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By Icading most or the way and finally tie ing for first place with Dr. Reuben Fine, Larry Evans has definitely confirmed his early prom. ise as one of the ranki ng U. S. ehess players. Undefeated in the six player event, Evans conceded draws to Fine and Lasker for a 4·1 score. In the fina l round Fine managed to gain a share of first place by best. ing A. C. Simonson while Lasker was holdi ng I!;vans to a 61 move draw.

1'lay in the event was not quile up to the quality to be expected from the names of the six con­testants, and in particular A. C. Simonson seemed to have suffered from his luck of tournament prac­tice in lbe past ten ycars. Dr. Lasker played steadily, losing a game to Santasiere. but drawing with Fine and Evans for third place and a 2~ -21h score.

During the course of the tourna· ment Dr. Lasker received an invi· tation to play in the Schlechter Memorial International Touma mcnt to bc held in Vienna in June and may accept. U. S. Champion Herman Steiner has also been in · vited to this event.

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DAKE TRIUMPHS ON WEST COAST

Despitc incredibly poor publicity the secret is finally revealed through the pages of the British Chess Magazine that Arthur Dake has won the West Coast Invita­tional Tournament with 51h.Ph, while C. Bagby placed second wilh 4 lfl-2 'h. No other dcta ils are available from George Koltanowski who or~an izcd lind dimf'l,f'o th,. tournamcnt but !ailed to publicise it, except abtoad.

A;) iCKES TAKES ASHEVILLE TITLE

William C. Adicl:tes, Jr., with a perfect l ().() score won the Ashe. ville (N.C.) City Championship it.! an lJ player rou nd robin event. Second pl.lll'C went to Peter T. Tara. sov who scored 71h:-2lh , losing games to Adlckes and Major G.H.B. Terry and drawing with Dr, Cbarle, Lindsley. Dr. Lindsley was third with 7·3 and Major Terry Courth with 6-4.

HERNDON WINS AT NEWBURYPORT

Gordon D. Herndon of Ipswich won lhc NewburYPQrt o.tIlSS.) title with 12'h·l lh in an 8 player double round robin event C<lnced­ine one draw each to' Bartlett Gould, Charles Waterman and Clarke Church. Second place with 11·3 went to Edward Reil of Ames­bury, while Bartlett Gould of New­buryport placed third with 9lh. 41>.

BOTVINNIK LEADS IN WORLD MATCH

As we go to press Botvinnik holds the Icad in the W 0 r 1 d Championship match with 2 wins, ] 10,$5 and 5 draws. The indica­tions suggest that this may be an­olher of those indecisive matches such as the Lasker-Capablanca match with its multi tude of draws. Since Bolvinnik needs only to draw the match to retain the title, tbe one-game edge now gives him a very definite advantage.

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ANDERSON GAINS ONTARIO TITLE

Frank R. Anderson, Ontario Pro. vincial Champion in 1948 and 1949, regained ' the title with a 5-1 scorc in the 12 player 6 round Swiss event at the Gambit Chess Club Toronto, directed by Malcolm Sim, chess columnist in the Toronto Telegram. Andcrson lost one game in the final I'ound to Z. L. Sarosy, a recent arrival from Austria, who placed second on SoB points with 4-2. P laced third and fourth on S-B points wilh equal 4-2 scores were A Lidaeis and H. F. Ridout.

Anderson, now 23, holds both the Ontario and Toronto champion­ships, and tl].e Speed Champion. ships of both as welL He won the Toronto City title in 1947, 1948 and 1950. At Oak Ridge in 1948 he placed second on S-B points but in games won tied Arthur Bisguier, the U . S. J unior Champion, with whom he drcw his game.

MYERS REPEATS IN DECATUR MEET

Hugh Myers wilh 15-1 repeated alii champion or Decatur (111.) in .. 17 player round robin event., lhl! largest held since lhe organization of the Decatur Chess Club. Myers lost his only eame to Dr. Arthur Berger. David T. Mitchcll with I·Hi·l lh pla(:cd sct.'Ond and Ray. mong L. Fletcher with 12-2 placed thi rd. lolyers received a trophy while Mitchell and Fleteber were accorded su bscriptions to CHESS LIFE. Dr. A. E . Clore with I Y.t. 14 lh was awarded a special prize, consisting of Znosko-Borovsky's "How Not To Play Chess".

In April the Decatur Club held a special (l player Five Minute Speed Tournament which was won by Hugh Myers with 8-2 in the double round event. M. Schlosser with 7·3 was second and G. Garver with 5lh-41h was third.

BANKS ADDS UP CAR MILEAGES

Newell Banks of Detroit. chess and checker expert, has been ac· cumulating milcage since be lcft Detroit early this year for an ex· tended tour of simultaneous exhi­bitions. 7000 ntiles have been checked of( to the West Coast and back to Washington, D.C., with some 2500 more miles intervening before he returns to Detroit.

Playing more chess than check­ers these days, Banks has had a very Cull program of erltibitions; and after Washington will bead Cor the New England states. It is still possible to book a date Cor his exhibition by clubs on h t s route from New England to De­troit., and inquiries may be ad· dressed to Newell W. Banks, 1228 Newport Avenue, Detroit 15. Mich. 81 Filii tI.,., (01'(' "J j"go/l_i. CIotIl

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DATES TO REMEMBER! U, S. Open Championship Tournament

Fort WOI-Ih, Texas, July 9-21, 1951

U. S. Junior Championship Tournament

Philadelphia, Penna., July 23-28, 1951

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Vol. V. Number 16 Friday, April 20, 1051 --THEY BUILD A TROJAN HORSE Q"itq"iJ iJ tit , lim", D""tm. d JOrld. J::;'::i' A~..., id

WE CANNOT cease to be concerned about the futm"e of the world of

chess (and of that greater world as well which contains it), when sober and well-read critics, such as our recent correspondent, AIr. Harry Siller can quote seriously in innocence and [ull Iaitb such treacher­ously' plausible lies as those emanating {rom notorious left-wing apolo­gists like Marquis Childs. We quote ·Mr. Siller's own words from his letter in the " Kibit7.er" in the April 5 issue of CHESS LIFE: " but as Marguis Childs, I believe, said in a recent column, if the re is a more dangerous element than the Communists, it is the ex-Communists." .

The text of Porr. Siller's letter indicates quite plainly that he does not applaud thc acts of Communistic aggres..<;ion and that he is not in sympathy with Communistic doctrine or praetice-ycl he has let his confide nce in apparently well·rcasoned words betray him into endorsing a most dangcrous doctr ine that rightly reccives the applause of all devoted Communists.

To apologists for the Sovie t regime, the greatest peril that thcy face today is thc dcbunking of their elaborate propoganda by the eye­witness tales of refugees and exiles. These know the true facts o( Communism as an active world {orec and not as an idealistic and poetic theory. There[ore, their tnlcs must be discredited in advance, least Communism lose its roseate hue of man-made perfection tha~ clever propaganda has created. -

We must not, says Mr. Siller in effect., believe anything that Dr. Bohatirchuk tells w about Soviet chess, because Dr. Bohatirchuk might possibly know what he is talking about, having learned his facts on communistic praClice Cram experience rather than from a maga:r:ine­article, Reduced to thl'se simple terms, it becomes obvious that Mr. Siller'S viewpoint bordcrs on the ridiculous, although it is a viewpoint shared, alas, by many other innocent chess players in this country.

We do not believe that Dr. Bohatirchuk's charges about a leam· plot in the World Championship Tournament to deliver the title to Botvinnik is justificd by the evidence. We believe that Dr. Bohatirchuk is inclined lo underestimate the talent of Botvinnik-not an unnatural error in view til the fac t that Dr. Bohatirchuk defeated Botvinnik three timcs, drew with him oncc and lost to him never in their {our en­counters In major Soviet tournamenls. But it is only just to indicnte that the d ice were definitely loaded in the favor of the Soviet players in t~s World Championship. event. They came wit~ an ent~u~age of 21 Soviet chess playe rs, includmg Grandmaster Ragosm, and It IS safe to assume these 21 plnyers did not cume merely for thc ride. They werc there to an alyse the stylcs of Reshevsky and Euwe, to offer advice in. opening novelties suggested by previous p lay in the tournament, and most of all to s tudy and annlyse adjourned positions (or the thren Soviet contestants. Neither I~ uwe nor Rcshcvsky we"e endowed with such able assis tance.

We do not, however, believe Dr, Bohatirchuk's chargcs oC COIl­spiracy in the World Championsh ip; BUT we do believe that Dr. Boha· tirehuk is precisely correct in his interpretation of the conspiratorial attitude of the Soviet delegates at the annual nOE meetings and their obvious attempts to dominate (successfully, alas) thc l:ouneils of this alleged world body of chess. We have good reason to believe these charges, having access to much more detailed accounts of the deliber:a­tions of the Jo'lDE Summer Assemblies thun has cver been rcleased to the press.

We also believe that Dr. Bohatirchuk in an earlier letter published jn full in the British mae-azine CHESS (of which excerpts were pub-­lished in an editorial "Chess Polity and Chess PoHtics" in CHFSS W'E, November 20, 1949) gave an accurate and acute picture of chess con· ditions in the USSR. We have good Teason to believc this from the letters received from other refugees from the Soviet Paradise which confirm and elaborate these dcscriptiort!l.

Too much puritanical riihteousness has been exprcssed in labeling Dr. Bohalirchuk a " traitor" and an "ex-Nazi." Dr. Bohatirchuk was a lad in the Ukraine when the octipus of Communism reached into the Ukraine and ab$orbed it. lIe had little choice thcreafter but to eun­Corm; his own private reaction tn Communism was expressed at the first opportunity he had to escape from its grasp--and did so. That he h ad to embrace Nazism temporarily was a personal misfortune; but that not only Dr. Bohatirchuk but thousands o( other Ukrainians were eager to accept the National Socinlist in preference to Communism does not award any commendations to Communism.

Other refugees who express the same feeling toward Communism and describe Lhe sa me condition!:l in regard to the political domination of chess in the USSR rome from the betrayed lands oe Latviu, Esthonia, Lithuania and Poland. Thcse can ijardly be dismissed with the airy puritanical charge of "traitor."

It is timc that we began to credit a few of the facts about chess iD the USSR as lold us by these self-determined exiles from the Soviet

Union, even if we insist on diseouniing their tales somewhat on the grounds of their personal prejudice against Communism. Thesc cxiles have at least had practical experience; and too many of them have fled earnestly and hopefully from the USSR (many times at risk of life and u nder desperate circumstances) to make it crcditable to believe that they are aU merely malcontcn4.

It is time - more than time! - to cease heeding the dangerous and seductive pipings of apologists of the Soviet regime. It is time to cease giving credence to those little lies - particularly those pse udo logical and alluring litue lies like "a more dangerous elc ment than the Communist is the ex-Commuoist."

Montgomery Maior

hy Vincent L. Eaton

Addr~ .. all communluUon, 10 lhlr ~olumn to Vi .. """t L. EJ.ton. '12 Mc~.1tI Road. Sll .. , !:loring. Maryla~d. THE ENJOYMENT OF CHESS PROBLEMS By Kenneth S. Howard.

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T llE AIM of this book, which was first published in 1943, is to give tllC chess playcr and the problem enthusiast an understanding of

the basic principles of problem construction. Ill ustrated with 200 ex­amples of thc authOI"s own work, it explains lhe main conven lions, describes the principle themes, and offers a wea lth of inIormaUon on technical aspects oC problem composition which arc invisible to the layman. Individual chupters are dcvoted to such topics as "The First Move," "Black's Defenses," "P inning and Unpinning," "Complex Themes," "Schools or Compo!iition," "Pawn Promotion Themes," "En Passant Capture Themes," and "Self-Mates."'

Despite its attempt at popularization, the reader will not find this book easy to peruse, perhaps because no simple A·8-C language can be devised that will painlessly initiate the beginner to a kn owledgc oC the intricacies of thc problem arlo The author writes compactly, [rom a deep knowledge of his subjed, and you must be attentive to follow him, Ncvcrtheless. it is the best general guide that has appeared in English since Weenink's classic The Chess Problem (1926), and it pre­!:Ients a welcome selection of problems by a man who for half a century has ra nkcd as onc of America's foremost composers.

Plene note tha t Problem No. 246 shoUld hne ,..,ad, Milte In three mOVH.

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P,oblcm No, 147 By Fr"ncis J. C. DeBlasio

Brooklyn, New York Entry in CHESS UFE

CompOsing Tourney Black' 5 men

Problem No. By Otto Oppenhe imer

New York, N. Y. Entry ill CHESS LiFE

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Entry in CHESS LIFE Composing Tourney

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T HIS "Pockd Chess Yearbuok" crams into its compact pages just about eve rything a chess handbook should have. It includes a

calcndar Cor noting ehess dates, chess notation in vnrious languages, rule.s o( play, di rections for pairing up to 24 players in round robin or SwIss, names and addresses of nativc and foreign players and problem composers, analysis hy Euwe , Muller, and othcrs - a veritable chess cornucopia. It offers [urthcr a chcss chronology from 833 A. D. to 1949, with principal tournaments and winners, a history of the world champ­ions with pictures, a tabulatioD of the openings, and an aewunt of

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-4fekhille ~ Garlg C/,.~j Career

A dditional Data.

By A. BZlfchk~

V. AlEKHINE IN SOVIET-LAND Another game played in 1918 is

the one against Gonssiororski ("Best Gamcs" no. 51; fi rst pub­lished in "Schachleben in Sowjet­Russland," p. 7; we own the mnnu­script). This game was pLayed in a blindfold exhibition of 6 gamcs in Odessa and the unusual feature is ihat Alckhine permitted his opo I>onent to play Wh ite. If this gamc is correctly dated Decembcr, 1918, it cou ld serve as a proof against lhe credibility of Alekhine's own later statement ("64," 1931, p. 242-244) that blindfold chess is pro· Ilibited by law in the Soviet Union and that he lherefore could not exercise this abili ty as long as he W~IS in the land of the Spviets.

Since this seems to be the only bli ndfold game of his Soviet period' which Alekhine himself published, we have to take it as the occasion for calling attention to this dis­crepancy. However, the manuscript page.sr in our collection contain t he firs t 22 moves of another blindfold game (Moscow, 1920, against SLas­hevsky), and although the score is not quite comple te, we shall pub­lish it later.

In addition, a third . blindfold game played by Alekhine in 1918 came to light in 1931.

The Russian chess and checker magazine "64" published in its double nu mber 15-16 of August 30: 1931, on p. 242-244, an article by Alekhine about his experiences as a bli.ndfold chess player. Tbi .. ~ n rather superficial article and whoever might expect to find in it a method of the technique of blind· [old playing, will be disappointed. The article begins with one of the Alckhlne s tatcments which we have obscrved berore and which arc so typical (or this genious with his- over-rich imagination and some times ra ther faulty momory for li ttle details. Alekhinc says hc heard about hlindfold chess for the first time when be was a boy of 10, and continues :

At fhat time Pillsbury ... islted my blrthptace Moscow and gave • blindfold seance on n bNrcts. I was not admitted In chess clubS t hen, but my older broth · e r participated in that Hance and even VOt a draw.

Now, all the games of that Mos­t.'OW seance in whieh Pillsbury play· ed 22 games (Dec. 1-14, 1902) are known· they all are published in the Russian chess almanac "Chernyi Korol" (The Bluck King) for 1902 (published by Shakhmatnoe Obot­l"ellie in 1903), and the nanle Alek­hine does not occur among those who opposed . Pillsbury; the four lucky playcrs who drew their games arc : L. Davydov, board no. 1; V. lamont, board no. 3; B. t:hcrni:wsky, boal'd no. 7; N. Ale!.":· sandrov, board DO. 19; only onil pl.:ayer (paul Selc,mcv, possibly a relative of the endgame composer A. SclesniefI?) won his game on board' No. 15. lnc.identally since Alekhhine's older, chess playing brother (Aleksey) was born i '~ 1888, in other words was only 14 years old wben Pillsbury gave his Moscow exhibilion. it is not very likely that he was already admit t­ed to chess clubs and such cxhibi· tions.

THEY HEAR BUGLES BLOW

On March 14th, Hans Berliner e nlisted in the U.S. Air Force, im· mediately upon completion of the Washington Chess Divan Champion -sh ip which he won. In Ohio thc o h i 0 Slate Champion Jam e , Schroeder joined the army in De­cember and Is now at Fort Knox. Others in the armed services al­ready include George Kraus of New York and American C h e s s Bulletin problcm editor Edgar Hol­laday. Alas, the list is due for much incrcase as the months pass.

. :lime :Jroutt. Hv FRED W. WREN

The Players

T HE Old Master sat hunched in front of the chessboard. His elbows on the edge of the table supported the weight" of his massive head

which lay cupped between the palms of his wrinkled hands. With a lhumb below and behind each car, the little fingers touching in the center of his forehead, his attitude was devotional as he gazed down upon the chess pieces.

His opponent, probablY fifty years younger, had moved his chair s lightly away from the table. He sat erect, a hand on each knee, watching the board as intently as the old man. His expl'cssion was worried. His nervousness was betrayed by his fingers which were in constant noiseless motion as if he were playing an invisible piano.

The Spectators About three feet from the table

a group of spectators stood press­ed against the rope which enclosed the rectangular space in which the tuurnament games were being play­ed_ This inner space was rese rved for players and officials. Outside the rope spectators could !"oam freely, paus ing where they wished to watch any game in which they were interested. Hung at in­tervals on the rope were s igns: SILENCE - GMIES IN PRO­GRESS - NO COMMENT PLEASE. Occasionally a rumor would sweep like magic through the crowd, " Watch the game a t Table 4, it's hot," or " \Vhite announced mate in five moves at Table 8", and Ihe spectators would immediately bunch up around those tables, anxious to be in at the kill.

Seconds befot'e, a t the other end of the room, someone had whisper­ed, "The Old Master is in trouble ," and already the mob was gather­ing to see what the trouble was.

Beside the chessboard, at the Old Master's r ight, sat the double­faced chess clock.

Whispers on the Sidelines "What's the matter? The game

looks even to me." "The young fellow is unly a pawn

ahead." "I guess it 's time trouble." " Go on! The old guy has twenty

minutes left on his clock, and only five moves to make. The o th!'r guy has only two minutes left on his clock. He's the one who's hav· ing t ime trouble ."

"Joe, darling, what is time trou ble?"

"Well, sugar, you see there 's two clocks in a single case, but only ODe goes a t a time. Thc old man's is going now while he 's figuring out wh Cl t to do. As soon as he

• makes his next move he'll punch down that lHUe lever on the s ide of the clock. That s tops his clock and starts the other fe llow's. Each player is allowed two hours think­ing time for the first forty moves. The young fell ow has used liP a ll but two mi nu tes of his thinking time , while the old guy can take his time, for he can spend IouI' minutes on each of the next f ive moves if he wnnls to. The olhe l' guy has less th:m thir ty seeunds to spcnd 011 eneh of hi s five moves."

"The one who doesn' t ~et fort y moves made inside the two hour mark loses the gClme . So, ll lthough the old boy is a [lawn down , the young guy is in time trouble. The pressure is on h im. He's got to make the moves in time . Tha t 's easy. But the movcs have to be good, so when thcy Il lay on afte r passing the time limit he 'll s till have the p<lwn advantllge to work on , and tha t's not so easy. The old boy is cooking up something now to make it tough ror the kid. See, honey?"

"Sure, dear. Let 's go to the mov· ies . 1 don' t like chcss much."

The Old Master Without moving his he<ld or

hands he glanced OI L the clock. Twenty minutes to m Ol ke fiv e moves. Almoot too easy. He could make them in twenty seconds if he had to. The whole five moves, in perfect sequence. were outlin­ed in his mind cleare r than tillY photogr<lph. The way t hey wou ld be played - the way they hlld to be plHyed. He had gone over the whole plan while thinking llOOut his previous move. With th <l t move he had begun a brilliant , but ob­scure, six-move combinati on which would not only recover his lost pawn - it would also win another of his opponent's precious pawns.

(~Timr·T70ubf~" was orig;,,,,/I,, pub-. /isMJ in "C},(I1;' ]u"e, 1946. The autho, is bet/a 1::1'01"" j" th~ U"it.J States for his ."ter/aining series 0/ " ,tid(s 0" his ("perien~u d< <1 10"Tlwme nf p/dYn ~ntitld "Ta/es 0/ d Woot!p,u~r." W hria 1'01 p/,ry ;tl !{ €IncH or »',iting "bout ill ""gdrie., M,. lV,~ " is " tii.litlg"isbet/ mrmbu of tbe U. S. Diplom"ti~ Sn .. iu.)

TJi.en, after safely passing the time limit. he would resume the game with an advantage which his know­ledge and experience could carry through to a quick victory. Yes, there was nothing to it. The next five moves would, 1IS chess-players say, play thcmselves. Let's go on with it.

His right hand move(l slightly­then stopped. He had noticed his young opponent 's convulsive start as his hand had moved. 50-01 Vcry nervous. this young man, eh? May­be he'd better keep the pre~sure

on him a fcw minutes longer. May­be the boy would blow up entire ly if be had to wait some more . He'd try it. Still (if teen minutes on his c lock. and five moves could be played in fifteen seconds, ten sec­onds _ five seconds, if necessary. He would let thi~ nervous young man stew in bis own juice for an­other ten minutes anyway.

These young men who try to play chess! One 0[ - them wins a club tournament in a small town. lie remls a chess hook. He looks fOI" new wot'hls to conq uer. ;lIld enters a tOW'nament li ke this. He c:mnol hope to win Oil Y of the prizes. He dare not hope to win f!"O m ;my of the mas ters, and only by some f l'cak of d l'cUllis tances cuuld he mauage cven to draw t\ game with one o[ them. W hOlt then brings him to t.his tourna­ment? The young man, if asked this ques tion, would prubably say that he wanted to get expel"ience. Exper ience! 'l'he Old Master snort­ed mentally. As if tha t were enough ! He cOllld lell the young man that it was not enough . No maste r in t.he world h ad more ex­perience than he. yet it had been two year.; since he had won a tournament. He had lost more im­pm·tan t games in the last two years thun he had in the twenty pre~ious years.

And those damned chess magu­zines and chess eolumns in the p:lpers! That was the worst parl of be ing the Old Master . Eve ry li me he lost a game it was news, and the game would b!J publishcd in twenty languages! And the othel' masters wet'e always ready 10 pub­lish c riticisms of such gllmes, p rais· ing the brilliancy of the winner, and punc tu ll ting the Old Master's moves with question marks. He had ~een thcse question marks quite a bit la tely. He knew what they meant. "R-K4?" didn't mean that the annota torJ. thought thu t th e Old Master had played his rook to king four in en-or. Oh. no ! 'The envioUS writer was simply asking the whole chess world if it d idn't think the Old Master was getting just a bit too old to play tournament chess.

Too old, eh ? He 'd show them. Wait for the llccount of th is game in to-morrow's paper . He could see j ust how it would read. "The Old Master Rides Again! Cun Still Spot Opponents Fi[ty Years und Win! In his game yes terday with the you ng sensation from the Wcst he has a pawn down, and he uppeal'ed doomed to defeat. After pondering nearly twenty minutes over his 36th move he created a beautiful five·move combination whicb cost his youthful opponent two pawns, and the game. Both players werc in time trouble near the end."

Posirion N o. 'j5

Bronste in vs. Botvinnik 6th Match Game, 1951

Poritio ll No. 56 Gligoric vs. Gudmundsson

Amsterdam, 1950

Finish It The Clever Way! Conducted by Edmund Nash

Send ~ !I "OfI ttibutlon. for Ihl< column to Edmund Nu h. 1530 2!th Pl aO$, $..E... Washi ngton 20, D. C.

I N Position No. 55, White had just moved 57. K(Kt3).il.2? He resigned after Black's next move. This blundel' will go down in chess history,

for Brons tein was leading Botvinnik in the match by one win (the f irst four games had been drawn). The psychological .consequences of this blunder may have affected Bronstein's play, for he also lost the seventh game. Soviet analys ts point out that While could have drawn easily by 57. Kt-K6ch. This is ull the more interesting s ince both players had passed the time control with the 56th move, and Bronstein had plenty of lime to consider h is 57th move.

Tn Position No. 56, there is a pleasing mate in five that White over­looked in the game.

For solutions please turn to Page four.

Yes, that was the way it would look in print. The ~tupid l"Cpurtel' would never know that the com­bination had begun with his 35th not his 36th move. He would never know tha t the twenty minutes spent in " pondering" ovet· the 36th move was just killing time - j ust driving an impatient young oppon­ent a little closer to the breaking point.

(To Be Continued)

ONTARI O PROVINCiAL CHAMPIONSH IP

Toronto, 1951 I. F . R. Anderson .. ... .5·1 2. Z. L. Sa rosy ...... .... ...... . .................... 4·2 3. A . Lidaeis .. 4--2 4 . H . ~'. Ridout. . ............. .................... 4--2 5. P. J\vel'y ........... . ............... .3 l·2~ 6. N. K. Glaiiberg ........ ........ .3t-2i; 7. F.. T. J<.>witt ............ .. ...... _.3-3 8. 11.. E. Orlando ..... .... ... _. __ .3-3 9. J. Suk ... .... . ... .......... _._.24

10. S. II. Gray . . ... ....... _. __ .24 II. D. Kamerllng ..... _1-5 12. G. L. Weaver .................... __ .. 1-5

READERS' ROAD TO CHESS iContinucd from page 1)

blindfold and s imultaneous records. Problems, a glossary of terms in problem composition, pictures of internutionaJ masters, names and ad­dresses with their zones of FIDE dele~atcs arc s till more examples of the e ncyclopedic contents. Even fm' those who do not read German, the l'e is a wealth of info rmation in thut international language, chess itseU. Never ha" this rfviewer seen so much chess lore for $1.20.

BRITISH CHESS MAGAZINE: SPECIAL HASTINGS CONGRESS NUM­BER. Vol. LXXI , No, 2. February 1951 35c. Pe r year, 12 issues, $2.95 .

R EADERS un Olcquainled with the venerable BCM would do well to begin their subscriptions with this Hastings number, which con­

ta ins all forty-fiv e games from the premier tournament won by Wolf­gang Unzicker. Seven o( these arc fully annotated by Har ry Golombek, games editor; the others are given in the space-saving algebraic nota­lion. This issue conta ins a lso ga mes f rom the Boleslavsky·Bronstcin mateh, from the Amsterdam tournament, and from the World Inter­national Corre~pondencc Chess Championship--for a grand total of sixty-seven games. News of the chess world, br ief book reviews, endings, a problem section , und othcr fea turcs round out the offering.

Games printed here arc numbel'ed consecutively. Some idea of the antiquity of BCM (which began publication in 1881 and is the oldest chess journa l extant) may be gained from thc (act that the specime n given below is No. 10,710, from the second .round of the Hastings tournament.

SALT LAKE CITY CHAMPIONSH IP Salt Lake City, 1951

I. Phil Neff ...... . .. WIG WIO W2 W4 W3 \\16 6·0 18.00 2. FarrelJ Clark ... . ... D3 WIl Ll W5 WI0 W9 4""~ 13.25 3. 1!'Vln w. 1'ay lo" .... 02 WI7 W10 W9 LI W~ 4H~ 12.25 4. Brucc f':>hnCl' ......... W5 W9 W I\ L l W6 L3 4 ·2 12.00 5. Allen Mulalk ...... ............ ..... _ .... .. L4 W16 W12 L 2 W8 W l 0 4 ·2 7.00 s. 'red Pathakis ... LIO Wl4 W1 W R fA T.l 3 .:1 6.00 7. Alex ltI zos .. _ ............ ... _._ ... _ ... WI7 1.8 1.6 L IO Wl2 WII 3 -3 S.OO 8. Grant Mack .. _... . .. W1 5 W7 L4 L6 L 5 WI3 3 ·3 '4.00 ~. Stanley Hunt .... .............................. WI4 1.4 Wll L3 W13 L2 3 -3 3.00 to. Gast o n Ch:>l'pu lij 2·4 (6 .00): 11. Chas Mc lzillaar 2-4 (2.00): 12. Joe McMan ama 2-4 (0.00); U . Joseph Arms tro ng 0·2 (0.00); 14. Henry Wernli 1).6 (0.00): 15. Wm. Schoenharut ()'6 (0.00) ; 16. Robert Neuman o-s (0.00); 17. Lewis Wolfe 0-3 (0.00).

Wolfe w ithdrew after lour rounds a nd A r mstrong completed his 9("hedule In la~l lwu ,·uunds.

DECATUR CITY CHAMPIONSH IP Decatur, 1951

1. Hug h ~;. Mycrs ... ... : ..... x , , , , , , , 15 -I 2.. David '!,. Mitchell ........ 0 • , , , , , , 14H~ 3.. Uaymond L. i,'letcher ... • • , , , , , 14 ·2 4. Gerald Garver ... .... 0 , • · • • , , 1l ~-4~ 5. Robert H . Stein .. ··· . ...... 0 • • , • , , , lI a-4~ 6. Dr. M" SchIO>!~e~ ...... 0 • • , • · , , 10H} 7. CUrrord Atteocrry .... 0 • • , • , • , , JO!·5~ Il. Dr. Arthur Berger ... . 1 • • • I • • , • , , ., I). Willard Jones ...... 0 • • 0 "

, , , , 7~ ·8~ 10. Dr. Ben. G la7.e~···· . ... 0 • 0 " • • • • , , , , ,., II. Jack Hart ley ............ 0 0 0 " 0 • • 0 • • , , , 61-9 ~ 12.. MT$. Tu rner Nenring ... • • • • • • • • , • • , , 5 -11 13. Heiken ... 0 • • • • • • • , • • • , , , 5·11 14. Earl Oyler ................... 0 • • • • • • • 0 0 0 , 0 , • , 3~-12~ 15. Mrs. Sophie Schlosse~ 0 • 0 " 0 0 0 • " 0 0 • 0 6

, , 2~·13i 16. Dr. Clore _ •..•.. _ .............. 0 • 0 0 0 0 • • " • • • • • , 16·141-17. Julius Peters .....•...... ... . 0 • • • • • • , • • • • • • • • , 1 ·15

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ct. ... Jl/e .!)n r/ew York

By Eliot HedTst

T HE last round of the Marshall Masters Sextangular Tourney

concluded with as exci t ing and UD­usual a finish as anyone could wish to witness. Larry Evans, who had held the redubtable Reuben Fine to a draw in the semi-final round and thus led with 3lf.d~ to Fine's 3--1, was paired with the experienc­ed master Edward Lasker and Fine with the ever·dangerous A. C. Si· monson.

Grandmaster Fine startled the crowd of spectators (and probably aU the rest of the contestants!) by offering Simonson a draw on tile te nth move and again on the twelfth move despite the faet that he had the white pieces and need­ed a win to have any chance fot" first prize; apparently he had given up hope of winning the tourney and was content with second place. However, Simonson, who "likes to play chess," refused the offer both times, and SooD Dr. Fine developed an overwhelming position. Mean­while Evans was having his troubles witb the cagey Edward Lasker. One could sense the tension almost overpowering the opponents as they came closer and closer to serious time pressure. A brief flur­ry of moves on both boards SOOD "cleared" the positions. Fine had thrown away much of his advantage but still had enough to win, while Evans' game seemed a likely draw, although the younger player was a pawn ahead. Tbus it ended Fine winning and Evans drawing and both tying for first place_- Had Simonson accepted Dr. Fine's offer of a d raw, who knows what would have happened .

Edward LHsker, losing only to Tony Sllntas iere, took third pri~e with 2lh·2%; A. C. Simonson, al­though disappointing his many ad­mirers, garnered fourth prize with a score of 2·3. Santasie re Ph-3 1f~, and .Hanaue t·, 1-3, eom~lcted the s tandmgs. Altbough the qual­ity of chess played in this tourney was perbaps a little below that expected from such masters, the Specta tor interest and widespread publicity created by the contest as­sured its success.

In. Brief : Ar t Bisguier, coming fust JD the home s tre tch in the Man­hattan C.C. championship bas won four straight, and his SCore of 9-3 is second only to Denker's 9%-2% . Both havc only one game left - with each o ther! Can Bisguier duplicate his last minute vietory in the U. S. Open!? Watch the next issue o! "Chess LHe" for final stalllJillgs New York's Met u !ague season .~ tarlcd April 7; Kit Crittenden of Raleigh, N.C., vis it­ing New York during Easte r vaca­tion, teamed witil E. Heurs t of New Yurk to achieve a score of 10-7 agains t ronsul ling members of the Brooklyn Chess Club in an unusual tande m simu ltnneous exhibitions .. George Krauss, Marshall Chess Club expert , is now ove rseas in Europe with the U. S. Air Force . Carl Pilnick, one of Marsball 's leading players, was married Apr il 8.

NEW YORK CONFUSION To annoyance of the :ManbattaD

and Marshall Chess Club players alike we see unfortunately un­able to avoid QC(:asional confusion between the two. We apologize fot attributing to the Marshall Club the 5 lh-2lh victot·y oC the Manhattan Club over the Capa­blanca Chess Club in New York in our eorrect reporting of t he Marshall Club drawn match with the same club in Havunu. Mrs. Maude M. Stephens, secretary of the Manh attan Club, also informs us that Mr. Bisno dId not playas a part of the Marshall team, but in a separate matcb game.

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FriJ4'f. Apri/l0, J<)1/ 50urnamenl oflJe CoM_if. b1 Erich W . Marchand

192 S evil l e Dri v e

Roc h ester 17, N. Y.

VIENNA OPENI NG u . s. o pe" Championsh i p

Detroit, 1950 NolU b" £d'fll. J. Ko rp.tn!y

While Bl ack W . W. ADAMS A. S. P IN KUS I. P·K4 P-K4 1. B·B" 8·84 I . K f48) K I ·1(83 4. 1"-84 ....... . This mav" iJI u~lt.lly mad e on the 3rd m ove, before t ho 8& 110 t o R4 u n bul h sides. A nd one& they eet theN), 4. p .Ql, P.Q3 is t h e usua, continuation. lmm .,dlaLcI)' aJ't .,r thl~ ,nove Black g ets rou g h ~ml tnk~ ... the 1'1"" Qut u( While'. h3nd~ 4. _ ... _. BxKt'. KllIKt S. Rxa Kl x p *"'5. , .... Q- R.~ "Ome~ In tor eolUlderallon~.

~~'}:i~h~°<i.~·2txt g~K~: ~~; ~~'Q~~J: Kt-B4; 10. K(..f{15, e le, , . .... _." P·Q4 7. p ·Q4

7 . HxP , QxB; H. P -Q3 look l b e H er. 7. .... .... P x B t. K' .Ktl K' .B' 8. BPxP Q·R5 e ll If 9 ........ , QxRJ"; 10. K·1l2 und Black must r e t ire his Q to ItS. That w o u ld give White li m e t o develo p . Bl llek PI"'" len to deve hlV 'lnd hold the ln lt l utlve. 10. B·K3 B·Kts For' t he p"etillnt t h is stops Whil e's c astling. 11. g ·Q2 P-B3 12. B· B2 ........ W h ile'S I':a,ne 1$ ver y bad. Sui since l Ues must be opened to Black, 12. P x P Is beUer . 12. .. _ .. _. Px P 15. P .QS 0 ·0·0 13. KI·BS g .83 14. P_KK I4 14. KI·K3 8 ·R4 W hit e is tryln. h ard 10 castle, bul th is m ov" op e ns a bad hole on h is KB3. If 16. KtxP, RxP ; 17. Q.>:: R, R·QI; 18.

~~~;e~lI. (;~Kt~~' lJll~~' 2O~-'~~IU":a!~: a nd White ~eern .l to have picked u p o;ome freedem. 16. ..... _. KI-OS 1'. 8 ·KIl Q.Rl 17. R·Kn .... Ktl 20. K·Kn 11. 0-0·0 KIl·al

A/w 20. K-Ktl . , .,,-7"-:- PIN KUS

T hreats are a b eundln!:. W hite Is r eo d uced Ie wea k dect nsl ve moves . 20.

~~'It~c l:'; 22,~~ltil~3 ; PJ; K2~B:,x~: K16 e h ; 24. K·III , a nd 2S. Bxp, etc_ 20. ........ P -tU 12. R·KI2 KI·BS 21 . P x P KI·K1 23. R·B2 R·B3 !laving comfortab ly sett led t he Kt. m ack p roceeds with h la a tt ack. 24. P_B4 .... __ Net so muc h te r einforee t he QP, but to make room r o r t he ether Gp. 24. ........ Q. R, 21. K·R1 R·R3 25. K·R1 R·Kt3 n . p ·a3 KI.Q6 26. R·KIl Rx R ell 30. KI.Q1 21. Kx R R-<!3

:~g3~~fr-~~t ~t~~ttea~~e:~e~~r l~,~W~~' 30. .. ...... Kb R Resigns 31. axKI O-K" F r om t he 81h n'eve U1ack seized t he initiative "nd he ld it 10 Ihe e n o;!. Whit e seeme? help les, Ihrougho ut.

SICILIAN DEFENSE Fifth Match Gamos

Chicago, 1951 Note. by Ed.",. J. Korpallly

White lllack K . NEDVED P. POSCHEL I. P-K4 P·QB4". Klx P KI_KB3 2. KI. Kal KI·QSl 5. KI.Q83 p ·Kl 3. P.o" Px P 6. B·KS" ........ Somewhat II nll5l1 a!. This i9qllanl I. us ual · Iy ,-esc rved for Il la ter advance of the

KHr . or eOU"e, lllack's 5th mOve "" lIkes I ~ 1.."npUn/: Ie so p ia )'. 6. ~...... a·KtS OC ceun;e ne t 6. P_K~ ; 7. K t xKt a nd t he K 1' ralls. 1. Kt -QKH .. ~ .... Gain/: a fter t h .. lJIack R . 7 . .. ~.... Kht KP With his QK t developed Black l eels comparatively safe, takes t he Kp, and a«:epts t he challenge. .. KI.a 1 e h K·al 9 . K tx R Q·8 3 A s trong movc. W hi le can 't play 10. U. Q2 because of t hc t h r"alcned m a te. to. Q·B3 KtxKI 11. 8-Q2 Kl oOS

A/la 11 . . ... __ , K,·QJ POSC HE L

AnoU,cr powerfu l ;-nove. Whlt c luis but one ansWer . Ol he-rwise h" I"""" thc Q 0" is mated by Kbtip. 12. Q.Q3 Q.K4 c h 13. 8 _K2 .... __ . On the surface it may look bad bu t 13. n- K3, U,oug h a llowing a d iscovered c heck. Be"ma In IiI l ve Whit ., a bolt .. r ch .. nce . In t ha t case t he re are t wo Black p ieces e n p rise a nd he m us t do IIOm e t h ln ll' q u ickly to a void loss. We SCe noth ing beller t ban 13. B-KJ, Ktd}P e h ; 14. QxKt. K t-Q4 e b ; I~. K·K2, KuB; 16. PvKt , Q.KU; 17. Q-B7, Q xQ; 18. KI.xQ, etc. n ere, on th" 17tb movc, Wh ite t hrea t en5 mate on Q8. Whit " fin · Ished up a R to the ~ood t ho ug h t wo P.'II \Iown.

• 13. ........ Kl x p ch 14. K· B1 'fhe Q can 't ta ke t he Kt. 14. ........ Klx R I'. p ·KIl IS. p xK I B· B4 Prepnrlng: (or 1l.K1l4 I " Ravr before It Is t oo la\.('. 16. ........ Q-Ktl 17. B·R5 ...... .. 1\ r nthe . · !ft r fet ched idea. Ino;!irectl.V t he object b \Q keep thc Black Q

i:.7?,~Lt;yn~."e\(~ o~l~nf,i:u:\lrack h as 17. ........ QxKI 19 . B·R6 11. Q·B3 P·B3

A desper a te b ut (u t ile assaul t. 19. B-K2 21 . Q·K4 .," ':i'I ~~B~sn'l d:~~3 tlt~' ft~KI~e at" o i ''' il: Q BJ fo r then he could p la y 23. QxKP threelenln:: mate . 12. ........ P-QKt3 24. B·KJ Q·Bl 23. R·KI1 P-K4 25. O x KI .. _ .... By the t im e It t oo k t o c"p t u m t his X t, Bluek ha3 c leared u p m ost of his lines fer actlo n . 25. ........ P-KI3 27. P·KI4 R.QB1 l'. B·K2 K·Kt2 28. R·KI 3 In<.llrect ly g ua rding Ihe QBP . 28. ........ Q·Ra ch 30. a '02 B·K3 29. R·Kn Q-B3 31. p _KR4 ._ .... ~ White 13 despe r ately t ryI ng ttl o pen u p JU"ck 's pe51 Uo n. He has his R a nd t wo B5 fairly w ell placed l o r th" purp"'le. 'rhcr e fore B laek liq u ida tes. 31. .... .... B-B5 35. Px P c h Bx P 32. P_KIS Bx B ch 36. R-Rl Q·B5 c h 33. Kx B Q.KS ch 31. K·Q2 P·K5 34. a ·K3 O XP R .... ign5

T h e fhH.J n uil.

NIMZO-INDIAN DEFENSE North Shore Chess League

1950 Nat~r fry O. Lwer [tOm N r.", Htlmp$/,;"

Chw R~po rt(T While

R. GERTH (Po rlsmoulh ) 1. P_Q4 P·K3

Black C. WHITCOMB

(Have rhill )

P r ubably hoping for a t ranspesltlon Into the F r e nch Del e nse , a n opening in which Whitcomb speclaU~ s. 2. P.QB4 KI·"B3 4. "·K3 3. ~1-QB3 B·KIS

Newburyport, 1951 I. Gorde n D. Herndon (IpSWic h ) ._. _. __ . __ .......... _ ........ x Z. Edward Rie l (Am esbury) _........ . ..... _._ ...... _._ ... ~._ .. O 3. Bartle tt Go u ld (New burypnrlJ .... __ .... ~._. __ ._._ .. _ .... I 4. Charles W a term a n (Amesbury) ._ ... ~ ...... _.~ ... _ ... ~.~~.~.} 5. Margaret L. Geuld (Newburyport) ... _ ....... _._~ .. _.O 6. Cla rke Churcb (A mesbu ry) .. .. ..... _._1 7. Ric hard Gar land (Newbury) ...... _ .. 0 8. Engene Rie l (Amesbury) __ ............ _....... . ..... 0

2 U H 2112 2 x 2 2 2 12 2 O x g l~222 , .~ " I I 1;:2 II I x I It ! I 0 I I " 0 : 00 ~~ 2 x l O OOalllll

WASHINGTON CHESS DIVAN CHAMPIONSHIP Wuhington, 1950-51

"- lI a ns Re rlloe r ...... .................................. _ .. ..• .. .. .. ,. Ma rtin Sta rk ........................................ _ .. .. , • .. • ,. Rnssell Cha u vene t ... 0 , . , .. Ernest Knapp ................................... ......... 0 , .. • ,. N atha n Rob ins ...................... ' ............ . ...... 0 .. , , . .. Char les Mott ..... 0 , , , .. · ,. Eugene Sadowsk'C ' .......................... ........ 0 , , " "

, . .. f 'lorenclo Cam poman.., .. . .......................... 0 " , , , , , , .. Edm u n d N ash . .................................. 1 5 , , , ,

" " ". Hug h Undc TwQQ:..! ......... 0 , , , , , , ". John R . Rice. ". ..... .... ,," ........ .. , , , , , " , 0

". Geor g e 'l"homas Ii;'

.. :,: .... 0 , , , 0 " " " " T homas f orr e l t ed · ' f~·ur···,a li'ies· r .... Urln!/' f r o m t our nament. ------

ASHEVILLE CITY CHAMPIONSH IP A s h e vill e , 1951

L W m. c. " d ickes, ". ................................ ... x , , ,. Peter T. Tll!'afiOv ................. ..... 0 . , J . ",. Charles L indsley'" ... ........ ..... 0 i · .. Major G. n. 8 . Terry ........ .. u , . ,. ru" KroQdstn a ... ........... .............................. 0 , " , · .. P , . F . D. Sn yder ..... 0 , , , " , ,. Henry MaeF a dyen .............. 0 0 .. .. , , . • D, . P aul .1" ... ...,1)$ ............ 0 , 0 0 .. , , . .. Edwa rd E- Sha£(e~' ........................ ~ .. .. .......... 0 , 0 , , , , .. ". Wm. G. Adlckes. S,. .. ... 0 , 0 , • , .. , ". Mo, Jeanne t te Kls Kaddon .. ............. _ ... _._ .. 0 , I , 0 .. , ,

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I 10·1 1 n·3~ 1 7;: .3~ 1 7 ·4 I 6 ~·4 j 1 6 ~ ",~ J 6 ·5 ) S ·6 If 5·6 1£ 3 ~.7 ~ If 1,-9!o

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.. IO~J , 7 ~·2 : , , -, .. • • .. 5H~ .. , ., " • • .. , .J .. , ., .. 2H~ X I~ .a~

R ublnUeln '. li ne . cur ren lly the mos t fll.$hlon~ble varlp llon atlah,$1. the Nlm 'lO. " . p ·a4 S. B.Q3 p x" T he nel"lllil l 1II0 vo hcr e I~ 5 • ..• , P _Q4, b ut t he le~~ movo migh t be Ic"slb le

Whft:r! p~ ~~ tb:~Qll,t~jie t:n:OU!'~: Itlt away u t btl most advanced e ne. B lack'. ne!Ct moves, however, don' t s hew a ny e v ide nce that he hM th" $Un or p lan In mi nd. '- PICP O ..() Fur now Bln k s lle u ld p lay (te be eon·

~s.:~::) ~e • P.QK~~:t,. fe~t.~~ :.r. QR4, 1l.QIU, ete_ Natura lly, he may have t o modll y t h is te fit clrcu mswncC$; a lt c heu p lai\$ a r e $ubj.,et to thd type ot clu,nRe. 7. KI·S 3 .. .. Me..., k>1f~A l wnll1<l bP 7. l<t.K'. lhw~rt. In . any attempt by Black lo t ry thc a tH'lve·m.entionecl .trategy (b(,euusu It wo ul d avoid t he deubk'<i P~). 7. p ·QKn 8. P·KI4!? .. 'r yplcM l Gerl hlan ImpulslvencSll! !o' rom a posl Uonal QP gumo to a wild K·slde a t· tack, nnd Just as early as possi b le . • • . . Klx P Tho uter·_ and s!rongc r--cour sc WQ~

!:~ ike ri e~·~i~g;~~:.n~riodW~~~!fte a~r f~~: as It lookS! 9. Bx P chi A a t~k combinatio n . su r e, but m os t combination s are stock eombinatle n s. [t ·, aetlng t hem tha t eeunlll. t . Kx e 11. OxK t P.8 3 10. KI·KIS K·K' 1

A/ur 1 1. ........ , f. BJ

Whl t u WM threatening t o win with 12. Q·R5. 12. Kt ·B3[ +ii.;·';;Cii" nnUon pOint is n reward for r eslstlnl' t he tempta tion 10 wi n t he exc hange Wllh 12. ·Q·K 4. l 'll e ma terial

f~~n~~r;'~\:}: B~iac~e w~~~),P~~~:~o~o~jJ unleash. E.~., 12. Q.K4? P x Kt: 13. QxR. Kt·B3 (with the Inl"nlion of Q.R3 and Ij·R3, Winning White's Q): ]4. 1'-Q5, P1<P; IS. PxP , Kt-Q$; 16. 0 ·0 , IlxKI; 17. 1'xH. Kt·B6 c h : 18. K·RI , Q-8 2 and wins. I t. . 8 · K12 14. B.Q2 Q·K2 13. R-KKtI R·82 15. 0..0.0 Whi te's position IS Ideal a nd he p ro­Ceed5 to carry Qut the a t t:rek In t he most d irect man ne r pos, lb le. IS. .. p ' B4 16. Q-R3 8 x KKI Nece»su ry t o p r even t K t-K Kt5. J 1. Q xa Kt-B3 n. R_ KI3 B·Kl 18. a ·Kts Q-81 Blac k 's po sltle n Is ve ry u n con. fo r t a b le; he seeks to re lieve it by e xchanges. 10. p · KR4 8 x8 1 But t he exchango 15 bad her e , si nc" the KR rue Is an even r osie r approach to tbe Black K t ha n t he KK t file. Howeve r , If Black does n ' t JWup. White will mer ... Iy ce n tinue the a\lvl'nec e f t he KRP , ha r dly a ha p py prospect f or mack. 21. p xa P·KI3 He m URt no t a llow " ·K t6; h is K would be s t rang led to (l eM h. 22. P.o5 1'·85 Tryi ng to give hlmse lt m o re b rea lhing SPlice. It has the draWback of chaSin g Whlte'a R whe r .., It wo n!.! to g o. 23. R·R3 KI·K4 25. Q R·RI Q· Kt2 24. Q. K4 R· B4 P re pari n g \0 g tve up the Q fer two R~, ordin arily • g oo<J enou l:"h trade. Bu t In tht, pOSItio n Whlte'~ Q i ~ 50 pe werr ul Ihat It forees t he wi n of extra materlal. 26. Px P R.Q1 28. Q.Q5 ch Kt·B2 27. P·K7 R' ''1 AHe r nallves a r e even wOr se . n . R. R8 eh Qx R 31. OxP 30. RxQ eh Kx R Wi ns a p icee by fOre<!. The wbole a ttack hAR been most cconomlcally cond uc ted . 31. KI.Q3 33. QxKKIP n _ Q I/Kt R·B2 An eVen Simpler way w as 33. K t .QS 33. R(2)xp 35. P_K" N . Q.B' ch K·Kn The th r e a t '1f m ll te r estrain s Black's Its. 35. R·K, eh 31. Qx BP R(8r K3 u.. K·.2 R(l r K2 38. K'-QS Wlos at least the ncha n lle. 38. . . R·K1 eh :W. K-KI3 R121.K3 White n nw ,na l"" In t wo, bu t '1ther mnve, also IQ$C. F o r Ins ta n ce, 39. , _ , R·QKl2; 40. Q·Kl 4! A ve ry pleasing perro r n".nce . ==----

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P, .. ;t"''' No. 69 =<;;~

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Solution to Position No. 66 Thla a p pa r ently simple pos.lUo n p rovo

ed te bo II p uuJer with t he p ropO$C(\ &oluUons I'reuplng Into three sep a ra te. !;Chools, wh ile a :fcw solvers w ith u ndue o p tlmlsm tho ug ht m ac k s hould w in . Actua lly t he posltlen r esulted In a pretty dra w w he n Bird (Black) p layed lIJ:a ins t t:ng llsch . LondQn , 18lI3 t h e IQI.

~~W~';~;", \::R·ii·;'h~!·;llt:h.L.~ KR~J~' c~~; K·R2. R·R8c h !; t:;. Kxll a n'd s talemate:

A nu m ber of solv<, r, we n t astray in nffertn J{ I.h .. ro ll"wlllg Un .. : I. ......... II 114 e h ; 2. K·KtI , kxR; 2 . KtxP, R. R8 ch; 3. K·l!2, R(4) ·RB. SUl':gcsted pesslb le CDntln,wllons fr a m ihis pOint arc 4

?;~~"C I~t tl~~85Ch~~'Kr2~ a5.mrg=R~~~: K· FI3; 6. P=Kt.i w'itb - '''--))-;,'lIel' th·';i··;';-iti IIn~~ IUlId to a draw. althoug h a f ew optlmists und u ly con~lder It a win f or m uck. Uecnltse (b ey f ound a d raw a l. though not tllc sures t dra w avaU~ble (a nd thHefote n ot the hest moves) We wI\! accord rh .. ~ubmitters of t hi s lin" of play ~ po in t .

~'or t hose who fa lle red b y I R·jU ch: 2. K.KtI , Rx R: 3, Kl;d>;'-- il : Kitc h ; 4. K·B2, H.·B4clt; a, K lIR, RlIKt we m ust SCOre a goose---egg, for it is by ne mea os ee rlai n tha t m a.ck can h o ld a drnw t hereafter. The d e u b led pawn makes a d lffere llee. Like wise an lm. n.edlale I ... _ .. .. , RxR; Z. KtxP Is a n !m. n'edlate loss fo r ma.ek. as he cannet

r~:y t~:w R 2. n;:':d""ga~~4 e~h~!th2nt 10/1·

R· Kt2; 3. Rx l!, '-:"R; .i. K u R ch' i;'-~';; e h vlous wlo for White.

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