USCF

Vol. VI Number 15 . Officlal Publication of The Unltecl States (bess federati on Satu[~ay ,

April 5, 1952

NAJDORF TIES RESHEVSKY Gligoric Places Third at Havana,

Evans and Eliskases Tie for Fourth In a nip-and-t uck battle for first place, Miguel Najdorl and Samuel

Reshevsky finally Cinisht-'d in a tic for first place with 18'12-3 'h: each. This photo-finish should make the coming match between the two. a matter of great interest to all. Reshevsky lost one game to Artunto i'ornar iJut was otherwise unbeaten.

SVCt07.iU" Gligoric in third place with 17-5 confirmed bis reputation :is a p layer to be reckoned with in the futu~'e, while .J<..:liska!;cs in a ~ie for fourth with IfHi demonstrated once agam the skill tha t made hIm one of the most promising players of the last decade.

Particularly gratifying to Americans wus the showing of U.S. Champ­ion LiJrry Evans in his tie for fourth with 16-6. The youthful U.S. master, playing in his first great tournament, began budly with losses to Rcs­hevsky in UIC ]st round and Gilgorie in the 5th, but rallied therealter to pre:;s closely on the heeL~ of the l e"",d"~",,. __________ _ _

Nicholas R.Qssolimo fuHilled cx- -peclalions in placing sixth with 14lh -7ih, including a fourth round victory over Najdorf. But Ameri­can players can both be gratified and surprised by the placing of Dr. Juan Gonzalcs in 7th place with 13"1h·8lh as the top Cuban playcr­gratificd because Dr. Gonzalcs per­fectcd his chess in New York clubs while si.tul)'ing in the Unitcd States even winning the U_ S. Light~ing Championship tiUe. His outranking velel"Un I. A. Horowitz

. :-.-:0. !he ~'4U!:.S Sp!\!'i~!:! pair of Pomal· and Toran, as well as the Dutch master Prins, is a matter for sUrprise and congratulations.

But to USCF Rating Statistician Kenneth Harkness the results at Havana cause no surprisc, for he picked seven out of the lirst eight on the basis of the U.S. National Rating System-an unexcelled bit of handicapping that was only marred by the performance of Dr. Gonzales.

It was an exciting tournament, high· lighted by many tournament novelties such as the sudden and almost bloodless revolution in Cuba during its sessions-did the chess players even know about it until they read it in the papers? The gaiety was marred by the unex· pected death by heart·failure of one of the contestants, Juan Ques­ada of Cuba, who had compiled up to the time of his passing a very respectable score of eight points.

A fine cup. donated by President Peron of Argentina, and intcnded for the winner of the tournament remained at the Capablanca Club with the consent of co-winners Samuel Reshevsky and Miguel Naj­dod to be placed in competition in a proposed Quesada Memorial. A [inc trophy donated by Gen. Manuel Solo-Larrea was awarded to Dr. Juan Gonzales for the best score made by a Cuban player.

CHAPPUIS WINS AT SALT LAKE

In the Salt Lake City Champion­ship, Gaston Chappuis triumphed with a 4'h-Ih score to win the city title only one week after he had won the Utah State handball doubles championship. In the five round Swiss Chappuis drew with Sam Teitelbaum and defeated Alex Rims, Charles A-Ietzlaar, Irvin Tay· lor and Farrell L. Clark.

Second place on S·B points went to Irvin W. Taylor with 3'h -Ph, while Farrcll L. Clark placed third, also with 3'h·l%. Third to sixth in the 14 player event on S-B points with equal 3-2 scores were Sam Teitelbaum, Bruce Palmer, and Glen Kashin.

CAPABLANCA MEMORIAL TOURNAMEN T

Havana, 1952 1. N. Najdorf ._ .......... ..... ......... _. I8~- 3 ~ 2. S. Reshcv~ky ._. I II! · 3~ J. S. Gligo ric ....... .... ......... ..... ...... .. .17 _ :; 4. K El isk"scs .......... ......... ........... 16 _ 6 5. L . Evans ........ . ..................... 16 _ 6 (i. N. n ..,sso li ,"o .... .... ..... ...... . . . I~ ~. 7 ~ 7. Ur .. / . G Ol1z" les .......... .. ....... i3 ~_ 8~ II. I. A. Uorowib; . . ...... 12 ~. 9 ~ 9. A. Pu",;or 12 ~- 9 .\

J(). If. ·I "<J/";m 1 2~· I.Id 11. L. I'rln~ .•..... . .... 11 ·10 12. K Cobo tl ~ ·10~ IJ. C. Gulmnrd ................ .... 1I ~· 10l 14. 1::. Jimcnu _.. .. II ·11

:~ : It. ~~!~!r '- :: :g~:m 17. P r. R. Itomero 8!-13~ III. J . QUe.sada ........ _._... 11-14 19. F. Planas _ .. _ .... __ 7 -15 ZO. M. Aleman 51-161 11. R. Ortega ............ _ _ 41·111 21. Capt. J. Arals. _ ._ ~..2 l l 13. Soto-LaITea t·l l1

ROZSA TRIUMPHS AT TU LSA UNIV

Victory in the 4th Annual Tulsa University Championship went to Dr. Bela Rozsa with a perfeet score of 15-0. Runner-up was former champion Bob Virgin with 12-3. Virgin lost to Dr. Rozsa, Bill Hine and Melvin Johnson. Prof C. 1 Blanchard was third with 11-4, looing games to Dr. Rozsa, Virgin, Guy Rossi and FranCQ Pasado. Tied for fourth place with equal 9lh-51fl scores were Melvin Johnson, Guy Rossi and Jack Wamsley in the sixteen player event.

KUNZ RETAINS RACINE CITY

Defending Champion Rudy Runz retained the Racine (Wis.) City Title, win ning it for the ninth time sinee 1941 Kunz seored 6-1 , con­ceding draws to David Arganian and H. C. Zierke, while besting 1950 Champion Art Domsky, E. Mack, B. Hill, Erwin Poetsch.ke, and Dan Anderson in the 18 player Swiss event. Second plaee on S·B points went to David Arganian , also with 6-1, while Frank Butten­hoff placed fourth and Erwin Poetschke fifth on SoB points with equnl 4 \h-2\h scores.

ANDERSON TAKES RACINE SPEED

Dan Anderson on SoB points with a 5-1 score captured the Racine (Wis.) Speed Championship in a 15 player Swiss event Art Domsky was second , also with 5-1, while fifth to sixth on S·B points with equal 4-2 scores were Rudy Kunz, Phil Haas, David Arganian, and Ed. Erdman. Anderson lost one game to City Champion Art Dom· sky, H. C. Zierke, John Abt, Phil Haas, and David Arganian.

BUNDMAN'S BLUFF Gco,gc KO/f"""",sl:i, It/I, "I g,ips ",ilh Humph,,.., Bog"" ill " ,/t<U1/y s"mt

0/ filtU. Photo; cou,tesy Sin Frlnclsco Chronlele

Koltanowski Bests the Bogey-man

But in Chess, Not Gun-Play! Winner or the coveted Oscar in the current Academy Awards, tough

guy Humphrey Bogart lost a close one to International Master George Koltanowski in San Francisco - in chess, not acting. But it took the Belgian·born expert forty-one moves to punch his way to victory.

Playing blindColded against the movie bad-man, in an exhibition staged by the San Francisco Chronicle during Bogart's appearance in San Francisco for the premier of "The African Queen ," Koltanowski was frequently in hot water during the coursc of the game, and was heard to murmur: "This guy is dangerous and I'm not kidding."

Bogart, who confessed that he had learned ches~ "in those old shootinll galleries, when I was a kid In New York," played a solid French Defcnse. For a time he seemed more than dangerous, but at the end he began to tire, and the superior experience of the chess expert made itself felt.

Humphrey Bogart is one of a number o( Hollywood stars who re.­lax with chess. It may be remem­bered that thcy tumcd out in force to kibitz the Pan·American 'l'ourna­m(mt in 1945 in which Mibj May­fair pluyed in the women's event under her married mime o[ Mrs. Charles Henderson, while Carmen Miranda, Barbnrn Hale, Linda Dar· nell, Rosanne Murray, Gregory Rat­off and Bill Williams participated in the various social functions of the Tournament, such as the living game of chess pageant and the prize-awarding ccremonies.

For sc;ore of the KoUanowski· Bogart game, please t u rn to page four.

CONVICT COUTURE, TO MAKE APPEAL

Problernist William J. Couture was sentenced to 14 to 17 years in the Massachusetts Court for armed robbery, alleged to have occured 10 years previous·. An appeal is now being heard.

TULSA ORGA NI ZES CHESS LEAGU E

Chess is humming in Tulsa (Okla.) with an eight team league recently organized. Tn Class A. Tulsa University defeated Tulsa Chess Club 3-2 with Dr. Rozsa, Guy Rossi and Fred Calkins scoring for the U while Sam Muylield and P. J. Read tallied fo r Tulsa Club. In· dependent bested Stanolind 2-1 with D. K Higginbotham and A. Lukslin sooring for the Indepen­dents and D. K. Bams for Stano­lind. In the Class n section Tuls.,

. Unive rsity B team defeated Tulsa Central High 2'h.11f.!; Norman Hinton and Bill Hine tallied for 'Luisa U while Robert Huxtable scored for the High with team­mate Ronald Griffy drawing with Jack Wamsly. Tulsa Chess Club B team lost to Independent B team by 1-2. For the Independents T. R. Smith and Clyde Hostetler seored, while Leo Rothchild saved tbe point for Tulsa Chess B.

In two Speed Tournaments con· ducted by the League, Sam May­field won the [irst with II).{) and Dr. Bela Rozsa was second with 8-2. In the second event Dr. Bela Rozsa was victor with 11-0 and P. J . Read placed second with 9-2.

KRAMER TOPS MANHATTAN CLUB

George Kramer , Iormer New York State Champion, won the eventful Manhattan Chess Club Champion~hip with 12%·1"1h, edg­ing out Donald Byme who held the early tead, finishing with 11%·2% lor second place. Third place went to Arnold S. Denker, former U.S Champion, while forme r New York Statc Champion Max Pavey was fourth.

How strong the event and how exciting the struggle is shown by the fact that such consistent stal­warts of the club as S. Bernstein, Dr . .T. Platz, A. S. Pinkus and Jack Soudakoff were outside the charm­cd circle of prize-winners.

MANHAITANCHESS CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP New York, 1952

L G. Kramer . . .... ........ ....... 12 ~ . 1 ~ 2.. D. Byrne ....... . .. li i · 1~ 3. A . S. Denker ... ....... ........ _._ ..... IO~· 3 & 4. M . Pavey ............... ..... __ ... 9~_ 4 ~ 5. J. Moskowllz 8~_ 5! 6 . II. Sussman 8 _ 6 7. S. &: ... ,.{"I" T • T 8. J. Platz ..... _ 7 _ 7 9. A. Turner ._ 7 • 7

10. A. S. Pinkus , •. 76 II. J. SoudakoCf Sl- 8~ 12. Eo Jncv.on 4lJ- 9 ~ IS. W. Uryan ._._.. 3.-10. 14. R Einhorn .. __ 2,,116 15. R. Udenon __ .. I ·13

LlEPNIEKS WINS LINCOLN CITY

Alexander Liepnieks scored 11%· lh to win the Lincoln (Neb.) City Championship, conceding one draw to Robert Schwabauer, a 17-year old student who received a special prize for this draw against the champion. Second plaCe went to G. Sobolevskis with 9-3, losing games to Liepnieks and Victor Pupols, and drawing with E. Hin· man and A Sildmets. Victor Pu­pols, 17·year oJd student of en­gineering at the University of Ne­braska, placed third with 8'h·3%, losing games to Liepnieks, A. Frci· bergs, and J. Dreschmanis, while drawing with E. Adminis. The vet­eran Nebnlska player E. Hinman was Iourth wilh 8-4, losing to Liep. nicks, Pupols, and P. Wood, while drawing with Sobolevskis and Frei· bergs.

In the double-round Intermedi· ate Group Championship vitcory went to JOf'! Warner, 2().year old chemistry student at t he University of Nebraska, with a perfcct 10·0 score. John Dannfelds with 13·5 was second, and John Paeglis with lIlI.t. --8 ¥..! was t!t iro.

In the double-round Student Group Championship, Harry lode scored 15·1 for first place, with Pete Finley seeond and Dave Hill third.

ZIERKE TAKES RACINE COUNTY

Victory i.n the first Racine County (Wis.) Championship went to H. C. Zierke with 6-1 in a IS­player Swiss event. Zierke lost no games but drew with Art Domsky and Phil Haas, while defeating Peter Elsner, Erwin Poetschke, E. Mack, Dan Anderson and Rudy Kunz. Second place went to Phil Haas wi.th 5%-2* , while Racine City Champion Rudy Kunz placed third with 5-2. Fourth to sixth with equal 4Ih. -2'h scores were Dan An .. derson, Art Domsky, and John Aroks_

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VoL VI, Number 15 Saturday, April 5, 1952 --FACTS CAN BE MISINTER PRETED

U NDER the heading "Retreat from Chess," our eminent contemporary, the Br itish magazine "CHESS" publishes the astonishing statement

that "The United States Chess Federalion is broke," Our respected col­league, Edilor B. H. Wood, has bcen misled, of course, in his interpreta· lion of a letter wri tten by USC i<' President Harold M. Phill ips, wh ich was not prepared for publication.

, This letter, be it said, docs paint a rather gloomy picture of thl' future of chess in t he USA, but it represents, afte r all , the opin ion of one individual. We reel that E(Jilor Wood would have been well advised to have consulted more opinions before gossiping so freel y about matters on which his information was mainly hearsay.

That -the U. S. Chess Federation does have an indebtedness that is somewhat less than $5,000,00 is a fact that need not cause anyone to envision immediate application for bankruptcy In the year 1951, the ~',S, 6.7.:-$", F._...a... .... .,vt,yNr rwiol'C<l 1(11" the CKfH:rlSCS .?nd pri;:c funds 01 th nw tournaments well over $1l,OOO.OO in cash, It is safe to assume lhat i ( necessity llressed the organization suHicienlly, it could r aise the funds to liquidate its indebtedness.

Mr, Wood also makes considerable hullabaloo over the small mem· bership of the Federation, L'{)mparing it Wilh the size of various con· Unen ta] Federations. While Mr. Wood is con'eel in deploring the size of the membership in the USA, he would have been much better advised if he had first considered the historic facts before making his com, parisollS,

Historically, the U, S. Chess Federation is 52 years old. Actually, from Ule point of membership it is only seven years old , Thi;; is because prior to Hl45 there was never any attempt made to enlist membership or to promote a larger organization Thcre were, In fact, no indu cements offered prior to 1945 to encourage membership in the organizatiun which then existed as forerunners of the U.s, Chess Federation, for these organizations existed primarily for the purpose of holding cnc or two tournaments a year, and their memberships consisted almust en· tirely of those chess players who attended these tournaments.

It was n ot until Mr. Wugner succeeded to the presidency of the Federation that any pl;m~ wel'C made to enroll mcmb<!rshi p in qU;llltity. It was not u ntil th is date that any plans were made to hrO<lrlen the activi ties o[ the F ederation to a point where member:;IJip would be at· tract ive tu the individual player,

ThercIore, in the term of seven years, the member~hip of the F ed­eration has grown from less than a h:mdfu1 to its present strength. It docs not have the membe'rship that it should havc, but then chess played arc slow to change and the concept of a Federation that can rema kc cbess condi tions in the USA is one that m ust grow graduall y in the player 's' mind . But to compare this (in the sense of membership) inIant orglmiza· tion with those more ancient Federations on the Cont inent is r idiculo\ls, When the USCF is as old in years of membership drive as the continent;.! l organizations, it will far surpass them in numbers.

We pass over the other misconceptions of MI'. 'Vooel's article, for which he is not altogether to blame, as being too trivial for conunent.

But the best answer that the American chess player cun make to t he false impressions crea ted abroad by the "gossip" in "CHESS" is to con· found the gossipers by rallying to the support of American chess by supporting the U,S, Chess Federation _ Make every chess player a memo bel' should be the motto of everyone interested in the growth of chess in the USA.

Montgomery Major

By Ke fter Syendsen

CANADIAN CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT 1951. Publislled by Canadian Chess Chat, 2084 Decarie Blvd., Montreal 28, Quebec, Can· ada. Pp. 55 mimeo and photo-offset print; iIIus.

D A , MACADAM, editor of the lively Canadian Chess Chat, sends , along this fine tournament book of the event won by Paul Vaitonis,

The whole business is here-all the 77 games (many with notes), round­by·round score and commeJrtary, four and a half pages of openings analysis, photos and biographies of the contestants, even a financial re­port. The cover and onc or two pages are printed, and the m imeograph· ing is some of the best this reviewer has seen. The entry list included Yanofsky, Bohatirchuk, and Frank Anderson, a fa ct which guaranteed some grand games. The best of these, according t o George Koltanowslti, 'who j udged for the brilliancy prize, was second·placer Anderson's sixtJ:1 round win from Yerhoff. Here it is.

White: Yerhoff, Slack: Ande r sO n . Ruy LOpeL I. P·K4, P_K 4; 2.K t. KS3, K I·QS3: 3. B.Kt5, P.QRJ; 4. 8 _R4, K'·83; 5. O.o, KlxP; 6. P·Q4, P-QKf4: 7. B·KI3, P.Q4; 8. PlIP, B·K3; 9. P.QBJ, B-QB4; 10. Q.Q3, O.o; n. QKI.Q2, P.KB4, 11. Pxl' e. p ., KlxP / 8 3; 13. Kt·KIS, KI·K4; 14. Q.Ktl, Q-Q3; IS. R·Kl, Kt / 83, Kt5; 16. QKt.K4I, PxKt; 11. 8.8ch, K·RI ; 18. B·K3, KtxBP!: If. Q_R4, P ·R3: 20. K'"P, KtxKt ; 21. QlIKt, QR.Kl; 21. BxS, QlI:8ch; 23. Q.Q4, QxQ4, QxQch; 24. PxQ, Kt·Q6, 25. R / Kt.QI . K t x KtP ; 26. R-Q2, Rx8; 27. RxN , R.QI; 2& P .QR4, P-QB3; 29. PxP, 8PxP : 30. R j 2.Rl. R / I .Q3 . 31. K-82, P·KtS; 32_ R.R4, RxP; 33. RxRP, R.Q7ch; 34. K·B3, R / 3·K7; 35. R.KKt6; R.B7ch; 36. K·K3, Rx KtP; 37. R.Kt3, RlIRch; 38. Kx R, R·KI7ch" 39. Resigns.

MASTER CHESS PLAY. By P. Wenman. London: Vawser & Wiles, Ltd. Pp. 199, numerous diags. 15s (about $2.10).

W ENMAN, the ex·Scott ish champion, has published many collec­t ions: games from l\lonte Carlo, Marshall 's and Pillsbury best,

and so on. The present volume continues the style and tradition of his Gems of the Chessboard. Here are interesting older games, some familiar , some new, with light, ch iefly one.line notes: " QxP would have avoided the trouble that fo llows" ; " Steinitz says B-Q1 was better"; "A fine situa· tion. If now 16 BxR, 17 PxP wins for White." Of the 106 games given, not more than ten are by players s ti ll alive ; and very few date from the 19405. Alckhine appears once, Capablanca twice. But what <I t reas­ure trove of Old Masters! Tchigorin (17 games), Marshall (14), and Las­ker (9) a re well represented, as are Gunsberg, Teichmann, Tanasch, Blackburne, Schleeter. F rom the great Vienna Gambit Tournament 1903 (.'{)me 17 games; from Ostend 1905, 16, Mr. Wenman's taste is excellent; and his browsing through old tournament and match books has been most profitable, Every sample the reviewer played over has its thrills. The following Sicilian, won in 1941 from Capab1anca by Miss N. May Karff , one of America's foremost woman players, is given wi th all the notes as an example of Air. '\Tenman's presentation.

Manh il lJ Chess Club, New Yor k 1941. Sicilian. While : J_ R. Capablanca; Black: N, May Karlf. 1, P.K4, P·QB4; 2. KI-K83, Kt·QB3: 3. P·KKt3, KI.B3; 4. P.Q3, P..Q3; 5_ 8 .KI2. B· KtS (L"ading 10 exchange~ nol u nfavorab le 10 Black.); 6. KI.B3, Kt· Q5; 7. I'.K IU, KhKl c h ; B. BxKt, BxB: 9. Q xB, P-K4 ; 10. B·Kt5, I)· K2; 11. BlCKt, BlCS; 12, Kt-QS, R·Q8 1; '13. P·B4, Q .R4ch; 14_ K.BI, R·B3; 15. KlxBc h, PxKI; 16, QxP (Gaining a Pawn, l b"t nol w ithout a ce,l il in amounl of ri sk,), R·Ktl ; 17. Q· Bl, R.QKI3 ; 18, Q- K2, Q·KIS; 19. P.Ktl, R-R3 ; 20. K_KI2, Q.R4: 21. KR·KB1, P.Kt 4; 21. P·B4, Kl'xP; 23. RII:P, PxP; 24. QPxP {8y capl"ring th" w rong way BlaCk is a llowed 10 br ing oft a surpr ise fin ish In two moves. 24. KtPxP wn safe enough. l, Q·86 (The re is no re ply 10 Ih is.); 25. Q .KI, RxRPch; White resigns. (An eleganl fi nish. ). I

by Vincent L. Eaton

Address all com mun ica tions to this column 10 Vincent L. Eato n, 61 2 McNeill Road, Silve r Spring, Maryland.

P,obivv- No. 319

By C. B. Cook ~ .. / Fort Worth, Texas F irst Publiclltion

White: 8 men 483,8, 2Spkl>SI,~, 6p l. B~P4

4P3,4Q2K While males in two moves

Prob/tm No , 321 By E. Ru khlis

Prize, Shahkmaty v SSSR ]9:1,5

Bla:k: 9 men

W hite : I I m en 11'58 , 4RISI , s2p2PI, QRS2PZ,

lklr2, Kl pU3q, H1P~" I , U W hite mates in two moves

Problnn No_ 320 By F. Fleek

First Prize, Sakkvilag

White: B men Isq5, 8, 1s.t~2, i~B54P3, 2...'t2r2,

White males in Iwo moves

Problem No. 322 By Dr. A. Kraemer

Second Prize, Thrilling Dediclltion Tourney, 1948 8lack; 4 men

White; 7 men 2Klk2S, 1M, 7p, B, II, Btp4p, 2r4r, ~s4

White mat~s in Ihre e moves

Sol vfions;-Mate the Subtle Way! N o, 3 11 (Kujoth): The a u thor's p r etty intent ion w as L ll-Kt3, but I. B·BS

wor ks equally well. F ew solvers found hoth so lutluns, No. 312 (Eaton ): I, Q.KRS, No. 313 (Isayev): L Q·Kt3, with" C()mple )l scheme o f mack interfe r ences on

QB.1 and KIl5 , No. 314 (Kraemer) : 1, R-K lI !, K-Kt2; 2. Q ·K t7 ch, K -Rl , 3, Q-QKt2 with other

m ates after alternative Black "",eond mov<:s, ;\1ult um in p;' r v'".

SO LVERS' LADDER

( T wo pointt fo, IWO·",O"(U; j"u , po;nls jo, lh,u· moyaS. £'cl'tf a~di! lor ~orr(€1 rld;",S of ··coda," i,e., "rI/iJ so/ul ions "01 in lended by Ihe €ompoJtr. This Idl/y ~o,,"'s

solutions for probl~ms in Ih~ Md,~h 5 iSflu r(€~;"~d up 10 Ih~ 6m~ "'~ ",tnl 10 prus, 0 .. Ma,~h 25. So lulionr n<bs~qu" .. tl)' rru;"ed ,will b~ cr~dil~d on 11,,, nat udder.)

Rev. Chidle y"" 25 2 Ronald O'NeiL 242 R. Michell "" .. ".230 G, Murtaugh. , 220 J. E. Lucas "'" 214 E . Onyschuk..., 212 M. A_ Mlcba els 2Q.I Nicholas YQe" 202 Dr. E_ Kassn e r 200 H. K. Tonak.." 190

Jarues F rance 154 Y. Ogane;;ov"" 136 p , H unsleker"" 128 George Smith., 128 Joe Petty """., 126 Jam,," Bolton .. 1I6 J. Kaufman,,,,,, liZ E. N arroway"" 110 R . ;\,. Co JUns. _" 96 Weathe r ford", 82

D, Acey, Jr, _._. 68 J .. M. Brown._. 64 G. M. Banker_ 60 K ennetb Lay._. 60 C. J . Koch""._. 58 Dr. J . Erman.. 50 -r,;. Korpanty._. 50 Irving Bizar,,_ 42 J . Dunphy, J r . 40 C. B. Colllns.." 38

c. W . Cox."." .. 32 I . Lichtenstein 26 otto L_ Neal ."",24 D. MarsbaIL... 22 J . B , Gr,<avac.. 12 V. ContoskL"., )0 " '_ A , H ollway" to A , W. Wels!>:,., 10 R. A. Sker ls.". 8

A hearty welcome to new solVer John B. Grkavac, who beglns hls Ladder climb with a perfect SCore for t he March 5 p roblems,

Cite •• JJfi J)n new yort

By Eliot Helml

A FTER compiling an amazing ten game wi nning streak

against the formidable competi­tion in the :Manhattan C. C. champ­ionship, George Kramer was con­tent to elraw three of his last 4 games and emerge the eventual win ner with a score of 12lh ·1 lh _ a fu ll point ahead of Donald Byrne in second place. An unusual side­light o( this conclusion is the fact the Byrne, due to his studies at Yale University, has completed his schedule early (when Kramer had w~n only fi ve or six games!!) and it then seemed likely tha t his lead. ing score of ll lh -2Y.I would be a lmos t insurmountable. But Kra. mer continued piling up the vic. tories and a draw in the semi.final round with defending champ Am. old Denker clinched the title for him.

Although Kramer has been q uite uniformly successful in U,S Opcn and regul ar U_S, championships ever since he won the New York Stllte Championshi p in 1945 at the age of s ixteen, it is surpris ing that th is is his fi rst major t itle since that ini tial success, His play on the U.S. team at Dubrovnik last year w~s qu ite sharp and forceful, ond hl~ score uf 7.!h·4lh there flgainst international competi tion wos indeed excellent. George's la test victory, your reporter over. heard several Manhattan C. C, hab. Hiles saying, may be traced to his recent marriage, which is claimed to havc had a "steadying influence on h is game"; many critics had previously labeled Kramer as a "ta le nted but erratic player" ! The new champion Il.Q IQng(;f r~~des in Ncw York but comm uted from Philadelphia; this had ieap had little or no obvious effect on his play!

Donald Byrne, in S<:."<-'{)ml pTat't;:. lost only to Pavey and Kramer; and played the best chess ot his life, acconling to the other competitors. Sound, sojid chess is his forte, and this style ,proved q uite successful in holdin!, in check the very able tocticians he had to contend with in this tournament. Ex·champion Arnold Denke r, althougll compi!. ing as good a score percentagewise (75%) as he obtained when he capt. ured the line last yenr, found himself in t hi rd place this time howcver; only a loss to Byrne m arred an othew i ~e ~mbeaten r ec­ord, Pavey, a . consistent prizG­winner in :Manhattan Cha mpion­ships fo r sevenll years now, fin­ished a clear fourth with setbacks only at the h ands of Kramer and Bryan, while Moskowitz and Suss­man, tJlC oUler pri1.e·winnel'S, re­t urned to competition with gooel resul ts, The strength of this an· nual f ixt.ure is attested to by the fact that such well-known experts as Bernst.ein. Pl atz, Turner, Pinkus, Soudakoff , and .Tacks<-1U finished out of the running for th e $1000 offcnM in prizes this year!

IN BRIEF: After their tie fo r first at IIavllna, the Najdorf· Reshevsky match has even great meaning , It is to be started in N ew York in the near fu ture . New Yurk's !lIet League season has be, gUn with s ix learns-Manhattan, Marshall, - Col umbia, Academy, Marshall Reserve, and London Ter· race - entered in the r egular championship and n ine teams in the "B" League with Westchesler­Bronz and t he Lithuanian C. C. new competitors. At the League's annual meeting. A. Pinkus was elected President, D, Hoffman Vice­President, D. Kramer (Geor ge's father and a very active player himself, too!) secretary, and Jerry Donovan treasurer, It was a disap· pointment to learn that the Log Cabin C. C., one-time winner of the New Yor k Met League, are field ing an "A" team this year.­Dr. Reuben Slater successfully de· fended his t itle in the London Ter· race Championship, fi nishing with a score of 5-1. H M_ Phillips, 4·2,

(Continued on page 3, Col, S)

C~e.. ::Jor :J~e 2reJ Bu.ine.. man By Fr~d R~inf~ld

All rlghB reserved by C,.v id McK • ., Compa ny, InternatiOfUlI Copy_ right, 1947. No part of this article m a y IN r e produced In Iny form wIth­out. wr lttom permission from t he publishers.

CHALLENGE TO. CHESS PLAYERS I N RECENT YEARS we have had a great m any fi ne books on chess,

dealing with almost every conceivable asped of t he game. yet these books have neglected what is after all the primary object of a game of chess : the actual process of checkmating your opponent's King. The purpose of this book is to instruct you, the reader, in all the many ways of achieving checkmate.

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(Thesl! positions <JT" rtP' OJ" CN by p~'miS1ion !,om "Crulltngi! To ChtsspLqr'l' by Fred R"i .. /dd. p"blishnl by D.mJ McKtq Company_ Fa, .. compltlt Juaipt;"t c .. t .. /o,Ut 01 otM, fint booh im.tJ l" this fi ,m, 1I',;tt: D.."iJ McK<T/ CtmlfJt1n'1, D~pt. CL, 215 P",/c. A"tnut, N t '" Y o,k 17, N. Y.)

RESHEVSKY MATCH SET FOR APRIL

Once aga in the Rcshcvsky- Na j· dorf match is scheduled afte r p lans for it scemed doomed to fail ure. Now the m:llch is set for April 4th in Ncw York. I n the 18 game match, e ight will be pl ayed in New York, and five each in 1\1exico and' San Sa lvador according to the latcst reports. The postponed date for the start oC the event gives both Reshevsky and NiljUol'f an oppor· tunity to catch their breath aft er the strenuous exertions a t Havana.

YANOFSKY WRITES IN MONTREAL STAR

The Weckcnd picture magazine section of the March 15 Montreal Star featurcd a two page article with photogra phs by for mer Can· adian Champion Abc Yanofsky. In it Yanofsky, who has to his credit a brilliant victory over Botvinnik at GroningeR, te ils how he learned the movcs oC chess in 15 minutes when eight years uld, but admits that hc forgets n ames and l-eJies on a memo pad when shopping. Graduating with honors in law at the University of Manitoba, Van· ofSkylS now taking a postgradua te course in civil law at Oxford. But Yanofsky stin rinds time Cor chess, ty ing with Rells tab Cor thi rd with 54 in a recent tourney at Bever­wijk wh ich Dr. Euwe won with 7"h·l lh and in which O'Kelly de Galway p laced second with 5%-3% .

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MYERS TRIUMPHS IN DECATUR CITY

lIugh I~ Myel'!; w.t lzed aW:lY with the honoi-s in lhe Occ:tlur all.) City ClllImpiollShi!) ]4·0 in the double fOund event. Second place wcnt to David T. MHcJ)cJJ who s( .. ored 9 1h.4'h, los ing twice to Myers and once each to Raymond T. Fletcher and Dr . Benjami n Ghl7.er, while drawing with Dr. Max Schlosser. Dr. Schlosser' and L~l etcher tied Cor third wit h 8-6 cach, whilc Dr. Glazer was fifth with 7·7. ---

CAMBRIDGE TOPS BOSTON LEAGUE

The Cambridge Y team topped the l\.JclTOpolit..an T.eague of Boston by 44'h·25 ¥..: in games and lOIh · 31,4 in matches. Second place weill to Harvard College with 411h·28lh and 1O%·31h, while Quincy y placcd t hi rd wi th 43%·26'h and 104, Newton Y was fourth with 46·24 and 91h 4lh in matches.

The Camb .. idg~ group lost twice to Harva rd by 3'-h·l 1h und 3·2, was defealed once by Quincy 3·2 and drew with Newton 2J,6 ·2'h, but nosed out Harvard which lost twice to Newton by 5-0 and 4·1, once to Lithuanian by 4-1 and drew with Quincy 2 Jh -2% .

NORTH CITY TOPS PHILA LEAGUE

,.Al though play is not completcd in the Philade lphia Metropolitan Chess Leaguc; the North City Chess Club Bishops have mathematically clinched the ti tle, held last year by the University of Pennsylvan ia, and have a firm hold on the Mc­Donald & Campbell Championship Trophy. The Bishops scored 22 'h_ 7 'h with a match score of 5-1 Captain Charles Badgett directcd the winning team of Hal'Ty MOI'ris, Anthony Koppany, J oseph Cottcr , J ohn Seibert, Egon Huth and An­drcw Chrisanthis.

In sccond place is Franklin Chess Club wi th 20-10 and a m atch score or 5-1. Sti ll !;>a ttling Cor third wi th lOlh·9% and 12·]3 respectively are Germantown YMCA and University of Pennsylvania. Germantown hns two m·atehes yet to play and Penn· sylvania has one.

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PotJtion No. 89 By M. Havel

First P rize, U.J.C.S. , 1920

Posilion N o. 9~ By Dr. A. Krnmer

Denken und Raten , 1929

White To Play And Win! Conducted by W illiam Roiam

Send illi contributio ns for th is colUmn to William Roj a m , 12) No. Humphre y Avenue, O:.k Park, Ill ino is. , P OSITION No. 89 is a fascinating s tudy or Rook and Bishop against two

Bishops---a situa tion which can easily result in a d raw. But the great C1.cch compos:!r Have l in th is compos ition deftly avoids the draw by very ingcn ious maneuvering. The solution is to force the win of onc of Black's Bishops-easily stated, but not so eas ily performed.

In Position No. 90 by Dr. Krasmer, solv<:rs are w3!"ned ,not to dismiss the position too lightly with lhe assumption that White quecns a Pawn and wins. There arc thrcats of stalemate in this tricky position that demand nnderpromotion in several variations. It is not as s imple as it looks .

Both of these positions were suggested by Problem Editor Eaton who also knows a good endga me s tudy when he sees one.

Reader Frank J. Sko£f of Jolict writes that Position No. 80 (July 5, 1950) by Troitsky, quoted f l'Om Shahkmaty, 1949, appeared in the January 19, 1952 l..'hristian Science Monitor as a composition of Dr. Bm. Lasker, while in Mason's " Art of Chess" (Revised Edition of Reinfe ldl it appears on page 27 as a position of Lasker in an actua l game, with a note to the effect that the game was a d rawn and the very pretty win found in post· mortem analysjs. Did Troitsky compose an jdentical position, or did the editors of Shahkmaty m:lke an error? We leave the answe,· to this ques tion to our chess s leuths.

For so lutions, please turn to page Four.

Lithuanian Chess Ciub (Boston) journE:yed to New York to playa 4% ·4'12 draw with Ule Brooklyn Chess Club. Scor ing wins for the Lithuaniilns were Skema, Staknys, Vilpisanskas, while 1\fcrkevicius, !\iildus and Volskis drew. For Brooklyn Guber, Perla and Wasser· m:m tallied the wins, wh ile Nigro, Fcldheim and Stoppler d rew.

~Durham (N.C.) Chess Club scored a double victory over Raleigh Chess Club in a home-and·home match. In the fir.;t encounter Dur­ham won 9-2 wilh G. C. Harwell, W J . Peters, Dr .. J. U. Gunte r. S. A: Agnello, M. II. Upchur ch , H. R. Weeks, W. Crowder, W. Sarles and S. B. Brockwell .;;cor ing {or Dur· h:lm, while J. Dohkin and E. Fr ied· berg !iU.lvagcd the point for Ral· eigh. The return match was a close 54 decision. W. Chapman, W Crowdcr, J. M. Scales , H. R. Weeks; and W. Sar les took the Durham points, while K. Crittenden, D. Ivanovitch, .J . Dobkin and W C. Adickes tallied for Raleigh . .

RACINE SPEED .. CHAMPICNSHIP

Racine, 1952 Lead ing Score rs

1. D. Anderson . ., J9 2. Art Domsky ·1 17 3. Dudy Kun>. . 4 _2 12 4. Phil lIa~s _....... 4 . 12 ~. D. A rganiao . 4 ·2 12 6. &I Erdm,m .......... _... . 4 ·2 7 7. Mu .. ad Argani~n . 3 ·3 7 8. .Iohn Abt .... __ ...... 3 -3 7 9. H. C. Z ie r ke __ .~ 3 -3 7

10. E. Mack 3 -3 4

RACiNE CITY CHAMPIONSHIP

Racine, 1952 Lead ing Score rs

t. Rudy Kunz __ ._._ 6·1 23.50 2. n. Argan ian .. 6· 1 21.25 3. f'. 8 Ull.enhoff ... .... . ...... _. 4 ~.2~ 13.75 4. E . P udschke .. _. . .... .. _ .. 4 b ·2 ~ 10.75 5. A r t Domsky .. _ ... .... ..... _._. 4·3 14.50 6. John Abt . ____ ._ ... ... ........... 4·3 13.00 7. n. C. Zierke _._ .. .. .............. 4·3 11.7~ 8. D. Anderson _. __ ............. _ 3 ! ·3l 10.50 9. E . Mack .. _. _' __ ' __ "_ ......... ...... 3!-3~ 7.50

10. Hilma I:' R cuel:' __ ... ....... __ 3 l ·3& 7.00

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Shrevepor t (La.) Chess Club p layc<i host to the Natch itochcs Chess Club, defeating their visi tors by 7 1y~ 4 ~~ . Hnrri .>, Dupree and Jones ~eo .. ed 2 poin ts caeh for ShrevepOl' t with Adkins tallying 1 poin t and Wrenn 'h point. For Natchitoches Block scored 2 on board one, Brittain 1'h, and Ken­ner 1 point.

Ohio State sl:ored a 3·2 victory over Columbus Y with Meiden, Alexander and H.1wthorne scoring Cor Ohio State and Mann and Loen· ing for Columbus.

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DOW NTOWN WINS FROM LOG C.b,BIN

The rittsburgh Downtown Y Chess Club proved s tcrn hosl .. to the ever·traveling Log Cabin Chess Club, downing their guests by a 7·1 score. While it was not the strongest team Log Cabin can muster . it had sufficient powcr to make the Pittsburgh victory im· pressive. Weaver W Adams on first board for Log Cabin salvaged the sole point against F. A. Soren· sen, but E. T. McCormick, H. J . Fried, W. H oIH, R. Hurttlen, A. Brown, E. F. Laucks and H. E. Blanknrn went down in deCeat respectively against D Hamburger, P. L. Dietz, W. M: Byland, D. Spiro, R. W. Wilson, J . Stargle , and R. Taylor of the Pittsburgh club.

Now thc Downtown Y Club con· fide nUy awaits the exhibition of Mary Bain, U.s. Women 's Champ­ion, scheduled for April 19 at the Assembly Hall of the Y.

RACiNE COUNTY CHAMPIONSH IP

Racine, 1952 Leading Score rs

I . H . C. ZIe rke {j ·1 2. Phil Haas . ~}_I~ 3. R ud y K una 5 ·2 4. n an Anderson .......... _._ 41·2! ~ : ~u~n D~~:r . . ............ _.- : ~:~t 7. R. :\faek __ ._._ .......... __ ._._ 4 ·3 a. .Frank Bulte n horr ._._._ 4 ·3 9. Erwin Poctsch k" __ ._ ... _._._ n~1!

10. Wall.er Teubner ___ ._._._ ... _ 21-4 ~

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S .. lu.J<ry, A pril J, 1951

W~at" :J~e Be~t mOVe? By Guilhn-m~ G1CH:5Ser

Send solutions to P osit ion No. 91 to the Edi tor, CHESS UFE, by May 5, 1952.

Solution to Position No. 88 This l rieky liltle PORi lion wns selected

"6 a br-cathe .. after some mo re diff icult problems, and It was euns'-Iluently sur_

~~~cng~i~.!~d t~~a~ l~a~::P~r clttl/~~~~ difIlcult positions published earlie I:'. More so lvers stumbled nnd tripped o n Position No. 88 than on any of t he previous positions In thc last quarte r .

la~~, nlJi,m~hft~rt~~~~~·t"l~tQ.~b H(:O~: Q·Kt4 (o n l... ... , P·Kt4 · 2. Q·KI eh , Q-

~:~; (:3~; Jia9X~n,f~~it c2' h~K~li~k ~ v.u,!"s,wang. On any Rlack move White eLI her mate~ lmmedintcl.y or wins the Black Q with mate o nly a rew moves off.

Most solvers followed th roug h as fa .. ali 2.. Q -K4 "h. but eoulll not see turthe ..

~j~~in~ r.e4~i~:1 ri.~~k ~g~ :n:r:h'e seeond variation of L .... , l"·Kt4; 2.. Q. KI eh as a wi n but Ihoughl that 1 ..•. , Q·Kt4 led to n dr,,'" are a wnrued t poln!. So shr.p le. yet so c l" " lve!

Correct solutions U. Q·K3!) nre aek· nowledged from, J . Bllrry (Duluth). J. E. Comstock (Du luth). J. Fauche r (New Haven), t!. , C:tu!t (New IlriJ,:hton), A. U",-twig (I'('o,-Ia), [I . llockrldl:e (La. conin), 1'. Klebe (We~t Ha ven) , E. J . Korp"" ly (Woodside), II. Il. Lester (La­coni,,), K. L ay (Ripon), E. Nuh (Wash.. Ington), E. :F . Mueller (F lint), A. J. Os~ W I. Wayn e), N. 1'. WltUng (Sa lem). W. B. Wilson (Amherstbtlr&,).

II"U solutions fL •. , P ·KM; 2. Q·Kl) a rc credited to· n. J. nOluer (Bnffalo). M. Bend .... (Mechani-:sburgl. C. l3anker (Ka ns.,s City). G. .... Chase (Burra lo). J. '- Dietz (L"ke AI'lJ), A. A •• ·a l1an (Monlr-cnll. J. Mo .. gnn tTahlequah ), . '. J. Sanborn (iloslo nl, II. C. U nde r wood (Washing ton), J. 1.. WeinInger (I-'on:st Hills), C. Cleve (Forest Hilisi.

N°. Y. CHESS LIFE (Continued from page 2, col. 5)

Marcel Duchamp and Howard Grossman , 3% ·2%, David Hoffman and Mrs. William Slater, 2·4, and S. MottnT, 1·5 were the other f in· iI lists .. William Gompert and Myron F lehcher t icd their four· game match a t 2-2, so the winner of the Marshall Consolation quali­fying berth into next ycar's champ­ionship is s till nndecided. . The Carl Pilnicks' "Little Dividend" Rosemary J:o'eliec, is now two months old. . Rochester experts, E . Mar chand and M:. Hcrlberger, invaded New York recently, t he former Cor a ma thematicians' con· vention at Columbia and the lat ter for an optics gathering at Hotel Statlcr. Both vis ited all the chess centers and got in a lot ' of chess d uring their respective visits . Larry Evans is set ror a loo·board simultaneous exhibition at the Grand St. Boys Association ; see the next issue of "Chess Life" Cor the outcome of this spectacular event!

LUDWIG CLAIMS DUBIOUS HONOR

Chess Expert Alfrcd C. Ludwig of Omah a claims the "dubious" bonor of having participated in morc U.S. tournaments in 1951 than any other player and chal· lenges any Americap woodpusher to meet b is record: Trans-Missis­sippi Open (7tb), U.S. Open Champ­ionship (l3th), Midwes t Open (8th), Colorado Open (7th), Swcnson Memorial (1st), Missouri State Open (7th), and Omaha City Championship (lst).

..... Cess tift S<ltlJ.rJ.,.,. April ' . 1912 :Journamenl ollie ConJ"~uJ by

Erich W. MtlrchtlnJ 192 Seville Drl ....

Rochestflr 17. N. Y.

ENGLISH OPENING Omah.·Lincoln Intercity

Championship , Omah", 1951

Nola bt 'Erkh W. Mn(1wttJ White maek

H. F . UNDERWOOD L. MAGEl! 1 P-QU Kt·K8l t. Kf.IICII' ~ ... _ i~ ~\~ can .. Iso aT'" from. •

2. '_H P. K' 4. P. P _ . H M

3. ICUll P.Q4 A &liA:ht error. This ftu. l)Ia.;:k', QB and tncn.'rore yield. him euy equality.

~;ih1~~hll! 1:0 '~.~~rn "r~dd .. e~e: lion" in the opening IQ as to t.te bet­ter advOl nlage o r the tniUalive be holds by virtue of h"Yl nJ::" had the f lrst movlI. a. _.. PaP 5. P·KKtl .H ... H

A ~nd IIlIlIh l Orror atlc r which Black'. ~rll) on Ih, <:enter become. anoo),lng. 5. P_Q4 .1 I~rc lind lfOund. S. . ... M.. P-Q5 6. Q.R4 e h .. .. , ... Since UW QP ",ann ot be won, White _hould lOOk Curther IIhead. neUer I. &, Kl ·QKlI with. IIlow d e v. loo me D! bu t without the .-erlnu. t roUble which arl.es In the "dual l!I'Iu"e.

~: QKt.l(t5 ~.!:t~l rD. ~t~~KIS R·KI e. B·Ktl OOO

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UND ERWWOD 14_ KtxKtP ._._ .•

f;ro.o~h::,J~ 1~~ Jr:Rtr'ijx~s~6.~X~~ and Black must l ose a !,Iece. Howeve r , mmply 15. __ .. , B-K ts w o uld II lve Whit e p len ty 10 worry about. For example ~t. :~~~ 3, ~;c~7. ~;~k~~3 ! .. _. __ H 15_ K-B I, QR-Kl ; 16. 6-B4, ILK8 double-d 15<:overed checkmate. 15. _____ . QR_Kl 16.. a.K3 ••.•.. _. Blac:);-" threat W" 11 6-87 m ate. H now 16._ , PIB; 17. KI.Jl.8. 16. _ __ KtxP c:h 21. K·BI R·B1 ch 11. K-BI R_B7 ch rl. K.KI1 Rx RP ch 18. K_Ktl RxBP c:h U . K·BI RxR ch 19. K-Bl R_B7 c:h Resigns 20. K-KH RxB c:h

QUEEN'S GAMBIT DECLINED Big Seven Confe rence Team

Tou rney Lincoln, 1952

Notes by Erich W. M .. rc&.",J White Black

V. PUPOLS O. McKINNIS (Nebraska Un iv.) (Colorado Unlv.) 1. P-Q4 P-Q4 4. B-KtS B.K2 1. P _QB4 P-K3 S. KI.83 Kt.KS J. KI-QB3 KI_KB3 The key.move ur I,aske r's Derense. How ever. It Is cons ld~red best to Interpola t e 5_. __ • P·KH3. 6. 8xB 1. KbiO 8. Kt_Ql A f ighting

QxB '1. P ·K3 0 ·0 PxK' 10. R·Bl P·B4

~~!~ Th~' ;-~!n becOme

weak and yet it ean cause Black dil· flcultlH too. Blacli. II Idvbed to Isolate. It a l once w ith 11._ ...• PxP. 11 • •. _._. P ·QKt3 13. Kt· B3 Px P 11. Kt-KII KR.Ql 14. P XP , _ •. _. Wblte continues to pia), &#~Ively. Sarer I, H . KtxP lind IS. Q·KU to aVOid Ihe weak QP. But tben hb Kll hall Utle scope and White would ad· uall), bave a bit the worst of the posi· tIon In Ihe cenler b Inferior. U • . _ B-KJ 17_ OOO .... B2 15. Q.Kt3 Q.Q2 ll. QR-QI Q-Q3 U . B.a4 K· Al The correcl procedure in luch a posl· tlon Is the ramous " b lockade" of Nlm.

B-R.

t°K':';itl~s~h;rr~~~r:.~?:. 20. Kt-B4, Kt-K4· 11. Kt·

n.. PxU. Kt.-Q6 w ith about eqUII c aDCe~. 20. R·Q2 a xKI rl. p ·a. PxP e.p. 21 . RIt B Kt·Q2 , , An error in Judgment. The Kt Is better In a blocked posilion. Also White will be able to cunneel his IlIOlated QP a nd ro ll h is cenle r Ps (o rw urd . 23. P xP Kt.K4 24. Q·BI Q.K. H . P_K. Kt:xB 21. Q·B3 :So QxKt Q·BS

A lter

FRENCH DEFENSE CCLA Speeial Tournament

Correspondence Chess, 1951 by Ericb W. MII.c&mJ

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SALT LAKE CITY CHAMPIONSH!P Sa lt Lake City, 1952

1. Gaston Chappuis __ . __ .. __ ._._._ W8 Wll W2 W3 4 ~. I IZ .. ..$O 2. Irving W. Taylor .. __ .... ____ w 9 W4 Ll W5 n·11 11.75 3. Farrell L. Cla rk . _ _ ...•.• _._._ Wti WIO 4. Sam T eitelbaum ___ .... _._. __ . W6 L2

W9 1.1 n·a &7;; DII W El 3 -2 8.00

S. Broce Palmer ._. ____ ._ .... _._ L3 WljI L2 3 _2 6.50 6. Glcb Kubin .. _._.__ I.A WI3 W9 3·2. 5..so 7. Allen I\-[u la lk .. _._. __ ._ _ lo ll WB W!1 U-ll 4..23 8. Alex RI,..,,, .. _ .... _. ___ ._ .............. _ LI L7 Wll 21-2.1 3.7.5

r4.~~ 1~~\s'm'lsw~·~J~~iJf· (~:OO~;· ~;YA~ '83 Char les Meb.claar Hol ~ !loll! (2.00); 14. Gabriel

Ahland er 1-1 (1.50).

DECATUR CITY CHAMPIONSHIP Decatur (( III.), 1952

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LINCOLN CITY CHAMPIONSH IP I. A. Llepnleks , G. 3. Vic 4. E. ,A, 6. O. 7_ W. ~ P. 9. A. re res .. _. __ ._ .... ____ .

10. B. Schwab. uer ____ • __ _ 11.~. DrellClunanb • ____ . __ • __ • 12. E. Admlnb _._._. ___ • __ ._. ___ •. 13. P . Tumek _._._. ___ . __ ._._. _ _

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QU EENS GAMBIT DECLINED Big Seven Confere nce Team

Tourney Lincoln, 1952

Nola br Erich W. MII,ch,m,J White m ack

H. GEORGI P. BARGLOW (Kanlal" Unlv.) (Colorado Unlv.) 1. Kt·KIJ p.Q. '2. P-Q.

.Q. would

t lcu Black . . ..... , li ve Llllker'~ Defe nse In mind. ,

~~Je:;f!V~%n~~!~~~IU~~· lle1~i'~11: ~~I~,~:~ have Qvo ld cd vurl a tlo ns In wh ich Ihe opponenl 1$ .... e ll versed. 2. _...... KI.KI3 4. KI-QB3 P_B4 3. p .a. P·K3 A 111110 dl rre r cnt hom the classic form or the TalTasch Uefense. lIe re, Ir .5. BPxP. Kt xP and m ad< .. vnkh; the Isola. lion Of his QP. 5. B.KU apxp 1. KI_83 P_QS 6. Kt:xP(. ) P·K4 I. KtxKP ._._ ..

:rt'~~IYm:!:C~h~~I!~:':~~c~b6~~P'l..~ t. _._.. I ·K2. t. Q·R4 ch Kt{3rg2

There SCeRU to be no p articular reallOn to avo id the dev<!loplng move 9 __ _ Kt( lrQ2. As pl.yed Black will keep two White pieces en prise for .several mov"" but the reby Cains nothing. 10. axB Qxa u . Kt_Kts OOO 11. KlxKI IxKI '

?; ~~3" P..q'g. ic: ~3. ~.~ tft':~lces. B.,K3 14. Q.06 QxQ In vlc w n( Black" next move. 15. P.QKU Il()c mS betler.

METROPOLITAN CHESS LEAGUE

Boston, 1952 F ina l Shnd;ngs

1. Camb rldCe Y ...... _. __ • 101- 3) Z. Hsrvard Colle.l:e __ ._._ 101 31 3. QUincy Y _ .. ........ _._ ....• 10 _ 4 •. Ne wton Y .... ...... _ .. __ .. 9!. 41 5. Lithuanian Club _.... 6 _ a 6. Lynn Chets Club:: .. _ .. 4 ·10

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CHESS LITERATURE Old·NeWj R.re--Common:

Domettlc·Forelgn Bookl-PerlodiC.'a

Alk THE SPECIALIST A. BUSCHKE

80 E .. t 11th St. New York S Ch_ .. CMek .. LlI.'.t .... e .... Oht-Sald--tu llaaoed

Ad 10 ' N.w Fro. Tour ... ", ... t B"", Uri

I'. P. KKtl e-Q2 17. I .KI2 I ·B3 n. 0-0 Bxll 1'. Kxll P-QKt3 20. KR·QI Kt.B3

n. R-Q2 22. Kf.I!I5 U . KI·R4 2 • • QR.Ql

QR.Q! p ·KK" ... , KR-QI

BJaeIr. .still to think t can · be, Ia 24

&~j::n ~ universal P en(1samH tha t better than defensive J) &y. 2S. KI_B3 K-KI2 17. P-K3 ..... U. P-KI3 K·e3 21. KI-KI

Alter Z!. Kt-KI BARGLOW

rl'lIOurce: Kt-B7; *'.

; 31. Rxlt ; 31. RxR ch.

K·K2 wino hit. cannot p tuy It .Qe c h. Whit.

eoukl bave vreverrted the . bove line :?"t4:: J.c~R3 and If ZL-. Kt-H4; 29.

:n. p ·KR3 Reslgn l

FRENCH DEFENSE Elth ib it ion Gamas

San Francisco, 1952 Whit e

G.KOLTANOWS KI (8I1ndfo lded) 1. P ·K4 P.K3 1. P·Q4 p .Q. 3.. PxP pXP 4. 8-Q3 Kt·KB3 5. Kt·Kl B.KKIS , . 0 ·0 B·Q3 7. P-KIU B.K3 I . B_KlJ4 0 ·0 9. QKI-Q2 Kt.Q8l 10. P·8l Kt·K2. II. 8xB QxB 12. P·kB. P.QB. 13. QKt·B] KI·B41 1 • . Q-Q2 KI ·KS! 15. Q-81 QR·BI 16. PXP QxP ch 17. Kt(2 l-Q4 KlxKt 18.. KtxKt QR·B2 19. P ·BS B-Q2. ~. BxKt PxB 11. Q-B4 KR-K1

Ulaek H. BOGART

)2. QR.KI R.K4 U . RxP Rx R 24 . QxRI. ) B·B3 25. Q·K3 R·K2 '26. Q_K I3 R·Kl 17. p ·e6 P .KKU n. Q.R. P-KR. 29. A·KI RxR c h 30. QxR Q·Q3 31. KtxB Qx K' 32. Q-K1 Q_BI 33.P·KR3 Q-B3 34. P-QK'4 QXP(B61 35. Q·KI , h I(.. R2. 36. QxP ch 'K·R3 l7. Q.K1 Q.el ch 38. K· B2 Q.85 ch 39. K· I(.1 Q.B5 ch 40. K.83 K. Kt4? 41 . P .Bl .;: h ResignS

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April 19 Massachusetts Interscholastic

Championship Cambridge, Mass..

At Phillips Brooks House on Saturday, April 19U1; Grammer and High School students invited to participate; lunch provided by MSCA, bring your own chess sets; prize 10 winner ; no entry fees.

May 4·f",,~ 8 Chicago City Championsh ip

Chicago, III. Conducted by Chicago City Chcss

League, s tarts 2:00 p.m. Sunday at Nav)' Pier, Grand and the Lake and Cor next 5 Sundays; open; 6 round Swiss; entry (ee $5 plus $5 depoSit; all Cunds collected go to prize fund and contributions wilJ be wei. corned; for registration or details, write: George Voltz, 6225 So. Wood S1. Chie3i o, Prospect: G-0179.

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sport at 7:00 p .m. Saturday, May 17; [jve round Swiss; open to aU Indiana r esidenf3 including stu­dents attending Indiana scbools ; first place tics decided in round robin, othcrwise S-B tie-breaking; lor details write: D. E. Rhead, 2715 Green St., Gary, Ind.

l uM 7-8 28th Trans-Mississippl

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