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America ~ Che:H ntlWjl'aper Cepyr lght 1954 by Unl~d 5tatn c.h,n F&den.t lon

Vol. X, No. 16 Friday, April 20, 1956 IS Cents

Conducted bV

RUSSELL CHAUVENET

S END solutions to Position No. 183 to reach Russell Cbau-venct 721 Gist Ave., Silver Spring, Md. by May 20, 1956. With your solution, please send analysis or reasons supporting your choice of "Best Move" or moves.

Sol""on 10 Position No. 113 wll1 ap-pur In th l June 5, 1956 ,$III •.

NOTE; Do "'" pl4C~ ,00"tiO'1I to two polilillru 0'* o M , .. rJ; h I"r~ 10 jruli'

ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL CHESS ANTIQUITY SUBSTANTIATED

Mastering the End Game Disco\'ery of a 15th ~ntury Ara·

bic manuscript by the Oriental In· stitute of Sarajevo, Yugoslavia in a Moslem household in that city promises to cast some interesting sidelights on the history of chess. l1he manuscript was copied from an earlier work in the year 1491 and contains instructions on prob-lem solving as well as reciting lege nds, theories and a.needotes about chess.

By WALTER KORN, Editor of MCO

" E PUR SI MUOVE" Galilco Galilci mtlintained that the e:lrth moves as against the

earlier belief that she stands still. On page 313 of BCE* F ine gives a position. No. 3373. I'CPI'oduccd hcre as our diagram No. 29, and he mainlains that it is drawn whoever has the move. But, it is a win.

With Black on the move, BCE Nfl. 1'J givcs the drawing llne: 1. , R- ,-Kt1; 2. R-R2 ch, K-K6; 3. R-RS, K-B7; 4. R·KKtS, K·Kt1; S. K·R5, R·RI eh, drawn.

But White can improve his play with 3. R·R4!, R·Rl ; 4. R·KB4 and R·KBS winning. or 3. , R·Ktl Chi 4. K·R3. R-Rl chi S. R-R4, R-KKt1 ; 6. R-RS wins.

BCE Iurther states that Wh ite cannot improve even if on the move. e.g.: 1. R·R4, R·Kt1; 2. K-R3, R-Rl eh; 3. R·R4, R·KKtl; 4. R·B4 ch, K·K6, ctc. drawn.

Again, White can do better with 1. K·R3, R·Ktl (I . , n·KW; 2. K·R4); 2. R·R4, R-Rl 3. R-R4. R· KKtl ; 4. R·B4 . S. K-Kt2!,

Chess at Ft. Benning grows more and morc popUlar, aided by thc constant publicity of a regular chess column in the Ft. Benning B:tyonet, edited by SFC Robert A. Karch, the 1955-56 Ft. Benning Chess Champion. Sfc Karch leads in the current championship event 13 Ih·B2, followed by Pvt. Hubert Thursehwell with 10·2. 1st Lt. Henry S. Commager with 71f.:·2'h and Sp3 Aubrey Dunne 61f.:·2'k. A team match with Ft. Bragg is also in the making.

HAVE YOUR TOURNAMENTS OFFICIALLY RATED

New Retlulatiorl$ Effective March 1. 19$5 Tourn.rnonts, rn.t,h.. (1ftd"'ld .... 1

" turn; ",und rflb!n fir IWIII ) Ifo r".1bl. whon SJtonlOr. d bV usc," • HIII.," 011l1n!I1t!Onl. !f plly.d undo, I'IDE L.wl. cUrectod by • compotont flfflcl". Ind pllyed .t tim, limit of not moro thin 30 moves PIT heur.

The .nnu.1 '*'.mp'on,h lp tourn • . mint of In USCI' Clua Choptlf .nd thl Innu.1 ch.rnplflnshlp tourn.-ment of Iny USCI' .ffllI.t. wh_ loy·L.ws prov"'o th" .11 'h ........ bir, must be USCF momb.n also If 0 r.t" without ehlr.o.

All othor ollglbl. OVlnts If 0 ratad only If offlelll r.port ef ov.nt II .ceornp.niod by • ram!"lnc. cov. erln •• rating fie of 10e par g.m. for .11 ,.m .. oc'u.lI ... pl .... ed In tho conto". (In • Swill ,no-hllf tho numbor flf pl ..... ,. tim .. thl nurn. b.r of ",unds raprasenh tot.1 glmll pl .... .., If no b ..... fir forfolts.)

Ntllt tht l Ot N,,'in, fa ," I"'"C i, t ol!rCltJ j.flm ,,/I pl"""I, ",hdh.r USCF mtmbtrs fir flOl .

S.ml .. nnu.U ... ratIngs will b. pub-Ulh" of .11 p.rtlclp.nts In .11 UICF·R.t141 .v.nt ..

Offici. I nting form •• hould be ACVred in advance from:-

Montgomery M.lot' 123 No. Humph,..v AVlHu'l O.k Park, llilnol.

Do not ""ite to aiM USC! o/liti Kl1rt Stee,e .nd L. E. C rm. m, whllc Adrian Ford w.s sixth " ' lIh 13-6 and C. !\I. Ranker sev. c n t h wllh 11-1. A USCF' Club AfftH.at~.

p~nnS'lIVln !. State Club: Dr. OITln Frink the elub title In a ev(>nt. Second to rLfth were Edward L. Herr, columnlst Frcd(>rlck H . Dejalffe, and W iUlam Sbth .nd levcnth with Arthu r B. Stein and carl USCF' Afnllated Club.

Ch.n to win

SWIS5

V.r>Cfluver (II .C.) Ch.u LIIgu.: In the major division City C. C. r(!'!.alned the title and CI1P with 3""·'11 In m.tches (and 12-4 In gsm(>,), second wns USC C. C. with 3Y:!· ....... followed by KnI,htl ~nd Bishops with 11-1.-2'h each. and West Vaneou\'u wltb 0-4. In the mlnor division victory wcnt to UBC C. C. with 4-1, rollowed by City C. C. 3 ...... -1 ..... V.n. couver 3'2, Kurlsdale :!:-3, West Vln_ couver l 'h·t ...... nd New Wert 1-4.

D THE SCENES THE STORIES BEHIND THE GAMES

By International Master ARTHUR B. BlSGUIER u. S. CHAMPION, 1954

Tit For Tat T HE Manhattan Chess Club has long been recognized as t~e sfr?ngest chess club in the United States and its annua l champIOnship has often served as a proving ground [or future chess s tars. While s till in my teens I had the good fortune to annex the title for two consecutive years. Since 1950, however, my most determined efforts have been singularly unavailing in this particular tournament. Last year it seemed for a while that I might make it until I was defeated by Arthur Feuer-stein. At that time a virtual unknown, young Arthur has since made a name for himself in metropolitan circles as one of Caissa's bright hopes.

In the CUl'I'cnt club championsh ip the shoe was definitely on the other foot. Whereas I had been playing erratically (a felicitous euphem· ism) and was clearly out of the running [or the premier honors, Feuer-stein was the surprise of the tournament and was actually leading the field when the following encounter took place. There is more than a louch of irony in thc situation inasmuch as both Arthurs lost the game they really nceded to win and won the game which, at best, served only as a palliative in an otherwise unhappy tournament.

So much for the kibitz-now for the game itself which was hard fou ght and faSCinating from the original opening to the problem-like denouement. It must be remarked that even in losing, the younger Arthur displays a tactical resourcefulness and tenacity which seems destined to place him among our leading players for many years to come.

QUEEN'S PAWN GAME Manhattan C,C. Championship

New York, 1956 White

A. FEUERSTEIN 1. p.Q4 :t. p-Q84 3. K'-Q83 4. " ' K3 S. K'·K2

BlaCk A. BISGUIER

K •• K83 p-K3

8·Kt5 P.QKt3

B-R3 A blurre moyc, fashloDable at present. whose object 1$ to exploit the some_ what arUtlctlll 5. Kt-K2 by an attack on the White Q8P.

6. p .QR3 Alternative, arc 6. Q·R4 and 6. Kt-Kt.3. but tho lext la the move most Ire· quenlly e llSayed In this psltlon.

6. B-K2 7. Kt·84

7. . 0-0 I wi$hed to avoid thc $OlcrlIlce which occurs after an In'medla te 7 ....... , p .Q4 (B. PxP, BloiS; 9. PxP. B.R3; 10. PXP ch. KxP), which mayor may not be cen-cl l.U;I I) Robinson t Seide! 0 Swela: 1 MUlauka.s 0 Gotte&rnan 1 Bradley 0 Goldefl I Dr. Weldon 0

The Pennsylvania State Univer-s ity Chess Club faileo in an effort to wrest the Central Pennsylvania Team Championship from the Al-toona Chess Club. Led by Club Champion William Buck and Dur-wood Hatch, former club champion at Penn State, the "Roundhouse Boys" won the 5lh-Il,ll.

Penn Stata U. Altoona C. C. Dr. O. Frink I W. Buek 0 C. Deitrich 0 D. Hatch 1 E. Hen- 0 G. Boylor 1 R. Wetzel 0 J. Raber I Or. F. Brock \oi. J. Seeds 'h A. Stein 0 M. RuUec 1 P . Gallagher 0 J . DonllldsoD 1

A draw was played between the University of Kansas of Lawrence and the Kansas City Chess Club. The score was 5·5.

Congratulations go out to three students for fine showings in the Marshall Chess Club Championship Tournament. Edmar Mednis. a freshman at NYU finished second with 10Ih -4lh; Eliot Hearst, a graduate student at Columbia, came in fourth with 9'1!-5Y.t:; and An· thony Saidy or Fordham was fifth also with 9Ih-5'h.

Dr. F. C. MacKnight won seven and lost three in a simultaneous at the University of Pittshurgh Chess Club.

Three members of the University of Chicago Chess Club played draws with Reshevsky in a simul-taneous exhibition at the Hyde Park YMCA Chess Club in Chicago. The yare Michael Robinson, Michael Gottesman. and Michael Sweig.

Raleigh. NOI·th Carolina. was the scene of a special invitational tournament conducted by the North Carolina Chess Association. Kit Crittenden of the University of North Carolina finished first with a perfect 5-0 score. Second was Donald Burdick of Duke Univer-sity, cO'chamDion of Wcst Virginia with 4-1.

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Vol. X. Number 16 --4....,.1". 'f C'.u n."""",... April 20, 1956

20th by THE UNITED STATES CHESS September S, 1946, at the post offl

In the Una l 8na l)·$'S, Solkoff points are nothing more and nothlnf less than • measure or the 5tu'n.l/th of tota l oppoSition faced. COn$lder the Mednts&ldy lie 'It SV,t· I ''l, mentlonl!d by SuWvan. S·M me rely e valua tes t he strengtb or the seven opponents a'~inst whom Mednis made his seore a nd d~ the same for SaldY. What SulU '· .. n does not seem to aeknowledge and ... h.leb Is a tact- Medn.ls made a seore or $'1.1 0 11 \ of a pO$Slble 7_not just the isola ted SV,t. That Lyman s llould be Included In an ana lysis of Ml!dnls' score is quite Obvlou........tnee LYlDan ,,'&1 IlUtr-umen lal In prevenlln( Mednls frem h.aving a score of 6-1 or 61;,-1Y.t. HenCe Lyman Ilr ver)" much a part and parcel of tile opposition fa ced by Medru. and ddlnlte ly should be Included In measuring the strength of the oppOSition .

The roln 15 tbe t re uble-Sullivan's n,binte,.pretlltlon of tho 4\'l points Lyman contrlbules to Mednls' Solkof£ pOints. Solkof£ polnb do no' .Ive M«In lll 41;, polne. for 1051 ng to Lym'ln. Indeed not. Solkoff points have been ml!rlnterpreted aeveral tim('s on thIs 5COre-110 let U5 get the matter straight, once and for aU.

Solkoff points are not a menur" of a player's ability. Instu d, they are a measure of the ability of the opposition against whom he made his sc:oral

~'h o Solkorr thon ra les a tied player higher only because he heed stron,er opposItion.

DOl'S not Ihc S·B do the sam~nly In part? Ami If the above Is nol enough, I shall conclude wJ th n question dlreeted at

Mr. SuJllvRn. Cheaa aeknowledges the full value of a point scored. herefore the Sonneborn·Berger System actua lly stales, In effeet, that II m an's score mIght have been len Ir the plarers he won from had been stronger. Now fo ~ Ihe question.

H It Is r ight for the 5-13 to assume that a player's score might heve boon less If the player he won f rum had been stronger, why Is I t wrong for the Bulkof! to usume as we ll Ihat II player's score might h~ve bcc':n grellter If the player he losl to had been ... e~ker!

EPHRAIM SOLKOFF R

CHESS TACTICS FOR BEG By U. S. Ex pert DR. ERICH W. MARCHAND

1. Asnwers to Readers ' Questions R. C. Olin, Tulsa, Oklahoma, asks about the Two Knights Defense

variation in MeO. p. 305 col. 34. This varia tion runs as follows: 1. P-K4, P·K4; 2. Kl-KB3 Kt-QB3; 3. 8 ·84, 8 ·84 ; 4. 0 -0 , Kt-S3; 5. P-Q4, ExP; 6. KtxB, KlxKt; 7. P·B4, P·Q3 ; 8. PxP, PxP ; 9. B-KKt5, Q-K2 with an edge for Black. Olin asks if 8. p.Ba, Kt·S3 ; 9. P·B5 wouldn't improve on White's chances.

Answer: II Black could be re lied on to answer 8. P-B3 with 8. .. , ~t·B3, White would seem to get the better game. But B. , S-KtS, lead-m g to considerable complexities, may be the fly in the ointment.

E. W. Fobes, Astabu i"a, Ohio, dQ', On 1. .. ...... • R_KI; 2. KtxB~h the Kt asks about the following endgame Or D will be lost. On 1. ...... .. , Kt-K3; 2. position : QxB. QxQ?; 3. Kh:Bch White wins 2

pleees. On J. .. .... .. , B-K5; 2. QxQ, BxQ: Black 3. B." Kt, (0" 3. Kt_Q6, B·Q6!: 4. BxKt,

Whlta (to move'

Answer: The position is a win for White. The analysis Is as fol-lows: 1. R·Kt8ch K.Q2 l •.... , K·K2; 2. P -B6ch II slm.llar. 2. P·B6 R· )(14ch Or 2 . .. ...... , K·K3; 3. H·K8ch, K.Q2; 4. P ·B7. 3. K· R6 Or 4. . .... ... , R·Kt5eh.

R-KB4 4. K' KI6 K·K3; e. H.-KtSch,

5. P·B7 R·Kt'ch

R·BS K.K4: 6.

Or 5 ......•.. , K_K2.· 6. R.Kh h K 00. , ~ , ~, . P-B8= Q. 6. K·R5 R·Rlch B. K· R3 7. K-Kt4 R.KI,ch

2. A Surprising Position • The following position with

Black to move arose in an off.hand game after a series of very plaus· ible moves. The position looks rea· sonably good, but let the reader try 10 find a playable move for Black!

r_'_'.Ck 1'0 move,

Whit.

Except tor h i' adva nced Kt, Whlte's e ame ;.eems to be defin ltcl)' dere nsl .. e and e""" Infe r ior. Rowe .. er. he threat_ e nS 2. KtxBch. QxKt ; l. QxB. What Is BlaCk to do ? On I . ..••..•. • R·KI : 2. Klx Be.J!. QxKI ; l. QxB. What ls Black to

BxB: 5. R_KJ. B.R3; S. Kt·SS, B_Rt.' 7. P ·QKt4, KB-Ql?: 8. PxB, R.Q4; 9. Kt· Kich), BxKt; 4. BxR.

The actual course ot the game wu t he mos t In terestlng " artalton: I. .... , B·Q3; 2. QxB, B>e nlng theo!")·. B), setllng up t he formallon P·Q3, P·K4, lU In this gam e, Whi te takes ad" antage o f the same lIe nenl l

GAMES BY USCF MEMBERS Annotated by Chess Muster JOHN W, COLLINS, Marshall Chess Club Clwmpion, 1954

USCF MEMB ERS: Submil YOII' bm l by Dr. Normdtl M. Hor"strin Whit... Black

Dr. N. M . Horn$t~i n M . Chrlsli a nse n I . P-K4 P·K4 4. P·KR4 P-Kt5 ~ . P_K8 4 PxP . S. KI·K5 Kt-KB 3 3. KI·KB3 P·KKt4 6. P·Q4 Acoordlng to hearsay, Pror ... ssor Rice I~ supposed to hav ... spent a small for· !lin", "w ... stln!:, In 6. B·B4 (Ihe move a

CHESS TACTICS (Continued from page 5, col 3)

36. P.KS would sa,'" a tempo later bu l lQSes o ne here . Bl ack wou ld s tili win . 36 • ... _. KxP 37. Kx P P·1(4 More p"cdse than 37 . ... ..... , P-Q6; 38. PKPch, KxP; 39. K-Q5 although 39. .... ,K-B6 stU! wins. 38. P·R5 Less accurate Is 38. K·KG, P-R4; 39. K·RIB lor 39. P ·Kt4, PXP; 40 . P-RS, p. RI& etc.), P-BG; 40 . P"Pch, KxP; 41. KxP, P -KS; 42 . K·K!S, P,K6; 43. p.R.S, P.K7, 44. P·RS, p.K8=Q; 45. P.R7, Q. KR8! ; 46. K·B7, Q-QR1! la . ... , P-Q6 This get.~ Bla~k's K away from In front of his P wIthout io.o;ing a move. Ac-tuaUy 38 .... __ .... K.m; also wins.

39. PxPch 40. K·Kt7 41. K )(P

K,' P·K5 p.I('

42. P· R6 43. K.Kte 44. P·R7

P· Kl P-K 8(Q)

If While did not h~vc an extra P left, this would be " book d,'aw. Black could no! prevent White's P from queni~,g C")(cepl by allowing stale mate or ~v· ing perpetual cbC"ck . Try III 44. _ __ Q·Kl cl'l 46. K·KtS Q.Kt4 ch 45. K· Ktl Q.Q2c h 47 . K· R8 The K can always be driven Into the corner. For example, 47 . K·B7, Q·R6; '13. K-I-m, Q.Kt6 ch. 47. .... Q·B J~h Of course not 47 . .... .. .. , Q)(p ~talcmale . 48. K· Kt8 Q.Kt3ch 49. K· R8 K·Q5 49 . ... . _ .. , Q·B2 at onCe was more to the point . 50. P·Kt 4 Q. B2 51 . P'Kt5

Q.B1 Mate

M INNESOTA STATE CHAMPIONSHI P Minneapolis, 1956

100% USC F Rated Event

1. Dane 5mtth (St. P aul, Minn .) ......... ..... W41 W33 W32 021 WS ~~ ~b'l ~ :;'~ 2. MUton Otteson (st. Paul , Minn. ) .. . ".W6 W4 W2!! U5 OJ W7 5'1 10'SO 3. George Barnes (Minneapolls, Minn. ) .... W18 W13 021 W15 02

29 W21 4~ 'H 10'75

4. Wllllam Jones (Minneapolis) ... ... W35 L2 017 W 37 W W 4 ' 10'00 5. William E, Kaber (West St. Paul ) . .... Bye W26 W25 D2 L13 L 17 4'1~ 11 '00 6_ Clo)·ton W. Larson (SL P au l) .... .. .... .. L2 W35 W31 W12 WI I 2 0'50 7. Werner C. Schroedel' (CaledOnia) ...... W28 015 036 W32 WI6 L~ : ~ 10'SO 8. Sheldon Rein (Minneapolls) .. ......... . L23 WZ2 W33 W2-1 W21 L 1 . 9. Eugene Hoenln (St . Paul) ............ \V20 L2.1 LIO W35 W32 W26 4·2 10.~0; 10. Roman FllIpovich (Minneapolis ) ...... 027 Oil W9 029 015 018 3~ ·Z~ ll., II. AI .. x ~-Ult}ovjch (Minneapolis) ....... ..... 012 01() W30 LI4 W25 013 3 ~·2~ 10.25 12. Lawrence Narveson (Minneapolis] ...... DII D3G W26 L6 023 W29 3~·2~ 9.25 13. O. B. Terrell (M inneapolis) ... . ........ .. W )9 L3 W38 W23 L6 D1I 3~·2~ 8.75 14. George V. D. Tiers (St. Paul) .. ........... W40 L23 WI8 W II L17 DIG 3~·2~ 8.75 15. Ro berl C. Gove (Wayzata) .. ... ...... ..... W37 07 024 W 010 W35 3/;·2~ 8.50 16. Harry D. Field (st. Paul) ... ........ ....... .. L32 Bye W19 W28 L7 014 3 ?:t ..:2.~ 7.75 17. Glen P"oeshel (Jancsville) ........ .. .... .... .. L26 W41 04 W36 WI4 L5 3 ~·n 7.25 18. Roger Gleason (MinneapoIls) " .. ... ... .1-3 W40 LI4 W34 W24 DIO 3~·n 6.25 19. Fred Gal" in (St . P aul) ___ .. ....... ....... ..... LI3 W39 LJ6 031 W37 W23 3Fll; 5.00 20. Daniel Field (Minneapolis) .. ... ..... ... " .... L9 1.31 Bye 0 Z6 WS5 W28 3~-2~ 5.25 21. Peter Muto (River Falls, Wis. ) S-3 (12.25 ): 22 . E. N. Taylor (Minneapolis) 3--3 (3.00), 23. K. N. P edersen (Minneapoll.~) 2"' ·3¥~ (9.25); 24. Richa r d P . Hammond (White Bea,. Lake) 2"'.3'h (8,00); 25. Albert W. Bur!:er (Minneapolls) 21f.!-S 1f., (7.z:!) ; 26. Stepben F . Varichak (Minneapoll.s) 2 ~2-3 \~ (6.75); 27. James Seilert (Minneapolis) 2'h-3'h (5.25); 111. Ernest Werelmeyer (Minneapolis) 2 '/., -S'h (5.25); 29. Gaylord Walgrtln (MInneapolis) 2'h-3'h (4.75); SO. Sidney Brower (MInneapolis) 2'h.-S1f.t (4.00); 31. William R. Kniel'd (St. Paul) 24 (5.50); 32. Geral d Ro n ning (Minneapolis ) 24 (4.00); 33. Paul Wagner (SIoux Falls, So. Oak) 2-4 (2.50); 34. Leona r d Ha uer (S t. Paul ) 2-4 (2.00) ; 35. L . M. O'Shaughneuy (St. Paul ) 2-2 (2.00); 36. Alex Slmlren· ko (Minneapolis) W. 4'h (4.50); 37. David S. Feld t (MiDilCapolis ) 1'h. -4 'h (S,SO) ; 38. Melvin Semb (Winona ) 1--5 (2.00); 39. John Wlnte .-s (Minneapolis) 1·5 (0.00); 4f1. Fred Cramer (Milwaukee, WIs .) 0-6 (O.OO); 41. Willis G. Vanderburg (Sbell Ro ck, Ia.) ().8 (0.00).

MINOR TOURNAMENT \. J ames Hajlcek (Minneapoils. Minn.) .... Wtl W8 LI9 W20 WI2 W2 5 · 1 17.00 2. E. M. Lulgen (Minneapolis) ... .. ..... .. .. ..... . W24 W21 W4 W6 wla LI 5 ·1 16.00 3. Robert Shogren (Minneapolb ) ... .. ... .... WI6 W I9 WI3 L5 W I0 W6 5·1 15.00 4. James Jenkiru; (St. P aul) .. . ...... ...... "W9 W20 LZ W 19 W5 WI2 5.1 14.SO S. J . H. 5amsky (Minneapolis) .. ....... .... ..... L20 W24 W8 W3 L4 WIO 4·2 14.00 6. Robert Mack (Minneapolis) ...... .•......•• WlO W7 W14 L2 W9 L3 4·2 13.50 7. Phil S. Work (Little Rock, Ark.) . .... .. WI7 L6 L IO W22 W I5 W 11 4 -2 11.00 8. Eugene Smodahl (Minneapolis) . ........ W I8 L I LS W25 W20 WI3 4·2 8.00 9. Alden R. Riley (No. SL Pau i) .• _ ... .•..••. L4 Dl6 W24 W21 1.6 W 18 3~·2a 8.00 10. John Oslls (River F alls, Wis.) 3-3 (9.50); 11. Oan Nlble (St . Pau i) 3·3 (7.SO); 12. Jerry Dostal (Minneapolis) 3-S (6.SO), 13. J ohn T. McBride (St. Paul) 3-3 (6.00); 14. Charles F. Anderoon (Edina ) 3-3 (5.50); 15. W . E. Th a tcher (White Seal' L ake); 16. RIchard V. Colestock (St. P aul) 3-3 (4.50); 17. Dr. R. A. Kocourek (St. Paul) 3-3 (4.50); 18. Paul Dalage r (St. Paul) 2~-3~ (5.00); 19. Menln Wright (St. Paul) 24 (6.50); 20. Mike Foote (St. PaUl) 24 (6.00); 21. Herman V. OUllard (Minneapolis) 24 (4.00 ); 22. John Rupert (St. Paul) 2-4 (3.00); 23 . Chel VOl"Span (St. Paul) 24 (3.00); 2. H. Sheets (Anoka) 2·4 (1.00); 25. James SeifeJ"l (Mlllneapolls) 1'h.-4¥.l \..4.SOI ; 26. J . C. Gonnella, J r . (RIchfield) 1\~4'h (1.00); 27. John Gladish (St. Pau i) 1-5 10.(0); !S. VlrgU Allen (St. Paul) 0·6 (0.00).

Lewis Geocge (Jackson, Minn.) Tourn~mcnt Olrector.

I ThIs list Includes solutions received up to the end of March, 1956 cove r ing

problems endIng with the February 5t h issue. Problem No. 634. Pmnt-awards, un. less olherwlse Indlc-'dted: 2 points for correct k ey; no };oints fOr cooks alone, but double points for till! Intended key and cook. Names with ' ind icate solvers who hav" reached the 1.op d uring 1955 until today.

W() send our congratulation;; to solver D r. 1. Schwartz of Rockford, IllinOiS, . who tOilS t he present Ladder with 630 pOints and Is entitled to receive t he quutel"ly award, a boak on ch on the Ladder a r e cancelled and he hel

'rid..." P.g. 8 A p, i/ 10, 1'J16

5;"/"1;",, :1 .. Wl..l~ :11.. BMI 'YfI-~?

Posit ion No. 179 ,\Iwl It, llombct.,ull , ·s . Ahd M. [\O)m. hc r:tUll . Pantlcr~ 1I 00._ p ll al. Southern F" ~uce, 1% 2.

II·tllle \~on by I. P·1\1l5. f' ·Klt3 : 2. f'xB . P xQ; 3. P x P. r-;· KIlJ : 4. II )(."P , K R·QB: :;. p·K8rQ )ch,. R ~Q: G. Rill eh .• Rdl; 7. R·"-."""R;;eh . l. NxR: 8. P x R(Q ICh .• K·It2; 9. Q",r-;male. O il I. ........ • 1'·83: 2. QxH. P xQ: 3. n ·Nl Wh IM n:gal ns h I. m alerlal a nd wln.~ wllh Ihe advancced p ~\\"t1 .

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,\ su rprISing nu",be r o r sulvers t ried l. ilxP, not nolleln g that I ......... , QxS hAl'l>en~ to gh'e check . More p l ausible was Ihe l' se ndo·brllllanl l. Q.R8 ? ': !, h UI l. .... .. .. , B·B Is dI s ill u s Ioni ng . Slo'" pIa )' suc h aK I. Q.RS 18 also well a nswer ed by I. .... . B·B.

n ea Is . lia , e~ I OP~ t he solve rs .... Ilh I' ~ poInts fo r both the best and the n .. " t best "'0,'.,5. Nice work , and co n· Ilra l.,latlons!

Cnrreel ""Iutlons II p t .) arc ack nowl. ed ged rrom : A. A x .. lrod (who surprIse d uS by po intin g oul t hat this was No. 676 In RQ$ll;on li a tl , S llOrel lne Bh'd ~ starlS Sa turd ay 9 a.m.; 5 rd Sww , 50 mOVes tn 2 hrl ; 3 dlv.: Class A, Class Band l.a(llel ; ... olored motio n pictu re will be takl.rds. and d ock. ir l>05slble; TD Rober t Sandberg.

100% U'C F r. ted e ve nl .

M.ry J .6

Minnesota Junior Championship St. Paul; Minn .

RC'St Mctoo to Mlnncsou r eeidentll, 21 yean or a,e o r )'ounge r , 1.1 Downlo wn YMCA, 9l h and CC'dar StN!e u, S I. P aul; Time 01 ~rI5IraUon, 1 '.m., Saturday Ma)' S, pl.y begins B:JO ' .rn. May 5; 5 r d Swlu, 4.5 m o ves In tw o houn; ,mtry leo: 52.50 : T r ophy and cash 1st p r ize. p lu . other prIZeS; I ponsorOO b y 5 1. P aul Che n Club ; t o r dela l'-. wrlle : Ro bert C. Gov" . % Do wn to wn YMCA, 9th and Cedar Su" SI. P a u l , M iDn.

100% USCF r ated event.

M.ry 5·6

Indiana State Championship Logllnsport. Ind.

At SamC'S HOlel . Loga nspo rt ; ope n t o Ind iana resId ... n t$ t iDcI. a lud .. n ls et In· d Iana K hoo '" and oul·o r·tI&te members o f IndIa n a club~) ; G rd S wl5s (rOUnd· r obin pl.y .... rr o f tte for first , o th e rwise S·B ra nk lngl ; b egIns p ro mptly 1:30 p .m . Snlurd ~ )', Ma y 5; prlle5 o r ~O% . 30% , and ZW-:, fo r flr~t to th ird plus brU· lIa ncy )J r i1.c: ent r y fee: $3; TO E mil Bo::rsbach: brln, boards, clocu and SC'ls Ir pOS-~lb le; ro r d ... tal ... , " ' rll e: D. E . Rh ead. 2715 Gre .. n 51., Gary , I nd .

100'10 US CF r a ted event.

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