Ithe,· _ I

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Played In the current Boston City OIub Championship. The game, well-won by ·U. S. of A.. C. - F . President Sturgis, 1a the only 10511 t hus (a r dealt G. Katz, formerJy or Germany, a newcomer to Boston c hess ~Irelel>. .

QUEEN'$ ,PAWN GAME G. Katz George SWrgil White Black

1 Kt_KB3 P_Q4 20 B_K2 2 P-K3 Kt-K83 21 BxP 3 P_QKt3 P-KKt3 22 QxBeh 4 B_Kt2 B-Kt2. 23 PxQ 5 P_Q4 0-0 24 B_R3 6 P_B4 P_B4 2~ B_B5 7 QKt-Q2 BPxP 28 Bx P 8 KPx-P Q_R4 27 R_Rl 9 B-K2 Kt-BS 28 P_KtS

10 0-0 R_Q1 29 Px P 11 Kt-K5 KtxKt 30 B-KS 12 PxKt Kt-K5 SI R_Kl 13 KtxKt PxKt 32 P-QR3 14 Q_Kl Q_B2 33 Boo BS 15 P-B4 P_M 34 B_K3 16 Q-BS Q_84ch 35 8_85 17 K_Rl B_K3 36 R_KBI 18 QfIt_Ql RxR 37 K_Ktl 19 BxR P_QKt4 Rulgnl

Utah State Tournament Salt Lake City, 1939

RU Y LOPEZ

PxP B,. QxQ R-Ql K-B2 R_Bt Rx P

P_Kt4 PxP 8-R' R_86 R_87 R_R7

R_QB7 R_R7 Bx P

RxPeh R_RS

Georoe F. Girard F-oeatello

White

Rlchardl Durha m 130llt Lake City

1 P-K4 2 Kt-KB3 3 B-KtS 4 B_R4 5 0-0 6 P-Q4 7 B_Kt3 8 PxP 9 QKt-Q2

10 Q.K2 11 P-B3 12 Kt_Q4 13 P_KR3 14 PxKt 15 B.82 16 Q-Q3 17 PxP 16 Q-Q-S3 19 BxB 20 Kt-B3 21 Q_Q2

P_K4 Kt_QB3 P_QRS Kt-8S . KtxP

P_QKt4 P_Q4 O-K3

Kt-.4 B_K2 0·0

Q.Q2 KtxKt Kt-Kt2 P-Q14 'P_KtS

B_84 Bx BP

Qx. QR_Bt KR_Q1

Blac k 22 P-QKt4 23 Q-R6 24 QxQ 25 S-KtS 26 B-B6 27 P-R3 28 Kt_Q2 29 KR_Ql 30 PxB 31 KR_QBl 32 RxR 33 Kt_B3 34 R_K1 35 Kt-KtS 36 Kt-K4 37 Kt_B5 38 R-K7 39 Kt-Q7ch 40 K oo BI

B-Kt3? Q_R4 ,PxQ R_Q2 R_BS B_Ql .R_Bl B,.

Kt_Q3 Rx R

Kt-B5 P-Q5 KooBI P-R3 P-Q6 R_Q3 R-Qt

K-Klt P-Q7

41 K_K2 Kt-Kt3 Olnd won

MID_WEST TEAM TOURNEY A trl-state match ,between teams ot eight

from Chicago, Minneapolis, Milwaukee uti Green Bay engaged In a round-robin team tournament a rranged by Glenn Random of Green Bay on September 16th.

• • = ~ ~

~ 3 • = - ~ -" " " ci Chicago --------- • • • 7% 6 , li% Mi nneapolis ----- % --. 51< 5 13 Mi lwa.ukee ------ ,

"' ... 7 10\\ 6

New York State Championship Tournament

The annual meeting of the New York State Oless Association was held at Colgate Univer· sity, Hamilton, from August 19 to 26. Forty. eight entrants participated in the indivi dual championshi,P tourneys while fou rsomes from seven counties sought the custody of the Gen­esee Cup.

Arnold Denker, defending champion, won the New York State title' tournament, leading one of the strongest fid-ds which has ever com_ petd for the honor. Half a point behind was the internationalist, Isaac Kashdan. Neither Kashdan nor Denker lost any games. Third 'place went to Albert S. Pinkus.

The Binghamton Chess q ub silver tro~y was awarded to Denker, .who "has now won it twice, but must win once more to acquire permanent posse.ssion. Kashdan w?n the cup in 193 5, 'Yhen It was first placed In compe!t.

Clan A Tou.rnament E. Ma rehand __ ___ Clayton. Mo. ___ ___ 6\oi1- 2% Dr . H e rzberger ___ Rochester _______ _ 6 -3 L. W. Bryant ____ .Bin ghamton __ ___ __ 5l,i:- 31h C. Ruis __ __ ____ .N. Y. C. _________ __ 5lh-3%, B. W olk _________ .N. Y. C. ___ ________ 5%-3Y..a w. P. Mitchell __ .Brook line. Ma ss. ___ 4%- 4¥.3 C. Hewlett. Jr. ___ .Schenectady _______ 4 - 5 J. W . Barnhsrt __ .Bronxville __ _______ 2%- 6lh P . Bru neL _______ Montreal , Can. ____ 2lh- 6Y..a C. E. Dunn __ ____ .Newbu rgb __ _______ 2%- 6\h

Clue B T ournillment S. Broughton ____ ~Brook ly D __________ 7 - 2 D. F . Searle ______ Rome ____________ 6%- 2% A. Fox __ _______ __ Albany __ ____ ____ __ 6 - 3 F . E kstrom ____ __ .Brooklyn ________ __ 5%- 3% H. Sager ________ .Albany ___ ______ ___ 5 -4 C. A. Gravel __ ___ Nelson __ ____ ___ __ 4 - 5 Steven Shaw _____ H a milton ______ ___ _ 4 - 5 B. M . Smlth ______ Sehenectady _______ 4 - 5 W. E . p age_. ____ .Roehester __ ___ __ __ 2 - 7 G. Chen ey ____ ___ .Syraeuse __ ________ 1 - 8

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tion, and again in 19>6, while David Polland gained a leg in 19>7. If ooth Denker and Kashdan compete next year . ? • ? . seat reo servations now being placed!

CO U NT Y T EAM SCO RES Section I Points Monroe (Rochest er) ____________ ___ _ 7 - 1 Schenectady _________________ __ _____ 4lh- 3 ~ Oneida (Rome ) ___ _____ _____ ___ _____ %- 7lh Section I I Broome (Bingh amton) ____ _______ ___ 8 -4 Onondaga (Sy racuse) _____ _____ _____ 8 ---1; Albany __________ ____________ _______ 5%-6 % MadiSon __ _____ ____ nn ________ _ _ _ _ _ 2% .9%

The seven teams were divided into two sec­tions. The winners met in a fi nal play.off. B(oom~_ County war} the individual matd;! w it)) Onondaga and was therefore given the play.off pairing with Monroe County. Monroe wan the Genesee Cup by defeating Broome by 1

score of 3- 1.

Cla n C Tournament-Sect ion I H. MoldL ______ _ .Rome ______ __ __ _ ..:. _7 - 2 H. Greentleld __ __ .BrooklyD __________ 5 lh-3 ~

v. W eig _________ Rochester __ ____ ___ 5*- 314 G. A. Donohu e __ _ .HRltings-on·H udson 5 - 4 Alden Moldt __ ___ Rome ____ __ ____ ___ 4%-4% S. Osley ____ ____ _ Li t tle ~lls _______ _ 4%-4% Mrs. I. Kashdan __ Brooklyn ___ _______ 4 -5 Dr. R. MotL ___ __ H a mllton _.: ______ __ 4 -5 Dr. G. MundL ___ .Ha.mllton __________ 4 -5 A. W lHlam s ______ Canastota __ __ __ ___ 1 - 8

CIa", C T ourna me nt-Seetion II Mrs . C. Nye ______ Syracul e ______ __ __ 6 - 1 R. F. Br a nd __ __ __ Ca zenov la __ _______ 5%-1 'h A . B. Davls ____ __ .Oneonta ____ __ ____ 4 - 3 W. Bella my __ ____ P ete l'boro _____ ____ 3\oi1- 3% S. AbbuhL _______ Cazenovla ________ _ 3 - 4 R. Downlng __ ____ Syracus e __ ____ __ __ 3 - 4 T. S. Smith ______ .Ma dtson _____ ____ __ 2 -5 V. MoldL _______ _ Rome __ _________ __ 1 - 6

PICT UR ES FR OM THE NE W YORK STA T E CHESS ASSOCIAT ION MEET AT H AMI LTON R . F . BRAND, C. H. KING , DR. HERZBERGER PLAYING ARENA AT COLG A TE

KASHDAN AND DENKER D. FRANC I S SEARLE, NYSCA P resident Emeri tus PIN K US ANALYZES WITH DR. LASKER

Denker, a resident of Jamaica, Long Island, was born February 20, 19 14, and learned to p lay chess at the age of eight by watching hi:; brother. Once champion of the Empire City Chcss Club, he was second at Syracuse, 1933, ahead of Fine and Oake. In ~he American Chess Federation Tournament at Chicago, 1934, he p laced thi rd and at Philadelpl lia in 1936 was runner_up ,for the North American title. He won the state t itle fo r the n rst time last year at Cazenovia.

The Genesee Cup County Team contest was won by Monroe County (Roahestcr Chess Club). Monroe also won the cup in 1923 , 192 1 and 1916.

At the annual meeting of the N. Y. S. C. A. the fo ll owing O«1(ers were eJected for the (am · ing year: President, C. Harold King of H am. ilton; Vice.Presidcnts, Robert F. Brand of Cazenovia, Dr. Max H erzberger of Rochester and W alter Muir of Sehenedady ; Secretary, George H . W ilson of End icott; T reasure,', Rod ney Mott of Ham ilton; Assistant Organ izer, Walter L Murdock, J r., of Cazcnol'i.l; Genesee Cup Organ izer, Lynn W. Bryant ot Binghamton.

The 71-year _old veteran, Dr. Emanuel Las_ ker, g raced the Congress with a simultaneom exhibi tion aga inst tlli rly opponents on the cvcning of August 25.

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British Chess Federation Tournament

T.he tournament of the British Chess Fed­eration at the Town Hall, Bournemouth, Eng­land, ended August 25 with a victory ,for Dr. Max Euwe. He was undefeated throughout, his score of 7 wins and 4 draws placing him a half poinl ahead of Flohr and Klein. Flohr and Klein shared second and third prizes, eadl with a kindred, rueful regret-~he 6.fth found - for in it Flohr was defeated in a sparkling game by Landau, and Klein was glad to escape a similar fate at the bands of Thomas; as it W 2S

Klein succeeded in drawing while a pawn be. hind but dropped a valuable .... alf point. the margin of Dc, Euwe's triumph.

Landau' J vigilance relaxeJ-and Mint! be. lie; hi; Je1J6I1Jy-odJ year; by a vigoroNJ winning aJJalliJ,

SICILIAN DEFENSE J . MiuCl

White 1 P.K4 P-Q B4 2 Kt_QB3 Kt-QB3 3 P_KKt 3 P_KKt3 4 B_Kt2 8-Kt2

S. L;lnd;lu Black

5 KKt_K2 6 P_Q3 7 B_B4

P_K3 KKt-K2 . - . .

Usual Is D-K3. 'fhe text is of doubtful vahle. 7.___ Kt-Q5 8 Q_Q2 - - . .

If 8 B-Q6 then 8 ... Q-Kt3. • 8 •. __ Q-R4 9 P_K~ 1 KKt_B3

10 KtxKt PxKt 11 Kt-K2 Q.B4

11 . .. QxQch; 12 KxQ. P -Q3 (thrMtenlug PxP) would g ive Black the adVAntage. To save his QB White would ,have to play 13 P -KKU .

12 BxKt QPxB 13 0 .0 BxP

If 13 ... 0 -0; thell 14 P -QB3 followed It 14 . . . PxP; by 15 PxP. 01' if 14 . .. BxP; then 15 BxB followed KtxP.

THE C HE SS REVI EW

Saio Flohr, erst~ile Czecho_Slovakian, ob_ tained permission of thc Dutch government (0

remain in The Netherlands ·prior to the out_ break of hostilities, where rhe will be currently domiciled. E. Klein, formerly of Austria. has adopted London as his present home.

Political unrest with its alarming rumors compelled both Dr. Euwe and Landau to re_ turn to Amsterdam without playing their mu_ tual last round game. The game was agreed drawn- which sportingly gave Flohr a charu::e to share first prize providing he clcaroo a last round hurdle in Koenig-but Koenig deported himself SO creditably that a sixty_move draw resulted, and Flohr shared second and thirJ instead.

14 B_RS B-Q2 15 P-QB3 PxP

Mlese s avera that J5 ... 0-0-0; although ris ky, Is proba bly Black's bes t move.

16 P:xP Q.K2 17 QR-Kt1 P-Kt3 18 KR-K 1 P_QB4

18 ... P-KB4 to be followed by B-Kt2 Is better.

19 P_Q4 B_KB3 20 P_Q5 P-K4

Black has llothlllg better than 0-0-0 . 21 P-Q6 Q_K3 22 Kt-B4 Q_B4 23 Kt_Q5 B_K3

I( 23 ... 0-0·0 ; then 24 KlxB. QxKt; 25 B-Kts. Or U 23 .. . R-QB1; then 24 KtxB, QxKt; 25 B-Kt5, Q-K3; 26 RxKPch!

24 P..Q7ch ___ . Much betler than 24 Kt-B7c h_

24 . . . . BxP 25 Kt-B7ch K_K2 26 QR_Ql QR-QBl 27 Kt-Q5ch K-K3

If 27 ... K·Kl; thell 2R KlxBch, K-K2; 29 Q-Q6ch. K-Ql; 30 QxDch, QxQ; 31 RxQ mate.

28 Kt-K3 Resign'

OCTOBER, 1939

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A biller pill for Pilnick. BIRO'S OPENING

c. Pilnick A. S. Pinkus White Black

1 P_KB4 P_Q4 5 P_K3 0·0 2 P.QKt3 Kt_KB3 6 Kt_B3 P_B4 3 B_Kt2 P_K3 7 P_Q3 Kt_B3 4 Kt-KB3 B_K2 8 Q_Q2 P_QS! 'flhis disrupting thrust is the fore-runner of

fifteen others, skillfully chosen ,by Pinkus, who simplifies his o!)!)onent's !)roblems with utmost consideration-by the expedient Of leaving him virtually one reply at each turn,

9 PxP PxP 17 B·Kt2 10 Kt-K4 B_KtS 18 BxKt 11 P_B3 PxP 19 Kt-KtS 12 BxP BxB 20 K_B2 13 QxB Kt·Q4 21 K_Kt2 14 Q.Q2 Q·B2 22 K_R6 1S P_Kt3 P_K4 23 P_KKt4 16 PxP KtxP. RelSigns

KtxKtch P_B4

Q_K4ch Q-QSch

Kt-K6ch P-B5ch

Q-B3

But this time Pinkus must have become mixed up, for he hasn't left his Q!)J)Onent his regular ration of even one move,

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Alld one of the gallery gl2!ped, "If I could play so strong, I'd be afraid of mYJelfl"

FRENCH DEFENSE Pleci

Argentina W,hite

1 P_K4 2 P.Q4 3 Kt-Q2 4 KKt.B3 5 KtxP 6 PxP 7 QxQch

P_K3 P.Q4

P.QB4 PxKP Kt.Q2 KtxP K.Q

Endzelin& Latvia Black

8 B.KKt5ch 9 O-O·Och

10 B-KtSch 11 R_Q8! 12 Kt_KSch! 13 Kt·Q6eh

P.B3 K_K1 K_B2 B_K2 PxKt

K_Kt3

H 13 . .. BxKt; 14 B-K8ch, K-Hl; 15 B-KKt6 mate. 14 BxB 15 RxR 16 B_K2 17 P_KB4

KtxB P_QR3

P·KS P_Kt4

18 R_K8 19 R·B8ch 20 P_KR4 21 P_R5ch

For mate follows with Kt-B7.

K_B3 K_Kt3 B_Kt2

Resigns

British Chess Federation Tourney Bournemouth-August, 1939

209

Eflwe is thrown on his own rnollrce! at the slarl, bllt Abrahams is throwll at the end.

POLISH DEFENSE Dr. M. Euwe

White 1 P_Q4

G. Abrahams Bla.ek

P_QKt4 "Well begun is half done." There are SQme

who might also o!)ine after such an inauspi­cious start as this, "You're half done."

2 P_K4 B_Kt2 3 P_KB3 P-QR3 4 P_QB4 PxP S BxP P-K3

Already excavating a burial spot for his King! This, and the fateful final K·K2 are the sole moves which Blaek makes on the K side,

6 Kt-B3 P-Q4 Better WGuid have been 6 ... Kt-KOO.

7Q_Kt3 ... _ Black has insisted upon playing the entire

game on the Q side-unhappily finding that White Is both wllllng and able to accommodate him to his fullest satisfaction.

7 , , • • Kt.QB3 This preci!)itates trouble, though Bla.ek will

emerge with the inferior game in any case. If 7 ... PxB; 8 QxB, Kt·Q2; 9 Q-B6 etc:

8 PxP • • • • Not 8 QxB because of 8 ••• Kt-R4 winning

the Q. 8 . . ~ . 9 QxB

KtxP R_Kt1

[f Black retaliates with the sall].e "Smash and Grab" tactics he soon finds that crime does not pay. E.g., If 9 ... Kt-B7ch; 10 K-8'1, KtxR; 11 PxP, PxP; 12 Q-B6ch and wins.

10 QxRP R.R1 11 B_Kt5ch K_K2 12 P_Q6ch! Resign.

The King is standing at Death's Door- · this !)awn pulls him through.

For after 12 ... PxP comes 13 B-Kt5ch, Ktor P·B3; 14 Q-Kt7ch and mates next move. If instead, 12 ... K-B3; 13 PxP! flnl. coronat opus.

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FIRST STEPS By C. J. S. PURDY

(Man, time! champion of Australia )

1. T HE OPENINGS

WH AT ARE DEVELOPl NG MOVES? To see -how you stand in d~v~ lopment, count

the number of moves each side must make before h is Rooks will be connected, and until one of t-hem is posted on an open or half_open file. Add half a move fo r the p layer whose turn {t is to play. Ii one player is 21;2 moves ahead, and has as good a share of the center as his opponent, he usually has a winning advantage. Such a "pull" is about equivalent to the ad.vantage of a pawn plus, t~ing a ceo_ tet -pa·wn as the standard. A bishop pawn is worth a bit less, and ooe of the others is worth hardly more than half a center pawn, eSpe<ially in the opening.

To avoid getting behind in development, refrain from 'playing any non. developing move, unless you can thereby compel the enemy to make a non.developing move, too, to counter. balance it. For example, after 1 P.K4, P.Q4, White rightly plays 2 PxP, This obviously develops nothing, but Black recaptures with his Queen, and therelJlP'!:n White ['«overs the lost move by 3 Kt.QB3, because Black is Iorced to move the same piece (Q) twice.

You can only count as a developing move the fi rst move made by each ,piece, or the two pawn moves which free the bishops. At least one bishop must be freed by a center pawn.

Never count P.QB4 as a developing move, but in close games remember that lJhe man who has p layed it has a ":pull" in the center. A "close game" so.called, generally occurs when P.K4 is not essayed unti l latc in the game.

EXCHANGES An exchange of 'pawns or piC(es loses a move

when the opponent can recapture with a de. veloping move. Such exchanges must there. fore be avoided unless you are in a situation where you must lose a move in development in any easc--Ior they simply speed the de. velopment of your oppQn~~, .

Some examples: With a formation in which both players -have pawns on Q4, and one of them has played P.QB~ ... lJte other should never play I>xBP until the adversary's KB has moveti,--elsc t,hat -picce will recapture the pawn with its fi rst move, and thus gain a developihg move.

THE CHESS R EV I EW

To illustrate : After 1 P.Q4, P.Q4; 2 P.QB4!, BI.ack should, avoid PxP, sin<e White presently wl!1 move hiS KP and next play BxP in one stnde. Black could try to .hold his pawn by P.QKt4 ? But this breaks an invariable rule:

111 the opening, lIever playa 1I01l.developillg 1IIQ1'e ;1I order to hold a paWJJ. He!~ P.QKt4 is not a developing move

because Black's QB already has an avenUe! of development open to it.

When you are considering taking a center pawn, the rule is:

1/ Ihe pawn iJ threatenillg (1) 10 caplure JOllr pawn, or (2) 10 advallre al/d auack a pieu, alwa]i lake it; otherwiJe don'l.

An important rule is: PawlI captllrei Jholl/d be lIIade IOlvard the

center. An exception may sometimes be made when

something has to be recaptured on either of the 83 squares. H ere it is usually lreferable to take with the center pawn, instea of the KtP, as this immediately opens an avenue lor the bishop which was previously shut in. E. g., 1 P.K4, P.K4; 2 Kt.KB3, Kt.Q83; 3 B.Kt5, P.QR3; 4 BxKt, QPxB!

The main problems are concerned with piece exchanges. In the opening, a bishop with a good diagonal is better than a knight, so never hesitate to exchange a knight fo r a well. posted bishop. When exchanging B for Kt, remember thiS: Let us suppose you -have a bishop at Kt5 whidl is pinntng a knight, and it is attacked by P.R3, Rather thm lose a move by retreating, exchange with BxKt, pro. vided the opponent caonot recapture with a developing move. But if 'he can recapture with a developing move, it is usually Detter to maintain the pin by retreating to R4. In the example above, White exchanges even though Brack can re<:apture with a developing move (QPxB!), Black gets a dou.bled pawn, which is some balm to White, but nevertheless, 4 B.R4 is better for White than 4 BxKt because the bishop has greater future usefulness, and the variation resulting from White's exchange of BxKt is recognized as leading ,him into an inferior position.

AVOID PAWN.GRABBING Never play to win a 'pawn in the opening.

If you are offered a center pawn, take it- if you can do so safely-not, nowever, with the idea of retaining it, b ut just to g ive tne enemy some trouble, and consCCiuent Joss of develop_ ment, as he expends moves in regaining it.

It is gcnerally unwise to capture ;'I KtP with your queen, part icu larly if the Clueen will be

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Modern Treatment of the Dragon Variation By A. J. CHISTIAKOV

In the last fifteen or twenty years the Sici. lian Defense has appeared with increasing fre. quency in tournament practice.

It was seen seldom from 189:5 to 1920, duro ing which period the Ruy Lopez receivoc!. exhaustive analysis at the hands of the masters, and in consequence of which the Ruy Lopez became a familiar tournament weapon. More recently, however, the creative activity of mod. ern younger masters who sought new ideas wherewith to confront the older schoo! has been bestowed upon the Sicilian Defense.

Its popularity ~las increased tremendously, especially sin.ce the widening range of informa_ tion concerning it ,has steadi~y tended.. to es­tablish its u$efulness and sQup-dness , for tour. nament play.

Its oDj ective is to create counterplay for Black, without the usual passivity tending to equality inherent to other aefenses. Experience indicates that this defense "is at least on a par with the French, Caro_Kann and -the Black side of the Ruy Lopez. WhiV at' times the sec~nd !laye:- . is com:nitt~d t~ ' a" tempora;ily qa,mpep9:s1tl~n," . whlet 10 . ~rn ~~t .sUbJect his King to attack, the Sicilian is unlike the other ddenses, in that it is also based on ag_ gressive principles. .

The scope of this article will be limited to the Dragon variation, one of the main lines of the Sicilian, whioh is re3{'hed by bhe follow_ 109 moves:

1 P-K4 2 Kt-KBS S P_Q4 4 KtxP

P_QB4 Kt_QBS

PxP Kt_KBS

5 Kt_QBS 6 B_K2 7 B_KS 8 0-0

",,; ;",

DIAGRAM I

P_QS P-t<KtS

B_Kt2 0·0

The underlying idea of chis vanatlon is to coordinate the pressure exerted on the open QB file with that created by the fianchetto develop­ment of the B.

The present popularity of the "Dragon" may be traced to a brilliant game ROllser,Botwinnik, Leningrad, 1933. T,he progeny of the "Dragon" are many, but the main lines are worthy of note, as are also Wbite' s attempts to avert the vari_ ation.

In Diagram I W·hite commands a superior development and greater space, but Black is without weak points. W:hite's problem is to capitalize on these assets before Black effects the liberating move ... P.Q4, w,hich is op_ erative against passive moves such as 9 P_KR3 and 9 P"KB3.

There is n9 danger for Black in the following play:

10 .

9 Q_Q2 .10 KtxKt 11 PxP

10 p,xP 0'

. ,. QKt-Kt5 leads to 11 QKtxKt

p'-Q4 PxKt . PxP

Ktj(F> com.plications.

QxKt Or 11 . -. '. KtxKt; 12 BxKt, QxRt'with equal­

ity. " . 12 B~B3 ' ' Q_B5 1S!<txKt ' PxKt

, And the 9ueriQRt tUe pl'\l& tll~~9.n~ r?-n~e action Of tdle bishops compen~?tte1!. .Black: f9.r the weale Q I;!ide pawns. " . " .

It is apparent from the foregoing that White, in . order""tO' maintilin ' the J:riitratl ve,' ' ill usf tlJt· tempt tp prevent ... P.-Q4. 9 Kt-Kt3 and' 9 P-KB4 are" 'based on this thOl,lS:ht. 'Play may proceed: " '

.9 Kt.Kt3 Aimin'g at ... P-Q4.

10 P_KB4

B_KS

Kt-QR4 For 10 ... P·Q4 would be parried .by 11

P·K5 Or 11 P-BS. The text move aims to establish a .base at QB5. A game Lasker­Riumin, Moscow. 1936, continued: 11 P.B5 B_B5 15 Kt·B6 12 KtxKt BxB 16 PxP lS KtxP BxQ 17 8-KtS 14 KtxQ BxP

KR_K1 RPxP Kt-R2

And Black experiences no difficul ty. To revert, 10 P·KB4, Kt-QR4, White gains

naught by the exchange 11 " KtxKt, f-or after . . . QxKt: 12 B·BS, B-B5; 13 R-Kl, KR-Ql; 14 Q-Q2, Q-B2; 15 QR,Bl, P-K4. Black has a satisfactory game (Rouser-Botwinnlk, Moscow, 1933).

Again a fter 9 I\t-Kt3, B-K3; 10 P-B4, Kt-QR4, should White re,play 11 Kt-Q4, Black has a choice of ... B-B5 .or ... Kt-B6. both good.

White might try 11 P-K5, but this only weakeJ,ls his center, as after 11 . . . Kt-Kl, White must yield ground with 12 PxP, Ol' de­fend the KP.

An interesting variation is reached by:

211

212

11 P-B5 12 FO-KS

DIAGRAM II

B.B5 • • • •

12 .. . QPxP loses a {)lece! (IS QxQ. fol· lowed by 14 KtxKt.)

12 . • . . 18 QxB

If 13 Kt.xl3, Kt-Kt5 !

a,a • • • •

13 • • • • QPxP 14 QR.Q l Q_B2 15 Kt. Kt5 Q-BS I

And the att.a..ck 18 repulsed. H ad WWte t rIed 15 PXP, t..nen would follow. -, . RPxP ; 16 RxKt, B:cR! 17 Kt-Q5, Q-B5 e.nd again t he hanging Black. Kl Is saved .because o f Wh ite's undefended Q.

White might invert t he sequence of moves by playing 12 Pxl' (instead of 12 P-K5) , Play would proceed:

12 • • • • 'RPxP 12 ... BPxP; 13 RxKt, fuR; 14 BxEch,

KtxB; 15 Q·Q5ch winning two pleces for a rook.

13 P.K5 BxB 14 QxB PxP 15 Q-Kt5 Kt xKt 16 RPxKt .•. .

W hile it 15 dlfftcwl for Black to retAin t he paw n because or the greater activity of t he White forces, the l!6cond 'player nevertheless malntalll$ the upper ·band. -

Black obtalns e qual ity plus good practical chances in all the known variations arising from 9 Kt-Kt3, B·KS; 10 P-KB4, Kt-QR4.. Oppor­tunity to play this once highly touted varla..uon would therefore not appear to be an OO<!a.slon f.or any great rejoicing 'by White .

• • • • Another idea success~ully adopted by Black

recently Is 10 . . . Q-BI. This prevents 11 P-B5 and inte llds ... Kt-KKt5. 11 P-KR3 is met 'by ... P ·QR4 dismpting White 's Q side, or even by ... R-Q1 enrol'c ing .. , P-Q4.

Ins tead of 9 Kt-Kt3, White m ay auUcipate Black's .. . P -Q4 with the immediate 9 p ·KB4,

9 P_KB4 ...• It would be unwise t or Black to -continue 9

.. ,Kt-KKt6; 10 BxKt, BxKt ( ... KtxKt; 11 DxD WillS a piece); 11 QBxB, BxB; 12 Q-Q2, threatening P-B;'i.

9 • • . • Q-Kt3! Intending, .. KaP (e.g. rt 10 Q-Q2) ,

TH B CHE SS REVIEW

10 Q_QS • • • •

Defending t he bishop on K3. If in.stead 10 Kl·R4 t hen ... Q-R4 ami White loses t ime.

10 . . . . Kt_KKtS Not 10 .. . Q.l.P ; 11 QR-Kt:l, Q-R6; 12 Ku

Kt, PxKt; 13 K t-Q5! , QxQ; 14 Kt.xFch, and Black's pos ition Is weakened.

11 KtxKt · . - . If 11 Kt-QS, BxKt; 12 KtxQ, BxBch; 13

K-Rl, BxKt, the positJ.on becomes acute. 'l'Ule game may proceed with 14 BxKt, BxB; 15 P -BS, PxP ; 16 P-K-R3, B ·R4.; 17 hP, P-B3, and Black's weakened K side 1s counter­balanced -by material superiority.

Better (01' Woh.ite would be the retusal ot llle Q 'by 11 Kt·QS, BxKl ; 12 BxKt, BxBch; 13 QxB, QxQcIl; 14 KtxQ. BxB : 15 KtxB, QR-Bl with e qual ity.

11 . . . . 12 KtxPch 13 Kt-R4

13 R-B2, QxP w1ns. 13 Q-Q5

and Black wins the excllange.

• • •

KtxB K_R l

• • • •

...

Another interesting game. is reached after

9 P.K84

attempt to force the

10 P.K5! 1 11 Px P

Q-Kta p , p

Kb<P Acceptance of the p awn Js not without ris k.

10 ... Kt-Kl ; 11 Kt-Q5, Q-Ql j s safer and better. ,

12 Kt.B5 12 ... QxP ; 13

dangerous. 13 KtxB 14 Q_Q2

KtxPch, Q-K3

K-<Rl; 14 B--Q4 is

KxKt • • • •

White's compensa tion tor the pawn minus Hes in a superior development and tile ad· vantage or the bishops. Black must defend wltb precision . .

14 . . . . 15 B_84

KKt_KtS · . . .

Threatening p·KjR3. It 15 B-Q4, P-B3; 16 QR·Kl, Kt-B3!; 17 BxKt, QxB; 18 8 -B5, R-B2; 19 R-K4, Q-Q2 and Black's derenge holds.

•

O C T OBE R , 1939

'lli is variaU.on. indicaUve .ot the dangers lurking In the position olfers a. clear W6.fning. that a wiser and safer course for Black was the suggestion at Black's 11th turn.

A resume of clIe lines analyzed discloses that the <:lassie treatment of the Dragon Van· iation offers Black at least equality, and in most cases plausible counter.pJ.ay. Grantin~ ~hat predsion is required on the part of the second player because of Vhe various tactical possibilities in'herent in t.>he position, it is clear that white, too, must moulder an equal share of the dangers and responsib ilities.

(To <be continued) T rans la ted l r.om S bacbmaU 'by J. K.

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P.olnt totals stand San J uan, 8- 4: P.once. 8- 8; 0aguas, 4- 8.

Individual scores from the ser ies of matches :

San JUiln P.oint totus

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Osvald.o Pa<lilla _____________ 2oJh- * J . Sclder Lacroix ________ ____ __ S. ---<l FrlUlc lscc Prletc _________ ____ ••. 1 - 1 Allies MoOreu __ _____ ______ ___ __ 0 - 1

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Cag .... as Jaime Sitlrlohe ________________ 0 - 3 J . R. Sarriego ____ _________ ..... _ 0 - 3 Luis Ra.mlrez ____________ .... __ 1 -4 J . Diez _______________ ______ ___ 3 ---<l

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. C/evl!r cONnter_pla, r~J(lIei a jeopardiu d piece. .

QUEEN' S PAWN GAME

O. Ulvestad W hile

1 P.Q4 Kt.K83 2 Kt_KB3 P. KKt3 3 P_KKt3 B.Kt2 4 B_Kt2 0·0 5 QKt_Q2 P.Q3 6 P_B3 Kt-B3 7 Kt·B4 P.K3 8 B_B4 P.QKt4 9 Kt·A 3 A.Kt1

10 Kt_B2 Q.K2 11 K t-Kt4 B_Kt2 12 0-0 P_QA4 13 Kt·Q3 P·R3 14 P.QR4 Px P 15 QxP Kt.Q4

29 . . . . 30 P"Kt 31 Q-Q3 32 R (K ) .RI 33 AltKt 34 Rlt A 35 Q_BS

KtxP R"Kt R. R5 p,p R, R

Q.Q4 P,6

S. Reshevsky Black

16 P-K4 Kt-Kt3 ,P.R5

Kt.R4 Q_Q2

Q.Kt4

17 Q.B2 18 KR_K1 19 R_K2 20 QR_K1 21 P-K5 22 P_R4 23 Kt_R2 24 K x B 25 PltRP 26 Q.Ql 27 Kt.B3 28 R.R2 29 Kt. Kl4

36 QxP 37 R_R5 38 Q_B4 39 R_R6 40 QltQ

Kt (Kt3) .B5 Kt.Kt6

B, B P-R6

K txRP Q-B3eh KR.Q1

Q.Rl . . , ,

p,p Q_Q3 p,p

P-B8(Q) eh Q.Q4

Res ig ns

(Coflli.nNIlJ from Page 210) immediately chivvied. It is more profitable to induce the enemy to use a move to aefend it.

All these rules will require study. You must review them again and again. But they have one unique point of merit-they covet all .phases of opening play, whereas if you study all the openings individually, you set yourself a task at least tw.o hnndrd times a:; great.

As examples, we suggest that readers study tbe .openings in the games g iven this month. Go over them with rules in your mind. YGU may .>ee the ru les broken on occasion, but you will almost aJ w;\ys li nd that it would have b ~el1

c(.jually good (perhaps better! ) to have fo l. 10" .. ved the rules.

END OF II

214

Penn State Title Heralded into action by the newly_formed

Pennsylvania State Chess Federation, thirty eo_ thusiastic Keystone Staters avidly devoted themselves to a strenuous three_day quest for the state championship at the Yorktowne Hotel, York, over the Labor Day ;holidays.

A dozen communities sent their most prom_ ising pawn pickers in an effort to return the title to their bailiwick, and the result was a brand of chess, rivalry and sportsmanship which augurs a splendid future for the P, S.C. F.

Among the many visitors to the tournament were H arold Morton, who dire<:ted the play, Walter S. Ivins of Philadelphia, donor of a special p rize to the Philadelphian making N1e best showing (W ilkinson won the award) , and I. A. H orowitz of The O1ess Review.

W illiam S. Hart, Jr., who was instrumental in bringing about a state_wide organization of chapter_dubs was elected p resident of the P. S. C. F. Other officers elected were R. S. Cotton, Jr. , vice_president; W. M. Byland, secretary­treasurer; and directors, John Malone of Pitt~­burg, 1. A. H orowitz, Harold Morton, Con_ gressman John C. Kunkle of Harrisburg and Irvin Goldstein of P,hiladelphia.

Next year's tournament is planned for Pittsburgh.

Four sections of six p layers each, engaged in preliminary round robin events to determine the state championship fi nal ists, and classify the balance of the field into supporting tourneys.

Preliminary qualifying scores: S ECTION 1-

Steckel, 5- 0; Archer and Paul, 3- 2; Hall and H artleb, 1%- 3%; Stevenson, 1- 4.

SECTION II

Hesse, 5- 0; Isenberg, 3%- 1%; Yatron and Shive, 2%- 2%; Plavcan, 1%- 3% ; Seiter, 0-5. ..

SECTI QN III

Towsen 4-1; Gillett and Kn.eeream, 3- 2; Bolden and Linder, 2-3; larson, 1- 4.

SECTION ' IV

W ilkinson, 4%- %; Zeigler, 3- 2; Rehr, 2%- 2%; Buck and Hart, 2- 3; Guthridge, 1--4. '

, • • • T,he young Philadelphian, Wilkinson, graced

the finalists circle for the first time, alongside the trio of' Hesse, Steckel and Towsen, all of whom ,have many times wri tten their names into the record of Central Pennsylvania cham. pionships.

THE C H ESS R EVIEW

Herman Hesse of Bethlehem and W illiam Steckel of Allentown emerged tied for the championship after excellent demonstrations of skill and endurance. It was decided by the officers of the P . S. C. F. that the tit le for 1939-40 would he jointly held by them.

Hesse defeated Steckel in their individual meeting, but wavered against Towsen in seal. ing a fateful R_KKtS instead of R_QKtS. This penmanship cost a rook and the game. Steckel, given a new life, came through with a fine vic. tory to even the count and share the title.

STATE CHA M PI ON SHIP FINALS

, 0 - 0 • • • • 0

~ • .- ,~ • ~

~ • • - .-~ • - ~~ ~ ~ ~ '" H esse -::~::: -------------1 - I 1 I 0 I 1 II 2-1 Steckel ----------- I 0 I - I ' 1 1 II 2-1 -

I I 1-2 Towsen - -- I 1 0 I 0 II Wilkinson -------- -----1 0 I 0 I 1 I - II 1-2

STAT E TI T LE CON SOLATION S

John Rehr, smiling young Reading_ite, won h is way to the top of the State T itle Consola­tion Tourney with three straight wins on bhc final day, with Edward Gillett of Bethlehem a good second. The event, run on a three_round ladder climb system, established rankings <J.S

follows': I John Rehr __ ____ __ __ ___ _______ Readiug II Edward Gillett ______ ____ ____ Ddhlehem III Ralph K neeream ____ ______ ____ Readlng IV Claren ce Zeigler ____________ Allentown V I. Isen'herg __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ PhiladeJphia VI Milton Paul __ __ ______ ______ Harrlsburg Vll C. S. Shive __ ______ ___ __ _ Shippensburg VIII W illiam Archer __ _______ __ P hiiadeJphia

CLASS A TOUR NAMEN T

William S. H art, Jr. , found time from his manifold duties as newly elected president :}f the .federation and ,his responsibilities of guid_ ing the event to success, to win a few chess games, too, and climbed to the top of the Oass A Tourney b y winning all games in ~he Finals. G lenn Hartleb won second prize. The standings: [ Wm. S. Hart, J r. __ _________ ______ York II Glenn Hartleb ____ ____ __ __ ___ ___ __ Erie III Peter P lavcan _____ _______ ______ __ Erle IV H arry Bolden _________ ____ Philadelphla V Michael Yatron ______ _________ Reading VI Anton Linder __ ___ ____ ___ __ __ __ ___ Erie V'll Leroy Guthridge ______ _____ ______ Y-ork VIII Walter Hall __ _____ ____ ___ P hlladelphla

* • * The Pennsylvania Amateur Tournament W,lS

won by J. W . Stevenson of Carlisle, with scc_ ond and third places going to Robert Larson and Donald Seiter, respectively, both of Erie.

OCTOBER , 193 9

The Special Invitation Tournament was all Pittsburgh, nrst place being shared by R. Cot­ton, Jr., vice_president of the P. S. C. F. and his townsman Will iam Byland . Scores follow:

William Byland and R. Cotton, Jr., 4y'!-­y.!; Horace Keesey and Fred Kerber of York, 1y'!-2Y2 ; Karl Aldinger of York, 1-4; John Saylor of York, 0-5.

••• FRENCH DEFENSE

P. Plavcan Wblte

1 P.K4 2 P_Q4 . 3 Kt_QB3 4 B·Kt5 5 P.K5 6 B.Q2 7 PxB 8 P.Kt3 9 B.Kt2

10 QxKt 11 ·P.KB4 12 Kt..B3 13 0·0 14 Kt_R4

P_K3 P-"

Kt.KB3 B.Kt5

P_KR3 BxKt Kt.K5 P.QB4 Ktx. P.B5

Kt-R3 Kt-B2 B.Q2

P_KKt4

W. Hall Black

15 Kt_B3 PxP 16 QxP Q.K2 17 Kt.Q2 R·R2 18 KR· Kt1 0.0·0 19 KtxP Kt-Kt4 20 Kt.Q6ch KtxKt 21 PxKt Q.Bl 22 P_B4 B.R 5 23 P.BS BxP 24 R. Kt2 B.R5 25 BxP PxB 26 Q.BSeh R.Q2 27 QxR and won

American Cheu Federation Congress New York_AugUlt, 1939

.A foothold ;1/ Jhe e,llter lIets profit 0'1 the wmg.

GI UOCO PIANO G. Hellm"n

W hite 1 P.K4 P.K4 2 Kt·KB3 3 B.84 40.0 S P-B3 6 P_Q4 7 B.KKtS 8 p.QS 9 QKt.Q2

10 B.R4 11 B.KKt3 12 B.Kt5ch 13 PxP 14 Kt·B4 "5 B·QR4 16 Q.Q2 17 B.Kt3 18 KR·Ql 19 BxB 20 R.Kl 21 P. KR4

Kt.QB3 Kt-S3 s_ .. Q.K2

B.Kt3 P.Q3

Kt.QKt1 P.KR3 P.Kt4

Kt.KR4 P.S3 PxP B.B2

Kt.S5 B.R3

Kt·Q2 BxKt Kt.B4

0 _0 QR.Ql

A. S. Pinkus Black

22 QR.Ql 23 KPxP 24 8·Bl 25 Q.B2 26 K_Rl 27 PxKt 28 P.KKt4 29 K.R2 30 K.R3 31 Rx Kt 32 KtxRP 33 Kt.BS 34 B.K2 35 BxP 36 QxR 37 Q_R4 38 Q.QB4 39 Q.B6 40 Kt·R6ch

Reslgnl

P.Q4 BPxP Kt·K5 B.Kt3

KtxBch Kt.R4

Kt.Kt6ch PxP

Kt·K5 PxR

Q_Kt4 P.KR4 PxPch

RxR R.Ql P.K6 Q.B5 P_K7

K.Kt2

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GRUNFELD DEFENSE

(Notes by Arnold Denkel')

215

Arnold Denker R. W illman White

1 P.Q4 2 p.QB4 3 P·KKt3 4 B-Kt2

Kt-KB3 P.KKt3

B.Kt2 P-Q4

Black 5 Kt.QB3 6 Q.R4ch 7 Qx BP 8 Q·Q3

PxP P.B3 B-K3

Kt.Q4 Black attempts s implltl.cation, unmindful of

provoking P·K4, which would permit him a measure or counter attack on White', QP (9 P·K4, Ktll:Kt; 10 PlcKt, P-QB4, etc.)

9 KtxKt BxKt 9 ... P:x;Kt orrera .better prospects.

10 P.K4 B·K3 11 Kt.K2 Kt-Q2 12 0·0 ••••

If instead 12 K t·Bol, B·XtS; 13 P·KR3, p­KKt4!; 14 PxB, PxKt; 15 BxP, Xt·B4! reo gaining 'bhe pawn with the superJor position.

12 . • • . Kt·Kt3 13 P.QKt3 0.0 14 B_QR3 P. KB4

14 ... P-QR4 to he followed by ..• P-QRfj is a better plan.

15 B.R3 16 Q.B2 17 P.K5 18 Kt-B4 19 B.KKt2

K.Rl B.Q2 B. K3

B.Kt1 • • • •

[n order to pI'eve n t 111 ••• K t-Q4, atter whic h would tollow 20 KtxKt, BxKt ; 21 BxB, PxB ; 22 QR-Bl with advant.a&e. The text move however, Involves tbe aacrltlce of a pawn for a. rapid development which Is eGn· vened into a violent K s ide assault.

19 . . . . QxP 20 KR.Kl BxKP 21 QR.Ql Q·B6 22 Q·Kt1 e.Kt2 23 RxP R.B2 24 R.K3 Q.B3

If 24 . .. Q-<R4; Ui B·X t2! 25 Kt-K6 Kt.Q4

Any othel' astrous.

move would prove equally dis·

26 BxKt ZT KtxB 28 B. Kt2 29 QR.Kl 30 B·Q4 31 Q.Kt2 32 R.K7 33 BxR

Px. RxKt Q·Bl R·Ql B·B2

K.Kt1 P.KKt4

Qx.

34 QxQch 35 RxP 36 R ( K) .K7 37 P.B4 38 Px P 39 K. B2 40 K. K3 41 KxP

KxQ K.B3 B.R4 PxP

R·KKtich R·Kt5

·P·Q5ch Ruilln.

BRITISH l.ADIES' CHAMPIONSHIP

Miss Elaine Saunders, only thirt~ years young(!) has captur~ tlle championship of the British Isles- giving a most remarkable d isplay of chess precocity with an eleven round, undefeat~ performance at Bournemoutfl against a good fiela.

Problem Department By VINCENT L. !'.ATON

AddreJI all forrespondellce relating 10 Ihis depllrlmenl/o V. L. Ealon, 2237 Q Sireet, N. W., W tlJhillglon, D. C. Questions about problem matters will be answered if accOrnDanied by return POS~"'!; '"

Nos. 1443 and 1458 in this mouth's Review were impromptus composed to show a task sug­gested recently by one of the Washington Post's solvers, namely, to construct a "double" prob­lem, with either s ide able to mate in two, with­out check or capture keymoves. This little technical exercise Is not quite so easy as it sounds because two separate problems on a chessboard have I!l. nasty tendency to get in one another'S way, and the composer has t o make sure that each p-iece he uses will not only be effective In one problem but harmless in the other. N-o. 145~ is an attempt tD get the maximum amDunt .of variety in a "dDuble" prDblem with quiet keymDves (six mates apiece fOt· Black Dr White), while ND. 1443 has a mDre thematie flavor and shows un­pinning schemes .on eaoh side .of thebDard.

A little cDmp-osing CDntest seems in .order. We shall award tWD bDOk prizes [Dr the best prDblems submitted befDre December 15 next , with the condition "Either side to play and mate in two moves", and with quiet keymove s for each side. The winning CDmPDSitiDnS will be p\1blished in the January Review. Get busy, CDmposers!

... ... ... ... By error, a Black Knight on f6 was omitted

in No. 1418 Jast mDnth, neatly taking away all pDint frDm the prDblem. We re·diagram it Lhls month as No. 1444. . ... ... ...

In prOblem talk, a cDmpositiDn is said tD be "anticipated" wili.en 11 exactly Dr in virtually all details duplicates .one that has been pub­lished at SDme time previDusly. In the Phila· delphia Record .of Aug. 13 last it was claimed that .our April HDnDr Prize prQblem was "com­pletely anticipated" by a tWD-mQVer published nearly twenty years agD. We publish the tWQ cDmpositions as Nos. 1456 ,and 1457 SD that sQlvers may make their .own cDmparisDns.

According tQ the ReCDrd article, No. 1457 was .one .of a series, the themes .of which were suggested by CDmins Mansfield, the famous English CDmpDser. The qUeStiDn asked was "Can a promoting Black Pawn create fQur dis· tinct self·blDck variatiDns?" Mr. Hice's prnb· lem was t he firs t t.o be published, thDUgh J. HartDng and H. Weenink, wDrking independent­ly .on the same t a sk, simultaneDusly achieved practically the same setting.

Your EditDr studied the two !}OsitiDns care· fully and CDuldn't hDnestly see any grDunds fDr a claim of "CQmplete anticl!}aUDn." In the first place, ND. 1457 is a threat prDblem, while 1456 is a "waiter". By definition, the theme of both problems Is the same-that is, a Black Pawn (.on d2 In 1456 and .on b2 in 1457) creates fOUl" different self-block varlatiDns by [OUI" different prDmDtions. But the mates al'e the same, .01" virtually the same, in .only two of these theme \'ariations : 1 ... PxB (8); 2. 8xR and 1 ... Pd1 (Q); 2. Qb2 in ND. 1456 ap­proximating 1 ... Px8 (8); 2. 8al and 1 ... Pb1 (Q); 2. Rd2, respectively, in ND. 1457. The crDsscheck mates after 1 ... Pxc1 (Q) ch in

216

each prQblem are of SDmewhat difterent char· acter, because .01 the dif ferent IJOsitiDn .of the White Kmg and because or the distinctive types .01 hue·uncDvering by the White Knight (in ND. 1-156, 2. 8d3 ·I4 mate opens the RdS's g uard of d2 and cl, while in No. 1457, 2.8d2 mate uncovers guard by the WQ .of b2 and the Ra3 .of c3). The mates after 1 ... Pd1 (8) in 1-156 and 1 ... l'b1 (8) in 1457 are DbviDusly different. No. 1456 has n thematic Key, allowing the crosscheck, a.nd several extra mates, including a neat added self-block by 1 ... RxB; 2.8b2. On the D,ther hand, NQ. 1457 IS mDre economical, and more unified.

Mr. Alain C. \Vhite, America's forem.ost au­thDr ity .on problem themes, has kindly given us IllS DpilllDH Dr the two pDsitiDns: " ... In this case there is certainly nQ questiDn .of the SImilarity not being accidental. Mr. Gamage is at the present time .our ranking two-move composer, and his themes are invariably .orig­inal with himsel f ... It dQes nDt seem tn me that the similarity between the tWD prDblems is at all comp/ete. BDth achieve the same task, of fDur self-blocks by .a promDting Black I'awn; but the Rice prQblem lays its em!}hasis whDlly on the self-blocks, while Gamage's seems to me to stress the crQss·checks ... The errect, at least to me, is that the tWD CQm­pDsers have approached a similiar theme [rDm tWD dirt"erent IJoints o t view and have each produced a fine prQblem, but problems which prDduce a very mHerent eftect .on the solver ..... Dr. DQbbs also gave a similar opiniDn. We the ref .ore believe that the award .of the Honor Prize tD No. 1456 s-hould stand and that Mr. Hice and Mr. Galllage shOUld be credited with excellent and distinct renderings of a diffi­cuit Lask. \\That dD you sDlvers think?

"" ... * ... INFORMAL LADDER

(Maximum &Core fQr Nos. 1384-1401; 74) *" 1.'& M. Hochberg 720,42; .u G. Plowman

706, 46; ~I. Rivise 708, 42; $A. Shettel 708, 42; E. J. Korpanty "140,-; ~W. Patz 736, -; F. Sprenger 673, 62; W. O. Jens 620, 39; T. Mc_ Kenna 573, 59; I. Burn 495, 27; K. Lay 448, 51; W. Keysor 484, _ ; ~J. Hannus 431, 63; nup. L. Rothenberg 411, 70; Dr. M. Herzberger 387, 35; B. M. Marshall 352, 23; G. Fairley 321, 46; ~.1. Burstein 309, 43; A. Tauber 262, 50; J. M. Dennison 260, 29; A. A. J. Grant 167, 66; Dr. W. F. Sheldon 157, 64; uMDr. G. Dobbs 171, 46; A. Saxe r 166, _ ; P. A. Swart 117, 38; I. Sapir 79, 63; *Dr. P. G. Keeney 45, 64; J. Tusch 97, - ; J. Donaldson 67, 20; V. Rosado 79, -; W. C. ODd 75, -; S. P. Shepard 31, 32; A. Fortier 60, -; Bill Beers 7, 5; F. Grote 6, -; Bill Clubb 19; C. H. Godfrey-.

This mDnth's awards go tD DUI" cDlleagues, Messrs. I. & M. HDchberg, Problem EditQrs .of the C. C. L. A. Bulletin, fDr a third successful Ladder climb, and to Dr. P . G. Keeney, whQse delightfully whimsical {ive,mDver, ND. 1372, was judged the best. long· range prDblem .of the quar­ter. CDngratulatiDnS!

OCTOBER, 1939

No. 1438

GEOFFREY MOTT_SMITH

New York, N. Y. ~

Mate in 2

NO. 1439

GEOFFREY MOTT_SMITH

Mate in 2

NO. 1440

DR. GI LBERT DOBBS

Carrollton, Ga.

Mate \n 2

Original Section

No. 1441

DR. GILBERT DOBBS

Carrollton, Ga.

Mate in 2

No. 1442

BURNEY M. MARSHALL Shrevepo'rt, La.

Mate in 2

No. 1443

THE PROBLEM EDITOR

l~ilher side mates ill 2

No. 1444 I. RIVISE

New York, N. Y. (Correction of No. 1418)

Mate in 3

No. 1445

HERBERT THORNE Long Island City, N. Y.

Mate in .j.

No. 1446 JAY R. HOUGHTELING

St. Petersburg, Fla. (First Attempt)

Mate jn 5

SOLUTIONS TO THESE PROBLEMS ARE DUE NOVEMBER 15, 1939

217

218

•

No. 1447 R. J. BERMUDEZ Tampico, Mexico

3rd Honorable Mention Three-Movers

Mate in 3

No. 1448

DR. P. G. KEENEY Bellevue, Ky_

4th Honorab le Mention

N-o;1449 - FR. PABOUCEK

Pa ris, :France - 'Commended

Mate in 3

THE CHESS REVIEW

Original Section (cont'd) F i fth I nternational Miniature Tourney

N-o, 1450

JOHN HANNUS

Los Angeles, Calif. Commend ed

Mate in 3

No. 1451 MAXWELL BUKOFZER

Bellaire, L. I. 3rd Honora ble Mention

Four-Movers

No. 1452 MAXWELL BUKOFZER

Bellaire, L. I. 4th Honorable Mention

Mate in ,1

No. 1~53

F. PALATZ and E. SCHUTTE Hambung, Germany

Commended

Mate in 4

No. 1454 E. F. VALCINS

Riga, Latvia 2nd Honorable Mention

Indian Section

Mate in 4

No. 1455

R. PE LZER

3rd Honorable Mention

MatI'! in :l

SOLUTIONS 'TO. THESE PROBLEMS ARE DUE NOVEMBER 15, 1939

OCTOBER, 1939

No. 1456 F. GAMAGE April, 1939

Honor P r ize, Chess Review (See Text)

Mate in 2

No. 1457 W. B. RICE

Good Companions, May, 1920 (See Text)

Mat e in 2

No. 1458

THE PROBL.EM EDITOR

Wa'shington Post, Aug., 1939

Quoted Section

No. 1459

F. GAMAGE First Prize, Cross-check

Section, C.C.L.A. Tourney, 1938

Mate in 2

No. 1460 EDWARD L. DEISS First Prize, Mutate

Section, C.C.L.A. Tourney, 1938

No. 1461 DR. GILBERT DOBBS

First Prize, Open Two. Move Section, C.C.L.A. Tourney, 1938

Mate in 2

No. 1462

BIL.L BEERS

219

Second Prize, Open Two.Move Seotion, C.C.L.A. Tourney, 1938

Mate in 2

No. 1463 DR. GILBERT DOBBS First Prize, Three.Move

Section, C.C.L.A. Tourney, 1938

No. 1464 J. J. CORNEJO

Second Prize, Three.Move Section, C.C.L.A. Tourney, 1938

Mate in 3

THESE PROBL.EMS ARE NOT SCORED IN THE LADDER COMPETITION

220

No. 138·i by B ill B001's : l nt0l\d cd I He l, l)ut t he r e m e cook~ b y 1 U fG "n(\ 1 1Oh4 (Two l'o in b ",wh )

No, I Bg" 11 Y .T. M , Derm is ,,,, : 1 S c2 (Two po ints ): A Unwt ive complex ha lf-pi n ne r- Vou iJ s , White h " l! - p ins to m ee t B lad e "half_ pins"-]),-lttrsh ,, 11. ~omG n ice J!1'W- :S b GP ­Ii ,·d. F lll i o t gOO~ v 'Lrhtion,~-H. c)'Z b Q r);'c r. ::-'-fy vol e_?rl.eKen ,m ,

So. 1386 by'Dr, G. Dobbs: r I{;;-l (Two poi n t ~ ) G r imshaw jOlt c, 'fe r e n co w ith pret.ty p la y - Ito th enbe l·g:. I~xeell"n t blend of two I1wme~ , .' 1y v o t e- Fai \'l e y . 1-I~ l f "pi n " p i ll S Grim sh" w , My V01,f>-:'i11''i>Ilg'e ,' ,

No , 1387 by J<'. O ttm a g'c I ]-{b~ (Two poin ls) Spec t a e ular key_ Hot. hen h uq;'. Odd u nd i n t ~ l' "s lim~'-Dob i)3 . Pleas in g' cros3ehcc l{ - S pre n g'e", L on!!' di slH,nce ehe~k all(1 in ­te r posi n;;-_ll'l " r shal l, ?rly VOl.f>-D It Iy.

No . n S8 bv V G u m a !,c: 1 S f G (Two po int s ) Block~ a nd in lerfe"onee ' p ciorc-not hc" ­he r g . Exccll~ nl. "modern" b iv ll.ive p lay -DolJl> ~. .~l 1111iple i nt e ,.re " ~I\~ e . My vo t ~, [or the !JBst- lIhcl'sh u ll. M y vo t e- Rivise , Sheldo n , .lens, P lowm a n , Lay,

No, 1 :J8~ lIy Dr, P. G. Keen~,y : 1 Il e 2 (Two pO ints ) Almo~t ~o , u pl~,t. ~ h lock . with k ey lend in K to ~ "O~~ChB"k-Ro t he l\ be"K , NBa t. w ai'l e r w ith c r ossehee k - D obhs . "" ice erosseh cek ­er.- Spr ml!<'c r . G r an t in);, chec k to d is ­el03e " s{gm .. e- Mill'3hilil.

);'0 . 1390 b y Geoffr e y Molt - S mith : 1 Sf3 (1.' wo points) t"ine s l.r a t.e!<y , wi th , po tenl !Jut hel ples s JlI " ~k I (}rc ~-l<ot hon bel'!\'. Solf -impo~ed pins are n icely fo ,'ce fl- D ohh, . nesl ( wo­oc- H ej'>.IJC !,ge r .

N o , .I sn h y Geoffr ey _'loU - S m ilh: 1 Q x f5 CI'wo p oints ) n"~ t tw o-c r in th i ~ j ," ~ " e, T he t.heme is prese nt ed ~con()ml eft ll y ,,,,,I foredully . l\'ly V(tlC-RolhBnb~,rg- ,

N o. 1392 b y A lu 'c l T auher : 1 K d ,1 (Two po in ts ) l"ine mi nnie with b loc k U,nd pi n p l~y. This eompo~e ,' .,how" e xce ll e n t m Ar it n nd Uclent_1{M henhe r g'. The fft l'-rea e h ­in!\' Uishops <ere "tlrae t iv ,,- 1I:Iar shRII . C 'Ul b e impr oved " litt le b ,Y p lac inJ<' \ \"Q " t ,, ~ . 'VI( on e7. w i t h ke y .I,l(d8----1' 01,0 ),B''.

No , 1393 i)y Herbert 'l'ho r nO'): 1 Qe" (Tw() POi ll t ~ ) Un expcc ted Q ~"crifke-Herz berR" r , Key i~ l!l\fO l' t un <e t o. bu t vari a ti () n" ur' ) fi n<~Hot.h e n [)Brg. Pre t t.y el'Osseh ecker­SprcnR~r.

No. 1391 b y Bill Deem : t R u,l (,l'h ree poin ts l I . PH : 2 l-J¥ I- bl T hi " d o u b le e lc !l,r!l,n (;e id e,,- n Qv~r rHiI~ 1.0 jJ le,,~ e-n(} th ell h e rgc. E x ce lie n t I i n~, - c IBar ­,cn c ~-Spre n);'e, ' . My vo l e_ R iv ise , Mc­Kenna , Duly, SheftBl, Sw" rt. :Sheld on ,

No, 1395 I, y .J . H. Pan",dBB: Tn l.Hnd"d 1 8 g6 , h u t (here !lre e ig'ht coo ks- b y 1 1(1; 3 and b y 1 ~f 6 a ll Y ( 'l'h ,·cc poin ts each I

No. I ~% hy p , 1" nolb""h~" )( ""d I. & M. Hoeh ­ber!> : t B(12 (Three pOin t.") 1 " 1-' [3; :) IH5 - f ~ C leverly d o ne- Dohhs. Kie()- 8hnpa r d . Rub 1.ln ,.m l"' 8h hy Bishop to provide gu"rd " fl e l' ~H{: .-ir;~ e--Fa i,· I C Y .

No. 1397 b y P . L. Ho t hell hc r!' : 1 13h3 ( T iH'CC 11O in L~ ) I . .. P ",ny : 2 l' f1c e . T wo hlaek p \ t es t h is t ime- Dohbs , A study il\ s l"g:g:ish P aw ns-V ,drley ,

No. l Sn by A\11'01 T f1 \1 ]) Ar ; 1 nh~ (1:1-."ee poi nl ~ ) 1 . . . K aA;2HxS 1 . . 1« ' ,1; 2 R h 8-d 3 t , . , S (l,ny ; 2 HiH e h J';,,:n,ct. d e m on"tru.t.ion-Spren);,c l'. Three fj ,w v " rhtion~ in eeonD ll li c se l].i ng:­Ro th"" iJcn;'. Good bey Hnd contin ua tion " -Dobb~ .

No, 1 39 ~ b y Alire! T,wI"',- ; 1 Qh l ( T h,'.,c )iO in t HI 1 . . P "Z: 2 Q"~ 1 , el s e , 2 B d ·e h This rn il1i n. l uro doublc s witchbfwk OV Ct' m"-.. :dmum n u m bc l' of 3(lna rC S is R spl ~,n ­d id aehi ~v eme"L M y \' () I,,--Ro t.h ~ nhe,-;;-. L ooks like a m e m o .. y or :Sam LoY<I ~­:¥la "sh,tl l, As t oundin;;- a.eeom p i i s hmcn't­S pl'c n g-e r . M,)-' YOlC- Sprcn f"e1', Plow",u . ." i'n i,'l<;y.

No , 1400 by Geo ffre y M o l t - S mi t h : 1 S[1 (]<'O\11' petn (s) 1 . , . l UG ; 2 Se6, .1'1; 0 : 3 Sg 7; 4 Sh" male

THE C H liSS RE V IE W

Would You Have Seen It? By IRVING CHERNEV

:,,~L;au ren t i u s

1 Rx K t 2 BxR 3 Kt-Q6c h 4 Rx K tch 5 RxBch 6 Kt-B6ch

1 R_B7ch 2 Rx K tch 3 Q.B2 4 Q.B6ch 5 PxQ 6 RxPch

E . Cohn

7 Kt_B7 m ate

Ktx R R, B

Bx Kt B_ K 2 K,R

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Nos. 1-102- 1-11'), 1,y the P ro h le m B d il or: Solutions g'lven on P . 112, Alhe n R. S het tel po in t s ou t lhal No. 1408 is cooked bv 1 i> h~ ( 8) und No, 1409 by 1 Qc6. . •