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What'. ~h. B .. t move? Conducted by Ponti"n No. 169

RUSSEll CHAUVENrT ---."""

S END solutions to Position No. 169 to Russell Cbaqvenet. 721

Gist Avenue, Silver Spring, Md., by October 20, 1955. With your solu­tion, please send analysis or sons supporting your choice "Best Move" or moves.

Solution to Position No. 1" will ap_ pear in the November 5th, 1'55 Inue.

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Canadian Title Goes To Anderson, Siemms 2nd, Three,-Way Tie for 3rd

Jo'rank Anderson or Toronto, 25·year old student in the honors courSe in mathematics and physics at the University of Toronto, by the clear margin of a full poi nt won the Canadian Championship at Otlawa with a score of 8Y.t-21k in one of the strongest ~hampionship events ever held in Cil nada, desllite the abscnce of D. A. Yanofsky. Anderson is wcll remember<!d in U. S. chess circles as narrowly missing the U. S. Junior tiUe in 1948 at Oak Ridge, tieing in games won with A. Bisguier with 8·2 but losing the tHlc on S·B points.

Second place went to Ross Siemms, also of Toronto with 71h_3 1h score. Siemms, who made his first appearance in the USA in the U. S. Junior Championship at Cleveland in 1947 at the age of eleven and has competed in six or the ten U.S. Junior events, was Lbe 1954 U. S. Junior Champion.

Tied at 7-4 each fo r third place were Dr. Fedor Bohati rclmk, a former champion of the USSR and one of the lew players with a plus score over World Champion Bot-­vinnik, Lionet Joyner, 23-year old Montreal accountant, and 1van Suk, Ontario Cha mpion. Sixth place went to Toronto Champion GeUt Yuster with 6\h-4lk, while seventh and eighth were shared by Quebec Provincial Champion Heim: Mathai and former Canadian Champion Paul Vaitonis with 5-8. Other scores were; Rudolph Draxl 4*-6%, Walter Jursevskis 3lh-71h , Maurice Fox 211.1 -811.1, George Rale­Heh 2·9.

THANKSI The Editor, on i>eh'" of the Busl.

ness Menager and himself, WISMS 10 e"press , Incere th i nk' to thou 460 USC F members who In a nswer to his editorial and Mr. Ha rkness' la" e r confid ed thei r pro!ty votes to Mr. Hukness as visab le toke n 0' tha lr conf ldenca In the Buslne" Milnage r and the Edi tor. Equally, ha wishes to elIpress his th.nks to thola mamber, who entrusted thei r pro"y vote. to trusted r ep resentlIItlYits fro m their St.t., to be voted In IUPPOrt of USCF manilgement. The Federation Is only In dilnger when lis member­. h lp Is Indiff erent, f or on ly then Ciln mlnoriti" , uite c:ontrol.

In winning Anderson lost one game to Rudolph Orad and drew with Dr. Bohalirehuk, Ross Siemms, und Heinz Matthai. Siemms lost ga mes to Draxl and GC7.a Fuster, while drawing with Anderson, M. Jursevskis, and Lionel Joyner. Draxl, for all his lowly score, prov­ed to be the giant-killer of the tournament, with scalps of both Anderson and Siemms dangling from his. bell

STEINER WINS CALI F. OPEN

Inlcrnational master Herman Steiner of Los Angeles won the CaliIornia Open Championsh ip at Hotel Ca1ifornia in Fresno with a score of 6·1. Steiner was undefeated, drawing with Roger Smook and Vladimir Pafnutiel1_ Sccond and th ird with SI.~-l'h each were Roger Smook of Berkeley and Raymond Martin of Santa Monica. Filth to eleventh with 5-2 each were Vladi­mir PafnutieIf, Earl Pruner, W. T. Adams, Larry Ledgerwood, Dave Peizer, Ed. Logwood, Robert Brie­ger, and Wade Hendricks. Seventy­four players competed in the event jointly sponsored by the California Slale Chess Federation, the Fresno Chess Club, and Chamber of Com-merce.

GRES,SER, ROOS SHARE TITLE U. S. Women's Championship Tied,

M. May Karff Third in Event The exdting halUe for the U. S. Women's chess title, in which :Mrs_

Irene Vines of New Orleans led for six rounds, ended in a 9·2 tie betweeD 1954 U. S. Women's Champion Mrs_ Gisela Gresser of New York City and Mrs. Nancy Roos of Los Angeles, Calif. They were declared Co­Champions. Third place went to Miss Mona May Karrr, defending Wome~'$ Cha mpion, with a score of 8Jh-2¥.!. Miss Karlf, who began badly With

2* points lost in the early rounds, won six ~onsecutive games aUer the nfth round in an almost successful attempt to overtake the leaders. playing vigorous and aggressive chess_

. .. (Graf-Slevenson) and Chicago (Aron-Mrs. J~~uch ne .Plabgorsky, who son) were the residences of the

also parliclpated In the 1955 U.s. olh s Open, pl3ced fou rth with 8-3 in the er . 12-player round robin. Filth place went to Mrs. Irene Vines with 7lh· 31f.&, alld sixth plnee to Miss Lucille Kellner wilh 6lh·'J1,!!.. Tied for sev· enth wi th 4-7 each were Mrs. Lena Grurneltl!, Mrs. Mary Sclensky, and Mrs. Willa Whitc Owens.

lL was noted that the results in­dic3ted the recent widespread inter­est in chess by women, which is no longer mai nly confined to New York City -and such special locali­Ii!:!s as Cleveland with i ts Queen's Chess Club. Of the ranking six players only two (Gresser and KarU) e3me from New York City. Los Angeles- was represented twice (Roos and l'jatigorsky), Detroit once (Kellner) and New Orleans once (Vines). Of the rem3ining s ix only three represented New York (de Serrano and the Henschel sisters), one San Francisco (Grnmetle), one Philadelphia (Selensky), and one Avon Lake (Owens). Of the thrce In­vilcd players who could not par­ticipate only one represented New York (Bain), while Palm Springs

Finill Standings 1. Mrs. G. G..., sscr (New York)._ 9 _ 2-1. Mn/;. N. Roos (Lol Anlcic.f) ..••.. i _ 2 3. Miss M. KlITff (New York) ...... 8.- 21 4. Mrs. J. Platlgorsky (palm S.) .. 8 - ,

$. Mrs. I. Vine (New Orleans) .... 7/1. '11 O. Miss L. Kellner (Delrolt) .. .. ... 6iJ- 411 7. Mrs . L. Grumetto (SAn Fran.) .. 4. 'li ­B. Mrs. W. Owens (Avon Lake) .. 4. r

-9. Mrs . M. Selen~ky (Phlla.) ......... 4 - 't 10. Mrs. R. de Serrano (N. y.) ........ 2~- 8~ 11. Miss W. Herncc:hel (New York) 2 • 9 12. Miss K. He"""hcl (New YorkJ .. l -10

OTHER TOURNAMENT RESULTS

(Dd<rih in not iJl1It) New England Championship

1. Walter 8. Sue,mlll n _ .............. 5l/:t·1V" 2. Dr. J oseph Plat~ _ ......... _ ....... Slo'l-l\; Southwest ;Open Championship 1. Kenneth R. Smith .. _._ ... _ .... , _1

Florida Stille Championship 1. A. C. Dilen __ . _____ .. , ·1

Iowa State Championship 1. W. H . Donn.Uy _ ... ____ 1 -0

North Carolina Championship 1. Dr. Albert M. J en kins ._ .. , .1

Pennsylva nilll Chlllmpionsh ip 1. Charles KlII1me ..... _. __ ........ .. ,v.. V.

VAllEY OF THE MOON CHESS FESTlV AL blltrn"tionJ M"sttr Gtor,~ XoIt"no.,ski . g",;ng " li ..... II""tolU nhibitio'l

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ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL Mastering the End Game

By WALTER KORN, Editor of Meo The Exception Does Not Work

C LOSEL Y following on the heel of BeE No. 221 (our Jast diagram No. 21), have BCE's No. 222a which is claimed to be one of the few

exceptions where Wh ile with Knight and Pawn wins against a Black Bishop by shutting him 0[£ the critkal diagonals. 1t is a position by Kling and Horowitz (diagram No. 22),

The win is supposed to Jie in 1. D;"s".m No. 22 Kt-83, n·Ql ("Corced"-BCE); 2. Kt-K 5, K-n2 (or 2 .......... B-Kt4; 3. Kt·Kt4); 3. Kt-Kt4, R-Rl (3. ,_ B-R5; 4. Kt-B6 ch); 4. Kl-86! Black must either capture the Knight or abandon the Pawn oncc"-and indeed, it is all a lie! Aiter 1. Kt-B3, 8-Kt411: 2. Kt-KS, K-R2: 3. Kt-Kt4, 8-01 : 4. Kt.B6ch, K-R3 (or K-RI Black achieves the draw. Aren't we all diSllP'Pointed if an exccption turns out to reo main a dull routine alter all ? It is an amusing quirk of circumstances that 2. KtxD stalemates Black.

Ever setting new records, the much·travelled Log Cabin Chess Club 01 Orange, N.J. reporLs from }'airbanks, Maska, making the trip [rom the U.s. Open at Long Beach and pausing to lose a mareh 1-6 to the Mechanics' Institute oC San Francisco and to win 3Y.ir: ·21h from the Seattle Chess Club. "We made it," wrHcs Forry Laucks, "and what a trip from Dawson Creek over 1500 miles of gravel roads and dust. It 's nice and ,warm hcre but no mid. night sun just now. Saw some cari-

HAVE YOUR TOURNAMENTS OFF ICIALLY RATE D New Regulations

Effective illarch 1, 1955 Tournl mi nts, mltche. fl nd lv ldue l

or telm; round robin or S .... I .. ) •• e r. , .. ble .... h en _nllOrlid by USCF emU,ted org.nlzet lon., If pl l yed under FIDE LIWI, dl ... cled by e comPelenl offldl l, Ind . pIIY'" II l ime limit of not mOnl thin 10 move. per hour.

The InnuI ' chlmplonshlp tournl. ment of .n USCF Club Chl pter Ina the . nnUI I ChBmplonsh lp to<.lrn •. m. nt of . ny USCF .ffm.t, .... hos. lIy ......... 1 provide thlt .11 Its m ..... bers must bI USCF ..... mblrs .Iso BTe rlted wllhovt chll.g •.

All olhe. eligib le even" Bre rooled only If offlcllIl r epo rt of event Is ,ccomPlnled by •• e m lHlnce cov­.rlng • ntlng fee of IOe p.r g,me fo r . 11 urn •• I ctUIUy p ll yed In the COn". , . (In • S .... ln one-h.lf the numbelr of p ili yen tl ..... 1 ttli num­bet- of rounds represents totl l gllmet pllyld If no bye. or for fe its.)

NfJl~ t&1I JOe R<fli". I~e pn "",., ;1 cof1~deJ /"'''' .JI pl-rnl, .,Mllla USCF ",emh" Or " ot.

Sem l·.nnually ratings will be p ub­liShed 0' .11 participants In a ll USCF_Aa led event ..

Offlcill rat ing f orml should be 5ecured in edvenci frol11:­

~ont~.ry ~elor 123 No. HumphrlY AvloftUI Oak Perk. IlIIno&.

Do "01 ."jle 10 other USCF o/Jitw /01 IMu ,<IIi", /0''''' '

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Seplembn 2,. 1911

bou, lynx, beaver and , squirrels lind northcrn lights .... We saw two CUfe:;l rires." Witll llitl illdeIatigu­able adventurcr, E. Forry L:1ucks, are Jimmy and Judy Sherwin, Ted Miller, Ralph Houghton, and Larry Coplin.

~ Philip W. Morrell with 14-1 won

the Greater Kansas City Champion­ship in a I6·player round robin event, losing one game to Gcrald Banker . Second with 12--3 was H. M. Wesenberg, who lost gamcs to Morrell, E. H. Owens, and Mil­dred A. Morrell. Morton Luebbert, Jr. was third with lOIh·4.!h, while Lou is E. Graham and A. J. Nika shared fourth with 10:5 each.

MILLER TAKES PANHANDLE OPEN

Warren Miller of Albuquerque, N.M. won the Panhandle Open 4'h­Ih, drawing with Ronald Pohle in the 45-pJllyer Swiss at Lubbock, Tex. Second place we nt to Jack Shaw, also of Albuquerque, with 4-1, drawing with Max Burkett and Ronald Pohle. Third and fourth, also with 4-1 each were WiUiam Batchelder of Bloomington, Ind., .Jerry Leavitt of Anson, Tex., and W. R. Pcrry of Midland, Tex. Scor­ing 31f.a-lY.ir: were Dr. Roy ruddle, J r., who won the Panhandle Trophy as ranking resident player, Lub­bock, Tex., John Mason of :Mid­land. Tex., Max Burkett of CSl rls­bad, N.M., Ronald Pohle of Mid· land, Tex., Gerald White of Lub­bock, Tex., Claude Freeman of Benbrook, Tcx., Hall Jones of Al­buquerque, N.M., and Jack D. Moore of Robstown, Tex. The Jun­ior Division was won by Tommy Reagor o( Lubbock, Tcx. with Jerry Milburn, also of Lubbock, second. International Master George Kol­tanowskl directed the event which drew players from Tcxas, New Mex­ico, Illinois, and Indiana. Next year's event was awarded to the newly organized chess club of Pam­pa, Tcx.

MEDNIS TAKES NEW YORK STATE

Edmar Mcdnis, IS-year old Mar­Shllil C. C. master, tallied 8-1 to win the New York Stllte Championship, drawing with Martin Harrow and Nicholas Bakos. Second and third with 6% -2lh were Arthur Fcuer· stein and Jack Soudakof!; l'~euer­stein lost to Mednis and drew with Bakos, Soudakoff. and William Lombardy, while SOudakoH lost to Mednis and drew with Roy T. Black, Feuerstein, and John T. West· brock. Shlll'ing fourth with 6·3 werc Mal·tin Harrow and 1954 State Chllmpion Willinm Lombardy. Sixth place with 5Yl -3Y.!: was split be­tween Nicholas BakOS, Roy T. Black, Mitchell Salb:bcrg, and John T. Westbrock. Roy T. Black won the Paul Morgan Memorial Trophy for the bt:st score by an up-sta te player.

Allen D. ' Rich won the Experts' Tournament 5-2, losing onc game to Peter McNeice and drawing with Benjamin M. Smith and Milx Sokol­cr. Tied for second with 4Jh-2'k each were Peter McNeice and Wil­liam Rusch; while scoring 4-3 were Ben Eisenberg, John Mauer, Rob­ert LaBelle, Benjamin Smith, and Max Sokoler.

The New York Speed Champion­ship drew 17 contestants, divided into two prelims, Crom which the top three in each section completed in the finals. Arthur Feuerstein won the finals 5-0 with William Lombardy second with 4· 1, and Mitchell Sallzberry third with 3·2.

Onondaga won the Genesee Cup in the team matches with 101h-1 'AI with Eri(> second ' with 7Jh .4¥.!, :lnd Broome and Oneida tied for thi rd with 3·9 each. The winni,ng Onon­daga team was composed of Syra­cuse players S. V. Scott, Dr. A. H. Cope, .J< A. Sudlik, A. W. Wood , and H. F. Allan. All these events were under the direction of Mal­colm Sim, che~ ed itor or the Tor­onto Telegram, scrving as tourna· ment director for the NYSCA for the HUh time.

At the meeting of the New York State Chess Association, Willis S. Hull of Binghamton was elected president, J . C. Cummings of Syra­cuse vlee'presldent, Dr. S. Fi nkel­stein of Endicott seeretary, H. M. P hillips of New York City treasur­er, and H. C. Evans 01 Binghamton assistant trcasurer. At the annual banquet Dr. Max Herzberger of Rochester was master of cere­monies and H. M. Phillips the guest o{ honor in eclebration of his 80th birthday. -----

A", .. t e ur Ch9n Club of Ft . lIe nnlng (Ga.) Is among the newest cheu club. wlth SFC Robert A. Karcb IS presidcnt and Steve Engquist &I sccre(lry. A Ladder eompeUUon was 1rnmedllll~1.Y estlbU3hC!'d. The monthly An·pon Champ ionshIp III he ld the last Siturd l y of each month. WInner of the 6th AU­Post Chlmplonshlp was Roman Mac w ith 4 .......... on S·B points. Second Ind third w ith 4 .... · ' .... each were Robert A Karch and Rolnnd Cisuta, whllo Rich. ard Talbot was fourth with W . The tournament II. held at the Main POlt Servico ClUb. -=-----Clevllind Choess Assoc iation III pro­eedlnl .... lth It I pllns {or I permanent Clevel;md Chell Center to hou$(! many Cleveland ehe5s acUvities Ind for m a convenient meeUng place for eheSS player.,. To date 105 players h i .... pledl1ed $tO due. Ipleee for the first year, .nd when 200 dues-p aylnl memo berl lire I lgncd up, the AssocllUOn win ,i,n • le.se .nd establllh the center.

el..~~ oflf. By WiUa White Owel18

Address newt It.ms and InquirIes on Women'l Ch, .. to Mrs. Willi Whltl Owens, 124 South Point Drlvl, Avon Like, Ohio.

THE 1955 U. S. Womcn's Cbess Championship was a very suc­

cessful event. Even after the with· drawal of three of the strongest players- Mrs. Mary Bain, Mrs. Son­ja Gral Stevenson lind Mrs. Eva Aronson-the tournamen t was still a vcry tough one. Alternates who replaced the above lhree p illyers were the Misses Wally and 'Kate Henschel and Mrs. Rosalie deSer­rano. Miss Wally Henscbel is the former woman's champion of Ham­burg, and 'Mrs. de Serrano is the former women's champion of Costa Rica.

At no timc during the tourna­ment was it possible to pick the winner. Miss KorH lost 21f.E points early in the tournament, losing to Mrs. Nancy -Hoos, Mrs. J acqueline Piatigorsky and drawing with Mrs. Gresser. 'fhis made it necessary

. for her to play for a win in every succeeding round and lead to some very difIicuH /o!ames wh ich she' car­ried to successful conclusions, tak­ing the risks necessarily present when a player tries to win a drawn game.

~irs. Gresser lost only to Mrs. Roos. Mrs. Irene Vines of New Or­leans was the leadcr until the seventh round, huving lost on ly one game previous to her sevcnth round draw with Miss Lucille Kellner. At this point It was anyone's guess who might win the tournament-­there were six players who seemed to have about equal chances-Mrs. Gresser, Mrs. Roos, Miss KarU; M~s. Pialigorsky, Mrs. Vines, Ilnd MISS Kellner.

When the dust cleared away after the last faund, the country had two U. S. Women Chess Champ ions­Mrs. Gisela Gresser of New York and Mrs. Nancy Roos of Los An­geJes sharing the tille. Miss Karl! placed third, with Mrs. l~ialigorsky, Mrs. Vincs, and Miss Kellner fin­ishing in that order.

The brilliancy prize-a cup do­nated by Mr. J ose Caldcron-was awarded Mrs. Piatigorsky, nol Cor anyone game, but for her steady, beautiful play throughout the tour­nament.

Mr. Huns Kmoch dirccted the first haii oC the tournament which was played at the Manhattan Club, and Mrs. Carolyn Marshall directed the second hali at the Marshall Club. Rc[erecs were Mr. Max Pavey, Mr . Jercmillh nnnnovlI n anrl Mr. T. A. Horowitz.

Among the spectators, directors, and relcrces were many spontane­ous comments on the' h igh standard of play throughout the tournament.

Socially the ~vent was most pleas­ant. New York could not have been more h03pitable. Two of the play­ers were guests during the tourna· ment in the homes of Miss Edith L. Wearl and Mrs. Rafael ~icCready. All the -players were individually entertained on various occasions, hut the most lavish hospitality was shown by Mr. and Mrs. Gresser and

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FIVE-WAY TIE FOR W. VA. TITLE

In West VIrginia practically everybody is champion as the re­sult of the five-way lie {or lirst place at the annual West Virginia Chess Congress in the Champion­ship event at Charleston YMCA. Defending Champion Donald Bur­dick, Charles Morgan, Dr. Siegfried Wcrlhammer, John Hurt, and Allen DuVall finIshed with identical scores of 4-2. Edwar d Foy was sixth with 31/.!_21h . Burdid!: lost to Wert· hammer and drew with Morgan and William Hartling. DuVall lost to Hurt and drew with Werthammer and Hartling. Hurt lost to Burdick and drew with Werthammcr and Paul Sayre. Morgan lost to Hurt and drew with Burdick and Wert­hammer. Werthammcr lost no games but. drew with all four co­champions. As ra nking junior, Don­ald Burdick became West Virginia J unior Champion.

In the Open Tournament victory wenl to Dave Marples with 51f.d~. Harry Sweeney was second with 4%-Ph, and Harold JoIcClung third with 4-2.

At the annual meeting of the We:;l Virginia Chess AsSOCiation, John Crawford of Charleston was elected president, Charles Morgan of Huntington vice-president, Dave Marples of Charleston seeretary­treasurer, and Charles Morgan of­ficial correspondent for the Ass'n. The WVCA abo voted to aIfiliate with the USCF as a slate chapter.

NEW ORLEANS RESOLUTION CONDEMNE D

At the USCF annual meeting al Long BU~h, the following motion was passed by an impressive maior. ity of vatu ~ast :

BE IT RESOLVED; That the m eml)ers ot the U. S. Chess Feder ation authorize the Secr<;>lary t o write a letter to the Editor of CHESS LIFE, Mr. Mont· gomery Maior. express ing ",e lr disapprov.1 of the ungracious .... so· lutlon passed .t the annual meet · ing In New Orleln5 1954. their deep appreciation of the work Mr. Majo r has .ccomplished since September 1946 in crel ting and 1m· p.ovi"U CHESS LIF!; und .. . s .. riout difficult ies. thei r sincer .. gratitude for th Oil u criflces Mr. Malor ha, made in the u use of chess. and their ard .. n! hope that Mr. Majo r will continue as Editor of CHESS LIFE.

A MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT FORWARD MARCH:

THE result of two and one half years operation under the Harkness Promotional Plan is indeed encouraging. At its inception Mr. Hark­

ness pred icted that it would require two or possibly three years of operation before we would break even. In other words he estimated that the Federation would probably continue to operate at a fi nancial loss the first and second and possibly the third year. The tremendous amount of time and energy which Mr. Harkness and his good wife, Sybilla Harkness, injected into the projecl bore fruit more abundantly than they anticipated and, as a re­suit, the Federation "broke even" Iinancially from the start and is be­ginning to show a p rofit and the membership ba s mol' e than doubled. Now that the vexatious an­noyances which delayed the star t and have, in some measure, re­tarded the progress, have been i cleared away we arc standing on j!i the threshhold o[ the REAL CHESS ' FEDERATION which has so Jong been one of our Londest dreams.

The chess fraternity of America is now more united than ever be­fore in its history and the fields arc r ich and ripe for the harvest.

The zeal and enthusiasm maniIcsted by chess players throughout the nation, Master and duffer alike, bodes well for the Federation. Wilh our continued and united eHorts the American Public wHi becomc morc and more chess minded and in the not too distant future the talents and skill of American players will take the proper and rightful place in the chess circles of the e ntire world. We have the material with which to build and we have thc skilled craftsmen so now let us with united determination FORWARD MARCH!!!

McAULEY TOPS LOUISIANA MEET

With 5%-% A. ' L . McAuley of New Orlcans -won the Louisiana Stale Championship at Shreveport, drawing one game with Fred Cum­mings. Newton Grant of Monroe placed second, lo~ing OM game to McAuley for a 5-1 score. Third to fifth with 4-2 each wcre James S. Noel of Shreveport, John C. Barnes of New Orleans, and A. Wyatt Jones of Shreveport Scoring 3'12-2* in the 19-playcr event were W. Frank Gladney, Fred Cummings, Gary B. Erdal, and John Marks.

At the :m01l:.1 meeting of the Louisiana Chess' Association A. L. McAuley was elected president, and D. A. WaJsdorf, Jr. of New Orleans was made secretary-treasur~r.

FRAN K R. GRAVES, P'~s;d~"I, U.S.c.P.

SOUTH DAKOTA IN TIE EN DS

William F. Gilson, a newcomer to S.D. chess, and M. F. Anderson, both of R3pid City. tied for the South Dakota Championship at 7-1 in the annual event at Rapid City. n efendinl! Champion Donald Emigh, also of Rapid City, finis hed third with (i·2. The co-champions drew against each other and had one other draw apiecc; Emigh lost games to both the leaders. Fourth was R.B. Denu of Pine Ridge with 5% -2* , while Bertin Goddard of Hot Springs was filth with 44. Paul Wagner of Sioux Fails scored 3~-4ih ior sixth, while Clen Hand of Rapid City with 2·6 won the Junior Championship as ranking junior player. ,

Young Wins 3rd Heart of America In 52-Player Swiss at Kansas City

ConJ"rteJ by Frederick 1:1. Kerr

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All college clubs and pl 'yers e re urged to send naws ItOilm s t o: Frederick H. Kerr, Nin,my n·13, BOl< 177, Penn­sylv.nia Shte Universit y, Universit y Park, Penn •.

"College Chess Life" appeared for a short time in 1954 under the able guidance of Rhys W. Hays_ Unfortunately, Mr. Hays was forced to give up the column when be left COl' a teaching position in Englancf_ The demand fo r a regular column.. devoted to collegiate chess activ­ity has resulted in this return of "College Chess Life." College clubs and players are urged to send news items to me at the- address given above. This column cannot exist unless material to submitted by you.

One of the most encouraging news evcnts of recent months was the second-place fi nish of Edmar Mednls in the FIDE World Junio..r ChampiulI!)hip. The fact that he did not lose a game is a remark­able showing in such strong com­petition. Edmar is n Ow a freshman at Ncw York Univp.r9.ily's College of Engineering; his major is chemi­cal engineering. NYU and college chess in gcneral will benefit by his powerful p lay.

Although Adelphi College bas never had an active chess club. Gerald Ehrlich and a few of his friends arc trying to organize one_ H this attempt is .~ueces.<;ful, the Gardcn City school will be an ad­dition to the growing list of small colleges with chess clubs. La~t year, Bethany College of West Virginia proved that the large unlvcrsities were not the only schools that cou ld have winning teams. In their first year of intercollegiate chcss, the Bethany men upset ,.,11 riv:l ls.

Congratulations to Unlversity of Chicago studcnt, Charles C. Henin, who fin ished second in the Great Lakes Tournament. He defeated several of the outstanding players in ' the Midwest on his way. up.

Chuck Immendorf has becn elect­ed president of the Franklin and Marshall College Chess Club. He succeeds Ronald A. Cohen, wbo did a fine job during the past year.

Dr. L. C. Young of Madison, Wis. talJjed 6-1, with draws against If some of YOU find interest to Leonard Frankenstein and Dr. I. Schwartz, to win the third Heart of be , lagging at -your school, try to America Open at Kan5lts City i ll a field of 52 players frum Colorado, stage a faculty vs. student match. Illinois, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, New York, Oklahoma, Texas, Wis- Even if the grey beards win, i t has consin, Wyoming, and Canada. been fou nd that the' school paper

Second and third on Solkoff points with 5J.h-l% each were Frederick will give full coverage, new mem­Tears of Dallas, Tex. and Robert F. McGrej!or of Laramie. ·Wyo. 'T'e.lITs . hers will flock to the ne~t meet. lost one game to Young and dl'ew with Philip :Morrel1; McGregor lost to ing, and everyone will have a lot Dr. J. Schwartz and also drew with Morrell. of l un.

Fourt h. to eight with 5·2 scores =:='-------------'--=-.::::::.---- ----:---­were Carl Weberg of Salina, Kans., Lee Magee of Omaha, Ncb., Phil Morrell of Kansas City, Kans., J. R. BeHling of Kansas City, Mo., and' David W. Edwards of St. Louis, MO. Scoring 41h-2ih were Dr. I. Schwartz of Durand, Ill., Leonard Frankenstein of Kansas City, Mo., Shane O'Neill of Dallas, Tex., Ed­ward Ireland of Om~ha, Neb., and Edward L. Sward~1l of St. Joseph, Mo.

CANADIAN CHAMPIONSHIP pttawa, 1955

1. ~'rank R. Andet$on (Toronto) ............. 1< 1 1 1 2. Ross Slemms (Toronlo) ............................ ~ X 1 I 3. Dr. Fedor Bohatlrehuk (ottawa) .......... 1 0 x I 4. Lionel Joyner (Montrea l) ....................... 0 lO x 5. lvnn SUi( croTontO) ....... ...... .... ................... 0 0 1 0 6. Gc~a Fuster (,I'oront" ................................ 0 I b 1 7. Heinz Mnttha\ (Montreal) .......................... ! 0 0 0 8. Paul V.altonls (Hamilton) ~. _ . .. .......... 0 0 1 0 9. Rudolp h 01'81<1 (Toronto) ....... ..1 t oO

10. rot. Jurscvskls (Vancou ver ) ... _ ......... _ ...... 0 O. 0 • 11. Maurice Fox (Montreal) ........ __ .............. 0 0 0 12. R. Raletich (Edmonton) _ ................ _ ........ 0 0 0 0

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Vol. X, Number 2 September 20, 1955

P u b lished tWice a month o n the Sth a nd 20th by THE UNlTEO STATES CHESS FEDERATION. Ezltered as secon d cla$l; matte r Septcmber $, 1946, at the port ofrtce at Dubuque, Io wa, uDd e r the act of March 9, 1879.

Edilor; MONTGOMERY MAJOR POSTMASTER: P lease re lurn u n M l!vara b le c.OPiei w ith Form 3S7t to Ka nne th Hark ness, US CF 8ul lnell Manag e r, .1 Badford Street, Ne w Yo~ 14, N. Y .

Long Beach, 1955

By Montgomery Major

Puu ..,.Iu t~ dq •• bec tC<f1tl,., , .. Iu t he mind.

COLLINS-Ectogue II, H u son

I F t~e ~esults of the annual USCF meeting at Long Beach become the . cri terIon of future annual meetings, the year of disorder beginning

WIth New Orleans may not have been all in vain. The object lesson offered in the futility of hceding over-heated erititisrn based on hearsay w iU be a ,:,::aluable one, if well remembered by .1011 chess pbyers.

For httle or none of the vigorously adverbsed attacks upon the F ederation management occurred at Long Beach. Those who Circulated on .hearsay. evidence exaggera.ted charges of mismanagement, found to thelr surprise (and perhaps dismay) that there was little to justify the u nbridled bellicosity of their criticisms.

Perhaps some 460 proxies from irritated members, expressing dis­p leasure with such critics and criticism, as weU as some 60 letters from U5CF I?irectors, served in their purpose of restoring sanity. For they were vlSable evidence that the fantastic claims of various pressure groups to speak for the majority _or the membership were the ridiculous p retensions of sell·deluded minori ties.

Whatever the reason, peace r uled the day, for reason seemed to Tule the minds of those pr escnt-a happy contrast to the antics at New O rleans.

We should not, however, forget the fru itless and barren months bctween New Orleans and Long Beach, much as we may be wearied of the memory. They repr esent all that must be avoided if the Federation a nd chess is to prosper in the USA.

Remembering that, let us face forward and bend our efforts to recovering the lost objectives, side·traeked by stupidity. The Federation has lost a year in its promotional program. It will take greater effort on the part o[ all to recover the lost ground. Let us hopc that this r ecovery will not be once again retarded by the thoughtless inefficient fulminations of self.appointcd saviors and if such do arise again that membership at large will this time be too wise (in memory of the past year) to give heed to their noisy yappings.

Progress is not aU a matter of forward steps-ther e is always the t rend to retrogression. At Milwaukee the Fedel'alion stepped forward briskly, it lost the momentum at New Orleans, r egained it at Long Beach. The p urpose of all good USCI" members should be concentrated in main­t aining the for ward motion and preventing fUrther retrogressions. And tbe secret is a simple one-more work and less talk! It was talk, not work, that created the difficulties of the past year.

_ So lct us will that in the future peace will rule the_day because reason r ules the mind.

A SUMMARY OF THE LONG BEACH BUSINESS MEETING

S INCE i t may take some t ime to publish the minutes, we believe it deSirable to give the membership a short account of the happenings

a t Long Beach. These meetings were attended by Frank Graves, the President, the other two members of the Ways and Means Committee, -Wm. 1'tI. Byland and A. Wyatt Jones, the Seeretary, Major Holt, the Busi­ness Manager , Kenneth Harkness, and several members of the Execu­tive Committee.

A:t the Membership Meeting, reports were made by the Ways &. Means Committee_ and by the Dusiness Manager, :Ur . Harkness, who a ccompanied his report with copies of the Audited financial s ta tement. This s tatement did not show any progress made in the past 12 months, tbe net worth and membership figures being about the same as at New Orleans. Since the probable cause of this stalemate was the dissensions which have riven the Feder ation during the past year, and since these rifts have now been healed to the satisfaction of most of the interested parties, it can be confidently hoped that we will go forward again in the coming year.

At this meeting Mr. Bolton of Connecticut r ead a letter commending Montgomery Major for his ser vices to the Federation and moved that

USCF Membership Dues, inclu ding subsc r iption t o Chess Life, semi annua l pubH "ation of uat io n a l cbeS! ratIn g. and all o t h" r p r lvU"lIes: ONE Y "E""' I!;: S5. 00 THREE YEARS: 5 13.50 LIFE, 511e.M

'" nO' .. m embership s t a r ts o n 21s t day o f m o ntb at enrolhn~nt, e x p lra at the e nd of t h" per iod for which d ues are paid. Family Du"s fo r t wo o r maR mem­ben of one f amily ltvlng a t sam" Address, in(:\udlnc only o n e sub.l!(:rlpUon to Chess Life, a r a at regular r ates (see a bove) f o r first m e m bc.."hlp. a t tbe folio ... · lng r Jl tes for e acb add it ionAl m embersh ip; One year $2.50; two years 54.75; three ,-ean $6.75. Su bscrip tion ra t e of Ches.s Life to non.member s Is $3.00 pe r y ea'. Single copl"s 15c each .

tbis be deelarcd the sense of Ute meeting. Alter discussion, the motion. was passed 483 to 63, including proxy votes. This resolution on Mr. Major was the only COntroversial issue to come before any of the meetings, which was conducted in a spirit of amity and cooperation.

New directors were also elected at this meeting. At the }~i rst Directors Meeting, the report of the Ballot Committee

was received, showing tbe election of Thomas Jenkins of Michigan, C. F. Tears of Texas and William Hamilton of Pennsylvania as the new vice·presidents. Major Holt was reelected as secretary, but immediateb' tendered h is reSignation for reasons of health. Mr. Graves accepted the resignation with regret, and appointed Marshall Rohland of Milwaukee as the new Secretary. The Directors then gave Major Holt a r ising round of applause in rceognition of his long and honorable service to the cause of chess.

Wm. Hamilton, Chairman of the committee for the revision of the by·laws, made his report on progress to date. Copies of the tentative new by·laws were given to aU directors present, with the request that · suggestions be made fo r betterments. Mr. Hamilton asked that all mem­bers: interested in by-law changes write him at P.O. Box 1736, Pittsburgh 30, Pa. It is hoped that the new by·laws can be adopted by Jan. 1st.

!\liT. Pilnick or New York moved that USCF sponsorship of fu ture international teams be withheld unlcss the teams were selected by the USCF International AIfairs Committee, on the basis of rating lists :lor the .past three years, after consultation with the Rating Statistician. This motion was debated and carried over to the Second Directors meeting for fUrther discussion. It was then passed without opposition.

There were several other less important resolutions whieh were acted on and which will appear in the minutes.

The hospitality and courtesy of the Californians, and the untiring labors of Mr. Rolo and Mr. Looney {or the good of the tournament will be long and gratefully remembered by this Committee.

A. WYATT JONES, C""irmtm, lVoryl & Mcttn, Cttmmitttr

RESHEVSKY-ROSSOLIMO TIE-BREAKING it was unfortunate that there arose at Long Bcach some question

as to the validity of the tie·breaking procedure. The USCF Tournament Committee has had the tie·breaking point~

refigured by Kenneth Harkncss in accordance with the USCF regula· tions for tie·breaking and on the basis that the Bolton·Gross game should be scored as a game played and lost. Undcr this r evised computation, Nicholas Rossolimo remains the undisputed victor, although the tert iary S·B points are needed to break the tie.

Result Re$hevsky's Tournament Adjus ted Media n Solkoff ~B

Opponents Sco r es Scores Pa in" p o ints Po ints W Michae l Hart ....... •.• ~.~-

,., ... W James Bolton _ , .• ~7.0 , .• , .. '-' W H. Borochow . ... . ......... ,., ". •. , •. , D •. La pike n ....... .., •. , ••• .. , ,." W K . Burge r . .. .... " " , .• ,., , .• W Brandts .... ....... _ ..... .. .. ,-' 7.0 ' , .• , .. , .. D Byr ne •. , ••• •. , 4 .75

D Ros"ol imo ............ ...... _ ... 10.0 10.0 10.0 • •• D Evans . .... ••• ••• ••• • •• • ••

· W ., Sa ndrin .. -- .. ••• ••• • •• W A. Sa id y ....... ..... _. . .. . , '-' ••• ••• '-' W J. Sherwin ................. _ ..... . ••• ••• ••• ••• ••

\ 62.0 93.5 76.0 • t ·or tie.breaklng p urposes, Ihe scorcs of the se thr ee opponents we r e adjust ed ""

f o llows· I. Michae l Hart. T ou,nament sco r e 1) pts. W on one u n p layed ga m e by d efault

from Ru~~elJ ,K ou b: w h o wltbd n>w_ Tb" .. Mon> HRrl'~ M!juRted score is 5 'h p oinu..

2. Harr y Borochow. Scored 2'1> poin t s In rr .. s t fou r r ounds . Tben wlUldre w and defaulted 8 r ounds. Therefore Borochow's adj us ted sco re is 61/0 polnb (2'h p lus" pts fo r 8 defaulted g a m es).

3. P au l Bra ndts. Tournament SCOre of 7'1> p olnu. Includ e-:; o ne point fo r win hy default in first round from W alter Otteson who failed t o appea r. Ad· justed score Is 7 points.

Result Rossolimo's Tournament Adlusted Median SolkoH ' ·B Opponents Sco r es Sco r es Polnh Points Points

W Tom F r ie s ......... ••• • •• • •• ... W D,. Dre )(el ... .... ••• • •• • •• ••• W Henin .. , 6 .0' ••• • •• • •• W M~Cormick _ .... . ..•. T.' ,., , .• , .. , .• 0 Byrne .............. .. ..... -_ .... ...... •. , .. , ••• 4.75 D •. Lapik e n ....... ., •.• ••• .. . '" w ... Kaufman ..... ,., , .• '-' ,., , .. D Reshevsky ...... . . 10.0 10.0 10.0 •.. D Saldy .................. ... . ., •. , ••• •.. .." W Sherwin .. .. .... .., '-' ••• ••• • •• W Rivise ... .. .... ., . , ••• •• • •• W EVans ..... ...... _ .. - ........ ••• ••• ••• • •• • ••

61.0 '3.5 16.25 • F o r tie-hreaklng p urposes, Henin WaS gl"en a n adjus ted score. T h is p layer made

a tournamen t score o f 6'h po inh but 1 point was awarded au a win by defaul t in the first r o und fr om McKenna, who failed t o show. T herefo r e score must b~ ad justed to 6 points. Nat ~ : U n de, USCF rules, Median, Solko ff, and S·B points m ust be based o n

adjusted SCores. 'rhe r efore. Rossollmo Is winner u ndc r ter ti a ry tle·break (S·B points).

CHANGE OF ADDRESS: Fou r w eeks' notice r equired. W h .... order~ co...,e please furnish a n address !tencll impression from ,ecent issue o r e .. act r e p,o­juctlon. In(:\u dlnJl" num h e r s and dat es on t op line. Send membenhlp duu (Or subscrlpllons) and chan_ .. s of a<kl .... u to KENNI!TH HARKNESS, Business Manage r , 81 Bedford Street. Ne w York 14, N, Y. -

S~ toU!lY.IQ:llnt fltln_ reports (with fees, if eny ) end _II communicatklns H· _.mftn_ CJlTB LII"E editorIal matte rs to MONTOOMI!.RY MAJOR, IIdlfor, m No ...... Humphrey Avenue, Oak Park. III.

Mah .. U chKb peyable tn: THE UNITED STATES CJ-JeSS FEDERA nON

u. S. OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP Long

Donald B)'m ~, 1941 U. S. 0/><" Champ;(}" ,("diu his pOlitic""

Z,,/I<I" K"Y"cl (/e/t) /,Jrt:1 13..""", olJ L",,'1 R<mH"llu, sec­ond ill tht Treml V. S. ]'''';0, Ch<tmp;on.hip.

A rlhu. J)"k" (left) co"l~mpl"tu hil " txt .,,,'w <lgairHt Robal Slc;nmc),er.

Willi"", M. Byl .. nJ, ,uw USeE Tournam ent Committee Ch"i,mmr, purs 0 ..... 11K .houlJa oj Anl!.",'Y E. Santdsirrc.

Beach, A Pictorial Review

THE DECISIVE GAME L",ry Evans (It/t) rl. N iuAas Rouolimo.

lama She,,.,;,,', <In/ia (,i!:ht) smilt /tom RCI"C"S~",

bring ",,/)' <I

19H U. S. Warne"', Optn Ch"mpjon Sonj" G,,,j·Stnot",,,n .

1955

LaTty £ "''''/, 19:54 U. S. Ope" C/'"mpion 'lIld forma U. S. Chmnp ioJl, in " ,hard'Urisli, pou 0/ ronl~",pl",io'"

"""""~ Alb,,/ S,."J,j" (/t/t), 1919 U. S. Op." Chmnpum, in <I

mid·ga",,, baufc with Abe Til"'".

Hum"n SUina (right), 1946 U. S. Open Chdmpw." and /o.m" U. s. eh"",p;,m, pond,'" the /JOliti(}n.

C"rI Pj[njrk (1.;1.1) Jacn Antlwn, !Mid,; the l~aat(J' is Im,{ Ke";g, rc/t'tt .

Photograpl,y by Gutli rie McClain, Calilomia Clwss Reporter

T'H E UNITED STATES PRESIDENT

(Tum E:t:piru 1917)

Frank R. Graves 201 Fum lind Home ' Bldg. Fort Worth, Texas

PAST PRESIDENTS Elbert A. Wagner, Jr.

108 So. LaS/llle St. Chlugo 4, illinOiS

Paul G. Giers 2304 South Avenue SVrKu~ 7, Ne"" York

Harold M. Phillips 258 Bro.d",,"y New York 7, N. Y.

TREASURER (Appoinliyd

D. A. Gianguilio " Ea,t M, rsh.1I Rd . L4,"i40wne, ....

VICE-PRESIDENTS (Tums Expirc 19J6)

RhY5 W, Heys 43(1 West 116th St. New York 17, New York

A_ ' Wy.tt Jones p , O. Bo:o: 1C!1 Shreveport, La,

BUSINESS MANAGER .nd MEMBERSHIP SECRETARY

Kenneth H.rkneu Bl Bedford St. New York 14, New York

EDITOR .nd DIRECTOR AT LARGE

Montgomery Major 123 No. Humphrey Avenue O.~ Park, Illinois

CHESS VICE.PRESIDENTS (Ttrms Erp;rt 1957)

Ma :o: Pevey 15 Lefferts Ave. Brooklion 25, N.Y.

Willa Whlte Owens 124 South Point Or. Avon Lake, Ohio

D~_ H_ J_ Ralston 184 IEdg l wood AVI. San FranCiSCO 17, Cilif.

VICE·PRESIDENTS (T~rml Expire 1958)

William R. Hamilton P. O. Box 1736 Pltt.burgh 30, Pa.

Thomas A, J e nkins 26409 York ROiId Huntlngton Woods, MiCh.

C. Frederick Tea rs, Jr. 2149 Fondre n Dr, Oilial S, TI:O:I'

FEDERATION SECRETARY

I (Tum Eltpiw 1956) Manhall Rohland

a846 No. 24th PI. Milwaukee 9, Wis.

LIFE DIRECTORS

Herman Helms New York, N.Y.

Major J, B, Hott Long allcl\. Fla.

Lewis J. Isaaes Chicago, Ill.

Iseac Keshdan Tuiungil, Calli.

S. S_ Keeney Cleveland, Ohio

G eorge Koltanowski Sin Francl$(O, Calif.

Mrs, Caroline Marshall New York. New York

Anthony E, Sentasiere New York, New York

MEMBERSHIP M~ETING MEMBERSHIP MEETING

The mee Un," was called to order by Mr. Frank Graves, President.

Flr,l order of bu,lneu was the read. 1m. nf lhe Minutes of Ihe former meet­inl,!. but Mr. A. Haymond (Caur.) mov~ to dlspenee wllh this sinee they were PrcviOllSly p r inted In Chus Life, Second­ed by Mr. Hamilton. MoUon carried.

REPORT OF THE PRESIDENT:

The President, Mr. Frank Graves. drew attention to the conSistently nQblc and constructIve role whleh Major J. B. Holt, Seeretal'y, has played in Chess and in the USCF. Major Holt hus many acUvltles, one 01 whleh Is woodturnlng, ~nd he made the gavel which the Presi. dent of the USC~' now uses. The By· Laws allow the USCF to_elt.·oct onc Life llireotor each year. Pres. Gl'aves nom· lnat'ed Major Holt and sent the ballot to the Executlv... Committee who ap· proycd of the appolntrnent.

Pres. Graves :slaled t hat at New Or­leans an unwise r esoluUon was made which had harmful effects. The re­actions and frictions between Mont­gomery l'olajor -and hiS critics have wrought harm and retarded progress. In various communleatlons undlgnilled and tactJes..~ languag ... was usC<! on both sides. Mr . Grav..,:s told th.., members that Mr. Majnr had contributed more to or­g{lniz~d Chess than .lnyon.., else in the U. S., and listed his great tasks and contributions. At PIttsburgh, the Ways and Means Committee and Mr. Major diS:Cus..~ed this chaotic situation and it Was belleved th;l~ II luvorllble res~ was obtained. Unfor~unatc!y private cor­respondence was continued along these lInes whlch did not ImproVe condItions. Pres. Graves said hn wa5 sorry ~II this oe<:urrnd, Is optimistic that the hann Bnd unne<:nssary friction w\li be dis. posed of, and that afl('r Long Beach We will consider these th ings "over the dam." He hoped that 111\ wdll be beUer Bnd that Ihn l ine a rtlele~ which were dropped from Chess Life will be rein­stated and wlthQut rancour.

Pres. Graves mentioned the Whlttaknr <lxpulslon, saying that hn r..,gretted that thIs happcnnd during his term of ofIlce, but said that he refused to dodge the

. issue. Mr. Graves studied the legal as­pects of this muttcr. consu lted the Dy· J,aws, lind took uotlon with ihe over­whelming <Xlnscn I ot tlie Executive Com­mittee and the 0.1 in'<:tors.

Pres. Gravn5 lauded Mrs. Willa WhIte Qwens for her work In the Women's DI· vision of Chess, saying that she has accomplished n>on In thIS field than was done In a docad .... Prcs. Gruves told of the great progr eSS which has been :m<ade In ... rlllSlng (unds to crase debts by means of sollcltlng, <Xlnlribulions, and by means of the HarknesS Promotional Plan. Pres. Graves dlscusSoed the "Presl­clent's Fund:' a separate aceount, creat­ed for the sole purpose of retiring the Indebtedness to the printer. He explain. ed the origin of the Ways and Means CommIttee and its role in acting as an Intermediary between the BUSiness Man­ager and the directors. Mr. Graves drew attention to the Business Manager's lte. port In the .July 20 Issue of Chess Lit.

P"g~"n Room, Wilton to show what a success the Promotional Program has been.

Mr. Hamilton gave the report of the Credentials Committee which concerned pro:o:les . .

The Tr"a~urCf'S \teport, cnmposed hy Mr. D. A. Glanglullo, 'l'reasurer, was read by _Mr. Ruhland.

The r~POrt of the Ways and Mean, Committee was given by Mr. A. Wyatt Jenes who explained that though the work of the eummlttee had been quite difficult the past year, :It had accom_ plished It~ oDjeollve$ $ueeessfully. Mr. J<mes mentioned that th..,re are two tasks confronting the cummlttee at pres­ent: the constructlun of new Dy-Law', and, the formation or a policy toward the newly formed American Chess Foundation.

The Dusjnes.~ Manager, Mr. Harkness, gave the hIstory of the Promotional P lan from lt$ Inception t.o the present. lIe dis<:ussed the finances of the USC~' four years ago as compared with the present, and analyzed this year's fin­ancial slatemcn!. He outlined the vuJ.. ous methods by which the USCF could obtain revenue. Mr. Harkness listed some of the other r ecent achievements of the Promotiona l Plan, namely:

1. The FlDI': Laws of Chess have be'en trat>S latcd from FTe·nch Into l':ng­llsh.

2. Effec;tlv~ ruJe~ lInve been drafted to regulate pal..tngs In Swiss Sys­tem tournaments.

3. An Offici,,1 Blue Book Ind Encyclo_ pedia of Chess Is 1n the making.

4. Thc U. S. Amateur Toun:tament II;," been reVived. largely us an experiment.

The pt" ... ~rcS5 of the Promotional Pro­gram during the IIrs! two years was spectacul;.r, but the l· .. '<:o n t unpleasant_ ness has retaroed progreu.

1'he Intcn>atlonal Anlll."S Committee Report, Composed. by Max: Pavey, chair­man, wa~ re~d by ROhland.

'rhe report of the CommlLt<.le to draft new By·La,,· ... was given by the chair. man, AIr. Hamilton. He stressed the neC<! for eaullon In drarUng a ncw set of By-Laws and pointed out that flaws in the PrOPOSed By-Laws llave been found. 1'hHe ..... 1lI b.., further changes und consl<1eo-at!ons before arriving at a satisfactory e nd r..,sult. REPORT OF THE CRE DENTIALS COM_ MITTEE, REA!) BY MR. HA M ILTON, AS REFERS TO PROX IES FOR ELEC. TION OF DIRECTORS.

The foHowlng were duly do:cted DI· recl ... r" lor the cumlng year: Alabama I-Donald Vives, Auburn, Ala. Ari zona I- Roland E. George, Phoenix,

Arb. ~ Arkansas I- Phil Work, Little Rock, Ark. Cal ifornia S-(;uthrle McClain, San Fran_

cisco. Ca ill.; Henry Gross, San Frau­cis<Xl, Callt.; Irving Rlvlse, Los An­geles, Calif.; Phillip D. Smith, Fresno, Calif.; 'John A lexander, t>an Diego. Calif.

Colorado I-Merle W. R eese, Denver, Colo.

Connecticu t l -James N. Boiton, New Haven, Conn.

Delaware I-J. Norman Cotter, Wllm­loglon, Del.

Ho,~I, August 9, 1911 D. C. I- WIUlam Plampln, A!e1<andrla.

v •. Florida I _ Murray G. Cohen, ]l,1I3ml, F la. (horglll l - M. 1I. Oavl!, Atlunta, Ga. Idlho I- WlII be SUI)plled 1111nol$ 3- Albert Sandrln , .Jr., Chicago,

Ill.; Paul Adams, Chicago, 111.; Povllas T autvaisas, Chicago, III.

Indiana I _Will be Supplicd Iowa l -Cly(lc Oray, Davcnport, Ia. Kansas I_ Will be Supplied

~:;:$~~~: ~=~~i.1I F~~ntuPJ;~~~ey, n 'aton Rouge, La.; NeWlon Grant, Monroe, L •.

Maine I-Harlow B. Daly, Sanford, Me. Maryland I-Vincent L. Eatun, Silver

Spring, Md. Mass/lchuse"s $--Julian Kellson, Arling­

ton, Mass.; Stanley W . King, New London, Ct.; James J. Burgess, Dor. chCOlt.er, Mass.

Mich igan 3-Paul Llgtvoet, Kalama.oo, MIch.; F.. J. Van SWeden, Grand Rapids, Mich.; T. A. Jenkin!, HUnt· Ington Woods, Mich.

Minnesota l -George S. Barnes, Min· neapolis, Minn.

MiSSissippi I -Frederick G. Co:o:, La.urcl, Miss.

Missouri 1-ltobert H . S teinmeyer, st. Louis, 1\10.; Edmund Godbold. St. Louis. Mo.

Montana I -Prot. Adam Smith, Butte, Mon t.

Nebr~ska I- AlexandU U..,pnleks, Lin. coln, Nebr.

Nevada I- Kenneth Jones, Reno, Nev. New Ha mpshIre I-Ralph M. Gerth,

Portsmouth, N. II. New Jersey 3-t:. Furry Laocks, West

Orange, N. J.; Chnrl..,s Keyser Bloom­lield. N. J.; William Walbre~ht Jer-sey City. N. J. '

New Mexico I-Jack Shaw- Albuquer_ que, N. M.

New York 8-ElIIol Hearst, New York City, N. Y.; lIerbert Seidm an, New Yor k City, N. Y.; Carl P llnick, Ncw YOI'k CIty, N. Y.; J ames Sherwin New York City, N. Y.; William Slaler: New York City, N. Y.; .J..,remiah F. Donovan, Brooklyn, N. Y.; Erich Marehilnd, Rochester, N. Y.; Dr. Bruno Schmldl, Homer, N. Y.

North Carolina I_ Or. Norman H orn­slein, Southport, N. C.

North Dakota I - B. C. i\1ueDonald, G"~nd 1"orks, N. D.

Dhio 3- F.rn<.lst Mehwajd, Parml' Hdghts, OhIo; Ch;.rles R Helslng, Hamilton. OhIo; J am..,s ~'. Schroeder, Columbus, Ohio.

Oklahoma I- Gerald Spann, Oklahoma City, Okla.

Oregon I_Arthur Dake, Portland, Ore. Penn.ylvania 4--WI)\lllm Byland, Pitts­

burgh, Pa.; John L. Costello, Jr., Harrl~bun:, Pa.; William A. )luth, Collln/::swood, N. J.; Thomas Gute­kunst, Ha~leton, Pa.

Rhode Island I-Walter B. Suesman, Providence, R. I .

South Carolina I - Laneau L. Fo.ster , Columbia, S. C.

Tennusee I - Martin Southern, Knox­ville, Tenn.

Te:o:as 4-R. B. Potter, Dallas. Tex.; Hep.ry Youngman, Corpus ' Christi, Te:o:.; Blake Steven!, San AntoniO, Tex.; Clarence'Clenr, Ft. Worth, T ex.

Utah I-Gaston B. Ch8ppuls, Salt Lake City, Utah.

Vermont I_ Auslin U. Uob, o n, Mont­pelier, Vt.

VirginIa I - J. L . Harrln"ton, Richmond, v •.

Washington I-WillIam A. BlIIs, Seattle, Wash.

W. Va. I_Dr. V. S. lIaywood, Hunting­ton. W. YII.

Wisconsin 2--Marshall R ohland, Mllwau_ kec, W is.; Herman C. Zierke, Racine, Wis.

Wyoming l - W. 1::. Stevens, Laramie, Wyo.

Alaska I-D. W . Manney, Ketchlkan, Alaska.

Hawaii I_'ro be SUpplied. Puerto Rico I-To be Supp}il!d.

NEW BUSINESS Mr. James Bolton prescntC1l the fol·

lOWing resolution which was seconded by Mr. Stev.ms:

RESOLVEO: That the lDembCrs of the USCF authorioo the Sncrctary to write ;. letter to the Editor of Chess Life, Mr. Montgomery Major, expresstng their dI~approval o f the ungracious resolu· tion passed at the annu,,! m..,etlng in New Orleans 19$4, the ir d ecp apprccla· tion of the work ~lr. Major has ac­complished sInce Sept. 1946 In c reating and improving Chess Life under IiCM ... us dlfficultlcs, their sincere g r atitude for the sacrifices Mr. Major haR made jn the cause of Chess, and their ardent hope that Mr. Major will continue as Editor of Chess life.

Discussion centered on the advlsahll­ity of passing thl8 resolution at thl.s time or aHowlng a grllce period of a year. Mr. Hamilton suggested that if the resolution were passed ImmedIately, it would appear as though the CalifornIa directors were completely In th.., wrong, and would Imply- a flat dcfeat. Mr. Hamilton moved to table the resolution. Seconded by Mr. !lenry Gross ICal ll.).

T ABULATION DF VOTES ON QUI:STJON OF TABLING RESOLUTION

Me mbers Proxy Present Votes Totals

'ro table 4G '¥l 73 Not to lahle 17 466 483

Mr. Gr ... ss (Calif.) questioned whether the act Qf ca~t1ng 4f,() proxy vot<.l~ to "ot table by Mr. Harkness was com· pletely a.dvisable or ethlca!, und asserted that these pruxy "olc~ "My CUll~c more dis,en,ion Ihan Is neCC:ll!~ry. Or. R01.sa expluined why thu proxl..,s Were ethical, and outlined Ihe mechanism by which they were c~~(. showing that Ie p layers Were "ol I" sympulhy with M,'. Hark_ ness they would not have .~ent their proxies to hllll.

TABULATlDN DF VOTES ON QUESTlOI!! OF RESOLUTION

Membars Pro:o:y P resen t Votes

To p ass Zl 461 To not pas~

" 28 Motion carried.

Totals

'" .. Mr. Rlv lse (Cal ll.) asked lIfr. liarkDC$II

several questions In regaro to audltlng, the meaning or "net profit," ancountlng allocations, and advertising p r ocedure. Mr. HarkneS3 answered all thelle quell­tIons to the satisfaction of an the mem­bers present.

The meeUne .... as then adjourned.

FIRST DIRECTORS MEETING fRo tl~t T""d"" Po,. 7 \i.IJess J 1 Stpumbu 211, J9"

FIRST PI RECTORS MUTING Directors pru ltnl

McClain, Callfornla Rivise. CaUfornl.a Bolton, Connectk:ll t lIolt, Florida .Iune.. LoUW. DI. .Ienklns, Mlch1can Van Sweden. JIlk:hlCltn Godbold, Mlaourl SlI'idman, Ne .. York Pllnlck. New York Donovan, New York Hea",!, New York Slater, New York Sherwin, New York Schroedu, Ohlo Rozsa, OII::",homa Sp;lRn, Oldabome Oak II', Ongoll Byland. Pennl)']"jI"l .. Hamilton, P ennsylvanIa elecr, Texas GOlVa. Texa. Putter, Tellu Stevens, Tea:.. Rohland, Wlscon~ln

FIRST DIRECTOR'S MEETING

'l'he mt.-eUnll WDI ealh,d to o rde r by the PreSident, Mr. Crav .....

It w as m oved and .cconded th<l t the readlne 01 t he mlnuwl ba dlJpen .. d wllh .Inee lbey had a lready been p rin t.­ed In Chess Llf •. Motion u rrled.

Tile nex t order Df bUllln ... "'al the ~ port or t he elections. Prll. Gr.~u had appointed Clarence C llH!r (Ft. Worth. Tell.' as 1·elier.

TABULATION OF BALLOTS FOR VICE PRESIOENTS

C. Fred T efl ... (Da ll .... Telt.) .. ~ __ .~._53 T . A. Jenkins (Detrtllt. Mleh) _____ " WlIliam H amllton (P:ltubur , b, »L) ._.$0 Dr. Bella. R 01A 7 Weber. I I rving ruv lse 3 W aall: I Ed. McCormick 2 MacDonald Vesey 1 Grant )·ostf!r I Manney Plampin 1 Hartleb Byland I

Major Holt wu elected ~rclary with :>5 votes.

P res. Graves declared Me ....... T ears. Jenkin~, Hamilton, a nd Hoit duly c lect-

"". Major Holt aU ,HI tha t he be a llowed to resign .. Secr etary clllnr that the weight or his recent le rlo u s JIIncsaca and his many othe r dutle. and posl­tlons had prompted this decis io n . Mr. Jones moved t o accept thl. resignation and g ive Major Holt a rls ln& round or applause. 'I'hll was approvod un ll n l· mou.sly. Pres . Grav f!¥ a nnounced Major Holt'$ SUCCCMOr to the o rnec of Secre­tary. Mr. M:' nlhaU Rohland (Milwaukee, W is.). Majo r Holt ,avc remarkl con­cerolng duties o ( thc Secretary a nd ex· tended bert wlshH to Mr. Rohland.

Mr. H:.rkne", lluslness ".oaarer, gave f urther analyl1s o n the lln.n.::ial a. sets a nd lIabllitiu Or the USCF and o utUned tbe prospeeu t o r future pro­.re~

:Major Holl mentioned the great v.lue the H arknessea; ,Ive the USCF in .... ork­i Ull" hard . nd being or m.teria l benefit. Major Holt moved th.t t he USCF act as.ide $25 for • Chrlslma. present for Mrs.. I1a r kness. MoUoa pU&e(l unanl. rnow;iy.

The Inlc rnationll Allain Comn,IUee U"port. oompUlied by Max Pavey. chair· man, WaJI read by Mr. Roh land. Mr. MeCI.in commended Mr. for h is

work, ud moved to eltlend • vote o( tha nka to Arthur Blsguler lo r hta .. slltance to E<hn.r Mednls It the World J unior T ournament .nd f or his at;UnE II our de le,ate at the I'ID£ concreu. Motion unanimous ly passed.

SUCh a re~lutlon. Mr. McCI.ln moved to hble thla motion until the n ext da,y. Seconded by Mr. RlYlse. Motion pllssed.

, da~:~ ~:nt~~·':;."~~ ~~~~o~h~!~~~~;~:

rcport on the methodl at d r . tlto. )leW By·Law •• wlrned •• alns t e h llngln, old By-Law. without extensive eonddcrs· tion. and $howed the dlrecton the prob­lenu with wh1eb his CommIttee u (aced.

were inopportun. d ue to the tact tba t the Wlnncr had only a month to prep.re ror lhe WjI'rld Junior Tournament. :Mr. SI.ter .nd Mr. ShlUWln a,reed that this was too Ihort t o .... ke prep.fltion. lor ITaYd. mooey, p auport. etc. Mr. Jonet: said th lt was a dllflculty to be Uken up by the Tournament Commltlce.

Mr. lIarkne.. listed two n ecCMary goals of the USC,;

Mr. Pllnlck lla ted that ma"" pla,yen hllve becn disple.sed in the m.nner that the reccnt U. S. tum was chosen. tha t the team .hould have been chosen ac· cord ing to the ra tinS' sy.tem, .nd that the USCF sbould not _n>lOT al1Jl t eam m.tch II the team memben .re not chosen on t he basis of the ratin, lisls. DbeuQlon centered on the wordinS' 01

I. To free Ute USCF ot the necessity for we.lthy donora.

2.. To &well the memlMrahlp of th. USC,.

The meetint: wu adjourned until 1 p.m. the next dllY.

Mr. H.mltton. chalnDan ot the C­mitte. to Dr.n New By·Law ... ave a

U. S. OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP Long Buch. 1955

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HEARST TAKES NEW JERSEY OPEN

U. S. (;hessmaster Eliot Hearst of New York, N.Y., was declared the winner of the strong New J ersey Open Chess Championship tourna­ment in which sixty.four players competed over the Labor Day week­end at 'Plainlie)d, under the aus· pices of the New Jersey State Chess Federation, the Plainfield Chess Club, and the U. S. Chess Federa­tion.

HCllrst's score of 6-1 was matched by Chessmuster Franklin Howard of Sayreville, N.J., who won the title of New Jersey State Cham­pion as the highesl-l'Ilnking state resident, and by Lev Blonarovich, rated Expert of Newark, N.J . The three-way tic was broken by the Median System of thc USCF Tour· nament Rules under which the tour­nament was conducted.

Hearst and Howard, who drew in the final session, were undc1eated in the ~evcn rounds of play. Hearst yielded 11 half-point to Saul Wane­tick or Aberdeen, Md., while' How· al'd was held to 11 draw by William Jones of Jersey City. Blonarovych paced the field with five strajght wins, lost to Heurst in the sixth, hut came buck to tic the leaders in the last round by defeating Paul Robey of Metuchen, NJ. Although the tie was broken to decide the li lies at stake, the top three players divided the e;)sh pnzes, each receiving $75.00.

Fourth prize of $35.00 went to Philadelphia's Robert Sobel, rated Expert, who scored 5% points. Fifth prize 01 $25.00 was divided among live players who fi nished . • with 5 points eaeh: U. S. Master Karl Bur­ger of Brooklyn, N.Y., unrated play­er Paul Robey, U. S. Master A. Di Camillo of Philadelphia, Experts M'aUhew Green of Elmont, N.Y., and Stephen Kowalski of East Orange, NJ. Special prizes of $10 each fQr the top-ranking Class A and Class B players were givcn to Dr. B. Garfinkel of Aberdeen, Md., and Christian Clemens of Upper Montclair, N.J. Norman Hurttlen of Union, N.J., was awarded a prize of $10 as the highest-ranking jun­ior contestant.

In addition to New Jersey com­petitors, the lournament was al­tended by players from New York, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Mary" land, the District of Columbia, N. Carolina, and Tennessee. The pres­ence of fo ur Masters, cight Exper ts, and twen ty Class A players, made the event one of the strongest opens evcl' held in New Jersey. '

Thc tournament wa~ directed by Kenneth Harknes~, Mcmbership Secretary of the USCF. The "Hark­ness" system of pairing Swiss con­tests was given another workout and proved highly successful. The winner met the players who fin­ished 2nd, 3rd, 4th and "5th. Eight of the top ten final positions were occupied' by the cight highest-rated contestan ts, lhe other two positions heing taken by an unrated player and a Class A comPetitor.

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SECOND DIRECTORS MEETING Gardl" Room, Wilton Hotd, August 11, 19J1

SECOND DIRECTORS MEETING Directors Present

Gross, Cal1fornla McCl~in, Callforniu Rlvl se , Ca!lfornla Van Gelder. California Bolton, Connecticut Holt, Florida

lng StatistIcian on ' the basis of ratlng llsts for the prior three years.

After a period of discussion the reso­lutIon was passed 17·4.

Mr. McClain and Mr. lUvls n asked that the sphere 01 In f luence and powers of the Business Manager be defined. Mr. Unrkne5' outlined all his dutlc$ and eX I) llllncd the Immense amount or work Involved In ratlni/ tournaments. Mr. Sei(hnan volunteered to assist Mr. Hark.' ness In th is c(>nn~eti(>n thr(>ugh the use of HIM equipment.

Mr. Hamilton m oved that Pres. Grave, write a letter of appreciation a n d thanks to the people who Were responSible In dotn" a wonderful lob of lIrranglng the tournament at Long BeaCh.

A i Sandrln, Illino is Jones. Louisiana Jenkins. Michigan Llgtvoet, Michigan

The motion was passed unanlmously. Mr. Hamilton also suggested that

1'1'<)8. Grpves send a letter of thpnks to The Edison Volcewrlter Co. for thp loan ot their equipment gratis.

Vun Sweden, Michigan Godbold, Mlssourl Lnll~ks, New Je rsey Spann, Oklahoma Dake, Oregon

Po~siblJties of another b«rder match with Canada were discussed.

illr. McClain referred to the, mlmeo' graphed reply of tile Way~ and Means Committee to the protest leUer cir. culated by the Ca lifornia directors. }Ie 8ald that this reply was very flnc, and that the protest prOIl!'81ll of the Callfor. nia dIrectors has bee n cun,pletcly and properly answered.

'rhe meeting wus then adjourned.

Hyland, l'ennsylvnnin 1"1m\lt(>n, Pennsylvania ..-Dawn, N"w York

CHESS BY MAIL FOR MAl L CLERKS

Donovan, Nl'w York Santaslere, N~w York ' Schmidt , Dr. B" New York Seldm!ln, New YO"k Slater, VY., New Y{,rk Graves. Texas Rohland, Wisconsin

SECOND DIRECTORS MEETI NG The meeting was called to order by

PI'~S. GI'UVC' . The first order of business wa~ the

res()lution proposed by Mr. l'llnick at yeste rday's meeting: ~10Vlm: That USC~' sponsorship of

any natlon:'l or international team ~hal1 he withheld unless the team personnel 15 $eleded b y the fnternationol Affairs Gumm.lttee In eonsult"tlon with the Rat.

Mr. Spann }lut forth a tentative bid for the W~ U. S. Open Tournument fOI' Oklahoma City. Major lioll luld that h e had been appro~,ched about thi" matter by the Convention Bureau of Miami. Pres. Grave" said that this matter WQuid b e taken up by the 'J'oumBm p. nt Committee.

1\'11'. Gruss (Calif.) made th() following motion: MOV~::n: That If the USCF ~ends out

proxies for the General :MecUn g . and the p roxip.s corne back to the USCI" blank. that an officer of the USCF cannot sign his own name on the blank proxy.

Ttle motion was passed \lnanlmously.

The September issue of the Ullion Postal Clerk has announced u chcss tournamcnl by mail, con­ducted un Jines similar tu the Bell System correspondence tourneys (or employes. Local No.6 of the National Federatiun or Postal Clerks is acting as the tournament director, and postal workers of all classiCications are invited to par· ticipate. There are no entry fees. ~;or details, write Ray Kooyman, Locnl 6 Chess Tourney, Box 103, Salt Lake City 10. Utah.

U. S. OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP CONTINUED 75. Robert Potte r (Dana~, Tex) ................... W85 054 L17 W84 D72 L3(; D35 L65 WI08 095 OM DB7 76. S. II. Van G e l der (San j--ranclsco, Calif.).. L9 W1I)9 W64 W40 La8 LlJ L41 WI07 L66 W133 L50 Wl13 77. Uelu Rozsa (Tulsa, Okla.) . W63 W I6 UI [)(;O D91l 1,59 DU5 010<1 WI32 LI7 WIO.1 L45 78. MIChael Hart (Ho llywood, Calif) ....... L2 0141 W99 OG.2 D49 I.32 WFI51 Wl04 W96 044 LI9 lAJ 79. 'l'holnus FrIes (lo'resnOI Calif.). .. ....... LI WHO 01 52 L22 W151 D90 t,33 WI18 WI~O 0 34 046 lA2 110. Walter G rombaeber (Ch Icago ] ll.). ......... _.~.~ lAO WI39 L33 Wll5 090 1.61 W I50 W!'11 U8 W97 1..34 D74 81. Sonja G rn f-Stevcnson (Pa"n SI)rings, Cal.).. D IM W86 1..';4 L39 WIl4 084 WI02 W57 1..31 L 70 LSI WHl6 82. Kenneth Colby (S,m ~'ra"eJsco. Calif.) ....... ". 1..1 Wl44 TAG WI27 1..50 WI09 W93 047 L42 L90 086 WIOI> 83. E. J. Van Sweden (Grand R.~pids, i\lIeh.) ... 095 0103 W69 L24 OlaB IAll WI20 1)63 L.W W89 L72 WI07 84. Lewis J. Isaacs (ChIcago, 111.) .................... .... : ... WI28 L74 D62 L7S WIll 081 U7 W141 W133 lA8 JAil W](13 115. Ronald Day (Compton CaUL)................ I,75 W97 L I7 W133 T. 15 WI47 D77 lA2 0112 WI22 1A7 Wll4 86. Kathryn Slater (New York CIty. N.Y.) D30 LIII W I121,96 W65 L63 1,95 WI21 1.61 W99 DU2 Will 87. Wllltam Carl' (L(>s Angeles, Calif.)........ LI5 Wll8 L16 1.-98 WI37 0127 1.-91 W144 DI04 DI JO W!ll; D75 88. Frank Hufnagel (Los Angeles, Calif. ).. L24 L1I7 W I41 W illi US DI34 L65 WI25 1.51 DllS WIZ:l \VIOl! II~. Jim Ma"f:~n (M;)":<lukee, WI.s.).... 1, 153 W14~ L43 1..103 WI54 L132 Wf'13S WI24 1..41 L83 W1l5 WIM 90. Vlktor~ Pllpols (Tacoma, Wash.) ...................... WI43 1..23 WI38 1.38 Ollfl DTII W14.! 018 lA4 WII2 J..28 L66 91 . F.d LOJ:wooo (Sa n }'ranclsco, Calli.).............. W43 027 L30 W:t17 L39 L72 W87 LIIO W1l8 W93 L.~2 lAG 92. Alan Chappell (Gllroy{ CaJl r.) ........................ _ .. WI34 L21 034 LZ5 W I23 1.35 WlI2 074 Dl03 D51 D69 L60 93. Thoma~ Jenkins (H un Ington Woods, MICb.) LFI4 W148 WS I L13 W73 lA4 1..82 WI47 003 ' .-91 WI(12 lH.) 94. Marsha ll Rohland (MUwaukee, Wis.) .............. L3Il Wl31 WI03 lA 2 W98 L 19 WII8 096 lAO 1.63 L97 W I25 95. RUSOi<lIl Kout", (In,ll'lewootlJ Calif.)..... 063 US LIM W\J9 WIM L33 WOO L67 W}fllS 015 L73 DIOII 9S. EUll'ene Warner (lUchl!lna, Wash.)... WIll lAU 0108 W66 077 LI6 WI06 094 L18 1.61 !.A17 W 121i 97. Donald Young (San Gabriel, Calir.). 1.54 U!.~ WHO Wl46 011'13 TA9 W]-'152Wl 02 L71 L80 W94 T-68 98 . Salvador R.uvaleava (Tljuana, Mexico) L28 W1201..105 W87 L94 D I41 W51 1..50 LSI W123 W117' L62 99. Paul v. Nielsen (Los Angeles, CaliS. ).. L59 D1I2 1.78 L95 W149 0100 WIl5 1..100 lll02 L8(l WFl27 W1"1I9

100. Bob Walker (Newport Bcach, Cali!.) L26 1.34 WJ39 L124 0155 009 W142 LI03 WI07 WH16 1£4 095 IOI. Fletcher Gross (La Canada, Call1. )........ 1..13 1.71 Wl34 LGII 1-69 0140 WI28 Dl14 DIIII WI20 Wloo 1-67 102. Ralph Clark (Long Beach, CaliL) .................... nl03 L65 D68 WIU LI41 W II6 L81 L97 099 W I21 1..93 W1l7 103. WIlliam Slat .. r {New York City, N.y.) ....... ... 0102 l>lI3 UI4 WWJ 097 D47 L&I Wl00 D92 0.<;0 L77 1..84 1M. )fajor J. B. H oll O-ong BeaCh, F la.) .............. L6 O It.1 W95 1A5 WI08 W51 Ln L78 007 WlI2 L1'.3 L8!I lOS. £. !.'. !';chrader (Compton, Callf.) ...... _ ............ WI~2 L31 W911 1.53 l.6fI W1 21 1.73 LlIO LAm WI~8 WU6 Ll2 106. Collin McKinnon (Downey, Calif.).................. L5/1 WI37 W151l 1.70 W4I LFI /I 1.96 W99 L.'i9 1.100 WI22 LSI 107. Rex Wilcox (Sacramento, Calif .) .................... 1.8 W1351.15 W137 L34 Lilli W116 L16 LlOO WI29 WI31 L83 108. Jamc,", E. Warren (Chle~Jlo, Ill.) ...................... 1.12 W121 1)96 LIS2 ' .1 04 WI55 WI27 D77 L7~ W1261..').8 L118 109. John W. nlaney (Lcmg Bcach, Callf.) .......... Ll7 L76 W125 fAll W136 Ll2 WFI31 T.l32 0124 0111 L l01 W1.l4 110. Hobin C. Kirby (Lemon Orov(), Calif.) .......... \,057 WI2H L150 1. 61 LI40 W146 .W69 WI05 L79 L4U L\ll Wlas Ill. Maxwell L. Davis (Redondo Beach, CaULI .. 1.96 D151 L I4 1 W I 30 L84 WI26 LG7 WI29 L119 Dloo WI33 LIl& 112. WIIII~m Shirey (Fresno, Calil.) ........................ L 20 n99 L8G J)15~ WI29 067 L!12 W137 D85 LI04 0126 D122 113. Olga Higgins (Santa Barbura, Calif.) .............. L74 1M W14.1 1..138 L147 L I29 W 1491-69 WI45 WI42 WlIO L71i 114. Alherl Mark .. s (Garden Grove. Calif.) .......... LlO W I45 LSO 1)1"12 1.81 D115 0137 1)101 1-122 W143 WI32 L85 lI S. Paul LlgLvoct (Kalamaxoo, Mich.) ... _ .............. LI52 l.G7 WI28 L30 1)1 20 D114 L99 1) 142 W137088 l.89 WI35 116. John Maler (Irollyw'ood, Ca li£.) ......... _ ... ~ ........ 1-60 W 1221-'>9 1.119 WI45 1.102 LI07 LI33 \V139 WI35 1.105 Wle132 111. John Ulnaldo (Long Beach. Calif.) .................. W34 L55 1)29 ['91 WI 42 W 152 L56 W61 L30 L35 1,98 1,102 1111. John Ishkan (F,';rfleld, Cunn.) ........................ lA9 L43 W148 L8S WleHi(i WI07 L94 ['79 D IOI LI24 Ot3-1 Dl31 119. John O. N. 'l'homns (Inglewood, CaUL) ........ W71 L73 L72 W1I6 L6~ U'11 LFI43WI54 WIll US7 Ll"74 LF99 120. Phlllp C. McKenna (Santa Monica, Calif.) .... LF53 L98 W145 L51 DII.~ W12.11.113 W151 LG8 LI01 LI25 WI37 121. William M. Boyer (Long Beach, Calif.).... .... L22 1..108 W122 WI,'1,>;6 LI21 LIOS DI2!1 L86 WI44 1.102 W t3 7 1.6~ 122. Kyle Forrest (Munhattan Beach, Calif.). L44 Ll1S 1.121 WI39 WI46 L73 L147 WI3 t W 114 1.85 1,l(l6 Dt12 123. FrederiCk B. Fults (Lo n g Ileach, Calif.), 1,33 1)101 W147 L29 L92 L120 L 1Zli WI1U W I43 L9a I.as WI45 124. Morris ntumenf~ld (Los Angeles, CallE.) W I42 L I9 lA9 WIOII W121 LF17 L60 L!l9 D I09 W llS L65 125. K Forry Lau<:ks (Wes~ Orange. N.J. ) .... _ ....... L42 1-25 LI09 Lt47 0128 WI30W}' I5SL88 L I42 WIH WI20 1.94 12G. George "Tclllahnn ISepulveda. Call1.) ............ L?3 Wl43!AI L I02 L95 L lI t WI23 WIM WI41 LI08 0112 L911 127. CheSl cr Lyon (PeorIO, III.}.. .......... _ .... _ ............ lA7 LI~2 WI31 1..32 WI3S D87 LI08 1':;1 D128 1)134 L1''!19 WI46 128. llurt Thach (Long Ileach. Caur.) .......... _ .......... ' M L110 L1I5 U 3S DIZ5 WI49 LlOI WF155 0 127 Ll05 WI36 DIZ!! IZ!!. PUIII WlIgner (Sioux f'alls, S.D.) ........ ............. 1':;5 Lt50 LI37 WI31 L112 WIl30121 Lll l Dn4 1. 107 WI46 0128 130. S. Goodman (New York City, N.Y.) 1..51) 068 1.151 LlIl L144 L125 WB8LI3.; [,119 WI54 WI43 WFI42 131. Jack He~"ley (Ft. Worth . Tex.)... .......... ........ L94 1, 127 L1.29 W139 WH5 LF109L122 WI51 WI41 1.107 nllll 132. K. R. Jnnc~ (Hen(>, Nev.).......... ........ .. LI05 WFI54 WI46 1,74 1.18 W!l9 },62 Wl09 L77 LG~) 1.11 ·1 LF'llfi 133. Fred Jolmson (Yorba Linda, Calif .) I.l&6 L1.18 WI54 Ul5 1.64 1.136 WI46 W1l6 LB4 1.71; Ll\1 Lll0 134. Siguro Swenson (Sacrament o, CallI.) L92 L72 LlOl L140 Bye DR!! t,138 L126 DI29 DI27 V118 Ll09 135. Ralph Huughton (Newark , N.J.).. ................... ' ,7 LIM L66 W.l28 Ll27 LI37 1.154 WI30 Wl36 L116 WF142 L115 136. A. 10.:. Crew (JIIoiarion, l a.).............. . ..... L ll1 lAII W 149 1.35 01O'J W13~ LFII9 W145 L135 WI39 1.128 W143 137. Kath e line McGr egor (ChIcago. JlL/ ........ _ ....... 1..'19 I.I OG WI29 1.107 L8'1 WI3S 0114 LI12 LIIS W I40 L I21 LI20 138. JUC'lucJine P iat\J!orsky (LOS Ange "s, Ca!.) V >:! W I33 L9(l WII3 1)83 L5lI WI34 lAlI L F9" 139. '-aw r ence !"rembling ILong Beach, Calif.) .... LSI L80 Ll00 LI22 TA31 W l 48 LI4:i W14!l Lll6 LI36 D I40 W I44 I40. Don"ld O"nn (Sy rac u se, N.Y.).. .... Ul2 L 79 1..97 WU4 Wll0 DIOI LI44 L l1.3 DI46 1.137 0139 W l 48 141. Jcr{y Spann (Norman, Okla.).: .. ...... ................ U,>; D78 Will L71 Wl02 098 L90 1.114 LU6 L131 J42. S. I,. 7.edeka,' (La,ll'una Ileach, Calif.) ...... ...... I.124 Wl27 L37 OtH J.117 L65 Lloo 1'll15 W125 l.1l3 LF135T-F130 143. Mike George (Lonll Beach. Calif .) ................ L90 T,126 L113 LI4S WI43 WIS4WF1191-66 L1 23 1.114 Ll~O L136 1-11. James Cr'e!ghton (Corpus Christi. Tex.) ...... 1.~O 1..82 um Dl49 wno LISI W1401.87 LI21 L125 DI48 T.139 145. Clarence Cleere (Ft. Worth, Tcx.) .................. LZ9 L1I4 L120 WI13 Lll6 LISt Wl39 LI31i L1I3 LFI46 W149 LI23 146. Robcrt Offenberg (New YO"k City, N.Y.).... Bye US LI32 L97 L122 Lll0 LI33 014B 0140 W~'145 L1Z1 LI27 147. Sam Geller (Los Angcles, c~nr.)............. 1..4 L63 1,123 W125 W113 L85 W 122 L93 F

148. iI . }:. ChapIn III {Lon ,,:: Beach. Call1.). ........... TA8 L93 1.118 L IS<! U43 L139 1..130 D I46 Byc W I49 0144 L140 1~9. Mrs. Philip :\tcKenna (Sa ntll Monica, Calif.) lA6 1$.1 LI36 0144 L99 1..128 U13 L I39 W 130 L148 Ll45 Bye 150. Mark Eucher (Orinda, Ca llf.) ........................ _~ L~2 WI29 WIlO 1.6 D35 lA5 LBO 151. Char les Hendcrson (Deverlv Hills, Calif.) .... L27 Dill Wl30 1.32 L79 WI44 L~'78 L I 20 152. J:.mC5 Barry (Ann Arbor, Mich.) ................ ".. 1..115 1.10 D79 WI08 L36 L117 Ll''97 1~3. Harry Boroehow (1A~ Angeles. Calif.) .......... Wa9 WI:>6 L2 D33 1.';4. Walter Otteson (Milwaukee, Wis.).. LF21 I..FI32LI33 W149 L89 L 143 W135 L119 L131 L130 155. Bcn Kaklml (Los Angeles, Calif.).. D81 L30 LeO 0112 DIOO LI011 LF125 LFl2U 1~. John Alexander (San Dle,o, CallI.) W 133 L153 LI06 LF121 LF118

Tournument Olrec::tor: Orlo M. Rolo, asrl.sted by Imre Konig.

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CHESS TACTICS FOR BEG INNERS By U. S. Expert DR. ERICH W. MARCHAND

Dr. MarchInG will an$wer beginners' qu"tlons on t h i$ p.ge, If of s uff icient .ene,.' Inlu" t. Tho$. w>shln" , plrsonal reply should .nclol. s ' am,...:! .. If· . ddre"ed .n .... lope. Addrest: Dr. Erich W. M.rch.nd.~ 192 S."II~ Drive, Rochester 17, N.Y.

I. Answers to Readers' Questions John P. Madden MMe. aboard the U.s.S. The Sullivans, asks: Could

you give me a few helpful hints on how to plan out five and six moves abe~~? Answer: This is answered in two ways: Firstly, there are many POSIUOIl$ where exact calculation is almost impossible. Here onc must rely on general principles, For example, make moves 'wblc.h lend to keep your center strong, your pawn position good, your K·position 5afe, yOUf pieces well developed and mobile. and which tend to force the hand of y,?ur opponent as much as possible (keeping the "initiative"). Secondly, Ul position where sharp combinations are on loot and fairly exact calculations are possible you must train yout'seU to think through one variation at a time taking mental note 01 possible sidelines, at each move, lor later consideration, try to think each variation throu~h far enough for SOme clear conclusion to be: drawn.

'fwo general rules have otten proved useful: (1) If a combination doesn't seem to work, try inverting the order of moves and (2) in posi­tions where there appears to be a kind of balance of power, look to your opponent's last move to give a clue to your next one, Has he given away control of a certain square which you can ' now use? Has he leIt unguarded some pawn or piece which you can now at­tack? Has he created some weak­ness which you can now exploit? Has he introduced some threat which you must now meet? Inci­dentally it is ' usually good, in de­fending. to try to counterattack at the same time, if you can.

Mike O'Quin, 16 years Old. of })aso Robles. Calif. notes that the Encyclopaedia Brittanica empbasti­cally states that young chess stu­dents should not play 1. p.Q4.. He asks "Is it still taboo for the be­ginning player to open 1. P-Q4?" Answer: Most chess teachers recom­mend that beginners cOncentrate on 1. P-K4 in order to learn pure opening theory (with emphasis on rapid development) and combina­tional play rather than the more difficult positional play. However. it is not a very critical matter. The statement in the Brittanica article that "the s tudent adopting this opening (1. P-Q4) at the be,...glnning 01 his chess career will never go far" must be taken with a few grains of salt. And after a year or so of ] , P-K4;., the student should definitely experiment with other openings.

Mr, Richard Olson. Des Moines. Iowa feels that his opening play and end.game tactics are reason­ably good but that he fears the middle-gamc. Be has read several books on the middle-game but still does not seem to be able to handle complicated positions satisfactorily_ Wbat should be do? Answer: This is a common disease among all cbessplayers. The majority of chess games are won or lost in the mid· dIe-game. Openings and end-games can be reduced much closer to routine by carelul study than can the middle- game. However, the iollowlng steps can be taken: (1) continue to study books on posi-

Honal play (My System by Nim7.o, vitch and The Middle·Geme in Chess by Reuben Fine), (2) experi­ment with some of the more live­ly openings such as the King's Gam­bit. Danish Gambit for White and the Sicilian Defense, 2 Kts Defense or other regular defenses to 1. p­K4. the Budapest Defense, the Tar­rasch Defense and the Albin Coun­ter Gambit for Black. This should give more practice in complex sit­uations. (3) Play some correspon­dence chess, where complex posi­tions can be thoroughly analyzed and (4) practice solving chess prob­lems, whcre one can learn the power of the pieces and learn to visualize complicated combinations.

2. A Bit About End-game Play Evcn before a beginner begins

to graduate from the beginners' class he should start to study and think about end-games. Eventually a systematic study of the standard end.games should be undertaken. A good, if brief, section on this part of the game is contained in The G"me of Chess by Tarrasch, but the standard text on the subject is Rueben Fine's Basic Chess Endings,

A student approaching these books for the first time has a feel­ing as he reads about any particu­lar ending that ''This cannot hgp­pen to me." that is, anyone end­ing seems so unlikely to occur in practice that it is not worth study­ing. Actually one of th e important rcasons for end-game studies is to gain a general familiarity with this part of the game. which is so dif­ferent in many respects from the earlier stages of the game, Then. too, a number of ideas which one learns in end-game study wUl ac­tually apply' to many particular cases_ For ex,ample, rooks belong behind passed pawns whether the pawns are yours or your opponent's.

A knowledge of the end·game will bave an important el(ed on one's middle-game play. since mid· dlc-game decisions (Shall I trade Q's? Can I afford doubled P's?) can be better made if one is familiar with the types of end-games whjch may come about from these. deci­sions. But, what is rather surpris­ing. if one studies the various standard end-games, one finds· that

The end-game problem (composed by writer) is uscd to Illustrate a variation of one of the ' most common end·games,

B!><.

White to PI.y .nd W in

The reader is advised to try solving this problem without read­ing tile solution, which is given below. At first glance it appears that White. being a Bishop and Pawn ahead. should be able to win easily. However. a closer look re­veals that Wbite will have some trouble fordng a Pawn in for a Queen. In fact, if one were to re­move Black's Pawn on Kt3 and . White's Pawn at R2, we have a standard "book" ending where it

' is well known that White cannot wi n. This is based on the facts that (1) the only White P is a RP and (2) White's B is of tile opposite color to that of the queening square . One finds i t impossible to drive the K out 01 the corner. CUt­ting oIl his escape SQuares only leads to a stalemate. Try it!

The addition of a White P at his QR2 does not belp White at all in his dilemma. But, if also one adds a Black P at Black's QK13, then we find that there is a trick wbereby White can win. The pres­ence of Black's Pawn is his down­fall.

The solution to the problem is 1. K-Kt5 for the first move. The idea is at the right moment to use White's rear RP to capture Black's KLP, thus creating for White a KtP which can be forced through to Queen. A possible series of moves would be 1 .......... X·R2; 2. B-Bl, K·RI; 3. P-R4, K·R2; 4. B-K3. K·Rl; 5. X-ES, K-Ktl .(if 5, ........ , K-R2; 6. P-RS and 7. PxP); 6. p-R7ch, K-Rl (if 6 ......... , KxP; 7. P-R5); 7. B·KU (simply to leave Black in "Zug:twang" or compulsion to move), KxP; 8. P-RS, etc.

Careful analysis will show that, although Black can vary a little, the basic procedure described above will force tbe win for White. Also It is seen that the key move is the only way to force the win. H Black can play 1. ...... .. , P·Kt5 then White will be unable to pin the Black KtP with his B and so can­not carry out his plan.

Gbeu fl"" T."J"" P,g. 9 II- St;ttmkr 20, 1911

This end·game problem illUS­trates the following points about end·games in general: (1) It pays to know about s tandard "book" end-games such as RP and B of wrong color (2) almost every end· game has special features to be noted (hero the presence of White's P(R2) and Black's P(Kt3). (3) :tugzwang is often a useful weapon, (4) wasting a move is often useful to gain zugzwang, (5) sacri­ficing to gain a clear win (the front UP is sacked here), (6) the X plays an active role in most end·games, (7) there are few pieces on the board, but they have many places to go and you mlLSt plan rather far ahead. 3, A Game By One of Our Readers

SICILIAN DEFENSE While BI.ek

DANIELS 0, In.MES I. ' -K. P-QB.4 4. Klx ' I(t· 1(8] 2. I(t. 1(83 I(t-Q8' 5, I(t-Q8] P.QJ :J. ,-Q. PltP" I(t,K8] __ _ White .dopts .D un\ullai lint. In pIlce of the ususl 6. B·K2, .nd one whlcb m.,. tt.ve theoretic.1 v.IIIO evC".n thoUJl:b It doc. IIppear to lose Ume. 6. P ·KKt3 L P ·KS I(t.KKt5 7. B-KB4 B·Kt2 The norm.1 reaction (lind it s ppears to be oorrect h ere) would be 6 ..... _ .. . PltP; g. QxQch. KtxQ. ThU would .vold the lOllS of the QP. ~ ,. p x P KKt·K4 This don nol aeeompUah .ny u.eful purpo.e anl1 10 is a loa of tlrot. In such s n open position It is eSlenU. 1 to Ket l1eveloped. anl1, above all" to castle al ....,n U possible. g. _.__ O.() Wall probably best. 10. KtxKt KtltKt 12. B-K2 Kt.Q BS 11. P.P QlfP Beln, a Pswn down. Black Is nstunlly am<loul to create threat .. But it 1.1 ItllI c Slien1ls i to castle It o nce . U. 0-0 KhlP 15. O-K8.3 B-K3 14. II-KISch K-81 BlIIck right.,. reJ«1.$ 15. __ , Q-8' be­eSUM or 16. KR·KI. BxKt'!'; 17. B-R6ch. 8-K12; 18. B-K8 Mste. Worthy of con­sideration 15 15. . .. ~... . B·Kt5; 16. Qx.B, BJ[Kt, but White's Kamo it: stUl tleflnlte· Iy sU j)erlo r . 16. KR·KI Q . B4 Seeking counteJ'll lay lit the expense 01 s Pawn. An alternative wu 18 ... _ .... . K· KU (with p .KR3 and K ·R2 In mind); 17. Kt-Q5, BlfKt; la. RxQ. BxQ. 17. QlfKtP R·BI lL Kt·K. Q-K I3 Of COU r H not 18. __ ._ .• QltP; 19, Q.R-Bl

."'. 1'. Qx Q PlfQ 20, QR.KtT _._ IT lit onCfl 20. R.K2, lhen to. Kt-Q6: 21. P>:Kt, BlfR. Out White could pl.lly 20. B-Q6, K .KU; 21. R-K2 and hold his cxtrs p awn. 'l'here mJght tollow 21. ._ ...... P-84, 22. Kt-KU, B-S:;; 2:1. BxBch. KtxB; 2.4. R-QL 20. ._ RlfP Better b 1:0. __ • BlIP. BIIICli: .houll1 keep hb Q.R st horne until he b.u pllyed P -R3 aDd prepared s haven for hl$ K at R2 or Kt2-21. P-Q1l4 P·KS. A serious mistake. 21. ......... P _R ' Will In order. U. Kt· KKtS B-IIS

. There 11 no defense. H 22. ___ , B-B2, then 23. B-Q6ch, K ·KU; 2A. R-K7. B-R7; 25. R_K8ch etc. 21 B-rUch __ _ QuJcker is 23. R-K8 Mite! -21 _. K·Ktl 21, B-KSch K·Ktl 2 •• R·Klch B_81 U. B"Kt B-R1 25. bllch K·Kt2 D. BoQ3 26. R"R KxR Belnt two pleees sheat'l, WhIte can givC'! one hack and ,tm win. However, rnorC pr«lse Is 29. R-Rl!, RxB: 30. RxB (o r 30 .. _ ... _, R·Kt8ch; S1. B-Bt); SI. B­B4cb. K.Kt2; 37.. B><R. ". _ BlfR ]1. B-Q. P-R] 30_ IIxR IIxll:n. Kt-Bl Resign. A f slrly tood ,arne Ind one wltb sev· er. 1 Insh"ucUve paints.

m Marvin Rogan, with the U. S.

Armed Forces in England, tied with 6~-41h with Dr. J . A. Seitz of Argentina in the Southend Open, won by R. G. Wade, 8-3. placing 11th among 36 players.

GAMES BY USCF MEMBERS Annotated by ChefS Mll3wr JOHN W. COLLINS, Marshall Chess Club Champion, 1954

U.'lL l' MEMBE~S: Submit YOII, b~st g"m~s f 01 this d~,..rtmtnl to JOHN W. COLLINS, 91 L ~f)';l( KoaJ, Brooklyn 26, N .Y. S pact bting limiu d, ' Mr. Clll/ins :;-il/ ,du/ the mOSI ",Ieres/ing <Ina ins/rue/IYt fo, 1>1<6Ii< .. non. Unltss "tlnrwin slaled nolt . la games dr. by Mr. CoWns. -

M ISSED OPPORTUNITY

I m"gin"tiy~ and d~rjng optning play shoufJ carry tht Jdy, but Whi/or lal't. s ,,/ the crit;, ,,l moment dna is " eyer giyen a second chdn, •.

SICILIAN DEFENSE Meo : page 288, column 119 .(g )

So. Tex.ls Open Ch.lmpionship Corpus Christi, 1955

Nous b)' J. NQTmdn Cotta White Black

R. BRIEGER J. DeVINE I . P- 1<4 P.QB4 3. P·B3 2: KI·KB3 P_Q3 T he game shows tha t this move, which Is usually relega ted to the f ootnotes of opening treatises, 'dese rves further at­tenUon. 3. KI·KB3 4. B·B4 '

. A little t rap. lr 4 .•.... ...• KtxP; 5. Q ·R4 ch , B .. Q2; 6. Ilx P ch, Kx B; 7. QxKI, r eo co veri n g t h e l.\ece In a s uperior p osl· tlon . 4 •...... _ P·K3 6. P·Q4 Px P 5. 0 ·K2 Kt·6 3 '1. PxP KbKP In view ot the complications wl'ileh en· Sue afte r thiS violent 'IIttempt to settle matter s in the cente r , p erhaps 7 ......... . P .Q4 was the move, e.g., 8. PXP , KKtxP; 9. B"Kt, QxB: 10. K t -B3. B-Kl~ with II plaYllble game. I. p·QS! Q·A4c h 9. B·02 ...... . In te r est in g b u t not q ui te sufficient 11< 9. P -KI411, QxP eh (not ........ • K txK t P ?; HI. O-O !); 10. K-BI, Kt·R4. e le. •• .... KbB 10. OKh Kt Kt ·QI On ........• Kt·Kt57 , II. 0·0. KtxQP; 11. K t·K t3 wins. a piece. 11. Kt·Q4 P·K4 12. P·B4 ....... . BrIeger has clearly outp layed his OP­ponent and has good attacking chances for the SJIIall Investment o f a pawn. P " r h .. ps, .1Inply 12. 0 -0 or 12. B-KtB ch to dislocate the enemy Kin g was to b e pref erred . 12. P.B3 13. Px P QPlC P 14. B·Kt5c h K. Bl 15. KI( 4-K13 Q·Kt5

16. R-QBI 17. A· B7ch 18. · B-Q3

P ·QR3 B·K2

Instead, 11:1. B-lM wou ld have forced II. King move, (not ........ , Q-Q3; 19. Kt.K4, Q xR? ; 20. P'Qch, etc.). b ut the toxt 15 .. Iso excellent. 18. . B.KtS 19. Q-K3 tit'OBI 20. R"R 8KIt

21 . B·B4 22. P.OR3 U. Kt·K4

8'" O· AS Q .. '

Plauslhle but In5ufflclen t. Instead. there oppears to _ be n fine victory'· In 24. Kt(3)-B~ !, after which m ight tollow: ....

PERSONAL SERVICE

Th~ Edito, 0/ Ihis D~/U,tmcnt pld)' ),0'" .z g.zmt by .....,;/, O)mmt'nt o n t"try mort. <lnd giyt ),OU <I thorough post. g"me mJal),nl . Ftt 110.

M,. Col/i ,u ~i11 dlso tm"otal~ of .,.",,, ganltl for" fa of $1 .

!fhess tife T""'",, p,._ I. 'U! Stpl~mbtr 20,19H

- - ----- -Bxt{t; 15. Q:xB! p ·QKtoI (fo rced) i n view of the t hreat K t·Q6 ch and KtxB wiunlng a piece outright); 26. Kt·Q6 ch, K·Ktl (again f o rced - not ........• K·Kt3?; 2:1. B­Q3 ell); 27. Il-Q3. B·Kt2; 1R. B·B5, Q:K2; 29. KtxB, QxKt; 30. Q·Q6 with a winning positio n, (White can s imply 0-0 and play a Rook to the open file): Interestingly e n ough. aHer ',14. Kt(3)·B5, if .... , ... , Q·K2. o r .. , .. __ '. Q·B2; 25. K boB, QxKt ; 26 . Kt·K4, Q-Q2; '27. Q.B5 transposes back jnto t he m ain v a riation. 14 . .... ,... K- K2 25. Ktj 3·BS Onc m o Ve too lat e! 25. Q-B2 Natvtally n ot

-etc.

26. KtxB Qx Q??; 27.

QxKtj 3 K t xU cb,

11. QKQch KxQ 2'. 0·0 p-oKt4 28. Kt-K4c h K·Q2 30. B·Kt3 Kt·B2 White's opening advantage has ob vious­ly evaporated. 31. R-BI P·B4 34. R·B3 32. Kt-Ktl Kt·Q3 3S . R·Kt3 33. Kt. R5 R_,O I 36. Kt.8 6ch

8 ·Kll P·BS

Eq" .. ll.y unavalilng Is 36. RxP eh. Rx R; 31, KlxR, Kt.-B5 with a winning end· game. 36 . . _..... K-Ql Kt ·R31 37. R·Kts Kt· B2 Protecting the Rook and so forcln, the following exchange . 39. KtKA Ktd!; 42. Kt·Kt8 KxP 40. P'06 K·Ql 43: P·A3 I<t· K6 41 . Kt· K1 P·Kt3 44. Kt·A6 KtxP White r ale-ned a few moves later. To borrow one o C Brieger's pet expreSSions, "Back to the drawing board." For thia saying and Some of the analysiS in this game I am Ind()btcd to Lt. J ohn Hudson, now stationed 1n nelawar e and recent­ly T exas and LOUiSiana St ate Champion.

it SI CiliAN DEFENSE

Me o : pag e 1.75, column 53 lntenonlll Tournament

Gothenburg, 1955 Naftl b)' inltrndfiona/ Mrlfltf

ATlhur B. Bisgui .. . W hit e Black

A. BISG UIER J. H. DONNER (USA ) IHoliand )

1. P_K4 P·OB4 11. B-K3 8 _K3 1. KI·KB3 P.Q3 111. B·B3 P·QR4 3. P.Q4 P x P 11 . KI.QS BKKt 4. KtxP K,·K IU 11. Px B 1'1·1'11 5. Kt·QB3 Kt ·B3 13. P·B4 KKt.Q2 6. B·K2 P· K4 14. 8..02 Kt · B4 7. Kt·Kt3 B·K2 15. KtxP? 8. 0 ·0 0 ·0 Belte r was 15. K t xKt, P xKt; 16. P'Q6, QxP; 17. BxP. R.R2; 18. B-QS. KI·B3; 19. BxK t . White Is beUer. 15. _._.... RxKt 23. P·KKt4 16. P·QKt4 A·R2 24. R·A3 11. PxKt Px P 25. Q-Ql 18. P-OR4 B·03 26. P-KIS I'. P· KI3 0 · B2 27. R·KI 20. Q·KIl Kt·RJ 18. n ·Kt2 21. B-K4 P·KKtl 29. 22. B·A6 A·KI 30.

Kt·Kt5 KR·Rl

Q·K2 Kt · Rl 0 ·01

Kt·82 O·KI

After 30. '~L

P·B4 Black seems to be quite

30 •........ 31. RxR 32. PxP

R.' Rd 8"

33. P·Q6 34. K_RI 3S. Q·8 3

8-QSch Kt· K3 O·Rl

IntCl'edlng Is 35. . ....... , Q·B3; 36. Qx Q, PxQ; 37. RxKt, Pdt; 38, Bx!' ch, K'Rl; 39. B-KBB, B-K4"~ 4(). P -Q7, B-B2; 41. B· QG--and mate a t K5 among other things is t hreatened . N a turally, many p o ssib le variations, but White always seems to w in. 36. Bxl<t PXB l 8. A·KBI Resign5 37. P-Q7 P·Kt3

QUEEN'S INDIAN Meo: page 122, column 29

Interzonal Tournament Gothenburg, 1955

Whi te Black A . BISGUIER

(USA)

•• P·Q4 ,. P-QB4 ,. Kt·K83

•• P-1<3

•• B·Q3

•• ~O •• 8., S. Kt-B3

•• O·Kl 10. PKP 11. P·OR3

". '" ,14. 2S. Kt·M 26. Q·Q3 17. Q·Q4 28.. P·K4 2;. P·Kt3 30. K· B2 31. K·K3 32. P·KA4 33. p.B4

Kt· KB3 P·K3

P-QKt3 B·KI2 , ... '" B·K2

QKI.Q2 , .", 8"

A.QB l

Kt·"1 B·B3 Q·Q2 K-BI P· B3

KI·Kl

B. S LIWA (Poland)

12. A·QI 13. P·QKt4 14. B·Kt2 15. B-Kt3 16. Kt·QKI5 11. Kt( S.Q4 18. QR_Bl

_ 19. RXR 20. RKR 11. Kt·KS

. 22 . Kt·BS

34. QKQ 35. P·R4 36. P-KIS 37. P·KI4 38. B·R3ch 39. P· KIS 40. PlC P 41. P·KA 5 42. Kt·KS 43. P·R6

0.0 B·K2 Q_82

KR-Ol Q.Kt1 Kt' BI Rd R·Bl

KtPxP Kt.K2

K'·K'l B·Bl

44. Kt·Bk h ResIg ns

A PREPARED VARIA TION REBOUNDS

Kty,lz spin, a pUPd,~d bUI un/o ... nd /,n" ",hirh Shu",i" i .... 1 fdil. 10 rtfult. Consid"ring Black', t'.nt pru n<1e, KO'il{ millhl ha~t dont ",til 10 1'1", tht e-amc oul 10 if. f,,1/ conc/"sio>l.

RETI -ENGLISH OPENING Me o : page 36, co lumn 29 k (B)

Metropolitan League Match New York. 1955

NottJ by U. S. Mallu Dr. HtlTo[,J Sunman

White A. KEVITZ (M~nh~ttan C.C.) I . KI-KB3 Kt·KBl 1. P·8 4 P·B4

Black J . T . S HE RWIN

(M,u sh a ll c.c.) 3. KI·8 3

My own pre re rence Is 3. P .KKt3! The n atural 3. P_Q4 1$ met by P:xP; 4. K tJtP, P -K3!. and llIaek's gam e Is comfortable. The ted Is sa tisfactory. 3. P-Q41 5. P· K41 ? 4. PXP KtxP P r omising 1$ 5. p.K3 and 5. _ , .. ' ''. Kt-QB3 Is m et by 6. 8-Kt5! . 5. Kt ' KtSI ? The soUd retort Is 5. • KtxKt; 6. :K;(PxlU, P-KKt3 r .... chinK .. tuv.aule position in the Gruenleld. 6. B-Kl5c h Q Kt ·B31 6. ... _ ... .• B-Q2 Is q uite inferio r .

1. P'047 Kevitz' 'surprise '. I t is unsound. Bette r is 7. P-QR.3. K t--Q(> e h ; 8. K .. K2. KtxB eh (or 8 . ........ • Kt-B~ chi 9. K·B I threaten. in g 10. P -Q4! strongly); 9 . RxK t with an edge lOr W hite. 1. PxPI 9. QxQch' KXQ 8. P'OR3 PxKtl 10. PxKt P'BH

Sherwin h all t~ken o ne hou r anoJ 15 minutes 10 this point. U would be worth It, we re he to p lay the natural 10 • .... ....• P xP! On I I . Ilxp. P -KE3! (foUowed by P.K3) White has exactly noth ing f or the pawn minus. The text returns the p awn for safety and only skin lind bones remain. II . BxKt PxB 15. P-B3 PlCP a . Kt· KS K· K1 1'. Rx Rch e x R 13. KhQBP B· Ktl 17. Kt·Q4 P·K4 14. P·KI5 P·OR] I I. KlxBP 8.gl Sherwin ve ry short. o n time Offered the draw which was accepted . I believe Black's two Bl.shops give him a tin y edge, although the White Knight may penetrate to Q\I for ad equ ate counter­play.

MA.RSHA.LIA,ONDON RESULTS

Rtm/II ;n the Mal1hal/ C. C.·London Nat ional Chell CtnteT U Bo,"d Co,· ,up""dtH(c Chut Mdt(h h<rY~ b~gun to come in. The ICOre is naw Md'lhnll 6Y. , London 5%. Harry Rud,pl. on Board 24, "'dJ f;rsl 10 Tepo,t a ~in dnd fitSI to win both 8amn. flru ;1 the bcUtr of hi. 111'0 ~iCl",iu for Marthal/.

GIANUTIO COUNTER GAMBIT Meo : Pige 1J7, column 3

Cor ril,pond"l'le e Ma l c h -

Marshall Chess Club, New York vs. National Chess Centre-,

London, 1954-55

NOI~I by H. G. RIlcJctrl White

H . G. RU CKE RT (Marsha ll )

B lack L. E. FLETCHER

(London ) P· KB4! I. P· K4 P·K4 3. 8 ·B4

2. P· KB 4 PxP Black writes, In Gamhils Accep t ed : "The oldest and probably the strongest coun­ter tu the celebrated King's Bishop's Gambit. It Is as old aB the parent open­Ing. being mentioned b y Ruy Lopn in 1561 a n d by G ianutlo in 1597 .•. It is definitely necossa ry fo r W b.l t e to de­cline, for acceptance gives Black a ve r y strong game." 4. Kt·QB3 Fletcher and Paul Keres both give 4. Q_K? RS the b .. st WRy to decline t h" coun t"rgamblt, but Whlte wanled to try II nne not already analy~ed In Gamb il$ Accepted . 4. ........ Q.R5ch 6. KfKP 5. K·BI PxP Keres p refers: 6. . .......• B-K2; 7. P ·Q4. Kt·KR3; 8. Kt-KB3, Q·R4 ; 9. BxP, P-Q4----­"with advantage for lllaek". Tehlgorln­Hellwig (und~ted column In Freebor-ough and Ra nken) goes: 6 ......... , Kt-KB3: 7. K t ·KB3, Q·R3; 8. Q·K2, B-K2; 9. P·Q4, P·Q4; 10. KtxKt eh, QxKt; 11. BxQP.

7. KI·K83 0 ·K2 8. Q..K2 Still f ollowln, Tchlgo rln. even tf Black bas fa iled t o follow Hellwig.

J:ame. 9 • .. _.... K.Q2 11. Kt.B'# PXB 10. QxQch BxQ 12. KtxR ........ And White h aa won the cxcllaD&,o-buL now the quu Uon is. how does he ex· t r lcate the Kt~ 12 ... _.... K·Kl 13. P.Q4 P xP '.p. It seemed very necessary to J:et the lines OlXln. One doesn't bother about Isolated pa wna i n this kind of gambit c hess.

GUEST ANNOTATORS Arthur B. Bl$9ul. r J . Norman Cottar H. G. Ruckert Dr. Harold Sussman

14. P x P P·KKt4? Hiack *~. rl'h l .alter the Kt, but he mi&'ht haYe remembered tha t MacDon· nell and Labourdonnals neyer paused mere ly to win baek materIal: the object '5 alway. to continuo the a$Uuit on t he enemy Kin&, w ltb whalever remains. 14. ....... . U·KB4 o r B-K3 was ce rtainly bet· ter. lS. P· KR4 _ ...... The cla8~ lea l rejoinde r, and quite a trong hcre. Inten t on wlnnln" the KI, Black oYe r looks the point. 15. B·B3 17. R x P Resigns '6. P x P BxKt Abandoning lhl$ line as a win for While, we went back t o lICe wha t would haye happened if Ulaek h ad played 14 .. _ .... . R-KlW. So far the p lay has bee n: 15. K .... K5, K t·KJt3; to. BxP. K .... Q2; 17. exKl, KlxKt; 18. 8xP, 8xP c hi III. K·m, B ·D4 ch ; 20. K·KU, Kt·US; 21. KR·KI ch. K42; 22. QR·QI, n ·KKt1; 23. RxB c h, K·n2; 24. P.KU, RxU chi 2:1. K·R3. Kt-Q3; 26. P-h.""K14, ......... Not 0 master game, }Xlr· h"pl', but 1 think a p leasant encounter betwet'n two admlrcra of l he old ,ambit style of p lay.

ofeUer /rom the WanJerin~ Cl.eH miIlJ!,'e f By [nterna,",nal Maste' GEORGE KOLTANOWSKI

Youth Triumphs! T HE Third Annual Panhandle Open Tournament, held in Lubbock,

Tcxas on August 27·28, was well attended and in all ways pleasant! Lubbock's Chamber of Commerce, City Rc<:reation Department, the Manager of the Caproch Hotel, who had two air·conditioned rooms avail­able, Dr. R. Underwood, W. C. Marshall, and the hard·working Fred B. Harrell aU deserve special mention for the success of the tournament.

Last ycar's winner, Shane O'NeiJi of Dallas, was not thcre to ddend ,h is title. First prize and main Trophy winner was Warrcn Miller of Albuque~ue, who at the age of 17 is proving once again that the youth of )\meriea has taken complzte control of t he game and within short lime now the U nited States will have millions of organized chess players and thousands of strong players. Warren has a good theoretical k nowl­edge and possesses a clean-cut s tyle with strength in the ending, too, which is surprising for someone that age.

Jack Shaw of Albuquerque, though a young man himseH, is already an old trooper. who plays a very fine style of chess. His second place was nothing surprising . He did not meet Warren, but then 5 rounds can­not set tle everything, if there are more than 32 participants. Here there were 45.

Special attention h as to be drawn, though, to William Batchclder of Bloomington, Ind. Only 15 years old, he recently won the Kentucky JuniOr Championship, and insisted on playing in the main tournament here, proving his point! I do not want to overrate him, but suggest the USCF watch this lad's progress carefully.

Dr. Roy Riddel, Jr. of Lubbock was declared Panhandle Champion. This trophy is res tricted to Panhandle area' residents. Previous years' winn ers were: 1953 in Borges, Dr. S. U nderwood, Lubbock; 1954 in Amarillo, Dr. Welker, Papa. There were 7 participants in the Junior tournament and won easily by Tommy Reagor of Lubbock.

Met myoId friend Joel S. Quinones, Mexican consul in Amarillo, again. Kansas City 1940 was the last time I saw him. "I and a number 'of Kansas City fa ns gave up chess for a long while," J oel told me. "It happened like this. In 1940 Horowitz gave an exhibition in Kansas City and in the middle of the show, one of the members slumped in his chair and died. (Heart attack- that could have happened anywhere.) This threw a damper on us and only recently am I back to playing again --but my st rength is down." Can you think of a nicer way to go than in the middle of a chcss game? It reminds me of "The General died with his boots on!"

Jumping :Max Burkhardt, the terror of the Carlsbad Caverns, has good talent-talks too much, too loud and often at the wrong time. He would have had third prize for sure, if in the final round he had kept his mouth shut! In the following position (in Forsyth) 8 / 8/ N7/1BB/ 5kb1j 2Ppp2/ PP6 / 4K3, Black played 41. ......... P·B7 ch ; 42. K-Bl, B·RB ch AND offered a draw, Natur~lly, White accepted.

My task was pleasant and upon my suggestion 7 extra surprise prizes were added-keeping all competitors there to make the prize distribu­tion a real climax to the tournament. But if I am pleased at the great success of the youth-I am proud "to say that I made 17 new members for the United States Chess Federation! This helps the local clubs (more interest), the State Association (more activity), and the Nation (more vitality !).

by Nichclas GabO!"

All communications concerning this problem-column, Inclodlng SOlutions as w e ll .as orlgln, l compos itions for pobllc:anon (lwOo .lind Ihree .... ov" dlrec:t m. tes) from composU's .anywh", s hould be .enl 10 Nichol,s Ga bor, Hole l Kemper La ne, Cinc;nn.ti 6, Ohio.

Probltm No. 191 By Mrs. F. Warren

Chicago, III. International Contes t

While to move and mate In two

Prob/~m No. 19J J. C. Morra

Prob/~m No. 192 By Philip Barron

Margate, . Ke~n~t'~~:'~~i-", International ~

White 10 move .li nd male In two

W ITH t~day's entries to the international composing contest, we wel­come our first lady composer, Mrs. Warren of Chicago, contribut·

ing editor of the British p ublication "The Problemi~t." Mr. Barron and the well·known Argentinan composer Mr. Morra. Mr. Mowry's three-mover enters our regular inrormal contest which continues as usual. These en· ties wi ll be adjudicated at the end of the year, with book prizes dis· t ributcd among the winners.

S.I..JIOM. - m.l. tl.. Sot,,!. W.,! No. [}79 (Schonber ger): Before the key all possible Blaek <nOyeS have a mating

anSWer. A rte r the key, 1. Q·R?, all these mates are ehanged, with two added mates. (Comple te block min iature.)

. No. 580 (Brill) : Key: 1. Q.K2, threat 2. K t-K6 mate. Obvious key but appealing play, especially after 1 . .. ...... . KxKt; 2. Kt.B6.

No. 581 (Rub ens): K ey: 1. Kt-B:l, thre at 2. K b :KtF mate. The first two·moyer we have evCr sce n f rom Ihe <:<Imposer whose specialty is three·movers, o n our list ror p u blieaUon. .

N0. 582 (Wurzbl1rg): Key: I. B·Kt!i, t hr.eat 2. 0-0 chI. K·R2 and 3. Q.Jt4 mate. If 1 . ... ..... , PxU; 2. n·R2. II 1. ... .. .... n·R3; 2. B·B4. If 1. .... _ .. , K·KI.8; 2. 0·0 chi. K·B?; 3. Q-Q3 mate. If 1. .. . , K·R7; 2. Q-R4 chi, K.Kt8; 3. 0·0 mate. Light, elegant :mrl p J .... ~.!ne:

Chess recently made the front­page of the New Orleans Times­Picayune when an army corps of mosquitoes slaged a raid in s trength on the New Orleans Chess Club and had the members "more intercsted in pawing than in pawns" before it routed them com­pletely. It is not reported whether members followed the advice of biologist Percy Viosca, which was Quotcd in the Times-Picayune a:­"Cut holes in the screens to let them out."

You are never too old! reports W. E. Frank Fillery in the Van­couver Daily Province. Two years ago E. J. J. Hall (a mere young­ster of 77 years) undertook to teach chess to a new pupil. "All he knew was the names of the pieces." The pupil is Ernest BeaVICr, now 91 years old, who has since joined a chess club and "enjoys playing chess at Stanley Park and also plays postal chess."

<ft)ess tiff T."d.,. p, •• 11 Stpttmber ZO, 1911

,",@55 ~i"e T."J." P ••• 12 J I Srplrmbu 20, 1911

Position No. 166 Sdly vL Cereben. Budaput. IMIl.

I . __ ._., K.B6; 2. Kt·R2ch, K.Xt7; 3. K~ xu, K.Kt6; 4. Kt.-K3. B..Q6; ~ P.R4o, p. R4o; II. Kd', K·BS; 7. Kt.-KtSch. X·56; .. Kt.-R4 t b, X.Kt3 a nd Black _ h ....

(Due to tM rompfnit, o/ ,hi, /'Osil;"n ;mJ Ih~ ne~J /0' ~"fra-,,"~uf checi:in8 0/ SO/UtiO n1 1ubmilttJ, 1M ,Ommtnf upon Ihil polition .,.J n,"'"1 0/ un/utttrs/uJ III/U" will lH ht/d (wu until tM noel j""r-EJ,/o,.)

WOMEN'S CHESS (Continued from plIga 2, col. 4 )

Mr. David Lawson. Mr. and Mrs. Gresser entertained all the players and directors 'lit dinner at the Har· Yard Club on the rtiJ:ht set aside for 01U' general meeting. The meet· ing following the dinner (to plan future women's events) was most salisfactory and progressive and will be rcported in detail in II later issue.

Mr. David Lawson entertained groups of the players at suppers after two of the evening rounds -end dinners after two of the afternoon rounds in some of New York's most interesting restaurants. His eon­stant attendance at the tournament and able ;reporting to A,P. and to Mr. Herman . Helms (when Mr. Helms was tied to his oliice receiv· ing reports from the interzonal in Sweden) contributed much to the succus 01 this tournament.

Miss Edith L. Weart arranged for the appearance of the players on the Too Russell Music Corner television program, during which we had the opportunity of di.scuss. ing the fun and excitement in chess as opposed to the idea entertained by the public that chess is a dull game. We also staged a lillIe "time pressure" episode, showing the pub­lic the use of the chess clock and the occasional necessity of making almost instantaneOus movcs. For this bit Dr fun we received from the sponsors some vcry nicc gifts.

Mrs. Lena Griunette. Ml"$. Mary Sclcnsky and I tied for 7th, 8th, and 9th places with the shocking S<-'OfC

of 4-7. Mrs. deScrrano, Miss Wally Henschel and Miss Kate Henschel finished aller us in that order. We six players who finished with minus scores are going to have to knock ourselves out belween now and 1957 to build up our ratings in order to be invited to play in the next U. S. Womcn's Chess Championship.

Financially this tournament was in much better shape than previous women's tournaments. Dr. Edward Lasker, Treasurer, gathered in funds most energetically. The com­plete financial report will be pub­lished later-aiso a report on lbe problem contesl

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