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Fischer Wins U.S. Championship Third Year In Succession Robert Byrne Second ky Third Benko Fourth

U.S. CHAMPIONSH IP, 19S9·60 NEW YORK

W L W 1. Fische r .......... .. ........ 9 2 7. Seid man .................. 5'12 2. Byrne ...................... 8 3 8. She rwin .................. 5 3. Reshevsky ............. .7V2 3% 9. Mednis .. ........ .......... 4'12 4. Benko .. ................... .7 4 10. Bernstein .............. ..4 S. Bisq uie r .................. 6% 4V2 11. Denker .................... 3 6. We inste in .............. 6 5 12. Au lt .. ...................... 0

FISCHER A THREE TIME WINNER by

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Hobert Fischer's star shines ever bdghler. Our phenomenal 16·year· old International Grandmaster made it three in a row by winning the 12Lh U.S. Championship played from Dec. 18, 1959 to Jan. 4, 1960 in New York City under the joint auspices of the U.S. Cbess Federation and the Amerk an Cbf'~s FOlmritl tion. J:f ig. ~C(l"e was-.9·2; W'I, ' fl , D4, <In improvement over last year's score of 81k·2 Ih . When the smok ... "ad cleared from the playoffs of 12 adjourned games from Rounds 4 to 1(J

the title was already his, unaffected by the outcome of his game with Reshevsky in the final round. Fischer's drawn games were with Reshev· sky, Hobcrt Byrne, Sherwin and, surprisingly, with the 18-year·old Ray· mond Weinstein of Brooklyn, N.Y., 1958 U.S. Junior Champion.

As Ihe tournament opened, the question on every chess player 's lips was: "Will Fischer repeat, or will the vetcran Reshevsky make a comeback?" After the Iirst three rounds, International Grandmaster Reshevsky led 2Zh-lh, while Fischer with 2·1 was in a four way tie for second place. In the fourth round, however, Rcshevsky met with an unexpected and shattering dou ble piece sacl'i[ice by Seidman and fell into a tie for 4th·::ith places. He soon recovered ground and for most of the time, and after the 10th round. was in second place.

But International Master Roberl Byrne was breathing heavily down Rcshevsky's neck. FLom a 6th·9th place tie after three rounds, he mount­ed steadily, and before the eventful eleventh round had tied Reshevsky for second place. For on the night before the final round. Arnold S. Denker, 1944 U.S. Champion, had beaten Reshevsky in a playoff of their adjourned game. Miguel Najdorf (of Poland, Argentina and now Venezuela) once said: "When Reshevsky offers you a draw, look arou nd; you can probably mate him in IWo." When before adjournment the pre­vious day Reshevsky had offered a draw, Denker could find no mate in two, but believing that he had the advantage, he refused the offer.

Thus second place was decided in the final rou nd, when Byrne beat Robin Ault of Cranford, New Jersey, 1959 U.S. JUnior Champion ; and Rcshevsky accepted Fischer's ollcr of a draw. Fcw anticipated sec· ond place (or the hero of the Helsinki Chess Olympics of 1952, for last year, he merely tied for 9th-l Oth places. Byrne's seol'e was 8·3; W5, LO, 08; he was the only player outside of Fischer who did not lose a gamc.

Reshevsky in third place scored 7lh -3 lh; W6, L2, D3. He drew with Benko, Byrne and Fischer; he lost to Seidman and Denker. This marks thc first lime in the history of the U.S. Championships since 1936 (he competed in nine of them) that he has finished 10weL' than second. But no one can take from him his brilliant simultaneous exhibitions as a child prodigy, his splendid record in the long history of the U.S. Cham· pionships and in international tournaments, both individual and team, and his great contribution to the development of chess in the USA.

Pal Benko was fourt h with 7-4; W5, L2, 04; his losses were to Byrne in the 5th round to Fischer in the 10th. Last year, he was in eighth place.

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Operation SOOO

-MEMBERS - By July

1960

MEMBERSHIP AT NEW HIGH, BUT HELP NEEDED USCF membership crossed the 4000 mark fo r the first time, hiUing

an all·time high of 4002 with the Dec. 5 mailing of Chess Life. These membership tapes have been distri buted to ali State Membership Chair­men for use in Ihe all·out effort to hit 5000 before OPERATION M closes on June 5.

Texas. under the chairmanship of C. Harold Bone, has taken the lead in num .. ber of members gained since June 5, 1959, the starting date for the second hitch in OPERATION M. Texas has added 43 members in that period. During t he same per iod California, Harry Borochow, chairman, added 35 (on top of the 236 they added in the previous year)l

Sensational gains have been shown in Colorado, Indiana, and Mis­souri, each of which added more than 20 members, for a percentage gain of as high as 104% (Colorado). Tabulation of the leading states follows: Sta te Texas California Colorado Indiana Missouri Piew York

6-5-59 211

". ,. 57 43

477

12·5·59 25. 531 53 79

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Gain Membership Chairman 43 C. Harold Bone 3S Harry Borochow 27 Juan Reid

" Mildred Morrell

" J . Donald Define 18 Jose Calderon

A call for more volunteers and for renewed eifort on the part of every committeeman was issued by Fred Cramer, Membership Chair­

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FISCHER A THREE TIME WINNER-(Continued from Page 1)

Arthur B. Bisguicr, 1954 U.S. Champion was fifth with 6ih-4lf.z; W4, L2, Of); he lost only to Fischer and Reshcvsky. He made fifth place by scorillg four out of fIVe points in adjourned games before the final round (t hree wi ns :lIld two drawn), Last year, he was in a four way tie fo r fou rth place.

Truly as tonishing was Weinstein's capture of sixth place, scoring 6·5; W5, L4, 0::: , a "'list Improvement over last year when he tied for the last two places. He drew against Fischer and Bisguier, and defeated such old t imers as Bernstein, Uenkc.' and Seidman. His win o\'c r Bern­stein in round lour (Game No. 22) was a particularly fine one, putt ing his Queen en prise on the 22nd move, forcing his opponent to resign three moves later.

Herbert Seid man of Brooklyn. N.Y. was seventh with an even score of 5lk·5lk; W4. LA. 0 3. betler than his ninth place two years ago. He will be 10llg remembered l or h is s tart ling defeat of Reshevsky in the fou rth round {Ga me No. 19). in which he broke up the castled King 'S de­fenses by a olle-two punch. a Bishop and then a Knight sacriI ice. while Black's pieces, a Sicilian Defense, were concentrated on the Queen side.

Sherwin'S eighth place with 5·6; W2, 1.3, IJ6 was a drop ftom third place in the cha mpionships of the last t\\"o years. His two victories were over the tcen·age rs Ault and Weinstei n; he did however draw with Fi~c!l e l" .

Edmar Mednis was 9th with 4 lh ·6lf.!; W3, L3, D5. Last year , he t ied for lIle i;lst 1\1' 1.1 places, but he was 8lh lh e year before. in 10th place was Sid ney Bernstei n, who [rom 1936 on, has played in seven U.S. Championships: his score was 4-7 ; W3, 1.6, D2. Denker was 11th wilh 3·8; W2, L7 , D2: to his credit-defealing Reshevsky and drawing with Benko.

And in last place, Auit with eleven defeats. Uke Weinstein las t yea r, Ault was invited to play because of winning the 1959 U.S. Junior Cnampionship. He feels that he has learned a great deal by playing against our Masters, and believes that future U.S. Junior Champions should be similarly invited.

While duly haili ng Fischer's thi rd straight viclory, we shou.ld not forget that Reshevsky won fo ur times in a row (1936, 1938. 1940, 1942) and again in 1946. Thereafter , howel'er, the latter fi nished second (1951, 1957·8, and 1958-9).

• The best 'a ttendance (admission Iwo dollars) was about 200 at the

linal session at the West Side YMCA, where the first three sessions were also held. Two rounds were at the Marshall CC, and five rounds plus the playoff s were at the Manhattan CC. Demonstration boards were put up.

Tbe New York Times on Dec. 16th blazoned a s ix column headline on olle of the sports pages: " lo' ischer Dropped {I'om Title Chess in Pairing Dispute". The champion had demanded , in line with international prac· tice. a public drawing. Anthony Saidy was substi tuted {or Fischer. USCF President Jerry Spann fl ew to New York and straightened it out. Hercafter, drawing wilt be public. Fischer defended his tille. And on Dec. 19th, the New York Times' five column headline was: "Fischer Decides to Defend Chess Laurels".

The New York Times pl"inted daily art icles prepared by the 90 year old Hermann Helms. '1'0 get into the nexl morning's paper not only who won. but the moves of several games, verifying them by playing them ol'er f rom players' score sheets, often illegible and some­limes inaccurate, and meeting a deadline is no mean jour nalistic ac­complishment. (Dav id R. Stevenson, please note).

Among the contes tants were four International Grandmasters; Benko, Bisguier, Fischer and RcshevskYi and two International Masters: Robert Byrne and James T. Sherwin. The best score against the IGM's was made by Byrne, 2lf.d ih; next best by Denker and Seidman with 1lf.!-21h, thanks 10 theil' victories over Rcshevsky. The latter could well remark to these two co·veterans: "Yours were the most unkind cuts of aU:' Against the six holding in ternational ti tles, the best record was made by Seidman, 2!k·31h.

The percentage of games drawn is quile low, 3O ,),~; it does not ren ect exactly the deter mination of the pl ayers to win, but to a great extent, the comparative weakness or the last three p layers in the final s tanding.

Was the level or pl ay as high as in previous tournaments? Only a detailed comparison of the ga mes can decide. But it should be noted that some outs tanding players like International Grandmaster Larry Evans and Internalional Master Lombardy declined to play.

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TOURN/\ M EN'f HEMINDERS Feb. 12-14 USCF MONTHLY RATING IMPROVEl\fENT TOURNA­

MENT, 212 West 42nd St.. New Yor k 36, N.Y. (The Chess and Checker Club of New York). For details call or write Frank Brady, USCF, 80 East l ith St .• N.Y. 3.

Feb. 20·22 EL PASO OPEN, Hilton Hotel, El Paso, Texas. (CI.-12/20/ 59).

Mar ch ll , 12, 13 The March USCF MONTHLY RATING L~1PROVE­MENT TOURNAMENT. Same locale 3 S first item in this list.

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MARIANSKE LAINE, 1959 and alte r 18. " ***, NxD; 19. NxNth. K-B; Reti Opening 20. NxlU'ch, K·N; 21. N·B6c:h, K·B ; u.

Q.R5! Now If 22. _ ... _., R·Q4; 23. N·K7ch . L . SZABO M. HERINK K.N; 2~. NxH, Nxn; 2$. QxPch, K·R ; H. ( Hung_ ry) (Ctechosloukia) p.8(;, and wins.

I . 'H( 83 P-Q4 If 18. K.R; 19. NxN, faUs arte r 20. RxR, 2. P-KNl N.Q83 BxP!

This unluual a nd Interesting defe nse I,alnll the n ell Is II r ecent developmenl of ClechosloVIK m asler·pll yers. An analysll, of t his opening was published In Calkol lovanl ky n ch, t959/ 4 by J . Vese ly.

3. P-Q4 4. 8 ·N2

8 ·N5 P·K3

More comJlltenl W I.$ 4 •••.••••• , Q.Q2; fol-lowed by II l uble 'luent ......... P .H3 and a lale r lIdvlnce of Ihe King's Pawn.

5. 0 ·0 Q·Q2 6. P·841 ... .... .

This rtne III"II:/"iluive move showd have becn s warning for Black. not to caslle Queen·llde.

6. ........ PxP 1. Q.R4 0-0-0

Ill ac k eeneenl ra t u his fire on the Quee n Pawn. He hopes fo r &-P K3, Ihut­tl ng In t he QB. If 7 . ....... .• B",-':; 8. BxB, NxQP? 9. QltQch. KxQ; 10. R·Q win ning • piece.

I . QN·Q2 K·N t . Qlt8P P·8)

t'aulty ... ·ou ld hive b O)(! n 9 .•. .. , NzP? Be­taUH of 10. N·K5. NxPeb ; U . K·R a nd Biack toses malerl.l.

10. N.QN) Q-Q4 A \". In attem pt at slmpliflcatlon 15 afte r 10 •...•. ... , HaN; 11. BIB, NaQP; 12. NxN, QltN; 13. QxKP, the Blaek Kin g would be eJtposed to • concent rated I II.ck o f White'. two BIshops.

n . Q·ft4 Q-KR4 12. ft·K .... _~

To avoid the eltchl nge 0 2 . .. .•....• B-R6) _of hla good Bllhop. _

12 . .... _.. KH.K1 U . H·B5 N-Q4 14. Q.N5 N·N3

Lose , a tempo. Beller wll the Immedi. ate 14 . .... , BxN ; 15. PltB. N(Q4)·N5; 16. n .Q2. P.QR3; It t8 . ........ , N.B7; 17. N_K5!) 17. Q.S4. a nd Whi le re tains I ~ound attack.

15. 8 · \(3 16. Pa8 11. QR.Q?

HERINK

KBltN N-Q' --

AUlr 17. QR·Q?

W hite mIsses 11. N-Q4 wbleh give _ him the . du nlage. He r elle. on the follow­Ing "Ir lp"_whlch his opponent com­pletely over iooks l

11. ........ Nlt8? A real blun de r in a positi on where Black can ac tually nve hll game! Black gaI n. t he ad"'lntage afte r t7. . ....... . P .QR3; tIS . Q·N3. N_R4; Ig. q..Q3, 8-B4; 20. Q.Q4, N. B3; 2t . Q.Q2, N·M .

I". N·Q411 ....... . An une ltpecled turp r lse and a fltlI ng conclusIon to t h is I trlkl ng game.

II . ........ K·. Loses qu ickly. but ther e WII nothing better :-1t 18 .......... Naft; t9. BxN, ia dKlslye,

tr, (\ . f F,iJ<I)', P_ge 2 "b12SS \..lrQ Ftb"u,ry ' , 1960

Nor 15 th l5 line Jatllf.ctory: tIS ..... _ .. , K.R; 19. PxN, PQR3; ZOo Q·S t , N·N! Wllh a difficult, but by no muna h opeless game. 18 . ........ • K·R; 19. BxN, PxB; 20. QxPch, K·N; 21. R·Q3, RxN; 2.2. RxR. N·B7; 23. R·Q7. Q·K4; (If 23 .......... R·QD Inltead. 24. n ·Q3) 24. R! K·Q, R.QD; 25. n.qa and wins. 18 . ..... ... , K·R; 19. Il xN. R.QN ; 20. PltN. PxB; 21. QxllPc h, R-N2; 22. N·N3! K·N ; (Iw n o w 22 . ...... _., Q· K; 23. R.Q7, P.K4 ; N . N.RS, Q-Q U; 25. n xN P ; o r 22 ......... . U:U>; 23 . N·ns. B·IlS; 24 . I'· K4 . or 22 . ...... _., !.lltP; 23. N·1I5, Q·U6; H. RaB, w ln5) 2:1. N·ns, RxNP; ( I( ••••... . , R.N5; 24. P-QRJ), 24 . II .QN, Q·K4; 2S. N.QB4. ~nd wins.

I t . 8aN 20. Q.R6ch 21 . Qlt8P~h

'" K.Q2

K·' No b.!lte r , ... s 21. ......... K·K2; 22. QxBPch. K.K ; 23. N·m wlnnlnJl pr elUly.

22. N·N5 ...... .. And Bl ack realM nl. On 22 .... _ ..• , Q-K4 ? n . Q-R8 ma te; On 22. _ ...... , N·Q4; 23. ItxN and m ate follow. , __ ..... A cha rming miniatu r e !

MINSK, USSR, 1958 Duleh Defense

LITVINOV VERESOV I . P-Q84 P·k84 2. P-Q4 N·KBl ) • .N.QBJ P·K3 4. trC83- _ -More el. stlc \.II of. p .K3, 10 be follo wed

by Kl·II-}'2. Thl. plan would permit Ihe option o r a Il le r P-KB3 Ind P ·K4, to challenge Ihe center. Also gO Od I. Ihe KIng-B ide nanehc t to couplcd with N.R3.

4. ......•. 8 ·N5 5. Q·B2 0 ·0 6. P·K3 P·QN)

Despite P.KB4 a l Is really playlna: pin ..

bla firsl move, Black a Nllnlo-Indlan com·

7. 8 ·K2 ........ Und uly tame and Iack.l,..tre.

1 .. ____ B·N2

Black II &ettlng: up an Idu .1 formation against the some wha t old·t ashloned developmeot adop ted by hl.s opponent. Tbb BI.ck p 051lion, wit h lis NlDuoyl tcll­lin overtones can be deadly In. thl bands of an undenlandinj: p tayer.

• • 0-0 .. *.~. Uninspi red. Wor th conllderlllJl wa. IS. B-Q2 and J>OI5lbly O.()·O.

. . .... __ BaQN Conslslen t play to undu liUne White" control or Kol..

t . QltB __ Rathe r a 1055 of llme:-Ihe po_Ilion Is nol IS clo5O!d 18 It may appe ar a t first giance!

9_ ........ N·kS 10. Q.B2 R·831

Brutal and l o r clng-but why no\1 The Black Knillht, a block.der at K5, limply paral}'1.eI the While Clmp. Wblte'. pie..,." Btand by h elpleuty u t he aUaek suddenly accelerate ••

n, N-Q2 R·R) 12. P-N) .... ~_

Apparently dlreeted .galnst 12. . •...... , Q.R5.

(Diagram 12. .•..•... Q.RS!

Not only brilliant-bu t overwhelm,n" If nOw 13. PxQ. R-N3c.b ; 14. K.R, NzP m ale.

13. N·8) N·N .. I Incisively played. The . .......• QzPch ; 15. NxQ, 14. N",Q, N·HS m . le. If 14. PlI:Q, NxNch; 15. BxN. R·N3ch; 16. B·N2, RxNch; 11. K·R, RxBPch ; and wIns. T here ia no defensa:

Whlta Rulina • • •

A rOllicking K h erzo!

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SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA CHAMPIONSHIP

By International MASTER WILLIAM LOMBARDY In 11 44 player event Tibor Wein· berger scored 7"1 to win tbe title, and qualify fot" the statc champion­ship tournament. Zoltan Kovacs, who was Ihe only one to win fr om Weinberger, scorcd OYo! -Hil, and placed 2nd. Third was J ames Cross, who beat out Saul Yarmak on tie­breaking, after each had scored 6-2. Irving Rivise with 5"'h -21h placed fifth .

World Junior Champion-1957· Z958

T H E NEXT WORLD CHAMPION?

How many have foreseen the startling event that came to pass at the Candidates Tournament in Yugoslavia? I sugges t that few had picked the winner for that one! Who is this maft.? His record speaks for itself.

For a future world champion he began his international chess career at a relatively late stage. This is not to beJitlic his accomplish. ments. At the age of eighteen he carried off the prize for third board at the World "Students" Team Championship, Upsala, 1956. His score was no less than 81 %! Similar fcats were recorded at Reykjavik, 1957 and Varna, 19~8. Successive firsts in the Russian Championships of 1957, 58 can be conSldered no mean achievement.

The story only begins at this point. Mikhail Tal sky-rocketed to fame with victories at Portoroz and Zurich 1959. Not satisfied with '"minor success," he flashed through the Candidates Tournament win. ning sixteen games while drawing eight and losing only four . F irst prize and the right to chal!enge Botvinnik for thc WOrld Title is his .

The game selectcd is not necessarily Tal's best performance, but it does reveal a strong fighter with understanding of the intricacies of positional play. His patience, endurance and ambition may well lead him to the World Championship.

WORLD CHAMPIONSH IP CANDIDATES TOURNAMENT,

19S9 Sicilian Defense

F. Olafson (Iceland ) M. Tal (USSR) White Black .. P· K4 P.QB4 ,. N·KB3 P·K3 ,. p .Q. P ..

•• . .. P-QR3 ,. P·QB4 N·KB 3

•• N.qB J P· NS ,. B.Q3 N-B3

•• KN·Kl •... .... All Is quite familiar to Us up to move seven. White 's eighth move has yet to be prm·"d correct. B. NlIN followed by Q ·82 Is beUI'r nlthough even Ihis does not guaranie" a lasting superiority.

8. ........ Q. B2 9. 0 ·0 N. K4 10. P ·B41

An interestlng but unnecessary pawn s3crlfice. (a) 10. 8·84. B_Q3; II. R·BI (N:o;: P ?, 12. BxB and wlna) Is a possIbil. Ity. (b) 10. 8·84. N-KR4; 11. Bl<N. QxB; 12. P_B4 Is approximately even.

10. ... .... . NxBP II . K-RI B·K2 12. P·QN3 N.N 3 13. P· KS KN·Q4 14. N-K 4 P· B41

Ula{"k makes full USc of his extra pawn to (,·ee his game.

15. PItP e .p . I'. N(2). N3

We 're having a nlte out. 11. B·N2 18. R_BI 19. Q· K2 20. Nx Ne h

NxP(3j QN·Q4

Anxious for Ihe return of hls long lost pawn. White proceeds with a combina_ tion to reCOVer II. However, 20. p .B5! gives him e llceUent winning chan ces as BlaCk', development Is still retarded.

20. .... .... BXN 21. Q· RS P-N3 22 . BxKNP Q. K2

Nat.urally not 22 ......... , Pill: 23. QxPch unci Whil e h ~ s at least a perpetual check.

23. Bx B 24. Q·B3 25. B·Q3 24. Q·K2

••• R·N! B·N2 K·R!

And one has the Impression that It Is Hinck I<"ho has intentions o( at. tacking.

27. QR·KI QR· KI 28. N·BS?

A complete wasil' of time. 28. Q.N2 with the Intention of Q·Q4 and P -BS Is be tter. Also should W hite care to neutralize Black 's bishop, he may do so by B·K2·B3.

2lL ....... . 29. Q.-N2 30. N·N ] 31. Q. K2

31. QxQ. RxQ; 32. B·NI 31. . ... ... . 32. N· K4 33. N ·NS 34. Q· K3

Q· N5 R·BI Q· B6 ...•....

Is better. R·KNI

Q.QS R-N2

White Is In n q uandry. First he aays he d oesn't Ih"o he says he does. R.QI Is be tter.

34. ........ QxQ 35. RItQ R-B' 36. R· R3 p oNS 37. K· NI •.......

£Ither White Is In extreme time pres­sure or he is thinking or opening a chicken farm, without the heads.

37. ..... .. P . K411 38. R·N] P·KS I 39. B.B4 P.q41

(Su diag"sm lOp nt?:/ column)

All of a sudden a bad game has be· come a losl One.

411. B.K2 P-Q5 41 . B-B4 P. KS

42. R·QI B·Q41 42 . .... .. .. R-Q2: 43. IbQP!, RxH; 44. N· B7ch. Rx.7\;; 45. R·Q8eb etc.

43. B· BI R-K2 44. B· K2 P..Q' 45 . BxP RxB 46. RxR P-K7 47. R(N )' K3 P·K8 = Qch 48. RItQ RxReh 49. K· B2 R·QRS

The ,·es t of the game Is not without some inle rest as far as technique Is concerned; however the result Is (1).

vlous and so no further comment Is necessa ry. SO. R.Q2 P-R3 S1. K· K3 R·K8ch 52. K-Bl R·K2 53. K· B ... 54. PxP N·NS SS. P.KR3 N.Kkh 56. K-B2 BxKNP 57. R·Q4 P·R. 58. P_KR 4 K·N2 59. P· RS N· B4 60. R·QB4 ... , 61 . R·BS B·K! n . R· K5 R_K.1 '3. RxP R_QB2 64. R·R6 R·Bleh 'S. K·KI ... , 66. R· R7ch K· BI 67. P·N6 N·B6ch 68. K·QI R..Q7eh 69. K· BI R_Rl 10. R·Bleh K-KI 71. K·QI .... A"' W hile resigns.

TIBOR WEINBERGER CALIF. STATE CHAMPION

Tibor Weinberger scored 7-2 to take the California State Cham­pionship by a margin of I lh points oYer his nearest competitors, Jim Cross and Zoltan Kovacs who tied for 2nd (mel 3rd places with 5lh -2lf.z . J . H. E. Lof\sson, a young Ice­lander who came to California two years ago, handed Weinberger one of his two defeats whilc scoring 5-3 and taking 4th place. Kovacs, who had also bealen Weinberger in the Southern California Cham­pionslrip in September , won the other point from the new cham­pion. Saul Yarmak, wit h 4% -3 lh. placed 5th.

Since Weinberger. former New Jersey Open champ, has now won about every major California chess ti tle (he took the California Open over a distinguished Held in Scp­tember-~ee CHESS LIFE front page, Nov. 5 issue) it would seem that he has done everything neces· sary to qualify for an invitation to play in the next U.S. Champion­ship.

BENKO WINS U.S. RAPID TRANSIT CHAMPIONSHIP After just returning to this country from the Candidates' Tourna­

ment in Yugoslavia, Pal Benko captured the first U.S. Rapid Transit Championship conducted at the Log Cabin Chess Club, and sponsored co-jointly by that club and the U.S. Chess Federation. This was still another event conducted in the honor of the Log Cabin Club's Silver Anniversary.

Benko went undefeated in an extremely strong field, and proved that he is one of the strongest rapid·transit players in the country. At ten seconds per move Benko was undefeated. winning nine and drawing only one with Grandmaster Art hur Bisguier. for a total score of 91h ·lh. Bisguier was awarded the second prize for his score of 8·2. Third place went to the U.S. Champion Bobby Fischer who scored 7-3. Fischer lost­to Benko, Sherwin and Matthew Green. Dr. Karl Burger and Matthew Green shared 45 place honors with their scores of 64.

The other scores were 6tb, J ames T. Sherwin. 5lh·4\h; 7th, Paul Brandts, 4·6; 6th, William Hook, 3·7; 9th and 10th, Miro Rodoicij and A. Nedclkojvic, 2·6; and 11th, Robin Ault, Ph·6\h .

E. Forry Laucks presented the cash prizes to the winners . Frtlnk Brady dir ected the event.

-------TOURNAMENT RESULTS

EAST SIDE OPEN (16 playcrs), City Terrace C.C. (Los Angeles). 1. Gor­don Barret! (5-1) 2. Paul Klaus (5·1) 3. D. Voung (4\h -l\h) 4. Ben Kakimi (42) 5. C. Edward Swett (3l,2·2 \h).

WICHITA OPEN (27 players), Y.M.C.A., Wichita, Kansas. 1. George Krauss, J r. (5lh-\h) 2. J . D. Brattin (5-1) 3. L. T. Brewster (41h -l \h) 4. Ralph L. Hall (4\h-l %) 5. A. Murphy (4 2).

SANTA MONICA OPEN (18 players), Santa Monica Bay C.C. (California) 1. Dr. Sidney Weinbaum (B·O) 2. E mil Bersbach (6 \h- l \h) 3. T. M. Straus (6·2) 4. AI Michaelson (5-3) 5. Unbroken three way tie with (4Jh-3lh) between Donald Benge, Dr. Bruce Collins, and Brett Hamilton. As highest scoring club member, Emil Bersback won trophy as club champion.

THANKSGIVING 3()"30 (10 players) Cedar Valley C.C., Waterloo, Iowa. 1. Roger Holler (5-1) 2. Willis Vanderberg (4\h-l Jh) 3. Unbroken tie with 3lh-2lh between Richard Runke and Richard Bullard, 5. Jack Donath. Vaylard Smith, and Clay Robison, each with 3·3.

Vol. XIV, Number 11 February 5, 1960

P"lJhSIl~u I'llce a m(}nth on tHe 5t h uml 20~h by T Ut: UNITt:D STATI::S CHESS n';U l::HA TlUN. EHLen,,, ~s . ec!)nd c/:JS5 Ill .' ll e!' SC I>I ~ l\lb cr ii , 1946, ~ l I h~ p ost o!f lce at J)ubuque , Iowa, unde r t he act of ~\ arch 9, 1~7~ .

Editor: FRED M. WREN POSTM ASTER: Please r e tu rn undeliverable cO l> ln with Form 3S79 to F ra nk Brady, USC F BU5iness Manager, 80 Easl 11th Street, New York J, N. Y.

COLUMNISTS AND CONTRIBUTORS

Samuel Reshevsky Eric h Marchand Cla ude Bloodgood III Fred Cr l me r George Koltllnow.kl Ha rr y Bo rocho ....

Lo we ll T u ll is Pau l Lei th Wi lli am Lo mbard y W alle r Korn Ernest Olfe Nicholas Gabo r

Oavl d Spiro Gut hrie McC lai n Robert Karen Rea Hayes La rry Evans J ohn Collins

n GVIlIIJ,

a"d Je"" !J .s~atll1!

Robe rt Eastwood Edwa rd Nash Frank Brady Irwin Sigmond Kes le r Svendsen Ant hony Santasiere

With fUrl her reference to the article on Ihe 1958 Munich Olympiad by ~II'. K. f.'. Kirhy, which CHESS LIFE: reprintcd in the Oc tober 5, 1959 i~sue. from the Auslt'alian CHESS WORLD, we are pleased to print this letter from the author. Afte r expressing an author 'S normal delight al the thought that his brain child had rcached a much larger audience than was originally intended, (the r eader~ of the "SOUTH AFRICAN CHESS PLAYER"), he makes I'a mende honorabl e [or what ap])eared io many of us as unIair criticism of seve ral of the members of the United States Olympic Team. He says , in part,

" I do regret exceedingly that my usua l comment o n such fine pl ayers and ge ntlemen as La rry Evans and Arthur Bisguie r should have circulated wide ty through United States chess circles, and may well have caused them some displeasure. Ca rl yle sta tes tha t ' to vi lify a great man is the only way in which a litt le man can achie ve the semblance of greatness,' but I assure you and them that this was not my object! I was writing for the in terest and amusement of the South African chess pubtic, very unprofessional comments. It is, I feel , legitimate for a journalist, under the circumstances, to comme nt cri t ically, and make distinctions between performers who have forgotten more than he ever knew. However, had 1 had any idea that the players dis pa raged would ever read what I had said about them, I should certainly have been more diplomatic. And now, in v iew of the fact that I have already received a le tte r from New York ex pressing resentme nt of my statements, I should be most grateful if you would publish as much or as little of this as you think fit, with a sincere apo logy to the players conce rned. I may say that I sha ll be only too de lighted if in 1960, at Le ipzig, with Bobby Fischer and Benko as reinforcements, the U.S. Team gives the Russians a fri ght, or even a beati ng. And, o n mature reflect ion I a m prepared to agree with you tha t I cou ld profi tably f ind p taces in my world tea m (against the Ru ssians) for Messrs. Evans, Bi5gu ier, a nd R05so limo!"

Thanks, Mr· Kirby. I'm sure that CHESS LiF'E readers will be look· ing forward to another in teresting commentary from you on the play and lhe extra-curricular events at Leipzig, 1960.

BOBBY vs SAMMY: Although the outcome of t his fi nal· round g lme In Ine 19S9·1960 U.s. Cha mpio nsh ip and Rosenwald T rophy T ou &na ment could not 'ffect Bo bby 's already.usured thi rd champio ns hIp In a row, he appuentl y g.ve it a ll he had in the wa y of co nce nt rallon. A win for Reshevsky would ha ve ea rned him a t ic fo r second p lace wi t h Ro bert Byrne. The game was, however, a 40·move draw. (Pho to by Har kness)

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Since it~ ~ppearunce many years ago I have touted (without "pay­ola") the Harkness-Chernev "Invitation to Chess" as the best and easiest ~cxt by which a beginncr could learn to play chess. A few months ago Larry Evans wrote to me saying he was working on a book ior be­ginn('rs. I remember thinking as I read his letter that if his book was half as good as the one mentioned above, it wou ld be a rca] contribu­tion to the world of chess. Now the book is OUl. "CHESS in ten lessons" published in December by A. S. Barne~ a nd Co., New York, and while I am not prepared to say it is better than the old standby, I honestly believe it is just as good, and, of course, it ha~ the advuntage of being able to br ing to the beginner of today developments and fines ses in chc~s thought up to and through 1959.

The d ust-cover blurb states "This book, by an acknowledged chess genius, assumes that the student knows absolutely nothing about chess, a nd leads him to the point where he can conduct an intellige nt game." I think that it can do ju~t that. and I can heartily rCcommend it to any parent who wanls a textual guide for his child'~ first struggles with the intricacies of chess, or to the chess teacher as (I text for his disciples to study. Any book written by Larry Evan~ would attract at­tention thl'oughout the English,speaking chess world, even if mediocre· And this one, far from being mediocre, is very, very good.

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"The Way To Better Chess" is one Reinfeld book which I om happy to recommend. Divided into three mai n sections ("What The Chess i\1a~ter Thinks About"-3 stream-of-consciousness a nalysis of several games, 35 pp ; "Winning Traps in The Openings" 140 pp; "How To F ind Creative Resources," 50 pp) the book will be of interest and of value to almost any player belolV the master rating. The crisp, easy·on-the eyes type, the firm , aUrac:tive_bindi ng, the fine stock on which the book is printed, all combine to make this one of Macmillan 's choice publi­cations . The instructive games and positions chosen by Reinfeld, and his down ·to·earth Dna lysis of them. combine to make it one of h is most enjoyable and helpful book~. I think that at $4.95 it is overpriced. but so are at least 75% of the good chess books being sold today. And this is a ve ry good chess book!

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U.S. CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT GAMES The a lmo~t overwhelming approval with which our sp~cial games

issu{' {J:lI1. 5, 1960) was received (so far we have received ni ne letters on the subject- eight approving, and one suggesting that we allocate our space \ 0 games pl:1yed In the U.S. tournaments) has prompted us to agree to publish C\'CI'y game played In the U.S. Championship and Lessing J . Rosenwald Trophy Tournament, fro m Dec. 18. 1959 to Jan. 3, 1960. Fifteen games from the (irst three (of 11) rounds arc presented without notes elsewhere in this issue. Although the tournament will be fin ished by the time you read this, the other games will be printed as soon as they arc received from New York, where Paul Leith is burning Ite midnight oil after every session, playing the games Over . rorrcct ing f:tully ga me scores. and laboring in other ways to give you a picture of what actuully happened in the annual fi xture. Those of you who have had tournament experience. and those of ~'ou who have had a batch of tournament game scores dropped on you. (some originals :tnd some ciJ :-bon copies) with instructions 10 "straighten out these scores, so the game will " play," know what Paul has been up against in this proj · ect. Readers who have had no experience in these lines may take your edi tor 's word for it that about half of such scores are cockeyed, with moves omitted, wi th Black's moves appearing in the While column. and wit h ambiguous move notat ions. such as PXP, when there are foul' different purls of the board on which PxP could be played. And when both players are in time troubl e-both scores are likely 10 be messed UP. either by t ransposed moves, or ' by illegible notations.

Wor thy of note is the fact that of the 15 games presented in this issue nOlle IS subject to possible cri ticism as a "grandmaster draw." We lw\'e always bel ie\'ed that such games arc insulting on all levels­particul arly to the other players in the tournament whose final stand ings may be adversely aHeeted by sueh tame tactics. and to the chess public in general. includ ing the promoters of the event, who have a right to expect the bes t eHorts of such highly·rated (and. in some cases, such highly paid) masters of the game.

-Denker

White 1. P·g4 ]. H..Q83 S. P.K) 7. N·Bl t . 0 ·1(2 11. PxP n. PXH 15. 8 · A4 17. B·NS I t . H·K5 21. N·K3 23. B· At. 25. P·A4 27. R·K2 29. RxB 31. 0 · N4 31. R(3).g] 35. P·OB5 37. PxP 39. R(1 )·g2 41. RxA 43. O ·Nkh 45. Resig."

Ault White

I . P· K4 3. p ·OJ 5. P· B4 7. P·1(5 9. 8 ·R) 11 . P·OR4 13. 0 ·8 1 IS. N·K2 17. H(2)x" 19. P ·081 21. H·0 3 23 . OxO 25. R·OI 27. R(1)xN 29. A·S2 31. R· N7 33. RXA 35. I(·K3 37. Bx8 39. Resigns

Sherwin White

1. P '0 4 3. N'OB] 5. N ,B3 1. 0 ·0 9. A·N 11. P .gN) 13. P·B3 15. g ·02 17. I( ·Al 19. R·N 21. H(4). K2 23. N· A4 25. Nx8

ROUND ONE Dec. 18, 1959

No. I Se idml n Blick

H·K83 , ... 8 .H2 0 _0 , ....

B·N2 Q·81 OA·B g .R6 H·B4 ." ." R·B2 0 ·Rt. g . R7 R·B4

A·g B gxAP .. ,

A(I ). Al 0.QB8

K·N2

2. P..Q84 4. PxP • • 8 .B4 .. 0 ·0 10. AoQI 12. 8 ·KNS 14. gA. al 16. 8 · KHl I'. A·B2 20. N·84 22. APxN 24. gXa 26. g ·NS 28. p ·ga4 30. A.g81 32. P·8 3 34. P· B4 3&. g ·KI 31. K·R2 40. g . KS 42. P·1(8S 44. g · I(Sch

P·I(Nl .. , P·K3 P·Hl

'" ••• N·B, g ·1(2 N·1(2 g ·1(2 .... P· A4 8 ·Rl

••• R·B4 R·H4 A· A4 g .8S R· A7

••• R· A' P .B]

N o. !

P·Kl N·1(83

P·B4 ... , P ·gN4 P·gA3

R·Nl N·HS H·B4 101 ·83

N(l )xH ". N·86ch A·BS

gB·N4 8 ·R4 ... P·N] P·8 7

- Weinstein Blick

2. N·08l 4. 8 .g 2 I . N·8 3 I. P· I( N3 10. NXNP n . N·8 3 14. 0 ·0 16. "oQ4 It. N·KI 20. g · B2 22. " XN 24. A· A2 26. I( ·B2 21. 8 · IU 30. R·87 32. R· B2 34. N·85 1&. N·K4 :).t. N·8kh

, ... 8 · 1(2 N·83 0.0

R·NI ." g . B2

'" B·g1 A· N2 N·NI ... ••• ." ... , R·85 • R.gl P·86 I(· N2

No. J

H·1(83 B·H2 0 -0

P· K4 P..QA4

'" I(N·02 g .K2 101·82 0 ·81 8 ·Rl

P· K84

•••

2. P·g84 4. P·K4 i . 8 · 1(2 8. R· I( 10. 8 ·8 n . NxP 14. 8 · K3 16. gAoQl 11. p·gU 20. 8 ·B2 n . g ·82 24. N·N' U. 101·83

P·I(N3 p.g)

gHoQ2 P·83 ••• N·Bt N·K4 P· B3 8 ·g2 N ·IU N·N2 .... 101 ·1(4

27. gA..o 29. NoQ5 31. P·N3 33. P· B4 3S. O·N 31. AxA 39. g · K4 41 . P' KN4 43. OxN 45. 8 ·H3 47. 8xP .,. 8xP 51 . -.02 53. BxN 55. KxB 51. P·H4 59. P· NS '1 . AxP

Fischer White

I . P · K4 1. NxP S. 0·K2 7. B·NS 9 . N·B3 11. P'04 13. 1 ·84 IS. P..QS 17. N(4). HS I t . AxA 21. P· KH 3 21. Px8 2S. AxB P 21. Axl(NP :1'9. 8 ·0 3 31. P..QA4 33. K·02 35. I(·B2 31. IhP :ft. R·g2 41. K·1(2 43 . K·1(3 45. 1(·1(1 41. l(·g4 49. I(· N4 S! . I(·Nl 51. K·R4 55. K·N3 57. I(· R3 59. K· A4

Bernstein White

1. P·g4 1. H· I(B) S. PxP 7. P· KH3 t . 0·0 11 . 8 ·84 13. B· R6 U. P· AS 17. N..Q2 It. N·B4 21 . R·R' 21. HxH 15. HxQ 27. A· NI

Q.B4 B·Nl , .. N·83 8·N2 ••• .-, N·N2

••• P·A4 B-BI B·K4 , .• , ..

R, I(Bl I(·N2 K·N3

R·I(B3

28. PxP 30. g ·1(4 32. B·Rl 34. B·H n. R·1(4 38. R·)( 40. B·B2 42. N·1(1 44. Axg 46. AxP 41. 8 ·1( 50. K·N2 S2. I(· B3 $01. B·B4 56. R· N6 sa. PxP &0. AxP onw

N(2)xP R·K82 . -,

8·N 1 ,-. .-. 8·1017

••• .. , .. , .. , N·84 a., ... R·81 .. , R·1(3

No.4

P· K4 P·g3 g . K2

gxgch B·g1

P·I(R3 gR. I(Bl

gN· Nl ... ... 8·N4ch .. ,

RxRP N·1(4 N·8S ' ...

R·Nlch R..QR8

)(·B2 R·R4

Rxllch 1(·1(4 P·R5 ... K·1(6 .... )(·87 P·H3 .... 1(·87

Bisguier Black

2. N. I(B3 •. H·K83 6. P·g3 8. Bxg 10. 0 ·0 ·0 12. B· R4 14. OR·1(1 16. N·04 18. Bx8 10. NxN 22. P·B4 24. A·1(1 ,t.. Axl(NP 21. R·N1 30. BxN 32. P..QB3 34. K·81 1&. R·N5 38. P·I( N4 40. 1(.0 4'. I(x A 44. 1(·83 46. P·NS 48. I(xP ... 50. I(xP 52. P·B' 54. I(·R3 56. I( ·N4 58. K· N3 t.O. P·H4

H· I(B3 ... N·I(B3

8 ·1(2 N·8]

0 ·0·0 8·g1 R· Kl

Rxll c h

••• P·OB3 , .. N·81 R·H 7 ...

II·Hlch A· Nlch

'" K·83 R·Q4 l( ·g4 P· R4 1(·84 1(· 85 ... , ... , K.gt. K·B7 K·07

Resigns

N o. J

N·1(83 P·B4 P.Q3 8 · N2

P..QAl g . K2 A·Hl

P..QN4 P · I(R4

N·82 A·NS ... , .. ,

ltoQHS

2. P·gB4 4. P ·g5 t.. N.B3 8. B.H2 10. P.QII4 12. g .Bl 14. 8x8 11>. PxP _. p . I'. P .R3 20. 0 ·B4 n . P·H3 24. 0 · 1(3 2&. II ·RI 21. R.NI

P·1(3 .. , P· I(N3

0 -0 QN·Ol

R·1(1 ... NxNP

N·Al ... , N·N4

••• A·KI 11' 1$4

29. N x Bch 31 . IIxP 3]. R·N6

Mednis White

1. P ·K4 3. P..Q 4 5. N·083 7. g ·83 t . 8 ·1(1 11. 1( · 1011 13. P · K5 IS. S ·KI4 11. 8x8 It . NxP 21 . AxN 23. Px8 25. IIxR 21 . K· N2 29. RxN 31. R·ON4 U . P·1(1I 3 35. R·K4ch 37. R·1(4ch

Seidman White

1. P· K4 3. P· I(Nl S. P·g3 7. 0 ·81 t . P.gB] 11. PxP 13. K· l(l 15. g ·02 17. II·OB I 19. R· B2 21. N·R3 23. A· I(I 25. I( ·B2 27. 1( ·84 n . H x8 31. KxP 13. H·B3 35. 1( ·84 37. R·ORI It. II·B2

, .. AXNP

N.g2

p .ga4 .. , P·gR]

8 ·g2 B·K2 0 _0 .. ,

B·g1 o.a

101 ·114 8 ·111 ... '

R..Q81 I( · N2 )( · B3 A·B2 R·g2 I( · B4 I( ·B4

30. II ·N' P.gBS 32. hll PxA 34. Aellg '"

2. N·KB] 4. HxP ,. B· I(NS I. 0 ·0 ·0 10. g · N3 12. P·B4 14. P xP It.. 1(·111 II . QxO 20. N·g4 22. 8 ·83 24. I(A·gt 2'. P·H3 21 . N·1(4 ] ). P·OR4 32. I( ·BI 34. R·g84 36. R.QH4 D rlwn

Benko BIlek

p .g ] N· I(B]

P ·K] H·83 0·B2

I(R·OBI ... N·BS

••• ••• ... '" P·I(N4

••• K·B4

P· I(R 4 K·1(4 K·K4

ROUND T,YlO Dec. 19, 1959

No. 7

P.gB4 P. I(N3

P·03 N·KB]

N·IIl , .. 0 _0

g . N3 N·OA4

••• K A·Bl A·B1

NxlPc h

••• RxAP Axl(NP P.1(4ch ... ,

I( ·R3 ".

Benko BlIck

2. N·gB3 4. B·N2 6. B· K3 8. H·gl 10. P· I(B3 12. B. At. 14. BxB It.. P·OA3 18. 0 · 101 4 20. PxO 22. RxR 24 . 1(·81 26. KxN 28. N[1)·82 3~. 1(·1(5 n . P· N5 34. I(xP 16. p . )($ 38. R·1(81 40. Aes lgn l

N·gB3 8 · 1012 ... , P·g4 P.g5

N·ONS ... N·B3 N·N' B·1(3

••• N·g7ch B·N5ch

••• A·N7 P·KR4 ...

N·84 PoQN3

N o. 8 Reshev$ky Mednis

BI.ck White 1. P.Q4 1. N ,OB3 5. 8 · K2 7. 0 ·0 t. P'OS 11 . P·KN3 13. P'ORl IS. P·S4 11. N·N2 It . P· I(N4 21 . Pxll 21. P · I(R4 25. PxN 27. 8 ·1(1 29 . gxg 31. K·82 33. I(xR 35. B· K2 17. 8 ·g1 l!. P_RS " . B·1(2

N·1(8' I · N2 0 -0

P·1(4 P.84 N·1(1 P·84 P · I(S N·N2 N· KI g·1I4

R·KNI

••• 8 ·g2 ... 8 .g2

R.KNIch B·02 B.Q2 R·N2

43. M_dn ll pl l y.

R· N2 r_ 5lgnl d

1. P-Q84 P· I(Nl 4. P·1(4 P·0 3 , . H· 83 P·B3 •. R· Kl g·H~

10. N· I(R4 g ·OI 12. B·BI H·R) 14. PxP PxP 16. B·K3 8 ·8] 18. P.R3 N·B2 20. P·N5 BxN 12. B.Q2 1(·82 24. P.R5 101 ·83 26. II ·K) NxP 21. B·R4 g·IIS 30. BxN I(xB 12. A·N3 AxR 34. K·B2 B·1(1 36. N·K3 B· A5 38. P·R4 B·81 40. A·Hl R·Hl 42. N.B2Adlournld ... Ithout .... sumlng

No . , Bi$guier

White I . P.g 4 1. p ·o s S. P xP 1. N·8 3 t . P·KS 11. IIxN 13. 8 ·114 15. gN·g2 17. NxB 19. P·84 1 1. R·B2 13. 0 ·113 25. gxBP 27. gxgp U. AxN 31. I( ·R2 n . P·86ch 35. R· B4 37. P·R4 39. R·N7 41 . P·H7

Byrne White

1. P·g4 3. N·01l3 5. N·KB3 7. 8 ·84 9. 0 ·0 11. R·O 13. B·1(3 15. P x P 11. 101 .101$

101 ·1( 8] P..oH4 BPxP , ... N·NS ...

0 _0 g ·K2 II ·B3 ... , ••• N·83

Q.K H2

••• .-. P·I(R4 .-.

R·gl Rlt.)·1(7

R·1I1 R"lgns

Bernstein

2. P..Q84 4. Pxp ' • • N.gB3 e. P·1(4 10. P·KRl 12. 0101· 1011 14. 8xPch 16. g ·Nl 18. 0 ·0

Blick P·B4 P·1(3 8 · N2 p .gS

20. H(2)83 22. HxB 24 . A..Q8 26. gR·82 2 •. Nxg 30. N.86 32. " · BS 34. NxP 36. AxP 38. R· N4 40. P..QNt.

101 ·1(111 8 ·N2 I(·Rl ... ...

A·I(NI R·KS R·)(6 N· I(S

••• A·g8ch 1(·1012 P·AS

RxHP P · A4 .. ,

No. /0

N_1(83 , ... P..Q1I4

••• 0 ·0 o..' OR.II B·.' p . I(Rl

2. P ·gB4 • • Px P I . P·1(3

Fischer Black

P.1(3 .. , N..Q8]

I . PxH 10. g ·1(2 12. P·1(4 14. Bo03 " . P· I(S I I. a-A7ch

8 ·K2 P..QN)

8 · N2 .., H·N5

•••

rrh"SS ~'f F, id",. P"., \UJII: ... 1 e Ftb"",rt 1, 1960

19. g ·IIS 21. H · A7 21. R·I(B 25. H· N5 27. P·K4 19. OxR 31 . I( ·B 33. R·g82 35. I(·K2 37. K·1(2 a9. 1( ·82

Weinstein Wh ite

I. P·04 3. H ·K B3 S. BxP 1. g ·1(2 t . P·OA4 11. AxA 13. N·ONS 15. NIl )xP 11. O B·B4 19. R·ll l 21. A·Q8 23. IIxB 25. BxN

Denker White

1. P..Q4 3. P·1(3 S. N· B3 7. B·N2 t. B· K2 11. RxN 13. PxP IS . g ·B 17. B·H4 1'. 11·8. 21 . AxO

Ault Wh ite

1. P ·K4 3. P..Q4 S. NoQ83 1. B· I() 'I. B·1(2 11. gR..Ql I ). BxP 15. IIxg 11. PxN 19. R(2).gl 21 . R·RT

.... ." lI·g2 ... ••• ... ....

K·II.2 A·N7ch R· N7c h

A·N4

20. 8 ·03 22. P x H 24. P· R4 U . RxP 21. Nxgch 30. A·K :no A·K2 34. P ·1lS 36. K·g 3 31. 1( ·1(1 40. K· l(l

I 0 ·1(2 .... A·86 ... ' ••• ItxPc h A· N5 A· N4

R·Nkh R· N6ch Or .... n

No. 1/

, ... N·I(B)

P· B4 P..QN4 QNoQ2

••• O·Hl N·B4 ••• H· N3 N'92 ••• g .BBch

_ No.

, ... 101 ·1(83

B·N2 0 -0

P·85

'" ••• .-, 0 ·0 3 N·83 ...

Sherwin BI.ck

2. P..Q 84 PxP 4. P ·K3 P·1(3 6. 0 ·0 P..QR3 I. 8 ·H3 8 ·1012 10. PxP P x P 12. N·81 P· NS 14. P·1(4 PxP 16. P ·I(S I(N..Q2 11. Nx H 8·g4 20. N·02 8 -a4 21. B·1(3 g x l(P 24 . P·84 gxNP 26. Rlllgn,

12 Ault

Bllc:k 2. P·OB4 P.gBl 4. N.g81 P_I(N) t.. P ·gN3 N·KS I. A·B P· KB4 10. Px8P NxN 12. 0 ·0 8 · NS 14. 8xl PxP 16. R·BS P·K3 11. R·1(1 A·1(1 20. AxP OAxR 22. QxA A •• lgnl

ROUND THREE Dec. 20, 1959

No. IJ

, .... , .. P· I(N)

0.0 P_I(,

P-QR] N·83 R-Kl N· 1(4 8 ·B' B.gt.

No_

Seidman Blick

2. N·1(83 PoQ3 4. NxP N·K8l t.. P·1(8) 8 ·N2 I. Q..Q2 "oQ4 10. N(4)· NS P·05 12. NxP pxN 14. 8 ·aS gxgch It.. N..QS HxN 11. I(·B2 8 -R3 20. P.014 8 ·81 22. RlIlgn. d

14 Sherwin Denker

White Blick I. P.04 N·1(83 2. P .g84 P-Kl 3. N·OBa B·N5 4. P·83 P..Q4 S. P..QR) 8xNch 5. Px8 P.84 7. Pxgp NxP I . g ·g2 g .R4 9. P·1(4 gx8P 10. 8 · 1012 oxgch 11. Kxg N· 1(83 12. R· 8 0 ·0 13. RxP OH..Q2 14. A·8 H ·N3 15. 1(.1(3 B..Q2 16. lI..Ql I(R·8 17. 101·1(2 N·K II. Ax R RxA I'. R·08 RxA 20. axR H..Q3 21. H·83 B·83 22. P·H4 P..QR3 23. I(·K2 N-RS 24. NxN 8xN 25. 1( . )(3 B· Nt. 21. 1(002 H· N4 21. 8·1011 1(·8 21. P·84 P· I(N] :1'9_ P· NS K·1(2.,.. P·I(R4 1(·1(1 31. BxH Px8 12. 1(. 83 8 · A7 31. )( · 1014 8 ·NI 34. P..QJ IxP U. P..QI 1(..02 36. I( ·BI B· B' 37. B·KS 8 ·83 31. I(· N' 1(· 8 39. B·B3 Ko02 40 . 8 ·KS K. lll 41. Adlourned, but dr.w .gI'Md ... Ith ·

out resuming play.

N o. Ij FiKher Weinstein

Wh ite Black 1. P·1(4 P..QBl 2. N' 083 ,..g4 3. N· B3 8·H5 4. P·I( R3 8xN 5. QxB N·K83 t.. P..Q3 P·1(3 7. P·KNl B·1(2 I. 8 .N2 PxP 9. PxP P ·1(4 10. 0 ·0 gN..Q2 11. 101 ·01 0 ·0 12. H·K3 P·I(Nl 11. R.gl g.B2 14. H·H4 P·I(R4 15. HxNch NxN 16. 8 · NS N· A2 11. B. R6 I(A.QI 11. 8 ·1(81 I · N4 19. BxB NxB 20. 0 ·1() 0 ·1(2 21 . P·I(R4 N. I() 22. 8 ·84 P·gN4 23. 8xN OxB 24. g . BS Q.B5 25. gxg pxg 26. P ·ON) R.gS 21. RxR Pxll 28. 1(·81 A·1(1 29. P.1( 8l R·1(4 30. R..Ql P..Q14 ll. P.Q83 PxBP n. A..Q81 P·1( 84 31. I(PxP RxP 34. Rx P pxP 35. RxNP P-BS 36. R·R3 R·84 ]7. 1(·1(2 P ·8t. 31. l(..Ql P .B7t h 39. I( .Bl P· A4 40. A.N3 1(· 1012 41. A. N7ch K·al 42. A·Nkh 1(. 1012 43. P-N4 .dlO<.rrnecl. 44. Or" .... grltl'd without "tUrning pl.y.

GAMES BY USCF MEMBERS Annotated by Che .. Master JOHN W. COLLINS ,

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Walter J . Shipman, a New York lawyer, and president of the Mel­ropolitan Chess League, won the New Jersey Open. He won five , drew two, and came out best on a tie·break with Ray Weinstein and Herbert Avram.

Shipman springs a surprise with an old debut in this game and has the initiative [rom start to finish.

SCOTCH GAMBIT MeO 9: p. 51, c. II, fd

New Jersey Open Newark, 1959

W. SHIPMAN H. AVRAM White Black

1. P.k4 P.K4 1. N·KI3 N.oB1 1. P.o4

Now thla la quite .. turn, slladu or 'rchlgorln and BI.ckburnc!

3. ........ PxP 4. B.oB4

The Gnmblt. The standard "G~;"'e con_ tinues 4. NxP, N·B3; 5. N·QB3, B.N~ ; 6. NxN. NPxN; 7. B-Q3, 1>-Q4; 8. FxP, PxP; 9. 0 ·0, 0·0; 10. B.RNS.

4. ........ B.54 Probably Black dO)Cs best to tranapOlIe Into Ihe Two KnlCh\s' Defense wllh 4. -._ .... , N·B3. Then If 5. P ·KS, p.Q4! with Max Lanre Attack.

S. 0 .0 5. P·D3 Is uaual.

S. .. ......

---... , 6. N·NS I?

White contlnuel to harken ba~k to the bad old days when atbcklnr moves WHe thAt and nothing mOre. 6. P.B3, B·KNS; 7. Q-N3, Q-Q2; 8. S XPch, QxB; 9. QxP. tran!po,U Into a loud lin e til the G!uoco Pai no.

6. .. .. ,, " N-K4 Stelnltl might weI! have reaet"'d with 6 ......... . N.R3.

7. B· N3 P.KR3? Arter this White's attack really ellen. A,, ',a!n. the bu t Is 7 ..... .... . N.R] and

. P·K64, QN.NS. •• P ·1(8 41 8 -I(NS

It 8 .......... P·Q6 ell; 9. K.R l . N·NS; 9. .. -. .... PxN; 10. PxN. RxP ch? 11. KxR P . N5: 12. BxP ch wlna); 10. N.KR1. Q: ItS: ~ t. Q·83. PltP; 12. N·B]! and White" attack start! rerolllng.

t. Q·1(1 Px N 10. PxN B-K1

Black doC! not put up the stoutest de­tcnMl .• R.,oth 10. ......... N.R] a nd 10. .... ..... . are #referable. 11. BxB Px8 12. Q.H 3 13. Bx P B·K2 14. BxB If 14 ..... .... . QxB: I ~ . Q-N6eh.

... N"

I{·QI; 16. R·B7. Q.R5; 17. p.R] wins. 15. Q XHP R·I(NI 16. Q-B7ch K:02 17. R·8, K·Bl 18. QxPch K-Nl On 18. ......... Q-Q2. Wil li e could e x. change Oue .. ". and win t he endlnC Or remove Ihe KP. •

19. N·Q2 Good te~h"lque. WInning m~~'-materlal best waUs while development Is com. pleted.

19 . ...... .. 20. QR-ICBI

ThrMt~nlnlt' 2\. QxRch, QxQ";·"22. ch. QxR: 23. RxQch N _Q I ' 24 mllte. " .

20 . ...... .. 21. N.84

R·Ba R>N

P·R3 K·R2

Thls losl's Another Pawn but If 21 ......... R·Kl Whlto can t~rce a wo~ ending " 'Ith 22. QxR. QlIQ; 23. R.IlI_

22. N .. P N.NS 23. Q.B4 Q.K2 24. R·1(6 Q-N2

While tllere's li re .. 25. P· KN 3 2'. OXOf>c:h 27. R.I(N6

011:· 1(1 K-RI

NxBP

Friti.ry, Ftb"u,'" , -, ,

Page 6 1960

Ir 27 . ........ . QxN; 28. QxQ, RxQ; 29. RxRch wins. And If :!7 .......... N.B3; ta. RxQ. NxQ; 29. RxR. RxR ; 30. P ·B3 win • .

2 •. Q.QSI O·Rl

I( ZII .......... QxN; 29. RxR wins. Ir 2.8. .... ... ., RxN; 29. RxQ. RlIQ; 30. RxRch, wln~. lind If 28 ......... , N·K6; 29. Rl(Q, NxQ; 30. }{xR. R><R; 31. PxN win •.

29. Rx Pch! Re s tg", Thus ~voldlng 29 ......... . K·NI; 30. N.Q7 eh, K.BI; 31. R·Ra mate.

rN TERSECTIONS SICILIAN DEFENSE

MCO 9: p"ge II I Notes by U.S. Master

A. l\fengarin i, M.D. Commercia l Chess league

New York, 1959 A. Mengarini Appleman

White Black 1. P·K4 P·QB 4 2. P.QR3 N.QB3 3. P·QN4 .... " ..

A samblt I eKcoCitated some years .go. 3. ........ Px P 4. P x P NxP 5. K N·B3 P.o4

I .... It$ drawbacks, but Il seems that so d o othe r Black moves at this point.

6. Px P N >c P 7. B·NSch B.o2 8. 8 x Beh Q x8 9. P·B4?! ._ ......

First 9. 0-0 may b~ sou"der. The Id .... wns to utilize th", QR4 to K8 diaconal. e.r . Men,arlnl.FaJans 30--30. 19S2, which conUnu/!:d: 9. ......... N·BS: 10. P·Q4. N':-;Peh: II. K·BI. Q-R6; 12. Q-R4eh. K.QI; 13. Q·RSch, K.BI; H . Q-BSeh. (t he im­mediate N-NS w as more accurate). K.QI; U. N·NS. N·K6 dbl. eh.: 16. K-K.2, Q·R~ eh.: 17. KxN. N-B3; 18. K_Q3 eel.

9. ........ Q·1C3ch l 10. K-81 N·N3 11 . N· R3! N·B] 13. P·Q5 Q·Bl n. p.os O·Bl n . P-OS Q-BI 14. P-061 P-K]

To pru~rve his easUl" r p rlv\leJlle_ IS. N-KS ........

Tlme·consumlng, for I had to I$lure mys~lt lhat !he rather loos~ plaeeme"t of this N waS !he only way to ma!". taln $uftlclent ch ""ces, and that arter IS. ... .. .... B·N'l; 16. N·N5. 0·0 (White was threatening P-Q7ch); 17. N·B7. Black's vprlous possible dl$Covenel 310"11 the lo,,~ diagonal lVer~ e"en· tlilly harmless.

15 . ... _ .. _. Q.B4 16. B·N2 ........

Witch this Bishop expa ti ate. n . __ .... BxPI

The best chance. Black eme rrlng wllh 3 PlwnS and • lead In development tor I piece (not 18 _ _ .. .... . QxP? 17. Q_ 83. Q·K'l: 18. N-BII!) Neverthele". WhIte's .(amblt h8$ paid oft.

17. N.o3 0 ·B4 18. P·BS 0-0 n. f>xB KR-Ql

Both players must readjust thcmsclves to playing a dirferen t kind or game. Whlte's progress Is particularly slow and pal"rul hereabouts. Even though he will be under attack, he cannol think or 20. Q.B3. for his ul>Opposcd Bishop would lose much of Its power after nn e >ccha nge of Quee "s.

20. N·KJ N.KS 21. Q.K2 ........

White would come to grle r Tr he sls lcd In try ing to attack now. 21. N-N4? K·B!!

21 . • ___ __ .. 22. QN-B4 23. NxN 24. P·Bl 25. N·K3 26. K·B2 27. KR·Ql 28 . K· Nl 29. N-N4 30. QR-BI

. .. ",N R·Ql

OR. Bl N.Q7c h

Q· BS QR.·Q1 P·QRl

R·Q6 ... ... ..

Threa"~"l"g QxR. Both players have about 10 minutes left for Iwe nly moves.

3D. ........ Q.Q] 11_ N·B2 Q.N3

The modest R .Q~ s .. ve bettcr chances. Having completed his development, White regains the Initiati ve by Sivln&: b;tck some or hb m ate rial.

12. Q.K 51 ........

Also 32. B_B6 was possible.

winning the e>cehange

32 ......... n. PxN 34. Rx R. n. K-N2 36. QxP

Nx Pch Rx Rch Rx Rc h

P·8 3 '-"'-

And Black restll/ned. The text Is Sharp· er Ihln 3&. Q-NBch and NxR. U now 36 . ........ . R·Q2; 37. N·N4 will mate. e.g_ P.QR4; 38. N_R6 ell. K·H2; 39. Q·Ra. The game Is Interullns for lis transI· tlons from energy.plus matter·mlnus. to maUer-pius energy-mlnu.. and back again. It Is charneter!stle of ehcn t hat t he road to victory lIos precisely by way of such haurdous Interseello"s.

STONEWALL SYSTEM MeO 9:" p. ZZ8, (. 14

U. S. Open Omaha, 1959

O. ULVESTAD R. SPRAGUE White BI.ck

1. P.o. N·KB] lD. P .RS R·Kl 2. P-K1 P· KNl 11. RP x P RPxP 3. 8 ·0 3 B· N2 12. P.B5 QPxf> 4. P-KB. 0 ·0 13. P~ NP P·B3 5. N·I(B3 P·03 14. B·R6 N·K3 , . P-1(4 ON .Q2 15. B·QB4 N· N] 7. P· 1(5 N·Kl 16. B~ Nch BxB 8. P_KR4 P·QB4 17. 0 ·81 ResIgns 9. P·83 N·82

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State Champion Boris Suf of Miami tallied 61h ·1h to win the first Florida Mas ters event held Nov. 26-29 at the DuPont Plaza Hotel, Miami.

The champion , who has been a master (or many years won six and drew with runner-up Marvin Sills of Miami. who scored 6-1. after drawing also with Jeff Rohlfs. Sills earned a maste .... ating for the sec­ond t ime in the last three events and probably wBl be listed among the elite before the end of 1960.

Rohlfs. 16·ye:tr ·old Miami Edi­son sophomorc, I)laced third with 4~-2 1h. The talcntcd youngste r lost only 10 Sire and to Duke Chin n. Florida's regular upsetter of expel·ls.

Third through scventh with 4-3 and no tic-breaking werc: A. C. Ot­tcn, 1955 state champ; Fr ed Borges, Univ. of Miami instruc tor ; Frank Hosc. Fort Lauderdale News chess editor; and Richard Glick­man. Miami Beach expert.

The field was restricted to the top 16 players who appli ed for permission to compete. Borges promoted and directed the event.

An amateur event hcld at the same limc was dominated by young playcrs. The winner was J erry Aranoff, 14, Mi:tml Beach; while David SUlnncr, 13, Miami, and Richard Corbin, 14. Miami Beach, t ied for second.

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USSR CHESS MAGAZINES by PAUL LEITH

A reader of CHESS LlFE requests information on "Russian chess periodicals" and how to subscribe to them. In the past few years, many of our players alld particularly the younger ones (Fischer, Lombardy, Saidy, Weinstein) have been stUdying chess books and magazines in the Russian language. It is quite understandable that they should wish 10 absorb chess theory from that country which for a decade has demo onstrated its superiority in chess. Our younger players, in particular, are imbued with the laudable determination to catch up with and sur· pass USSR chess playel:s.

Most players in our country think that the language barrier keeps them from access to chess literature in the Russian language. This view was expressed most recently by David R. Stevenson in his very interest­ing letter in CHESS UFE, Dec. 5, 1959. But this is not so. Our younger players are witness to this, for they knew no Russian at aU when they embarked on their exploratory venture. Learn the Russian alphabet, and these words: belie (white), chernie (black), sdalis (resigned) and inichya (draw); and the games are an open book. You should, of course, know the algebraic notation, but this is as easy as eating pie.

Mr. D. J. Morgan in his informative, sparkling "Quotes and Queries" column in the BRITISH CHESS MAGAZINE, Dec. 1959, states on this point: "Hardly any difficulty in reading the problems and games. We ourselves, through exchange, see more or less regularly about t:wo dozen different foreign magazines in a dozen or so different foreign .lan­guages. Though no linguist, the essential terms come readily from the context." With the aid of a dictionary for key words, you can get the gist of theoretical articles on openings. Further study of the Russian language will bring added dividends.

The basic .USSR chess magazine is the 32 page monthly SHAKH· MATY V' SSR (CHESS IN THE USSR). Here is a brief summary of the contents of No. 10, October, 1959. The editorial describes the consti­tucnt congress of the USSR Chess Federation, previously the USSR Chess Section under the Council of Ministers. Features are: 1) a six page arti­cle on the Sccond National Spartakiad Team Tournament, in which fourteen Grandmasters, fifty-four Masters and over a hundred Candi­dales for Master and first category players participated; 2) a four­page article on the 1959 World Student Team Tournament at Budapest, Hungary, by International Master M. Yudovich; and 3) a two page article by International Grandmaster A. Kotov on the 1959 World Junior CT1ampionship in Switzetland.

Rounding out the issue are four annotated games, a five page sec­tion on Studies and Problems; a two page section on Checkers; several letters from readers disagreeing with some moves in books; an article Oil chess in East Germany; and chess news from various cities.

Important from another angle, and of special value to USA players for self study is the 32 page monthly SHAKHMATNY BIULETIN, con­sisting almost entirely of games, without notes. The No. 10, October 1959 issue contains in a five page theoretical section: 1) "Planning with a Closed Center" by Master A. Sokolsky, author of the book "Chess Open­ings": 2) "On the Theory of the Sicilian Defense" by A. Christov, trans­lated from the Bulgarian SHAKHMATNA MYSL, with comments by Y. Estrin; and 3) a summary by International Master A. Konstantinopolsky of Dr. Max Euwe's views on the Sicilian Defense, from the latter's Ar­chives.

This issue of SHAKYMATNY BIULETIN has 184 games in algebraic notat ion, without notes. Sixty seven games are from USSR competition (tournament of Masters and Candidates for Master; semi·finals of the 26th USSR Championship; 1959 Kiev City Championship; and games from the career of G. Y. Levenfisch. There are forty-two games from the 1959 Yugoslav National Championship, and games from the 1959 World Student Team Championship, the 1959 Women's Candidates Tournament, etc. Included is the Brandt-Benko game, New York, 1959. And finally, a brief chronicle of events in foreign countries, and indexes according to players and openings.

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Newport, Ky. Cincinnati Enquirer 1933

In Memoriaml

Solutions to "Mate the Subtle Way!" No. 1041 Wiilemsens: keymove 1. R(B)QS waiting! 1. ...... .. , KxP, 2. B_K6; 1 ........ .

K.K5, 2. B·B5; l. ........ P-K5, 2. B-P; 1. ........ PXP, 2. B-B6; I. ........ N any, 2. QxP. No. 1041 Bata: keymove I. Q·QR2 threatening 2. B-R4. I. .. ...... R.Q5, 2. N·K6; 1. ........ R-K5, 2. 1J..Q5; 1. •....... N_B2, 2. R-NG; 1. ........ NxP, 2. N-N4. The "2 rook. defences produce 2 half-pin varlatlons both cmoblned wtlh self_interferences (with the 2 bishops) whlle the knlght-defences bring about "2 block·variationS. No. 1043 Beale: key 1. N·Ra threatening 2. R.B4. 1. .. .. .... P-K7, 2. R.QB3 dbl.ch.; 1. ....... . B·B2. 2. R-KB6; 1 ..•....•. BxP, 2. NxB; 1. ........ Q>:Rch! 2. BxQ. A good try is 1. N-KG with 8ame threat, defeated by 1 ........• B-B2 only. No. 1044 Michalak: key 1. Q.Q3 threaterung 2. P·K4 and 3. N-B3. It, after 2. PK4BxP, 3. Q_N3; if 2 ......... R>:P, 3. N-B3 and after 2 • •... .•.• K-B5, 3. N_QB4. If 1. ........ R·KR4, 2. N (B6)K4 etc.; If l. ........ B-N7 or RlI, 2. N(Q2)K4 etc.; If l. ........ RxP, 2. Q_K4ch! etc. Arte~ 1. ........ R-Q5, 2. Q.K4 eh! etc.; If 1 ......... R-KB5, 2. Put chi etc .

FORSYTH NOTATION For Inexperienced solvers and followers of our problem·column, and especlally

for thow who intend to become problem·compose,s, we emphasize the neceSSity of developIng their technlQue In readlnit the For~yth Notation used f or giving chess-posItions .wlthout the space-needing diagrams. In our column we intend to giVe, In addition to the diagrammed positions, more problems, set-ups, out­lines, schemes, (combInation-matrixes and patterns etc.) for the benefit of thClse Interested In the art of composing and In gIving them, use the Forsyth Notation.

Looking at any posItion from White's sIde, read the lines from the top·llne going left to right. Numbers mean empty squares. Capital letters mean White pIeces, while small types represent Black pieces. (To avoid mistakes, the Knights are given hy the letter "N" or "n".) When a line Is complete, It Is wparated r,om the next line by I. To demonstrate the notation, we give here one of the above 4 positions, No. lOS6 Dr. Keeney's three-mover in Forsyth:

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FISCHER A THREE TIME WINNER-{Continued from Page 2)

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USSR CHE SS MAGAZINES-(Continued from Page 7) Bobby Fischer proved the value of studying material in Russian

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SELVAGGI WINS 1959 S. J . AMATEUR

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M,'I ·del·Plala. 19J9 F ISC HER- To Move

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The eOTl'l'ct scnn (the way the came went) was I. ........ , 8-1'<5; 2. P·R1, B·B 4: 3. ,",ltD? , R.RlI(:h, ~nd Whi te resigned, seeing >the forced <:ou t-ln uatLon. 4 . K· 1'12, Q.8 8 male. Leonard Barden say, Ihlll WhI te ', 3. Qx D was error , and that 3. P ·R8(Q I. n xQ; 4. Q·Q4 would ha ve cO'-'''-ed 3,alnst the fatal rook cheek at White'S KIU. and that White wnllld have wOn rather eaSily wilh hiS n,a_ t e rial plus.

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