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Vol. ITl Number 7 Offi (tetl Publlcati on of me Unlted States (bess fecleratl on Sunday

December 5, 1948

R. BYRNE WINS LIGHTNING MICHIGAN AOO·PTS NCCP FIRST STA1'E IN PARADE

~ National Chess Coordination Program Finds Michigan State Ass'n Ready

At a special mee~ing at Lansing. _ Michigan the representath'es (If the chess clubs that form tbe i\1ich iglan State Chess Association voted enthusiastically to adopt the National Chess Coordinatioli Program 01

'.the United States Chess Federation. The plau had been discussed p reviously at the l'egular August meeting of the ASSOCiation.

III adopting the plan, the Michigan State Chess Association made radical changea in Its p.oliey and stl'ucture to COlifor m w ith the lIew program, of which the most dras tic was the shifting of the ASSOCiation {rom a. club membership structure t o an Individual membership basis. HereaIter USCF members in Micbigan wlll pay dues ot $5.00 per year, of which $2.00 wll! be retained by the Michigan State Chess Association and $3.00 aCCUl'e to the USCF (or membership .and subscription to CHESS LIFE. , Instrumental In al'Tanging (or t he adoptiOn of the NCCP wel'e the Michigan S tate Chess Ass'n of­ficials: President Virgil E. Van­denberg (Lansing), Secretary­Treasurer Reuben 8uskager (Bat­

, tie Creek), Vlce'PI'esident Elias J. faR §wt!d@u ((JfBnd RaVid§), aud Honorary Vice-Presidents A. H. Palmi (Jackson) and F, A, Hollway

.,.!,,~~ "< n~'lW9~ . Th. .. -,tmjC!,. wt-­IUle,1I5<: nt actions ot these ortlc· lals In atudylng and II1'esentlllg the plan gave Michigan the golden 011-portunity or being the first StlLto to climb upon Iho NCCP bnndwag· ou,

Tbe NCCP was presentc(1 to tho .considera t lon of the Michigan Statc Chess Association by USCfo~ Socretal'}, Ed ward I. Treend to whom also credit Is due for mak­lug i\1ichigan (hIli bomo stare) lhe fh'st cne to' align II seU with tbe new USCF pollC)~

The Sl}eclal meeting at Lansing was attended by representativos from Lansing, Battle Creek, Jack­son, Kalamazoo, Grand Rapids and Detroit. Other Jocamles and clubs wel'e relll'eSent ed by proxy to make the final \'ote an unanimous de­clsioo.

TAMPA DRAWS IN RADIO MATCH

The Tampa Chess Club in Its 10ng-dLstance match wltb the Bart­lesyllle (Okla.) Chess Cluh had to be content with a dl·aw. Playing tor Tampa ware Nestor Hernan· dez, lHthU)' Montane, R. B. Dl:u, and J ames 8 , Gibson, Jr, Fer BarUesvllJe tile team was: J , P. Hegau, C. ~~. Sievel's, L, M, Ober­iiI), aod W, R, Whitney.

At the Tampa end, the games were played at the Floridan Hotel with the llIoves 1'913:;ed to L'. P. Geers who tranSllluted tl\em to Bartlesville via Shol·t·wave. The Tampa l'ad lo experts wet'e L, P. Geers of W<.IDIN, lohn H, Sohl, Jr. of W1KQS, Pat Patl'ick o[ W4GMJ, Ed, Hughes ot W4NRT, Fred Han· sen or W41 WX and Dick Heuer ot ' W4GEE. all or the Tampa Amateur Radio Cl ub.

Other long-dIstance chess match­es by short-wave are sought by the Tampa Club which Is now Illanliing a match with the Hiram Walker Chess Club ot P-eorla (111.) on the tentat ive da te of Decembel' 12.

KMOCH BECOMES USCF OFFICIAL

Hans Kmneh. the talented Vlen· n6.'le master who now makes his horne In New YOI'k, has accepted tho apl}{)lntmeut a s USCF Vlce­J>l'esldent to fBI out the term of rucnard ~'. -"""tSM, who Is res lgn-~ Ing because of bus iness cOlllplica· t ions, Kmoch will nlso serve as chairman of the USC I~ Tourna­ment Committee In place of Wayne.

Noted as ao analyst aud writer on ciHlSS, Haus Kmoch is also reo cognlzOll as one ot the ablest or tournament d irectors, In which (:almcily he serve{\ at tho recent H, S. Open Toul'llament at Balt i­more. He is recognlze(1 a,<> well for his skill in s imu ltaneous exhi· bltio!!s, Since coming to New York J(moch has made a notable 'contri· bution to American chess litera· ture by hill (iue annotations In Chess Review.

MANHATTAN CLUB WILL WELCOME CONTRIBUTIONS

The tolai cost Of tbe InternaUo· nul TOUI'llRment, to be held from December 23 to J anuary 2, with a !lst . or I}!ayers including Dr. 1\f1lJC E:uwe of the Netilerlands, 1\1. Naj· dorf of Polaod, and Reuben Fine. Isaac Kashdan. Arnold Donker, Hermall Stelnor, Al Horowitz, George KI'!\mer and Arthur Bls· guier, will he met by the Manhat· Lan Chess Club and its friends,

Coi'itrllmtions to the rund will be welComed trom rrlends and weU· wlsheJ'1;. and should be addressed to Sidney Kenton, C h air III a u TOI'unament Committee, 100 Cen7 tl'al Park South, New York City.

PITTSBURGH Y CLUB ELECTS OFFICERS

At the Pittshurgh Downtown YMCA Chess Club William R, Hamilton WKS elected president, Mr. Schuette and' Mr, Cheesemen were elected vlca-presldents, Mr, Meese treMurer and Mr, E, Coons lIeC~elarY. Schuette continues as odltor ot the "En Passant," club llUb11eatlon,

Mates And Stalemates 8" Anita Mryn ig .,lId WoO/tt, F,~h/ich

"It il 11 .. ller t!Jan I/~ morning 'P4fH:r, Since he reads CHESS LfFli, f (all ,t a ~fimf>sc 0/ him sometimes a!lring breakfalt."

Hesse G ins Tri-State Championship By Winn 19 Playoff Game With Sachs

Horman He ~e of Bethlehem, Pa" defeated J6·yelll· old Hanler Sacks of Cleveland He hlS. Ohio hi lhelr play-off game to Ca lltUl'e the 1948 Tri· State Cha mpion IlIp ' or Pennsylvania, Ohio and West VirginIa. Hesse and Sack.OJ, both unners·up In their recent state champlonllhll)s. had tied tOl' th's t place, f lishlng aheat! of the champions of Ohio and Pennsylvan· ia Il.nd the co-ch mplons Qf 'West Virginia.

This yea r 's Trl·StIlte Congress,. held under the auspices of the Wheeling Chess ' Iub at tl\e Hotel McLuro, Wheeling, W. Va .. 'ound tho Ohioans Wll\ll in the team challlll ionslllp by defea ting the West Vi rginia players by a 11 to 4. yS In a double·round match of s ix hoa l'ds. Due to last minu te IIlIl s of some of their players, the Pennsylvaola team. failed to appear.

Hesse und U who Is sUIi In h their tOUl'llume scores or 4.-1 thl'ee wins alld Dietz and Hurt) tour games llU round centest teen·age l" 18-ya or Pittllburgh, State Chnn}plol

youthful Sachs, h school. fin ished

t sched ule with ach ; Hesse had ~wo dr~ws (wHh while SHehs won lost his second· Hesse, Another old Paul Dietz

11." Pennsyh'unla scored n·H to

f!ni'sh third; al ad of tile West Virginia Co-Cha Ipiells, Dr. S ieg· rried Wertha m .r or' Huntington (2·3J and Johu F. Hurt. Jr, of Charleston (16 U, and 0 II I 0 Champion, Elil t E. S teum s-.Of Cleveland, who ud the III foriune to lose IIll rive t his tournament games.

Young Sachs hall the satlsfac­lion of wlnnlll from Illl the cur· rent s tate cham lonB In the lourn· amel)t but he c Id not best Hesse, who tied for fl(t place ill the 194.8 Bienn ial U.S, OJ mplonship Tourn­ament at South Fallsburg. , N. Y. Hesse r elied 011 e Nlmzovlch De­fense In tile I ayofr game and scored o,"er Sac in 39 moves.

The Wheeling Chess Club dis· played acumen and skill In the handling of the Trl·State Congress. '1'hey provided a fi ne trophy for the Individual ellampion , a$ well 01111

sliver watch fobs tor the members ot the cham ~ion Ohio team,

In the to1m matches, 16-year - old i\Iyron fl'rederic ot Columbus

and Ernest S. Somlo ot Cleveland scored 2 and 1% points reSl}ect­Ively to star for Ohio, Edward M, fl'oy ot Charleston with 2 points, William Cuthbert of W heeling with li poin ts and Reid Holt <If Charleston with 1 point accounted for the total West Virginia team's St.'Orlng.

CHAMP'S K. O. IS O.K. TO CLUB

The Marshall (Detroit) Chess Club spent a pleasant-eveDlng In testing the mettle ot the present Michigan State Champloo, Geo rgo Eastman. and found him "chess­worthy" in a simultaneous exhlbl· tlen at the northeast YMCA, East­man won 20, lost 1, and dr~ 2,

L. EVANS SECOND; J . PARTOS THIRD SP ECIAL:- Robert Byrne, U. S. 1947 Intercollegiate Champion, cap_ tured the Seventh U. S. Lightning Chess Championship with a score of 8-1 io the tournament held a t the Log Cabi ll Chess Club, 'Vest Orange, N.J. Larry Evans was sec­ond witli 7·2; Jullus Partos tbird with 6i·2~ and Herbert Seidman (Olll'th with 5·4. Rlchal'd W. 'Wayne was tournament director.

(For details, see issue of Decem_ ber 20th , 1948.)

WAYNE RESIGNS AS USCF OFFICER

Richard \Y. \Vayne, Chairman of tile U. S, ChanllJlonship Touroa-­ment COlllllllltee and !'eceoUy elect· ed Vice-Presid ent et the Federa · tion, has submitted bis resignation due to the I))'essure Of personal bus-11lell.!!_ Mr. \Vayna is a member of

i::~tft'~I~i, B~II;5h O:bo~lIyJ~ee'df :{;: BOllee of one of th u I,artner!, which lml\ '\!'''fne ... telliv fl" Y'''lfl rj!'V!. .J~ crell l;ed Mr. Wayne' l! l'I.,J j , on ~ ju1i · . itlf'1I thllt the USCI>~ BX6CUtiv8 Com mltto felt , colIll}61led to accept MI', Wayne's l'USll!l" IUliioll ,

III re ll lgnh!g Mr. WtlYIUI wl'()to In 1)I\I't: •

I would like to .ay that my enti re ' .... ociatlon with yo u and with t he Federation 1'1 .. been a source of great plea.ure and happ iness to me and I have enjoyed working along with you. May I be '0 pre· sumptuous as to ask a ll of you, most emphatica lly, to eontlnue

, on ' the fight we havo beon wagi ng to put American ches. on a democ ra t ic buls; great prog ress has been made In the past two years, culm inati ng In t he reso lution passed by the Boa rd- of Di rect ors a t Bal t i. more and by the aetual con­duct of the Champio nship

'If Tournament a t Sout h Falls­burg which proved, to me, eon­e lusIvely, that our way I. t he only proper way, Ca rry thl. fig ht to a compl ete and suc­cessful con clus ion and do everyth ing possible t o avo id a flY retu rn to t he ol d ways of specia l privileges for t he few and you wJil receive not only the t hanks of Am erica n che. s , pl ayers but a lso a deep se nse of sel f-respect in hav ing done what yo u believe to be r igh t rega'r:ct less of the pressure from "big names" and "big money."

STARK AWARDED CCLA GAME PRIZE

M. C, Stark ot Washington has been awarded the special prize of­tored.- by tbe Correspondence Chess Leagne of Amcrica fOI' tho best-plllYcd game at tho 11:148 U.S. Open Championship at Baltlnl,,o re woo by a contestant who did not finish among the Jeadel's, Stark received the prlzo for his tlghting

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vIctory over A. S, Pinkus. '1'be award was judged by the editors of the Clless COI'I'espondelJt, which pulJllshed the game with notes by Larry Evans In November.

PubliJhed twice a month on" the 5th Ind 20th by

rHE UNITED STATES CHESS FEDERATION Entered III II«<Ind clu. matter Septembu 5, 10' 6, a t t he port "mce at Dubuqu~, Iowa,

1ItIdu the act of loCarch 9, 1.879.

Subscription---S2.00 ~r year; Si".le oapie. I Oc each

Addras .11 . ubscriptiolU to:- 14J Bluff Strftt OR 12*,' Stnth moor A .. enuc: Edward I. Trcend, Stu d • • )' Dubuq ue, low. ~troit 27, Michi, .n

M.ke .11 chec lu p'y.ble to : T HI1 U Nrr.n STATU Cues FEOU. ... T10N

AddrelJS all communications Editorial 123 N on" Humpbrey AVlmue O ak Park, DliMi, on ed itorial matters to:- Offi~:

Gene Collett

Editor ""d BusinUI M<fJUIgtr MONTGOMERY MAJOR

Conlributin, Edito" MlIton 1I'lnkeliteln John D. French

Dr. P. G. Keeney J'rerl

Georp Koitanowilld Erich W. Marchand Rp. lnfeld WIlliam Rnjltm

Addres s aU eomm unicat ions to t he Un ited States Ch ess Federation (except those r egard ing CHESS LIFE) t o USC F Seeretary Edward I. Treend, 12869 St rathmoor Aven ue, Detro It 27, Mlehigan .

Volume n I, Number 7 Shnday. December 5, 1948 --RICH!-RD W. WAYNE

Words are a t times faillt and meaningless symbols, which fail utterly to express the. thoughts they wish to make articula te. Recognizing

this inh(lrent weulwess in the written word (which cannot llortray the express ive in.necllo!is or the ,"oico). we will not attempt to do more than indlca.te ~lle infini te regret wilh which we have received the unwelcome tidings or the reslgnution or Richard W. Wayne as USCF Vice·Presldent and rChalrman of the 'rouruament Committee of the Pederation.

Mr. Wayne has presented s uch InSistent and preasing reasous fo r hJs retirement at this time, that e¥en the selfishness (where chess Js concerned) of your USCF officials could no t remain adamant in refus illg a. re luctant but graciou8 acceptance.

There remains, therefore, only the pleasant n ecesaity of remember· ing the many !Ine and delicat1!l mi!;slolla tha t MI'. 'Vayne has accomp· lished; and the sad compuls ion to bid blm .a temPOI'ary farewell in the hope that the parting w ill be short In time, although it will seem long at ever)' chess meeting where his couns el w ill be missed.

For many years a USCF Director [01· New J ersey, Richard Wayne bas been distinguished in particular for lhe clarity or Ilis ideas and his courageous and unflinChing stand for whateVG1'sou rse he deemed to lJe the right. HI3 \mfaHing generosity in disposing of his own time lind uncea sing efforts 011 behalf or the Federallon can nevel' be forgolten. A ll 0. Chairp1an of the USCF Tounament Committee, his contrihutlon both

,.:' 1u rt.·o ·Wn.ytle- Hellor t and· Id Ihe conduct ~lf the recent U.S. Olennlltl ChaPlplonshlp at South l~a llsburg cannot be too hlgbly praised as an exhibi tion of vainstaklnb" attention to detal! comblned Witll an intelli­gent and practical approach to the problems that beset all tournaments.

Chess can 111 atrord to lose Its Richard Waynes, even fOr the s pan o r months; but facing th is dire necessity, we wish hIm the best of luck in his business ventures, and express the fervent bope that the absence will be short, but pro[\table.

Montgomery Major

promofillf} .A Cl.e"" Gxl.itiliol1 By Homer H. Hyde

Pruidt nt. S"" Antonio Chm Ctu6

W ith the hope tha t It may help other ches.s. ciubs In promoting chess exhibitions by visiting masters, I should like to e X]llaln bow we

promoted two exhibitions in San Antonio. One was given by Mr. I. A. Horowitz. January 22, 1947. and the o illet· by George Koltanowsk i, J an· uary 18, 1945. Doth were held during the March of Dimes campalgu, . with the net proceeds to go to the March of Dimes. One of tbese ex· hibi tlons clea red $25.00 and the o ther '20.00 above tile fee fo r the vis iting master snd expenees.

Now lor the "modus operandi:" We decided to print tickets ahead of time. uUllzing the ad van tages of admnce ticket sales. Sales were made by members or the- c lub, and by placing others on sale at a local s por ting goods store which cus tomarily handles ticket sales Cor footha ll games be tween the local high .school's, free of cha rge. A special feature was the arrangement of a match between the vlsltlng master and our local city cham p. Thus, ihe ticke t fOI" the Kilanowski exhibition was exactly as roHows:

Chess :\fatch, Lecture, and Exhibition

by

GEORGE KOL TANOWSKI

IVratch Game With

W. N. KENDALL

Ci ty Champion - 2 :3° - P. 1f.

Simultaneous Exhibition - 7:30 P.M.

nenefit of the ~farch of Dimes

Elks' Club, Sunday, January 18, 1948

ADMIT ONE

Tickets may be num bered fOI' con venience, lIumbeJ;a 140 being offer ed to entitle the purchaser to play in the simultaneous. tbe remain· Ing entitling thelll to be spectators only. A reduced price may be made tor sudents or s pectators, as deemed advlsalJle.

This ticket was prin ted at a cost of $2.50 on ordinary bus Iness cards by the P aul And erson Co., statione rs,

problem" 0/ el.eM ofl/e Edited b.j Dr. P. G. Keeney

Addr.1 a ll c"mmun;~aUOn1 for t hl1 ""Iumn t; D •• p. 0... Keeney, 123 Eas t llh St. , New. por t, Ky. , enelo . lng .. U-addreued, . t. m ])ed env.loP6 II reply 10 reque. t ed .

P,obltm No. 57 By C. S. Klpping ( Wed nesbury,

Eng.) Lst & 2nd Pro (ex aequo)

B.C.F . Tourney, un·s

P,oblem No. 56 By J. J. Rietvel d (Holla nd )

Second Prlze--B.C.F. Tourn ey, , 1947·8

P,oblt m No. 58 By L. Larse n ( Denm ark)

Lst & 2ud P l'. ( ex aequo) RC.F. Tourney. 1947·8

,; ;;~;,;;~; ~;.~'i~,,;; nro tho fl r (:i ''''''~ " f n ....

'l'wo and '1'hrec move tou l'!leys ot the Chess Il'etlera· tion. The FedeI;a~io\1 now nnnounces the following tourneys tor 1945·49:

... ··i'ol' orthodor'"cttfect 1nat~ IItc.iJiollIK I n th"l'ee nloves . ·' 'r Por orthodox direct mato problems In t.wo moves. (Not llIore than two from 'i!tlch composer.) For orthodox di rec t mate problems in tlve moves. Composers mu,l submit two diagrams In clear chess type (stamped

or d rawn) 0 1 eacb p roblem entered, with full solution under the diagram, but with Dame an ladd ress on one d iagram only. Entries should be mall· ed in envelope Ill. ked: RC.F. to H . F. Blandford, 44 New Kent Road, London, S. E . 1, E gland on or before Feb. 2S, 1949. Corrections will be accepted up to clo ing dat e.

On the prize roblems diagrammed above. the. Judges eommented: No. 65. The key repares the way tor the King night and the Black Rook a pprentiy r ulres close confinement. A melange or selfblocks, ha llplns and con ctlon play . No. 66. Four Interferences on t4 a re elegantly separat A pity that 1. ....• BeS allows a new mate by 2. Rc4 to creep in. o. 67 and 6S. Jo'irst and Second pr izes ex a equo. No. 67 1-s an original nd witty theme. The Black Knight has the choice of tour squa-res b in each case la torced to retract his move, thereby reunplnnlng the ok. Masterly construcUon, a ll duals being avoided, th anks largely to e White }{In.,. No. 58. The key "walts"; any move b:y:a Black Knlg lets In a White Knight and so on. There ar e ten dl~pnct mates in udlng fiv e models , of whlch two by the Queen and one each by the t a Knights and Pawn. A very fi ne example of Its kind .

Pltau Ilott and ,don 1.-0 a,o,s in Ihi$ (olumn ill tilt issue of Noyembe, 2(Jlh, The strond )'<I,illtion f tilt SY'lth<ti( Problem ihoulJ }"we ,t"d: 1 •....• P·KK.t7; 2. Kt·KKtJ (not 1. , .KKt7; 2. Kt-KI6 as prinltd). TIJ.t PorsJth; noldl;(lJI ulld~' Probltm No . H .... dl neorurl but tbt J;agrdm ..... s '0"«/.

Solutlons:-TIlc hy 10 1'rot,1,.. N~. ~I b1:- I. IH·IIJ .... Ilh threat 01 2. Q·1J6. The nlack dl."felll!ell

.re: 1. _, IhQ or IHIS 1. _, Kt·Q-j: 1. _. Ht·1n .~ IUl$Wcred by Wlli te ~li'~I,. WiLli 1. Kt ·lI6; 1. p ·m ; a lOll Q-Q!.. II.". p!~I"1l" kq ."d " prnll,. III'lf·bloek. •

The hy to l'roLl", No. r.! 18:- I. II·KII~ with thl"Cllt 01 !. P_\{4 eb aud P .Q I IIIsl~. 11 1._. " UU;!. QI 'eh. ,.·K':!I. Q·na. H 2._, l\.Qj ; 1I.. 1'.K8. If 1. ... K·Il5; 3. Q.li.~. In the fo~(tinlr TIAtioll ( hlltntloo. 01 Ihe eo.llpoter) thc'rn I, a ICriOUI tI,,~ 1 I;TWItI.V ,nurin; the Pllritr. ,. c .i,,~ I : I .•..• )\If,;ll; ~. QIlleh. " ·K6; s. Q.llf. If 2 ..... K.QIo: S. Q.Q3. The WOl'thwhl~ ~ri.tion II: I . _, I'.KS: 2. Q·Q4 ch, Kh Q; ~. P·Kt.

Correct tolut iona Problem. No. 61 11>11 1,2 are acknowled~ roo:ei1'l)d 'rom Pet.,.,. Karl ( Orand RapW,). J ack ~""'" 10 1n.h). John Stubbe (Du,ham, .N ol l. ) , Burney .v ..... ,~11 (Shree .... \XWt). N. G. (Oinchm.ll), li e,·. O. Mumll' Chldlty (Toronto), lk J . • :m'~ " (Dctroit) , T. 1 ... ",dJxorg I)dl .. ), J. lIolton (New lbftll) .

Publici ty wa s chieved hy news pnper noUccs on the sports pages, by the March oC illies Campaign, ' by IIllot announcements on the rodio stations by their orts announcers, !\lId by display adverllslng In s tore windows. Mr. Pa I Anderson made ten ad,'ertlsing posters, s!:r.e a bout IS" x 24", witb inr' malion s imilar to that I)rinted on the tickels. These were made by wh he te rmed a "blueprInt procesa:' The lette ring was first done by b ls list in black. then Ilhotogrllphed. Prom tbe negative, blueprin t copies \ re made. These were mounted on cardlJoard with­scotch ta lle. Var l us leading IItores selling chess sets, e tc. were then contacted. Tbey adily agreed to placing a display In their windows. Displays con sisted f the poster Illaced behlng a chess-board with the mell set up as In a gal in progress.

Tbe key to get ng the cooperation o f newspaper. rad io, and bus iness men Is , of course, slaging the exhibition for the belleflt of a charity, with the local l;it champion g lvon tile opportu nity tl? match his sk Ill with that 01 the' slUng master. The later Is not essential, but helps considerably In as ring- financial success nn d In arousing chess interest. It Is riht lIecesaar to restrict such benefits 10 the March of Dimes­any good local c a r lly or wOl'thy e ll lel'llriso will receive euthuslastlc support. Bel~e,"e or not, lhe usual reception accorded lJy business men was: "Sure, anyt! ·ng for the March of DImes! "

eke"" of}/. ..!)n new Yor/'

By Millo" PI"IttI,'r/,.

TED DUNST Is down In my book as the invetel"a le pll\1ollopber, the

, ma n· whose llresence In • chess cluh makes at once for. In.ugh lng crowd of onlook era. T~d. a. oue... time correspOlldenco ,chool em· ployee, has acqu ired a . matterlng and more o f all knowledge. His llos t·mor tems o( his game. become (l.t tile same ti llle lillie oxplo ra Uons In .the encycloped ia.

A llowerru! playel'. Dunllt bas selected an unorthodox atyle of Illay whiCh convinces e\'ery oue at hi s opponents that lh e gnme Is dorlullely impossilJle. This reeli ng Is eSlleclally evidenced when Ted plays his own "In vention," the "Wllu Bull ." H e claims tha t "It vlotates ali rules and must there­!o?o win e,'el'y time! " What hap· liens? Woll. look a t this blr.a.rl'e short which DUlIst W O Il from Kurt Splelherg In the curren t tourna­ment at the Marahall Chess Club.

WI li TE : D U N ST - BLACK: SPIELBERG- 1. N·QB3!?, P-Q4. 2. P·K4. P·t(3: 3. N·B3, N·K 03; 4. Q·K2!, B·[{2; S. P·KN3, PxP; 6. NxP, P-QN3? (Now Dunst poun· ces in precise and g leerul form ) 7. B-N2, B-R3: S. P·Q3, QN·Q2 ; 9. N·Q4, N-K41 10. NxNch , HxN; 11. N·B6. NxN; 12. DxNch. K·K2; 13. B-Q2!!, Q·Q3; 14. Q·K4! , B·Q5; 15. RxR, P-KB4; 16. Q·D3. RxB; 17. QxR, B·N4; lS. 0 -0 , B·QD3; 19. -Q·K.J.'l8, P-B5: 20. QR·Kl, K·D3 ; 21. BxP, Q-Q4 ; 22. H·K4, and Black resigned.

Of course, s tich tacUcs do not always sllcceed. for Dunst Is In 9th place iu the latest s tandinga, wbere he is tied with Larry Evans at 3~-2l; . The race ~s become bectic. with Hanauel' aud Fajans bracketed at 4 ~·1~, while P ilnick alld San· Il'IIlere lI~tIId HI wt'll with 1,1.

-~rab-C Cl.e"" '))afe"

Compiled by A. BU1,hke

December 1 11110 J . Kling, Eotlllh cq_me eom·

.-. died ! 1m II. Weenik , Dutch {ITOIlll'lllld and

maAcr, aulhor of the daeldc "The (!he. Problem," d ied

1901 J. • .lfeu .... Duteh )1robltmllt, born 1m 11. N. 1'11I11l1l'Y, Ameriean grand .

"lUtt., born 1001 J. Ohqulst, Finnl'" endpme eom--. """ 7 1890 II. I'ongncz, !Iunglrlall )1Toble-

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W hen Andres8en sacrificed two Rooks, the Queen, elc. aga lnlJt Kles­erltzky. the finished product was described as "the Immortal

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have lavished somewhat less than !lve minutes. The game ha's Lbe blaz­Ing quality or a Llszt improvlsaUon. ~_=~_

CENTER COUNTER GAME ( Simultaneous ExhIbition )

White mid. E.CANAL AMATEUR 1 P·K. P-Q4 2 p~p Q~P , KI.QS) Q.QRe • p.Q4 P 'QB3

Su [lorrJous. Development (4. Kt· KB3) Is more to the point.

S KI·"B} 0·K15 , 0·K04 P·IO 7 P·KR} O"Kt?

Develops Whlto's game. Better 7 . ... B·KB4.

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ANDERSON TAKES TORONTO RAPID

A lad with taki ng ways In chess. FI'ank R. Andersun, added -the To· routo City Speed Championship to his collection, wltlch includes Ou. tario ChamDlouship, Ontario Speed Championship and Toronto CUy Championship. In the Toron to Speed Toul'namllut held at the Gnmblt Citess Club, he captured his section with a 7·0 .acore and then took tlle Ulle with a victory over P. Avery wllo had won his section also with a 7..() score. Six. tee}t players com peted In the event whIch was held as a two...section round robin.

At Shawlnlgan Falls, Dr. Joseph Raucll captured Ihe Quebec Pro­Vincial Speed Championship from n tleld ot 28 lliayers from Montreal and Quebec In !, 7 round Swiss. 'fhe viclol'y of the Cormei' Montreal clmmpiolt 6howed D. return t-o form after a la pac in lhe recent Quebec Provincial CblUll l)ionsh lp where he placed fifth . A sUI'prlse second was H. Feldman who ca me tl"01ll beh ind 'in t he last 1"0uIl(ls. J. Gersho p laced Uilnl and M. GUZIl Courth.

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FOUR CLUB TEAM MATCH Rockford Ch&1I BIO<llnlnglon Che ll

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TRI-CITIES WINS FOUR CLUB MATCH

In n four,club team match hold at La Snlle, Ill. at the Kaskaskia H otel the Tri·CIUes Cltcss Club of Rock is land (III.) . Moline (ilL) and Davenport (ia.) walked away wltll the honors with a /lcore of 10 l}(lillts. Second was the Rockford (III.) Chess Club team with SY..t points.

Tndlvldual s tars of the meet were !lussell Coekre ll of Rocktord and L. Maher ot Rock Island with three victories apIece. Albert San· drin, Paul Adams (Secretary ot Greator Chicago Chess Leagne), alld Charles P. AdamI, all of Chi· <:ago, attended a s spectators and adjudicated unfinished games.

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TRI -STATE TEAM MATCH Ohio Slole We. t Vllllini . Stete

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B, George KolttmOw,4:i

WHAT'S THE BEST MOVE?

Position No. IJ

r2b2kl , IJ>3I,Pl>. nl'l02. 81'4, 8. 211:;' 21'llUl'P . 7K

While t o mov. Send solntlons (the m ain line ot

play) to Position No. 15 to the Ed· Itor, CHESS LIFE by December 20, 1948.

Solutions to P .. obloms 13 and 14 with names of solver$ w ill be pub· IIshed In next Issue.

Venice, Italy: An Interna.tlonal tournament here was won by N'aj· dorf (Poland) 11 ~ pts; 2-3. Canal ( Pern) and Barcza. (Hungary) 9~ pts; 4. Dr. E uwe (Holland ) 8; 5. Castaldi (Italy) ·1Y2. 'l'here were 14 participants.

H ere i!I a game from this tounra· ment. White: Canal ; Black: Dr.l\1. Euwe. Four Knights. 1. P·K4, P·K4; 2. Kt·KB3, Kt·Q83 ; 3. Kt-B3, Kl·DS; 4. B·Kt5, B·Kt6; 6. 0·0, 0-0 ; 6. P-Q3, P·Q3; 7. Kt·K2, ~.~... "'-Q"a-&. l(t·I<t3, Kt·I-:IH; If. Kt·U~, U·l{tl, 11. 1'·Q4 , PxP ; 12. l':q', P·Q4; 13. P'KR3, BxKt(B4): H. PxB, Kt-03; 15. DxKt, PxB; 16. B·K3, Kt-J<5; 17. R·Bl, R·Kl; 18. p­KKU, Q·B3; 19. Q·R4. Q .IHI; 20. KR-Kl, QR·Qr; 21. RxP, R·Q3; 22. RxR, Rtxn; 23. Q·B6, R·I,;:tl; 24. QxQP, Q·Q2 ; 25. B·K84. P· lffi3; 26. Kt·K6, Q·R5; 27. Kt·D6, KBl ; 28. P·BG, n·lo; 29. n..K7 Black resigns.

England: 'fhe challlplOllsill1) of England was won by R. J. Broad·

' bent with 8Vz out of 11 Ilolnts. 2·5. B. H. Wood, H. Q(jlombek, S ir George Tliomas and P. S. Milner· Darry 7 pta. Alexander was 7th with 5i and W. WIDtOI' 10th with 3i.

Miss Priee won the Woman's Championship ot E ngland . London: A match En glllnt'l·l{ol· land ended in a tie 10·10 in a dou· ble round matcll . Dr. muw o OIl bosl'd one w on a nd drcw ono from Broadbent. Th ey say: Botvinnik: is Illaklng a movie 011 1lOw II., w on t he 'Vorld's Chaml)ionshill . does that 1I10an Hollywood bound? When Reshevsky arrived in Hoi· land fol' the Worl(I's Ch:lIllploll' s hip one o f the Russian d elegll.t!on greeted him Dud lostClUI o r Dsklng him: "'Vho are YOII?", h o asked "ITow al'e you"!" Whereupon 11.6-~ li evsky unswerod: "Fine ." im· mediately Botvlnuik was Inform­od tbat Fine had turned III) after all to play fo r the title. ! Or. Euwe scn t a te legram to the 1". I. D. E. renouncing on his chance to play In the t ournament fol' a cha.llengel' for the World'S tltI". He 1101 wllUl1g tn ~!.flil a sldo to allow NaJdorf to play. 'I'hey are expect ing Fine to make t he same gesture in favor of Slah.lbe rg. Essen, Germany: Tbe 1945 cllam· plonsh ill or Gel'many was won b y Uuz icker la~ pt3; 2. Kt oninger 12 0 ; 3. Machate 10 0 ; 4·5. Nle· pballs and Scllmid 9 each; 6. Itautenherg 8; 7·8. Czaya Dnd Dr. Trogel' 7; 9·10. NUl'nberg' and Rell· stab 6 y;;; 11. T~chllel' 6. There wtll'e 16 \.lft.yel·s. A tou r name nt in Moscow In mom· ory of l'.'1aster RJumln e was won by Kam and Au el·bach.

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NIMZglNDIAN DEFE NS E u. s. Open Ch ampionship

Ba ltimore, 1948 NolU by A. Y. Hellf

While maek

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RET! OPENI NG Boston Tum MJltch Now'" John C,m/o

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RIlIO/iI

:Journamenl ollie c-I~" Erich W. MncbttnJ

Dept. of Mathematic. University of Rochen.r, Roche.ter 3, New York

Annotators J. 8. GM D •• M. Hluh .. "",, A.y .......

I. R/.'M Ed .... J . Ko.".,,1y O. E. PI"

SICILIAN DEFENSE \ Illi nois State Cham pionship

Fou rth Playoff Game Chicago, 1948

Nolts by Alb ... t S.mdrill Wlllte Iliad<

J. SHAFFER G. ODEL.L. L P·K4 p.QB4 ,. 8·R4j KI-B) 2. Kt.KIl) P-Q} II. 8.B K.S }. P..Q4 PaP 11. 0-4-0 Q·KU 4. KIIP -Kt· l(8} 12.. KI·Ktl KI.QR4 S. Kt~S) P·KKtl D. P.KKU KtxKI eh . 6. · B·K) S·KI2 1(. RPaKt 8-10 1. P.KJI) 0.0 15. P·Bt KR·81 S. Q'02 poOR} Tb~ 11" ... t III HI .. .. BaP; Ii. I'~D, KI_d' with lIu"" t" fUll. I's 10. tile lIi...,.,. 16. S·K1.2 Q-KtS

Afw 16 . ........ , Q·Kt1 ODEL.L.

SHAFFER 11. P·S5 B~2 D.. P_K5! II Pxl'. 1'. !>t5. 19. P.K'! PaKP n. B.QS! 211. P.KP . BaP 2l. RaB :u. KR_Kl KI-82 24. PIKI U. luK I' uh win • . If K.lU ; 2&.

~. K.~; t->. QO~~P K. R,.KP eh 25. O_Q eh ~.Q •• 21 .• RIRP .1Id wIno

SICILIAN DEFENSE North Jerley Chess Lugue

OrJln ge, 1948 Nom t". Eruh W. Mtlub.nJ

While 111."" E. T. lrIeCORMICK N. CO HAN

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H. R.QBI :u. Q.Q) 22. KI·IC'

AlltT ZZ . ..... • Q.KtZ COHAN

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QUEEN'S GAMBIT DECLI NED u. S. BIennial ChJlmplonship

South Fallsburg, 1948 Nolt. I" Eruh W. MtluhttnJ

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B.Q2 KR.Q1

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Alta

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RUY LOPEZ u. s. Open Tournament

Corpul Christi, 1947 Notfl by Erich W. Mtlrd"mJ

Whlt.e llla"" O. YAHOFSJlCY A. SA NC HEZ

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A/It, .0 .... .... , K-R2 SANCHEZ

YAN"OFSKY

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Or. oJ. PIitz Frod Relnl,ld

Dr. &.1. Roua J. Soud •• oll

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Eudga.me Positions NO. 39 and 40 Chess Life, November 5, lUg....

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