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Vol. XI. No. 23 • Monday, August 5, 1957 15 Cents

Conducled by IRWIN SIGMOND

S END solutions to Position No. 213 to r~ach Irwin Sigmond,

5200 Williamsburg Blvd., Arling­ton 7, Va, by August 20, 1957. With your solution, please send analysis or reasons supporting your choice of "Best l\Iove" or moves.

Solution to Position No. 213 will ap. pur in the Sapt.mb •• 5, 1957 lnul.

NOTE: Do 1001 plact JO /I'lio"1 to / ... " P",;/;onl on ("'~ <".aj bt Jur. /(> ;"J'<fflt Nrua "umba of pos ition bt,n , Jof ... tI, "rn/ gi ... r~ f,,11 " .. m. "nri Ni,JrtJ, 0/ the sol .. a to IlJl i n in prop.r (miitin, of sol .. l ion _

Po,;(;(". No. Z13

New Western Open Draws 123 Players Including 11 Masters, 33 Experts

Inaugurating another regional chess event of major importance, the New Western Open, Milwaukee played host to a gathering of 123 players representing all sections of the United States, Canada and Alaska over the recent holiday perioe! of July 4, 5, 6 and 7. Included in the fie ld were 33 players with exper t ratings nnd 11 with master ratings, of whom three were senior masters.

The tournament, which had a guaranteed prize fund of $1,000 for the four days of play, was sponsored by tbe Milwaukee Chess Founda­tion in cooperation with the Milwaukee Municipal Chess Association.

Donald Byrne, a former Brook· -;-;-;:~;-;:~:;o~~~;---­lynite who is currently an instrue- PA YN E TAKES tor at the University of Michigan TEXAS TITLE and who has establlsbed himseU as a prime favorite in Milwaukee since tbe great 182-pl ayer National Open in 1953, returned to the scene of -his greatest t riumph to win the first New Western cham­pionship. Byrne was followed close­ly in the final standings by Larry Evans, successor' to Samuel Re· sbevsky as United States champion several years ago.

Each finished with a game score of 7- 1 and each had two draws in. cluding a s tandoff in their own personal encounter. The customary tie.breaking method was applied under the Sonnenoorn-Berger sys­tem with the statis tics lavoring

'Byrne who had a weighted score count of .402 to .357 for Evans.

At the close of the seventh round it appeared tha·t Evans would be the ultimate winner. Byrne was a half-point in arrears due to a draw witb S. Popel, a former champion of Paris, France, who now resides in Detroit. In the final round, however, Evans lost his cbance at the title when he was held ' to a draw by Hans , Berliner of Washington, D.C. While this was going on, Byrne won a hard·fought, 47·move afiair from Tibor Weinberger of Milwau­kee. Weinberger, who was some­what unheralded at the start of

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John B. Payne of San Antonio scored 4-1, losing one game to Eric Bone, to win the Texas State Championship in an event held concurrently with the Texas 'Open at the Hilton Hotel in San Antonio. Tied for second with 3.1h;·I lh. each were Morley Pastinsky or San An· tonio and Kenneth R. Smitb of Dall'as. Both lost to Payne and drew with each other. Eric Bone was tbird with 21,2·21,2 . Payne, Pas­tinsky, and Smith, together witb Open Champion Steven Jones, qualify for the 1958 Texas Cham· pionsb ip event.

U.S. HOLDS THIRD IN STUDENT MEET

At Reykjavik, the U.S. Student Team bas climbed to ' third place, passing Bulgaria and only one-half point bebind Hungary. William Lombardy on Board One bas a 51h-31£ score, Edmar Mednis 64, An­thony Saidy 601h-2Jtz, Arthur Feuer­stein H!!-3lh, and Robert Sobel, the reserve player, Ph-Ph.

USSR Huna aI7 U>A Bulaarla Cleeh. Eng land Ice land

Team Standings 30'l.t.-S'h

24'1.t.·15 'h 24_15

23'h-lZ\.!o 23·IS

191o'!·161o'. 18'1.t.-13'1.t.

Rumania 181o'!·161o'. E. Germany 18-18 Ecudor 13'1.t.·22'1.t. Denmark 1.2.1(1 Sweden 101o'.-25 1o'.t Mongolia 9\o'.t·261o'. Finlarid w,-30'I.t.

U. S. JUNIOR TO FISCHE , Bobby Fischer Adds Junior to Trophies

Ramirez Second and Sholomson Third The Brooklyn master junior (or junior master) Robert Fischer gath·

ered in the U.S. Junior title in stride at San Franci~o wit~ an 8J.k .~ score, drawing one game with California State C~amplon Gilbert. RamI' rez. Rami rez o[ San Francisco placed second With 71k·Ph, losmg no games but drawing witb Richard Owen of Salt Lake City and Ronald Thacker or Richmond in addition to Fischer. Stephen Sholomson of Los Angeles, who has recently shot into prominence. on the Pacifi7 Coa.st, was tbird with 61/z -21/z, losi ng to Fischer and Rarrurez. and drawmg With Leonard Hill of Mt. View. Thacker was fourth with 6·3, losing to Fischer and Hill while· drawing with Ramirez and Ralph Clark of Long Beach. ,

Fifth to tenth on ~~edian points with 5~ -3lh each were Mike Bre­

of Redwood City, Leonard Arthur Wang of Berkeley,

Clark, Robert Walker of , and Warren Miller of AI­

E leventh to fourteenth each were Rex Wilcox of

Salinas, Andrew Schoene of Mala­ga, Thomas Heldt, Jr. of Albu­querque, and David Krause of Palo AIto.

Frcd Wreden, aged 10, o[ San Fr ancisco won custody of the In­dependent·Prcss Telegraph Trophy for ranking player under 13 years; the Milwaukee Journal, Indepcnd­enr-Press Telegraph Trophy for ranking player under 15 and Her· mann Dittman Trophy all went to 14-year old Bobby Fischer.

In all , 33 j uniors contcsted in the 9-round Swiss event directed by International Master George Koltanowski, held at the Spreckels Russell Dairy Co. auditorium in San Francisco. While most of the field were Californians, there was one from Brooklyn, N.Y. (Fisch­er), one f rom Texas (James Ben­nett), one from Kansas (Howard Killough, Jr.), one from New Jer­sey (Andrew Schoene), one from' Oregon (Robert Walker), one from Utah (Richard Owen) and two from New Mexico (Warren Miller and Thomas Heldt, Jr.). California was ably represented by Ramirez and ShoiomSOIl although unfortunately Larry Remlinger could not partici­pate.

With George and Leab Kolta· nowskl arranging matters, there was considerable outside activity for the players when they could be pried from the chessboards, in­cluding an evening as guests. of the Fox Theater seeing the newest Pat Boone pidure. Their hosts, tbe Spreckels Russell Dairy Co., served

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DUTCH DEFENSE u.s. Junior Championship

San Frilncisco, 1957 White

G. RAMIREZ T. P-Q94 2. P·Q4 3. P·KKt3

'4. B-Kt2 S. KI·KB3 6. 0·0 7. Kt·QB3 8. g·B2 9. PxP 10. KI·Q2 11. P· KI3 12. B-QR3 13. QR-QI 14. P·R3 IS. K·R2 16. P·B4 17. Kt·B3 18. KR·KI 19. KI-Q4 20. KlxB 21. P·K4 22. Q-Ql 2:1. PxP 24. AxR 25. &-QBT 26. Kt·K4 27. 8-Q2

P_KB4 Kt·KB3

P·KKI3 B·Kt2

0·0 , p·QS KI·B3 P·K4 KtxP P·B3 8·K3 Q-8_2.

KR-Ql R·Q2

P·QR3 KI·B2 Kt·KI

QR.Ql R·K2

AxKt Kt·RJ 8·B3 ... KtxP

P·KR4 Q·B2 8·'"

BI.ek S. SHOLOMSON

28. B·RS R·8! 2'. B·KI6 B·Ql 30. BxB AICB 31. KI-KtS Q.Q2 32. R·K6 Q·KI2 S3. P-KKI4 PICP 34. PxP KI·K2 35. 0·K3 A-Q2 36. B·A3 KI·B2 :17. P·B5 PxP 38. PxP Q·Kt7ch 39. K·Ktl Q.Kt2 40. P.B' Q.KtS 41. RxKI RxR 42. PxA P-Q4 43. Q. K5 p.QS 44. B·K6eh KtxB 4S. OxKletl QxQ 46. KbQ K·B2 41. Kt·Q8ctl KI(P 48. KtxKIP K·Ql n. K·B4 K.82 SO. KI·BS K-Ql 51. KtxP P' B4 52. K·K4 K·B3 SS. P·Al K·Ktl 54. K'xP KXKt 55. K-Q3 Anlln,

MILLER FIRST IN MISS. STATE

W. Troy Miller of Natchez tal· lied 6-1, a loss to Dr. Claude A, Jackson, to win the MissiSSippI State title at Natchez in a 23· player Swiss event. Second to fifth on Median points with 5-2 each were Fenner Parham, Jr.~ of Nat­chez, Dr. Claude A. Jackson of Kosciusko, Cralos Garcia of Gulf· port, and L. Peyton Crowder of Greenville. Sixth and seventh with 4'h-2~ each were Robert Lanfer· man of Keesler Falls, and Dr. Tom Talkington of Natchez. At the an· nual meeting of the MiSSissippi Cbess Association, it was voted to affiliate with the t1SCF.

Finish It The Clever Way! b, &/m.'" N Dh

A ship

Positiorl No. 201 V. Henkin VI. V. Mulch

_USSR, 1957

, BRILLIANT move leads to a Position No. 205. The game

preliminaries.

Position No. 206 M. Taim,lnOv vs. D. Bronstein

--,USSR, 1946

Whit e to

decisive win of material for White in was played in the Moscow Champion.

In Position No. 206, White did not find the winning continuation, and the game was drawn. The student is advised not to spend much time in trying to solve this, but to go to tbe printed solution for the winning ideas.

Correction: In my previous column, for Position No. 204, it should have been, "Black to play and win".

For solutions, plellse turn to page seven Send a ll contributions for th is column to Edmund Na.h, 1530 18th PI;ace, S.E.

Washington 1D, D. C.

With seven games completed, In. ternational Grandmaster Samuel Reshevsky leads U. S. Champion Arthur Bisguier by a 4-3 score in the l a-game match. Reshevsky won the first three games, Bisguier the next two games, and the sixth and seventh games were drawn.

HAVE YOUR TOURNAM!NTS OFFICIALLY RATED

New RegulatioR$ Effective Mareh I, 1966 Tournlments, m.tchl' (Ind ly ldUI I

or t l.m; round robin o r hwlu, ,no ra l'1!.bll when sPOnlOrld by USC" . ff llilted o""lnlullon" If p l.yed under FIDI! LIW" dlrlcted by • compmnt oHkl.l, .nd p l.y" It t lml IIml' o f not m orl ttlln )0 mOYI. Pl r hour.

Thl IlInuII dllmplon~lp tOU"'I­ment of In USC" Club Chlp", r Ind tho .nnual ch ampionship toum .­

'ml nt of Iny USCF IHllllfe wh_ By.L,w, pr ovide th,t e ll Its mem­ben m un bl USCI' mlmbtu liso ..,. r a t " wit hout ch.rte.

All ottlu III"iOle Iventl . ... rated only If o ffl ci.l rlport of IVlnt II ;accomp.nled by • ...mllt.nea CClY­I r lnll , r.t inll fl. of 10( Plr lI,ma f o r all IIl met IctUIUy p laYH In the conte.t . (III I SWill on.h,I' thl number of pl.VIt,. t im .. ttta n um_ bltr of r o unds reprUlnh total glm n pll yed If no bylt' o r f orfllts.)

N<>t~ tlwt 10, N.till, III P"~ ,_ is ,0U.d.d 1'0m tlil pltf1ns, .~hrr USCF m .... btrs 0' not.

Rat in liS will ba publllh i d perio d_ Ica lly of aU p. r tl c lp l nt. tn I II USC"_ Rl ted ItYents.

OffIcI. 1 rl tlng form. should be MCUred in advlnee f r om:­

MOlltgo,l1' ry Millor 112 No. Humphrev AYenue 0l1li: Plrtr.. IllInol.

0. _ .,ih ,.. otMr USC, "jlkMU lor lion. ,IIIM, '-s.

.i JONES TRIUMPHS IN TEXAS OPEN

Steven Jones a 16-year old play· er from Austin won the Texas Open at the Hotel Hilton, San Antonio on Median points with 4lh -lfz, drawing ... 'O(Ine game with Bob Horne, Jr., of Plainview. It was youth-day in Texas for an· other youngster, Robert Severence of San Antonio, placed second with 4lfz -¥.!. drawing with Gerald Blair of Corpus Christi. Third and fourth with 4-1 each were a third young­ster, Jerry Milburn of Lubbock, and yetcran Clemente Villareal of

, San Antonio. Milburn lost to Jones, and Villareal: drew with Hall Jones of San Antonio and James A. Creighton of Corpus Christi.

Fifth to ninth in the 38-player Swiss event with 31h-Jlh each were George H. SmJth and Ibrabim Bah· gat of Houston, Mauricio Perea of Harlingen, Robert L. Garver of San Antortio, and Lee Hyder of Rock­dale. The event was jointly spon· sored by the Texas Chess Assdcia- . tion and the San Antonio Chess Club.

BELIAVSKY TOPS PENINSULA OPEN

Lev A. Beliavsky of Monterey won, the first Peninsula Open, con­ducted by the Presidio Chess Club and Monterey usa, with 5%­If.! score, drawing with Alexander Parvu, Jr. Second to sixth with 41fl -l¥.z scores were Rex V. Wilcox of Salinas, Alexander Parvu, Jr., and Don J . Stewardson of Mon­terey, George B. Oakes of Salinas, and John H. Gridley of Roselie, N.J. Paul Jeffs of Ogden, Utah was seventh with 4-2 score and tournament director Robert A. Karch of Monterey eighth in the 24-player Swiss with 3!h-21h.

, SHAW TRIUMPHS IN SOUTHERN

Dr. Steven J . Shaw of Gaines­ville, Fla. scored 6lk-lh to win the annual Southel'n Chess Association Championship, held at the Mark­ham Hotel, Gulfport, Miss. Dr. Shaw who teacbes marketing at the University of Florida drew one game with Anthony Pabon_ Second and third on Coons points witb 6-1 each were defending Soutbern Champ DI·. R_ A. Carlyle of St. Pet­ersburg, Fla., and R. B. Potter of Dallas, Tex. CarJyle lost to Shaw, and Potter drew with A. B. Wills and Charles Shaw. Robert East­wood of Homestead, Fla. was fourth with. 5 ~·11f.! in the 57-playel' Swiss event which was un­usual in the f3(!t that there were no forfeit or withdrawals during the seven rounds and no games adj udicated. '

Fifth to twelfth with equal 5-2 scores were J. L. Cabe of Atlanta , Ga., A. M. Lockett and A. B. Wills of New Orleans, La., Anthony Pa. bon, Jr. of Roanoke, Va., Newton Grant of Monroe, La., Phil C. Knox of Deland, Fla., Fenner Parham, Jr. of Nachez, Miss., and Mrs. Irene Vines of New Orleans, La. Special Class prizes went to Andrew M. Lockett, Fred W. Kemp of Palmer­dale, Ala., Phil C. Knox, and An. drew F. Dow-ney, Jr. of Greens­boro, N.C. Junior prizes to John W. Bick of New Orleans with 41h -21h, Robert HO.lmes of Pass Christian, Tex., David Oderr of New Or­leans, and George Green of Mobile, Ala. Mrs. Irene Vines won the Ladles tiUe, followed by Florida Woman's Ch,ampion Mrs. Kama R. Martin of Sarasota, and Mississip­pi Women's Cbampion, Mrs. Ber­tha Giani. The event was directed by R. C. Eastwood, assisted by E. A. Coons and Newton Grant. Eight wives who accompanied chess-play­ing husbands to the event were awarded girts by the Gulfport Com­mittee, headed by Dr. S. R. Karel, secretary·treasurer of the Missis­sippi Gulf Coast Chess Association.

At the annual meeting of the Southern Chess ASSOciation, Prof. L. L. Foster of Columbia, S.C. was reelected to his 7th term as presi­dent. Vice-presidents elected were Dr. Steven J . Shaw of Gainesville, Fla. and J . L. Cabe of Atlanta, Ga. Robert C. Eastwood was elected secretary-treasurer, a post he had held pro tem to fill out the term of the late Maj. J. B. Holt .

KALME CONQUERS IN LATVIAN MEET

With a score of 6ih-Jh Ivars Cbarles Kalme of Philadelphia won the Latvian Championship of North America at Chicago, yield­ing a draw in the last round to L. Dreibergs of Saginaw. A. Rankis of New York was second with 5"¥.!­I lk, losing to KaJme and di-awing with ,v. Pupols of Seattle. Third to sixth on Median points with 4%·1 If.! each were L. Dreibergs, Znotins of New York, A. Liepnieks of Uncoln, and J . Tums of Chica­go. Seventh to ninth in the 22-player event with 4-3 each were Stepans, Rupeiks, and Balodis. Two USCF masters and eight experts participated in this strong event which drew players lrom New York, Washington, California, and the Middle West.

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Frederick H. Kerr

A ll college dubs and pl'Ylrs .r. ur ged 10 send n .... Items t o Fradtrlck H . Kerr , T77& Samp ll Road, Atulon Pal"k, Pennsyl .... nl •.

(Whilr Mr. K~rr tlmnJs ROTC S lim· m~r C<>mp tit F011 GfOr/l~ G . MNd., ~ColI~g. C&SJ LiJr" is bring w,iuno Iry dis/inguishtd gllrst ,oluml1ills.) •

Guest Column id MORDECA I S. RUBIN

W HEN the much-awaited 1958 Inter coll eg iate lndividtifll

Championship Tourney ro lls around next December, it will boast a new and different stage setting. In lieu of the bustling cosmopolitanism of New York or Philadelphia. you can look forward -to the easier pace and more modest appearance of Erie. Pennsylvania and the Gannon Col· lege campus. Naturally, the change of locale adds a certain element of mystery to this year's contest, so in order to give participants and fans some preview of the at· mosphere and conditions thcy will meet. I have been invited, as a member of the Gannon fac ulty (and Chess Director), to supplant Fred KeIT's regular corumn in this issue with a few words about Gan· non and Erie.

As I write this, Erie is a rather crowded place-the streets are col· orful with beachwear, and the famed peninsula beaches are dot· ted with vacationers (t hat 's where I should he!). It necds some imag­hung to project into the probable look of things by next December. Traffic will be lighter, the breezes perhaps less caressing-there may even be some snow on the ground in good old white Christmas style. Just a fair·sized city in Pennsyl­vania's industrial section, on the shores of Lake Erie. A working town that goes a little mad for bowling during the wintcr, prides itself on friendliness, and wei· comes visitors all year round. We boast also a philharmonic arches· tra, a ballet company, a legitimate theatre company of note, "and of course, Gannon CoUege, with its Humanities, Business, Engineering and Adult Education Divisions.

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PAUL MORPHY Centenn ial Tournament.

Yankton, S.D. August 31-September 2

WHO CA N PLAY: Open to &11 players. Every participant recelvel a Paul Morphy Gold Centennial Medal.

PRIZES: llit prb:e $250 plul tro­phy; Znd: $I!1O-J 3r(!: $7~; 4th: $~l 5th: $2~; 6th; '111; 7th: $10. FUrther speCial prizes for top player trom South Dakota, and a special prl te for each 10 partlclpan t~.

ENTRY F EE: $5 plus USCF mem· bership ($S) rrom non.members.

WH ERE: Hotel Charles Gurney, Yankton, S.D.

Send your entries to: , MRS. NA NCY GUR NI!Y

HOT EL CHARLES GU RNEY YA NKTON. SO. DAKOTA

TYPE OF TOURNEY, 6 or mo ... rd Swiss; 1st rd starts at lZ:30 P.IIl. on Saturday, Augw;t 31st.

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Novelty Adds Attraction

To Dual Event at Yankton The two-ring circus of the Morphy Centennial Open and the Cham­

pion of Champions Tourney at Yankton. So. Dak. is in itself a novelty in chess in the USA. But not the only one. Among other novelties wiU be the participation in the Morphy Centennial of a representative fro m Bom­bay, India in Kamalakar Raul who is s tudying at the University of Okla­homa, Raul was one of the organizcTS of the All-India Chess Federation and was a mem ber of its ma nagi ng committee unt il he left India to s tudy in the USA.

B·QS: 18. KR.KI . BxQ; 19. futQ ch, RxR: 2(1. BxB " ' It ll teh Bisho p pair and a pawn ro r the e xcha nge. Howe ver. if I' ........ .. K·BIt! i 16. QxB! Now 16 . ........ . KxB; 17. QMR. QxB: 18. QxB and White s llou ld ,..In. A ) 16 ......... . R·K2; 17. B-Kt3 . Kt-K'; 18. Q.B4!; B ) 16. . .... .... Q_ Q3; 17. a.Kt3 . Kt·K5; 18. Q-B4 !. B_K3; 19. B-Kt4 ! And White holdS he r pawn. 16. a~ a R·Kt4 19. 0·a 3 B.KS 17, g ·Ol Q.K2 10. BxKt 18. a ,KU R·OI

To relieve pressu re .nd expose the SlaCk Kln r. Tile open KK t.flle Is n ot da nr ero_1I because of the Bish op a t QKt3. 20. Px B 21. Q·B4 R·KB4 2 1. .... .... , n ·KKt4 can be answered by p ·Ka3. 22 . 0 ,R4 It.QJ n . R·B" Destro),1 Black'. last hope •• 23. a.Q4 24. R·0 4 RxP 24 .......... Rx H: 2'. QxR. BxB; 26. PxB. R..Q4 W 8I be tte r . 25 . P·K4 axa 26. PxR Rx P T il e u p05ed K·posltlon nullifies t he three connecled paned pawns. 17. R·K4 O_Kt2 2' , KR·KI 2 •. R.K" h B·KII The relt II • m atte r or t echnIque. fl. P-KR3 11, Q·KB4 O,Ktl 10. P· KI3 K_1t2 34. It / I ·K7 K·Kt2 31. 1t / f.Kl II ·B1 35. Rx Bch Ra5igns 31. RMP p·a4 ~-o r If 35 . ........ , QxR: 36. RxQ~h , KxR: 37. Q-B4 ch.

In Ih, futu ra, SlI,lIt as, I.unched In-10 sp" a, will conduct Che ss Teu rna­ma nls on a h llil he r pl.na ."

T ha bu t Combl n. llons ere 'lI .. fvl a na lYI II.

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Another novelty will be the presence in the "Champion of Champions" tourney of the only woman player now holding a State Champion title in Mrs. irene Vines, Louisiana State Champion. Mrs. Vines plays an aggressive game of chess and is not to be scorned because oC her sex as a number of male victims have al­ready discovered.

Both tournaments will be direct­ed by Interna tional Master George Koltanowski. and owe much of their attract iveness to the gener­ous hospitality of Charles and Nancy Gurney of Yankton , who were hosts to the 1946 Interna· t ional Tournament at Yankton e leven yea rs ago.

Margaret Gould Wins Finals

SEMI -SLAV DEFENS E Meo: Pllga 1, 6, column 27

Louisiana Open Ch . mpionshlp New Orlea ns. 1956

N Dtrs by Ala.,." B"dr./ .. nJ White 8111ck

IRE NE VI N ES J . S. NO EL 1. P-Q4 P_Kl 1. p·oa4 2. P·Kl P·0 4 Whi l e does not like t o play ••• Inlt t he Queen's Cam blt Ae<:epted , Albin Counter Ga mbit . etc. Hence the tint t hree movu. 3. Kt·K8 3 4. KI·OB1 P' OB3

5. Kt ·Ka 3 II ·KI 5

Also playable b ~ . ......... PlrP: e . 8xP. P-KKI~ . and 7 . ... ..•.. • P-QR3. 6. a '02 0·0 e. OIt·BI It· KI 7. O·Bl QKt·02 t . B·0 3 P.K4 Open games u.ually fa "Or Ihe be tt e r developed Ilde. In thla case White (even though White h lll not castled). Perhaps bette r II PxP followed by p_ QKt4. e tc. 10. PMP KtxP 11. Kt MKt RxKI 12. 0 ·0 P .-P

13, B~ P 14. Q-Ktl

If 14 ..... .... • Qxa: 15. KR·QI wlna fo r White. 15. B.-Pch l K·Rl On IS ..... .... , K_a !! ?; IS. Bxa 11 unclur because of IS ......... , R-Kt4: 17. Q.84.

In Women's Correspondence Event Mrs. Mar garet (Peggy) Louise Bean Gould of Newburyport, Mass.

became the winner of the 1953 U . S. Women's Correspondence Chess Championship by sweeping the preliminaries and fi nals 15-0, without loss or draw. In the prelims she downed Edwina Watson, Marion Elling­wood. Virginia Myers, Be tty Shannon, Esther Hornbuckle, Dorthy Klipper, and Gladys McIntyre, while in the finals she tallied double victories over Mary Clayton. Olga Higgins. Betty Shannon, and Clara Hurt.

The new CCLA Women's Cor­respondence Champion comes from an a rdent chess family and is the wife o( Bartlett Gould, for many years a USCF Director for Massa· chusetts. She plays on the regular team~ of the Newburyport Chess Club, of which she is secretary­treasur er, in the North Shore League. and has three times won the New Engla nd Woman's Champ­ionship,

By profession she teaches a sub­special class for retarded children a t the Kelly School in Newbury­port, while husband Bartlett Gould teaches machine shop and r elated subjects at Newburyport Voca­tional School. Among her hobbies are cer amics (with chess designs) and painting, while she also oper­ated a used book service as a spare

time vocation. Two sons, Thomas B. and Robert A. Gould, are fol­lowing in parental s teps, learning early the fascinating game of cbess.

This is Champion Peggy Gould's favorite game to date;

CARO-KANN MCO: p_9a 10. column 14

CCLA 1954 U. S. Women'S Ch.mp­ionshlp Corre. pondenee Che"

Whi t e M . L . GOU L O 1. P,K4 p.Q al 2. P-Q4 P.o4 1. Kt·OBl Px P 4. Ktx P Kt-Q2 ~. Kt· KII 3 KK I.al 6. Kt' Kt3 P,KRl 7. 11 ·03 P·B4 I . O'() P·K3 , . R·Kl ' x P 10. KIllP B·1I4 11, KI/ 4-115 0 -0 12. Ktll KIP I

II x P,htl 11. Kx B KJ:Kt

Billek A, W ILLARD

14. B~Pch l K·Ktl IS . BxR 0 ·K13ch 1' . K-Bl KJ:a 17. Q'0 2 Kt-Kt5 II, P-KRl KI· R7ch It. K·K2 QxKtP 20. O-KU KI_B3 21 . Q·1I5ch K·Kl 22. O,KISch O~O 23. BxO~h K··K2 24, K-B2 P_K" 25. QR-QI P_Rl? U . KI-a5ch .nd

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BI) Aben Rttd y

I N BRIEF: Chess has lost a Good man. but gained a Kaufman.

The marriage of Sara Goodman to Allen Kaufman took place on Sa t­urday J uly 20. I am sure my reade;s will join in wishing them the best of luck and the most of everything. In any case, may they be tied forever by Eternal Mate and not overdrawn by perpetual checks. . . . The very ingenious chess analyst and music love~, Julius Stoppock, has packed hiS analysis and sheet·music into his new army duffel-bag. As this is the congratula tory season, I wish him, the analysis, the sheet-music, and the duffel·bag the most of good for tune . . .. Belty J oy Reeves, kJndly wife of the former presl. dent of the America n Chess Foun· dation , Rosser Recves, has gra­ciously presented to the Manhattan Chess Club her beautiful past~l portrait of Sammy Reshevsky. ThIS portrait, sketched while Sammy was defeati ng Botvinnik in our last team match with Russia, was high. Iy accla imed when it appeared on the September '55 cover of "Chess Review" . . .. As this column goes to press the fi rs t live games of the Bisguier-Reshevsky match have been completed. With f ive games yet to be contested the redoubtable Reshevsky leads the United States Champion 3-2. The series began as a rout, Sammy winning the first three games. Bisguier . though, r e­fusing to sink so eas ily, bobbed back briskly to capture the next two points--remarkable. Who can remember when Reshevsky last lost two consecutive games? ... Long, long ago when Walter Ship. man went bare·foot and coffee sold for a nickel a pound, chess could be found only in the darkest corners of the not too numerous, and highly exclusive, chess club. Sucb is certainly not the case to­day. Witness, for instance, a thriv­ing chess throng in the most un­likely of places wonder of won­ders-a ping'pong parlour. The Riverside Table-Tennis Associa­tion, of 251 Wes t 96th St reet, ser· vices simultaneously to the needs of chess and ping-pong enthus iasts alike. Grab your racket and push the King Pawn two squares! . . . New York's west·siders will' also be interested in the formation of a new club (devoted exclus ively to chess, I am assured) under the au­spices of Donn Mosenfelder. Bear­ing the name "Morningside Heights Chess Club", it meets every SU.n­day afternoon afte r 2:00 p.m. In Apt. No. 86 at 517 West 113th Sl. It would welcome more members ... Thought for a hot Summer's eve; Chess is an ocean in which a gnat may ' bathe yet an elephant drown.

" Check l" • • n noun ced W hite . , t eb la ... ,. " Chac:kl", c r Ied BI . ck a t the n_Mt

I. ble, . Imost slmvlt a neovsly. " Heck l". ra muked . nothe r pl.yer.

"Illi' cl IJIJ hal a n echol" ,

Vol. XI, Number 23 August 5, 1957

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nounced determination to retire in December , 1957, we have finally persuaded ourself to yield up certain long-contained and cherished as­pirations, which have no kinship with chess, provided that the Editor· ship is offered to us upon thOSe terms which we can acccept. We leave it to the USCF Board of Directors. meeting at Cleveland, to declare whether or no these terms are equally acccptible to the USCF. U not, there is no need or profit in furt her negotiation , for we will accept no other.

For we will n,':"t"',,ompromise, now or hereafter . our belief in a free ~, for the USCF membership. We will" only consent

continue as Editor of CHESS LrFE upon the plainly 1 :,;,;;",:'~n;d;;n;accePted principle that CHESS LIFE serves I'. '': and membership alike- and that its serv­

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ti~~are not interested in donating the effort, energy and

that is required to publish this chess newspaper. have no objection to consulting with USCF officials

;;;"of policy (as we did in the past until the t'~:,':~,:;~" preceded Long Beach. 1955 made such c a mockery), but final decisions must rest with the Editor.

If this basic prinCiple is acceptible to the USCF Board of Directors (and to the USCF membership), we foresee no difficulty in negotiating the other details of a contract. If it is not acceptible, it is always simple enough to S3Y "Farwell" and "Good Luck!" in December.

A GUIDE TO CHESS OPENINGS: By Leonard Barden. Princeton, New Jersey: D. Van Nostrand Company. 238 pp., numerous diags. $4.75.

T HI~ ~an.ual by former British champion combines with great orlgmahty the guide, the analytical essay, and the anthology

current practice. It is directed at players of mod­strength, eschewing both the primer and the en·

by chapter the major openings illustrative games. Chapter IV (of . It describes the Sicilian briefly;

with six diagrams of positions fa­'~::.; exemplifies the principles with IS for black and Foltys-Golombek

for white; enters a number of recent ':; ~iiOD.' (also with games) before repeating the proc­~, for the Scheveningen. The games are unhackneyed,

objectives and their treatment are kept simple, .the whole performance is instructive. A particu-

larly illuminating demonstration is the introductory essay contrasting a Lopez of sixty years ago (Steinitz-Tchigdrin, 1892) with one of today (Keres·Tarnowski, 1952).

Woodbury (N.J.) Chesl Club, Oeorge F. Cake tallied 10-1. a loss to L . E. Wood, 10 wI n the club championshIp. Robe rt Montague was second with 8'h-2Y,t , and William Archer third with 8-3 . Ewald Carl son and Lewis E. Wood tied ror fourth wllh 6'h-4'h In the 12.-p1ayer round robin event . A USCF Club Afflll· ate .

Morningside Heights (N.Y.I Chess Club: In an Invasion of the Queens Cheu Club, Morningside lost by the score of 4-2 to Queens. WInning for Morningside was Charles Gersch On board one while Rhys W. Hays and Myron Roe t8 dl"f!w. For Queens Schrier, Egan , and F~ed tallied wins while D. Gladstone and L. Goldstein d rew.

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TO ALL USCF OFFICEIlS Gentlemen:

• Okl.homa City, Oklahoma June 19, 1,57

Recently George Koltanowlkl discussed with Montgomery M.lor the possibility of st.ylng on liS Editor of Chin Life In view of pending change of administration. When It benme apparant that I might be taking over the rains from Mr. Graves, George sUllgestad that r correspond with Monty In an affort to sat UP a worklnll relationship that would be harmonious.

I hava taken a rather vigorous position, but on~ that strikes me as being ab­solutely usantial. The President does not and should not Interfere with the day· to-day opeutlon lind management of Chass Life, but If things get out of hand policy-wise, he must have the lIuthorlty to step In and veto lids he considers det. rlmental to the USCF, Its alms and its programs. The Prasldant II always answar· IIble to the Executive Committee, of coul"$e, but he must have Interim authority to act. Wlthou, It he will be helpless and Ineffioctual.

I Ig.ee with Monty about ultimatums and I am truly sorry Ihat • stout st.t .. menl of posillon on my part In this Instanci lends force to his criticism of me. Since this gives Indication of becomlnll a 'nuse·celebre', I thnk It will be nlces­sary ., Cleveland and bafore to thrash out and "sel" the responsibilities of the USCF PresIdent and If they add up to "leadership" he will h,ve to be granted the authorIty to lead. If the positIon of President is pUl"f!ly honorary, I would not be Interested In making the conllderable sacrifice of time ,md money that goes with the lob. Furthermore, IS an honor It belongs to others, not to one who II rala· lively new In the Natlon.1 USCF picture.

Please let me have your commants.

COLLEGE CHESS (Continued from Page 2, col. 4) Chess is a rather recent interest

at Gannon, and it has taken the student body by storm. In the first two months of its existence, the Chess Club outgrew every other campus organization; the Chess Team played at home and away in matches ' and tournaments that were carefully followed in the school paper. And if you followed the town'. papers, you might think that chess was our best and most widespread sport' (sport?!). The Chess Club was the first group tq utilize the recently purchased and redecorated Student Union Build­ing.

The thought of our new Student Union reminds me that if there is one keynote in all the plans for this forthcoming tournament, it would have to be NEWNESS-just about everything is shaping up as the latest wrinkle: substantial cash scholarships, tournament play on the spacious floor of Gannon's modern Gym-Auditorium, open house at the Student Union, and sleeping acccommodations in an ultra-modern dormitory building that isn' t even finished yet (fear not, we'll even have the grass cut by the time you arrive)!

In comparIng what I expect from this tourney with what I remember from past events of tbis kind, I am particularly impressed with the ex­traordinary cooperation and eager­ness manifested by Gannon's ad­ministration. To my knowledge, only one of the officials involved is directly aCQUainted with the Royal Game, yet everyone has has­tened to encourage tlJe Intercolle· giate Chess League and the Gan· non Chess Club in this project. Rev· erand Wilfred J . Nash, president of the college (and not the man who plays), has been especially in­terested in supporting the tourna­ment and in meeting the players and visitors from aU over the country. Adding this to the facili­ties described above and the en­thusiastic student body, you can

. see why we are sure this will be tlle greatest ICLA tournament yet.

Warmest Fratern,l Regards, JERRY G. SPANN

WESTERN OPEN (Continued from P .. ge 1, col. 1)

the tournament, had a chance to win the ti tle to the very end and finished well in the money with six points. A 22-year-old engineer, who fled Hungary dUring the re­velt last winter, Weinberger is ex­pected to add considerablY to the general all·around playing s trength of the Milwaukee Chess colony.

In addition to winning the West­crn title plus a major share of the prize fund , Byrne is also entitled" to a simultaneous.play exhibition worth $100 to be arranged for him in Milwaukee at a later date.

Following the leaders closely were three ' players finishing with six and one·half points : Hans Ber· liner, S. Popel, and Povilas ·Taut· vaisas of Chicago. Sixth thru twelfth with 6-2 each were AttiIio DiCamillo, Philadelphia. Bobby Fischer, Brooklyn, Weinberger, William Addison, San Francisco, I. Theodorovitch, Toronto, Canada, John Ragan, St. Louis, and Mark Surgies, Chicago.

Also fini shing in th'e prize fund were the following players with scores of 5'"h -2 Ih: Curt Brasket, Minneapolis, Norman T. Whitaker, Wasbington, D.C., Richard Kujoth, Milwaukee, Dr. Bruno Schmidt, Homer, N. Y., Edmund Godbold, Chicago, and Henry Giertych, Mil­waukee.

A special prize donated by H. C. Zierke, president of the Wiscon­sin Chess Association, to be award· ed the junior player under 18 years finishing highest in the tour­nament but not in the regular prize awards was given Jay Ricb­ard Martinson of Omaha, Ne­braska.

The tournament was directed by Ernest OUe, assisted by Pearle Mann.

Next on the agenda of major importance for ~!j(waukee will be the 4th Annual North Central Open Championship schedule'"d for November 29, 30 and 31. Albert Sandrin of Chicago, the current title holder, is expected to defend his championship.

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GAME COLLECTIONS

ART OF SACRIFICE, THE, Rudolf Spielmann. Philadelphia, David McKay Co.

A selection of the author's best sacrificial games . with systematic classification of attacking themes: intuition vs. calculation. BOTVINNIK THE INVINCIBLE, Fred Reinfeld. Phil.delphia, David McKay Co., 1946.

Sixty·two instructively annotated games of the man who reigned suo preme over the chess world from 1948 to 1957. DAVID BRONSTEIN'S BEST GAMES OF CHESS 1944-1949, Lar· ry Evans. New York, 1950. Mimeo· graphed and limited to 500 copies.

Thirty·nine choice games deeply annotated with stress on Soviet theoretical innovations. COLLE'S CHESS MASTERPIECES, Fred Reinfeld. New York, the Black Knight Press, 1936.

Fifty·onc litlle known games­exhaustively annotated_of an at· tacking genius who was never first rate but nevertheless produced some brili"iant parties. , FROM MY GAMES, Max Euwe. New York, Harcourt Brace & Co" 1939.

Seventy·five superbly annotated games, with introductory remarks by Fred Rcinfeld, covering the for· mer World Champion's career from 1920 to 1937. GOLDEN TREASURY OF CHESS, THE, Francis Wellmuth. Philadel· phia, Oavid McKay Co., 1943.

An unannotated anthology of 540 important games ranging from 1844 to 1942. The choice is not so good, but this is an indispensable reference work. IF YOU MUST PLAY CHESS, Ar· nold Denker. Philadelphia, David McKay Co., 1947.

Fifty·five bright attacking games annotated by the former American champion and covering the period 1929 to 1946 in his career. IMMORTAL GAMES OF CAPA· BLANCA, THE, Fred Reinfeld. New York, Horowin and Harkness, 1942. I

112 games with notes covering the career of the greatest position· al player the world bas known. KERES' BEST GAMES OF CHESS 1931·1940, Fred Reinfeld. Philadel· phia, David McKay Co., 1942.

77 gamcs of thc greatest attack· ing genius of tbe 1930's. LASKER'S CHESS CAREER : 1889· 1914, Fred Reinfeld and Reuben Fine. New York, the Black Knight Press, 1935.

, Painstaking analysis of 75 of the former World Champion's selected games. Reinfeld and Fine at their best.

• MY BEST 190s..1923, New York, C ••

GAMES OF CHESS Alexander Alekhine. Harcourt Brace and

100 games covering the author's rise to the World Championship arena. The classic annotations are deep and beautifully clear. This

IS probably the finest collection of enterprising and imakinative games extant. MY BEST GAMES OF CHESS 1924· 1937, Alexander Alekhine. New York, Harcourt Braee and Co., 1939.

120 games against the world's strongest \ playel·s. The vintage Alekhine. Games and notes are more mature than in the first volume. MY FIFTY YEARS OF CHESS, Frank Marshall. New York, Horo· witz and Harkness, 1942.

140 colorful gamcs, well anno· tated. by an American master of the attack. RESHEVSKY ON CHESS, Samuel Reshevsky. New York, Chess Re· view, 1948.

110 , games of the Western world's leading challenger for tbe World Championship. Instructive notes and profuse biographical rna· terial. ~ RUBINSTEIN'S CHESS MASTER· PIECES, Hans Kmoch. New York, Horowitz and Harkness, 1941.

100 well·analyzed games of the man who was probably at one time the strongest player in the world. He was especially noted for his endgame artistry. TARRASCH'S BEST GAMES OF CHESS, Fred Reinfeld. Philadel· phia, David McKay Co., 1947.

183 games with adequate notes. Tarrasch was undoubtedly the fin· est chess teacher who ever lived.

THE OPENING

CHESS FROM MQRPHY TO BOT· VINNIK, Imre Konig. London, G. Bell & Sons, 1951.

A century of cbess evolution in the theory of the openings. Con· tains 107 iHustrative games. IDEAS BEHIND THE CHESS OP· ENINGS, THE, Reuben Fine. Phila· delphia, David McKay Co., 1943.

Stress is laid on strategical pat· terns rather than memorization of moves. May be used in conjunction with Modern Chess Openings by the same author. Although out·of· date, this is still the epic world in its field. MODERN CHESS OPENINGS, Wal· ter Korn. London, Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons. Ninth edition-when it comes outl

Although chess theory is in a perpetual state of flu x, this book attempts to stabilize it columnizing the latest practice culled from modern master play. WINNING CHESS TRAPS, Irving Chernev. New York, Chess Review, 1946.

300 traps in the opening. The book is especially helpful because most of the deadwood has been cut away. For those of you who want to trap an unwary opponent.

THE MIDOLE-GAME

BASIS OF COMBINATION IN CHESS, THE, J . du Mont. London, George Routledge & Sons, Ltd" 1938.

Makes combinations easier to understand for those who have lit·

tie gift for them. Classifies tactical motifs with illustrative material from master play. Tbe reader may quiz himself. MIDDLE GAME IN CHESS, THE, Eugene Znosko-Borovsky. Philadel· phia, David McKay Co.

Breaks chess down into its basic components of Space, Time and Force. Contains thorough analysis of selected positions and excellent material on the transition to the ending.

THE ENDGAME BASIC CHESS ENDINGS, Reuben Fine. Philadelphia, David McKay Co., 1941.

J)jscussion of standard and typi· cal endgame posifions, distin· guished by lucidity and clarity of organization. Indispensable to all players rcgardless of playing strength. INTRODUCTION TO THE END· GAME AT CHESS, AN, Philip W. Sergeant. Philadelphia, David Mc· Kay Co., 1939.

A discussion of elementary and semi·advanced positions in terms which any player can understand. PRACTICAL ENDGAME PLAY, Fred Reinfeld. Philadelphia, David McKay Co.

Excellent discussion of how to secure a favorable. transition to the endgame when you have an advan· tage. Stresses the practical aspect and contains much illustrative rna· terial from practical play. THEORIE UNO PRAXIS OER ENDSPIELE, J. Berger, Berlin, Walter de Gruyter & Co., 1922.

The gospel of all end·game texts. Contains discussion of 508 posi· tions and is the source·book for Fine's classiCI

MAN:-:C1 T=-O:C:B=-A,....-:cW"""1 N S ANNUAL MATCH

By the close score of 15-14 Mani· toba won the annual Minnesota· Manitoba Match held at Detroit Lakes, Minn. This was the 23rd match in the series. In 1956 Minne­sota won by a score of 17%·9% but failed to make it two in a row.

Mlnne$Ota Manitoba L C. Braskett lh D. Yanofsky y". 2. G. BlmCft 1 H. Yanofaky 3. K. Pedersen 'k Dd. Dlvinsky Y:t 4. Dr. Koelsehe 1 Prof. Woodbury 0 S. Wm. Kaiser 0 A. Mogle 1 S . • Sheldon Rein 0 J . Dreman 1 7. R. Gueydan 1 11. Frank 0 8. Fruchtman 0 Dougherty 1 9. Bob Gave 1 S . Pedlar 0 10. L. Narveson 1 J. L. Matynla 0 11. R. GleMon Y:t E. Baumme Y:t 12. A. Burger 'h Hildebrandt 'h 13. G. Ronning Il J . Filkan 1 14. J. Hempel 0 N. Garfinkle 1 15. Lloyd Kile Y:t J. Feldman Y:t 16. H. Lundin 1 R. Moser ' 0 17. E. Raeder 1 D. Hurwitz 0 18. O. Andcrson 'h K. D. OUver 'h 19. N. Slein lh Nale Selchen Y:t 20. E. Hempel 1 Prof. Lawson 0 21. L. Hauer 0 S. Cooper 1 22. W. WaJJnskl 0 A. Boxer 1 23. R. Mack 1 E. Raeder 0 24. "Ed Lutgen 1 P. H. Buhr 0 25. R. Anderson 0 Dr. W right 1 26. W. Knleval 'h B. Barnes Y:t 'J:1. A. Rlley 0 J . Silverberg 'h 28. H. Sheets 0 Bill Welbe 1 29. J . GladiSh 0 E. A. Canfield 1 -

Manltoba "

U. S. WOMAN ZONAL AND CHAMPIONSHIP

Los Angeles N ovembe,' 3·16, 1957

Fo~ the 12 ranki ng Women Players In the USA, to decide the U.S, Women's Championship and FIDE zonal Qualifiers for the Woman's World Candidates Tourney.

Funds to defrily tournament eX· penses and travel costs are urgently needed by the Committee. and the contributions of USCF m embers are requested.

Send .111 donat ions to: IRVING RIVISE

2151 So. Sepulveda Los Angeles 34, calif.

M~ke ch~cks p<Tj(1b1~ to: UnireJ Stairs Wom,','s Cheu Ch.;",pio'iship 19J7

SICILIAN DEFENSE MCO: page 183, to lumn 94 i(EI)

Second Match Game New York, 1957

White Black A. BISGU1ER 5. RE5HEVSl(Y 1. " . K4 P·QB4 16. I(R·Ql I(·Rl 2. Kt·ICB3 P.Q3 17. Q·KBl IIa·Ql 3. P·Q4 PxP 11. P· Kt4 Kt/ l-B4 4. ICtxP Kt·KB3 19. PxP KtxS 5. Kt-QS3 P·KKt3 10. pxPth PxP 6. B·K3 B·KI2 11. KtxKt Kt.K4 7. P·B3 P-QR3 12. K,.Q4 Q·Q2 8. B·QS4 P·OKt4 13. Q. R4th K·Ktl 9. B·KIJ B·Ktl 14. 0 · Kt3 "R·B1 10. 0 ·Q2 P·KR4 25. B·Bl QR. KSl 11. P·OR4 P·KtS 26. P· B4 ICt·Kt5 12. Kt· R2 P·R4 27. P·R3 1('·B3 13. P·S3 PxP 28. QxP QxlCRP 14. KlxP Kt.R3 29. R·R3 !<'t·lCtS 15. 0·0 0-0 Resigns

if NIMZOINDIAN DEFENSE

MCO: page 110, column 46 Fifth Match Game

New York, 1957 WhIte Black

S. RE$H&VSKY A . SISGUIER 1. P.Q4 Kt·KB3 10. B·Q2 P·QR3

21 ., Kt·R4 Q·Ol 22. BxKt PxB

2. P·OB4 P·K3 3. Kt·QBJ B·Kt5 4. P·K3 P-QKt3 23. KR· Bl QR·Ktl S. KKt·K2 B· RJ 24. R·B6 RxR 6. P·QR3 B·lI:l 25. PxR 0 ·El2 1. Kt· B4 0·0 26. Q·B. R·OSI 8. P.l:(4 P·03 17. R·OBI Q·R2 9. B·Kl QKt·Q2 lB. P· R3 K·Bl 10. 0·0 P·B3 29. P·Kt3 R·B2 11. P·05 BPxP 30. R·Ol Kt·Kl 12. BPxP BxB 31. K·Sl O·Kt1 13. QxB P·K4 31. R·Bl Kt·BJ 14. Kt·Q 3 Kt·S4 · 33. K· KI1 Q·Kt4 15. Kt·Kt4 Kt·K16 34. K·B3 P·Q4 16. Kt·B6 Q.Q1 35. PxP KtxP 17. R·KI1 Kt·QR4 36. 0·B5ch K·Kl 18. KtxBch QxK' 31. Q·Q6 Q.Q6ch 19. P·QKt3 KR·Bl Res igns

U.S. CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS TOURNEY

Yankton, S.D. August 30·September 2

WHO CAN PLAY: Restricted to all offlelal state champion!, Includ· ing those of Puerto Rico, Hawall, and Alaska, as pC August 1, 19S7.

TYPE OF TOURNEY: Seven round SW1S5, beginning at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, AUgU5t 29th.

PRIZES: 1st prize $25Q plus tro­phy, ami title "Champion at Cham. pions"; 2nd: $150; 3rd: $75; 4th: ~O; 5th: $25; 6th: 515; and 7th: $10. All state champions participating will receive the Paul Mo."hy Centennial Gold Medal.

ENTRY FEE, $10 plus USCF memo bershlp (55) from non·members. ~

WHERE: Hotel Charles Gurney, Yllnkton, S .D.

Send your entries, before June IS, 1957, to;

JERRY SpANN 3011 Paseo OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLA.

SPECIAL NOTE: State champions partiCipating In the Champion of Champion Tourney will receive their Hotel accommodation Free during t he tournament. ,

GAMES BY USCF MEMBERS ,

Annotated by Chess Ma&ier JOHN W. COLLINS

USCF MEMBERS: Submit Y"U1 b~st s:m"u for this rJrpaltmrnt to JOHN W. COLLlNS 91 Le"ox Road Brooklyn 26, N. Y. Space b,jng /imit,d, Mr. Co/lint 1IIjJ/ I~lut 117. ;'orl ill/e," 6"8 ';"d ;IIsl,ucriy, for publication. Unless otherwiu Slated twits to gam. , ar. by Mr. C,,[[;nf.

WELL HANDLED A finr 84m', well h"ndled by While,

(/ good corresponJe'lu player from Wasn · ingtoll st(lU.

-KING'S INDIAN DEFENSE MCO: page 89 (a)

Puget Sc.und Tournament Puget Sound;'" 1957

White Black F. H. WEAVER V. PUPOL$ 1. P·QB4 Kt·KB3 3. P·K4 P·Q3 I. Kt·QB3 P-KKt3 4. Kt·B3 4. P.Q4 (or on the neliCt mol'~) tends to discourage 4 . ........ , P.B4; and 4 . ... ..... , P-K4.

4. , __ ,." 5. B·K2

8-K~ 0-0

Or 5 ..... _ ... , P·B4. 6. 0 ·0 P·K4 7. P-Q4 Kt_BJ

The opening has transposed Into the Classical LIne of the King's Indian De­fewc. Black's last m o ve, popular t<>­day. was cultivated by F. D. Yates In the J9205.

8. P-Q5 ._ .... Both this m o ve and 8. B-K3 (which keeps the center fluid and is preferred by Reshevsky and Ellwe) provtde about even chances.

8. . .. ... _. Kt-K2 9. R-Kfl ____ _ ..

9. Kt_K I Is considered the best. 9. Kt-KI

Better Is 9 ......... , P-QR4. lG. P·QKt4 P-KB4 14. Kt-R2 II. B·Q3 P·BS IS. B.K2 12. P·BS P·KR3 16. Kt-Kt4 13. P·KR3 P·KKt4

KI_KB3 K-R2

White d o es e verything pOSsible to re_ t ard Black's KBP, KKtP, a nd KRP.

16. ... .... . Kt-Kt3 11. P-Kt3 Q·K2

H 17 ........ . , P-KR4? lB. KtXKt ch, Qx-Kt; 2\1. K-Kt2!, not 19. BKRP? BxP; 2G. R·KI, PxKtP; and wins.

18. K_Kt2 P.QR4? This Is Inconsequent. Black should fos_ ter h is K-slde chances with ... ... .. , B.Q2: ........ , R·B2; ...... .. , R-RI; and ........ , K.KtI . I~. PxQP QBPxP 22. B·R3 P-Kt3 2G. KtxKtch BxKt 23. Q.Ktl Q.B2? 21. P·KtSI B·Q2 Thla sparks a little combination which turns out badly.

24. Kt_R4 . .... . . rr 24. BxP? P-B6 ch: 25. BxP, B.K2: aud White loses a Bishop. 24. _____ _ . B·QI 21. K-Ktl 25. BxP BxPch 28. QR-BI 26. KxB Q·Q2ch

Q" . __ .-...

Now White has the QB·f!1e, p l ay against the weak KP, and a strong pro. tected, passed QP.

28 • .. _ 2~. Kt·Ktl

If 29 .•. _.. .... Q-Kt5: 30. PxQ, favors White.

Kt-K2 8·B2

R-B4, QxQ: ,,-3G. P·R4 Q-Q2 32. R/I-BI QR.BI 31. R·B3 B-Q! 33. Kt_B4 R.QKtl Not 33 ...... ... , B-B2? 34. P·Q6, BxP: 35. R-Ql, R-KBS: 36. R/3-Q3, and White wins a piece.

34. KtxB QxKt 3S . B-Kt4 . . __

Stronger is 35. R-B7! t llr if 35. . ....... , KR·BI? 36. R/I.B6! Q_QI; (36. . ... .... , QxR(B2); 37. RxQ. R>tR: 38. P -Q6 wlns) 37. P -Q6; RxR; 38. PxR, and wins. 35. R-Ktl 38. RXR 36. Q-B2 R·QRl! 39. Q.QlJ 31. R·B7 R/1·R2 The act ion veers to the K-side and t~e final phase begins.

• ,,-40. B·K6

K·Ktl R·Ktl

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41. PxP! KtPxP If 41. .... .. ..• !{P"P, 42. Q.Q4 ch, K-R2; 43. P -K5, w~ns. ~2. Q·RS R·KBll 45. RxRch KtxR. '3. R·KKtl R·B3 46. B-BS ~4. K-R2ch R·Kt3 'l'hreatcning 46. BxKt, QxB; 47. QxKP eh, ond wins With the atteak, a Bishop for ' a Knight, and ~ passed·pawn, the end ing Is won for White .

46 . . ·.. Kt·K2 47. B·K6 Kt-KtJ 4S. Q.Kt4

St.·onger is -~8. Q-B5! Then If 48 ...... .. . , K t-K2; 49. Q.B7 eh, K_Rl; 50. Q-B(\ ch, K·R2 ; 51. B-Kt8 eh, wins t he Queen. Or 48. . ....... , Q_K2; 49 . P-Q6! Q-RS chi

· 50. K·Ktl, Q-Kt4 chi 51. Q.l<Q, PxQ; 52. P.Q7, wins. 4S. ..... Q·K2 49. B·BS Q.R5ch SO. K·Kt2 QxQch

51. BxQ 52. P-03

' K-B3 K-K2

If 52 . .. . __ __ , K-Kt4 ; 53. K-RJ, P -R4; 54. B-Q7! and Wins.

53. K_RJ If 53 . ........ , K-BS;

54. B·BS

K-Q3 54. P-Q6!

Kt·K2 55. K-Kt4

A last try which pawn race.

P·R4ch produces an excltlng

56. KxP KtxB 57. PxKt

Or 57 . ........ , KxP; 58. P-B6, K_K3; 59. -K·KtH, P·K5; GO. P.B7, and wins.

58. P·B6 P-"P Or 58 . ........ , P-K6; 59. P·B7, K-K2: 60. K_Kt6, P·K7: 61. P-Q6 eh, K_BI; 62. p_ Q7, and wlns. 59. P;B7 K-K262. P.B8=Q 60. K-Kt6 P·B7 P·B8 = Q 61. P·Q6ch K-K3 63. Q·K1ch K-Q4

64. P·Q7 Resigns For if 64 . . _ ... ... , Q-Q6 chi 61>. K-BH, Q_ B6 ch; 61>. K _B7, and 67. P-Q8 = Q (ch), settles matte rs. A long. Interesting tussle.

CHAMPlON'S STYLE 1956 U .S. Am"fe", Chrnnpiou, Lt.

Johu H"JJO" , ,how! the <lyle -which h"s ~!ldblcJ him to re",";n "nd~jedi(d ;" two COllsc,,,tiv~ year! of p/try i" the an""dl U.S. Amateur Championship.

SICILIAN - DEFENSE MCO: page 21G, column 29

U.S. Amateur Championship Asbury Park. 1957

Not" by U .s. Expert, J. NOT>tld" C otter

dnd Lt. Joh" Hudson White Black

LT. J. A. HUDSON L F. AULT I. P·K4 P·QB4 2. Kt-K2 The Keres varlation which sets Black some positional t r aps. A fine e)tample or this line in which Black plays 2. .. ..... . , P-Q3 can he Seen in Keres VB . WaI­ter, page 3 of the recent June 5 CHESS LIFE. 2. Kt_QBl After this m ove "White has no better Ihan to Iranspo~e to tbe nonnal lines. 3. P-Q4 PxP 5. Kt.QB3 P_Q3 4. KtxP Kf-83 6. B-K3 The latest J wist whtch allows Black to

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try .' ....... , KI-KKt5 when White plays 7. B-QKtS with all sorts o f compllca­lions whleh appear to favor White. lvko v-Taimanov, Hastings 1955-56 would be a g ood reference for this line . 6. P_KKt3 7. P-B3 The so·called Yugoslav build_up wh iCh has been constantly gaining In popu_ larity. 1. B-Kt2 9. P·KKt4 8. Q·Q2 0-0 Possibly even stronger than the usual 9. 0_0·0 as against inaccurate defense Whit e is one iull tempo ahead on hIs pawn-storming. 9. " P·QR3 A bit tame conSidering the potential violence of the eoin.J.ng attaCk. Dr. Euwe recommends 9. . ... .. .. , KtxKt; 10. BxKt, P-K4; II. B-K3, B-K3 threatening the break ........ , P-Q4. 10. P·KR4" P-K3 11. P·R5 P-Q4 Black'~ only ho pe Is to counter White's wing demonstration with a break in the center. 12. RPxP QPxP On both ... ..... , RPxP and ..... ... , BPxP, White obtaIns a winning attack. Just one line to show what might occur: 12. . ....... , RPxP; 13. KtxKt, PxKt; 14. P·KS, Kt-Q2; 15. Q-R2, R_Kl; 16. Q-R7 eb, K_BI ; 17. B.R6, .BxE; 18. QxB ch, K-K2; 19. Q_Kt5 eh lind If .Black does not give up a piece by .... .... , Kt-B3, mate follows. 13. P·Kts! A co mmon mistake In positions ot this type would be 13. PKRP ch?, K-Rl when the White pawn helps shelter his enemy. U.

0, .. _ . ..• ,;;:K;': P-K6 KxP; 17.

Ktd( P with 16. Q-R2 What else? 17. QxPch K-B2 18. B-Q3! On the alternative .. _ ... _., Kt-BS Intended simply 19. 0-0_0 and will not survive {or long. 19. Kt_K4! Re$lgns

Q" White Black

Preventing the cheek at Kt6 as well as th~eatening KtXQ and Kt-Q6 ch. On 19. .,. __ .. _, Q-Kt7 once again sImply ZO. 0 _0_0 and Black Is ruined.

HIGH SCHOOL CHESS

DUTCH DEFENSE Mca: page 24, column I

New Jersey High School Team Championship

East Orange, 1957

Not~; by U.S. Expm Stauley B. Winlen White Black

G. DeMARIA L H. AUL T (Seton Hall Prep) (Cranford) I. P·Q4 P-K3 3. P.KKt3 2. P.QB4 P_KB4 Usually played, but requ iring precise t iming and exact moves. 3. Kt·KB3 5. Kt-KB3 0·0 4. B-Kt'l B·K2 6. 0·0 P_Q4 This " stonewall" is today more popular than 6. . ....... , P-Q3, aiming for P-K4, which allows White more leeway In the center. 1. Kt_B3 H., re 7. P-Kta would afford a choice In postinll the QB at QRJ or at KB4. As plared, it reaches neither post.

7 P_B3 8. P·K3 Q·KI A' d~;:;ble-edged move which foreshad­ows P-QKt4, in addition t o the more obvious Q_R4. 9. Q_K2 The QBP now needs protection. 9 Kt·K5 10. R-QI .. ... .. . Her~ - 1.he rook \s without prospects. 10. K t -Q2 with P_B3 to Iollow was prefer-able. -10. Kt_Q2 13. P-B3 KtxKt 11. Kt-KI Kt·Kt3! 14. PxKt 8·Q3 12. PxP KPxP _ Black has freed his game somewhat and now proceeds to rearrange his position for a Q_slde attack. Despite h ill weak Q·slde, White should find proper counters. IS. P·KB4 .... __ . Better than IS. P-K4, which would lead to II gener-al exchange In the center and open the game to Black's advan­tage, being better developed and hav_ Ing two bishops_ 15. __ .... Kt_OS 17. B-Q2 .......• 16. Kt·Q3 P·QKt4 17. Kt·K5 was In order. here or on the next mOve. 17. P·QR4 18. K_B2 Limiting the scope of his Queen, which badly needs air. 18 •.. _ .. __ B_R3 19. KR-QKtl Q·K3

20. P·QR4

To remove his Queen from the line of £Ire of the Black QB, 20. B·RBI was essential. 2G. . .... . . 21. PxP

KR·QKtl

,~QBXP 22. P·R4 R_Kt3

. K·Ktl R_Kt1 28. Q-B3 R·KB7 29. Q.QI QxP

26. BxR KtxKtch 30. Q-Ktl ... .. If 30. K_R2, RxE eh; 31. KxR, Q-B7 chi 32. K_R3, KtxP cb: 33. PxKt, B-K7 ~eems adequate. 30. .. ...... R.Kt1ch 31. K·R2 RxQ Whit.. should now resig n , but hope lingers that his 17-year old opponent will blunder. Auit, who won the best played game nward lor this game, winds up with a forced mate. 32:. RxR KtxP 35. K·RI QxPch 33. PxKt QxPch 36. K_Ktl

. 34. K.Ktl QxPch B·B4 mite

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FRENCH DEFENSE MCO: page SG, column 29

50_ California Chess League

Los Angeles, 1957

Not~s by U.S. Export J. Norma" Cott. r. White Black

R CROSS J. MOSKOWITZ (UCLA) ' jStelner C.C.) 1. P·K4 P_K3 3, Kt·QB3 Kt-KBl 2. P_Q4 P-Q4 4. B-KtS PxP The Burn vaMatlon. slightly different Irom 3 ........ . , PxP, the Rubinstein vari-ation. Another possibility would be ...... .. , B-Kt5, the MacCuteheon line. 5. KtxP B·K2 Or ........ , QKt-Q2 transposing back to the Rublnsteln. 6. BxKt BKB Another playable alternative is 6 ......... , Pill.

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7. KI.KB3 0-0 The correct move 1$ ., ....... Kt-Q2. LH· tlng White know a t thll early date where his King Is going to take up permanent resldenee II not recom· mended In Ihls pllrtlcullr situation. 8. P-B3 "'CO suggests Ihe ultra·sha rp 8. p . KKI4!? or 8. Q·Q2. The text move ap. pears at least D5 gQO(! If not e, 'en more solid. •• P·QKtJ 10. Q·K2 Kt.Q2 ,. B-Ql II·Kn 11. 0.0-0 II·K2 The themaloc ........• P·IU I. or course unplayable because of s im ply 12. PXP. KIXP; 13. KtxK t with 14. BliP ch to follow. Black wtshu 10 transfer h is Kl to S3. 12. P·KR4! An excdlent move In position. of Ihls t)·PC. White wl$he$ to post a Kt on KKt5. If then ....... . , P.KR3. ,¥hlte , 1m. ply Ignores the push as .... .... , PxKI would lead to a fat,t l openlne of the KR·We . On the othe r hind. ....... .. p_ KR3 at this point would live White a beautiful target to shoot at via p_ KKt4. Kt5 In conJuneUon with 11 pos­sIb le QR·KKII . 12. KI.1I3 13. KI/ 4.KI5 g·Q3

14. Kt·KS p· B4?

\"onlcally the thematl" freeing move brings di saster In Its wake. Certain ly Black could not have played .. ...... , Ib:P; 15. KR·Ktl, B·Kt2; 16. Kt·Kt4 with a winning aUack. It Is dl rtl cui! 10 find constructive moves. IS. PxP gxp

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C;o.pllol City (Sacrlml nlo ) Chu, Club : After a bad s tart. Dr. Alexander J a. nushkowsky rallied 10 win Ihe club title. 1~2 , losIng a game 10 M/lnlur K. Sac,," and d" a wi ng with Wm. Halnu and Nell Auslin. Mansur K. Saca placed second wllh 1 3 \oi.-3 ~;'. loslnlt gamu to ORap Bender, Ct..ude Scheuerman, and Wm. Chesney while drawing with Wm. Re. bold. Third 10 flflh with 13-4. leore, were Oslap Bender • . Capt. Edmund B. tAlmundson, Jr., and Wllliam C. lIalnes. J. Claude Scheuern.an placed sixth wllh 12.5, and Nell 1'. Austin was leV. enth in the Ill-player rou nd robin event with 10·7. A USCF Club AflIUate.

Manhattan (N.Y.) Chess Club: The event In celebration of the ~hnhaUan Club victory In the Met"opolltan Chess l.eague was coupled with the dlstrlbu. tion of prize awards Cor meritoriOUS ach ievemen ts In recent tom-namenls. As a speCial event Grandmaster Sam. uel Reshe\,sky ga.·c an exhibition of bllndtold chess at 10 scconds a move. playIng 10 picked players contecuU\,ely. Resh,,\'sky wOn fl'om Charles B. SIX on, Victor Guala, MI"$. Gisela K. GI'(!$$er, Walter J. Shlpmllll, Frank Howe snd Aben Rudy, but lost to Karl BUrger, Irving Heitner. Bobby Fischer, and Ar. thur Feuerstein. A USCF Club Atrlll. ;lte.

San Anlonio (Tun) Chen Club: Vic. lory In Ihe club chanlplonthlp lV~nt 10 BI"ke Ste"ens with '·0. Morley Pastlnkly was sc<:ond with 7\1:1 ·1\1:1. losing to SlC· ,-ens and d r",,'lng wllh Robert Severance who plaeed third wHh 6'h·3\o!r. Clemente VUlareal was fourlh with ~. tn the Cia" A e ven t Rubeo Nunez; was tint with 8.1, losln8 one gllme to Sam Fulker. son. Second and third with 6-3 eacb were Henry Davis and FulkcUOII, whUe fou rth and fifth wilh 5\o!r·2\1:t each were R. P. Colle r and ClitE J eweU. Dick Kine ... on the B Class eyent 1\1:1 ·2",. whUe Richard Nocehl w"s seeond wllh 7.3 and Michael DeSha third with 6\o!r·3..... A USCF Club Artiliate. R~c1ne (Wis.) Chen Club: Plans Ire

undnway to organize A bl·stale lugue In the area between Chlca,o and Mil. waukee where once the North Shore r.e"gue held forth. Possible memlX!u of the lea lt\le "re: R.,clne. MUwAukec. Wauk~g"n, Kenosba, Maywood. Olenn Ellyn and Elmhursl. Plans are for 50man team s (one J;:ood clr·\o"d), play on Sunday artilrnoon, durln¥ corly Fall and late Winter wltb team enlry fee of $IO.MI which would '0 for rot­lng fee s "nd a good trophy. tntereste d eroup In thi s aTCa should contact H. C. Zierke. 1320 ]7th St ., Racine, Wis. A USCF AffUlated Club.

Martin (Balllmor.) Co. Cheu Club: Harry H. Douglass scored 6-1 t o win the club lItle. losing one Itame to James E. Templin. Second with 5",-1", was G. Gordon D;ow$On who losl to Douglass aDd drew wllh Donald W. Raney. Ha ney plaeed third with 4\o!r·2\o!r, whJle Ke nneth "I. Benjes was fourth with W in tho S.plaYi!r round robin. A USCF Club Affiliate. •

GUEST ANNOTATORS Lt. John Hudson Stllnley B. wInters J. Norman CoHer

. .... .. . th~at on Q and R forces

Black's which leads to a dccls! y~ smaShing the Black K-slde. 16. KtxKt 18. Rx Kt 8xP 17. BxP,h K·Rl Black cannot dC£end against all the threats. 19. Q·R5 P·KI3 2G. Q.R61 Resigns Thcre Is no escape.

Corpu. Chrhti (Tex. ) Chen Club: The annual Class A event was wOn by Cerald Blair "ith 5-1, a loss to Folk Wea ...... r . He nry Youngma n was second with 4'k·l \o!r, and tied for third at 3\o!r· 20;.. weTC Folk Weaver and Jack Moore. A USCF Club ArcHlate.

I Finish It The Clever Wayl

Position No. 205: I. R-Ra!, BxKtP (If .. .. , ... , KxR; 2. BxKtP!, K.Kt%; 3. B·R7 ch wins; Or If 2 . ........• P-B3 ; 3. RcRl ch, K-Kt2; 4. PxBP eh anti :>. QxQ); 2. Q. 1\>1!. QxKP; 3. RPxB, and White won.

POSition No. 200: 1. R·R7 ch, K·BI (If K-R3; 2. R-QKt7. Kt.Kt2; 3. R· Kt·R~; 4. R_Kl13, K-Kt2; 5. P.B5,

-"C"i',,', P.SS! wins); 2. R.Q7!. K·Kt1; 3. .. KtxP eb ; 4. K-B6, Kt·R4 cb (or ........ , K·RI; 5. R-Q4, P-Kt4; 6. R-Q7. P-KtS; 7. R-Q4 wins); 5. KxP. Kt-BS ch; 6. K.Kt5. Kt-KJ eh; 7. K-B6, Kl-S5; 8, R·Q4, Kt_K7; 9. R-QB4. K·R2; 10. K. K15, Kt·Kt6; 11. K-Kt4, Kt.-B8; 12. R·B3. Kt-R7 eh; 13. K_B4. ' Kt-BS; 14. R-B2. K.R3; 15. K·KB2 wins. If 3 .......... K_BI: 4. R·B7 ch, K.KU (If \ ........ , K·KI ; 5. R. B6!, K.QI; G. K.S?! .,,·Ins; 0:':: S ......... . KlxR; 6. KxKt Wins.); 5. K.K7. K.Rl; 6. K·BII, KI-K t6; 7. R.KKt7. Kl-R4; 8. RxI' wins.

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I No. 713 8 r lll : key I . Q-KR2, Ihrea! 2. Q-Q6 ma~. No. 714 Costikyan: key 1. N.NS

with double threat 2. N_B7 Ind 2. Q.Q6 mate. Moves of NK4 ddeat both. Random N movc. 2 8-85' N.N3 8-N8' N_B2 P-K8; N-B6, Q-R2; N-Q6. ditto; ete. The theme. knight elv~s 3 I'mlxed vadittons': In which botb tbe "removal" and "arrlyal" e rfects of Ihe moYe arc exploited In tho mite. No. 785 Elton : this composition ,.. ruined by the oml»ion of a black pAWn. We ask our $Olvers to add Ihl' BP on KE4 and trY It .galn. 2 cxtn weeks' time (or 'solvlng It! No. 116 Almay: this help· mlae Is ruined by the mlsprlntIDg or a third black rook, puttlnlt the WhK In check. The~ should be NO roOk. black or white, on the second 1100. Try It ..,d be amUled. 2 exlra w~ks and 4 points ror ~IYln, It.

II"!. f 55 I: ife Mo,'." p,,- 7 \l.V Augwt 5. 19'7

Mort,}"", Pige 8

• AI's lm 1, 1917

Position No. lJO Riehter·Naeseli. Munic h 19:\4

Richte r played I . RxJU>1. a nd thf:re lli no Ola~n.ble defense a,alMI the Ihrtlt or 2. RIR. Naej[ell tiled I. ........ . 1'\".8-1; bu t afle r 2. Q..IUkh hI rtlllIned In view or the ' oreed o;-anUnulftlon 2. ..... ... . RxQ; 3. R><Reh . K.B2: • . R·R7ch. K·KJ ; , . PllNeh. K·Q3; 6. Jtll:~h. KxR; 7. P ·R6 Dnd " '1111. In thl. " ar la Uon, 2. RltR II also guod enou¥h to force the win. One solve r l UlI,elted II defens" by I. ......... Q·N' ; 2. K.1'>2. Q. /.I$; 3. Q.Kleh, Q·8:2; but now 4. ,QxQeh wi", a, once for White as would the Simpler RxR at bls second move. Soh 'u , who hi ve not already done 50 I huuld t nJoy work . Ins out the variation. whic h rouow the other Kni, h t III<JVes BlaC k ean play Illncnd of 1. ......... N·B4.

Other t rle~ .,. ~ nut conylneln&:. Most popuJar .... as I. It·Q6. but art~r I . .. .. .... . Q·B2 nl'lther 2. R.Nlkh. Nx..Il; 3. QxReh. N·llsQ nur 2. Q.K6ch . K.naq sum to Iud 10 any quick win for White. Ther. are 5I;" eral pretty wlnnln, vl deUon. aflc r I. N·R4. hU I BI.ek apptoan to ha"e a I>leady defcn$e by 1. ........ . Q.N5. . ·Inally. I . R·6 7 Is refu ted by I . ........ . "" •.

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20tb SI.; 7 rd Sww. 4$ 'moves In 2 hr.; hllhut rankinl Alabam. resident S l lle Champion; 1st prize 10..... lIe t proce eds. 1Dd 30,," . 3rd 10..... Irophles to USCF Clus A. B, C ehamplo .... JIlII' lo r trophy; enltt' t ee: $5; TO J . F. Ad· dl nil lon ; f or de talls, ,,·rll. : F. W. Kemp. Box 11 4.. p . lmerdale. Al l.

100% IJSCF rated .v.nt .

A "sut/ J I ·Srplrmh, 2 Michigan St.te Championship

Ann Arbor, Mich. Open; at Michl , ln Union. Ann Arbor;

S rd Swlu, 2 rtf each d.y; entry tee: $7.S0. USCF m embership required ($5), more d etails la te r .

lGO% USCF tited .v.nt.

Oc/oh, 19·20

4th Annual Fort Wayne Open Champion.hip. Fort Wlyne, Ind. OP'Cn; at Fort Wayne YMCA. Friend·

s hip 11011; 5 rd SwI ... S·U tle·breaklng. Improved Harkne .. p.lrinl' lI t td only. 4.5 rnov .. per 1\.', hi'll. ; I.t rd be(l.na I p.m. 00::1.. 19; e nlry fe.: SS; prizes: 5(1,*, . 30';'u. 20<;;, . at the priu fund which .... 11 «Insist at 6O'l> at total . ntry Ceea; brine d ock. and chI'" tqu lpment If poA lble; for t urther de tail.. write: William R. Shuler. lOU Wlnle r SI.. Fort W. yn • • Ind.; to r YMCA room " setva. tlOIli. write Mr. 8yel'5, YMCA. =e E. Washlnllon . Fori Wlyne. lnd..

100% USCF rlted .v.nt .

S.nd to CHESS LIFE, 113 No. Humphr.y Ave., Oak P.,,,, III . for .ppllca. t ion form for .nnouncing tourn. m.nl In thl. column.

Unl." otherwise sp.elfl.d, III tourna .... nt. Innounced In th is column Ire 100% USCF rat.d. R.ting f.u. If Iny~ are Includ. d In specified . ntry H.; no add itional r.ting f n for non·m.mbers US<,;F.

A usust 24·25 P.nhandle Open Ch.mpion.hip

Plainview, Tex. Open ; al RUton Ho\el; 5 rd Swia;

eDtry fee $~; Iropble.s f or lit. 2.nd. and 3rd. plus Panhandle title to r esident. plua cash prize.; TO George Koltenow· I kl ; l or deleUs. wrll e: Bob HUb\l1'n. BOll: 91 1. Plainview. Tex.

100% USCF rllted ev.nt.

AU8ust 30·Stplcmbtr Z Champion of Champions Tourney

Yllnkton, S. D. See sp.cl'l I nnouncement on pag' 5

August 30. Stpttmbtr 2 New EnglilMd Chempionship

Hartford, Conn. Restricted to residenU 01 New Ella·

land; at Hotel Statler. Hartford: 7 rd :owlA , 40 moves In 2 hrs: entry fee: lor "A" $15. fat "S" $10 (include. ban. quet); prize.: In "A" $100 and trophy for l$t . euh to 5th. oUle r prtua to about 15th. , peelal prize.; lor "8" f.ro.. phi l'S 10 3rd .; spallliored by New ED,· li nd Che5$ ASs'n; tor detaill. writ.: T. N . Ede lbaum. 152 Henry S t., Windsor. Conn.

100% USCF rated .vent.

d u, .. st Jl-St Pltmbn Z Louisl"na State Open Championship

New Orillns, la. Open; 11.\ Map !loom of Junl Hotel ;

~o ~? S~Iri:in~ln~u.I~:! "o:a~:~ Ch.::!~ Cham pion; ent ry fee $5 plul LCA memo benhip ($1) ; New Orleans Che" Club. hal t ; tor details and priZl'S. write: C. J. Cueullu. aal Paneia St .• New Orlun •• La.; for hote l reservations. wrlle: Nr. Rodney Bake r. Reservation ManaSe r. Jung Hotel. New Orleans, La.

100% USCF rllied event.

AU8US/ n-Srpttmbtr 2 3rd Arizona State Open

Championship Phoenix, AriL

Open; a l Luhrs Sidg .. ath fioor. cor: Central & Jefferson; 7 rd SwiA. 45 mons In 2 hrs &< U mov('. pe r hr. thereafte r; Harkness palrlnss. Median tle.bre. klng; e ntr y fee: $3; pllY , tllrll; 8:30 a .m .• Sat . Aug. 31sl; se~eral tro­ph ies. u sh and merchandise priMS. special trophy for h ighesl pillced . wom. an; pl.,.ed In a ir...,ondlUoned qua riel'll , . please b r ing clocks and sell: for de· tails or hotel .c«lmmod. tlon.. write: Phlll ip T . Luk5. 211 W. Citrus Dr .• Scoltldale. ArIz.

100% USCF rated event.

Au,us/ Jl-Srptrmh, 2 P.ul Morphy Centennial Open

Yankton, S. D. S .. Special announc.m.nt on pag. 2

AII,Ult JJ-Stplfm6" Z 4th S.int P.ul Open -Championship

St. Paul, Minn. I

Open; It S I. Paul DlsPlteh·P1oneer Pr." AuditOrium, 41h St. be lwe.n Ce­dllr &,; Mlnn"oll S t&.; 1 rd SWill, 45 m o,·e. In 2 hn.; re&Lrtration Sat. AUI. 31 It 8:30 I.m .. lit rd bel llll 1:00 p.m.; entry fe.: .f7 (HII'll. Scl1001 Stud.nt. .J3 ); 1s t priu $12:1 plus trophy. 1300 In cub pru.a Ind $100 in mereh.ndbe prizes guaranteed. trophle. and prUil ' lor Cia .. A. 8. lit C; tor detaU, or advlnee relbtraUon. wrlle: Robert C. Gave. Rle 2. Wayz.ta. Minn.

lGO% USCF rlted .v.nt.

AUI "J/ JI·S~ptrmbu 1, 1917 3td Iowa Open Chllmpion.hip

Waterloo, la. Open; at YMCA, 154 W. 4th SI .. Wa·

terlOO. sponsored by ISCA and Cedar VaUey C.C.; 5 rd Swiss with Coons palrinl .nd tle·breaklns. 45 moves I~ hrl .• n parate lourne,. tor junlon (un. der II) If • Or more e nter: rellstrltlon before I p .m. Sit.. play bectn. 1:30 p.m .; entry tee: f5 (with $2 refund fo r cornpleUn, acbedule). Juniors $1.50 (with 50e re fund ); prizes; enlraved Irophy or theu ctock to hl,h~lt acor. cr •• w.rdl to r l nklns acorer5 In B. C . nd Junior d aue • • value of aw.rde and posslbl. addltlon I wards cictermlned by number of enlriH: hotel.: Rulldl.La.m. JOn. Weal 51h • Commerd.l; Prelidenl, East Park lit SYUmore ; for lurther de· tlUI. writ. : Jobn M. OsneA. 106 Long. fe llow Av •.• Wa le rloo. la .

100% USC .. r . ted ..... nt.

Alig ult Jl -Sfplfm6tr Z Pe nnsylvania St.te Chemplonship

Pitt.burgh, Penn. Restricted to Irea residents and. bona·

nd. members ot ~nn Cheu Cluba; It the Pltt.burlh Chen Club. Downtown YMCA. 4th and Wooda SII.; 7 rd SWIA. 50 move. In 2 hre.; entry tee: $9 Indud. In, USCF and PSCF memberahlp: Tro­phies and eu h prIZeI; TO S. C. Marshllll. For detaila, write: Adam K. Bert % Plttsburlh Chos$ Chlb. Downtown YMCA. 4th and Woods St&.. Pltt,bur,h 22. Pa. Pleue bring doclts.

100% USCF rat.d .v.nt.

Au, .. s, J J..stplf.,,6n Z North Carolina Clo.ed Champion·

ship, Raleigh, N. C. Reltrieled to resldentl of North Caro.

IIna and members at Armed Forcei ItaUoned In . t.te ; at News Ind ObBetver Bld, .• 215 S. MeDowe ll St .• 5 or II rtf Swill; re(l.ltr. tlon 9 to 12 nooD. AuI'. l l . lit round ... rlJ .t I p .m. ; entry lee: P .SO plu. $1 for North Carol.ina Cbe .. AI$'n dues ; prizes: $SO paranteed I. t prize plul trophy. other prize. In· dudln, Junior and Ladl,,; TO Dr. A. M. JenklM; tor detail., writ.: Dr. A. M.. J enkin l. 227 Bry. n Bldg .• Rale1lh, N.C.

100% USCF nted .v'nt.

Ausult Jl-St:pttmbn 2 Florid. State Champlon,hip

and Chess Feltival Home.t.ad, Fla.

At NIUonal' Guard Armory. Hom .. stead; len event program for aU ciu5es of players; Florida lnvll,Uonal ChampionshiP. restri cted 10 11 Qual!. flen. vaclInclu flllf!d hy volunleen. 1 rd sem!·r(lund.robin. ent ry f N: $10; Florida Open Champlon¥hlp. 7 rd modi· lied Swiss open to playel'5 of any rat.. Ing or resident. entry f .. : $7; Florida Futurity. I rd modifled S .. ·W. reltrk:t.. ed to under 1100 utins .. entry fee $!; Florid. New Playe.... • rd modilled SwiA. rest ricle<:i to under 1600 uUnp. enlry fee $3; Florid. Ladle. Cham· plonshlp. rdl &Ii needed. .nlry fee : .J3; also speed Ind belinnen evenu­lor adult. and children. plu • • 8up, nenmen;, Speelal. for thO*I who baven' t played In lit le .... t " yeall; tro­phies for aU evenU. ample euh In th. felltures; please brln, docb .nd seU; replraUon 6-7:30 p.m. FrI.. AUI. 30. 1st rd at 1:30; tor details. writ. : R.. C. Eastwood. 3Gl S. Krom. Ave.. Hom .. stead. Fla.

100% USCF flt.d evlnt.

AUSulI JO-S~pl~mhr 2 New Jersey Open Champlon,hip

E .. t Onnge, N. J, open; II IndepenDent Ch ••• Center.

102 No. M.p le Ave .• Ellat Or.,,&. in eoo· junction with Ellt Orao&e Hotel; 7 rd Swiss. starUnS FTI. evenlnl; entry fe.: ~ for &Cnloll. ~.Jor jmilol'5. USC,. and NJSCF membenhlp. required (USCI' $5, NJSCF $1); prius $400 wi th ilt pme of $12$. 2nd m. 3rd $50. 4th nS. Bth $10 with $10 e8eb to blabn t ' lI:pert hid. CluI; A and $10 eaeb to hlI:h" t Clu. B and C. three pr1.zel to biSbelt rankin, Juniors: $10 (under 20). $15 (under II). ,Ill lunder IB). eub PrUel d.lvtded. 111 cas ... Of Ue.s; for detalla. wrlte: Lero,. Dubeek. 54 Orehard Road, Mapl •• oocI, N. J.

100% USCF rated ..... nt.

"uS"SI J I -S.pl~mlu, 2 Virginia St ... Championship

Richmond, Va. At Hotel Jobn M.an;hal!. Rielmlond; 7

rd SwISl; rel .. tratlon: 9 ' .m. Au,ult 31. bud ne" m«>tlne 10;00 • . m .• lit .I'd starU :l p.m.; entry feea : $3 plua ,I membel'5bip In Vlrllnla Cbeu Federa· tion; a«omod.Uons: slnste rooma $7 and DP. double rOOml ,10.50 uP. al! alr· cond.iUoned; for detalil. wrile J ohn R. Chappell ' Ill. 104. H1l1eteel Bld,.. 200 N. 4th St., lUchmond. Va.

100% IJSCF r".d .v.nl .

Au,.", )I .St-pl.mbu 2 West Virginia Ch.n Congress

Elkins, W. Va. Open; a t Elki lll YMCA, DavlJr Ave.

at Fourlb St.; r.,"lratlons: 11:00 £.OST. Aug. 31. bU51Deas m eeting: 12:30 EDST; Cbamplonlhip Imt open but Utle .1''' strlcted to W. Va. reddent. I r(I. Sww. entry t«>: $5; Open tm t. S rd SwlR:. entry fee: $3; Junior. open to thOle under 21 on AUI. 3Ut. 19$7 wHb ... te title reatrleled to W. Va. n.ldent. I rcl Swlu. entry fee : $1; urly motel Ot

hotel "&!StralloM are advlled; for reserv.tlon. .nd. detail.. write: Dom· IniQue Mlriel. M.D .• Harp' 1'51oW1l Road. Elkins. W. Va.

100% USCF rated ..... nt.

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