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FEBRUARY

1965 Moscow 1915

FRENCH DEFENSE Dr. A. Alekhine GregorieH White Black 1 P-K4 P-K3 13 P-16 PxP

1 P-Q4 P-Q4 14 I-Nl Q-R4ch

3 N-QB3 N-KB3 15 K-K1 QxP

50 YEAR5 4 B-NS B-NS 16 P-17 QxR AGO:

Ckess Hoax of t ile S P-K5 P-KR3 17 PxR(Q)ch K-Q1

Century? 6 PxN PxB 18 QxBP QxPch I S H I> ~g <! 3$) 7 PxP R-Nl 19 K-B3 N-B3!

8 P-KR4 PxP 10 Q/4xPch K-Bl

9 Q-N4 B-K1 11 Q-B4ch K-N3

10 P-KN3! P-QB4 11 Q/6-K3ch B-B4

11 PxlP PxP 13 P-N8(Q) P-N8(Q)

60 CENTS 11 P-RS! PxN 14 R-16!! QxB

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CHESS REVIEW 'It' ",ctuar CHISS MAGAZ'Nf

olume 33 Number 2 February 1965 ED IT E D &. PU BLISH E D BY

I. A. Horow itz

Table of Contents Chess Bisc u i t s ... .. ... ... ... . .... .. . 42

Chessboard Magic! ..... . . . ... .. . . . . 43

Chess Cl ub Director y ...... .. .. ... .. 48

Chess Qu iz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Fin ish ing T ouch ... .. .. ..... . .. ... .. 39

Game of the Mont h .. . ......... .. . .. 44

Games from Recent Event s .. . . . . ... 62

O lympiad ... •• . .•••..... ... •.. . .•.. . 49

On t he Cover .... ... ........ . ... . .. . 38

Postal Chess .... . .. .• .. .. . ... .. .. . . 54

Postal Ratings ............ .. ....... 57

Soli t aire Chess .. ......... . ...... .. . 41

Spotlight on Openings . .... . . . . . ... . . 46

World of Chess . . ....... . . . ... . .... . 35

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CONTRIBUT ING EDITORS A. B. 13i sgllie r. J. 'V. Collins,

T. A. Duus t, Dr. ).f. Euwe. Hans Kmoch . "\V. 1<01"1 ' . P. L. Rothen berg and

Dr. P. Trifllnovlch.

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CANADA ,[berta Percy Connell.

British Columbia Dr. N. Divinsk.,·. Manitoba M. Stove". Ontario n. D . . h leqllcs. Quebec ~l. ~loss.

Saskatchewan V"ank Y.:rhoff.

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THE MAIN CHANCE This is not meant to be a hard quiz. If YOli ](eep an eye

oul for the main chance, in eight out of ten, you'a he on the right trac k. In the other couple. it's fairly apparent the main chance. to mate, doesn't figut'e for itself or Cl' eJl as the threat. So make this a test for a quick sight- -and you mny never need turn to the solutions page at all! Whack out all ten for an ex cellent rating: nine for good; and, well. seven for fair. Solutions 01'1 page 45.

3 White to move and wi~

Now this position, even we admit, is really a soft touch for White. So much so that we stand ready to apologize if YOIl declare It called for.

; Remember, we did say this was a test for quick sight of t he board. So, in aJl due haste, what is the main chance?

7 White to move and mate

This position might just rate difficult, too, If a keen eye is yours, though, it won't be difficult at a lL Nor w!ll it be hard if YOll have a rea, sonably good memory of the classic old mates, With that much of a clue, you ought to be able certainly 10 find the mate,

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4 Black to move and win

The Exchange down and a Pawn under fire , you are to win, (Some day, we'll give one where all you do is pro· tect YOUI' Pawn, and that wins!) Nothing like that here, though , This is another near mainliner, Crash the opposition with vim and v igor. See how?

8 Black to move and mate

Whether it would be prop· er 01' not to classify this as one or the old classics, we hesitate to say, But the position is derived from a ([nish by one or tile Old masters, dead-busted on Q-RSt and QxH. Your job now is to find the sRI'ing line, Can you?

1 W h ite to move and win

In this position, you are a Pawn down but very obvi· ously have something going. Black never did get to castle, poor fellow. It's time for the sockdolager here-a neat and convincing one, So much so, in fact, that you simply can't Illiss it. Sock away!

5 White to move and win

We won't taJly the pieces here either, "\\'eil, sure you are dowll plenty, That just goes to show the r.uss who actually played this game pul a lot or moxie into it, Now it's for YOIl to polish It off--but decis h'ely ! What is the clinchel' to e nd all c linchers here ?

9 White to move and win

You'd have no trouble at all wi t h this position if only your Bishop on QB4 were not en prise with a check! It is , though, So walch your step, And take a s mail bow if you work this quizzer out correctly, The main idea may take a perceptive eye, See it?

2 Black to move and win

Don't let a ta lly of the plus and minus material in th is position concern you, If White had it good in the pl'~' vious one, Black has It even bettel' in this, There Is of com'se the usual, trying point : what is the old crush· er ? It's there, all right; just spot It!

6 Black to move and mate

You are out for the main chance In this position, in fact, for fair! There are, howevel', a couple of follow· ups you are expected to call off as a \Jal't of the deal. y 011'1\ see .emal1 right if you truly perceIve the ke~;

move, To a SSUl'e Excel1ent, get t his!

10 Black to move and wi n

Not all roads lead to Rome r eally and, as we said, not all these po~itions work out to a mate, Stll1 and all, you take YOllr main chance a s you find it, and the one in this position does give f

convincingly winning sort o( a twist. On with the dervish dance!

CHESS REVIEW, FEBRUARY, 1965

CHESS REVIEW

INTERNATIONAL New Knightings

The accolade of internat ional grandmas. tc r WHS rceently confern .. d by the FIDE upon the fu llowilll,; tight players:

Rohe r! l3yrn!l, United Stales; D. A. Yanof5ky, Cunadn; V. Anloshil1 and N. Krogius, holth of the Soviet linioll; K. Darga, West Ct rmany; M. Damianoyieh, Yugoslavia; .\1. Lengyel, !'lulI jfary: :11. Pade\'sky, Bulgaria .

With Nonh American Estonians Eston ia n House in New York Cily saw

Nicholas Kuu is of TorOll lo, Canada, score 4 Y,t· i,6 In cu rll u re t he North Ame rica n Estonian ChUIH IJi'lIlship. Another T oront o enlry, H. th' opu crt, became runneruJ! on the bas i.~ of II tielJ reak. Two other~ eq ualed his 3Yt. j ~'i.! gumc score.

UNITED STATES REGIONAL

Chess Monarch TIle first Deep South Tournament and

Coronation Ball , heM at Gulfport lU

Mississipp i, wcnt to A. L. .McAul e)", "King of the Ba ll," with a 5%-% tall)". Frank Hepu8s, 4%.1%, placed second whi11l Ki chlll"d Dean and Richard Schult~, each 4-2, fini shed th ird a nd fourth respec· tively on S I~i s s totals.

New En91and Note In Ihe Southeast New England Open ,

5taged ilt Providcncc, Rhod e Island, ~I i chad Val-'n was l' iClor wilh a 6·0 shuI out. Next were Dr. Ariel i'.-Iengarini and Walter Sucs!llan, euch 5-1 , willl Mengarin i gaining second (In u Solkoff superiori t)" . The event all l'ucted 29 pla)"ers.

OKLAHOMA Fresh from u j;:rund slam in the Texas

Open, D. Ballard went wit hout loss through the t .... ·ell ty-player Oklahoma Open and look first with four \'ictories and II Ira\\'. George lIulburd , aho undefeated, . Iolehed th ree wins and two draws. ahead of Roy £. Dc Vault and De Juan Leggett , 3V2·lIh cacho Jnnior honof5 were retained hy D. Drake ill a separate tourney of 14

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Vol. 33, No.2 fEBRUARY 1965

Or. Petar Trifu nov!ch has sent us a cou ple of belated photos from Belgrade: here it a general view of t he playing prosce nium; for story, see page 367, December issue ;

for closer detail (of pilrt ) of th e picture above. turn t o page 38.

youug,; tc r;;. Normall y, th is sta te e\'Cllt tlm\\'S a tOlal of a bou t 60 seniors and j un iors, bul th is time a hl i1.1.a r(1 kept mall)" from attendin g.

PENNSYLVANIA Tile team championship of the Penn

~y lvan ia state colleges was won by Blooms· burg State College for the second ~ tr aij;:ht

yell r, fullowed by Shippensburg Slate College in runner-III' position. The Blooms· lJU rg " Hu~ky Rooks" thus retain custody of Ihe Donato Gia ngiulio Memorial Tro_ "hy. rndi\" idual supremacy was c red ited to DOllal!! O~ t rowski of Kutztown State Colle,;e.

SOUTH CAROLINA In the state's Closed Cham pionship, Lee

H)"!Ic r of Aiken, a newcomer among the palmellos, was 511cccssfu l wit h a scorc of 4-\6-%. Tied for second, th ird and fOll l1h at 4- 1 wcre Prof. Ste\'en Sha w, E rnest E. Hoenek (t hese IWo are forme r South Ca ro· lina t il lehoillers ) and John A. Young. The women 's cham pion"hip was WOIi by J\-Irs . N alle), Wludyka with th (; c reditable record u f 3-2. TI,·cnt y.cight players in 1111 took purl.

WEST VIRGINIA Thomas WUl';ney eupltl red the West Vir.

ginia O]len hy winning four games and drawing uoe. Arnun g his vic tims was Rich. ard Kause, who was second ..... ith 4-1, while third place fe ll 10 Hichard Noel, 3112-1%. All three l cader.~ are Ohioans. The jun ior IJ ri~e was won by Harry Bar. ton of W"'St Vi rginia.

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Miro Radoichich , winn er of North Ce ntra l Ope n : see story, pag e 3, January.

LOCAL EVENTS Cali/omiCl. Ca rryin g h i ~ yea r.,. lighll )'. I·:. B. A,dams, who acqui rcd most of hi._ ehe~~ eXllcrience in New York before h i~ reli rc· ment to parts We~ t , t urned in 11 fin l! II.::r· fo rmance at the San Gabr iel Va lley 0 1)(:11. "'here he bO"'led O\'er fil'e 0IIIWlle nts :11111 permitted onl y one draw. Ha lf 11 pvinl behi nd "'as Ben Kakimi and th ird was Alan Car penter, 4~l Y2. T here were 30 Illaycn;.

T he Kolt y Inl'it ational Tou rnament. held at the Hi lton Hotel in San F rancisco, Wll i

won by Aki Kanamor i, 7-%.1 'h. D. Sac. CU1.:W, 7.2, was rUlmeru]). Sllbst ant ia l first and second prizes werc Sl SO a nd $75 rc· Sllccti veiy .

In the st rong San Francisco cham pi"n. ship, Norma n Wood of Santa H OM na il ed down the trophy and a fi rst prizo ,If S100 without the necessity of pl aying Ihe las l round. Whilc he was pil in g up fiv e strai ght in the sixteen· player lourney, his nearest rival cou ld mu ster onl y 3% Jl n i n t~ IIY tha t time and therefore had no chance of ol'ertaking t he leader. F. T hornall y nlill G. Kane lied (or ~ewnd wilh 4·2 ellch.

The Bernard Oak -' [emoria l O llen in Los Angeles was won by Allan T roy "' ith :t c1 t.-ar firs l of 6-1. T . J e;; te r IlII r~ned with 5¥.:·1 Jh.

At a rating tournament o f the San;" Monica Ba r Cheos Club, Ka rl St allr ~

Ches~, anyone ? 111e American n ed Cross needs I'oiuntcers to s kitt le \\'il h pa , tients at the Greal Lakes Naval HO~ ll it .. 1 in t he Waukegan area. Transpo rta t ion wi ll be fll rn i ~hed if n eeded . Chess play~u 11"1 10

wish to s upport th is wort hy cause slwu l;] phone fo."1rs. H. Baron Moss of the En le r· tainment Service at 467·5800, E xt. 2 14.

nllm~ Icd ,til tire rest with II 5·] lally. Fran k :\ lcll cY Il" lds and Bcr lc l\"lint z ~cor·

c(1 'Pk V:= caclr . O. Il " gn" in tu"k Ihe j unior cha mpion.

~h i lJ of tIle He rman Steiner Chc~5 G ur. i ll 1.0 ;; I\ n~des with 3 5·1 !;howing. Sec. " lid ",3 ,. :\mh' Sa ck;;, 4~. 1 %.

T itu la r chess hunors a t the !\lc-Oel lan Air Force Ba s.; were " ' UII again h ~' Ed · "'ard Sih'e rhush.

fIIi llo;s. T he Oa k P ark High School team defeated 1' rOl'iso West lJy 3Yz.% and Elm \\"u"d P ark II>' 3·2. C. G urwm, N. C ure n !l ml U. Walsh won for Oak I' !l r k in both matches, whi le J ohn Cakars dn: \\" wit h Grcco (PW ) and Bell sco red fnr E lm wood. OJll:: board wen t to the lat. ler try defau lt.

"'Bet you sudde nly started thinking of your a djou rned gam e with Kalmikoff."

CH£SS R£VtEW, FEBRUARY, 1965

Indiall(l. Paul Richman, 4·0, was first in a tourney at the Indianapolis Chess Club. Solkoff resolution of a 3·1 tie gave sec· ond, third and fourth respect ively to Fred i\Ii ller, Dan Grcgg and Ed Robinson .

·:entucky. In the Ashland Open, Paul A. Sayre dominated a fi eld of 20 entrants with a 5·0 sweep. John Scherer was run· nenlp.

Louisiana. The New Orleans City Cham· pionship went to A. L. i\I cAuley after his 6%.1% tie with scvcnteen.year·old David Levin was broken by SWi5S totals. Frank Repass. 6.2, came in th ird.

Michigan. Dr. Pau l Poschel added to his many laurels by winnin g the Motor City Open in Detroit. His outstanding score was 5y:!·%.

Minnesota. Wit h a elear first of 4y:!.% . Charles Weldon of ~ I i l waukee emerged as kingpin in the Mi nn eapolis Open ahead of five players wil h 4.1 each .

;Yew Jersey. Rober t T . Du rkin of Pleasant· ville won the South Jcrsey Amateur Open wi th a clear first of 5%.%. A. C. Drago. Robert Hux , \"\1 . !'II. Bickham, J r. and A. N. Tow~en a ll scored 5·1. finishi ng in the order listed on ticbreaks. T here was a large turnout of 59 players.

New York. The i\l arsha li Chess Club hampion"hip; Preliminary Round, a t·

.ended by (~5 player5, was won b~' O. popo\'yeh whcn his 6%.1% tie with Wal· ler S. Browne was broken un 1l1edian points. Also qual ifying for the fi nals were A. Soltis, Dr. A. Stern, Dr. P . Rubey, W. Guichberg, T. Lorie and H. Glickman . T his group has joined a numher of seed. ed masters in the final evell!, a rather special occasion this rear hecallse it rep. re~ent s th is famous club's "Fiftieth Au· niYersarr Clwlllpionsh i[)." Sidne\" Bern. stein, Asa Hoffmann , Allell Kaufman . Louis Lcv)'. Edmar Mednis. Herbert Seid· man and J ames Sherwin have been men· tioned as among the seeded finalist s.

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'" I gav e him a v ery expensi v e hand· ca rved ivo r y set, but it hasn 't don e any. thi ng for h is g am e."

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Dr. Erich W. M·archand, who has pretty wel l stuked out the Rochester Chess Clu b us his bailiwick, is again champion of that organi7,ation. His 4·1 score was fol · lowed by Lawrence Andt's 3%.1112-

Ohio. At the 14 player Ohio H ills Open in Cambridge, Wendell ("King's Gam· bit") Lules of Columbus took a clear first with 4%.% and David Gundlach of Corao· pol is, Pennsylvania, was a clear second with 4·1. As highest ranking county resi . dent, Blair' J\.IacDernlid became Guernsey County tit leholder.

A 6·0 sweep gave the Parkway Chess Club title tourney in Cincinnati to Be rt Edwards. Bobert TimmeL 5.1, wa~ second.

In a match at Dayton between Ohio Slate Universit y and the Dayton Chess Club, tile students triulllphcd by i·5. W. Lut es, C. .J ackman, J. Townscnd, J. Phy. thyon, V. Burk, W. Young and J. J'.IcCray came through for Ohio State, while V. Zukaitis, R. Huber, \Y. Bvan. F. Hellil and H. Dicrken won fur Dayton . No draws!

{)('ulisylvania. Hubert Bornhol"l, 2.0, took the finals of Ihe Pittsburgh Chess Cll1h'~ 30/ 30 championship. Marti n Lubell oc. cupied midpos ition with 1·1, a nd George Doscltek was third finalist wit h 0.2.

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IIctivities WCI'C nceessari ly sOlUcwh:n limited. nil I. under that date. an astound· Ing game appearcd . Both ~ides advanced P:l \\" ns, mack laking a piece in Ibe proc· e!'lll . QUeens a llileared. 10 the numbe r of five. a ll on the board at one timc. Dluck llllUtc hed another pie<..'il. and \\'hite all' Hounted a mal e in five:

AlliS! Re:-;ean.:h has indicated. not· ab ly that of D,·. Bu~chke who WTote :< volume on the subject, that the winne r. t ha great Alekhinc. must hal'e concocted Ihe )i;Ume. or a t lea:-;! the fi n ish. m uch ;IS he did hi" bri llian t "win" al':a inSI Oscar 'J'cn n"ll". Hut. lhe game long fl our· ished in book s Knd mllY well rate ti le Ii tle . "The ClIcs~ Hoa x of lhe Century."


By WALTER KORN

STUDIES IN MOTION

Walter Korn

This arti cle continues from that in December (page 364) an exposition of the values which your editor had to consider when awarding prizes in the FIDE's Olympic Study tournament 1964. The work studied then, by Kazantsev, shared first and second prizes. The piece which serves as the catalyst for th is article is the co-winner or, as it is termed first

"ex aequo," jointly composed by Kuzn yetsov and Bondarenko. This particular piece is ill the nature of confluent Illotion, depicting chase and flight.

The obligatory search for any potentia l antecedent, as your editor had serious occasion to find, is becoming increasingly laborio us. For w mally columns and magazines, widely scattered do carry such end-game,tudy "bibliography," but without any organized interconnection, any focal point wherein th is source material can be readily located. On the other hand, 'l1uch valuable material for such comparative research is inaccessible. Many original compositions, held in lbeyance by composers, waiting for the proper "theme :ournament," lie dormant in unpublished manllscripts, ~ven of most famolls end-game composers J ike Dr. Fritz )r Prokesh or Cheron. And many mass ive and pain-

stakingl), indexed study collections are stored lInpro ductively, as for instance Dr. Rueb's celebrated library which-quite inexplicably-was allowed to leave Hoi· la nd for Switzerland into the hands of a custod ian , .... Ilo considers it his personal property and no longer a trust and is unable to keep it up to date or available for general lise.

It was with melancholy your editor relived, by reading I. A_ Horowitz' and P. L. Rothenberg's The Personality 0/ Chess, the deep impression which the Cle\'eland Public Library made on him. There is a llllique and almost complete collection of books, magazines, manusc ripts and indexed and catalogued problems. It would be ideal if this enormous catchbasin cou ld be universally used as a repository for all study co llections in the world, with subscribers entitled to dra\\" in turn upon its sources. Till the dreamday when need for fruitful use of increased leisure time in a cybernated world will allow-or even demand- much of this material to be sifted, selected and printed, composers and writers could entrust their manusc r ipts and study co llect ions to the Cleveland Public Libra ry, to hold in tms!. Perhaps, the collections of a Francisco Benko, the late Dawson, an Isenegge r, a Lafora and mally others would thus be preserved and continued with the library's and FIDE's stewa rdship. :\1uch beauty wo uld thus be preserved.

Here is the co-winner of the Olympic ~tudy tournament, which enchanted YOllr 3ditor.

Black cannot break out of the con· tailling barrage by 1 . . . K - B7 2 B- R5t. K- D8? 3 N- N3t. K-B7 4 N- B5§!

B- Klt, K-N3 7 N/7- B6 with an Oll j)o r· tune B- K4, 'Wh ite remains safe. So Black takes the loose piece but gives Ill) g l1l1 l"(l· ing his QS. A. Kuznyetsov and F. Bondarenko

1st &. 2nd Pri:!;e "ex aequo" Olympic Tourney, Tel Aviv 1964

White to move and draw

(As usuaL we recommend the r eader :ry first to solve the problem, the bette I' ;0 appreciate it before !'eading on.)

1 B-N5t K-Q5

:HESS REVIEW, FEBRUARY, 1965

2 B-BSt K_B4 3 B-K7t K-N4

So f<1r a regular climb by While's Ulshop up the ladder. But now mack's Ki ng has managed to escape from the "d:u'l;:"' alley to a white square.

4 P-R4t! ....

Thi~ ingenious in t erpolation forces Black's King back to the dark squares.

4 . . . . KxP

It is now 011 another black diagonal.

5 B- R4! ....

To prevent the Pawn from queen ing. but al~o with other ideas.

5 . . . . R,N

Black is vil·tuall y in impotent Zugzwang. Afler 5 .. . R-Kl 6 N/7- R6 or 5 . .. ft- QD1 ti B- Kl t or 5 . . . N- H6 ti

t = chfo()k; t = ""I. ch .... k; I = dl_. ch.

S B- Q8t 7 B-K7t

K-N5 K-BS

8 B-BSt 9 B-N5t

10 B-R4t

K-Q7 K- Q8 K_B8

The King is out of the c llrsed (\illgonai again-but only temporarily. Now it be· gins walking up a deadend and ba ck through the same lobby.

11 N-N3t K_B7 17 B-K7t K-Q 5 12 N_R5§ K_KS 18 B-B6t K- K S 13 B- N5t K-Q5 19 B-N5t K - B7 14 S-SSt K-B4 20 B-R4t K- SS 15 B-K7t K- N3 21 N-N3t K_KS 1S B- Q8t K- B4 22 N- R5§ K_Q7

And so on really [or e\'el'.~

The intriguing twist is lhe repe t it ive double action on two different levels a s presen ted in a clear fas hion.

• A. Stenchklein says: This ac lio" IQo k p la( '" last yea,' at IIlarienbaden.

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AS to antecedents, three Bishop and Pawn·chaln endings, among them Rinck's "cable car"- but executed on "one plateau" only were Quoted by you;, editoz' in CHESS REVIEW, pp. 212·3, July 1960, And, from further back in history, Le, 1872, is the chase and flight by Horwitz, winning for White, also Quoted by your editor in CHESS REVIEW, page 296. October 1960,

The lattez' is in effect an extension of a study by the fabulous Sam Loyd, con· jmed up in tz'ue perpetual motion.

Sam Loyd


Simplicity Itself within a Black magi· cian's mantilla (with an abstract eye. you can detect the flowing mantilla in the diagram).

In Kaspaz'yan's book, "The Positional Draw;' it is dated 1868.

1 B-Q7t 2 B-B6!

K_ R6

The Bishop keeps the Pawns under surveyance while making a waiting move. A continuation can be : 1 ... K- R7 2 K- B2, K- R8 3 K-Bl, K-R7 1 K- B2, K- R6 5 K- B3, P-R8(Q) 6 BxQ, K-R5 7 B-B6t, K-R6 ad infinitum .

ANOTHER VARIANT of the "chain l'e· action," not with perpetual motion but with an unequivocal stalemate, was pro· duced in 1930,

A. Kraemer and W. Holzhausen "Magdeburgel' Zeitung" 1930


This study is a somewhat a.r ti ficiaJ expansion of the sound basic idea demo onstratert by M. Ruebesamen In the "Deutsche Schachblaetter" 1913 with the White King on QR8, Black Bishop on KR7 and no King, King Bishop nor King Knight Pawns. The Kramer-Holzhausen production is thus a mere curiosity tho\1gh it contains the theme of the "ascend," and the neater key:

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1 K_RS 2 P-N3

6-R7 B,P

3 P-64 4 P-K5 5 P-Q6

(This is no,,' the Huebesamen position with which the continued solution runs paralleL)

6 P-N8(Q) BxQ 7 P-B7!

And, on 7 . , • KxP or BxP, dl"<I.\\· .

SO FAH, we have ~een some bi?<lITe patterns of pel'petua! motion, fashioned artistically but somehow pretentiOUS. Hel'a is <I real show piece or perfectly intel"acting symmetry and rhy thm, ap· \JHed to a brilliant display of perpetua l movement as the only defense against ol'erwhelming odds.

G. M, Kasparyan 2nd Prize, Tchigorin Tourney 1949_50


])on\ try to visualize the mechanics or this strllcture. its clockwise pl'ecision and geometrical yet imaginative flow of checks and balances, without the use of your bOH.xd.

1 B-R5t K-KS mad, avoids the pin on 1

2 6-R4t 3 6-N5

. . . K - Qi. K-Q? B,N

Foz'mez'ly only an Exchange down. nOli" White is minus a full Rook. Note the harmoniously picturesque design. cially after White's next move.

4 K-62 . . .

eSlle·

White loses even if lle wins the Ex· change; but he threatens 5 B-N6! B- Q6 6 B- R5, B-K5 7 B- K2 illustrating phase one of perpetual motion as any King move loses Black a full Rook.

Next, watch the correlated progress of an actors from one set of squares to anothel', retaining White's threat of pin, mack's of 4 • , , , 5 B-N6t

discovery. K-Q6

R_K5§ 6 K_ B3 7 P-A4!

6-63 , . . ,

The rhythmicaL retreat of the Bishops is now (and late!') joined b~' a corre· ~I)onding Pawn intermezzo.

011 a Bishop tempo hel'e, mack wins: e.g. 7 D- Bl? K- B7 ! 8 B- N5, DxP! 9 BxRt, DxBt 10 KxB, P- R4. Amazingly. therefore, 7 P-R4 is a timely waiting move whiCh presel"ves the equilibrium of symmetry.

Observe the wonderful positioning or the pail'S of Bishops, now in vertical formation, and the Kings facing each othel'. one floor higher,

7 . , . ,

Else, 8 B-B6 draws. 8 6-66t 9 K-64

10 P-R5!

K-Q5

R-K4§ B-Q3 , . . ,

Once more, the composel' proves th Dishop tempo wrong: 10 D- B2? P-R4 (even th is seemingly lowly Pawn is given its function!) 11 B- Q1 , B-Q4 12 B-N7, B- B5 13 B-B3, B- N6 14 B-QB6, B- Q4 15 B- K8, B-K5 J6 B- B7, B- B7 17 B-K8, K-Q4 18 B-B7t, H- K3 with a dis· covered check wins for Black. 10 , , . , K_Q4

R_K3§ 12 K_B5 B-Q2 13 P-R6!! Drawn 11 6-B7f

Black is move- and muscle·bound. A polyphonic performance.

ANOTHER PASTMAS'l'EIt in this art I)roduces the same characteristic se· quence of analagous posiUons.

W, A, Koro)'kov Shakhmaty v SSSR 1951

Wh ite to move and 1 R- Q6 2 KxN

draw K,P

, , . , Probably, this study did not achieve

higher ranking than 4th·5th prize because or the cl'udeness of the first two moves required to arrive at this ulal' and vertical design.

basic rectang·

2 . , . • 3 R-K6 4 K_N4

6 _ K4 R-B4

• • •

Now we have a. rectangular, horizontal position. one rank highe l".

4 , , . . 5 R-K7 6 K- 64

6_Q2 R- Q4 , , . .

Th i rd -vertical-phase, one file over. 6-63 R-Q3

6 , . , , 7 R- B? 8 K-B5 • • •

Fourth- horizontal- phase, but remov· ed by another rank and file.

Now, as 8 ... B-IG is not permissible, mack adovts another procedure, again implying a chase and flight of d;fferent category.

B . . , , B-K4 " R_N7 6-65 9 P_Q4 6_ R7 12 R-B7 R- B3t

10 R-R7 B- N6 13 K-Q5 R-Qal 14 K_ 65

With a perpetual check.

THIS TREND of composition is generally called "positional draw" anti is much in \'ogue nowadays, as born out by the


submissions to anothe r tourney to r which your editor Is co-judge together with Harold M. LammeI'. namely th e 196·1 study competltloll of the chess column of the London New Statesman. In thl~.

among other excellent specimens ot dUo ferent caliber, a bout lIVe s t ud ies with "perpetual motions" were en lel'ed fol' appraisal. Judeed, t he te ndency has be· come so marked that It bOI'ders on man· nerlsm which begins to s how signs of mechanized routine.

Nevertheless, It seems appropriate to co nclude wllh a compos ition pI'od uced by Lommer in t he ea l'lier era of " pel', petuitr." It is mos t l'e pl'esen la UI'e as standing up agai nst theol'e lically and fantastically impossible odds. R inck and Malpas experimented wilh "two pairs of Exchanges" dra wing. I.e. two Bi sh01)~

or two Knights dl'awing against two Rooks. But this matrix of Lommer's is to this editor 's knowledge still the unl· que acme in its field.

H aro ld M. Lommer British Cll el;~ Magazine 1942

1 P- N 7 2 Rx Nt

Wh ite to move and d raw

NxP t R,R

3 P-N8(N)t 4 N- K 7t 5 N- N8t

K_ N3 K- B3

And so on. w i th perpetual swing. It is unbelievabl e tbat, on t he open

board. wi th no stal emate to stl'lve [or which call s fo l' an undel'pl'omotton. White still loses by Queening [3 P-N8(Q). R- N3t. and Bluck wlns l and must choose lnstead the vllstly Infe rior Knigh t.

A singular setting In the race of which we can laugh oU the statement t hat a Knight versus two RooI!s must lose.

rt is of added note at the end th at the Knight can never dare ac tua lly t n capture either of the Black R ooks. On 4 NxR, Black can win with 4 . . . R-KB~. On ;) NxR , Black can interpolate a check. 5 ... R - N3t, aud t hen 6 ... KxN Is possible as White's remaini ng Pawn forces away Whlte's King.

The 1964 Olym pio Tourney is a lso memol'able to your editor because its com mit tee accorded him the t itle of a FIDE Internatiol\al J\ldge tor Chess Composi tion.

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Perversily, mixed with overcon fid ence and the desi.re to toy wi th, tanLalize and lease the adversa ry, was another side of that gra nd old maes· tro, Tartakover. Here, at Pa ri~ 1931., the provocateur, however, provokes himself into a losing game in a fe .... ' moves. J. Cukiel'man, as White aga inst a Queen's Ind ian Defense, elegantl y makes Sh0l1 .shr ift of the sheer nonsense. The opening begins with 1 P- Q4, N-KB3 2 N-KB3, P·-QN33 P- B4, B-N2 4 P-KN3, P-B4 (a) 5 P-Q5.

Cover scoring table at line indicated. ::)el up position, make mack's next move (expo:;ing table just enough 10 read it). Now guess White's 6th move, then ex.pose it. Score par, if move ngrees; zero, if not. Make move actually given, Black's reply. Then guess White's' next, and so Oil.

COVER WHITE MOVES IN TABLE BELOW . EXPOSE ONE LINE AT A T IME

White P layed

p" Score

SN_B3 .. ....... ........ 3 7 P~P ....... . .. . ....... 3 S8- N5 .. . . . .... . ... . ... l 9N_K4 ... . ..... ..... ... 4

10 B~N ........ .. •... _ ... 5 11 Q- R4t . ............... 5 12N-R4 .. ....... ..... ... 5 13 8-N2 . .. ... .. . ..... . .. 3 14 R-QBl ................ 3 15 Q- Nl .......... . ...... 4 16 Q-K 8 3 .. .... .. .•. . .... 4 17 R- 84 ....... .. .. ...... 7 18R~Pt··.·· . ... . ....... l 19 Q-8S ................ . S 20 Q- K7t (e) ..... ....... 4 21 Q-KSt .. .. . .. . .... .. . . 4 22R-K7 .. . . . ......... ... S 23PxB . . .. .... . ....... . . 7 24 PxPt· ········· ··· ·· · ·5 25 PxR(Q )§ .. . . . . . ... . .. . 5

2SRxPt· .. · · · ·· · · · .. · ···S 27 Q_ N6 mate . . . .. .... ... 5

Black P layed

5 6 7

• , ,. • •

11 •

12 •

13 14 15 16 17 18 19 2. 21

" 23 24 25 26

P_ K3 p, p P- QN4 ( b) P-N5 ( 0) P - Q3 P,B K- K2 (d) 8_8 1

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a) After the £j anchel/O of the Queen Bishop, the text is relat ively ineffect ual. 4 ... P-K3 and 4 ... P-KN3 enjoy g reate r prosJ}eclS.

" Posi tio n after 19 ... B-K N2

h) Before complction of developmelll , th(' sec. ond move of the Queen K llight Pawn I'iolales open ing pr inciples.

c) And the third Pawn move is sheer gu mption.

d) Moxie, On II ... N-Q2. however, 12 0-0-0, followed by N- R4-B5, decides.

e) With the teXl move, Whit.e mates in eight.

t = check; t = double check; I :.:: dl,. check

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By ARTHUR B. BISGUIER

THE QUALITY OF CONFIDENCE The player of Black in the following game 1. Kavalek is not as yet

very well kno·wn in th e United States. That he has considerable talent and unquestioned natural ability is evinced by his excellent showing in the strong Czechoslovak ian Championship : he tied for second with Dr. Miroslav Filip, Ludck Pachman winning iirst place.

Kavalek is endowed with grea t self-confidence. An example wa" his adoption of the Ki ng's Gambit against Leonid Stein, the Bew Soviet Champion (th e result of the game was an early draw) . It is common knowledge, however, th at this quality of self-confidence is a sword which cuts both ways. In the following game, young Kava lek unwisely played to wi n material. He ulLimately gained his object, onl y to lose his po int. The piece won proved insignifica nt wh il e the abrupt opening of the King file and the exchange of Black's K ing Bishop left him helpless to ward off the onslaught of the White fo rces.

Olym piad at T el Aviv 1964

KI N G' S INDIAN BEN ON i

(w it h transposition s)

A. B. B isgu ie r L. Kaval ek

United S tates

White 1 P- Q4 2 N- KB3 3 P-K 3

Czec hos lova k ia

Black

N-KB3 P-B4 . . . .

An unassuming move which avoids the complexities of the Benoni but allows possible t ransposition into the Colle. Klng'S Indian. Queen's Indian. Tarrasch Queen's Gambit an d many other openings. The writer has occasionally been very successful with m oves of this sor t, particularly when h is opponent became too a m bitious.

3 . . • . P- K N3

So it's to be one of the K ing's Indian var iations.

4 P-B4 5 N-B3 6 8-K2

B-N2 0-0

P-Q3

On 6 .. , PxP 7 PxP, P- Q4, While is playing the TalTasch Defense to the Queen's Gambit with a move in hand.

7 0 - 0 P-N3

( See diagra m, t op of next col ~ m n )

Th is las t move is not a good idea. P roba bly, Black banks on the fact that \Vhite has played the opening in a re· st ra ined manner and that, since he has played P-K 3, he may be loath to advance that Pawn again,

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Pos it ion " H er 7 . P· N3

8 P-K4 . . . Gooel a nd perfectly logical. If 8 . . .

FxP 9 NxP, B- N2 10 P -:-B3, Black will be hard pressed to find any counterplay at all ill this transposition to the :IIIa!'Ocllv Sicilian. Black's nSllal procedUres of counlerplay are based on t he Queen Bishop being placed on K3 and the moves, .. . P-QR3, . . . P-QN4 and . , . TI- QBl, none of which is feasible with Black' s Bishop positioned on QN2.

8 , , , . 8 - N2 9 P-Q5 P_ K4

No\\" the game is back i n a Benoni King's Ind ia n fo rmation, and White has gained a little ground as compa red t o t he ortbodox opening sequence. Though it has tal,en him two moves to advance h is King Pawn, he has more than com· pensation in the fact that Black's Queen Dishop is better off on its original squar e and the .. . P-QN3 te m po is of no significance .

10 N-K1 11 N-Q3

N-K1 , , . '

·White prepares h is answer to 11 . .. P- B4. If Black omit s that move, Wh ite will continue on t he Queenside with P - QR3 and P- QN4.

11 . . . . 12 P xP 13 P_ B4

P- B4 p,p

Q-K2

Under st andably, Black is r eluct a nt to play 13 . .. P-K5 a s t hen Wh ite sim ply plays to blockade t h at P a wn, t hen wOl'ks for P- I{N4 with sp lendid play on the King Knight file, 13 . . . N-Q2, however, is slightly pre ferable to the t ext.

14 B_K3 B- QR 3

Now t he reason for 13 , . , Q-K2 be· comes apparen t. Black th inks to for ce W hite to move his King K night ollce again, to protect h is Queen Bishop Pawn ~ince 15 P- QN 3 loses t o , . . P - K 5.

15 Q_N3 . • •.

Apparently, Black did not think this move playa ble.

15 , . . . PxP

Now Black, per haps th inking that White has blundered, pre pares to blunder himself. He is e nti rely t oo ingenuou s. ] 5 . ' . N-Q2 is much better. Though it is t r ue that \Vhlte has the supe rIor position after 16 QR-Kl , at lea st t here is no question of a forc ed win.


16 Bx P/4 17 QxB 18 QR-Kl • • • •

Black has h is piece; bllt. from here on, his position is indefensible. Perhaps, he had reckoned only on an immediate 18 R- B3 against which 18 . . . Q- K5 offer s chances of a successful defense as Blac k threatens . .. Q- Q5t and the exchang.e of Queens.

18 . . . . 19 R-B3

Q- R4 N-KB3

What else? On 19 ... N- N2, White has 20 R- N3, Q-B2 [20 ... R- B2 21 R- KStl 21 D- R6. And. on 19 ... N- Q2, he has two convinci ng variations : 20 R- NSt, K- B2 21 R- N5, Q- R5 22 P- KN3. Q- R6 23 N- B2, Q-R3 24 RxPt or 20 R- R3, Q-B2 21 R- NSt, N-N2 22 B- R6.

20 BxP · . . . The strongest shot. The Bishop not

only KB4

attacks the and prepares

20 .. . .

Rook bllt a lso vacates for R-K7.

QN-Q2 21 N_B4 · ..

Now Black's Queen as well as his King is a target.

21 . . . .

On 21 . . . Q- B2, Queen, while 21 ... poses into the game.

22 R_R3 23 N- K6 24 R_N3

Q-R3

22 R- K7 mates the Q-N4 merely trans-

Q- N4 Q- N3 N- N5

All more or less forced. If 24 ... QxR were to net Rook and the previously won piece for the Queen, it might be a way out-but obviously it isn't. On 25 QxQt, N- N5 (forced), White would recoup drastically with 26 BxR, RxB 27 NxR or 26 .. . NxB 27 N- B7 at his im· mediate disposal and afterwa rds P- KR3 available at his sweet convenience.

Black's forces are in filII rout in any event.

25 BxR

t =. check; ~ = dbl. check; ~ = dis. eh.

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26 P- KR3

26 N-87 may allow 26 . .. P-B5. 26 . . . . P_R4 28 Rj3-K3 27 Px N RPxP 2i"l R- K5

Q- R3 B,P

Here Black is much too pressed for time to think about r esigni ng. But he does hope for 30 QxB, P- N6 after which he might yet manage a few more checks. The vu lnerable posi t ion of Black's King. however, makes pblY in that direction more appetizing. 30 RxP BxQP 31 R-N 5t K_ B2

32 R- N7t K_ K1 33 N_B7j: Resi gns

To this annOlincement or resignation, the late Oscar Tenner would have reo marked: "'Too la.te." FOl" 33 ... K- Ql 34 R- KS is mate.

As Olle who has been critic ized- and quite justly- on llumerOliS occasIons for in judiciously playing to win material at considerable expe nse, tIle writer finds it pleasant to be on the other side of the fen ce, collecting the win.

Solutions to CHESS QUIZ No. 1 1 N-B6t wins: 1 .. . K-B2 2 NxB§ etc. or 1 . . . PxN- you name the mat", :

No.2 1 . . . N-U6t wins : 2 PxN. R- K1t etc. or 2 NxN- you name the mate! No.3 1 P- B4 wins: J . . . Q-R5 2 P-KN3. and now. on 2 . .. Q- H3 or earjier 011 1 .. . Q-R3 or such- yoll name th e mate: No.41 .. . NxP wins: 2 QxN? D-:;-';1 or 2 R-K3, RxR or 2 H eIse. HxPt- an:! you name the mates: Well, one set is 2 R- B2, RxPt and 3 PxH. QxPt 4 K- NI , Q- N7, but 3 K-NI , Q- K5 4 BxP, N- K7t wins, not necessarily mates.

No.5 1 BxN " ' ins: 1 . .. PxB 2 Q-R7t. K-Bl 3 Q-H.8t- and you name the mate! or 1 . .. what has Black other than give· away?

No.6 1 ... :\'- B5 willS : 2 BxR?-and you name the m ate! or 2 F- KR4. QxP!-and you name the mate! or 2 P - KR3, NxPt 3 K- R2. Q-R5 4 P- K5, Q-RS and White cannot s top mate: 5 B- K3, N- D5§ etc. No.7 J N-N6t-and you name the mate!

No.8 1 . . . N- N6§ also force s ma te- you name It!

No.9 1 N- B6 wins: 1 . . . QxB 2 N- K7t, K- B2 3 QxQt etc. or 1 . . . PxN 2 B-R6t, Q- N2 3 QxPt- and you name t he mate!

No. 10 1 ... R- HSt wins: 2 KxR, B- Q4t and 3 QxQ etc. 01" 2 K- N2, B- Q4t 3 K- N3 [3 PxB or RxB, QxQ is no t sufficient [(I)r White either], QxQt [3 .. . R- NSt will do. too] 4 KxQ, RxBt etc. or 2 K- B2, RxBt S Kxn, BxPt etc.

No. 1 Henri Rinck White to move <lnd win

T rick but no treat fOI" Black.

No. 2 Pau l Heuaeck er White to move <lnd win

ODen, open spaces, nor any square (but one) to win.

No.3 G. Bernhardt Whi t e to move and wi n

He who retreats best laughs iagt.

Solutions on page 45.

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A n outst and ing r ecent game, an notated by a fo rme r W orld Ch ampion ,

SUMMATION OF THE OLYMPIAD DU~ING the la~est Olym~ iad , the success of the Eas,tern Europe,an ,coun-

tnes was agam very eVIdent. As expected, RussIa won convmcll1g1y, and pretty nearly all the sa telite countries finished with an honorable score, The grea t surprise was the success of West Germany which ended in third place,

The Western countries appeared without some of their lOp players, The Uni ted States was wjtilOut Fischer, Denmark without Larsen, Iceland without OlaHssoll , .. i\,us tr ia without Robatsch, Holland without Donner, England \'ii thoLLt Penrose and Argentina withou t several of its well known grandmasters.

It may be added that O'Kelly was without Belgium. The1'e was lIO Belgium team, hut O'Kelly was there as trainer fo r the Israeli team, which for the first time since 19561'eached the finals .

The Dutch team, considerably rej uvenated and in spite of the absence of Donner, was no disappointment. In the finals , this team won from Israel, Canada, the United States, Spain and Bulgar ia, sufficient fol' an honorable eleventh place.

The follow ing game is taken from the last round : Netherlands against Bulgaria. Whi te chooses a variation on which there exists but little experience, wi th the idea that his opponent must be well versed in the conventional systems.

The Bulgarian grandmaster fa lls into difficulties during the early stages of the game because he cannot find an equil ibrium between strategy and tactics, By means of two successive pseudo-sacr ifices on White's KB5, White obtains a formidable ad vantage of the Two Bi~hops and thus ultimately wins.

Tel A v iv 1964

S ICILIAN DEFE N SE

Naj d orf Var iat ion

H . Boouwm eester N , Padevski

Holland Bu lgaria

White 1 P- K 4 2 N-KB3 ::: P_Q4

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P_ Q B4 4 P- Q3 5

p , p 6

N,P N-QB3 P_ K R3

Black N-KB3 P- QR 3 . ' . .

With th is move, F ischel' has book ed several remarkable v ict ories : e,g, agains t Najdorf in Varna 1962, vs, Bolbochan in St ockholm 1962 and vs, Re shevsky in New Yor k 1962·3, This system has not yet been examined ve ry much,

6 • , • • P_ K 4

As far a s is known, the t ext is played here fOl' t he firs t time. l~or ot hel' moves, see the gam es cited above. *

7 Nj4-K 2 . . . ,

\Vhite eyes a la ter N-KN3. 7 . . , , B- K3

Now Black t h rea t ens to obtain a sat !s· factory game by 8 . .. P - Q4,

On 7 , . , P- QN 4, t h er e may follow 8 13- N5: e .g. 8 . . . R-N2 9 N- Q5, BxN 10

• Vs. Xajdorf, p. 312, December , %2 (6 . P -Q"-' -! ); vs. Eolboehan, p. 139, Mal-"' 1962 (6 . ",-E3); vs. Re;' hcv~k,v , 1-' . 63, February 1963 (6 .. . P · KN31.

t = check ; t = dill. check: ~ = <1;". ch.

by DR. MAX EUWE

BxN , QxB 11 QxB, R- H2 12 P- QR4 with fin e ch an ces for ·W hite.

7 . . . B- K2, reserving the choice of development of the Queen Bishop foJ' later, seem s best .

S P_ KN4 . . , . T his thrust is the customary conse

quence of White's setup.

8 . , , . 8- K 2

Kow the a dvan ce, . . . P - Q4, is not entirely without objection in view of 9 PxP, NxP JO B- N2, NxN 11 QxQt, K xQ 12 NxN, N- B3 13 P- B4 with t he better chances fo r White.

9 B-N2 10 8_ K3

0 - 0 QN- Q2

Here, or on t he next move, Black m ay do better wi th 10 .. , P - QN4. Then White in tends 11 P- N5 and 12 N- Q5.

11 N- N3 N- N3

Blad ;:'s move seems somewha t artifieial. 11 . .. P- QN4 1s probably better, or 11 .. , It- Rl .

12 0-0 P- N3?

As w ill be s een, this move is only II qua si-defense of Black's K B4.

After 12 ... N- B5, White has hiH choice of 13 B- QBl or t he sharp 13 ::--i- B5.

Also infe rior i s 12 . . . P - Q4 because of 13 BxN, QxB 14 PxP, QxNP ? 15 N- R 4 aft e r which Black must lose mater ial.

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13 P- N3

13 . , . R- Bl is better.

14 N/B-K2

Q- B2

N/ N_Q2

Black's K night has to be moved. tZ'ue ; but Q2 Is t actically tHl tavo z·able. Yet 14

. . N- Bl 15 P -QR .. ~ is hardly stronse r :or Black.

15 P-QB4 P- QN4

Black's tex t is s trategically COrl'~ct,

but tac tically lalal. The best defense seems to be 15 ...

N-B4 a lt bough, alter 16 N-B3, White sti li remains ahead.

16 N- B5! • • • •

The result or White 's setu p. The muin point Is tha t, after exchange or ~Z\pture

on KB5, the diagonal Is opened for t he White King Bishop, wi th a t em po.

16 . . . . KR_K1 17 NxBt 18 P- B4 !

R, N · . . ,

Another very s tz"Ong move. Black must open the game sUIl fUr t her as he ea lmot tolerate 19 P -K B5.

18 . . . . KF'xP 19 BxP • • • •

The text Is s t rongel' t han 19 P -K5, PxP! 20 BxR, PxB as Bl~k has cotmter· play w'hich mUSt no t be under·estlmated.

19 . . . . N- Kl

Unfortunately, BlA Ck cannot play 19 . N-K ~ : e.g. 20 BxN, Q-B4t 21 D- Q4

01" 20 . . . PxB 21 RxN. Nor can he play 19 . .. Q- 84t 20 K-Rl, 1\""-1(4 ItS 21 P- N1 then wlns a piece.

20 PxP • • •

20 P-K5, PxP 21 BxH. Q-R2t etc. Is less convincing.

20 • . . . 21 N- Q4

p,p

P-N 5

On 21 . .. N-K4 . there can tollow ZZ N xP as 22 ... Q-N3r 23 N- Q4, N-QB3 24 B- K3 secures t he Pawn gain. 21 ... R-rq ls also insuffi cient as, litle l' 22 R-Bl , Q-N3 23 K-R I. t he l'e Is no good defe nse agalns t 2~ N-D6.

CHESS REV IEW , FEBRUARY, Z965

22 N- B5! · . , . Thel'e is something comical a bout the

Inadequacy of the Pawn on KN3 as a defender. F OJ' the s econd time, II. Knight occ\lples KB5 ; and, t his time. with destruc tive result s.

22 .. , . 6 xN Black yields the lesser Exchange fo l'

th e second time ; else, 22 ... PlI" N 23 KPxP. H- Ro1 2<t PxB, PxP 25 Q-Q2 wi th (a tal weaknesses for Black on bot h wings as well as con rron tatlon with t he Two Bishops.

23 KPxB 24 PxP 25 K_ R1

R_R4 RPxP

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White e liminates all chance o r checks on the black diagonal, and Blac k has no pract ical means of re·inrorclng his posltlon.

25 . . . .

A t last, this Knight tll.kes but too late to save the game.

26 B_ N5 27 R-B1 28 Q_Q2

28 Q-Q4 also looks strong.

N- K4 Its outpost.

R- Q2 R_ B4

· . . .

28 • • • . Q-N1

On 28 . . . R-B6 29 P-R3, N-Q6 30 RxR, QxR 31 QxQ. P xQ 32 R-B3, WhIte hll.s a winlling endgame.

29 B-K3 30 RxR 31 B-N5

R,R N_N2 N- K 3

Now the game e nds s uddenly ; but, af te r 31 . . N-Kl 32 Q-Q o1 rollowed by B- Q2. t he game also e nds soon.

32 B-B6 • • • •

White poses the double threat or 33 BxN and 33 Q- R6 . The game Is ovel".

32 . . . . R-R2 33 Q-R5 Resigns

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Solutions to CHESSBOARD MAGIC!

No. 1 White wins wi t h 1 P- D6, UxP ( beH -e.g. 1 ... R- Ql 2 R-K7. and Black is kllput] 2 It - R&t, K-N3 3 R-KB5!! [lhe U'lck!] a~ now q ueening the White Pall'n and Dlack's el'entual defeat can not 01" stol)ped. No.2 White appears to have many reo SOllrces fOI" a win, but that is a m ere illusion : e.g. If 1 Q-R3, Black's Rook checks on the King Bishop file ad in· rlnltum 01" a ll ows itself 10 be ca ptured wh ere upon Black's Eln g is slalemated: It \Vhlte 's King goes to the Queen nook me, Black's Rook checks there, is Call ' tured a nd agai n sta lemate. If 1 Q-Q B6. R-D5 draws a t once. Other "promising" t ries prol'e as futile. The only mOl'e Is 1 Q-R6! t Then. 01\ 1 .. . R-Blt 2 K-Bi. Rx.R 3 Q- Dlt. R-K8 4 Q-B3t, R- :""i 5 Q-Q4, mate follows. 0 1', 011 1 . . . R- U;,-!-, White wi llS with 2 K-N7. R- l\"5t 3 K-Bli. R-B5t ~ K-N5, R-B~t ;, K-N6,

No.3 Whi te wi ns wi th 1 B-Nl {retreat no. I t], K- B8 [best] 2 B- R2 ( r etreat no. 2], 8 xB 3 P- N4!-for, if 3 .. , PxP e.p .. W hite queens at once; ir 3 . . . else. Wh Ite's KIng Kn ight Pawn ma rches on to I'I<: lOI'Y. Curiously, in tlte original settI ng. White can q uickly win Bla('k's Bishop bnt on ly draws: 1 B- R7 . K- BS 2 P - NS(Q). BxQ 3 BxB. KxP 4 K- N2. KxP. and Black's King captures the remainIng White Pall'll as it ean be guat'ded by the l3l!!hop only at. the price of lettin g Blac lt's Rook Pawn Queen.

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Up-to-date opening alUllysis by an outstanding authority.

by DR. MAX EUWE Former World Champion

THE FRENCH DEFENSE: The Steinib Variation The French Defense is not employed so often

these days as it was fi fty to seventy years ago. The reason for this decreased interest is not that the defense has been refuted . The French Defense com· prises many variations; but, in none of them, can there be shown continuations wh ich lead to a decis ive advantage for White by force.

That reputa tion, however, has crumbled in the course of yea rs. Both in the Ni mzovich line with 3 P- K5 and the Steinitz with 4 P-K5, the original opinion that Black ought to get the better of the game has been revised, and it seems now that Black has to fight for a draw.

The French deployment is solid and gives White very little oppor tunity for a breakth rough. On th e other hand, the asymmetrical Pawn fo rmation in th e center opens possibilities for a real fight with chances and counter chances. The Pawn structure with White on Q4 and K5 against Black on Q4 and K3 especially has had the reputation of allowing Black fair chances in most cases.

Comparing the popular Sicilian Defense with the French, it can safely be stated that both are sharp and involve definite r isks but that, in the Sicilian, Black's counter chances are much more concrete .

White 1 P-K4 2 P-Q4

P-K3 P-Q4

5 P-B4

Black 3 N_QB3 N-KB3 4 P-K5 KN_Q2

• • • •

T his is the most important and most consistent continuation from t he dia· gr ammed position. White has to main· tain his center. He mnst above all k eep his King Pawn in its place. for it is the ba sis of the advantage in space and t he eventual King·side attack.

Another possibility is 5 QN- K2. servo ing the same pm'pose: it prepares for P-QB3 , another measure to defend the center. This move will be considered under Variation B, in combination with 5 P- B4.

A third possibility Is 5 Q- N4, the Gled· hill Attack. This is one of those violent moves which give Black good chances for striking back. One example may suffice here: 5 . .. P - QB4 6 N- N5 [ relatively best is 6 B-K3]. PxP 7 N- KB3,

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The theme of this article is the Steini tz Variation of the French · Defense as employed in an im portant game of the Interzonal Tournament at Amsterdam 1964. It throws new light on this interesting problem.

N-QB3 8 N- Q6t, BxN 9 QxNP, BxP! 10 NxB, Q-B3 11 QxQ, NxQ 12 B- QN5. B- Q2 13 N- B3, N - K5 14 0 - 0, P- B3, and Black's position is superior (Bogolyubov- Reti, Maehrisch Ostrau 1923) . Black, it will be obser ved. obtains his advantage neither mechanically nor routinely but can do so with a proper spice of ingen uity.

5 . . . . P-QB4

Now ¥,'hi te has the choice of three systems: A 6 PxP, giving up the center; B 6 QN- K2, maintaining t he center in a somewhat artificia l manner; and C 6 N- B3, maintaining the center in a forth· right way.

Variation A 6 Px P . . . .

White's preponderance in space is based primarily on retention of his King Pawn and swapping off his Queen Pawn

doesn't influence that preponderance. So the exchange 6 PxP was long popular. A drawback fo r IYhite, however, lies in his open. somewhat drafty position. That vulnerability is accen tuated by his ad· vanced King Bishop Pawn.

Now Black has three answers.

Su bvariation 1

6 . . . . B,P

After this move, 'White can carry out his aggressive plans in a straightforward way.

7 Q_N4 1 8 B-Q3 9 N-B3

Now IYhite threatens sacrifice by 10 DxPt.

9 . . . . 10 Q- R3

0- 0 N_QB3 . . . .

the well-known

P_B4 N- Q5!

White was lhreatening 11 N-QN5.

t = check ; : = dill. check ; f - dl" . eh.


11 B- Q2 12 0-0-0 13 QxN

P- QR3 N,N

• • • •

Cha nces are a bout even. A match game between Tarrasch and Marsha ll 1905 con· tinued; ] 3 •.. B- N5 14 P- KN4, N- B4 15 P xP. NxBt 16 PxN. Rx P. Attack and counte r attack balance.

Subvariat ion 2 ( Conti nue from the last d iagram )

6 . . , , Nx BP This recapture has the merit oC keep·

ing White's Bishop trom Q3 but falls to take fu ll advan tage or Black's possibili. lie s for a counter attack. 7 N-B3 N-QB3 9 B-K2 0-0 8 B_K3 B_K2 10 0-0

White sta nds a bit beUer. He has at· tailled the fundamental goal of tile varia· tion ; preponderance in space.

Subvariation l

( Cont i n ue from the last d l~gram)

6 . . . . N_QBl

This suitabJe postponement of retaiting the Pawn is best.

7 N- Bl • • • •

7 P-QR3, DxP 8 Q- N4, 0-0 transposes in to Subvariatlon 1 with a t empo extra fo r Blac k.

7 . . . . Only now, since White's King Knight

has blocked off any Q-N4, Black retakes ,,1 th the Bishop,

8 B-Q3 P- Bll Now Black forces White to yield the

center. 9 PxP

10 Q-K2 N, P 0-0

11 B-Q2 B_Q2 12 0 - 0 - 0 K- Rl 13 QR_Kl P_QN4!

Blaek has quite considerable counter chances (Trlngov-Fuchs, Sofia 1958).

Variation B (Con t i nue f rom seo;ond diagram )

6 QN_K2 • • • • This somewhat dis torted move yet has

the perfectly logical purpose oC main· taining Q4 by a ll means, The Queeu Knight protects that critical square and gives way for P- QB3 to give it added protection.

6 . . . . N-QB3 7 P-B3 · . , .

Now White is safe in the center, and Black will be unable to a ttack Whlte'~

CHEn REVIEW, fEBRUARY . 195~

lines with sliccess. But that is about all that can be said : there is 110 pl'OS' pect of White's ga ining an advantage.

Two continuations are to be considered for Black.

1) 7 .. . D- K 2 8 N- B3, 0 - 0. Now Dlack has a satisfactory position artet' 9 P- KN3, PxP 10 QNxP [10 PxP, N- N3 is favorable fo r Dlack], N - B4 ll. B- R3, P- B4 .

And he has an excellent game after 9 N- N3. P- B3 10 B- Q3, Q- 1\'3 11 P- QR3. P- QR4.

2) 7 .. . Q-;\,3 8 N- D3, P- D3. Now the complexities are I I little greater. On !)

P- KN3, PxQP 10 PxP, B- N5t 11 N - B3. 0-0 12 PxP! NxBP, chances are about equal: 13 P- QR3 can be anslI'el'ed by 13 , .. DxNt 14 PxD. X-QIt.!.

On 9 P-QH3, B- K2! 10 N- N3, 0 - 0 11 D-Q3 [11 p- N·I, PxQP 12 PxQP, PxP 13 DPxP. RxN! is au,'anlageous for Black ) . PxQP 12 PxQP, PxP 13 BPxP, RxN7 14 PxR, Qx P 15 P- B·I. Black has 110 com· pensation for the Exchange. But, with 11 ... P- QR4 in th is line. Black has nothing to fea l".

And, on <I N- N3. PxQ P 10 NxP [10 PxP, D-N5t etc.], NxN 11 QxN, B- R ., Black stands better.

Variation C (Con t inue from seco nd diagram)

6 N- B3

This is a complete ly sound idea. White wishes to maintai n the cl"iticftl Q4 square with his pieces.

6 . . . . N- QB3

" If o nly he ' d study h is investm ent cou nse ll ing t hat hard,"

7 B- K l • • • •

'l'hls move for White was fi rs t played by Boles lavsky In hIs game wltll Guimard. Duenos Aires 195·1.

:-"ow Blaclt has n choice.

Sub variat ion 1

7 . . , . 8 Nx P 9 Q_Q2!

p,p

8-B4 • • • •

In the game cited, there followed : 9 D-N5, 0 - 0 lO NxN, PxN 11 DxB, NxB 12 Q- Q4 [12 BxP, R- Nl is promising ror Black], Q- N3 18 P- QN1, PxB 14 PxN. and Black can now .obtain an excellen t game by 14 ... Q- R4.

9 . . . , N, N N"o t 9 , .. Q-N3 because of 10 N-R4.

But Dlack ought to play 9 . . . 0 - 0 . 10 BxN BxB 12 N-N5 l QxQ 11 Qx B Q-N3 13 NxQ

And Wh ite has a wonderrul endgame.

S ubvaria tion 2 \Cont lnue from the lut diagram)

7 , • • • 8 N_R4

Q-N3 Q- R4t

10 , • • •

9 P_B3 10 P-QN4!

Nx N P

. . . .

Ir Bla.ck. doesn't sacrifice, White lalns a very good game.

0'-11 PxN 12 B_Q2

BxPt BxBt

This line Is Crom the game cited in the introd uction, Bronstein- Portisch, Ams te l" dam In te rzonal 196·1.

The text is much strongel' than 12 ... P- QN4 13 N-N2. B- B6, because of 1-1 Nx P ! (recommended by Boleslavsky), 13 NxB P- QN3 15 Q-N3 R-QB1 14 R- QNl B-R3 16 P- QR3 .•..

16 Q- N4 falls against 16 . . , R-B8t 17 K- B2. RxR 18 QxQ, RxBt l 16 ... , Bx B 19 Q-N4 17 RxB R-B5 20 QxQ 18 N_N2 R_B6 21 R-B3

Q,P RxQ

R-R7 And th e gnme ended In a draw after

41 moves.

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1964 OlY SELECTED GAMES Annotated by Hans Kmoch

Sketches by G. Ross from the Israeli bulletins

A lois Nagl er Ch i ef Arbite r

See reference , page a January issue

Which Side is Riqht? If White's deployment with its em

phasis on the Kingside is right, then Black's Queen-side eounter action is neeessari ly wrong- or vice versa. Black WillS the game. but definite cnllclllsion as to which side is right needs to be left to fll/"thel' testing.

F RE NCH DEFENSE Josef Ku pper

Switzerland

'White

1 P-K4 2 P-Q4 3 N- Q2

P-K3 P-Q4

N- KB3

Tigran Petrosyan

Sov iet Union

Blac!,

4 P-K5 5 P- QBS 6 P_ KB4

KN- Q2 P- QB4 N-QBS

7 QN- B3 P-B5!?

Here a move, which is weak n ormally in all more or less similar s ituations, presents itself as a remarkable attempt to profit from White's deployment.

The s ituation is exceptional in t hat ·White , after seven moves, has brought out only one piece, and that rather oddly. He plans on a King·side attack. how· ever, which. despite a ll the elabol'alc; PI'eparations it J ·eQl\il"c;~ . is apt to suc· ceed if Blacl, proceeds with . .. 0-0 as has been done often of la te. T he White stmtegy is spolled at least to some extent. though. on . . . 0 - 0-0 as recently done in Benko- Foguelman (page 373. Decembe l' 1964) .

Now Petrosyan makes a more radical effort to thwart White's plan . 'fhe tex t . while anti · positional. is justified In that it must lead to Quick opening of one or more Queen·side files and possibly a cen· ter file, especially now that the W hite Queen·side lacks its Knig-ht.

Judgment on the basis of t hi s one game is no t too sound . Black's coming advantage may be checked by some im· provement for White. possibly even to the extent of leaving him with the edge -although the latter is improbable.


8 P-KN4 • • • •

White re·acts wildly. A pparently, he assumes that any immediate, line open· ing on the Kingside must prevent Black from doing the same on the Queenside by . .. P- QN4- 5. He is right on that point but fails to realize that t he opened Kingside will favor Black who there· fore can forget about . . . P- QN4-fi .

The main Question here of course is if 8 P- QN3 has its normal effect of lead· ing to some edge for White. The answer is affirmative after 8 . . . PxP? 9 PxP as well as 8 .. . .\'- N3? 9 N-Q2. In the event of 8 . . . P - QN4! however, the answer Is no. F o)" Black is well·off after 9 PxP, KPxP and sti ll mor e so after 9 P- QIH . P- N5 10 NPxP, QPxP 11 BxP, N"- N3 12 B- N5. D-Q2. Whi te may emerge witll an extra Palnl but is ill·prepared to rope with the l'eRulting, fierce com· plications.

There is hard ly anything better than the llIodest 8 P - KN3.

8 . . . . P- KR4! 9 PxP . .

What else? After 9 P- N5 • White is dead on the Ringside less on the Queenside.

P-KN3, and life·

9 .... N_N3 10 N- K 2 · ..

After 10 P- N3. ItxP, White cannot play 11 N- Q2 because of 11 ... Q- R5t.

10 . . . . RxP 11 N_ N3 12 P-N4

R-·R1 · . . .

T he tex t move starts an action to get White 's b ':1(1 Bishop into the game.

12 . . . . B-Q2 14 P-N5 N_K2 13 P- QR4 P- R4 15 B-Q R3 N-N3

16 BxB NxB

White has seared it partial Sllccess in trading off his bad Bishop and also has the bettel' of the remaining Bishops.

, ,

Petrosyan vs . Kupper

Cenek Kottnauer of England

More important, however, is Black's con· tro l of the half·open Ring Rook file , which is very useful. while White has no llse fOl' his own half·open me.

17 Q-Bl . ... With 17 P - R4, it may be, the whole

s ituation may be reversed. But, on 17 P- R4, N- N3, Black wins a Pawn.

Or does he? "Vhat about 18 N-N5 after which bOUI . . . NxBP and . .. NxKRP fall? e.g. 18 . . . NxBP 19 Q-B3! or 18 . .. NxKRP 19 Q-N4, N- N3 20 RxRt, NxR 21 N- R5! or, again, 18 ... RxP 19 RxR, NxR 20 Q- N4, N-N3 21 N-R5!

All this musing, however, is but a d ream, and 17 .. . N-N3! 18 N- N5. P-B3~ is the a lal'm clock which shat· tel's it. 17 . . . 18 B- K2 19 B-Q1

N_N3

Q-K2 0-0-0

20 R- R2 21 R-KB2 220_0

P-B3 QR-B l

• • • • White sets his K ing on this side of

the board so it can help defend the weuk spot s. He is a lso ready to use the King Bishop file if Black opens it.

22 . . . . P- B4 Black of COUl'se locks the King Bishop

file and will soon bear down on the King Rook file. 23 R_ KN 2 B_ K1 28 R_ N 3 K-Nl

29 R/B- N2 P-N ,l 30 R-B2 K-R2 31 R/ B- N2 Q-KB1 32 R-N5 Q- R3 33 R/2- N3 B-N5

2. R/1- B2 N_ R5

25 N,N RxN 26 N-Bl B-R4 27 B-B2 R-R1

Black has been way.

slowly making head· Now he threatens 34 . .. RxP. 34 Q-Q2 N_Q2

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Porath Koshnitzky Israel Australia

The Knight heads to join in the at· tack, When it does, Il is decisive,

35 R-N2 N-e1

No\\' 36 . , ' N- H2 i~ a trunlJl. 36 N_K3 . . .

White has counted on this resource to meet 36 , ' , N- R2 favorably by 3; Nx8, RxN 3S R/2xR, PxR 39 RxP/4!

36 .... 8-86!

Black has, however, a joker, Now he wins by assau lting the othel' Rook,

37 P- N6f . . , ,

There is no adequate R- B2, RxBP~ So White com plication.

defense: e,g. 37 tries fOl' a wild

37 .... K_N 1

On 37 , , , KxP 38 BxP. White's coun· tel'·attack is more dangerous : e,g, 38 , , . NPxB? 39 Q-N2t, K- B2 40 R-NH , N-Q2 41 HxNt! And one can look at 38 , . , KPxB 39 NxKBP etc. , too,

3S Q-B1 39 Q- R3 , . , ,

And here

39 ....

White Q- R2! K-B1

has a mate threat. 41 Q-B5t K_Q1

40 Q-Q6t 42 8 x P Rx RP,

There is no ]leed bothering about the consequences of 12 . . , NPxB or . .. KPxB. Black is playing for male,

43 Q-Q6t Q-Q2 47 NxR 44 Q-NSt K- K2 48 N-K3 45 B- B2 B- 86 49 K- B2 46 R_N3 Rx e ! Resigns

8 -K 5 A -RaT QxP!

Grandmaster's Oversight In this game, Black incurs some

t ronble when he avoids the isolation of his Queen Pawn, Latel', howe~·e r. h') makes a weak mo\'e which by the stan,j · al'd of grandmasters mllst be cJa~siftecl

as an oversight. The conserluence i!' tlHlt he must consent to the isolation of hi" Queen PawlI undel' cnastl'ophic condi· tions, Then White slu'pri;;ingly starts am! hrilliantly presses home a \'eh (> menl King·side attack.

QU EEN'S'G AM BIT DEC LI N ED

Laj os Portisch

Hungary

1 P-Q4 2 P-QB4 3 N-QB3

P- Q4 P-K3 B-K2

7 . , . .

Erich Eliskases

Argent ina

N-KB3 0 - 0

P-B4

4 N- B3 5 B-B4 6 P-K3 7 QPxP , , , ,

Q- A4

The book line, based on so:}}e mate;] games between Nimzovich (White) and Stahlberg, is 7 . . , BxP 8 PxP, NxP! !;UP' posedly with equality, For, if While now isolates the enemy Queen Pawn by 9 NxN. PxN, he lacks the means to act effectively against both ... P-Q5 and .. ,B- N;Ji,

Nonl'theless, the impression remains that 6 . , . P- B4 is premature. PorUsch, an anlent student of openings, has pl'ob· ably found a continuation which Favors While. At any l'a te , Eliskases prefel'S to avoid the isolation of his Queen Pawn, though h e thus loses time .

e P-QR3 9 Bx P

10 Q_K2

p,p QxBP

P-QR3

Black lacks a good way, with his Queen "traying, lo comple te his mobilization, 10 ... N- D3 or . .. N- Q2 followed possibly by 11 , . . Q- KR4 is plansible, BUl, no mattei' what he does, his job is hal'll.

t "" check; ~ = db!. ch~ck ; § "" dl~. ch,

Ponlar ' Spain

11 P_K4 12 B-Q3 13 R_QB1

(i.;( ~

Mjagmasuren Mongoli~

P_QN4 S-N 2 Q-N3

As mack now becomes exposed to an overwh e lming, King·side attack, 13 . . . Q- R4 is necessary. That is not too de~il' able a move, but neither is it directly refutable: th e complications arising from 14 NxP, PxN 15 R- B7, DxRP offel' about even chances,

14 P_KR4!! , , , ,

Appal'ent ly, Black has failed to see this \'el'y powerful continual ion. Now While opel'ates with the stone'age combination ot BxPt , after 15 P- K5, N- Q·1. u nder th>J current ci rcumstances. thi~ thl'eat defies all countel' measures.

14 , , , , QN-Q2 The text is ine l'fective; but so are

olher moves. On 14 .. , P - R3 15 P-K5, White has a

winning attacl(: (a) 15 . . . N ·Q4 ]6 Q- K-1. P··B~ 17 PxP e.p. :-.IxP 18 Q-N6 etc. (b) 15, . , :-;- R2 16 N- N5! etc. and (c) 15 . , . KN- Q2 16 R-R3! etc.

On H . .. P-KH~ 15 B- KN5! R- Kl 16 BxN, Bx13 17 P- K5, B- K2 18 .N- N5, White has a winning attack.

On 1-1 ... P- N5 15 PxP, BxN{-' 16· P-K5. QBxN 17 QxB. N- Q·j 18 Q- K4, P-N3 l :i P- R5. again White has a winning attack.

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" , 21 1 , ,

" 3 " , , , ,

" Scotland 1 11 I] I , 21 0 I] H 1 , '" " " " Monaco " 1 11 I] , l , " , l , 'l , , " At 4 game points per match, winnel"s total = 38¥..!·13l,1l At of game points pel' mat.ch, 2 = a drawn match

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15 P-K5 16 NxN

N_Q4

• • • •

Here. before bl'lnglng orr t he snc lHice. White must be sure no enemy piece can neutralize his ultimate threat or Q- Kit. mate. For Instance. 16 DxPt Is I'efuted by 16 . .. KxD Ii N-N5t. K- N I as 18 Q-R5 fa ils agai nst 18 ... N / 4- D3! 19 PxN, Nx J> while 18 NxN doesn 't he lp In view of 18 . .. PxN! 19 Q-115. Q- N3.

16 . . . .

This Is a \'e ry IXlor mO\' e pos ltlonn lly, but n tac lica l nlus t as In the I ns~ Ji lle indicated abOI'e.

17 B_K3 . . . . Now White aim~ to IlI"es~ home hi~

combination by dislodging t he enemy Queen so as to deprive Hlack of ... Q- K N3.

17 . . . . P_Q5

The text Is maek's bes t try. After 1i ... Q- K3. which Is Ille ollly

square t he Queeu bas on the third unk. 18 DxPt ! wins. For , afte l' 18 ... KxB 19 N-NSt. t he Knight mus t be taken. and the sequel Is 19 ... BxN 20 PxD I, K- N3 lor 20 ... K- N I Zl Q- R5, P- D3 22 P- N6J 21 Q- H5t. K-D4 22 P- N61 and mate In t\\"o.

Nor is 17 .. . Q- R4 t tbough it is a little tric k)'.

any better. For. if Whi~p.

Consolation TOlolr naments Teams which d id not make Ihe ChJ\ lIl·

Ilionship Fina ls qualified : No. 3 and 'I from cach P rel im Group to Fillnls Group B ; Nu. 5 and 6 to Grou p 6; Ihe rcsl 10

Group D. As (I ll lies were broken. Ihe slandings

of the learns run righl on down. In Ihc Championship, Buigllria (lied wilh ROll' mania ) was actually 7th; Spain (t ied with Is rael), Bth.

East Germany, lst in C roup B, stood actually 15th ; Aus tria 20th ; Ihe Phili p. pines 251h ; Iceland, lsI in C roup C, 29t h ; a lld S .... itzerland 301h; Greece 35th, Mex i. co 401h ; AUSl ralia , lsi in Croul' D, 43rd ; Bolivia 45th ; alld CnlrU5 50th.

GROUP D (3rd Consolation Finals ) , , , , • • , , pu.

t Australia • 2 • , " " 2, • 22, "- Africa 2 • "

, " " " • " 1 Bolivia , 2, • " 2, " " • '" 4 Uruguay , ,

" • 2 2 , , 141 5 Portugal ,

" " 2 • , 2, , ,. 6 Lux'bourg ,

" " 2 , • " 2 " 1 Dom. Rep. " " , ,

" " • , '" 8 Cyprul , , • , , , , • ,

Winner'S totnl = 22~·5i In gum(l lIolnl8

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-- ~ Maunovich Yugoslavia

proceeds optimistically with 18 P- QN4. QxP 19 BxPt. KxB 20 1'\- N5t. K- Nl 2, Q-R5. he awakens wth a bad Katte njam. mer aftel' 21 ..• Q- Q6 !

White Sinl])ly UlUSt no t 1"1I ~h arI el' 17 .. . Q-Rit . and ]8 K- Bl! aga in threaten· ing 19 BxPt , affords him It winning ad· vuntabe. thanks mainly to his King·~ide

attacking c hances. He hns e.g. 1$ ... P- H3 19 R-R~! or 18 . . . P- O" 19 P-K6! or any Rook mO\'e 19 DxPt~ For. If the King Hook mo,·es. to make ... N-lll possible. the weakness of Dlaek'~ KD:! becomes fa tal: 18 ... KR- K l 19 DxPt. KxO 20 N- N5t. K- N I ( 20 ... I3sN 21 PxBI. K- N3 22 Q-R5f . K- D4 23 QxPt etc. ) 21 Q- R5, N - 8 1 22 QxPt , K- HI 23 P- R5 etc.

18 BxQP ! • • • •

S. White keeps the extra Pawn.

" • • • • B.N

" Q-K 3! Q-K3 20 Pd QA-Bl

lllack has eliminated all im mediale pos~ibnity of combinations . alld he (l\'en has brought his pieces well into piIlY. Bul. wjth a PawlI dOWII and his K jng~ldf'

st!11 weak. he fights for a lost cnu~e.

2t K-K2 N_ N1 25 QR_KN1 B_B1 22 Q-K4! P- N3 26 p){p AP){P 23 P-R5 N-B3 27 P_B4 B-N2 24 B_B3 KR_Q1 28 P-B5 Q_Q2

29 P-B6! With Ihis well-calculated.

louch . White wins a piece.

29 ... .

. . finis hing

B.P Ot COlll'se, 29 . .. B- Bl is s uicide: 30

HxPt! [nOt 30 Q-R4 , Qx8t], PxH 31 QxPt, D- N2 32 H-RSt. and male next.

30 PxB R-Kl 31 RxPt ! 32 P-B7t! Resigns

Arter 32 .. . KxP [32 .. . QxP 33 R- HS mate] 33 R- R7t, K- Bl 3·1 RxQ. RxQt 35 DsH, White is a piece 111) .

Problem Finale In t his game. White oblains some ad

vantage and e\'en goes in1.o t he endgame wit h a n ex tra Pawn. The Ilosi llon, however. becomes extremely complicate:l. a lld Blac k inj!:enious ly utilizes a ll the chances of(e.-ed h im. When Wh ile misst's a last chance fOI' a nan"Ow escape. ht' s uccumbs to a few IJI"Oblem mo,·es.

GAUENFELD DEFENSE Wolfgilng Uhlmann Dan Vilnofsky Eatt Germany Canilda 1 P_Q4 N-KB3 6 QxBP 0-0 2 P_QB4 P_KN3 7 P- K4 KN_Q2 3 N_QB3 P_Q4 8 B-K3 N-N3 ~ N- B3 B-N2 9 Q- N3 B-N5 5 Q_N3 P.P 10 R-Ql . . . .

Uhlmann knows el'el'ything about opt'n· Ings: olle ca n be sure he is adopling the best there Is In present·day opinion. 10 . . . . N-B3 13 PxN B-R6 1t P- Q5 N_ K4 14 R- KNl K-Rl 12 B-K2 NxN t 15 P_B4 B-Q2

16 P_KA4 . ...

This Ilo~ ltlon Is o f a well·known type; White has a good game.

16 . . . . P-QB3

Blac k st r h'es for ac til'e coun ter play ; he does not mind t he s light wea kening of hill Pawn fron t inc urred by t his ffio,' e a nd the next.

17 PxP t8 P-A5 19 PxP

P. P Q-B2

B-K3 ! Thi~ is II. useful Zwischenzug which

helllll the ill slloll to whe l"C it stl"ength· en~ t he King's de fenses. 20 Q_B2 BPxP 22 N_Q4 B-B2! 21 N_N5 Q_N2 23 P-N3 • • • •

Not 23 NxP. KR- Bl followed possibly by 2·1 .. ' B- KI. NOI' is there any promise III 23 Qx]>. QxQ 24 NxQ. DxNP.

23 . . . . P_B4!

Black cleverly employs h is weak Pawn aggressh'e ly, fOl' I)ress \lt'e on White's King Pawn lind fo!" Ihe possibili ty of ... P- B5.

24 QxP QR-Bl

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24 ... QxP (ails against 25 B-B3. 25 Q-QR5 QR-Q 1

stin not 25 . the Queen,

. QxP as 26 B- B3 win s

26 8 _ 8 3 , , . . White cannot rely 1'00'ever on indirect

protection of the King Pawn, but committing a piece to its protection is not good either. 26 P- B3 is better. 26 . , , . R_Q2 28 P-83 KR_K1 27 B_N4 R/2-Q1 29 K- B2 . ' . ,

The transfe r of that Bishop to KN1 is no bargain as neither Knight nor Bishop can occupy K6; e.g. 29 B- K6, BxB 30 NxB. HxRt 31 Kxfl. Q- Q2t! 01' 29 N- K6. RxRt 30 Kxll, BxN 31 BxB, R-Q1 t 32 K-K2, Q-B3!

29 . . . . P-K4 30 PxP

Blac k's countel' play has beccme quite stroug: his King is less exposed than the enemy King.

31 N-N5 . . . . The Queen has no comfortable retreat

except probably 31 Q-N4. SO 'White pre· fers to play for liquidation to preven t the position from becoming too complicated, no doubt. But he fails to achleye that objective.

31 . . . . 32 RxR 33 QxP

R,R P- R4 . , , .

White of 33

refrains from 33 B- R3 becau~e . Q- K2, it seems.

33 . . . . 34 NxQ

Black denies passed Pawns he 35 BxN,

35 BxN 36 K-N3 37 KxP

Q,Q R_ R4!

White the protected has afte l' 34. PxU

RxPt P,B B,P

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Szabo Hungary

M azzoni France

The liquidation has led to a pO~ltlon

in which White's extl'a Pawn counts For llttle, Besides. intricate complications are in tile ail", as will be seen,

38 R-Q8t · . , . ;)8 H- Q6 is a bit better. It \\,jn~ a

tempo by the threat of 39 HxP and it prevents 38 . . . O- K3i; and. after 38 , . . K-R2. White can (}I'oceed lI'ith 3~

N- 06. 38 . . . . 39 N_ N5

K- R2 · . . .

This move loses a pieee, though not necessarily the game. 39 N-B6 is the better way to re·activate the Knight.

39 .. ' . B- K3t 40 K_B4 · , , .

White has no choic~. On ,1 0 K- N5. R- QNi. the point is that. aftet' ,II H- Q6. the Knight Falls with check. 40 K- IH runs into a DisiJop fork. and so does ,10 K- 1"3, R- QN7 H R-Q6, B- K4 !

40 . . . . R-N7 41 R-Q6

41 . . . . A double finesse .

42 K-K3

· . . .

P-N4t!

, , . . White sees only half of it. Nl?cessary

is 42 KxP, RxNt as, after ,13 P-K5 ! [not ,13 K- I34, 0-K4i nor 43 K- R4. B- I33t 4·1 K- N3, B- K4t l. RxPt ,14 K- B,I, White ought to be able to hold his own.

42 . . . . B- B5! A nasty point;

R-IO mate, thus a tempo.

43 N_Q4

Black threatens 43 . . . saving his Bil';hop with

• • • •

White may be lost, anyhow; bnt he ought to try 43 P-B4;

I) ,13 ... H- N6t 44 K- Q2 01' K- B2. PxP. and Black haS a great advantage, but it is not clear he can win;

2) 43 .. . P- N4 [again threatening mate] 44 N-Q4 [44 P - B5 fails against H ... B- K4], P-N6 45 P-K5, and tile situ:'.tion is rather obscure.

I = check: t = dhl. cheek: § - dis. ch,

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Gligorich Yugos lavia

43 . . . . 8-K4! Black attacks the Rool( and simultane·

ously t hl'eatens .].I .. , O- B5 mate. There is no adeqnate defense.

44 R-K7t 45 B-87

any more. K-N3

What else is there? "'law is Ih realene,l, the Bishop is loose lIml so is Ihe Exchange in view o( ·1;) . , . UxNt ·16 KxB. R-Q7 t.

45 . , , , BxNt 46 KxB

Or -16 RxB?? R-K7 mate.

46 .... 47 Kx8

. . . ,

R- Q7t R,R

To seal White's bad luek. now he also loses his King Bishop Pawn. a nd that '" the end. 48 8-N6 R-KB2! 51 K-K6 R-88 49 K_Q5 R,P " K_Q7 R-Qat 50 P- K5 P- N5 53 K-K7 K- B4

Resigns

Instructive The game may not be one of the great

battles of the ]964 Olympiad. nol' is it spectacu lar for excitement or brillillnce; but it Is well plnyed by the wilmet· and embodies many instructive points ,

QUEEN'S INDIAN DEFENSE

,by transpos itio n )

Tebi A. B. Bisguier Turkey United States 1 P-QB4 N-KB3 5 0-0 O~O

2 N_KB3 P_K3 6 P-N3 P-QN3 3 P_KN3 P_Q4 7 B-N2 B~N2

4 B-N2 B-K2 , p,p . , , . This swap is no t commendable; better

is 8 P- Q4 outrighl, S N- I<5 and S P-Q!:! are also playable. T he lalter Ivith P- K3 leads to a Reti·type

8 ... . 9 P-Q4

dtljJloyment. p,p

. . . . Noll' the position is one known from

the Quecn's Indian Defense. The swap of Pawns has c reated two half·open files: t:.ut the King me is more useful to Black than the other to White. Black has a good game as hns been repeatedly demon· "Hated by Bolvillnil"

9 ... , QN-Q2 10 N_ B3 R_ K1 11 P-K3 B-Q3!

Blaek prevents 12 N- K5, He Can also play 11 . .. P--B3 (as i30tvinnik always does in this type of IlO.;lilion) still with f. good game after 12 N--K5. Nx>1 ]3 P xN, N-Q2 1-1 P-84, P - 83. The text, howevel'. il'; finer; it a ctually involves a t!'Up.


12 R-K1 · . , . White pen:eh'es that t he enticing 12

K- QN5 lea ds only to f\. was te of time. because of 13 . . . B- KIH! after which 13 B- QH3 fuils aga ins t 13 ... B- H3! as H BxB can be an swered by either 1·1 . . , Bx!':! orH . . . NxB!

12 . . . . P-QR3

P reventing 13 N- QNS In t his Wil Y, Bis· guie r de via tes fr om Botvin nik's r eliance on Pawn s on Q~ , Q8 3, QN3 and poss ibly QR4 . App~l1"ent1y , he cons iders 12 . P -83 13 N-Q2 le ts Wh ite proceed e f· fe ctively with P-83 and P- !{.1.

13 P-Q R3 . ...

Plannin g f or t he moves j us t mentioned. \Vh ite wants to re ta in both his Knigh ts a nd so pre vents , . . B- N5. As ... KBxN is, however, u s li!';ht (;onCeSs ioll by macl( , t he re is n ot reason en ough to prevent it 13 N- Q2 is prefe rable.

13 . . . . P- QN4

Now, on 14 K- Q2, .mack counte rs th e Wh ite s t rategy by H .. , P- N5.

14 P-QN4 ... .

Wh ite is cons istent. '"'Oil" bot h s ides have >l Paw n hole on t hei r l'es llectil'e Q13-I's . T he con sequences are not obl'ious hel·e. It is most like ly , however, t ha t Black emerges wit h lin edge.

14 . . . . 15 N-Q2 16 P- K4

N_ N3 Q-Q2 • • • •

16 P - B3 is proper, letting t he oppo· nent WOl'I'Y abollt 17 P-K~. T rue , after ] 6 . .. QR- Ql 17 P - J< 4. l'xP, Wh it e ~a n ·

not play 18 P xP because of 18 . . . 8xKNP! 19 P xB, QxPt . 18 N}3xKP, how· ever, offers CO\lntel'pJa y, pa rtly since 18 . . . NxN a ll ows 19 PxN and pa l'Uy s int e ]9 N- B5 ~annot be p re ve nted.

16 . . . . PxP 17 Nj3xK P 18 NxN

NOli" 19 N-B6t i ~ a threat. 18 . . . . 19 Q-R5

· . . ,

B-Q4 • • • •

White has no continuation o[ any real pl·omis e. On 19 N-B5, HxHt! 20 QxR, Q- 83 21 Bx B. QxB 22 Q- K·I. BxN 23 QxQ. NxQ 2·1 QPxB . P-QB3 25 H- KI. K- Bl 26 B- K 5, P- B3 27 B- Q6t. K- 02 28 P- lll, P-QR~ 29 P- B5, PxP 30 P xP, H- H5 31 H- K6, Hx P 32 B- N8. N- K2 33 P- R3, H- QB5. Black wins.

19 . . . . P_QB3 23 P ,R N_B5 20 N, B Q'N 24 B-B3 Q-Q6 21 B,B Q,B 25 R-Q S 1 R-Q1 22 R_K5 R,R 26 Q_N4 Q_Q2

27 QxQ R,Q

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T he en dgame attained fa vors Bla ck decisi vely with h is well-posted Kn igh t agains t a very bad Bishop and h is Rook controlling t he only open file . Now Bis· guier illustr a t es h ow aptly t o lise such a n a dvantage.

28 K- B1 K-B1 28 .. . NxRP is foolish as 29 R-Rl r e

gains the P a wn and a ctivates t he Rook. 29 K-K2 30 P-B4

K-K2 . . . .

30 H- Ql, RxR 31 KxR, K- K3 con ced~s

Ii Pawn to Black a s does 30 P- K6. KxP 31 BxP, R- Q7t and 32 .. . H- H7.

30 . . . . K-K3 31 B_ K1

\ Vhl te loses wit hout a fi ght unless he Ilctivutes his Rook. '1'0 tha t end , he ca n tlY 31 P - N4, P - N 3 32 R-Bl, R- Q4 33 P- B5t, P xP H P xPt , K- K2 35 P-K U. T hen Black ha s t hree wa ys to re ta in his advallt<lge. but h is job is more difflcult in any of them than in the game: (1)

35 . . . PxP 36 P - B6t, K- B2 37 R-KNl, P - KI! (2) 35 . , . P-B3 36 R- K Nl, RxP ; 0 1' (3) 35 . .. N- Q3 36 PxP, RxP 37 RxR , N xR 38 K- Q3, KxP 39 K- K4, K- K3.

The text offers no chance a t al l. 31 , , , , K-S4! 33 R-N3 32 R-S3 K_ K5 34 R- QS3

35 R_ S3

R- Q4 P-N4 ! . , . .

On 35 PxP , RxP, White m lls t abandon t he Pawn on N5 or lose by force : 36 P - KRI, K-Q5 § 37 K- B2, RxB 38 RxNt, PxH 39 K xR. K- Bti !

35 • • , . P-N5 !

T h is move com plet ely paralyzes the local White Pawn majority.

36 R_ N3 R-Q5 37 R-QB3 K-Q4 38 R_ N3 R- K5t

Dlack m ean!'. to mobil ize h is own local majori t y by . , , P- QB4 bu t must avoid 38 .. . P- QB4 39 P xP, KxP ? 40 B- B2t!

39 K-Q 1 . ..

Afte r 3~ K-BZ, Black can play 39 P- QIH bu t n ow h as even better . ..

39 . . . . R_ K6!

. . .

. . , he other,

40

wins one Rook Pawn or the

R,R 41 K- K2

NxRt . . . .

Wh ite pre ve nts H . . . N-·B8, but nothIng matte rs. a nymol·e. 4 1 . . . . N-B5 44 8-R1 42 K-Q3 NxRP 45 PxP 43 B_B3 N-S5 46 P- B5

Resigns

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CLASS TOURNAMENTS Four·man Tourneys Graded by Classes

Started in 1962 (Key: 62-CI Notice: All game reports becam" past·due in December. Games sla r ted' December 1962 and nOt reported have beel! scored df (both players torfeit the game).

We are not publishing df's as those players seem to disregard them. anyhow. If yOll are listed i n Poshlmighties! this month. however. it is probably because o ther~ weI'''' eliminated on do uble forfeits. Tou rneys 1 ·450: lS3 Cragg downs De Long. 4-18 Harrison tOI)S (2f) I"rench. Repasky and Travis.

Started in 1963 (Key: 63-CI Notic!!: Game NlI>O I· ts On all tourne~'s begun in February 1963 become past·due dUring this February. Gct in reports to reach n~

he"e before February 28. to ,,,"old being lIou blf" forf ei ted! TOUrneys 1 ·299: 31l ilutierer bests Ca thel·s. 7 ~ i\'ewell cO l\k~ K!lufman. 77 Stevenson ties Phillips but losc~ to Van Zile. 14·1 Smith clips Clark. 1113 Su)'kel'~ slops Stonkus. 170 Roberts rips Crenshaw. 175 Henderson downs Stonkus. 171l Kinslow fe1l5 l~ai,·es. Ina KUllll'O conks Roth. 217 Anders beats )'Iaroney but bows t o NiChOlson. 226 B udges bests K line but bows to Kelly . 227 Donovan tops (2f) Brooks. 236 Lohrma n whips Wal lach. 2·j.J Stallknecht withdrawn. 2.J7 S tallknecht with· drawn. 256 Yo",,!;' chops Chagnot. 258 C "orle cracks 'l'homas. 266 Stel,hansky stops Zaiser. 288 Benabul'ger, Wil<.:ox ~l'lit two. 2~6 Scully tOpS (2f) Loughton and Patton.

Tourneys 300 • 404: 300 Bergllm lies Rauler and McCann and tops Rattler. 309 Mal'· tin tops Bergum twice. 3H Smith downs Dubowy. 3 15 13l1t~iru~ tops (f ) Bristol. 311l lIIalkin halts Hendricks. 320 Ylanko licks

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Eckstrom. ~~O Latemina tOllS Paterson. Smylh twice. 3~7 SIUlulle ... · ille elip~ Clark. :[.';0 Smith. Suyker nip Xeison. 3~5 Kill~lo\\". :'iilO",on lie. 367 Fehla"dt. Yarn",,, tie tw ice. :IT() KaUCh er lOps ·l'i leston. 371 Le.~ehensky whip" \Vel,b<:I·. 377 Ada,,,,, down~ Andel'~

twic.e: Bare withdraws. 380 ~Iel'ki~ wilh · d,·nw,.. 392 Perlman tops 'V ierllm tw ice. 39,; COI" 'cc llon: Becker. PaUrath tied .

Started in 1964 (Key: 64-CI Tourneys I • 79: ~ S teinbach tops Thomas. H )'l cCloskey tops 1Iiastelier and ties Hamil · ton; Hamilton tops Lee tw ice. l~ Llonl loses 10 )'1c.Gn;"lle~~ and Lewis . 28 Paterson ""d \V" hl whip Green; Stevenson stOI' " " ' alli. 36 Haberman. Stephansk)' lick Lee. ·10 $yl · \' e~ler stop.~ Steffen. 45 Healy !.lows to West. Iwook and ties Aks: lIfeDonough loses to H <:"I)' and ,\ks. 5V Vuylsteke bests mum· herg. 5·[ Full<:r fe lls SCOtt. 60 Le<:~ li ck~ ~lorOlley. 62 Cflth('rs. Sidrys split two. 63 1"Ullman fells Apri l. 65 McDonough loses two C;lell to Grayson and ScherI'll ". G7 Bnkel' b<: ~l~ ,\Ionta!;ue. 7() Vl",hos tops B rown t "'ice. j2 Faires licks Lerner. 73 1I1angoid tOI>~ Wood twice and )'Iurphy and \\'nll<el' once each: Wood wh ips \Valk",·. H CUI'Un bents Shake but Lows to Busti;l. T ourneys SO· 129: 80 Bender. Cassidy tie. 83 '-":elson bests FailS and Baxter. 85 Caster beats 13 ~ncroft . 91 Gault lo~e~ to Rollricht I."'t licks Caprilla. 93 )'Iooney stops Stone. % Boroughs bests Banc.l'ort. 100 To\\'ne~ lOPS Price. 103 ).[eyer mauls Shenl'll",n. lOS Burton beats Ballenger. III Shattuck top~ (20 Koch. 113 Yoker to]>s F:H'ber twice . II:; C unningham lOPS Caster twice and Lock· ton ollce; Lockton licks Gieber. 120 Snyd",' whips \Voodle: O'Donnell withdraW". 121 Solomon conks Carrigan. 122 Coulbom'" spllt~ two with BrIson and loses to Schll<:s · ing. 125 ,\ks splits two with West\\'lc k and lOPS Koch twice. 126 Breland lies Priddy anll l;;b bs: Ebbs axes Kinslow. 127 K ersul a . Schcper lie . 129 ~rake]' lOps und ti es B laine. T ourneys 131)·179: 130 ;Uiller downs De Lo"le l' twice. 13~ Roseman tops Knurman twlec. 136 Peters tops Ebbs twke. 137 Lauel' licks D·Aoust. 139 Arms mauls ),Ion· tague . HO Barnar d bests De Lolli e r "nd Olesen. 142 Greene beats Best. US Griff;n conks Kagan; Westbrook whips )"ann. 146 ~ra);ul'll mauls )'IcKe""ie. 1H Com'ers e wilhdraWl). HS !\"<:meth~' lOPS Slmp~on Iwice. H~ )'Iueller muuls Blum<:!!i. 150 Ploss top~ Hodges tWice . 153 D' '\Ol1st downs Morrison twice. 1.1.:; L ecker licks Egan; :Mal'tin whips \\',l1lach and l..eckel·. 157 Peterson whips WOOdle. 158 Field. Reinbold tic . 1~9 Hoag h"lt ~ Mc \V iliiams; Chresoulis stop~ Droyle" . llil Kontra rips Roza. 162 Char les beats Hie lfe ldt and Heald twice each. 16·\ Cowley withdrawn. loS 'rynel' tops Fox ; Booth bows to Humphries but bests 1"0:<: twice. 173 P"rmelee licks 'Ve~tbrool{ und Slocum. 175 \Vhitmll.1l tops Carpenter twice . J71l ,\gnew top~ (Ul Jaekson. 177 Lindberg loses twO to Muil' alld to ~foore. 179 Koc h loses two to Chresoulis and withdraws. Tourr:eys 180 • 249: lSO Kyker tops (a) Vest. IS! Vanginde ren whips 'Yelch. IS2 Jackson .iolts Brat". 183 Eickmeyer mauls ilryant. 135 Cotl ingham loses two to TraSk but licks Rmith and P,·iee. 18S L-'l.rzelC!'e licks Berger. Ol~cn. 187 renee bows t o Kessler hut tops (2f) Hauptmann. 188 'Whitman tops (2f)

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Xorris. 191 Blull1<:tt; fe lls Fin layson and ~rayo. In Beekcr down,. l)tll're r; GUlmann tops Schwan?. 196 Caster defeats Down~. 208 Sidrys bests Goebel. 211 Denniston conks Brown and Conner. 213 )'Illas mauls Kan\i:. 215 Dubin downs Zucker. 219 Schle ldt !.lows 10 Pace but be~t~ Verbal'!;, . 221 ThUrman tops Riegler once. LIll~' twice. 226 Biniasz lOPS (f) Lonigan. 230 Germain whips \ Voodle . 231 H'ull1phreys. ~lcCrosscn tie. 232 Shingle· decker loses to i\'elson but licks Siteman ; Jackson jol t s Nelson . 238 .'Ilantell halts Halyama. 2H PCH.ts bows to Smith but bests P urd)'. 2H ?forris withdrawn. 248 I'-uehs nips Xicolinl twice. Tourneys 250·416: 251 DaVis w ins from Hazer. 252 Pariza outpoints Savary. 26& Kumro conks Angstenberg-er. 263 Owen reo places 'Vill. 266 Campbell withdraws. 2", Greenspan tops 1'uttl c. 275 Goodspeed conks Kner. 278 Gustafson whip~ Go~swiller. 28':; Weber (IOwnS Dibble. 301 Grossman tOPR (2i) Resnick. 304 Cu.nf i<:l d fells Silverman and ?!eCoy; ~'artin withdraws. 30G Pappa,. replaces R esnick. 307 L c\wrence tops (U) Joh,, ~on. 315 McCrossen "epl(lces Shoverling. 320 Riesenbeck tops (2() PHrent.

PRIZE TOURNAMENT Seve n· man Tourneys fo r Premiums

Started in 1962 (Key: 62-PI Notice: All game reports became past-due i n December. Games ~t"l'ted December 1962 and not reported have been »corell df (both players forfeit the game).

'Ye are not publishing df's as those play· ers seem to di sregard them. anyhow. If you are listed In Postalmight ies! this month, however, it is probably becall~e others were eliminated on double rOI·leits. Tourneys 1 . 127: NO g,une reports received.

Started in 1963 {Key: 63-PI Notice: Game repOrts on all tourneys begun in February 1%3 become past - due during th is February. Get In reports to reach us here before February 28, to a vo id being double ·forie i ted. Tourneys 1 · 112 : 28 Scott wins from Gos· selin. 38 Sears tops (a.) ROothney. 41 Baile~· b<:sts Yee. 60 Benham bests Borker. &9 Mc_ Kenzie axes Orler. 77 Hlber bests Beningoso. 32 Carlyle conks Pavitt. 9·1 Huber beats i'mlth but bows to Davis. 95 Beal socks Sev<:rance. 100 ~roore wins from B row ne. 102 Van de Carr s to ps Stumpf. 103 Summer_ ville ties Rowe and le~e~ to Archer; Cain conks Rowe. 104 Levy llcks Lutz. 105 Enci nas tops (a) Ecksel. 106 WcrnC!' whips Parkin· sOn: Clay clips Vergl\.ra. I \0 Humphrey tops (0 Orlando. III L."ne licks Cain. 112 Davis tops (f) Vukelich.

Started in 1964 (Key: 64·PI T ourneys I ·39: 3 GI'Il.t\.{) fells Fai l'es. 4 Ellis !.lows t o Schick but hests Par tlow. Ii Pease beats Becker. ~ ).Iack mauls )'Irer. II Wijingaard whips £ikenberrr. 15 Thoms tOI"< R osenwald. 16 Pease tops Thomas; Bucken . dorf do w ns Ashley ; Reamer rips ~IcDonough . !7 'Vagner whips )'Iarer. 18 Alberts whips Wernicke. 19 Leslie li c ks 1IlcDonough. 20 Fey !.lows to ~·larll" and En$(lr; Rowe and

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VOn Kle ist Ue , 23 Cornwa ll to p" Swain a nd Ca rpen te r . 25 Melto n. Ri vera re U Fete U: Rivera do wn, Deen. !6 Ha ll . Papadea~ t ie. 29 CQrr~Uon Beer 1 0PP~ (f) ~ Ii U e r : ~ lI l1 e r withd rawn. 30 Derrlng downs Thue: Rh'era ri ps Callie r . 31 XO"'ak lOPS Pml): IJOrn IllOd ties VorJ)llgel : H)'ne~ do"·n.5 Dyoo. 3! P rn:lI. k tOps Ma ra.seo. 33 Rey nold" ri p~ Stru.,..ek . l ~ \Vurd be" t fJ J os lin bu t 00"'" to 'r rone, 16 B/"'Odulek r il)fJ Abrige. li Bunock u ~. G<'!bhard t t ie: Allon wins rrom &«"'''n. 38 Ferr il l"(! a nd Snvase hit Helper, 39 O' ,\OIl BI t ies Muiea ami tops (a ) F"Ueh~.

Tourney , 40 · 5g: ~O J '"'ado loll" 'fhne and Robison : Ahl'"mi!On lO PS T h lle and tI ,,~ Roh· i ~on . 42 Bowe . Oollfll'd ri p BI")"ant. ·1.1 Hum · phrey bel< t" WI I.pe,. hu t bo ws to e h")'I : Cha~' l chOll~ "Oll Sa l '!!~ kl: Schmllt "m lle~ Schlie~ln g. H I~ al te nh r\ln cOll k ~ Met". ~ 5 Hatla t be>! u nleS'e l : L'"Ce)" a nd Eins te in beat Bartlett. U. Duke down~ P ra ll a nd North: COlllp ton a n d B ln-er best O·Boyle. 41 Hoagland ha1t& Itk in. ~ 8 Fon te nT"O'ie rl~

Roby. ~9 P ost licks 14wre nee; Ha yeM to~ (f) L<l wler . 50 nO bln/ilon licks Nerr hU I los.ea t() A&hley. 52 Ande r$On d()"'nll Cla rk. 54 Jo ne" '<nell to LaC(W and wi thd raws. 55 KoIl s conk & Co lte r . ,,~ WoeHinge r whlP~ Br)·,ml. ~8 Xilton ni p.<! P c ti t : Appe l ti es T wal ten n.nd IOP R H nll; Locfflc,· Ijckil Ha ll . ~9 P r ince tl eil .Ja rvl" nnd 101'S Ol' banowsk l and SorenHe n. T ourney. 60 · 120: 61 Cody down .~ l)"Aou~t. 02 Sofor lc li cks I .... nr; li nd nro l' l e.~ ; WoJtowiCz lle~ H o!'"lu lld and l ose~ to Long. 6S H eidel defeats Oold l)().G'. 64 Joh nson re~ ig l1~ to ",I I. ~ H uj!)e. SPil l" Spoone r : Becker ...... ,,·s to Hamil ton bill best.ll Hujber: Alm .ms with . d raws . Si S t el'e n ~ II t01>5 CroSbie : ",," SchOO. a nd Hoglnnd ha lt Ca AA ill . 58 Car r conks Simon. G:l l l ru; no ne ",a nls l la honey: Ahram~ ... itM .... "'!!'. 70 Wen-'e r wh ips PoliliO. iI io~rank loses to Cood " nd t ies l lo lt. ;3 JOneB 101111 T ll ylor . 74 Dick ey d()wn s He<lrlck; l lor ri li bealll Beer. 7~ \Va rd whips J one ... 78 CllrJ)en·

NEW POSTALITES Th e foll OWing ne w PoMnl ChcS!l playeU

bega n In DeCember with these r a UngB: CL ASS A a t 1300 , H elen Bagen~tose. C. ~1. Be nde r. P . A. Be ren t. L. Bellis . L . w. nus · que ts, T . J . Cnr le ton. A. Carler, M. DeLielo. '\. G. de She rbl" I". R. L . Gist . .1. n. Good!n. L. P . Ka ra be ll . W. Koehter . ;\1. La nser. C. Lenoi r. J . ).ruk • . C. H. Ow. F' . Pa rham. D. P03ne r . n. P oto(aky . J . l l . Hobinson. C. SchoUeld. n. P . Sla d lek. D. C. Smith . L. } ... S pang le r . J. S tearns . J. J.'. , 'hom pllO ll and R. W a UlOn : C LASS B at 1200 : C. Barra. H . Betll nl. F . Bla nkop!. H. l> loehlns:er . R. BOUI·" ",. O. I . Buc kw ll. G. A. Cal·e. W. :\1. Cohell. O. A. Cole . M. H . CORta. D . Gube rman. J . H lg· g illS, G. S. Joli nso". W. Kee le r . H. J. J~ l rk . A, Kus~aek . P. O. Lewis . J . LynCh. S. S. MacCarl)'. C. ;\l arUne"- De~[assi<;·ux . D. K . McDolla ll. J . P . l lellZer. " . T . :. t ill s . J . ""oore. O. A. l'ellY. P. Qua rt\lcci . O. IUnde. A. Rurty. A. sann, R. A. So!.>leraJ. ,\ . Ste wa r t . at .... I). D. T hames. B. Turley. W . L. T u tm (l.n . 1::. P . Var ley, H. J . Vaug han. D. M. W ltt ln and O. P . You ma n,, ; CLASS C a t 900, L. W. Alv is. T . W. ,\ s h · " ·e ll . P . llu.lawng. J . Bates. J . D . Bethu ne. Mr •. W . Bet te nCOurt. T . Bhame. J . J . m a ke s lee, O. 1. Do ... A" d re" Bourgeois. C. & ",1· ing . J . Dram. n. 13re ne""l. L Brodeur. E. C. Brown. J. M. Uuentello. R. E . Cllp ])e r , J. Cu te ll e . W . H . ChaUee. W. D. Ch rI8!l(\I1 . J . R. Cloyd. I). W . Corr igan, l 1. Cor )', Helen G, COu,·l rl J; ht. O . B. Co,·..,rdlll .., . O. A. Crum. P . L . Cnmel·o. R. J . Da\\" n l, a ~k ! . W. Oempler. C. Dona ldao n. J . DOll ld . J. Duchu ne . C. I!:. Ferna ndo. '~'. Field. J . F ilI pclll. H . 1;'I~he r. T. F onta ine. A . "rexe~. D. J . F'r le u oll . J . Gauc he r . D. H. Clllck. I. Gordon. D. Gr~" . Don Green. S. L. O r03S_ ma n. l l rll. It . O. Hll i l$Ch. R. R. Ha nnon . J . A. Ha rriS. T . J . Ha rtwic k. R. C. He mler. O. R. Herd t. F'. J . Hili . H . -'I. Hoffma n . L. F. Home. II. T. Hislop, J . H il&. L . Howa Nl . Sully H . Howe'!!. ;\1. J IOchlono ll'!c". 'Y . .Jacob i. L . E. Joh nson. N. L. Joh nflOII. R. R. Joh n80lI , B. I';:aczma rek. D. H. ]{a !!IC'", B. Katzenber;-. A. P . K ei th . R. A. K elley . , .... F . K elly . J . Kel t ner. 'Y. P . KeyeH. Rose Leibbra nd . M. Lennlr; . M. Lewis. G. B. Levy .

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ter t(1)1I MaeDe rmid. 81 Go nZalez telll l~ ... lre ... a nd Wl pper. s.5 Jesse u. 'r Ing le and Stayar t . lOP MeuJ!n r. 8& Thoma t hullIPI! \' evu tn. 91 ~"ank replnees "'ox.

GOLDEN KNIGHTS P rog ru s ive Qu a.l lf ;cation Cham plon, hlps

13th Annual Championshlp-1959.60 FINALS ( K"y: 59. Nf )

Sect ion. 1 ·32: 2 McElro~' Whl B f rom L<lwre nee . l3 Sokole r best5 Edberg. 19 Kogan conk" ~ln,. l clI. 23 Bilodea u do wlI$ Dodilon. 2~ DI'agonell l d rUbs Ste,' elll~. 25 S te" (! n$ tops (0 Olt n ~ te;Jd. 3 1 Limar:. i 101''' (a) C"rtlss.

14th Annual Championship 1960-1 S·E MI. F INA LS ( Key : 6O. N. )

Sect ion, 1· SO, ~ 2 Re mlek r!PfJ W ood. 67 Hea th tOPfJ (0 H e lm.

F INA LS (Key , 6O. Nt) Sec t ion. 1 • 30: 19 Co nne r to p. ( t) Blnls . ~~ l lderlon a nd Peisac h to p Kilker. 25 l l ille r 10ltCB \ 0 B ri tton, Scott. Uuc ke udorf a nd Co'·e)·ou. ! i \'nlvo bes t ~ :'.Iata ya .

15th Annual Championshlp-1961-2 PRE LIMINARY ROUND ( Key: 61 . N)

Sections' . 244: 20 ~ :Millman 10 1\11 (0 DuviB, 222 L inde r topa (0 ;\IOll IICO. 231 'I'YI:"m (OI>S (f) Serpico.

S E MI· F INALS ( Key: 61. N. ) S.ct lon. I· 9~ : 7 Cla "",berg. Por te r ti e. !3 Delne. down" Kuge llna".. 2~ n alh "on to;'>o! «(I.) Ate ll . 35 Ora ha m do..-n$ ,\le)(a nde r . ~~

L ldra l. l le l" lie. GO Beckluun 111'." $ Su)·ke r . C! GlaSJIben: ""d Dealhertlg-<: bea t Hue ke n. dor t. 6~ Sp il l< r ips Ru!SClo. 61 VO'I HIIGel tiel! O'Del! and Engstro m. G8 Dle kenllO n. He rbsl l ie . n l lnthe!' tOPIi Darker IWd. Sach s a n d

:'lrs. M. Loh(\s . T. Lowery. H. K . Lown. 1Il r8. D. Lulte tls . l I. Mala mud. A. Mlll' lInez. H . .\[M e. M . L. !lIa re r. " ' . Me l"u r la nd , J . A. MeGee. S. C . McGu ire. J . \to Mc Kenna. C. Mc Lflu!;' hlin . L. ;\Ie lll \\"ald. M. lIJ6nen berg . O. J . l fen~e l . X. l Iin tz. 1' . E . MI lt.on. V. W .• "oon. H. B. :O loye •. K. N. Muller . D. Xe ufeld. O. A. Xe,·il le. If .. ~o~n. H. C. O· ~em. J . J(. O",e lall. B. O",dcll . .1. w. Oul"3ler. C. O. P a reelili. X. S. 1'!eree. G. K. P!racel. J . L. P la ttner. S. H . 1'o(;Oloff. W . W. Potte ,·. ,\ . " rni lt. R Qu au a , H. Ra nd . ~(. 8 . Reosn lck. L. E . Rice. AI!8JI ,\ . Hoe llel. J . H . ROben. J . P . nule. E . Sal te r . n. S. SaY I"(!. W . H . Sehev rer. L. Schultz . R. Sch ultz. ~r. S~h.wa r tx . D, T. Schwer. D. Scra nton. J . Sh'IH. R. E . Sheet."l, D. Shell". £. W. Sialer. N . E . Smith. H , C. Soncy . S. Stll l'k . P. S t ron!;'in. H. 1. SU4.l!wQln. J . D. Swan. D. K. Teear",. R. ' ·e . Vee 'l. J . O. T ho mpson. P . R. '1' lbor . . J. ~f. 'J'odd. H . W eieB, 11. It. Wh!te'<lde. ,\ . I·'. W iebe. '£. Wilson. M. Wood . W . K Wur~t . ~f. ?.elt!!" nnd G. Zimmerma n . CLASS 0 at 600, A. 1;1.. W il lia m. W . F. )Jalley, O. Barone. N . BerS'e r . E lla .Mae Ber thoud. R. C . Biles. A. Bra d ley. J . C. Bra 'l'Il. H. 13u rgesll. 13. E. Cll n non. S. Clau"," , ~r. Cohe n. J . C. D UI, G. E . Pawbu.sh . W. J . Fa), . H . Po lk .n a n . B. ior ledma n, M. Gins burg. If. Glass. ", . Greene . B. C ree n · spa n . S" ..... n X. Grossm ...... B. Hammond. R . I~. H(tllsoll . .1". H a rpel'. R. D. Hoer.. ~r. Indr!e .... P .. Taco!.>s. R. J euen J r .. :'f. Kaye. J . R. Ltl.co\lrc lere. V . 13, Lewl,. G. C. Llndenborg . 'I' , A. Lovely. ;'1. Loya l. I·'. A. Milla r. O. L . ~ll1l er. Mrs. S. A . ) Iowrey. M. Ne w. man. O. ,\ . Phipps. F. T. Pompeii. F. P oole . C. Rnsho ll' e r . . r. Re no. R. RhO(l e~ . J . Schmid t. ~'. C. Shelton. S. C. Smithers. H. Sutherland. D. Syl'·esler. R. Tra chtenberg, A. Welsh . 1'. C. W il liams . Cal"(!I S. You ng a nd 1'. R. l ·ou llg.

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ties Barnett. 7·1 Pittenger axes Eaton. SO Stauffer stop~ B ran dt. 84 \Valter~ whips \Visegarver and Meyer. 90 Rogers rlp.'l House. 92 l'~reedman and :McKalg best Brown. 94 Borowiecki withdrawn.

FINALS (Key: 61-Nf) Sections 1 - 26: 6 Keyser conks Fenter. 8 J acob Jolts Jania. 10 Strahan bes ts Delt!·lch lout bows to Naff. 12 l"ontenr08e trips T,.avi~: Howard halt s Bournia~ and Travis. 13 Bock beats Ashley. 1·1 Coveyou, Johnson tie; Crossno. Stephan tie. 1.'; O·Neill , S ullinger l ie; Kowalgki alld Saint withdn","n. H Slern ~top.~ Cheswick. 21 Ashley licks Og·IlL

16th Annual Championship-1963 PRELiMINARY ROUND (Key; 63_N)

S ections 1 - 177: 45 Bartlett be~t s Kahn. 47 Lawwll licks \Voodworth. 91 Smith with· drawn. 102 DavenpOrt tops (f) Holder. 106 Marica tops (f) Martill. 112 Rattler rips Pratt. 113 Herbst hits Devereaux; correction: Herbst WOn (rom Johnson. lH La rselere downs Dunn. 119 Agnew licks La '\"renCe. 126 Pendleton tops (f) Gray. 127 Oaker with_ drawn. 13Z Bolles bests Hayes. 136 Karalailis tops Mlller. 137 WeIhe conks Cavanaugh. 140 Rattler rips Post. Hi Fisher [ells IIla ler. 151 A . Johnson Jolts Giroux and IIIalkln; ~rulkin conks Giroux. 152 Berger-Olsen. Giles tie. 158 Jamison tops (f) Graves; Stultz wi thdrawn. 159 Freelander downs ~\Iahrt and Rattler; Farnham withdrR.wn. 162 !'Ic_ Kalg conks Crawford. 103 C lark clips Corey. 167 Corrections; Stepntat won from Srhwarz and Chappell. 168 Hauser bests Buehler; Lundstedt licks Hillman. 169 Kruller drubs Drake. 170 Yerhoff stops Stesko. IH Gordy conks Schaat and Killmer. 176 Crabtree trillS Keith.

SEMI-FINALS (Key: 63 . Ns) Sections 1 _ 34; ~ Cotter conks Parker. 13 Grant downs DiJoseph. 14 .\leyers conks Keiser. 15 Sullinger licks Lewis. 16 Herrick tops '1'abler. 17 PavItt conks Carr; Dragonettl loses to BostWick bu t licks Carr. 18 Beckham tops (a) -"'eff. 19 Gow tops "orris and ties Meyers. 20 Hornstein stops Kara_ laitis; Simcoe aXeS Egle. 21 Adorjan jolts Jamison. 22 Bock. )Perber tie. 24 Graham downs Doren; Howard tops Thompson and Deitrich. 25 Foster fells Smith. 26 Dulicai and Wendling best Berg; Dulicai and Pate,·_ SOn down Moorhead. 27 Dulicai licks Lane; ,\[artins withdraws. 28 Beckham halts Hlber. 29 Giroux loses to Hughes. Brand. L ach and Sparkman. 30 Ahrams tops Carleton; Smith withdra.wn. 31 Parr U-'<eS Eads; Brandt bests Eads but bows to Chace. 32 StyS stops Browne and Morrell; McCaffrey tops Tolins. 33 Perea rips Ross; Aguilera mauls Miles. 34 Ashley, Shepard tie. Sections 35 - 60: 35 Hoglund wIns from Paterson; Hatch bests Ballard. 36 May hits Hannold and Robinson. 37 Griffin downs Donlns. 40 Deines beats Bielefeld. 42 Barasch jolts Joseph. 52 Hongh replaces Golden.

17th Annual Championship-p -1964 PRELIMINARY ROUND (Key: 64-NJ

Sections 1 _ 39; 1 Mc"ally top" Heffernan. Spitz. \Vestbrook. Terry a'Hl Tracy. 3 Parsons outpOints Menzel. 8 Van Brunt bests Peck. 12 DeYoe bows to Schwart". Bate, Pratt nnn Odenweller but be~ts Rebane. 13 Garner licks Lon. 14 Evans tops (f) Logan and ties l~reedman. Hi :Marcus withdrawn: correction; Kolls " ·011 ( rom Volkman. 17 Scott halt~ Hendry. 19 Kolts conl,8 Stoltz. 20 Demer~ downs Abramg. 22 Hamilton tops l\IcCormick and (f) Reynolds. 23 ·Wright rips Storms and Buhrer. 25 Simmons conks King; Crenshaw withdnlwn. 26 Rugs bests Ballew. 27 Pease thumps Thunen. 31 Edberg beals Oakes. 32 Gottesman mauls Bancroft; Kietling conks Malsby. 34 Frank lose~ to Aguilera but tops (0 Chall is. 35 Caroe bests Bec1, _ ham. 3S Kent conks Peck. 39 ;)Iichaels whips 'Yhelan. Sections 40 - 59; .0 Soto and Hendry halt Haralson. 41 Henriksen rips Paffrath; Nusser nips :MIchae ls. 42 Connell bows to Hog_ lund but bests Kehler. 43 Reynolds loses to Bauman and 'Vilson but licks Remer. H Nusser nips Bram. 46 Lane lie~ Frank

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mauls Volkman. 77 1·' e1111er fell~ Fish; Ogni nips Ostrike]"; Goodrow withdrawn. 7~ Kline clips Buhalo; Lacey lo~es to Karli I'ut licks Hall. 81 Shaw socks Sigler. 82 Kwartler !Jows t o Steel !Jut !Jests Lowden; liram lick~ Lafeml"". 83 Jamison how .• to nrlson !Jnt bests Byrd. Sections 85 . 99: 85 Breider win~ frem Lt'precht; Oswald lo~es to Bland hut licks '\'eblJer. 86 Ems withdrawn. 87 Kaplan conks Landerdale: Tener ties 'Vhlte and tops \\'olr. 88 Donald downs Kersula End PanKI.'o]"n; Hamil ton bows to Rosenberg I",t bes ts Gerzadowicz. 89 Gibello loses to Johnson and withdraw~. 90 Feuquay halts Hamff. 91 [41l"ze lere halts Hendrick~; \Varren tOps (a) Gogel. 92 Ca Van l!llKh conk~ Jamison; \Veaver whips Itkin. n Kei~er down~ DevereallX; Casey and Het"i,st conk Sho,.tz. 95 Lane lick~ Yoker. 9G Livin l\·ston licks Kuman but lose~ to Tirone. 97 Levy 10"es 10 Germain but licks Rnbinowltz; Hardin down .• Bendix and Germain. 98 H.lce o\tt]Jolllt~ Pincumhe. Sect ions 100 _ 151: 100 Moore wins from Hnl)lnow;tz; Xicoletti. Moorc. Deitrich ~nd Ra!Jlno\\·ltz mob G~ttle~on. 101 Dunkl~ and Rauch do\\n .l.1"nlel l. 103 .l.lol tchanorr 1ll:1Uls Hall and Brown. 1M Bloom (ops Turmell and Durk; ?lfusgrOye bests Hart1ach bnt lJo\\"~ to Uer"er-Olsen. IV5 Pohle hall~ Horwitz . l OS Bruce rips Rog:ers. 109 Dryfoos a11d Stein s top Xothnagle. HI I"l"!lnke bests Yai\kn~; )lalhews heuts Jepson . 115 Vandemark halts Hes~e. 119 Zegar loses to John~on and (f) Sherr. 120 Buthnd beats )'arshall. 12 1 Walmisley whips 'Villis. l28 Stephan stop~ \Veinberg. 130 Jeun~ jolts Truitt.

SEMI_FINALS (Key ; G4 .. Ns) Sections 1 - 12: 3 Loeffler tOI)S 'fer'":\'.

TOURNAMENT NOTES Progress Reports for

Golden Knights Tournaments

12th Annual Championship In the 1958·9 Golden Knights, the

following were not listed with {ull credit in weighted-point totals. They have; F. J. Alexandro 35.3 (instead of 22.5) and M. Danon 33.4 (instead of 28.9).

13th Annual Championship Three Finals sections have completed

play, and the contestants therein h ave earned thes e weighted·point totals;·

59-Nf 2: A Siklos 43.95; G C Gross 40.6; I Zalys 31.65; M .T Lawrence 28.2; J Limarzi 23.75: J Gorman 21.8; and J McElroy 1 9.5;

59_Nf 13; S Simcoe 36.9; E L Dayton 36.25; M Sokolel· 34.05; R E Edberg 31.6; F Ashley 29.35; J M Ogni 20.05; and R Hoppe withdrew;

59-Nf 19: E i\layer 41.2; 0 E Goddard 38.5; L A Walker 32.25; W G Layton 25.15; G C Van de Carr 24.55; R Kogan 21.15; and J H Mariea 18.4.

In the 1959·60 Golden Knights , J. F. Shaw has 35.6 in weighted-point totals (instead of 34.5).

OFFICIAL TALLlES9 These are the weighted, point scores

ci 23 and above {!·om finished 59-Nf Finals sections (omitting lower tallies for those in more than one Finals).

H Berliner .... 46.2 !t Steinmeyer .. 411.2 H D Ilderton ... 44.0 R Schuler ...... 44.0 A Slklos . . . ... .43.95 D Ftdlow . .. . ... 43.45 S A Popel . . .. . 43.0 B Crowder . ... H.7 R Verber . . ..... 41.7 'I' V Klldea . . . . . 40 .8 G C Gross . . ... . 40.6 F D Dulicai .... 39.6 D Howard ... ... 39.& A Lldac!s ...... 38.85 J D Patten ... . . 38.85 S Watterson ... 38.85 M S Zitllman . . . 38.85 o E Goddard .. . 38.5 o B Sachs .. ... ~8.5 S S Johnson ... 38.1 W L Easl1T'an . . 31.95 J A Veguillo ... . 37.75 L VIHea . . . ... . 37.55 R J Kneeream .. 37.5 J Healy .... . ... 37.3 J J"hnston .. .. 37.3 S G Priebe ..... 36.9 S Simcoe . . . . ... 36.9 L B Joyner .... 36.7 .J F Show . .. .. . . 36.5 E L Dayton . . .. 313.25 J A Curdo ..... . 36.2 E E Hansen ... 3S.1 L R Klar . ... .. 35.135 L Dreibergs ... 35.6 G J F erber ..... 35.6 J E Kilmer .... 35.1 J Feldman ..... 35.U L M Ralf ...... H.6 W B land ....... 34.55 B Wisega.rver . . H.t5 J Rist ... . . . . ... 34.1 G Wood ........ 34.1

L J Roza ....... 32.8;; E Pobrar .. . . ... 32.S n H Miles . . . .. 32.75 G ilorowieck! . . 32.3 G L Munson ... 33.25 C G Gibbs .. ... 31.7 S Mont ........ 31.7 I Zalys ... . . . ... 31.65 H M Avram . ... 3Ui R E Edberg .... 31.6 R K Hart . . . . . . 31.3 R T Shultis ... 31.1 t~ Smidchens . .. 30.8 A Crowley ..... 30.8 H B Daly ... ... 30.7 G Katz ... . ..... 30.6 R Nuslnott ..... 30.0 J R Ruff ....... 30.55 R R Larsen .... 30.1 C B Gish ...... 30.0 J M DiJose,h . . 29.55 A C Suyker ... . 29.5 A S ·Wallach ... 29.5 I" A~hley . . .. ... 29.35 F D Lynch .. .. 28.55 P L 'rhompson .28.5 M J Lawrence .28.35 E Meyer ... . ... 27.9 S Klein . . .. .. .. . 21.35 R B Abrams .. . 27.3 R Bilodeau . ... 26 .. "1 :<{ Milas ... . . . .. 20.3 B I Gamble . ... 26.2 A S Eldredge ... 26 .15 W Stellhan ..... 26.0 A Donlns . . ..... 25.55 W G Layton .. . 25.1.1 A B Kahn .. ... 25.0 R R Coveyou ... 24.85 G \-"n de Cart· .. 24.55 'V Katzenstein .24.5 B King .... . . . . 24.5 R W '\[oran ... . 23.8

.l.[ Sokole]" . . .. . . . 14.05 .J J.ima!"Zt . . .... 23.75 I Romanenko ... 33.4 F Nusser . ..... 23.35 r~ A Walker ... 33.35 W H Tallmadg~ 23.35 L Johnson .. . .. 33.0 H M Levy .... . 23.3

E A Pflumm .. . 23.2

14th Annual Championship In t he 1960-1 Golden Knights, Finals

section, 60_Nf 19, has completed play, and the contestants therein score the follow!ng, weighted·point totals: *

B B \Visegarver 35.8; L D Martin 34.65; K Opp 33.4; F W Connor 30.05; o G Birsten 27.2; R E Anderson 12.8; and R Blais withdrew.

\Ve have no new qualifiers to the Finals this month and do h ave six waiting for assignment.

15th Annual Championship In t h e 1961·2 Golden Knights, Finals

section, 61_Nf 6, has completed play, and the contestants therein score the follow· ing, weighted·point totals;*

R F McGregor 40.6; R M Burley 38.0; J C Seney 36.3; C A Keyser 30.6; H J

(Continued on page 64)

·Welghted point totab are based on the following scale; 1.0 points Der win in the prelims; 2.2 in semi_flnals; and 4.5 in finals. Draws count half these values.


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60 eMns REVIEW, FEBRUARY, 196~

POSTAL GAMES from CHESS REVIEW tourneys,

Annotated by JOHN W. COLLINS

Threes Mate Elael;: opens the King Rook file in the

following game and then proceeds to demonstrate that even two pieces and a Pawn, as well as the usual "three pieces, "are a mate."

SICILIAN DEFENSE

F. W. Hoglund

White

1 P-K4 2 N-KB3

H. Keh le r

Black

P-QB4 P- K3

The search for the truly effective way to play the Sicilian goes on with 2 N -KB3. :: .. . P-Q3, 2 . .. N-QB3 and the text.

S P- Q4 PxP 4 NxP P-QR3

This wag the 1833-1891.

way for Louis Paulsen

5 N- QBS · . . . Today, one does not adopt 5 P-QB4 as

confidently as heretofore. Analysis has indicated resources for Black against the Maroczy Bind.

5 . . . . P-QN4 6 B-Q3 • • • •

Alternatives here are 6 B- K3, 6 P-KNS and 6 P-QR3.

6 . . . . 8-N2 7 0 - 0 • • • •

Unless White has reason to be dissatisfied with the location of his Queen Knight, 7 P-QR3 ought to be undertaken at this point.

7 . . . . 8 K- R1 9 N/3-K2

P_ Q3 P-N5

N-KB3

10 N-KN3 11 P-KB4 12 P-N3

B_K2 QN- Q2

. . . . White' s last move is useles~ and weak

ening. 12 B- K3, which furthers his development. is the natUral move.

12 . . . . 13 Q- K2

N_ B4 P- KR4!

Here Black·s intention is to embar· l'ass the Knight 011 N3 with ... P -R5. A relevant maxim may be: a Knight at B3 Is apt to be strong. a Knight at N3 is apt to be weak.

14 P- K5 PxP 15 PxP P-R5!

Black considers this thrust the best move in the game. A re levant maxim may be: when the simplest is good, it is apt to be best. And 15 .. . QxN certainly seems simpler than the tex t. But Black states: "15 QxN seems to win the Exchange for Black, but he must submit Lo a fearful counter attack. Afte r 15 . .. P-KR5, White is lost, in effect."

Hi . . . QxN 16 PxN, BxP can be considered, without the immediate grab of the Exchange, or the counter attack may be warded off. But there are complications to be a ssessed either way.


The crux lies in Black's last statement. If it. is true, tllen, paradoxically enough. :I.~ . . . P--R5 is simplest find best.

16 PxN · . . Unfortunately, "White has no choice

here as his Knight on N3 lacks a good flight square. 16 N/3-B5 looks feasible but is answered devastatingly by 16 , .. N- KR4! e.g. 17 N-Q6t. BxN 18 PxB, N-N6t! 19 PxN, PxP§ 20 K-Nl, R-R8t with mate in two to follow.

16 , , . . PxN

Again, it may be seen Black's 15 . . P-R5 was made with mating ideas.

17 , . . RxPj· is threatened : e.g. 18 K- Nl, QxK·j' 19 B-K3, R-R8t etc.

1i" N_ B3 • • • •

On 17 1'-KH3, Black wins with 17 , .. RxPt; or 17 PxB, RxP";- as above. So also with 17 BPxP, HxPt 18 K-Nl, QxNt 19 B-K3, R-R8i". Possibly, White's best fighting chances lie in 17 B-K3 as 17 . . . RxPt 18 K-Nl, RxPt gives him considerable material fOI" his Queen; but 18 ... BxP leaves Black safely ahead.

17 .. _ . BxN 18 QxB · . . ,

To prolong the game, White ought to t ry 18 RxB, io vacate KBI.

18 . . , , 19 K-N1 20 B_K3

RxP t Q- Q5t · - . .

Black announced mate ning with 20 .. , R-R8t!

in three. begin-

Passer Paramount Black's proper use of his passer (as

Hans Kmoch calls the passed Pawn) is paramount In this partie.

QUEEN'S GAMBIT W_ Hess

\\'hite 1 P- Q4 2 P-QB4

P- Q4 PxP

G, Kent

Black 3 N_KB3 N-KB3 4 P-K3 P-K3 5 BxP P-B4

Black restores the balance in the center.

6 0-0 P- QR3 7 P-QR4 · . - -

White prevents 7 .. P-QN4 but weakens his own QN4, on which Black can usefully post his Queen Knight. 7 Q-K2 is the s tandard move.

7 . . . • N-B3 8 N-B3 • • •

t _ ch<'!ck; t ::::: dbl. check; I ::::: dl., ch_

Again, 8 Q-K2 and 9 R- Ql is standard. S . , , . B_K2 11 PxP BxP , P- QN3 0-0 12 Q-K2 B_N2

10 B_N2 P-QN3 13 KR_Q1 Q-K2 14 P-K4 • • . .

The text is inaccurate: H P-R3 or 1·1 QR-Bl ought to be played.

14 . . . . N- KN5! Now Black gets the Two Bishops.

15 R- KB1 N/3- K4 18 QxN QR- Bl 16 NxN NxN 19 Q-Q3 KR_Ql 17 K-R1 NxB 20 Q-N3 .. _ .

Now 21 N-Q5 is a threat. 20 . . . . 21 QR-Kl 22 N-Q1

B-Q5 P_K4

R-B7! A relevant maxim here is: a Rook 011

(he seventh is worth a Pawn,

23 BxB PxB

Here Black creates his passer. 24 Q- 03 0-B2 25 P-B3 P- OR4 26 R_ B2 R- B4

Trading ROOks eases White's problem~. 27 P- B4 · . , .

Naturally enough, White seeks counter play. But 27 R-·Q2 is more solid.

27.... Q- Bl!

To make better use of the Blshop. 28 P- K5 B-R3 30 R-Q2 R- B7 29 Q- K4 P- Q6 31 Q_ K3 R- Q2

Black's last is a far·slghted move.

32 N-B2 Q- B6 33 P- K6 • • • •

Here is White's objective and. on the surface, it looks good. But Black is pre· pared fo)' it. So 33 R/I-Ql is better. 33 . . . . PxP 35 N_K4 Q- B2 34 QxPt R-B2 36 N- Q6 _ ...

36 . . . , Q-K2!

Just in time and just right! Actually. Black's defense Is based on his passel', and White's weak back l'flllk. Black prevents 37 Q-K8t, R-Bl 38 QxRt etc.

37 RxR · . . . Black wins on 37 QxQ, RxQ 38 R/ 2- Ql!

[ not 38 R/lxR, R-B8t etc,]. RxRi" 39 RxR. R-K7 40 R-Ql, P-Q7 etc. Or 37 QxRt [37 NxR, QxQ 38 RxQ, R- B8t etc.] , QxQ 38 NxQ. RxR! and Black wins,

37 . , , , QxQ 38 RxQ PxR

Resigns

As White for esees, Blad: wins on 39 R-K8t, R-Bl 40 R-Kl, R-Ql or 39 R- Kl, R-K2!~a pretty finesse~40 R- QB .1 , R-Q2. The Knight goes; else, 41 N-K4, R-Q8t and Black mates next move.

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Entertaining and instructive games annotated by a famous expert.

"'~;;~ UNITED STATES MASSACHUSETTS 1964

USCF Open at Boston

StunninCj Surprises In this game, \Vhite drives fast for a

win, disregarding a number of Pawns. H e succeeds in creating an extremely tense situation in which surprises call occur, They do, but at White's expense: two of them in a row. one more stun· ning than the other, put h im out of busi· ness.

K ING'S GA MBIT DECLI N ED

(by t r ansposi tion) Mi chael Va lvo

White

James T, Sherwin

Black P_ K4

N- K B3 1 P-K4 2 N_Q B3 3 B-B4 N- B3

The consequences of 3 . . , NxP have been analyzed ad nauseam, but the final conclusion sti1l depends mainly on in· dividual judgment.

4 P- Q3 B- B4

Black is wiHlng to enter upon the King's Gambit Declin ed. T he main continuation within the Vienna is 4 .. , B-N5 6 B- KN5 (Cor 6 N-B3, cf. LarsenLengyel, page 344, November 1964) .

5 P_B4 , , ..

And the K 's G D it is, as can be ex· pected of an enterprising player like Valvo, The more cautious '5 N- B3 transposes into the Giuoco Plano or, more precisely, the U.'1.lian Four Knights Game.

5 , .. , P_Q3 6 N- B3 P-Q R3

Usual in the King's Gambit Declined is 6 . . , B- KN5. The text Is desirable as a precaution against 7 N-QR4 but tar less (most likely too much so) analyzed and tested.

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7 P_B5 . , . . 7 N- KN5 also holds promise: 1) 7 . . . B- KN5? S BxPt! and 8 , . .

K- Bl 9 N-K6t! or 8 . . . K- K2 9 N- Q5t! or S . , . K- Q2 9 Q- Q2!

2) 7 .. . O- O? 8 P- B5, after which \Vhlte threaten~ (among other thin~s like 9 P-KN4) 9 NxBP, RxN 10 B:-:Rt, K:-:B 11 P-KN4 with a winning attack: Biack can thwart t his combination by S .. , Q- K2 but t hen it is unlikely he can hohl his own ror long;

3) 7 ... R- Bl! S P- B6, after which the threats. 9 N:-:BP or 9 BxPt, again arise; but 8 . . . Q- K2 offers a sufficient defense, it seems, as Black's King is better placed in this line.

7 , , . . N-Q R4 8 N_Q5 Nx B

On 8 ... NxN 9 BxN, P-QB3, which looks good at first glance, White has the dangerous 10 BxKBPt, KxB 11 P- B3, recovering his piece by force with good chances fOl' attack.

9 NxNt . . , . A tl'icky Zw ischenzug,

9 , , . .

The text is forced as, after 9 . .. QxN 10 B- N5, White wins th e Queen. 10 PxN R-K N1 12 B_K3 Bx B 11 Q-K2 B- Q2 13 QxB B-B3

On 13 ,. RxP 14 0 - 0 - 0, Q·-K2 15 KR- Nl, RxR 16 RxR, 0 - 0 - 0, White reo covers the Pawn favorab ly by 17 R-N7 followed if need be by 18 Q- R6. 17 Q- R7 here is met by 17 . . . P- B3!

14 0-0- 0 Q-N 1

Black shoots for 15 . . . Q- R2 effec· tively activating his Queen. The main point is that White m ust retreat by 16 Q-K2 or lose a Pawn after 16 QxQ, RxQ. The quieter 14 ... Q- K2 is adequate, too. As Black is then ready for . , . 0 - 0 - 0, ·WhIte cannot blith ely squander his Pawns as he does in the actual game,

15 Q_RS K- K2 16 P-B5 . . . •

With the enemy K ing cornered in tJle centel' (if that expression is permissi' ble). White feels enti tled to play for at· tack at the expense of some P awlls.

16 . , . . BxP!

Black prefers t o eliminate th is Pawn rather than part with any of his own Pawns about his King . It's sound pol!cy. Actual!y, however, 16 . . , PxP Is play· able also ; for 17 NxP fails as follows :

t = check ; t = db!. check ; f :::: d!II. eh.

by HANS KMOCH

17 .. . PxN 18 P-B6t, K-Kl [18 ... K- K3?? 19 KR-B1! and 20 Q- R3tJ 19 QxP , R- Bl 20 Q- B5, Q- B1! 21 QxPt. Q-K3.

17 KR_K1 • • •

White hopes to make headway by get· ting rid of his King Bishop Pawn. t oo.

17 . , , , BxK BP 18 R- B1 Q_KB1 19 Q_Q2 R-Q 1

19 . PxP is one Pawn grab too many: 20 Q- B3 set s up threats of 21 QxBPj and 21 NxP while 20 , . . K- K3 ra i1 ~ in view of 21 Q-BH.

20 PxPt 21 Q-N4

RxQ P R,P

With this cou nter threat of 22 . . . HxPt, Black begins to demonstrate that his opponen t's P awn squandering may have been a bankrupt policy. In this ex· tremely t en se situation , White needs to find justification for his reckless driv ing.

22 N-K1 , . . ,

\Vhite wins an important te mpo, it seems, as White parries t h e t h reat and attacks the penetrating Rook at the same time. But this plausible move ac· tually loses quickly.

Comparatively better-if only for its creating compliCatiOnR~is 22 RxR, as suggested by Sherwin. Even so, however, 22 . .. RxPt still wins for Black : 23 K-Q1, P xR 24 QxNPt, K - K1. On 25 N- Kl, B-Bl , White is at a loss tor a satJsfactory move: 26 Q- RS, R- B4 27 RxP, Q-K2 etc. or 26 Q-N8, R- B3 27 RxP, Q-K2 etc. And, on 25 N-Q4, B-Bl 26 Q-R8, R- B5 27 N- B6, K-Q2 28 N-NSt, K-Ql 29 N-B6t, K-B2, Black wins either the Queen by 30 .. . B- N5t or the Knight.

22 . • . . 23 K_N1

Q- R3t ! Q-RS!

This last move is as powerrul as it is pre tty.

24 Q-BS . , , . CHESS REVIEW, FEBRUARY, 1965

WhIte has to save his Queen. yet also keep the enemy I{ook pinned to Q3, The meek 2·[ Q- R3 he naturally rejects liS

D1aek clearly win~ by t he simple 24 . .. R- B7, rely ing on !Iis extra Pawns. The text. with its threat of 25 QxBPt. cer, tainly looks better- but is worse.

24 , . . Q-Q B5! !

Here's anothel' direct hit. and one that's I'eally catastrophic in that now even 25 Q-H3 is Ollt of the question be· cause of 25 .. , QxR.

25 QxRt , , , . The only other thing whlch \\lhile can

do Is to resign .

25 , , , . P,Q 30 P_N3 P_ KA4 26 R,. Q-K7 31 K-N2 P-A5 27 A- QB1 R-N8 32 N-Q3 P- R6 28 N_Q3 Ax At 33 N-B2 Q_N7 29 NxR QlIRP Resigns

NEW YORK 1965 Marshall Club Championship Prelim Poetic Point

Two highly promisillg youngsters produce a sharlJ game In which the ultimate solution turns on it truly poetic point.

RUY LOP EZ Andrew Soltis Wa lter S. Browne

1 P_K4 P-K4 3 B-N5 P-Q A3 2 N-K B3 N- Q B3 4 BxN QPx B

5 0-0 . . . White's text is hal'mless. to say the

least. Thematic play is either 5 P-Q~. PxP 6

QxP or 5 N- B3. P- B3 6 P....Q4. PxP 7 QxP. Elthel' way. White emerges with a sound King·slde majority against a crippled one for Black on the Queenside; hence. with ail pieces removed, he wins by force. Black. howevet·, also has an asset and it

more practical one, the Two Bishops. which offers him the initiative. Who~e asset Is the better? Experience

[Joints cleal'ly to Black's, in spite or the spectacular success of Emanuel Laskel' with White. Expel·ts on openings. how· e\'er, claim the variation otrers about even chances (which can be said of many a dirficlllt \'al'iation or even opening, e.g .. the Sicilian).

5 , , . . P-B3

The text is better than 5 . . . B-Q3 6 - P-Q4 but inrel'lor to the old 5 ... B- KNG

I) P- KR3. P- KR4. Soltis- Stern. same tomnament. continued : 6 . . . B- R4? 7

- P-KN-1. B- N3 8 NxP with White naturally snperiOI·.

6 P_Q4 p , p

CHESS RE VIEW. FE BRUARY, 196~

7 Nx P B-Q3 7 . , . I' -QB·[ S N- K2, QxQ 9 IlxQ, B- Q2

rollowed by 10 .. . 0-0-0 is more nor· mal. After that. the difficult baule be· tween the I'espective advantages, !Ioned before, lies ahead.

e Q- R5t . ' , .

men·

Now White takes the lead, turning the battle into one of tactics.

8 . ' . . 9 Q-A4

P- KN3 B_Q2

mack "eallzes the danger in 9 . , . BxPt 10 QxB, QxN. The modest 11 QxBP Is quite strong. But 11 N- B3 holds even greater promise: e.g. Ii ... Q- N3? 12 P- K5, P- KB4 13 P-K6! or 11 . . . B- K3 12 H- Ql. Q- N3 13 P- K5, P-K84 14 N-K2: or finally Ii ... Q-Q2 or Q-QI 12 P-K5! with excellent attacking posslbl1ltles fOI' White. Besides. White can always reo ('oyer the Pawn easily if he wants,

10 R-K1 Q_ K2 11 N- Q2 0-0- 0 12 N_B4 P-QB4

mack is in trouble. He can nelthel' re· tain the Two Bishops nor complete his mobilization smoothly as his Knight has 110 move. Hence, this radica l measure which di sregards the resulting backwa,'d· IICS~ of the reborn Queen Pawn. C N-N3 Q-B2 15 Q-N3 B_K3 14 NxBt PxN 16 B-B4 . . . .

The rebol'll Queen Pawn is very we:lk. 16 . , . . BxN

mark aims fOl' 17 . . . P-Q4,

17 BPlIB! . . . Now 17 ... P-Q4 can be refuted by If!

QR-BI. P- N3 19 P-N4. P- B5 20 PxP. QxP 21 B- 137,

17 . . . . Q- K3

18 QR-Bl • • •

The text Is strong, but 18 QR- Ql i~

even stronger:

On 18 ... K-B2 19 RxP! White wins: e.g. 19 ... RxR 20 R- Ql, QxKP 21 Bx.Rt, lind 21 ... K-B3 or K-N3 22 B-N8~ etc. or 21 .. , K-Bl 22 B- N8. ~-B3 23 B- H7, Q- B2 24 Q- R3t. P-B4 25 Q·-QB3! etc,

On IS , . . P-Q~. White gets a win· ning advantage with 19 8 - N8: e.g. 19 .. . R- Q2 or Q- B2 20 PxP ~ etc, 01' 19 . . . Q- K2 20 I'xP, RxP 21 R-QB1 ~ etc. In the last line. 20 B-R7, Q-QB2 21 QxQt. KxQ 22 BxP also wins.

18 ... , N-K2 19 P-N4 P_ KN4

20 B-K3 21 Px P 22 Bx BP

N-B3 p , p

, , . . Now the Pawn plus alone Is a decisive

advantage. but White liaS a ])owerful at· tack. be!>ides,

22 . , . . KR-Kl

On 22 . . . QxHP, White de-arl)' "f'lain~ his ad\'antage with 2::1 H- K7! Lelili cleal' is 23 B-R7. QxP ! e.g . 24 Q- N8t. K- Q2 2:) KR--QIt. K-·KS 26 RxNt? I'xR. and Dlack wins. 23 P-Q R4 24 Q-QA3

Q_K4 K- N1

25 P_QN4 26 K-A1

N- Q5 . , . .

Probably. White intends 27 Q-QB3. At this point. however, that fail s in view of 26 ... N-K7t 27 RxN. QxQ etc.

26 . . . . N-B7 This is a surprise combination. It can

be termed ingenious: fo!·. though it fails. il does so only tlH1Towly and on a truly diabollcal flaw.

Youngster Browne is \' ery good in [Hst chess. and here he bHd to play fast be· cause of sevel'e time p,'essure. It: tour· nament chess. of course, faSl play is not always healthy. and Browne will I)robably do better by giving Ul) hi~ habit of getting into time pressure.

27 AxN QxKP

Black's point: now both the !?nemy Rooks are attacked and his Queen Is im· mune. There is no dil'ecl me<tllS of sav· ing both Hooks.

28 Q-N3t K- R1

The text is easy for White to handle. So also 28 , .. R- K4 as 29 H/2- 81 works.

28 ... K-Bl. however. I)oses a prob· lem. At first blush, it seems White can only draw, and that with some difficuhy: 29 8-R7§, QxR 30 Q- NSt, K- Q2 31 QxPt: e.g. 31 . . . Q- B2 32 R- Ql t etc. The solu· tion, t hough . is this Iloetic one: 29 Q- N4t!! QxQ [else 30 QxQ wins] 30 B- R7§! Q-QB5 31 RxQt. K- Q2 32 I1 - Q-" " K any 33 R- QBl mate.

29 Q- K3! Q-B3

On 29 ... QxH 30 QxR or 29 ... Q- 1\3 30 R-Q2. \Vhlte wins.

30 Q-QB3 31 R/2- B1

Q-KS . . .

NQw. with White a piece UII. it il< vil'tually a ll ovel'. 31 , , , . Q-B3

Q,P 33 Q-BS RxB

32 B_K3 34 QlI A Resigns

WISCONSIN North Ce ntral Open

Reflect on Flexibility In this game, Black demonstrates to

striking effect the superiority of flexi · bility. He obtains that advantage in the opening and wins the gallle a lmost auto· matlcally.

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SICILIAN DEFENSE

Dr. E. Ditrichs 1 P-K4 2 N-KB3 3 P-Q3

Robert Byrne P_QB4

P-Q3 • • • •

The Klng's Indian deployment by White does not necessarily lead to the King's Indian ill reverse. It does and then offers good chances if Black plays . .. P - Q4, which is more likely to happen after 2 .. . P-K3 than 2 ... P- QS. As is, Black is more apt to set liP the effective counter formatioll with Pawns on QS and K4.

3 . . . . N-QB3 4 QN-Q2 • • • •

The text is a normal re·action to P-Q·1. Here White does better to try .j

P - KN3 and strive for P- Q4: e .g. 4 ... P-I{NS 5 B- N2, B- N2 6 0 - 0, P-KS 7 P- B3. Rut t hen Black, too, has better, namely 6 .. P-K4! instead of .. P- K3. 4 . . . . P-KN3 7 0-0 KN- K2 li P- KN3 B-N2 e R-Kl 0-0 6 B_N2 P- K3 9 N_Bl P_ KR3

Now Black's deploym61nt has the ad· vantage of being very flexible and holds much more promise than does the trans· position to the King's Indian Heversed characterized by ... P-Q·1.

10 P-B3 11 N_ K3 12 N-R4

P-K4! B_K3 • • • •

As White cannot play P-Q4, he Rims to attack the center with P-KB4. But Black sO'ikes first.

12 . . . . P-B4!

Here the superiority of Black's Ilexi. bility appears. He call attack the center without need for such time,wasting mores as 'White has been makIng with his Knights.

13 B-R3 • • • •

This is an ineffective pIn and only puts the Bishop on an Inferior square.

White is at a loss for good llloves, though. So he may do better by taking a chance of creating difficult complica' tions by 13 P-KB4: e.g. 13 . .. PxKP 14 QPxP, PxP 15 PxP, RxP? 16 N/3 - B5. Then ]6 ... RxN/5 17 NxB., P-KN4 is tempting in view of 18 N-B3, N-N3 a~ Black then has a Pawn for the gxchange in a very fine position. But the combi· nation fails against 18 N- B5! For the capture of a second Pawn costs Black a piece: 18 ... NxN 19 PxN. BxBP? 20 Q- Q5t!

13 . . . . Q-Kl

This extra protection of the King Knight Pawn serves as prepa!'atlon ror ... P- Q4. The immediate 13 ... P-Q4 is weak becanse of 14 PxQP: e.g. 14 ... NxP 15 NxNP!

14 R-Bl P_Q4!

This late advance of the Queen Pawn can no longer of course be taken as a U'ansposition io the King' s Indian He· versed.

15 Q-K2 16 P-KB4

Now even this less. For, in the

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move is entirely hope· meanwhile, Black'~ ad·

vantage in development has become over· whelming.

16 . . . . KPxP 17 KPxBP . . . .

After 17 NPxP, Blacl;: proceeds with 17 .. P-Q5 and gains Q5 for his pieces.

1<'or, on 18 N--Ql , QPxP 19 NPxP, he can still play 19 . . ' N-Q5 !

17 . . . . B-Bl ! Delicate play. Now the possible pin

on White's Knight on K3 is a signil'iC1illt fa ctor.

18 NPxP NxP 19 BxN . . . .

\Vhite's Knight on R·t has more scope than this Bishop has in the event of 19 NxN. Theoretica lly, that is. Practically . nothing matters. White must lose.

19 . . . . PxB 20 Q-N2 ....

White gets out from ihe pin, but into a possible pin on the King Knight file. He is in desperate need, hO\\'ever, to soften the effect of 20 . .. P-Q5 and so pins the enemy Bishop.

20 . . . . P-Q5 22 PxP 21 N-Q5 PxP 23 B-Q2

Resigns

K-R2! Q-B2

"\'ihite has no playable move. On 2·1 N-K3, Black wins at will: e.g. by 24 ... BxP with threat of ... R-KNI or by 24 . . . RxP.

POSTAL CHESS (Continued from page 56)

Graves 25.0; W V Fenter 22.1; and D n Taylor withdrew.

H. 1"1. Stein bach, published in Decem· ber at 4] .8 weighted points, aetually has 44.0; he lost only one game in the Semi· rinals.

Also, the following have Qualified for assignment to the Finals: F D Deines, S L Glassberg. R H lIIather a nd ;\1 Banett.

And the following have qUlllified to rill out the assignment for the last of the Semi·finals: J E Giles, C M Lydy, D ID Rozman, J B Shepard, N A "'Hllman, A Linder and J 'fygum.

16th Annual Championship Ilt the 1963 Golden Knighis, the fol·

lowing have qualified for assignment to the Finals: J Cotter, A L ;\Ierers, R K Bostwick, R D Gow and K M Hornstein.

Also, the following have (/ulllified fOI" the Semi· finals: D n Lawson, .J Herbst, R Larzelere, E Pendleton, J P Karalaitis, J W Weihe, N Rattler, A E

.Johnson. Mrs M MalkIn, W McKaig, P Kruger and J Gordy.

17th Annual Championship In the 196,1 Golden Knights, with the

last assignments made, we have 151 sec· tions. or 1,057 contestants. now in play. Of these, the following have qualified for assignment this month to the Semifinals: E i\IcNally, J Kolts, H Scott, J F Demers, H F Wright, G A Rugs, M Gottesman. G L Frank (2), E J Kent, J T Dauman. A E MacDonald, G D'Aoust, R Sidrys, D R Shreve, R L Kohler, S Baron. G Katz, J Aranoff, H Faivlls, D E WilSOIl, A C Suyker, J M Ogni, W W [,'enner and M Lane.

18th Annual Championship WIth the mailing out since Xmas of

the (tSsigllmellts to cover the entries already in for the new Golden Knights of this year, we have 46 sections in the Preliminaries already under way. So 322 (:ontestants ,Il"e at it, hot and heavy. we imagine.

POSTALMIGHTIES! Prize Tournaments

These PosH,lfle» have won prizes in t.he 1$02. 1963 and 196·1 Pl'j ~e Tournaments. Tourney 62· P 119

126

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Players Place R H Hodgin .. •. •. ..... 2nd B SChwarz .. . ........ ... 1st J) W Bennett ... .. . ..... 2nd S SU,rk ..... . .. . ........ Ist L Blank . ............ . . . 2-3 P H Volkman ... . .. . ... . Z- 3 I" S Gellish .... . .... • • • . 1· 2 R L Oyler . . ..... . . ... .. 1· 2 13 Hynes ................ lst G C Van de Carr . . . . . . 2nd 'l' Cain .............•..• • 1st G La"e .. ..... . ....... . . Ist V 1" Netherton . ... . .... 2·3 D Quiring .. . . ......... . 2-3

38 .r Savage .... .... . . . . .... lst

Score 4A-H 5 ., 3~-2~ H 3~ · 2f H-2! H H H 5 -1 6 ·0 H 4 ·2 H 5~_ l! H P Fernu'o . ... .... .. .... 2nd

Class Tournaments Theso Po~l"lites have .won or tied for first

in 1962, 1963 and 1961 Class Tournaments. Tourney 6Z · e 18:,

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136 ·137 HD H7 ·j·1 S 1-19

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Players Place Score 'f A Cr (l.g-g- .. ... ..... . .. . lst 6 - 0 .r Connally ... . .. . . . . .... 1·2 ._2 1. C T u rner . . ..... ... .• 1·2 4·2 R R Hamburger . ....... 1st 5 - 1 J g Carpenter .......... 1st 4-2 P Dishal . . .. .. . . . . . .... . 1st 3·3 .r H !>lir!dl ........... .. lst 4 - 2 .r IJ Warren . " ..... .. .. 1st 5 - 1 F L Chupic!< . .. ........ lst ~-2

.J W McCloskey . . .... . .. 1·2 4-2 R L Smith . . ... . .... . .. !·2 4·2 G Schliss()r . . . . . . . .. ... . 1st 5-! J J" F'iHche,· . ... .. " . . • . 1st ~-!

J W Hobbl! . ... . . . . ... . . 1st 5-1 J J Bactamo . .... ....... Ist 5 -1 P H Hal"l'i~on . . . .. .... . !st 6-0 H M Baker • . . .... . ..... Ist 3-3 ]) Kaufman .' ... . .. . . ... 1st ~ - 2

L Hoberts .. ..... . . ..... lst 5~- ~ R F P Scheper . .. . .. . ... Ist 6-0 n. (; Caste" ...... . ... . . . !st 5-1 \V t~ Young ... . .. .. .... lst 5·1 ~( ilcrgCl" · OI~(:" .' ' . . . . . . !st 5_1 G Lilt", ... . . . ..... . .... . Ist 5"1 H O'Neil ........... . . ... 1st 5~-! 1. At Be"g\llll . . . . . . . .. . . . 1st 5·1 .J S Ma"till . . . . . . . ....... 1st 5·1 'L' McCany ....... . ..... Ist (~ · 1~

]) M Lees ..... ... . ..... 1st H·g .r W "1I1cC!oskey .. . ..... . 1st 5·1 :J T McGuil1neHH .. • . . •. . 1st 4"H n Sld)'Y~ ... . .. . .. . .. . ... lst 5 -1 R ]) Grayson .......... . 1st Ij-O H H Fn;)'es ... . ..... . . . . lst 4·2

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CHESS REVIEW's (1965) Seventh United States Open

POSTAL CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP The Eighteenth Annual Golden Knights

THE current edition of the Golden Knights tournament is now under way, and entries are acceptable until NQ'vember 30, 1965. It is con·

ducted under CHESS REVIEW's Rules and Regulations fOT Postal Chess, as ma iled with assignments, and with the special rules given below.

In effect, the Golden Knights is an "open" tournament, without reo gard to our rating classes so far as the entry goes. The ratings are calculat. ed, however, quite as usual. We "rate" all games in CHESS REVIEW tourneys. It is an "open" tournament because we cannot pretend to " seed" cand idates for a championship and because it gives the weaker players 8

chance to gain by experience against stronger ones. To speed play for the first round , we group all the entries received

geographically so fa r as possible. Otherwise, entries are matched off into 7 man groups strictly in the order of our receipt of their applicalions. Qualifiers to the later rounds are grouped likewise in order of qualification, but wilhf)u t regard to geography.

Special Rules for the 1965 Golden Kni9hts Tournaments.

Consult the following rules wbenever any question arises a.a to your cbancea tor qualifyIng to Semi-tinala or FInals or tor weighted point score, etc.

, CHESS REVIEW's 18th Annual Golden K nleh tll Posta l Che.s$ Champtonsh lp Tournament Is open to all j)er$Onll llv ing In the continental United Statea ot America and In Canada. v;cept CHESS REVlEW '1I em ployees. cont rlbutlnc edlton lind members ot thei r tam lllell.

2 Any contestan t who enlers thil tourns · ment under a pseudonym or In tbe na m e of another person will be dlsQualined . All unnnIshed games of the dl llQ ualined contestant wil l be scored as winll for his opponentll .

3 ·1· .... ·0 Qualifying roundll and one nnal rou nd will be played. In all three roun(hi. contf!lt.antll will compete in _ectlons ot _even players. Eaeb conte!ltanl In a section v .. 1\1 play olle Came vs. each ot sll[ opponents. Fortell wlnll count all ca me polntll.

4 All contestanb who score 4 Or more &"ame points In the preliminary round wm quamy for tbe IH!ml-tlnal round . Sim ilarly, all qUa lified seml-finall s ta wbo 8core 4 or more same poin ts In the seml-noal round will qualify for the nnal round. If additional players (from 1 to 6) are required to complete the last section of the lecond or third round . these players will be !!elected t rom a monr contestants who scored 3% pOints In the prev ious round and In the order ot the ir CH ESS REVIEW POlItal RaUns. a t the time the lut IIOOtion lltarlfl.

~ El[cept as provided In Rule 4. contell!anti who score leBQ than 4 pOint! in either ot the Qualifying rounds will not be eligible for the a nnounced cash and emblem p rlzn. Each of these eliminated oonte8tanb. however. upon completion of all hi! 8cbe4ulsd game. In thill tournament. will receive one t ree enlry (:worth $1.50) Into a CHESS RlI _ VIEW Postal Chc.u Clan Tournament a nd can a pply. Ins tead. ror entry to a P rize Tournament ('Wortb $2.75) at $1.50 only.

15 A Fln t PrlZfl of U 50.00 and H o lber cash p r lzell will be a wa rded by CHESS RE· VIEW In accorda nce wllh the published schedu le ot prizes to thou 75 qualified tl nall.tII who achieve tbe hlebest to tat scorn (lee rule 7) In the th ree round, of t he t ou r_ na ment . Every Qualified t inallat .. m be a ... rded the emblem ot the Golden Knlc bt u pon completion ot all h is acheduled tamu. Alto, the ti n t five p rl l\e wlonen will receive lultably In!ICrlbe4 plaques to Indicate thei r places in the f ina l standlnga or thll national ope n Poslal Ch$lls Championship .

7 For compullnR Ihe 10la l scores to determ ine the d illtr ibutlon of prizes. each game ,,'on In the tlfBt round will be 1IC0red .. I pOint; each game ",'on tn the lIeeond round IS 2.2 polntll: each game won In the tlns l round Ill! 4.5 polntl. A drawn game will be Icored as ha lf of the.ze rupeetlve a mounte.

8 In the case ot tlu. It two or more flnalla tll ti e tor t trat ptace. achlevlnc the same 10lal lICON!. a s compu ted In R ule 7. then the tt rllt 2 or more prl zC/l .. ill be re _ " rYed tor th~ t ln llllalS a nd the prlsea will be awarded In accordance with the ecore. achieved by them In a tie-brea king match or round-robin COntut In whleb each contutan t wtll plSY not len than 2 games with every o the r ti ed con testan l. Ties tor other cuh prize, will be broken In tbe same manner. Any ties wh leh may develop In the tie- break· In, con tu t$ will b. played ott In addi tional matcbe& or tourname nt ...

II T he enny tee Is $4 .0(1 a nd e nti ties the contutant to compe te In one aect ion o t the preliminary round. No additional fee III cbar;:ed contClltanu I"ho qualify for the aeeond or third round.. A oonteabnt may en ttr any number ot ,eetlon, of the prelimina ry round upon pay!!)ent ot the fee ot U .OO per ,ecllon entry prov ided he eppllu early ,nouch '0 that we can place him In lIeparste seetlons. lIl ultlple entrle, by one peraDn wJll compele a nd Qua lity .. though made by .eparate Ind lvlduale. No conteetant, how . ever, may win more tha n one p r ize, and a player who QuaUtle. tor more than one eeetlon ot tho rina! round will be award fld. bls prize on the basis or the total score achieved by only one Of hll en trlu. (The entry IIlakIng the highest total ecore wlU be taken.) l'oI ultlple en tries will b. plaeed In dltterent netlons ot eaeh round.

10 Upon entering. tba t the decl_lon ot lIS Postal Cbeu Edllo r Inc the cond uct of the acceptance the adj udication t ueal ot rortelt prizes a nd I of tbe re,ula l lons. and conelllllive.

11 Si ngle e ntries can be ma iled now s nd un t il November 30. Ig65 (multiple entrlell "" t i! two ",o" t h ~ ve rOl'll ;';0 \' . 30). £ntrtu m"iled "(t ,,r t h"t da te "':'I.)' not be aCC(lPIW.

12 E.z.cept .... p rovided In the toreeoll,¥ rules a nd In IlII other respecb. this tournam ent will be conducted u nde r CH ESS RE· VIEW'$ Offi cial Ru les ", nd Regulations 01 Post ",1 Chess, Includln l; a ny amendme ntll or additions therec.o.

The Seventh United States Open Postal Chess Championship and the Eighteenth

To befit the Championship. there are added prizes in t he form of handsome plaques, s uitably inscribed

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pionship now running! Entries accepted from December 1, 1964 to end of Nove'l/tbcT, 1965 (myst beet?' postVUL1'k of no fateT than Novembel' 30, 196<»,

This is the 1965 Golden Knights

PRIZES FOR EVERYBODY

But t hat isn't all ! Every contestant can win a prize of some kind! You can train your sights on that big $250.00 first prize, or one of the other 74 cash prizes, but even if you don't finish in the money YOll can win a valuable c0:1so1atioll prize, Every player who qualifies for the final round, and completes his playing schedule, will be awarded the emblem of the Golden /{n ight-a sterling silver, gold-plated and enameled lapel button, reproduced above, You earl} the right to wear this handsome emblem in your buttonhole if you qualify as a Golden Knight finalist. whether or not you win a cash prize.

And even if you fail to qualify for the finals. you still get a prize! If you are eliminated in the preliminary or semi-final round, but complete your playing schedule. you will receive one f?'ee ent1'Y (worth $1.50) into our regular Class Tournament or call enter our regular Prize Tournament (entry wort); $2.75) on payment of only $1.50. First and second ill each Prize Tournament win a $6 and $3 credit respectively for purchase of chess books or chess equipment.

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OPEN TO ALL CLAUES OF ~LA YERS

Even if you've never played in a competitive event before you may turn out to be Golden Knights champion o~' a leading prize-winner-and, at least, you'll have lots of fun. For all classes of postal player~ compete together in this "open" P?Sta~ Chess event.

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