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Vol. ill Number 14 Offieinl Publicati 011 of me United states (lJess 'federati on Sunday, March 20, 1949 EVANS -REMAIN-S CHAMPION DR. EUWE SCORES IN PUERTO RICO Gaining a personal triumph in the impression he made upon the chess players of Pue r to . Rico, Dr. Max Euwe was equally success ful in hi s four simultaneous exhibitions on the island, playing In all 84 games, of which he won 70, lost 4 and drew 10. First exhi bition was at · the Club de Ajedrez at San Juan where he played 10 boards, lost one game t.J Francisco and drew two. The second simultaneous was held a-t the Univel'sl ty of Puerto Rico where he lliayed 25 boa rds, lost 3, drew 4 al1.d won 18 games. On the next day he played at P once where he won 25, drew 3 and had no losses . Then at Cuayama he met 21 playel's, won 20 drew one_ COLON, CINTRON CONTEST TITlE Defending Champion Mi gue l COiOIl a'lld former Champion, Rafael Cintron arc contesting a match to dt'f'l df" the Purrto Ri co Chess Championsh ip. Which Colon won from Cintron In a tournament held in 1948. The fir st four games of the matCh, hold in the Club de Ajed r e:'. In San Juan, havo result- ed in a tletinlte edge foJ' the formel' challl ili oll Cintron who now leaus lly Ii score of 3J.A:-%. Cint ron has beeu playing very aggressive chess in the match. Both players are well known In tIle U.S., having played In t be I nternational Tournamont at Yank ton, So. Dak. in 1916. Miguel Colon Is not to be con- fused with his younger bro th er ArtUl'O Colon, also well known In the U, S., who pla)-ed in the U. S_ Open Tournaments at Corpus Christi In 1947 and Baltimore in 1948. ----- TAMPA PLANS MORE RAD_ IO P el'fec llng their technique tn speeding up tronsmlssion or move.s and limlUng their teams tb a four· man matcll at each session, the Ta mpa Chesa Club Is pioneering vigoroll.siy in the Bcarc()ly· trodden fi eld of chess via short-wave radio. FOI·tunate in having a vel")' active and cooperatlve alliateur radio club In Tampa , with the chief operator for this watches Dr. L. P_ Geer, chemistry profeS SOr ilt the Unlver· sity of Ta mpa, the Taml)Q. Chess Club ha s laid out an ambl tklus schedule for March with matches against Uacine, Miami and are· turn match with BartlesvUJe. CUTLER-HAMMER LEAGUE CHAMPS rn the Milwaukee Industrial League Team No. 1 of Cutler- Hammer won the title with a score of 61h,-1%. Second place went to Allis·Chalmers with 5-3 and third place to AlIen·Bradley with Five teams compete In the Indus trial League, playing five board matches . CHESS MAKES HIT AT HOBBY SHOWS Striking evide nce of the increa.!!- Ing interest in chess was convinc- Ingly demons trated at t he two re- cent Worl d Hobby Expositio ns in Chicago and Philadeillhia. From the crowds gathered , day and night, aroun d tbe booths wbere one chess expert played t en boards si multaneoll . sly against all comers, it was evident that chess makes no dlstincUon a.mong age, sex, race or creed. Tn Chicago, on \Vasbington's Birthday, at the Collseum the crowds of eager, Interested young- ster.s who tried to gather around the pla.ylng fields could not be ac- comodated. During the nine days and nights 01 the show, GaHant Knight Company (wh i ch mainta i n- cd the ch ess booth) rece ived re- quests for 11,897 copies ot their little booklet "Chess Rules tor the Beginner." In both Hobby shows the sets used were tile fi ve inch, tour nament King Size, Stau ntol t pattern plastic chessmen and chess- boardS. sUpj) !i ed by Gallant Kni ght Co ml>(lny, 228 W. Kln1.io Street. Chld, co, ___ __ _ HARRIS CAPTURES NEWB'PORT OPEN Victory III the Newbnryport (!\lass.) Chess Clull Open Cham- piOnship wont to Reid Harri s wit h a score or 61h, ·llh In nn 8-l'ound Swiss wi th eightee n entrants_ Charles Whitcomb was s e c- ond ..... ith 6-2 and Dnrtlelt Gould thil'd with 6-2. Fourth pla co went to Charles ' Waterman with 51h-21h aud firth place to Ma rgaret Gould with 5-3. ._---- TARO, POWER TIE AT EVERETT CLUB Lawrence Tnro, editor of the Washington Clless anti Neil Power, Ilostal chess editor of the Leller, tied. tor first plaCe in the Evez'elt (W/Ulh.) Chess Club Cham- pioushlp with 9%-1% each_ They wlll play a lo-ga me malch to de- cide the litle. Third place was WOII by J. A. Naatl with 81-2i1z wlto lost an opportunity to make th e lie a three-way aUalr by drop.- ping his fin al game to Dan Birks. Fourth pl ace went to John Beal, a promi sing junio r, with 1.4; and fifth place to Peter Husby. STIR INTEREST WITH EXHI . BITION West V I r g iJiI a . Co-champion John Hurt, Jr, sUrred up Interest In chess at Beckley, W. Va. by giv in g a l ;)-game and an 8-game simultaneous exhibition at the Beckley Elks Club, winning 16, los- ing 3 and drawing 2. Si l:teen'yea r old highschool student Andy Hok e won one game, Dr, R. L. Haugh and Harlow Warren the other two. Draws went to Dr. R. G_ Broaddus and R. L. Hoke_ The Beckley press repo rted the affair with photo- graphs, and a chess club Is well on the way ot formation there, CHESS AS A HOBBY Vi ... of I/' t Ck .. Boolh al Iht World Hob"., EXpof;';on in Chicago .. hilt dUH ,"ptrt Sa", Cokrr 0/ Ik Ch'fS Club 0/ Ch i(ago p/<Tfl p/trytr, I;mull.m_ .ausl , . G"lla,,1 Knighl Compa""1 m,,;"lain . J ,h. boolh, and Iht p;utr u"J .. ttt i.. rh G .. II .. nt Knight "King p/""ir rhcnmtn , OTTESON ,WINS MINNESO r A TITLE , Milton OUesol Of the Mlnnea- [lolls Chess Club won l he l 62ml llll- llunlMillnQSoln . Hate Chlllll)Jion- ship Toumamen from a stro ng field ot 34 co nI nders Incl uding form er State Cll Impion Of. Giles A. Koelsche, 30(11 deteO(ling Cham- Il ion George S. Barnes. BollI Otte- son and I<oelsclle scm'cd 51h-¥.! in th e (i-rOUIlf\ Swiss, but weighted ]loints g ave the titl e to Otteson hy the sli m IIlal'gi" of OIle and on&- half »Oink Willialll Joncs. W. E. Kaiser and Geo. S. narnos scored 4 ¥.I each, but rinlfhed thinl, fourth all(1 fifth In ol'dE\\" Ilamed under weighted scores . The tOUl'llament was played at quarters of the Mlnneapo\[ s Chess. and Checker Club. PEDERSEN: TAKES MINN. CIlUB TITLE chamPIonslllXh6 Minnea poli S' Chess Clull went· to K. N. Ped er- son with II sco re ot 8-1 In a 10- round tournament. Pedersen drew wit.h Fru ctmllll and Koelsche and won his other gamos. Second place went to Dr. Giles A. Koel sche with 7- 2. Koelsche lost to Otteson IIond drew with Pedersen and Naveson. With the UUe goes pos- session of the bea utiful Streeter Trophy tor the peri od of six months. I , , HANSEN GRANITE I TITLE For the seco nd j consecutive year,. Lorin H ansen won the champion- sh ip of Granite ) Pgh schoOl (Salt Lake City) by winning 6 games In Ihe final playoffs. Kent Wright was second wit h 3-3 , Dorian Faber third with 2-4 and Glen ' Tarbet fourth with 1- WEARE GAINS ALMA TOURNEY In tllo annllal 'VashlnglOIl I1Irth- t1ay tOIll'lley at Alma. Nell. vlctOl'y wenl to It. K \Veure ot.Sl:lIntord with a will percentage or 83. s coro of 12%-21h. R. Kallil of Alma was second Wilh and Cilben Gra- ham of Almena, I {ans. third with 9-4. The Al ma tourney (nolv the 37t.h!) is unique in that the score is UnlllllJ Ortant, (01' the Ill ayers at- tend solely tor the rri elldshill and IlleaS\ll'es Of chess. Players trom _ Kansas participate and recl\lr()- cale wl .h n s imilar event at Al- mena each year on Armistice Day. SCHMIDT TAKES MILWAUKEE RAPID Robe rt Schmidt of Was hillJ;toll High school captured the fou rth aunual Rapid Tran s it chess tou r- nament sl)onsored by the Milwau- kee Public Schools Recreati on De- partment, de[ea Ong A. f>owers \I.·bo tied with him In points to win a clear title a nd possess ion or the Otto Rathmann, Sr. Memorlfll Ch ess Trophy. Schmidt and Pow- ers both scorotl five wins in tile Swiss evont, {ollowed by R. Ku- jotll. A1. Ra thmann and P. Lie big wi th Co nr wins each. DUVALL HEADS CARB. IDE CLUB Elections at tho Carbide Chess Club ot South Charl es tOn, W_ Va. resulted In tho naming ot Allen DuVall as pr esident, Hugh Allison as vice-pres id ent and Kingsley Hu ghes as secretary_ Hlirold Lig- gett was chOflell tournament direc- to r with David Marples as as· sistant. Plans f or the an nual cl ub tourna- ment are under way with a stro ng tield of entries expected Including defending Cham pi on DuValL EVANS RETAINS MARSHALL ' TITLE Playing steady, heads'up ches s, - young LaiTy Evans retained his championship Of the Mar shall Chess Club of New York by a score o[ 14-4 in a field of nineteen contenders includ ing former U, S. Ollen Champion A. W_ Santasiere and former U_ S. Amateur Cham- Ili on Dr. Ariel Me ngarini. San- taslere placed seclmd with U- ri. alld Mengari J)i third wi th .. 12'h- 5%. Nat Halper tied for fourth with Eliot Hearst with 12-6 each; Carl Pilnick placed sixth with 11 %_ 6'h. and Milton Hanauer seventh with 11·7. Among the non'llrize winners wel'O a' number of we:!l known names, Including Harry Fajans, Jerry Donovan, Th eodore Du nst, Harold M, Phillips and U. S, Woman Co-champion Gisefa Gres- ser. At the Manhattan Chess Club forme r U. S. Champion A. S. Denker cO!lUnues among the lead- ers, while at t li e Brooklyn Ch ess Club Or. SUUlIllln lind liyd ll UY Goodman 111'0 nIp lind tuck. CHAMPI ON iEAMS CLASH AT PHILA Phlindelllhl:;----;;;- th e InterCity hntll o o( two cbamplonshljl clubs when the l..oK Cahill Chesl! Clull of West Orangc. N_ J., cham il ious of t he New York iII e troJ)(IUlItII Ch osli 1..0tl S"1l 0. Invnded th o cluhhouse of the GCI'm:l nluwll Yl\lCA Chess Cluh, elmllll liOZi Il or lhe Vh llade l- phla Chclls J..eagllC. WhC11 tho smo ke of baUie had cleared" d e- cisive vi ctory tor Ge rma ntown scc med indicated by the 8- 1 IIco rc. The Log Cahin savcd a half-I lolnt on flrllt anu hint board, and we nt down Lo defeat In every othor posi- tion. RUBTSOVA WINS USSR LADY CHAMP In Moscow 18 women chess play- ers competed for the women's c hess champlo ll shl ll ,I ll a tOIIl'nu' me nt which ([nished On January 17. Ol ga Rubtsovu, who won the tit le by a score of 13-4, was also cham plou once betore In 1927. SAVE THESE DATES July 11 -25, 1949 f or the U. S. Open Championship I Oma ha, Nebraska The Fiftieth "J ubilee" U. S. 01)en Champion s hip Tourna· ment will lie held in the Grand Ballroom ot ,the beautiful Fon- tenelle Hote l in Omaha, Nellra- ska.. Plans for the meet tug In· clude tours around Omaha tor lhe contestants to historic Boys Town, the Joslyn Memol'lal and other spots ot scenic Interest. . Entry fee is $10_00 to USCF membe rs (Non-me mbers may ente r by auding $3.00. a nnual dues to the USCF) . Entries !llld reQ.uests for h otel reservations may be addressed to: Howartl Ohman , 5016 Dodge Street, Omahs, N!! braska_
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Vol. ill Number 14 Offieinl Publicati 011 of me United states (lJess 'federati on Sunday, March 20, 1949
EVANS -REMAIN-S CHAMPION DR. EUWE SCORES IN PUERTO RICO
Gaining a personal triumph in the impression he made upon the chess players of Puer to . Rico, Dr. Max Euwe was equally successful in his four simultaneous exhibitions on the island, playing In all 84 games, of which he won 70, lost 4 and drew 10.
First exhibition was at· the Club de Ajedrez at San Juan where he played 10 boa rds, lost one game t.J Francisco Benite~. and drew two. The second simultaneous was held a-t the Univel'sl ty of Puerto Rico where he lliayed 25 boards , lost 3, drew 4 al1.d won 18 games. On the next day he played at P once where he won 25, drew 3 and had no losses. Then at Cuayama he met 21 playel's, won 20 ~and drew one_
COLON, CINTRON CONTEST TITlE
Defending Champion Miguel COiOIl a'lld former Champion, Rafael Cintron arc contesting a match to dt'f'ldf" the Purrto Rico Chess Championship. Which Colon won from Cintron In a tournament held in 1948. The fir st four games of the matCh, hold in the Club de Ajed re:'. In San Juan, havo result-ed in a tletinlte edge foJ' the formel' challl ilioll Cintron who now leaus lly Ii score of 3J.A:-%. Cint ron has beeu playing very aggressive chess in the match. Both players are well known In tIle U.S., having played In tbe International Tournamont at Yank ton, So. Dak. in 1916. Miguel Colon Is not to be con-fused with his younger brother ArtUl'O Colon, also well known In the U, S., who pla)-ed in the U. S_ Open Tournaments at Corpus Christi In 1947 and Baltimore in 1948.
-----TAMPA PLANS MORE RAD_IO
P el'fecllng their technique tn s peeding up tronsmlssion or move.s and limlUng their teams tb a four· man matcll at each session, the Tampa Chesa Club Is pioneering vigoroll.siy in the Bcarc()ly· trodden field of chess via short-wave radio. FOI·tunate in having a vel")' active and cooperatlve alliateur radio club In Tampa, with the chief operator for this watches Dr. L. P_ Geer, chemistry profeSSOr ilt the Unlver· sity of Ta mpa, the Taml)Q. Chess Club has laid out an ambltklus schedule for March with matches against Uacine, Miami and are· turn match with BartlesvUJe.
CUTLER-HAMMER LEAGUE CHAMPS
rn the Milwaukee Industrial League Team No. 1 of Cutler-Hammer won the title with a score of 61h,-1%. Second place went to Allis·Chalmers with 5-3 and third place to AlIen·Bradley with ~ %-31h_ Five teams compete In the Indus trial League, playing five board matches.
CHESS MAKES HIT AT HOBBY SHOWS
Striking evidence of the increa.!!-Ing interest in chess was convinc-Ingly demonstrated at the two re-cent World Hobby Expositions in Chicago and Philadeillhia. From the crowds gathered, day and night, a round tbe booths wbere one chess expert played ten boards simultaneoll.sly against all comers, it was evident that chess makes no dlstincUon a.mong age, sex, race or creed.
Tn Chicago, on \Vasbington's Birthday, a t the Collseum the crowds of eager, Interested young-ster.s who tried to gather around the pla.ylng fields could not be ac-comodated. During the nine days and nights 01 the show, GaHant Knight Company (which maintain-cd the ch ess booth) received re-quests for 11,897 copies ot their little booklet "Chess Rules tor the Beginner." In both Hobby shows the sets used were tile five inch, tournament King Size, Stauntolt pattern plastic chessmen and chess-boardS. sUpj)!ied by Gallant Knight Coml>(lny, 228 W. Kln1.io Street. Chld,co, l ~lI:h::~:I:' _____ _
HARRIS CAPTURES NEWB'PORT OPEN
Victory III the Newbnryport (!\lass.) Chess Clull Open Cham-piOnship wont to Reid Harris with a score or 61h,·llh In nn 8-l'ound Swiss with e ighteen entrants_ Charles Whitcomb was s e c-ond ..... ith 6-2 and Dnrtlelt Gould thil'd with 6-2. Fourth placo went to Charles 'Waterman with 51h-21h aud firth place to Margaret Gould with 5-3. ._----TARO, POWER TIE AT EVERETT CLUB
Lawrence Tnro, editor of the Washington Clless J~etter, anti Neil Power, Ilostal chess editor of the Leller, tied. tor first plaCe in the Evez'elt (W/Ulh.) Chess Club Cham-pioushlp with 9%-1% each_ They wlll play a lo-game malch to de-cide the litle. Third place was WOII by J. A. Naatl wi th 81-2i1z wlto lost an opportunity to make the lie a three-way aUalr by drop.-ping his fin al game to Dan Birks. Fourth place went to John Beal, a promising junior , with 1.4; and fifth place to Peter Husby.
STIR INTEREST WITH EXHI.BITION
West V I r g iJiI a . Co-champion J ohn Hurt, Jr, sUrred up Interest In chess at Beckley, W. Va. by givin g a l ;)-game and an 8-game simultaneous exhibition at the Beckley Elks Club, winning 16, los-ing 3 and drawing 2. S il:teen'year old highschool student Andy Hoke won one game, Dr, R. L. Haugh and Ha rlow Warren the other two. Draws went to Dr. R. G_ Broaddus and R. L. Hoke_ The Beckley press reported the affair with photo-graphs, and a chess club Is well on the way ot formation there,
CHESS AS A HOBBY Vi ... of I/'t Ck .. Boolh al Iht World Hob"., EXpof;';on in Chicago .. hilt
dUH ,"ptrt Sa", Cokrr 0/ Ik Ch'fS Club 0/ Chi(ago p/owers \I.·bo tied with him In points to win a clear title a nd possession or the Otto Rathmann, Sr. Memorlfll Chess Trophy. Schmidt and Pow-ers both scorotl five wins in tile Swiss evont, {ollowed by R. Ku-jotll. A1. Rathmann and P. Liebig wi th Conr wins each.
DUVALL HEADS CARB.IDE CLUB
Elections at tho Carbide Chess Club ot South CharlestOn, W_ Va. resulted In tho naming ot Allen DuVall as president, Hugh Allison as vice-president and Kingsley Hughes as secretary_ Hlirold Lig-gett was chOflell tournament di rec-tor with David Marples as as· sistant.
Plans for the annual club tourna-ment are under way with a strong tield of entries expected Including defending Cham pion DuValL
EVANS RETAINS MARSHALL 'TITLE
Playing steady, heads'up chess , -young LaiTy Evans retained his championship Of the Marshall Chess Club of New York by a score o[ 14-4 in a field of nineteen contenders including former U, S. Ollen Champion A . W_ Santasiere and former U_ S. Amateur Cham-Ilion Dr. Ariel Mengarini. San-taslere placed seclmd with U-ri. alld MengariJ)i third with .. 12'h-5%. Nat Halper wa~ t ied for fourth with Eliot Hearst with 12-6 each; Carl Pilnick placed sixth with 11 %_ 6'h. and Milton Hanauer seventh with 11·7.
Among the non'llrize winners wel'O a ' number of we:!l known names, Including Harry Fajans, Jerry Donovan, Theodore Dunst, Harold M, Phillips and U. S, Woman Co-champion Gisefa Gres-ser.
At the Manhattan Chess Club forme r U. S. Champion A. S. Denker cO!lUnues among the lead-ers, while at t lie Brooklyn Chess Club Or. SUUlIllln lind liyd ll UY Goodman 111'0 runnJn~ nIp lind tuck.
CHAMPION iEAMS CLASH AT PHILA
Phlind elllhl:;----;;;- th e InterCity hntllo o( two cbamplonshljl clubs when the l..oK Cahill Chesl! Clull of West Orangc. N_ J., cham il ious of the New York iII e troJ)(IUlItII Chosli 1..0tlS"1l 0. Invnded tho cluhhouse of the GCI'm:l nluwll Yl\lCA Chess Cluh, elmlll lliOZi Il or lhe Vh lladel-phla Chclls J..eagllC. WhC11 tho smoke of baUie had cleared" de-cisive victory tor Ge rma ntown sccmed indicated by the 8- 1 IIcorc. The Log Cahin savcd a half-Ilolnt on flrllt anu hint board, and went down Lo defeat In every othor posi-tion.
RUBTSOVA WINS USSR LADY CHAMP
In Moscow 18 women chess play-ers competed for the women's chess champlollshlll ,Ill a tOIIl'nu' ment which ([nished On January 17. Olga Rubtsovu, who won the title by a score of 13-4, was also cham plou once betore In 1927.
SAVE THESE DATES July 11 -25, 1949
for the U. S. Open Championship
I Oma ha, Nebraska The Fiftieth "Jubilee" U. S.
01)en Championship Tourna· ment will lie held in the Grand Ballroom ot ,the beautiful Fon-tenelle Hotel in Omaha, Ne llra-ska.. Plans for the meettug In· clude tours around Omaha tor lhe contestants to historic Boys Town, the Joslyn Memol'lal and other spots ot scenic Interest. . Entry fee is $10_00 to USCF
members (Non-members may enter by auding $3.00. a nnual dues to the USCF) . Entries !llld reQ.uests for hotel reservations may be addressed to: Howartl Ohman, 5016 Dodge Street, Omahs, N!!braska_
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V()1. III, Number 14 Sund-ay, March 20, 1949 --"ANGER AND JUST REBUKE"
R EADER RUSSELL CHAUVBNE'T "III ,~leUer ot gen tle chiding (which has been misplaced now that the time t() qu()te [rom it aTl"lves), re-bukes the writer tOI' falling to mention in bl!! editorial of Febl"U:l.ry 20tll the fact that I. A. Horowitz gallantly refused a draw in tho Ona l round of tllc Manhattan and thereby sacrHiced tho oppOI'iunity of a tie wltll Euwl) and Plillik t()r tllird place.
\V I) werc llerbaps· remiss In not noting down this [act, Wllich hOod already beeu l'eported in the stol"y or Ule tournament Ily Fred Relnteld. But since we selected the Buwe·Horowltz draw as our ,-(ext because we kuew tll:!t the reputaUons of hoth IIi-ayers were so tlrmly establish ed as gallant fighters, we thought no furtbel' comment was necessary.
~ince It seems Illat the fact needs I'elleatitlg, we cite the b() ld chivalry of HOI'owilz } n the f1aal round as litting evidence that he is not usually an exponent Of lite agreed draw, and tha t his lapse In the scc()nd round or tile tourna ment should be COnsidered more U1lfortunate than reprehen· sible.
ANSWER A FOOL ACCORDING TO HIS FOLLY
-. ~ Atoatlor wrltos: "CI-IESS r~w~ edll(;r)nls, Ulougll generar\y COI'roct In policy. loso stature and (lIgnlly through their luteml)erate nnd trucu· leot character." The EditOr ca n only murmur penite ntly: " Mea maxima culpa," an"d accept tile robuko as well morited. BOrn truculent, there Is no hope that he will reform, whatever sole mll resolutions ho may torm (rom time to time.
Yet, how can ()Ile answer a fool. except according to his tolly-evell as tbe Book of PI'o\'orbs advlsos us? Would more temperate and less truculent language penetrate the Ilachydermos ity ot such CI'asS aglta· tors in Amel'icall chess as Dr. Edward Lasker? Must we not. after all, bow to the wisdom of IJr()verbs, a nd auswer a foo l according to his tolly?
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Multum In Parvo W THOUT meantn, to be dogmatic, I think It can reasonably be claim-ed that tbis Is the most complicated game ot ita length that bas ever been played. Certainly no game produced by the old masters with the same opening can vie In tactical interest with tb.18 attractive can-test, played under the customary modern time limit. We. readily forgave the playel's their miscalculations, and orter the m our thanks for produc-ing such a delig"hUnl game, which truly conlains " m uch In little."
BISHOP'S GAMBIT Abbazia, 1912
Whit.. Black A. FLAMBERG O. DURAS
L P·K4 P-K4 2. P·KB4 PxP l. 8·84 Kt.oB) 4. P-Q4 Kt·B)! 5. P-K5 P-Q4!
The usual reply In 8'1la losous poslUol18 to Whlte's advance_ If now 6. PxKl, Px8 and Black has an excellent game.
5. 8 -1C2 The plausible alternative 6. B-
KU Is a nalyzed by Kmoch as fol. lows: G _ _ ._._ ...• K t-K5; 7. Q8xP (if 7. Kt·KB3. P -KKt4! ). Q-R5 ch!; 8. P-Kt3. KtxKtP!; 9. BxKt. Q-K5 ch; 10. K-ll2. QxR; 11.K t-Q83. Kt-K2 ; 12_ Q-K2. P-KR4!; 13. R-Kl. p -n5; 14. B-KB4. Kt-Ktl. A weird posaibilily nDW Is _15. K-K3 (If 15. Q-K3. KtxB; 16. QxKl, P-I{Kt4!) . KtxB; J6. KxKt. P-Kt4 cb; 17. 1{-K3 (if 17. KxP1. R-KU ch), ll-R3!; 18. BxP. P-Kt5 chi 19_ K-Q3. B-U4 ch; 20.K-84. B·K3! snvlng the QUBen! . -
1. B"P With the White
the aoo\'e variation S. Kt-Kal 9. KuP ID. BKKt
Kt_KS P_B)!
Blahop nt K2, Is Impossible.. ,.,
KhKt
If 10 J>xKt, B·QU4 will} a. splen-did game.
ID_ __ B-Kt5 ch 11. P_B' O-O!
Ilt'«lnnin< " . tron. llllar"1:. It It. PxU ?, Kt-1I1 Kiva. mack II wlunlng gruDO.
12. 8-B3 Q.Kt4!! A beautifully calcu lated move_
I). ICI-Q2 Wilite's bes t chon c;;! was 13. PXB,
for'clng Black to take II dra w by la, • Q-K6 ch; 14. Q-K2. Q-B8 eh; 15. Q·Ql, Q-I{6 eh c te. If Black lrles to win w ith Hi ..... _ .... QxP; 16. Kt·Q2. KuKt (or 16. . .....• Rx B1!; 17. PxR, Ktxl.::t; lS_ QxKt! . QxR ch; 19. 1{-B2. QxR: 20. Q-Kt5, P·KKt3; 21. Q-K7 and mate tol-lows); 17. QxKt!, QxRch; l S.K-K2, QxR; 19. Q-Kt5, P-KKt3 (It 19.
, R·B2; 20.Q-QS ch, R-Bl ; 21. HxPch. B-K3; 22_ Bxn ch, K-R1; 23. BxPcll! , KxB; 24. Q-Kt5ch, K·RI; 25. Q-K5ch and mate next move); 20, Q-K7, R-02: 21. Q-Q8 cll, R-BI: 22. DxP ell and Illate fol-lews.
13. Bxln Is unfavorable I for White, for exam ille 13. _._' , PxB!;
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14. Q-Kt3 cb (it 14. Q-Q2. P-KG!; or H. Q-K2. 8-Kt5!; 15. Q-B4 ch, K-RI etc.; or 14. P·KKt3. B·Kt5 : 15, B-B4. RxB!: 16. Q-Q2. P-K&!; 17. QxP, R-K5!; 18. QxR, Q-DSch ; 19. K-B2, R-Bl ch; 20, K-KtZ. Qx P ch aud mate is unavoldablo; or H. R·m. Q-K6 cb; 15. Q·K2, Q-B8 ell: IG. Q-Ql, HxU cb etc.), K·Hl; 15. PxO (not 15. QxB!.!, Q·BS cb: 16. K·K2, U-Kt5 mate!), QxP; 16. BxP e h. K.xB; 17. Q-Kt3 c h, QxQ ch and Blac k s hould win the cndlng_
n. _. Rx8! 14_ P.R
Or H Ktxn, QxP; 15_ R-KBl, KlxP! winning in all var'laliolls fDr exum ille 1G_ Q·Q3 (16. PxKt, Bxl)ch; 17. Kt-Q2, B-KKt5 etc), n·KIH ; 17_ Q·K3, Kt-QS chi 18. KxKI. Q.1l7 mate..
~t iii! 8::~ ~ 16. K-Ol KlxlCt?
Not the best. There was a win with IG. , 1
Dea r Mr. Major : May I commend your able edi-
torial In the Fehnrary 20 Iss ue of CHE SS LIFE. w ith its appeal to Tnurnamont Plarer!; and Tourna' men t Directors to obsorve the ethics of tournament chesS. The "arranged" draw In tournament games Is an evil wbich must be stopped! Tournament Directors should be turnlsbed with a copy of the "Laws ot Chess", plus s pecUic Instructions to declare null and void the games wlrere s uch "arranged" draws took place. Plny-ers of tournament chess who take advantage or "arranged" draws. even though tbey make thirty
• .MINNESOTA STATE CHAMPIQNSHIP
s". M. Otteeon _ ...... , .. _. ___ ... __ .~,~ Dr. O. A. KT:onk A. l'MJ (Sot" .... n· ci.,.,), Dr. Julin. S. We;nl:>ll"t (lito Xol_), Wm. n. Wit"", (AmroerBtburg).
Lucerne. Switzerland: An Interna-tional tournament here, In which German masters competed fOr the fin;t time since 'Vorld War n, saw lire victory ot the young German Mn,s ter Unzicker (l'ofuuchen) 6.; 2. SpanJIUlTl.l ( Holland)
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dbess tift Page 4 Sunday, MaTCh 2(1, 1949
CARO-KANN DEFENSE MaDhattan Chess Club Champion-
\ ship, New York, 1949
Now b-j J. Soud"koff White Black
G. KRAMER VASCONCELLOS 1. P·K4 P·QB»). p"p p"p 2. P-Q4 P-Q4 4. P_QB4 __ _ The lIulv;n"lk· I'."ov Attack, I!ig\,ly repro. : 16. Kt-Q2, B-Q\!: 11. Il·1l2. Il·KH: Kan.Malu'!!'onov. USSU (!baltlpioo .. hil', 1939. "n ,men, lortable 1>0£1· Hnn for White. 12... P~Kt 15. Q~R n . KI·K5 RPxP 16. KIP,P 14. RP .. P R .. R n. KI-B4 At le~,l wTth a try i. 17, ......•. , n·na, I ~ nol ""e "I the m~ill iele ... of tbe Cllro·K.nn tb. d""'Il'ltIPnt of the QlIf IS. KI·Q6 P·B4 20. 0·0 19. B·KtS B-Q2 -Th!o 1.lall.ible aHeml't to ""n ~ .. H"" the Kt I~·' ·n,it . White t: lI: 2.'1, II .KI1, (A ) 211. __ • 11l · I(I : 21.1. Il·K7. Q.~; 27. KtxKt. Q; ......... , Kt·Q2: \.'6. I' ·B~. QxK! Cu, :lII • . _ . Q·H~; 27. Q . 112 ~h ) : n. II ~ I(I ; ( I)) ~" . ..... . Kt.1I4; 2G. 1! Kul. It ·KIlI: ~'. II .. RcI'. tUtU; ZI:l. Q. liS eh. K·K2; 29 . • Q.~s d!.
KING'S INDIAN DEFENSE u. S. Bie nnial .champlOl'lshlp
South Fallsbu l"g, 1948 NOlts by Ed.,.,. J. Korpanl1
While W.ck H. HESSE H. STEIHER 1. P·Q4 KI· KB3 6. B·Kt2 QK t·Q2 2. J'.QB4 P·KKI) I. 0-0 P_K4 3. Kt·QB3 B·Kt2 S. P·K4 R·Kl 4. Kt.B) 0-0 ,. P'QS S. P·KKO P·Q3 I I We I,,'eler ~. It KI I h~ mo,e mnde 1(""" but little "I ..,. to Wllll~'1 K6 ' p . lure tI.l . Kt. ~()" lJI ack hIuo 'fl' and pee· ),apo huping 10 g'ol lime 10 lll~y HI· ili to Kt. lJIad' h,.. hi. oWn Id ...... 19. .... .... P·K5 21. BoSP Kt·K5 20. KI·B4 PxP 22. BxKI R~S 11 :l-l. ___ , RxR; 23. B'Q~ to challenge the otro" ,," mo ck Ii. 23. QR-Kl QR·Kl 21. Q~R K·B2 24. B·82 R (1) ·K2 2S. Q-IQ Q-K2 25. R~R R~R 29. K.Bl Q·K4 26. R_Kl fbR ch 30. P-QR3 __ A P otrue'''"", li.Ij Whlle'l I"~ poweriul ,.., II I •• t. only at ~t...,,,1I' 1lI Its ba.... Whll e ha. ~ll o,..ed D1""k·. two l.1li to pclnt in open Jj"CI dil'('(:dy .t thl l bate . ml nO'" lindo it very oiee . If '2. Xtxl'. I' .XC;; 4S. Kt.D4. D.Q8; ' 4. K· Q2. 1'·115; ~li. x .. n. 1' ·Klft; 44. Rt ·Q3. P ·TUl .nd R P mUlt q", .. n. While "lcke t he line tl,at glv6 a. 01 oPpOllite colono. 42. ........ BxP ok o r COu .... II 42, ......... K.KU; 4S. ]> .KI6 win • . O. K_B2 K,Kt 45. K·R3 B-Kl6 44. K~B B.B5 ~ 41. B·KIJ 45. B_Q2 P-RS 'I'lli. k ... "" BI~ek'" K I .... y from h'- QI'. 47 ....... ~ B~P ". K·R) 411. KllP K-B2 49. K·Ktfi 10 much better. 40. X.KU;. K·X8: 50. I' .JU, B.Kt!i; fit. lI · n4. 1' .iJ5; 52. X·XU, I·.Q'; 53. R·m. K·a, ; W. K·Qi • • nd tbe 1'1 Cln be held.
Journameni c:fJ/e c-i"1rJ h E7ich W. Mlm:J..d Dept. of Mathem.tlea
Univel"llty of Aochl!urtel", Aoehe.tel" 3, New York
49. " __ . K_/Q 5) .. P· R4 SO. K-KU 8·86 54. B·KI5 51. B·IO K_Q4 55. K.Q2 52. K·B3 B_KIS 56. K-K3 The Whit. K i . oll·,ide now. Soli ..... ,," P_Q50h &1. P·R6 51. K·B4 K_Q4 &2. K·Kt3 58. P·Kt4 B_B1 63. K·B2 59. P·RS P .. P 54. K-Kl 60. P~P P-85
B-1·QR4 Inlici]lllUng
)S. R_K6 Q·KI2 36. B.Q3 Kt(KI3)·K2 31. Q_K3 K·B2 ).8. RxRP R",i lJn .
FRENCH : ~~,~E~~~;",P;'"_ Brooklyn "-''''' i,ecl,b sh ip, 1949.
Nola by Whil e
J. BATTELL 1. P·K~ 2. P·Q4 3. Kt-QB3 KI·KB3
M"rcha"J lIIack
S. GOODMAN 4. P_ KS KKI_Q2 5. KI·B)
r.. I'-B4 I. Ioeller. Biafk "'ill no\\' 10"'" the ~~clt,,,.>(~ "I Ihe QP .nd tbe",.f!
