Vol, vrn. No. 11

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I"'t,,,.,ion'" M .. JI_"T

LARRY EVANS U . S. Chm

Ch .. ",pion

U. S. Optn Chllmpum, 1911·12

u. S. r,,,,,, Mtmkr, 191D, 1911

THE tournament book points out, amazing enough, that

Alckine had t.went.y minutes to an· alyze this position. The position is a study which should yield a problematic win for White.

I . Q-Kt' ch The winning continuation is 1. RxP! with the following possibil­ities: n 1. , RxP; 2. R·Kt.'1 ch, K-any; 3. Q-Kt6 and wins. m 1. ....... , QxP; 2. Q.B4 chI, K-Hl (best); 3. R-Kt7, R-Q2; 4 . Q.B8 ch, K-K2; 5. R-Kt3!, P-B4; 6. RrK3 eh, K-B3; 7. Q-KS, R-KB2 (forced; S. P-B4 (Zugzwangl), Q-Q4; 9. R·Kt3!, Q-Q7ch; 10. K-R3, Q·Q3; 11. R·KtGI, QxR; 12. Q·K5 male.

FIDE TITL£S HELD IN USA

Even at this la t.(! date, there is apparcntly confusion in the minds of some chess players re­garillng USCF RaUngs and FIDE titles of honor. Each system is entirely independent. of the other and conferrcd upon a different and independent basis. USCF Rating titles (except for Master Emeritus) arc based upon recent competitive performanccs according to, a math­emtacia l statistical formu la known as the USCI-' Rating System, and a player ranked as a master in one list may in the next list be only an expert, if he is unfortunate in his tournament performances. On the other hand, FIDE titles are conferred for life upon a basis of performances in internatioqal tournaments accordine: to an en­tirely dilferent formula .

NEW LAWS OF CHESS Offidal Ame rican translation

of the new 'aws of Chess, copy· right 1954 by the United States Chen Federation, now aVlli l_ able in mimeographed form. Contains all the 100test ch angM in the L IIWS, OIS Imended by the FIDE Congress It ' Schill­fhOlusen, 19S3. Clarifies mlny ambiguous ' OIWS in the old code. Send "SO cents for on. copy, or $1 for thr.. copi.s, to the

'Un ited States Chess Federation, 93 Barrow Street, New York 14, N. Y.

• ess- 1 e Friday. February 5, 1954 15 Centa

AVRO, 1938 KERES

ALEKHINE White should win

,. 2. Q-R1

Drawn

K-Bl

K·B2

For if now 3. Q-Q3 Black can hold the draw by 3. , P-KtS which will eventually deflect one of White's 'Pieces from defense of the Queen Pawn.

The following list represents ehess players in the USA who are entitled to bear the various FIDE titles of distinction:

GRANDMASTERS Reuben Fine S • ..,uel Reshevsky Nicholas Rossoli..,o

INTERNATIONAL MASTERS Arthur Bisg u te r Robert Byrne Arnold S. Denker I. A_ Horowitx I .... ac KIs.hdan Hans Kmoc:h 1m ... Konig George Koltanowski Lerry E"ans P. ul Schmidt Her..,a", Steiner

INTERNATIONAL WOMEN MASTERS

Mary Bain GiSela K. Gresser: Sonia Graf-5tevenson Mona May Karlf

INTERNATIONAL I. A. Horowitz Hans Kmoch

JUDGES

In our neighbor, Canada, I D.A. Yanofsky and Povilas Vaitonis are International Masters, anq Malcolm Sim is an International Judge.

FLORIDA ADDS CHESS COLUMN

Wilh the issue of Sunday, J an­uary .17 tlle Ft. Lauderdale (Fla.) News added to its features a ehC6S column callcd "Lel's PLay Chess" edited by R. E. Burry. complete wit.h chess diagrams and com­ments. This is .probably the only formal chess column in Florida, since chess news in Sl. Peters­burg is on an informal basis and other Florida cities only occasion­aUy print chess news.

Collins Wins Marshall Club Title

Losing Only One Game En Route CHESS UFE Games F..ditor John W. (Jack) COllins, with three draws

and one loss (to Snntasierc), scorcd 91h-2% to win the Marshall Chess Club Cha mpionship-.-a title that is a wOI·thy addition to his previous trophies which include the New York State Championship in 1952, and previously the championships o( the Hawthorne and Brooklyn Chess Clubs. COllins, who IllsO edits the postal game scction for Chess Review, attributes much of his suc..'CCss to the sound basic training received in playing correspondence chess in which he has compiled a notable record, beine: one o[ the >len Iinalists to compete in the ICCA World Correspond­ence Chess Championship, which was won by J . S. Purdy of Australia.

Taking the lead in the seventh round, after an early round defeat by A. E. Sanlasierc, Collins was never thercafter behind in score although he did nol clinch the title until thc next to final round when his victory over J. F . Donovan made it a certainty. In the final round Collins drew witli James T. Sher­win.

Here is the decisive semi-final round encounter:

KING'S INDIAN DEFENSE Manha ll Chen Club Championship

New York, 19>4 WhIte BJ;lck

J . COLL INS J . DONOVAN I. P.Q4 Kt·K83 22. R.QKtl Kt·R3 2. P.QB4 P ·KKI3 23. P·KKt4 K·Ktl 3. P· KKt3 B·KIl 24. Kt·Kt5 Kt·Ktl 4. 8 ·Ktl 0 ·0 25. Q.K2 R·B3 S. Kt·K83 P·Q3. 26. P ·KR3 Q·R4 ,. 0 ·0 QKt..Q2 21. P-R3 R·Kt6 1. Kt'B3 P ·84 21. 8 ·K4 Q.Kt4 . .. P.QS P.QR3 19. Q.QB2 P _BS t. R·Kl P.QKt4 :10. Kt·B3 B-R2 I~. P-K4 P x P 31 . 8.Q2 If..kt2 11. B·Bl Kt·Kt3 32. 8.153 BxP 12. Kt.Q2 KI·KIS U. KhtP Kt xK t

33.. Bx8 ' xB 34. P-KtS P·K4

14. BxK t B..QS 3$, hR ch KtxP IS. R·BI Kt· K4 36. Px P Kt-R4 16. B·K2 Q·Ktl 37. PxP ch K-81 11. K-Ktl P-84 3L Q·K4 Q·B2 1" p · 84 KI_82 29. Q-K1 ch QXQ U. 8 .81 PxP 40. P xQ ch K_KI ' 20. KhtP R_KI4 41. R·K4 Resign5 21. R.KI Q·82

.----ANNOUNCE AWAROS FOR BEST GAMES

The special game prize awards in the re<:l!nt U.s. Intcrcollegiate Chess Championship have been am\ounced. The judges, Jack Col­lins and Dr. Harold Sussman, se­lected the following as prize-wi nners;

Brilliancy: To Charles Sovel of University of P ennl"flunla for h ll •• ..,e w ith Karl 8"rger of Columbl. ;

Best-Play",: To Albart Weissman' of Naw Yo r k Un,vera'Uy for his game .IIg~lnst Arthur BI5gUier of PICit.

Honorable Mantlon: To Collin Mc_ Kinnon of For<llh . m for his lame ailin sl Charles Morgan oi' Marshall.

These winners will receive special chess book prizes donated by David McKay Company, publishers of cbess books.

CHESS AFLOAT IN KUNGSHOLM

The new Swedish· American MotoTliner KUNGSHOU\I has the distinction oC becoming the first Chess and Bridgc Club afloat, (or the Kungsholm has taken out a club cbarter with the U.S. Chess FcderalioD (or its patrons 11$ well

. as organizing a Bri~ge Club, spon­sored by the American-Contract Bridge i.<!aguc.

During the winter cruises of the Kungsholm, visiting South Americd, regular chess tourna­ments will be held aboard the rnotorlincr which is well equipped with chess sets and tables, and these tournaments will be subject to USCF ratil18. There will also be Master-point bridge tourna­ments for the card-players, both ' chess and bridge events conducted by a proCessional tournament di­rector.

A. Sid :J.JI They $Iy chus WI$ In"en l", to teach .n orienl .. 1 despOt how dependant ' a monarch w.s on HIe cooperalion oi' his people. But • lot of f.llows pl.y

cheS5 .11 their lives without lurnln. the ¥ll ue of Cooperation _ on the chess-board or In life.

A _rthless chKk $howl a fellow has no resources left In the bank or In his ..,ind. Mi ke ''',ry cheCk • llood one,

When a Kin. goes oul st,pp1ng, he usuaUy get s Into trOubl _ In life as in chess.

LARRY EVANS ON OPENINGS A New Feature Coverind Opening Strategy, Novel­tIes, wuJ Ideas . Beginlling in

II/arch 5, 1954 Issue

Finish it The Clever Way! Po.ilio. No. 121

Smyslov vs. Kottnauil'r Groningen

_.,-,,;1946

Wh l', to

P<;>"II0. No. 122 By Robert Brieger

Houston, Texas First Publica tion

I II PosHion No. 121, World Championship Tille challenger V. Smyslov pulls orr a neat combinalion thal sparkles; in the game Black

resigned aIter White's rourth move. The world championship match betw("'en Botvinnik and Smyslov is scheduled to begin on March 16; 24 games are to be played by May 11 , all in Moscow.

1 enjoYed solving the original compOSiUon by Robert Brieger. The position is simple but tantalizing.

For ",Iutions, plus. turn to Page fiv •. Send ell contributions for t h is co lumn to Edmund Huh, 1$30 nth Plec., S.E.

Weshlngton 20, D. C.

Final Standings in the I-lasting Xmas Tournament were ; 1·2. AI· exander (England) and Bronstein (USSR) 6lh-2!h each; 3. O'Kelly de Galway (Belgium) 5!h -3Y.z ; 4-7. Matanovic (Yugoslavia), OIafsson (Iceland), Teschner (Germany), and Tolush (USSR) 4lh4'h each; S. Tartakower (France) ' 31h·5'1.r:; 9. R. G. Wade (New Zealand) 3-6; 10. Horne (England) 2-7. In the Pre­mier Reserves P. II. Clarke (champion o( Essex) and Zoltao Kovacs (Austria) tied (or first 6-3, while Editor B. H. Wood (England) scored 5¥.r: -3Y.z, and S. Bcmstein (France) and V. Soultanbieff (Bel. gium) tallied 5:4 each.

The German Championship, a thirty p layer 13 round Swiss, at Leipzig ended in a tic for f irst between title· holder Unzicker and Schmitt with 9-4 each. Thcre fol­lowed Koch witb S1h4lk j and Rellstab, Uhlmann, and Herrmann with 8-5 each. A match is planned in January to decide the title.

HAVE YOUR TOURNAMENTS OFFICIALLY RATEDI

Ask your Club Secretary or tournament director to write for official rating forml to re­port the results of your neJt tournament or match, speciry· ing the type of contest and the approximate number of players.

Officia l rating forms , hould be secured in advance from:_

Montgomery M. lor 123 No. Humphrey Avenue O.k P. rk, lIIinoi'

Do not IllJite to other USC F olfjcial.r for these rattng fmwv.

Q,sstlfr Frir/"" Page 2

The usual date-Washington's Birthday, Monday February 22nd, - has been set for the Annual MC(!ting of the Massachusetts State Chess ASSocialiolL The State Tournamcnt, however, wlIl s tart on the I-'riday .prior to the meet­inK, and those who are gOing to enter should drop a card to E . Nitzsche the tournament director, Mountain Road, Burlington, Mass. The business meeting will be called to order at 10:30 a.m. at Phillips Brooks House, Harvard Square, Cambridge (top C1oor), and will be fo llOwed by the usual overboard contest in the afternoon and a dinner will be served in the even· ing.

Dr. Edward Laske r, president of the Marshall Chess Cl ub, has been elected to Fellowship in the New York AC:Jdcmy of Scienccs in rec­ogniti on oC his many contributions to scientific endeavor. On J anuary 20th the Marsball Chess Club held

' ,3. festival occasion to congratulate Dr. Lasker.

III the Saarbrueken International Tournament Andrej Fuderer of Yugoslavia SCOred a 9·2 victory_ Donner (Holland) waS' second with SIAi·21k and Bernstein (France) t hird with 74.

Lionel Joyner, Canada's Junior Cha mpion, gave a six·board blind­fold simUltaneous exhibition at Montreal, winning five and Josing one game to A. Valade.

It is reportc~ that Mikhail Bot. villnik and Vassily Smyslov will begin a 24 game match in Mo.scow in March to decide the World Championship title.

A STUDY 1/11 CONCENTR.ATION AI Ihf Thi.J IIII~~./ lIIin!)" O~n To ... " • .,,~,,1 ~I 0.,""""', CN,I B,.,k~1

(I~") /_u, II l1xl1 M,~'I , ,.,bi/~ Aif,,,i, Cillif."J, A'/Jr,f s. .. J,/n, .,.tI TO'H lIOJlftNtI D;,uto, C. T,, 'n~. N~.riH' ~t'<IH J/w li(mibilUirl.

Photo: courtes.,. Dl!utur Herald and Review

'8" Otto Claito~ and W. Frank

r.l ;ulnl\y Hetl for liMIt with SIh·l 'h. in the twenty-two player Baton Rouge preliminary tournament, from which the ten top ranlting players qualify (or entry in the Baton Rouge City ChampioRship finals while the less successful contestants are eligible to compete in the Class B. Championship. The other eight players who qualificd lor the Championship finals were: Roger Dornier 8-2, E. Van Valken­burg 7 '1.r:-2Y.t. D. McKinnis 7.3, Frands Lee 6 'n-3Ih, Hcnry Abbott 6Y.t-3Y.t, J _ Wetherlord 6-4, George Patrick 5!h-4¥.r:, and one of the foll owing: James Kimball. Dr. Kirkpatrick or J. Westbrook with !}-5 each.

J oseph Norman Cotter won the 1954 Delaware State Speed Champ­iUUJ;h ip ill a duuble round rqbin -at the \fil mington YMCA with a lintll score o( 6-2. Tied Cor second were M. Paul and ,Lee Morris, both of Wilmington, with 5-3. Cotter is now tellcher of French and sponsor of the chess club at the Harrington High School, Harrington, Del.

CORRECTION Wiring corrections is always a

dangerous sperl In January 20th issue in the news item 00 Miss Kar{f's victcry in the U.S. Women 's Championship, it was incorrectly stated that several games were played at the London Terrane Club. By telegram, instructions were sen t to correct this name to rcad " London Tcrrace Club," But Western Union had its own ideas, and " London Tourist Club" was the startling version of the name that actually appeared.

Austin ClMu & ChKke~ Club (ChJe­agol: The annual dub champlon.-h1p lournament lM!atns J anuary Ifth with a $3.00 e ntry lee ($1.00 retu rnable upon completion or schedule), rounds are evory two weeks on Thu rS(l.ay nll:"h l.l. Dues an:! $5.00'" per year lor thill Club Ch apter of the USCII' which meets Monday a nd Thursday evenJ.na"" at Auatln Town Hall, 5610 We. t Lake St",e!, Chlcallo «..

new USC:;' Ctut C~a~ler6

THE Clubs listed below are weI· come additions to the growing family o( USCF affiliates. All tournaments conducted by these clubs are rated. H your club is not getting thc benefits of affilia· tion, write for details and applica­tion blank to Kcnnetb Harkness, USCF Business Manager, 93 Bar· row Sl, New York 14, N.Y. NEW YORI( S.,.racuse Chus Club 116 Wut Waahln6ton st.. SyraClUe, N .Y.

Meets TucOMta)'$ at 8 p.m., ;abo Satur­day p.m . In winter. Open to members at all times. sec'y: Mrs. Ka the rine S. Nyc, 146 Weymouth Rd. , Saracuse, N.Y. PENNSYLVAN IA Mt. Canna l Cheu Club Leaton lIome, ML Carmel, P.o. .

Me.:ta Wednesdays 7:30 p.m. sec'y:. RIch.rd Owen, 342 East Col umbla Ave., AUa50 I'a . T EXAS Corpus Chrb t l Chess Club Nueces lIotc l, Corpus ChrillU, Tex.

Meel.l Thursday at 7:30 p.m. sec'y: Hcnry YOungman, P .O. Box 844, Corpus Chrl$ U, T ex. Port Arlhur Chan Club 1935 St.anley Blvd o r 32330 25th St., Port ArthUr , Tex.

Meel.l alternate Tuesday. and Thu ..... day. at 7 p.m. Sec'y: Richard Landry, 11'7 6th St., Port Arthur, TCI<­WISCONSIN Rlleln. Chess Club Z2Z1 Dou, lat Avenue, RaCine, Wis.

Moetlt I t Douillas Park Community House on Monday" at 7:30 p.m. Sec'y: R. E. Rill', 362S Lindennalln Ave., Racine, WI •.

SA N F RAN CISCO BAY A R I! A LEAGUE : 11Ie 1954 season ,etlt under way " .nuary gUt and 16th. DIvision A comprLse.. or I.o:'ams r rom R...."..ns, Golden Gate, Castle, M.,..,hanlc:'. in_ stitute, Oakland, and Unfvertity 01 Cal­ifOrnia. Dlvl310n B coruilllta or RuMlana. Palo Alto, M«hanfcs' Institute, Golden Gate, Tower, ~, Alameda, a nd Oakl and. Guthrte McClain wlS e l«ted League prasldcnt with Vladimir P.f_ nutletr as vice-presldent a nd Robert BUf1:er ... RCrClltry. ,

U. S. JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP

Probab le date': June 29-Jul.,. 9, 1954

Long Beach, Californi.

THE UNITED STATES CHESS FEDERATION PRESIDENT

IT" .. b:JH'" ,,,.) Herold M. Ph illips

2.$1 8roild wilY Nt ..... York 1, N.Y .

LIFE DIRECTORS Herm, n Helms

Nt ..... York, New Yo rk Lewis J . Is .. cs

Ch lugo, III lrtol' Isue Ku hdl n

Tulun.t, Cl llf. S. S. K .. ney

C',vII, OMI, Ohio George Kolfenowski

Stn Fr.ncllco, Ctllf . Mrs. Clrolin, M"sh,U

Nt ..... Yo rk. Ne. York Anthony E. Sl ntlSitr.

N,. York, Ne ..... York

T HE MClm~rHhJp meeting of Ihe Unit­ed SI.I" Ch . .. Fed,nUon w .. cln·

ed to order by Major J . B. Holt, Secre­tar),. H' ,tated that due to the lbM:nee of the Preskten t, JoIr. H. M. PhilliP', be had -polled the members of the E:.:ecu· Uve Commit'". lind th,t the,- ""d .elected Mr. F rank R. Cu"e" or Ft. Worth. Tex" •• PreSident pro tem. Mr. C ravel wu prut n!ed with the J{lIvei, lind lonk over the direction or the mcctln.¢.

Edllar M cCormiCk. Rc ... Uoward Ob- ' mIn. and William Hamnton were ap­pointed 10 Conunltlee to a nd our ..... llreu to Mr. Phillips a nd hopes fo r a apeedy reeovery. Allred lAId ...... and Glenn JII.rtleb were . ppointed telle .... to take up • collecUon to wire nowen .nd regreu to Mr. Phtlllp ..

The Secretary read the mtnutes and report nr tho last memberlh lp meet· lIuI' .t Tampa, na.

The report of the N . T. Whitaker Grievanee Commli.te<! wu tiled with t he Seeretary. Mr. Whitaker ob.k<':ted tha t all h iS crievancetl were not covered In the report. Mr. Graves made e,..p!anatlon .... to tho o.tent of the V.riOUI complaint. of .aId Whit­.ker . over a poriod Or many years .

T he re wa. nO formal Pre~ldent's re­port reeeived \ f rom Mr. Phi lli ps, but Mr. Gravel Iflve the ,lst of a personal letter received from him, which w." eooc:ernln, t he aledlon of Mr. }lark· ness as 8lUiness M.n.,er. Abo • db-­c:usaion as to the Ict:allty of appoint­lng Mr. n .rkness Membership Sec:-

'T4{e MeeUq w as opened at 1:30 p .m. ~ hy Mr. Frnnk R. Gravel, Pre" ldent pro t.m. IMlnd of • roll-c:all he dlrecle-d th .. I each one prl!6Cnt write hb na me . nd sddren on .. allp of paper .. a pennanent record. ThOSO' prelCn t were lIS foll OW .. : FTank R. Gravet (Ft. Worth, Tex). Arp .. d K­Elo (Milwaukee, WiS. ), Major J . B. H olt (Lonll Beach. Fla.), A. E. SlInt,... slere (New York City), Milluel Colon (San Juan. P. R.). Wm. R. H amilton (Pl IUbu.r,! P ... ) W . M. ByLand (pit\.$­burg, Pa.), Robert Brlegor (Houston, Tex.J, James A. CrelJbton (Corpus ChrlaU. Tn .. l. Wm. A. 8tll. fHouston, Tex.). Or. Bela Rou. ('1\11 .. , Okla.) MrL Will. W. Owent (Avon LIIke. 0 .), c. C. crlLt .. ..ck" (R.aleiCh. N. C.), Eliot Hea ... t (New Yori< City). J erenUah F. Donoun (Brooklyn, N.Y.), Erlch W. Marehand (Rochester, N. Y.I, Max P.vey, (Brooklyn. N.Y. ), &:lear T . McCormick (East Orance, N.J.). E . Porry L. ucks (Weat Orange. N.J.). D. C. Medona1d (G rand Forll; •• N .D.). A lexander Llep­melul (Lincoln, Neb.) Alfnd Ludwl« (Omllha. Neb.I , Dr. G. A. Koelsche (Rocbester. Minn.), E. J . Van Sweden (Grand Rapl~, Mich.). T . A . JenktDs (HunttDgton Woods, Mich .), Charlet! Sbarp (Welt Scarboro. Me.), A. Wyatt Jonu (Shreve port, L .. . ), Arthur W. Dllke (Portland. Ore. ). W. F rank Glad· ney (Balon Rouge, La.) , Clfl Webe r. (Salin., KaM. ), Albert Slndrln (Chic­.. 0. nI). Hugb E. Myers (Dec .. tur. nl.). Jam" B. Glhson, Jr. rramPII. · Fla.). Jerry T. O'Dell (Parqouid, Ad).

VICE.PRESIDENTS (Trr"" E.xpi,t 1"4)

H,n, Kmoc.h )60 C. ntr. ) " u k H. w York 15, He w York

Georg. Emle n ROOMveit 30 PIn. S trHt H.w York S, New Yor k

H.rman Stei ner tot No. Formos.ll Avenu. LOS A ng. I •• 36, C.llf .

. SECRETARY (Ttf'" E.x;;,n " H )

M. ior J . B. Holt Long Bueh VI, Sarnot., F l •.

BUSINESS MANAGER . nd MEMBERSHIP SECRETARY

Kenneth Hil rkness n BuNt .... St, .. 1 N ..... Yor k 14, N.w York

VICE·PRESIDENTS (Tm.u EJt/lirr I 'H)

Edger T . McCormic k 102 M, pl. Avenue 'E n , Or. ngo, N.J .

Phil J . Mllr, 1011 c ue .... Tow. r Clnelnn,t l 1. Oh io

Dr. B e l. ROlli 1571 Sw.n D rl .... Tvl .. , Ok l. llom,

TREASURER ( APfJOilfl/,'t)

Willilim M. Byland 1244 L, ton la A .... nu. " I" lbur , l6, P.nn a.

EDITOR lind DIRECTO'R AT LARGE

Montgo~r, ~ilior 123 No. Hu ... phr.y A .... n.,. O.k " uk, Illinois

USCF MEMBERSHIP MEETING Colo,,;.! Room, W;sr()lui .. 1I01r1

retary. The . former Membcrtblp Sec· retar), (Glenn U.rtle b) .uhmlUed hlt reM,n .. Uon In writlnl:'. Mr. Graves abted that Mr. U.,knu. was ,pproved by an overwhelmln, ... ajorlty or the Directors a nCT the T.mpa Committee, IIppotnttod for Ih. purpoM o r con. lde .... In. .. Ous lnca M .. n .. ,er. h i d made a reeommcmd.Uon to .ccept Mr. U.,k. nellS' P ilin I"d orfcr.

Mr. Whitake r objected 10 Mr. Graves "ding III< P resident pro tem.

n was .tcreed th.t th e' Tre.surer's report be Included In the report or the Buslnew .. a nager . Mr. Iiarlme"" Uten g .... e !.be de tails of h is report whleh took OVer an hour to complete. With It was submitted .. writte n fl· ollndal su,lcment of the condition of the USC,. colnR hllCk the past five YUI"$. The promotional pl.n s howed .. profit of over $900.00 for seven monlh s of 195.1.

(Tb~ f; .... , .. ynr ro.,/MT.,iI:, .I.I,,,,~,,I

""'. /I.bliJlmJ i" CHESS U FF.. ..... II:.,t 20. I ttl, uJ IIv !i ... "ri.1 . 1.ltmrlfi for 1m Jr., r .. Ji".( 1""( 10. I'll i" CHFSS U FE .~~/lI~ ... bn $, ' 90.)

A r llpn, vote of thllnks and ~ppre· dation "'a. give n Mr . H.rkness by eve ryone p!'ellenl exccpt Mr. Whitaker.

Mr. Ha rry Flljans, a C.P.A. of New York City. ",bmltted '" wrltten reo port on the books of the Treasure r and of the Business Man .. t:e r . The reporl. wu plllc:ed on me with the s.ec:......tat')'.

Mr. Wyatt JOIlClJ. Chalnnan of the

...... ,tIlJI n. 1911, 101J1,,,,, .. !u. VII •.

Promotio n. 1 Committee. m.d. II re­pori. of thc ICUvltltS of t he put ye.r. The report wu Ipproved and .ccepted with • Yote o f t h" nk •.

A. the Seere~ry re.d • II'L oC • the S t.te •• Dlrecto... were elect~ ..

rouowl: AI .. bama_Donald Vtvu; Arl· xon.-UOland I::. George; A,·h"su­J erry T . O'Dell; C .. Urornla-Cuthrle McClain, Or. H. J . Ra.!.d ... n. Irvlna: Rlvlse; Colorado-Merl W. Ueese; COn· necticut - Jll%R.OS Bolton: i)c1a ... .,e_ Robert C. Donaldfoon; District of Colum. b ia-Wllliam Plampln; Ftorlda-J''''e<I B. Gibson, J"r.; Genre-I_Paul Ba.rlon; illinots-Albert Sandrln, Hugh Myers; Indl.na-F1oyd B. Bolton; lowa_ .I. n. Roll; Kansas - K . R. Mac:Dona1d; Loulsillna - Fr .. nk Gudney; "alne­Charles Sh .. rpc; Ma ryl .. nd-l . S. Tur· over; MassaehusetU-Slanley W. D. King. Dr. Jullnn Kelll<on: l'ollehlgan­nom .... A. J"e nklns, E. J . Van S"'cden; Mlnnesou,-llr. G. A. Koelilehe; Mho..· 5Ouri-F",derle S. Anderson; NebraSka -Alc:xander Llepnlecks; NevadllO- Wm. F. Taber; New H. mplihlra _ R. M. Gerth; New Jersey-Ed,ar MeCormlel<. E . Jo'orl")' LauekS; NQ'" Mo;lId ,, __ It. I).

Adair; New York_ O r . Erich W . March. and. 1I-hx P.vey, Eliot Hear st . J. F . Donovan; North Cllrollna - Kit Crit­tenden; N ... rth Dakota _ i). C. Mac­donald; Ohio-Mrs. WlIIa White Owens. Jllm.CS R. SChroede r; Oa klahom_E. H. GlII ; Oretcon-A r tbur \Y. Dake: Penn· sy lvanl_WilHam A. Ruth. Wm. R.. " anUlton. H .. rry MorriS; Rhode 151and - W .. lter D. Sunman; South CaroUn .. -

FIRST USCF DIRECTORS' MEETING (A".,.,iff" Roo ... WilrON.;" Ho/rl

Don .. ld Vlve. (Aubum. Ala.l. J ack Roll (Audubon. l a.l.

A. Ludwig proposed the following resolution:

W hara.s, the d lretto rs h. r a I s.­sembled. r ecogn il ing the g rea t .... ou nl of wor\( on USCF m i tten ha nd led by both the BUllnen M . ... .ger .nd 'Editor of Chess Llfa, .. nd h iving the deslra to profit by t he i r e-xpe r l.n ca In polley m . tle n , de· ~ l are t h at the person s hold ing the,. off ices sh .. 1! be d lr ector_ t · Lar,. In "" Fede r.tion. The r ellOluUon was seconded by T . A.

J"enkl"" and ... as pused. and Mr. Jbrk. nea and Mr. Major joined the Board .. t_till'.

There wu n O fonnal ~realdent'l re­port. But Mr. Elo re.d p .. rls of II per5llnal letter he h.d received /'rom Mr. PhUlips. It dealt with his po~nal Ideu lIB to the appointment of a Memhcnhlp SecreUory. AIt.P.0ugh a moUon ... as passed to make tt il pennanent record it hall never ~n presented to the Secretary.

The report of the Membe ... hl p SeCretary (Mr. Kennelh H arknessl luted an hour or more . nd w as en· thuslastlcally reeeived and a pproved .

Mr. A. Wyatt J ones "ad the report of the Promotion.1 Plan Committee. It w as u nanimously approved Ind the ConunlUce dl.lchare-ed.

The following results of the secret ballot were re .. d hy the e1eeUOn telle .... : For Secretary: Holt 56. Byland, Horo-

Ih~"" I), !tH. /ttil",·."Jut. Wis.

wlu I . For the four Vlec·Prcsldents: Guv .. S7, Jon~ $5, Ludwls:- SS, Haye $4, M.edon .. ld I , Ev.;an. I, Fino 1. Anderson I . AI. Sandrln I, "E. Lasker 1. Turnover 1. Major lIoll wps d.,.. cbred eleeted as Seeret .. l")'. n e fol· 10wlnJt' were deelllrcd e lech:d lIS Vice· Presldent.s: Frank R. Gr .. ves. A . Wyatt Jones, Alfred Lud~ . .. nd Rhys W. Hayl. .

Mr. Wm. Hamil ton m .. de the f ollow· Ing moUon:

Wha , aas. sln~e the re I. the need of • sm.1I .el lve commIttee ta wo .... d OHly together with the Member. s h ip Sacret • .-y.Busina" M.n.ger .nd Editor of Chess Lif a In CII~ry· ing ou t t loe policies .. Ad p Ntgra ... of Ilia USC F, the d irec tors he r . IISsembled .ulho r lz. I ,'.ndlng " Wap . nd M~.n5" ~ommltt.. fo, Ih ls p u r pose.

This ~ommittee sh.1I sup ...... llia the poliel.s and .ef lvi l las of bofh the aus lnas. M.n.ger . nd the Chess Lif. lEd lto r under the conl n ets nch Of IhaM persons h n w lfh the USCF, .nd se t fo rth policy on . 11 act Iva .dm in lst nflve m .. lla" pa r · ta ln lng to tha USCF.

The me m bers of th lli com mltt&e shall ba A . wyatt Jonas, Ch.lrm .. n, Fr. nk R. Gr .... es and WlII l.m By· I.nd.

The re80lution was seconded by F rank .Gladney. and passed.

Alfred Ludwla: made the followln, motion:

VIC E, PRES IDENTS (T"..s E.Jt~iTt IU')

Fr. nk R. Grey.s. 202 Fum & Home Btd, . Fort Wo rt h, Taxas

Rhys W. HIlYs 410 W.st 1l'1h St. N.w York 21, N.w Yo l1c

A. Wylft Jones ".0. Box to:l Sh ,.vaporl, La.

Alfred L. Ludwig Om.lla. Neb. {Dece"Md )

PAST PRES IDENTS El bert A. Wagner, Jr.

20t So. LaS-Ua St . ChlCIIIJO 4. IlII nol.

P.u l G. Giers UN South A".nu. Syracuse 7, Hew York

L. L . .'ol"e~ ; ~ou'n UOkota_ M. F. Andcraon; Tenneaee _ Bill Ruekar; Tex_Wm. A. Bill.. Robert Brleger J"amN A. Cre\6hton, C. F. Te .... ; Utah -HarOlid Lundstrom; Vermont- A. H . Robson; Vi .... ini--.l. L . Ha1"ri ngton ; W.lhlne-ton - O. W. M.nno)'; West VlrPnl.-Edwn'll M . Foy; Wl$c:onsin_ Arpad E. £10; Wyomln'_Ted Nut· Ainu_V. If. Bollm.n; rUe.lo l\l"~ Miguel COlon.

A rlsln, vole of thanks ...... , i"en the City of MU .... ukee and Muars. E10 a nd Olte and all their helPers. wh~ P.d on thi s tournament In sueh grand . tyle.

Mr. HlmUtoo made .. IIta tement u to the Cll nd ldll!.cS Tourn .. menL to be held in P h Ulldelphla to pick • dJ.Uenger for t he pre""nt U.S. Ch .. mplon.tllp. The winne r to p lay p ma\.(:h with the US. Champion. The tournament to b<! held OOfo,. the beginning of the col. .Ie«!!" openln,.. Mesal"$. Ha ... Uton .. nd Byland Were .. ppoln ted by Pre8ldent Phillips to handle the tournament. ' They hid $ele<:tcd 8111 RIl th u 0 .... t:anlze r and tournament d irector. The tournnment plan w as "Pi>rove-d by a vote or the Bond oC Dlr<:clon. Num. erOUS objoction$ were voiced as the method ot ,;c\eetlne- • CIIndlda te to play the U.S. Champion, hut opinion "'a.5 e xpreMed that any dlHerent plan would ha"e to be made In the future. as It Is now too I.te to ", .. ke a chance ror this yc.r.

The ,neetl.,. adjourned.

Where.s. t ha d lr .ctors ha re .s.­sembled recogn ln tha nNd of .. un lfo r ... p lan fo r t he tour nam. n ts '0 be conducted, 5Upervl~, spo ... sored o r I Ulho r lzed by the USCF.

The,.fo ra be It r . solved. ,". t the Chalnnln of ' lie W.y. aAd Mu n$ Comm ittee I. e mpowared to " pPOlnt iI eommitta a of three Or ·more to full y 1I(.mlne th is whole fi. ld . In . dud ln, tha . d vlsa bilit y of the C.n­d id . tel Tnurn.ment, tlla 3-yur ~ycl . pl.n, . nd reglon. 1 toum • . ments.

Thl. com ... itt.. i$ to work out t ha wllol. prog¥lm of a"e"ts th.t it think. mould be sPOnsored by th" USCF. and repori th. ir I I ..... ings to t he Bo.rd of Dlr eclors tor app rov. I, modifiCiltlon or , .. fe dion.

"l'bls rek>lution WllS secondod hy Robert Brieger .. nd enrled.

(1·hr TOM." ... ,"I Pi.... Co".mill" .. lho,;:" ~~? ..... _rlj".td .,itb MOff/. KO""ry M.jor, rIMi' ''' .... 1(' .. ..,1" H.T! .. run • • "J Irrrmi.h F. Do,,01, .... )

Fra nk R. Gl lOd ney m.de the follow, ing moUon:

Wh.re.s, t ha d lre c:lors r.cog nlw that m~ ny chanSies h.". t . k. n plat e in the pollchts . nd .. dmln ls. t ratlon of the USCF that h ..... not been work . d Inlo the Feder .. llon By·l .ws..

IPI. " 5e tu rn to plige 7, col. 3 )

Vol. Vill, Number 11 Friday, !.<' cbruary 5, 1954

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~--By

Montgomery Major

Confusion Worse Confounded Po""'.J v"lf Jrri(Ji, d Ju -i(Jj. '"r!

_ Attributed to Cilrdi" .. . Carlo Caraffa

EACH Year in optimisfic hope, doomed alas to disappointment, we have explained at length the nature and the purpose oC the USCF

Rating System. It was OUf expectation that eventually chess players as a class would cease the futile occupation of attempting to make the USCF Ruting System do those things, which by definition it does not

that moment, but this deLcrmination that a certain -pJa),er has per­formed like a mas ter during a given ·period grants no guarantee that he will continue to perform at that high level of achievemen t. It does not guarantee t h at a player presently graded in the "Mastel" Class" is per se a mas ter or that h e should be universally recognized as sucb. IT he is actually entitled to be called a master in the honorary sense of the title, the chess playing public will recognize that fact and so cl ass him in their own mind, whatever h is USCF Rating may become.

The USC!.<' RuUng System conCers no lilies; it merely records performan ce. Let's s top trying to make the Rating Sys tem a sOrt of Legion of Honor or GI'and Academy of Arts and Sciences and let it perfonn its purei), utilitarian dulies as its creators intende d. •

STATEMENT OF RECE IPTS AND DISBURSEMENTS Qn",'" NJJeJ TJrrrmiJt r ) 1, I 1J}

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even pretend to do. The letter from Dr. Platz, published on this page, again demonstrates the ineffectualness of making explanations when I 'j those who road them refuse to alter their preconceived ideas despite c:"'71 I/.lot II II. ""

'l t d tat " ( t' th ' 11 lAC d' t Ca (f Jhe J\ib, zer ..fila.' ..fiI.. ~alf "" b"'b,e dS. ernen rc ,Upln

g elr a ega Ions. S d" ,'" th "be' I _____ ,_---------,_-=--:-:---~-,__,.~-,--,__:_ pro a y ld not say : ' eople wish to be deceive, ct em _

deceived!" Dcar Mr. Major: Capa\)lanea did not lose a slrig le But first we will mal§:c onc final attempt t o clarify the subject Today I would Uke to touch iii subject game In over 3 years. T .... o or the best

before w{' toss in t he spOnge and let people deceive themselves as whkh has been on my mind for quite players or 111s time, Nlm~ovlc~ and , h

" 'd

'"

Splelm.1n. "'ere never ahle to win a thoy will concerning the USCF Rlltirtg System. some time bl1 as iii rae e my II n· . , " -l ' S tlon a i!a.ln after oUr last National game from him. Tn one or the strong·

As we .JHlve stated repeatedly since the USCF n.<a m g ystem was ehe"'! Ratings were published . I believe est tournament!; ever held which took first instituted, it docs not profess to corifer titles, it docs not bestow _ and so does probably everybody else place shortly before the Alechin Match, honors. It mcrely records (rom period to period the comparative p'.y. - that the computing or oUr r'mklng he £h,bhed far ahead without lOSing , , d" _."" a 81nllie !lame. He had never lost a ing skill o( m,'ou, che" p',yo<, for the utilitarian pu ...... ose of grad. list Is as JUs an a r as a,,,,. nA" can .... be. It is based on perfOl'mance and Rame to Aleehln until · this match. Un. ing those chess players according to current perlormances. TJlis grading works as accurately as a mathematical fortnnately there were three reasons is used variously in -a number of Swiss p a iring systems , i n selection ronnula. Players are promoted and de- why he lost that mal.eh: overconn· of international tcams, and in elimbility to compete in certain reo mated, sometimes from one class Into dcnee, unpreparedness and poor hcaUh.

• • , B'· d' C f It Is slgnifi(:ant that Alechln care· strietcd events (such as the Candidates Tournament in Philadelphia). ~~~t;::~;"'ersulnt';;"~ 10":e~ecl~~ re~ fully avoided a return match.

The USCF Raling System is not a system of conferred honors, ognlzed and fi rst rate masters lor I aL.~o dis;l&:ree with Evans regal'd. but a pnlCtical and utili tarian yardstick of current cbess petiormance. many years? Ing the ability of the Russian playen. I ' , d d ( ~'h d ' , d' There are six Or mOre Russiap players t IS not, and was never mten e , to con er any onorary 15tin IOns To be<.-ome a master one has to who would have at least an even and therefore must not be confused with the FIDE system, which does play like a master and no one who chAnce In a match against Rcchewsky. bestow honorary titles for life. - ever aCQuired that rank should over WALTER MALOWAN

be demoted. "Once a master, always "'hen Dr. Platz in sists that "once a master, always a master" should a master!" Jf the struggle ror his New York, N.Y. be the rule, he is striking at the very root of the USCF Rating System. dally existence or profe ssional duties for if the System retained by a l· tifical means in the class of "Master" or advanced 'Years prevent a ma,.1:er .11 p"yers who had once attained that pc ..... ormance rating, we from playing as orten and as strongly

m ;tS Is necessary to maintain his point might just as well abandon the USCF Rating System altogether, for score llbove 2300 he should not lose it would no longer ser ve any of the utilitarian purposes for which it his hard..eamed mllster.tille . • That Is was created. Once there is any "doctoring" of the ratings, their t:.Seful. like taking sway from somebody a

, d degree which he has g:l!ned purely ness IS !t an en . on merit, through h:lrd years of "t udy

Alas, Dr. Platz, like a good m any other chess players, is still and work. No. du r USCF:' "Honor insisting that the 'trSCF Rating System is doing the one thing it def. YOur mllslers, hut don' t degrad,., them!" initely docs not d w and was never intended to do--the conferring I would Jike to hear the opinion on of h onorary tiUes. The only honorary titles bestowed by the USCF are this subject 01 our masters and e5-those of "Master Emeritus" to r ecognized master players whose cur. peeially our ten top·ranklng" masters. rent playing strength has declined from i~ peak through the stress JOSEPH PLATZ, M.D. of age, ill health and other f railties that man is heir to. E.,f Htt rl/ora, Conn.

For the last time let us state unequivocally that a chess master in the honorary sense cannot be created ·by decree, nor can he be un. created. A player is either a chess master by natural skill, developed by study and practice, or he is n ot_and no legislation will alter that fact . . The chess playing publ~c :ecognize a master withou t ,prompting, and In the honorary sense, It 15 the chess playing public which be­stows the honorary title o f master on a p l ayer. This has no relation wha tever t o the USCF Rating System which does not pretent to dis­tinguish w hether a player is a master in the honorary sense or is not

What the USCF Rating System actually achieves is to determine by periods which players are performing in the style of masters ,at

Gentlemen:

as, .,., I rerer to your Invitation to send

com men,"" on your ,nagllZlne. I do disagree very st rongly with

Larry Evans' comments on Capablancll. With the exception or Lasker. he was in a class by h imself during Um 4 or :; years when he wall at the t\:Ip of his abillty. Let us look at the record.

Dear Sir: The Bristol Chess Cluh would Uke

to :lpply for chal'l.er membership in the United St.,tcs Ches.~ Federation. Encloo;ed Is applieaUon blank wllh necessary data.

The money with which we are ol'd .. r lng Club memberShip comes dl· rectly rrom the Income of the Ent Tenn. Open, which you all rat<'d l or u5--which was one of the reasons It was !!O suecessrul .

Thank you very much lor your service!

BILL RUCKER Searl"ry, 8,i,loI Cbr'l CI"b

Bri,tol, Ten".

Palo AUon (Calif. ) Chess Club: Jack K~er, fonnerly ot the Marshall ChCS8 Club or N .Y., won the club title I S.~· 1~ lOSing a game to Edmund T. Dana .nd dra ..... ing with Albert Guthrie. George Petrlceks was second with 13-4. Lincoln Mo..es third with 12~"",~, :lnd Edmund T. Danna fourth with lW.

THE ELEMENTS OF CHESS By International Master HERMAN STEINER

Hypothetical Game Illustra ting Principles, Rules. and Objectives

(Continued from issue of December 20)

~cxt . Black plays 15........ . Q-RS, which creates new complications.

It/lr. lJ/~rk ,./~ys: II . , Q-RI Cont rols grute,' number of opponent's

squll t., Thrn . of Th i rd Obj«tI .... Thrnt of Fourth Oblec.lve

It attacks and leaves his own Pawn at KKt2 in danger.

White asks, "What can Black capture with his Queen? My King­Rook-Pawn is unprotected (cn prise) .. nd his King-Knight-Pawn is <l1so ullprotected." The promis­ing looking move 16. BxP does not work out too W(!JJ because Black will answer, 16. . • BxP; 17. R-D l or K2 (p·KtJ is bad be­cause of BxR), KR-KU. U White exchRngcs this Rishop (0\' Black's, the Black Knight will lind an excellent place on his K4. If White can induce the Black Queen to capture this King·Rook·Pawn in cxchangc lor Black's King-Knight· Pawn, it would give White an open Rook me, and eventually he would line up his major Forces against Lhe Black King·Hook-Pawn which is isolated, so that it becomes a target, a weakness, and the Third Objective. Therefore, White plays 16. P·Kt3.

Alltr \Vh;lt p'.;''' 16. P."1l Thru t of Third Oblec ll ...

Now Black must decide either to t.1ke the King.Rook·Pawn or exchtlnge more Forets (Fourth Objcetive with safely). It is true that tempora rily either of these gives White Space advantage, but not having any weakness, it is not fatal. So Black plays 16 . ....... , OxB.

""Iu lJIH'1t '''')"'' I '. NUIl IfI •• thr~" of Third Obled lv. Fourlh ObllKli", . .. chlevod

The !ollowing moves are forced and no comment is neceSSary: 17, QxO, ·8I(Q; 18. RxB are all Fourlh Objectivcs.

II/I" /II.yJ: ·17 • ... Fourth Obiectln ilchMvt'd

(e1(( hl n, ..... n)

It is now Black's turn. He counts the squarcs which White cont rols of Black's territory, thcn ~unts the squares which hc controls 'of opponent's territory to lind out wbo has the advantage in Space. He begins with the Rooks flrsl The Rook on King square controls four (KB , K7. KG, and KS); the Rook on Q4, one (Q5); the Bishop, one (Q5); the Quecn·Pawn, two (QB6 li nd K6)-.a total of eight squares. How many does Black control? The answer is none. Block is on the move and will try to

All" Whilr /II.)." II. Fourth Obiectlve a(hie"'d

(u ·(h. nge e ... en ) recti(y his deficicncy by mov1ng R·Kl which will immedia1Cly con­trol (our squares of opponent's territory.

But which Rook should it be? Which Rook will give Lhc most fi exibility-a f1cxibility which will function in the home territory as well liS i ll thllt of t.he opponent? The answer is 18 . .... .. __ , OR·Kl.

Dev.loplnl moVe Control$ gr .. test number of Oppon.nt's

squlr., Thr .. t of upture

Why? One can readily see that the King.Rook can move to KBI and KKtl, two squares; the QR can move to KKU , RB I, and QI squares, threc squares; the King ca n move to Ql square. one-- a total of six squares.

What would happen if Black moved 16 . .... _ ...• KR-KI? The Rook could move only three squares: Bishop. Knight, Rook squares. The Queen.Rook is immobile , so is the ·King. The student must appreciate the diHcrence between the two Rook moves.

~I utions:_

Finish It the Clever Way! p~ltlon No. 121: I. Kt·SS!, PxKt;

2. B-M!, n-Q~ (1£ QxB: 3. Q·88 ch , 1{.K1; 4. QxR, K·B3; 5. RxKt) ; 3. B~, R.KCI; 4. QxKt ch, Resign".

POlllion No. 122, l. B-Kt4J, K.Kt.8; 2. ·K·Kt8; 2. K·Kt.3, K·U6; 3. D-113, dra Wl. If I . ........ , P.Kt8{Q); 2 .• B·B3 ch, KtxB "Wcmate. If I. D-Kt6!, Kt-Ql wins. U I. a-B7!, Kt-Q7 wins.

White's play, 19. R(Q4)-K4, threatens to control the King file as well as to capture tbe Rook.

;,. , K_Q I (ilPlur.

D.f. ndS Nullifies Second Oblec t ; ... This move nullifies both of White's threats with safety and forocs the exchange of Rooks.

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C/'eM S <juare. By Maurice A. Dmet

SQUARE NO.2 2 3 4 5

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1. A pebble 1. A turf

i: ~ (En~l. ~: ~u~}':te. l (var .) Var.) 4.. A nArrow

I . Cenus Of he r bs rl.d~e S. .'a Ucuc(l s. Tnltlle

All word, u sed In these Iquar., may be found in Webster's International Didlonary (Unab ridged). Solution In .'.bruary !O I ... u •.

Solution to Square No. 1 C H E 5 S LA N CE E L DE R A L O N E ROW E 5

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NUM/J!;I( SIX AT WORK

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SICILIAN DEFENSE MCO: page 278, cotumn 68 U.S. Open Championi>hip

Milwaukee, 1953 White Black

,N. ROSSOLIMO DR_ E. MARCHAND I . P-K4 P'QB4 1. Kt·KB3 Kt.QB3 mack, Ir he wishes, ClIn avoid tM ltlchter Attuck by 2 . .• , ..... ,_P-Q3. 3. P·Q4 PXP 5. Kt-QB3 P~3 ~. KtxP Kt·83 6. B-KKt5 ....... . The Richter Attack. White threatcns to dlsl"up t Slack's pawn-structure with "1. n.~KI, KtP"B. . 6 •..... ___ P·K3 7. B_KtS ..... .. . Alternatives are 7. KtxKt, 7. Q·Q2, 7. Kt·Kt3, ~nd 7. ll_K2. 7. B·Q1 8. B·QR41 H. 0·0 and 8. Q-Q2 are more usual. With the original text, White threatens to embarra,. hIs opponent with 9. Kt(Q4).Kt5! B. P·QR3? Correct is 8. ' KlxKt . 9. KtxKt! BxKt lC 9 ...... , PxKt; HI. P-K5! PXP; 11. Q_B~, R·BI; 12. (H)·D, and White's p'osl· tion is dlstlnelly superior. 10. BxBch PxB II. P-KS! Tlili; im.po~,,~ pcrmnncnl puwn_we"l\_ nesses on Elack. 11. . Q·R4 If II. . .... , PxP; 12. Q-B3, R-El; 13. H-QI. and, again, White's poslUon Is distinctly snpeI"ior . 12. BxKt PxB 14. K·BII 13. PxQP Q·K4ch Much stronger than 14. Q·K2. White Intend" to castle by hand, aUack weak pawns with hI s Queen, and to tempo on the Black Qucen with his Rooks. 14. . BxP 17. K·Kt2 0·0 IS. Q·B3 R'QBI 18. KR·KI Q.Kt2 16. P·KKt3 P-KB4 19. Kt-R4! Q·qs 1\ loss of time. And 19 ..... "., Q.Kt5?; 20. Qx(/, PxQ; 21. H_K1, P-KR4; 22. P·KI!.:ll Is a lso had lor Black. The best availahle is 19 •........ , KIt-Ql. 20. P-B41

Threatening tu win 10. Q·Ktl If 20. , .... ... , QxBP"?; 21. Kt-Kt6, wins

• the exchange.

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11. QR-QI IJ·K4? And Uus losea the exchanl:"e. Betler Is 21. .. ~ .... , B -KtS. 21. Kt·Kt6

BIlQKtP There Is no help fo r it. If the QR movC$ thcn 23. Kt.Q1 wins the ex· change or the B ishop. The rest Is • m atter or good technique (Qr White. 23. KtxR RIlKt 15. QKQ aXQ 14. R·Q6 Q·86 26. R·QKtl R-B1 Illaek can do • UUlc better with 111. ~ ...... , P ·QIt4. 27. R·Kt6 ...... .. 'rhl , wins a Pawn. 27. ... .. ... P-B4 30. R·lCt3 B·83 18. RIlRP R'Kt2 31. P-QR4 29. R(Q6J'Kt6- R-Q2 _ White ~turn5 tlle Pawn In order to get the QRP rolling. Otherwise h .. could play 31. R·B6. 31. . R-Q5 33. R·R3 32. P-R5 RIlP Get thee hehlnd the Passed Pawn! 33. . R-B7 3S. P·R6 Bx P 34. R-Q6 B·Q5 Tf 35 ... _._ ... , UxPch; 36. K_B3. hy 37. P·R7 and 38. P-R8-Q 36. P-R1 B.QSch 37. K·R3 Lllst try- aBo ........ , RxP matel

COllowed wln~.

B·KtB!

38. P-R8-Qch K·Kt2 39. R-R1 Resign. A log ical game hy the former French Champion.

W SLAV DEFENSE

MCO, page 193, colomn 10 m U.S. Open Championship

Milwaukee, 1953 ",,,In b.y U. S. Mast,.,. Curt Bra,k~t White Black

G. SHAINSWIT C. BRASKET I. Kt·K83 P·Q4 6. P·K3 P-K3 2. P-Q4 Kt·KB3 7. BxP B.QKtS 3. P·B4 P·B3 8. 0-0 ' QKt_Q2 4 . . Kt.B3. PxP 9. Q·K2 S. P-QR4 B·B4 The strongest reply to Black's r ather unusual 8th move is 9. Q-Kt3, the main point being that Black cannot defend both KB and KKtP with ... .... , Q_K2 (as he could have after the nonoal 8 ........ , 0-0; 9. Q-Kt3). 9 ..... _... B-Kt3! In order to win the KP hy 10. . ....... , Rl(}{t and 11 . ........ , KtxP H White plays 10. P-K4. A game, Kottn~uer-Snlj's1ov,

· from the Moscow_Prage match (1946) continued In White's favor after 10. P-K4, BxKt ; 11. PxB, KtxP; 12. B-Ra, Q_B2; 13. KR-BI, 0-0-0; 14. P-RS, Kt­Q3; 15. P R6 hut It seems that Black can Improve in this line wllh 12 . ....... , Kt_Kt,1! either winning a second pawn or exchanging off 'WhIte' .. valuable KB. 10. R-Q1 0·0 II. P·R3 'Anticipating B-KR4 In reply to

Kt-R4. II.. Q.B2! Better than 11. ........ , Q-K2 Cor several reasons, 1) the advance of p-QnS-R6 Is preventcd: 2) the Q,slde pawns w!l\ heed protection: 3) the Q hears on KR7, which will later be the basis lor a mating attack. 12. Kt-R4 P·K4! 14. B·Q1 QR.K1 13. Ktx B PxKt Not ... ..... , KJl-Kl? hecanse of BxP ch and Q-B4 cb. 14. . ..... , P-QR4 at once, however, waS also good. 15. P·Q5 P-R4! Inknding 18 ......... P·K5, which was not yet playahle because of 18. KtxP. 16. PIlP PxPI 17. Kt-R1

17. P·K4, Kt.B4; III. P-B3 Is unatt rac_ t ive. 17 ... ~.. BxB 18. QxB P.KSI Black~~ plan oC attack begins to mate rlalize ( ..... .. . , Kt-K4, ........ , P_Kt4-S, etc.). Wblte's safest now was prohahly 19. Q·Q6 although eVen then Black has a good game .• [or example, 19. Q Q6, Q-Q6, QxQ; 20. RxQ, Kt·K4; 21. B-K2, It-QI; 2.2. QR·QI, RxR; 23. RxFt, R·Ktl; 24. It-Q2, Kt-Q4,

n. P.QKt4 Kf.I(4 20. 8·K2 R.Q J 21. Q·82 P·Kt4i Wllile orrered :I was roru.sed.

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22. PxP QxP 23. RxR RKR

draw here, whle:h

'6. PlI:P

~"~~i~~~f~~j~i~:::;;:~::~ff~[~~tPl\'ey utt.:lek with ...

K<

". An extraordinarily White's Q and Kt are Immohillzed w hile Black threatell..'l . ..... , Q-R4 with a quick m.atc. reply 1,. forccd . 28. K·Kt2 Q·R4 30. Q-KI 29. R·RI Q·KB4 Or 30. ·R-KEl, P_B4; 31. Kt·B6, R_Kl; 32. P_RS, R.K3; 33. Kt·Q8. Kt_Q4; :14. Q·K1, R·KR3 with a slmila!' conclusion to the one in the game. 30. ... ..... Kt·K4! 31. R-BI 31. Q·QIJI

Kt(3)·KtS Now if 32. Q·KI thcn Kt_Kt-B2, Kt_B2, Kt·B6: 34. Q_Klll, with an overwhelming position. 12. Q-R4 34. R_BI 33. R-RI Q·B4 35. Q_KI 'I'he sIngle repetition of moves docs no harm sInce White Is forced to return to the same position. I had hes. Itated l)efore playlog .... . , j{.Q3 in order to examine the re ply P·B3, which , Is easily refuted hy ....... , PxP chi BxP, Kt)(B; U;'<Kt, Q-K5! threatening ho th ........ , QxKt and . •. , R -n:l. Both players (and espeCially White) were in time pres.~UN! . 35. . R·R3 36. R-RI RxR

Resigns ",,'or if KxR, Q-R4 ch, o r Jr QxR, QxP ch. White might try :17. B)(Kt hopIng for

KtxB?; KxR or ..... ... , QxB?; Kxa or ...... , QxB?; Qxlt, In either CaSe with a little fight left, but the sImple 37 •.... ....• RxQ; 38. BxQ, U.QUH would win easJly enough.

Thi, c/",d), Cl)nt~,frd ,hugglc prO<'cJ 10 b, drcish·t: in win"j".~ Ihr litlc. An""," ,,,.,, fini,ht:d with" ,cor~ of 7-1 while Yan_ oj,ky" ,eMt: w,,' 7-1 (2 draw,) but with two e,,/Y~ Son,, ~born p()int, .

FRENCH DEFENSE MCO: pa~e 63, column 91 (e) Canadia n Championship

Winnipeg, 1953 Nole, h). Dr. Erich W". },fauha",{

White Black F. ANDERSON D. A. YANOFSKY I. P-K4 P_K:l 3. Kt-Q2 Kt.KBl 2. P·Q4 P·Q4 The usual move here ' Is 3 • •........ , P-QU4 with the Intention of submItting to an isolated QP In return lor a fine free development. The text move allows White to establish a strong center sUpported hy P-Qll3. Since Black, however, is ahle to loosen the center sufficiently with an early P.KB3, the varl~t1on seems playable for Black.

._ P·KS KKt·Q1 S. B.Q3 P·QB4 &. P-QB3 Kt.Q83 7. Kt·K1 Q.Ktl e. KI·Bl PIlP 9. PxP P-B3

10. PxP 11. 0·0 12. p.QKt3 13. B' Kt2 14. R-BI

ktxBP ... , ... , ~

With Kings ca~tled on oppOO$lte wings the lUlI~1 strategy Is l or each side to atL:lck the opposing Kin/:! as vigorou.ly 8$ pO$$i ble. The text move docs not ~~lIy do th is er(edlve ly. MOn! to the poin t would seem. to be 14. P.QRJI and HI. l"-QKW. White should h ave a s ligh t edge since hI:< center Is more lavorllbly controUed and Black's QB Is cramped. 14. ........ K ' Ktl 16. QR·KI 15. Q·Q1 QR·KB I ThiS !;(:ern$ to Indleate IndecisIon. White" Intention appears to be to incrca!1e hl$ $t ra ng lc-hold on K5-al50 to try to build a n Impregnable posltL· U()n on h l$ K-sldc. 16. . Q·B1 22. KtxKt ch 17. P·K R3 KR-Kt1 II. K.RI P-KR3 13. P-KtJ 19. Kt(1)·Ktl 14. QxKt

P'KKt4 25. P-QR4 Kt-KR4 16. Q.K1

21. B·B3 Kt-85 17. Q. Kt4

BIlKt KtllB ... ,

P·KR4 P' RS

lf 25. QxP, then QxQ; 26. ftxQ, BxKtP. White can win a pawn hy 25. PxP, PxP; 26. QxP hut his posilion weuld be "ather in8ecure. 27. ........ R-B4 2B. !Ct·B3 •....... 'fhis provc~ to he unwise . 28. PxP again wins a pawn :It tbe expense or open· ing lines. 28 •.

L:":':-:m"ove climaxing a lOng series of sound pOSitIonal moves by Black. H now :\0. KtxKP. then BxKt; 31. RxB, RxP; 32. RxR, QxU; 33. Q·K2, QxKtP; if 30. pxKP. then RxKt; 31. RxR (or 31. PxB, ltxR), P·Q5. :l0. K· Ktl .......• It waS difficult to .ee that this loses ' a pawn in a few mo:»",s. Better there­fore was 30. K·Kt2 but Black now has great pressure and should win. 30. P_KS 35. KxQ 31. Kt_R2 B·Q2 3&. K-Ktl 32. Q·K2 PxP 37. K·Kt2 33. PxP RxR ch '38. Kt·BI 34. QxR QxQ ch

BxP ch IJ·Ql

R·QBI B·R6

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Threatens B·88. There iJ: no ddense. lor U 39, Kt-QZ, D·ll.8; 40, B-Kt4 (10 Itop RxS). BxKL; 41. 8xll, R.D7; 42. R·K2, P·K6. ». B-Q2 B·Kt7 Whit. lost On t ime. An exC(! lIent ¥ .. n~ by Yanofsky.

SLAV DEFENSE Meo: p"ge 196, column 24 U.S. Ope n Championship

Mil waukee, 1953 Noln by}. NoolU'" Colltr

Willie Rlack J . CROSS M. TURIANSKY 1. P·Q4 P.Q4 3. KI·1(83 Kf.lll 2. P.QS4 P..QB3 4. PxP The ElIchlln¥c Vllrl"tlon, one of the strons""t ill White's dltpos;o.l , ....... ~_ PxP 4. B·B4 KI·KR4 5. Kt·B3 K"B3 With u.s. move Turllnsky t.kfll the game from "the book .. " Usual ilL this poInt Is either H . ...... P-K3 or .M ••••• • R·84. Th, text poses psychological ali well as pracUc.l proble ma tor Cro~~. 7. 8-XU _ ...... Whlle th13 Is the direct attempt at r.­[uutton, it undoubtedly channels the Il'''me Into lines which Bhlck hu In­vettl,ated, thererore 7. B-Q2 1Il'eservin, the n a nd emphasizing thc "",asted" nature o f Black's 6th move <lese""es rea l conSideration. 7. P_K R3 8. B·R4 P-KKt4 t. B-Kt3 KtxB 10. RP XKt B-Kt2 11. P-K3 P·K3

12. B-Q3 13. QR-BI 14. B-Ktl IS. P-K4

B·Q2 P·A3

QR-Bl

P remature. Since BlaCk Can undertake nothing Cross might well have con· tlnued with IS. K_lH and 16. K_KtI ge tting his K to .... fety and guarding against dangers along the KR file. IS. .... PxP 17. O-O? 16. QKtxP Q·K2 Thla move would only be feasible If CroBll could immediately p ry open the center. 17. P·KtSI For Turiansky gets h is licks in f irs t. 18. Kt·KS KtxKt :11 _ QxP P·B4l 19. RxRdl BxR 22. ·Q.RS ch Q-B2l 20. PliKt BxP 23. QlIQ ch KxQ With Queens off the board tbe Black King Is safely placed. and the two

Wi plus pia.y II10ng the KR rue u,,' .. u·o Tlu1ansky the beller endgame prO$­pects. 14. Kt-B3 B-Q2 26. R·Q2 U. A-QI a-Qe3 To release the Kt for active duty. 16. ........ P'KA4t initiating the winning p i;," a,alnst whlcb there is no completely nUl­factory defen$<!. 17. 8 ·B2 P-AS 29, 8 ·QI 28. P xP Rx P

mack now vcry clcverly (orces the win of a pawn. Under the circumstances there Is nothing better LJum to attempt to maintain material equality with 29. P_03 a lthough the ensuln ll' weak· neJ$ on the dark squares I hould be tatal, e.g.: .. _ ... , U-Q5 ch and 8-1(8 with a ten-Ib!c bind. U. e·b ch 32. K-K2 P·K4 30. K·8! a·as 33. B·KI3 ch K·KI 31. R-Q4 R-RS ch 34. R-Q6 BxP The rest, a.~ they say, \s a matter of tL-<:hnique and Turlansky solves his technical prohlems ill admirable rash· ion. 35. R·K6 ch K-Q2 36. K-Q3 B·BS ch J7. K_B2 R·R6!

38. B·Q5 39. K-Kt3

Conclusive. On ..... .. , B><B. Black wins the exch ange. 40. 8·B4 P·Kt4 U RxRP 42. K·Kt4 U. K·B5 44. Kt-Q5 45. R·R7 ch

PxB ch B·Q6 R·R7

B·Kt4 K_K3

A fine positional

46. R-R6 ch 41. R·R1 ch 48. K·Q6 49. KxP 50. R·R6 ch

Resigns triumph.

Germantown YMCA (Philadelphia ): Arthut·

Che"" B.

scored 25 victories, two losses and rive draws in a slmullancou.. tlxhibl-11011 at the Germantown YMCA.

UNITED STATES CHESS FEDERATION U.S. Women's Championship Tournament

New York City, December 5-19, 1953 StJttm~nl of l"wm~ ana E:x:p~n<ts

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Total funds av~i1able ... _.,._ ...... _ ..... _ Stationary (Letterheads and e nvelopes) Postage (estimated low) ...... ...... ........ . Telegram to Miss Kellne r (Det r oit )

Tota l operating e"penses

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.. ..... $291.00 45.00

.... ___ ... _$336.00 . .. ......... ........ $11 .15 .." ,."

......... $21.00

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........ $100.00 60.00* ... " 30.00 30.00 21.00 18.00 11.00

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LIST OF INDIVIDUAL CONTRIBUTORS Mr. M. Ka sper ... $5(1.00 Mr. L. B. Meyer .... $5.00 Dr. W . Paul.... ..... 5.00 Mr. F. Marshil" 25.00 Mr. & Mrs. D. A. Mr. Hammerschl~g $5.00 Mrs. G. Gresser . 21.00. Buechler 5.0Qo Mr. H. Hoit ... .... 5 .00 Dr. E. Lasker 20.00 Mr. I. Turnover 5.00' Mr. Mitchell ._ ..... 5.00 London Terr~ce C. 15.00 Mu. Willa Owens 5.00 Mr. R. Hulsmann .... 5.00 Dr. E. Moskowitz 15.00 Mr. Fried ... ... ... _.. 5.00 Dr. Blassl ........ ... ...... 5.00 Mr. C. Gutwirth .... 10.00 Mu. M. Stephens .... 5.00 Mrs. F. Brieger ...... 5.00 Mr. L. J . WOlff ... 10.00 Mrs. P. Nearing 5.00 Mr. Link ._....... ....... 5.00 Mrs. Kahn, friend 10.00 M.s. K. Slater 5.00 London Terr. C. C. 3.75 Mr. Jacque s Cae. 10.00 Mr. M. Hanauer 5.00 Mr. SPiicehandler .. 2.00 Marshall C. C. 8.00 InterSCholastic C. L. 5.00 Mrs. D. A . Will iams 1.00

(To balance) .25 Total ContributtGns _.. ............. .... .. .. ................... _ . .......... $UI.oo

*Nol~: Contribution maa~ 10 co~n operating ~:x:p~ns~s. ALBERT S. PINKUS

Trtasurtr, V. S. Women's Ch.tmpiomhip Comm;ltu

by Vincent L . Eaton

Acid.", all communica t ions to thl, column to Vlnc' nt L. tiaton, 612 MeNalll ~acI, .11 •• , 'p.I"", Maryl.nd.

Problem No. <4 1}

By Robert Burger L.fayette, California

First Publication

Probltm No. 4 U - By F, Gamage

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1st Prize, "Chess Correspondent" 1942

ProU •• No. 414 By H. W. Barry

"Checkmate" 1903

Problem No. 4S6 By C, A. L. Bull

1st Prize, "British Chess .Magazine," 1932

NOTE: In Problem No. 477 in issue of J anuary 5th, the quee n On QAt should have been a Black Qu .... n. Sorry.

USCF DIRECTORS' MEETING (Continued from page 3, column 4)

Therefore the directors here a '" sembled authorize the Chairman of the WilYS and Means f:ommittee to appoint a committee to shJdy and re-write the By.Laws, and to submit the new By·Laws to the di­rectors for their approva l.

Approval will requ l .... a two·th lrds vot e of all directors voting.

The motion was seconded by Kenneth , Harkness and pllSsed. •

(Th. By-lAws Com .. ,it/u "lIlhMize" abov~ •• /1" acliv,,!r'] with Wmi"m R.. H "miifrm, clui"""" , Fr" .. k R. Gravn, "n" Jack StJr"u.) William M. Byland read the following resolutlon:

Whereas, recognlting that the 'di­rectors, at the Tampil m .... ting in 1952 passed D reoolution ",at de­nied Federation officials the priv­ilege of charging a ny of ",eir trilveling expensel> against the Fed. e ratlon, and nOW forsee a need to modify this resolution in its ilP­plication to the Business Manilger, when expenses are incu r re<i In the promotion of Federation activities.

Therefore the director. he.e as· sembled authorite the Business Manager, upon prior approval of the T .... asu.er of the Federation, to charge to the Federa tion, certain e"penses incurred in individual pro­molion ilctivities undertaken.

The motion was seconded by Wm. R. H amilton and was passed.

Maj. J . B. Holt read the following resolution:

Whe reas. the directors, recogniz_ Ing that the re Is need for deve lop-

ing in . the U.S.A. rules, codes and instructions to members cl ubs and other associations, On methods of running different types of chess tournaments, the rules of tourna­me nt play, and rules of the game, au",ori'e the Chairman of the Ways a nd Means Committee to appoint a committee instructed to work up mille ria l cove ring these problems and submit them to the Busine"" Ma nager for publication.

The motion was seconded by Or. Bela Rozsa and was p assed.

(Tk TaM""""""n! R.,uft"S Co-mmitfu ""t/}(JriuJ "hove "",'J' . ctivateJ wilh Monf_ gQmny M"i or, cbairm"". Eliot He."t. II"d NeWlon G '''nl . )

Motion was made by Mr. J. B. Gibson. that due t o her untiring e(forts at helping the USCF we give t o Mrs. Kenneth Harkness a $50.00 Xmas present. It was seconded by ArthUr W. Oake and passed.

Tbe meeting adjourJ;led until 10 :00 a.m. August 14th at this Same place.

(Second Direc;tors' Meeting in next issue.)

Capitol City (Sacramento) Chess Club: ctub preliminary tourney ended with Doc Janushkowaky tied with H a rt· ley at 4-1. O t hers who qualif1ed for finals were: N. '1'. Austin, J. B. Gee with 3IJ.-1Y., each, Ojan Celie. Ed Horton, Fred Clawson, J. A . Celle, Harol d Keith with 3-2 each.

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Send sQlution to Position No. 134 to the Editor, CUESS LIFE, 123 No. Humphrey Ave., Oak Park, m., by March 5, 1954.

Solution to Position No. 131 This Inl.er<e'Stln£' position oeeu.""d In

Berllne .... Dod;:... Germany. 19$1 and Wblte p~ded strongly with 1. KtxKl ro. hKt(lon:ed); %. R..Qa clI, K_D% (011 2- __ • Q·Kl; 1. TtJtQ wins ea.sUy); S. QxB ch!. KlltQ; 5. Kt,.Q6 nute. Note tbat l. KtxB 1I not an alternate solu tion beeauS() of 1. __ .. _. Q.Kt4 eh and 2 . •....... , QxKt. Scver~ solvers have queried aoout

tho Wblte Queen belli,. In double jeopardy, doubting If thb could hlppen. I bave not ' ~n the lIame Kore and cannot lIlve tho actual mOves leadinll' to t he position, but I ""gsou that It Is not dJrtlcuit t o;! make nltro­analylll.5 to several loCka! positions from which the Position No )3 1 eQuid have gracefully developed. lmafine, for example. position: 3blku. ppSZppl, 2plqp, 4~1, 4P3, 4Q2P, PPP3Pl, Z1i;4R. and the foUowin, move" 1. Q-8~ th, B-K2; 2. R-QI (And 8laek cannot pl~ BxQ bee .. u_ of 3. R-Qa mate), Kt-Kl and we have I'o$Itlon No. III quite:: Jockally aUalned.

Corred ... luUons are ac:knowled.ced rec::<!ived (rom: A. naron (Eu,ene). .I. E. Darry (Ann Arbor). K. Slumber. (Chicq-o), M. D. Blumenthal (8ellai~) . P. 80kma (Connd), ft_ BulT)' (Ft. Lauderdale). G. F . Challt! (8 u(£;o.lo). W. H. Clark (Grand Forks). J . E. Com­s tock (Duluth ), w. J . Couture (Nor­f olk), J . D. D<:>flne (St. 1.,(1011). E . K­Dille (Norfolk), H. Dittman f~lt Lake City). D. W . &art (~ A lamos). E. Godbold (St. Louis), H_ W. Gould (De­Kalb), R. Grande (Denve r ). J . H.n­burton, Jr. (Allen), O . Hambur.cer (Pittaburg), H. E. Hart (Oakwood), R. W . II;~ (New York), L. Hyder (Rockdale) , C. .Ioaehlm (Senttle), J. Kaufman (LOt Angeles) , P. P. Kerr (Roanoke), E. J. Korpant)' (Belleview). M. W . Luebbert, Jr. (Kansas C it)'), C. L),on (PeorLa), .I. Melnick (Portland ). E. Nash (W .. h1nct,on), G . P'U'ne (Webster Grovel), E. ROllUOn (New Brttaln). E. E. Rodhlu (Cleveland). I. SI~ond (Colwlclt). D . Sliver (Ncw Yorkl, W. E­Stevenl (Larl.J1)le), R.. SUenlq: (Pitts­burg), I. Schwarb. (Durand), A. Trenois (Pl\lladi!lphla), F. Trask (Plymouth). F. J. Va lvo (Guilderland Cen ter). D. A. Wal~dorl. Jr. (New Orlcan~), W. B . Wilson (Amherstbur,), N. P. Witting (Salem).

We aI50 credit a n alternate solution of I. QxB ch, K t xQ; 2. KtllKt eh, P rlCt submitted by: 1_ nnke lilte in (Bronx), N. Zemke (De troit ) and as a n .. lter_ nate IOlution by P. Bokm.a (Conrad).

We credit a halt'point to A. R. Bomberault (plttsbul'g) rOr 1. KtxKt ch, PxKl; 2.. Kt.Q6. Q.Kt4 ch; 3. K _Ktl which Is probably a wlunln/r IInc, hut leaves Black too nluch p lay.

Omitted from last Inue were c redit to ~. E. Comstock and I!. K. Uille fOl' correct .solutions to POSition No. .".

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