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S' END solutions to Position No. 176 to Russell Chauvenet, 721

Gist Ave., Silyer Spring, Md., by February 5, 1956. With your solu­tion, please send 'analysis or rea-

.. "'Sons supporting your choice of "Best Move" or moves.

Solution to PosItIon No. 116 wlll ap­pltar in tho Februlry 20th, 1'5.6 i$Sue.

NOTE: Do not pl«e solutions to two positions lin om e,"iI; be S'UU to int/icdle correct mmlhn of potition b.f;ns IOluti. <Ina 8"" lh. full .... me tmtI "ti,m of th. rol!'" to IUJisl in prope, ~itifl8 of solution.

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Conspire Against the Reds By E. M.

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THREE chess plaYers from ArgentJna clJmpired against the Russians _ with a Prepared "val·iativD. The conspirators m~t the ' Reds a't Gothesburg, Sweden, in the Inter-Zonal Tournament. Najdorf, Pa~no and Pilnik (alphabetically) essayeQ with Black the Sicilian Defense. The game, ,Geller-Panno, will expose the conspiracy. ,

, SICILIAN DEFENSE ;rhe game, Spassky-Pilnik, was MC;O: p.,,' au, ,column 101 identical for the first twenty-two lntenon.' Tourn.ment . moves. E;~entually, Pilnik resigned

GOthesburg, 1955 on the thirty-first move, Whlte . Black Of some interest is the third

E. GELLER ,' O. PANN.O game, Kere-Najdorf: -1. P-K4 POO84 6 .. B·KKts' P-Kl 2. \ Kt-KBl PoOl 7. P.K84 8-Kl SICILIAN DEFENSE ~ ~~ Kt-~~ ~ :::: Pp~~ Inten:onol' Tournolment s. KNUl P-QR3 Gothesburg, 1955 The plot thickens. White Blac.k

M. NAJDORF di"sr"m in I"~ Gt/l~r-

10. PxP KtoQ2 P. KERES rhe conspIrators' coup. (Position ,,$ in 11. KtxPjK6 PxKt 13. BoOKtS . ...... P",mo gamt.) 12. Q-RSch K_.l . 13. .... .. .. K·Kt2 20. QxKtetl

11, R·a7 22. Kt-QS a3. P_R4 24. KtxB 15. Q·KtS

K.Q2 Kt·B3 ...

The Rus~al\ coup, placln, the problem Bishop whcre it will hu.rt, and threaten­Ing-maybc-mate. Up to this point the conspiring Arrentlnlans and clairvoyant RusSians (aU three rames) are running Identical. 13. . ...... . 14. B-Kt3 15. O-och 16. BxKt

Kt-K4 o."

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QPxB K-Ql Q·QS

With aU the-material Black lias, the loss of the Queen offers a ,Ibruner of hope_ 20. RxQch PxR H. Q.B7ctl Kt-B3 21. P.K5ch K·84 U. BxKt Resigns

14. 0-0 Kt·K4 15. B-Kt3 Kt-Ktl 16. PxPch RxP 17. R-B7ch KxR 18. QxR PxB 19. R-Blch . K·Kl

Q·KRI KtxKt

Reilgns

The Russian commentator, M. Udovich, barely noticed the fact that the Sicilian-ArgentiDian de­bacle occurred on the saine day. Copiously and redundantly, be em- ­phas.izes the success of the Russians in all variations.

There are Russian spies in the A,rgentine. The Russians were fully prepared against the 'prepared variation.' Better luck next time ...

BISGUIER, EVANS TOP ROSENWALD

Arthur B. Bisguier arid Larry Evans drew' their fina,l round gllmes to tie at 6'-4 lor first place in the Rosenwald Trophy Tourney. Sam­uel Resbevsky. who lost games to Horowitz and Shipman, can share first place by winning an adjourned !tame with William T.ombardv.

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NEW YORK, pecember 30 (Special): Edmar Uednis, ,New York Urn·' versity freshman, took first plac.e in the 1955 United States Intercol­legiate Individual Championship Tournament on Me'lUan pOints, Both he and Anthony Saidy of Fordham University scored 5;2-1;2 ,in the seven-round Swiss System. However, Mednis led in the tie-breaking points by 22.5 to 22.0 for the Fordham sophom'ore. Charles Witte of Columbia University and George Mauer of the University of BuffalO were next with 5-2 scores. .

This was just another in a growing list of titles for the young N¥.U maste.r. He also liolds the New York State Championship, and he finished second in the World Junior .Championship last year. He is a sophomore ' ilJ. .chemical enginel¥"ing ,t the, Bronx campus of New York University.

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of the past four years," said Rllys W. Hays, USCF vice-president in charge of college chess. The fact that the compC!titi6n was keen can be seen from the fact that, after six roUnds of play, five players were tied ' for the 'lead with 4.1f4 points. At that point three others c.balked up 4 ,points each. The final result was not dear until aIter -all games were finished in the last round.

Eliot Hearst, president of the Intercollegiate Chess League, was the director of the tournament. He was assisted by Mr. Hays. During

• the enlire tournament, only one game was: won by forfe,it. There were no disp6 tes, and the tourna­ment ran like clockwork. r '

Held in John 'Jay Hall at Colum­bia University, the tourney was -sponsored by the Intercollegiate Chess League, the United States C-hess Federation, and Columbia University.

Representoltlve Me •• Twenty,six s tudents from, seven­

teen colleges and universities par· ticipated. They we-re as follows: Arthur Freeman and Shelby Lyman of Harvard ; Edmar Mednis of NYU; Anthony Saidy and George Kawas of Fordham; Tim Anderson of Ohio State; Charles Witte of Columbia; 'scot t Lilly of the University of Toledo;' Richard Friedenthal, Row­land Benjamin,' and Harold Wal· lach of the University of Bridge­port; George Mauer and Frank Fink of Buffalo; Howard Sirota and

Sloboda of College;

Bruce nan of

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William Bren­Robert Cantor

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GREATER NEW YORK OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP

New Ydrk City. January .20-22. 1956

Conducted by the United States Chess Federol.ion

PIece: At the Churehill CheSili and Bridge Club. 252 W. 16~ St., New York 23, N.Y.

Dates: lanuary 20.22, 1958. l'int round starts 8 p.m. sharp OD. the 10th. lAst round ends lIUdn1a:ht on the Und.

Eligibility: Open to all chessPlayera • • who are or become: members of the USCF.

Cash Prlul: First: $SO.OO. Second: $30.00. ThIrd: $10.00. It there are ties, cash prl%es w1U be divided equally.

Tltl~s lind Trophies: WlDner' pe-• comes Open Chen Chsmpion of Greater New York. re<l41vu trophy. Woman with ~hll.rt score wins Women's title. and trophY. Abo tro­phiel for Class A and Class B play­ers with highest lC?res. TIn for

and trophies broken UDder ""~. of Tournement: Seven-!'OUDd

conducted under tlSCF Tournll­rules. HllI"knesa Palrlnl System. llmit: SO moves 111 2 houri. .m". adjudicated lifter 4 holU'S.

Tournament Director: Kenneth Hark­ness. AssiatlInt Director: Allen Kaut-man.

EqulplT'ant: Only l a num· ber of Chess sots and will be available. Bring your pomble.

entry Fea: $5.00 to members. Non-members ll\U,t pay additional $5.00 USCF dug. ,

How to enter:. Entries will be :ac­cepted at the · Church1l1 Chess Club, 252 W: 76th SL OD Friday, Jan. 20th only, (rom 5 to 7 p.m. Or tnlIll your entry in advance to._ tI. S. Ch_ PeP-oraUon, sf Bedford st., Ne.- York 14, N. Y. Phone: WA 9 3856.

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Position No . 167 S. Somers V$. B. 5pIIssky

Antwerp, 1955

Position No. J68 By G. Kaspar ian

Shakhmaty, 1954

I N Position No. 167, the new Junior World Champion Boris Spassky forced a mate in se.ven moves (eight, if White wants to give up his

Queen). AccordIng to the Russian chess monthly Shakhmaty, the jun­ior world championship title was the only one not won hither to by Soviet chess players.

"Endgame of the Year in 1.he Soviet Union" might (be the title given to the study by G. Kasparian. It was recently awarded first prize for endgame compositions appearing in Shakhmaty during 1954.

For solutions, please turn to PIIge seven. -S. nd .11 contr ibution. for this colUmn to Wuhinllton 10, D. C.

Edmund NlSh, 1530 11th •

Placa, S.E.

The Hastings Christmas Tourna· ment in England be,an December 28 with the 22-year-old Spanish Champion Jesus Diez del Coral r e­placing p.S. ·Champion Arthur Bu­guier who e lec~d to play in the Rosenwald Trophy e v e n t rather than travel. other entries at Bast­ings will include the Russians, Mark Taimanov and Georges Kor-

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OFFICIALLY RATED New Regulations

Effective March 1. 191i6 Tournaments, ml tchu (Indtvld",a l

or taam; round robi n or SWIll) a r. n tu bl . whan sponlOr. d b y USC I" a" ma tlld Ol'llln!lItlonl , !f play.d un. r F IDE Laws, dl r . cl-ed by a COfn!)etant official, and p layad at t ima limit of not more tha n 30 mov •• par hou r. .

Thl! I nn UII m amplon l-hl p tourna. ment of I n USC" Club Chapt. r and the annual ch l mplonl-hlp tourna­ment of any U$CF aff lllat. wh_ B·y .... aws provld. that a ll lit ma-m. b.,., must he USCF ""mb .... aho a ra r ated Wi thou t charg • .

A ll oth.,. .lIglbll .v. ntl .,. rated on ly If off iCia l APOrt of .v.nf b accompan;ad by • r . mlnlnca cov­e r ing a ri l ing fee of 10c pe, gama for ell gimes edually p!ay&d In th. contest. {In a Sw!u ona-ha lf 'h. nu mb.r of pleyan t im .. th. n",m_ ber of rounds rlp ' lSanlt total games p l,y&d If no byu or fo rl."s.]

N Olt tM JOc l("linl ftt PtT ,<lmr ;1 coll/tlta b om ,,/I ,1..,, 11, fIIhdhr. USCF m t mbt 'l 0, not.

Seml·ann",a IlY rat Ings will b. pub­U.sh&d of all plft lclpants In a ll USCF· Ratad events.

Official rating forms should be ncured in ad~lInce from:­

Mont!JC)mery Mll iOf' 123 No. Humph~ Avenue Oak Parle, IlIIlIola

Do nOI "" ilt to Jthtr USCF off icUsls fo r t hut ,,,tin, forms.

T h"wJ.." Pqe 2 I ............ 1. 19J6

choai, champion of Leningrad, for­mer World J unior Champion Boris lvkov of Yugoslavia, Klaus Darga of West Germany, Fridrik OIafsson oI Iceland, Raaphy Persitz of Is­rael, British Champion Harry Go­iombek, J . A. Fuller, and Jonathan . Penrose.

INTERCOLLEGIATE CHAMPIONSHI P

Fina l Stand Ings 1. Mcdnls ....... ....... ..... .. ......... .... 5'h-l 'h. 22.5 2. Saldy .................. .................... S'f.!-I 'h. 22.0 3. WIUe ...... .......... ........ ..... ......... 5.2 23.0 4. Mauer .... ... ..... ............... ........ . 5 -2 18 • .5 S. Fr iedenlha l .......................... 4'1it-2'>'.1 22 . .5 6. Anderson ..... ........................ .4 \-lt-2'h. 22.0 7. Lyman ._ ...................... ...• .... 4'>'.1·21,1., 21.5 8. F",eman ........ ..... ........... _ • .... 4'h·21,1., 19.5 9. stUs .. _ ...............•...... ..... ......... 4 -3 19.0

10. Greene .......... .............. __ ..... . 4·3 19.0 II . Ll1ly __ . __ ..... _ ... _._ .. ............ ..4 -3 19.0 12. Canlor ._._ ........ _ ... __ ...... _ ... 3'>'.1·3 '>'.1 18.5 13. Gottesman ..•..... _ ... _._ .......... 3'>'.1·31-!1 18.0 14. Benjamin ..... __ ._. __ ._ ..... _ .. . 3'1it·3'fi 11.5 I ~. Sirola ._._ ... _ ..... _. __ . __ ._ ... _3'>'.1-3">1.! 11.5 I II. Kawas ._ ........... __ . __ ... _._ ..... 3'>'.1;3'4 15.5 17. Barne tt _ ... __ ._ .. _ .. _ •.... _ •.• _ .. 3 -4 11.0 18. Butler .•..•.. _._ ... _ ... __ • _____ 3 -4 15.0 19. Spe llman ._ ....... _ . __ . __ . __ ... .3 -4 14.5 20. Charczenko .. _._ ... _. __ ......... 2¥.t-4¥.t 11.5 21. Dlnnerstein .... ...... _._._ ... __ .2Y.t-4'1it 13.5 22. Sloboda ........... _ ... __ .. _ • ........ 2* -4'>'.1 13.6 23. Brennan ..... . _._ ...• .............. .. 21,1.,-4'1it 11.0 24. Wallaeh .. ................................ I '>'.I-5">1.! 16.0 2.5. Fink ............... ... ......... ..... ...... .. I ">I.!-S'>'.l IS.O 26. Kerr ..... ... .. ......................... ..... '>'.I~">I.! 12.0

Henry Mcifert tallied 7..(1 to win the Racine County Championship, staged by the USCF Affiliated Ra­cine Chess Club. Tied for second with 5-2 each were Rudy Kunz and H. C. Zierke, while Walter Teub­ner was fourth with 41£ -21£ , and HillaI' Pilli fifth with 4-3. Kunz lost a game to Meirert and drew with Zierke and Frank Buttenhoff ; eierke lost to Meirert and drew with Teubner and Kunz. Teubner lost games to Mei.rert and Pilli, while ti rawin~ with ZiPJ'ke.

INTERCOLLEGIATE (Contin,ued f rom page 1, col. 3)

and L.1rl'Y Dinnerstein of Penn­sylvania ; J ulius Spellman of Yale; Michael Gottesman of Chicago; George Butiel- of l ona College; and Frederick Kerr of Penn State.

There were no upsets in lbe first lWO sessions. However, it soop be­came apparent that it was any­body's baUle. In the third r ound Mednis had Black against Lyman. In answer to a King's Pawn Open­ing, he played the French Defense. Late in the opening the Harvard man gained a slight positional ad­vantage, and started to attack. Med­Dis re~igned aIter about five hours of play. Both players had been under time pressure for some time when the game ended. Lyman then lost to Friedenthal and Freeman in the next two rounds. Meanwhile, Saidy had lost to Witte; but _when Med nis defeated Witte in the fifth round, Saidy was back in the com-petition. !

In the last round Mednis beat Freeman while Saidy was winning against Anderson's Nimzo-Indian. After about live and one-half hours of play, Lyman and Witte agreed to a draw in an even position. The ti tle then went to Mednis on a half Median point. The standing of sev­eral players had to be calculated by using three tie-breaking sys-tems. '

Rapid Transit

Antltony Saidy won first prize in ·the Rapid Tl'ansit tourney held in conjunction with the main inter­col\egiate event. His score of 11·0 was rewarded with ' a $12.50 gift certificate. The $7.~0 second prize went to Witte with 10-1, and third of $5.00 to Greene. This speed championship was a 10-second event. The major portion of the prizes for the Rapid Transit was donated by Mr. and Mrs. A. Nabel in memory of H. Arthur Nabel.

Mr. Her mann Helms visited the tournament room every day to ob­tain the resul ts for the New York Times. Mr. Robert CantweU repre­sented Sports Illustrated as a r e­porter.

Prile Award$

The presentation of awards was rn3de a few hours after the last game ended. Albert Weissman, the former champion, told the players some of the history of the H. Ar­thur Nabel Trophy. The USCF Business Manager, Kenneth Hark­ness. presentcd -the first prize to Edmar Mednis. Harkness told of his personal interest In Mednis as proof that the USCF rating System means something. Fal't of the first prize, a set of Windsor Castle chess­men In Deluxe ease, was donated by MI'. Leo Gladstone. Other prizes were presented by Rhys Hays.

There were prizes for every player ; a complete list will appear in the ncxt issue, and a full cross­table wi.ll also appear in an early issue.

Are You. Member? I .. Your Friend I Member?

A T this moment New York City is the scene of no less than

fi ve major tournaments! In addition to the MarshaU and Manhattan Club Championships, the Rosen­wald Tourney is under way, the Intercollegiate Tourney is conclud­ing, and the New York Open is about to begin.

In order to allow the Rosenwald competition to take place at the two major clubs, both have tempor­arily discontinued play in their championships, as they did last year . As reported in this column several weeks ago (we scooped the N. Y. Times!), Reshevsky, Bl sguier, Horowitz, Shipman and Lombardy are entered. And, in the COUrse of their struggles for honors, there have been sf;.veral amusing inci· den ts. Reshevsky overlooked a checkmate in one move against Evans, but went on to win the game anyway. In thl! second round tbe first thirteen moves of the games, Reshevsky-Bisguil!r and Horowitt­Shipman, were identical. The games were being played simultaneously, only a fe w fee t apart. Reshevsky then made h is fourteenth move, 14. Q.QB3: In the identical position, Horowitt then played 14. Q-KB4. Sammy got uP. walked over to Horowitz, and asked, "What's the matter, you don't like my move?"

Late flash; Reshevsky, 4-1; Evans, 4-2; Bisguier 31h. -2lh ; Lombardy, 2-4; Horowitz, I Ih -3lh. But the ad· journment between Reshevsky and Horowitz looks like a win for the

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'l\vo of the big guns, Mednis of N.Y.U. and Saidy of Fordham U. al'e competing in the Intercollegi­ate. This year it is an ihdividual (not a team) tourncy. Saidy was captain of last year's victorious Fordham team. The individual champion of two ycars ago, Albert Weissman, has since graduated fro m college and is ineligible to play and defend his title . The in­dividual tournament alternates with the team tournament each year.

The New York Open will begin On January 20 at 8:00 p.m., at the Churchill Chess Club. Advance in­teres.t indicates a large turnout.

International Master Imre Konig will take over the editorial duties of the chess column in the San Francisco News, which has been ably edited since its inception by USCF Vice-President Dr. H. J. Ral­ston, creator of the· California Chess Rcporter. Dr. Konig, who can proudly claim to 'be a pupil of Richard Reti, has participated in numerous international tourna­ments, and is in addition a well· known contributor of articles on chess to such. publications as the Rritb;h Chess Mae:azme.

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A Sextet of Queen Sacrifices I T was Rudolf Spielmann who proclaimed in the Art of Sacrifice that

"The be'auty (1£ 'a game of chess is usually assessed, 'and not without good reason, 'according to ,the sacrifices it contains . . .. We honor Capa­blanca, but our hearts beat higher at the mention of the name of Morpby." Although the top practicioners of chess may decry this statement, it remains true that Mr. Average Player finds 'more thrill in a startling sacrilice, even it unsound, than in the mosl profound display of posi­tional judgment -and skill. Perhaps, that is why he remains an average player! But his number is a legion.

" Most spectacuJar of sacrifices is that of the Queen. It occUrs more

often than the average player may realize possibly, but remains the sacrifice of sacrifices. Unfortunately, it is a sacrifice that the 'average player overlO.oks too frequently in 'his own games when the possibility arises because ,he cherishes his Queen too much to specul'ate upon the possibility of a sacrifice. Mr. Average Player should indeed take to heart the 'advice of C.J.S. Purdy: "If the student forces himseU to examine all moves that smite, however absurd 'they may look at first glance, he is on the way to becoming a master of tactics.

Here 'are a sextet of Queen sac- London, 1875 rifices. Each position is one that AMATEUR could have arisen in a game played' by Mr. Average Player-and no doubt similar positioru; 'have arisen upon hundreds of occasions and the opportunity lor breath-taking brilliance been missed because Mr. Average Player never even con· sidered momentarily the PGssibility of sacrificing his Que~n, deeming such a thought a sacrilege.

NEST OF THORNS . . We begin, appropriately .mough, with

Frank Marshall's 8pectaeular geste at Breslau. Marshall (Black) has playcd 22. • .•.. . _., RxB and White could not respond with 23. PxB because of 23, ...... ... Kt-B6 ch and 24. ......... KtxQ. Therefore, White bas played 2.1. R·BS. hoping by· the douhle attack upon Black Queen and Blacl< Rook to re­gain his piece with profit.

Breslau, 1912 F_ J. MARSHALL

S. LEWITZKY Black to play

do? The answer Is comes as a stunning

23 . .. .... , Q·KKt6l1 recovers from the

. Why? Because i! mate; If 24. BPxQ, RxR mate; and If

25. K-RI. KtxQ chi BPxKt, RxR mat'll, Kt-Q7 and Black

ahead with a wOn of the mOst ""citing

made In tournament play.

THE QUIET WAY ZukeI-tort began this game by giv·

inil odds of the QKt; he ha. .. In addl· tlon 'sacri!iced Kt and B for R. He s tands three pieces down when Black plays 19. .. ..... u Kt-K2, attacklng his Queen.

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What shall White do? Retreat the Queen to Q3? No! Very quieUy Zuker_ tort plays 20. PxPH Now Black is In a quandry. If 20 ..... , PxP; 21. Q-RIl mate; and 11 20. __ __ -._. KtxP; 21. QxP mate. So Black plays 20. .. .. __ ., KtxQ. There ["nows: 21. PxKt ~h, K-Ktl; 21. R-R6 ~h (the Black KIng must not be permitted to escape via BI-K2). KxR; 23. P.B7. and Black resigned. There is no defence against the twin threlli:s of R·Ri mate and p.B8(Q) mate.

THERE'S NO DENYING Mason, no 'Illovlce at combinatIonal

brilliance, in a moment of chess­blindness created the opportunity for Black hy playlng 16 . .- .. .... , QR-KKtl?

Paris, 1878 JAMES MASON

There Is n"w a mate si.--.: moves for White It Whit.. Can see It. Mac_ Kenzle does! With 17. Q·R6 ~h (a sac· rlfice that cannot be denled), KxQ; 18. Kt(4)-B5 ~h. BxKt; 19. KtxB ch,

K·R4; KxP; 2.1. R-Kt3 ch, K-R4; .

MATE IS White has just

blockade liiack'. how is Black to cramped position lem.

THE ALLIES t Black to , play

Lewin solves It wIth Simplicity by playing 37 .........• Q.K611 and Black after an unbellfwing gasp of dismay re­signs. For If 38. PxQ, PxP chi 39. Kt­K~, BxKt mate: and no other move will serve adequately to prevent aB. ....... _, QxP ch, with mate to foUow, "",cept by fa~al loss of material.

SIMPLICITY . Simplicity wu the trademark of Capablanca's myle--a deadly simplicity. Therefore. even In a Queen sacrlf:lce, we expect to find Simplicity the key­note. The preceding play has been: 27. KtxQBP. KtxKt: 28. RltKt, RxR; 29. RxR and White has wOn what proves to be a 'very e~nslve pawn.

Moscow, 1914 R.

DR. O. BERNSTeiN Bla~k to play

White is not. therefore. prepared for the offer of the ' Queen, when Black continues with 29. -" ___ oJ Q-Kt7IJ and.~ after due meditation resigns. For if 30. QxQ, R_Q8 mate; If 30. R_B2, Q._ KtB chi 31. Q-Bl, QxR with 32. . .... ... . R.Q8 not to be avoIded; and If 30. Q-KI, Q"R; 31. QxQ, R·Q8 ch and mates next move.

THE EYE IS QUICKER THAN THE CLOCK

White has just played 17. KtxKP, being estopped from playing 17. BxKt because of 17 . ...... . QxP mate: or 17. PxB hecause of 17. ___ .. _. Q-R6; 16. BxKt (,oreed), PXP and mate bn the following move.

(Sa diagram top Mxt wlir.mn) Black, with two pieces en prise,

make~ the remarkable discovery that victory lies in placing a th ird piece-­the Queen-en prise. So he plays 17. .. _ .. .. , Q-R61 and White resigns. U 18. PxQ, KtxRP mate. This starWng con-

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College ~ C~ejj ofl/e

CondW:kd 61 Frederick H. Kerr

All college clubs and players are urged to send news Items to: 'Freder1ck H. Kerr, Hamilton Han. Box 448, penn_ sylvanfa 'State University, UnIversity Park, Pennsylvania.

W ITLlAM Lombardy of CCNY . has been. seeded into the

Lessing J. Rosenwald TGurnament. The young master is a former New York state champion. His oppo­nents are Samuel Reshevsky, M­thur Bisguier, Larry Ev<lns~ 1. A. Horowitz, and Walter Shipman.

At the Marshall Chess Club NYU freshman, Edmar Mednis, leads in the championship tournament with three straight victories. . The University of Virginia de­feated the University of RichmGnd on December 3rd at Charlottesville. H{)wever, Richmond played without Dan Fidlow, the Richmond City Champion. u. of Virginia U. of RIchmond P. Kolvoord 0 J. Farrar 1 L. Ribble 1 E. Mayo 0 R. Callaghan 1 E. Brown-- 0 C. Robinson 1 C. Sloan 0 K. Nisbet 1 R. Winckler 0

Leigh Ribble reports ,that 40 play­ers 'have entered the club cham­pionship tourney at the University ot Virginia.

A chess club has been formed 'at the University of P~ttsb.urgh. Not since ,the days of p,aul Dietz 'has Pitt had an active clUb. The leader of the new organization is Gerald Orner, who played for the Univer­sity of Pennsylvania last year. He is now a graduate student at Pitt and ean be contacted at: 1102 Vick­roy Street, Pittsburgh 19, Pennsyl­vania. .

The "B" team of the Downtown Y Chess Club {}f Pittsburgh defeat­ed the Penn State undergraduate

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New York, 1923 OSCAR TENNER

OTIS FJELD Black to play

e~pt was the more remarkable for the fact that U: was conceive,d In a game played In a rapid transit tournament at 10 ~econds per move!

There you are, Mr. Average Play­er, a sextet of Queen sacrifices. Almost 'any of these positions might have occurred in a game you were playing. Next time, keep them in mind as you make your moves. Someday, you may find the oppor­tunity of enjoying 'a similar thrill with 'a spectacular Queen 'Sacrilice.

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SOL KOFF REDUCT IO AD ABSURDAM Canbe Fa ir Tourna ment ' a 5 round Swiss)

Came Solkoff Round I 2 3 " S Score Points

I. Brown ... _ ........................... _ ........... W.9 W-6 W-3 W-4 L·2 4 14 2. Albrilht .................. _ ...... _ ... _ ........... L-5 W-4 W·9 W-6 W- l 4 ~~ 3. Clark ..... _ ........... ............ _ .................. W_tO W-S L-l W_7 W.JI 4 15 4. Jones .-.......................... - ................. ~~.; t~ ~s ~~10 ~~ ~ 12 __

:, : sR~~bf"r~ .. ::::'.:'.::'.:'.::'.::: :'.::: :'.: :::'.: :: :'.: ::::: '.::·.: ::!V~8 ;~ 'ts7 ti ~lO ; / 1~ . . 0 n, on ... .. ........ ....... ...................... >.r'< 9

8. Tly]or ._ ......... ............ .......... ........ ...... (,6 ~?I() . 't,:r E: t~ ~ 13 9. WlI1lams ................................... ....... L-l 0 12

10. Zweig .... ........ .. .. ................ .. .. .............. L-3 • L·9 L-8 L·S L-7 Ut lng ttle Solkoff tie brea king system, Brown won the tournament by a margin

of ] So]korf point . Yet A]brlght Is obvious ly the better player eVidenced by the ract tb l l he defu ted Brown In the I ~sl round. This el<ample clear]y sbows the un­fal rneiS of the Solkoff system. That tbe tournament Is hypothetIcal Is lrr'elcvant. The poInt Is IhM It could bapPen! UsIng thc Solkoff system, one can cause an InJusti ce . .

Let us el<amlne the sItuation morc c losely. Brown a nd Albright both d efeated t he rame opponents. Jones, Smith. and Wllllam •. Now Albright defeated Brown which. Is balanced by th.e ract thot Brown beat Cluk. A]brlght had no opportunity to prove that he eou]d beat Clark. So Brown and A]brlght are tIed. on Sonneberg points.

However A]b rigbt lost 10 Myers for which he garnered 3 pOints whUe ~roW1'l lost to a stron ler oppone nt (A]brlght ) and reeeived 4 polnl.s. The el<tra point de­cid ed lhe tou rnamen t. In other words, Brown fini shed fln t ,bead of Albrlgbt benuse he lost to A]brlgbl1 Rldicu]ous, Isn't. It!

The SolkoU "Item Is recommended by thO$(! who prefer tbe n ew l or the . a1<e or newneu. Tbey don't stop to eVI ]ul te It to see U It is really an improvement. Admlttt'dly tbe Sonneberg system Is not perfect, but under nonnll tournament condi tions. It It the belt we bave avallab]e.

Under Ideal conditions (a round robin' '''''''~~~'.~! ne.'er b reak a tie because the strength of each

score wil] tbe .ame.

T he Solkoft lall l ! HOWeVH Ihe Sonneberg seort' exce pt when two p layen h ive beaten tbe same In Ibis case Ibey cerbln]y deser .... e to sbare

In Ihe , arne Pomar·Brieger. New Orleans was relehed- ' >;I' hl le: King on KRZ, P awns on QN7. Black: King On KRl, Rooks on KB7 playing I . ~ .. _ ., RxP cb ; 2. Kl<R! R_N8 eh; 3. K·QS. R·Q5 eh; 6. K-86. n ·Q3 eh ; but not qul t t'

No ona would l ucces! that B]aek receive hi d a s talemate. A mIss Is 8$ nea r as a mile!

i::~;~~ ,,~" .. pos ition , ,,~~~ KNS and

a draw by . ~-,:: R·NS eb ; 5.

almost

Yet In e ffect. this 1$ ex, clly what the Solkoff !l)'stem does! It give. unearned tie breaking points as compensation for ]oslng to strong opponents, which In· creases a playe r 's fina l standing just as surely as nn addition to the gamo seore would. The loser sbould bave no compensation, on ly remor'u. That Is the way of the world. tc a player's schedule Is too tough, the adjustment sbould bo made In lbe pairing syttem. Tho final standing should be re flective of a plsyer's ab ility. Tho Sonnebcrg score meDsu rt'$ abll!ty because the winner earned It by dele atlng his opponents . Only by false negative thinking can It be assumed that tbo s'o]koCf .score measu res ~blIlt y. Does It take nblUty to lose a gan'e to a strong player?

Sincere]y written In the Intcrest of ralmess, , ~ ROBERT BRIEGER

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By International Master LARRY EfT ANS

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Late Flash!! Theoretical Contributions of the Rosen­walr;J Tournment, New York, 1955-6 BENONI COUNTER GAMBIT

(Hrmo'dka System) Evans.Lombardy: 1. P.Q4, N.KB3;

2. P·QM, P-B4; 3. p·QS (Best. In­ferior is 3. N-.KB3, PxPj 4. NxP. p. X3!, P-K3; 4., N-Q83, PxP; 5. PxP, P·Q3; 6, P-K4.

Position after 6~ P·K4

This concept represents an im­provement, in Ply opihion, over the "modern" 6. P-KN3.- followed by placing the Bishop on N2 where it "bites on granite." W h 1 t e' s theme is to counteract Black's ex­pansion (P-QR3-QN4), and at the same time strike in the center. Since White's KB exerts additional pressure on Black's QN4, it is quite well placed on its present diagonal. 6, ........ , P·QR3; 7. P.QR4, P.KN3; 8. N·B3 (Sharper is 8. P-KR3! in­ferior' is 8. P-B4, B-N2; 9. N·B3, 0-0; 10. B·Q3, P-B5; 11. BxP, NxKP; 12. NxN, R-Kl; with equality), S· N2 (Too automatic. Better is B·N5); 9. 8·03 (Better, is P-KR3!), 0-0 (Black misses his last chance to play 9 ........ , B·N5; 10. p.KR3, BxN, 11. QxB, QN-Q2. Now his game re­mains permanently cramped; 10. P_KR3, ON·02: 11. 0-0, Q·82: 12. R.Kl, and' White has an advan· tage in" space throughout the dif­ficult struggle that shapes up. , MERAN ,DEFENSE

Reshevsky.Bisguier and Harowltz_ Shipman were identical up to the diagram: 1. P.Q4, P·Q4, 2. P·QB4, P·K3: 3. N.QiS3, P·OB3: 4. N·B3, N·B3:.S. P-K3, GiN·02; 6. B·03, B.Q3: 7. 0·0, 0-0; 8. P-K4, PxKP; 9. NxP, NxN; 10. BxN, P-KR3: 11. R-Kl: P-K4; 12. B·B2, PxP; 13. QxP, B-B4; ' . ,

(S~~ diagram lOp nnel column) Reshevsky played 14 Q·B3, and

the game continued: ........ , P-QR4; 15. P:QR3, N·B3; 16. B.K3~ BxB; 17. RxB, R·KJ; 18. R.Qt, B·Q2; and Black had to defend very skill­fully to achieve a draw.

; Horowitz glanced at the previous

game, thought a baU hour, and es­sayed 15. Q-B4, which seems more forceful. The point is Black cannot reply 5 ......... , Q·B3; because of 16. Q-K4, winning a P:awn.

In either event the variatioil leads at best to a difficult equality for Black, and was abandoned for the rest of the tournament.

NIMZO-INDIAN DEFENg Bisguier·Evans: 1. p.Q4, H.KB3;

2. P.QB4, P-K3; 3. N.QB3, B·NS; 4. P.K3, 0-0; 5. B-Q3, P-Q4; 6. N· B3, P.B4; 7. '().O, N.B3: 8. P-QR3, B·R4; (Black's last move appears to be a satisfactory deviation from

. the famous Zurich Variation, which is als.o thought to pe good for him. Another alternative is 8 ....... PxBPj 9. BxP, B·R4; which Bisguier played suceessfuUY at Zag reb against strong master opposition.)

Position after 8 ......... , B·R4 Thi! American prototype is Re·

shevsky-Sandrin, Long Beach, 1955, which was diagrammed in a pre· vious column. Hoping' to force Black to commit hi m s elf, ~shevsky played the temporizing 9: p·KRJ, which is quite a profound m9ve despite all appearances.

Bisguier tries a more forceful continuation, which only yiel{ls the initiatVe to Black: 9. PxQP, KPxP;

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10. N.Kl(?), aI;ld Blaek has the jority plus a 'bind the center.

It has become increasingly oJ>. vious that White' gels very little out of this variation. It is possible that 8. P·QR3 is suspect, Perhaps B. PxQP, KPxP,; 9. N-K2 yields an advantage, the point being that on 9. . ....... , P-B5; 10. B.B2, R-Kl (to prevent N-KS); 11. P.QN3, p- ' QN4; 12. P·QR4, White gets a mini· mal edge.

RUY LOPEZ Lom"bardy.Horowitz: 1. P .. K4, p.

K4, ~. N·KB3, N.QB3; 3. B·N5, p. QR3; 4. B·R4, N·B3; 5. P.Q4, PxP; 6. 0-0, B·K2; 7. P·K5, N·K5; 8.

NxN; 9. QxN, N.B4; 10. N·

after This is a particularly knotty

position, where several moves have been tried for Black without any notable success ( ........ , P-KB3 as in Romanenko - Shipman, E a s t ern States Open, 1955, or 11 ......... , p. Q3, as in Romanenko-Turner, Long Beach, -195S).

At the cost of the two Bishops White has control of the Q·fiIe and free development, while Black still bas the problem of developing his QB. Moreover, White .can play f2r a draw at 'any time 'by N-Q5 and , NxBch, leaving opposite colored Bishops.

11 ......... , NxB a£ 11 ......... , P·Q3; 12. QR-Q1); 12. QxN, ' P.Q4; 13. Px Pep., BxP: 14. QR.Ql, and Black has no good .way of getting his Queen out of the annoying pin.

The question is: Where can Black improve?

SICILIAN DEFENSE Shipman·Evans; 1. P·K4, P.QB4;

2. N·KB3, N·QB3; 3. p.Q4, PxP; 4. NxP, P·K4!!?

(S~~ ditJpam lop n~;rt CO/I,mn)

This is the experiment: Black plays this before 4 ......... , N·KE3, forcing 5. N·QBS. Now 5 .. N·N3, N­RES; 6. N·QBS transposes. But· Shipman's move puts the variation to its critical test. 5. N·N5, P.Q3; 6. P.QB4, P·QR3; 7. N(5)·B3 (Also 7. N·R3 followed by B2-K3 had to be considered), N·B3; 8. B·K2, B· K2 (This leads to a bad game. Cor·

, rect is 8. , N·Q5; 9. B.K3, NxB; 10. QxN, B·K2); 9. B-:'K3, 0·0; 10.

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Che&& Jlj. By Wtlla White OWBnI

Addres, news Items and Inquiries on Women's Chess to Mrs. WlIIa Whlho

'Owens, 114 South Point Drive, Avon Lake, Ohio.

M RS. Sonja Graf Stevenson/wo,; the t itle of United Sates

Women's Op~ Champion with a score' of 6·7 .in. the USCF O~en at Long Beach last" August. ~rs. Kath· ryn Slater, present holder of tbe Women's Amate.ur Chess Cham· pionship title, tied with Mrs. Ste· venson in match points but was second in ' tie.breaking points.

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Though this tournament result was published some months ago in the news section of CHESS­LIFE I have not reported it in • , . . this eolumn beeause I was aWaltmg the decision of the Tournament Committee regarding the mista.ke' in awarding the prize money.

It has' been stated definitely ,and frequently that tie·hreaking sys·

(Please turn to page 8, e.ol. 2)

Position after 4 ........ , P.~41?

0.0, B·K3; 11. N.Q5, witb a big ad· vantage to White.

Shipman.Reshevsky: 1. P-K4, - p. , QB4; 2. N·KB3, P.Q3; 3; P·Q4, PxP; 4. NxP, N·KB3; 5. N·QB3, P·KN3; 6. p.B4, N·B3; 7. N·B3.

Position after 7 N·B3

White's last is an attempt to im­prove on 7. NxN, PxN; 8. P·K5, N·Q2; which leads to nought.

The present move was tried in Evans·Reshevsky, New York, 1954-55, which contained: 7 . ........ , B·N5; 8. B-K3, B·N2; 9. P·KR3, BxN; 10. QxB, 0·0; with a good game for Black, although White should not play 9. P-KR3, but rather Q.Q2 in­stead.

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GAMES USCF MEMBERS • Annotated by Ch .... Master JOHN W. COLLINS, Maroholl Cloa. Club Champion, 1954

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SICILIAN DEFENSE Meo: page 176, ~olumn 56

Marshall C.C. vs. Capablanca C.C. New York, 1955 .,

Notu by U. S, MIIsltr William Lombard, White Black

F. S. HOWARD OR. J. GONZALES (Marsllall) (Capablanca) 1. P·K4 P.QB4 4. KtxP I<t.83 2. I(t·K83 I<t·Q83 S. Kt·QB3 P.Q3 3, P·Q4 PxP 6. B.KKtS P·Kl We have now reached II standard posl· ilon in the Rauzcr Attack. 7. Ktx,Kt?1 • __ An ovcr·aggresslve continuation Which Should lead to a sUghtly betlcr position (or Black. 7. ........ PXKt a. P·KS Q·R4 Also good Is 8 ......... , P"P; 9. Q.B3 (White cannot exchange Queeru because he would be a pawn down), .a.K2; Hl. QxP ch, B·Q2; 11. Q.lh, R·QKU and Black Is sllghtly better because his develop· ment Is better, he Is active on the QKt· (j]l', and he controls necessary central squares. 9. B·Kts Forced!

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.. 14. Kt·B6 eh!, BKKt; 15. BxB, QxB (or IS .......... QxQ ch; 16. KxQ, R-KKtl); 16. Q·KtS ch. K·Bl; 17. QxB, Q·K4ch; 18. K·Q2, Q·Q5 ch; 19. K·Bl, K·Kt2 and Black has the upper hand. 11. Q-B3! R-QKt1 13. 0·0·01 ........ 12. B·(;I21 Q·B2 Black. as wU\ presently be seen, is completely lost. Hc is vUlnerable on both open center flies and on his KB3 and 1(2 squares. lie Is also SOrl'owrully lagglng in his development. 13.. ........ B-Kt2 14. Q-R5! .M .....

Threatening both KR·K1 and QxKtp ch. 14. .... .. .. P·R3 18. Q·KR4 BxP 15. KR.Kl P·Kt3 19_ K·Kt1 QB-Kt2 16. Q_Kt4 R_Bl 20. K·R1 P.Q4 17. B·K3 P-KR4 21. KtxQPI! ........

A deadly stroke 10 a neat and Is no defense. 21. ........ 8XKt 22. RXB QXBP 23. R/5·Q1 Q.KB4 24. Q.Q4 Q-Q4

brings the game conclUSion. There

2S. QxQ PxQ 26. RxP B·Kts 27. B-Q2 ch Resigns

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PLA YING FOR A WIN As (uUO"'d"., th~ RlKh.st~T Chmnpion­

ship, 1955 ,.,dr decided by the Mar~h""d. Hozbugtt g"m~. The I.ddu 0/ White hdd t" pltry lor d ",in, being d poi"t d"",n. B/dd. g~tf d" o".,,,,ht/mi,,g gll"'t in th~ opcning, but Whil. br.dks ""d mdk.t~ ,hdnus dt tht expense of d f'<17I1n.

ENGLISH OPENING MCO: page 31, column 1 (bl

Rochester City Championship Rochester, 1955

NOlts by U. S. Exptrt Dr. M.n: Htrzbt7gtr

White OR. MARCHAND 1. P-QB4 P·K4 2. Kt-QB3 Kt·QB3 3. Kt.B3 Kt·B3 ~. P·Q4 PxP

Black DR. HERZBERGER S. KtxP B·KIS 6. KtxKt BxKtch 7. PxB KtPxKt

The books recommend QPxKt with equality, but I did not mUsh the '<;'.

quenee: 7 ......... , QPxKt; 8. QxQ ch, Kx"l; 9. B·R3 with 10. 0·0-0 ch to follow. On the other hand. the text continuation, If followed by 8. &R3, P·Q3; 9. P-.85, p.Q4 gives Black as recompense for the pawn structUfe good squares for all his pieces, and, as I thought a play­able game after 10. .. ...... , Q.K2, etc. White dtscarded the book maneuver too, because he felt tbe B had little scope on the Q-slde. a. Q.Q4 Q·K2 10. BxKt QxB 9. B.KtS P'B~ 11. Q·K4ch? ........ Too rash! 11. QxQ would have led to an even same; now Black gets the ad· vantage.

K-Ql R-QKtl

R_Kl

14. P_B3 R.Kt3 12. Q-Q3 15. B·K2 Q.Kt4 13. P-K4 16. K.B2_

16. ........ P_B~? Wins a pawn, but gives WhIte great c"ontel'play which he uSeS very clever· ly. Correcl was 16 . ........ , R-QS; for In· stance: 17. Q.K3 (best), QxQ ch; 18. KxQ, p.B4 winning Ihe pawn with overwhelm. Ing play. If now 19. QR·QKtl, PxP; 2<1. R.KI8, PxP ch: 21. KxP, R-B3 eh, etc. 17. Q-Q5 R.Kt3 20. P-B4 R.B4 la. P-Kt3 PXP 21. K-K3 .. ...... 19. QxQch RxQ The picturc has changed. The threat to the KP gives White mOre territory and powerful cnunter·play which Black has 10 meet with great care. 21. ........ R-B3 25. P-R5 22. QR.QKtl 26. RxR

R-QKt3 27. R-QRl 23. KR.Ql B·Kt2 28. R-QKI1 24. P-QR41 P-B3

... K_B2

P-QR3 ........

White created a weakness on Black's QKt3, but Black has an iron In the fire, by preparing the victorious advance. of the center pawns. 28. ... ..... P.Q4 30. B·Kt4 ........ 29. R·Kt6 R-Q1 IT instead 30. PXP, PXP; ' 31. BxRP, P·Q5 cb!, but after the text move Black gets more of the While squares. 30. ........ P·Ktl 33. R-Ql 31. B·K2 \ R.Q3 34. R.Q2 32. R_Ktl B_BI 35. B·Bl

P·R4 B·K3 ........

So far, so good; but how shall Black proeeed1

only m"ve, R·QKtl and winning In aJl variations. 36. PxP PxP 38. B-Kts RxP 37. BxP R-QRl 39. B·Ka .... M ..

A good try, but the cent..,r pawns now carry thc day. There Is no saving move. 39. P·B4 Is answered by 39 ......... , R·R6 eh, 39. ........ R·1l6 41. K-K2 40. 8xP RXPch Forced. 41. ........ B.KtSch 42. K·Kl P-QS The KP cann"t be tak..,n, because of R-KG ch. -43. R·R2 P·K6 Threatens mate. 44. R·B2 RxR 47. KxB P.Q6 45. BxR P·BS 48. P·R3 P·B6 46. B·Kl 8xB Resigns The continuation could be: 49. P-BS, P­K7 ch; 48. K-Kl, P·B7; 49. K-Q2, P·K8(Q) ch; 50. KxQ, P-B8(Q) ch, etc.

• TWO KNIGHTS DEFENSE MCO: page 299, column 6

Postal Game, 1954 Noter by Ab, Surhobuk,

White Black A. SUCHOBECK O. OBERON 1. P-K4 P·K4 a. B·K2 P·KR3 2. Kt-KB3 Kt-QB3 9. Kt.KB3 P·KS 3. B·84 Kt.B3 10. Kt.KS B.Q3 4. Kt·KtS P-Q4 11. P.Q4 PxPe.p. 5. pxP Kt.QR4 12. KtxP /3 Q_B2 6. a·KtSch P·B3 13. P_KB4I? .M ..... 7. PxP PXP Until now the gam.., was developing along well·known book lines. For a pawn BlaCk has better development and good prospects for attack. The book gives the 13. Kt.Q2, 0·0: 14. p.QKt4?!, Kt·Q4!; 15. B·Kt2, KtxP; 16. KtKKt, BxKt; 17. 0-0, R·Ql: 18. &Q3, Q.B5 continuation as better for Black (Splelmann.cohn, 1903). The text move has several Ideas worthy of consideration: a) to make possibla immediate castling, b) to take control of K5 square, c) to sacrifice the BP K necessary for better development whU.., opening the KB·fIle for the Rook_ On 13 ......... , Q.KI3 White intended to play 14. Kt·B3, P.QR3; 15. Kt.R4, Q-R2 (If IS ......... , Q·Q5; 16. P·B3); 16. P·R4. 13. ........ O,() 15. Kt·B3 P·BS 14. 0·0 P·B4 16. Kt.KS! ........ The preceding 13. p.KB4 made this move possible. If Black tries to win his pawn back right now, he permIts White far better development after 16 ......... , BxKt; 17. PxB, QxP; 18. &.84 In addltton to two Bs on an open board. 16: ........ R-QI 19. RXB R·K1 1'. Q.K1 B-Kt2 20. a·K3! _ ...... 18. B·83 BxB

The strong""st continuation and the most dIfficult move to flndl It creates a very unpleasant threat (21. J':t.RS) for Black. T" meet this threat Black should try 20 ........ . , QR.Kt1; 21. B-Q4, &B4; 22. BxB, QxB chi 23. K-RI, Kt-B3 with a pawn down but more active play than In the game. 20. ........ BxKt 21. PxB , QxP 21. ........ , RxP would lead to disaster after 22. RxR!, pxR 122 ......... , RxB; 23. QxR, PxR: VI. QxKRP. Q.Kt3 chi 25. K-Bt, QxP: 26. R_Kt, QxR; 27. R-K3); 23. Q. Kt3 ch. K·R1 lor 2): 24. Q.B4! 22. Q.R4 Kt-R2 23. R-Kt3 Kt·Kt4 To avoid the worst Black has to give

away a pawn. Playing ........ , QR·Ql; 24. R·KBI he this loss for only a be unprotected then too! 24. BxKt pxB 27. RxR QxR 25. RxP Q.K6ch 28. R-K1 Q·KB4 U. K-RI R_K4 29. Q·Q4 Q.B3 20. "T'" QxP' costs a piece lifter 30. Q.QS. (It's Knight-observer which eauses all the tr<>uble ror Black! Instead or d"lng a joh he just look$ Cor his own protection. 30. Q-Q5 Q.Q1 33. Kt-K7ch K_R1 31. Q·K4 R_Ktl 34. Q·B5 P·B6 32. Kt·QS Q-Q3 The poor tax payer! After watching aU the fiSht decided to cast his vote. Ac· ceptlng thc piece sacrifice would also win for White. For example: 35. QxKt, PXP (35 ........ ., QxKt; 36. RxQ.., PXP; 37. Q.R5 ch, mating); 36. Q.R5 ch, Q_R3; 37. QxQ ch, PxQ; 38. R-QR1, R·Kl; 39. R-Q5 and so on. White chose a safer way. 35. Q-R3ch Q.R3 36. QxP Resi,,,!

RUY LOPEZ MCO: page 251, cotumn 109

Canadian Championship Ottawa, 1955

Noul by U. S. Mdsttr William Lt.>mbdrdy White

F. R. ANDERSON 1. P·K4 P·K4 2. Kt·KB3 Kt-QB3 3. a·Kt5 P-QR.3

4. B·R4 5. P-Q4

Black M. FOX

Kf.B3 .. ......

Keres questions this move be<:ause It opens up the game prematurely. but since It is a rare sldeUght of the main line of the Ruy, It msy be used as an erfe<:t1ve surprise agalnst an unwary advcrsary, besides which there is no disadvantage Ineurred by White for playing 5. P;.Q4. 5. ........ PxP Relatively best. 5. .. ..... ., KtxP is also quite playable though, but S ...... M.' KtxP leads to trouble after 6. Q.K2, P·B4; 7. P.Q5, Kt·Ktl; 8. KtxP, Q.B3; 9. Kt-Q3, &K2; 10. &B4, p.QKt4; 11. B-QKt:!, P·Q3. 6. 0·0 B-K2 6 ......... , KtxP; 1. a·K1, P-Q4: 8. KtxP, B·Q2; 29. BxKt, PxB; Ill. P·KB3, etc. 7_ P-KS Kt.K5 9. Kt·BS P.Q3?! 8. KtxP O,() P·Q4 should be played without loss of time ~Ince this move Is fo.rced by White eventually. 10. BxKt PX8 10 . ........ , BKKt; 11. B",Ktp. 11. KtxBch QxKt 13. P_KB3 .. ...... 12. R-Kl P-Q4 White quickly sel%es the initiative by driving out Black's advanced Kclght. 13. ........ Kt·B4 13 ......... , Kt·Kt4 mIght be better because atter 14. P-QKt3, R-Ql; 15. B·R3, p .QB4 Blnck's QP Is defended. 14. P-QKt3 Kt·K3 Now ~Iack loses a pawn but he could not the devaslating pin on the Kt

17. Kt·B3

White ' Is a pawn ahead and has fully completed his development. There should be n" problem In winning and White proves this by his remarkable technique which masters the position. 18. Q-Q2 KR-Ql 19. Q_K3 M ......

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Dr. Max Herzberger William Lombardy Alex SIJc:hobeck

Relentless In applying the pressure on Black's positlon. 19. "...... R-QS 21. RxR KtxR 20. QR·Ql QR.Ql 21. .. _._ .. _, PxR does not Mlp. 22. BxQ and White wins the exchange. 2.2. R.QlI __ The w inning moye. WlIlte threatens RxKt and if the Kt retreats to K3 the QBP falls. 22. ........ KtxQBP 23. QxP RXRch Trading off into a completely lost end­game due to the uniortunate pOSltiOD of tIle Black Kt. But In this kind of posItion one Is not too anxious to Wallie his time and therefore submits to the inevitable. 24. KtxR QxQ 26. K·B2 25. BxQ P.QR4 The Kt is completely without communi· cations. U. ........ a·R3 One might note in this ponlUan that Black also cannot do very much with his King except walt for the ax to faU. 21. Kt.83 P.QB3 28. P·84 .... M_

Giving Black no counwr chances what­SOeVer. What for? Black will eventuall,y hang h imself! There need be no further comment. 28 ........ . 29. P-B5 30. Kt_K4 31. BxKt 32. K-K3

P·Kt4 P·R4

Kt·KI5 P" B·BI

33. Kt-Q6 34. K·Q4 35. K.B5 36. P·Kt3 37. K>o:KtP

B.R3 K-81 B·B8 B.Q6

Resigns

SICILIAN DEFENSE MCO: page 286, ~olumn 109 International Tournament

Zagreb, 1955

A. L ,. 3. P·Q4 4. KtxP 5. KI·Q83 6. 8·K2 7. Kt·Kt3 B. 0-0 9. B·K3 10. P·B3 11. KI·Q5 12. P>o:B 13. P.Q84 14. Kt-Q2 15. Kt-Ktl 16. KI·B3 17. P;QR3 lB. B·81 19. Q.B1 20. B·Q3 21. KI-R4 22. P·QKt4

13. P·B5 14. PxBP 25. KtxKt 26. QR.Ql 27. B·Kt5 28. P·Q6 29. R·QS 30. KR.QI 31. Q·B3

Q·B2 B·K3 BxKt

QKt-Q2 P-QKt3

j P'QR4 KI·Kl Q·Ql

B·Kt4 P·B4 Q.B3

P·Kt3 .-Q' KKt·B3 KIPxP QKtxP

PxKt Kt-Q2 R·BI K-RI

KR·B2 Q·83 P·K5

Black G. BARCZA

32. B·Q4 8·K6ch 33. QxB PxB 34. QxQP QxQch 35. KRxQ PxP 36. Px:P R-QI 37. B-R4 R·RI 38. R·Kt5 R·R.2 39. \KR~5 KI·BS 40. KR·B5 R·R3 41. P-Q7 KtxP 4.2. R·B7 R-Q3 43, RxltP R·Q6 44. B-B6 Kt·K4 45. R-BBth K·Kt.2 46. RxKt RxRP 47. K·B2 R-B6 4B. B·Kt7 RxR 49. BxR R·B2 50. B·R6 K-B3 51. R-QS R·B7~h 52. K.Kt3 P-B5~h 53. K·R3 R·B7 54. R-Q3 P·R4 55. B-Kt7 P;1H4 56. R-Q6ch K·Kt2 57. R-Q7ch K·Rl 58. B-K4 P.Kt5ch 59. PxP PxPch 60. K>o:P RxP 61. K·Kt5 P·B6 62. K.B6 ResIgns

NIMZOINDIAN DEFENSE MCO: page lOB, column 36 (a)

Rosenwald Trophy Tournament New York, 1955

White S. RESHEVSKY 1. P-Q4 Kt-KB3 1. P·QB4 P·K3 3. Kt-QB3 B·Kts 4. P·K3 0-0 5. B·Q3 P-Q4 6. KI·Bl P-B4 1. 0·0 Kt·B3 8. P·QR3 B·R4 9. P-R3 P'QRl 10. PxQP KPxP 11. PxP BxKt 12. PxB Q·R4 13. Q.B2 QxP 14. P-QR4 R·Kl 15. B·R3 Q.R4 16. QR-Ktl P·R3 17. KR·Sl Q-B1 18. P·B4 PxP 19, QxP B·K3 10. Q·85 QR-Ql .21. Q·82 B-Q4

Black L. EVANS

22. B·Kt.2 BxKt 23. PXB Kt-Q4 24. K.RI KKt·Kt5 15. B·R7ch K·Rl • 26. BxPch KxB 27. R>o:Kt R-Q4 28. R.Kt4ch R·KI4 19. RxRch PxR 30. R-KKI1 R·K4 31. P-B4 R.Q4 .12. B·B5 K-BI 33, RxP Q·Q3 34. Q-K4 P·Kt4 35. PxP Px:P 36. B·R7 RxR 37. PxR P·KI5 38. Q.QB4 Kt-K4 39, Q·BBch K'Kt2 40. B·K4? Q·K3

Adlourned

The failure of Reshevsky h. checkmate

his opponent by 4ll. Q-KKW haJJ caused considerable comment; the overa!8ht came when Reshevsky was hard pressed for time, had his eye on the clock. and made his 4llth move simul· taneourly with his turn to play. With Evans's reply the game WlI.S adjourned for furthel' play.-The Editor

" THE LAST GAME STEINER PLA YEO

This stubborn slmggle, wding HI a hard·fought dr<1W, fIIas th~ final game played by Htrm~" Sui,u, in the Calif~mitf State Championship; he did /'WO hol"s after finiihing this game. Tht State T oumament in ,.,hi,h he was participating W<I! c<1llulled by the wish of the other players at <I gesture of SorrOW. The Onl7 otheT major tournament th<ll ",as eyer /cfl unfinished, as ftIT <Ii the records show, W':1

the Mannhtim TouTtl,:mellt of 1914, in. terrupted by the i"aption of World W<lr I.- The Editor.

CAMBRIDGE SPRINGS VARIATION

MCO: page 159, column 19 (I)

page 157, column 16

California State Championship Los Angeles, 1955

Whit e Black H. STEINER W. ADDISON '- P·Q4 , ... 32, Kt·KtS Kt·Kl ,. P-QB4 P·K3 33, P·QR4 Kt-K3 ,. Kt-QB3 Kt·KB3 34, P-K5 K-Bl

•• B·Kt5 QKt-Q2 35. p.B4 P·Ktl

•• P·K3 P-QB3 36. R.Q'Z P-QR3

•• Q.B1 B_K1 37. Kt-Q6 R·Q1 ,. R.Q1 0.0 3B. BxRP KtxKt

•• Kt·B3 R·Kl 39. PxKt R(/"Q2 •• B·" '" 40. Rjl-Ql t .QS 10. BxP Kt·Q4 41. K,B2 '" 11. BxB "'B 41. B·B4 R·RI 12. 0-0 Kt·BI 43. P-QKt3 P·R4 13. P·K4 Kt·Kt3 44, R-Kl Rjl.Q1 14. B.Ktl B", 45. RjloOl K-K1 15. Kt·K5 B·Kl 46. Ro03 K·B3 16. Kt·K1 R_Bl 41. Rjl.Q1 R,l-Q'Z 17. KI-Q3 Rj2.B1 4B. R-R2 t·B4 18. Q·Q2 Q.R5 49. RxR KtxR 19. Q·K3 Ktj3-Q2 50. · B-Q3 Kt·Kt2 20. R·Bl P.QKt3 51. B·B4 , R.QS 11. B·B4 , .... 52. K.K3 Kt·Q3 22. P·Q5 '" 53. B·Q3 R.KIS 13. BxP Kt'B3 54. R·R3 Kt·B4ch 24. Kt.B3 Kt.Kt5 55. K-B1 P·RS 25. Q.Kt3 .'. 56, PxP RxPch 16. RPxQ Kt.B3 57. K-Ktl R·QKIS 17. B·B4 B_B3 58. P-QR5 ,,' 18, P-B3 R·Q2 59. RxP ,,' 29. Kt·K5 R·K1 60. BxKt KxB 30. KtxB RxKt 61. RxPch K.Kt5 31. KR.QI R-QBl 62. R_B1 Dr~wn

H erm<lll Steiner in a ,htITartuisti, pose <It the U. S. Open ChampiQnship at Lo"8 Beach, AugrlSl, 195{

Ft, Bening (Ga.) Chess Club defeatud the USO-NCCS Club 0; Columbus, Ga. 5'1~-3'h. Winning for the Infantry Cen­ter were Lt. John H. Lewis Ill, PFC Roman MIlC, Pvt. Ronald D. Nadler") CpL Steve Engquist. and Lt. Eldon L. Cummings whUe James Murphy, Co­lumbus HIgh student and son of Maj.

, Charles Murphy, had the draw. For the USO-NCCS Club victories went to Lt. Roger Fernandes. Allen_ W . Owens, and PFC Thomas CarlUCCi, whUe spa George ,Wrieden tallied the draw.

mal6 :11.6 S,.tt!. Wa,! bV NWww. Gabor

All communications concerning this problem-eolumn, In~ludlnliJ 50lutlons .. well as original compositions for publication (two- and three-mover direct mat.s) from compose..,. anywhere should be sent to Nicholas Gabor, Hot.1 Kemper Lan., Cincinnati 6, Ohio.

Probh", No. 619 By J. L. Beale

Melbourne, Australia International Contest Entry

Problem No. 621 By William J. Couture

Charlestown, Mass. ,:'=nternational Contest Entry

P,oblem No. 620 By Nils Helmer Torsby, Sweden

International Contest Entry -::-

Problem No. 622 By Paul H. Smith Charlestown,

International r=

moves N may remind the solvers of No. 609 by Fillery; but the color

~~,;i. To the composers of Nos. 621 and 622 chess problems are are trying to 'help them .... No. 622 bas a featUre highly

regarded by the classical school. Four extra points will be given. to so vers who point out this feature.

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I., 1.;:; -' No. 607 (Fillery): Set: 1. ... .. .. _. ~ chi; 2. Kt(B3)xP: 1. ...... , . PxKP; 2. B or

Qrl>; 1. ___ __ _ • P.Kt5; 2. B·R6 mate. Key 1. Q.R5- waiting. Three changed and three added mates. Close tries: 1. Q·K6?, 8-'Kt5!; 1. QPxp. KPxP. Q.QKtS, R-Q2, aH defeated by B-Kt7, etc. .•

No. 608 (Fillery): Key: 1. Q.B4, threat 2. Q-BS mate. 14 variations. some minor duals.

No. 009 (Flllery): Set: 1 . .. . __ __ , B::d' eh!; 2. BxB and 1 . .. ", ' Kt·B7; 2. mate. Tries: 1. Kt-Kt3?, KtxKt; 1. Kt-B2?, PxF'; 1. Kt-B6?, Kt-Kt'l.:tI Key: 1. threatening 2. Kt anywhere with disc, ch. mate. Complete White Killght wheel In Fleck's form:

No. 610 (May): Set: after all moves of the Black Queen. TrieS -Ilke: 1. Q·KBI etc. are defeated by 1 . .... .. ... R_Kt1! (Cue to the key,) Key: 1. 8-'Kt3 unpinning the Queen.

Woodbury (N. J.) Chess Club: The club championship prellms saw Ewald Carl. son and Robert Montague tie for ru~ with 9_2 each In Sectton A with Charles Plank third with 6'h.2'h. In Section B George Cake and WiUlam Archer tied for first with 7'h-'h. wblle Charles Mil. ler and Frank Brown tied for third with 5-3, Miller winning the pl ayoff to qualify for thc finals. In Section C Edmund Ellis tamed 9·0 for first, Lewis E. Wood was second with "'h-l'h. and Willard Shindle third with 7·2. A USCF Club Affiliatc.

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I I Finish It the Clever Wayl

Position No. 167: 1. .. ....... R·KR5 ch; 2. KxR. Q_R2 ch; 3. K-KtS. P-KBS ch; 4. K·Kt4, P·B4 ch; 5. K.Kt5. K_Kt2; 6. Kt-R2, Q-RS ell; 7. KxP, Q-Kt3 mate.

Position No. 168: 1. Kt-KB7 ch, K-B2; 2. Kt_R6!, P-Kt6; 3. Kt·B5 .. KtxP; 4. K_ Ktl! (if 4. K-Ql?, K-BS; 5. K-K2, Kt-B5 ch; 6. K-BI, P-K't7 eh wins), K-Kt2; 5. K-R2!, K+R3; 6. K·Kt3, KxP: 7. K-B4. K-Kt3; II. K-Q41, K·Kt4: 9. K-K4, K.B4; 10. KtxF'!, BxKt; 11. K·B3 drawg.

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SJ .. IJs .. 50 .

UiI.I> ::f'. Bu' rn...? Position No. 173

Vates-Marshall, Carlsbad, 1929. The s Implest \vln Is 1. Q·B2, P·RG: 2.

K·B4:, K.R8: 3. Q.B3, K·N8; 4. K·N3 and the curtai n f~l15. It Is also possi· ble to yield the Q tor both pawns and win 'w!Ih the KBP, but It must be done carefully. Many solV(!r.$, including some very h igh on the ladder. tried 1. K·B3? (o r K·B4 ?), P· N8(Q) 2. QxQeh:, KxQ 3. K·N4 "and wIns", but Ihe re­ply '" 3. .. .. K·N71 forCing 4. KxP, aCter which K·BG gives Black h is draw. Anolher kInd of e rror occurred In such solutions ns I. Q·B4ch., K·RG 2. K,B3?, since 2. , P·N8(Q) ylf!lds stalf!­mat~ on 3. Q :<eQ.

Carrect saluUans are acknowledged from: Dn" ld AmeS, Leon Anhaiser, Fra ncis n. Ashley, F. Athey Jr., A. ""elroo ' , Donald E. Benge'. Milton D. Blumenthal . J ; ~: . BY I'd, Gaston Chap· pUiS. Geor,e F . Cha~e, Funds Crofut, Curtin, Lt. U. G. Dl idley, Vincent Ea· to n' , Joseph E.'anns · , James U. Ger· IlI A[n , Edmu nd j;;odbold , ~'letche r GI"O$, Gus Gu nderson'. Thomas G . HarriS, Rea n. H;,yes. John W. Hornlng, Rus· se ll II. Kime . ~'. S. Kle in, Edward J. KOI'panl~' , Heino I(lIrru k, J oseph P. Lee, Rich ard Lee. Ed Luksus. Col. F. D. Lynch, Max i\lIl sleLn, Max F. IIluel· Ie I'. Joe H. ~hIlTay, Charle~ Musgrove, Peter Muto. EdnlUnd NaSh, W. H. Ne wbeny, Mi ke O'Quln' , George W. Pay ne, He rbert J. Roberts, Edmund Roman. Dr . Frank C. Ruys, Dr. Ma.x SchlosseL" Or. r. S~hwaJ'Lz, Robert Sel· den ' . Invlll Sig-mond, t'ra ncls Trask,

• David A. Walsdart Jr ., L. A. Ware, and J. L, We Ininger, 'riI to W. J. Cou· ture.

In an$Wer to 80me crlticlsm of the presenee of the White pawn, we must say lhat we eon$ld~r II was an asset.

WOMEN'S CHESS (Continued from page 5, col. 4)

tems in a swiss tournament are to be used only to award titles (and non·divisable pl'izes), but that cash prizes should be equally divided between or among the tieing pJay­

' ers. Cash prizes in the 1955 Open were divided all down the line to the point where recipients of a wholesale division of some of the lower prizes were rattling quite small bits or silver in their ,pock· ets. Yet the only woman's prize was o{f.handedly awarded the title Winner, and the second player with an equal score was ignored.

The prize money has all been distributed, and the Tournament Committee could lind no way to rectify this injustice. Mrs. Slater has accept<2d the decision of the Tournament Committee with her usual good grace and fine sports· manship,

Long Beach did a fabulous job of collecting funds ' for the 1955 USCF Open and had more than their fair share of problems in connection· with this tournament. I greatly dis· like having to say anything critical

' aho.ut this tournament after the splendid eCfol·t the Long Beach Committee put into organizing it, but I would be neglecting my job if I did not go on record as strong· ly protesting this oversight. An oV>ersight is just what it was­another indication of the casual manner in which women's chess is often treated. ,

_ for I ts prese nce caused many skilful! .solven; 1.0 go wron& In a most Instruc­U.'e way. The sUndards ot problem composItion do not apply to the posl. tlons we publhrh, which are taken

A much bappier announcement --delayed becaUSe of lack of space ~is that Ohio has a new women's champion. Mrs. Alina Markowski of Toledo won that title in the Labor Day Tournament at ' Columbus, scoring 4·3 in a very strong .field. She has been playing chess only two years, but has developed a style of play that combines imag­inative aggression with caution. Here is a game in which she gen· tly c.lobbered one of Ohio's strong· e r players.

, from actual , amu. One solver, by 'wasling a mOve with

A surplus cheek, arrived at the , posi' 'tion WhIte: K on QN3. Q on QB3; Blaek: ' K on QNS, Pawns on QR7 and QN8: Black to play. His Soiutlon fol· lowed with ... ",, ' p.R8(Q): Q·B2 mate. But we c .. nno t res Ist the thought of I. .... . , P·1I8{N)ch.: 2. K.B4, N.B7: 3. Q·KB3!, K·Be: 4. Q·Bch., K·Q7; 5. Q·Q3 ch., (not Q·QN In view ot N·lt6ch.), K.B8: 6. K.B3, P·N8{N)ch; and now bow White Is to win we do not know.

The - solvers conquered by a com· for ta ble S4-2\ margin. ·Weltome to New Solvers. ,

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IRREGULAR OPENING 1955 Ohio Open

Wh Lte Black JOHN SIDDLE ALINA MARKOWSKI 1. N·KB3 P·Q4 8. S'NS NxBP 2. P·Q3 N·KB3 t. Q-N3 ' NxR 3. QN-Q2 N·S3 10. NxP Q·RS ch 4, P·S3 · P·K4 11. P.N3 8·81 th 5. P·K4 PXP 12. K·Q Q·R4 ch 6. PxP BoaB4 13. QN.B3 B·1(3 7. P-QR4 N·KN5 Resigns

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Feb,u"l7 25-26 59th Minnesota State Championship

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COLLEGE CHESS (Continued from plge 3, col. 4)

team hy a score of 4&·" The usual, congeoi-al 'atmosphere of the Pitts­burgh club prevailed throughout the"" match. Pittsbu~h Y penn State D. Spi ro , W. Frledman 0 D. Miscevle , E. Herr 0 A. Hobbs , A. Stein 0 A.Bert , C. D1!ltrlch 0 G. Orner • F . Kerr •

The score or last year was reo peated as Bethany College scored 3·2 over Penn State. We Nittany Lions found West Virginia hospi­tality ,to be quite generous. As many of you know, Bethany Col· lege has never been defeated in a chess match. filethany Penn Stlt, H. Stein 1 W. Frledman 0 D. Kuby 0 E. Herr 1 J. Wachtel 1 A. Stein (} K. Tabarl 0 C. Deitrich 1 T. Linden 1 F. KCIT 0

A trip to New York iby a team [rom the United States Military Academy ended in defeat at the hands or the MarshaU Ohess Club. West Point Mtf'shall c.c. J. Hesse 0 C. Eastman , J. Goldberg 0 R. Vogel , J . Toole 0 M. Peekar , M.81gg!n$ • R. SchUltz •

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